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A31454	A preparation for martyrdom a discourse about the cause, the temper, the assistances and rewards of a martyr of Jesus Christ : in a dialogue betwixt a minister, and a gentlemanhis [sic] parishioner.	Cawdrey, Zachary, 1616-1684.	1681 (1681)	Wing C1648; ESTC R8822	35,036	47

to his Glorious Majesty you suffer for Righteousness sake and the Commands of God with the examples of the Saints in all Ages will justifie you herein Nay further if you suffer for exercising the true Worship of God either singly as Daniel or socially with other Devout Persons fearing God as the Primitive Christians did daily and weekly not forsaking the assembling themselves together Heb. 10. 25. You suffer for Righteousness sake For God is God and is to be worshiped whether man will allow it or no. I speak not this as if I thought it unlawful for the Civil Governor when any of his Subjects shall Assemble in a considerable Number to require security of them that they will not under pretence of Divine Worship like the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their Sacrifice complot the Disturbance of the Publick Peace Next if you suffer for holding fast and contending for the Faith and Truth once and at once delivered to the Saints you suffer for Righteousness sake And this hath been and will be the most general cause of Suffering to the Saints of God For they are Children of the Light and of the Truth and by Publishing and Professing of the Truth they not only turn others from darkness to light but also from the power of Satan unto God which makes him and his Instruments rage against it First therefore He suffers for Righteousness who suffers from Athiests for owning the belief of a God that is for professing to believe That there is a Glorious and Incomprehensible Being eternally existing unmade and distinct from all things that are made unmeasurable in his Infinite Presence Infinitely Powerful Wise Good and All-knowing who made preserves and Governs all things and is to be Feared Loved Trusted in and to be Submited to Obeyed and Worshiped by all Men and Angels and to be desired and chosen by them as their Portion and Happiness Next He Suffers on the same good account who Suffers from Heathen and Polytheists for professing to believe there is One onely God and thus some amongst the Jews yea and amongst the Heathen as Socrates and thousands of the Primitive Christians Suffered and are Martyres of God yet they were by the Polytheists reputed Atheists because they denied their false Gods Next He Suffers for Righteousness Sake who Suffers from Materialists or Hobbists for professing that God is a Glorious Spritual Being free and unconstrained by any natural or fatal necessity who is every where intire and not divided into parts Working all Things according to his own Will And indeed Hobbism or Hylexism is but a blanched and disguised Atheism and is the Pander to all sensual Lusts and the Canker of Loyalty and incourager of Rebellion Next He is God's and Christ's Martyr who Suffers for the Arrian or Socinian for professing to believe according to the Revelation of God concerning himself that the glorious Godhead through its Infinite Perfection subsists in Three Father Son and Holy-Ghost owning that Unity and undividing Communion of Essence do each of them imply Perfection and are a way of Subsistence proper to the Godhead and as incommunicable and unparallel'd in the Creatures as his Eternity of duration or the immensity of his spiritual Presence are And Thousands of Christians thus Suffered of Old under the Arrians Next He is a Martyr of Jesus who Suffers from Jew Mahometan Heathen or any other Insidel for professing to believe That Jesus conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary at Bethlehem in the time of Augustus Caesar the Roman Emperor brought up at Nazareth and Crucifi'd under Pontius Pilate the Roman Governor in Judea at Jerusalem was the Promised Seed of the Woman the Man from the Lord the same that should comfort Mankind against the Curse the Seed of Abraham the Shiloh of Juduh the Rod and Branch of the Root of Jesse the Son of David and he of whom the Tradition was to the Fathers of Old that he should Break the Serpents Head and overthrow the design of Satan for man's destruction and of whom the Prophets prophecied That in him all Nations should be Blessed and he should be a Covenant to all People and bear our Sins and have the Chastisements of our Peace laid on him that is that he should as a Mediator betwixt God and Man Seal a new Covenant for us in his Blood wherein God promiseth pardon to the Penitent Believer and grace to the humble Suppliant and peace to the Contrito and glory to the persevering in Faith and Holiness and that his Death is the onely Propitiation for our Sins and that he accordingly dyed for our Sins and confirmed thereby the Covenant and rose again the third day and ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God being exalted even in his Humane Nature above the highest Angels and that he is God the Word and Wisdom of the Father Incarnate and is appointed to be the Judge of the quick and the Dead and that there neither is nor was nor shall be any other Name under Heaven by which Sinners may be saved but the Name of Jesus Christ A Christian may meet with Sufferings also from other Sects but the main Sect and Heresie against which I perceive you desire to be fortified is that of the Papists from whom ten thousand times ten thousand of the Saints of God have suffered for owning the Faith once delivered to the Saints and that Whore sitting on the Scarlet Beast hath made her self drunk with the Blood of the Martyrs of Jesus though as I said before I belive many of our English Papists to be of a more debonaire temper at present Par. It is indeed my chief desire to be fortified in suffering in opposition to Popish Errors though your accounts about other Sects redound also to my Advantage Min. You suffer therefore as a Martyr of Jesus if you suffer because you own that God since the writing of the Scriptures hath appointed them to those who have them as an intire rule of Faith in all things which God hath by Revelation made known concerning the way in which he will carry on Sinner to Salvation and that it is the Code or Body of all the Laws and Institutions of Christ to his Church But if you please I will speak of this a little more largely Parish Yea Sir I desire you would because I find that it is pleaded that once the Faith of the Patriarchs and so also of the first Christians was built upon Oral Tradision and Catechetical Institution Min. You say right the Patriarchs Doctrine of Faith about the Creation of the World about the Fall of Man about the promised Seed and about Sacrifices Tythes the Patriarchal Sabbath and Marriage was at first delivered by Oral Tradition and derived by Catechising from Father to Son But after that the Nations had corrupted the true Doctrine and Adulterated the Tradition it pleased God to inspire Moses to

these consolatory Graces of sincere Love to God to his Church and our Eenemies with firm Faith and Heavenly Hope yielding their strength in the hour of suffering more than ever before do abundantly recompence the sufferings of the Martyrs But besides these Comforts which the exercise of these Graces then yields giving their influence chiefly by way of Reasoning or Discourse in our selves the Martyr may expect immediate Illapses and Incomes of Comfort God sealing then to his Soul the assurance of his unchangeable Love in Christ For it is suitable to the Fatherly Goodness of God than to unvail his Love and Mercy and lift up the Light of his Countenance on his suffering Servant that as St. Paul said 2 Cor. 1. 4. As the sufferings of Christ do abound in them so their Consolations also do abound by Christ This Joy has it that toned the Song of Paul and Silas in the Dungeon and hath enabled many a Martyr to sing in the Plaines Thus the Consolations of the Martyrs are looked upon by the Ancients as being of a larger size than any other Saints enjoyed on Earth like the Portion of the Heir or First Born which is double to his Brethren like Eliah's double Meal that must strenghthen him for travelling over an howling Wilderness Such are the joys and extasies of the suffering Saints even like the confines of Heaven it self as there is a greater and pleasanter light in the dawning of the Day than the Moon and Stars could give thus it is to the dying Martyr his soul is just entring upon that Eternal day of Glory that shall never decay So that we may apply to their state that of the Prophet Isaiah The light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be seven fold as the light of seven days in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people and healeth the stroake of their wound Next God then Communicates to a suffering Christian Patience and Strength far surmounting all the Courage and Fortitude that ever was given to any other of the Sons of men for as a Christian then wrestles not with flesh and blood only but also with Devils and damned Spirits who possess and enrage their Persecutors so may they warrantably expect a supply of strength coming near to the impassibility of the Angels that what they feel shall not afflict them thus how composedly and in a manner unconcernedly have the Saints born their Torments and so by Patience have Triumphed over the Devil and his Instruments and thus it hath been to many Saints of old I will instance but in one St. Austine reports of Vincentius the Martyr that when he was Tormented he spake with that Meekness and Composedness that a Stander by would have thought it was one man that suffered and another that spake The Tyrants raged and roared and stamped and gnashed their Teeth for indignation that they could not break the courage of the Holy Martyr they tear and rend his Body and Members with a rage above that of Wild Beasts while the Martyr in meekness was still composed and himself in Patience possessing his own soul so that indeed the Tormenters were Tormented and the Tortured did Conquer and Triumph over Satan and evil Angels in the Cross of Christ and made a shew of them openly Oh what a glorious sight is this a spectaclo worthy of the Theatre of Heaven and Earth who would not clap their hands and lift up their shouts in applauding the Grace of God Conquering in his Saints Such strength may an humble Christian warrantably promise himself to be Communicated to him from God when he is called to suffer for him Parish Oh Sir How have you filled me with an Holy Emulation and desire to be also partaker of the sufferings of Christ But I will not interrupt you I pray you proceed Minis The last thing I propounded for your support was the consideration of the Reward to come the Glory that shall be revealed It is very true that sometimes that promise of Christ Mark 10. 29 30. is literally expressed He that forsakes houses or parents or wife or brethren or children for Christs sake and the Gospels receives an hundred fold now in this time Houses and Brethren and Mothers and Sisters and Children and Lands with Persecutions because God makes all the Saints near him to serve him with their Persons and Estates so that he hath an hundred Brethren and Sisters and Nurses and Houses for one that he forsook Thus Davids Cross led him to a Temporal Crown and the Faithful Christians in Constantius Clorus's Court who forsook their Offices and Preferments rather than they would forsake their Religion were received back to greater Favour and Higher Places the Emperor wisely concluding that they would be most faithful to their Emperor who were most true to their God and Saviour But this is a small part of that promise which Christ hath made unto his Martyrs for Matth. 5. 10 12. he not only promiseth them Heaven but a great reward in Heaven even greater than to other Saints who did not pass through that Red Sea of blood to the Promised Land Some Pious and Learned men suppose that the Resurrection of the Martyrs in their bodies before other Saints being the first Resurrection and their Raign with Christ a thousand years is warrantably expected from Rev. 20. 4 5 6. This opinion is far from the Pestilent and Seditious persuasion of the Fifth Monarchy men but whether this shall be so or no we must leave to God to make evident for events 〈…〉 the surest Interpreters of Prophecies but this we are 〈…〉 sured of that those who come out of great Tribulation 〈…〉 and have washed their Robes and made them White 〈…〉 the blood of the Lamb Rev. 7. 14. that is in suffering 〈…〉 Christ and after his example shall have Crowns of Rig●teouss of the brightest lustre for if God hath provided 〈…〉 the beauty and qualities of all Creatures to gratifie 〈…〉 sences of our bodies sure he hath provided some 〈…〉 things for our immortal souls Those Saints who 〈…〉 souls God doth as it were suck by a Kiss out of 〈…〉 bodies as the Jews say of Moses dying quietly in 〈…〉 Beds enter into Joys unspeakable and full of Glory 〈…〉 how much more abundant shall be the Portion of 〈…〉 Martyrs To be sure to them that overcome shall 〈…〉 given to Eat of the Tree Life which is in the midst 〈…〉 the Paradise of God the Heart and Centre of Joy 〈…〉 to Feast with hidden Manna and to have a White 〈…〉 a Symbal of Gods Approbation and special Love and 〈…〉 it a new name Written which none can Read but 〈…〉 that hath it and to receive the Morning Star the 〈…〉 Fruits of Glory and to be Clothed in White Rayme●● and follow the Lamb as his Favorite-Courtiers and to 〈…〉 made Pillars of the Temple of God the principla 〈…〉 of it on whom Christ will write his own Name and 〈…〉 Fathers Name and the Name of the City of God 〈…〉 New Jerusalem as those who have done special 〈…〉 to and therefore receive special Favour from God a Christ and his Church and to sit with Christ on 〈…〉 Throne and to be Kings and Priests to God for ever and 〈…〉 To him that loved us and washed us from our sins in 〈…〉 own Blood and Consecrates us by our sufferings with h 〈…〉 to Raign with him in Glory To him with the Father a 〈…〉 the blessed Spirit be Hononr and Glory and Dominic 〈…〉 for ever and ever Amen Parish Amen and Amen FINIS ERRATA Page 6. line 24. read Imbarked p. 7. l. 30. put in more l. 32. r. looser p. 〈…〉 l. 241 r. Christiant p. 14. l. 3 ● from p. 16. l. 11. r. intirely p. r 8 l. 29 r. succession 〈…〉 l. 30. blot out when p. 25. l. 15. r. sensualist The Reader is desired to Correct the last 〈…〉 Sheets if any faults have escaped the Author not having the perusal of them at the Pres 〈…〉 See Mr. Morgan Godwin's Negro's Advocate Isa 42. 23. Mat. 5. 10. 1 Pet. 3. 14. Psal 119. 115. Dan. 6. 10. Gen. 3. 15. Gen. 4. 1. Gen. 5. 29. Gen. 22. 18. Gen. 49. 10. Rev. 17. 6. The Patriarchal Sabbath was our Sunday changed to Saturday to the Jews on occasion of the sending Quails and Manna * Hoc est corpus meum Psal 149. 1. Psal 116. 15. Psal 119. 119. Ephes 6. 14 15 16 c. Is chiefly referred to in collection of the qualifications of a Mar 〈…〉 Psal 41. 12. Col. 2. 2 3 4. Per calcatam irem Patrem per calcatam Matrem Bp. Ridleys Letter to Bp. Hooper Psal 8. 2. Cant. 4 2●● 2 Cor. 1. 12 2 Cor. 5. 11. 1 Pet. 2. 22. Eccles 8. 1. Joh. 5. 4. Psal 46. ● 2. 1 King 19. 8. Isa 30. 26. Tantum poena in membris tanta tranquillitas in verbit tanquam alius tarquereretur alius loqueretur Rev. 2. 7. 17. 28. Rev. 3. 12. 21.