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A86883	A Brief receipt moral & Christian, against the passion of the heart, or sore of the mind, incident to most, and very grievous to many, in the trouble of enemies. / Being one single sermon by I. H. Minister of Froome. Published at this rate by itself, that any who need it, and have it. For the ease and benefit especially of the more tender, weak and melancholy; who feel these arrows stick in their spirits, but know not the way of plucking them out, or aswaging the pain of them.	Humfrey, John, 1621-1719.	1658 (1658)	Wing H3672; Thomason E1895_1; ESTC R209916	24,345	123

Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to passe Duty indeed is mans the successe is Gods See Psal 55.22 Mat. 6.31 32. 1 Pet. 5.7 To this purpose it is most observeable of Iacob Gen. 32. when Esau is comming out against him it is said there appeared one he wrestled with till break of day compare it with Hos. 12.4 One would have thought now Iacob should have gone about to wrestle with Esau but he wrestles with God and having power with him Esau comes and falls down conquered at his feet And thus likewise did Ioseph David Daniel and the three Children in their troubles If it be so say they our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from this fiery furnace and will deliver us Dan. 3.17 It is true we look not now for such miracles nor God be blessed for such burning tryals as these were yet is there something like which still abides the Children of God in that furnace of reproach and obloquy which wicked men do heat with the popular breath and then cast in their names and honour of whom neverthelesse while they keep up close with God I may even say as we read here they come out again in their Coats their Hosen and their Hats and not a Hair of their good names are sindged or the smell of the fire passes on them I mean as the fire had no power over these here no more shall the malice of men have power over the good names peace or Spirits of those that fear God Psal 37.76 Psal 62.1 2 3. This is a kind of mistery of Religion that a man must have his recourse to the Lord and deal with him to prevail with our Enemies FOr the Gronnds or Reasons There are these four and they are firm 1. From the Soveraignty of God who is the disposer of all things and so hath the hearts of our En enemies in his hands to turn them as the Rivers of waters Pro. 21.1 A man hath to do with ones Servant and he ruffles with him and wo'nt do this or that but is crosse well sayes he I 'le tell your Master with whom happily he is great and he shall make you The Children of God many times they have many a brunt and ruffling with the World In these brunts now they go unto him who is the great Lord of all of whom the whole Family of Heaven and Earth is named and he takes an order he takes a course for them Troubles upon the mind many times like Mastiffs on the body while we struggle with them in our own strength are but enraged and get more hold-fast on us but let the Master of the house once rate the curre let the Lord of all but speak a word to call them in our troubles all come off presently let go their hold and lye down before us O God sayes David the proud are risen against me and the assemblies of violent men Psal 86.17 and then closes his Psalm sweetly v. 17. Shew me a token for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast holpen me and comforted me 2. From the Covenant As there is a right of dominion or power which God hath over all for our relief which is the first and great foundation of our applications to him So is there a second like to that A right of Will too which we have for our trust to him herein This is a part of the Covenant an expresse branch of it By my self have I sworn Gen. 22.16 17. I will blesse thee and multiply thee and thy seed shall possesse the gates of thy Enemies The gates of Cities are their strength and the meaning is that God will protect defend his people and give them victory when it is fit Hence is he said to be not only a Sun but a Shield Psal 84.11 and a buckler as well as an exceeding great reward Gen. 15.1 See more Psal 89.23 24. Luke 1.71 72. It were well that many a good Christian did know or consider this when they have need of it I am sure David who understood the nature of the Covenant better I think than most of us hath no expressions more frequent than such as these which are not for nothing doubtlesse that God was his Rock his habitation his fortresse his strong Tower in reference to his Enemies From the nature of those wayes that please the Lord which are such as are winning attractive and reconciling even of Enemies The fruits of the Spirit sayes the Apostle Gal. 5.22 23. are love gentlenesse goodnesse meeknesse temperance who is not won by such wayes as these Her wayes saies Solomon are wayes of pleasantnesse that is not only pleasant to those that walk in them but pleasant even to those that behold them for so it follows and all her paths peace Pro. 3.17 4. From the advantage of Faith which is the chief part of those wayes or without which our wayes cannot please God Heb. 11.5 It was the opinion of the Stoicks as Seneca and Cicero in his Paradoxes That he that was truly wise is not capable to suffer injury for in regard say they that such a one places all his goods or happinesse in the mind in virtue se contentum esse omnia sua secum portare whereof they being not lyable to suffer diminution from any thing without nothing can disturb hurt or injure them If Philosophy now will teach us thus much sure Divinity will teach us yet more and that not only to retire within a mans self against the blows of misfortunes and Enemies but to remove our selves again yet father out of our selves unto God and so to hide and lay up our selves in him Faith is a grace that doeth this and so secures and safe-guards the Christian against all evills We must enter into our selves saies Albert to ascend up into God It is a famous Text therefore in Habakuck when the people are carried away in captivity and surrounded with the greatest misery that could befall them by Enemies it is said there that the just man shall live by his Faith Hab. 2.4 This outward life or life of sense may many times doubtlesle be troublesome enough when yet there is another kind of inward life a life of Faith in our retiring and rouling the Soul upon God wherein this same just man here lyes hush and safe even in the ruines of the world sifractus illabatur orbis impavidum ferient ruinae The Heavenly soul though it may sometimes as it were descend to the body and ask what ails it should have such apprehensions for the most part of these outward things as it will have when it is separated from it And hence as some think is Love said to be as strong as death because the love of God draws forth the Soul as it were out of us to live with him And hence happily is it likewise St. Iohn tells us that Faith overcomes the World 1 Io. 5.4

Faith Enables the Soul to set at nougt all the Worlds threats allurements whatsoever while it proposes greater fears rewards in the life to come and overcomes the world two besides wayes The one is by a resignation of our selves and all things else into the hands of God the other is by an activity and attractive virtue it hath on the attributes of God to set them a work to bring about our advantages for us There is nothing so hard but either the refignation of Faith or activity 8 of Faith will overcome or yield peace in it I proceed to the uses and they are three Instruction Support Direction VSe 1. For Instruction And that is two-fold to wit concerning those false wayes we are not to take concerning those right wayes we are to take to get peace under our Enemies For the former 1. There are some that fly to reproaches they are offended and they rail and spit their malice and so are eased Thus Shemei dealt with David But this is directly against our Saviour who being reviled reviled not again 1 Pet. 2.23 He was oppressed and he was afflicted and yet as a sheep before her Shearer is dumb so he oopened not his mouth 2. There are others that seek father to revenge Well say they such a one hath done me this that ill turn but I will be even with him this satisfies them But this is directly against the Apostle Ro. 12.19 Dearly beloved avenge not your selves 3. Ther are many when they cannot otherwayes deal with their adversaries they betake themselves to their shifts Excuses transferring the blame upon others lying dissimulation flattery imprecations and such like Servilities all which are as one I remember well expresses it but a daring or a kind of braving Heaven through cowardize to men and is expressely forbid in such places as command truth and sincerity to our neighbour and that we should not be the Servants of men This in short then for the false wayes which who so follow forsake David who still flyes in these streights go Gods Precepts Psal 119.22.42.61.69.78.95 and imitate Saul who when he could not be heard of God goes to a Witch Samuels mantle being easier assumed than his virtues For the Later The true and right wayes are in general what is said before but in particular which is reserved hither thy course is this Thou must examine thy self impartially whether the fault be on thy own part or on the part of thy Adversary and so behave thy self accordingly If the fault be in your self two things you must do 1. You must seriously take aside your Soul and humble it before God O Lord thou knowest my foolishnesse and my sins are not hid before thee Psal 69.5 2. You must go seek reconciliation with your neighbour This is so expressely enjoyned that if a man should bring his gift to the Altar and remember that his Brother hath ought against him he must leave his gift and go and first reconcile himself unto him Mat. 5.23 24. And in Luke 17.4 If thy Brother Trespasse against thee and turn again and say Irepent thou shalt forgive him Here is the duty of the offending party he must be sorry and seek forgivenesse and the duty of the offended that hereupon he must forgive and be friends with him I will adde if the party will not forgive thee or be friends upon this woe indeed be to that party it were better that Party had never been born If you will not forgive your Brother his Trespasses when yet you are sought unto and upon Christs account how shall our heavenly Father ever forgive you your Trespasses Mat. 6.15 They shall have Iudgment without mercy that have shemed no mercy Ia. 2.13 Neverthelesse for thy own part thou art not to cease to be a Christian still though they be unchristian but to go on and have patience when thou canst not have peace And this is to proceed so farr in some cases at least where the matter requires as for thee to be content yet according to thy Lord that if they will sue thee at the Law and take away thy coat for quietnesse and Christianities sake even to let them have thy cloak also Mat. 5.40 I know this is a hard lesson to the most of us our Stomacks are so high we cannot easily submit to these lowly wayes of Christ Mat. 11.29 We are ready indeed to say to those with whom we fall out I scorn to submit to such a one as you I scorn to be beholding to you but it would better happily become come those that fear God to say I scorn not but to submit● when indeed I have done the wrong I scorn but to acknowledge my fault and seek forgivenesse and give satisfaction This were truly the more worthy and Christian Magnanimity and will be judged so I suppose one day If the fault be wholy in thy Adversaries so that thou with Ieremy art passively not actively a man of contention Ier. 15.10 Then are there these three things yet for thee to do 1. Thou art under the resentment of all thy injuries or troubles to look up and acknowledge them to be of God Affliction arises not out of the dust Iob. 5.6 and God raised up Solomon an adversary 1. Ki. 11.23 2. Looking up to him here as just and these instruments in his hand thou must lay down all revenge at his feet O Lord thou shouldst say here be my Enemies and here be waies I might be avenged on them and thou seest how sweet it would be to flesh and bloud to take the same But if this will displease thee Loe here for thy sake do I sacrifice all these desires all these thoughts and lay them down stain before thee The Lord shall smite them or their day shall come but God forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against them seeing thou hast assumed that prerogative Deut. 32.35 to thy self It is good for a man to put his mouth in the dust to bear it on him and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 1 Sam. 26.10 11. Lam. 3.25.30 3. Thou must for all this seriously endeavour and use the means whereby if possible thou mayest again win thy brother or gain his Soul There is two wayes to do this The one is to go to him in the Spirit of meekness and rebuke him We have a remarkable Text for this Mat. 18.15 If thy Brother trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between him and thee if he shall hear thee thou hast gained thy Brother The place by the way speaks no doubt of personal offences as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 denote whether they be such as be great or less done in the private or in the publick I will not dispute only I suppose the trespass to be such as is wounding to the conscience so that thou goest to him not so much for thy injury as that God is offended