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White salt: or, A sober correction of a mad world, in some wel-wishes to goodness. / By John Sherman, B.D.
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Sherman, John, d. 1663.
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1654
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Wing S3387; Thomason E1517_1; ESTC R203564
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Good God! what will become of irregular Clergy And if they be irregular what will become of the people And if the people be irregular what will become of the Church And if the Church be not better what will become of the Nation Let us bethink our selves how much the glory of God and the prosperity of the whole doth lye upon the diligent performances and pious conversations of the Ministers of the Gospel If they were better the people would be better if the people were better the Church would be better if the Church were better the Nation would be better If the vine were fruitful the elm would not be cut down There were two pillars in the porch of the Temple set up which were called Jachin and Boaz 1 King 7.21 And there be two great pillars which uphold the house of God the Church there are for this also Jachin and Boaz the pillar on the right hand Jachin the Magistrate the pillar on the left hand Boaz the Minister Moses and Aaron King and Priest God hath in his indignation despised the King and the Priest as Jeremy complained in his Lament 2.6 The same hand raiseth up The word in the Hebrew is fit for our devotions he raise up The other pillar signifieth strength And if the strength of a Realm be in God it is in order thereunto in those who have holy orders And therefore if those who remain would have the honour of their place and of their use let them who are faulty preach well and if they would do well let them live well And if we would be stronger let us hold together Our unity would scatter our Adversaries If we had any thing to do for them we should differ We have much to do for the conversion of the Jew and the Gentile let us agree How shall they come to us when we go away from one another There is a memorable story of a Present that was sent to the Great Turk from Queen Elizabeth and it was a very fair Bible richly bound but one of his great Attendants told him that those who professed the religion of that book were very much divided amongst themselves The Turk then said to this purpose then we are as well Oh Christians have you any bowels any compassion towards those who differ from your Religion Then hold togother in it And let them conceive your Religion is true because you are good And let the Ministers be best otherwise they are worst as Salvian said of Christians We are the worse because we should be better so Ministers who should be the best of Christians must otherwise be the worst of men And if as he said we must give an account at the Day of Judgement of what we have done in our owne body what account shall we give of that which we have done in the body of Christ the Church He is Head of his Church He is King of his Church He is the Archbishop of his Church We are all his servants and servants to none else but for him This was St. Pauls Complement We Preach not our selves but Christ Jesus the Lord and our selves your servants for Jesus sake 2 Cor. 4.5 Let us not be inconformable to him that we may please men or women Remember St. Paul Gal. 1.10 If I should please men I should not be the servant of Christ Christ did conforme to the observing of the Feast of the Deditation which was not commanded by God so we read in the 10. of St. Iohn 22 23. verses Therefore we do not so learn Christ to be inconformable If we will be like him we must be obedient to God and if we are obedient to God we are to Man To conclude all wee have had many unhappy changes with new principles and old lives but surely we shall never do well untill we come againe to our old Protestant principles but new lives THE END ERRATA PAg. 28. lin 12. read Master for Maker P. 70. l. 21. dishes f. dieties P. 85. l. 9. leave f. bear P. 145. l. 15. leave out and. P. 146. l. 3. Apologet f. Apology A CATALOGUE of some Books Printed for Richard Royston at the Angel in Ivie-lane London A Paraphrase and Annotations upon all the Books of the New Testament by Henry Hammond D. D. in sol The Practical Catechisme with all other English Treatises of Henry Hammond D.D. in two volumes in 4o. Differtationes quatuor quibus Episcopatus Jura ex S. Scripturis Primaeva Antiquitate adstruuntur contra sententiam D. Blondelli aliorum Authore Henrico Hammond in 4o. A Letter of Resolution of six Quaere's in 12o. Of Schisme A Defence of the Church of England against the Exceptions of the Romanists in 12o. Of Fundamentals in a notion referring to Practise by H. Hammond D.D. in 12o. The names of several Treatises and Sermons written by Jer. Taylor D.D. viz. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A Course of Sermons for all the Sundaies of the Year Together with a Discourse of the Divine Institution Necessity Sacrednesse and Separation of the Office Ministerial in fol. 2. Episcopacy afferted in 4o. 3. The History of the Life and Death of the Ever-blessed Jesus Christ 2d Edit in fol. 4. The Liberty of Prophesying in 4o. 5. An Apology for authorized and Set-forms of Liturgie in 4o. 6. A Discourse of Baptisme its institution and efficacy upon all Beleivers in 4o. 7. The Rule and Exercises of holy living in 12o. 8. The Rule and exercifes of holy dying in 12o. 9. A short Catechisme for institution of young persons in the Christian Religion in 12o. 9. The Reall Presence and Spiritual of CHRIST in the Blessed Sacrament proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation in 8o. Certamen Religiosum or a Conference between the late King of England and the late Lord Marquis of Worcester concerning Religion at Ragland Castle Together with a Vindication of the Protestant Cause by Chr. Cartwright in 4o. The Psalter of David with Titles and Collects according to the matter of each Psalm by the Right honourable Chr. Hatton in 12o. Boanerges and Barnabas or Judgement and Mercy for wounded and afflicted souls in several Soliloquies by Francis Quarles in 12o. The life of Faith in Dead Times by Chr. Hudson in 12o. Motives for Prayer upon the seven dayes of the Week by Sir Richard Baker Knight in 12o. The Guide unto True Blessedness or a Body of the Doctrine of the Scriptures directing man to the saving knowledge of God by Sam. Crock in 12o. Six excellent Sermons upon several occasions preached by Edward Willan Viear of Hoxne in 4o. The Dipper dipt or the Anabaptists duck'd and plung'd over head and ears by Dantel Featly D. D. in 4o. Hermes Theologus or a Divine Mercury new descants upon old R. ecords by Theoph. Wodnote in 12o. Philosophical Elements concerning Government and Civil society by Thomas Hobbs of Malmesbury in 12o. An Essay upon Statius or the five first books of Publ. Papinius Statius his Thebais