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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90696	Two sermons preached in the Tovver. The former, on Sunday the 30. day of Ianuary. 1641. The later, on Sunday the 24. day of April. 1642. By the Bishop of Bath and Wells.	Piers, William, 1580-1670.; W. D.	1642 (1642)	Wing P2211; Thomason E155_21; ESTC R23322	31,288	88

Saint Austines docta ignorantia learned ignorance in this who ingeniously confesseth that he knew not particularly what this thing was which so troubled this Apostle but sure he was it was some sore temptation or other affliction and in this all Divines agree You see then here that an Apostle and such an Apostle as Saint Paul was and after so many Visions and Revelations of the Lord had a thorne in the flesh given him a sore affliction from God and no marvell for the better the man the sharper and the deeper the thorne it must be so As the Church of God in generall so every childe of God in his Church is sicut lilium inter spinas as a lilly among thornes 2. Cant. 2. the thornes of troubles and afflictions Non decet sub spinoso capite membrum esse delicatum saith Saint Bernard he is not worthy to be a member of the mysticall body of Christ upon whose glorious head was platted a crowne of many thornes for the sinnes of other men who cannot endure the pricking of one thorne some light affliction if not for his Saviours sake yet for his owne sinnes Hath our blessed Saviour dranke so deepe of the cup of afflictions before us and for us and shall we be unwilling to pledge him a little to sip after him in the same cup Qui erat sine flagitio non erat sine flagello Since God spared not his owne and onely begotten Sonne who was without all spot of sin but delivered him up for us all shall wee who are but his adopted sonnes and altogether sinfull thinke to escape without any chastisement at all No no the Lord chasteneth every Son whom he receiveth and therefore qui non est in numero flagellatorum non est in numero filiorum saith St. Austin He that is without chastisement is a bastard and not a son Heb. 12.8 Give me the man saith St. Ambrose that was never troubled with any thorne of temptation or affliction and I will presently conclude that that man is not the child of God for every childe of God must have something one affliction or other to humble him and to bring him home to God in which he must take pleasure and rejoyce as St. Paul did We must not thinke to goe à deliciis ad delicias saith St. Ierom immediately from the pleasures of this world to the joyes of the next The children of Israel went not through gardens of flowers and Paradises of fruits but through uncouth deserts to the land of Candan this was a type of our pilgrimage through the afflictions of this world to the heavenly Canaan Afflictions are the infallible arguments and to kens of Gods favour unto us and therefore one who had beene a great while without any affliction said in his Prayer to God ergóne Domine non sun dignus qui patiar is it so Lord and I so much out of thy favour that I am not worthy of affliction What a large Catalogue doth St. Paul reckon up of his afflictions in the eleventh Chapter of this Epistle In stripes above measure in prisons more frequent in deaths oft Of the Iewes five times received I forty stripes save one thrice was I beaten with rods once was I stoned thrice I suffered shipwracke a night and a day have I beene in the deepe in journying often in perills of waters in perills of robbers in perills by mine owne Countrimen in perills by the Heathen in perills in the City in perills in the wildernesse in perills in the sea in perills among false brethren in wearinesse and painfulnesse in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakednesse I am almost out of breath in rehearsing them and yet the Apostle was never out of breath in enduring them But here was his comfort and here is ours also All the afflictions of the servants of God they are but stimuli the prickings of thornes they are but colaphi the buffettings causing shame and smart onely they are but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the gentle punisnments of a loving father We are troubled but not altogether distressed perplexed but not in despaire persecuted but not forsaken cast downe but not destroied 2 Cor. 4.8.9 O welcome then yea thrice welcome to our soules these bitter sweets loving chastisements gentle corrections indulgent visitations pleasant crosses comfortable sorrowes wholesome calamities profitable miseries sanctifying distresses refining troubles joyfull temptations glorious trialls blessed revilings happy curses honourable reproaches all light and momentary afflictions which worke for us a farre more exceeding and eternall weight of glory 2 Cor. 4.17 By these we are humbled and seeke right early unto our God By these we are put in remembrance to sorrow for our sinnea past By these wee become more carefull of our waies hereafter By these Gods graces are exercised in us and our patience our faith and our love are tried By these wee are weaned from the pleasures and vanities of this life By these wee are prepared and fitted for the world to come By these our desires are inflamed to be dissolved and to be with Christ By these we are encouraged to embrace death with both our armes and therefore David said unto God I know that of very faithfulnesse that is in thy faithfull love to methou hast caused me to be troubled Psal 119. verse 75. I have been the longer upon this first branch the thing which troubled the Apostle because it is the thing upon which the whole frame of my Text doth turne I will therefore be the shorter in the rest But what did the Apostle here when the thorne of affliction began to vex him Why he went presently to his prayers the onely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or soveraigne medicine to draw out the thorne of any temptation or affliction whatsoever For this thing rogavi I besought which is the second branch of the petition and comes in the next place to bee handled Is any man afflicted let him pray this was St. Iames his precept in the fifth Chapter of his Epistle verse 13. and this was Davids practice In my distresse I called upon the Lord and complained unto my God Psal 18. yea God himselfe saies wee will be sure to pray unto him when we are in trouble whatsoever wee doe at other times For in their affliction they will seek me early Hos 5.15 We use to make prayer the last remedy and refuge onely in our extremities when all other meanes faile then to our prayers but it ought to be the first too for God is a very present helpe in trouble saith David Psal 46.1 other helpes are not alwaies at hand but Gods helpe is But will not God helpe us without our praiers No and why so First because prayer is a part of the worship and service of God which we owe unto him The great men of the world will not bestow their favours nor grant deliverances untill they bee petitioned and shall the great