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A33989	Counsel for the living, occasioned from the dead, or, A discourse on Job III, 17, 18 arising from the deaths of Mr. Fran. Bampfield and Mr. Zach. Ralphson / by Hercules Collins ...	Collins, Hercules, d. 1702.	1684 (1684)	Wing C5361; ESTC R32496	24,906	39

some dark Dungeon this is a part of his Punishment though not as yet tryed judged Condemned nor Executed Eccle. 12.7 only he may have been carryed before some Judge or Justice as the Souls of all men return to God at Death Mat. 25.46 and the wicked receive a Sentence of Commitment to Prison to be bound in Fetters and Chains and put in some dark Dungeon untill his great and Final Tryal and Judgment for Life or Death Eternal Observation 5. Death and the Grave puts an End to all Oppressions They hear not the Voice of the Oppress●r Mat. 5.27 There is Oppression in Voice and Oppression in Intention and Oppression in Act Oppression in Intention and Purpose is accounted so by God as well as Adultery though never Acted as a good Mans Intentions though many times never come into Act is accepted It was well God told Dav●d 1 Kings 19.2 it was in his Heart to Build h●m a Temple so Jezabels Intention to destroy Elijah shall be accounted one day as if it had been done Actually The word for Oppression Nagas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is sometimes rendred Taskmasters as in Exod. 2.7 Arias Montanus saith Exactors it signifieth in a special use one which Exacteth or Extorteth Money or Tribute to the grievance of a Person 2 Kings 23.35 in the 10. Zachariah 4. It s rendered an Oppressor so Chap. 9.8 No Oppressor shall pass through the Land any more It s so used because those Exactors many times impose against Right and Equity Mulcts and Fines upon the Subjects as to be sin'd for Worshiping God according to the light of our Conscience which is Consistent to a Peaceable and quiet Living in the Land this is Oppression and Sinful Exaction and against the very light of Nature for no man that owns a God Exod. 33.9 and that he ought to be Worshipped would be done so by God prohibited Israel from Oppressing a stranger then to Oppress a Native a Contry-man a Subject yea quiet and Peaceable Subjects Isai 5.7 is far worse May not God Expect in a Land of Gospel-Light Judgment and Justice But if instead thereof there should be a Cry yea a great Cry of Oppression how sad is this For those Cries to Enter into the Ears of the Lord of Sabbaoths James 5.7 or Lord of Hosts Let the Oppressor look into these Scriptures as into a Glass to prevent the Sin of Oppression for the time to come Isa 30.12 Wherefore thus saith the Lord because ye despise this Word and trust in Oppression and perversness and stay there therefore this Iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall swelling out in a high Wall whose breaking cometh suddenly on an Instant O how many do trust to nothing else but Oppression Psal 62.10 and the ruining of honest Families contrary to that Prohibition Trust not in Oppression Isai 49.26 Such shall be fed with their own Flesh and made drunk with their own Blood as with sweet wine Zeph. 3.1 Moreover a Woe is denounced against the Oppressing City Psal 72.1 yea Christ shall break in pieces the Oppressor Isa 14.2 in pleading the poors cause They shall take them Captiv●s whose Captives they were and they shall Rule over their Oppressors Let these following Scriptures be as a Comfortable Cordial to all the Oppressed in this day of Jacob's Trouble Psal 9.9 God will be a Refuge for the Oppressed yea 103.6 the Lord will exercise Righteousness and Judgment for all such 12.5 For the oppression of the Poor and sighing of the Needy Job 3.18 now will I arise saith the Lord Isa 14.4 and set him in safety from him which puffeth at him Isa 14.4 The time is coming God hath promised we shall no more hear the voice of the Oppressor 51.13.16.4 Then shalt thou take up this Parable against the King of Babylon Psal 146.7 How hath the Oppressor or Exactor of Gold Ceased And where is the fury of the Oppressor They are Consumed out of the Land God Executeth Judgment for the Oppressed and giveth food to the hungry the Lord looseth the Prisoners 6. Observation An Arrest by death bringeth Rest to Prisoners There the Prisoners Rest together That all must die is the Statute-Law of Heaven it was threatned on Adam Heb. 9.27 and all his Posterity Gen. 2.17 That in the day he did eat of the forbidden fruit he should surely dye or as the Original in dying thou shalt dye certainly and all thy Off-spring for thou art a publick head I spoke in Truth if thou eatest thou dyest and as thou shalt certainly die so thou shalt die perfectly Soul and Body as Austin saith as the Separation of the Soul from the Body is a natural death Eph. 2.1 2. so the Separation of the Soul from God is a Spiritual hence all men by Nature are said to be dead in Trespasses and Sins Chap. 2.17 19. and to be without God in the World yea Strangers and Forreigners in respect of any saving Spiritual Acquaintance Moreover thou shalt die or be in a dying condition as soon as thou dost eat of the fruit subject to sickness weakness Corruption Pain and Death yea thou and all thy Posterity must die Eternally except Grace prevent for as man hath an Immortal Soul if he by Sin brings a spiritual death on the Soul and separate it from God it must for ever remain under Wrath 1 Thes 1.10 and at a distance from him unless he bring it near by the Blood of his Son Gen. 3.15 and this God did promise after the Fall the Messias that is the seed of the woman should break the Serpents head take away his power which he had by the Fall over Adam and his Posterity so that now through Christ death is no loss but a gain to Believers Ye Believing Prisoners 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the word which we translate Prisoner Asar signifieth one bound and fastened confin'd Numb 30.3 there it refers to a being bound by a Vow Job 12.18 He looseth the Bonds of Kings c. it 's taken for that binding which is an act of coercive Authority Gen. 40.3.42.17 19 24. Numb 15.34 Levit. 24.12 Death and the Grave will put an end to all Oppressions and usher the Body into Rest the Bodies of all bad Prisoners as well as good shall hear the Voice of the Oppressor no more we shall know no more Apprehendings under the power of no more Witnesses nor hear no more of Take him Jaylor keep him until he be cleared by due course of Law we shall have no more Bolts nor Bars then on us no more looking for the Keeper then nor speaking to Friends through Iron-grates death is a debt we owe and when that is paid we shall receive an acquittance a Quietus est many Captives and Prisoners will have little Rest until they go to their Grave some

us trembling and fall down and cry out Sirs what must I do to be saved our God whom we serve is able to do this and much more and he can as of old make his people grow so much the more as their afflictions abound thinking people will conclude they must needs be the Lords that suffer patiently under such apparent wrong Again let us bless God though we are in the Prison of man yet that we are delivered from the Spiritual Prison of Sin and Satan into the glorious liberty of the Children of God and out of the Kingdom of darkness into the glorious light of the Gospel Colos 1.13 there is no such Prison as for a man to be bound and fettered by his Lusts and Corruptions that stirs not a foot further then his Corrupt Affections suffer him a man in liberty in honour Zach. 9.11 may be in worse Bonds then a Bodily Confinement le ts bless God for bringing us out of this Pit by the Blood of the Covenant this was the great end of Christs coming into the world and of his Divine Unction to Preach good tidings unto the meek to bind up the broken-hearted Isa 61.1 to proclaim Liberty to the Captives chap. 49.24 25. and the opening of the Prison to them which are bound the Prey shall be taken from the mighty and the lawful Captive delivered or as the Original the Captivity of the Just the Captives of the Mighty shall be taken away and the Prey of the Terrible shall be delivered those that were under the power of Satan that Roaring Lyon that great Red Dragon shall be Rescued Eph. 4.8 for Christ hath led Captivity Captive Col. 2.15 Satan and all Evil Angels Principalities and Powers the Rulers of the darkness of this world and made a shew of it openly in his his glorious Resurrection and Ascension so that now he having obtained the Conquest over Satan Sin the Grave he will say to the Prisoners Isa 49.9 Go forth and to them which are in darkness Psal 1.7 Shew your selves he hath broken the Gates of brass and cut the Bars of Iron in sunder the darkness of a Material Prison is nothing to the darkness of a Spiritual one Material Chains to Spiritual Chains deprivation of the Bodies Liberty is not to be compared to the Souls being shut up from God Psal 16.11 this is far worse then to be shut up from friends being delivered from Spiritual Bonds We may have Liberty in Bonds light in Darkness Peace in Trouble Communion with God by the Spirit is a good Cordial to keep up the heart from fainting in this valley of tears until we come to our Mount of Joy where there is no limits of Joy and Blessedness as the greatest Comforts and Estates of the greatest Monarchs here are there 's no mixture as in this world Gods Providential Dealings with his people in this world is like Chequer-work there is the dark as well as the light side of Providence the most Refin'd and best State and Condition of the best Saints are mixed here if we have some peace we have some trouble if we have large Comforts one day we may expect a great degree of trouble another least we should be exalted above measure we must have a thorn in the flesh now and then but in Heaven there is no mixture 2 Cor. 12.7 for there is all light without darkness all life without death all Riches without Poverty all Content without the least Dissatisfaction because we shall then praise and love God in so perfect a manner Psal 17.15 as God will not demand more perfect Obedience then they will give nor themselves desire to bless God better then they shall for that were to suppose a kind of dissatisfaction in Heaven which is contrary to Holy Davids word Then shall I be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness are we sensible of Gods free grace to our Souls here in delivering us from Spiritual Bonds that is an infallible sign we shall admire free grace hereafter in the glorious Liberty of the Children of God and shall be among that Multitude in Revelations 7.9 10. which none could number of all Kindreds Nations People and Tongues that stood before the Throne and before the Lamb cloathed with white Robes and Palms in their hands and cried with a loud voice Salvation to our God which sitteth on the Throne and to the Lamb. Again This may be a Ground of Lamentation for the Church of God that his Ambassadors which did use to bring us glad tidings of Salvation 2 Cor. 5.20 are not only shut up in Material Prisons for a time the Prisons of men but some of them are lodged in the Grave and their mouths totally stopt so as we shall not hear them sound the Gospel Trumpet any more It 's sometimes a sign of anger when the King calls home his Ambassadors the Apostle saith in 1 Cor. 4.1 Let a man so account of us as the Ministers of Christ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vperetes Ministers the word imports labour painful labour and signifieth an Under-Rower Gods Ministers are thus called 1 Cor. 4.15 because under Christ the chief Master they do help forward the Ship of the Church toward the Haven of Heaven through the many Rocks and Sands Storms and Tempests Temptations and Persecutions which they meet withal they are called Fathers which signifieth instrumentally their begetting Souls to God they are called Bishops or Overseers this charge hath its name Pakad in the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phil. 1.1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. 13.17 from visiting and in the Greek EPISKOPVS from Over-seeing Applied to any which hath a charge Civil or Ecclesiastical and they are so called of their watchfulness care and labour for the good of his people for they watch for their Souls as they that must give an account that they may do it with Joy and not with grief Again they are called Pastors POIMVN this is taken from Shepherds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and applied to Teachers Mat. 9.36 to Christ the good Shepherd John 10.11 14 the great Shepherd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ARCHIPOIMVN 1 Pet. 5.4 these are some of his honourable Titles this same word is applied to Kings as in Mat. 2.6 Rev. 27.7 19.15 but a word of a double signification is to be understood according to the subject matter spoken of taken in Mat. 2.6 for Ruling as a King but in Acts 20.28 for feeding as a Shepherd Feed the Flock of God over which the Holy Ghost hath made you Over-seers Is not there cause of mourning when God taketh away our Fathers which begat us our Ambassadors which brings glad tidings and good news of Reconciliation and Salvation by the death of the Son of God yea our Ministers which conducts guides and Rowes the Ship of the Church as it were under Christ to Heaven Yea to lose our Pastors and Shepherds