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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46733	A cluster of sweetest grapes for saints, brought from the heavenly Canaan. Or, The saints assurance gotten, and to be had in this life, by the several means specified in this tract upon I Pet. 1.9. And fifteen soul-solacing conferences with Christ, touching sins and the world's conquest; according to the high and noble art of fighting the great fight of Faith, I Tim.6.12. Fitted for all such gracious souls as do most heartily desire to see the death of their strong and mighty corruptions, & a thorow [sic] victory gotten over this vile and troublesome world. By Christopher Jelinger M. A.	Jelinger, Christopher.	1664 (1664)	Wing J541; ESTC R217025	71,784	235

am like a dog returning to his vomit in that I have recommitted so many sins which I should have omitted yet let me find but some crumbs of mercy crumbs are not denyed to dogs and that I may not be such a dog returning to my former disobedience help me I pray thee and save me from sin for therefore thou camest into the world that thou mayest save sinners of whom I a poor sinful soul am chief Christ O dear Soul great is thy Faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt Soul Oh the comfort and oh the quietness and tranquility which I find in thee and by thee sweet Saviour for now I am perswaded that neither Satan nor sin shall prevail against me to separate me from my dear love Christ who saves me from evils past fuscitates and raises me from the present and fortifieth me against those which are to come O Lord Jesus if thou didst not thus preserve me there is no sin in the world which I might not commit against thee for I know that there is no evil perpetrated and done by any man which may not also be acted by another man if the Creator be wanting who made man But now thou hast done that for me which hath kept me that I might not do what I would have done against thee and that I might abstain thou didest prohibit me and that I might believe thou didst infuse grace into me unto thee therefore be all honour and glory The seventh Conference Wherein the troubled believing Soul maketh use of Christ's death to work the death of sin and promises to be more thankefull BEliev. How is it with thee now O my soul Soul Not very well Believ Not well Soul No. Believ Why so Soul I am not so well comforted as I have been in times past and sin begins to gather strength and I am not able to master it as I do desire Believ It may be thou hast drawn this misery upon thy self by not being * Tho. à Kem● pis de Imit Chr. l. 2. c. 10. thankful enough for mercies comforts formerly distilled upon thee or by some secret pride which if it be so the cause must be first removed then Faith must be rightly used and all will be well Soul You have spoken as right as may be I am such an unthankful creature and so high spirited by nature and therefore it is just with God to bereave me both of comforts and strength to resist the common Adversary who goeth and goeth continually seeking whom he may davour 1 Pet. 5.8 and whom by no other means I shall be able to resist but only by Faith and therefore I promise both to be more grateful for the future by God's help and also more humble and lowly denying my self in all things and aforibing all honour and glory unto him of whom are all things yea * Sileat sibi ipsa anima transeat se mon cogit●ndo se sed de te Deus mous ● c. Aug. Man c. 12. passing by my self so in my thoughts as that I may not think of my self but of God who is my only hope and confidence and that I may overcome for the future both sin and Satan who is the Author of sin I 'le by the grace of God set faith a work eye especially the bitter * Nullum tam potens est tam efficax contra ardorem libidinis medicamentum quam mors redemptoris mei Id. cap. 23. death passion of my dear Saviour who loved me and gave himself for me that he might mundify me redeem me from * Tit. 2.14 all iniquity perswading my self that I shall be delivered in his own good time even from these sinful lusts and passions which now do so molest me yea I 'le also call upon him even now forthwith desiring his heavenly highness that he will by the power of his death work the death of my sins and free me from Satans power and tyranny Believ Well said this is the course thou must take O my soul and therefore call thou upon the Lord in this time of need for he hath said Call upon me in the day of trouble I 'le deliver thee and thou shalt glorifie me Psal 50.15 Mark this golden sentence O my soul for here is both a Precept for thee to bind thee and a promise to assure thee the Precept is call upon me yea 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Clama cry unto me and spare not as if thou durst not speak being afraid but rather lift up thy voice and cry aloud as being commanded to be so bold the Promise is and I will deliver thee or I 'le loose thee from thy bonds for so much the original * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 imports even a solution from bonds for troubles are as bonds and so are sins and thou shalt glorify me note how the Lord doth here promise not only to free thee from troubles but also to cause thee to glorify him being freed out of troubles as which of thy self thou canst not do though but even now thou didst promise and vow to do it Soul Are not these thy words O my Lord my God who must help me didst not thou dictate them into David's pen and leave them recorded in thy book even for me to excite and to secure me Lo I am in trouble O Lord being fast bound and captivated as it were of sin Rom. 7.23 and I cannot unite my self of my self but thou canst who art omnipotency it self and therefore I call even to thee to help me For thou hast said call upon me in the day of trouble and I assure my self that thou wilt not leave me because thou hast promised me that thou wilt deliver me saying I will deliver or loose thee Loose me therefore O thou who art most free and unbounded and yet bound to free me having bound thy self by a promise to succor me O let not sin let not Satan keep me bound whom thou Lord Jesus hast redeemed by thy precious blood but free me O free me by thy power from the power of the one and tyranny of the other that I may freely serve thee being comforted in thee Yea Lord when thou hast enlarged me then enable me also and cause me to glory fie thee For thou hast promised that also unto me saying and thou shalt glory fie me taking that saying to be a promise as well as a precept For else if thou shouldst but command me that I must glory fie thee and shouldst not also cause me to do what thou commandest I should never be able to do what I ought and so consequently thou shouldest never have the glory which is due to thy holy name And therefore blessed be thy holy name O my God and Saviour who in one word hast both injoyned and promised me that I shall glorifie thee O inexhaustible Fountain of all grace and glory cause me therefore to glorifie thee and to

Go and cry saying O God forgive O God forget O God Psal 51. blot out all my transgressions and cleanse me throughly from my sins O * Dan. 9.19 Lord hear O Lord defer not for thy own sake here be more than ordinarily fervent and instant for the pardon of sin is the * Carde caput foederis Paraeus principal thing in the covenant of Grace so much urged and to be pressed in prayer he that is sure of that may be sure also of God's being reconciled to him in Christ Christ making for him his peace peace passing all his understanding his understanding now knowing that he shall have life everlasting I for my part am therefore wont to be more large and more earnest in this than in any other part of my more solemn supplications and I desire and strive still to be so prolix and so long in this thing till I have my errands end otherwise I am loath to make an end and I have found much success and comfort in it to God's glory be it spoken I pray you do ye pray so too and withall take this Corollary with you When you are upon your knees asking God forgiveness A Corollary have in readiness a Catalogue of your many and knowable sins either in your memories or in writing and spread them all before the Lord as once * Isa 37.14 Hezekiah Rabsheka's letter for then you are most like to speed because it is expresly written That if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cheanse us from all unrighteousness I John 1.9 and you will be able then thus to plead with God when you ask pardon of God O God thou hast said if they shall confess their iniquities then will I remember my Covenant Lev. 26.40 42. and lo we O Lord confess here our iniquities before thee O do thou therefore remember the Covenant made by thee whose capital matter is the forgiveness of our sins Again you may then plead that famous place in Job 37.27 He looketh upon men and if any say Mark if any say and so if any of us here shall say so I have sinned perverted that which was right and it profited me not He will deliver his Soul as thus we may say Lord it is written and said of thee likewise shew him the book the chapter the place wherein this precious Scripture lies That thou lookest upon men and if any say I have sinned thou wilt deliver his Soul O look upon us therefore here prostrate before thee or in the singular upon me a poor sinner here lying before thee and crying and saying thus and thus I have sinned and deliver my poor Soul Oh! my poor Soul from hell and death and damnation I pray thee having forgiven me all my sins for it is said If any shall say I have sinned now Lord I say and say it from my heart therefore O God forgive me O Lord wash me and pardon all my offences for they are wondrous great but not too great for so great a God to forgive Thus confess and so crave the pardon of thy sins and withall to have the pardon of them * Eph. 1.13 2 Cor. 1.22 sealed that is to be assured by the Spirit that they are pardoned as David was when he said Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin Selah Psal 22. O Sirs here is work for you to have sin not only pardoned but also to be perswaded that it is pardoned which is a thing not so easily obtained as is commonly believed No no you must sweat about it and labour hard to have it done if you desire to be assured that you shall be saved 6. Get an undeceiving tast of the joys of Heaven as those Believers did which were so sure of their salvation v. 8. For then you also must needs be sure of your reception entrance and admission into Heaven because they are fore-runners and the earnest of it Eph. 1.14 the Greek is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which properly is part of a price promised to be paid * Vulteius in sua Jurispr l. 1. c. 30. Distinguishing it from Hypotheca as being moveable whereas Hypotheca is not Civilians call it a pledge as here part of the joys of Heaven promised to us to be enjoyed by us hereafter And these joys are so great for their quantity and so sweet for their quality as that I hope I shall not need to press you overmuch to the gaining of them For are they not most sweetly resembled to Apples to * Cant. 2.5 Flagons to ‖ Mannah all which things though they are so * Ibid. id est salutari potioni Jesu Christe Jun Tremel * Rev. 2.17 exceeding sweet yet cannot possibly come near or match those joys which without all degree of comparison and measure of proportion do surmount and surpass the same even infinitely infinitely For they are unspeakable and full of glory 1 Pet. 1.8 1. Vnspeakable were all the world full of Orators and all they like Angels speaking with the tongues of Angels and able to utter their minds and to pour out their conceptions with torrents of elocution yet would not they be able to express those joys 2. Full of glory The great and main Ocean is not so full of water though it be * Mare nil nisi aquae Owen nothing but water nor the spangled skie so full of Stars nor the gay diapery of the earth so full of flowers as they are full of glory Methought I was in a Tryumph and even covered and deck'd all over and over and over with most refulgent beams of glory when it pleased God all-gracious to make my unworthy self a partaker of those joyes which are so full of glory And therefore oh how should your Souls be now enamoured with them and long and labour after them O Souls Souls here are Apples flagons here showers of Mannah for you to be had by you Oh! go after them Oh! get them for the Assurance of Salvation lieth in and thorow them to be had by them Quest 2. You will say how shall we get them Answ I Ans Beg them for Christ hath promised them Quest Q. Where Answ I Ans Rev. 2.17 Read the place And so place your selves again before the Lord Christ and say Lord give us or me in the singular this Mannah this sweet bread of of Heaven Oh showre it down upon my poor Soul and having tasted it may be thereby assured that as I have been fed with Angels food on earth so I shall feed on the Angels bread in Heaven But here A Case of conscience comes to be resolved A Case of Conscience for you will say happily Sir we have begged these joyes and yet cannot enjoy them and therefore tell us what we must do in such a case Answered I Answer It may be you have left undone some thing which ye ought to have done