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A04269	A seasonable discourse of spirituall stedfastnesse wherein, 1. it, and a relapse, with the heads, members. and degrees of both, are exactly defined. 2. The subiects, causes, and symptomes of the fearfull sinne of apostasie cleerely expressed. As also directions, incentiues, to recouer, re-inkindle the old-cold-declining zelot. Together with arguments, motiues, that the young, or strong standing convert may be in grace firmely established. By I.B. preacher of the word.	Barlow, John, b. 1580 or 81.	1627 (1627)	STC 1439.5; ESTC S120873	89,672	290

A SEASONABLE DISCOVRSE OF Spirituall Stedfastnesse WHEREIN 1. It and a Relapse with the heads members and degrees of both are exactly defined 2. The Subiects Causes and Symptomes of the fearfull sinne of Apostasie cleerely expressed As also Directions incentiues to recouer re-inkindle the old-cold-declining Zelot Together with Arguments Motiues that the young or strong standing Convert may be in Grace firmely established Loe thus haue we searched it So it is heare it and know it for thy good IOB 5.27 By I.B. Preacher of the Word LONDON Printed by I D. for Iohn Bellamie and are to be sould at the three Golden Lyons neere the royall Exchange 1627. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL NICHOLAS INCE Maior of the City Chester And to the worshipfull Aldermen his brethren the Sheriffes with all who beare Office in that much honoured Corporation I.B. wisheth growth in grace and in the knowledge of Christ Iesus Worthy Sirs IT s a true saying That one sinner destroyeth much good Eccl. 9. vlt. For like a bad Tree he possesseth the place of a better And though barren devoureth equall nutriment with him that beareth Besides Luk 13.7 he Cumbers the ground bring foorth ill fruite whe●soever he stands 2. Chro. 10 13.14 Let Rehoboam be rooted in the land of Iudah the grave Counsell of the aged is reiected that of greene youth is accepted he findes shields of Gold 1 King 14.27 leaves them of brasse And in taxing of the subiect makes his little finger heavier than the whole body of his father Set a Pilat in the soyle of iudicature Mat. 27.26 periurie is approved Barabbas delivered And Iesus Christ the righteous condemned Plant a proud Pharisee in the vineyard of the Church Math. 23.5 c he glorieth in swelling tytles claimes the highest roome at the Table And covets the chiefest seate in the Synagogue He tythes Mint Cummin Luk. 11.42 omits mercy truth straines at a Gnat swallowes a Camell violently pressing the traditions of men Mat. 23.3 desparatly neglecting the Commandments of God He saith and doth not pointing at the way to heaven by speech treading the path to hell by practise And O shameles hipocrit the Phylacteries vpon his garmēts Mar. 12.40 are the largest his prayers in the Temple are the longest And if this be thus Why then are the prophane Prodigalls reputed kind men styled good fellowes And enemies to none Iosh 22 2● except themselves Did not one man sin And wrath fell on all the Congregation 2. Sam. 21 Was not the whole land plagued in the dayes of David three yeeres together with famine because Saul and his bloody house slew the Gibeonits Read and see And from this ground may we not be glad when vnfruitfull trees are cut downe Exod. 15.1 What did Moses Deborah Iudg. 5.1 Let it goe well with the righteous doth not the Citie reioyce Pro. 11.10 And when the wicked perish is there not shouting Will it not also follow hence that its a worthy worke by lawful meanes to remove gracelesse men 2 King 10.24 To roote them out of Church Countrey Kingdome But not to aime beyond the marke Let me be bold from the wise kings proverb to advise you exhort you that in all your elections you lay hands rashly on no man Tim. 5.22 Call to minde Iothams parable Plant a bramble in your Citie ●dg 9.14 18 he will hang on each good mans sleeve And if not teare your flesh yet prick your fingers Set him in the Sanctuarie Mat. 21.13 your Fathers house will be a denne of Theeues Place him where you please Luk. 13.7 he shall make the ground barren Or else ever hold me guiltie of a damnable lye For your selues like Iob Iob. 29.14 be clothed with the Garment of iustice filled with the fruite of righteousnesse In your old-age Phil. 1.11 be fat flourishing Governe your families well Psal 92.14 So shall you the Citie better Eph. 6.4 Nurse vp your Children in the feare of God And if need require let them marrie Tread not in the steppes of bastard Protestants 1. Cor. 7.36 who will yoke their sonnes to vntamed heifers if but laden with thicke clay Their Daughters to verie Asses have they pastures large enough Graffe yours into Gods stocke 1 Cor. 7.39 And account your Prayers their greatest portion Let others halt betweene two opinions but as Ioshuah doe you and yours serve the Lord. Iosh 24.15 If you demand why this little treatise is directed to you My defence is at hand Did you not vnexpected give me a free and generall call to be one of your Citie Lacturers Shall I be thought worthy to speak And not to write vnto you Againe when one meane failes to manifest affection gratefull minds will vse another The Law after Adams fall was vnable to revive him Then did not God reveale the Gospell In the like case may not his practise be my president Moreover not to boast of all the papers I ever penned these by my iudicious friends have bin best approved most desired to be published And finally how I love you my soule knoweth right-well But nothing doubting of your acceptance I commend you to God the word of his grace Acts 20.32 which is able to build further And to give you an inheritance among all them that are Sanctified Yours such as he is to do you seruice I. B. To the Reader CHristian Reader according to the Apostles Prediction 2 Tim. 3.1 c. we live in perillous times the last and worst age of the world For are not men Lovers of themselves Coveteous Boasters Proud And what not Who can number the dust of Atheists Papists Hereticks Hipocrits Or measure the spatious Gloabe of meere Formalists Selfe-condemned Apostats Have we not a Viperous generation among vs who professe themselves to be of the damned Crew Will sweare for a wager Drinke health 's to the Devill And account it their Grace to be reputed gracelesse Crying in the Epicure an language Let vs eate and drinke 1 Cor. 15.32 for to morrow we shall dye And is not the heavie hand of our God gone out against vs How many worthy men some whereof our English forrest brought foorth in Germanie Bohemia And the Palatinate are fallen vpon the sword And have spilt their bloud like water on the ground Who can tyth the widowes or tell the tenth part of fatherlesse children that fold their armes wring their hands And shed teares because the Enemie hath possessed the Land Is not their fathers house at Prage Heidelberg Math. 21.13 And Bre-da made a denne of Theeves Hath not that noble Prince And right noble Princesse Palatine bin pursued as David before Saul of the vncircumcised Philistines Carried their lives in their hands And many a time constrained to refresh their fainting spirits to put their royall feet vnder the Table of some Churlish Naball And ah my

soule descend not into their secret mine honor Gen. 49.6 be not thou vnited to them Make Christ thy wisdome righteousnesse 1 Cor. 1.30 sanctification and redemption Put him on with the eye of knowledge and the hand of faith by application Rom. 13.14 imitation Let him be all in all His word thy card his example thy compasse to saile the troubled and raging seas of thy spirituall voiage vnto the land of everlasting life Where thou wantest skill begge his Spirit obey his motion So shalt thou avoide the hazard of all shelues and sands Art thou in doubt Fearest thou ship-wracke Ioh. 16.13 Put him in minde of his promise and he will lead thee into all truth and at the last land thee safe where the stormes never arise waters swell or the windes blow The shops of error And here let me exhort you of this famous Citie to beware of the shops of all errour and prophanenesse But you will say which be they My answer is A playhouse A dicing-house A brothell-house and A tipling-house I had almost said of all these Gen. 20.11 as Abraham of Abimelechs the feare of God is not in them Rev 2.13 Or as Iohn writes of the Church of Pergamus I know their workes and their dwelling place even where Sathans throne is For what is a Play-house but the cheating Exchang where the sacred Scriptures are abused the glorious name of God blaspheamed lies and fables set to sale And all kindes of obscenitie scurrillitie bought and sould for readie silver Is it not the Devils forge where the bellowes blow the hammer beats on the bodyes of corruption vntill lust be enkindled smoake and burne to the bottome of hell And for the Dicing-house how should I describe it Paint it foorth in its propper colours It s the Common hall where Thieues and Robbers Gentlemen and Beggers meete together Sweare and lye Cozen and cheate Deceive and are deceived So that povertie arrests them or that which is worse often comes to passe a Ty-burne tippet with one cross-cast sends them to their longhome But what Will such reply are not lotts in recreation lawfull cautions being vsed we hope Cards and Dice are harmelesse creatures can murder no man I tell thee vpon such tearmes I may play with a Beare For cannot I pull out his eyes Dash foorth his teeth Cut off his clawes Muzzell his mouth Chaine him fast to a stake And keepe me a loofe Farre from his reach And then will he doe any man harme Prodigall know this that wise persons digge not pits wherein people may perish thinke they are excused when they forewarne men of the danger Nor feed on that dish having varietie of sound meates which will cause death if but mist in the dressing Goe thou and doe likewise lest a worse thing follow Now for a Brothel-house it s the Synagogue of Sathan the very suburbes of hell Or if you will the noysome Pest house of the Devill For such as tread her steps enter within her doores haue received the sentence of death not one of a thousand Pro. 2.19 that ever returnes againe For shall not God take vengeance of all those who burne in lust prostrate themselues to an whore And offer soule and body a living and acceptable sacrifice to the Devill I tell such in the Apostles owne words 1 Cor. 6.9.10 that they shal neuer inherit the Kingdome of heaven For whoremongers and adulterers the Lord will iudge And as for a Tipl●●g-house its Nabals Inne whither fooles flocke and resort to drink smoak kindle quench shout roare as if Devils were come from hell in the shape and similitude of men A Tap-house now in England is like Purgatorie at Rom● There when men haue lead a lewd and loose life that they may escape a worse evill pardons are procured and they be sent to Purgatorie Here when Prodigalls haue mispent their portion shipwrackt their substance to a-voyde beggerie we grant them a Licence to sell ●le And if one god●y Iosiah pull them down we haue two gracelesse Iehoiachims to reare them vp againe lest the full tale of drunkards should be diminished But O yee men of God flee these things Set a crosse on all these doores step not over the thresh-houlds Psal 139.22 hate them as David the Lords enemies with a perfect hatred When the spirits of these Butteries intise thee consent thou not Say vnto them with indignation I will none of your waies Can men tread on Serpents and not be stunge Carrie coales in their bosomes and not be burnt Live amonge the infected and escape the contagion Swallow poyson and not dye the death Without controversie the fore-named places And the sinnes ascending from them haue infected the aire provoked heaven drawne downe the late great devouring Pestilence Are not some sparkes of this consuming fire yet smoaking in the corners of your Citie And if you by these abhomiations still incense the Lord Ier. 22.19.20 may not the bellowes of his iustice reinkindle them to burne you and your habitations to dust and ashes Is it not the mercie of God that you who heare me this day are left a live How comes it to passe that you fell not when so many thousands gaue vp the Ghost Are you not compounded of the same principles Formed in the same mould Did you not breath in the same aire Feed on the same foode To be plaine haue you not committed the same if not greater sinnes Let then the long suffering of God lead you to repentance Rom. 2.4 And diswade you from the least appearance of evill You haue heard what error is where it lodgeth 1 Thess 5.22 And being discovered how it is to be avoyded Now blessed are they and none but they who vnderstand the truth and keepe it VERS 18. But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ The Logicall resolution THe Apostle in the precedent words having admonished the people to take heede or a double evill the former that they should not be led away with the errour of the wicked the latter nor fall from their owne stedfastnesse he in this verse now prescribeth a two fold remedie to prevent both The one is groweth in grace for that wil support them the other increase of knowledge for it will direct them Now because the most errours and heresies which shall spring vp and spread in the latter dayes may be and are about Christ Iesus he maketh mention of him Consider the words in themselves The Theologicall resolution and they containe a single act Grow And a double subiect Grace and Knowledge which knowledg is amplified by its obiect Iesus Christ And he described by a twofold relation Lord Saviour Grow This word is a metaphor and comprehends in it motion and augmentation the former as we see in the starres and planets may be without the latter but the second

minded quencheth Sathans fierie darts ouercomes the world It bringeth good tydings from God to man vniteth the creatures to the Creator and saveth the sinner What is faith but the choicest Grape in Canaan The prime fruite of the spirit The essentiall forme of a Christian And the p●r●e which purchaseth heaven It s like the poole of Bethesda which cureth the cripples 1 Sam. 2.22 the sword of Saul that never came emptie And the bow of Ionathan which never bended backe from the blood of the slaine the fat of the mightie For crosses faith will assure thee that the Lord sends them their burden shall not exceed thy abilitie and that like a thunder clap they rattle more than hurt That they are the cognisance of Christ the Physitian of the soule shall handle thee gently stay but a very little whil● and at their departure leaue a blessing behind them This baulme heales all diseases helpes at a dead lift and cures when nothing can And what shall I more say For the time would be too short for me to tell of Gedeon Barak Heb. 11.32 c. and of Sampson of Iephtah David Samuel and of the Prophets who thorow faith subdued kingdomes wrought righteousnes obtained promises stopped the mouthes of Lyons quenched the violence of f●re escaped the edge of the sword of weake were made strong waxed valiant in battell resolute in warre and put to flight whole armies of their enemies For when reason presents these things vnto thee as so many shee bearer roaring Canons implacable Divells And the promises of God the acts of divine providence And the kingdom of heavē no better than fate destinie broken notio●s at the best but like some ruinated and forraged Countrie th●n will faith giue them luster make them shine And as it were with open face appeare and stand foorth in a most glorious forme and order Grow in faith and thou shalt be able to breake a bow of steele lift vp the wing soare on high sleight temptations defie the devill and bid death doe his worst A great faith will fill thy soule with ioy thy life with good works and the whole world with prayses Faith if big and strong will make thee a noble warriour in the Lambes campe one of a thousand A man as David according to Gods owne heart It will ascend to heaven lay hold on thy suretie satisfie thy creditor And bring thee a quittance for an vniversall an everlasting discharge of all thy debts originall actuall past and to come But I must confesse that what I presse is hard to practise For Sathan daily desires doth winnow it When its seed is first sowne in the soyle of our soules faine would he rend it vp by the roots but finding that a matter impossible because it is of Gods planting then will he by his subtile suggestions tempt vs to question the truth of its obiects And when this wil not serue his turne neither that we may proue graine for his garner then with his sieve he will tosse tumble vs vp and down to prevent faiths act separate it from its proper obiect and keepe vs in a continuall intercourse of doubting staggering Beloved of all the strings which be on the instrument of my soule I finde none more to iarre than this of faith O how hardly is it turned How suddenly out of temper It will proue a pretie peece of service in the time of tryall day of temptation to rely on God to cast all our care on him However yet there is hope for the Lord hath blessed Faith once And it shall be blest for ever the elder shall serue the yonger And in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ Having finished the first thing wherein we are to grow we proceede to the second From the which we are instructed that Doct. 4 Christiās are to grow in the knowledge of Christ Iesus Who better acquainted with Christ than Paul th'apostle yet did he not striue to increase his knowledge of him His desire was among the Corinths to know nothing but Christ Iesus 1. Cor. 2.2 and him crucified No time would he omit meanes neglect that he might apprehend him Phil. 3.12 of whom he was apprehended The charge he gaue his sonne Timotheus may serue further to confirme the proposition Doth he not command him 1. Tim 4.13 to attend vnto reading Doctrine Exhortation And may not reason inforce it Reas 1 For is not Christ the Being of Beings The naturall Sonne of God the Father The brightnesse of his glorie Heb. 1.3 And the ingraven forme of his person Are not all the treasures of Wisdome and Holinesse Col. 2 3. hid in him Doth not the fulnesse of the God-head dwell in him bodilie Is he not coeternall Coessentiall And coequall with the most high Will you heare his owne testamonie I Ioh. 10.30 and the Father are one The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his waies before his workes of old Pro. 8.22 c. when there were no depths I was brought forth no fountaines abounding with waters yere the mountaines were setled or the hills created while as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields neither raised the highest part of the dust of the world When he prepared the heavens set a cōpasse vpon the face of the deep And established the clouds aboue I was there When he gaue the Sea his decree commanded the proud waues should not passe their boundes and when he appointed the foundations of the earth then was I by him as one brought vp with him and I was daily his delight reioycing alwayes before him And this being thus Phil. 2.6 is it any robbery for Christ to be equall with God Was not the Word made flesh 1 Ioh. 1.1.2 Dwelt amongst vs And did we not behold his glory as the glorie of the onely begotten of the Father Ioh. 1.14 full of grace and truth What obiect more wonderfull Better deserues our knowledge Did not the Angels desire to peepe into this mysterie 1 Pet. 1.12 And shall not we Then are we blame worthie Reas 2 Consider also what he hath done for vs. Hath he not elected vs Ioh. 15.16 before the world was In these good daies created vs of nothing Beautified vs in a comely manner Iob. 10.10 Imprinted his owne image vpon vs Psal 8.6 And we by sinne having spoiled our selues with no lesse price than the shedding of his sacred bloud 1 Pet. 1.19 redeemed vs Recovered the great damage we lost in Adam our father And restored vs to a farre better condition Psal 103.1.2 than was allotted to vs at our first creation It is he who pardoneth all our sinnes healeth all our infirmities delivers our soules from hell And from whom all the good we inioy we haue receiued Are not all things from him Ioh. 1.3 For without him was not made Ioh. 5.17 any thing that was