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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42921	The holy limbeck, or, A semicentury of spiritual extractions wherein the spirit is extracted from the letter of certain eminent places in the Holy Scripture : and a compendious way discovered for the spiritual improvement of the literal sense, in order to the better understanding of the minde and meaning of the spirit therein / by Jo. Godolphin.	Godolphin, John, 1617-1678.	1650 (1650)	Wing G944; ESTC R37865	39,502	269

heart cashier all cowardly thoughts and such as hold correspondence with the Enemy let not Hypocrisie as a Spy sneak in and out thy Garison let the Watchword be Emmanuel and let a party of faithful Prayers be ever sallying out till Relief be sent from Heaven with a supply of Grace in a Sufficiency thereof Resist the Devil and he will flee from thee James 4.7 Balaams Ass The dumb Ass speaking with mans voyce forbad the madness of the Prophet 2 Pet. 2.16 COvetousness is sufficiently detestable in such as wait but on their private callings far more odious in those that on State-Affairs but most abominable in those that on the Altar To dishonor that God which made the earth for the dross of it is the ignoblest of ingratitudes and for the menial servants of the high Lord of heaven and earth to become the mercenary slaves of men to discredit that Master whom they pretend to serve is the inexemplariest president of the horridst rebellion Some have had a strange dream of the Resurrection of Beasts and thence most grosly held that Creatures meerly Sensitive shall rise again truly I know no better Argument to back this beast with then to interpret that opinion to be understood of this dumb Ass to rise in judgement against the madness of many the supposed Prophets of our days for though as the tree falls so he shall lie yet I cannot say That he that lives and dyes a beast shall rise so Time was I spare the present tense when many learned Prophets for a mess of pottage sold the truth to Anathematize the pillars thereof me-thinks they are somewhat excusable for they were mad the silliest of all Animals here wonderfully qualified at once both to publish and reprove their Lunacy Beware then thou that art in the Lords Embassie or oftner in thine own service under that notion make not a trade of that which may and should be bought without money neither set the gifts of God to sale be not tempted by the baits of men to tempt the Almighty to counterdict his determinate purposes neither let the rewards of the wicked ensnare thee to the prejudice of the faithful servants of God lest they condemn thee of less understanding then the Horse or Mule for The dumb Ass speaking with mans voyce forbad the madness of the Prophet 2 Pet. 2.16 The Spirits Touchstone Believe not every Spirit but try the Spirits whether they be of God or no 1 John 4.1 LOok well to thy faith there are many false Prophets risen up amongst us Anchor it on firm ground Religion blows too many ways All Prophets are not Michaiahs believe them not one Doctrine the sooner for circumcising the Text to come to the Cushion ere the matter beating it down in stead of sin and pressing it more then the Point they handle All Prophets are not Micaiahs believe them not one Corollary the sooner for Metaphisicking the Temples into Schools and learnedly confuting their own Objections to salve their own Credits more then their Auditors souls All Prophets are not Micaiahs believe them not one Sycophantick lye the sooner for their multitude or the high qualifications of their Chaplainship King Ahab had four hundred and a lying Spirit in them all Gods word is the Spirits Touchstone thereby thou mayest distinguish the Wolf from the Lamb and the Serpent from the Dove Commit not thy souls fraight to the faith of every wind nor thy faith to the wind of every Doctrine lest thou make Ship-wrack of both Believe not every Spirit but try the Spirits whether they be of God or no 1 John 4.1 Simon the Cross-bearer And as they came out they found a man of Cyrene Simon by name him they compelled to bear his cross Mart. 27.32 VVE read of no less then four Simons in the Gospel Simon Peter firnamed Bar-jona Matth. 16.17 the Fisherman-Apostle Matth. 4.18 Simon Magus the Samarian Sorcerer Acts 8.9 Simon Zelotes Luke 6.15 the Canaanite Matthew 10.4 and this Simon of Cyrene Matth. 27.32 who bare that Cross which bare that Christ who bare our Sins Isa 53.11 what a heavy weight was that were there as many worlds as atomes in this and each of them multiplyed by the highest of numbers they were all too light to ballance the least chip of this Cross To stile him the Gospel Atlas is too diminutive an Epithite What did Simon bear Christs Cross a load that would have made the very Pillars of Heaven and Earth to crack agen No Christ bare his own Cross none but himself could bear that Cross and our Curse indeed Simon bare that wooden Cross the stony Jews prepared out of Jerusalem's Oaks and Simons Apes at this day bear that Golden Cross the leaden Priests or Demetrian Romanists prepare for the Worship of their Ave-Diana If Simon had born Christs Cross he should have been Simon the Martyr of Gyrene Simon may be said to bear the Cross of Christ but not Christs Cross Thus many are erroneously supposed Christs Cross-bearers when oft-times they are no better then Christs Crucifiers And thus if a covetous wretch that is a Piety-pretender be summoned to disburse for Christs State-service he will suffer in person by imprisonment rather then in his bounty by enlargement and submit himself to be shut fast rather then his Coffers to be opened yet plead Conscience as if it were that onely which is so straight-laced whereas indeed his purss-strings are shrunk yet then proclaim himself as one of Christs Cross-bearers when mean while like Covetous Judas he is but his own Budget-bearer Monsters in nature there are if there could be Monsters in Grace the Hypocrite must be one of the ugliest All sufferers are not Christs Cross-bearers nor all dyers for Religion Martyrs But if thou suffer not in but for a good cause and for a good conscience then art thou one of Christs happy Cross-bearers if thou patiently bear reproach contempt and the scorn of men for the Gospels sake then mayest thou more properly be said to bear Christs Cross then the Man of Cyrene Simon by name whom they compelled to bear his Cross Mar. 27.32 The Soldiers Mistake They parted my garments among them and upon my vesture did they cast lots Mat. 27.35 VVAs there ever a fairer distribution of such sacrilegious plunder yet who but a Prophet could have thought that those Robes which apparelled the Son of God should ever have cloath'd such impious varlets They parted his garments among them There may be Rents Sects and Divisions in the Church among the visible members thereof but the seamless Vesture Truth the Churches pure and unblemishable Ornament maugre the prophanest violence of the rudest Soldier shall ever remain inviolably whole perfect and intire Naked wretches what covert gave these Ornaments to your shameful infidelity what beauty to your deformity what lustre to your ugliness you embrace a Shadow and let the Substance vanish No wonder the members are left naked when the body is devested But