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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70260	Several tracts, by the ever memorable Mr. John Hales of Eaton Coll. &c. Viz. I. Of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. II. Paraphrase on St. Matthew's Gospel. III. Of the power of the keys. IV. Of schism and schismaticks, (never before printed by the original copy.) V. Miscellanies	Hales, John, 1584-1656.; Hales, John, 1584-1656. Tract concerning sin against the Holy Ghost.; Hales, John, 1584-1656. Tract concerning schisme.	1677 (1677)	Wing H276A; Wing H280; ESTC R14263	61,040	260

Isles shall wait for his Law When He comes to preach this Law or to shew forth this Judgment saith the Prophet He shall not strive nor cry that is He shall discover no sign of anger or discomposure in his mind neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets saith the Prophet that is He shall cause no Tumult or popular Hubbub He shall not expose the vices of Men to the knowledge and censure of the World of whom He hath but the least Hope that they will amend A bruised Reed shall he not break saith the Prophet that is the mind which is afflicted He shall not afflict more and the smoaking flax shal he not quench that is where he does but see a little smoak He will look for some fire He will so comply with the weaknesses and infirmities of all Mankind that he will not be out of hope to cherish them up into Virtues And all this he will do saith the Prophet Till he send out Judgment unto Victory of which words whatsoever the sense or meaning be this is plain that they contain the success or event of that Meekness Gentleness and Quietness which went before Now taking it for granted that there is nothing left out in these words as St. Jerom does suspect I can imagine but two senses that can be put upon them and those two senses arise out of the two several acceptations of the word Judgment For First If by Judgment in this place be meant the same which was meant by Judgment in the 18th verse going before then the sense of the words is this He shall preach the Christian Law with all Meekness and Mildness maugre all opposition and malice of those that do oppugn it till that Law have prevailed or gotten the victory that is till the greatest part of all the World embrace it and this sense is no improper sense if we look no further But then Secondly If by Judgment be meant the disceptation or discussion of a Cause in which sense it is often taken in the Scriptures then the meaning of the words is this He shall use so much Meekness and Gentleness in working upon the minds of all Men in the World that let any Man sit in Judgment upon that which he hath done and he shall carry the Cause or bear away the Victory To this purpose saith the Psalmist of God that He is clear when he is judged Psal 51. 6. And in this sence God saith of himself O ye men of Judah judg ye I pray you between my Vmeyard and Me Isa 5. 3. And in this Judgment Christ got the Victory when with all Patience and Long-sufferance with all Gentleness and Meekness He endured the perverse and crooked dispositions of the People of the Jews and spared no Time or Labour to reform them if they would have hearkned unto him Sch. Sir I confess there is much reason in what you say but methinks it seems a little strained sense to be put upon those words as you read them Till he shall send forth Judgment for according to your sence we should read them thus at least Till he shall carry away the Judgment with Victory or to Victory Mast. You have judged very right and so indeed should we read them For the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which we render shall send forth is of the same signification with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which doth signify to carry away But you must bear with more faults in the Translation of your Testament than this and I hope you will bear with me if I tell you plainly of them when I meet with them Sch. I beseech you do for though I have a very great opinion of those Men who did translate the Testament yet I would be loth to be a loser by my reverence But if you please I will proceed in framing my Objections Mast You shall not need for I foresee whither you are driving even towards the great Scruple that affrights the World the Sin against the Holy Ghost of which there is mention in this Chapter upon the occasion of Christs healing of the blind and dumb man possessed of the Devil in the 22 Verse of this Chapter Sch. I was indeed and therefore if you please let us come unto that Story Mast With all my heart And first I must let you know that so soon as the Pharisees saw that great Miracle which Christ had done they said that he casteth out Devils by Beelzebub the Prince of the Devils in the 24th verse of this Chapter and truly this was no unusual practice amongst the Sorcerers and Magicians as is evident by many of the ancient Poets when they could not prevail any other way to use the help of the great and chiefest Devil whose name they would threaten him to publish if he did not help them to expell or cast out other less Devils that possessed Men In Iamblichus there is mention of that Form in which they threatned him and Porphiry says that his name was Serapis But our Saviour sufficiently refuteth that calumny several ways First By a common and known Axiom amongst themselves Every Kingdom divided c. and the meaning thereof is this That the Devils are wise there is no question but they that are wise will rather seek to establish Themselves and their own Power which is done by Concord and Agreement than to distract and dislocate it which is done by Faction and Division therefore it is not likely that the Devils will so differ and disagree as the one to expell the other as they would perswade the World Secondly By Retortion in these words If I by Beelzebub do cast out Devils by whom do your children cast them out vers 27. And the force of Christs Argument is this In a like Cause Equity will that men give a like judgment when your Disciples do cast out Devils do not you think that they cast them out by a divine Power Therefore so should you even think of me if you thought aright But I should take this to be an Ironie rather Sch. I consess I did partly conceive the Scope of these two Arguments before but that which follows I do not understand But if I cast out Devils by the Spirit of God then is the Kingdom of God come unto you Pray make me understand it that is First What is meant by the Kingdom of God Secondly What is the meaning of this Consequence If I by the Spirit of God cast out Devils then is the Kingdom of God come unto you For I see not how it follows Mast By the Kingdom of God is meant the Time of the Messiah's being in the World as in Dan. 4. 29. and Dan. 7. 14. And the Consequence there inferred is this That as God by sundry Works and Miracles gave his people of Israel a Sign of their instant Deliverance out of Egypt So the great Miracles of Christ were ordained by him to be a Sign unto the World of a