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cause_n	body_n	see_v	soul_n	2,772	5	5.0753	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68802	Iaphets first publique perswasion into Sems tents, or, Peters sermon which was the first generall calling of the gentiles preached before Cornelius / expounded in Cambridge by Thomas Taylor, and now published for the further use of the Church of God.	Taylor, Thomas. 1576-1632.	1612 (1612)	STC 23830.5; ESTC S118155	214,432	413

well obserued they had not beene so grossely mistaken in him as they were Secondly the tyrannie of the deuill ouer those whom he possessed is expressed in that the text saith they were oppressed by the deuill Now therefore how miserably the deuill tyrannizeth where God giueth him leaue we shall see by the Scriptures in sundrie particulars As 1. In that his malice spareth not old nor young but tyrannizeth ouer young children tearing and renting and bruising them as Luk. 9.39.42 and if he be so cruell to children hee will vse no great curtesie to those that are elder 2. Sometimes he oppresseth men by multitudes for although ten thousand men are not able to resist one of these wicked spirits yet to shewe his malice hee will set euen a whole legion vpon some one poore creature as Mark. 5.9 3. As tyrants doe with their vassals force them to any thing which euen themselues abhorre so Satan forceth demoniaks to such things as were they themselues they would not abide to heare of he maketh them rent off their cloathes and runne starke naked he causeth them to banish themselues out of the societie of men and liue among the graues yea and as tyrants sometimes maime their captiues of one member sometimes of another so the deuill sometimes strikes them dumb sometimes deafe sometimes altogether sensles whence it is that we reade of dumbe and deafe spirits yea of some raging spirits that neuer leaue renting and tearing the poore creature till he be left for dead 4. Hee is not content that himselfe play the tyrant ouer them but he maketh them also tyrants against mankinde loosing their chaines breaking their fetters and making them so fierce and cruell as no man for feare of his life dares come neere them How the man possessed ranne vpon the sonnes of Sceua and wounded them appeareth Act. 19.16 5. That nothing may be added to his crueltie he forceth them to be most cruell against themselues to cast themselues sometimes into the fire sometimes into the water and to beat themselues with stones continually Quest. What reason is there why the Lord should not onely suffer Satan to possesse his creature but also thus tyrannically to abuse and torture it at his pleasure Ans. 1. Because the word teaching what a malicious enemie Satan is men will not beleeue it and therefore it is iust with God that we should see and sometimes feele to our cost and experimentally be taught what furious hatred and irreconciliable crueltie our deadly enemie carrieth incessantly against vs. 2. That men might conceiue what an horrible thing it is to be giuen vp wholly to the deuill both body and soule and that in hell there can be nothing but gnashing and tearing and horrors worse then ten thousand deaths where he hath men wholly in his owne dominion If the tyrannie of Satan can be so great here we may conceiue what it is there or at least that it is inconceiueable Looke seriously vpon such a pitifull spectacle as this is and thou shalt not need any such messenger as the rich man would haue sent to his brethren to signifie his miserable estate in hell Let mockers looke vpon such an obiect and then tell vs whether the de●uil be so blacke and furious as he is said to be or hell so hote as Preachers make it 3. That the more furious and violent the deuill shewes himselfe the more manifestly might the power of God and Iesus Christ breake out not onely by a word repressing but abolishing it altogether the which power when Christ put forth it so amazed all the beholders that they questioned among themselues saying What a thing is this he commandeth the foule spirits with authoritie and they come out for what other ende did Christ aske the deuils name but to shewe his great power and glorie who by one word cast out a whole legion of them 4. That we might conceiue how mischieuously the deuill inwardly worketh in those minds that he possesseth by sinne which tyrannie of his although it be little felt or perceiued yet is it no lesse nay farre greater farre more dangerous and which we haue great cause both to feare and preuent by so much aboue the other as we account the soule more noble then the bodie and things eternall aboue temporall Now the vse of this point shall be to giue a further tast of Satans tyrannie in the soules of wicked men that they may hence see in part what a wofull estate they are in how they are in the snare of the deuill taken prisoners of him to doe his will which is the most lamentable possession of all For when men are giuen vp of God to Satans power to bee ruled at his will they are out of their right minds and all the qualities and behauiours of madmen are euident in them they are taken with dumbe and deafe spirits and strucke sensles to any thing that good is they are tongue-tied cannot speak a good word cannot open their mouthes to pray or praise God but when Satan looseth their tongues they in rage against Christ blaspheame him in himselfe in his word or in his seruants or else their mouthes are filled with idle filthy and hurtfull speaches which as they are set on fire of hell so euerie where by them kindleth Satan sparkles of dissention which are blowne vp to a whole world of wickednesse As little can they heare any thing that is good their eares are stopped wil heare no voice of God or his seruants their eies are blinded by the God of this world that they cannot see the light of the Gospel shining vpon them 2. Wicked men euen when their bodies are most decently couered runne starke naked like madmen euerie where they teare off and wil not abide vpon them the garments of innocencie the robe of Christs righteousnesse they wil not put on yet see they not nor shame for this nakednesse but as hauing put off all forehead they blush not at any flagitious course nay rather they glorie herein thinking themselues then highly commendable when they sweare rage lie drinke and compasse their filthinesse of any kind most remorslesly In which courses they are driuen headlong by the Devil into a bottomlesse sea of sinne as the swine were into the lake out of which miserable destruction let Christ or his Minister seeke to deliuer them they rage and raile like the deuils that would not be tormented before their time But let them offer to bind them and bring them into order by the yoke of Gods iudgements denounced in the word or by the rod of discipline that they may not hurt themselues and others they breake out with more violence such bonds are but like Sampsons flaxe they lightly cast off all such yokes from them 3. As Satan forceth possessed persons to wound and destroie themselues and others so is hee not contented with any course but such as turne to the wickeds owne ouerthrow and the

of their head and their blessed estate manifested to all the world both men and Angels and euen in the eyes of the wicked themselues therefore although they enioy God already in pa●● and the beginnings of the life to come and such as are dead in the graue rest with the Lord and enioy his glorie in their soule yet are they not fully happie nor can be till this day breath on them and this their morning awake them to their perfect glorie As for the wicked although they are alreadie condemned 1. in Gods counsell before all worlds 2. by the word wherein their sentence is read declared and published 3. in their owne consciences the iudgement of which forerunneth the finall iudgement 4. by certaine degrees of insensible plagues that are vpon them as hardnesse of heart blindnesse of minde wilfulnes in their wickednes malice against God and good men hatred of the light and meanes of saluation 5. by the horrible torment of the soules of such as are in hell with the deuil and damned ones yet doth the full viall of Gods wrath remaine to be powred vpon them the final executiō manifestation of their endles miserie is reserued till this day of iudgement when the bodie shall be reunited to the soule and both deliuered to the deuill as their head by him to be tormented together as they haue beene inseparable friends in sinning together Vse Let euery man make account of this iudgment high and low rich and poore learned and vnlearned the mightiest Monarch shall not be able to withdrawe or absent himselfe vnlesse his power be aboue the power of Christ the iudge the poorest soule that euer sawe the Sunne shall not be neglected the most rebellious of all creatures men or Angels must of force appeare and that not by a procter or advocate but in his owne person for euery man must giue accounts of himselfe vnto God None can be forgotten no not through the passing of thousands of yeares Caine died many thousand yeares since Iudas many hundreths yet both must appeare the one for killing his innocent brother the other for betraying his innocent Master No excuse will serue the turne the Friars plea we are exempted Lord will doe no good here no nor that which all mens courts must needes excuse absence by that the partie is dead for this iudgement seat is set vp for the quicke and the dead God must for his glorie truth and iustice bring euery man to this tribunall that if hee haue beene good and faithfull hee may haue his time of refreshing and be put into the perfect state of happinesse in soule and bodie And contrarily if he haue beene hard hear●ed and impenitent he may know the waight of Gods iustice and power and be in full state of endlesse and easelesse miserie both in soule and bodie Oh then what great cause hath euery man to forecast this day and expecting it to prepare for it rather then to betake thēselues to that Epicurean profane practise of mockers who put far from them this euill day saying wher is the promise of his comming we see all things alike since the beginning he makes but smal hast And thus because iudgement is not speedily executed they resolue thēselues on a most wicked course not knowing that as a snare it shal come vpon thē when they least look for it and that though slowly yet he will come surely and make thē know what it is to abuse his patience which should lead them to repentāce Now followeth the manner of this iudgement and that is comprehended in three things 1. it shall be glorious and powerfull 2. iust and righteous 3. strict and accurate For the first it is said that the Sonne of man shall come with power and great glorie yea in the glorie of the Father that is such as belongeth to his Father with himselfe but to no creature else The clouds and the aire shall be as a fierie chariot to carrie him with admirable swiftnesse his traine and attendants shall be the Archangel making his way by the sound of a trumpet which the v●rie dust and ashes shall heare and follow and all the other Angels of heauen from whose multitude power and glorie this comming shall be wonderfully glorious and yet the Iudge himselfe shall surpasse them all in glorie and brightnesse and as the sinne doth darken all the lesser starres so shall his most admirable glorie obscure them all This appearance may be shadowed by the comming in of earthly Iudges to hold assises through their circuit attended with the honourable nobles iustices and gentelmen of the country yea with the high Sheriffes power besides all their owne followers by which great state and attendance they are both honoured and aided as becommeth such publicke Ministers of iustice as also are made formidable to daunt and quell malefactors Or rather looke as Princes going to their Parliament to make lawes put on their royall robes and shew themselues in their greatest glorie euen so shall this great King of glorie comming to require the obedience of his lawes cloath himselfe with such a roabe of glorie as the brightest sunne shall not endure to behold neither the heauens nor the earth shall be able to see this glorie but shall shrinke at it and melt away with a noise Rev. 20.11 Iohn saw a great white throne and one that sat vpon it from whose face fled a●way both the earth and heauen and their place was found no more Thus may we in some darke resemblance something conceiue of this glorie of the Iudge of all the world vnto which the consideration of the persons that shall be iudged by him addeth not a little moment for not only small but great must stand before him It is indeed a great honour among 〈◊〉 to be deputed the Lord high Steward vnder a King whose office is to sit in iudgement vpon a noble man what an height of glorie then is it for the Sonne of God to sit in iudgement and call personally before him not nobles only but all the Kings and Monarchs that euer the earth bare If there be such preparation and state amongst men for the triall but of some one noble man what glorie may we conceiue must attend the mightie God whilest hee bringeth to their triall not only 〈…〉 persons but all the most powerfull Monarches and Potentates that euer were or shall be to the end of the world This consideration ministreth comfort to the godly seeing he commeth to iudgement who is able perfectly to free them from all miserie able to strike off their bolts of sinne to acquit them from terrors of conscience feares of death the graue the deuill and hell it selfe hee commeth from heauen for their release who hath troden all his enemies vnder his feet● and all this glorie is for their saftie and happinesse who wish and wa●te for the appearing of this mightie God And on the contrarie it serueth