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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18973	Three sermons vpon Marke, the ninth chapter, 22.23. verses Containing fifteene doctrines, the particulars whereof appeare in the next pages following. / By Robert Cleauer.	Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.	1611 (1611)	STC 5392; ESTC S118642	34,073	58

vpon him and 2. Cor. 5. 21. he that knew no sinne was made sinne for vs that we might be made the righteousnes of God through him He became our suretie and tooke vpon him both the guiltinesse and punishment of our sinnes he did not onely pittie vs and speake for vs but also dealt for vs and died for vs and therefore it behooueth vs to Phil. 2. 5. put on the same minde that was in Christ Iesus and to bee affected in the like sort as he was Vse 1. Which maketh for the iust reproofe of those who when they are petitioners vnto God for others deale no otherwise then great mens Attendants commonly do for such as haue before hand hired them to preferre their suites vnto their maisters or then corrupt Lawiers doe for their Clients when they haue receiued their fees they thinke they shall loose nothing if matters go against them nor gaine any thing if they succeed for them and therefore they vse not much eagernesse in the pursuite thereof but deale coldlie and carelesly in the causes which they vndertake So doe a great manie in their suites which they put vp vnto God yea euen then when they are to speake for their owne children or other neere friends and that when they are in a most lamentable taking so that they might iustly say as the woman of Canaan did of her daughter O Lord haue mercie on mee my childe or my friend is Matth. 15. miserablie vexed with a diuell miserablie haunted with pride with vncleannesse with voluptuousnes c Yet Satan doth as it were bellow forth at their mouthes and is ready to cast them not into the water or into the fire as was this mans childe but euen into hell fire which neuer shall bee quenched albeit I say the case stand thus with manie mens children or friendes Nay further though they haue beene brought to this passe by their ill educating of them or their giuing of ill example vnto them yet when they are to make supplication vnto the Lord for them they are maruellous remisse and cold in the same thereby shewing that their praiers proceed from their lips rather than from their hearts Nay in the case of Gods Church whereof they themselues are members or at least professe themselues so to be they aske so carelesly and drowsily as if it did nothing at all pertaine vnto them whether the Gospell haue a free passage or not whether Gods ordinances be enioyed in sinceritie and puritie or not whether Gods seruants continue in their vprightnesse or not c. This is a fault sharpely to be censured in such as make profession of the truth and we haue all cause much to condemne our selues for our great fayling in this behalfe and to labour hereafter to put on the bowels of tender compassion that so wee may make othres cases our owne and mourne for their calamities and for their transgressions as if they were our owne 2 Secondly is it so that christian loue will cause men to partake with others in their distresses as if they were theirs then here is matter of speciall coÌ„solation vnto all the Saints of God for there is neuer a one of them but hath sundrie others to beare his burden and to communicate with him in all his sorrowes and anguishes And therefore let them not be vtterly dismaied albeit they caÌ„not take their owne case to heart as they would and as they should if they be inwardly grieued that they are so senslesse of the stroakes of God vpon them they may take this for their comfort that God will passe by their infirmitie and accept of the seruencie of others prayers in their behalfe who are more earnest with God for them than they can be for themselues Thus much concerning the mans petition our Sauiours answere followeth The second Sermon VERSE 23. If thou canst beleeue all things are possible to the beleeuer HEere wee must note that when it is said If thou canst beleeue c The meaning is not that Christ could not heale his childe vnlesse hee did beleeue for mans disabilitie doth nothing diminish Gods abilitie but this is spoken by our Sauiour to helpe the mans faith hee knew well enough that hee did in part beleeue but hee would haue him search and trie his heart and set his faith a worke before hee would graunt his request Whence wee may note this Doctrine that Doct. 1. Christ begins with the heart Where Christ Iesus doth helpe anie one in mercie hee first helps his heart and layes the foundation of his worke in his soule This course hee tooke with Marthae and Marie when hee would gratifie them with a speciall fauour in restoring to life their dead brother which was very deere vnto them Iohn 11. Hee first of all labours to strengthen their faith in this point that hee was able to raise him out of the graue againe yea though hee had beene foure dayes dead In the like sort dealt the Lord with the Apostle Paul Acts. 27. when he and the rest that were with him had bene fourteene dayes tossed with a sore and dangerous tempest looking euer and anon when they should bee drowned in the Sea and all that while had eaten nothing feare hauing taken away their stomachs In this extremitie God sent his Angell vnto Paul not giuing him present deliuerance but telling him that hee and the rest should be deliuered that so their faith might be exercised by depending on his promise and the benefite might bee more acceptable when it came The like may be said of Iehoshaphats case when such huge armies of enemies came against him 2. Chron. 20. 14. 15. it was then time wee would haue thought for the Lord to set vpon his aduersaries and to ouerthrowe their forces but hee first of all sends king Iehoshaphat and the rest of the people a Prophet to fitte and prepare their hearts for such a wonderfull victorie as afterward hee gaue them and that made it to bee a farre greater blessing then otherwise it could haue beene Reasons And the reason why God doth first helpe the heart is 1 First because otherwise the benefite that he bestoweth would bee but momentanie for either the thing it selfe should be taken away or else some mischiefe ensue vpon the hauing of it so that it would cease to bee a blessing Hence is it that the Lord saith vnto Ahaz and his people after hee had promised them deliuerance from their enemies Isa 7. 9. If yee beleeue not surely yee shall not bee established And therefore was it 1. Kings 20. that though wicked Ahab were saued from the sword of the king of Aram at one time yet hee got little by it for hauing no grace in his heart 1. Kings 22. hee was wounded in fighting against the Aramites another time so that his Charret-man carried him out of the hoast vnto Samaria and death carried him from thence vnto hell

bene of olde purchased for vs. Vse 2. Let this therefore in the second place serue for an instruction vnto vs that we neuer shew our selues to be of such a cowardly heart as when wee haue spoken well or done well to depraue the same by saying that we are no better then hypocrites or by confessing in word or writing that wee are faultie Nay let vs neuer forgoe our righteousnesse but iustifie our selues in our righteous wayes and workes and acknowledge with thankfulnes and humilitie whatsoeuer good things the Lord hath wrought in vs or by vs that so hee may haue his due praise and wee such found comfort as belongeth vnto well-doers Helpe mine vnbeleefe The last Doctrine which shall be collected from this verse is this that Doct. 6. Faith shewes men their corruptions and moues theÌ„ to seeke helpe against them It is the propertie of grace to shew men their corruptions to stir them vp to seeke helpe against the same As in this man it doth euidentlie appeare who as hee had infidelitie in him so hauing faith withall had his infidelitie discouered and his heart moued to seeke vnto Christ Iesus for strength against it The like may bee obserued in the Prophet Dauid who finding his heart to be vexed and turmoyled within him first of all falleth to reason the matter with his owne soule saying Psal 42. 5. 6. Why art thou cast downe my soule and why doest thou make a tumult within me for so much the word implyeth he hauing grace in his heart perceiued that vnbeliefe did as it were mutinie within him and raise vp rebellion against the Lord and therefore finding his owne disabilitie euery way to encounter the same hee in the next verse of that Psalme puts vp his complaint vnto the Lord against it My God saith hee my soule is cast downe within mee c. As if he should haue said Lord I finde my selfe too weake to preuaile against this corruption and therefore graunt mee strength to get the better of it Againe in another Psalme to wit the 77. Psal 77. 10. he beginneth very lamentably as one vtterly out of heart almost concluding that the Lord had quite forsaken him and cast him out of his seruice but afterward he recouereth himselfe and concludeth that it was his infirmitie so to imagine and thereupon laboureth to confirme his faith by considering of the times of olde and of the wonderfull workes of God which he wrought for the good of his people in former ages So also in the 73. Psalme Psal 73. we may note how the Prophet taketh notice of his great infirmitie in enuying at wicked mens prosperitie and in the end goeth into the Sanctuarie to get helpe against it Likewise in the prophecie of Isaiah Isaiah 63. we may obserue the like effect of grace in the people of God viz that they doe discerne of the hardnesse of their owne hearts and complaine vnto the Lord against it Reasons Now the reasons of this point are these 1 First because grace maketh men iudicious and filleth them full of knowledge and of heauenly vnderstanding whereby they are inabled to descrie what is amisse within them Gods gracious spirit wheresoeuer it comes brings a light in his hand whereby all things that are noysome or vnhandsome in the house are plainely seene and discouered so that thereby men are made able to iudge betwixt truth and falshood and betwixt good and euill 2 Secondly as grace doth inlighten the minde so doth it also sanctifie the affections of the parties in whom it is So that seeing what is good they shall long for it and earnestly desire it discerning what is euill they shall hate it and flie from it As it brings light with it so it makes men to bee of a neate disposition that they cannot endure any thing that is fulsome and loathsome in their soules 5 Thirdly grace maketh men industrious and readie to put themselues into the battle against their corruptions Wheresoeuer faith is it is working and effectuall 1. Thess 1. 3. 4 Fourthly and lastly it maketh men full of courage and fortitude so that they will neuer endure to haue sinne raigne in their mortall bodies but will maintaine perpetuall warre against the same for if they should suffer the fire of grace to bee quenched by the impure streames of sinne and iniquitie Gods spirit should be put to the worst which is no lesse then blasphemie for any one to imagine that it should euer come to passe for it doth work faith in mens harts which is indefatigable and inuincible which in time of temptation will sue vnto heauen and search the word and vse all lawfull meanes helpes for the procuring of strength against sinne so that though there be many enemies against it yet will it not be set downe by any of them though it doe now and then receiue a wound yet will it recouer againe and carrie away the victorie in the end Vse 1. Hereby then to drawe to some vse of this doctrine we may make some triall of the strength or weakenesse of our faith according as we are more or lesse able to see the sinfulnes of our nature and to striue against it so are we to iudge of the measure of Gods grace in vs to be more or lesse and if we do not particularly discerne of the corruptions of the flesh or do not loathe them and labour to be cured of them but rather excuse and extenuate them and hide and cherish them this is an infallible signe that we haue in vs no sauing grace at all Let all such therefore as would haue the testimonie of Gods children vse their best endeuour to haue their eyes opened that they may perceiue the seuerall euils that lurke within their hearts and let them withall get such an indignation against them that they may as this man did come vnto Christ Iesus to be cured of them which if they can doe their very approaching vnto him by prayer and in the vse of this ordinances will cause them euery day to become more sharpe-sighted than other so that they shall with the holy prophet Isaiah Chap. 6. cry out against their pollutions and so get pardon of them and power ouer them 2 Secondly this makes for the confutation of such as being vrged to reforme themselues are readie to say that all things are so well with them that they neede no amendment they know not where to beginne their reformatioÌ„ because they see nothing amisse These kinde of men are most busie against others that complaine of their owne wants and seeke to haue them supplied from heauen and such they account and call Puritans who indeed do most see and acknowledge and bewaile their owne puritie but in truth they theÌ„selues do sarre better deserue that name for that they imagine they haue attained such a measure of puritie as that nothing can be added thereunto they haue

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