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The life and death of the eminently learned, pious, and painful minister of the gospel, Dr. Samuel Winter, sometime provest of Trinity Colledge near Dublin in Ireland together with some rare examples of Gods gracious answers to his prayers, upon several occasions.
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J. W.
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all the claimes that Justice would make and when Satan verily thought he had dispatched him out of the way He being buryed and that as a malefactor so that either he should not rise at all or not in glory and reputation among men now Christ riseth in despight of Hell and the Father gives him glory 2 Pet. 1.17 That our faith and hope may be in God and therefore Christ expresseth a dissatisfaction and discontent at them for their unkindness and unthankfulness as if he had said Time was when you were glad to know any thing that concerned me when you hung upon me and whatever I said to you was a Law and catertained with greediness Why then are ye so backward now Are my merits ere a whit the less Or are you not sensible of your need that you are so slow of heart to believe in me your everlasting Redeemer Now consider what Christ spake to them He speakes to you for all Scripture is writt for our Learning and though Christ will not condemn you yet he may and he doth it seems upbraid you and such upbraidings and frowns of Christ are or should be as much as death yea Hell it self to a believer as Hell was before we believed For the Conscience is mâ—n wounded by way of Gods special love as a Friend than by his hatred as an Enemy If it were possible for a man to be thrown out of Gods armâ— of Love into Hell Hell would be more to him than any other For this made Christs sufferings so great because he was so infinitely beloved of the Father as alwaies lying in his bâ—some Consider what I say as Christ takes it ill that we should question his Love so of all sins he will bear with none less than that of Vnbelief The Disciples had many failings but he upbraids them with no sin so much as Unbelief as being of all sins the most grievouâ— to him therefore as you would make Conscience of any other sin see that you make Conscience of this namely of not believing in the Son of God 1 John 3 23. Consider further why were these doubtings of Thomas and the Disciples â—ecorded but to strengthen our faith they doubted of the Resurrection of Christ that the world might not doubt and t is observable that Thomas doubted more than all the rest therefore he bore a more eminent testimony to Christ than they did crying out My Lord and my God being the first that â—wned Christ as God Go you and do likewise Trust perfectly in the grace of the Lord Jesus and to encourage you remember 1 you have his Word for salvation and that Word to us surer than that voice from Heaven This is my well beloved Son hear Him 2 Pet. 1.19 And the Earth shall sooner reel than the Word and Promise of God fail 2 You have his Covenant the sure mercies of David Jer. 31.3 17. If Heaven above can be measured and the foundations of the Earth searched out beneath I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that which they have done 3 You have the Attributes of God for you the Pillars of Heaven yea the Pillars of God and are not these sufficient to support your soul There is not one Attribute of God against you but all for you yea Justice it self so that you may plead with God not only in point of mercy but of Justice also for Christ hath satisfied for all your sins therefore with reverence be it spoken God cannot in justice require the same debt twice of your Surety and of you also see Rom. 3.2 4 You have this attested by the broad Seal of Heaven namely the Sacrament and Privy Seal of the spirit called the Earnest of the Spirit against that day and then there will be no need of that Earnest when we have the purchased possession but his Earnest shewes you that he is in Earnest not in Jestâ— and Gâ—d will not assuredly lose his Earnest which is pare of the bargain and confirms it to you 5 Consider all the glory of the Father 〈◊〉 upon Christ was that our faith and hope might be in God the Jews slighted Christ 〈◊〉 him but had they seen him in glory they would have believed on him 6 Christ should not discharge his office if he should not reâ—eive such as you and do you think that Christ will be unfaithful to his Father or to poor souls that come unto God by him I tell you the Lord hath made two sorts of Promises 1 of Faith John 6.37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me namely by Faith 2 To Faith as it Follows in the same verse and he that cometh I will in no wise cast out 1 Of the Church 2 Of my heart 3 Of Heaven Therefore make a venture and cast your soul on him who will not sail to keep safely that which is committed to his trust And let me tell you farther we are the Embassadours of Christ to treat with sinners in Christs name upon his own terms and therefore if you come in upon the terms of the Gosspel out of the sense of the poverty of your spirit and close with Christ as seeing an excellency in him above all the world so as to give your self to him and never to part with him I say then that Christ is bound and must of necessity make good what his Embassadours have propounded and concluded in his name in whose name according to the contents of your Letter and the former knowledge I have had of you I do declare as a Minister of Christ that all your sins are forgiven you and therefore I charge you that you rowle your self upon the Lord the burden is too heavy for you to bear but what you cannot bear that rowle upon the Lord and know assuredly though we be unfaithful yet he abideth faithful and cannot deny himself the Promise is made to the truth and not to the degrees of grace Lastly if you persist in unbelief consider how grievous this is to Christ forget not what was said before that Christ upbraided the Disciples and doubtless the anger of Christ was never greater than the offence nor the reproof unsutable unto the fault therefore chide your soul Why dost thou cast down thy self O my soul Why art thou disquieted within me still trust in God who is the help of my faces that is who saves eminently perspicuously so that a man may see Salvation in the face If all that I have said will not prevail know I have your Hand and Seal against you and must needs witness against you in that day but I hope better things of you that the Bowels of Christ will melt you and his arms open'd upon the Cross allure you to run to him who never rejected any that came to him and do you think that you shall be the first As to that Query What is the lowest degree of faith I answer some say the lowest act of faith is to see a possibility of mercy but if I should say so I should exclude many a precious Saint out of Heaven I say then the lowest act of faith is to put a high estimate upon Christ as the chiefest of ten thousand Cant. 5.10 So as to cleave to him and not to part with him for ever though the soul see no probability no not possibility of mercy this is poverty of spirit the lowest round of Jacobs Ladder To make this plainâ— suppose such a Maid hath strong affections to such a Person but he is otherwise inclined yea ingaged so that there is no possibility of obtaining him yet there is true Love The Case suits with many a soul that cannot see any possibility of enjoying Christ yet Loves him dearly could be content to begg with him why here is true Love and therefore faith for faith worketh by Love Wherefore I say look after Christ with a wishly eye with a long look and you shall be saved Isa 45. For the prayers made toward Christ the living Temple are heard as well as the prayers that are made in the Temple though they cannot evidence their union with Christ My Dear Friend I commend these lines to you The Pin of the Dyall points at the hour of the day but cannot tell what a Clock 't is unless the Sun shine unless the Lord shine upon your heart you can see no light of grace or comfort The Lord create the fruit of the lips peace which I begg for you Pray for me still as I desire to do for You Your assured Friend S. W.
THE LIFE AND DEATH Of the Eminently Learned Pious and Painful Minister of the Gospel Dr. SAMVEL WINTER Sometime Provest of Trinity Colledge near Dublin in Ireland Together with some Rare Examples of Gods gracious Answer to his Prayers upon several Occasions Prov. 10.7 The memory of the Just is blessed But the Name of the Wicked shall rot â—sal 34.15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the Righteous and his eares are open to their Cry LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the sign of the Bible and three Crowns at the loweâ— end of Cheapside 1671. THE EPISTLE TO THE READER Reader THou hast here a true Narrative of the Life and Death of that eminent Servant of Jesus Christ Samuel Winter Doctor in Divinity who was for several years Provest or Master of Trinity Colledge near Dublin in Ireland published at the desire of his sorrowful Widdow by a Person who had familiar acquaintance with him for about twenty years as well whilst he was Minister of Cottingham hereafter mentioned as whilst he was in Ireland and since his coming over into England and was present with him in the time of his Sickness and at his Death who by reason of his long and familiar Conversation with him is able and doth testifie to the Truth of most of the latter passages in the ensuing Discourse from his own knowledge which is thought fit to be Published not so much to adorn the Name or to perfume the memory of the Deceased as to provoke others especially Ministers of the Gospel to a serious imitation of him to the Glory of God edification of others and the comfort of their own Souls here and at the appearing of Jesus Christ which effect that it may produce is the earnest Prayer of the publisher J. W. Courteous Reader HOwever I can have no confidence that my commendation or attestation to the ensuing Narrative of the Life and Death of so eminent a Servant of God can contribute any thing to a work that indeed needs it not being so exactly performed by a friend of approved faithfulness and endeared affection and so throughly acquainted with him who is the Subject of it Yet the desire of the pious and sorrowful Widdow and the entire love I had to her dear Husband now with God hath occasioned the following lines Which Justice to the dead I heartily desire may be beneficial to the living as being not only what I had from persons of integrity but of the â—â—ost part my own certain knowledge â—â—rely the Doctor was a pattern not unworthy his Brethrens imitation and there is no cause to doubt but that the ensuing Relation may glad the hearts of Gods people and stir them up to follow the faith of such lights He was an other Apollos mighty in the Scriptures having made them his particular study above forty years together upon which is the read many Expositors so he chiefly studyed the famous Comentaâ—ies of judicious and blessed Calvin whom of all others he most admired and I may truly say his labour was not in vain for that he attained to a more than ordinary dexterity not only of knowing the mind of God in his Word in the general but particularly in the most difficult which he made sufficient proof of in his opening of the Types and Prophesies especially the Revelations having expounded a great part thereof in his Divinity Lecture in the Colledge of Dublin whereof also he was Provest I have often heard him Preach excellently of the Types which he admired for their great usefulness in opening many difficulties in the New Testament And for the profitable part of Critical learning so far as concerneâ— the Hebrew and Creek text of the Bible he was very well verst in themâ— especially the latter insomuch thaâ— howsoever his Sermons were for thâ— most part very plain for in them he sought not his own glory but his Masters and the profit of his hearers The learned and judicious by his excellent faculty in opening difficult Scriptures found that in them wherewith they were benefited and delighted And some to my knowledge have heartily wished that his Expositions upon select Scriptures which were not ordinary had been collected digested and published by himself But his Geâ—ius being more for the Pulpit than â—he Press dashed such expectations â—e was a most affectionate Preacher such was his zeal and fervency that I may safely allude to that of the Apostle 1 Thess 2.8 Being affectionatly desirous of you we were willing to have imparted to you not the Gospel of God only but also our Souls because ye were dear unto us Such was his longing after the Salvation of poor Sinners I have heard him often with trouble complain of the cold Preaching of some Ministers as if Christ were still in his Grave Nor was the Lord wanting to recompence this his labour of Love with a plentiful Harvest making him a very happy Instrument in the conversion of very many and in the building up of many also And as his Sermons breathed of his affection as is said so they were with power for he was a Boenarges so that notorious Sinners as not able to resist the spirit by which he spake have been compelled to yield and to come unto Christ He made if his first work whereever he came to humble sinners therein following the examples of the servants of God in Scripture and the grave advice given him by Mr. Dod or Mr. Thomas Hooker when he was to enter upon a charge where the people were generally Rude and profane On the other hand he was of an exceeding tender spirit towards such aâ— were coming on to Christ or under spiritual trouble for loss of communion with him that he would even weep over them an Argument of much grace thus kindly to bleed in the wounds of grieved Saints And so good was God to him that as he sound his assistance wonderful in Preaching what he had afore prepared so even in very considerable digressions which he would purposely â—all into I doubt not from the motion of the spirit of God and his quickness to observe the frame and need of his hearers which made him often say that somtimes a digression was no Transgression And I may say to the glory of God that however he hath not left many Books to perpetuate his memory yet he hath left many living Saints whom he did beget unto Christ by the Gospel the most lively Images of the grace of God in him and in whom though dead he yet speaketh His dear love to the people and places where God was pleased most signally to seal to his Ministry deserves to be remembred whom I have known him to mention with tears of Joy And indeed he was so set upon the fulfilling of his Ministry that nothing rejoyced him more than an opportunity of Preaching the Gospel He would of ten say that his opportunities were his riches and that his heart has been often exceedingly lifted up at the ringing of