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death_n	bear_v	sin_n	world_n	4,338	5	4.9247	4	false

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A80759	Light in darknesse: discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, November 24. 1647. being the day of their publick fast. / By William Carter, minister of the Gospel. Published by order from that House.	Carter, William, 1605-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1648 (1648)	Wing C680; Thomason E416_29; ESTC R204499	20,093	37

rightly understood not pleasing to the flesh it mortifies corruption breaks the heart engages to an holy life every answer from our God to us one way or other first or last shall tend that way God useth so to give good things unto his children as withall to give himself and shew to them his heavenly glory in what is done Jacob by wrastling conquered not his brother onely he vanquisht God himselfe David prayed Psal 18. God answered him and so as he Cherubinis significatum est qui iisdem vehebatur dominum fuisse regem quatuor cohortum seu castrorum Israelis Quemadmodū enim principum quadrigae dominorum suorum fulgent insignibus ita hîc Cherubini fignis Jehovae regis Tetr●rchiarum Israelis Mede in Apoc p. 3. 2 Cor. 12. 10 bowed the heavens and came down he road upon the Cherub and did flye upon the wings of the winde i. e. he gloriously appeared unto David in his deliverance The Cherubims we find in Scripture are still used in setting forth this glory of Christ appearing in and to his Church Esay 6. 1. Ezek. 1. Rev. 4. 7 8. therefore called Cherubims of glory Heb. 9. 5. Now God is terrible to sinfull flesh so farre as he appeares it dies Jacob therefore whilst he conquered God in prayer himselfe was overcome signified by that touch upon his thigh put out of joynt where the chiefest stresse in wrastling lies When we are weake then are we strong because as God appeares we die unto our selves and live in him So when he bowed the heavens and came down to David yet so as darknesse was under his feet and he constrained to live by faith and trust him still in darknesse notwithstanding all which God had done in his deliverance This therefore is one reason why he answers thus because the things we beg though notioned by us as pleasing yet rightly understood as in themselves and as they come from God are terrible to sinfull flesh Besides what things are in themselves the means Reas 2 whereby they are accomplisht many times are terrible Thus it was with Christ God answered him in his ascension into glory but the best and fittest way the wise God could chuse for this advancement was by sufferings Heb. 2. 10. It became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things in bringing many sonnes to glory to make the Captaine of their salvation perfect through sufferings When he had it in his choice as having all things in his power because for him and by him are all things this was the way that best became him in wisdome to take as best and fittest for his purpose Thus is his dealing too with us he findes it many times the fittest way to bring what he intends for us to passe by sufferings Thou prayest for the death of some corruption it may be to destroy that sin he slayes thy first born or dearest friend ruines thy estate or name o● what is dearest to thee in the world it may be those blessings were but fuell for thy lust to feed upon or stole away thy heart from him The greatest spirituall preferments of his people are by sufferings the suffering Christian many times the richest I know thy tribulation and thy poverty but thou art rich said Christ to persecured Smyrna Rev. 2. 9. Our light affliction sayes the Apostle 〈…〉 keth for us a far more exceeding and eternall ●aight of glory 2 Cor. 4. 17. Thus Haggai 2. 7. God sayes he will shake all nations and the desire of all nations shall come Prosperity and peace are the desire of all nations the way whereby to answer that desire it may be God intends and sees must be a long and bloody war Thus I say thoug● the things are sweet the means sometimes are bitrer this is another reason why his people are so answered by the God of their salvation Besides all this another reason is because in answering Reas 3 his people God hath more to doe than barely to grant the thing desired suppose the things we begge are sweet yet what he hath besides to doe puts him upon an answer by terrible things As for instance 1 God hath this to doe either to make us willing to receive his blessings or to force the things upon us either of which puts him upon his wayes of terrour Christ was prayed for long but who was able to abide his coming The blessing of the promised Malac. 3. land was prayed for long but when the blessing came they would not goe in and possesse the land but speak of making Captaines to return to Egypt Numb 14. 4. We pray for strength against a sinne yet are not willing it should die sinne is our owne flesh and every one by nature cherishes and loves it We pray for pardon but something to doe there is to make us willing to be pardoned the sinfull heart 2 Cor 5. 20. would not be so engaged His Oxen and his Fatlings are killed but they who are invited will not come Mat. 22. 4. And how oft would I have gathered you sayes Christ but yee would not Luke 13. 14. therefore what doth he He breakes our hearts strikes us with his poysoned arrowes sets his terrours in array against us We pray for liberty for deliverance for reformation when these are offer'd to us we refuse them all would be in bondage still despise deliverance and hate to be reformed one man hath this end another that to keep up old wayes still now therefore is he forced to administer such physick to the kingdome as makes it sick whereby to purge out such corruptions or if men will still have ends to lay his matters so as mens ends may serve for his which is not done it may be but by turning things quite up side-downe sometimes men goe right because themselves are turned unto God sometimes because things are turned though they are still the same Again if that must be his way to force good things upon us as indeed what he bestowes is seldome much esteemed till it be enjoyed therefore many times he stayes not untill we are willing but as it were with violence puts things upon us so he gains our hearts and we are made to say We could not think that Christ had been so sweet I say if that must be his way to force a sinner in to Christ or force a kingdome to be healed you will grant he must be terrible in what he does 2 Besides his giving of the thing desired this also hath he to doe to sit his people for his blessings should he bestow them presently they would be curses many times not blessings to us or cast away upon us A man prayes for comfort it may be he not sit for comfort he prayes for such an earthly blessing should it be granted it might be his ruine were the people of God altogether free from feare of enemies it may be they are now of such a temper as to fall