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A09649	A comfortable treatise vpon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende. By O. Pigge. Seene and alowed; Comfortable treatise upon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende.	Pigg, Oliver, b. ca. 1551.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.	1582 (1582)	STC 19915; ESTC S106422	38,659	87

all pittye amongst you Surely it is no maruell that you shoulde novve pleade youre innocencie vvhen all the vvorlde may knovve your vvicked traiterous trecheries that vvill not vvillingly shut their eyes But it maye bee You thinke by some popishe vvitchery to goe in uisible by hauing some of the Popes trumpery aboute you But you deceiue youre selues and so doth he vvhom you serue Therefore repent and turne to him vvho is able to saue your soules Returne to Iesus Christe that high pastour that suffering for trueth vvith him you maye likevvise bee glorified vvith him othervvise hovvsoeuer you byte his heele vvith the Serpent hee vvill bruse your head and in the end triumph ouer you The Lorde Iesus sanctifie all that are his euen thoroughout both body soul and spirite that vvee may bee kept blamelesse vnto his holy comming Amen Amen the 27. day of this third moneth Thine assured in Christe Iohn Field 1. Pet. 4. 12. Dearely beloued think it not strange concerning the fiery triall which is among you as though some strange thing were come vnto you IT appeareth by the discourse of this epistle that y e Christians to whome Peter wrote were at that time in great persecution whereuppon after other thinges handled before in this text he commeth to giue them instructions touching this matter how they shold patiently ●eare the crosse and comfortably behaue themselues in the middest of their greatest afflictions A point of doctrine not vnnecessary for vs at this time For although by the great mercye of God it fareth not with vs as it did with the churches then Because we liue vnder a gratious prince that doth cherish and mainteine the trueth Yet because our sinnes be such as doe iustly diserue the taking away of he● royall maiesty and the restraint of pure religion I see no reason why the teachers should be charged not to take a good course in preparing the people before hande to bear such troubles whensoeuer they should come no more then our sauiour Christ was to be challenged For telling his disciples so oft of his and their own persecutions before they came arming of them againste the same It is the practise of well ordered common wealthes in the time of peace to teach their people the feates of warre And each man that hath any care of himself and his country when all things are most quiet doth neuerthelesse prouide such things in a redinesse as may stand him in steed in y ● time of trouble Euen so is it necessary that in the peace of the gospell we● be instructed to bear afflictions for the sa●e when the trueth hath greatest liberty we should continually looke for persecution therefore by the precepts and comforts of the worde be alwayes prepared to abide whatsoeuer may fal out Which considerations haue moued mee at this present to speake vnto you out of this scripture Thinke it not straunge concerning the fiery triall In this first verse he willeth the Christians not to maruell at the persecution of the churche which hee calleth by the name of fiery triall as thoughe some strāge thing had happened The last words seeme to bee set downe as a reason to perswade that which he requireth As though he should haue sayde on this wis the trouble affliction of the church or any member thereof is no straunge thing and therfore no reason why you shoulde maruel at it For we maruell at such things onely as doe seldome come to p●sse and after an extraordinary maner But if any thing come to passe often and ordinarily that wee are not wont to maruell at although in it selfe it be neuer so wonderfull If we should see a horse flye in the ayre if wee shoulde see great snowes in the middes of sommer or a plentifull haruest in the middes of winter behold iust occasions to make vs wonder because these things seldome or neuer fall out and the course of nature the order set downe by God himselfe shoulde bee inuerted But to see a horse runne apace vpon the grounde to see deepe ●snowes in the middest of winter and haruest in August or September doth neuer cause wonder●ng or astonishment although in deede they be most marueilous works of the Lord. Euen so persecutions and afflictions for righteousnes sake beeing the ordinarye portion which from time to time the saints of God haue receiued in this worlde there is no more cause why we should be amazed or astonished at that whensoeuer generally or particularly it falleth out then at the snow in the winter or haruest in the sommer If we looke vnto the beginning we shall see that Cain persecuted his own brother Abel afterward Ismael Isaack Esau Iacob And when y e visible church began to be a great people I mean y e Iewes the Egyptians first then al the nations round about ben● their force against them Among the Iews hypocrites and naughty persons of the kings priestes prophets and people failed not to hold on the same course in offering all manner of cruelty to such as truely feared the Lorde and zealously executed the functions in them committed as the histories of the scripture doe playnely witnesse If we looke into the enterteinment of our sauiour Christe and his apostles in their time it shall appeare to haue bene nothing better th●n the former And that the like condition hath bene vpon the church euer sithence it is knowne to such as haue read the stories In so much as that complaint is most true w●ich she maketh in the psal They haue often times afflicted mee from my youth vp that is to say euer sithence I had any being vpon the earth mine enimies haue not ceassed to afflict me as it were to plowe deepe furrowes vpon my backe You see then what we haue here to learne in the first place namely not to be troubled at the persecutions which may happen to our selues or any other the members of Christ For the profession of his truth and doing of our duety as though some strange thing were come to passe seeing it is the ordinary course which the wicked worlde whose works are nought taking their direction from their grandfather Caine hath from time to time practised agaynste the church and the ordinary way by the which the Lord from age to age hath lead all his children to the verifiyng of that which Paul and Barnabas preached wheresoeuer they came Through many afflictions wee must enter into the kingdome of God And this being so It behoueth vs when wee first ioyne our selues to the churche of God and enter into the profession of his trueth with purpose to leade oure liues according thereunto to sitte vs down according to the counsel of our sauiour Christ to make our account on this wise Surely I see that al flesh is grasse and al things vnder the sunne are but vanity The time will come when I must dye and God hath appoynted a day wherein he

destruction of their bodies committed their spirites into the handes of God In whome they beleeued that he was faithful able to keepe safe whatsoeuer was commended vnto him whose steppes if we doe follow according to the doctrine of the apostle in this place then although our bodies be turned into dust whēce they came beeing racked by Tyrants cast in prison burnt and the ashes throwne into riuers yet vnto oure soules they shall offer no violence but beeing committed into the handes of the Lorde shall returne to him that gaue them till the daye come when all our enemyes shall bee troaden vnder oure feete when the earthe and Sea rendering theire deade bodye and Soule shall meete together to bee crowned in token of victorye and with all the holye Angelles to take full possession of that glorious and immortall kingdome which nowe we hope for Where we shall followe the Lambe whersoeuer he goeth and sing prayses to him that hath redeemed vs for euer Whiche dayes the Lorde hasten that wee may be partakers of that happinesse euen for Iesus Christ his sake to whom with y e Father the holy ghost three persons one true and euerliuing God be all prayse honour power might and dominion now and for euermore Amen Amen Amen Apoc. 17. 14. These are they which came out of great tribulation haue washed their long robes and haue made their long robes white in the bloud of the Lambe 15 Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God and serue him day and night in his Temple and he that sitteth on the throne will dwell amomg them 16 They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more neither shal the sunne light on them neither any heate 17 For the Lambe which is in the middes of the throne shall gouerne them and shall lead them vnto the liuely founteines of waters and God shal wipe away al teares from their eyes August de Donatist cap. 7. 8. In their late booke of english persecution Psa 129. ● Act. 14 22. Luk 14. 27. 28. 31. 32. Act. 17. 31. 2. Thes 1. 8. Heb. 11. 25. Math. 16. 24. Vers● 7. Mat. 7. 24. 25. Rom. 8. 38. 39. Mat. 26. 33. Ioh. 18. 10. Luk. 8. 13 1. Sam. 20. 1. 2 Iac. 1. 2. 3. 4. Gen. 41. 51. 2 Sam. 11. Isa 39. Amos. 3 6. 2. Sam. 16. 10. Psa 119. 67. 71 1. Sam. 23. 27 28. Rom. 8. 29. Math. 20. 22. Luk. 7. 34. 11. 15. Ioh. 8. 48. Math. 8. 34. Math. 14. 13. Ioh. 10. 39. 2. Sam. 11. 10. 11. Math. 5. 12. Num. 15. 25. Apoc. 20. 11. Apoc. 6. 16. Apoc. 7. 17. 2. Tim. 2 11. 12 Ephe. 6. 17. 1. Thes 5. 8. Math 25. 21. 1. Tim. 6. 1. cap. 4. 29. Gen. 21. 9. cap. 2. 23. 24. Luk. 6. 22. 23. ●uk 6. 26. 2. Cor. 6. 8. cap. 1. 28. cap. 1. 5. Mar. 3. 21. Math. 27. 43. Act. 2. 13. Act. 26. 24. Iohn 17. 4. Deu. 13 the whol chapt●r Math. 5. 1● Ioh. 10. 12. Isai 56. 11. Luk. 23. 43. Apoc. 14. 13. 2. Tim. 1. 12. 2. Sam. 6. 20. 21. 22. Gen. 41. 42. Hester 6. Gal. 6. 17. Act. 5. 41. Phil 1. 29. Deut. 27. 26. Rom. 6. 23. 1. Ioh. 1. 10. 1. Tim. 3. 15. Heb. 3. 6. Exod. 25. 40. Heb. 3. 5. Heb. 3. 16. Isa 2. 6. 1. Thes 4. 4. 1. Cor. 6. 19. Cap 9 12. Cap. 25. 29. 1. Cor. 11. 3● Amos. 3. 1. 2. Iob. 21. 14. 14. 1. Cor. 15. 19. Phil. 2. 12. ● Cor. 5. 1. Psal 79. 12. Isai 10. 12. Isai 33. ● Ier. 25. Gen. 15. 13. 14 1. Sam. 31. 4. 1. Mac. 6. 2. 9. read the chapters Act. 12. 2. Thes 1. 6. 7. ● Thes 1. 8. Psal 1. 1. Luk 7. 39. Ioh. 9. 31. Rom. 8. 33. 34 Luk. 11. 28. Apoc. 14. 13. Act. 14. 22. Psa 34. 19. 2. Tim. 3. 12. Gen. 18. 25. 2. Thes 1. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Gen 12. 10. 11. 21. 25. 22. ● Gen. 27. 42. 28. 11. Gen. 29. 20. 27 Cap. 30. 14. 15. 31. 1. 41. 34. 1. 25. Gen. 35. 12 37. 32. Gen. 42. ● Ier. 3● Acts and 〈◊〉 nume●tes Luk. 16. Iob. 2. 8. 9. Iob. 7. Iob. 1. 12. 26. Luc. 8. 30. 32. Luk. 127. Ier. 25. 9. Luk. 16. 25. Act. 4. 28. Isa 10. 5. 8. Isa 49. 15. Gal. 4. 6. Heb. 12. 11. Rom. 8. 28. Luke 23. 46. Act. 7. 59. 60. 2. Tim. 1. 12. Eccle. 12. 7. Apoc. 2. 26. 27 Apoc. 20. 13. Apoc. 14. 4.

repentantaunce although in this world they abound with all health wealth and prosperitie let vs therefore reioyce in all our afflictions wherein we take part with all the seruauntes of God and let vs not be offended at the prosperity of the vngodly the time will come when wee shall haue comforte when they shalbe tormented For so doth it stande with the trueth iustice of God according to that which Abraham sayd to the rich man in hell sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe time receyuedst thy pleasures and likewise Lazarus paines now therefore is he comforted thou art tormented If followeth Therefore let them that suffer according to the wil of God commit their soules to him in wel doing as vnto a faithful Creator This is the conclusion of the whole treatise as thoughe hee shoulde haue sayde on this wise sith the afflicting of the churche is no newe thing sith it is a meane to trye the good from the bad and to make them better in whome there is by the grace of God some goodnes sith in all sufferings it is a partaker with Iesus Christ shall reioyce with him when he appeareth againe in glory sith we be happy when we be railed vpon in the name Christe because the ●pirite of God of glory resteth vpon vs sith we suffer not as euill doers but as christians so haue no cause to bee ashamed sith the time is now wherein the Lord wil scourge his owne house and hereafter will most seuerely proceede agaynst the wicked although he spare them for a time Let vs continue in well doing and committe oure selues to him that is faithfull and able to keepe that whiche wee trust him with There is yet another cōfort for vs in this verse that we heard not before and that is where he telleth vs that we be not afflicted by the will and pleasure of men but onelye at the pleasure appointment of the Lord. To proue this point of doctrine I shall not need to labour much the truthe of it should soone be granted if we knew what we sayd in this confession I beleeue in God the father almighty maker of heauen and earth For what is this else but to ascribe such a souereigne power vnto God that nothing is done nor can be done in heauen earth or hell but that onely which he determineth appointeth The diuel himselfe coulde not sturre one foote forward to hurt Iob in his cattel children or himselfe till the Lorde from heauen had first sayd goe Nay the legion of Deuils coulde not touche one of the Gadarenes swine til the Lorde Iesus had first giuen them licence And shal we think that mortall men whose malice againste the hurch is not so deadly nor their power so great can so much as lift vp a finger to pul a hair frō the faces of any of Gods children till first the Lord haue taken order for the matter wee be deceiued greatly detogate from the maiesty of the almighty if we once imagine any such thing Whereupon Nabucadonizer in the middest of all his malice to the Iews the church of God is termed the Lordes seruaunt because in deede as an hangman or executioner he did nothing else but that which hee had determined Although the sinne of the king was in this behalfe great because his purpose was not to doe the will of the Lord but to satisfie his owne proude and cruell affections So is Ashur y e king of Assiria called the rod of God And to this purpose it is said in the acts that Poncius Pilate and the Iewes in condemning and crucifying the sonne of God did that which the father before had appointed Insomuch as it may be truely concluded that the deuill and all the wicked of the earth in their extreamest rage against the saints do nothing else but the will of God although they know it not neither do it to any such intēt sith they wholy oppose themselues against his maiesty And yet the Lorde must not be charged to be the author of euill for the self same fact I mean the troubling of the church in respect of God and his purpose therein is holy glorious righteous full of mercy and to the great good of his seruaunts which neuerthelesse in respect of the instruments by whome God worketh it is wicked vniust full of cruelty and intended to the hurt of his children But inough of this common place that the enemies of the faythful be nothing els but the Lords rods wherewith he exerciseth his people and that of themselues they can do no more then a rod or a whippe out of the hand of the smiter Now this teacheth vs not to fear the faces of the vngodly nor to be dismaid at their threates the Lorde appointeth them certaine bondes beyonde the which they can not passe the bredth of an haire And this offreth vnto vs great comfort For what childe that is wise and hath vnderstanding doeth not reioyse in the correction of his father sith being perswaded of his fatherly and tender affection he is out of doubt that it is well meant and shall turne to his good Seing then the Lord is our Father his compassion ouer vs passeth the kindnes of a mother toward the infant sucking vpon her brest Let vs be comfortable in all our afflictions sith they come from him and fall vpon vs according to his will And that we maye haue to cheare vs in all our distresses let vs seriosly meditate vpon this one thing the Lorde sendeth them After which consideration it by the testimonye of the spirite crying in our hearts Abba father the sanctification of our liues we can perswade our selues that we be his children y e present smart shall not quail vs because of the fruit of righteousnes following after it must needs turne to our best because it commeth from our father Thus much of these words of y e apostle Let so many as bee afflicted according to the will of God c. His conclusion is that in all well doing we commende our soules vnto God that hath made them For as wee haue before in the time of our peace declared some rare of pleasing God and doing his will so is it our dueties to continue in our afflictions and not for them to take any libertie to doe euill And therefore wee must not murmure against the Lorde as though he dealte hardly with vs wee muste not bee fainthearted to denie his trueth we muste not be bitter to our enemies in curssing of them and rewarding them as they deale with vs but with all patience weekenesse gentlenes courage forgiuing of our aduersaries and praying for them constantly to endure whatsoeuer the Lorde will trie vs with according to the precepts of the scriptures the example of Dauid Christ himselfe Stephen and the rest of the holy martyrs which blessed their persecuters and in the