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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55373	Blasphēmoktonia: = The blasphemer slaine with the sword of the spirit: or a plea for the god head of the Holy Ghost Wherein the deity of the spirit of God is proved in the demonstration of the spirit, and vindicated from the cavils of John Bidle. The second edition with many additions. By Matthew Pool, Master of Arts of Emmannel-Colledge in Cambridge; and pastor of the church of God at Michaels Quern in London.	Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679.	1654 (1654)	Wing P2826; ESTC R217686	38,396	97

Epistle that he had waited upon and contested with sundry Learned men and could never get a satisfactory answer nor I doubt everwill in his own judgement I fear God hath given him up to a spirit of delusion to believe lies To convince an Heretick is but a little below a Miracle and therefore it is not that I expect in this Treatise but onely the establishment of those that are yet free from this infection and the reducing of them if there be any such who have followed this wretched Apostate out of the simplicity of their hearts I am sensible that this Treatise of Bidle's is fully answered by learned Mr. Estwick to which Mr. B. hath never yet made a reply nor ever will be able But there are many that are unwilling to bestow either much pains or cost about books of that nature and so that errour doth yet spread and some as I am informed are lately infected with it I was therefore importuned to put forth a short and plain confutation af Bidle's Treatise which might require lesse of the Readers money and patience and so might serve as a common Antidote against that Pestilential Doctrine Which motion I did at first utterly reject being conscious to my self of mine own utter unfitnesse for such a work And had I been left to my self I should sooner have put my finger in the fire then my pen to paper upon such terms But being solemnly almost adjured by the honour of God and good of souls and being uncessantly urged I confesse I durst not deny lest I should prefer mine own credit which I thought might be justly blemished by publishing my weaknesse in Print with a Noverint universi as thousands have done before me I say lest I should prefer my credit to the glory of God which was here so neerly concerned and I hoped might be a little promoted by mine endeavours I therefore consulted not with flesh and blood but immediately betook my self to the work And if such fools as I write learned men may thank themselves who suffer so many pestilent books to lie un-answered as are daily put forth with what satisfaction to their own consciences I know not but I am sure with the great prejudice of the Church and dissatisfaction of pious souls I wish they would seriously lay this to heart and take heed they be not found among them that wrap their talents whether they be preaching or writing talents all is one in a napkin And in this work I confesse I was helped by the labours of some that went before me Mr. Estwick Doctor Cheynell and Cloppenburgius though I may safely say there are some things added of mine own which I hope may not be altogether uselesse and inconsiderable Such as it is here thou hast it read consider examine seriously diligently reverently and the Lord open the eyes of thy minde that thou mayest receive this truth in the love of it If thou art already drawn into that pestilent errour that is here confuted by the cunning craftinesse of those seducers that lie in wait to deceive thou hast the more need to look to thy self for as thy distemper cannot be lesse then mortall if it be an errour as indeed it is because it strikes at the very Deity of God himself so it is almost incurable And therefore it is high time for thee to awake out of sleep for now is thy damnation neerer then when thou didst first Apostatize It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent Seriously bethink thy self whether those foolish cavils thou pleasest thy self with here are likely to bear thee out and passe for currant at that great day Besides what is in this Treatise which will either satisfie thee or else I fear one day condemn thee consider one thing further whereas your Champion cries out upon us as Idolaters whether it be probable that God who hath promised to lead his people into all truth to be with his Church to the end of the world should suffer all his people those that did most sincerely love and worship him most firmly believe in him to fall 〈◊〉 live and die in such a foul and indeed damnable sin as Idolatry is and that for so many ages together Take one Caution more do not think to comprehend this Mystery in thy shallow understanding How should divine mysteries be depths if a creature could fathome them Do not make thy reason the rule of thy faith So did the wise Grecians the rational Romans and that was the great cause why the preaching of the Crosse was foolishnesse to them The riches of Christ are unsearchable shall we therefore dis-believe them the peace of God passeth all understanding shall we therefore dispute it out of the world For you that are not yet tainted with this soul-murdering doctrine 1 Blesse God for it 2 Take beed lest you also fall 3 Be wise unto sobriety And the Lord give you a spirit of discerning to distinguish between things that differ So prayeth he Who passionately labours for thy Conviction and Conversion or Establishment and Edification M. P. The DEITY of the HOLY GHOST PROVED BEfore I come to answer Mr. B's Arguments I shall lay down some Arguments to prove the Deity of the Holy Ghost I shall not follow his way in contending more by number and multitude then strength and force of Arguments in multiplying words without weight I shall forbear to bring many Arguments that might be alleadged and that upon good grounds and shall only ●ull out some chief ones and vindicate those which B. hath cavill'd against And thou blessed Spirit the Spirit of Truth plead thine own cause s●nd out Thy Light and Thy Truth that they may guide me in the handling of this controversie that Thy Divine Majesty may be fully vindicated Thy people solidly establish'd and Thine enemies may be either con●●●ted or confounded Amen Arg. 1. He whom the Scripture calls the Great and the True God is God But the Scripture calls the Holy Ghost the Great and the True God Ergo the Holy Ghost is God I make that addition in the Premisses the Great and True God because it is known and confessed that Magistrates are said to be gods though they are never so called but there is something added by way of qualification and diminution I have said You are gods but you shall die like men Psal 82. 6 7. So I have made thee a god to Pharaoh Exod. 7. 1. A made god and a god to Pharaoh The Major will be confessed All the doubt will be about the Minor For the proof I shall only urge two places of Scripture The first place is Acts 5. v. 3. why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie unto the Holy Ghost compared with the end of verse 4. Thou hast no● l●●d to men but to God That he speaks concerning the great God is confessed by the adversary and needs no proof So that