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A86456	A Christian looking-glasse or, A glimps of Christs unchangably everlasting love. Discovered in several sermons, in the parish-church of Sutton-Valence. Kanc. By Hezekiah Holland anglo-hibernus, minister of the gospel at Sutton de Valentiâ.	Holland, Hezekiah, fl. 1638-1661.	1649 (1649)	Wing H2425; Thomason E1376_2; ESTC R209245	59,021	132

love in Christ is to be seen in provideing heaven for man when he was not and when after most sinfull the joyes of a man in Christ eare has not heard eye hath not seene nor entred into mans heart to conceive 1 Cor. 2. v. 9. those joyes are like the new name which no man knowes but he that has it Revel 2. v. 17. but the joyes in heaven with Christ exceed the Apostle that was there sayes they are not to be uttered but unspeakable and most likely since out of love provided by such infinite wisdome we see the pavement of that glorious edifice how bespangled with lights but what then must the inner glory thereof be I say modestly of it as one did I will not too earnestly covet to know its glory before I come there lest striving to know its glory I forget the ●●ay thither then my losse will seeme greater knowing the greatnesse of the losse But with a parenthesis I know whom I have beleeved and am verily perswaded he will keep me safe and present me spotlesse at that day Consider what most intolerable yet to be undergone and everlasting and most exquisite paines Christ out of love has delivered his from What never slaking tortures what mercilesse furie of unweariable tormentors what utter despaire of any possibility of release what never dying death ever renewing torments never pitied never intermitted damnation His love appears in giving his his guard of Angels to keep them in all their wayes Bernard dixit Bonus Angelus videt te peccantem do let malus gaudet cave deus videt qui judicat ergo ne pecces those which wait upon his own throne guard the cottages of his people Psal 34.7 Whether each Saint has his Angel I affirm not saies Calvin yet two places seem plain Matth. 18.10 their Angels behold and Acts 12. v. 15. 't is his Angel See the Churches opinion then how ever 't is certaine the Angels take care of them put good thoughts into the soules which the Spirit must sanctifie why shall not they be allowed to put good thoughts into us as well as the Divel bad they oft resist Satan unknown to the Saints when he would else appear to frighten nay to devoure See the Jearned M. Leigh on the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thus Daniel may be understood 12.1 Then stood up Michael your Prince which is for the people for though Christ may be meant oft by Michael the Archangel yet the Archangel is used distinct from Christ 1 Thes 4.16 the Lord shal descend speaking of Christ with a shout the voyce of the rather of an Archangel Master Perkins We read Christ shal come with his holy Angels are not the Angels distinct from Christ Now by the by If one Archangel why not more the Jewes rekon seven Michael Gabriel Raphael Daniel but to omit their testimony in Daniel 10. v. 13. Michael is called one of the chiefe Princes or the first one implies more a first a second David stirs up himself by the example of Angels praysing God the true meaning of that Psalme 103. v. 20. but whom means he they excell in strength man that were no honour hee 's but dust they excel not only the wicked spirits but one another the excellers are Archangels Peter saies as much compare Peter with Jude 9. the Angels excelling in strength bring nota railing accusation 2 Pet. 2.11 Iude saies Michael the Archangel did not bring a railing accusation quoting the same * Satan branded Moses for a murderer because of the Egyptian though hee was in commission from God but his brethren understood it not Acts 7.25 and would have the murderer his sepulchre known because a murderer but his aime was that Israel most prone to Idolatry might worship and Idolize the bones and Sepulchre story the same Agents or Disputants onely one in the singular number the other the plural A Habr●isme one Gospel saies theeves railed on Christ the other one of the theeves thus understand Revel 4.5 of the seven spirits before the throne not because seven is a perfect number in Scripture therefore that number used not understand septemplicem spiritus operationem qui tamen in se unissimus est but understand seven spirits or Archangels being more agreeable to that place so understand Job 38 v. 7. when morning stars sang together and sons of God shouted for joy There are no morning stars but one Venus sometime she is the morning star sometime the evening nor were stars created till the fourth day therefore could not sing at laying the foundation of the earth as these in Job did again stars cannot properly be said to sing remember the chief of Divels is called Lucifer the or a morning star Esa 14.12 Lastly God had at laying the foundation of the earth no other sons but Angels man not created long after by morning stars Archangels are to be understood as excelling by sons of God Angels Gods sons by creation Envine not man and his guard on earth more guarded then * Sine custode metuendum est multomajus a custode est metuendum C.A. dixit regarded thy guard O beloved love thee rejoyce at mans good are thousands of thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand Dan. 7. v. 10. had we our eyes opened as Elisha's servant we should see more for us then against us How great is man O Lord how hast thou in love visited him After this life they like Chariot and horses of fire convoy the soul of the Saint as conquerour through Christ to heaven mark what an honourable and safe convoy the blessed souls have John proves the Saints able to discern the truth from falshood Christ fró Antichrist and to overcome because of this annoynting of the spirit 1 John cap. 2. v. 13 20. veritas enim est index sui obliqui little doth the world think what a noble person it abuses when it abuses a Saint Think not O Saint I wrong Christ by saying he is not the Archangel only used in Scripture behold I rather praise him shewing his glory in his glorious creatures Christs love appears in giving his people his holy spirit as he has fenced them without so he has strengthened them within to resist and overcome hence those soveraign graces to stand in time of temptation to be heartned against all doubts and feares assured of Christs love and salvation enabled to cry Abba Father so in the might of God his people may bid defiance to the gates of hell let all principalities and powers rulers of darknes do their worst his people in right of him whose they are are above their malice though weak in themselves strong in him sinful in themselves but Christ is their righteousnesse How canst thou be but comforted O Christian that hast the holy spirit the Comforter with thee I will shew thee in a word or two by way of digression Be of good comfort saies Christ

John 16. ult I have overcome the world which would discomfort thee Christ speaks it who speaks not to the eare only as man but to the heart and soul he saies be circumcised and repent speaking to the elect yet in sin not that they have a power to repent no more then the world had to be made when he said let it be or then Lazarus being dead to whom he said come forth to arise but because he gives power with his word to the elect to the world to Lazarus to repent to be made to rise from the dead consider who bids Christ against whom all sin with the Father is committed he who is Judge he bids then thy sinnes need not cast thee down be of good cheere daughter sayes he for thy sinnes be forgiven thee thy faith has made thee whole Luke 8.48 Who now shall condemn since Christ justifies Rom. 8.33 I am neer that justifie who will contend with thee Esay 50.8 Survey thy adversaries who can dismay thee Who art thou that art afraid of a man I even I am he that comfort you of man whose breath is in his nostrils and forgettest me thy Maker of man that is as grasse and of the son of man that shall die Esay 51.12 13. Remember O Saint God tels thee man is grasse consider God gives grasse good ground to grow in Sun to cherish dew and rain to nourish though the oppressor has the blessings of the world fear him not God can blesse outwardly as he did Israel and curse inwardly and secretly the meat of God being in their mouths the wrath of God may be upon the wealthiest of them I have read of a lightning that hurts not the scabberd yet melts the sword but consider Esay 50. v. 9. they shall waxe old as a garment like a garment so the oppressour may be in fashion nay and do God service for the present but Simonides in vitam humanam shall suddenly be out of date as an old sute of cloaths another shall come in the rome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 One generation passeth away and another cometh Shall Satan discomfort thee true he loves to imprison Christs people but Christ having the Keyes of hell Delphis oracula cessant juven Plutarch de defectu oraculorum Cicero lib. 2. de divinatione speaks of oracles ceasing All the Idols of Egypt when Christ was there fell down of their own accord polid postea quam Jesus colitur saies the wicked Por phyrius nihil utilitatis a diis consequi possumus grave death none of his can be imprisoned without consent but wretched creatures Christ has spoyled principalities and powers triumphing over them Colos 2. v. 15. By dying his death spoyled Satans kingdom There is story in Plutarch how one Thamus an Aegyptian being in a becalmed ship at sea a voyce came to him commanding him though with sorrow to proclaime at a certaine place he sayled by the death of great god Pan which he having accordingly done there followed much s●●●●●…i●g crying howling lamentalion Pan was Christ the great Shepheard of our souls who upon search is found to have dyed about that time and so ruined Satan Christs very birth frightned him from oraculizing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Divels own confession But however Satan could only bruise the heel of Christ people Christ is onely able to comfort earthly and creature-comforts are but as the white of an Egge in Iob without taste Christ will nay has sent the spirit the comforter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A spirit can only comfort a spirit he comes skipping over mountains of sin and obstacles to assist he puts by Mary Magdalens over-curious touch though she had so long waited about the Sepulchre to see him or to hear news of him to hasten comfort to his pensive Disciples and sad Peter Go saies Christ haste to my Disciples tell them and Peter that has denied me thrice that I am alive that as I dyed for their sins so I am arose for their justification Christ was annoynted for this purpose to comfort Esay 61.2 he has balme of Gilead for a sorrowful spirit and oyle of comfort for those that mourn in Sion he has promised to send the Comforter John 14.17 and though he is not bound to man to make good his promise yet because God if we beleeve not that is if we stagger through weaknesse at the promise he continues faithful and cannot deny himself 2 Tim. 2 12 13. he has prayed to the Father and therefore ye shall be comforted John 14.16 creature comforts are like feasts of a Funeral seem indeed to gild sorrow over or flatter woe but are indeed as Iob's but miserable comforters we say as Rachel give me children or I die Object I have waited but he comes not Answ Christ loves thee therefore when he sees time he will come and will not tarry wait his leasure he is they Creator thy Master thy Husband thou hast much sinned against him he would have come to thee with the spirit of information oft but thou didst refuse now thou wouldst have him come to thee with the spirit of consolation if he would not at all he serv'd thee well enough but he will come then wait thou maist perceive thou hast his spirit in some measure in that thou dost endure else with Iudas or Achitophel thou wouldst end thy dayes We trust our Physician when we are very low yet he brings us lower he thinks us not low enough for a comfortable cordial God perchance sees thee not empty enough of creature-comforts not humble enough for many are humbled yet not humble believe him he will yet come and raise up If a Merchant having a ship at sea could certainly be perswaded it would come home safe and rich he patiently would wait its arrival though it be absent long as God is true beleeve his promise as Christ has been touched with the same infirmities remember his compassion he is one with thee therefore thou canst not long be comfortlesse he being happy he desires not to drink of the fruit of the Vine alone that is to partake of glory or the comforts of the spirit compared to cherishing wine but to drink it with his disciples Christ's are his Temple there are Hymns and spiritual Songs he dwels in his people how can sorrow or not comfort be there where the God of all comfort and consolation is Art thou afflicted for his cause Behold Christ with the three children in the furnace Art thou unmindful of Gods visiting his people by Angels sometimes by Christ in their shape and doth he not visit thee with the spirit who is above Angels as is his name so is he Immanuel is his name and God is with us the triple negation may confirme the point Heb. 13. v. 5. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I will never never never forsake thee No wonder then Saint Paul bids the Saints rejoyce alwaies I say rejoyce Phil. 4.4 Could Caesar think to

comfort and encourage the fearful Pilo tin the dangerous storme by saying quid times nauta Caesarem vehis Feare not Caesar is thy fare and not rather the Saints which as the Disciples once had Christ aboard have Christ to command wind and waves who is with them to the end of the world Amen * The Philosopher gave thanks that he was born in the time of true Philosophy How happy are we to be born in such a time not only in respect of protection but information the Lord doth effundere spiritum not de spiritu pour forth his spirit not send drops as in the Law though some particular men had the spirit in abundance but showers not only the day-star but the Sun of righteousnesse is risen upon his people Quest Object Ought we not then to pray exteporally or by the spirit Solomon says in multiloquio non deesse peccatum in the multitude of words there lacks no sin Prov. 10.19 and bids not be rash with our mouths but that our words be few Eccl. 5.2 the Disciples desire our Saviour to teach them to pray as Iohn did his intimaing a form and our Saviour in one Gospel saies to them when yee pray 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 say absolutely Our Father which art in heaven not after this manner and bids them not use vaine repetitions or much speaking himself when he prayed used the same words and was known by breaking of bread as using one form besides in the law forms were used by command from Moses Answ Sol. Whether was there that freedome in the time of the Law when we were under age differing not from children as now when the spirit powerfully teacheth with boldnesse to cry Abba Father so the time of the Law to the time of the Gospel not comparable see Perkins on Galat. 4. v. 1. A child though heire of all while under age differeth not from a servant Whether Solomon be not to be understood of common talk and vain rather then prayer whether sons adopted having the spirit to guide with some premeditation need use or do use rashnesse whether Iohn or our Saviours teaching their Disciples a form then were not more needful then now considering their ignorance which the Gospels make known and need of an A. B. C. considering the then not descent of the spirit to teach and instruct them whether after the Disciples used ever that form Peter uses another Acts 4.24.31 though that form is a most full pithy prayer for so short an one yet whether he that stirs up the gift of the spirit in him by exercise praying longer reverently carefully offend whether those repetitions forbidden were as ours expressions of zeal and affection 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and not rather such as Battus used an old foolish Poet who to fill up his Verses would stuffe in any what as O vid quotes him Montibus inquit erant erant in montibus illis whether our Saviours using the same words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luk. 24.35 were not rather an ejaculation and a zealous repetition or expression of his sor●ow rather then a proof for a set form Whether our Saviour was not known in breaking bread just at that time the spirit made him known rather then by breaking bread as a form I leave to the indifferent Reader to judge Second Answ 'T is not he that prayes most readily and fluently that has the gift of prayer he only is the best rhetorician for I dare say a wicked man having texts of Scripture ad unguem as he may be ready in the letter witnesse those Jewes who can tell how oft a word is used in the Law and Prophets shall pray as fully as earnestly as any yet not feelingly from Christ within some lip-labour only 't is to such he prayes by the spirit that from Christ within touched with the feeling of his own wants shall according to Scripture rule send the embassage of his soul to God and treat with him by faith in humility concerning his Kingdom and his Churches good since Christ has poured out his spirit upon his people why should not his people poure forth their soul to God as Hannah did and not by form 1 Sam. 1. v. 15. Cannot every child say Abba Father or shall nature teach her children to ask what they need and not grace also A Schoolemanster would think that a bad Scholler that never turns over the leafe never gets out of the old into a new lesson pardon me if I say the prayer though an unparrallel'd one taught by our Saviour was taught by him as a master the Law as a Schoole-master not then nulled Christ bids Peter not proclaim him the Christ among many reasons because he had not by dying and satisfying the Law proved himself to be the Christ Compare Matth. 16. v. 20. with 21. 17. Mat. ver 9. He forbids his Disciples to tell he was Iesus Christ ver 20. of Mat. 16. because he must suffer death as v. 21. after the Disciples had been with Christ a while and enlightened after by his Spirit as if in a higher forme they take out their own lessons without construing I have quoted you Peters I shall strive to Pray as the Apostles in some measure by the Spirit but also look back by way of rehersall to repeat the Petitions of the Lords Prayer he being the Author while then I admire mens gifts in prayer and strive to imitate them let none be displeased with me concluding all my imperfect prayers with that most absolute one of my Saviour saying Our Father c. Question Is the spirit as powerfull now as at first Answ No Miracles and the extraordinary gift of the spirit were as props to scaffold up a house when to be built which when once built are taken away Impositió of hands was used in setting Paul and Baruabas apart to an immediate and particular worke Act 13.2 3. Who had the spirit before thus we may yet use it Paul in the 6 of Heb. 1 2. cals it a principle of Religion therefore not without danger to be layd aside so the spirits extraordinary power imposition of hands was followed by the spirit which now we sadly see otherwise Anoynting with Oyle to cure the sicke was once followed by the spirit we have layed aside the oyle because the spirit goes not with it but imposition of hands has its use Had we the spirit as in the Apostles time we might write Epistles as authentique as theirs which some wretches of our age dare affirme we must be content with theirs Scripture can make perfect therefore is perfect nothing to be added though our Saviour say his spirit shall lead into all truth by interpreting Scripture as he did to the Disciples going to Emaus yet into no new truth but such as Scripture has though unknown to many The Scripture is somewhat like a roome full of Candles but not all lighted when new lights are found as