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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08598	The harmonie of Holie Scriptures vvith the seuerall sentences of sundry learned and vvorthy vvriters : collected for the comfort of all such as are desirous to seeke after theyr soules health / by I.B.	Bentley, James.	1600 (1600)	STC 1891.5; ESTC S1177	217,904	567

brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell §. 11. Deerely beloued saith S. Peter I beseech 1 Pet 2 11 you as strangers and pilgrimes abstaine frō fleshly lusts which fight against the soule And haue your conuersation honest among verse 12. the Gentiles that they which speake euill of you as of euill dooers may by your good workes which they shall see glorifie God in the day of visitation Yea let your light so shine before men Math. 5 16. that they may see your good workes and glorifie your Father which is in heauen §. 12. Be sober also and watch for your aduersary 1 Pet. 5 8 9. the deuill walketh about like a roaring Lyon seeking vvhom hee may deuoure whom resist stedfast in the faith Ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith 2 Pet 1 5 6 7 8 and with vertue knowledge and vvith knowledge temperance and vvith temperance patience and with patience godlinesse and with godlines brotherly kindnes with brotherly kindnes loue For if these things be among you and abound they will make you that yee neither shall be idle nor vnfruitfull in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ §. 13. Be yee therefore followers of God as Ephe. 5 1. 2. deere children and walke in loue euen as Christ hath loued vs and hath giuen himselfe for vs to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smelling sauour vnto God But fornication and all vncleanenes or verse 3 4 couetousnes let it not bee once named ●mong you as it becommeth Saints neyther filthines neither foolish talking neyther iesting which are things not comelie but rather giuing of thanks For this yee know that no whoremonger verse 5. neither vncleane person nor couetous person which is an Idolater hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ and of God Wherefore be yee not vnwise but vnderstand Ephe 5 17 what the will of the Lord is And be not drunke with wine wherein Ephe. 5 18 19 20 21 is excesse but be fulfilled with the Spirit Speaking vnto your selues in Psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songs singing and making melodie to the Lord in your harts Giuing thanks alwayes for all things vnto God euen the Father in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ and submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God §. 14. Flee fornication euery sinne that a man 1 Cor 6 18. doth is without the body but he that cōmitteth fornication sinneth against his own bodie And who will count him iust that sinn●th Ecclꝰ 10 30 against himselfe or honour him that dishonoureth his owne soule Know ye not that your body is the temple 1 Cor 19. 20 of the holy Ghost which is in you whō yee haue of God ye are not your own for ye are bought for a price glorifie God therefore in your body and in your spirit for they are Gods Know yee not likewise that to whomsoeuer Rom 6 16 you giue your selues as seruaunts to obey his seruaunts yee are to whom yee obey whether it be of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto righteousnes Know you not also that all wee which Rom. 6. 4. haue been baptized into Iesus Christ haue been baptized into his death We are buried then vvith him by Baptizme into his death that like as Christ was raised vp frō the dead by the glory of the Father so we also should walke in newnes of life For all that are baptized into Christ Gala 3 27. haue put on Christ And if we be grafted with him to the similitude Rom. 6. 5. 6 7 of his death euen so shall we be to the similitude of his resurrection knovving this that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sinne might be destroyed and hence-foorth wee should not serue sinne For hee that is dead is freed from sinne Wherefore if wee be dead with Christ Rom 6 8 9. 10. 11. wee beleeue that wee shall liue also vvith him for in that hee died hee died once to sinne but in that hee liueth hee liueth to God Likewise thinke yee also that ye are dead to sinne but are aliue to God in Iesus Christ our Lord. Let not sinne raigne therefore in your verse 12 13 mortall body that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof Neither giue yee your members as weapons of vnrighteousnesse vnto sinne but giue your selues vnto God as they that are aliue from the dead giue your members as weapons of righteousnes vnto him For the wages or reward of sinne is Rom 6. 23. death but the gift of God is eternall life through Iesus Christ our Lord. Mortifie therefore your members which Colo 3 5 6 are on the earth namely fornication vncleanenes the inordinate affection euil concupiscence and couetousnes which is idolatry For the which thinges sake the vvrath of God commeth on the chyldren of disobedience §. 15. Furthermore These are the thinges Zach 8 16 17. that yee shall doe Speake yee euery man the truth vnto his Neighbour execute iudgement truly and vprightly in your gates and let none of you imagine euill in his heart against his Neighbour Neither loue any false oath for all these are the thinges that I hate saith the Lord. See that none recompence euill for euill 1 Thes 5 15 vnto any man but euer follow that which is good both toward your selues and toward all men If it be possible as much as in you is Rom 12 18 haue peace with all men And let loue be without dissimulation Rom 12 9 Abhorring that which is euill and cleauing vnto that which is good Also seeing your soules are purified in obeying the truth through the Spirit to 1. Pet 1 22. 23. loue brotherly without faining loue one another with a pure hart feruently beeing borne a newe not of mortall seede but of immortall by the word of God who liueth and endureth for euer Let all bitternes and anger and wrath crying euill speaking be put away from Ephe 4 31 32 you with all maliciousnesse And be yee curteous one to another and tender harted freely forgiuing one another euen as God for Christes sake freely forgaue you Be all of one minde one suffer with another 1. Pet. 3 8 9 loue as brethren bee pittifull bee curteous not rendering euill for euill neither rebuke for rebuke but contrariwise blesse knowing that yee are there-vnto called that yee should be heyres of blessing Blesse them which persecute you blesse Rom 12. 14 15. 16. I say curse not reioyce with them that reioyce and weepe with them that weepe Be of like affection one towards another be not hie minded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort Be not wise in your owne eyes But rather pray vnto the most High that Ecclꝰ 37 15 hee will direct thy way in truth §. 16. Yee haue heard that it hath been said Math 5

vnto you that they haue their reward VVherefore vvhen thou giuest thine almes let not thy left hand know what thy right hande doth that thine almes may be in secret thy Father which seeth in secret will reward thee openly §. 14. Likewise regard vvell that the Almes Isidorus which thou art willing to bestowe on the poore be taken from some part or portion of thine owne true-gotten goods for other-wise in giuing thou shalt highly prouoke GOD to anger and sooner bring downe a curse then a blessing vpon thee For the offering of the righteous maketh Ecclꝰ 35 6 the Altar fat and the smell thereof is sweete before the Lord. But he that giueth an offering of vnrighteous Ecclꝰ 34 18 goods offereth a mocking sacrifice and the gifts of the vngodly please not God The sacrifice of the righteous is acceptable Ecclꝰ 35 7. and the remembrance thereof shall neuer be forgotten But the most High doth not allowe the Ecclꝰ 34 20 offerings of the wicked neither is hee pacified for sinne through the multitude of their sacrifice For the sacrifice of the wicked is an abhomination Prou 15 8 vnto the Lord. And he that bringeth an offering of the Ecclꝰ 34. 21 goods of the poore doth as one that sacrificeth the sonne before the fathers eyes VVhich as in reason euery man may well perswade himselfe that the father of such a child would neuer willingly be content eyther to see or suffer so by the testimony of these few former places may wee certainely assure our selues that God vvill much more vnlikely be pleased with the gifts of ill-gotten goods ¶ Of Humilitie and Obedience §. 1. THe greater thou art saith Sirach the Ecclꝰ 3 19. more humble thy selfe in all things so shalt thou find fauour before the Lord. For thus saith hee that is hie and excellent he that inhabiteth the eternitie whose Esay 57 15. Name is the Holie one I dwell in the hie and holie place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to reuiue the spirit of the humble to giue life to them that are of a contrite hart §. 2. There be as Orosius saith three degrees Orosius of humilitie the first is of repentance the the second is in hungering thirsting after righteousnesse the third consisteth in extending the workes of mercie to such as haue neede of comfort And the chiefest poynt of all mans true Iust Mar. humilitie consisteth in this to subiect and frame his vvill according to the will of God in all things what-soeuer For them that be meeke wil God guide Psalm 25 9. in iudgement and teach the humble his way §. 3. It is nothing prayse-worthy for a man to Clem. Alex. be humble in aduersitie because necessitie then compelleth him but in the midst of prosperitie to beare an humble minde deserueth great commendation VVherefore if thou desire to ascende Bernard where God the Father sitteth thou must put on the true humilitie which Christ his Sonne teacheth For euery one that exalteth himselfe Luke 18 14 shall be brought lowe but hee that humbleth himselfe shall be exalted §. 4. Pride and humilitie be two contraries Cicero the one is both of GOD and man greatly disliked the other is of God and man very much beloued And as the one directeth the way to hell Mar. Bucer so the other teacheth the way to heauen If thou arrogantly lift vp thy selfe vnto Augustine God hee will flee further off from thee but if thou humble thy selfe vnfainedly before him he will then draw neere come downe vnto thee §. 5. Let nothing saith the Apostle be done Philip 2 3. through contention or vaine glory but in meekenesse of minde let euery man esteeme other better then himselfe For like as lowlines of hart and meekenes Epiphani●● of minde maketh a man highly in fauour with God so strife vaine-glory and contention procureth hatred and disdaine amongst men And like as pride sleyeth loue prouoketh disdaine kindleth malice confoundeth Pacuuius iustice and subuer●eth Weales publique euen so meekenes gentlenes or humilitie doe stirre vp affection augment beneuolence intend charitie support good equitie and preserue in peace concorde both Countries and Common-weales §. 6. It is better saith Salomon to bee of an Prou 16. 19 humble minde with the lowlie then to deuide the spoyles with the proude Now therefore as the elect of God holie Colos 3. 12. 13. beloued put on tender mercy kindnesse humblenes of minde meekenesse long suffering forbearing one another forgiuing one another if any man haue a quarrell to another euen as Christ forgaue you euen so doe yee And aboue all these things put on loue Colos 3 14. which is the bond of perfectnes And let the peace of God rule in your verse 15. harts to the which ye are called in one bodie and be yee thankfull Likewise ye yonger submit your selues 1 Pet 5 5. vnto the elders submit your selues euery man one to another decke your selues inwardly in lowlines of minde for GOD resisteth the proude and giueth grace to the humble Humble your selues therefore vnder the 1 Pet 5 6 mightie hand of God that hee may exalt you in due time Cast down your selues before the Lord Iames 4 10 and hee will lift you vp §. 7. Submit your selues saith S. Peter vnto 1 Pet. 3 13 14. all maner ordinaunce of man for the Lords sake vvhether it be vnto the King as vnto the Superiour or vnto Gouernours as vnto them that are sent of him for the punishment of euill dooers and for the praise of them that doe well Yea Let euery soule be subiect vnto the Rom 13 1 2. higher Powers for there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordained of God Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receiue to themselues condemnation Be subiect then to the principalities Titus 3 1 powers be obedient and ready to euerie good worke For obedience is better then sacrifice 1 Sam 15 22 23. and to harken is better then the fatte of Rammes But rebellion is as the sinne of vvitchcraft transgression is wickednes and idolatry §. 8. Obedience saith Plotinus is an incomparable Plotinus vertue and due both to God and man that is to say first and cheefely vnto God secondly vnto the Prince and so consequently vnto all other Magistrates that by him are placed in authoritie For as the Prince beeing placed onely Virgilius by the prouidence of God in the highest seate of honour oweth equall iustice and meeke conuersation to all his subiects so ought the people to owe dutifull obedience to their Prince in reuerencing his person and fulfilling his commaundements And hee that rightly obeyeth his superiour Cyrill by his good ensample instructeth his inferiour Also hee that