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diff --git a/20534.txt b/20534.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..771d8bd --- /dev/null +++ b/20534.txt @@ -0,0 +1,857 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Sermon Preached at the Quaker's Meeting +House, in Gracechurch-Street, London, Eighth Month 12th, 1694., by William Penn + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: A Sermon Preached at the Quaker's Meeting House, in Gracechurch-Street, London, Eighth Month 12th, 1694. + +Author: William Penn + +Release Date: February 6, 2007 [EBook #20534] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A PENN SERMON 1694 *** + + + + +Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + + + + +Transcriber's Note: "[_sic._]" has been inserted wherever there was an +apparent typo or non-standard grammatical construction in the original. + + + +A SERMON + +PREACHED AT + +THE QUAKER'S MEETING HOUSE, + +IN GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON, + + +EIGHTH MONTH 12TH, 1694. + + + +BY WILLIAM PENN. + + + +SALVATION FROM SIN BY CHRIST ALONE. + + + +LONDON: +R. H. MOORE, 162, FLEET-STREET; +AND BANCKS AND CO., EXCHANGE-STREET, MANCHESTER. +1836. + + + + + +BANCKS AND CO., PRINTERS, MANCHESTER. + + + + +The perusal of the first numbers of a series of tracts, containing +extracts from the writings of "early Friends," and published for the +avowed purpose of lowering the estimation in which those writings are +held by the Society, and even of proving "that many of them would +reflect discredit upon a private library, and ought truly to be +accounted dangerous books," has given rise to the present +re-publication. As an humble, but sincere admirer of those principles of +Gospel Truth, which the early Friends sought to promulgate, as well by +their writings as by eminently devoted lives, and a constant and oft +proved willingness to suffer for Christ's sake, I must protest (whether +to any purpose or not) against the illiberal, and unjust mode of conduct +resorted to by the publishers of the "Extracts," in selecting short and +partial sentences, and thus, as I conceive, grossly misrepresenting some +of the views of those Worthies long since removed from the world on +which they walked as strangers and as pilgrims, and long since, I doubt +not, permitted, through the mercy of their God and Saviour, to enter +into that "better country," where they are no more exposed to the trials +of time, no more exposed to the scoffs and persecutions of men, and no +more affected by the calumnies of "false Brethren." + +Whilst, however, expressing a sincere and affectionate regard for the +memories of those who have preceded me in religious professions, I would +add that I consider them worthy to be followed only as they followed +Christ, and that if I go forth by the footsteps of this flock of my +Saviour's companions, it is that I may feed beside that good Shepherd's +tents, where, I believe, they found plentiful pasture. + +I would most explicitly state, the present publication is no party act, +or an act originating in party feeling, for though I must take a +heartfelt interest in the present proceedings in our Society, yet I +deeply feel that, even if I see, or think I see, the Ark of the Covenant +of our God unsteadily placed as upon a new cart, there is a danger of +putting forth, like Uzza of old, uncalled and unprepared hands for its +support. + +To the serious attention of all honest hearted enquirers after truth do +I commend this little Pamphlet, believing that the principles set forth +in the annexed Sermon, are the principles uniformly avowed and supported +by the "early Friends," and that (however their views and writings may +be distorted and belied) the whole Gospel of a crucified and risen +Saviour, in all its freeness, and in all its fullness, was what they +sought to publish, and by their lives to adorn. + +C. GILPIN. + +_Manchester, 4th Month, 1836._ + + + + +SERMON. + + +The great and blessed God that made heaven and earth, the seas and the +great fountains of the deep, and rivers of water, the Almighty JEHOVAH, +who is from everlasting to everlasting. He also made man and woman; and +his design was to make them eternally happy and blessed. And therefore +he made man in his own image; "in the image of God created he him, male +and female created he them:" He made them after his own likeness holy, +wise, merciful, just, patient, and humble, endued them with knowledge, +righteousness, and true holiness. But man and woman through their +transgressions lost this image of God, and with it lost their happiness +and true blessedness, that God made them in a capacity to enjoy. + +Now in this state of MISERY into which we are fallen, we are come short +of the glory of God; and it is out of this wretched woful state we must +be brought, else we shall never see the face of God with comfort. This +is an eternal truth of God, and recorded in the Holy Scriptures. John +iii. 16. That "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten +Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have +everlasting life." God so loved the world, he gave his Son to be a light +unto the world, that all might see their way back to God again: For sin +hath darkened the understanding, and clouded the mind of man and woman, +and alienated them from the life of God, and their hearts are hardened +through the deceitfulness of sin. But now is the acceptable time, now is +the day of salvation, the day of God's grace and favourable visitation, +wherein he visits men and women, illuminates their minds and spirits +with a light from heaven, that they might see the deplorable state and +condition wherein they are, and what they are doing: It is in this +light, that they have a day of grace vouchsafed to them, that it may be +well with them, both here and for ever. They that receive this light, +and come out of that which they are called from, which is sin, they may +come to enjoy peace with God. It was sin that first separated between +God and man; and it is sin now that hinders man from acquaintance with +the Lord, who brings peace unto him: It is by this light, that we are to +acquaint ourselves with God, that we may be at peace. Thus saith the +Lord by the prophet, "It is sin has separated between me and you:" Sin +hath made a partition wall between God and us, and God hath sent his Son +into the world to break down this partition wall that sin hath made; +that so fallen man might return to God, and come into Paradise again, +out of which sin hath cast him. + +Now, none can bring us back to God, and into favour and communion with +him, but our Lord Jesus Christ: He is the light and leader of his +people. There is no name under heaven by which we can be saved, but the +name of JESUS: It is he that saves his people from their sins; and it is +in him alone that we are blessed: "Blessed is he whose transgression is +forgiven, and whose sin is covered:" And for the sake of Christ alone it +is, that the Lord imputeth not iniquity to us. Now pray "Examine +yourselves, whether you be in the faith," 2 Cor. xiii. 5. "Prove your +own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates." +Examine yourselves, whether you have chosen the Lord for your God, and +Christ for your Redeemer? And whether you have forsaken your sins, and +returned from your evil ways, and answered the visitation of the love of +God in your souls? Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who came to +seek and to save them that were lost? He is the Physician of value, that +was wounded to heal our wounds: "He was wounded for our transgressions, +bruised for our iniquities, and had the chastisement of our peace upon +him; that by his stripes we might be healed:" It is he alone that could +do this. Who is sufficient for these things? The Lord found out one that +is sufficient; he hath "laid help upon one that is mighty," that is +"able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him." God hath +given him the Spirit without measure, and filled him with grace and +truth, that of his fullness we might all receive, and grace for grace: +He is mighty to save the sons and daughters of men, and to give them +power to become the children of God. + +This was testified of old, John i. 12. "But as many as received him, to +them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them who believe +on his name." Men want power over their sins: When sin appears to be +exceeding sinful, they would overcome it, and be rid of it, when it is +troublesome: And when they are under a deep conviction of the evil of +it, and see the woful and miserable state that sin hath brought mankind +into how they have lost the image of God and the favour of God; they +then desire to be restored, and brought back again into their primitive +state. You that know the truth of God, see how the work goes on in your +hearts, see how the image of God is carrying on upon you. Consider, that +the Lord is a holy God, of purer eyes than to behold iniquity with +approbation: "There is no peace to the wicked," that walk in the broad +way, and grieve the Holy Spirit, and do not answer his divine call. +There is a two-fold call concerning man, a call to repentance, and a +call to judgment. The call to repentance is in this day of God's +visitation; they that receive it now, that are so wise, as to answer +God's call, and believe in the Son of God, and in his inward appearance, +that obey his voice, when they hear his call, saying, Come away, come +out of thy sins, come out of the wickedness, filthiness, and pollution +of the world; come into the divine nature of the Son of God; come into +his life: Into what life? Into the spiritual life, the divine life? Thou +hast been dead to God and alive to the world: Now that thou mayst +[_sic._] be dead to sin, and alive to God, come unto him that hath all +power in heaven and in earth committed to him. O come unto Christ, the +dear and blessed Son of God, in this day of grace and salvation, and +receive power to overcome thy sins! Then thou wilt be a conqueror, and +overcome the Devil. + +We are of ourselves altogether insufficient for these things, we are +weak and impotent; and our Saviour hath told us, "Without me ye can do +nothing:" We are justified freely by God's grace, through the redemption +that is in Jesus Christ; not justified by our own works. How great a +contradiction is it to charge them with the contrary, that say, They +cannot preach nor pray, but as the Spirit of God moveth them. Blessed be +God that hath made us sensible of our own weakness, emptiness, and +poverty. Our help hath been in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and +earth, who hath given his Son to be an helper, and an all-sufficient +Saviour to us; with him he hath given sufficient power and strength, +whereby we are enabled to overcome the Devil, the enemy of our souls: So +that we may be enabled to stand against principalities and powers, +against spiritual wickedness, and conquer all the powers, of darkness, +and fight the good fight of faith, and finish our course with joy, and +keep the faith: seeing there is laid up for us a crown of righteousness, +which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give us at that day; "and not +only to us, (saith the Apostle,) but unto all them that love his +appearing." We have not an High-Priest which cannot be touched with the +feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we +are, yet without sin: Christ, our Redeemer, was tempted, that he might +succour those that are tempted. When the Devil tempted our Saviour in +the wilderness, and could not prevail, he went away and left him: The +prince of this world found nothing in him, upon which he could fasten +his temptation. Christ will enable those that believe in him to overcome +the Devil, and to be more than conquerors, through him that loved them: +He came into the world to purge and purify his people, and to be the +author of eternal salvation to all them that believe in him, and obey +him. But it is said, "He did not many mighty works" among some to whom +he preached the everlasting Gospel, because of their unbelief: Many will +not believe in the inward and spiritual appearance of Jesus Christ the +Son of God, who is the light of the world; they will neither believe in +the light, nor walk in the light, which will enable them to conquer the +evil one, who is the prince of darkness: It is only through Christ +Jesus, the great captain of our salvation, that we are victorious. + +Therefore, my friends, open your hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ, +receive this blessed gift of God which he offers to you: And can God +give you a greater gift than the Son of his Love? And will not you +gladly receive him, and that great salvation which he hath purchased for +you with his own blood! But, say some people, we have received Christ, +and believe in him, and believe the divine authority of the Holy +Scriptures. But let me ask you, Who keeps house all this while? What +have you done for Christ? Christ hath died for you; but hast thou lived +to him? And hast thou died to the world, and died to thy sins and lusts? +Consider with yourselves, It is both your great duty and interest to die +to sin, and live to Christ that died for you. And we must stand at +Christ's tribunal, and give an account to him, of whatsoever we have +done, whether good or bad; and he will judge us at the great day of his +appearing. Blessed are you, that receive the blessed Son of God, that +now stands in Spirit at the door, and knocks: Open your heart, and make +room for him, and let not the world keep him out, and he will come in, +and sup with you, and you with him: And he will do that for you, which +you cannot do for yourselves. "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is +weak:" He will give thee power over sin, and over the world, and over +the Devil: Whenever he shall assault thee with his temptations, say, +"Get thee behind me Satan, thou savourest not the things that be of +God." When people come to be spiritually minded they will taste and +savour the things that are spiritual and heavenly: if they be not things +of God, do not touch with them, have nothing to do with them; but walk +in the Spirit, and savour the things of the Spirit. And hearken to the +counsel of Christ, who speaks to you in the name of Wisdom; "O ye simple +ones understand wisdom, and ye fools be of an understanding heart; hear, +for I will speak of excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall +be right things: Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at +my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors: For whoso findeth me findeth +life." Hearken to the blessed counsel of Christ, hear his voice and obey +it: They that do his will, shall know his doctrine: "The secret of the +Lord is with them that fear him, and he will shew them his covenant." + +They that have the saving knowledge of God, and Christ Jesus, which is +life eternal, they will walk in a correspondent and suitable manner to +that knowledge, and be holy in all manner of conversation: They will not +be only nominal Christians, but true Christians, Israelites indeed in +whom there is no guile; They will receive Christ Jesus who is God's +gift, and knows [_sic._] the operation of his power in their +souls. These persons are fit to live and prepared to die; when Christ, +who is their life, shall appear, they shall appear with him in glory. +When the sound of the last trumpet shall be heard at the end of the +world, Time shall be no more; Come away! that day shall not be terrible +to them that have put off the old man, and put on the new man; and have +begun to live a new life, and to have new affections, new thoughts and +resolutions, and have laid up their treasure in heaven, where their +hearts are also: They have that peace, which the world cannot give, and +which death cannot take away. Blessed are they that take sanctuary in +the name of Jesus, as in a strong tower; they shall get power over their +sins, and over the vanity of their minds, that die to sin and live to +God, and feel the constraining power and efficacy of the love of Christ, +"who hath loved them, and washed them from their sins, in his own blood, +and made them kings and priests to God." + +My friends, hear the voice of Wisdom, who hath said, "Whoso findeth me, +findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord: but he that sinneth +against me, wrongeth his own soul." Be you early seekers: seek the +kingdom of God in the first place. The Lord calls from heaven; "My son, +give me thine heart:" Let thy answer be, Lord, take my heart, purify and +cleanse it; break it, and make it new, make it fit for thy acceptance, +that I may find favour in thy sight. "Without me (saith our Saviour) ye +can do nothing:" Therefore desire him to do it for thee, and to work in +thee both to will and to do of his own good pleasure. How dreadful is it +to appear at the bar of God's justice as miserable sinners! Those that +have not Christ, the great Mediator, to plead for them, are miserable +indeed: Therefore lay hold on Christ now; believe in him, lay hold on +his power and Spirit in this day of your visitation. If thou art under +the power of sin and Satan, thou mayst [_sic._] receive power from +Christ, to overcome all the power of darkness: If the strong man armed +hath got possession of thy heart, Christ will lay siege to it; and if +thou be willing to open the door, Christ will come in and cast out the +strong man, and spoil him of all his goods. He will cast out the grand +enemy of thy soul, and take possession for himself; that thou mayest be +delivered from the power of Satan, and from the bondage of corruption, +and brought into the glorious liberty of the Sons of God: And if the Son +of God make thee free, thou shalt be free indeed. For this end Christ +came into the world, "for this purpose was the Son of God manifested, +that he might destroy the works of the Devil:" And he will not lose the +design of his coming, but will "finish transgression, and make an end of +sin, and bring in everlasting righteousness." + +Let us all come to Christ, and let none deceive themselves, and live in +their sins, and yet think to come to heaven: "Be not deceived, (saith +the Apostle,) God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sows, that shall +he also reap: He that soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap +corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap +everlasting life." Labour for a sure grounded hope, a just hope in the +mercy of God for pardon and salvation; then you must know a work of +Christ upon you, and the power of the Spirit of Christ within you, +subduing your will to a holy subjection to the Divine will; that you may +say with the Apostle; "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live, +yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the +flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave +himself for me." Then the call to judgment will be joyful to you; for +you shall then be justified and acquitted before the whole world, at +that great and general judgment, and have an abundant entrance into the +everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and it shall +be well with you for ever. Now, "say to the righteous, it shall be well +with him;" not that it doth so appear at present; for through many +tribulations we must expect to enter into the kingdom of heaven; And +many are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lord will deliver them +out of them all. So that "if in this life only (saith the apostle) we +have hope, we are of all men most miserable". Yet "say to the righteous, +it shall be well with him;" Whatsoever their trials, troubles, and +tribulations are, the Lord will deliver them in the best time; they have +heaven in their eye and they look to the recompense of reward. Now what +hast thou in thine eye? Is it the high calling in Christ? Is this the +mark thou aimest at, and which thou hast in view? Is this the port and +haven, that thou art sailing to, "looking unto Jesus, the author and +finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him, endured +the cross, despising the shame?" Heb. xii 2. The apostle, after he had +been speaking of the suffering and martyrdom of those great saints, of +whom the world was not worthy; Heb. xi. How that "through faith they +subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopt the +mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the +sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, and +turned to flight the armies of the Aliens; of women, that received their +dead to life again, and others were tortured, not accepting of +deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection." Then he +comes to speak of the sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ, and bids us +"Look unto him." Heb. xii. 1, 2, 3. Wherefore, "seeing we are compassed +about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, +and the sin that doth so easily beset us; and let us run with patience +the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and +finisher of our faith: Who for the joy that was set before him, endured +the cross and despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of +the throne of God: For consider him that endured such contradiction of +sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds." +Blessed are they that can endure all these things, shame, reproach, +contumely, and disdain, persecutions and afflictions that attend the +testimony of Jesus! Blessed are they that can endure the cross, and +despise the shame! It is an internal cross, which thou must endure for +Christ, or thy own heart will reprove thee, check thee and condemn thee +for it: But if thou comest to know a being crucified with Christ, thou +shalt reign with him, and be raised up to eternal glory with him. Unless +thou knowest a dying to the world, and a being crucified with Christ, +thou canst not have a well grounded hope of everlasting happiness. + +Therefore now, friends, examine yourselves about your title to heaven. +It is the wisdom and practice of the world, to examine their titles and +settlements, and to see, they be sure, and firm, and stable beforehand: +So we should make sure for heaven and eternal glory, and of "an house +not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," before this earthly +tabernacle be dissolved; then for us to live will be Christ, and to die +will be eternal gain. Blessed are they that bear record of the Word of +God, and of the testimony of Jesus, that bear his name, and testify and +join with him against the spirit of the world, and the prince of the +power of the air. It is within that thou must join with Christ's +appearance, that so thou mayest be christianized, and thy mind made +truly christian: Thou must be purified in thy spirit, and baptized with +the Holy Ghost, and with fire, and know the powerful operation of the +Lord: They that have not experience of the new birth, they cannot enter +into the kingdom of God. + +O my friends, set before you the example of Christ, who was holy, +harmless, and undefiled; his life was glorious in holiness: And as it +becomes you, so it highly concerns you, to be holy in all manner of +conversation. For if you imitate not the life of Christ, you cannot be +saved by his death: He came into the world, to redeem you from all +iniquity, and to save you from sin and hell; Labour to answer the +dignity of your high and holy calling, with a conversation becoming the +gospel of Christ: For you are called to glory and virtue. Whatsoever +troubles, temptations and tribulations may attend you in your pilgrimage +here below, if you be faithful and sincere, you will have peace with God +through our Lord Jesus Christ. In all your labours and travels on this +earth, you may look up with joy for you have a serene heaven over your +heads; let Christ be precious to you; open the door of your hearts to +him, who is the King of glory: He is oppressed in the hearts of the +unclean, but he is exalted and lifted up in the hearts of the faithful: +Blessed are they that set him upon his throne in their hearts! O learn +of Christ to be meek and lowly: Your humility will exalt Him, and will +also exalt you at the last: "Be faithful to the death and you shall +receive a crown of life:" Those that have eternal life in their eye, and +depend upon Christ alone for salvation, they have laid a sure +foundation. All other foundations will come to nothing; they are founded +in time, and in time they will come to moulder away: But that city that +God is the builder and maker of, that Abraham had in his eye, will never +decay, nor moulder away: Let us have this always in our eye, that +nothing may intercept our view. "We have here (saith the Apostle) no +continuing city; we seek one that is to come." In this world we are as +sheep among wolves: "Fear not, little flock, (saith our Saviour,) it is +your Father's good pleasure to give you a kingdom." If we be the sheep +of Christ, we shall follow him: "For his sheep follow him, and know his +voice, and a stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, +for they know not the voice of a stranger." "My sheep (saith Christ) +hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give unto them +eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them +out of my hands." Here is encouragement for us to labour abundantly in +the work of the Lord; "for our labour shall not be in vain in the Lord." +Let us, with Moses, "choose rather to suffer affliction with the people +of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;" and "esteem +the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; and +have respect to the recompense of reward." + +Friends, I beseech you, in the fear of God, "look up unto Jesus, the +GREAT MEDIATOR of the new covenant, the author and finisher of your +faith; that by patient continuance in well doing, you may seek for +glory, honour, immortality, and eternal life:" Which you shall obtain, +if you persevere to the end: "For he that endureth unto the end shall be +saved." + +"Be not weary of well doing; for in due time you shall reap if you faint +not." He that hath appeared, as a God of salvation, and a mighty +preserver of his people in all ages of the world, and hath been so both +to the primitive christians, and to all our christian friends, that are +gone before us to an eternal rest, if you faint not, but follow them, +who through faith and patience do inherit the promises, you shall lay +down your heads in peace in him, when you come to die; And when time +shall be no more, you shall be for ever with the Lord. + +To God be praise, honour, and glory, who hath stretched forth his mighty +arm to save: Who is the arm of the Lord but Christ Jesus, the redeemer +of souls? When we had undone ourselves, and lost ourselves, in wandering +and departing from the Lord, the true and living God, into darkness and +the shadow of death, He stretched forth his almighty arm, to gather us, +and to bring us into the paradise of God again, when we were driven out +by our own sin, from the face and presence of the Lord. Christ Jesus, +the great and good shepherd of his sheep, came to seek and to save them +that were lost: The lost sheep that have wandered from him, he will take +them on his shoulder, and bring them to his fold: and he will make them +lie down in green pastures, and lead them by the still waters, and +satisfy them with the rivers of pleasure that are at God's right hand +for evermore. He hath promised, "That he will feed his flock like a +shepherd, and gather his lambs with his arm, and carry them in his +bosom:" I hope CHRIST JESUS, the GREAT SHEPHERD, will find some here +this day, that have gone astray, and gather them with his divine arm, +and keep them by his mighty power, through faith unto salvation. To him +be all praise, honour, glory, dominion, and thanksgiving: For He alone +is worthy, who is GOD over all, blessed for ever and ever.--_Amen._ + + +BANCKS AND CO., PRINTERS, MANCHESTER. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Sermon Preached at the Quaker's +Meeting House, in Gracechurch-Street, London, Eighth Month 12th, 1694., by William Penn + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A PENN SERMON 1694 *** + +***** This file should be named 20534.txt or 20534.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/5/3/20534/ + +Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was +produced from scanned images of public domain material +from the Google Print project.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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