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truth_n	love_n	receive_v	unrighteousness_n	1,627	5	10.8118	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08429	The helmet of hope, distinguished from the hope of hypocrites. And published to prevent the danger of false hope, and to promote the duty of living in true hope of glory. With an appendix of the grounds of hope, collected in a catalog of promises and experiences. / By A.B. ...	Barnett, Andrew, 17th cent.	1694 (1694)	Wing B875BA; ESTC R172272	76,414	184

in the Promise 2. You must close with the Promise and accept of it with its Condition annexed striving for the Qualifications upon which the Obligation of the Promise dependeth and acting those Graces so strongly that you may be satisfied in your selves that the Habits of those Graces are within you and then the Door of the Promise will stand open to you and you may enter into it with satisfaction upon all occasions The more clearly Grace darteth forth its Beams in your Souls the more manifest will your interest in the promises appear 7. The Faithfulness of God in his promises serves to convince us of the wretchedness of such as have no Interest in the Promises Alas alas what will formal Hypocrites do in an evil day whether will they fly for refuge if they run to the promise it will afford them no succour not because the Promise faileth but because it belongs not to them They are none of the Heirs of the promise The promise is the Heritage of the Righteous Faithful is he that hath promised But to these he hath made no promises his Threatnings not his Promises belong unto them It s no wonder that formal Hypocrites fall from their profession in a time of Persecution they being not under the promises but under danger of being left to themselves for imprisoning the Truth in unrighteousness 2 Thes 2.10 Such as receive not the Love of the Truth shall be given up to strong Delusions Godliness is profitable to all things having the Promise of this Life and the Life that is to come The promises appertain to Godliness and neither the promises of this life nor of the life to come belong to ungodliness The Godly are the Children of the Promise but the ungodly the Children of Wrath and have nothing to do with the promise And how woful is their condition that have no Interest in the promises 8. The Faithfulness of God in his Promises serves to comfort Christians under all the evils that may befal them in this wicked World They may comfort themselves 1. In the fullness of the Promise There is a supply of all their wants laid up for them in the Promise and whatsoever they need they may fetch from the Fountain of the Promise want they Comfort or Council Support or Strength these and much more are laid up for them in the Promises 2. They may also comfort themselves in the Faithfulness of the Promises They are firm and infallible Promises and can deceive none that rely upon them Suppose they fall into Poverty God hath promised not to suffer them to lack and to repair their Losses and faithful is he that hath promised Suppose they be cast into Prison God hath promised them his Presenee Power Peace and his Spirit and these will turn a Prison into a Pallace and faithful is he that hath promised Suppose they be put to Death in the cause of the Gospel it doth but hasten them to Heaven and God hath promised to be with them in the fire and to reward them with a more weighty Crown of Glory and faithful is he that hath promised Suppose through the violence of a Temptation they be overcome and fall into some hainous sin they shall not die in that sin but recover by renewed Repentance for God hath promised to heal their backsliding and faithful is he that hath promised 9. The Faithfulness of God in his Promises serves to encourage us to Constancy and Stedfastness in the profession of the Faith The Promises are faithful Friends to such faithful Servants as are not only in the Faith and stedfast in the Faith but also stedfast in the open Profession of their Faith How do the Promises embolden animate and encourage them to Constancy and Perseverance in this their Profession in stormy and perilous times Heb. 10.23 Let us hold fast our profession without wavering faithful is he that hath promised And is he faithful that hath promised then why should we waver and let go our profession of our Faith Is not Gods Faithfulness a strong Encouragement to us to stick close to our Profession Surely it is for it answers all objections that carnal reason objects aganst stedfastness in our Profession and assures us of all supplies that we stand in need of to help us to hold fast our Profession without wavering 1. It answers all Objections that Carnal Reason objects against this stedfastness in our Profession Doth carnal reason object Poverty saying if thou stick now in such times as these to thy profession thou wilt be undone and bring thy self and thy Family to Beggary The Answer is The Earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof he feeds the Fowls of the Air and provided Manna for the Israelites in the Wilderness and he hath promised that there shall be no lack to them that fear him Ps 34.9 and faithful is he that hath promised Doth carnal reason object impotency and disability saying alas thou art a weak frail and fearful Creature and wilt never be able to hold out and hold fast thy profession to the end of the storm the Severities of unreasonable Men and the Cruelties they will expose thee to will prove too hard for thee it s to no purpose to strive against so violent a stream better yield at first than to stand out a while and then be forced to a dishonorable Retreat The Answer is this When my flesh and my heart faileth me God is the strength of my Heart Though I am weak yet God is strong and he hath promised to be my Shield and Refuge and faithful is he that hath promised When Paul was in Trouble God stood by him and strengthned him 2 Tim. 4.16 Heb. 11.34 And in the primitive Persecutions the Christians out of weakness were made strong why then should I be discouraged I will trust to Gods Faithfulness which never failed Doth carnal reason object the perfidiousness of Friends saying all will forsake you and frown on you and you will have none to stand by you and to look after you in your troubles The Answer is I have a faithful Friend that hath promised to stick close to me that can and will help me The Lord of Host hath promised to be with me and to help me and faithful is he that hath promised He was faithful to Paul and to Jacob and to Joseph and though they had many and great troubles and their worldly Friends failed them yet he befriended them all along and why should I distrust so faithful a Friend that never falsified his promise thus the Faithfulness of God answers all carnal objections And 2. It assures as of all sorts of supplies that we stand in need of to help us to hold fast our profession without wavering Phil. 4.19 My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ He shall do it saith Paul And how could Paul assure of all necessary supplies why he knew that God was engaged by

Potent and permanent Refuge and God is this Refuge to him you must flie and that with speed by Faith and Repentance and in this way you may lay hold of this Hope whilst you neglect or refuse flying to this Refuge you have nothing to do to lay hold of this Hope of Glory I have now done with the first great truth that this Doctrine informs us of and enter upon the Second 2. All hearts in whom Christ dwells ought to live in Hope of Glory It 's their Sin and shame that their Hope of Glory is so low and little and their fears and doubts so many and great and therefore I shall expostulate the case with these to convince them of their Sin in cherishing Unbelief and to encourage them to sure and certain Hopes of Glory 1. Are not you under the Commands of God and his Sworn Subjects how dare you then live in the daily breach of his express Precepts you dare not Swear nor Lie nor commit Adultery because these are Acts of disobedience to the Lord your God how then comes it to pass that you dare refuse to hope in God and to Act Faith in Christ are not these commanded Duties Psal 121. last Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever 1 John 3.23 This is his Commandment that we should believe Now judge in your selves ought you not to give an universal Obedience to the Commands of God and is not a Command from God a sufficient Warrant against Presumption why then do you exempt your selves from yielding Obedience to the Commands of Faith and Hope 2. Are you not under the Covenant of Grace and was it not made and Sealed on purpose to strengthen your Hope and doth it not Answer all Objections against Hope 1 Pet. 1.21 Christ was raised and Glorified that your Hope might be in God The Resurrection and Glorification of Christ proves the Consummation of the work of Redemption and that our Reconciliation with God was accomplished and the Covenant of Grace ratified and this calls upon Believers to hope in God and declares that their doubts and fears are groundless 3. Are you not under the Custody of Christ and your Salvation secured by him and your Life hid with him in God Col. 3.3 and can you doubt of his Love that loved you to Death can ye question his Power that commanded all things out of nothing can ye be Jealous over his Truth that hath alway been true to his word and is truth it self What can you say for your selves did Christ die for you and doth he now dwell in you and will ye account your Condition hopeless surely this is a piece of great weakness and very blame-worthy in such as you Obj. It is blame-worthy in such as have Christ within them but that is not our Case we had him in us and had Communion with him and lived in high Hopes of Glory but are now left without any Hope or ground of Hope we have Sinned him and all our Hope of Glory away and are justly cast off by him Answ This Objection answers its selfs The Concession in the former Part contradicts the Conclusion in the latter Part Such as have enjoyed Christ cannot be cast off by Christ and therefore I shall endeavour to make out these things for the satisfaction of such 1. That they are stated in a State of safety 2. That they stand under the Obligation of this Duty of hoping in God 3. That they are stockt and stor'd with vital Principles that assure us of their recovery 1. They are stated in a state of safety The safety of the Soul doth not depend upon their hopes of Glory but upon its Union with Christ Its Hope of Glory may be interrupted but its Union with Christ can never be dissolved once in Christ and alway in Christ Under the want of assurance the safety of the Soul continues The immutability of the Covenant of Grace the Eternity of Gods Electing Love and the Efficacy of Christs continual Intercession and the Excellency of the State of Grace do assure the true Believer that his Salvation cannot miscarry and that though he may by the violence of a Temptation fall yet he cannot fall away It 's one of the great Priviledges of the Sons of God that they are Heirs of Heaven and that their heavenly Inheritance is so firmly intailed upon them that they cannot fall short of it Grace enters the Soul into an Everlasting State of Happiness and if an Everlasting State could be lost then it were not Everlasting And that Grace is an Everlasting Estate we are assured from 1 Joh. 5.11 12 13. This is the record that God hath given us Eternal Life and this Life is in his Son He that hath the Son hath Life These things have I wrote to you that believe That ye may know that you have eternal Life John 3. last He that beliveth on the Son hath everlasting Life 2. They stand under the Obligation of this Duty of living in Hope of Glory Under their present Circumstances the Cloud that covers their Hope doth not discharge them from the Duty of Hope They are to Hope against Hope and to keep up Hope when the ground of Hope doth disappear for the ground of Hope remains though it be as a spark under the Ashes or as the Sun in an Eclipse out of present fight the Soul in this Case is to call to mind the days of Old and the Love that heretofore it received from Christ and to conclude thus my beloved hath withdrawn himself and now stands behind the Curtains to try my Faith Patience and Sincerity and to see whether I will serve him without a Pawn I hope he will return and will in hope wait for his return It 's but an Eclipse the interposition will be removed and the Sun of Righteousness will shine again upon my Soul Oh my Soul Satan is now aware that there is a distance betwixt Christ and thee and Tempts thee to Despair but harken to the Voice of my Beloved Isa 50.10 Who is amongst you that feareth the Lord that obeyeth the Voice of his Servant that walketh in darkness and hath no Light let him trust in the Name of the Lord and stay himself upon his God See then that under Darkness thou expect Light for this is thy Duty and wilt thou suffer Satan to baffle the out of thy Duty is not the Voice of Christ to be regarded before the Voice of Satan and doth not not he say Isa 54.8 In a little wrath I hid my self for a moment but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee sa●th the Lord thy Redeemer 3. They are Stockt and Stored with vital-Principles that will prevail at last against the present Temptation The Root of the Matter the Seed of Grace remains in the Soul that they cannot Sin unto Death nor with a full and free consent of Will 1 John 3.2 The force of the present Temptation may

choicest Treasure and set a great value upon them both because of the superexcellency of the things Promised and because of the infallibility of him that promised them He that made these Promises is God and not man and there being no impotency nor inconstancy in him the Promises must needs prove certain and unfailable 2. The faithfulness of God in his promises serves to check and condemn the fears and jealousies that arise in us from the foresight of future troubles Whence spring all these distracting thoughts that croud our Souls but from Unbelief did we live by Faith upon the Promises it were not possible for us to be overwhelmed with fears Matth. 8.26 Why are ye fearful oh ye of little faith have we such precious Promises and is he faithful that hath promised then why are we so fearful our fears surely are groundless fears they proceed not from any just cause but from our distrusting the faithfulness of God in his Promises Had we more Faith we should have less fear Faith would scatter our fears by fetching in relief from the Promises if would chide out slavish fear as it did in David Psal 42. last Why are thou cast down Oh my Soul hope thou in God 3 The faithfulness of God in his Promises serves to Create in us an ardent Love to our Gracious Lord and Master Who would not Love such a kind and faithful Friend as we should fear him for his Greatness so should we love him for his Goodness How good hath God been to us in giving such a large stock of rich Promises unto us and therein intailing so large an inheritance upon us how sad and forlorn would our condition be were it not for these precious Promises what would poor persecuted reproached and despised Christians do were they not supported by these Promises and what would poor doubting Christians do but for these Promises how many under the distresses of their Souls have recived comfort from the Promises that Blessed Martyr Mr. Bilney being wounded in Conscience for renouncing the Profession of his Faith and subscribing the Popish Errors was at last comforted with that Promise Isa 26.3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee A Young maid went Triumphantly to Heaven by the refreshment she found in that Promise Matth. 11.28 Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest Many drooping Spirits have been comforted from these words 1 John 3.14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the Brethren I know one that hath lived comfortably many Years upon that Promise Phil. 4.19 My God shall supply all your wants according to his riches in glory by Christ Oh what comforts have many received from the Promises God expresseth his Love to his People in these Promises and they should express their Love to him in their thankfulness for the Promises 4. The Faithfulness of God in his Promises serves to confirm our Faith in the Promises Is he faithful that hath Promised why then should we doubt of the truth of the Promises Christ says one is the Vine and the Promises are a Cluster of Grapes growing upon this Vine and Faith presseth the Wine of comfort and contentment out of the cluster of the Promises Why do we not make more improvement and advantage of the Promises and live more upon them doth not the Faithfulness of God silence all our doubts and challenge from us more strenuous Acts of Faith is God true to his Word then surely we should patiently wait for and assuredly expect the accomplishment of the Promises and that when the Stream of Providence runs another way God saith Jer. 32. 42. I will bring upon them all the good that I have promised them And if we would receive the good contained in the Promises then we must act Faith in the Promises Faith takes this for granted that God will be as good as his Word and by reflecting upon Gods Faithfulness Faith is strengthened and confirmed 5. The Faithfulness of God in his Promises serves to clear the Promises from all charges of miscarrying The Promises are not alway performed to all that claim an interest in them but this is not to be charged on God as a piece of unfaithfulness For 1. Delays in performing Promises are no breaches of Promise if the time of performance be not limited in the Promise Ps 77.8 Doth his promise fail for evermore No No that cannot be it may fail for a time but not for ever God will make his word good one time or other Though he may delay the performance yet he cannot break the Promise and therefore its good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. 2. Discharges from Promises discharge from the performance and in conditional promises the non-observation of the condition discharges from the performance And many of Gods promises are conditional and such as keep not the Condition do justly miss of the Accomplishment of the promise and yet he is faithful that promised 2 Chron. 15.2 The Lord is with you whilst you are with him but if you forsake him he will forsake you 3. Doing more for a person then the promise amounts to though not the same but in another kind is no breach of Promise but a performance of it with advantage As if I promise to another 100 l. and instead thereof give him a Jewel worth 200 l. then I am as good and better then my word to him So it God promise Deliverance and do not deliver but gives Strength Comfort and spiritual Advantage to a person in his Trouble he is as good and better than his word to him When he gives eternal life instead of temporal life the promise doth not fail but still he is faithful that promised 6. The Faithfulness of God in his Promises serves to quicken us to all Diligence in looking out after an Interest in the Promises Though there are many precious promises and he is faithful that promised yet what are we the better if we be none of those to whom the promise belongs if we be in the state of Nature we are under the Law and not under Grace under the Curses of the Law and not under the Promises of the Gospel Study therefore under your Peace and Liberty your interest in the Promises that you may apply them to your selves without Presumption when you fall into Adversity If you ask how you may discover your interest in the Promises I answer 1. You must cleanse your selves from all Pollutions 2 Cor. 7. beg Having these Promises let us cleanse our selves c. He that will comfortably apply the Promises must apply himself diligently to the Conditions of the promise he must cleanse himself that he may be capable to receive the Blessings promised and live alway under the influence of the Promise and be able justly to challenge an interest in the promise Such as have filthy polluted Souls have no Interest