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A93382	A sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons, at their monethly fast, May 29. 1644. By Peter Smith Doctor of Divinitie, minister of Gods Word at Barkway in Hertfordshire, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Smith, Peter, d. 1652? or 3?; England and Wales. Parliament.	1644 (1644)	Wing S4142; Thomason E52_24; ESTC R9534	45,343	53

honour to them so to be imployed To you it us given not onely to beleeve in Christ but also to suffer for his sake Phil. 1. 29. 'T is not an omnibus datum not given to all it is an honour God hath vouchsafed to you As Moses esteem'd the reproach of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt Heb. 11. 26. But let this be onely so in the account of those that are of such affections as that Moses was it will no doubt be found most true e Quo plus tormenti tanto plus crit gloriae Sen. That as the troubles are so at least shall be the glory Thirdly I said at least But indeed f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys in Rom. 8. it shall farre exceed which may be another reason why the Lord honoureth his servants with such tryals The Apostle doth make good this assertion to the full 2 Cor. 4. 17. where he saith For our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a farre more exceeding and eternall weight of glory g 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Where he compareth things present with things future a moment with eternitie light with weight and affliction with glorie And by his expression after the h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Originall who sheweth how infinitely the latter doth transcend the former And again Rom. 8. 18. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I reckon or account saith the Apostle and truly there was no man fitter to make the reckoning or account then he who suffered more then any in his time 2 Cor. 11. 23. and who had been rapt up into the third heavens 2 Cor. 12. 2. And by experience he found it true that there is no comparison betwixt them And whereas saith Chrysostome i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c Chrysost in Loc. it may sad thy heart a little that the afflictions they are present and the glory is to come these in sense and feeling they in hope and expectation let this rather comfort thee saith he that though the present time how short soever may comprehend thy sufferings yet such shall be thy glory that it requireth an eternitie of being to containe it Thus have I shewed some reasons amongst many of this Gods dealing with his servants in this life who though their passions are both many and great causing them as in this Psalme to cry and cry againe to God yet I beleeve you see such issue of these sufferings that I think I may be bold to say in the words of Seneca I k Persuadebo iude tibi ut nunquam boni viri misereare shall perswade you hence never to pity any good man in trouble he being then in his readiest way from grace to glory Yet this must be confessed as a truth both by divine testimony and humane experience No chastening for the present seemeth ioyous but grievous neverthelesse afterwards it yeeldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousnesse to them that are exercised thereby Heb. 12. 11. Come we now to the uses of this doctrine Vse 1 Is it the Churches lot and most constant condition in the world to suffer sorrows and for such reasons First let us from hence then be exhorted unto patience in our troubles since there is so much good arising from them so much improvement of grace so much help towards glory glory I say gain'd to God and glory to the patient sufferers I have read a story in an old Writer of our Nation of a young man lying upon his death-bed who being visited by one who had been a sharp School-master sometime to him took him by the hands and said l Istae manus me portant ad paradisum Iob. de Promy These hands shall carry me to Paradise And it is as truly said of that great Divine touching God who throws sometimes at us m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Naz. in Carm. a dart that seems sharpe and bitter yet the hand is alwaies sweet that throweth it It is the hand of a Father not an enemie and n Nullus pater tam pater Tert. there is no father so fatherly He that hath put such bowels into an earthly father that he cannot indure to see his childs arme or hand cut off unlesse in case to prevent the creeping of a Gangrene that may endanger his childes life without all doubt would not himselfe deal so sharply with his dearest children were it not for prevention of some great evill or obtaining of some good thereby Remember to this purpose how patient God hath been with us how like the patient shepheard o Erroneam ovem patientia pastoris requirit invenit Nam impatientia unam facile contemneret c. Tertul. dc Pat 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Bas Sel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who sought so diligently for his lost sheep which impatience would have scorned and neglected being but one so patiently carried it upon his shoulders when he had found it How patient hath this Father been to his prodigals and how lovingly hath he entertained them when the elder brother after an impatient manner grudged at his Fathers pitie and toleration He hath been patient with us till there was no remedy and therefore forget not the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children My sonne despise not thou the chastening of the Lord nor faint when thou art rebuked of him Heb. 12. 5. He knoweth what is good for thee what sinne he would purge out of thee what grace he would worke in thee or what he would exercise or augment in thee what glory he seeks to himself what most especially unto thee that then which thou hopest for expect with patience Rom. 8. 25. p Quaerat aliquis Quando perveniant ad speratum illud gaudium Respon let patientia Cum dcus de lerit Nullae sunt longae morae ejus quod certo eveniet lib. de Pat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theocr. Vse 2 Some may aske as Tertullian saith When shall I come unto that hoped for and expected joy and glory Patience makes answer When the Lord shall grant it No delayes are call'd long of such things as shall surely come to passe What though thou maist endure many a storme and tempest it may be to the hazard of this vessel of thy body thou shalt at last arrive at the faire havens and come unto the port where thou wouldest be Secondly this lesson so grounded may instruct us to desire of God rather to sanctifie then to remove a trouble till he hath done the work for which he sent it David said of his enemies that they came about him like bees he doth not say like waspes For though they us'd their stings yet he found honey in them too There hath been much ado amongst the learned to reconcile two texts of Scripture

The world hates you saith our Saviour and again In the world you shall have trouble Iohn 15. 19. 16. 33. and he gives this reason because you are not of the world you are strangers here and every dogge will bark at Strangers But that 's not all God is not so regardlesse of his people not an hair fals from the head of one of them but by his providence and d Quid illi pereat cui capillus non c. what can he lose that cannot lose an hair c The word affords us many arguments some with reference to grace some to glory shewing the grounds of this Gods dispensation towards his own 1. From grace we have these reasons 1. There is something of * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Adam's filth even in the purest which must be wash't out with these waters of Marah By this therefore shall the iniquitie of Iacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sinne Isa 27. 9. In that mighty tempest Ionah 1. 4 7. the Mariners make enquiry after their way for whose cause this evill was upon them and when it shall be told as by the Apostle to the Corinthians 1 epist 11. 30. For this cause many are weake and sickly among you and many fall asleep it will make men look about them and begin to think it's time to iudge themselves that they be not iudged Vers 31. to search into their wayes and to repent Secondly affliction sometime is intended for prevention of sinne e Laetus animus facile lapsum i●currit quod tristi afflicto difficile evenit Arnob. in loc Men are apt to offend in dayes of mirth who are soon checked in times of sorrow Iob feared his children that they might sinne in their dayes of feasting Chap. 1. 5. and David found by sad experience in himself Before I was afflicted I went wrong Paul was wrapt up into the third heavens but he must down again and then f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cyrill Alex. lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations a thorn in the flesh is given him the messenger of Satan to buffet him 2 Corinth 12. 17. that he may learn to glory in tribulations Rom. 5. 3. For as Clemangius saith though g Amara est amaritudo flagellorum quibus à Deo corripimur sed amarior est amaritudo peccatorum quibus à Deo sepáramur Clem. there be bitternesse in the rods by which we are corrected of God yet there is much more bitternesse in the sinnes by which we are separated from God And therefore when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world 1 Corinth 11. 32. Thirdly trouble and distresses h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cyr. Alex. drive men to good force men to God sicknesse lamenesse blindnesse c. brought many unto Christ who otherwise had never sought him and these seeking cure for bodily infirmities found present remedy also for the maladies of the soul what else meant our Saviour by that speech Thy faith hath saved thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sanum te fecit non salvum te fecit hath made thee whole no hath brought salvation to thee It 's said by Basil of Seleucia concerning the Centurion who came to Christ in the behalf of his servant whose sicknesse was his sorrow i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Orat. in Centu. The sicknesse of the servant was the Masters health The servant was sicke in body and the Master sanctified in soul And that Nobleman or Courtier of whom we read Iohn 4. went to Christ for his son and the issue of that blessed journey was himselfe beleeved and his whole house vers 53. These and such souls afflicted might after truely say with Themistocles unto his children k 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. in vita Themist O children we had been lost utterly had we not been lost Fourthly the Lord by these trieth the spirits of men God led his people in the wildernesse forty yeares to prove them Deut. 8. 2. Tribulation worketh patience and patience experience Rom. 4. 3 4. Courage l Marcet sine adversario virtus tunc apparet quanta sit cum quid possit patientia ostendit Sen. de provid decayeth saith Seneca without an adversary then it appears how great it is when patience sheweth what it can do The valour and prowesse of a souldier is seen in the battell it is not bigge looks or great words will do it but his grapling with an enemy If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small Prov. 24. 10. m Exhibetur in lectulo virtus Sen. Strength is tried in weaknesse when thou lyest upon thy bed when sicknesse is upon thee and when thou art put to the use of all thy graces as faith hope patience and the like Fiftly graces are much encreased by these trials such as those I named before n Solidissima pars est corporis quam frequens usus agitavit Sen. It proveth the most solid part of the body which is most used most in exercise It was not said amisse of one He o Qui nescit orare discat navigare 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Athen. Posid that knoweth not not how to pray let him go to sea especially if that be true which I finde in that Heathen Writer He that never sailed never saw ill They that go down to the Sea in ships that do businesse in great waters These see the workes of the Lord and his wonders in the deepe For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy winds c. Then they crie unto the Lord in their trouble c. Vers 23 24 28. of this Psalme And as afflictions abound where grace is once begun there grace abounds Our calamities are very great in this our distressed distracted kingdome and when was there such a willing people to spend and to be spent in Gods cause when was there such a spirit of prayer O blessed fruits of our afflictions Secondly the Lord intends to work glory to himself and to his Redeemed Ones from these distresses Out of the eater came meat according to Samsons Riddle Iudg 14. 14. And for this cause these times are brought upon us 1. Glory to himselfe 1. For first he justifieth the power of his grace against our adversary the Devil as in the case of Iob most evidently There was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan came also among them Iob 1. 6. Satan that accuser of the brethren who came no doubt upon some such errand at that time who when the Lord glorying in the integritie of that servant said That there was none like him in the earth a perfect and an upright man Vers 8. replieth Doth Iob feare God for nought Vers 9. Hast thou not made an hedge about him Vers 10. Hast thou not been

a good Master to him But put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath and he will curse thee to thy face Vers 11. And when the Lord was pleased to deliver all he had into his power and suffered him to strip him of all that might be comfortable unto him and afterward enlarged his Commission and gave him leave to smite his body with sore Biles from the sole of the foot unto his crown Chap. 2. 7. even then the Devill found to his confusion and Gods glory p Iacett in storquilinio cui prius somnuns capere licebat in purpura ut liquido constet eum Dei gratuitum non mercenarium esse cultorem Mur. not in Sen. that when Iob lay upon the dunghill who was wont to lie under his coverings of Purple and Scarlet that he was not a mercenary but an ingenuous and free servant of God So that God in this respect will gain glory to himself from the sad sufferings of his Saints 2. It manifestly appeareth that saints are added to the church daily and so great honour unto God by the examples of the patient sufferings of his faithfull Martyrs Take my brethren the prophets for an example of suffering affliction and of patience c. Iam. 5. 10. For if when ye do well and suffer for it ye take it patiently this is acceptable with God For even hereunto were ye called Because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that we should follow his steps 1 Pet. 2. 20 21. Thus the people followed to see the Martyrdome of that glorious Martyr Cyprian and considering his constancy cried out q Moriamur simul cum sancto Episcopo Pont. in pass Cypr. Let us also die with our holy Pastour and Iustin Martyr affirmeth of himself that he being trained up in the Schools of Plato's Philosophy applyed himself to the knowledge of Christ r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Apol. 1. by seeing the patience even to the shedding of their bloud in the Christians in that age And Theodoret sheweth how in this case it was as in the felling of woods There are many more shoots spring forth then there are trees cut down s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De Cur. Gr. aff Ser. 9. and the bloud of those that are cut down is but as a watering to those young ones that shoot forth Thus some are put to it to t Quidam dura patiuntur ut alios pati doceant Sen. endure heavy things that they may teach others to endure the like Thirdly the Lord is pleased to dispose so of his servants that when they are sunk deep in sorrows he may exalt the glory and Majestie of his power in drawing them out of the pit u 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Alex. Rhart He casts them into extremities that he might save them out of such doubtfull dangers The blinde man in the Gospell to whom our Saviour gave sight was so borne to that end that the works of God might be manifested in him Iohn 9. 3. He suffered Lazarus to lie four dayes dead Iohn 11. 39 x 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bas Sel. de Laz. that his power might be the more seene in raising him and restoring him to life He can bring life out of death out of warre peace and reformation out of the greatest deformity and confusion When the Israelites were forced to those straits being y Inter mare bostes inter un●● gladios between their enemies and the Seas between the swords and the waters and the Mountains being on either side that they knew not what way to take Moses then bids them stand still and see the salvation of the Lord Exod. 14. 13. and accordingly they saw it as the story sheweth Thus Gods honour is most advanced when his people are at the lowest Secondly the Lord also turneth the crosses of his people into crownes and they make also for their glory that they may see how he of very faithfulnesse causeth them to be troubled 1. For first the readiest way to heaven is by weeping crosse Christ who came down from thence could find no other way thither againe as he sometime said himself Ought not Christ to suffer these things and to enter into his glory Luk. 24. 26. And thus taught Paul and Barnabas Act. 14. 22. That we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdome of God To which also agreeth that of the Apostle Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every sonne whom he receiveth Heb. 12. 6. God deals not with his children as many foolish parents do with theirs who z 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by their fond affection to them find cause at length not to affect them at all For if ye be without chastisement then ye are bastards and not sons Heb. 12. 8. If the Lord say once I will make my fury towards thee to rest and will be no more angry Ezek. 16. 42. a Nunquam magis irascitur deus quam cum non irascitur Bern. thou maist take it so as if in plain termes he had told thee I will withdraw my love from thee and will never more be pleased with thee His fatherly correction keeps off the severitie of his judgement fits thee for mercy and by consequent for heaven too It is I confesse a sight for heaven onely * Pium pauperem in sinu divitis Aug. A godly poore man lying in a rich mans bosome And this is the meaning here Lazarus who after his sufferings here on earth was by Angels carried into Abrahams bosome Luk. 6. 22. Secondly as afflictions to such are a way to glory so they work a proportionable reward in glory If the damned lye so orderly in h●ll that it is easier there for some then others then surely there is no lesse order observed of God in heaven but as some shall shine as the firmament so others as the stars in the firmament for ever and ever Dan. 12. 3. And one starre differeth from another starre in glory 1 Cor. 15. 41. It should seeme otherwise by that parable of the labourers in the vineyard to every one of which was given his peny neither more nor lesse come he sooner or later b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plat. which may be thought unequall The School-men therefore would have us to conceive c Denarius unus differentia claritatis P. Lumb Sent. lib. 4 Dist 49. that though every man had a peny yet one mans peny was brighter or better silver then another that is the one may have a more cleare vision of glory then another And why may we not much rather take his judgement who conceiveth d Etiam labores in praemio mimorandi Magal in Cart. Mos that the work of those who bore the heat and burden of the day is reckon'd in their wages and their pains accounted as no small part of their payment it being an