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A81235	Correction, instruction or, a treatise of afflictions: first conceived by way of private meditations: afterward digested into certain sermons, preach'd at Aldermanbury. And now published for the help and comfort of humble suffering Christians. By Tho. Case, M.A. sometimes student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. now preacher of the Gospel in London.	Case, Thomas, 1598-1682.	1652 (1652)	Wing C824; Thomason E1329_1; ESTC R209098	113,561	301

sackclothe upon all the beauty and bravery of the Creature and so hideth pride from man when God by some flashes of Lightning strikes us blind to the World then we can discover beauty and excellency in Christ infinitely transcending all the beauty and excellency in the World Thou art fairer then the Children of men grace is poured into thy lips when under the stairs Psal 45.2 Cant. 5.10 and in the Clifts of the Rocks then the soul can sing my beloved is white and ruddy the chicfest among ten thousand When the God of Heaven hath famisht all our Gods on earth when he hath hunger-starved us as to Creature comforts in any way whatsoever then we can hunger after and taste the sweetness the fulness which is in Jesus Christ O then Christ a King to govern a Prophet to teach a Priest to save how precious then none but Christ none but Christ give me a Christ or else I die In a word my Beloved when once it is come by what exigencies and surprises soever to an Oh wretch that I am who shal deliver me Rom. 7.24 then I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Truly God is forc't to exercise us with a severe Discipline that he may endear Jesus Christ to our hearts and secludes us from the World that we may study and improve his fulness As the Law is our School-master Gal. 3.24 so affliction is an Vsher to the Law affliction brings us to the Law and the Law brings us to Christ And thus I have dispatcht the first thing I undertook for the opening of the Doctrine sc The Lessons which God teacheth those whom he chasteneth both in their twenty particulars and in their three summary comprehensive heads to which all the rest may be reduced I come to the second thing namely The Nature or properties of divine teaching The nature and propetries of divine teaching For my Breth●en it is not every teaching that will make or evidence a man to be a blessed man under affliction There is hardly any man that is under affliction but he learns somewhat by it yet few are blessed the reason is because it matters not so much what a man is taught as who is the Teacher whither he be taught of God or no yea that is not all neither for we are not to enquire only whether we be taught of God but how There is a twofold teaching of God There is a common teaching which even Heathen men out of the Church Hypocrites Reprobates within the Church may have the very Philosophers have read excellent Lectures upon affliction Seneca others and there is a special teaching proper and peculiar only to the Children of promise A Covenant-teaching Isa 54.13 All thy Children shall be taught of God it is the Covenant of God with th● Redeemer Isa 54 13. A teaching without which no man can come to Christ John 6.45 Every man that hath heard and learned of the Father cometh unto me Now this teaching hath a sixfold property The first property is 6. properties of Covenantreaching It is an inward teaching Inward in respect of the Object and inward in respect of the Subject Inward in respect of the Object 1. Property it is inward so our Saviour concerning the saving teaching of the Holy Ghost when the spirit of truth is come he will guide you into all truth Ioh. 16 13 Man may lead you UNTO truth but it is the spirit of God that only can lead you INTO truth he only that hath the Key of David that openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth can open to you the door of truth and shew you the inside of truth And great is the difference between these two teachings He that comes to a stately house or place sees only the outward fabrick and structure and even that may take much but he that comes into it sees all the inward contrivances and conveyances he sees all the rich furniture and adornings of the several rooms and Offices of the house which are not only for use but for delight and ornament Surely the very out-side of truth is goodly but like the Kings Daughter it is all glorious within not pleasing only but ravishing this they see who are led into truth Psal 119.18 by ver●ue whereof David saw wonderful things in the Law Objects which filld his soul with wonder and delight And as the teachings of the Covenant are inward in respect of the Object so inward also in respect of the Subject In the HIDDEN PART thou hast made me know wisdom Psal 51.6 and again I thank the Lord that gave me counsel MY REINS also instruct me in the night seasons Psal 16.7 the Reins are the most inward part of the Body and the night-season the most retired and private time both express the intimacy of divine teaching man may teach the Brains but God only teacheth the Reins the knowledg which man teacheth is a swimming knowledg but the knowledg which Christ teacheth is a soaking knowledg God who commanded light to shine out of d●rkness 2 Cor. 4 6 hath shined into our HEARTS to give the light of the knowledg of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ it is a loaden expression and holds forth the inward teachings of God on both sides both in reference to the Subject and in reference to the Object In reference to the Subject He that commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined into our hearts Mans light may shine into the Head but Gods light doth shine into the Heart God hath his Throne in Heaven Cathedram habet inCaelis quicorda do●et A●g but his Chair his Pulpit is in the heart he hath shined into our hearts And then you have the inwardness of divine teaching in respect of the Object he hath given us the light of the knowledg of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ Man may give knowledg confused general knowledg but God giveth the light of knowledg in the lustre and brightness of it In thy light we shall see light Psal 36.9 the soul seeth by the same light whereby God himself seeth thy light and not only so here is not only knowledg and light of knowledg but the glory of that light the light which God brings in to the sanctified understanding is a glorious light a marvelous light 1 Pet. 2.9 the soul that the spirit taketh by the hand leadeth into truth standeth wondering at the glory and excellency of that light which shines round about it And then lastly all this in the face of Jesus Christ The face is the full discovery of a person Moses could not see Gods face but only his back-parts he might see Exod. 33. last But now by the flesh of Josus Christ God hath put a vail upon his face the vail of his flesh Heb. 10.20 through which we may see the face of God

coming of Christ Say Come Lord Jesus come quickly In a word brethren study and study throughly the Sinfulness of Sin Emptiness of the Creature Fulness of Christ And in all these and the like Lessons labor for an Inward Convincing Experimental Powerful Sweet Abiding Teaching Content not your selves Christians with a general slight superficial unsavory powerless flitting Knowledg rest not in notions be not satisfied with expressions without impressions nor with impressions that are not abiding impressions that are like figures written in the sand this is the ruine of professors Those professors their names shall be written in the dust who write divine instructions in the dust at least if God have a minde to do you good expect that he should send you into the house of Correction and there teach you with scourges and write his Instructions in your blood And therefore if you would prevent so severe a Discipline oh improve your time well in the School of the Word while you have the light Iohn 3.35 walk in the light lest darkness come upon you while you sit under the Teachings of the Gospel labor to get knowledg answerable to the means and grace answerable to your knowledg Thus much for the first Caution I come now to the second Caution 2 Caution Labor to profit by other mens sufferings If you would prevent affliction labour to be instructed by the chastisements which you see upon other men God deals with his children as Tutors do with the children of Princes whip them upon strangers backs Thus God scourged Israel upon the back of the Nations round about Zeph. 3.6 Zeph. 3.6 I have cut off the Nations their towers are desolate I made their streets waste that none passeth by their Cities are destroyed so that there is no man that there is none inhabitant SHORT WORK But their punishment was Israels Caution I said Surely thou wilt fear me thou wilt receive instruction The Worlds judgments are the Churches instructions and God lookt that his people should have made that use of this practical doctrine I said Surely thou wilt fear me thou wilt receive instructions God had gracious ends in this dispensation his severity to strangers was his tender mercies towards Israel he spared not the Nations that he might have spared them Verse 7. so their dwellings should not be cut off God cut off the Nations vers 6. that he might not cut off Israel Behold as the Apostle saith in another case Rom. 11.22 the goodness and severity of God severity to the Nations but goodness towards Israel had they continued in his goodness had they received instruction by their neighbors destruction And as God punisht Israel upon the Nations backs so God punisht Judah upon Israels back Ier. 7.12 Go ye now to my place in Shiloh and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel Israels chastisements should have b●n Jerusalems teachings and by their stripes she should have been healed for the neglect whereof God is highly displeased and speaks concerning this in a very angry dialect And I saw when for all the causes whereby back-sliding Israel had committed adultery I had put her away given her a bill of divorce yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not Ier. 3.8 but went and played the Harlot also God took it ill that Ierusalem should slight the kindness of such a Caution and despise the counsel which was written to her in her sisters blood q. d. I would have made Ierusalem wise by Samaria's harms and taught her by a rod which she only saw but she feared not she hardened her heart through unbelief and either would not understand the Caution or dared me to my face to do my worst while by her shameless whoredoms she went on to provoke me to jealousie This hasteneth that judgment upon her self which she despised on others Iudah must feel Israels rod because she would not hear it As Israel must suffer those judgments on the Nations which she would not improve by those very Nations by whom she would not be instructed she must be destroyed Zeph. 3.8 So Iudah must feel what she feared not at a distance she that would not tremble at her sisters divorce must suffer divorce her self and be judged as women that break wedlock c. Ezek. 16.38 And bear her own shame for her sins that she had committed more abominable then they vers 52. Beloved Christians if we would prevent the like severity let us take heed of the like security God hath been a long time scourging England upon Germanies back and upon Irelands back and upon Scotlands back God hath for these many years scourged London on the back of all the Cities and Counties round about and God doth dayly scourge every one of us in particular upon the back of our suffering brethren in divers kinds his design is that we should fear him that we should receive instruction If we altogether fail his expectation we may fear that the same rods are preparing for our backs wherewith they have bled yea that their rods shall be turned into scorpions to us we sin worse then others when we sin those very sins for which others have been punisht before our faces and ●●d contempt to their transgressions and how just will it be with God if as we aggravate their sins so He aggravate upon us their plagues we that would not be bettered by Gods warning pieces should be destroyed by Gods murdering pieces that we that would not see and learn should feel and perish Nocumentae documenta even particular judgments should be our documents Remember Lots wife her pillar of salt should season our hearts that when the judgments of God are abroad in the Earth we that are the inhabitants not of the Earth only but of Sion also may learn Righteousness Even those judgments which the Magistrate doth execute by Gods appointment are chiefly for caution to standers by Deu. 13.11 that others may hear and fear and do no more any such wickedness c. How much more those judgments which the Lord himself doth execute vid. Psal 64.7 8 9. 2 Pet. 2.6 When the father is correcting one child the whole family should fear and tremble * Ier. 7.12 Go to my place in Shiloh saith God to the Jews and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel If we would learn by other mens sufferings we should prevent our own This is the way to prevent sufferings The Lord make us wise to Salvation I come to the second branch of Exhortation 2 Branch of Exhort to such as are under affliction sc To such as yet lie under affliction and the chastisements of the Almighty Take notice Take notice of Gods design O thou afflicted Soul what Gods design is in afflicting of thee and make it thy design namely that thou mayst be taught that correction may be turn'd into instruction hear the