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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36940	Sips of sweetness, or, Consolation for weake beleevers a treatise discoursing of the sweetnesse of Christs carriage towards all his weake members : particularly to such as are weake either [brace] 1. habitually, or 2. accidentally, by reason of [brace] 1. working, 2. sinning, or 3. suffering : being the summe of certain sermons preached upon Isa. 40, 11 / by John Durant ...	Durant, John, b. 1620.	1649 (1649)	Wing D2678A; ESTC R35030	84,697	224

which he specially endeavours in beleevers after sinnings How bitter is Sathan to the soule after sinne How sadly doth he buffet it In what blacke and bloody colours doth he set sinne before the soule How home doth he lay it And how high doth he aggravate it In all this he drives to despaire Now Christ is at hand to destroy this work of Sathan which he will do by manifesting to the soule his sweetnesse for that alone keeps the soule from sinking Beleevers would sinke under sinne but Christ prevents it by sweetnesse 4. Christ knowes this to be a sad state for the soule to lye under sinne and therefore hee is sweet to beleevers under theirs Hee was tempted unto sinne though without sinne and so knows the sadnesse of that as a City that hath been besieged though not taken knows the misery of a siege and hee experimentally knowes the bitternesse of being under sinne being made sinne for us Haud iguara mali miseris suscurrere disco Dido apud Virg. and forsaken of God for that so that Jesus Christ knowing the sadnesse of being under sinne doth therefore especially shew sweetnesse to his members in this condition CHAP. VI. Some uses and application of this I Would faine that the Proposition thus proved should be improved It s a cleare truth you see That Christs carriage is sweet and tender toward his sinning members Now there is speciall use which may be made of this I will onely touch at foure viz. An use 1. Of Reproofe 2. Of Comfort 3. Of Incouragement 4. Of Counsell First this point is profitable for reproofe and it serves to reprove those whose dealings with sinning beleevers are not like Christs How sharpe and severe are the dealings of some with beleevers for their sin s. If a beleever be overtaken with sinne What unchristian carriage doe they meet withall from some How unbrotherly are the exclamations And how bitter are the aggravations thereof Thou seest thy brother sin It s doubtlesse his weaknesse But dost thou deale roughly with him Is thy carriage sowre Dost thou make the most of every failing Dost thou spread it abroad to his shame Be reproved for now walkest thou contrary to Christ I professe I feare some will inherit Chams curse for they take his course of uncovering the nakednesse of fathers and brethren Ah Lord was it ever heard that any who professe the name of Christ should make it their study to defame and publish the failings and faults of the godly to shame them and profession in them yea and Christ too at once Ob. I but that which we report is true Shall they doe evill and not heare of it Resp Be it so that 't is true yet your dealings are not Christ-like with them Tell him between thee and him alone that 's Christs command Matth. 18.15 And be sweet to him in dealing with him that 's Christs carriage know you not what the Apostle saith Brethren if any one be overtaken in a fault ye which are spirituall restore him in the spirit of meeknesse c. Gal. 6.1 Is railing reviling publishing and proclaiming errours and failings of brethren 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i.e. Tenderly put his bone in joynt restoring in the spirit of meeknesse Hath thy brother broke his bones in falling and wilt thou breake his heart by severe and harsh dealing Hath he an errour and wilt thou forget al the truth that he holds to exclaime of that Must thou forget all his graces because of some corruption What because thy brother failes wilt thou be foule Because once he did evill shall he never hears well Be reproved O ye whom it may concerne you deale not as Christ doth with sinning soules your reproofes of brethren should be excellent oyles which should not break their heads as t is Psal 141.5 so should you declare kindnesse to them And so would Christs carriage appear in yours your dealing even with offending and sinning beleevers should be in the weeknesse of the spirit and in the sweetnesse of Jesus and if not you sin in your dealings for you are unlike to Christ and to be reprooved for it This point is precious and it may be as a cordiall to falne soules Christs carriage hath been and is to be sweet to such as you You cry out I have sinned I have sinned and what shall I doe I have faild in this duty and fallen by that sin I have been overtaken with such an infirmity overpowred by such a temptation conquered by such a corruption And woe is me I am undone I have gone astray from the Shepherd of my soule I have played the harlot with many lovers and I am big with young Lust hath conceived and it hath brought forth sin Q. Now what shall I doe will not sin bring forth death I have deserted Christ will not he desert me Say man of God whither shall I goe what shall I doe Ans Stay thy selfe O poore soule upon this point as upon a pillar Christs carriage will be sweet even to sinning soules You have a gracious Lord A mercifull high Priest A sweet Shepherd who can have compassion on them that are out of the way Heb. 5.2 Hee 'l gather thee O weake wandring soule Hee 'l restore thee to himselfe and comfort to thee His rod and staffe shall comfort thee with his Shepherds crooke hee 'l fetch thee in from wandrings and with his staffe hee 'l support thee under weaknesse Bear up O ye fallen Saints Christ will bee sweet unto you for hee 'l heale your backslidings and love you freely Hos 14.4 Foure sorts of soules in speciall I aime at in this use of comfort 1. Such as are fearfull to sin You that stand in awe and would not sinne you whose soules were afraid before sinne and are now much more afraid after sinne Take you this comfort 'T is yours Thou sayest before I sinned I was afraid Its sight was sad to me my heart trembled for feare lest I should be overtaken with it Now that I have sinned I am more afraid lest I be kept in slavery by it Be not afraid onely beleeve Christ will deale sweetly with you Hee 'l subdue thine iniquilies I and cast all thy sinnes into the depth of the Seas Micah 7.19 2. Such as are sorrowfull under sinne You beleevers who goe in blacke I speake to you Christ is sweet to sinning soules Why mourne you so much as if you would not could not be comforted That spirit which is now in thee as a mourning dove will ere long bring an olive branch of peace from thy beloved He that now convinceth of sinne will speedily comfort thee notwithstanding sinne You weeping Peters Christ is sweet though you have sinned in denying him hee 'l smile shortly upon you Heare O ye groaning Pauls you cry wretched men that you are Christ came into the world to save sinners of which you are chiefe And you shall finde sweetnesse in his carriage though there hath been

big with young Now how is it with thy soule It't not very weake Doth not joy faint and faith flag Art not ready to say Christ will whip me for my wandring Hee 'l be sorely displeased with me I dare not say Christ is not displeased at this Indeed his Spirit is grieved Jacob like at this yet let me tell you he is sweet and so will be notwithstanding this Adde not weaknesse to weaknesse say not Christ will never be sweet more because I have sinned now But know he is and will be sweet in this that hee 'l be avenged on the head of sin for defiling thee Hee 'l take thee into his heart and cast that whereof thou art big out of thine Say beleevers after sinnings hath not Christ made you most out of love with sinne Have not you hated it after more then ever you loved it before Ephraim shall say what have I any more to doe with Idols Hos 14.8 Hath not Christ made you to defile that which defiled you and have not you cast it away as a menstruous cloath saying unto it Get thee hence as 't is Esa 30.22 How hath Christ shewed all his severity against your sins of which you were big and how hath he meane while been good unto your soules He hath and doth deale grievously with your sinnes destroying them but he deales graciously with you gathering you Witnesse to the sweetnesse of your Shepherd O ye sinning Ewes who have been big with young Hath not he gone after you and found you and laid you on his shoulders rejoycing Hath he not dealt with you as with David when you went astray like lost sheep did not he seeke you Psal 119.176 And when he found you did he deale with you according to your finfulnesse Did he whip you all the way home Rather did he not lead you gently Now doth not this demonstrate undeniably Christs sweetnesse to you O ye sinfull beleevers If Jesus Christ after lust hath conceived in us and brought forth sin should leave us to our selves till sinne being finished should bring forth death as 't is Janes 1.15 If Christ I say should deale thus with us could we deny his Justice But now for Christ even when we have been big of sin to lead us gently not to leave us to our sin but to gather us out of it and to raise us after it surely this doth declare his sweetnesse But this is onely a generall demonstration I shall therefore adde some particular ones CHAP. IV. Some particular demonstrations of Christs sweet carriage unto beleevers weake by sinning THe first thing wherein Christ declares his sweetnesse unto sinning beleevers is his chastening of them for their sinnings Solomon tells us that he that spareth the rod hateth his son but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes Prov. 13.24 Chastisement for sinne is a priviledge peculiar to Saints Its childrens bread Bastards go without it and this bread as I may say of affliction doth Christ give his members after sinning And that this is sweet dealing will appear if you consider 1. It s Covenant priviledge promisemercy so saith the Text. If thy children forsake my Law c. If they breake my Statutes c. Then I will visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes Psal 89.30 31 32. Beleevers Christ deals sweetly with you when he chastiseth you after falls into sin Hee 'l chastise you with the rod It s true hee 'l not cast you off for your sinnes no nor whip you with Scorpions yet hee 'l chastise you for every one whom he receiveth after fals he deals so with for the most part His rod not of iron but of men shall be upon you and those stripes wherewith hee 'l chasten you shall be the stripes of the children of men as 't is 2 Sam 7 14. where that in the Psalme is taken So that Christ deals sweetly with you when after your sinnings he chastiseth you for his Covenant priviledge And 2. 'T is denyed to others Christ deals not thus sweetly with all sinners They sinne and are not in sorrowes as others It s the thundring voice of wrath as Origen observes that saith I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredome Hos 4.14 Sinners commit whoredome and are not punished Saints are but big with young and chastised Indeed those onely hath Christ knowne of all the families of the earth Amos 3.3 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chastisings for sin are Christs visits of the soule and therefore he punisheth them that is as the Hebrew word signifies visits them Beleevers Christ le ts others sinne and comes not neare them It s his wrath But you fall and sinne and Christ visits you take it as his love He does more for you then for them and its sweet dealing This then is the first particular Christ carries himselfe sweetly unto sinning beleevers in that he chastiseth them for their sins Indeed his chastisements are their meltings they serve to purge them from their sinnes and how else or what else should he doe for the daughter of his people as 't is Jer. 9.7 It s the care and tendernesse of the husbandman to lop and cut corrupt branches And it s Christs care over you and when he declares it he shews sweetnesse to you beleevers to cut you either when you are not fruitfull in good or when your buddings are bad And this is the fruit of all to take away sin Isa 27.9 Now surely this is sweer There is a difference between 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It s one thing to cut another thing to cut off It s maternall and sweet to give the sicke childe a Pill though bitter to purge out corrupt bumors that hinder health Beleevers Christ should not be as tender as a mother and yet he makes himselfe more Esa 49.15 if he should not purge you after sinnings i.e. chastise you For by this is the iniquity of Jacob purged Esa 27.9 And how sweet doth Christ deal with sinning Saints in purging them from their sinnes while he lets others lye and rot and perish for want of punishing purges But. 2. Christ deals sweetly with sinning beleevers in that he doth not cast them off for their sinnes As sinnes before beleeving could not make him to reject them so sinnings after beleeving doth not cut off love from them Though he visit their sin with stripes yet neverthelesse his loving kindnesse will he not utterly take from them nor will he suffer his faithfulnesse to faile Psal 89.33 you breake your faithfulnesse in sinning souls and that is weaknesse enough But if you thinke that Christ for your sinning will take away his love you make him unfaithful too and this is greater weaknesse Though you forsake the guide of your youth and wander till you are big with young forgetting the Covenant of your God yet Christ will not forsake you nor breake his Covenant with you Christ should breake Covenant if for your sinnes