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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02837	The equall vvayes of God tending to the rectifying of the crooked wayes of man. The passages whereof are briefly and clearly drawne from the sacred Scriptures. By T.H.	Hayne, Thomas, 1582-1645.	1632 (1632)	STC 12976; ESTC S103940	24,541	49

the dead For with that very spirit Christ preached to them And for resisting the same they are now Spirits inprison God from all eternitie seeing the rebellion and obstinate wickednesse of prophane men under the father before the law was written and after in the Iewish Church now in the Christiā Church since in all of many of the degrees above as he willed that together with other meanes of salvatiō his Spirit also should strive with them so he willed that his spirit should not alwaies strive with them But when their wickednesse was come to the full Gods long suffering had many years waited for their amendment that they might agree with their adversarie in the way when the limit of the time in which God gave them space to repent Their day in which they ought to know the things which belong to their peace which day or fixed limit is known only to God except sometimes it hath pleased him to reveale it is past and expired Then God will not heare their cry who before would not heare his call then God gives it not to them to know the mysteries of the Kingdome of heaven God hides those things from the wise and intelligent in their owne proud conceit because it so pleaseth him God sends a lying Spirit into the mouth of Ahabs prophets and gives him power to deceive them When Balaam was forbidden by God to goe or curse the blessed and yet would not rest but still shewed his love and desire of the wages of unrighteousnesse God had him goe but was angrie that he went When the hearts of people are waxed grosse their eares dul of hearing their eyes by themselves closed lest they should see heare understand and bee converted Then God blinds makes deaf and takes away their understanding God hardens them according to the most holy and just rule of his will who being come to Pharaoh's case harden themselves and so he hardens whom he will And then is there no disputing with God God sends strong delusions that they should beleeve lies who would not receive the knowledge of the truth Thus Gods al-seeing eyes beholding from al eternitie what courses he on his part would take and how among his people the Rulers and Teachers should faithfully doe what he ordered and appointed for the salvation of their people seeing even them also who are not in Christ not by his or the Rulers or teachers default but by their owne consulting with flesh and blood and disobedience to Gods will revealed to them Simul semel hee decreed the condemnation of them most justly as Esau's before actually they had done good or evil and thereto tends Christs speech He that beleeves not is condemned alreadie These things being thus it may be hence concluded 1. That in wicked mens neglecting or contemning Gods dealing with them and the order and course appointed by God for their salvation some sooner some later fall off from or reject the meanes of their salvation The Gaderens after one miracle done among them upon the losse of their swine beseech Christ to depart out of their coasts The Iewes at Antioch heare the Gospell preached to them one Sabbath but the next Sabbath drive the Apostles out of their citie They of Capernaum and Bethsaida had many great works of Christ done among them but repented not Demas heard the Gospell walked with the Apostles for a time but at length fell off to the present world Iulian the Apostata heard the Gospell professed the same for a time at length violently and maliciously persecuted it Iudas heard the Gospell preached it continued a long time with Christ and the Apostles was unsuspected of the Apostles till at length he betrayed his Master and died desperately 2. That carelesnesse and want of due consideration opens a very great gappe on mans part to his owne ruin As not to regard the trumpet of Gods warning them his miracles promises threats c. to preferre mans folly before Gods wisedome in the mouth of his messengers to prefer this worlds wealth before the true treasure momentany pleasures before pleasures at Gods right hand for evermore To feare men that can but kill the body and not feare God who can destroy both body and soule to envie other mens graces and conversion at which GOD good Angels and men rejoice not principally and mainly to seeke Gods Kingdome and to use matters of this world as if we used them not In this manner they that were invited to the banquet of salvation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 made light of it and went their wayes to pleasure profit c. How shall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 men neglecting so great salvation escape 3. That though Gods goodnesse and mercy is such that he knocks at mans heart and stands and abides knocking there and notwithstanding many and great sinnes of infirmity and ignorance c. still continues suing to be admitted into the heart of man drawing him to it by the preaching of the Ministers who work together with him as by other meanes also yet if sinners proceed from one degree of sinne to another and harden their hearts that they cannot repent following sinne with greedinesse till the acceptable time the day of salvation be past and Christ who commanded all to watch and told them of his sudden comming finde them not well doing but sleeping in sinne they are cut off and have their portion with unbeleevers 4. That the wicked which lived in the Church before Christs time lost their title to happinesse joyntly by Adams fall and sinne comming in thereby by actuall sinnes of their owne by wilfull forsaking or otherwise losing the benefit of Christ promised by persisting in all or some of the sinnes above named 5. That the wicked who lived in the true Church since Christs time lost their title to happinesse joyntly by Adams fall and by falling off from the hope in Christ promised in their Ancestors at Babels building and by each mans owne actuall sinne in some or al the degrees aboue named falling from the hope of salvation through Christ already come and preached to them 6. That God from all eternity decreed the hardening of them that obstinately harden themselves the blinding of them that obstinately blinde themselves the forsaking of them that obstinately forsake him that will follow their owne courses their wicked Ancestors steps and impiously bid God depart from them Furthermore from these two sections considered together arise these conclusions I. That the condemnation of the wicked is meerly of from mans default where the trumpet is not blowne both by default of Rulers and teachers and also in regard of their owne sinnes in which they dye And where Rulers and teachers doe their duties by the sinnes of each particular person II. That the wickednesse of the damned is not the cause of Gods will to damne them for sinne in

in cheif place after them they reject or persecute the true religion III. They that did or doe live under Rulers apostate from the true religion or maliciously persecuting the same lost and doe lose the title to happinesse jointly by Adams fell in whose loines they sinned and by default of apostate and persecuting rulers and ancestors in whom they apostated persecuted and by actuall continuing together with their successors in the same apostasie and resolution to persecute For instance the Grecians the posteritie of Iaphet fell in Adam God providing a remedie for that fall by Christ promised in Nimrod and his complices they apostated from the hope of that promise At Christs death the Gospell of peace is commanded to be preached to all nations and was taught and received in their countrey Whosoever since then or now hath or doth apostate from the true religion taught by Gods Apostles in Grecia and joyne with the Turk or Pope in misbeleif and persecuting Gods truth hath or doth continue in the same apostasie lose the title to happinesse And so of other people also IIII. That God hath done at severall times many miraculous works and inflicted on mankind most strange judgements c. all very conspicuous so that even among the apostate nations before Christ Pharaoh confessed that God was righteous himselfe and his people sinfull And others could not but acknowledge Gods power and that he was the great God That his Law is only wise That no god could doe as he did c. Besides many nations did use sacrifices and offerings but without true knowledge and superstitious Yet in so doing acknowledged themselves sinners and the goodnesse of a Deitie to them c. being able to say that we 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are his offspring Insomuch that they when as they knew God worshipped him not as God but became vaine in their imaginations were given up to their hearts lust and are without excuse V. That some particular persons falne in Adam apostated from the promise of Christ in their ancestors have beene called to the faith by Gods miraculous works judgements such other meanes as it pleased God to use and of his meere mercy saved Such as Rahab Ruth and divers others above named In like maner some now in the Turkish Empire and Popish countries who being vexed as holy Lot with the abominations about thē practised deplore these and their owne sins beleeve the truth of God concerning redemption by Christ so far as it is revealed unto them endeavor to lead an holy life accordingly meddle not with abuses which they have no commission to amēd VI. That they that know not their masters will doe things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes And that it shal be easier for them at the day of judgment then for those cities places which have had the meanes of salvation more plentifully imparted to them As appeares by Christs speech of Corazin Bethsaida and Capernaum CHAP. VI. Mans perdition is of himselfe in the second place by his own default Where the Rulers and teachers do their duties Conclusions thēce Lastly conclusiōs from the former this chapter jointly considered IN the second place where Princes their substitutes Bishops and teachers doe their offices faithfully some people 〈◊〉 a●ōg ●n their own ruin For though God set watchmen over thē which say Take heed to the sound of the trumpet some as the Jewes to Jeremie say we will not take heed Though Gods word be to them precept upon precept precept upon precept line upon line line upon line here a little and there a little though God speake to them himselfe though God send to them his servants the Prophets of old and preachers now yet they will not heare but goe after the stubbornnesse of their owne wicked hearts They say desperately no for I have loved strangers and I will follow them In so much that God complaines My people would not heare my voice and Israel would none of me So he gave them up to their owne hearts lust And Christ complaines of them and bewailes their obstinacie O Ierusalem Ierusalem how often would I have gathered yee as an hen her chickens and yee would not Nay they say to God depart from us we desire not the knowledge of thy Lawes Or bid the Prophets prophecie not Or say what can the Almighty doe for us Or it profits nothing to walk with God Or how doth God know it is there knowledge in the most high And so depart from the presence of God as Cain and his posterity Nimrod his followers c. setting afterwards their actions as before their mouthes as David saith against Heaven Or they relie on their owne wisedome and forsake God the fountaine of living waters and dig to themselves pits even broken pits which will hold no water They account the preaching of the Crosse foolishnesse which is the power of God for the salvation of them that be saved As for their owne wisedome for so they esteeme it God turnes it into follie Or they follow the il examples of their fathers so that when their fathers have forsaken Iehovah and walked after other Gods c. They doe worse then their fathers and walk every one after the stubbornnesse of their owne hearts Or so addict themselves to pleasure and voluptuousnes as that they cannot come to the heavenly banquet of salvation according to his answer I cannot come So the wicked before the flood Noah being the preacher of righteousnes to them ate dranke maried and gave in mariage and so will they do before the generall day of judgement neglecting the call of Gods preachers till destruction sweep them away as it did the old world Or they suffer the cares of the world and the deceitfulnes of riches to choak the good seed of the word and forsake the feast of salvation made readie for to goe after their farmes and oxen and matters of profit Or when persecution comes because of the Gospell they are offended and suffer the seed of God for want of deepe rooting to wither c. Or for envie at the conversion of others and the graces of God in them maliciously oppose and reject the Gospell as did the Jewes when they saw the whole citie of Antioch come together to heare Gods word and were thereupon filled with envie contradicted those things which were spoken by Paul and railed So also did the Elder sonne that is the Jew repine would not come into the feast whē God the father reconciled himselfe to the yonger sonne the prodigall that is the Gentile This resisting is called a resisting of the Spirit of God both in the fathers and also in those present Iewes And what did they in the old world but resist the spirit by which Christ was raised from