Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03311	Truths purchase: or A commoditie, which no man may either neglect to buie, or dare to sell laid forth in two sermons vpon Prov.23.23. by Samuel Hieron minister of the word, at Modburie in Deuon. Very necessary for the times, in which so few seeke after the truth, and so many fall away from the profession and practise of the truth.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1606 (1606)	STC 13429; ESTC S116033	42,058	86

can devise to draw men from the acknowledgement and profession of Gods Truth Their common motiues are well knowne to those which know any thing and how they seeke to blind and dazell the Eies of many with the glorious but yet pretensed shewes of Antiquitie vniuersalitie vnitie Lineall succession Catholique Church Church planted by the Apostles Fathers Counsells Miracles and the like Now to shew the weakenes of every of these Motiues the falsehood of some the pretensing of other some the Inuailidity of them all were a long peice of worke and not possibly to be though it were but slightly haÌ„dled in this shortnes of Time yet lest I should seeme to name an enemie to giue no directioÌ„ to resist him therfore that eueÌ„ the meanest christian who hath gotteÌ„ some comfortable knowledge of the truth may know how to keep his Right against euery inueigling and catching Papist I will deliuer these two instructions The first is the speech of the Apostle to Timothie 2. Tim. 3.14 Continue thou in the Things which thou hast learned and art perswaded thereof knowing of whom thou hast learned them I pray you to consider the Place and you shall find it a notable Preseruatiue and as good as a grimme Porter to keepe out those Popish factors that would defeat vs of our inheritance The Apostle presseth a stiffe and firme continuance in Truth receiued when as these two Things concurre with it 1. A mans own perswasion 2. The consideration of the Quality of those which first taught vs. First for a mans owne Perswasion marke I pray you least I should seeme in steed of grounded setlednes to commend selfe-willed Peeuishnes By beeing perswaded Paul meaneth thus much as if he had said to Timothie If it be an opinion which thou hast not suddenly entertained but vpon good Aduise if it hath seated it selfe in thy iudgement then when as thou with Care and ConscieÌ„ce with Humility with vsing the Ordinarie meanes with Praier vnto God with heartie desire to be guided into Truth enquiredst after knowledge surely thou oughtest not beeing by these degrees brought to it and in this manner perswaded in it rashly and suddenly to forgoe it This is ment by Perswasion in this place A setlednes of Iudgement following vpon an orderly course to bring a man therevnto The second thing which must concurre is Consider and marke of whom thou hast learned them that is Obserue note well what kind of men they are by whose Ministry thou hast beene instructed If they be men who by their Fidelitie in Teaching and by the blessing of God vpon their Labours in vsing their Ministry to convert mens soules doe carie with them the seale of their Ministrie nay if thine own soule can witnes for them either of these out of thine owne feeling then beware of a Doctrine contrary to that thou hast beene Taught though I would not haue thee tie thy selfe to any mans Authoritie yet be not rash be well advised before thou alter thy iudgement confirmed by such a Ministry This is the first thing which I will in the Lord commend as a direction for the meaner sort who cannot enter into the examination of every seuerall to preserue them from the allurements of Poperie and from selling the Truth to euery cheating companion The second thing which I will commend vnto the simpler sort as a meanes to keepe them from being entangled with the large offers of subtill Papists which seeke to draw men from the Truth is this when they shall be perswaded to any point of Poperie differing from the doctrine taught amongst vs at this day either by writing or privie suggesting or corrupt and vnsound Teaching let them compare it with the contrarie which we hold and well ponder with themselues desiring also the assistance of Gods spirit which of the two Opinions maketh most for the Glorie of God for the comfort of a distressed and distracted conscience and for the restraint of the Libertie of the flesh and which soeuer of the two they shall find by the witnes of their owne conscience concurring with the voice of the Scripture to make most for all or for any of these three let them take that to be the soundest and for their life not dare to renounce it Marke the Reason First the End why God made all things was the Glory of his own name the end why he redeemed mankind was That no flesh should reioice in his presence Pro. 16.4 1. Cor. 1.30.31 but that he which reioyceth should reioyce in the Lord that no man should haue cause to thanke himselfe but should be compelled to ascribe all vnto the Lord. By this Rule Paul decideth the Controversie touching Iustification by Faith and workes where is then the reioycing saith he It is excluded Rom. 3.27 By what law that is By what means of saluatioÌ„ of workes Nay but by the Law of Faith Faith taketh all from man and ascribeth all to the Lord vers 28. Therefore we conclude that a man is iustified by faith without the workes of the law So that hence I confirme This Rule that looke which point of Doctrine doth most debase man and giue the whole glorie of all good vnto the Lord that is the Truth and that is alone to be embraced For the second Rule which is touching comfort Paul saith Rom 15.4 that the Ende why the Scripture was written was for our Learning and comfort The Ende of all both writing and Teaching is that man feeling the extremitie of his owne miserie might notwithstanding be setled in the comfortable assuraÌ„ce of the loue of God in Christ Iesus So then that doctrine which affordeth the soundest comfort then when a wounded conscience most desireth comfort that is the Truth and that is not at any hand to be forsaken Thirdly touching the Restraint of the flesh I remember the saying of the Apostle Ye haue beene called into libertie Gal. 5. â—3 onely vse not year libertie as an occasion to the flesh as who would say The doctrine of Christian Religion though it be a doctrine of Libertie to the Spirit freeing it from the bondage of sinne and Sathan yet it is a doctrine of Restraint to the Flesh so that when you feele the Flesh begin to breake out and take libertie then know it to be an Abuse of the Doctrine of Libertie This was Pauls meaning So that it is an vnfallible Canon that that Doctrine which presseth vpon men the most precise and strict Obedience to Gods will not giuing any the least toleration to any the smallest sinne but is still curbing mans naturall inclination vnto Euill that same is the Truth of God that ought euery seruant of God to maintaine I pray you remember this Direction I doe not for mine owne part and I speake it hauing often and aduisedly thought vpon it know any maine point of Popetie but it may well be tried by these Rules So that you shall finde all the Grounds of

a man to feele his want of a commoditie to know the worth of it and to wish the hauing of it vnlesse he also resort to the place where it may be had so in this case it is not inough that we find our selues ignorant acknowledg our neede of Knowledge vnlesse we vouchsafe to repaire thether wher it is ordinarily set to sale and as it were by Proclamation offered to our vses Now the vsuall place of sale for this commodity of sauing Knowledge is the Church the Assembly of Gods Saintes where the ministry of Gods word the ordinarie meanes of Knowledge is dispensed In the Church by the Ministry of Gods word we heare Christ making a solemne Oyez and saying If any man thirst let him come to me and drinke Come buy without siluer and without mony Ioh. 7.37 Isay 55.1.2 wherefore doe you lay out siluer and not for bread I couÌ„sell you to buy of me gold tried by the Fire Rev. 3.18 that you may be made rich and rayment that you may be clothed and â—iesalue that you may see This is the voice of Christ proclayming in the open Market of his Church and vttering his voice by the Toppe of the high places Pro. 9.4 who so is simple let him come hither Col. 2.3 In me are hid the Treasures of wisedome and knowledge Of my fulnes you may receiue grace for grace Ioh. 1.16 So that in the congregation wher the word is truly sincerely preached as in a Publicke Marte there is that which is fitting to euery man in euery respect There are the Principles of Truth for Christians of a lower forme there are deeper points for exercised Wits Heb. 5.14 there is for Magistrates for Ministers for priuate men for euery calling for the youÌ„gmaÌ„ that hee may redres his way for the old man to encrease in wisedome there is truth for the vnderstanding truth for the conscience truth for the will truth for the Affections that so a Christian may be perfite to euery good worke 2. Tim. 3.17 whatsoeuer thou dost lack there thou shalt be sure to haue it abundantly supplied there thou shalt see discouered the great Mysterie of godlines which is God manifested in the flesh iustified in the spirit 1. Tim. 3.16 seene of Angels preached vnto the Gentiles beleeued on in the world and receiued vp into glory Thus the church is the place the preaching of the word is the Treasure subiected to the view and offered to the vse of all which desire to receiue it And indeede herein especially standeth the difference betwixt the word Read the word Preached The word read is as a rich wardrope of a Prince where many garments of cost are folded vp together in a narrow roome which cannot so satisfie the beholder as if the same might be seuerally layd forth before him time beeing also granted him to take notice of euery particular because being lapt vp he caÌ„not see the whole beautie and being together he is not able to obserue euery specialtie Euen so it fareth with the scripture If a man heare the word read it cannot but draw him to admire the maiestie and riches of the Text and it will cast some glimmering light vpon the vnderstanding but when he heareth the riches of it laid open by Preaching it will much more astonish him yea it euen ravish him as it were striking a greater terror into his conscience casting a clearer light vpon his iudgement working more mightily vpon his affections This is not spoken to discountenance the Reading of the word or to banish the vse of it out of Gods Church or to depriue it of that respectiue estimatioÌ„ which it doth deserue nay it is rather spoken to the winning of reuerence thereunto For indeed there is no man heareth the word read more humbly obserueth it more heedefully or listeneth vnto it more affectionately then he who by preaching hath beene brought to know the excellencie of the word So then here I shutte vp this doctrine He that desireth to make this purchase of the Truth must repaire to the place where it is set to sale even to the House of God where the word is truly preached and soundly deliuered The Vse This point is also very necessarie to be throughly vrged in regard of the common sinne of the world at this day which is this the negligent depending vpon the Ministery of Gods word For howsoeuer sound and syncere and often preaching be not so vniuersall and common as were to be wished if God were so pleased to thrust out more painfull Labourers into his haruest yet it is far more generally bestowed Math. 9.38 then obediently and dutifully entertained For truly if a man should aske of me what that thing in my opinion is which is at this day almost in euery place most hatefull most abhorred most â—â—ksome most contemptible least welcome and least regarded I know not I speake vnfeignedly how to answer more truly then to say it is the Ministry and preaching of Gods word And to the end that I may not speake at Randon but may lay this fault vpon those in whom at is I will distinguish those of our Times to let professed Enemies of our Religion Papists alone which either come not to the Place of sale of Truth or els come as gazers to looke on and to fill vp number into three sorts 1. The common protestant 2. The Politician 3. The proud and selfe conceipted man By the Common Protestant I vnderstand such an one as the Papist calleth in scorne so speaking of vs all a Parliament protestant that is a Time-seruer who looketh no further then to the Law of the Prince who is readie for any religion and is therefore indeed of no Religion Of which humor there are the Lord knoweth infinite multitudes at this day all whose Bible is the statute Booke and the Articles of whose faith are grounded vpon positiue IniunctioÌ„s Now the common Religion of this common Protestant I find to be this He hath a certaine notice of louing God aboue all and his neighbour as himselfe and that he thinketh is as much as he needeth to care for and after this manner he thinketh with himselfe I keepe my Church as well as the most I receiue the communion at Easter as becommeth a good subiect I liue quietly among my neighbours and wherein am I now to be found fault withall Indeede I am not ouer precize for I hold that to be more then needes I am no medler with the Scriptures that I account to be beyond my reach once I am no Papist I content my selfe to doe as other doe and haue no desire to be singular Here haue we the right humor of our common men at this day this is their Catechisme these be the very principles of their Religion Now hath this man thinke you any neede of preaching careth he to depend vpon the Ministry of the word Surely no. 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