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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97249	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.	Younge, Richard.	1645 (1645)	Wing Y160AB; Thomason E24_2; ESTC R211952	24,628	17

will to your owne soule breake off your sinnes by repentance give no longer credit to the flesh or the Devill which prophesie prosperity to sinne as once the Pope to the powder traytors but beleeve God and the Scripture which manifestly proves that every man shall be judged according to his workes Revel 20.13 and 22.12 Make not Christ a bolster for sinne nor Gods mercy a warrant for your continuing in an evill course Be not therefore evill because he is good least like the foolish builder Luke 14. you come short of your reckoning Oh what a blasphemous imagination is this against Jesus Christ to thinke that he came into the world to be a patron of sinne or a Bolster whereupon we may more securely sleepe in sensuality and not to destroy the workes of the Devill as it is 1 Iohn 3.3.8.9.10 O that Christians should so live as if the practise of the Gospell were quite contrary to the rule of the law But such men shew what they are for none but base minds and perverse dispositions saith St. Barnard will therefore be evill because God is good And those that belong to Gods election and for whom Christ died will never make that liberty which he hath purchased for them with his pretious blood a warrant or cloak to sin but rather a spur to insite them to godlinesse As nothing so soone leades an ingenious minde to repentance as when he considers Gods bountifullnesse and long suffering towards him Rom. 2.4 What saith holy David There is mercy with thee that thou maiest be feared Psal 130.4 Not that thou mightest be dispised blasphemed c. Yea know this and wright it in the table booke of thy memory and on the table of thine heart that if Gods bountifulnesse and long suffering towards thee doe not lead thee to repentance it will double thy doome and increase the pile of thy torments for every day which does not abate of thy reckoning will increase it and thou by thine hardnesse and impenetencie shalt but treasure up unto thy selfe wroth against the day of wroth and the declaration of the just judgement of God Rom. 2.4 5. Swearer This is but one doctors opinion another who knowes as much as you will judge you but a legall preacher and call it ridgid devinity which breathes out nothing but damnation as being a meanes to make men dispayer rather then win them to Christ Are all damned except a few presizians Messenger I know it is the divinity of divers Let men live how they list in ignorance and all abominable filthynesse so they call at last and but say Lord have mercy upon me we must infalably conclude their estate as good as the best as if the Lord had not said you shall cry and not be heard Pro. 1.24 to 32. I know also that the Church hath never in any age or place of the world beene without many false prophets who are very ready to withstand and contrary whatsoever doctrine the true prophets are commanded by God to deliver and you may also see it 1 Kings 22. 6.23.24 Ier. 5.12.13.31 and 6.14 15. and 8.11 and 14.13 to 19. and 26.8.9 Acts 13 7. to 12. and 17.18 to 21. and 20.29.30 Ezek. 22.25 26.28 Deut. 13.3 Mar. 7.15 and 24.5.11.24 2 Tim. 3.8 2 Cor. 11.13 2 Pet. 2.1 2 3. Phil. 3.18 And these doe all that possibly they can by wresting and misaplying the Scripture to discourage the godly and incourage the wicked And therefore in stead of discovering of and rebuking for sinne Lam. 2.14 which is the first step tending to edification and conversion they flatter the people in their sinnes as those confederates of Korah did Israel The Congregation is holy enough Numb●●● 6.3 O● preach p●ace un●o them as the Serpent to Eve● yee shall not dye at all Gen. 3.4 5. Or promis● th●m good successe in an evill way as those 400 false prophets to Aha● G●e up and prosper● for the Lo●● sh●ll deliver it into thine hand 2 Chron. 18.11 Which the h●ly ●h●st calls daubing with untempered m●rter Ezek. 13 14.15 and 22.28 Saying more●ver that from these Prophets prophanes goes forth into all the land Ier. 23.15 Whereas if they dis●harged their ●●ty and deal● pl●inly with 〈◊〉 people th●y sh●uld turne them from their ●ill way and from 〈◊〉 evill of th● 〈…〉 ●●rse 21 22. N●r can there be a better p●oofe of a false teacher then soothing 〈◊〉 ●s a M●un●e●●nke trick to heale an ulcer and leave in the cor● Yea wh●● good Phys●i●ian either for soule o● body doth not first tell us the state of the diseal● with us symtomes ●nd then pres●ribe and in prescribing first pull downe the body and then rais● it wi●h cordia●ls ●nd ●●●se patient would 〈◊〉 that sh●rpe medicens and bitter potions make short diseases and pro●ure sound hea●t● Bu● touching Ministers that edifie to damnation I refer you to a small booke called An Abs●●●● of some late Characters where they are painted out to the life Secondly How much better it is to strike the conscience then stroake the eare I shall sh●w you hereafter upon another occasi●n Thirdly touching what I have said as it is for the discharge of my duty and according to Gods expresse command Levit. 19.17 Heb 2.13 So search the Scriptures and try whether my doctrine and allegations be of God or no as those noble B●reans did when Paul preacht Acts 17 11. And then if they agree not with the pensill of the Holy ghost reject them but if they doe e●teraine it as if it were an epistle sent from God himselfe to invi●e and call you 〈◊〉 repentance And so doing it sh●ll with Gods blessing upon it be unto you as Ionathans three Arrows were to David which occasioned his escape from Saules fury O● as Davids harpe was to Saule which frighted away the evill spirit from him 1 Sam 16.23 Yea as the Angell was to Peter Acts 12.7 to 12 that opened the Iron gates loosed his bands brought him out of the P●ison and delivered him from the thraldome of his enemies Which is my prayer and hope and should be my joy to see it These things have I said that yee might be sav●d 1 Cor. 10 33. wherefore consider seriously what I have said and doe not Oh doe not mocke at Gods word nor sport away your soul● into those paines which are easelesse endlesse and remedilesse Shall we give an account at the day of judgement for every idle word we speake Mat. 12.36 never give a r●ckoning for our wicked swearing cursing we shall be judged by our words verse 37. Are you willing to be saved if you are Breake of your sinnes by repentance Dan. 4.24 Cease to doe evill lea●ne to doe well Isay 1.16.17 Seriously greive and bewayle for the millions of ●●mes that you have blasphemed God and peirsed your saviour and never more commit the l●ke impiety Y●a doe not only leave your swearing but feare an oath and make conscience of it resolve