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A79875	Leaven, corrupting the childrens bread; or Christs caveat to beware of sectaries and their dangerous doctrines. In two sermons on Mark 8. 15. The former preached in the Cathedrall Church of Lincoln, at the lecture, on Wednesday, October 1. 1645. The latter in another auditorie. / By John Clarke, B. D. and pastor of the church of Fiskerton, neere Lincoln.	Clarke, John, d. 1658.	1646 (1646)	Wing C4477A; Thomason E354_15; ESTC R201098	49,476	63

Leaven corrupting the Childrens Bread OR Christs Caveat to beware of Sectaries and their dangerous Doctrines IN TWO SERMONS on Mark 8.15 The former preached in the Cathedrall Church of Lincoln at the Lecture on Wednesday October 1. 1645. The latter in another Auditorie By JOHN CLARKE B. D. and Pastor of the Church of Fiskerton neere Lincoln 2 Tim. 3.13 14. But evill men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of c. 2 Tim. 4.3 4 5. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching eares And they shall turn away their eares from the truth and shall be turned unto fables But watch thou in all things Aug. ad Hieronym Resecandae sunt putridae carnes scabiosa ovis ab ovili repellenda est nè tota domus Massa pecora ardeant corrumpantur putrescant ●●●tereant Arrius in Alexandria una scintilla fuit sed quia non statim oppressus est totum orbem ejus flamma populata est LONDON Printed by John Macock for Luke Fawne and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Parrot in Pauls Church-yard 1646. The Epistle to the Reader Christian READER ALthough I be neither so obscure in the world as not to know or be known unto some great and good men too some Theophilus unto whom I might perhaps with acceptation dedicate and entitle the following sermons nor so badly beloved befriended that either my pains or person need fear slighting discountenance or contempt Yet I chuse rather at this time as one not ashamed or afraid in this particular to be counted Independent to let these plain sermons passe abroad withovt ambitious affecting wooing the patronage wearing the Liverie of any great name but onely thine Christian who art truly great and honourable yea of the blood royall partaker of the Divine nature whose father brother hope happinesse inheritance crown are all in heaven It is the truth of Iesus Christ which I preach and will I doubt not be entertained by such with due respect who know and follow Christs voice Every truth ought to be precious unto us What is truth if not this which issued out of the mouth of truth it self The sad experience we all have of the present distempers of our Church in regard of a perverse spirit of errour mingled among us tels us our need of being charged to take heed beware of Leaven Abundans cautela non nocet I and thou have lift up our hands unto the Lord the most high God the possessor of heaven and earth Gen. 14.22 and by the solemne nationall covenant stand ●ou●● without respect of persons to endevour the ext●ipat●on of poperie superstition heresy schism profanesse and whatsoever shall be found contrary to sound doctrine and the power of Godlinesse Who shall can disengage us of this Bond How ever in the preaching of these Sermons I pleased not some who with a shie discontented countenance a maligne disdainfull eye since have looked on me over me as the D●vil looked over Lincoln according to our country 〈◊〉 Yet by men judicious godly orthodox what I preached 〈◊〉 ●●en accepted accounted a word in season profitable 〈◊〉 through whose importunity now at last it is th●● 〈…〉 presented to thine eye If it may do any good to the common cause and b●● bucket to quench the scare-fire an Antidote against the infection of the times I shall be glad 'T is not my purpose to ex●●●●●t● I wish rather to heal the canker sore I desire to be faithfull to Christ and his peoples souls not to please men or for itch their itching eares to move planctum rather then pl●●sum to speak to their hearts not to feed their humourous fancies Plain dealing is a jewel yet they that use it die beggars I matter it no for if I yet pleased men I should not be the servant of Christ Gal. 1.10 The Lord stir up the spirit of every found truly good Christian to stand up as Gods witnesse and greatly to contend for the faith which wa● o●●e delivered to the Saints So prayeth Thy servant in his ministerie John Clark Leaven corrupting the childrens Bread OR Christs caveat to beware of Sectaries and their dangerous Doctrines MARK 8.15 And He charged them saying Take heed beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod UPON occasion of the late miraculous feeeding of four thousand people with seven loaves as we finde in ver 6 7 8 9. of this present Chapter Our blessed Saviour whose manner usually was (a) Sican enim Joh. 6. Christus ex miraculo quinque panum occasionem sumpsit docendi de pane caelesti qui vitam assert mundo ita hic ex miraculo septem panum nuper edito eorum fermentatione occasionem sumit Apostolos instituendi de fermento Pharisaeorum Sadducaeorum quo illi sinceram doctrinam verbi divini quod est panis vitae corrumpunt Chemn Harm Evan. c. 82. to improve earthly sensible obvious objects to spirituall advantages draweth off the minds of his hearers raiseth up the hearts of his Disciples to more high and heavenly meditations minding them of another kinde of bread fore-warning them of another kind of leaven than was used and eaten ordinarily in their houses and set on their tables viz. False Doctrine (b) fermentum Pharisaeorum in doctrina consistit falsa Chemnit Harm cap. 61. fermentum Pharisaeorum Sadducaeorum non corporalem panem sed traditiones perversas haeretica significat dogmata R. Mont. poysonous positions soul-damning principles (c) impia Pharisaeorum doctrina fermento comparatur propter vim noxiam seducendi homines praecipitandi in exitium Paraeus in 1. ad Corinth cap. 5. v. 6. broached broken among the people dropped here and there and crumbled into the Bread of Life the Word of God by sundry pernicious Sectaries of those times Pharisees Sadduces for I take in them too as I am warranted from Mat. 16.6 and Herodians who did shamefully vitiate grossely corrupt the sincere (d) est hic sermo metaphoricus Chemn harm cap. 82. denotat id quo nativa rei puritas inficitur opponitur puro ac simplici Dei verbo genuine truth of the Word of God soul-bread with their erroneous glosses and traditions for so without all metaphor the Disciples understood That he bode them not beware of the Leaven of Bread (e) non ex panibus sed ex cordibus vult fermentum expurgari Paraeus ibid. but of the Doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadduces Mat. 16.12 2. Parts In the Words observe two particulars 1. A Duty charged on the Disciples 2. Reasons pressing it 1. Duty 1. The Duty charged upon them is this viz. Carefully to heed whatsoever Doctrines they might occasionally heare as a businesse

perceivable 1 Cor. 5 6. So erroneous doctrine is but little at the first Heretiques have tricks of cleanly conveyance can by scraps and piece-meal steal in here and there a bit now and then a crumb among other orthodox and unleavened truths They are cunning enough to mix and blend it not to let it fall all together on a lump lest it haply should be descryed which if it be Then 't is but a slip in judgement in utterance and delivery a private opinion of no great moment what great harme can it do in being vented (l) An vos viros tam sapientes ignorare convenit illud vulgo tritum ex pistrino sumptum proverbium modico fermenti fermentari totam massam Epitheton modicum tacitam includit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 si forte dixerint modicum hoc est Imo et modicum nocet Paraeus in 1. ad Corinth cap. 5. v. 6. Fermentum enim videtur res non magni momenti sed tamen intra conspersionem admissa totam massam acidam reddit Sic leviculum nullius momenti videtur esse hoc vel illud doctrinae addere Quodnam enim periculum ex additiuncula aliqua enasceretur sed corruptela etiam minima semel recepta serpit ut cancer Chemnit Harm c. p. 82. O ye beloved it leaveneth people draweth Disciples breeds a faction separates hearers into private conventicles and makes rents and schisms in the Church One is for Paul another for Apollos 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 1.13 A little pin may kill mortally Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth Jam. 3.5 3. Like 3. In regard of the Quality Like Leaven is like the dough is of the same grain of the same meal leavings of the same lump the scrapings up of the kneading trough very like it differeth but in age sowrenesse c. So is the corrupt leaven of heretical doctrine scraped up raked together 2 Pet. 3.6 out of the Scriptures but perverted wrested sophisticated adulterated sowred with rotten corrupt mis-interpretations and glosses so seemingly sound true probable Heb. 5.14 holy good that he had need of senses exercised that should discern the hidden poyson of the abominable opinions of hereticall leaveners (m) Seria praem●nit one utitur qua declarat Christus non esse cuivis datum discernere falsam doctrinam ab illa sibi caver● Bucer 4. In regard of the Spreading property 4. Spreadeth that is in Leaven for it speedily secretly suddenly unperceiveably diffuseth it selfe through the whole lump of dough (n) ferm●nci nomine significatur id quod late serpit e● alia quoque ad se trahit Chemn Harm cap. 82. till all be leavened creepeth into every corner of the kneading trough so doth this mysticall leaven of false doctrine this scab of error like an universall leprosie (o) Arrianorum venenum non portiunculam quandam sed pene orbem totum contaminaverat Vinc Lir. cap. 6. over-spread and disperse it selfe over the whole Church and Kingdome from old to young from Minister to people from one Christian to another One scab'd sheep marreth the whole flock one rotten apple tainteth those that lie next unto it (p) uvaque contactu livorem ducit ab uva One pestilent fellow may breath death into a thousand And therefore Saint Paul warneth Timothy to shun prophane and vain bablings for they will increase to more ungodlynesse And their word will eat as doth a canker of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus who concerning the truth have erred 2 Tim. 2.16 17. When men have once forsaken the right way they wander in infinitum Thus we see many fall from schisme to heresie (q) Master Hooker eccles polit in the prefaci from being Separatists to Anabaptists Antinomians Arminians Socinians Libertines Atheists Seekers and so they may be all their dayes and yet shall never find that old and right way which for some toy they forsook formerly God penally giving them over to strong delusions and leaving them to a spirit of error Ye shall seek me and shall not find me Joh. 7.34 Ye shall seek me and shall dye in your sins Joh. 8.21 as Christ there telleth the Pharisees Uno absurdo dato mille sequuntur God knoweth where such men shall stop themselves nor we know not * Master Edwards Antapolog p. 295. some of them had gone far by this time of the day till they be over head and ears ingulfed from the puddle of heresie into the bottomlesse pit bank-less bound-less 5. In regard of the Effects Leaven 1. sowreth 2. heateth 3. swelleth 1 Sowreth 1. Leaven sowreth the whole lump 1 Cor. 5.6 a crumb of leaven mingled with the pure meal (r) fermentum h●nc vim habet ut si farinae mixtum f●er●tquod parvum videbatur crescat in majus ad saporem suum universam conspersionem trahat ita doctrina haeretica si vel modicam scintillam in tuum pectus jecerit in brevi ingens fl●mma succrescit ut totam hominis possessionem ad se trahat Hieronym knod among the dough moulded up into the loafe leaveneth vitiateth altereth the first simple pure sweet nature of it makes it smell sowrely taste saltly savour rammish unpleasingly So doth this corrupt Leaven of erroneous doctrine (ſ) humana commenta traditiones Evangelio Christi admin●tas id totum adulterare subve●tere fidem conscientias turbare Sicut enim modicum veneni totum cotpus inficit sic vel modicum de humanis commentis Evangelio gratiae aspersum totum corrumpit Paraeus in Galat. cap. 1. Lect. 8. adulterate and sowre the unleavened truth and pure Word of God and therefore was odious and abominable unto God who cannot endure humane mixtures (t) Quemadmodum in moneta regia qui aliquam partem de impressa imagine amputaverit totum numisma reddit addulterinum ita quisquis vel minimam particulam sanae fidei perverterit vid. Para. ibid. ex Chrysostom and sophistications Amos 4.5 expresly forbidden the Iewish Church in all their sacrifices Levit. 2.11 2. Heateth 2 Leaven heateth and thence in the three learned (u) Our English Leaven is from the leavings of the batch usually made up reserved as the other Hebr. word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 reliquum esse to leave languages hath its denomination 1. fermentum a ferveo 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quod fervendo crescat 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 calefactus fuit incaluit he was hot every house-wife that layeth Leaven (w) Mulierum erat opus panes coquere sicut ex historia Sarae patet Gen. 18.36 Plinius testatur Romae per annos ab urbe condita quingentos octoginta nullos pistores fuisse Chemit Harm cap. 61. knoweth this heating quality to be in Leaven and therefore they cover and keep warm their dough lest the bread should be sad No leaven

text answered the Germane Anabaptists which was onely truly and fully accomplished in and applyable to the Apostles and Primitive disciples as Saint Peter expounds it Acts 2.16 And now I come to the Practicall part of my discourse to apply and make Use of the point delivered and that for Information Exhortation And is corrupt doctrine like leaven 1. Use of Information 1 See then from hence a reason of the so speedy growth and sudden spreading of pernitious opinions damnable heresies and doctrines of Devils It is no news to see a little leaven sowre heat heave and disperse it self speedily through the whole lump of dough (g) ejusdemfarinae hominibus Chemn The least dram draught drop of deadly poyson spreades from stomach to veins arteries seiseth the vitals and soon dispatcheth a man So doth heresie poyson mens brains spirits and possesseth them with a spirituall phrensie and madnes and this contagious too infecting others which is no wonder in Divinity though it be in Physick mad-men smit not others If there were no other reason to suspect the upstart Sectarie and his new Divinity this might be one enough to stop his mouth that his doctrine conversation practice cannot be right good of God because they but touch and take every one ignorant athiest profane old young boyes wenches all from every quarter hang upon them follow them as proselytes and like tinder take fire at every spark of new pretended light walk in the light of your fire by the sparks that ye have kindled This shall ye have of mine hand ye shall lie down in sorrow Isa 50.11 Questionlesse it is erroneous doctrine hellish heresie that like ill weeds grows so fast It is unsound Divinity that is so soon believed received that Mushrome-like or as Jonah's gourd springs up in a night True grace saving knowledge lie warm at the heart sanctifie the spirit soul body the grain of Paradice lieth long under the clods and groweth but slowly what a while was our Saviour in hammering sundry divine truths into his disciples heads how dull and slow of heart were they to believe Be sure then that must needs be naught that is so soon learned embraced believed It is strange now to see but it would not have been believed some few years agoe as a thing possible in the Church of England that there should could be such an overflowing jaundice of unsound opinions brain-sick whimzies such an overspreading leprosie and gangrene of schisme heresie sects [h] ut sit ibidem deinceps impiorum ac turpium errorum lupanar ubi●erat ante castae incorruptae sacrarium veritatis Vincent Lirin c. 31 as now with sad hearts we every where see That a small contemptible handfull of corupt leaven one or two firebrand-factious sectaries in a country like Moses handfull of ashes from the furnace which sprinkled became a boyl breaking forth with blains upon man and beast Exod. 9.8.10 should spoil a whole countrey Church Kingdome and like an impetuous torrent carry all before them cum stabulis armenta [i] So that as holy Polycarpus of the buding heresies in his time each godly Christian might ought to look up to heaven and say 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Good God unto what times hast thou reserved me that I should live to see this The cloud is broken and wets to the skin which was little in the rise but like a mans hand 1 Kin. 18.44.45 So did Arrianism overspread the face of the Primitive Church the whole world became Arrian So Pelagianism Donatism after that And at last Mahometism like an overflowing deluge soul-killing pestilence hath poysoned the Eastern as Popish leaven hath the Western Church Rev. 13.3 all the world wondred after the beast 2. Pet. 2.2 Many shall follow their pernitious wayes but they are unstable souls that are gulled and beguiled by mounte bank teachers Mr Edw. Antapol p. 211. Errours readily enertained truth may stand out of doors long enough quacsalving sectaries that vapour and brag of great things and disparage the grave learned experienced physician Children are taken with every toy rattle hobby-horse guegaw Idle people in a fayre flock after players throng about Ballad singers and so do simple ungrounded credulous Christians after leavening seducers 2. Use of exhortation 2 Is corrupt doctrine like to leaven Let us then do with this mysticall as the Jews at the Passeover did with materiall leaven * Physicum fermentum Par. Natural which being strictly and under severe penalty by God himself forbidden them Exod. 12.18.19 as Pharisaicall and Doctrinall Leaven is Vs in this Text with a most deep Charge and ingeminated Caveat by Christ himself who had a religious custome 1. General Inquirendi Exterminandi Execrandi fermenttum to search out cast out curse out leaven from their houses and habitations (k) Weemse Christian synagogue lib. 1. ca. 6. Scaliger Emendat temp in Prolegom 1 Inquisitio fermenti there was a searching after leaven throughout all the rooms of their houses even to the very mouse-holes (l) Buxtorf Synag Judaic cap. 12. p. 317. 320. on the fourteenth day from Sun-rising they began betimes till ten of the clock usque ad quartam horam post ortum solis 2 Exterminatio a purging out of leaven casting it away burning of it not so much as looking on it or naming it nor 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bread lest they should stirre up in their children a desire to leavened bread to which custome Saint Paul is thought to allude Eph. 5.3 Let it not be once named among you and this ceremonie lasted from ten till twelve of the clock 3 Execratio fermenti a formall and solemne cursing of leaven thus Let all that leaven or whatsoever leavened thing is in my power whether it were seen of me or not seen whether clensed by me or not cleansed let all that be scattened destroyed and accounted as the dust of the earth (m) Buxt●rf Synag Judaic cap. 12. page 325. These were the Jewish religious ceremonies about leaven constantly performed by them at the Passeover now Christ our Passeover is sacrificed for us and we should therefore purge out the old leaven not of wicked manners only but of corrupt doctrine also 1 Cor. 5.7 from the first day we believe in Christ throughout the whole course of our life (n) Mr Wilson s Christian Dictionary in the word Leaven both every singular person should purge himself from evill doctrine and corrupt manners noted by old leaven and every congregation should excommunicate from among them men of scandalous behaviour But alas the pulse of our zeal beats not so high so strongly we may cry shame to our selves that in Gods and his Churches yea in ou rown souls cause we are so negligent and remisse did we ever make search after false teachers and hereticall leaven did we ever question those that teach otherwise then the truth of Christs Gospel and consent not to wholsome