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A28339	Eben-ezer, or, Profitable truths after pestilential times being some meditations upon Isaiah 4, 2, shewing the mercy and the duty of those that have escap'd the slaughtering pestilence : as also, that all slaughter shall end in the exhaltation of Christ and the setting up of his kingdom : together with an epistolary preface to the citizens of London & Westminster / by Thomas Blake.	Blake, Thomas.	1666 (1666)	Wing B3140; ESTC R24659	97,235	207

yet the Blessings of Israel stand open for thee and the Door of Grace is wide open be confident if thou dost enter in close with and accept of Grace it will be as well with thee as with any of the Israel of God Consider thy hearty closing with Christ will not onely let thee into Mercy and Blessing of the present Day but it will let thee into Blessings of all kinds it will bring a Blessing upon thee in every Work and Way it will let thee into a part and share in the highest Priviledges that the Children of Men are capable of it will let thee into Sonship and Friendship with the great and holy God it will make thee blessed for Time and for Eternity Therefore fight not against thy own Mercies mind really and heartily what freeness and heartiness there is in the great God in setting before sinners all the Grace of the Covenant and what gladness it doth produce when poor Souls are willing to kiss the Son it will not onely produce Joy in thy own Soul it will not onely make glad the hearts of many of thy Relations and of thy Friends for possibly thou hast Relations and Friends that long to see Christ formed in thee that in every petition at the Throne of Grace their hearts are working for thy Soul and begging that thou mayst be a plant of Righteousness of the Lords own planting and nothing would glad them more then to see thee a Son and Heir of the Kingdom of God but also there will be Joy in Heaven Father Son and Spirit are gladded to see the designs of the death of Christ graciously accomplished upon the hearts of poor sinners Remember therefore I do this day in the Name of Christ invite thee to partake of all the Mercies which be the Mercies of Gods Israel And truly the Mercies of Israel are many there is Pardon there is Purging there is Adoption Sonship there is the Spirit to comfort you to lead you in every work and way there be the Promises made over to them there is mercy now and for ever A Kingdom the Lord has prepared for them that love him I invite thee to take a part in these things this day and forget it not that thou hast had a Call from the Lord at this time Soul I tell thee if thou dost stand it out against this Call of God truly though thou art escaped and thy life is given thee for a prey yet thou maist possibly be sealed up unto destruction thou maist be left to dye in thy sins and to fall for ever under the weight of divine displeasure for thy neglect and contempt of Gospel-Grace Be confident as Jesus Christ is now waiting upon poor Souls and offering Mercy to poor Sinners so when he comes to the glory that is reserved for him he will be found of power sufficient to recompence all that have trodden under foot the Blood of the Son of God and made light of those overtures of Mercy that have been tendred to them The Light is now with thee and the Lord is calling of thee therefore make peace while thou art in the way lest the Lord come forth against thee in his hot displeasure VSE IV. SOme methinks there are that are of trembling hearts and they cry It is true I am escaped but I fear I am none of the Israel of God My Use therefore would be to such as are of trembling spirits When they consider how good God has been to them they may possibly tremble lest at last they should lose the Mercy of this Mercy because they are not found among the Israel of God Many a Soul there is possibly cries out Israels Priviledges are too great for me to hope to have a part in them and Israels Spirit is a Spirit more excellent then ever I have been found in and therefore though I am escaped this day yet I want that which is the best piece of the Mercy of an Escape I would answer Know this O Soul that among the Israel of God there are many that are of fearful Spirits although they are really among the number of the Lords precious Ones they have not an Eye to see it nor Faith to believe it and so may possibly go mourning many days But what are thy Objections What makes thee fear Do not fear thou know'st not what nor why As we are to give a reason of our Hope so I would not have you fear without a reason Objection 1. Methinks the Soul says Gods Israel are a chosen People and the Election of God lies deep it is a secret lock'd up in his Bosom and I fear I have no part in the Election of God I fear the eternal thoughts of God did not concern themselves about such a weak and worthless Worm as I am Answer It is true the Election of God is a secret in the heart of God and secret things belong unto God things written and revealed belong to us It is not for me or thee to climb Heaven to search Records and at first dash to turn over the leaves of the Book of Life and to see whether we may find our Names therein written It is a great mistake upon which many run that would think to prove the truth of their being called by finding out whether they are elected or no it is an endless it is an impossible work This therefore know is thy work and mine to consult what effects of Electing Love we can finde upon our Souls if any thing of that be in thy heart thence thou mayst safely conclude thou wast in the heart of God from Eternity There is a Scripture that answers fully I think whatever the Soul can say in this matter 1 Thes 1.4 5. Knowing Brethren beloved your Election of God for our Gospel came not unto you in word but also in power and in the holy Ghost and in much assurance as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake Consider whether the Gospel hath had its work upon thy heart whether it hath come with power upon thy Soul and if so others may know and thou mayst know from thence thine Election Election is an act of God that he passeth from Eternity but Calling is a work and Fruit of Election upon the Soul of a poor Sinner by which it may come to discover that it was in the thoughts of God before the foundation of the World was laid If therefore thou canst trace the footsteps of Gods going upon thy Soul and of his working in a Gospel-way upon thy heart thy Soul is safe and the thoughts of God thou mayst conclude were towards thee before thou hadst a being But Objection 2. The Soul objects I fear God hath not been at work upon me I could conclude Gods election of me if I could find a work of the Gospel passed upon my Soul I know the work of the Gospel is to cleanse and purifie the heart but sin and filthiness

their hearts under the sad thoughts of past and what future slaughters may be and to commend Saintship to Sinners that they may be desirous to get into that number I have avoided affected strains and Jingles that sound of words which in my apprehension are but dead flies that corrupt the Boxes of otherwise precious Oyntment that the design may be heeded more then the expression and have sought to speak something that may be suitable to every case I have not much more to adde Onely 1. If what I have written fall into the hands of any in any place not reached by the hand of God this day Remember the cup doth many times go round your turn may yet be to come Be not secure 2. Let none be discouraged though you seace sudden wished effects of the slaughter the Lord hath made God is in his way and will do his work with sober speed He could have made the World in one hour but took six days for it God saith of Zidon Ezek. 28.23 24. He will execute Judgments in her he will send into her Pestilence and Blood in her streets and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the Sword on her on every side The issue of this Vers 28. There shall be no more a pricking Brier unto the house of Israel nor any grieving Thorn of all that are round about them that despise them The Promise is true Faith and Patience is our work 3. If thou art a Soul that knowest the Plague of thine own Heart and art in some measure delivered from it thou hast enough and God will bear thee in his Arms and bring thee to himself however things may be in the World I have this onely to request of thee That thou wouldst look this little Piece through and if one page suit not thy case another may If it serve thy spiritual Welfare in any measure Give God the Glory and beg that he may feel the power of all Truth upon his heart which he recommends to thee and is thine to serve thee for Jesus sake T.B. EBEN-EZER Or Some MEDITATIONS Upon ISAIAH 4.2 In that day shall the Branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious and the Fruit of the Earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel THat you may have a little light into these words it will be expedient to consider two things 1. What we are to understand by the Branch of the Lord and the fruit of the Earth and 2ly To what Time and what Persons these words do relate As for the former you shall find in Scripture there is one who is called the Branch Zac. 6.12 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts saying Behold the man whose name is the BRANCH and Zac. 3.8 For behold I will bring forth my Servant the Branch in these Scriptures and also in the Scripture I am upon by Branch we are to understand Jesus Christ and that we are to take Christ to be thereby intended is evident from Jer. 23.5 6. Behold the days come saith the Lord that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute Judgement and Justice in the Earth in his days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his Name whereby he shall be called The Lord our Righteousness or Jehovah our Righteousness He that is the Lord our Righteousness is this Branch and that is certainly the Lord Jesus He is called the Branch of the Lord upon the account of his Divine Nature that he is the Son of God the onely begotten of the Father that lay in his Bosom from Eternity as also because he was a Branch growing out and appearing in his glory and splendour before the Sons of Men by the appointment and Decree of the Father As for the Fruit of the Earth who may that be You find sometimes in Scripture Jesus Christ is said to be a Rod out of the Stem of Jesse and a Branch growing out of his Roots Isa 11.1 And there shall come forth a Rod out of the Stem of Jesse and a Branch shall grow out of his Roots He is so called upon account of his humane Nature as he is Man he is of the Seed of David and upon the same score he is here termed the Fruit of the Earth Christ the Branch of the Lord as he is Man is of earthly extract and Original Man is of the Earth and Christ as Man is made of the same mould with the rest of the Children of Men he was made Man and being of the Seed of the Woman he is here called the Fruit of the Earth Thus much for answer to the first Enquiry Who is meant by the Branch of the Lord and the Fruit of the Earth Secondly To what Time and Persons do these Words refer For there is a certain time unto which these words have relation in That day in what day is that it is a day of slaughter a day of great calamity for it refers unto the end of the foregoing Chapter without all dispute in the 25 and 26 Verses it is said Thy men shall fall by the Sword and thy mighty in the war and her Gates shall lament and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground it relates to a time when much slaughter should be made slaughter to a desolation when men should be exceedingly weeded out of the Earth then shall the Branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious and the Fruit of the Earth excellent and comely If that be the issue of Desolation we need the less matter it But unto what Persons doth this word relate I answer primarily unto the Jewish People and unto those among them that should survive and out-live the Calamities that do befall them it relates unto the surviving People among the Jews The Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious and the Fruit of the Earth excellent and comely for them that escape and them that escape of Israel It relates secondarily I suppose and may indifferently have some respect to all the People of God or more largely to all those unto whom the Gospel of Christ shall come and they be thereby prevailed upon as Israel in Scripture was a name unto all the Jewish Nation unto whom the Oracles of God were committed and they owned a subjection to them so it may have respect unto all in all times of the Gospel brought over to Christ who falling under sore Calamities have this grace allowed them to survive and out-live those days of distress This may serve to give light into the words and two Truths I would note from them which lie fairly in them and which I judge as pertinent unto the present circumstances under which we fall as any in any one Scripture that I know of in the Book of God Doctr. 1. That it is a proper issue and a good effect of slaughtering-Judgement upon them that have escaped the