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A19513	Two fruitfull and godly treatises, to comfort the afflicted viz. 1. Of the heauenly mansions. 2. The praise of patience. The first contayning the description of the house of glory: the second the loue of patience, to endure all tribulations and affliction to obtaine that heauenly kindome full of sweet consolation for the godly. By Mr. William Covvper, Bp. of Galloway.	Cowper, William, 1588-1619.	1616 (1616)	STC 5943; ESTC S118545	71,081	312

●…e oppressed there Rise ●…d follow me Come and ●…e the beauty of my Fa●…ers house Is it not a shame for vs to lye back and linger in this iourny Most part among vs hau●… liued as long as our Lor●… yea many twise as long shall we still desire to li●… long in this absence fro●… him It was promised b●… Esay that vnder the kingdome of Christ there sh●… be no more a child of yeare●… nor an olde man that ha●… not filled his daies An●… these Fathers who sa●… the day of Christ but a fa●… off were ioyfull to dy●… that they might enioy him Thus is it saide o●… Isaac that he died full ●…daies and shall not we t●… whom this day of our ●…ord hath shined more earely long to be dissoled that we may be with ●…ur Lord. I grant long ●…fe is one of God his pro●…ised temporal blessings ●…ut it is a far greater bles●…ng so to liue that thou ●…e content to die so to ●…se the daies which God ●…ath lent thee that thou ●… and not in neede of any ●…ore spending euery day 〈◊〉 if it were thy last day ●…ke Israell in Egypt with ●…ynes girded vp and thy ●…affe in thy hand for the ●…urney euer looking and ●…nging when the Lord shall command thee 〈◊〉 remoue Againe it is to be o●… serued that our Sauio●… speaking of his death c●… it a going to his Fathe●… S. Luke calls it the time 〈◊〉 his assumption namely 〈◊〉 into heauen If we co●… consider this it wo●… banish from vs the pr●…phane feare of deat●… There is one family sa●… S. Paul whereof God the Father part of th●… Family is in heauen an●… part is vpon earth As ●…rusalem was distinguish●… into two cities the supe●…or and inferiour so is t●… Church The superior ci●… hath in it the compa●… of Saints triumphant ●…e inferiour consists of ●…e company of Saints ●…ilitant yet both make 〈◊〉 but one family Now ●…en since our death is 〈◊〉 other thing but a pas●…g from the lower ●…use vp into the higher 〈◊〉 the transplanting of a ●…ee from one part of the ●…ords vineyard to a bet●…r why shall we grudge it But of this more ●…ay be seen in our Trea●…es of the eight to the ●…omanes and defiance to ●…ath The doctrine of th●… stepmother-Stepmother-Church o●… Rome comes far short o●… this comfort the deat●… of her children they call●… downe-going to an hou●… in hell to wit Purgatory not an vpgoing to our fathers house in heauen 〈◊〉 comfortles religion Phisitians are they of no value miserable are the●… who are blinded by them Their religion tells the that in thy life-time tho●… canst not be sure of saluation and in death it assures thee thou must g●… into purgatory the pain●… wherof differeth nothing from the paine of hell ex●…ept that it is of shorter ●…ontinuance and there ●…eedes them with vaine ●…opes that they wil bring ●…hee out againe but can●…ot tell thee when If thou ●…ue thy soule O man ●…ust not in such deceit●…ll trumpery hazard not ●…y soule downe-ward ●…ee that religion which ●…rofesses this for a princi●…le that it cannot make ●…ee sure of saluation If ●…ou wouldst haue rest to ●…y soul belieue in Christ ●…enounce thy selfe con●…nt thee with his merits ●…e instructed by his word there thou shalt learn●… that it belongeth vnto al●… his redeemed which he●… spake vnto one This nigh●… thou shalt be with me in Paradise From the place o●… our Pilgrimage al that di●… in the Lord goe by 〈◊〉 straight course to Paradise they know no Purgatory Vbi euolauerit corpore anima si rea sit p●…testates tenebrarum eam ●…ripiunt Sanctis vero ast●… Angeli qui eorum anim●… ad suam partem pertra●… So soone as the soule fl●… eth out of the body if be guilty the powers 〈◊〉 darkenesse carries it vi●… lently with them as their prey but the holy Angels carries the soules of holy men vnto their place as they carried Lazarus his soule into Abrahams bosome no word heere of any mid-place and no lesse cleare in this point is Nazianzen Credo omnem animam Deo charam posteaquam corporis vinculis soluta hinc excesserit hilarem ad dominum suum conuolare beatitudin●…m reconditam imaginatione quadam percipere I beleeue that euery soule beloued of God so soone as it is loosed from the body flyes ioyfully vnto the Lord and there enioyes that happines which in heauen is laied vp for it But no lesse cruell and merciles are they toward young children dying without Baptisme for these if the want of Baptisme be not supplied by martyrdome they condemne to another house of hell which they cal●… infernus non baptizatorum the hell of such as are no●… baptized Our Sauiour commanded to bring th●… young children and sai●… of such is the kingdome 〈◊〉 heauen but these new doctors will banish young ones from him and grant them no place in his kingdome S. Paul saith that children of beleeuing Parents are holy being born within the Couenant but the Pope sends them downe to a house in hell for want of the seale of the Couenant But because they still bragge of Antiquity we wil let you heare the voyce of Antiquity plainely against them First of this purpose Augustine writes in this manner Proinde respuendi sunt a corde Christiano qui putant ideo dictum multas esse mansiones quod extra regnum coeloru●… erit aliquid vbi maneant beati innocentes qui sine Baptismo ex hac vita emigrarunt quia sine illo in regnum ●…alorum intrare non poterunt Therefore they are to be reiected yea spewed out of a Christian heart who thinke because our Sauiour sayes there are many Mansions that therefore without the kingdome of Heauen there is some place wherein blessed innocents dying without Baptisme shall remaine because without it they cannot enter into the kingdom of heauen Haec ●…ides non est fides quia non ●…st vera Catholica fides This faith is no faith because it is no true Catho●…ique faith Dare ye so di●…ide the house of our Father that some Mansions therof ye make to be in the kingdom of heauē others of them without the kingdom of Heauen Absit vt ●…ui volunt habitare in regno ●…oelorum in hac stultitia ve●…int habitare vobiscum Far ●…e it from vs that they who would dwell in the kingdome of heauen should dwell with you in this foolish opinion With Augustine agreeth Bernard I read saies he that the Lord spake of Ieremie Before thou came out of the wombe I sanctified thee And of Iohn the Baptist Qui ex viero Dominum in vtero sensit who in the womb of his owne Mother Elizabeth was touched with a feeling of his Lord in the wombe of Marie the blessed Virgin 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 had fallen out 〈◊〉 ●…ee that any of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 died in the 〈◊〉 meaning of

5. Dauid and Salomon made long preparation for building the temple 2 Chron. 2. 18. The work was a wonder of the world for where great men make great preparation great workes are expected to follow Ahasuerus after long preparation made a royall banquet Esth. 1. 4. If so great things be done by men when they prepare them for it what shall wee looke for from our God 2 It appeares by the comparison of the workes of God among themselues Seeing his visible works are so glorious his inuisible workes must be much more glorious Our mansions in respect of Gods decree were prepared before the world Mat. 25. 34 But in respect of the execution of the decree they are still in preparing And this preparation stands in these three 1 In possessing vs in these mansions places Tertul. de resur carnis 2 In intercession for vs that wee may haue the place there which hee hath merited And this intercession is not generall but particular for euery one of his Saints by name Esay 43. 2. Heb. 3. 15 3 In effectuall operation by which hee drawes vs vp to these Mansions prepared for vs. Aug. in Ioan. tract 68. Iohn 15. 1 Pet. 1. 4. 5 In the Mystical body all the life is in the head and hee will not faile to draw all his members after him Limbus patrum altogether elumbat can finde no footing in this place 〈◊〉 on Heb. 9. v. 8. Heb. 9. 8. Another place vindicate frō the h●…nds of Papists which they would abuse to proue that none of the godly before Christ went into heauen The difference of the words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 declares the way was open then albeit not so cleare as now Gen. 5. 24. 2 Kin. 2. 11. When the Scripture saith God tooke vp Henoch Eliah into heauen if the doctrine of the Romish Church be true it must be said they were carried downe to a house in hell Origen in Iob. 3 The third word in this second degree of Comfort is A place Acts 1. 25. Gods great mercy that man shold haue a place in heauen Ephes. 2. 6. 4 The fourth and last word is For you Acts 1. 15. Particular application of Gods promises is necessary for our comfort Coster enchir Papists mistake far the nature of Faith when they take from it this particular application From this they fal into another inconuenience to deny that a man in this life can be sure of saluation Consil. Trid. Ses. 6. Can. 5 That a regenerate man may be and is sure of saluation is proued against the Counsell of Trent Ephes. 1. 14. 1 Iohn 5. 10 Rom 8. 16. Ephes. 4. 30. Math. For hee hath all these rights sureties of his heauenly inheritance 1 A Charter giuen him by the Lord. Luke 22. 29 Luke 12. 32 2 A confirmation past thereupon Heb. 6. 17. 18. 1 Cor. 1. 6. 3 A seasing conformab●…e to his Charter 4 Possession And yet no man hath this assurance at all times in a like measure 3 The third degree of comfort against death is the consideration of the meanes by which we shal be aduanced to our heauenly mansions It is the worke of Gods power and not our owne Eph. 1. 18. 19. Christ his second comming acknowledged by Angels Acts 1. 11. Heb. 9. 28. Beleeued by Saints 2 Pet. 2. 3. Scorned by mockers Vers 9. As the Fathers vnder the law longed for Christs first comming so should we for the second 1 Cor. 1. 7. 2 Tim. 4. 8. Reuel 22. A warning for ●…corners Let it be as long to the day of the generall doome as they think yet the day of their particular doome is not far off Aug. de temp ser 96 The certaintie and manner of Christs second comming Aug. de temp ser. 174. Seeing other promis●…s made by God are fulfilled why shall wee 〈◊〉 the promise of his 〈◊〉 comming Aug. de temp ser. 109. A promise of our resurrection and vpta king to our heauenly mansion No creature shall be able to detaine vs when our Sauiour shall come and require vs. Reuol 20. 12. 13. 1 Thes. 4. 16. 17. The Articles of our Resurrection and Ascention hath been firmly beleeued by Fathers of all times By Iustin Martyr Iustin. quaest Graecan de resurrect By Irenaeus Iren. lib. 5. cap. 5. 6. Iren. lib. 5. cap. 13. By Tertullian Tertul. de resur carnis By Epiphanius Epiphan de resur mo●…t By Pisida Pisidae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Doubts concerning our resurrection resolued By Greg. Nyssenus Greg. Nyss. de opificio hom By Augustine Aug. de ciuit Dei lib. 22. cap. 4. cap. 11. He who giueth wings to earthly bodies to flye in the aire can he not giue power to his Saints to mount vp vnto heauen And seeing man makes heauy things to float in the water cannot our God carry vp heauy bodies to heauenly places Theodor. dial 2. cap. 23. This promise of receiuing vs to himselfe is to be vnderstood of our bodies Rom. 8. 29. A three-fold ioyfull vnion abiding vs in that day 1 Of our soule and body 2 Of our selues with all Saints 3 Of vs all with the Lord. Reuel 1●… 4 1 Iohn 3. Col. 1. 12. Two parts of this precept 1 Possesse your soules The soule is the most excellent part of man August de Eccles. dogmat cap. 34. It hath sundry names according to her sundry offices That the estate of the soule depends not on the estate of the body is cleared Nyssen de opifici●… hom cap. 10. But by the contrary the good estate of the body depēds on the good estate of the soule B●…rn The beastly ignorance of many who knowing all things which they know by the soule yet scarce know that they haue a soule 1 Kings 19. 11. 12. Esay 65. 2. Bern. de vita animae Aug. de ciuit Dei lib. 13. cap. 2. In all tentations Sathan pursues nothing but our soule If he trouble vs in body or goods it is to get a vantage of the soule Iob 1. 2. Greg. lib 3. in Iob. This is cleared by Iobs example The remembrance of this should worke strength aginst tentation A question how can wee possesse the soule seeing by the soule we possesse all that we possesse The answere of this question How in the soule of a regenerate man there are two contrary parties Of this the meaning of the precept is made plaine God is the immediate superiour possessor of our soules and bodies 1 Cor. 6. 19 20. Seeing we hold them of him it were treason to render them to his enemie Rom. 6. 13. He is possessed and not a possessor who possesseth not himselfe Aug. de temp ser. 223. Cyp. lib. 2. epist. 2. Onely the Christian is to be esteemed a rich man How needfull this doctrine is for this age Which careth for a●…y that is theirs but not for themselues August de temp ser. 223. ●…ern serm 4 2 Second part of the precept By your Patience The example of God the Father teacheth vs Patience Aug. de temp ser. 223. How Patience is ascribed to God Math. Tertull. ser. de Patientia The example of Christ teacheth vs patience August de temp ser. 223. True Christians after Christs example haue aduanced his kingdome by Patience Iust. Mart. in dialogo cum Tryph. Cyprian de dupl●…nart The bloud of Martyrs the seed of the church Tertull. Cost enc●…ir The cruelty of the Romane Church shewes it to be Antichristian Cyprian de simplicitate Praelat Malach. Erasm. enchirid militis Christ. Epist. ad Volsium The Popes Kingdome his Cardinals may be aduanced by bloud shedding not so Christs Patience compared to the Laurell tree which cannot bee Thunderslaine Tertull. de Patientia Impatience the mother of all euill Ibid. Impatience driues a man out of his vvits Iob 18. 4. Mar. 5. 5. 6. The image of an impatient man Patience is neuer alone without the rest of the Graces The order how Graces march in the spirituall warfare 1 Truth with Foresight and Feare 2 Faith with Loue and Holinesse 3 Th●…se are attended by Humilitie an●… 〈◊〉 Meeknesse Philo de congressu c. 4 Patience bearing the Standard Rom. 5. 5 Experience with Hope and Fortitude 6 Perseuerance Round about all these flyes Prayer No true Patience can bee where Truth Loue and Faith c. are not Aug. de ciuit Dei lib. 5. cap. 18. Patience of Ethnikes is not worthy to be called Patience August de ciuit lib. 1. cap. 22. Cyprian de Patientia Aug. de temp ser. 223. Sufferings of Heretikes in like manner are not to be esteemed Patience Aug. ibid. A sort of Heretiques vvho soght the praise of Martyrdome by murthering themselues August de Haeres ad quod vult Deum Aug. de temp serm 223. The worst sort of homicide is selfe-murther In what sense Patience is ●…aid to be ours Aug. d●… temp serm 223. Neyther Patience nor any other grace haue wee by the power of our owne free-will Concilium Arasicau num Fulgent ad Gallam vid. Cyp. lib 2. epist. 2. Aug. ibid. Patience a singular preseruatiue to keep the heart in peace In tentations inward immediately comming from God Psal. 25. 10. Psal. 43. 5. Psa. 13. 1. 5. In tentations outward comming from men 2 Sam. 16. 11. 12. In all places this watch-word should sound in our eares Possesse your soule Euen in our owne houses Chrisost. in Mat. hom 11. This watch-word in like manner serues for all estates of men 1 Masters Seruants 2 Kings and Subiects