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A89195	The churches troubles and deliverance, or, Certaine sermons tending to shew the reasons why the Lord doth sometimes bring his people into extremities, with the blessed issue and fruits thereof, on Gen. 22. 14. Also divers arguments giving good hope that yet God will be gracious to England, and not deliver us into our enemies hands. Also some things briefly on Rev. 11. 7. to 14. Bby Tho. Mocket, Mr. of Arts, and preacher of Gods word at Holt in Denbigh-shire.	Mocket, Thomas, 1602-1670?	1642 (1642)	Wing M2305; Thomason E110_18; ESTC R19617	74,158	93

by an hearty indeavour to walke in obedience to all the commands of God to give unto God that tribute of praise love c. that to him appertaineth and is due Render to God the things that are Gods 2 Cor. 1.12 The Apostle tels us the benefit of it when he saith This is our reioycing namely in times of affliction and trouble the testimony of our conscience that in simpl●city and godly sincerity we have had our conversation in the world this will comfort and cheere the spirit in evill times Psal 110 6. 〈◊〉 4 6 7 8. Then shall I not be ashamed said David when I have respect to all thy commandments So Paul I am now ready to be offered up i. e. to shed my blood for the Gospell and Christ hence-forth is laid up for me a crowne of Righteousnesse c. But how came he by this comfort and confidence that he could with such willingnesse shed his blood in the cause of Christ saith he J have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith the doctrine and grace of faith Oh what a comfort will it be to a man in evill times in all his troubles that he can truly say I have walked uprightly before God I have discharged a good conscience in all things I have lived in all good conscience towards God and towards man Ver. 15. A 3● Peece of spirituall armour are shooes of peace shod with the preparation of the Gospell of peace i. e. when a man hath true peace of conscience and with God arising from the knowledge of the Gospell and what God and Christ hath done for him Likewise when he hath true Christian patience a patient spirit to suffer any thing for Christ and the Gospell This will prepare and arme the soule against all troubles a man shall meet with in the way to Heaven as shooes doe save the feet and arme them against the prickes and thornes If a man have no shooes though he may walke well on the smooth ground yet he cannot endure sharp gravell prickes and thornes but he that is well shod can tread upon them and make a sport of it So many can endure any reproaches c by reason of patience and inward peace Act. 5.41 Heb. 10.34 that is one maine reason why the Martyrs were not moved with persecution imprisonment yea rejoyced at the stake in the midst of the flames therefore labour to be shod with the preparation of the Gospell of peace to be armed with peace and Christian patience This will arme a man against the prickes A 4h. Peece of spirituall armour is Eph. 6.16 The shield of faith Above all sayes the Apostle take the field of faith There is a double faith historicall and justifying First a man must have historicall faith which is an assent to the truth knowne A man must be soundly principled and informed in the grounds of the true Christian Religion otherwise he shall never be able to suffer for the Gospell of Christ till well grounded in the truth of Christ much lesse wholly cast himselfe upon the goodnesse of God and lay down his life for Christ He that would be able to s●ff●r for the Gospell must first know and be ●ss●red that that is the only true Religion and that the true reformed Protestant Religion which by the goodnesse of God we enjoy and professe is evidently grounded upon the Gospell of Christ A man will never suff●r for that he doth unlesse he hath good ground for what he suffers for what man will lay downe his life for he knowes not what An ignorant person is easily seduced and d●awne from the true Protestant Religion to Popery because he hath no good ground for his Religion though there be cleare ground enough for it in the word of G d. a Tim. 1.11 Paul did indeed valiantly stand to the truth of the Gospell For which cause I suffer these things Neverthelesse I am not ashamed marke his reason for I know whom I have beleeved So againe Rom. 1.16 I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ for sa●th he it is the power of God unto salvation therefore he was confident in it and most willing to suff●r for it Labour therefore to be well grounded in the knowledge of the truth that you may be able to answer the advers●ry when he shall aske you why will you run your selfe into danger why will you s●ff r remember your selfe life is sweet and the fire is terrible you may answer why should I not I know that it is the truth I can give you good reason of my faith from Gods owne word therefore doe your pleasure I will never deny it or shrinke from it 2. Saving or iustifying faith which we may properly call also divine faith which is a grace of God whereby a man doth rest himselfe on the promises of the Gospell waiting upon God for the accomplishing of them to himselfe in particular in Gods due time by which a man doth shrowd himselfe under the wing of Gods protection for help against all evill and evill ones and for strength in temptations and tryals This guards the soule as a shield and buckler doe the body It makes God our shield and buckler against all the fiery darts of the Devill our advers●ry who is most busie in times of affliction and tryals Above all take the shield of faith This will hold up the head in the midst of all s●fferings and tryals I had fainted said David unl sse I had beleeved to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the Land of the living P● 17 13. Heb. 10 37. H●b 2.4 The iust shall live by his faith saith the Apostle from the Prophet Habakkuk hee speaks of evill times when there is nothing to support but his faith in God as Abraham here This inables the true Christian to overcome the world 〈◊〉 J●h 5.4 in all temptations and allurements from the world and evill men This made Paul and the Apostles and all those worthies mentioned Heb. 11. so couragious in all afflictions and tryals therefore labour to have a firme faith in the undoubted accomplishment of all the gracious promises of God in due time 5. Hope The Helmet of salvation Eph. 6.17 Hope of Heaven and salvation arising f●om a true faith in Gods mercy through Christ This s●feguards a Christian against all assaults of Satan and tryals in affliction as an helmet safeguards the head Heb 10 34 11.35 against all darts and blowes of the adversary in the day of battell What will not a man doe or undergoe that hath some evidence and hope of s●lvation Therefore to faith joyne hope that as by faith we lay hold on eternall salvation so we may by hope patiently wait for it 6. The sword of the spirit which is the word of God When a man is well versed in the word and doth make that the rule of his life to be

when it comes to that passe that point of extremity that all helps and meanes faile yet that he can and will help at such a pinch of need a dead lift when none else can here appeares his great care wisedome and goodnesse to his people as in delivering Israel out of Egypt where they had been so many hundred yeares and under so powerfull an enemy and Judah out of Babylon Peter out of prison Jonas out of the Whales belly 2. His justice appeares also in the destruction and confusion of the enemies of his Church as Pharaoh Nebuchadnezzar proud and potent enemies Senacheribs great army Exod. 9.16 Rom 9.17 Of Pharaoh it is said and may be of the rest of them For this cause have I raised thee up to shew in thee my power and that my Name may be declared throughout all the earth God sometimes suffers his people to be brought into great extremity and their incorrigible enemies to goe far and prevaile much for a time but it is that his power and justice may be more cleare and remarkeable in their destruction Beloved his people into afflictions and troubles Tantum admittitur D●●●olus t● n●●re ●n●mii 〈◊〉 be pro●est ut exe●● ar●● ut ●●●be●●● u●●●ui ●e ●●se ●ba●● teipso invemaris 〈◊〉 Aug. in Psal 61. these are the reasons and ends why the Lord things even into the Mount sometimes to the uttermost extremity to humble them the more and make them the more fit for mercy to prove their faith patience love and obedience to manifest the truth and strength of his owne grace in them to quicken them to duty to exercise and brighten their graces and increase grace to discover corruption purge out sinne purifie and prevent sinne to let them see the vanity of the creatures weane them from the world and draw them to relye wholly on him to make his Word and Ordinances sweeter to make them more thankfull and to shew his power wisedome providence and goodnesse in preserving and delivering his people and his justice also in destroying his and their stubborne enemies Now while I tell you what Gods end and ayme is I doe also tell you what is your duty it is to put you on to j yne with God to accomplish his ends Now the Lord hath brought us into the Mount almost to the very top I tru●t for some great mercy to his people doe you now labour to answer Gods ends to be kindly and throughly humbled and so fit for mercy fit for deliverance fit for peace and reformation The great mercy that God intends therefore to manifest your faith and obedience your love and patience at this time of tryall to manifest to the world the truth and strength of your graces be quickened to duties of falling and prayer exercise grace and let your profiting appeare labour to finde out your lurking corruptions to be rid of them to be more carefull to av yde sinne for the time to come to see the vanity of all outward things and be weaned from the world long and labour after Heaven to rest wholly on God find more sweetnesse in the Ordinances be more thankfull for mercies when they come and admire Gods pure wisedome and goodnesse towards you and ju●tice on his Churches enemies when God shall take vengeance on his adversaries and deliver his Israel 1. For terrour to the enemies of Gods people Vse If his owne people are subject to sufferings and troubles and are sometimes brought into such extremities that they know not what to doe or which way to turne themselves what shall then the wicked and the enemies of his people suffer If all that will live godly must suffer and sometimes undergoe hard things shall the wicked escape Doth God deale so with his children what then will he doe with his servants yea with his enemies the slaves and vassals of Satan will he not spare them that make conscience of their wayes that endeavour to live most holily to walke uprightly with God in all their wayes what will he doe with them that live prophanely loosely scandalously If God so lash them that sinne out of infirmity weaknesse ignorance want of watchfulnesse carelesnesse whose hearts are bent to please the Lord and honour him what will he doe with them that wittingly and wilfully goe on still in their sinnes after many faire warnings and admonitions If sinnes of infirmity be accompanyed with crosses and troubles and that in extremity sometimes what will be the end of bloud-shed of whoredome drunkennesse cursing swearing fearefull imprecations scorning and scoffing at goodnesse and envying purity and sincerity If he deale so hardly as it may seeme with Abraham Jacob David Jeremy and other his dearest ones what will he doe with prophane Esau's scoffing Ismaels cursed Cams and the rest of the rabble of wicked men Luk. 23 31. If it be thus with the greene Tree what shall be done to the dry If God deale thus with his owne people what will he doe with his and their enemies the common enemies of his Church bloud-thirsty enemies that seeke the suppression of his glorious Gospell the ruine and destruction of his Church people Prov. 11. ●1 Behold sayes Solomon the righteous shall be recompenced in the earth much more the wicked and the sinner I conceive the place to be meant of suffering for evill-doing God will correct and punish his owne people therefore much more the ungodly and most of all the professed bloud-thirsty enemies of his Church 1 Pet. 4.17 18. If Iudgement begin at the house of God where shall the sinner and ungodly appeare yea where shall the professed and publicke enemies of the Church appeare If Christ shall be revealed from Heaven in flaming fire 2 Thes 1.7 8 9 with his mighty Angels to take vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospell of our Lord Jesus Christ and punish them with overlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power what shall be the end of these men that despise and spurne at the Gospell and seeke to suppresse it suspend and silence the most able faithfull and conscionable Preachers of it See Jer. 25. ver 12 c. where God by his Prophet Jeremy after he had threatned the Jewes with 70 yeares captivity he prophesies of the utter destruction and perpetuall desolation of Babylon and other Nations that were the adversaries of his Church and people and ver 15. he causeth the Prophet to take the cup of Gods wrath and make all the Nations drinke of it but especially looke upon and weigh well ver 28 29. In case they refuse saith the Lord to take the cup at thy hand to drinke then shalt thou say unto them Thus saith the Lord of Hosts ye shall certainly drinke For loe marke the reason I bring evill on the City that is called by my Name and should ye be utterly unpunished ye shall not be unpunished