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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88993	A sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons, at their late solemne fast, Wednesday, Feb. 26. 1644. / By John Maynard, minister of the Word of God at Mayfield in Sussex, and a member of the Assembly of Divines.	Maynard, John, 1600-1665.	1645 (1645)	Wing M1452; Thomason E277_2; ESTC R200000	34,511	39

in it if any through their own weaknesse shall be discouraged from buying when they hear those whom the Lord imployeth as his trustees and factours to be cried downe and stigmatized for Baals priests limmes of the beast Ministers of Antichrist The way to bring a shop out of custome is first to bring it out of credit 5. Procced in that worke wherein ye have already made so good a progresse in removing those who are either unskilfull or unfaithfull dispensers of the truth or whose fingers are so foul that they fully the truth by handling it causing the word and way of truth to be evill spoken of and discouraging men from buying The very heathens may shame those who censure you in this who seem to have been very tender of the honour of their idol-gods in this kinde Livy as I remember hath a story to this purpose A Vestall virgine was suspected of incontinency because of her neatnesse in apparell courtly deportment or some such thing but being called in question no such crime appeared upon examination yet was she sent away with a check or admonition willed to remember Sancte magis quam scite colendas esse religiones That the services of their gods required rather sanctity in those that were actours in them than any such curious dresse as might carry an appearance of evill And Sozomen inserteth the Copie of a letter written by Julian the Apostate to Arsacius Arch-Priest of Galatia requiring him to charge those heathenish priests under his superintendency neither to haunt Theaters or according to our times stage-playes nor to frequent Tavernes and that upon paine of deprivation Seneca in his Controversies hath such a case as this A Virgine being taken captive by Pyrates was sold to a Pandour prostituted in a Stewes yet preserved her virginity and at last slew a man in defence of her chastity whereupon she was arraigned and upon hearing of her cause acquitted after this she sueth to be admitted as a Priest to attend on one of their goddesses this barre was put in against her plea by way of supposition Tres petunt Sacerdotium capta prestituta rea Suppose three severall Virgins should come in competition for the Priesthood whereof one had beene captivated the second prostituted the third arraigned Omnibus nego I reject them all much more when all these meete in one and yet in all these three was nothing criminall but rather something of disparagement How much more when the question is concerning the admission of men to the Ministry of the Gospell or retayning those that were formerly admitted suppose one of them a drunkard another a swearer a third superstitious a fourth an ignorant person a fift idle c. Omnibus nego none of them shall have my voyce and what shall we say of them in whom many of these meete It was further pressed in behalfe of that virgine that her suite should be regarded out of compassion to her sufferings it was answered Non facimus miserandos Sacerdote● In choosing Priests we must respect the honour of our gods not the miseries of those who desire the office the wants and necessities of persons and families in this case are not to be looked at but the glory of Christ and the wants and miseries of poore soules yet I desire from my heart that mercie may be shewed them in other kinds that they may have meanes of subsistance and those who are knowne to be learned and studious may not be deprived of their Libraries Lastly I beseech you shew your selves tender of the honour of Truth it selfe in bridling those who cast foule aspersions upon it rich wares troden under feele and spoiled may lie by neglected buyers are nice and will hardly come off unlesse that which is tendered to them be sightly This the Devill knoweth and therefore stirreth up his Instruments to throw dirt upon the beautifull face of truth not onely in blinde corners but also in pulpits and printed pamphlets And if it belong to a Court Martiall to do right to a man of quality in poynt of honour surely it well becometh the supreame Court of Parliament to vindicate the Honour of God his everlasting Truth Many motives might bee used to set on the Exhortation both generall and speciall exciting us to this great purchase of Truth and to the promoting of the cause of Truth Much might bee said of the glory riches majesty beauty and divine excellencie of truth and heavenly wisedome for which I referre you as to other Scriptures so in particularly to the eighth chapter of this booke of Proverbs Give me leave for the present in few words to touch upon these three things and so conclude 1. The power of truth 2. The speciall engagements obligeing us of this Age and Nation to purchase and promote it 3. A serious consideration of what value the truth will be at the last Admirable is the power and strength of truth for all that buy and possesse it against all that either oppose or neglect it All the most unlikely Prophesies of Scripture have beene or shall be accomplished by the power of divine Truth all the exceeding great and precious promises of the Gospell have beene or shall be performed by it all the dreadfull threats verifyed The Power of truth raysed a Seede of the vanquished woman to bruise the head of the Serpent and god of the world It brought the Son of God to descend from His Throne of Supreame Majesty to cloath himselfe with flesh subject himselfe to the guilt of sinne and curse of the Law to the death and shame of the Crosse to drinke the bitter Cup of his Fathers Wrath and for that end to suspend the excrcise of His Authority in calling downe Legions of Angels from Heaven to rescue him out of the hands of his enemies The Power of Truth which is the Power of Christ Himselfe raysed Him from the dead and advanced Him to the right hand of the Throne of the Majesty on High c. Yea this Power of truth what wonderfull alterations hath it wrought in the world how hath it dissolved the severall Mineralls whereof that Image was composed the gold silver brasse and iron broken in pieces famous Monarchies and Empires of the world blasted and in great part already consumed the power of that man of sin enfeebled the strength of that Beast whom the world worshipped and wondred at It is admirable to consider how the strength of divine Truth breaketh thorough all opposition beareth downe all resistance Pulleth downe the mighty from their Seates Exalteth the humble and meeke witnes a late and notable example in this Land The Ruine of the Prelacy Truth had long since spoken it I will spew thee out of my mouth yea such is the power of truth that it maketh its very enemies serve its ends and in the midst of the most perplexed concurrence of second causes crosse interferings and overthwart interposings of inferiour Agents holdeth