Ezekiel 33:11 Sermon, 1765

Author Occom, Samson[pers0030.ocp]

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.]
Persistent Identifier
[Opener]
[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] wordword of god is, to turn him [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 —
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.
    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
  •  
    [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
    ſignation
    re
    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
  •  
    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-
    ſhip
    wor
    ship
    of god, they [above] havehave no deligh[above] tt
    [above] inin Prayer, either in Sacred [Pri
    vet | pri
    vate]
    Pri
    vet
    pri
    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 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 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
  •  
    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, 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
  •  
    Image, — But I know he will,
    Will his Death and [Diſtruc‐
    tion | destruc‐
    tion]
    Diſtruc‐
    tion
    destruc‐
    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]writenwritten in 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‐
    neſs
    full‐
    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 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
  •  
    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] 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
  • [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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