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A13405	Selfe-satisfaction occasionally taught the citizens in the lecture as St. Magnes neere London-bridge. By Francis Tayler, M. of A. and pastour of Clapham.	Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656.	1633 (1633)	STC 23717; ESTC S107523	37,254	60

esse post seculum Caeterùm nullus ijs dolor est de incursatione malorum praesentium quibus fiducia est futurorum bonrum Cypr. ad Demetr s 15. Rom. 8.18 2. Cor. 4.17 Epict. Ench. c. 79. O Lord if thou be thus good vnto them that follow thee how good wilt thou be vnto them that ouertake thee Hee lookes forward to the heauenly end of all worldly troubles and concludes with Cyprian He feeles it a punishment to be crossed in the world all whose ioy and glory is in the world He mornes and laments that it goes ill with him in this life with whom it cannot goe well after this life But they greeue not for the inuasion of present euills that haue a confident expectation of future happinesse Thus S. Paul teacheth his Romanes I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be reuealed in vs. Thus hee instructeth his Corinthians Our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for vs a far more exceeding and eternall weight of glory So then our good man collects that farre more certainely from Scripture which the heathen man collected from nature Tyrants may kill me indeed but they cannot hurt me Hee sees that temporall euills may stand with his eternall good Yea hee sees they are not euill in themselues simply but rather in mens estimation So could the naturall or rather morall Philosopher say Men are troubled not with the things that befall them On ta pragmata alla ta perton pragmaton dog mata 1● but with those opinions which they haue of the things For example Death is not euill els would it haue appeared so to Socrates also but our opinion of death is that which makes it euill Hence it is that a good man endures sicknes and death quietly which much perplexeth a wicked man So Cyprian labours to perswade the Gentiles that crosses appeared far otherwise to the Christians then to them because there was an infinite difference in the bearing of them Thinke ye that we beare aduersity equally with you when ye see that the same crosses are not borne alike by vs and you ●ypr ad Demet. s 16. Thus patience furthers selfe-satisfaction by turning away many crosses and making others easier to bee endured The seuenth helpe that a good man hath to helpe to satisfy himselfe withall Innocency is his innocency which though it be not compleat in action yet it is in intention And it is a great comfort in all crosses A good man is oftentimes crossed by them of whom hee hath deserued no hurt but rather much good Hence ariseth a world of inward comfort in outward crosses Heerewith Dauid comforts himselfe before the Lord against the slanders inuented by Sauls followers beleeued by Saul himselfe and very costly to Dauid Psal 7.3.4.5 O Lord my God saith hee if I haue done this if there be any iniquity in my hands If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that was at peace with me yea I haue deliuered him that without cause is mine enemy Let the enemy persecute my soule and take it yea let him tread downe my life vpon the Earth and lay mine honour in the dust Heerewith Iob comforts himselfe against the vnkindnesse of his friends GOD forbid that I should iustify you Iob. 27.5.6 till I dye I will not remoue my integrity from me My righteousnesse I hold fast and will not let it goe my heart shall not reproach me so long as I liue And else where Iob. 31.35.36.37 If mine aduersary had written a Booke Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder and binde it as a Crowne to mee I would declare vnto him the number of my steps as a Prince would I goe neere vnto him Yea in sicknesses and afflictions that come from God innocency is a great comfort witnesse Hezekias prayer in his great sicknesse neere vnto death I beseech thee O Lord remember now how I haue walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart 2 Kings 20.3 and haue done that which is good in thy sight Sinne is the very sting of afflictions He sayth Chrysologus Qui innoc entiae creditum seruat paenitentiae non soluit vsuram Chrysol ser 167. Clem. Alex. strom 1.6 that keepes the debt of inocency needs not pay the vse of penitency It is a signe of peace within when a man slights afflictions without Witnesse Clemens Alexandrinus It is the glorifying of a boasting soule indeed but yet it comes from a good conscience to be able to discourse against those troubles that come vpon vs. Innocency is a testimony to our consciencs that our afflictions are not punishments inflicted vpon vs by GOD for our sinnes but trialls of our pacience tending to our greater glory Thus the good man comforts himselfe from his innocency both against mortall men and also before the immortall God The last grace of GOD that giues a good man to inable him to satisfie himselfe is Hope Hope This satisfies the soule of a good man for the present because it perswades him vpon good ground that it will goe better with him hereafter So that although now it bee not so well with him as hee could wish yet because hee knowes it will bee better hee rests satisfied S. Augustine compares hope vnto an Egge For hope sayth hee hath not yet attained the thing it selfe And an Egge is something but it is not yet a chicken Beasts then bring forth yong ones but Birds bring forth onely hope of yong ones Aug. ●e ver Dom ser 29. The hope then of a good man is somewhat and hath some ability to giue him satisfaction for the present though it be not so much nor cannot so well satisfie as the glory he hopes for hereafter It is a morsell to stay a good mans stomacke till the feast of the Lambes mariage be ready where he shall bee fully satisfied Peraduenture it goes not well with him now but it will goe well with him one day and this thought vpholds him Thus louing Ionathan comforts deiected Dauid Feare not for the hand of Saul my father shall not finde thee and thou shalt be King ouer Israel and I shall be next vnto thee and that also Saul my father knoweth 1 Sam. 23.17 So the good man knowes and his aduersaries are not altogether ignorant that heauen is prepared for him and therewithall he satisfies himselfe A yong Prince brought vp vnder tutours and disciplined by meaner men then himselfe yet rests satisfied because he liues in expectation of a Kingdome So doe Gods Princes being exercised by wicked men looke vp to heauen and quiet themselues Moses lost his honours in Egypt and his pleasures to suffer afflictions with the Israelits Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches Heb. 11.26 then the treasurs in Egypt for he had respect to the recompence of the reward There is a hope of worldly preferments

him he may attaine life euerlasting How can he be sayd to bee able to giue satisfaction to himselfe that hath neede of so many creatures for the stay of his naturall and spirituall condition For answere hereunto Answer we must take notice 〈◊〉 a godly man can be safe and may be saued without these helpes But God hath giuen him these for to make his passage the more comfortable His creatures hee hath afforded him both for aliment for his naturall life and props to vphold his fayth for the comfort of his soule If he want Gods creatures for the vpholding of his naturall life he knowes that eyther God will vphold him without these for Man liueth not by bread alone Math. 4.4 but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God Or else God will take him to his heauenly Kingdome where he shall need none of these If he be denyed the Sacraments he knows that God can saue him without them so he haue true fayth in Christ He knows Gods couenant is good though no seale bee set to it It is not in Gods couenant as it is in mens Seales are not set to for feare of any vnfaythfulnes in God that promiseth but because of the weakenes of our fayth in giuing credit to Gods promises The good man then well weighing Gods power and Gods promise can vphold himselfe in the want of bodily foode and Sacraments Lastly it is obiected Obiect 4 that a good man cannot giue satisfaction to himselfe for then all gouernment in Church and Commonwealth would be ouerthrowne A good man cannot liue peaceably without the helpe of the Magistrate Nay he needs the helpe of Princes more then other men because the world hates him and his religion forbids him reuenge by reason whereof euery wicked man will play vpon him and shew himselfe ready to oppresse him 1 Tim. 2.2 Therefore S. Paul teacheth vs to pray For Kings and for all that are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godlines and honesty Moreouer a good man cannot liue well without Ministers to instruct him in Gods will To this end God hath appointed Pastours and Teachers for the building vp the Saints till we come to perfection of knowledge in Christ that wee may not be carried about with euery wind of doctrine ●phe 4.11 12 13 14. Without these politicall and ecclesiasticall helpes a good man cannot subsist How can this stand with selfe-satisfaction Answer True it is a good man receiues much comfort from both these and blesseth God for them with all his heart Yet hee can satisfie himselfe also without them As in the times of persecutions by heathnish Emperours when such were depriued of their liberty shut vp in dungeons denied the benefit of subiects and the freedome of the Gospell preached nay if both were his enemies the Magistrate seekes the ruine of his body and the Minister of his soule if the one should mightily oppresse him and the other craftily seduce him Yet a good man wold vphold and satisfie himselfe with that store of grace that God hath planted in him before and hold on without both these nay in despight of them till he attaine to liberty vnlooked for vpon earth or glory vnspeakeable in heauen All these cannons then nor whatsoeuer else the diuell can inuent are not able to beate downe the castle of selfe-satisfaction But it stands firme and will stand to the end that how soeuer things alter in the world a good man will be able to satisfie himselfe with those graces that God hath giuen him and so to stand vpon his owne bottome when great and rich mens estates come tottering downe to the ground and no man can vphold them Thus haue we wandred vp and downe the garden of the soule to view those sweete flowers that giue contentment to a good man and those medicinable herbes that helpe him to cure all the maladies of his soule All which grow within the wals of his owne garden that they may be ready for seruice when ill sauours or spirituall distempers shall oppresse the soule Now are we to come to shut vp all with application First Vse 1 from these flowers a good man may gather the hony of comfort to carry home to the hiue of his soule to feed vpon in the winter of discontent For comfore It tels him he hath attained to the best condition in the world There can be no better state then for a man to be filled with grace from aboue that he be able in time of need to vphold nay to satisfie himselfe without the helpe of any other creature Nay that he bee able to stand his owne ground and to make good his owne condition in despight of the subtilty of all crafty politicians and the power and malice of all worldly tyrants Nay in despight of all creatures and which are the most powerfull of all creatures and most malicious of the gates of hell He is a member of the Church which is built vpon the rocke Math. 16.18 and therefore the gates of hell cannot preuaile against him When he seeth troubles spirituallor corporall approach vnto him then let him looke inward and gather together the forces of his soule and then may he boldly looke dangers in the face and not feare to ouercome them Thus Dauid oppressed with many enemies comforts himselfe against them and lies downe quietly without feare of them I layd me downe and slept Psalme 35 6. I awaked for the Lord sustained me I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that haue set themselues against me round about So is the seruant of God by Gods goodnes made as it were a little God vpon earth Cultum tantùm Deo deberi dicimus qui verus est Deus facitque suos cultores Deos. Aug. de ciu Dei l. 10. c●a able through Gods grace to stand of himselfe against all oppositions and to satisfie himselfe in all occurrents O happy condition and most happy man that hath attained to it Secondly Vse 2 a good man may from hence receiue singular direction For direction Let him not hunt for felicity abroad in the world which hee may finde at home within his owne wals Who would not begge him for a foole that hauing a fountaine of his owne at hand would run to other mens to seeke for water So vaine a thing is it for a man to seeke for satisfaction from the wealth or honours of the world abroad which he might find much more comfortably and infallibly from his owne conscience within doores For when all the wealth of the world cannot satisfie the minde peace of conscience can Let other men seeke with all eagernes for worldly commodities place their sole satisfaction in them Dauid will place it in Gods fauour With the light of thy countenance Thou hast put gladnes in my heart more then in the time Psalme 4.7 that their corne and their