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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19281	A brand taken out of the fire. Or The Romish spider, with his webbe of treason. VVouen and broken together with the seuerall vses that the world and Church shall make thereof. By T. Cooper, preacher of Gods word.	Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1606 (1606)	STC 5693.5; ESTC S108666	97,414	114

enough that the things of this life restored vnto them Wel let vs bee wise in the examining of our own hearts heereby certainely whatsoeuer wee ioy in aboue the Lord it shall be the meanes to bring a curse vpon that blessing and so bee the occasion that in the end it shall be taken from vs that wee which would not reioyce aright in GOD shall now haue nothing wherein truely to reioyce But if so bee that wee haue so reioyced in the principall blessings that in steed of them the other haue beene vile vnto vs certainely this will teach vs to ioy in them though these bee taken from vs and beeing wise with the blessed Salomon to preferre the greater blessings we shall haue the lesse also cast ouer and aboue into the rekoning vnto vs that so our ioy may be full wanting nothing and so vsing the lesse that wee do not set our hearts vpon them but are able to extend our ioy vnto the giuer of them wee shall by this meanes beeing found faithfull in a little bee made stewardes of greater blessings that so returning all vnto our God in that small measure which we enioy in this life he may be all in all vnto vs in an heaped vp measure in the life to come And thus ordering our ioy shall wee find it to bee in the Lord and so shall wee also find it by the right measure thereof proportioned both according to the things wee doe inioy as they doe exceede each other in worth and excellencie and also to the right vse and imployment thereof So doeth our Sauiour giue his disciples the rule when he had giuen them that excellent gift of subduing all aduerse power But reioyce not in this that the Spirits are subdued vnto you but reioyce rather that your names are written in heauen therein not forbidding them to reioyce at all in these excellent gifts for they were great blessings of GOD and therefore they might lawfully reioyce in them but teaching them therein a true measure of their ioy that they should more reioyce in the more excellent blessings The best apprehension of this right measure shall bee gained by the discouerie of two extreames either of reioycing too much when the cause doth not require or of reioycing too little if the matter be of moment Wouldst thou know in this deliuerance howe thou maiest reioyce too much If it hath not bettered thee in the way to heauen If thou hast not answered the end of a deliuerance euen to serue thy God more conscionably in newnesse of life If thou art so set vpon thy lyes and bound in the seate of the scorners that thou hatest to bee reformed for all these mercies though all things are renewed vnto thee yet thou remaynest in thine olde sinnes If it bee not more ioy vnto thee to doe righteously then to receiue good at the hands of GOD Why takest thou the name of GOD in thy mouth seeing thou hatest to bee reformed wretch that thou art what hast thou to doe with ioy that still reioycest in thy sinne Thou maiest well say vnto laughter thou art madde and vnto ioy depart farre from mee Surely any ioy in this case is too much vnto thee Wouldest thou haue a president to direct thee heerein when the Lord had deliuered the Iewes from the handes of the Ethiopians it is recorded by the holy Ghost that Asa their King beeing incouraged by the prophets of the Lord the First worke that hee did was to purge the land of all it abhominations And so performed true thankefulnesse vnto his GOD in deedes and not in wordes Afterwardes hee gathered togither all the remainder of the people to Ierusalem to offer sacrifice vnto the Lord and to make a couenant with him of most faithfull seruice Which when they had performed in most solemne and effectuall manner and bound themselues further to the same by an oath yea further by a most grieuous penaltie of death for default therein The Spirit witnesseth that all Iudah reioyced at the oath and therevpon followed a most comfortable blessing that the Lord gaue them rest round about Marke I pray you in this example the true vse and intertainment of a deliuerance Heere is sinne first remoued which was the cause of the former danger that so the like might not after befall them Then heere is a course taken to preuent sinne to come by most euident signes of true conuersion vnto GOD that so they might inioy both temporall and spirituall happienesse And then when the Lord was first made glad with the conuersion of his seruants and when the Angells had cause of ioy for the repentance of sinners then came ioy in a right order from heauen vnto earth and the vessells beeing thus fitted to receaue this heauenly influence the holy Ghost recordeth that the people reioyced and showted euen vp to heauen as making a sweete consent therein with God and the Angels Oh neuer let vs looke to reioyce aright in earth if by our vnfained sorrow for sinne we haue not caused ioy in heauen And if so be wee haue reioyced before the couenant bee made know wee that our ioy is vnseasonable and too much if any The very ioy of the Dragons shall be better accepted of God then the reioycing of such sinners that proceedes not from repentance Oh let vs haue respect at least vnto our Seede and posteritie Doe wee know what we doe by this entertainement of a deliuerance as to reioyce therein without reformation of our liues Surely wee prouoke the Lord to hate our feast dayes hee hath protested hee will not smell in our solemne assemblies But doe they prouoke mee sayeth the Lord and not rather themselues to the confusion of their faces Yes surely as our Sauiour would doe no more workes in his owne countrey because of their vnbeleefe so let vs not looke hereafter for the like wonderfull worke of GOD if this bee the best fruite the multiplying of our sinnes and then consider what wrong wee shall doe vnto posteritie from whome wee shall bee the occasion to take such great mercies and so expose them vnto such fearefull desolations as follow therevpon To leade thee a little further in the examining of thy selfe concerning thy exceeding in this measure of ioy art thou deliuered and therefore thou mayest reioyce Oh but remember that Ioseph is in affliction and therefore thou must sorrow too If therefore thou canst not bee more sorrowfull in the sorrow of the afflicted then ioyfull in respect of thine owne priuate good surely thy reioyfing is not good Thou takest too much ioye vnto thy selfe and giuest too little sorrow vnto the cause of thy brother To lead thee yet a step further in the examining of thine excesse Is the Church of God deliuered and therefore thou mayest reioyce Oh but remember the Apostles rule in a case not vnlike As hee would not

The first occasion to the snares was the euill spirit as no maruaile if the Diuell be the beginner of all mischiefe And behold the notable cunning of Satan in laying a snare in the calling and profession of Dauid that whereas hee was skilfull to play vppon the Harpe and therefore was required of Saul to alay the furie of his torment comming into Sauls presence to ease him of his anguish he might be exposed to the rage and malice of his enemie and verie hardly did he many times auoide this snare Secondly his wife was intended a snare vnto him and her dowrie also was layd as a snare that the hand of the Philistines might bee against him These secret snares being broken then follow open practises and here was malice as endlesse as it was causelesse How was the poore seruant of God hunted vp and downe as a Partridge vpon the mountaines being neuer in safetie of his life till his enemie was depriued of his Thus was Dauid followed with manifold snares by his enemie Saul and so was Dauids Lord by Satan and his most malicious instruments Marke I pray you how Satan sets vpon him First he layes a snare of distrust perswading him to make bread of stones as if God were not otherwise able to prouide for him in the wildernes Whē that would not serue he laies a contraria snare of presamption wishing him To cast himselfe downe from the pinnacle of the Temple that so hee might exclude himselfe out of Gods protection When this would not preuaile yet hee layes a third snare of worldly pompe and glorie moouing him thereby to fall downe and worship him that so hee might robbe God of the glorie that was due vnto his name And as was the father so were also the children euen the nation of the Iewes whose saluation he laboured Their malice did not cease against him so long as hee was capable of it and for the acting thereof they wanted not store of mischiefes when they could not preuaile by smiting him with the tongue then they fell to stone him with stones when they could not draw him within the compas of rebellion against the state then they accused him of blasphemie against God when themselues durst not openly bee seene for feare of the people then they corrupted one of his owne house to bring him to his end sometimes they made vproares against him that he might be oppressed of the people sometimes they accused him of compacting with Satan that so they might make him odious and abhominable to the people sometimes they propounded curious question to entrappe him in his words other while they would wrest and peruert his gracious speeches And when they had caught him their malice was yet vnsatiable Buffeting would not serue but further they must whippe him and to greeue his righteous soule the more he must be clothed in purple to bee scorned and derided of them This will not serue but he must be crowned with thornes that so his torment might bee yet encreased yea further yet to lengthen out their malice and his paines behold they deuised a lingting and yet most shamefull torture to bring him to his end Nayled must he be on the crosse to encrease his paine and yet to lengthen out his life and he must be hanged betweene two theeues and accounted among euill doers that so together with his bodie his good name might be killed Thus was our head Christ Iesus persecuted by his owne And thus must all his members looke to be dealt withall Not to trouble you with rehears●ll of forraine stories neither to seeke furth●r in our owne than what is fresh in our memories how did the enemies of the Gospell multiplie their snares against vs in this late practise for the restoring of their Kingdome To take away the life of the King this was but an entrance Nay we must cut off root and braunches too if we shall make sure worke was this all Nay the esta●es of the Land they must also be cut off that so strength and councell being remooued and the heads being cut off the Conquest might be the easier and the confusion the greater Is this yet all Nay the life of the Kingdome true Religion must be extinguished and all the Professors thereof vtterly rooted out that so Idolatrie may take sure footing againe And to make vp the measure of their mischiefe the execution of all this practise must bee layd vpon true Religion that herein their malice might reach to heauen and in some measure insult and triumph ouer God himselfe Behold heere the trauaile of the wicked which is to bring forth mischiefe behold the fruitfulnesse of malice which can deuise store of snares see the propertie of the wicked they are restlesse in commiting euill and neuer wearie of practising against the Saints of God They cannot sleepe except they haue done euill and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall Nay they will spare their sleepe that they may imagine mischiefe on their beds and when the morning is light they practise it Euen as the wilde Asse vsed to the wildernesse that shuffeth vp the winde by occasion at her pleasure who can turne her backe So the wicked runne on without controwlement in the multitude of ther mischiefes and it is their sport and pastime to commit sinne with greedinesse Let vs therefore trie our selues by this propertie of the wicked To commit sinne is an infirmitie incident to the most regenerate but to make it our studie and delight to commit sinne with greedinesse and to continue therein this cannot stand with a sanctifyed nature I delight in the Law of the Lord concerning the inward man saith that chosen Vessell Saint Paul and therfore if I doe that which I would not it is no more I but sinne that dwelleth in me Ohlet vs howsoeuer we cannot choose but sinne yet notwithstanding delight in the law of the Lord that so our sinne may not be imputed vnto vs. Once haue I spoken saith holy Iob but I will answere no more yea twise but I will proceede no further If we haue once oftended let vs doe so no more lest otherwise a worse thing happen vnio vs. And if so be the wicked are so fruitfull in mischiefe and vnwearied in euill to gaine hell therby oh let vs neuer bee wearie of well doing let vs bee plentifull in good workes seeing if we faint not wee shall certainely reape an euerlast●ng reward in heauen Lastly seeing the enemies of the Gospell are neuer wearie of mischiefe but still are deuising and practising against the Iust. Oh let vs not be secure of them nor hope to winne them by gentlenesse seeing conniuencie at their wickednesse is but a spurre to further mischiefe as giuing them respite and oportunitie to commit the same If we shall wisely stand vpon the guard and keepe this enemie at the