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A15529	Theologicall rules, to guide vs in the vnderstanding and practise of holy Scriptures two centuries: drawne partly out of Scriptures themselues: partly out of ecclesiasticall writers old and new. Also Ænigmata sacra, holy riddles; or misticall cases and secrets of diuinitie, with their resolutions. Foure centuries: the vnfolding whereof layeth open that truth that concerneth saluation. By T.W. preacher of the word.	Wilson, Thomas, 1563-1622.	1615 (1615)	STC 25798; ESTC S120090	119,259	364

In Hell 4 4 In sinnes 5 5 In Sacrament 6 6 In Afflictions 7 7 In Temptations 8 8 In Harts 9 9 In Diuels 10 10 In the Blessings of this life 11 11 In Redemption which exceedeth creation In it mercy and Iustice met together The redeemer is but one Christ. Conceiued by the holy ghost He is without sinne doth subsist in the Godhead both God and man Communication of properties Humiliation in his Birth Two wills in Christ answering his two natures Christ his manhood promised Christ like Melchisedech Christ made sinne by impu●●tion Rom. 8.8 Christ abased in the world His obedience of infinite value Christ heire of the world Our Mediatour our Priest That which is proper to one nature is attributed to the other Christs sacrifice voluntary else it had not been satisfactory Hypostaticall personall vnion is vnseperable The victory of Christ ouer death 2 2 Ouer Satan Christ the corner stone How the manhood of Christ hath eternall life in it Doubble the fruits of Christs death Christ made a curse Hath freed vs from ●uerlasting torment Eph. 1. Phil. 2. Christ his sacrifice but once The vertue of Christs death looke backeward His agonie or soule suffering His loue His buriall Resurrection His life after his resurrection His ascention His locall abode in heauen His sitting on Gods right hand Ieuites of his assention Ioh. 16.7 Sending of the holy Ghost Mediator Intercession His kingdome spirituall Eternall Word of God inspired Mighty in op●ration Full of wisdom A mistery Our duty to search the word Indicia Dei 2 2 Indicia oris Dei Effects of the word It is effectuall by the Spirit The antiquitie of the word before the Church The word is Eternall It is a word of peace The word of the Lord is holy Nitimur in vetitū It iustifieth not How the Law differeth from the Gospel The Ceremoniall Law fulfilled in Christ. The condition of the Law and the Gospel What things are required of him that shall doe the Law Generall Law yeelds to a Speciall Law of Ceremonie yeelded to the Law of Mercy To whom the Law is easie and how Ioh. 5.3 To whom impossible How Faith is commanded in the Law What spirit goes with the law How law is the ministry of death The gospell vnprofitable to the reprobate Profitable to the elect only Diuers effects of the Gospell according to the subiect According to the degrees Famine of the word Gods counsell gouerns the effect of preaching Math. 11. Women may be no publique Teachers Gospell fructuall like raine When the word fructifieth Testament or Couenant of p●ace is but one Fathers beleeuing in Christ to come The gospell preached to them Office of the Ministers How ministers be sauiours and what is their worke Maintenance of Ministers Prophets preached Christ. They be Christs friends Iohn Baptist Middle betweene two testaments Apostles Seruants Friends to Christ. They conquered the world to Christ. How Pastors succeede Apostles A good Pastor a good builder Bad Ministers which teach well and liue ill Wolues Hirelings False Prophets Antichrist True Church It is but one Sundryl waies considered It is Christs body She is a Virgine Spouse to Christ. Hos. 2 Fruitfull in begotting children Likenesse betweene Christ and his Church The church a kingdom a body c Faithfull Ministers the Fathers and children of the Church The likenes between Christ and his Church The censure of the Church In excommunication both vnlawfull And lawfull The dignitie of a Christian. Christians equall The church hath a spirituall regiment True Church is vniuersall False Church Vrbs septicollis Reu. 18.2 The benefit of publike assemblies The elect children of Gods house The called children of God Their coniunction with Christ Christs affection vnto them Spirituall mariage betweene them and Christ. How they are in heauen They be new Creatures 1 1 Kings 2 2 Prophets 3 3 Priests They be still vnperfect More excellent then the Angels Most free Separate from the world by effectuall calling Effectuall calling is a new creation A twofold calling What persons for the most part called Faith in Christ is the entrance to eternall life Faith the eye of the soule or spirituall sight Office of Faith with the force thereof Faith once had neuer lost Nature of faith It resteth on Christ onely Least measure of faith No Faith without doubting What fear is ioyned with faith Degrees of Faith How loued before faith Faithfull man a Virgin Vnperfect in knowledge In some more perfect Regeneration Regenerate are children many waies The vse of Sacraments They be misticall signes Against transubstantiation Baptisme how it saueth How it washeth the soule How it forgiueth sinne Lords supper How eaten How Christ becommeth our foode Spiritually 1. Cor. 13. 12. Math. 26. 26. 27. 1. Cor. 11. 24. Against corporall eating Iustification by faith It is but once Christs iustice ours by imputation Rom. 4. throughout Ro. 10. 4. No man righteous in Gods sight How works do iustifie Adoption by Grace Certainty of our adoption Sonnes of God bee heires Inheritance of heauen hath perfection with differences in degrees Adoption an effect of the spirit The dutie of adopted sonnes Certainty of adoptist Adopted ones why afflicted Free from slauish feare Reconciliation Sanctification It is vnperfect It is a totall change But not absolute The end of sanctification Free from the law Mortification Deniall of a mans selfe Buriall of sinne Mortified in part Resurrection to newnesse of life Spirituall Combat is Continuall It is irkesome Least degree of repentance Repentance a great blessing of God How true repentance distinguished from false Repentance giuen to great sins All men need repentance but not all alike Repentance is the ioy of Angels Generall Repentance sufficient for secret sinnes Good works necessary to saluation They serue to many good purposes How they please God Heauen a free reward of good works God is to be known by Christ. Our knowledge not perfect heere Sauing knowledg is effectual and special Practike knowledg is best knowledge Knowledge without practise is fearefull Knowledge ioyned with godlinesse Knowledge with sobrietie Knowledge groweth by right vse Knowledge abused an occasion of sinne Who bee truly wise Hope How it differs from faith Hope aboue hope How saued by hope Hope ashameth not Our loue of God springs from his loue to vs. Loue lesser then faith being an effect of faith Loue mixt with child-like reuerence For loue of Christs all so be forsaken How earthly things to be loued vnder Christ. Parents lesse to bee loued then Christ. Idolatry to loue ought more then Christ. True feare of God Gods children reioyce with feare Humble prayer It is alwaies heard A speedie Messenger It must come from a feeling of our spirituall beggery There is inward mentall prayer Vocall praier By praier the poore profit the Rich. Patience Relieues our miseries Humility Springes from feeling of our vilenesse The humble are exalted Praiers of the humble accepted Sabboth holy True zeale A broken heart better then Sacrifice Our neighbour to bee loued for Gods sake Brotherly loue the bonde of perfection The loue of a mans selfe is the paterne of a mans loue to others Loue makes all things common for vse It cannot make things common to be proper It loues priuate enemies Maketh rich Good things increase by vse Some lusts be good Godly sorrow a path way to ioy Grace the mother of good works Euill works merit hell Vnregenerate men Haue no fellowship with Christ. Wholy poluted Of a brutish disposition Seem to be in Christ. In their ignorance of the Law sin is dead In the right knowledge of the Law themselues doe dye How far they may go and yet perish The hypocrite is a great lyer Sinne turneth men into beasts Securitie Contrary Apparance of some righteousnesse in some wicked men Scorning the height of sinne Sinne in many is still and quiet Sinne of oppression dangerous Vnbeleife the greatest sinne Outward Idolatry how many waies Sinners be slaues Enuy a Diabolicall vice A wicked tongue How farre ignor●nce is a sinne An euill heart mars cheife workes Wicked men sinne freely yet cannot chuse but sinne Idle knowledge Deniall of God Men must hinder sin in others else they sinne What is strife is wicked An euill man can doe no good work Actions to be iudged of by the end and minde Sinning against conscience Rom. 14. Wicked praiers be sinnes Losse of soule the greatest losse Vsury committed without sinne Lending being a worke of mercy must be free as Christ commandeth Luk. 6. Euill worship is no impeachment to religious worship Vocation of the Gentils Bodies immortall Death the gate of heauen hell All men must die Death the last enemy must be destroyed Some onely changed Certainety of resurrection By the power of Christ. Of men women Spirituall bodies after their resurrection Last iudgment Christ the Iudge How Saints shall iudge All iudged yet with differences The world but altered in qualitie not aboleshed Heauen Hell Hell of conscience Angels assumed bodies for a time True Christians most blessed God is the Soule of the world Li●ely faith ●●aseth at our death No vse of it in heauen Christ entertained by a faithfull soule Hell fire vnquenchable Torment of the damned We must not follow the wicked Our minde renued in part The full fruit of Adoption enioyed in Heauen Dumbe deafe how saued Elect found of God before they seeke him Vncleannes Originall sinne in Infants Man wise but by participation of Christs wisdom How men-giue glory to God How Paul built on no other mans foundation How one man must please another Gospell how preached to all the world All saued how to be vnderstood Numbring our daies Mortification A Child and a Seruant both at once The ladder to heauen is Christ. Vpon who the Angels ascend and descend The Heauens wherfore made The Spirit it is that teacheth vs how to pray The wicked how said to know God The spirit how it praieth for vs. Christ how called a Seruant Rom. 9.1 Swearing how forbidden How a thing may be said to be prolonged yet done in due time How Christ is said to be the sonne of Dauid The raising of Christs body an argument of his godhead How all men are liers The works of the law iustifie not and why Of Faith and works Of patience Of iustification and condemnation Wee were bought with a price Baptisme of infants Dying to sinne

done And they remembred his wordes Luk. 24. 8. Many things which are not vnderstood at the present when one reades or heares them afterward are made more easie therefore let none be discouraged if they learne little at first but waite vpon God for illumination of his spirit as Mary did Luk. 2. To him that hath shall be giuen from him that hath not shall be taken euen that which he seemeth to haue Luk. 8.18 Where there is care and conscience to keepe and make good vse of that knowledge which a man hath already towards himselfe and others according to his gifts and calling then will God of his mercy make former knowledge to abound as hee will curse the gifts of such as are carelesse in vsing them well Let such earnestly thinke on this as doe not apply their knowledge to their owne direction and information of others That when they see they should not see and when they heare they should not vnderstand Luk. 8. 10. It is a righteous iudgement in God vpon the wicked which haue no will nor care to obey the truth which they heare that they shall be no better for all their hearing and knowledge but rather the worse their light being turned to darkenesse The world cannot receiue the spirit of truth Ioh. 14. 17. No wicked man is capable of diuine truth because he is vncapable of Gods spirit not possible therefore is it that he should profit by the word I could not speake vnto you as to spirituall but as to carnall and to babes 1. Cor. 3. 1. 2. The same truth of saluation is laide forth in scripture after two manners or fashions The first is easily and familiarly so as children and weake ones may know it the second more deeply exactly and largely as may befit such as are strong in faith and of a ripe age in knowledge of Christ. See Heb. 5. 12. 13. 13. also Heb. 6. 1. Let euery one consider what kinde of teacher hee is meete for whether for Catechising points or for sounder instruction some haue yet neede of the former and some can brooke the latter I am the God of Abraham c. God is the God of the liuing Math. 22. 23. From hence wee learne two rules one that there is a twofold knowledge to be got from scriptures one direct and farre more certaine namely from that which God in his word expresly affirmeth or denieth as thus That God is the God of Abraham The other knowledge is by due deduction and firme consequence when from expresse words some truth is strongly collected as this that Abraham Isaak and Iacob shall liue and rise according to their bodies because God is not the God of the dead but of the liuing this kinde of knowledge is also very certaine but deceitfull is the knowledge which by sophistry and false consequence is drawne from plaine texts The next rule from hence is this that such truths as by firme consequence are collected from the word must be beleeued as that which is expresly written in the word for it is Gods will therfore this consequence that Abraham and the Saints departed shall rise must bee credited no lesse than that expresse scripture from whence Christ drew it How can I vnderstand without a guide Act. 3. 18. Instructions bee as needfull as guides in an vnknowne way and what is too hard for vs when we read let vs enquire of the godly-learned pastors and submit to their instructions out of the word Auoide prophane and vaine babling giue not heede to fables and genealogies stay foolish questions c. 1. Tim. 1.4 1. Tim. 6.20 Titus 3.9 Subtile intricate and vaine scruples doubts and questions must be shunned and the plaine profitable truth quietly embraced without contention about things which haue no fruit of edification in godlinesse Euill words corrupt good manners They lye in waite to deceiue 1. Cor. 15. Eph. 4. 14. Such as will goe forward in godly knowledge must abhorre impure company writings or books Some hauing put away a good conscience as concerning faith haue made shipwracke A good conscience is as it were a chest wherein the doctrine of faith is to be kept safe which will quickly be lost if the chest be once broken for God will giue ouer to heresie and errors such as cast away conscience of walking after Gods will reuealed in his word This is my beloued sonne heare him Math. 17.5 All Christians are commanded to attend for their direction in things of saluation vnto Christ the onely doctor of his Church and to be led by his voice as good sheep wee may not hearken and belieue what any father or counsell saith vnlesse they say what Christ taught who is before and aboue them all My sheep heare my voice and know it but the voice of a stranger they will not follow Ioh. 10. 4. 5. 27. True Christians must be so expert in the doctrine of Christ as that they can discerne it from all false doctrine and secondly they must account all that strange doctrine which is not according to the voyce and words of their shepheard Christ. Bee neere to heare looking well to your feet when ye enter into the house of God Take heed how you heare I will muse vpon thy testimonies my study shall be in thy statutes Psal. 119. Eccles. 4. 7. Luke 8. Preparation is needfull before the word preached attention in the hearing meditation and studie how to profit by it afterward Vnderstand yee all these things they answered yea Mat. 13.51 A rule hence ariseth for children seruants and parishioners to suffer their gouernours to examine them after their hearing reading the word this course will make them heedfull and causeth them to see what they haue lost and gained and to digest and imprint the word the better in their mindes They read in the booke of the Law distinctly and gaue the meaning thereof by the Scripture it selfe Christ interpreted to them c. Nehem. 8 8.9 Luk. 24.27 The surest mean of interpretation of scripture is by scripture which is the best commentarie to it selfe when the phrase is marked and matter and scope and place compared with place hard with easie the exposition of all learned writers to be so far admitted if that exposition which they giue be grounded on the scriptures Christ said auoide Sathan for it is written Math. 4.10 Rom. 10.14.15 The scripture is the only competent iudge to decide all controuersies and the most strong weapon to repell all Sathans temptations And they confirmed the word with signes and wonders c. Mark 16. 20. The authoritie and truth of the Gospell needs no new miracles to ratifie it being so sufficiently confirmed with the miracles of Christ and the Apostles Let no man therfore doubt of the truth because Ministers worke no miracles