Ezekiel 33:11 Sermon, 1765
1765[1765]
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[note (type: abstract): Sermon by Occom on the verse, "Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?".][note (type: handwriting): Handwriting is small, yet largely clear and legible.][note (type: paper): Small sheets are folded into a booklet and bound with thread or twine. The paper is in good-to-fair condition, with light-to-moderate staining and wear.][note (type: ink): Brown ink is somewhat faded.]
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1765[1765]
[Goſhen | Goshen]GoſhenGoshen[place0293.ocp]
[Ezek | Ezekiel]EzekEzekiel — 33:11
Turn ye [trurn | turn]trurnturn ye from your Eveil Ways, for why will ye, o [Houſe | House]HouſeHouse of Israel —
The Whole [deſign | design]deſigndesign of the
^[above] word^word of god is, to turn him
^[above] a Sinner^a Sinner from Satan to god, from Sin to [holineſs | holiness]holineſsholiness, from the Kingdom of Satan to the
[Kingdm | Kingdom]KingdmKingdom of god —
In Speaking to [theſe | these]theſethese words I Shall endeavour to Show Several particulars, that are [Implyd | implied]Implydimplied and [expresſ'd | expressed]expresſ'dexpressed in this text —
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It plainly [Implys | implies]Implysimplies [y.t | that]y.tthat man as he is a Sinner by Nature, is departing from god, in his degeneracy he is gone from his Innocency, has [loſt | lost]loſtlost the [Bleſsed | blessed]Bleſsedblessed Image of god he is gone from his love to god — he is departed from the Covenant of god — he is gone far from the Commands of god — He is
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[Strayd | strayed]Straydstrayed from his obedience— He is Gone from his Sweet Devotions to god — He is gone from the Delight of Prayer [illegible]to god — from [Praiſe | praise]Praiſepraise — from adoration — from [Thankſgivig | thanksgiving]Thankſgivigthanksgiving from Self Dedication and [reſignation | resignation]reſignationresignation — and as he is de‐parted from god his Chief good — he is now [ptacing | placing]ptacingplacing his Affection^[above] s^s upon Vanity — [&c | etc.]&cetc. — —
- II.
our text [Implys | implies]Implysimplies, that as man ^[below] ˄^˄ is Departing from god, He is in Deaths Road the way that they go is the way of Death to Soul [& | and]&and Body
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and they are not only in [ye | the]yethe way of Death, but are Spi‐‐ritually Dead, they are dead to god, they have no activity towards him in a way of Love and obedience, yet activity Enough and ^[below] ˄^˄ Enough [againſt | against]againſtagainst him, they are Dead to Com‐munion and Enjoyment of God, they are Dead to the [wor-ſhip | worship]wor-ſhipworship of god, they ^[above] have^have no deligh^[above] t^t ^[above] in^in Prayer, either in Sacred [Privet | private]Privetprivate or [Publick | public]Publickpublic, if they [atend | attend]atendattend upon Some Religious Duties — they are very Cold heavy and Dead [Exerciſes | exercises]Exerciſesexercises, —
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they are dead to the Law of god, that is, they have no [Sence | sense]Sencesense of the [Holineſs | holiness]Holineſsholiness, [Juſtneſs | justness]Juſtneſsjustness and [Goodneſs | goodness]Goodneſsgoodness of God's Law, — they are not [Senceable | sensible]Senceablesensible, that they are under Condemnation of the Law of God, and that the [Curſes | curses]Curſescurses of the Law are out [againſt | against]againſtagainst the^[above] m^m — They are So dead, the Thunders of Mount [Sinaih | Sinai]SinaihSinai, [acompanied | accompanied]acompaniedaccompanied with [Earth Quake | earthquake]Earth Quakeearthquake, and [Lighting | lightning]Lightinglightning that [flaſhes | flashes]flaſhesflashes in their [Conciences | consciences]Conciencesconsciences, don't move them,— they are in Such love with Sin they are drun^[above] k^k and [Stupifyed | stupefied]Stupifyedstupefied with it, and they will go on in the Practice of them, [tho' | though]tho'though god Says, in Plain
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plain terms the Soul [yt | that]ytthat Sins Shall die, and again [Curſed | cursed]Curſedcursed is every one that Continues in all things [writen | written]writenwritten in the Book of the Law to do there — again Sinners ^[above] [yt | that]ytthat^[yt | that]ytthat will run the Downward Road, they [muſt | must]muſtmust Die a [Miſerable | miserable]Miſerablemiserable Death as to their their Bodies and Souls they [muſt | must]muſtmust be [caſt | cast]caſtcast from the Glorious [Preſence | Presence]PreſencePresence of god — and from every good, — to Hell and to all Evil — to all Eter‐nity —III our text [expreſsly | expressly]expreſslyexpressly tells us that Sinners Will their
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own Death. why will ye die Again they are Dead to the Sweet Calls of the graci‐ous [Goſpel | Gospel]GoſpelGospel of [Jeſus | Jesus]JeſusJesus [X | Christ]XChrist they have no [Sence | sense]Sencesense of the amazing [Condeſention | condescension]Condeſentioncondescension of god in [Chriſt | Christ]ChriſtChrist, nor the way of Salvation in him — They are Dead to Heaven and Heavenly Things, the [Bleſsedneſs | blessedness]Bleſsedneſsblessedness of Heaven — They are Dead to Hell, ie, They have no [Sence | sense]Sencesense of the Torments of Hell [&c | etc.]&cetc. —
- III.
God tells us, that Sinners Will their Death, Why will ye Die, Saith god, — The way Which Sinners take is the way of Death, and it is their Voluntary Choice, they are not [force't | forced]force'tforced to it by god, and neither are they [Drag'd | dragged]Drag'ddragged to by the Devil — but it is their free Will [& | and]&and act— Adam acted Voluntarily ^[above] in^in what he did —
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God [expreſsly | expressly]expreſslyexpressly tells us in our text and Context, that he has no [Pleaſure | pleasure]Pleaſurepleasure in the Death of a Sinner, but [yt | that]ytthat he turn and Live — god wills the Life and Eter‐nal Salvation of Poor Sinners turn ye turn ye for why will ye Die — God is Sincere, Hearty, and [Earneſt | earnest]Earneſtearnest in his Will, it is plainly to be Seen and [under Stood | understood]under Stoodunderstood by word, which is his Revealed will to the Chil‐dren,— in particular his amazing Will to Save Sinners — ^[above] is^is to be [Diſcoverd | discovered]Diſcoverddiscovered in his Sending
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his Dearly Beloved and only [Begoten | begotten]Begotenbegotten Son into this World in a^[above] mazing^mazing Manner as he Did — god from Eternity ^[above] willed make^willed make to man — and he knew, Man [woud | would]woudwould Will his own Death, But god [Willd | willed]Willdwilled his Salvation, and god [Calld | called]Calldcalled a [Councill | council]Councillcouncil in the Court of [H | Heaven]HHeaven — upon his will, in the [illegible]Days of Eternity, — and [me thinks | methinks]me thinksmethinks here, we may [Imagin | imagine]Imaginimagine to hear the Eternal Jehovah [begining | beginning]beginingbeginning (the Heavenly [illegible][Hoſts | Hosts]HoſtsHosts being Si‐lent and attentive) [thuſ | thus]thuſthus my will is to make man In our own [Likeneſs | likeness]Likeneſslikeness and
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Image, — But I know he will, Will his Death and [Diſtruc‐tion | destruc‐tion]Diſtruc‐tiondestruc‐tion — But I will his Salvation and Eternal Life, — But then, the Query ^[above] was^was Put to the Heavenly Worlds — Whom Shall I Send, who will go for us — [me thinks | methinks]me thinksmethinks the Heavenly [illegible][Hoſts | Hosts]HoſtsHosts were Si‐lent — — — They look upon one another — unable to [Anſwer | answer]Anſweranswer Such Important [Queſ | question]Queſquestion— — [Till | 'Til]Till'Til at Lengt[illegible]h the Lam^[above] b^b of god Stood forth and [Anſwerd | answered]Anſwerdanswered the Eternal [Queſtion | question]Queſtionquestion, — Saying ^[above] [Loe | Lo]LoeLo I Come^[Loe | Lo]LoeLo I Come it is [writen | written]writenwritten in the Volumn of me in the Volume of thy Rock of Eternal Decrees
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I Delight to do thy Will O God,— thy [illegible]Will be done— Thy Will is my Will— Send me, and I Will go— here [me thinks | methinks]me thinksmethinks the Heavens Shouted — Saying Worthy is the Lamb, to take ^[above] [ye | the]yethe^[ye | the]yethe Book and to [Loſe | loose]Loſeloose the Seven Seals thereof — and in the [full‐neſs | full‐ness]full‐neſsfull‐ness of time God made man and gave him Will — his Will was to keep his Commands for his Life and [happineſs | happiness]happineſshappiness forever —But man [woud | would]woudwould not keep
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god's but he took his own Will, and [Will'd | willed]Will'dwilled his own Death — But god [reveald | revealed]revealdrevealed his gracious Will to him — [Promiſd | promised]Promiſdpromised him a Saviour — from ^[above] [yt | that]ytthat^[yt | that]ytthat [illegible]time he [raiſd | raised]raiſdraised his Servants the Prophets [riſing | rising]riſingrising Early and Sending them to Proclaim his will go[illegible]od Will to the Children — Concerning the [Meſiah | Messiah]MeſiahMessiah — — And in the [fullneſs | fullness]fullneſsfullness of Time he did [Send his | Send his]Send hisSend his Send his Son into this World — he [layd | laid]laydlaid [a Side | aside]a Sideaside as it
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it were the Robes of Glory, took leave of Hea‐ven [& | and]&and — Enters into this World, with a Body like our own [&c | etc.]&cetc. ^[above] was an [Itenerant | itinerant]Itenerantitinerant [Prea^[above] ch^ch | preacher]Prea^[above] ch^chpreacher^was an [Itenerant | itinerant]Itenerantitinerant [Prea^[above] ch^ch | preacher]Prea^[above] ch^chpreacher — and was here [till | 'til]till'til he [finiſh'd | finished]finiſh'dfinished his grea^[above] t^t work [&c | etc.]&cetc. — —
- Improvement —
Is it [ſo | so]ſoso as we have heard, that man by [naure | nature]naurenature [Strayd | strayed]Straydstrayed Creature and in a way of Death, and is not this [Caſe | case]Caſecase with many of you in the [Aſembly | assembly]Aſemblyassembly —
- [Dolefull | doleful]Dolefulldoleful Condition —
Yet hark [illegible] ye hear God Callindg after ye to return to him, — turn ye turn ye from your Evil ways and Querying with you — for why will ye die ^[above] [illegible]^[illegible] of O [Houſe | House]HouſeHouse of Israel, give^[above] [illegible: [guess (ivys): r]r]^[illegible: [guess (ivys): r]r] why you [Chuſe | choose]Chuſechoose to Die, you [yt | that]ytthat are of the [Chriſtian | Christian]ChriſtianChristian Church has not god done Enough [han't | hasn't]han'thasn't [X | Christ]XChrist [Sufferd | suffered]Sufferdsuffered Enough
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[han't | haven't]han'thaven't you^[above] r^r means Sufficient, is not Heaven [Deſirable | desirable]Deſirabledesirable — and the Company of god — and of Angels and the [Bleſsed | blessed]Bleſsedblessed Eternity you old — Why —has not god been [illegible: [guess (ivys): S]S] ending his Dear Servant [illegible: [guess (ivys): to you]to you]
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