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A45234
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The Gospel-feast opened, or, The great supper of the parable by Joseph Hussey.
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Hussey, Joseph, d. 1726.
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Wing H3813; ESTC R27439
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that will reach to some few Individuals as suppose a Portion to Me and to Thee but a supply for the whole Israel of God And we may now under the Gospel expect a more plentifull Effusion of the Spirit to come than hath been seen yet in Drops and wait for the full Shower until the Spirit be poured from on high Isa 32.15 And in a word then if you were never so greedy after this New Wine you might still be filled with the Spirit Eph. 5.18 18. The Morsel of Hope for them that fail not to sit with the King at Meat We are saved by Hope Rom. 8.24 We are sometimes tost in a Storm at Sea we are ready to be drown'd with our own Tumultuous Waves but Hope steps in as an Anchor of the Soul and saves our Ship from splitting that we make no Wrack upon the Fair Havens side The Sea is safe tho' it it be not smooth thou sailest on to Heaven Thy Ship may reel thy Table shake thy Banquet for a little moment lose its relish thy Fears may cause thee to apprehend the Storm will surely make thee lose thy Meal but so long as thou keepst thy seat and holdst by Christ that sits at Table with thee thy Fears will shortly vanish and thou shalt find a Hand to pick thy Morsel up Tho' long at Sea yet thou wilt quickly get a View of that Cape of Good Hope thro' Grace 2 Thes 2.16 Job 8.13 Prov. The Hope of the Hipocrite may even dash him out out of Countenance but the Hope and Expectation of the Righteous is found at this Banquet to be a Hope that maketh not ashamed He that feedeth at home Rom. 5.5 that is hopes God will be mercifull because he is temperate in all things or wrongs and defraudeth none hath not one solid Morsel that will yield saving Nourishment but he that sets his Hope on Jehovah apprehending none but a God in Christ to save him has obtained the Better hope and got a true Portion of the Feast This Entertainment hath all in every kind we need and our Days would be spent without Hope if our Help did not ly here but as the Prophet speaks the Lord will be the Hope of his People and the Strength of the Children of Israel Joel 3.16 latter part And again The Eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him upon them that hope in his mercy Psa 33.18 If thou hast yet obtained help of God in no other kinds thou mayst however so long as thou art found at Gods Feast Psa 71.14 find hope continually If thou art not plentifully rich in Faith thou mayst be poor and yet meet with Hope Job 5.16 So the Poor hath hope low in thy Spirits and yet lifted upwards that thou dost not sink into Despondency or stick when thou art sunk in the miry Clay 19. The full meal of Contentment When thou hast eaten and art full thou shalt surely feel quietness in thy Belly Thou shalt obtain so much to make up a Spiritual Interest that thy Portion in God will quiet thee thô thou hast not thy Part in many other Things I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content Phil. 4.11 Thô carnal desires will be discomposed yet a Gracious mind will be settled when the will of the Flesh is contradicted The whole World will be a common Ordinary and too light when this Feast of the Lord in the Ballance is weighed against it If the World leaves thee poor and the Gospel makes thee rich thou wilt not repine at the loss of their Skins and Dung when the Fatlings themselves are ready Thou shalt see so much in Christ at this Plenteous Table Job 31 24 that thou wilt not regard to make Gold thy confidence or fine Gold thy trust Silver will be unto thee as Dross that is thou wilt take the World as it is Heb. 13.5 and be content with such things as thou hast having Food and Raiment I mean spiritually Food and Raiment out of the King's Stores thou wilt be therewith content far more delighted with thy Treasure 1 Tim. 6.8 than if another King should open thee his rich Exchequer If thou hast thy Father's Inheritance thou wilt leave other Children Rattles Psa 4.6 Hos 2.8 Others may cry out for Corn and Wine and Oyl and think they can never have enough of this World tho they had never so much of the Gospel with it but a Barrel of meal and a Cruse of Oyl a little of this World shall suffice a poor Woman in Sarepta when God sends an Elijah to her A Generation of Murmurers and Complainers may use their Language which came out of the Wilderness Jude v. 16. Would God we had been content Josh 7.7 last words and dwelt on the other side Jordan But an Israelite indeed a Soul in Christ Joh. 1.47 is content thô he hath some * Num. 33 55. Pricks in his Eyes and Thorns in his side because the Lines are fallen on this side of it The Increase of God contents him having gain'd an Interest in his Son Christ Jesus who is all in all to him 20. The Refreshments of the Peace of Conscience A good Conscience seems to be a Table spread in the very Soul where we may sup by our selves in an inner Chamber for as Solomon says He that is of a merry Heart hath a continual Feast Prov. 15.15 Peace in thy Soul is a little private Banquet the King sets by Job 31.17 where thou mayst eat of thy Morsel alone When the Blood of Sprinkling we spake of under the sixth Particular is drank down it fetcheth out all the Evil Spots of Conscience having our Hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience Heb. 10.22 Conscience would quickly cry against us if God had not provided at this Feast enough to stop its mouth yea the Soul would die if the Conscience had not the Food of God to live on as the Child would be starv'd if the Nurse were not fed But lo Psa 72.7 the Gospel hath a Table that hath abundance of Peace upon it Peace to feed on publickly when at an Ordinance there be others that are dipping their hands with us in the Dish Mat. 26 23 and Peace to feed in our Solitudes while no Eye beholds us Lnk. 2.14 The Invitation unto the Feast is Peace on Earth the Ministerial Waiters at the Table are a Act. 10.36 preaching Peace by Jesus Christ the things ready are the things that do b Luk. 19. belong unto our Peace the Apostle wrote not one Epistle when he sent Messes unto the Churches but it came still to them with these Refreshments * Rom. 1.7 1 Cor. 1.3 2 Cor. 1.2 Gal. 1.3 Eph. 1.2 Phil. 1.2 Col. 1.2 1 Thes 1.1 2 Thes 1.2 Exod. 32.17 Nahum 2.4 Isa 19.2 Exod. 2 1◠Grace and Peace to you The Gospel serves it in most excellently Rom. 5.1