Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	aaron_n	consume_v	murmur_v	14	3	10.6981	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67743	The cause and cure of ignorance, error, enmity, atheisme, prophanesse, &c., or, A most hopefull and speedy way to grace and salvation, by plucking up impediments by the roote reduced to explication, confirmation, application, tending to illumination, sanctification, devotion / by R. Younge ...	Younge, Richard.	1648 (1648)	Wing Y143; ESTC R16605	116,892	303

rayling on them 8. In raysing slanders of them 9. In cursing them 10. In threatning of them 11. In undermining of them by flattery First ungodly men verbally manifest their enmity by murmuring against the Children of God as Labans sons murmured against Iacob Gen. 31.1 The Israelites against Moses and Aaron Yea against God himselfe for which the utmost part of the Host was consumed with fire from Heaven Num. 11.1 14.2 3. And lastly the labourers in the Vineyard against the Master of the house and their fellowes Matth. 20.11 12. And have not we the like murmurers O that so many Loaves and Fishes as did feede five thousand in the Wildernesse would but stop their mouthes who amongst us doe both vex at others plenty of grace and their owne want that doe murmure against the godly even for no other cause but that they alone should bee the men in whom no crime or fault scandalous can justly bee found that make it their Grace both before and after dinner to disgrace some Innocent But so it is That the baggage World desireth nothing more then to scarre the face that is fairer then her selfe whence she takes occasion in every company to ●rect the faylings of holy men very high like Saint Pauls for the gaze of all whereas they hide their good parts under ground like Saint Faiths that none may note them Wherein also is another disadvantage that cannot be helped The multitude will sooner beleeve them then our selves Affirmations being ap●er to win beliefe then Negatives are to uncredit them whereby ●t fals out that Piety is every where pusht at an● the religious murmured at and clamoured against in all places If such men would know their wages let them looke 2 Pet. 2.12 and there they shall finde that as their tongues have walked against Heaven so they shall be confined to Hell And in the meane time Cursed is hee saith the Holy Ghost that smiteth his neighbour secretly and let all the people say Amen Deut. 27.24 SECT 27. 2. BY Censuring their actions and mis-construing their intentions● as Eliab did Davids zeale for Gods glory to be pride and malice 1 Sam. 17.28 And those wicked ones his fasting and mourning to be Hypocrisie Psalm 35.13 to 17. Thus Iobs friends condemned him for an Hypocrite Iob 4.6 to 11. And the Iewes Christianity to be Heresie and Paul the Preacher of it a pestilent fellow a mover of sedition and maintainer of schisme yea all the Disciples to be deceivers 2 Cor. 6.8 And thus too many in our dayes will definitively censure men for Hypocrites whom they scarce know superficially Yea which is worse only because their works are good Prejudice casteth a false colour upon the best actions and Basenesse what it cannot attain to it will vellicate and deprave But what saith Sincerity While my conscience is innocent the Worlds suppositions cannot make me culpable Let me rather with Eliah and Micah doe well and heare ill then with Ahab and Iezabel do ill and be flattered The Accuser of the Brethren makes choyce of wicked men to t●aduce those whom he cannot seduce as he desireth as we may plainly see in our Saviours example who notwithstanding he fulfilled all righteousnesse and did all things well for in his mouth was found no guile nor fault in his manners nor error in his doctrine Which of you said he can rebuke me of sinne Yet the world traduced him for a Samaritan a Blasphemer a Sorcerer a wine-bibber an enemy to Caesar and what not A Deceiver and yet true was S. Pauls Motto 2 Cor. 6.8 c. And as it was then so it is now Wicked men deale with the Godly as sometimes a lustfull person will doe by a chaste woman when he cannot take away her honesty he will take away her credit brag of effecting his will with her when yet he could never have admittance into her company Bad natures whom they cannot reach by imitation they will by detraction like the Fox what they cannot attain to they will depresse and seem to despise their cunning is to condemne others that themselves may be justified As Caligula took off the heads from the Images of the gods to set up his owne Or as Merchants who to raise the price of their own commodities will beat down the prices of others And have they not reason thus to do Yes for how is a vicious person discredited and made contemptible by the vertuous life of an holy man We know straight lines help to shew the crooked And it is easie to guesse the Pharaohs fat Kine made the lean ones more ill-favoured A swarthy and hard-featured visage loves not the company of cleare beauties Again another reason is They judge others by themselves now they doe all their good in hypocrisie and so thereafter judge of others Saint Chrysostome hath given the Rule As it is a hard thing saith he for one to suspect another to be evil who is good himselfe so it is as hard for him to suppose another to be good who is himselfe ill And we see it fulfilled in Nero who verily beleeved that all men were foule libidinists because himselfe was such an one SECT 28. 3. WIcked men manifest their enmity against the religious by carrying tales of them unto others as C ham carried tales to his brethren of Noahs nakednesse his tongue was the trumpet to sound forth his Fathers shame Gen. 9.22 Thus Doeg carried tales to Saul of David and Ahimelech 1 Sam. 22.9 10. and the Zip●ins two severall times brought tidings to Saul where David had hid himselfe to the end Saul might slay him 1 Sam 23.19 20. 26.1 And those Libertines with other suborned men against Steven to the Counsell of Priests Acts 6.8 to 15. And of this burthen many amongst us are in continuall travell For how frequently doe debauched Drunkards and incorrigible sinners resembling their father the Devill who both by name Revel 12.10 and by nature Iob. 1.7 8 9. is a continuall Accuser of the brethren carry tales to their fellowes of such as will not consort with them yea of their faithfull Ministers especially if hee thunders in his doctrine and lightens in his conversation as Gregory Nazianzen speakes of Basil Yea and thinke they doe as good service in it as Secretaries and Espialls of Princes do to the State when they bring in bills of intelligence But doe they as they ought with an upright minde tell both our vertues and vices impartially as Swetonius writeth of the twelve Caesars and so leave the upshot to collection No but rather as the Iewes did by Paul Acts 24. charge us with many things as that we are pestilent fellowes movers of sedition and maintainers of Schisme but proving nothing verse 13. And indeed how should they when every word they speake is a slander Or if otherwise they look on our infirmities they looke not on our graces on our