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The saints solace: or, The condition, and consolation of the saints in the earth Deliuered in certaine sermons at Eatonbridge in Kent. By the minister there.; Saints solace
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Bostock, Peter.
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that all cry out as the Magitians in Aegypt This is the finger of God Å¿ Exod. 8.19 Exod. 8.19 3. By their faith proued and found vnto praise and honour t Deut. 8.2 knowen in the tentation what is in the heart viz. vprightnesse and readinesse to draw neere vnto God u Psal 73. vlt. and to cleaue vnto the Lord with full purpose of heart x Psa 42.8 prayer made to the God of their life c. Christ followed the crosse taken vp themselues denied yea y 2. Cor. 1.8 9. pressed out of measure and aboue strength the sentence of death receiued in themselues that they might not trust in themselues but in God which after two dayes z Hos 6.2 although he kill raiseth the dead magnified and glorified in their bodie their Lord and their God whether by life as in Dauid a Psal 18.17 18. or by death as in Peter b Ioh. 21.19 In the end of their faith is the end of the Lord his owne glorie in their saluation c Psal 50.23 corporall and spirituall temporall and eternall according to his word Psal 50.15 * Saepè hic innocintes pereunt recti sunditùs delentur sed tamen ad aeternam gloâ—iam percundo seruantur Greg. lib. 5. Mor. cap. 14. 4. By their obedience honoured as a father of his sonnes d Mal. 1.6 submisse in their affliction and a master of his seruants corrected obsequious and not answering againe e Tit. 2.9 Had not Satan considered Iob the seruant of God f Iob. 1.8 in his prosperitie Enough he did to his owne shame and the glorie of the Lord in his aduersitie for as Iesus Christ though he were a sonne learned obedience by the things which he suffered g Heb. 5.9 so Iob and all the sonnes of God by faith in Christ Iesus h Gal. 3.26 learne of him to be lowly in heart i Matt. 11.29 and by the things which they suffer obedience to their father which is in heaven Better this than sacrifice k 1 Sam. 15.22 Bullocks with hornes and hoofes not required but obedience from the heart to the forme of doctrine which is deliuered l Gal. 5.17 strange flesh not to be offered but a mans owne flesh to bee sacrificed which in euerie act of obedience is done * Per victimas aliena caro per obedientiam jam verò propria caro mactatur c. Gr. sup 1 Reg. c. 15. Obedire est contra audire scilicet contra proprium sensum propriam voluntatem Vt. Perald Sum. Tom. 1. par 10. c. 2. in fin crucified the flesh which lusteth against the Spirit m Rom. 6.17 in which it is performed obeyed the word which commeth and the Lord therein riding prosperously n Psal 45.4 This causeth honour to God in his Maiestie yea many yet without to glorifie him in the day of visitation o 1 Pet. 2.12 The causes of afflictions efficient and finall thus discouered I proceed to the Vses which shall be For 1. Reproofe 2. Correction 3. Information 4. Admonition 5. Instruction 6. Instauration Vnto which shall be added a word of Exhortation 1. For reproofe to the vile Barbarians which seeing a viper on a Pauls hand or a crosse laid on a Simons shoulder cry out they arc murtherers or malefactors and vengeance will not suffer them to liue at ease or to prosper as other men but these the brutish amongst the people fooles alas when will ye vnderstand p Psal 94.8 The time is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God and if it first begin with them that professe and obey what shall the end be of them that obey not nor professe the Gospell of God q 1 Pet. 4.17 18. If the righteous scarcely be saued where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare If this be done vnto the green trees which bring forth fruit according as God hath dealt the measure of the spirit what shall bee done vnto the dry which digd about and dressed yeare after yeare continue yet fruitlesse as the cursed fig-tree If the way vnto Heaven bee strewed with crosses bee full of tentations and tribulations what shall be found in the way vnto hell or in the end thereof r Pro. 14.12 There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man as the wiâ—l of the Gentiles vnto themselues Å¿ 1 Pet. 4.3 lasciuiousnesse lusts excesse of wine reuellings banquettings and abominable idolatries but the end thereof are the wayes of death Remember ye not the words of the Lord Iesus how he said Luk. 6.25 Woe vnto you that now laugh for ye shall weepe weep when the righteous at whose troubles they laugh shall be deliuered out of all and they come in their stead Doe yee thinke that the Scripture saith in vaine The righteous is deliuered out of trouble and the wicked commeth in his stead u Pro. 11.8 Againe The wicked shall bee a ransome for the righteous x Pro. 21.18 Dan. 6.24 and the transgressor for the vpright Instances before experience had the oracles had of God Haman and Mordecai y Esth 7.10 Hezekiah and the Aethiopians z Isai 43.3 Daniel and his accusers Peter and his keepers * Act. 12.19 But Barbarians are blinde and cannot see afarre off The iudgements of God are far aboue out of their sight a Psal 10.5 on other seene not ouer themselues themselues in the condemnation vnto which before they were ordained of old they finde not not made to suffer euill with the Saints in the earth but for the euill day b Pro. 16.4 Vse 2 2. For correction to them that refuse correction c Isa 1.3 4. Such was the sinfull nation the people laden with iniquitie the seed of euill doers the children that were corrupters That had forsaken the Lord and prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger not only by going away backward but by refusing to returne The one knoweth his owner and what the pricke of the gâ—ad meaneth but Israel did not know neither did they consider therefore the Prophet to them d Ver. 5. Why should yee bee stricken any more yee will reuolt more and more Ieremiah e Ier. 5.3 hath the like complaint O Lord thou hast smitten them but they haue not grieued thou hast consumed them but they haue refused to receiue correction they haue made them faces harder than a rocke they haue refused to returne It is so with many Many there bee that being afflicted know it not As Ephraim had gray haires here and there vpon him yet knew it not f Hos 7.9 nor that his strength was deuoured of strangers so wrath is on some from before the Lord yet they feele it not or if they feele it they are humbled no more than the King of Israel by the famine in Samaria Behold hee cryed g 2 Reg. 6.33 This euill
needy in my distresse a refuge from the storme a shadow from the heat when the blast of the horrible ones is as a storme against the wall f 2 Cor. 4.8 9. troubled I am on euerie side yet not distressed perplexed yet not in despaire or not altogether destitute of meanes persecuted yet not forsaken cast downe yet not destroyed when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darknesse the Lord is a light vnto me g Micah 7.8 when I am impleaded hee shall plead my cause when I am iudged and in the hands of the wicked hee will not leaue mee h Psal 37.33 but execute iudgement for me when I am sifted of Satan as wheat hee will confirme my faith i 1 Cor. 1.8 when I am cast downe hee will comfort me k 2 Cor. 7.6 Gratious hee is I know and am perswaded that hee will performe all things for me l Psal 57.2 3. yea send from Heauen all helpes on earth failing and saue me from them that would swallow me vp Therefore I cast my selfe on him I roll I commit my way vnto him m Psal 37.5 c. Hee shall bring it to passe my righteousnesse as the light and my iudgement as the noone-day my refuge is vnder the shadow of his wings vntill these calamities shall bee ouerpast n Psal 57.1 my rocke he is my fortresse my deliuer o Psal 18.1 my buckler my high Tower my God and his presence the horne of my saluation And this is my comfort in my affliction 5. By the word through faith they vnderstand That afflictions are the high way vnto heauen p Act. 14.12 no walking on pillowes thither but on thornes and stones the strait gate not easily entred at pressing there is and must be violence q Mat. 11 12. or else no entrance there In the broad way is elbow-roome but thorow the straits as the blessed goe to the euerlasting gates are strong oppositions by the principalities and powers by the rulers of the darknesse of this world and the wickednesses in the high places r Eph. 6.12 This when I remember I powre out in mee my soule thus The world which now laugheth and reioyceth maketha me wretched man to weepe and lament yet is my sorrow turned into ioy yea I count it all ioy when I fall into temptations t Iam. 1.2 I am exceeding ioyfull in all my tribulations u 2 Cor. 12.10 Are they not portalls before the house of God and the gates of Heauen Guides and markes they are in the straight street in the old way to the soules rest of the new and liuing way to perfection the footsteps of Iesus Christ made perfect he through sufferings x Heb. 2.10 and endured for the ioy that was set before him y Heb. 12.3 such oppositions and contradictions of sinners against himselfe as are written in the volume of the booke so will I being confident of this verie thing That the present pressure is the way vnto peace in the after ends z Psal 37.37 the paines of Hell vnto the ioyes of Heauen the reproaches of Christ to the euerlasting pleasures the valley of the shadow of death the path of righteousnesse vnto perfection And this is my comfort in my affliction 6. By the word through faith they vnderstand That afflictions are the Porters which open the doores of distressed soules that the gratious promises may come in what are the gracious promises of our God Verily to haue mercie on his afflicted Isay 49.13 according to the multitude of his tender mercies Lam. 3.32 to gather them with great mercies and to haue mercie on them with euerlasting kindnesse Isay 54.7 8. to bee with them in trouble to deliuer them and honour them Psal 91.15 yea to bee with them for euer euen vnto the end of the world Matth. vlt. vlt. neuer to leaue them neuer to forsake them Ios 1.5 spoken first to that great Duke but applyed by the spirit vnto the little flock of the little ones Hebr. 13.5 vnto the least of the little ones that beleeues on Iesus Christ The Lord hath said I will neuer leaue thee nor forsake thee This when I rememher I powre out in me my soule thus Pro. 3.10 By sight I see how many liue not by faith their barnes filled with plenty Luk 12.19 and their presses bursting out with new wine they sing hearts case and soule take thine case but the bread of aduersity and water of affliction or of oppression giuen Heb. 11.13 The iust liue by faith seeing the promise as the fathers afarre off yet saluting them as present and embracing the same as the verie ioy and reioycing of their heart Therefore it is good for mee to rest my selfe on and in the promises of God Ier. 1.12 for hee will hasten his word to performe it his word he will remember vnto mee his seruant Psal 119.149 vpon which he hath caused mee to hope Heb. 10.35 I will not cast away my confidence which hath great recompence of reward patience in me shall haue her perfect worke Iam. 1.4 that I may bee perfect and intire wanting nothing I will doe the will of God that I may receiue the promise yet a little while and hee that shall come Heb. 10.37 will come and will not tarrie euen the God of all grace in a time accepted then shall my light breake forth as the morning and mine health shall spring forth speedily Isa 58.8.10 the day-spring from on high shall visit mee I shall see in that day Hab. 2.3 the word in the worke The vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it shall speake and not lye though it tarrie I will wait for it because it will surely come with refection And this is my comfort in my affliction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 7. By the word through faith they vnderstand That affliction haue with them power from bone preseruatiue and sanatiue had not Ionah beene swallowed of the Whale he had beene of the sea and Bethesda's poole healed when troubled Happâ—e iâ— the man whom God errecteth Iob 5.17 This happinesse who can declare not one not knowen ouerwhelmed with a floud what gulph is escaped who knoweth or what malady cured some miserie endured This when I remember I powre cut in mee my soule thus The smarting rod vpon mee may bee a supporting staffe vnto mee without it I might fall into a fouler ditch Had not it a worse thing might haue happened vnto me Physick makes sicke before whole a time of health for this trouble will come and I will expect it Behold my Physitian standeth before the doore hee looketh vpon mee and mee hee looketh Isa 66.3 Vt curent spasmum medici procurent febrim This ague to shake me he doth procure mee to cure a more dangerous conuulsion in mee or as Lot was in Sodome I may bee in this