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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06063	The spirituall armour With which being furnished, a Christian may be able to stand fast in the euill day, and time of tryall; and to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Written by that godly and learned man, Paul Baine; sometime Preacher of Gods word at S. Andrewes in Cambridge.	Baynes, Paul, d. 1617.	1620 (1620)	STC 1647; ESTC S116770	71,493	320

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Who looketh till God returneth an answer of his mind which he hath often sent to him by praier If one saith I will bee vvith you to help you or doo this or that for you vvee looke hee should keepe touch accordingly if one send vs vvord hee vvill bee vvith vs vvee looke and prepare till he commeth but if GOD speake who doth vvait though he forewarne vs of his coming vvho doth attend Wee vvould be loth to tell an vntruth c. but these great things of neglecting faith and hope vvee make no consciēce of when Mint and Cummin must bee giuen the great things of the lavv must not be forgotten Novv follovvs the svvord of the spirit so cald because it is put in our hands and made mighty through the vvorke of this spirit First that which is heere vnderstood by the word of God is whatsoeuer out of the written word we haue by reading and hearing or what God doth teach vs by experience agreeable with that which is in the word written Secondly for the vse it is either defensiue vvarding the blovves vvhich Satan doth reach vs as Christ vsed Mat 4. or offensiue it doth strike dovvn the darknes povver of sinne vs. Thirdly the diuell doth keep men from this sword by excuses they are not book-learned haue not leasure as others to looke into such matters vvhy may not men bee saued vvithout knovving the vvord Quest Ans Ans Search the Scriptures for in them yee think to haue eternall life Iohn 5.39 Againe first seek Gods kingdome the righteousnes thereof c. Mat. 6. No seed sovven there can be no harvest no vvord vvhich is the immortall seed there can be no begetting to God If vve haue the vvord vvith vs first hee will impugne it by suggestions thus Ob. Hovv canst thou tell this is the vvord of God it is not his vvord Ans Ans We must remooue these things vvhich are sparkes of Atheisme in vs First by taking to heart the grosse Atheisme and vnbeleefe of our hearts and seeking to be purged of it Secondly by crying for the eye salue of the spirit of illumination Thirdly by obeying that wee knowe which doth open the door of the heart wide for the holy Ghost to enter which doth ascertain euery thing Secondly from want of effect in vs. Hee wil make light of it Obiect Ob. 2 Men say Men say this is so effectuall so comfortable but what sweetnes what power what terrour doest thou finde in the promises or threatnings of it And who are worse then they that liue vnder it Ans Ans We must distinguish from that the word doth of it owne nature and that which the corruption of men workes taking occasion by the word Againe the Physitions intemperancy will not make the prescript of dyet lesse regarded But for our owne want of feeling wee must know when we are so it is not for any lack in the word but thorough our owne default when the tongue is in losse of taste through choler giue it neuer so good meate and drinkes all is bitter yet it is not in the meates but in the taste Ob. 3 Thirdly the Diuell doth by multiplicities of interpretation make som call the word in question Answ Ans Diuersity of glosse doth not take away the vniforme meaning of the Text and certainty of knowledge in it If twenty foure Lawyers should demurre vpon some case though they had twelue diuers interpretations it doth not take away certainty in the Lawe Againe this is a rotten bleat not of Christs sheep How should we knowe the meaning of the Scriptures Ioh. 10. His sheepe heare his voyce God hath promised we shal be all taught of him Ob. 4 Fourthly the Diuell will steale away the word from vs for hee is light fingred Mat. 13.19 Then commeth the euill one catcheth c. There is an example in the Apostles out of whose hearts hee did steale the word of Christs resurrection so plainely foretolde them And wee see in Sermons some remember not two sentences at the end of the week not one cares businesses pleasures c. against which we must be armd with remembring of Christs admonition Luk. 8 18 Take heede how yee heare It is dangerous meddling with edge-tools Blessed are those that heare the word of God and keepe it Heb. 15 To day if yee wil heare his voyce c. The danger of not keeping the word and bringing forth fruit is set forth by the ground drinking in the showers fruitlesse which is neare vnto cursing Heb. 6.8 And to this purpose marke the fourth thing How wee may doe that the word may be held of vs. Wee must aboue all things keepe our hearts for they are the vessels in which the word must be stored if the vessell leak or be not sweet the liquor runneth out or smelleth of the caske If the heart bee vnbeleeuing giuen to lust couetousnesse voluptuousnesse the word will runne out or be smothred or peruerted Therefore Dauid prayeth Encline my heart to thy testimonies and not to couetousnesse these two cannot stand together Secondly wee must labour to see how precious the word is Psal 119 103. Dauid found it more sweet thē the hony combe more precious then golde or siluer therefore hee held it so constantly I am like a bottle in the smoake yet I forget not thy commandements Thirdly wee must cry to God to giue vs that faithfull remembrancer the which may call things wee knowe to our minde in the time of our need Ioh. 14.26 It is sayd whē the Apostles receiued the Spirit then they remembred c. Without the helpe of Gods spirit wee should bee like Agar ready to die for thirst though the fountaine were by vs. Fourthly vve must lay vppe● the word safe as we coffer iewels to which three things are necessarie First musing considering within our selues of it Luke 2.19 Mary kept all these sayings and pondred them in her heart Secondly speaking of it Deuter. 6.7 And thou shalt reherse them continually vnto thy children not that vve must talk lightly vvith hearts vntuned but either with hearts prepared or else with a holy purpose to provoke our dull hearts by the words of our mouths for though words com from the heart yet they helpe the grace in the heart as apparel is first warmed by the body afterwards giueth and fostereth heat in the body such holy communication will make vs ready in the knowledge of it Thirdly one that will haue it sure must not only knowe it and haue it in his memory for if hee goe no further it vvill putrefie com to nothing but must affect it that vvee may say so loue I thy statutes 2. Thess Because they receiued not the truth in loue therefore they did not hould to it Psal 119.122 I reioiced at thy testimonies as if I had found great spoils Doct. Now the things to bee marked are two First that all of vs

must strengthen our selues by getting the knowledge of Gods word The svvord is not more necessary for the souldier Examples then this for vs. Thus Christ Christ plaied his prises with it in the tēptation Mat. 4. Iob Iob. 23.12 Neither haue I departed from the commandements of his lips and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed food Psal 119.11 Dauid I haue hid thy promise in my heart that I might not offend against thee Such as haue enemies doe not walk but hauing their swordes girt to them wee cannot repell wicked suggestions strike downe our own corruptions without the help of the svvord and knowledge of Gods pure word Vse 1 Which doth first let vs see the leudnes of the Papists for first as they giue vs a vvicker shield and paper helmet so they giue vs a leaden svvord an vnwritten vvord the vvord of men as well as of God the mixture doth marre the metall but aboue al heerin they sin that they let not Christians indifferently haue the word of God in their mother-tōgue vsing against Christians the like hostility that the Philistims vsed against Israel they tooke away the smiths and weapons of Israel And mark it for this taking the word from Gods people is an antichristian practice If a man should transport our armour and so dis-furnish the Realme it would not serue the subiects in time of need vvee would count him no friend to the State Vse 2 Secondly it doth conuince Christians that are carelesse of the word of GOD or if they haue the knowledge of it they vse it as our gentility wear their weapons to shew the gilded pummels and veluet scabberds rather then otherwise so the word which is a spirituall sword many do discourse of it for ostentation rather then to ward off wick●d suggestions or hew downe their owne corruptions with it Vse 3 Lastly wee must bee exhorted to get the knowledge of the word and hould it fast Pro. 2.1 My sonne if thou wilt receiue my words and hide my commandements vvithin thee verse 5 then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord find the knovvledge of God Let the vvord of God dvvell in you richly in all vvisdome teaching admonishing one another Col. 3.16 Wee should euer haue this word in our harts and mouthes it is no small disadvantage for a man to be vvithout a vveapon in the midst of his enemies Doct. Secondly this doth teach vs what word it is which the spirit of God doth accompany and make mighty in the conscience it is the word of God Esay 49. vlt. 2. Cor. 3.8 Hovv shall not the ministration of the spirit be much more glorious Ier. 23.22 29 But if they had stood in my coūsell and declared my words to my people then they should haue turned them from their euill vvay And in regard that it is thus accompanied it is heer and in Esay 48.2 Heb. 4.12 called a two edged svvord of so great efficacy that vvee may see the Apostles vvho beeing but fishermen yet hauing this vvord in their mouthes did cast dovvne all the vvisdome of the vvorld that resisted them And vvee see in that Nicene Councel Euseb lib. 10. cap. 3. vvhen all the Doctours could not silence an acute Heretick a simple man vnlearned in comparison bringing out the simple testimony of this vvord did subdue him and convince him so that hee had not ought to ansvver Vse 1 Which should teach vs as vvee vvould haue the spirit effectuall vvith vs to keepe to the pure vvord these cleer fountaines of Israel not to affect the depths of humane curiosity for the spirit blovves not in these voices Euery sound is not musick nor euery such sermon preaching Vse 2 And it shevveth people vvhat they should desire to heare the vvord of God by vvhich the spirit doth work in them not to applaud strange fire vvhich men do through ignorance vvhich is the mother of admiration and through indiscretion vvhich maketh them they cannot discerne betvveene Aarons bells betvveene the siluer Trumpet of the Sanctuary and such tinkling Cymbals Ob. 1 Fourthly from translations obiections are made First your Bibles are not such as haue infallible truth but are the labour of men and erre heer and there that vvhich is the vvork of man and subiect to error is not Gods vvord Ans Ans 1. Our Bibles are not so infallible as the first copies vvere for in them not onely the matter but manner of vvriting the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vvas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 both infallible and are such as for matter into vvhich may creep some errour and for phrase of speech some dissenting from the truth of the originall Ans 2. The vvord translated though subiect to error is Gods word and begetteth and encreaseth faith not so farre forth as man through frailty erreth but as he is assisted through speaking and translating to write the truth The Papists say there must bee infallibility in God reuealing and the Church propounding to begette faith but this is false for faith commeth by the hearing of the word of God from the mouth of a particular Minister who by all confession is subiect to error Ob 2 Obiect But if we erre in some things how can wee beleeue any thing they may as wel erre in all Ans It cannot be because as God doth immediately and infallibly assist them that they cannot erre at all so wee knowe hee is in some measure with them that they cannot altogether erre These grounds laide it is easie to answere Secondly If it be obiected the word you preach and heare translated and read is subiect to error Gods word is not subiect to error ergo the word yee heare and reade is not Gods word Answ The proposition if generall it is false but it is particular so concludes particularly else it is false and the conclusion false Obiect Ob. 3 A word that may erre cannot beget faith your word may Ans Ans The first is false vnlesse conceiued with limitation thus A word that erreth cannot beget faith so farre forth as it erreth I thought good not to propound this obiection because I would not teach men to finde a hole in their Bibles lest their corruption should take further holde by it then their grace would ouer come Yet the frequent audacious practice of Ministers in correcting the translations which walke in our Lands doth make it necessarie that the truth of this point should for the diligent reader bee vnfolded who will not take offence at the weakenesse of man but extoll the power of God which doth put forth it selfe in the midst of humane fraylties Now followeth the second thing in which the particular strengthning of our selues doth stand and that is a matter of fact The exercise of prayer The former things doo present before vs men clad in glistering furniture from top to toe And this doth shewe vnto vs the muster of such