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truth_n	according_a	know_v	word_n	2,143	5	3.8658	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61300	The good masters plea, against the evill servants cavill Discovering the vanity of those men, who judge the service of God to be vaine. Delivered in certaine sermons upon Malachi, 3. 14. Being a taste of the labours of that reverend, faith full, and holy servant of God, Nicholas Stanton, M. of Arts; late preacher of the gospel of Christ, at the parish of Margarets in Ipswich, in Suffolk.	Stanton, Nicholas.	1650 (1650)	Wing S5251; ESTC R222417	42,730	188

God his Pious Consort while others are building Sepulchers to their fathers and Husbands erects him this Pillar and Monument both for matter form of his own providing hewing by the help of Gods spirit while he lived a Monument more lasting then that of Brasse and Marble It was found in his study written out with his own hand by importunity of a friend for private use but as the wine was found in the Cluster of Grapes Isa 65.8 and one said destroy it not there is a blessing in it so such as saw it much desired the publication of it And his Yoak-fellow it being a I'hoenix springing out of his ashes and the true child of such a father darst not with the carelesse Mother suppresse and smother it but call in help 1 King 3.19 to hand it forth for Publike use which else had been stil-borne and never seene the light that so he might live though dead and that lasting Posterity might rise up and call him blessed honey dropped and lay upon the ground and Saul had kept the People by an Oath from eating but Jonathan comming and tasting thereof with the end of his rod was much revived and refreshed blaming his father for restraining the people surely the people under this godly mans ministry were brought to a place of much honey where the word dropped abundantly and was sweeter then honey and the honey-combe where many a fainting and weary soule was cheered and comforted and you that do but taste as with the end of a rod how good and gracious the Lord is by this little piece of him who otherwise was abundant in labours will lay blame some-where that you are kept from more of it you will find such sweetnesse in it and thinke the Church hath wrong that she wants any of her treasure but be assured Reader whoever thou art that no Ananias and Sapphira-like spirit hath held any of it back but that which hath been a cause why the labours of many godly Ministers have been buried with them a necessity from the closenesse and shortnesse of his notes and hand which have made it not onely difficult but almost impossible to Mid-wife them into the world and if any imperfect Copy should be thrust forth Gen. 38.29 the breach be upon them Know it comes not polished from the Authors pen and is of quicker delivery then that any skilful hand could come at it His spent paines and labours together with himself are now with the Lord finding what here he hath taught that his labour was not in vaine in the Lord he was a burning and a shining light while he lived a workman that needed not be ashamed and this his work will praise him in the Gates it carries its own letters of commendation and if thine eye be single to judge righteous judgement thou wilt find it full of heart-breaking conscience-convincing and soule-incouraging truths in plaine and familiar but heavenly and spiritual dresse and while others are busie in tying and untying knots spending time in the brabbles and disputes of the times which tend to strife rather then godlinesse this holy servant of God throwes out the disputer of this world and like a good Spie or Seer he brings and maintaines a good report of the good old way of serving God And though possibly there may not be wanting some that may call them low and legall things not savouring as they use to say of the Gospell spirit of these times to such we answer as Moses had his Jannes and Jambres Exod. 17.11 2 Tim. 3.5 8. and Paul met with some that had a forme of Godlinesse but denyed the power thereof men of corrupt minds that withstood the truth 2 Tim. 1.7 so it may now fall out but if thou hast a spirit of love and of a sound mind and hast been nourished up in the words of faith 1 Tim. 4.6 7. and of good doctrine which thou hast continually followed exercising thy selfe unto godlinesse thou wilt eat and blesse God and blesse his counsell thou wilt find it very profitable if the fault be not thine owne eat and digest the roll and let it be sweet in thy belly and despise not the day of small things pray that the Lord of the harvest would thrust forth more such labourers and that he would teach and tell thee how vaine all things else are but to serve God and that godlinesse onely is true gaine and if any man teach otherwise and consenteth not to the doctrine that is according to godlinesse he is puft up and knoweth nothing but doteth about questions and strife of words from whence commeth envy strife railings evil surmisings froward disputations of men of corrupt minds destitute of the truth which think that gaine is godlinesse from such turn away But lest we unmannerly make thee stand too long at the door ere wee bid thee come into the house we beg thy prayers and are thine in the service of the Gospell Matthew Lawrence Robert Stansbye Isaac Basil THE GOOD MASTERS PLEA AGAINST THE EVILL SERVANTS CAVILL MALACHI 3.14 Ye have said it is vaine to serve God THe Author and Pen man of this Book being the last of the first Testament was the Prophet Malachi who was one of those even the last of those three Prophets that the Lord raised up for the help of his Church and benefit of his people after that long and sore captivity which they had been in and now but newly delivered out of and though they had been in a hot furnace yet were they not purged from their drosse There were two sinnes which the Prophet doth now especially charge upon them 1. Slighting of Gods Services and Ordinances 2. Cavilling at his wayes and speeches Strange sins to be found especially in such a people at such a time It might wel have bin expected from this people especially now coming so lately out of such sore troubles that they should have laid their hands upon their mouthes and have justified the Lord in all his proceedings that they should have been even hungry of offering Sacrifice and glad of opportunity to have done God service resolving after this manner well seeing the Lord hath been so good to us as to deliver us out of the hands of our enemies we will resolve to serve him in holinesse and righteousnesse all the remnant of our daies and seeing we have wanted our former opportunities of doing God service and offering him sacrifice but have them now restored us againe we will now double our diligence time cost and paines in serving of him These and the like expressions might well have been expected to have come from this people as from such as come out of affliction but as it is nothing thus with many others so neither was it with these which were not onely soone weary of Gods service themselves but in their hearts at least condemned it as fruitlesse and unprofitable for any others for which as