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A81218	The present duty and endeavour of the saints. Opened in a sermon at Pauls upon the Lords day December, 14th. 1645. / By Joseph Caryl, minister of the Gospell at Magnus neere London-Bridge.	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.	1646 (1646)	Wing C786; Thomason E323_1; ESTC R200589	24,220	46

himselfe according to his humane nature was not a thirst for a bitter cup but prayed thrice Father if it be possible let this cup passe from me Only that which satisfied CHRIST satisfies them Not our will but thy will be done And upon that title they thinke all men should be of their mind and are resolved to be of that mind though all men are against them Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more then unto God judge yee we beleeve you are of our mind However we resolve to be of that mind though you vote against it for that 's our duty We ought to obey God rather then men Chap. 5. 29. Then let the strength of your endeavours run out in seeking and doing what is acceptable to the Lord. Pray continually Lord let us have Grace whereby wee may serve thee acceptably Let nothing be acceptable to us which is not to the Lord. Let us reckon all our walkings wandrings which are not in pathes pleasing to him Resolve to live unacceptably to all rather then unacceptably to One. As we should say let God be true and All men Lyars So let God be pleased and all men displeased Who art thou dares any man appeare and shew his head upon this challenge that thou shouldest be affraid of a man that shall dye and of the Sonne of man that shall be made as the grasse and forgettest to please the Lord thy Maker that stretched forth the heavens and layd the foundations of the earth c. Isa 51. 12 13. Consider First it is a great honour to Christ when all study to please him It is the glory of Princes that so many strive to be accepted with them and to find favour in their eyes We cannot but esteeme or at least pretend to esteeme him much whom we labour to please much And such as we esteeme highly of we are ready not only to please but to humour Christ should have this honour from all the Saints an affectarion to please him is their duty Yea with reverence be it received it is their duty to humour him Not that there is any imaginable humour in Christ all whose commands are bottom'd upon infinit reason But my meaning is only this our care to please Christ should bee exact and curious and that then we honour him most when we not only doe those things which cary the light of a cleare necessity or the great things of the Gospell but those also which most looke upon but as Minucia's small matters the tything of Mint and Cummin formes circumstances and as it were curiosities in Religion To prove and practise what is acceptable to the Lord in the least things gives greatest honour to the Lord. Our obedience is the more where the duty is lesse Secondly it is a great priviledge to be accepted with Christ The Lord appointed Aaron to weare a Golden plate upon his Mitre with this inscription HOLINES TO THE LORD And this must be upon Aarons forehead that hee might beare the iniquity of the Holy things which the Children of Israel should hallow in all their holy guifts And the reason given was this That they might be accepted before the Lord. As if the Lord had said This shall be Israels honour above all the Nations of the earth They shall be accepted before the Lord Exod. 28. 36. This was Moses Prayer for the Tribe of Levi. Blesse Lord his substance and accept the worke of his hands Deut. 33. 11. When wrath was growne highest and hottest against Jerusalem this Charter was recalled When they Past I will not heare their cry and when they offer burnt offerings and an oblation I will not accept them Ier. 14. 12. They sacrifice Flesh for the sacrifice of mine offerings and eate it but the Lord accepteth it not Hos 8. 13. They may fill themselves and make merry with their Sacrifices but the Lord will not tast a bit or give them a Thanke for all the cost they bestow upon his holy Feasts To what purpose is the multitude of your Sacrifices unto me saith the Lord I am full of the burnt offerings of Rams and of the fat of fed beasts Isa 1. 11. The Lord was full not as a man is full with feeding plentifully upon meat he likes but full as a man is cloyed with the very sight of meat he loathes so the next words expound it I delight not in the blood of Bullocks or of Rams When God sayth to a People to what purpose are your Prayers your humblings your fastings I am full of them It is an argument he accepts none of them Thirdly the comfort which arises from the sence of our acceptation with Christ is unspeakable Iacob was much comforted in a probability that his Brother Esau would accept him I will saith he appease him with the present that goeth before me and afterward I will see his face peradventure he will accept of me Gen. 32. 20. It was some comfort to him to have but a ground of hope that the clouds which had bin so long gathered in the brow of Esau would shortly dissolve and that he might enjoy the shine of a pleased looke from his angry revengefull Brother How earnestly doth the Apostle Paul bespeake yea beg Prayers that the service which he had for Hierusalem might be accepted with the Saints Rom. 15. 31. It is no small comfort to have a place in the hearts of the Saints The good word and approbation of one Good man weighed more with Paul then the commendation of all the world which was not such There is a Testimony from a third hand which is a richer treasure then this Paul found it so and he could not conceale it 2 Cor. 1. 12. Our rejoycing is this the testimony of our Conscience c. Acceptance with the men of the world while we keepe a good Conscience is a great mercy But as to be accepted with the Saints is more desirable then with all other men So to be accepted in our own Consciences is more desirable then with all the Saints To please and heare well with the Saint within us is better then to please and heare well with the Saints without us Yet the Point in hand shewes us a higher consolation then these For as the testimony of God against us is more terrible then that of our own hearts 1 Ioh. 3. 20. If our heart condemne us God is greater then our hearts and knoweth all things and therefore knoweth more evill by us and every evill more then our own hearts doe So the testimony of God for us is more comfortable then that of our own hearts If our hearts acquit and accept of us God is greater then our hearts and knowing all things He knoweth more good by us and every good more then our owne hearts doe Who can expresse how sweet it is to heare well with God and to receive this Testimony that wee please him When Conscience speakes us faire we

THE PRESENT Duty and Endeavour OF THE SAINTS Opened in a Sermon at Pauls upon the Lords day December 14.th 1645. By JOSEPH CARYL Minister of the Gospell at Magnus neere London-Bridge LONDON Printed by T. FORCET for GEORGE HURLOCK and are to be sold at his Shop at Magnus-corner 1646. To the right Honourable THOMAS ADAMS Lord MAIOR of the City of LONDON SIR J Have though somewhat late obeyed your desires for the publishing of this Sermon The Acceptance it found with your Selfe gives me a ground of hope that it was not unacceptable to others The judgement of those who are as your Selfe is in place of Eminent dignity and Authority is usually the measure of inferiour judgements And while our Magistrates give Testimony of their relishing such a Doctrine as this I am much perswaded that God is bringing it to the relish of all his people When the Kingdomes that is the people of this world shall become the kingdomes of the Lord and of his CHRIST Then doubtlesse Kings and Magistrates in all the World shall become the Lords and his Christs All their Policies shall be turned into Piety and their Consultations into a zealous Proving what is Acceptable to the Lord. That your Lordship with those venerable Colleagues the Magistrates of this City may doe so and that All the people of this City eying as chiefly the warrant of the Word so likewise your worke as a shining President may doe so is the prayer as much as that in so doing your Hon ble Selfe and this renowned City under your government shall be happie is the assurance of SIR Your humble Servant in this worke of the Lord JOSEPH CARYL Januar. 22. d 1645. THE PRESENT DUTY AND ENDEAVOUR OF THE SAINTS EPHES. 5. 10. Proving what is acceptable to the Lord. NAturals in working are sutable to their being Grapes grow not on thornes nor Figgs upon thistles While our Natures continue darke we cannot but do the works of darknesse They who are Spirituall should act spiritually And when they are in the light it is their duty to be alwaies doing works of light Thus the Apostle argues at the 8th verse of this Chap. Ye were sometimes darknesse but now are yee light in the Lord walke as children of the light And lest any should be in the darke about this duty what it is to walke as children of the light the Apostle steps aside into a Patenthesis at the 9th verse to explain it The fruit of the Spirit who or which is light is in all goodnesse and righteousnesse and truth To walke in goodnesse and righteousnesse and truth is to walke as children of the light And because light is a helpe to discovery light makes manifest therefore the children of Light are not only called to doe their duty but are warned to see that it is a duty which they doe Proving what is acceptable to the Lord. That 's the businesse of the text upon which I shall insist when I have briefly opened First what it is to prove Secondly what is meant by a thing Acceptable to the Lord. The Greeke word translated Proving signifies also Approving and includes Practising In the first sence it is taken two wayes First for proving by way of Triall or Experiment Secondly by way of Reason or Argument The former way he that had bought five yoke of Oxen went to prove them Luk. 14. 19. The Apostle speakes of the proofe or tryall of Faith which is much more precious then of Gold that perisheth 1 Pet. 1. 7. The word bearing a native Allusion to the tryall of mettals especially of Gold by the Test or by the Touch-stone Thus his Canon tels us that Deacons must be proved then let them use the office of a Deacon being found upon proofe blamelesse 1 Tim. 3. 10. And thus all who professe CHRIST are exhorted to Prove themselves whether they be in the Faith 2 Cor. 13. 5. Besides this experimentall proofe of things and persons there is a logicall or a rationall proofe of Doctrines of which we must understand that rule given the Thessalonians 1 Epist 5. 21 Prove all things hold fast that which is good To this kind of proofe the duty of the Text is chiefly to be referred From Proving the word caries us to Approving the former convinces the judgement this latter touch-es the will and affections We have this translation Rom. 14. 22. Blessed is he that condemneth not himselfe in that thing which he alloweth or approveth And in the Passive moode 1 Cor. 11. 19. There must be also Heresies among you that they which are approved may be made manifest among you Approved ones are currant Professors in the sence wee call that Currant money which is allowed in all payments To both these acts of Probation and approbation we may adde a third upon the usage of this word namely Practise Rom. 12. 2. Be not conformed to this World but be yee transformed by the renewing of your minds that yee may prove what is that good and that acceptable and perfect will of God When the higher and nobler faculties of the Soule are renewed the whole man is transformed New apprehensions of things by the mind cast a man into a new mould and then as his Reason proves by discerning and his Will by approving so his actions prove by Practising what the acceptable will of God is To be Acceptable imports more then to be Pleasing The composition of the word increases the sence Non simplicite● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 valde b●ne placitū et per gratum Zanch. of it into Well-pleasing or very well-pleasing yea Best-pleasing In this language the Apostle exhorts Servants to be obedient to their owne Masters and to please them well Tit. 2. 9 or to give them all content The duty of a Servant is not reached in doing only so much as may serve his turne to keepe his Master from being angry with him but he should labour to winne his Love and to the utmost gaine his favour The word is translated Well-pleasing Phil. 4. 18. and in another forme Well-pleased Heb. 13. 21. both in reference to Free-almes and deeds of Noblest-charity So then the Apostles meaning is that we must not only try approve and practise those things which possibly may be pleasing to God in some low degree such things as set as a step beyond his displeasure but we must search and doe those things which give him highest content and cary us furthest into his favour Things which come up to the exactest rule and beare truest proportion to the Standards of truth and holinesse Take all gathered into this briefe Proposition It is the duty of the Children of light diligently to Doct. try and having by tryall found out to approve and Practise what is best-pleasing and most contentfull to the Lord. It did not satisfie holy David to be kept from Presumptuous sinnes and to be innocent from the Great transgression unlesse

should displease the Lord. Thirdly Christs acceptance sets us above the rejection of the world How low a thing is credit with men when once the soule hath found credit with God No man saith CHRIST having drunke old Wine straightway desireth new for he saith the old is better Luke 5. 39. The Favour of God is old Wine even as old as Eternity They who have tasted how gracious the Lord is can never hunger or thirst after grace in the eyes of men And therefore as the three children in Daniel told Nebuchadnezar chap. 3. 17. 18. Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning furnace and he will deliver us out of thy hand O King But if not be it knowne unto thee O King that we will not serve thy Gods nor worship the golden Image which thou hast set up They knew they should be above fire when they were in the midst of it Thus the children of light say unto this day Our God whom we serve is able to keepe us out of the fire of mens displeasure and indignation and to cause the light of their countenance to shine upon us But if not we will not comply to worship any Image of mans erecting for wee are above the rage and contempt of men while we are filled with it When David danced with all his might before the Arke Michal Sauls daughter looking out at a window despised him in her heart 2 Sam. 6. 16. and at the 20.th verse jeeres him with her tongue How glorious was the King of Israel to day c. But was Davids zeale cooled or his spirit troubled because he missed acceptance with his Queen in that Holy service Nothing lesse hee despises that shame and David said unto Michal vers 21. It was before the Lord which chose me before thy Father and all his house therefore will I play before the Lord and I will yet be more vile then thus and will be base in mine owne eyes c. As if David had sayd Madam those higher raptures and actings of my Devotion were never intended to please thee but God It was before the Lord not before Thee or the Court Ladies that I danced and therefore if this makes me cheape and vile in your eyes I will yet be more vile He that really and intendedly honours God can easily digest dishonour from the creature It is a very small thing that I should be judged of you saith Paul or of mans judgement But hee that judgeth me is the Lord 1 Cor. 4. 3 4. that is Though men doe nothing but judge and censure me yet with me their judgement stands for nothing The Lords judgement is the judgement I appeale to and the judgement I must stand to He that judgeth me is the Lord. He breathes out the same Spirit in his 2d. Epistle I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates that is I doubt not but we shall give proofe that we are not rejected of CHRIST not deserve to be disregarded of you Now I pray to God that yet doe no evill not that we should appeare approved but that yee should doe that which is honest though we be as reprobates Chap. 13. v. 6. 7. As if he had said I am not in this projecting for my owne reputation among you but for the glory of God in your salvation which being once well setled and assured I care not much what acceptance my name hath among you whether I be approved or disapproved esteemed or slighted Doe yee approve your selves as the Elect of God and then let me be your Reprobate What a spring of comfort arises to the Soule and makes glad the whole city of God upon the evidences of acceptation with him When we consider that if we are once accepted with him we shall be so forever That he commands favour from the world for all his Favorites or lifts them up above the disfavours of the world what heart will not be heated upon these considerations ambitiously to labour after the acceptance both of his person and actions with the Lord. And least any should labour in vaine let me give a few counsels and directions First get a rule for your worke a warrant for what you doe Nothing pleases God but what himselfe appoints In vaine doe they worship me teaching for Doctrine the traditions of men Obedience is better then Sacrifice and to hearken then the fat of Rams He that Sacrificed under the law offered up a beast but he that obeyed offer'd up himself To obey God is more then to serve him And he respects nothing in all our services but to see himself obeyed Livia the Empresse being asked how she had the happinesse to please Augustus so exactly Answered I alwayes acted what Augustus commanded I have received of the Lord sayth Paul that which also I delivered unto you 1 Cor. 11. 23. And at the 5.th verse of the next Chapter There are differences of administrations but the same Lord. In relation to This Lord we are all fellow servants and no man anothers Master No man knowes what will please the Lord but himself As no man hath bin Gods councellour to direct him what to doe with us so no man can be his Councellor to direct him what to require of us And if at any time we are in the darke about the speciall rule of what he requires Then wee must resort to the generall Rules Chiefly these Two Consider first what is most for the glory of God That Doctrine or Practise which lifts up the name of God must needs be related to the will of God For as God hath made so hee hath written all things for himself His owne honour is his designe in his word as well as in his workes in what he would have us doe as well as in what himself hath done All truths honour God God is the spring of truth nothing flowes from him which is unlike him or against him To serve God is to honour him and therefore we cannot truly serve him in any thing which doth not honour him Consider secondly what tends most to make man holy Truth in doctrine and a true way in worship purifie both heart and life Ye are cleane saith Christ through the Word which I have spoken to you Ioh. 15. 3. And he prayes Sanctifie them thorough thy truth thy Word is truth Ioh. 17. 17. That which is pure will make pure We may read the Nature of many things in their effects All the ordinances of Worship beare this Inscription Holinesse to the Lord and are appointed to worke Holinesse in Man That which is not serviceable to this end or hath but a shew of it cannot be of Gods appointment The second Direction is this In every thing thou doest doe thy best A little may be acceptable to the Lord if it be all and a great deale is not if wee have more It is not the quantity but the entirenesse of what we doe which pleases the