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A59883 A sermon preached before the Queen at White-hall, June 26, 1692 by William Sherlock ... Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707. 1692 (1692) Wing S3354; ESTC R11058 9,582 34

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made for our Support under Sufferings As 1st Since the generality of Mankind were not likely to prove any great Philosophers GOD hath bestowed on them such a measure of Natural Courage as will bear Afflictions better than the Reason and Philosophy of more thinking men and we may generally observe that those who make the least use of their Reason and have the least share of External Comforts have the greatest Portion of this untaught Courage because they need it most 2. God has provided the greatest Supports for the best men Those who use their Reason and examine the nature of things will more easily bear Poverty and Disgrace and such other Evils than men who judge by Opinion and popular Mistakes Those who live by Reason and govern their sensual Appetites and Inclinations and use the things of this World so as not to be mastered by them retain that Courage and Strength of Mind which is lost by Softness and Effeminacy But a truly devout man who believes the Wisdom and Goodness of Providence and the Rewards of the next Life has the greatest Support of all Whereas an impenitent Sinner who wounds his Conscience with Guilt and an Atheist who believes neither a God nor a Providence have nothing but Sottishness and Stupidity to support them and could things be better ordered for the encouragement of Virtue and Religion Good men whatever their Condition be have the Advantage of the Wicked even as to this present Life they may be easie and enjoy themselves in all Conditions for GOD has provided for their present Support but if bad men be Sufferers they have nothing to support them and though they be prosperous they feel such Disorders of Passions or such guilty Fears as sowre all their other Enjoyments 3. God has so wisely ordered things that we cannot support our selves under Sufferings without making a wise and good use of them for the best Arguments to comfort us under Sufferings will afford us no comfort unless they make us better It is a great comfort that Afflictions are appointed by a wise and good God But he who considers this will naturally inquire into the Reason why God strikes will search and try his way and turn unto the Lord will hear the rod and who it is that hath appointed it That Afflictions are ordered for our good will make us endeaveour to reap the Spiritual Benefit of them for that Afflictions are useful is no Comfort at all unless we make a wise use of them unless they bring forth the peaceable Fruits of Righteousness No Man can take Comfort in the Rewards of the next World without bearing his Sufferings well in this for our Sufferings will have no reward unless they make us better unless they purifie our Minds and exercise our Faith and Patience and Submission to the Will of God 3dly I observe That it is better to suffer then to sin even with respect to our present ease because sufferings may be born by an innocent and vertuous Mind but Guilt inflicts an unsupportable wound upon the Spirit and those Sufferings which the Spirit of a Man can bear are rather to be chosen than what the Spirit of a Man cannot bear Lastly I observe that the Government of our own Passions contributes more to our Happiness than any external Enjoyments While our Minds are disordered with violent and tumultuous Passions we can never be Easie and Happy whatever else we enjoy for this gives such a Wound to the Spirits as no external Enjoyments can heal But he who has his Passions under government who knows how to Love and Fear and Desire and Hope though he may be a great Sufferer can never be miserable because he can support himself under all other Sufferings What a wrong Course then do the generality of Mankind take to make themselves happy They seek for Happiness without when the Foundation of Happiness must be laid within in the Temper and Disposition of our Minds An easie quiet Mind will weather all the Storms of Fortune but how calm and serene soever the Heavens be there is no peace to the Wicked who have nothing but noise and tumult and confusion within To God the Father God the Son and and God the Holy Ghost be Honour Glory and Power now and for ever Amen FINIS Books Published by the Reverend Dr. Sherlock Dean of St. Pauls Master of the Temple and Chaplain in Ordinary to Their Majesties AN Answer to a Discourse entituled Papists Protesting against Protestant Popery Second Edition 4to An Answer to the Amicable Accommodation of the Differences between the Representer and the Answerer 4to A Sermon at the Funeral of the Reverend Benjamin Calamy D. D. 4to A Vindication of some Protestant Principles and Church-Unity and Catholick-Communion from the Charge of Agreement with the Church of Rome 4to A Preservative against Popery being some plain Directions to unlearned Protestants how to dispute with Romish Priests In Two Parts with the Vindication in Answer to the Cavils of Lewis Sabran Jesuit 4to A Discourse concerning the Nature Unity and Communion of the Catholick Church First Part. 4to A Sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London on Sunday November 4th 1688. 4to A Vindication of the Doctrine of the Holy and Ever Blessed Trinity and the Incarnation of the Son of God c. The Second Edition 4to The Case of the Allegiance due to Soveraign Powers stated and resolved according to Scripture Reason and the Principles of the Church of England Sixth Editior Quarto A Vindication of the Case of Allegiance due to Soveraign Powers c. Quarto A Sermon Preached at Whitehall before the Queen on the 17th of Iune 1691. being the Fast-Day Quarto A Practical Discourse concerning Death The Fifth Edition Octavo A Practical Discourse concerning a Future Judgment Second Edition Octavo A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margarets Westminster Ianuary 30th 1691 2. Quarto A Sermon Preached before the Queen at Whitehall Febr. 12. 1691 2. Quarto The Charity of Lending without Usury and the true Notion of Usury stated in a Sermon Preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor at St. Bridget's Church on Tuesday in Easter-week 1692. Quarto A Sermon Preached at the Temple-Church May 29th 1692. and Printed at the Desire of the Bench-Table of the Honourable Society of the Inner-Temple Quarto Printed for W. Rogers Non ego dolorem dolorem esse nego cur enim fortitudo desideraretur sed eum opprimi dico pationtia si modo est aliqua patientia Cicer.