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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08819	A godly sermon preached at Detford in Kent, on Monday the ix. of Iune, in Anno. 1572.	Pagit, Eusebius, 1547?-1617.	1586 (1586)	STC 19105; ESTC S105805	17,687	50

is the gifte of chastitie or sole life proceeding from God The Apostle saith that the Corinthians did write vnto him about certaine matters By whiche it maye bee gathered that it was a custome in those dayes when darke and doubtful causes did arise by wryting to demaund the iudgement of the disciples apostles of Christ who being taken out of this life afterwards they went for counsaile to holy Bishoppes and learned Fathers which custome as it was commendable so being abused it engendred a certayne tyrannie For the Bishop of Rome whose iudgement was sundry times asked began by that meanes to vsurpe Lordshippe and rule ouer the congregations of Christ as as though nothing ought to be accounted substantiall and true without his aduise a very proude and ambitious kind of dealing But let that passe It is most sure that the Corinthians did write vnto him and wee haue the substance and matter of their questions yet concerning the manner and forme thereof there is muche controuersie Lord God what a stirre Chrysostome and Hierome do in that behalfe keepe It shall be superfluous to rehearse their sayinges and reasons for that they make adoe where none needeth and besides the time may bespent in more necessary and profitable matter Moreouer to reason of thinges doubtefull when we haue thinges certayne sure before our eyes is meere vanitie and smacketh somewhat of foolishnes Only in these words we haue for our learning to marke first the willingnes of the people and the desire that they had to be instructed in matters of truth and religion therefore sent to Paul their questions requesting to haue his answeares thereto Secondly the great care that Paul had to doe good to all maner of men by all meanes possible who beside that he had taught them in his presence doth nowe notwithstanding as a token of the continuance of his good will towards them instructe them also in his absence by wryting If we nowe apply this to our tyme age and compare our ministers people with this people and their preacher we shall find as great oddes and as much difference as is betwixt white black For that I may deale first with the people they had some knoweledge of God ours altogether want knowledg of God and godlinesse they laboured to increase in all knoweledge wee remayne in all ignorance and darkenes and if any would reach vs his hand to drawe vs out of the filth and myre of sinne we account him our greatest enemie There was amongest them by reason of discipline seuere punishment of sinne and by that meanes also godlines of life and holines of conuersation for lacke of it among vs the bridle is giuen to all maner of iniquitie and all kind of vngratiousnes and vngodlines doth without punishment rule raigne amongst vs. Now concerning the minister he preached vnto them ours reade to vs and scarse that according to knowledge hee profiteth them both by preaching and writing ours neyther of those wayes doe any good be able to teach and that which hee requireth of others was in himselfe for he was able to stoppe the mouthes of the aduersaries ours are for the most part blinde guydes sleepie watchmen dumbe dogges and as the Prophete Zacharie rightly calleth thē idle shepheardes nay rather Idols themselues For they haue a mouth and speake not they haue eyes see not they haue ears and heare not they haue noses and smel not they haue handes touch not they haue feete and walke not neyther make they a sound with their throat they that make them are like vnto them and so are all that trust in them A lamentable case that they that should guide other are themselues to be guided because they be blinde and that they that should leade other are so lame that they can not goe on their feete nay I woulde to God there were not that to the lacke of knowledge in thēselues adde innumerable heaps of vices some ruffians some whoremōgers drunkards some blasphemers some spotted with this publike crime some with that whereby they not only purchase vnto themselues an euil report and rumor to goe of thē but also cause Gods name his Gospell to be euill spoken of So that you may see how farre our mintsters are off frō being like Paul whō they ought in this case other poynts also to follow as far forth as by Gods spirit they shal be assessed but as there is no agreement betwixt light and darkenes so there is not in any respecte almost any likenes betwixte him and them agayne ' where as Paul if his iudgement were asked concerning matters of faith and religton was able to giue sound and sincere iudgement according as Gods trueth which also is required in euery one that taketh vpon him the office name of a mimster these in such cases are so farre off from executing any parte of their function that you were with the Romanes as good goe to the geese of the Capitall of Rome or els with the Israelites aske counsell at your stocks and haue your staffe teach you Marry in deede if you deale with them for keeping a gelding or a hawke for dressing a garden orchard or bowling alley for tabling or carding or any such other foolishnes and vanitye they will can behaue thēselues most cunningly neyther would I haue any to gather hereupon that in a generalitie I condemne all For I knowle that in this realme there are many both godly and learned my meaning is that the greatest number and common sort are such as continuall experience at this day to the great griefe and sorrowe of the godly too too plainely declareth The Lord put into the harte of Prince and Magistrates to remoue these and if it bee his will to see such placed in his vyneyard as may hasten in his haruest But to let this passe and to intreat of those matters which specially concerne the cause for which we are at this present assembled The Apostle sayth It were good for a man not to touch a woman The meaning is not that marriage by Gods institution is euill or wicked for that were intollerable blasphemie if any shoulde so say but that marriage because thorowe mans corruptions it bringeth cares troubles is not expedient I iudge this worde good to bee taken not as Ierome against Iouinian taketh it for that whiche is contrarie and against euill as he too childishly and peeuishly by the leaue of so great a father doeth take it and as Tertullian somewhat before him did take the same also but for expedient profitable as in other places of the scripture it is lykewise vsed And this rule of Paul is to be vnderstood of such as vpon whom the Lord hath bestowed the gift of chastitie not only of bodie but also of minde For albeit there are some good interpreters that apply it generally to those three kind of Eunuches or chaste persons whereof our Sauiour Christ