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A47400	A discovery of some troublesome thoughts Wherewith many godly precious souls are burthened, and extreamly pressed: that like a canker eats out all their comforts, and keeps their souls under continuall fears and distractions. Together with a compound of some Scripture and experimentall cordials, for the refreshing of those who are sick of such a disease; and through the blessing of God, may prove medicinall, to the cure of some, and the comforting of others. By Daniel King, preacher of the Word.	King, Daniel, preacher near Coventry.	1651 (1651)	Wing K489; ESTC R216092	52,316	69

right hand of my righteousness O but may some say I am a poor worm have nothing that is lovely nor desireable in me an unworthy wretch Why see vers 14. Fear not thou worm Jacob and yee men of Israel I will help thee saith the Lord and thy Redeemer the holy one of Israel And saith Peter 2. Pet. 1.4 There is given to us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you should be partakers of the Divine Nature Now the Divine Nature is not subject to these vexations and troubles Therefore from the frequency of the promises and the end of them we may well conclude God would not have his people lie under discouragments 2. Because he hath given them of his Spirit to cry Abba Father Now if he give them the spirit of adoption it argues clearly he would not have them discouraged Joh. 14.16 I will pray the father saith Christ and he shall give you another comforter that he may abide with you for ever even the spirit c. Rom. 8.16 The spirit witnesseth with our spirits that we are the sons of God Now if he give his spirit to this end to comfort the Saints and witness their adoption then it must needs follow he would not have them discouraged 3. Because he cals for and requires that the ministry of consolation be performed Isa 40.1.2 Comfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem tell her her iniquity is pardoned and her warfare is accomplished See what a strict charge here is to comfort the people of God Yea and God challengeth the false prophets for not performing this ministery but acting contrary to it Ezek. 13.22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad whom I not made sad therefore ye shall see no more vanity nor divine divination c. And Cap. 34 16.17.18 When the prophets neglected tending and tendring the sheep see what the Lord saith I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away and will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick but I will destroy the fat and the strong and I will feed them with judgement Now then if God take such care that they may be comforted and undertake for them then he would not have them discouraged 4. Because God the Father hath givtn Commission to Christ to take special care of them that they be not overborn And Christ hath undertaken it A bruised reed shall he not break and smoaking flax will he not quench he will bring forth Judgement into victory Isa 42 3. This is the glory of Christs Kingdom that he shall support the weak and this Christ gives in charge to Peter if he love him to feed his Lambs John 21. And the Apostle gives speciall charge to the Churches to comfort one another 1 Thess 4.18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words And 5.14 I beseech you brethren support the weak comfort the feeble-minded Therefore he would not have them lie under discouragements 2. Reasons why God would not have his people troubled The 2. sort of Reasons are why he would not c. 1. Because he is very pitifull and tender A good body would have no body hurt no not so much as a prick with a pin nor a fillip with the finger a quiet meek spirit is so tender So is God of his people Jam. 5.11 The Lord is very pitifull consider the end the Lord maketh that he is very pitifull he delighteth in mercy Mic. 7. And not in oppressing thy soul Lam. 3.33 He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men He took it ill that his people should father and fasten their discouragements upon him Isa 40.27 Why sayest thou O Jacob and speakest O Israel my way is hid fro● the Lord and my judgement is passed over from my God Why dost say so Israel there is no cause at all he is so far from slighting thee that he giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he increaseth strength therefore he would not have them sink into Anxiety and sadness 2. It appears to be so From the excellency of holy rejoycing and the acceptableness of it to God God delighteth more in this then in all services whatsoever for all other works of the spirit flow into this And therefore he that was to bring his sacrifice Deut. 26.34 among other things which he professed this was one I have not eaten thereof in my mourning Mal. 2.12.13.14 And this have ye done again covering the Altar of the Lord with tears with weeping and with crying out insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more nor receiveth it with good will at your hands Psal 100.2 Serve the Lord with gladness come before his presence with singing and Psal 2.10 Rejoyce with trembling Phil. 4.4 Rejoyce in the Lord alway and again I say rejoyce Rejoyce evermore c. Now if God be so well pleased with holy rejoycing then he would not have his people lie under sorrows wounding their hearts and breaking of them to pieces under terrors 3. Because discouragements drive from God and are contrary to Communion which God delights in therefore Christ knocketh at the door and calleth for opening Rev. 3. Cant. 5.2 Psal 14.8.9 and saith he would sup with the Soul And his father and he would make their abode there John 14. A man will never go to his judge and executioner one that will cut his throat till he be perswaded of favour Terrours drive Cain into the land of Nod from the presence of God Therefore saith the Lord I drew them with the cords of Love In Gods presence is fulness of Joy therefore the more oppressing sorrow the further from Gods presence Discouragement made Peter cry out Luke 5.3.9.10 Lord depart from me for I am a sinfull man for he was astonished and afraid as appears by Christs incouraging of him 4. Because this deadens the actings of all the works of the spirit in the heart God hath not the glory of his spirit in this way a sad sullen discouraged spirit deadens all 2 Cor. 7.10 The sorrow of the world worketh death It killeth the spirit not the body but death of duty it makes a man he cannot come off with any dexterity of duty death of care clearing of your selves indignation fear vehement desire zeal revenge it deadens these Nay it makes a man utterly unfit for some services of God as spirituall rejoycing This causeth crying not singing and rejoycing and singing is a piece of Gods service Isa 65.14 My servants shall sing for joy of heart Sorrow made Hemah unfit for the service of God 1 Sam. 1.7 And Solomon saith Prov. 12.25 Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop but a good word makes it glad The heart is down when it is heavy and not so fit for spirituall services 5. Because by this discouraged troubled frame of

to provoke to love and good works But how shall this be done See Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is But exhort one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching In our Fathers house there is bread enough and to spare Luk. 15. there is all varieties to be had that may be for thy growth Thou must be joynted into the building if thou wouldst grow Eph. 2.21 In whom all the building fitly framed TOGETHER groweth into an holy Temple in the Lord. Col. 3.19 All the body by JOYNTS and BANDS having nourishment ministred and KNIT TOGETHER increaseth with the increase of God The sixt ground of fear 6. Thou hast found the exercise of thy Graces failing sometimes when thou hast had most need of them and the disposition of thy heart in the Cause of God sometimes failing coming short of that activity that should be in it or the exercise of thy graces in putting forth stained Therefore thy condition is not right saist thou Doth that follow thinkest thou Did not the Disciples Faith fail them when they had need of it when they were tost upon the Sea Where 's your Faith saith Christ they had need of it then I think you will easily grant me that And they had not the exercise of it and therefore Mark reads it How is it that ye have no Faith Mar. 4.40 Luk. 8.25 Yea and Peter when he denyed Christ had he been stedfast in the faith he had not denyed but resisted Sathan And Peters Christian boldness and courage failed him too at that time Did not Moses faith fail him when God saith ye beleeved me not Num. 20. And for Love failing If ye loved me saith Christ ye would rejoyce Ioh. 14. So Jobs Christian wisdome faild him in his affliction in Challenging God as he did to dispute with him and in justifying himself too far Therefore God reproveth him in the close of the Book And so in the text why are ye troubled Their apprehensions failed them concerning Christ But now This doth not therefore follow that they were stark dead and breath gone and they out of the state of grace because of this Why Christians graces fail them sometimes when they have need of them But then what should be the Cause that Christians faith and other graces should be at so low an ebbe when they stand in need of them I Answer 1. Because Christ alone will be seen in the business to be all in all That we may see that he doth the whole work in us and for us Col. 3 11. Isa 26 12. As at his death all must forsake him and fly and Peter deny him that he may alone do all without being beholden to man for any thing So in casting out that Divel our of the mans Son spoken of Mar. 9. The Disciples unbelief disabled them from casting him out that the power of Christ alone might be seen in doing it 2. That the people of God might be humbled out of themselves and out of the pride of their own undertakings when they see how weak they are and their graces failing them And that God is all in the thing as Job 42. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye seeth thee Wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes 3. Because many times they stand too much upon their own strength and live not clearly upon Jesus Christ as they ought to do and so they miscarry And that their confidence might be regulated Therefore Peter fell that he might see the misplacing of his trust So 2 Cor. 1. We had the sentence of death in our selves That we should learn not to trust in our selves but in God which raiseth the dead And in another place Phil. 4. I can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth me That we might learn to live above our graces to have grace and all from Christ 4. That so thou mightest learn to deny thy self in thy Sanctified self as well as in carnal self in thy very graces and not rest upon them That so thou mayst account all thy Righteousnesses as filthy Rags Isa 64. And be for ever kept from boasting Rom. 3.27 The seventh ground of fear 7. Thou complainest thou canst not attain to something that thou seest in other men that peradventure were in Christ after thee and are inferiour in gifts Not to that humility c. Therefore thou fearest thy state that thou art not truly converted and hast no grace I Answer That doth not follow that therefore thou hast no grace Did not Elihu pass the three Ancients spoken of in Job in understanding and wisdome Job 42.7,8 And yet I conceive they had grace For God cals for their sacrifices which he would not have done had they been wicked men For the Sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord Pro. 15.8 And did not Paul pass all the other Apostles in labour and sufferings and Revelations too 1 Cor. 15.10 2 Cor. 12. 2 Cor. 11. and they were in Christ before him And Mary went beyond Christs Disciples in affection to Christ for she could willingly spend the box of oyntment on Christ but his Disciples murmured at it yea not onely Judas but the rest also as appears Mat. 26.6,7,8,9,10 c. And did not Mary believe the Resurrection sooner then they and yet they were longer time with Christ then she Again consider God dispenceth his gifts differently according to his own pleasure 1 Cor. 12. To one a word of knowledge to another the word of wisdome to another Prophesie c. Now because thou hast not attained to the gift or measure of gift or enjoyment that others have wilt thou say thou hast no grace The eighth ground of fear 8. Thou complainest thou enjoyest God least many times when thou settest thy self the best about it and goest about to fit thy soul to entertain Christ or get down corruption as in fasting c. I Answ It may be so and yet thou mayst be one that hast grace too sometimes God delays to come in to his people and puts off for divers ends known to himself Hab. 1.2 O Lord saith he how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear yea cry out of violence and thou wilt not save and yet this man was Gods So Job cries out in the same words Job 19.7 Behold I cry out of wrong but I am not heard I cry aloud but there is no judgement So David also Psal 69.3 I am weary of my crying my heart is dryed my eys fail while I wait for my God And Job 23.8,9 Behold I go forward but he is not there and backward but I cannot perceive him on the left hand where he works but I cannot behold him he hides him self on the right hand that I cannot see him Here ye see he sets himself about it but could not