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[Dauids euidenece [sic], or, The assurance of Gods loue declared in seuen sermons.]
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Burton, William, d. 1616.
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loue one another to teach vs that if we loue not one another professing all the same Gospell w◠loue not Christ for he y t loueth him which begat loueth him also which is begottē and he that loueth the head must néedes loue the mēbers Now if we delight still in quarrelling and contending one with another in censuring and iudging one of an other for toyes and trifles in spiting and vexing in mistaking and misconstruing in racking and rending of wordes and halfe wordes if we continue still in bitternesse and wrath in mallice an enuie and will not be contēt to be curteous and louing and in the bowels of tender cōpassion fréely to forgeue as God for Christ his sake forgaue vs we may be sure we loue not God Againe if you loue me saith Christ doe good to the poore which you shall alwayes haue with you and looke what you do to them I will take it as if it were done to my selfe now if we be so straight laced against the poore as we haue bene and do not exercise the workes of mercy towardes them according to our abilitie how can we say that we loue God I meane not to be a proctour for the idle and slouthfull which can worke and will not for they ought not to eate and in Gods name let thē be driuen to worke or be seuerely punished for if you shall maintaine such when time shall serue they will cut your throats for that you haue to make you amends like Hanun who cruelly and shamefully entreated Dauids messengers when of curtesie and goodwill they were sent to visite him but reléeue while you may those that are impotent aged sickly diseased and labour hard for their liuing would worke if they had it sée to such I beséech you on Christs behalf and encourage the vertuous and godly amongst you you vse to say God helpe you I haue not for you a cold almes God knoweth but if God had suffred our enemies to triumph ouer vs thē we should haue said God helpe vs we haue neither for you nor for our selues therefore while you haue wealth and are able doe good withall do not be-lye the Lord that hath giuen you both for your selues for them too for in such time you may speake it that your wordes may proue truer then you wot of as it did with Ananias his wife who said they had no more left when they had as much more as they sold. Furthermore if we be assured that y e Lord doth loue vs in Iesus Christ we may be bold to pray without feare and not doubting that he will heare vs. Last of all this assurance of Gods fauour should bréed in vs a resolution to leaue all our odd shifts and deuises which we vse to liue by and to rely wholy vpon his prouidence vsing no meanes but good knowing that he which loueth vs will not see vs want any thing that he séeth good for vs. These things may trouble vs but if they do not triumph ouer vs by ouerruling vs thē we are beloued of God striue we then by faith and repentaunce against our affections and in the end we shall surely triumph in heauen for the Church can not be triumphant in heauen vntill it be militant on earth Now let vs pray THE SECOND SERMON OF THE ASSVRAVNCE OF GODS LOVE Nouember 21. Sabboth day By this I know that thou fauorest me c. THe Prophet Dauid careth not what enemies he hath nor how many he hath so that God be not his enemy he regardeth not what the Lord doth vnto him neither how he doth handle him so that he may be sure he doth it in his loue fauour towardes him and not in his wrath and displeasure therefore he prayeth Lord rebuke me not in thy wrath neither chasten me in thy displeasure as if he should say I care not O Lord what y u doest with me in this life so that I may be sure of thy fauour and louing kindnesse This serueth to teach vs that when any trouble or affliction shall come vpon vs we must not so much looke vpon that and séeke to be eased thereof as to looke whether we be in fauour with God or no. And being sure of his fauour in his sonne Iesus Christ to arme our selues patiētly to beare the crosse whatsoeuer it be because whatsoeuer it is outward or inward it is layed vpon vs in loue not to hurt vs but to helpe vs forward in the wayes of godlynesse We will take any thing well at his handes of whom we are perswaded that he loueth vs for the assuraūce of his loue swalloweth vp and swéetly sendeth downe all the rest if he teach vs we take it if he admonish vs we are contented if he reproueth vs we put it vp if he iest with vs we are not gréeued yea if he smite vs we are not offended all is taken in good part because they come frō loue who neuer did hurt his beloued So God dealeth with vs his children he teacheth vs when we are ignoraunt he correcteth vs when we goe astray he admonisheth vs when we are vnruly he reproueth vs when we transgresse he threatneth vs when we are stubburne and he smiteth vs when there is no remedy but is his fauor and mercy he teacheth correcteth reproueth threatneth and smiteth his children that they might not be damned with the wicked world If he woundeth vs his fauour is oyle to cure the wounde if he sendeth floudes and seas of troubles the assuraunce of his fauour is like Noahs Arke to beare vs vp from drowning If his wrath shall burne like fire his fauour is water to coole the heate whereof Diues in hell could not get a drop if he send sicknesse either of body or minde the assuraunce of his fauour is a present remedy like the brasen Serpēt if he sendeth sorrow ouernight his louing fauour shall bring ioy in the morning and a ioyfull tidings like Sonne be of good cheare thy sinnes are forgeuen thee If he chide vs his fauour that he beareth vnto vs will not suffer him to chide for euer if his wrath be kindled against his children his fauour puts out all againe if he sets vs vp as markes to be shot at he sets his fauour before vs with the assuraunce whereof we are defended as with a shield When he punisheth his childrē he pitieth them for he doth not punish them as an enemy but as a father therefore Dauid saith As a father hath compassion on his childrē so hath the Lord compassion on all those that feare him A fathers anger is rather loue then anger and his correction is to be compted rather a loue token then a punishment So is Gods anger towardes his children which feare him and keepe his couenaunts and therefore his correction is a loue token and no punishment Aske Salomon and he will tell you so nay the Lord himselfe will tell you
his wordes Wherefore doe the wicked liue and waxe old and grow in wealth to shew that a man may be a wicked man though he be a wealthy man and that honestie goeth not by riches he goeth on saith Their seede is established in their sight with theÌ„ and their generation before their eyes Their houses are peaceable without feare the rod of God is not vpon them Their bullocke gendreth and faileth not their cow calueth and casteth not her calfe They send forth their children like sheepe and their sonnes dauÌ„ce They take the tabret harpe and reioyce in the sounde of the Organes They speÌ„d their dayes in welth sodenly they dye or go down to the graue That is they lye not loÌ„g sicke Now sée theiâ— Religion They say vnto God depart from vs for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes Who is the almightie that we should serue him and what profit should we haue iâ— we should pray vnto him Now sée their endâ— They shalbe as stubble before the wind and as chaffe that the storme carrieth away God will lay vp the sorrow of the father for hiâ— children when he rewardeth him he shall know it his eyes shall see his destruction and he shall drinke of the wrath of the almighty Aske the Prophet Dauid and he will iustifie as much for thus he speaketh of the wicked They are not in troubles as other men neither are they plagued with other men Their eyes stand out for fatnesse they haue more then hart can wish They set their mouth against heauen and their toung walketh thorough the earth Now sée their blasphemy against God And they say how doth God know it or is there knowledge in the most high Lo these are the wicked yet prosper they alwayes and increase in riches Now sée their end Surely thou O Lord hast set them in slippery places and cast them downe into desolation How sodenly are they destroyed perished and horribly consumed If this be not sufficient he can proue it by an example of the Israelites of whom he maketh this report They lusted with concupiscence in the wildernesse meaning wheÌ„ they desired the flesh pots of Egypt againe And saith he The Lord gaue them their desire for he sent them quayles but he sent leannesse into their soules for he cursed it it did them no good but they dyed with the meate in their mouthes what became of the rest that had their desire they rebelled against Moses Aaron whereupon y e earth swallowed vp some and fire from heauen deuoured other some If you aske the Prophet Esay he will auouch this to be true for speaking in the person of God to the stubburne Iewes he saith thus Wherefore should you be smitten any more for you fall away more and more the whole head is sicke and the whole hart is heauie Meaning that he would correct them no more séeing they were neuer the better for correction but to let them do as they listed that his indgemeÌ„â— might be excéeding great and iust vpon theÌ„ For the followeth in the 7. verse Your land is wast your Cities are burnt with fire strauÌ„â—gers deuour your land in your presence anâ— it is desolate like the ouerthrow of strauÌ„gers And the daughter of Zion shall remaine likâ— a cottage in a vineyard like a lodge in a garâ—den of cucumbers and like a besieged Citie And all this came vpon them wheÌ„ the Lorâ— left them to themselues to do what they liâ—sted All which places doe shew and prouâ— how mad foolish they are which measurâ— Gods loue and fauour towardes them bâ— outward prosperitie and his anger by ouâ—â—ward aduersitie On the contrary his children he puts thâ— alwayes in minde of their duetie by whipping them with his fatherly rod they do not so soone step awrie but by and by he fetcheth them home againe What is Diues the better for all his wealth being now in hell torments Lazarus a poore man yet a godly man was kept vnder in this life but now is exalâ—ed And God indéede doth many times kéepe â—is children vnder and geueth them but sroÌ„â—and to mouth and yet loueth them neuerâ—helesse As a father kéepeth his sonne heire â—hort without any money in his purse or any thing els at his owne will till the time come that he shall inherite in great wisedome he doth it for if his sonne should haue â—he inheritaunce presently he would wast â—t spend it vaynely so God dealeth with his children and for no other cause both in singular wisedome and loue that they may say afterward By this I know that thou â—ouest me c. So that this is not the thing that can assure vs of Gods fauour to haue no enemies and no troubles for if we be Gods children we must looke for both Therefore is the Church called militaÌ„t alwayes in battaile alwayes beset with enemies Therefore is y e Gospell called y e word of the Crosse. Therefore S. Paule describing the way to heauen saith we must passe through many tribulalations Therefore Esaw and Iacob shall no sooner haue life but they shall striue together in their mothers belly Therfore Abraham shall no sooner receiue the promise but he must looke to be banished and therefore Abell shalbe enuied of his owne brother so soone as the Lord regardes his sacrifice Thâ— righteous man is like Lot amoÌ„gest the Soâ—domits and like Sampson amongst the Phiâ—listins This is the state of the Church calleâ— militant it is like a ship tossed with the waâ—ues driuen with the winds beset with Piâ—rates on the one side with rockes sandeâ— on the other side alwayes vpon the sea anâ— when it is safest there is but a bord between life and death Their peace is persecution their rest is labour their riches is pouertieâ— their glory is reproch their libertie is imâ—prisonment And yet by this they know that God doth fauour them because he doth so tâ—â—â—per these cuppes vnto them with his graceâ— holy spirite that in persecution they finâ— peace in labour they finde rest in pouertâ— they finde contentement therefore great riches in reproches they finde glory in imprisonment they finde libertie and in death they finde life It is no new thing you sée for good men to haue enemies nay the better men the more enemies as Peter the more faithfull to Christ the more sifted by Sathan but as Christ then prayed for Peter that his faith might not fayle so he prayeth still for the faithfull that their faith may not fayle so that still they may say with Dauid By this I know that thou louest me because my enemies do not triumph against me But what did not Dauids enemies triuÌ„ph against him when they said A mischief is â—ight vpon him and he that lyeth shall rise no more As appeareth in the 8.