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The fauourite: or, A plaine demonstration from Holy Scripture of Gods especiall loue to the righteous, in a sermon preached at S. Andrewes in Norwich, the 18. of Nouemb. 1611. since enlarged and newly published for the comfort of Gods people. By Timo: Plummer preacher of Gods word
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Mic. 6.14 Prod. 13.25 Pauxillum pium satiat-affluentia impium non satiat Scultet Dcut. 8.3 God makes bread to be a staffe and stay to satiate and strengthen the righteous man when the wicked haue the staffe of bread broken and the stay taken away they eate eate eate and are not satisfied The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soule but the belly of the wicked shall want In a word man liueth not by bread onely but by euery word of God Now one word of God is a word of blessing which the wicked haue not So that as Salomon saith of the labourers sleepe The sleepe of the labouring man is sweete Eccles 5.12 whither he eate little or much so may I say of the righteous mans meate it is sweet whether it be little or much for the blessing of God doth so sweeten and season it that his very appetite and hunger is a sauourie sauce vnto it Thirdly in that he hath an heart comfortably to enioy his little Esay 3.10 Say ye to the righteous it shall be well with him for they shall eate the fruite of their doing As it is Gods mercy to reward the righteous for well-doing so it is Gods gracious blessing that they taste eate and enioy euen in this life a part of their reward That men may say Psal 58.11 Verily there is a reward for the righteous verily there is a God that iudgeth in the earth And that this is a speciall fauour hearken what Salomon saith Behold that which I haue seene to eate and to drinke Eccles 5.18 19. it is good and comely for one Iustus dirigi tur a deo vt sciat vti divitijs non est avarus non est prodigus c. Bellarm. and to enioy the good of all his labours that he taketh vnder the Sunne all the daies of his life which God giueth him for it is his portion Euery man also to whom God hath giuen riches and wealth and hath giuen him power to eate thereof and to take his portion and to reioyce in his labour This is the gift of God When on the other side there is an euill seene of him vnder the Sunne and it is common amongst men Eccle. 6.1.2 A man to whom God hath giuen riches wealth and honour so that he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that he desireth yet God giueth him not power to eate thereof but a stranger eateth it This is a vanitie and an euill disease Horat. Quo mihi fortunas si non conceditur vti Prou. 15.16 17. 17.1 Eccles 4.6 Is not then a little eaten and enioyed better then abundance laide vp and lookt on I thinke I cannot conclude better then with that of Salomon Better is a little with the feare of of the Lord Better is a dinner of hearbes Better is a drie morsell Better is a handfull with quietnes c. then the abundant superfluitie of many wicked Vse 1 First hence floweth comfort and encouragement to all them that haue traced in the way of righteousnes Let not the righteous man forsake his righteousnesse Ezek. 18. â—4 or slacke his pace but rather goe on since the righteous mans estate is so good He may say as Iob in another sense Iob 27.6 My righteousnesse I hold fast Reu. 22.11 and I will not let it goe If God be so good to the righteous Let him that is righteous be righteous still Hos 6.4 Let not thy goodnesse O Christian professour be as the morning cloud or the earely dewe soone dryed vp and gone away but as I would haue the sowe the seede of righteousnesse in the morning of thy age Eccle. 11.6 begin betimes so I would not haue thee withhold thy hand in the euening giue in in thy old age but be faithfull vnto the death Reu. 2.10 Yea since God dorh not in his mercies graces and blessings forsake vs when wee are old and gray-headed Psal 71.18 let vs not forsake him in our old age but let our gray-head be a crowne of glory vnto vs Prou. 16.31 being found in the way ef righteousnesse Let vs encrease in all well-doing Prou. 4.18 that our pathes as the shining light may shine more and more vnto the perfect day Secondly this may moue all men to bee much affected yea 2. Vse euen rauished with this estate and happy condition and to be induced with all speed to seeke the Kingdom of God and his righteousnes Math. 6.33 since all things shall be so comfortably added vnto them Let vs labour to be partakers of that kingdome which consist not in meat and drinke Rom. 14.17 but in righteousnesse Let this be first sought after of vs and it will bee the most readie way to thriue in the world for all things shall be so added blessed and bettered as nothing needfull shall be wanting to vs. Psal 4.6 It is the onely question in the world Who will shew vs any good We that are preachers do shew thee Mic. 6.8 O man what is good and what the Lord requireth of thee nay we shew thee the good and right way to encrease and better thy outward estate It is the Diuels Prouerbe He that vseth plaine dealing shall die a begger The plaine and iust way is the sure safe and gainfull way It is a slander to say It is vaine to serue God and what profit is it that wee keepe his ordinances c. Dauid hath long since confuted that saying Mâ—l 3.14 Iob 21.15 Psal 19.11 In keeping Gods righteous iudgements there is great reward If we would trie God in the practice of his will see if God would not open the windowes of heauen Mal 3.10 and poure vs out a blessing that there shall not be roume enough to receiue it Hos 2.22 yea when God hath betrothed vs vnto himselfe in righteousnesse then he will heare the heauens and the heauens shall heare the earth and the earth shall heare the corne and the wine and the oyle and they all shall heare vs. So long as thou goest on O vaine man in the way of wickednesse thou art an outlaw out of Gods protection God neede take no care of thee But when thou turnest thy feet to Gods commandements thou mayst claime the priuiledge of a good subiect take the benefite of Gods Couenant and promise wherein God is tyed in little or much to bestow vpon thee a great blessing I thinke we may say as Bildad to Iob If thou beest pure and vpright Iob 8.6.7 surely now he will awake for thee and make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous though thy beginning was small yet thy latter end shal greatly encrease so it came to passe with him the Text is euident for it Iob. 42.12 The Lord blessed the latter end of Iob more then his beginning yea Verse 10. Deut. 28.1 God gaue him twise as much as he had