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A94349	A sermon of consolation for all true Christians; as it was lately delivered at London-VVall, / by Mr Till, a faithfull minister of Jesus Christ, who though he be deprived of his outward bodily sight, yet is indued with inward spirituall light. Taken from him as it was delivered in short-hand, and now published for the comfort of all true Christians, by J.H. a friend of the authors. It being very usefull for dejected soules in sad times. Licensed, entred, and printed according to order.	Till, Mr.; J. H.	1646 (1646)	Wing T1163; Thomason E338_4; ESTC R200839	8,998	20

A Sermon of CONSOLATION FOR ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS As it was lately delivered at LONDON-VVALL By Mr TILL a faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ who though he be deprived of his outward bodily sight yet is indued with inward spirituall light Taken from him as it was delivered in Short-hand and now published for the comfort of all true Christians by J. H. a friend of the Authors It being very usefull for dejected soules in sad Times JOHN 6.37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me and him that commeth to me I will in no wise cast out Licensed entred and printed according to Order LONDON Printed by Matthew Simmons for John Hancock and to be sold at his Shop at the entrance into Popes-head-Alley out of Cornhill 1646. ❧ TO THE READER THis Sermon was preached by that godly and famous Divine Mr Till and published to the world for comfort to all the children of God to trust in Jesus Christ in these times of tribulation For God promises to be with them to the end of the world and as the Apostle Paul saith Though wee suffer for Christ here wee shall reigne with him hereafter For to you is the Kingdome prepared to you which continue constant to the end faithfull to the death you shall have a Crowne of blisse God hath promised nay God hath sworne and he will performe that they that live holy and righteously here in this life shall live for ever in the Kingdome of Heaven Though here is mourning there rejoycing here afflictions there comfort All teares shall be wiped away from your eyes There are joyes for ever which eye hath not seene care hath not heard neither hath it entred into the heart of man to conceive You are Gods jewels you are the wheat which shall be laid up in the Barne when the chaffe shall be burnt with unquenchable fire Yee shall sing Hallelujah when your tormentors shall be howling Yee shall be in the Sanctum Sanctorum when the wicked in the lowest dungeon shall roare and not one drop of water to quench their thirst Thine in the Lord F. W. A SERMON OF CONSOLATION for all true Christians 2 COR. 1.5 For as the sufferings of Christ aboundeth in us so our consolation aboundeth through Christ AS the Philosophers once said concerning Christ that he was God-man A man of sorrowes so may I say of Paul who was but a man that he was a man of sorrows A Catalogue thereof you may read in the second Epistle to the Corinthians the 11. Chapter where he says he received five times forty stripes save one and he was thrice beaten with rods and he thrice suffered shipwrack and in journeying he was often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in perils in the Citie in perils in the Sea yet notwithstanding so good was the Lord unto him that in all his difficulties he did injoy a portion in him for says he in the sixt Chapter though I was chastened yet I was never killed though persecuted yet not forsaken nay more then so as he had his times of suffering so he had his times of comfort the one came from an enemy the other from a friend the one from a creature the other from a Creator So our consolation aboundeth in Christ In which words you may observe Pauls two-fold condition his suffering condition and his comforting condition or els if you will 1. Pauls Hell and 2. Pauls Heaven 1. Pauls Hell because the world calls it so as the sufferings of Christ aboundeth in us 2. Pauls Heaven because the Christians judge it so so our consolation aboundeth through Christ I am now to speake of a Christians Heaven upon Earth and I shall shew you the priviledge of a Christian and that is in the Text. In the Text there are these five particulars as First The Christians priviledge and that is Consolation Secondly The right to the priviledge our Consolation Thirdly The measure of our consolation it aboundeth Fourthly The sutablenesse to Pauls suffering as the sufferings of Christ aboundeth in us so our consolation aboundeth in Christ Fiftly The ground of this consolation and that is Christ so our consolation aboundeth in Christ Now there are as many points of Doctrines as there are parts in the Text. As first from the priviledge of a Christian you may gather this point of Doctrine That the condition of a Christian is sometimes a suffering condition and sometimes a comfortable condition I have oftentimes compared a childe of God like unto the Picture of Solomon who is pictured halfe in Heaven and halfe in Hell So a Christian is sometimes rapt up with comforts above and sometimes sinking downe into Hell with dreames The second Proposition from the right to this priviledge is That it is not impossible for a childe of God to be assured in this life of his interest in Christ this the Apostle knew well The third Doctrine from the measure of our consolation is this That the consolation of a Christian is an abundant consolation Friends you that feare God thinke of this Text God gives you not this by drops but by showers The fourth Doctrine from the sutablenesse of Pauls suffering is this That God bath comforts sutable to his peoples afflictions Sometimes the people of God have light afflictions then God gives them small comforts sometimes they are under great trials then they have great comforts Fiftly from the ground of our consolation which is Christ observe this point which is the point I intend to insist upon That Jesus Christ is the ground of a Christians comfort in all suffering conditions This point specially concernes all those that feare God what your sufferings are I know not but where your comfort is God willing I shall declare unto you I suppose you that are resolved to walke close to God whatever you resolve to meet withall expect sad daies and in those sad dayes you will have sweet and good comfort from Jesus Christ though friends be taken away and the Ministers and all gone then Christ will stand a man in stead when all creatures faile But for the proofe of the point That Jesus Christ is the ground of a Christians comfort I shall give you but one Scripture in the 15. of John 18. I will not leave you comfortlesse but I will come unto you At the first the Disciples might thinke Why who shall be our Comforter wee have none now Christ is gone But marke I will not leave you comfortlesse but I will come unto you againe hence I gather That a childe of God may be friendlesse and moneylesse and helplesse in regard of creatures but not comfortlesse in regard of Christ if I should goe away and never come againe then you might hang downe your heads but I will come unto you Now if you will hearken unto me I will prove by three reasons that there is no comfort to be had or found in any but in Jesus Christ and therefore it is in vaine to

hath lost his estate friends libertie and that God hath struck him sicke and hid his face from him why how is it now why out of hell through Gods mercy still he acknowledges Gods mercy in what condition soever he is in The second Use is a Use of comfort What is there any new creatures here now if there be blessed be God for all is yours as in the 1 Cor. 3.22 Whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours and yee are Christs and Christ is Gods The longer you live when you die Christ is yours and the sooner you die you shall have life And see how God strengthens them that trust him as you may see in Isai 51. I am he that comforteth David even I am he that comforteth thee Ah but sayes the poore soule my enemies are very strong why needst thou feare man that is but the creature A child of God and afraid of the sonne of man a child of God to live in glory hereafter for ever and be afraid of man that shall wither like grasse I but says the poore soule there is one thing more then this if men and Devils were my enemies they were but creatures but my God is gone if that men or friends or creatures had forsaken me then I might not be afraid but my God is gone and I have cause to mourne But see in the 49. of Isai 13.14 15. Sing O Heaven and be joyfull O earth and break forth into singing O mountaines for God hath comforted his people and will have merey on his afflicted Sure the Lord hath some great thing to say that he cals all to sing well what then see the objection But Zion said my Lord hath forgotten me and my God hath forsaken mee But mark the answer saith the Lord Can a mother forget her childe yea they may yet will not I forget thee As if he should say What doest thou thinke that I will forget thee no thou art my child and I will not forget thee no. See in the 66. of Isai 13. As one whom his mother comforteth so will I comfort you and yee shall be comforted in Jerusalem As if the Lord should say I will comfort you in spite of all the Devils in Hell Thus much for the second use the use of comfort shewing the happie and comfortable condition of all that are new creatures God and all is theirs A third Use is a Use of Terrour To you old creatures who have lived this thirtie or fortie or fiftie years in sinne in swearing and drunkennesse and cozening your neighbours well all of you that live in this estate are in a most desperate condition still continue in sinne and never looke after heaven know my brethren that the Lord will one day pay you home Where is your comfort in God no in hell if the book of God be true for see in the thirtieth of Isai Hell is preserved of old Here is a place for you what thinke you of it Give me leave to aske you a question you that have lived so long in London and may heare as many Sermons throughout the yeare as there are dayes in the yeare if you will what is your comfort you must have some comfort therfore deale plainly with your one hearts what comfort have you what are your riches your comfort well then before you goe home to them take one Scripture with you which is in Luke 5.24 woe unto you that are rich for you have received your consolation Now see if you can find any comfort out of this if you can then blessed are you but if not you are cursed Why will some say are rich men cursed no but such as make riches their Gods woe to you Well then come to a poore rich man I call him poore though never so rich because we are all poore that are without Christ It may be your house is full and your bags full and your shops full but woe be to you that are full and then woe be to you that laugh What may some say may not we laugh yes but it is such a laughter as will end in mourning O woe be to you Well come to you poore men where are your comforts what on your meanes and good hearts I but all is nothing without Christ ah me thinks I see one lying on his death-bed with a dreadfull howling lamenting bewayling his condition expecting comfort but can finde none for when he lookes on God there is nothing but terrour looke on the creature nothing but terrour looke on the word of God and every sentence speaks terrour to him nay every letter in the Bible are as so many daggers to strike him in the heart and whosoever dyes out of Christ That is a sweet saying in the Psalmes to a godly man The Lord comforteth me on every side but now to a man out of Christ when he lookes on every thing they are but as curses to him his wife children neighbours goods houses and all as curses to thee And see what the Psalmist saith in the 58. Psal 10. The righteous shall rejoyce when he seeth the vengeance he shall wash his feet in the bloud of the wicked Well I beseech you Brethren labour to be new creatures and to get an interest in Christ for your soules and bodies shall fry in hell to all eternitie if thou hast no part in Christ for Jesus Christ is the ground of a Christians comfort So then without Christ without comfort without Heaven and without all So then most miserable is that man that is Christlesse The last use is a Use of Exhortation Let us all labour to goe to Jesus Christ for comfort it may be you pray and you goe amongst Christians why it is good and you goe to Ministers it is well but if you goe not unto Jesus Christ all is nothing there is no comfort but in Jesus Christ Now I shall shew you that there are foure impediments that hinders a soule from going to Christ The first impediment is sinne O my Brethren take heed of sinne for see in the 59. of Isai 2. Your iniquities have separated between God and you and your sinnes have hid his face from you Not your afflictions but your sinnes sicknesse separates from health and imprisonment from libertie but sinne separates God from thy soule oh therefore Brethren have a care of sinne your speciall sinnes get your hearts up in a morning and be sure you finde your heart broken in every dutie for many of you never come to a dutie but your hearts are icey therefore you must breake the ice or else you cannot drinke of the water of life And this is the first impediment that hinders a poore soule from going to Christ The second Impediment is too much inordinacy after the creature Those comforts that are grounded partly between Christ and the creature are dead comforts ah Brethren we may preach