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A64251	Peter his repentance shewing, among other things, these two points for edification I. what weakenes remaines in Gods owne children, especially in times of triall and danger, and to, what little cause they have to trust their hearts, or be confident of themselves, but get to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. II. what is the power of Gods grace and covenant, for renewing His children by repentance, and so, what encouragement they have to return after every fall, and goe on in their course of watchfulnesse, humiliation, prayer, and magnifying of Jesus Christ / by Dr. Thomas Taylor.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1653 (1653)	Wing T569; ESTC R20311	101,739	76

slaine then so great and godly a King stayned in his honour and reputed an Adulterer seldome can Satan draw on a great sinne without some false glasse or glosse we must therefore attend to the mouth of God walke in the paths of his wisedome and turn not aside for shewes remember Prov. 3. 5. trust to the Lord and leane not to thine owne wisedome and ver 6. In all thy wayes acknowledge the Lord and he will direct thy steps Vse 4. Lastly here is a notable rule to be observed in friendship examine the love thou shewest to thy friend by the love of God 1. Take heed thy love be subordinate to the love of God that if thou canst not please both thy friend be not pleased with Gods displeasure Mat. 10. 37. He that loveth Father and Mother better then me is not worthy of me nay he that hateth them not Luke 14. 26. so did not Peter he should first have loved Christ as his Lord and then as his friend had he done so he would have kept his word 2. Love the Word better then thy friend Peter should have stucke to the word and not to Christs Person 3. See thy love to thy friend be not preposterous that thy affection destroy him not here Peters friend helpes forward his sin though perhaps unawares The subtilty of Satan creepes into our friendship and fellowships that by our improvidence we instead of helping and loving them hurt them more then the Enemies could doe We must pray for wisedome and judgement that neither willingly nor unawares we either councell or lead them into any sin or uphold any sin in them or hinder in them any good But contrarily become true friends to their Soules it is lamentable that a Father should discourage the Child the Husband the Wife c. from piety and religion or that they should abet evill or counsell or draw one another to ev●l as there is the greatest hatred so ordinarily it ends in most bitter hatred Warming himselfe by the Fire WEE have seene Peter gotten into the Hall of the high Priest What is he doing there she saw Peter warming himselfe Three of the Evangelists make mention of this circumstance John 18. 18. expresseth also his company the high Priests servants and officers stood c. who had made a fire of Coals for it was cold and they warmed themselves and Peter also stood among them and warmed himselfe Luke 22. 56. Peter sat by the fire and warmed himselfe We need take no notice of that small diversity one of the Evangelists says he stood another he sat warming himselfe both are true for in so long time he somtimes stood sometimes sat warming himselfe as they did Concerning the Company of Peter he found a great change instead of Christ and his Apostles teaching hearing conferring praying confirming one another against Temptations and provoking to the love of the Lord he is among a company of Rackshels and prophane Serving-men of the high Priest who are at busie against Christ as their Master and all their tongues and talke bent against Christ which was now the businesse in hand and Peter if he will be safe among them must frame himselfe unto them Had he beene in the Mountaine or in the Temple or in his owne House with his Master his exercise had bin otherwise but now he is in the Pretory of the Jewes and in the House of the high Priest where Christ indeed was but taken and bound and mockt accused and condemned no safe place to confesse the truth and what can he doe there but deny Note How soone even Gods children are corrupted with wicked Company even Peter a great and forward Disciple of Christ full of zeale and courage who will pray professe and immediately before draw the Sword in Christs quarrell within two or three houres afore with Christ and his fellow Disciples now can deny among persecutors Great is the force of wicked Company to pervert even a godly minde how easily was good Abraham brought to make a lye for his owne safety as Peter did here when he was in Gerar where the feare of God was not Gen. 20. 2. How easily a good man may be brought to Sweare through custome and continuance with evill persons see in godly Joseph who dwelt in Egypt and could swear by the life of Pharaoh Reason 1. A pronenesse in godly men to be withdrawne by evill Company as the body to be infected by a Pestilentiall ayre so the minde by the contagion of bad company it appeareth by the phrase Prov. 1. 15. When evill men entice thee c. withdraw thy foot from their path drawing backe the foot argues an inclination and propensity even in the Son of Wisdome to walke with them And Chap. 4. ver 14. advising to keepe the way of Wisdome as life it selfe as a meanes to hold in the right way he counselleth not to enter the way of wicked men nor walke in their way and to acquaint us with our owne inclination that way● marke his vehemency ver 15. Avoid it goe not by it turne from it passe by it What need so many repetitions if we were not prone to the lust of it Reas. 2. There is a bewitching focr● in evill company to draw even a good minde beyond his owne purpose and resolution Doe you thinke Peter had a purpose now to deny his Master whose purpose immediately before was so strong against it but now suddenly in other company he is another man Wherefore else did the Lord so earnestly charge his own People among whom he had done such marvailes as were not done in all the world Exod. 34. 10. to looke diligently to themselves to make no compact with the people of the Land least they should be brought to utter departing from God and to their most grosse Idolatry ver 12. 15. Numb 11. 4. that great sinne of Lusting so fearfully revenged was begun by some Strangers that came out of Egypt who fell a lusting and turned away and the children of Israel also lusted and hence it is as impossible for a man to be still in the Sun and not be ●and or touch Pitch and not be fouled as to be still in evill Company and not be evill Vse 1. For Gods Children to avoyd and separate themselves from sinners society the danger of infection leaves it not a thing indifferent for a man to choose any Company but as necessary to avoyd sinne it selfe so the company of sinners can there be true fellowship with God and his enemies too Motive 1. What agreement between darknesse and light and between righteousnesse and unrighteousnesse 2 Cor. 6. 16. what delight for a Sheep among a herd of Swine 2. Every mans company tels what he is a good man may be cast into evill company by occasion or improvidence as Peter and be none of them but as the company he affecteth and seeketh is so is he Ravens flocke together by companies so doe

with conscience of our owne infirmities and drives out to the spirit of strength and fortitude 3. It restaines us from evill as the Midwives Exod. 1. 17. and Joseph Ge● 39. 9. and Job c. 1. 1. 4. It hath all the Promises made good to it of prosperity and blessednesse Blessed is he that feareth alwayes Prov. 28. 14. We proceed Ver. 30. Jesus said unto him verily I say unto thee this day even this night before the Cocke crow twice thou shalt deny me thrice OVR Saviour perceiving the corruption of Peter notably checkes and reproves it in this verse with this asseveration Verily I say Wherein 1. He admonisheth Peter of his fall thou shalt denie me 2. He gives him a signe by which he shall take knowledge Cocke crow twice 3. The time this day even this night double for certainty 4. The determinate number of fals or denials deny me thrice As if he had said otherwise thus Oh Peter thou attributest and ascribest too much to thine owne strength and knowest not the present danger for verily I say unto thee the more seriously I speake it the more neerly it concernes thee to consider it that thou who art confident above all thy fellowes and thou who singlest thy selfe as more constant unto me then all the rest even thou Peter shalt denie me Besides that thou shalt flye away from me with the rest thou shalt denie me thou shalt deny me that ever thou knowest me or ever hadst any reference or dependence on me and thou shalt doe this this night thou sayest thou wilt never at any time doe so but thou shalt this present day doe it while yet thy promise is yet in thy mouth and thou canst not well forget it I many dayes and nights thou mightest forget me or thy promise but even this day this night shall not passe till thou hast denyed me And that thou mayest consider the truth of this my Prediction both before and after it is come to passe I will give thee a signe or marke as a remembrance betweene us Before the Cocke crow twice A Cocke ordinarily crowes two times iu one night 1. About midnight called Gallicinium 2. Towards morning called Colicinium Both times after But before the morning Cocke crow or before the Cocke have done that crow thou shalt perceive the truth of my words and the vanity of thine own And because thou hast more confidently boasted of thy strength then all the rest of my Disciples thou shalt more shamefully fall then all the rest for thou shalt not content thy selfe to deny me once but in that small time thou shalt deny me thrice and that in such a manner as now thou wouldest scorn to hear but thou shalt not shame to doe John 2. 25. He knew what was in man Whence Note 1. The Divinity of Jesus Christ who knew things to come in the particular circumstances he foretels a fact which Peter must presently doe while he is even protesting against it and thinkes it most unlikely and impossible he discovereth the time the manner the repetition how often and all circumstances by which he is distinguished and discerned from all creatures and false Gods Isaiah 41. 23 26. Bring forth your Gods let them tell us what is to come Men may see events as Peter did this but Christ foreseeth them men see imperfectly by consequents and effects Christ seeth and knoweth by the causes he soundeth the depth of Peters heart which Peter himselfe could not gage he saw the backe and deceitfull corners of it and discerned how it must needs serve him being left a while of Grace Vse 1. To live in his sight with feare and trembling to whom all our wayes are knowne long before no sin we can commit but it is foreseen as Peters was his eyes are upon the wayes of man Prov. 5. 21. for as there is no sinne committed but the eye of the Conscience is upon it above a thousand witnesses so there is none to be committed but the eye of the Lord is upon it which is above a thousand Consciences Vse 2. Never thinke to carry sinne so close but it shall come to reckoning Luke 12. 2. Nothing is so covered which shall not be revealed no darknesse can hide the workes of darknesse as the Prophet to Gehezi Did not my spirit goe with thee so doth not the eye of the Judge goe with thee Ez●ch 35. 12. Thou shalt know the Lord hath heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the Mountaines of Israel so thou shalt know the eye of the Judge hath seene all thy drunkennesse the times places manner how often so thou blasphemer thou railer thou de●ier of good men shalt know to thy cost and torment yea Men and Angels shall know Lastly Christ is as ready to take notice of the least good to reward it 1 King 14. 13. the little good in Abjah mentioned and recompenced Note 2. The humanity and meeknesse of our Lord and Saviour Peter had already grievously sinned in contradicting his Lord in despising the Prophetical word in advancing himselfe presumptuously against the expresse word yet our Lord is not severe in rebuking nor so sharpe in checking or reproaching him as he had deserved but patiently heares him passeth by the infirmity and onely most lovingly and plainly forewarns him of his present danger not reproaching him for future denials 1. Our Lord breakes not the bruised Reed nor quencheth a smoaking weke 2. The Spirit in Peter even in the midst of infirmity making request for him gets a cover and acceptance 3. There was a graine of Faith and sparke of love in Peters heart which was more in Christs eye then all his frailty the Lord in mercy looks more on his worke in us then ours against him 4. Christ was now to leave them as weaklings and children which was griefe eno●gh to them and would not so much discourage them especially at this time measuring the tryall they were to undergoe 5 He saw them now out growing their weaknesses and therefore thought fitter to beare with them for a time there was a good worke begun which himselfe was to perfect and it is notably exprest in John 13. 37. setting downe the Story thou canst not follow me now but hereafter shalt follow me namely in bearing crosses and suffering to the death hereafter when the Spirit is come to strengthen the● Vse Which must be a patterne of our imitation on the like grounds to provoke our selves to meeknesse gentlenesse towards our Brethren offending if we must reprove let them see our love if we can spy the least good in them let that qualifie our heat for the present if we cannot spy any for the present hope what they may be they may receive the Spirit and outgrow the weaknesses How ever we should not forget our Saviours meeknesse nor that our selves may be tempted as Peter nay to good for evill The Woman of Canaan refuseth him

perill when so great a Disciple as Peter before any great danger so resolutely denyeth him Reas. 1. Satans malice he winnowes and tempts Peter here and the Saints to plucke them from this confession because he knoweth that God is greatly honoured by the confession of his Servants That the truth is notably confirmed which shakes the Wals and foundation of this Kingdome That confessing him before men notably incites and provokes others to the love and likeing of the truth and to the imitation of such holy examples and because he would hinder the happinesse of Saints well knowing that 〈◊〉 that denyeth Christ shall be denyed of him Reas. 2. Strength of corruption in us makes it very hard at such times 1. How hard is it to deny our selves and not denying our selves we cannot but deny him we not onely reason with flesh and blood but conclude with flesh and blood against the yoke of Christ Paul communed not with flesh and blood Gal. 1. 16. 2. How doe we blush at the Chaine and shame at the Crosse of Christ which indeed is the glory and crowne of a Christian he that is ashamed of Christ how can he confesse him 2 Tim. 1. 12. I suffer these things and am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed one cause why many among the Rulers beleeved and durst not confesse Christ was because they feared to be cast out of the Synagogue John 12. 42. 3. How are we glued to the love of the profits and glory of the World loth we are to be too great losers by Christ much lesse forsake all to follow him this maketh it hard to confesse Christ in cases of losse and disadvantage this cause is in John 12. 43. the Rulers confessed not Christ whom they knew because they loved the praise of men more then the praise of God Demas would not have his commodityes hindred and so forsooke the Apostles 2 Tim. 4. 10. Reas. 3. Weaknesse of faith and graces Peter had now true faith in his heart but weake and raked up in a heape of corruptions where is no faith is no confession a strong faith a strong confession Peter was now as a man in a sowne or qualme living but little shew or sense of life Nicodemus a Beleever a lover of Christ his faith made him come to Christ but the weaknesse of it made him speake little and low and not directly for him Joseph of Arimathia a Disciple and a Beleever but a secret one for fear of the Jewes John 19. 38. Vse 1. Conceive it no easie thing to confesse Christ in tryall nor a thing to be performed by our owne power but pray for the gift of the Spirit called the Spirit of strength Isa. 11. 2. which sustaineth us no cause shall daunt it 2. Pray for wisedome when and how to confesse that the Lord opening our eyes aud mouthes we may speak as we ought 3. Pray for Faith Psalme 116. I beleeved therefore I spake Rom. 10. 10. with heart beleeve 2. Resolve of the nec●ssity of confessing Christ being called thereto 1 Peter 3. 15. be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh a reason of the hope that is in you Philippians 2. 10. Every tongue must confesse Jesus Christ is the Lord to the glory of God Arg. 1. Consider here first the end of our being in the World to honour God and his truth and promote our owne and others salvation therefore not onely not deny but confesse 2. The excellency of the truth confessed and witnessed unto not by us onely but by the whole Trinity the blessed Augels the holy Prophets the inspired Apostles and constant Martyrs in all ages 3. It is Gods right thou shouldest confesse him even to thy utmost perill to whom thou art given of the Father by whose blood redeemed whose peculiar thou art how couldest thou brooke that servant to whom thou payest Wages that being ashamed of thee would deny thee his Master 4. Christians must be considered not onely as private men but in the communion of Saints glorifying the Gospell not onely by walking worthy of it but also suffering for it as lights not for it selfe but for others 5. Thou wouldest not be denied of him hereafter but desirest he should acknowledge thee in another life but if we deny him he will deny us 2 Tim. 2. 12. 6. Conversion produceth confession as in the converted Thiefe and confession is accompanied with salvation Rom. 10. 10. with the mouth confesse to salvation onely this man is of God 1 John 3. 4. 7. Thou canst not but confesse Christ nor keepe Faith at home it is as fire within and Christ saith He that is not with us is against us Quest. How shall I be able to confesse Christ in trials Answ. 1. Settl●●hy selfe in a sound knowledge and judgement of the truth unstable persons that hang between two Religions as Meteors will never abide the triall If trials should come many of our ordinary Hearers for want of setlednesse of judgement and sound measure of knowledge will prove as Potters Clay fit for any forme or as Wax ready for any stamp or impression so Meteors between two Religions enemies to Confession 2. Get sound love to the Truth else God will send strong delusions to beleeve lyes on them that receive not the truth in the love of it 2 Thes. 2. 10 11 12. 3. Expresse the power of Religion now in dayes of peace for he that denyeth the power of Religion now in the time of peace God will never give him the honour to professe in time of persecution he that will deny by a warme fire will deny more easily in a fiery triall 4. Arme thy selfe against the sweet and sower the best and worst of the world beware of preferring of the best things as better and sweeter then Christ and the glory of heaven God is not so prodigal of his glory nor of the gracious merits of Christ as to bestow it on such as love earth better then himselfe or his Sonne neither gaze with both eyes upon outward things never so little but on the power of God which is manifest in weaknesse 5. Set thine eye upon the glory of being confessed by Christ before his Father and his Angels oh this my servant was more willing to dye for me then deny me and the terrour and disgrace that Christ should deny us when our own consciences are up in armes against us then he shall proclame and disclame us in that we preferred every trifle before himselfe c. 6. Looke on examples of Saints keeping the profession without wavering in losses and crosses Heb. 10. joyfully enduring the spoyling of Goods Pauls life not deare compare thy selfe with these c. Then he went out into the Porch and the Cocke crew PETER having denyed his Lord beginneth to perceive himselfe in some danger for he seeth that better then his sinne and seeing it was not safe for him to be there he

fault in that Herod would not let go Herodias Vse 3. In use of meanes still to depend on Gods blessing that he would open the ear and accompany his word with his blessed Spirit for the hearing eare is from him Job 33. 14. God speakes once or twice and one sees it not till he open the eares of men which were sealed ver 10. God hath spoken not once but a thousand times amongst you but a number of tuffe corruptions in the heart are like ear-wax which stops that the voyce cannot enter in This is the cause that many are like the Fish in the Sea who lives in salt Water but without all taste of Saltnesse A setled ministry is like the salt of the earth under which many live without any seasoning because they neglect the higher teaching even the spirit of truth that must lead them into all truth John 16. 2. Externall meanes to bring Peter to acknowledgement of his sin Christs looking backe upon him non oculo exteriore sed oculo clementiae By this looking backe of Christ we must not conceive a bar turning of his face or eye upon Peter nor an extraordinary looke or countenance for Christ also set his eyes upon Judas when he came to apprehend him and on Pilate sitting ready to sentence him and on the Jewes stoning him who were never the better by Christs looking upon them but with his looke he adjoyned a gracious and secret efficacy of his blessed spirit The very lookes of Christ was a most real and effectual Sermon to Peters heart the tongue of Christ was now otherwise employed in defence of his innocency and putting of the malitious accusations of the wicked Jewes but the eyes of Christ silently speake unto Peter after this manner oh Peter dost thou thus persist in denyall of me thy Lord where is thy faith thy fidelity thy love thy great promises of not forsaking me have I made thee of a poore Fisher a chiefe Follower of me to this end is it not enough that thy eyes see me despised and refused among mine enemyes but thou must also deny and refuse me oh Peter these vex my Body but thou my mind thy unkindenesse is greater to me then theirs and thus the Lord might take up the complaint Psal. 142. 4. I looked on my right hand and behold there was none that would know me all refuge failed me and none cared for my Soule he looked for no great helpe on his left hand among his Enemyes for even his dearest friends and Disciples on his right hand failed him and knew him not Note 1. Christ hath an eye of grace and favour for his People in all sad cases I have surely seen the affliction of my People in Egypt Exod. 3. 7. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole Earth to shew himselfe strong in the behalfe of them whose heart is perfect towards him 2 Chron. 16. 9. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his eares are open unto their cry Psal 34. 15. Reas 1. His heart is upon them continually and then no wonder if he have a loving eye toward them because where the heart loves the eye lookes and is loth to be taken off as it was said of the Temple 1 King 9. 3. mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually 2. Is there not a cause Peters case in the Text tels us that even a good Soule needeth Christs looking to it that so it may recover out of every fall and stand in termes of favour with God all meanes else without a gracious aspect from Heaven will never keep us tyte in the course of true piety 3. When all is well with the soule in respect of grace and gracious conformity to the will of God yet there needs a good looke from Christ in respect of sound comfort which is the light and life of the Soule The loving kindnesse of God is better then life and if he hide his face a little the good Soule is soone troubled Psal. 30. 7. Vse 1. Which may marvelously chear and refresh the spirit of Gods people in all sad cases that go over them from time to time and not onely in afflictions or persecutions for righteousnesse sake but in all their foyles and fals into sin wherewith their righteous soules are much troubled and sometimes ready to sinke into despaire yet remember for your comfort that the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity lookes also unto him that is poore and of a contrite Spirit to revive the heart of the contrite ones and when such doe most put away comfort as too good for them he will restore comforts to the Mourners Vse 2. If Christ have an eye to thee in all thy sad cases doe thou ever remember to keepe thine eye open unto him yea both thine eyes First an eye of Faith to wait for the gracious issue he will please to give out of all thy trials Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord say with the Church in their proverbial speech In the Mount the Lord will see and be seene What if the visi●n stay beyond thy time in hastinesse prefixed for deliverance yet in due time it will speake and not lye Still therefore make use of thy Faith which is the evidence of things not seene and the foundation of things hoped for Secondly the eye of Obedience still keepe close to him in Dutie whether he deliver or no still have respect to all his commandements remember how the promise runs to keep thee in thy wayes and in these ways be sure he will take his time and the best time to grant deliverance or any mercy thou wantest He is a God of judgement and waites to be gracious to his People and blessed are they that in his owne way waite for him Isa. 30. 18. Vse 3. Lastly if God have ever an eye of love to his People then wo be to his and their enemies his eye of jealousie is set against them to root out and destroy as the Egyptians marching against Israel Exod. 14. 24. The Lord looked on their Host and troubled them So in Psal. 11. 6. 7. Vpon the wicked he shall raine snares fire and brimstone and an horrible tempest this shall be the portion of their cup why for the righteous Lord loveth rightousnesse his countenance doth behold the upright it is time therfore for such to humble themselvs before God and his people and take the Counsell which Pilates Wife gave him have thou nothing to doe against that just man Note 2. Peter was now at a very low Water both in respect of sin and danger not knowing well which way to turne himselfe and now his Lord lookes backe upon him so to turne the streame againe The Lord many times lets his People be brought into a very low estate and then turnes their captivity for them Zachariah 3. 2. The state of godly men is to be as brands