crcpH^ m M 0^9 Ijs erfaper\yej]h 5 joins Salomon in de* iiitjs fuit ? (s >' for fit an ideb corruit: Who of all the Saints was ever crowned without a combat ? Seeke.and thou fhalc finde , that every one of them fuffered aduerfities } oaely Salomon was lulled in delights, and therefore/wrWrehee perifhed. It is Hut F orsi ta nfiercbanie he perifhed. His booke called Eeckjiaftes, or the Treacher y argueth hisrepentance, andperfwa- dethmeof hisremijftbn and /dotation with the Lord. And why might not Salomon in his time be^S many in our time are> inwardly in cpn/cience for &nn&affk£ied ? Its true ; thcjlone hath no honourable place ma faire building vn leflfe it be much beweaznd hammered ; neither can weetheliuely/?o»w ofChrifts Church haue any place of credit in the Celeftiall building vn* lefle we,hke the chief e corner Stone, Chrift him* felfe, bee hewed and hammered with adverfitie; To the patient enduring whereof this little Sermon Qedicatork, Sermon hath a defire to perfwade. Giuc it (A^^o^Lo^yourfauourablccountenance, thutit may checrcfullygoc abroad: and the Author of it fliall hsartely wifli to ycurL. muchcncreafeofgra€C and honour, with a daily influence of blefilngs from Heaven vponyourgouernmentintheChurch. From myttudy in Corpvs Christi College Yovit LoKDsaips - invttCbrffiun duty to be commanded SlBASTXAK BlNlPIBID. CI Auguft,&iatratanPfa!.57,Vulgac; Vuidfibivolunt tubas du&iles ? —Duffles tub* ,*rtrt£M\dtndo produamtur. 5/ tundendo, trgo vapdando eritk tubae dud^ilcs^adlattdem Dei pro- dudt&Mcum tribulamwi proficiatis^ tribulatto tunfio, ^r^/95/^produ(Si:io hath not done it} Hrifian prof ejf ion is by the Ho « ly Spirit,/. Cor. 9,24. &, Heb.i2. /. refcmblcd to a race. The run- ners in this race arc the profef* fours ofchriftian/tjr, men & wo- men,of all rankesj all chrifiians. * Sta j; m e a * Weal Tunncston pedum celeri* htcv'ua mortal tateJedvirt*te,pietate$de:OUT 1 ^^^^^ running is,not by Pwiftneflc of foot,hu t by vertuc,pie- c ™$Zmur *. ty, and faith. Andwerimncfora/r/s*. The ^rwisaHieronep.ad crowne.No* murallpo evalljio tivil^ xiotrtumpbalpo **^&J^ ' obftdionalcrowne^ no fuch crownt&s worthy champios Nch. AtticAb. of old contended fonno crmne ofgrafe, no croxene of *•*¥■*' eltucpo crowne of odktjno crovone otgcLLhX theft were vile and contemptible in regard of the crovone, which we run for. Thcy-werc all ctanfitory and corruptible! ; but the crovone which we runnc for, i&xtrovene of ? eter- nity.S. Peter in his i.Epijluhap. j.vtfv^calkih it*** *- pafafliporrm «AfJ«$ t'tytver,* crown of glory, that fadeth not. S ** cftkitwb'ickt^tocome,2s\vc\\ c if ^dcum 1 r^ cbcde p rc (p e d au aiccptvnderindifgrace andmifery, L^v.i^3 v &c. w hile the wickedman before his face is highly adva- ccd to honour & preferment, how is he difcouraged? how difcomforted, ? With this temptation was Da- vid exercifed. Forwhenhefaw theprofperity of the wicked, and confidered,that they were not affiled like vther menjhmhey encreafed in riches ', that whatsoever they took inhand.it went wellformrd^feet wtrealmoft q oneJ>kfiepsb*Amlt'nighftpt. It is his owne confec- tion, pU 7 *.*- Did this temptation fo farre prevaile , ifl wifoDavtd *awsn After Gsdsownehcarn How ihz\L #m.i»m. thcrcfto f thca ^ w itIi(bndh? Behold for. them an anchor .able to keep them,that they be not overwhel- med with the waues of this teptation^even the words ofmy text, T . f doiettt Hctc The Itaven of the Affified. % •Here are feaven interrogations together without any interruption. This is the feaventh , and is like the & the Lord hath not done . , 5F] Thefirftcirciimftancetobeenowconfidcred.ii jJw.The i^4ge*t My text cals him I e ho v a h* I b h o v a h! 1 1 is the moil proper name of God. No creature is made partaker of it; nor man,nor Angel, kbetokeneth firft the effencc of God , fecondly the truth and complement of his promifes* Firft it fignifi- cth,that God isvere rl w^aquo **{!* -m orm . that God * RoBfc »« l 6 * is fo of himfelfc , that c of him ^ through him.andto him are all things. Secondly it fignifieth,that God is c- vcr faithful in his promifes.From whence two things fhould deeply, and perpetually bee faftned in the me* mory of every Chriftian;one is, that our God is an c- vctliujng God-^s thcchicfcft good 3 is the author of all good 1 The Haven of the Affltfled. 5 good,and is therefore alwaics,and aboue al things to be loiied /the other is,that our God is ever true in'his - promifes , and therefore that our whole truft muft e- vcr lie on him .Por he only is Iehovah : IimovAHishis j name for ever, it is his memorlaHvnto all generations. So it is cz\kd>Exod.$.i /.and Ho(.i2. /. This our (7^,the Lord, Iehovah, who is of himfelfe alone, and is only true in all his fayings,hec is not that God of thofe fhamclcfle blafphemers,the f Manithees f Auguft, ic and g Mantonites^ Dem mala, a quo fit omne malum, ^^£$* an evillGod from whom commeth all evill.Our God'is hzanchius dc no fuch God; there is no evill'm him, there proceeds A«rfb™.t>cl, no evill fro him: he is wholly igoodigood* of himfelfe; &*J3#% & by his eflence.Now,if honypi its ovvne nature and ■ PCjf * & clTcnce fnvtf ,hath no bitterneflm itjif the Sunneoiits $£$!%}* owne nature and effence light 3 hath no darknejfe in it; &c without doubt C7^ofhimfelfe,ofhisowne nature & ^^?] cffcnce^,hath no w/tfin him. Wee confefle with t ti ,&(ummL Davidffal.s^O our Godjhou art not a Godfhat hath PolS Symag. pleafureinivickednep , neither fbaB any evill dvceli with 7 ap c ° , # thee. Thus you fee,Q*tf>who *i* Agent is.lt is Iehov/h, /^Lord(?«rG^,whofe being is of himfelfe, who is true in all his fayings,who is abfolutely^W, in whom there is no ftainc of evitl.Such is the Cjgent.lhc next i Mat 7. 17. xircumltanceis^'^he^S^^a doing of "evill 5 Shall™ ^M*. # * fc r* ^ *v/0«f « c//y^»4 the Lord Ax/ft 00/ *fo** it} t tHft^S The naturalift faith ^ /4 g^i / w bringeth forth good t. Ar t. x. ad 4- jM* :tfce Philofopher faitlv,Oz*»* 1 agens agit fibiftmi* ^f^** 1 ^ /c-,Such as the <^4gent is,fuch is the trillion :if the <^/- w '. 5 ;? £*7tf g Thelfiven of the Afpctth gevt bcgood^hc Aclion cannot be evil Wow then is it, that God of himfelfe and abfoiutcly Good, L here, in my text ,noted, for a doer of evilly For anfvvcr hcrtvnto wcc muft with S c -AufUmcafr 2 6. contra Aiimantum Alanichtum diftingu ifh ofeviist there is malum ^quod/actf homo 9 Ai\d malum ^ quod p at i* «Annot.8i. /j^thcre is an ^W/ which man doth, and there is an Teriu'ilani. £f'// which man ft tffereth.the firftis fmne ^ the other is °Dc auurt. thepuntfyment offinncf&\\\\sfiOt of that , muft God SSriTk** be faid to be the *&* °ffi* n '™&f**l* the Devillis the author* cati ^98?" but in the *!//// oipaine zndpmij}jMeat 9 wec ackuow* podixVcap. vthcrz////ofpuni(hmcnt, the evilloi affti&ion, you haue the meaning of my Prophet: shall there bea- ny EviW\ Any ^///ofpaine,punifhmcnt,or affli&io, Shall there be any fiich Eviliin a city, and the Lord bat h B 3 not* 8 The Haven of the Afflicted, not clone it} Thcfe now-brought diftin&ions of evillvm ferue for the vnfolding of other texts of Scripture: of thac, Efa/4S'7*fytbe Lor » y ereate Evill$l that, Lamet.j.jS, Out of the mouth of the moft highproceedeth Evilly that Ion.s.io.GodrepentedoftheEvill^ thathe had /aid, bee would do vnto them.Jly Evilim all thofe placcs 3 as here in my text ,we are to vnderftand die Evil of paine, pu-« nifhmenr,and affli&ion. The£i>///ofpainc, puniftimcnt, and affliction! M Why Euill Doubtlefle vvhatfocver paine, punifhmet j oraffli£Honbefallethvs,itis£ The third circumftancc is vbi y the place where this t^r7/0/Msperformed.My textcalsit* C/fy. shai there ire Evill/n a City ] In Civitatibmjw Citics/o Lyranus expoiideth it. In Civitate alic/ua,in any City 5 it is Mer* cents his expofition. I fay jn Civitate hum mundi . in the City of this world. This vniverfe,& admirable frame of Nature wherin tp{ . Ie h o v a H 5 the Lor v,our Godf raigneth,confifteth of ?I|I ', two Cities: the one is, u C/z///^D^/,thecityofGod, u Au s uft Rc ' the other is , * Civitas hutus mundi y the city of this ^Au'aufUe 3 ' world. The one is rCelefiial/^thc other is Terrene^ the *emp?fcrm. one is ^>fc x &*/#// ,the other ^/>fe wicked \ the one is * °^ dc Ci y a Jerufalem^hc other is /fc^/*».In thefirft, that moft Deihb 14, glorious city of God/and his Saints, the Celeftiall Ie - C *?- % * A rttfalemjillt cares are wiped away from the eies of the Gi- tec hfzanais " tizcns'jthere is neither death fvoxforrowf\ot cryingjnot mdib.i.i.c.j? paineJLevel.2i*4^htxt is no £W/theremo not the E- * *Vf ;J?? r * ^ .• I /vi^. Tun r 1 • . • rac.mPl.6i.- ^/^^/4^/^/^AVheretorethatC//7,isnottheO/;m - my text. In the other C/ff 3 the City of this world, the Terrene ettyjihe ^peftercd with the wicked, Babylon, grc.z Babylon,thc city of "confnfwn ^therc is no furc repofe for the Godly there.There may they become a b reproach b ^ 79 4 * to their neighbour s,xhcxc may they be sfcorne, and deri* Jioyto them t with who they /zither e may they c mourne c P&1.88.9. dailyby reafonofaffli&ion For even the Godly ,who ire c xo TheHavenofthe Afflitfed. ■iAuguft.de *K d ty gr&ctcives farfum,Cit,izenszbouc , citizens 1 civua*ceDci of the fupernall and Ccleftiall City of God, they arc hb.x * . in this city? t Ifay in the cityof this world )* there are two forts of men vifited with affiftsonsithc one,the Scriptures cal the reprobatt'jhc other, the elect $ they arc the wicked^ xhcic the godly. Whatsoever t^ifptlion befallcth the firft fortjthe Reprobate jchz rpickeajtis , (as Divines^cali it ) 77^»p/* ; apuwfytnentwIiCTCwiihGodaszfearefull iudge avengeth himfelfe vpon the wicked fox. their fins; properly a punishments a punishment infli&ed on men finningfhztxhc/ufticeof Godmav thereby bet fait f- fed. With the other fort,witb the E/^2, with the Godly itisnotfo/Whatfoeverafflidiions befall them, they are not properly punishments for their finnes 5 they are more rightly called Crojfts, Punishments they cannot properly be called jbecaufe whatfoever puntfyment is due to any of the Elett for their finnes,it's fully anfwe- red by Chrijl in his a&iuc and paffiue obedience,in his life and dcath.Heis become ourfcifrpr, hee hath-paid C tl*C 12 The&0en of the Afflicted. the price of our ttctemptionjie hath fully fatisfiedfor all our finnes; our finnes paft , prefent;and to corner And therefore if any afflict tons be vpon vs 5 we are not to call them properly punishments for our finnes j the name oicrojfes will befit them better. > Thefe croffes of the godly are either m&**.i> or «/**/- fw wo^they are either chaftifements for our finnes alrea- dy perpetrated y to make vs the more wary for the time to come,that we fall not againe into the fame,or the like finnes jor they pretrials , and exercifes,o[oi\r faith 3 hope 5 charitie 3 paticnce 2 and other like Chriftian vertucs.Now all thefe fore-mentioned afflictions^ ei- ther properly punishment s for finne , fuch as are the affliclions of the witked } otchaftifementsf>x trials 3 fuch as are the afflictions of the Godly , they are all from the: Lor ©.-according to, the truth of my do&rine^ whatjoever affliction befalleth any one, any whercs in this worldjt is from ffoLoRD.. The L o r D,he rs^T/or^uf m y the primary caufc of all Afflictions 5 and of many the immediate (aufe.Of the vni- verfall deluge ,zndfloud of waters in the daies o(Noah r . GenJ.17.Of the burning of Sodom fiomorab ,and their fitter Citksfien.ip^. Of the overthrow of Pharaohs hoft in the mid/} ofthefeafixod.j4.2r. OUhcfmiting of Nubalto death\ j % Sam.zi.3 ft of all thefe was God the immediate caufe m Some affliclions it pleafcth God to tSt€tmediat}^ by Jecundary^nd ivflrumentallcaufesfry Angels ^by me^ hy other creatures. Firft GQdafflifleth by Angels .By an Angelhzfoott Va- The Haven of the Affttcled* 1 3 Di^fr people 3 fo that there died of the peftilencejF? Ban to Beeifheba feaucnty thoufandmtn,2.Sam.24*i $. •By an Angelhtfmote in the campeofthe AfTyrians, one hundred four efcore and fiue thou(and,2.Ktng.ig. jj. By an Angel he [mote K.Herod ,fo that he dted,AcJ*i2.2s. Secondly,God afflicJethby men. Here might I tell youoftheaffli&ions, wherewith God excrcifedhis ■people Ifrael by CufhanRifhathaim K. of Mesopotamia for eight yearesJudg.j.S* By the Midi anitcs for feaven yearesJudgj.r.l&y the Philijlines^nA the Ammonites for eigbteeneyearesjuig.io.8. By ihcPhiliJiines againe $ox forty years Judg.13.1. Here might Irelatevnto you the many afflictions, wherewith God proved his peo- ple,the people of ludah^ byfendingagainftthem the Egyptians, Affyrians^nd Chaldeans. The bookes of the Kings and chronicles are copious in defcribing them. I need not remember you of <^/J;#r,E/^y0./. how there he is (tiled the mi & xhzflaffeofthe xcrathofGod^ to fignifie,thathe was organumfae inftrumentum Dei^ the executioner oi Gods vengeance ypo Hypocrites. 1 will not hold you with any long narration of AttiU, King of the Hunnes,MeAesfiotthes,and Danes ,how in "his title or infer iption he called himfetfe 3 metumorhu^ fltgellnmfy D Why is it now according to M/cab's words,chap.7. tf.that tlefonnc d/foonouretb Im father fX\?A the daughter rijeth vp against her mother} MatS!xo!3V. Why arc a i ' nMns ******** wow die men of bis ovone^j % Amob 2.6. houfetWhy doth the corruptMagiftrate zfel the righ> teous for finer +wd the poor e for a fair e offbooes ? Why fc Amos 1.7. doth the cruel] Landlord h pant after the dujt of th earth on the head of his poor e tenant? Why behold wc in } liab.i 2,3 . our cities biting vfurie* violence ^opprefionfalfa^ dea- ling ? Ccrtainely God is .even now pleafed vcyaffltfi menbymen* Thirdly , God affiUcth by other creatures aMb, This the flory of Gods vifitation vpon Pharaoh , and the &• gyptiam , Exod,chapJ t p y io. inakcth plaine vntovs. There we finds thatfr0ggejJice,jl/es,grafhoppers 3 thun- derJ>aileJ/ghtningjmurraineJ>otcbes^nd fores , didir** ftrumentaty avenge God-vponman & beaft in Egypt. Not in Egypt only ,but every where elfe,thofe & other like crcatures,as/rCe/eJltal,Tevr reflrial) Infer nat y & the reft 3 that are cither in the aire, or in voater^thcy are all oiGods armie, and are ready to doe his Holy will. Bythefe God affifietbvs. Theft ate. The Hai en of the Af fitted? 1 5 arc the injiruments ,but God is the author of our affii* £lions % Thus is my doftrme cftablifhed, whatfoever aff/clion befallcth any one any where in this world.tt it from the Lord, tvhatfoeveraffr'clionpt it punifhment,chaftifemet oixrh\\ 7 Befallethanyotre]wickzA or Godly, Anywhere irtkii world] cither here or elfc where • in the city of this world,/; is from the Lord ] either immediatly and primarily ofhimfelfc,or mediatlyandfecuncarih, by Angels 5 men, and other creatures , the inftrumqnts &c executioners of his holy and iuft judgements. ThisdoftriiK thus confirmed and explained ispro- fitable many waies. Fkft it-may Icruc for reproofe offome olde Here* tickSjthc ColuthianSyind F/orin/ans. The k Coluthtans k Aagufcde affirmed, that God dot h no evitl, contrary to my pre- h * r€Ua P«** fent text and do£frinc .The Floriniam affirmed,thac Cod createth m//,contmy ro that, Ge n#. 3 1. God f aw every things hat bc_j had made , a nd beheld it. was very g^.Thcfe two feds of Herecicks are one againft the other , bu t bothagainft the di&ates of the holy Spi* x\t.S*Auftine eap.66Mb\de h*refib*\mh fitted one an- swer for bothrCraf Deusmala , pcenas iufitfimas irro* gando y quodColuthus nonvidebat ; nonautem malas ere* ando naturas^it^fubflantias , in quant umfunt nature, *tfa[ubflanti*,vbi Fbrinus errabat 9 The (umme of his anfwer is:God mav bee faid to create evil/, to dotevilly by laying vpon offenders iuft punishments , which Coluthus faw not^but not by making evill nsturcsand fubftances jvvhich was Flarimu his errour. God crca- C 3 tcth 1 6 The Haven of the Afflicted. i Paulus dc tcth wA7,God^Aw///5vndcrftand it not 1 dermlo Palatio. C nlp& fr criminu, but depunitione^ peena% feeler nm vn- ^Hupeauj. feifa\\&\tnotohhQevill m ofimquitie, but of the wfuchasfuperftkioiifly ° wearefackcloath y ?goebarefoo- YTvpvQ<>rQAi& ted,and fl lie vpon the ground^ thinking by thefe 3 and q x«^«v>i'ca. fuch toies 7 to expiate their finnes , and to demerite vr> to themfelues erernall life. * • A vaile for this their hypocrifie they thinke they haue,ini.Cor.p.27. where S z Paul faith of himfelfe, jkeepe my body vnder ^and bring it intofubiettion. The words are much flood on by Gutfer l/Li. de Difcipli- nis fd/^.'HeccolIcð from them , that S c Paul did difcipltne himfelfe, that is,did punifli himfelfe with llrokes of rods or whips. For what elfe , faith hee , is vTwW^t^but to beate with mightie ftrokesl And what is that , butfacere dtfciplinam , to vfe difciplinevpcm himfelfe. This vaile we eafily take from them. S r Paule takes his uwm*& tropically 3 as tranflated from the manner of fight betwecneachampion 3 and his antagonifh But The Haven of the AffliBed . 17 Butwhatis-thistothc/^/tt/ puFpofe, who takes ic liter Ally ? S^ftule kept his body vnder . andbrought/7/»/0 fiibieclion.l graunt it.S o fhould we after his example. Jt's our parts alfb C7wm£&r\ it's our parts to keepe our bodies vnder ^to bring them into fubieclion* The mea- ning is not , that wee fhould afftid and macerate our bodies with whips jwhh fcourgesjjvith hatreclotbs. with lying vpon theground, and the like; S c Paule did not do fc-but the meaning is,that we fhould/aW/^ the^> re* liques oftbfoldman within vs^that wee fhould keeper vnder the body offwne within vs^that we fhould bring intofubieftion the corrupt nut ure within vs , that thus mortified in the flefy^e may bee quicknedby the Spirit, as S l Peter rpcakcth. i.Epift. chap j.i ?. Thus mortified in the one,and quicknedby the othcr,wee fhall bee ar- med with patience to bearc whatfoever affliction fhal light vpon vs,bcing well aiTured, that eve.y (uchaf fltclion is from the LoRD,according to the truth of my do&rine, whatfoever affliction befalteth any one, any vcbere_j in this worl&jtsfrom theLoxo* Isitfqbeloued? Then in the third place this doc* trine feruethto confute the vaine opinio of Fortune, wherevnto, like the Philofophers of old, fome carnal ignorant people now adaies vfe to afcribe fuch their afflictions , whereof they fee not an apparant caufc* If byj?r perplexedferfecuted > caft dnMr^whatfliall wee 1 l do? The Jtaven of the Afflicled. 19 doe? Wee will fupport our felues with Davids conG- d&\cC,Pfal.23,4. Though we xvdke through the valley of thefbaddow of death wz witfeare no evihfor thou Lord, art tf//£vs.Thou : LoRDartwithvs; r Quis contra no:} rp.ot- 8.r$. We f ttJ///.v^^^ 3 whacmancandoeviuovs. fHcbr.xj.*, Wherefore to conclude, fuh there Is no affliction* that befalleth any man in this world, but it's from the Lordj and he is a baflard^ not zfonne , that is not par- taker of afflictions ,zs the author of the Epiftle to the Hebrews witneffeth, chap. 12.8, Let vs with S. lames y chap. 1. 2. account it exceeding ioy^when we are afflicted. The Patrixrchrs fhc Prophets ^ the EvatsgeUfs r the o/- p0y?kf,hauefound the way to Heave narrow,rueged, and bloody : and (hall wwthinke that God will ftrew carpets for out nicefeete to walke thither ? He that is the *t0*?,and the vcay,oax Lor-> & Saviour , tefus Chrifl, hath by his owne example taught vs, that by many affli&ions we mnft enter into the kingdorne of Hea* ven.There is but one pafTage thither; and it is a ftrait one .If with much prefliirewecan get through, and leaue but our fuperfluous rags , as tonic from vs , in the throng ,vve fhall be happy. Let vs therefore Avhenlbever any adverfity, croflc, calamity, miferie, or af fli&ion fhall betide vs, letvs with due regard to the hand D that finiteth vs, receiueit with \h'K\V&.jkeepe it with patience, d.'geft it in hope, apply it with wifedome,^^// with meditation, and doubtIefTeitfhall^W^^^T//in peace and glory, iti peace of Conicience in this life, and in glory etei nail in the higheft Heavens . Of this peace of Confluence va D this ao The lltven oftheAffctlell. this life j and that tmmxrceffible croxeneej glory in the life to cornejvouchfafe gracious Father* to make vs all partakers for thy bcftbeloued Sonne lefus* Ghrifthis faks : to whom with thee in the vnitieof the Holy Spirit be all praife and power, might and Maieftie, dignitic and dominion for . evermore. Amcn% \ Fmm jpqwtt\r noipd^ uotruuQ •8jn;eja;i-] uE^unj j.o uoip3||OQ t *k 'KOJaaoniad ' / """'"'* ,« W2 * >» ^ > -> ... iciest J^s^