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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15579	Iacobs staffe To beare vp, the faithfull. And to beate downe, the profane. Touching the one's assured, and the others conceited title, vnto God himself, and all his precious promises. VVherin. The saints interest is justified, to be absolutely infaillible, the sinners clayme detected, to be apparantly deceivable, notwithstanding all infernall suggestions of feare, and infidelity in the one, or of presumption, and security in the other. Formerly preachcd [sic] at Hamburgh by Iohn VVing late pastor to the English Church there, as his farewell to the famous followship [sic] of Merchant Adventurers of England resident in that city. And now published, and dedicated, to the honor and vse, of that most worthy Society, there, or wheresoever being.; Jacobs staffe to bear up, the faithful and to beate downe, the profane	Wing, John, of Flushing, Zealand.	1621 (1621)	STC 25846; ESTC S120115	141,154	226

may never enjoy lesse from the hands of the living God who giveth abundantly and vpraydeth no man who sincerely seeketh his face for any present or future favour And soe Jamt 5. now deare Christians f●●hers bretheren sisters from the greatest to the meanest my faithfull affectionate hort bidds you all farewell you are all beloved of me and my love desireth you may every one be blessed of God with me That as while I was present with you I did my best to helpe you forward towards Christs kingdome soe absent I may meete you there when once the time is come and the date out that we must depose this earthly tabernacle O let our cheise care be that we may be sure beforehand that we shall change it for a heavenly I say beforehand because the Lord make's few comfortable exchanges with man at the last day or houre of his dissolution or ot last day of the worlds consummation We never read but of one the good theife that sped well at such a time I am sure there is none that ought to suppose or once sarmize that himself shal be the second man that shall reape the like measure of extraordinary favour You see how I am suddenly slip't into discourse againe and forgotten my ending let your loue pardon this excesse of myne Might my speech be as long as my hart is large or could it possibly be soe when should I surcease these my hartiest benedictions these my kindest valedictions which I neither know how to expresse as I would or to end when I should But I am now resolued to master my selfe wholely and to end instantly not to detayne you longer my last salutations shal be in the gracious words of the holy Ghost inspired into Paul when he was to take his leaue of the Ephesians Act. 20.33 Now bretheren I commend you to God the word of his grace which is able to builde you vp to giue you an inheritance among them that are sanstified of the Thessalonians 1. The. 5.23 Now the very Ged peace sanctify you throught and I pray God that your whole spirit soule body may be preserued blamelesse vnto the appearance of our Lord Iesus Christ. of the Hebrewes Now the God of peace Heb. 13.20.21 make you perfect in every good worke to doe his will working in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Iesus Christ to whome by vs all be glorie honour for ever ever Finally I end in all the divine and heavenly deprecations and blessings of all Patriarchs Prophets and Apostles yea of Iesus Christ himself vttered in the dayes of his flesh while he dwelt among vs which I wish the Lord may assigne and make ouer to you that you may feele them in the full fruit and consolation of every particular petition contayned in them all and your soules be filled with the sweetnes of them as with marrow and fattnes and in their fullnes you may rejoyce with joy vnspeakeable glorious And now I will constraine my self silence and muzle my overflowing minde and mouth shutting vp all with sincere suplication of all good to you all from our God who is all in all And to glorify and honor this God let vs for ever joyne our endeovours at present joyne our prayers to him because we know he is able to doe vnto vs exceeding abundantly aboue all that we can aske or thinke All yee that loue the Lord doe this all true harts all vpright spirits confoederate combine conjoyne herin that with one mynde and one mouth we may blesse God even our Father Doe the same all yee that desire to be beloued of the Lord and through his loue to liue with him for ever So shall it assuredly come to passe that God who is loue and who is life it self shall turne all our heavines into Hallelujahs our mortality into life our misery into glory Faith full is he which hath promised who will also doe it in his due time To him be praise glory in all his whole family the Church tryumphāt in heaven the churshes militant on earth and in all saints apart both now for ever and ever Amen Amen and let all that loue the Son of God the Sion of God their owne soules and the soules of all true christians say againe and evermore Amen Amen even so be it saith my sorrowfull soule once more and evermore breathing out her last and best desires that the Lord may seale all these supplications with an answer and issue gracious to vs and glorious to himself according to the most wise counsell of his sacred will Glory be to God on high

soe over loue either my self or all the wealth vnder heaven but that I coulde have accounted my harte and state incomparably more comfortable in your service then in your kinanes in your spirituall then in mine owne temporall advantage and might I have still enjoyed my libertie among you to have honoured God and done you good I had beene in full contentment to my harts desire But I see it may not be I must out of my paradice I will not say the divell either entises or enforces me out I desire to looke only vpon the hand of God in all things as I taught you all to do doe not long since the greatest heavines of my hart is this that he seeth me not worthy or fit to abide in it because I have honoured him so litle during the time I enjoyed it And soe at his pleasure that shutts and no man opēs I now passe away as I came in when he did open and no man did shutt my soules desire is and hath beene that the Lord might have his will aboue myne and that his good pleasure might ever be predominant and overule all my desires Let vs all labour to beleeue that that is and must be our best estate which come's vpon vs from him who is God to be blessed for ever who manifesteth and magnifieth himself to be only wyse and infinitely gracious in all things that come to passe vpon his children Faith will thus judge and determine though our flesh would fasten other perswasions vpon vs. And thus considered I dare not but conceit my remoouall to be better then my resting here howbeit nature doth distaste it as a thing exceeding bitter Grace can make that truly good which corruption apprehendeth to be a heavy evill And when once sanctification hoth conquered coruption and got the vpper hand and that the Lord hath taken the scales of ignorrant and erroneous judgment from myne eyes that I may see himself clearely in this thing I know I cannot but be comforted with joy vnspeakable glorious In the meane time I now beholde you with heavines whome I must beholde no more in this heavenly duty and ministration my soule overflowe's with sorrow I am vnspeakeably affucted in my spirit that I shall not thus see your faces any more nor you mine againe in this place and service But our God shall beholde vs both and all of vs in the brightnes of the face of his son Iesus Christ and if we will strive to looke vnto him as we ought the lustre and beames of his most blessed countenance will breake through all these foggs and mist of our naturall perturbations which appeare abundantly in the mournefull teares wherwith now we doe so sorrowfully salute one another which whether they doe more breake or solace my hart is hard to say I cannot but deepely symphathize with your sorrow yet can I not but joy againe to beholde your deare regard of me expressed in these affection●te significations Thus these two doe fight an eager combate within me but greife prevailes I see both in you my se●f for this our vnseasonable separation But now it is see that I must goe and according to the good pleasure of his will who here spake vnto Iacob assoone as I heare I desire to obey and to returne into my countrey and I desire nothing seing I must be gone but to depart in true peace as I signifyed to you all the last Lords day when we did all feast with the Prince of peace that it might appeare we parted as the children of peace in his blessing and love whose bread wine of blessing we did louingly eate drinke together I must leaue you but know he will not leaue you nor me nor any of his how soever it be soe that we must live a sunder in this world Stay you here in this land of Labans who receiue you to enrich themselves and affect you litle futher then they finde that you are beneficiall to them Be faithfull in your employments the Lord can send you home with his blessing in abundance though you might at first come over this Iorden but with your staffe or but some slender support portion in externall things My soule doth wish every one of you Iacobs wealth but with Iacobs faith his prosperity with his piety the Lord make you equall to him in greatnes goodnes also Yea the God of Abraham Isaac Jacob d ee you all good bestow his best benedictiōs vpō your Society that the body therof may ever inherit her ancient honors and aduantages and the members may share not only these common comforts but every one in particuler his owne welfare and benefit beside Of this one thing you must ever be ceartainly assured and perswaded that you cannot be more happy then Pagans may be but in the prosperity of soule body together if the Lord divide these and doe give abundance only to the owtward man this is his heavy justice these are your vnhappy riches Therefore am I and ever shal be a harty wellwiller to the wellbeing of both Gods law doth command your loue hath bounde me to be an vncessant suitor for this double mercy if accordingly I be not so farre as I may or can let me finde no favor in earth no felicity in heaven And soe I leave you to the love of God whose power guard you against all evill grace guide you vnto all good peace rule in your harts mercy compasse you about in all estates As the church of Christ I leave you to him that is head of the church and saviour of his body As my late flock I leaue you to the great shepheard of your soules As my louing freinds I leave you to him that is the helper of the freindles As christians I leave you to Iesus Christ both your Lord and myne he abide with you his graces abound in you his holy spirit be your comforter on earth your conductor to heaven I cannot make an end or give over the multiplication of my soules wishes of your soules and bodyes good I am full of matter and my spirit within me constraines me to goe on but dolour can keepe no decorum it is an ill orator and you see affection drowne's both matter and methode yet I must conquer my felfe and end vnwillingly and soe I endeavour spite of my longing hart to wish longer desiring only this one thing that what good this time will not permitt me to vtter the Lord of his goodnes may please to expresse vpon you all for ever That soe it may come to passe that in all respects states what soever wherin you are or may be considered you may in every of them be truly blessed that as men you may be faithfull as merchants you may be samous as christ●aens you may be gracious as saints you may be glorious More then these I cannot pray for and I doe and will pray that you