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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affection_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	20	3	9.9917	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62865	Christs commination against scandalizers, or, A treatise wherein the necessitie, nature, sorts, and evils of scandalizing are clearly and fully handled with resolution of many questions, especially touching the abuse of Christian liberty, shewing that vengeance is awarded against such as use it to the grievance of their weake brethren / by Iohn Tombes ...	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1641 (1641)	Wing T1802; ESTC R1928	96,775	467

woe to their own soules in recompence of their counsells that under the covert of friendship act Satans part and precipitate themselves and their followers into perdition But besides these there are not a few who are zealous for corrupt opinions for superstitious traditions for drunken usages for prophane libertinisme c. And others who out of craftie reaches and subdolous intentions for worldly advantages apply themselves to seduce others Of which sort are no doubt many emissaries out of Popish seminaries agents for separation and other seedesmen of tares Shall I take up the Apostles wish Gal. 5. 12. I would they were cut off that trouble us So indeed we wish but my text puts me out of hope of attaining it in this life therefore I can doe no more but only read their doome that a heavy direfull woe hangs over their heads which will as surely fall on them as God is true For how can it be otherwise but that Gods wrath should break forth against those that continue practises against him as his enimies Can any Prince brook the sowers of sedition the seducers of his subjects from their allegiance the underminers of his authority If Claudius Caesar were so blockish we shall seldome meet with such another Certaine it is God will not so put it up he hath proclaimed himselfe to be a God that will by no means cleare the guilty Exod. 34. 7. that he will repay them that hate him to their face Let no man deceive himselfe God is not mocked There is a treasure of wrath reserved for all such factors for hell The same cup that Balaam and Ieroboam and Iannes and Iambres and Elymas dranke of shall all seducing Iesuits inveigling Sectaries and promoters of licentiousnesse drinke of The same judgement abides them the same hell must hold them Wherefore in the next place admonitiō is needfull 1. To those that out of imprudence doe scandalize that they consider what they doe Thou that disswadest frō that which is good out of ill-advised love consider better what thou doest Wilt thou disswade that which God commands Wilt thou goe about to crosse his worke Gamaliels saying should lesson us better That which is of God we cannot overthrow least haply we be found even to fight against God Acts 5. 39. Wilt thou destroy thy brothers soule whom thou thinkest to benefit Wilt thou doe the Divell service under shew of a good office to thy friend S. Peters case should be a memento to thee that thou maist deserve the title of Satan by such officiousnesse 2. To those that out of zeale to their opinions and affection to their waies doe scandalize that they look well what it is they are zealous for It is good alwaies to be zealous in a good thing Gal. 4. 18. But in evill the more zeale the worse Nothing worse then Iezabels zeale for Baal nothing better then Elijahs zeale for God In a wrong way the faster a man runnes the worse in a right way the better It is mischievous enough to scandalize others ignorantly it is more mischievous when it is done with zeale for that is done with more activity and after a more pernitious manner It is pitty good mettall should be ill placed It might doe much good were it rightly used use thy zeale for God it will be thy happinesse if thou use it for evill it will be thy madnesse 3. To those that scandalize others out of crafty and evill intendments that they doe but weave a net to catch themselves Thou that art willingly the Divels agent take this with thee that the divell will over-reach in the end What wages have witches the divels covenant servants but confusion And what reward canst thou that art the Divels hired servant expect but destruction Thou hast sold thy self to worke wickednesse and iniquity shall bee thy ruine while thou doest destroy thy brothers soule thou doest by the same labour damne thine own Oh take this wholesome counsell repent of this thy wickednesse and pray God if perhaps the thoughts of thine heart may be forgiven thee Acts 8. 22. use thy wit and zeale for God who will doe thee good debase not thy selfe to doe the Divell service who loves thee onely as a Salvage doth that hee may devoure thee § 9. Lastly for those that are in danger of being scandalized by such practises it concernes them 1. to walke by the light of Gods word For it is light that must keepe us from stumbling If a man walke in the day hee stumbleth not because hee seeth the light of this world But if a man walke in the night he stumbleth because there is no light in him Iohn 11. 9. 10. So it is concerning the soule if there be ignorance and errour in it it is easily scandalized but light and understanding preserve a man safe 2. To look well to thy goings without which thou maist stumble though thou have light before thee Remember then that of Solomon Prov. 14. 15. The simple beleiveth every word but the prudent man looketh well to his goings Bee not easily credulous then of mens counsells trust not lightly to their judgements Try their spirits examine their counsels opiniōs afore thou embrace them Forget not S. Pauls rule Rom. 16. 17. To marke them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which is delivered to us and avoyd them For they that are such serve not our Lord Iesus Christ but their owne belly and by good words and faire speeches deceive the hearts of the simple CAP. 6. Of scandalizing in speciall by persecution THe fourth way of scandalizing in the distribution before made is scandalizing by injuring or persecuting This way Maldonate conceives our Saviour specially intended vers 2. and he gathers it from the Antithesis as it is set down by S. Mat. ch 18. 5. 6. for having said v. 5. who so shall receive one such little one in my name receiveth me Addes immediately v. 6. But who so shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me c. Where scandalizing vers 6. is opposed to receiving that is entertaining with kindnesse and therefore imports injuring or persecuting And indeed scandalizing is an effect of persecution even such scandalizing as causeth Apopostasie Our Saviour saies of the stony ground which resembles such hearers as have no roote in themselves when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by they are offended Mat. 13. 21. and that when many shall be delivered up to be afflicted many shall be offended Mat. 24. 10. Wherefore we conclude That misery or woe belongs to those that scandalize others by afflicting injuring or persecuting them Which woe belongs to all that shall cause enmities griefes and other harmings of mens minds by terrifiing them with threats by wronging them in spoiling their goods by giving them blowes or other wayes whoever the persons thus harmed be For such workes being the works of unrighteousnesse