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A58958	The Second and last collection of the late London ministers farewel sermons preached by Dr. Seaman, Dr. Bates, Mr. Caryll, [brace] Mr. Brooks, Mr. Venning, and Mr. Mead ; to which is added a farewell sermon preached at Dedham in Essex by Mr. Matthew Newcomen ; as also Mr. Lyes sermon at the conclusion of the last morning-exercise at All-hallows in Lumbard-street, being a summary rehearsal of the whole monthly-lectures.	Seaman, Lazarus, d. 1675.; Bates, William, 1625-1699.; Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.; Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.; Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.; Mead, Matthew, 1630?-1699.; Newcomen, Matthew, 1610?-1669.; Lye, Thomas, 1621-1684.	1663 (1663)	Wing S2257; ESTC R41075	195,536	326

Cure so there can be no sweeter peace then when mercy and peace meet together and when Conscience and Pe●ce kisleth each other The former is the tast of Heaven the latter is the perambulation of Heaven both which the Believer shares in upon his Justification by Faith If Christ had peace who was made our sin● needs must the Believer have peace who is made the righteousness of God in him Secondly Sanctifying grace has a peace attending it and this peace differs from the former as the root from the fruit The peace of Justification is a radical peace the root of peace but the peace of Sanctification is the Bud the Blossom of the Tree The former flows from the Bloud of Christ sprinkled on the Conscience the latte● from the conformity that is between the Word and Will between the Commands and the Conscience As many as walk according to this Rules grace be unto them and peace Gal. 6.16 So that peace is the frui of sanctifying grace Now as the bloud of the Paschal Lamb which was a token of peace was not to be struck on the Posts of the Egyptians but upon the Posts of the Israelites so neither is the bloud of sprinkling which brings perfect peace to be struck on the posts of the carnal sinner but on the post of the true Believer an Israelite indeed in whom there is no guil no grace no peace that is God's Law How can a sinner have peace in a state of sin when God and Conscience when Word and Conscience when Law and Conscience and all the Attributes of God are against the sinner No peace saith my God to the wicked Pray mark that Chapter it begins with peace and ends in no peace In vers 2. it 's said He shall enter into peace that is the Righteous In the last verse There is no peace to the wicked It 's the state of grace that 's the onely state of peace And thus I pass from the double grace desired grace and peace to the double Fountain discovered God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ But here 's a Question to be answered If Grace and Peace be from God the Father then how is it said to be from Christ and if from Christ how then from God the Father Answ It 's a known rule thar the transient exernal works of God are attributed to all the Three Persons in the Trinity the same Works that are attributed to the Father are also attributed to the Son and the same Works attributed to the Son the same also to the Father so grace and peace are here ascribed both to God the Father and to our Lord Jesus Christ that is they are both from mercy and from merit From mercy on God's part to us from merits on Christ's part for us They are from God the Father because he wills them to us from God the Son because he works them in us They are from God to Christ from Christ to us they are from God the Father originally and from Christ derivatively and to us actually God the Father is the Fountain of all grace and peace Christ as Mediator is the Conduit of all grace and peace Man in union to Christ is the Cistern into which these streams of grace and peace run God wills grace and peace to us and Christ works them in us God gives grace and peace to be applyed to the Creature this is from the love of the Father but the Application of this peace to the Soul is from the merit of Christ the Redeemer Thus you see there 's a double Spring of this double Blessing Time will not serve me further The onely Observation is That all the grace and peace which Believers share in is derived from God the Father through our Lord Jesus Christ these three things opened will clear this 1. That grace and peace are the Believer's priviledge 2. That the Fountain of this grace and peace is from God the Father 3. That it is not given out from God the Father but through Christ First That grace and peace are the Saints priviledge if grace is then peace is But grace is the priviledge of every Believer and that whether you look upon it as taken from the love and favour of God to us This is the Believers priviledge God can as well forget Christ at his right hand as cease his love and favour to the Soul of a Believer The Believers Title to all their blessings arises out of this never-failing love of God or if you take grace for the fruit of God's love to the Soul still it falls to the Believers priviledge Vocation Justification Adoption Pardon of Sin purging from Sins strength against Sin Holiness Love Faith Obedience Perseverance all these are the priviledges of every Believer nay a man cannot be a Believer without any one of them they are as essential to the being of a Christian as reason to the being of a man Secondly as grace so peace is the Believers priviledge There is peace Eternal peace Supernal peace Internal and peace External There is peace External this is peace with Men There is peace Supernal that is peace with God There is peace Internal that is peace with Conscience All these three are to be had upon Earth and then there 's peace Eternal and that is onely to be had in Heaven The Apostle here doth not exclude the former but chiefly intends the latter Peace with man is a good thing to be 〈◊〉 but peace with God and Conscience is 〈…〉 to be desired Peace with God is the 〈…〉 things both within and without both below and above both in time and Eternity so says Job If he gives peace who then can make trouble Now this peace is the Saints priviledge It is a Legacy left to every Believer by the last Will and Testament of a dying Redeemer Will you see a Copy of his Will then look in John 14.27 Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you not as the World giveth give I unto you There is it seems a peace in the Worlds power to give and there 's a peace of Christ's bestowing Now Christ would have us here not to mistake the World's peace for his for the difference is very great for first the World's peace is a false peace it is a counterfeit Coyn it has not the currant stamp of Heaven on it but the peace that Christ gives to a Believer is true peace and perfect peace Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee Secondly the Worlds peace is an outward peace It is but skin-deep it wets the mouth cannot wash the heart Prov. 14.13 In laughter the heart is sorrowful and the end of that mirth is heaviness The Worlds peace is but the shell of peace their Conscience lowres when their countenance laughs but the Peace that Christ gives is an inward and spiritual peace Psal 4.7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart more then in the time

thy desires do not look at so much as what is necessary 4. Design nothing as thy main end and business but the honour and glory of God mind but his honour and let him alone to take care of thy external Comforts Beleever who art so much in his heart in his book in his soul that hee numbers the very hairs of thy head And thus wee fall upon The Seventh Sermon Matth. 10.30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbred FRom this Text you had this great Conclusion The special and distinct providence of God extending to the smallest things and creatures and in a special manner to the smallest Concernments of Beleevers is a great Argument to remove their fears and inordinate cares and to quiet and confirm their souls in confidence upon God The very hairs of c. Is it so then 1. Wee have no reason to repine at wicked men when they prosper let them ruffle puff throw and swear what then they will cut off the head no they cannot touch a hair 2. Be not over-much troubled with any particulat changes or passages in the world they are all managed by a particular and distinct providence 3. Fear not man slavishly this use our Saviour makes of it 4. This rebukes our inordinate and distracting cares thou art mighty inquisitive what shall I eat what shall I drink wherewithall shall I be cloathed Friend thy hairs are numbred content thy self God will take care c. 5. In all passages of the world observe and acknowledge not only a general but be sure to observe a particular providence and then conclude 1. That nothing shall befall thee for want of faithfulness sufficiency knowledge love in God 2. Nothing shall come unto thee that shall in the least damnifie or injure thee 3. That all the plots designs contrivances attempts of the Devil and all his party against Gods Church are all under a providence they are all numbred All the hours of thy sufferings all thy tears fears griefs pains wants every one numbred Thou tells the clock at midnight under thy pains and God tells thy pains more than thou the clock nay more the hairs of thy head are numbred therefore not the meanest Beleever in the greatest croud is over-looked by God And then all thy worldly concernments thy relations diseases c. are all numbred Nay more remember this Beleever all thy distrusts disquiets murmurings dispondences the meanest lust unseen and the most secret sin are all numbred 6. Are our hairs numbred this is sad news for unbeleevers are your hairs numbred then certainly your oaths curses contempts of Gods people all your sinful thoughts words actions wilful omissions of commanded duties commissions of forbidden sins all your disputings against God his People his Word Waies Will are all upon the file they are all numbred 7. What an incouragement is there here for poor sinners to come in to God Do but come in to God and thou shalt come into such a condition of safety that thy very hairs shall be all numbred and if thou wilt not come in certainly thou are wanting to thy self for look as well as thou canst to thy self thou hast not a promise to keep one hair of thy head till to morrow morning not a promise of a sup of water bit of bread not a promise for one minutes safety till to morrow morning And if so be that thou hast not a God no interest in him if God should turn his back on thee a thousand to one but afflictions come and if afflictions come thy heart 's gone thou having no spiritual strength in heart no eternal Rock of Ages to flye to no wonder if thou faint under them and so thou wilt certainly do if a Beleever that hath but little strength is apt to faint thou that hast no strength will utterly fall when afflictions findes thee And this leads to The Eighth Sermon Prov. 24.10 If thou faint in the day of Adversity thy strength is small THe Observation from hence was To faint in the day of trouble argues a mans inward strength to be but small His judgement weak his reason low his graces feeble his inward comfort peace and joy not much but very little This 1. Shews whence our mis-givings of heart whence our want of liveliness of Spirit in and under troubles proceed even from hence that our strength is but small 2. Teaches us how to judge what our spiritual strength is namely this way how dost thou bear afflictions how is it with thee in a day of distress dost thou faint and fail it argues thy strength is but small 3. By way of dehortation do not thou faint in the day of affliction of adversity Take heed of fainting in three things 1. Under work or duty be it never so great grievous troublesome or dangerous 2. Under the with-holdings of mercy be they never so long detained 3. Under afflictions be they or may they be never so grievous whether 1. Publick Afflictions the afflictions of the Church of God Suppose Sion is now clad in Sackcloth there 's a time coming when shee shall be arrayed in Scarlet when the Whores Scarlet shall be turned into Raggs the Churches Raggs shall bee turned into Gold Or 2. Personal Afflictions faint not under them be it this or that or the other be they never so great never so long or never so many But what shall I do to bear up my spirit and to preserve mee from fainting 1. Live in the holy dependance and filial fear of the great God hee that fears God most to be sure will faint least 2. Strengthen grace there are two graces to be strengthened viz. Strengthen Faith I had fainted unless I had beleeved c. Strengthen Patience dejection of soul usually comes from impatience 3. Be much in prayer Is any man afflicted let him not go and sinfully snivil and complain but let him pray 4. Make use of heart-strengthening considerations and that is 1. Turn over the Promises they are left on purpose as Gods Bottle his Vial of Cordials to keep the soul from fainting 2. What ever befalls remember it proceeds from Gods love 3. All that God aims at is to do thee good 4. Be the affliction never so great 't is as necessary as prosperity as health this thy Physick is as necessary as thy food 5. The issue of all a Crown of glory These light afflictions which are but for a moment worketh out for us a far more excellent and eternal weight of glory And therefore if so be there be such principles from which afflictions flow and such ends to which they are managed 't is no wonder Christ will not pray that wee may be taken out of the world from Affliction but kept in this world from the evil So wee fall on The Ninth Sermon John 17.15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil GOd hath spoken once yea