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A02741	Tvvo treatises I. The purchase of Grace, shewing the excellency of Christ, and the graces of his spirit. II. The soules delight in Gods tabernacles, shewing the excellency of time, spent in duties of God's solemne service. Instances in the chiefe, viz. prayer, word, and sacraments. Motives and directions for right performance. Lastly, the chiefe usurpers of time discovered, with apt remedies against each of them. The contents of the booke are methodically exprest in the margent, which to the diligent reader may serve instead of a table. By William Harrison, Mr. of Arts, and minister of the Gospell at Canwicke neare Lincolne.	Harrison, William, minister at Canwick.	1639 (1639)	STC 12871; ESTC S103879	208,196	400

seales of righteousnesse In what esteeme have we the Word faithfully read and preached which is called The Word of Gods grace Acts 20. 32. And now brethren I commend you to God and to the Word of his grace which is able to build you up farther c. He that is carelesse and disregardfull of this can have little assurance of the worke of true grace being wrought in his heart They are scarce new borne that love not the meanes and instruments of their new birth or regeneration Looke upon all those golden persons recorded in Scripture and you shall finde what a singular affection they have ever borne to the Word read and preached Iob esteemed it more then his necessary foode Iob 23. 12. Ieremiah saith It was to him the very joy and rejoycing of his heart Ier. 15. 16. and David's affection in this case was admirable and extraordinary Oh how I love thy law It is my meditation continually Psalme 119. 97. It was dearer to him then thousands of gold and silver sweeter then honey and the honey combe c. So that hee that despiseth God's holy Ordinances and the meanes which God hath appointed for the begetting and increasing of true grace in the hearts of his people out of doubt he hath not the spirit of David in him hee is rather empty and destitute of the golden graces of Gods Spirit then filled with the fruits of righteousnesse Let us therefore try our selves impartially and faithfully by these signes that wee have heard that we may be assured the gold of grace which we have or seeme to have is true gold and not counterfeit and such as will deceive us You that finde your selves stored with this precious commodity blesse God for it and bee thankefull for true saving grace is like Gold tryed in the fire pure and precious And thus much shall serve for the first point CHAP. V. Containing t●e second generall point ANd so I come to the second point which is to be observed in these words sc. this That the gold of true saving grace is the onely way and meanes to make us truly and spiritually rich Buy of me gold that thou mayest be rich saith our Saviour Loe here the chiefe way and meanes to become truly and spiritually rich this is durable riches and righteousnesse saith the Wise man Proverbs 3. 15. Yea true grace is the meanes to make a man rich towards God it is the speech of our Saviour Luke 12. 21. So is he that gathereth riches for himselfe and is not rich towards God where we see that it is possible for a man to be plentifully furnished with worldly riches and yet bee a poore man in the Lords account 2. That true saving grace is a Iewell of such excellent and precious worth that it is able to make a man rich towards God truly and spiritually rich indeed And there is also great reason for it For 1. Because true saving grace doth entitle a man to the Lord Iesus Christ with all his inestimable wealth and riches 1 Cor. 3. 21 22. where speaking to such as were religious and had true grace he saith All is yours whether it bee Paul or Apollos or Cephas c. All is yours and yee are Christ's and Christ is God's Yea the very unsearchable riches of Christ doe belong to such as have true saving grace Ephes. 3. 8. Oh the unsearchable riches of Christ ô the infinite fulnesse of grace that is in Christ In him dwelleth the fulnesse of the God-head bodily yea there is all fulnesse in Christ for ever in him it dwelleth Colos. 1. 19. Now all this belongeth directly to such as feare God and are truly religious Of his fulnesse wee have all received and grace for grace Iohn 1. 14. Yea the Lord Iesus Christ became poore on purpose to make us truly rich 2 Cor. 8. 9. Yee know the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ who though he was rich yet for your sakes hee became poore that wee through his poverty might become rich saith the Apostle He that hath speciall interest in Christ with all his riches must needs be most truly and spiritually rich but he that hath true saving grace hath this speciall interest in the unsearchable riches of Christ and therefore such an one must needs be most truly and spiritually rich 2. He that hath true saving grace hath the God of heaven for his portion Now how can he be poore that hath such a portion This is the very case of every man that hath true saving grace sc. that hee hath the God of heaven for his portion Lament 3. 24. The Lord is my portion saith my soule therefore will I hope in him So Psalme 16. 5. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup where we see that such as have true grace have the Lord himselfe for their portion yea they may be assured that he is so Psal. 142. 5. I cryed unto the Lord and said thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living He that is assured in his soule that he hath the God of heaven and earth for his portion is most truely and spiritually rich even towards God But he that hath true saving grace may be assured that hee hath the God of heaven and earth for this portion and such a man is most truly and spiritually rich Thirdly this precious gold of true saving grace doth entitle a man to heaven for his inheritance Hee that hath true grace may be sure when he dyeth he shall goe to heaven 2 Cor. 5. 1. We know that when this earthly house of this tabernacle shall bee dissolved we have a building of God not made with hands eternall in the heavens Hence is that speech of the Apostle 1 Pet. 1. 3 4. Blessed be God and the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ c. which hath begotten us againe to an inheritance immortall and undefiled that fadeth not away c. To the same purpose is that speech of our Saviour Matth. 25. 34. Come yee blessed children of my Father inherit the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world This is the very case of every man that truly feareth God and hath true saving grace they are the members of Christ the children of God and inheritors of the kingdome of heaven observe it Psalm 24. 3 4. Who shall ascend into the Hill of the Lord and who shall dwell in his holy place who shall bee a member of the Church militant on earth and also a member of the Church Triumphant in heaven He that hath cleane hands and a pure heart c. See here the description of that man that hath interest in heaven for his inheritance So also Revel 22. 14. Blessed are they that doe his Commandements for they shall enter in through the gates into the City sc. of the New Jerusalem c. Yea how poore or despicable soever their condition and outward estate may

be assured that he shall spend his time with God in heaven in eternall glory must first spend his time in Gods service here on earth Grace on earth is the way to glory in heaven And thus you see also that time spent in Gods service is the best not onely in regard of God but also in respect of our selves Thirdly and lastly I told you that time spent in Gods service is best spent in regard of others it redoundeth not only to Gods glory and our owne good but it also extendeth to the good of others especially those that are in any kind of distresse Time spent in Gods service is the best way both to prevent danger and to remove it Consider the danger and misery of GODS Church both at home and abroad danger of famine danger of sword danger of pestilence Now what better remedy to prevent these dangers then time spent in Gods service in prayer and fasting c See this in the practise of the Ni●ivites Io●●h 3. The danger was great for Yet fortie dayes and Niniveh shall be destroyed saith the Lord ver 4. Well see how they prevented this fearefull danger How did they spend their time That you may see Ver 5. 6. They believed God and p●oclaimed 〈…〉 and put on sack●loth from the greatest 〈◊〉 them to the least of them Yea and word ●●me to the King himselfe who arose from his Throne and layd his Robe from him and sate in Ashes and made proclamation throughout the Citie that neither man nor beast should drinke water nor taste any foo●e but bee covered with sack●loth and cry mightily unto God c. Who can tell whether God will turne and repent c. that wee perish not i. e. If any thing will prevent our destruction this will doe it Now see the event Ver. 10. And God saw their workes c. He saw how they spent their time and God repented of the evill that he had said that he would doe unto them and he did it not so that time spent in Gods service is the best way to prevent danger Yea and secondly It is the best way also to remove it oh the miseries of Gods people in Germany and in this land also some by famine some by pestilence our wit is too shallow our strength too weake our purse too empty to relieve them if any thing we have can doe them good it must be our prayers and the right and religious spending of our time Alas time spent in sinning in swearing in drunkennesse this provoketh the eyes of Gods glory and incenseth his wrath against us but time spent in Gods service is the way to helpe them and our selves in this case And for the farther help of our unbeleeving hearts in this high point consider 1. Gods owne direction 2. The Churches practise 3. Our owne experience 1. We have the Testimony of God himselfe See an excellent place to this purpose 2 Chron. 7. 13 14. Where the Lord himselfe putteth a case of danger and prescribeth the remedy 1. If I shut up heaven that there bee no raine and this you know was our very case lately or if I send pestilence among my people and this is our case even for the present there have beene and still are sundry places in this kingdome infected with the pestilence here is the danger Well what is the best course that Gods people can take to remove such a judgement how should we doe to helpe those that are in this wofull estate That the Lord himselfe sheweth plainely v. 14. If the people that are called by my Name shall humble themselves and pray and seeke my face c. that is spend time in my service then see the admirable fruit of this then will I heare from heaven and forgive their sinnes and heale their land Time spent in Gods service is the best way to remove a judgement from our selves or others This is a course of Gods owne prescribing 2. This is the judgement and opinion of the Church and State wherein we live and our Religious Governours and such as are in authority Hereupon it was that in the last great Plague there was a generall Fast proclaimed and appointed to bee celebrated throughout the whole kingdome that we might seeke God by prayer and fasting for the cessation of that sore judgement of the Pestilence And why this but only to shew that even our gracious Soveraigne and such as are in authority in our Church and State are verily perswaded that time spent in Gods service is very effectuall and availeable to take away the Pestilence 3. It appeareth by experience what admirable successe we have had in this case wee have found by experience often the worth of this course either for preventing or removing a judgment as in that yeare 1625. and sundry other times both before and since the Lord hath made good unto us that precious promise Isa. 65. 24. It shall come to passe that when ye call I will answer and while yee are yet speaking I will heare for while we were yet praying and fasting the Lord was intreated of us So that even in this regard also time spent in Gods service is absolutely the best spent time So that a godly religious man that spendeth much time in Gods service shall prevaile more either for preventing or removing a judgement from the land then an hundred others he is the only man that must deliver the Ileland according to that in Iob 22. 30. He shall deliver the Iland of the Innocent or as is well noted in the Margent The Innocent shall deliver the Iland and it is delivered by the purenesse of thine hands It is the purity of hearts and hands and time spent in Gods service that must helpe in this case for otherwise we know that God heareth not sinners but if any man bee a worshiper of God and a doer of his will if any delight to spend time in GODS service him he heareth saith the blind man Ioh. 9. 31. CHAP. III. Conta●ning the first Vse of the point viz. for Instruction 1. IS it so That time spent in Gods service is absolutely the best spent time The knowledge of this truth doth lead us on to the knowledge of other precious truths to this purpose for our instruction 1. Hence then it followeth that time spent in sinning or in the Devils service must needs bee the worst spent time time spent in swearing lying stealing wantonnesse drunkennesse yea in covetous carking and caring c. is the worst spent time that can bee it is quite opposite and contrary to that which is spent in Gods service and therefore as that is the best so on the contrary this must needs bee the worst spent time that can bee It is the worst in every respect 1. In respect of God 2. In regard of our selves 3. In respect of others 1. Time spent in sinfull courses is the worst spent time in

be here on earth Jam. 2. 5. Hath not God chosen the poore of the world rich in faith and heires of the kingdome which God hath promised to them that love him Fourthly and lastly He that hath true saving grace and speciall interest in Christ hath a comfortable right and title to the things of this life which God conferres upon him yea unto all the good things of God whether spirituall or temporall all is theirs Gods ordinances are theirs Gods Ministers are theirs all the good creatures and blessings of God are theirs yea even those that seeme to have nothing if they have true saving grace have interst in and possession of all things Observe that speech of the Apostle 1 Cor. 3. 21 22 23. All is yours whether it be Paul or Apollos or Cephas or life or death c. all are yours and yee are Christs and Christ is Gods Here we see that Christians and such as have true grace are no beggars but the richest persons under heaven They that have true grace and title to Christ have a comfortable right and title to all the good things of God spirituall and temporall all is theirs yea which is most strange all is the true christians even in possession 2 Cor. 6. 10. As having nothing and yet possessing all things Loe here the wealth and riches of all true Christians even when they seeme to have nothing they have all things in possession so that get Christ and get all Rom. 8. 32. God that spared not his owne Sonne but delivered him to the death for us all how shall he not with him freely give us all things And therefore all such as have true grace are the richest persons in the world though enjoying little yet in a contentation and competency abounding in all things The houses of all good men being open to the Apostles First This serveth to teach us how much the world is deceived in judging and censuring of the estate and condition of Gods people Oh! the world thinketh Gods people to be the poorest and basest yea and most despicable people in the world whereas here you see that they are best furnished with that most precious commodity which is able to make them truely and spiritually rich even rich towards God Doe but consider of what rich parentage they come they have the God of heaven and earth for their Father the Lord for their portion and their helper and heaven it selfe for their inheritance yea and all the Ordinances and Ministers and all the good things of God are theirs and therefore they are absolutely the most wealthy and the richest persons in the world they are indeed the poore of the world yet rich in faith and inheritors of the kingdome of heaven yea howsoever the world judgeth of them they are the most precious and honourable persons in the world in Gods account they are such of whom the world was not worthy Heb. 11. 37 38. See the high esteeme that God hath of all such as are religious Isa. 43. 5. Since thou art precious in my sight and honourable and I have loved thee sayth God They are the most precious and honourable persons in the world in Gods account See then how the mis-judging world is deceived in this case in accounting Gods people to be the scumme and off-scouring of the world whereas indeed they are the most glorious and most honourable persons in the world The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour Pro. 12. 26. sc. that is not righteous yea and a farre richer and a better man in Gods account as Pro. 28. 6. Better is the poore that walketh in his integritie then he that is perverse in his wayes although he be rich A godly poore man is farre better yea which is strange farre richer in Gods account then any ungodly rich man whatsoever for hee is rich in Christ rich in faith full of the golden graces of Gods Spirit and therefore the world is utterly deceived that doe judge the contrary and thinke and esteeme most basely of him Secondly This serveth to comfort Gods people in respect of the disgrace and pressure of worldly povertie The poore is hated even of his neighbour Pro. 14. 20. Povertie is of it selfe sufficient to bring Gods people into contempt and hatred yet let Gods people and such as are religious comfort themselves in this case upon these ensuing particulars First That howsoever the world speaketh or esteemeth of thee yet thou art truely rich in Gods account full of spirituall wealth and riches even rich towards God as our Saviour himselfe speaketh Luk. 12. 21. Rich in faith Iam. 2. 5. though perhaps poore in respect of gold and silver rich in hope yea full of spirituall wealth and riches in possession all Gods ordinances the Word and Sacraments are thine Gods faithfull Ministers are thine yea the graces of Gods Spirit are thine all the promises recorded in Scripture are thine inheritance Who through faith and patience inherit the promises sayth the Text Heb. 6. 10. So that hence it followeth that Gods promises are the Christians inheritance Looke into the rich wardrobe of Gods promises and then consider how rich you are therein and certainly it will exceedingly comfort you in regard of worldly povertie Secondly Consider that as ●od regardeth no man that more simply for his wealth and riches so he thinketh never the worse of any for his povertie if he be otherwise truely godly and religious Observe it Iob 34. 19. He regardeth not the rich more then the poore sayth the Text sc. for his riches riches availe not in that case nor can procure any the least acceptance with GOD onely the true feare of God and faith in Christ is that which doth procure acceptance with God Acts 10. 35. Of a truth sayth the Apostle I perceive that God is no respect●r of persons but in every Nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousnesse is accepted with him sc. how poore soever they may be for outward things Oh! how this may comfort us in respect of the disgrace and contempt that is cast upon us by the world sc. that God himselfe doth highly esteeme and kindly accept of us The Lord maketh choice in speciall manner of such as are godly and religious Psal. 4. The Lord hath chosen or set apart for himselfe the man that is godly yea how poore soever he be if he be also poore in spirit the Lord will never reject him but freely make choice of him to be his sonne and servant Iam. 2. 5. Hath not God chosen the poore of the world rich in faith Onely let our care be to be rich in faith and then let us never doubt of finding acceptance with God notwithstanding our outward povertie Here is the second ground of comfort for all godly poore ones sc. that they finde farre better acceptance and favour with God then any ungodly person whatsoever It is not povertie but sinne onely that can