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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13405	Selfe-satisfaction occasionally taught the citizens in the lecture as St. Magnes neere London-bridge. By Francis Tayler, M. of A. and pastour of Clapham.	Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656.	1633 (1633)	STC 23717; ESTC S107523	37,254	60

which oftentimes brings shame because men hope for that they neuer attaine Rom. 5.2.5 But this hope of the glory of God following iustification maketh not ashamed for such persons neuer misse of that they hope for Thus many strings hath a good man to his bow and euery one helpes to further his selfe-satisfaction If a threesold cable cannot be easily broken how shall an eightfold So many graces of Gods Spirit linked together in one soule cannot but make it able to satisfie it selfe if need bee without helpe of others For each of these hath his seuerall force and therefore as being ioyned together they are the stronger so each one putting forth his owne vigour what cannot be done by one is done by another As the Physitian ioynes many things in one potion that what one thing cannot helpe another may so God ioynes many graces in a good mans soule that where one grace cannot giue him satisfaction for the present another may There is not any truth of GOD so vndeniable but many things may bee yea many things haue beene by erronious spirits obiected against it So this truth of GOD so honourable to God and so comfortable to man hath not wanted many engines to batter it yet it will stand inuincible First Obiect 1 it hath beene obiected that Gods seruants haue beene so farre from giuing satisfaction to themselues that they haue beene glad to begge of others food and other necessaryes for their satisfaction So Dauid was faine to send to Nabal for food for himselfe and his men and was shamefully denied 1. Sam. 25.4 c. So Lazarus was forced to begge of the Rich-man the crummes that fell from his Table and was cruelly starued by his denyall Luke 16.21 A man would thinke that Nabal were better able to giue himselfe satisfaction then Dauid and the Rich-man then Lazarus How can this stand with selfe satisfaction I answere a good man may bee without many outward comforts but yet hee hath an internall contentation Answer which hee can oppose against all outward wants and vphold himselfe against them all If Dauid haue none of Naballs victualls yet he and his men shall bee prouided for If Lazarus dye for lacke of the Rich-mans crummes yet hee dyes contentedly and is by Angells conuayed to eternall happinesse There bee many things which a good man hath not but there is nothing which hee wants For he that is well contented with what hee hath Diues a Dinus quia vt Deus nihil indigere videtur Varro de ling. Lat. lib. 4. Locuples est qui paupertati suae aptus est et paruo se diuitem fecit Sen. ep 108. cannot bee said to want any thing that hee hath not A Rich-man therefore that hath enough for all vses is called in Latine Diues from Diuus a God because like to God hee seemes to stand in need of nothing Let Seneca the heathen man tell how a poore man may be rich and a man of a meane estate wealthy He is wealthy whose mind is fitted to his pouerty and who hath made himselfe rich hauing but small possessions If a heathen man could thus teach a poore man how to make himselfe rich much more may the Scriptures informe him Who counts the Apostles of our Lord and Sauiour poore though they had forsaken all and followed Christ when hee sees how rich they were in fayth and miracles but especially in sweet contentment Let S. Paul speake for the rest Hôs mêden echon●es c●i pania cat●chontes 2 Cor. 6.10 and say what the Apostles were as hauing nothing and yet possessing all things Shall we count the Angels and blessed Spirits in heauen poore because they haue no meate nor drinke nor apparrell The Saints had more apparrell when they were on earth and more food yet they were much poorer then they are now in heauen where they haue none But to mount vp to the example of examples who can deny God himselfe to be rich For euery beast of the Forrest is his Psame 50.10 and the cattell vpon a thousand hills All men receiue all their treasures from him yet he himselfe heapeth vp no gold nor siluer A good man then that is most like God of all his creatures somewhat resembles his Maiesty in this that he can be rich although he lay vp no money His internall contentment makes him wealthy although externall things flow not in so plentifully to him as vnto others Secondly it may bee obiected Obiect 2 that good men in their passions doe by their words and outward gestures declare that they are not internally satisfied The trembling of their bodies doth in imminent perills bewray the feare of their mindes The teares issuing out of their eyes in calamityes falne vpon them publisheth to others the greefe of their harts How far then are these from selfe-satisfaction We deny not Answer but a good man may be troubled with greefe or feare for a time He hath not changed his nature but is as sensible of misery as he was before His body is as tender his heart as melting as any mans els Besides the same substance of nature which likes not to be afflicted he hath the same corruption of nature in some part remaining which makes him too sensible of worldly vnkindnesses and too lyable to Satans temptations and wiles No maruaile then if at some time the Diuell doe beguile him and vrge him so that he shew forth his imperfections to the world and his discontent vnto his neyghbours But yet wee say though the troubled channell of his owne imperfections clog his heart for a time yet is there pure water of Gods grace therein sufficient to giue him satisfaction without going to other mens riuers if he doe but recollect his owne forces he hath matter enough to satisfie him within him although his troubled spirit cannot discerne for the present how to vse it A while after when his passion is as an ague fit vanished away then can he by meditation recall his wandring thoughts bring them into order and settle them by the helpe of his patience and innocency and other forenamed vertues lodged in his owne brest by the finger of God So then for all this bullet the fort of selfe-satisfaction cannot be pierced Thirdly Obiect 3 it is obiected a godly man cannot subsist neither naturally nor spiritually in this life without the helpe of Gods creatures If he want food he will be starued If he want drinke he will be choaked If he want apparell he will be chilled to death What needed God to haue made so many creatures for mans vse if they were able to giue satisfaction to themselues For his spirituall state what comfort could he haue to come into Gods Church if water in baptisme did not assure him of the pardon of his sinnes What hope could he haue of heauen if Bread and Wine in the Lords supper did not assure him that Christ dyed for him and that by fayth in