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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18603	A cordiall of comfort To preserue the heart, from fainting with griefe or feare: for our friends, or our owne visitation, by the plague. Also a thankes-giuing to almightie God, for staying the visitation in London, and the suburbs thereof. Both which may be of vse to Christians in other places, that are cleere, visited, or recouered. By William Chibald.	Chibald, William, 1575-1641.	1625 (1625)	STC 5131; ESTC S118343	43,911	197

to their saluation Make an end of the tryall wee pray thee of other Churches by the sword famine or any other iudgmēt and continue to ours the peace of the Gospel the Gospel of peace preseruing all Estates and degrees amongst vs in Church and Common-wealth from this other plagues if it be thy blessed will to execute iustice and to shew mercy for the taking away of this and the turning away of other heauy iudgements Be thou exalted Lord in thine owne strength so will we sing and praise thy power Psa 21.16 VI. Professing our amendment vpon our remouall of the Plague For we doe not desire O Lord our God to haue the plague of our sicknes taken away from amongst vs that the plague of our sinnes may remaine within vs nor that thou shouldest turne thy heauie hand from vs that wee might returne to our former wickednes for the time past of our life is sufficient and to much to haue liued therein 1. Pet. 4.3 If thus againe we should breake thy commandements Ezera 9.14 wouldst thou not be angrie with vs till thou hadst consumed vs but wee beg this further favour of thee not to die Psa 118.17 but to liue to declare thy works and to praise thy name Ier. 50.4.5 For this end with mourning and weeping for our former many and greiuous sinnes wee come vnto thee and seeke thee and will ioyne our selues vnto thee in a perpetuall couenant neuer to be forgotten Wee will make a couenant bef●●e thee our God to walke after thee to keepe thy cōmandements thy statutes and thy testimonies with all our hearts and with all our soules nnd to performe the words of the couenant 2 Reg. 23.3 and to stand vnto it wee will make a sure couenant write it and seale vnto it Neh. 9.38 yea wee will enter into a curse and into an oath to walee in Gods lawe Neh. 10.29 and to obserue and to do all the commandemnts of the Lord our God that we may ty our loose harts to the obedience of thy holy wil for euer And let our houses which thou hast visited or kept cleare from this contagion and let our bodies which thou hast healed or preserued from infection and let our soules which thou hast humbled comforted in any measure by and vnder this visitation beare witnes to our sincerity in making this holy vow and couenant with thee Let them bee a continuall remembrance to put vs in minde of often renewing it before thee and let them bee as a threefold cord not easily broken faster to binde vs to the keeping of this oath couenant with thee for euer And now O Lord our God since thou hast by thy Spirit put into our hearts this desire to giue thee thanks directed vs to this means of manifesting our thankfulnes we humbly beseech thee keepe it for euer in the thoughts and imaginations of the hearts of thy people 1 Chr. 29 15. and set our hearts vnto thee And giue vs such a heart that wee may feare thee keepe thy commandements alwayes Deu. 5.29 that it may bee well with vs and with our children for euer so wee thy people and sheepe of thy pasture will giue thee praise for euer will alwayes bee setting forth thy praise from generation to generation Amen Now vnto the King immortall inuisible and onely true God most mighty wise faithfull and true patient and pittifull gracious mercifull infinite in all perfection The Father of mercy in The Sonne of peace through The Holy Spirit of cōfort be yeelded and giuen for all our former and later deliuerances in this or any other kind and namely for the present staying of the Plague happily in great measure already begun and continued and hopefully in the end to be perfected accomplished From our beliefe trust our loue and feare our hope and ioy our patience obedience with our bodies and soule by our thoughts words works in our liues and deaths all honour and glory and all praise thanks from this time forth and for euer Ps 106.48 And let all the people say AMEN FINIS

and that God dwels in vs. In which case whosoeuer is cannot but die in Gods loue and fauour the rather because this loue of GOD produceth the loue of our neighbour also yea of our enemyes which whosoeuer doth for conscience sake in action as well as affection may knowe they are n 1 Iohn 3.16 Matt. 5 44. translated from death to life and that they are the children of their heauenly Father The third is the Feare of God The second sanctifiyng grace is the feare of God that is feare to offend God not onely because he is iust but also and cheifly because he l Psa 130.2 is mercifull By this feare Christians learne to m Pro. 3.7 depart from euil and also to n Deut. 6.2 keep Gods commandements which whosoeuer doe 2 Ti 2.19 the Lord knowes that they are his and they are the o Ps 112.1 blessed of God If thus you feare God you may bee sure you shall dy in Gods loue and fauor first because Gods mercy is on all them that feare him Luc. 1.50 2. Because it is a signe to all such that they are redeemed from their spirituall enemies Sinne Hell Death Satan 3. Luc. 7.14 Because such walke in the comfort of the Holy Ghost 4. Act. 9.31 Because such know they are redeemed by the precious blood of Iesus Christ 5. 1 Pet. 1.17 18 19. Because such worke out their saluation that is the assurance of it to themselues Philip. 2.12 6. Because such are blessed And so much for the sanctifying graces Ps 128.1 I know faith in Christ is a sanctifying grace as well as the loue feare of God for the Elect are sanctified by faith in Christ Act. 26.18 But I haue named all these six graces by the chiefe and most proper act of each which of faith is to iustifie and not to sanctifie It is true faith doth sanctifie as well as iustifie but by a secondary act not as it layes hold on Christ for so it iustifies but as it incites to obedience and restrains from sin for which it produceth the loue and feare of God for faith sanctifies as it workes and faith workes by loue Gal. 5.6 which also is true of the fear of God Ioh. 1.12 for by faith we ●re Gods children he is ou● adopted Father And 〈◊〉 call on the Father b● f●ith then must wee passe the time of our soiourning heere in feare namely in feare to offend God by sin 1 Pet. 1.17 As obedient children not fashioning our selues according to the former lusts in our ignorance v. 14. Of the second kinde of vertues holy gifts which keep vs in the state of grace The third is Hope when wee are set into it by faith there is but one it is a comforting grace and it is Hope 1. Thes 4. vlt. and Hope is a grace of God whereby we comfort our selues against the immoderate feare of death in our selues or greife for the death of our friendes and by it the faithfull earnestly looke long and will for the second comming of Christ Act. 23.6 Rom. 5.2 and a ioyfull resurrection from death to eternall life thereby Whosoeuer hath this Hope may assure themselues they shall dy in Gods favour 1. Rom. 5.5 Because i● will not make them ashamed that is they which by it looke for a ioyfull Resurrection it will not deceiue them of the thing hoped for but will bring them to the possession of it 2. Because it is a sure signe that the loue of GOD is shed abroad in their hearts by the holy Spirit Rom. 5.5 1 Thes 5.8 3. Because this hope is a helmet of saluation to cover the heads of the Saints here one earth against Sin Satan and all spirituall enemyes 4. Because by this hope the faithfull assure themselues their bodies are at rest in the graue till the second comming of Christ Act. 2.26 5. Because they are saued by hope Rom. 8.24 6. Because he that hath this hope purgeth himselfe 1. Iohn 33 viz. from sinne wickednesse and he that thus purgeth himselfe 2 Ti. 2.21 Rom. 9.21 is a vessel of honour and hee that is a vessell of honour Ibid. 23. is a vessell of mercy and he that is a vessell of mercy is a vessell afore prepared vnto glory The third kind of holy vertues that keepe vs in the state of grace The fift is Patience is the contenting grace it is Patience And by this patience wee first quiet our selues in the will of God in all our afflictions and meekely submit our selues to indure them 2. By patience we stay our selues on Gods pleasure patiently waiting his leasure for the performance of his promise of helpe and deliuerance If you haue and doe exercise this patience you may be sure to die in Gods fauour Luk. 21.19 1. Because by it you possesse your soules Rom. 2.7 2. Because by it you shall gaine eternall life Heb. 6.12 15. 3. By patience you shall inherit the promises of grace and glory 4. By patience we shall get experience Rom. 5.4 namely of the fatherly loue of God towards his children Rom. 15.4 5. By patience we shall nourish and confirme our hope Iam. 1.4 And 6th Because if patience haue her perfect worke wee shall be entire and lacke nothing The sixt is Perseuerance The fourth fort of vertues and holy gifts of the Spirit that keepe vs in the state of grace when we are set into it by faith in Christ It is a crowning grace and the grace that puts the crowne of glory on our heades is perseuerance to the end of our liues in the number measure of all our Christian graces together with all the holy fruits and effects that proceed from them in the vse and exercise of them If you shall thus perseuere in grace you may bee sure to dy in Gods favour 1. 1 Ioh. 2.24 Because you shall continue in the Sonne and in the Father 2. Because you shall bee saued 3. Mat. 10.22 Because you shall receiue the crowne of life 4. Reu. 2.10 Because the Lord Iesus will present you vnblameable and vnreproueable in Gods sight 5. Col. 1.22 Because when Christ shall appeare 1 Ioh. 2.28 you may haue confidence and not bee ashamed before him a● his comming 6. If yee fight a good fight finish your course and keepe the faith 2. Tim. 4. then you may assure your selues that henceforth is laid vp for you a crowne of righteousnes which the Lord the righteous Iudge will giue you at that day There be other graces of God that are necessary to saluation viz. a beleife of the Gospell repentance for past sinnes I doe not meane amendment of life or new obediēce which in nature follow Faith in Christ but these doe not set men into the state of grace but