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A07778	Three meditations vpon these three places of scripture, 1 Cor. 2.2 ..., Psal. 6.1 ..., Prov. 3.11,12 ... by Iohn Bulteel.	Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.	1627 (1627)	STC 18156A; ESTC S916	33,704	172

himselfe not vp Hee loues the childe that vnderstands him at halfe a word that is not dul but is sensible of the chastisement shakes at the very shadow of his rod. Patience is not a stupidity or a want of apprehension of griefe in paine it presupposeth on the contrary a griefe a suffering but the quicker the paine is the greater is the patience which proceedeth from faith and produceth also obedience faith which maketh vs turne our eye to the cause rather than carry our hand to the sore Faith which makes thee mount vp to God to receiue from his hand that which hee pleaseth to giue to descend into thy selfe to examine thy soule turne ouer the leaues of thy conscience to finde there that which displeaseth him to dislike thy selfe confesse thy debt haue recourse to his benignity And that is it which hee bids thee be not weary whē God doth chastise thee this is the exercise properly which thou must vndertake What haue I done what haue I not done beholding thy selfe in the glasse of the law measuring thy selfe with his graces the Law that shewes thee his will and thy sinne his graces which according to their proportion doe multiply it according as thou hast receiued more and didst owe more An exercise where the best men neuer want worke where the more they haue the more they finde the more cleere sighted they are in their infirmities sensible of his anger yea although that God doth visit them especially to put them to the proofe to make it appeare vnto the world what the power of his spirit can doe in their weaknesse vnto Sathan himselfe what their faith can doe against his tentations against his malice against his warrefare they omit not to draw that profit from thence seeke for it themselues and they neuer want it they know that their c 1 Pet. 1.7 faith as gold in the furnace is to bee tried with fire how many are there who otherwise faile at the touch and how pure soeuer they seeme to be haue but too much drosse and skum wherewith at all times they are ouercharged that d Vers 7. the triall of their faith being much more precious than of gold that perisheth might be vnto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Iesus Christ according to that which is elsewhere said of this chastening e Heb. 12.11 for the present it seemeth not to be ioyous but grienous and therefore thou art weary thereof Neuerthelesse afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousnesse vnto them which are exercised thereby And therefore thou better instructed by the wise man Bee not weary of his correction And the reason followeth for God is so gentle and courteous that he disdaineth not to render a reason of that which hee doth to vs his poore miserable creatures For whom the Lord loueth hee correcteth euen as a father the sonne in whom hee delighteth Not him whom simply hee loueth his loue is powred ouer all creatures but him whom hee loueth tenderly whom of a creature he hath daigned to make his child of whom hee will haue a particular care so that this discipline of affliction makes a difference between his children and strangers yea a difference betweene his owne children in regard of the degrees of his graces so that the Apostle groweth confident yea presumeth to say to the Hebrewes f Heb. 12.8 If you be without chastisement whereof all are partakers namely all the faithfull then are yee bastards and not sonnes Alledge not vnto mee that ye are the children of God yee are not his schollers g Heb. 12.6 For the Lord chasteneth him whom he loueth and the more certes he loueth him for saith hee Hee scourgeth euery sonne whom hee receiueth whom particularly he adopteth into his familie he measureth him his correction according to his loue And so indeed we let passe many things in our seruants w th we correct which we cannot beare with in our children in those not reprehending ought for the most part but that which hindreth our businesse and profit in these with a cordiall loue with a curious eye with an exact iudgement regarding examining from the head to the foot desirous to frame and order them to the best gestures in their behauiour and carriage so that hee that doth it the oftner is reputed the better father h Prou. 13.24 23.14 Hee that loueth his sonne saith the Wise man chasteneth him betimes deliuers his soule from hell Indulgence and forbearance as they cause contrarie effects so doe they giue him a contrarie qualitie and name He that spareth his rod hateth his sonne And the Apostle doth ordinarily argue from our carnall fathers to our principall Father in as much certes as loue regardeth care and care discipline where discipline and correction is wanting there care seemeth to wither yea loue yea and father-hood it selfe Why then it is a marke vnto vs that wee are children when God correcteth vs if wee receiue this chastisement as from a father with obedience i Heb. 12.9 We haue had fathers of our flesh which corrected vs and wee gaue them reuerence We haue interpreted and taken those corrections in good part wee haue acknowledged them and reuerenced and respected them with an awfull obseruance and the matter was onely to dispose and conforme vs to this life k Heb. 12.9 Shall we not much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirits vnto him who by the afflictions of this flesh qualifieth and composeth our spirits And liue to prepare vs to frame vs to another life A signe say we more that wee are children in whom God takes his delight For saith he whom the Lord loueth hee correcteth not onely as a father the sonne but the sonne in whom hee delighteth the childe whom hee cherisheth the childe for whom he keepeth an inheritance that heauenly inheritance whereof hee maketh vs coheires with that Well-beloued in whom hee is well pleased in whom and by whom alone in vs and with vs he is well pleased l Eph. 1.5 He hath predestinated vs vnto the adoption of children by Iesus Christ to himselfe according to the good pleasure of his will whereupon wee ought surely to say with the Psalmist Before m Psal 119 67.71 I was afflicted I went astray it is good for me that I haue been afflicted that I might learne thy statutes Thy chastisements O God haue beene for my conuersion for my correction with the Apostle also n Iam. 1.12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when hee is tried hee shall receiue the crowne of life which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him In as much certes o Rom. 5.3 4 5. as tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is giuen vnto vs whereupon hee saith we glorie in

tribulation also In as much also as p Rom. 8.28 all things worke together for good as it were in emulation one of the other to them that loue God to them vnto whom by his loue shed abroad in their hearts hee hath giuen to loue him called according to his purpose in as much in a word that in all things bee they neuer so difficult q Vers 37. wee are more than conquerours through him that loued vs our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ beloued with so strong a loue and coniunction that in him and by him the father loueth vs the father vouchsafes to delight in vs where we crie confidently with the Apostle that r Rom. 8.35 38. neither tribulation nor distresse shall separate vs from the loue of Christ in those tribulations he acknowledgeth his badge nay not death it selfe nor any thing that may happen vnto vs how sharpe soeuer it bee from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. Nay rather they doe assure vs they doe testifie vnto vs his loue are vnto vs pledges of his grace and good will first fruits of his glorie But here the flesh repugneth Why saith it shall affliction be a marke of the children of God why then all they who are chastized are they his children Contrariwise looke about you see in how many sorts this marke is defectiue I but the wise man saith not that all those whom God strikes are his children for thē what should become of his iudgments so frequent on strangers on the wicked But he meanes that all his children those to whom he vouchsafeth to be in his house are subiect to feele his hand and children as they are of his mercie they feele it not in his anger as those children of wrath but in his mercie And wilt thou know the difference those impute it to fortune to nature to mischance thinke on nought but on their paine if any thought of God enters perhaps into their mindes they smother it presently ready to doe worse if they doe but escape These in their paine feele the hand of God thinke on their sinne forget their paine conuince themselues and conuicted humble themselues at the foot of his clemencie more ashamed of their offence than of their punishment more confounded in themselues before the benignitie of such a father than before the inflamed anger of the most rigorous Iudge walking henceforth warily not so much for feare of incurring his indignation as out of a desire not to commit any thing vnworthy of his adoption of his family So doe we read of Pharaoh when he feeles the lice and swarms of flies the other rods of God according as he doth redouble them he grieueth is disquieted is impatient makes a capitulation with God but eftsoones returneth who is that God whom you doe so much alleage it is maruell hee saith not Let mee see him and thereupon hee hardneth his heart Gods rod went but to his backe little sensible thereof in his soule On the contrary Dauid sees the destroying Angell smiting his people threatning very neere his owne person forgets his owne danger for his sinne readie to redeeme Gods anger with the losse of his life f 2 Sam. 24.17 Lee I haue sinned saith he and I haue done wickedly but these sheepe what haue these done let thine hand I pray thee be against mee and against my fathers house because he was sensible of his sinne insensible of his paines Grieue not therefore when God chasteneth thee rather grieue when he correcteth thee not feare that hee hath forgot thee and left thee to thy selfe thou oughtest to suspect those prosperities which thou drinkest in long draughts The sicke man who hath neuer so little iudgement takes it for an ill signe when the Physitian permits him to take any thing lets him drinke wine in his full feuer because he forbids nothing to desperate sicke folkes hee neuer maketh incision on those that are mortally wounded there is both reason and art to let them die at leasure I but it is the correction of a father the chastisement of a sonne to cut off an arme or leg pull out our eyes or bowels and shall wee not thinke that these words serue rather to lull vs asleepe for what could the greatest enemie doe to vs more in the heat of his anger I but vnaduised flesh refraine thy selfe it is God that speakes and if thy vine could speake and should vpbraid thee and tell thee how often thou makest it to weepe when thou cutst it and cutst it againe leauest but a twig in an vnassured hope notwithstanding of more fruit Good husband-man as thou thinkest thy selfe to be wouldst thou not mock at it And how often to heale the bodie to preuent a Cangrene secst thou the arme the leg offred to the Surgeons saw without caution or assurance to be bettered to a losse to an anguish both certaine extreme Why then ought we not to suffer in this bodie and in all worldly things to heale to soue the soule of God aboue all who hath made the soule and bodie Creatour of this vniuersall world who knoweth how farre the dammage of our body the losse of this present world may serue may contribute to the saluation of our soules But behold I see what troubleth thee I am the nian Lam. Ier. 3. 1 3. sayest thou that hath seene affliction by the rod of his wrath surely against mee is be turned hee turneth his hand against mee all the day He hath taken from me an onely sonne and thorow the sonnes side hath pierced the mother A sonne in the flower of his age the stay of my declining yeeres in this corrupted age a bud of manly vertue already the honour of his age A woman a wife my counsell in perplexitie my comfort in aduersitie a continuall spurre to good surpassing most yea all both in regard of her sex and of that age And thereupon thou framest thy reply And thereupon Satan doth tempt thee Thy force and thy hope in God is gone I but consider that wee must all die and by Gods will according as it pleaseth him to call vs. This call is our calling he hath preuented thy sonne by his mercie hee hath taken him away from corruption what caution what securitie be it neuer so firme can one haue to swim against the streame of this ●●●●uption hath taken him away from hence with honour hath aduanced and taken him vp into his glorie Setapart the interest thou hast hast thou occasion to complaine And wouldest thou O miserable man on the hazard of his soule haue thy condition amended to support some few yeeres which remaines to thee see him deliuered and giuen ouer to the windes of youth the waues of vanitie among so many rockes yea amongst so many Sirens Hee tooke a little while after thy wife away But note his prouidence by the death of that deare Sonne shee was weaned from all pleasure from all hope

findes them wetted with the waters of Siloe plunged in the spring of eternall life in the bloud of his onely Sonne This in that hee also loueth so tenderly his creatures that of a Creator he wil become a Father spares not to redeeme them from perdition the bloud of his owne Sonne himselfe the Creator for miserable creatures the eternall God for mortall men the righteous for sinners the Almighty king for vile slaues And therefore concerning that the Prophet telles vs ſ Psal 130.3 If thou Lord shouldest marke iniquities O Lord who shall stand t Psal 143.2 Enter not into iudgment with thy seruant for in thy sight shall no man liuing be iustified For u Rom. 6.23 the wages of sinne is death And consequently the Scripture saith x Rom. 11.32 God hath concluded them all in vnbeliefe and y Rom. 3.19 all the world is become guilty before God and therefore guilty of eternal death this is the vnmeasurable depth of his iustice But concerning this mercy doth sweeten and ouer prize it z Ioh. 3.16 God so loued the world that hee gaue his onely begotten Son that whosoeuer belieueth in him should not perish but haue euerlasting life Fearest thou poore sinner to draw neere him as the Pitch neere the fire a Eph. 3.12 In him thou hast boldnesse and accesse vnto him with confidence by the faith of Christ Fearest thou to bee accused to bee condemned b Rom. 8.33 34. It is God that iustifieth it is Christ that died yea rather that is risen againe who is euen at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession for thee c Rom. 6.23 The guift of God is eternall life which is giuen thee in Christ Iesus our righteousnesse The d Col. 3.12 Scripture indeed hath concluded all vnder sinne but it is that the promise by faith of Iesus Christ might be giuen to thē that beleeue e Rom. 11.32 God hath concluded all in vnbeleefe but it is that he might haue mercy vpon all that none might glory of his saluation but in his sole mercy And therefore the Apostle speaketh of this grace which exceeds sinne of this charitie which ouerflowes his iustice f Rom. 5.20 Where sinne abounded by the law grace did much more abound by faith in Christ In Christ sent graciously by the Father vndergoing charitably the hard yoke of that commission for vs wherefore Saint Iohn saith g 1 Ioh. 3.16 Hereby perceiue we the loue of God the Sonne because he laid downe his life for vs. And Saint Paul hauing most magnificently handled the mystery of the crosse of Christ It is saith he h Eph. 3.17 18 19. That yee being rooted and grounded in loue may be able to comprehend with all Saints what is the bredth and length and height and to know the loue of Christ which passeth knowledge that ye might be filled with all the fulnesse of God Hee could not take the measure either of his iustice or mercy of these two vnscrutable and vnmeasurable depths by any other thing than by the crosse of Christ than by Christ crucified sufficiently for all effectually for vs where one may reade in great Characters legible for all men be they neuer so short sighted both the infinite anger of God against sinne and his vnspeakable loue towards his creatures and cry out with the Apostle who handleth this point on the brim of these depths i Rom. 11.33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisedome and knowledge of God! how vnsearchable are his iudgements and his wayes past finding out Why then to know Christ crucified is a profound mystery an Art that goes farre And you must not hereafter wonder if the Apostle stands to it if with more reason hee detains vs in it But there is more for it is not an idle knowledge a hollow meditation but solide and actiue that carrieth its fruit in it selfe is neuer empty From the knowledge that it giues vs of our corruption and of Gods iustice it engendreth in vs a hatred of sinne which conuerts vs from our selues to him from our dead works to a better life from the knowledge of his mercy of his loue towards vs it kindleth in vs a loue towards him towards his word A loue that makes vs to compose all our actions and behauiour to the pleasure of his law A loue which seeing it selfe not able to doe any thing that may serue him or doe him good endeuoureth to become so much the more faithfull so much the more affectioned in that it feeles it selfe vnprofitable and therefore reflecteth it selfe vpon our neighbor vpon his image on all that beares his marke or stampe And that 's that which S. Iohn saith k 1 Ioh. 2.3 Hereby we doe know that wee doe know him if we keep his commandements On the contrary l 1 Ioh. 3.6 whosoeuer sinneth that is to say makes a trade of it hath not seene him neither knoweth him S. Paul also m 1 Thess 4.1 2 3 4. Yee know what commandements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus and what That euery one of you should know how to possesse his vessell in sanctification honor That euery one endeuour so to walke and to please God that he may abound more more not thinking it sufficient n 2 Cor. 4.14 16. That wee know that he which raised vp the Lord Iesus shall raise vs also by Iesus On the contrary For this cause we faint not but worke so that though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renued day by day And this is one of the euidences whereby we may know that we know Christ in effect The other followeth The loue towards God which manifesteth it selfe towards our brethren for our Sauior saith o Ioh 5.24 He that beleeueth on me is passed frō death to life But wilt thou know who he is We know saith S. Iohn p 1 Ioh. 3.14 16. that we haue passed from death vnto life because we loue the brethrē he that loueth not his brother abideth in death And againe Hereby perceiue we the loue of God because he laid downe his life for vs and we ought to lay downe our liues for the brethren For S. Paul tells vs also q 1 Cor. 13.2 Though I haue the gift of prophesie and vnderstand all mysteries and all knowledge and though I haue all faith so that I could remoue moūtains haue no charity I am nothing Charity is that knowledge of Iesus Christ and him crucified which his charity imprinteth in vs which we are to expresse towards our brethren not able to exercise it on him for what heat what light can a small candle yeeld vnto the Sun what loue what charity can wee render backe vnto Christ and notwithstanding he will esteeme it as his and make much reckoning of the good which we that are his impart vnto our brethren r Marth 10 42. Whosoeuer

and died for our offences and was raised againe for our iustification Amen A MEDITATION on PROVERBS 3.11 12. My Sonne despise not the chastening of the Lord neither be weary of his correction For whom the Lord loueth he correcteth euen as a father the sonne in whom he delighteth OVerwhelmed with griefe in my flesh oppressed with astonishment in my spirit with sorrow in my soule in danger to yeeld my selfe vnto the words of the vnaduised who vpon the redoubling of such rude blowes did murmure about me Where is now his God that God whom he did call vpon so oft my selfe to mutter between my teeth where are indeed those infinite bounties And wherefore hast thou sued mee as an aduersary hast made me a But to thy most rough arrowes I heare the wise man mildly saying My sonne despise not the chastening of the Lord neither be weary of his correction For whom the Lord loueth hee correcteth euen as a father the sonne in whom hee delighteth At this word I breathe a little and come by little little to my selfe this word as good strong Vinegar comforts my spirits restores my pulse brings me out of sounding restores life to my soule one drop of this soure sweet liquor on my tongue baked with griefe refresheth it changeth its blacknesse yea its language Why then began I to say to my soule this despaire will it change into hope From a Iudge O Lord whom I did dread thee and an angry Iudge shal I feele thee as a Father a louing Father shall it be then true that these rude chastisements are to mee signes of thy loue seales of mine adoption the earnest of my saluation and first-fruits of thy grace Therefore will I hold this liquor in my palate gargarise my mouth therewith that it may penetrate my heart go to the bottome of my soule for when men are afflicted it is from Gods hand in this hand will he be heard with this hand he speaketh And these afflictions are chastisements to his owne though punishments to others with the same hand he doth afflict them and heale them with the same rod he beats them downe and raiseth them vp beats downe the flesh raiseth the soule If you behold the wound its opening and the bloud he drawes from vs he seemes not much differing from an enemy if his soft hand if his tender affection if his wholesome intention seeing hee is thy Creator thy Redeemer how much doth he exceed any Surgeon be he neuer so much thy friend yea any father whatsoeuer And it is alwaies a great point for vs to consider that our afflictions come from God make a part of his prouidence For to omit that the creature ought to yeeld to the whole and soueraigne power of the Creator we doe yeeld so much to the power of a Prince and that without reply All-wise and iust that he is can he doe any thing either without reason or without iustice and are they not therefore either trials of our faith or chastisements of our sins yea all good that he is a louer of his creature can he doe ought but in goodnes in mercy which surpasseth all his works to the edificatiō therefore of his Church to our owne saluation for our profit saith the Apostle a Heb. 12.10 that we may be made partakers of his holinesse wee may profit in holinesse we may walke from faith to faith from obedience to obedience My son then saith the wise man despise not the chastening of the Lord. The wise man wise from elsewhere than from flesh and bloud inspired truly from God in this matter who teacheth vs here as his children and seeing that he is inspired from God God by his mouth teacheth vs as children of God Despise not saith he and who can despise this discipline as well may he ward his thunderbolts Who can be exempted from them decline his iurisdiction or eschew his censure It is therefore as much as if hee should say vndergoe it willingly take it in good part suppose it to be a lesson which he giues thee in his Schoole The slaue flies before his Master who feares more the scourge than his anger Doe not thou doe so childe that thou art feare more his anger than his rod feare more thy sin the cause of his anger than his anger it selfe But if he sheweth thee his rod humble thy selfe kisse it yea adore it A dore in thy God his benignity who daignes to visit thee whether in chastisement or in triall alwaies finds in thee too much matter of chastisement Tell him with Dauid b Psal 23.4 Thy rod and thy staffe they comfort me If he strike thee if hee cast a stone at thee he is thy shepheard thou wentst astray he sets thee in the way and therefore the wise man calls it discipline not punishment Discipline because by these afflictions hee keepes thee to schoole hee conformes thy motiōs thy actions to his holy word A discipline surely in his intention how rough soeuer it seemeth to thee because it tends wholly to thy instruction not to thy destruction A discipline also on thy part in its effect if thou takest well thy chastisement doest amend and returne more and more vnto him Take it therefore in good part husband it well for he addeth neither be weary of his correction Not onely despise it not but vndergoe it not for once but often if he redouble if he return often to it be not weary of it But truly who is not weary of the mildest reprehensions of his best friends and whose eares and head are not broken therewith Why then when God redoubleth his blowes on men and that with so heauie a hand who can subsist I but attend with patience and be not weary thereof Certes we haue the same reason both to suffer this chastisement to perseuere in this patience if we consider that it is God who continues it all iust all wise he doth it for our good who is all goodnesse all mercy And seeing we doe not complaine of the Physitian who purgeth vs at seuerall times nor of the Surgion who searcheth the wound and that oftē in a day though it be neuer without paine yea smarting paine when God dresseth our sinne an obstinate euill a mortall plague cleauing to our spirits yea to our marrow shall wee complaine if hee resumes the Launcer presseth the venome out applies at diuers times the searing iron or the cautere according as the vlcer threatens an issue or that the humour inciteth it selfe against the cataplasme according as we are and he knoweth vs redoubleth his visitation either with the Launcet or the Dose Be not therefore weary when the Lord doth correct thee why then what shall wee doe accustome our selues to Gods rod become lumpish or vnsensible But on the contrary God will haue thee to feele him to vnderstand him feele his blowes know the cause thereof feele thy selfe by them and woe vnto him that rouseth