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A73841	Two sermons on the third of the Lamentations of Ieremie preached at Hanwell in the first yeare of his Maiesties raigne, 1602. / The one by I.D. the other by R.C.	Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625. aut; Winston, John, fl. 1614-1634.	1608 (1608)	STC 6951; ESTC S118445	50,535	72

fit cause them to bee at a stand and bring them euen to their wits end as it did these here but they will recouer themselues and get heart againe and though in their distempers they say God hath forsaken them which is a wofull thing yet they recall their words againe and at length betake themselues to the right meanes of recouerie which is to make their griefes knowne vnto God who is able to saue and readie to succour those that seeke vnto him This may bee euidentlie seene in Psal 88. vers 6. Psal 88.6 where the man of God bemoneth his case saying Thou hast laid mee in the lowest pit in darknesse and in the deepe Thine indignation lieth vpon mee and thou hast vexed me with all the waues From which words together with the rest in that Psalme wee may gather that hee was in wonderfull fore perplexitie Now in this extremitie what doth hee O Lord God of my saluation saith he I cry day and night before thee as if hee should haue said Though thou hast cut off mee yet I call vpon thee and though thy hand lie heauie vpon mee yet I pray still Isaiah 38.1.21 2. Kings 20.1 So Hezekiah was smitten as it seemes with the plague and that vnto death and was in such extremitie That hee chattered like a crane or a swallow and mourned like a doue and concluded that hee should goe to the gates af the graue and bee depriued of the residue of his yeares His case in appearance was desperate so that it was as hard to recouer him as to make the sunne in the firmament to goe backward yet hee set vpon the matter by prayer and obtained his desire insomuch that fifteene yeeres were added to his daies so that no man in the world had euer such a lease of his life as hee had So Ionah when hee fled from the presence of the Lord and was therefore cast into the Sea and swallowed vp of the whale beeing in a low dungeon where hee had neither sunne-light nor candle-light yet hee doth not thinke his case remedilesse as indeede it was not but hee cryed in his affliction vnto the Lord Ionah 2.1.2 and hee heard him Out of the bellie of hell did hee crie and God heard his voice and then as sinne and passion had brought him into danger so repentance and prayer did helpe him out of it Yea the Lord Iesus Christ when the burden of our sins and of his fathers wrath for the same was so grieuous that it made his soule heauie vnto the death and pressed bloud out of his vaines Luke 22.42 44. Heb. 5. yet the more horror hee was in the more feruently hee prayed vnto his father Reason 1 And the reason why Christians cannot by any distresse be driuen from prayer is 1 Because hee that is once Gods child is euer so and euery child of God Rom. 8.26 hath the spirit of prayer which will alwaies stirre vs vp to make requests with sighs and grones that cannot bee expressed If those that cast Gods seruants in prison could withall pull Gods spirit out of their hearts then they had done somewhat to the purpose but they may as well plucke the sunne out of the firmament as the holy Ghost out of their soules And therefore they can neuer bring them so low but they can cast their eyes vp towards heauen and make their complaint vnto their God And if he be with them in prison as hee was with Ioseph their restraint shall be farre more pleasant than their aduersaries libertie and they shal be able with Paul and Silas to sing Psalmes at midnight through ioy and gladnes Act. 6.25 2 Secondly Gods children haue faith in their hearts and the nature of faith is to beare downe all before it and to breake thorow al manner of lets and hindrances Therefore Gods seruants hold vp their heads because their faith ouercomes the world Joh. 5.4 And therefore wicked hypocrites faint because the world ouercomes them When Gods child goes vnto the dungeon faith goes with him and then hee will neuer giue ouer praying but bee more feruent in praying And this is certaine that in worldly helpes the deeper distresses wee bee in the least comfort they will affoord vs so spirituall helps the greater extremities we be in the more comfort will they minister vnto vs. When wee are helplesse and hopelesse then faith workes wonders and neuer shews forth it selfe so mightilie and powerfullie as when it workes alone Beautie and wealth and strength and other outward things of the same kinde when miseries lie heauie vpon vs and wee beginne to cast an eye to them expecting some reliefe and comfort from them will deale with vs as the high Priests did with Iudas When all went well with him they made shew of fauor and friendship towards him but when in the horror and anguish of his soule hee makes his mone vnto them crying out that he had sinned betraying innocent bloud they sent him away with a cutted and vncomfortable answere VVhat is that to vs say they Such cold comfort shall we receiue from any earthly supports and props whereon we rest and stay our hearts when we haue most neede of them they will stand vs least in stead So that wee may truely say of them as Iob did of his friends miserable comforters are yee all But as for those that liue by faith in Christ Iesus they are vnderlaide with better props than the world can afford for when they haue none other to deliuer them they can deliuer themselues by prayer and by calling vpon Gods name out of the lowest dungeon Vse 1 First this may serue to shew vs the difference betwixt the wicked and the godly in times of outward or inward affliction when they drinke both of the same cup and are plunged in the same miseries Cast a wicked man into a dungeon and lay him full low where hee can meete with no worldly helpe and what course will he take You shall see that either he will blaspheme God and bite his tongue for madnes as they that are spoken of Reuel 18. Or else hee will grow desperate and make away with himselfe as Iudas and Achitophel and other monsters haue done But let a godlie man bee laid fast in the same dungeon Act. 16.25 hee wil be full of ioy when the other is full of desperate griefe and sing Psalmes and powre forth many holy prayers in stead of the others imprecations and blasphemous speeches Peter and Iudas had both dealt vnfaithfully though in a farre different degree and manner with their Lord and master and were both in the dungeon euen in great perplexitie but Peter goes out confesseh this fault weeps bitterlie and gaines exceedingly by it Iudas on the other side sorroweth desperately and speedily dispatcheth himselfe Whereby doth manifestly appeare the different cariage of the faithfull and of infidels when they are both ouerburdened with sorrowes and miseries Vse

their manner of dealing and this is the propertie of all such wicked Moabites they cannot speake of the calamities of the faithfull but they are wonderfully affected with ioy so that they cannot sit still in their places they are so moued with mirth and laughter These haue cruell hearts and shal be met withall accordingly as Moab was 5 But especially are those here to be condemned that doe not onelie reioyce at the troubles but at the sinnes of those that are religoiously affected if they slippe through infirmitie and fall into any sinne if they bee ouergone with worldlines which is greatly to be taken heede of if they be lifted vp with pride and manifest the same by violence of words or actions or be stained with any the like vices presently they exclaime against them and take on beyond measure ●ot you what say they the great professor hath spoken or done this or that and so they are as glad together as if they had gotten a kingdome and came home in triumph Herein they shew themselues to bee right Satans who takes pleasure in nothing so much as in sinne 6 And yet there is one higher degree of sinne contrarie to the practise of these holy ones which is when men are so farre from grieuing that it goes ill with Gods seruants that if they be somewhat amisse they will make them worse and help forward their misery and for that end misinforme and incense such against them as they know will inflict punishments vpon them These are inspired by the spirit of Satan as those who are mentioned in this text are inspired by the spirit of God Vse 2 2 This is for great comfort vnto them that can mourne for the calamities of the church This is a notable testimonie that they are feeling members and haue in them the life of christianitie when others troubles are theirs others losses theirs others reproches theirs and any distresses and straites of others are made theirs They that lament for Sion Isa 66.10 shal be comforted with Sion God hath promised them singular consolation it is their portion and they may confidently expect it Vers 49. Mine eye droppeth without stay From which words this doctrine may bee gathered Doct. 3. How long humiliation must be continued That wee must neuer cease our humiliation till God giue consolation When the Lord ministreth vnto vs occasion of griefe wee should neuer surcease vntill he reuine our hearts We must not begin in the spirit and end in the flesh but hauing a good entrance wee must goe on with our worke and bring it to perfection and if God giue vs a heart to mourne set to it and neuer giue ouer till hee set vs free Lament 2. vers 18.19 So they are exhorted in an other chapter of this booke Let teares runne downe like a riuer day and night take thee no rest neither let the apple of thine eye cease arise cry in the night powre out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord c. And iust it is that we should neuer make an ende of mourning till God make an ende of afflicting accordnig to their example who are mentioned in Nehemiah that wept at the hearing of the Law Mehemi 8.9 till they were bid to reioyce It was a notable commendation of that people that they would not leaue off till they had warrant to leaue off So Mordecai when Queene Hester sent him garments to cloath him and would haue had his sackoloth to be taken from him hee would not receiue them Hester 4.4 but humbled himselfe so long till hee was assured of deliuerance So Iacob would neuer let goe his holde Gen. 32.26 but stil wrestles with the Angell and continues weeping and praying till hee obtained a blessing so the woman of Canaan stickes close to it Math. 15.22 c. and is importunate with Christ for her daughter and would neuer desist nor let her suite fall till shee had preuailed with our Sauiour And there are reasons why wee must neuer breake off but still continue our humiliation and feruencie till God shew by good effect that he hath mercifully respected vs and our supplications Reason 1 1 For first what is the ground of true humiliation Is it not sinceritie Now wheresoeuer there is sinceritie there is faith and faith will neuer make an ende till it conquer it neuer giues the onset but it obtaines the victorie For it hath to deale with God and hee neuer bids it make an ende vnlesse it be by way of triall as hee dealt with Iacob and with the woman of Canaan till it haue gotten the desired successe 2 A second reason may be that Gods children haue hope as well as faith now hope neuer makes ashamed Rom. 5.5 because it is neuer disappointed of the thing hoped for 3 Thirdly they haue loue which makes vp a threefolde corde euery twist whereof is stronger than all the cords of the world for loue is strong as death c the coales thereof are fierie coales Cant. 8.6.7 and a vehement flame Much water cannot quench loue neither can the floods drowne it c. In regard of all these it is impossible that those that foundly begin the worke of humiliation should bee put backe vntill they haue obtained their purpose Which may be further seene in the spouse Canticles 3. who neuer giues ouer seeking till shee had found him whom her soule loued Vse 1 1 This therefore is to encourage men to godly constancie and importunitie when any distresse lies vpon the people of God If they be earnest for their deliuerance they shall not misse of their marke but those that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy in the due time of the Lord. Whether they bee futers for the church or commonwealth or for themselues in regard of crosses on their bodies anguishes in their soules or afflictions in their estate the Lord will looke downe from his holy place in heauen vpon them and heare and helpe them at length if they perseuere without fainting This is liuely and notably expressed vnto vs in the parable of the vnrighteous Iudge who though hee feared not God Iub 18.12 nor reuerenced man yet heard the poore widow and in the end did her right against her aduersarie because of her importunitie Oh then what shall wee thinke of God will a man will a wicked man will a mercilesse man bee moued by importunitie and wil not God will not the gratious God will not the God that is full of compassion be moued to auenge his seruants and to minister iustice vnto thē I tell you saith Christ I that am the wisedome of the Father Luk 18.8 and know all things euen I tell you that he will do it He will auenge them and that quickly It is as possible that God should bee without ease as that they should be without helpe Vse 2 2 Secondly they come iustly here to be reproued that will