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A75536	Comfort for beleevers about their sinnes & troubles. In a treatise shevving. That true beleevers, how weake soever in faith, should not be opprest, or perplext in heart; by any thing whatever befalls them; either in sinne, or afflictions. Together with divers other comfortable observations; gathered out of that counsell, given by Christ to his Apostles: and in them, to all beleevers. In John chap. 14. verses 1,2,3,4. / By John Archer, Master of Art, sometime preacher of All-hallowes Lumbard-street. London.	Archer, John, Master of Art.	1645 (1645)	Wing A3612; Thomason E289_7; ESTC R200122	80,025	82

to reveale them to you for he onely knowes them as a mans spirite doth the things of a man 1. Cor. 2. 10. 11. and ye must use that Faith which is the evidence of things not seene Heb. 11. 1. which Faith helpes your Soule as the prospective glasse helpes the eye to see these heavenly things which else are so farr off that the Soule cannot perceive them and this act of Faith which makes these heavenly things evident to you will draw in your Soule unto an appropriation and application of them It is a mistake to thinke we may see them by true Faith and not A mistake about Faith in heavenly Comfortes C●●●●● applye them to our selves or that we first applye them and after that see them No No the evidencing of them by true faith spiritually will draw in the Soule to applye them Every Man Creature on whome the Sunne shines takes in the blessing of his influence for his share as pertaining to him The Apostle discribes that Faith which applyes justifies of which he gives many instances throughout the 11. Chap. to the Hebrewes he discribes that very Faith to be an evidence of these things Because where there is such a seeing these things the Heart is brought to embrace and applye them therefore he joynes the evidencing these things hope togeather because this evidencing them will bring forth hope and Vers 13. the seeing them and the being perswaded of them and embracing or saluteing them as their owne are conjoyned for they ever goe togeather because indeed the holy Ghost never reveales them spiritually and as they are to any but to them who have bine chosen to them and shall have a propriety in them Yea it is the same Grace of true holy Faith that makes them evident and shewes them to us and that applies them to Justification though it be a diverse act of the same Grace of Faith yet it is the same Grace For what Faith can the Apostle describe Heb. 11. 1. but that Faith of which he speaks before Chap 10. 38. by which the Just live and that which he exemplifies throughout the 11. Chap. both which are Justifiing Faith Therefore it must be that the Faith which Justifies Sanctifies doth shew evidently spirituall things to us though by a several distinct act from that by which it Justifies Therefore being the same Grace when it hath shewed us spirituall things it will goe on to draw us to applye them to our selves Wherefore get exercise that act of Faith which makes ye see evidently heavenly Things and this will make ye applye them and draw Comfort from them Now in this Worke it is the Gospel which setts the Objects or the heavenly Things before us Then the holy Ghost his Worke in convincing or perswading of the reallity of those Things to our Vnderstandings Is as the Light which shines on those Objects and makes them visible And Faith by His Conviction or Perswasion is as the prospective glasse which inables our understandings to perceive the reallity of them which else it could not Wherefore with this Light of the holy Ghost and this prospective Glasse of Faith with your Spirits Vnderstandings view in the Gospel againe againe the Things of Heaven of Christ and thence fetch Comfort in every Distresse Now to the end ye may be helpt to doe thus I shall in the following Observations open to you divers Things about Heaven and our Glory there which Christ revealed to His Disciples in this Text By doing of which I shall sett the Things before you Which are able aboundantly to Comfort your Hearts But they will be as glorious sights in darkenes to them that cannot see except ye obtaine the holy Ghost to shine on them as the Sunne on Colours And gett that Act of Faith which is the Evidence of Things not seene to lift up or inable your Soules Eye the Vnderstanding to looke on them Which Favour I desire the Lord to afford you And so I proceed THE Discription of HEAVEN And the heavenly Condition of true Reade the Epistle BELEEVERS at the last CHRIST Revealeth in this TEXT Thus. FIRST It is Discribed by the Place it selfe Heaven is an House so called in opposition to a Tent or Tabernacle to shew its Stability and the Stability of their State who live in it Wherefore it is said to have Foundations Heb. 11. 9. more then one many and yet one gives Stability And 1. Pet. 1. 4. It is said to be Incorruptible Vndefiled that fadeth not away This Stability is for Ever and without all Change As appeares both by the Time in which it was Created In the Beginning Gen. 1. 1. That is in the First of all Time and of all Creatures Now all that God first made He made Immortall as the Angels Chaos these Heavens As also by the Manner of Gods making it for he did not extract it out of other things as he did all visible things in this World he made drew them out of the Chaos But he put them forth Immediately from himselfe as he did the Chaos the Angels Mans Soule Now all that God Immediately puts forth makes of Nothing is Immortall Whereas all other things returne unto their first Principles SECONDLY It is Described by Its Relation to God It is Gods House so called Both because He made it Heb. 11. 16. As also because He dwels in it That is in it he puts forth His cheifest Glory as a Prince doth in his Pallace where he dwels much more then in a Tent or other part of his Kingdome So that Its Glory must be as much above any of this Worldly kingdoms As Gods utmost Power Majesty Wisedom Riches which he can put forth are above mans THIRDLY It is Discribed by Its speciall Appropriation to the First Person in Trinity the Father It is God the Fathers House Both because he made it For Creation being the first Worke done on the Creature is specially appropriated to the First Person the Father Also because it is to be His The Sonnes and holy Ghosts being in this World and resigned at the last day that God the Father may be All in All as He is First in the Motions about the Creature 1. Cor. 15. 28. The Fathers People That is the Elect are to dwell there and His Love in Election to be shewed forth there Therefore it is called The Fathers Math. 13. 43. though yet the Sonne holy Ghost are included in it FOURTHLY It is Discribed by Its speciall Relation to Christ though it be God the Fathers House yet He is Christs Father and so it is Christ his Inheritance and Beleevers Inheritance As 1. Pet. 1. 4. in that They be One with Christ Sonnes Heires Insomuch that these Disciples had they loved him as they should would be glad of his departure since he went but to his Father John 14. 28. FIFTLY It is Discribed by Its Capeablenes of

Them and so of All Beleevers for He speakes to these Eleaven in the Names of All as ye heard before there are in it many Mansions It were noe Comfort to heare of its Excellency if it could not receive us though God dwel there yet the Creature also may For He is now Emmanuel God with Vs And many not a few though Comparatively they be a Little Flocke Luke 12. 32. and many for some not for all and that a sett number for it is Prepared for Beleevers Heb. 11. 16. Therefore for so many as shall beleeve and for no more Now these their dwelling places are called Mansions to expresse their abode in them they be Sonnes with Christ and shall abide in that House for Ever Now the Truth of all this Description of Heaven is ratified by an Argument taken from Himselfe If it were not so I would have told you He was their Freind came from Heaven to Reveale its Secrets He is the faithfull true Witnes therefore could not but deale truely with thē Further Heaven is Discribed in referrence to Beleevers By the Meanes of their accesse enterance into it which is Christ Who First Prepares a Place for them their The Father prepares it Math. 25. 34. Both by a Free choosing them to it and their perticular Portion or Place in it before the World began As also by Creating it for them from the Foundation of the World But Christ prepares it By Meriting Bringing about their Fruition of it Both by Removing Impediments And Purchasing the Fathers Favour Now Christ prepares a Place By Going I goe to prepare a Place He came from Heaven to prepare a Place in Heaven by His humiliation And then He went from Earth To prepare a Place Both by His dying To satisfie Justice for Sinne and to ratifie the Promises Heb. 9. 15. to the end And by His rising from Death in that if He had bin held under Death He had not bin quitt from our imputed guilt nor could we have bin nor had he lived to bring us to Heauen 1. Cor. 15. 14. 17. Rom. 4. 25. 5. 10. Heb. 7. 25. Also by his Ascention in that he thereby opened heaven doore which was before shut Heb. 9. 8. 12. dispenced gifts to gather the Elect. Eph. 4. 8. 11. 12. Also by his Session at Gods right Hand where he pleads his Merits which is called his makeing Intercession for us Rom. 8. 34. and thence sends downe the holy Ghost to doe all in us that is requisite to our meetenes for that place And administers the World for our good And possesseth the Heaven in our Name and as our Head Roote So that Christ as a Meritorious cause an Exemplary cause and an Efficient cause prepares a Place in Heaven for Beleevers by his going And this is further Secondly Amplified by his Consumation of this his Preparation As he prepares a Place for them So he will bring them into that Place Which that he may doe being now gone he must come againe Christ will come from Heaven to fetch Beleevers unto Heaven he will not send for them but come for them which makes their accesse to Heaven the more glorious in that they shall be fetcht thither by Christ Which is done both in regard of Himselfe that he may have the Glory of judging the World both Beleevers and Unbeleevers And in regard of them because they are his body spouse and he will come to them therefore to marry them and joyne them to Himselfe this is another discription of Heaven by the manner of their Enterance into it Even by Christ his glorious Comming from Heaven to fetch them thither LASTLY He further Amplifies it by a Discription of the heavenly Place by Its Communion with Him They shall be taken to him to be one with him as the Body with the Head the Spouse with the Husband and they shall be where he is That is in the same Place State Condition Heavenly happines is a being one with Christ and in his place state John 12. 26. Thus these Words are a Discription of Heaven and the heavenly Condition of true Beleevers And shew us That Christ is the Way Truth Life as John 14. 6. The Way For by Him they come The Truth For if every thinge were not so He would tell it The Life Not onely as a Meritorious Cause But as the Roote Heavens Life is in Him Col. 3. 3. 4. A being taken to Him and with Him SEVENTH OBSERVATION That Beleevers Glory in Heaven is a Fellowshipe in the Fathers Glory It is a dwelling in his House and so a sharing in that Glory which the Father there hath arising to Himselfe There is great Question about desires of Salvation and not Gods Glory But the Truth is Salvation is the Fruition of Gods Glory a being in and so pertaking of the Glory of Gods house as they are pertakers of the Divine Nature So of His Glory That is Their Salvation And it being the End of all things it is the Fathers glory who is the Beginning of all things EIGHT OBSERVATION That Gods Glory in Heaven which Beleevers pertake off Is a Created Glory Or a Glory which ariseth from Creatures to God and had a beginning For it is the Glory which He hath since he made him an House and dwelt in a Place And so it is neerer to the capacity of Creatures Whereas the Glory that is in and of Himselfe and Eternall Is Incomprehensible Incommunicable NINTH OBSERVATION That Beleevers Glory in Heaven Is in a Communiō Vniō together Many together dwell in one House It is a being One as God Christ are One John 17. 22. as the Glory of this World and so of Mans body is in the union compact of many parts together It is also a being with Christ as is exprest in the Text and hath bin shewed before And it is a being with God also As John 17 21. One with Vs FINIS THE TABLE THE Words are parte of Christs last Words spoken to the Eleven Apostles Page 1. The Occasion or Ground And so the Coherence of the Words 2. The Partes which are Two ibid. FIRST The Duty charged by Christ on His beleeving Desciples That their hearts should not be troubled And what Trouble is ment what not 2. 3. DOCTRINE   That true Beleevers how weake soever in Faith should not be opprest or perplext in heart by any thing whatever befalls them Either in Sinne or Afflictions 4. REASONS   First Because such Trouble ariseth from an Evill Roote and Cause Viz. Ignorance or Vnbeleife 5. Secondly Because such Trouble hath Evill Effects Shewed in Sixe Perticulers   1. It is Troublesome to Gods Heart ibid. 2. It Frustrats Christs Worke In a great part 6. 3. It Unfitts them for their Christian Service Which is to eate the Holy Things and keepe a Continuall Feast ibid. 4. It brings a Consumption upon their Spirituall Strength ibid. 5. It Casts an Evill Report on God ibid. 6. It Gives great Occasion to Corruption and the Divell 7. USES   First For Information To them that jugde the way of Beleeving a sad way Shewing it is the onely Way of Joy and Quiettnes ibid. Secondly For Exhortation To Beleevers Not to be perplext with Sinne or Sorrow 8. THE SECOND Part of the Text.   Is the MEANES To fence Beleevers hearts against Trouble Which are partly Implied and partly Expressed 9. FIRST MEANES Implied Is that Beleevers put themselves under the Command ibid. SECOND MEANES Implied Is that Beleevers gather up and present to their judgments Grounds of Comforts stronger then them of Trouble 10. THIRD MEANES Expressed Is to beleeve in Christ as in God both which explained 11. 12 Faith in Christ gives the strongest Grounds of Comfort For divers Reasons 13. First Because it gives more Boldnes towards God Upon Sixe Grounds ibid. 1. It presents them nearer to God Being made one with Christ Gods naturall Sonne ibid. 2. It presents God nearer to them For it shewes them God in their owne Nature ibid. 3. By it there is hold layed on Gods Iustice As well as on his Mercy 14. 4. By it there is an accesse with boldnes to Gods Holines explained 15. 5. By it there is raised unlimited expectation from God 16. 〈…〉 REASON   It is from His Nature 54. USES   First For Instruction 1. That God is most tender to Beleevers in Troubles 55. 2. That Beleevers should be Compassionate especially Church Officers ibid. Secondly For Exhortation To gett assured of Christs tendernes towards them in All their Troubles 56. SECOND OBSERVATION   That as we must beleeve in Christ So we must cōtinue our Faith in the Father 57. REASON   Because Though God put the Promises into Christ and gave him them yet he reserved them also in his owne hands 58. Question What the difference is twixt Beleeving in the Father the Sonne 59. Answered In Foure Things ibid. USE   For Information To shunn an Error of pitching our Faith onely on Christ not with him on the Father 60. THIRD OBSERVATION   That Beleevers are prone to sinne in those Affections which be lawfull in some sen●e necessary 61. USE   For Information Not onely to care to sett our Affections on lawfull things But to care not to exceed ibid. FOURTH OBSERVATION   That Beleevers hearts are prone to be to much sinnfully troubled with the approach of Afflictions 62. REASONS   First Because Troubles doe crosse the workings of our sinnfull selfe-Love ibid. Secondly Bec. Troubles doe estrange vs from this World ibid. Thirdly Bec. Troubles are contrary to a good principle within us ibid. Fourthly Bec. Selfe flattery promise the Contrary 63. USE   For Exhortation 1. To take paines about fitting our selves for Troubles ibid. 2. In Troubles to looke out for helpe to beare ibid. FIFT OBSERVATION   That Beleevers should renew increase Faith when Troubles doth asayle 64. USE   For Exhortation To Renew Increase and Exercise Faith 65. 66. SIXT OBSERVATION   Now Christ is come to use spirituall Consideratiōs to strengthē against troubles 67. REASONS   1. Bec. Now is the Season 2. Bec. the Life of Christianity is in these 68. USE   To Blame for not using And Exhort to use more these Cordialls 69. 70. 71. 72. The Description of Heaven c. with Three Observations 73. 74. 75. 76. FINIS