Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	apostle_n	false_a	teacher_n	2,669	5	9.2326	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03344	The crie of England A sermon preached at Paules Crosse in September 1593 by Adam Hill Doctor of Diuinitie, & published at the request of the then Lord Maior of the citie of London, and others the aldermen his brethren	Hill, Adam, d. 1595.	1595 (1595)	STC 13465; ESTC S115191	52,777	122

will not doe their dutye And therfore he saith many in name and few in deede and in his eight Homily vpon the third of the Actes hee maruelleth that any of vs do enter into the kingdome of heauen for as the parrets spake the wordes of men so we speake the wordes of the Apostles and not only our wordes are vaine but our workes are abhominable Concerning the hearers of the worde from some the Diuell stealeth the word out of their hearts Hearers haue exceeding great sinnes others are choaked with the cares and pleasures of this life others are so hard hearted and impenitent that a man were as good preach to the incensible stones as to them We are commaunded not only to heare the word but to vnderstand it Heare and vnderstand saith Christ Mat. 15.10 neither should we only vnderstand it but laye it vp in our heart and therefore Mary is commended Luke 10.51 that she kepe all Christes sayings in her heart And we should not onely loue the word Iam. 1.21 but be doers of the same But some will neuer heare as our Papistes some doe heare and not vnderstand as the ignorant some vnderstand the word but loue it not as the hypocrite some doe heare vnderstand and loue it but are not doers of the word as vaine Gospellers Paul saith 2. Tim. 4.2.3 Preach the word be instant in season and out of season improue rebuke exhorte vvith all long suffering and doctrine for the time vvill come when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine but hauing their eares itching shall after their owne lustes get them a heape of teachers Learned Diuines haue noted eight causes of heresies the first is ignorance which indeede is the mother of seductions For ignorance is not onely destitute of vpright iudgement but also is in danger of the wickednesse of deceitfull men and therefore the Apostle commandeth Brethren be not children in vnderstanding 1. Cor. 14.28 but as concerning maliciousnesse be children The craftie Papists therefore which got both gaine and Lordship ouer the people did care by all meanes to keepe the deceiued multitude in ignorance Secondly a wauering mind followeth this ignorance wherby it commeth to passe that they which are children in vnderstanding are carried about with euery blast of vaine doctrine This wauering the Apostle reproueth Eph. 4.11 c. Hee gaue some to be Apostles and some Prophets some Euangelists and some Pastors and teachers for the gathering togither of the Saintes for the worke of the ministery and for the glorification of the bodie of Christ till we all meet togither in the vnitie of faith and knowledge of the same God vnto a perfect man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christ That we henceforth be no more children wauering and carried away with euerie winde of doctrine by the deceit of men and with craftinesse whereby they lye in waite to deceiue This ignorance therefore and wauering of minde doth open the doore to all heresies and errors and maketh the vnskilfull multitude to follow heretiques deceitfull men Thirdly where the vice of curiositie taketh effect there euery hereticall deceit preuaileth for assoone as any new or vnaccustomed thing is taught they which are curious desiring to know what it is doe greedily heare read and entertaine it Fourthly this happeneth to them which are as it were slaues to their lustes when they heare a doctrine pleasing their desires by and by they note it and apply both their eares and their heart to it Of this the Apostle foretold For the time will come 2. Tim. 4.3.4 when they will not suffer vvholesome doctrine but hauing their eares itching shall after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers and shall turne their eares from the truth and shall be giuen vnto fables Sound doctrine to the corrupt fleshe languishing in desires is as a medicine to a sick man for euen as a faithfull Phisitian is greeuous to a sicke man forbidding him those thinges which he greatly desireth and commanding him those things which are contrary to his desires and as a deceiuer is acceptable who regarding his own profit yeeldeth to his desires in like maner the Apostle did foresee that the doctrine of truth would be greeuous to carnall men and seruants of their own lusts therfore they would turn away their eares from it to false teachers their fables being not grieuous but ioyous to the flesh they shuld greedily embrace 5. Whosoeuer hath such itching eares they are alwaies vnstable 6 S. Peter saith that vnlearned and vnstable men peruert the scriptures vnto their owne destruction 2. Pet. 3.16 for they are lighter thē a reed moued with euery wind 7 Ignorance therfore ioyned with a desire of noueltie being coupled with instabilitie maketh the simple people to receiue chaffe for wheate drosse for gold vineger for wine poison for meat falshood for truth Some hearers are compared to stones they profite nothing some to thornes they choake the seede which is in them with voluptuousnesse some to Swine for they raile against the Preachers some to dogs for they are willing to deuour vs. This froward and crooked generation that despise the word and kil the prophets that are sent to them shal haue their house desolate Fathers haue exceeding great sinnes Fathers also haue exceeding great sins For fathers owe to their sons 1. loue 2 diligēt education 3. wise gouernement that they be not corrupted either with too much cockering or with ouermuch austerity 4. to bring vp their children in good arts godlines 5. to correct them if they do not their duty But our parēts in steed of loue vse fond affection and for gouernment we may say as Themistocles saide I rule Athens my wife ruleth me and my child ruleth my wife and wheras they should be instructed in good artes and in pittie they are instructed in carding dicing dancing hawking and hunting Lastlye where they should correct their children for offending they reioyce in their wickednes Iob and Ieremy did curse their father that did beget thē and the mother that did beare thē because they were borne to such trouble and miseries but the children of our time wil curse their parentes because they are nourished vp in wickednesse for the tormēts of hell which are ceaseles endlesse remediles Fathers wil teach their sons to haue their barns full of corne with the rich man their purses full of mony with the rich glutton their houses ful of plate with Ezechius their backes full of gorgeous apparrel with Herode their table full of daintye dishes with Assuerus but they are vnfurnished of all kind of vertues and heauenly graces and therefore though they their parents spend their daies in wealthines yet in a moment they go down to hell Children owe to their parents Children haue exceeding great sinnes first the loue of the heart and they wish them dead to haue their goods