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A95842	An antidote against sorrovv, in order to the obtaining of sanctified joy. An excellent treatise first written in French by N. Vedelius, then translated into Latine by Gallus Pareus, and now into English, by Cadwallader Winne, M.A.	Vedel, Nicolaus, 1596-1642.; Winne, Cadwallader, b. 1622 or 3, translator.	1650 (1650)	Wing V167; Thomason E1421_1; ESTC R209478	59,453	229

to wit Job worthy our observation of all these afflictions so wee have a lively representation of the faithfull mans triall in the wrastling of Jacob the patriarch who after hee had valiantly strove all night and obtained the victory and his soule delivered I have seen God saith hee face to face and my life is preserved Gen. 32.20 O most wonderfull combat where the assailant and defendant is the very same where the conquerour and the party conquered is the very same and where the conquerour gives the glory to the party conquerd which is also given to the conquerour where the party conquered is as a King ruling and commanding and the conquerour is as an humble servant obeying him The third and last sort of the afflictions of the godly is martyrdome which comprehendeth all such afflictions as the faithfull man suffereth and sustaineth for the constant profession of celestiall truth as banishment imprisonment stripes torments losse of goods and especially death it selfe And this sort of afflictions containes in it more good things and commodities than the former for besides the joyfull end that it hath common with chastisements and trials by the promise of Christ who saith blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousnesse sake for theirs is the Kingdome of heaven Matth. 5.10 Besides this I say God honoureth the faithfull witnesses of his truth with more prerogative in that hee promiseth them above others a greater measure of reward in his heavenly kingdome and therefore he saith not onely such as endure persecutions have a reward in heaven but he addeth also this Great is your reward in heaven whereby he implies some singular glory which the Martyrs enjoy in heaven Hither that of S. Paul is to be referred our light which is but for a moment worketh for us farre more exceeding and eternall weight of glory 2 Cor. 4.18 for albeit this sentence may bee applied to the two former sorts of afflictions which procure also eternall life yet the Apostle here especially speaks of those afflictions which he and the rest of his faithfull associats suffered for the word of truth Moreover these sufferings have Gods notable promise of the benefits of this life also Verily I say unto you saith Christ there is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the Gospells but hee shall receive a hundred told now in this time houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecution and in the world to come eternall life Mar. 10.29,30 This promise in some of the faithfull is literally fulfilled God oftentimes bestowing upon them farre more good things honours and commodities than they were deprived of for the acknowledgement of his truth whereas in others it takes effect by equivalence for it is most manifest that all the particles thereof are not literally to be fulfilled As for example sake if one instead of his father or mother or sonne should obtain thousand fathers mothers c. they reap then the fruit and verity of this promise when they receive things of equivalent or better value to the things promised and that with persecution that is to say though they want and are deprived of these earthly commodities which happens when the faithfull man is most assured of his adoption and consequently of heavenly inheritance which is farre more excellent and better than all riches and rewards and indeed is the onely reward worthy to be given of God and received of the faithfull Hence it is that he is capable to know that all the riches of the world are his by the right of adoption as being the child of God and designed to Lord it over all the creatures howsoever they be conferred upon him according to meane and measure even as his tutour and physician yea his heavenly father knowes it to be expedient and conducible Hee is assured also of Gods providence and most fully perswaded in himselfe that hee hath therein an unexhausted fountaine and oile that will never faile for hee believes his word to be most true seek ye first the Kingdome of heaven and his righteousnesse and all these things shall be added unto you Matth. 6.33 He that spareth not his owne sonne but delivered him up for us all how shall hee not with him freely give us all things Rom. 8.31 Such joy attends this certainty of salvation in him as surpasseth all the riches of this world for godlinesse with contentment is great gaine 1 Tim. 6.6 which vertuous contentment gives cleerer and brighter lustre by comparing it with its contrary in them which willingly would suffer not any thing for Gods truth but turne their backs thereunto renouncing Christ for in the midst of their abundance of the goods and honours of this world by the just judgement of God they are not contented with their owne condition but are tossed with most grievous perturbations by reason of the torments of their conscience which will sooner or later awake Adde hereunto this benefit to wit the honour which God imparteth unto such as have constantly suffered for his heavenly truth for what great honour is it I beseech thee that the King of Kings vouchsafes to call a miserable terrestriall worme to be a witnesse against his enemies that accuse him of falsehood to plead his cause and defend his honour what great honour is it to be received and enrolled into the Colledge and society of the Prophets Apostles and that grand cloud of Martyrs that have suffered for his heavenly truth yea what great honour is it to be a companion of Jesus Christ the Prince of our salvation who was consecrated through afflictions to be cloathed with the same rayment and weare the crowne of thornes with him and so to bee conformable unto him and alwayes to beare about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body 2 Cor. 4.10 What great honour doth Christ vouchsafe us also in taking our afflictions to be his when as he saith that our persecutions and sufferings are the residues and reliques of his afflictions and markes what honour is it to be chosen of God as a great Emperour or warlike Commander to besiege with a strong Army a certaine City for which purpose hee electeth not dastards or cowards but most generous and valiant men so that these sufferings are publique testimonies of our valiancy and royall charters whereof wee may glory with the Apostle who saith most gladly will I glory in my infirmities that the power of God may rest upon me 2 Cor. 12.9 what great honour is it to fight in the sight of the King of Kings who is president and overseer of the combat and distributes crownes what great honour is it to be such a wonderfull instrument as God useth to increase his Church the bloud and afflictions of the Martyrs being the seed of the Church which

my soule and why art thou disquieted within me Hope in God for I will yet praise him who is the helpe of my countenance and my God Psal 42.12 CHAP. VI. The sixth ground or reason is that afflictions themselves yield matter of joy BUt what doe I say not onely the benefits but the evils of this life commonly so called that is to say adversities which thou endurest as long as thou dwellest in these tents of Kedar yield matter of joy which is a riddle which the Philistines of this world cannot resolve The Nazarites and children of God are onely sensible that there is hony in the Lion and sweetnesse in affliction This lesson is very necessary to every one and in it selfe most excellent for thereby wee are taught to look upon afflictions undauntedly and entertaine them not onely with contempt as the Philosophers teach but with a merry countenance with pleasure and gladnesse which without comparison is farre more laudable and excellent than stoicall contempt and prond disdaine which cannot long endure the brunt of greater evils but will in short space be foiled and put to flight with shame Now mans understanding is not capable of this doctrine unlesse it hath first knowledge of the goodnesse lying hid under the deformed vizard of afflictions which con●…sts herein that the affictions which God layeth upon his elect are the meanes whereby they obtaine the possession of eternall happinesse and those unspeakable good things which are prepared for them so that their end is most excellent of inestimable value even heavenly life and glory which neither eye saw nor eare heard nor the heart of man can conceive That thou mayest perfectly understand this doctrine it is necessary that thou consider the divers sorts of afflictions which God sendeth to his children wherof commonly they make two one sort is of those afflictions which are common to the godly with the children of this world as diseases poverty or the like The other sort is of those afflictions that are proper unto such as undergo the crosse of Jesus Christ or persecution where with the faithfull for the profession of the Gospell are assaulted by their enemies but to speak properly if we look upon afflictions as they out wardly appeare unto us there is not any affliction proper all are common but if we consider their intrinsecall forme which gives them their being and essence there is not any common but all are particular and proper for their extrinsecall forme consisteth in that which is grievous and carries with it anguish of heart as poverty as hath beene said diseases banishment imprisonment all which are common to the godly with the children of this world insomuch that there is not any affliction which may not as equally befall them both for what have we not common saith one of the Fathers as long as we are in this world with the children therof and as long as wee are here below wee are joyned with other men by the bonds of this corruptible flesh but in spirit we are separated from them so that till this corruptible shall bee clothed with incorruption and this mortall shall put on immortality we ascend to God the father all the discommodities of the flesh are common to us with them If the earth be barren famine makes no distinction between any if a City or Town be surprised by the enemy all are brought into captivity and when the clouds with-hold their raine all are compelled to endure this drought and when the rocks split the ship asunder all without exception endure the same wrack failing of eyes burning agues and the perfect health of all the members are common to us with them as long as we are clothed with the same common flesh in this world As touching that which gives essence to the afflictions of Gods children it is opinion according to Philosophy But Gods word corrects this opinion teaching us that it cannot give unlesse an imaginary and putative essence thereunto Their true essence then is that which God himselfe gives them who wills that some serve for to chastise his elect correct their vices some serve for to trie their faith and other vertues and others tend to this end that they may beare witnesse to his heavenly truth Now as there is not any affliction of Gods children but hath reference to one of these so they are of that nature that they never befall the wicked since hee is not their father neither trieth hee them in that whereof they are destitute neither honoureth them so faire as to make them witnesses of his truth which they are ignorant of or cannot away with To speak properly then the faithfull man hath not any affliction common with the unregenerate if wee respect as wee ought its true being neither any particular affliction if we consider its outward forme and species And this wee must observe by reason of the fruit and consolation which redound thereby to God's children as shall bee seen hereafter There are three sorts of afflictions wherewith God exerciseth his children chastisement triall and Martyrdome of all and each of which we say that they procure to the godly inestimable good things glory especially and eternall life That the verity hereof may the better be perceived let us first as to what concerne chastisement compare prosperity and adversity Who knoweth not that whereas prosperity should be a spurre to excite and hasten us with more alacrity to the marke of our high calling and to render thankes unto God in such sort as is meet that is to worship and love him with more affection and to glorifie him in all our thoughts words and actions who knoweth not I say what it doth instead of all this It corrupteth us the blame is ours and brings forth such effects as it ought not to produce It is true the godly man offends God in his adversity through murmurings diffidence and other sinnes but hee recollects and returnes unto himselfe assoone as with David hee entreth the sanctuary but this is little or nothing to that he doth in the time of prosperity for if adversity hath kill'd her thousand certainly prosperity hath kill'd her ten thousand It is prosperity that breedeth carnall security forgetfulnesse of God confidence in humane affaires pride prophanation love to this world contempt of Gods word and sacraments It suffocates godly zeale and extinguisheth fervency of prayers it burieth and hideth the fire of faith under the ashes of carnall concupiscences and affections In a word the summer of prosperity engendreth a numerous swarme of flies that is to say vices which waste and make desolate the garden of the Lord This point needs no proofe the Scripture being plentifull herein and every mans experience witnessing it to be the way to eternall condemnation and not to life wherfore that God may bring into the right way one that is as a miserable wandring sheep hee takes him his pastorall staffe not smiting him on this side otherwhile on

nor in that smoak wherewith empty brains doe so much feed themselves Nor doe thy delights consist in the brutish pleasures of the flesh nor is thy life inclosed within that space thou livest in this world for as heaven is thy countrey so are thy riches of the Kingdome of heaven the inheritance of the Saints prepared for thee Thy honour and dignity consisteth herein that thou art the child of God and hast soveraignty over all the creatures Thy delights and pleasures are 〈◊〉 God thy joy is in his presence where is fulnesse of joy and at his right hand there is pleasure for ever more Psal 16.12 Thy life is that of eternity into which upon the accomplishment of thy pilgrimage thou entrest so that when thou art dead thou beginnest really to live For the honours goods and commodities of this world what are they but accidents which befall thee in thy pilgrimage no otherwise than adversities but with this difference that whereas those mostly bring the traveller from the right way into by-wayes these above all imagination cause the children of God with more alacrity to accomplish their journey It followeth likewise that thy miseries consist not in the want or losse of the goods of this world then indeed thou shouldest bee miserable if thou shouldest not attaine to thy countrey nor obtaine that happinesse whereunto thou bendest thy course Seeing thy life and countrey is in heaven and art most assured of the goods honours and delights of the same thou canst in no wise think thy selfe to bee unhappy if thou hast righteous judgement Let not the losse or want of that that is not thine afflict thee and turn not the interest into the principall the way into thy journeyes end thy Inne into thy home and countrey Rest not upon that good which is not thine own place not thy happinesse therein neglecting the true felicity It is a fools trick to weep at the losse of his cap and to laugh when hee sees his owne house set on fire Moreover forasmuch as thou art a traveller sojourning towards heaven bee of a couragious spirit in all thy afflictions when they would discourage and possesse thee with sorrow opposing unto them the scope of thy journey and high calling Rejoyce in a most assured hope of obtaining thy heavenly countrey the kingdome of glory life without end goods honour and unspeakable pleasures Know this there is nothing worthy thy person but heaven and that all the happinesse of this world is unworthy thy thoughts and desires the earth too base and all things therein too vile and abject to be given thee for thou art Gods child and in a way to possesse a Kingdome Away then with every abject thought which affecteth the vulgar contemptible sort away with all heavinesse and sorrow let thy face import and thy eyes and outward gestures testifie that thou bearest in thy bosome such a high generous spirit as beseems the majesty of him who after a short time ended is to exercise dominion over all the creatures Furthermore since thou art a traveller as often as sorrow shall strive to invade thee say within thy selfe shall I vexe and macerate my selfe as if I had no other businesse God forbid God forbid I am a traveller and I have other businesses than stand stil in the way play the idle-bee and indulge my selfe to weep and torment my selfe for I have a long way to go with Eliah yea longer than I am able of my selfe to performe I must seriously consider of this way how I may make a prosperous end of it and overcome the discommodities obvious therein To this end all necessary means art to be used faith hope patience constancy prayers and all good workes which God before ordained that we should walk in them Ephes 2.10 Moreover very many deadly dangers offer themselves to my view and most potent enemies to wit the world and that horrible mighty infernall Goliah and my own flesh especially which is my most dangerous enemy These enemies lie in wait for mee continually assaulting mee one while on the right hand otherwhile on the left while they set upon mee and make at mee shall I be so unhappy and foolish as to suffer them to assault mee uncontrolled shall I hide my hands in my bosome shall I busie my selfe in things of no moment or worth No at no hand I may not prove a dastard but most valiantly withstand them I am undone else and must perish upon the way and my carkasse shall be throwne into the infernall valley wherein are more grievous discommodities in respect whereof all evils which are commonly so called dangers and molestations are but trifles and toyes so here thou shouldest have cause to be sorrowful to grieve and macerate thy selfe six thy mind upon this instead of grieving so much for these worldly things Think saith a certain father upon the misery of thy pilgrimage call to mind thy yeares past in the bitternesse of thy soule think upon the dangers of humane life and thy owne frailty and if thou perseverest in the consideration hereof I tell thee thou wilt scarce be sensible of outward molestations even whilst thy heart is possessed of inward sorrow Think diligently upon all these things thou faithfull soule so thou shalt easily discharge thy selfe of all manner of sorrow and shalt be a wise happy traveller Hee that otherwise doth performe what the children of this world are wont to doe whereof each is like a foolish traveller who being in exile and permitted by his Princes grace to come home sets forth being desirous to come to his countrey but he is entangled in difficulties and thousand fopperies for as he applies himselfe to his journey hee makes a grievous complaint that he hath not provision enough being not contented to have so much as will suffice him during his journey but what will last a long time after though hee hath all manner of dainties in his owne countrey hee is angry he is not cloathed with a winter suit though hee travelleth in the summer time and it grieves him that he hath not more toyes than hee is able to carry about him When he is satisfied herein and so driven to his journey then perhaps if one of his fellow exiles takes not his leave of him in courteous and very gracious words he takes time to expostulate with him neither will he go forward till the Judge put a period to this brangle which being done hee again applies himself to his journey but behold a Hare crossing his way being thereupon frighted as by an ill augury he returnes to the place of his banishment where being taught by a certain friend of his that the Hares crossing his way was but a casuall thing portending no evill And so againe hee addresseth himselfe to his journey wherein hee spends his time and labour marvellously in vaine and disquiets himselfe with many businesses for as hee passeth through the wood hee numbers the trees very carefully