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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34898	A cabinet of spirituall iewells wherein man's misery, God's mercy, Christ's treasury, truth's prevalency, errour's ignominy, grace's excellency, a Christian's duty, the saint's glory, is set forth in eight sermons : with a brief appendix, of the nature, equity, and obligation of tithes under the Gospell, and expediency of marriage to be solemnized onely by a lawfull minister ... / by John Cragge, M.A. ...	Cragge, John, M.A.	1657 (1657)	Wing C6783; ESTC R4552	116,039	199

sacrilegious delvers to ashes When Leo sirnamed Copronimus espied a Crowne beset with Carbuncles in a Christian Church he caused it to be fetched and setting it upon his head there suddainly arose a Carbuncle in his forehead which never suffered his temples after to take any rest Felix carrying away the rich presents that Constantine and others had dedicated to God in the new Temple at Jerusalem builded by Queen Helena died of a flux of blood Julian uncle to the Apostata having raked together most pretious vessells and sumptuous monuments at Antioch in Syria uncasing his postern parts sat down upon them in derision incontinently his flesh began to rot and he died desperately of the disease called Miserere Gaepio the Roman Consul robbing the famous Church of Tolossa in France he and every man in his Army that had fingered any of the gold came to miserable ends within a year It was observed that Gustavus the late King of Sweden prospered not after he began to rifle Churches Achan was stoned for detaining the wedge of gold and the Babylonish garment Ananias and Saphyra smit with sudden death for concealing that which they had devoted unto God When Belshasar quaffed in the consecrated Bowls taken from the Temple at Jerusalem a hand-writing appeared upon the wall his Kingdom was taken from him and he gave up the ghost God is the same God still his arme is not shortned though he may seem to have leaden heels he will be found in revenge to have iron hands Ob. But tithes are heathenish payed by the Gentiles Ans So are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 reliefe exhibited by children to parents those that deny the one are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without naturall affection those that deny the other have been conceived 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without divine reverence Ob. But they were Jewish payed to the Leviticall Priesthood Ans Not onely so but payed foure hundred years before to Melchisedec who was a type of Christ and his Gospell-Ministry Ob. But they are Antichristian Ans Not unlesse that which Christ confirms and approves be against Christ these things ought to be done to the tithing of mint and cummin Ob. But it is against Christian liberty to pay tithes Ans No more to render unto God the things that are Gods than to men the things that are mens honour to whom honour tribute to whom tribute the Church hath as good a title to the tenth as the owner of the rest to the nine parts Parents can but leave to their posterity nine parts Men when they purchase purchase but nine parts and paie proportionably Ob. But by paying of tithes men are deprived of that they get with the sweat of their browes Ans No more then Tenants by paying their Landlords rent who will not be content with the tenth but scarce sometimes will be willing to allow one part for their labour of the ten God is Lord Paramount of all and gave the land of Canaan to the Israelites upon condition of paying of tithes Mal. 3. 10. Bring ye all the tithes into the Starehouse and I will open the windowes of heaven and poure you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it v. 12. All nations shall call you blessed There is the same reason under the Gospell which St. Paul urges àfortiori 1 Cor. 9. 11. If we have sowen unto you spirituall things is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnall things And Gal. 6. 6. Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things Be not deceived God is not mocked But we hope there is no further need of this dispute That God that putteth bounds to the raging waves of the Sea tha● kept Sarah untouched from Abim●●●●● hath against all Satan's designes preserved the Joynture of the Church Christ's Spouse a thousand six hundred years will still maintain her dowry untouched from sacrilegious hands 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Of the expediency of MARRIAGE To be solemnized by a lawfull MINISTER In the Church or publick Assembly MARRIAGE that only positive traduciary Ayrlome we retein of Paradise as taken in its full extent and latitude is defined by the Civilians A conjunction Matrimonium est viri mulieris conjunctio individuam vitae consuetudinem continens Justinian Institut lib. 1. tit 9. of Man and Woman containing an individuall fellowship of life and falls under a three-fold consideration First Oeconomicall as it is the prime Seminary of Families Secondly Politicall as it is the Embrio of civilized States and Common-wealths Thirdly Ecclesiasticall as it is the root and stem whence that Vine the Church spreads it selfe by numerous branches These three as vegetative sensitive and rationall life in living creatures may be actually separated one from another yet so still as the latter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist de Anima virtually comprehends the former as the reasonable soul does the inferiour faculties for there may be a mutuall consent betwixt Salvages and Indies who live without subordination to superior Laws and observation of legall rites relating to Marriage amongst Turks and Persians who acknowledge not Christ But in Christians who are as well members of the Church as Common-weale it is requisite that to private contracting and submission to municipall or civill Ordinances there be super-added an acknowledgment of divine Rules and a solemn benediction upon that Tie which ought to be sacred and inviolable This will appear more perspicuous if we traverse these three in order First taking our prospect of Marriage as it looks no further then private Families and herein the consent of both parties and parents is necessary of the parties for the very form essence and being of Matrimony of the parents for the bene esse or legitimation of it The verity of both these we may see presented to the life in one glasse where Gen. 24. 58. the parents of Rebecca having given their consent to Abraham's servant requesting her for a wife to Isaac enquired further of the Damosell whether she was willing otherwise further progresse therein had been obstructed for where there is not a free consent 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without violence or coaction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without ignorance or mistaking the Canonists declare it a nullitie And that the consent of parents is requisite St. Pau● evidences Ephes 6. 1. Children obey your parents in all things And lest generalls should not conclude he descends to particulars 1 Cor. 7. 36. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 declaring that it is the priviledge of parents to deny or give their children in marriage Which light was communicated to the heathens as appears by Euripides Euripid. who in the Scene introduces a Virgin thus answering her suitors Of my marriage my Father will take care 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is not in my power to Ambros lib. de patriarchis Iustinian Institut de nuptiis digest de statu hom code