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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08429	The helmet of hope, distinguished from the hope of hypocrites. And published to prevent the danger of false hope, and to promote the duty of living in true hope of glory. With an appendix of the grounds of hope, collected in a catalog of promises and experiences. / By A.B. ...	Barnett, Andrew, 17th cent.	1694 (1694)	Wing B875BA; ESTC R172272	76,414	184

now art so And God hath alway been A Sun and Shield that succour yield As thou hast often seen His Word is sure and doth endure For ever and for aye Witness thou can to every Man All 's true that he doth say If this be so come let us go To God and on him stay It 's not absur'd to plead his Word To it he ne'er says nay His Word applaud his Name with Laud And Praises celebrate Let not thy Love to God above In any thing abate And now O Lord for thy sure Word Of Promise I thee bless And whilst I live will Glory give To thee not to the Flesh Praise is thy due thy Word is true Thy Promises our store And full though wide from side to side Praised be God therefore A full supply in Misery I see it doth afford O let it be now unto me According to thy Word Let Faith be fed and by it led To live on Thee alone Help me to trust in the most Just Faithful and Righteous One. My Doubts expel let Hope excell Let Praises be my Trade Let me rejoice with Heart and Voice In all that thou hast said Let none despair the news is rare The Promises revealed Are high and great without deceit Records most firmly Sealed Oh praised be thy Majesty For Promises of Grace All the Elect may hear expect Supplies in every Case Another Song of Praise MY Soul give Praise unto the Lord With Joy his Praises Sing To Praise the Name of God thy Lord Is a most pleasant thing His Promises rich Jewels are These Jewels are thy own Though thou art Poor yet very rich In Promises alone Thy Faithful God will certainly His Promises perform Fear not O Soul the frowns of Men Fear not the greatest Storm Rejoice in God and in his Word Of Promise made to thee His Promises most precious Certain and faithful be Though thou art Poor God will provide Supplies he will afford Yea such supplies as shall suffice According to his Word Though thou art weak his Arms support What need is there to fear Above beneath and round about His mighty Arms appear When Troubles like a Hurrican Do compass thee about It s for thy good this Physick thou Canst not be well without Yea safety in and sure support And all that needful be For aid and help in this sad Case Are promised to thee Thy Sins though great are pardoned Thy Enemies are strong But cannot hurt because to thee The Promises belong Such guards and aids the Promises In readiness still have And will be granted unto thee When thou for them dost crave Oh Blessed be the Lords of Hosts My dear and faithful Friend According to his Promises He help and aid doth send His Promises never do fail They are most firm and sure His faithfulness is vastly great And ever shall endure My Soul exalt the living Lord For Gracious is he His Mercy now and evermore He will extend to thee Awake my Glory glorifie And Praise the Lord of Host And of his precious Promises Make thou thy daily boast The World is full of Wickedness Envy debate and strife But these are the great Cordials That do support my Life Thy Presence and thy Promises Are rare and precious things And all along unto my Soul The greatest Comfort brings FINIS Books Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns at the lower end of Cheap-side near Mercers-Chappel A Body of Practical Divinity consisting of above One Hundred Sermons on the Lesser Catechism of the Reverend Assembly of Divines at Westminster with a Supplement of some Sermons on several Texts of Scripture By Tho. Watson formerly Minister of St. Stephens Walbrook A Discourse of Spiritual mindedness Person of Christ On the 130th Psalm The Doctrine of the Trinity Of Mortification of Sin in Believers An humble Testimony concerning the Goodness and Severity of God in Dealing with sinful Churches and Nations A Treatise of Temptation Eshcol or Rules of Fellowship These Eight last by John Owen D. D. Heywood's Baptismal Bonds renewed Grotius of Christ's Satisfaction in English Hursts Revival of Grace i.e. on the Sacrament The good of Early Obedience A Sermon of Unity The Vision of the Wheels in three Sermons Spiritual Wisdom improved against Temptation The Almost Christian discovered All Five by Mat. Mead. Consolation for the afflicted at the Funeral of Mr. Edward Rede By Tim. Rogers M. A. Calamy's Godly Mans Ark in five Sermons his Art of Divine Meditation Redemption of Time the Wisdom and Duty of Christians in Evil Days By John Wade Minister at Hamersmith Intercourses of Divine Love betwixt Christ and his Church being Sermons on the 1st and 2d Chapters of the Canticles or the Song of Songs Several Discourse of actual Providence in three Parts These two last by John Collings D. D. Spiritual Songs or Songs of praise to Almighty God on several Occasions with thirty penitential Crys with a Poem also of Dives and Lazarus The Midnight Cry a Sermon These two by John Mason Mr. Corberts Self-Employment in Secret A Treatise of the Day of Judgment By Mr. Sam. Lee Minister Husbandry Spiritualized A Saint indeed A Token for Mourners All these three by Mr. John Flavel Minister of the Gospel Satan sifting or the Oyl of Joy for the Spirit of Sadness Whites Little Book for Little Children The rare Jewel of Chistian Contentment with four useful Discouses by Mr. Jer. Burroughs An Earnest Call to Family Duties being the substance of Eighteen Sermons by Sam. Slater Hymns for the Sacrament composed mostly out of the New Testament Theological Discourses and Sermons on several Occasions By John Wallis D. D. The Truest and Largest account of the late Earthquake in Jamaica June 7. 1692. from a Reverend Divine there to his Friend in London The best way to mend the world by perswading the Rising Generation to an early and Serious Practice of Piety Both by Samuel Peck Lecturer of Ipswich A Sermon preach'd at the Funeral of the Reverend Mr. Tho shewell M. A. and Minister of the Gospel in Coventry These two last by William Tongue Minister c. A Discourse concerning Old Age tending to the Instruction Caution and Comfort of Aged Persons By Richard Steel M. A. A Sermon at the Funeral of the Worshipful John Symonds late of Great Yeldham in Essex Esq by John Brooke M. A. and Rector there A Vindication of the Church of Scotland being an Answer to five Pamphlets by Dr. Rule A Sermon of the absolute Necessity of Family Duties Preached to the United Parishes of St. Mary-Woolnoth and St. Mary Wool-Church-Haw in Lombard-Street His Farewel-Sermon These Two by David Jones Student of Christ-Church Oxon. A brief on the 7th Commandment wherein is discovered the Cause of all our Controversies about the Sabbath-Day and the means of Reconciling them Recommended by the Reverend Dr. Bates and Mr. John How Convivium Caeleste A plain and familiar Discourse concerning the Lords Supper shewing at once the Nature of that Sacrament as also the right way of preparing our selves for the receiving of it In which are also considered those Exceptions which men usually bring to excuse their not partaking of it A Sermon preached before the King and Queen at White-Hall Nov. 5.1692 These Two by Richard Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells The Confirming Work of Religion and its great things made plain by their primary Evidences and Demonstrations whereby the meanest in the Church may soon be made able to render a Rational Account of their Faith

that they may awaken you and convince you of your need of Christ and provoke you to submit to the Gospel and to the way that God therein hath appointed for your Salvation and so by degrees brings you to live in sure and certain Hope of Glory 2. To such as are weak in Faith and Hope There are many precious Souls that have Christ in them and yet are weak in Faith and full of doubting and enjoy little Hope in themselves of Glory and I would willingly contribute something towards the encrease of their Hope of Glory And in order thereunto shall propound to such some means and helps that tend to the strengthening of the Hope of Glory and beseech them diligently to employ themselves in the use of them 1. See that you praise God heartily for the mercies you have already received Col. 3.15 Be ye thankful You are full of Complaints of your wants you want Peace and Joy and Assurance But are ye thankful for what you have thankfulness for what you enjoy is the way to obtain a speedy supply of what you want The thankful Soul is a Soul fitted for mercy And God will be the more ready to give when he knows that what he gives will be thankfully received Were we more thankfull he would open his hand the sooner and wider when we come to him for new supplies but when enjoyed mercies are undervalued and God wants his praise for them then it 's no wonder that he delays to give more mercies he will make you wait the longer to teach you more thankfulness A mite of Grace is of more worth than a Mountain of Gold And you have Grace and much Grace but because you want Comfort you overlook your Graces and do not own them with thankfulness and God is offended hereat and takes an effectual course to make you more thankful 2. See that you proceed in the exercise of what grace you have A Babe in time may become a strong Man and weak beginnings may have large endings A small Tallent may be doubled by good usage Mat. 13.12 He that hath to him shall be given and he shall have abundance alway provided that he husband well what he hath Therefore what Faith and Hope you have though it be weak yet exercise with Dilligence Repetition of Acts beget habits and diligent endeavors are attended with a Blessing and so you may come to have abundance Prov. 11.25 The diligent Soul shall be made fat You complain of leanness of Soul take heed that your leanness be not the effect of your own negligence exercise more diligence in the use of what Grace you have and your diligence will be blessed with fatness 3. See that you plead the Promises at the Throne of Grace This was good David his frequent Practise Psal 119.25 Quicken thou me according thy Word v. 28. Strengthen thou me according to thy Word v. 41. Let thy mercy come unto me O Lord even thy Salvation according to thy Word In this one Psalm he useth this Plea very oft no less then eleven times It s no presumptious but a profitable Plea to urge God with his Word of Promise and it is our Wisdom to reduce it to Practise It s much in use betwixt Man and Man You promised me to do so and so when will you perform it let us use the same Plea betwixt God and us It is thy promise be it according thy word It 's the Plea of Faith it is as if the Soul should say Lord thy promises are faithful Promises and here I spread one of thy Promises before thee and trust to thee for the accomplishment of it be it according to thy Word 4. See that you press the Commands of Faith and Hope upon your own Spirits This Course David took Psal 43. last Why art thou cast down Oh my Soul hope in God It 's ill done O my Soul to cast aside thy Hope and to give way to dispondency it 's thy Duty to trust in God and see that thou hope in God Hoping in God is an indispensible Duty that God requires from thee 1 Pet. 1.13 Be sober and hope to the end And it 's a very acceptable Duty Psal 157.11 The Lord takes pleasure in those that fear him in those that hope for his mercy And wilt thou O my Soul cast of thy Duty a Duty that God takes Pleasure in O far be it from thee Oh my Soul hope thou in God! thus press it upon your Souls 5. See that you Parley not with Satan about the great concerns of your own Souls have nothing to do with him He is an open Enemy to Christ and Christianity and you have renounced him in your Baptism therefore reject his Temptations for Sin as well as his Temptation to Sin Enter not into dispute with him he is too crafty a Sophister to be disputed with by weak Christians it will be your wisdom therefore to take the course that Paul took 2 Cor. 12.7 8. There was given me a thorn in the flesh the Messenger of Satan to buffet me For this thing I besought the Lord thrice Note 1. The Case that Paul was now in There was given him a Thorn in the flesh viz. Satan was permitted to buffet him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the evil Angel Satan not a Menssenger of Satan but Satan himself And this is added exegetically to explain what his Thorn in the flesh was viz. The buffets of Satan his immediate Suggestions darted into his Soul which commonly are unnatural in kind suddain in motion and violent in prosecution 2. The Course he took in this case he betook himself to God by Prayer Paul had much Grace and much of the Spirit yet declines disputing with the Devil and flies to God for refuge against him and herein is an example for us to follow We must decline Disputes with the Devil and Pray him down and were this course well followed Satan could not get such advantage against Christians as oft he doth I 'le conclude this matter with the Prayer of Paul Rom 15.13 The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope through the Power of the Holy Ghost It s not the words of Man that perswade the heart to live in hope but the Power of the Holy Ghost and his Power can make you abound in hope and raise your feeble hope to a full assurance of hope Now I pass to the third sort 3. To such as are waiting in hope for the Glory of Heaven There are some yea many that through Free-Grace are brought to wait in hope for the glory of Heaven my Instructions to these follow 1. Confine your Hopes to the limits of the Gospel The Gospel allows you to wait upon God in hopes of Glory in the World to come this I am sure is your Duty but as for such as extend their hopes according to their fancies and wait Night and Day and that in a Triumphant

manner with such Jollities Mirth Musick Dancing Clapping of hands for joy as was never practised amongst sober Christians in expectation of a speedy Midnight Cry and a Transportation to Jerusalem Let me entreat you to look upon them as under a Satanical delusion and have nothing to do with that hope that will certainly end in shame Keep your hope within the compass of the Promises and aspire not to hopes that are of such a Phantastical Nature 2. Confess oft your unworthiness of this great Mercy It 's a high Attainment and it 's a hard matter to keep the Heart low under high Attainments High hopes of Glory are apt to lift up the Heart with high thoughts of it self To have such high hopes and yet to have low Spirits is rare and extraordinary Paul indeed was high in Gifts and high in Grace high in excellencies and high in expectation of Glory and yet low and humble in Spirit do you labour to be like him And to this end mind your unworthiness of the mercy and ascribe all your hopes of Glory to Free Grace You are in danger of Pride in this case watch against it and pray against it and beat down every bubble of Pride that ariseth in your Hearts least you grow High-minded and so provoke God to bereave you of your hope of Glory Rom. 11.20 Be not high-minded but fear Think not highly of your selves but sear least your Hearts should grow haughty and beware of it Pride is a great Sin especially when it is about those things which are freely given us of God for the good of out Souls 3. Confute your causeless and carnal Fears by these your sure and certain Hopes of Glory You are incident in this Life to frauds from men and frowns from God to Sin and Sorrow and to Trials and Temptations and these cause fears yea great and terrible fears Good David was surrounded with them Psal 31.13 Fear was on every side And none are free from these fears Isa 24.17 Fear the pit and the snare are upon thee O Inhabitant of the Earth There is not an Inhabitant upon the Earth but he is sometimes haunted with these fears and these exceedinly discompose and disjoint the Soul and unfit it for the Service of God Now God hath given you Hope of Glory for an Antidote against this Poyson to cure you of your fears imploy your hopes against your fears and confute your fears with your hopes 1. Argue a Minore ad majus from the less to the greater Doth the fear of Hell and Damnation seize you confute it thus he that hath a sure certain Hope of Glory shall enjoy the end of his hope viz. The Salvation of his Soul otherwise this hope were in vain and God hath given me such a hope Away then thou fear it 's not for him that lives in hopes of Glory to torment himself with such needless fears Thus by your Hope cast out your Fears 2. Argue majore ad minus from the greater to the less Rom. 8.32 Shall he not with him freely give us all things hath he given me Christ and the Hope of Glory and shall I fear want no surely he will see to my needs and supply me with all necessaries and what need I more Phil. 4.19 My God shall supply all your wants according to his Riches in Glory by Christ he hath supplied the wants of my Soul and shall I fear want of supplies for my body when I have a promise of the supply of all my need No no as I hope for Glory so will I hope in God for bodily supplies and cast my care upon him that alway hath taken care for my supply 4. Conform your selves to Christ with whom you hope to live in Glory Conform to his Precepts and to his Pattern do his Will on Earth as it 's done in Heaven See that your Hopes of Glory influence your Heart and excite Heavenly-mindedness You that hope to live with Christ in Glory what manner of persons ought ye to be how exact in your daily walk how lively in every Duty how regular in all your actions you should make your hopes of Glory a strong Argument against Sin it 's not for one that hopes to live with Christ in Glory to mind earthly things 1 John 3.3 Every man that hath this hope in himself purifies himself as he is pure He Argues thus with himself Christ is pure and holy and I hope to live with him in Glory and therefore it concerns me above others to shun all uncleanness and to keep my self unspotted from the World 5. Confirm your hope of Glory more and more Strong hopes of Glory would add much strength to your Soul 1. Your patience would be much strengthned by it steady firm and assured hopes of Glory would enable you to possess your souls in Patience under the sadest Circumstances that can befall you 1 Thes 1.3 Remembring your patience of Hope Patience is the product of hope and hope the Mother of patience the stronger your hope the greater your patience Hope therefore must be strengthned for the increase of patience You have need of Patience Heb. 10.36 It 's needful to help you to wait for mercy under long delays of Mercy and to help you to bear adversity without Despondency High Hopes of Glory heigthen Patience and patience easeth the Burden of Oppression 2 Your Praises would be much sweetned by it A Heart filled with Hope of Glory is a joyful heart and Praises God melodiously and joyfully Psal 16.9 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoiceth my flesh also shall rest in hope or according to the Hebrew dwell confidently and I hope to enjoy everlasting rest in Glory and this makes my heart glad and my glory rejoyce when with my glory or tongue I glorifie God in trumpeting out his Praise my heart rejoyceth in me Strong hopes fill the heart with strong Consolations Heb. 6.18 and strong Consolations enlarge the heart in Praises Confirmed hope quickens and corroborates the Soul and makes the praises of God very delightful to a Christian 6. Comfort your selves under all Discomforts Disappointments and Discouragements with your hopes of Glory You are sure whilst you are in this envious World to meet with Troubles but be of good Comfort Christ within you and your hope of Glory will support you in your Trouble and animate you under them you need not to be troubled at your troubles they will quickly be over Consider for your Comfort that these Troubles are 1. Passages to Glory Acts. 14.22 We must through much tribulation enter into the Kingdom of Heaven The way to Glory is a thorny way and you must expect in your Passage Tribulation and much Tribulation and must pass through it Mariners and Merchants pass through many a storm and if they come well home richly laden they think well of the Voyage And though your passage to glory be tempestuous and stormy yet glory will make amends for all 2.