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A13547	The parable of the sovver and of the seed Declaring in foure seuerall grounds, among other things: 1. How farre an hypocrite may goe in the way towards heauen, and wherein the sound Christian goeth beyond him. And 2. In the last and best ground, largely discourseth of a good heart, describing it by very many signes of it, digested into a familiar method: which of it selfe is an entire treatise. And also, 3. From the constant fruit of the good ground, iustifieth the doctrine of the perseuerance of saints: oppugneth the fifth article of the late Arminians; and shortly and plainly answereth their most colourable arguments and euasions. By Thomas Taylor, late fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge, and preacher of the Word of God, at Reding in Bark-shire.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1621 (1621)	STC 23840; ESTC S118185	284,009	494

THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND OF THE SEED DECLARING IN FOVRE SEVErall grounds among other things 1. How farre an Hypocrite may goe in the way towards heauen and wherein the sound Christian goeth beyond him And 2. In the last and best ground largely discourseth of a good heart describing it by very many signes of it digested into a familiar method which of it selfe is an entire Treatise And also 3. From the constant fruit of the good ground iustifieth the doctrine of the perseuerance of Saints oppugneth the fifth Article of the late Arminians and shortly and plainly answereth their most colourable Arguments and euasions By THOMAS TAYLOR late Fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge and Preacher of the Word of God at Reding in Bark-shire Imprinted at London by Felix Kyngston for Iohn Bartlet and are to be sold at the signe of the gilded Cup in the Goldsmiths Rowe in Cheapside 1621. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL MASTER WALTER BATEMAN Mayor of the Towne of Reding Master EDVVARD CLARKE one of the Masters of the Chancery and Steward of the same Towne Master IOHN SAVNDERS Iustice of Peace Master NICOLAS GVNTER late Mayor Master CHRISTOPHER TVRNER my especiall friend with all the rest of the Magistrates and Burgesses of the same Corporation Grace and plenty of peace from God c. RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL WE reade that when Obed-edom entertained the Arke of the Lord the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all that hee had because of the Arke of God That Arke was a signe of Gods presence and a type of our Ministery to which Iesus Christ hath tyed his speciall presence That Arke was graced with many miracles By it the waters of Iordan diuided themselues and gaue way to Israel to passe as on dry land By it the huge walls of Ierico fell downe to the ground By it Dagon the Idoll of the Philistims was throwne to the earth and dis-membred This our Euangelicall Arke is countenanced with as many and mighty miracles as euer that was It passeth all the Israel of God thorow the mighty flouds and impassable streames of afflictions and impediments that otherwise would stop them in their way to Canaan By it the huge walls of wickednesse and lusts euen all high thoughts lift vp against God and reared vp against heauen are throwne downe and cast to ground By it the adored Dagon of Popish Idolatry and superstition of errours heresies false-worship and ignorant conceits is cast vpon his face not able to abide the presence of the Arke and truth of God and a thousand such miracles are daily wrought by it in the conuersion of men From that Arke the Lord gaue immediate answeres and diuine Oracles From ours we haue as sure directions in all cases of faith and sound doctrine and also of Christian manners In that were the Tables of stone written with Gods finger In this are those Tables not laid vp but vnfolded and Christ the end of the Law included Before that was the Pot of Manna and the flourishing Rod of Aaron This exhibiteth Christ the Bread of Life and the Manna that came downe from heauen together with his Rod and gouernment which seemed quite cut off and withered in his death bur gloriously budding and flourishing againe in his powerfull Resurrection Now the way to meete wi●h blessing is to entertaine our Arke as Obed-edom did that For it was not the presence of the Arke but Obed-edoms reuerent entertainment of it that procured his prosperity No more is it the presence of a powerfull Ministery suppose by Christs owne person and presence but the kind and louing respect of it that may expect blessing from it This kind entertainment Obed-edom expressed in these particulars 1. He loued God himselfe first and for his sake the Arke of his presence Hee that loues not God can neuer entertaine the Arke and a sure signe of a man hating God himselfe is the hatred of a faithfull Ministery 2. Obed-edom embraced the Law of God with a reuerend affection and for the loue of that entertained the Arke in which the Law was preserued For if Obed-edom had violated the Tables of stone or broken the Rod of Aaron or mis-vsed the Manna he had been so frrre from being bettered by the presence of the Arke that it would haue proued his destruction No man can friendly embrace the Ministery that liueth in the ordinary violation of any of the Lawes of God or despiseth any of the rules by which Iesus Christ gouerneth his Church Yea for such a man to liue vnder a godly Ministery it rather furthers his Iudgement than any way procures his prosperity 3. Obed-edom entertaining the Arke entertained also the Officers of it hee brake not off the rings nor the barres in the rings by which it was carried to and fro No man can benefit himselfe by the Ministery that despiseth such godly Ministers who as the barres in the rings of the Arke propagate the Truth and carry the Word of saluation among the Nations This entertainment of the Arke of God hath promise of blessing to our selues and all that we haue It is true that Gods presence is not to bee desired for outward blessings but yet euen these are annexed often vnto it For godlinesse is neuer without some great gaine nor the doctrine of godlinesse so sory a ghest but it leaues some bountifull gratuity for kind and louing entertainment The Arke was neuer separated from the Mercy-seate to shew that Gods mercy is neere vnto him that affecteth Gods presence To you Right Worshipfull I commend this care of prizing Gods Arke set vp amongst you because I thirst after your prosperity Faile in this and you haue let out the vitall spirit of your Corporation which shall runne vpon rocks and ruine as the ships on a stormie Sea whose Mariners haue cast away their Card. Your wisdomes know what Gods Wisedome is plentifull in teaching that declining in goodnesse for most part bringeth a declination in the outward estate whereof Salomon had wofull experience whose departing from Gods wayes lost him ten parts of his Kingdome at one clap The dying speech of Phineas his wife is memorable that when the Arke was taken from Israel The glory is departed from Israel Many things I might heere moue in but I spare both you and my selfe seeing I can weakly speake vnto you Onely now I will turne precepts into praiers that as the dew from Hermon and Mount Sion did distill on the valleyes round about them so may this Towne by your prudent gouernment bee a patterne of piety charity and sobriety to the whole Countrey about you And as this famous Towne for pleasant situation and rich commodities for prudent gouernment and ciuill state but especially for the plentifull meanes of knowledge and grace is as a light set vp in a Candlestick as a Tower on the top of an hill and as a Beacon to the whole Countrey so your godly care may be so much the more to walk worthy your great

in the fire and the hammer vpon it it may bee wrought to some fashion till it be cold againe so Pharaoh sometime will confesse his sinne and acknowledge Gods righteousnesse and begge Prayers of Moses but onely so long as the plague is vpon him Sometime some naturall motion or some spirituall motion may stirre them and for a flash they are earnestly resolued for Heauen so the yong man comes hastily and heares gladly but not purposing to doe all that is required goes away heauily The hypocrite in all these motions is like Ephraim whose goodnesse was as the morning dew suddenly dried vp Hos. 6.4 The Word comes into a bottomlesse heart wherein is a bottomlesse gulfe of guile and deceit and all is lost at length But the godly man by the Words dwelling plentifully in his heart attaines the commendation pronounced vpon the Church of Thyatria Reuel 2.19 I knowe thy works thy faith c. that they be more at last than at first He hath on him a marke of one that is planted by the Lord in the House of the Lord he is more fruitfull in his age more fat and fresh dayly and exceeds his former times in feracity and fruitfulnesse in good works and graces In a word whereas all other things are common to all the Heauens the Earth the Creatures yea the Ministery of the Word Sacraments Prayer and many common graces wrought by them this alone is the speciall right of Beleeuers incommunicable with hypocrites to haue the Word of God euerlastingly fixed in their hearts Esa. 8.16 Seale vp the Law among my Disciples now a seale is a meanes of secrecy from them whom the matter concernes not and of assurance to them whom the businesse concernes This is the second reason 3. The best of Gods Word is after the hearing Our Parable compares hearing of the Word to sowing now the best of sowing is long after in the reaping Elsewhere it is compared to food and the best of eating is after eating in the nourishment and strength For let men eate and drinke with great appetite good taste and much pleasure yet if after the eating bad humors in the stomake suffer it not to stay or not to digest if it doe stay it doth much hurt in stead of nourishing So in the state of the Soule where many wicked humors resist the worke of the Word heard But to shew in speciall that the Word is best after the hearing consider 1. That it frameth a man to the life of faith and vpholdeth that life It is a means to make a man good and continue his goodnesse Because it both storeth a man with graces and preserues him from vngracious courses through all his life which those that make no vse of the Word beyond the hearing are wrapped in Prou. 2.10 When wisdome enters into thy heart then shall counsell preserue thee and vnderstanding shall keepe thee that is both in the good way and from the euill way so Psalm 119.11 I haue hid thy Word in my heart that I might not sinne against thee 2. The Word kept in the heart makes a man a notable patterne of piety to others and a fruitfull Christian vpholding him in a readinesse to euery good word and worke If the heart keepe knowledge the mouth will speake of wisdome Psalm 49.3 He is fit and ready to counsell exhort rebuke and comfort others For the Word of God which is able to make the man of God ready and absolute to euery good worke is much more able to fitte priuate Christians thereunto 3. Our greatest businesse is behinde to which the Word kept in the soule can onely fit vs as namely to fit our accounts to store our lampes with oyle to hold on our repentance and finish the good worke begunne with perseuerance 4. Our greatest sufferings and trials are behinde dayes of sicknesse the day of temptation the day of death wherein Sathan will bee most furious and raging and the day of Iudgement Now as Dauid said of himselfe If thy Word had not been my comfort I had perished in my trouble so if the Word be not thy sword in the day of temptation if it be not thy health in sicknesse thy life in death if it pleade not for thee in iudgement thou art euerlastingly lost because thou hast wilfully lost thy part and portion of that blessed Word 5. Our marke is still before vs euen that euerlasting happinesse and great saluation which the Word of God faithfully retained in the heart not onely reuealeth but putteth vs in possession of Thus as the pillar of the cloud and of the fire neuer left Israel till they came into Canaan no more doth the Word of God cease to be our constant direction for our motion or station till it hath set vs into that heauenly Canaan no nor then it being a surer pillar then that of the cloude for as the Prophet saith O Lord thy Word endureth for euer in Heauen Psalm 119.89 that is although neuer so many things in earth seeme to cloude and crosse the gracious promises that thou hast made to thy children yet in Heauen shall they taste the sweetnesse of thy Word more then euer they did in earth when they shall enioy all the fruits of that eternall loue and decree which they beleeued in this world Besides that the same Word of God which now the Saints lay vp in their hearts is the Law and Charter of heauen by which being fully conformed to the obedience of it we shall walke eternally before God in the perfection of that obedience which is heere begun And thus it is our eternall direction in heauen also Vse 1. To reproue many Hearers who are affected in the act and time of hearing or while the Doctrine is deliuering but presently lose the matter the motion affection and all Some come as our Sauiours Hearers Math. 22.22 When they heard they maruelled and left him and went their way we heare no more of them Many heare desirously as with open and erect eares but both being open it goes in at one and out at the other it stayes not for after-vse but a little present admiration as in those Hearers of our Sauiour Others heare and the Word smites them workes a little on their conscience wounds them and tells them as Nathan did Dauid Thou art the man Now were a fit season to worke with God but they goe away other distractions meet them at home the motion dies and they are as men sea-sicke while the Word tumbles them and makes their conscience wamble within them but are all well againe so soone as euer they come to land Others heare with soft hearts and the Word comming home they begin to melt can resolue into teares so mellow seemes the ground they see their vnworthinesse of the promises and how lyable they be to all the threatnings which they conceiue their owne portion But as the metals are onely soft and pliable while they are