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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04238	The good mans priuiledge A sermon lately preached at Plimmouth in Deuon, by I.B. And now published at the request of some that then were auditors.	Barlow, John, b. 1580 or 81.	1618 (1618)	STC 1436; ESTC S100848	19,948	34

the way Rom. 1.6 turne into the right path and walke on in the gate that leadeth to glory And this effectuall calling is that that is here by the Apostle nominated whether ordinarily or extraordinarily effected that skils not for so a thing bee well done it matters not whether it bee effected by a common or more speciall manner of proceeding for that is not of the essence but an adiunct to rhe thing Hebr. 8.5 According In this word is a similitude of equall proportion To his That is Gods they that referre it to man are deceiued and corrupt the Text for God calleth not any for his foreseene faith 2. Tim 1 9. or workes but of his owne good pleasure and that when man hath no purpose to bee called at all Purpose This word seemes to haue in it two things the one a rule by which a thing is done the other a setled resolution to doe according to that rule the first hath relation to the vnderstanding the second to the will and we ascribe both to God For hee effecteth nothing without knowledge and all acts proceed from the will the one guiding and the other working perfecting Now both these without offence to his Maiesty may be ascribed vnto him And now will you heere the Metaphrase in order as it is summarily in the verse contained then thus it is briefly plainly as if the Apostle had thus more amply reasoned related I cannot denie but that afflictions and persecutions are troublesome and not easily vndergone by them that either preach or professe the Gospell yet notwithstanding this may be a meanes to strengthen the weake and feeble mindes of the faithfull for we that are the Disciples of Christ doe know by experience in respect of times past and are by faith assured for the future daies that there is nothing whatsoeuer as sinne sorrow death or what can be named or conceiued but to those that loue the Lord and are effectually called of his good pleasure it shall in the euent and finall conclusion by his wise disposing turne for the bringing of them to the truth of grace here and the eternall perfection of glory hereafter And this I conceiue to be the very true and naturall sense of the verse wee haue in hand so let vs now proceed to gather some particular Doctrines for our better and further instruction and this I take to bee one of the principall that Doct. 1 All things worke together for good vnto the children of God The Apostle in another place hath a speech something to the same purpose 1. Tim. 4.8 Bodily exercise saith he profiteth a very little yet godlinesse is profitable for all things But for the better prosecution of this point we will make a fourefold distribution All things that are for our good come either first from God secondly Satan thirdly others fourthly and lastly from our selues for in these wee may comprehend the most if not all things whereof wee haue to speake And concerning God we will consider either his attributes or his acts For his attributes though they bee many yet foure onely shall bee mentioned And because that Knowledge in God is most excellent for Satan at the first vsed it as an argument to seduce our Parents Genes 3.5 Yee shall be as gods knowing good and euill we will declare how it worketh for the good of all his children First by knowledge hee discerneth them from all reprobated bastards and is able to call them by name Exod. 33.12 And is not this good for them will it not comfort a child in that his father knoweth him By this hee also vnderstandeth not onely who we be but where we be what we be and the things that be the best for vs. Ignorance was a cause why Isaac blessed Iacob in stead of Esau for had he knowne it Genes 27.23 he would not haue done it Ignorance was the ground why some of the Princes of this world put to death the Lord of life for had they knowne him 1. Cor. 2.8 they would not haue crucified him 1. Tim. 1.13 Ignorance caused Paul to persecute the seruants of God and many more euils haue sprung from this blindnesse Wherefore God that knoweth his cannot passe by them and giue his blessings vnto others So that knowledge in God is for his childrens good Was it not good vnto Hagar Genes 16. Matth. 2. that the Lord knew her in the wildernesse for Iesus when he was in Egypt for Dauid seeing the vprightnesse of his heart and for Paul also The Lord knoweth whether I loue you or not yea 2. Cor. 11.11 by this all-sufficient and seeing eye he can collect the Elect from the foure ends of the world single them out of the deformed multitude gather together their very bones number their haires make a re-union of the same soule and body conuent them at the last day before him and reward them according to their workes Nay the discerning of our thoughts is profitable for the elect for thereby they shall not be hindred but helped And by his Omniscience hee discouereth the plots of the wicked and knoweth thereby how to frustrate and confound their close and cunning enterprises The sicke patient is comforted when as the Phisitian vnderstandeth the nature and danger of his disease and the best way and meanes that can cure him It cannot but be a vexation of spirit to be in calamitie and his best friends ignorant of his perplexitie Hence haue these sorrowfull speeches sprung Little doth my father and friends vnderstand where I am and my wofull condition would to God they did for then they would vse meanes to free mee comfort me Wherefore when men are imprisoned vnder the Turke or any Enemie the first thing they doe is to let their friends by letters or other waies to haue knowledge of it Truly Gods knowledge is the very first ground of comfort to all the faithfull for it maketh way that euill may be remoued from them and all that is good conferred vpon them and the more wee thinke vpon Gods Omniscience the more will it yeeld vs matter of mirth and great reioycing Dauid when he would encourage his sonne Salomon to serue God 1. Chron. 28.9 vseth it for a strong inducement for the Lord knoweth all hearts Christ pricketh his people for to pray on the same ground Matth 6.6 Your heauenly Father knoweth the things whereof ye stand in need Paul thereby strengtheneth the feeble minded in the apostacy of such as had made great profession 2. Tim. 2.19 The Lord knoweth who are his Peter and others perswadeth the children of God to doe good and suffer affliction producing it as a reason for the eye of the Lord is ouer the righteous He knoweth their works 1. Pet. 3.12 Reuel 2.19 and their dwelling place So that we see the Omniscience of God in all respects may and shall worke for his childrens good And from Gods