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A63783 Truth will out a sermon preached on the 20th of June, 1683, upon the discovery of the new plot / by a presbyter of the Church of England. Presbyter of the Church of England. 1683 (1683) Wing T3167; ESTC R29563 25,780 36

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Truth will out A SERMON Preached on the 20th of June 1683. upon THE DISCOVERY OF THE New PLOT By a Presbyter of the CHVRCH of ENGLAND LONDON Printed for Tho. Manhood and are to be sold by the Book-Sellers of London 1683. TO THE READER PLotting Treason and Rebellion and Machevilian Wilds and Ahitophelian Conspiracies to ruine Kings and involve Kingdoms and Commonwealths in Confusion and Blood hath ever been the custom of ill men in all Ages of the World who besides a natural inclination they have to mischief and rapine which makes them delight to be fishing in troubled waters are ambitious also and aspire to raise themselves to wealth and grandeur upon the publick ruine and by Sacrificing all that is Sacred to their ambitious desires and their insatiable thirst after an Vsurped Rule strive to acquire Honour and Renown and make their names swell and look big in the Rolls of Fame by the hellish Intricacy as well as the multiplicity and fatality of those Plots whereby they vainly flatter themselves into a confidence that they shall accomplish their accursed Designs yet no Age ever abounded with so many nor can any History possibly be produced that is able to furnish us with a parallel of our times wherein we live which hath abounded wonderfully nay almost to an infinite variety of those kind of Contrivances for we have found by woful experience that almost nothing else for several years together hath saluted our unhappy and amused Ears but Plots and Re-Plots real Plots and sham-Plots Plots to Murther our Sovereign Change the Government and Destroy the Pestilent Heresie that hath so long Reigned in these Northern Parts and then Plots to cover those Plots and prevent their Discovery or if discovered then to serve as a sponge to wipe out and obliterate them All which makes it a matter of wonderful Intricacy to know how to order and demean our selves in such a juncture as this is But for thy better direction therein I Commend thee to the serious perusal of the following Sermon and leave thee to the Protection of Heaven heartily wishing That He whose Power is infinite and whose Wisdom and Goodness are both equal to his Power would preserve the Kings Majesty and the English Nation from the fatal effects of All Plots and Conspiracies whatsoever TRUTH will OUT OR A Sermon occasioned on the Discovery of the New-Plot HOSEA 10.2 Their Heart is divided now shall they be found faulty CHAP. I. The Text opened and suitableness of it to our Times shewed NO Marvail though Israel be charged ver 1. to be an empty Vine seeing their heart is devided Heart-division will cause emptiness of good both in Mens Spirits and in Church and State The least dividing of the Heart in any one part from another if it be but by the prick of a Pin is Deadly a great gash in the head is Curable There may be much difference in Mens Opinions without any great hurt if this difference gets not to the Heart but if once it gets there the danger is great Now shall they be found Faulty Now shall they be Guilty or as some Diaffected Now they will Offend as if Heart-division contracted the greatest Guilt and by it Men were the greatest Offenders of any The word signifies also to Perish to be made Desolate 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so Arias Montanus Desolabuntur Heart division is a Desolating Sin by the Judgment of God upon them for it they shall be convinced in their own Consciences and in the sight of all Men that they were Guilty that by such a Sin as this they had bound themselves over to the Justice of God and those desolating Evils that came upon them were the Righteous Judgments of God upon them for those Divisions that were amongst them Men will not be convinced of their Sin till Gods Judgment is upon them for it and then their Consciences will and others shall see that God is Righteous and they are vile and Sinful before him even in such things that before they pleaded for or at least could not be brought to own their own guiltiness in The Lord convince us of and humble us for the Sinfulness of our Divisions by his Word that Desolating Judgments be not upon us to convince and humble us That one Text 1 Thes 4.9 were enough alone to pierce our Hearts thorough and thorough as touching Brotherly Love Ye need not that I Write unto you saith the Apostle for ye your selves are taught of God to Love one another Oh Lord what are we in these days such kind of Christians as these were Oh that it were so with us that we had no need to be wrote to to be Preached to concerning this Does it appear by our Carriages one towards another that we are Taught of God To Love one another But Beloved that God may Teach us this day attend to what shall be said to you at this time which I shall cast into these five Heads 1. Joyning Principles 2. Joyning Considerations 3. Joyning Graces 4. Joyning Practises 5. Conclude with Exhortation Wherein we shall endeavour to set before you the Beauty and Excellency there is in the Heart Union and Mutual Love of Christians But I shall not need to be long in these For take away Dividing Principles Dividing Distempers Dividing Practises and be throughly convinced of the Evil of Divisions and one would think our Hearts should of themselves run into one another But that I may not seem to leave our Wounds open so that Air should get into them but endeavour the closing of them and so the healing I shall Speak something to these five Heads The First Joyning Principle In the midst of all Differences of Judgment and Weakness of the Saints it is not Impossible but that they may Live in Peace and Love together IF notwithstanding differences from Gods mind and many weaknesses there may be Peace and Love between God and his Saints then surely notwithstanding these things the Saints may be at Love and Peace among themselves Let this be laid for a Ground and let our Hearts be much possessed with it we shall find it very helpful to our closing Away with that vain conceit which hath been the great disturber of Churches in all Ages if Men differ in their Judgment and Practise in matters of Religion though it be in things that are but the weakness of Godly Men yet there must needs be Heart-burning and Division Let all peaceable Men deny this consequence let us not say it will be so and that our words may be made good afterwards indeed make it so certainly the connection of them is rather from the corruption of our Hearts then from the Nature of the things I have Read of two Rivers in the East Sava and Danuby that run along in one Channel threescore Miles together without any noise and yet they keep themselves distinct the colour of the waters remain distinct all along why should we not thing