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A10734	The benefite of affliction. A sermon, first preached, and afterwards enlarged, by Charles Richardson preacher at Saint Katharines neare to the Tower of London	Richardson, Charles, fl. 1612-1617.	1616 (1616)	STC 21013; ESTC S119812	42,110	112

may inable them to ouercome the enimy that is appointed for thē For God is not like the master of the games before spoken of who when hee hath armed the parties departeth out of the wrastling place to behold the combat with the rest But the Lord standeth by them still and aideth and assisteth them at euery turne and continually succoureth them that are weaker with greater strength And heerein the Lord dealeth with his children as Ioseph dealt with his brethren when they came into Egipt to buy corne For as Ioseph himselfe was many wayes tried of the Lord before he was made Ruler of the Land so he likewise many wayes tryed and exercised his brethren before hee would make himselfe knowne vnto them or acknowledge them to be his brethren First he tryed them Genes 42.7 et cetera ad 24. whether they had truly repented and were touched with remorse for the iniury they had done to him in that so cruelly and vnnaturally they solde him into Aegypt Secondly hee tryed them whether they had attempted any such thing against Beniamin his brother German Ibid. ver 20 in that hee enioyned them to bring him with them the next time that hee might see him Thirdly Gen 43.34 when they had brought him hee shewed extraordinary kindenesse to him aboue the rest giuing him fiue times so great a portion as hee did any of them and all to trie whether they did enuy him or no Fourthly he tryed them whether they loued their brother Beniamin so well that when hee alone was detained Gen. 44.1 et cetera ad 14 and 33. they would all for his sake come backe againe from their iourny Last of all he tried them whether they loued their fathet so intirely as that they would not return home without Beniamin Ibid. verse 17 et cet which they knew would be intollerable griefe vnto their father All this while no doubt his brethren were in great perplexity much troubled and still Ioseph made as though he had not regarded them But his bowels did earne within him towards them and his heart was asmuch grieued as theirs insomuch as twice he was constrained to turne from them and weep Gen. 42.24 and 43 30 and 45.1 2 3 And at the last he could refrain no longer but he cried out I am Ioseph your brother So likewise Christ Iesus our blessed Sauiour Matth 28.10 Heb. 2.11 who is not ashamed to call vs his Brethren doth suffer vs to be exercised with many grieuous afflictions and seemeth sometimes as though he cared not for vs but yet in the meane while Hos 11 8 his repentings are rolled together and at the last when he hath sufficiently tryed vs hee will manifest himselfe vnto vs to our vnspeakeable comfort According as himselfe saith Hee that loueth mee shall be loued of my Father Iohn 14.21 and I will loue him and will shew mine owne selfe to him That is as one well noteth I will loue him by trying his loue and patience and when I haue tryed him I will manifest my selfe vnto him And though peraduenture this manifestation shall not bee by anie outwatd deliuerance in this life yet at the day of Iudgement hee will acknowledge them openly in the sight of men and Angells Then hee shall not be able to containe himselfe anie longer but shall say vnto vs with a loude voyce so as all the world shall heare I am Iesus your Brother Come yee blessed of my Father inherite the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundations of the world Matt. 25.34 For as the Aegyptians and all the house of Pharaoh heard the voyce of Ioseph when hee reuealed himselfe vnto his Brethren Genes 45.2 So in the day of Iudgement when Christ shall manifest himselfe to his brethren heauen and earth and all the Angells in heauen shall heare his voyce yea all the damned the whole house of hell shall heare it and shall gnash their teeth for anger and gnaw their tongs for griefe of heart to see those whom they sometimes had in derision and in a parable of reproach whose life they thought to be madnes and their end without honour Wisd 5.3 4 5 to be now counted among the children of God and to haue their portion amongst the Saints Finally this is another argument of vnspeakeable comfort to the children of God that the greater their afflictions are the greater shal their glorie be 1 Pet. 4.14 As the Apostle Peter saith If ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christ and it is true likewise of all other afflictions blessed are yee for the Spirite of glorie and of God resteth vpon you And heereof we haue a worthy example in Ioseph before named For after the manifold and great calamities which he indured so many yeares he was exalted by Pharaoh and as himselfe confesseth Gene. 45.8 was made Lord of all his house and Ruler through all the land of Aegypt And it is worthy to be noted that for some thirteene yeares wherein he was afflicted he was exalted and ruled in Aegypt for the space of fourescore yeares as may easily be gathered out of the Story Gen. 37.2 and 41.46 For hee was seauenteene yeares olde when his brethren solde him away and 50.22 hee was thirtie yeares olde when hee was aduaunced by Pharaoh and he liued Gouernour of the land of Aegypt till hee were an hundred and ten yeares olde Besides such was the goodnesse of God vnto him that for the seueral miseries which hee suffered hee receiued a seuerall reward For the hatred of his brethren hee obtained the fauour of the King and his Nobles Gen. 37.19 For the contempt and scorne which his brethren heaped vpon him calling him Dreamer c. and 42.6 he was worshipped of them with their faces downe to the ground For the particoloured coate which they stript him of Gen. 37.23 when they cast him into the pit he was arayed by Pharaoh with a princely roabe of fine linnen and 41.42 In stead of the fetters wherewith he was bound in prison Pharaoh put his own ring on his hand and a chaine of golde about his necke In steade of the prison and dungeon where he lay he was set vpon the Kings best Chariot saue one and carried in great pomp throughout the cittie Whereas before he was contemned of all men as a stranger as a seruant and a prisoner hee is now honored of all men by bowing the knee at the Kings commaundement In a word in steade of his fathers house from which he was exiled and banished he had dominion in all the land of Aegypt So true is that saying euen of an heathen man a quanto plus tormenti t●n●o plus erit gloriae Sene●a de diuin Prouid The greater torment a man indureth the greater shall be his glory afterwards But howsoeuer the Lord doth not alwayes deale thus with his children in this life yet

is at liberty will not come neare a man but when hee is hotly pursued with the dogges hee will runne to him of his owne accord for succour So it fareth oftentimes with vs when wee are at ease and nothing doth molest vs wee turne our backes vpon GOD but when wee are brought into distresse or danger we are glad to repaire vnto him for helpe As one confesseth of himselfe and it is our case aswell as his a Si bene essem sine te non venitem ad te If I could be well without thee I would neuer come at thee As the water when it is at large and hath scope enough runneth with a still and silent motion but being brought into a streight it maketh a great noyse In like manner when a man is at large he looketh not much to this duetie of prayer but when hee is in affliction and straites hee will excite and stirre vp himselfe thereunto So did the children of Israel in the time of their bondage they sighed and cryed Exo. 2 23 24 and made their moane vnto GOD. And wee reade in many places of the Booke of Iudges That howsoeuer in their prosperity they were vntoward carelesse of God Chap. 3. and 4 yet when God raised vp any new enemies against them they cryed vnto him And Dauid saith of himselfe that although before while he thought his mountain to be strong enough as we haue heard he was foolish and prowd yet when God hid his face from him Psal 30.2 then hee cryed vnto the Lord and praied vnto him And we may obscrue that the most of his Psalmes were made when hee was in affliction Yea our Sauior Christ himselfe thogh all his lifetime hee was much conuersant in prayer sometime rising earely in the morning before day Mar. 1.35 and sometime spending the whole night therein yet he neuer prayed more earnestly nor more feruently then immediately before his passion when as the Apostle saith Heb. 5.7 he offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares yea he was so seruent that his sweat was like droppes of bloud trickling downe to the ground Luke 22.44 Wee see then by all that hath beene spoken that affliction is as it were a whet-stone to set an edge vpon our deuotion and sharpen our hearts to prayer Sixtly affliction doth containe the children of God in obedience It is with the best of vs as Agiselaus said of the Athenians that a Liberi mali●unt serui boni When they were at libertie they were nought but when they were in bondage they were good so we in our prosperity do start aside like a broken bow but when affliction commeth wee submitte our selues to the Lords yoke The people of Israel when the hand of God was vpon them eyther by warre or famine or any other calamity carried themselues very religiously and walked in obedience vnto his will But when God carryed them vp to the high places of the earth as Moses saith that they might eate the fruites of the fieldes Deut. 32 i3 14 15 when hee caused them to sucke hony out of the stone oile out of the hard rocke when hee gaue them butter of kine and milke of sheepe with fatte of lambes and rammes fed in Bashan with the fatte of the graines of wheate and made them drinke the red liquor of the grape then they that should haue beene vpright when they waxed fatte spurned with their heeles they were fat they were grosse they were laden with fatnesse therefore they forsooke God that made them and regarded not the strong God of their saluation And this doth Dauid confesse of himselfe when he saith Before I was afflicted I went astray Psal 119.67 but now I keep thy word And the Church acknowledgeth that before the Lord corrected her Ierem 31.18 shee was like an vntamed calfe Though man were created after the Image of God and aduaunced to great honour yet if God let him alone Psal 49.20 hee will become like vnto the beasts that perish as Dauid saith And therefore the Lord threatneth the rebellious Iewes Hosea 2.6 that he will stoppe their way with thornes and make an hedge that they should not finde their pathes Where hee sheweth that necessitie requireth that hee should holde them in with seuere Discipline and sharpe corrections comparing them to wanton and vnruly cattell which must bee kept in with thornes and hedges lest they leape out of the pasture and goe astray Seauenthly it helpeth to tame and subdue the vnrulinesse of the flesh that it may be in better subiection to the Spirit The flesh is like an head-strong horse which if he be fatted and pampered in the stable for a while waxeth so frampall as hee can hardly be ruled and brought to acknowledge his rider So this stubborne flesh of ours if it inioy but alitle prosperity it straitway groweth so rebellious that it will not be subiect to the Law of God Rom. 8.7 And as the horse-rider to pull downe the stomacke of such an horse taketh away his prouender and feedeth him with straw and chaffe and if that will not serue handleth him roughly and beateth him So doth the Lord with our flesh hee taketh away those outward blessings which puffed it vp and made it swell and loadeth it with one affliction after another 1 Cor. 9.27 that so he may beate it downe and bring it into subiection And this is a great benefite to haue the flesh with the cursed lustes and affections thereof mortified and subdued in this maner For it is one of those deadly enemies of our soules Galat. 5.17 with which we must fight and incounter while we liue Now as he that were to enter a single combate with an aduersary that were stronger then himselfe would be glad of some bodie would first weaken and foyle him that so he might the more easily ouercome him In like manner the children of God haue cause to reioyce that it doth please the Lord by outward calamities to tame the flesh and to treade it vnder their feete that so they may with lesse difficulty and danger get the maistery of it Eightly it is a meanes to withdraw our hearts from the loue of the world to raise them vp to the desire of heauenly things Such is the corruption of our nature that we doate too much on this world We are like to foolish children that would not willingly be weaned from the breast and therfore their mother annoynteth the nibbles of her breast with some bitter thing to make them out of loue with it So if wee might haue our wills wee would alwayes hang vpon the breasts of the world would neuer leaue sucking if the Lord did not powder our desires with the crosse and make them bitter to vs. The children of Israel though they were grieuously afflicted in Aegypt to make them more earnestly desire to possesse the land of