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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16540	Two orientall pearles, grace and glory, published by Mr. Zacharie Boyd, preacher of Gods word, at Glasgovv	Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653.	1629 (1629)	STC 3448; ESTC S117283	18,692	66

TWO ORIENTALL PEARLES GRACE AND GLORY Published by Mr. ZACHARIE BOYD PREACHER of GODS WORD at GLASGOVV Iob. 42.5 I haue heard of Thee by the hearing of the eare but now mine eyes seeth Thee Psal 102.6 I am like a Pelican of the Wildernesse EDINBVRGH Printed by IOHN WRITTOUN 1629. TO THE NOBLE AND POTENT LORD IAMES MARQVIS OF HAMILTOVN EARLE OF ARANE AND CAMBRIDGE LORD AVEN AND INNERDAILL MASTER OF HIS MAIESTIES HORSES AND ONE OF HIS MAIESTIES PRIVIE COVNSELL MY most Honorable good Lord THE Great GOD who honoureth these that honour him hath honoured your Lo. with many graces both spiritually and temporally As for the spirituall of the loue of the trueth and courage for the same your L. hath already given a certaine proofe wee all looke for more as occasion shall serue In whomsoever the spirit of IESVS truely is that man will goe from grace to grace He said our Master Ioh. 15.5 that abideth in mee and I in him the same bringeth foorth much fruite As for the TEMPORALL your L. is the first of the Royall blood in this Land after his MAIESTIE You are the Sonne of the most wise and worthy Father who in his lyfe was a most fast friend both to CHVRCH and Commoun-wealth The Lord also hath made you the Sonne of a most Religious and Noble Lady even of a Lady LYDIA whose heart the LORD in great mercy hath opened for to let in and lodge the KING of GLORY After my sixteene yeeres absence in Fraunce at my returne I arrived at KINNEILL where her Ladiship received mee with such courtesie that shall never want my most heartly and humble thankes In testimonie of my great desire to serue your L. I present you with these two m●st precious ORIENTALL PEARLES viz. GRACE and GLORY which are from him Luk. 1.78 whom ZACHARIE in his Song calleth ORIENS ab alto the day spring from on high In this sermon you will see whose Counsell you should cheefly seeke All the counsell of men with the counsell of Achitophell may easily bee turned into follie 2. Sam. 15.31 but heere is the counsell that failed never even the COVNSELL of GOD Note When ever your Lo. is for to deliberate vpon any graue and weightie matter let this secreet ejaculation first goe before LORD guide mee with thy Counsell and afterward receiue mee to Glory Note The whole Church of Britaine most humbly intreats your L. to continue in your good course and courage for GODS glory Read often these words of good MORDECAI to Ester Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shall escape in the Kings house Esth 4.13.14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this tyme then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to GODS people from another place but thou and thy Fathers house shall bee destroyed And who knoweth whether thou art come to such honour for such a tyme as this Your Lo. sitteth at the common-sterne Helpe vs with your power and wee will helpe you with our prayers Let it please your L. to take this Sermon in good part though it be but litle Note At the making of the Tabernacle not only were the great and rich presents acceptable as PVRPLE SCARLET and BLVE SILK but also RAMMES SKINNES and GOATES HAIRE which the poorer sort was able onely to affoord For to make an end by humble prayers to GOD for your L. I intreat the most high 1. Thess 3.13 the God of Maiestie and mercie to make your heart stable and vnblameable in holinesse till hee hath in you crowned his graces with glorie Your Lo. Most humble and obedient Servant Mr. ZACHARIE BOYD Preacher of GODS WORD at GLASGOW At Glasgow the 13 of Februar 1629. GRACE AND GLORY THE TEXT Psal 73.24 Thou shalt guide mee with thy counsell and afterward receiue me to glory IN my former Sermon yee heard of GOD his favours bestowed vpon his servant both in tyme present and in tymes by past As for the present he said I am continually with thee As for the tyme past he said Thou hast holden mee with thy right hand In this verse his soule is riding at the anchor of hope Hee is vpholden with the expectation of good things for times to come Thou shalt guide mee with thy counsell and afterward receiue mee to glorie That is Thou shalt direct the whole course of my lyfe by thy wisedome and power and after that thou hast brought mee thorow many tribulations and afflictions thou shalt first gloriouslie deliuer mee in this lyfe and after this lyfe thou shalt glorifie me besides thy selfe in the Heavens for ever Heere is both Grace and Glory THE DIVISION OF THE TEXT IN the words we shall particularly consider these foure things 1. Who is this guider The guider is GOD Thou shalt guide 2. Who is guided it is David Thou shalt guide me 3. wherewith with thy counsell Thou shalt guide me with thy counsell 4. Wherevnto even vnto glorie And afterward thou shalt receiue me to Glorie Of these in order THE FIRST PART THE GVIDER HEE who is said to guide heere is the Lord the great Governour of the world Hee is hee who giues eyes to the blind and feete to the lame He is he whose a Isa 32.19 eyes are open vpon all the wayes of the Sonnes of men As the b Exod. 14.19 Pillar of fire was Israels guide by night and by day became a Pillar of a Clowd for their guard behind them betweene them and the Egyptians even so the LORD GOD is our guide our guard Our guid like a Pillar of fire in darknesse shewing vs the way our guard like a Pillar of a clowd behind vs hiding vs from the cruell Pharao's the enemies of our salvation All that is to bee required in a guide is in him in all perfection In a good guide these foure things are chiefly required 1. that hee see 2. that hee be wise 3. that hee bee willing 4. that he be able to direct and goe before in the way 1. As for the first There is none that sees so clearely as the Lord Note Iohn sawe his eyes both bright and burning b. Revel 1.14 as a flame of fire He must see most clearely who by his word c. Psal 19.8 inlighteneth mans eyes This was the Psalmists reasoning d. Psal 94.9 Hee that formed the eye shall he not see All other guides are but like these Pharisees whom Christ called e. Mat. 23.16 Blind guides 2. A guide had neede to be a wise man Note There bee many difficulties betweene vs and heaven As the people of God went thorow f. Exod. 15.22 a Wildernesse before they could enter into Canaan so must wee passe g. Act. 14.22 thorow many tribulations before that we can come to glory There is no wisedome but the wisedome of GOD which can lead vs into that land of Righteousnesse 3. As a guide must bee wise so must

Isa 28 13 goe and fall backward they 〈◊〉 broken and snared and taken ●f Ieremie in a muddie mind Note while 〈◊〉 flesh did fret said vnto GOD 〈◊〉 wise counseller x: Ier 20 7 O LORD thou 〈◊〉 deceiued mee and I haue beene ●●●eiued O howe shall the wicked ●●e day curse their Counsellers the ●●ltitudes of their counsellers Satan ●●e flesh and the world which are ●●t a companie of deceiuers and a ●●ry knot of knaues Let vs heere againe obserue The doctrine that ●●eat is the prerogatiue of GODS ●hildren Note They are all GODS ●ORDS of Counsell He is indeede 〈◊〉 LORD of counsell that can take ●ODS counsell All the children 〈◊〉 GOD haue this honour to bee of ●ODS Counsell for whom GOD ●●ides with his counsell these hee ●uts vpon his counsell y: Amos 3 7 surely saith ●mos the LORD GOD will doe ●●thing but hee reuealeth his secrets ●nto his servants the Prophets Note Hee ●hat is the z. Iam 2 23 friend of GOD as Abraham was shall bee one of h●● PRIVIE COVNSELL wha● euer occurre that is needefull to b● knowne shall not bee concealed fro● him a: Gen 18 17. shall I hide from Abraham th● thing which I doe said the LORD b: 1 Cor 2 16 wee haue the minde of CHRIS● said the Apostle Note Behold how the LORD guides his owne so wit● his Counsell that in a maner hee putteth his minde into them The 1 vse The vse Let the children of GOD comfort themselves with this that what ever calamities shall befall vnto them the LORD shall guide them so with his counsell that in all their temptations they shall come to a● happy c: 1 Cor 10 13 outgate By his counsell he shall let him knowe how they shall come out of tribulation Note According to this the Prophet Micah said to the Church in her affliction d: Micah 4 9 now why doest thou cry out aloude Is there no King in thee Is thy counseller perished for pangs haue taken thee as a Woman in travell The 2 Vse Another vse of this doctrine is this seeing the LORD guides the Faithfull with his counsell let vs beware to giue ●●●nsell or take counsell against such 〈◊〉 Counseller Note Cursed are these and 〈◊〉 their followers of whom the P●●lmist speakes e: Psal 83.3 they haue consulted t●●ether with one consent thy are con●●●erate against thee Cursed also are ●●ese that consult against the well of ●●s Children like these of whom it 〈◊〉 said They f: Psal 83 3 haue taken craftie coun●●l against thy people and consulted ●●ainst thy hidden ones * The ●gyptians were neuer so foolish as ●hen they said g: Exod 1 10 Come on let vs ●●ale wisely The generall vse of all is that wee ●●e at all times earnest in prayer that ●●e LORD in all our businesse would ●●ide vs by his Counsell and also ●●epe vs from all ill Counsell Note The ●●ine of King Ahazia is imputed vn●● this that hee followed ill coun●●ll h: 1 Chron. 22.30 Hee saith the scripture ●alked in the wayes of the house of Ahab for his mother was his coun●●ller to doe wickedly Bildad speak●●g of the wicked saith his i. Iob. 18 7 owne ●●unsell shall cast him downe Happy then and thrise happie is hee whom GOD in this lyfe guideth with hi● Counsell for afterward he shall receiue him to glory This last wee se● in the last part of our Text. While my penne was heere my deare Brother Mr. Robert Scot sleept Anno DOM. 1629. the 27. of Ianuar on a Weddinsday a litle before nine houres in the morning THE FOVRTH PART Afterward thou shalt receiue mee to glory THis is the last part of our Text and this is the last of all GODS benefits Note This is GODS goodnesse which crowneth all his othe● mercies when he receiueth vs to glory when he hath done all the good that can bee done vnto vs in this lyfe by beeing with vs continualy and by holding vs by our right hand and guiding vs by his counsell all ends with this that he receiues vt to glory 〈◊〉 wee receiue grace and after-ward 〈◊〉 are receiued to glory These ●●●ds of my Text are sweete hony ●●●des And afterward thou shalt ●iue mee to glory ●eere wee haue to consider two ●●●gs 1. the time of receiuing a man glory it is afterward 2. what it ●o bee receiued to glory The time of receiuing man to Glory THE time wherein GOD is said to receiue a Soule to glory 〈◊〉 heere set downe in the word ●FTERWARD that is after that ●OD hath ledde mee with his coun●● he shall receiue mee to glory The doctrine which breefly I 〈◊〉 serue heere is The doctrine that it is the coun●●l of GOD which guideth to glory ●●e way is grace grace from grace 〈◊〉 grace The end of all is glory This is Note the Sea whereinto all good ●●●ngs end like riuers running to their ●●ther the Ocean frō whence they came The vse The vse Hee who would be receiued to glory let him bee ledd● with GOD his counsell If thou refuse to bee guided by his counsel● he shall refuse to receiue thee to glory k. Prov 1 24. Because I haue called said wisedome and yee refused I haue stretc●ed out my hand and no man regarde● c. v 26. And therefore I also will laug● at your calamitie I will mocke wh● your feare commeth The doctrine The other doctrine I obserue heer● is a doctrine of patience for the● that are in affliction After man● tribulations the LORD at last sha● receiue them to glory The vse The vse What ever our affliction be let vs not be discouraged The● are but for a time yea the time i● short that done afterward our GOD shall receiue vs to glory The Lor● shall free vs then from all our woes Though wee mourne now yet afterward wee shall laugh and GOD shal● wipe all tears from our eyes I intreat you Brethren to make vs● of this vse how painefull soeve● your troubles bee comfort you● selues with these most comfortable 〈◊〉 Afterward thou shalt receiue 〈◊〉 ●o glory Note This AFTERVVARD 〈◊〉 faithfull mans high Tower and stro●●est Hold Hee stands vpon the ho●● of AFTERVVARD like a bes●●●● man The Faithfull Man is b●●●ged with many temptations but 〈◊〉 CASTELL of AFTERVVARD 〈◊〉 never bee battered downe ●●●●gh l: Iob 19.26 AFTER my skinne wormes 〈◊〉 ●oy this body said Iob yet in 〈◊〉 flesh shall I see GOD Note That is a●●●ppy destruction whereby we are b●●●ght vnto the sight of GOD O le●●y bodie so bee destroyed that m● Soule may see GOD till AFTERVVARD both in flesh and spirit I ●●●ll see him and none other for me 〈◊〉 m: 1 Cor 15 19 in this lyfe onely wee haue hope 〈◊〉 CHRIST wee are of all men most ●●●erable All the comforts of