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Anwick his meditations vpon Gods monarchie and the deuill his kingdome And of the knowledge that man in this life may obtaine of the almightie, eternal, and most glorious godhed: with other thinges not only worth the reading but also the marking and the retayning.
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Anwick, I.
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take iâ yet âerâenly whom the Lorde loueth he castneth and Heb. 12. 6. read all the Chapter scourgeth euery sonne that hee receiueth therefore if we liue without correction whereof all are pertakers then are wee âastardes and not sonnes And although saluation is not geuen by obseruation of the lawe And although God ordeyned all necessaries for mankinde before hee was able to aske it yet seing it is his good pleasure to commaunde mankind to loue and desire to keepe the lawe and ãâã wee should ãâã prayed ãâã ãâã good things âs his handes ââ the name of Christ Iesus what ãâã monsters and ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã we should dispute the ãâã or think it ãâã to liue ãâã the ãâã or âeâdlesse to pray for these thinges which commonly mankind receiueth ãâã ãâã in generall which neyther pray at all ãâã knoweth the right way ãâã to prayâ As though they that haue ãâã ãâã ãâã âââches whereby they ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã neede to pray for theyr daily bread because they haue it alwayââ and though ãâã were needles ây the lordâ prayer to say thy ãâã ãâã ãâã it is ãâã to all and most certainly true ãâã his ãâã will iâ all thing ãâã all ãâã in all ãâã ãâã all his purposes shall throughly be ãâã ãâã all his enemies Therefore they that ãâã the true fayth feare and sone of God and seeke theyr saluation in Christ Iesus wil neuer be so folish thy to ââble of Gods secret workes and to demaunde why he hath done this ââ that but they will ãâã ãâã all the deuises of theyr wits ãâã and vnderstanding vnto his most holy will and crauâ his mercy in Christ Iesus in whose name he hath promised whatsoeuer is necessary for mankinde to whatsoeuer shall aske iâ ãâã ãâã fayth which none can do without his speciall graâe Therefore it is not ãâã gods reason but also euery mans ãâã duty to ãâã all ãâã necessaries of Gods Maiesty if there were ãâã theââ proâeth vs ãâã doing but onely to shewe our ãâã ãâã euen that were a âall and sufficient argument For who knoweth the mind of the Lorde which shal be saued Rom. 9. 34. or ãâã that ãâã is ãâã himselfe so that neyther man co ãâ¦ã and knowe that of another Howbeit euery man ought not only to knowe it in and of himselfe but also is bee assured of his saluation by the more mercy of God in Christ Iesus which necessity wee must beleue or els be vaniââed Therefore be your dispayr For that is blasphemy agaynst the mercy of God that in the name of Christ Iesus let him craue true repentance and hope suerly to find that he seeketh to receaue that hee asketh and at his knocking to haue the dore of mercy opened that in mercy he may receue his saluation not for his keeping of the lawe nor for his owne good workes but for the mere merites of Christ Iesus euen the Lambe of God apoynted before the world was to take away the sinnes of the woorlde in Gods elect let vs rest vppon that which is opened vnto vs by the holy scriptures For it is passing folly worse then starke madnes to endeuoure to know that which the Lord will not haue knowne vidz who shal be saued or damned For God who worketh vppon his owne foundation which euer remayneth and hath this senteÌce for a seale * The Lord knoweth 2 Tim. 2. 19. who are his Therefore let all that call one the Lord Iesus depart from iniquitie and lay hold one mercy onely walke hee neuer so holyly Furthermore the eternall God in the law and the prophets hath set downe sufficient doctryne how he would be serued in the congregations of people according to his owne prescription and not after mans inuention for Moses sayth * you Deut. 12. 8 12. 8. 32. shall not do euery man what seemeth good in his owne eies * But whatsoeuer I commaunde sayth the Lord that take heede to do and nothing diminish nothing * For you shal Ezec. 20. 28 not walke after the ordinaunces of your forefathers nor obserue theyr manners * ye be my frendes sayth Christ Iesus Iohn 25. 14. If you do whatsoeuer I commaund you who so can do that needes doe no more yet the Monkes c. had their woorkes of supererrogation In all controuersies sayth the Lord ye Ezec. 44. 24 shall iudge according to my iudgementes and keepe my Lawes do âo statutes in all my assemblies * when yee appear Esai 1. 12. before mee that ââ when yâe ãâã togeather to the Church to serue ãâã ãâã who requireth these thinges at your handes what haâe I to do wiâh the multitude of your sacrifyces your insence is abhomination I can not away with your newe Moones and solemne Dayes it is iniquity my soule hateth them Marke this well If the incomprehencible maiesty of God which is here tearmed his Soule did hate the Iewish ceremonies erected by himselfe because they were corrupted by mans fantasticall inuentions How much more doth he hate that seruice vnder the tyranny of the Pope which is pretended to bee done vnto God being repugnant vnto his holy will expressed in his woord And yet meaning the Kinges Princes and rulers of Nations and euen such as professe Christianity do neglect * and Matt. 7. breake Gods holy commaundements and fatherly counsels for to establish those humayn traditions and inuentions wherwith Satan is well pleased and lulleth them to sleepe soundly in their errors vntill God see his tyme to punish theyr disobedience with warres pestilent sicknesses and contra ãâ¦ã nding their own deuises among themselues through the malice of their owne malicious minds by Satans woorking in them For Satan is not onely the enticer of mankynd to sinne but also Gods hangman ready to execute his plagues and punishment for sinne whensoeuer it pleaseth God to send him to any Nation State or Person of his eternal purpose and execution of his iust iudgementes For satan and his angels are Spirits created for vengeance which in tyme of destruction shall shew forth the power and wrath of him that made them Satan and his trayne were created good and of themselues became euil and was the cause of Adams fall and yet not without Gods forepoyntment by their own wilfull disobedience And in that God serueth his purpose by the ministration of those spirits treated for vengeance the same work in God is both good and holy because hee is the soueraygne goodnes itselfe and cannot doe amisse whatsoeuer hee doth neyther can heâ bee the auâtor of some in others because it is not his nature to sinne neither tempteth hee any man Moreouer hee is not bound vnder my statute whereby he Iam. 1. 3. might offend for if hee should do amisse the offence were to be answeared to a greater then himselfe but seeing their is none so great and omnipotent as hee but hee only aboue all and all in all aswel in almightines in tender mercy