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A34992	A practical and polemical commentary or exposition on the whole fifteenth Psalm wherein the text is learnedly and fruitfully explained, some controversies discussed, sundry cases of conscience are cleared, more especially that of usurie : many common places succinctly handled ... / by Christopher Cartwright ... ; the life of the reverend and learned author is prefixed.	Cartwright, Christopher, 1602-1658.; Bolton, John, 1599-1679. Life of the author.	1658 (1658)	Wing C693; ESTC R18318	282,330	382

So it argues want of sincerity and uprightness to think any thing commanded of God so small as that it need not to be regarded to say as some use to doe Is this so much Is this so great a matter Even the tything of mint annise and cummin was not to be left undone Matth. 33.23 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these commandments and shall teach men so shall avow it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theophylact. ad loc as if it were no sin he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven Matth. 5.19 that is indeed he shall have no place in it no admittance into it 3. We will have a special care to performe the duties of our special calling Some are like Absalom O said he that I were judge in the land I would doe every man right 2 Sam. 15 4. When as in the meane time he heeded not his owne dutie that which his owne place and calling did require of him as the storie there sheweth But he that is upright and truely godly is like a tree that bringeth forth his fruit his owne proper fruit in his season Psal 1.3 2. If we be upright it will be our care to serve and please God at all times as well at one time as at another Let thine heart saith Salomon be in the feare of the Lord all the day long Prov. 23.17 More particularly 1. As well in secret as in publike Iob speaking of a hypocrite saith Will he call upon God at all times Job 27.10 that is as well at one time as at another At some times he will namely when others may see him and take notice of him but at other times when he is alone by himself in secret he regardes it not Son of man saith God to Ezekiel seest thou what the ancients of the house of Israel doe in the darke Ezek. 8.12 It is a shame saith the Apostle even to speake of those things which are done of them in secret Ephes 5.12 Such as these are farre from walking uprightly they have respect to men and not to God For God sees as well what is done in secret as in publike Can any one hide himselfe in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord doe not I the Lord fill heaven and earth Jer. 23.20 If I say Surely the darkness shall cover me even the night shall be light about me Yea the darkness hideth not from thee but the night shineth as the day the darkness and the light are both alike to thee Psal 139.11 12. If we have forgotten the Name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange God Shall not God search it out for he knoweth the secrets of the heart Psal 44.20 21. Ioseph shewed his sincerity and the uprightness of his heart in this that though none was in the house when his Mistris tempted him to follie yet he would not hearken to her Gen. 39.11 c. And that in Levit. 19.14 is very remarkable to this purpose Thou shalt not curse the deaf nor put a stumbling block before the blinde but shalt fear thy God If one should curse the deaf he needeth not to feare the deaf because he cannot heare him And so if one should put a stumbling block before the blinde he needeth not to feare the blinde because he cannot see him But he that feares God will neither doe the one nor the other because God is neither blinde nor deafe but sees and heares whatsoever is done whatsoever is spoken 2. Not only when God doth cause his face to shine upon us and makes us to thrive and prosper in the world but also when he doth hide his face from us and sends trouble and affliction upon us Therefore afflictions are called in Scripture temptations and trials because thereby we are tried whether we be sincere and upright or no. Now for a season if need be you are in heaviness through manifold temptations That the triall of your faith being much more pretious then of gold that perisheth though it be tried with fire might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1.6 7. Beloved thinke it not strange concerning the fiery triall which is to try you 1 Pet. 4.12 Behold the divel shall cast some of you into prison that ye may be tried and ye shall have tribulation ten dayes Revel 2.10 Thou O God hast proved us thou hast tried us as silver is tried How Thou broughtest us into the net thou laidst affliction upon our loines Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads Psal 66.10 11 12. Iob's integritie and uprightness was tried by this that although the devil slandered him saying Doth Job serve God for nought Hast thou not made an hedge about him and about his house and about all that he hath on every side Thou hast blessed the worke of his hands and his substance is encreased in the land But put forth thine hand and touch all that he hath and he will curse thee to thy face Job 1.9 10 11. And againe Skin for skin and all that a man hath will he give for his life But put forth thine hand now and touch his bone and his flesh and he will curse thee to thy face Job 2.4 5. Yet Job in his greatest adversitie did keepe close unto God and did not turne from him this shewed him to be indeed a perfect that is sincere and upright man as he is stiled Iob. 1.1 8. and 2.3 So the people of God proove their sinceritie by this that notwithstanding all their afflictions which they endured yet they did not fall off from following the Lord as hypocrites in such a case use to doe All this is come upon us say they meaning all the affliction before mentioned from vers 9. to v. 16. yet have we not forgotten thee neither have we dealt falsly in thy covenant Our heart is not turned backe neither have our steps declined from thy way Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death Psal 44.17 18 19. 3. Not only while the affliction is upon us O utinam tales semper essemus sani quales nos futuros profitemur aegroti Plin. Epist but also when it is remooved and we are delivered out of it Some like Pharaoh when the afflicting hand of God is upon them will promise and professe much reformation but deliverance being obtained they performe no such matter when God doth once remove his stroke from them presently they fall to their former practices and shew themselves as vile and lewd as every they were before The hollow-heartedness of the Israelites is demonstrated by this When God slew them sent destroying judgments among them then they sought him and they returned and enquired early after God And they remembred that God was their rocke and the high God their Redeemer Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouthes and lie

are these 1. There is an antiplaty and contrariety betwixt the godly and the wicked Reasons why a citizen of heaven doth contemne a wicked person there is emnitie betwixt the seed of the women and the seed of the serpent Gen. 3.15 They have contrary parents the one being the children of God the other the children of the devil 1 John 3.10 They have contrary conditions the one are light the other darkness Ephes 5.8 They have contrary courses the one walk after the spirit and the other walk after the flesh Rom. 8.1 Therefore an unjust man is an abomination to the just and he that is upright in his wayes is an abomination to the unjust Prov. 29.27 2. The godly are taught of God John 6. vers 45. Therefore they are taught to judge of things aright to judge of them as they are and consequently they are taught to judge the wicked vile and contemptible because so indeed they are Here in the Text a wicked person is called a vile person And it is said of the sons of Eli who where wicked and ungodly that they made themselves vile 1 Sam. 3.13 Sinful affections are termed vile affections Rom. 1.26 because they make those vile that are given up unto them A wicked man is loathsome saith Salomon Prov. 13.5 3. The wicked contemne God Psal 10.13 And therefore the godly contemne the wicked Do not I hate them O Lord that hate thee said David Psal 139.21 So doth not a godly man contemne them that condemne God Yes it is most just that it should be so and God will have it so they that despise me saith he shall be lightly esteemed 1 Sam. 2.30 This then in the first place may shew how b inde and Use 1 brutish the wicked are who though they be most vile and contemptible in the eyes of God and good men yet they have no sight no sense of themselves Supra omnem monstrosi piaculi execrationem est summum scelus admitte●e pudorem sceleris non admittere Salv. de Gubern l. 7. and of their vileness but applaud themselves and that for those very things for which they are so loathsome Were they ashamed saith Jeremie when they committed abomination nay they were not at all ashamed neither could they blush Jer. 6.15 And he repeates it again Chap. 8. vers 12. Yea some are so farre from being ashamed of their abominations that they even glorie in them Their glory is in their shame Phil. 3.19 Chrysostome doth elegantly set forth the blindness and brutishness of such persons 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost When they lie in the mire saith he they think they are besmeared with some sweet ointments when they are full of vermine they vaunt themselves as if they were adorned with pretious stones Thus Austine confesseth that it was sometimes with him Preceps ibam tantâ caecitate ut inter coetaneos meos puderet me minoris dedecoris quum audiebam eos jactantes flagil●a sua tanto gloriantes magis quanto magis turpes essent Quid dignum vi●uperatione nisi vitium Ego ne vituperarer vitiosior fiebam ubi non sub●rat quo aequarer perditis fingebam me fecisse quae non feceram ne viderer abjectior quo eram innocentior ne vitior quo eram castior August Confess lib. 2. cap. 3. he was stricken with such blindness as that he thought it a shame unto him to be lesse vile and wicked then his companions whom he heard boast of their lewdness and glory so much the more by how much they were the more filthy Therefore he saith lest he should be of no account he was the more vitious and when he could not otherwise match others he would feigne that he had done those things which he never did lest he should seeme so much the more abject by how much he was the more innocent and so much the more vile by how much he was the more chaste Use 2 Secondly This also shewes that such as have truly repented of their wickedness are ashamed of it and of themselves for it For seeing it makes them to be contemned of those that judge aright when they are truly sensible of themselves they will be vile in their own eyes and will be ashamed that ever they did commit such abomin●tion What fruit had you then of those things whereof you are now ashamed Rom. 6.21 Thou shalt remember thy wayes and be ashamed Ezek. 16.61 Ye shall remember your wayes and all your doings wherein ye have been defiled and ye shall loath your selves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed Ezek. 20.43 Then shall ye remember your own evil wayes and your doings that were not good and shall loath your selves in your own sight for your inquities and for your abominations Ezek. 36.31 Surely said Ephraim after that I was turned I repented and after that I was instructed I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed yea even confounded because I did heare the reproach of my youth Jer. 31. 19. Therefore though thou dost refraine from acting thy old sins yet if thou canst still think and speak of thy former wayes and doings without being ashamed of them it argues that thy refraining from sin doth proceed from some other cause as want of power or opportunity to act in that kinde or the like and not from hence that thou hast tru●y repented of it Thirdly This may teach and admonish all if they Use 3 would keep themselves from contempt even from just and deserved contempt to keep themselves from sin and wickedness If thou wouldst avoid contempt have a care to avoid sin for otherwise both God and they that are of God will contemne thee When the wicked cometh then cometh also contempt and with ignonimy reproach Proverb 18.3 It is not thy birth or breeding not thy wit or wealth not thy dignity or power not any thing whatsoever that can preserve thee from contempt if thou beest wicked No if thou livest wickedly thou shalt live contemptibly and if thou diest in thy wickedness contempt will for ever cleave unto thee The memory of the just is blessed but the name of the wicked shall rot Prov. 10.7 When the wicked rise again it shall be to perpetual shame and contempt Dan. 12.2 They shall be an abhorring unto all flesh Isai 66.24 But fourthly if it be one character whereby a citizen Use 4 of heaven and an heire of salvation is described that he is one who contemneth the wicked what little cause then have they to think themselves in a good estate who neither have nor care to have this property in them How far some are from contemning the wicked may appeare divers wayes 1. By endeavouring what they can to advance the wicked to advance them I say to places of honour either in Church or Commonwealth An ordinary thing it is with men to bestow their voices and their paines in this kinde upon any even