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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

have Peace but when Gods speakes us faire and gives us an Euge f●om heaven Well done good and faithfull Servants wee have peace that passeth all understanding and joyes which are unspeakable and glorious A good Conscience is a continuall feast but this is hidden Manna upon which the Saints especially feed fat when the Fig-tree doth not blossome and when there is no fruit in the Vines when the labour of the Olive failes and the Fields yeeld no meat when the Flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no Herd in the stalls Yea when we are at fullest Tables this is the sauce in our dish and the sugar in our Cup Goe thy way saith the Preacher eate thy bread with joy and drinke thy wine with a merry heart why what 's the matter For God now accepteth thy works Let thy garments be alwayes white and let thy head lack no oyntment live joyfully with the Wife whom thou lovest all the dayes of thy life c Ioy is shed into all the motions and relations of his life who is and knoweth that he is accepted of the Lord. This may be cleared further in three Particulars First because if we are once accepted with Christ we are in his Bookes for ever Creatures are full of changes And are apt to vary their aspects every day Now they smile upon us and anon they frowne now they applaud anon they dislike This day we may be accepted with them and the next day reprobates One day the Iewes sing Hosannah to Christ and will force him to a throne shortly after they cry out Crucifie him and nayle him to a Crosse In the same City Paul with Barnabas being called Gods in the likenesse of men had almost bin Sacrificed to and Paul being supposed unworthy to live amongst men was really stoned almost to death The affections of men alter as much as their condition Only God never alters his opinion of any man No Ziba shall ever be able to accuse us out of the favour of the King of heaven God never rejects where or whom he hath accepted Hee never changes his correspondence Once a friend and alwaies a friend Yea he is pleased with his while he manifests a fatherly displeasure against them Secondly Christ can command our acceptance in the hearts of men when to please him we venture the displeasure of men Daniel chap. 1. 8 9. purposed in his heart that he would not defile himselfe with the portion of the Kings meat nor with the Wine which hee dranke Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the Prince of the Eunuchs Carnall policy might have prompted Daniel thus Meats in their owne nature are indifferent and the reason upon which the command of their distinction is grounded may possibly be of an inferiour Nature to the preservation of mine and my brethrens lives which as things stand depends on the favour of the great Officers in the Court of Babylon These or the like thoughts made no impression upon his spirit but seeing that the honour of God and the credit of the Iewish Religion must have bin shaken by his yeelding to Gentilisme in the least degree therefore hee resolves to run all hazards rather then this But the Story tels us how the Lord calmed and meek'ned the Spirit of the Prince of the Eunuchs towards Daniel insomuch that he endangers his owne head to the King rather then he will force the conscience of a Captive And therefore winkes at his under Officer dispencing with the rigour of that hard Law Who would not purpose in his heart to keepe close to the will of Christ when Christ can thus command the wills of men and cause them to yeeld in curtesie when we will not yeeld for conscience It is at once the comfort and the priviledge of the Saints that they serve a King who rules the Spirits of men as well as their Bodies When his people were few in number yea very few and strangers in the Land when they went from one Nation to another from one Kingdome to another people He suffered no man to doe them wrong but reproved even Kings for their sakes Psal 105. 12 13 14. Many had as we say an a king tooth at the people of God their fingers itcht to be a dealing with them And what hindred The text gives us foure advantages that the world had of them First they were few secondly very few thirdly strangers fourthly unsetled what hindred them It was the Lord Hee restrained the spirits of Princes and the madnesse of the people Many offered and attempted but the Lord suffered no man to do them wrong Hence the Lord that he might encourage the Iewes after they were safe in Canaan to come up freely to the place of his worship gives them this assurance No man shall desire thy Land when thou shalt goe up to appeare before the Lord thy God thrice in the yeare Exod. 24. 34. God can keepe not only hands from spoyling but hearts from desiring And as the concupiscible appetite in man is under his command so also is the iracible He can stay anger and wrath as well as covetousnesse and desire When a mans wayes please God he maketh even his enemies to be at Peace with him Prov. 16. 7. why then should we displease God to avoid the warres and emnities of men Austin brings in some excusing their compliances with the sinfull customes of those times in drinking Healths thus Great Personages Deus qui te videt per ejus amorem inebria●● non velle ipse tibi gratiam etiam illorum dabit qui te ut plus hiberis videbantur cogere Serm. 2. do de Temp. urged us to it and it was at the Kings banquet where they judged of Loyalty by Luxury and put us upon this election drinke or dye The not drinking of a health had bin our death He gives many answers to these cowards but this especially to the present purpose That God who sees that for love to him thou wouldest not conforme to their drunken customes will give thee favour in their eyes who thus threatned thee to drinke This argument holds in the point of Faith and worship as well as of manners When God sees we will not pollute our consciences to please men he alwayes can and often doth make men if not pleased with us yet at peace with us He saith the Apostle Rom. 14. 18. that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men God and good men approve the same things and persons And God can cause evill men who approve not the same things yet to approve the same persons Even as he often makes those who feare not God contrary to all men 1 Thes 2. 15. They shall not long please either good or bad who care not to please God And they often please the bad not that their hearts are suited but over-ruled to them who will doe goed lest they

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