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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75707	Good courage discovered, and encouraged: in a sermon preached before the commanders of the military forces, of the renowned citie of London. In the parish church of Great St. Helens. May the 17. 1642. By Simeon Ash, preacher in London.	Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1642 (1642)	Wing A3956; Thomason E149_26; ESTC R3991	25,215	40

him and his humours stirre in him or some passionat inconsiderate persons provoke him this my beloved is not to be couragious Wee reade in the Gospel of a man possessed with an evil spirit that did often cast himself into the water and into the fire to destroy himself And truly it nearely concernes many men of daring spirits to consider Mark 9. 22 seriously what spirit it is that acts in them These things we must marke that the true nature of courage may bee understood This description of good courage I judged meet to premise and to explain briefly that we may understand the duty in the text the duty the seasonable duty which God calls for and I plead for Bee of good Courage The second thing I propounded in the prosecution of this point is the reasons wherefore a Christian should bee couragious And my doctrine is built upon a fourefold ground First Gods people should be of good courage in reference unto the condition unto which God hath called them God hath appoynted all Christians to be souldiers A Sacrament is a souldiers oath when we were baptized we tooke presse money and vowed to serve under the colours of Christ and as manfull souldiers to fight against the world the flesh and the Devill and as oft as wee have beene at the Sacrament of the body and blood of our Lord wee have renewed our solemne and sacred obligation in that kind in reference to Christ who is called The Captaine of the Lords host Jos 5. 16. and the Captaine of our salvation Heb. 2. 10. InÃ ure hardnesse saith the Apostle as a good culdâ—er of Christ 2 Tim. 2. 4 Epaphroditus my fellow souldier Phil. 2. 25. Beloved wisdome is not more necessary for a Counsellor nor eloquence for an Orator then courage for a souldier Souldiers we are wee must therefore Be of good courage Secondly the weighty services wherein the Lord of Hosts is pleased to imploy us Men imployed in peculiar services are commanded to put on fortitude As Ioshua who was a Commander to guide and governe the host the armies of the Israelites in their passage to Canaan Bee thou strong and very couragious that thou maist observe to Iosh 1. 7. doe according to all the Law which Moses my servant commanded thee turne not from it to the right hand or to the left And Ezra in regard of his office is thus spoken unto Arise for the matter belongeth unto thee bee of good courage and doe it and common Christians in respect of services required of them are to be couragious in their places Ios 23. 6. Be yee therefore very couragious to keepe and to doe all that is written in the booke of the law of Moses that you turne not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left Shall I hint some services that are charged upon all our consciences The worke of mortification to pick out our eyes to chop off our hands to cut off our feet doe you thinke that a milke sop a man that is not a man of a stout spirit will doe this Novv to massacre fleshly lusts is as it vvere for a man to mangle and dismember his owne body it is a worke painefull and grievous as for a man to cut off his owne feet to chop off his ownehands and to pick out his owne eyes as Christ and the Apostle Paul doe expresse it Besides this there are in Christians bosomes strong holds to be battered fortifications to be demolished there are high hils and mountaines that must be levelled with the ground ther are trenches to be made vallies to be filled O beloved I may not mention the hils that lye before us in heaven way which we must climbe up and craggy rocks that we must get over and without courage certainly the service put upon our hands will not be discharged Ther are also the wals of Irusalem to be repaired and the Temple to be reedefied If Nehemiah had not beene a a man of a brave spirit hee would never have gone through stitch with that Church worke those weighty services which hee did undertake How this is appliable to us for the present time the time of our begun reformation I speake not but rather doe referre it to your considerations I beseech you to reade Neh. 4 17 18. They which builded on the wall and they that did beare burthens with those that laded Every one with one of his hands wrought in the work and with the other hand held a weapon For the Builders every one had a sword girded by his side and so builded and he that sounded the Trumpet was by us While they were at worke they were all ready for warre Thirdly Christians must bee couragious in reference to the 3. huge Armies with which they are assaulted There are armies Of Devils Of Lusts Of men and women in the world that doe wage warre with every Christian that in good earnest makes out after his God in heaven way For the Devils it is the argument of the Apostle and from thence I tooke it Ephes 6. 10. Brethren be strong saith hee for we wrestle not against flesh and bloud but against principalities and powers against the Rulers of the darknesse of this World against Spirituall wickednesses in the heights Marke for the number they are many Our name is legion for wee are many How many thousands neither you nor I know There is strength in them they are Powers Principalities and they are Rulers they have very great authority in the Darknesse of the World in Midnight men Darke men Men who love not Sunne-shine light but rather delight to lye in holes and caves I meane in regard of the Darknesse of their minds and their wilfull ignorance of the things of God And they are in the height they fight with much advantage as some observe being over our heads And they are Spirits they worke invisibly and they fight against our Soules they labour to keepe our hearts in thraldome they seeke to beggar and to undoe us in regard of our grace and Spirituall joyes The Holy Apostle Peter sayeth The Divell your adversary goeth about like a roaring Lyon seeking whom hee may devoure An Adversary and a Devill and a strong one as a Lyon roaring and then hee is active hee walkes about and hee is full of malice ready to devoure These things touched upon doe tell us that wee who are alwayes surrounded besieged by such enemies have need of courage There are armies of lusts I know not how many The 1 Pet. 2. 11. Apostle saith Fleshly lusts that fight against the Soule These soes lye within us and they strike at the head and the heart endeavouring to let out the precious life of our immortall soules As the Captaines of the King of Syria had a command 1 King 22. 31. to fight against neither small nor great but the King of Israel And the Apostle saith that lusts in his bosome were such enemies as still carried

many foyles loose many of thy souldiers yet bee not dismayed for certainely as a Conquerour thou shalt bring the people to Canaan Thirdly Then the recompence assured upon all them who stoutly stand to the cause of God is more rich and large then I can relate To him that overcommeth will I grant to sit with mee in my Throne And from this assurance Rev. 3. 21. the Apostle Paul incourageth the Corinthians Therefore my beloved Brethren Bee yee stedfast and unmoveable alwayes abounding in the worke of the Lord for as much as yee know that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord. God 1 Cor. 15 58. will requite all paines taken all sorrowes suffered and you that have lost houses or land or father or mother or wife or Maâ—h 19. 29. children for Christ and his cause besides that inward peace and tranquilitie and ioy which an hundred fold exceed all sublunary contents to bee enioyed here you shall inherit hereafter everlasting life And againe feare none of those things which thou shalt suffer Behold the Devill shall cast some of you into prison c. Be thou faithfull unto death and I will give thee a Crowne of life Feed on these promises for Cordials flow from them to cheere your drooping hearts and to strengthen courage Seventhly in large your loue If those hearts which now doe but drop love might flow forth streames of love upon Gods cause our Kings honour and the Kingdomes welfare how wonderfully would our courage be increased Both reason and religion wil give in manifold strong arguments to augment our love to our Prince our Parliament our peace our priviledges our posterity and doubtlesse our love and valour will grow together Love will adventure farre Women are the more feeble the more fearefull Sexe and yet love in a tender mother will produce bold adventures to save the babe of her wombe The timorous mother who is wont to tremble at the report of a Musket will almost come to a Cannons mouth to save her Child from being broken in peeces Love doth it Have you not in the countrey sometimes seene an Ewe in defence of her lambe to turne head upon a mastive dog and to stampe although at other times the barking of a little whelpe will make a whole flocke of them to runne away O love doth it And the poore Hen shee will fly at the Kite to save her brood Love doth it O that you and I had this Love Love to Zion to the Gospel of peace Love to Christ and the pure ordinances of grace Love will make brave and bold adventures And as it will adventure farre so it will endure much and long The Apostle saith Charity beareth all things endureth all things Iacob though he had tedious dayes and 1 Cor. 13. 7. weary nights a fore service under a sowre Vncle a churlish Master yet he served seven yeares for Rachell and they seemed unto him but a few dayes for the love hee had to her Gen. 29. 20. Love is strong as death many waters cannot quenâ—h love neither can the flouds drowne it if a man would give all the substance of his house for love it would utterly be contemned Cant. 8. 6. 7. What â—f one should come to a woman and make this motion be content that your child be torne in peices and here is a thousand pounds for you Her answer would be ready Not for a thousand worlds yea shee would almost spit in his face who should presse such a proposition what rend my child in peices There is nothing can conquer love so it would be with us in reference to Gods commandements the liberty of Gospel ordinances No promises no threats no means fayre or fowle would take us off from appearing in the defence of them if our hearts were more enflamed with love Eightly Walke exactly keepe your consciences cleare Notable is that direction of the Lord Deut. 13. 8. Ye shal keep all the commandements which I command you this day that you may be strong Suppose a man who hath a wound or an impostu mated swelling on his body should goe into the Campe if any touch him hee skritcheth and he cries come not neare me you know the reason and the application is familiar and easie to the point in hand wounds in our consciences will make us timerous and cowardly but The Righteous is as bold as a lyon He that walkes uprightly Pro. 28. 1. walkes boldly Take a man who hath no brokennesse no boyles no â—lanes no bruises handle him shake him crush him crowde him thrust him cast him notwithstanding he can better beare all this rugged usage then another can a fillip with the finger I beseech you mind the application of this for the Lords sake take heed make not inroads and breaches upon your consciences goe not against your light for guilt will make you cowardly Adam as soone as hee had sinned he runs and puts his head in a bush what was the matter hee heard a whistling wind and hee runs away What hast thou sinned faith God I that is the matter For if Adam had kept his heart sound if hee had not sinned hee would with boldnesse have encountred with any approaches either of the creatures or his Creator Ninthly Improve your experiences It would bee of singular use to us to bestow many houres both together and asunder in recounting the many great things which the Lord hath done for us both in former times of later we have nationall deliverances Citie deliverances Family mercies personal mercies to improve providence Give me leave to cal to mind two most seasonable now to be remembred considering the end of our assembling at this time I am credibly informed that your selvs who are here to honour God for your health continued peace maintained lives lengthened had that day when you were abroad two notable experiences of Gods providence for your preservation 1. There were muskets broken in the field and yet neither the Muskettiers nor any neare them received the least harme although the throng of people was very great Might not some mens eyes limbs or lives have been lost by such accidents if the all-ordering hand of the Almighty had not prevented such like dangers The other passage of divine providence is more remarkeable 2 Gods hand turned aside graciously and strangely a kindled match which was cast towards a basket full of Gunpowder which stood in the field for that dayes service From what malicious heart and by what mischievous hand this match was cast the Lord hee knoweth whom we this day magnifie as the God of our salvations Beloved the remembrance of such like providences should incourage our adventures for the Lord whose hand hath diverted many unseen unexpected dangers But I had almost forgot to give in my proof that the improvement of experiences increaseth courage I pray you observe it in Ios 10. 25. And I shua said unto them feare not nor bee dismayed be strong and of good courage for thus shall the Lord doe to all your enemies against whom yee sight Our God hath many times disappointed the designes of our enemies many of them who hated us and endeavoured our undoing and desolation have beene discovered and brought to shame the Lord hath trampled upon them gloriously These meditations enlarged by particular pregnant instances I commend unto you as meanes to increase your courage Lastly when ever you have occasion to shew your courage goe out selfe denyingly in the strength of your God Be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Ephes 6. 10. Through God we shall doe valiant y. Psal 60 12. David was a man as in other kinds so in this imitable when hee came against Goliah who threatned to pluck him in peices as a Faulkoner doth a bird his words are very observable 1 Sam. 17. 45. Thou commest to me with a sword and with a speare and with a shield but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hostâ— the God of the Armies of Israel whom thou hast defied Let these be the breathing of your seules Some trust in Chariots and some in horses but wee will remember the name of the Lord our God They are brought down and fallen but neare risen an stand upright Save Lord let the King heare us when we câ—ll Thus be carefull to make addition of prayer unto all the other meanes of Christian courage Pray heartily selfe-denyingly and believingly Advance God and plead his promise and expect assistance according to his promise Bâ— of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart all yee that hope in the Lord. FINIS It is ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning printing that this Booke intituled Good Courage discovered and incourared be printed Iohn White 26. May 1642.

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