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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17324	Dauids thanksgiuing for the arraignement of the man of earth, set forth in two sermons by W.B. The first sermon sheweth the manner of Dauids thanksgining, and containeth many comfortable points necessarie for afflicted consciences. The second sermon setteth forth the matter it selfe, for Dauid giueth thanks and that is, The arraignement of the man of earth ...	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1598 (1598)	STC 4172; ESTC S109549	26,720	100

and that was but onely during the tempest but when they in the ship were afraid of sinking they cried Saue vs Master we perish else and then he awaked and rebuked the winds so Christ may seeme to sleep in thee during the time of tempestuous temptations but whensoeuer thou art in any danger he is awake to saue thee and in the end will rebuke Sathan and tread him vnder thy feete that Christs spirit is in thee thou maiest perceiue by the voyce of the Church that is in thy case In my bed by night saith the Church I sought him whom my soule loueth but could not finde him so thou seeekest him whom thy soule loueth but canst not finde him that is thou seekest him whom thou hast with thee for there is in thee the loue of Christ which cannot come but from Christ himselfe now the very loue of Christ in thy heart though it be but weake yet is a certaine argument of Christs sanctifying spirit in thee for though the reprobate may in some sort slauishly tremble at the iudgements of God and for some carnall respect ioye in the things of God for a time yet there is not in them a loue of God in Christ Iesus but with their seruile feare is ioyned also a deadly hatred of the Lord as of their mortall enemie Againe if thou feele not as yet the gracious presence of Gods spirit in thee as thou wouldest yet vse the holy means that God hath appointed for the conuersion confirmation of his children frequent the word preached read in the scriptures labours of the godly learned vse praier conference and meditatiō so wait on God who is thy present helpe and thy God but thou saist thou canst not heare with delight thou canst take no pleasure in reading of good books nor hearing of them redd vnto thee thou canst not brooke conference and praier thou doest distast them all yet I say vse them still as a good man taketh meate and drinke and phisicke though it be against the stomacke and cast vp all againe yet he desireth to digest it and so by often taking at last doth gather strength and take that willingly with hope which before hee receiued against his will with a kind of loathing So thy sicke soule by often vsing the holy meanes that God hath appointed at last through his blessing will strengthen thee and make thee to vse them of loue desire which now thou doest but vnchearfully and with a certaine kind of loathing There is a defect in the stomacke or some other part of the body which will not suffer wholsome meate to be digested So in the inward man the defect may be in the vnderstanding which may be darke or in the memory which may be brittle or in the vtterance which may be slowe or in thy faith which may be weak or in thy repentance which may be imperfect or in thy loue which may be small or in thy zeale which may be bitter or colde or in thy minde which may be earthly or in thy affections which may be vnrulie or in thy whole man which may be lumpish heauie and vntoward to good things yet in all these remaine a double comfort First these graces are not counterfet but in trueth are such as they seeme to be thou vnderstandest aright thou vtterest the trueth though but slowly thou remembrest the best things and beleeuest the word and repentest in trueth with hatred of thy sins and thou louest God and his word for themselues sake againe so much as thou vnderstandest and knowest and remembrest beleeuest louest thou also affectest embracest in heart desirest to grow in them to practise them to the praise of God and therfore still hope and wait on God for though God seeme now to thy soule as if he had no care of thee yet he doth care for thee and thou shalt one day ioyfully sing as Dauid doth heere Lord thou hast heard the desire of the poore c. Lord thou hast heard c. The Lord doth heare all mens desires and knoweth all their thoughtes long before but he is said to heare the desires of his children after a more speciall and gracious manner because he doth in mercy both fauour their sutes and grant their requests so this word of hearing is to be vnderstood somtime in the scripture as where Dauid saith If I regard wickednes in my heart the Lord will not heare me that is the Lord will not grant me my desire And so is it taken also sometime amongest vs in our common manner of speaking as when we doe not fauour a mans suite we use to say I heare you not This is that which the children of God doe most groane and long for in praier namely to pray so that the Lord may heare them that is may afford them a gracions hearing which if they may be assured of then are their hearts filled with ioy whatsoeuer happeneth to them in the world And al their feare is least their sins and sinful praiers should stop the eares not of the Lord simplie but of his grace and fauour against them To that end doe they come before the Lord in all humilitie feare and reuerence striuing sighing and groaning and troubled in spirit And to this end the Lord oftentimes seemeth vnto his children as one that is deafe he maketh them no answere but takes away from them for the time all feeling of comfort in praier to that ende that when he doth speake peace vnto their harts they may know what a mercy they haue receiued from his Maiestie But wicked hypocrites regard not so much whether the Lord doth heare thē or no but whether men do heare them that is all their care they pray to be seene of men and to be heard of men onelie labouring with their lips but without anie strife of the heart They pompe it they chant it they howle it and throate it to please themselues and others but whether all that paines of theirs be accepted with God they neuer so much as once thinke So that when they haue done their stint and taske they may saie as the harlot said of whom Salomon speaketh To daie I had peace-offerings I haue payed my vowes and so leaue for that matter it is no matter whether they be receiued or no she hath paid them so saith the Hipocrit I haue said all my praiers to day I haue done al my deuotion there leaue for that matter but the poore child of God whose soule groaneth vnder the buthen of his sins doth not so much boast of the saying of his praiers as he doth of Gods mercy in hearing his praiers Lord I thank thee saith the Pharisie that I fast and praie so often in a weeke but Lord be mercifull to me saith the Publican Lord I praied in thy temple saith the one as the wicked in the Gospell Lord we haue heard thee preach in our streets