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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02843	An antidote against the erroneous, or rather blasphemous, opinions of some people in this our corrupt age; concerning the true and real cause of man's falling into those gross and notorious sins, which do commonly prove his eternal ruine. : Made plain in a short discourse, being the substance of two sermons upon the 12, 14, 15. verses of the 1st chap. of St. James. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, &c. / By Samuel D'Assigny, a well-wisher to the Church of England's prosperity.	D'Assigny, Samuel, b. 1673 or 4	1698 (1698)	Wing D286; ESTC R171689	15,649	17

after suspect his fidelity and trust now this Tryal is no sin in the Master altho' the theft be a great one in the Servant Even so it is with God we must not fasion my injustice on him because he tryeth and proveth us by occasions and objects for they are things good in themselves tho' we pervert them unto evil ends M●ses wrought many signs and wonders in the Land of Egypt which were good in themselves and yet proved as means to harden Pharoah's heart not so intended by God but so perverted by his malicious temper Thus we see that the Wicked and Blasphemous Opinions of those who make God to be the Author of sin and so charge him with our impieties are absolutely false for he is not evil himself neither tempteth he any Man unto evil I come now to the second Opinion viz. of those who make God to be the only sufferer and permitter of evil which I confess is but an Error of humanity many offending herein rather through infirmity than malice They speak a truth of God when they acknowledge his permission of sin but not the whole truth because they think he only permitteth it and so they make him an idle spectator of all our actions But for our sure proceeding herein let us take along with us these three Notes viz. That God doth praescire permittere ordinare peccatum foresee permit and dispose of the sinful actions of Men. 1. He foreseeth sin he foresaw the iniquity of Esau long before his being and the sentence of reprobation was denounced against him before he had done either g od or evil Rom. 9.11 He foretold the infidelity of the Jews saith St. Austine and their malicious purpose in complotting the Death of the Son of God What of that praedixit non fecit he only foretold it but did not work it Vidit ab aeterno saith Lipsius sed vidit non coegit scivit non sanxit praedixit non praescripsit He saw it from all Eternity but he only saw it enforced it not knew it decreed it not foretold it prescribed it not 2. As the Lord foreseeth sin and yet is not the author of evil so he permitteth sin to be done in the World He suffered the Amorites to go on in their wickedness and telleth Abraham that it was not yet full Gen. 15.16 He suffered Shemei to curse David as we read in the 16th Chap. 2d Book of Samuel I omit several other places of Scripture of less importance because it is so true that it needs no proof for there is nothing visibly or sensibly done within the compass of the whole World which is not either commanded or tollerated from the Court of the highest Emperor He suffers his own Children to be tempted that they may not be exalted above measure and that they may know the Power of the Lord and the proof of his Armour And thus he suffers the wicked also to go on in their wickedness that their Condemnation may be greater 3. As he foreseeth and permitteth evil so he ordereth and disposeth of it as seemeth best to his Godly Wisdom ●or as he is a most 〈◊〉 Creator of good Natures so he is a most righteous disposer of the evil wi●●s and siaful actions of Mankind Look upon that unnatural sin in selling Joseph into Egypt and you shall see it there so plainly delivered that no man need to doubt I wi●l not take time to recite the whole History the words which especially make for our present purpose are these in the 45th Chap. C●n. 8th Verse It was not you that sent me hither but God and at the 50th Chap. of the same Book and 20th Verse Ye thought evil against me but God meant it unto good t● bring to pass as it is this day to save much People alive Observe they thought evil God disposeth it unto good their minds were wholly bent with malice and envy towards their Brother whilst God's providence was working how to serve them in a famine and to save much People alive Thus you see that the Lord doth not only foresee and permit evil to be done in the World but in the very doing of it his Providence is busy how to order and dispose of it that he may bring it to some good Event I will now join all these three together viz. The Pre-science the Permission and Providence of God in the action of sinning and so couch them under one Example and that shall be in the seducement and fall of Ahab as we have it in the 22d Chap. of the first Book of Kings at the 19th Verse It is a place I must needs confess that hath been strongly urg'd to tax God of injustice for it seems God did not only permit the false Spirits to seduce Ahab but giveth encouragement also saying thou shalt prevail adding a commandment go forth and likewise allowing of the form of acting in the matter do so Now that you may know how innocent God is in an action of such a prejudice observe well the circumstances of the place and the thing intended the thing designed was that Ahab should fall at Ramoth Gilead and concerning the means inquiry was made who should entice Ahab because it was not in the nature of God himself to effect it therefore that which he doth he doth by a false Spirit one of Satan's Band and Retinue But observe also God infuseth no mischief into the Spirit he comes furnished of himself for when one said thus and another thus he proffered his service saying I will entice him when God demanded the means he invented the practice I will be saith he a false Spirit in the mouth of his Prophets Now what were these Prophets of Ahab they were a faithless Generation whose guile it was either for reward or ●avour of the King to say they had dreamed when it was not so and that the Lord had said it when he never spake it so you s●e there is h●th Malice in the Spirit and falshood in the Prophets before God had any hand in the Matter Therefore what doth the Lord therein Wh●● he sitteth upon the Throne as the Judg and Moderator of the whole Action He Commandeth the Attendance of all the Army of Heaven on the Right Hand and on the Left both clean and unclean Spirits are in Subj●ction unto him He giveth leave then unto the Spirit who without his permis●ion is unable to do any thing Thou ●hal ●nt●●● saith be and then he giveth the Success which all the Devils in Hell c●uld n●● effect if he would have resisted it Therefore saith he th●● shal prev●●t and then he biddeth him go and he goes run and he ru●s And ●●●●ly he disposeth the Course do so i. e. do so and no more than so which is us much as if he had said since thou hast Malice to bestow Extend it upon Ahab rather than upon Je●●phaphat and falshood to infuse power it forth upon the four hundred Prophets of Ahab