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A sermon preached at North-Hampton the 21. of Iune last past, before the Lord Lieutenant of the county, and the rest of the commissioners there assembled vpon occasion of the late rebellion and riots in those parts committed
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Wilkinson, Robert, Dr. in Divinity.
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who thrust vpon the faith of men dreames and fables and meere traditions which is saith Theodoret like the Theodoret. quest 9. in Leuit. sinne of Araons sonnes to bring strange fire vpon the Altar Leuit. 10. but he answereth him by ScriptuÌ„ est It is written if it be not written it is sure no matter of faith but men may choose whether they wil beleeue it or no but if it be written men must beleeue it and build their faith their soules and saluation vpon it for therefore yee erre saith Christ because yee know not the scriptures Mat. 22. but he that knoweth them knoweth also all needful wisdom in them for speake we of matters of faith Fidem Imperator queris saith Hilary to Constance Hilar ad Constant the Emperor Seeke yee to know the faith then must ye vnderstand it not by any new or late writings but by the bookes of God Or seeke yee to know which is the true catholique church Nullo modo cognoscitur nisi tantummodo per scripturas there is no Chrisost homil super Math. 46. way to know it saith S. Chrysost but only by the scriptures or groweth ther any doubt or controuersie of opinion in the church we may say to one another as S. Austin to Aug. contra Maximin lib. 3. ca. 14. Maximinus the Arrian Nec ego NicenuÌ„ tibi nec tu mihi Ariminense debes proferre conciliuÌ„ c. neither wil I obiect to you the couÌ„cell of Nice nor shall you to me the councell of AriminuÌ„ but let the Scriptures end it for eueÌ„ our enemies being iudges wheÌ„ it is in question whether such a thing bee lawfull or no Ad sacram paginaÌ„ recurrenduÌ„ est we must haue recourse to th' holy scriptures saith Stella sup Luc. 6. 3. because in them we may find Sufficienter et veraciter both sufficiently truly Omnia que ad salutem sunt necessaria euen al things whatsoeuer are needfull to saluation saith Bonauentura de profectu religiosor lib. 1. cap. 6. both these men being Friers and fautors of the church of Rome and yet against the church of Rome maintaining sincerely the sufficiencie of the scriptures Therefore these are the weapons of our warfare scriptum est the word of God saith S. Paul is the sword of the spirit Ephes 6. yea this is the sword of the Lord and of Gedeon The substance of this answer is that Man liueth not by bread only but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God The place is found Deut. 8. 3. where Moses exhorting the Israelits in al their wants to depend vpon the prouidence of God putteth them in mind how that being in the wildernes where was neither bread nor water yet were they neither famisht with want nor yet compelled to vse vnlawfull means for their reliefe but they had a bread which they knew not euen Manna sent from heauen as in a tipe to shew that mans life is maintained not by the means of bread nor by the fruitfulnesse of the earth but from the house of Prouidence that is from heauen and this doth Christ oppose as an answer to the Diuil wherin 2. things may be distinctly considered First that man liueth by bread and then secondly that he liueth not by bread onely that is that God hath appointed man to liue by means yet he hath not tied his life vnto the meanes That man liueth by bread is inferred out of the very text for euen where he saith Not by bread onely it followeth of necessitie that amongst other meanes yet by bread for one there be in these words three things likewise to be considered First the subiect of God prouidence which is Man secondly the eâ—d of Gods prouidence that man must liue and thirdly the meanes of his prouidence that he must liue by bread For the first the diuil indeed propounded very cunningly a question concerning the sonne of God If thou bee the sonne of God command c which yet Christ neither denieth nor affirmeth himselfe to bee but cleane beside the matter answereth of man maÌ„ liueth not sure Christ was not bound to giue direct answer to such an aduersary who came not to bee satisfied but to deceiue and therfore to dazell and amaze him the more he answereth him at randome where he asked him of the sonne of God he answereâ—h him of man and to let him see withal what account God did make of maÌ„ whom he in tempting the sonne of God sought fundamentally to ouerthrow And surely man is a great marke in Gods eie for God made man printed his owne image in maÌ„ made the world for man ordained the Angels to gard man was borne for man and in the end dyed for man that Dauid breakes out into admiration VVhat is man that thou art so mindfull of him or the Sonne of man that thou regardest him Psal 8. Onely man to man is vile and of no account man is Anthropomastix one man the greatest scourge plague of another Man liueth sayth Christ therefore prouision is here made for man which may sustaine in this place a two-fold opposition first with the beasts and brute creatures before which in Gods prouidence Man is euer preferred then secondly with particular men for Man is not here taken for this or that man but for Humanum genus Man for all mankind so it standeth with reason that the whole kinde be evermore preferred before any one or a few cormorants in their kinde If yee speak of the beasts surely to that question of S. Paul Doth God take care for Oxen. 1. Cor. 9. We may answer affirmatiuely yes sure euen for Oxen and for sheep for so saith Dauid Psal 36. Thou Lord dost saue Man and Beast yea and for little birds too whereof two are sold for a farthing Deut. 22. 6 euen the great God hath made protectiue lawes that man should not deale vnmercifully with them yet we must take this withall that whatsoeuer God hath done for the beasts yet is it not for their owne sakes principally but for mans for whose vse and seruice they were created not for them selues and is it not then vnnaturall thinke ye to see a man put out to put in a beast and men turned out to bring in sheepe whereas God created the earth for men and not for sheepe therefore if ye will maintaine large pastures and stock them with sheepe then remember what God saith by the mouth of Ezechiel The sheepe of my pasture are men Eze. 34. 31. yea and we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture Psal 100. and the image of God in one man is more worth then all the sheep in the world and it is time yea high time to speake of this the text of it already being written in bloud and no maruell if they which feele it runne madde and wild vpon it since wee which but see it are so