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A13547	The parable of the sovver and of the seed Declaring in foure seuerall grounds, among other things: 1. How farre an hypocrite may goe in the way towards heauen, and wherein the sound Christian goeth beyond him. And 2. In the last and best ground, largely discourseth of a good heart, describing it by very many signes of it, digested into a familiar method: which of it selfe is an entire treatise. And also, 3. From the constant fruit of the good ground, iustifieth the doctrine of the perseuerance of saints: oppugneth the fifth article of the late Arminians; and shortly and plainly answereth their most colourable arguments and euasions. By Thomas Taylor, late fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge, and preacher of the Word of God, at Reding in Bark-shire.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1621 (1621)	STC 23840; ESTC S118185	284,009	494

it not hard senslesse proud as Pharaoh Who is the Lord 1. It suffereth not it selfe to be scratched or pricked much lesse beaten to pieces for it hates the meanes to be pulled out of sinne as he did Moses and Aaron Prou. 1.21 They hate knowledge they chuse not the feare of the Lord. Yea they resist the holy Ghost in the Ministery as the Iewes Act. 7.51 2. It cannot abide to looke into his debts because it knowes his estate not good or will not be at the trouble to hunt out all sinne nor at leasure to seeke out small sinnes what God will not be so strict nor wee need so to be 3. It counts sorrow and mourning for sinne a womanly and impotent passion not fit for men of courage 4. It is so farre from sorrow for fayling in good duties that it is vnmoouable as a pillar and can scorne iudgements denounced against his open and monstrous sinnes And therefore an euill heart is noted that being smitten it seekes not after God Ierem. 5.2 The second spirituall grace is illumination by sauing and fruitfull knowledge attained in the means It knoweth 1. That there is a dungeon of darkenesse within further than the beames of heauenly light dart in thorow the narrow chinkes of it and that without knowledge the minde is not good Pro. 19.2 and that the day is not more necessary for worke than knowledge is for saluation Rom. 13.12 2. That it cannot offer to an vnknowne God but knowledge must direct holy worship and further holy life 3. That onely true knowledge is able to discerne things that differ and enables a Christian to hold the grounds of faith and holy life against all deceiuers and carnall counsellers 4. That the knowledge of the good things giuen vs of God ministreth the comfort of them for there is no comfort of grace that we know not whether we haue or no. 5. That by it is attained a store and riches of grace whence it is called a rich knowledge Col. 2.2 Yea and of glory euen for the present whence our Sauiour calls it a part of eternall life Ioh. 17.3 Now a good heart knowing all this doth search for knowledge as men doe for siluer and gold and prizeth the knowledge of holy things most highly But because it discerneth that an vnholy heart may attaine a great measure of knowledge in holy things and be not onely it selfe enlightened but be able to instruct others in deepe poynts of Religion therefore it is most diligent for sauing and sanctifying knowledge without which all is but darknesse 1. It contents not it selfe to know ●he Rule but will be ruled by it it searcheth to vnd●●stand and vnderstandeth to be guided Psalm 119.33 34. according to that of our Sauiour If ye 〈…〉 blessed are ye if ye doe them 2. It esteemes 〈…〉 wisedome neither from humane writings 〈◊〉 from Gods Booke till Christ bee made 〈…〉 1. Cor. 1.30 that is first the Author of wisedome teaching vs inwardly by piercing the eare and vnlocking the heart which he onely by his Spirit 〈◊〉 doe Luk. 24. Secondly the matter of our wisedome wherby we vnderstand him not onely in generall as he is in himselfe for so the diuels know him but in special as he is to vs by faith appropriating Christ and his benefits to our selues By this knowledge the righteous seruant of God iustifies many Esa. 53 1● And thus to know Christ and God in Christ is ●ternall life Ioh. 17.1 Now this good heart esteemes it hath true knowledge when it knowes a certaine and safe way to saue his owne soule 3. It is not content that the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ shine into it vnlesse himselfe grow like him and be changed into that he know 2. Cor. 3.18 iust as a Pearle by the beames of the Sunne and celestiall bodies continually beating on it is made light and shining as they This knowledge will make thee resemble the light and holinesse of Christ and grow both in the knowledge and in the image of Christ. 4. This good heart not onely knowes the things of the Spirit but sauours them not onely feeles his motions within it but cherisheth and obeyeth them not onely heares his stil voyce within but is led by him Therefore in his course you shall see him ioyne with knowledge and iudgement in matter of faith wisedome and discretion in practice of life in which not a forme onely but the power of godlinesse appeares 2. Pet. 1.10 5. It busieth it selfe in getting distinct knowledge of his owne particular happinesse being reuealed by God without which all other knowledge is folly And as in a Furnace the metall or Glasse when it most glistereth is nighest melting so all other knowledge in ciuill and Diuine things let it be neuer so shining or glistering without this shall melt away and come to nothing 6. It contents not it selfe to haue the light within it vnlesse it giue witnesse to the light so did Christ Ioh. 8.18 It will witnesse it by word by countenance by practice by suffering as a cleere lanthorne will shine out at all sides from the light within All the children of wisedome will iustifie their mother and testifie vnto her This cleere light will not be thrust vnder a Bushell or any way hid but will euer shine out being both sauing to a mans selfe and fruitfull to others Now as Salomon saith this knowledge resteth not in the heart of fooles it is too high a knowledge for them An euill heart cannot prize true knowledge it soone knowes enough without searching Gods Booke or viewing his workes it is too wise to heare reade meditate or pray for knowledge and saith What needs all this knowledge and preaching It neuer saw the riches of wisedome and knowledge and saith that running to Sermons and studying the Scriptures will make men beggers It runnes at randome and walkes by any rule but the Word that is an intolerable yoke It heares many spiritual things but sauours none It least busies it selfe in the knowledge of his owne happinesse as most vnseasonable vnprofitable impossible It saith it knowes God but keepes not his Commandements 1. Ioh. 2.4 or heares not his Ministers chap. 4.6 or walkes not in the light or professeth not yea professeth against it and persecuteth the bringers of it Ioh. 16.3 The third spirituall grace is iustification or the grace of iustifying faith which a good heart cannot want Because it knowes 1. That only faith espouseth vnto Christ and the assurance of marriage is in the contract Hos. 2.19 2. That it is the condition of the new Couenant and God is no further bound to a man than he is a Beleeuer Ioh. 3.16 Eternall life is intailed vnto faith Nay God is disabled from doing vs good without it Christ could doe nothing in Capernaum because of their vnbeliefe 3. Faith is the soule of obedience as

Day of the Lord the euill seruant saith My Master deferres his comming and dares not say from his heart Come Lord Iesus come quickly VI. Markes of a good heart in respect of good duties It considereth first that it is Gods new workmanship created to good workes Eph. 2.10 and that Christs redeemed ones are a peculiar people zealous of good workes Tit. 2.14 that it is a note of a Disciple of Christ to bring forth good fruits Ioh. 15.8 and without them it cannot be a good Tree nor can haue his calling adoption or ingraffing into Christ sealed vp vnto him Secondly that it is to the praise and glory of God to be filled with the fruits of righteousnesse Phil. 1.11 Thirdly that it becomes the Gospell and adornes it to shine as lights in the midst of a crooked generation Phil. 2.15 And that the practice of obedience is the most seemely and best garment of a Christian therefore 1. Tim. 2.20 euen women professing the feare of God must apparell themselues with good workes Fourthly that according to our seed-time shall be our Haruest and according to the proportion of the fruits of grace shall be the fruition of glory Hee that gaines fiue or ten talents shall rule so many Cities Therefore it is most carefull and diligent in good duties and not onely to doe them but to doe them well in these seuen circumstances 1. Wisely obseruing these Rules of wisedome in doing good First hee makes the tree good or else it yeelds no good fruit Hee lookes to his faith and iustification thereby that they be fruits of faith without which they are sinne and cannot please God Heb. 11.6 To doe the workes of God a man must first beleeue in him whom God hath sent Ioh. 6.28.29 Secondly he will not doe them without light and direction knowing the light necessary as for naturall and ciuill actions so for diuine also The Word is the light and lanthorne and all actions of Christian obedience is but the holding forth of the Word without which he shall heare that expostulation Who required these things at your hands Thirdly knowing that all duties done too late are hopelesse fruitlesse it will wisely know the season of doing good it will walke while day is worke in Summer sowe in seed-time apprehend meanes offered and good opportunities It will seeke God while hee may be found and enter with the wise Virgins while the dore is open and prouide oyle in time The grace of a good action is the seasonablenesse of it God himselfe for our example hath an appointed time that is a fit season for all his worke Eccles. 3.1 Fourthly knowing that a bad end spoiles the best action it doth not things to be seene of men but for the glory of God and the honour of his Gospell for the testification of his faith obedience thankfulnesse for the edification of his brethren and prouoking of others to loue and good workes Heb. 10.24 Fiftly knowing the difficulty of good things it armeth and prepareth it selfe against difficulties as the heat of persecution discouragement of Superiours coldnesse of times scornes of men c. It fore-casteth the cost charge the losse and danger and accounts not his life deare so he may finish his course with ioy 2. A good heart doth good duties humbly first with repentance without which all are reiected Act. 26.20 Paul taught repentance and turning to God and then to doe workes worthy amendment of life Secondly it can accomplish nothing as it would but supplies the defect of the action with abundance of affection Psal. 119.5 Oh that my wayes were directed to keepe thy statutes It pleaseth it selfe in nothing It reioyceth not in any performance but craueth Gods gracious acceptance Thirdly it dreames not of any perfection it hath attained but sets perfection before it and runnes toward it Phil. 3.13 but with dayly sence and strife against imperfection It complaines of his best actions is ashamed of his wants in them and is neuer quiet till it get a couer for them It cries with Dauid O enter not into iudgement with thy seruant O Lord. It tenders them all in the perfect merit of Christs obedience without which all our righteousnesse is as a filthy clout 3. A good heart doth good duties heartily or cheerfully Exod. 25.2 All the obedience of a good heart is from the heart Rom. 6.17 Ye haue obeyed from the heart the forme of doctrine deliuered It cannot content it selfe in doing a good worke out of this good manner of doing first because it knowes the beginning of acceptable obedience must be the heart which must quicken all our duties or else they are dead secondly if seruants must doe to their Masters euery thing heartily much more the seruants of God to their Master in heauen Thirdly the Lord obserues which is eye-seruice and which is heart-seruice he reiects compulsed worship and accepts onely free-will offerings and complaines if any piece of the heart bee wanting as in many Kings of Israel 4. A good heart doth good duties abundantly an heart purged by Christ bringeth forth more fruit Iohn 15.2 for herein is the Father glorified verse 8. 1. Cor. 15.58 abounding in the worke of the Lord. To this it striues for these reasons First because it is ready prest and forward to good and kept in a preparednesse for euery good worke it growes full of goodnesse both in gracious incitations and gracious actions Secondly it not onely takes but seekes occasions of doing good and so growes rich in good workes Thirdly the more it doth the more easie they be and so come off quicker He that doth them quicke riseth apace Fourthly it is as busie and as glad to set forward Gods glory in and by others as by himselfe and so in all companies and occasions makes himselfe a gainer 5. A good heart doth good duties vniuersally first it diuorceth not the two Tables but aimeth at the seruice of God in holinesse and righteousnesse secondly it will fulfill all righteousnesse as taught by the doctrine of grace which calls on vs for all duties of piety righteousnesse and sobriety Tit. 2.12 The loue of God produceth workes of piety which are sacrifices of praises and prayer the calues of the lips morning and euening and on all occasions And because sacrifice is abominable without iudgement and iustice Prou. 21.3 it is carefull to giue euery man his right and will serue God in seruing man And because mercy from God and mercy to man are ioyned together it delights in all occasions of mercy the workes whereof are so many odours of sweet smell Phil. 4.18 Thirdly it attends to all duties both of the generall calling and speciall is carefull that one duty destroy not but set forward another and is still in the exercise of whatsoeuer is honest iust of any praise or vertue A good heart like a good seruant will doe

and righteousnesse and sanctification and redemption He may know him by hearing and reading as the Samaritans did Christ by the womans relation but not by his comfortable presence in his heart Hypocrites may know him as he is in himselfe the Sonne of God the Sauiour of the world and as hee is an head to others but not to themselues an head or Sauiour See thy knowledge be not knowing onely and contemplatiue but a knowledge passing knowledge and proceeding to feeling as that of the Samaritans when themselues had seene and heard Christ. 2. Examine thy knowledge in the end of it both in respect of thy selfe and God and thy brethren 1. An hypocrite may attaine a great measure of knowledge to informe his iudgement not to reforme his minde to swim in his braine not to season his heart See thy knowledge bee a renewing of Gods image in knowledge 2. An hypocrite may know much of God and Christ but little for God and Christ and aime not at Gods glory or the honour of Christ but to puffe vp himselfe and swell against others so as though it bee a true knowledge of the true God in respect of the obiect yet it is false and vnsound in respect of the vse and end onely knowing to bee knowne to know 3. Hypocrites may know much in themselues but a little for others as many content themselues to bee counted great learned men but no man the better for all their profoundnesse it is so farre to the bottome that it cannot be come by Sound illumination edifies and is communicatiue The light of grace is like the light of the Sunne conspicuous and comfortable to all eyes as Elihu speakes of himselfe Wine in vessels will haue vent so sound knowledge will vent to the family friends neighbours and strangers 3. Examine thy knowledge in the companions of it 1. Humility God teacheth onely the humble and swelling knowledge is carnall knowledge None knowes God aright but he that first knowes himselfe and he that knowes himselfe aright cannot but bee humble 2. Loue of the brethren 1. Ioh. 4.7 Hee that loueth not knoweth not God that is powerfully and effectually for from loue of God flowes loue to his Image 3. Constant hearing 1. Ioh. 4.6 Hee that knoweth God heareth vs. And the Spouse saith It is the voice of my Beloued Cant. 2.8 Sheepe will heare the voice of the shepheard 4. Practice 1. Ioh. 2.3 4. Hereby we are sure that we know him if we keepe his Commandements He that saith I know him and keepeth not his Commandements is a liar and the truth is not in him An hypocrite may know idly and vnfruitfully but neuer produceth his knowledge into sound practice which is vniuersall Tit. 1.16 They professe they know God but in their deeds deny him Whereas all sound knowledge is practicall If ye know these things saith our Sauiour blessed are ye if ye doe them And to such as know abundantly so as they be able to preach powerfully but ioyne not practice to their knowledge though they professe they know Christ yet shall hee professe hee neuer knew them Math. 7.23 Depart from me ye workers of iniquity Therefore I say vnto thee as Dauid said to his son Salomon 1. Chron. 28.9 Know the God of thy father and serue him Bee not a follower of Christ except thou be a friend Ioh. 15.14 Ye are my friends if ye doe what I command you And consider these two things 1. Knowers and not doers shall be beaten with the more stripes Luk. 12.47 2. Onely doers shall enter into heauen Math. 7.21 4. Examine thy knowledge in the growth and continuance of it First see it grow Grow in grace and knowledge 2. Pet. 3.18 But this growing is not in the vnderstanding onely but in feeling And here an hypocrite failes Secondly see thy knowledge continue An hypocrite may know much but it is as a lightning a flash that soone vanisheth His knowledge may light him a little way but lasts not to set him thorow to the Bride-chamber For hypocrites being children of darknesse as their light for the present is mingled with much confusion and darknesse so it ends in darknesse If thy knowledge bee sound it is like the light of the Sunne that shines more and more till perfect day Looke that thy knowledge be thus qualified for the matter apprehending not the story but the vertue of Christ not in generall but with speciall application not as Christ is in himselfe but as hee is to thee And for the end that it be as well for God as of God that it renew the minde as well as the vnderstanding that it be for others as well as thy selfe And for the companions that it bee attended with humility loue hearing and practice And lastly that it grow and continue Now it is beyond all knowledge of hypocrites and now thou mayest comfort thy selfe in thy illumination III. Heare we from the Text that a man who shall neuer come to heauen may receiue the Word with ioy taste of the heauenly gift haue some apprehension of the excellency of Christ some sight of Gods fauour some sence of grace in his heart some worthy gifts of the holy Ghost and an hope of enioying euerlasting glory all which makes vp his ioy Now let vs not deceiue our selues or trust in vaine hopes perswasions as if we were good Christians because wee haue either been stricken sometimes in hearing with sorrow and amazednesse for our sinnes as Felix trembled and Ahab was troubled at the word of Eliah or because we haue had sometimes in our selues great ioy in hearing Thou maiest weepe at a Sermon or reioyce at a Sermon yet be bad and barren ground though we denie not these to be good motions But let vs examine both our ioy and the ground of it which is our taste and apprehension of Christ and see if we can finde that in them which is not nor euer was in the ioy and taste of the hypocrite 1. Examine thy ioy in the ground of it namely a taste and apprehension of Christ. An hypocrites apprehension is but a vaine presumption which makes him reioyce when he hath no iust cause He mistakes himselfe and ouerweenes his estate Hee thinks his faith vnfained his regeneration sound his repentance true when all is otherwise And as a begger dreames he is rich and full of gold when all is a delusion Besides his apprehension is for measure a taste not a feeding as a Cooke not as a guest And what hee doth apprehend hee bestowes not in the bottome of his heart where some stone or other lies and allowes it not rooting 2. Examine thy ioy in the matter of it 1. It must be heauenly things as 1. The fauour of God Psal. 4.6 2. Our name written in the Booke of life Luk. 10.20 3. A sweet taste of the Word 1. Pet. 2.3 4. Firme hope of a blessed resurrection Psalm