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A16529	A treatise ful of consolation for all that are afflicted in minde, or bodie, or otherwise Which armeth vs against impatiencie vnder any crosse. By Nicolas Bovvnde Doctor of Divinitie.	Bownd, Nicholas, d. 1613.	1608 (1608)	STC 3441; ESTC S114772	58,110	182

would not it is no more I that doe it but the sinne that dwelleth in me and therefore it shall not be laid vnto my charge and 25. for I my selfe in my minde serue the law of God though in my flesh I serue the law of sinne and therefore in the next chapter he breaketh out into this comfortable saying and auoucheth it most confidently that there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus which walke not after the flesh Rom. 8.1 but after the Spirit And this communion and fellowship that herein we haue with Christ for the discharging of vs from the guilt of our naturall corruption we know by two infallible tokens the one is the Spirit of sanctification which we haue receiued from him whereby it commeth to passe that we walk not afrer the flesh any more but after the Spirit vers 11. For if the Spirit of him that raised vp Iesus from the dead dwell in vs he that raised vp Christ from the dead shall also quicken our mortall bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in vs 13. and therefore if we mortifie the deedes of the bodie by the Spirit we shall liue for as many as are lead by the Spirit of God they are the sonnes of God and thus this sanctification of ours which is in sinceritie and truth though in much weaknes and great imperfection proceeding from the Spirit of God is a sure token that we are partakers of the righteousnesse of Christ to the perfect iustifying of vs in the sight of God and to the taking away of all the remnants of sinne inhering dwelling in vs continually The second testimonie hereof is the Spirit of adoption which he giueth vs to assure vs of his fauour and to deliuer vs from our feares in measure and to teach vs chearefully and comfortably to pray vnto God as to our most merciful Father for he saith that this spirit of sanctification vers 15. is not the spirit of bondage to feare again which feare is wrought in vs by the sight of our sinnes through the ministery of the law but it is the spirit of adoption whereby we crie Abba Father that is it sealeth vp our adoption in our mindes and so openeth our mouthes in prayer vnto God and therefore he addeth that the same Spirit beareth witnes with our Spirits that wee are the children of God and if wee be children wee are also heires euen the heires of God and heires annexed with Christ Thus by the Spirit of adoption which is discerned by this most excellent operation of his that it causeth vs to pray in hope to God as to our father and to call him not once father after a faint manner but twise or thrise yea continually Abba father or father father we know that we haue our part in Christ for whose sake onely he is our father and so are by him deliuered from the guiltines of all the remnants of corruption sinne though they are in our flesh and dwell there continually as the Apostle saith and doe shew themselues both by vnbeleefe and by hindring vs frō doing of that good that we would and causing vs to doe that euill that we would not Another thing whereby our faith is assaulted and often weakened is the consideration of those manifold and grieuous afflictions which may and doe befal vs in this world whereby it might seeme vnto vs that our waies are not so acceptable vnto the Lord that we might haue comfort in them For answer vnto which hee sheweth that of what nature or kind soeuer they be they shall bee so farre from hindering vs from the fauour of God from our saluation as that in them wee haue Christ Iesus who went before vs in all our afflictions further then wee can and yet at the last came vnto glorie and therefore if we patiently abide as we haue not onely the Prophets and Apostles Martyrs and other holy men but euen Christ himselfe to be our fellow in them so we shall be fellowes with him like vnto him in glorie for he saith 16. If so be that we suffer with him we shall also be glorified with him And least that it might seem grieuous vnto vs to goe to so happie an estate through so grieuous painfull a way and so might thinke that the kingdome of heauen though it bee neuer so pretious in it self we should buie it too deerely he telleth vs assuredly that by considering the afflictions of this world on the one side and the felicitie of the kingdome of heauen on the other side and so casting vp the account of the one and the other hee hath found the totall summe of them both to bee so farre differing that all the afflictions of this miserable and wretched world indured by any and from the first houre of their birth vnto their last breath are not to bee compared in greatnesse or continuance vnto that glorie and happinesse that shall there be reuealed and bestowed vpon vs according to the expresse wordes of the text I count vers 18. or all things beeing well considered I gather that the afflictions of this present time are not worthie of the glorie that shall be shewed vnto vs. And as this glorie is thus great so it is most sure and certaine though we doe not presently enioy it and therefore we need not in any wise to doubt of it for all the other creatures of God besides man which are vnreasonable and dumbe haue in their kind a certaine sense and feeling of it for though they bee now subiect and that yet but for a time vnto this vanitie that is corruption and abuse which they are in yet by the instinct of nature they doe most earnestly as it were with their heads lifted vp and neckes stretched out that they might see a great way off looke for the reuealing of the sonnes of God that so they themselues also might then be redeemed from bondage into their glorious libertie and they shall not bee disappointed of their hope Therefore much more we that haue receiued the first fruits of the spirit should with greater patience in trouble abide the will of God a while and with more certaintie and earnestnesse of desire looke for an happy change of all our afflictions in that most glorious day Which the Apostle setteth out in much more patheticall and significant wordes then I haue expressed and therefore I could not passe them ouer for he saith and 19. The feruent desire of the creature that is of the whole frame of this world and of all things in it waiteth whē the sonnes of God shall bee reuealed 20. Because the creature is subiect vnto vanitie not of his owne will or natural inclination but by reason of him which hath subdued it vnder hope For though hee did by his curse vpon all the creatures which he had made for man shew how greatly he was displeased with the fall and

sinne of man yet he would giue them hope to be restored and therefore he addeth 21. For the creature also shall be deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God For we know that euery creature groaneth with vs also and trauaileth in paine together vnto this present as a woman with child not onely with exceeding sorrowe but with hope of a comfortable deliuerance in time And not onely the creatures but we also which haue the first fruits of the Spirit euen we doe sigh in our selues waiting for the adoption euen the redemption of our owne bodies that is our last restoring when as our adoption shall be fully accomplished in soule and bodie Which condition of ours in affliction though grieuous for a time but most happie in the ende that we might not refuse to vndergoe with the rest of the creatures and our brethren sisters he calleth vs to consider the wise order which God hath appointed in sauing of vs which is by hope vers 24. for he saith We are saued by hope but hope that is seene is not hope for how can a man hope for that he seeth but if we hope for that we see not we doe with patience abide for it Therefore we must not imagine so soone to inioy all happinesse as we beleeue it but be content to want all things for a time that hoping for them with patience long-suffering we might come to them at last vnlesse we will goe about to inuert this excellent order which the Lord hath determined and appointed to be in sauing vs which is by trayning vs vp in the hope and expectation of all things promised for a season But now because the hope that is deferred is the fainting of the heart as Salomon saith that is Prou. 13.12 it maketh a man sick at the very heart to be long deferred of that that we desire and hope for therefore we might feare both in respect of our own weaknes and also the greatnes together with the long continuance of affliction that we should not with patience vnder the crosse continue to hold out happily vnto the ende he further addeth for our singular comfort that the Spirit which we haue receiued whereby we are sanctified and wherby we pray to God as to our Father shall performe this office also vnto vs that it shall helpe to beare the burden of our affliction with vs and so though we be neuer so weake yet being supported by the power of it we shall bee able to endure them well enough Rom. 8 2● for hee saith Likewise the spirit also helpeth our infirmities So that it shall be all one with vs as with a young childe vpon whose shoulder the father laying a heauie burden which of it selfe were able to presse him downe to the ground hee should so put his hand vnder it that hee should beare the whole waight almost and stresse of it himselfe and so he should make him carry it Now if the earthly father wil not of his naturall affection ouerlade the poore childe then wee neede not to feare but that the Lord our spiritual father will so increase our strength according to the measure of our afflictiōs that we shall find this promise to be true by experience That his holy spirit shall helpe our infirmities And thus Dauid commendeth the mercie of God vnto vs Ps 103.13 That as a father hath compassion on his childrē so hath the Lord compassion on thē that feare him he knoweth whereof we be made he remembreth that we be but dust where hee rendreth this one reason of the merciful dealing of God towards vs euen the knowledge that he hath of our weake and fraile estate which thing as it is most comfortable to consider so we shall finde it to be most true by experience because our Sauiour Iesus Christ hath praied for vs as himselfe witnesseth in the Gospel vnto his heauenly father that he would giue vs a comforter that might abide with vs for euer Iob. 14.16 euen the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receiue And the blessed Apostle confesseth of himselfe that he was partaker of the fruit of this praier for beeing in many afflictions that were able to haue ouercom him yet by the power of Gods spirit he did hold out happily in them 2. Cor. 4.5 saying Wee are afflicted on euery side yet are wee not in distresse we are in doubt but we despaire not we are persecuted but not forsaken we are cast downe but wee perish not Euery where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the lord Iesus that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies for we which liue are alwaies deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might bee made manifest in our bodies Where he compareth the miserable estate and condition that the faithfull and more specially the Ministers are in vnto a continuall dying and the vertues of the spirit of God in them vnto life which oppresseth that death he rendreth this reason why the Lord doth thus often afflict his seruants namly vers 7. That the excellencie of that power might be of God and not of vs that is that all men might perceiue howe they stood not by mans power but by the singular vertue of God in that they die a thousand deaths but neuer perish and so in many daungers as hee defendeth them so in much weakenes he vpholdeth them and his Spirit helpeth their infirmities And this grace of God also vpholding him in great weaknesse against most dangerous temptations he acknowledgeth in an other place for when he felt himselfe so sore troubled with them to his continuall grief as if he had had a pricke thrust into chap. 12.7 his flesh and the messenger of Satan did so molest him as though he had beene most shamefully buffetted on the face for which he besought the Lord thrise that is very often that it might depart from him he receiued this answer from God vers 9. My grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made perfect through weaknes So in this spirituall combate the Spirit of God did vphold him against the temptations of Satan and of his own corruption and so he concludeth that when he was weake then was he strong that is in his greatest weaknesse he felt the power of God vpholding him and so shall wee if wee waite vpon him For the Apostle sheweth that this which hee found by experience in himselfe by the goodnes and mercie of God belongeth to all the rest of the faithfull when he writeth thus to the Corinthians 1. Cor. 10.13 God is faithful which will not suffer you to bee tempted aboue that you be able but will euen giue the issue with the temptation that you may bee able to beare it where he saith The God that would haue vs tempted for our good wil by