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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56437	A tryal of faith wherein, is discovered the ground of the faith of the hypocrite, which perisheth, and the faith of the saints, which is founded upon the everlasting rock, so all may see what their faith is, and what they trust to : written to the intent that every one may come to the true searcher of faith, that their faith which they speak of and trust to, may be searched, and the heart of the pharisee ript open and searched, and that the poor ignorant blind creatures may come to see and be deceived no longer intrusting to that which perisheth : verily it is of much concernment to every one, even the soul, the tryal of your faith / written from the spirit of the Lord, and published for the good of all, that they may come to build upon the everlasting rock, with him whose name according to the world is James Parnell.	Parnell, James, 1637?-1656.	1654 (1654)	Wing P535; ESTC R6742	4,855	8

wisdom And all you wilful blind carnall ignorant creatures whom my soul pittieth to see how ignorantly you are led who pin your faith upon the sleeves of your fore-Fathers and live in lightness and wantonness spending your youth in vanity in gaming pleasures and sporting in drunkenness in swearing and lying in vain talk and foolish jestings in pride and lust and filthiness and say you follow your fore-Fathers and say what is become of them and say your pleasures is pastime and recreation and your vain talk and foolish jesting is pastime and merriness and so you passe the time away lay your drinking rioting feasting is good fellowship and neighbourhood and so you cover o●er your sins and iniquities but woe unto him that hides his sin and covers his iniquity all this will not profit you any thing neither can your fore-Fathers excuse you before the Lord for in the beginning it was so that Evah could not justifie Adam neither could be any excuse but rather condemned him because he hearkened to the voice of the woman disobeyed the Lord so Adam suffered for his own sin so did Eve for hers And so this will be no excuse for you in the day of account to say you followed your fore-Fathers did as they did before you but then will the Lord say because you followed the traditions fashions and customs and inventions of man have hearkened to the voice of the Serpent and have disobeyed my voice my command and slighted my counsel and would none of my reproof but cast my Law behind your backs trampled my mercy under foot have turned my grace into wantonness have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter and have spent my creatures upon your lusts stoned stocked buffeted imprisoned and shamefully intreated my messengers which I sent unto you to forewarn you of your iniquity have killed my Son therefore depart ye workers of iniquity I know you not into everlasting torment prepared for the Devil and his Angels to see now how vain your hope is and how unsteadfast your faith is when you have more assurance of your damnation then your salvation for the Lord saith no unrighteous person must enter into his Kingdom nor no unholy nor unclean thing Therefore all you who desire salvation to your souls try and prove your faith and hope which thou dost trust to and take heed of trusting to a broken reed lest it deceive you Experience hath taught you that if a foundation of a building be decayed and wasted naught the building will fall when a storm comes so let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall so every one whose desire is after righteousness hearken to that in your conscience which raises up desires after righteousness and which shews you the vainness of your lives checks you when you do amiss and troubles you and torments you in conscience when you have been drunk or have done some evil act be willing to be guided by that that will lead you to repentance and a newness of life to forsake those things which it discovers to be contrary to the will of God and if you be willing to follow this and be guided by it you shall finde a teacher continually present checking in the conscience for vain thoughts and for vain and idle and needless words and actions and so will crucifie the lust which is the ground of those things and which will lead you out of the paths of death into the way of life our of the traditions and customs and fashions and opinions of the world into the assurance of the eternal Truth and thou that art willing to follow this and be guided by this shalt need no man to teach thee but it will be a teacher unto thee teaching and directing in righteousness purity and holiness and if thou beest diligent keeping thy mind within with an ear open to the pure voice thou shalt find it present with thee wheresoever thou art in the fields in thy bed in Markets in company or wheresoever thou art when thy outward Priest or Teacher is absent it may be in the Ale-house or at his pleasures and delights or far off it will be present with thee and will check thee and condemn thee for that which no outward eye can see and will cleanse thy heart from lust and deceit and uncleanness and will purifie thy heart and will make it a fit Temple for purity to dwell in and then thy sacrifices will be pure which comes from a pure heart the Lord will accept them for Abels sacrifices he receives but Cains he denies but if thou wouldest attain to this thou must be willing to deny thy lusts thy vanity thy delights or whatsoever hath been thy life for he that will save his life shall lose it and he that will lose his life for my sake the same shall save it So there is no obtaining of life but through death nor no obtaining the Crown but through the Crosse so thou must deny thy self and take up thy Crosse daily and follow Christ if thou wouldest be his Disciple and give up thy self wholly to be guided by the will of God that all which is contrary to the will of God may be crucified though it be never so near and dear to thee and be forsaken Lands or Livings Wife or Children friends and acquaintance or all the world and all delights in the world for he that loveth any thing better then me is not worthy of me and all things below the Lord vanisheth but he endureth for ever So the Lord God Almighty prosper all the tender desires which are raised up towards him and feed the hungry and thirsty souls as he hath promised and raise up his own in all his that he alone may be glorified praysed and honoured who is worthy and to whom all belongs And this is the desire of his soul who is a seruant of the Lord who is hated reviled and derided of the world because he hath no fellowship with the world nor the vanities of the world but testifies against their wayes fashions traditions customs fellowship words and worship and sees them all to be formal imitation and the invention of man out of the Covenant of God so cannot but deny them and for this cause he is hated of all both Priest and People whose name according to the world is James Parnell The Servant is not greater than his Master FINIS Job 8.12 1 Tim. 1.15 Gen. 3.15 Mat. 21.12 Luke 4.18 Isa. 42.6 7. Luk. 4.18 Luk. 8.10 Mat. 8.11