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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

fatherly affection and so more base and worser than earthly fathers God forbid for even as he is more infinitly perfect than those so for goodnesse and bountifulnesse towards his children hee infinitly surpasseth them Our Saviour tearmes our earthly fathers evill for that sometimes they forsake their children make them mischievous and bring them to destruction but there is not this nor any such vitiosity in God he being goodnesse mercy and love it selfe so that howsoever a woman may forget her sucking infant yet God cannot his children whom he hath graven upon the palmes of his hands The greatnesse of his paternall affection is herein evident that hee so loved the world the world I say which had so many manner of wayes offended him that hee gave his onely begotten sonne Joh. 3.16 He that spared not his owne sonne but delivered him up for us all how shall hee not give us all things Rom. 8.32 Moreover hee is not onely a father of that goodnesse whereby willingly he hath care of thee but his will is conjoyned with power so that hee can provide necessaries for his children Neither may hee bee resembled to those earthly fathers who oftentimes verily are altogether willing to succour the necessity and misery of their children but being destitute of meanes cannot bring their will to effect wherupon oftentimes a most loving father is constrained to behold his child expiring and perishing but cannot help him or being certified of the misery of his child living elsewhere from him cannot succour him or which is more he is oftentimes ignorant of the state of his child he is so farre off from relieving him The case is farre otherwise with our heavenly father for hee is God and therefore most wise who is acquainted with all our necssities takes notice of all our banishments and puts our tears into his bottles your heavenly father knoweth that yee have need of all these things Matth. 6.8 If the devill and world imagine any thing against thee he knows long before their machinations for he penetrateth the deepest thoughts Hee is acquainted with such meanes as tend to thy comfort conservation and deliverance hee overseeth and ordaines things or ever they exist hee can extract good from evill and of darknesse create light he is omnipotent for by the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the hoast of them by the breath of his mouth for he speaks and whatsoever is is done hee commandeth and it stands fast Psal 33.6.9 he preserveth and ordereth all the creatures insomuch that they cannot move without his permission and will The sea earth and all that therein is depend upon his beck he healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds hee telleth the number of the starres and calleth them all by their names Great is our Lord and of great power his understanding is infinite The Lord lifteth up the meek hee casteth the wicked downe to the ground Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praise upon the Harpe unto our God who covereth the heavens with clouds who prepareth raine for the earth hee sendeth forth his commandements upon the earth his word runneth very swiftly hee giveth snow like wooll hee scattereth his hoare frost like ashes hee casteth forth his ice like morsels who can stand before his cold hee sendeth forth his word and melteth them he causeth the wind to blow and the waters flow Psal 147.3,4,5,6,7,8,15,16,17,18 Wherefore seeing thou hast such a gracious powerfull father wilt thou doubt he will not bee carefull of thee and will not and cannot further thy imployments In the second place I would have thee consider what great care hee took of thee hitherto how he hath till this present houre governed thee by his providence nourished cherished conserved preserved thee from innumerable evills and rid thee out of a great many dangers and afflictions how often and how many manner of wayes hast thou had experience of his benevolence as we have declared especially in the preceding chapter say then to thy selfe hee that hitherto hath beene carefull of me yea before I came into this world even hee will care for me for the future and as hitherto hee hath not forsaken mee so hereafter hee will not be wanting unto mee I would have thee consider further what manifold benefits hee hath bestowed upon thee even before thy conversion when thou wert under the dominion of sinne a sworne enemy unto God and child of wrath so that thou couldst hope for no other than punishment instead of benefits and curses instead of blessings yet notwithstanding he hath really testified unto thee how gracious his goodnesse is and that hee maketh his sun to rise on the evill and on the good Matth. 5.45 How much more carefull will hee be of thee in providing thee all necessaries since thou art received into his grace and made partaker of that honour whereby thou art one of the number of his sonnes and consequently a brother and friend of Jesus Christ and since thou walkest in his feare and indevourest in thine infirmities to be conformable to his will hating thy sins and addicting thy selfe to his service And verily Gods children are continually tried in their adversities strengthning themselves in the hope of future things by such things as are past whereof the kingly Prophet David affords us a notable example to wit in the 27. Psal for considering with himselfe in times past how that God had delivered him from the hands of all his enemies he is confident and fully perswades himselfe that God will continue for the future and always his favour and succour towards him When the wicked even mine enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell Though an hoast of men were laid against me yet I will put my trust in him Psal 27.3 But if thou shouldst indure some unheard-of miseries which experience could not paralell thou shouldst then have some reason of doubting and diffidence in that which concernes thee but since thy owne experience can prove this to be otherwise thou shouldst in no wise doubt of his divine providence for the future and of his fatherly care of thee for the present But what doe I multiplie words touching his providence which is cleerly seene in thy behalfe the great husbandman extendeth his care even to the least creatures to their profit good and conservation and provideth them all necessaries hee giveth fodder unto the cattell and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him Psal 147.9 O Lord thou savest man and beast Psal 36.7 all these wait upon thee that thou mayest give them meat in due season Thou givest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good Psal 104.27.28 How much more carefull will hee be of thee Thus the Lord himselfe teacheth us to reason behold the foules of the aire for they sow not neither doe they reap nor gather into barnes yet your heavenly

other originall than the best and wisest will of thy heavenly father who alwayes aymeth at thy good and profit Further seeing hee is indefatigably carefull of thee submit thy selfe altogether to his will and providence with an holy and filial obedience in thy present and future condition Imitate Jesus Christ who said O my father not as I will but as thou wilt Matth. 26.39 follow his guidance without tergiversation and with David be ready at all points to performe the commands of thy heavenly King Bee prepared for all things and compose thy selfe to undergoe any condition whether prosperous or miserable being assured that whatsoever befals thee tendeth to thy profit Humble thy selfe under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt thee in due time cast all thy care upon him for hee careth for thee 1 Pet. 5.6,7 and why startest thou aside withdrawing thy lelfe from receiving his counsell and will seeing hee worketh all things according to the counsell of his owne will Ephes 1.11 and the counsell of the Lord standeth for ever the thoughts of his heart to all generations Psal 33.11 so that all things happen so as he hath decreed Thy resistance then anguish of heart impatience will stand thee in no stead neither will hinder what is decreed to come to passe Consider the worke of the Lord for who can make that straight which he hath crooked Eccl. 7.11 seeing then that God takes care of thee away with that carefulnesse which so tormenteth the children of this world I speak not of the lawfull care of the affaires of our publique and private vocation neither of the circumspection wisdome industry labour and the use of such means as are ordained of God but I understand that carefulnesse which proceeds from diffidence towards Gods providence and incredulity towards his promises from the love of this world covetousnesse ambition I understand that carefulnesse which as it proceeds from this Originall so it hath for its concomitants an ambitious mind sorrow even appearing in its rough attire illiberality towards the neighbour which drawes after it at last not onely unprofitablenesse but all manner of calamities and oftentime desperation it selfe As for thee do thy duty as becomes a wise man endued with vertue fearing God Commit the events of future and such things as are not within thy power to God And herein imitate Joab who said to his brother bee of good courage and let us play the men for out people and for the city of our God the Lord doe that seemeth him good 2 Sam. 10.12 Now since hee takes care of thee and all thy actions certainly thou wouldst most grievously injure him if thou shouldst thrust in thy sickle as they use to speak and reap his harvest Or perchance thou thinkest that God can have no consideration of thy affaires since thou art a miserable terrestriall worme God I say who governeth the heavens sea and all that therein is How foolish would that traveller bee deemed which would vexe and torment himself where to go on in his way even then when directed by a faithfull skilfull guide How greater therefore is thy foolishnesse by being thy owne executioner through anxietie and carefulnesse since he is now present with thee who takes care of thee Gracious children commit themselves to the care of their parents but a prodigall and wicked sonne must order himselfe and things whereupon he casts him headlong into most grievous errours and extreme misery Further if God be carefull of thee away with all feare unlesse that of God away with all pusillanimity for since hee takes care of thee who conteineth all things in his powerfull hand and bendeth all the Creatures to his beck why art thou afraid of them doe not feare Sathan for hee hath not power even over swine what can he have over Gods child Be like afraid of men who though they are powerfull and cruell yet their breath is in their nosthrills and they are nought but tailes of smoaking firebrands Esay 7.4 The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of waters he turneth it whether soever hee will Prov. 21.1 He turnes their minds contrary to their nature to favour Gods children as hee gave his people favour in the sight of the Egyptians Exod. 3.21 And howsoever he loose the bridle to their perverse will against his children yet hee blindeth and deprives them of understanding insomuch that they know not what to doe and or attend not what is to bee done But if perchance they begin to goe about some ill counsell hee takes away their power or courage that they cannot bring it to passe or if they have meanes and will to put the same in execution he makes their indeavours of none effect scattereth their counsells and reduceth by his power their devices to nothing for hee bringeth the counsell of the heathen to nought and maketh the devices of the people of none effect Psal 33.10 Insomuch that thou mayest confidently say The Lord is my helper and I will not feare what man shall doe unto me Heb. 13.6 The last and worst enemy is death but why shouldst thou be afraid thereof being the end and period of all evills and an entrance into blessednesse Therfore though I walke through the valley of the shadow of death I will feare no evill for thou art with me Psal 23.4 Lastly since God by his providence takes care of thee be couragious and of firme hope for the 〈◊〉 which should so much the more fill thy mind by how much thou hast hitherto had experience and tasted how sweet the Lord is Let the time past ●e unto thee an assurance of the time to come let the experience of those benefits which thou hast hitherto received bring forth in thee hope that maketh not ashamed when grounded and established in God And take heed thou sayest I see not how such or such a thing may be brought to passe there being no apparent meanes for God knoweth perfectly the means and can work even without means yea above meanes and against all appearance thereof Let his promise suffice thee The tribe of Joseph cashiered hope of possessing the land of Canaan and that because of their owne weaknesse and want of power and the might and power of their enemies whereof they were not ignorant the hill is not enough for us say they and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have Chariots of iron Heare Ioshuah's answer The mountaine shall bee thine thou shalt drive out the Canaanites though they have iron chariots and though they be strong Ios 17.18 The reason is grounded upon Gods promise whose word is more powerfull than all things wait for the Lord and thou shalt see his helping hand stand still and see the salvation of the Lord which hee shall shew to thee to day Exod. 14.13 Where to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord are joyned together Why art thou therefore cast downe O