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A73885	Divers select sermons on severall texts Viz. 1. Of quenchiug [sic] the spirit. I Thessalon. 5.16. 2. Of the sinners suite for pardon. 2 Sam. 24.10. 3. Of eating and digesting the Word. Ier. 15.16. 4. Of buying and keeping the truth. Prov. 23.23. Preached by that reverend and faithfull minister of the word, Ier. Dyke, late preacher of Epping in Essex. Finished by his owne pen in his life time, and now published by his sonne Dan. Dyke Master of Arts.	Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.; Dyke, Daniel, 1617-1688.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Heart-smitten sinner's suite for pardon.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Of quenching, and not quenching of the spirit.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Purchase and possession of the truth.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Right eating and digesting of the Word.	1640 (1640)	STC 7414; ESTC S124520	150,541	441

Kings favour So in this case it is the favour of God in the pardon of sinne that sugars all outward comforts See Isai 40.1 2. Comfort yee my people c. Say unto her that her warfare is accomplished Is that all No And that her iniquity is pardoned It is a comfort to have peace liberty freedome from enemies molestations and oppressions I but then it is a comfort indeed and then it is sweet indeed when it comes with the pardon of sinne When the conscience hath peace with God then there is comfort great comfort in outward peace So when the palsey man came to Christ hee came for cure and it had beene a great mercy to have had his health and recovery from that disease But marke Christ sayes not Be of good comfort thou shalt have thine health that hee tells him after hee shall have but be of good comfort thou shalt have thy pardon To teach that then health and recovery is a sweet comfort when a mans sinne is pardoned Give us our bread forgive our sins teaching us that there is little comfort in having bread without pardon and that that which makes bread comfortable and sweet is when it comes with pardoning mercy A man that lyes in prison and is a condemned man cloath him with rich apparell feed him with delicious fare let him have the sweetest Musicke yet so long as he is a condemned man and lookes every houre to be fetcht out to execution all this gives him no content His heavy heart puts the Musicke out of tune takes away the rellish of his dainty foode But if now a pardon might but come from the King to such a man this would make the Musicke sweet the fare pleasant indeed Nay though hee had nothing but bread and water yet a pardon would so rejoyce him that hee would thinke his bread and water good cheere it would turne his water into wine This is the mercie that crownes all other mercies it is a crowning and the chiefe of all other David Psal 21. Had a crowne of pure Gold set upon his head But when David comes to blesse God for all his benefits Psal 103. Blesse the Lord c. Hee sayes not which hath set a crowne of pure gold upon thine head but vers 4. Who crownes thee with loving kindnesse and tender mercies Hee blesses God for crowning him with mercy tender mercy for setting not a crowne of gold but a crowne of mercy upon his head But how did hee set it on his head vers 2. Who forgives all thine iniquity Pardoning mercy is crowning mercy and David more joy'd in that than in his crowne A crowne without pardon is but a crowne of thornes Davids greatest comfort is in his crowne of loving kindnesse and tender mercies Fourthly it is that which fits for duty for the duties of praying hearing receiving of the Sacrament A man is never fit for any duty till his sinnes be pardoned So long as a man stands guilty before God as hee doth till sin be pardoned all his duties are turned into sinne That 's an heavie imprecation Psal 109.7 Let his prayer become sinne But marke the ground of it and how it comes about When he shall be judged let him goe out guilty and let his prayer become sinne When therefore a man stands guilty then his prayer becomes sinne and every man whose sin is not pardoned stands guilty The person being in his sinne hee turnes his duties into sinne Not only the plowing of the wicked is sinne Prov. 21.4 but the praying of the wicked is sinne Plowing is an honest worke and praying is an holy worke but sinne unpardoned marres both plowing and praying turnes the honest worke of plowing and the holy worke of praying into sinne It is bad enough and sad enough that a man sinnes when hee sweares that his oathes are sinnes how much more sad is it that a man sinnes when hee prayes that his prayers are sinnes That is the sad condition of every man who stands guiltie and hath not his sinne pardoned The end of all duties is communion with God And a man is never fit for a duty till hee be fit to have fellowship and communion with God And a man is never fit for fellowship and communion with God till his sinnes be pardoned and so never fit for duty till sinne be pardoned There is no fellowship and communion to be had with God so long as there is a separation betweene God and us Now a mans sinnes unpardoned set God and us at a distance make a separation betweene God and us Isa 59.1 2. Behold the Lords hand is not shortened that it cannot save neither is his eare heavie that it cannot heare But your iniquities have separated between you and your God and your sinnes have hid his face from you that he will not heare As if hee should say therefore ye pray and God heares you not yee pray and yee have no fellowship with nor answer from God because your sinnns are upon you and they being unpardoned separate betweene you and God and they hide his face from you In vaine doth a man seeke communion with God when separated from him Sinne unpardoned makes the Lord a separatist he will not joyne with us nor have any fellowship with us in any of our duties Till sinne be separated from us God will separate and then sinne is separated when it is pardoned and when pardoned then fit for duty because then so qualified as God will have communion with us Wee are never fit for duty till wee can so doe duty that wee may expect good from duty Then fit for prayer the Word the Sacrament when so qualified as that we may receive good from God in them and by them And that is then when wee have our iniquities taken away Hos 14.2 Take away all iniquity and give good Why pray wee but that God may give good by that ordinance Why heare wee but that God may give good by that Ordinance Why receive wee the Sacrament but that God may give good by that Ordinance I but if wee will receive good by these wee must be fit to pray heare receive let us be qualified aright and God will give good But what is that qualification Take away all iniquity and give good Therefore men doe these and no good is given them because they first take not a course to have iniquity taken away Prayer would give good preaching would give good and the Sacrament would give good if wee would come fitted for these duties and this is the maine thing that must first be had to fit us the pardon of sinne No duty is accepted till a mans person be No mans person is accepted so long as he is in his guilt hee is in his guilt that hath not sinne pardoned but when sinne is pardoned then guilt is taken off when guilt is taken off then a mans person is accepted when a mans person is accepted then his duty is accepted

good bargaine for no price Here is that then which may draw us on to strike thorow this bargaine and may encourage us to trade and buy we shall be sure to have a pennyworth for our penny we shall not bee pincht with a deere penny-worth Many a man hath a great minde to such an house and land he would faine buy it he beates the price and bids faire for it but yet as good a minde as hee hath to it he buyes it not he feares it is to deere he feares he shall repent him of his bargaine and wish his money in his purse againe and therefore falls off But now here is no such feare what ever the Truth cost thee suppose it cost thee much paines and labour suppose it proves matter of great charge to thee suppose it cost thee thy credit and respect in the world thy liberty thine estate thy bloud thy life yet thou buyest it not too deere it is well worth all thou canst give for it A man may buy house and lands good house and lands too deere a man may buy Gold too deere as the Proverb is but yet hee cannot buy Truth nor Grace nor Christ nor Heaven too deare The Land is worth foure hundred shekles and Heaven and Christ Truth and Grace is worth all that ever God shall aske for it A man may buy a good purchase of land and yet have no cause to rejoyce in it may wish hee had never medled with it but had kept his money in his purse Ezek. 7.12 The time is come the day draweth neere let not the buyer rejoyce Such times may come as a man may have but little joy in buying a a purchase But a man that buyes the Truth shall never repent him of his purchase but let such a buyer rejoyce Come what times will come yet he may rejoyce yea the worse the times may be the more cause may he have to rejoyce in his purchase Thus being convinced that this duty is to be done that Truth is to bee bought come wee now to shew how this duty is to be done and wherein this buying stands This buying then stands in diverse things First In giving a price and paying a price for it In trading in the world when a man gives the price for a commodity he buyes it and a man cannot be said to have bought a commodity till some price be given for it that is contracted for ye are bought with a price 1 Cor. 6.20 therefore in buying there is a price given When Abraham bought the fields of Ephraim he gave him the price of foure hundred shekels and when hee gave that price then hee bought it Deut. 2.6 ye shall buy meate of them that ye may eate and ye shall buy water of them that ye may drinke But how must they buy yee shall buy meate of them for money and ye shall buy water of them for money That which a man hath without money or some valuable consideration it is not bought but is given freely or taken unjustly But when a man gives money for bread gives money for water then he buyes it So in this case hee that would buy Truth must give a price for it it will not bee had for nothing that which a man hath for nothing is not bought The price that men must give for Truth and Grace is the use of all such meanes by which Truth and Grace is to be gotten So buy the Truth that is use all meanes by which it may bee had God hath appointed certaine meanes in the use of which he will give Grace and the knowledge of the Truth and they that will have this commodity must give this price must use such meanes as God requires to be used to this end This price that God sets is not a matter of money Simon Magus would have bought that gift for money Act. 8.18 He offred them money But thy money perish with thee saith Peter to him We our selves are bought with a price 1 Cor. 6. but yet 1 Pet. 1. are not redeemed with Silver and Gold and corruptible things so Truth and Grace must bee bought but yet it is not gold that will buy this Gold But there is another price with which Truth must bee bought The use of those meanes which God hath appointed that is the price that look as by the giving of a price an earthly commodity is bought and obtained so by the use of the meanes Truth and Grace is gotten and obtained And what then are those meanes First Prayer Buy the truth pray for the knowledge of the truth pray for grace As by money wee obtaine and buy the commodity wee neede and have a minde to so by prayer wee obtaine and buy the truth Jam. 1.5 If any of you lacke wisdome Shop-keepers as men passe by their doores aske them What doe yee lacke what is it that you want So the Apostle here seemes to say what is it that ye lackc what is it that ye want Doe yee want grace Do ye want knowledge and wisdome Well what if we doe How may wee come by it Buy it sayes the Apostle I but what is the price that must be given for it If any man lacke wisdome stand in need of this commodity let him aske of God And it is the price that Christ sets upon grace Matth. 7. Aske and ye shall have The price that the Lord sets upon the knowledge of the truth Jer. 33. Call upon me and I will answer thee and shew thee great and hidden things which thou knowest not God highly befriends us hee sets the commodity at a low price It is little worth that is not worth the asking The way then to buy is to beg begging is buying and praying is paying And therefore how often finde wee David in those suites Teach mee thy truth teach me thy Statutes c. David knew the commodity would not be bought without this price and therefore hee stickes not at it he gives the price and seekes grace and the knowledge of the truth by prayer Secondly hearing the Word and attending upon the Ministery thereof As Paul speakes of Christ Rom. 15.8 That Jesus Christ was a Minister of the circumcision for the truth of God So it may in another sense be said of the Ministers of the Gospel That they are Ministers of the Gospel for the truth of God to make knowne the truth of God to offer and tender it unto people And Mal. 2.6 The Law of truth was in Levi's mouth God sends them to set his truth to sale they bring this commodity to Market So that if wee would buy the truth wee must attend upon them whose worke is to dispense the Word of truth as the Gospel is called Ephes 1.13 And it is a part of the price that is to be given for it to come to attend upon their Ministery See Mal. 2.6 The Law of truth was in his mouth and vers 7. They should seeke the Lawes of