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A13569	The ballance of the sanctuarie shewing hovv vve must behaue our selues when wee see and behold the people of God in miserie and oppression vnder the tyranny of their enemies. Written by William Teelinck, minister of the Word of God at Midlebrough in Zealand.	Teellinck, Willem, 1579-1629.; Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.; Harmar, Christopher, attributed name.	1621 (1621)	STC 23860; ESTC S118307	55,093	128

Sit still my daughter vntill thou know how the matter will fall out for the Lord will not be at rest vntill he haue brought it to a good end Ruth 3. 18. And we must learne with all patience and quietnesse of minde to commend all our affayres to God as we see that the Lord Iesus Christ did who in the greatest dangers and those that seemed to be most preiudiciall to Gods cause was still and quiet and committed the matter vnto God that iudgeth righteously as when he was tolde that Herod the King had cut of the head of Iohn his forerunner a cruell deed and such a one as seemeed to be very preiudiciall to Gods cause he put it vp peaceably suffered it to goe on tooke care for himselfe and his Disciples and the better to secure them to get out of cruell Herods handes went apart into another place but proceeded still in his vocation and the worke which his heauenly Father had appoynted him to doe And thus beeing holpen by the consideration aforesayde and the experience which thereby wee haue reaped to the comfort and consolation of our heartes in all troubles and oppressions wee may alwayes bee assured of this that all the troubles that be fall the children of God is vnto them as the trouble of Ioseph as the holy Scripture calleth it that is such manner of trouble as whereby great ioy prosperitie and great promotion is layd vp in store for them For wee knowe all right well that all the miseries and troubles that fell vpon Ioseph all the misfortunes and tribulations that for a time hapned vnto him the hatred of his brethren against him their selling of him his bondage his false accusation of adultery by Potiphers wife imposed on him and his wrongfull imprisonment that followed there upon that all these things did altogether worke for and procure Iosephs good Rom. 8. 28. and did altogether strengthen him and was a great furtherance of his promotion and aduancement as wee may reade in Gen. 37. 39 40. 41. 42. And of the like nature are all the troubles and mis fortunes which Gods people and his Church indure for a time which in the end therefore shall turne to their good and are nothing meane while but as a preparatiue to their future aduancement And therefore are the troubles of Gods Church and children their cruell persecutions their great ouerthrowes the death of Martyrs and what soeuer else seemeth most of all to crosse them by the Prophet termed in a speciall manner the troubles of Ioseph Amos 6. 6. This wee must seriously thinke vpon and with long suffering and patience bend our selues and abide and in all our aduersities assure our selues that when the Lord hath done all his workes vpon Mount Sion and among his people hee will then rise vp and lift vp his peoples heads againe in the fit time of their neede as he did with Ioseph when the time of his aduancemēt was come and strike their enemies in the hinder partes and lay a perpetuall shame vpon them Furthermore this may teach and instruct vs that what troubles soeuer fall vpon the people of God we must not doubt of their good cause and religion nor abandon a good matter and withdraw our handes from it because it proceedeth not well at the first but remembring that the Lord our Lord hath not eyes of flesh nor seeth as men doe Iob 10. 4. wee must thereupon conclude that the Lord suffereth such troubles to fall vppon vs thereby to proue vs and to see whether wee will cleaue vnto him and holde with his people not onely when they are in wealth and prosperitie but then also when they are in trouble and aduersitie and withall part with and impart to them of our meanes as much as conueniently we may for the easing and helping of the poore oppressed Saints and seruants of God and such as haue no meanes to doe it must earnestly endeuour by their prayers vnto God beseeching him to ayde his people and to fight for them when they are in distresse praying in the Spirit as Gods people doe when they haue no other meanes and saying to the Lord with them Remember this that the enemies haue reproched thee O Lord and that the foolish people haue blasphemed thy name O deliuer not the soule of thy turtle Doue vnto the multitude of the wicked forget not the congregation of thy poore for euer haue respect to the Couenant for the darke places of the earth are full of the inhabitations of crueltie O let not the oppressed returne ashamed let the poore and needie prayse thy name arise O God plead thy owne cause remember how the foolish man reprocheth thee daily forget not the voyce of thy enemies the tumult of those that rise vp against thee encreaseth continually Psal 74. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. But those that haue better meanes must employ all their meanes to that end as those godly Princes OBEDIAH and NEHEMIAH and as all the Iudges of ISRAELL did who tooke the cause of GODS people in hand when it was in greatest distresse and by GODS blessing brought it to a happie ende to their owne prayse and the peoples comfort for which their names also shall be blessed to the worldes ende Whereas on the contrary a fearefull threatning is denounced against EDOM Israels brother euen that he should bee rooted out For his violence against his brother Iacob And obserue I pray you what this his violence was at such tyme sayth the Lord as thou stoodest on the other side in the day that the strangers carried away captiue his Forces and forreners entred into his gates and cast Bolts vpon Ierusalem euen thou wast as one of them And let euery man marke this last sentence concerning the manner of his ruine and rooting out and thinke well thereupon Therefore shall shame couer thee and thou shalt bee cut off for euer Obadiah verses 10. and 11. And no marvell For Meros was curst not because it holpe the enemies of GOD but onely because it did not ayde GODS people Curse yee Meros sayth the Angell of the Lord Curse yee bitterly the enhabitants thereof because they came not to the helpe of the Lord to the helpe of the Lord against the mightie Iudges the 5. Chapter and the 23. verse Ruben also th● eldest of the Children of Iacob from whom most helpe was expected was gently admonished and that for with-drawing himselfe saying Why abodest thou among the Sheepe-foulds to heare the bleatings of the Flockes for the divisions of RVBEN there were great thoughts of heart Iudges the 5. Chapter and verse 14. To conclude Let all godly hearted men therefore in the neede and necessitie of Gods people thinke seriously vpon the Commaundement of the LORD which hee giueth when his people are in trouble saying The Inhabitants of the Land of TEMAN brought water to him that was thirstie they prevented with Bread him that fled For they fled from the sword from the drawne sword and from the bent Bow and from the grieuousnesse of warre ESAY 21. 14. 15. And hauing ripely waighed and considered all thinges follow MOSES the Prince of ISRAELL Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of GOD then to enioy the pleasures of sinne for a season Esteeming the reproch of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt Hebr. 11. 25. 26. Yea this will all those doe that haue the eye of Fayth with MOSES For he had respect vnto the recompence of the reward which by Grace is prepared for all those that following GODS counsell come to helpe his people in their neede and rightly judge of their afflictions For so it is written Blessed is hee that considereth the poore the Lord will deliuer him in the time of trouble Psal 41. 1. ⸪ FINIS a Pro. 25. 11. b Falsum ni●●● dicere licet at veri aliquid tacere aliquando est utile Aug. ad Gal. c. 2. de bon● persever 16. in Psal 5. Ambr epist 23. ex ●●● 16. 12. c Ezech. 13. 19 22. d Esa. 22. 12 13. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sophocl Mu●ca in luctu intempestiva narratio Sirac 22. 6. Et Sophod Oedip Tyra 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apud Plut. de ethic vi●● Sympos 〈◊〉 l. 1. c. 5. e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg. Naz. ad Eunom l. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Menand Bonum malum ●it tempore haud datum ●● Eras● tempestiva aliqua volupta nisit nocet H. St●ph 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Isocr ad D●mon Et data non apto tempore vina nocem Ovid. remed l. 1. f 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg. Naz. 〈◊〉 l●m l. 1. Nehem 8. 9. Luk. 15. 31. g Mat. 9. 15. Ma● 2. 19. 20. h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pind. Pyth. ode 19. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Man Pal●●ol ad fil praecept 6. i Lament 3. 37 38. Esa 45. 7. Amos 3. 6. 2 Sam. 12. 11. And 16. 10. Iud. 3. 8 12. And 4. 2. 1 King 11. 14 23. k Et magis placandus Deus est in adversis minus laedendus in secundis placari quippe debe● cum irascitur laedi non debet cum placatur Adversa enim nobis per iracundiam Dei veniunt secunda per gratiam Sal●ian de Provid l. 6.

beheld from the highest heauens the place of his holy habitation and it grieued him much to see and perceiue such great vnthankfulnesse and ingratitude for so excellent a gift then the which next vnto saluation it selfe no better hath beene giuen by God vnto the children of men For which cause hee hath suffered the vnthankefull world and that would not accept the loue of the truth to fall into strong delusions and great doubts whereby they tooke occasion to cleaue vnto and beleeue lies So that in this our age wee haue seene in the reformed countries of the world many great and very dangerous disputations to arise and controuersies to grow touching religion whereby many men that looke no further then vpon the outward shew and face thereof were so much amazed and abashed thereat that they began more and more to dislike it and to leaue it These are deepe wayes of God which therefore ought to haue mooued all Christian hearts to search into the intent and meaning of God and withall to take occasion to shake off the aforesaid vnsauoury ingratitude and to bend their mindes vnto a more wholesome course of obedience But this hath beene practised by very few and at this day is yet too much neglected For which cause the wrath of God hath beene more and more kindled and his out stretched arme hath not holden backe but in his anger he is gone foorth and hath suffered the vngodly world that hardeneth it selfe to fall into more hardnesse and delusion as euery man knoweth how much the blind world now hardneth and imboldneth it selfe each one in his errours vpon occasion of the present troubles that daily happen to the people of God in these dayes for the enemies of the Gospel thereby take occasion to thinke and perswade themselues that they haue done great and good seruices vnto God and yet doe when they persecute and seeke to roote out the protectours and professours of the truth and those that haue halted betweene both thinke themselues happie that they as many others haue not throwen their lot into the lap of those whose chance they thought might alter and change Thus the Lord as he hath threatned letteth it raigne snares fire and brimstone and a horrible tempest vpon the vngodly Psal 11. 6. wherein they shal be taken spoyle themselues For in all these things those wretched men doe not once remember that when to fulfill their owne pleasures they doe so they iudge vniustly of Gods truth and thereby offend against the generation of his Children Psalm 73. 15. How oftentimes was Israel troubled and vexed with contentions and warres amongst themselues yea and ouer-runne also by the Philistines and other enemies whereas notwithstanding the Israelites were the onely people of God and onely had the light of saluation among them What inuasions and incursions haue the cruell Heathen diuers times made vpon the Christians and yet wee know that the Christians and not the Heathens haue the truth on their side But these things the Lord sometimes suffereth to fall vpon and come against his owne people to cleanse them to try their faiths to the end that those that remaine obstinate might haue that which they haue deserued 1. Corinth 11. 19. Matth. 18. 7. And thus it falleth out that such miserable men that glorie and take most delight to behold the troubles persecutions of Gods people that boast off and perseuer in their enmitie and peruerse proceedings are those certainely that are most plagued thereby for that by such meanes they are hardened in their errors and delusions which lead them into perdition Can greater plagues then these bee any wayes bee thought on and all this also is iust and righteous with God that those that receiued not the loue of the truth that they might be saued might fall into strong delusions and beleeue lies 2. Thes 2. 10. 11. And that those that are the causes of reuolting and doubts raised and sometimes strongly mainetaine them should haue the same measure mett vnto them and thereby fall into perdition Thus it fares with them by the wonderfull prouidence of God as the Psalmist saith As they loued cursing for they delighted in errour so let it come vnto them Psalm 109. 17. Besides all the curses that yet hang ouer their heads for the oppression shame disgrace and wrongs by them done vnto the children of God in their troubles and aduersities for it is most true and certaine that although the Lord God suffer his people for a while to bee oppressed by their enemies when he hath once finished all his workes vpon Mount Sion and sufficiently punished his people he will goe to visite their enemies in their owne houses and cast the rodde of his anger into the fire Esa 10. 12. Behold how excellently the Psalmist setteth this forth saying When God heard this that is that his children many times rebelled against him hee was wrath and greatly abhorred Israel so that he forsooke the Tabernacle of Shiloh the tent that he had placed among men and deliuered his strength into captiuitie and his glory into the enemies hand he gaue his people ouer also vnto the sword and was wrath with his inheritance The fire consumed their young men and their maidens was not giuen to marriage their Priests fell by the sword and their widdowes made no lamentation Thus farre it went on Gods enemies side as we read 1. Sam. 4. but marke what followeth Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleepe and like a mightie man that shooteth by reason of wine and he smote the enemies in the hinder parts hee put them to a perpetuall reproch Psalme 75. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. which also wee read in the first of Samuel the fifth This is the heritage of the seruants of the Lord and their righteousnesse is of mee sayth the Lord Esa 54. 17. That the Lord God in his time shall recompence tribulation to those that trouble them and giue rest to those that are troubled 2. Thess 1. 67. euen in the time of need Heb. 4 16. And thus it appeareth alwayes that although the Lord seemeth to haue forsaken his people for a while and to hold with their enemies yet in truth and certaintie this standes firmely That God will not cast away righteous man neither will hee helpe the euill doers Iob 8. 20. how much soeuer he seemeth to stand against his owne people and to strengthen the hand of the vngodly These are the wonderfull wayes of our God and this is the certaintie of his workes done among the children of men which mooued the Psalmist that had a spirituall eie in some measure to looke into the waies of God and to set downe the truth thereof to breake out into this speech and say O Lord how great are thy workes and thy thoughts are verie deepe a brutish man knoweth not neither doth a foole vnderstand this Psalm 92. 5. 6. Thus wee may see that although the workes