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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89053	Britannia rediviva, or, a gratulatory sermon for his Majesties safe arrivall and happy restitution to the exercise of his royall government. Preached, at the desire of the magistrats and councell of Aberdene, on the XIX of June, which they had designed to be a day of solemne rejoycing within the city, for the mercy above mentioned, by John Menzeis, professor of divinity: and preacher of the gospell in Aberdene	Menzeis, John, 1624-1684.	1660 (1660)	Wing M1724; ESTC R230727	28,599	38

alwayes rejoyeing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing yet possessing all things He puts as one saies a tanquā an as upon all his the people of God their afflictions as if they were more in seeming then in reali●ie Reason 2 Secondly As the sting is taken away so the Lord sweetneth rods to beleevers by his own gracious presence Hee is with them in fire and water Isai 43. 2. The refreshing influence of his gracious presence made some call their prison an Orchard of delights and others to sing at the stake Hence said one Tua prasentia Domine Laurentio ipsam craticulā●ulcem fecit Thy gracious presence O Lord made the burning gridiron sweet to Laurence when he was rosted alive upon it Reason 3 And thirdly not to adde more reasons the afflictions of Saints in tyme are as was said of Julians persecution but a passing clond What were all the hardships which David met with from Saul after he was peaceably setled on the thron but as the remembrance of a shew upon a stage When Absoloms conspiracie was discussed what was the remembrance thereof but like a dream when it past Vse Is there not here unspeakable comfort to the people of God It s but a transient view of afflictions they have here in time when they are up in glory cloathed with robs of immortality with palmes in their hands what will the remembrance of the afflictions of tyme be to them but as a dream when it s gone Now my earnest desire to the Lord is that all the bitter tryals with which the Royall familie have been hitherto exercised may bee swallowed up with such a blessed and sanctified prosperity for the future that all their former sufferings may be as a dream whē its past as a shew upon a stage when it s withdrawn And this for the 1. branch of the text Thou hast shewed me great sore troubles The second branch of the text I come to the second branch wherin faith promises a glorious out-gate to David from all his troubles Thou shalt quicken me againe and shalt bring me up againe from the deepths of the earth As if he had said I am like a man dead and buried I am laid in the explication of the secōd branch deepths of the earth In abyssis sayes Tremell In voraginibus ●erra says Pagnin Swallowed up in the g●●s of the earth I am civilly dead and buried laid by as a broken vessell in the thoughts of the people wherof can be no more use So spoke sense O but sayes Faith there shall be a resurrection Thou O Lord wilt returne and quicken me yea Thou wilt bring me up from the depths of the earth Though I be low yet thou wilt exalt me This was much yet Davids faith rests not here it goes on Thou shalt increase my greatnes multiplicabis magnitudinem meam sayes Montanus thou shalt multiplie my greatnes thou shalt make my state grandour dignity more eminent then ever and far beyond my predecessors and so indeed it was And yet more sayes he Thou shalt comfort me on every syde circuibis consolaberis me so Montan. thou shalt compasse me comfort me that is thou shalt surround me with comfort as my afflictions have abounded so shall my comforts Thus yee have a short explication of this branch I only give two short doctrines from it that I may passe thorow the text Doctrine first Doct. first It s a very dark clo●d through which faith will not see an out-gate It s deep trouble indeed wherin faith will not see a vision of peace David now was under great sore trouble yet behold what his faith sayes Thou shalt quicken me againe and bring me up from the depths of the earth thou shalt encrease my greatnes and comfort me on every syde Reason first A First reason may be Faith is the evidence of things not seen H●b 11. 1. when sense saies It will not be when reason saies It cannot be then faith saies It shall be I see it saies faith Though I sit in darknes the Lord shall be a light unto me Micah 7. 8. Yea it realizes things absent Trem. reades these prophecies of faith in my text in the present Pagnin in the pret imperfect Vivificabas faci●bas ascendere multiplicabas consolabaris Faith assures the heart as much of promised mercies as if they were already enjoyed Reasō secōd Secondly When faith acteth upon a promise it contemneth all difficulties I see sayes faith these and the other difficulties in the way but faithfull is he who hath promised the mouth of the Lord hath spoken he will performe Reasō third Thirdly Faith saileth in a room sea It improveth infinite Omnipotencie the almighty power of God Rom. 4. 20. 21. Abraham staggered not at the promise through unbeliefe being fully perswaded that what he had promised he was able to perform Hence it is said All things are possible to him that believeth Mark 9. 23. Vse Dear people study the cleanly exercise of this precious grace of faith it will prove a brave supporter in a day of strait when sense and reason are miserable comforters and ready to say there is no help for thee in God now thou art fallen and shall never rise againe then faith will prophecie good things as in my text Yet God will quicken me againe and bring me up from the depths of the ●arth O happy they who know by experience what this jewel ●●●faith is Surely I know nothing which could have upheld either our late gracious SOVERAIGN or his MAJESTY who now is under their incomparable sufferings but this heavenly grace of faith The just lives by faith Hab. 2. 4. faith maketh the beleeving sufferer more then Conquero●r Doctrine second But I come to the second and maine doctrine at which I drive It is not unusuall with our Lord to raise these eminently whom he hath laid once very low How low was David brought under Sauls persecution when he was forced to flee among heathens and once had no other way to save his life but by feigning himself mad How low was he brought by Absolem when he is put to flee bare-footed from Ierusalem when a dog like Shimei durst come and throw stones at him yet after all this the Lord did honour him exceedingly and as my text speaketh The Lord did increase his greatnes and comfort him on every syde I give but another instance How low was Iob brought stript of all his estate bereaved of all his children in one day moreover smitten with loathsom diseases in his person the arrows of God in the meane while drinking up his spirit yea and under such temptations that as he speaketh cap. 7. 15. he was ready to choyse strangling death rather then life yet as you reade c. 42. 10. 12. The Lord ●urned ●ask the captivity of Iob his latter end was more prosperons ●hen the first at first he had 7000 sheep cap. 1.