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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40518	Yadidyah or, The beloved disciple A sermon preached at the funerall of the Honourable Sir Robert Harley, Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath; at Brampton-Brian in Hereford-shire. December 10. 1656. By Thomas Froysell, minister of the Gospell at Clun in Shropshire.	Froysell, Thomas, d. ca. 1672.	1658 (1658)	Wing F2249; ESTC R202027	40,790	144

the Transcendent Glories and shining Joyes to come laid up for the Saints of God I say believe them and your hearts cannot but be taken with them It is impossible that any man who believes those infinite and un-imaginable joyes should not desire them he cannot but use the meanes to obtain them It is not directly in the Nature of man to neglect so great a Good if he throughly believes the Greatnesse and Goodnesse of it he cannot easily choose any thing else who believes the worth of it I say Faith is a beliefe of things that are infinite things so great that if they be so true as great no man that hath his reason and can discourse that can think and choose that can desire and work towards an End can possibly neglect them such infinite joyes would make you leave your finite joys such unlimited pleasures would make you scorn these poor and narrow pleasures of sin that are but for a season This is one thing that would make you Saints presently Secondly And then make no question but they may be yours They may be all your own if you will you may have them as well as any one that already hath them You may be saved as well as any that 's already saved God onely stayes and waits your Consent wilt thou not give thy Consent to match with Christ and be saved shall sin hinder thy so much happinesse why doth God Offer you Heaven but for you to make choyce of Heaven Make Choyce Deut. 30. 19. of Heaven and have Heaven why doth God open his shop and set all his Glorious Wares and Treasures before you but that he would have You to be his Chapmen Sinners God sends his Ministers to tender all these Glories to you and his Majesty himselfe stands waiting your Leasure his patience bears his justice forbears his mercy intreats you and his Spirit strives with you to perswade you and will you make any Question then but Heaven may be Yours why did the Lord of Glory come down from Heaven but that sinners might go up to Heaven Sinners a way is made for You to Heaven through the sides of Jesus Christ Vse 2. Saints how should this stir ye up to Excell in Grace Doth God love them most that are Crowned with most Grace Saints this should wing ye with an holy Ambition to be Eminent in Grace not to be Ordinary in Grace but Eminent in Grace not onely to Get Grace but to Grow in Grace oh what a sin is it to sit down under Ordinary Grace I say to sit down under so little Grace when they that have much Grace are much beloved and they that have more Grace are the more beloved they that are great in Grace are greatly beloved O Daniel thou art Greatly Beloved Filiall and ingenuous natures strive after the highest degrees of their Fathers love In 1 Pet. 2. 20. The Apostle Exhorting Christian Servants to suffer wrongs with Patience saith he What Glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your Faults ye shall take it Patiently but if when ye doe well and suffer for it ye take it patiently this is acceptable to God But it is some Glory to suffer Patiently even then when we suffer for our Faults Patience under deserved punishments hath its praise and glory also It is some glory to suffer patiently when we suffer meritoriously and to die patiently when we die worthy of death Patience under the Punishments we deserve is a Vertue How then doth the Apostle say What Glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your Faults ye shall take it Patiently I answer The Apopostle speaks Comparatively 't is true to suffer with patience when we suffer for our deserts is some glory and commendation but 't is no Glory at all in comparison I say compared with that Noble patience whereby we suffer meekly when we suffer unjustly There 's no glory at all in the other in comparison of this this oh this saith the Apostle is acceptable with God This is an Eminent Patience and shall have Eminent Acceptance with God Sirs God would have his Saints to step up unto an Eminency in in Grace he would have them suffer most patiently when they suffer most wrongfully whatever is more Choyce and Excellent in Grace than other he would have his Saints soar up thither And Sirs methinks this one thing were enough to blow you up into a flame of desires I say this The more Grace you have the more Dear you are to God They that are Greater in Grace are Greatly Beloved The more Grace you lay up in you the more love doth God lay out upon you Saints what say you shall not this awake you The more Grace is in thee the more would God love thee The more holy thou art above others the more would God love thee above others Secondly Nay the more Grace thou hast the more God loves thee above thy former selfe he would not onely love thee more than others but love thee more than thy former selfe as thy Graces increase in thee his love would increase towards thee as thou growest better he would love thee better Luke 2. 40. 't is there said of Jesus Christ himselfe The Child grew and waxed strong in Spirit and 't is added at v. 52. That as he Increased in wisdome and stature he increased in favour with God and man Doe thou saith Luther understand the word of the Evangelist most plainly without any Glosse that our Lord received increases dayly as in body so in spirit as other men are wont to doe I say Jesus Christ in respect of his humane nature did grow and improve in soule and body His soule improv'd in wisdome his body in stature and thus increas●d in favour with God and man This phrase is taken out of 1 Sam. 2. 26. And the Child Samuel grew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and was in favour both with the Lord and also with men I say the Evangelist seems to fetch his expression from this Text to shew that Jesus Christ put himselfe into the same condition with other the sons of men as Samuel grew in Grace and favour with God so did Christ The more Illustrious the Image of God is in the Creature the more is God delighted in the Creature Now the Image of God was more Radiant and shining in Christ a man than in Christ a Child and therefore Christ is said to increase in Favour Neither doth this derogate from the Honour of Christ for this was done by the wise disposure of God so ordering it for our sake for upon the same account you might say that 't was unworthy of Christ to be a Child but Jesus Christ did Empty himselfe for our sake His descent was our ascent his Emptying of himselfe was the Fulnesse or Filling of us he came so low as to grow in Spirit and as he grew in spirit he grew in favour with God This knocks aloud at your doors and

Gods How near are they to God when they Act God in their Greatnesse Secondly Men of great parts adorned with Graces proportionable are Gods greatly beloved Thus Christs Apostles were his greatly beloved and after them his Ministers are his chiefest favourites above others These are Gods great Love-tokens to his Church and people they are Gods Incarnate Angells to his Church so they are stiled The Angells of the Churches Now Angells are not onely Holy Creatures but Intelligent Creatures as they are Gracious so they are Gifted Creatures Thirdly God loves those more than others that believe more than others because Faith gives most glory to God I think none will deny but tha● Grace which ascribes most glory to God is the darling-grace most tenderly beloved and such is Faith Faith Honours God and Humbles the Creature it greatens God and annihilates the Creature 1. Faith advanceth free grace in our justification Here she layes man in the dust and lifts free grace upon the throne ascribing all to mercy nothing to merit admiring free love having the least thoughts of selfe-worth Faith decks Christ alone with the golden feathers of a saving righteousnesse and deplumes the Creature of all gay and proud Imaginations amidst all her graces she relies onely on free grace 2. Faith in respect of grace and sanctification lives onely as a receiver that 's her Name in Scripture As many as received him and What hast thou which thou hast not received Faith comes to Gods door and knocks there as a meer beggar she confesseth that her selfe is the gift of God and that all Grace is the gift of God she waits as a beggar at Gods gate for every Grace 3. So when she hath the principle of Grace she depends wholly upon divine Influence and assistance for the acting of Grace the new Creature cannot move without the breathings of the Spirit upon it The Spirit must plant graces in the soule and then must dwell there and be with them still to keep them in being and keep them in action 4. Faith sets up the strength of God A believer hath no opinion of his own strength when he prevailes with God it is with a power which he hath from God I can doe all things through Christ that strengthens me 5. Faith pleaseth God wicked men may serve God and some wicked men doe him eminent service they who are evill may doe that which is good for the matter of it but tho it be possible to serve God without faith yet it is impossible to please God without faith tho God may be pleased with a work which is done without faith yet he is never pleased with the Person doing any work without faith Fourthly God loves them more that are more humble I dwell with him that is of a contrite Isa 57. 15. and humble spirit thou desirest not sacrafice thou delightest not in burnt Psal 51. 16 17. offering what is it then God takes such delight in The sacrafices of God are a broken spirit Let Gods love Exalt you but let his gifts and graces humble you and surely the more solid and ponderous Grace is the more it humbleth the weightier a piece of Gold is the more it presseth down the scale Have ye learning and parts let me tell ye the modest opinion of our knowledge is better than knowledge Humility in Excellency Excelleth Excellency it selfe I could wish every one that hath gifts and parts that like Moses he saw not the beams of his own face Fifthly God loves them more that are more selfe-denying that are not selfe-seekers but seek his glory more than others The upright are his delight Sixthly God loves them more that love him more Love is the loadstone of love Love hath an attractive vertue it draws God down from his throne into the soule He dwells with love What a great drawing power then hath a great love This is the divine language of Lovers I live yet not I it is my beloved that Gal. 2. 20. lives in me I love my selfe not with my own love but with the love of my beloved that loves me I love not my selfe in my selfe but my selfe in him and him in me Lastly God loves them more that are more Active for him Idle Christians and idle Professours God nauseates what is a thing that is of no Use It is a Nothing so saith Job to his miserable comforters his friendlesse friends For now ye are nothing Ye ob 6. 21. are nothing for ye contribute nothing of comfort to me They that speak not to purpose speak nothing What is Idlenesse but a privation of diligence or absence of Action and privations are nothings lazy Professours are but so many privatives they are not workers they are not Agents they professe and doe nothing They believe in Jesus Christ and yet doe nothing for Jesus Christ The Phylosophers say that in Nature there is no Vacuum I could wish it were so in Christianity But I have done with this Use Vse 4. Yet this speaks Comfort to weak Saints to Saints of more infirmities and lesser Graces than others You will presently object and say then the Lord cares not much for me hee 'l scarce look upon me I have so little grace if he loves according to grace I shall have love little Enough for I am sure I have grace little enough such and such Saints shall go away with all his love But be Comforted you that are young Christians and weak Christians for First God loves you too nay God loves his weak Saints with more love of Compassion though he loves great Saints with more love of Communication as we love our young as well as our strong nay we love our babes and young ones with more tendernesse than we doe our strong ones Aristotle observes it a speciall instinct of nature whereby Parents are most tender of the youngest Children because they can least help themselves so the weakest Saints have the most kisses from God the Parent kisseth the babe and little child when the elder child is not kissed For saith he this is but a little child And so when the Prodigall comes home the Father falls upon his neck and kisses him why but because upon his first Return he is a Babe in Christ Secondly Because thou hast but little grace in thee doe not say that Gods love is but little for a little grace is the gift of great love 't was great love in God to give thee any grace little grace is of a great price as a Pearl of small size is of huge worth God gives himselfe to thee in the least grace little grace shall have infinite glory and therefore little grace was the gift of infinite love Thirdly Thy time is coming wherein God will love thee as much as greater Saints it may be more for as thou growest up to more grace God will love thee with more love Sometimes one that is but a child when another is a man