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A14849	The lot or portion of the righteous A comfortable sermon, preached at the Cathedrall Church of Glocester, vpon the fift day of August: Anno Domini. 1615. By Richard Web, preacher of Gods word at Rodborough in Glocestershyre.	Webb, Richard, preacher of God's word.	1616 (1616)	STC 25151; ESTC S102699	41,510	50

wholly bent against them and so they will alwayes be working one mischiefe or other to ouerthrow them Satan will neuer be quiet but hee is compassing the earth too fro at all times e Iob. 1.7 and goes about like a roaring lyon seeking euermore whom he may deuoure f 1. Pet 5.8 Thirdly because they haue many graces For as God doth bestow more heauenly gifts vpon them then vpon all the world besides so he will haue these gifts of theirs to be tryed and made knowne vnto others for the praise of his own Maiestie who gaue them They must bee beaten like spice in the morter that they may smell the better all abroad Paul must haue the bufferings of Satan to continue with him still because hee had grace sufficient to beare the same My grace saith God vnto him is sufficient for thee g 2. Cor. 12.9 Surely in this respect he dealeth with vs as we are wont to do with our children The stronger they be the more and heauyer burdens doe we lay vpon them but the weaker the fewer and the lighter The more able that we be to vndergoe troubles the more will the Lord exercise vs with troubles but the feebler that we be to beare them the fewer shall we haue Fourthly because they haue many blessings For the more fauours that they doe receiue from the Almighty the more are they spited at here in this wretched world and the more doe the wicked oppose and set themselues against them to their vtter ruine and ouerthrowe if it may be Because the Lord had respect vnto Habel and to his offering but vnto Cain and his offering he had no regard Cain was exceeding wroth and his countenance fell downe and afterwards hee rose vp against Habel his brother and slewe him h Genes 4.4.5.8 In like manner because Isaac waxed mightie and still increased till he was exceeding great for hee had flocks of sheepe and heards of Cattell and a mightie houshold therefore the Philistims had enuie at him insomuch that the Philistims stopped and filled vp with earth all the wells which his Fathers seruants digged in his Father Abrahams time And Abimelech the King also said vnto him Get thee from vs for thou art mightyer then wee a great deale i Genes 26.13.14 Fiftly because they haue many exercises of holy religion For as Daniel was troubled and cast into the lyons denne because he did pray vnto the Lord his God contrary to the edict of the king k Dan. 6.10 And as the Apostles were apprehended and throwne into prison because they did preach in the Name of Christ contrary to the charge of their gouernours the high-priests and others l Acts 5 18. So all those that shall bee bowed at any time in the practise of holie duties and be earnest and feruent in setting forward the exercises of true religion they shal be sure to be assaulted with manifold troubles here amongst the sonnes of men Finally because they haue many contentions in the world against sinne for righteousnes and against the diuell for their God For as the word of God is in their hearts like a burning fire shut vp in their bones which doe make them weary with forbearing and vnable for to stay m Ier. 20.9 And as they doe testifie of the world that the workes thereof are euill n Iob. 7.7 So the world and the diuell doe rage the more against them for the same All were quickly vp in a tumult against Paul when he spake against their idolatry and by name condemned their goddes Diana o Acts. 19.25 The Iewes could not holde when Stephen layd to their charge their great impietie but their harts brast for anger and they gnashed at him with their teeth yea they gaue a showte with a loud voyce and stopped their eares and ran vpon him all at once and cast him out of the citie and stoned him p Acts. 7.54 And howsoeuer Herod did reuerence Iohn the Baptist and heard him gladly yet at the last hee did imprison him and caused his head to be cut off because hee told him of his faults and said vnto him It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife q Mar. 6.18 Thus you see the reasons why the troubles of the righteous are many It is because their sinnes are many It is because their enemies are many It is because their graces are many It is because their blessings are many It is because their exercises of religion are many It is lastly because their contentions against the world the flesh and the diuell are many Vse The consideration wherof is profitable vnto vs many waies For first it may serue to comfort all such as haue manifold afflictions and troubles here They must not thinke the worse of themselues for the same but rather the better For the best of all commonly are most troubled as we may see by the example of the Patriarchs of the Prophets of the Apostles of the Euangelists of the martyrs yea of Christ himselfe who was to be despised and to endure the shame of the crosse before he could be glorified r Heb 12.2 And therefore let vs remember what our Sauiour doth say of this matter in the Gospel according to Saint Matthew in these words Blessed are you speaking to his disciples when men reuile you and persecute you and say all manner of euill against you for mysake falsely Reioyce be glad for great is your reward in heauen for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you Å¿ Matt. 5.11.12 And let vs also often thinke vpon that which Iames hath in his Epistle when he saith My brethren count it exceeding ioy when you fall into diuers temptations knowing that the trying of your faith bringeth foorth patience and let patience haue her t Iam. 1.2.3.4 perfect worke that you may be perfect and entire lacking nothing Ob But here it may be obiected that a man may haue many troubles and yet be the child of the diuell according to Dauids saying Many sorrowes shall come to the wicked v Psalm 32.10 And according to that which is recorded in the Reuelation in these words And the fourth Angell powred out his viall on the Sunne it was giuen vnto him to torment men with heate of fire and men boyled in great heate and blasphemed the name of God which hath power ouer these plagues and they repented not to giue him glory And the fift Angell powred out his viall vpon on the throane of the beast and his kingdome waxed darke and they gnew their tongue with sorrow blasphemed the God of heauen for their paines and for their sores and repented not of their works w Re. 16.8.9.10 An It is true but to make a difference you must consider three remarkeable points The first is the cause of their troubles For the old saying is Non poena sed causa facit

because they are more troublesome then others by their quarrelsome contentions and brawlings No for in that respect they are the quietest persons in all the world as turning their speares and swords into mattocks and sythes v Esal 2.4 and as going like sheepe to the slaughter-house to bee slaine of others themselues w Rom. 8.36 So that a man may say most truely as Esay hath-it in his prophesie that in the mount of the Lord there is no hurt done x Esay 11.9 Is it because they are more carelesly attended vpon for defence then others by their place and calling No for in that respect they are the safest persons in all the world as hauing the Angels of heauen aboue them for their guard y Psalm 91.11 and the almighty himselfe for their protection z Palm 125.2 Is it lastly because they are more fruitles then others by their idlenes and want of care to doe men good No for in that respect they are the profitablest persons in all the world as being full of good workes and doing good vnto all men a Iob 29.120 Acts. 9.39 Acts 10.2 So that many doe fare the better for their sakes As Laban did for Iacobs sake b Genes 30.27 Potiphar for Iosephs sake c Gen. 39 5. the Israelites for Moses sake Zoar d Exod. 32.14 for Lot sake e Gen 19.21 the marriners for Pauls sake f Acts. 17.24 You see then that it is not for any of these causes nay for these causes a man may wonder why they haue any troubles at all seeing thus that they are the honourablest the holiest to God the dearest in right to all things the richest by a sweete courage the quietest through angels protection the safest and to men of the world the profitablest persons that are in the world a wonder I say may be made why they should haue any troubles at all Reas But the causes are euident and they are these First because God in loue will correct them Secondly because the diuell in malice will assault them And thidly because the world in hatred will pursue them How God in loue will correct them you may read in the Prouerbs in the Hebrews and in the Reuelations In the prouerbs in these words My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lord neither be grieued with his correction for the Lord correcteth him whom he loueth euen as the father doth the childe in whom he delighteth g Prou 3.11.12 In the Hebrews in these words My sonne despise not the chastning of the Lord neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth he chasteneth and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth h Heb. 12.4.6 In the Reuelations in these words As many as I loue I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and amend i Rom. 3.20 The ende that God doth aime at in correcting his is alwayes good In respect of them it is twofold The one is principall the other is subordinate seruing to that principall The principall is their saluation according to Pauls saying in these words For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many sleepe For if wee would iudge our selues we should not be iudged but when wee are iudged we are chastned of the Lord because wee should not be condemned with the world k 1. Cor. 11 31.32 The subordinate seruing to the principall is their Sanctification accordingly as wee read in the Hebrues in these words For they verily speaking of the fathers of our bodies for a fewe dayes chasteneth vs after their owne pleasures but hee speaking of God the Father of our spirits chasteneth vs for our profite that we might be partakers of his holinesse l Heb 12.20 In which Sanctification of theirs the Lord hath an eye eyther to their sinnes or to their graces To their sinnes either past that they might repent for them or present that they might leaue them or to come that they might preuent them To their Graces eyther for the receiuing of them that they might be fit to entertaine them or for the discouering of them that they might appeare to the world to the praise of the giuer to the comfort of the possessor and to the profite of the beholder or for the exercising of them that they might not rust by lying still like yron or grow vnsauorie like standing-water but glister like golde in the fire and prosper like the tree by the riuers side How the Diuell in malice will assault them You may finde in Iob in Zacharie in Mathew in Marke in Luke in Paul in Peter and in the Reuelations He tormented Iob and spared not m Iob. 1. 2. He stood at the right hand of Iehoshuah the high Priest to resist him n Zach. 3 1. Hee tempted Christ in the wildernes o Matt. 4.26 Hee set vpon the Apostles and winnowed them like wheate p Luke 22.31 Hee threw a young man often into the fire and into the water to destroy him q Mar. 9.22 Hee buffeted Paule and was a pricke to him in the flesh r 2. Cor. 1.2.7 Hee cast out water after the Woman like a flood to drowne her and went and made warre with the remnant of her seede which keepe the commandements of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ s Reu. 12.15.16.17 Beeing losed out of his prison hee goeth out to deceiue the people which are in the foure quarters of the earth euen Gog and Magog to gather them together to battell against the Saints t Rou. 20.8.9 In a word hee walketh vp and downe like a roaring lyon seeking daily whom hee may deuour v 1. Pet. 5.8 How lastly the world in hatred will pursue them you may see in the Psalmes in Obadiah in Matthew in Iohn in Paul and in the Reuelations In the Psalmes in these wordes Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersaries and they which hate vs spoyle for themselues Thou giuest vs as sheepe to be eaten and doest scatter vs among the Nations w Psal 144.10.11 In Obadiah in these words For thy crueltie against thy brother Iacob shame shall couer thee and thou shalt be cut off for euer When thou stoodest on the other side in the day that the strangers carryed away his substance strangers entred into his gates cast lottes vpon Ierusalem euen thou wast as one of them x Obad. 10.11 In Mathew in thesew words Beware of men for they will deliuer you vp to the councells will scourge you in their Synagogues And the Brother shall betray the brother to death and the Father the Sonne and the children shall rise against theyr parents and shall cause them to die And yee shall be hated of all men for my Name y Matt. 10.17.21.22 In Iohn in these words If you were of the world the world would loue his owne but because you