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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81211	Ioy out-joyed: or, Joy in overcoming evil spirits and evil men, overcome by better joy: set forth in a sermon at Martins in the fields, to the Right Honourable the Lords assembled in Parliament, upon the day of their solemn rejoycing and praising God, for reducing the city of Chester by the forces of the Parliament, under the command of Sr William Brereton, February 19. 1645. / By Joseph Caryl minister of the Gospel at Magnus neer London Bridge.	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1646 (1646)	Wing C780; Thomason E323_3; ESTC R200591	20,183	35

rejoyce that your names are written in Heaven The names of the Saints are written in Heaven If so Then first they are safe their estate is setled their names are taken into the list of blessednes 2. They are honourable A man under disgrace hath his name written in the dust but to have a name enrolled in Heaven is an expression of the highest honour 3. They shall be had in everlasting remembrance nothing shall be able to obliterate or rase out a name that is written in Heaven Eusebius reports of Herod that he burnt all the genealogies of the Jews that himself might be mistaken for a Jew But no Herod with his power and pride shall ever burn or deface the roll of election Names written in that shall not be blotted out The land of forgetfullnes lyes all on this side heaven Is not this a ground of great joy and strong consolation to the Saints Possibly their names are blotted here upon the earth but there is no blot upon them in heaven God doth not delight to take notice of the failings and miscarriages of his servants much lesse will he deface their names when they miscarry In Scripture some miscarriages of the Saints are recorded which in themselves are blots but the end why they are recorded is for our warning not for their shame which yet is the intendment of most on earth who industriously write books of the Saints ● rata's whether in opinion or in practice It it very dangerous to blot names which are written in heaven Christ would not have any sin flattered in any man but Christ would not have all sins discovered in all men therefore he hath provided a covering not that which is the ordinary covering self-flattery or the flattery of others The covering he hath provided is charity charity covereth a multitude of sins 1 Pet. 4. 8. Surely their charity is very narrow or if it be not narrow I wonder what use they put it to who will hardly cover one infirmity of an offending brother Yea some are so greedy after offences that though they are covered yet they uncover them and are so far from casting a garment over what appears that they pull off the very seals of secrecy to make all appear It doth not become men to do so much lesse Saints But as to suffer these blots is the patience of the Saints on earth so it is their joy to hear that there are no blots upon their names in heaven Be of good comfortt though men blot God will not For as he speaks to Moses desiring not a blot upon his name but the blotting out of his name Exod. 32. 32. Blot me I pray thee out of thy book which thou hast written Blot thee Moses saith God No I will never blot thee I will put no blots upon such names as thine much lesse blot such names out There was a failing in that speech of Moses and some interpret that desire of his to be his blot yet God doth not put it as a blot upon Moses but saith Whosoever hath sinned against me him will I blot out of my book God is so far from desiring to blot the names of his people that he will not blot them though they themselves should desire it He will neither blot them out of his book nor blot them in his book He will do neither he keeps the names of his Saints fair written for ever Then which is the last point It is matter of great joy to have our names written in Heaven This is a priviledge worth the having To be in Gods books Heer 's honour indeed To be of the Church of the first-borne whose names are written in Heaven Heb. 12. 23. They who have their names written highest in the earth should be most desirous to have their names written thus high They that are honourable and great they that are men of name in the world as the giants are intitled Gen. 6. 4. at that time there were men of name men of renown such should be most ambitious of being men of name above My Lords your names are written very high here below And it is my prayer that your names may be written higher that even your earthly honours and dignities may encrease and that your Fame may be as an ointment poured out perfuming not only this Kingdom but the world with your just and heroicall actions Yet let it not suffice You such ambition is a vertue I say let it not satisfie You who have so great a name upon the earth to have a name upon the earth I would not have it content the meanest man upon earth much lesse should it content your Lordships who have Great estates Great dignities Great titles Great families Great Ancestors Great spirits to have names narrowed up to this earth this little molehill of earth It is a duty for the greatest persons if God call them to it to be contented with a little of the earth but it is a sinne for the meanest person to be content with all the earth Luther spoke himself a Protestant indeed while he protested I will never be satisfied with the creature The great world is not big enough for the epitome of it The little world My Lords there are not very many names if we speak comparatively written in heaven at all the roll is not large which contains those inscriptions And the Scripture speaks of the Noble and Honourable which it doth but of one sort of men more with a diminution 1 Cor. 1. 26. Not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called There are not very many in all called and of those there are not many mighty nor many noble This should not be a discouragement but a spurre to your Honours Do not think that this Scripture necessitates any of You to be left out many will not be called though all your Lordships be There are Nobles enow in the world in whom this text will be verified and made good though it be not in any of your Honourable number Let it fill all your hearts with holy jealousies concerning your selves not with despondencies much lesse despairs concerning any of your selves When Christ said to his twelve Disciples One of you shall betray me it put them all upon this suspicion who it should be and one said Master is it I another Master is it I When the Holy Ghost in this Scripture saith Not many noble are called it should put all that are Noble upon this Inquisition Lord am I called Lord am I Is my name written in Heaven is mine It may be asked but with what spectacles shall we reade at such a distance How shall we discern whether our names are written in heaven or no I intend not to enter upon a discourse of signes and tokens but as the Apostle answers them Rom. 10. 6. who were making Quaeries about Christ Say not in thine heart Who shall ascend up to heaven they made great difficulties how to get neer Christ how to know him say not in thine heart saith he have not these reasonings Who shall ascend up to heaven With what ladders shall we scale the clouds or with what wings shall we soar up thither Trouble not thy self saith the Apostle with these thoughts thou shalt not be put to so long a journey for the word is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart the word of faith which we preach I say likewise to these Quaerists Say not in your hearts who shall ascend up to heaven to see whether his name be written there or how shall we send a messenger thither to search the records You may save that journey the word is neer you the word is before you even the word of faith and of obedience which we preach If the name of God be written in your hearts your names are written in Heaven If you in your actions daily write out a copy of this book assure your selves the hand of God hath written you in his book The lives of the Saints should be a continued copying out of the book of God He that writes out the book of God in his life may rest assured his name is written in the book of life FINIS

story called Marcion the first-borne of the Devil All ungodly men are of the same line and race There is very little difference between the Devil and a wicked man but flesh and bones Hence in common speech we call very wicked men Devils incarnate I may say without breach of charity Devils incarnate are made subject at this day and their subjection is the subject of this days rejoycing Notwithstanding in this rejoyce not that these spirits are subject to you rejoyce not much in this Christ Mat. 7. 23. speaks of some who had the power and priviledge to make Devils in kinde subject to them many saith he shall come to me in that day and say Lord Lord we have prophesied in thy name and in thy name we have cast out Devils and we have done many wonderfull works yet these wonder-workers had little cause to rejoyce It is possible for a man not only to subdue the evil spirits of men but to subdue evil spirits themselves take them in their naturall notion and yet to have no cause of rejoycing I am sure they had not because while they had power over Devils themselves were under the power of the Devil The Devils were subject to them yet they were the Devils servants Christ discards them under that relation ver 24. Depart from me ye that work iniquity and whose work is that I know none who put men to that imployment or drudgery rather but only Satan his service is the work of iniquity some may cast out Devils who take in the work of the Devil Hence they who have cast out Devils may be cast to the Devil Had we this power to cast out Devils in kinde our joy would quickly over-joy it unlesse we have learned to out-joy it To further which designe upon these worldly joyes I would speak a few words First to those who have more to rejoyce in then victories over men and cities Secondly to those who upon a true account have no more to rejoyce in To the former my motion is Make the mercies of this day an occasion to act your joy upon eternall mercies It is possible for a godly man to suffer the stream of his joy to run more then is meet in a worldly chanell The best have reason enough to be jealous over their own hearts You are called to rejoyce and I am not a forbidder I would be a helper of your joy Joy is comely and the garments of praise in fashion this day Therefore say to your souls Let us rejoyce and let all that is within us blesse the holy name of God for the great things he hath done for us when you have done this speak again to your souls in the language of the text O our souls rejoyce in better things then these Let us rejoyce that our names are written in Heaven Drink not too large draughts of those worldly comforts go to that which is better and richer wine take your fill in the consolations of God To quicken this I might shew you many most desirable objects I will only hint a few rejoyce that Jesus Christ hath made a perfect conquest for you over spirituall enemies rejoyce that Christ hath spoiled principalities and powers and dragged the Devil at his chariot of triumph when he ascended up to heaven rejoyce that Christ hath overcome death and subdued the grave rejoyce that Christ died to free you from death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel rejoyce that Christ hath strengthned you to withstand temptations and given you power to conquer passion rejoyce that Christ by accomplishing the work of redemption hath purchased the pardon of sin peace with God and an inheritance which sadeth not away rejoyce that he hath provided a City for you which no Armies shall lay siege unto or shoot an arrow against rejoyce that he hath provided an estate for you that shall never be spent and a Kingdom which shall never be shaken When you hear men are made subject to men rejoyce that Christ hath made you subject to himself when you hear strong holds are taken rejoyce that the strong holds of sin are battered down and taken that there is not an evil imagination in you but if it stir you have a weapon in readines to revenge that disobedience When you heare how they who have fought against Christ are brought low rejoyce that you are not fighting against Christ that you are not trampling his precious blood under your feet that you delight not in that by which the holy spirit is grieved Let loose your affections upon these better higher and more noble objects rejoyce here as much as you can It is altogether below the state of a Saint to rejoyce only in things that are below Secondly I would offer a word to those who have none of these mercies to rejoyce in who have nothing but a world to rejoyce in Poor souls what do you rejoycing what do you keeping dayes of thanksgiving for victories obtained against men and Cities can you rejoyce on these terms can you rejoyce in hopes of peace upon earth when war is proclaimed against you in Heaven Can you rejoyce that Cities are subdued when your hearts are unsubdued Can you give thanks this day that the City of Chester is taken in after five or six Moneths siege when as your own hearts have stood out seven and seven yeers siege against the continuall batteries of the Word Can you rejoyce that strong holds are demolished when you fortify and garison strong holds with legions of lusts with covetousnes pride self-love c. When you victuall them and lay in provision to make them hold out as long as you live against Jesus Christ Can you rejoyce Rather go home and weep over these mercies weep over victories and successes Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your song of joy into a lamentation Leave joy to others Will you keep a day of rejoycing who are likely to mourn and weep for ever rest not in restlesse things live not in an estate wherein you are unfit to dy All the world is not worth the rejoycing in unlesse ye have somewhat else to rejoyce in God forbid saith the Apostle Gal 6. 14. That I should rejoyce in any thing save in the crosse of our Lord Jesus Christ If you have not Christ to rejoyce in God forbids all your other joyes and your sorrowes will be the more bitter to you hereafter by how much your joyes have been now more sweet Weep if any such now offer at this duty weep proud hearts covetous hearts envious spirits c. weep till you bring Christ the spoyl of your lusts till you shew him the ruines of your corruptions weep till you bring him broken hearts till you bring him wills stooping to his word and spirits made subject to his spirit weep till you finde such matter of joy as the text speaks of an evidence that your names are written in heaven But rather