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Author: Everard, John, 1575?-1650?
Title: The Gospel treasury opened, or, The holiest of all unvailing discovering yet more the riches of grace and glory to the vessels of mercy unto whom onely it is given to know the mysteries of that kingdom and the excellency of spirit, power, truth above letter, forms, shadows / in several sermons preached at Kensington & elswhere by John Everard ; whereunto is added the mystical divinity of Dionysius the Areopagite spoken of Acts 17:34 with collections out of other divine authors translated by Dr. Everard, never before printed in English.
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Print source: The Gospel treasury opened, or, The holiest of all unvailing discovering yet more the riches of grace and glory to the vessels of mercy unto whom onely it is given to know the mysteries of that kingdom and the excellency of spirit, power, truth above letter, forms, shadows / in several sermons preached at Kensington & elswhere by John Everard ; whereunto is added the mystical divinity of Dionysius the Areopagite spoken of Acts 17:34 with collections out of other divine authors translated by Dr. Everard, never before printed in English.
Everard, John, 1575?-1650?, Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680., Barker, Matthew, 1619-1698.
London: Printed by John Owsley for Rapha Harford, 1657.
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Sermons, English -- 17th century.
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To all those who (through the power of Christ in them) have attained to esteem it their Wisdom & long to be despised & accounted Fools by the World his sake and the Gospels: whose knowledge, isdome and Guifts hath made them not Great and (according to the custome of the World) but Little, yea Nothing in their own esteem; who notwithstanding are the True Of-spring of God, the Only Right-Wise and Ho∣nourable with Him, and the Excellent upon Earth.
An Approbation.
imprimatur
In remembrance of the Author, and upon view of his Essigies and SERMONS.
The Titles, Contents, and Texts of both parts of this Book.
The second part.
TO THE READER OF Dr. Everards SERMONS.
TESTIMONIES Freely given By Mr. Iohn Webster, and by Mr. Iohn Cardell, in their publick Preaching at Ahallowes Lombard-street, LONDON.
testimony
greeting
part 1
THE RENDING OF THE VAIL, OR Some Rayes of Glory from The HOLY of HOLIES.
THE STARRE IN THE EAST, Leading unto the true MESSIAH.
subpart
OF SVFFERING AND REIGNING WITH CHRIST.
Qualification 1.
2 Qualification.
SERMON II.
SERMON III.
SERMON IV.
SERMON V.
SERMON VI.
SERMON VII.
SERMON VIII.
THE DEAD and KILLING LETTER.; THE SPIRIT, and the LIFE.
Shadows vanishing, SOME Rays of Glory appearing.
subpart
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THE TREE of KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD and EVIL What it is.
THE TREE OF LIFE WHAT IT IS, And why Adam was Shut out, Forbidden, and withholden from it, and not suffered to EAT thereof.
That the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil planted in the heart of Adam, Is the Seed, Speech, and Spirit of the Serpent: And that great Idol ANTI∣CHRIST, Sin, Death, the Devil, and the BEAST, spoken of in Daniel, and the Revelation, which is the Greatest and most ordinary Worshiping of Idols.
Of that Great Idol of Mans Wis∣dom and Knowledge; How men kiss their own Hands, and the whole world doth dili∣gently Worship Onely it SELF, and the works of their Own Hands, That is, the Inventions, Arts, Counsels, of their own Reason and Wisdom.
part 2
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Militia Coelestis: OR, The Heavenly Host: Two Sermons upon Psal. 68. 17.
SERM. I.
1 HEIGHTH.
2 DEPTH.
3 BREADTH.
4 LENGTH.
Militia Coelestis: OR The Heavenly Host: The second Sermon upon Psal. 68. 17.
subpart
Where Christ FEEDETH AND RESTETH.
Where Christ FEEDETH, And where his Flock RESTETH.
OF EATING HIDDEN MANNA: The Heads or Substance of a Sermon preached for Mr. Hodges at his Wednes∣day Lecture in OLD JURY.
Covetousness Anatomized: AND THE Generality of Covetousness.
How Covetousness occasioneth the breach of all the Commandments.
I. COMMANDMENT.
2. COMMANDMENT.
3. COMMANDMENT.
4. COMMANDMENT.
5. COMMANDMENT.
6. COMMANDMENT.
7. COMMANDMENT.
8. COMMANDEMENT.
9. COMMANDEMENT.
10. COMMANDEMENT.
Now I come to speak a little in brief to the other parts of this Indictment; which I must run over, and give you but a touch of what I meant to say.
A word or two of the Intention, the third part of this Indictment, Are given unto Cove∣tousness.
REMEDIES.
THE PLUS VLTRA OF THE CREATURES. AN EXPOSITION, OCCASIONED By singing the 148. Psalm.
OF MILK FOR BABES; AND OF Meat for Strong Men.
I would the rather press this point, in conside∣ration of two respects.
subpart
THE MYSTERIE, OR THE LIFE and MARROVV OF THE SCRIPTURES. An Exposition on Exodus 3. the Six first Verses.
THE MYSTERIE, OR THE LIFE and MARROVV OF THE SCRIPTURES.
TRUE and DIVINE EXORCISM, OR THE DEVIL CON-JURED BY IESVS CHRIT.
ALL POVVER Given to IESUS CHRIST, IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH.
The Application by way of Dialogue.
Here follow certain brief Collections out of some Sublime and Mortified Authors, Translated out of Latin by Dr. Everard.
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THE MYSTICAL DIVINITY OF Dionysius the Areopagite, Written to Timothy.
CHAP. II. How we must both be united, and render praise to HIM that is the Cause of all things, and above all things.
CHAP. III. What Speeches of God are Affirmative, and what Negative.
CHAP. IV. That He that is eminently the Cause of all sensible things, is yet no sensible thing at all.
Chap. V. That he that is eminently the Cause of all intelligible things, is none of those intelligible things.
Dr. Everards ADVICE upon these following Sentences in Latin and English.
The Sayings of a Certain Divine of great note and name.
A most clear Glass, and lovely Example of our Lord Iesus Christ which as he practised in himself, so he propounded unto us to be followed; and it may serve for an EPILOGUE or Perclose of this Book, out of the 106 page of Iohn Taulerus his Works, printed at Colen in Folio, 1548.
Another short Instruction, taken from the same place in Iohn Taulerus his works, pa. 107.
The PRAYER.
A SHORT DIALOGUE Between a Learned Divine and a Beggar.
The Heads of the Particular Ser∣mons Analysed, and may serve as a TABLE.
Part 1.
Two Sermons on Psal. 61. 17. The Chariots of God are twenty thousand thousands of Angels: the Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy place.