Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A37578
|
The land of promise and the covenant thereof explained by certaine questions and propositions propounded to those that teach a deliverance of the Iewes out of all countries to the land of Canaan : and from their long continued blindnesse to the faith of Christ : and a glorious estate in the land for a thousand years : and also to those that teach a personall comming of Christ and a resurrection of the just to live and raigne with Christ a thousand yeares before the resurrection of the uniust and end of the world : of which there bee severall sorts, who are commonlyl called millinaries : by which doctrine of each of these the true intent of sundry places of Scripture of great importance to the church and people of Godm [sic] is uch [sic] obscured which being rightly understood and taught acording to their true and playne meaning would be greatly to the edification and comfort of Gods chosen, especially now in these last dayes wherein the accomplishment of all things which God hath spoken, draweth so nigh.
|
I. E.
|
1641
(1641)
|
Wing E11; ESTC R11255
|
30,223
|
48
|
of God and Gospel of Iesus Christ whereby his Soule and body should live eâ—ernally in respect of persons I meane so as to esteeme or disesteeme that which he shal heare spoken or see written according as the speaker or writer is in place or name of acount in the world But that he would with all carefulnesse and diligence of minde search and inquire into every thing that he heareth or readeth and as he shall finde things cleare to his understanding confirmed to his soule and conscieâ—ce by the word spirit of God to be of God hiâ— truth So to imbrace and keepe them without asking after or saying in his minde or harkning to any that shall say unto him I But who or what is the Authour as if the knowledge of the person place and repute of the Authour would make the matter much better or worse whereas the words matters of a speaker or writer in divine thingâ— especially doe best discover unto the Children of wiâ—edome what the Authour is And Christ sheweth plainly that the fruit whereby his faithfull shall know the true Prophets and the false is their words which proceede from the good or from the evill treasure of the heart and â—aith that men by their words shall bee justified and by their words shall be condemned Mat. 12.33 34 35 36 37. Luke 6.45 And what doth now so prove unto the faithfull the goodnesse of the Prophets and Apostles as their words And secondly my advice unto the Reade is that hee would himselfe betake him to the diligent search and studie of the Scriptures with earnest desire and humble request unto God in his heart to guide and instruct him by his holy Spirit unto the understanding of the same For without all doubt the holy Scriptures of the Prophets and Apostles are the most sure and clearest Preachers of the truth and waies of eternall life that are to be found in the world and such as we may be sure off will not deceive us And let the Reader take heede that his trust or dependance bee not on any man whatsoever though he be never so high in esteeme or take never so much upon him And this I say further unto him for his comfort and incouragement whatsoever he bee if hee can preferre wisedome and understanding in his heart before all things in the world I meane the true wisedome which is from above and shall with his whole soule desire and seeke it at the hands of God hee shall assuredly attaine unto it let him not doubt for so sure as the Lord God which promiseth will not faile of his word if he can and shall so preferre it So seeke it he shall have it Let him not harken or give heede unto any that shall say it is not for you to search the Scriptures and studie them so you are unlearned cannot understand them you have not the tongues wherin they were written c. As if God had promised and tyed the understanding of his word and Gospel of Salvation to those and such like common gifts which men may abound with and perish Nay take heede of these for they speake not the words of wisedome unto you but of falsehood and deceit If they did understand in their heart what true wisedome is and from whence it commeth they would not so speake but would know that God is the instructer and free giver of this wisedome to the learned and the unlearned without respect of persons And that hee hath often times confounded the wisedome of the wise and mighty of the world by weake and despised things as Saint Paul declareth proving it from the Prophet Esay saying For it is written I will destroy the wisedome of the wise and bring to nought the undeestanding of the prudent Where is the wise where is the Scribeâ— where is the disputer of the world hath not God made the wisedome of this world foolishnesse c. And againeâ—Ye see your calling brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty c. But God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise and the weake things of the world to confoâ—nd the mighty and base things of the world and things which are deâ—pised hath God chosen and things which are not to bring to nought things that are that no flesh might glory in his sight 1 Cor. 2.19 20 26 27. Saint Paul was learned yet these are his sayings Although peradventure some dare be so bold as to say they are now out of daet because they would have it so to be conceived of the people to the end they should not seeke understanding from the Scriptures but depend upon them for instruction and have them in admiration as hath beene the policy and practise a long time of them of the Church of Rome to keepe the people from the Scriptures that they might remaine in ignorance and exalt them in their mindes and honour them as Gods Prophets and their words of errour and deceit as Gods oracles Take heede of such I say for although they doe not like to have any to bee Lords over them in such respects yet they by this shew plainly that they would be Lords over you But howsoever the Lord saith to the humble in heart that he will teach them his waies that his secrets are with them that feare him and that hee will dwell with him that is of an humble and contrite heart And Christ saith Aske and ye shall have seeke and ye shall finde knocke and it shall be opened unto you Nay more Behold I stand at the doore and knocke if any man open the doore I will come in to him and will sup with him and hee with me Rev. 3.20 Here is no excepting of persons though never so poore or dispised never so low of place or calling in the world shepheard clowne or other if he can so seeke the Lord and his wisedome and waies if he can so open he will come in to him he will comfort him and teach him for thâ—â— is nothing under the Suâ—ne wherein the Lord doth takâ— the like pleasure as to bee conversant with men to acquaint them with his waies and truth that they should admire his goodnesse and set forth the same to his praise what honor what preferment what treasure what dignity unto man in this world is like it To be so in account with God that made heaven and earth and beloved of him and to know it to be so as all the holy Fathers Prophets and Saints have done there is no comparison And all this out of doubt is to bee attained God is still the same he can make knowne his love and his waies now as well as heretofore and the time is now come into the world and incoming wherein he will doe it more abundaâ—tly then hath been for many yeares since the Apostles times because he wil now gather in his last fruits he will have his truth knowne and his word truely understood of his people for to that end it is written that they may walke in the light thereof to their comfort and salvation and the praise of his Name Therefore my advice is neglect not so great a treasuâ—e And so I commend him unto the Lord and to the word of his grace for his guidance and protection unto whom bee all honour and praise both now and for ever Amen And so I rest his freind in Chrisâ—â— I. E. FINIS Errata PAge 6. l. 4. for coâ—cerning 1. considering p. 8. l. 19. r. Psal. 5.9 10. p. 14. l. 20. 1. Psal. 114.5 p. 26. l. 3. for words r. workâ—s and l. 6. r. Revel. 2.26.27 p. 28. l. 5. for workers r. workes p. 28. l. 24. for curses r. the â—urse p. 30. l. 1. r. shall be fare away 2 Tim. 4.1 Heb. 11.13 Ezek. 37 12 13. Ezek. 39.28 Ezek 37.14 1 Chron. 16.29 30 31 32 33. Act. 1.6 Luk. 22.20 Psal. 47. Psal. â—â— Ier. 31.35.36.37 Ier. 33.20.21 Deut. 28. Esay 10.22 23. Rom. 9 27â— 28.29 Esay 1.9