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A54870	Excellent encouragements against afflictions, or, Expositions of four select Psalmes the XXVII, LXXXIV, LXXXV, and LXXXVII, containing [brace] 1. David's triumph over distresse, 2. Davids hearts desire, 3. The churches exercise under affliction, 4. The great charter of the church / by the learned and laborious, faithfull and prudent minister of God's word, Mr. Thomas Pierson ...	Pierson, Thomas, 1622-1691.	1647 (1647)	Wing P2216; ESTC R33408	298,930	421

required For Ministers see 1 Cor. 4.2 Moreover it is required of the disposers or stewards that a man be found faithfull which faithfulnesse stands in giving unto every one his portion in due season Luke 12.42 43.46 That is judgements to the wicked and mercies to the godly after instruction See 2 Tim. 2.25 26. and 4.1 2. for instruction for rebuke 1 Tim. 4.20 with Psal 11.6 and 75.8 and for comforting the godly see Isaiah 40.1 2. Colos 4.8 1 Thes 5.14 warn the unruly comfort the feeble minded and for necessity 1 Cor. 9.16 Then for the people the necessity of their subjection and observance is plain Luke 10.10 13 16. with Prov. 13.13 who so despiseth the word shall be destroyed Prov. 28.9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be abhominable The charge of Christ in all his Epistles to the seven Churches of Asia that he that hath an ear to hear must hear what the spirit saith unto the Churches Rev. 2.7 c. shewes the same besides the allurement from benefits thereby as Isa 55.3 Hear and your soul shall live Rom. 10.17 Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God it is the word of his grace Acts 10.32 And for the sacraments the legall commination for neglect or contempt of circumcision Gen 17.14 and of the Passeover Exod. 12.24 with Numb 9.13 shewes in equitie the necessitie of due partaking of the ●●vangelicall Sacraments And for prayer the neglect thereof is the brand of Atheist Psal 14.1.4 and a sinne liable to a grievous curse Psal 79.6 Powr out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee and upon the kingdomes that have not called upon thy name And he that shall refuse subjection to the censure of the Church must be cast out as an heathen Matth. 18.17 The weight of their censure following Gods word see Verse 18. Verily I say unto you whatsoever ye shall binde on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven 1 Cor. 5.3 4 5. I have judged already in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus The second Use for instruction Secondly see here also that the difference observed by Christ Jesus as well about the meanes of grace denying it some and vouchsafing it to others at least for a time as Matth. 10.5 6. Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel and Act 16.6 they were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia but vers 9 10. they endeavoured to go into Macedonia assuredly gathering that the Lord had called them to preach the Gospel there as also for the gift of grace it self to some and the deniall of it to others amongst whom the meanes is sent as we may see Mat. 13.11 It is given to you to know the mysteries of the Kingdome of heaven but to them it is not given See I say that in both these is divine justice for they are the wayes of Christ and therefore just The first Use for admonition For admonition two wayes First to the wicked that they consider their fearfull and dangerous state wherein they stand being indeed enemies to righteousnesse both in the affections of their hearts and the actions of their lives as Paul told Elymas Acts 13.10 Thou childe of the devill thou enemy of all righteousnesse Now if Christs wayes be righteous wayes which they oppose then will it be a righteous thing with God to judge them as he threatneth 1 Cor. 6.9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdome of God They must know that if in this life they do not by true repentance prevent it hereafter under Gods severe judgements they shall with Pharaoh when it is too late acknowledge the righteousnesse thereof Exod. 9.27 I have sinned this time the Lord is righteous I and my people are wicked The second use for admonition Secondly to the godly that they give evidence of their approbation of the righteousnesse of Christs ordinances and thereon so subject themselves thereto that they approve themselves wise Virgins who have the oyl of grace in the vessels of their hearts Matth. 25.4 and good and faithfull servants who have well improved their masters talents vers 16 17. with 20 23. moved thereto by the fearfull state of the foolish Virgins vers 8 9. and the idle servant vers 24 c. The use for comfort For comfort this makes greatly to all those that suffer persecution for righteousnesse sake for as God is righteous in this kinde of tryall and correction upon his children Psal 119.75 I know O Lord that thy judgements are right and that thou in very faithfulnesse hast afflicted me so he will approve himself righteous in an happy deliverance Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you and to you that are troubled rest with us 2 Thes 1.6 7. THE GREAT CHARTER OF THE CHURCH CONTAYNING A Catalogue of gracious Priviledges granted unto it by the King of HEAVEN OR AN EXPOSITION OF THE LXXXVII Psalm By Mr. THOMAS PIERSON late Rectour of Brompton-Brian in the County of Hereford LONDON Printed for Philemon Stephens at the gilded Lyon in Pauls Church-yard 1647. TO THE RIGHT VERTVOVS and religious my most honoured Ladie the Ladie ANNE WHITNEY MADAM ALthough the eminence of your well known worth will admit no addition from any expressions that I by my tongue or pen can make yet I hope your Ladiship will give me leave as well as I can to improve the evidence of mine own unfeigned thankfulnesse by a publick acknowledgement of the dutifull respect wherein I stand obliged unto you for your many undeserved favours unto me and mine whereof I may sooner cease to be then suffer ingratefull oblivion to blot the memorie out of my mind Nor will it I am confident be any grief of heart or occasion of offence unto your Ladiship that I take this opportunitie at once both to tell the world how much I am indebted unto you and to intitle your Ladiship in a speciall manner unto a part of his works of whom you not only had a reverend esteem whilest he lived but likewise still preserve his memorie as precious I doubt not but you and manie others have long agoe thought it high time that he whose happie hand was an instrument to bring many posthume works of Mr. Perkins to the Presse and after to reduce the scattered pieces into three large velumes should have the like measure measured unto him again wherewith he had meted to another And so it had been but that there were some obstructions in the passage to the Presse the womb of printed

admonition and comfort For instruction see the prerogative of Gods Chu●●● and people above all other states and conditions in the world they being by covenant the people of God have him to be unto them the God of salvation See Deut. 32.31 Their rock is not as our rock even our enemies themselves being judges Jer. 3.23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel The second Use for instruction Secondly see here the impiety of Popery that sets up other Saviours among them then the true God both for temporall and spirituall safety The first Use for admonition For admonition two wayes First to take heed of those sinnes that deprive a people of this prerogative to have the true God to be the God of their salvation And those are especially two First Idolatry when men either worship a false God as the heathen did and do or else worship the true God in a false manner as did Jeroboam and his successors 1 Kings 12.28 and as the Papists do at this day for which sinne see God forsaking Judg. 3.8 compared with 10.13 yee have forsaken me and served other Gods wherefore I will deliver you no more Secondly Impiety when men hold the truth in unright eousnesse Rom. 1.18 have a forme of godlinesse but deny the power thereof 2 Tim. 3.5 for the Kingdome of God is not in word but in power 1 Cor. 4.20 The second Use for admonition Secondly we must all labour to become such as are truly intitled to Gods power and mercy for salvation that he which is the God of salvation may become our God for assurance whereof we must look to these things First that we become the children of Abraham for to such salvation comes Luke 19.9 Now such may be known by doing the works of Abraham John 8.39 He is the father of the faithfull Rom. 4.11 who by faith first forsook his own people and his fathers house Heb. 11.8 9. compared with Gen. 12.1 4. secondly commanded his houshold to serve God Gen. 18.19 thirdly made intercession to God for the sparing of Sodom no doubt for the elects sake that he hoped had been therein Gen. 18.23 c. fourthly by faith offered his own sonne yea his only sonne Isaac for an offering upon Gods command Gen. 21.1 c. Heb. 11 17. In all these we must labour to shew our selves to be the sonnes of Abraham Consider all and look especially at the mortification of corruption the sinnes of our hearts and soules See Rom. 8.12 Gal. 5.24 Col. 3.5 we should be ashamed to hear that we love our sinnes better then Abraham did his only sonne Secondly the true God is a saviour unto every one that is a true member of Christs body Eph. 5.23 Now true members are joyned to their head by the spirit 1 Cor. 12.13 and by vertue thereof receive life and sense from Christ spiritually as Rom. 8.11 Now such with Christ 1. leave the grace of sinne Rom. 6.17 18 2. they converse with the godly Acts 10.40 41. 3. they walk in the spirit Gal. 5.25 4. they talk and speak religiously Col. 4.6 Prov. 31.26.5 they tast spirituall food with delight the Word and Sacraments Thirdly God will save those that trust in him Psal 17.7 Psal 91.1 c. they shall be as mount Zion Psal 125.1 Now they that trust in the Lord will not use unlawfull meanes to help themselves out of misery but will wait his leisure as Isaiah 28.16 He that beleeveth shall not make hast Fourthly he that would be delivered by God must be upright hearted Psal 7.10 Now such lean not to sinne but as Isaiah 38.3 can say to God with Hezekiah Remember now O Lord I beseech thee how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight The use for comfort For comfort to Gods children in trouble and misery they have a saviour and deliverer see Psal 23.1 4. and Dan. 3.17 The second Observation The second point to be here observed is the practise of the Church towards God in their trouble namely they go to God in prayer for salvation and deliverance See Psal 79.9 Help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name and deliver us and purge away our sinnes for thy names sake and Psal 80.1 3. Give eare O shepheard of Israel thou that leadest Joseph as a flock thou that dwellest between the Cherubins shine forth Turn us again O God and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved Psal 118.5 I called upon the Lord in distresse c. The reasons which induce them to do so are these The first Reason First Gods command Psal 50.15 Call upon me in the day of trouble The second Reason Secondly Gods property to hear and help Psal 65.2 O thou that hearest prayer unto thee shall all flesh come Psal 46.1 God is our aefuge and strength a very present help in trouble See this in the heathen Mariners Jonah 1.14 15. The third Reason Thirdly God stands bound by promise and covenant to hear and help his Church in distresse see 2 Chron. 7.14 If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked wayes then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sinne and will heale their land Psal 91.15 He shall call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and hono●r him The fourth Reason Fourthly observation of the successe of this duty in others before them as Psal 32.3 4 5 6. Psal 1.3 3 4 5. Psal 99.6 8 9 and in their own persons as Psal 56.14 Thou hast delivered my soule from death wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling The use for instruction First this serves to discover a threefold impiety as contrary to the practise of the Church of Atheists Witches and Idolaters 1. Atheists in their hearts say there is no God and therefore make no conscience of this practise of the Church to call upon God See Psal 14.1 4. The foole hath said in heart there is no God They call not upon God Psal 10.4 God is not in all his thoughts Job 21.15 What is the Almighty that we should serve him and what profit should we have if we pray unto him Job 22.17 which say unto God depart from us and what can the Almighty do for them 2 Witches wisards and conjurers for a shew and colour may have the name of God in their mouths but sure the affiance of their hearts is in the devill with him they are in league and socieay all their spells charms circles and incantations are prayers homage and service done to him And like unto these though not in so high degree are all they that seek unto