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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90603	The mysticall vvolfe. Set forth in a sermon preached in the Church of Edmond the King, in Lombard-street. / By E.P.	Pagitt, Ephraim, 1574 or 5-1647.	1645 (1645)	Wing P183; Thomason E27_9; ESTC R8274	23,897	45

THE Mysticall VVolfe Set forth in a Sermon Preached in the Church of Edmond the King in Lombard-street By E. P. LONDON Printed by Marie Okes and are to be sold by Robert Trot at his Shop under the Church of Edmond the King 1645. To the Right VVorshipfull Sir NICHOLAS RAYNTON Knight and Alderman of London and to Mr. WILLIAM GIBBS Alderman and Sher●ffe of the said City and to all his loving friends who have been Church wardens assisting him As to the Right VVorshipfull Mr. Walter Rogers Mr. Robert Smith Mr. Samuel Bridge Mr. Thomas Soane Mr. Henrie Geirie Mr. Thomas ●aton Mr. Iohn Bludworth Mr. Nicholas Cook Mr. Anthony Crosse Mr. Ambrose Brumskill M● Tobias Dixon Mr. Iohn Niclas Mr. Iaspar Clayton Mr. Andrew H●de Mr. George Denham Mr. Iohn Rogers Mr. Spencer Vincent Mr. ●ohn Smith Mr. Richard Kimble Mr. Francis Pat●s Mr. Peter Worster Mr. William Dev●nsh●re and to all his other loving parishioners and to his loving friends and fellow labourers Mr. Iohn Hopkins and Mr. Iohn Davis Old Ephraim Pagitt Recto● of Edmonds the King in Lomb. wisheth all happinesse MUnster writeth that there are no Wolves in England which is a great blessing and in a manner peculiar to our Kingdome in which our Shepheards may securely feed their flocks without dread of those ravenous beasts who are to sheepe most mischievous The like might I have said of Mysticall wolves for 40. year and more of my Pastoral charge in which I had no dread of them But now I live to see with griefe of heart grievous Wolves broken in among us not sparing the flocke Therefore the counsell that St. Paul gave to the Presbyters of Ephesus I will put you in remembrance of that is To take heed to our selves and to the flock whereof the holy Ghost hath made us over-seers It is reported concerning the mother of Gregory Nazianzen that she dreamed when she was conceived of that worthy light of the Church that shee had in her womb a white mastiffe which by his barking should drive the Wolves from the sheep-fold And whereas some of you with many other pious Citizens have erected sundry Lectures in this City in which divers Nazianzens now preach who I hope with the assistance of our religious patriots assembled in Parliament will drive away not only the Romish but all other ravening wolves from the Sheep fold of our Lord Jesus Christ For my owne part although by reason of my age I cannot barke loud much lesse bite Yet whereas about 60. yeares agoe I published in print 28. Sermons of Lavaterus upon Ruth Now not knowing how soon I shall put off this my Tabernacle I publish this sermon of my own preached among you when the plague of heresie first began among us and this I dedicate to you to whom I conf●sse my selfe much obliged Most humbly entreating Almighty God to blesse you with abundance of all gifts and graces in this world and eternall glory in the world to come Your old Pastor Ephraim Pagitt THE Mystical VVolfe Beware of false Prophets which come to you in Sheepes cloathing but inwardly they are ravening VVolves Math. 7. 15. IN the former two Verses our Lord telleth his Disciples of two waies in which all mankind walke The one a broad way that leadeth to destruction in which many walke The other a narrow way which leadeth unto life which few finde In this verse like a most loving kind friend he forewarneth his Disciples of the chiefe impediments hindering in the way viz. False Prophets The journey of the Israelites to the Earthly Canaan was a type of our journey to the Heavenly And did not one false Prophet Balaam do them more mischiefe in their journey then Og the Gyant King of Bashan Sehon King of the Amorites and all their enemies beside Yea could the Devil himselfe in his owne likenesse have beene more noxious and hurtfull to the Church of God then some Hereticks have been As one Hereticke Arrius denying the deity of Christ in a manner infected the whole Christian world The like did another false Prophet called Eutyches denying his humanity affirming the immensity of Christs divine nature to have swallowed up his humane now if Christ had not been man how could he have dyed for us sinners And if not God how could hee have wrought the salvation of mankind Time will not serve me to relate what mischief false prophets have done by the instigation of the Devill neither need I Our poore Church hath sence enough of it groaning under the burthen of them at this present and especially they that have cure of soules may with great griefe of heart complaine of Infants not brought to the Sacrament of Baptisme of multitudes refusing to receive the holy Communion of the accounting of the Lords prayer abhominable and the Apostles Creed defective and banishing the ten Commandements out of many of our Churches The miseries of this time are infinite and who layeth hand to help Is not our help only in the name of the Lord upon whom our mother the Church hath taught us to call from all false doctrine and herisie from hardnesse of heart and contempt of thy Word and Commandements good Lord deliver us These words are part of our Lords holy sermon in the Mount which containeth A Premonition in which there is A Caution in this word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} A description of them whom wee are to beware of whom hee 1. Describeth generally by their Title Ealse Prophets 2. Particularly by their Externall shew they shall Inward disposition being Ravening wolves 1. Intrude themselves 2. Insinuate 3. Dissemble And of these as God shall enable me I pray God that this Text may be as profitable to you as fitting And first I purpose to speake of false prophets how dangerous they are and of the caveat in the last place which will be then more acceptable to you you seeing the great danger that you are in by them {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} of false prophets The word Prophet is used in Scriptures First for a fore-teller of things to come derived from the word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} which signifieth to divine or fore-tell Secondly in a larger sense for all Ministers and Teachers Our Lord biddeth us beware not of Prophets but of false prophets or such as pretend themselves to bee Prophets The word signifieth lying prophets Saint Peter termeth them {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} lying teachers who privily shal bring in damnableheresies St. Paul calleth them {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} speaking lies in hypocrisie Take heed of such also as pretend that they speake immediatly from God by revelation as the illuminated Anabaptists Familists and other Enthusiasts make their proselytes beleeve or from the Oracle of Gods Word by an especiall insight given them from above to interpret Gods Word Again from such as turne the truth of God into a lye