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A01739	Tvvo sermons vpon 1. Peter 5. vers .8. and 9 Wherein is shewed that the diuell is to be resisted only by a stedfast faith, how soeuer he commeth either against soule or body: and that whosoeuer hath once attained the true and liuelie faith, it can neuer be vtterly lost, but he is sure to get the victorie. By M. George Giffard, Preacher of the worde of God at Mauldon in Essex.	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1597 (1597)	STC 11871; ESTC S112185	45,095	88

that the blind world is drowned in a carnall consolation they doe not soundly beleeue nor sensiblie consider what estate they be in They be but as drunken men who through exceeding drunkennesse passing towards horrible torments do not perceiue it nor regard it but are merie and laugh and sport themselues For they which are so merie and doe sport themselues so much in sinne and in carnall pleasures if they did knowe or aduisedly consider whither they be going and what remaineth for theÌ„ it would dampe all their mirth It is not the strong consolation which the holie Ghost speaketh of that they haue Theirs is but a drunken madnesse Such onlie as by a liuely faith doe feele the power of Christ in them mortifying and slaying sinne quickening them vnto righteousnesse and true holinesse euen to walke in the light and to bring forth the fruites and vertues of the spirite haue the strong consolation They bee assured that they be deliuered from hell and made heires of eternall glorie in as much as they know that God doth sanctifie none but those whome he doth glorifie But they doe alleage sundrie testimonies of the holie Scriptures by which they vndertake to prooue that the verie reprobate haue the true liuely and iustifying faith which they do vtterlie loose and likwise that the elect doe so fall that the same true and liuelie faith for a time is vtterlie quenched in them if it be so then all assurance is gone and with it there vanisheth away all strong consolation For if the true faith bee in the reprobate then cannot any man thus argue I haue the true liuely and sanctifying faith therefore I am chosen of God and sure to bee saued Neither can he say thus If I fall I shal rise againe for what is it that can assure him that he shall rise againe if some that haue the same true faith which he hath doe fal and neuer rise againe Let vs therfore consider what their proofes bee or testimonies vpon which they stande to prooue that the true faith may be vtterly lost In the olde Testament it is thus written But when the righteous doth turne away from his righteousnesse and commit iniquity and doth according to all the abominations which the wicked doth should he liue all his righteous deedes which he hath done shall not be remembred for his transgression in which hee transgresseth and for his sinne in which hee sinneth for these he shall die Ezech. 18.24 The Lord Iesus saith that there bee some which do beleeue for a time in time of temptation goe away Luk. 8 1â— Thou standest saith S. Paul by faith be not high minded but feare Rom. 11. ver 20. Also the same Apostle speaketh of some that made shipwrack of the faith 1. Tim. 1. vers 19. Hee that thinketh hee standeth let him take heed least he fall 1. Cor. 10. ver 12. Christ saith to the Angell of the Church of Ephesus Thou hast left thy first loue Reue. 2. ver 4. Take heede least anie man fall away from the grace of God Heb. 12. vers 15. And S. Peter doth speake of such as are like the dog that returneth to his vomite 2. Pet. 2. There be other places of scripture which they doe also alleadge to prooue that men that haue the true liuely faith may wholy loose it I will not stand to answere euery one particularlie but in generall and thus that whatsoeuer the word of God speaketh of falling froÌ„ grace of turning from the way of righteousnes or loosing the faith it is not to bee vnderstood of the grace of sanctification or of the true liuely iustifying faith but of that other faith which the holie scriptures doe speake of which the wicked may haue and of those graces which they also are after a sort made partakers of For this is sufficient for me to shewe that whosoeuer is once partaker of the liuelie faith he can neuer loose that faith hee can neuer perish for that being prooued it must needs be confesled that all the scriptures which they alleadge are to bee vnderstood not of that liuely faith or of those that be sanctified I am saith Christ the true vine and my father is an husbandman Euery branch in me that beareth not fruite he taketh away and euery branch in me that beareth fruite he purgeth that it may beare more fruit Ioh. 15. vers 1.2 Christ is the vine they which professe his name be the braÌ„ches These branches be of two sortes the one sort beareth no fruit the other sort beareth fruit Now let it bee demanded what are they which beare fruit It must needs be answered they be such as haue the true and liuely faith they be ingrafted into Christ and doe receiue as it were the sap or iuice of life from him Their faith is that which Saint Paule saith worketh by charity and therfore euery one that hath that faith beareth fruite Then who bee those branches that beare not fruite They be Christians in name and in profession otherwise he would not say Euerie branch in me that beareth not fruit They be after a sort grafted also into Christ in as much as they haue been baptized and doe professe to beleeue in him but their faith is but a dead faith otherwise it could not be saide that they beare no fruite By this we see it is euident that there is a difference of faith there is a fruitlesse or a dead faith and there is a faith which is liuely and cannot but worke Then see how we are to argue out of this place Euery branch that beareth fruit that is euery one that hath the true and liuely faith shall be purged that it may beare more fruit therefore not any one of the reprobate haue the liuely faith This consequence is cleere if wee consider that he saith Euerie branch that beareth fruit he purgeth not to take it afterward away but that it may bear more fruit For will they be so bold as to say thus Some branches that beare fruite shall bee taken out of the vine as well as the branches that beare no fruite Or thus Some branches that beare fruite shall be purged that they may beare more fruite but yet in the end they shall also bee taken out of the vine were not that a strange speech What difference or what a vaine difference were that which Christ maketh of the branches touching perseuerance in the vine if the fruitfull branches or any of them could be separated from it as well as the vnfruitfull howe doe they make Christ to speak It may be they wil say that the holy scripture speaketh somtimes vnsuersally wheÌ„ as yet exceptions in particulars are for to be admitted and so his saying doth stand true although some branches that haue born fruit be taken out of the vine and do perish I answere that this cauill is of no force heer because ourSauiour doth so speak vniuersallie that he also speaketh singularly He saith

praie swalloweth them vp vnto eternall captiuitie But there is great force in euerie worde to expresse vnto vs this danger and therfore I will handle them particularlie Your aduersarie Saint Peter propoundeth vnto vs an aduersarie and what doe men looke for at the handes of a deadly aduersarie but all the harme and mischiefe that he can worke them and therefore each man hath an eie to his aduersarie to beware of him that hee catch him not at any aduantage Now this aduersarie which is here propounded doth so burne in extreame hatred and malice against God and against all mankind that it is giuen vnto him as a proper name for in the Hebrue tongue he is called Satan which is as much as to say an aduersarie For he is the aduersarie as I may say of aduersaries or the chiefe of all other There is no way of reconciliation to be sought with him there is no truce to bee made nor yet any mitigation of his cruell furie to be looked for but we may be sure of all the mischiefe and harme that hee can any way doe vnto vs make full account of that There is no pittie or mercie with him neither is he any way to be trusted for he is a lyar he is a deceiuer hee is a Diuell Your aduersary the diuell As hee is called Satan in the Hebrew tongue so is he in the Greek tongue called Diabolos which we call Diuell it is as much as to say one that doth accuse one that with cauillation doth depraue lay crime Look what is best done that doth displease him most he is nothing but falshood and lies as I said heere is no trusting here is no way or hope of mitigation of his cruell rage But it may bee obiected seeing the multitudes of nations and people vpon the earth are so many how can one Diuell put all in danger for Saint Peter speaketh as it were but of one Diuell While he is in one countrie he cannot be in another and while hee is dealing with one man another then goeth free For answere vnto this we are to vnderstand that S. Peter speaketh as of one diuell not because he is but one for the holie scriptures do teach that there be multitudes and as it were Armies of Diuels which doe compasse vs about seeking our vtter destruction wee reade in the Gospell of a legion of Diuelles which did possesse one man as it is sayd they were manie But S. Peter heere speaketh as of one because there is but one kingdome of Satan one prince of darknesse that kingdome is not diuided Satan is not diuided against Satan as our Sauiour teacheth Mat. 12. They doe all deale in one busines one doth not enuy another one doth not hinder or let another but further what they can and so they ioyne all together as if they were all but one Diuel The bond which doth tie them togither in this consent is that cruell malice and hatred wherewith they burn both against God man So God may bee dishonored and blasphemed it pleaseth them by whomsoeuer it be done so men may bee brought to damnation they care not which of them preuaile most If one of them doe as it were halfe preuaile to cast downe a man to perdition and another do finish it vp they contend not who hath done most There needeth no praise or commendation in that kingdome to pricke any forward neither any threatning to the negligent all are caried with a vehement heat to do their vttermost There is no man free then from the assaults and temptations of Diuels they seeke to deuoure euery soule Let no man imagine that hee can bee drunken in minde and so lie asleepe and yet be free from danger He that will escape must be sober and watch for a multitude of Diuelles compasse vs about It is sayd further As a roring Lyon We are very fast asleep if this roaring cannot awake vs and cause vs to be sober and watch especiallie if we consider why he is said to roare It is written Psal 104. vers 21. The Lyons roaring after their praie doe seeke their meate at God Wherby it doth appeare that the Lyons being very hungrie and greedy they roare after their praie and therfore to expresse how greedily Satan doth hunt after the soules of men how hungry he is for to deuour them he is likened vnto a roaring Lyon which seeketh his praie This comparison sheweth that hee is verie terrible for a Lyon is a mighty beast and being so hungrie and greedie that hee roareth for the praie it much increaseth the terror The diuel then is here set forth vnto vs to be mightie in as much as he is likened to a Lyon and verie hungry greedy in deuouring the soules of men in that he is likened to a roaring Lyon Who then that is wise wil make himself druÌ„ken in mind with cares and pleasures and lie sleeping when such a terrible enemie seeketh to deuour him And now it may be demaunded what is the cause that the holy Ghost doth set him foorth vnto vs to bee so mighty and so terrible the cause is manifest wee are secure we are negligent we are ready to sleep our minds are ouerwhelmed and drowned in all lustes and carnall pleasures as if there were no danger at all such is our extreame madnesse And that is the cause why the Scripture in other places also describeth the diuell to bee so horrible Saint Paule calleth the Diuels Empires and powers the rulers of the darknesse of this worlde and spiritual wickednes in the high places And sheweth that the Diuelles haue their fierie dartes with which they seek to pearce through slay the souls of men Ephe 6. ver 12.16 What a dreadful monster is he set foorth to be Reu. 12. Hee is not only likened to a dragoÌ„ but also a most huge gret one yea so moÌ„strous great that he casteth forth a floud of waters out of his mouth his tail casteth down the third part of the stars of heauen He is not only a most monstrous great Dragon but also fiery red burning with hatred with crueltie blood Full of deep subtilties for he hath seuen heads Very mighty as hauing ten hornes One that hath as a victorious Prince often conquered the nations of the world for he hath seuen crownes What a terror is set foorth in all these a hungrie roaring Lyon mightie powers with fierie dartes a most monstrous fierce Dragon full of subtiltie crueltie and power Is heer any place to be drunken and to sleepe doth it not stand vs vpon to be sober and to watch vnlesse we account it a small matter to fall as a praie into the pawes of this roaring Lyon to haue our soules pearced through wounded to death with his fierie dartes and to be swallowed vp into the bellie of this Dragon and with him to be cast into the lake of fire which is the second death Reuel 20. ver 14.

doe them by witches and sorcerers Is there now no meanes to resist him but by faith To answere to this question first it is to bee graunted that the diuels doe indeed delight to torment and to hurt man any way And withal we see it plainlie taught in the scriptures that he hath had powwer and leaue sometimes graunted vnto him so for to hurt As it was granted vnto him to destroy Iobs goods some by fire and some taken away by robbers to kill his children and then to plague him in his body with most grieuous sores Wee read of many in the Gospell whose bodies were possessed with diuelles and whome hee did torment in verie grieuous maner And we must know withall that when he doth hurt in the bodie or in the goods his chiefe drift and practise is thereby to destroy both body and soule and so he may make it a meane to win the soule hee will cease for to hurt the body seeming as if he were expelled We read in the Gospell of two possessed with diuels and Iesus casting forth the Diuels they besought him to giue them leaue to enter into an hearde of swine hee gaue them leaue they entered and caried the whole learde of swine headlong from a steepe place into the sea and drowned them Math. 8. What was the purpose of those Diuelles what was their desire Was it no more then for to destroy the poore dumbe beastes Yes verely they had a further reach a deeper practise This it was they sought to bring Christ into hatred with the men of that region among whom hee was nowe come and why but euen that they might not heare him bringing the word of life They knewe that those men were worldly minded and that the losse of their hogges woulde grieue them sore and that they had rather be without Christ then that hee should bring them such losse And so it came to passe for the men of that citie came forth and entreated him to depart out of their coastes Here was a craftie conueyance and so Satan whensoeuer he obtayneth power to hurt the body of man his cattell or goods it is not without some great subtiltie of a further and a greater mischiefe which he seeketh to worke Then further we may bee sure that it is all one whether he come of himselfe or be sent by a witch For I take it none will be so simple as to imagine that if hee haue power to hurt that he will lie still and not hurt vnlesse hee be sent by some man or woman And if hee haue not leaue granted him from God no mortal creature can giue him power to touch the body or cattell of a man Howsoeuer he commeth wee must knowe it is the Lorde GOD of heauen that hath sent him euen as hee gaue him leaue to deale with Iob. Then it must needs follow that there is no power for to resist him withall but the power of God and there is no way to be armed with that power but onelie by faith If there bee no way to withstand Satan but by the power of God as it is most wicked to denie and through faith onelie man is armed with that power what other way or meanes can there bee to resist him There was a child possessed with a Diuell the father brought him to the Disciples of Christ that they might cast him out but they could not Iesus cast him out Then the Disciples did aske him why they coulde not cast him out Hee said vnto them because of your vnbeleefe This kind saith he goeth not out but by prayer fasting Math. 17. Where wee see that the diuel tormeÌ„ting the body is to be cast out by faith yea by a strong faith which is to bee assisted with fasting and prayer But what if the diuell say some afflicting the bodie or destroying the goods cannot be remooued by faith or withstood shall not men then seeke to remooue him or to withstande him some other wayes As wee are taught by experience that the diuell possessing the bodie of some man woman or child and tormenting the same prayer hath been vsed and that very often and yet no remedie hath beene found but by other meanes he hath been expelled Yea some haue been of that minde that God hauing giuen Satan power to touch their bodies their children or their goods they would seeke no further but to God saying that as hee had giuen him power so when it should please him hee woulde restraine him and thereupon they would rest but in the ende they haue beene glad to vse other meanes God hath appointed meanes and they tempt God that refuse them If a man be fallen into a ditch and lie still praying God helpe mee Lord help me and doth not stir to clime out hee may he long enough If there be meanes by which the diuell is driuen out why should not men vse them seeing we may suppose that God hath appointed those meanes To answere vnto these thinges we may first consider that the Lord God for the triall of their faith and patience doth giue leaue to Satan to afflict his children This is for their good What should I vse any proofe for this but the exemple of Iob He was throughlie tried Now seeing it was the will of God that he should so be tried both for his owne good and for the instruction of many others though his faith were a right strong faith yet in this thing it did not repell Satan but he had power giuen him to touch his goods children and body And so we may hold it vndoubtedly that if God will giue power or leaue vnto Satan to touch the bodie the children or the goods of any faithfull man for such a purpose as this was in Iob faith doth not remooue him from so afflicting but faith in those so for a time afflicted doth resist him so that hee doth not nor cannot preuaile against the soule That is enough for vs. Such a man is to submit himselfe to the chastisement of God for his trial If Satan cannot be remooued from hurting him in those outward thinges which are of lesse value let him hold fast that he resist him by faith so that hee win not his soule and he is well the Lord God will in his good time deliuer him from that other calamitie Let him knowe it is for his good that he is so chastised The woman of Canaan Math. 15. was a woman of a wonderfull faith for Christ saith I haue not found so great faith in Israell and yet the Diuell did torment her daughter She did not seeke any other meanes but sought out Christ and obtained of him to haue the Diuell cast out which did so grieuously torment her child This was for her triall and she did for the time endure it resisting the diuell so mightilie by faith that he could not preuaile against her soule Moreouer the diuell hath power giuen vnto him to afflict some and to plague

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