his heauenly CANAAN NVMB. 27.1.2.3.4 And Zelophehad the Sonne of Hepher had no Sonnes but Daughters CHAP. I. The case of the inheritance of Daughters propounded Sect. 1. BEcause this case of the Daughters of Zelophehad is extraordinary and not obuious in the Scriptures besides in any the like example it will not be amisse lying in the fore-front of the Chapter bordering vpon that of Moses his warning to dye since it concernes a subiect not vsuall the title of the Womans Inheritance to touch it in some perticulars and the rather because it was the last case that Moses adiudged immediately before that the Lord himselfe sentenced and adiudged him to dye In which though there be many things worthy our exact dilating and vrging both pleasing and profitable as would appeare in the opening and applying of this Scripture yet I choose rather from the warrant and writings of an excellent Light in our Church B. B. according to his Method to commend vnto you these Notes and Obseruations Note 1 Here then first note how carefull these Daughters are of a place among the people of God in the Earthly Canaan which was a type of the Heauenly Expostulat Ought not all wee to be as carefull for that Heauenly yes and more carefull so no doubt are Gods Children when their eyes be opened and by name Women for although many are busied about attyres and vaine shewes to make them pleasing vnto men yet others doe seeke by all meanes for that eternall rest and how to be pleasing vnto God which is the onely good and perfect way Fauour is deceitfull and beautie is vanitie but a woman that feareth the Lord she shall be praised Prou. 3.30 Sect. 2. How cases are wisely to be carried before the Magistrate OBserue how these Daughters goe not vp Note 2 and downe from Tent to Tent from one to another tatling and pratling murmuring and complaining but directly they goe to the Magistrate and there exhibite their desire waiting for reliefe and order from him so should all men doe not marring a good cause with ill handling Being come to him see how modestly and womanly they propound their matter without any vnfitting words of choler or anger or any vnseemely behauiour any way see againe how vvisely they preuent an obiection that might haue beene made of their Father that happily he was one of those Rebels that tooke part with Corah Dathan and Abiram and so perished No say they our Father dyed in the Wildernesse and he was not among the assembly of them that were assembled against the Lord in the Companie of Corah but dyed in his sinne that is as all sinners must for death is the reward of sinne c. Rom. 6.21 Where you may see what a comfort what a credit and glory honest Parents be to their Children they leaue a good name behinde them which makes their children bold to speak of them when others must hang their heads and blush eyther to mention them themselues or to heare them spoken of by others A great motiue to all Parents euen for this cause to be carefull of their carriage Sect. 3. The true rule of iudging cases Consultation with God FOr the iudgement and resolution of this request it is said in the 5. vers Then Moses brought their cause before the Lord. And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying The daughters of Zelophehad speake right c. Before you see that the cause was brought before Moses and Eliazer and all the Princes such a coniunction there was of the ciuill Magistrates and Ecclesiasticall Ministers together in hearing of causes which continueth euer since as appeareth in good records of Antiquitie But neyther Moses nor Aaron spake till they had receiued resolution from God Note 3 and vnderstood his will In like manner should it be still with all Iudges first to know and vnderstand and then to iudge wherein the Lord still is ayding and directing although not by speaking as to Moses yet by his Spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding of counsell and knowledge men vsing the meanes as they ought of learning and prayer Be wise ye Kings Psal 2.10 and he learned yee that are Iudges of the earth For Prayer if any lacke wisedome Iames 1.5 let him aske it of God as Salomon did which giueth to all men liberally and reprocheth no man 1 King 3.6 7. and it shall be giuen him c. Another vse againe men may well make Note 4 here euen a caueat for Plaintiffes and Defendants to haue but such causes as if they be brought before GOD may be approued as this was of the Daughters of Zelophehad but alacke should the most of our suites and controuersies in these dayes be brought to this touch and tryall how impious how hatefull how vile would they appeare The all-holy God is offended with our braules much more with our wicked paines costs and charges to effect the madnesse and malice of our Hell-heated harts in bringing to passe our diuellish designes and pestilent plots against our Brethren that I may say nothing of them that pleade them to the vttermost of their wit and cunning daubing them ouer with humane Eloquence and painting them out with filed and flowing words against their owne consciences and that knowledge which they haue both in the Lawes of God and man Is it not a grieuous fault to iustifie a wicked man or to condemne an Innocent man and is it not so in causes Doth God pronounce a woe against the one and is hee not wroth with the other Well for this cause if it were nothing else there must needes be a generall Iudgement that those things may be pleaded and iudged before the Lord which are wrongfully pleaded and adiudged here Well God giue eyes and feeling I say no more Sect. 4. The case adiudged and spiritually applyed GOds answere you see now following first perticular in regard of these women The Daughters of Zelophehad spake right Verse 7. thou shalt giue them a possession to inherit amongst their Fathers Brethren and shalt turne the inheritance of their Father vnto them Then generally for a Law to others Ver. 8. c. If any man dye and haue no Sonne then yee shall turne his inheritance vnto his Daughter and if hee haue no Daughter yee shall giue his Inheritance vnto his Brethren and if hee haue no Brethren yee shall giue his Inheritance vnto his Fathers Brethren And if his Father haue no Brethren yee shall giue his Inheritance vnto his next Kinsman of his Family and hee shall possesse it and this shall be vnto the Children of Israel a Law of Iudgement or an Ordinance to Iudge by as the Lord hath commanded MOSES In which gracious Answere these things may serue for our vse First we may note that God reiected not Note 5 these women from hauing a place in his earthly Canaan because so earnestly they sought and desired it and thereby wee may gather comfort
inexorable as vnresistible with his Trophies ouer all 283 We must not too much loue this life which we must shortly leaue 287 Those that loue life must hate Sinne the cause of death 289 Death onely makes the Prince and the poore man equall 291 Deaths effect in equalizing all illustrated by fit similies 296 Sixe Reasons further shewing the necessitie of dying 299 How euen in liuing wee dye and are dead in part 301 By how many meanes we dye 304 Diuers examples of seuerall sorts of deaths violent and naturall 305 Some cut off in the midst of their lawlesse lusts 309 Our dayes abbreuiated in respect of the long liues of the Patriarkes 316 Foure causes of the long continuation of things 318 Because our life is short we must spend it well 319 Our many sinnes to be mourned for and why 320 The practise of Epicures and profane men reproued and threatned 321 How wee must sow in teares in this short seed-time 323 Further vse to be made of our short time 325 Our life is laborious and miserable euery calling hauing his crosse 328 No place priuiledged from foure things 1. Sathan tempting 2. The hearts wandring 3. Ill tongues biting 4. The world crossing 330 Examples of humane calamities 331 Twelue meanes to get that peace with God which the world wants 334 The vanitie of life with all the things in life truely discouered 336 The world truly described by eleauen similies 340 How Christ in his practise crossed all the worlds proceedings 342 The benefits of death to a Christian vnder the Crosse 343 God oft cals away the best soonest 345 How death is fearefull and not fearefull 347 Death is onely a departure out of life not a finall destroyer 348 Eight Arguments prouing the Resurrection of our bodies 351 Illustrations from Nature that our bodies shall rise 352 Foure Reasons besides from the Word 354 The Christians comfort in the consideration of our Resurrection 355. 356 That wee may rise ioyfully we must liue holily in tenne particulars 359 Tenne Arguments to proue the soules immortality 362 Seauen moe from the Word 364 Death vnmasked what it is to the godly 365 Reproofe of those that respect the body more then the soule 367 The seruants of God alwayes dye in peace 369 The godly oft haue their desires at before and in their deaths 372 The very last words recorded which the Saints vttered in their death beds 374 How great men haue liued and dyed good men 377 Reasons why the godly depart in peace 379 Nine Obiections answered that seeme to contradict the peaceable departure of the Saints 380 Nine Reasons that his death may be good that dyes of the Plague 384 How selfe-murther doth not alwayes imply a wretched death 387 Hee that would dye well must liue well 389 The fearefull ends of wicked persecutors in euery age 391 An ill life the vsuall Prologue to a Tragicall death 395 None can repent when he will 397 The Word layes downe a way to a blessed death 402 Death is certaine yet vncertaine 403 The paines of Hell without remission or redemption 405 Repentance is not to be deferred till death 406 The danger of deferring discouered 408 The Theefes Repentance vpon the Crosse examined 412 Sixe effects of Deaths meditation 417 The life of Faith brings dying Peace 429 Repentance the meanes of peace with God 430 How to dye daily three wayes 433 How to leaue the damnable custome of Swearing 434 Eighteene things to be prayed for that death may be prosperous 437 A good conscience in life brings peace in death 442 Sixe causes of sickenesse besides sinne 445 With fiue duties to be done in sickenesse 446 The sicke man must send for a Minister before the Physitian and carnall friends 451 The necessitie and lawfull vse of Physicke proued and vrged 455 Rules obseruable in the vse of Physicke 457 Against seeking to Witches and Charmers in sickenesse 459 Reconciliation and Restitution vrged 461 Fiue Reasons why a sicke man must make his Will 465 Foure Rules in making all Wills 466 A Christian carriage prescribed in the houre of death 468 Twenty seuerall Comforts in the death of friends 1 Because God takes them away 470 2 The Saints haue beene patient spectators of the deaths of their deare friends 471 3 If he dyed in the faith of Christ he is translated from this life to a better 472 4 He is blessed being dead in the Lord. ibid. 5 Hee is returned home to his Fathers house ibid. 6 He is inseperably vnited vnto God the chiefest good 473 7 He is marryed vnto his Bridegroome Christ ibid. 8 His warfare is now at an end ibid. 9 Being here a pilgrime hee is returned into his owne Country 474 10 Thou hast not lost but left him ibid. 11 He shall be restored vnto thee againe at the Resurrection ibid. 12 Ere long thou shalt goe vnto him 475 13 His better part is yet liuing ibid. 14 His estate is bettered by death ibid. 15 Thou sorrowest for that could not be preuented 476 16 Thou hast many companions in thy sorrow ibid. 17 Thy impatient sorrow hurts thy selfe 477 18 Thy extreame sorrow is as fruitles at faithlesse ibid. 19 The Lord thy best friend is still liuing ibid. 20 They are insensible of thy sorrow 479 Twenty Cordials against the crosse of sicknes 482 And Meditations how to beare the intollerable burthen thereof 499 Eight seuerall Consolations against the vnkindnes of mercilesse Friends 500 1 Thy case is not singular but ordinary ibid. 2 The Saints haue had the same measure 501 3 Christ himselfe was maliced of his owne brethren ibid. 4 There hath beene hatred amongst the nearest friends by nature ibid. 5 Though thy friends forsake thee yet God careth for thee 502 6 As thy friends are vnkinde to thee so thou hast beene vnthankefull to God ibid. 7 God hath elected thee though man reiect thee 503 8 Though thou canst not see thy friends here with comfort yet ere long thou shalt see God as hee is ibid. Thirteene Preparatiues against Pouertie 504 1 It is the prouidence of God that thou shouldest be poore 504 2 Thy crosse is not singular 505 3 Pouertie is no token of Gods displeasure ibid. 4 A little with the feare of God is better then great riches of the vngodly 507 5 As well Pouertie as Riches fals out to the best to them that feare God ibid. 6 The Lord knoweth what is best for thee ibid. 7 Pouertie hinders not the acceptance of thy Prayers 508 8 If thou be poore in spirit thou art rich in Christ 509 9 Pouerty is no hinderance to thy saluation 510 10 The lesse thou receiuest the lesse shall thine accounts be 511 11 The Lord hath a care of thee euen for the things of this life 512 12 And can blesse a small portion vnto thee 514 13 Christ himselfe and the most excellent Saints haue beene poore on earth 516 MOSES His sight of Sion applyed to encourage and direct euery Christian to
MOSES His sight of Canaan With SIMEON his Dying-Song Directing How to liue holily and dye happily BY Steuen Jerome late Preacher at St. BRIDES Seene and allowed Nascentes morimur finisque aborigine pendet LONDON Printed for Roger Iackson and are to be solde at his Shop neare to the Conduit in Fleetstreete 1614. The chiefe Contents of the two subsequent TREATISES In Moses his sight of Sion these things are obseruable 1 THE Case of the Inheritance of Daughters propounded page 1 2 How Cases are wisely to be carryed before the Magistrate pag. 3 3 The true Rule of iudging Cases Consultation with God pag. 4 4 The Case adiudged and spiritually applyed pag. 6 5 Moses is forewarned to dye and how God forewarnes vs. pag. 9 6 All must dye 13 7 God prepares his Children to dye as hee did Moses by shewing them Canaan 14 8 Moses his obedience to Gods summons a patterne to vs. 15 9 Fifteene Resemblances of Death to Sleepe 16 10 Fiue Considerations to imbrace Death as willingly as we sleepe naturally 23 11 Sixteene Comforts against the feare of Death in these ensuing particulars 35 1 GOD who infused the Soule cals for it againe 36 2 Sinne the sting of Death is taken away by Christs death 37 3 God as a Father is present at the death of his Children 39 4 Death is no death but a dissolution to the godly 41 5 The Saints shall know and enioy their friends in glory 43 6 Death frees the soule from her spirituall enemies 44 7 It deliuers from euils present and to come 47 8 It ends Sinnes Conflicts with Heauens Tryumphs 48 9 It frees vs from conuersing with the wicked 51 10 It secures vs from corrupting by the wicked 55 11 It secures from the malice of the mighty 56 12 Our good name is cleared in Death which calumny ecclypsed in life 57 13 Death tryes and declares the sinceritie and measure of grace 63 14 It is the inheritance of the Saints as it is the terrour of the wicked 64 15 The Christian should in death desire Christ who by death desired him 71 16 Death is the common Inne of all flesh where the Saints are refreshed 75 In Simeons dying Song these are the chiefe Notes both from the Doctrines and the Vses THE force of Examples eyther for imitation of Vertue or detestation of Vice 77 The vaine Songs and Sonnets of our age iustly reproued 79 Our singing as corrected so directed 80 The ground of all our reioycing must be in and for Christ 81 The sensuall and sinnefull ioyes of worldlings iustly taxed 83. 84. c. Wee must be truely thankefull for Christ 86 Tenne Reasons to incite vs to the duty of gratulation with the vses 88. 89 The great mistery and greater mercy of Christ incarnate 92. 93. c. Wee must be borne againe to CHRIST and and hee borne in vs as hee was borne for vs 95 The glorious Name of the Lord must not be vsed vpon euery triuiall occasion 97 How bootlesse it is for the wicked in death to cry Lord Lord. 99 The godly haue diuers raptures and secret ioyes in life and death 101 These Ioyes demonstrated in sixe particulars 103 Three Reasons of these extraordinarie Rauishments 105 Worldlings farre wide that thinke Christians Melancholicques and comfortlesse 106 Foure Comforts of the Christian which the world neyther knowes nor feeles 107 All the Patriarkes and Prophets since the promise haue expected the Messias 110 Wee see Christ more clearely then the primitiue Saints 111 How Christ came to them how to vs. 112 How wee should entertaine Christ with Redargution and Commination of the Iewes and our ingratitude 113 Our desire of long life must be simply to glorifie God 116 Reproofe of the worlds practise in Ministers Magistrates Masters and all sorts ayming at themselues not God 120 The better Christian the more willing to dye 126 Twelue Reasons which cause this willingnesse 127 The point applyed by examination 133 Christ most willing to dye of all the Sonnes of men 135 Seauen Reasons why Death is vnwelcome to the wicked 136 Wicked men may die willingly for sinister respects as Heretiques haue done 143 Fiue meanes to be vsed to make vs willing to our dissolution 144 God manifests his presence at the death of his three wayes 148 How God workes in sinne permissiuely disposingly c. but neuer workes sinne 151 Euery death for Time Place Matter Manner is determined by God 153 Iust inuectiues against Heathenish Fortune 157 The rash censures of men concerning diuers deaths condemned 160 Comforts in that God sees the cause and effect of euery mans maladie 161 Patience perswaded in that it is Gods rod which strikes 162 No meanes can protract or detract from our dayes besides their limits 164 Foure maine Obiections answered 165 Meanes must be vsed both for life temporall and spirituall notwithstanding Gods decree 168 Vnlawfull for any priuate man to take away life from himselfe or others 170 Twelue disswasiue arguments against Selfe-murther 171 The sinne reproued and the frequencie of a deplored 174 Twelue things from experience and Heathenish examples occasioning selfe-killing 179 How to preuent this sinne 188 Euery obstinate sinner from causes naturall and supernaturall accused of selfe-murther 189 The chiefe delight and desire of euery man must be to be Gods Seruant with foure reasons why 196 Multitudes that liue vnder the meanes are ignorant how God should be serued 201 Multitudes reproued that haue as little will as skill to serue God 202 How few ayme at Gods seruice in all their wayes expostulated in particulars 210 Ciuill honest men most enemies to Gods true Seruants and sincere seruice 216 Many in the rancke of Christians serue the Diuell and their owne lusts 218 All the members that haue serued sinne directed to serue God 221 Sixe Motiues perswading to serue God 1 From the end of our Creation 227 2 From our Preseruation 231 3 From our Vocation 233 4 From our Redemption 235 5 From our Profession 237 6 From the Reward ibid. First Reward of Gods seruice Wealth and Riches 238 Second Honour and Dignitie 239 Sinne brings shame and all other iudgements 240 Gods hand vpon his enemies in many iudgements 243 Holinesse is the way to Honour 245 God is most liberall of all Masters 246 Gods seruants best rewarded and regarded in eight particulars 248 God grants the suites of his seruants 252 The godly haue a taste of Heauen here enioyed hereafter 253 God blesseth the wicked oft for his seruants sakes 255 God deliuers his seruants from generall iudgements sixe wayes 257 God and Sathan cannot be serued together 258 The case of Sathans captiues opened 259 Seauen Reasons why the godly must dye as well as the wicked 263 Tenne sins that haue prouoked the Lord to sweepe away the wicked 268 That all must dye exemplified and amplified by many instances 269 The deaths of the worlds Worthies of all sorts epitomized 274 Fiue naturall causes of death 282 Death is as