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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12351	Gods arrovve against atheists. By Henrie Smith	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1593 (1593)	STC 22666; ESTC S119953	81,568	135

together with their tabernacles bagges and baggages Beside what wondrous workes or myracles soeuer Moses did hee alwayes acknowledged to come from God reiecting vtterly all glorie from himselfe and attributing and yéelding all the glorie vnto God Agayne in his writinges hee dooth not excuse nor conceale his owne sinne nor the sinne of his people no not the sinne of Aaron his owne brother nor of Marie his sister nor of Leui his grandfather nor of anie other of his lynage and kinred neyther did hee once séeke or goe about although hee were in place of power and authoritie to doo it to bring in anie of his owne Sonnes into the rule and gouernement after his decease although hee had manie but left the onely rule and gouernement vnto a stranger named Iosuah as God commanded All which thinges doo shewe and many more too tedious to rehearse that Moses both in his writings in his wordes and in his works was no man of ambition or of worldly spirite but of a méeke humble dutifull obedient and faithfull seruant of God in all matters The historie of Moses therefore béeing the most ancient and the same béeing most vndoubted and certaine true insomuch as he and his history do plentifully testifie of Christ which was to come should bée heard in all that he should say and teach it remaineth that his religion which hée hath taught vnto the world is the onely true religion and all other religions not grounded of the like antiquity and truth to bée abandoned 6 None can discredit Moses nor the Psalms nor any of the Prophets amongst the Iewes but they must withall discredit Christ for Christ saith thus of himselfe that All must be fulfilled which were written of him in Moses the Prophets and the Psalmes And againe hée sendeth such as would knowe of him whether hée were the true Messias to the scriptures of the Iewes saying thus Search the Scriptures for they are they that testifie of me So that Christ Moses the Psalmes and the Prophets and in a word the whole canonicall scriptures of the Iewes doo got arme in arme and bée linked together like inseparable friends that will not bée sundred and therfore the one is alwayes a proofe for the other as likewise a disproofe of the truth of the one is a disproofe of the other and therefore is it that though the incredulous Iews be so false in friendship as that they will not through vnbeléefe take part with the Christiās yet the Christians bée more firme and will holde with the Scriptures of the Iewes to the death Now if there were no more to proue the diuinitie of Christ but the great and wonderfull miracles which he did some wherof were such as neuer any did before nor could doe but God onely it were sufficient to proue him to bee the S●nne of God and that hée came from the bosome of his Father The great and many myracles that hee did béeing famous not onely in Iudea but in all the Romane Empire and so ouer all the worlde are and were such as none of the heathen dare doo or can denie but all acknowledge And therefore I conclude that the Christian religion procéeding from so diuine a power and from one whose workes and wonders is aboue all the world is the most vndoubted true religion 7 Christ did neuer any hurt on earth but hee did maruellous much good hée healed all manner of diseases he caused the dumbe to speake the halt to goe the blind to sée and the deafe to heare hée stilled the raging of the windes and seas gaue sight to him that was borne blind raised the deade to life againe cast out deuils knew mens thoughts and did such works as no man could doo except God with him yea except himselfe were God Moreouer his life was such as none was able to accuse him of any sinne so pure and vnreproouable was he Againe the doctrine he taught was farre from a worldly spirit béeing most heauenly most innocent and most diuine for neuer any man spake as hee spake nor with such authoritie Agayne hée alwaies pronounced that he sought not his owne glorie which deceiuers are wont to doo but the glory of his Father and as hée spake so it was indeede The whole course of his life and death resurrection and ascention doth shewe the same for when the Iewes would haue made him an earthly king hee would none of it but conueyed himselfe away Iohn 6.15 teaching his Ministers to doo the like also Luk. 22.25 26. for hée proclaimed that his kingdome was not of this world Iob. 18.36 but that hée came to doo the wil of his Father Ouer and aboue all this hée was the greatest Prophet that euer was and fore-told diuers things as namely that hee should bée crucified of the Iewes and the third day rise againe that Ierusalem and the Temple should bée destroyed ere that generation passed that after his Ascention the holy Ghost shoulde come downe vppon his Disciples assembled at Ierusalem and diuers others all which the world doth knowe came to passe accordingly And nothing which hée hath spoken but it shall bée performed for there was neuer any fraud within his lippes or falshood within his tongue And therefore I conclude that the Religion of him who was most holy in his life most harmlesse towardes others most beautifull towardes all most wonderfull in his workes most true in his propecies most heauenly in his doctrine not sauouring of any carnall delight or worldly affection nor by any way or meanes séeking his owne glorie but the glorie of God and to doo the will of his Father is and must néedes bée the onelie true Religion 8 An other argument I frame thus that Religion which procéedeth vndoubtedly from God is the true Religion But the Christian Religion proceedeth vndoubtedly from God Ergo c. that it procéedeth vndoubtedly from God I proue thus Either it must procéed from God or from the Deuill or from men But it is too holie to procéede either from men or Deuilles for it ouerthroweth the workes and kingdome of the one and forbiddeth the reuenging spirite of the other commaunding men to loue theyr enemies to doo good to them that hate them and persecute them it condemneth their wanton eye and the adulterous thoughts of their harts and their couetous humour admitting no vncleannes or impuritie and forbidding all iniquitie and wickednes bee it neuer so secrete or close Sith therefore it is so opposite and contrary to mens affections wherewith naturally they bee carryed and that it commandeth to bée holie euen as God is holie it is manifest that it can neither bee of mans deuising nor of the deuils inuention it remayneth therefore that it must néedes bée of God and consequently the onelie true Religion 9 An other Argument is this that Religion which respecteth onely the glorie of God is and must néedes bée the onely true Religion But such is the Christian Religion