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A21049	The mischiefe and miserie of scandals both taken, and giuen. By Ier. Dyke, minister of Epping in Essex	Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.	1631 (1631)	STC 7419; ESTC S100164	93,861	283

abhorreant nunciatamque veritatem ob immania illorum facinora incred●bilem nequitiam repudient vt inquam frequentibus illorum sceleribus animaduersis eos quoque qui è sanctâ Dei Ecclesiâ sunt tales esse sibi persuadeant atque ita à verissima Dei doctrina aures auertant aut cer●e paucorum improbitate conspectâ in vniuersos eadem maledicta conijciant Atque ea demum causa est cur plerique Gentilium vbicunque istius sectae homines deprehenderint nullam nobiscum velint neque dati acceptique neque consilij neque audiendi diuini verbi societatem coniungere ac neaures quidem praebere sustineant vsque adeo nesarijs illorum flagitijs consternati ac deterriti sunt Ephiphan lib. 1. Haeres 27. Ad detrectationem diuini nominis Ecclesiae à Satana praemissi sunt vti quae sunt illorum audientes homines putantes omnes nos tales esse quertant aures suas à pr●co●i● veritatis Iraen lib. 1. cap. 24. Now what was the ayme of Satans malice in bringing those Carpocrasians and Gnostickes tearming themselues Christians vnto such more then heathenish Impurities Surely none other but this that vpon the sight of their loathsome courses the heathen might abhorre the Church of God and might be so scandalized thereby that they might vtterly reiect the truth of God preached vnto them By their scandalous filthinesse they tooke occasion to rayle on Christian Religion and so to iudge all Christians of the same stampe that they would not onely none of their Religion but no manner of dealing with them no not in ciuill commerce So strongly by their scandalous lifes did Satan hedge and fence vp their way from comming into the Church and vnto Christ With these thornes did the Deuill hedge vp their way from entring into the Church 3. From the corruption falsenesse hypocrisie and deceitfulnesse of mens hearts There bee in the Church of God and in the number of such as professe the Name of God two sorts of persons 1. Such as professe his Name hypocritically such as make Religion but a maske and a cloake to hide and couer their rotten insides and take vpon them the profession of Religion for base and by-ends onely to aduance their credit and their profit as the Shechemites would bee circumcised for sheepe oxen and substance Some put on a c Quanam sunt istae pelles onium nisi nomini● Cbristiani extrinsecus superficies Tertull. de praescript aduers Haeret. Quae sunt vestimenta ouilia species videlicet simulatae religionis elcēmosyna simulata oratio simulata ieiunium simulatum c. Chrys oper imperf in Math. hom 19. sheeps clothing but inwardly are rauening wolues Now where Religion is thus personated and men doe but act a part corruption restrained will breake out at last Yea and God in his Iustice will vncase and discouer such by giuing them vp to fowle and notorious grosse euils Iudas vnder hope of some temporall preferments both professed and preached Christ forsakes all and followes him and was as forward as the best of them But because all this was in hypocrisie therefore his corruption held in for a time vnder this violent restraint at the last breakes fowly out and because hee fowly takes Gods Name in vaine he is by diuine Iustice left to himselfe and falls into that fearefull scandal of betraying Christ Obserue that Matth. 7. 27. The house built vpon the sand fell and the fall of it was great When Hypocrites fall they fall not the ordinary fals of other men Great was the fall of it They fall into great and hainous scandals As Moses speakes of those Numb 16. 29. If these men die the common death of all men as euery man dies c. So these men fall not the common fals of all men not as euery man fals but when they fall their fall is great with great and notorious scandall Other men may fall on the ground but they fall into the kennell the puddle into the very mire The Sow that is washed to her wallowing in the myre 2. Peter 2. 22. She lies not downe in the dust nor in the dirt but in the myre and not onely lies downe or fals downe into the myre but wallowes in the myre and so becomes all ouer fowle and filthy It is so with Hypocrites they so fall as if a man fel into and wallowed in the myre so fowle and scandalous are their fals Now then inasmuch as it cannot be auoyded and it is impossible but that there will and shall be Hypocrites in the Church of God and Satan will be standing amongst the children of God Iob 1. and in as much as it cannot be but that rotten hypocrisie will breake out and in regard of Gods Iustice must sometimes bee discouered in this life therefore there must needs be scandals and therefore it is impossible but that offences should come 2. Such as professe sincerely and in Truth Now euen in these there are yet great remaynders of corruption the very best beare a bodie of sin and death about them And because they are not so watchfull as they should to looke so narrowly to their owne hearts as they ought therefore comes it to passe also that offences must needs come The heart of man is deceitfull aboue all things Ier. 17. therefore should Christians bee watchfull ouer it aboue all things But because they trust their false and loose hearts to much and grow remisse in their watch thence comes it frequently to passe that offences must needs come When they keepe not their own Vineyard their mothers children are angrie with them Cant. 1. 6. that is their naturall corruptions Sic Iunius which they brought from their mothers wombe with them when they watch not and looke not to themselues doe rebell and ouer-power them and so oftentimes carrie them into offensiue courses Dauid was a man after Gods owne heart and yet Dauid fell into a fowle scandal It is not alwayes safe to iudge a man to bee an Hypocrite because hee giues scandal Gods dearest seruants are not alwaies freed and secured from falling into scandalous sins Well but what made Dauid fall All the while Dauid was in his exile and affliction all that while Dauid was free enough Afflictions kept him awake But afterwards when Dauid came to be King and liued in a full estate at his ease then began he to be more remisse and therfore after his afternoones nap when hee was walking vpon the roofe the Deuill sets a snare and his owne remisse heart soone catches at the baite and he is presently ensnared We find Math. 13. 27 28. tares in the field amongst the wheate Sir didst thou not sow good wheate in thy field Whence then hath it tares He said vnto them An enemie hath done this These tares are Scandals Verse 40 41. They shall gather out of his kingdome all scandals Wee see whence these scandals come Verse 28. An enemie hath done this Satan hath

a great hand in sowing these tares But obserue when this enemie sowes these tares Verse 25. But whilst men slept the enemy came and sowed tares The time of mens securitie is the Deuils seedes time their sleeping time is his sowing time So that because men sleepe euen good men oftentimes fall asleepe and are not so watchfull as would become them hence comes it to passe that tares must needs be sowne and that offences must needs come Thus we see the grounds of the necessitie of scandalous euents in Gods Church CHAP. III. An Apologie for Religion and the professours thereof against the scandal of scandals GIue me leaue now for vse of all that hath beene said to doe that which all the children of wisdome are bound to doe Wisedome that is Religion is and ought to be iustified of her children Luke 7. 35. Giue me leaue to iustifie her by whom I hope to bee saued Open thy mouth for the dumbe open thy mouth and plead their cause Pro. 31. 8 9. much more then open thy mouth and plead the cause of condemned Religion Neuer doe scandalous euents come to passe but wisdome and her children doe suffer and Religion and religious ones are instantly condemned and cried downe But let this that hath beene spoken serue to teach vs not to be offended at offences not to bee scandalized at scandals It is true indeed that God should neuer bee offended but it should deeply offend vs. It should be a trouble to vs when our brother is offended 2. Cor. 11. 29. Who is offended and I burne not How much more then when God is offended and that by grosse scandals But my meaning is this that wee should not so take offence at the scandals of such as professe Religion and godlinesse whether they doe it sincerely or hypocritically as to bee offended either at the Religion or the persons of all others professing the Truth and power of godlines Two things here may stay vs in this case 1. First because our Sauiour hath d Vnde te admoneo ne granius perturberis his scandalis quae ideo ventura praedicta sunt vt quando venirent reminisceremur esse praedicta non ei● valde commoueremur Nam haec ipse Dominus ita praedixit vae mundo à scandalis c. August Epist 209. foretold vs that they should come wee are told of it before hand and therfore nothing in such euents falling out but what was before told why should any start o● stumble at them when they come to passe Why should not this preuent scandal in this case as well as in the case of the Crosse Thus Christ preuents the scandal of the Crosse and afflictions that should befall his Disciples Iohn 16. 1 2. These things haue I spoken vnto you that ye should not be offended They shal put you out of their Synagogues c. And thus also the Apostle 1. Thess 3. 3 4. That no man should bee moued by these afflictions for verily when wee were with you wee told you before that we should suffer tribulation So here our Sauiour hauing e Non te ista conturbent fili dilectissime haereses enim scandala futura praedicta sunt vt inter inimicos erudiamur ac sic fides dilectio nostra possit esse probatior Aug Epist 50. Atqui plures ait Trypho qui se Iesum profiteri dicunt Christiani nominantur audio simulachris mactata manducare *** Cui respondens eo quoque inquā quod eiusmodi extent viri qui se profitentur Christianos Iesum crucifixum Dominum Christum laudant sed non illius doctrinas docent nos qui purae verae Jesu Christi disciplinae sectatores sumus in spe ab ipso annunciatâ fide constantiores reddimur Nam quae praedixit futura 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dixit enim c. Iust Mart. Dial. cum Tryphone Iudaeo told vs before that scandals should come why should wee bee offended thereat as if some strange thing that had neuer beene thought of had falne out No man should be moued with scandals so as to stumble at the euent of them because Christ when hee was with vs told vs before that they should come and therefore told vs before because we should not be stumbled and offended Yea these things being foretold that they should fall out amongst those of the Church and of the true Religion we should ●●ereupon bee so farre from being stumbled that we should rather be so much the more stablished and confirmed in the truth of our Religion and Profession because wee ●●e those things so truely fulfilled which the High Priest of our profession hath foretold 2. Secondly because we see that ●ere is a Necessitie of them Since ●ere must bee offences and since ●ere must bee scandals therefore ●ould wee not for scandals bee so stumbled as to conclude that Religion to be false and that professio● to bee naught where some Professors thereof giue scandal For t● speak properly and truly there ca● bee no scandal giuen but by thos● that are Professors of true Religio● and godlinesse A Turke a Mahometan a Iew a Papist cannot i● proper and strict phrase of spee● giue a scandal for there is scand● giuen where occasion of stumblin● at the Truth and Power of godlinesse is giuen So that scandal i● onely properly giuen by the Professors of Truth whose sinnes a● such as make the truth of God an● the sauing profession thereof to b● stumbled at And therefore the● onely are scandals to bee found where Religion and Godlinesse ar● profest And therefore when such scandal is giuen wee must not take offence at Religion because we se● there is a necessitie of scandalo● euents in the Church of God and amongst such as doe professe true Religion Indeed when scandals do fal out this is the conclusion the Deuill would haue men infer vpon them and it is the thing hee aymes at in bringing men into scandals to haue men thereupon iudge such Religion naught and all of the same outward profession to bee alike f Ecce quales sunt qui Christum colunt falsum plane illud est quod aiunt se bona discere se sanctae legis praecepta retinere Si enim bone discerent boni essent talis profecto secta est quales sectatores hoc sunt absque dubio quod docentur Mimesis Paganorum apud Salu. de Prou. lib. 4. Doe yee not see what they are Are not of the very choicest and chiefest of them scandalous As they are so are they All As they are so is their Religion they professe Surely this Religion and the profession of it are not of God But this is the Deuils Logicke and reasoning taught in the Schoole of Hell Here bee two things inferred First Therefore their Religion is naught and not to be trusted Secondly Thus they are all That men may not thus stumble at scandals consider the weaknesse of such inferences 1.