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death_n	life_n	sin_n	suffer_v	6,903	5	6.0815	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29734	The support of the faithful in times of persecution, or, A sermon preach'd in the wilderness to the poor Protestants in France by M. Brousson ... ; faithfully translated from the French.; Confiance du fidèle persécuté. English	Brousson, Claude, 1647-1697.; Rogers, Timothy, 1658-1728.	1699 (1699)	Wing B5003; ESTC R3102	18,703	32

Believers have cause to fear the Power and Cruelty of their Enemies Jesus Christ says in the Gospel That the Devil is a Murtherer from the beginning The Ministers of Satan are also Lyers and Murtherers like himself When they cannot seduce and wheedle a Man into an Error they persecute him and use their utmost endeavour to ruin him We read in the Scripture That the Devil makes use of two great means to endeavour to shake the Faith of the Elect. To some he offers the Glory and Advantages of the World as he did to our Saviour before others he spoils of their Goods deprives of their Children and loads with a thousand Evils as he did Job And his Ministers use just the very same Methods But as God would not have us suffer our selves to be seduced by Errors and Lies nor to be led aside by the Honours and Riches of the World so on the other hand he would have us stand firm and impregnable against the Power the Injustice and Cruelty of the Enemies of the truth He requires of us to be always ready to suffer all sorts of Evils and Miseries for his Service 'T is he that has given us all the good things we enjoy in the World and therefore he expects we should be always disposed to part with them for his Glory 'T is he that has given us our Children and therefore he justly requires we should submit to his will when he permits the Enemies of his Kingdom to deprive us of them He requires us to deliver them up to the care of his wise Providence when they stand in competition with our Duty to God In fine 't is he that has given us Being Life and Motion and therefore he expects we should be always prepared to suffer Death for his Service whenever he thinks fit to call us to such a Tryal In a word 't is God that has given us all things 't is therefore very just that we should love him above all things He has created us for his own Glory 't is therefore very reasonable we should glorifie him both by our Life and Death Jesus Christ has suffered Death for us 't is very just then that we suffer something for the advancement of his Kingdom Our Sins deserved the Eternal Flames of Hell 't is then an act of singular favour that God is contented we should but suffer a little trouble in this World for his Holy Name sake In fine the Glory and Happiness that he prepares for us in Heaven is it not a sufficient recompence for all that we can lose and suffer for his Service upon Earth All things duly weighed says St. Paul I reckon the Sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the Glory that shall be revealed in us For this light Affliction which is but for a season worketh for us a more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory But although God many times permits his People to be oppressed by reason of their Sins yet his design is not to abandon them entirely He only designs to make them better by his Chastisements and to cause them to return to their God with all their Heart and put their whole confidence in him For upon condition we turn to him and repent of having offended him he also repents of having Afflicted us and Comforts and Delivers us out of all our Distresses Fear not says he in my Text thou Worm Jacob and ye Men of Israel for I will help you saith the Lord. thy Redeemer the Holy one of Israel The God whose assistance we implore my Beloved Brethren is not as the Idols of the Gentiles that can neither see nor hear nor stir to deliver those that invoke them No t is the Lord of Hosts the God of Heaven and Earth the Great and Almighty God He that is Infinitely Good is surely good enough to have pity on our Sufferings He that is Infinitely Wise is Wise enough to provide for all our necessities And he that is Almighty cannot want Power to deliver us out of all our troubles He is called the Holy one of Israel because he is Holiness it self and requires us to be Holy as he is Holy And certainly he that is so Holy and Just will not let go unpunished all the injuries that are done to his Glory all the Evils that his Children are made to suffer He promises to help us who is it then that can hurt us If God be for us who 'll be against us He tells us he is our Redeemer viz. our Defender and Deliverer what reason have we then to be afraid The Lord says David Psal 27.1 3. is my Light and my Salvation whom shall I fear The Lord is the Strength of my Life of whom shall I be afraid Though a Host should encamp against me my heart shall not fear Idolaters indeed put their confidence in Creatures but the faithful trust in their God he is their only Protector and Refuge And what comfort is it to the Faithful that they have him for their Redeemer whose Power knows no bounds Blessed is the Nation says David Psal 33.12 whose God is the Lord and the People whom he hath chosen for his own Inheritance Call upon me in the day of trouble says our Great God Psal 50.15 I will Deliver thee and thou shalt Glorifie me Fear not says he again Isa 43 for I have redeemed thee I have called thee by thy Name thou art mine When thou passest through the Waters I will be with thee and through the Rivers they shall not overflow thee When thou walkest through the Fire thou shalt not be burnt neither shall the Flame kindle upon thee For I am the Lord thy God the Holy one of Israel thy Saviour I gave Egypt for thy ransom Ethiopia and Seba for thee That is to say I have destroyed and will again destroy thy Enemies for the love of thee Then he adds Since thou wast precious in my sight thou hast been honourable and I have loved thee therefore I will give Men for the and People for thy Life Fear not for I am with thee I will bring thy Seed from the East and gather thee from the West I will say to the North Give up and to the South Keep not back Bring my Sons from far and my Daughters from the ends of the Earth That is to say I have suffered you to be oppress'd by your Enemies because of your sins and to be dispersed throughout all the Earth but when you return to me with your whole Heart I will in great Compassion return to you I will bring you back from the Places of your Exile and establish you in the Land of your Nativity In effect my Friends how many Examples have we before our Eyes in the Holy Scriptures of the care God has in all Ages taken of his Children and of the wonderful deliverances he has vouchsafed to give them to the end that we may put our Confidence in him

the assistance of his Holy Spirit that he may make us always walk in his Holy VVays Let us not suffer our selves to be surpriz'd by the specious Pretences of false Teachers They come to us in Sheeps Cloathing but within they are Ravenous VVolves At first sight one would think they had the Sweetness and Charity of Angels but no sooner do the Faithful give them to understand that they will not defile themselves with Idolatry and that they are resolved to serve God with purity according to his Commandments but these false Teachers discover a Cruelty not inferior to that of the most Savage Beasts You will know them by their Fruits says our Saviour Examine well their Conduct and you 'l see that they bear the Image of the Devil The Devil as we said before is a Liar and a Murtherer from the beginning Now these false Teachers are not they Liars like him Do not they teach Errours and Lies And do not they spread Abroad Fables and false Miracles to seduce the Simple and the Ignorant Have they not likewise violated Edicts Treaties of Peace and the most solemn Oaths which are the Pledges and Seals of the Publick Faith On the other hand are not they Cruel and Murtherers as well as the Devil Do not they every day make the Faithful suffer Torments Martyrdoms and horrible Massacres Do not they likewise use on all occasions the two great means which the Devil invented to endeavour to shake the Faith of the Elect Do not they offer to some the Riches and the Honours of this World Do not they propose to them Pensions Offices of the greatest Trust and Dignity and other Worldly Advantages And do not they spoil others of their Goods take away their Children from them and oppress them with a thousand Evils We must therefore my beloved Brethren refuse with horrour to hold Communion with these Ministers of Satan and if it be the Will of God that we suffer for the Interest of his Glory and Service let us submit to his Sacred Disposal and prepare our selves to lose and suffer all things that we may give him a Testimony of our Obedience and Faithfulness Let us remember that we were created for his Glory and that we ought to glorifie him both in Life and Death Let us remember that we ought to love him above all that is dearest to us in the World more than Father Mother Wife Children Lands and Vineyards nay more than Life it self if we would be his Children and desire to partake of his Salvation Let us consider well my beloved Brethren that this Earth is not our Home that 't is a Valley of Tears the place of our Sojourning full of Misery and Trouble and that our True Country is Heaven The Patriarchs whose Children we are had not so much as where to set the Sole of their Feet they were Pilgrims and Strangers upon Earth they sought a City that had solid Foundations whose Builder and Founder is God We must therefore renounce all earthly Things and continually breathe after the Glory and Happiness of Heaven Let us consider again that if God permits us to be persecuted 't is to the end that we may discover to the World our Faith Piety and Constancy and that this Tryal by which God is glorified may also turn to our own Glory Salvation and Comfort Blessed is the Man that endureth Temptation saith St. James ch 1.12 for when he is tryed he shall receive the Crown of Life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him Blessed are they that are persecuted for Righteousness sake says our Saviour Mat. 5.10 for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Now for a season we are in heaviness through manifold Temptations But as St. Peter says 1 Epist 1.7 8 9. 't is that the Tryal of our Faith being much more precious than of Gold that perisheth may be found unto Praise and Honour and Glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ whom having not seen we love in whom tho' now we see him not yet believing we rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory receiving the end of our Faith even the Salvation of our Souls Nevertheless my Friends we must acknowledge that our sins are the cause of all the Evils we suffer The Churches of France were abominably corrupted in their Manners Therefore God has pour'd out his Judgments upon them and his Wrath is still burning against us because our Repentance is not such as it ought to be We must then every one of us turn himself from his evil Course and those that have been so unhappy as to enter into the Communion of Babylon must for ever renounce her Abominations for the time to come We must be possess'd with a Sacred Horrour for our Sins and in a Holy Manner afflict our Souls and humble our Selves at the Foot of the Throne of the Divine Majesty we must have recourse to the Mercy and Grace of God in Jesus Christ who has died for the remission of our Sins We must strive continually with God by our Tears and Supplications and not let him go till he has blessed us and the good God will at last suffer himself to be overcome by our Cries and Supplications Tho' our sins be as Scarlet they shall be as white as Snow tho' they be red like Crimson they shall be as Wool Then will he be mov'd by our Misery to give us Succour and Relief He will bow down the Heavens and come down and deliver us out of the great Waters that surround us Now good Men are oppress'd He that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey Isa 59.15 They that would be true to God serve him with Purity and sing Praises to his Holy Name are afflicted and persecuted whereas Idolaters the perfidious Judas's the Drunkards the Lascivious the Wicked the Swearers and Blasphemers are tolerated and countenanc'd in the World But these disorders shall not always last Yet a little while and he that is to come shall come and will not tarry Let 's take courage then my Friends not suffer our selves to be frighted with the Menaces of the Enemies of the Truth Let us throw our selves into the Arms of our God let us retire under the Shadow of his Wings let us deliver our selves up to the conduct of his wise Providence and put our confidence in him he promises to be our Protector and Deliverer and he is faithful in all his Promises Let us have these comfortable words always in our Thoughts Fear not thou Worm Jacob and ye Men of Israel I will help thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel We are but Worms of the Earth in comparison of our Enemies but let us remember that the Lord of Hosts the Great God is our Strength VVe are mortal Men our Life is continually in danger but let us remember that he that has Life and Death in his Power promises to assist and protect us Let us not be afraid