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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17320	The Christians heauenly treasure. By William Burton of Reading in Barkeshire	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1608 (1608)	STC 4168; ESTC S115749	64,773	170

more then they knew of and at last made himself knowen vnto them Gods spirit is called the Comforter and his words are the words of Comfort Sonne bee of good cheare thy sinnes are forgiuen thee Hee hath thy pardon with him in thee and when thou hast most neede hee will deliuer it thee and thou shalt see it with ioy and great gladnes In thee meane time that hee is in thee know by this that thou dost not hate the Lord but loue him and hast an holy desire with some earnest endeauour to serue him to liue honestly and to keepe a good Conscience in all things and art afraid of falling away And surely all good desires are of the Lord. Waite the Lords leysure with Patience seeke for Peace which though thou canst not finde awhile yet by Prayer thou must wayte on the Lord and say Lord because there is mercy with thee that thou maist bee feared I will wayte on thee euen as the eye of a Maid seruant waiteth on the hand of her Mistresse I will condemne my selfe of folly and say O my Soule why art thou cast downe wait on God for hee is thy present help and thy God And thus shalt thou bee restored to the ioy of thy Saluation And as Iob after his manifold tryals had both of Gods goodnesse of Sathans malice his friends vncharitableness and his owne weakenesse had all seauen folde restored vnto him againe So thou after thy supposed losse of heauenly Treasure shalt finde heauenly treasure plentifully restored vnto thee againe When Christ stept aside from his earthly father and Mother to doe the businesse of his heauenly Father hee meant to come againe but in the meane time they sought him with heauy hearts and at the last they found him in the Temple disputing with the Doctors to their great ioy and astonishment So Christ sometimes doth as it were step aside from vs to the end wee may seeke after him and wee may perhaps seeke him with heauie harts but yet at the last we shall finde him with great ioy for they that sowe in teares shall surely reape in ioy Thou hast heard what high commendations are giuen of the Christians heauenly Treasure doest thou beleeue it then lay vp thy treasure in heauen say not as the buyer doth it is naught it is naught for if thou couldst obtaine it with the losse of all the world thou mightst and wouldst brag of thy bargaine But alas how few regard this The poorer sort care not but for backe and belly and neuer repaire with good will to the house of God but when they thinke to receiue an almes like the criple at the gate of the Temple or like the people that followed Christ to haue their bellies filled of free cost Others come to the sermons and prayers of the Church but loaden with their sins their mindes cumbred with pleasures cares of this world to whom the house of God is as a house of correction and they sit there to bee whipped and euery sentence of the Preacher that crosseth their delights or beloued sinnes is as so many lashes and ierkes tormenting and tearing their guiltie Consciences Others againe make the Lords house as it were a market place repairing thether onely to muze and studie of the prizes of their commodities or to make some bargaines or to doe some busines with some whom they haue appointed to meete there Others againe make the house of God their play house and the Pulpit the Theater the Preachers are their fooles and Scripture phrases are their Iests to make themselues merry withall And others goe to the Lords house as children goe to schoole the one for feare of the rod and the other for feare of Lawes and Presentments whereupon the Prouerbe is growen as willingly as euer I went from schoole but these may say as willingly as euer I went for Church but alas poore soules long it will be before any of these kinde of hearers get any heauenly Treasure except they seeke after it with better mindes and affections But now as wee haue heard these Treasures commended for their Excellencie for their Perpetui●y and Security so it will not bee amisse to consider of the Place wher we must seeke for them of the Time when of the Manner how to lay them vp and lastly of the Reason why All which are questions necessarie for the Serpent commended knowledge but withall shewed a wrong way thereunto so all commend the heauenly Treasure but all take not a right course to obtaine it therefore saith the Apostle Sorunne that yee may obtaine Christ is the Treasure and Treasurer And this Treasure is in the ship of Christ that is his Church and no where else The Ministers of the Church or Masters of the Assembly as Salomon calleth them are the factours Now in what roome to search or in what Vessell is the question In Ierusalem there were many chests yet but one Ark that had the holy things and sacred Monuments in it Though there were many Waters yet was there but one Poole of Siloam in which Lepers were cleansed In Christs Ship bee many places but the place of the treasure is but one Saint Paul saith it is in earthen Vessels so say wee too meaning the Ministers of the Gospel because we are in shew contemp●ible and in substance brittle These vessels haue a booke that will shew all if any man can open it and vnderstand it and it is the Word of God contayning the holy Scriptures of the old and new Testament which Christ would haue vs to search because they beare witnesse of him and containe in them eternall life Like a Merchants bill they are which sheweth what commodities are in the ship This booke hath ben by gods prouidence mightily miraculously preserued from time to time from burning drowning and loosing and this priuiledge it hath that it endureth for euer and when heauen earth shall faile yet not one iot or title thereof shall fall to the ground The places then that wee must frequent if wee will finde this Heauenly Treasure are the holy Assemblies of Gods people where God is called vpon by the publike Prayers of the Saints the Word is truely taught and the Sacraments sincerely ministred for the working and increasing of faith and not the conuenticles of Schismatikes who haue seperated themselues from the publike assemblies of Gods Church and are at open defiance with their mother the true Church of Iesus Christ who first brought them to that knowledge and Faith that they haue if in truth and soundnesse they haue any at all That which must discouer vnto vs this heauenly Treasure is the holy Bible and sacred Scriptures of God and not the reuelations of Anabaptists nor the Dreames of the Familie of Loue nor the Iewes Ta●mud nor the Turks Alcaron nor the Popes Portuise nor the Tridentine Counsels nor the Traditions or decrees of the Church of Rome all which will leade