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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85791	The heads of some sermons preached at Finnick, the 17 of August. 1662 By Mr William Guthry upon Matth. 14: 24, 25, 26.	Guthrie, William, 1620-1665.	1680 (1680)	Wing G2275B; ESTC R228467	46,400	69

therefore as a just punishment and recompence of their sin he layes on an arrestment on the Truth that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ the Saviour of sinners the King Priest and Prophet of his People He did it as a recompence of the sins of many for the accusing of the Truth But one of the greatest Reasons of this inhibition was to make way for another glorious designe which was on foot in Heaven anent Christs suffering at Jerusalem for saith the Apostle if they had known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory Jesus Christ knowing that he behooved to go to Jerusalem and suffer and to redeem the world and so he sets them at liberty to crucifie him by their not knowing that he was the Lord of glory and so he leaves them to a latitude to persecut and crucifie him that so he might accomplish the great designe that his Father and He had on foot anent the Redemption of the World And the Doctrin I shall here hold forth upon this Reason of the inhibition is this that the Lord by the most uncouth and strange Dispensation in his Church brings about the most glorious Purposes and Works of God that can be imagined in the world There was no Dispensation almost that was more uncouth and more strange and more dark more desperate-like than this was Let no body know that I am the Christ Let none know that I am the Saviour of the world yet all was don by the burial of that Truth The Lord Jesus Christ brought about the most glorious work that ever was wrought for his Church which was by the death of a stain Christ which was occasioned here some way by his hiding of this Truth from those that were to crucifie him I say the Lord useth by the most strange and uncouth dispensation in his Church to bring about the most glorious purposes advantagious works for the good of his Church of any in the world In following out this Doctrine I shall speak to these few things First we shall speak a little of strange and uncouth dispensations that fall-out in the Church and then a word to what those glorious works of God are that are brought about by those glorious dispensations 3. We shall give you some instances by which it will appear that the Lord by the sadest and uncouthest dispensations that ever fell-out in the Church has brought about the greatest and most advantagious work for her And in the close of the Doctrine we shall speak a word of Reason why the Lord chuseth this way for bringing about such glorious works and purposes by such uncouth and strange dispensations For the First We call Dispensations uncouth and strange and dreadfull-like when things as it were fall out by a kind of special Providence yet do justle with the revealed Word of God and his commands such as a lye put into the mouth of Jacob by Rebekkah there was a kind of secret Providence in the thing that justled with the command of God yet ye know there came some strange advantage to him thereby So Esther ye know came in the place of Vasthi the Queen this did exceedingly justle against the command of God for the Jewes should not have entred in marriage with any of that place that was not in Covenant with God this seemed to justle against the command of God yet ye know how this did amount to the good and advantage of the Kingdom of Christ So the sons of Jacob fell upon the Shechemites that was an uncouth dispensation the poor man was justled exceedingly for that living among strangers yet there came a great advantage for Jacob out of that Jacob had too long rested in that nest therefore saith he Arise Jacob and go to Bethel 2. We call Dispensations strange and uncouth as they justle with promises predictions or prophecys of the Lord 's great things towards his People ye know he endeavoured for the People of Israel to bring them out of the Land of Egypt it makes the burden seven-times worse their task is doubled this justled with God's promises or prophecyes of coming out of Egypt a bonny beginning indeed there is not one of them will come out of it their task is doubled yet by these things he brought about their delivery gloriously for great advantage to them and great ruin to their enemies Hamans promotion with all his followers to the court of the King it did directly justle against the oath that he had sworn he would have warr with Amalek for ever Haman is so high that he is like to overthrow all his Church and followers that was an uncouth dispensation yet his height overthrew him for evermore 3. We call dispensations uncouth as they justle against the People of God and as they difficult all the People of God so as they cau not extricat themselves out of that plunge nor know what way to do it these are uncouth and strange dispensations The People of Israel in their march out of Egypt instead of liberty and freedom of march God straitens them all betwixt Pharaoh and the red Sea with a rock on every hand there was no escape there that was an uncouth dispensation yet that made way for a glorious out-gate for them and the utter overthrow of the enemy for ever Yea saith Pharaoh and the Egyptians they are intangled in the land of Israel the wilderness hath shut them in we have gotten you in an hose-net Yea goodman crack at leisur it will be as good fishing you with an hose-net to morrow ere this time 4. We call dispensations uncouth and strange as in themselves they are destructive to the purposes and works he intends to bring about as they are in themselves destructive to these purposes they are uncouth enough Why are they not As for example the Lord buryeth a truth of great importance lets men lay a great stone upon it and say it shall never rise again then he brings up that truth again more glorious than ever When he intends to make a truth famous on the earth then he lets bury it that is an uncouth and strange providence and dispensation this was the dispensation here mentioned in the Text let no body know that I am the Christ once saith he bury that truth I forbid you to tell any body that Truth That 's a strange dispensation it seems to be destructive to the whole Covenant of Grace Nay but bury it for all that for I shall garr it rise with a thousand advantages more than ever yet he hath a sweet sharp hand in these things yes truely he has a sellon gate to make contraries work for good I confess it 's a bare moor that he goes over and gets nothing that dispensation never fell-out in the Church but he gets ay an harle of it for the good and advantage of the Church and People of God I say then there are many uncouth and strange

that before that issues and events belonged to us I weend ay known duty had belonged to us but issues and events had belonged to God Indeed the Prophets that the Lord sent forth long since to speak in his Name had a little more ground to shift their duty when God told them the issue and event would not prove good yet they durst not for their life shift their duty even in that case Go saith he speak to this People but they are a stiff-necked and rebellious people they will not hear Will they not hear might they say then we will never speak to them it is but folly to cast our selves into hazard when it needs not We may as wel gang and speak to stocks and stones and they will not persecut us since the thing we speak will have alike effect upon both Whether they will hear or whether they will forbear speak ye my word to them or their blood will I require at your hand speak when God bids you speak whether there come evil or good of it if ye will not God will make your tongues to fry and flutter upon the hot coals of Hell he will garr it blutter and blyze upon the burning coals of hell Speak Sir when God bids you speak or he will garr that tongue that he hath put into your mouth pople and play in the pow pot of hell Ye have a bony pretence of it Man your bare testimony will not turn the chase Sir did those two Witnesses in the Revelation that prophesied in saccloath by their testimony turn the chase yet they were to witness against the abominations of the time till they were slain for all that Folk have gotten a brave gate of it now forsooth rhat they will speak nothing for the Cause of Christ now because that will not turn the chase Speak when God calls you to speak or he will garr you do worse in a worse time At last when Folks have made all the pretences they can make in end they must even come to this I dought not stand it out for fear flesh and blood would not do it when I considered the hardships that now the People of God is in hazard of of ripping-up of the nose and cuting-off of the ears and hands and losing of the life it was so terrible to me while flesh bloud would not serve me to stand it out Indeed it 's even the best and most honest pretence of all that ye have had yet from the beginning yet there is no consolation to you from this Text I would have you to remember that the Text speaks peremptorily he that seeks to save his life shall lose it I have not a dispensation to grant you from these words but I shall read-over the good Text of our Lord Jesus to you that will speak better for it self than I or any body that will speak on it he that seeks to save his life shall lose it See if that grants you a dispensation The man his heart would not serve him to stand it out yea but he that seeks to save his life saith the Text shall lose it Alas my flesh and blood dought not do it my fear moved me to such a course he that seeks to save his life shall lose it O! I had great tentations many burdens wife and children which my care was engaged for I could not get it stood out he that seeks to save his life shall lose it a dreadfull word that may make you all tremble he that seeks to save his life shall lose it Never make a pretext of your own weakness never make a pretext of this that other Folk that had more wit than ye did such a thing before you though ye were not clear in it yet that ye thought that they behoved to be clear in it there is no excuse to you from this he that seeks to save his life shall lose it Ye saw many that ye judged good and godly doing so that is no excuse for you fra ye saw an appearance of evil he that seeks to save his life shall lose it Therefore I charge you in the Name and Authority of our Lord Jesus Christ when ye see the Cause of Christ on the one side and your Life on the other side competing and justling against one another that ye make a right choise for the good of the Cause or ye shall come under the hazard of this Text he that seeks to save his life shall lose it A Third thing we would speak a word to is this 1. What way doth the Folk lose their life that goeth about so preposterously to save their life either by committing that which is their sin or for fear of personal hazard doing that which is wrong 2. How do they lose their lives 3. What sort of Life is this that they lose 4. What is mean'd by losing their life Here First of all they lose their life as they lose life everlasting thereby for Christ hath in even-down terms said in the words following He that denieth me before men him will I deny before the Father and the holy Angels In truth then if he deny you I know not who will own you in that day none of all that Court and Side that he is on will own you but I know another Court that will own you believe even the court and side of all the Devils in hell they will own you they will know you wel enough believe they will gather all together about the poor Soul as so many greedy crows about a gushorn every one gripping it straiter in their clooks than another But none of that court will own you all that Court will say I know you not although ye were their born brother they dare not say they know you in that day if Christ know you not it 's everlasting life that ye will lose my Dove by taking such preposterous wayes to save it that 's a sore word O! but that 's a great pawn ye lose life as thereby ye will lose life everlasting O! that 's a pawn ye shall never exchange again what shall a man give in exchange for his Soul Prove your loyalty to your Prince by losing of your Soul that gate Secondly They lose their natural life as God's blessing to them Mans natural life while God calls him not to lay it down is God's blessing to him but if God call for it and he lay it not down it is no more God's blessing to him but God's curse he holds it no more of God but of the Devil in hell the saving of his life is God's plague and vengeance on him his life after that is God's plague and curse to him he holds it no more of God and that time when God calls for his life and he layes it not down he forfeits his right holding of his life in God and fo he loseth his life as he loseth God's blessing upon his natural life he has lost his life

that should feed the Lord's People with the Word of Life sold as slaves of the People of God under bondage the Sanctuaries of the Lord all thrown down and desolat the Ministery thrust-out a number of them and the rest of them ready to be thrust-away unrighteous decrees multiplying day after day This is a clear thing to you all the adversaries of our Lord Jesus and his Church are all at an eminency and on foot so that I dare say the hearts of many of the Godly are at a stand about what will become of all there is such a junctur of difficulties and dreadfull dispensations rolled over upon us Now is there any of you that has a heart to believe in this case that the result of this shall be the most glorious work for the good of the Church that ever came about Have ye an heart to believe this truth I dare say ye want nothing but an heart to believe it Do ye believe this that these uncouth dispensations shall bring about the most glorious works that ever our eyes saw This will be whether ye believe it or not God never brought about such an uncouth dispensation but he brought about a most glorious work at the back of it Christ Jesus is in a manner now dead and buried goodsooth his being buried will make him victorious over them all The uncouthest dispensation that ever was brought ay about the most glorious Work for the Church No body has an heart to believe this Has any of you an heart to believe this Doctrin that the whole tenor of the Bible holds out that the Lord by uncouth dispensations brings ay about a most glorious work for the good of the Church Have ye an heart to believe this Has any of you that Charity to give God that believes all things and hopes all things without which though a man would give all his goods to the poor and his body to be burnt it were an unacceptable sacrifice Ye must have that charity that bodes ay luck on God's hand and thinks ay liberally of him Have ye an heart to believe this that the generation to come will have the Lord to bless for strange and uncouth Dispensations Every generation yet had the Lord to bless for the uncouth dispensations that were tristed with their fore-fathers Has any of you an heart to believe that the generation to come will have the Lord to bless for these uncouth dispensations that now we are tristed with The Truths of God are now buried the Covenant is buried that great Truth that CHRIST is sole HEAD of his CHURCH and LORD over the CONSCIENCES of Men is now buried Now has any of you an heart to believe it that the burial of the Covenant will be the resurrection and glory of the Covenant Has any of you an heart to believe this It will be true enough believe it as ye will that burial of the Covenant shall be the resurrection and glory of the Covenant it shall be seen to their everlasting shame that it was an uncanny gate that they took for themselves to break the Covenant that day they broke it and burnt it at the Cross of London If they had sitten seven years in a General Assembly contriving how to make it a famous Covenant they fell upon the right gate that day Have ye an heart to believe this It will be true whether ye will believe it or not The burial of the Covenant shall be the glory of the Covenant Now this is a controverted Truth that CHRIST is sole HEAD and KING of his CHURCH and LORD over the CONSCIENCES of Men his Laws and Officers are rejected and the King's Laws and Officers are chosen Now has any of you an heart to believe this that the burial of this Truth shall make it the most famous Truth on the Earth The most glorious dayes of the Church of God are ay brought about by the most sad and dark dayes Therefore let us rest in hope and endure patiently FINIS