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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36102	A discourse of the Holy Spirit his workings and impressions on the souls of men : with large additionals.	Sherlock, R. (Richard), 1612-1689.	1656 (1656)	Wing D1605; ESTC R203556	193,794	256

and counterfeit number of professors and 't is dangerous in that many are thereby seduced and perish The great danger of Heresie and Schism will appear if we consider 1. The infectious nature of them how easily this spiritual plague doth sease and how fast it cleaveth to the depraved soul of man There is no question but if holy truth could be discerned by mortal eyes in its native beauty and lustre there is nothing that would so much attract and ravish the soul whether we respect the cause thereof as being a beam displaid from the divine light of heaven or its effect being the perfection and joy of the highest faculty in man the understanding in both respects there 's nothing so illustrious and lovely in it self as holy Truth that therefore which makes errors and lies so plausible and infectious is not their own natural stamp and quality which is deformed and hateful but the counterfeit dross of seeming Truth wherewithall the Devil doth gild and paint and cover their deformities nor could the devil ever obtrude his lies and errors but that they are gilded over with holy and religious expressions and intermixt also with many wholsome and profitable truths and thus doth this Prince of darkness transform himself into an Angel of light that he may at once both amuse and betray the deceived souls of men through a spiritual to an eternal darkness But as sin is the more sinful and dangerous Ibi vitiorum illeceb●ae sunt ubi tegmen putabatur viriutum Hier. in Eccl. the more 't is palliated and clothed with the name and attire of vertue because saith Hierome In those veils and covers of vertue the snares of sinfulness and vice do secretly lurk So errors in Religion are the more deceivable and destructive by being arayed in the garments of truth and integrity for thus they appear to the outward view of the unskilful more true saith Irenaeus then truth it self even as a counterfeit jewel made bright and sparkling by Art Si quis aquae mixtum gypsum dans prolacte seducat per similitudinem coloris sic de omnibus qui quolibet modo depravant quae sunt Dei adulterant veritatem Dei. Lacte gypsum male miscetur Irenae l. 3. c. 19. so deceives the eyes of the unskilful Lapidary that he prefers it before the true and genuine Diamond or as poyson secretly mixt with wholsome food passes for good nourishment or as well mixed whitelime by the likeness of its colour passes for milk Sunt quidam vaniloqui mentis seducteres non Christiani sed Christum mercantes cauponantes verbum Evangelii qui venenum erroris commiscentes dulci blandimento sicut oenomeli ut qui biberit illius potus gustabilem sensum dulcedine captus in observanter morti abdicatur Ignat. ep ad Trall so the untempered mortar of false Prophets Ezek. 22.28 for the sincere milk of the Word 1. Pet. 2.2 To this destructive quality of error the holy professions and strict austere outward actions of Heretiques do much conduce no man so pure in their own eyes none so seemingly pure and holy to the outward view of other mens eyes none more zealous in their way none so full of religious phrases and Scripture expressions their crossed armes down-cast eyes neglected gestures garb and attire seemingly bespeak them men altogether weaned from the world and whose conversation is in heaven Sed latet anguis in herba when under all these fair and goodly appearances there lies secretly the serpentine poyson of error falshood and lying vanity of minde they do not only hereby deceive themselves but mightily seduce and deceive others also For there is nothing saith Chrysostome does so much destroy Truth and Holinoss Chry. Hom. 19. in Mat. 7. as counterfeit truth and feigned holiness for the evil which is manifest is shun'd and avoided as evil but evil covered under the shew of Good is not therefore avoided because not known to be evil but is received as good and holy and doth therefore destroy that which is good by being intermixt therewith And thus saith he the servants of the Devil do most wickedly corrupt and deprave the holy Christian Religion whilest they pretend to be themselves good Christians of whom our Lord therefore commands us to beware saying Beware of false Prophets which come unto you in sheeps clothing but inwardly are ravening woolves Mat. 7.15 2. The great danger of Heresie and Schism will further appear if we consider that they are ever productive and fruitful in all licentiousness and sinfulness of heart and life for Heresies being begotten by the Devil of the sinful corruptions of men hearts as is already noted cannot therefore have any other issue but of the same mold and temper whereof they are themselves begotten What ever therefore may be the external garbe and appearance of holiness which Heretiques generally do put on and how ever pure they may seem in their own eyes yet are such who are not washed from their filthiness Prov. 30.12 and however they may justifie themselves with the Pharisee yet are they not therefore just before God but rather the further off from justification Some of them you shall hear to brag much and boast of the Spirit and yet very fruitful in the lusts of the flesh For saith the Apostle whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions are ye not carnal 1 Cor. 3.3 To talk much against the vanities of the world and to be themselves worldly minded for so saith S. John of false Prophets They are of the world therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth them 1 Joh. 4.5 To profess and make a great shew of humility and obedience and yet as S. Jude observes The despise government and speak evil of dignities vers 8. To be righteous and just persons and contrary to the rule of righteousness they render not to all men their due tribute to whom tribute is due custome to whom custome fear to whom fear belongeth honour to whom honour appertaineth Rom. 13.7 No men ordinarily profess more zeal to Religion then Heretiques and to the pure worship of God in spirit and in truth yet none do more maim corrupt and deprave Religion and undermine Gods holy worship the greatest heat of their zeal being laid out and exercised in crying out against parts and essential branches of Gods service some against Gods Commandements others against the Articles of the most holy Faith others against that all-perfect form and pattern of devotion the Lords Prayer some against publique prayers others against the Sacraments some are against the places others against the times others against the persons devoted to the sacred service of God and others sacrilegiously rob him of the means and maintenance of his service S. James tels us Pure Religion and undefiled before God is to visit the fatherless and widowes and to keep our selves unspotted of the world Jam. 1.27 And yet 't is