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A59622	The rising sun, or, The sun of righteousnesse shining upon the sons of unrighteousnesse a theological sun-dyal wherein is to be seen the rising, motion, influence and manifold operations of Christ upon the soul ... as also the description of the true believer ... as also the highest degrees and full growth and grace are here delineated ... / by John Sheffeild [sic]	Sheffield, John, fl. 1643-1647.	1654 (1654)	Wing S3064; ESTC R30141	166,752	332

his approach dryes up the dirt and mends our wayes At his approach Fens and Flouds of Ungodlinesse are dryed up as when he once went through the red sea and Jordan He breaks the hardest heart which no Toole Art Paines Terrors and Fire of Hell and Light of Heaven could do Zacheus as a Mountaine of snow melted and the Thief on the Crosse as a Rock of ice dissolved when this Sun breaks out upon them Therefore the Church prayeth Oh that thou wouldest rent the Heavens that thou wouldst come down that the Mountaines might flow down at thy presence as when the melting fire burneth the fire causeth the waters to boyle Thou camest down the Mountains flowed at thy presence The Suns heat hath a dissolving and mollifying vertue 2. The Suns heat not light at spring produceth various Creatures which are not engendered by propagation but owe their being wholly and immediately to the Sun neither do they live longer then the Suns a biding in those Climes in his strength and vigour All our Graces in their first Production in the new Creature owe their very ess● and afterward their conservari to Christ Nature hath no hand in this Work And a●● our comforts depend only on Christ his approach and abode with us Without me ye can do nothing The Sun hath also a Creating and vis formativa in it 3. As the Sun produceth some new so it reduceth recovereth and restoreth by a redeeming kind of Vertue others of the Creatures To the withered grasse to the seeds herbs plants trees it gives a new Resurrection To the Fields another face to the Earth another Garment The Suns warmth makes Fish Fowle Beasts breed and multiply Christ by his returne recovereth decayed Grace Peace and Comfort and causeth a new and rich increase of Spiritual life It hath a redeeming and recovering vertue also 4. The heat not light of the Sun makes the Creatures grow trees shoot at the Spring Rain falls all Winter in vain till the Suns approach which then maketh good use of all the winter rain frosts and snow for the good of the Creatures All paines Instructions Corrections Reproofs Terrors Judgments Mercies Ordinances are in vain till Christ himselfe approach he can make good use of all It hath a fructifying vertue we see 5. The Spring-Sun's warmth gives growth The Summer-Suns greater and longer continuing heat gives ripenesse and perfection to the fruits and seeds sowen Christ his nearer coming and making his abode with us is that which brings Judgment unto Victory Grace unto Perfection Peace unto completeness and brings in the full Harvest of Joy to the waiting Christian. Rain fals in Winter fills the earth fowles the wayes but without fruit for want of this enlivening heat But the Summer Sun converts the falling showrs into fruitfulnesse and his Gleames causeth them to ripen the fruits and hasten Harvest How untoward are we under all Ordinances and Dispensations left to our selves But how doth Christ convert the crossest providences coldest stormes and soaking showrs of affliction into a meanes to ripen and better us Thus it hath a ripening vertue 6. By reason of this warmth the Creatures are refreshed and delighted They sport and lye beaking themselves in the Sun they leap and play The colder Creatures as Swallowes and the like feeling the benefit of the Sun and knowing their want observe the Suns motion come and go with it stay not behind it because cannot live without it So do the godly joy at the presence know not whether to go in the absence of Christ after him they seek with him stay he departing as at the cloud removing they pack up and follow Herein the Christian resembling that admirable Sun●loving Flower Lotos whereof our English Du Bartas thus For lo so soon as in the Western Seas Apollo●inks ●inks in silver Euphrates The Lotos dives deeper and deeper ay Till midnight then remounteth toward day But not above the water till the Sun Do re-ascend above the Horizon So ever true to Titans radiant flame That rise he fall he it is still the same It hath an Exhilarating and Reviving Vertue 7. It is the Light of the Sun which dispels darkness but i● is his warmth that disperseth mists chaseth fogs and drawes up the Vapours It may be common illumination may drive away ignorance and fill the mind with some general knowledg but Christ his love is that which breaketh through the interposing fogs to the heart and draweth up those Earthy affections toward himselfe It hath an Attractive Vertue 8. The Suns light causeth only an outward alteration in the face of the Air and superficies of the Earth but it is the strength of his heat which penetrates the heart of the Earth and the depths of the Sea and in the one ingendreth those Pearls in the other those precious Stones Jewels and Mines of Gold and Silver So may the bare light of the Gospel make an overly change in the face speech and outward carriage of a Hypocrite But the heat and strength of the piercing beams of Christ his Grace and Spirit worketh that inward and mighty change and breedeth those rich Mines of Grace Faith Love Sincerity c. in the hidden man of the heart and turneth clods of Earth into Gold and Rubies as wee said before Behold the Alterative Vertue of Christ and the Sun 9. The Suns warmth and heat hath an excellent clarifying and purifying vertue in it therefore we set out in May and in the Summer Sun many things to bee purged and brought to their perfection And how doth it purge and clarifie the spirit to be under the warm beames of Christ his presence and favour and how admirably is the impurity of the heart extracted and the heart refined by this heat It is full of clarifying and refining Vertue 1. This informes what a vast difference there is between Christs reaching and mans as much as between the Sun and Stars They give light he heat Man perswades Christ drawes As between Winter and Summer showres they drown and foul the Earth and make it freeze these make it fruitful Moses Ethiopissam duxit Ethiopissam non mutavit Moses made an Ethiopian his wife but could not make his wife not to be an Ethiopian when he had done Mans teaching is like mans hewing a stone he may smooth it but he cannot make it soft Christs teaching turnes stone into fl●sh Man by Education or better Instruction may take a thorn out of the Field where it was noisom and set it in the hedg where it is of use men may make men useful for Societies Christ turnes this Thorne into a Myrtle Hence see the difference to bee found among so many Hearers the difference is not in the ground nor in the seed but in the Sun and Seeds man Many are called few chosen All with Paul saw the light Paul only heard the voice All were stricken down he only converted All Israel saw the fire heard

the same voice of words and thunder that Moses did His face only shone he had nearer approaches of God unto his soul Then did the Disciples hearts burne within them when this Sun was so near and gave light to the darker Scriptures It was the Sun not the Wind which got off the Travellers Cloak It is the love of Christ not Lawes Terror that maketh sin to be laid by His Love is cords his love is chains his love constrains and drawes I drew them with cords of a man with bands of Love M●ses speaks of the precions fruits brought forth by the Sun Where the Suns heat is most predominant there are the richest Me●tals the sweetest spices the rarest fruits the most precious Jewels There is not in the East and Affrica any Quicksilver very little Iron but these meaner Me●tals of Brasse Iron Lead are only in the Northerne Countries they have Gold as naturally and abundantly as in our Countries Lead and Iron Where this Sun is near and vertical what fruitfulness is here over all others What precious things doth this Sun bring forth For Brasse I will bring Gold and for Iron Silver and for Wood Brasse and for stones iron Isaiah 60. 17. 2. It lets us see what difference between the comforts of Christs giving and those which flow from the Creature He that leaveth this Fountaine to go drink of those Cisternes goeth from Gods blessing into the warm Sun as we say but he that hath drunk of those and after tastes of this finds he is come from the freezing shady side into the cheering Sun side The Sun 's is Calor Coelestis the most kindly heat Christ's the most kindly comforts The fire in Winter heats for a while afterwards makes more chill Strong Water at present warmes but after leaves the stomack cooler The end of carnal joy is heavinesse The Sun 's is the cheering and the lasting heat it heats and alters the air without and it alters the temper of our bodies that we need less fire apparel and strong drinks The comfort had from Creatures is presently gone Christ's alters the temper of our spirits and abides much longer The greatest inward heater is Wine and the greatest outward is fire Christ his love and comfort warmes more then both Thy Love is better then Wine Cant. 1. 2. The coals of Love are coals of fire which hath a most vehement flame Cant. 8. 6. There are nine differences observable between the comforts of Christs giving and other comforts 1. His are soul purifying whereas others defile it Carnal mirth lets out all the spirits into looseness They sate down to eat and drink and rose up to play They did eat and drink and curse But Godly and spiritual comfort makes the heart serious savoury dilates the heart to receive more Graces expelleth what is noisom and is of the same operation with godly sorrow whose sadnesse of countenance makes the heart better Walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost are joyned 2. Soul pacifying his comfort and presence gives richest peace first his Love lets in Joy and Joy brings in Peace these three sit down together and this Trinity of Blessings make up the Unity and Perfection of Blessednesse the Love of the Father the Joy of the Son the Peace of the Holy Ghost Other Joy corrodes and gnawes the heart hath an ill farewel and leaveth it in sadnesse 3. Soul satisfying Corn Wine Oyle Lands Moneys satisfie not the narrow eyes much lesse the enlarged heart He still cries with the Horsleach Give give give more give better The Christians life consists not in these the Beasts and the more brutish Worldlings do who drink both in the same Trough and feed on the same husks Theirs is a hungry Joy this a filling His strength shall be hunger bitten Job 18. 12. but John 16. 24. Your joy shall be full In thy presence fulnesse of Ioy and the heart full of this Joy saith not with Esau in a bravado I have enough but with Jacob and Paul I have all and abound I am full c. Phil 4. 18. Though as having nothing yet I possess more then all things 4. Soul quickning making the soul active vigilant fit to pray sing praise fit for Duty suffering dying Godly men are never so fit for duty never so prepared to dy as with these comforts The Martyrs have gone singing and dancing with these to the flames When Judas was gone out to fetch the Officers to apprehend Christ then did Christ rejoice Now is the Son of Man glorified now shall God be glorified in him God shall first be glorified in him then straightway glorifie him in himselfe This puts that Spirit of Glory and of God upon the Saints The wicked mans Joy is intoxicating stupifying besotting as Hamans Belshazzers Benhadads they eat drink feast and flesh'd with fleshly delights they run desperately upon danger as Benhadad or Gaal the son of Ebed much like the horse rushing into the Battel and crying Aha at the sound of the Trumpet or else besotted they eat drink sleep spend their dayes in peace and in a moment go down quick into Hell like Solomens Ox who is going to the slaughter or like Jeremyes Lambs those who dye like Lambs In their heat I wil make their feasts and make them drunken that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual sleep and not awake saith the Lord. I will bring them down like Lambs to the slaughter like Rams with hee Goats Danger is never nearer then when the wicked cry Peace peace Never is he less fit for death nor dies so miserably as when overcharged with his Joyes 5. Soul raising to God towards heaven in thankfulness love praise dependance submission total resignation of self these give Wings Christ is now higher Grace the Promise Salvation is sweeter Glory and Eternity more precious and Earthly Pleasures Profits Honors fall lower in his esteem Whereas worldly joies as worldly sorrowes are heart-sinking debasing depressing 6. Soul strengthening The joy of the Lord is your strength This strengthens a soul in Grace and to Duty in faith patience waiting and in Prayer Carnal Joy sets men far off from God they never depart further and never say to God depart from us so much as then In sorrow they are less desperate Pharaoh Ahab Iehoiakim such wild Asses may be taken in their month I spake to thee in thy prosperity and thou wouldst not hear this hath been thy manner from thy youth But how gracious wilt thou be when pangs come upon thee Look how much Spiritual sorrow brings men nearer to God then carnal joy so doth Spiritual joy as much more then Spiritual sorrow therefore in Heaven there shall be all Graces yet no spiritual sorrow but all Spiritual joy because there all is ripe sorrow here is but the seed joy is the ripe fruit 7. This solid not a