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The poor man's cup of cold-water ministred to the saints and sufferers for Christ in Scotland who are admidst the scorching flames of the fiery trial.
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McWard, Robert, 1633?-1687.
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1678
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Wing M233; ESTC R25489
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to secure this your treasure is to commit the keeping of it to Jesus Christ for when it is in his hand and custodie it iâ— so sure as no maâ— no Devil can pluck it out for he is stronger then all Ye see that in a day of fiery trial and when judgement must begin at the House of God and when there is a must be of suffâ—ring according to his will for all that would do his will this is the happie advice given and alone expedient that will answer the end propounded 1 Pet. 4. last wherefore saith he let them who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their soul to him in well-doiâ—g i. e. in doing these very thinâ—s for which they suffer all these evils of affliction for that is particularly the present well doing according to his will and so often as the doing of his will may infer danger let this act of commiting the soul to him be renewedâ— that so his will may only be done and his way keept with a holy undauntednesse of courage in the day of moâ—t desperat danger O! buâ— the soul is safe that is committed unto him we canâ—ot posâ—esse our souls in patieâ—ceâ— while we keep them in our own possession in such a dayâ— because we cannot secure them but then are they truely our own when we have given them away to him to keepâ— and we may then possesse them in patience when they are in his possession this made the Apostle 2 Tim. 1.12 enjoy a sweet serenitie in a very stormy day the perswasion of His being faithfull to his trust and able to keep that which he had committed â—nto him foâ—â—ified his soul against all feare of what could befall him in following the Lord and hardened him into a holy misregaird and contempt of the shame of the Crosse. Thereforeâ— deare Brethren let this be the greatest hast with you and the first hast too for he will do nothing â—or a man nor undertake to concerne hâ—mself in him or his affairs till he have committed his soul to hiâ— in the first place And when you have done this and to the end you may in this warfare attend upon the Lord without distraction commit all beside to him that you would have safe if a man love any thing then the onely way to keep it from being lost is to put it into his hand foâ— he not onely keeps all their bones who entrust him with their persons that none of them are broken when he intends not a greater good to them by the contrare but the very hairs of their head are numbeâ—ed and not one of them can be touched or fall to the ground without him Therefore having trusted him with your soul which is your treasure trust him with all your other liâ—tle â—riâ—â—les too He will take it ill if you doe other wise And if it be good for you to have these preserved he will keep them even to your old shoes the Angel will not let Pâ—â—er lose his Sandals or leave them behinde him in the prison Put your wives your children your estats your names and reputation yea whatsoever is deare unâ—o you in his hand and all is safe O but that person may be secure amiâ—st the bâ—iâ—teâ—ous blasts of affliction and the tempestuous rowlings of the raging seas of trouble whose pâ—rson and estate is insured in the insureance chamber of heaven Sure he who hath comâ—â—ttâ—d all to him may sleeâ— sweetly because he is safe amidst all dangers since the peace of God flowing from aâ—d folâ—owing such a commitment which passetâ— all understanding gairdâ— the hâ—â—â—t and mind through Christ â—esus Secondlâ— when you have thus committed all â—oâ— would have to his keeping to the end you may keep his way when assaultâ—d by Adverâ—aries and carry with that Gallantry which becomes thâ— Souâ—diers of the Captain of Salvationâ— make use of your allowed strength and furniture For you are noâ— called to this waâ—faâ—e on your own châ—rges The King beares all the cost so that you have a broâ—d boord to take a sufficiency of supply for all wants and weaknesse off and theâ—efoâ—e you are not so much to consider what you haâ—e or want in your selves in oâ—der to youâ— tâ—orow bearâ—ng aâ—d what you can do or endure in order to the obtaining of the victâ—â—y â—s what he will â—e â—o â—ou in that hour and do for you and accordinâ— to this reâ—koâ—ing you mâ—y say whâ—n we are weake thâ—n are we strong And when we can do notâ—ing yeâ— we can do all things and endure all things through Christ streâ—gthening or putting power in us and we may reckon also upon the victory you even you little ones have overcome them saâ—â—h he bâ—câ—uâ—e sâ—ronger is he thaâ— is in you then he that iâ— in the world Be stronâ— therâ—foâ—e in the Lord and in the power of his might Lay in store of suffering Graces put on the whole Armour of God saith the Aposâ—le that you may be able to stand he hath prepared that Armour for you and it is proof and he orders you to put it on and tâ—eâ—efore he doubles the exhorâ—ation take unto you thereâ—ore the whole armour of God thâ—t you mâ—â— be able tâ— stâ—â—d iâ— tâ—e evil day and having done all to stand I shall not insist on the particulars but leave that known place Ephes. 6. to your meditation Onely see well to these three Câ—râ—inâ—â— Gâ—aces as ever you would look for the Conquerours Crown first See well to â—our Faithâ— aâ—oâ—e aâ—l saith he taking the shield of Faith I cannot here hint the universal usefulneâ—â—e of faiâ—h in thâ—s waâ—fâ—re nor how it stâ—â—ls the soul with so much stoutnesse as it can mâ—ke a person look the very King of terrours out of countenance with a fearlesse misâ—eâ—aâ—rd In God I havâ— puâ— mâ— trust said that holy Man in a very desâ—erat danger and then he adds I will not feâ—re what flesh can do unto mee Faith not onely sees that thorow all darke and diâ—mal appearances which is of infinit value above all sufferings but as it interesteth the â—oul in that greaâ— gooâ—nesse it prompts with a holy fortitude and with a peremptorinesse of resolution and courage forceth its passage in order to possession thorow Devils Dangers and Death iâ—â—elf But consider particularly how faith is a shield that you may use it as such O blesâ—ed be He eternally though your eneâ—ies can take your old rusty swords they cannot spoil you of â—our faith and â—o they cannot conquer you For this is the victory whereby you over come the world even your faith Now faith is a shield and a shield of salvation because it interposeth God and his omnipotent power to protect betwixt the man and all that oppose himâ— and whatsoever would hurt him When David is put to flee from the face of ungodly Saul and his Court Grandees and hides himself in the Cave Pâ— 57 1. my soul trusteth in thee saith he yea in
late Supremacy and sense it and consider if its lowest amount be not this we have no King but Caesar. And to make it emphatickly expressive of this vvhereas other Acts of Supremacy vvherby yet our Lord Iesus Chrest vvas vvronged and his royal prerogative encroached upon did still for shame leave him the title and a supremacy vvas pretended unto under God and his Son Christ and a derivation and conveyance from that fountain vvas in words acknovvledged that the iniquitie of our Supremacy might be supremeâ— an absolute independent arbitraâ—y dominion is attributed to our Kings setled upon them by Law And for the more security this povver is declared to be the iâ—trinsick right and the inherent prerogative of the imperial Crown of the Nation vvhereby al-Church-matâ—ers are subjected to their imperial vvisdom to do in all these as they think fit and the managment of these are so solely in his Majesties povver that vvhereas the Council acts in Civils in a subordination to his Maj. according to the Law of the Land His Maj may make use of what kinde of persons so ever he will passing by Parliament or Council to put all the incontrolable dictats and decrees of his Maj. wisdom and good pleasure concerning Church matters in execution And therefore that we may be no longer in suspense nor soliciâ—ous about the sense of our Supremacy that the Church may henâ—ceforth know acknowledge who is her Lord and undoubted Superior whose it is to give Laws and appoint Officers to put them in execution and that there may be none in heaven or earth to pretend to any part of this power or paritie in this Supremacy the name of God and of his Son Christ is omitted in it and because mentioned in other Supremacies must be conceived to be delet out of ours O! the patience of God that their namesâ— yea that the name of the Nation where such a wickeâ—nesse was decreed is not before this perished from under the heavens It is trueâ— this pleased me best in all that Supremacy because it was plain dealing without all cloak or complement for now Iesus Christ hath neither thing nor name of Kingly power left him but is most explicitly put from the exercise of his royal Government And Church Lawes are no more to passe in the old stile nor are things as formerly to be done there by vertue of the Authoritie of this one Iesus who calleth himself a King But according to the new stile And so hence forth Church Lawes must beare the datum of the Iulian account Now our Rulers having framed this Law for hainousnesse of hatred hâ—ight of opposition to the Lords anointed whom he hath made King in Zion beyond the most supream Supremacies that ever werâ— framed or moulded into lawes since God made man upon the earth or Satan that he might destroy the Church prompted men to compet with the Mediator strive with him for state yâ—a even in its prodigious shape and feature beyond what was arrogat by the Man of sin the Anti-Christ that Son of Perdition â— Our blessed Lord Jesus who hath all his enemies in deâ—ision stirred up the spirit of some of his zealous Ambassadours to goe forth and give a Testimony against the hainousnesse of this usurpation of their Masters Crown and Scâ—pter which will be their crown and which should be now our main question upon which we act and suffer as we expect his pâ—esence and supportings either in doing or suffering and in pursuance of that Commission which they had received from him to preach in â—eason and out of season and to negociat a peace betwixt this great and glorious King and poor guilty sinners whereupon our blessed Lord Jesus Christ though slighted and set at naught by our Rulers boâ—h to signifie his complacency in the zeal of his faithfull servants â—ired into an holy fervoâ— foâ— the Prerogative of their exalted Prince from the observation of the fury whereby they saw he was opposed and to refute till more come O! that is coming which may and certainly would make their souls tremble if thought upon the apprehensions of the righteous revenges he will â—ake for this contempt cast upon him and when he will returne their reproach upon them by speaking unto them in his wrath and vexing them in his sore displeasure the folly and infatuation of that new Pretence to his incommunicable Prerogativeâ— royal framed into a Law and that by an argument easy to be understood by the poorest Lasse and Lad in the Nation he goeth forth conquering and to conquer by the Ministry of these his despised servants and thus he reigns as King in the mâ—dst of his rageing enemies and acts wonderously so that to the conviction of all he holds the hands of his servants upholds them at his work and doth from thaâ— day greater things by them then ever in regaird of many circumstances were done in the Nation he makes such noble and notable in roads upon Satans territories and these darke places of the land where the Prince of darkenesse had an indisturbed dominion as multitudes are made in this day of his power to follow after and fall in love with Ordinances dispensed by his own Oâ—ficers and flock unto the standart of this exalted Prince a proof as great as ever was given of his reigneing and that his people shall be willing in the day of his power though all the powers of the earth were on a conspiracy against him and abused that power to the fainting of his followers and the frâ—ghting of them into a disâ—oyal relinquishing of Iesus Christ which the Adversary perceiving and finding that to no purpose they had cruâ—ified Christ agaâ—ne and put him to open shame by taking his Crown and Scepter from him and buâ—ying his Supremacy in the grave which they had made for it uâ—der the fabrick of their newly erected one and that in vaine they had set a watch to keep the grave fearing withal that this reviving of his work and resurrection of his cause might prove to them a second errour worse by far then the first Theâ—efore that rovers may not be ruers and to fortifie themselves in the posâ—ession of what they had taken by their Law from our Lord Iesus Châ—ist and to prevent his returning to his throne and his reassuming the exercise of his royal Government o let their feare come upon them who feare left Christ should reigne an Host must be gathered on purpose to march into the West as that part of the Nation o happy and honourable cognizance where Iesus Christ had most remarkably rung and which still was looked upon by them as the Kings head-quarters whereupon it is resolved that that poor Countrey shall be invaded the people in the mean time having behaved themselves as peacably as any part of the nation being amazed at the rumour of this rage against them and the resolution taken to pourâ—in upon them such a company of Barbar's as