item: #1 of 15 id: A13528 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: The beavvties of Beth-el Containing: sundry reasons why euery Christian ought to account one day in the courtes of God, better then a thousand besides. Preached in Cambridge, and now published especially for the benefite of those that were the hearers. date: 1609.0 words: 27684 flesch: 68 summary: Can there by any greater losse then the losse of a mans soule ? or can there bee a greater want then for a man to be starued to death ? or if this losse , this want , be brought vpon any man , can any recompence bee made vnto such a party answerable vnto either ? what a griefe then should it bee to a godly heart to see whole townes lye vnder that curse of God , Amos 8. If any mans outward estate were broken , his wealth by force and violence snatched out of his hands , here would be sence and sorrow ( more then inough ) for the losse : shall then thy inward state be crackt ? the liberties of the ministerie , and of the assemblies be infringed ? the sanctuarie of God desolate ? the exercise of pure religion together with Gods worship be hindred or abolished , and all this cause no sorrow , nor set any griefe to thy heart ? keywords: bee; christ; church; day; euen; euery; god; gods; good; hath; haue; heart; heauen; hee; himselfe; holy; house; life; lord; loue; man; meanes; men; neuer; owne; people; selfe; selues; spirit; thou; thy; vnto; vpon; wee; word; yea cache: A13528.xml plain text: A13528.txt item: #2 of 15 id: A13534 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: Circumspect walking describing the seuerall rules, as so many seuerall steps in the way of wisedome. Gathered into this short manuell, by Tho. Taylor, preacher of Gods word at Aldermanbury Church in London. date: 1631.0 words: 37662 flesch: 78 summary: THe second sort of rules concerning man and the things of men , respecteth our carriage towards other men ; and that , 1. A diligent and frequent vse & acquaintance in the word of God , as men become wise Politicians by often vsing the booke of statutes . keywords: actions; bee; calling; christian; circumspect; conscience; doe; euery; euill; god; gods; good; great; hath; haue; heart; hee; himselfe; keepe; life; lord; loue; man; men; neuer; owne; rules; selfe; selues; sinne; themselues; things; thou; thy; time; vnto; vpon; vse; way; wee; wisedome; word cache: A13534.xml plain text: A13534.txt item: #3 of 15 id: A13540 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: A good husband and a good wife layd open in a sermon, preached by Mr Thomas Taylor ... ; and published by Iohn Sedguuicke. date: 1625.0 words: 8504 flesch: 77 summary: Ioh. 1. 6. not called by man , but by God immediatly . Fourthly , by the Lords iustification both were iustified by God from hypocrisie and raigning guile : What they did , they did before God , in truth , and vnfainedly as in his sight , and by their fruites of faith both of them were iustified before men : who by their externall righteousnesse saw that their faith was sound , and themselues true beleeuers . keywords: christ; god; gods; good; grace; haue; heart; holy; lord; man; men; selfe; thou; thy; way cache: A13540.xml plain text: A13540.txt item: #4 of 15 id: A13541 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: The Kings bath Affording many sweet and comfortable obseruations from the baptisme of Christ. Gathered by Thomas Taylor, preacher of the word of God at Redding in Barkshire. date: 1620.0 words: 39241 flesch: 75 summary: 4. Seeing Christ so honoured the ministerie of man , who dare disdaine the holy ministry , and societie of the Church , which the Sonne of God sought vnto ? Where be they that think it too base for them to goe to Church , to seek the Sacrament ? This is for our consolation : here we haue Christ manifesting himselfe our flesh , our brother , our suretie : here is the Word made flesh , God with vs , Immanuel ; God , not come downe in the likenesse of man , ( as they of Lystra thought of Paul and Barnabas : ) but cloathed with the very nature of man , who in his perfect age , hauing growne out the seuerall ages of infancie , child-hood , and youth , to shew himselfe true man , now of thirty yeeres of age , becomes as man , our brother in the couenant , and in the seale of it : yea our surety as God and man our absolute Mediator : he would , by vndertaking both Sacraments , shew himselfe not onely a member of both peoples , but also the Sauiour , head , and chiefe corner-stone , knitting both into one body , and spirituall house , which is his Church : And all this is for vs , that wee might haue sweete comfort ; Christ is among men , among sinners , that we might be among the sonnes and Saints of God ; he is washed as a sinner , not to bee clensed , but to clense vs : he stands in Iordan , that the waters of Gods wrath beeing staied on both sides , both peoples might passe ouer to the heauenly Canaan : In a word , that he might euery way helpe vs , he will bee euery way like vs : and to this purpose is this tabernacle of God amongst men , that we might haue way made to the tabernacle of God amongst Angels . keywords: answ; baptisme; bee; christ; church; doe; doue; euery; father; ghost; god; gods; good; grace; hath; haue; heauen; hee; himselfe; holy; iohn; law; lord; loue; man; men; owne; person; righteousnesse; set; sonne; spirit; things; thou; thy; time; vnto; vpon; vse; wee; word cache: A13541.xml plain text: A13541.txt item: #5 of 15 id: A13542 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: A man in Christ, or A new creature To which is added a treatise, containing meditations from the creatures. By Thomas Taylor, Dr. in Diuinity. date: 1629.0 words: 35359 flesch: 78 summary: The late refiners of Palegianisme and Popery , followers of Arminius , lest they should lose all nature ; hold the doctrine of free-will in man to his own conversion ; and say , that possitis omnibus operationibus quibus ad conversionem in nobis operandam utitur Deus : manet tamen ipsa conversio ità in nostra potestate , ut possumus non converti ; that is , Grant all the operations which God useth to worke conversion in us : yet conversion so abideth in our owne power , that we may be not converted ; and perpetually put a resistability in mans will to frustrate Gods worke of conversion . Which rightly and plainly in few words to conceive . Secondly , if mans corrupt will can hinder the efficacy of Gods Grace where hee will please to bestow it , then the corrupt and finite will of man is of more power than the omnipotent power of God , which hee alwaies putteth forth in the worke of mans conversion , Ephes. keywords: bee; christ; creation; creature; darkenesse; doe; doth; earth; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; hee; himselfe; life; light; lord; man; men; nature; new; old; power; selfe; spirit; sunne; thee; things; thou; thy; wee; word; worke cache: A13542.xml plain text: A13542.txt item: #6 of 15 id: A13544 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: A mappe of Rome liuely exhibiting her mercilesse meeknesse, and cruell mercies to the Church of God: preached in fiue sermons, on occasion of the Gunpowder Treason, by T.T. and now published by W.I. minister. 1. The Romish furnace. 2. The Romish Edom. 3. The Romish fowler. 4. The Romish conception. To which is added, 5. The English gratulation. date: 1620.0 words: 38563 flesch: 77 summary: ●buchadnezzar would at length come ( by such euents as haue befall ●n him ) to acknowledge the Sonne of God with vs , protecting and defending his owne religion among vs : and that the tyrant would but come to aske that Iewish question , Who is this whom the windes and seas obey , as in 88. yet against all lawes of God , na●u●e , and nations they crie , Downe with it , &c. 2. Edoms chiefe spight was not against any ignoble place , or village , but against Ierusalem the citie of God , for pleasure a paradise , for spatiousnesse sixe miles about , for multitude of people fifteene hundred thousand inhabitants , for beautie the eye of the world . keywords: beene; blood; children; christ; church; cruelty; day; death; deliuerance; destruction; doe; earth; edom; enemies; euen; euery; fire; god; gods; good; hand; hath; haue; hee; helpe; himselfe; israel; king; lord; man; meanes; men; mischiefe; neuer; owne; people; power; psal; religion; rome; romish; set; text; themselues; things; time; vnder; vnto; vpon; wee; wicked; worke; world cache: A13544.xml plain text: A13544.txt item: #7 of 15 id: A13551 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: The practise of repentance laid downe in sundry directions, together with the helpes, lets, signes and motiues. In an easie method, according to the table prefixed. As it was preached in Aldermanbury by Thomas Taylor. date: 1628.0 words: 57668 flesch: 76 summary: And a man may esteeme his person , better than another mans place among men , but not before God. 3. The Deuill perswades men that God is mercifull , and therefore they neede not so trouble themselues with repentance p. 230 Answer to this temptation p. 231 , &c. Cap. 24. keywords: bee; cap; cast; christ; daily; day; death; doe; euery; euill; faith; god; godly; gods; good; grace; hast; hath; haue; heart; hee; himselfe; law; let; life; lord; loue; man; meanes; men; mercy; neuer; owne; repentance; sin; sinne; sins; sorrow; soule; spirit; thee; things; thou; thy; time; true; vnto; vpon; way; wee; world cache: A13551.xml plain text: A13551.txt item: #8 of 15 id: A13556 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: Regula vitæ the rule of the law vnder the Gospel. Containing a discovery of the pestiferous sect of libertines, antinomians, and sonnes of Belial, lately sprung up both to destroy the law, and disturbe the faith of the Gospell: wherein is manifestly proved, that God seeth sinne in iustified persons. By Thomas Taylor Dr. of Divinity, and pastour of S. Mary Aldermanbury, London. date: 1631.0 words: 39650 flesch: 71 summary: But of all their assertions , tha● is a● blinde as bo●de , That if God call a beleever to account for the breach of his Law : hee may say , God hath nothing to doe to call him to account : hee may refuse to be tried in that Court. These confused men distinguish not betweene the condemning power of the Law and the Law it selfe ; yet this distinction cutteth the si●ewes of this obiection : for can it prove the Law itselfe abolished , because the condemning power of it is to some removed by Christ ? or if certaine uses of the Law bee abolished , as in way of righteousnesse , life and salvation ; or in way of terrifying , accusing , or condemning the iustified by faith : must therfore the Law it selfe , and all other uses of it be abolished . keywords: answ; apostle; beleevers; christ; christian; commandements; death; doctrine; doe; doth; duties; faith; god; godly; gods; good; gospell; grace; hath; hee; himselfe; holy; justification; law; liberty; life; lord; love; man; men; morall law; new; non; obedience; owne; power; respect; righteousnesse; rom; rule; sinne; spirit; things; way; wee; workes; ● ● cache: A13556.xml plain text: A13556.txt item: #9 of 15 id: A13558 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: Tvvo sermons the one A heavenly voice, calling all Gods people out of Romish Babylon. The other An everlasting record of the utter ruine of Romish Amalek. By Thomas Taylor, preacher of the Word at Redding in Berkshire. date: 1624.0 words: 18496 flesch: 71 summary: And in both a confusion of vices , and a Chaos of all filthinesse : similia mala , saith Orosius , sinnes of highest degrees against God and man : for what else can be expected of a people left by God ? What else but a chaine of sinne reaching up unto heaven , in that state the head of which is the man of sinne . For the sins of Babylon , they were most transcendent both against God , and against man. keywords: amalek; antichrist; babel; babylon; bee; christ; church; destruction; doe; enemies; god; gods; hath; heaven; hee; israel; kingdome; kings; lord; man; men; owne; people; rome; romish; sinnes; text; thou; voice cache: A13558.xml plain text: A13558.txt item: #10 of 15 id: A13561 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: Three treatises The pearle of the gospell, The pilgrims profession: and A glasse for gentlewomen to dress themselues by. To which is added A short introduction to the worthy receiuing of the Lords supper. By Thomas Taylor, Doctor of Diuinity, and late preacher of Aldermanbury Church in London. date: 1633.0 words: 38254 flesch: 73 summary: And now this Pearle being yours , weare it as your chiefe ornament , the price of which ra●seth your owne price and recko●ing in the eyes of God and good men , aboue the Carbuncles and Rubies . Ps● . 119. 111. DAVID made the testimonie of God his Heritage , yea the ioy of his heart . keywords: bee; christ; christian; countrey; doe; earth; euery; faith; god; gods; good; gospell; grace; hath; haue; heart; heauen; himselfe; life; lord; man; men; merchant; neuer; owne; pearle; seeke; seeking; shee; stranger; thee; themselues; things; thou; thy; time; vnto; vpon; vse; way; world cache: A13561.xml plain text: A13561.txt item: #11 of 15 id: A13562 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: The valevv of true valour, or, The probation and approbation of a right military man Discouered in a sermon preached Iuly 25. before the worthy gentlemen of the military company. By Thomas Taylor Doctor of Divinitie, and pastor of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London. date: 1629.0 words: 8720 flesch: 76 summary: 4. It were an vnthankefull neglect of men of worth , who vnder God are the safest guard both of King , and Kingdome : whose fortitude and faithfulnesse putteth them vpon any noble seruice neuer so difficult at the becke of their Prince . 2. Hee giueth his spirit to encourage men to fight : as Gedcon , Sampson , Saul , thus behaued themselues valiantly , when the spirit of God came vpon them : that is , in an extraordinary motion and power . keywords: bee; company; god; haue; hee; himselfe; honour; lord; man; men; owne; saul; seruice; text; valour; vnto; vpon; warre cache: A13562.xml plain text: A13562.txt item: #12 of 15 id: A64246 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: The confession or declaration of the ministers or pastors which in the United Provinces are called Remonstrants, concerning the chief points of Christian religion date: 1676.0 words: 58792 flesch: 78 summary: But they who premise or hold , a● previous and antecedent to this Work not only an absolute Election of certain particular Men unto Eternal Salvation * but also the like Reprobation of others the greatest part , unto Eternal Torments , and indeed both peremptory , and made concerning particular Persons , every o● them by Name from all Eternity ; they do not only invert the Natural Order of things , but also deny the true use of the Creation , and wholly and plainly take away the Native Power or Force resulting from this Work , to wit , of obliging Man to obey God in all things . 6. Of the Providence of God , or his Preservation and Government of things . keywords: act; c. 1; c. 2; christ; church; cor; doth; eph; faith; god; good; hath; heb; holy; jesus; joh; life; man; mat; men; pet; rom; salvation; things; tim; truth; wit; yea; ● ● cache: A64246.xml plain text: A64246.txt item: #13 of 15 id: A64251 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: Peter his repentance shewing, among other things, these two points for edification I. what weakenes remaines in Gods owne children, especially in times of triall and danger, and to, what little cause they have to trust their hearts, or be confident of themselves, but get to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. II. what is the power of Gods grace and covenant, for renewing His children by repentance, and so, what encouragement they have to return after every fall, and goe on in their course of watchfulnesse, humiliation, prayer, and magnifying of Jesus Christ / by Dr. Thomas Taylor. date: 1653.0 words: 51553 flesch: 76 summary: I shall be this night smitten with reproach , ignomy , and the sharpest sword of God and men , even to the death ; and now whereas soundnesse of Faith would make you cleave unto me in life and death , you shall forsake me ; some of you shall deny and forsweare me , and all flye from me , and be scattered every one his way , as if you were deceived and deluded in me ; yea , every one of you shall shift for his owne safety , and fall both from me , and one from another , as Sheepe are dispersed and scattered , when the Shepherd is slaine and taken from them . 3. Pride is a rocke against which grace makes Shipwrack ; walke therefore humbly before God ; for , when pride commeth then commeth shame , Prov. 11. 2. and where pride is , there is folly and ignorance of a mans selfe , and his owne estate ; so our proverbe calleth him a proud foole , &c. 1. David professeth his heart was not haughty , but as a child , Psal. 131. 1. keywords: againe; christ; company; disciples; doe; evill; faith; fall; feare; god; godly; gods; goe; good; grace; hath; heart; himselfe; life; lord; love; man; master; men; night; note; owne; peter; psal; repentance; shepherd; sin; sinne; spirit; strength; temptation; thee; things; thou; thy; time; vse; way; wicked; word cache: A64251.xml plain text: A64251.txt item: #14 of 15 id: A64252 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: The second part of the theatre of Gods ivdgments collected out of the writings of sundry ancient and moderne authors / by Thomas Taylor. date: 1642.0 words: 71180 flesch: 45 summary: Some would aggravate the fact , and say , that he caused her breasts to be torne off , ( she being yet alive ) and cast to the dogges to be eaten , but that had been a cruelty beyond nature , for a son to exercise upon a mother ; now whilest these things were in ag●●ation , Aegistus had gathered an Army for the raising of the ●●ege , and reclaiming the City , of which Orestes having intelligence , ambu●hed him in his way , and had such good successe , that having incompassed him in , he set upon his Forces , both before and behinde , routed them , and took Aegistus prisoner , whom after he had put to the greatest tortures that humane apprehension could invent or devise , he commanded his body to be hanged in chaines upon a gibbet without the City , the place where malefactors were executed ; there to remain till it dropped thence limbe from limbe : all this comming to the ear of the adulterate brood Esyone , ( who was said to have been accessary to the death of Agame●nón ) she in extreme sorrow for the disaster happened to her father and mother , despairing , strangled her selfe , and Orestes after he had more considerately pondered his cruelty towards his mother , which ( how soever just ) had better to have come from any mans hand than his own , and further , that in the mouthes of all men he was held no better than a matricide , ( a name hatefull both to God and man ) he upon this grew into a great melancholy , and from melancholy to madnesse , never being able to recover his senses after . But though men make slite of these atheisticall and sacrilegious butcheries , that God who made man after his own Image , and all men of one and the selfesame earth and clay , will not let them escape his fearfull and terrible judgements . keywords: act; answer; army; bed; bee; betwixt; body; brother; cause; children; city; comming; common; daughter; day; dayes; dead; death; earth; emperour; end; envy; estate; evill; examples; father; god; gods; gold; good; hand; hath; having; head; hee; high; himselfe; honour; house; husband; judgements; king; lady; land; left; length; life; lord; love; lust; man; master; meanes; men; money; mother; nature; night; owne; people; place; pride; prince; purpose; rest; riches; saith; second; servants; set; shee; slaine; sonne; table; thee; things; thou; thought; thy; time; way; wife; wine; woman; words; world; wrath; yeares; ● ● cache: A64252.xml plain text: A64252.txt item: #15 of 15 id: A64253 author: Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. title: A treatise of contentment leading a Christian with much patience through all afflicted conditions by sundry rules of heavenly wisedome : whereunto is annexed first, A treatise of the improvement of time, secondly, The holy warre, in a visitation sermon / by T.T. date: 1641.0 words: 41170 flesch: 78 summary: I w●sh to your Worship all the comforts and mercies of God in Christ , both in life and death ; and therunto at this time I commend to your reading this little Treatise of Contentment : resting ever , Your Worships much obliged , W. JEMMAT . But if once God and his grace take up our hearts , that by Faith and Hope we can sat●ate our soules in his goodnesse , wee shall no more want ea●thly vanities , then wee can want a Candle when the Sun sh●neth . keywords: afflictions; bee; body; calling; children; christ; christian; contentment; day; death; doe; end; evill; faith; glory; god; godlinesse; godly; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; heaven; hee; himselfe; life; like; lord; love; man; non; owne; peace; psal; rich; sinne; soule; thee; things; thou; thy; time; want; wee; world; ● ● cache: A64253.xml plain text: A64253.txt