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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01235	The priuiledges of the vpright in heart Expressed in brief meditations upon the 84 Psalme: and more particularly vpon the 11 verse thereof. Studied for the vse of the right worshipfull Company of Drapers London By W.F.	Freake, William.	1639 (1639)	STC 11347.5; ESTC S120859	14,597	40

the Moon by night but saith he the Lord shall be to thee an everlasting light and thy God thy glory Isa 60.19 Hence it is that Saint Paul to the Corinthians maketh mention of an eternall and exceeding weight of glory 2 Cor. 4.17 and of Christs bringing many sonnes to glory Heb. 2.10 That yee may know as our Psalmist singeth most sweetly that it is God alone who guideth his people with his grace and so fitteth them for glory Thou wilt guide me with thy counsaile and afterwards receive me to giory Psal 73.24 according to the words of my Text the Lord will give grace and glory 15. And yet which I desire you to observe with mee out of the order of the words first Grace then Glory For whomsoever God did for know he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son saith S. Paul Ro. 8.29 and whom he predestinateth to glory thē he calleth by his grace to the knowledge of himselfe whom he calleth them he justifieth and whom he justifieth them he glorifieth ibid. v. 30. so that the high road towards Heaven and glorification there is the way of grace by sanctification here The Romans in their blindnes●e of Heathenisme had a glimpse of this and therfore they so contrived the building of the Temple of Honour that there was no way into it but by going first through the Temple of Vertue that men might learn to seek honor onely by a course of vertue Which should be the care of true Christians much more as who cannot be ignorant that except they live here the life of grace there can be no expectation of glory in the life to come God is the God of Order not of confusion and as in natural things hee useth to proceed from one extreme to another by degrees through the means so doth he in this spirituall worke the salvation of mans soule The Sun doth not at one jumpe leap from his rising place to the highestpiton in the South but in processe of certaine houres accomplisheth it by noon The seasons of the yeare are not altered in one day from scorching heat to nipping cold but by degrees so in spirituall things God never bringeth any man from his estate in sinne to the estate of glory but through the estate of grace for God giveth grace and glory And no good thing will hee withhold from them that walke uprightly as it followeth in the last clause of this verse to which I now descend 16. Nihil boni detraket in synceritate ambulantibus He will withhold nothing For all things are yours saith Saint Paul to his Corinthians 1 Cor. 3.21 Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come all are yours And why for you are Christs and Christ is Gods ibid. verse 22 23. Nay further He will withhold no good thing from them that walke uprightly Nothing that his divine wisdome shall see to be good indeed nothing that may truly and really be conducing to their good for he hath said in our Text Nihil boni detrahit No good thing will hee withhold from them that walke uprightly 17. But here a double question commeth to be answered First who are those that walk uprightly Secondly How is this true concerning them that God withholds no good thing from them To the first demand who those are that walk uprightly I answer Not those onely who fulfill every point of the law in their life and carriage in that exact manner and degree as is required nor those alone who are punctual in an outward habit of righteousnes as the Pharisies among the Iews Nor those Iusticiaries of Rome who professe not onely to doe all that is commanded but to merit by works of supererogation but such onely as walk before God that is live as in his sight with a perfect heart as David professed Psal 101.2 such as walke before God as Abraham was commanded Gen. 17.1 being perfect or rather as our margine their reads it being upright or sincere Sincerus a word borrowed from honey as the Grammarians will have it which the purer it is sine cerâ without waxe the more pleasant and wholsome it is denoting unto us that sincerity of heart in the middest of humane infirmities as it is the greatest perfection wee can arrive at in this world so it is that which God requireth and accepteth of us Because as a Reverend Divine of our own said great vertues not sweetned with sincerity are no ornament unto us and great infirmities not sowred with hypocrisie are no great deformities in the eye of Almighty God those God acknowledgeth not these he imputes not The many infirmities that escaped David in his life time were covered by the holy Ghost with the mantle of charity because his sincerity was 〈◊〉 shaken with them as it was with his 〈…〉 murther as you may read 1 Kings 15.5 where it is said of him that his heart was upright in all things save onely in the matter of Vriah As were also the Infirmities of Asa King of Iuda in not taking away the high places where it is said of him in his story 1 Kings 15.14 Nevertheles Asa his heart was perfect with the Lord all his days So that sincerity of heart when it is not divided as Os●a speaks Osea 10.2 but is bestowed upon God in simplicity as it is the most that man can performe so it is all that God expects and so our first question is answered To the second How is it true that GOD withholds no good thing from them that walk uprightly seeing many of Gods dearest children are often exposed to hard measures and 〈◊〉 of those things which the wicked enjoy in abundance I answer First wee must leave it to God to appoint what hee seeth good for us not be our own carvers submitting to his divine will and pleasure in what distresse soever as David did when hee said 2 Sam. 15.26 Behold here I am let the Lord doe unto me as seemeth good unto him And secondly wee must cast our selves upon his divine power and love towards us who is both able and willing to make all things work together for good to them who depend upon him Rom. 8.28 And thirdly we must take notice that though God in his divine wisdome hath so appointed that through much tribulation true Christians must enter into the Kingdome of God Acts 14.22 because many are the troubles of the righteous Psal 34.19 yet hee that keepeth Israel neither slumbreth nor sleepeth Psal 121.4 and in the deepest affliction his helpe is still at hand to supply all our wants as hee did for Elias in the wildernesse to moderate our sufferings that they may not be more then wee shall be enabled to beare 1 Cor. 10.13 to uphold us by his grace making that sufficient for us 2 Cor. 12.9 And lastly to deliver us in conclusion either by taking the trouble from us as hee did from

the three children that it shall not have power to destroy us or by taking us from it that it may not have power to reach us translating us into that paradise where no Serpent shall have power to enter so that every way hee will make good his word wee shall have whatsoever is good for us if not in our owne esteeme yet in Gods al-disposing wisdome and government and no good thing will he withhold from them that walk upright for the Lord God is a Sun and a shield Hee will give grace and glory and no good thing will he with hold from them that walk uprightly And so I have done with the explication of these words now for a word of application and so I conclude This Text of Scripture as you see hath acquainted us with some of those prime priviledges which our heavenly Father by the power of his divine prerogative of his speciall grace and favour hath given and granted and by these presents in this Text doth give and grant to all his faithfull children that endevour to walk before him in sincerity and uprightnesse of heart And that is that he will be to all such a Sun of direction and a shield of protection hee will give them grace and glory and no good thing will hee withhold from them as I have shewed you at large Now had I the way or meanes to have procured from our Gracious Soveraigne any addition to the Priviledges and Immunities of our Company and could I now present the same unto you confirmed under the broad Seale of England I should not doubt of a kinde acceptance and love for my pains Behold I have here presented you with better Priviledges under the great Seal of Heaven extracted from the most sacred and authenticall Word of God delivered unto you in his Name and as his Minister whom God the Father hath sealed Iohn 6.27 and I give you a faire assurance of all those priviledges in this Text to be conferred upon all you that will sue out your Patent for the same by the way which God requireth And if any shall yet doubt which is the right way to have his patent confirmed from the King of Heaven in this case let him looke upon the last words of this Text and they will tell you hee must walke uprightly before God And then all the priviledges in this Text are yours God hath promised them and hee will make them good God will be unto you a Sun and a shield the Lord will give grace and glory and no good thing will heo with-hold from them that walke uprightly Whereunto that I may prevaile with you to render your willing and constant obedience take this one motive to think upon when you see not me So often as you cast your eye upon the Armes of our Company and thereby are put in minde that you are free Drapers call to minde this text of Scripture and take notice that the beams of that Sun spoken of in my Text are a part of your Armes and the shield therein mentioned as a token of defence is denoted by that expression of a Soveraigne Regal power al-sufficient for protection which the three Crowns may put you in minde of and that way of Christianity wherin you are to walk in uprightnesse of heart is emblematized by the Crosse which is set as the Crest upon the head of your Armes And make you full account that these words are not words of course onely they have somewhat in them worthy your most serious consideration you see your devise is very significant and may without much strayning be drawn from this Text Think it therefore not unworthy your Meditations at convenient seasons and call to minde what God hath spoken unto you upon this Text and by it and suffer to this end a word of exhortation As you desire to be directed by the gracious beames of this heavenly Sun mentioned in our Text in all your fair undertakings whereunto your lawfull callings shall ingage you in your temporall affaires As you desire the comfortable direction of this Sun to guide you into all truth in things that concerne your spirituall estate As you desire to be preserved from such erroneous courses as your owne darke mistakings might expose you unto whether in the necessaries of this life that your credit break not here or in the eternall comforts of another life that you perish not there everlastingly Have an eye to the directions of this Sun of righteousnesse in whom are hid all the treasures of true wisdome and saving knowledge Let the Lord God be your Sunne As ever you trust to finde the protection of this heavenly shield to defend you from all oppositions in your lawfull way seeke daily direction from him who is your Sun and walke in the wayes whereunto hee shall direct you as ever remembring that he hath not promised to be a shield to any but to those who are carefull to follow the Sun of his directions nor will he be a shield but where he is a Sunne As you expect to obtain true saving grace seeke it of him who is the onely giver of it and seek it in the carefull and frequent use of his holy Ordinances wherin hee hath promised to give it For the Lord giveth grace And as you expect glory in the life to come seek it by an holy course a course of holines in this life present in the Kingdom of grace For the Lord giveth grace and glory And last of all as you expect that God shall withhold no good thing from you which his divine wisdome shall see necessary and fitting for you as conducing to Grace here and Glory hereafter walk uprightly and be sincere in his service For unto such onely are these heavenly priviledges appropriated in my Text For the Lord God is a Sun and a shield c. And that in so doing wee may so finde Let us pray as the Church hath most piously instructed us MOst mercifull Lord wee beseech thee to cast the bright beames of thy light upon thy Church that being enlightned by the doctrine of thy truth it may attaine to thy everlasting gifts And because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall keep us alwayes by thy helpe and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation preserve thy houshold the Church in continuall godlinesse that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glory of thy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be honour and glory now and for evermore Amen Page 4. for Objection read Observation FINIS Feb. 16. 1638. Imprimatur Guil. Bray