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A51697 The axe at the root of professors miscarriages in a plain detection of, and a wholesome caveat against the miscarriages opposite to faith in God / by Thomas Mall ... Mall, Thomas, b. 1629 or 30. 1668 (1668) Wing M328; ESTC R12069 51,837 51

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THE Axe at the Root OF PROFESSORS MISCARRIAGES IN A Plain Detection of and a Wholsome Caveat against the Miscarriages opposite to Faith in God By Thomas Mall Minister of the Gospel Mat. 3.10 Now also is the Axe laid unto the Root of the Trees therefore every Tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire John 5.14 Sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee Isa 7.9 If you will not believe surely you shall not be established LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst upon London-Bridge 1668. Sold for 6 d. by the Author 's Appointm●●● ERRATA Candid Reader IN the two first sheets of this Treatise the Author hath not found any faults but in the Marginal Quotations and he trusts thou wilt find none in the rest but what thine ingenuity will correct or pardon In those sheets thou maist p. 3. for sinatis r. sinaris And f. Inarus r. Gnarus p. 6. for swidas r. suidas And for justus r. gustus Vale. To the Cordial Mourners in England especially in Exon Crediton Tiverton Taunton Barnstable Bitheferd Torrington Dartmouth and Forey for the dreadful Tokens of God's displeasure against the Land of their Nativity and the sad Causes thereof The Author wisheth Grace and Peace Dear Hearts I Doubt not of your kind acceptance and Christian improvement of this honest Essay to lay the Axe of God's Word at the Root of the Provocations of God's Sons and Daughters Are not you sensible of the woful though but partial departures of your God from your own Souls and from the Land of your Nativity Are not you lamenting after the A●k 1 Sam. 7.2 Zach. 11.10 14. Hos 13.1 Are not you afraid that God is breaking England's staff of Bands by breaking its staff of Beauty that even death will follow offending in Baal Yea do not your hearts tremble at the very thoughts of what will farther ensue God's taking away the Chariots and Horsemen of your Israel 2 King 2.12 And would not you take the direct course to re-injoy the smiles of your dearest Husband and to prevent England's cutting down Yea Deut. 32.19 are not you convinced that the Provocations of God's Sons and Daughters go nearest to his hea●t and that there is no hope even of their Salvation so long as vain thoughts of escaping utter ruine Jer. 4.14 without true repentance do lodg within them And are not you therefore resolved Mat. 3.10 that seeing God hath laid the Axe to the root of the Trees you will now in good earnest lay the Axe to the root of your own Sins that you will make it your main business to promote in your own Souls yea and in others too not only more humiliation for but more reformation of what hath been amiss as knowing that humiliation without reformation is like the Word of God in the Letter which kills and not quickens it accents sin and not lesseneth it it continues judgment and not removes it For your help therefore herein I have endeavoured to detect and caution you against the miscarriages opposite to Faith in God which I dare say Ephes 6.17 2 Chr. 18.30 are the Root of all your other Miscarriages By the sword of the Spirit and that as welded by the skilful hands of several of England's Worthies to whom you are refer'd in the Margin I have fought neither with small nor great but with your King-sins It is said of Christ In the day of thy wrath thou shalt smite through Kings Psal 110.5 And is not this the day of Christs yea of your wrath against your sins Is not Christ yea are not you angry with them and troubled for them O then shew that you have the Spirit of Christ in you smite through Kings I mean only your Kingly-sins and then I am sure none will be able to stand before you Scuh you will find your sins opposite to Faith to be each of them hath many followers and therefore may be called Gad Behold a Troop comes I have indeed purposely waved speaking of the Miscarriages opposite to Faith with reference to its immediate object Jesus Christ not only because those are more taken notice of by convinced Souls in these days than these with reference to its ultimate object the Deity through Christ But because those are most excellently handled by the Reverend Author of the late choice Gospel-Glass Ch. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to which I shall once more refer you and shall detain you no longer from making use of this Axe But whilst I am whispering a word or two in the ears of such as from the Miscarriages of some and not all Professors in which they are not countenanced but for which they are condemned by Religion and Profession are so unreasouable as to fall foul upon Religion and Profession * O that such would seriously read judicious Mr. A. Furgess's 71 Serm. in his most excellent Commentary on Joh. 17. I shall only transcribe for them one passage fol. 377. Would it not have been saith he horrible impiety to have broken out against all the Apostles and Christ himself saying Look what they are It 's as the Pharisees said a company of Impostors and Deceivers they are all for their own ends they are all covetous and though they pretend Religon yet they are Hypocrites and though they condemn the gross sins of the World yet in secret they can be a bad as any would not such a tongue shew that it was set on fire of Hell that should belch out such things It is tru● hereby offences do come and wo be to him by whom offences co●e Whosoever shall offend Mat. 18.7 Mat. 18.7 1 Pet. 2.7 Joh. 16.1 i. e. lay a stumbling-block before one of Christs little ones it had been better a milstone were hung about his neck and he thrown into the Sea Wo be to such Professors that by their being spots open the mouth of Blasphemy But wo be also unto all those that take offence against Religion and Profession thereby Wo unto the World because of offences Such will be found at last to be Blasphemers against God and runners in the broad way to Atheism and Damnation Christ is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence only to those that perish to them that believe he is precious This is hinted that none may be offended By your Faith's helper T. M. Dec. 23. 1667. Of Vain Curiosity Chap. I. The Miscarriages opposite to the saving Knowledge of God the apprehending Act of Faith 1. VAin Curiosity Beware not only of prying into the affairs of your Neighbour Against vain Curiosity which no way concern you but of enquiring into Gods Secrets God hath made known enough for our Salvation but some things he hath concealed from us and they do not belong unto us The secret things belong unto the Lord our God Deut. 29.29 but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our