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A10134
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The righteous mans euils, and the Lords deliuerances. By Gilbert Primerose, minister of the French Church in London
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Primrose, Gilbert, ca. 1580-1642.
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mens weaknesse and mortality God forbiddeth us to feare men x Esa 40.10 11 13. Feare thou not saith he for I am with thee be not dismayed for I am thy God I vvill strengthen thee yea I will helpe thee yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousnesse Bebold all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded they shall be as nothing and they that strive with thee shall perish c. for I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand saying unto thee Feare not I will helpe thee Such exhortations and promises are frequent in the Scripture and upon them wee ground our selves when wee feare not men yea wee seeke comfort and strength against feare in Gods precedent deliveries Of time past we say with David y Psal 118.5 6. I called upon the LORD in my distresse The LORD answered mee and set me in a large place Therefore wee conclude as hee did for the time which is to come The LORD is on my side I will not feare what can man doe unto mee XII What then shall we be without feare Not so a s a. 8.12 13. Say ye not A confederacie to all them to whom this people shall say A confederacie neither feare ye their feare nor be afraid Sanctifie the LORD of hostes himselfe and let him be your feare and him be your dread Feare not men for b Psal 39.4 6. verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity Surely every man walketh in a vaine shew◠surely they are disquieted in vaine Feare God of whom and to whom Ieremiah saith c Ier. 10.6 7. For as much as there is none like unto thee O LORD thou art great and thy Name is great in might Who would not feare thee O King of Nations for to thee doeth it appertaine for as much as among all these wise men of the nations and in all their kingdomes there is none like unto thee Therefore as Christ said to his Disciples so say wee to you d Matt. 10.28 Feare not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soule but rather feare him which is able to destroy both body and soule in hell XIII As we should not feare men for the causes aforesaid so should wee not for the same causes put our trust in them as it is written e Psal 146.2 4. Put not your trust in Princes nor in any son of man in whom there is no help His breath goeth foorth hee returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish First it is said Put not your trust in Princes wherefore Are they not strong mightie wealthie Hath not God said of them and to them f Psal 82.6 I have said ye are Gods and all of you are children of the most High All that is true g Rom. 4.17 God calleth those things which be not as though they were They are gods but earthly gods but weake and mortall gods to whom God saith also in that same place h Psal 82.7 But ye shall die like men and ye that are Princes shall fall like another And therefore when in the vanity of their hearts they dare call themselves gods God answereth them as he did the K. of Tyre saying i Ezech. 28.2 Thou art a man and not God That is the meaning of the words following Nor in any sonne of man The sonnes of men are men the Princes are sonnes of men they are men And yee know that k Ier 17.5 thus saith the Lord Cursed bee the man that trusteth in men and maketh slesh his arme Be faithfull to your Princes Obey and keepe their commandements render to them their dues tribute custome feare honour l Matt. 22.21 give to Cesar that which is Cesars Pray to God for them but give not unto them Gods tribute Render not to any creature the homage of trust which is proper to God alone Hee can deliver But as for the sonnes of men in them there is no helpe Though they bee called gods none of them m Matt. 6.27 can by their godhead adde one cubit unto their stature n Psa 49.7 nor by any meanes redeeme their brother nor give to God a ransome for him Yea after that o Plutarch in Alexand. Alexander the Great hath published abroad that hee is sonne to Iupiter Hammon when hee shall see the humor running downe from his wounds he shall be constrained to say This is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the blood of a man and not of God and when he shall smell the stink of his owne filth hee shall aske of his flatterers The gods yeeld they such a sent What gained p Marcellin lib. 17. Sapor King of Persia by taking to himselfe the proud titles of King of kings Brother to the Sunne and Moone Partaker of the Starres c. where is he now hath his pretended brotherhood with the Sunne and Moone his consanguinitie with the starres delivered him from the grave where now death feedeth on him Let Herod delight for a moment in the shouting and crying of his flatterers q Act 12.22 23. The voice of a God and not of a man by by the wormes shall eate him quick and constrain him to say to his claw-backes r Ioseph Antiq. lib. 19. cap. 7. Euseb Hist Eceles lib. 1. cap. 9. He whom ye called God endeth his life like men and this immortall dieth Let the Canonists fawne on the Pope and say that he is neither God nor man he knoweth that he is the sonne of man and wee know that he ſ 2. Thess 2.3 is the man of sinne that there is no help that there is nothing but perdition in him What is man but vanity t Psal 60. Surely men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are a lie To be laid in the ballence they are altogether lighter than vanitie And therefore v Psal 60.11 the helpe of man is vanity For this cause God cursed the lewes when they trusted to Aegypt saying x Esa 31.1 3. Woe to them that goe downe to Aegypt for help and stay on horses and trust in charets because they are many Now the Aegyptians are men and not God and their horses flesh and not Spirit When the Lord shall stretch out his hand both he that helpeth shall fall and hee that is holpen shall fall downe and they all shall faile together What if man had power and wil to help for all that trust not in him His breath goeth foorth hee returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish all his designes all the trust thou hadst in him dieth with him for then he cannot helpe himselfe and how should he help thee y Iob 14.1 2. Man that is borne of woman is of few dayess and full of trouble he commeth foorth like a flower and is