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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04270	The ioy of the vpright man In a sermon preached at Grayes Inne: By I. B. Wherein is declared the hidden comfort, the sure reward, the present condition of the vpright-hearted.	Barlow, John, b. 1580 or 81.	1619 (1619)	STC 1439; ESTC S116383	22,522	44

plowing comes sowing after sowing the seede lies vnder the clots after springeth to a blade eare and last of all a ful corne and these degrees are to be expected in this spirituall haruest also I haue knowne others troubled because they cannot distinctly tell the time of their conuersion Why doe not some women conceiue and know it not for a season yet before long they can easily discerne it And in like sort may the new birth be wrought and yet some while the person be ignorant of the same For as the spirit bloweth where and when so how he listeth Thou must trie it by the effects If therfore the daily course of finne be staied the breasts of thy vnderstanding and heart with the sincere milke of the word be filled and thou trauell in minde and wil that good works may be produced thou art borne of God and one of his adopted children Vse 4 And is this haruest secret and hidden Then let the righteous neuer rest content with any measure of spirituall crop they haue attained to for they haue but like Ruth participated of the gleanings The very chiefe of the haruest is gathered into heauen and there they shall haue it the vpright are in the wildernes and haue but tasted of the good things of the world to come yea this doctrine should cause all of vs to thresh out the word to breake our hard hearts to sow apace both the seeds of good works and the rich and precious graine of prayer Oh that wee did but conceiue aright how these seeds will fructifie and the full sheaues that we shall reape either in life or death or at the last day Truly not one of these cornes shall miscarry but all take roote spring and bring foorth fruite in great abundance I say then be not wearie in this course of husbandry iudge not that The haruest is past but scatter this seed euery where and crie aloud that the great day of reaping may come and the principall time of gathering yea it should moue thee to wish to be loosed and to desire Christs comming to iudgement and then it will appeare what thou shalt be for whatsoeuer good thing any man hath done that same shall bee receiue of the Lord whether he be bond or free It cannot be denied but that as in the daies of Elias the children of God in this world like the corne couered with chaffe may be hidden and not discerned but at that day Christ shall single them out call them by name and reward them according to their workes Euery good intention of the heart each sentence powdred with salt the still prayers that haue been powred out in the poorest corner of a cottage and euery good action done in secret shall come to light and haue his blessing and then the difference will be discerned between the righteous and the wicked between him that serued God and him that serued him not Mal. 3. vlt. Goe on therefore and be not deiected For the husbandman must first sow that he may reape the fruit and hee that soweth liberally shall reape also liberally 2. Cor. 9. 6. And now wee come to obserue a second point the which we gather out of the consequent part of the first proposition which is that Doct. 2 The righteous are the reapers of Gods greatest benefits Light and gladnesse bee sowen for them only and for none other Balaam saw this full well therfore he desired to dye the death of the righteous and that his last end might be like vnto his Dauid crieth out Marke the vpright man and behold the iust for the end of that man shall be peace yea the righteous shall be had in euerlasting remembrance and such shal want no manner of thing for their memorie shall bee blessed here on the earth and their names for euer engrauen in heauen But with the wicked it shall not be so for their fame shall rot their names shall be written in earth their hopes make them ashamed and at the last day their image shall be despised They shall be as chaffe before the winde and shall not be able to stand in the presence of the Lord but bee depriued of the kingdome of heauen and throwne downe into the nethermost hell We deny not but that they may flourish for a time spread themselues like the greene bay tree and bigge Cedars send out their children as sheepe place them on the highest hils play vpon the tabret and harpe spend many daies in carnall pleasures yet for all this in a moment they shall descend into the pit This shall be the portion of vniust and wicked men but the contrary to the righteous And it also standeth with good reason Reason 1 For first the iust are vnited to Christ their husband and head they are bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh therefore they shall partake in truth though not in degree of all his priuiledges And from this vnion wee are said to be heires of God Gal. 4. heires annexed with Christ Rom. 8. heires of grace 1. Pet. 3. heires of the kingdome Iam. 2. 5. heires of eternall life Tit. 3. yea coheires with Christ of all things present or to come For the righteous are Christs and Christ is Gods 1. Cor. 3. 21. 22. 23. And as they that are thus grafted into the second Adam shall be partakers of all his goods so the vniust not being in him shall taste of all the heauy iudgements of God the Father He that is not a branch of this Vine shall be cut off wither dye and suffer the vengeance of eternall fire Iude 7. Reason 2 Againe they haue right to all the promises and none but they Heb. 11. 1. 2. Many may say that They are Abrahams seed haue true title to heauen and boast much that They are free but they that so thinke may deceiue their own soules and be farre from the kingdome of heauen For Godlines only hath the promises of this life and the life to come 1. Tim. 4. 8. And if the Sonne make man free then is he free indeed But alas the wicked vniust and prophane haue no promise to inherit heauen all the threats in Gods booke are denounced against them For Many sorrowes shall be to the wicked and they that doe commit sinne shall not be vnpunished And the Apostle is round in this thing Be not saith he deceiued for the vnrighteous shall not inherit the kingdome of God 1. Cor. 6. 9. Reason 3 A third reason is this that as the righteous haue only true title to the promises so they only haue faith to applie them say that wicked men had which they haue not right to the promise of life yet they haue no faith to applie it to themselues in particular whatsoeuer such men bragge and boast of yet All men haue not faith and he that beleeueth not is