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A15711 The Christians iewell. Or, The treasure of a good conscience. By William Worship, Doctor of Diuinitie Worship, William. 1617 (1617) STC 25985; ESTC S114443 54,901 264

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selfe in the surges of temptation is the infallible Truth of Gods Promises For God is not as man that Num. 23. 19. he should lye neither as the sonne of man that he he should repent hath He said and shal He not doe it Hath Hee spoken and shall He not accomplish it Is he not true in him selfe in his words and in his works Is not his Truth sincere without imperfection first without dependance eternall without succession immutable without variation Is not his Word the Ioh. 17 17. Trueth by an excellencie and shall it not remaine in violate when the constant Mat. 5. 18. frame of heauen and earth shall be shaken and dissolued And hath not the Ier. 31. 34. Lord made a Couenant with the Beleeuer and confirmed it by hand-writing 1. Cor. 11. 25. and seales that he will forgiue his iniquity remember his sin no more Then why doe I listen to the deadly Knell of Satan as if I were a fire-brand of Hell without all hope of life and saluation and not rather crie with teares as the Man did in S. Marke Lord Mark 9. 24 I beleeue helpe my vnbeliefe CHAP. LI. Of the Fourteenth Comfort which is the Iustice of God AS out of the Eater came Iudg. 14. 14 meate and out of the Strong came sweetenesse so may there matter of consolation bee fetched from the proprietie of Gods Iustice For first it is neuer executed against the nocent without some mixture of mercie insomuch that the Deuils themselues are not altogether punished so seuerely as they See Hier. Zanch. de Nat. Dei c. 5. deserue Secondly it being against the nature of Iustice that a Debt should be twice payd by the Surety once and againe by the Principall why should I feare the attachment of my person sith my Bonds long Col. 2. 14. since were canceld at Golgotha and nayld to the Crosse of my Redeemer CHAP. LII That all the forenamed Comforts are vneffectual without the Presence of the Holy Ghost BVt in vaine doth Paul 1. Cor. 3. 6. plant and Apollos water vnlesse the Lord do giue increase It is not bread but the Staffe of bread that nourisheth It is the Holy Ghost that is the Comforter euen the Spirit of Trueth Ioh. 14. 16 17. whom the world cānot receiue because it seeth him not neither knoweth him but the Children of God knowe him for Hee dwelleth in them with an vnspeakable ioy which goes a degree beyond Peace of Rom. 14. 17. De Scala Claust Conscience Inexperti talia non intelligunt saith Bernard nisi ea expressiùs legant in libro Experientiae quos ipsa doceat Vnctio Vnexpert men cannot skil of these things nor any but those that expresly reade them in the Book of Experience beeing instructed therein by the Vnction of the Spirit Hanc autem gratiam cui vult quando vult Sponsus tribuit non quasi iure Haereditario possidetur Now the Bridegroome CHRIST IESVS conferres this grace vpon whom he will and when hee will for no man can challenge it as an Heritage The signes sayth Saint Bernard that declare the De Scala Claust presence of the Holy Ghost are chiefely two Suspiria Lachrymae Sighes and Teares O Domine IESV si adeò sunt dulces istae lachrymae quae ex memoria desiderio tui excitantur quàm dulce erit gaudium quod ex manifesta Tui Visione capietur Lord IESV if the teares that are shed in the remembrance and desire of Thee bee so sweete and delightfull how vnspeakeable will that ioy bee that shall bee conceiued in the manifest Vision of Thee Si adeò dulce est flere prote quàm dulce erit gaudere de te If there be such pleasure in weeping for thee Oh what comfort will there be in reioycing in thee CHAP. LIII An Exhortation to the Children of GOD that they striue against their Dumpishnesse and that they be Cheerefull in the Lord. REioyce in the Lord O Psal 33. 1. ye Righteous for it becommeth well the Iust to be thankefull Reioyce in the Phil. 4. 4. Lord alway againe I say Reioyce Sing ye merrily vnto Psal 81. 1. GOD your Strength make a cheereful noyse vnto the GOD of Iacob O Sing Prayses sing Prayses vnto your GOD O sing Prayses sing Prayses vnto your King O giue thankes Psal 47. 6. vnto the LORD for hee is Gracious and his Mercie indureth for euer O giue thankes vnto the GOD of all GODS for his Mercie indureth for euer O thanke Psal 136. 1. 2. 3. the LORD of all LORDS for his Mercie indureth for euer Yea let the Dumbe Isai 35. 6. man Sing and the Lame man leape as an Hart. Hearten vp your selues Psal 42. 5. with the Prophet DAVIDS Apostrophe Why art thou so heauie O my Soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in GOD. Feare not thou woorme Iacob for thy Redeemer Isai 41. 14. the Holy One of Israel will help thee Why shouldest thou say The LORD Isai 49. 14. hath forsaken mee and my LORD hath forgotten me Can a Woman forget her Childe and not haue compassion on the sonne of her Wombe Though they should forget yet will not the LORD forget thee Behold he hath ingrauen thee vpon the palmes of his hands thy Walls are euer in his sight For a moment Isai 54. 8. in his anger hath he hid his face from thee for a little season but with euerlasting Mercie will hee haue compassion on thee Who shall lay any thing to thy charge It is GOD that iustifieth Rom. 8. 33. 34. c. thee Who shal condemne It is CHRIST which is dead yea rather which is risen againe who is also at the right hand of GOD and maketh request for thee Who shall separate thee from the loue of CHRIST Shall tribulation or anguish or persecution or famine or nakednesse or peril or sword No thou maist perswade thy selfe that neyther death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate thee from the loue of GOD which is in Christ Iesus thy Lord. Consider that the Godly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ● th 7. 11. man is a Blessed man and therefore hath his name of Reioycing Consider the saying of Athanasius which is cited by Saint Bernard De modo Bene Viu Ser. 11. Homo tristis semper malitiatur contristat Spiritum Sanctum sibi à Deo donatum A man that is customably sad and dumpish is alwayes hammering some mischiefe and grieueth the Holy Spirit which the Lord hath giuen him Consider that a sorrowfull Pro. 17. 22. minde dryeth vp the bones and riueleth the bodie which is a part of the Image of GOD. Consider that it disableth a man to the performance of the Workes of his Calling