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B12309 A memento for Christians In some short meditations on the third verse of the thirteenth chapter of the Epistle vnto the Hebrewes [...] Published by the author, for the comfort of all those that mourne in Sion, and very fit to be seene in the hands of all men in tese troublesome dayes of the Churches sorrow. Doolittle, E. 1623 (1623) STC 6163.5; ESTC S113555 39,885 102

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and there thou shalt cleerely see the end of the Lords dealing towards thee and how hee pittieth thee in thy greatest affliction Now the Sanctuarie for the Saints is the sacred Scripture into the which if thou wilt enter with me a while wee will call to minde the waies of God for thy greater comfort 1. And the first steppe shall bee in Gen. 17. 1. where the Lord saith vnto Abraham and in him vnto all the faithfull I am God all-sufficient The second is in Ioshua 1. 5. Where the Lord saith to Ioshua and in him to all the godly as the holy Ghost himselfe doth expound it Hebrewes 13. 6. I will neuer faile thee nor forsake thee 3. The third is in Isay 54. 7 8 9 10 11. where the Lord speakes vnto the whole house of Israel saying For a small moment haue I forsaken theee but with great mercies will I gather thee in a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with euerlasting kindenesse will I haue mercy on thee saith the Lord thy Redeemer for this is as the waters of Noah vnto mee Yea the mountaines shall depart and the hills be remoued but my kindenesse shall not depart from thee neither shall the couenant of my peace be remooued saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee O thou afflicted tossed with tempests and not comforted 4. The fourth is in Isa 49. 15. Can a woman forget her sucking childe that she should not haue compassion on the son of her wombe yea they may forget yet will not I forget thee 5. The fift is in Isay 57. 18. I haue seene his wayes and will heale him I will leade him also and restore comforts vnto him and to his mourners 6. The sixt is in Isa 61. 1 2 3. The spirit of the Lord is vpon mee because the Lord hath annoynted me to preach good tydings vnto the meeke he sath sent mee to binde vp the broken-hearted to proclaime liberty to the captiues and the opening of the prison to them that are bound to proclaime the acceptable yeare of the Lord to comfort all that mourne to appoint vnto them that mourne in Sion to giue vnto them beauty for ashes the oyle of ioy for mourning the garments of praise for the spirit of heauines that they might be called trees of righteousnes the planting of the Lord that he might be glorified 7. The seuenth is in Isa 66. 5. Heare the word of the Lord ye that tremble at his word your brethren that hated you that cast you out for my names sake saide Let the Lord be glorified but he shall appeare to your ioy and they shall bee ashamed Tho eight is in Isa 66. 10. 11 12. Reioyce ye with Ierusalem and be glad with her all ye that loue her reioyce for ioy with her all ye that mourne for her that ye may sucke and bee satisfied with the breasts of her consolations that yee may milke out and bee delighted with the aboundance of her glory For thus saith the Lord Behold I will extend peace to her like a riuer as one whom his mother comforteth so will I comfort you and ye shall be comforted in Ierusalem 9. The ninth is in Zepha 3. 17. 18 19. The Lord thy God in the middest of thee is mighty he will saue he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioy he will rest in his loue hee will ioy ouer thee with singing I will gather them that are sorrowfull for the solemne assembly Beholde at that time I will vndoe all that afflict thee and I will saue her that halteth and gather her that was driuen out and I will get them fame and prayse in euery land where they haue beene put to shame 10. The tenth is in Psal 34. 19. Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all 11. The eleuenth is in Psal 97. 11. Light is sowne for the righteous and ioy for the vpright in heart 12. The twelfth is in Psal 126. 5 6. They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioye hee that goeth foorth and weepeth bearing pretious seede doubtlesse shall returne with ioy bringing his sheaues with him 13. The thirteenth is in Gen. 22. 14. In the Mount will the Lord be seene The fourteenth is in Deut. 32. 36. The Lord shall iudge his people and repent himselfe for his seruants when hee seeth that their power is gone Here are fourteene steps answerable to those fourteene excellent songs called Psalmes of degrees by which wee may ascend vp into the holy Temple of God where we shall heare that melodious harmony of sweete melody sounding in our eares which will cause our hearts exceedingly to reioyce though now for a season Iam. 1. 2. if neede require we are in heauinesse through manifolde tentations 1. Pet. 1. 6. And now being by faith ascended into the Sanctuary of the Lord if we trace him Psal 106. 44 45. Psal 105. 8. 42. from one end thereof vnto the other we shall finde that he neuer forsooke any of his in their affliction but euer when they called vpon him and turned vnto him he heard and answered and deliuered them out of their distresse either by remoouing the affliction from them or them from it as the booke of Iudges doth plentifully witnes and in the 107. Psal how oft is it said that when they cried vnto the Lord in their trouble he deliuered the out of their distresse But yet if the tentation lye sore vpon thee by reason of thy great affliction that thou mayest yet doubt of the mercy and truth of God towards thee and thinke that he hath forgot thee consider what the Lord himselfe sayth in the Psal 105. 8 9 10. That he remembreth his couenant for euer and his word to a thousand generations euen the couenant which he made with Abraham his oath vnto Isaack and confirmed the same vnto ●acob for a law and to Israel for an euerla●ting couenant And that we may bee fully confirmed in the truth of this doctrine ●hat God is very pittifull of his afflicted seruants seeing it is so hard to fasten it vpon vs in our passions let vs further consider 1. First how highly the Lord is displeased and offended with the instruments of their afflictions what reuenge he hath and is purposed to take not onely on particular persons as Pharao Rabsheca and Herod but also on whole peoples and nations as the Egyptians by drowning them in the midst of the sea the Babylomians by dashing their young against the stones the Iewes by scattering of them on the face of the earth and the Antichristian Romanes by powring on them the full violes of his wrath yea by consuming of them vtterly with the breath of his mouth and the brightnes of his comming yea it is as the Apostle saith a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you and to you that are troubled rest when the Lord Iesus shall appeare 2.
great calamity and distresse sometime in bonds sometime in great afflictions O then how should this mooue vs to take pitty vpon them knowing that their Father euen the Lord Almighty is not onely able and iust to recompence tribulation to those that trouble them but also is ready and willing 2. Thes 1. 6 richly to reward all those that vnfeinedly indeauour to doe them good yea and takes notice of the least good that is done vnto them and that at the very first moment of time if we doe but vnfeinedly inquite of their estate or offer vp a prayer vnto God for them yea if wee can but sigh vnto God fot them in their distresse the Lord who searcheth the hearts takes notice of it but if wee giue but a cuppe of cold water in his name we shall not lose our Mat. 10 41 reward But lest any should thinke that this might be soon rewarded the Lord secōds it saying That whosoeuer shall giue house or goods or lands leaue father or mother or wife or children for his sake and the Gospells they shall receiue a hundred fold now at this present and in the world to come eternall life O rich reward shall not the least kindenesse be forgot euen to a cuppe of cold water and shall the greatest fauour we can doe euen to the leauing of all bee so aboundantly rewarded O how should this moue vs to take to heart the affliction of Gods people and to striue to the vttermost of our power to doe them good and to remember them euen because they are the children of the Almighty 4. The fourth motiue to stirre vs vp to the practise of this duty is drawn from the people of God as they stand in relation vnto vs that is They are members with 1. Cor. 12. 26. vs of one and the same body Now shall one member suffer and shall not the whole body suffer with it this were against nature Therefore let the consideration of this mooue vs to the diligent practise of this duty 5. The fift motiue is drawne from our selues and first from the benefite we shall reape if we doe it as wee shall testifie our obedience to the holy will of God Secondly that wee doe it for the sake of God Thirdly that we loue God for those that loue him which begat loue those also which are begotten of him Fourthly that we are liuing members of the Lord Iesus Fiftly it will be the best meanes to prouide comfort for vs in our affliction according to that law of equity our abundance now supplying their want another time their aboundance may supply ours and according to that generall law What measure yee meate it shall bee measured to you againe Sixtly it will cause the Lord to giue vs aboundance of good things here And seuenthly and lastly glory and life hereafter 6. The sixth motiue is drawne from the euill that will insue if wee doe it not that is not onely to bee depriued of all the former blessings but also it will testifie against vs 1. that we are disobedient to the holy will of God 2. that we will doe nothing for the sake of God 3. that wee loue not God 4. that wee are not liuing members of the body of the Lord Iesus 5. that wee shall want comfort in our affliction according to that speech of the Holy Ghost There shall be iudgement Iam. 2. 13. mercilesse to those that shew not mercy 6. They shall haue no reward here and 7. they shall bee shutte out of heauen hereafter Yea not onely thus but by the omitting of this duty they pull vpon Math. 25. themselues horrible iudgementes as Curse yee Meroshe because they came Iudg. 5. not vp to helpe the Lord. And woe to those that are at ease in Sion that put Amos 6. farre away the euill day that lye vpon beddes of Iuory and eate the lambes of the flockes and sing to the sound of the violl and drinke wine in bowles that is doe abound with these outward things and are not sorry for the affliction of Joseph that is of the people of God Therefore shall they goe captiue with the first that goe captiue and their sorrow is at hand and in Obediah The vision of the Lord against Obed. 12. Edom because of thy cruelty against thy brother Jacob in the day of his calamity shame shall couer thee and thou shalt be cut off for euer 7. The seauenth and last motiue is drawne from the example of God and the Saints of God in the Scripture in Exodus 3. 6. 8 9. the Lord is said to see the affliction of his and to come to deliuer them and to bring them into a good land and in the booke of Judg. how oft is the Lord said to see the affliction of his people to heare their prayers and to deliuer them out of their distresse And for the Saints we haue Nehemiah Mordecay Hester Daniell and whole Churches in the new Testament some that haue ministred 2. Cor. 8. 3. vnto them beyond their ability some that 1. Cor 16. 2 haue set apart for them euery first day of the weeke the due consideration of which will serue to quicken vp euery one whom the Lord hath made willing continually to put in practise this duty But if neither those motiues which concerne God as the first three nor those that concerne men as the last three nor those which concerne God and man together in the last place if none of these nor all these together will mooue vs to the sincere practise of this duty it shewes plainely that as yet our hearts are exceeding obdurate and hard The means Now the meanes by which wee must doe it is partly by our prayers partly by our purse partly by our presence and partly by our paines our prayers must be first and last Yea in this doth our remembring of them chiefly consist for we may remember those by our prayers that wee cannot by any of the other meanes for by it we may remember those that are a thousand miles off vs yea that are as farre as there is any distance on earth therefore saith the Apostle Remember those that are in bonds as if he should say If thou canst not helpe them any other way yet doe not forget them in thy prayers Now thy purse will extend to all their necessities as to cloth them and feede them thy presence to visite them thy paines to goe for them like Hester to the King But the two first will extend furthest therfore howsoeuer they are most harshest yet they should be most practised The man ∣ ner For the manner how we must doe it is first willingly and chearefully for God loueth a chearefull giuer 2. Cor. 9. Secondly it must supply their wants in the thing whereof they stand in neede Iames 2. 16. But if any thinke this an hard saying and to go too neare the quicke let them consider besides the
are they afflicted in any kinde thou art afflicted in the same if thou belong to Christ Yea if they bee afflicted in any member thou art afflicted in the fame therefore denie thou not the duty of a true naturall and liuing member vnto them but as Christ who is the head said vnto Paul Saul Saul why persecutest thou me Act. 9. although hee was going to vexe the poore Saints at Damascus Whether thou be an eye an arme or hand or legge so doe thou when thou hearest of the affliction of the people of God in any place take it to heart as if thou were thy selfe afflicted in thy owne body Thus much for the words apart now let vs see what sweetnesse wee may sucke out of them as they lie together Remember those that are in bonds as though ye were bound with them and those that are in affliction as though yee were afflicted in the body Whence as a second gleaning after haruest we learne Doct. 11 That the Lord is very pittifull of his afflicted seruants This is plaine in the words of the text Remember those that are in bonds but is that al no but euen as though ye were bound with them remember those that are in affliction but is that all No it must bee as though we were afflicted in the body Wherein the Lord calls vpon vs seriously to thinke vpon the affliction of his people which shewes that hee is very pittifull of them This is very plaine also in all the rest of the Scripture Exod. 3. Psal 9. Judges 2. 18. Deut. 32. 36. 2 King 13. 4. Yea it is proued not onely in those places cited before where the Lord pronounceth a woe vnto all those that doe abound with these outward things and are not sorrie for the affliction of his people and curseth those that sit at ease come not out to helpe them in their need but also in all those places where he calls all those to account that haue beene instruments of their sorrow as the Idumeans the Assirians Ezek. 35. 15. the Babilonians and the rest and like a pittifull father who hauing whipt his childe cannot endure to looke vpon the rod but either casts it into the fire or breakes it into peeces so doth the Lord deale with them which euidently shewes that hee is very pittifull of his afflicted seruants And yet this will further appeare if we doe duly consider that all the promises in the Gospell are principally made vnto them as Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnesse sake for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Math. 5. 10. those that mourne they shall bee comforted vers 4. yea Christ is principally sent to them Isay 60. 2. they receiue the Gospell Math. 11. 5. God will dwell with them Isay 57. 15. And looke vnto them Isay 66. 2. Reason The grounds why the Lord is pittifull of his afflicted seruants are two first because they are his children Now wee all know how neere it goes to the heart of a father to see his children in distresse This made Dauid cry out to his seruants to remember the young man Absolom 2. Sam. 18. 5. euen as the Lord calles to Satan when Iob must bee afflicted O spare his person O spare his life And this is the reason why the LORD calles vnto all his people to remember those that are in bonds to remember those that are in affliction euen because they are his children Reas 2 The second ground of this point why the Lord is thus pittifull of his afflicted seruants is his owne holy names sake as in Ezek. 39. 24. According to their vncleanenesse I hid my face from them therefore thus saith the Lord Now will I bring againe the captiuitie of Iacob and haue mercie vpon the whole house of Israel and will be Iealous for mine holie name And in the thirtie sixth Chapter of Ezekiel and the twentie one verse the Lord saith vnto Israel that hee had pittie on them for his owne holy name which was prophaned among the heathen where they were scattered for the Lord cannot endure that the heathen should say where is their GOD become Therefore it is that hee calles so vpon all his people to remember those that are in bondes to remember those that are in affliction euen because hee would not haue his Name blasphemed among the heathen Vse The vse serues first for comfort and consolation vnto all those that are in any affliction or distresse whether in the denne with Daniel or in the stockes with Ioseph or in the dungeon with Peter or in the fire with the three children or in the waters with Dauid whether opprest by open enemies with the Isralites or betrayed by secret enemies as Christ whether they are afflicted inwardly in their mindes or outwardly in their bodies Whether in their estates by pouertie or in their names by reproaches in their owne families or abroad with inward feares or outward terrors of what kinde so euer or by what meanes soeuer here is comfort and consolation for them as a manuscript sent from heauen to certifie them that the Lord is very pittifull of them Quest But here a question may bee asked by some afflicted soule How it can bee that the Lord is thus pittifull of them seeing that many times hee lets them alone a long time in great affliction euen to the reproach of the world and the pleasure of their enemies Answ Alas poore soule art thou brought to that estate that thou thinkest his mercy is cleane gone that he hath forgot to bee mercifull or that he hath broken couenant with thee and that hee hath quite forsaken thee it is but thy owne thoughts to thinke so yet be not discouraged it is but the same that hath befalne the very best of Gods seruants as Dauid and Christ for Dauid was so afflicted and so long that he thought the mercies of God were cleane gone and that he had forgot to be mercifull and had quite broken couenant with them and Christ in his agony thought that God had vtterly forsaken him Psal 77. 8 9. 89. 39 49. Math. 27. 46. But they were but words of passion for God was as pittifull of them in their greatest afflictions and loued them as at other times And this Christ knew when he calles him my God my God and Dauid when hee had remembred the yeares of the right hand of the most High and meditated of his workes and deuised of all his acts then he could say Thy way O God is in the Sanctuarie that is that it is too high for flesh and bloud to conceiue of but onely by faith Therefore if thou thinke through thy great affliction that the Lord hath forgot to bee mercifull unto thee consider that it is but the apprehension of flesh and bloud thou must know with Dauid that Gods wayes are in his Sanctuarie the which if thou wouldst attaine to know thou must enter into his Sanctuarie with Dauid Psal 73. 17.