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A21041	Tvvo treatises. The one, a most fruitfull exposition vpon Philemon: the other, the schoole of affliction. Both penned, by the late faithfull minister of Gods Word, Daniel Dyke, Bachelor in Diuinitie: published since his death by his brother, I.D. minister of Gods Word	Dyke, Daniel, d. 1614.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.	1618 (1618)	STC 7410; ESTC S100162	203,709	388

into this Sea of affliction oh they see feele many wonderful and glorious works of the Lord many heauenly and vnspeakeable comforts ioyes in the holy Ghost that they neuer knew before in the day of their prosperity For God by his promise hath tyed his presence to vs at that time Esay 43. 2. When thou passest thorow the vvaters I will be with thee c. But especially this priuiledge belongeth to such afflictions which we suffer for righteousnes sake as the example of the Apostles singing in prison and the Martyrs skipping for ioy in the midst of the fiery flames doe manifestly declare 3. Good in respect whereof afflictions make vs happy is the good confirmed vnto vs by them This good is either present or future 1. The present good is our Adoption whereof they are assured pledges and badges vnto vs. Heb. 12. If you suffer affliction God offers himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes When two children fight together in the street and one comes and takes the one and whips him and leaues the other who will not say that the child taken and corrected is that mans sonne or pupill and the other left is none of his but a strangers Againe afflictions are the high beaten way to heauen Acts 14. 22. in which onely the sonnes of God walke Neither doe afflictions onely assure vs that we are the sonnes of God but sonnes growne to some strength and ripenesse for young babes and infants are not able to beare affliction This priuiledge also more specially belongs to such affliction as wee suffer for the truths sake and is a speciall point of their blessednesse 1. Pet. 4. 11. If yee bee railed on for the Name of Christ blessed are ye for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth on you which on their part is euill spoken of but on your part is glorified Phil. 1. 28. And in nothing feare your aduersaries which to them is a token of perdition but vnto you of saluation and that of God for vnto you it is giuen not onely to beleeue in him but also to suffer Marke how sufferings are made speciall gifts of God and aboue the gifts of beleeuing He that beleeueth setteth to his hand and seale that God is true Ioh. 3. 33. but when we suffer wee come with a second and that a farre stronger seale Therefore such are called Martyrs that is witnesses by way of excellency 2. Good which afflictions confirme vnto vs is future And that two-fold 1. In this life an enlargement of comforts both inward and outward euen answerable to the measure of afflictions And in this regard are the afflicted pronounced blessed Mat. 5. Blessed are they that mourne for they shall be comforted They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy Affliction is the very seed of comfort And therefore as seed cast into the ground promiseth an haruest so do our afflictions promise comfort both bodily and spirituall Yea the longer and stronger our afflictions be the longer and stronger comforts are thereby promised For herein also is the Prouerbe true He that sowes liberally shall reape liberally Hence Moses prayes Psalm 90. 15. Comfort vs O Lord according to the dayes wherein thou hast afflicted vs and according to the yeeres wherein we haue seene euill But afflictions doe not onely promise comforts euen and answerable to themselues but farre exceeding as the encrease of good seede is oftentimes an hundred-fold Thus was it with Iob Iob 42. He had twice so much giuen him as he lost and his last daies were better then his first And the aduantage of an hundred-fold is promised by our Sauiour euen in this life Math. 19. 29. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in vs so our consolation also abounds by Christ 2. Cor. 1. 5. 2. In the life to come The afflictions of this life confirme vnto vs the hope of eternall life For if we suffer with him we shall also raigne with him 2. Tim. 2. 12. The afflictions and troubles of this life are happy assurances of the rest of a better See 2. Thessal 1. 4. 5. 6. 7. And not onely so but the Apostle goes yet further 2. Cor. 4. 17. For our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for vs a far more exceeding and eternall weight of glory What makes a man more blessed then to haue that massy and weighty crowne of glory vpon his head Blessed is the man that is afflicted for blessed is the man that shall be crowned This is also more specially the priuiledge of such afflictions which we suffer for the truths sake Math. 5. 11. Blessed are yee when men shall persecute you for my sake Reioyce and bee exceeding glad for great is your reward in heauen Thus were the Martyrs blessed in their afflictions blessed in their Martyrdome God honouring them like Elias sending for them as M. Bradford speakes to heauen in a fiery chariot Thus we see how in euery respect the afflicted are to bee accounted blessed Why then should wee feare afflictions before they come or faint vnder them after they Vse become or be impatient till they be gone If they were curses to vs or wee cursed in them then no wonder at our feare and fainting But sith wee may be blessed in them why should we so start at them Who would not willingly goe where a blessing goes And goe to that Schoole where hee shall learne that which will make him blessed Goe wee then cheerefully to the Schoole of afflictions and not like loytring trewants when in that Schoole ply wee our busines with that diligence that when we are come thence we may be able in our owne experience and out of our owne learning to say with Dauid here Blessed is the man whom thou afflictest O Lord and teachest in thy Law FINIS

doe it not without further adoe we count him worthy to smart for his folly But here God dealing with vs by his Ministers so pathetically to turne and reconcile our selues vnto him the profit is solely our owne wee only shall haue the commoditie of this reconciliation and not God who could as sufficiently glorifie himselfe in our euerlasting confusion Our hearts therefore must relent and be ouercome by this kindnesse of God so sweetly and gently calling and alluring vs vnto himselfe Obserue further in PAVLS example that sometimes Doct. we are to yeeld of our right neither alwayes Sometimes we must yeeld of our right may we doe those things which of themselues are lawfull and indifferent It is a weake argument This is lawfull in it selfe therefore it is lawfull for me In it selfe it was lawfull to eate of things sacrificed to Idols and yet in the case of scandall the Apostle forbids the Corinthians to eate of them 1. Cor. 8. It is lawfull in it selfe for a Minister to receiue maintenance from his flocke but it was not lawfull for PAVL preaching at Corinth 1. Cor. 9. For then he had abused his libertie Vers 18. And hindred the Gospell Vers 12. and so consequently sinned The case is alike in the vse of our Christian libertie in things indifferent as meate drinke apparell sport recreation It is a point of Christian wisedome to consider not only what is lawfull but also what is expedient and profitable not only what is lawfull in generall but also in speciall what is lawfull for mee and thee for if the vse of our libertie be a stumbling blocke at which our Brethren may fall and hurt themselues we must then bridle and restrayne it Here then is condemned the tenacitie and temeritie of some in the vse of that libertie which the Word hath graunted them in things indifferent Their tenacitie that they hold their owne stifly and will not let goe the least part of their right though the glorie of God and good of their Brethren doe earnestly craue and begge it at their hands Their temeritie not onely that they themselues rush venturously vpon all things that in themselues are lawfull not considering with themselues whether in regard of some circumstances it may not be vnlawfull for them what inconuenience may ensue what hurt may also arise to the Gospell but also censure and condemne others who kept backe by Christian wisedome and charitie dare not runne with them to the same excessiue vse of their libertie Let them remember that PAVL in this place hauing much libertie of commanding yet chose rather to intreat Obserue thirdly what it is that will make a Christian Doct. abridge himselfe sometimes of the vse of his Loue makes a man abridge himselfe of his libertie libertie namely the loue of God and our Bretheren For loues sake I rather beseech thee For this is reckoned among the properties of loue by the Apostle That it seeketh not her owne 1. Cor. 13. but his whom it loueth If Gods glorie and the Churches good be deare vnto vs wee will not vse our libertie to the full in those things which may hinder and hurt both If therefore thou wouldest obtayne so much of thy selfe as to remit and giue in somthing of thy right to God and thy Brethren first it is necessary that thy heart be inflamed with a zealous affection both towards Gods glorie and the Churches good This conuinceth many of small loue to their Brethren that will not moderate their libertie no not in those things which they see necessarily will bring in the ruine of the Church The Papists also are here confuted who would make this departing from our right for Gods glorie and the Churches good to be a worke of supererogation For this is their iudgement of PAVLS preaching gratis and diuers such like examples in the Scriptures If the works of Charitie be aboue the Law then also are these works to the which the Law of Charitie bindeth vs aboue the Law for it is loue which makes vs yeeld And I hope the Law commands vs to loue God with all our heart and our Neighbour as our selfe Thus much for the first speciall illustration of the Proposition of this Petition namely of his act of praying The second followeth namely of the person praying PAVL himselfe I pray thee described first by his age being as I am PAVL aged secondly from his imprisonment which he maketh a greater matter then his age and now also a prisoner of Iesus Christ both these are here brought in to adde further weight to his petition and to stirre vp the affections of PHILEMON First That he vrgeth his yeeres as a matter that Doct. 1 should make PHILEMON more respect this his Reuerence due to age suit we learne that speciall reuerence is due to this age God vnder the Law prouided for this that there should be more then ordinarie regard had of the aged but specially in the Ministerie for after they began to be in yeeres he would haue them eased of the burthen of their Ministerie and yet double honour to be giuen to them both of reuerence and of maintenance Now if the white head and siluer haires of a Minister suing for another should procure authoritie vnto him in his suit and mooues the affections of those he sues vnto how much more then suing for himselfe And questionlesse there cannot be a spectacle of greater compassion then an aged Minister gray-headed in the Seruice of God and the Church being in distresse Age sayes SALOMON is a Crowne of Glory being found in the way of righteousnesse If in any way of righteousnesse much more in the way of the Ministerie righteously and faithfully discharged Such then that are like PAVL in the Ministerie or in any other Calling that haue spent their time painfully and profitably may with honestie vrge their age pleading for themselues and others But the old man that hath liued vainly and vnprofitably all his youth and hath alwayes beene a burden of the Earth is an vncomely sight For old age is an honour in it selfe yea a part of Gods Image who is the Ancient of Dayes And honour sayes SALOMON becomes not a foole To such old men their honour is turned into shame Their gray haires are rather ashes of shame and humiliation then a Crowne of glory Secondly Vrging his imprisonment as another Doct. 2 matter and that of greater weight then the former Ministers to be regarded the more for their afflictions wherefore he should be respected in this fuit he teacheth vs that the afflictions of Gods Ministers are so farre from being any iust cause to make vs lesse to reuerence them that for them they are more respectiuely to be vsed and honourably to be conceiued of Many Ministers enioying peace and libertie and flourishing in the Pulpit haue beene much flocked after and greatly regarded as IOHN BAPTIST but when once they haue beene clapt vp in Prison then they

taken away by the death of Christ So that now to them that are in Christ all afflictions are but droanes they are vnstinged by Christ they may buzze but hurt they cannot Christ hath fully satisfied Gods iustice and therefore no further punishment can bee demanded of vs. Therefore our afflictions are now no longer punishment their nature is altered but onely fatherly corrections and trials of our faith And herein consists the first part of our blessednesse in affliction that we are freed from the curse and anger of God which is necessarily annexed to all the afflictions of the vngodly Whereupon we may now insult ouer affliction and sing triumphantly Oh affliction where is thy sting And being out of the danger of hurt by it we may securely laugh at it as the wilde Asse at the Horse and the Rider Iob. 5. 2. There is also a Positiue blessednesse in the afflictions of the godly There is not onely the absence of euill from affliction but good also is present in regard whereof the afflicted worthily are called and counted blessed This presence of good in our affliction is specially in these respects 1. The good from whence they haue their Originall namely the loue of God disposing these afflictions to vs Heb. 12. Whom hee loueth hee chasteneth This loue of God manifests it selfe specially in these two points The Measure and the Manner of their afflictions 1. For the Measure In this regard haue the godly an happy turne in their afflictions that wheras the vngodly drinke vp the whole cup of his wrath dregges and all the godly do but sip of it whereas they are scourged with Scorpions these onely are corrected with the rods of men In this sense Hab. 3. 2. God is said to remember mercy in anger because in punishing his children hee respects their weakenesse not suffering them to bee tempted aboue their strength 1. Cor. 10. 13. It is the Lords mercies that wee are not consumed Lam. 3. 22. Mercy is a curbe to Gods Iustice in afflicting his children and causes him to moderate and mitigate the punishment and as Ieremy speakes Ier. 10. to correct them in iudgement that is in an holy wisedome proportioning their affliction according to their strength and not in his anger left he bring them to nothing This is that which the Prophet Esay teacheth chap. 27. 7 8. shewing the difference betwixt the afflictions of Gods own people and strangers Hath hee smitten him as he smote those that smote him or is hee slaine according to the slaughter of them that are slaine by him In measure wilt thou contend with him This mercifull measuring out the portion of our cup is grounded vpon Gods owne promise Psal 89. 30 31. If his children breake my Law c. then will I visite their transgressions with the rod and their iniquity with strokes But my louing kindnesse will I not take from him neither will I falsifie my truth Here then is another point of our happinesse in our affliction that God laies not loade vpon vs as on the wicked but sweetely tempering mercy and iustice together giues vs occasion to say with Dauid The Lord hath chastened me sore but hath not deliuered me to death Psal 118. 18. 2. For the Manner God shewes his loue to vs in our afflictions in the manner of inflicting them vpon vs in that hee doth it as fathers correct their children vnwillingly Lam. 3. 33. For hee doth not afflict willingly nor grieue the children of men Hee doth not take any delight in our paine and misery but being necessarily thereunto enforced out of a fatherly respect which hee hath of vs to doe vs good and to keepe vs from mischiefe 1. Cor. 11. VVhen wee are iudged wee are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world Gods bowels doe euen earne ouer our soules when hee comes to correct Hos 11. 8. How shall I giue thee vp Ephraim How shall I deliuer thee Israel c. Mine heart is turned within mee my bowels are rowled together See how liuely God sets forth in himselfe the affections of a father that can finde in his heart to beate his childe hauing done a fault 2. Respect of our blessednes in regard of the Good thereof is in regard of the good annexed vnto them necessarily concomitant with them This Good is three-fold 1. Our conformity with Christ our elder brother who first suffered and then entred into glory who first wore a crowne of thornes then of glory who first felt the weight of his burdensome crosse and then that eternall weight of happinesse Rom. 8. 29. Those whom he knew before he predestinate to be made like to the image of his Sonne that is in being consecrated through afflictions as he was Heb. 2. 10. Hitherto belongs that of Paul Phil. 3. 10. That I may know the fellowship of his sufferings being made conformable vnto his death This is one point of our blessednes for the liker Christ the happier surely we be 2. Our communion with Christ who is a fellow-sufferer with vs in all our afflictions vnlesse such wherein we suffer as euill doers 1. Pet. 4. 13. Therfore Act. 9. Christ speakes to Paul persecuting the Church as persecuting himselfe Saul Saul why persecutest thou mee Now is not this a happy turne to haue such a companion in our sufferings to haue Christ as it were bearing our crosse as Simon of Cyrene bare his 3. The powerfull presence of Gods Spirit cheering and comforting vs in our affliction Blessednes is nothing else but enioying sweet cōmunion with God Now sith this communion is most of all enioyed in affliction worthily are the afflicted counted blessed Psal 112. Vnto the righteous ariseth light in darknes That is the lightning and quickning presence of God in affliction And this was the Churches comfort Mic. 7. 8. When I sit in darknes the Lord shall bee a light vnto mee 2. Cor. 12. My power is made perfect in weaknes When we are weakest in regard of our affliction and temptations then doth the power of Gods presence most shew it selfe And hence it is that Rom. 5. 3. Afflictions bring forth patience because the loue of GOD is then most abundantly shed abroad in our hearts by the Spirit as the words following shew This is that which makes vs to reioyce in affliction the sweetnes of Gods loue allaying the sowrenes of affliction Psal 91. 15. I will be with him in trouble Oh then how happy things are afflictions which bring with them so precious a pearle as the sweet company of God himselfe and the comforts of his Spirit reioycing our soules in the multitude of the thoughts of our hearts as Dauid shewes in the 17 18 19. verses of this Psalme in his own experience Therfore as the Psalmist speaketh Psa 107. of them that goe downe into the naturall Sea that they see the wonderful works of the Lord that much more may be said of those that goe