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A19508	The triumph of a Christian contayning three excellent and heauenly treatises. 1 Iacobs wrestling with God. 2 The conduit of comfort. 3 A preparatiue for the Lords Supper. Full of sweet consolations for all that desire the comfortable sweetnesse of Iesus Christ, and necessary for those who are troubled in conscience. Written by that worthy man Master William Couper, minister of Gods word.	Cowper, William, 1568-1619.; Cowper, William, 1568-1619. Conduit of comfort.; Cowper, William, 1568-1619. Jacobs wrestling with God.; Cowper, William, 1568-1619. Preparative for the new Passeover.	1608 (1608)	STC 5937; ESTC S117170	143,181	383

endure outward troubles which come from men Chap. 23 It is a sinnefull curiositie to seeke to know that which God hath not taught vs. Chap. 24 Verse 29. And Iacob asked What is thy name The Lord somtimes refuseth to giue that which his children seekes that he may giue them other things more conuenient for them Chap. 25 How Iacob shewes himselfe thankefull to God for the benefits receiued in two things Chap. 26 Verse 30. And Iacob called the name of the place Peniell c. What sight of God shall wee haue in the heauens Chap. 27 The other thing wherein Iacob shewes his thankefulnesse is his obedience Chap. 28 Verse 31. And the Sunne arose to him The Table of the second Booke entituled A Conduit of Comfort Rom. 8. 28. ALso wee know that all things worke together for the best to them that loue God euen to them who are called according to his purpose Chap. 1 The Priuiledges of a Christian cannot be knowne of them who doe not possesse them Chap. 2 Many working Instruments of contrary qualities and intentions in the world yet agrees all in one end Chap. 3 All Sathans stratagems work for the best to the Godly Chap. 4 How Death also workes for the best to Christians Chap. 5. How the plots and imaginations of men worke for the best to the christian Chap. 6 What is a Christians best Chap. 7 The Christian is not at his best now it is the working onely Chap. 8 All things worke to the worst to the wicked Chap. 9 How the Christian is made sure of his Election and Glorification Chap. 10 What comfort we haue in this that our saluation is grounded on the Lords vnchangeable purpose Chap. 11 Two callings outward and inward Chap. 12 Of the inward calling Chap. 13 In the inward calling the Lord begins at the illumination of the minde Chap. 14 The loue of God a sure token of an inward calling and of the commendation of Loue. Chap. 15 The first tryall of Loue. Chap. 16 The second tryall of Loue. Chap. 17 The last tryall of Loue. Chap. 18 The Table of the third Booke entituled A Preparatiue for the new Passcouer OF the seruent desire Christians haue to be vnited with Christ. How inexcusable they are who neglect this holy sacrament The great danger in comming vnprepared The parts of the precept first that we try secondly that we eate the last handled first Chap. 1 Ignorance the mother of all recusancie to communicate The Reasons of diuers Resusals condemned Better Excuses reiected by Christ in the Gospell then these They consent not to the Marriage of the Lambe who refuse the smallest token of his loue Chap. 2 Three Rules to be obserued in the right descerning the Lords body First that euery thing in this Sacrament bee taken in his owne kind Who failes in this and how Secondly that this Sacrament be vsed according to Christs institution How the Papists faile in this Thirdly that this Sacrament be vsed to right ends and those ends set down The conclusion of the first part of the precept Chap. 3 The second part of the precept commands tryall before we Communicate The Lord will not that this Table bee a snare to vs as was Absalom to Ammon Banquetters at this Table should be holy persons Chap. 4 Unreuerent handling of holy things hath neuer beene left vnpunished The Lord will not shew his presence without preparation The excellencie of this Sacrament and an exhortation to come vnto it with reuerence Chap. 5 Not to put new wine into old Uessels Comfort for the tender conscience cast downe with the sight of sin after tryall two sorts of tryals the one of things perfect the other of things vnperfect Daily tryall most necessary Chap. 6 What a laborious work is enioyned a man when hee is commaunded to try himselfe Two things necessary for this tryall First the Spirit of God Secondly the Word of God Many try themselues by wrong Rules and are so deceiued Chap 7 The points of preparation are two First that wee lay aside our old sinnes Secondly that we put on the new Christian disposition consisting in three things First that towards God we be holy and heauenly minded Secondly that towards our neighbours wee bee louing Thirdly that wee be sober and little in our owne eies The comfortable fruit arising to vs at this holie Table Chap. 8 FINIS Psal. 36. 7. How excellent is thy mercie O LORD therefore the children of men trust vnder the shadow of thy wings They shall bee satisfied with the fatnesse of thine house and thou shalt giue them drinke out of the riuers of thy pleasures Psal. 65. 4. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causest to come to thee hee shall dwell in thy courts and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thine house Reuel 1. 5. Unto him that loued vs and washed vs from our sinnes in his bloud and made vs Kings and Priests vnto God euen his Father to him bee Glory and Dominion for euermore Amen FINIS Ius Mar. Apol. 2. ad Anton. Imp. Bern. Yet good men may be crossed in a good course 2 King 9. 20. But God shall either bridle or change or confound their enimies As the sufferings of Christ abounds in vs so his consolations aboundeth 2 Cor. 1. 5. Verse 2. An image of our weaknesse We haue need that the Lord should euery day renew his mercies towards vs. Psal. 80. Not once but often doe the godly fall and that many times in one the selfe same sinne We haue our spiritual faintings and sownings warning vs of our owne weaknesse Acts. Psal. And that God is the strength of our life Malac. Ps. 37. 24. This rare vision teacheth the manner of Gods wrestling with his children Iacobs perplexitie Dan. 2 Chro. 20 The help of God begins when other help failes The manner of the Lords apparition is both by word and vision The end of the Lords apparition is Iacobs cōfirmation Esay 8. 13. Cyp. lib. 2 epist. 6. Psal. 27. How meruailously God in dealing with his children workes by contraries So did hee worke in them the worke of creation So also in the work of redemption And so daily in his Saints Psal. We should not therefore be discouraged when God seemes vncouth and strange to vs. Psal. Hose 6. Tim. Genesis Acts. Esay 54. 7 For in the end he shal shew himselfe a louing father to his own Psal. 1. 19. Diuision of the history 1 The wrestling and fiue circumstances thereof 2 The conference betwixt God and Iacob 1 Solitarines conuenient for prayer And yet solitarines auailes not without inward attention Cypr de orat dom Cant. What preparation should goe before prayer Cant. Psal. 4. Mat. 6. 5. Dan. Acts. How carefull wee should be and why to seeke occasions to pray Neglect of prayer is a contēning of God True prayer alwayes returnes with profit to vs. Psal. Genes How at six petitions Abraham brought the Lord from fifty to ten

was senselesse before being dead in sinne and trespasses begins now to stir and moue as Iosiahs heart melted at the reading of the Law and the hearts of those penitent Iewes which were pricked at the sharpe Sermon of Peter then feeling our selues vnder death through sinne wee begin to thinke vs of the wayes of life and to aske with the Iaylor What shall wee doe that wee may bee saued These motions meltings and prickings of the hart wrought in the ●…lect by the operation of Gods word are the very plucks of the hand of God translating thee out of Nature into Grace yet must wee not rest here for Felix may tremble while Paul is preaching and many for a while may receiue this word with joy and yet afterward fall away in the time of temptation Wee must therefore consider if there bee in the hart a respondence and answering vnto the Lord so oft as hee calleth doe wee present our selues before him ready to follow him saying with Abraham here I am Lord and with Samuel after hee knew the Lords voyce Speake on Lord thy Seruant heareth thee This answering and following of the Lord are vndoubted tokens of effectuall Calling So oft as the Lord calleth the Christian answereth When thou saidst Seeke yee my face my heart answered O Lord I will seeke thy face If the Lord commaund the Christian answereth O Lord quicken me according to thy louing kindnesse that I may apply my heart to keepe thy statutes alwayes to the end If the Lord promise mercy the Christian answeres Stablish O Lord thy promise to thy Seruant and let it bee to me according to thy word for I beleeue in thee but Lord help my vnbeleefe And thus in the heart of one effectually called there is a continual respondence to the voyce of God a waiting on the Lord a walking with him and a following of him where euer hee goe If the Lord haue called thee sure it is thou wilt follow him and no power of the Diuell of the world or of the slesh shall hold thee back from him When Eliah touched Elisha with his cloak he left his Oxen and came after him When Iesus called on Andrew and Peter they left their nets their ship and their Father and followed him when hee called on Mathew hee left all his gainful trade of the receipt of custome and followed him when hee called on Mary Magdal●…ne shee forsooke her sinfull life and followed him Here is the finest Touchstone to trye an inward calling If the Lord hath called thee thou wilt follow him but if yet thou bee wandring after vanitie walking on in the course of thy sinne turning thy backe and not thy face vnto the Lord deceiue not thy selfe pertalcer of this heauenly Calling wherein stands the onely comfort of a Christian hast thou neuer beene CHAP. XV. The loue of God a sure token of an inward calling and of the commendation of loue THat Loue of God And last of all to returne to the words againe the whole effects of out inward Calling the Apostle compriseth vnder one to wit The loue of God and that most properly for Loue compriseth all the rest vnder it Loue is the Cognisance of Christs Disciples sayes our Sauiour It is the band of perfection saith the Apostle and accomplishment of the L●… Loue speakes with the tongue of eue●… Vertue Pittie bids thee help the indigent Iustice bids thee giue euery man his owne Mercy bids forgiue Patience bids suffer but the voyce of Christian Loue commaunds all these Holy Loue is the eldest Daughter of a iustifying Faith that is the fi●…st affection that Faith procreateth and sanctifieth and whereby she workes in the sanctification of the rest Loue is the strongest and most imperious affection in the whole nature of man all the rest of the affections giues place vnto it which wee may see euen in the man naturall and vnregenerate Where Loue is kindled Feare is banished Couetousnesse coucheth Ambition is silent A Coward inflamed with Loue becomes valiant and a couetous man is oft times ●…y Loue made to bee more prodigall yea the proud and ambitious man who otherwise giues place to 〈◊〉 man for obtayning that which hee 〈◊〉 cares not to prostrate his honor 〈◊〉 the dust If carnall Loue be so forci●… what shall wee say of the spirituall Loue How much more doth it draw 〈◊〉 whole powers of soule and body 〈◊〉 the Lord neyther is it possible to 〈◊〉 otherwayes for euery thing returns to his owne originall as the waters go 〈◊〉 to the deepe from whence 〈◊〉 came and fire tends vpward to his owne place and Region euen so holy Loue being a sparke of the heauenly fire kindled in our hearts by the holy Ghost doth continually enflame them towards the Lord from whom it came and suffers vs neuer to rest while vvee enjoy him then vvee begin to liue when vvee begin to Loue. As no Creature can liue out of his owne Element so the Soule is but dead in sinne vvhich is destitute of the loue of God No feare to offend him no care to please him no obedience to his Commaundements can bee giuen by the heart that loues him not It were tedious to speake of all the properties of Loue we make choise of a few as chiefe tryals of our Loue. CHAP. XVI First triall of Loue. THe first propertie of Loue is a burning desire to obtaine that which is beloued as a Woman that loueth her Husband vnfainedly cannot bee content with any Loue token she receiueth from him in his absence but longeth more and more till she receiue himselfe So the soule which is wounded with the Loue of Iesus her immortall hushand hath a continuall desire to bee with him I graunt enerie token sent from him brings comfort but no contentment till shee inioyes him whereof comes these and such like complaints As the Hart brayes for the riuers of water so panteth my soule 〈◊〉 thee O my God O wh●…n 〈◊〉 I come appeare before the presence of my God my soule desireth after the Lord as the thirstie land for I would be dissolued be with the Lord therefore come euen so come Lord Iesus But alas here are we taken in our sins Thou sayest thou louest him but how is it then thou longest not to see him neither desi●…est to be with him yea a small appearance of the day of death wherein we should goe to him or mention of the day of judgement wherein hee shall come to vs doth terrifie and affright thee Thou that contents thee with the gifts of God and thinkest not long for himselfe thou art but like an adulterous woman who if she posses●…e the goods of her husband regards not albeit she neuer see himselfe The Iewes are blamed because they called on th●… Lord rather for oyle and wine then for himselfe The Gentiles are conuinced for worshiping the creature rather then the creator but more iustly shall the bastard