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A81870	A cluster of grapes taken out of the basket of the woman of Canaan. Or, Counsel and comfort for beleeving soules, comming to Christ and meeting with discouragement. Being the summe of certain sermons preached upon Matthew 15. from verse 22. to verse 29. Wherein among other things, is declared more particularly, I. What seeming harsh entertainment the soul may find from Christ. II. What holy, and humble behaviour the soul ought to have under that entertainment. III. How blessed and comfortable a conclusion Christ will make with the soul at last. / By John Durant preacher of the gospel in Canterbury.	Durant, John, b. 1620.	1660 (1660)	Wing D2672; Thomason E1746_1; ESTC R209696	132,901	225

18.8 and it bears upon this Notion that I now hint It is said of Babylon That all her plagues shall come upon her in one day c. In one day why the intirest of Pride and Honour Idolatry and Persecution that so many ages were winding up to a height can this bee destroyed in so little time shall this bee done in one day Yes For strong in the Lord God who judgeth her A great God is never confined to any time Oh my Beloved bear up your hearts in the Lord Jesus Christ time can no way prescribe him hee can do what hee will and when hee will But there is one general point that I shall take up from the place and end this discourse And the general Point is this Doct. That faithful coming unto Jesus Christ doth sometimes prevail even in Corporal Cases This woman of Canaan came to Christ and shee came in Faith Here is a faithful commer to the Lord Jesus and shee prevails for her own soul I and shee prevails for her Daughters body shee prevails eminently for her own spiritual concernments I and shee prevails also for her Daughters corporal concernments That Faith prevails alwaies in spiritual concernments that wee have often opened and my Beloved it is a mercy that if it do not alwaies prevail for our body yet that it doth for our souls But God hath provided and doth so order it that sometimes it shall prevail for body and soul too Indeed going to Christ is good for every thing and they who truly go to the Lord Jesus shall one day have cause to sing the song of David Bless the Lord Oh my soul who forgiveth all thy sins and healeth all thy diseases You that go to Jesus Christ you shall have cause to say Blessed bee God I have soul-mercy and bodily-mercy too If you look thorow the whole story of the Life of Christ you shall see this truth The whole history of the Gospel gives us instances that faithful coming to Christ did sometimes prevail with him for corporal-mercies as well as for spiritual mercies A double instance I shall give First An Instance of prevailing for our selves Secondly An Instance of prevailing for others First An Instance of prevailing for our selves saith the Leper in Matth. 8.2 Lord if thou wilt thou canst make mee clean And that of the blinde man Barthomeus in Luk. 18.41 saith Christ What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee and hee said Lord That I may receive my sight and his sight was restored to him Many a time the Lord Christ was prevailed withall for corporal mercies But secondly As many did prevail for themselves so they did often prevail for others As in Matth. 15.30 It is there said Great multitudes came to him having with them those that were lame blinde dumb maimed and many others and cast them down at Jesus feet and hee healed them c. The Lord did many corporal kindnesses for others The like to this you have in Matth. 9.1 2. They brought to him one sick of the Palsie and Jesus seeing their Faith healed him But now here is one Objection against this Object But you will say This was true of the times wherein Christ lived Christ when hee was upon Earth healed Simon Peters wifes Mother of a feavour and such a ones Daughter and such a ones Son but now hee is in Heaven such things are not to beee expected so some do think Answ For Answer First If wee speak of his miraculous way of healing then it may bee said that miraculous way of healing diseases was a mercy more eminently put forth in those daies of Christs being in the flesh But if you speak of the thing it self healing diseases curing of bodies I doubt not but wee may expect the same mercy from Jesus Christ now that they did then And the Reason is Because there is the same ground for Christ to shew corporal kindnesses now which was then Where the ground of a thing is perpetual moral and eternally the same in all ages the same things may bee done upon the same ground But c. I finde in the Gospel a double ground why Christ did heal corporal diseases The first ground was his pitty and sympathy And secondly To fulfil Prophecie and Promise Upon these two grounds did Christ heal either upon the grounds of pitty and compassion as a man or else upon the ground of Prophecie or Promise For the first ground you have it in Matth. 14.14 It is said Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion toward them and hee healed their sick Compassion did move Christ and therefore hee healed them Now observe Jesus Christ now in Heaven hath the same compassions that hee had here on Earth and that is founded upon his keeping or retaining of his humane nature still If Christ had not now in Heaven our humane nature hee would not have had this compassion for you shall finde that the compassion that was in Christ it was not built upon his God-head but upon his humane Nature And therefore in Heb. 2.16 17. It is said Christ took not on him the nature of Angels but hee took on him the seed of Abraham Why so that hee might bee a merciful and faithful High Priest c. Hee did therefore take Mans Nature that hee might have compassion Now this Jesus retains for ever and hee hath the same compassions now hee is in Heaven that hee had when hee was upon the Earth The second ground is that which I finde in Isa 53.4 compared with Matth. 8.17 I pray minde it for it is good to know what is the ground of Faith In Isa 53. Saith the Prophet there Surely hee hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows c. This was prophesied of Jesus Christ that hee should not onely have compassion on our spiritual infirmities our sins but our corporal and this was the ground why hee did heal diseases in the time of his flesh Matth. 8.17 It is said Hee healed all that were sick that it might bee fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the Prophet saying Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses Here was the ground why Christ did heal then because it was prophesied hee should bear our sicknesses Now this Prophecie is an eternal truth And if in the time of his flesh hee did shew corporal kindnesses that that Prophecie might bee fulfilled hee will now do the same that the same Prophecie might bee fulfilled Even in these daies wee may expect that our Lord Jesus Christ upon our faithful coming to him should shew corporal kindness to us and ours as well as spiritual One Scripture I shall add for the Truth of it and that is in James 5.14 Is any man sick among you Let him call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over him c. and the prayer of Faith shall save the sick c. Here observe that faithful prayer shall prevail for

you come to him that cries after you in the streets as it is Prov. 1. If you lye not still but come at his cry and upon his call then will hee pour forth his Spirit on you as in that place hee promiseth Prov. 1.23 If you perish in your own neglect to come so it is but if you come Christ will not let you perish at his doors Oh no The Lord Jesus will never bee a Dives a poor Lazarus at Christs door shall never perish there never did any that lay knocking and begging for mercy there go away and perish for the want of it Fourthly The Lord Christ will bee thus kinde at last That hee may stop the mouths of all those that are ready to speak hardly of him My Beloved if Christ should alwaies carry it strangely especially when the sould carries it humbly soon you would hear that speech of the man in the Parable I knew thou wert a hard Master But God is resolved that never shall there bee a witness brought against him of his hardness This Woman of Canaan might have been brought in as a witness against Jesus Christ if after all this hee should have cast her off but God will bee true and all men lyers Hee will bee kinde at last to confure that report and reproach which Satan and unbeleef are ready to cast on him truly I may say Christ will bee kinde for his own credir That none may slander him hee will and must bee sweet at last Fifthly and lastly Christ hath a particular design to destroy the work of the Devil Now my Beloved upon this account it is that hee will deal kindly at last for if Christ should not at last deal well with those that truly come to him the design of the Devil would not bee destroyed I build the foundation of this reason upon that Scripture in 1 John 3.8 For this purpose was the Son of God manifested that hee might destroy the works of the Devil When a poor soul comes to Christ and is roughly dealt withall the Devil hath a three-fold design upon that score Viz. One design is upon the soul it self to lead the soul to despair Another design is upon other sinners to discourage them for ever from comming to Jesus Christ And a third design which though last in execution is first in intention and that is to cast a disgrace upon Jesus Christ If this poor Woman should have been sent away and not been dealt kindly withall The Devil would have said now despair now no body go to him c. How doth Satan say it is in vain for you to pray to beleeve Nay though you worship him hee will not regard it Now mark it the Lord is resolved to destroy the designs of Satan and that Satan may never prosper in these designs Christ will carry it well at last however hee may carry it ill at first Doth Satan say it is in vain to wait No it is not in vain to wait for the Woman of Canaan waited and was accepted doth Satan say go not to Jesus Christ hee will not receive you Yes then say thou and thou O soul every one that is not resolved to hearken to Satan for his own ruine wee will go hee will receive us at last doth Satan say hee is a hard Master say no hee will deal kindly at last Well to come to the Application indeed the prime and the proper Use of this point is but one and that I shall principally stand upon but I shall add another though briefly Use The prime Use of this Point is but one Namely for the comfort and the refreshing of all those who it may bee are in the same condition that the Woman of Canaan was Who is there among you that feareth the Lord and obeyeth the voice of his servant that walketh in darkness and hath no light Let him trust in the Name of the Lord and stay upon his God Isa 50.10 What soul is there that hath found a want of Christ and hath had a desire after Christ and hath been a great while waiting upon Christ and hath not had your desires satisfied bee of good comfort though the Lord tarry long hee will come at last The Lord that seems to carry it rough at first at last in the issue will carry it kindly Therefore bear up your hearts it may bee your issue is not yet come and no marvel if Christ do not speak Possibly you are but in the Treaty as I spake in the Explication the last day or it may bee you are not yet fully come nor do really and rightly cloze with Jesus Christ For certain if that were hee would bee kinde unto you according to your hearts desire It is a full and everlasting speech of comfort that that you have in Job Job 8.20 21. Behold God will not cast away a perfect man neither will hee help the evil-doers till hee fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoycing Thou dost lye before Jesus Christ and hee seems to reject thee I but know That hee will not cast thee away till hee hath filled thy mouth with gladness No though at present hee may seem to carry it strange yet in the issue hee will carry it well Because I would clearly hold forth this I shall speak my thoughts by two or three steps There are two things I would speak to all you who it may bee are in the condition of the Woman of Canaan First Beware how thou thinkest thy estate too strange and how thou inquirest after the cause of it too far Secondly Bee confident of this how strange soever thy case bee now the conclusion shall bee very sweet First Beware how thou thinkest thy state too strange and how thou inquirest after the cause of it too far Was there ever sorrow like to my sorrow and was there ever soul like to my soul saith the poor soul c. and what is the matter that I have knockt and knockt till I am weary of knocking Oh what is the cause c. bee not too curious in looking after the cause possibly there may bee a reason that at first you may not see but you may see it hereafter As Christ said to Peter What I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt know hereafter John 13.7 Hereafter thou shalt know why the Lord did keep thee from childrens bread so long and it may bee by the way it was to bring down thy proud stomach hereafter the Lord will satisfie thee but at present know that no new thing hath happened to thee others have lain as long as you Secondly Bee confident of this how strange soever thy case bee the conclusion shall bee very sweet My Beloved the Lord Jesus cannot shut up his bowels the Lord Jesus cannot alwaies refrain himself Isa 63.15 Where are the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercy towards us are they restrained That passage in Psal 42. is remarkable though David was very sad