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A14736	A coal from the altar, to kindle the holy fire of zeale In a sermon preached at a generall visitation at Ipswich. By Samuell Ward, Bach. of Diuinity.	Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640.; Wood, Ambrose.	1615 (1615)	STC 25039; ESTC S103052	29,222	94

might be his owne iudge If most might be heard there is too much of it but the contrarie will appeare if the right markes be taken and the true rules of triall and conuiction be obserued and the heart thereby examined 6 Zeale generally handled will break as lightning in the aire and seize vpon no subiect Application must set it on mens harts exhortation warme this old and colde age of the world chiefly this temperate climate of our nation First part It was said of old that zeale was an Intention of loue of late that it is a compound of loue and anger or indignation The Ancients aymed right and shot neere if not somwhat with the shortest The moderne well discouered the vse and exercise of more affections then loue within the fadome and compasse of zeale but in helping that default went themselues somewhat wide and came not close to the marke which I ascribe not to any defect of eye-sight in those sharpe sighted Eagles but onely to the want of fixed contemplation And to speake truth I haue oft wondred why poore Zeale a vertue so high in Gods books could neuer be so much beholding to mens writings as to obtaine a iust treatise which hath been the lot of many particular vertues of inferiour worth a plaine signe of too much vnder-value and neglect He that shall stedfastly viewe it shall finde it not to be a degree or Intension of loue or any single affection as the Schools rather confined thē defined zeal neither yet any mixt affection as the ●●ter rather compounded then comprehended the nature of it but an hot temper higher degree or intension of them all As varnish is no one colour but that which giues glosse and lustre to all So the opposites of zeale keye-coldnes and luke-warmenesse which by the lawe of contraries must bee of the same nature are no affections but seuerall tempers of them all Paul warrants this description where he speakes of the twelue Tribes They serued God with intension or vehemency The roote shewes the nature of the branch Zeale comes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a word framed of the very sound and hissing noise which hot coales or burning iron make when they meete with their contrary In plaine English zeale is nothing but heate from whence it is that zealous men are oft in Scripture said to burne in the spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He that doth moderately or remisly affect any thing may be stil'd Philemon a louer He that ernestly or extreamely Zelotes a zelot who to all the obiects of his affections is excessiuely and passionately disposed his loue is euer feruent his desires eager his delights rauishing his hopes longing his hatred deadly his anger fierce his griefe deepe his feare terrible The Hebrewes expresse these Intensions by doubling the word This being the nature of zeale in generall Christian zeale of which wee desire onely to speake differs from carnall and worldly chiefly in the causes and obiects It is a spirituall heate wrought in the heart of man by the holy Ghost improouing the good affections of loue ioy hope c. for the best seruice and furtherance of Gods glory with all the appurtenances thereof his worde his house his Saints and saluation of soules vsing the contrary of hatred anger griefe c. as so many mastiues to fly vpon the throat of Gods enemies the diuell his Angels sinne the world with the lusts thereof By the vertue whereof a Zealot may runne through all his affections and with Dauid breath zeale out of euery pipe after this manner for a taste How doe I loue thy law O Lord more then the hony or the hony combe more then thousands of siluer and gold Thine enemies I hate with a perfect hatred Thy testimonies are my delight I reioyce more in them then they that finde great spoyles more then in my appointed food Mine eyes gush out riuers of teares O that my head were a fountaine of teares because they destroy thy law Mine eyes are dimme with waiting how doe I long for thy saluation Thy iudgements are terrible I tremble and quake c. Look what pitch of affection the naturall man bestowes vpon his dearest darling what vnsatiable thirst the couetous worlding vpon his Mammon the ambitious vpon his honour the voluptuous vpon his pleasure the same the Christian striueth in equall yea if possible farre exceeding tearmes to conuert and conferre vpon God and his worship In briefe to open a little creuise of further light and to giue a little glimpse of heat Zeal is to the soule that which the spirits are to the body wine to the spirits putting vigour and agility into them Whence comes that elegant Antithesis in the Scripture Be not drunke with wine wherein is excesse but bee filled with the spirit Christ is said to lead his Spouse into the wine cellar which Simily Bernard delighting oft to repeat in two or three Sermons interprets of a speciall measure of zeale inspired into his Church Thus saith he Christ led his Disciples into the wine cellar on the day of Pentecost and filled them and the house with such zeal as they came forth like Giants refreshed with wine and seemed to the people as men drunke with new wine It is to the soule as wings to the foule this also is a Scripture embleme to picture the Angels with wings as in the hāgings of the Temple in the visions of the reuelatiō in token of their ardent and zealous execution of Gods will whence also they haue their name Seraphim he maketh his ministers a flame of fire To this fire and these wings which we in the Lords praier desire to imitate there is nothing in vs answerable but our zeale As wheeles to the chariot which makes vs not goe but runne the waies of Gods commandements and so runne that we may obtain As sailes to the ship and wind to the sailes to which alludes the phrase so frequent in Scripture Plerophorie As courage to the souldier metall to the horse dust to the ground which makes it bring forth much fruit yee an hundred fold viuacity to all creatures To conclude this this is that celestiall fire which was shaddowed out vnto vs by that poore element in comparison and beggerly rudiment the fire I meane of such necessary vse in the law which rather then it should be wanting the Lord caused it to descend from heauen that it might cause the Sacrifices to ascend thither again as a sweet incense vnto the Lord without which no burnt offering was acceptable The second part But now as then there are certaine false fires abhominable to God odious to men dangerous to the Nadabs and Abihues that meddle with them bringing thereby coales vpon their owne heades an ill sauour vpon all their seruices and not only so but that which is worse an ill report and surmise euen on those that offer the right fire