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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B11278	The principle of all principles concerning religion. Or The summe of certaine sermons prooving the scriptures to be the very VVord of God.	Byfield, Adoniram, d. 1660.	1624 (1624)	STC 1021.5; ESTC S115754	21,438	69

his so wonderfull preservation Now it is time to proceede to the testimony of Scriptures Reason 4 But first I will answer this question Is the testimony which the Scriptures giue to themselues of sufficient credit Yes For the same reasons wherewith Christ m ●ohn 1.13.14.17.18 iustified the record which he bare of himselfe 1 We know from whence the Scriptures came even frō Gods spirit n Pet. 1.20.21 2 The Father as we haue proved is a witnesse therefore the testimony of two is true and consequētly of credit Now Christ saith o ●hn 5.39 The Scriptures that is the old Testament which were before Christ testifie of me If of Christ then of his Word that is his Gospell For the woman of Samaria could tell p ●●hn 4.25 that the Messiah that is Christ when he came should tell vs all things It may be she had heard that Moses prophecyed of Christ who was to be heard in all things q Acts 7. ●● Besides Christ is the corner stone of the foundation that is doctrine as of the Apostles so of the Prophets Therefore the Prophets giue testimony to Christ and his word As Moses and the Prophets that is the old Testament giue testimony to Christ and his word which is the doctrine of the new Testament So Christ in those words Iohn 5.39 doth giue an honourable testimony to the old Testament saying In them ye thinke to haue eternall life And two of the chiefe Apostles giue likewise testimony to the old Testament For Peter sayth r 2 Pet. 1. ● Wee haue a most sure word of the Prophets Here Prophets as Eph 2.20 is put for the whole old Testament And Paul sayth ſ 2 Tim. 3● The whole Scripture is given by inspiration Whereby the old Testament without doubt is signified the new Testament may be vnderstood Having finished this course of Testimonies to the word by way of imitation as well as I can I am now to shew how the other three grounds doe proue this ●●ason 5. The first is There is a God to be worshipped therefore there is a word of God to be beleeved There be many Gods so called t Cor. 8.5 Every one hath his prescribed worship whereby he is honoured according to his owne minde as Saturne had his Saturnalia and drunken Bacchus his Bacchanalia Yea the Scriptures intimate as much u ●cts 7.43 Moloch had his tabernacle and Remphan his Starre So that the true God forbiddeth his people x ●eut 12.30 to enquire how other Nations serue their Gods Now can we think that our great and onely true God is lesse zealous of his glory then false Gods be of their supposed honour Heathen men concluded otherwise For when they heard that the Samaritans were devoured by Lyons they deemed the cause was Not worshipping the God of the Land after his owne manner y 2 King 17.25.26 God hath made all things for his owne sake yea even the wicked for the day of evill z Prov. 16. that he may be glorified as by all things made so by the lust condemnatiō of the wicked Therefore he hath given a Word that by holy Worship according to it he may be glorified For by such worship especially is He glorified a Levn 10.2.3 and therefore the Glory departed from Israel when the Arke before which Israel worshipped was taken by the Philistims b 1 Sam. 4. ● Exod. 33. So that God did iustly forsake the Gentiles because when they knew him by his Workes of Creation c Rom. 1. c. they did not glorifie him as God by worshipping him according to his will That this consequence may yet better appeare to be good it is to be duely observed that immediately after God in the Decalogue d Exod. 20 3● required Worship as due to him onely he commandeth that worship to be according to his word and not by mans inventions And that where God forbiddeth to inquire how other Nations serue their Gods e Deut. 12.30.32 he commandeth to take heed to his Word And lastly that when God commanded his people to sanctifie him he presently commanded to binde vp the Testimony f Isa 8.13.16 and to seale vp the Law among his Disciples For indeed no Booke doth so glorifie God as doth the Bible therefore it is the true Word of God g Ioh. 7.18 All that is said being well considered this consequence is good There is a God to wit Iehovah therefore there is a Word of God viz The olde and new Testament The other ground Reason 6 and consequence is this There is a Resurrection of the iust and vniust to be expected therefore there is a Word of God that is the Scriptures to be beleeved For howsoever Cicero held the Immortalitie of the soule yet the Athenian Philosophers deemed the resurrection of the bodie to be an vnheard of point h Act. 17 1●.32 For indeed it is an Article of Christian faith and not a Tenet of naturall reason So that the Sadduces though Iewes reiected it i Mat. 22.33 Therfore if it be an Article of Faith then the Scriptures being the only booke that doth clearely avouch and proue it must needs be the word of Faith Againe Why must there be a Resurrection That the iust may arise vnto life and the vniust vnto condemnation k Ioh. 5.29 For the last day is The day of the generall declaration of the iust iudgement of God l Rom. 2.5 Dan. 12 2● Now that God may appeare iust when he iudgeth it is requisite that he make his Will knowne by his Word For where no Law is there is no transgression m Rom. 4.15 Therefore saith Christ If I had not come and spoken to them they should not haue had sinne n Ioh. 15.22 but now they haue no cloake for sinne The Gentiles had not the Law o Rom. 2.12.14.15 how can they be iudged Yes because they haue the effect of the Law written in their hearts The third ground Reason 7 and consequence is this There is a Conscience to be tendered therefore there is a Word of God to be beleeved For the Spirit of God which speaketh in the Scriptures so inlightneth the mindes of Gods people that the Word worketh vpon their Consciences That as face answereth face in Water p Prov. 27.19 So where the Spirit of the Lord is there is such libertie q Cor. 3.17 that is Freedome from the vaile over our hearts that we behold as in a glasse the glory of the LORD with open face and are changed into the same image So that the Apostle doth presently affirme r And 4.1.2 That having this Ministry he did not handle the Word deceitfully but in declaration of the truth he approoved himselfe to every mans Conscience In another place ſ ● T●es 4.8 he thus writeth He that despiseth these things despiseth not man but God who

another example wherein yee may see both the Wisdome of the flesh and obedience of Faith Naaman was directed ſ King 5.10 12.13.14 by a messenger from Elisha to wash himselfe in Iordan for cure of his leprosie He went away murmuring But perswaded by his servants to haue due regard of the Prophets word he obeyed and was cured Hereby are condemned 1 rebellious hearers of the word who say The word which thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the Lord wee will not heare t Ier. 44.16 but we will doe what we thinke good and as our Princes and Fathers before vs haue done 2 Presumptuous hearers who blesse themselues in their hearts u Deut. 29 1●.2● when they heare iudgements out of the word against their sinnes and so adde drunkennesse to thirst but God will not be mercifull to such 3 Hypocriticall hearers who call one vpon another x Ezek. 33.30.31 to heare the word and sit before the Preacher as reverently as others but they make a iest of it and will not obey it And 4 such as pretend obedience to the word out of a sudden flash of zeale like the young man y Mark 10.17.21.22 who came running and kneeling to Christ to know what he might doe for eternall life But when Christ bad him sell and giue all to the poore and follow him hee went away sorrowfull for he was rich So many when the word reprooveth them for drunkennesse are grieved for the present confesse it is their sinne and wish they could leaue it but they doe not I haue told you of some to be condemned for not beleeving and of others for not obeying the word as the word of God Now I must tell you of the Antichristian Synagogue of Rome which shamefully offendeth in both those respects in taking the second Commaundement out of the Decalogue as hath beene said contrary to the expresse word of God who giveth this peremptorie charge a Deut. 12.32 Whatsoever I commaund you take heede you doe it Thou shalt put nothing thereto nor take ought there-from If the Papists did beleeue the word as the word of God durst they thus abuse ignorant people God deliver vs from vnreasonable and evill men b Thes 3.2 for all men haue not faith Now why doe they this Even because they are so addicted to Idolatry that despising the censure of Christ Mat. 5.19 they will neither obey this word of God themselues c Mat. 5 1● nor suffer the people to obey it in not worshipping Images For they feare that if it were published in their Catechismes the people would in time abhorre that babish and Babylonish Idolatry observing how precisely that commandement forbiddeth the worshipping of Images and how iealous God is thereof And the more when they know and consider that the whole Decalogue was written twice in Tables of Stone d Exod. 3.18 and 3● and 20 1● with the finger of God which argueth the perpetuitie thereof and that the Commandement forbidding worshipping of Images is twice recorded by the Spirit e Deut. 5. as the second of the ten Commandements spoken by God himselfe But I pray you take knowledge of most damnable cousenage viz. Because the Scriptures say expressely that God wrote ten Commandements in the two Tables ●eut 10.4 and the people generally know that there must be ten Commandements they divide the tenth Commandement and make Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife the ninth and Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house c. the tenth Note further I pray you as cousenage so grosse absurditie For the Commandement consisteth onely in these words Thou shalt not covet So that it is absurd to say that there be so many Commandements as there be obiects of coveting mentioned as Oxe Asse c. Were it not absurd to make two Commandements of the fifth because therein be mentioned two obiects viz. Father and Mother of Honour the dutie commanded If it be sayd that Honour is but once commanded whereas Coveting is twice forbidden yea so as that Coveting a neighbours wife is first forbidden as if there were a kinde of respect to the seaventh Commandement and Coveting a neighbours house is forbidden afterward as if there were a kinde of respect to the eight Commandement I answer All yet is but Coveting which is twice vrged because more knowledge should be taken of the Commandement For if Paul had not knowne Lust to be a sinne g Rom. 7. ● had not this Commandement forbidden it how would others haue knowne it But further I answere That howsoever indeed not-coveting a wife be first set downe Deut. 5.21 yet not-coveting an house is first set downe Exod. 20.17 Which sheweth that not-coveting house wife c. is forbidden by one and the same Commandement Haue not we cause to thanke God that we are delivered from Popery which is the Mystery of iniquitie Here it may be some will grant that the Word spoken by God or Christ who was God as well as man h ●ath 1.23 is to be beleeved and obeyed absolutely without any doubting or questioning But they thinke that the doctrine of others is not so to be beleeved and obeyed Let such remember that God approoved the minde of the people desiring that GOD would speake to them no more himselfe i 〈◊〉 5.25.26.27.28 and promising to heare and doe whatsoever God shall speake vnto them by his servant Obiect It may be it will be replied Yea we grant that Moses Prophets and Apostles sent immediately from God or Christ their words are to be beleeved and obeyed absolutely But so are not the Sermons of Preachers in these times Indeed Ans the Persons of ordinary Pastors and Teachers are not sent immediately from God or Christ as were the persons of Prophets and Apostles But their Ministery it selfe was immediately k 1 Cor. 12. ● ordeined by Christ wherevnto they having fit gifts for the same are called by the voyce of the Church l Acts. 14 2● and therefore to be esteemed as Ministers of Christ m 1 Cor. 16.10.11 For they performe the same ordinary worke of the Ministery in disposing the Mysteries of God vnto the aedification of the Church which the Apostles did Therefore the Apostle exhorteth Gods people n Heb. 13 1● to obey which implyeth hearing and beleeving such as had the charge of their soules If then people are to esteeme their Pastors and Teachers as the Ministers of Christ they must as did Cornelius o Acts. 10.3.33 presume that they will Preach the Word of GOD and be prepared accordingly to heare which implyeth beleeving and obeying I grant that the doctrine of Pastors and Teachers be they never so learned and faithfull is subiect to errour whereas the Prophets and Apostles delivered an infallible truth therefore people may the more diligently so it be with humilitie try the Spirits ● Ioh. 4.1 But if the truth of Gods Word