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heart_n	harden_v	israel_n	pharaoh_n	2,701	5	10.6543	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93277	Two books of Mr Sydrach Simpson, late master of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridg; and preacher of the Gospel in London. Viz. I. Of unbelief; or the want of readiness to lay hold on the comfort given by Christ. II. Not going to Christ for life and salvation is an exceeding great sin, yet it is pardonable. In the first book is shewed (besides many other things) 1 What unbelief it is that is here spoken of ... 7 Helps to attain readiness in beleeving. In the second book is shewed, 1 That unbelief is a great sin, and exceeding provoking unto God ... 7 God hath pardoned unbelief, and wil pardon it.	Simpson, Sidrach, 1600?-1655.; Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672.; Loder, John, 1625 or 6-1673.	1658 (1658)	Wing S3827; Thomason E962_1-2; ESTC R203574	187,195	298

Now that word in the Greek is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he will do with us as one that is Covetous The meaning is this Look as a Covetous man doth desire to be possessed of that which he hath not so doth the Devil lie at the Catch that he may seiz upon any spirit That which I bring it for is this That the Holy Ghost sets out al the devices and evill waies of Satan by this name of Coveting Because a man is as pat to sin as the Devill is to tempt And a man is made as covetous by sinning as the Devil is in his unsatisfied spirit So the greatness of the sin appears in this that it is the root of all sin and because of that it is the Cause of all sin It 's a sin that never goes alone but ingenders many others In whatever person it is it doth so If Covetousness fals upon Soldiers then in Luke 3.14 When they are not content with their wages they do violence and accuse falsly If Covetousness fals upon a Magistrate it makes him that he is partiall by Covetousness And therefore the mark of a good Magistrate is That he must fear God and have Covetousness Because Bribes blind the Eyes the Judgment If Covetousness fals upon Ministers it will in 1 Tim. 6.5 make them fall into perverse disputings for they suppose that Gain is Godliness If it fals upon an ordinary Christian there you shal find that it goes not alone neither for in Matth. 13.22 together with the deceitfulness of riches there goes the Cares as the Text saith of this life He that received seed among the thornes is he that heareth the word and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choak the word and he becometh unfruitfull In Luke 8.14 there is another sin ariseth from it besides unfruitfulness and that is that men take pleasure in the things of this life That which fel among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choaked with Cares and Riches and pleasures of this life And that you may see how strong a vertue there is in Covetousness to bring forth these sins mark the Text. When they have heard the word they go forth that is all the reason why the word of God and all the allurements of the word of God are not able to stay the heart from these Courses A Sin may be said to bring forth or to be the cause of sin divers waies 1. As it is the Cause of Gods withdrawing Grace from a man which should keep him from future sins And Covetousness doth this In Isaiah 57.17 For the Iniquity of his Covetousness I was wroth with him and he went on in the way of his own heart He went on A speech in the Hebrew which is taken from the speech of Cain in Gen. 4.14 I shall go wandring up and down saith he and have none to protect me and therefore shall be exposed to the wrath of al men and Creatures So saith God from their Covetousness it came to pass that they went and did what they would And how came this for the Iniquity of his Covetousness I hid my self from him Gods hiding did go before their doing what they would And Gods hiding was caused by their Covetousness 2. One sin may be the cause of another because it inclines the heart to another sin And in this respect Covetousness is the root of al sin because the Divel doth graft upon such a heart what temptations he pleaseth He observed Cain was covetous and that he had a mind to be building He therefore makes him neglect the means of reconciling himself unto God for his sin against his Brother Judas was covetous and he suggests to him to betray his master Demas was an Apostate and he fel away by the meanes of covetousness as appeares by the third Ground where the seed was sowen among thornes that is the covetous heart As wood that is dry is on fire as soon as a sparkle is put to it In such a temper is the soul when it is ful of the love of earthly things I shal speak more to that afterward 3. One sin may be the cause of another because it administers matter unto another And so covetousness breeds envying and strife or dissention with others But it is said to be the root of al sin in another and higher sense and that is 4. Because it is both a Parent and a ruler of other sins It s a Parent to them Out of the bowels of Covetousness comes pride 1 Tim. 6.17 Charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high minded And unbeleife But trust in the living God And neglect of religion for Covetousness is Idolatry And fraud and deceit and unquietness and hardness of heart Take heed least your hearts be hardned through the deceitfulness of riches Pharoah you know was made by nothing so stout and stubborn against the commandement of God to let the people of Israel go as by this That his profit should go he should loose the labor of so many men and so many vassals And as Covetousness is a Parent to sin So it s a Prince and Ruler over them Those sins that do respect the self same and are ruled by one another Now because that the end of Covetousness is to get to a mans self abundance Therefore Covetousness sets on work the tongue to lie the hand to defraud the understanding to plot the Judgment to suspect and doubt of God The wil to make much of al advantages of Gain Do but reckon up the children and the childrens children do but reckon up the subjects that are under this Prince Covetousness and you shal find that al the whole Catalogue of sins that can be named are one way or other either descended from or allyed unto it In 2 Cor. 2.7 Saith the Apostle Comfort them least they be swallowed up by Satan of sorrow for if you do not comfort them saith he Satan wil take advantage of us as it is translated but the Greek is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that we be not Covetous or used by Satan or Satan do with us as with Covetous men What is that saith he he leads them into al kind of sin and so he would us To deny ordinances and meanes of Grace and so we should fil up our iniquity To lay down but one thing more wherein the sinfulness of it may appear And that is 5. In the baseness of it There is not a lust that doth more debase a man then Covetousness doth Therefore it s said that a man is a servant to Mammon You cannot serve God and Mammon It debaseth the soul in its nature for God Made it to look after things not seen It debaseth a mans body in its posture for God hath made it tread upon the earth out of whose bowels it came Look how unnatural it is for fowles to live in the earth So it s for the soul