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The harmonie of Holie Scriptures vvith the seuerall sentences of sundry learned and vvorthy vvriters : collected for the comfort of all such as are desirous to seeke after theyr soules health / by I.B.
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Bentley, James.
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learne in youth then in age to be vnskilfull §. 6. Sanctifie the Lorde God in your harts 1 Pet 3 15. 16. saith the Apostle and be ready alwayes to giue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you and that with meekenes reuerence hauing a good conscience that when they speake euill of you as of euill dooers they may be ashamed which blame your good conuersation in Christ Yea let the vvord of Christ dwell in Colos 3. 16. you plenteously in all wisedome teaching and admonishing your owne selues in Psalmes and Hymnes spirituall songs singing with a grace in your harts vnto the Lord. And whatsoeuer yee shall doe in vvord verse 17. or in deed do all in the Name of the Lord Iesus giuing thanks to God euen the Father by him For God is a Spirit and they that worship Iohn 4. 24 him must worship him in spirit and truth He is likewise a God of wonderfull great Tertullian power might and majestie and therefore we ought alwaies to serue him truely with feare and reuerence §. 7. I beseech you brethren by the mercies Rom 12. 1. 2. of God saith S. Paule that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice holy acceptable to GOD which is your reasonable seruing of God And fashion not your selues like vnto this world but be ye changed by the renewing of your minde that yee may proue vvhat is the good vvill of God and acceptable and perfect Lay apart all filthines and superfluitie Iames 1 21. 22. of maliciousnes and receiue with meekenesse the vvorde vvhich is grafted in you which is able to saue your soules And bee yee dooers of the vvord and not hearers onely deceiuing your selues For if any man heare the word doe verse 23 24 it not he is like vnto a man that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse For when hee hath considered himselfe he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what manner of one hee was But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe verse 2◠of libertie and continueth therein he not beeing a forgetfull hearer but a dooer of the worke shall be blessed in his deede For the hearers of the Law are not righteous Rom 2. 13 before God but the dooers of the lawe shall be iustified And not euery one that saith vnto Christ Math 7 21. Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but hee that doth the will of God which is in heauen Take heede therefore that yee vvalke Ephe 5. 15. 16 circumspectly not as fooles but as wise redeeming the time for the dayes are euill That is that ye cast off concerning the Ephe 4 22 23 24 conuersation in time past the olde man which is corrupt through deceiueable lusts and be renewed in the spirit of your mind And put on the newe man which after God is created in righteousnes true holinesse For the grace of GOD that bringeth Titus 2. 11. 12. saluation to all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlines and worldly lusts and that we should liue soberly righteously and godly in this present world Looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the mightie God verse 13. 14. and of our sauiour Iesus Christ who gaue himselfe for vs that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquitie and purge vs to be a peculier people vnto himselfe zealous of good workes §. 8. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered ◠Pet. 4 1. for vs in the flesh arme your selues likewise vvith the same minde which is that hee vvhich hath suffered in the fleshe hath ceased from sinne that hee hence-foorth should liue as much time as remaineth in verse 2. 3 the flesh not after the lusts of men but after the will of God For it is sufficient for vs that wee haue spent the time past of the life after the lust of the Gentiles walking in wantonnes lusts in excesse of wines in excesse of eatings in excesse of drinkings and in abhominable Idolatries Therefore if any man be in Christ let 2. Cor. 5. 17. him be a newe creature For they that are Christes haue crucified Gala 5 24 the flesh with the affections the lusts §. 9. The night saith the Apostle is past Rom 13 12 13. 14 the day is at hand let vs therefore cast away the works of darknes let vs put on the Armour of light so that we walke honestly as in the day not in gluttony and drunkennes neither in chambering and wantonnesse nor in strife enuying But put yee on the Lord Iesus Christ take no thought for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof * For if yee liue after the flesh ye Rom 8 13 shal die but if yee mortifie the deedes of the body by the Spirit ye shall liue VValke then I say in the Spirit and yee Gala. 5. 16 17 shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh for the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary one to another so that ye cannot doe the same things that ye would Striue therefore to enter into heauen at Luke 13 24 the straite gate for many will seeke to enter in and shall not be able §. 10. If yee be risen with Christ seeke those Colo 3 1 2 things which are aboue vvhere Christ sitteth at the right hande of God Set your affections on thinges which are in heauen and not on things which are on the earth Gird vp the loynes of your minde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is 1 Pet 1 13. 14 15 16. brought vnto you by the reuelation of Iesus Christ as obedient children not fashioning your selues vnto the former lusts of your ignoraunce but as hee vvhich hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conuersation because it is written Be yee holy for I am holy Let no corrupt communication proceed Ephe. 4. 29. out of your mouthes but that vvhich is good to the vse of edifying that it may minister grace vnto the hearers For euill speakings corrupt good manners 1 Cor 15 33. And those thinges are alwaies vnhonest Iraeneus to be spoken of vvhich are filthy to bee done Onely let your conuersation be as it becommeth Philip. 1. 27 the Gospell of Christ That ye may walke worthy of the Lord Colos 1 10 and please him in all things beeing fruitefull in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God Who hath saued vs and called vs with 2. Tim 1 9. 10 an holy calling not according to our workes but according to his owne purpose and grace which was giuen to vs through Christ Iesus before the vvorlde was but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Sauiour Iesus Christ who hath as I haue already declared abolished death and hath
and wretchedly to end his dayes in anguish and desperation For saluation is farre from the vngodlie Psalm 119. 155 because they seeke not the statutes of the Almightie But ceaselesse sorrowes and perpetuall Cyprian paines continually doe attende them as a iust reward ordained of GOD for theyr loue of vnrighteousnes carelesse neglecting the knowledge of his waies For they that plow iniquitie and sowe Iob. 4. 8. wickednes shall reape the same And such as forsake the Lord shall bee Esay 1. 28. consumed §. 24. These few many moe such like speeches to expresse the wrath of God against the wicked are set downe not onely in the sacred Scriptures but also in the works of diuers worthy Writers which being rightly considered wee may well be mooued at the remembrance thereof to say with Origen * Farre better were it for the vngodly Origen that they had neuer beene at all then to be borne into the world and not liue as they should doe For besides all the former places to this purpose already recited wee finde it further to the terrour of the vnrighteous by seueral sentences affirmed * That the vngodly Wisd 14. 9. man and his vngodlines are both alike hated of God And that a wicked mans life is his soules Chrisostome death That hee that committeth sinne is of 1. Ioh. 3. 8. the deuill And the vengeance belonging to the Ecclê° 7. 17. vnrighteous is fire and wormes That hee which worketh wickednesse Ecclê° 27. 27 shal be wrapped in euills shal not know from whence they come vnto him That malice shall sley the vngodly man Psal 34. 21. and they that hate the righteous shall perrish That the congregation of the vvicked Ecclê° 21. 9. is like towe wrapped together and theyr end is a flame of sire to destroy them That the transgression of a wicked man Prou. 29. 6. is his snare And he that soweth iniquitie shall reape Prou. 22. 8. affliction That hee which diggeth a pit shall fall Ecclê° 27. 26 therein and he that layeth a snare for another shal be taken in it himselfe That the way of the vngodly is made Ecclê° 21 10 plaine with stones but at the end thereof is hell darknes and paines That as the dry ground and heate consume Iob. 24. 19 the snow waters so shal the graue the sinners That when the vngodly man dyeth his Prou. 11. 7. hope perrisheth the confidence of the wicked shal come to nought That although men mourne for theyr Eccê° 41. 11. body yet shall the wicked name of the vngodly be put out That their portion shall be cursed in the Iob. 24. 18. earth Theyr name shall rotte Prou. 10 7. Iob. 8. 22. Prou. 24. 22 Prou. 14 11 Iob 24. 20. Theyr dwelling places shal not remaine Theyr destruction shal come suddenly Theyr houses shal be destroyed And they themselues shall be no more remembred That hee that is wicked shall fall in his Prou. 11. 5. owne wickednes And hee that transgresseth shall be taken Prou. 11 6. in the sinne of his transgression That the curse of God is in the habitation Prou 3 33. of the vngodly And the vnrighteous mans substance Ecclê° 40 13 shall be dryed vp like a riuer That vvicked men wanting the feare of Boetius GOD are hunted of euill to theyr owne ouerthrow and destruction That as vnto the good theyr goodnesse Hermes is a reward so vnto the wicked theyr owne euill is a punishment That the eyes of the wicked shall fayle Iob 11 20 theyr refuge shall perrish and theyr hope shal be sorrow of minde That such as seeke to get wealth by any Plato wicked meanes shall possesse there-with more vnquietnes then profit and the substance that by sinne is attained shall by some misfortune be consumed That the robbery of the vnrighteous Prou. 21 7 shall destroy them And the riches of the vngodly are layde Prou 13 22 vp for th 〈…〉 st That â—â—e Lord will be a swift witnesse Mala 3 5 against the Southsayers and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hyrelings wages and vexe the widow and the fatherlesse and oppresse the stranger and feare not to offend him That the vngodly are kept vnto the day Iob 20 30 of destruction and shall be brought forth to the day of wrath That for vnrighteousnes other mischieuous Socrates deedes the soules of the vngodly shall after this life be greeuously tormented in hell That when the vngodly shall say Peace 1 Thes 5 3 and safetie then shall come vppon them suddaine destruction as the trauaile vpon a woman vvith childe and they shall not escape That the wicked haue no gaine by the Cyprian death of Christ but all the benefites comming to mankinde by his Passion vvhich they haue despised doe most iustly condemne them That outwardly they receiue the Sacrament Augustine of Christes body and blood but the thing it selfe inwardly in theyr harts they haue not and therefore they eate drink thevr owne iudgement That the wicked by reason of their vnquiet Esay 57 20 conscience which alwaies tormenteth them are like the raging Sea that cannot rest whose waters cast vp mire and dyrt And the Lord himselfe hath said it that Esay 48 22 there is no peace to the vngodly person That the Lord hath made all things for Prou 16 4 his owne sake yea euen the vvicked for the day of euill And as all that is of the earth shal turne Ecclê° 41 10 to earth againe so the vngodly goe from the curse to destruction That as GOD greatly delighteth in the Hillarius louers of his Law so hee highly contemneth the peticions of the disobedient That the chyldren of the vngodly are Ecclê° 41 5 abhominable chyldren And the of-spring of the vnrighteous Ecclê° 40. 15 shall not obtaine many branches That God will lay vp the sorrow of the Iob 21 19 wicked father for his children And the posteritie of the vngodly generation Ecclê° 41 6. shall haue a perpetuall shame That if the vnrighteous happen to liue Pet. Ramus long theyr sorrowes at theyr death shall be the greater And according to the number of theyr Mar. Buâ—er sinnes here on earth such shal be the quantitie of theyr punishments in hell That as GOD vnto the godly is most Plotinus sweet gentle and louing so vnto the wicked proude and disobedient hee is verie seuere sharpe and rough specially appearing and felt for euer vpon them in the terrible day of damnation and vengeance That as euerlasting felicitie doth quickly Lactantius follovv the godly after the short race of theyr â—orldly miserie so euerlasting wretchednes speedily followeth the vngodly after the short race of their earthly felicitie That all such as for