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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05416	The bruising of the serpents head A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse September 9. 1621. By Roger Ley Maister of Arts, and minister of Gods word in Shoreditch.	Ley, Roger, b. 1593 or 4.	1622 (1622)	STC 15568; ESTC S103082	34,316	56

cassiering modesty and an honest minde will by wit and worldly reasons iustifie and make good So when the heart is set vpon pleasure and the desire beginnes to burne after some particular gaine politicke resolution perswades either it may be iust or not so bad as some thinke either a tollerable or a necessary euill Heereupon it followeth that among Christians some for their profit and content will defend those faults which the wiser Heathen haue detested in their writings As he could not haue dealt with Saul that came to him in his troubles but in the shape of Samuel 1. Sam 28.13 the witch said gods are come out of the earth so could he not haue the applause of the simple world but by an earthly diuinity when new found reasons and crafty proiects turne matters into another mould and rob the great theefe euen sinne of his owne appearance Neither could we haue among vs so much professing and little good dealing except there were this mysterie of hypocrisie Heere then wefeele him heere we haue iust cause to feare him daemon meridianus this Deuill at noone day is most dangerous As at first in Paradise and vnder the Serpent hee got the day so doth he in the Church of God and by his subtilty S. Bern. super cantica Ser. 33 Bernard complaind in his times that the Church of God had three aduersaries then did the night of Popery draw on farre brought in by the last of the three The first was the feare of the night when tyrants did persecute the Martyrs in the primitiue Church The second was the arrow that flyeth by day the fond opinions of heresie flying by the inuention of the supporters vpon the feathers of vaine glory But saith he the patience of the Saints ouercame the first and the wisdome of the learned destroyed the second The third was the pestilence in the darkenesse the sinne of hypocrisie and false appearance that nothing could with stand they name Christ and serue Antichrist they professe God and deny him also Therefore he taketh vp the complaint of Hezekia Behold in peace bitternes bitternes the Church was then worst of all Amara prius in caede martyrum amarior post in conflictu haeretieorum amariffima nunc in moribus domesticorum Bitternes at first in the death of Martyrs bitternes in corrupted manners May not reformation renew a complaint and say the world is alwaies like it selfe As the hottest weather doth soonest putrifie so abundance of peace and many blessings haue not these made the rottenes come neerer to the heart Let a generall discourse which cannot tarrie point at the tops of a few ill fruits and easiest discerned Our women turnd into the shapes of men our men and especially they of the gallants ranke growne effeminate Drunkenesse so great that to cast out this Deuill were a miracle indeede to bring in request againe the moderate and temperate liuing of ancient times And that euery age may bring vp some new monster fumum vendunt fumo pereunt the selling of fume immoderate smooking wasteth both the body and the purse a mischiefe vnheard of in former ages befitting no season but this of the doting and declining world Garments the memorials of sinne should teach vs our losses and our sorrow when Adam had forsaken God and his innocence forsaken him shame and necessity procured a couering for his nakednes But now they are not so much remembrancers of the old Cyp. de disciplina habitu Varg. as actors of new sinnes and plaine representations of each idle fancie S. Cyprian complained in his time that when God had said thou canst not make one haire white or blacke the women did confute the Scripture and turnd their haire to yellow the colour he did mislike as too ominous of hell fire malo praesagio futurorumcapillos iam tibi flammeos auspicaris with an ill presage of what was to follow they flamed already Now this colour is fallen about the necke and other places that poore whitenes the token of innocence and sincerity weareth out of request But these follies may plead custome and it seeme a vaine thing to contradict them This superficiall badnes being so confirmed and like to hold his owne cannot but suppose a worse whereon it builds Where the face of corruption appeareth outwardly any way it sheweth the inward parts to be worse deformed Yet thus must it be where truth doth shine so cleere and men loue darkenesse more then light if the Church yeeld not good fruit it must needs ouerflow with weeds knowledge doth make it ranke and proud And when the beames of supernaturall direction fall downe in so powerfull a manner yet obstinacie beateth backe these gracious offers refusing the influence strange and vnnaturall effects must needs follow For as the carcasse of a man is more noisome then the putrefaction of fruits and plants because the temper exceld them in the soundnesse so where much good is and blessednesse it selfe turned into surfeit those declinations are most pernicious We haue now seene the strong man armed keeping his Palace within and without the Church his strength and policy ioyned together but hitherto we haue onely traced him as Prince of the Aire Now let our discourse be sub tecto as well as sub dio see his mansion and enter his roofe a while that as his intents are to bring confusion and publique miserie we may now see the place of residence whence these plots and stratagems haue their hatching Euery man by nature is the child of wrath conceiued in sinne and being readiest to incline the worst way easily listeneth to this euill master He insinuateth himselfe by sweete and pleasant beginnings then custome giueth him possession at last the soule and body become the house and fall subiect to his gouernment Witchcraft doth sometimes manifest his hatred to the body when God giueth him leaue to torment the outward part of the creature in heauenly mercy giuing warning to euery spectator what it is to be vnder this hellish tyranny Such accidens come among vs for this end to draw vp the mindes loaded with earthly cares to these considerations These instances as strange things haue beene plaid and made matters of pastime but may serue for edification For thereby we learne the truth of eternall life If a bad spirit come and offer his seruice to torment we conclude there is a good spirit to saue that spirituall powers doe gouerne these earthly affaires and a Diuine power commandeth all We learne the loue of God that fuffereth him not to hurt all as well as some few the truth of religion which his slaues doe first renounce and then he markes them for his owne first they denie Baptisme then his owne Sacraments succeede to make them fast And why doth hee not sease vpon euery adulterous body the reason is God holds him in Or that hee snatcheth not away the soules of such as imagine mischiefe the cause is Gods