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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20549	A plaine and familiar exposition of the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of the Prouerbs of Salomon	Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.	1608 (1608)	STC 6959.5; ESTC S4611	122,696	160

Admonition to be heedfull continually that we expose not Vse 1 our hearts to these dirall and bitter terrors by prouoking the Lord to wrath with any presumptuous offences If we will walk in such waies as whereby his spirit shall be grieued he will bring our waies vpon our owne heads and cause our heartes to be aff●ighted Hardnes may happily hold possession of them and make them senselesse without all feeling for a time but howsoeuer it keepeth out grace yet it cannot alwayes keepe out feares and though it put men in hope of peace and safety yet it conspireth against them and hastneth their dread and dangers If they belong vnto the Lord this horror will be a working medicine to cure them of their security and sinfulnesse if they be children of destruction it will be a cleere euidence of God his iustice that others may beware of being secure and sinfull Oh how wise therfore be they and prouident for their owne happines which preuent this burden of misery by timely eschewing of vice and wickednesse which vpon examination of their wayes doe feare themselues with the threatnings of the lawe that God may imbolden them with the promises of the Gospell which afflict their soules with sorrow for their sins that he may refresh them with the pardon of the same Instruction to be pitifull to them whose hearts are wounded at the sight of their sinnes and the feare of Gods iudgements if we know how to succour them their case calleth for our helpe if we can giue them any direction their distresse requireth our counsaile and it is a seruice very acceptable to God to declare our compassion to them and be a meanes of their comfort It would haue bin asmuch for the commendation of Iobs friends to the end of the world as it is now for their dispraise if they had dealt like skilfull and mercifull physitions as through indiscretion they shewed themselues miserable comforters But they that mocke at their mourning and deride their griefe as though it grew from melancholie or childishnesse let them know that their owne heartes will one day be bitten with gripings and griefe vnlesse they repent they shall bee stung with the guiltinesse of an euill conscience eyther before they come to the end of their race or vpon their death-bed or in place of destruction They now scoffe at their brethren which groane vnder a burden that they feele not who knoweth but that heereafter they maie sinke and perish vnder a burden which their brethren shall neuer feele Incouragement to those of Gods people which feare their case to be desperate because as they thinke it is singuler No man saith each of them was euer assaulted with such feares temptations or oppressed with such anguish or agonies as I am And why do you deem your owne terrors and griefes to be greatest but because you haue no experience of other mens So euery other man whose heart knoweth the bitternes heere mentioned doth thinke that you were neuer so greatly afflicted as he is for because euery mans taste whereby he vsually measureth his state in feares and temptation is onely in himselfe But if it were yeelded that your trouble is not only greater then your neighbours know but farre more grieuous then they susteyne yet ye are not without remedy so long as the Lord faileth not of al sufficiency He knoweth how much you suffer how long you can indure Doct. 2 and is able to helpe and readie in due time to ease you And a stranger shall not meddle with his ioy c. Gods people feele their greatest comfort after their bitterest griefe When they haue tasted more gall then others were ware of they shall be satisfied with hony aboue that which any canue cōceiue of Heauines cōmeth before to soiourne in their harts for a short time but gladnes followeth after to inhabit thee foreuer Many testimonies doth the Scripture yeeld for confirmation of this point because most men being carnall a few are perswaded of it In Matthew Christ in a word pronounceth them blessed that mourne because they shall be comforted Math. 5. 4. In Iohn he more largely dwelleth vpon it affirming it by promise and confirming it by proofe Ver●ie verilie I saie vnto you that you shall weepe and lament and the world shall reioice and yee shall sorrow but your sorrow shall be turned into i●●e A woman when Iohn 16 21 she trauelleth hath sorrow because her houre is come but as soone as shee is deliuered of the child shee remembreth no more the anguish for io●● that a man is borne ●●to the world c. Jn Isaiah he foretelleth it auouching the same aswell in the old testament as the new The Lord saith he hath sent mee to preach Isay 61. 1 2 3. good tidings vnto the poore and to binde vp the broken hearted to preach the acceptable yeere of the Lord and to comfort all that mourne to appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion and to giue vnto them beutie for ashes the oile of ioie for mourning the garment of gladnes for the spirite of heauines First godly sorrow is caused by faith and causeth repentance Reasons 1 vnto saluation not to be repented of and so remission of sinnes and peace of conscience and ioie in the Holie ghost insueth vpon it They which haue beene pressed with the burden of sinne will be much refreshed with deliuerance from it they which haue bin terrified with the guiltines of sin and the horrible sight of damnation cannot chuse but hee ioyfull at the pardon thereof when their soules are assured of saluation Hence groweth greater gladnesse than from discharge of debtes to them that stand in state of bankrupts then from the princes pardon graunt of life to them that are condemned to dye Secondly great afflictions compell the godly to poure out many praiers before God and the multitude of praiers is very mighty and faileth not of force to bring marueilous much consolation to the conscience Thirdly where the soule is hūbled by sorrows feares the Lord delighteth to be presēt in goodnes fauour and so much meant Dauid when hee said The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirite a Psal 51. 17. contrite and a broken hart O God thou wilt not despise And so much himselfe most gratiously professeth when hee saith I dwell in the Psal 57. 15. hie and holie place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to reuiue the spirite of the humble and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart Now is it possible for comfort to bee absent where his kindnesse is present or can that heart bee voide of consolation which is inhabited by the God of consolation or may he which hath the fountaine and sea of gladnesse within him remaine a dry pitte and be vtterly empty of gladnes Jnstruction when griefes and troubles disquiet our heartes to examine of what sort they be