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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49908	A treatise of the causes of incredulity wherein are examin'd the general motives and occasions which dispose unbelievers to reject the Christian religion : with two letters, containing a direct proof of the truth of Christianity / translated from the French of Monsieur Le Clerc.; De l'incredulité. English	Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736.	1697 (1697)	Wing L827; ESTC R19200	151,596	339

be externally profess'd and that a Man let no Opportunity slip of shewing others by his Life and Discourse that he 's firmly perswaded of it 'T is by no means a speculative Science to continue lock'd up in the Memory without bearing any Fruit out of it and without appearing in their manner of Living who are convinc'd of its Truth It fills them with a certain Ardour for the Observation of what it commands that the true Christians are easily perceiv'd to be in earnest 'T is this Disposition that is call'd Zeal from a Greek Word which signifies Jealousy to shew that we ought not to have less Ardour for the Honour of Christianity than a Bridegroom should be concern'd to preserve that of his Bride This Zeal extends generally to all the Doctrines and to all the Precepts of the Gospel and not to some of them only We ought zealously to defend the Truths we learn from it otherwise it were to betray and equal it to Falshood nor ought we to manifest less Ardour in observing its Injunctions seeing this is not less essential than the Belief of its Doctrines The one and the other must be joined for Christianity is entirely ruin'd if those things be separated which the Author of it has united The Reason of this is that the Doctrines lead us to the Observation of the Precepts being reveal'd to us for this end and the Observation of the Precepts does indispensibly suppose a strong Perswasion of the Doctrines All Christians are agreed about this Principle and Jesus Christ and his Apostles are very express about it so that there is no necessity to prove it Nevertheless it is evident that such as shew the greatest Zeal for the Christian Doctrines and for the way of explaining them in their Country are frequently seen to violate the clearest Precepts of it after a most scandalous manner as if this Ardour they shew for the Defence of the Doctrines were all that the Gospel requires of Men. There are some People for instance whose Discourses breathe nothing else one would think but the Love of the Truth and the Desire of preserving the Knowledg of it and of propagating it amongst Men. They write in favour of it they defend it with much heat against opposite Errors and they stick at no difficulty to make Truth triumph over Falshood Nay they expose themselves sometimes to Dangers for this with a surprizing Courage But these very same People who seem entirely devoted to the Service of God and the Defence of Religion are sometimes altogether intractable when a Man has any Dealings with them Selfish proud deceitful Slanderers uncharitable and breaking most of the Commandments regarding their Neighbour they imagine themselves the best Christians in the World and the ignorant or corrupt Multitude looks upon 'em as in effect good Men. Such were in Christ's time the Pharisees whose Zeal for the Law we read of in the Gospel where at the same time they are represented as a very ill sort of Men. There are too many such at this time and every Country will furnish frequent Examples to all that have a mind to make their Observations What St. Paul said long ago to the hypocritical Jews may be now said to many People You that make your boast of the Law Rom. 2.23 by breaking the Law dishonour God for the Name of God is blasphem'd among the Gentiles through you The Unbelievers who take notice of these Men draw a Consequence very injurious to the Christian Religion which is that seeing those who pass for the Pillars of Religion who have sometimes the best Employments and who are in most Esteem are such ill People the Religion it self is but a mere Artifice to deceive the Simple and to cover their Passions under a Pretence which gains 'em Respect For in a word all that the Zealous do if you believe 'em is for no other end but the Service of God Thus Unbelievers come to imagine that the Beauty of the Christian Morals which they cannot deny is only a fine Idea to impose the more easily upon such as are not always upon their Guard They are much talk'd of say they but the most Zealous observe no more of them than serves their turn They would have others perhaps obey them exactly that they might get by it but as for themselves they laugh at them You 'l hear those for example preach Charity and Impartiality who have neither the one nor the other but are wonderfully pleas'd to find those they have to do with not selfish or uncharitable because it makes for their Advantage This is what Unbelievers say and they are never unfurnish'd with Examples to cite about all the Christian Vertues whereof there is not one that has not been violated by some Zealot and many times without doing him any Injury in the Opinion of the World because this Appearance of Zeal covers all Defects The Fact we deny not and we may add further that Jesus Christ and his Apostles have foreseen it by exalting that Charity which is principally violated by this false Zeal above not only Orthodoxy but even the highest Knowledg and the Power of working Miracles it self Not every one that cries unto me Lord Mat. 7.21 Lord says Jesus Christ that is who makes Profession of the Truth of my Doctrine shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy Name and in thy Name have cast out Devils and in thy Name have done many wonderful Works And then will I profess unto them I never knew you depart from me you that work Iniquity This is a manifest Admonition which the Author of the Christian Religion gives to his Disciples to prevent the evil Example of pretended Zealots making any Impression upon them St. Paul likewise expresses himself upon this occasion in such emphatical terms that it was not possible for him to speak more home Tho I speak says he 1 Cor. 13.1 with the Tongues of Men and Angels and have not Charity I 'm become as a sounding Brass or a tinkling Cymbal And tho I have the Gift of Prophecy and understand all Mysteries and all Knowledg and tho I have all Faith so that I could remove Mountains and have no Charity I am nothing And tho I bestow all my Goods to feed the Poor and tho I give my Body to be burned and have not Charity it profiteth me nothing It appears plainly hereby that the Carriage of pretended Zealots is directly contrary to the Principles of the Gospel as I have shewn from the beginning of this Chapter This may serve for an Answer to Unbelievers who cannot without Injustice confound some Persons Abuse of Religion with Religion it self If any pretended to have very much study'd a certain Science and that it appear'd by some of his Discourses that he understood nothing of it could