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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61667	The voice of the rod, or, God's controversie pleaded with man being a plain and brief discourse on Mich. 6, 9 / by Samuel Stodden.	Stoddon, Samuel.	1668 (1668)	Wing S5716; ESTC R26260	166,900	354

from within not from above mistake not Christian 't is the Ship moves not the Shoar I hope you confess that that is not necessary that God doth not see necessary Well then can it possibly consist with his glorious Attributes to see any thing really necessary pro hic nunc and yet deny it to such as are in Covenant with him when he hath plainly asserted and faithfully engaged the contrary 3. Nay let me add This hundred-fold encrease thou hast already and that not only in the promise and title but in the possession Mar. 10.29 30. Here you have a large Edition of the fore-cited Text Verily I say unto you Here 's the Oath there is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the Gospel's but he shall receive an hundred fold now in this time houses and sisters c. with persecutions that is He that shall leave Lands or Relations c. for my sake shall find as good again another where Strangers shall be to him as Father and Mother c. as tender as careful as friendly as those Relations he left Their houses shall be his houses and their lands his lands These ●re your persecution-Fathers and your persecution-persecution-Brethren the Relations begotten in and ●●y your bonds the lands and houses purchased ●●y your poverty and want's as God dealt with Joseph Gen. 39.4 And Joseph found grace 〈◊〉 his sight Here Joseph found the Father and Brethren which he had lost Thus in the same ●ind and yet if this be not enough or if it be ●ot alway made up this way yet be sure it shall in that better part if thou be not paid in ●ounters thou shalt in Gold Godliness with contentment Godliness in all its Consequences or Appurtenances Persecutions with contentment is great gain That little that never-so-little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked Psal 37.16 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled Ox●● and hatred therewith Prov. 15.17 I might 〈◊〉 forth the vastness of the over-plus of this advantage both in respect of the Nature and the Measure of it but I must not Digress too far● 2. Clear up thy Assurance of Gods good-wi●● to thee 'T will be a hard matter to suffer long 〈◊〉 to suffer much for One of whose special love you are not well and convincingly perswaded Herein stands the superlative Excellency and commendation of the love of Christ that he dyed 〈◊〉 Eremies Rom 5.8 But 't will be hard for you to drink of this Cup. I am not of their mind who own no such thing as the Doctrine of Assurance but would cut God's Standard and reduce it unto Antichrist's Peck Neither am I of their Perswasion who make Assurance the Genus of Justifying Faith These are the Scylla and Chary●dis which have slain their thousands nay the● ten thousands Nor shall I digress so farr as 〈◊〉 insist on the confutation of either onely this 〈◊〉 say Give diligence to make your calling and Election sure as the Apostle exhorts 2 Pet. 1 1● For if ye do these things ye shall never fall Ma●● your Calling and Election 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 firm and st●ble Not Objectivè For the Foundation of G●● standeth sure 2 Tim. 2.19 Election is Election and Calling is Calling whether we know it or no neither is it founded on opera praevisa or peracta But Subjectivè That ye may believe and besure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as St. John speaks Joh. 6.69 that ye may certainly know and fully testifie your Calling and Election And that this is the truth of this Scripture Observe first his Inversion ●ot Election and Calling in their natural Order but Calling and Election q. d. Make evidence of your Election by your Calling and then give diligenceto make it sure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Steph. Divers lect for if ye ●o these things before advised and enjoyned ●er 5 6 7. you shall never fall not only from ●our Elected and Justified Estate but not from any proportionable and comfortable sense of it Keep ●he Clouds of sin from interposing keep the lower Regians clear and the Sun shall cast thy shade 〈◊〉 the way wherein thou art walking As ever ●hou hopest to find that Cordial at the Bottom and 〈◊〉 hold out with Courage and Patience till the ●oyls shall come to be divided get some infallible Evidences that thy Captain 's heart is ●●ith thee Alas I Christian thou art little a ware 〈◊〉 what use Love will be in hard service Now thou lovest but considerest not what standing ●edges and Reciprocations thy love hath gotten ●●om above onely thou hast thy ease thy health ●●y liberty God hath made a hedge about thee ●●d thou art not serving him for nought thou ●●st thy Priviledges and Spiritual Advantages in ●●mmon with others the same Sun that is shining 〈◊〉 the wicked shines on thee too These are to thee some tokens of Fatherly Love and care on the account of Covenant-Interest and Relation Ay but when thy Goshen is become a Wilderness and these tokens cease what infallible Evidence● hast thou then on which thou canst boldly cast thy Body and Soul and Hopes and all If eve● you fall it 's like to be under your burden or over some Rock of offence and now that your old Staff is broken what have you to trust to O● keep in with God give diligence to make your Calling and Election sure and so Y●● shall not not at any time fall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. Examine and prove the strergth of thy Graces Hast thou nothing to try thy Faith and Patience with no smaller Burdens to begin with 〈◊〉 no broken Papers to try thy Pen upon Taur●● feret qui Vitulum tulit Take on thy whole Armour and prove it thou art called to fight 〈◊〉 thy life this is it must defend thee or thou m●dye for 't Thine Armour is invulnerable 〈◊〉 thou knowest how to use it Young Souldiers th●● have only the Theorio of Arms will find themselves miserably to seek when they come 〈◊〉 Practice Hast thou no Personal troubles 〈◊〉 Family-Crosses no Scorns nor Contempt no● that Wrong thee or Speak Evil of thee no Pai● no Disease no Fear art thou in no trouble 〈◊〉 other men If thou hast no burden considerable of thy own hast thou no assisting work offer●● Are there none of thy poor brethren overladen 〈◊〉 thee whose burden thou art commanded to bea●● Gal. 6.2 Try now what thy Faith and Pa●●ence thy Humility and Self-denial thy H●● and Charity will do in these common and lesser cases It may be thou art hoping to hold out well enough at last and in greater Trials to stand thy ground with the best O consider how sadly thou wilt befool thy self First He that will not serve in his own File whereunto he is called may look to be

these Dreams and Apparitions vanish when once the dawning of Eternity is broken upon thee When once that light shall appear every thing will look like it self Sin will then be Sin and Heaven will be Heaven this old Hag the World shall then be stript of her Harlots Vail and shall deceive no more Hell will be Hell indeed and Christ will then be Christ When thine eyes be once open'd thou wilt see that thou art naked And is there not enough in Heaven to make thee amends at last Will not the End defray the charge of the Means Canst thou think it will never quit cost to be a Christian in all places and in all cases If Heaven be not worth this I would never perswade thee to adventure for it Alas Christian were thy heart as big as thy head didst thou but believe thy own Confessions all these If 's and And 's would be laid aside thou wouldst stand no longer a choosing the Question would be no more a Question with thee What the World hath and what the World can do we know we know the utmost of it we can see both ends of it at once and wrap up all it's arrows in one Syllable Death which at worst is but an Anticipation of Nature Alas alas I am almost asham'd to disparage that infinite Glory above by so vile and disproportionable a Comparison Well might the Apostle reckon That the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us Rom. 8.8 What this glory is I cannot yet tell you He that had seen farther than ever I yet saw knew not how to express his ravishing sight and unspeakable works 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 12.4 neither shall I here begin to tell you that little that I might onely I say it is Heaven And as it is written eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither have entred into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him 1 Cor. 2.9 And now if thou art resolved to stand fast in the Lord if thou wilt own thy professed Choice unto the death take with thee this three-fold Cord and gird up the ●oyns of thy mind with it bind it upon thy heart and let it be thy Cable in the Storm 1. Take heed of over-prizing the World Rate it not higher than thou art sure to make ●on't If God be come to deal with thee for it be sure take him at his first Offer Don't out-ask nor out-sit thy Market convince thy self of the real value of it And in order hereunto consider it 1. In its self 2. In the price offer'd for it In its self Wherein is it to be esteemed farther than the bare use of it and as for the use of it this concerns the Body only directly the Soul indirectly necessary it is as to thy natural Being but not as to thy future happiness an old decaying Post that may stand a while and for no higher use than to prop up thy Working-house I had almost said thy Prison-house nay it sits as a Nail in the door to keep thee out of thy Dwelling-ho●se Lo this is the Palladium the Pearl of such great worth Consider it again in the price offered for it Matth. 19.29 And every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my names sake shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit everlasting life Here 's a Trade for wise Merchants that are complaining they know not wherein to deal to get a penny here 's an Ensuring Office that shall secure thee an hundred pounds for the adventure of one With whom canst thou deal else in all the world at such an advantage● And if this be not enough there is thy Lif● settled on an Everlasting inheritance Nay believe it Brethren Christ makes the least on't● Give me but thy self sayes God and I will give thee my self give me all thou hast and I will give thee all I have let me command thee and thine which yet is but my own and my proper right and ever under my absolute dispose and thou shalt command both me and mine Isa 45.11 let me have this Earth at my use and thou shalt have both it and Heaven too at thy use and service for ever On this account it was that St. Paul cryes out Phil. 3.8 Yea doubtless and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledg of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung that I may win Christ O my brethren are you like to lose by such a bargain O whence is it then that every Shop is full but God's that every other trade is ambitiously sued or patiently served for and this only goes a begging None but the worlds fools have wit enough to adventure this way Ay but your worldly hearts would say Ob. might they but speak out We may look long enough for this A little in hand is better than a great deal more at such a distance This I shall answer briefly Answ but as fully as I can 1. Though it be future yet it is sure Thou hast the word of a God for it who is truth it self and cannot lie Nay thou hast his Hand and Seal for it his Word his Covenant and all ●he Promises and Priviledges of them ratified and sealed with his own Seal of Divine Inspiration and Institution and that in the blood of the Lamb in whom all the promises are ●ea and Amen 2 Cor. 1.20 What thou hast not yet in thy hand is certainly forth-coming 2. Thou art sure to have it into hand as thou hast real need on 't It is not for the credit of a Father to let his children go naked and famisht unless it be in order to some greater good though I might interpose by the way that God seldome or never turns out any stark naked Nemo tam pauper vivit quam natus est The Covenant of Grace hath provided as well for this life as for the life to come I have been young and now am old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread Psal 37.23 He hath given meat to them that fear him he will ever be mindful of his Covenant Psal 111.5 But we often see the dearest of Gods children in lack Ob. and that not only of conveniencies but even of necessaries 't is a common Case Let God be true Answ and every man a lyar Men are not held to be competent Judges in their own case Thy Parum may be Satis in God's Translation Though they be sometimes without conveniencies yet 't is improper I had almost said false to say they want them for there is no want to them that fear him Psal 34.9 This Scripture is the word of God and therefore true If there be any want 't is