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A49809	Dagon's fall before the Ark, or, The smoak of the bottomless pit scoured away by the breath of the Lords mouth, and by the brightness of his coming written primarily, as a testimony for the Lord, his wisdom ... : secondarily, as testimony against the old serpent his wisdom, which is foolishness with God ... : wherein as in a glass, teachers in schools and colledges may see their concern, neither Christian nor warrantable / by Thomas Lawson.	Lawson, Thomas, 1630-1691.	1679 (1679)	Wing L724; ESTC R226480	38,604	101

Universities he was a Star fallen from Heaven to Earth from the Gospel of Christ to humane Learning Melancthon termed the Universities houses of Lies saying further that Students in Universities are not people of the Gospel nor yet of the Law but are the people of Aristotles Morals Obj. These spoke against Popish Universities and they are otherwise now 'T is true saith Dell the outward form of gross Popery is taken away from them as from the Nation yet the Inner part of it remains as before the self same Statutes of the Universities remain in force which were first given by Popish Founders again the same Philosophy of Heathenism is instilled now into Youth as in the darkest dayes of Popery the self same outward and Antichristian Forms and Follies still remain as in the darkest o Popery even unto their Hoods Caps Scarlet Robes Doctoral Rings Gloves their Doctoral Dinner and Musick To this day presently after their Divinity Acts said this Dell they have their Prevaricator a notable Varlet picked out of the Universities who in the presence of all the Heads Students Scholars and the great resort of Ministers and People at their Commencement Abuses Derides and Jeers all sorts of persons of all Ages Sexes and Professions such works of Levity were never allowable among the Holy men of God Christ said have Salt in your selves Heavenly wisdom with which those that are seasoned cannot but savour and comprehend such things to be unsavoury Justin Martyr lived about the year 150. He as 't is related in his Dialogue with Trypho first joyned himself to that Sect of Philosophers called Stoicks after to the Peripatetic●s after to the Pythagorean Sect after to the Platonists being Converted he wholly left his Philosophy and Philosophical apprehensions and betook himself to the Scriptures Constantine the Emperor took care that the Scriptures might be taught to people judging it most meet that Christians should be instructed in the Faith of Christ and not in Heathenish Philosophy Euseb lib. 4. Through this Constantine the Sufferings of the Church vanished then Christians grew more Carnal and secure even in his days and began to seek after spoiling of Philosophy yet in all Ages God had some witnesses against it Berno who lived in the year 1008. Being furnished with all sorts of Learning said that he for many years had rejected Poetical Fictions Heathen Historians Worldly Learning as dung and was wholly minded to search out Heavenly things Berno in Epistola ad Magnifred Zuinglius in his Youth was exercised in all sorts of Learning In the end he intreated the Lord to vouchsafe him his own Light saying what he had Learned before from Philosophers procur'd him much trouble and he rejected Phylosophy and counted it as dung Zuingl de veritate Verbi Schools and Universities were at first corrupted by declining the pure word of the Gospel and entertaining Philosophy and Heathen Authors Dell. Matthias Parisiensis a Bohemian by Nation about the year 1580. wrote a Book against Antichrist wherein he affirms that Antichrist had deceived and misled all Universities and Colledges of the Learned so that now saith he they teach no sound thing neither give they true light unto Christians by their Doctrine Illeryc Flair Catal. Test Veritat Antichrist saith John Hus hath drawn men aside from the wisdom of God replenished with Salvation and with the Holy Spirit to the prudence and wisdom of men and of the Princes of this World de Antichristo cap. 30. Martin Luther said whosoever it was whether Alexander of Hales or Thomas Aquine who first instituted Universities he was a Star fallen from Heaven to Earth Luther de Captiv Babylon Abbas Joachim Calaber about the year 1230. in his Commentary on Jeremy speaks to this purpose that the first Angel mentioned in Revelations the ninth opens the bottomless pit and brings forth Philosophy into the Church and out of this smoak of this Doctrine proceeded Locusts and these Locusts said he are Schoolmen and Masters who sometime use Flattery to deceive sometime Rigour to subvert the simple and unwary The Lord stirr'd up Julian saith he to put down Heathen Learning in Christian Schools that it might appear that as the true Christian Religion is not helped by humane Learning so neither is it hindred by the want of it Rainold in his Orations saith the contrary of this Julian but times and ends being considered they are easily reconciled The Queen of the South neglecting the Magi Philosophers Heathen Wisemen came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear Wisdom of Solomon but Schools and Universities leave Christ greater then Solomon in whom are all Treasures of wisdom and knowledge and seeks knowledge from the Heathen as Aristotle Plato c. Dell. Socrates Scholasticus saith that for Christians thoroughly to imbibe the Learning of the Heathen it can no way advantage Christian Religion for it is not without danger for Christians to be instructed in Heathen Learning because it teacheth a plurality of gods that there are many gods lib. 3. cap. 14. My advice is saith Luther that Youth shun Philosophy and School Divinity as the death of the Soul Tom. 2. fol. 434. It is an Error to say that a Divine is not made without Aristotle rather a Divine is not made unless that be done without Aristotle Luth. Tom. 1. fol. 10. I truly judge that our English man Wicklif was a wise man who first of all as far as I know saw that Universities were Satans Synagogues Melancthon Seeing Christ Instituted not those Universities saith Wicklif or Colledges it seems evident that they as Graduations in them are vain Heathenism brought in in token of this both Collegiates and other Graduates seek themselves This Wicklif was Master of Baliol Colledge in Oxford Wicklif in speculo Militantis Ecclesiae cap. 26. We must make inquiry of Schoolmasters and other professors of Learning teaching Heathen Gods their Names Genealogies and Fables Yea we need not doubt but that they are guilty of Idolatry of divers sorts Tertul de Idolatr A Christian Schoolmaster by his frequent reading of Poets defilements of Idols he seems to allow of these things Regaltius in Tertullianum Socrates drove out of the City lewd Demons and Atchievers of Naughtiness handled by Poets and he taught men to shun Homer and other Poets and he exhorted them after the search of the living God whom they were ignorant of Justini pro Christianis apologio prima Abstain from all Heathen Books saith Clemens Romanus saying further what is wanting in the Law of God that thou should apply thy mind unto Heathen Fables lib. 1. cap. 6. What madness possesses the minds of men that they should regard Jupiter whom they do not only know to be an ungodly man Wicked Profane Whorish a patricid but also sing to him on the Stage The Ancients denyed these things but now through a pretence of instructing Youth the knowledge of these things is so incorporated in tender and simple minds as that

He gives a reason of this thing saying that they are mischievous false seducing wicked c. Luth. Tom. 2. Luther speaking of Popish Schools and Monasteries said This is my mind and desire that these Stables of two-footed Asses and Schools of the Devil should be levelled with the ground or changed into Christian Schools by a Godly transformation Luth. de institutione puerorum Heathen Learning saith Gell hath a ravishing and a bewitching beauty capta capit being taken it is much taking also and wins much upon mens affections and great danger there is saith he lest men court the Handmaid rather then the Mistress Earthly instead of Heavenly wisdom to their destruction Essential inward knowledge in the secret understanding is not from flesh and bloud nor from the multitude of Books but by a passive reception of Divine things not by study but by patience and submission Osw Crollius The Academical Spirit cannot understand the mystery of intrinsical Teaching only humility is capable of illumination Osw Croll The Schools of the Gentiles have had their time wherein they have become vain in their imaginations being exercised in vain Philosophy and opposition of Science falsly so called whereof the Apostle Paul admonished true Christians to take heed they were not deceived by it Thus saith the Translator of John Baptista Van Helmont's Physick Refined in his Premonition to the Candid Reader Further saith he the Wise men of the East by the direction of the Star came to worship the Child laying down all their wisdom at his feet for a lively token that all true wisdom was to be received from him in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge dwells Further saith he such hath been the subtilty of the fleshly Serpent that under a pretence of owning the name of Christ he hath taken up Paganish means and instruments to build withall calling the dregs and dross of Heathen Schools Handmaids of Divinity John Baptista Van Helmont in his Physick Refined said Logick is so far from leading to the knowledge of Universals that it rather thrusts men down into errors The World saith this Helmont hath suffer'd it self to be circumvented by Aristotle who boasted of Logick to be the Mother of Sciences Aristotle saith this Helmont extolled the method of Disputing invented by himself and he takes away all knowledge from a man unless he hath yielded himself to be instructed in Logick Jerom on Psal 140 and 143. doth not unworthily compare the Art of Syllogizing to the Plagues of Egypt and he calls Logical demonstrations Dog-like discourses Helmont Schools saith this Helmont supposing Logick as necessary do oppose themselves to the commands of the Apostle I wonder saith Helmont at the great blindness of Schools in so great magnifying Logick Let Schools saith Helmont tell me what Science Logick hath ever brought to light whether Geometry making of Glass Printing Husbandry Medicine conducting of Water of Minerals of Arithmetick of Building or any profitable Science verily none Schools of Logick saith this Helmont must needs confess that through boasting deceit and ignorance it hath deceived the credulous World To say that Logical discourse is very necessary for Divines to refute the subtilties of Heresies that thing saith this Helmont would be to be wise above the Apostle and to commend the abuses of Schools above the Holy Scriptures this were to dethrone Gospel-weapons and to inthrone Paganism Steven by the Sword of the Spirit and by Heavenly wisdom refuted the Libertines Cyrenians Alexandrians Cilicians not by Pagan Logick Acts 6.9 10. Christ promised his Disciples saying I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gain-say nor resist Luke 21.15 he commended them not to Pagan Schools to Aristotle or Plato or any other Heathen to enable them to refute Heresies but to his own gift his wisdom Armour of proof his own Sword put into the hands enabling for his work We read not that the ancient Christians ever taught Philosophy openly and in Schools but that they rather gain-sayed it Pagan Gaudentius Theol de moribus seculi Let any one shew me saith this Author that Philosophy was taught by Christians in the time of Justinian or before Scarce any one can be perswaded saith this Author that Christian Emperors would command that a Heathen Philosopher in the Capitol of Rome should teach the opinions of Pagan Philosophers to Christians this would have been to introduce or bring in old Superstition Justin passed to the Church because he found no certainty in the School of Plato he turned from Plato and the rest of the Heathen Philosophers and addicted himself to the Scriptures of Truth Gaudentius de mor. seculi L. Celius Lactantius said I verily cannot call them Philosophers that study for wisdom because by that study they do not attain unto wisdom Richard Fitz-Ralph called Armachanus in a Sermon preached before the Popes Cardinals in the year 1360. said Laymen refrain from sending their Sons to the Universities fearing to have them taken from them chusing rather to keep their Sons at home and breed them to Husbandry then to lose them by sending them to the Schools In a Synod holden at Guernsey 1576. and confirmed by a Synod held there 1597. for the Estate of Guernsey and Jersey it was provided in behalf of School-masters that they should instruct their Scholars in the most pure Authors both for learning and language lest Children by reading lascivions and immodest writings should be infected with their venom as may be seen in a Book called Heylyn's Survey of the State of France Georgius Ederus in his Mateologia Haereticorum greatly inveighs against Wickliff and charges him with saying That Studies were vanities brought into the Church and profits the Church no more then the Devil doth In the days of Queen Elizabeth the Lords of her Privy-Councel sent Letters to her High Commissioners in Causes Ecclesiastical requiring them to write Letters to all the Bishops of this Realm and to require them to give commandment that in all Grammar and Free-Schools within their several Diocesses Christopher Ockland's Book intituled Anglorum praelia should be taught in place of some Heathen Poets saying the Youth of the Realm receives rather infections in manners then advancement in virtue from the Heathen Poets taught in Schools They prayed and required that this might be done for the encouragement of the said Ockland and others travelling in the like Studies and for the removing of lascivious Poets taught in Schools The names of the Lords of the Privy-Councel as also of her High Commissioners in Causes Ecclesiastical as also their Letters are to be seen at the beginning of the Book called Anglorum praelia The aforesaid Commissioners directed their Letters to all the Bishops of the Queens Dominions of England and Wales for the accomplishment of the aforesaid Men have neglected sound savoury and useful matter the very quintessence of Learning and have devoted themselves to an excess of fine speaking

learned of Christ Hospinian Matth. 28.19 20. Go and teach all Nations c. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you what and only what they received from Christ that and only that they were to teach others but no Heathen Philosophy nor Traditions of men dropped out of their Mouths but their living concerns was to bring them to learn of Christ the wisdom of God and to witness Salvation and Eternal life through him Further Paul said to Timothy What things thou hast heard of me in the presence of many witnesses the same deliver to faithful men which shall be able to teach others also 2 Tim. 2.2 Hosp But we read not that Timothy taught Heathen Philosophy to any which plainly demonstrates that Timothy received no such thing from Paul though he had been brought up at the feet of Gamaliel Further Paul who had the mind of Christ writing to Fathers in the behalf of Children said And ye Fathers provoke not your Children to wrath but bring them up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord Ephes 6.4 Not in wanton Poets Comedies Tragedies Fables the ways of the Heathen The Primitive Bishop or Elders saith one had tender regard unto the Children of Christians and taught them as well as the people the knowledge of God in Christ and rejected vain Philosophy and Traditions of men till the Mystery of iniquity began to insinuate it self among them by the means of humain Learning A School in Alexandria was instituted not very long after the Apostles days for about the year 182. one Pantenus brought up among the Heathen Stoick Philosophers moderated that School whereby the Doctrine of Christ quickly spread over the face of the earth exercise in Scriptures flourished among them at length he travelled as far as India to confirm them in the Faith of Christ Euseb lib. 5. Hospinian we read not that he bred them up in Heathen Philosophy Poets Comedies Tragedies Fables c. Afterwards saith this Hospinian Monasteries were built through Europe not through an opinion of any merit or through any Superstition neither that they should be Stews of lewd Fellows but that they might be as Schools in which not Children only but such as were grown up might be instructed in Piety Religion and Heavenly Doctrine so to be capacitated for convincing converting and building up of others in the saving knowledge of the Lord. But as John foresaw a Star fall from Heaven unto the Earth to whom the Key of the bottomless pit should be given and that a smoak should arise out of the pit Erroneous Doctrines Humain Traditions Heathen Learning spoiling Philosophy whereby the Sun and the Air should be darkned the purity of the Primitive Church and of Schools should be spoiled Revel 9. Now as this was fulfilled the Study of true Divinity saith this Hospinian began by little and little to grow cold to be abolished and altogether to vanish in these Monasteries or Schools then they invented new opinions concerning Merits Invocation of Saints of the Popes Supremacy of Purgatory of Transubstantiation this School Divinity taking root and spreading the minds of the simple were intangled and insnared the Placeats or Opinions of the Roman Popes the Writings of Aristotles Metaphysicks had ingress into Schools thus Heavenly wisdom being turned from the smoak of the pit earthly wisdom Heathen Learning steamed into the Churchse and Schools through which to this day they are clouded stained and corrupted But in reference to the Divinity-School of Alexandria by little and little it so degenerated and lost the Heavenly Savour as that there hath not been saith the Author of the Book called the Naked Truth a greater plague to Christian Religion then School-Divinity from which sprung forth damnable Heresies overspreading all Christendom Whence did Paulus Samosetanus derive his venomous Heresies against the Son of God but from Plotinus and his Philosophick Disputations in the School of Alexandria Did not Arius a Presbyter of the Church of Alexandria imbibe or drink up his blasphemy against the Divinity of Christ out of the Divinity-School of Alexandria about the year 310. From him sprung the Arians who over-ran all Christendom Origen also and after him Pelagius derived their Pestilent Errours against the grace of God out of the same School Thus after the Apostles times the wisdom from above being turned from the wisdom that is from below being entertained in Churches and Schools the Apostacy and fall from the Primitive order life and soundness in Doctrine and Conversation was brought forth If the patern of the Primitive Church rooted and grounded in Heavenly Wisdom Heavenly Philosophy saith Theoph. Gale had been observed neither Origen nor Arius nor Pelagius nor Socinus nor the Schoolmen nor any of that Company had been overwhelmed in so many monstrous Errours Many of the Primitive Doctors and Fathers saith the Author of the Book called the Naked Truth being converted from Heathenism greatly skil'd in Natural Philosophy Antiquity History Subtil Logick or Sophistry were unwilling to abandom their long studied and beloved Sciences so called so translated them into Christianity applying their School Terms Distinctions Syllogisms to Divine matters so defaced Christian knowledge Thus through the steaming in of Heathenism into Church and School the pure sound savoury Education of Youth in the knowledge of the Lord was lost and a depriving spoiling corrupting education entred in out of lewd Poems Comedies Tragedies Fables spoiling Philosophy continued yet in Christendom I doubt not faith our Country man Dell but some men shew more care and pains to teach a Colt to Pace and Amble then they do to instruct their Children to walk in the way of Gods Commandments Further you Masters in Schools and Colledges who instruct Youth in Prophane Authors Arts and Sciences as the Lamp of Eternity is lighted in you you will see you have been dancing after the Popes Pipe yea after the Serpents Pipe the Author of Heathenism You may read that in the time of the Saxon Heptarchie Austine the Monk with others came from Rome into this Nation and the Faith and School-Education of Papal Rome was received by the Saxons so that many Authors came into our Schools by and through them which are yet continued Sigebert King of the East-Angles having learned in France the manner of their Schools with assistance of some Teachers out of Kent instituted after the same Discipline the University of Cambridge then first founded about the year 630. This Sigebert afterward changed his Royal Robe for a Hood About the year 668. by means of Theodore a learned Greekish Monk of Tarsus whom Pope Vitalian had ordained Bishop of Canterbury the Greek and Latin Tongue with other liberal Arts as Arithmatick Musick Astronomy c. began first to flourish among the Saxons saith Milton By the Council of four Monks Schollars of Bede saith Dell to wit Rabanus Albinus Claudius and John Scotus the University which had been translated from Athens to Rome was translated