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A34898	A cabinet of spirituall iewells wherein man's misery, God's mercy, Christ's treasury, truth's prevalency, errour's ignominy, grace's excellency, a Christian's duty, the saint's glory, is set forth in eight sermons : with a brief appendix, of the nature, equity, and obligation of tithes under the Gospell, and expediency of marriage to be solemnized onely by a lawfull minister ... / by John Cragge, M.A. ...	Cragge, John, M.A.	1657 (1657)	Wing C6783; ESTC R4552	116,039	199

he shot at rovers Zeal bended the Bow and drew the Arrow to the head Phinehas his heat of zeal contrary to the nature of heat stayed the Plague and cleansed the aire and by the fall of two prevented the fall of thousands on his right hand and ten thousands on his left David his zeal went through his bones like the fury of a hectick Feavour and brought him into a consumption Psal 119. 139. My zeal hath even consumed me because mine enemies have forgotten thy word Mine enemies have forgotten thy word VVhat would he have done if his friends if himselfe had forgot it Psal 69. 9. The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up that is wasted me consumed me made me a Scheleton or Anatomy Come on and see Jehu's zeal against Jezabel for the Lord of Hostes whose zeal though not true if it be commended consider what true zeal would be Esay's terrible Trumpet was tipped with zeal sounding a retreat to Idolatrous Judah and Jerusalem Jeremiah's zeal did boyl more fervently then the seething pot he spyed in the North against the sins of the people Our Saviour the perfect pattern of zeal though as meek as a Lambe in his own quarrell yet zeal made him as fierce as a Lion in Gods and that sparkling in words Woe to thee Bethsaida in deeds to Peter in private Get thee hehinde me Satan to the prophaners of the Temple in publick You have made my Temple a den of theeves Zeal metamorphosed Paul from a Persecutor to a Professor a Preacher a labourer in Christs Vineyard one that laboured more then them all a Martyr indeed sacrificing his body for the truth and if wishes would have prevailed Anathema pro populo his soul also Neither could this heat of zeal be kept within him but like the fire of Aetna it burst out to others Tit. 2. 14. Be zealous of good works Rom. 12. 11. Be fervent in spirit fervency of spirit is but zeal dressed in other attire All those emblems in St. John's vision of a zeal-commanding Saviour are but so many motives to zeal seven golden Candlesticks burning with Lamps of zeal a golden Girdle about his Papps this Girdle as that Ephes 6. is Zeal Truth and Zeal must go together These Papps are the two Testaments from whence all truth flowes upon which altar all zeal must be kindled His eyes are a flame of fire these eyes are Knowledge this flame of fire is Zeal knowledge and zeal must go together His feet like fine brasse burning in a furnace This brasse is stability and constancy this burning brasse is zeal zeal and constancy must kisse each other In his right hand seven stars These Stars are so many Lamps giving light to others for they that have given up their names to Christ in Baptism must be like John Baptist lucernae ardentes burning lights lights burning inwardly within themselves shining outwardly to others Christians must be zealous And that this our Christian zeal may be distinguished from an ignis erra●icus or wandring fire of opinion an ignis fulminaris or frensive fire of rebellion let us examine the ground of this truth for all zeal is grounded upon truth and all truth upon Christ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Truth Hence it is that Christians should be zealous because for this cause Tit. 2. 14. Christ gave himselfe for us that he might redeem unto himselfe a peculiar reople zealous of good works That Angel that appeared unto Moses in the burning bush to the Prophets in a pillar of fire as speaking from God to Man became 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 both God and Man that Man for the glory of God might be zealous He bought our salvation with pangs and blood and sweat that we zealous of piety and purity might work out our salvation with fear and trembling He sweat blood in the Garden he was beat with cords and whips fainted under the Crosse in the way was fastned to it with nails pierced with a spear assaulted by Satan Hell and all our sins at once that we might be covered with righteousnesse as with a roab and cloathed with zeal as a garment The Turks are zealous of their Mahomet the Sidonians of Bell and Dragon the Priests of Baal of their Idoll the Papists for their Reliques Crucifixes Images the Jesuits of their Ignatius Loyola each Sect of their own superstitions Then shal not Christians be zealous for Christ who zealous of our salvation gave himselfe for us that we might be zealous of good works Secondly Christians must be zealous because zeal is the life and soul of Christianity that which the Bellowes are to the forge zeal is to the Soul an inkindler of grace that which naturall heat is to the body zeal is to the spirit a preserver of Grace that which Heroicall vertue is to Morall vertues the same is zeal to all divine and heavenly vertues the perfection of grace Zeal is the quintessence of Graces distilled the marrow and life of Religion the height and hyperbole of Holinesse Faith without zeal is but historicall Charity without zeal is but hypocriticall Profession without zeal is but carnall Patience without zeal is but Stoicall Apathie Mercy without zeal is foolish sympathy Hope without zeal is but impudency Love without zeal but lechery VVisdome without zeal but folly Martyrdome without zeal but murder These two reasons of the Poynt we have but poynted at because zeal is a Grace that is grounded upon reason yet in the heart practicall therefore we omit any further reason and come to Application First inquiring what true zeal is Secondly the severall kindes of zeal Zeal is defined by the Philosopher to be a mixture of anger and love when we are angry at the party or thing that injures that which we love These two affections as fire and oyle met together in Moses he loved God hated Idolatry therefore he was angry at that Idoll that was enmity against God Antient Divines have described it to be a mixt affection of griefe and anger flowing from love Griefe is an affection of the heart that wounds the soul for some present evill thus Jeremie mournes for the misery of the daughter of Sion Anger is mixed of sadnesse and a desire of revenge Esau was sad for the losse of his Birthright his heart boyled with revenge against his supplanting Brother These were the territories the Antients tyed zeal to who all shot near yet missed the mark for true zea● neither consists in hatred nor love nor sorrow nor a desire of revenge alone a channell too narrow for zeal to run in which like Nilus overflowes the whole soul the higher the fruitfuller But true zeal either consists in a mixture of all the affections or is a high and heroicall pitch of any affection that makes Heaven suffer violence A high rapture of spirituall joy is zeal that like St. Paul rapes us up into the third Heaven The Scheme in Paul's Rhetorick was zeal when he said Rejoyce in the

every one greater than Solomon throwing down their Crowns before him the King of Kings To this joyne the communion of Saints imagine what a comfort will it be to meet with the noble Army of Martyrs the goodly fellowship of the Prophets the holy society of all the Apostles Evangelists Confessors where we shall see their Crowns of glory set upon their heads which Christ confers upon them not for their merits but for his mercies sake The effects the beatificall vision works on us are radiant either in soul or body in soul where first the understanding shall be truly enlightned with divine and heavenly knowledge which God shall immediately reveal unto us without the ministry of men and Angells Secondly in our Will which shall be filled with righteousnesse and holinesse perfect love towards God charity towards our fellow Saints for ever Thirdly in our Affections which shall be composed without at axie or disorder into eternall harmony as Be●nard saies sweetly Deus implebit animam rationalem luce sapientiae concupiscibilem justitiâ irascibilem perfectâ tranquillitate God will fill the soul with light of wisdome the concupiscible faculty with righteousnesse the irrascible with perfect tranquillity The effects it works on the body consists in these particulars First of mortall bodies they shall be made immortall of corruptible incorruptible our flesh that is subject to so many mutations vexed with so many diseases defiled with so many corruptions pestered with so many infinite calamities shall be made most glorious and most perfect to endure for ever without change and to raigne with the soul world without end Secondly of a naturall it shall become a spirituall body not in essence and being but in quality and condition because it shall be freed from all paines and troubles that belongs to the same as sin eating drinking sleeping and the like Thirdly of a weak it shall become a powerfull body by reason of agility and nimblenesse able to mount towards Heaven and meet our Saviour in the Aire Fourthly of a deformed and imperfect it shall be a perfect and beautifull body Iacob shall not halt Leab shall not be blear-eyed nor Mephibosheth lame but all shall be as nimble as Harts Fiftly in our bodies shall appear resplendent glory beautifulnesse and shining brightnesse we shall be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 like Angells glistering like stars conformable unto Christs glorious body Dan. 12. 3. They that be wise shall shine as the brightnesse of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousnesse as the stars for ever and ever Well then seeing it is thus let us say with Eli It is the Lord let him do what seemeth him good so we may enjoy him with Austin Hic seca hic ure Lance here seare here so we may have glorified bodies with Ignatius Fire gallows wilde beasts breaking of our bones quartering of our members crushing of our bodies so our bodies so that we may enjoy our Lord Jesus and his Kingdome Take our earthly possessions so that we may raigne with him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A briefe APPENDIX Concerning the nature of TITHES IN these free times wherein every one takes liberty to expose his thoughts to the world give me leave also to offer up my Mite into the publick Treasury which shall consist but of a twofold consideration first whether dishonouring of the Ministry secondly whether robbing of God in Tithes and offerings and defeating of Christ's Embassadours of a comperent livelyhood may not portend misery and calamity if not ruine to a Church or State For the former when God gives up a people to dishonour their Ministers it argues Religion is declining They are his Souldiers Stewards Angells He is their Portion He hath promised to be with them to the end of the world that the gates of hell shall not prevail against them that he will recompence a cup of cold water that is given them he that heareth them heareth Him he that despiseth them despiseth Him When the Prophet would discover the Jewes to be ready to be swallowed up in the whirle-pool of destruction he gives them this character that they are like a people that contest with their priest Corah and Dathan murmured against Moses and Aaron and the earth swallowed them up with all their partakers For the latter which here I principally intend the danger of robbing of God in Tithes and Offerings and defeating Christs Spouse of her joynture let three things be seriously weighed First whether the tenth part of the fruits of the earth are not as due to God as the seventh part of our time and so the moralitie thereof founded upon the same bottom that our Christian Sabbath is Secondly if not so whether there is not an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 morall equity if the Priesthood under the Law received the tenth part and more the Ministry under the Gospell which is more honourable and laborious should not receive at least as much and whether that be not the principall scope of the Apostle 1 Cor. 9. which he makes good by severall arguments Thirdly if neither of these Rocks should prove impregnable whether this be not a wall of brasse able to endure what siege Antichristian forces can lay against it that being once consecrated and by speciall donation appropriated unto God a Power lesse then Divine can not reduce them to any other use without sacriledge and taking the Scepter out of Gods hand And whether that signall judgment inflicted on Ananias and Saphyra Act. 5. for retaining that which they had devoted unto God onely by their private vowes be not a miraculous confirmation of this truth and a piller of salt to be looked upon to the worlds end Israel is a thing hallowed to the Lord and his first fruits all they that eat it shalloffend evill shall come upon them saith the Lord Jer. 2. 3. Tithes are Gods portion whereby we acknowledge His royalty and superintendency over us and therefore being once solemnly bequeath'd unto him may seem to be inviolable by any just Law of man for these reasons First Abraham and in him Levi payed Tithes to Melchizedeck 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 even of the spoiles taken in war Gen. 14. 20. Heb. 7. 4. and that above four hundred years before the Law was given Secondly Jacob vowed as he went to Padan Aram that if God would blesse him the Lord should be his God and that surely he would give the tenth unto him Gen. 28. 22. Now that the Lord should be acknowledged for his God was a morall duty and no lesse the other for substance especially after his vow and reducible to the duties of the first Table Thirdly God strictly commanded to pay the tithes of all things to the Priests and Levites nay the first fruits first and second tithes heave-offerings wave-offerings which amounted to nineteen in the hundred or above the sixt part● which Precept if it be not purely morall but judiciall in some circumstances respecting equity betwixt Priest and People