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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12706	A sermon preached at Whaddon in Buckinghamshyre the 22. of Nouember 1593. at the buriall of the Right Honorable, Arthur Lorde Grey of Wilton, Knight of the most Honorable order of the Garter, by Thomas Sparke pastor of Blechley	Sparke, Thomas, 1548-1616.	1593 (1593)	STC 23024; ESTC S102431	51,655	100

of minde and of not sparing the body as you may reade Colos 2. verse 23. very will therefore hath Dauid taught vs first that a younge man may redresse his waie in taking heede therto according to Gods word and after that his worde was a light vnto his path and a lanterne vnto his feete Psal 119. ver 9. 10. Wherupon afterward in the same Psalme ver 133. ●e makes this prayer vnto God saying order my steps O Lorde according to thy word so no iniquity shall haue dominion ouer me I say therfore vnto you with S. Peter as new borne babes if so be you haue tasted howe bountifull the Lord is desire that milk that is that instruction to direct you in this walke that is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is that commeth from the word or is according to the word for that wil Peeter onely warrant you to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 y● is without deceit sound good 1. ep 2.2 And marke that the same S. Peter tels the Christians in his time that they were by Christ redeemed frō the vaine conuersation receiued by the traditions of the fathers 1. ep Cap. 1.18 For thereby you maye perceiue that walking or conuersatiō may be vaine that hath for the warrant of it both fathers and their traditions so can none that hath groūd from the word of the Lord. But then may some say where is this word of God to be found that al this while you commend vnto vs to be the onely sound and safe rule to walke by To this I answere this treasure pearle is onely to be found in the fielde of the Canonicall scriptures of the old and new testament and therfore no where else to be sought for And therefore as it may be obserued throughout al the newe testament Christ and his Apostles whither they were to confirm truth to confute error or to exhort to godlines or to dehorte from the contrary still fetch their light and ground from the ancient scriptures And Paule speaking onely of the scriptures which were written when Timothie was a childe 2. Timothie 3. verse 15. saieth that they were hable to make him wise to saluation and after addeth not onely that the whole scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teach to improue to correct and to instruct in righteousnesse but also so farre as that euen thereby the man of God may bee absolute beeing made perfecte vnto all good woorkes And it is euident by Christes saying Iohn 5. vnto the Iewes search the scriptures for in them yee thinke to haue eternall life verse 39. that this was the common opinion of the Iewes of them that they were sufficient to direct them to saluation Howe can we then thinke but that nowe much more the whole newe Testamente beeing ioyned vnto the former contayning as it doeth both a most lightsome exposition of the former and also consummating the same wee haue cause so to account of them Sure I am whatsoeuer our late Romanistes thinke and write to the contrary because if this principle bee once receaued they knowe well enough their opinions wherein wee stande against them can no longer haue anie countenaunce wee haue a number of vs most plentifullie in Print shewed them the whole Church that this was the opinion of all the Churches of Christ and of all the learned fathers therein for 600. years after Christ at least Indeede then if we woulde haue them to bee and proue thus vnto vs wee must search them as Christ hath commaunded Iohn 5. and we haue need meditate therin day and night as we haue heard Iosua for all the great busines that otherwise he had commanded to doe and as we read it set downe for a Property of euery man that would be blessed Psal 1.2 And no other good meanes of hearing them opened vnto vs by preaching or anie way else that we can come by must bee neglected but carefully and religiously vsed and with all other means hartye and often prayers vnto God in all humility must be made that it would please God so by his spirit the authour thereof to inlighten our darke harts that we may vnderstand them aright For this is to search for wisedome that lies hid therin as for siluer and to search for it as for treasures and to watch dayly at her gates and to giue attendāce at the posts of her dores as we are commanded to doe prou 2.4 8.33 and thus doing if withall wee forget not with Dauid still to crie vnto God open my eies that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe Psal 119. vers 18. so calling after knowledge and crying after vnderstanding as we are taught pro. 2. vers 3. then and not else we are there promised that we shal vnderstand the feare of the Lord finde the knowledge of God to direct vs aright in al our waies before the Lord vers 5.52 Most fearefull are the examples that we haue in these scriptures of Gods wrath breaking out against such as haue not in the seruice that they haue tendred him first carefully set this rule before their eies yea though otherwise they seemed to haue neuer so deuout and good meanings therein To this ende to let passe the infinite examples of grosse idolaters vppon whome in most fierce maner his wrath hath broken out to the vtter destruction of them their countries as herein often is recorded who yet often would seeme so feruent in seruing of God after their fashion that they would spare no cost no not to sacrifice their own sonnes in the fire let vs but consider of three or foure that fell out amongst Gods owne people Doe we not read Levit 10. that Nadab Abihu offred incense with their censors vpon strange fire which the Lorde had not commaunded them and that therefore a fire went out before the Lord and deuoured them so that they died before him vers 1.2 And what other cause was there that the Lorde smote of the men of Beth-shemesh 5070 men but that of a fond affection and blind deuotion as it should seeme for ioy that it was come home frō the Philistines and to see whether all were safe therin they looked into the Arke contrary to the rule of the word Numb 4. giuen in that behalfe Notable likewise in shewe was the occasion and in●ent that Saul had both in his offring burnt offring in the absence of Samuel 1. Sā 13. ver 11. in his p●oples sparing the life of Agag and some of his cattel ca. 15. ver 15. but yet because in both these he walked without direction and warrant from the word of the Lord in both those places immediatly vpon his answere we read that he was told he had done foolishly that the Lord was so angry with him therfore that he should leese his kingdome But that which we read touching Dauids bringing home of the Arke 2. Sa. 6. 1. Chr. 13. and