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A14185	Lectures upon the vvhole Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians, deliuered in St. Peters Church in Oxford: by the reuerend and faithfull seruant of Christ Henry Airay ... and now published for the vse of Gods Church by C.P. ...	Airay, Henry, 1560?-1616.	1618 (1618)	STC 245; ESTC S100494	890,650	1,118

exercised And againe Peter speaking to this purpose ●aith Wherein ye reioyce 1 Pet. 1.6.7.4.13 though now for a season ye are in heaui●esse that the triall of your faith being made much more precious ●hen gold that perisheth though it be tried with fire may bee found ●nto your praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Iesus Christ These and many moe reasons the holy Ghost com●endeth vnto vs in the holy Scriptures wherefore wee should ●eioyce in afflictions and why wee should count them a van●age vnto vs. Art thou then afflicted and brought low through any op●ression through any crosse or trouble There hath no ten●ation taken thee but such as appertaineth to the children of God If thou belong vnto him he thus afflicteth thee that he may keepe thee in obedience vnto his will that hee may trie thy faith and thy patience that thou maist know his loue towards thee that thou maist be made like vnto him and that after thou hast suffered with him thou maist also reigne with him Wheat by the flaile is purged from the chaffe flowre by the seiue is purged from the branne and gold by the fire ●s purged from the drosse If we will be good wheat for the Lord his barne the flaile must go ouer vs and wee must be winowed If we will be fine floure wee must be boulted and sifted if we will be pure gold we must bee purged in the fire Onely let our care be that we suffer not as euill doers but as Christians for Christ his sake for the good of his Church O Lord as thou hast by the death of thy Sonne destroyed the death of sinne and by his c. LECTVRE LIX PHILIP 3. Vers 10.11 And the fellowshippe of his afflictions and be made conformable to his death if by any meanes I may attaine c. OH but thou wilt say that thine afflictions thy troubles and thy sorowes are exceeding great and vnsupportable Looke vpon Iobs afflictions in his goods in his children in his owne person He had 7000. sheepe and 3000. Camels and 500. yoke of oxen and 500. she asses and of all these he was quickly depriued some the Shebeans some the Chaldeans tooke away violently and some the fire of God consumed and burnt He had also seuen sonnes and three daughters and a very great familie and these all were slaine at once by the fall of a house Himselfe likewise was smitten with sore boyles from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne so that he sate downe in the ashes and tooke a potsheard to scrape himselfe withall His wife which should haue beene his helper bid him blaspheame God and die His friends which should haue comforted him encreased his sorowes so that euery way he was most grieuously afflicted Compare now then thine afflictions and sorowes with his and see what comparison there is betwixt them for greatnesse and grieuousnesse And if the Lord blessed his last daies more then the first in goods and in children and in euery good blessing then let not thy great affliction trouble thee but hope thou in the Lord and abide patiently on him and he shall make thy way to prosper Againe looke vpon Christ persecuted Christ euen from his birth forced to flie euen then into Egypt for feare of Herod tempted Christ by the Deuill in the wildernesse poore Christ not hauing a hou●e to put his head in betrayed Christ by the hands of one of his owne Disciples afflicted Christ so that his sweat was like drops of bloud trickling downe to the ground punished Christ so that he cried my God my God why hast thou forsaken mee crucified Christ euen between two theeues What are thine afflictions thy sorowes in comparison of thy Christs He hath seasoned all thine afflictions and thy sorowes with his so that be they neuer so great thou shouldest not be troubled therewith Oh but they come so thicke vpon thee one on the necke of another that thou art not able to looke vp What come they thicker vpon thee then vpon Iacob the Patriarch Of whom we read first that he fled to Laban least his brother Esau should kill him when he was with Laban hee dealt ill with him and changed his wages tenne times when he went from Laban Laban pursued him and if the Lord had not forbid him would surely haue hurt him when hee had escaped Laban then he was againe in great danger by his brother Esau when hee had escaped that danger then his daughter Dinah was rauished and his sonnes Simeon and Leuie slew the Shechemites and brought him into great danger there when he went from thence his wife Rahel in the way died in trauell soone after Reuben his eldest sonne went vp vnto his fathers bed and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine Could sorowes well come thicker vpon a man Iobs sorowes likewise how thicke came they vpon him A messenger came to Iob and said the oxen were plowing Iob. 1.14 and the asses feeding in their places c. to vers 20 Anon after this he was smitten with sore boyles in his owne person as we haue heard when he was so his wife came and spake as we haue heard and then after her came his miserable comforters If thy sorowes then come thicke vpon thee thou seest that nothing doth befall thee but such as appertaineth to the children of God Tarie thou therfore the Lords leasure be strong and he shall comfort thine heart Oh but thou hast waited long and yet dost finde no case What longer then Dauid waited for the kingdome of Israel after that he was annointed King ouer Israel by Samuel After he was annointed by Samuel hee waited in great affliction persecution and perill many yeares before he reigned ouer Iudah and after that hee waited seuen yeares and a halfe before he rigned ouer Israel Hast thou waited longer then Christ himselfe did He was full of sorowes all his life long Thou maist not prescribe God a time thou must in patience possesse thy soule Heauinesse may endure for a night but ioy commeth in the morning And what if it come not the next morning what if it come not the next week the next month the next yeare nay what if thy daies bee consumed with mourning O in the morning when his glory shall appeare thou shalt be glad and reioyce For the present thy faith and thy patience is exercised and for the present it is grieuous but afterwards it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse vnto thee that art exercised thereby Oh but thou wilt say what comfort can I haue in the meane time seeing he afflicteth mee as the wicked and maketh no difference betweene me and the wicked Oh but thou art much deceiued He afflicteth thee and he afflicteth the wicked and it may be with like afflictions but yet not in like sort Hee afflicteth thee as a father him as a iudge thee in mercy and in loue him in anger and displeasure thee for thy

according to both According to his godhead not as it is considered in it selfe but in as much as his godhead which fro● his birth vnto his death did little shew it selfe after his resurrection was made manifest in his manhood For as the Apostle saith Rom. 1.4 He was declared mightily to be the sonne of God by the resurrection from the dead Euen by the resurrection and after his resurrection from the dead he which was thought only to be man was most plainely manifested likewise to be God Now as touching his manhood he was therein exalted vnto highest maiestie in the heauenly places not onely shaking off all infirmities of mans nature but also being beautified and adorned with all qualities of glory both in his soule and in his body yet so that still he reteineth the properties of a true body For euen as he was man hee was set at the right hand of the father to rule and reigne ouer all till all his enemies be● destroyed and put vnder his feete To knit vp all in a word Christ God and man after his resurrection was crowned with glory and honour euen such as plainely shewed him to bee God and was set on the throne of God there to rule and reigne as soueraigne Lord and King till hee come in the clowdes to iudge both quicke and dead Here then is both matter of comfort and consolation vnto the godly and likewise of feare and astonishment vnto the wicked and vngodly For therefore is he ascended into heauen euen to prepare a place for vs that where hee is there may we be also Ioh. 14.2 for so himselfe speaketh And therefore is he exalted farre aboue all men and Angels as in all fulnesse of gifts and graces so in glory and maiesty that he may succour vs in all our miseries and helpe vs in all dangers Whatsoeuer infirmities we haue whatsoeuer persecutions wee suffer whatsoeuer crosses we endure wee neede not be dismaide or troubled For Christ Iesus who bore our infirmities whom the high Priests Scribes and Pharisies and all the Iewes persecuted vnto the death who endured the crosse and despised the shame is exalted vnto the highest glory for vs and both 〈◊〉 able to succour vs and will not suffer vs to perish If Christ ●ad not ouercome death and sinne and the world and the Deuill nay if he had not as a most triumphant King led cap●●uitie captiue and so crushed them that though they would ●et they can not hurt vs nay if hee did not now as Lord and ●ing so bridle their rage that they cannot preuaile against vs ●hen might we well feare death and sinne and the world and ●he Deuill But now that he hath ouercome all these and ●uleth all things henceforth with his mightie power so that ●ne haire of our heads cannot fall away without his heauenly ●ill and nothing can touch vs but as hee giueth leaue what ●re of death what danger of sinne what care of the world ●hat care of the Deuill Let death draw out his sharp arrowes ●gainst vs let sinne assault vs and seeke to tyrannize ouer vs ●t the world hate vs and band themselues against vs let the ●euill rage and lay what battery he can against vs our King ●nd our God which dwelleth in heauen he laugheth them to ●orne and our Lord hath them in derision Hee saith vnto ●em touch not my chosen and doe my children no harme Hee ●tteth them their bounds which they cannot passe and hee ●miteth their power euen as it best pleaseth him And there●●re death shall not deadly wound vs but onely transport vs ●nto a life that lasteth euer sinne shall not tempt vs aboue ●at we be able but together with the tentation we shall haue ●e issue that we may be able to beare it the world and wick●● instruments of Sathan shal either not at all preuaile against ● or no farther then shall be for Gods glory and our good ●either shall the Deuill rage he neuer so horribly be able to ●rre euer a whit farther then the linkes of his chaine shall be ●osed vnto him When Salomon was annointed King ouer ●rael in stead of Dauid his father 1 King 1.40 it is said that all the people came ●ter him that they piped with pipes and reioyced with great ioy so ●at the earth rang with the sound of them Shall the people of ●rael thus reioyce the crowning of Salomon and shall not ●e much more reioyce when as Christ Iesus is placed in hea●en at the right hand of his Father and hath the euerlasting ●epter of his kingdome put into his hand Shall not our soules be filled with ioy and gladnesse for the crowne of his glory and honour which is the prince of our peace and the strong rocke of our saluation Surely the Apostle so reioyced in this crowne of his glory that he bidde defiance vnto condemnation and whatsoeuer accusation could bee laid against him who shall lay any thing saith he vnto the charge of God chosen Rom. 8.33 it is God that iustifieth Who shall condemne it is Christ which is dead yea or rather which is risen againe who is also at the right hand of God 34. and maketh request for vs c. Where ye se● plainely how the Apostle vpon the ground of Christ hi● death or rather vpon the ground of that crowne of glorie whereunto Christ was exalted after his resurrection from the dead henceforth feareth neither accusation nor condemnation nor whatsoeuer can be laid vnto his charge And as the Apostle doth so all the children of Christ his kingdome may bidde defiance vnto accusation and condemnation and whatsoeuer can be laide vnto theire charge now that Christ sitteth at the right hand of God to make intercession for vs. The Lord is King the earth may be glad thereof hee i● great in Sion and high aboue all people Let the heauens reioyce and let the earth be glad let the sea roare and all that therein is Psal 91.1.2.3 c. Thou that dwellest vnder the defence of the most high and abidest vnder the shaddow of the almightie say vnto the Lord c. Now as this soueraigntie of power and excellency of dignitie whereunto Christ was exalted after his resurrection may be matter of comfort and consolation vnto the godly so may it be matter of feare and astonishment vnto the wicked and vngodly Psal 2.9 For he shall bruise his enemies with a rodde of iron and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell Hee shall euen deale with them as Ioshua dealt with the fiue Kings that were hidde in the caue he shall tread them vnder feete and make a slaughter not so much of their bodies as of their soules For as his exaltation into that glory is for the good of his Church and faithfull people so is it for the confusion and vtter destruction of his enemies For it is a righteous thing with him to recompence tribulation to them which