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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16479	The saints solace: or, The condition, and consolation of the saints in the earth Deliuered in certaine sermons at Eatonbridge in Kent. By the minister there.; Saints solace	Bostock, Peter.	1630 (1630)	STC 3395; ESTC S117350	48,100	246

would bee remembred with all his afflictions b Psa 132.1 particulars inducted in Psal 22.102 and this 119. c Psal 119.23.61 69.85 86 87. Psal 102.3 4.8 Vers 23 Vers 78. Vers 61. the princes the powers the proud the wicked combined against him yea sworne against him and mad against him Vers 6● what lies sorged they what pits digged they Vers 84. persecuted wrongfully Vers 36. consumed on the earth Vers 87. waited for to be destroyed Vers 95. hunted with dogs Psal 22.16 their feet swift their mouths deepe as wide and their teeth as sharpe compassed about with many bulls Vers 10. beset round with strong bulls inclosed with the assemblies of the wicked Vers 16. gaped on with their mouthes Vers 13. laughed to scorne Vers 7 smitten with their tongues Psal 52.2 3 4. 120 3 4. their tongues as speares and razors and words as swords powred out li●e water all his bones sundred his heart like wax melting in the midst of his bowels Psal 12.14 his strength dried vp like a potsheard Vers 15. the reproach of men Vers 6. yea a worme and no man cast out and brought into the dust of death Vers 15. Preuention Maruell not that Dauid the seruant of the Lord sound faithfull as Moses in all his house a man after his owne heart which fulfilled all his will Acts 13.22 Beloued as his name sounds and beloued of the Lord was exercised with such anxious and crieuous afflictions for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Beloued d Eph. 1.6 i. Iesus Christ the elect of God are all accepted as Dauid was and called all Iedid his beloued e Psal 127.2 yet none exempted from the sufferings of the present time no not one not one amongst the excellent from Adam to Christ from Christ to this our day that hath not in some measure tasted of the cup which is full of mixture f Iude v. 3 common as the saluation and the grace of God which bringeth saluation * Tit. 2.11 tentation and tribulation g 1 Thes 1.6 The Thessalonians receiued the word with much affliction h Heb. 10.32 The Hebrewes inlightned indured a great fight of afflictions A conclusion offered The whole houshold of faith all the fellow citizens all that liue godly all the sons of God all the children of light all that hold forth the word of life are in this life partakers of afflictions Thus I might conclude Obiect Obiect But this doore opened some will oppose themselues speaking on this wise Hard is this saying to the Non-afflicted that enioy this worlds ioy prosperity and peace for being without any manner of affliction whereof all are partakers that are i Heb. 12 8. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sons elect beloued and accepted are they not Sp. hated reiected reprobated as Edom k Mal. 1.2 3 4. reserued as the wicked to the day of destruction Answ Answ Carnall the peace altogether and without truth or pride and security the fruit thereof with hardnesse of heart it 's as the prosperitie of fooles a blessing cursed and the praeludium to destruction m Psal 92.6 A brutish man knoweth not ☞ neither doth a foole vnderstand this but the spirit speaketh expresly When the wicked spring as the grasse Psal 92 7. and when all the workers of iniquity flourish it is that they shall bee destroyed for euer Take for example the two notorious fooles n 1 Sam. 25 the one the man of Maon whose possessions were in Carmel a very great man hauing three thousand sheepe and one thousand goats and liuing in prosperity yet smitten in a moment his heart died within him and he became as a st●ne o Luc. 12.19 the other the man in the parable who when his ground brought forth plentifully wanted roome where to bestow his fruits would therefore inlarge his barnes and hauing therein laid vp much goods for many years sing without grace requiem to his soule Soule take thine ease eat drinke and be merry but the same night his soule was required of him Contrà this I say and testifie in the Lord that outward peace and prosperity had with the peace of God and of conscience the Kingdome of God first sought and found with his righteousnesse it s the blessing of the Lord without affliction or sorrow added with it p Pro. 10.22 Saint Iohns prayer for Gaius was that he might prosper and be in health as his soule prospered q Io. ep 3. 2. A man behauing himselfe wisely in a perfect way walking within his house with a perfect heart r Psal 102.2 Gen. 17.2 Micah 6.7 vprightly before God humbly with him doing iustly louing mercy casting on the waters dispersing giuing to the poore communicating with the affliction of others in distresse if peace truth be with him in his dayes it s the face of God shining on him the light of his countenance and the euidence of his prouidence how otherwise should the poore afflicted bee releeued and their soules sustained ſ 1 Reg. 18.13 Obadiah not in case to doe it who shall hide the Prophets in a caue and feed them with bread and water Nehemiah not in fauor with Artaxerxes t Neh. 4 2 3 4 c. who shall procure any fauour to Ierusalem Onesiphorus u 2 Tim. 1.16 Philo. ● 7 Philemon and others not enriched and enabled how shall Paul or the bowels of the Saints be refreshed Dauid poore afflicted had friends of ability through the Lord to vphold his soule x Psal 54 4. for the Lord he said was with them y Psal 35.27 The Lord loueth the prosperity of his seruants Therefore blessed with it they blesse him for it and z Iob 31.22 the loynes blesse them of all that are refreshed by them their righteousnesse endureth for euer and their borne shall be exalted with honour * Psal 112. vlt. Neuerthelesse afflicted without controuersie Outwardly Inwardly 1. Outwardly reproached and enuied for following and doing the thing that good is a Eccle. 4.4 I considered saith the Preacher all trauell and euery right worke and for this a man is enuied of his neighbour Cain who was of the wicked one slew Abel wherefore because his workes were euill and his brothers righteous b 1 Io. 3.12 Ioseph was afflicted of his brethren c Gen. 37.4 Daniel accused of the Presidents d Dan. 6.4 Iesus Christ reiected of his owne e Io. 1.11 and they that exercise themselues to liue godly in him f 2 Tim. 3.12 persecuted of vnreasonable and wicked men * 2 Thes 3.2 wherfore know ye not that there is enmity put betweene the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent g Gen. 3.15 Demetrius had a good report of all men h Io ep 3. 10 12. yet Diotrephes prated