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A63071	Theologia theologiæ, the true treasure, or, A treasury of holy truths, touching Gods word, and God the word digg'd up, and drawn out of that incomparable mine of unsearchable mystery, Heb. I. 1, 2, 3 : wherein the divinity of the holy Scriptures is asserted, and applied / by John Trappe ...	Trapp, John, 1601-1669.	1641 (1641)	Wing T2047; ESTC R23471	163,104	402

Owles abroad in so bright a firmament blind as beetles in a land of light darke in Goshen amidst so many meanes and mercies in the land of uprightnesse doe yee deale unjustly and not behold the Majesty of the Lord Isa 26.10 O generation see ye the word of the Lord Have I beene a wildernesse to the house of Israel a land of darknesse and of the shadow of death Ie. 2.31 How is it then that yee are still sottish children without understanding wise to doe evill but to doe good yee have no knowledge Ieremy 9.3 2 Chron. 13.5 Ought yee not to have knowne as Abijam said to Ieroboam and all Israel should ye not all know the Lord from the least to the greatest Hab. 2.14 Should not the earth be silled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the Sea These are the times if ever wherein God hath powred forth his spirit upon all flesh Ioel 2.28 stretched forth his hands to us all day long Prov. 1. lifted his voyce in the high places of the City caused the Candle of his Gospell to shine full faire upon this kingdom for so long together Matth. 11. so that we have beene lifted up to Heaven as Capernaum in the abundance of meanes and plenty of outward priviledges In the time of Pope Clement the sixth when as Lewis of Spaine was chosen Prince of the Fortunate Ilands and was gathering an Army in Italie and France the English Embassadour then resident at Rome together with his company gat them home as not doubting but that Lewis was set up against the King of England Robertus Avisburiensis than which they could not imagine there was any more fortunate Island under heaven Was it so then over-spread with Aegyptian darkenesse what would our fore-fathers have judg'd had they had our happinesse to live in these glorious dayes of Alexandria in Aegypt Ammianus Marcellinus observeth that once in a day the Sunne hath been continually ever seene to shine over it In the Iland of Lycia the sky is never so cloudy saith Solinus Vnde Horat cam claram vocat but that the Sun may be seene Semper in sole sita est Rhodos The Rhodes is ever in the Sunne-shine saith Aeneas Sylvius And Tacitus tells us that here in Britany the Sunne in Summer neither riseth nor falleth but doth so lightly passe from us by night In vita Agricolae that you can hardly put a difference betweene the end and beginning of the light This is indeed chiefly true of us in respect of the bright and beautifull sun-shine of the truth Other Countries sit in darkenesse and shadow of death like the Valley of Sci●ssa neare the Towne called Patrae Locus radijs solis ferme invisus ●ce aliam ob causam memorabilis Solin c. 12 which being shaded by nine high His is scarce ever visited by the beames of the Sun But to us as to Zabulon and Nephtali is a great light risen Matth. 4.16 Now when a master sets up his servant a great light to worke by hee lookes to have it done both more and better Nihil in Hispania ●tiosum nihil ster●●● Solin cap. 36. So here Surely it should bee with us as they say of Spaine that there is nothing idle nothing barren there But a lasse it fals out farre otherwise for some have not the knowledge of God 1 Cor. 15.34 to their shame be it spoken but are as bard and rude every whit in very fundamentals and have the same bald and base conceits of God and his will as the blind Heathens had Let me tell you a Pulpit-story and that 's no place to lye in of an old man above sixtie who lived and dyed in a Parish where besides the word read continually there had beene preaching almost all his time and for the greatest part twice on the Lords Day Pembles Serm Misch●●fe of Ignorance besides at extraordinary times This man was a constant hearer as any might be and seemed forward in the love of the Word On his death-bed being questioned by a Minister touching his faith and hope in God you will wonder to heare what answers hee made Being demanded what he thought of God hee answers that he was a good old man And what of Christ that he was a towardly yong youth And of his soule that it was a great bone in his body And what should become of his soule after he was dead That if he had done well he should bee put into a pleasant greene meddow These answers astonished those that were present to think how it were possible for a man of good understanding and one that in his dayes had heard by the least two or three thousand Sermons yet upon his death bed in serious manner thus to deliver his opinion in such maine points of Religion which infants and sucklings shold not be ignorant of Oh who can sufficiently bewaile and expiate the grosse ignorance found in the greater number as rude and raw in Scripture matters as if they were not reasonable creatures though in other things wondrous acute and apprehensive And for the better sort that runne to and fro to increase knowledge Dan. 12.4 some smattering skill they have got but it s wofully indistinct and ill bottomd It would puzzle them shrewdly after so much teaching to give a good account of their faith Surely as Lactantius wittily said that there was never lesse wisdome in Greece then in the time of the seven wise-men so may it be justly complained of the extreme want of knowledge in the abundance of so many means of knowledge That little men have got is for most part ineffectuall and hath little influence into their hearts and lives They use it as some do artificiall teeth more for shew then service or as the Athenians are said to do their coyn to count and gingle with only striving more to an ability of discourse then to an activity of practise to talk of it then to walke by it The very entrance of Gods word giveth light c. Psalme 119 1● Iohn 3. In agris Sard● reperitur animal perexigu● simileque araeneis sorma solifuga dicta quod diem sug at Solinus c. 1 Acts 28.27 But this is condemnation that is hel above groūd that light is come into the world c. like the creature called solifuga the day is to thē as the shadow of death These mens ignorance is not meerely privative as was that in our Saviour as man only nor naturall as in infants nor invincible as theirs that lived in the midnight of Popery but wilfull and affected Vt liberius peccent libenter ignorant saith Bern. they winke with their eyes as the Pharisees they shut the window lest the radiant tresses of the sun should trouble them in their sleep they are wilfully ignorant 2 Peter 2. Psalm 50. with those in Peter whiles they cast Gods word behind them and bespeake

Herod saw John Baptists head which he had lately cut off in our Saviours fame as Theodoricus that tyrant did the head of Symmachus whom he had slaine in the mouth of the fish that was set before him Math. 14.1 At that time Herod heard of the fame of Jesus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and he said to his boyes This is John Baptist hee is risen from the dead The Jewes of that time and he it seemes for company had embraced that dotage of the Pythagoreans touching the transmigration of soules out of one body into another 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Therefore John saith he is surely revived in Jesus This might be his opinion then and more that he tels the trouble of his mind to his servants for a secret hoping belike the world should be nere the wiser But it fell out wee see somewhat otherwise for that which he spake then in secret is now preached on the house-top This was but one of the Devils anodynes and would not do the deed He betakes him therefore to another course and will be a Sadducee another while a sect that denied the Resurrection of the body and the immortality of the soule that so he might blunt the sting of his awakened conscience that haunted him like a fury for the slaughter of the innocent Baptist Thus much may be gathered out of Matth. 16.6 compared with Mark 8.15 Haec est enin● vis Verbi Dei saith Beza on that text This is the mighty worke of the Word on an exulcerate conscience God smites the earth that is earthly-minded men that are no better than earth earth earth when they heare the Word of the Lord with the rod of his month Is 11.4 and with the breath of his lips doth he slay the wicked Those pharisees Math. 22.15 for instance that were toties puncti repuncti 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 minimè tamen ad resipiscentiam compuncti as one speaketh for why they had made voyd the counsell of God when they heard our Saviour refusing to be reformed hating to be healed whereas diverse of the common sort who had by their instigation crucified the Lord of glory when the Word came close and found them out in their sins were prickt at heart 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act 2.37 Prov. 23.32 thy felt their sins as so many stings of an adder pricks of a dagger yea as so many bearded arrows in their flesh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and were added to the Church To the former 2 Cor. 12.7 Gods Word was a savour of death to death the axe therof laid to the root of their rotten consciences out them down as fuell to hel-fire To the latter Math. 3.10 2 Cor. 2.16 it became a savour of life unto life a seed of immortality an effectuall instrument not of conviction only but of conversion also Iam. 4 5 6. For think ye saith S. James that the Scripture saith in vaine The spirit that is in you c. doth it shew you your naturall corruption and no more Not so for it saith not only that is convinceth but it giveth more grace it converteth also It brings not only to the birth as Ephraim that foolish child Hos but carrieth the soule thorough the narrow womb of repentance into the light of eternall life And this is the powerfull and proper effect of the good Word of Gods grace ever good to them that are good Mic. 2.7 or that but wish to be good Psalme 119.4 5 6. It is indeed like the water of jealousie Num. 5.27 28. For when it is received into a good and honest heart it cleares it and makes it fruitfull as when into a corrupt heart it rottes it and makes it worse Abigails speech smote Nabal into a qualme that caused his death when the same tongue blessed David and drew blessing from him Rahab was melted with that message wherewith the King of Jericho was hardned Mannah to the rebels turned into putrefaction and stank Moses his rod while hee held it in his hand budded and brought forth fresh almonds the same rod when he cast it from him turn'd into a Serpent The living words of dying Prophets took hold of those refractaries in Zachary Zach. 1.6 and slew them Those two witnesses are by some interpreted to bee the two Testaments the Old and the New Gods giving power unto them is the authorizing of them They are cloathed in sackcloth that is disguised and obscured hidden from the vulgar they spet fire as it were and plague their enemies as the Arke did the Ekronites But who are they Saint Austin answers Ad●ersarius est nobis quamdiu sumus ipsi nobis quamdin tu tibi inin i● us et inimicum habebis sermenem Dei Aug. The Word of God is adversary to none but such as are adversaries to themselves and such as shall in that name have him for their utter enemy at length who shall come in flaming fire rendring vengeance to all that know not God 1 Thess 1.8 Math. 11.20 and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Then shall hee shake such off as dust off his feet when they come to him for salvation and worthily for they have prejudged themselves already unworthy of eternall life Acts 13.46 because they have put away from them the Word of lift which they ought to have pul'd to them rather with both hands earnestly as David did Psal 119 48. and is therefore now triumphing in heaven as one that did not the will only but the Willes of God Acts 17. ●2 when others chose rather to do not the will but willes of the flesh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ephes 2.2 and do therefore of the flesh reape corruption Gal. 6.8 Surely as the raine commeth down and the snow from Heaven and returneth not thither but watereth the earth and maketh it bring forth and bud that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater So shall my Word bee that goeth forth out of my mouth it shall not returne unto mee voyd but it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prosper in the thing whereunto I sent it Esay 55.10 11 saith the Lord. Section 4. FOurthly are the Scriptures of God This may further informe us of their perfection and sufficiency to our salvation as proceeding from God Al-sufficient from whom comes every good gift and perfect giving All Scripture as it is given by divine inspiration so is it profitable to all purposes to teach truth convince error correct vice direct to vertue comfort under the crosse that the man of God Minister or other may be perfect and entire wanting nothing The Law of the Lord is perfect saith David 2 Tim. 3.16 Iam. 1.4 Psal 19.7 the whole book of God is perfect with an essentiall perfectiō every part thereof with an integral perfectiō This cannot be said of the law of nature

with another mans Wise Camdens Elis transl The Newlanders cure by Sir Will Vaughan Ep dedic Another learned Bishop admonished that perelesse Q. Elizabeth in a zealous sermon to think on her last end by reason of her great age which few Princes had attained to and of the Climacterical yeare of her life which happened at that time She tooke it so impatiently Gods children wrangle sometimes with their meate as Asa did that the Bishop for his good intentions was not onely distasted by her but put for a time to some trouble Yet God did ever after so blesse him saith mine Authour that few Bishops of this kingdome left behind them to their wives and children such faire estates as hee did Neither was the Lord behind hand with D. Parker afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury for his Sermon neare Norwich before the Rebels in Kets conspiracie Life of K. Edw 6. by S. Io. Hay pag. 72. wherein hee touched them so neare for their living that they went neare to touch him for his life saith the Historian And surely it is a hard hazard and a great disadvantage to deale in this kind with those that have thirtie Legions at command as Phavorinus said of Adrian the Emperour Necesse est ut eum doctio●em omni●us ag●oscam qui triginta habet legiones Ael Spartian Periculosum est ei contradicere qui petest aquá ig●i interdicere Kex platonic Eccles 6.10 2 Chron. 14.6 Contend not with him that is mightier then thou saith Salomon But when the cause is not ours but the Lords as Iehosaphat told his Iudges great heed must bee taken that wee betray not the truth by a cowardly silence under whatsoever faire shewes and pretences Feare not men saith our Saviour to his Disciples For there is nothing covered that shall not bee revealed and hid that shall not bee knowne Matth. 10.26 As who should say This and that may be colourably pleaded and pretended in favour of your deceitfull and slippery handling Gods holy Word but all will out at last and it shall well appeare that you did it to decline the danger of plaine dealing and that you might sleepe in a whole skin As Moses who hung off a great while from going to Pharaoh with a message of dismission till God who knew where it stucke Exod. 4.19 and what pad was in the straw told him they were all dead that sought his life But feare not saith our Saviour there them that kill the body But cannot keep either the soule from blisse or the body from a blessed Resurrection Rather feare yee him that can cast body and soule to hell yea I say unto you feare him The second Commandement is the first with punishment that as one fire so one feare may drive out another The feare of God if we be not faithfull in his work the feare of mischiefe from men if we be Elias for telling truth shall heare Troublere Ieremy Traitour Paul Pest pratler trifler news-carryer Act and Mon one that tels whatsoever men will have him for gaine or advantage one that will for a peece of bread say what you will wish him as M. Rogers our Proto-Martyr in Queen Maries dayes expounds it Epiphanius somewhere saith that the envious Iewes gave out that hee turned Christian meerely out of discontent because he could not obtaine to wife the High Priests daughter But this calumny hee could shake off lightly enough who loved not his life to the death for the name of Iesus Zacharias lost his life for his plain dealing so did Iohn Baptist our Lord Christ his servants in former ages not a few As of latter times An Dom 1125 Platina tells of one Arnulphus a godly Preacher in the dayes of Pope Honorius the second much admired by the Nobility of Rome but treacherously slaine by the Clergy Verbis vivis animatis sententiis spiritus fervore flagrantissimis Sixtus Senens whose lasciviousnesse and covetousnesse hee couragiously cryed out against The like is recorded of Hieren Savanarola first cast into prison where hee wrote those lively Meditations upon Psalme 51. now extant and afterwards burnt for the testimony of Iesus and for his bold invectives against the sins of the times William Farell that precious man that daunted by no menaces Hic est ille Farellus qui nullis minis convitijs verberibus denique inflictis territus M●mpelgardenses Aquileienses Lausannenses Genuenses Novocosmenses Christo lacrifecit Melch. Adam ext Theol. p. 115 reproaches stripes banishments gained 5. Cities with their adjacent territories to Christ comming to Geneva one of the five and for attempting a Reformation there brought before Authority hee was thus rayled upon What makest thou here thou Arch-devill troubling our Towne with thy new fangled opinions He modestly answered I am no such one as thou callest me but I preach Christ crucified and that whosoever beleeveth in him shal be saved I am debtour to all men that are but willing to heare and obey the Gospell And for this cause came wee hither to see if any in this City would lend us audience being ready to render an account of the faith and hope that is in us and to seale it if need be with our dearest bloud Here one of the Assessours stood up cryed out what need wee any further witnesse Away with such a fellow from the earth Better ths one Lutheran be put to death then the whole Towne bee troubled To whom Farell replied Speak not in the language of Caiaphas Scult Annal. pag. 384. but in the Word of God Here being smitten on the face bid to go out till they should advise what to doe with him ho was shot at but not slain as God would have it with a Pistol afterwards driven out of the City But one of the chiefe Magistrates favouring him he returned againe and notwithstanding all opposition prevailed with them for a happy Reformation Whereupon mony was forthwith coyned with this posie on the one fide Post tenebras lux Ibid. 474. Light after a long darknesse and on the other side Deus noster pugnat pro nobis Our God fights for us Thus was it at first and who but Farellus was much made of and magnified as their Reverend reformer But not long after as Iohn Baptist soon grew stale to the Iews and S. Paul became enemy to the Galathians because he told them the truth so when Farellus as he was a most zealous Preacher cryed down their evill courses and pressed them to a better life Melch. Adam in vita Calvini they paid him the worlds wages called him in question for his life and both design'd and did such things against him Anno 1553 as Calvin his Collegue in the Ministry could have wisht washt out with his own bloud As for Calvin himself Who passing through Geneva as a young student and being bound for Italy was adjured by Farellus to settle there and under pain of Gods heavy