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A86433	The growth and spreading of hæresie. Set forth in a sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons, on the 10th. day of March, being the day of their publike fast and humiliation for the growth of hæresie. / By Thomas Hodges, Minister of Gods Word, at Kensington. Published by order of the House of Commons.	Hodges, Thomas, 1599 or 1600-1672.	1647 (1647)	Wing H2315; Thomason E379_1; ESTC R201396	42,374	73

some sad and dismal ruine (d) Theodoret eccles hist. l. 3. c. 14. When Arrius was in the midst of his pomp and pride the hand of Heaven allots him a death-bed and death loathsome like his Opinion (e) Evagr. hist eccl l. 1. c. 7. Nestorius his tongue was eaten with worms Anastasius a great defender of the Eutychian heresie was smitten with a thunder-bolt (f) Palmerieteron Olympius who publickly detested the Trinity was struck with three lightnings whereby his body was burnt Yet however their bodyes speed most certainly they are alwayes destructive to their better part the soul (g) 1 Tim. 5.6 benighting their minds turning their light into darkenesse and leaving them to innumerable by wayes of (h) 2 Tim. 3.8 ruine and destruction Many times spoyling their (i) 2 Thess 2.10 11 12. 2 Tim. 4.2 Consciences of peace by overthrowing the very grounds and roots thereof as Christs satisfaction the comfortable doctrine of Justification by the Papists and Socinians which being taken away what is left to a poore distressed soule afflicted with the sight and sence of sinne a knife or halter the too too ordinary refuges of dark distracted minds But however an Erring mind may enjoy a seeming peace which for the most part is rather to be stiled sottish stupidity or carnal security then Christian tranquillity Yet alwayes answerable to the degree of falshood in the haeresie asserted there is a pollution and stain thereby derived to the person maintaining (c) Lev. 13.29 30 42 43 44. it Leprosie in the head as truly made a Leper as on any other part neither doth it rest in the head but as defluxions from the brain overthrow the stomach so haeresies corrupt the other faculties of the soul and frequently discover themselves in the filthy ungodly practises of those that entertain them Some haeresies directly militating against all piety in life and conversation as that of the Libertines of old who conceived that the distinction of Works into good and bad was but an invention of men and that no works were really bad in their own nature but were to be reckoned evil only so far forth as he that wrought them thought them so to be And in our dayes the Libertine assertions that so much prevaile upon unstable spirits as That there is no resurrection of the flesh That the works which are wrought by the body shall never be accounted for That God is the author of evill works as well as of good That men are freed that believe from obedience to the Moral Law and the like Thus haeresies (d) 1 Tim. 6.5 corrupt mens minds destroy good Conscience pollute their Lives rob them of beauty peace piety indeed all reall spirituall worth As rottennesse in an apple or a flaw or cloud in a precious stone so far as these prevail all real value ceases so we may justly assert that look how far haeresie prevails so far forth the spirit of such a one is little yea nothing worth (o) 2 Tim. 2.20 making them vessels of wood stone dishonour (p) Cypr. l. 3. ep 3. l. 4. ep 2. Aug. l. 3. de bap cont Donatist c. 18 19 c. so Cyprian Austin and divers others understand that place in Timothy concerning such kinde of persons as these But that which is worst of all the height of misery and dregs of vengeance (q) Gal. 5.20 21. The nature and necessary consequent of Haeresie unrepented of is to deprive the soul of happinesse And most certainly though it may bring a man into an imaginary sensual heaven like that of Demaes here yet will it bring them if obstinately persisted in into a (r) 2 Thess 2.10 11. hell hereafter And however they may blaze and shine in the opinion of their own Faction or others here St. Peter tells you like shooting gliding meteors there is an eternal (s) 2 Pet. 2.17 Jude 13. night of darknesse abides them in the other world for ever Vse 1 See then I beseech you worthy Senators in what rank to reckon them that patronize plead for or seek a Toleration of Haeresies of you or that would tie your hands from executing judgement upon Hereticall seducers of the people or from preventing the growth or extirpating of so banefull and pernicious a weed as Haeresie is What would they ingage you in the guilt of soules or the ruine of Church and State which you seek to preserve The Lord rebuke thee Satan who hath pulled these men as a brand out of the fire Look therefore I beseech you upon such as men That care not for your reputation though you leave your names for a curse and by-word to posterity Regard not your security Have no bowels of pity to poor soules Are void of Publikenesse of spirit Not regarding to see Jerusalem in prosperity nor peace upon Israel But as an Antidote against their oratory I beseech you consider the greatnesse of your trust for the Peoples safety the strictnesse of your Covenant-engagement the frequencie of your Declarations and Remonstrances against them your Replies to reproaches that have been cast upon you as if you favoured them And lastly I beseech you consider the ruining and destroying nature of Heresie to Church Commonwealth Souls Bodies (t) Cant. 2.14 Therefore take us the Foxes the little Foxes that spoile the Vines Vse 2 I beseech you take notice 'T is no small judgment for a people to be (u) 2 Thess 2.10 11. given up to believe a lye to be so far deserted by God as that Heresies should prevaile over them (w) 2 Tim. 2.26 'T is as the Devil would have it (x) 2 Thess 2.10.11 A trophie of his victory a signe of Indignation a Prognostick of Ruine (y) 2 Tim. 2.17 a deadly disease a mark of (z) Rev. 13.8 Reprobation a terrible shipwrack a certain ingulf of them in the (a) Rev. 14.9 10. participation of the saddest plagues and vengeance O how can we weep enough this day for the daughter of our people The Lords people are led captive the Church is ecclipsed and looks like a (b) Jer. 12.9 speckled bird amongst the nations The Commonwealth rotters Soules are defiled And hell is I feare too much filled with these Erring creatures We Ministers have need to weep for want of courage watchfulnesse zeal Christ may complain of us as (c) Euseb eccl hist l. 3 c. 20. St. John did of that Bishop I have made a sweet keeper of my brothers soul You Magistrates had need to weep for want of (d) Vt laudanda patientia sic timendum ne culpetur in nimium tolerandis negligentia Aug. serm 14. de verb. Apost Warmth Heedfulnesse Expedition and for your cruel mercy towards Seducers Are not you stiled (e) Psal 47.9 Sheilds (f) Nch. 9.27 Saviours (g) Isa 44.18 Shepherds (h) Isa 49 23. Nursing Fathers to Church and State And God forbid you should be

prevalent with wise and affectionate Parents then at this time wherein if death takes us away we are like to leave them without Heavens protection to be a prey to the worst of mischiefs these damnable Errors What profit I beseech you is it if now you have foiled our Enemies the worst of enemies foile ours and lead them captive into a worse captivity then that of the body is or can be In Plague-time you are carefull to keep the sound and sick asunder you have appointed distinguishing marks and badges And in this worst of plagues will you suffer them to herd together Have pity I beseech you on the Church of God abroad whose affliction it will be to see and danger to feel the sad effects of Haeresie if like that woman in the * Zach. 5.11 Prophet it be suffered to build for it self a house in England Have pity I beseech you on the Church of God at home Once the greatest eye-sore to Haereticks envy of Papists refuge to the Orthodox glorious for Doctrine a praise in the Earth the mother of many Stars of the first magnitude famous Martyrs faithfull Confessors and innumerable soules in Heaven Have compassion on your selves your honour and reputation Your outward and inward peace and tranquillity your truth and fidelity under the profession of so many Declarations Remonstrances and Ordinances which I forbear to specifie are all deeply concerned in this And lastly have pity upon and I beseech you shew mercy to lovely Truth that beame of glory daughter of heaven (t) Psal 43.3 that Clue of mercy let down into this dark erring World to lead us through the many Labyrinths of a benighted Mind erring Thoughts misleading Examples dark Temptations to blisse and happinesse For she suffers and is here like to perish from us and be utterly lost or at least shrewdly ecclipsed if you relieve her not For Through these the way of Truth is evil spoken of or blasphemed And that is the Last part of the Text. Part 3 In these words By reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of You have 1. An epithete given to Christian religion 't is stiled The way of truth 2. The foul carriage of many wicked men towards it It shall be blasphemed or evil spoken of 3. The cause and root of this mischief By reason of whom Which words some referre to the Seducers but I rather as agreeing best with the words and scope of the Apostle with the most and learnedst Expositors referre it to the Seduced But of each of these in their order And first very briefly of the first 1. An epithete given Religion T is the way of Truth So stiled likewise by the (u) Psal 119.30 Psal 60.4 Psalmist I have chosen saith he the way of Truth The (x) Isa 26.2 Jer. 9 3. Dan. 8.12 Prophets very frequently give Religion this epithete So likewise doe the blessed (y) 2 Cor. 13.8 Gal. 3.1 James 5.19 1 Pet. 1.22 Joh. 3.12 Apostles yea (z) Joh. 18.37 Christ himself It may well challenge this glorious title First from its parentage and originall who is the (a) Psal 31.5 Rom. 3.4 God of truth the (b) Joh. 14.6 Summa veritas nulli quicquam debet sed omnia debent ci ipsa est causa omniū aliarum veritatum c. Ansel de verit Jam. 1.17 first infallible immutable eternal Truth the fountain of all kinds and degrees of truth whether in this world or that which is to come Secondly 't is stiled the way of truth by way of opposition to (c) Psal 119.104 lying falshood and deceit What ever other wayes and courses pretend in reference to the making of us holy or happy they are but lying wayes not able to effect really in the least degree what they hold forth to us Thirdly in respect of efficiencie It not only requires truth of us but is Gods instrument whereby through the concurrence of his Spirit he works it in us (d) Joh. 8.32 Psal 119. freeing our minds from sad deluding Errors and our affections from every false deceiving way thus working (e) Ps 51.6 truth in the inward part which he requires and delights in Fourthly in point of Termination it brings those that sincerely imbrace and practise it to the enjoyment of Truths fountain the God of truth being his way to us in point of communication and impartment for he conveyes himself in his emanations in beames of Truth to us (f) Psal 36 9. In his light we see light as the Psalmist speaks And 't is our way to him for (g) 1 Joh. 1 7. if we walk in the light as he is light we have communion one with another saith St. John And thus briefly you see some few of the many Reasons that might be given why Christian Religion is stiled The way of Truth But secondly See the course usage Religion meets with from many in the world It shall be (h) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 blasphemed or evil spoken of saith our Apostle be used like him that is Truth it self in the dayes of his flesh (i) Luk. 2.34 who was a signe that was spoken against as S. Luke expresseth it If I should rake in the dunghill of the writing of Heathens or repeat those horrid words which they have uttered against the truth of God or if I should look into latter times and mention those base aspersions foolish scornes scurrilous speeches that have been made use of by Atheistical spirits dark-minded Pagans or erring Papists I might sooner offend your eares then want matter to insist on 1. How have profane spirits detracted from it by decrying its birth and original to be so high and honourable as indeed it is while they have asserted (a) Act. 17.32 That it is not of God nor came down from heaven but is the product of Mans brain and that an ill one too despoiling and devesting it of all real value as if there were if their blasphemous speeches might be believed neither wisdome beauty holinesse comfort or happinesse to be found in conforming to it And the like 2. There are many who being acted by hell have yet gone further attributing to Religion such things as are inconsistent with it nay egregiously false and directly opposite to the glory nature and being of it as That it came from hell Takes with none but (b) Joh. 7.47 48 49. base shallow fantastick people That it makes those that entertain it proud peevish morose (c) Act. 21 28 c. rebellious Libertines unjust and the like That it will bring them to beggery misery distraction some violent death and everlasting ruine Thus do they set their months against the God of heaven while they blaspheme his truth 3. There are others that yet go a step further then the former who do not only speak evil of the Truth but when they have rob'd Religion of her glory they deck and adorne their doting