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A18973	Three sermons vpon Marke, the ninth chapter, 22.23. verses Containing fifteene doctrines, the particulars whereof appeare in the next pages following. / By Robert Cleauer.	Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.	1611 (1611)	STC 5392; ESTC S118642	34,073	58

him from death to life was a thing very remarkeable and therefore tooke he this season for the effecting of this miracle Reason Now the reason of this point is 1 First because he respecteth his owne glorie and his peoples good therefore is he willing to finde out the fittest time for euery busines 2 Secondly as that is the end which he proposeth so is he full of all heauenly wisedome therefore knowes the very precise time when euery worke ought to be done yea he doth predestinate the seasons wherein all things shall be accomplished men oftentimes meete with an opportunitie at vnawares and therefore it is almost past before they can take hold of it but God hath eternally fore-appointed it in which regard he doth all things in the fulnes of time euen when that time is come which he had preordained in his secret counsell 3 Thirdly he is of power and abilitie to do euery thing in the fit season thereof Men are driuen to deferre matters albeit they see opportunitie for the doing of them because their strength will not then serue them to goe thorough with that which they desire but the Lord is of all sufficiencie for the performance of whatsoeuer pleaseth him so that he needs not make delaies when the time serueth him Vse 1. Is it so then as it hath beene plainely prooued that Christ doth euery thing in due time Let vs hēce learne to imitate our Sauiour that we may be able to yeeld a good and sound reason why we do this or that now rather than at any other time For that which Salomon saith of words that a word spoken in due season is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer that is verie beautifull holdes as true of actions whose grace it is to be done in that time which is best befitting them There are times for the exercises of religion and there are times for the works of our vocation and both must be rightly discerned and wisely followed There are times to mourne and to be sorrowfull and it is a great faulte for men to reioyce Isa 22. when the Lord calleth them to heauinesse and to teares Againe there are times to be merry and glad in a good and holie manner and it is an offence for Christians not to bee cheerfull with those that they conuerse with when God giueth them occasion of reioycing 2 Secondly let this teach vs to commit and submit our selues our estate and all that we haue to Gods wisedome neither let vs murmure nor grow discontented at the delayes that hee makes but waite his leisure and be content that he should take his owne time assuring our selues that hee will not faile one moment when we are ready for any blessing and benefite but the longer he deferres the more it shall tende to his owne glorie and our good Manie would haue their haruest before it be ripe but God is wiser then they are and therefore hee causeth them to spend many prayers and teares before they obtaine their hearts desire If Gods owne children might haue deliuerance for themselues or for others so soone as they desire it would prooue to bee as an vntimely birth which is euen dead before it come into the world and therefore the Lord putteth them off from time to time that their comfort in the ende might be more full and complete In which regard we should with patience depend vpon him till such time as hee please to haue mercie vpon vs How we may bee able to waite on God 1 which that wee may be able to doe obserue me this direction following 1 First let let vs doe our best endeuour to represse carnall reason for otherwise that time which seemeth best vnto God will oftentimes seeme worst vnto vs. When hee thinkes it too soone for vs to obtaine such and such blessings we shall thinke it high time that we had them and when he iudgeth it a fit season for vs or any of his people to be deliuered we shall imagine it to be too late Zacharie yeelding to his carnall reason Luke 1. thought that God had past his time for giuing him a sonne and therfore though an Angell from heauen brought him that message he would not giue credit vnto it if he had heard such tidings twentie yeares before he would haue thought there had beene some likelihood in the matter so in other cases how dangerous a thing would it haue beene to consult with flesh and bloud concerning the time of accomplishing things who would haue iudged it wisedome in God to suffer his people so farre to be endangered in Egipt and after to be condemned by the Persian king Exod. 3. Hester 3. 4. 7. to suffer Peter to be so straitly imprisoned Daniel to be cast into the lions denne and the three children into the firie fornace if a man should haue consulted with his owne wisedome he would haue thought the Lord too slacke in freeing his seruants and that their cases were euen desperate and quite past recouerie yet he did but stay the fittest time for their deliuerance which being once come the Lord set them at libertie notwithstanding all the difficulties and extremities wherein they were 2 Secondly let vs labour for faith by vertue whereof we may represse all our fleshly affections which will be readie to oppose themselues against the Lords wise proceedings as may be seene in Iacob Gen. 37. 34. 35. whose affection of griefe was immoderately stirred when he imagined that his sonne Ioseph was deuoured by some wilde beast how much more thinke we would it haue troubled him if he had knowne how his sonnes had dealt with him and how Ioseph was dealt with in the land of Egipt when Psal 106. 18. his feete were held fast in the stocks and he was laid in yrons yet all this was for his good and for the benefite of Iacob and all his houshold that he should be thus afflicted vntill his appointed time came when the Lord would haue him deliuered and aduanced therfore let vs curbe and restraine our boisterous affections labouring euermore to bring them into subiection vnto Gods most sacred and blessed will and resoluing that his time is alwaies the best time for euery thing that falleth out vnder the Sunne He rebuked the vncleane spirit Hence we may note this doctrine that Doct. 2. Enemies of Gods children shal be rebuked The greatest and most mightie oppressors of Gods children shal be rebuked by Christ Iesus Sathan in this childe kept his holde and did deride whatsoeuer power of men came against him yea if all the forces in the world had attempted to cast him out he would haue kept possession in despite of them all yet our Sauiour sets on him and rebukes him and that effectually So that let those tyrants that vexe and molest Gods people be neuer so mightie they shall heare of their wretched dealings and that to the

knowledge enough faith enough and repentance enough and therefore they professe that they care not for preaching and that they had rather be without it then be troubled with it Of such the wise man speaketh thus Prou. 30. 12. There is a generation that is pure in their owne conceit and yet are not washed from their filthinesse the world doth euen swarme with such vngracious persons vpon whom the Sonne of righteousnes did neuer yet shine and therefore they are vtterly blinde that they cannot see or wilfull that they will not reforme their euill and corrupt waies and workes which is a sure and certaine note of grosse infidelitie and of an vtter want of all grace and goodnes in them Vse 3. Thirdly from this point doth arise an vse of singular consolation vnto Gods seruants that are troubled with the sight and sense of their corruptions that doe finde pride working in them and vnbeliefe stirring in their hearts and many vncharitable thoughts and motions still remaining in their soules all the while they apprehend the vilenesse and hurtfulnesse of them and withall mourne for them and confesse them and seeke vnto the Lord for pardon of them and power against them they neede not be discouraged nay they haue iust cause to be comforted herein as knowing that it is a certaine marke and vndoubted note of grace to be thus affected They may be assured that so long as they feele their sicknesse they are not dead especially if withall they be hungrie thirstie after spirituall things and finde an appetite vnto the foode of life and with much paines and diligence seeke for the same there is then no reason in the world that they should make question of the goodnesse of their estate as hauing in them the speciall signes of true conuersion and sanctification The third Sermon VERSE 25. When IESVS saw that the people came together hee rebuked the vncleane spirit saying vnto him Thou dumbe and deafe spirit I charge thee come out of him and enter no more into him 26. Then the spirit cryed and rent him sore and came out and hee was as one dead in so much that many said hee is dead IN the former part of this storie is set downe the earnest suite of the man whose childe was possessed for the easing and relieuing of his distressed sonne In these words is declared how our Sauior performed that which he required viz. that he cast the diuell out of his childe Wherein we may note two things to wit the occasion of it the manner of it First for the occasion thereof it was two-fold viz. 1. the good and holie and gracious profession of the man spoken of before Lord I beleeue helpe mine vnbeleefe Christ had tolde him that if he could beleeue all things were possible to the beleeuer and for that hee truely auoucheth that hee did in part beleeue and whe●… his faith was weake hee desires to haue it strengthened and giues Christ Iesus that honour as to pray vnto hi●… to strengthen it This our Sauiour approueth of and ●…is was one occasion of the miracle 2. An other was the concourse of the people vers 25. When Iesus saw that the people came running together hee rebuked the vncleane spirit c. The Disciples as we haue heard before were not able to cast out this diuell Herevpon the multitude seeing the man to deale with Christ himselfe about the same matter they flocked together to see what would come of it Some of them no doubt with a good minde that if a miracle were wrought in their sight they might reioyce at it and haue their faith confirmed by it Other some to the ende that they might insult ouer our Sauiour Christ if the miracle had beene either not wrought at all or but onely protracted for a time He therefore to preuent discouragment in the better sort and insultation in the rest presentlie setteth vpon the worke Thus much for the occasion The manner followeth where wee may obserue 1. what Christ spake vnto the diuell 2. what the diuell did vnto the childe For the former it is said that hee 1. rebuked the vncleane spirit and 2. discharged him of the place where he was commaunding him to come forth and to returne no more vers 25. Concerning the diuels dealing with the childe it is saide 1. that hee did rent and teare him grieuouslie being vexed and tormented because he must leaue his former hold in so much that manie thought the child had beene dead 2. hee came out of him euen as Christ had charged him And thus much for the order and meaning of the Text. Vers 25. When Iesus saw that the people came running together hee rebuked the vncleane spirit Now hee saw there was a fitte opportunitie because there would bee most vse of it if hee had done it sooner the people would not so well haue perceiued and marked it with all the circumstances thereof if he had deferred it longer some of them would haue departed it may bee others would haue beene dismayed and a third sort would haue gloried and triumphed as if now he that had done so many miracles had bene at a stand and mette with an vncleane spirite that was too strong for him and would not go out at his bidding Now in that Christ doth take this occasion of doing this miraculous worke the Doctrine is Doct. 1. Christ doth all seasonablie that Christ doeth all his workes in the fittest season This Doctrine is euident in sundry places of the Gospel after Iohn as chapt 2. when the Mother of Christ would haue him to turne water into wine at her appointment hee answereth Iohn 2. 4. mine houre is not yet come though in all probabilitie hee wrought that miracle within the space of an houre after yet hee saith mine houre is not yet come meaning the very instant wherein that worke was to bee done Which giueth vs to vnderstand that hee will not faile an haires breadth of the very moment wherein euery good thing should be done Againe Iohn 7. when his brethren would haue had him hasten to the feast of Tabernacle at Ierusalem hee saith Iohn 7. 8. I will not goe vp yet for my time is not yet fulfilled And likewise in the 11. chapt of that Gospel after that hee knew Lazarus was dead hee made no great hast vnto him but stayed till hee had beene dead foure daies telling his Disciples Iohn 71. 15. that hee was glad that he was not there no sooner whereas Lazarus sisters Marie and Martha were euen discouraged at his long stay But hee in his wisedome chose that time aboue anie other because if hee had raised Lazarus being newly departed it had not beene so admirable it being now a common case and a thing that Christ had done for others but when he had beene dead foure daies and was laide in his graue so that Martha was vnwilling that Christ should meddle with him now to restore