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A43608	Waters of Marah drawn forth in two funerall sermons, October 1653 and since (upon desire) enlarged / by Henry Hibbert ...	Hibbert, Henry, 1601 or 2-1678.	1654 (1654)	Wing H1794; ESTC R20133	61,480	191

saw Amasa wallowing in bloud 2 Sam. 20.12 every one that passed by stood still When we are in the hot pursuit of sin yea in the very chase bitter afflictions serve to give us a stand Psal 4.4 Stand in awe and sin not 2. They serve to awaken us out of sin How apt are we to take a sweet nap upon the Lap of our Delilah our beloved lusts And how unwilling to be disturbed Pro. 6.10 yet a little sleepe a little slumber a little folding of the hands to sleep How long did David sleep under the guilt of adultery and bloudshed before he was awaken by Nathan Sin hath a strong power to charme us into a deep sleep Pro. 23.34 Solomons Drunkard continues sleeping upon the top of a Mast Judg. 16. Sampson is dorming when enemies are upon his back Jonah 1.5 And Jonah hath his senses fast lockt up when there is but a poore planke or inch-boord betwixt him and death Who fallen into a lethargy can awake himselfe No more can men awake themselves out of this spirituall lethargy Secure sinners matter not though the house be on fire about their eares Now sanctified afflictions are meanes both to awake us and keep us wakefull Psal 77.4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking Both the eye of my body and mind How comes the Psalmist to be so wakefull Even by being plied with afflictions My sore ran I was troubled my spirit was overwhelmed I am so troubled that I cannot speake c. David in his heavy affliction of spirit could say My sin is ever before me Psa 51.3 and it was unto him as a Monster very horrid and formidable Whereas before in his jollity he was sensible of no such thing Looke up to God and beseech him in this glass to discover unto thee the thing that doth thee all the annoyance that sin may by little and little go out and grace drop in Many a soule had slept the sleepe of death if God had not sent some awakening affliction to shake them by the shoulder and shout aloud in their eares 3. They may be said to cure the soule of sin 1 Pet. 2.24 But what then becomes of the bloud of Christ by whose stripes we are healed Answer No great difficulty to unloose this knot take it in short chastisements may be said to cure the soule mediately but not immediately for they are meanes to bring to repentance which in its order and place leads us to the obtaining of pardon and God ever gives when he forgives Pardon of sin and power against sin are constant concomitants and a double portion from God given to the soule So then the bloud of Christ is the only foveraigne Medicine of souls and afflictions drive us to seeke the cure Meliores sunt ques ducit amor sed plures sunt quos corrigit timor Aug. To be wonne by love shews a spirit very Evangelicall and the love of Christ ought to constraine us yet many we see are brought home to Christ by the weeping crosse The Prodigall in prosperity had forgotten himselfe but having gone a season to the schoole of lad experience 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at last he comes to himselfe The Dungeon preached to Manasses the doctrine of true Religion And fellowship with the beasts taught Nebuchadnezzar humility Afflictions and the Crosse are Gods file to take off our rust and make us bright Then let us not looke at present asperity but future profit At first Job something grudged the Lords visitations but in the issue of those great troubles he was of another mind No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous yet neverthelesse afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousnesse No child takes pleasure in correction for the time it is unpleasant and irkesome he cries out O good Father good Master and thinkes he hath no worse enemies in the world But when he commeth to yeares of discretion he praiseth God he was not permitted to live as he listed Receiving of Pils and drinking of potions the cutting and lancing of a man and putting long tents into wounds Eadem est ratio disciplinae quae medicinae these are not joyous for the present And yet the health which is procured afterwards brings joy So afflictions though irkesome to the flesh yet they are wholesome to the Spirit In nature the body is most healthy when the spleen is smallest And the soule is at best when the body of sin that spirit in us that lusteth to envy is brought lowest Heavens designe in this dispensation is to kill that which would kill us The time is comming in which the soule shall say Psa 119.71 It is good that I was afflicted Blessed be those afflictions that helped to keepe me out of hell and to bring me to heaven I may say of sanctified afflictions as he said of vertue Amara radix dulcis fructus The beginning is as bitter as gall or wormewood But the end shall be sweeter than honey The second reason of the point doth respect grace Reason 2 God issueth out such bitter dispensations against his beloved ones To evidence grace To see if there be any sparke of a spirituall life in the soule We try whether instruments be in tune by smiting upon them our hearts are Gods Instruments and when he smites upon us they send forth either the sound of nature or grace God led Israel in the wildernesse to prove him and to know what was in his heart Deut. 8.2 Not that God is ignorant of our estate but to make us appeare what we are and give us a sight of our selves A Pilot is best known in a storme a Souldier in fight and a Saint in affliction This day will make us discerne betweene a tree and a man Some weeds being rubbed offend the sense whereas Pomander chafed yeelds a comfortable smell Afflictions discover the carrion-like corruptions of some but are as the breaking of a box of oyntment to others What is this man or that woman saith God Silver or Drosse Corne or Chaste Flesh or Spirit He shall no longer dissemble with the world and his own soule I le make him appeare in his colours Under the Crosse the godly pray the wicked often blaspheme To try grace We are commanded to prove all things yea our own selves 2 Cor. 13. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To deale with our selves as the Goldsmith with his Gold bring our selves to the touchstone of triall the ballance of the Sanctuary to see if we be right metall and weight yea to pierce our selves thorough and see if we be sound at heart All is not Gold that glitters A varnished Paste-board or painted Post may shine till they come to scouring That may seeme to be grace which is not Jacob may mistake his Sons No flower in the garden but a weed may be found to resemble it in the wild wildernesse It is possible