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A19490	A conduit of comfort Preached at Sainct Iames before the Commissioners of the Vnion of the Realmes. By W. Couper, Minister of Gods word.	Cowper, William, 1568-1619.	1606 (1606)	STC 5916; ESTC S114683	33,427	48

not ordayned to mercie Now that this Calling flowing from Election may be yet made sure to our consciences for our greater comfort let vs marke the maner of the Lordes proceeding into it and so gather vp some tokens wherby we may discerne it As in the first Creation the Lord began at the light so in the second Creation he begins at the illumination of the minde For we can neither know the Lord to feare and loue him neither yet our selues and our sinnes ●right till the Lord who commaunded light to shine out of darknesse shine also into our hearts to giue vs the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ and this light of God discouers to vs so many workes of darknesse wherewith in ignoraunce we defiled our consciences that we begin to be ashamed of our selues in the sight of God ye● our very flesh trembleth for feare of his Iudgements and we cry out with Iob Now my eye hath seene the Lord therefore I abhorre my selfe And thus the Lord proceedes from the minde to the heart working into it such a contrition and godly sorrow as causeth repentance vnto saluation whereby the heart that was senselesse before being dead in sinne and trespasses begins now to stirre and moue as the heart of Iosiah melted at the reading of the Law and the hearts of those penitent Iewes which were pricked at the sharpe Sermon of Peter then feeling our selues vnder death through sinne we begin to bethinke vs of the way of life and to aske with the Iaylor What shall we do that we may be saued These motions meltings and prickinges of the heart wrought in the elect by the hearing of Gods word are the very pluckes of the hand of God translating thee out of Nature into Grace yet must we not rest heere for Felix may tremble while Paul is preaching and many for a while may receaue this word with ioy and yet afterward fall away in the time of temptation We must therefore consider if there be in the heart a respondence and answering vnto the Lord So oft as he calleth doe we present our selues before him ready to follow him saying with Abraham Heere I am Lord and with Samuel after he knew the Lords voyce Speake on Lord thy seruant heareth th●● This answering and following of the Lord are vndoubted tokens of effectuall Calling So oft as the Lord calleth the Christian answereth When thou saydst Seeke yee my 〈◊〉 my heart answered O Lord I will seeke thy 〈◊〉 If the Lord commaund the Christian answereth O Lord quicken mee according to thy louing kindnesse that I may apply my heart to keepe thy Statutes alwayes to the end I● the Lord promise Mercie the Christian answers Stabl●sh O Lord thy promise to thy seru●nt and let it be to mee accordi●g to thy word for I beleeu● in thee but Lord helpe my vnbeleife And thus in the heart of one effectually called there is a continuall respondance to the voyce of God awayting on the Lord a walking with him and a following of him where euer he goe If the Lord haue called thee sure it is thou wilt follow him and no power of the Diuell of the World or the Flesh shall hold thee backe from him When Eliah touched Elisha with his Cloake he left his Oxen and came after him When Iesus called on Andrew and Peter they left their Nets their Ship and their Father and followed him When he called on Matthew he left all his gainefull trade of the receit of Custome and followed him When he called on Mary Magdelen she forsooke her sinfull life and followed him Heere is the finest touchstone to try an inward calling If the Lord hath called thee thou wilt follow him but if yet thou be wandring after vanity walking on in the course of thy sinne turning thy backe and not thy face vnto the Lord deceaue not thy selfe partaker of this heauenly Calling wherein s●andes the onely comfort of a Christian hast thou neuer been That loue God And last of all to returne to the wordes againe the whole effectes of our Inward Calling the Apostle compriseth vnder one to wit The loue of God and that most properly for Lou● compriseth al the rest v●der it Loue is the cognoscence of Christs Disciples sayes our Sauiour It is the Band of perfection sayth the Apostle and accomplishment of the Law Loue speakes with the tongue of euery Vertue Pittie biddes thee helpe the Indigent Iustice biddes thee giue euery man his owne Mercy biddes forgiue Patience biddes suffer but the voyce of Christian loue commaundes all these Holy loue is the oldest Daughter of a Iustifying Fayth that is the first affection that Fayth procreateth and sanctifieth and whereby she workes in the sanctification of the rest L●ue is the strongest most impe●ious affection in the whole nature of man all the rest of the affections giues place vnto it which we may see euen in the man naturall and vnregenerate Where Loue is kindled Feare is banished Couetousnesse coucheth Ambition is silent A Coward i●flamed with Loue becomes valia●t and a Couetous man is oft times commaunded by Loue to be prodigall yea the Proud ambitious man who otherwise giues place to no man for obtaining that which he loues cares not to prostrate his honour to the dust If Carnall lou● be so forcible what shall we say of the Spiritual l●ue how much more doth it draw the whole powers of soule and body after the Lord neither is it possible to do otherwayes for euery thing returnes to his owne origin●ll as the waters go downe to the deepe from whence they came and Fire tendes vpward to the owne place and region euen so holy L●●e being a sp●rke of the heauenly Fire kindled in our heartes by the ●oly Ghost doth rauish vs alwayes vp●ard towar●e the Lord ●rom whom it came and 〈◊〉 vs neuer to rest while we en●oy him then we begin to l●ue when we begin to Loue. As no Creature can liue out of the owne 〈◊〉 so the Soule is but 〈◊〉 in sinne 〈…〉 of the loue of God No feare to o●●end him no 〈◊〉 ●o please him no obedience to his Commandements can be giuen by the heart that loues him not 't were longsome to speake of all the properties of Loue we make choyce of a few as chiefe tryalles of our Loue. The fir●● propertie o● L●ue is a bur●ing desire to ob●aine that which is b●loued as a Woman that loueth her Husband vnlargnedly can not be content with any Loue token she receiueth from him in his absence but longeth more and more till she receiue 〈◊〉 So the Soule which is wounded with the Loue of I●sus her immortall Husband hath a continuall desire to be at him I graunt euery ●oken sent from him bringes comfort but no contentment till she enioyes him whereof comes these and such like complaintes As the Hart brayes for the

Professors of this age But being forced at this time to conclud I turne mee toward you whom I know hath set your heart● to seeke the Lord that I may leaue my last blessing behind mee vnto you beeing no more purposed to speake to you from this place to you and to euery one of you who can say with Pet●r in a sinceere conscience L●rd thou knowest I loue the● to you heere in the name of God I ratifie this priuiledge All thinges shall wor●● together for the best vnto you Faint not therefore ● beseech y●u in the course of Go●lynes●e but 〈◊〉 in the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ st●●●fast in the power if his might praying to the Lord 〈◊〉 that he would stablish that which he hath wr●ught in you and bring it forward to p●r●●ction And now I commend you to that grace of God which is able to buylde you ●arther and to giue you inheritaunce among them that are sanct●fied in Christ Iesus to whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be all honour prayse and glory for euer Amen FINIS This Chapter is a compende of Comfort The summe and deuision of this Chapter Rom. 7. 24. Esa. 38. 15. 2. Cor. 49. Cant. 2. 2. 2. Tim. 2. 3. Rom. 5. 3. Iam. 1. 2. Heb. 12. Cant. 2. 4. Cant. 5. 1. 2. Cor. 2 14. Our troubles are many but our c●mforts are more then our troubles Psal. 34. 19. 1. Cor. 10. 13. Zach. 1. 21. 2. Cor. 1. 5. Luk. 6. 38. 1. Cor. 2. 9. Psal. 17. 15. Psal. 16 11. The Priuiledges of a Christian can not be knowne of them who do not possesse them 1. Cor. 2. 14. 15. 1. Cor. 2. 7. 1. Cor. 2. 6. Reue. 2. 17. Psal. 34. 8. Act. 26. 24. 1. Cor. 4. 13. Gen. 27 39. Psal. 4. 7. Gen. 3. Coloss. 3. 1. Resolute knowledge is the mother of patience Psal. 42. Reue. 4. Psal. 37. 1. Cor. 9. 26. Rom. 16. 20. Rom. 8. 37. Exod. 14. 13. Iudg. 7. 19. 1. Sam 17. 48. I●s 3 16. Iudge not of Gods working before the end for that doth greatly impaire our comfort Psal. 116. 11. Psal. 77. 9. Psal. 39. 9. Psal. 116. 11. Luk. 16. 19. Abac. 2. ● Psal. 37. 37. Many working instrumentes of contrarie qualities and intentions in the world yet agrees all in one end Gen. 37. All the wayes of God yea euen when to walke stubbornly against hir children are for the best to them Psal. 25. Iob. 13 15. Iob. 6. 4. Psal. 88. 7. 1● Esa. 38. 17. 2. Cor. 7. ● Iob. 13. 24. Psal. 119. 2. Thes. 1. 10 Rom. 11. 35. The Lord workes by meanes without meanes by contraries and then is his glory greatest Hos. 6. Gen. 43. Math. 15. 22. All Satans stratagems worke for the best to the godly How Satans temptations for sinne doth good to the Christian. Shall I heare and trust the enemie of my soule that hath deceiued mee so often Rom 6. 21. 2. C●r 20. 12 2 Cor. 12. 7. How afflictions are profitable to a Christian. Iudg. 14. 14. R●m 5. 3. 2. Cor. 4. 17. 2. Cor. 4. 17. Heb. 11. 25. Exod. 15. 25. Luke 15. 12. Lam. 3. 27. Psal. 119. Iob. 15. 2. Psal. 55. Ier. 48. 11. Psal. 89. How death also workes for the best to the Christian. Death compared to the red sea wherin the Egyptians were drowned and the Israelites went through to Canaan Rom. 8. Psal. 23. Exod. 15. 11. How the plots and imaginations of men worke for the best to the Christians If this comfort belong to euerie member much more to the whole body and state of the C●urch Zach. 2. 5. Zach. 12. 2. Gen. 7. 18. Exod. 3. 2. Math. 7. 15. Enemies of Gods Church looke to their end ●ster 4. 14. Dan. ● 21. Ez●ch 22. 4 ●sa 10. 5. Esa. 10. 12. The gouernement of the wh●le earth altered f●r the Churches sake Psal. 42. Esa. 12 1. Mich. 7. 8. What is a Christians best ● Pet. 1. 5. The wicked man is at his best when he comes first into the world Iob. 3. 11 2. Tim. 3. 13. Ier. 9. 3. Reu. 19. 20. Rom. 2. A warning for impenitent sinners Psal. 50. 1● I●r 2. 19. Psal 90. 8. The Christian is not at his best now it is in the working only Ioh. 7. 6. Ios. 5. 9. Psal. 84. 7. This difference of the godly w●●ked concerning their best should learn vs comfort and patience 1. Ioh. 3. Exod. 15. 13. Esa 35. 10. Psal. 3● Luk. 19. How miserable are the wicked who haue their heauen in the earth Gen. 19. Eccles. ● 17. Deut. 32. 6. Psal. 50. 22 All thinges worke to the worst to the wicked Psal. 69. 22. 2. Cor. 5. The second part of the vese is the persons to whō the former comfort belongeth Our calling comes from Gods purpose and ca●●es vs to the determined glory 1 Kin. 1. 4● How the Christian is made sure of his election and glorification By our disposition in this life each man hath to consider of his euerlisting weale or woe What comfort wee haue in this that our saluation is grounded on the Lords vnchangeable purpose Mal. 3. 6. Our saluation is neither in part nor in the whole ascribed to our merites Psal. ● Two callings● outward and inward All the world standes in 3. Cucl●s that none are happy except they who are within the third Zach. 13. 9. Of the inward calling ● Cor. 4. Psal. 51. Ezech. 11. 19 Esa. 66. This inward calling is the ●r●ne of God choosing 〈◊〉 in the world his owne elect Whereof it comes that the Gospell where it is preached makes a great difference betwixt man and man How the heart whereon grace descends not now in this time of grace is accu●sed In the inw●●d calling the Lord begins at the illumination of the minde He wor●eth motions of sorrow and contrition in the heart Io● 42. 6. Act. 24. 25. He worketh a respondence and answering of the heart to his calling a following of the Lord. Psal. 27. Psal. 119. 1● Psal. 119. 39 The lo●● of God is a sure token of an inward calling of the commendation o● Loue. First tryall of Loue. Psal. 42. 1. Psal. 143. Phil. 1. Reue. 22. 〈…〉 Cant. 2. 6. Second tryall of loue Psal. 119. 12 Esa. 22. Psal. 140. 11. Psal. 52 4. Last tryall of Loue. ● Tim. 3. 5.