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A75707	Good courage discovered, and encouraged: in a sermon preached before the commanders of the military forces, of the renowned citie of London. In the parish church of Great St. Helens. May the 17. 1642. By Simeon Ash, preacher in London.	Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1642 (1642)	Wing A3956; Thomason E149_26; ESTC R3991	25,215	40

many foyles loose many of thy souldiers yet bee not dismayed for certainely as a Conquerour thou shalt bring the people to Canaan Thirdly Then the recompence assured upon all them who stoutly stand to the cause of God is more rich and large then I can relate To him that overcommeth will I grant to sit with mee in my Throne And from this assurance Rev. 3. 21. the Apostle Paul incourageth the Corinthians Therefore my beloved Brethren Bee yee stedfast and unmoveable alwayes abounding in the worke of the Lord for as much as yee know that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. God 1 Cor. 15 58. will requite all paines taken all sorrowes suffered and you that have lost houses or land or father or mother or wife or Ma●h 19. 29. children for Christ and his cause besides that inward peace and tranquilitie and ioy which an hundred fold exceed all sublunary contents to bee enioyed here you shall inherit hereafter everlasting life And againe feare none of those things which thou shalt suffer Behold the Devill shall cast some of you into prison c. Be thou faithfull unto death and I will give thee a Crowne of life Feed on these promises for Cordials flow from them to cheere your drooping hearts and to strengthen courage Seventhly in large your loue If those hearts which now doe but drop love might flow forth streames of love upon Gods cause our Kings honour and the Kingdomes welfare how wonderfully would our courage be increased Both reason and religion wil give in manifold strong arguments to augment our love to our Prince our Parliament our peace our priviledges our posterity and doubtlesse our love and valour will grow together Love will adventure farre Women are the more feeble the more fearefull Sexe and yet love in a tender mother will produce bold adventures to save the babe of her wombe The timorous mother who is wont to tremble at the report of a Musket will almost come to a Cannons mouth to save her Child from being broken in peeces Love doth it Have you not in the countrey sometimes seene an Ewe in defence of her lambe to turne head upon a mastive dog and to stampe although at other times the barking of a little whelpe will make a whole flocke of them to runne away O love doth it And the poore Hen shee will fly at the Kite to save her brood Love doth it O that you and I had this Love Love to Zion to the Gospel of peace Love to Christ and the pure ordinances of grace Love will make brave and bold adventures And as it will adventure farre so it will endure much and long The Apostle saith Charity beareth all things endureth all things Iacob though he had tedious dayes and 1 Cor. 13. 7. weary nights a fore service under a sowre Vncle a churlish Master yet he served seven yeares for Rachell and they seemed unto him but a few dayes for the love hee had to her Gen. 29. 20. Love is strong as death many waters cannot quen●h love neither can the flouds drowne it if a man would give all the substance of his house for love it would utterly be contemned Cant. 8. 6. 7. What ●f one should come to a woman and make this motion be content that your child be torne in peices and here is a thousand pounds for you Her answer would be ready Not for a thousand worlds yea shee would almost spit in his face who should presse such a proposition what rend my child in peices There is nothing can conquer love so it would be with us in reference to Gods commandements the liberty of Gospel ordinances No promises no threats no means fayre or fowle would take us off from appearing in the defence of them if our hearts were more enflamed with love Eightly Walke exactly keepe your consciences cleare Notable is that direction of the Lord Deut. 13. 8. Ye shal keep all the commandements which I command you this day that you may be strong Suppose a man who hath a wound or an impostu mated swelling on his body should goe into the Campe if any touch him hee skritcheth and he cries come not neare me you know the reason and the application is familiar and easie to the point in hand wounds in our consciences will make us timerous and cowardly but The Righteous is as bold as a lyon He that walkes uprightly Pro. 28. 1. walkes boldly Take a man who hath no brokennesse no boyles no ●lanes no bruises handle him shake him crush him crowde him thrust him cast him notwithstanding he can better beare all this rugged usage then another can a fillip with the finger I beseech you mind the application of this for the Lords sake take heed make not inroads and breaches upon your consciences goe not against your light for guilt will make you cowardly Adam as soone as hee had sinned he runs and puts his head in a bush what was the matter hee heard a whistling wind and hee runs away What hast thou sinned faith God I that is the matter For if Adam had kept his heart sound if hee had not sinned hee would with boldnesse have encountred with any approaches either of the creatures or his Creator Ninthly Improve your experiences It would bee of singular use to us to bestow many houres both together and asunder in recounting the many great things which the Lord hath done for us both in former times of later we have nationall deliverances Citie deliverances Family mercies personal mercies to improve providence Give me leave to cal to mind two most seasonable now to be remembred considering the end of our assembling at this time I am credibly informed that your selvs who are here to honour God for your health continued peace maintained lives lengthened had that day when you were abroad two notable experiences of Gods providence for your preservation 1. There were muskets broken in the field and yet neither the Muskettiers nor any neare them received the least harme although the throng of people was very great Might not some mens eyes limbs or lives have been lost by such accidents if the all-ordering hand of the Almighty had not prevented such like dangers The other passage of divine providence is more remarkeable 2 Gods hand turned aside graciously and strangely a kindled match which was cast towards a basket full of Gunpowder which stood in the field for that dayes service From what malicious heart and by what mischievous hand this match was cast the Lord hee knoweth whom we this day magnifie as the God of our salvations Beloved the remembrance of such like providences should incourage our adventures for the Lord whose hand hath diverted many unseen unexpected dangers But I had almost forgot to give in my proof that the improvement of experiences increaseth courage I pray you observe it in Ios 10. 25. And I shua said unto them feare not nor bee dismayed be strong and of good courage for thus shall the Lord doe to all your enemies against whom yee sight Our God hath many times disappointed the designes of our enemies many of them who hated us and endeavoured our undoing and desolation have beene discovered and brought to shame the Lord hath trampled upon them gloriously These meditations enlarged by particular pregnant instances I commend unto you as meanes to increase your courage Lastly when ever you have occasion to shew your courage goe out selfe denyingly in the strength of your God Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Ephes 6. 10. Through God we shall doe valiant y. Psal 60 12. David was a man as in other kinds so in this imitable when hee came against Goliah who threatned to pluck him in peices as a Faulkoner doth a bird his words are very observable 1 Sam. 17. 45. Thou commest to me with a sword and with a speare and with a shield but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of host● the God of the Armies of Israel whom thou hast defied Let these be the breathing of your seules Some trust in Chariots and some in horses but wee will remember the name of the Lord our God They are brought down and fallen but neare risen an stand upright Save Lord let the King heare us when we c●ll Thus be carefull to make addition of prayer unto all the other meanes of Christian courage Pray heartily selfe-denyingly and believingly Advance God and plead his promise and expect assistance according to his promise B● of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart all yee that hope in the Lord. FINIS It is ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning printing that this Booke intituled Good Courage discovered and incourared be printed Iohn White 26. May 1642.

him captive and haled him as a prisoner You know the expression Rom. 7. 2● Beloved doth not experience oftentimes prove thus much that pride passions unbeliefe hypocrisie earthly mindednesse creature confidence sensuality doe take up armes against our precious Soules Alas alas lusts deceitfull lusts many deceitfull lusts are still still tyrannizing in our bosomes which of us hath not cause to complaine with the Apostle when I would doe good they are at hand present with mee strong in mee ever stabbing and striking and poysoning and wounding if I would but pray or weepe or amend These Rebels raise their strengths and combine their forces to hinder mee and no sooner can Sathan hold up finger and temptation shew it selfe But they are ready furiously to march out against Christ his government graces glory Beloved I appeale to your consciences whether in regard of this black guard maintained within us wee have not need to bee of good courage Thirdly the armies of people The Apostle Paul saith hee fought with men who were as beasts Beasts after the manner of men 1 Cor. 15. 32. David tels you they were Dogges and they were Tygers and Wolves and Beares and Buls and Lyons so in the Psalmes hee phraseth them I promise you a man that is so beset thus assaulted if hee bee not a man of courage what will become of him There are Sanballets and Tobiah's men of malignant mischievous Spirits to doe us mischiefe in Heaven way had wee not need in that regard to bee couragious And truly women if they cannot use weapons they will cast and fling stones shoote their arrowes even bitter words David met with opposition in that kind from one that was neare and should have beene better Michol shee jeared him in his righteous and holy zeale in reference to God you know the story and therefore I report it not And doubtlesse had not hee beene a man of an Heroick Spirit hee might have beene dasht out of countenance and baffled and cooled in his zeale because of her reproachfull language There are those that are ready to performe ill offices Sheba like to blow a Trumpet of sedition of contention to cast coales and kindle strife betweene the head and the members the King and his Subjects to set all on a ●i●me in the Kingdome In this regard wee had need to bee steele to the back that wee bee not disheartned From all these three particuiars I might apply that passage 2 Sam. 10. 9. 12. When Ioah saw the front of the battaile against him before and behind hee sayed hee of good courage and let us play the men His speeches did sparkle Spirits he herein proved himselfe a man meete to bee a warlike Commander for danger and difficulties did adde heart and heate My Masters you see our case let us play the men for our people and for the Cities of our God Beloved you perceive by that which I have pointed at that our enemies are more and worse we are beset before and behind above and below without and within not onely our Cities but our Soules are opposed endangered Hell and Earth Men and Devils yea and our selves are Adversaries to our selves Therefore there is good reason why wee should put on Courage Fourthly and lastly Wee have need of Courage because of the various afflictions to bee expected For ought wee know heavy things may befall us and must bee borne by head and shoulders by us before wee get to our Castle our place of refuge our rest in Heaven how stony how thorny how deepe and how dangerous our wayes may prove before wee get to our journeyes end wee cannot tell It may bee wee must travaile through bloud through our owne bloud and therefore wee need Courage After our Saviour had suggested to his Disciples Mat. 10. 21. Brother shall deliver brother to death the Father the Child and the Child shall raise against the Parents and cause them to be pat to death and you shall be hated of all men for my names sake Hereupon hee adds verse 26. Feare not 32. Feare not Beloved we know not what may be our portion here on earth before we come perfectly to enjoy God our portion and be happy in enjoying of him for ever Wee may live to see the Citie fired our estates wasted our wives abused our children torne in peices lin be-meale peice-meale before our eyes beleeve mee without courage these sights will be hard and heavy to be beheld such like sights will cause us to fownd away to sinck into the dust if wee provide not courage Thus have I run over my reasons and now I request you all seriously to consider whether in all the fore-mentioned regards we have not abundant cause to endeavour to get the grace the text commends and to doe the duty that in the text God cals for Be of good courage I come now to the application of all that hath beene delivered by way of use The uses of this poynt that I shall speake to they are but two The first Reproofe The second Exhortation For Reproofe hence I have occasion for to blame both unworthy cowardlinesse in some and wicked audaciousnesse in others both vices contrary to this vertue both extreames opposed by this practize of Christian fortitude which my text perswades First I must check an unworthy dastardlinesse which discovers it selfe three wayes in the bosomes of men First when men by reason of pusi●animity lownesse of spirit dare not appeare in the cause that they are convinced to be the cause of God There were some Ioh. 12. 43. who though they beleeved on Christ yet they durst not professe him for feare of the Pharisees lest they should bee excommunicated The consciences of many tell them that such a way is the way of God doubtlesse this is heaven road surely these are the courses to be taken to enjoy God and communion with him and yet for feare of I know not what scornes mocks losse of friends or the like they dare not be seene It may be they will goe to Christ with Nichodemus in the night for feare too many eyes observe them and take notice of them in such unwounted paths exercises which seeme to proclaime strictnesse and precisenesse You see I am in haste and therfore cannot instance in particulars Secondly others by reason of cowardlinesse soone grow discouraged in sad and weighty undertakings because they find the way to heaven craggy the duties difficult the services something hard and because they have not expected successe on a suddaine here upon their spirits shrinke up I have reference in this expression to the original word used to this very purpose in Num. 21. 4. And the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way Their spirits were shortned as it is in the Hebrew they run up by reason of distress and al vigour gave in As a Cravant begins to looke pale through feare his spirits fly to the heart you shall see no blood in

the government and worship of the Lord Christ for the safety and honour of our King for the welfare of his three Kingdomes for the Priviledges of our Parliament and for our rights by Law All these are to bee prized at an exceeding high rate our happinesse will bee great in the enjoying of them and our misery not small in the want of them Every man according to his Relations and engagements should reason the case with himselfe What adventures should I make and what hazard should I runne that my selfe may not bee enslaved that my Wife may not bee abused my Children massacred and which is above all that Christs holy Religion may not bee corrupted and that Popery may not bee introduced and established in England Thus meditation upon the worth of the things to bee maintained will bee a speciall meanes to quicken and to augment Courage Fourthly Keepe Christ your Captaine in your eye For true valour there never was nor ever shall bee any like unto him Gird thy sword upon thy thigh ô most mighty with thy glory and Majesty and in thy Majesty ride prosperously and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things Psalme 45. 3 4 How valiant a Champion was the Lord IESUS Heb. 12. 2. Hee endured the Crosse and despised the shame Hee went on though dogges did barke and Lyons did roare though men reproachfully reviled him and the Devils endeavoured to devoure him though the earth as it were did shake under his feete and the Heavens were black and thundring over his head Although when his professed enemies had conspired his death Iudas did betray him and his other Disciples did forsake him yea although his God and Father did hide his face from him when hee answered Divine Iustice for our sinnes yet hee shrunke not hee drew not back from the glorious worke undertaken When outward dangers encompassed him and the sorrowes of Hell tooke hold upon his Soule though hee was apprehensive and sensible of all unto the utmost and therefore both complained and prayed to his Father yet was he not discouraged Hee did not sound when hee saw his own bloud yea although his body was wet all over with a bloudy sweat but he worthily did wade through the floud of his appointed passions Consider him consider him beloved that you may not faint in your minds when a souldier sees his Captaine content to take up with poore provisions and undaunted though hee meet with hard services harsh usages sore affronts hee thereupon growes the more resolute For thus bee reasons within himselfe My worthy Commander for his diet takes up with a crust of course bread and a little water hee hath not beene in bed these many nights but still either watcheth or else hee lies upon the ground the cold ground no wayes no weather discourages him Winter Summer wet or dry scorching heate the pinching frost are alike unto him Bullets blowes wounds bruises broken bones doe not cause him to sound a retreat to give back and shall I shrinke Beloved if Christ had shrunke when Heaven frowned and men deserted and Devils opposed him what had become of you and mee Is this Christ my Captaine and hath hee Captaine-like Champion-like for mee both done and suffered thus worthily thus incomparably and shall not I put on Courage and shew my selfe a man a valiant man for him I beseech you consider this frequently and affectionately Fiftly I commend unto you mutuall Christian communion as a speciall meanes of Christian Courage In the Prophet Malachy his times when wickednesse was Mal. 3. 16. growen to a great head and the power of godlinesse was discountenanced in them then those that feared God spake often one to another When Paul after shiprack saw the brethren who came Act. 28. 15. to meete him hee tooke Courage And also upon a strong Act. 18. 5. dispute with some who opposed Christ when Silas and Timotheus were come Paul was pressed in Spirit God bee thanked for that unity and love which is amongst you amongst you the Aldermen and Commons of this City unto whom the Militia is committed God continue it God knit your hearts together more fast and firme from day to day God give you when you meete to consider seriously what may heat and hearten your Spirits in the way of Christian valour according to that which this day I have preached and according to that which this day wee all need Wee read in Isay 41. 6. of a Company of Idolaters animating each other in promoting Idoll worship They helped every one his Neighbour and every one sayd to his brother Bee of good Courage So the Carpenter encouraged the Gold smith and hee that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth with the anvill c. Doubtlesse at this day those who envy our hopes and oppose our peace doe meete and hearten one another both by words and actions God forbid therefore that wee should bee more regardlesse of one another having a better cause and more incouragements Sixtly set faith on worke in the promises of the Gospell The worthies in the primitive times waxed valiant by meanes of faith Hebr. 11. 34. You may doe well to informe your selves what the Lord is pleased to speake in the word of truth for your comfort By the bond of his owne rich unchangeable grace he is become your debtour to doe more then I can possibly expresse Three things I thought to have spoken unto under this direction First The promise of Gods assistance Bee of good Courage and hee will strengthen thine heart The sweet Psalmist saw much sweetnesse in this and therefore doth mention it once and againe when the Soule saith I am ready to Psal 27. 14. fall downe yet taking courage to march forward it shall renew strength it shall receive an addition of new strength Esa 40. 31. And that speech of Solomon Prov. 10. 29. is very remarkeable The way of the Lord is strength to the upright They goe on and gather strength in going they walke from strength to stregth Psalm 84. 7. Truly this is an heartening consideration Secondly The promise of good successe Beloved Christians maintaining the cause and minding the glory of God are as sure of victory as if now they were singing the triumph and going away as Conquerours This is most certaine for truth it selfe hath spoken it In the World Ioh. 16. 33. yee shall have affliction bee of good cheere or bee bold I have overcome the World The Devill hath his deaths wound Corruption hath as it were the knife at the heart of it and the power of wicked men is broken they are but sprunting and striving for life By this argument the Lord heartened his servant Ioshua Bee strong and of a good Courage for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their Fathers to give them Josh 1. 6 As though the Lord had thus spoken although thou mayest fight many battailes receive