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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45544	Cardvvs benedictvs, the advantage of affliction, or, The reward of patience unfolded in a sermon preached at the funeralls of Mr. Thomas Bowyer, merchant, who died the 8th day of February 1659, and was buried the 22th of the same moneth, in the parish church of St. Olaves Jewry / by Nath. Hardy ...	Hardy, Nathaniel, 1618-1670.	1695 (1695)	Wing H712; ESTC R17381	22,241	42

So long as we are in this world we are under tryall nor are we tryed and approved till we go out of it and then we receive the Crown The whole day of life is the time of labouring in the vineyard untill the evening of death when we receive our wages we are not fully tryed in the Christian race till we come to the goal of death and then if we be found worthy we shall obtain the prize There are too many who endure for a time and then fall away thereby manifesting themselves to be not gold but dross which melts away in the heat of the fire and therefore it is our Saviours counsell to the Angell of the Church of Smyrna Be thou faithfull unto the death and I will give thee a Crown of life 2. When we are sufficiently tryed we shall be called out of this world to the fruition of our Crown This world is the field wherein the good corn stands so long till it be ripe and then it is cut down by death to be carried into the barn of glory It is the school of the Cross wherein it pleaseth God to train us and then by death he taketh us to the Academy of Heaven our heavenly Physition will keep us no longer in physick but till we are throughly purged our mercifull refiner will no longer detain us in the furnace but till we are sufficiently purified when once by enduring temptation we are tryed and fitted for Heaven death doth come to put an end to all our troubles and put us into a partiall possession of that Crown which in the day of Iudgment the Righteous Iudg shall plenarily confer upon us Let then the Christian endurer be content to wait and not repine at the delay of his reward The thing is certain he shall receive I and the time is set too when he is tryed nor can it be long since it is only during the short time of life It may perhaps seem long to thee and so much the longer because of the temptations which befall thee but surely a Crown and especially a Crown of life is worth the waiting for and when it is received thou wilt acknowledg thy self abundantly recompenced for the greatness and length of thy sufferings And if at any time distrustfull thoughts arise in thy mind concerning this Crown whether it shall be conferd fix thy eyes on the last clause of the Text which now remaineth to be discussed it is the Crown of life 2. Which the Lord hath promised to them that love him it is that which I call the collaterall confirmation as being a strong argument assuring the reception of that Crown which denominateth the suffering Christian blessed Wherein more particularly there are two things observable The means of conveiance in those words which the Lord hath promised The subject of reception in those to them that love him 1. The Crown of life is that which the Lord hath promised The title of Lord here used is very frequently throughout the new Testament given to Christ and that upon a double account 1. Quatenus Deus Inasmuch as he is God the Lordship belongs to him Iure naturali by naturall right He is the Son of God by eternall generation and being so he is equall with the Father and God over all blessed for ever 2. Quatenus Mediator Inasmuch as he is God man this Lordship belongs to him Iure donativo by deed of gift All power saith our blessed Saviour is committed to him in Heaven and earth namely by God the Father to him as Mediator And thus 1. He is Lord of the whole world having power ad dominandum to rule over all his creatures 2. He is Lord of his enemies ad domandum to subdue and vanquish them 3. He is Lord of his Church ad donandum to confer gifts upon her especially this Crown● And knowing to how manifold temptations she would be subject in this life he is pleased to vouchsafe the promise of this Grown to be as it were a bit to stay her stomach till the full meal It were easie to multiply instances how this Lord promised this reward vivâ voce to his Disciples whilest he was on earth and that though not expresly as we read under this very metaphor of a Crown yet frequently under the resemblance of a Kingdom to which a Crown relateth Indeed though this bliss was promised before to wit in the old Testament by Moses and the Prophets yet it was not so clearly and fully revealed by them as it was afterwards by this Lord and his Apostles so that now we have to allude to St Peters phrase a more sure or at least a more plain word of promise to which we shall do well to take heed as to a light shining in a dark place to revive our hearts with a confident expectation even when we are involved in the darkness of affliction That which may the more excite our faith encourage our hope and thereby strengthen our patience in enduring is the consideration of this Lord who hath promised this Crown Inasmuch as 1. In generall this Lord never faileth in whatsoever he promiseth St Paul faith All the promises are in him yea and Amen surely then all his promises are yea and Amen and as they are made so they are made good In the preface of the Epistle to the Angell of the Philadelphians he is called the Amen the faithfull witness as being true in all his sayings and more especially in his promises The words of the Lord saith David are pure words as silver tryed in the fire purified seaven times It is true of all but principally meant of the words of promise which are said to be as silver purified seaven times because they are free from the least dross of deceit This Lord never promiseth but what he really intends and effectually performeth 2. In speciall as to this promise he who promiseth is fully able and willing to fulfill it He is called by this Apostle the Lord of glory and therefore can confer the glory of a Crown by St Paul the Lord of life and therefore can bestow a Crown of life There cannot be a clearer title to any thing then that which a man hath by a lawfull purchase from the right owner This Lord hath purchased this Crown of his Father at a dear rate not with corruptible gold and silver but his own most pretious bloud yea he is gone into Heaven to take possession of his purchase whereby it is now fully in his hands to bestow nay which is yet more he hath purchased it in our name and possesseth it in our behalf no wonder if he hath promised it to us nor need we doubt at all of his power or will to confer it on us The Devill once took our blessed Lord up to an exceeding high mountain and shewed him all the Kingdoms of the world and the glory of them yea not only shewed