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A sermon preached before the right honourable the Lord Mayor, and Aldermen of London at the Guild-Hall Chappel, Octob. the 28th 1677 / by Bryan Turner ...
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Turner, Bryan, 1634 or 5-1698.
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cord_n of_o his_o sin_n say_v solomon_n i._n e._n a_o guilty_a offender_n can_v natural_o arrive_v at_o any_o opinion_n of_o god_n but_o as_o powerful_a and_o severe_a in_o order_n to_o punishment_n unless_o god_n in_o mercy_n give_v new_a ground_n of_o hope_n for_o pardon_n upon_o repentance_n as_o he_o have_v to_o mankind_n by_o his_o son_n who_o he_o first_o promise_v and_o in_o due_a time_n send_v into_o the_o world_n for_o this_o very_a end_n to_o save_v sinner_n by_o this_o way_n i._n e._n to_o principle_n man_n afresh_o with_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o their_o sin_n and_o guilt_n have_v extinguish_v which_o love_n of_o god_n in_o this_o merciful_a act_n of_o redemption_n appear_v more_o full_o to_o they_o than_o it_o do_v before_o in_o creation_n and_o providence_n because_o it_o be_v superad_v thereunto_o and_o like_o a_o second_o beam_n of_o light_n conjoin_v to_o a_o first_o shine_v to_o all_o eye_n with_o a_o great_a lustre_n and_o therefore_o attract_v a_o warm_a affection_n and_o this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o apostle_n meaning_n eph._n 3._o 17_o 18._o that_o we_o be_v root_v and_o ground_v in_o love_n may_v be_v able_a to_o comprehend_v with_o all_o saint_n what_o be_v the_o breadth_n and_o length_n and_o height_n and_o depth_n and_o to_o know_v the_o love_n of_o christ_n which_o pass_v knowledge_n i._n e._n to_o know_v the_o immensity_n of_o that_o love_n of_o god_n discover_v in_o christ_n jesus_n superad_v to_o all_o the_o other_o instance_n of_o divine_a goodness_n in_o creation_n and_o providence_n what_o spirit_n or_o frame_v of_o mind_n therefore_o our_o service_n of_o god_n in_o christianity_n ought_v to_o proceed_v from_o you_o see_v according_a to_o the_o text._n and_o as_o by_o this_o that_o have_v be_v say_v we_o may_v examine_v ourselves_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n so_o we_o may_v all_o those_o opinion_n in_o matter_n of_o faith_n pretend_v to_o frame_v religion_n in_o man_n and_o promote_v it_o in_o the_o world_n for_o 1._o no_o man_n can_v be_v religious_a upon_o this_o principle_n of_o love_n but_o he_o that_o have_v just_a and_o honourable_a opinion_n of_o god_n goodness_n both_o in_o his_o nature_n and_o his_o promise_n to_o man_n and_o therefore_o whosoever_o promote_v opinion_n to_o render_v god_n dreadful_a to_o any_o but_o impenitent_a sinner_n whatever_o their_o aim_n may_v be_v can_v in_o effect_n promote_v nothing_o but_o either_o despair_n or_o superstition_n 2._o as_o all_o fatal_a opinion_n strike_v at_o this_o root_n of_o true_a religion_n so_o none_o more_o direct_o than_o those_o of_o the_o leviathan_n who_o have_v swell_v the_o water_n of_o the_o lemon-lake_n to_o their_o full_a height_n and_o not_o dissemble_v his_o consequence_n have_v plain_o tell_v we_o in_o effect_n that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o other_o religion_n but_o superstition_n among_o man_n for_o these_o be_v his_o word_n in_o his_o book_n of_o man_n chap._n 12._o in_o these_o four_o thing_n a_o opinion_n of_o ghost_n ignorance_n in_o second_o cause_n veneration_n towards_o what_o man_n fear_v and_o take_v thing_n casual_a for_o prognostic_n consist_v the_o natural_a seed_n of_o religion_n from_o whence_o these_o inference_n be_v unavoidable_a 1._o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o religion_n but_o what_o be_v true_o superstition_n for_o these_o natural_a seed_n as_o he_o call_v they_o or_o rather_o tare_n can_v produce_v no_o fruit_n but_o fear_n 2._o that_o the_o thing_n call_v religion_n be_v not_o sit_v to_o lodge_v in_o a_o wiseman_n breast_n see_v a_o idle_a opinion_n of_o ghost_n ignorance_n in_o second_o cause_n devotion_n to_o what_o man_n fear_v and_o take_v thing_n casual_a for_o prognostic_n be_v seed_n it_o be_v fit_a a_o wise_a man_n shall_v eradicate_v out_o of_o his_o breast_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o can_v have_v there_o be_v any_o other_o natural_a seed_n of_o religion_n in_o his_o judgement_n sure_o he_o will_v have_v tell_v we_o when_o he_o set_v himself_o to_o treat_v industrious_o of_o their_o precise_a number_n unless_o he_o fail_v as_o much_o in_o his_o arithmetic_n as_o in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o mathematics_n of_o the_o true_a god_n or_o any_o sentiment_n of_o he_o he_o have_v not_o say_v a_o word_n as_o to_o any_o of_o the_o natural_a seed_n of_o religion_n for_o by_o a_o opinion_n of_o ghost_n he_o mean_v not_o god_n but_o invisible_a agent_n which_o the_o latin_n call_v imagine_v &_o umbrae_fw-la and_o think_v they_o spirit_n i._n e._n thin_a aerial_a body_n as_o he_o explain_v himself_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n where_o he_o add_v these_o word_n from_o the_o like_a thing_n past_o man_n expect_v the_o like_a to_o come_v and_o hope_v for_o good_a or_o evil_a luck_n superstitious_o from_o thing_n that_o have_v no_o part_n in_o cause_v of_o it_o this_o be_v the_o humour_n of_o take_v thing_n casual_a for_o prognostic_n which_o he_o express_o acknowledge_v to_o create_v superstitious_a hope_n and_o he_o say_v further_a that_o a_o perpetual_a fear_n always_o accompany_v man_n in_o the_o ignorance_n of_o second_o cause_n so_o that_o we_o see_v by_o his_o own_o explication_n these_o seed_n can_v spring_v into_o nothing_o but_o fear_n which_o alone_o can_v fructify_v into_o nothing_o but_o direct_a superstition_n i_o know_v the_o leviathan_n have_v in_o word_n assert_v the_o be_v of_o a_o god_n infinite_a and_o omnipotent_a but_o by_o exclude_v he_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o in_o his_o judgement_n no_o natural_a seed_n of_o religion_n consist_v in_o any_o sentiment_n of_o he_o for_o he_o express_o distinguish_v betwixt_o he_o and_o ghost_n i_o know_v likewise_o he_o have_v in_o word_n distinguish_v betwixt_o the_o religion_n of_o gentilism_n and_o christianity_n allow_v christianity_n a_o divine_a appointment_n thank_v the_o areopagite_n for_o that_o but_o i_o say_v he_o have_v in_o the_o inevitable_a consequence_n of_o his_o doctrine_n make_v christianity_n nothing_o but_o a_o superstition_n of_o divine_a appointment_n for_o these_o be_v his_o word_n p._n 54._o these_o edit_n engl._n edit_n seed_n i._n e._n a_o opinion_n of_o ghost_n ignorance_n in_o second_o cause_n etc._n etc._n have_v receive_v culture_n from_o two_o sort_n of_o man_n one_o who_o have_v nourish_v and_o order_v they_o according_a to_o their_o own_o invention_n the_o other_o have_v do_v it_o by_o god_n commandment_n and_o direction_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o former_a sort_n be_v all_o the_o founder_n of_o commonwealth_n and_o lawgiver_n among_o the_o gentile_n of_o the_o latter_a sort_n be_v abraham_n moses_n and_o our_o bless_a saviour_n so_o he_o from_o whence_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o gentilism_n and_o christianity_n differ_v not_o in_o the_o seed_n but_o in_o the_o culture_n which_o may_v alter_v the_o growth_n but_o not_o total_o alter_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o fruit_n therefore_o according_a to_o this_o doctrine_n our_o bless_a saviour_n by_o god_n commandment_n and_o direction_n have_v only_o these_o four_o natural_a seed_n of_o religion_n to_o cultivate_v a_o opinion_n of_o ghost_n ignorance_n of_o second_o cause_n devotion_n to_o what_o man_n fear_v and_o take_v thing_n casual_a for_o prognostic_n all_o which_o can_v produce_v nothing_o but_o fear_n and_o nothing_o but_o fear_n can_v produce_v nothing_o but_o superstition_n and_o consequent_o christianity_n be_v but_o a_o superstition_n set_v up_o by_o divine_a appointment_n as_o gentilism_n be_v by_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n according_a to_o this_o author_n what_o music_n this_o make_v in_o your_o ear_n i_o know_v not_o but_o lest_o you_o think_v he_o either_o witty_a or_o wickede_a than_o he_o deserve_v i_o will_v tell_v you_o where_o he_o learn_v his_o note_n these_o natural_a seed_n of_o religion_n grow_v first_o in_o the_o garden_n of_o epicurus_n lucretius_n have_v set_v they_o down_o to_o his_o hand_n out_o of_o who_o he_o collect_v they_o into_o this_o precise_a number_n amstelodami_fw-la lib._n 6._o de_fw-fr rer._n nat._n p._n 140._o amstelodami_fw-la epic._n et_fw-la genus_fw-la humanum_fw-la frustra_fw-la plerumque_fw-la probavit_fw-la voluere_fw-la curarum_fw-la tristes_fw-la in_o pectore_fw-la fluctus_fw-la nam_fw-la veluti_fw-la pveri_fw-la trepidant_fw-la atque_fw-la omne_fw-la caecis_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la metuunt_fw-la sic_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o luce_n timemus_fw-la interdum_fw-la nihilo_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la metuenda_fw-la magis_fw-la quà m_fw-la quae_fw-la pveri_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la pavitant_fw-la singuntque_fw-la futura_fw-la hunc_fw-la igitur_fw-la terrorem_fw-la animi_fw-la tenebrasque_fw-la necesse'st_a etc._n etc._n et_fw-la paulo_fw-la post_fw-la caetera_fw-la quae_fw-la fieri_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la coeloque_fw-la tuentur_fw-la mortales_fw-la pavidis_fw-la cum_fw-la pendent_fw-la mentibu_fw-mi '_o saepe_fw-la efficiunt_fw-la animos_fw-la humiles_fw-la formidine_fw-la diuûm_fw-la depressosque_fw-la premunt_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la propterea_fw-la quod_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la causarum_fw-la confer_v deorum_fw-la cogit_fw-la ad_fw-la imperium_fw-la res_fw-la &_o concedere_fw-la regnum_fw-la quorum_fw-la operum_fw-la causas_fw-la
nulla_fw-la ratione_fw-la videre_fw-la possunt_fw-la ac_fw-la fieri_fw-la divino_fw-la numine_fw-la rentur_fw-la 6._o lib._n 1._o p._n 6._o humana_fw-la ante_fw-la oculos_fw-la i._n e._n epicuri_n faede_fw-la cum_fw-la vita_fw-la jaceret_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la oppressa_fw-la gravi_fw-la sub_fw-la religione_fw-la quae_fw-la caput_fw-la a_o coeli_fw-la regionibus_fw-la ostendebat_fw-la primum_fw-la graius_fw-la homo_fw-la epicurus_n mortales_fw-la tollere_fw-la contra_fw-la est_fw-la oculos_fw-la ausus_fw-la primusque_fw-la obsistere_fw-la contra_fw-la etc._n etc._n 76._o lib._n 3._o p._n 76._o atque_fw-la ea_fw-la nimirum_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la acherunte_v profundo_fw-la prodita_fw-la sunt_fw-la esse_fw-la in_fw-la vita_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la nobis_fw-la nec_fw-la miser_n impendens_fw-la magnum_fw-la timet_fw-la aere_fw-la saxum_fw-la tantalus_n ut_fw-la fama_fw-la est_fw-la cassa_fw-mi formidine_fw-la torpens_fw-la sed_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la diuûm_fw-la metus_fw-la urget_fw-la inanis_fw-la mortales_fw-la casumque_fw-la timet_fw-la cuicunque_fw-la ferat_fw-la for_o we_o this_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o ghost_n and_o take_v thing_n casual_a for_o prognostic_n 6._o lib._n 1._o p._n 6._o et_fw-la quae_fw-la res_fw-la nobis_fw-la vigilantibus_fw-la obvia_fw-la mentes_fw-la terrificet_fw-la morbo_fw-la affectis_fw-la somnoque_fw-la sepultis_fw-la cernere_fw-la uti_fw-la videamur_fw-la eos_fw-la audireque_fw-la coram_fw-la morte_fw-la obita_fw-la quorum_fw-la tellus_fw-la complectitur_fw-la ossa_fw-la this_o be_v the_o same_o opinion_n of_o ghost_n or_o vmbrae_fw-la which_o word_n lucretius_n use_v elsewhere_o and_o the_o leviathan_n in_o explication_n of_o those_o ghost_n use_v the_o same_o word_n vmbrae_fw-la quip_n ita_fw-la formido_fw-la mortales_fw-la continet_fw-la omnes_fw-la ibid._n idem_fw-la ibid._n quorum_fw-la operum_fw-la causas_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o the_o leviathan_n in_o the_o chapter_n of_o religion_n translate_v in_o these_o word_n a_o perpetual_a fear_n accompany_v man_n in_o the_o ignorance_n of_o second_o cause_n by_o which_o and_o the_o like_o it_o be_v evident_a the_o leviathan_n do_v not_o invent_v but_o take_v up_o these_o principle_n out_o of_o lucretius_n what_o epicurus_n design_n be_v the_o same_o lucretius_n tell_v we_o religionum_fw-la animum_fw-la nodis_fw-la exolvere_fw-la to_o untwist_v the_o bond_n and_o tie_n of_o religion_n that_o keep_v man_n in_o such_o a_o slavish_a fear_n which_o evidence_v he_o think_v there_o be_v no_o other_o religion_n but_o superstition_n and_o therefore_o those_o word_n be_v use_v indifferent_o by_o none_o but_o the_o epicurean_o and_o such_o as_o quote_v their_o doctrine_n that_o i_o can_v observe_v what_o lucretius_n style_v religio_fw-la tully_n style_v superstitio_fw-la who_o tell_v we_o that_o epicurus_n grand_a measure_n be_v this_o omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la naturâ_fw-la cognitâ_fw-la levamur_fw-la superstitione_n liberamur_fw-la mortis_fw-la metu_fw-la de_fw-fr nat._n deor._n lucretius_n express_v it_o thus_o lib._n 2._o p._n 28._o hic_fw-la tibi_fw-la cum_fw-la rebus_fw-la timefacto_fw-la religiones_fw-la effugiunt_fw-la animo_fw-la pavidae_fw-la mortisque_fw-la timores_fw-la tum_o vacuum_fw-la pecius_fw-la linquunt_fw-la curaque_fw-la solutum_fw-la all_o this_o be_v to_o make_v good_a my_o charge_n that_o the_o leviathan_n collect_v only_o out_o of_o lucretius_n the_o epicurean_a more_o may_v be_v add_v but_o that_o it_o will_v swell_v this_o sermon_n too_o big_a but_o lest_o we_o that_o seem_v so_o much_o to_o dislike_v these_o account_n of_o he_o may_v be_v judge_v unable_a to_o give_v any_o better_a of_o our_o own_o agreeable_a to_o humane_a nature_n and_o experience_n i_o shall_v brief_o in_o consent_n to_o my_o doctrine_n search_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n in_o this_o particular_a for_o better_a principle_n than_o these_o which_o i_o shall_v submit_v to_o the_o inward_a experience_n of_o mankind_n and_o propound_v they_o as_o follow_v 1._o the_o natural_a seed_n of_o religion_n be_v lay_v in_o that_o imborn_a sense_n which_o the_o soul_n have_v of_o a_o deity_n the_o far_a investigation_n of_o which_o deity_n be_v leave_v to_o the_o more_o elaborate_a act_n of_o understanding_n if_o man_n may_v 27._o act._n 17._o 27._o happy_o feel_v after_o he_o and_o find_v he_o say_v st._n paul_n compare_v with_o the_o first_o and_o the_o second_o to_o the_o roman_n 2._o to_o this_o imborn_a sense_n of_o god_n in_o the_o way_n of_o knowledge_n there_o be_v a_o imborn_a seed_n of_o love_n in_o the_o way_n of_o desire_n and_o affection_n adjoin_v in_o the_o same_o mind_n to_o give_v vigour_n to_o it_o that_o it_o may_v search_v out_o that_o god_n to_o a_o full_a discovery_n and_o be_v happy_a in_o the_o contemplation_n and_o love_n of_o his_o perfection_n i_o be_o confine_v from_o a_o thousand_o thing_n in_o this_o cause_n therefore_o brief_o in_o a_o few_o word_n love_n be_v proper_o a_o intellectual_a affection_n and_o if_o by_o reason_n of_o man_n sensual_a part_n it_o do_v degenerate_a into_o lust_n it_o be_v because_o the_o soul_n which_o can_v for_o the_o body_n weight_n have_v its_o proper_a delight_n be_v force_v to_o take_v up_o with_o such_o fare_v as_o be_v grateful_a to_o its_o companion_n but_o if_o we_o scan_v the_o true_a nature_n of_o this_o active_a principle_n which_o we_o call_v love_n or_o desire_v in_o humane_a kind_n it_o will_v be_v find_v a_o vigorous_a tendency_n after_o satisfactory_a good_a incessant_o prompt_v the_o soul_n to_o search_v out_o the_o summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la for_o this_o be_v its_o proper_a object_n this_o be_v at_o the_o end_n of_o all_o desire_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v restless_a till_o it_o centre_n here_o as_o a_o magnetic_a needle_n till_o it_o point_v to_o its_o pole_n which_o account_v for_o that_o inquietude_n that_o be_v both_o on_o earth_n and_o in_o hell_n this_o love_n be_v the_o radical_a affection_n of_o humane_a nature_n all_o other_o passion_n as_o we_o call_v they_o be_v but_o its_o offspring_n for_o as_o hope_n be_v but_o the_o wing_n of_o desire_n and_o joy_n be_v but_o the_o triumph_n of_o love_n so_o sorrow_n be_v but_o its_o mourning-weed_n and_o despair_n be_v but_o love_v give_v up_o the_o ghost_n fear_n and_o jealousy_n and_o hatred_n be_v but_o the_o ague_n the_o fever_n and_o convulsion_n into_o which_o love_n be_v cast_v through_o the_o opposition_n it_o find_v in_o its_o natural_a course_n and_o if_o they_o arise_v to_o that_o malignant_a extremity_n which_o we_o call_v despair_n it_o be_v the_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n because_o they_o extinguish_v this_o vital_a principle_n of_o love_n and_o desire_n if_o that_o the_o affection_n of_o the_o concupiscible_a faculty_n be_v natural_a to_o man_n he_o can_v be_v without_o they_o even_o dives_n in_o torment_n be_v as_o ardent_a in_o desire_n as_o flame_n that_o lazarus_n may_v relieve_v he_o with_o one_o drop_n of_o water_n and_o sure_o the_o eternal_a frustration_n of_o this_o radical_a affection_n be_v hell_n enough_o as_o its_o plenary_a and_o permanent_a satisfaction_n be_v heaven_n but_o now_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n all_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o irascible_a faculty_n be_v but_o casual_a and_o accidental_a as_o fear_v jealousy_n hatred_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v but_o intend_v as_o second_o to_o love_n to_o fight_v its_o battle_n and_o overcome_v its_o opposite_n where_o no_o opposite_a be_v there_o be_v no_o occasion_n for_o their_o service_n therefore_o man_n nature_n may_v be_v whole_o without_o these_o and_o shall_v never_o be_v happy_a till_o it_o be_v this_o love_n or_o radical_a affection_n after_o satisfactory_a i._n e._n the_o great_a good_a be_v thus_o inseparable_a from_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n by_o look_v always_o out_o of_o itself_o for_o satisfaction_n demonstrate_v that_o it_o be_v proper_a object_n be_v without_o itself_o for_o finitude_n be_v a_o empty_a thing_n much_o more_o a_o single_a finite_a be_v and_o therefore_o from_o itself_o alone_o arise_v no_o satisfaction_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o all_o create_a appetite_n and_o desire_n look_v out_o of_o themselves_o god_n only_o can_v be_v happy_a in_o and_o from_o himself_o but_o it_o be_v not_o good_a in_o any_o sense_n for_o man_n to_o be_v alone_o create_a love_n therefore_o be_v a_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n that_o arise_v from_o our_o finite_a nature_n and_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n whole_o receptive_a god_n love_n be_v the_o emanation_n of_o a_o infinite_a goodness_n and_o therefore_o whole_o communicative_a the_o flame_n of_o our_o affection_n like_o a_o lamp_n must_v always_o be_v feed_v with_o oil_n or_o it_o will_v expire_v god_n like_o the_o sun_n give_v out_o his_o ray_n but_o take_v in_o none_o this_o radical_a love_n this_o impulsive_a desire_n i_o speak_v of_o it_o not_o in_o the_o act_n but_o in_o the_o root_n and_o principle_n be_v the_o grand_a impression_n or_o signature_n which_o divine_a goodness_n stamp_v upon_o our_o nature_n when_o he_o make_v we_o in_o his_o image_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o tally_n which_o nothing_o can_v exact_o fit_a but_o that_o by_o which_o it_o be_v strike_v as_o the_o hollow_a impression_n in_o the_o wax_n can_v be_v