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B20532	Five lessons for a Christian to learne, or, The summe of severall sermons setting out 1. the state of the elect by nature, 2. the way of their restauration and redemption by Jesus Christ, 3. the great duty of the saints, to leane upon Christ by faith in every condition, 4. the saints duty of self-denyall, or the way to desirable beauty, 5. the right way to true peace, discovering where the troubled Christian may find peace, and the nature of true peace / by John Collings ...	Collinges, John, 1623-1690.	1650 (1650)	Wing C5317; ESTC R23459	197,792	578

doe it hee hath spoke it and shall hee not bring it to passe and upon such like considerations thy spirit begins to bee composed and to returne to its rest This is likewise a gospell-peace a true made right bred peace This was likewise something which the Church cald to mind from whence shee had peace Lam. 3. 31 32 33. The Lord will not cast off for ever though he cause griefe yet wil hee have compassion c. Shee lived upon the reversions of his love by vertue of his faithfulnesse that stood bound for the fulfilling it In short bee it from these particulars or any of the like nature if thy peace be hatched up in thy soule from a due consideration and application of the nature of God as hee hath revealed himselfe in his word it is a true Gospell peace a peace of Christs making in thy soul 3. If the peace that ariseth in thy soule ariseth from a due meditation and a believing application of any thing that Christ hath done or suffred for thee it is a true peace if it arise from a meditation of Christ dying for thee and washing thee with his bloud from Gods accepting thy soule in Christ this is true peace As suppose that thou art under some heavy burthen of spirit in respect of some outward crosses and trialls and now thou sitt'st down and thinkest well yet my sinnes are pardoned yet my soule is washed with the bloud of sprinkling yet the Lord hath accepted mee in his well-beloved why should I bee troubled this is a blessed peace Eccles 9. 7. Go thy way eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a merry heart for God now accepteth thy work The Lord commands us to be at peace if we be at peace upon this account Rejoyce saith Christ that your names are written in the book of life Or if thy soule be troubled under the sense of thy sinnes and thou knowest not what to doe at last thou resolvest to cast thy selfe upon a promise to venture in upon Christ saying If I perish I perish and hence thou hast peace this is a true Gospell-peace of spirit In short if it be upon the consideration and application to thy selfe of any thing Christ hath done it is true peace Suppose thou hast some grievous affliction befallen thee thou art afflicted in thy body or in thy estate or in thy relations and this is a sad trouble to thee but now thou sittest downe and thinkest with thy selfe why should I bee thus troubled hath not Christ taken out the sting of this crosse hath it any poyson in it is it not a meere fatherly chastisement hath not Christ overcome the world and upon the due consideration of these things and believing application of such meditations thou findest a quiet secretly steale upon thy soule and thy spirit is becalmed this is a sweet peace a peace of Christ's concluding in thy soule this is according to Christ's rule Bee of good cheare I have overcome the world A fourth note by which thou mayest judge thy peace is this If it bee a peace concluded upon thy former experiences then is it a true peace such was Davids peace Psal 119. 52. I remembred thy judgements of old O Lord and I comforted my selfe David many a time made peace with his spirit this way looking over the old records of mercies and concluding confidently from the past or present mercy to the future Psal 116. 7. Returne to thy rest O my soule for God hath dealt graciously with thee If upon this account thou commandest thy soule to rest because the Lord hath dealt graciously with thee it is a signe the peace of thy spirit is right made The Psalmist whosoever hee was whether Asaph or David that composed that 77 Psal when hee could find peace no way he took this course he went and look't over the old records for it Psal 77. 11 12. It may be thou art under heavy burthens in respect of manifold corruptions or manifold temptations or in respect of some crosses and afflictions that are befallen to thee in this world or thou hast been troubled for some such thing and nothing would comfort thee But at last it came in thy mind the Lord hath delivered mee in many a strait I have seen mercy in many a judgement I have felt his upholding power many a time when I was even sinking and saying my hope is cut off from before the Lord why should I distrust him now why should not that God that hath delivered me in six troubles keep mee in the seventh also that it should not hurt me well I will trust in him c. This peace now is a true peace this is a peace of Christs making in the soul Fiftly If faith be a commissioner on thy soules part in making thy peace thou mayest then know it is a true peace Such was Davids peace Psal 27. 13. I had fainted unlesse I had believed to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the living his believing kept him from faintings and settled his soule How is thy peace handed to thy soule Christian is it handed by faith is faith the Dove that thou sendest out of the Arke of thy soule when the waters of trouble are high and doth that returne with the olive branch in her mouth Open the windowes of thy soule and let it in never doubt but it is an olive branch of peace Is it a believing a trusting in the Lords providence or promise a believing a closing with God that works out thy peace feare not thy peace feare not any newes for not being good if faith brings it to thy soule faith seeth God sealing before it seales to thee Let that be a fifth note of triall I will adde but a Sixth Lastly Peace after prayer is ordinarily true peace It is not earned by prayer but it is usually a fruit that groweth upon that root and if thine be such rejoyce in it Such was Hannah's peace 1 Sam. 1. 15. 18. Hannah was a woman as shee reports her selfe of a troubled spirit shee goes and powres out her soule before the Lord and the words say her countenance was no more sad no shee had peace her prayer was answered shee had true peace Indeed any temple-peace is true peace any peace that the soule truly extracts out of ordinances is true peace David when he was so unreasonably troubled with that temptation Psal 73. of the wickeds prosperity at last hee goes into the Sanctuary there his soule was stayed Psal 73. 17. Wouldst thou know then whether thy peace be true or no whether it be Christs peace yea or no such a peace as thy soule may trust yea or no and not in thy peace have great bitternesse examine thy peace whence it came examine thy selfe how thou camest by it didst thou in trouble go and powre out thy soule before the Lord and crie mightily to him wrestle with him c. Didst thou wait upon

that a child or friend of many teares and prayers should perish Give not over therefore mourning over them crying praying to God for them the Gospell-day lasts What though thy friend by his life yet declares himselfe to be out of Christ yet he may be under the Apple-tree for ought thou knowest though not upon it yet under it Christ that saw Nathaniel under the Fig-tree may see thy child or friend under the Apple-tree and call him and raise him up it is Christs place where he useth to raise his Elect ones I raised thee up under the Apple-tree there thy mother brought thee forth there she brought thee forth that bare thee THE SPOVSE Raised FROM Vnder the APPLE-TREE OR The way by which Children of Wrath come to be made the Children of Grace Opening the Doctrine of our Redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ both in respect to the Purchase and Application By JOHN COLLINGS M. A. Isa 63. 5. And I looked and there was none to help and I wondred that there was none to uphold therefore my owne arme brought salvation unto me LONDON Printed for Rich Tomlins 1649. The Spouse raised from under the APPLE-TREE CANT 8. ver 5. I raised thee up under the Apple-tree there thy mother brought thee forth there she brought thee forth that bare thee I Have now done with my first general Doctrine containing Mans misery Hee was brought forth under the Apple-tree there his mother brought him forth there she brought him forth that bare him I am now come to the second Generall part expressing Gods mercy to poore man fallen and undone in this condition expressed in those words I raised thee you may observe 1. The Agent I. 2. The Act Raised 3. The Object Thee I thy Bridegroome the Lord Jesus Christ raised It presupposes a fall I helped up thee My Spouse being in a sad and undone condition The Doctrine is shortly this Doct. 2. That it is the Lord Jesus Christ that helpeth his redeemed ones out of their undone condition 1. I shall inlarge and prove this truth in the generall In these particulars 1. He was designed to doe it 2. He can doe it 3. He must doe it for none else could 4. He hath done it 5. He will doe it After this I shall explicate to you the manner how the Lord Christ raised up his servants under the Apple-tree then thirdly I shall give you the reasons and lastly I shall come to Application First in regard that the Doctrine is propounded indefinitely I shall prove it to you in severall particulars which possibly may some of them beare the force of Reasons too 1. He was designed to doe it It was a designe of Eternity that Jesus Christ should step out of heaven and raise up his elected ones from their lost condition therefore Christ is said by the Apostle to the Hebrewes chap. 3. ver 2. To be an High-Priest faithfull to him that appointed him The businesse from Eternity lay thus Here is man lost and here are those amongst others lost saith God the Father to his Sonne that I have given thee for a portion what shall be done for man Well yet I will study to doe good to a wretched creature Thou shalt in the fulnesse of time goe and bee borne of flesh and bloud and dye for them and satisfie my justice and they shall be thine for a portion therefore they are called the Lords Redeemed ones Isa 35. 9. The holy People the redeemed of the Lord. Isa 62. 12. This thou shalt do saith the Father and upon these termes they shall live believing in thee This was Gods Covenant with the Sonne of his love for us For it is worth the noting that though the Covenant of Works was made betwixt the Lord and Adam personally yet the Covenant was made with Christ and all us in him mystically this the Apostle largely proves Gal. 3. 26. The promises were made to Abraham and his seed hee saies not to seeds as of many but as of one And to thy seed which was Christ The Covenant was made then betwixt God and our representative The Lord Jesus Christ God sayes thou shalt goe and dye for them and I will yet save them believing in thee Content saith the Lord Jesus Christ I will goe and fulfill thy pleasure and they shall bee mine for ever I will in the fulnesse of time dye for them and they shall live in me Psalme 40. verse 6. Burnt-offering and Sinne-offering thou hast not required no it was Self-offering Then said I Loe I come in the Volume of thy booke it is written of mee to doe thy will O my God Hebr. 10. verse 5 6. In what Booke was it written that Christ should come to doe the will of God It was written in Cyphers in the Ceremoniall Law it was written in plainer English in the Prophets But it was written in the Book of Gods Decrees in this sense the Lord Jesus Christ is called Rev. 13. verse 8. The Lamb slain before the beginning of the World And in regard of Gods Decree we may say the Saints were redeemed pardoned Justified from eternity His Father from before all time appointed him to be our High-Priest and hee from before all Eternity subscribed to his Fathers pleasure in it Thus from Eternity he raised us up Secondly as he was designed to doe it so it was not a worke beyond the greatnesse of his strength God in doing it laid help on one that was mighty There was power enough in his mercy price enough in his merits to have bought more than the handfull of his redeemed ones out of the hands of the Devill had they beene to bee sold It is a slandering thought of infinite mercy for me to thinke there is no balme in Gilead there is no Physitian there though our sinnes be mighty yet hee that hath helpe laid upon him is mighty too and the might of our sinnes is nothing to the power of his mercies He was God as well as man his manhood made him our helper his Godhead made him a Mighty helper able to pardon all the sinnes of his Saints and to furnish all their soules with long white Robes of his Righteousnesse Yea thirdly Such a worke it was to raise us that it was hee alone that could doe it all heaven and earth had been at a losse for a satisfaction for divine Justice if it had not satisfied it selfe upon it self See it in Gods word Isaiah 63. verse 5. And I looked and there was none to helpe and I wondred that there was none to uphold therefore mine owne arme brought salvation to them And so Isaiah 59. verse 16. And he saw there was no man and wondred that there was no intercessor therefore his arme brought salvation unto him and his righteousnesse sustained him He saw none would And no wonder at that for none could but if they could they would not All creatures would have been like the Priest and Levite Luke 10. verse 31

God in the Sanctuary and from hence did peace flow in like a river to thy soule I say that peace is a true peace Christs peace in which thy soule may rejoyce and triumph But I shall adde no more to this use of examination I have but one more to adde and that is of exhortation Use 5 Christians you have all heard mee largely discussing this doctrine in its severall branches That in the world Saints must looke for trouble but in Christ they may have peace the best peace peace without bitternesse joy without sorrow 1. Let me plead with you that yet are strangers to the Lord Jesus yet unbelievers Poore creatures O that this might perswade you to look after an interest in Jesus Christ who is our peace Indeed you make to your selves peace none live so joyfully and spend their dayes so in wealth as you there are none sing requiem's to their soules like you But consider 1. Your peace is a false peace you have cried unto your soules Peace peace when indeed their hath been no true peace to you There is no peace to the wicked saith my God no true peace It may be when you heare the words of the Lords curse you will blesse your selves in your hearts saying wee shall have peace though we walke in the imagination of our hearts to add drunkennesse to thirst but is there any such presumptuous wretch that saith so in his heart Harke what the Lord saith The Lord will not spare him but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousie shall smoak against that man and all the curses that are written in the book of God shall light upon his head and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven and the Lord shall separate that man to evill c. Deut. 29. 19 20 c. It is true you have a peace sometimes under trouble but a cursed peace the Lord knowes a dreadfull peace indeed no peace for there is no peace to the wicked saith my God Nay not only so 2. The very shadow of your peace is an inconstant shadow and will faile you shortly If you be put to it you will not know what to doe What will you doe in the day of your visitation whether will you flie for helpe but to this I spake before O now that you would be wise it is the wise man's part to see things a farre off and provide for them prudens quasi providens or procul videns but your trouble is not farre off and you have no way of peace for Christ is not knowne to your soules the way of peace you have not knowne When all your contentments are gone in the creature where will you have peace Now the Devill the world many say unto you as Jael to Sisera turne in hither feare not turne in to us feare not and it may bee in a time of prosperity they may cover your conscience with a mantle of security and give you a bottle of milke but if once you bee in the midst of a sleep of security they will take an hammer in their hand and come softly to you and smite a naile into you temples and fasten it into the ground What will you doe when you find trouble Poor creatures my soule trembleth for you O that you would consider But behold Christ saith to you and there is no deceit in his words Sinners turne in to mee and feare not in me you shall have peace while the day lasts before the decree goeth forth and the day passeth away as the chaffe before terrour strikes into your soule and seizeth upon you like an armed man O that you would be wise that you would look out for a portion in Christ that you would make him your friend that when your sinfull peace failes and your naturall shadowy peace failes Christ may receive you into everlasting peace and you may rest in his bosome Turne in to him sinners and you need not feare hee shall be your peace But secondly Let me speak to you that are believers to you that have known the way of Peace true Peace which flowes to your soul from Jesus Christ Let mee presse 3 words upon you Br. 1 Bee not disquieted with worldly trouble Christ is your peace in him you may have peace it was his legacy to you O let not your hearts be troubled you believe in God believe also in Jesus Christ Know you not that he is your Peace why are you cast downe why are your soules disquieted within you if you meet with frownes from the world crosses in your worldly interests yet why are you troubled In Christ you may have Peace To this end consider 1. That Christ hath overcome the world hee hath qualified the Mercury and Quickesilver of it and made that which was in it selfe poyson no more then Medicinall hee hath overcome the world hee hath taken the sting out of every crosse the poyson of every affliction The world is crucified to you O be you also crucified to it bee of good cheare O you Saints for Christ hath overcome the world 2. Doe but consider what a loser Christ is by your troubles If you be disquieted if you be troubled as other men you make Christ a loser by you a great loser 1. Hee is a loser in his bloud in the end of his death he died upon the crosse that hee might bleed out balme of Gilead for you that hee might bleed out peace for his Saints under every trouble 2. You make him a loser in his breath To what purpose are the multitudes of his precious promises but that by these things should men live and in these the Saints might find peace so David Psal 56. 4. What time I am afraid I will trust in thy word heark what hee sayes in the Text These things have I spoken that in me you might have peace To what purpose hath Christ held out his Gospell promises his good words but that they should make the hearts of his Saints better when heavinesse makes them stoop 3. As to you you make him a loser in his victory to what purpose hath hee taken paines to conquer the world for you if you must yet bee slaves to it and every crosse and triall every frowne and ill-look from the world must bring you into a distemperature Lift up your heads therefore Christians lest Jesus Christ bee a loser by your soules Bee of good cheare know and believe that Christ hath indeed and that for you too overcome the world Br. 2 Secondly This Doctrine calls upon you that are believers to live much with Jesus Christ gaine more and more acquaintance with him with his word with his spirit heighten your communion with him Thus shall you know every hiding place and bee acquainted with every hole of the Rock This is that that makes many a poore much at losse oft-times It is a truth that there is peace laid up in Jesus Christ for a poore soule in every