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A04270	The ioy of the vpright man In a sermon preached at Grayes Inne: By I. B. Wherein is declared the hidden comfort, the sure reward, the present condition of the vpright-hearted.	Barlow, John, b. 1580 or 81.	1619 (1619)	STC 1439; ESTC S116383	22,522	44

and the not keeping of the Law be debts as in truth they be then as Paul writeth to Philemon concerning Onesimus let vs in all humilitie of heart by the hand of faith set both on Christs score And thus much for the matter of our iustification by which we are made righteous The manner how or by what meanes it is applied followeth and that is faith and faith onely for we are iustified by faith onely as by an instrumentall cause for faith laieth hold on the obiect matter of our iustification Christ and his obedience and so vniting the beleeuer to him hee is iustified though not by his owne inherent and actuall righteousnesse So that God the Father accepteth of this satisfaction as if we in our owne persons had both for holinesse of nature and perfection of obedience absolutely answered and fulfilled the Lawes iustice And from this that I haue said we may gather these conclusions First that None was euer personally righteous but Christ onely For if his Father would marke what was done amisse yet he was and is and euer shall be able to abide it for he was holy for nature and perfect for life Againe hence it will follow that all men stand in neede of Christs merits and all cause of boasting is totally excluded from mankind yea whatsoeuer Papists babble the blessed Virgin her selfe So that the person for whom light is sowne is hee that by faith applieth Christ and his obedience being offered by the Father to himselfe in particular And thirdly we may from this safely conclude that They who haue no faith cannot be iustified and consequently saued For wee must of necessitie haue faith to apply Christ as an instrument for faith is as a hand to receiue and put on the righteousnesse and merits of the second Adam We are said to liue by faith that is in beleeuing in the Lord of life They therefore that haue no faith are dead in trespasses and sinnes Adam had life in himselfe at the creation now we haue it out of our selues from Christ at our iustification And last of all we may collect that the obiect of faith and matter of iustification is not within vs but without vs and that we stand in need of the same else no saluation whence these three Corollaries follow First that sinnes before conuersion cannot hinder mans perfect iustification Let this bee well obeserued Secondly that good workes after our effectuall vocation doe not further our iustification before the Lord they will helpe to assure vs that our faith is sound and iustifie vs in the eyes of the world but no other waies And lastly from this I also conclude that They are in a great errour who hold the bare act of faith without the application of Christ and his obedience to iustifie We are said to liue by our hands yet wee vnderstand that it is meant by that we get by labor and trauell for no man eates his fingers so wee may truly be said to be iustified and saued through faith but wee must know that it is by what faith resteth on and applieth to the person and no otherwise this is the plaine meaning And now I come to the second branch of my text and ioy Some expound the first part by the second and say that by light is meant ioy and by iust vpright in heart But I rather vnderstand that sanctification is meant in this clause for many are apt to say they haue faith yet want holinesse therefore the spirit would take away that false cauill Againe good and righteous persons call the soundnesse of their faith sometimes into question doubting of the truth of their spirituall condition therefore to remoue that scruple and to comfort and settle their wauering minds the Prophet annexeth as a helpe this other clause wherein is comprehended sanctification And vsually in the holy Booke these two are coupled together and they may not be put asunder 1. Cor. 6. 11. Now for the interpretation of the words some reade ioy others gladnesse the difference of these two I take to be this Ioy is in the heart secretly hidden and gladnesse may be seene in the face or by some outward signe discerned for where one Euangelist writeth Reioyce and bee glad another saith Reioyce and leape Feare and ioy are internall but trembling and gladnesse externall See Mat. 5. 12. Luk. 6. 23. Psal 2. 11. Matth. 28. 8. Vpright Seemes to be a Metaphor tooke from a pillar or thing that standeth as wee say bolt vpright not inclining more one way than another or some reade it Right or Streight of heart that is in whose thoughts intentions and conuersations is no guile like Nathanaël or Ezekiah and heart is added to shew the true roote of sinceritie as also to condemne outward hypocrisie for some like the old Pharisies are iust outwardly but inwardly full of rottennes the heart is not vpright what shew soeuer they make of holinesse and righteousnes or it may be annexed for the comfort of the iust that though they faile sometimes in outward act yet it falleth foorth contrary to the intent and former purpose of their heart for the most faithfull hath his failings whatsoeuer his resolutions haue been to the contrary And now in few other words thus may we plainly resolue these What if the faithfull be afflicted ouerwhelmed with the waues of sorrow compassed about with great and manifold euils drowned in the depth of depths and well neere swallowed vp of ouermuch heauinesse shall they not heare of glad tidings will not ioy breake out as light in the morning and all teares be wiped from their eyes yes this is an eternall truth that All such as are iustified by faith in Christ sanctified hauing hearts without guile by the word and spirit though they sow in teares plow in paine and all their crop seeme to be blasted yet there be great blessings appointed by God for them which though for a season they be couered and hidden like corne in the furrowes they shall one day reape and receiue in earth and heauen according to the sure promise of the Lord. Thus to our power hauing pickt out the true meaning wee come to gather some profitable instructions and out of the word sowen we may first obserue that Doct. 1 The righteous mans haruest in secret and hidden It lieth like the corne couered in the ground Their life is hid and it is not manifest what they shall be No eye hath seene or eare heard neither hath it entred into the heart of man what the Lord hath laid vp for them that loue him Name what you can and it will be a mysterie a secret thing that belongs to the vpright in heart Reason 1 First is not the decree of God a hidden thing a depth vnsearchable and able to make a man astonied Did not Paul crie out Oh the deepnesse of the riches both of the wisedome and counsell of God! how

Seeds-man of the earth and heauen hath prouided why then striue to be vpright in heart Noah was a righteous Preacher Lot was iust Paul had a good conscience Ezekiah walked before the Lord with an vpright heart and these were freed from many dangers on earth died at the last with honour and now are reapers of that vnspeakable light in the kingdome of heauen But because many boast of their owne righteousnes crie Stand apart I am more holy than thou yet are not of this number we will giue some true trials and notes of vpright and iust men First an vpright man lookes backward and forward wipes off the score both with man and the Lord. If hee haue wronged any by forged cauillation with Zacheus if he be of abilitie then he maketh full restitution if hee be not yet will he make confession to the partie if conuenient craue pardon with a resolution that if euer the Lord enable him he will restore to the vttermost farthing and will not faile in the meane time to inuocate the Lord that he who by him hath been iniured may some way or other gaine more through his bountie than by his wickednes he hath been depriued of This is a true note of one vpright in heart for restitution is of absolute necessitie to righteousnes at the least in resolution and will where wealth to restore is wanting And Iudas in this went beyond many and will rise vp in iudgement against many for he so will not they made restitution And for time to come hee will doe to his brother as he would be done vnto alwaies endeuouring to keepe a good conscience with euery person in euery action Wee haue some that turne to their former courses when as they haue acknowledged their sinne and made their neighbour satisfaction as the theefe that when the sore is worne out of his hand and the print of the burning iron falls to filching but an honest heart will steale no more neither willingly wrong any man either outwardly in action speech or inwardly by cogitation resolution for he holds that the least motion of the will whereby his brother is wronged is a sinne and to be abandoned And marke this he will proportion his almes according to his abilitie and the poore mans necessitie For the righteous measureth all his affaires by iudgement Thus much of his carriage towards man now follow trials or signes of his iustice towards God First hee will truly confesse that it is the Lords mercie hee was not long agone for his sinnes consumed Againe he mourneth and weepeth that he hath offended so good a God so mercifull a Father Thirdly he only relies vpon the meere mercie of God and sole merits of Christ Iesus for remission and iustification hee hateth mans merits as he loueth the Lords mercie Besides hee taketh no action in hand but he seeketh good ground for it out of Gods booke hee doth not like a carelesse Carpenter worke at an aduentrue without his Rule but like a boy that would speake true Latin who first lookes at the precept then speaketh so hee hath first an eye to the word and then to his worke Furthermore hee endeuoureth to bring the whole man to the subiection of Gods law as all the vnderstanding all the affection all the will he would haue the corrupt part of serue God as well as the regenerate And this is only to be found in the righteous and in none other for hee would giue all his members and all of all his members as so many weapons to serue the Lord in righteousnesse And finally in all matters of triall hee will appeale to God and make him chiefe Iudge of all things for hee knoweth that the Lord is iust and loueth not iniquitie neither will peruert iudgement And this is the cause why good men haue so longed that Christ would come to iudge the earth for then they shal haue their faithfulnes discouered ratified rewarded If thou finde these things in thee thou art one that shall reape all good fruits in the land of righteousnes but if not the weeds of Gods wrath in the land of wickednes And this shall suffice for the first proposition the second succeedeth to be handled in its order whence we collect that Doct. 3 The vpright man shall be the only merry man Nay he is already the ioyfull man Few thinke so but it is so This doctrine may be confirmed by the seuerall actions done by the righteous being in diuers conditions and of contrary vocations functions Was not the King glad when the people said vnto him Come let vs goe vp to the house of God Did not the people goe home and make great mirth that they vnderstood the word that was taught them Are the Christians said to continue with one accord in the Temple and to eate their meate together with gladnesse and singlenes of heart The Apostles sung Psalmes in prison The Thessalonians receiued the word with great ioy in affliction Did not some returne home reioycing that they were counted worthie to suffer for the Name of Christ Iob saith The righteous shall laugh at death And Stephen had boldnes at his departure And thete is neuer an action in Christianitie but as euery flower hath his smell so it hath and yeeldeth comfort and consolation for all her waies are waies of pleasure and all her paths prosperitie Paul prayed and gaue thankes with great reioycing and wonderfull is that ioy which the vpright haue and doe feele in these priuate and hidden duties for then the Lord reueileth himselfe most cleerely answereth the poore petitioner familiarly yea God like man giueth his greatest gifts to his dearest children in priuate for hee vpbraideth no mans person And how haue the vpright been rauished in minde with the meditation of the glorie of God and his wonderfull workes Surely as a man beholding the Sunne with a corporall eye in his brightnes dazeleth turneth back his face and cannot endure it so may the vpright man with the eye of his faith see such excellencie in the Sonne of righteousnes that for the time he may be astonied varie the obiect and say I haue enough These things be secret yet most certaine and the reasons be as cleere as the noone day Reason 1 For first his sinne is pardoned And is not a pardon to a poore condemned person a thing that yeeldeth great ioy vnspeakable comfort When a castaway heareth but of such a matter how will his dead heart reioyce his cold spirits dilate them themselues and his sorrowfull soule gather consolation From this ground Christ vnto the man that was sicke of the palsie said Be of good comfort thy sinnes are forgiuen thee Remission of sinne is the mother of great mirth and this the vpright man is assured of Psal 32. 2. Reason 2 Againe he is clothed with the righteous robes of Christ and adorned with all the sauing graces that are