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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46743	A practical exposition of the historical prophesie of Jonah delivering sundry brief notes in a cursory way concerning the mind of the Holy Ghost in the several passages. Imprimatur. June 5. 1665.	Jemmat, William, 1596?-1678.	1666 (1666)	Wing J550B; ESTC R217032	159,232	228

astonished he knew not well which way to turn himself To flee from the presence of the Lord twice set down to shew what a miserable shift Jonah was put unto and how much he was troubled with divers thoughts haling him this way and that way and no way finding rest for the soal of his foot From the presence of the Lord that is 2. Piscator Deut. 10.8 1 King 17.1 Psal 73.28 from the Land of Israel where the Lord dwelt among his people Or from doing service to the Lord according to his duty so the phrase signifies sometimes the Child Samuel ministred before the Lord David and Levi shall not want a man to stand before me c. So godly men are said to draw near to God and to be a people near to him In which respect the wicked are said to go far from him namely in respect of his special presence and of their own unbelieving hearts Heb. 3.12 take heed of the evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God As for the general presence of God Jonah could not be so dull-witted as to think he could flee from that for he is Omnipresent he is not far from any of us whether should I go from thy presence c. Six brief Notes may hence be collected 1. The Divinity of the Scripture appears in that the Doctr. 1 Writers discover many things against themselves Divinity of Scripture which other Authors use not to do but tell the good and leave out the rest Jonah and other holy men wrote by another Spirit And observe it in two things 1. That they tell of their sins though it tend to their shame it makes for the glory of God in pardoning and restoring them and therefore they care not though they lay load upon themselves so did Jonah here Moses wrote of his unbelief and hastiness David of his Murder and Adultery Paul how he had been a Blasphemer a Persecutor and injurious That God may forget it is good for us to remember and confess our sins And the Church receives instruction by the fall of the Saints as well as by their good examples and comfort to them that have fallen 2. That they tell of their obscure beginnings Moses tells how he kept sheep at the mount Sinai Amos how he had been an Herdsman and a gatherer of Sycomore fruits Matthew how he had sate at the Receipt of Custom No matter how poor and mean a man was at his beginning if afterward he be endued with the grace of God and set upon work to do for his Majesty Let none despise a faithful servant of God for former obscurities or defaults that were made Who hath despised the day of smal things Zech. 4.10 Use Now let this renew the former Exhortations duly to regard the writings of the Prophets and Apostles Do they not breath forth a Divine Spirit if it were only humane they would never have so described their Sins and Errours nor yet Obscurities and if it be Divine close with it reverence it believe it obey it take comfort and direction by it Nothing of God but yields benefit and ought to be regarded Doctr. 2 2. As Jonah sins so he confesseth his sin and in writing makes it known to all the world Confess sin as Jonah and so will all godly men do there is great difference between such and others How 1 1. The wicked conceal their sins as much as they can deny defend excuse put them off to others and when they must needs own them it shall be as they are drawn to a business they like not but the godly are a willing people Psal 110.3 who are content to shame themselves so that God may be glorified 2. The wicked rest in generals All are sinners None How 2 but doth evil no not one but the godly descend to particulars my Unbelief my Passion my Earthliness my Pride or other evil Jonah and Tarsus David and Bathsheba Paul and Persecutor 3. The wicked want the right Qualifications of Christian How 3 Confession sorrow for sin forsaking of sin zeal in time to come profitableness in their place and the like all which a godly man hath and those in 2 Cor. 7.11 He is a new creature and makes as much amends as he can Use Those therefore offend greatly who can be content to err as Jonah and other holy men but not to confess and shame themselves as those did that were a shame indeed goes quite against the hair it is as death to come to confession We are fallen into an Age wherein it is no shame to do evil but it is a foul shame to confess and give glory to God or to say to an offended Brother I repent forgive and let us be at peace Luke 17.4 Were they ashamed when they had done wickedly no they were not ashamed neither could they be ashamed And this is a plain sign that men love their sins more then they love God their Souls or their Brethren 3. Note how a man by leaving his calling doth flee Doctr. 3 from the presence of God as did Jonah Leave thy calling thou leavest God 1. The Calling of the Ministery a Minister that turns to odd employments or sits idle at home or pleaseth himself meerly with his speculations sinneth in so doing he should go on with Gods plough as he had begun or else he offendeth Luke 9.62 and is in danger 2. Another Calling whatever it be evey one ought to abide in the Calling wherein he is Called 1 Cor. 7.24 Therein abide with God a plain proof of the Doctrine and Ye serve not men but the Lord Christ and whatever ye do do it as to the Lord. The reason is because God hath appointed every one Reas 1 his particular station and calling man is born to labour as the sparks flie upward In the sweat of thy brows shalt thou eat bread all the dayes of thy life no man may walk disorderly but work and eat his own bread God is the God of order and not of confusion and likes not that the order which he hath set should be violated and confounded And our Calling well followed is a means to keep us out of harms-way from many sins which otherwise we should fall into and from many sorrows we deserve to fall into It is in our way that the Angels are charged to keep us Psal 91.11 So only he is bound by promise to be with us and do us good being otherwise an Omnipresent God able and willing even out of our way to give a common blessing Use Take heed and be not fugitive True there be cases for a Minister to remove from one place to another and it is lawful for Christians in a private way to change their Callings on certain conditions But it will not be lawful for any to flee from God that is to live without some honest Calling or other wherein he may spend his time and pains and

that are of a poor spirit and ready to faint in the sight of their sins or fear of Gods displeasure some are of a tender spirit and should be handled tenderly Rough speaking or doing would even quite over-set them and bring them to a despairing faintnesse In such cases we should note and be tender and pour in oyl to heal their wounds so did Christ Esa 50.4 he spoke a word in season to him that was weary and it hath been said nothing doth so discover a man to be spiritual or according to the mind of Christ as the gentle handling of another mans wounds Use 2 But let these careful souls help themselves by ways and means which the Lord hath appointed Help against fainting fits As against bodily faintings we get hot waters and other helps so should we against these faintings of spirit As thus 1. Get thy faith strengthned as much as may be Faith is a special reviver of the soul in evil times Ps 27.13 I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living as how because it draws vertue from Christ and from his intercession who is a quickning Head and from the promises and covenant which also have an enlivening power and it gives the poor soul a view of heaven to fetch life again 2 Cor. 4.16 17 18. for which cause we faint not but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day for our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a more exceeding and eternal weight of glory while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen those temporal these eternal 2. Wait upon God in the diligent use of his Ordinances Cant. 2. these are the flagons which stay a soul that is sick of love to Jesus Christ and see Esa 40.29 30 31. he giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he increaseth strength Even the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utterly fa●l But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint Christians ye converse daily in Ordinances adde diligence and good conscience and your faintings will wear off by little and little No such Cordials as the Word and Sacraments well improved 3. Pray and it shall be done God is he that sendeth this faintness into the soul and it is he that must take it away Levit. 26.36 I will send a faintness into their hearts and he that wounds must heal again He that cast Jonah into the Whales belly and into the fainting fits did set all at rights again I will look up again toward thy holy Temple I remembred the Lord and my prayer came in unto thee unto thine holy Temple Here Jonah amplifies his prayer by the hope he nourished amidst his great danger he was not without some hope even when he fainted most and thought himself cast out of Gods sight And all these three days and nights he was well employed A good soul at lowest hath some working toward God for comfort and deliverance and ought to be well employed during the time of his affliction Yet I will look again toward thy holy Temple that is Heaven A good soul from the belly of hell can look toward heaven as here Jonah No distance of place Note Out of hell se●● heaven nor lowness of condition can hinder this prospect Steven amidst the stones looked up and saw the heaven open and Jesus standing on the right hand of God Moses in Pharaohs wrath and threats saw him that is invisible and endured all Micaiah saw God on a throne and was hardned against his meeting of wicked Ahab Reas 1 All from the nature of faith which is the evidence of things not seen Heb. 11.1 By faith Abraham saw the day of Christ and rejoyced By faith he and the old Believers embraced the promises By faith Paul and his fellow Apostles looked not at things seen which are temporal but at things not seen which are eternal and They walked by faith not by sight that is spiritual encouragements not carnal Use A good memen●o for a Saint in low condition whether by sickness or otherwise Upward upward below all is black and uncomfortable but upward all is clear and joyous Make use of thy faith to carry thee far above all these tumults fogs and confusions why a sword by the side and not defend against a thief why faith in the heart and not strengthned by it in threatning evils why as heartless and comfortless as he that hath no faith to support himself Remember how David rated away his unbelief Psal 42. Why art thou cast down O my soul and remember how our Saviour chode Peter for fearing Mat 14 31. Why didst thou doubt O thou of little faith Ob. Sol. Oh but I have something sticks by me that is of an higher importance my sins which are many and great Answ So had Jonah at this time he had greatly sinned against God in refusing the service imposed and said he was cast out of his sight but mark the adversative Yet I will look toward thy holy Temple he would not seal his disobedience with unbelief and impenitency one sin to another They say Judas did worse by despairing then in betraying his Master And mark the word again he had conversed with God formerly and found comfort while he held on in a course of duty but now upon this baulk made the sweet communion was interrupted therefore he saith again so thou though thy sins be many and great yet return yea though they be relapses yet again come to thy God by repentance there is a promise for healing our backslidings Hos 14 4. Though man will not pardon faults by recidivation yet God will Jer. 3 1. thou hast played the harlot with many lovers yet return again to me saith the Lord. And if comfort come not presently yet look again as Jonah here at thy first looking thou mayest misse of mercy but look again it will come at last at the last looking rain came according to the prayer of Elias When my soul fainted within me I remembred the Lord. A Believer finds a good remedy against his fainting fits Note Remedy against fainting fits to remember the Lord. Where note First there is an head-remembrance which stands chiefly in speculation as that there is a God that he is able to help us in misery that he sees and knows our estate and can put forth mercy and power for our relief If thou wilt thou canst make me whole Secondly there is an heart-remembrance when we look upon God as our God and trust in him and cast our selves upon his care and love to do for us according to our need whether for soul body or