Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13407	A godly, zealous and learned sermon vpon the 18. 19. 20. 21. verses of the 10. chap. to the Romaines. Wherein is set foorth vnto vs the greate mercy of God in the calling of the Gentiles, and his iust iudgement in the reiecting of the vnbeleeuing Iewes, & vs also, if vve vvith like obstinancie contemne his profered mercies. By Frauncis Tayler preacher of Gods word.	Tayler, Francis, preacher.	1583 (1583)	STC 23719; ESTC S100546	17,263	46

yet we thinke we haue one shifte to escape this punishment which we perswade our selues will deliuer vs when all other helpes faile and that is this we will pray vnto GOD and hee will delyuer vs out of all aduersitie he hath promised hee will surely perfourme it Psal 50.15 And true it is God hath promysed to heare and delyuer all those which cal vpon him in their trouble for hee is nygh to all such as call vpon him Psal 145.18 so it be done in trueth But if wee will haue our prayers hearde there bee diuers things which we must obserue in prayer amonge which this is not the least Wee must take heede that wee be not despisers of his word For hee that doeth remoue his eare from hearing of the Lawe Pro. 28.9 his prayer shall be abhommable saith Solomon And this is a greeuous plague when we are not onely in Gods displeasure but also hee hath depriued vs of those helpes wherby we should againe be restored into his fauour Wel it is but thus much that Paule wil haue vs to learne in this point The Iewes had the worde preached amonge them but this did not prosit them because they regarded not to heare or followe the same If wee make this our owne case it is thus with vs We haue the word preached God be thanked for it and I pray God continue it as no doubt hee wil if our wickednesse do not compell him in iustice to take it from vs But if wee be despisers of his worde and that eyther wee bee not carefull to heare it or diligent to obey it This worde God wil take from vs and giue it to some other nation which wil bring forth fruite woorthy of the preaching of this word And not onely this but hee will punish vs either by the sworde of our enemies by hardnesse of heart by falling into heresies and false opinions against God or some way as shal seeme best vnto him And then al our shifts shal not helpe No if wee will say with the Iewes wee haue hearde the worde wee shall haue this answere It is nothing to heare vnlesse wee be obedient and faythfull Yet if we could saye Wee haue prophecyed in thy name and in thy name haue wee cast out deuilles and wrought myracles yet if this be not ioyned with fayth and obedience it hath but this rewarde Departe from me yee workers of iniquitie I know you not It foloweth in the xix verse and so forth to the end of the Chapter for I muste goe ouer it with speede But I demaund did not Israel know god c. Paul hath granted that Israel had the word and yet they were reiected because they contemned the same worde but this will not satisfie the Iewes but they wil yet haue an other fling at Paule and that is this Thou tellest vs say they that notwithstanding we had the word preached yet are we reiected iustlye because we heard not with fruite But tell vs this now Did not Israel know God Did not Israel heare profitably if thou wilt deny it Psal 76.1 and say Israel did not know Dauid wil conuince thee who saith God is known in Iuda his name is great in Israel but if thou wilt confesse that Israel did know god then how canst thou saye truely that we are cast off of God because hauing the word we brought not forth the fruites thereof And here they thinke they haue driuen Paule into a straite but Paul answereth this very wel in many words The summe of his answere is that there were a few in Israel which did he are with fruite and knew god and they were not reiected neyther doth the Apostle here speak of them But for the most parte the Iewes were wicked and rebellious despisers of god and his word and therfore were iustly cast off So then Paul doth answere thus the nations of the Iewes is now cut off by gods iustice that they should not be the visible Church of god as before but not euery perticular man cut off for god hath stil reserued vnto him self a number according to the electioÌ„ of grace which no doubt shal be saued I may not if I woulde nor I neede not if I myght to stand vpon the substance of this answere namely to shew how it is sayde that Israel is cut off and yet god hath his Church in Israel it hath beene handled at large in this Chapter already but will fall out more playne in the Chapter folowing as will well appeare in the next Lecture For the manner of his aunswere Paul fearing least by telling the reieciting of the Iewes he should growe in misliking and hatred with them will not answere in his own words but in the wordes of Moses Esay his first place is in Deut. 32. ver 21. second and thirde in the beeginning of the 65. Chapter of Esaye There bee diuerse thinges heerein to bee considered which I must but name Of the Gentiles hee sayeth first that they were not a nation or his nation doubt lesse they were a great people and such a people as had great authoritie large dominions great wealth And yet because they had not the knowledge seruice of God Moses saith they be not a people To teach vs what it is that chiefly is to be commended in cities townes countries it is not larg borders great dominions ample priuiledges much wealth and such like no these were in the heathen and yet Moses saith they were not a people or not Gods people Dauid doth coÌ„mend Sion not for the streÌ„gth therof Psal 15.1 or much people or great priuiledges which things were pleÌ„tiful in the citie but he doth coÌ„mende it because there was that tabernacle there men did asseÌ„ble theÌ„ selues to heare the law read expounded to do vnto god such seruice as he required I deny not but those things be good creacted for the great benefit of gods childreÌ„ but comparable to the hauing and vse of gods worde and therefore howsoeuer we do for these things our chiefe care must bee that we may inioy the vse of Gods lawe for without that wee are not worthie to bee counted the people of God And let this driue vs to be thankfull vnto God who hath bestowed vpon vs this benefite moste inestimable and hath denied it to other nations but I may not prosecute this Secondly hee sayth of the Gentiles that they were a foolishe nation doubtles the Iewes were neuer comparable to them in worldly wisdome their wit is wondered at euery where both for finding out what was good and ill in mans life For looking so neerely into the secrete workes of god for making of very exquisite lawes also for many other excellent things wherin they were very wise and yet because they had not the knowledge of God by his worde therefore doth Moses call them a foolish nation To teach vs not to stande too much vpon our wisdome if

it be but fleshly for all the wisdome in the worlde if it bee separate from the knowledge of god in Christe Iesus it is but foolishnes as Paule doth affirme 1. Cor. 3.19 Sapi. 9.6 And though a man be neuer so perfect saith Salomon among the children of men yet if the wisdome of God be not with him he shal not be regarded Thirdly of the gentiles it is said by Esay that they sought not after god c. They knew there was a God and in their wisedome they were very diligent to seek out that knowledge of that God but they sought him not as they ought they sought him not in his word where only he was to be fouÌ„d and therfore it is said they sought him not and in deede whosoeuer will seek the true knowledge of God any other where then in his worde it is but labour lost and therfore it is a necessary lesson which Christe doth giue to his aduersaries and to vs all Search the scriptures Iohn 5.39 for in theÌ„ ye thinke to haue eternall life these are they whiche testifie of me These things I passe ouer lightly as not directly pertaining to the Apostles purpose and yet I touch theÌ„ because they lye in my way and hereafter I shall apply them And vnto Israel hee saith All the day long haue I stretched foorth my hand c. ver 21. Of the gentiles hee hath saide they were not worthie the name of a people they were foolishe and they sought not God Now for Israel he saith That God hath stretched foorth his hande vnto them all the day long c. When hee sayth God stretched foorth his hand he doth set foorth the great care that God had to bryng them to saluation wheÌ„ he saith all the day long hee doth tell vs howe great diligence God did vse to bring this to passe And when hee saith that Israel was a disobedient and a gaine saying people hee wyll set before vs the great negligence and backewardnesse whiche was in them Nowe drawe all these together and make one doctrine of them all it is thus The negligence and dulnesse of man in well doing is great But such is the mercie of GOD towards man and so careful and diligent is God for man that all the day he doeth stretche foorth his hande that is continually his mercy doeth stryue and wrastle with our backewardnesse if it bee possible to ouercome it As we see in AdaÌ„ in Cain and in many others who when they were fallen from God they sought not to God to bee reconciled againe but God sought vnto them yea and when they hyd themselues yet God found them out But aboue the rest it is notable to this purpose that is written in the 19. of Genesis where it is said that the angell doth charge Lot and his familie to depart speedily out of Sodom Gen. 19.16 and yet they lingered and the text saith That as they prolonged the time the men caught both him and his wife and his two daughters by the handes the Lord being mercifull vnto him and he brought him forth and set him without the Citie See here the backwardnesse of mans nature in Lot but chiefly beholde the forwardnes that is in god to striue and wrastle with man that by his mercie hee may ouercome mans wickednes So heere the Iewes are fallen from god they are rebellious and vnbeleeuing and yet God doth still offer theÌ„ saluation he stretcheth foorth his hand vnto them hee continueth his mercie he doth it all the day loÌ„g Nowe of all this that the Apostle heere setteth downe both of the vntowardnes of the Gentiles backwardnes of that Iewes let vs conclude with that which the Apostle doth heere driue vnto which is the iustice of God in reiecting the Iewes the mercy of God in calling the Gentiles that doth appeare thus The Gentiles are no nation or not Gods nation a foolishe people and such a people as seek not after God and yet they are saued by gods mercie To the Iewes God doth streth out his hand and offer saluation still and yet they continue vnfaithfull disobedient and so are cast of by Gods iustice So then that which we haue here to conclude which Paule would haue the Church of Rome to learne of all this that hee saieth of the Iewes and gentiles is but this that the gentiles were called to bee partakers of gods graces not of their merite but of gods meere mercie and therefore all the prayse and glory of their saluation is to be giuen to God alone and nothing to them selues the reiecting of the Iewes is of gods iustice for their owne wickednesse And therefore all the blame of that to bee laide vpon themselues and nothing at all vpon God If I coulde or might make of this a generall doctrine it would teach vs all thus much that the saluation of all Gods people is of Gods only mercy without any deseruing of man and that the condemnation of all the wicked is of theyr owne desart onely without any faulte in God according to that which God sayth by the Prophet Hose 13.9 Thy destruction O Israel is thine owne but thy saluation is of me alone Thus then we see that Israel dyd heare that is had the worde and yet they were iustly reiected of God because they heard not with fruite but contemned the worde and where they thinke they can alledge for themselues that they were profitable hearers because it is said the knew God Paule saith that some of them knew God and they were not cast off but the most part knew not were reiected and for the saluation of the gentiles and whosoeuer els is saued it is of Gods mercy without mans deseruing as also the condemnation of the wicked is of gods iustice through mans wickednes without any vniustice or fault in God God for his sonne Iesus Christes sake continue amongst vs the vse of his worde make vs not idle hearers but profitable doers of the same giue vs faith and eternall saluation in the death and merites of Christe Iesus the sonne of God To whom with God the father and God the holy ghoste bee all honour glory prayse and dominion for euer more Amen Â¶ Imprinted at London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Wodcock 1583.

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