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B08429	The helmet of hope, distinguished from the hope of hypocrites. And published to prevent the danger of false hope, and to promote the duty of living in true hope of glory. With an appendix of the grounds of hope, collected in a catalog of promises and experiences. / By A.B. ...	Barnett, Andrew, 17th cent.	1694 (1694)	Wing B875BA; ESTC R172272	76,414	184

promise to do it and that he was faithful that had promised And therefore he confidently concludes my God shall supply all your need What do we need to carry us through the Tryals and Troubles of this life why we need 1. Grace to help us against our Fears Doubts and Discouragements And this is secured to us in the Promises Psal 84.4 The Lord will give Grace and Glory and no good thing will he withold from those that walk uprightly 2 Cor. 12.9 My Grace is sufficient for thee And thou shalt have sufficient Grace to carry thee through thy Tryals and Trouble He will proportion the measure of thy Grace to thy necessity If he lay great Troubles on thee and thou dost meet with strong Temptations stronger than that measure of Grace that thou hast received can bear up against then he will come in with new supplies of Grace enough to supply this thy great need 2. God to go along with you to help support assist and comfort you and this needful supply is secured to you in the Promises John 14.23 We will come to him and make our abode with him Isa 41.10 Fear not I am with thee and will help thee I will uphold thee And if God be with us we need not to fear he will help and uphold us He abides with us for this end and purpose to see to our need and to supply it 3. Guides to direct you what to say and what to do and how to carry it under your Tryals and Troubles and this is secured to you in the Promises you shall not want guidance he hath promised that the Word shall guide you Luke 1.79 And that his Spirit shall guide you John 16.13 And that he himself will be a guide unto you Psa 48.14 And that unto Death as long as you live in the World you shall not want a Guide a Faithful Guide an all-sufficient Guide Wisdom it self will be your Guide Thus you see all your needs are provided for and infallibly secured in the promises upon the account of the Faithfulness of him that hath promised and that the promises may be trusted to because they are infailable And all the great and good things lodged up in the Promise shall certainly be received by Believers either in kind or equivalence What then remains but that all you that are true Believers do make much use of the Promises and lay them up in your hearts as Jewels in your Cabinets and reckon them amongst your choicest Treasures and exercise your Faith in trusting unto them And under all your Trials and Temptations fly to them for refuge pleading them in your Prayers and applying them by Faith to your selves for your Support and Comfort And to afford you some aid herein I have made a Catalogue of the choicest Promises and added thereto the Saints Experiences I did it for my own private use and have found it so useful that I thought my self bound to cause it to be recorded for publick use and commend it to the Christian World as an Antidote against distrustful Fears and Cordial against fainting Fits and assure such as faithfully make use of it that their Labour will not be in vain the Lord but that if they by Faith suck those Breasts of Consolation they will afford them much Sweetness and Soul Refreshment A CATALOGUE of many choice Promises of God verifyed in the Experiences of the Godly Published for the Use of Beleivers to support their Faith and suppress their Fears in the days of their Pilgrimage THe breasts of Consolation Are full had we but skill To tug and suck our precious Souls With Comfort they would fill Distrust be gone let Faith come on And play its skilful part The Promises of God are his That trusts him in his heart Physick and Food and all that 's Good The Promises contain Faith play thy Part and use thy Art That I this good may gain First Promises of Provision for the Supply of the Body Oh fear the Lord ye his Saints for there is no lack to them that fear him The Lyons lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing Psa 34.9 10. When the Poor and needy seek water and there is none and their Tongue faileth for thirst I the Lord will hear them I will make the Wilderness a pool of Water Isa 41.17 Behold the fouls of the Air for they neither sow nor reap yet your heavenly Father feedeth them are ye not much better then they Mat. 6.26 Take no thought saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewith shall we be cloathed for your heavenly Father knoweth that you have need of all these things Seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things shall be added to you v. 31 32. My God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in Glory by Christ Jesus Phil. 4.19 I will feed them in a good Pasture in a fat pasture shall they feed I will feed my flock and I will cause them to lie down saith the Lord Ezekiel 34.14 15. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store Deut. 28.5 Experiences of the Provision made for the Body verifying the Promises He knoweth thy walking through the great Wilderness this 40 Years the Lord thy God hath been with thee thou hast lacked nothing Deut. 2.7 Who brought thee forth Water out of the Rock of flint who fed thee in the Wilderness with Manna Deut. 8.15.16 The Ravens brought Elisha bread and flesh in the Morning and in the Evening 1 Kings 17.6 Thou preparest a Table before me in the presence of my Enemies my cup runneth over Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my Life Psal 23.5.6 He hath given meat to them that fear him he will ever be mindful of his Covenant Psa 111.5 And he said unto them when I sent you out without purse or scrip or shoes lacked ye any thing and they said nothing Luke 22.35 Neither was there any amongst them that lacked Acts 4.34 I have been young and now am old yet have I not seen the Righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread Psa 37.25 The God which fed me all my life long unto this day bless the lads He did good and he gave us rain from Heaven and fruitful seasons filling our hearts with food and with gladness Acts 14.17 Second Promises of Protection The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the Almightys arms Deut. 33.27 The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed a refuge in times of trouble Psa 9.9 I the Lord do keep it I will keep it night and day Isa 27.3 Fear not Abraham I am thy sheild Gen. 15.1 Ye that fear the Lord trust in the Lord he is their help and their sheild Psa 115.11 Blessed is he that considereth the poor The Lord will preserve and keep him alive and will not deliver him unto the will of his enemies Psa 41. beg He

that ever were conferred upon the Churches of Christ and have that Scripture much in my mind Ezek. 20.37 38. I will cause you to pass under the Rod and will bring you into the bond of the Covenant And I will purge out from amongst you the Rebels and them that transgress against me These Rebels must be purged out that oppose the work of the Lord and hinder what he is about to do for his people And we must be brought again into the Bond of the Covenant and pass under the Rod in order to this great Mercy and this Rod therefore is not to be feared nor to weaken but to heighten our hope And I am not wholly without hope that I my self tho' aged may yet live to see the storm over Now 67. and the Rebels thereby purged out and the Bond of the Covenant renewed and the People of God united and the Kingdom of Christ advanced and his faithful Ambassadors promoted in such a method of Providence as shall add such Lustre to the Mercy and such clear Evidence that it is the Lords work that the very Enemies thereof shall be put to perpetual Silence And I entreat my Brethren and all that fear the Lord to hope in the Lord not only for glory but for great and glorious things from God as the return of many Prayers of Faith and the issue of all the great things that our good God hath already wrought for us The sins of the Nation cannot hinder the accomplishment of absolute promises The promise of the Messiah was an absolute promise and though its accomplishment was long delayed yet in the fulness of the appointed time he came and the degenerated state of the Church could not hinder it The Promise of the Deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt was an absolute Promise and fulfilled exactly notwithstanding the great sins that then abounded Provoking sins cannot nullifie nor frustrate absolute Promises Now the Promises of the Downfall of Antichrist and of the Calling of the Jews and of the fullness of the Gentiles are absolute promises yet unfulfilled and the time though concealed from us yet cannot be afar off Isa 10.25 Yet a very little time and the indignation shall cease and mine anger in their destruction Gods anger towards his People ends in the destroying of their Enemies Hag. 2.3 Though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry The accomplishment of absolute Promises tarry till the appointed time of their accomplishment and then it surely comes and will not tarry Satan sinners nor sin abounding can cause it to tarry any longer Isa 46. last It shall not be far off and my salvation shall not ta●ry and I will place salvation in Sion for Israel my Glory Salvation is provided for and placed near to the Church of Christ ready to come forth at the appointed time till then it must tarry in its appointed place and then it shall not tarry then sin may abound but though sin abound then yet it shall not tarry The Interest of Christ in the world I confess is very low and many of the Reformed Churches near to ruin Ps 12.5 But for the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him Mans extremity is Gods opportunity to shew mercy in And to me the low estate of the Churches is an Encouragment as it is demonstrative that the appointed time draws nigh which is usually such a time as will add a great Lustre to the Deliverance Now I expect that storm to arise that will fall upon the Enemies of Christ lead forth the workers of iniquity that peace may be upon Sion by the removal of the Disturbers of her peace And because it will be terrible it concerns us all to strengthen our Souls against the Fears and Terrors that must needs accompany it with high hopes of Glory and also of a good Issue Let us make God our Refuge and in him let us hope Though it darken the sky that no light appear yet let us trust in the Name of the Lord and stay our selves upon our God Isa 50.10 Let us mind our then present duty and stick close to the Lord our God in hope that he will bring Light out of Darkness and turn all to the furtherance of the Gospel Let us humble our selves for our sins and the sins of the Land but let us not despair because of sin but live in Expectation of the Accomplishment of the Promises both for this Life and the Life to come Let us wait for a good Issue and let us wait in Hope Let us quit our selves like men like men of Courage like men that live in hopes of Glory Let us be strong in the Lord relying on him for Support and Comfort and Supplies of all our need in that needful time of Trouble Let us not hang down the Head as men without hope nor give any cause by our Fears and Despondencies to the Enemies of Christ to triumph over us But let us fly to the Promises and set Faith and Hope on work that by our Faith we may further the work of the Lord Let us pray in Faith then and not give way to the evil heart of Unbelief And as a help herein let us make use of that Catalogue of Promises and Experiences that is annexed to this small Treatise It hath been by me this many years and I have met with many great Troubles and have used it all along with advantage and now send it abroad for the good of others The Prayer of Paul for the Romans shall be my Conclusion Rom. 15.13 Now the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost Amen Amen THE APPENDIX THE Promises of GOD Verified in the Experiences of the Godly Collected by A. B. for his private Use and now Published for the Benefit of others God is not Man that he should tell a Lye Experience doth his Promise verifie When of Experience I did take a View I found his Promises faithful and true Thy faithfulness O Lord I do adore And pray that I may doubt of it no more LONDON Printed in the Year 1694. THE PREFACE to the Catalogue WHen I drew up this Catalogue of Promises and Experiences for my own private Use I prefixt this Preface to stir up my self to the Exercise of Faith in the Promises and not then intending to make them publick I made use of a Treatise wrote against Fear by that Pious and Excellent Divine Mr Flavel Methodizing and adding Meditations of my own and thereby modelling it into a suitable form for my own Use and have continued it and Published it for the good of others and hereby give the World notice thereof to do Justice to that Famous Man and to free my self from the Censure of such as may

shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways Psa 91.11 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil the Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in Psa 121.7 8. Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues Psa 31.20 Experiences of Protection verifying the Promises Thou hast been a strength to the Poor a refuge from the storm when the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall Isa 25.4 My help cometh from the Lord he that keepeth thee will not slumber Psal 121.2 3. The Lord is my Shield my heart trusted in him and I am helped Psal 28.7 He it is that brought our Fathers out of the land of Egypt and preserved us in all the way wherein we went and amongst all the People through whom we passed Joshu 24.17 Thus the Lord preserved David whither soever he went 1 Cron. 18.13 Two Angels came to Sodom and when morning arose they hastned Lot and when he lingred they laid hold upon his hand and brought him forth Gen. 19.15 My God hath sent his Angels and hath shut the Lyons mouths that they have not hurt me Daniel was taken out of the Den and no manner of hurt was found on him Dan. 6.22 23. Thirdly Promises of Profiting by Afflictions All things work together for good to them that love God Troubles may come upon such by troops many together but are as Ingredients in a Soveraign Medicine that all work together for the good of the Patient Rom. 8.28 By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sin Isa 27.9 I will bring the third part through the fire and will refine them as Silver is refined Zac. 13.9 He chastiseth us for our profit that we might be partakers of holiness Heb. 12.10 Like these good fruits will I acknowledge them that are carried away Captive of Judah into the land of the Caldeans for their good Jer. 24.5 I will cause you to pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the Covenant Ezekiel 20.37 38. Thou shalt confider in thy heart that as a man chasteneth his son so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee viz. For thy good and out of love to reform and reclaim thee Deut. 8.5 Experiences of the Profit of Afflictions Before I was afflicted I went astray but now have I kept thy law It 's good for me that I have been afflicted I have got good by it Psa 119.67 71. The Prodigal was in want and fed upon husks with Swine and he said My Fathers Servants have bread enough I will arise and go to my Father Luke 15.14 15. We glory in tribulations knowing viz. experientially that tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and experience hope Rom. 5.3 4. The things which happened to me have fallen out to the furtherance of the Gospel God turned his imprisment to good Phil. 1.12 13 14. Be not greived nor angry with your selves that you sold me hither for God sent me before you to preserve life Gen. 45.5 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his Youth It 's found to be so by Experience and appears to be so by the Promise and the performance of the Promise to thousands Lam. 3.27 Fourthly Promises of Preservation in and Deliverances out of Afflictions The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him the Lord shall cover him all the day long Deut. 33.12 Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me Psal 50.15 He will cover thee with his feathers I will be with him in trouble and I will deliver him and honour him Psal 91.4 15. Alas for that day is great so that none is like it it 's the time of Jacobs trouble but ye shall be saved out of it I am with thee to save thee Jer. 3.7 11. Whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be delivered Joel 2. last He will hear the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and save them Psal 145.19 They shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors and he shall send them a Saviour and a great one and he shall deliver them Isa 19.20 Experiences of Preservation in and Deliverances out of Afflictions This I recall to mind therefore have I hope it 's of the Lords mercy that we are not consumed Lam. 3.21 23. Then they cryed unto the Lord and he delivered them out of their distresses This is oft repeated in this Psalm Psal 107.6 Thou hast known my persecutions and afflictions that came to me at Antioch Iconium and Lystra but out of them all the Lord devered me 2 Tim. 3.11 Thou hast saved us from out enemies and hast put them to shame that hated us Psal 44.7 Nevertheless he saved them for his Name sake that he might make his mighty power to be known Psa 106.8 The Lord delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us 2 Cor. 1.9 10. The deliverance of the Jews out of Egypt out of Babilon and out of the Hand of Haman and the personal deliverance of David Daniel Jonah c. are instance of the verity of the Promise Fifthly Promises of present Support and Help to bear Afflictions A man viz. the man Christ shall be as a hiding place from the wind as a Covert from the Tempest as rivers of water in a dry place Isa 32.2 Then will I visit their transgressions with a rod Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my Faithfulness to fail Psa 89.33 34. The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting Arms Deut. 33.27 But the Lord is Faithful who will stablish you and keep you from evil viz. in evil times and when in the hands of ill men 2 Thes 3.3 My Grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness 2 Cor. 12.9 Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Psa 37.24 Experiences of present Support and Help to bear Afflictions At my first answer all men forsook me Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me and strengthned me 2 Tim. 16.17 The Lord is my refuge and my strength a very present help in trouble Ps 46.1 Let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing as to a faithful Creator viz. to God who hath alway been faithful to such as commit themselves to him 1 Pet. 4.19 For which cause we faint not but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day 2 Cor. 4.16 Troubled on every side yet not distressed persecuted but not in despair 2 Cor. 4.9 Having obtained