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A30910	Hearts-ease in heart-trouble, or, A sovereign remedy against all trouble of heart that Christ's disciples are subject to ... prescribed by the great physician, the Lord Jesus Christ ... / by J.B., a servant of Jesus Christ.	Bardwood, James.; Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1691 (1691)	Wing B747A; ESTC R35313	73,337	198

know That when Christ who is our Life shall appear we shall appear with him in Glory Col. 3. 1 2 3. Believe this and be comforted Certainly we are too much taker up with and too sollicitous about our earthly Tabernacles these Houses of Clay whose Foundation is in the Dustcrushed before the Moth We are always minding the Diseases Distempers and Dangers of our Bodies those old crazy tottering Houses the Prisons of our Souls we mind earthly Places too much but too little those Heavenly Places in Christ Jesus Eph. 2. 6. where we shall shortly sit with him Were we more heavenly-minded we should be more free from Heart-trouble and disquietness of mind Lastly To prevent and cure all our Heart-trouble Let us labour to believe what Christ hath promise here in the Text Verse 3. I will come again and receive you to my self that where I am ye may be also Most swee● and comfortable Promises I will come again So ver 18. I w●● come again I will not leave you comfortless For when I am absent from you in respect of my bodily Presence I will send the Comforter to you that shall abide with you for ever And I my self will come again unto you you shall not long be without my Company Tho' Christ seems to withdraw and hide his Face from his People it shall be but a little moment Isa 54. 7 8. He will return again and have Mercy yea with everlasting kindness will he return I will come again I will not stay long from you my Heart is still towards you while I am absent therefore I will come quickly Rev. 3. 11. I will come to you with my Messenger Death tho' it be the King of Terrors in it self and a grim Porter yet by my coming with it it shall be to you the King of Comforts I will come with it by my Spirit to strengthen you to look it in the Face to apply to you the virtue of my Death and thereby to take out the Sting of it and I will come to you by my Angels to secure your Souls through the Region of Devils into my Father's House If Death did come alone to us it would be terrible to us indeed it 's ghastly Countenance would affright us but here is the Comfort That Christ our dearest Lord will come with Death to sweeten it to us and support us under it This prevented David's Fear Psa● 23. 4. When I walk thorow the valley o● the shadow of Death I will fear no Evil for thou art with me O welcom● Death when Christ comes with i● This bitter Cup of which we must a● drink is brought to us by the hand o● our dearest Lord This last stroke i● given by the hand of Love it is ● taking us home to our Father's House This last Enemy hath Christ conquered for us because his Children are Partakers of Flesh and Blood He likewise took part of the same that throug● Death that is his own Death ●● might destroy him that had the Power of Death that is the Devil and deliver them who through fear of Death were all their Life time subject to Bondage Heb. 2. 14. Jesus knew what Death was he himself had the Pangs of Death upon him Sin the Sting of Death was laid on him and the La● which is the strength of Sin the Curs● of the Law was upon him but now for us who believe in Jesus the sting and strength of Death is taken out and when we die we shall die in the Lord Sleep in Jesus in Union and Communion with Jesus we shall fall ●sleep in the Blessed Arms of our dear Redeemer He will come then to keep as Company through that dark En●ry Death into the Father's House His Angels shall carry our Souls into Abraham's Bosom yea into the Father's Bosom O that we would make ●●re of our Union with Christ and ●●en let us believe that he will come ●ith Death to transl●●● our Souls out ●f these Earthly Tabernacles these ●rison-Houses these Houses of Bon●age wherein our poor Souls have ●een fetter'd and chain'd cloy'd and ●og'd with Corruptions and Tempta●●ons kept at a distance and absent ●●om the Lord and in which they ●ave been groaning for deliverance ● to the glorious Liberty of the Sons ●● God in their Father's House and ●all ever be with the Lord 1 Thess ● ●7 Secondly I will receive you to my self ● sweet Promise This is a●l the Hope all the Desire all the Longing Thir●ing Breathing of poor Believers ●● that Christ would take them to hi● self This is the Sum of all th● Prayers and Labours that they m● be fitted for Christ and then t●● Christ would take them to himse● Well saith Christ work and wait little longer do and suffer a li●● more act your Faith and Patience little longer and I will come to y●● and take you home to my self whe● your Souls shall be at Rest for e●● The Saints while they are here ● home in the Body they are absent fro● the Lord they see but in part darkl● and know but in part very imperfe●ly and enjoy but a little a very l●tle of God and Christ O how sw● are a few Drops a few Glimpses a● Glances of Divine Love now to a po● Soul the least Cast of Christ's Ey● the least Beam of his Loving-kindne● the least Intimation of his Favour ●● least hint of his Goodness how r●freshing to a poor Believer But wh● Christ shall receive them to himse● they shall then see him as he is shall ● like him and shall he satisfied with his L●● ●●ss 1 John 3. 2 3. Psal 17. 15. Then ●●all they see him whom their Souls ●ove Face to Face and then will Jesus open to them all the Treasures of his Love and Grace to their everlast●ng Consolation They shall then be admitted into the glorious Presence of ●he great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ in whose Presence is fulness of Joy and at whose right Hand are Pleasures for ever-more Psal 16. ult When the World shall cast them out and their Habitations shall cast them out ●nd shall know them no more yea when their Houses of Clay shall be broken down and dissolved and can hold them no longer then will Jesus blessed Jesus receive them to himself Then shall they be solemnly married to their glorious Bridegroom the King of Heaven's Son the Prince of the Kings of the Earth he will receive them to himself he will take them for ●is Bride embrace them in his everlasting Arms and lay them in his blessed Bosom for ever and ever I will receive you to my self into the nearest Union and Communion with my self and therefore be not u●willing to part with your dear Relations be not afraid to be sep●rated from your Bodies your o● Friends for when these earth● Tabernacles are dissolved immed●ately I will receive you to my sel● which is best of all You shall th● enjoy the Fruits of all my Suffering Death

any Spiritual Benefit by any Affliction we may certainly conclude that the Love of God was in that Affliction Fury is not in God towards his People Isa 27. 4. And he intends nothing ●ut our profit all his ends are for our good to purge away our Sins to wean us from the World to draw us nearer to himself to humble us to try us to conform us to Christ to prepare us for Glo●y c. Now seeing God's Ends are ●o much for our good we must conclude That all our Afflictions proceed from his Love and when we find any of those Ends accomplished in us and on us and that we have received real spiritual good by them we ought to be strengthned in ●ur Belief that God hath corrected us in Love so that Faith acted on the love of God in our Affliction will prevent or ●ure our Heart-trouble Our Lord told ●is Disciples That the Father had loved ●hem John 16. 27. Secondly Faith acted upon God's Glori●us Attributes will fortify against Heart●rouble First upon his All sufficiency Ye b●lieve that God is All-sufficient in a● of himself alone every way able to s●ply all Wants to make up and repair ● Losses to satisfy all Desires to susta● under all Burdens and that without ● earthly Comforts for how else are t● Saints in Heaven happy who have no● of these Earthly Enjoyments Ye belie● this act your Faith on it He must nee● be All-sufficient who made the Worl● and all things in it and upholds it to t● day He that owns all things and Possessor of Heaven and Earth He i● that is your God your Father act y● Faith on him and be comforted Secondly He is All-mighty you belie● this So Christ hath told his Discipl● All things are possible to God He can bre● the hardest Heart and can bind up ● most broken Spirit He can make up ● greatest Loss We are kept by the mig● Power of God 1 Pet. 1. 5. Oh how s● is that Man that is in the Love and C●venant and that lies in the Arms a● Bosom of the Almighty God Deut. 33. ● He can bring Light out of Darkness a● make the greatest Loss to prove t● greatest Gain He hath the Keys of t● Grave to him belong the issues from Death All Power belongeth to him nothing is too hard for him Thirdly His absolute Soveraignty and Supremacy All Souls are his Ezek. 18. 4. He gives he takes who can hinder him May he not do with his own what pleaseth him Ye believe this Hath he not a Right in all the Works of his hands and may he not dispose of all as he will Fourthly His Vnchangeableness God is in one mind Job 23. 13 14. The thoughts of his Heart stand to all Generations He sets bounds to the Sea to the Life of Man and to all the Comforts of Life the number of his Months is with God Job 14. 5. Believe this Fifthly His Wisdom God is only wise the Fountain of Wisdom he doth all he doth in infinite Wisdom He is wise in Heart and worketh all things according to the counsel of his Will He knows what is best for us when to give when to take and what will do us most good Believe this And let not your Hearts be troubled Sixthly His Righteousness All his Ways are just and equal Yea when Clouds and Darkness are round about him his Providences towards us dark yet the● Righteousness and Judgment are the habit●tion of his Throne God the Judge of t●● World can do no wrong believe this ● God and it will quiet your minds Lastly His Faithfulness In faithfuln● thou hast afflicted me saith holy Davi● Psal 119. 75. He hath promised he w● withhold no good thing from his Peop● Now he sees and knows that Afflictio● are good for them good for their Soul● his daily Rod as good for their Souls his daily Bread is for their Bodies Ther●fore he brings Afflictions on them and makes good his Promise to them O ●lieve this and let not your Hearts be tr●bled Certainly Faith acted on Go● Attributes will support under the great● Stroaks and most grievous Losses Thirdly Faith acted on the Covenan● Grace God's everlasting Covenant ●● help to support under Trouble Ye b●lieve in God that God hath made a C●venant with you to become your Go● Jerem. 31. 33. I will be your God and shall be my People This is infinitely mo●● for God to become our God to give hi● self to us than if he had said I will gi● you Crowns and Kingdoms Sons and Daughters when God saith I will be your God he saith I will be All that to you and I will do All that for you and bestow All that upon you which a God can be or do and which shall make you most happy for ever I will pardon your Sins I will give you new Hearts give you my Spirit I will give you Grace here and Glory hereafter This Acting of Faith in God's Covenant supported David in his greatest Troubles 2 Sam. 23. 5. a nota●le Text When the Lord had made ●reach upon breach in his Family this Comforted him that God had made with him an everlasting Covenant That he was in Covenant with God that God was his God in Covenant this ballanced all his Losses and repaired all the Breaches made in his Relations tho his Family was wasted and blasted this answered all that he was in Covenant with God This is the Language of Faith If God be my God if I be his Child born of him reconciled to him pardoned justified sanctified in Covenant with him Why am I troubled though he give me neither Health nor Wealth nor Friends nor Relations Have I not enough in having God to be my God Is not God mo● than All But if God be not my God ● have cause enough to be troubled the● considering the Danger I am in and ● Trouble for this should swallow up all ther Trouble For surely either God mine in Covenant or he is not if he mine in Covenant then tho he break ● Family make breaches upon all my ear●ly Comforts yet he will not break ● Covenant Psal 89. 32. and so long I ● well enough If he leave me neither S● nor Daughter if he strip me of Frien● Estate Liberty Health c. yet he ● mains my God still and so long it is ● enough it cannot be ill with a Ma● long as God is his ye believe this Fourthly Faith acted upon the Wor● God will support the Soul Ye beli● God's Word the Word of Truth Ps● 119. 50. This is my Comfort in my Afflicti● thy Word hath quickned me So ver 92. ● not thy Law been my Delight I had peris● in my Affliction First Consider the Word of Prece● as in the Text it is Christ's Comma● Let not your Hearts be troubled Ma● such Commands we have in Scripture ● not to fear not to be cast down sorrow not as those that have no hope 1