Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	godly_a	rejoice_v	simplicity_n	1,031	5	9.5439	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90811	Authentēs. Or A treatise of self-deniall. Wherein the necessity and excellency of it is demonstrated; with several directions for the practice of it. / By Theophilus Polwheile, M.A. sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now teacher of the Church at Teverton in Devon.	Polwheile, Theophilus, d. 1689.	1658 (1658)	Wing P2782; Thomason E1733_1; ESTC R209629	246,682	521

most Schollars are in the lower so is it in the Church of God there are Abcdaries babes that are to bee taught 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 their letters Heb. 5.13 the first elements of the Oracles of God and to bee fed with the spoon or as the Apostle calls it Milk Hee did not think himself too high to feed with Milk 1 Cor. 3.2 Therefore let no Minister bee hee never so learned scorn to bee an Vsher under Christ to teach his Petties their a b c. If the people had not pleaded their rotten Charters of Age and Marriage against Catechisme and the Minister had not thought himself too good to teach them their Letters and first elements wee had not seen so many children carried about with windes of Doctrine Pride I fear hath made both ashamed of the duty the one to teach the other to bee taught and I would that both were now humble enough to acknowledge the fruit of that neglect Vines The Impostures of Seducing Teachers c. p. 7. capacities of their hearers In the Church saith Paul I had rather speak five words with my understanding that by my voice I might teach others also than ten thousand words in an unknown though learned tongue 1 Cor. 14.19 Our Saviour is said to have taught the people as they were able Mark 4 33. not as hee was able to preach but as they were able to conceive him 4 Not about a Turpe est difficiles habere nugas durus labor est ineptiarum Martial Neither Christianity nor common prudence would have us magno conatu nugas break our arm by throwing such light feathers with our whole might Dr. Tuckny Form of Sound words Eo magis utique indignor aliquos ex hoc tempore quod sufficere nec ad necessaria quidem potest etiamsi custoditum diligentissime fuerit in supervacua majorem partem erogare Non vace ad istas ineptias ingens negotium in manibus est Seneca Ep. 49. I should be seech them that are in the office of Teachers that they would take heed to themselves and to the doctrine 1 Tim 4.16 and that they would teach milke or meat and not wind and not lead on people first into Criticismes before they have laid in them the plain Grammar rule of sound and whole some words that they may be Proselites to Jesus Christ not to an Opinion Vines Impostures of Seducing Teachers p. 12. trifles and things of no moment 5 Not in a way of opposition to the Truth This is a way wherein many do seek themselves but it is the direct way to their own b Their destruction is exemplified and paralleld in three terrible examples the casting down of the Angels that fell the destruction of the old world the overthrow of Sodome and Gomorrha It may make the ears of all Heresie-masters and their followers to tingle when they hear that the three great and famous Monuments of Gods sore wrath executed by his own immediate hand are brought in as examples of his vengeance against that wickedness which above all other pretends exemption and liberty from the stroak of men Vines Serm. before the H. of Com. it the Fast for the growth of Errors destruction as the Apostle hath fore-told 2 Pet. 2.1 But there were false Prophets also among the people even as there shall bee false Teachers among you who privily shall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction God hath given gifts for edification Eph. 4.12 and not for destruction save onely of the Kingdome of Sin and Sathan 2 Cor. 10.4.5 Now when men will imploy their Gifts quite contrary to the ends for which they are given in building up what God would have pulled down and in pulling down what hee would have built up it is but just that they themselves should likewise perish in the ruines of it I have now done with this second Subsection Of denying Self in respect of Common Gifts In the rest that follow I shall bee more brief SVB-SECT III. Of Denying Self in good Works 1 NEgatively the meaning is not 1 That wee may not take b See Burges Vindiciae legis comfort from them for 1 God hath so ordained that much of that spiritual peace and comfort which hee dispenseth to his people should bee wrought by means of their good Works The work of righteousness shall bee peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever Isa 32.17 And as many as walk according to this rule c A Christian is a new creature and walketh by rule and so far as hee walketh according to his rule peace is upon him Sibbs in loc Souls Conflict 32. peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God Gal. 6.16 It is true indeed that sometimes such as are careful to maintain good works have not the comfort of them but it is not because there is not matter of comfort in them nor because they may not take comfort from them but for other reasons This is their priviledge that they may take comfort from them so that in case their souls bee cast down and disquieted within them they may warrantably charge it upon them to bee quiet and to hope in God as David did Psal 42.5.11 which they might not do in case they neglected them for 2 Where good Works are neglected there is no ground of peace at all If there bee any had it is not from the Spirit of God but from Sathan who transformeth himself into an Angel of light and it is a very great d It is a deep spiritual judgement to finde peace in an ill way Sibbs ibid. judgement There is not one word in all the book of God that speaks any comfort in this case and therefore 3 Every one is required to prove his own work in order to his own comfort Let every man prove his own work and then shall hee have rejoycing in himself alone and not in another Gal. 6.4 Mark it then shall hee have rejoycing that is when by e Gaudebit recto sui examine Grot. in loc Si post explorationem diligentem non remordeat conscientia habebit gloriam i. e. gloriationem Sasbout in loc evident proof out of the word hee hath found his work to bee good 4 According to this rule wee finde that holy men in Scripture have fetched in abundance of comfort from the evidence of their good works Then the people rejoyced for that they offered willingly because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord and David the King also rejoyced with great joy 1 Chron. 29.9 This is our rejoycing saith Paul the testimony of our conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity not by fleshly wisdome but by the grace of God wee have had our conversation in the world 2 Cor. 1.12 5 We may rejoyce in the good works of others much more therefore in our own And now have