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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64253	A treatise of contentment leading a Christian with much patience through all afflicted conditions by sundry rules of heavenly wisedome : whereunto is annexed first, A treatise of the improvement of time, secondly, The holy warre, in a visitation sermon / by T.T.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Treatise of the improvement of time.; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Holy warre.	1641 (1641)	Wing T571; ESTC R26964	82,319	242

this person over me therefore I must and will obey actively and passively 3 Godlinesse teacheth the heart the first lesson of Christianity namely continually to take up injuries and crosses dayly saith the Text and after a blow on one che●ke to turne the other that is expect and endure another promising to themselves nothing but a continuall bearing of evils and in the meane time never to returne evill for evill which were to shoot with evill men in their owne bow but Doe good for evill blesse when cursed by prayer and patience overcome evill with goodnesse not to repell or represse it by rebellion 4 Seeing Christ hath foretold of Warres and rumours of Warres the godly heart according to his counsell is not too much troubled because it hath peace with God and in it selfe in our Lord Iesus Christ and so much the more laboureth in the preservation of that peace which the world cannot take away It warres so much the more with it owne sins and if it can over come these enemies it cares for no other 5 It sets before the eyes of it the examples of the Saints who in all ages were the beholders of common calamities and yet carried themselves with much contentment in God Moses beheld the oppression of Gods people in Egypt Noah the confusion of the old world Ieremy of the whole Kingdome of Iudah by the Babylonish captivity and yet without grudging or impatience because they knew that these confusions were among men but God still kept his order his providence still watched over his owne people while the sword ateup the enemies so Ieremy was safe in the captivity Noah in the Arke and the comfort which God gave Baruch Ier. 45. 5. I will bring a plague upon all flesh but thy life will I give thee every where for a prey where thou goest Now saith the godly heart If God watch over these publike evils to moderate and revenge them if I be bound in conscience to suffer evils patiently if my profession bid mee to expect no other if God have given me peace by Christ and exercised his Saints in the like trials why should not I stay my selfe and leane upon God expecting an issue CHAP. IV. Of Contentment in Satanicall molestation NOw follow more private calamities against which godlinesse fenceth the heart with contentation And they be either spirituall or temporall Spirituall are from 1 Satan 2 Sin 3 the World The assaults and molestation of Satan often bring much disquietnesse and trouble to the minde but godlinesse at length reduceth the heart to contentment by these or the like meditations 1 That though Satan be never so cruell malicious yea the prince of the world the god of the world of exceeding great power in his attempts yet he hath but the power of a creature which is finite and cannot execute any part of that power at his owne pleasure but onely when God permitteth him Till God said to the evill spirit Goe against Ahab and thou shalt prevaile he could neither prevaile nor goe 1 King 22. 22. Till God said of Iob Loe all that hee hath is in thy hand onely spare his life he could not touch him Till Christ say Go into the herd a legion of devils could not possesse one swine Yea it is not onely a created and finite but a determined power limited and bounded by God so as he cannot passe an inch beyond his commission spare his life saith the Lord and Iobs life was spared Whence it followes that God will never suffer his power to be enlarged to the overthrow and destruction of his children against whom the gates of hell must not prevaile 2 God armeth and fenceth his children that they shall be able to resist and overcome in the evill day he will confirme stablish them wherto he hath appointed put on them an armour ●f proofe able to keepe out all the fiery darts of the wicked one Eph. 6. 13. If we be not wanting in the getting and keeping in our armour Satan cannot hurt us 3 Christ our head hath overcome the Devill and we his members are partakers of his victory his head is broken the prince of the world is cast out well he may nibble at the heele but cannot reach the head 4 We have an assured defence namely hearty prayer and effectuall invocation of the Name of God to whom as being our Father in Iesus Christ we may have accesse calling upon him for the restraint of Satans power and malice The Divell is cast out by fasting and prayer We have the Angels to whom he hath given in charge our safety Psal. 91. 10 11. The power of good Angels is farre the greater Wee have his owne faithfull Word that he will be a wall of fire round about his people Zech. 2. 5. and that hee will bee with them in the greatest dangers of which these are the principall We have the gift and comfort of his blessed Spirit which is the Spirit of wisedome understanding counsell strength and knowledge Esa. 11. 2. 5 We stand not alone against Satans malice but as there is perpetuall enmity betweene the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent so have all the seed of Christ of which Esa. 53. 10. beene in their times molested by the Devill the children of Iob and Iob himselfe and Luke 13. 16. Acertaine woman the daughter of Abraham that is a Beleever and following Abrahams faith Nay Christ himselfe in his second temptation was carried by the Devill from the Wildernesse to a Pinnacle of the Temple and there tempted to destroy and cast downe himselfe We then may well be contented CHAP. V. Of the multitude of sinnes the assault and Contentment OTher spirituall calamities are from sinne which makes assault against our faith and sweet content in God in regard of first the number secondly the greatnesse thirdly relapse into the same Against the number of sins repentance godlinesse fenceth the heart by these meditations 1 The multitude of mercies in God who is rich in mercy as able and willing to forgive ten thousand talents as one as in the parable of the servant indebted Matth. 18. 27. all is one with him He hath a multitude of mercies and compassions and will cast all our sins into the bottome of the Sea Isaac had but one blessing in comparison of this multiplicity 2 Oppose the price value and merit of the Blood of Christ which cleanseth from all sins be they never so many We are not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold but the precious Blood of Iesus Christ And if the blood of Bulls and Goats and the ashes of an heifer sprinkled on the uncleane sanctified as touching the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternall spirit offered himselfe without spot purge the conscience from dead workes to serve