In this place are these sins forbidden:
I. Ignorance of the true God and his will, which is not only not to know, but also to doubt of such things, as God hath revealed in his word, Jerem. 4. 22. My people is foolish, they have not known me: they are foolish children, and have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do well, they have no knowledge. Jerem. 9.3. They proceed from evil to worse, and have not known me, saith the Lord.
II. Atheism, when the heart denieth either God, or his attributes: as, his Justice, Wisdom, Providence, Presence. Psal. 14. 1. The fool hath said in his heart there is no God. Eph. 2. 12. Ye had no hope, and were without God in the world. Malach. 1.2. I love you, saith the Lord, yet ye say, wherein have we spoken against thee? v. 14. Ye have said, it is in vain to serve God: & what profit is it, that we have kept his commandments, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hosts?
III. Errors concerning God, the persons of the Deity, or the attributes. Here is it to be reproved Hellenism, which is the acknowledging & adoring ⟨p. 41⟩of a multiplicity of Gods. August in his 6. book of the City of God. chap. 7.
Again, Judaism is here condemned, which worshippeth one God without Christ.
The like may be said of the heresies of the Manichees, and Marcian, who deny God the Father: of Sabellius, denying the distinction of three persons: and Arrius, who saith, that Christ the Son of God, is not very God.
IV. To withdraw, and remove the affections of the heart, from the lord, and set them upon other things. Isaiah 29.13. The Lord said, this people draweth near me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Jerem. 12.2. Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. The heart is many ways withdrawn from God.
I. By distrust in God. Heb. 10.38. The just shall live by faith, but if any withdraw himself, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. From this diffidence arise; I. Impatience in suffering afflictions. Jerem. 20. 14. Cursed be the day wherein I was borne, and let not the day wherein my mother bare me, be blessed. v. 13. Cursed be the man, that showed my father, saying, a man child is born• unto thee, and comforted him. v. 18. How is it that I came forth of the womb, to see labour & sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? II.
In this place are these sinnes forbidden:
I. Ignorance of the true God and his will, which is not only not to know, but also to doubt of such things, as God hath reuealed in his word, Ierem. 4. 22. My people is foolish, they haue not known me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe well, they haue no knoweledge. Ierem. 9.3. They proceede from euill to worse, and haue not knowne me, saith the Lord.
II. Atheisme, when the heart denieth either God, or his attributes: as, his Iustice, Wisdome, Prouidence, Presence. Psal. 14. 1. The foole hath said in his heart there is no God. Eph. 2. 12. Ye had no hope, and were without God in the world. Malach. 1.2. I loue you, saith the Lord, yet ye say, wherein haue we spoken against thee? v. 14. Ye haue said, it is in vaine to serue God: & what profit is it, that we haue kept his commandements, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hosts?
III. Errours concerning God, the persons of the Deitie, or the attributs. Heere is it to be reprooued Hellenisme, which is the acknowledging & adoring ⟨p. 41⟩of a multiplicitie of Gods. August in his 6. booke of the Citie of God. chap. 7.
Againe, Iudaisme is here condemned, which worshippeth one God without Christ.
The like may be said of the heresies of the Maniches, and Marcian, who denie God the Father: of Sabellius, denying the distinction of three persons: and Arrius, who saith, that Christ the Sonne of God, is not very God.
IV. To withdraw, and remooue the affections of the heart, from the lord, and set them vpon other things. Esay 29.13. The Lord said, this people draweth neere me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is farre from me. Ierem. 12.2. Thou art neere in their mouth, and farre from their reynes. The heart is many waies withdrawne from God.
I. By distrust in God. Heb. 10.38. The iust shall liue by faith, but if any withdraw himselfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him. From this diffidence arise; I. Impatience in suffering afflictions. Ierem. 20. 14. Cursed be the day wherein I was borne, and let not the day wherein my mother bare me, be blessed. v. 13. Cursed be the man, that shewed my father, saying, a man child is born vnto thee, and comforted him. v. 18. How is it that I came forth of the wombe, to see labour & sorrow, that my daies should be consumed with shame? II.
