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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02036	Pauls crovvne of reioycing. Or The maner how to heare the word with profit. By Thomas Granger preacher of the word at Botterwike in Holland, neere Boston in Lincolnshire; Pauls crowne of rejoycing.	Granger, Thomas, b. 1578.	1616 (1616)	STC 12182; ESTC S114984	43,435	71

we consider the cause hereof it is no wonderfull or strange thing but naturall and common if wee could but reflect our eyes vpon our selues to see the things within vs as we doe the things without vs but it is giuen to very few to discerne the times and seasons by application of the true light to the same which maketh euery thing manifest as it is The cause heereof was the bewitching hypocrisie of the hart for howsoeuer they pretended religion deuotion and zeale and therein matched the Romish Iesuites yet was not the same truly rooted in their harts but pride ambition vaine-glory couetousnesse and enuy were deepely rooted and firmely setled therein which sinnes being coloured with fayre pretences of religion blinded not onely the eies of the world but euen their owne eyes that their religious titles prayers fastings almes and other outward works were but cloaked and coloured pride vaineglory couetousnes oppression and this true body namely their outward profession had not a true soule in it but an euill spirit or Deuill vsing this body deceitfully and craftily for his owne aduantage For this is the nature of the hypocriticall heart to transforme euen the best and holiest exercises of religion into the nature of it selfe that is to serue it selfe of them These holy Deuils of the Iewish Church retayning the bare names and liuelesse titles of their Iewish priuiledges as to be called the Israell of God the children of Abraham c. As also the outward ceremonies of the Law together with their owne ambitious traditions and gainfull dispensations but being of worldly hearts and spirits were so farre from the true knowledge and spirituall meaning of the Law of the types and ceremonies thereof as also of the Prophets as that they could not abide to heare the same sounding to their eares as strange and new doctrine for bare titles and the outward barke serued their turnes hauing no farther sauour of religion nor loue of the truth in them Therefore when Christ preached the Law and the Prophets spiritually which they professed and wherein they boasted carnally It was a hard preaching who could heare it Iohn 6. The Papist doth marueile at the stupidity and vtterly condemne the obstinacy of the Pharisees and Iewes for their contempt of the Gospell and shamefull intreatment of the sonne of God and for their hypocrisie pride couetousnesse enuy c. And the Friars and Iesuites in their Sermons worke vpon the passions of men to prouoke and inflame their hearts to an hatred of them for hating the Gospell and putting our blessed Sauiour to death Surely it is a wonderful thing to consider the darknesse of their hard hearts that they haue no sight at all in themselues of these things for which they vtterly condemne the Iewes being no lesse enemies of Christ then the Iewes The Pharisees holding and maintayning the true principles of the law and Prophets did in their Interpretations Expositions and speciall Applications swarue so far from the true meaning thereof through the darkenesse of their earthly hearts as they became vtter enemies of the truth therein contained for Christ was the truth the end and fulfilling thereof whom they pointed at and whom the Pharisees heard and saw speaking and fulfilling the same in their eyes and eares yet will they not be his Disciples but Moses Disciples Iohn 9. making Moses and Christ contrary whereas indeede they themselues were contrary to themselues for if they had knowne and professed Moses and the Prophets spiritually and truly then had they knowne Christ and beene his followers but being carnall professours they are vtter enemies of the truth which they professed Let common Protestants note this well Euen so in the very same manner the Romish Synagogue with the whole Antichristian rout houlding the true principles of the Gospell the olde and new Testament and the abridgements of the same to wit the Creede the Commandements and Lords prayer doe in their Interpretations Expositions Glosses and particular Applications of the word so farre and wide run astray from the true meaning thereof as they are vtter enemies of the truth persecuting the true professours of the same vnder the names of heretickes as the Iewes persecuted Christ vnder the name of a seducer and deceiuer The Pharisees built their false sect doctrines and deuotions vpon the true ground or principles of the Law and Prophets so doe the Romanists build their Antichristian Synagogue their false doctrines workes and deuotions vpon Christ the Prophets Euangelists and Apostles But heere is the cunning of the Deuill who as he sees God in his great wisdome to bring good good out of euill yea to turne all his Satanicall policies and deuises vpon his owne head and to worke himselfe glory out of his plot of dishonour and subuersion euen so on the contrary he bringeth euill out of good turning the truth of God into a lye yea vpon Gods truth and ordinance builds hee his owne kingdome but this bay and stubble built vpon the true foundation shall be burnt by the fire of Gods spirit 1 Cor. 3. 15. and the plant which he hath not planted shall wither away and be rooted out Math. 15. 13. Now seeing that they haue built a false Church vpon a true foundation soothing vp themselues in their outward priuiledges and liuelesse titles making their owne lawes doctrines traditions and innumerable deale of beggarly baggagement the rule of conscience and holy life put the case that Iesus Christ the onely truth were to come or that it should please his glorious Maiesty to come from heauen into the Church of Rome which professeth it selfe to be the onely and holy flocke of Christ in such manner as he came among the Iewes instructing and teaching the people euery where in truth sincerity and without partiality prouing his doctrine by the written word which themselues acknowledge and professe as hee did the Gospell among the Iewes by Moses and the Prophets and confirming the Doctrine with miracles as also conuincing and reprouing them for their Idolatry superstition false doctrine vaine ceremonies traditions godly lies wicked dispensations ambition pride tyranny cruelty excessiue couetousnesse extortion bribery and all the heathenish abhominations of that holy denne of theeues If I say that Christ were at Rome amongst them at this instant in such appearance life conuersation and doctrine as he was among the Iewes I demand what manner of intertainment should be giuen him And whether his word and doctrine should be receiued as the word of God or as the word of man whether it should be receiued as the trueth of God or reiected as heresie Euen as the King of Niniueth with the Princes Rulers Nobles and Commons beleeued the word of God spoken by Ionah layd his robe from him couered him with sackcloath and sate in ashes and proclaimed that neither man beast bullocke nor sheepe should feede or drinke water that man and beast should put on sackcloth and cry mightily vnto God and turne

parties hating the one and not louing the other What say you now being in this tune that you are in Put the case that Iohn the Baptist or Paul or Peter c. or any of the holy men of former times should come to Preach among you put the case that Iesus Christ himselfe should come I meane not working miracles nor discouering themselues but preaching and teaching in such manner as they did to the Iewes to other peoples when they liued on earth You say you would heare them follow them reuerence and honour them confesse your sinnes you would spend goods body and life for them you would cast all that you had at their feete and suffer your selues to But the manifest trueth is that Christ himselfe should finde no better entertainment than your Minister now doth nay farre worse for Christ vsed to speake to the spirits of men seeing hee knew the thoughts of their hearts and their secret sinnes and therefore would you persecute him with more deadly hatred Hee would not preach comfort I warrant you to obstinate and hard hearted Pharisees nor frame his speeches to the liking of their corrupt iudgments and earthly imaginations as you would haue your Minister to doe But you will say hee would be innocent harmelesse sinnelesse giuing none occasion no appearance of euill yea hee would stoppe the mouthes of the worst that they could not speake one euill word of him But by your leaue that is well spoken which is well taken and that is well done that is well construed If you be of froward dispositions and euill harts how would you take that at his hands which were contrary to you how would you being of ignorant and corrupt iudgements interpret his words and censure his doings It mattereth not onely who is the speaker and what is spoken but also who is the hearer and how it is heard The serpent can finde poison there where the Bee can finde no poyson but honey And I haue often heard them say that the cunning Alchymist can draw gall out of hony and hony out of gall you must therefore consider what heart and eares you haue I tell you plainely that vnlesse Christ should put new hearts into your bodies you would heare him no otherwise then you doe your owne Minister that cannot giue you new hearts And though hee be most holy yet would you esteeme him a sinner What I pray you said the proud and couetous Pharisees of him Hee is a glutton a drinker a common companion Matthew 11 19. A deceiuer Matthew 27. 63. A Sorcerer or worker with euill Spirits Matthew 9. 34. Hee hath a Deuill and is madde why doe you heare him Iohn 10 20. Hee is a Samaritane and is frantike Iohn 8. 48. They know that hee is a sinner Iohn 9. 24. yea his owne kinsmen layed hands on him supposing that hee was madde Mark 3. 21. How then I pray you would the proud couetous Pharisees in these daies receiue him How would prophane mockers heare him Euen worse then they doe your Minister or any other faithfull Pastor elsewhere For the more purely that the word of God is preached the more doth it dissent from the corrupt heart and more neerely searcheth it and makes sinners more sinfull working more forcibly in the conscience Heereupon the rebellious sinner presently seekes for false releefes ease and comforts and that is by returning all vpon the Minister hee is a Puritane hee is phantasticall precise indiscreete vncharitable now he speakes to himselfe for wee are no such men hee speakes out of pride malice enuy choller false information there 's none worse then himselfe such Christianity cannot be acted c. How I pray you did they censure Iohn the Baptist Hee hath a Deuill the Deuill is in him a grimme dogge a melancholy fellow 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. How then would you speake of him and of Christ If new wine be poured into olde vessells whosoeuer poures it in and howsoeuer it be poured in the vessels will burst And if a new peece be sewed to an old garment how good soeuer the peece be and how cunning soeuer the taylor be it will rent away part of the olde for the olde vessell cannot containe the new wine nor the olde rotten garment retaine the new cloath If the pure word of God from Christs owne mouth were applied to your olde fleshly and rotten hearts what containing or retaining would there be of it Againe so long as you are carnall how can you iudge of those things which are spirituall The naturall man cannot perceiue the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishnesse to him nothing sounds well to his eare but that which sauours of flesh and bloud And therefore many dainty eared men can away with none but with schollerlike Sermons The Word must sauor of humane wisedome and learning else there is no more taste in it than in water hee cannot abide to drinke it but if it hath sugar in it or be mixt with wine then for the sugar and wines sake hee drinks it off and commends it not simply but secundum quid But the pure word of God hath neither good taste nor good farewell it goeth downe either like water in the sottish or like wormewood and gall in the hard-hearted and malitious Iudge now I pray you how your froward rich men would heare receiue entertaine and welcome Iesus Christ in whom they say they beleeue whom they loue aboue all and by whom they hope to bee saued I feare that they which so greatly commend your fine man that preacheth more Greeke Latine and Hebrew then English and which are so delighted and comforted with his languages if Iesus Christ were preaching to them in such manner as hee did on the earth would hardly giue him friendly intertainement they would hardly all agree to make him a stipend or contribution I doubt some would giue him neuer a penny euen of them that are the most able Mataeolog I am no Scripture man I cannot answer you to euery thing but it will not sinke into my head but that we should all heare and obey Christ Though wee be bad enough as there is none good but God yet wee are not so bad I trust whatsoeuer you say I hope you are no Prophet it is hard for you to iudge what wee are much lesse can you tell what you would be Eulalus I perceiue well that you are no Scripture man for it appeares by you that that gift is not yet giuen to you neither doe you as yet desire it For it may be that you are afraid to be termed a Puritane or to be mocked of your friends companions and you loue not to be mocked Whereas you say that I am no Prophet It is enough for me that you are a Prophet in these things For I haue said nothing but that which you haue said and I build vpon your reason and common reason You said euen