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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09649	A comfortable treatise vpon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende. By O. Pigge. Seene and alowed; Comfortable treatise upon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende.	Pigg, Oliver, b. ca. 1551.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.	1582 (1582)	STC 19915; ESTC S106422	38,659	87

repentantaunce although in this world they abound with all health wealth and prosperitie let vs therefore reioyce in all our afflictions wherein we take part with all the seruauntes of God and let vs not be offended at the prosperity of the vngodly the time will come when wee shall haue comforte when they shalbe tormented For so doth it stande with the trueth iustice of God according to that which Abraham sayd to the rich man in hell sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe time receyuedst thy pleasures and likewise Lazarus paines now therefore is he comforted thou art tormented If followeth Therefore let them that suffer according to the wil of God commit their soules to him in wel doing as vnto a faithful Creator This is the conclusion of the whole treatise as thoughe hee shoulde haue sayde on this wise sith the afflicting of the churche is no newe thing sith it is a meane to trye the good from the bad and to make them better in whome there is by the grace of God some goodnes sith in all sufferings it is a partaker with Iesus Christ shall reioyce with him when he appeareth againe in glory sith we be happy when we be railed vpon in the name Christe because the â—pirite of God of glory resteth vpon vs sith we suffer not as euill doers but as christians so haue no cause to bee ashamed sith the time is now wherein the Lord wil scourge his owne house and hereafter will most seuerely proceede agaynst the wicked although he spare them for a time Let vs continue in well doing and committe oure selues to him that is faithfull and able to keepe that whiche wee trust him with There is yet another coÌ„fort for vs in this verse that we heard not before and that is where he telleth vs that we be not afflicted by the will and pleasure of men but onelye at the pleasure appointment of the Lord. To proue this point of doctrine I shall not need to labour much the truthe of it should soone be granted if we knew what we sayd in this confession I beleeue in God the father almighty maker of heauen and earth For what is this else but to ascribe such a souereigne power vnto God that nothing is done nor can be done in heauen earth or hell but that onely which he determineth appointeth The diuel himselfe coulde not sturre one foote forward to hurt Iob in his cattel children or himselfe till the Lorde from heauen had first sayd goe Nay the legion of Deuils coulde not touche one of the Gadarenes swine til the Lorde Iesus had first giuen them licence And shal we think that mortall men whose malice againste the hurch is not so deadly nor their power so great can so much as lift vp a finger to pul a hair froÌ„ the faces of any of Gods children till first the Lord haue taken order for the matter wee be deceiued greatly detogate from the maiesty of the almighty if we once imagine any such thing Whereupon Nabucadonizer in the middest of all his malice to the Iews the church of God is termed the Lordes seruaunt because in deede as an hangman or executioner he did nothing else but that which hee had determined Although the sinne of the king was in this behalfe great because his purpose was not to doe the will of the Lord but to satisfie his owne proude and cruell affections So is Ashur y e king of Assiria called the rod of God And to this purpose it is said in the acts that Poncius Pilate and the Iewes in condemning and crucifying the sonne of God did that which the father before had appointed Insomuch as it may be truely concluded that the deuill and all the wicked of the earth in their extreamest rage against the saints do nothing else but the will of God although they know it not neither do it to any such inteÌ„t sith they wholy oppose themselues against his maiesty And yet the Lorde must not be charged to be the author of euill for the self same fact I mean the troubling of the church in respect of God and his purpose therein is holy glorious righteous full of mercy and to the great good of his seruaunts which neuerthelesse in respect of the instruments by whome God worketh it is wicked vniust full of cruelty and intended to the hurt of his children But inough of this common place that the enemies of the faythful be nothing els but the Lords rods wherewith he exerciseth his people and that of themselues they can do no more then a rod or a whippe out of the hand of the smiter Now this teacheth vs not to fear the faces of the vngodly nor to be dismaid at their threates the Lorde appointeth them certaine bondes beyonde the which they can not passe the bredth of an haire And this offreth vnto vs great comfort For what childe that is wise and hath vnderstanding doeth not reioyse in the correction of his father sith being perswaded of his fatherly and tender affection he is out of doubt that it is well meant and shall turne to his good Seing then the Lord is our Father his compassion ouer vs passeth the kindnes of a mother toward the infant sucking vpon her brest Let vs be comfortable in all our afflictions sith they come from him and fall vpon vs according to his will And that we maye haue to cheare vs in all our distresses let vs seriosly meditate vpon this one thing the Lorde sendeth them After which consideration it by the testimonye of the spirite crying in our hearts Abba father the sanctification of our liues we can perswade our selues that we be his children y e present smart shall not quail vs because of the fruit of righteousnes following after it must needs turne to our best because it commeth from our father Thus much of these words of y e apostle Let so many as bee afflicted according to the will of God c. His conclusion is that in all well doing we commende our soules vnto God that hath made them For as wee haue before in the time of our peace declared some rare of pleasing God and doing his will so is it our dueties to continue in our afflictions and not for them to take any libertie to doe euill And therefore wee must not murmure against the Lorde as though he dealte hardly with vs wee muste not bee fainthearted to denie his trueth we muste not be bitter to our enemies in curssing of them and rewarding them as they deale with vs but with all patience weekenesse gentlenes courage forgiuing of our aduersaries and praying for them constantly to endure whatsoeuer the Lorde will trie vs with according to the precepts of the scriptures the example of Dauid Christ himselfe Stephen and the rest of the holy martyrs which blessed their persecuters and in the

sentence he deliuereth two arguments of great force whereby he laboureth to persuade the reioy sing mentioned The first is drawen from the example of Christ to whose image we should desire to be conformed because we were thereunto predestinate the next is from the rewarde that we shall haue at such time as Iesus Christ shall appeare the second time in glory For the first his meaning is that whensoeuer we be afflicted for righteousnesse sake it is no otherwise with vs then it was with Christ our Lorde our king our head and sauiour before He was baptised with this baptisme and he beganne of this cup vnto vs. If we be rayled vpon hee was charged to be a glutton a Samaritane an enemye to Cesar and to worke by the deuil If men desire to haue vs out of their companies countries so was hee dealt with all by the Gergesenes If we be put to our shiftes to flye from place to place for our own safety he was so before vs. If some of our friendes whom we trust doe betray vs so did Iudas to our Lord. If we be arraigned before the indgemente seates of princes if there wee bee skoffed and mocked at beaten with roddes and condemned to death was not this also the portion of the son of God If we be thought the worst men vppon the earth more daungerous and hurtfull to the common wealth then any others we know that Barrabas was preferred before the Lord of life This is therefore a certeine trueth that Iesus Christe hath gone this way before us And Cranmer in those manifold disgracings about his disgrading y e man whom Bonner scourged in his garden and all the martyrs in their torments were nothing els but his companions Now this shoulde be sufficient to comfort vs in all our troubles and to cause vs most ioyfully to endure the same It is an olde saying it is comfort to the wretched to haue companions in their miseries howe comfortable then should it be vnto vs seing Iesus Christ tooke part with vs When Vriah by Dauids commandement was sent to the court and by the king himselfe willed to goe to his wife to his owne house to take his ease he refused it chose rather to sleepe at the pallace dore with the rest of the kings seruants And being demaunded the reason by Dauid of his so doing he answered that it was vnequall and vncomly for him to be at rest in his bedde in the house when Ioab his Lord lay in the fields The valiant couragious souldier thought it a matter of delight vnto him to endure hardnes with his captein and the greatest dishonour that coulde be to doe otherwise How much more ought we to reioyce in all our extremities seeing in them we do after a sort drinke of one cup with Christ and as it were draw in one yoke with him It had beene sufficient to cheare vs if Peter had said as our Lord spake before in the gospel of Mathew so persecuted they y e prophetes which were before you But when he telleth vs that persecution and affliction was the portion of the sonne of God it is an instruction to patience and a comfort in trouble free from all chalenge exception and speaking against If the prince shoulde say vnto vs or any other subiect you must do somwhat for me which the L. Chanceller the rest of my priuye counsell haue done before you surely the thing beeing good though neuer so painfull we ought to yeeld vnto it But if the prince shoulde say mine only sonne and heire or mine owne selfe haue borne this brunt already how coulde we challenge the prince of any hard measure offered vnto vs and how beastly faint hearted and cowardly shoulde wee be to refuse it Therefore to end this matter let vs be patient in all our afflictions and reioice in the same seeing therin we be partakers with Iesus Christe the sonne of God and our true soueraigne and euerlasting king For as the wood cast into the bitter waters at Marah made them sweet to the children of Israel so Iesus Christe being throwen into the sea of afflictions hath made them most sweete to so many as beleeue in him The second reason is the recompence promised vnto such as with Iesus Chrste suffer afflictions for a good conscience When his glory shall appeare sayth the apostle then shal you reioice and leap for ioy For y e word seemeth to signifie so much His meaning is y t the ioy of Gods children shall be perfect then wheras now by reason of our corruption mortality it is mingled with much heauinesse and sorrowe But we must note that this shalbe at such time as Christ appeareth agayne in his maiesty Whiche glorious manifestation of himselfe is opposed or set againste that base condition of his which he was in here vpon the earth in the sight iudgement of men For as he is nowe in perfect glory euen in respect of his humanity although the worlde neither see it nor beleeue it so when the day commeth wherein the father hath appointed by him to iudge the earth he shall appeare most glorious and excellent as he is with millions of Angelles attending vpon him sitting vppon his throue of maiesty so as from his face the heauen and earth shal flye away and all the vngodly of the world shal runne into caues to hide them shall call for mounteines to fall vpon them y t so if it were possible they mighte not come into his presence The apostle telleth vs that at that time we shall lift vp our heads and reioyce all teares being for euer wiped away from our eyes because after that wee shall neuer more haue any occasion of sorrowe For so we be taught by Sanct Paul in other places That if wee dye with Christ we shall reigne with him and if we suffer with him we shall reigne with him if we be partakers with him of his shame we shall also communicate with him in his glory Now this reason should be of greaâ— force with vs. Wee see naturall men verâ— well contented to endure some hardnesse and paynes with the Sonnes of mortall men that bee of honour and wealth during the time of their mynormitye because when they come to their landes they hope for some preferment from them And to bee in greate straightes in a straunge Countrye with the kinges sonne who woulde not be gladde for a time especiallye hauing certeynty of their returne into their owne Lande and vndoubted promise to be preferred then with the prince Let vs therefore reioice in the middest of all our tentations when Iesus Christ shall restore al things and come agayn to declare his authority in iudgeing all flesh al our mourning shall be turned into ioy and our shame into honour The hope of a moste blessed and happye estate at that time muste make vs comfortable in all oure

hireling a greedy dog that is neuer satisfied a dumbe dog a blinde guide or an idle pastor cannot in trueth applye the comforts to them here mentioned sith they be iustly reproched and punished for their sinne which the Apostle doth â—orbid vs in this place And yet this is not so spoken as though all men were to dispayre of them selues which bee any wâ—ie corrected for their euill doings no we knowe what is written of the thiefe y â— was crucified with our Lorde and how he sayd vnto him this day shalt thou be with me in paradise Euen so assuredly whatsoeuer the offeÌ„ces be that we be euill spoken of for or otherwise punished by imprisonmeÌ„t or deth yet we be happy shal be saued if grace be giuen vs w t the thief to repent to hate our sinne to beleue For this is true for euer blessed are y e deade y t dye in y e Lord in what sort or for what cause soeuer they dy Therefore y e maÌ„ y t sufferreth for Christes sake is blessed in respect of the goodnes of his cause and â—e that suffereth for his sinne is blessed if the Lord by that punishment bring him to repentance But let vs with all good conscience attend vpon this of the apostle to honour our profession and high calling with good life and absteining from euill We see how it fareth with the faithful seruants of God though they walke neuer so prescisely yet wicked men will espy somwhat to speake euill to take away their crowne of suffering for well doing How then shall all our honour iustly be turned into shame and lye in the dust if we walke retchlesâ—ye and dissolutely The exhortation is very profitable for our time wherin great numbers turne the grace of God into wantonnesse and therefore although they professe the gospell true religion of God yet are worthily reproched for their vncleannes riot vsurye oppression couetousnesse and deceite It followeth But if he suffer as a christian let him not be ashamed nay let him glorifie God in this behalf In the former verse as you hard he willed vs to take heede of being punished for doing euill because then there is iust matter of humiliation offered vnto vs. In this senteÌ„ce he returneth to y t which he had in haÌ„d before namely to comfort vs in al afflictions y t happeÌ„ for y e trueth sake If saith he any suffer as a christian y t is for y e scincere professioÌ„ of Christs doctrin let him neuer be ashamed of y e mater but let him thaÌ„k God in y t behalf There are two thiâ—gs required of vs in this verse y e one is y t we be not ashamed of y e persecutions y t we eudure for a good coÌ„science y e other y t we reioyce be glad of them CoÌ„cerning y e first y e euil of y t which we do the vnworthines or basenes of y e party for whome we do it are the only occasions y t minister iust matter of blusshing shame vnto vs. But the truth y t we professe in the word is so pure excellent the sonne of God in whome we beleeue and for whose sake wee suffer is so holy so glorious so mighty worthy of all honor and seruice from vs that there is no cause why we shoulde be ashamed of the crosses which we suffer in that behalfe S Paule he beleeued this and therefore in the middest of all the calamities that came vnto him for doing of his duty coulde say with confidence I am not ashamed For I know him wel inough in whom I haue beleeued and am fully persuaded that hee is able to keepe that whiche I haue committed vnto him against that day Let vs be like minded and sith Iesus Christ hath all power in heauen and earth so as he is able to defend vs from the rage of our enemies here and to keepe our saluation sure from being hurt by any meanes let vs neuer blush for anye thing that happeneth vnto vs for his sake Naturall men thinke that moste vile and ignominious whiche in deede is moste glorious and beautifull Michal thought it the greatest disgrace that might be vnto Dauid to abase himselfe to daunce before the Arke of God gyrded with a linnen Ephod But Dauid thought no honor like this by humbling himselfe and being vilde in the sight of others to exalt and set vp the Lord. Euen so they which be carried onely by sense and reason can see nâ—thing but confusion in the persecutioÌ„s of y e saints when as in deede it is the most honourable thing vnder heauen In so much as neither Iosepâ— hauing the kings ring vpon his finger arayde in fine linnen with a chaine of gold about his necke and set vpon the best Charret of the king saue onâ— and honoâ—r ably saluted of al the people nor Mordecay at the kings commaundement most gorgiously carried thorough the Citie vpon the kings hors with this proclaimation before him thus shall it be done to the man whom the king will honour were so glorious in the sighte of their beholders as the true Christians are in the eyes of God when in the iudgement of man they seeme to be couered with most confusion and shame And in deede Cranmer when hee was broughte forth and as it were set vpon a stage to bee mocked at by all the people his Pall pulled of his haire cut by a Barber his singers endes scraped an old gowne put vpon his backe and an olde cap vpon his head the admirall of Fraunce first mained with a shot then most trecherously slayne in his chamber after tumbled out of a windowe his head cut of his corps dragged through the streates in Paris after hanged vpon a gallows by y e heels in y e middest of al these were more glorious then either Mordecay or Ioseph in all their pompe maiesty Intsomuch as these neuer vanted so much of y e one as they no doubt did of the other Euen as we finde nâ— such boasting of any the seruants of God in the scripturs in respect of their outward estate were it neuer so good as we do of S. Paul for his sufferings according to y e which is writteÌ„ froÌ„ henceforth let no man put me to busines for I bear in my body the markes of y e Lord Iesus The imprisonments bands scourgings stripes stonings reproches y t he indured he calleth the badges of the Lord Iesus wherby he was known to be highly in his fauor as a faithful seruant of whom he made a special account therfore is not only not ashamed but also after a godly sort boasteth of theÌ„ Therfore let vs not think it any shame vnto vs whensoeuer the Lorde shall thinke it good to haue vs tried on this wise It followeth But let him glorifie God in this behalfe This is the second thing we must be glad of our

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