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A12473	Essex doue, presenting the vvorld vvith a fevv of her oliue branches: or, A taste of the workes of that reuerend, faithfull, iudicious, learned, and holy minister of the Word, Mr. Iohn Smith, late preacher of the Word at Clauering in Essex Deliuered in three seuerall treatises, viz. 1 His grounds of religion. 2 An exposition on the Lords Prayer. 3 A treatise of repentance.	Smith, John, 1563-1616.; Hart, John, D.D.	1629 (1629)	STC 22798; ESTC S117569	350,088	544

vnlesse he had taken vpon him the weake nature of man he could not haue suffered for vs 1. Tim. 1. 17. Secondly because man had sinned and therefore it was needfull that man should suffer for sonne Heb. 2. 16. Thirdly that he might be the more pittiful and tender to vs hauing felt in himselfe the many weaknesses and infirmities that our nature is subiect to Heb. 2. 17. Q. How did Christ become man A. He was conceiued by the Holy Ghost borne of the Virgine Mary Q. How was he conceiued by the Holy Ghost A. The holy Ghost sanctified the flesh of the Virgin and therefore created the Body of Christ without mans helpe Luk. 1. 35. Qu Why was he so conceiued A. That he might be pure from originall sinne in his conception Heb. 7. 26. Q. Why was he borne of a Virgin A. That his strange birth might moue men to looke for some strange worke at his hands Isa. 7. 14. Q. What Heretiques are rebuked by this Article A. Simon Magus schollers who denied that Christ was come in the flesh and therefore are called Antichrists 1. Iohn 4. 3. Secondly the Ualentinian heretiques of old and the Anabaptists of late who affirme that Christ brought his body from heauen with him and so passed through the wombe of the Virgin as water through a Conduit Pipe contrarie to the Scripture Gal. 4. 4. Q. What doe the rest of the Articles concerne A. The execution of Christs office whereof there are 2. parts 1. His Humiliation 2. His Glorification Q. What is the first degree of his Humiliation A. Hee suffered vnder Pontius Pilate Q. Why is no mention made of his life but of his sufferings A. Because his whole life was nothing but a suffering his Passion began at his birth and from his cradle he was weeping towards his crosse Qu. Why is no mention made of his miracles A. Because we haue more benefit by his suffering than by all his miracles his miracles benefited onely to those that liued in that present age with him but the vertue of his suffering reacheth downe to vs 1. Pet. 2. 24. Q. Of whom did Christ suffer A. Of all sorts of men hee that came to saue all had all against him the Iewes against him and the Gentiles against him the Priests against him and the People against him the Souldiers against him and the Theefe against him yea and his owne Disciple too Q. What did Christ suffer A. All the punishments that were due to our sinnes Pouertie Hunger Contempt Shame Whipping and buffetting and the Wrath of God which was greater than them all Q. Why do the Martyrs suffer so cheerefully and Christ so heauily A. The Martyrs though they felt paines in their bodies yet they were infinitely comforted in their soules but Christs inward sorrowes were more than his outward paines Mat. 26. 38. Qu. For what cause did Christ suffer A. He suffered for our sinnes we are they that caused the death of the Sonne of God as we increased sinne so the torments were increased vpon him Isay 53. 5. Qu. What was this Pontius Pilat A. He was the gouernor of Iewrie Deputie to Tiberius Caesar Emperor of Rome Luke 3. 1. Qu. Why is he here mentioned A. To shew That the Sceptar was now taken from Iudah and therefore this was the time wherein Christ should come Gen. 47. 10. Q. Why was Christ condemned of Pilat A. That we might be acquitted at the iudgement seat of God Christ hauing borne the whole penaltie of our sinne Q. What was the second degree of Christs humiliation A. He was crucified Qu. What kind of death was that A. It was a most painful death and a most infamous death Q. How was it infamous A. It was infamous two wayes first By Gods Law Gal. 3. 13. Secondly By Mans Law because none but base and vile persons were adiudged to the Crosse. Q Why did Christ suffer such an infamous death A. That we might see what an hatefull thing sinne is in Gods sight which could no otherwise be expiated but by such a fearefull and infamous death of the Sonne of God There is not the least sinne that we commit but it cost our Sauior Christ the dearest bloud in his bodie Qu. What learne wee by this A. To account no sinne little seeing the least we haue cost our Sauior Christ not a little paine Qu. What other reason is there A. It meruailously commends our Sauiours loue That Christ performed not some sleight matter for vs but vnderwent a most vile death the death of the Crosse in our behalfe Phil. 2. 8. Q. When was Christ crucified A. At noone day that all men might see cleerely life saluation lifted vp vpon the Crosse Ioh. 3. 14. Q. Where was Christ crucified A. Without the Citie to shew that wee must goe out from this world if we will be partakers of the Crosse of Christ Heb. 13. 13. Q. Who did crucifie Christ A. The Iewes who longed for Christs comming yet killed him when they had him 1. Thess. 2. 14. Q. What miracles were done at it A. There was darkenesse from high noone till three of the clocke God put out the candle of heauen that man might leaue worke When Man would not blush the Sun was ashamed and hid his face When mens hearts would not quake the earth quaked for feare and when mens hearts would not rent the vaile of the Temple rent in twaine Mat. 27. Q. What was the third degree of Christs humiliation A. His death Q. Why did not Christ come downe from the Crosse as the Iewes would haue had him A. If Christ had come downe from the Crosse the Iewes would haue haled him to it againe and so the condemnation would haue been the greater If Christ had come downe he had left the worke of our redemption vnperfect and therefore howsoeuer it might haue beene much for Christs honour to haue come downe yet tendring our good more than his owne honour hee was content with shame and reproch to stay still vpon this Crosse. Christ shewed then a greater miracle than that if they would beleeue For it was more to rise from death after they had killed him than to come downe from the Crosse when hee was aliue Q. How did Christ die A. He died a voluntarie death and a holy death Q. How did Christ die a voluntarie death A. He died not with extremitie of paine as others doe but he willingly yeelded vp his life when he could haue liued longer if he would Ioh. 10. 18. Q. How did Christ die an holy death A. Though hee had many sharpe conflicts before his end yet he made a sweet close in so much that the Centurion was more mooued with his sweet death than with all the miracles which he had seene Mark 15. 39. Q. Why did Christ die A. To free vs from eternall death for vnlesse Christ had died on earth we had died euerlastingly in Hell Q. Yea but

thankfulnesse of heart to God for it For when we are once falne into loue with a better state and grow discontented with the present blessings of God that are vpon vs then we fall to scraping and fetching in we care not how 1. Tim 6 9. Secondly Infidelitie and distrust in God mistrusting the Lords care that hee will leaue vs in the dust and not prouide sufficiently for vs wee thinke to make shift for our selues and to be furnished for a rainie day though the Lord should leaue vs. Heb. 13. 5. Qu. What are the remedies of it A. The remedies are two First to rest contented with our present estate as in the portion which the Lord in wisedome knowes to be fitrest for vs Phil. 4. 11. Secondly to haue hearts strongly perswaded that the Lord will not leaue vs nor forsake vs in our need but gratiously will supply vs with the riches of his power whatsoeuer is wanting in vs 1. Pet. 5. 7. Qu. What is the last thing wherein we must loue our brethren A. Wee must loue them in their names taking care for their credite and estimation that we bring not any blot or blemish vpon them but by loue maintaine and vphold their good report Tit. 3. 2. Qu. What is the first dutie wee are charged with in this behalfe A. Whensoeuer occasion serues we must be willing to make report of those graces and good things that be in them and to bestow their iust and deserued commendations on them We must not be giuen to smother and conceale our brethrens praise to bury and rake vp their commendations in the dust but be forward in remembring those things whereby credite and estimation may grow vnto them 3. Iohn 12. verse Q. What is the second duty required of vs A. If we heare them falsly charged with any crime we must stand out in their defence being content to hazard and aduenture some part of our owne credite and welfare for them 1. Sam. 20. 32. Q. What is the third dutie required of vs A. Wee must not raise vp any slander or lying tale against them It is a foule sinne to gadde vp and downe from house to house whispering in this bodyes eare and that bodyes eare this tale and that tale to the discrediting of our brethren Leu. 19. 17. Q. What is the fourth dutie required of vs A. Wee must not open our eares to giue entertainment to them that carry tales For the law of God not onely condemneth those that first set them on foote but euen those also that by approuing them and lending an eare vnto them doe as it were vnderproppe and vphold the same And therefore it shall be no excuse to say that we were not the authours and first b●oachers of them But if we be hastie to harken to flying tales or giue countenance to euery busie body that will fill our eares there shall be iust cause to condemne vs in this behalfe Exod. 23. 1. Prou. 25. 23. Q What is the fift Dutie required of vs A. Wee must not blaze abroad the infirmities and offences of our brethren if by any priuate dealing they may bee reformed Prou. 11. 13. Q. What is the last Duty required of vs A. Wee must not amplifie and aggrauate mens faults though they be bad yet we must not make them worse then they bee For this shall euen make our enemies say wee loue them when they see we doe not racke and tenter their faults but speake so sparingly and so tenderly of them as possibly wee can Acts 16. 22. Q. What is the dutie wee owe to God A. That wee liue godly and holily in this present world So that it is not enough to discharge our duties towards men vnlesse also wee walke carefully in those duties that concerne the Lord 1. Tim. 4. 7. Q. What is the first Point of godlinesse A. We must labour to shew in our life that we loue the Lord That we haue him in high account and in high regard that wee reckon more of him then we doe of all the world besides Deut. 10. 12. Q. How may wee shew that wee loue the Lord A. If wee be more carefull to please the Lord and to keepe his fauour then wee be to please all the Princes and powers in the world besides Iohn 14. 15. Secondly if we loue the children of God for louing the wisedome the righteousnesse and the holinesse which is in God wee cannot but loue euen the least sparke of these excellent things in whomsoeuer we finde them 1. Iohn 5. 1. Thirdly if wee be zealously affected for the glorie of God so that wee be ready to stand out in the Lords defence and to oppose our selues against euery prophane head that lifts vp it selfe against him Iohn 2. 17. Fourthly if wee reioyce and take sensible comfort in the fauour of God and contrariwise grieue and mourne whensoeuer wee finde him displeased with vs Psal. 4. 6. 7. Q. What is the second Point of godlinesse A. Wee must shew that wee trust in God that we are strongly perswaded in our hearts that seeing God hath taken vpon himselfe the care and prouision for vs Therefore it shall goe well with vs and he will store vs and prouide vs of euery thing that is needfull for the comfort of our life 1. Pet. 5. 7. Q. How shall wee shew that wee trust in God A. If wee be ioyfull and comfortable in our wants not cleane out of heart and at our wits end as the wicked are Math. 8. 25. 16. Secondly if we fall not to vnlawfull shifts winding our selues out of danger we care not how 1. Sam. 27. 1. Q. What is the third point of godlinesse A. Wee must humble our selues vnder the mighty hand of God bearing patiently and contentedly those crosses and troubles that he brings vpon vs 1. Pet 5. 6. Q. How may wee strengthen our selues to bee patient in troubles A. First to consider that it is our owne sinne that hath pulled these iudgements on vs Micah 7. 9. Secondly to consider that it is the Lord that afflicteth vs who hauing absolute power ouer vs may dispose of vs either by pouertie or plentie by sicknesse or health by life or death as best pleaseth him 1. Sam. 3. 18. Thirdly to consider that they shall turne to their greatest comfort in the end So that God may seeme to afflict his children onely to sweeten and relish their prosperitie 2. Sam. 16. 12. Fourthly to consider that though the Lord haue depriued vs of one blessing yet he hath left vs many others to reioyce in Euen as if a man hauing forfeited an hundred pounds and the Creditour should take but 100. shillings of him So when we by sinne haue forfeited all our blessings and all the comforts of our life yet the Lord straineth but some one part and portion of them Lamen 3. 22. Fiftly to consider that impatiencie doth but increase our crosse like one in Irons that strugling and striuing to

these are in a man nor in a mans will vntill God worke and fulfill them by his mightie power For first a man hath not eyes to see the good things of God Deut. 29. 3. saith hee Yet the Lord hath not giuen you a heare to perceiue and eyes to see and eares to heare vnto this day Secondly man hath neither desire nor appetite till God worke it in him as it is Phil. 2. 13. For it is God which worketh in you both the will and the deed or to will and to doe of his good pleasure Thirdly though wee had eyes to see good things and will to delight in them yet haue wee no strength and power to performe them vntill God will as Iohn 15. 5. For without mee you can doe nothing So then this is the doctrine of Repentance that if God worke not in a man these motions by his power there is no repentance Nay we see God onely workes man vnto repentance by the power of his Spirit and Grace so that hee is the first Cause of Repentance Of which let this be The Vse Vse 1 That because the Efficient cause of Repentance is God onely wee must say as St. Iames saith If any man lacke wisdome let him aske of God that giueth vnto all men liberally c. So let vs say of Repentance if any man lacke repentance let him aske it of God and hee will giue it him It is said of the Rocke Psal. 78. 20. Behold hee smote the Rocke that the waters gushed out and the streames ouerflowed c. Euen so let vs pray God by the power of his Spirit and grace to smite so hard vpon our rockie hearts that by and by may gush out from vs floods of repentant teares Vse 2 Secondly let vs learne to take God at his offer or else at another time wee may goe without it and hauing it let vs stirre vp our selues to be thankfull to God for it Cause of Repentance 2 The Second Cause of Repentance is called The Instrumentall Cause and that is the preaching of the Word as it is Luk. 24. 27. saith hee And that Repentance and remission of sinnes should bee preached in his Name amongst all Nations so that preaching is the Instrumentall cause thereof for though God giue Repentance it being wrought by him in vs yet hee doth it by meanes wee must not thinke that God will open the Cloudes and come downe from heauen and poure Repentance into our hearts or drop it in vs but hee hath ordained that wee shall get it by the preaching of the Word for thereby wee are made partakers of the graces of his holy Spirit Now consider there are two things to effect this The Preaching of the Law and the preaching of the Gospell the first that a man may see his sinne and the fearefull estate hee is in by the same The second that he may finde there is a remedie and that it is not in himselfe The Law prepares a man for Repentance shewes him all his sinnes and his damnable estate before yea it terrifies the conscience euen to the very flinging of him downe to hell and though this be not an infallible signe of grace to be thus terrified and restrained yet it is the occasion of it because it helpes to prepare vs and make vs willing to lay hold of Repentance as God workes in vs. As a man that makes choice of a tree to build with first he cuts it downe with his axe ere hee lay it flat vpon the ground and when he hath done so then hee applyes his line and tooles vnto lopping the boughes and so hewes it and squares it to make it the fitter for his worke Euen so doth the Lord first hee beates a man flat downe with the sentence of the Law and horrour of his sinne and then hee lifts him vp and restores him with the promises of the Gospell And whereas many thinke that it is a strange worke of God to deale thus with a man and that when God doth deale thus that man is in a wofull and lamentable estate the truth is that then the Law from God is a fitting and working a man to bee fit for eternall life and thus though the Law cannot bring a man to Repentance yet it is a meanes of preparation And then after this commeth the Gospell as a powerfull instrument and workes Faith and other Graces in vs by a diuine assistance The vse is Vse Because then the preaching of the Word is thus a powerfull cause of Repentance that wee make much of it and imbrace it esteeming it a pretious Iewell of Gods Treasurie yea and to seeke and hunger for it by all meanes If a man were grieuously sicke vpon his bed and that it were told him that in such a ground such a herbe did grow which applyed would quickly ridde him of all his paine and griefe if hee had any meanes to come by it sure hee would creepe thither vpon his hands and his feet to haue it no paines would bee irkesome vnto him so hee might recouer his health againe euen so when a man is deadly sicke of sinne as wee should all bee and it shall bee told him that in the preaching of the Gospell there is such a herbe of Grace the Flower of Repentance that will cure him of his sinne and restore him to the life of glorie I hope no man is so desperate and carelesse that will neglect the hearing of it Now what shall wee doe in this case but as it were to creepe on our hands and knees that is to vse all meanes to attaine the same and bee partakers of the benefites of the Gospell that wee may bee saued O! shall wee bee more carefull in such a case of our bodyes then of our soules Now besides these two Causes that may bring vs vnto Repentance there bee other three causes which are called Cause adiuvantes Helping or furthering causes because though they doe not worke Repentance in themselues yet they doe exercise a man to the helping and furthering of this worke in him I declare it by a similitude when one would saw a Tree three things are requisite vnto this worke First there must bee a saw which is the Instrument Secondly there must bee one to pull and mooue the saw to apply it to the Tree which is the Efficient cause Thirdly there must bee a certaine oylie and liquide matter to make the Saw runne which is Causa adiuvans the Helping cause which smoothes the Saw and makes it runne with case So it is in this great worke of Repentance the Saw or Instrument to worke is the preaching of the Gospell which doth sawe and worke vpon the conscience as the Instrument of God and God himselfe is the effectuall puller or workeman to worke Repentance in vs. So that Now the Helping Causes are especially three 1. The Mercie of God 2. The Iudgements of God 3. Our owne Considerations Helping