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A01628	A speciall treatise of Gods prouidence and of comforts against all kinde of crosses and calamities to be drawne from the same With an exposition of the 107. Psalme. Heerunto is added an appendix of certaine sermons & questions, (conteining sweet & comfortable doctrine) as they were vttered and disputed ad clerum in Cambridge. By P. Baro D. in Diui. Englished by I.L. vicar of Wethers-fielde.	Hyperius, Andreas, 1511-1564.; Baro, Peter, 1534-1599, attrib. name. aut; Ludham, John, d. 1613.	1588 (1588)	STC 11760; ESTC S120495	239,789	550

of Iemini He layeth alike both the wicked attempts of Absolon and desperate saucynes of Simei vpon the prouidence of God It followeth in the same place Suffer him to cursse for the Lord hath bidden him note that he saith bidden It may be that the Lord will look on my affliction and do me good for his curssing this day By which woordes it plainly appéereth that wicked Simei brast forth to so heinous a fact by the very wil and impulsiō of the Lord himselfe but yet that the Lord can when it pleaseth him turne the malice of Simei to Dauids good Now how in like manner through the disposition of Gods prouidence the counsell of wise Ahitophell was ouerthrowne by Hushai according as Dauid had desired may out of that lōg narration Chap. 17. be sufficiently vnderstood but chefly out those woords of the scripture which are added afterward The Lord had determined saith he to destroye the good counsell of Ahitophell and the cause is added comprehen ding a reason of the whole matter That the Lord might bring euil vpon Absolon Therfore the Lord gouerneth mens mindes and willes yea and inclineth them after a sorte so as they are caried after euill and whatsoeuer is heer 's doone by Absolon is doone by the Lords disposition By like reason it came to passe that Ahitophell was so fierce cruell against his owne life that he went and hanged him selfe In that behalf it pleased the Lord to reuēge his trechery and to bring to passe that euill counsell according to the Prouerb might be seene to fall out worst to the counséllour himselfe Further touching them that were sent vnto Dauid to show him the counsell of Hushai and likewise through what policye they were saued from their enemies hands by a woman it were long to declare yet in the mean season that all things were doon by Gods prouidence it may sufficiently appeer by those things that are spokē of Hushai which fled at Dauids commaundement For looke from whome the end floweth and from the same also without question must be deriued the meanes tending to the same end Now the things that follow Chap. 18. touching the conflict of both the armies touching the twenty thousand that were slayne of Absolons parte and touching the miserable end of Absolon himselfe that they can by no meanes be referred to contingence or haphazard the very woordes of the Scripture doo aboundantly testifie wherby whatsoeuer came to passe is ascribed onely to Gods prouidence For so we heard before That the Lord would bringe euill vpon Absolon And in this self same Chap. 18. Ahimaaz saith of Dauid The Lord hath deliuered him out of the hand of his enemies Againe the same man to Dauid Blessed be the Lord thy God who hath shut vp the men that lift vp their hands against my Lord the King And immediatly after Chusi also saith vnto him The Lord hath deliuered thee this day out of the hand of all that rose vp against thee We sée cleerly they all doo confesse that euery thing was doone by the wil and dispensation of God and that it cannot be said without the greate iniury of Gods name that any thing came to passe casuallye or by chance-medley Thus much of Absolon and I think inough For in that Dauid after a sorte did beare héere a type of Christ and they that cleaued to him a type and figure of the Church on the other side in that Absolon with his adhearents shadowed out the persecutors and enemies of the gospel and that by the diuine prouidence so ordaining as in many other actions of the holy Fathers we know a type and figure of thinges to be accomplished by Christ apéered there is no cause why we should enter now into this field Verily I suppose that these two examples are of vs in such wise discussed and declared as that euery man heerafter may easilye without any difficultie by himselfe finde out and determine in other holy discourses also by like occasiō the places commending the force power of Gods prouidence especially séeing there is scarce any narration to be found in the holy Scriptures wherin are not some such places intermixed and that almoste appéering manifest to sight And it behoueth vs to iudge that it was procured by the singuler purpose and counsell of the holy ghost that such and so many places do euery where come to hand For why they doo not only preach and set foorth Gods prouidence woorking al in al things which in trueth can neuer sufficiently be blazed and displayde as it deserueth but also further they comprehend manifolde and the same most swéete and holesome doctrine For they will vs especially to acknowledge our owne weakenes and miserie they admonish vs to learne to depend wholy vpon God alone to commend all our actions all our life long vnto him they stirre vp faith in vs they inuite vs to continuall inuocation of the grace and helpe of God they counsell vs to take in good parte whatsoeuer happeneth amongst men and so they moue vs to modesty patience long sufferance finally they propound vnto vs in all thinges that come to passe the diuine power goodnes righteousnes attentiuely to be marked and euer more to be praised Séeing therfore these places are such let no man be of this minde to think that they are carelessely to be passed ouer Wherfore by all these things we haue sufficiently and cléerely enough proued that neither to Fate or Destiny nor to Chaunce nor to Fortune nor to Contingence or haphazard may any place be giuen at al in our sacred philosophye where iust regard is had of Gods prouidence and the same worthily esteemed Whither the Prouidence of God imposeth a necessitie to thinges prouided Chap. 6. NOw some men may say If nothing at all commeth to passe Contingentlye or by Haphazard nor nothing by necessitie of Consequence then it followeth that all thinges come to passe by necessitie as they call it Absolute yea and that all thinges that happen are accomplished by a certaine vnchangeable and vnauoydable necessitie so as they cannot possibly choose but be doone And is this in any wise to be graunted To this obieicton or question we will answer in fewe woordes 1 First if we list not to striue about woords or sentences but are content to vse those that we see oftentimes to be met withal in the holy Scriptures nothing forbiddeth but that we may say simplye that all thinges come to passe by necessitie and that it is impossible but the thinges should be accomplished which the Lord hath ordained to be doone For after this sort Christ him self saith simply It is necessary that offences should come It is impossible but that offences should come againe All thinges must be fulfilled which were written of him by the Prophets And thus it was necesserye that Iudas should sell and betraye Christe to the Iewes for mony it was necessary that Peter should deny Christ thrice it was

the helper of the afflicted and the deliuerer of his out of all dangers further also wherin those that are deliuered doo giue God thankes for his benefites receiued as Psal 18. declareth how euen in the middest of tempests and other dangers the Lord yet saueth the godly The chanels of waters saith he were seene and the foundations of the worlde were discouered at thy rebuking O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure He hath sent downe from aboue and taken me he hath drawen me out of many waters He hath deliuered me from my strong enemy and from them that hate me Psal 23. dooth wholy tend to this effect but especiallye these woordes are to be considered Albeit I should walk through the valley of the shadow of death yet will I feare no euill for thou art with me Psal 27. Though an hoast pitched against me mine hart should not be afraide though warre be raised against me mine hart should not be afraide yet will I trust in thee Psal 30. O Lord thou hast brought vp my soule out of the graue thou hast reuiued me from them that goe down into the pit In the same place Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladnes Psal 31. My times are in thy hand deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies c. Psal 33. Beholde the eye of the Lord is vpō thē that feare him vpō them that trust in his mercye to d●liuer their soules from death and to preserue them in the time of dearth Psal 34. The Angell of the Lord pitcheth round about them that feare him and deliuereth them There also Many are the miseries of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth them out of all Psal 37. the Lord knoweth the daies of vpright men their inheritance shal be perpetuall They shal not be confounded in the perillous time and in the dayes of famine they shall haue enough Psal 40. Innumerable troubles haue compassed me my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me that I am not able to looke vp yea they are moe in number then the heares of my head therefore my hart hath failed me Let it please thee O Lord to deliuer me make hast O Lord to helpe me Psal 41. By this I know that thou fauourest me because mine enemy dooth not triumph against me And as for me thou vpholdest me in mine integritie and shalt set me before thy face for euer Psal 57.59 Dauid dooth ascribe his deliuerance vnto the prouidence of God in that he flying Saul withdrew himselfe into a den and when his house was beset by the commaundement of Saule that he might haue béene taken Psal 66. The Lord holdeth our soules in life and suffereth not our feete to slippe There also Thou hast caused men to ride ouer our heads we went into the fire and water but thou broughtest vs into a wealthy place Psal 71. Thou hast giuen commaundment to saue me for thou art my rock and my fortresse In the same place By thee haue I beene susteyned euer since I was borne thou art hee that tookest me out of my mothers bowells c. Psal 73. As for me I was alway with thee for thou hast holden me by my righthand Thou wilt guide me with thy counsell and afterward receiue me to glory Psal 91. is wholy spent in this that it teacheth most cheerelye that the Lord doth euery where take care for vs and prouideth that we fainte not vnder the troubles which doo on euery side assayle vs. He shal deliuer thee saith he from the snare of the hunter and from the noysome pestilence he will couer thee vnder his winges and thou shalt be sure vnder his feathers his trueth shal be thy sheeld buckler Thou shalt not be afraid of the feare of the night nor of the arrow that flyeth by day nor of the pestilence that walketh in darknes nor of the plague that destroyeth at noone day A thousand shall fall beside thee and ten thousand at thy righthand but it shall not come nigh thee And a little after There shall none euill come vnto thee neither shall any plague come neere thy tabernacle For he shall giue his Angels charge ouer thee to keep thee in all thy waies They shall beare thee in their hands that thou hurt not thy foote against a stone Thou shalt walke vpon the Lyon and Aspe the yong Lyon and Dragon shalt thou tread vnder thy feete c. The like shalt thou finde in many other Psalmes especially the 104.116.124.139 this is wholly applyed to this purpose 144.147 And in the prophets there are very many confessions and thankes giuings of this sort that doo wonderfully commend the perpetuall care and prouidence of God toward vs in all perils and dangers It would be ouerlong to repeat them at this present and some places shal afterward in the exposition of the 107. Psalm be fitly produced Wherfore as now we omit them It is manifest therfore that by this doctrine of Gods prouidence there is much comfort gotten throughout the whole life and as ther is no time in mans life free from dangers so ought euery one without ceassing to lifte vp and strengthen his minde with the remembrance of Gods prouidence inasmuch as by it euen then when we would least suspect we are euery moment deliuered from some dangers which as they are to be seene in some so there is no doubt but that they may also happen vnto vs. Furthermore comfortes doo not héerby only come vnto vs in that we are taught that by the prouidence of God continual calamities are kept from vs but heerby also ought we to gather matter of consolation that by the same are ministred vnto vs whatsoeuer good things are necessary to this life For if God disposeth all thinges and with singuler care fououreth aduanceth and defendeth vs and our matters as we haue sufficiently at large and plainly be fore proued when we taught that Gods prouidence was not onely vniuersall but also speciall and peculiar then doutlesse are we to look for all good things from him also Neither may we think that any thing shal be wanting vnto vs so long as we haue him fauourable that careth for vs and much lesse that we can procure vnto our selues any thing by our owne deuises industrie arte strength vnlesse be of his mercy ministreth it vnto vs. For he alone is almightie and endued with a notable philanthropie or loue towards mankinde wherfore vndoubtedly he both can and will giue whatsoeuer seemeth good vnto him and our necessitie requireth As for vs howsoeuer we may seem to doo any thing by our owne industrye or also by the helpe of others whither it be of men I say or of any other creature yet are we enforced to confesse that the thing is farre lesse which we do though it be neuer so smal a matter then that it can without him be brought to passe as we desire

manner of causes of it againe when we apply all our driftes and deuises to the better restoring of our decayed estate and doo nothing preuaile let vs conclude that we are letted and hindred by the good will and pleasure of God and that he would so humble and abase vs and perhaps woorke some spirituall good thinges in vs and by vs or at least will againe in his good time restore all thinges double and treble vnto vs. And from hence it behoueth vs also whilest we are tossed and turmoyled in this world with diuers and sundry perils whilest after happy issues and successes we are greued with many and great and as well with publike as priuate distresses to fetch manifolde comfort and consolation and to apply all and euerye the things héer discoursed to our pesent estate and condition And he powreth contempt vpon Princes The third example drawen from the alterations and sundry successes in diuers degrees of men namelye of Noble men and poore men which two orders or degrees he expresselye mentioneth in stead of al other We may ●f●times saith he beholde princes which are set in soueraigne dignitie either sodeinly or by little and little beyond al mens expectation to be cast downe in great extremetie to be contemned of all and to be driuen to flie euen the company of men with whome they were before conuersant and acquainted Againe on the other side some poore obscure person and one that is vexed with many distresses God wonderfullye deliuereth encreaseth with riches and honours and finally aduaunceth to a great and notable familye In which thinges doubtlesse there is no man that perceiueth not the po●●●er iustice goodnes and prouidence of God to be exceedingly apparant and therfore also worthily to be extolled and magnified And he very trimly expresseth that which maketh especially to the direction of Princes or Potentates namely contempt For why neither gréefe of body or minde nor penurie or scarscitie nor power or might of the enemies dooth so much daunt and call downe great estates as contempt He that is deerelye and welbeloued of his owne whither it be his subiectes or kinsfolkes and accquaintance that man dooth as yet safelye ride in harborough and these will sticke to him in sicknes in the times of necessitie and against his enemies but he that is now despised and contemned of his own hath no refuge left in a manner wherto he may trust any more neither will a mans enemies lightly set vpon him but when they suppose him to be forsaken of his ●rands We might alleadge some examples euen of our time but that if would be thought an odious matter to touch by name the misery infelicitie of any And Saul and such like did then first of all begin to quaile when as becomming irkesome to euery one they grewe into contempt and were forsaken of all their subiects as Saule also himselfe i. Sam. 22. complained that all men had conspired against him and clinged rather to Dauid then to him But finelye to the amplifying of the contempt it is saide to be powred vpon them that is largely and manifoldely to be sprinkled or cast Likewise to expresse the greatnes of the miseries which such princes contemned and despised doo taste off he addeth that which is the vttermost of all calamities and euen the winding vp of al the rest namely that they wander in the wildernesse out of the way and withdrawe themselues from the company and societie of men knowne vnto them And he dooth no lesse gallantly in the other parte lay foorth euery thing touching the deliuerance and exaltation of the poore And it is a very fine resemblance or similitude wherein he saith that he maketh them families like a flocke of Sheepe He signifieth by this similitude that they which were lately abiects and outcasts are now promoted and enlarged and not only they themselues aduanced to honour but also that their whole familyes doo grow vp and spread abroad no otherwise then flockes of shéepe are woont to encrease which continually through one supply of yong ones following an other are multiplied encreased which encreasement and multiplication ought to be numbred amongest the excellent blessinges of God And what thing more notable or glorious can be spoken of any than that a man by his owne proper vertue mounteth to high estate and besides maketh his whole house and familie more noble and famous as Dauid ennobled and commended to his whole posterity the familie of Iesse and tribe of Iuda c. And there is also manifolde doctrine propounded vnto vs in this example 1 We learne that riches power dignitie principalitie and whatsoeuer else is of this sort is giuen onely and alone of God 2 That none are placed in so high a degrée but that they be in danger of falling and are at all times to feare and suspect the same 3 That we are neuer at any time to staye vpon the vnstable thinges of this worlde but onely vpon God in whose hand are all things and who wisely ruleth and ordereth all things 4 That the first step to ruin and ouerthrow in great men is if they begin once to be contemned of their subiects or allies 5 And certaine it is that this very contempt commeth to passe by the wil or procurement of God for sinne God so mouing the harts of men as he moued the hartes of the Israelites to forsake Saule 6 That there followe this contempt many other dangers and discommodities as flight bannishment c. after which sort also we haue séene princes to be cast out by their subiectes compelled to wander and straye to and fro to liue of other mens deuotion c. Finally also to despaire 7 Wherfore that princes and great estates ought to labour and endeuour that they may rather of their commons be beloued then feared 8 In the mean time subiects ought to know that they are not for small causes to contemne or forsake the Magistrate vntill by the singular dispensation of God they féele themselues to be moued by that which lightly alwaies some great weighty causes are first made knowne and manifest The righteous shall see it and reioyce There is not héere a conclusion hortatory by a verse interlaced or put betwéene as in the proofes before going but onely a graue concluding sentence which dooth admonish all men touching the true vse right obseruatiō of the woorkes and determinations of the Lord in such examples For the Prophets meaning in this verse is that all sorts of men as wel good as bad should be stirred vp by the consideration of such alterations in mens matters to take therby some holesome doctrine to the profitable instruction of their consciences And he will haue the godly to reioyce but the wicked to be terrified and induced to humilitie He saith all iniquitie for all the woorkers of iniquitie by the figure a●tonomasia Whervpon we learne heere 1 That all things which are doone and accomplished heere