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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13341	Of the markes of the children of God and of their comforts in afflictions. To the faithfull of the Low Countrie. By Iohn Taffin. Ouerseene againe and augmented by the author, and translated out of French by Anne Prowse.; Des marques des enfans de Dieu. English	Taffin, Jean, 1529-1602.; Prowse, Anne.	1590 (1590)	STC 23652; ESTC S118085	100,800	270

to entreate his Children in this worlde delicatelie and to set them vp in riches and high estate wee might haue some occasion to doubt whether wee were the Children of GOD all calamities and afflictions quite contrarie falling vpon vs. But seeing it is so that the Holie Ghost hath foretolde vs both often and manifestlie that the children of GOD shoulde bee afflicted and that those that woulde liue faithfullie in the feare of GOD in Christ shall suffer persecution 2. Tim. 3 12 this persecution and affliction ought rather to serue vs for a signe that wee are the children of GOD. Moreouer if the most excellent seruants and children of GOD haue alwayes beene most afflicted Afflictions ought not to make vs doubt of our adoption and saluation except wee will call in doubt the saluation and felicitie of those whom wee confesse to bee the verie blessed children of GOD Especiallie if afflictions do serue greatlie to pull our hearts from the Earth and to lift them vp into Heauen to purifie our faith as golde in the fire and to fashion vs into a true obedience of God Then the vtility and profite which commeth vnto vs thereby ought to serue vs for a sufficient proofe that in afflictions GOD sheweth himselfe to be our father hauing care of our welfare and saluation And yet more seeing the taking awaie of our goods temporall shall bring vs foorth an eternall treasure in Heauen the mockeries and reproches shall bee turned vnto glorie before GOD the teares into ioy our sufferings into comfortes Who is hee that will not confesse that such afflictions proceede from the verie loue of GOD towards vs To be short seeing that GOD strengthening vs in the middest of the fires of tribulations sheweth in our infirmitie his might and bountie and seeing when wee suffer for his name hee maketh vs witnesses of his trueth our afflictions are as it were stages from whence he maketh his own glory to shine and giueth increase vnto ours So farre off is it then that beeing afflicted wee shoulde bee troubled or offended that contrariwise those troubles ought to serue vs for an assurance that we are the children of GOD whereof that wee may bee the better resolued we wil treate of these points more at large That the afflictions that happen vnto vs haue beene foretolde and therefore they ought to confirme vs in the assurance of our adoption CAP. 7. THE holie Ghost hath at all times foretold and testified by sundry and manifest sentences that the children of God shoulde be persecuted and afflicted in this life yea in such sort as the first afflictions shoulde bee but the beginnings of greater and that passing one euill they shoulde prepare themselues to indure others that should followe as the waues in the Sea Gen. 3.15 Prophecies of the olde testament GOD from the beginning of the worlde hauing pronounced that hee woulde put enmitie betweene the seede of the woman and the seede of the Serpent hath aduertised vs that as long as there shal be deuils in the world and children of God they must vnderstand that such enemies will imploy all their strength means to persecute thē As this also is represented in the Reuelatiō in that which is said by S. Iohn Reue. 12 that the olde serpent not being able to deuoure the Sonne of GOD nor the body of the church was very angry and went to make war with the rest of her seede which kept the commaundements of God and which had the testimonie of Iesus Christ Likewise God hauing promised seede vnto Abraham and added that it shoulde bee as the Starres of the Heauen Gen. 15.13 He tolde him by and by that it shoulde bee afflicted saying Knowe thou for a certayne that thy seede shall dwell and serue in a Land that is not their owne and shal be afflicted foure hundred yeeres And that which is more hee confirmeth this aduertisement by a vision or notable signe commaunding him to diuide in peeces an heifar a ramme a hee goate a turtle and a pigeon and sending a flight of Birdes vpon the dead carcases cut in peeces he shewed him that his seede by the greatnesse of afflictions should be like vnto dead carcases cut in peeces and exposed for a pray vnto the Birdes Dauid in a few wordes sheweth this condition to be common to all the children of GOD saying Psal 34.20 that the afflictions of the righteous are manie And in howe manie sortes and in how many places haue the Prophetes foretolde of the afflictions that came vpon the tenne tribes of Israel carried after captiues into Assyria In like manner of the kingdome of Iuda the destruction of the Temple the sacking of the Citie the massacre of a great part of the people and the captiuitie of the rest Prophecies of the newe testament Mat. 10.16 by the space of seauentie yeares in Babylon Aboue all Iesus Christ who is the wisedome of GOD how often hath hee foretolde the afflictions of his faithfull seruants and members of his body Beholde saith he to his A postles I send you as Sheepe amongest Wolues Yee shall bee deliuered vnto the Consistories and whipped in the Synagogues Yee shall bee hated of all men for my names sake If they haue called the Master of the house Beelzebub how much more his seruauntes I am not come to bring peace vpon the Earth but a Sworde Mat. 16.24 If anse will followe mee let him renounce him selfe and take vp his Crosse and followe mee They shall deliuer you to bee punished and shall slay you Mat. 24.9 If they haue Persecuted mee they will also persecute you Againe Ihon 16.2 Verelie verelie I saie vnto you that yee shall weepe and lament and the worlde shall reioyce Yea hee compareth the faithfull vnto a Woman which trauaileth of childe Iho. 16.21 True it is that the wicked are also tormented in their course But Iudgement sayeth Saint Peter 1. Pet. 4.17 must beginne at the house of GOD. And of this iudgement it is that Saint Paule dooth speake 2. Thes 3.7 saying That wee are ordayned to bee afflicted which hee dooth confirme by a Sentence full of comforte Act. 14 22 faying That by manie tribulations wee must enter into the Kingdome of Heauen Agayne 2. Tim. 3.12 all they that will liue godlie in Christ must suffer persecution But aboue al that is to be noted that hee saide in an other place Col. 1.24 I reioyce and fill vp in my selfe that which wanted of the sufferings of Christ meaning by Christ all the faithfull with their head and shewing that GOD hath ordained a certain measure of passions for this Christ and consequently to euery one of his members his portion which hee must suffer to accomplish the passions of Christ Now this is not without great reason that the Holie Ghost hath so carefully and in so many sortes and manners foretolde that the children of GOD shoulde bee afflicted