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A14849	The lot or portion of the righteous A comfortable sermon, preached at the Cathedrall Church of Glocester, vpon the fift day of August: Anno Domini. 1615. By Richard Web, preacher of Gods word at Rodborough in Glocestershyre.	Webb, Richard, preacher of God's word.	1616 (1616)	STC 25151; ESTC S102699	41,510	50

vpon our knees giue him most harty thanks euery day because we doe enioy him Gratious God we beseech thee couer him euermore vnder the shaddow of thy hand make him a chosen shaft and hide him still in thy quiuer Let him reioyce euer in thy strength and in thy saluation giue him ô giue him his harts desire and deny him not the request of his lips preuent him with ●iberall blessings and set still a crown of pure gold vpon his head Giue the nations before him subdue the kings that rise vp against him giue them as dust to his sword and as scattered stuble to his bow Let iudgement also run downe in his daies as waters and righteousnes as a mighty riuer yea let him feede his people according to the simplicitie of his heart and guide them by the discretion of his hands Thus ô Lord thus ô Lord let it be done vnto him that so he may raigne here with vs many yeares prosperously and with thy selfe in the heauens for euer triumphantly to thy glory and his euerlasting happinesse Amon Amen But now to end all and to speake a word or two vnto you all by way of application who are now my present Auditory I beseech you my beloued brethren remember what now hath bene deliuered vnto you Though troubles fall vpon you yet shrinke not but stand fast and quiet your selues like men There be many I confesse in the world I wil not say amongst you who fain would haue a Church as it were of sugar and a spouse of Roses They would feede vpon Manna and tread vpon veluet In seruing of God they would be serued themselues and be made free from all afflictions They loue Canaan but they loath the wildernes They like the crowne but they loue not the crosse They are like Iames and Iohn who sought to sit in the seate of honor but not to drinke of the cuppe of afflictions But the truth is as you haue heard and you must belieue it The way to heauen is no easie way it is not strewed with flowers but it is a sharpe way it is set with thornes and happily in your own experience you shal finde that to be true which the Prophet doth here say Many are the troubles of the righteous Yet be not discouraged at it For first though your troubles be many yet you are able for to beare them The●e is no more laid vpon you then you can carry God is like a wise Physition in this case who doth weigh his Drugs and fitte them according to our strength Wee are afflicted on euery side saith Paul yet are not in distresse in pouertie but not ouercome of pouertie wee are persecuted but not forsaken cast downe but we perish not z 1. Cor. 4 8. Secondly though they be many yet somtimes you are alone without them As you haue a time of fasting so haue you a time of feasting as you haue a time of mourning so haue you a time of laughing as you haue of sicknes so haue you a time of health as you haue a time of shame so haue you a time of praise in a word as you haue a time of miserie so haue you a time of felicitie Thirdly though they be many yet they doe not hurt you but rather doe you good you come forth better often from them then euer you went into them Consider with your selues how they set your wits to studie your conscience to examine your memory to repeate your will to affect your heart to pray your tongue to entreate your eare to hearken your foote to goe your hand to work euery member to doe his dutie Call to minde also how they doe cause you to seeke knowledge to vnderstand Gods promises to seek Faith to apprehend Gods promises to seeke Hope to waite for the performance of Gods promises to seeke lastly Prayer to hasten God to accomplish his promises Fourthly though they be many yet you haue deserued them yea more thē that you haue deserued more then them GOD hath not dealt with vs saith Dauid after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities a Psalm 103.10 Fiftly though they be many yet you are not alone in them but others are conioyned with you in the partaking of them yea men and women I doubt not in your owne iudgement better then your selues as you may see in Matth chapt 5.12 and in Peter 1. Pet 4.12.13 Lastly though they be many yet you shall not continue still in them but come forth in time conuenient from them according to the latter part of my Text But the LORD doth deliuer him out of them all Marke the word well Out of them all We startle at the crosse often because we are like the Prophets seruant who did see his foes but not his friends We see our sore but not our salue Deliuerance seemes a farre off like Abraham in the Heauens as though it would neuer come so long as we be But let vs know and euer remember for our comfort that the Lord will come and deliuer vs And as Moses would leaue no hoofe behinde him when hee was to deliuer the Israelites out of Aegipt so when the Lord commeth to deliuer vs who are his hee will not leaue a trouble behinde him but rid vs out of al our troubles Comfort your selues oh comfort your selues I beseech you with these sayings And the God of all grace be euer with you all to instruct you to direct you to defend you to redeeme you to comfort you to enrich you and in a word to blesse and to saue you through IESVS CHRIST our SAVIOVR to whome with the FATHER and the HOLYGHOST one Eternall GOD and three distinct persons be rendred as is most due all honour all glorie all praise all power all dominion and all thanks-giuing both now and euermore Amen Amen FINIS

Ioseph was in prison Moses was in the water Ieremy was in the dungion Dauiel was in the Lions denne Ionah was in the whales belly Mordecay was in the power of Hamon Peter was in the Gaile the three children were in the burning furnace and Israel was in the bondage of Aegipt yet all these were deliuered and came out of their troubles euery one of them So that wee may conclude this point with the saying of Dauid in these words For the Lord loueth iudgement and forsaketh not his saints they shall be preserued for euermore marke the vpright man and behold the iust for the ende of that man is peace the saluation of the righteous men shall be of the Lord he shall be their strength in the time of trouble for the Lord shall helpe them and deliuer them he shall deliuer them from the wicked and shall saue them because they trust in him Ob. But here it may be obiected v psal 37.28.37.39.40 that the righteous are not alwayes deliuered out of their troubles but doe now and then continue in them still and doe rather miscarry by them then euer come out from them considering that they die and perish through them Ans For answere herevnto you must know three things The first is that God hath appointed times when to deliuer his out of their troubles as it is said in the Psalme Hee sent a man before them Ioseph was sold for a slaue They held his feete in the stockes and he was layd in irons vntill his appointed time came and the counsell of the Lord had tryed him w psal 105.17 The second is that small and short troubles will not amend some and fit them well either for the worship of their God while they be here or for their owne actuall enterance into the kingdome of heauen hereafter they are so seated in their sinnes and so double died in their transgressions And therefore the Lord is compelled as it were for his owne glorie and their good to continue them still in their afflictions vntill hee hath renued them made them tractable to his voyce Read more of this in my 1. sermon vpon the second psalme The third and the last is that these that end their liues by their troubles are most of al deliuered from their troubles because then they are no more molested with any trouble but presently doe enter into their ioy of rest as Iohn doth shew saying Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord euen so saith the spirite for they rest from their labours and theyr workes doo follow them x 1. Cor. 14.13 Reas But to passe the doctrine and the doubt which hath bene moued against the doctrine let vs now come to the reasons of the doctrine and search what are the causes why the Lord doth deliuer the righteous out of all their troubles who are subiect to many troubles In few words they are foure in number The first is because they loue him according to that which is in the Psalme in these words Because he hath loued me therfore will I deliuer him I will exalt him because hee hath knowne my Name hee shall call vpon me and I will heare him I will be with him in trouble and I will deliuer him and glorifie him with long life I will satisfie him and shew him my saluation y Psal 91 14 The second is because he doth loue them and is bound vnto them by his promise according to that which is in Deuteronomie in these wordes The Lord did not set his loue vpon you nor choose you because you were more in number then any people for you were the fewest of all people But because the Lord loued you and because hee would keepe the Oath which hee had sworne vnto your Fathers the Lord hath brought you out by a mightie hand and deliuered you out of the house of bondage from the hand of Pharach king of Aegipt z Deut. 7.7 8 The third is because he is touched with their grieuances and all their troubles doe trouble him according to that which is in Esay in these words In all their troubles he was troubled and the Angell of his presence saued them in his loue and in his mercie he redeemed them and he bore them and carried them alwayes continually a Esay 〈◊〉 9 Heerevnto adde that whith is in Iudges His soule was grieued for the misery of Israel b Iudg 〈…〉 The fourth and last is because he hath glory and honour by their deliuerance according to that which is in Ezechiel in these words But I fauoured mine holy Name which the house of Israel had polluted among the heathen whither they went Therefore say vnto the house of Israel Thus saith the Lord God I doe not this for your sakes ô house of Israel but for my holy names sake which you polluted among the heathen whither you went And I will sanctify my great name which was polluted among the heathen whom you haue polluted and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord saith the Lord God when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes for I will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you c ●● 16.22 into your owne land Herevnto you may well ioyne that which is in Esay where he saith For my Names sake will I deferre my wrath and for my praise will I refraine it from thee that I cut thee not off Behold I haue fined thee but not as siluer I haue chosen thee in the furnace of afflictions for mine owne sake for mine owne sake will I doe it for how should my name be polluted surely I will not giue my glory vnto another d Esa 48.9.10.11 So that his loue his promise his feeling and his glory together with their loue goodnes doe stirre God vp to helpe the righteous and to deliuer them out of all their troubles The consideration whereof may afford vnto vs plentifull obseruations Vse The first is that God must haue the praise and honour of all these deliuerances which the godly haue at any time They must ascribe nothing to themselues or to others therin but all to God as Moses did e Exod. 15.1 as Deborah did f Iudg. 5.1 as Samuel did g 1. Sam. 12.8 as Dauid did h Psalm 12.4 as Iehosophat did i 2. Chro. 20.26 as Daniel did k Dan. 6.22 as Paul did l 2. Tim. 3.11 as all must doe m Psalm 107.16 Praised be the Lord said Dauid euen the God of our saluation which leadeth vs daily with benefits this is our God euen the God that saueth vs and to the Lord God belong the issues of death Againe he saith praise ye the Lord for his mercy endureth for euer Let them which haue beene redeemed of the Lord shew how he hath deliuered them from the hand of the oppressor and gathered them out of