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spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	spiritual_a	7,986	5	6.3875	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09949	A sermon preached at Eggington in the county of Darby concerning the right vse of things indifferent, the 3. day of August, 1596. By Symon Presse minister there.	Presse, Symon, b. 1558 or 9.	1597 (1597)	STC 20207; ESTC S102087	9,747	29

conversed The seconde hee drewe from the dispositiō of the lord who is more delighted with mercy shewed in the conversion of a sinner then with all other sacrifices And the third argument hee draweth from the end of his office which was to call sinners to repentance Math 9.12.13 Wherefore in such cases wee may lawfully keepe company with sinners without hurt vnto our selues and with much profit vnto them Otherwise wee ought to obserue the genērall doctrine to bee curious of the place and persons with whome wee keepe company lest we hurt our selues and doo them no good And thus much of the fourth observation Shall not the conscience of him that is weake bee boldened to eate c. Our Apostle foreseeing that small offences woulde grieue and perplex the weake admonisheth the Corinthians to haue a special regard not to trouble such cōsciēces with the abusing of their knowledge Frō hence we learne that such as make conscience of every thing which they do must circumspectly bee dealt with lest they bee led out of the way or bee driven to dispaire by a matter of it selfe of small importance For there are some that yeeld thēselues so humbly vnto the word preached that when any thing is denounced their harte melteth their flesh trembleth And though it bee not applyed by the preacher yet they apply it very strictly vnto them selues And if any fault whereof they are guilty be amplified or a comfort not presently ministred they are in the horrors of death brought almost into desperation Now because these are the best people and the nearest to the kingdome of God Psal 51.17 Isa 66.2 Math. 11.28 We ought to bee most carefull of them and to remoue all stumbling blockes out of their way As for example if they haue a great zeale but not according to knowledg we must gently and charitably instruct them without wrangling disputations As wee are taught him that is weake in the fayth receiue vnto you but not with controversies of disputations Rom. 14.1 And if hee by the subtlety of Sathan bee prevented with a fault as who is free from falling we must not aggravate or amplify the same but follow that rule which the holy ghost teacheth Brethren if a man bee fallen by occasion into anye fault yee which are spirituall restore such a one by the spirit of meekenes cōsidering thy selfe lest thou also be tempted Beare yee one an others burthen so fulfill the lawe of Christ Gal. 6.1.2 Wee which are strong ought to beare the infirmities of the weake and not to please our selues Rom. 15.1 For if it bee David that hath sinned tell him but of it and hee will confesse it and be woe at the heart for it thou needest not to dwell much vpon it And if it be Peter that hath donne amisse let Christ but lacke backe vpon him hee will goe out forthwith and weepe bitterly Therefore such tender consciences must choisely bee dealt withall lest they be swallowed vp of over much sorrowe And thus much of the fift observation Those things that are offered vnto Idoles Our Apostle in these wordes maketh it evident that there is a 2. fold eating of that which is sacrificed vnto Idols For one man hath knowledge and thereby is instructed that the meate which hee eateth hath beene sacrificed to Idoles yet is neither bettered nor made worse thereby An other man that wanteth knowledge maketh conscience of the meate and thinketh that it is much bettered by the sacrificing and so his conscience being weake is defiled Therfore the Apostle restraineth the former from vsing his liberty vntill the latter be further instructed in the right vse of such things From whence we may draw this doctrine that a man who either hath or wanteth knowledge may by the vndiscreete cariage of himselfe in the vse of things indifferent make that sinne which God hath neither commanded nor forbidden in his worde Hee that hath knowledge may sinne one way that is by vsing his liberty to the offence of an other christian that is weake Vnto him therefore it must often be inculcated destroy not the worke of God for meate-sake All things indeede are pure but it is evil for the man that eateth with offence It is good neither to eate fleshe nor to drinke wine nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or made weake Rom. 14.20.21 Therefore he offendeth God that wittingly and willingly giveth offence vnto the weake by the vsing of things indifferent Now he that wanteth knowledge may offende in the vse of thinges indifferent three waies First if he vse the same vnto an other end thē for which it was ordained of God As if a man vse this meate refuse that vse this garment and refuse that thinking therby to please God he indeede sinneth against him For hee must vnderstand that the kingdom of God is not meate and drinke but righteousnesse peace ioy in the holy ghost For whosoeuer in these things serveth Christ is acceptable vnto God and approved of men Rom. 14.17.18 For every creature of God is good and none to be refused if it bee received with giuing of thankes 1. Tim. 4.4 Wherefore he that inventeth an holyer vse of Gods creatures then that wherunto they were ordained doth as it were set God to schoole than which what can be more malapartly done Isa 40.13.14 secondly they that want knowledge may offende in the vse of things indifferent thus as if they haue a resolute opinion that the vse of such things offendeth God and yet will goe on in the practise thereof against their owne conscience they indeede grevously offend against God For to him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane to him it is vncleane Rom. 14.14 And if a mans owne conscience condemne him of disobedience who can absolue him 1. Io. 3.20 And thirdly hee that wanteth knowledge may offend his God thus when hee proposeth a thing by himselfe to bee done and doubteth whether hee shall doe well or ill in the doing of the same yet for some outward respect hee puts the same thing in execution For hee that doubteth is condemned if hee eate because hee eateth not of fayth And whatsoever is not of faith is sinne Rom. 14.23 Therefore in the name of Christ Iesus let both strong and weake looke warely to their actions that they offend neither God their weake bretheren nor their owne consciences And thus much of the first parte The second part contayneth the reasons to mooue men to bee circumspect in the cariage of themselues in the matter of things indifferent Whereof the first is this that hee that omitteth this dutie shall cause him to perish for whome Christ died verse 11. the second extendeth it selfe vnto the persecuting of Christ Iesus for whatsoever is donne vnto any one of his church he taketh as donne vnto himselfe vers 12. And last of all hee that omitteth this duty opposeth himselfe against Pauls resolution who was guided by the spirit of God And thus much at this time Let vs pray c.