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A49466	Remedy against trouble in a discourse on John XIV, 1 : wherein something is also briefly attempted for clearing the nature of faith, of justification, of the covenant of grace, assurance, the witness, seal and earnest of the spirit, and preparation for conversion, or the necessity of holiness / by H. Lukin.	Lukin, H. (Henry), 1628-1719.	1694 (1694)	Wing L3481; ESTC R13639	76,819	257

cautious of charging every one with rebelling against the light Job 24.13 Tit. 3.11 or as being condemned of himself that hath means which we think sufficient to convince him We can hardly imagine what influence the course of mens studies the company that they converse with their prejudices and interest have upon their judgments Who knows the power of Interest A gift blinds the wise Exod. 23.8 Prov. 18.16 and perverts the words of the righteous It is more to blind the eyes than to pervert the Will or sway the Affections But it first commends a man to the favour of another and then it determines his mind to the study or consideration of such things as do unawares beguile him into a good opinion of his Cause so as he pronounces sentence in favour of him So Interest sways mens studies and chuses their company and these insensibly determine their judgments Again it should not seem strange to us if we do not see all men rise up to some Learned men which we think have so clearly demonstrated things that nothing can be further objected against them nor any further doubt made of them For there are many that are not easily determined in their judgements by the Writings of Learned men while they consider that such persons may be and often are influenced by their Interest and Affections which do easily beguiie their judgments to say what they can and can say almost what they please Simon Churmay at Paris 1201. As one that had made a Learned Discourse about the Trinity for which he was much commended and admired said he had much confirmed and advanced the truth of Christ but if he were minded to deal crosly he knew how with stronger Reasons and Arguments to confute the same And a very Learned man known to many that are yet living told one who related it to me that he could write a Book as big as Suarez his Metaphysicks to prove a Deity and then write another as big to refute it These things considered would incline us to more mutual forbearance and Charity Many that we look upon as erroneous if we did rightly understand them might perhaps be found to be of our mind and to think the same things with our selves Others that do err yet as one said will not be Hereticks that is will not persist in their error if they be convinced of it which it is not so easy a matter as many imagine to be as Augustin said to the Manichees They rage against you that know not with how great labour the truth is found out and with how great difficulty errors are avoided God hath left many things in his word clear and plain wherein most Christians do consent but other things for the exercise of our diligence and mutual forbearance in this state of Imperfection wherein we see but in part THE CONTENTS CHAP. I. THE Introduction and Explication of the words CHAP. II. What 't is to believe in God and Christ why we are to believe in Christ as well as in God That Faith is the most Effectual Remedy against Troubles because 't is the means of obtaining Pardon CHAP. III. What pardon of sin is How 't is obtained by Faith Reasons why Justification and Salvation are suspended on believing The benefit of pardon of sin CHAP. IV. What Assurance we have of pardon of sin by Faith how far Faith is attended with Assurance and how it may be sometimes without it How Assuranc is lost Objections against getting and maintaining it by marks answer'd Why so rare a thing now Not easy to be had nor impossible Of the Immediate Testimony of the Spirit The Spirits witnessing with or to our spirits what Of the sealing and earnest of the Spirit CHAP. V. General Observations to help men in the trial of their spiritual State Harder for some to know it than for others Men may at some times seem better or worse than they are respect must be had to natural temper and to men's Circumstances CHAP. VI. How Christians that are sincere may be known from others tho they have their sinful infirmities CHAP. VII Some Characters whereby to know our spiritual state CHAP. VIII Faith an Effectual Remedy against Troubles because thereby we have the Comfort and Benefit of the Promises How we have it by Faith CHAP. IX Faith an Effectual Remedy against Troubles because it gives us a view of the future state CHAP. X. What is required in order to believing Nothing that may commend us to Christ for his acceptance Nothing to make the Grace of God effectual yet something is necessary and what is so Whether Preparations are in our our own power What God doth towards Conversion Of being rightly and sufficiently and long enough humbled CHAP. XI Of the necessity of Holiness on many accounts ERRATA PAg. 2. l. 12. for as r. us p 23. l. 1. blot out the 2 d. and p 42. for pleaded r. placed p. 73. l 8. blot out and. p. 77. l. 25. for and r. so p. 83. l. 28. r. Doctis p. 89. l. 29. r Politian p. 94. l 25. blot out he p. 117. l. 4. for extasy r. excess p. 119. l. 12. r. nearer l. 28. for helps r. hope p. 125. l. 16. for were r. are There are some other literal faults which the Reader may easily see to be the mistake of the Printer Books Printed for and Sold by Thomas Cockerill at the Three Legs in the Poultrey near Stocks Market A Seasonable Discourse wherein is examined what is lawful during the Confusions and Revolutions of Government Stitch. Geography Rectified or a Description of the World in all its Kingdoms Provinces Countries Islands Cities Towns Seas Rivers Bayes Capes Names Inhabitants Scituations Histories Customs Commodities Government Illustrated with about 80 Maps Third Edition By Robert Morden Quarto Instructions about Heart-Work what is to be done on God's part and on ours for the cure and keeping of the Heart c. by that Eminent Gospel-Minister Mr. Richard Allcyn With a Preface by Dr. Annesley Second Edition Octavo The Evidence of things not seen Or divers Spiritual and Philosophical Discourses concerning the state of Holy Men after Death By that eminently Learned Divine Moses Amyraldus Translated out of the French Tongue by a Minister of the Church of England Octav. A Succinct and Seasonable Discourse of the Occasions Causes Natures Rise Growth and Remedies of Mental Errors To which is added 1. An Answer to Mr. Cary against Infant Baptism 2. An Answer to some Antinomian Errors 3. A Sermon about Union By John Flavel Octavo A Discourse of Christian Religion in sundry points Preached at the Merchants Lecture By Tho. Cole Octavo A Discourse concerning Liturgies by the late Learned Divine Mr. Dav. Clerkson Octav. A Discourse concerning trouble of Mind and the disease of Melancholly in three parts written for the use of such as are or have been exercised by the same by Tim. Rogers M. A. who was long afflicted with

are ready to faint and be discouraged Now Faith according to the Description given of it serves us as a Telescope or Perspective Glass discovering to us the things which we see not and making things seem near which are afar off We thereby have as full certainty of the things of the other World as if they were evidently set forth before your eyes to use the Apostles words Gal. 3.1 Yea the things of eternity are hereby brought near to us and seem to us as at hand and thereby our Affections are much abated to the things of this World The time being short and the fashion of this World passing away we may rejoice in the good things of it as if we rejoiced not and mourn for the evil things of it as if we wept not moderate both our Joy and Sorrow the end of all things being at hand and we being even ready to enter upon the borders of Eternity 1 Cor. 7.29 c. And that we may the better understand how Faith brings things nearer to us or makes them seem at a less distance let us consider that God being Eternal and seeing all things at one single view one day is with him as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day and tho we are indeed finite Creatures and measure Time by Succession yet taking a view of Eternity and looking to the things that are Eternal the things of this World are nothing compared therewith and the time of this Life but as a moment in comparison with the days of Eternity We may observe That Old men that have lived long in the World make nothing of Seven years yea reckon Twenty years but a short time when Younger persons look upon it as a long time Those that are of narrow minds and consider no more than what they have seen and have never gone far from home look upon Twenty or Thirty miles as a long way But those that have travelled to the Indies or Thousands of miles from home reckon Twenty or Thirty Miles as nothing yea those that have by the Study of Geography or looking on Globes or Maps observed the vast Compass of the World would account so many Miles as a very small matter and a great Traveller would think himself as good as at home if he were within so many Miles of it So tho we were never taken up as Paul into the Third Heaven yet the Description which we have of it in the Scriptures may sink the things of this World quite below our Consideration Those that write Descriptions of other Countries give us an Account ordinarily of the Scituation of the Place the Compass or Extent of it the Nature of the Soil the Commodities that it affords the Healthfulness of the Air the Genius or Temper of the People But the Countries so described are sometimes found to be but imaginary Vtopia's or meer Fancies And others when we come to see them fall far short of the Description which we had of them and deceive our Expectations But as we have by Faith a full Assurance of future Glory the Scripture being no cunningly devised fable 2 Pet. 1.16 so we are assured it will not deceive our Hopes or fall short of the Account which we have of it in the Scrpitures As Luther would say Christ and Heaven are not capable of an Hyperbole For tho it is true that may be said of them which is false yet their true and real Worth will exceed whatever the Tongue of Men and Angels can speak of them The report which the Queen of Sheba heard of the Glory and Wisdom of Solomon in her own Country exceeded her belief but what she found when she came to see far exceeded the Report 1 Kings 10.7 c. The one half of it had not been told her So glorious things are spoken of the City of God Christ tells his Disciples There were many Mansions in his Fathers house enow to receive not only the innumerable Company of Angels but the General Assembly of that great multitude which no man can number of all nations and kindreds Rev. 7.9 Psalm 16.11 and people and tongues There is fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore And it is not as some places where there is plenty of all things but the Air is bad so as the Inhabitants are but short-liv'd Isaiah 33.24 Rev. 21.4 but there the inhabitants shall not say they are sick There will be no death nor sorrow nor crying nor pain I will not take upon me to set forth particularly the greatness of this Glory It being that which eye hath not seen nor ear heard nor hath entered into the heart of man 1 Cor. 2.9 And that which God hath prepared that he might therein shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he hath afore prepared unto glory Rom. 9.23 We must not consider things absolutely but comparatively and this will much alter our Account of them Let us observe the Account which the Apostle gives of his own Sufferings and his Fellow-Christians they were pressed out of measure above strength insomuch that they despaired even of Life and for his own part Acts 20.23 bonds and afflictions did abide him wherever he went and we have a particular Account of his Sufferings 2 Cor. 11.23 c. But when he comes to speak of these things comparatively see how he changes his stile in one of the highest strains of Rhetorick that is to be found in Scripture or any other Author These afflictions which in themselves were so grievous and did often return upon them as the clouds return after the rain were but light and for a moment 1 Cor. 4.17 compared with that far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory which they wrought for them observe how he raises his strain he begins high yet how many notes doth he rise Glory a weight of glory an exceeding weight of glory a more exceeding weight of glory a far more exceeding weight of glory yea once more a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory and tho the word Hyperbole be twice used in the Greek there is no Hyperbole or Excess in the Apostle's Speech he doth use the word again and again to make an attempt at expressing the greatness of glory as if it were accumulated or heaped up yet he cannot thereby reach the thing it self which he would express and tho there seems to be a Meiosis or diminution in the former part of the verse as if he did not justly rate the sufferings of this life he speaks only of what they are comparatively Num. 13.33 as the Israelites were but Grashoppers compared with the Giants we should learn from such language in Scriptures to Habituate our selves to lower and meaner thoughts of the things of this world and higher thoughts of those things of the world to come Zech. 1.12 The Angels complain of the time wherein God had indignation