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A88914	Logoi eukairoi, essayes and observations theologicall & morall. Wherein many of the humours and diseases of the age are discovered, and characteriz'd: divers cautions and directions præscribed for the avoidance of their infection, and the promotion of their cure. Together with some meditations & prayers adjoyn'd, serving to the same purpose. / By a student in theologie.	Master, William, 1627-1684.	1654 (1654)	Wing M1060A; Thomason E1496_1; ESTC R208626	31,102	128

wound his soule within him goe neere to put out his smoaking flax and overwhelme him with the waves of despaire Verily I perswade my selfe had it been possible many of the elect themselves had here suffered shipwracke Meane while because the security wee have from God by no means frustrates or makes uselesse humane providence and sollicitude for the avoiding of dangers and therefore of this great one I could not but thus deliver my mind and exhort these Boanerges carefully to examine the ground on which they plant their terrible artillery If wee will believe Trueth it selfe the young man in the Gospell was not the furthar off but nigher the kingdome of heaven by his good morality The Scripture I am sure tell 's us that in many things wee offend all and makes a challenge to any Saint of what forme soever to say I have made my heart clean I am pure from my sin It becometh us much better to be severe and rigid toward our selves than towards others I deny not but that the Scribes and Pharisees were furthar from the kingdome of heaven then the Publicans and Harlots Yet we shall find that the devout men and women are often noted in the Acts of the Apostles to be the usuall converts and thus that judicious Divine Mr Mede takes off from the stupendiousnesse of the wonder that so many thousands should be converted at one Sermon saying that they were mostly of the devout proselytes in whom God had wrought praedispositions toward conversion Concerning unhappy Differences betweene good men IT is sad to behold how far the differences of the times have prevailed with even the better sort of men and that of all parties how much they have blinded the eyes and imbittered the hearts of those that call God Father and so should each the other Brother yet alas how much easyer are opprobious titles bestowed on each other than that loving appellation 'T is strange that when Christianity obligeth it 's professors to beare with one another to speake no evill to think no evill to forgive injuryes yea to requite and overcome them with good that they should practise the contrary to these precepts and yet not perceive it although they have them often in their mouthes The one side belieues the other hath too little charity to be religious the other thinke they as much want zeale and neither betray a greater defect of both than by thus censuring each other What strange Idea's of one another doth the passions and interest of men create thus good men mutually become judgers of evill thoughts Notwithstanding these distempers excepted which their affections and ingagements make undiscernable yea many times adopt them into religion in all things else almost the persons on both sides approove themselves eminent patterns of wisdome and piety and 't is not easy to say which deserve most commendations If the one excell in deepe knowledge the other in profitable practicall applications and condescentions If the one in fervour of spirit the other in moderation with discretion If the ones axe be keener the other putteth to it the more force and whilest the one fetchets the homer stroake the other strik's oftner Both excellently exhort to the contempt of of the worlde to the denyall of our selves to a holy life the one by faith effectuall from St Paul the other by good works evidencing and justifying faith from Saint Iames and both second their doctrine by their lives what course now shall an indifferent Person take whilest each of these call him from the other to themselves each denounce the others coast infectious if not deadly For my owne part I so adheare to neither as to swallow downe the errours of the one as far as I can deserne them or to reject things laudible in the other neither would I have objects that are comely in themselves appeare deformed to mee through the fault only of a distempered organ or medium I know the God of wisdome of peace can make a sweet harmony out of these discordant sounds and I humbly pray him to doe it In the meane time I cannot away with a monopoly of Gods free grace and dare not conclude He favours not a persō whō he hath not priviledged with the understanding of fōe points which it may be I count of greater concernment than indeed they are I cannot think it a piece of religion to anathematize from Christ such as will not subscribe to every one of my Articles but am conscious to so many errours speculative and practicall in my selfe that I know not how to be severe towards others For differences between Christians I much bewaile them and hope my want of yeers and accommodations may be some excuse for mee if I judge not accuratly between them Yet I doubt not but hee that believes the Scriptures to be the word of God and firmly indeavours to live accordingly beleiving and obaying God and hoping for pardon of his sins through Christs merits is a true member of Christ and with every such I hold an internall communion viz by assent by love by prayer and I hope there are many such or some at least in every division of Christianity even as there still remains some flower in the coursest bran The foundadition of God remaineth sure the Lord knoweth who are his howbeit t is my duety to walke charitably and reject none whom for ought I am sure of God may receive yet my hopes are fullest there where I see moderation and Christian lenity most approved and practised Of ambitious discontent THere is one piece of content the least of any taken notice for a vertue yet much commended in Scripture and that is contentation with a mans gifts I doe not wonder hereat first because some men place their highest happinesse in them yea mistake them and not a few doe so for sanctification it selfe Againe the want of them is commonly imputed to a defect of industry and ingenuous men much hate that opprobrious charge Yet I wonder greatly that many Christians eares should be so close stopped at what St Paul discourseth of in the 12 chapter of the first Epist to the Corinth viz that it is requisite there should be feet and other inferiour in the body as well as eyes and lipps and that every member hath it's proper use and service wherewith it ought to be content But alas what a mutiny in the body beyond that in Agrippa's Fable may wee now discover How many must needs be tongues who are fitter to be eares how many take upon them to be eyes who had need be led by the hand Hence so many Novices contrary to Apostolicall Canon take upon them to be publicke Teachers and as the learned'st of our English Kings once spake every Good-mans son writes Catechismes I know the Harvest is great and I therefore pray the Lord of the Harvest to send multitudes into his vineyard yet those such as are able to labour and the Apostles