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A04269	A seasonable discourse of spirituall stedfastnesse wherein, 1. it, and a relapse, with the heads, members. and degrees of both, are exactly defined. 2. The subiects, causes, and symptomes of the fearfull sinne of apostasie cleerely expressed. As also directions, incentiues, to recouer, re-inkindle the old-cold-declining zelot. Together with arguments, motiues, that the young, or strong standing convert may be in grace firmely established. By I.B. preacher of the word.	Barlow, John, b. 1580 or 81.	1627 (1627)	STC 1439.5; ESTC S120873	89,672	290

weary in getting or spending Want the least skill omit any oportunitie vntill he become immooueable invincible in a setled path of impietie He is reputed a lazie person a destroyer of good fellowship and deserues the whipping post And notwithstanding all this if they liue in Palpable ignorance obtaine not the knowledge of holy things never acquire one graine of faith procure the weakest Anchor of hope purchase any sacred feare of the most high learne not how to Call vpon God Confesse their sin petition for what they would haue and to be constant in well doing though they haue time meanes for all these and their saluation depends thereon Yet God and Man must hold them excused O heartlesse people Most vnhappie generation Vse 2 At the second step this serueth to taxe such who holding that this stedfastnes may be had yet striue not for it These haue a price in their hands but no willing hearts Luk. 14.19 One must as in old time goe veiwe his farme a second prove his Oxen a third burie his father And a fourth married a wife that he cannot stand about it Some log or other letteth We haue too few rooted in knowledge grounded in faith or stablished with hope Psal 107.27 Every windy doctrine puffes them out of the way makes them stagger and reele like a drunken man The report of a Cannon will cause a faint hearted souldier to quake to tremble And any terrible tidings 1. Timo. 1.19 constraine many to Shipwracke their faith split a good conscience in peices Some as Naball are halfe dead at a threate 1. Sam. 2 5.37 Iudg. 9.36 others with Gaal for all their boasting feare the very shaddow of a mountaine Doe not many among vs read the Bible as beasts runne into bushes on stormie rainie daies Heare a sermon as he who hath an ague mooues his body when they feele the fit to come vpon them Pray as the deafe man speaks when God roundes them in the eare by some heavie iudgment sing Psalmes as beggers worke never but and scarcely then when authoritie inioynes them Giue almes as Iordan fills hir banks rarely in a yeares revolution And receiue the Sacrament when the silly Papists eate an egge to shame Lent and themselues too and that 's but once per annum and then at Easter our Vnderstandings are seldome set on God the Obiect of all perfection our affections with great difficultie are raysed to him our faith fixed on his never failing promises And our wills be weakly bent to runne the pathes of his Commands so that as the Leper cryed I am vncleane I am vncleane We may we are vnsetled we are vnsetled He is one of a thousand who can truly testifie of himselfe that he meditateth vpon God relieth on him and hath his heart firmely fixed on the Lord for some in a great degree lose the very habit of grace others the acts thereof and the most with much wavering hold what they haue obtained Are we not tossed like a feather by the wind Carryed about as a Cocke-boate with the least gust Rev. 2.4 ready as Peter to sinke after a few steps made on the water With Ephesus We haue left if not lost our first affection run from the husband of our youth mispent our portion Hos 2.7 And as the Dog to his vomit 2. Pet. 2.22 the Sow to hir wallowing in the mire turned to our former wickednes and lapt vp that sinne which in times past we had spued out with great eagernes greedines They who like the Galathians receiued their Ministers as an Angell of God are growne slacke Gal 4.14.15 in giving to him his deserued honour yea peradventure would were the power of their hands equall to the malice of their hearts plucke forth his eyes do him a mischiefe but beloved these things are not ought not to be so Vse 3 And to make a further progresse in following the point if a Spirituall stedfastnes may be procured Let vs try whether we or no haue obtained it Hath the Oldman receiued his deaths wound is he peirced thorow the sides Broken in peices Not able to stand Doth the New feed sat grow strong sing like birds in the pleasant spring is the eye of thy mind opened to see clearely the wonders of the law Deepe mysteries of the Gospell With the vanitie of all Earthly things Is thy soule filled with Faith Loue Hope and all the graces of the holy Ghost Is the pulse of the flesh feeble Of the Spirit firme Canst thou preach in season out of season Heare without wearines Pray Continually and beare crosses with Contentation Dost thou hunger after the bread of heaven Thirst for the water of life And that as often as for thy appointed foode Where be thy thoughts for the most On God or the World Earth or Heaven What are thy words ordinarily Corrupt or Sanctified Thy Actions Good or Evill To be briefe art thou strong in the the Lord and his mightie powâ—r As able now to fight the good Ioshua 14. fight of faith as Caleb was the battels of his God many yeares agone Is thy life ever flowing with the streames of holines as a never dying Spring Thy last crop better then the first And thy meate and drinke daily to doe the will of thy heavenly Father Then be of good comfort Ioh 4.34 forthy labour in the vse of the meanes 1. Cor. 15. vlt. hath not been in vayne in the Lord. But alack How many are ever learning 2. Tim. 3.7 and never come to the knowledge of the truth Full of vnbeleefe noâ—withstanding their long profession of the Gospell And scarce worthy to be numbred among the stedfast For Catechise our people how many know little Nothing Look into their actions are they not vnsetled Follow them home veiw their order there And how few call vpon God desire his blessing Or with the Noble Bereans Acts 17.11 search the Scriptures to boult out the truth they haue heard May not the Ministers complaine of our people as did there Master how long must we be among you When will you procure this stedfastnes Mar. 9.19 O yee of little faith Lesse stabilitie We Preach and you heare we Pray and you too in appearance we giue and you receiue Angels foode Mat. 6.30 bread from heauen the Sacred body of the Lord Iesus and yet you are not it s to be feared established Men like a green Nut sticke still in the husk are shaken as the reed with the least winde weake they be as water and haue need notwithstanding the long time and great meanes they haue enioyed to learne the first principles of religion Heb. 5.12 But is this well done Will God thinke we take it well at our hands Or be contented to receiue his talent with so great damage disadvantage Vse 4 But now to finish our course in the pursuing of this doctrine seeing it may be had strive we

minded quencheth Sathans fierie darts ouercomes the world It bringeth good tydings from God to man vniteth the creatures to the Creator and saveth the sinner What is faith but the choicest Grape in Canaan The prime fruite of the spirit The essentiall forme of a Christian And the pâ—râ—e which purchaseth heaven It s like the poole of Bethesda which cureth the cripples 1 Sam. 2.22 the sword of Saul that never came emptie And the bow of Ionathan which never bended backe from the blood of the slaine the fat of the mightie For crosses faith will assure thee that the Lord sends them their burden shall not exceed thy abilitie and that like a thunder clap they rattle more than hurt That they are the cognisance of Christ the Physitian of the soule shall handle thee gently stay but a very little whilâ— and at their departure leaue a blessing behind them This baulme heales all diseases helpes at a dead lift and cures when nothing can And what shall I more say For the time would be too short for me to tell of Gedeon Barak Heb. 11.32 c. and of Sampson of Iephtah David Samuel and of the Prophets who thorow faith subdued kingdomes wrought righteousnes obtained promises stopped the mouthes of Lyons quenched the violence of fâ—re escaped the edge of the sword of weake were made strong waxed valiant in battell resolute in warre and put to flight whole armies of their enemies For when reason presents these things vnto thee as so many shee bearer roaring Canons implacable Divells And the promises of God the acts of divine providence And the kingdom of heaveÌ„ no better than fate destinie broken notioâ—s at the best but like some ruinated and forraged Countrie thâ—n will faith giue them luster make them shine And as it were with open face appeare and stand foorth in a most glorious forme and order Grow in faith and thou shalt be able to breake a bow of steele lift vp the wing soare on high sleight temptations defie the devill and bid death doe his worst A great faith will fill thy soule with ioy thy life with good works and the whole world with prayses Faith if big and strong will make thee a noble warriour in the Lambes campe one of a thousand A man as David according to Gods owne heart It will ascend to heaven lay hold on thy suretie satisfie thy creditor And bring thee a quittance for an vniversall an everlasting discharge of all thy debts originall actuall past and to come But I must confesse that what I presse is hard to practise For Sathan daily desires doth winnow it When its seed is first sowne in the soyle of our soules faine would he rend it vp by the roots but finding that a matter impossible because it is of Gods planting then will he by his subtile suggestions tempt vs to question the truth of its obiects And when this wil not serue his turne neither that we may proue graine for his garner then with his sieve he will tosse tumble vs vp and down to prevent faiths act separate it from its proper obiect and keepe vs in a continuall intercourse of doubting staggering Beloved of all the strings which be on the instrument of my soule I finde none more to iarre than this of faith O how hardly is it turned How suddenly out of temper It will proue a pretie peece of service in the time of tryall day of temptation to rely on God to cast all our care on him However yet there is hope for the Lord hath blessed Faith once And it shall be blest for ever the elder shall serue the yonger And in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ Having finished the first thing wherein we are to grow we proceede to the second From the which we are instructed that Doct. 4 ChristiaÌ„s are to grow in the knowledge of Christ Iesus Who better acquainted with Christ than Paul th'apostle yet did he not striue to increase his knowledge of him His desire was among the Corinths to know nothing but Christ Iesus 1. Cor. 2.2 and him crucified No time would he omit meanes neglect that he might apprehend him Phil. 3.12 of whom he was apprehended The charge he gaue his sonne Timotheus may serue further to confirme the proposition Doth he not command him 1. Tim 4.13 to attend vnto reading Doctrine Exhortation And may not reason inforce it Reas 1 For is not Christ the Being of Beings The naturall Sonne of God the Father The brightnesse of his glorie Heb. 1.3 And the ingraven forme of his person Are not all the treasures of Wisdome and Holinesse Col. 2 3. hid in him Doth not the fulnesse of the God-head dwell in him bodilie Is he not coeternall Coessentiall And coequall with the most high Will you heare his owne testamonie I Ioh. 10.30 and the Father are one The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his waies before his workes of old Pro. 8.22 c. when there were no depths I was brought forth no fountaines abounding with waters yere the mountaines were setled or the hills created while as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields neither raised the highest part of the dust of the world When he prepared the heavens set a coÌ„passe vpon the face of the deep And established the clouds aboue I was there When he gaue the Sea his decree commanded the proud waues should not passe their boundes and when he appointed the foundations of the earth then was I by him as one brought vp with him and I was daily his delight reioycing alwayes before him And this being thus Phil. 2.6 is it any robbery for Christ to be equall with God Was not the Word made flesh 1 Ioh. 1.1.2 Dwelt amongst vs And did we not behold his glory as the glorie of the onely begotten of the Father Ioh. 1.14 full of grace and truth What obiect more wonderfull Better deserues our knowledge Did not the Angels desire to peepe into this mysterie 1 Pet. 1.12 And shall not we Then are we blame worthie Reas 2 Consider also what he hath done for vs. Hath he not elected vs Ioh. 15.16 before the world was In these good daies created vs of nothing Beautified vs in a comely manner Iob. 10.10 Imprinted his owne image vpon vs Psal 8.6 And we by sinne having spoiled our selues with no lesse price than the shedding of his sacred bloud 1 Pet. 1.19 redeemed vs Recovered the great damage we lost in Adam our father And restored vs to a farre better condition Psal 103.1.2 than was allotted to vs at our first creation It is he who pardoneth all our sinnes healeth all our infirmities delivers our soules from hell And from whom all the good we inioy we haue receiued Are not all things from him Ioh. 1.3 For without him was not made Ioh. 5.17 any thing that was

the forme of godlines 2. Tim. 3.5 they cry out against such as the Edomites of the Israelites Psal 137.7 downe with them down with them even to the ground But let these know that though their consciences be growne sencelesse God shall bring vpon them swift damnation For 2. Pet. 2.1 he is wise in heart mightie in power Iob. 9.4 who ever grew fierce against him and hath prospered And we haue an evill beast a slow-belly growne vp among vs how should we define him He is one who selleth time vseth his money as though he vsed it not striues to prevent the contingent acts of Gods prouidence And rather than the forfeiture of a band will forfeit his freedome in the kingdome of heaven And if you demand why he doth so he replies like him who being found breaking of his neighbours hedge and reprooued answered is it not better to doe thus than to be idle Certainely if David the which he never will prooue not a lyer Psal 15.5 a vsurer shall never inherit the mountaine of holinesse And what Is not the weaker sex growne mightily in wickednesse Haue we not some so masculine that they walke in their doublets Ride in their coates And salute with their caps Were but their hearts answerable to their habits their spirits proportionable to their apparell why might they not at our common musters be prest foorth for souldiers I will nor can giue such any precise precepts for cloth or colour forme or fashion yet take this in generall Suppose that now thou wert to come vnto iudgement to hold vp thy hand before the ancient of daies And to receiue thy last doome thy finall sentence of life or death eternally Wouldest thou appeare in a pointed body With embroydered haire A curled head A painted face A French ruffe And a naked brest Then as the Prophet to Naaman the Syrian 2. King 5.19 I say vnto thee goe in peace But if thou wouldst not change thy garments alter thine attire lest death on the sudden strike thee the Iudge come in an houre thou art not a ware of weigh thee in the ballance of the sanctuarie strip thee naked and cloath thee with shame eternall Shall not the husband grow iealous of that wise who at his returne is abaâ—hed to meete him in her daily habit I appeale vnto thee But alas For all that can be said according to the Apostles prediction we grow worse and worse 2. Tim. 3.13 deceiving and being deceiued The truth is we are so growne that the heavens grow blacke the earth barren and the whole frame of nature groanes for our growth Rom. 8.22 What should I tell you of the late Famine The blazing starre The invndations of waters The bloudie warres The late Plague wherein so many thousands haue vealed the head and given vp the Ghost Yea doth not the spirit grieue and groane for our vnnaturall growth Eph. 4.30 Wherefore let vs by vnfeined repentance and new obedience ease him of this burden or we shall groane vnder the direful wrath of the most high for ever Psal 50.22 ever O coÌ„sider this you who forget God lest he teare in pieces there be none nothing to deliuer you Vse 3 The vse of this doctrine also serues soundly to lesson some of the better sort For doe they grow in grace increase in goodnesse I wish the Lord had not iust cause to say of our nation Rev 2.4 I haue somewhat against thee Haue we not them amongst vs who haue bin as zealous as Peter in appearance but now haue cooled their harts in warming their hands at â—aiaphas his fire Others who seemed as strong and vpright as an oake are growne weake fitting themselues to everie forme and figure in the congregation like water in a vessell Haue we not many who in times past put foorth their fingers to all pious vses But now plucke them backe draw them in as the slug her hornes Ranne well and now are letted Began in the spirit end in the flesh It s a disputable question whether we haue more Bankers in goods or grace Prodigalls who haue mispent their corporall or spirituall portioÌ„ England as Ephesus hath left though not lost her first loue Our affections were hardly kindled but soone cooled our coale glowes a while and anon ends in smoake and smother 1. King 1.1 We resemble David in his olde age little heat is within vs not any will begot into vs. Few like Caleb Iosh 14.11 are at this day as able to fight the battailes of the Lord as in former time What a weake pulse beats in all places Scarse sensible We are like a forc't peece of land whose second crop is worse then the former We heare and reade much yet in shape as Pharaohs cattell are lanke and leane deformed and ill favoured But beloved this should not ought not to be so Let but a man lye speechles fall into a consumption and become a bankrupt Oh! this like a passing bell in the eares of the world rings a dolefull sound And all who heare it smite their hands shake their heads at it send foorth deepe sighes heavie groanes But the meane while Prayer may be tongue-tyed Faith ship-wrackt and a good Coâ—science split in shivers yet few for these things haue the least thoughts of heart no sorrow doth pierce vs losse of this kind pinch vs. What the Apostle forewarned in these last daies is come to passe for we are plucked away with the errour of the wicked and are fallen from our owne stedfastnesse Vse 4 Are Christians to grow in grace Let vs all then looke about vs weigh the proficiencie we haue made in this Schoole Hast thou no grace It s high time to gather some Anie Striue to increase it Art thou declined Recover thy losse Hitherto hast thou growne Why adde to thy stocke still augment thy store For this dutie concernes all and therefore we will presse the point so as every person may reape profit by it You well know that a thing must be had before it can be increased For who prunes a liuelesse plant Waters a dead stake Tryall then is in the first place necessarie if we haue any seeds of grace at all 1. Signes of found grace Dost thou find and feele an emptinesse of grace in thy selfe A great want of it Then in truth tho not in full measure thou hast it For blessed are the poore in spirit Mat. 5.3 And what is this povertie but an act arising from grace whereby we sensiblie apprehend an emptienesse thereof in our soules By grace we feele grace as with one hand we doe the other Dead men perceiue no want when living persons behold their penurie Let him who is truly gracious cast his eye whither he will he seeth a vacuitie of grace in all creatures an insufficiencie to relieue him Iob. 28.14 To the depth he saith it s not to be found in thee

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