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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70241	The vanity of man at his best estate, and the vanity of Dives, his desire when at his worst viz. to have a preacher sent from the dead to his fathers house / discoursed of in two sermons, the first before the University of Oxon, the other at Ayno in Northamptonshire, at the anniversary for the foundation of the free-school there, by T.H., B.D., sometime rector of Souldern in Oxfordshire.	Hodges, Thomas, d. 1688.	1676 (1676)	Wing H2325; ESTC R38792	37,311	52

are apt to imagine But what shall we say then to that of our Saviour Obj. Matth. 11.21.23 Wo to thee Corazin wo unto thee Fethsaida for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Zidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes Grotius will have all these things to be said by our Saviour not Ans 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say it is reasonable to think that those miracles would have been sufficient to produce such effects even repentance and that in sackcloth and ashes as Jonahs preaching did among the Ninevites again although miracles might probably have been efficatious to bring gentile sinners to repentance yet the Jews were so perverse obstinate and rebellious they had Moses and the Prophets and therein sufficient motives to repentance namely Gods commands his promises and threatnings even heaven and hell set before them and those things ratifyed formerly by miracles so that if they would not be wrought upon by all this it would be in vain to send unto them a messenger or preacher from the dead miracles saith the Apostle are for them that believe not and not for them that believe when there is no prophesy there miracles probably may prevail but those within the Church who have had Moses and the prophets and prophesy confirmed by miracles long ago if they believe not if they repent not they themselves are to be looked upon us prodigies and wonders so far are they from reasonably expecting of miracles to turn and convert them If Moses and the prophets be not of credit with Dives his brethren being Jews to perswade them to amend and repent neither could one and that one Lazarus if he went unto them from the dead The Uses or inferences from the premises may be either for direction or information of our selves or for confutation of others that are in errour and for exhortation 1st Use Hence we may be informed 1 Vse that if we must attend to Moses and the prophets and that those believed and obeyed are means sufficient to bring us to repentance and salvation that then by those as the wife men by a Star we may be directed unto Christ our blessed Saviour testified as much John 5.46.47 Hadye believed Moses ye would have believed me for he wrote of we but if ye believe not his writings how shall ye believe my words Moses wrote of Christ Gen. 3.15 Namely that the seed of the woman should break the scrpents head and Deut. 18.15.18 the Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto him ye shall hearken This was so well known that Philip finding Nathanael saith unto him as we reade John 1.45 We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the Prophets did write Jesus of Nazareth the son of Joseph As for the prophets they foretold him as the Branch of the Lord Isa 4.2 as the prince of peace so Isaiah chap. 9.6 as the destre of all nations Haggai Chap. 2.7 As Messiah the prince so Daniel Chap. 9.25 as the sun of righteousnesse with healing in his wings so Malachi Chap. 4. ver the 2d the two Testaments are joynt witnesses of one and the same great truth namely that Jesus is the Christ the Messiah the Saviour that was to come into the world 2. Use hence we may learn to make the written word of God 2 Vse Of Inform. as David did a light unto our feet and a lanthorn to our paths and not to leave Moses and the Prophets pretending to follow the light within us as some do the light within us our own reason that 's a dim and imperfect light without revelation by this light we should never have discovered the mysteries of the holy Trinity the Mystery of the two natures in Christ nor our salvation by Faith in him by this we could not have discovered all sins nor have known all necessary truths nor have been convinced of all duties yea it might come to passe that leaving the holy Scriptures Moses and the Prophets and the writings of the holy Evangelists and Apostles to follow the dictates of our own erroneous consciences we might be led as those are they say that follow an ignis fatuus out of our right way into boggs and precipices Thus they that shall kill you saith our Saviour shall think they do God good service And the holy Apostle Paul tells us I verily thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Iesus of Nazareth which things I also did in Ierusalem Acts. 26.9 10. 'T is true that we are to follow the guidance of our consciences but our consciences are to be inlightned and guided by the directions of God in his word Our consciences are but Gods deputyes and Lieutenants and whether it be fit to observe the servant or Deputy rather then to obey the will of the supreme or soveraign Lord judge ye Again hence we may learn to study and follow the directions of the holy Scriptures of the old and New Testarnent rather then pretend to impulses providences visions and Revelations for what we do to the law to the testimony by this our opinions and practices yea our persons shall be justified and by this word they shall be condemned heaven and earth shall passe away saith our Saviour but not aniota or tittle of the law shall perish 3. Use 3 Vse of Informat Hence learn not to be seduced or not to be drawn away from the true Protestant Religion founded upon the doctrine of Moses and the Prophets i. e. the holy Scriptures unto the Romish Religion upon pretence of Miracles which they say are wrought amongst them for 1. Our blessed Saviour foretold Math. 24.24 that men should arise doing such great wonders in imitation of himself that they should deceive if it were possible the very elect And St. Paul tells us in his 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians the 2d Chap. verse the 9th that the son of perdition should arise should appear with all power signes and lying wonders So that Antichrist does pretend to nothing but what our Saviour Christ and his Apostle foretold 2. The protended Miracles of the Church of Rome are wrought and brought to confirm a Doctrine contrary to Moses and the prophets that is to the holy Scriptures and they being already ratified by many and great Miracles true Miracles 't is certain that these pretended miracles brought to confirm a lye are delusions and impostures 3. The Ancient fathers and some of the most learned men of the Church of Rome of latter times deny the continuance of the power of Miracles in the Church after that the Christian Religion had been so generally received believed and embraced in the world for this the Reverend Dr Stilling fleet in a late piece against the Papists quoted St. Chrysostome St. Austin Tostatus upon