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A93382	A sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons, at their monethly fast, May 29. 1644. By Peter Smith Doctor of Divinitie, minister of Gods Word at Barkway in Hertfordshire, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Smith, Peter, d. 1652? or 3?; England and Wales. Parliament.	1644 (1644)	Wing S4142; Thomason E52_24; ESTC R9534	45,343	53

The world hates you saith our Saviour and again In the world you shall have trouble Iohn 15. 19. 16. 33. and he gives this reason because you are not of the world you are strangers here and every dogge will bark at Strangers But that 's not all God is not so regardlesse of his people not an hair fals from the head of one of them but by his providence and d Quid illi pereat cui capillus non c. what can he lose that cannot lose an hair c The word affords us many arguments some with reference to grace some to glory shewing the grounds of this Gods dispensation towards his own 1. From grace we have these reasons 1. There is something of * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Adam's filth even in the purest which must be wash't out with these waters of Marah By this therefore shall the iniquitie of Iacob be purged and this is all the fruit to take away his sinne Isa 27. 9. In that mighty tempest Ionah 1. 4 7. the Mariners make enquiry after their way for whose cause this evill was upon them and when it shall be told as by the Apostle to the Corinthians 1 epist 11. 30. For this cause many are weake and sickly among you and many fall asleep it will make men look about them and begin to think it's time to iudge themselves that they be not iudged Vers 31. to search into their wayes and to repent Secondly affliction sometime is intended for prevention of sinne e Laetus animus facile lapsum i●currit quod tristi afflicto difficile evenit Arnob. in loc Men are apt to offend in dayes of mirth who are soon checked in times of sorrow Iob feared his children that they might sinne in their dayes of feasting Chap. 1. 5. and David found by sad experience in himself Before I was afflicted I went wrong Paul was wrapt up into the third heavens but he must down again and then f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cyrill Alex. lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations a thorn in the flesh is given him the messenger of Satan to buffet him 2 Corinth 12. 17. that he may learn to glory in tribulations Rom. 5. 3. For as Clemangius saith though g Amara est amaritudo flagellorum quibus à Deo corripimur sed amarior est amaritudo peccatorum quibus à Deo sepáramur Clem. there be bitternesse in the rods by which we are corrected of God yet there is much more bitternesse in the sinnes by which we are separated from God And therefore when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world 1 Corinth 11. 32. Thirdly trouble and distresses h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cyr. Alex. drive men to good force men to God sicknesse lamenesse blindnesse c. brought many unto Christ who otherwise had never sought him and these seeking cure for bodily infirmities found present remedy also for the maladies of the soul what else meant our Saviour by that speech Thy faith hath saved thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sanum te fecit non salvum te fecit hath made thee whole no hath brought salvation to thee It 's said by Basil of Seleucia concerning the Centurion who came to Christ in the behalf of his servant whose sicknesse was his sorrow i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Orat. in Centu. The sicknesse of the servant was the Masters health The servant was sicke in body and the Master sanctified in soul And that Nobleman or Courtier of whom we read Iohn 4. went to Christ for his son and the issue of that blessed journey was himselfe beleeved and his whole house vers 53. These and such souls afflicted might after truely say with Themistocles unto his children k 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. in vita Themist O children we had been lost utterly had we not been lost Fourthly the Lord by these trieth the spirits of men God led his people in the wildernesse forty yeares to prove them Deut. 8. 2. Tribulation worketh patience and patience experience Rom. 4. 3 4. Courage l Marcet sine adversario virtus tunc apparet quanta sit cum quid possit patientia ostendit Sen. de provid decayeth saith Seneca without an adversary then it appears how great it is when patience sheweth what it can do The valour and prowesse of a souldier is seen in the battell it is not bigge looks or great words will do it but his grapling with an enemy If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small Prov. 24. 10. m Exhibetur in lectulo virtus Sen. Strength is tried in weaknesse when thou lyest upon thy bed when sicknesse is upon thee and when thou art put to the use of all thy graces as faith hope patience and the like Fiftly graces are much encreased by these trials such as those I named before n Solidissima pars est corporis quam frequens usus agitavit Sen. It proveth the most solid part of the body which is most used most in exercise It was not said amisse of one He o Qui nescit orare discat navigare 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Athen. Posid that knoweth not not how to pray let him go to sea especially if that be true which I finde in that Heathen Writer He that never sailed never saw ill They that go down to the Sea in ships that do businesse in great waters These see the workes of the Lord and his wonders in the deepe For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy winds c. Then they crie unto the Lord in their trouble c. Vers 23 24 28. of this Psalme And as afflictions abound where grace is once begun there grace abounds Our calamities are very great in this our distressed distracted kingdome and when was there such a willing people to spend and to be spent in Gods cause when was there such a spirit of prayer O blessed fruits of our afflictions Secondly the Lord intends to work glory to himself and to his Redeemed Ones from these distresses Out of the eater came meat according to Samsons Riddle Iudg 14. 14. And for this cause these times are brought upon us 1. Glory to himselfe 1. For first he justifieth the power of his grace against our adversary the Devil as in the case of Iob most evidently There was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan came also among them Iob 1. 6. Satan that accuser of the brethren who came no doubt upon some such errand at that time who when the Lord glorying in the integritie of that servant said That there was none like him in the earth a perfect and an upright man Vers 8. replieth Doth Iob feare God for nought Vers 9. Hast thou not made an hedge about him Vers 10. Hast thou not been

behold and see it If God be God then follow him He shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter such as Nimrod Esau hunters of men so the Scripture styleth persecutours of Gods Saints whereupon I remember Hierome saith k Penitus non invenimus in scripturis sanctis aliquem venatorem piscatores invenimus sanctos Hieron in Psal 90. Nullum invenimus in divinarum seric scripturarum de venatoribus sanction Ambr. in Psalm 119. Serm. 8. we read of holy Fisher-men but never of holy Hunters Such Hunters have been spoyling with all cruelty many of our brethren every where and still the hunt is up and they make but a matter of sport of it The time shall come when God shall laugh at their calamitie and mock when their feare cometh Prov. 1. 26. Let them while their sport lasteth boast themselves as if they had all sure enough and let them adde to their other blasphemies and say with that proud Tyrant in Synesius l 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Synes Epist 58. No man shall escape our hands no though he held Christ himself by the foot m Fidant legionibus illi perfugioque parent reparatis moenia muris Nulla salutiferi quibus est fiducia Christi Paulin. in Nat. S. Foel Let them presume upon their strength who have nothing else to rest upon But it is good for us to keep fast by God Psal 73. 28. not to let go our hold As Homer said of the walls of Troy n 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iliad 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vse 2 Their forts and bulwarks cannot be strong that are built without God nay against him Let us then still trust in God and be unwearied and undaunted in his service Who hath delivered and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us 2 Cor. 1. 10 In the next place this must instruct us in all our deliverances to return praise and glory and thankes unto the Authour of our helpe and hopes We are too ready as those fishermen in Habakkuk who sacrificed to their Net and burnt incense to their Dragge Chap. 1. 16. so with that Souldier in the Poet o 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to ascribe much unto the sword and spear unto our valiant men and to our forces It is observed by that wise heathen p Nimius sui suspectus insitum mortalitati vitium se suaque mirandi Sen. De Benef. c. 26. that this over-weening of our selves is a great cause of our ingratitude Alas q 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Opp. what are we if God should leave us and while he stands by us what can stand against us Mountaines of difficulties shall bee overturned if he put to his hand the proudest enemies shall bee made to know and feele what folly it is to kick against the pricks and s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rhod perioch Hom. 17. to contend with the Almighty and therefore as we see and hear daily of the mightie things that God hath 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Synes Epist 137 wrought for us so let him have the glory that is due unto his Name and let our hearts and mouths be ever filled with his praise But some may say do you not forget the season this is not a day of gratulation or Thanksgiving but of humiliation and of seeking God by prayer Ah let none think these duties inconsistent which truely I conceive should never be disjoyned We have beene taught already what grace and glory ariseth from afflictions sanctified Are we then humbled under the sorrow of them let us be also thankfull for the solace t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Synes Epist 57 of them But let me intreat you further to consider whether we we I say in particular living in these parts of this distracted Kingdom do not even now enjoy a great deliverance that wee meet here in safety and in peace while others are imbroiled in many dangers either of fights or flights How unworthy are we of such enlargement of Gods mercy if we improve it not but most of all are we unworthy if wee be silent in thanksgivings Let me adde one thing more What if the Lord should bring the line of other parts upon us and cause us to pledge them in that bitter cup whereof they have been forced to drink deep shall we not yet have cause to praise him for this his patience and long-sufferance And had we but the spirits of many of the Primitive Martyrs we should think our selves the lesse esteemed in that we are reserved amongst the last of those who shall thus honour God and be honoured by him in suffering for his sake They a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lust Mart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lucius Martyr ad mortem designatus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iust Mart. Apol. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg. Naz. triumphed in their deaths and accunted death as no death but as a benefactor to them that preferr'd them speedily to the fruition of their long desired happinesse They freely thus offered their children also unto God rejoycing that they were laid so sweetly and so safely in Gods armes They could not but remember how God dealt with Iob How after his long patience under sore calamities with the losse of his substance the Lord was pleased to refresh his wearied soule and to give him twice as much as he had before Iob 42. 10. but yet if you compare this Chapter ver 13. with Chapter 1 2. you shall find he had no more children given him then he had at first He had great comfort in his children why were not they doubled likewise surely he had them double because the former were not lost who were lock't up safe in heaven I the rather speak this because it may be it hath been the case of some of you already and who knoweth how many of us may see our children sacrificed in this cause of God and may at length taste of death herein our selves The will of the Lord be done Onely let us learn to make a right judgement of these things That we call death the Scripture call's but sleeping and do but mark that place Revel 20. 6. where it is said Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection on such the second death hath no power What is that first resurrection but the rising from the first death which is the death of sinne and what is the second death that we find vers 14. The lake of fire is the second death Where is then that we call death surely b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theocr. it comes not in the account For otherwise that should have been the second and the lake of fire had been more fitly styled the third death This then hath onely the c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost ad pop Antioch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 empty name of death voyd of the thing that is so dreadfull to poore flesh and blood Nay it is no other then a blessed deliverance and a joyfull rest and freedome from all cares and troubles Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they rest from their labours Rev. 14. 13. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints Psal 116. 15. Whatsoever then the Lord is pleased to do for us whatsoever with us let us be thankfull Vse 3 The third and last use where with I shall conclude is for terrour to the ungodly and such as now amongst us are enemies to his Church Is God the Authour of deliverance to his people then without doubt he is the Authour of destruction to their enemies If to the one a wall of fire to defend them then to the other a consuming fire to destroy them We need not seek up Scriptures for the proof of this it is written every where even as it were in capitall letters or with a beame of the Sunne he that runnes may read it and he that is not starke blind may easily behold it It is recorded in all the stories of the Church Those men of Belial that are now in arms against us that will not read the Book of God or haply dare not because it no where prophecieth good unto them I wish they would peruse our Ecclesiasticall Writers and see what they find there touching the divine vengeance which pursued such as led the way to them and taught them this art of crueltie and instructed them how to be skilfull to destroy by their examples Let them read the deaths and horrid ends of Nero Trajan Hadrian Vaterian Maximinus Iulian and of many of their instruments and under-ministers whom they set on work and they shall finde that true which that holy Martyr Cypian wrote long ago that d Nec unquam Christianorum s●●l●rein nostrum nomen exurgitur ut non statim divinius vindicta comitetur Cyp. contr Demetr 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Syn Epist 35. never did any in their wickednesse rise up against the profession of the truth he means by persecuting the professours of it but straight-way vengeance from God followed them at the heeles and overtook them They may peradventure escape mans judgement which is that our enemies are so affraid of yet the just avenging sword of God cannot be avoyded who when he comes most slowly comes most surely and severely It is a fearfull thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10. 31. Let our adversaries consider this and tremble whilest we comfort our selves with that of the Apostle as if directly spoken to us It is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you and to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Iesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels 2 Thess 1. 6 7. Even so Lord Iesus come quickly Amen FINIS Errata in text Page 7. line 23. read had in p. 9. l. 28. r. rapt p. 10. l. 8. r. non salvum p. 11. l. 22. r. such a narrand p. 18. l. 18. r. with his p. 31. l. 14. r. Popish p. 39. l. 21. r. Zarephah Errata in marg Pag. 3. r. Zach. p. 10. r. Athen. ex Pos p. 14. r. in Ca● Mos p. 17. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 27. r. Cyr. Hieros p. 45. for Christianorum r. impiorum