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A76964	A plaine & profitable catechisme whereunto is added a sermon preached upon Exod.23.2. / By that reverend and judicious divine Mr James Bacon, late minister of Burgate in Suffolke. Now first published by his son in law H.W.	Bacon, James, minister of Burgate, Suffolk.; Perkins, William, 1558-1602.	1660 (1660)	Wing B344; Thomason E1853_3; Thomason E1853_3*; ESTC R210346	58,042	143

9.34 2 Sam. 12.11 12. and 16.10 11. 2 Chron. 10.15 1 King 22.19 20 23. Act 2.23 and 4.27 28. Rom. 1.24 25 26 28. and 2 Thess 2.11 Q. But how can the Lord so powerfully and effectually governe sinners and yet be free from all staine of sinne A. As a man that ringeth a crackt bell is the cause of the motion of the Bell but not of the jarring of it and as a man that rides upon a lame horse when he puts him forward is the cause of the horse his going but not of his haulting so here God is the universall cause and Author of every action and motion of the Sinner for all Actions naturally and simply considered are good but the Divell and Mans Concupiscence and corrupt will are the proper Authors of that evill or faultinesse which cleaveth to the action Act 17.28 Q. How may this be further cleared A. As a skilfull workman can use an ill tool well and worke artificially with it in like manner the Lord can use those wicked and foolish men which are the Instruments of his providence well and wisely The Instrument we know is wholly subject to the principall Agent without infusing any qualitie into it That therefore which wicked men being the instruments of Gods providence doe wickedly and sinfully the Lord doth justly and righteously For the will and purpose of Sinners which are Gods Instruments differ from the will and purpose of that righteous God which over-ruleth and governeth these instruments Q. Can you make this more plaine by an example A. This may plainly be seen in the crucifying of Christ As Judas the Jewes and Pilate delivered up Christ to death so God the Father also is said to have done the same but Judas did it out of discontentment and covetousnesse to the end he might obtain the mony he desired The Jewes of malice and ignorance to the end that Christ should not raigne over them Pilate out of ambition and feare to the end he might please the people and keep his place whereas God delivered up Christ to death out of love to his Church and for the salvation of his people Act. 3.13 Joh. 19.16 Act 2.23 and 4.8 Rom. 8.32 Mat. 27.18 20. Act. 3.17 Joh 11.48 John 19.12 13 15 16. Q. What followeth from hence A. Seing that wicked men are the proper Actors of their own sinnes though they be as Instruments in Gods hand yet they are active Instruments which understand and will what they doe seeing that which sinners doe wickedly the Lord who governeth all sinners doth righteously therefore God may justly punish sinners for doing that wherein they have been the Instruments of his Providence Isa 10.5 6 12. Q. How doth the providence of God extend to good and evill events A. God is the Author of all Events good and evill As all blessings so all Afflictions and Judgements come from the Lords hand and by his speciall appointment Whosoever be the Instrument or Messenger to convey any blessing unto us God is the Giver of it Whosoever be the bringer of any Afliction God is the sender of it Jam. 1.17 Amos 3.6 Isa 45.7 Lam. 3.38 Jer 25.15.17 Q. When the wicked prosper and flourish in the world when the Godly groane under many pressures afflictions and crosses is God the dispenser both of the prosperitie of the one and of the adversitie of the other A. Yes all Calamities and Judgements as warre sicknesse famine c. are the Arrowes of the almighty wheresoever they light and all outward Blessings as peace health plentie all come from Gods bountifull hand even when they are bestowed upon wicked men Deut. 32.23 Joh. 6.4 Psal 38.2 Psalm 91.5 Ezek. 5.16 Ezek. 16.17 19. Hos 2.8 Mat. 5.45 Act 14.17 Q. How can the afflicted estate of the Godly and the prosperitie of the wicked stand with the just and wise providence of God A. If we desire to see and discerne the Wisedome and Justice of divine providence we must look upon these works of God not by the light of our naturall Reason but by the light of Gods Word We cannot judge aright of the whole providence of God by a little part of it We see but a little part of divine providence here in this world an other part of it followeth immediately after death and the last which is the greatest part of it at the last Judgement Now if we lay all the parts of Gods providence together if we goe into the Sanctuarie of God and weigh all things in the Ballance of the Sanctuarie then we shall see the Wisedome and Justice of divine Providence Psal 73.16 73.17 Jer. 12.1 Q But doth not God oftentimes deale better with the wicked then with the righteous in this world is not the prosperitie of the wicked rather to be desired then the afflicted estate of the righteous A. No although the Lord be kind and bountifull to the wicked here yet he doth manifest his grace and mercie and goodnesse much more to the godly then to the wicked For the godly notwithstanding the many Afflictions that befall them here are in a blessed condition whereas the wicked notwithstanding their outward prosperitie which is glorious in the eye of the World are miserable and cursed Luc. 6.35 Psal 31.19 Psal 94.12 Jam. 1.12 Mat. 5.10 11. Isa 65.20 Q. How may it appeare that the godly notwithstanding the many afflictions that befall them here are in a blessed condition A. By these Considerations following viz. 1. The Godly though they live under the crosse yet are adorned with heavenly vertues and blessed with all spirituall blessings in Christ Jesus All their sinnes are remitted and all graces necessarie to salvation are bestowed upon them Ephes 1.3 Joh 16.33 Rom. 8.33 34. Psal 32.1 2 Cor. 4.16 2. The bitter Cup of Affliction is sweetned unto them As their afflictions abound so their Consolations abound also the Lord gives them strength and comfort proportionable to that Burthen of Affliction which he layes upon them 2 Cor. 1.5 1 Cor. 10.13 2 Cor. 12.9 3. Their Afflictions being sanctifyed bring forth excellent fruits and so become matter of rejoycing unto them The Lord by afflictions repaireth his glorious image in the Soules of his Children and so fits them for his Kingdome Psal 119.71 Rom. 8.28 Rom. 5.3 Jam. 1 2 3. Heb. 12.10 11. 4. The Lord upholds them in their greatest pressures with the certaine hope of future happinesse and gives them a Joyfull deliverance in his good time Job 19.25 2 Cor. 4.17 18. Rom. 8.35.37 Psal 34.19 and 37.37 Jam. 5.11 Job 42.12 Q. How may it appeare that the wicked notwithstandeng their outward prosperitie which is glorious in the eye of the world are miserable and cursed A. By these considerations following 1. The wicked though they flourish in the world yet in Gods sight are condemned persons and abominable Joh. 3. vers 18. Tit. 1.16 2. When the wicked man holds a full cup of pleasure in one hand he holds