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A80090	Christian-experiences from Scripture evidences under this variety, or several heads: viz. 1. Comfort for believers against their fears and dismayings. 2. Comfort for believers from their spiritual incomes. 3. Mans fruitlesness without saving faith, being a parallel between the belief of most, and the belief of devils. 4. Councel unto saints as sojourners and strangers. 5. Mans folly in determining by present evens [sic] or state of things. By Richard Coler, preacher of the word at Broughton in Hampshire.	Coler, Richard.	1652 (1652)	Wing C5062; Thomason E1331_2; ESTC R209105	103,933	255

Christ do mind the things of Christ Rom. 8. 5. They that are after the Spirit do mind the things of the Spirit that is All their thoughts words works projects and contrivances do habitually fix and center in Christ Try therefore which way thy thoughts thy projects run If they meet in Christ then from these and such like Evidences drink down thy spiritual comforts for from our union with Christ flow such spiritual incomes even benefits enough to hold up the heart in the worst of outward crosses losses persecution trial troubles whatsoever Mark therefore CHAP. III. Sheweth the precious Incomes by being one Spirit in Christ FIrst All the precious Promises are yours 1 Tim. 4 8. Godliness is profitable unto all things having the promise of this life that now is and of that which is to come True Godliness cannot be without union with Christ and poor Creatures it is very certain that this life will not make thee happy But now if another will if a Jesus and Eternal Glory will you have this riches promised in that life that is to come This life that now is is indeed to make you gracious and in it you have a rich promise of comfort Joh 4. 18. I will not leave you comfortless I will be with you to the end of the world A precious Jesus in a precious promise is enough to bear up the soul in all temptations What though thou art poor personally if Christ be one with thee spiritually thou hast a plenty in the midst of all thy poverty The Lord is a sun and a shield Ps 84. 11. yea he will give grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold from them that are Believers What saith the Apostle for the chearing of thy spirit 2 Pet. 1. 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises What wilt thou desire more If promises that are precious if promises that are great if exceeding great and precious promises will do thee good they are all thine if thou hast union with Christ 2. All the richest Graces are ours from the least of Faith to the fulness of Assurance Gods graciousness is the richest and supereminentest grace And it may be for the present thou hast but a grain or a drop of that Ocean but know the whole Sea of love is all thine It may be thou goest weeping notwithstanding thou bearest Ps 126. 6. precious seed yet know thy spiritual comfort is sheafs of joy yea joy unspeakable and full of glory At present thou hast by union with Christ no less then Riches of grace and Gracious riches nay but Exceeding riches of Grace is all yours if you be Christs Ephes 2. 7. 3. All the sweetest Comforts are yours if you have union with Christ I cannot say all earthly Comforts but rather Crosses the sweetest and heavenly Comforts are yours and the very thought of this should swallow up ten thousand Crosses how much more the possession Yet this is the fault of Christians one little trouble or Affliction swallows up abundance of Enjoyment whereas one thought of Christ and one enjoyment from him should swallow up abundance of afflictions What will not peace of Conscience bring which is a continual feast unto the soul by Christ being thine And if Joy in the Holy Ghost may comfort thee that is thine If wine refined if wine and milk if water of life if the Spring of all comfort may comfort thee it is yours if you be married to Christ 2 Cor. 1. 3 4. Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of mercies and God of all comfort And lest the soul should think to have him thus only in Heaven he adds that he is a God of comfort for you on Earth to comfort you in all your tribulation that we may be able to succour support and comfort others by the comforts wherewith he comforteth us And what a precious Income is this to have by Christ all heavenly sweet and precious comforts 4. By union with Christ all the highest Priviledges are yours If it was a priviledge to be called the Son of Pharaohs daughter what a high priviledge is it to be sons and daughters of the most high God and thus thou art by being united unto Jesus Christ 1. What a priviledge is it to be born an Heir unto some Great man on earth What honour and homage will men give to Heirs upon this account But by this union with Christ thou art an Heir to God and Coheir with Christ 'T is true thou wast not born to it but every Believer was bought into this eminent high and noble priviledge And if we do but consider the price it may suffice to set forth this priviledge 1 Pet. 1. 19. Ye were not redeemed with silver or gold but with the precious blood of Iesus Christ 2. It may be thou art poor and therefore Great men upon Earth will scorn to cal thee Friend Brother Sister Son Daughter many are so proud that in thy poverty they wil be ashamed to own thee But thou hast this priviledge in being joyned to Christ that the Lord of all is not ashamed to call you Brethren Sons Daughters Friends nay you that are joyned to Christ are Gods jewels Joh. 1. 12. To as many as Mal. 3. 17. believed to them he gave power to become the sons of God And saith the Apostle Heb. 2. 11. For this cause he is not ashamed to call us Brethren For what cause The verse before tels you because of union thou hast this priviledge He that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are both one for this cause he is not ashamed to call us brethren 3 What a priviledge is it counted to be free of some Corporations as to be a Freeman of London and such like Cities And Paul tels you it was his priviledge to be free-born But now the Saints of God by being united unto Christ are made free of that new Ierusalem which is Heaven it self Christ hath inroll'd his Saints in the book of life all your names are written and enrolled in Heaven and you are Citizens by vertue of your union Eph. 2. 19. 4. What a priviledge is it to be freed from all Arrests Mens persons count this a great priviledge But what is it to have the soul free and to have it so free that it shall be free indeed Such a priviledge have Saints by Christ he by marrying them unto himself hath made them free free indeed from all arrests No condemnation to them that are in Christ It would be well if wicked men that have no interest in Christ could bribe Satan Death and Hell and at the great day of Judgment come off from their arrests but that is impossible but if they could Conscience will rise in judgment against them and issue out a greater Writ then that of Belshazar upon the wall But now Believers are free by vertue of Christ having this priviledge that none shall lay

and fro by every wind of worldly distress or success he that rejoyceth let him rejoyce in God and not in mans transactions in this worlds changes for all such rejoycing is vain I shall as briefly as I can give you something by way of exposition and then touch upon some observations from the words But first take notice that the Epitome of this Book is to shew the vanity of all creatures Eccles 1. 2. Vanity of vanities all is vanity more either in name or for nature cannot well be expressed not any part free but it is all and that not as of a simple nature onely but also as compounded It is vanity of vanities And that Eccles 4. 15. 7. 13. which I rather mention it for is he doth it much upon a rational account saying in every other verse I considered I considered and withal keeping still to the object of mans reason All things under the Sun as Chap. 1. 3 7. and Chap. 6. 1. 12. And certainly if I would be a great admirer of mans reason or the will of man which is the top of it I know no book more amongst all the books of truth that speaks for it or to it then this of Solomons he puts every sentence as it were upon a rational account saying I considered I considered times and things and I finde them thus and thus and so do you c. But now observe and all you that are so much for mans reason and will take notice of it that though he calls to a consideration of times and things yet he centers not any thing in the creature but determines all in God as Chap. 3. 17 18. I said in my heart God shall judge the righteous c. I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the Sons of men that God might manifest them and that they may see that they themselves are beasts So likewise in the 5. Chapter Ver. 19. Reason nor industry getteth not riches but these are gifts as from the hand of God not on mans improvement No mark how he silences mans reason Chap. 7. 10. Say not thou what is the cause that the former days are better then these for thou doest not enquire wisely concerning this So Verse 13. Consider the work of God for who can make that strait which he hath made crooked and also in the Text God hath set prosperity against adversity that man should not finde out any thing after him In all these though he calls for the consideration of man yet he saith not if thou wilt God is engaged but say not in thy heart men are apt enough to boast and pride themselves in any fig-leaves of their own sewing together whereby to cover their nakedness we are too too apt to set up our own wills againt the will of God and to be contriving and determining personal and national events yea and for salvation men will be buying and selling for that too when in all we should say If the Lord please ascribing all ●n ●5 to the good pleasure of his will and therefore silence thy own reason and resolve all into God for if this Oracle may be believed all that thou sayest or doest is al vanity yea the refinedst thoughts or actions without mercy are not onely vanity but also vexation of spirit Eccles 2. 17. But I come to the Text In the day of prosperity rejoyce but in the day of adversity consider God hath set the one over c. The whole verse contains two things 1. What man doth upon this worlds dion of text changes In the day of prosperity he rejoyces c. 2. What the Lord doth in or upon this doing of man Man would be judging absolutely the things and actings of God by outward appearances of prosperity and adversity but mark God sets one against another to silence mans censuring For explication let us consider 1. What we do upon this worlds changes In the day of prosperity we rejoyce and in the day of adversity c. I conceive we are not so to understand it as of a thing commanded as if the Lord commanded us to rejoyce in our prosperity but as our usual practice is we do do so as reasons rule and inclination for to be joyful if succesful A parallel Scripture to this you have Eccles 11. 9. Rejoyce O yong man in thy youth and let thine heart chear thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee unto judgement Not that any young men from the authority of this Text are commanded to walk in the ways of their own hearts or in the delights of their own eyes but it shews what youth would do So here reasons rule is to be joyful if prosperous and grieved if distressed it is to be understood according to our practice it is our inclination and suits our reason so to do and therefore observe had it been in the day of prosperity mourn be pensive and lament and in the day of distress rejoyce and be glad this had been reasons Paradox but it is as the course and custom of the world doth in the day of prosperity they rejoyce c. Here are two days but much different in light and occasions a day of prosperity a day adversity 1. What is meant by Day and this we are to understand a time or season not a day Artificial or a day Natural but a season as he speaks in that of Eccles 1. 2 3 4 5. To every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the Sun A time to be born a time to dye a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted So here in the day that is in the season and time of prosperity So our Saviour in that of Matth. 6. 34. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof that is in every state time and condition in this life there is a sufficiency of trouble temptation and incumbrances of evil that doth accompany that time or condition So here in the day in that state and condition But 2. In the day of prosperity The day of glory is a prosperous state indeed for the soul to rejoyce in but I take not this to be meant here But rather a day of prosperity as to a day that is respecting this world and this most genuine to the scope as All things under the Sun Eccles 1. 3. 3. 1. and under heaven Now that prosperity may be called a day I shall instance but in two respects 1. As the day is light and chearful so is prosperity A heavy purse makes a light heart is our common Proverb and let a man be but successful and there is no question of his being joyful Psal 30. 6. In my time of prosperity I said I shall never be moved So many a poor heart having a day in this