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A14849	The lot or portion of the righteous A comfortable sermon, preached at the Cathedrall Church of Glocester, vpon the fift day of August: Anno Domini. 1615. By Richard Web, preacher of Gods word at Rodborough in Glocestershyre.	Webb, Richard, preacher of God's word.	1616 (1616)	STC 25151; ESTC S102699	41,510	50

olde saying and a true one Crux pendentis Cathedra docentis the crosse of the hanged is the chaire of the learned The Crosse-house is the Schoole-house Surely Afflictions as they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so are they also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as they are passions so they are instructions they are not only burdens vpon vs but they are also good lessons vnto vs They are like the winde which doth cleanse the good graine though it doth blow colde and like the Fire which doth purifie the bad golde though it doth burne hote Hagar was proud and blinde in Abrahams house but in the wildernes shee is humbled and begins to looke to the Lord. r Genes 16.4 Israel learned not to mourne vntill they were sent to Babell s Psalm 137.10 Ionah sleepe in the shippe but walkes and prayes in the whales belly t Iona. 1. 2. chapt Manasses cares not for God at libertie but seekes him out in the prison v 2. Cron. 33.12 Dauid went astray before he was afflicted but then he learned to keepe Gods word w Psalm 119.67 In a word euery Christian is bettered by his troubles His knowledge is sounder then it was His faith is stronger then it was his hope is firmer then it was his loue is hotter then it was his humilitie is lower then it was lastly his goodnesse in generall is greater then it was greater towards God greater towards his neighbour greater towards himselfe and greater towards all the creatures both great and small As thus wee haue holinesse by afflictions so also haue we credit Vnto you it is grace For Christ saith Paul that not onely you should belieue in him but also suffer for his sake x Phil 1.29 In the second chapter of the Reuelation and 13. verse it is recorded as a thing of great honor that Antipas was slaine as a faithfull martyr in the Church of Pergamus where Sathan had his throne And the Apostles did take themselues highly credited of the Lord when he did count them worthy to suffer for his Names sake z Acts 5.41 So that honour and reputation comes to men by all such afflictions as they doe vndergo here in this world for Gods cause and the confirmation of the truth The other two profits which doth concerne the next life are these First an assurance of glorie to come For this is certaine that if wee doe here suffer with Christ wee shall heereafter raigne with Christ a Rom. 8.17 2. Tim. 2.13 1. Pet. 3.10 And therefore Iames doth say Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tryed he shall receiue the crowne of life which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him b Iam 1.12 Secondly an increase of glorie to come For as Paul doth teach vs our light affliction which is but for a moment causeth vnto vs a farre more excellent and an eternall weight of glorie c 2. Cor. 4.17 So that the more troubles that wee doe here endure for our God and his lawes the more and greater will our glory be at the last when we shall be rewarded according to our workes d 2. Cor. 5.10 The third and last meanes of preparation for troubles is the consideration of the multiplicitie of those promises which God hath made vnto vs in his word about our troubles which promises are chiefly three The first is that hee will lay no more vpon vs then wee can beare according to Pauls words when hee saith There hath no temptation taken you but such as appertaineth to man and God is faithfull which will not suffer you to bee tempted aboue that you be able but will giue the issue with the temptation that you may bee able to beare it e 1. Cor. 10.13 The second is that he will deliuer vs frō that which he doth lay vpon vs according to Dauids words whē he saith As the mountains are about Ierusalem so is the Lord about his people from hence forth and for euer For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous least the righteous put forth their hand vnto wickednes f Psal 125.2.3 The third and last is that hee will turne that which he doth lay vpon vs and from which he will deliuer vs vnto our good in the ende according to the Apostles words when he saith Also we knowe that all things worke together for the best vnto them that loue God euen to them that are called of his purpose g Rom. 8.28 Thus by the contemplation of the necessitie of troubles of the vtilitie of troubles and of the multiplicitie of the promises which God hath made vnto vs about our troubles you may make your selues strong and prepare your hearts against all your troubles And so I leaue the first branch of the miserie of the righteous which doth concerne the nature or qualitie of it and come to the second which dooth respect the magnitude or quantitie of it Many are the troubles saith the Prophet of the Righteous The word which is here translated Many Rabboth in the Hebrew tongue is Rabboth and it coms of the verb Rabab with signifieth to multiplie or to increase Some there are who read it thus Great are the troubles of the righteous True it is that the word Rab and Rabbah whereof come Rabin and Rabboth in the plurall doe signifie now and then that which is great but yet you must know that it is but seldome and that for the most part it is taken onely for that which is much or many and so is it here For the Prophets meaning is that there is a generalitie of crosses and a plurality of troubles that doe belong to the righteous Doct. Where hence ariseth this doctrine that the afflictions or calamities wherevnto the children of God are subiect are many and diuerse Many and diuerse 1. for the persons from whome they come 2. For the meanes through which they come 3. For the times wherein they come 4. For the sortes by which they come 5. For the ports to which they come 6. Lastly for the effects which they bring at their comming The persons from whom troubles doe come are many and diuerse First and foremost there is GOD the Father the Sonne holy Ghost Secondly there is the diuell and his angells Thirdly there is the world and all vngodly persons who are in the world that are almost infinite in number beeing as the sand of the Sea h Reu. 20.8 The meanes through which troubles doe come are many and diuerse For they come sometimes through the meanes of our Children somtimes through the meanes of our seruants somtimes through the meanes of our friends sometimes through the meanes of our enemies sometimes through the meanes of our Neighbours somtimes through the meanes of strangers and somtimes lastly to omit many other meanes through the meanes of our owne foolish or sinfull wayes The times

Ioseph was in prison Moses was in the water Ieremy was in the dungion Dauiel was in the Lions denne Ionah was in the whales belly Mordecay was in the power of Hamon Peter was in the Gaile the three children were in the burning furnace and Israel was in the bondage of Aegipt yet all these were deliuered and came out of their troubles euery one of them So that wee may conclude this point with the saying of Dauid in these words For the Lord loueth iudgement and forsaketh not his saints they shall be preserued for euermore marke the vpright man and behold the iust for the ende of that man is peace the saluation of the righteous men shall be of the Lord he shall be their strength in the time of trouble for the Lord shall helpe them and deliuer them he shall deliuer them from the wicked and shall saue them because they trust in him Ob. But here it may be obiected v psal 37.28.37.39.40 that the righteous are not alwayes deliuered out of their troubles but doe now and then continue in them still and doe rather miscarry by them then euer come out from them considering that they die and perish through them Ans For answere herevnto you must know three things The first is that God hath appointed times when to deliuer his out of their troubles as it is said in the Psalme Hee sent a man before them Ioseph was sold for a slaue They held his feete in the stockes and he was layd in irons vntill his appointed time came and the counsell of the Lord had tryed him w psal 105.17 The second is that small and short troubles will not amend some and fit them well either for the worship of their God while they be here or for their owne actuall enterance into the kingdome of heauen hereafter they are so seated in their sinnes and so double died in their transgressions And therefore the Lord is compelled as it were for his owne glorie and their good to continue them still in their afflictions vntill hee hath renued them made them tractable to his voyce Read more of this in my 1. sermon vpon the second psalme The third and the last is that these that end their liues by their troubles are most of al deliuered from their troubles because then they are no more molested with any trouble but presently doe enter into their ioy of rest as Iohn doth shew saying Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord euen so saith the spirite for they rest from their labours and theyr workes doo follow them x 1. Cor. 14.13 Reas But to passe the doctrine and the doubt which hath bene moued against the doctrine let vs now come to the reasons of the doctrine and search what are the causes why the Lord doth deliuer the righteous out of all their troubles who are subiect to many troubles In few words they are foure in number The first is because they loue him according to that which is in the Psalme in these words Because he hath loued me therfore will I deliuer him I will exalt him because hee hath knowne my Name hee shall call vpon me and I will heare him I will be with him in trouble and I will deliuer him and glorifie him with long life I will satisfie him and shew him my saluation y Psal 91 14 The second is because he doth loue them and is bound vnto them by his promise according to that which is in Deuteronomie in these wordes The Lord did not set his loue vpon you nor choose you because you were more in number then any people for you were the fewest of all people But because the Lord loued you and because hee would keepe the Oath which hee had sworne vnto your Fathers the Lord hath brought you out by a mightie hand and deliuered you out of the house of bondage from the hand of Pharach king of Aegipt z Deut. 7.7 8 The third is because he is touched with their grieuances and all their troubles doe trouble him according to that which is in Esay in these words In all their troubles he was troubled and the Angell of his presence saued them in his loue and in his mercie he redeemed them and he bore them and carried them alwayes continually a Esay 〈◊〉 9 Heerevnto adde that whith is in Iudges His soule was grieued for the misery of Israel b Iudg 〈…〉 The fourth and last is because he hath glory and honour by their deliuerance according to that which is in Ezechiel in these words But I fauoured mine holy Name which the house of Israel had polluted among the heathen whither they went Therefore say vnto the house of Israel Thus saith the Lord God I doe not this for your sakes ô house of Israel but for my holy names sake which you polluted among the heathen whither you went And I will sanctify my great name which was polluted among the heathen whom you haue polluted and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord saith the Lord God when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes for I will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you c ●● 16.22 into your owne land Herevnto you may well ioyne that which is in Esay where he saith For my Names sake will I deferre my wrath and for my praise will I refraine it from thee that I cut thee not off Behold I haue fined thee but not as siluer I haue chosen thee in the furnace of afflictions for mine owne sake for mine owne sake will I doe it for how should my name be polluted surely I will not giue my glory vnto another d Esa 48.9.10.11 So that his loue his promise his feeling and his glory together with their loue goodnes doe stirre God vp to helpe the righteous and to deliuer them out of all their troubles The consideration whereof may afford vnto vs plentifull obseruations Vse The first is that God must haue the praise and honour of all these deliuerances which the godly haue at any time They must ascribe nothing to themselues or to others therin but all to God as Moses did e Exod. 15.1 as Deborah did f Iudg. 5.1 as Samuel did g 1. Sam. 12.8 as Dauid did h Psalm 12.4 as Iehosophat did i 2. Chro. 20.26 as Daniel did k Dan. 6.22 as Paul did l 2. Tim. 3.11 as all must doe m Psalm 107.16 Praised be the Lord said Dauid euen the God of our saluation which leadeth vs daily with benefits this is our God euen the God that saueth vs and to the Lord God belong the issues of death Againe he saith praise ye the Lord for his mercy endureth for euer Let them which haue beene redeemed of the Lord shew how he hath deliuered them from the hand of the oppressor and gathered them out of