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A61227 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain he heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather them, Psal.39.6. Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703. 1700 (1700) Wing S5142; ESTC R221820 22,526 32

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the utmost of them then they do clearly appear to be vain They are not only vain but also they soon pass away so that the vanity is also infolded in the transitoriness of them It they were real and substantial good things yet they ought not to be much esteemed or sought after because they do soon pass away and come to nothing Hence doth appear forth the truth of the following words Surely they are disquieted in vain For People are disquieted about things which properly should not disquiet them at all and also the matter and cause of their grief so soon passeth away that upon this account it should not disquiet them All Sorrow and Disquiet should be indeed turned into Sorrow and Disquiet for Sin We should walk softly all the residue of our Years in the bitterness of our Soul because we have sinned against the Lord the Habitation of Justice the Hope of our Fathers and this only would not be to be disquieted in vain according to what is written Now I rejoyce not that ye were made sorry but that ye sorrowed to repentance for ye were made sorry after a godly manner that ye might receive damage by us in nothing For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of but the sorrow of the world worketh death For behold this self-same thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulness it wrought in you yea what clearing of your selves yea what indignation yea what fear yea what vehement desire yea what zeal yea what revenge in all things ye have approved your selves to be clear in this matter 2 Cor. 7. From all which it appears that Godly Sorrow or such Sorrow which arises towards God because of having sinned against him is not Sorrow or Disquiet in vain for it produces all these real good Effects aforementioned But the Apostle there saith The sorrow of the world worketh death So all Sorrow which arises meerly from the things of this World is to be disquieted in vain As it is elsewhere written Notwithstanding in this rejoyce not that the Spirits are subject unto you but rather rejoyce because your names are written in Heaven So this should be the standard and measure of all our Sorrow and Vexation to be sorry or vexed only for such things which hinder our going and entrance into Heaven and that is Sin committed or Sin remaining unpardoned or the oppositions temptations and hindrances of Satan Hear what Jesus Christ saith Let not your heart be troubled ye believe in God believe also in me So let not thy Soul be vexed or disquieted within thee altho' thou art in Prison or Poverty or in pining Sickness or near to Death it self For all these put together cannot make thee utterly miserable unless God hath forsaken thee and withdrawn his Mercy and Loving-kindness from thee But be thou troubled and disquieted in good earnest Weep and Howl for your miseries that shall come upon you If thou art in a state of Sin and it hath dominion over thee for this will really consign thee over and sink down into everlasting Punishment All our rejoycing and disquiet should hence be according as we apprehend from true signs and evidences whether God be in favour or is displeased Isa 59. 15. with us As aforementioned Man and all things seperated from God is the meerest and utmost vanity So here if it was not in Relation to God there is nothing in all the World worthy to be disquieted about no more than it becomes a Man to groan or cry for the scratching of a Pin. In truth considering the perpetual Flux of time which is always carrying and forcing us off from the Stage of this Earth however we take it in good or evil part whether we are pleased or displeased thereat yet away we must So that it is not much matter in which of the two tempers of Mirth or Sorrow Contentment or Vexation we are in But this ought to be most minded and cared for whether we Sin or not and how much good we do for this is not to be concerned or disquieted in vain in that it doth tend to realities in the end They that have done good shall come forth to the Resurrection of Life and they that have done evil to the Resurrection of Damnation Wherefore Brethren give all diligence to make your Calling and Election sure Heaven is so exceeding and eternal a good that it can never be made too sure off Here as Solomon saith In the multitude of counsellors there is safety holds true in things pertaining to future and endless Life all one as in things of this present Life In the multitude of Godly Books and Sermons there is safety in order to instruct or exhort or put in mind of any thing to make sure of that blessed Place The Wisdom of God hath said and ordained For precept must be upon precept precept upon precept line upon line line upon line here a little and there a little Isa 28. 10. And as the Scriptures were given by inspiration of God to make us Wise unto Salvation so every thing which is truly opened and alledged from thence as I do this day in what I write and publish unto the World doth also pertain and help to the same great and good end But this is one difference between the formal Worshipper and the real Christian The first thinks it an easie thing to make sure of Heaven and that it is presently done like Saul who did say to Samuel Blessed art thou of the Lord I have performed● the Commandment of the Lord So such are apt to flatter and deceive their own Souls as if they were fit for Heaven And like the Young Man in the Gospel All these have I kept from my youth up what lack I yet As to both of which the answer of God by his Son and Prophet doth point out somewhat further and more to be done What meaneth then this bleating of the Sheep in mine ears and the lowing of the Oxen which I hear What mean those unmortified Sins and carnal Passions and Lustings after evil things And so it ye were indeed perfect and fit for Heaven ye would sell all that ye had and give to the poor Ye would part with all the Guilt and Corruption that is in your Nature not only the actual breakings forth of Sin but even the inclinations and tendences to Sin or Evil for as long as there remain any of them in the Body in the Sight and Acceptation of God ye are not fit for Heaven For flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God neither shall in any wise enter into it any thing that defileth As long as we are on this Earth which is the place of warfare and waiting No people are absolutely fit for Heaven but still there is somewhat more and further to be done for it As long as we have time so there is space given us for Repentance Rev. 2. 21. 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