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A81056	Samson a type of Christ in a sermon preached at Mr. Pomfret's meeting-house in Gravel-lane near Hounds-ditch, London: at the morning-lecture, on July 22. 1691. from Judg. xiv.5. Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Tunnath; and came to the vineyards of Timnath; and behold, a young lion roared against him. Wherein is shewed, I. In six particulars, how clearly Samson doth type forth Jesus Christ, ... II. With respect unto Samsons marriage, ... III. As Samson loved and married an uncircumcised woman, ... IV. As Samson did overcome the young lion which opposed him: so Jesus Christ doth overcome and destroy that roaring lion, the Devil, that opposeth him. Published at the request of the Congregation, for Publick Good. By D.C. an unworthy servant of Christ.	Crosley, David, 1670-1744.	1691 (1691)	Wing C7247A; ESTC R232725	34,097	40

in an everlasting Oneness But at the former of these to wit his coming in the Flesh the Matter in hand doth seem more directly to point for in the latter to wit Man 's Calling and Conversion as indeed all a Christians Life-time after really made a Christian the Devil doth not so directly strive against Christ as I said before as poor Christians for he despairs of ever doing good of him who hath already led him captive and appointed him his Bounds saying Hitherto shalt thou go and no further But Oh saith he let me have a turn with Christian Man I once overcame Man when sinless in Paradise and perhaps I may do so again though he be made sinless in Christ Luke 22.31 32. But alas poor Satan is mistaken for Christians have now Christ to defend them and to fight their Battels for them which Adam in Paradise had not and therefore as Christians not so easily drawn to sin that is to sin with delight as he did And again provided they do sin still they have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the Propitiation for their sins But however many a poor Christian is many times hard put to it by the Devil for it is not in vain that Peter exhorteth to be sober and watchful because the Devil went about as a roaring Lion seeking whom he might devour 1 Pet. 5.8 For Peter knew by woful experience how hard a thing it was to resist and withstand him And indeed this is one main Reason why the righteous are said to be scarcely saved 1 Pet. 4.18 And see but at your leisure what dreadful War he made against the Church in Revelat. 12. And what Joy the Saints made in Heaven ver 10. when he was cast from thence But why do I thus numerate Scriptures I will appeal to all your Experiences that know any thing of God And Beloved let me ask you Do you not find this Devil this Dog of Hell do you not find him I say tempting tossing and turning you over and over to and again Do you not find him lurking in every corner you come in and laying Snares in every thing you meddle with Do you not find him rising up and lying down with you going to Bed and Board with you in Light and Darkness Day and Night still with you And for sure he designs you no Good it is your dear and precious Souls he still aims at The Lord deliver us all from his hands But perhaps you will say Alas we know by most woful experience that all these things are true and that we are daily thus troubled with the Devil upon all Accounts but oh how shall we do to withstand and overcome him I Answer If you would stand against and be saved from the Devil then flee from and renounce your selves as well as him for if Self be kept alive in your Bosomes the Devil will not be far from thence Both sinful and righteous Self must be put off if once Jesus Christ be rightly put on And pray Sirs further have an eye to the Son of God our great Samson who is come down in and by the Gospel into our Philistine Land to marry us notwithstanding the uncircumcision of our Hearts and Natures to himself who though thou canst put no Power Goodness Merits nor Deserts as a Weapon into his Hand will yet notwithstanding by his own Almighty Power tear Satan in pieces like a Kid in his own time as Paul told the Romans Chap. 16.20 The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Believe in the Lord your God so shall you be established 2 Chron. 20.20 I might now come to shew you some of the principal Ways Means and Methods which Satan takes and makes use of in order to the disturbing molesting and if it were possible hindering of this happy Union betwixt Christ and Christians but Time not permitting I must pass that and so come to the Fourth Thing premised from the general Proposition viz. To give you some Cautions in order to a timely prevention of the Dangers occasioned by the aforesaid Lets and they are these that follow And first To the Righteous CAVTION 1. And to such I say First Have a care That after God in some measure hath come in upon your hearts and that you have had as you suppose some Tastes of this heavenly Union and are brought not only to see your selves to be in Death and Darkness by Nature but also through Mercy to be brought into the Land of the Living by Grace and have seen the Day dawn the Shadows flee away and the Day-Star of Grace arise in your hearts so as that you have been made to say The Winter is past the Rain is over and gone the Flowers appear on the Earth the time of the singing of Birds is come and the voice of the Turtle is heard in my Soul saying Arise my Love my Dove my fair One and come away I say have a care that after all this the Devil meet you not and rob you of your first Love God is oftentimes pleased to permit Satan to try his Children Rev. 2.10 The Devil shall cast some of you into prison that ye may be tried And be sure the Devil will run at long Rope he will strain his Commission to the utmost to do you a Mischief and tender Grapes are soon spoiled And I know the Devil will often assault you that are in this condition with these or the like Temptations Oh Soul will he be saying now thy Troubles are over and thy Dangers past thy Darkness is fled away and Light from Heaven is broken in upon thee thou needest therefore to take no further care it is not possible that thou shouldest err or miscarry thou maist now sit still and take thine ease for the time of thy prosperity is come thou shalt sit as a Widow full of sorrow no longer therefore take Courage and surely well thou maist for what is it that God requires in his Word that thou hast not done thou hast mourned prayed repented believed and reformed and is not this enough God is none such a hard Master Lift up thine Eyes therefore behold the World is before thee Is there never an Object in it well pleasing to thee What needest thou be so precise Dost thou not read of a Gospel-Liberty Thou maist safely endeavour after and delight in the lawful things of this World and yet take no harm witness many great and approved Professors that do the same BUT Beloved have a care of these and the like Temptations for as they are of and from the Devil so they tend to your Souls ruin and destruction It was the great Fault of the Galatians that they began in the Spirit and ended in the Flesh and it will be no less fault in you And truly Saints are not distressed and troubled for a while that so afterwards they may live again to the World and to themselves