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A54381 An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols. Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Nicols, Thomas. 1654 (1654) Wing P1560; ESTC R36667 64,041 216

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things as appertain to him 8. To love and hate that which he loveth and hateth 9. To seek to please him in all things 10. To draw others unto the love of him 11. To esteem highly of such gifts and graces as he bestoweth 12. To stay our selves upon his Connsels revealed in his word 13. To call upon his Name with affiance The Negative part of this Commandment is this We must not account that God which is not God In this Negative part of this Commandment we are forbidden these things 1. Ignorance of the true God and of his will 2. Atheism which is a denying of God or of his Attributes as off his justice wisdom providence presence Ps. 14. 1. 3. Errours concerning God or concerning the Persons of the Diety or concerning Gods Attributes Here Helenism or the adoring of a multiplicity of Gods is forbidden 4. The setting of our hearts and affections upon any thing else but one God The heart is drawn from God by these means 1. By distrusting of God Heb. 10. 38. From this distrust ariseth First impatiency in suffering afflictions Jer. 20. 14. 13. 18. Secondly a tempting of God and this is when the man that distrusteth and contemneth God seeks an experiment of Gods truth and power Matth. 4. 7. 1 Cor. 10. 9. 10. 3. A desperation Genes 4. 13. 4. A doubting concerning the truth of God or concerning his benefits either present or to come Ps. 116. 11. 2. By confidence of Creatures as 1. when a man putteth trust in the strength of the Creatures as Jer. 17. 5. or 2. In riches Matth. 6. 24. Eph. 5. 5. or 3. In defenced places Jer. 40. 16. or 4. In pleasures or dainties and who so trusteth in these doth make his belly his God Phil. 3. 19. or 5. In Physicians 2 Chron. 16. 12. or 6. In the Devil and his works Thus Magicians trust in the Devil and Witches and all such as seek help at their hands Levit. 20. 6. 3. The heart is drawn away from God by loving the Creature too much and more than God Matth. 10. 37. Joh. 12 43. And by self Love 2 Tim. 3. 2. 4. By hatred and contempt of God as when a man declining from God doth fly from God and is angry with God when he punisheth sin Rom. 8. 7. and 1. 30. 5. By want of the fear of God Ps. 36. 1. 6. By fearing the Creature more than the Creatour 7. By hardness of heart and carnal security as when a man will neither acknowledge Gods judgements nor his own sins Rom. 2. 5. Luke 21. 34. 8. By pride and presumption as when a man ascribeth that to his own industry and merit which is onely due to God 1 Cor. 4. 6. 7. Genes 3. 5. The highest stair of prides ladler is that fearfull presumption of men of climbing rashly into Gods seat of Majesty as if they were Gods Act. 12. 22. 23. 2 Thes. 2. 4. The second Commandment Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image or any likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or that is in the Earth beneath or that is in the water under the Earth Thou shalt not bow down thy self to them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the Fathers upon the children unto the third fourth generation of them that hate me And shewing mercie unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments The Affirmative part of this Commandment is this Thou shalt worship God in Spirit and in truth Joh. 4. 24. Here we are first commanded to use the ordinary means of worshipping God As 1. The calling upon the name of the Lord First by humble supplication 1 Tim. 2. 1. 2. By harty thanksgiving 3. By reading hearing talking and continually meditating on the word of God 4. By the use of the Sacraments as Act. 2. 41. 42. and 20. 7. Secondly we are here commanded to use these means holily that is as God in his word hath commanded to use them Matth. 28. 20. 1 Cor. 14. 40. Eccles. 5. 1. Ps. 26. 6. Furtherance of Gods Worship Are leagues of amity with those that truely fear God and serve him according to his word 2 Chr. 19. 2. Malaeh 2. 11. And such Covenants as the Magistrates and people make together with God for the preservation of Christian Religion 2 Chron. 15. 12. 14. The Negative part of this Commandment is this Thou shalt neither worship false Gods nor the true God with false worship Here we are forbidden these things First to represent God by any image similitude likeness or figure whatsoever Deut. 4. 15. 20. For all idols are lies Habak. 2. 18. Zach. 10. 2. Jer. 10. 8. Secondly we are here forbidden the least approbation of idolatry Hosea 13. 2. Gen. 48. 10. And therefore all processions plays feasts that are consecrated to the memorial and honour of idols Exod. 32. 6. 1 Cor. 10. 7. Thirdly all relicks badges and monuments of idols Exod. 23. 13. Isai 30. 22. Fourthly we are here forbidden all society with infidels As 1. Marriage with them Genes 6. 2. Deut. 7. 3. 4. Malach. 2. 11. Ezra 9. 14. 2 Kings 8. 18. 2. All leagues and confederacy with them in war either to assist them or to receive assistance from them and that for these causes 1. Because it doth obscure Gods glory and maketh him in appearance either unwilling or unable to aid his Church 2. Because in so doing we shall without doubt infect our selves with their impieties and idolatries 3. Because we are thus endangered to be made partakers of their punishments 2 Chron. 19. 2. With idolaters we are also forbidden all traffick in such wares as we know may further the service of their idols We are also forbidden with idolaters all Trials in Law before Judges that are infidels when Christian Courts are open and may be frequented 1 Cor. 6. 6. But if Christian Courts be not open we may according to St. Pauls rule appeal from one Court of infidels to another so from Festus he himself appealed to Caesar Act. 25. 11. Such necessities as these do make traffick and other things to be frequently used which otherwise are unlawfull We are here also forbidden all worshipping of the Beast and receiving of his mark Revel. 14. 9. Fifthly we are here forbidden all Will worship or worship of God after our own fancies in wayes which are not waranted by the word of God though we do pretend good intention for the doing of it Collos. 2. 23. 1 Sam. 13. 9. 10. 13. whither it be by Superstitions Sacrifices Meats Apparel observing Ceremonies Gestures or by our Gate Conversations Pilgrimage or by building of Altars Pictures or Idols and the like or by Temples or by strange consorts of Musick or by Monastical vows of single life or of poverty 1 Cor. 14 15. 1 Cor. 7. 9. 1. Such vows as these are altogether repugnant to the Law of God