34. If his Children forsake my Law and walk not in my judgments if they break my Statutes and keep not my Commandments then will I visit their Transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my Faithfulness to fail My Covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out of my Lips § No doubts about our Spiritual estate to be indulged or admitted but upon Scripture grounds 3. After you have closed with Christ and God hath cleared up to your Souls your interest in Christ by his Word and Spirit admit no doubts about your interest in Christ but upon Scripture grounds Satan labours what he can to keep us in a doubting condition all our dayes because doubts of this nature hinder our comfort weaken our faith and are impediments to our glorifying God And therefore after clearest evidences of our interest in Christ he will be thrusting doubts into our minds whether webe Christs yea or no that he may puzzleus herein as long as we live After our Lord Jesus Christ had it witnessed to him from Heaven that he was the Son of God Matth. 3.17 And lo a voice from Heaven saying this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased The Devil tempted him twice with doubts about his Sonship Matth. 4.3 6. If thou be the Son of God if thou be the Son of God Now if Satan adventured to suggest doubts to our Lord Jesus Christ after he had his Sonship witnessed in an extraordinary manner even by his Fathers voice speaking from Heaven to him it is no marvail if he be often suggesting doubts to us about our interest in Christ after clearest manifestations thereof Wherefore it will be our wisdom to examine all our doubts to see whether there be real grounds from the Holy Scriptures for such doubts and if there be not then to reject them as the suggestions of Satan and the sinful fruit of our own unbelieving mistrustful hearts As Christ said to Peter Matth. 14.31 O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt So should we say to our own hearts when doubts arise in our hearts wherefore do I doubt Have I cause from the word of God to question my interest in Christ because of this or that which is suggested to me If not reject those doubts as causeless and as proceeding from Satan § Interest in Christ is consistent with great imperfections sore afflictions dreadful temptations conflicts between the Flesh and Spirit want of influences succeslesness in Holy Duties and the hideings of Gods face 4. It is of great use to the holding fast the perswasion of our interest in Christ to have a right understanding of the State and Condition of a Christian in this present evil world A man may be united unto Christ and have a saving interest in him and yet be sensible of many and great imperfections and be exercised with sharp afflictions and dreadful temptations he may feel a law in his Members warring against the law of his mind and find great conflicts between the Flesh and the Spirit he may feel great dryness and want of Spiritual influences and be under the hideings of Gods face and meet with other exercises of his Faith and notwithstanding all these things he may be Christs and Christ may be his As I shall shew by instanceing in the several particulars 1. A man may be sensible of much imperfection in himself he may find very great defects in his best duties and yet be one that hath a saving interest in Christ God may be his Father and he may be one of Gods Children Isa 64.6 8. We are all as an unclean thing and our righteousnesses are as filthy rags But now O Lord thou art our Father There are Babes in Christ as well as young Men and Fathers and they that are but Babes in Christ are so full of imperfections that in some things they seem more like to carnal men than Spiritual 1 Cor. 3.1 And I brethren could not speak unto you as unto spiritual but as unto carrnal even as unto babes in Christ yet these Babes in Christ that had much carnality in them were truly interested in Christ as we may see ver 23. ye are Christs 2. A man may be exercised with sharp and sore afflictions such as may melt and break his heart and yet have a saving interest in Christ Cant. 2.2 16. As a Lilie among Thorns so is my love among the Daughters My beloved is mine and I am his When the Spouse was a Lilie among Thorns that is compassed about with sharp afflictions which did prick and grieve her like Thorns she was Christs Love and Christ was hers and she was his When David was afflicted very much and his troubles such as melted his Soul and broke his heart he did not question his interest because of his afflictions but could and did own it that he was the Lords Psal 119.28 107. My Soul melteth for heaviness I am afflicted very much compared with ver 94. I am thine save me A man may be exercised with horrid and dreadful temptations and yet be one that hath an interest in Christ The Apostle Paul who was a chosen Vessel and had an undoubted interest in Christ was under the buffettings of Satan which were as grievous to his Soul as a Thorn is grievous to the Flesh 2 Cor. 12.7 There was given to me a Thorn in the Flesh the Messenger of Satan to buffet me lest I should be exalted above measure Our Lord Jesus himself was tempted by Satan to great and grievous sins to get bread when he was hungry to cast down himself from a Pinacle of the Temple which was in effect to have destroyed himself and to fall down and worship the Devil And what worse sin than to worship the Devil Matth. 4.6 9. Now if Satan adventured to tempt our Lord Jesus Christ to such horrid sins as these are We need not wonder if he assault his Members with temptations to the worst of sins as Blasphemy Idolatry Atheism Self-Murder and the like 4. A man may have a saving interest in Christ and yet feel in himself the indwelling corruption which may incline him to that which is evil and hinder him in doing that good which he desireth to do He may feel the lustings of the Flesh opposing the workings of the Spirit of Grace He may feel the Law in his Members warring against the Law of his Mind and sometimes leading him Captive to the Law of Sin and yet be one that is made a partaker of the saving benefits of Christ We find the Apostle Paul uttering such complaints as these Sin dwelleth in me The good that I would that I do not but the evil which I would not that I do I find a Law that when I would do good evil is present with me I see another Law in my Members warring against the Law of my mind
promised to comfort his afflicted people And ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem That is to be observed for this Prophet had foretold great judgments and desolations should come upon Jerasalem As Isa 3.8 Jerusalem is ruined and Judah is fallen Isa 24.3 11. The Land shall be utterly emptied and utterly spoyled All joy is darkned and the mirth of the Land is gone Isa 64.10 Thy Holy Cities are a Wilderness Zion is a Wilderness Jerusalem a desolation Yet though these Ruines and Desolations were coming upon Jerusalem that the Land should be utterly spoiled all joy be darkned and the mirth of the Land quite gone yet the Lord promiseth to comfort his people in Jerusalem We that have such promises may rest upon God that for Christs sake he will comfort us in all our tribulations Mich. 7.8 VVhen I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me Afflictions and troubles are set out by the name of darkness Isa 45.7 Joy and Comfort are expressed by the name of light Psal 97.11 So that the meaning is when I am in trouble and distress the Lord shall give me comfort Ps 38.7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble thou wilt revive me Obj. But do we not see that notwithstanding these promises and the confidences of the people of God that God will comfort them in their afflictions yet they are oft times under very great sorrows and heaviness A. 1. The people of God have Flesh as well as Spirit though the Spirit be willing to love the cross the Flesh is weak though the Spirit rejoyceth in God the Flesh feeling the smart of the Rod mourns 2. Their sorrows do not last alwayes but are soon turned into joy Joh. 16.20 Ye shall weep and lament but your sorrow shall be turned into joy Christ doth not promise his Disciples that they shall have no sorrows no cause of weeping but this he promiseth that they shall not be left comfortless under their sorrows for their sorrow shall be turned into joy Psal 30.5 11. VVeeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning 3. Even while the people of God are mourning they are sowing the seeds of joy and comfort and shall doubtless reap the fruit of their sorrows in more abundant consolations Ps 126.5 6. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy He that goeth forth and weepeth bearing precious seed shall doubtless come again with rejoyceing bringing his sheaves with him There is much more reaped than was sown A little quantity of seed yields whole Cart-loads of Corn. To open this more fully of Christs promising not to leave his people comfortless in their troubles I will shew you several wayes whereby Christ comforts his Members and gives them peace under their greatest troubles 1. By shedding abroad the love of God in their hearts by the Holy Ghost which he gives unto them Rom. 5.3 5. VVe glory in tribulation because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us By shedding abroad the love of God in our hearts understand the manifesting of Gods love to our souls the giving us the knowledge and understanding of the love of God which doth wonderfully affect the heart with joy and gladness Psal 42.7 8. All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the day time and in the night his Song shall be with me Two things are here worthy of our observation 1. David did believe that in his greatest distresses when all Gods waves and billows went over him God would express and manifest his love to him yet the Lord will command his loving kindness The commanding his loving kindness implyeth the powerful expressions of his love VVhere the word of a King is there is power Eccl. 8.4 And the abiding impressions of his love Ps 33.9 He commanded and it stood fast And the speedy manifestation of his love For when God gives a command to things to be done it implyeth speed Ps 147.15 He sendeth forth his Commandment upon the Earth his word runneth very swiftly 2. David did believe that the manifestation of the love of God would be such a comfort to him that it would make his heart to sing for joy in his greatest distresses yet the Lord shall command his loving kindness and in the night his song shall be with me 2. Jesus Christ comforts and refresheth his Members in their troubles by those gracious visits which he gives them in their afflictions Job 10.12 Thy visitation hath preserved my Spirit John 16.22 And ye now have sorrow but I will see you again and your heart shall rejoyce and your joy no man taketh from you A visit from a good man is very comfortable in a day of trouble 2 Cor. 7.5 6. Our flesh had no rest we were troubled on every side without were fightings within were fears Nevertheless God that comforteth them that are cast down comforted us by the coming of Titus If a visit from a good man be so refreshing that it will comfort us when we are troubled on every side when we have fightings without and fears within then how comfortable is a visit from Christ in the day of trouble But how doth Christ visit his afflicted people what are those visits of Christ which he gives his people in their affliction A. 1. Christ visiteth his people with his word by bringing suitable and encouraging promises to them in a day of distress Lam. 3.54 57. Waters flowed over mine head then I said I am cut off Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee thou saidest fear not Thus the Lord visited Abraham with a suitable word of promise Gen. 15.1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abraham in a Vision saying Fear not Abraham I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward And these are sweet visits which do greatly rejoyce the heart Psal 119.162 I rejoyce at thy word as one that findeth great spoil 2. Jesus Christ visiteth his people in their afflictions by his Spirit the teachings the revivings the supports of his Spirit Cant. 2.6 His left hand is under my head his right hand doth embrace me Isa 41.10 Fear thou not for I am with thee I will strengthen thee I will uphold thee Isa 57.15 I dwell with him that is of a contrite and an humble Spirit to revive the Spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones 3. The Lord Jesus visits his afflicted people when he answers their Prayers and fulfils his own promises Gen. 21.1 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken 4. The Lord visits his afflicted people when he raiseth up deliverance for them out of their troubles Psal 106.4 O visit me with thy Salvation And such visits when God saves his people out of their troubles cause great joy Psal 21.1 The King shall joy in
thy strength O Lord and in thy Salvation how greatly shall he rejoyce 3. As Christ comforts his afflicted people by the gracious visits which he gives them so also by raising and strengthning their Faith in times of trouble and causing them to stay themselves upon God in an evil day For the staying the mind upon God is a means to keep the Soul in peace under the greatest dangers Isa 26.3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee 4. Jesus Christ comforteth his afflicted people with the hope of Eternal Life which he promiseth to such as are in a suffering condition if they continue faithful to the death Rev. 2.10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer be thou faithful unto Death and I will give thee a Crown of Life 2 Tim. 2.12 If we suffer we shall also reign with him Rom. 5.2 And rejoyce in hope of the glory of God Vse I. If an interest in Christ be such a ground of Consolation then here is reproof 1. For those that content themselves with a Worldly Interest and take no care no pains to get an interest in Christ but neglect Christ Such mens case is sad For 1. The world is a poor portion for all worldly enjoyments abstracted from God and Christ are nothing but vanity and vexation of Spirit 2. All the world will avail a man nothing when he comes to dye It will give no ease to a troubled Conscience no pardon of Sin no help to Heaven 1 Tim. 6.7 We can carry nothing of it away with us into another world 3. They that have neglected Christ and the Salvation purchased by Christ shall not escape the wrath of God in the other World Heb. 2.3 2. For those that have an interest in Christ and yet live very discontentedly either for want of some things which they desire as Parts Riches Friends a setled Condition or for the loss of some things which God hath taken away from them or because of some crosses or troubles that they meet with in the World Vse II. Of Examination Have we a true saving interest in Christ can we say Christ is ours and we are his Quest How may we know whither Christ be ours A. 1. If we love him Cant. 2.16 My Beloved is mine and if our love to him exceed our love to all other things and persons in the World if he be our best Beloved Christ doth not own those as having an interest him that love any thing above him Mat. 10.37 He that loveth Father or Mother more than me is not worthy of me That such as love God and Christ above all things have a saving interest in Christ is evident because eternal Life is promised to them Jam. 2.5 Heirs of the Kingdom which God hath promised to those that love him Quest How shall we know that we love Christ above all things A. 1. When we desire Christ above all things in the world Psal 73.25 So that if God should ask us as he did Solomon what shall I give thee we would say Lord give us thy self for our God and thy Son for our Saviour 2. When we esteem Christ above all things so as that we count them as dung in comparison of Christ and are willing to part with any thing so that we may win Christ Philip. 3.8 3. VVhen the love of God in Christ puts more joy and gladness into our hearts than the enjoyment of all the world or it would be a greater joy to us than the whole world if God would manifest his love to us Psal 4. 6 7. 2. If we are Christs then Christ is ours that 's another Character in the Text. Cant. 2. 16. My Beloved is mine and I am his Now we may know we are Christs 1. If we have solemnly given up our selves to Christ with a sincere heart without any secret reserves of any Lust resolving that by the help of his grace we will deny our selves take up our Cross and follow him 2 Cor. 8.5 Mark 8.34 2. If his interest will prevail with us beyond our own interest and his will above our own wills if his word be our rule and his glory our end that is a good evidence that we are Christs Isa 63.19 VVe are thine thou never bearest rule over them As much as to say they are the Lords over whom the Lord bears rule Psal 119.94 I am thine I have sought thy precepts When in doubtful Cases we seek out the will of Christ and follow the will of Christ that shews us to be his 3. When we are Christs Servants Act. 27. 23. VVhos 's I am and whom I serve And the great end why we desire to live is to do service for Christ Phil. 1.21 4. When we are tender and careful of Christs glory John 17.10 I am glorified in them that are mine and thine 3. The Spirit of Christ sent down into our Hearts is a certain Evidence of an interest in Christ 1 John 3.24 Hereby we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit that he hath given us Rom. 8. v. 9. Q. How shall we know that we have the Spirit of Christ A. 1. If we have an obediential frame of heart Ezek 36.27 compared with Rom. 8. 7. The carnal heart is enmity to the Law of God and therefore when we are caused to obey Gods Statutes that is from the Spirit put within us 2. We may know we have the Spirit by the fruits of the Spirit which are Faith Love Peace Joy Long-suffering c. Gal. 5. 22 23 c. Vse III. Of Exhortation Exhort 1. To such as want an interest in Christ that they would above all things seek to get Christ What Solomon saith of Wisdom Prov. 4.7 The same may I say of Jesus Christ who is called the Wisdom of God Jesus Christ is the principal thing therefore above all things get Jesus Christ Exhort 2. To such as have an interest in Christ to labour for the knowledge of it that every one may be able to say Christ is mine and I am his Q. How shall we attain to the knowledge of our interest in Christ A. 1. Examine your selves by those Characters the Scripture gives of an interest in Christ and more particularly about your Faith 2 Cor. 13.5 And if you cannot make any clear work hereof at one time try what you can do at another 2. Pray earnestly to God to manifest your interest in Christ It is in his light that we see light Psal 36.9 Pray as David Psal 35.3 Say unto my Soul I am thy Salvation And if you can't obtain the knowledge of your interest in Christ by much seeking to God yet follow on to seek him and then in Gods good time you shall know the Lord to be your God in Christ Hos 6.3 Isa 24.9 Zech. 13.9 3. Accustom your self to trust in God in all your straits fears dangers and temptations For the more you trust in God the
and bringing me into Captivity to the Law of sin which is in my Members Rom. 7.17 19 21 23. Yet at the same time that he uttered these complaints he did look upon himself to be Christs and did bless God for his interest in Christ and the benefits he had by Christ ver 25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Galatians felt in themselves the lustings of the Flesh against the Spirit whereby they were hindred in well-doing Gal. 5.17 The Flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the Flesh and these are contrary the one to the other so that ye cannot do the things that ye would Yet these Persons that felt these conflicts between the Flesh and the Spirit were the Children of God through Faith in Jesus Christ Gal. 3 26. Ye are all the Children of God by Faith in Christ Jesus 5. A man may be sensible of much dryness and be under a great want of the influences of the Spirit of Grace and yet he may have a saving interest in Christ and God may be his God and Father in Christ Psal 119.83 94. I am become like a bottle in the smoke I am thine save me When the Psalmist found himself like a bottle in the smoke that is in a withered drie parched condition he did notwithstanding his drie and withered condition believe himself to be the Lords I am thine save me So also Psal 32.4 7. My moisture is turned into the drought of Summer Thou art my hiding place He did believe his interest in God though he found himself in such a dry condition that he complained his moisture was turned into the drought of Summer that is was so gone as he could not discern any remaining in him An example of believing God to be our Father in and through Christ under a suspension of influencees we have Isa 63.15 16. VVhere is thy zeal and thy strength and the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies towards me are they restrained Doubtless thou art our Father Thou O Lord art our Father our Redeemer 6. A man may be under the withdrawings of God the Lord may hide his face from him and though he seek the Lord he may give no answers to his Prayers and yet God may be his Father in Christ and he may have a saving interest in Christ Isa 64.7 8. Thou hast hid thy face from us But now O Lord thou art our Father Cant. 2.16 Compared with Cant. 5.6 My beloved is mine and I am his I opened to my beloved but my beloved had withdrawn himself and was gone I sought him but I could not find him I called him but He gave me no answer 7. A man may be succesless in Holy Duties he may not find what his Soul seeks after in Gods Ordinances and yet Christs may be his and he may be Christs Cant. 2.16 Compared with Cant. 3.1 My beloved is mine and I am his By night on my bed I sought him whom my Soul loveth I sought him but I found him not Here is earnestness and continuance in seeking Christ I sought him I sought him it 's mentioned twice Here is sincerity in seeking Christ a seeking him out of love and yet no success but I found him not Isa 49.4 I have laboured in vain and spent my strength for nought yet surely my judgment is with the Lord and my work with my God Here is labour in vain as to men and a spending our strength for nought and yet a claiming an interest in God 8. A man that hath a saving interest in Christ may be under various and different tempers and frames of Spirit He may have his Ups and his Downs sometimes his heart may be in a raised elevated frame he may have such an high measure of Faith as to fear nothing Isa 12.2 Behold God is my Salvation I will trust and not be afraid Ps 27.1 The Lord is my Light and Salvation whom shall I fear At another time the same person may be in a very low and dejected frame that his Soul may as it were cleave to the dust Ps 119.26 My soul cleaveth to the Dust Psal 42.6 O my God my Soul is cast down within me At one time he may have sweet peace and comfort Ps 94.19 Thy comforts delight my Soul Another time he may be in a disturbed disquieted frame and go mourning all the day long Ps 42.11 VVhy art thou cast down O my Soul and why art thou disquieted within me Ps 38.6 I am troubled I am bowed down greatly I go mourning all the day long At one time he may be in a lively frame and have earnest longings and breathings after God Ps 42.1 2. As the heart panteth after the water-brooks so panteth my Soul after thee O God My Soul thirsteth for God At another time he may be in a dead dull and stupid frame Ps 73.22 I was as a beast before thee Ps 143.3 4. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been long dead My heart within me is desolate Ps 102.4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass At one time he may be in a melting broken frame at another time in such an hardned frame that he may wonder to see how hard his heart is Isa 63.16 17. Doubtless thou art our Father O Lord why hast thou made us to err from thy wayes and hardned our hearts from thy fear At one time he may walk in the light of Gods countenance Psal 21.6 Thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance At another time he may be under the hidings of Gods face and that for so long a time as to fear that God will never return to him again Ps 13.1 How long wilt thou forget me O Lord for ever How long wilt thou hide thy face from me Thus we see how the Children of God are liable to variety of changes in their Spiritual state and in the frame of their hearts only let this be added also when ever their hearts are out of frame they are unquiet and troubled and can't be at rest till they get into a good frame again Psal 30.7 Thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled 9. A man may be in a very dark and distressed condition and want the presence of God and think himself forsaken of God and yet be one that hath a saving interest in Christ Isa 50.10 Who is there among you that feareth the Lord that walketh in darkness and seeth no Light let him stay himself upon his God The Lord is his God that heareth him though he walk in darkness and can't apprehend it Joh. 6.17 It was now dark and Jesus was not come to them They were Christs own Disciples that wanted Christs presence when they were at Sea in a dark night when there was a great Tempest that endangered their Lives See also Isa 49.14 15 16. § It is a great help to hold in our interest in Christ to commune often with our own
his grace and love towards her She lived much in Communion with God there was an unspeakable intercourse between God and her Soul every day She would do nothing till she had spread it before the Lord and knew his mind and in things not only small but weighty She had such intimations from the Lord of his will and his secret was so with her as she before hand knew the mind of God because God had told hereby his Spirit for she gave not over till he had signified by his â—pirit upon her Spirit what was his pleasure what he would do or what he would have done and God did marvelously herein condescend to her not once but frequently or from time to time she was far from Euthusiasme but had such intimacy with the Lord that she went daily to him for some word some manifestation of himself to bear up her Spirit that day and he gave in either a word of promise or let out something of his attributes to her discovered of his Wisdom Power Faithfulness Allsufficiency Unchangableness and the like wherewith her inward man was fed and strengthned and when her Family concerns were more she arose the earlier and though attended with the greatest weakness yet always began the day with God and would not omit the seasons for private Communion with the Lord neither indeed could she live without them they being the life of her Spirit She lived in an eminent exercise of many graces of the Spirit She was well instructed in the mystery of the life of Faith lived in a daily dependance upon God for all in her greatest fulness she lived not upon the creature but upon God and recieved all from him in the way of Faith and Prayer in every strait she had recourse to the Al-sufficiency of God and would often say the creature runs into emptiness and the streams they dried up but the Fountain was ever full and flowing and in all losses and changes blessed her self in God her portion who was a faithful Covenant keeping God for ever she went to the Wisdom of God to be directed and waited there for Counsel every day her faith advanced into assurance of the love of God which she enjoyed most part of her days and thence issued spiritual and unmixed comforts as she walked circumspectly being careful not to provoke the Lord so he witnessed his love to her and filled her Soul with strong Consolation that she had a Heaven out of it's place even hereupon Earth she was in the Banquetting house of Jesus Christ in his Wine Cellar where his Banner over her was Love In a Letter of her own she said I have not only heard that God is good but I have had many experiences of his Love and Faithfulness to me in all my streights and Widdow-hood condition I may say the Life of Faith is the sweetest Life in the World as it is a Life that bringeth much glory to God so much comfort to our selves How full of Love she was to Jesus Christ is already manifested in her carefulness to keep his Commandments and also in her love to the Members of Christ both that and also her Humility and self-denyal appeared in that in her highest actings and best frame she disowned her self and leaned only upon Jesus Christ trusted only in him gloried in nothing but in Christ in the Cross of Christ in the Righteousness of Christ in the Love of Christ not in what she did for Christ though she did much and delighted in so doing but she gloried in the Grace of Christ that did much for her he and his Righteousness were all her life and comfort she had an eye upon the Incense the merits and intercession of Jesus Christ in all her approaches to God being ashamed of the mixture of sin those weaknesses and imperfections that were in her best performances notwithstanding all her strictness and exactness she lay as low before the Lord in the sense of her own vileness emptiness nothingness as if there were nothing in her She was much in exalting of Jesus Christ his merits and grace admiring what he had done for sinners touching their reconciliation to God the remission of sin their standing and priviledges in grace here and the glory that is to be revealed relying on the freeness and fulness of his grace alone as if she had done or were able to do nothing she did set the Crown on his head in all always saw that in her self which kept her low and humble before the Lord and nothing in her own eyes She excelled in and was a pattern of Patience under all her troubles her afflictions were many and long often at the very mouth of the Grave in the latter part of her time seldom enjoyed a well day yet never murmured thought her afflictions small bore them with a chearful Spirit was always submissive to the will of God always thought and spoke well of God and justified him in all her Tryals She was wonderfully melted into the will of God and lived always out of her own will resigned up to God to be disposed of as he pleased and was greatly satisfied in what he chose for her she hath said the will of God is sweet to her in every condition and under much bodily weakness if the Lord would have her live to be sick she was content yet latter ward was mostly tryed in the Fire of affliction when her Husband laid down his living upon the accompt of Non-conformity in stead of repining she said she was glad they had such a house and accommodations to leave for Christ and with all freeness and readiness resigned up all to him She was sorely tryed in the loss of her dearest Relations and choicest comforts in this World but she was prepared to be any thing that God would have her be and that with all alacrity and cheerfulness of Spirit She had a lively hope of future mercy of the life to come shee said she scarce knew how to live out of Heaven from Jesus Christ always groaning in the body to be delivered from the body of sin and death and to be with Jesus As she set out at first so she continued in the vigorous and constant exercise of all grace not loosing the life nor abating or impairing the strength thereof in old age under the decays of nature but in the 73 of her age she slept or dyed in Jesus 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Norman The faithfulness of God considered and cleared in the great Events of his Word or a second part of the fulfilling of the Scripture The immortality of the Soul explained and proved by Scripture and Reason to which is added Faiths-triumph over the fears of death by Tho. Wadsworth A Treatise of the incomparableness of God in his Being Attributes Works and Word by George Swinnock M. A. A discourse of the original c. of the Cossacks The generation of Seekers or the right manner of the Saints addresses to the throne of Grace with an Exposition on the Lords-Prayer The administration of Cardinal Ximones An Essay to facilitate the Education of Youth by bringing down the rudiments of Grammar to the sense of seeing which ought to be improved by Syncrisis by Mr. Lewis of Totenham An Artificial Vestibulum wherein the sense of Janua Linguarum is contained compiled into plain and short sentences in English for the great ease of Masters and Expeditious progress of Scholars by M. 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Savage his life and death with his Funeral sermon Hurst Revival Grace Buryes Husbandmans Companion help to holy walking Hanmers view of Antiquity Nomenclaturas Wases Grammar Vincent of Conscience Gouges Principles of Christian Religion Christian Direction Word to Saints and Sinners Young mans guide Christian Housholder Perrots Englands duty The Nonconformists vindicated Wadsworths remains Shepherdy Spiritualized Calamys Art of divine Meditation Faldos Quakerism no Christianity vindication of 21 Divines Small 8vo A defence against the fear of death by Zach. Crofton Gods Soveraignty displayed by William Gearing The Godly mans Ark or a City of Refuge in the day of his distress in five Sermons with Mrs. Moors evidences for Heaven by Edmund Calamy The Almost-Christian discovered or the false-Professor tried and cast by M. Mead. The true bounds of Christian-freedom or a discourse shewing the extent and restraints of Christian-liberty by S. Bolton D. D. The sinfulness of Sin and fulness of Christ in two Sermons by Will. Bridg. A Plea for the godly or the Righteous mans Excellency The holy Eucharist or the Sacrament of the Lords Supper A Treatise of self-denial All three by Tho. Watson The life and death of Tho. Wilson of Maidstone in Kent The Life and Death of Dr. Samuel VVinter A Covert from the Storm or the fearful encouraged in the day of Trouble Worthy-walking press'd upon all that have heard the Call of the Gospel The Spirit of Prayer All three by Nath. Vincent The inseparable union between Christ and a Believer by Tho. Peck A discourse of Excuses setting forth the variety and vanity of them the sin and misery brought in by them by John Sheffield Invisible reality demonstrated in the holy life and triumphant death of Mr. J. Janeway The Saints encouragement to diligence in Christs service both by Mr. James Janeway A discourse concerning the Education of Children Convivium Caeleste a plain and familiar discourse concerning the Lords Supper both by R. Kidder The Saints perseverance asserted in its Positive-ground against Mr. Ives by Tho. Danson A Wedding-ring fit for the Finger by VVill. Secker An Explanation of the shorter-Catechism of the Assembly of Divines by Tho. Lye The life and death of Tho. Hall A Plea for the Non-Conformists tending to vindicate them from Schism by a Doctor in Divinity The flat opposition of Popery to Scripture by J. N. Chaplain to a Person of Honour The Weavers Pocket book or Weaving spiritualiz'd by J. C. D. D. Two disputations of Original sin by Richard Baxter The History of Moderation The welcome Communicant The little-peace-maker discovering foolish Pride the Make-bate Philadelphia or a Treatise of Brotherly love by Mr. Gearing Reformation or Ruine being certain Sermons on Levit. 26.23 â—3 by Tho. Hotchkis The Riches of Grace displayed to which is added the priviledge of Passive obedience and 52 proposals in order to help on Heart-humiliation by VVill. Bagshaw The parable of the great Supper opened in 17 Sermons by John Crump A present for Teeming-women by J. Oliver Non-conformity without Controversie by Benj. Baxter A Treatise of Closet-Prayer by Richard Mayo The Religious Family by Philip Lamb. A discourse of the prodigious Abstinence of Martha Taylor Index biblicus multi-jugus or a Table of the holy Scripture wherein each of its Books Chapters and particular matters are distinguished and Epitomized The day of Grace with the Conversion of a Sinner by Nathanael Vincent An easie and useful Grammer for the learning of the French Tongue by Mr. Gosthead Gentleman The Miners Monitor or advice to those that are employed about the Mines A Protestant Catechism for litte Children A Scripture Catechism by Samuel Petto A Catechism according to the Church of England Nero Tragidea Cornelianum dolium Wilsons Catechism Elenchuus motuum nuperorum in Anglia Cackaines Poems Croftons Foelix Scelus or prospering-profaneness provoking holy conference by Zach. Crofton Gramaticus Analyticus by the same Author Alexanders advice to his Son H. Excellency of Christ set forth Phelps Caveat against Drunkenness Lamentation for the loss of a good man Antidote against desperation Bury against Drunkenness Wadsworths last warning to Sinners Dr. Wilkinsons Counsels and Comforts to afflicted Consciences Cappello and Bianco a Romance Calys Glimpse of Eternity Period of humane Life Defence of Period of humane Life both written by the Author of the whole Duty of man c. An Answer to the period of humane Life Survey Quakerism Tho. Vincents Explication of the Assemblies Catechism Vincent on Prayer On Conversion and day of Grace Covert from storm Worthy Walking Parsons Letter to VVem Adams Catechism Lambs New Years Gift Perks way to mend the World Burys Antidote against the fear of Death Mr. Corbets Kingdom God among men with a Tract of Schism Self-imployment in Secret by John Corbet Solomons Proverbs Traughtons Popery the grand Apostacy Heywoods Christ displayed Bishop Reignolds Meditations Mr. Edward Wests Legacy Gerhard on Death Whole Duty of Youth Welcome Communicant Ames Marrow Diuinity Tho. Vincent against the Quakers being the sandy Foundation shaken A warning to young men or Brinkhursts Narrative Mr. Kidders help to smallest Children in their understanding of the Church-Catechism Thomas Vincents Himns Bartlet on the Sacrament Greens needful preparatory to the Lords Supper Dr. Collings of ordinary matter of Prayer Wilsons Childs Trade Scondrets Catechism Sheffiields Catechism Much in a little or an abstract of Mr. Baxters plain Scripture-proof for Infants Baptism Some brief Directions for the improvement of Infants Baptism Books Twelves Drexellius Repository Meads Spiritual Wisdom Nathanael Vincents little Childs Catechism The duty of Parents towards their Children A little book for little Children A method and instruction for the Art of divine Meditation All three by Tho. VVhite The considerations of Drexelius on Eternity The shadow of the Tree of Life by M. M. The Psalms of David newly translated more plain smooth and agreeable to the Text than any heretofore Mr. Henry Lukin's Life of Faith FINIS