Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	ghost_n	holy_a	interpretation_n	2,811	5	9.4838	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00405	Sathans sowing season. By William Est minister and preacher of Gods word in Bydeford.	Est, William, 1546 or 7-1625.; Est, William, 1546 or 7-1625. Mirrour of mercy.	1611 (1611)	STC 10536.5; ESTC S118580	32,844	100

not in excellency of words nor in enticing speech of mans wisedome but in plaine euidence of the spirit and of power 1. Cor. 2. 1. 3. Praedicator enim saith Bern. plus intendere debet ad imbuenda corda quam ad exprimenda verba For a preacher should seeke rather to instruct the heart then to expresse eloquent words which is but to feede the eare Out of this whole parable in generall in that our Sauiour shadowed out the kingdome of heauen by many parables it was 1. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet Psal 78. 2. I will open my mouth in a parable which the Euangelist also alleageth to the same purpose in this chapter ver 3● 2. That as Greg. saith ex his quae animus nouit surgat ad incognita quae nō nouit That the minde by the things it knoweth might mount vp to those things which it knoweth not These parables therefore are not carelesly to be passed ouer but zealously and religiously to be pondered that wee may obserue the doctrine thereof to our comfort institution and instruction The second part setteth downe the malice and industry of Sathan in corrupting the good seed with the darnel and tares of vices And this is the Diuels seed which he soweth in the furrowes of iniquity The protasis or proposition is euen as a man sowing good seed in his field his enemy whiles hee slept sowed tares among the wheate Apodosis Euen so Christ the sonne of man soweth his word the good seed in his Church but men being secure carelesse and negligent the Diuell came and sowed heresies deprauation of good doctrine scandals and all kind of vices that hee might corrupt the same By the tares are signified the children of the wicked vers 38. that is all hypocrites and the whole rabble of wicked men which are the children 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 illius mali of that wicked that is of the diuell which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Synecdochicā is called wicked a causa efficiente procreante because he is the principall cause of all euill both to himselfe and to otherrs The wicked are called the children of the diuell not from the efficient procreant cause as if the diuell had created them neither from the formal cause as thogh their very essence were destroied changed into euil but first ab adiunctis because in their malice and wickednesse they resemble and are compared to the Diuell Secondly ab effectis because in their liues and conuersation they imitate the Diuell First wee heere learne that Sathan is the infatigable enemy of mankinde and that this is his perpetuall practise by all meanes to worke our destruction And that he may the better effect this hee laboureth chiefly to supresse the first beginnings of godlilines to corrupt the very seed and to choke vp the corne in the blade that it neuer may growe to maturity and ripenesse Semper primordia pulsat captat rudimenta virtutum sancta in ipso ortu festinat extinguere sciens quod ea fundata subuertere non possit saith Chrysostome His pollicy is euer to bee striking at the beginnings of goodnesse hee catcheth at the first rudiments and principles of vertues holy desires at their first budding and springing hee hasteneth to extinguish knowing that if they take deep roote he shall not be able to subuert them And therefore hee walketh about like a roaring Lyon 1. Peter chapter 5. verse 8. Yea among the Sonnes of God Iob. chapter 1. vers 6. hauing great wrath knowing that he hath but a short time the neerer the end of the world approacheth the more fiercely he rageth as it appeareth by the ouerflowing seas of all iniquity vpon the whole face of the earth in these later times And euen at the beginning as soone as God had sowne original righteousnesse he cast in the seed of originall sinne wherewith hee infected the recent purity and choaked with his tares the seed of God which was the seminary of all euill And this he effecteth not onely by inward suggestions but also by outward enticements of wicked men and that not by their filthy and corrupt communication onely but also by the pestilent seed of euill examples he laboureth to infect the minds of men and to catch them in his net yea in those that heare the word of God hee hindereth the fruit thereof three maner of waies Either through wandring and idle cogitations whereby he taketh away the attention of their mindes from the word or through the tumults of persecutions or at least through couetousnesse and the cares of this life and which is worst of all hee permitteth not the seede that fell in the good ground if by any means he may to be long vncorrupted and to this end he hath many false Apostles which wrest and peruert the sacred Scripture and in stead of the naturall milke it giueth wring out the bloud of subtile violent interpretation and cause it to walke a mile or two further for their fancy then euer the holy Ghost meant it as it is vsuall this day with the Papists for the supporting of the kingdome of Antichrist He doth also captare occasionem take his opportunity and therfore it is said while men slept a metaphor taken from the bodily sleep in which all the senses are consopited secure and at rest This sleepe is not a corporall but a spirituall sleepe of the soule which is shadowed out by the bodily sleepe which Aristotle and out of him Galen thus defineth Somnus est quies virtututum animalium per antiperist asin ob fumos in caput ascendentes vnde frigiaitate cerebri repercutiuntur hinc redeuntes ad cor obstruunt sensuum organa that is Sleepe is the rest of the animall powers through an Antiperistasis or repulsion on euery part whereby heate or cold is made more strong in it selfe by the restraining of the contrary by reason of the fumes or vapours ascending into the head from whence returning backe to the heart they stoppe the organs of the senses This then is the spirtuall veternum and lethargy when men are altogether carelesse negligent and secure of their soules and as if their senses were asleepe or dead they haue no feeling of any godly motions in their heart But for your better edification let vs first see what sleepe is in this place Secondly how great a sinne and detriment this is vnto vs. First men slept hauing reeeiued the good seede in the fieldes of their heart when in vaine they receiue the grace of God Therefore the Apostle rowseth vp the Corinthians that they sleepe not As workers together we beseech you that yee receiue not the grace of God in vaine 1. Cor. chap. 6. vers 1. A thing is receiued in vaine when it is not applyed to that end for which it was ordained In vaine doest thou buy a garment if thou neuer puttest it