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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02706	Peters enlargement vpon the prayers of the Church. By Master Harris	Harris, Robert, 1581-1658.	1624 (1624)	STC 12839.7; ESTC S120172	14,964	35

willing yet flesh hung backe Iohn the last Chapter vers Act. 5.29.4.13 18. But when put vpon it heare his voyce see his face he can be as quiet as comfortable as well in prison as ever Ob. Oh but I finde my selfe afraid of words Ob. Ans So was Peter at first Ans Ob. Oh but Ob. saith our Saviour beware of men Ans No man so malicious as God is mercifull Ans so perilous as God is pitifull Oh but say we liued where we should lie in cold irons in the darke bee halfe pined starved who can beare these Peter can any can when God cals them to it O but say we were put to the fiery tryall flames are intolerable and mercilesse O but flames are in Gods hands Daniel 3. Chapter againe Martyrs haue had more comfort there then in all their liues before Oh but some of them haue cryed out of paines And doe not men so who die in their beds too but God hath borne them through these and made them amends O get then inward strength and that will overcome all feares all torments conclude wee with that good Martyr if God call ever any of his to any such sufferings hee will either weaken the flame or strengthen their faith hee hath promised that which let vs liue and die in to wit that he will not tempt beyond strength And hee is able to doe exceeding aboundantly aboue all that wee can speake or thinke 2 Cor. 10. Assure your selues the scare of persecution is more then persecution it selse therefore I speake to your feares for there is none through Gods mercie with vs I am sure to bee felt I thinke to bee feared The same night c. Doct. 3 That the Lord doth often hold his people long in suspence for those things which hee meanes to giue them hee is to our seeming slow but sure sure but slow thus hee was as good as his word to Abraham hee gaue him a sonne but hee held him off to the last houre hee kept touch with his posterity brought them out of Egypt but he deferred it till the last day his bond was almost forfeited yet he paid it before the Sun-set Exod. 12.17.41 Thus Ioseph was long in prison yet at the appointed time brought forth Nal. 105.19 and Israel long in captiuity prayers were made and yet Daniel could heare no answere till night was vpon him Dan. 9. Iacob wrestles till day c. so also the woman of Canaan Matt. 15 and the Church heere in all which places wee see that God is mindfull of his day 2. That hee deferres sometime till the last houre be running The reason of this delay is manifold 1. God would turne our eyes backward Reas and make vs say O it is iust God should deferre me I haue deferred him hee called and I would not heare prayed me againe againe and againe and I would not answer therefore it is equall I should call and cry and not be heard 2. God hereby would sharpen our prayers for the present therefore hee seemes deafe because we should speake out therfore slow because we should be earnest thus Daniel interprets it God deferres him this is saith hee but to try me therefore he spits vpon his hands and takes better hold O Lord forgiue saith hee O Lord heare O Lord open and poures so many petitions and arguments vpon God that there is no resistance thus Iacob he sees the day comming vpon him and he had made nothing of it all night and therefore now he sets to it Goe saith hee I will not let thee goe without a blessing 3. Hereby hee prepares vs for the future receiuing of his comforts thus he humbles vs thus he enlargeth vs thus fits vs for thankfulnesse the more blessings cost vs the better we will prise them and prayse God for them adde to this that these repulses driue vs to further searches Ios 7. Iudg. 20. as the Israelites at Ai and Gibeah Doth the Lord thus long deferre sometime his intended comforts and answers Vse 1 Let 's know the courses of his providence and wait vpon him behold the husbandman waits when he hath sowne his seede he doth not looke to reape and sow all in a day his Corne is first buried yea it dies yea it growes downeward before it comes vpward and when it is vp receiues many a snib and checke yet he waites And why because he hath experience so must wee when we haue sowne our seed say we bury our prayers say to our seeming they die say they grow downeward backward say all things seeme to be worse after prayer with vs then before yet waite why we haue experience of our owne and other mens successe never did men sow this seed but they had a croppe though a late harvest yet a harvest Ob. Oh but I haue prayed exceeding long Ob. Ans How long Ans Isaack prayed twentie yeares for a childe before he sped Abraham thirtie before he sped Abrahams posteritie were foure hundred yeares in captivitie before they were delivered the Church thirsted for Christ one thousand two thousand three thousand yeares before they had him How many thousands hundreds scores of yeares hast thou waited Ob. O but I haue tryed all my friends Ob. vsed all meanes prayed my selfe and got others to speake too and yet no helpe Ans And might not Peter say as much Ans not a Christian in Ierusalem but had spoken and spoken often and yet he stickes Ob. O but matters with me are worse and worse Ob. the more I pray against povertie the poorer I am the more I pray for patience the worse I am the more I pray for faith the lesse I haue the more I pray against passions and temptations the more they flie in my face Ans Is not this as we sayd Ans that the corne must goe backeward before it come forward was it not so with Abraham and Sarah the longer they prayed the elder they waxed and so vnfitter for issue Ob. O but my sinnes grow stronger by prayer Ob. Ans Not so Ans thou feelest it more then before it is not because sinne is stronger but thou sounder againe these motions of sinne be not motions of life but symptoms of death as the fowle struggles and sprunts most when the head is off the panges of death be now vpon thy lusts take comfort Ob. O but now your comforts come too late Ob. the date is out for me Ans Why Ans hath God sayd pray no more as to Ieremie hath he stopt thy mouth so long as God saith pray so long as the spirit within thee saith pray so long as Gods people haue hearts to pray never say it is too late to pray if Peter be out by midnight or by day-breake it is as well as if he had beene out a moneth before Ob. O but delayes breakes the heart Ob. Ans But note the end of delayes Ans they are never to deny or frustrate but to

fit and to quicken make these vses of delayes and then if thy sute be not honest never begin it if it be never leaue it learne of husband men when they pull downe a tree or list at some blocke if they cannot stirre it they call in helpe if it come not at the first pull they pull againe if not then ha againe if not then ha once more at last they feele it comming and then it comes amaine learne of Elijah 1 Kin. 18.43 hee prayed for raine having prayed lookes about him nothing comes he prayed againe nothing comes hee prayed againe nothing comes at length O Master saith his servant I see a cloud but it is but little Is it a cloud then once more to it and by and by the heavens were masked with cloudes learne of these men Peter stickes in the dungeon one lifts he cannot stirre him try you saith he to a second to a third try a fourth a fist at length heaven stirres the chaines stirre and Peter comes in amongst them learne of Christ himselfe the widdow dealt with a Iudge not a Father Luke 18. a bad Iudge shee was alone a simple Orator yet she prevailes learne of beggers they haue no command no promise no acquaintance no Art and yet will stand it out the master chides the begger stands it out the dame chides he stands still the servants come and say they dare not serue him the children say we must not and yet he will not away O Lord helpe our faith how weake be we if having precept promise kindred Gods servants Gods Sonne on our sides we will be put off with a delay well as I said so long as a night an houre a minute is left pray one night may compasse that which an hundred before could not It followeth An Angell c. The Lord hath ever meanes at hand for his servants Doct. 4 comfort and deliverance if set on worke well might Peter say 2 Pet. 2. The Lord knoweth how to deliuer his c. He is never at a stand if they know how to pray he knoweth how to comfort In himselfe he is al-sufficient Reas 1 infinite in wisedome to invent meanes in power to act them and if need be Esa 4.5 to create more 2. He is the Lord of Hoasts the Lord of every creature if our worke lie in the Seas he is Lord of the Seas if on the Land he is Lord there if in Prison he beareth the keyes of every Gaole if heavens can helpe vs he commands them if winds if beafts if friends if strangers if foes if Angels the Lord hath the command of all persons things and places For comfort Vse 1 roule thy selfe vpon God cast thy care vpon him he will bring it to passe is thy burden povertie Psal 37. cast it vpon him and he will helpe it is it sinne feare sorrow whatsoever it be he can beare it and discharge thee Oh but I see no meanes This Sermon was made in the depth of the dearth I owe so much so many in my familie and no meanes This is as if they should haue said If we had a friend in the Court to moue Herod if a friend in the Watch to bribe him if in the prison to see him then something might be done but now all meanes faile vs. No no God hath meanes beyond our sight if men cannot doe it Angels can and shall and if no man will pay the Widdowes debt God will if no body else will feede Eliah 2 King 4. the Ravens shall what doe wee talke of meanes all meanes are shut vp in God Ob. O but my case is desperate Ob. it is not possible to helpe me Ans Now we shall haue a tale of impossibilities Ans And why not possible shall any thing be impossible to God Ob. O but there be an hundred blockes in my way Ob. Ans But what is in his way Ans that makes his way through the seas stones wood iron c Esa 43.16 goe to the prison there is a blocke a guard passe that guard there is a blocke a doore passe the doore there is another a chaine passe the chaine there is another an iron gate O but what of this if they can breake through all hinderances of vnbeliefe discouragements to prayer God will breake thorow these and a thousand more to their comfort O but God workes no wonders now Marke our Saviours callection from Manna to bread Mat. 4. Deut. 8.3 Esa 9.6 No his Name is wonderfull still his power as great as ever his wisedome as deepe as ever his promises as good his loue as much to his as ever our need as much our interest as good our Saviour as good all things stand as before if wee can vse former meanes we shall finde former successe and God will doe abundantly aboue all that we can speake or thinke wee haue the Lords promise for this Ephesians 3.20 and Esay 42.16 I will make darke light and crookednesse straight wee haue had our owne experience let any man that hath had any acquaintance with God and this holy dutie tell me when prayers were not succes-full when didst thou ever speake to thy heavenly Father but he did answere thee with some ease some comfort When didst thou ever pray but thy heart was thereby somewhat lightened and if thou canst not but say with David Psal 139.3 in the same day I asked I was thus far answered That my heart was strengthened Ps 139.3 doe not faile to conclude with David Though I walke in the midst of troubles yet vpon prayer I shall be revived 7. and God will perfect his mercies in me for ever 8. Thus wee haue dispatcht some meditations more we haue but they must be onely named as 1. Herod would but could not bring forth Peter to tryall and execution men be but men and must doe as they may for what they would doe against the Church nor they nor all the Divells in hell can doe 2. The Lord can giue sleepe and peace in any place at any time in any company 3. Gods best servants and messengers are sometimes yoaked with vilest offenders c. 4. Gods best creatures are the Churches servants Angels 5. Lastly the Lord can quickly shake his out of their chaines rags feares fetters c. But what doe I meane thus to exceede Brethren I would faine haue you more thirstie of your time doe you not waste it as others doe in idle impertinencies much lesse in surveying States and Kingdomes It is not for vs to sit vpon Crownes and thrones and to turne Statesmen it is for vs to be thankefull where God blesses and to be prayerfull when the Church labours to this end I haue sayd thus much to perswade you to the practice of what you know now your turne follows le ts see what will be done and how well you will improue time in speaking to God rather then to or of men ⸪ FINIS