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A pearle for a prince, or a princely pearle As it was deliuered in two sermons, by Iohn Traske.
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Traske, John, d. ca. 1638.
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possessest all things 2 Cor. 6.10 Iam. 2.5 and art able to make many rich Tels he thee Thou art friendlesse Ephe. 2.19 Mar. 10.30 1. Cor. 12.26 Oppose against this The promise of friends as deare as Fathers Mothers or Children And that thou hast all the Saints in the World thy friends Doth he obiect That thou art base despised Answere It is a great yea 1. Io. 3.1 the greatest honour to be a child of God Doth he affright thee with danger 2. Kin. 6.16 1. Chron. 32 7.8 Tel â—im Thou hast more with thee then against hee Would hee amaze thee with many troubles Phil. 4.7 Io. 14.27 Io. 10.33 Rom. 8.28 Say That thou hast Peace within that cheeres thee and that trouble without shall not hurt thee All things working together for good to them that feare and loue God Would he haue it grieue thee that thou art not waited on as others are Ioh. 5.22.23 Hos 2.18 Hest 6.11 Da. 6.18.23 Thou maist tell him that Angels are thy seruants and all the Creatures are at thy command yea Kings shall stoop to thee if it be good for thee Would he make thee doubt of an ouerthrow in any doubtfull combate 2. Cor. 10 4. Rom. 8.38 Thou art now sure of the conquest Is it a sorrowfull thing saith he to be a beleeuer Isay 51.11 Thou now well knowest that here is abundance of ioy Would hee seare thee with sodaine death Phil. 1.21 Christ is with thee to liue and to die is gaine But thou hast the promise of length of dayes Ephes 6.2.3 if it shall bee good for thee Thus which way soeuer Satan seeketh to wind in his poysoned sting or to throw in his fierie dart thou hast armor to defend thy selfe Yea for thy further instruction know that if the contrarie to these bee good for thee at any time thou shalt be sure of the same As for sharpnesse of wisedome thou maist haue dulnesse of spirit for a time to humble thee For riches thou shalt haue pouertie to instruct thee For friends Enemies to stirre thee to prayer For honour disgrace to purge thee For safetie thou maist seeme to bee in danger to trie thy boldnesse For Peace thou shalt haue trouble to exercise thy Patience For attendants thou shalt haue desolation to worke contentation in all estates For victorie thou shalt haue some foiles to proue thy constancie For Ioy thou shalt haue Sorrow to encrease thy thankefulnesse when Ioy shall returne and to make thee temperate For long life thou shalt haue a speedie death to free thee from miserie and to bring thee to Glorie Neyther is this all Heb. 11.13 but we may looke further yet Beleeuers can see a far off They see things to come as if they were present not so much looking at temporall as eternall things 2. Cor. 4.18 And this is that which doth put life into the soules of beleeuers when they consider of their estate at the resurrection of the iust Would it not comfort a man that were in a doubtfull combate in the Iudgement of others if he were himselfe sure of victorie or one that were in Prison though streightly kept if hee were sure of freedome after a few dayes And verily such is our condition though we are scorned persecuted slandered imprisoned buffeted slaine here yet it is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble his 2. The. 1.6.7 and to those that are troubled rest That is God hath promised and hee will performe his promise of certaine deliuerance to them that are his Wherfore such may challenge this issue as of right to them appertaining It is our heritage Christ hath purchased this for vs as well as the rest and we shall assuredly receiue it So that wee may lay claime to our right of comming gloriously at the last day with the Iudge of the whole Earth when he shall come in his owne glorie Mat. 25.31 in his Fathers Glorie and the glorie of his holy Angels It is the right euen then of beleeuers to bee caught vp 1. Thes 4.17 Mat. 13.43 2 Th. 1.8 9. and to meet Christ in the Aire and to come gloriously euen as so many bright Sunnes to bee admired with him And this is not all for then shall we be as so manie Iudges to iudge men and Angels 2. Cor. 6.2 when it shall bee said vnto them Goe yee cursed into the fire eternall Mat. 25 41. prepared for the Deuill and his Angels For so it is written The Saints shall iudge the World And againe in the same Chapter The Saints shall iudge Angels 1. Cor. 6.3 And in an other place Behold the Lord commeth with ten thousands of his Saints Iude 14.15 to execute iudgement vpon all and to conuince all that are vngodly among them of all their vngodly deeds which they haue vngodlily committed and of all the hard speeches which vngodly sinners haue spoken against him And yet this is not all for after that we shall be euer with the Lord We shall be as the Angels in heauen Mat 22.30 Reue. 2.10 Matt. 5.12 2. Cor. 4.17 Psal 16.11 we shall receiue that crowne of life that great reward that exceeding surpassing and eternall weight of Glorie that fulnesse of Ioy those pleasures at Gods right hand for euermore This may we also challenge at Gods hands by vertue of his promise in this Scripture which is the Text and of Christs intercession in another where it is thus written Father I will that they also whom thou hast giuen me Io. 17.24 bee with mee where I am that they may behold my glorie which thou hast giuen me A man would thinke it were a good thing to bee a beleeuer if all this bee true and surely eyther this is true or the Scriptures are false which were blasphemie to say Rom. 3.4 Let God then be true and euery man a lier And let the consideration of this stirre vp euery one to seek diligently for the fauour of GOD. Luk. 10.42 Get this one necessary thing Get Christ and get all In this life Wisedome Riches Friendes Honour Safetie Peace Attendants Victorie Ioy Long-life At the day of Iudgement wee shall come gloriously and triumphantly with the Iudge of the whole earth Angels and Men shall tremble at our Glorie and admire our excellencie They that haue iudged vs shall be iudged by vs. After the day of iudgement wee shall possesse that Kingdome peaceably into the which wee haue here entred violently and for which we haue fought valiantly We shall see God face to face We shall haue knowledge without ignorance Loue without Hatred Ioy without Sorrow Light without Darknesse Beautie without Deformitie Strength without weaknesse Plentie without Want Health without Sicknesse Honour without Disgrace Peace without Trouble Courage without Feare Safetie without Danger Life without death Al good without any euil This is the heritage of the seruants of the Lord Isay 54.17 and their righteousnesse is of me saith the Lord. FINIS If thou wilt now follow me to find the truth it must be in the last and most excellent translation of the Bible commonly called the new translation PSAL. 115.1 Not vnto vs but vnto the name of the Lord giue glorie Errata Faults escaped pag. 2. lâ—â—e 13. should haue beene said pag. 3. line 3. read Christs death