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A62118	Two treatises The first is, A plain platform for preaching: whereby the word of truth may be rightly divided; and he that speaketh, speak as the oracles of God. Digested into 20. propositions. The second is, The destruction of in-bred corruption. Or, An antidote against fleshly lust. By A. Symson minister of Gods word.	Simson, Alexander, 1570?-1639.; Simson, Alexander, 1570?-1639. Destruction of inbred-corruption.	1658 (1658)	Wing S6369; ESTC R221898	80,628	321

Lord your God fighteth for you Iudg. 1.12 It was the Angels speech unto Gideon The Lord is with thee thou mighty man of valour It is no lesse true even of the weakest Christian that doth in truth oppose his lusts who may therefore triumph in the words of David Ps 60.22 Through God wee shall doe valiantly for hee shall tread down our enemies and of Paul If God bee for us Rom. 8.31 who can bee against us Heaven it selfe Heaven it selfe I have fought a good fight saith S. Paul I have finished my course 2 Tim. 4.7 J have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for mee a Crowne of righteousnesse which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day and not to me onely but to them also that love his appearing Oh the promises of great reward if we shall fight lustily and persevere therein Whatsoever wee have beene heretofore set we our selves now against our lusts The foregoing time of our ignorāce Act. 17.30 God hath graciously winked at but now commaundeth he all men every where to repent Some J know are men yea mighty men of valour others babes in Christ his young and tender lambes let not those waxe carelesse but go on in their might that they may be saved from their spirituall Midianites and let these labour for strength and courage casting all their care on God who careth for them 1 Pet. 5.7 O Jerusalem Ier. 4.14 wash thine heart from wickednesse that thou maist be saved how long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee 2 Cor. 7.1 Oh let us clense our selves from all filthinesse of the flesh and spirit perfecting holinesse in the feare of God Rom. 6.12 Let not sinne reigne in your mortall body that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof Neither yeeld yee your members as instruments of unrighteousnesse unto sinne but yeeld your selves unto God as those that are alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousnesse unto God Rom. i3 i2 The night is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast off the works of darknes and let us put on the Armour of light Rom. i3 i3 let us walke honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkennesse not in chambering and wantonnesse not in strife and envying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof Ep●h 4.17 This J say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walke not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind having the understanding darkned being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindnesse of their heart who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousnesse to work all uncleannes with greedines Col. 3.5 Mortifie your members which are upon the earth fornication uncleannesse inordinate affection evill concupiscence and covetousnesse which is Idolatry for which things sake the wrath of God commeth on the children of disobedience Jn the which ye also walked sometime when ye lived in them Eph. 4.22 Put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitfull lusts and be renewed in the Spirit of your mind putting on that new man which after God is created in righteousnes and true holines Tit. 2.11 for the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us that denying ungodlines and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Heb. 13.12 Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evill heart of unbeliefe in departing from the living God but exhort one another dayly while it is called to day lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulnesse of sinne Heb. 12.12 lift up the hands which hang downe and the feeble knees and make straight pathes for your feet lest that which is lame be turned out of the way but let it rather bee healed looke diligently lest any man faile of the grace of God lest any root of bitternesse springing up trouble you and thereby many be defiled 1 Pet. 4.2 For as much as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh arme your selves likewise with the same minde for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sinne that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men but to the will of God for the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousnesse lusts excesse of wine revellings banquetings and abominable idolatries wherein they thinke it strange that you runne not with them to the same excesse of riot speaking evill of you 1 Pet. 2.11 Dearly beloved I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims to abstaine from fleshly lusts which warre against the soule 1 Pet. 2.12 having your conversation honest among the Gentiles that whereas they speake evill against you as evill doers they may by your good workes which they shall behold glorifie God in the day of visitation Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Eph. 6.10.11 Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devill for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darknesse of this world against spirituall wickednesse in high places wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evill day and having done all to stand Stand therefore having your loynes girt about with truth and having on the brest-plate of righteousnesse and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospell of peace above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God praying alwayes with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance Thus shall our corruption bee weakned our flesh subdued our old man crucified the body of sinne destroyed our consciences quieted Gods Commandment obeyed himselfe well pleased our selves both in soule and body here and hereafter really and truly blessed Iude 24. Now unto him that is able to keepe us from falling and to present us faultlesse before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy To the onely wise God our Saviour be glory and majesty dominion and power now and ever Amen FINIS

Two Treatises The first is A plain PLATFORM FOR PREACHING Whereby The Word of Truth may be rightly divided And he that speaketh speak as the Oracles of God Digested into 20. Propositions The second is THE DESTRUCTION OF In-bred Corruption OR An Antidote against fleshly Lust By A. Symson Minister of Gods word London Printed for John Wright at the Kings Head in the Old Bailey 1658. To the Honourable Trustees for maintenance of Ministers and other Pious Uses c. Sir John Thorrowgood of Kensington Knight George Cowper Richard Young John Pocock Ralph Hall Richard Sydenham Edward Hopkins John Humfries and Edward Cresset Esquires Grace Mercy and Peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. IT 's written of the Bereans Acts 17.11 That they were more noble then those in Thessalonica What! more nobly descended more nobly educated of greater antiquity learning valour power renown or any other external priviledge prerogative or respect Not so for if by the Bereans we understand the Citizens of Berea which was a city in Macedonia not far from Pella where Alexander the Great was born they came far short of the Thessalonians in many if not in all the forementioned respects Or if by them we understand the Jewes which dwelt in Berea See Beza on the place and had a Synagogue there whereinto Paul entred when he came thither as is most consonant and agreeable to the Text they were in outward respects in the very same condition wherein the Thessalonian Jews were not more enobled dignified preferred But herein they were more noble then those in Thessalonica in that they received the Word with all readiness of minde and searched the Scriptures daily whether those things were so Erasmus Paraph. That is according to one For they received the Doctrine of the Gospel very readily every day searching the Scriptures diligently that they might see how those things that they had learned by the Apostles instruction agreed with the Prophecies and Figures of the Law Halls Paraph Or according to another They chearfully received the Word of our Gospel and took pains to search the Scriptures and to compare our Doctrine with the Text of the Prophets to see if we had alledged them aright Having thus received the Word thus searched the Scriptures which the other did not they were therefore more noble then they more ingenuous better affected To be well reported of reputed of both whilst they are alive and when they shall be dead is that which all should and many do affect Pro 22.1 For a good name is rather to be chosen then great riches Eccles 7.1 And a good name is better then precious ointment Nor are the Deserving to be deprived of their due commendation for hereby not onely of Deserving they become more deserving Virtus laudata crescit but others also endeavour to follow them propound them as fit patterns for their imitation Paul is not here deprived of his due nor are the Bereans of theirs but both commended by the holy Ghost in this sacred History Paul for that having been so often in danger and suffered so much already of the Jews Acts 9.23 as at Damascus when they took counsel to kill him and to this intent watched the gates day and night for the prevention whereof the Disciples let him down by the wall in a banket Acts 13.45 At Antioch where they spake against those things which were spoken by him contradicting and blaspheming where also they stirred up the devout and honourable women and the chief men of the City and raised persecution against him and Barnabas and expelled him out of their coasts Act. 14.5 At Iconium where there was an assault made both of the Gentiles and also of the Jews with their rulers to use them despitefully and to stone them so that for their own preservation they fled unto Lystra and Derbe At Lystra where they perswaded the people and having stoned Paul drew him out of the City supposing he had been dead Acts. 16.23 At Philippi where both he and Silas had many stripes laid upon them were cast into prison with a charge given unto the Jaylor to keep them safely At Thessalonica where the Iews which believed not moved with envy Acts 17.5 took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort and gathered a company and set all the City on an uproar and assaulted the house of Jason and sought to bring them out to the people That having I say been already in such dangers and suffered so much he would again adventure by going into the Synagogue of the Iews which was in Berea and there preaching the Word and testifying the Gospel of the grace of God Oh the Faith Patience Zeal Magnanimity Charity Confidence and Constancy of this faithful Servant of Christ Yea Tu ne cedematis sed contra audentior ito the more his enemies were the greater his troubles the more the greater was his resolution What saith he himself The holy Ghost witnesseth in every city saying Acts 20.23 24. That bonds and afflictions abids me But none of these things move me neither count I my life dear unto my self so that I might finish my course with joy and the ministery which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testifie the Gospel of the grace of God Act. 21.4 And again The Diseiples having said to him through the Spirit that he should not go up to Ierusalem And Agabus foretold that the Iews at Ierusalem would binde him and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles whereupon all they that were present besought him not to go up to Ierusalem He answered What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart for I am not ready to be bound onely but also to dye at Ierusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus The Bereans That they admitted Paul into their Synagogue permitted him to preach there did not disturb him whilst he was pre●ching not onely heard him but received the Word by him taught with all readiness of minde examining and trying the same as being unto them new and whereof they had not formerly heard nor were therewith acquainted at all by the Scriptures of the Old Testament which they daily and duly searched for their further both satisfaction and confirmation Whereunto may be added That they were not led away with the Errour of the wicked Jews did not follow them though a multitude in evil but loved what they loathed embraced what they despised received what they rejected the good Word of God taught by the Apostle Paul Were Ministers now such as Paul was People now such as the Bereans were how happily might they enjoy each other How much would Unity and Amity abound How much Love Concord Peace What mutual endeavours for the good of each other How would God be glorified the Church edified the Gospel flourish Truth triumph Errour decrease Satan lose of his power and interest