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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45115	Bios epoyranios, or, The character of an heavenly conversation being the substance of a sermon lately preached in Yorkshire / by John Hume ...	Hume, John, 1634 or 5-1692.	1670 (1670)	Wing H3661; ESTC R20200	22,249	34

Lord Jesus may have the preheminence that all the kingdoms of the earth may be the kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ and that the House of the Lord may be established upon the tops of the mountains and all nations may flow thither Isa 2.2 2. The Devil spends his time in enticing men to sin he hath his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his depths and devices as the Scripture speaks Rev. 2.24 Quos non detinere potest in viae veteris coecitate circumscribit decipit novi itineris errore Cypr. de unit Eccles he can suit himself to all humours and dish up meat for every palate he hath an Apple for Eve a Grape for Noah a Bag for Judas and changes of Raiment for Gehezi Rather then men shall keep the even way he will draw them to some extream or other either make them lean to an old superstition or cheat them with a new light or revelation or cause them to be given up to a ranting licentiousness but let us not be the Devils journey-men in alluring men to sin we have transgressions enough of our own and had not need to have the bloud of others to answer for therefore let us not put the bottle to our neighbour nor say Come cast in thy lot amongst us or lay a stumbling block as Balaam did Si ta●ta mercedis est à morte eripere carnem quamvis morituram quanti est meriti à morte animam liberare Gregor but let us rather induce men to holiness by our savoury counsels and pious examples Let us see if we can stop the furious Jehues in their march towards Hell and eternal Damnation See if we can make the Shunammite return and hast the Prodigal home to his fathers house knowing that he who converts a sinner from the errour of his way shall save a soul from death and shall hide a multitude of sins as it is Fames 5.20 3. The Devil is a slanderer an accuser Scias hoc tempore esse opus Diaboli ut servos Dei mendacio laceret gloriosum nomen falsis opinionibus infamet us qui conscientiae sua luce clarescunt alienis rumoribus sordidentur Cyprian Epist 52. for so his name imports hence he is stiled Rev. 12.10 the accuser of the brethren who accuses them before God day and night he spoke evil of Job to God and told him if he touched his flesh he would curse him to the face Thus he calumniated Joshua the high Priest and the Church of Israel till the Lord rebuked him and to our shame be it spoken many come too nigh Satan in this particular they strive continually to defame their brethren and to make their names which should be as a pretious ointment like the snuff of a candle altogether offensive and unsavoury All their Arithmetick is to reckon their neighbours crimes all their business to observe the Errataes of mens Conversation and are Chymists onely in this to extract the sweetness out of their associates reputations Thus the Primitive Christians were abused with nick-names and words of reproach by men of Belial all their holy actions mis-interpreted Sic pontificii accusahant protestantes Sander Stapleton Fevarden vide R. P. Morton in Antidot contra merita cap. 20. sect 2. which made Tertullian Justin Martyr and others write their defensive Apologies and as it was then so now none can go without a censure If a man be of a quiet and sedate temper he passes for a Lukewarm Laodicean if he be active and stirring then he is a fiery Zelot if he seem to stand up for the doctrine of Justification by Faith he is accounted a Solifidian and if he be inclined to good works and alms-deeds Detractores sunt canes Diaboli gregem ejus custodientes c. Paral. de vitio ling. lib. 2. Tractar 9. then he is for Papistical merit But let us beware of this and exercise Christian Charity which thinketh no evil but beareth all things and hopeth all things Let us not make blots where there be none magnifie Peccadillo's as if they were gross impieties and if our brother should offend let us not trumpet out his sin and shame it behoves us rather with Sem and Japheth to cover his nakedness and if we can restore him with the spirit of meekness considering as the Apostle says that we our selves may also be tempted Gal. 6.1 4. The Devil is full of pride So far as we can see that was his Primitive sin and so much seems to be intimated in the 1 Tim. 3.6 Cornel. à Lapide Piscat in locum Ait Augustinus Diabolum elatione inflatum voluisse nominari Deum in quaest vet nov Test where it is commanded that a Bishop should not be a novice that is one newly come to the faith lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the Devil and this he retained after his Apostacy Surely it was his haughty humour led him to contest with our blessed Saviour and to dispute with Michael about the body of Moses though it may be other ends too were proposed in these altercations And thus he remains a defier of God an opposite to Jesus Christ and a sworn enemy to the sons of Adam But let us avoid this sin And first let us take heed of an Atheistical pride Some live as if they were Independents and were not obliged to the glorious God with Pherycides they laugh at a Deity esteem the exercises of Religion as a piece of the Kingdom as if they were delusive Doctrines and the most Romantick fooleries But this pride will be humbled ere long God sometimes takes them to task here and makes them fired Beacons of his indignation that others may hear and fear and do no more so wickedly and if such be not met with presently yet He whom it may be with Julian they call the Carpenters Son will provide a Coffin and a worse thing too for them as the holy man predicted Sozom. lib. 6. cap. 2. 2. Others have a spiritual conceitedness they look upon themselves as the Grandees of Religion the great Monopolizers of Grace and Piety the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof they look on others as punies and underlings and vaunt it with the Pharisee God I thank thee I am not as other men are If a man have been brought up at the feet of Gamaliel or with Moses be skilled in the learning of the Egyptians they shake their heads at him as an Epicurean or a Stoick As if spiritual graces and natural acquirements could not reside in one and the same subject If there be another that strives to be an active Christian rather then a talking one they hoot at him as a ceremonious Legalist and pass their rash censures upon the soberest Saints as if they were acquainted with the counsels of Heaven and knew who were Apostles and who Apostates but know God hath not