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cause_n	house_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	50	3	8.9532	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17916	Lachrimæ: or lamentations over the dead wherin is described the earnest zeale of the godly, in mourning for the sins of the people, who are dead in trespasses and sinnes. By Nathanael Cannon, minister and preacher of the word at Hurley, in Berkshire.	Cannon, Nathanael, 1581 or 2-1664.	1616 (1616)	STC 4577; ESTC S113390	19,337	64

in punishing those who committed whoredome in the hoast a proofe of like nature wee haue out of the 2. of Kings chap 10. v. 16. where God commendes the zeale of Iehu in that hee did execute the will of God which was that none of Ahabs house should bee left aliue because hee had wrought such wickednesse in the sight of the Lord. And to the same purpose is that commanded in the thirteenth chapter of Deuteronomie vers 6. If thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thy wife that lieth in thy bosome shall perswade thee and entice thee vnto idolatry then shal thy hand be vpon them and thy eye shall not pitie them for I am the Lord. Now wherfore the Lord requireth our zeale in punishing sinne may easily appeere Reasons 1. Reason Because hee is a iealous God and plagueth the sinner vnto the third and fourth generation now as the Lord doth this himselfe so doth he require that those who are as Gods Psal 82.6 shall doe the like 2. Reason He that hath power from God to punish sinne and doth it not hee doth conclude two things against God himselfe the one that God was not wise enough in the making of that punishment and therefore man in forbearing will take vpon him to be wiser then God The other thing that hee concludes against God is that God is too seuere and therefore man wil somtimes spare where God would haue him punish and herein man will take vpon him to be more mercifull then God himselfe But let the first that wil be wiser then God remember Ahitophel who when God will preserue his Dauid yet this man will take vpō him to giue counsell against him but God confounded Ahitophels wisdome so will he do theirs Secondly he that wil be more mercifull then God let him remember Saul who for sparing Agag and the fatlings whom God would haue had destroyed had his kingdomerent from him yea that which was worth ten thousand kingdomes God tooke his holy spirit from him 3. Reason He that spareth punishing offenders brings the vengeance vpon his owne head as Ely did 1 Sam. 3.13 because he would not correct his children therefore God plagued him Now followeth the priuate punishment which I mentioned and that is to bee inflicted vpon our selues not in the course of Popish penance by wearing hairie shirts by whipping our selues or with the Baalites by cutting or lancing our owne flesh not by going barefoote vpon craggie rockes or Hermite like by betaking vs to cels but by mortifying the flesh by bringing downe the body by that sorrow which is neuer to be sorrowed for because it causeth repentance vnto saluation 2. cor 7. vers 10. And this is that which the Apostle speakes of in the eleuenth verse of that chapter Behold saith he what zeale this sorrow hath wrought in you yea saith hee behold what reuenge it hath wrought in you that you haue punished sinne in your selues by fasting and prayer that it had no opportunitie to hold vp a scepter within you and this euery man also ought to doe according to the rule of Christ If thine eye offend plucke it out if thy hand offend cut it off that is auoide those sins hereafter that haue come through thine eyes or thy hands and so shalt thou be said to obserue a godly discipline and to keepe as it were a house of correction for thy vnrulie members And this may suffice for the second branch of our zeale that hee who hath Gods spirit must be zealous for Gods glory in the punishing of sinne publikely vpon others if hee haue thereunto a calling and priuately vpon himselfe if there be cause requiring 3. Degree of Zeale is for the reproofe of sinne where the Lord expects not onely a weeping eye and a resisting hand but also that there bee an open mouth against it for as in the proposing of a question our silence may inferre a consent so in the course of sinne our daintinesse of speaking against it may seeme to yeeld approbation vnto it Therefore God requires a zealous affection in his children for the reproofe taking down of them that are growne hardie in a course of sinne Our God doth this in the 50. Psalme vers 18. When thou seest a theefe thou art partaker with him thou sittest also and speakest against thy brother yea and hast slandred thine owne mothers sonne these were fearfull sinnes now what will God doe will hee hold his peace will he stop his eares and winke with his eyes as mā doth many times no verily These things thou hast done but I will reproue thee and set before thee the things that thou hast done How excellently also doth our Apostle confirme this in the 5. chap. to the Ephesians the eleuenth verse where he cautioneth the children of God to take heed of sinne as of a thing that would separate vs from God Haue therefore no fellowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darkenesse but rather reproue them And it is the charge that Paul giues Timothy 2. Tim. chap. 4. vers 1. I charge thee before God and before Iesus Christ that shall iudge both quicke and dead that thou exhort reproue rebuke c. It was the commendation of the Church of Ephesus Reuelat. chap. 2. vers 2. in that shee could not beare with them which were euill but must needs reproue reprehend it and the reasons are at hand Reasons 1. Reason Because heereby thou mayest gaine thy brother as Salomon speakes Prou. 17.10 A reproofe entreth more into him that hath vnderstanding then an hundred stripes into a foole 2. Reason By rebuking of one many may be bettered which makes the Apostle to vrge reproofe of sinne euen for this cause Them that sinne saith he rebuke openly that the rest may feare 1. Tim. chap. 5. vers 20. 3. Reason When Christ comes in iudgement he comes to this end To rebuke the world of sinne Ioh. chap. 16. vers 8. Therfore his holy ones before his comming must bee his mouth as it were and shew that if by his Ministers and seruants they will not now be reproued heereafter they must bee condemned when Christ comes to reproue the world of sinne Obiect But it may bee obiected after this manner I shall bee counted a busie-body and euery one will hate me what need I runne into these inconueniences Answ Indeed Ieremy found the truth of this for he complaineth that euery man hated him and what had hee done to deserue this onely told them the truth reproued them boldly for their sinnes Ier. chap. 15. vers 10. and Salomon foretelleth the same Pro. chap. 9. vers 8. Reproue a scorner and he will hate thee yet notwithstanding thy mouth must not be sealed vp as for the world though it hate vs yet our comfort is that God hath ouercome the world and therefore to satisfie those particulars of being busie and intermedling in other mens matters that the world will say doth not concerne vs take