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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10111	An exposition, and observations upon Saint Paul to the Galathians togither with incident quæstions debated, and motiues remoued, by Iohn Prime.	Prime, John, 1550-1596.	1587 (1587)	STC 20369; ESTC S101192	171,068	326

vs from heauen if they bee not seene vnto and therefore hee forewarneth and redoubleth his warning Careful forewarnings import an euident foresight of imminent danger Wherein in is exemplified 1. The diligence of the minister to foretell and foretell againe euer to crie and neuer cease and 2. The imminent daunger of sinning appeareth by the earnest warning For what shooter would cry aware aware when the arrow commeth nothing neere the standers by What workman vndersetteth the house that standeth sure What Physicion carefully cureth him that needeth no cure and is not sick Pauls double care doth euidently argue their manifold peril It were ouer-long vppon the onely naming of many seuerall faultes to enter long discourse in particular because there are sundry proper textes in Scripture more fit for such purposes Idolatrie Notwithstanding in a word to goe ouer euery thing the next work of the flesh is Idolatry wherof before Pag. 156. And therefore thereof I say no more but blessed be the Almighty God who hath remoued al hil Altars idoll Priestes and such late Idolatry as was not heard of neither in Babylon nor in Aegypt it selfe Babylon thought that her Gods did eate but Popery thought and taught that God was eaten chewed with teeth swallowed with throte and I abhorre to vtter it conueied into the bellies of worse than men Of old Aegypt Israel learned to worshippe a calfe and when Moyses was but a smal while absent and though he left be hind him a sufficient curat yet the people would needs haue it so and they contributed their very eare-rings to make and they made an idoll But that Idol-calfe was not comparable to the Popish Idol-cake which they fall downe before and adore the woorkmanship of mans hands and say my Lord and my God to a peece of bread nay to round and white and they know not to what Witchcraft The next woorke of the flesh heere specified is witchcraft Which is a bad sory craft and a sinful occupation Yet whether any such thing be or no some haue conceaued some doubt But they who say that there be no witches consequently say also that there is no witching But if there be anie witchcraft there must needs be witches And if there could be no witching why doth our Apostle cal witchcraft a work and a thing of importance debarring vs from the inheritaunce of heauen As wel may they say that enuy enmity hatred adultery and murther c. are not at al as well as witchcraft For al these offences are iointly written in like letters and Paul saith that these are things manifest and as it were Printed in Capitall letters A wise Dscouerie of witchcraft To make it a little more manifest to weake eies that cannot discerne much in this case were not amisse but vnlearned prophane silly-folly fables shoote farre wide of such a mark Not to go beyond my text wichcraft is naught ergo it is witchcraft is forbidden ergo it is for if it were not at al why is it forbidden as being and being naught Sainct Paul Gal. 3.1 borrowing a similitude from a thing without controuersie knowen to be and that could naturally lend the speech which he ment to borow questioneth with these Galathians and asketh who had spiritually bewitched them and dealt with them so in spiritual matters to distort trouble * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 infect them as there was no question but witches deal by Gods secret sufferance in cases external of witching effections yet no farther than God permitteth and most times nothing so far as euery body vpon priuate fancy many times vainly imagineth Most of the vices which follow are hatred and debate emulations wrath contentions seditions heresies enuy murthers c. Where a man hateth it is an easie matter to fall at variaunce both in common weale matters and Church causes And where sinne entereth it forceth to goe on and neuer resteth in any meane degree The sanctified flesh doth not sanctifie but the polluted polluteth Hagg. 2.13 A litle wormwood maketh honny bitter twise so much honny cannot sweetē some litle iuyce of wormwood Sinnes growe apace and goe by heapes and thraues together the broad way hatred debate emulations wrath altogether c. Sinne groweth quicklie and goeth on forciblie In the booke of Iosue Iosh 7. Acam confessed that hee saw coueted tooke and buried in his tentes the Babylonish weede and the sickles of siluer From seeing the cursed thing he proceeded incontinently to coueting from coueting to conueying it to himselfe and hiding it in his tentes exprestie against the Lords commandement in so much that sin may say as Caesar said Veni vidi vici I come I see I conquere as you may see in euery particular sin In the turning of an hand I conquer where I come and I consume where I conquere and neuer rest but as the fier till I haue wasted all I hate and where I hate I striue and strife hatred emulation wrath contention sedition enuy proceede to open murdering of soules by heresies and of bodies by cruell handes euen like as they report of some kinde of horseleach that turneth into a serpent and that serpent becommeth a fiery Dragon But my brethren wil you hate must you be angry Beholde I shewe you matter to occupie these affections vpon Enter into thine own soul summon thine owne conscience controule thine owne doings and be angry with thine anger hate all hatred and if thou wilt murther murther thy sinnes and sit in iudgement against thy selfe abhor all impiety idolatry heresies schismes and sectes c. God hath spoken it Paul hath written it that flesh and blood the works of the flesh shall not inherit the kingdome of God It is an inheritaunce and therefore free and a kingdom not prepared by mans meriting but yet wilfull sinners shall not enter much lesse inherit this kingdome The vncleane body the polluted the vncharitable restles man the irefull sinner and contentious humor cannot inherit the rest of God his kingdome is but for fit subiects This inheritance is only prepared for dutiful heires for the generation of the chast for Godly mindes for peaceable children for haters of hatred and louers of peace Drunkennes Gluttonie The two last faults are drunkennes and gluttony the one maketh in the body a sinck the other a dung hill For deuoiding of them both hee sayd well who faide Nature is contented with litle and Grace with lesse The waterish marish and plashy groundes breedeth nothing but frogs and toades and such like vermine and the full bellie bringeth foorth onely a fumy smoky foggy sense The kingdome of God which is aboue sense and reason consisteth not either in the superstitious refusing or seruile abusing of meates or drinkes and lightly hee who farceth the body starueth the soule And this is a singular infirmity of sinful flesh that is either caught vp in a whirle-poole Touch not tast not or sunk in