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A09780 The fauourite: or, A plaine demonstration from Holy Scripture of Gods especiall loue to the righteous, in a sermon preached at S. Andrewes in Norwich, the 18. of Nouemb. 1611. since enlarged and newly published for the comfort of Gods people. By Timo: Plummer preacher of Gods word Plummer, Timothy. 1622 (1622) STC 20050; ESTC S105176 25,009 62

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he was rich 2. Cor. 8.9 yet for our sakes became poore Hee was poore in his birth life and death Luk. 2.7 His birth was not allowed a fit roome in a common Inne In his life the foxes and foules Luk. 9.58 had a more certaine dwelling At his death he had not a graue of his owne to be buried in Ioh. 29.42 Ergo they must in some proportion drinke of Christs cup of pouertie The Disciple is not aboue his Master Luk. 6.40 2. That he may put a difference between the time of our nonage and the time of possessing our inheritance Gal. 4.1 that wee may sensibly discerne the time of our soiourning here 1. Pet. 1.17 Act. 3.21 from the times of the restitution of all things God will not let vs finde a heauen vpon earth Math. 17.4 and so dreame It is good for vs to be here 3. Being Pilgrimes and Trauellers in their present condition Heb. 11.13 it is not meete they should bee cumbred and loden with too much thicke clay God will allow vs a light staffe to ease vs in our way but not a heauie burden to hinder our progresse 4. That the wicked may haue occasion to doe good that their mouthes may be stopped and they not able to say but that there was some little ones in estate to doe good vnto Mat. ●5 45 Mark 14.7 Deu. 15.11 according to that Ye haue the poore with you alwaies and whensoeuer ye will ye may doe them good 5. That he may exercise his speciall graces in their hearts In infortu nus vn●●s ●●●cet as Faith Patience Hope Humilitie c. Faith for if they should haue riches in abundance they would goe neere to trust in them 〈…〉 in dead vncertaine riches and not in the liuing God and therefore God often keepeth backe greatnesse that himselfe might be our chiefest trust and stay Patience God brought Iob to a little Iob 1. that hee might inure his patience in very truth God by this dealing will trie how willingly we submit and subscribe to his prouident allowance Hope He will haue vs hope for a plenty else-where 1. Cor. 15.19 If in this life onely we haue hope we are of all men most miserable Humilitie because riches doe eleuate and lift vp the heart God by the Prophet telleth the Prince of Tyrus Thou hast encreased thy riches Ezech. 28.5 and thy heart is lifted vp because of thy riches Obiect He was a heathen and a wicked man but Gods children are of a better mould frame and disposition Answ Nay in this point God is iealous of his owne people that are in speciall couenant with him He bids them Take heede that when they haue eaten and are ful and haue built goodly houses c. Deut. 8.14 that their heart be not lifted vp and they forget God which brought them forth of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage Omnibus nobis vt res dant sese ita humiles aut elati sumus Terent. in Hecyra For the most part as the purse filleth the heart swelleth The heathen Poet could say as much According to our outward estate wee are either proud or humble It is pitie faire weather should doe hurt but it commeth often to passe that in abundance Gods children are subiect to surfeit when penury want and their competent little keepeth them in good temper Viuitur exiguo melius Prou. 30.8 9. This made Agur pray as heartily against riches as against pouerty Giue me neither pouertie nor riches least I bee full and denie thee and say who is the Lord First this doth disprooue that false glasse and crooked rule 1. Vse by which many rich men iudge of their spirituall estate before God they thinke themselues highly in Gods fauour because rich Ier. 9.23 but let not the rich man glory in his riches For alas this is a meere deceit Eccl. 9.1.2 These outward things fall out alike vnto all or commonly Gods chiefe Fauourites haue the least portion when prophane Esau Gen. 27.39 whom God hateth is allowed the fatnesse of the earth Prou. 3.16 I tell thee riches are but a gift of the left hand and if any haue the vantage it is the poore man Haue ye not read that God is called the God of the poore and needie the Father of the fatherlesse Psal passim Hath not God chosen the poore in this world rich in faith and heires of the kingdome which he hath promised to them that loue him Iam. 2.5 Luk. 7.22 Yea to the poore is the Gospel preached ordinarily the poorer sort of people do giue best well-come and entertainment to the same 1. Cor. 1 26 when not many mightie and rich in the world are effectually called Ioh. 7.48 Haue any of the rulers beleeued on him How hardly shall they that haue riches enter into the kingdome of God such as trust in riches Mark 10.23 24. as is there expounded Therefore I may say to rich and poore Ioh. 7 24. Iudge not after the appearance but iudge righteous iudgement and alwaies remember that in heauen is poore Lazarus aswell as rich Abraham pouertie Luk. 16. ragges nakednesse cannot separate vs from Gods loue in Christ Rom. 8.35 He that feareth God and worketh righteousnesse is accepted of him though he be neuer so poore Act. 10.35 this is ancient doctrine that God accepteth not the persons of Princes Iob 34.19 nor regardeth the rich more then the poore Vse 2 Secondly this exhorts vs to contentation hauing Iacobs request foode and rayment Gen. 28.20 1. Tim. 6.8 Heb. 13.5 things for the present our portion our lot our little let vs therewith be content let vs learne with the Apostle a deepe point of Christian learning I haue learned saith he Phil. 4.11 12. in whatsoeuer estate I am therewith to be content I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound euery where and in all things I am instructed Simus contenti ista mediocri fortuna c. modico substantiola Westmer both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer neede Learne then since God hath cut thee out but a little to bee heartily well content with his good will and pleasure Obiect 1 But our little may prooue too little and so we perish in want begge starue in the streete c. Answ I will not goe out of this Psalme for an answer Verse 25. Obserue the Prophets long experience I haue beene yong and now am old yet haue I not seene the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread Obiect 2 We daily see that which he did not the righteous ouer-whelmed with pouertie and beggery Answ If we obserue who be the common beggers in the world we shall finde the to be the vilest gracelesse and godlesse persons of all the earth There are but a
before And so it will be with thee if thou shalt harken diligently vnto the voice of thy God to obserue and to doe all his Commandements with sinceritie and vprightnesse of heart Vers 3 c. Blessed shalt thou be in the Citie and blessed shalt thou be in the field Blessed shall be the fruite of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattell the increase of thy Kine the flockes of thy sheepe Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store And a little after The Lord shall command the blessing vpon thee in thy store-houses and in all that thou settest thine hand vnto c. Vse 3 Thirdly Iam. 2.6 this sharpely reprooueth the wealthy-wicked that vsually despise and disdaine the poore righteous man and count him as the dung and off-scouring of the world let them know that although hee hath but a little Pro. 12.26 yet The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour and againe Better is the pore that walketh in his vprightnesse Pro. 28.6 then he that is peruerse in his wayes though he be rich And to say truth the righteous poore man is better then the wicked rich inasmuch as righteousnesse is better then riches Now righteousnesse excels rithes in many particulars especially in these foure 1 Riches cannot secute vs from Gods wrath Prou. 11.4 but righteousnesse can Riches auaile not in the day of wrath but righteousnesse deliuereth from death 1. Pet. 1.18 We are not redeemed with corruptible things as siluer and gold but learne what this meaneth Esa 1.27 Sion shall be redeemed with iudgement and her conuerts with righteousnesse 2 Riches adorne but the body but righteousnesse decketh and beautifieth the soule Luk. 16.19 Act. 12.21 Esa 61.10 Ezek. 16. He hath clothed me with the garments of saluation he hath couered me with the robe of righteousnesse as a bridegroome decketh himselfe with ornaments and as a Bride adorneth her selfe with iewels 3. Riches cannot giue content Eccl. 4.8 5.18 neither the eye nor the heart can be satisfied with riches mans spirit his immortall soule cannot be filled with these terrene and transitorie things Wee reade but of one ●●au that said I haue enough Gen. 33.9 These trifling toyes cannot satisfie the vnsatiable heart of a naturall man Matth. 5.6 but they that hunger and thirst after true righteousnes shall be satisfied yea Ioh. 4.14 he that drinketh of the water that Christ doth giue shall thirst no more 4 Riches continue not they are not permanent and durable they make themselues wings and are soone flowne away Prou. 23.5 but righteousnesse is called euerlasting by the Prophet Daniel Dan. 9.24 Psal 82.3 and wee reade of the man that feareth God his righteousnesse endureth for euer Well then thou that despisest Gods poore God will contemne thee and set thee at naught and highly exalt his name and memory Vers 6. The righteous shall bee had in euerlasting remembrance and in another place Prou 10.7 The memory of the iust shall be blessed but the name of the wicked shall rot Vse 4 Fourthly to shut vp all in a word Let vs not enuie the vnhappy flourish of the wicked as wee are admonished in the entrance of this Psalme Verse 1. Prou. 24.1 Psa ● 1.16 and by Solomon also in his booke of Prouerbes Habakuk seemeth to repine at their prosperous estate saying Their portion is fat and their meate plenteous Iob 21.7 Job calleth their estate into question when he saith Wherefore doe the wicked liue become old yea are mighty in powwer c. Dauid himselfe stumbled at this rocke of offence Psal 73. Hee was offended at this through ignorance vntill he went into the Sanctuary of God and was well catechized concerning the point Then he vnderstood their end and would not change his estate with them Ibidem For though they prosper in the world and increase in rickes yet hee saw that God did set them in slippery places and cast them downe to destruction Therefore doe we see them aloft vpon the top of Fortunes wheele Claud. Iamnon ad culmine rerum iniustos creuisse queror tollūtur in altum vt lapsu grauiore ruant do they build their nests in the clouds stay awhile they will not bee long there they will come downe as fast as euer they went vp So saith the Prophet Man being in honour abideth not he is like the beast that perish Be not thou afraid when one is made rich when the glory of his house is encreased Psal 49.12 Verse 16. as in the same place neither stand amazed when they that worke wickednes are set vp as another Prophet speaketh because Computatis Computandis that is to say in right reckoning thou art aboue tenne thousand times a better man in thy estate Mal. 3.15 rather pity such as haue no more profit and gaine by that which they possesse What doth it profit a man to gaine the whole world and to loose his owne soule Mat. 16.26 And reioyce in thine owne aduantage and profite in that thou doest not labour in vaine Light is sowen for the righteous and ioy for the vpright in heart therefore 1. Cor. 15.58 Psal 97.11 Phil. 1.11 reioyce in the Lord ye righteous for if thou beest filled with the fruits of righteousnes know assuredly that the fruit of Righteousnes shall be vnto thee a Tree of life Prou. 12 3● FINIS I. S. to the Reader REader if gladly thou wouldst be resolu'd Whom God delights in see thou here involud A plaine description of his Fauourite Not the prophane ne yet the Hypocrite It thwarts the purtnes of the iealous Lord To fauour sinners or with them accord But he who out of nature claspeth sure By faith vnfeined on his Sauiour pure Shewes forth his light abandons wickednesse And serues the Lord in truth and righteousnesse NExt if thou seekst wherein his fauour stands T is not in worldly wealth ne goods or lands But in his inward gifts and speciall grace Wrought in the hearts of such as he embrace Let not the rich then in his outward fate Thinke himselfe happy and in blest estate Nor let the poore repine but rest content With that same little which the Lord hath sent FOr lastly here is proou'd how God doth blesse The little portion that his owne possesse But cur eth wasteth and consumes the store Of rich-vngodly grinders of the poore Let then the righteous man be righteous still And frame his life according to Gods will For though the wicked here exalted be The righteous man is better farre then he FINIS