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A69197	The white wolfe, or, A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, Feb. 11 being the last Sonday in Hillarie tearme, anno 1627, and printed somewhat more largely then the time would permit at that present to deliuer wherein faction is vnmasked, and iustly taxed without malice, for the safetie of weake Christians : especially, the Hetheringtonian faction growne very impudent in this citie of late yeeres, is here confuted / by Stephen Denison...	Denison, Stephen, d. 1649 or 50.	1627 (1627)	STC 6607.5; ESTC S109591	56,251	87

present and also to all succeeding Christian Churches to the end of the world To his Disciples present because in their very c Teste Iosepho lib. 18. c. 2. antiquit dayes the Church was annoyed with diuers pernicious Sects with the Pharisees which like vnto our Papists held Iustification by humane merits with the Saduces which held like vnto our Atheists that the soule perisheth with the body with the Essens which thought themselues to be free from all humane authority like vnto our Anabaptists whom I tearme ours not because they are of vs but because like vnwelcome guests they will needes liue amongst vs for this cause Christ forewarneth his Disciples here to beware of false Prophets that is to beware of the Pharisees lest their iudgement should be corrupted in the maine namely concerning the Doctrin of Iustification Secondly to beware of the Saduces lest by their Atheisme they themselues should be weakned in their faith Thirdly to beware of the Essens lest by their example they should shake of the yoake of subiection And in this our blessed Sauiour should be a patterne to all the Ministers of the Gospell to teach them to the vttermost of their power to endeauor to beat downe the Errors that either spring vp or else are most rise in their times Tit. 1. 9. 1 Tim. 1. 3 Secondly this caueat is also giuen by our Sauiour to all succeeding Churches because he foresaw by the spirit of Prophesie that many false Prophets would arise in after times Mat. 24. 24. he foresaw Antichrist arising in the West in the Romane Chaire from the dayes of Boniface the third who ambitiously obtained of c Teste Platina in vita eiusdem Bonifacij Phocas the Emperour to be called the Aecumenicall or Vniuersall Bishop of the whole Christian world and therein approued himselfe to be praecursorem Antichristi as c In Epist lib. 4. Epist 76. Gregorie the first speaks the very forerunner of Antichrist and so by consequence all the Popes that euer haue succeeded him in that sea to haue bin 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that great Antichrist Secondly he foresaw many false Prophets arising in the virgin-time of the Church in the first 500. yeares after his ascension and therefore forewarneth his Church which were to liue in those ages to beware of false Prophets as he fore warneth vs and all Churches that haue liued before vs for the space of a thousand yeares and vpwards in the times of Antichrist or that euer shall liue hereafter to the end of the world 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to beware of the Pope and his Antichristian Doctrine And this must teach weake Christians not to take scandall though there be many strangly affected in religion at these dayes Christ told vs before-hand that false Prophets would arise and wished vs to beware of them but not to be offended or to take offence at the truth because of them And to the end we may not thinke it strange to see so many Sects and Schismes in our dayes I thinke it not impertinent to name the seuerall sorts of Sectaries and Haeretickes which haue sprung vp in the most pure ages of the Church viz. in the first 500. yeares after Christ A Catalogue of Sectaries and Haeretickes which sprang vp in the Primitiue Church collected by Saint Augustine Lib. de Haeresibus out of Eusebius and Epiphanius 1 SImoniani 2 Menandriani 3 Saturniniani 4 Basilidiani 5 Nicolaitae 6 Gnostici 7 Carpocratiani 8 Cerinthiani 9 Nazaraes 10 Hebiones 11 Valentiniani 12 Secundiani 13 Ptolemai 14 Marcitae 15 Colarbasij 16 Heracleonitae 17 Orphitae 18 Caini 19 Sethani 20 Archontici 21 Cerdoniani 22 Macionitae 23 Apellitae 24 Seuereani 25 Taciani 26 Cataphryges 27 Peputiani 28 Artotyritae 29 Tessarescaedecatitae 30 Alogiani 31 Adamiani 32 Elcescitae 33 Theodotiani 34 Melchesidechitae 35 Bardesanita 36 Noetiani 37 Valesij 38 Cathari 39 Angelici 40 Apostolici 41 Sabelliani 42 Oregeniani 43 Originiastae 44 Paul●●jta 45 Ph●tiniani 46 Manichaei 47 Hierachitae 48 Melitiani 49 Ariani 50 Vadiani 51 Semiariani 52 Macedoniani 53 Aeriani 54 Pauliani 55 Apollinaristae 56 Antidicomarianitae 57 Psalliani 58 Metangismonitae 59 Seluciani 60 Proclianitae 61 Patriciani 62 Ascitae 63 Patralorinchitae 64 Aquarij 65 Caluthiani 66 Florimiani 67 De mundi statu dissentientes 68 Nudis pedibus ambulantes 69 Donatistae 70 Priscilliani 71 Cum her●inibus non manducantes 72 Rhetorani 73 Christi diuinitatem passibilem dicentes 74 Triformem deum putantes 75 Aquam deo Coaeternam tenentes 76 Corpus hominis non animam esse imaginem dei asserentes 77 Innumerabiles mundos opinantes 78 Animas conuerti in daemones tenentes 79 Omnes liberatos fuisse apud inferos Christi discensu putantes 80 Christi de patre natiuitati initium a tempore dantes 81 Leciferiani 82 Iouinianistae 83 Arabici 84 Heluidiani 85 Paterniani 86 Tertullianistae 87 Abeloitae 88 Pelagiani vnto which may be added Nestoriani Euticiani What all these Haeretiks held the learned may read c August lib. de hares Tom. 6. ibidem These I say sprang vp in the more pure times of the Church and therefore it is no maruell if there be so many Schismatikes and Sectaries in our times Neither let Papists or others reproach the Church or say it is no Church because many sects are in it for as a Cornefield reteines the name of a Cornefield though it haue many blew-bottles and other stinking weedes growing vp amongst the Corne euen so the Church is a Church although many Schismatikes like so many tares are sowne in it by the meanes of the enuious man of hell And indeede the Papists haue little reason of all other to obiect against vs the multitude of sectaries considering how faction abounds and superabounds amongst themselues Haue they not the Thomists against the Scotists and the Scotists against the Thomists and the Occhamists against them both haue they not the Iesuites against the Friers and the Friers against the Iesuites and the Masse-priests enuying both yea what are their seuerall orders of Franciscanes Dominicans Augustinians and such like but so many different factions amongst themselues disagreeing although like Sampsons Foxes they be tyed together by the tayles with fire-brands betweene being ouer-awed by the Pope the Arch-sectarie and the Inquisition-tortures SECT 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Beware of false Prophets 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 beware where obserue First that it is not said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the singular number as though our Sauiour had spoken onely to some one man that hee should beware of false Prophets Secondly that it is not said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the duall number as though he had spoken to some two in the world but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the plurall number to intimate that he spake vnto all that euer should take vpon them the title of Christians to the end of the world And indeede it is the dutie of all Christians of what

homini Lupus est one man becomes a Woolfe to another Thirdly as a Woolfe begets a Woolfe according to that rule in nature Omne simile generat sibi simile euery like begets his like euen so peruicious seducers spiritually beget such as proue like vnto themselues both in opinion and practise and indeede they which are conuerted or rather peruerted by haereticall spirits whatsoeuer high conceits they may haue of themselues they are but of seeming Sheepe made reall Wolues Fourthly Voce deseratur is quem prior viderit Lupus Plin. l. 8. nat hist c. 22. as the Wolfe is said to strike a man dumbe if he spie the man before the man spie him euen so when seducers preuaile they strike men dumbe in respect of any true profession of Christianity yea they bring them by their seductions to blaspheme all sound profession Fiftly as the wooll of a Woolfe if it be made into a garment will proue but an odious garment 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c Lib. 2. Sympos q 9. breeding vermine vpon him that shall weare it instead of ministring any comfort as Plutarch speakes euen so the good which poore seduced soules thinke they receiue by impostors and deceiuers of mindes Lupi toto anno non amplius quā duodecim diebus coeunt Isid Hispal lib. 12. Originum c. 2. it will proue corruption in the end Sixtly as the Woolfe maketh shew of ciuile vertue as of chastitie and the like congressing but onely 12. dayes in a whole yeare Euen so the most pernicious seducers commonly make shew of much ciuilitie and moralitie and thereby they doe more harme amongst the ignorant sort then by any other meanes Whereupon one of the c Orig hom 7. in Ez●k Sollicitè caueamuus haereticos qui conuersationis optima sunt quorum fortè vitam non tam Deus quam diabolus instruxit Fathers saith notably let vs be exceeding wary of those heretickes which are of the best conuersation whose liues possibly are directed not of God but of the diuell And thus we see for what reasons hereticall seducers are fitly compared pared vnto Wolues I might adde another taken from the rauenousnesse of Wolues but that I reserue for the next Section Come we now to the vse of the point And it being demonstrated that haereticall seducers are Wolues it first serues not onely to iustifie against all calumniators but also much to commend the lawfull seueritie of Courts of Iustice against such c Sicut est misericordia puniens ita est crudelitas parcens Epist 54. Saint Augustine saith there is a punishing mercy and a sparing crueltie This may seeme to be a paradox to some but the father knew what he said for it is a punishing mercie when worthy Gouernours doe punish dangerous seducers for the safetie of the whole and it were a sparing crueltie to let them passe vnpunished for looke how much mercy is shewed to the Wolfe so much crueltie is done to the Sheep yea it is mercy to seducers themselues if they could skill of it that the Gouernors seeke to restraine them from their damnable wayes by inflicting iust punishment vpon them this being the last meanes that the Church can vse to cure them according to that of Aristotle Lib. 2. Ethic. c. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 punishments are kindes of medicines but howsoeuer seducers themselues and their court-flandering adherents doe take it I am sure all good people haue great cause to praise God for the zeale of our Gouernours in this respect our bodies might as safely liue in a roring wildernesse in the midst of Wolues and Tygers as our soules in our strongest Cities amongst seducers if there were not Courts of Iustice to suppresse them Secondly it makes for the iust reproofe of many at these dayes who when they haue dangerous Wolues discouered vnto them will not lend their helping hand to suppresse them for the common safetie of the Church but suffer them to walke vp and downe in the very Sheepfold without resistance Gods cause and his truth for the which they ought to contend Iud. 3. is little beholding to them I pray God it be not one day said to their charge a bad cause oftentimes findes much patronage the wicked will straine their purses try their friends put themselues to great paines for the supporting of it but the cause of God may sinke or swim were it not for good Gouernours for any helpe or countenance that the forward men of our time for the most part will giue vnto it If it were notoriously knowne that some deuouring Wolfe did haunt about this Citie which had destroyed an 100. persons I suppose euery man would lay it to heart and vse the best meanes he could to suppresse such a noysome creature are we thus carefull for the common safetie of mens liues and shall there be no care for the common safetie of their soules Is it so heinous a matter when an hundred persons are corporally strangled and is it nothing when many hundreds are spiritually murdered But I imagine what you will say why should wee put our finger in the fire why should we meddle in a controuersie which concernes vs not I answer if the controuersie indeede were a meere priuate controuersie you seeme to say some thing but if it be a publike controuersie and concerne the common safetie your obiection or plea is little worth But many haue learned that Greeke Prouerbe in our times 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is good sleeping in a whole skin yea some are such valiant champions that being ingaged in the Lords controuersie will vse meanes and friends to draw their owne heads out of the collar and leaue others to endure the whole brunt of the battell and danger Such white-liuerd Soldiers are fit to take the Salmacida spolia which c In officijs Cicero speakes of spoiles which are obtained fine sanguine sudore if victorie will come of it selfe without paines or peril it shal be welcome if not they loue not to contend for it SECT 12. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rauening RAuening Hence obserue we that Seducers are of a rauenous disposition In which very respect they are also compared vnto Wolues in the words of my Text. And it is famously noted by Heathen Phylosophers who had a great gift in looking farre into the natures of the creatures that the Wolfe of all other beasts is the most rauenous c Ouid. l. 1. trist Eleg. 1. excussa est auidis dentibus Agna Lupi One saith making it a wonder the tender Lambe is shaken out of the greedy teeth of the Woolfe describing the Woolfe as a greedy creature Another saith that the Wolfe endures winde and weather i Virgil. AEnead 9. ventos perpessus imbres nocte super media raine and stormie tempests and that at midnight to watch for his prey Thus the poets sing concerning the rauenousnesse of the Woolfe and in like manner others write in