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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86422	Practicall divinity: or a helpe through the blessing of God to lead men more to look within themselves, and to unite experienced Christians in the bond and fellowship of the Spirit. / Delivered in sundry exercises lately spoken by Cap. Paul Hobson, upon these texts. Published by an hearty wellwiller to peace and unity among the dissenting godly, and to the promotion of spirituall and experimentall truths, without affectation of opinions, or prejudice against persons. Tending as to the edification of the reader chiefly : so also, somewhat in vindication of the authour.	Hobson, Paul.	1646 (1646)	Wing H2275; Thomason E1167_3; ESTC R208788	40,074	124

Jesus And so the three Children what resolutions had they to suffer Wee know our God whom wee serve Dan. 3.17.18 is able to deliver us but howsoever be it known unto thee wee will not worship this Image Frownes nor scornes from men will not turne them out of their way And the reasons of this are First the reall conviction of security in God before they ingage themselves for God as 2 Tim. 1.12 For which cause I also suffer these things neverthelesse I am not ashamed for I know in whom I haue beleeved and I am perswaded he is able to keepe that which I have committed to him against that day The soule seeing God such a buckler and seeing himselfe so secure this makes him not stand at any thing but to ingage himselfe and all he is for God Object But you will say then this is but self-love not to ingage but that hee knowes heshall be secure I answer no t is not selfe love but love to God But here lies a great mysterie in a Saints thus ingaging for God It arises from being partaker of the very nature of God and his will is so swallowed up and resigned into Gods that he acts Gods will not his own So that his security is not in any outward protection but in what the will of God is and if his spirit live in and with God what ever fall to him this he accounts his security Rea. 2 Every spirit acts sutable to that spirit it is in conjunction with Now Christs spirit is the most noble most high most raised spirit and the spirit that is in Christ is in the Saints their spirits are in conjunction with the spirit of Christ therfore they must needs be of noble high raised spirits that though they be in the flesh their life is in the Spirit their life is in Christ though they have thornes and afflictions in the flesh yet to them they are as none they are not much troubled at them for their spirits live among divine thrones and Crownes The 3. reason of a Saints thus boldly ingaging for God is Though they suffer externally yet there is within a supply of contrary love and smiles Men indeavorto throw scornes and derisions upon the Saints and invent such deriding names that they would make them odious even as the very offscouring of the World and that they may render them as the vilest men upon earth It matters not God visits them with his loves Hee communicates that to their spirits which abundantly makes up their suffering and makes amends a thousand thousand times One comes and he calls you Sectaries another Independents another Scismaticks another Anabaptists another Antinomians another comes and tells you they are this day going to petition the Parliament against all your Independents now what of all this were you but carried above and did you live in God these would be like so many small puffes of wind that would scarse blow away a straw For a man never feares a man when hee knowes himselfe above a man when he knowes himselfe free from him and out of his reach to hurt him All the men in the World cannot hurt a Saint nor all the Divells in Hell a man will never feare his Enemie especially when he knowes he is kild before hee comes neare him Christ hath overcome sin Death Hell the Divell the World and therefore what need the saints feare any of these 2 Cor. 4.17 The afflictions of this life are but light and momentary but there is an exceeding weight of glory to be revealed Will a man regard a small crosse when he has a weight and an exceeding weight of Divine loves of Divine Crownes This is enough to make a man not only to be content to beare afflictions and frownes from the World but also to love the crosse to love the frownes When thou hast a losse in thy Estate in thy name or any way Christ comes with his loves and makes an over abundant supply I doe not say he gives thee the same things but he gives thee that which is a thousand times more worth If thou losest farthings and gainest pounds if thou losest strawes and gainest pearles what losse hast thou Thus Christ doth to a Saint at the very instant of his suffering if he live with in Christ for Christs way is not to send the affliction and let it lie heavie and presse a man downe and then he afterwards lets men reason themselves into content for a Saints content as a Saints is not from reason but from a present injoyment of Christ which is communicated at that very instant immediatly from the very bosome and heart of Christ Intercourses of loves runnes out from Christ which alone is their satisfaction without reasons helpe The fourth Reason why the Saints are so bold in declaring and ingaging for God is because in all their sufferings they ingage not at their own cost and charges they live not by their own life they live not by their owne strength but they ingage at Christs charges they live by Christs life they spend upon his strength Ti 's a Phrase wee have often up especially in the Country they may spend freely that spend upon other mens Purses So the Saints they goe on in their way and walke like Saints because they live not by and of themselves their life and their strength and their comforts are all Christs they spend upon his Stock This makes them so free and so bold spend while they will they have a vast Treasure never to bee exhausted Still Christ supplyes them with new strength and new life Let men goe on to revile and abuse the Saints and study names of Factions and Independents and the like to make them odious No matter Christ assists them Christ hath names full of Love and sweetnesse for them And if they should proceed to persecution as they may and imprisonment no matter There comes a new suppy from Christ answerable to their sufferings But the Saints being weake and not knowing this they many times needleslly trouble themselves with forethinking what they shall doe if Suffering and Afflictions and Troubles increase And the reason is because they apply and compare Future Troubles to present strength But those that live in Christ and with Christ they know they cannot ingage upon any new affliction But there is a new supply of Strength and Courage and life from Christ and therefore they reason thus If Bonds Reproaches and imprisonment or Death it selfe doe attend mee There is Fresh Joy New Life and more Srength attends The more opposers the more Strength the more Joy the more Glory the more Loves the more Imbraces The more overcomings of Loves And therefore this is that which makes them Bold in Declaring for God Who more bold for God in declaring truth then the Apostles in Acts the fourth though they knew troubles and persecution attended them Acts 4.10 and bonds in every place be it knowne