Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

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scripture_n	ghost_n	holy_a	inspire_v	2,844	5	10.2489	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93436	The conspiracie of the wicked against the just. Laid open in a sermon preached at Eyke in Suffolk, Jan. 23. anno Dom. 1647. / By Zeph. Smyth. Preached and published, to set forth the grounds why the wicked lay such crimes to the charge of Gods people, as they are cleare of.	Smyth, Zeph. (Zephaniah), fl. 1646-1648.	1648 (1648)	Wing S4361; Thomason E467_8	33,776	32

and Neighbours as occasion is offered in the wayes of God though not in a publique Ministeriall way as they that are set apart for the publique Ministerie I finde not in Scripture that David tooke upon him the Office of the Priest or Levites and taught publickely as those set apart for the worke Then the Question is what hee meanes by teaching here when he saith Then will I teach I answer The Prophet David taught in his Family 2 Sam. 6.20 He returned from dancing before the Arke to blesse his house that was to pray with them and instruct them Secondly as a King occasionally by instructing his Subjects as occasion was offered Psal 40.9 I have declared thy righteousnesse in the great Congregation and thirdly He taught as a Prophet infallibly inspired and moved by the holy Ghost to pen part of the holy Scripture The duty of teaching lies upon every Master of a Family to pray with them and Catechise them and instruct them in Gods wayes according to that abilitie God hath given them though not the like duty as a King as David did or as one infallibly inspired now as David was then Neither doth this text prove as some grossely imagine that all believers may teach in a publique Ministeriall way for if all be Teachers Who shall be taught But the sense of the text runnes thus then if God will restore to me the joy of his Salvation and bring mee out of these straites then I shall according to my place experimentally shew to others how bitter sinne is and how good God is in pardoning sinners according to the expression of the Prophet Psal 66. Come all yee that feare the Lord and I will tell you what he hath done for my soule In the text wee have Davids promise and Davids Prophocie his Promise then will I teach his Prophesie and sinners shall bee converted unto thee or here is the duty hee bindes himselfe to performe and the successe hee promises to himselfe that which wee are to insist upon is the duty which the Prophet binds himselfe to performe in which consider first that it was Teach Secondly the Doctrine he will teach the wayes that is Gods wayes Thirdly the persons he will teach the wicked Fourthly the time when hee will teach then will I teach that is when God speakes peace to him and restores to him the joy of his Salvation then hee will teach others from whence in the first place wee learne this point of Doctrine That those persons whose spirits God have wounded for sinne and afterward restored to comfort are best able to teach and instruct others Then will I teach as it he had said then shall I bee able to teach from my owne experience It is those that are taught themselves are best able to teach others Thou that teachest another saith the Apostle teachest thou not thy selfe A man that is not might himselfe nor able to teach himselfe is not fit to teach others When thou art converted saith Christ to Peter strengthen thy Brethren Luke 22.32 As if he should have said Peter when thou hast experience of Gods goodnesse thy selfe thou wilt be able to teach others then strengthen thy weake Brethren Those that God hath brought under the terrours of Conscience they knowing the terrour of the Lord will from their owne experience acquaint others with it 2 Cor. 5.11 And they having comfort from God are best able to comfort others Who comforteth us saith the Apostle in all our tribulations that we might be able to comfort others 2 Cor. 1.4 As much as if hee should have said untill a man have experience of Gods goodnesse himselfe hee will not be able to comfort another and the experience of Gods goodnesse makes a man able from experience to comfort others therefore God comforts his in all their tribulations that they might be able to comfort others 1. Reason of the point is because such can teach others experimentally for the Lord having opened their owne eyes and shewed them the horrible filthinesse of sinne what Monsters they are how by nature they are children of wrath Eph. 2.3 That they have defaced the Image of God and have the Image of Satan that they lie in their bloud and filthinesse Ezechiell 16.8 And shewed them the fountaine of Christ's bloud Zechariah 13.1 In that day there shall bee a fountaine opened to the house of David and the Inhabitants of Ierusalem to wash in for sinne and for uncleannesse and made them tunne to this fountaine with David Purge me wash mee they can experimentally declare this to others Secondly they know by experience what folly and madnesse it is to runne on in the wayes of sinne and they can informe others of it Paul hee had found the service of sinne a fruitlesse service himselfe and hee appeales to others whether they had not found it so also as Rom. 6.21 What fruit found yee in those things whereof yee are now ashamed Those that know the folly and madnesse and fruitlessenesse in the service of sinne they can experimentally informe others Thirdly they have felt the burden of sinne themselves and they can declare to others what a pressing burden sinne is sinne is such a burden as will sinke the soule if it bee not disburdened When the weight of sinne oppressed Davids Conscience hee cryed out My iniquities are gone over my head they are a burden too heavie for mee to beare Psal 38.4 When the Lord intends good to the foule hee layes the burden of sinne upon the Conscience that it might runne to Christ who onely can ease it Who also invites such to come to him Math. 11.28 Come unto mee all yee that labour and are heavie laden and I will ease you Yee that labour under the burden of sinne and crie helpe I sinke I perish I perish them Christ eases and then they can tell their friends and Neighbours experimentally sinne will presse the sinner if ever God intend good to the soule here for though some are pressed with the burden of it more then others yet all feele the burden of it in some measure and if they feel not the pressing burden of sinne here for their good it will presse them to hell for ever without hope of recovery and therefore woe to those men and women that Iesus Christ eases not of this burden Fourthly they have been made sensible of their spirituall bondage and servitude to sinne and Satan A man that hath been in Captivity and made a slave to his Enemies can tell by experience whet bondage and captivity is We are all by nature bond-slaves to sinne and Satan we were borne slaves and have lived slaves a worse slavery then the Turkes or any other Nations slavery but naturall people are not sensible of it It is those that have been made sensible of it that can best informe others about it Fifthly they have tasted the bitternesse of sinne and they can declare to others what bitters fruits sinne brings forth though