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A64251	Peter his repentance shewing, among other things, these two points for edification I. what weakenes remaines in Gods owne children, especially in times of triall and danger, and to, what little cause they have to trust their hearts, or be confident of themselves, but get to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. II. what is the power of Gods grace and covenant, for renewing His children by repentance, and so, what encouragement they have to return after every fall, and goe on in their course of watchfulnesse, humiliation, prayer, and magnifying of Jesus Christ / by Dr. Thomas Taylor.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1653 (1653)	Wing T569; ESTC R20311	101,739	76

chiefe Shepherd all times of persecution did ever confirme this truth that the Pastor was no sooner smitten then the Sheepe were scattered from him But let it comfort Ministers as Christ I am not alone but my Father is with me Vse 5. If the Disciples be scattered in dayes of trouble let us know the day of our peace our season the time of our visitation frequent holy Assemblies get hold of Christ encrease of Faith grow in wisdome enjoy our season our Sun our Summer our seed time not knowing our day forfeits it worke while we may doe in our peace what we would but cannot if triall come Ver. 28. But after I am Risen NOW followes Christs Consolation Wherein Note difference betweene Law and Gospell the Law pronounceth heavie things and there resteth But the Gospell still after heavie newes ends with good tydings the Law throwes downe a man and there leaves him the Gospell raiseth the humbled You shall be scattered but I will come againe Mat. 16. 21. I must goe up to Jerusalem to suffer heavie tydings Peter disswades him But I will rise againe the third day There is Gospell indeed So to the Church You shall be hated of all men for my names sake sad tydings but if you continue to the end ye shall be saved Mat. 10. 23. You must take up the Crosse and follow Christ but I will give refreshing to your soules Iohn 16. 33. In the Worl● ye shall have affliction but be of good comfort Vse 1. Lay hold upon the Gospel and sow in never so many teares thou shalt reap in joy Vse 2. Accept the condition of the Gospel be content to begin with the Crosse be weary laden lay a good foundation in Repentance mortification godly sorrow on this condition attaine the crowne of refreshing and entrance into the Kingdome by many afflictions Act. 14. 22. If we suffer we shall raign all true joy is fetched out of sorrow blessed are the mourners Vse 3. Let Papists sticke to the comfort of the Law they shall never hear a good word from Christ. Let prophane Persons shun the heavinesse of the Gospel they shall never have joy Christ wipes away no teares where none be shed he that will not be a weary needs no refreshing This by the way Ver. 28. But after I am risen I will goe before you into Galilee SUch a promise as was never heard off before and without exception that a dead man should rise within few dayes and promise so to do Having spoken of Christs admonitions now of consolation where the Lord sustaines them with many grounds of comfort 1. That there shall be a certaine end of this evill ready to swallow them up 2. There shall be a short end after a few dayes three or four 3. There shall be a happy end For 1. Christ shall rise again from the dead with power and glory 2. Whereas they are run from him he will come to them againe 3. Though they have left their Shepherd yet he will become their Shepherd againe and goe before them and guide them as a Shepherd goes before his Sheep For their full confirmation he declares both the time and place where he will and when he will meet them in Galilee a place fit for their estate for it signifyeth dispersing or scattering the Sea of Galilee forty miles from Jerusalem Quest. Why in Galilee Answ. 1. That they may more surely enjoy one another without feare of the Jewes and instruct them in the Kingdome of Christ. 2. Because Christ had more Disciples and Favorites in Galilee to whom he would familiarly offer himselfe and manifest his resurrection then in Judea 3. Themselves were of Galilee he would bring them backe were he found them 4. They must follow their calling till Christ came and for the time before they can get into Galilee he will be there before them expecting them note here Note 1. The wonderfull lenity and meeknesse of Jesus Christ he was going to dye for his Disciples they fly from him and doubt the truth of his whole proceedings his Person his Doctrine his miracles sufferings the event of all his course He now doth not sharpely rebuke them for their infidelity inconstancy and ●emerity after so long being with him but uses them gently and with great and loving affection as the Titles of Shepherd and Sheep import not only forewarneth them of their danger but furnisheth them with grounds of comfort and promiseth them most loving and kind entreaty even after their flight as if they had never forsaken him Vse A Rule to carry our selves toward Brethren that faile let them be restored by the spirit of meeknesse yea if the offence concerne our selves wherein we are hottest to be most coole and calme Christ casts not off for ever no more must we breake affection but imitate him with all moderation Note 2. Christ never with-draws himselfe from his Members but he leaves some comfort behind him something to bring them in love with him or to stay them in his absence or to make them desire and seeke after him againe yea something instead of his presence or promise Iohn 14. having told his Disciples he must goe away and leave them yet ver 18. he promiseth not to leave them comfortlesse for he will send the comforter to supply his absence and still God ordinarily takes not away one mercy but he gives another as Christ here removes his personal presence but supplyes it with a double blessing 1. Protection of their persons in his absence 2. Promise of his presence to rest their faith on in the meane time Cant. 5. the Church would not open unto Christ when Christ called he goes away in displeasure at her unkind answer but he left behind him drops of Myrth some sweet worke of the spirit that made her spirit yearn within her which wrought compunction for her offence and quickned her to seeke him ver 25. His desertions are never totall Vse Which may comfort poore souls affected in sense of Christs absence feelest thou a want of Christs presence he hath left some pledge behind him and he is perhaps nearer then thou thinkest 1. He hath given thee a promise he will not leave thee long 2. He hath given the spirit which hath wrought some grace of trembling for offending him some grace of fainting and longing after him some grace of seeking him as him whom thy soule loveth some grace of prayer breathing earnest and inward desires not satiate without him some grace of fortitud sustaining the heart for the present and enabling to undergoe many troubles for his sake yet abiding and waiting for him this sweet hunger and thirst shall be satisfyed Mat. 5. 6. Note 3. That Christ will shortly come againe after his smiting within a very few dayes learne that as Christs desertions are not totall so neither sinall Christ never goes away but he will see us againe Iohn 16. 22. 1. His displeasure

not deny thee if I should dye with thee 4. The effect of it drawing all the Disciples into the same sin with him likewise said they all Note 1. In that Peter falleth into the same sin againe and against the meanes used by Christ that the Child of God through strength of his corruption may fall often into the same sin notwithstanding good meanes against it For 1. It is a very hard thing to lead them out of themselves almost nothing but experience of their former fals which is the Mistris of fooles bringeth them to see their folly so here in Peter all Christs warnings too little and so long they must fall sense of weaknesse is their greatest strength 2. Till the judgement be changed the Actions be the same Peters judgement is disguised with an erroneous misjudging his owne estate he is the same man after Christs speech as he was before and so contradicteth him as before as the most of the Fathers lived in Polygamy not because it was ever lawfull but their judgement being darke and erroneous in it their practise was answerable and who of Gods Children see not that they know but in part and grow dayly to see errors in themselves which they never saw before as Peter saw not so much in himselfe as he did after 3. Weakenesse of grace and regeneration in part causeth even the best to goe every day over the same wants and common infirmities as wandring thoughts idle speeches unjust anger c. which frailties as they be daily renewed so they must daily renew their repentance and daily lay hold on Christs perfect merits for justification this weaknesse of grace gave Peter up againe to this sin of contradicting his Lord. 4. The same ends remaine still which may move the Lord to leave his Children to themselves and to fall in the same sort to try excite humble them worke more serious sorrow make them more watchfull c. which was the issue of Peters fall here Vse Not to enbolden any in sin or unto sinne for we speake of frailties not of presumptions for which we can give small comfort but to raise up to the comfort of the Covenant such as are toyled with their corruptions and finde themselves mastered with the same lusts sundry time● notwithstanding their strife and watch against them To thee I say the sense of thy weaknesse is a great part of thy strength labour to grow up in soundnesse of judgement and in strength of grace and though the Lord thy God for good ends sometimes let thee slip into the same frailties his right hand is under thy head and thy condition is not worse then the rest of the Saints in the world Christs dear Disciple here is moiled in the same sinne but not cast off for it Note 2. In that Peter more vehemently denyed and contradicted his Lord that every repetition of sin maketh sin the stronger for as the body the more it is nourished and fed the stronger it groweth so sin in the soule every new act is an addition of strength till it come to an habit it is the Apostles comparison Jam. 1. 15. speaking of the conception and perfection of sin when lust is conceived it bringeth forth sin and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death Beside corruption is cleane contrary to grace as grace if it encrease not i● decreaseth so corruption if it decrease not it getteth strength and encreaseth Vse Against them that say they will repent hereafter plucke up a twig let it not grow to be a Plant dash the braines while a childe a Sore the longer it is let alone groweth more incurable finne fashioned by continuance groweth to another nature Take heed and feare thou hast an holy God to doe withall and a corrupt heart of thine owne though some grace And God observeth not onely the sin but the sinfull manner of doing and degrees of sinning carelesnesse carnall confidence pride of spirit slacknesse in use of holy meanes relapsing all very dangerous If I should dye with thee I would not denie thee Note 3. PEter thinks himselfe strong enough to be a Martyr now when he hath not learned the first principle of Religion nor to know himselfe before he promised though all men should be offended he would not Now before he will deny him he will dye the death it is nothing now with Peter to be a Martyr Peter considereth not of what metall he is made that he is dust earth and a lumpe of sinfull mire unable to any thing 2. He considereth not his present danger though forewarned that he is now ready to be made a prey to Satan and in the Lyons mouth 3. He considereth not that every good and perfect gift is from the Father of lights but hath power in himselfe to stand out the greatest of all trials and therefore within a few houres the contempt of this power of God drives it quite from him Vse Let us well watch the pride of our owne nature Nature is so proud in every one of us that it will build up a tower to heaven though it prove but a Babel and Confusion Pride of heart will make us sacrifice to our owne Nets and rob God of his glory Peter had good things and true grace in him but not acknowledging them in the giver puffes him up and darkens them whereas grace received and acknowledged in the giver are so far from puffing up as they make humble Grace in Abraham comming neer to God maketh him say I am but dust and ashes Gen. 18. 27. 2. In good things take heed of preposterous and rash zeale which here Peter fals by guide it by the Word by Faith by Prayer by thy calling by considering our selves and thinke it safer to fear then to be very confident of thy self Likewise said they all THE fourth is the effect of Peters presumption he drew in all the Disciples into the same sin 1. which was the stronger 1. Because they had heard our Saviour reproving Peter for his rash confidence 2. They had never yet tryed their strength 3. If they had they should not at all have contradicted his word who had said all ye● shall be offended 4. This terrible threatning of themselves and Peter should have set them out of themselves and clung unto him and said O Lord we know our weaknesse if we doe not thou knowest it we know thy truth and cannot but beleeve thy Word oh therefore doe thou take care of us thou that art the faithfull Shepherd keepe us silly Sheepe from wandring from thee But they imitate Peter they must be as constant as Peter and must never seeme more fearfull then he They must not be behinde him neither in comforting their Master nor in professing their zeale to their Lord. Note 1. Frailty in the best no graine without some chaffe no flour without some bran no rose without some thorne there is in the best matter of humiliation the

more to sinke himselfe into eternall damnation wonder to see the childe of God fall so headlong Where is Peters Free-will that so little besteads himselfe in so great need How can the Pope challenge from him freedome from errour How can they exempt themselves from errour who at this day teach men to imitate Peter in lying swearing and cursing themselves Object Prove it and I will be no Papist Answ. Rhemists Testament in Acts 13. 12. If thou be put to an oath to accuse Catholiques if thou hast no courage to refuse know that such an Oath bindes not at all in Conscience Note 4. Though Peter here sweare and curse they beleeve him as little as before they beleeve their eyes they saw him in the Garden knew him by face and by speech Why doe they let him goe and draw him to no further punishment Answ. 1. Time was not yet when Peter was old then he must be led where he would not 2. Christ had said that his Disciples must goe their way Reas. 1. Every temptation and danger is limited for substance manner measure and all circumstances beyond which the enemy cannot goe Here Temptations come thicke upon Peter one in anothers necke but shall not utterly overthrow him besides these were as restlesse against Peter as against his Lord yet can they not touch an haire of his head because his houre was not yet come as his Lords was Reas. 2. Let the Adversaries be never so violent and busie yet Gods providence is so wakefull as nothing shall befall wherein he hath not a good hand and a good end 3. Gods mighty power restraines Sathans power and his instruments who are as Lyons in chaines A Legion cannot hurt a Swine of Gaderens till Christ say Goe and when he permits Satan to molest Job he commands him in save his life Vse Comfort to the godly who are never so committed or permitted to Sathan or danger but that the Lord watcheth over their life and salvation yea their very haires c. Goe on therefore chearfully in the Lords worke while thou hast a day Tell Herod that Fox saith Christ I must worke to day and to morrow Verse 72. Then the second time the Cocke crew THat the Cocke crew againe was an ordinary and natural thing but at this time ordained for a speciall end First to put him in minde of his promise 2. To reprove him of his sinne for as the dumbe Asse reproved the foolishnesse of the Prophet so the Cocke here reproves the foolishnesse of Peter 3. To beare witnesse to the words of Christ which Peter will not till now believe to be true 4. To accuse Peter to his owne Conscience he should have cryed and crowed aloud and lifted up his voyce to have awaked others out of their sinne but he needs the voyce of a Cocke to helpe him out of his sin Secondly he is admonished by this voyce that the silly Cock kept his watch according to the word of his Creator but Peter hath not kept his watch with his Lord but fearefully fallen in his station Doctr. Note If Peter will not heare the voyce of his Lord and be taught by his Master he shall heare the voyce of the Cocke and be taught by him God puts his Creatures to a threefold use 1. To serve man serving his Lord the best of them not too good the Angels fellow servants 2. To punish man rebelling against his Lord for they all take their Lords part are his Hoasts his Armies as against Pharaoh 3. To teach man many lessons which otherwise he is loth to learne as when Balaam will not heare the voyce of God God opens the mouth of the Asse and she speakes Numb 22. 28. So when Peter will not heare the voyce of his Lord his Lord opens the mouth of the Cocke and he speakes If the stiffe necked Jewes will not heare the voyce of the Prophets the very Oxe and Asse shall be called in to teach them to know their owner and feeder Isay 1. 3. Quest. But have the Creatures more power to teach then God himself or why doth the Lord thus use them Answ. God is the chiefe Teacher what Minister or Instruments soever he useth he teacheth Principaliter Authoritative but all Creatures teach Ministerially and all their voyce is subordinate to the voyce of God as this Cocke was to Christ. And therefore God speakes not to us by Creatures as if they had more power and perswasion to effect what he cannot but hereby to shame the dulnesse and obstinacy of men whose sinne hath made them inferiour to the very Creatures over whom the Lord gave them Lordship and soveraignty Now Balaams Asse is wiser then his wilfull Master and man who was made Lord and Ruler of the Creatures is now become of lesse understanding then they yea must be brought into order by them whom he should order Vse 1. To heare the voyce of the Creatures waking us calling us inviting us to repentance Their voyce in Generall and in speciall not one of them but all in their kinde reprove Mans rebellion they stand in their kinde and station Man doth not The Cocke crowes and keepes his watches according to the law of his Creation so doe they all further then mans sin hath disordered them when as great a Disciple as Peter sleepes and snorts and cannot watch one houre with his Lord not one of them but all of them by their example teach us to grow weary of our present servitude of sinne and wait for promised deliverance Rom. 8. 21. Shall we be more senselesse then insensible Creatures All of them call for our obedience our ready attendance to performe the Lords Hestes and Commandements The Sunne rejoyceth to runne h●s course If he speake to the Fire Water to the Frogs to Grashoppers to Winder they obey his word Oh how should his Word binde the reasonable Creature to whom it was delivered In Speciall heare the voyce of the Dove learne simplicity of the Serpent learne wisdome of the Emmet learne providence of the Fowles and Lillies learne contentment and confidence of the Storke Crane and Swallow to know our season Vse 2. But much more heare the voyce of the Creator Peter should first have heard the voyce of his Lord and then the Cocke might have spared his voyce And know if thou wilt not heare Gods voyce accusing thee as Peter would not thou shalt heare the voyce of one Cocke or another one Creature or other accusing and condemning thee If Cain will not hear the Lord accusing him and take up his lamentation he shall hear the blood of his Brother a fearfull voyce of blood accuse him If covetous persons and Usurers will not heare the voyce of Gods Word accuse them they shall heare the voyce of the Rust and their Gold and Silver yea the Stone in the wall and timber in the roofe shall cry against them If Saul will not

is but for a moment 2. Finall desertion were above their strength and so against his promise 3. It will not onely endanger the faith of the Elect but quite destroy it which is impossible against all the Gates of Hell it is their victory 4. Vnion betweene Christ and the Christian admits no finall desertion a fruit of it is in John 17. 24. to be where Christ is and see his glory 5. The Covenant is everlasting not to depart but do us good Jer. 32. 40. He marries us for ever in mercyes Hos. 2. 12. and is a perpetual covenant not onely on Gods part as Papists say but on our part also who will never breake finally with God because of his feare put in our hearts never to depart from him Jer. 31. 41. Vse Now as Christ would confirme the faith and confidence of the Disciples by setting before them a certaine end of the tryall so let us confirme our selves with these words If the Lord seeme to absent himselfe he will not doe it for ever his mercy cannot come to an utter end his mercyes are as the Ocean which hath no eb but a flow again sometimes he stands off the longer because his Children stand off with him and the case seemes desperate as Abraham for a Sonne but he will come at length to Abraham in the Mount but not till the third day to Jonas in the third day Christ may lie in the grave till the case seeme desperate but riseth the third day and appeareth to all the Disciples save Thomas the same day Iohn 20. he more glorifies himselfe in his long absence then presence Iohn 11. 6. Note 4. Note againe how Jesus Christ prevents us with his grace he promiseth the Disciples that before they can get to Galilee after they have kept the Feast at Jerusalem he would be there before them The Shepherd smitten will returne to the dispersed Sheep he will gather them againe and he will be found of them in Galilee the place of dispersion He saith not they shall come to him but they shall goe into Galile and there he will finde them surely we never come to him unlesse he come to us first he must come to the Disciples themselves or they cannot come to him much lesse we Note 5. Christ here both strengthens them in the Article of his Resurrection and tels them the end of his Resurrection which is to goe before them he will not onely rise againe but for this purpose to be their guide and leader and to take them againe as companions with him as if they had never sinned against him How this was performed see Mat. 28. 7. the Angels tell the Women Arise goe tell his Disciples he is risen behold be goeth before you into Galilee and Marke 16. 7. As he said unto you c. As Christ at first found them and began to be their guide and leader into Galilee so now after his resurrection he would manifest himselfe an eternall Shepherd Vse And this was their happinesse and ours purchased by his eternall Resurrection that we have an high Priest immortall and higher then the heavens They sled into Galilee to avoyd danger from their persons but he findes them there They goe thither because their Master was dead and betake them to their old Callings againe But their Lord findes them againe at the Sea of Galilee and makes them 〈◊〉 fishers of Men furnishing them with power from on high above all they could have expected Christ raised gives gifts unto men his Death merits them his Resurrection applies them as a great King gives great gifts on the day of his Coronation so Christ. Let us follow so worthy a guide in Faith and Obedien●e who rose from death to be our guide to eternall life We proceed Verse 29. And Peter said unto him Though all men should be offended yet would not I. HERE we have an instance as many elsewhere of Peters temerity and rashnesse not well considering his weaknesse and what spirit he was of For this holy Disciple bewrayeth great infirmity in arrogating much above that was in him 1. He directly contradicteth his Lord who said all yee Peter saith no not all he will not not this Night no never 2. Beleeves not the Oracle of the Prophet Zacharie but would shi●t it off with pompe of words not as concerning him he was none of the sheepe that should be scattered though the Pastor was smitten 3. He presumes too much upon his owne strength and of that which is out of his owne power never mentioning or including the helpe and strength of God by whom alone he should be enabled to stand he neither considered his owne frailty which will overthrow him nor yet the power of God which should sustaine and uphold him 4. He prefers himselfe too too vain-gloriously above all men as if all men were weake to Peter and Peter the onely champion if all men should deny thee I would not stronger in conceit then all the Apostles 5. He is bold hardy and vainely confident in a thing to come in which he had never tryed his strength he knew his present affection he will take no notice of his future perill nay he disclaimes and almost scornes the danger now when he is next to it and even falling into it and the difficulty expressed John 13. 37. Cannot I follow thee now I will give my life for thee I will be so far from denying thee that I will confesse thee to the death perils dangers feares or death it selfe shall not seperate me from thee Alas man thou that canst not follow Christ canst thou goe before him Object But Peter had a Promise Mat. 16. 18. that the gates of hell should not prevaile against his Faith might not he be bold in this Promise Answ. 1. Promises of God make no man presume but stir up watchfulnesse and excite to prayer which Peter should have done being admonished of our Lord. 2. Though his Faith lwas not quite to be shaken and extinct yet he might for a time be so foyled as might bring him shame and sorrow enough 3. He had promised indeed before this the spirit of fortitude and strength but Peter anticipates the time they were to be endued with virtue from above but not till after the Resurrection which was no priviledge but that in the meane time they might fall dangerously 4. No Promise could crosse the word of the Prophet and Christ himself now applying it to the present occasion which ought to have bin believed Objec But might not Peter be bold of victory standing in so good a cause must Christians stand doubtfull and in suspense alwayes of their standing Answ. 1. Peter must not be bold against so expresse a word of Christ. Ans. 2. No Christian boldnesse may make a man confident in himselfe and neglect prayer to God that is a blame-worthy boldnesse for a Souldier to run into the fight without his