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A44502	The reward of the wise: and the fruitful Christians future blessedness Opened at the late funeral of that piously wise and faithful, fruitful servant of God and our Lord Jesus, Mr. Thomas Moore of Whittlesey, interred at the church in Coleman-Street July 8. 1672. By John Horne of Lin-Regis in the County of Norfolk.	Horn, John, 1614-1676.	1672 (1672)	Wing H2807B; ESTC R217009	105,848	247

Mercy and Faithfulness as in Authority Power ●…nd Sufficiency to help and save us and therefore He will not fail nor be discouraged till he set judgment in the earth and bri●… every one of his faithful flock a●… followers to the enjoyment of 〈◊〉 everlasting Heavenly Pasture To him therefore lifting up 〈◊〉 eyes and hearts let us take co●…rage making use of what He ha●… left us by himself and by 〈◊〉 Spirit in his thereby made bo●… Apostles and Prophets yea a●… of what he affords or hath l●… with us of any his faithful Pasto●… or Teachers Let us only ta●… heed to follow his instruction hearing his voice and fear no●… but we shall do well in the iss●… and conclusion My Love an●… Service to your Self Lady an●… Family And the God of peac●… that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus the great Shepherd of the Sheep through the Blood of the everlasting Covenant made in Him with us through and according to which He will also raise from the dead the under-shepherds departed in the faith of Him and all His faithful Flock in his due time ●…o endless Glory and Happiness He make you and us all perfect ●…n every good Work to do his Will Working in us that which ●…s well-pleasing in his sight ●…hrough Jesus Christ To whom be Glory for ever and ever Amen Even in all that he doth and orders to and about us at all times To Him committing you and yours I am Sir Your obliged Friend and Servant in wha●… I may and canJohn Horne Lin-Regis Aug. 13. 1672. THE REWARD OF THE WISE AND ●…he future felicity of the fruitful faithful Labourers in Gods work and service Dan. 12.3 ●…d they that be wise shall shine as the ●…ightness of the Firmament and they that turn many to Righteousness as the Stars for ever and ever OUr Lord Jesus for so I understand him to be whose appearance is scribed in Chap. 10. either as in himself as the spiritual Being that was aft●●wards to be incarnate and made flesh as represented by an holy Angel hav●… in Chap. 11. shewed and made known his holy and beloved Prophet Daniel ma●… of those great transactions that should 〈◊〉 out in the World especially as relating the people of the Jews or Church of G●… under the Grecian and Roman Monarch●… declares in this Chapter what help G●… would afford to his people in the grea●… overspreadings of the power of their ad●●●saries and the good end that should be them And so he saith ver 1. And at 〈◊〉 t●●e namely when the Adversary shall p●… the Tabernacles of his Palace between 〈◊〉 Seas in the glorious holy mountain or mou●…tain of delight of holiness shall Michael st●… up even Christ for by that name is he c●●tainly called Rev. 12.7 the great Pri●… the Prince of the Kings of the earth Re●…lat 1.5 that standeth for the children of 〈◊〉 people either for the people of the Jews a●… their posterity Daniel being a Jew or●… also for the Church of God made up Jews and Gentiles and by faith in Chri●… made the seed of Abraham and heirs accordi●… to promise Gal. 3 26-29 the partition wa●… being broken down by Jesus Christ Eph●…sians 2.15 this great Prince shall all th●… ●…e stand up which may be understood ●…her of Christs appearing in the flesh and ●…ough sufferings entring upon his glory ●…d therein exercising his power in behalf 〈◊〉 his Church or else rather of his glori●…s appearing or standing up at last in the ●…urches greatest exigence to give it deli●…rance And there shall be a time of trouble ●…ch as never was since there was a Nation ●…en to that same time which time of so ●…eat trouble may be the time of the De●…uction of Jerusalem by Titus and of the ●…esolations and troubles following upon the ●…ewish Nation and People especially if by ●…e standing up of Michael we understand ●…e appearance of Christ in the flesh and his ●●ing exalted through sufferings unto glory ●…nd abiding therein and in the exercise of ●…is power for his peoples help For our Saviour seems to apply this saying to that very time of trouble in Matt. 24.21 where speaking of the troubles that should be in Judea and in and about Jerusalem he saith Then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to that time no nor ever shall be where we must either by No nor ever shal be understand that he means there shall never be such a time of trouble again in that Nation or else if we understand stand it universally that must of necess●… the time here spoken of this being s●… time as there was never before since th●… was a Nation But if we confine our S●…ours expression to that Nation and u●…stand him here to speak of the World versally or of the Church in its larger pacity then we may also understand 〈◊〉 He may point out some such time of gr●… trouble to the World or to the Chu●… rather from it towards the end of the tim●… or immediatly before Christs appearing glory and so standing up for his peop●… as there never was the like before in a age As the time of the slaying of 〈◊〉 Witnesses by the Beasts rising out of the botto●…less pit and of their dead bodies lying sl●… Rev. 11 7-10 and of the gathering togeth●… of the Kings of the earth to the battle of 〈◊〉 great day of God Almighty Rev. 19.14 ma●… probably be though in the conclusion th●… Saints shall have joy and the adversari●… destruction as is there implyed And so 〈◊〉 is said and signified here when he adde●… And at that time thy people shall be delivered every one that shall be found written in the Book namely all they that shall be appointed o●… God thereunto or shall be truly righteous and fearers of God this is the fruit and benefit of Michaels or Christs standing up ●…hem both to intercede with God in ●…ven for them and to succour them from ●…out of Heaven And this is the great ●…er of hope and consolation to the ●…rch and people of God that whatever ●…ersaries rise up against them and how ●…oever they prevail and whatever sad ●…s of trouble come upon them yet they 〈◊〉 a great Prince greater than all their ●…ersaries even the Lord Jesus to stand ●…or their help therefore they may hold ●…heir way and hold fast the profession ●…eir faith with courage and confidence ●… conditions only necessary it is that give diligence to be found in Christ so that our names be found written in ●…en even in the Book of Life for no 〈◊〉 shall fail of deliverance Luke 10 20. ●…p 5.9 He adds ●…ers 2. And many of them that sleep in the 〈◊〉 of the earth shall awake some or these ●…erlasting life and some or those to shame ●…erlasting contempt It is the manner ●…e Prophets of times to speak briefly and ●…isely of the things of Christ and his ●…gdom so

Scorner loveth not one that reproveth him neither will he go unto the wise though it be He that heareth reproof getteth understanding and he that hateth reproof is brutish Prov. 15.12.32 and 12.1 and so though ●…he seek for wisdome he findeth it not in his way and manner of seeking it Prov. 14.6 for God scorns the scorners but gives grace to the lowly Prov. 3.34 this self-conceit and ●…leaning to our own wisdome and understanding which makes us swerve and carries from attending to Gods word and its instructions and those that bring them to us so as not to listen to or be guided thereby must needs therefore be parted with by us if ever we will be wise as it is said Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding In all thy ways acknowledg him and He shall direct thy paths Be not wise in thine own eyes fear the Lord and depart from evil Prov. 3.5 6.7 And if any man among you seem to be wise in this world let him become own and acknowledg himself to be a fool that he may be wise 1 Cor. 3.18 Naaman the Syrian thinking himself wise enough so as he could fore-understand how the Prophet must deal with him for healing his leprosie was put into a rage and passion through his scornfulness and turned away from the means of healing which the Prophet directed him to so as he had missed of healing doubtless how or which way soever else he had sought it had he not upon the wise advise and persuasion of his servant laid down that high thought and scornfulness of the Prophets counsel and submitted himself thereto 2 Kings 5 10-14 read the relation there And see how dangerous a thing it is to lean to our own thoughts a●… the conceits of our own knowing and th●… scorning contrary counsel that seems ridiculous to us and how good it is to hear the good counsel of God and his holy servants and receive their instructions as what tends to make us wise in the latter end Prov. 19.20 the leaning to and retaining these two evils their own imaginations and the authority of their Fathers and Masters so as to forsake Gods law and disobey his voice was the occasion of Gods heavy judgment upon the land of Israel See to this purpose Jer. 9.12 13 14. It s good with David to hate thoughts and love Gods law Psal 119.113 3. We must also part with and let go evil company and counsellors such as cause us to erre from the way of wisdome and knowledge for He that walks with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be destroyed Prov. 17.20 Thence wisdom calling the simple and them that have no understanding to come to her house and partake of her provision which is fit and virtuous to give them understanding saith Forsake the foolish and live and go in the way of understanding Prov. 9.5 6. as implying that there is no living nor walking in the way of understanding while foolish persons are our companions and delighted in by us And by the foolish are meant all that are ignorant of or disobedient to the grace of God however otherwise learned or wife they may seem to be to themselves or others As those that have a zeal of God but not according to knowledge that being ignorant of Gods righteousness go about to establish their own righteousness and make that stand in Gods sight or make it a sufficient stay or support the ground of their hope and foundation of their confidence towards God and submit not to the righteousness of God even Christ the end of the Law for righteousness to every one that believeth Rom. 10.2 3 4. as well as also other grosser transgressors Thence the holy Spirit also pronounces them happy that walk not in the counsel o●… the ungodly nor stand in the way of sinners no●… sit down in the seat of scorners but their deligh●… is in the Law of the Lord and therein their exercise night and day Psal 1.1 2. implyin●… that men cannot exercise themselves in th●… Law or Doctrine of the Lord and deligh●… themselves therein so as to attain the blesse●…ness of being made wise thereby excep●… they avoid the counsels of ungodly person●… the ways of sinners the seat or teaching 〈◊〉 the scorners Solomon also instructing in th●… book of the Proverbs men in the way wisdome which he highly commends to 〈◊〉 and wills us above all things to get giv●… this as one of his first instructions My so●… if sinners entice thee consent thou not My s●●walk not thou in the way with them refrain ●…hy foot from their paths Prov. 1.10 15. and when he had said Hear thou my son and ●…e wise and guide thy heart in the way then ●…e immediately adds as necessary thereto ●…e not among Wine-bibbers among riotous ea●…ers of flesh for the glutton and the drunkard ●…all come to poverty Prov. 23.19 20. as also 〈◊〉 ch 22.34 he exhorts to make no friendship ●…ith an angry man nor go with a furious man ●…nd else where to go from the presence of a ●…lish man when we perceive not in him the lip ●…knowledge ch 14.7 and to cease to hear ●…e instructions that cause to err from the words 〈◊〉 knowledge ch 19.27 And when the Apo●…e would have the Corinthians not receive ●…e grace of God in vain but be enlarged in ●…eir hearts towards God and his Servants ●…d to what is good he warns them that ●…ey be not yoaked unequally with unbelievers ●…hey being such persons as from whom no ●…od or spiritual profit such as that of wis●…me is to be expected but to come out ●…m among them and be seperate and not touch 〈◊〉 unclean thing and so God would receive ●…m and be a Father to them and they should to him for sons and daughters 2 Cor. 6.1 〈◊〉 .17 18. 4. We must part with our love of Ease and Pleasures put away Slothfulness and Daintiness for slothfulness casts into a deep sleep and an idle soul shall suffer hunger and not be filled with that wisdome whose fruits do satisfie Prov. 19.15 Wisdom is not attained to but through diligence and therefore we must put away slothfulness love o●… ease pleasures and such things Thence Wisdom instructing us how we may attai●… her of God requires besides a hearing 〈◊〉 her a watching daily at her gates and wai●…ing at the posts of her doors Prov. 8.33 34 And besides the inclining the ear and applyi●… our hearts unto her sayings and calling to G●… for her that we seek for her as men seek silve●… and dig for her as for hidden treasures Pro●… 2.4 And surely men that love silver a●… seek for it are industrious and not sloth●… in business and did a man know there i●… treasure hid in a place where he might ha●… opportunity of digging for it and wh●… digging diligently he should find it oh h●… diligent would he be at it early