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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17321	Conclusions of peace, betweene God and man containing comfortable meditations for the children of God. By W. Burton.	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1594 (1594)	STC 4169; ESTC S116868	49,833	152

afore at the sight whereof the very enemies of Christ which watched him were afraide for that they had done vnto him yea they were constrained to confesse and say Doubtles this man was the sonne of God So if we be dead with Christ our head vnto sinne as he was dead for our sinnes there will follow a wonderfull alteration in our liues There will appeare such zeale in professing the Gospell such pittie in releeuing the poore such patience in bearing the crosse such faithfulnesse in performing of promises such charitie in iudging our brethren such coÌ„passion in condemning malefactors such loue in reproouing of faultes such mercie in forgiuing offences such sinceritie in worshipping of God such constancie in defending of the trueth such watching ouer all our waies and such wisedome in winning men to God that our very ennemies which before did mocke vs hate vs and perseeute vs shal be constrained with shame enough to say These were no doubt the children of God these were good men these were true professors indeed for such fruites and effects doe follow their profession as are not commonly seen in the liues of others Wherefore to conclude this point Let not the king go like a Kesar Let not the captaine runne away like a coward Let not the tree loose his fatnesse to do as the bramble would doe And let not a christian liue like Antichrist Let not beleeuers liue like infidels nor let not the sonnes of God liue like the sons of Sathan But as in our houses as in our apparell as in our feastinges as in our furniture in euerie thing els we striue to haue matches and all our thinges sutable So likewise let vs striue to haue our titles and our liues our names and our qualities our profession and our practise sutable and answerable the one to the other Finally let euerie one that calleth God his father in the name of the Lord Iesus depart from iniquitie least heereafter the Lord Iesus bid him depart with the works of iniquitie Heere be two departinges If we take the first now we shall be free from the other heereafter but if we will not heare nowe of a departing from iniquitie which we ought we shall heereafter heare of a departing with our iniquitie which wee would not The first is somewhat painfull but it is infinitly gainfull The second is most fearefull and for euer intollerable And thus much of the duetie of Gods children in regard of their titles Nowe let vs see why the Lord both in this place and so often in this booke of Prouerbes doth vse these wordes My son as also why he doth not say My sonnes in the plurall number seeing hee speakes to all the church in general but My son in the singular nuÌ„ber as though he spake but to one alone that so we may make that vse of theÌ„ for which they were left vnto the Church And least wee should thinke this to be more than neede wee are to knowe that as the holyest speaketh nothing in vaine so doth hee not speake anie worde at all aduenture but in singular wisedome and in most excellent order hath hee handled euerie Treatise and placed euerie sentence euerie word and euerie letter To great purpose it is don and ought accordingly to be considered for when heauen and earth shall passe not one iot or tittle of Gods word shall passe but euerie worde of God endureth for euer and shall remaine as faithfull witnesse in heauen either with vs or against vs in the day of the Lord Then shall all Gods argumentes and reasons and persuasions be called foorth to giue euidence against vs if they doe nothing preuaile now Then shall euerie word of admonition and euerie worde of threatning and euerie word of loue and kindnesse and euerie title of honor and dignitie come forth and plead hard against all such as haue turned the deafe eare vnto them yea they shall also crie loud for vengeance vppon all those men which either in worde or deede haue offered them anie disgrace especially amongest their friendes vppon the face of the earth like strangers of an other countrey when they catch their forraigne ennemies within their owne liberties for euerie worde of GOD is sent from heauen by God as Embassadours of a farre Countrey one after another to deale for God Therefore it shall be wisedome for vs to regard them now and to giue them good entertainement while they remaine amongst vs or els when we trauaile into their country where they dwell which will not be long and think to find reliefe at their handes they wil then serue vs as we serued them and put vs in minde of our discourteous dealing against them when they were amongst vs as Ioseph told his bertheren of their crueltie against him when they went into Egipte for succour where he bare rule and they had nothing to doe then were they both afraide and ashamed and so shall we be too if we doe not repent Well go to then we will not lightly passe ouer this preface as we haue don as if they were but words of course for there is more in them then we thinke there were for in deed there is more contained in these two wordes My sonne than some thinke can be gathered out of two chapters yea ij books I will not say the whole booke of God butl et vs see why the Lord vseth to speake so vnto miserable men and why he speaketh in the singular number as to one alone when that which he saith concerneth not only one maÌ„ but the whole church of God that we may also vse them to that ende for which they were set downe Surely the Lord of mercy knowing where of we be made and seeing that we are but dust full of weaknesse and corruption frameth himselfe in his worde to speake accordingly And albeit he sometime vttereth himselfe in fearefull wordes of might and maiesty to shewe his power and soueraigntie ouer vs yet sometime againe he speaketh as a tender father alluring his children with sweet wordes of comfort and encouragement for if mount Sinay should still smoke and burne with fire Israell would die for feare If Moses should not couer his face with a vaile when he coÌ„meth from talking with God they wer not able to behold him If the Lord of hosts should alwaies send strong windes before him to rend the mountains and to split the Rockes in pieces Eliah himselfe durst not come out of his caue but if a still and a soft voice come after the winde the earthquake and the fire then will Eliah beginne to peepe out and boldly to stand vp but he will not go beyond the entring of the caue as bold as he is and his face must be couered with his mantle too Here therefore and often in this booke the Lorde of heauen and earth speaketh no otherwise vnto his church than a father doth to his child My sonne saith he

CONCLVSIONS of peace betweene God and man Containing comfortable meditations for the children of God By W. Burton LONDON Printed for Iohn Hardie dwelling in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Tygers head 1594. TO THE RIGHT HOnourable Sir Richard Martin Knight nowe the second time L. Maior of the honourable Cittie of London and maister of her maiesties Mint T. C. All increase of honor in this life and in the world to come euerlasting happinesse RIght Honourable hauing heeretofore receiued at your honours hands many fauours altogither vndeserued of my part I haue bin studious along time how to shew some part of my thankefull mind for the same But no occasion was offered me til now that this booke comming to my handes to be printed without anie dedication and the authour dwelling farre off I was bold without his consent to present it to your good lordship aswell to shewe my dutie and thankeful heart towards you as also knowing what fauour your honour hath alwaies borne to such men and their workes The Authour is well knowen and the treatise is sweet and comfortable as your lordship shall find if your great affaires will allow you time to peruse it It resteth that I humbly craue pardon for my boldnesse which I hope I shall the easilier obtain if mine inteÌ„t herein be rightly considered Which is only to testifie that I am not vnmindful nor vnthankeful in heart for any benefit receiued Humbly beseeching your lordship to accept it Your Honors most hearty and humble affectionat to command Tobie Cooke Prou. 7. 1. 2. My sonne keepe my words and hide my commandements with thee Keepe my commandements and thou shalt liue THis text containeth an exhortation to the faithful and diligent keeping of Gods commandementes with a promise of life annexed thervnto And the doctrine that is to be gathered from the same ariseth partly from the maner of speaking that is there vsed and partly from the exhortation The manner of speaking is to be considered in the two first wordes My sonne Wherein is to be obserued that whosoeuer is the partie that speaketh he speaketh not like an Emperour nor like a king nor like a Iudge nor like a maister of his absolute power I will and command c. But he persuadeth like a father most louingly and tenderly Hee doth not say My slaue nor my ennemy nor my seruaunt nor my subiect nor my friend nor my brother which is much but he saith My sonne which is more a name of loue and a title of the greatest loue that can be The loue of a Prince is great the loue of a friend is great the loue of a brother is great the loue of husbands and wiues is great but the loue of father and mother to their children is like the loue of Ionathan to Dauid It is wonderfull passing the loue of Princes the loue of brethren the loue of neighbours the loue of husbandes and wiues and passing the loue of women and all loues For saith Esay can a woman forget her child As if he should say it is impossible Therefore hee that here speaketh in the person of a Father and saith My sonne perswadeth by all loues and sheweth that whatsoeuer hee counselleth or reprooueth it is not of mallice or enuy to hurt vs but of singular loue and care to doe vs good We are further to consider of two principall circumstances one is of the person that spake these words the other is of the partie to whom they were spoken Now the question is not of his fatherly affection vnto his children for of that we are persuaded nor of his fatherly authoritie ouer his children for that is graunted nor of his childrens duetie towardes him for that is acknowledged but now the question of his person and who it is that heere saith My sonne that hee might be reuerenced and who they are to whom this title of Sonnes doth belong that they might not neglect to doe their dutie If thou knewest saith the Lord Iesus to the woman of Samaria who it is that saith vnto thee giue mee drinke thou wouldest haue asked of him and hee would haue giuen thee water of life So if wee knewe who it is that heere saith My sonne and giueth counsell like a father in matters of this life we would aske of him and he would giue vs counsell to eternal life Let vs know then who it is that saith My sonne whose voice is it what is it the voice of God or of man is it from heauen or from earth or from whence is it For the better finding out of this point wee are to consider that as these names of Father and Sonne be often vsed in this booke of Prouerbs so they are not alwaies the words of one and the selfe same partie They are somtimes to be vnderstood of God and of his Church as in the 1. chapter verse 8. They are sometimes to be vnderstood of Salomon and the members of Gods Church as chap. 4. ver 1. They are somtime to be vnderstood onely of Dauid the father of Salomon the sonne of Dauid as in cha 4. verse 3. 4. Sometime they are the wordes of Bethsheba Salomons mother vnto Salomon her sonne as in chap. 30. ver 1. But most commonly they are the wordes of God and Salomon togither and are spoken to the members of the Church in generall and so they are to be vnderstoode when there is no manifest difference as there is in the places before mentioned In this exhortation these words My sonne are to be takeÌ„ as the words of God the common father of all his creatures but especially of his Church in generall and they are also the wordes of Salomon a notable instrument in the Church of God My sonne saith God my son saith Salomon for this is Gods worde though Salomons writing because Salomon writeth as the holy Ghost inditeth My sonne saith God by the ministery of Salomon naming no body because he speakes to euery one that will follow his counsell of what nation or of what countrie or of what language or of what yeares of what estate and conditition soeuer he be My sonne saith Salomon in the person of God naming no body yet speaking to all that shal either heare or read his writings that at the verie entrance the dores being of loue they may be in loue with the whole frame of his counsell haue a delight to dwell therein My sonne saith God by the ministerie of Salomon that wee might perceiue what loue hee beareth to vs and knowe what dutie we beare to him My son saith Salomon in the person of God to teach all teachers with what affection to teach the Lords people and to shewe all hearers what accompt they must make of their teachers My sonne saith God to teach vs that all his care is to doe vs good and if we follow his counsell it is the better for our selues hee is neuer the better for

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