Selected quad for the lemma: glory_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	affliction_n	eternal_a	weight_n	10,184	5	9.3838	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61262	A little handful of cordial comforts scattered thorowout several answers, to sixteen questions, and objections following : intended chiefly for the good of those that walk mournfully before God ... / by Richard Standfast ...	Standfast, Richard, 1608?-1684.	1665 (1665)	Wing S5210; ESTC R33851	22,608	84

of our eyes and bitter Pills and sharp lances for the health of our bodies much more ought we to bear with patience the smarting hand of Almighty God for the health of our souls There is no Affliction indeed joyous for the present but grievous but after it worketh the peaceable fruit of Righteousness to such as are exercised thereby Heb. 12.11 Consider that if we do continue faithfull unto the death we shall receive a Crown of Life And if we do but have an eye to that recompence of reward we shall easily be drawn as Moses was to esteem the reproach of Christ greater Riches then the Treasures of Egypt and to chuse rather to suffer Affliction with the People of God then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season Heb. 11.25 26. For the happiness of that Kingdom which is to come is such that our Blessed Saviour accounts it matter of Comfort against all fear whatsoever as it doth plainly appear by those words of his Luke 12.32 Fear not little Flock for it is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdome Where the onely Argument that he makes use of for the encouraging of his little flock is the hopes of the Kingdom And again by that place Mat. 5.11 12. Blessed are ye when Men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in Heaven for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you Wherein our Saviour doth hearten his Disciples against Persecution only upon this ground because their reward should be great in Heaven And surely in S. Paul's Computation the present Affliction is not worthy the speaking of in regard of that glory that shall be revealed Rom. 8.18 Neither is there indeed any comparison at all between them for the one is but a light momentary affliction the other is a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory 2 Cor. 4.17 So that this goodness of God in the Land of the Living is enough to keep us from fainting under the heaviest burden For though our outward Man decay yet while we have an eye to this joy set before us our inward Man will be renewed day by day Fitly therefore is the hope of this Happiness called the Anchor of the Soul and the Helmet of Salvation for by this Anchor we are preserved in the deep waters by this Helmet we are Protected in the times of danger and by flying unto this Hope we are sure to finde refuge in the day of evil And thus we may be comforted against evils present Now as for those that are yet to come we may thus resolve Either they shall not come at all For God will stand between us and harm and keep us quiet from fear of evil Without his providence nothing can befall us and therefore nothing shall befall us to do us hurt For he is a God that delighteth in the prosperity of his Servants Or if they do come Yet the Lord will deliver us out of all there shall be an end Enlargement will come and he will deliver his people even because he hath a favour unto them And in the mean time He will support us in them till deliverance do come and his grace will be sufficient for us For God is faithfull and will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able But with the temptation also make away to escape that we may be able to bear it 1 Cor. 10.13 And he will also give us benefit by them For he maketh all to work together for good to those that love him Rom. 8 28. And thus we may be comforted against our fears also In a word there 's none can know the way to Heaven better then he that dwells there And therefore which way soever God leads us it is safe to follow him The uneasiness of the way makes us think that it is the farthest way about but the Lord knows it is the next way home And whatsoever they seem to us Yet all the wayes of the Lord are Mercy and Truth unto such as keep his Covenant and his Testimonies Psal 25.10 The Thirteenth Question MY troubles are great exceeding weighty and burdensome and there are no sorrows like unto my sorrows and this is that that doth so break my heart and drink up my Spirit Answer This is Answered in a word It is but a conceit of our own to think our own troubles the worst when as indeed they are but common temptations But say the worst grant that there be none like them yet if we shall compare them either with that which we have deserved or with that which Christ himself for us hath suffered or with that weight of glory that shall be revealed we shall then esteem them all as nothing And as great as they are if we would out only look up and consider duly from whence they come even that alone would be enough to make us patient For thus was it with David he was dumb and opened not his mouth considering who did it Psal 39.9 The Fourteenth Question But my Affliction is such that I am kept from enjoying the liberty of the House of God and from praysing him in the Congregation Answer This must needs be troublesome to minds well affected howbeit if God himself restrains us we may then be sure that he requires not our presence And in such a case if our desires be with the Congregation even that desire will be sufficient Neither is the Lord so confined to the Congregation but that he is near to all that call upon him faithfully wheresoever they be when necessity and not neglect is the reason of their absence And besides all this if at any time by reason of age or sickness we are not able to do those things which we do desire and did performe in the times of our health and strength then shall a willing mind be well pleasing unto God and good desires shall be accepted Yea furthermore this we must know for our consolation that a patient submitting to the good will of God is a Worshipping of him as appears by that Iob 1.20 21. Where Iob is said to Worship God when he did with patience and contentedness submit unto him This is indeed a glorifying of God and herein we acknowledge him to be our God and in thus submitting we shall perform unto God as good service as ever we did in all our lives For this is the passive part of true obedience and the tryal of sincerity in other things To serve the Lord when all goes well with us is much and it is altogether as much if not more to resolve to trust in him though he should kill us And if we can with Job hold fast our Righteousness and in the hour of semptation not fall away this is a true note of pure Religion and a manifest Argument of sincerity and truth The Fifteenth