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A hopefull way to cure, that horrid sinne of svvearing. Or an helpe to save swearers, if willing to be saved: being an offer or message from him, whom they so daringly, and audatiously provoke. Also a curb against cursing.
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Younge, Richard.
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Wing Y160AB; Thomason E24_2; ESTC R211952
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guesse that you are not For doth not our Saviour tell us also That out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speak eth Mat. 12.34 and that we shall know men by their fruits That every good tree bringeth forth good fruit and a corrupt tree evill fruit Mat. 7.16.17.20 and 12.33 Doth not St. Iames say If any man among you seemeth to be religious and brideleth not his tongue that man deceiveth himselfe and his religion is vaine Iames 1.16 You may flatter your selfe but evill speaking discovers an evill heart A corrupt streame is an ill signe of a pure fountaine neither shall you perswade me that good wine is in the vessell when only vinigar comes forth if the words be hellish and prophane we may flatly conclude that the heart also is wicked If you blessed God with your soule you would not blaspheme him with your tongue Yea could you rappe out oaths in such a manner as you doe if your conscience were not seared and your heart hardned and you past felling and destitute of all grace No it s impossible for the least sparke of the true feare of God in your heart would be as a bridle to curbe in this unruly evill of the tongue that it should not run so at randum nor burst out either into wicked or vaine swearing If yee love me saith our Saviour keep my commandements Iohn 14.15 Now what sin will a man leave for Christs sake if he will not leave this which is every way unprofitable and many wayes hurtfull And what though the naturall man who wants both the eye of faith and the light of Gods word and spirit can perceive nothing amisse in his owne heart yet one that is spirituall may 1 Cor. 2.14.15 The disease appeares not many times to the Patient himselfe yet when he talkes idly the Phisutian knowes he is even sick to death But what needs all this when you fret and spurne against the good word of God and swell against your reprehender when with Balam and Herod you grudge to be stayed in the way to death and fly'upon those who oppose your perdition which is an infallible argument that you are utterly destitute of the feare of God Yea he that will not heare of his faults is not capable of amendment Yea to be exasperated with good counsell and in stead of penetency to breake into choller when fury sparkles in those eyes which should gush out with water it is an evident signe of one that shall perish Pro. 29 1 Read the words and tremble a man that heardneth his necke being of ten reproved shall suddainly be destroyed that without remedy see more Pro. 1.24.25.26 to 33. Whence it is the Prophet tells Amazia I know that God hath determined to destroy thee because thou hast done this and hast not obeyed my councell 2 Chro. 25.16.20 and that the Holy ghost speaking of Elyes sonnes saith that they would not hearken unto uor obey the voice of their father because the Lord was determined to destroy them 1 Sam. 2.25 That sin is past al cure which strives against the cure Hearbs that are worse for warering Trees that are lesse fruitfull for dunging and pruning are to be rooted out or hewen downe Even salvation it selfe will not save those that spill the potion and fling away the plaster When God would have cured Babylon and she would not be cured then she is given up to destruction without further warning Wherefore boast what you will of a good heart yea sweare also that you feare God I know and am assured that you have not the feare of God before your eyes as the Apostle speaking of unbeleevers phraseth it Rom. 3.18 For as St Iohn saith If any man love the world the love of God is not in him 1 Iohn 2 15 so if any man love swearing or cursing the feare of God is not in him for it cannot be that the true feare of God and ordinary swearing cursing should dwel together in one man Yea dead are they while they live that live in this sin Eph. 1 2 3 Col. 2.13 Math. 8.22 Iames 2.17 2 Cor. 4.3 4.2 Thes 2 9.10 Nor ought beleevers by the rule of Gods word to eate or keepe company with such 2 Thesalo 3.6.14 Ephes 5.5.7 1 Cor. 5.11 1 Tim. 1.10 But of this sinne see more In Mr. Downames Treatise of swearing Mr. Dod upon the third commandement A late treatise called Sinne Stigmatized Out of which three bookes I have improved my owne tallent for the honour of the giver and profit of the hearers And as touching Puritanisme have but patience and your selfe shall confesse that those are not puritanes who are generally so reputed but their accusers viz. Papists Prophaine Ignorant and meere civill men prelaticall Arminian Scandalous and Malignant Ministers who are pleased either out of Ignorance or malice to tearme and repute them so Yea I will make it so plaine by Gods assistance that every one present shall acknowledge the religious to be innocent and there accusers to be guilty of the same things which you and the world blinded in judgement judge of them and most unjustly lay to their charge whether you meane by a puritane One Who is pure in his owne eyes Or who saies and does not seemes and is not Or who under a shew of religion cosens the world Or who stumbles at strawes and leapes over blocks Or who is over ridged and sensorious Or who is singular in his judgemment and practise Or who is unquiet and contentious amongst his neighbours For this is the case the men of the world thinke all that are scrupelous and conscionable to be puritanes but they know upon good ground from Gods word all who barke out this odious name to bee indeed ranke Puritanes and grosse Hypocrites and that they are in the condition of blind persons who rushing one upon another in the way either complaines of the others blindnesse but neither of his owne for for the most part he alone that is guilty will be casting these stones complain of anothers unsavory breath when his lungs only are corrupt Thus the Author goes one in the conference tell he hath compleated his promise and answered all the usual questions in controversie betweeen the Word and the World as every one shall find that reads the cure of Misprision Postscript YOu that feare God or have any bowells of compassion towards the precious soules of those poore ignorant men women and children whom you heare to sweare and curse as doggs barke that is not more of curstnes then out of custome wish them to read these few pages at least the first 5. or 6. which I thought fit to print even as I found it in the beginning of a Manuscript And in case you perceive good come of it give of them to your friends and neighbours At Iames Crumps a Booke-binder in Little Bartholmewes Well yard you may have as many Gratis as you shall be pleased to distribute Finis Imprimatur J. Downam Errata Pag. I under the title for postcript read postscript Pag. 1. l. 1. 22 23. 25. for swaring r. swearing Pag 1. l. 28. for kil read kill therfore he must continue it pag. 3 l. 30. for unpardonable r. rests unpardonable Pag. 4. leave out the 5. last lines p. 4. l. 21 for there faith 1. their faith or ofter better security p. 5.1.19 for well they deserve it r. well they deserve it pag 6. l. 26. for heirers r. heires
of Jesus Christ lie open to receive you Whiles you have health and life and meanes and time to repent and make your peace with God in Christ as you tender I say the everlasting hapinesse and well-farre of your almost lost and drowned soule as you expect or hope for grace or mercy for joy and comfort for heaven and salvation for endlesse blisse and glory at the last As you would escape the dyerfull wroth of God the bitter sentence doom of Christ the neverdying sting worme of conscience the tormenting soule scorching flames of hel everlasting seperation from Gods blisful presents abjure utterly renouÌ„ce all willfull and affected evill in the first place this abominable sin of swearing cursing Fourthly If thou wouldest hould out in thy good purposes and bring thy thoughts to the birth fly evill company for feare of infection because it is exceeding hard and difficult not to fall into those sinnes unto which the eyes and the eares are inured It is rare if with Peter we deny not Chrst in Caiphas his house With Soloman we shall find that it is hard having the Egyptian without her Idols Yea be as carefull to avoide all the occsions of sinne as sinne it selfe and not now and then but continually Fiftly Be dilligent to heare Gods word powrfully preached which is the sword of the spirit that killeth our corruptions and that unresistable cannon shot which beateth and batteeth downe the strong houlds of sinne and Satan Sixtly Ponder and meditate seriously on Gods inestemable love towards us who hath not spared to give his only beloved sonne out of his bosome to dye for us and to purchase thereby every good thing we do injoy either for soule or body even to the least bit of bread we eate this will make thee if thou hast any ingenuiety to direct all thy thoughts speeches and actious to his glory as he hath directed thy eternall salvation thereunto and often force thee to breake out into this or the like expression What shall I render unÌ„to thee O Lord for all thy benefits but love thee my Creator and become a new creature Seventhly Consider that the Lord beholdeth thee in all places and in every thing thou doest even as the eyes of a well drawne picture are fastned on thee which way so ever thou turnest Yea consider him as a just judge who will not let this cursed sin goe unpunished and this will make thee keepe a narrower watch over thy thoughts then any other can do over thy actions Eightly and lastly But chiesly and principally Omit not to pray for the asistance of Gods spirit otherwise thy strength is small yea except God give thee repentance and removes all impediments that may hinder thou canst no more turne thy selfe then thou couldest at first make thy selfe We are not sufficient of our selves to thinke much lesse to speake least of all to doe ought that is good 2 Cor. 3.5 Iohn 15.4 5. We are swift to all evill but to any good immovable Wherefore beg of God that he will give you a new heart and when the heart is changed all the members will follow after it as the rest of the creatures after the sun when it ariseth Importune him for grace that thou maiest firmely resolve speedily begin and continually persevere in doeing and suffering his holy will Desire him to informe and reforme thee so that thou maiest neither misbeleeve nor mislive To regenerate thy heart change and purifie thy nature subdue thy reason rectifie thy judgement reforme and strengthen thy will renew thy affections and beate downe in thee whatsoever stands in opposition to the septer of Jesus Christ In a word to give and increase in thee all christian graces that thou maiest know and beleeve and repent and amend and persevere in well doeing not forgetting that prayer is the key of heaven Doe this use the meanes and looke up for assistance Imitate the Matriner who in sayling sets his handâ—â—o the sterne his eye to the starre and my soule for thine thou art in the direct way to arâ—â— at the port of eternall glory Only this let â—e add Be sure you wholy and only rest on your Saviour Jesus Christ for salvation abhorring to attribute or ascribe ought to doing for our very righteousnesses are as filthy raggs Esay 64.5 And the sole prefection of a christian is the imputation of Christs righteousnesse and the not imputation of his owne unrighteousnesse a rule which we are very apt to swarve from either on the right or left hand wherefore if you would not err observe this goulden mean indeavour to live as if there were no Gospel to die as if ther were no law And now for conclusion If thou receivest any power against this greatevill forget not to be thankefull and when God hath the fruit of his mercys he will not spare to sow much where he reapes much Many may shew you the way better but none canshew you a better way and so having set before you life and death I leave you to choose which of them you like best Swearer I see you are a Puritane Messenger And why not Roundhead the name last coyned in the Devills mint I confesse formerly the word was Puritane because it was a capitall crime to be religious but now it is Roundhead a terme of a larger extent that men may not only be ashamed to serve God and be saved but even fear to be so much as civill here you over shot your selfe But since the religious only are thornes in your eyes give me your reason Are all Puritains that love not swearing if so I am one indeed if not define what you meane by the name Swearer Tell not me of diffinitions for I am no scholler but I hate a Puritaine Messenger It appeares indeed you were never a puple of Christ teaching though you call your selfe after his name Or if so you have forgot your first lesson for he tells you in his word that the feare of God which I am sure you want is the very beginning of wisedome Pro 1.7 Swearer How know you that I have not the feare of God I blesse his name I feare him as well as you and have as good an heart as the best theugh I make not such a shew as many doe but all Puritains are thus sencorious whereas the Scripture saith Iudge not that yee be not judged for with what judgement yee judge yee shall be judged Mat. 7.1 2. Messenger Our Saviour in that place condemnes judging of our brotherfor motes or some sodain eruptions or appearances only or determining of his finall estate which makes nothing for habitruated swearers untill they repent neither doe I determine of yourfuture estate I know God can with a word of his mouth create in you a new heart and that it is as easie with him to make a man religious as to bid him be such But touching the present I may more then