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A10825	The crovvne of life Containing the combate betwixt the flesh and the spirit, with meditations and prayers in time of afflictions, directing to liue christianly, and die blessedly. Also a comfortable and heauenly dialogue betweene Christ and the soule. Written to comfort the afflicted consciences of all those that groane vnder the burthen of their sinnes.	Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.	1618 (1618)	STC 21097; ESTC S103183	116,851	548

take my yoak vpō you for he that will follow mee must forsake himselfe and take vp his crosse daily and come after mee and this precept is not giuen to any Infidell and wicked man Luk. 9.23 but vnto the faithfull and holy ones For the crosse of Christ is such a precious iewell that hee will not commit it to the vngodly and incredulous yet such an ornament hee will not bestow vpon proph●ne and godlesse people behold Simon of Cyrene Luk. 23.28 what greater honour could there come vnto him then that hee helped Christ to beare his Crosse behinde him ô what commendations shall it be vnto him at the last day A Prayer for obedience in the Crosse of Christ. O Lord Iesus Christ thou who hast enioyned that I should beare thy Crosse giue mee an obedient heart that I may with all humility receiue it vpon my shoulders 1 Kin. 3.9 and in all possible readinesse follow thee according to thy good pleasure through the same Lord Iesus Christ in whose name I call on thee saying Our Father c. Flesh. Shew me the third rule how to beare the crosse of Christ patiently Spirit Iesus our Sauiour hath three sorts of schooles of aduersity The first is of nurture when as hee reclaimeth his owne from sinne 1 Cor. 11.32 and chastizeth them for the same The second schoole is of probation or triall when hee exercizeth their faith Mic. 7 9. Esay 28. Esay 28.26 Esay 44. Rom. 8. hope and prayer The third is martyrdome when hee suffereth his Saints to bee pers●cuted for his name sake A Meditation of the soule concerning the comfort of Christ to those that suffer for his sake Hearken ô my Soule thou art the Lords Disciple and Scholler and hee will not faile neither must thou grudge to bee brought vnto one of these schooles for if it so happen that hee punish thee for thy sinne as he did King Dauid thanke him for his correction It was good for mee saith Dauid that thou chastizedst mee that I might learne thy iudgements Psal. 119. And if hee put thee to triall as he did Ioseph and Iob Psal. 44. then bethinke thee that heereby he puts an edge vpon thy faith wakens thy hope prouokes thee to prayer Esay 25.9 and if he aduance thee to that honour to be persecuted cast in prison or dy for his name sake then reioyce that thou art coūted worthy to suffer rebuke for his name Act 5.14 A Prayer for stedfast faith in all afflictions O Lord Iesus Christ thou who wast not ashamed to hang vpon the crosse with disdain and all kind of reproch grant that I neuer blush to stand by thy crosse with the Virgin Mary and if thou bring me thereunto mercifully maruellously help me to follow thee Ioh. 19.25 bee prepared if neede bee to lay down my life for thy sake according to thy pleasure grant this heauenly father for Iesus Christs sake my only Sauiour and Redeemer to whom bee all honour and glory Amen Flesh. Shew me the fourth rule of Christs Crosse. Spirit The crosses of the faithfull are a token and signification of Gods loue for whom hee loueth hee chastizeth Reu 3.19 but the world shall reioyce saith he but yee shall weep and lament Ioh. 16.20 for so iudgement must beginne at Gods house and therefore in the daies of Ieremiah 1 Pet. 4.17 the Lord began to bring euill on the City which is called by his name Ier. 25.29 and hee that loues his childe will not spare the rod Hebr. 12.6 but if thou art without chastisement whereof all are partakers which are his sons then art thou a bastard and not a sonne behold thy Lord Iesus Christ the onely begotten sonne of his father how angry was his father with him how bitterly did God smite him although it was not for his owne sinne but for the offences of other men A Prayer for willingnesse to vndergoe the Crosse of Christ. Lord Iesus helpe mee that I neuer withdraw my selfe from thy crosse and correction but willingly embrace and kisse the same as a well ●nclined childe and heartily thank thee at all times for whatsoeuer blowes or scourges it shall please thee to inflict vpon me Grant this ô heauenly father for the same my Sauiour Iesus Christs sake Amen Flesh. Shew mee the fifth rule concerning Christs Crosse Spirit The greater the euill is the Lord is the neerer for he will bee with vs in trouble hee will deliuer vs and honour vs Psal. 90.15 yet how hard is it to flesh bloud to beleeue it for we suppose that when sorrow and greefe is at hand the Lord hath forgot vs and giuen vs vp to Satan and to all kinde of mischance ô not so my soule for although Sathan bee thy professed enemy and goeth about night and day to deuoure thee yet can he not touch an haire of thy head by his will Mat. 10.30 yea how is it possible the Lord should not remember vs for in acceptable time will he heare vs and in a day of saluation will hee help vs Esay 49.8 can a woman forget her sucking childe that shee should not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe yet will I not forget thee saith the Lord but if it is for a small moment that hee forsaketh thee but with great mercies will he gather thee in a little wrath he will hide his face from thee for a moment but with euerlasting kindnesse will I haue mercy on thee Esay 54.7 saith the Lord thy Redeemer the mountaines shall depart and the hils be remoued but his kindnesse shall not depart from thee neither shall the couenant of my mercy and peace bee remoued from thee Vers. 10. saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee for how should hee lie who is verity himselfe Light therefore is sowen vnto the godly in darknesse and therefore Psal. 112 4 Rom. 8. Psal. 23.1 if God be with vs who can bee against vs. Now then the Lord is thy sheepheard thou shalt want nothing that is good for thee A Prayer when wee haue obtayned faith in Christ. Lord Iesus I hauing once the possession of thee I account nothing of the heauen or earth or fulnesse thereof but esteeme all to be dung and naught in regard of thee and thy knowledge Ps. 73. and albeit my soule and life should be grieuously tormented eyther with inward or outward tormēts and afflictions thou art my lot and the portion of inheritance for euer grant therefore O Lord God my faith fayle not but with assured hope of glorie I may call on thee my Sauiour Amen Flesh. Shew mee the sixt rule concerning the crosse of Christ and the crosses of this life Spirit The Crosse serueth Gods children to their good for wee know that all things worke together for good to them that loue God to them who are called according to his purpose Rom.

bemoane thy selfe thus Ier. 31.18 Thou hast chastised mee and I was chastised as a Bullocke and accustomed to the Yoake Turne thou mee and I shall be turned thou art the Lord my God surely after that I was turned I repented after that I was instructed I smot vppon my Knee I was ashamed yea euen confounded because I did beare the reproch of my youth yet if thou shalt be patiēt since I spake against thee saith the Lord I doe earnestly remember thee still therfore my bowells are troubled for thee I will surely haue mercie on thee saith the Lord. The sicke persons Prayer for comfort in affliction Lord Iesus Christ my Redeemer I complayne that my miserie vexeth mee so sore and that my sicknesse endureth so long I request thee thou eternall Word of thy eternall Father thou liuely comforter proclayme Consolation in my heart that I in my greatest infirmitie anguish and pangs of death may vnderstand that I am thy deare child and cast my selfe in thy armes and bosome turn neuer thy gratious countenance from mee yea Lord the time thou diddest hang vpō the crosse tookest our rebuke and reproach vpon thee and wast destitute of the helpe of all creatures yet wast thou notwithstanding thy Fathers onely begotten Sonne and shalt so bee eternally When faithfull Ioseph was in Bonds Ge. 41.14 and had no whit of any creatures fauour Yet wast thou with him loued him and deliuered him in due season When Stephan was lead to death Act. 7.55 and stones cast at him didst not thou manifest thy selfe vnto him when replenished with inward ioy and full of the holy Ghost he looked vp stedfastly into heauen and saw the glory of God and Iesus standing on the right hand of God And Lazarus when hee lay at the rich mans gate full of sores Luk. 16.22 yea and the dogs came and shewed greater humanity than man yet was he carried by the Angels into Abrahams bosom O my God I am thy vvretched Lazarus heere lie I knocking at thy gate with my pitifull groans naked and full of sores am I my pain is great and my torment will ouercome me but I know assuredly and heereunto 1000. witnesses haue I in mine heart by thy holy Spirit that thou wilt not forsake me thine eyes are ouer mee night and day as one of thine Elect I appertaine to thy euerlasting life therefore thou art with mee in this my distresse Psal. 91.9 I haue made thee my refuge and my habitation ô set not mine iniquities before thee neither secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance for who knowes the power of thine anger Psal. 90.11 euen according to thy feare so is thy wrath O let the beauty of my Lord my God bee vpon me and satisfie mee early with thy mercy that I may reioyce and bee glad all the daies I haue to liue now Lord I loue loue thee therefore deliuer me and shew me thy saluation for Christ Iesus thy sonnes sake to whom with the holy Spirit be all honour Amen Flesh. Shew me how I may resist Sathan in my sicknesse or any other temptation Spirit Seuenthly if Sathan insist in assaulting thee with his fiery darts of tentations Eph. 6.16 enter not in deepe cogitations and disputations with him for hee is too craftie and subtil for thee for of thine owne nature Gen. 3.1 thou canst neuer gaine-stand him remember Adam and Eue who were deceiued by him and miserably seduced although they were in the state of innocency and in their pure and holy nature how canst thou then wretched and corrupt sinner encounter him But cast thine eyes vpon Iesus Christ and heerewi●hall comfort thy sicke soule that he in all his tentations abideth constant and was not ouercome but ouercame Sathan for thy weale hath giuē thee freely his victorie to the end that howsoeuer hee shall double his assaults against thee yet hee shall goe confounded Moreouer the weapons which Iesus Christ vsed against him are to bee considered of thee which were places and sentences of Scripture Eph. 6.17 euen so lay thou hand on the holy sword of Gods word the sword I say of the Spirit 1 Pet. 5.9 Iam. 4. and resist him stedfast in thy faith and he will flie from thee If so be hee say thy sins are greater then can bee forgiuen Gen. 4.13 then kill him with the true word of God and constantly affirme thou liest Sathan for where sinne hath abounded Rom. 5.20 there grace hath superabounded If he say that Christs merits belong not vnto thee thou art not of the number of the Elect then exclaime and say thou liest Sathan for Christ hath sayd come vnto mee all yee that are weary and are heauy laden and I will giue you rest and gaine as in Adam all die euen so in Christ shall all be made aliue 1 Cor. 15. 22. If he shall make Gods indignation and wrath for sinne huge and great against thee say without ceasing Ioh. 3.16 God so loued the world that he gaue his only begotten Sonne that whosoeuer beleeued in him should not die but haue euerlasting life And in another place God commendeth his loue towards vs in that while wee were yet sinners Rom. 5.8 Christ died for vs and thou hast loued them Ioh. 17.23 as thou hast loued me If hee shall open hell before thee defend thy selfe with this word of God 1 Ioh. 3.8 and say For this cause the Sonne of God was manifested that hee might destroy the workes of the Diuell Hos. 13.14 And againe I will ransom them from the power of the graue I will redeeme them from death ô death I will be thy plagues ô grau● I will bee thy d●struction Doth hee vpbraid thy weake faith then say thou the Lord will not breake the bruised reede and the smoking flax shall he not quench And againe Esay 42.3 Psal. 51.17 A broken and contrite heart ô God thou wilt not despise And in another place thus saith hee Esa. 57.15 19. 66.2 the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternitie whose name is holy I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to reuiue the spirit of the humble and to reuiue the heart of th● contrite ones And therefore hee saith peace peace to him that is farre off and to him that is neere If Sathan obiect thy coldnesse and drowzinesse in prayer thou mayest answer Although I do not speake yet I sigh and groane which is acceptable vnto him If hee affirme that thy crosse sicknes lasts long and that the Lord hath cast thee out of his mind thou mayest answer Ca● a woman forget her sucking childe Esa. 49.15 that shee should not haue compassion in the sonne of her wombe shee may forget yet will I not forget thee saith the Lord. If hee obiect thy pouerty and that thou art despised of all yea of