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cause_n	believe_v	ghost_n	holy_a	1,385	5	5.2286	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67743	The cause and cure of ignorance, error, enmity, atheisme, prophanesse, &c., or, A most hopefull and speedy way to grace and salvation, by plucking up impediments by the roote reduced to explication, confirmation, application, tending to illumination, sanctification, devotion / by R. Younge ...	Younge, Richard.	1648 (1648)	Wing Y143; ESTC R16605	116,892	303

it was the Devills mind in her mouth his heart in her lips when tempted to eate the forbidden fruite Nor did David once dreame that it was Sathan which moved him to number the people 1 Chron. 21.1 Much lesse did Peter who so dearly loved Christ imagine that he was set on by Sathan to tempt his own Lord and Master with those affectionate words Master pity thy self for if Christ had pitied himselfe Peter and all the World had perished Yet hee was so which occasioned Christ to answer him get thee behind me Sathan Mat. 16.22 23. Whence we may argue that if Sathan can make the best and wisest of Gods children and servants who hate the very appearance of evill 1 Thess. 5.22 Iude 23. Eph. 5.27 2 Pet. 3.14 Iam. 1.27 have the eye of faith and the spirits direction and know the minde of Christ 1 Cor. 2.12 13 15 16. Iohn 10.14 above others to doe him such service unwittingly and besides their intention how much more can he prevaile with and make use of his owne servants and children that delight only in wickednesse and have not the least knowledge of or ability to discerne spirituall things 1 Cor. 2.14 2 Cor. 4.4 1 Tim. 4.2 But will you know how it comes to passe that you call evill good and good evill put darkenesse for light and light for darkenesse bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter that you justifie the wicked and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him Isai. 5.20.23 And so fight under Sathans banner against Gods people And yet take your selves to bee not Sathans but Gods servants I will shew you five maine Reasons of it I pray marke them First So long as you are in your naturall condition you have eyes and see not eares and heare not hearts and understand not spirituall things As Christ himselfe plainly affirmes Matth. 13.15 and his Apostle Acts 28.27 and before them both the Prophet Isay chap. 6.9.10 And the reason of that is you have a vaile or curtaine drawne over your hearts which is never taken away untill ye turne to the Lord by repentance at which time it is taken away as you may reade 2 Cor. 3.14 15 16. Rom. 12.2 1 Cor. 2.14 15 16. Secondly long custome and the commonnesse of this sinne hath taken away the sense of it 1 Tim. 4.2 Heb. 3.13 Yea quite turned it from a sin and that the greatest to a vertue As how many in this land for all they are Traytors to God and take up armes against all that worship him in spirit in truth would yet be counted and are so by the blind world not onely honest men but good Christians Whereas if it were not so common and in fashion they would be counted very Atheists and Devills and so they are accounted of all but them that are Atheists How many that scoffe at traduce and nick-name the conscionable Puritans and hate them even for the graces of Gods spirit which shine in them would yet be counted Religious men whereas if it were not so usuall and that custome had not bleered mens minds it would bee counted no better than open rebellion and blasphemy against God so it is counted by all but them that use it This sin is counted no sin and yet it is the most desperate sinne and does more hurt than all his fellowes Thirdly To helpe forward when God sends to you his Gospell thereby to cure and save you you will not be cured Jer. 51.9 Yea you so hate the light of the Gospell that you shun it all you can least your deeds should be reprooved John 3.19 10. Or else you stop your eares and shut your eyes least you should see with your eyes and heare with your eares and should understand with your hearts and should he converted and Christ should heale you as himselfe affirmes Matth. 13.15 And what is light to him that will shut his eyes against it Or reason to him that will stop his eares from hearing it Fourthly Here upon because you will not receive the truth in love that you might be saved for this cause God gives you up to strong delusions that you should beleeve a lye That all of you might be damned who beleeve not the the truth but take pleasure in unrighteousnesse They are the very words of the Holy ghost 2 Thess. 2.10 11 12. of which see more Rom. 1.21 to 32. Fiftly and lastly Sathan the God of this World hath blinded your mindes that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ which is the image of God should not shine unto you 2 Cor. 4.3 4. Ephes. 2.2 2 Thess. 2.9 10. 1 Tim. 4.2 For as Sathan is the Prince of darkenesse so hee rules in the darkenesse of the understanding dealing with wicked men as Faulkoners do with their Haukes who that they may carry them quietly and doe what they list unto them First blinde their eyes with a hood Neither could men else hear the Gospell day after day and yeare after yeare which is the strong arme of the Lord and the mighty power of God to salvation Rom. 1.16 and the sword of the spirit Ephe. 6.17 and like as a fire or an Hammer that breaketh even the rocke in peeces Ier. 23.29 30. And that irresistable Cannon shot that is mighty to beat downe all the strong holds of sinne and Sathan 2 Cor. 10.4 quick and powerfull And sharper then any two edged sword and peir●eth even to the dividing asunder of the soule and spirit and of the joynts and marrow and to the discerning of the very thoughts and secret intents of the heart Heb. 4.12 And stand it out even refusing the free offer of grace and salvation Neither could they other then hate sin love holinesse For besides that any wise man would rather be saved than damned Plato a very heathen could say that vertue if it be clearly seene moves great love and affection Yea if wee could descerne good from evill perfectly that subtile Serpent could deceive no longer And because hee cannot force men against their wills which leaves us without excuse for though that old Sheba blowes many an inticing blast to carry us away from our true allegiance to Christ Iesus our King yet the minde of man is not capable of a violation either from man or Sathan therefore he useth his utmost pollicy to perswade us And by desception of our reason whereby we mistake vertue for vice and vice for vertue hee cheefly prevailes For no vice could ever bee loved but for the seeming good which it makes shew of And Sathan is so cunning a Sophister and so dexterous a Retoritian in perswading that hee desires no more then to bee heard speake As what thinke you if that old Serpent and Sophister did so easily perswade Eve by himself and Adam by her to beleeve what hee spake though they had heard God himselfe say the contrary immediatly before what hope

conjectured that God would inable mee to discover and sound this depth of malice in Sathan his adherents which makes them so swel and rage against the godly And thereby so convince the one that they should not dare to pervert the straight wayes of the Lord by turning away the weake from the faith And so furnish the other with Armour of proof against their scornes that they might see there was no cause nor have the least thought or purpose of returning For the effecting whereof I have not beene sparing in either paines or prayer to God for divine a●sistance it being a subject that none as I conceive have hitherto handled which I found extended to me blessed bee his holy name beyond my expectation Indeed we may speake to the eare but God alone hath the key of the heart Acts 16.14 To whose blessing I leave the successe and its use to the world Humbly beseeching the Almighty that these lines may not rise up in judgement against those Hazaells that have read them and are never the better And so instead of curing their sinne prove a meanes to increase their torment R. Y. An Alphabeticall Table both for the Book and for the Advertisement A. ACtions our best actions abominable except they proceed from right ends and a heart sanctified Advertisement Aa Accuse wicked accuse the godly of many things but prove nothing Page 68 They will coyne matter to accuse us 70 They dazle mens eyes with false accusations 73 And have a great advantage therein of the godly 63 They have so hardened their hearts that we were as good admonish a stone Ad. Ee Adversities distinction of them 27 Agree impossible the good and bad should ever agree 132 Carnall men can agree with any so they be not religious 133 Though they differ in other things they will agree against the godly 133 Agreement in some points doth but advance hatred the more 136 Anthipathy a secret enmity and antipathy between the wicked and the godly 2 Look enmity All means ineffectuall for want of application Ad. A. B Want of application the cause of all impiety Ad. A. B.Z What chiefly concernes us wee apply to others Ad. A. Z The most prophane can apply the promises which belong only to such as suffer for well-doing Ad. D Hard to say whether their applying the promises or not applying the precepts and threats doth most occasion their finall impenitency Ad. E Assitance divine assistance in time of triall 192 Atheisme fruits of it wherewith the lands abounds Look unbeleef 23 Atheists on earth none in hell 214 Fire and brimstone shall confute all Atheists 219 The most grounded Atheisme hath a mixture of beleefe 215.217 Atheists would give all they have to bee sure there were no bell 216 Their convicted consciences shall be witnesses against their unbeleefe 218 None so confirmed in Atheisme but will feare in time of danger 211 At least on their death beds they confesse a God 212 B. Beliefe unbeliefe a cause of persecuting us 202 Proved by testimonies ibid. By examples ib. By experience 204 Men think they believe but do not ib. Evidences of mens unbeliefe 205 A carnall heart flint to God wax to Satan 221 That most men believe not an hell proved undeniably 226 Did men believe the word or a judgement to come they durst not live as they doe 208.226 Carnall men believe the promises but neither the precepts nor threats 222 All men apt enough to presume upon Gods mercy 220. Ad. D All true believers the children of God 131 All unbelievers children of the divell ib. Sathan the God King and father of all unbelievers Ad. K Admonition to beware before it proves too late 230 All that hath or can be spoken will prove fruitlesse except Gods blessing doe accompany it Ad. Hh Bruising the head what is meant by it 32. And what by bruising the heele 33. Byble Gen. 3.15 an epitomy of it 35 C Causes of hatred and persecution eleven 127.239 Censure they censure our actions and misconsture our intentions 64 They passe over our good parts 69 Look murmuring To censure all for the faults of a few is only the part of a fool 148 But most are such fooles and beasts ib. If Christians we will imitate Christ if Gods servants we will doe what he commands Ad. H Christians if a tithe of them be Christians that are so called there are millions of Christians in hell 232 They combine together and lay divelish plots to destroy the godly 105 They will easily finde occasion 107 Our serving of God shall be ground sufficient 108 Or a Ministers saving of soules ibid. The manner of their consultations 106 Would we accompany them in evill their malice would cease 144 They condemne us that themselves may be justified 66. Look judging Means to confirm comfort and strengthen us against the worlds hatred 12 To consider before it prove too la●e 214 They will make an evill construction of whatsoever we doe or speake 6 Constancy such as feare God as immoveable as a rock 253. Looke profession They contemne the godly which is not for want of ignorance 56 Contempt of Religion makes many resolve against goodnesse 6 Contrariety a maine cause of hatred and persecution 130 They are contrary and differ 1. In their judgements touching Wisdome Happinesse Fortitude Sin Holinesse 138 2. In their passions and affections of Love Feare Anger Ioy c. 139 3. In their practice and this breeds many a quarrell 139 Sufficient hath been spoken to convince the most malicious Ad. B They give devilish counsell against us 72 Miserable condition of cowardly Christians 4 Christ and his crosse inseparable 10 They use to curse the godly 87 And those that least deserve the same 90 Curse us that they may discourage us ib. Though they curse yet God will blesse 91 How miserably cursers shall bee cursed 91 They that curse us would kill us if they durst 89 D. Of denying Christ a memorable example 5. Look profession Foule mouthed men and women are devills in Scripture phrase 83 Good men may differ in many things yet agree in the maine 157 A vast difference betweene another discipline and another doctrine 158 Discretion eats up devotion 156 Wicked men thinke they grace themselves by disgracing others 79 How fitly they are called dogs 81 E. An enmity or war proclaimed betweene the wicked and godly 15 The author proclayming ib. The Captaines and souldiers betweene whom 16 Severall uses of instruction 17 The certainty of this war 20 Foure lessons of instruction 21 The end why threefold 23 God the author without being the author of sin 24 Of which sundry reasons ibid. The same further cleared 26 Originall sin the originall of this discord 23 The time threefold 28 Vse of comfort 29 The manner of their venting it 30 The place threefold ibid. What will be the issue and who shall get victory 32 This war is perpetuall 28 It was before the flood 40 After the