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A49809	Dagon's fall before the Ark, or, The smoak of the bottomless pit scoured away by the breath of the Lords mouth, and by the brightness of his coming written primarily, as a testimony for the Lord, his wisdom ... : secondarily, as testimony against the old serpent his wisdom, which is foolishness with God ... : wherein as in a glass, teachers in schools and colledges may see their concern, neither Christian nor warrantable / by Thomas Lawson.	Lawson, Thomas, 1630-1691.	1679 (1679)	Wing L724; ESTC R226480	38,604	101

by Charles the great from Rome to Paris about the year 791. Thus Cambridge was made an University by King Sigebert of the Romish Faith and the Lectures there were begun by four Monks Fryer Ode read Grammar Tericus read Aristotles Logicks Fryer William read Tullies Rhetorick Dilsebert read Divinity to them on Sundays and Saints days so called About the year 895. King Alfred through the perswasion of Monk Neotus made Oxford a publick University and appointed Maintenance for the Professors of Learning there as saith Georg. Lilius in Chron. Britt After both these places of Literature were made or confirmed Universities in Edward the first his time by the Court of Rome as Robert Remington affirms The very names of the Colledges discover their Founders as Christs Colledge Jesus Colledge Immanual Colledge Trinity Colledge Corpus Christi that is Christs body Colledge and one in Oxford for the help of all dead Souls and for their rescue out of Purgatory called All Souls Colledge Now how these Collegians shew forth the Spirit of Christ by their Fruits and how their deportment is to such as in faith and patience wait for the Kingdom of Christ and the righteousness thereof or whether they be as the Lilie among the Thorns or as the Thorns Heave another pen to discover Universities to gain the greater profit to themselves give divers Degrees and Titles as Bachelors of Arts Masters of Arts Bachelors of Divinity Doctors of Divinty whereby saith Dell they gain Honour Reverence and Reputation among all that are under the delusion of Antichrist true it is a principio non it a fuit 'T was not so from the beginning till the Star fell from Heaven to Earth and the smoak arose out of the Pit darkening Sun and Air these things were not in seven years in Universities they are Masters of Art as an Apprentice is Master of his Trade having served seven years Papists made their Ministers in these places as the Protestants do now the Philosophy there taught now is the same that the Heathen Roman Emperors set up they caused to be taught Grammar and Logick and most of the seven Arts as now The Vicechancellor admitting a Bachelor of Divinity to his Degree uses these words We admit thee to preach all the Apostolical Epistles in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Spirit But Admitting a Doctor of Divinity to his Degree he saith We admit thee to preach all the Sacred Scriptures both of the Old and of the New Testament in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit cap. 20. de Ceremoniis in gradibus conferendis Zuinglius In the Primitive times such as were called of the Lord they waited for Heavenly Abilities to be capacitated to beget others into the life of Righteousness and to build them up in the most holy Faith they did not ambitioussy affect Titles out of the God-serving life the Pharisees were guilty of this as formal Christians were After the ingress and inrode of Apostasy Zuinglius on Matth. 23. said Thou heare herest that the Titles of Masters and Doctors are not of God because Christ forbids this thing and those Titles that are not of God nor of Christ they are of Antichrist so to be denyed by such as are branches of the true Vine Further Wilson in his Compleat Christian Dictionary said that ambitious seeking after Titles ought to be eschewed Obj. In the Apostles days there were several Titles as Evangelists Apostles Prophets Pastors Doctors Ans True it is but these and the rest made use of or mentioned in the New Testament were significant names names of Office befitting and expressing the work they were called unto and concerned in as I might particularize as for Doctor it might more properly be translated Teacher so a name of Office Wicklif touching this thing said a name of Office differs much from the name of a School Degree brought in by the Heathen Wicklif in sermone domini in Monte. While the Primitive purity Life Power Faith and Order was kept he that ministred he was to do it out of the ability which God gave 1 Pet. 4.11 The power of the Ministry was derived from the pure Spring of Divine ability but this ability being lost Schools were erected Heathen Learning was entertained where men are qualified now for the Ministry this muddy lake open in Rome-Heathen steamed into Apostatised Rome-Christian drunk up in Protestant Countreys and Kingdoms now To draw to a Conclusion you Teachers of Schools and Colledges it being that the specious Fabrick of the World being finished God looked upon every thing that he had made and behold it was very good Gen. 1.31 were it not more God-like more Christian-like to instruct Youth in the knowledge of God whom to know is life Eternal and in the knowledge of his works being very good and useful and necessary things then in the knowledge of Heathen Arts and Sciences brought in by the Serpent which in every Age and Generation the holy men of God yea and such as have lived in the midnight of Apostasie with some glimpses of Divine light in their Goshen bare Testimony against as the fore-mentioned Testimonies with others that might have been subjoyned sufficiently evidence David in the wisdom of God said The works of the Lord are wonderful sought out of all them that have pleasure therein Psal 111.2 Such as have pleasure in the Lord cannot but have pleasure in his works Now you that make Heathenism your concern you neither have pleasure in the Lord nor in his works which are very good Further David in the consideration of the Lord broke out saying Lord how manifold are thy works in wisdom thou hast made them all the earth is full of thy riches so is the great and wide Sea also wherein are things creeping innumerable both small and great beasts Psal 104.24 25. If man should live the days of Mathuselah who lived 969. years yet is the Lord the Book of life and the Book of Creation sufficient for his observation I tell you in downright Tearms the Lord made man to eye him and his Creation but the Serpent dislocating man brought him to eye him and his products and all Heathen Authors Poems Comedies Tragedies Fables spoiling Philosophy Pagan Ethicks Physicks and Metaphysicks are the products of the Serpent so see what you do and where you are Rainold in his Orations said he is to be accounted a wise man who knows things that are profitable not he that knows many things Now if Languages must be Learned were it not more Christian like that out of Latin c. Books for that purpose provided Children and Youth read the Natures of Trees Birds Beasts Fish Serpents Infects Earths Metals Salts Stones Vulgar and Precious as also rules for Gardening Agriculture Grazing of Cattel Buildings Navigation Arithmatick Geography Chronology sound History Medicine knowledge in Law Improvement of Lands Chirurgery Traffick Government ordering of Bees

those lying lips which deceived Adam and Eve and all the inventions thereof even to the mouth of God the Well-spring of pure wisdom savoury knowledge and sound understanding Thus Moses being brought to that mouth which taught Adam and Eve in the state of innocency he streamed out Heavenly eloquence saying My doctrine shall drop as the rain my speech shall distill as the dew as the small rain upon the tender herb and as the showers upon the grass Deut. 32.2 No prophane Arts nor Sciences no Egyptian Mathematicks no Hieroglyphicks no Pagan Ethicks Physicks or Metaphysicks dropped out of his mouth Though Moses was excellent in the wisdom of the Egyptians yet he hath left us nothing thereof in writing nor encouraged any to learn the same Ambrose gives the reason of this because he had received Gods Spirit and Heavenly wisdom thereby so as Gods Servant was faithful in all his house he preserr'd Heavenly Truth before vain Earthly Philosophy and concern'd himself only in things whose tendency were to the furtherance of Faith Trapp on the Acts. Further Moses said unto Israel Exo 23.13 In all things that I have said unto you be circumspect and make no mention of the names of other gods neither let it be heard out of thy mouth He preached not up Egyptian learning nor the Egyptian gods nor any gods of the Heathen but to raze the memorial of them from off the face of the Earth saying make no mention of the names of other gods but Schools and Colledges shew forth another Spirit ringing with the names of Mars Bacchus Apollo and multitudes more which I forbear to mention Furthermore Moses speaking of the Statutes Judgments and Commandments of the Lord received from Heaven for the edification of Israel said Ye shall teach them to your children when thou sittest in thine house when thou walkest by the way when thou liest down when thou risest up Deut. 11.19 Here was Heavenly wisdom Statutes Judgments and Commandments received from the mouth of Eternity to be taught to Children not Egyptian Mathematicks Hieroglyphicks Ethicks Physicks Metaphysicks not lascivious Poems Comedies Tragedies Fables spoiling Philosophy wherewith Schools and Colledges though professing Christianity and Reformation now abound Further Moses said to Israel When thou art come into the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those Nations Deut. 18.9 Now it is sealed in my inward parts that Heathen Poems Pagan Philosophy foolish Comedies Tragedies Fables c. taught in the Schools of Christendom are abomination in the sight of the Lord though of high esteem among men and driven as it were vi armis by force of Arms into tender years Joshua grew up in the pure knowledge of the Lord received Heavenly wisdom walked in it prized it above the Gold of Ophir so was a true Philosopher God promised to be with him as he was with Moses Jos 1.5 he taught Israel not to be defiled with the abomination of the Heathen nor to make mention of the names of their gods Jos 23. so the Serpent and his inventions he fenced out Schools and Colledges now professing Christianity Scriptures and the Gospel teaching the abominable inventions of the Heathen are not come to Moses who forbad these things death reigns there I am easie to perswade saith Theophilus Gale that the old Egyptians learned many things of Joseph concerning the Soul and the originality immateriality immortality and state of it after death and not only from him but from the Patriarchs and from the writings of Moses they received many things which they stained with the excrements of their own inventions as 't is recorded As for saving knowledge pure understanding sound judgment these are derived from the Lord the Well-spring of life After that Joseph had given Pharoah advice concerning the ensuing Famine and other things Pharoah prized him above all the Wise-men of Egypt Sorcerers Magicians Inchanters saying Can we find such a one as this is a man in whom the Spirit of God is Further he said unto Joseph In as much as God hath shewed thee all this there is none so discreet and wise as thou art Gen. 41.38 39. Thus the wisdom and discretion received from the mouth of God was preferr'd before wisdom received otherwise Bezaleel was filled with the Spirit of God in wisdom in understanding and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship to work in Gold and in Silver and in Brass in cutting of Stones in carving of Timber for the building of the Tabernacle Exod. 31. Thus he was qualified from Heaven without Ethnick education so was a true Philosopher implying that such as under the Evangelical dispensation are appointed for the building up of the living Tabernacle Sons or Daughters their qualification for that work is from Heaven and not from below Solomon the Lord gave unto him a wise and understanding heart whereby he knew the Lord and had great understanding in the Lords Creation without Ethnick education he was a true Philosopher 1 Kings 3.12 he builded the Temple and overlaid it within with pure Gold 1 Kings 6. What implies this but that such as under the Gospel ministration are prepared for the building up of the Spiritual Temple be they Sons or Daughters their preparation is of the Lord and that he had a clear understanding of the Lords Creation is demonstrable from Scripture records for he spake of Trees from the Cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the Hysop that springeth out of the Wall he spake also of Beasts and of Fowl and of creeping things and of Fishes 1 Kings 1. his wisdom excelled all the wisdom of the East-Country and all the wisdom of Egypt so that the Queen of the South whom the Ethiopian Chronicles call Mackeda came from the uttermost parts of the Earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon who was so taken with the Heavenly wisdom that dropped out of his mouth that she could have been content to have changed her Throne for his Foot stool he sed her not with Ethnick Serpentine wisdom but with what was Spiritual and Divine Trapp on Matth. 12. Jehoshaphat taught no Pagan Philosophy no Heathenism but the perfect Law and pure Statutes of the Lord the Lord was with him 2 Chron. 17. Ezra caused no Pagan Philosophy no Heathenism no saln wisdom to be taught in Israel to old or young but going from Babylon to Jerusalem the good hand of God being upon him he sought the Law of the Lord and taught the Statutes and Judgments of the Lord in Israel Ezra 7. Now who neglect the wisdom from above and propagate Earthly Serpentine wisdom which is from below such are in Babylon not come to the Jerusalem which is above Job of the Land of Vz perfect and upright fearing God and eschewing evil he knew that his Redeemer lived in the wisdom of his Redeemer he knew the Lord and saw much into the Creation of the Lord so was a true