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A43041	Truth may be blam'd but not sham'd a sermon upon Matth. 16 v.13, 14, 15, 16 : wherein truth and errour are brought upon the stage act their parts / by William Harvey, minister of the Word.	Harvey, William, minister of the Word.	1657 (1657)	Wing H1094; ESTC R36593	16,440	45

TRUTH May be blam'd but not sham'd A SERMON Upon Matth. 16. v. 13 14 15 16. Wherein Truth and Errour are brought upon the Stage acting their parts By WILLIAM HARVEY Minister of the Word O foolish Galatians who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the Truth c. Gal. 3.1 Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth Chap. 4.16 Quid de quoquo viro cui dicas saepe caveto LONDON Printed for the Authour 1657. Collegium S. Set Individuce Trinitatis in Academia Cantabrigiensi Matth. 16 Chap. vers 13 14 15 16. When Jesues came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying Whom do men say that I the Son of man am And they said So me say that thou art John the Baptist some Elias and others Jeremias or one of the prophets He saith unto them but whom say ye that I am and Simon Peter answered and said Thou art Christ the Son of the Living God IN these words we have two questions with their answers The questions are one and the same but the answers are distinct and different accoring to the different Spirits of the Common people and of the Apostles Both respond as they thought and as their genious prompt them The Apostles give in the judgement of the vulgar which is various and divers and they in the person of Peter wrapt as it were in the Clouds and their tongues touched with a Coal from the altar give in theirs viz. Thou art Christ the Son of the living God But first let us come to the plebeans and hear what opinions the vulgar had of our Saviour We have them in the thirteenth and fourteenth verses Some say that thou art John the Baptist Some Elias and others Jeremias or one of the Prophets To omit all other Circumstances of time and place where and when The external impulsive cause or occasion of the giving in of the peoples judgement was our Lords interrogation whom do men say that I the son of man am Or as S. Mark hath it whom do men say that I am Chap. 8. vers 27. Or as S. Luke whom say the people that I am Chap. 9. vers 18. By Son of man Christ meant himself which word is usual in Scripture and is expressed by the Prophet Daniel chap. 7. v. 13. I saw in the night visions and behold one like the Son of man came with the Clouds of heaven and came to the antient of dayes and they brought him neer before him And all this to intimate and point unto us that he was born man of the blessed Virgin Mary in all things like unto us Sin only excepted as the Apostle hath it Heb. 2. chap. vers 14 The end of his interrogation or question was not sinister as affecting popular applause or vain glory neither was it because he was ignorant of the peoples thoughts of him For he needed not that any should testifie of man for he knew what was in man John 2. chap. vers 25. But hearing the various conceits of the inconstant people he might the more fully and rightly inform them in the same The answer of the Apostles is fourfold a many headed Hidra which they give in the name of the Common people Some say that thou are John the Baptist some Elias and others Jeremias or one of the prophets Now John was a notable Doctour a man for holinesse of life innocency and sharpness in his reproofs above all in his time This John Herod not long before causeth to be put to death Our Lord treading in his steps and exceeding him in innoceney austerity in reproving of Sin and vehemency in his reprehensions the Common people conceited and perswaded themselves that he was very John the Baptist risen again from the dead so Luke chap. 9. vers 7. Because it was said of some that John was risen from the dead With which fond opinion Herod himself was big Matth 14.2 This is John the Baptist he is risen from the dead therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him Others took him for Elias that noble and heroick prophet in the time of king Ahab and Jezabel who slew the prophets of Baal smote the waters of Jordan and possed over as on dry ground and as too good for earth is carried in a fiery Charet to heaven 2 Kings 2.11 Thus we read Mark 6.15 Others said that it is Elias c. The ground of this mistake is the words in Malachi 4. chap. 5. verse Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. The Jews hereupon falsly imagined our Saviour to be that Tishbite come from heaven and so that prophesie of the prophet accomplished Thirdly others again think him to be Jeremias a prophet who was not onely ordained from his mothers womb to preach and prophesy to the people hut the whole course of this life was a free reprehending the sins and enormities of the times He prophesied the destruction of the Temple and the captivity of the Jewes in Babylon A sad Omen to as sad a consequence which they found too true by sad experience Christ therefore with the like zeal reprehending the priests and foreshewing the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem it self that most populous and flourishing Citie hence they blindly surmise him to be Jeremias Lastly others without positive affirming him to be this or that particular shoot their bol● and blindly say that he is one of the prophets So we read Luke 7.16 And there came a fear on all and they glorified God saying that a great prophet is risen among us and that God hath visited his people And Luke 9.8 And of some that Elias had appeared and of others that one of the old prophets was risen again And John 6.14 This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world And thus you have the several and promiscuous judgements of the people concerning our blessed Lord. All give in their verdict but rove at random and misse the white Yet the Commons although they err'd and and to use Chrysostoms words multo humilior quam opporteba●eorum de Christo erat opinio a nequitia tamen libera erat their opinion concerning Christ was far beneath him notwithstanding it was without tincture of wickedness On the contrary the opinion of the Pharisees savour'd of much malice For they said he was a Samaritan and had a devil and did eject devils through Beelz bub the prince of the devils Luke the 11th 15. John 8.48 And so I come to the Observations in the Text. First then it were not amiss after the example of our Saviour when he said whom do men say that I the Son of man am for us upon occasion to question and enquire what others speak of us to understand the several vo'es of the people and to hear their resolves that so we may take off all occasions of scandals in time and