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A10976	The righteous mans euidences for heauen, or, A treatise shewing how euery one, while hee liues heere, may certainely know what shall become of him after his departure out of this life	Rogers, Timothy, 1589-1650?	1624 (1624)	STC 21245; ESTC S953	57,847	316

him seeing hee knowes he loues him dearely Min. Many say they feare God and yet doe but lye against the truth how know you that yours is this true childe-like feare of God Con. First as I haue 6 Notes of the true feare of God said because it followes vpon the former signe of saluation namely the loue of GOD and is an inseparable companion thereof as another Ruth i Ruth 1.16.17 hanging vpon her mother Naomie for loue in feare and feare in loue is a sound testimony of the true feare of GOD. Secondly it worketh in me maruellous humiltie towards God and causeth mee in awfull respect vnto his glorious maiestie to abase my self as sinnefull dust and ashes before his blessed presence as Iacobs feare of his brother Esau made him humble himselfe k Ge. 3.3 bow to the ground 7. times before him Thirdly it makes mee afraid of sin to flee from it as l Exo 4.3 Moses fled from his rod when it became a serpent it makes me feare to commit sinne secretly as well as openly for though no eye doe see me m Ps 16.8 I set the Lord alwaies before me as it kept n Ge. 39.9 Ioseph from committing foly though hee might haue done it closely and couertly enough Fourthly it makes me hate sinne for o Pr. 8.13 The feare of the LORD saith Salomon is to hate euill yea inward corruptions which sticke in the cranies of the soule and cannot be descried but but a very narrow search it causeth my heart to rise vp against rebellious lusts which lie lurking within as secret Atheisme pride vaine-glory hypocrisie enuy and the like Fiftly it makes mee p Pro. 3.7 depart from euery euill way and from iniquity to breake off the practise of sinne in the course of my life to be a discontinuer in the q Psal 1.1 way of sinners and a resident in the paths of righteousnesse Sixtly this true feare of God dispelleth so farre as it preuaileth in me all other false feares as feare of men of pouerty of disgrace of death c whereas men voide of the feare of God are full of fond and foolish feares they feare the crossing of an Hare the howling of a Dog the crying of a Rauen Fairies yea fancies and their owne shadowes as therefore the wicked man may iustly feare euery thing because hee feares not God so contrariwise the righteous man needs fear nothing else because hee feares him This one thing then wil I fear that I may feare nothing but GOD and that I may rightly feare him O knit my heart so neer vnto thee O Lord that I may feare thy Name Min. I am glad to see you so well stored of this diuine grace and rare cōmodity the fear of God oh I would many thousands had more of this good ware in their store-houses their hearts But how else are you assured that you shall be saued Con. The Lord of his goodnes hath giuen mee to taste of the first fruits of the heauenly Canaan already as a pledge of the plenarie possession thereof heereafter he hath giuen me that spiritual ioy which is a heauen vpon earth And like as the r Num. 13.23 cluster of grapes broght from the Brooke Eshcol with other fruits was an Earnest to Israel of the future inheriting of the earthly Canaan euen so is this ioy to me of inheriting that goodly that heauenly Land whereof this is some of the right fruit the kingdome of glory The twelfth signe of Saluation taken out of 1 Pet. 1.8.9 and I can bring St. Peter to be bound for my truth in this point for thus hee speakes of them that reioyce with this ioy vnspeakable and full of glory that they shall receiue the end of their faith euen the saluation of their soules Min. True Ioy I hold well is a good pledge of heauen but how proue you that yours is true ioy for who seeme more merry more frollicke or iocund than ignorant worldly yea vngodly men they seeme to haue as light hearts as any and indeed in my iudgement too light to be poized and settled with the weight of grace in a word too light to be good Con. Well haue you said that they seeme so ioyfull and now haue you spoken the best you can of them for indeed they seeme and doe but onely seeme so their ioy is like the laughing of a man in his sleepe who dreaming of some very pleasing delights reioyceth in his imagination thereat but when hee awaketh hee findeth no such cause euen such is the ioy of the wicked they doe but laugh in their sleep and the diuell shall giue them such a greeting and good-morrow one day as shall make it manifest And therefore well saith Salomon of such ſ Pr. 14.13 Euen in laughter the heart is sorrowfull and the end of that mirth is heauinesse Now therfore 6 Notes of the true ioy that mine is not this base-borne ioy but of a nobler descent but sound and good I proue it thus 1. Because shee is an hand-maide to the right noble and renowned Lady Faith she neuer goes alone but is alwaies following her For first I beleeue through faith that I am reconciled to GOD and then heereupon I reioyce being thus at peace with him and for this cause it is called t Phi. 1.25 the ioy of Faith 2. It issueth out of the right veyne and fountaine it springeth out of the bitter root of godly sorrow and griefe of heart for sinne neither can any come to drinke of this water of life this heauenly Ioy till they haue first drunke of the waters of Marah bitter yet godly sorrow as our Sauiour tells his Disciples u Ioh. 16.20 your sorrow shall bee turned into ioy 3. It is fastned vpon the right obiects for I chiefly reioyce in heauenly and spirituall things as in God himselfe I can say with the Prophet He is * Ps 43.4 my exceeding ioy and x Psal 4.7 Lord lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon me hereby thou hast put gladnesse in my heart I reioyce also in the word of God as one that findeth a great spoile yea it is the very y Ier. 15.16 ioy and reioycing of my heart yea then when it searcheth me euen to the quicke herein I finde an hony-combe I reioyce in the grace of God wrought in me and others as also in my own and their z Ps 51.12 saluation I reioyce in the a Rom. 5.2 hope of the glory of God in the comfortable vse b 2 Chro. 30.21 of the sacraments in prayer christian conference in Psalmes and spirituall songs making melodie to the Lord. I am glad when they say vnto me let vs goe into the house of the Lord. I reioyce in the welfare of Sion yea I can prefer Ierusalem aboue my chiefe ioy 4. It is the fruit of c Ga. 5.22 the Spirit not of the flesh as

whole world euen in my hart Lastly my faith brings forth in mee the sweet fruit of heauenly spirituall ioy for i 1 Pet. 1.8 beleeuing in him whome wee haue not seene that is Christ the Lord wee reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and ful of glory which is therefore called the ioy k Phil. 1.25 of faith because it proceeds from thence Thus my faith is l Gal. 5.6 a working faith and by these fruits and the like I know it is not a vaine fancy and vngrounded imagination but a sound and well-grounded perswasion whereby I am ingraffed into Christ for to beleeue is * Extra nos ire in Christum transire to go out of our selues and to goe into Christ Min. If these things bee so I am not able to obiect any thing against your faith nay all the diuels of hell shall neuer be able to ouerthrow it But by what other signe doe you know that you shall be saued Con. Well may my conuersion plead seniority for the second place it being of the same age with faith for there is no sooner true faith wrought in the heart but instantly there is a new Conuert made and a sinner become the sonne of Abraham and well may there then be ioy in heauen for a sinner that is conuerted So then there is an effectual calling and conuersion wrought in mee for the Lord of his vnspeakeable goodnesse hath deliuered mee out of the power of darknesse and translated mee into the kingdom of his deare son that is hee hath brought mee out of the miserable estate of nature wherein I was borne into the happy estate of grace wherein I now stand The second signe of saluation taken out of Rom. 8.30 this calling is a sure signe that one is ordained to euerlasting life for whom the Lord hath called those hee hath also glorified therefore heereby I am comfortably assured of my saluation Min. Our Sauiour tels vs m Mat. 22.14 that there are many called but few chosen how then can this bee a signe vnto you Con. There is a two-fold calling of a Christian an outward and an inward the Lord calls outwardly all those to whom the Gospell is preached for such he requires to come to him by beleeuing and repenting that they might be saued but many such refuse thus to come vnto him and therefore are not effectually called like as if you should call a man that is in a dead sleep who hears you not therefore lies snorting still it may be truly said he was not called vp because hee did not awaken and come vnto you so the outward calling by the voyce of the Gospel alone is not sufficient to saluation therefore the Lord calls his elect inwardly also by his spirit and this is that whereof I speake Min. But how know you that you are thus inwardly effectually called and conuerted Con. 1. 2 Notes of effectual calling By the ecchoing backe and secret answering of my heart vnto the voyce and call of God for the Lord saith n Ps 27.8 Seeke thou my face my heart answereth thy face O Lord will I seeke o Math. 11.28 Come vnto mee saith he all yee that are weary and heauy loden and I will ease you and p Ioh. 8.37 if any man thirst let him come vnto mee and drinke my heart answereth O Lord it is the desire of my soule to come vnto thee oh that I could come oh how shall I come helpe mee that I may come draw mee and I will runne after thee seeing my hart doth thus inwardly answere his call it is a certaine signe that I heare him call which I could not vnlesse hee did call inwardly and effectually Secondly the Lord hath wrought in mee a wonderfull and supernaturall change so that I am contrary to that I was by nature * Non noua substantia creatura sed labefacta reparatur as touching the quality and disposition of my soule now louing that good which then I hated and hating now that euill which before I loued therefore I am a new creature and liue a spirituall life yea Christ liueth in mee for by the power of the spirit flowing into mee from Christ my head I liue vnto God not vnto my selfe and I would not bee againe in the condition wherein I was before for all the worlds good but tremble to thinke vpon it accounting it as the suburbs and mouth of hell Min. I doe verily belieue you for they which haue thus seen and tasted of hell in their consciences will take heed how they come neere it again so lōg as they liue herein is that verified the burnt childe dreads the fire But name vnto mee a third signe of your saluation Con. Me thinkes I see Iustification offering it selfe and comming forth hand in hand with conuersion as beeing the daughters of one mother Faith two sisters born at one birth hand-fasted by the holy Ghost Rom. 8.30 neuer to bee seuered The third signe of saluation taken out of Rom. 8.30 so then I am iustified that is I am accepted of God perfectly righteous through Christ this signe neuer failes for whom God iustified them he also glorified Min. How can you proue that you are thus iustified Con. 1. Because it is the daughter of that noble parent Faith which faith beeing in mee I am thereby onely iustified * Iustification is the daughter of the true mother Faith not of works the false mother for shee saith let it be diuided betweene Christ our selues and not by workes vnlesse it bee to declare me iust before men for I cannot bee so popishly fond as to thinke that men must licke themselues whole with their owne righteousnesse 2. Whereas iustification consists in two things the remission of our sins for Christs passiō sake and the imputation of his perfect righteousnesse to vs I haue some proofe of both for first I know that God doth pardon and forgiue mee all my sinnes for I doe heartily confesse them to him with a detestation of them and if we confesse our sinnes hee is faithfull and iust to forgiue vs our sinnes as q Ioh. 1.9 saith the Apostle Secondly I know that God doth reckon Christs righteousnes vnto mee as verily as if I had personally performed it my selfe this I know by my peace of conscience for they which are thus r Rom. 5.1 iustified by faith haue peace toward God and they only thus am I one of those f Reu. 7.14 that haue washed their long robes and made them white in the bloud of the Lambe Min. Indeede if the conscience be truely pacified it is euident that you are partaker of Christs perfect righteousnesse for what else can giue the Conscience true peace and not the drunken peace of hypocrites Con. 1. Because it hath followed grieuous trouble and vnquietnesse in my conscience as a calm followes after a storme for such as neuer were afflicted in minde