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A19282	The blessing of Iapheth prouing the gathering in of the Gentiles, and finall conuersion of the Iewes. Expressed in diuers profitable sermons. By Thomas Cooper.	Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1615 (1615)	STC 5693; ESTC S115593	59,416	96

for the present that so many combats so many conquests so many conquests so many crownes to establish vs for the time to come Oh what a comfort is here vnto the Saints of GOD that though they haue pitched their Tents yet still they dwell in Tents the place of their war-fare is the place of their safetie The Church exposeth to the combate and prouideth means for the conquest being their retyring place in their falles resting place for their refreshing Their Armorie to serue them with weapons and their forge also to whet and sharpen them to the battell Shee that presseth them to the warre-fare teacheth their hands to fight and bindeth vp their wounds and giueth rest vnto their soules The Church is the safegard and shelter of the Elect. No saluation without it though no carnall rest within no true happinesse but from it though to bee of it is of all men if our hope were onely in this life most wretched and miserable Here is no rest to corruption that incorruption may bee obtained Heere is all peace in CHRST IESVS though in the world wee must looke for nothing but afflictions from the world yet the Church is in the world and therefore shall haue Kings and Queenes to bee her Nursing Fathers and Foster Mothers that the Elect may be gathered and the reprobate conuinced Heere shee sleepes with her beloued and findes his yoke easie here shee is refreshed with his Flaggons and rauished with his perfumes heere shee delights in his presence and is Loue-sicke with his beauty What shall I say the Church is Gods House yea the gate of Heauen and can there bee greater safetie where GOD is the Owner Can there be happier securitie where heauen is the purchase The Church is Christs spouse his beloued his vndefiled And can there be danger where sinne is not imputed Is there any lacke or losse in Loue shall not all the worlde be forsaken to cleaue to the wife of our bosome to giue her rest and contentment to delight in her beautie to giue her honour as the weaker vessell to prouide aboundantly for her to spread the wing of the garment ouer her for protection to dwell for euer with her to reioyce in her loue continually Is not the Church the Lordes portion and inheritance giuen by God the Father to his sonne Iesus Christ by him to be preserued vnto perfection and glory Psal 2. Ioh 17. Is it not the bed of Salomon wherein the Christian soule takes his sweete and sure repose as being garded with the Lord worthies his blessed Angells to put off all daungers and preuent disquietnes 3. Cant 7. Psal 34. Is it not the mountaine of the Lorde euen as Mount Syon the place of his Holines that shall neuer be remoued Psal 125 1. 2. Is it not the pillar of truth 1. Tim 3. 57. contenting and establishing it followers therein Psal 2. 6. 3. 5. Is it not as a cup of poyson and as coales of fire to confound and deuoure all the enemies thereof Zach 12. Is it not as an heape of stones to breake in pieces whomsoeuer shall oppose thereto 1. Pet 3. Is it not the Arke to preserue the true belieuer in amidst all the Tempests and ouerslowings of sinne and sorrowes Is it not the Market-place that affords the childrens food euen milke for babes and strong meate for men Hebr 5● Is it not the priuie Chamber of Iesus Christ wherein he communicates that ioy vnto his Elect that the world hnowes not of which is vnspeakable and glorious passing all vnderstanding Cantic 1. 3. 1. Pet 1. 8. Is the Church otherwise blacke but that shee is also comely and acceptable in the eyes of our Sauiour Doth shee remaine in the Tents of Kedar any otherwise but that still there is light all safety in the land of Goshen though all Aegipt be filled and consumed with the Arrows of Gods vengance Is not Peter a sleep sweetly euen in the prison laden with bolts Act 12. Do not the Apostles reioyce in Tribulation Doe they not gaine and thriue in theyr greatest troubles Act 5. Doe they not liue though they die daily Possesse they not all things though they haue nothing in comparison Doe not the weake gaine by theyr sufferings to speake more boldly Are not the wicked confounded by their meruellous protections and deliuerances Is not Heauen sealed vp vnto them by theyr Heauenly and gracious conuersation by theyr mighty preseruation in and out of all ther troubles And is not the Church the bodie of Christ Is not hee our head and wee his members And did euer any hate his owne flesh Will not Christ preserue and cherish this mysticall bodie that to redeeme and purge the same spared not his naturall bodie but gaue it euen to the death euen the cursed death of the Crosse that hee might sanctifie and wash vs to present vs as a pure Virgine vnto himselfe to make vs glorious perfect without spot or wrinkle 1. Why are wee then fearfull Oh wee of little Faith why awake wee this beloued with our contentions and outcryes seeing our Husband hath deeepely charged his beloued should not be awaked Why seeke we not our peace in the peace of Syon why hasten wee not the confusion of Antichrist why doe wee not labour the peace of Iesusalem and well-fare of Syon Why dream we of carnall peace seeing our beauty is within why plot we for the flesh which is an enemie to our peace whose peace is perdition contentmēt confusion Shuld we not ioyn together against the common enemie Oh let our vnitie bee in the spirit to maintaine the true bond of peace Surely if wee could pray vnfainedly for the peace of Ierusalem and take these little Foxes that destroy the vineyards If we shall cast out those whippes of scorpions that haue made the breach giue way vnto the power of the word which is the onely procurer of this peace Setting vp the Lord and his ordinance onely to raigne ouer vs and subiecting and compelling man by holy discipline to the obedience therof maintaining continuall warre against sinne corruption and making glad the hart that God hath cōforted If wee would ease the Church of all vnnecessary eye-soares and pray for such Nursing-fathers as God hath raised vp for the maintenance of it peace If the messengers of this peace be had in due estimation for theyr workes sake And the friends of the Church be nourished aduāced This is the way to procure peace to the Church thus shall the prosperitie of Sion be maintained And then if we we liue by faith we shall delight in these Tents howsoeuer moueable fraile to a carnall eye It shall be our comfort that Gods power shal be seene in weaknes his wisdome in humane infirmitie that God may haue the glorie and we further informed so to rest in these Tents as still to

draw them vp into heauen after him Oh that we were wise to try our selues that we did not content our selues to be branches vnlesse we bring forth fruit seeing then the fruitlesse shal be cut off and yet the fruitfull shal be cut and lopped yea passe through the fire though it be not consumed thereof Doeth the hypocrite make a shewe his candle shall be put out Is he gone out from vs he was neuer with vs yet must be stil be with vs that he may purge out our coruption and be cast out from vs when his iniquitie is ripe and sinne being made out of measure sinfull becomes inexcusable and desperate Yea which is the wonderfull prouidence of God power of the word he cannot choose but be with vs. The sweetnesse of the Word allures and inticeth him hee is caught thereby to giue consent vnto the same to receiue it with ioy yea to doe many things galdly yea the power of the Word binds kings in chaines It makes Felex tremble and brings Ahab to his sack-cloth yet for all this Agrippa will be at the best but almost a Christian Knowledge puffes vs and so not accompanied with grace hardens the heart against grace What is this Carpenters sonne What is thy Beloued more then other beloueds Who is the Lord that I should let Israel goe that I should part with my sinne for a dreame or a report Doe any of the Rulers beleeue in him Are not Abanah and Pharphar Riuers of Damasco better then Iorden must I be taught by an earthen vessel See how Dauid is become as a foole that vncouereth himselfe in the eyes of carnall Micholl The Iew now seekes a signe and the Rich man despiseth Moses and the Prophets none will serue his turne but a messenger raised from the dead This base Micheah prophecieth no good vnto him hee will not giue him leaue to burie his father and therefore you must pardon him heare you happily he will for his credite and aduantage but the trueth is his heart is taken vp with his couetousnesse pleasure c. Hee hath bought a Farme or marryed a Wife hee hath knowledge enough hee must liue and hee may bee too holy hee may runne madde or seditious and therefore hee cannot come Or if yet hee come hee wanteth his wedding garment therfore the issue is he must receiue his sentence and comes onely to bee cast out Thus is the wisedome of GOD foolishnesse to the flesh and therefore the wisedom of the flesh is enmitie against GOD the more it heareth the more it is hardened and ripened thereby vnto the day of vengeance Onely the true Beleeuer becommeth a foole that hee may be wise his wisedom appeares in obeying the Word his wisedome shines in conuerting and confirming others It is his true wisedome to abide in the Church his abiding in the Church makes the Church eternall and the Church crownes his constancie with eternall glory in heauen Shall wee proceede yet further to the confirmation hereof Consider wee then the prouidence of our GOD in the gouernment of his Church how doth hee guide her by his counsell that hee may bring her vnto glory how doth hee aduance his power in her weaknesse how doth he perfect his power by her weakenesse Behold Iapheth shall dwell in the Tents of Shem hee shall dwel for euer and that in tents that are to be remoued And shal the Church endure for euer and yet dwell in moueable Tents Oh consider and wonder at the wisedome and power of God The Church in this life dwelleth in tents It is not tyed to any place least Gods power should not bee infinite and his mercies not free and euerlasting to his people nay it is not tyed to any time it is so permanent on earth that it is moueable to heauen because while it is in the body it is absent from the Lord and therefore it is moueable to the attaining of hit full desires euen for euer to be vnited vnto her head IESVS CHRIST for euer to enioy the fellowshippe of her GOD the fruit of her labours Why then doe wee flatter our selues in vaine with the continuall mercie of our GOD why doe wee boast of his glory and habitation among vs seeing wee driue him from vs by our vnthankefulnesse and cast his words behinde our backes Shal not the Kingdome of heauen be taken away from vs and giuen to a nation that will bring foorth better fruit Shall not the Lord giue vs vp to our owne councells and saciate vs with our owne wayes Let the man of God heare the rodde and who hath appointed it let him see the plague and hide himselfe let it comfort Ioseph that Egipt shall receiue him when Canaan casteth him out let it comfort Israel that when Egipt is renounced Canaan shall be ready for him Our God is the God of all the earth his Church is moueable that it may bee spread ouer the face of the earth This trauelling of his Church is for the gathering of the Saints when the Saints are gathered the Churches warre-fare hath an end When her warre-fare is ended her present glorie beginneth and now she hath an immoueable and durable house for to enioy for euer her constant and euerlasting glorie Shall we yet further wade into the consideration hereof that she may be fully satisfied with the reason of the same Behold then the Church of God in this life dwelleth in Tents she is not onely mooueable that shee may bee enlarged to perfection but she is also weake and subiect to infirmitie her best abiding here is a transitorie Tent a very fit yet fraile habitation euen a body of sinne and lumpe of corruption though finding some shelter and refuge thereby yet in great weakenesse and not exempted from stormes so exposed to weather as thereby greater stormes are preuented so subiect to infirmities that infirmities may be healed and corruption abolished a very earthen vessel fraile and contemptible that the glory might be of God and not of vs hauing a stubbe remaining in the flesh notwithstanding all earnest desire to be eased of it that Gods power might bee seene in weaknesse and his mercie perfited by infirmities that while we wrestle with these infirmities we may haue experience of the sufficiencie of his grace may sigh to be deliuered from this burden of corruption that we may be clothed with sufficiencie of glorie that out of the sense of our weakenesse wee may haue more compassion of our brethren and so labouring their conuersion may make sure and enlarge our Crowne and being daily couered with Christ his righteousnesse to couer her infirmities might haue free and dayly accesse with comfort vnto the Throne of grace to bee accepted in her seruice and supplyed in her wants being alwayes gracious in the eyes of her Husband and fitted by his grace to her full and finall Communion with him for euer in