Ezekiel 33:11 Sermon, 1765
1765[1765]
Call Number765900.10
[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
[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 —
your Ev
why will ye, o [Houſe | House]HouſeHouse
of Israel —
The Whole [deſign | design]deſigndesign of the
[above] wordword of god is, to turnhim
[above] a Sinnera Sinner
from Satan to god, from
Sin to [holineſs | holiness]holineſsholiness, from the
Kingdom of Satan to the
[Kingdm | Kingdom]KingdmKingdom of god —
[above] wordword of god is, to turn
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 —
I Shall endeavour to Show
Several particulars, that
are [Implyd | implied]Implydimplied and [expresſ'd | expressed]expresſ'dexpressed in
this text —
- I.
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 a
doration — from [Thankſgivig | thanksgiving]Thankſgivigthanksgiving
from Self Dedication and [re
ſignation | re
signation]re
ſignationre
signation — and as he is de‐
parted from god his Chief good —
he is now [ptacing | placing]ptacingplacing his Affection[above] ss
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 | wor
ship]wor-
ſhipwor
ship of god, they [above] havehave no deligh[above] tt
[above] inin Prayer, either in Sacred [Pri
vet | pri
vate]Pri
vetpri
vate or [Publick | public]Publickpublic, if they [atend | attend]atendattend
upon Some Religious Duties —
they are very Cold heavy and
Dead [Exerciſes | exercises]Exerciſesexercises, —
-
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] mm
— 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] kk
and [Stupifyed | stupefied]Stupifyedstupefied with it, and
they will go on in the Practice
of them, [tho' | though]tho'though god Says, in Plain
-
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
-
own Death. why will ye dieAgain 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 Volunta
rily [above] inin what he did —
- IV.
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 a
mazing Will to Save Sinners —
[above] isis 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] mazingmazing Manner as he Did —
god from Eternity [above] willed makewilled 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,inthe[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
-
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] waswas 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] bb
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]writenwrittenin the Volumn
of me in the Volume of thy
Rock of Eternal Decrees
-
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
-
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 hiswill
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 hisSend
his Son into this World
— he [layd | laid]laydlaid [a Side | aside]a Sideaside as it
-
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] chch | preacher]Prea[above] chchpreacherwas an [Itenerant | itinerant]Itenerantitinerant [Prea[above] chch | preacher]Prea[above] chchpreacher — and was
here [till | 'til]till'til he [finiſh'd | finished]finiſh'dfinished his grea[above] tt
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]ofO
[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
-
[han't | haven't]han'thaven't you[above] rr 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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