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A25828	The Son of God walking in the fire with the servants of God in nine sermons upon Dan. III. XXV / by that precious and holy man, Mr. Timothy Armitage ... ; unto which is added another sermon preached by him upon Eccles. 9.10 at the entrance of one of the mayors there into his office.	Armitage, Timothy, d. 1655.	1656 (1656)	Wing A3703; ESTC R15716	136,561	236

evils of their lives 53 3. For the prolonging of their lives amplified in three particulars 54 55 4. For spiritual Mercies 57 Quest When mercies received may be helps to trust God for the future shewed in six particulars 58 Quest How to improve mercies so as to strengthen faith for the future in two particulars 62 Two things premised and two Cautions how to rest on former experiences 63 The fourth Sermon Wherein is shewed who it was that bare witness to this Miracle viz. Nebuchadnezar And a Question propounded whether he was hereby truly converted Arguments for the Affirmative given by some p. 73. And determined in the Negative 74 Doct. 2. That it is not in the power of greatest Miracles to convert a soul to God unless the spirit of Christ step in 75 This is cleered by Scripture-examples ibid. By Scripture testimony 76 And by experiences in our own times 78 First Ground of the Point To put the greater glory on the word 80 2. From the desperate hardness of mans heart 81 Use 1. Take notice what a Miracle of iniquity there is in mans nature 82 Use 2. What a Miracle it is that any soul is converted 83 A three-fold Miracle is shewed in the conversion of every sinner Of Wisedom Of Power Of Mercy 84 Use 3. Bless God for his word and look to it more then to Miracles 87 The fift Sermon Doct. 3. God many times makes his peoples enemies to acknowledg and confess that the Lord is with them and that he hath dealt graciously with them 92 The Point cleared by five Demonstrations 1. Christ put up a petition to his father for it 94 2. Christ hath promised it to his people 95 3. God hath put a power into his Word to convince enemies though it convert them not 96 4. God makes enemies oft to be the eye and ear witnesses of his peoples mercies and Agents therein 97 5. God works for his people in such away that enemies are forced to acknowledg the same so freely unexpectedly suddenly solitarily 98 Two Reasons why God will make enemies to acknowledg this truth 101 Use 1. A ground of Patience and encouragement to the Saints in tribulation 103 Use 2. Let not wicked men look with delight on the miseries of the Saints 104 Use 3. Let the people of God acknowledg this as a very great mercy ib. Use 4. Let the people of God much more acknowledg the gracious dealing of God toward them 105 The sixt Sermon Doct. 4. That all the persecutions which the Devil or his Instruments raise against the Saints shall not diminish their number but rather increase them 111 The point evidenced by manifold examples out of the history of the Church in all ages 112 The first Reason God delights to walk contrary unto men 115 2. Reason The Lord Jesus is a mighty King and will improve his power for the Saints ibid. 3. Reason From the impotency of enemies to hinder Christs Kingdom 116 Use 1. To let us see the vanity of all attempts of men against the truth and people of Christ with an item to the Powers of the world concerning it ibid Use 2. To give a ground of patience and comfort to the Saints against opposition of men 119 Doct. 5. That the Lord Jesus Christ is never nigher to his people then when they are in great afflictions in fiery tryals 121 Some instances given to prove it ibid Quest What presence of Christ the Saints may expect in their tryals 121 1. His supporting presence 2. His enlightening and teaching presence 3. His sanctifying presence 4. His quickning presence 5. His comforting presence A warning to the Saints to improve this Doctrine they not knowing what tryals the Lord may ere long bring them into 126 The further handling of this Point is in the eighth Sermon The seventh Sermon Wherein is considered the restraint the Lord layd upon the fire it could not hurt them only loosed their bonds whence note Doct. 6. At the command of the Lord the fiercest of Creatures shall not only not hurt his people but shall take part with them and do them good 130 Two Branches of the Point 1. They shall not hurt them 2. They must do them good both illustrated from Scripture instances 131 132 1. Reason The Creatures are Gods Host they go along with him where he is a friend they are friends 134 2. Reas From the Covenant and League made with the Creatures which hath two Branches 1. To do no hurt 2. To take part and do good 137 3. Reas God hath a special providence over his people 139 4. Reas The Creatures are all reconciled in Jesus Christ 140 Use 1. Take notice of the mighty power of the Lord what a great King he is that hath all Creatures at his command ibid. Use 2. What a shame to man that he should not be at the command of God 141 Vse 3. A strong Motive to those that be strangers to God to come in and submit to him till then they are lyable to be harmed by the Creatures 142 Use 4. It is not in tho Creatures power to do good without God 143 Use 5. Comfort to the people of God and encouragement to their faith 145 The eighth Sermon Wherein the fifth Doctrine is further handled Concerning the presence of the Lord Jesus with his people in afflictions 150 1 Reason The Lord Jesus knows they have most need of his presence then 1. Because of the weakness of the flesh 152 2. Because of the strength of Temptations 154 2. Reason The Lord Jesus remembers his Fathers kindness to him in being near to him in his afflictions 155 3. Reas Christ remembers his engagement to his people 158 1. By promise 2. By a Law of Love written within him 3. By the Law of friendship 4. That he may see to his work he is doing upon his people by afflictions Quest By what way doth Christ communicate so much of himself to his people in affliction 161 c. Answ 1. He raises up his peoples faith to an high pitch 2. He pours upon them the Spirit of Supplication 3. He draws the hearts of his people nigher to him 4. He manifests much of himself by his word which he sends with affliction Objections Answered of such as complain they have found little of Christ in their Afflictions 164. The ninth Sermon Use 1. To shew the unparrallell'd love of Jesus Christ who will never forsake his in afflictions no friend on earth like him 173 Use 2. To draw in those that be strangers to Christ to submit to him and get interest in him that they may have a friend in an evil day 174 Use 3. There is not so much evil in affliction then as men apprehend 176 Two things may make the people of God not to fear afflictions 176 1. Because they shall certainly injoy the presence of Christ in affliction 177 2. The presence of Christ will countervail the bitterness of affliction 180 Use 4. Let

with garments of blood that so by that means he became a reconciler Without shedding of blood there is no rem●ssion Here is encouragement given to poor guilty sinners that apprehend nothing due unto them but wrath yet by the blood of Jesus Christ by that new and living way they come in and then God the Father too he made a promise to the Son that because he laid down his life he should have a multitudinous off-spring in that 53. of Isaiah In the day that he pours out his soul to death he should see the travel of his soul and he should have a large portion because he poured out his soul to death for transgressors so you see that the killing of Jesus Christ and putting him to death is so far from lessening believers that this is the way to draw in all those multitudes of souls that were g●ven to Christ of his Father Secondly Again If you look upon the primitive Churches you shall finde that the worlds persecution had the same effect upon them there wa● a great persecution a mighty storm which you rea● of in the 8. of Acts persecution begun fi●st a● J●rusalem and by that means the Churches were scattered Well did this tend to the hindrance of the Gospel and lessen the number of Beleevers No you shall read in that Chapter tha● God made this a means to carry the Gospel to many other Countries were brought in to bebeleeve in Christ the great City of Samaria you read in the 6. vers P●ilip went down and Preached to Samaria and this did tend to the furtherance o● the Gospel in the 8. verse They gave all heed a●d there w●s great joy in that City If you look upon t●e Churches in those Ages for the first th●ee hundred years after Christ there was a most ●errible persecution there were ten persecu●o●s ten bloody Emperours that sought to root out the Name or Ch●ist and to dest●oy the Saint and therefore those that write of Ecclesiastical History they tell us they devised all manner of torments some speak of about twenty seven deaths they devised to torment the poor Christian● Many thou●ands many millions suffered in the time of tho●e persecutions and yet this was so far from ●iminish●ng the number of B●leevers t●at they were encrea●ed the more they were oppressed and persecuted the more they encreased and there●ore s●me of them did observe that Juli●n he used all means to ●uppresse them shut up all their Schools that they might not have learning a●d yet never had they more learning then then He devised all manner of torments to terrifi● them and yet he saw they encreased and multiplied so fast that he thought at last his best course was to give over his persecution not out of love but out of envy because that through his persecution they encreased And thus you see the Point cleared That the persecution of the Saints shall not diminish the number of them but shall encrease them For the Grounds of it B●iefly Fi●st of all God delights to walk contrary to The Grounds of the Point men therefore he will have it thus He loves to cross the imaginations of the hearts of men of the world and to set his ways against their t●oughts and their ways in the fourth of Micah the latter end they say Let our eye look upon Si●n but what saith God in the next verse They know not th● thoughts of the Lord neither understand ●● counsel When men dream that such a way it shall be the utter rooting out of the Gospel they a●e might ly mistaken saith God my thoughes are ab●ve yours my ways above yours You know not the thoughts of the Lord for this very way shall encrease multitudes God delights to walk contrary to men and to oppose his gracious thoughts to their cursed imaginations Secondly The Lord Jesus is a mighty King all 2. Ground power is given into his hand both in Heaven and earth and all this power he will improve for the Kingdom of Saints all is given to him and ●e will give all to them Neither life nor death things present nor things to come they are all yours He hath given all to them and all shall make for their advantage In this the power of the Lord Jesus King of Saints is mightily seen that he can turn a●l opposition to advantage the greatest persecution that the Devils can raise shall all turn to the advantage of Christs Kingdom It is so with particular souls all is yours all is yours to do you good life and death is yours all given you to serve you and they shall work together for your good for your best good for your eternal good the Lord makes an advantage of all unto his people the Devil casts blocks in their way to hinder them he turns it to their advantage and so they are helped nigher to himself all the evil of the world yea all the evil of sin and the Devil himself shall though against their wills help forward the salvation of Gods people and so Christ cause all to be for the good of his Church for the good of his Kingdom all opposition and persecutions which are raised to blow down the Kingdom of Jesus Christ shall but establish it for 't is rooted 't is a Kingdom that cannot be shaken And then Thirdly Men cannot hinder the increase of Christs Kingdom for there is no man able to hinder the work of the Spirit of Christ from working 3. Ground The wind blows where it lists and so the Spirit of God that breaths where it lists and where ever he please to breath It is not possible for man to resist his work The work of Christ by his Spirit upon mens hearts is a mighty work an irresistable work and all the powers of Hell shall not be able to hinder the work 't is a mighty work and none shall let it To apply this briefly First of all It lets us see the vanity of all the Application attempts of men against the truth of Christ and the people of Christ they are but vain imaginations Vse 1 men do but imagine a mischiefous device that they shall never be able to bring to pass it is a vain thing for a man to go about to silence the truth of Christ or to destroy the Saints of Christ I tell you the more the truth is troden on the more it shall shine and as it goes with truth so it goes with Saints the more troden on in the world the more loved of God all the winde of opposition that the Devils can raise from the world it shall never be able to shake them though it may shake some particular grains and ears that they may fall to the earth but yet they shall rise again every grain that falls shall bring forth fruit some thirty and some a hundred fold the more thy are opposed the more they encrease persecution shall but sow the blood of Christ the