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A63071	Theologia theologiæ, the true treasure, or, A treasury of holy truths, touching Gods word, and God the word digg'd up, and drawn out of that incomparable mine of unsearchable mystery, Heb. I. 1, 2, 3 : wherein the divinity of the holy Scriptures is asserted, and applied / by John Trappe ...	Trapp, John, 1601-1669.	1641 (1641)	Wing T2047; ESTC R23471	163,104	402

therefore during his life the Offendour was confined to the City of refuge as to a Prison And David when he was hunted from the Prophet sled to the Priest as one that knew that Justice and Compassion should dwell in those breasts if any where Venerable Beda tels us that the Ancient British Bishops rejected Austin the Popes Legate because hee shewed not himselfe gentle and humble amongst them as became a Minister at the first meeting And holy Hooper though his life was so pure and good that no kind of slaunder could fasten any fault upon him Yet there is mention made of a certaine Citizen who having in himselfe a conflict of conscience came to Master Hoopers doore for counsell But being abashed Acts and Mon. fol. 1366. saith mine Authour of his austere behaviour durst not come in but departed which he afterward by the helpe of Almighty God did find and obtaine This might bee no fault in him but in the other that should have sought to him But hereby wee see how much it behooves Ministers to be curiously observant of their whole deportement that they may lay forth themselves and the talents concredited unto them for the best advantage of their Lord and Master becomming all things to all men that they may winne some And this the rather because the World expects from such though unjustly Angelicall perfection and looks round about us to see if they may find ever a hole in our coate thorough which they may evade and slip the cords of our doctrine CHAP. VII A Second Exhortation is now to be addressed to all of all sorts and that is to stirre men up to a thr●efold duty 1. To be thankfull to God that gave us his Word and to his ancient people the Jewes by whose hands hee conveyed it to us Gentiles 2. To reade it diligently 3. To rely upon it confidently both for counsell and comfort Sect. 1. BE thankfull first and chiefly to God for entrusting us with this true treasure for concrediting unto us these lively Oracles for drawing so neare us and dealing so familiarly with us as he hardly ever did with any before us For what nation is there so great that hath God so nigh unto them Deut. 4 7 8. Mich. 6.7 8. Esay 5. and that hath statutes and iudgements so righteous c. He hath shewed thee O England What is good and may justly demand as of old what cold I have done more for thee that I have not yet done Deu. 33.29 32. Happy art thou O Israel who is like unto thee O people saved by the Lord c. Before the Covenant with Abraham all nations were alike respected but after it was said J will be thy God Gen. 17 7. and the God of thy Seed the Church was divided from the rest of the world as light was from darkenesse in the first Creation as the Sabbath from other dayes by divine consecration Act. 14.16 as Goshen was from the rest of Aegypt in that wonderfull separation All other Nations he suffered to walke in their own waies to sit in the dale of darknesse and shadow of death but in Judah was God knowne his name was great in Israel Psal 76.1 2. In Salem was his Tabernacle and his dwelling place in Sion Hence that beautifull Land though part of the Continent is called an Ile Esay 20.6 Deut. 7.6 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as separate from other peoples 〈◊〉 and the inhabitants therof are called Gods peculiar his inclosures the people of his purchase that comprehended as it were all his gettings the sheepe of his pasture yea his son his first-borne to whom he gave for a childs-part right iudgements and true Lawes Hos 11 34. Exod. 4 2● good Statutes and iust Commandem●nts Nehem. 9.13 He shewed his word unto Jacob his acts unto the children of Israel He hath not dealt so with my Nation c. Psal 147.19 20. By the dim light of nature they might get some glimpse of God as a Creatour not as a Redeemer of his eternall power and Deity rendring men without excuse not of the riches of his patience leading men to Repentance Hence David Psal 93.5 Having declared the testimonies of the power of God Rom. 1.20 Rom. 2.4 that are to be seen in the very waves of the Sea concludes the Psalme with Thy testimonies O Lord are very sure intimating that there is no certain or comfortable knowledge of God to be got but only thence Neverthelesse those poore Ethniks for their unthankfullnesse for that little they had and because that when they knew God after a sort they glorified him not as God Rom. 1.20 neither were thankfull God gave them up to a reprobate sense as likewise he did the idle servant to the tormentour for not improving his one talent O then what will he do or rather what will he not do to us that have made so little of so many advantages Psal 8● 15 Cant. 2.12 Psal 84. that have heard the joyfull sound the voyce of the Turtle so long in our Land that have seen the face of God so frequently and familiarly in his Ordinances had the everlasting Gospell so puerly and powerfully preacht amongst us even the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret since the world began but is now made manifest and by the Scriptures of the Prophets according to the Commandement of the everlasting God made known to all Nations for the obedience of Faith To God only wise be therfore glory through Christ Jesus for ever Rom. 16.25 26 27. The greatnesse of this inexplicable benefit will the better appeare to us if we consider it as cloathed with these ensuing circumstances First that this good Word of God is come to our hands after so many ages so perfect and entire wanting nothing that no part of the holy Canon is perished not a haire of this sacred head missing Next that we have it so exactly and exquisitely rendred and translated into the vulgar tongues A priviledge that our fore-Fathers wish● well to but obtained not It were a great grace saith Lambert the Martyr if we might have the word of God diligently and often read and sung unto us in such wise that the people might understand it Then should it come to passe that Crafts-men should sing spirituall Psalmes Acts and Monuments fol. 1015. sitting at their work and the Husband-man at his Plow as wisheth S. Hierome Bugenhagius a famous Divine of Germany was so joyfull of the Dutch Bible in translating wherof out of the Hebrew and Greek Originals he and some other learned men had laboured together with Luther Melch. Adam in vita Bugenhagij that every yeare he invited his friends on that day of the Moneth whereon the worke was finished and called it the Feast of the translation of the Bible Thirdly that we have the whole will of God in so little a room in so portable a Volume Jn reading many