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A68217	The history of the woman of great faith Recorded by Saint Matthew, ch. 15. v. 22. &c. and by Saint Mark, ch. 7. 24. where three very strong encounters are beaten back by her vnmatchable faith. Treatised and expounded for some help to the weake in faith. By Robert Horn, a Minister of Iesus Christ.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.	1632 (1632)	STC 13822; ESTC S116726	104,742	350

that the plague brake in Psal 106.29 So in the dayes of Ames they put words of their owne pleasures into the mouths of his Prophets and gane them their text therefore the Lord saith that hee was pressed vnder them as a cart full of sheaues Am. 2.12.13 and cold hee bee more wearied therefore it is a vexation to him when a people is more zelous of traditions or of mens inuentions then of him The reasons Reasons what Master will not to a vexation bee weary of that seruant that will not doe what hee shall command but what himselfe listeth wee are Gods seruants not to follow our owne head but to follow him When therefore wee walke in our owne deuices not in the steps of his word must it not needs vexe him and so cause him to leaue vs when we leaue him first Secondly such spillings are but strange fire as all els are which in worshipping hee commandeth not and such fire the Lord will deuoure with fire from heauen as he did Nahab and Abihn the Sonnes of Aaron Leuit. 10.1.2 And would he so do if such acts of presumption did not greatly prouoke him Saul sought the Lord in his owne way and found his owne destruction He would not obey as he was commanded but as hee listed therefore the Lord had no pleasure in him nor in any of his offerings 1 Sam. 15 22. Thirdly God is pleased when we do his will and obey his word And obedience in this sense is as the salt of the offering that keepes it in good taste without which it stincks before God 1 Sam. 15.22 as before Ier. 7.22.23 and is God pleased when his word is obeyed then it must needs vexe him when it is not Such seruants and they that so serue doe but mocke God with a shew without substance and hee will not be mocked Galat. 6.7 The vse is first for instruction teacheth that to complement with religion Vse 1. is to driue away Christ and religion Hee is no good Christian whose Christianitie stands all in outwardnes Rom. 2.28 neither he who flides into a visible garbe of Christianitie onely by custome and the imitation of times The lewes did so and had glorious words for a cloake of their falshood Ier. 7.4 They had as most of our ignorants now haue a spiced conscience in vaine things but no conscience of worshipping in Spirit and truth Such worshippers were the Samaritans they stood vpon the formalitie of Iacobs Well when there was no water in it such as Iacob drank of when hee drank of the Spirit Ioh. 4.12 So nature and custome taught them their religion and haue the most of our people any other teachers at this day If they pray it is in words without any heart euen when their lippes march as Iehn 2 King 9.20 they care not if hee that is the Salt of the Parish the Minister keepe his whitenes whether hee haue any sauour in him or no. Math. 5 13. and so they loue rather to see then heare a Preacher This is not to doe after the doctrine here but contrarily and will Christ tarie where hee hath but an outside and not the inwards of a true welcom in the Gospel One saith well he that is maried to a fleshly religion or religion of no Spirit cannot haue Christ for his Husband All ceremonious worshippers are of this stamp moulded into no religion but what is carnall and standeth in worldly matters therefore the marriage bond is broken betweene Christ and them Against this doctrine offend the Papists who hold of Peter by succession if so but not by doctrine not hauing the faith of Peter they catch at his chaire and keepe the bones of the Saints though no marrow bee in them Yea they make crosses 〈◊〉 while yet they make the Crosse of Christ of no effect and will Christ tarie there where he is so dallied with An admonition therefore Vse 2. if we would keepe Christ to keepe in with him by bearing vpon substance in religion and not vpon formes only God is a Spirit and a liuing substance Ioh. 4.24 will be worshipped substantially Now to worship substantially is to serue God by his word where his seruice must be learned of himselfe who left making after hee had made his last testamēt hence the second commandement sends vs to God the only Maker in the frame of religion Exod. 20.4 In making of the tabernacle euery thing was precisely commanded the silke the colour the smallest Goats-haire the least pinne was striken in with Gods owne hammer Exod. 26.4.7.15.16 And then shall wee thinke to please God when wee vse not his hammer but our owne for the pinnes we hang our faith vpon all good meanings the spring of our owne braine what are they but our vnreasonable seruice of God and what is that but the sinne of witch-craft 1 Sam. 15.15.23 what vpon this but a prouoking of Christ to a departure The Lord seekes such to serue him who scrue in spirit and truth Ioh. 4.23 And doth hee seeke such worshippers questionlesse he is delighted with such a worship and further hee seeketh this seruice that hath no need of our seruice and it is to our owne profit not his and then shall hee not haue it that wee may haue him euer Quest. but what is it to worship in Spirit truth Answ To worship in Spirit is to worship spiritually not carnally and in ceremonie and to worship in truth is to worship otherwayes then the lewes who worshipped in shadowes of things to come Heb. 9.9.10 Where it appeareth that the seruice of God in the Gospel must bee in manner wholly inward spirituall whence I inferre that they who vse Gods worship or any part of it as matter of ceremonie and forme only do with Saul go to graues to enquire at the dead 1 Sam. 28 7.8 but then the Lord was departed from him ver 16. that the Deuil said truely and then he will leaue vs which would be considered of those Christians who so 〈◊〉 heere a forme of Gods seruice never care whether it edifie the conscience or no never seeke for Gods seale vpon it that it may imprint blessings never hold Christ with the right hand that he may not go away as here from the Pharises whose deuotion was all set in a ceremonie of religion But whither did Christ goe going from the Iewes departing from them hee went as farre as well he might he went to the hithermost coaste of the Gentils whereof hee was the appointed light Luc. 2.32 And so as the Sunne of the heauens he sends forth some beames of his approach before him as the messengers of his comming not long before he came The Sunne went low in Iudea but was not down and Christ was going away but not gone therefore Christ departed but into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon and not farre into the countrie Here he desired to repose himselfe and was receiued where his owne

here reproued Men will bee captious with offence in other cases and may not Christians without offence in this case take Iacobs hold and say to God I will not let thee go except thou blesse mee Gen. 32.20 Benhadads seruants could take diligent heed to the words of the king of 〈◊〉 and when he let a word fall to their Ma●●e●s a●uantage they were captious enough hee called Benhadad his brother 1 King 20 32. and they straight had it by the end and said thy brother Benhadad v. 33. Christians beleeuing rightly in God for saluation should doe likewise they should holily catch for themselues as Benhadads seruants for their Master euery aduantage in the word that may make for their better stay and rest vpon Gods saluation In the word Christ is stiled our brother Heb. 2.11 we should here applie and wee may without presumption and say our brother Christ or Christ my brother for Christ is brother to beleeuers and therefore to mee a beleeuer Indeed in the sharpe brunt of the spirituall crosse it is hard rather impossible to the flesh of a much deiected Christian to vse this boldnesse towards God and some wh● 〈◊〉 voices in their f●are haue ●●g●ed great distempers within haue reasoned rather against than with any hope and said that Christ indeed came into the world to ●aue sinners but not such sinners as they are singling out themselues and as Isaac said here is fire and wood but where is the Lambe for sacrifice Gen. 22.7 so these in their haste haue said here 's hell sure enough and wood enough to it in the infinite trespasses of our life but where is the sacrifice for sin but to such I say though they see not the Lambe appointed for sacrifice as Isaac saw nothing for sacrifice when his father was about to sacrifice him and though their eies misted for the present with blind distrust they cannot see so farre yet when the storme shall begin to take vp they shall see cleerely with Abraham that Isaac who in Sox● may bee offered vp must liue and that Christ the Lambe slaine for them is the sacrifice that will saue them from the hand of death for to those that are in him and all right beleeuers are there is no condemnation Rom. 8.1 To conclude whatsoeuer thy temptations are or may bee trust still in God and say to thy soule as the Prophet to his wait vpon him Psal 43.5 A comfort to true Christians greatly humbled by their sinnes Vse 2. For if they must beleeue nothing to the contrarie of their saluation what is it that can discourage them seeking Christ in true repentance for now their head is kept aboue water or beeing readie to sinke there is a hand out to receiue them Matth. 14.30.31 And here it is as true as worthie of all acceptation that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 then though we be sinners so we be penitent and heartily sorie that we haue sinned either Christs comming into the world was to no purpose or it was to saue such and then why should there be any staggering though our sinnes bee great God is greater that hath forgiuen vs all our sins We can not haue mo sinnes or more hainous then Manasseh had yet when hee greatly humbled himself before the Lord the Lord was entreated of him 2. Chr. 33.12.13 This Woman had but the general promises contained in the word of the old Testament and yet belieued We haue more for the anker of our Faith hath two vnchangeable rests to beare vpon as the promise of God and his oath Heb 6.17.18 and shall wee bee faithles or shall we belecue any thing against that which is so surely ratified and by two such witnesses in heauen Can God be false of his word or forsworne he hath said whosoeuer beleeueth and is baptised shall bee saued Marc. 16.16 Thou therfore that doest beleeue and hast beene Baptised must be saued or God must crack his word But as was said he cannot denie himselfe his word and deed are one and for any to beleeue any thing against his saluation is to make question whether God bee Almighty and true and whether his word shall stand or ours But heauen and earth may passe the word of God shall not passe Matth. 24.35 In this case therefore what shall let that Gods promise should not take the effect in iustified mans saluation through faith Rom. 4.14.16 Quest But was it not great presumption in this Woman to beleeue against Christs expresse word Answ She beleeued not against it in the true sense but in the letter which seemed but was not against her She denied not his words onely she demurred vpon them as Abraham beleeued Gods word of promise concerning Isaac though that same word commanded Abraham to offer and kill him Hebr. 11.17.19 More distinctly and particularly wee may consider in this Womans humble request two things as the person to whom she makes it and the thing for what The Person is Christ the Lord but why not to his disciples and why not to him by them the reason was her faith being a true faith set her a better and a neerer way and that was directly to Christ and not about to or by the creature The Lords prayer the text mother of all true prayer directs to none but to our Father in heauen Matth. 6.9 Doct 2 In the old Testament the call is vnto God the text saith that in the word of Ichouah call vpon me Psal 50.15 In the new Testament we haue the same directing precept for comming to God in our prayers no other spoken of for Christ saith to all in necessitie come vnto me Mat. 11.28 that is to him who is our God and deliuerer in troubles and who can and onely can ease vs of them Therefore the lost Sonne in that parable by Saint Luke came to his Father not to his fathers Hindes Luc. 15.18.20 In all the Psalmes of Dauid which are Psalmes of prayer we finde neuer a Ladie Psalter they are all directed as incense to God Psa 141.1.2 To whom did Moses and Aaron among Gods Priests pray and Samuel among his Prophets it is said these called vpon the Lord and he heard them others could not heare them Psal 99.6 Reasons The reasons Prayer to God is a part of Gods honour which glory he● will not giue to another Esa 42.8 It is his seruice and worship and wee must onely serue and worship him Matth. 4.10 Secondly it is a vaine thing in our troubles to call vpon those that cannot help vs that cannot heare vs. Now none can in that ease help vs but God nor heare vs but hee the Angels know not our thoughts and the Saints are farre from hearing vs Esa 63.16 Thirdly the Obiect of faith must be the subiect of prayer but in God onely we beleeue and therfore to God onely must we pray Rom. 10.14 Fourthly besides it is a folly