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Believers evidences for eternall life collected out of the first epistle of John which is catholique : explained and confirmed by very many subservient signes, or undernotes grounded upon Scriptures and illustrated by testimonies both of ancient fathers and modern writers whereby persons truly regenerate may divers wayes discover their present state of grace and title unto glory / by Francis Roberts.
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Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675.
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his delight 2. His Son not his Sheep or Oxen or Servant but his Son 3. His begotten Son not an adopted Son 4. His only begotten Son nor one Son among many but his only Son by Sarah the Free-woman by whom he had no more 5. This the Son of the Promise in whom his seed should be called and all the Nations of the earth be blessed 6. This Son sacrificed intentionally though not actually as a Burnt-Offering 7. And all this by Abraham his own Father O glorious Faith that can make such a man as Abraham so part with as to sacrifice such a treasure as Isaac Canst thou thus part with thus conquer the world as Abraham Excellently to this purpose said George Carpenter of Emering Martyr in Bavaria My wife and my children are so dearly beloved unto me that they cannot be bought from me for all the riches and possessions of the Duke of Bavaria but for the love of my Lord God I will willingly forsake them 4. Finally By resting on God alone at the only Rock and foundation of our true joy and comfort both while the world is with us and when the world shall leave us 1. While the world is with us we conquer it by Faith if we fetch our comforts from an higher richer spring then the world viz. God David in midst of his Royall enjoyments said Whom have I in heaven but thee and in earth there 's none that I desire with thee mine heart and my strength faileth but thou art the strength of my heart and portion for ever Psal. 73. 25. And elsewhere Many say Who will shew us good But Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us Thou hast put more gladness in mine heart then in the time when their Corne and New-wine increased Ps. 4. 6 7. 2. When the world shall leave us yet our joy and comforts leave us not because our God forsakes us not Thus we overcome the world when though the world be down our hearts are up As Habbakuk Although the Fig-tree shall not blossome neither fruit be in the Vines the labour of the Olive shall faile and the Fields shall yield no meat The flock shall be cut off from the Fold and there shall be no herd in the Stalls Yet I will rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation Hab. 3. 17 18. Thus Faith overcomes the worlds smiling and fawning II. True faith vigorously and victoriously acts against the frownes of the world The world frownes against the Regenerate in all its common tribulations or speciall persecutions either by hating reproaching spoiling imprisoning tormenting or murdering them Thus it frowned upon righteous Abel Gen. 4 8 9 10. Upon Isaac Gal. 4. 29 Upon Israel Exod. 1. c. 2. Upon Ioseph Psal. 105. 17 18. Upon Iob Job 1. Upon David Psal. 73. 14. Upon all the Prophets Acts 7. 52. Upon all the Apostles 1 Cor 4. 9. Upon all that will live godly in Christ Iesus 2 Tim. 3. 12. Yea upon Jesus Christ himself Isa. 53. Phil. 2. 7 8. Heb 12. 2 3. Yet Regenerate persons by Faith in Christ overcome the world in all its frownes and storme and this many wayes viz. 1. By encouraging them against base carnal feares Feares oft-times more annoy the Saints then feelings of distresses Faith steels the gracious heart against these servile feares and makes it exceeding magnanimous As in Moses Parents By faith Moses when he was borne was hid three moneths of his Parents because they saw he was a proper child and they not afraid of the Kings commandment Heb. 11. 23. In Moses himself By faith he viz. Moses forsook Egypt not fearing the wrath of the King far he endured as seeing him which is invisible Heb 11. 27. As also in those valiant Champions Who through faith subdued Kingdomes wrought righteousnesse obtained promises stopped the mouths of Lions quenched the violence of fire escaped the edge of the sword out of weaknesse were made strong waxed valiant in fight turned to flight the armies of the Aliens Heb. 11. 33 34. We are not only said Cyprian not afraid of the enemies of the truth but we provoke them 2. By enabling to undergo varieties of cruel trials and torments which without faith would be to flesh and blood most terrible and intolerable And others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings yea moreover of bonds and imprisonments they were stoned they were sawen asunder were tempted were slain with the sword they wandred about in sheep-skins and goat-skins being destitute afflicted tormented of whom the world was not worthy They wandred in deserts and in mountaines and in dens and caves of the earth these all having obtained a good report through faith Heb. 11. 36 to 40. Cyprian hath strange expressions of the Martyres victorious faith in his dayes The multitude present beheld with admiratinn the heavenly combate the combate of God the spiritual conflict the war of Christ his servants standing with a free voice incorrupt minde Divine strength armed not with secular weapons but with weapons of faith The tormonted stood stronger then the tormentors the beaten and but chered members overcame the hands that did beat and butcher them Cruel stripes oft repeated long continued could not overcome their impregnable Faith no not though their bowels were digged out and not so much the members as the wounds of the servants of God were tormented Their blood gushed out which even quenched the burning of persecution yea extinguished the flames and fire of hell with a glorious stream 3. By extenuating and asswaging the extremity of afflictions and persecutions Faith so sustaines and refreshes the inwards of the soul under distresses that they are rather seeming then real distresses shadowes rather then substances As it were poverty As it were imprisonment c. rather then poverty imprisonment indeed As in the Apostles We are troubled on every side yet not distressed we are perplexed but not in despaire persecuted but not forsaken cast down but not destroyed 2 Cor. 4. 8 9. And elsewhere more emphatically As unknown and yet well known as dying and behold we live as chastened and not killed as sorrowful yet alwayes rejoycing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing and yet possessing all things 2 Cor. 6. 9 10. Whereas contrariwise through unbelief men are as rich yet really poor as in liberty and yet in greatest bondage as rejoycing and yet in midst of mirth the heart is heavy c. Unbelief turns the rod into a serpent Faith turns the serpent into a rod. 4. By perswading the hearts of the faithful that it is their great priviledge honour and happinesse to suffer for Christ and Righteousnesse sake according to those intimations of Scripture To you it is given in the behalf of Christ not only to believe on him but also to suffer for his sake Phill. 1. 29. Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousnesse sake