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A10817	The day of hearing: or, six lectvres vpon the latter part of the thirde chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrewes of the time and meanes that God hath appointed for man to come to the knowledge of his truth, that they may be saved from his wrath. The summary pointes of every one of which lectures are set downe immediately after the Epistle dedicatory. Herevnto is adioyned a sermon against fleshly lusts, & against certaine mischevious May-games which are the fruit thereof. By H.R. Master of Artes, and now, minister of the word.; Day of hearing: or, six lectures upon the latter part of the thirde chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrewes.	Roberts, Huw, b. 1558 or 9.	1600 (1600)	STC 21089; ESTC S102956	70,687	163

they lived wee shall finde nothing whereof wee may glorie For indeede it was the Egypte of superstition and spirituall darkenesse and therefore as * Deering vpon the epistle to the Hebr. lect 24. one hath lefte in writing vpon this Epistle to the Hebrewes if wee goe after Baalims vvhich our fathers haue taught vs wee shall bee fedde vvith the wormwoode vvhich our fathers haue leaten Yea let vs assure our selues vvee shall bee beaten vvith more stripes then our fathers if vvee will wittinglie treade in their steppe● For as Bulliuger saith if thy forefathers Bulliuget vpon th● Apoc. set 35. bad had the like opportunitie vvhich then neglectest vvhat a space vvould they haue runne afore thee And therefore as it shall bee easier for Tyr●● Luke 10. 14. and S●lon at the day of iudgemente then for them that heard Christ and saw his miracles and were not the better therefore so I may say it shall be easier for our forefathers at that day then for them which bring forth no good fruite nor make profession of the trueth beeing preached and made knowne vnto them vvhich hath not beene so revealed to our fathers as it is now to the people of our daies The seconde cause why the Apostle reciteth 2 this scripture of David is that with the example and punishmente of them that tempted and hardened their heartes in the dese●te hee mighte terrifie the Hebrevves and make them more carefull to receiue the vvordes of exhortation and to obey the voice of Christ the mediatour of the new testament whose voice as he is greater then Moses so shall they draw vpon them great erpunishment which neglect to heare it The children of Israell of vvhom mention is heere made after they vvere delivered out of Egypt by Moses for al that they had seene the works of God his miracles which he wrought for them in Egypt at the redde sea yet they tempted him in the wildernesse and doubted of his ●goodnesse and providence towardes them and said is the Lord among vs or no because they had not Exod. 17. 7. water at their pleasure This was the provocation which is here mentioned wherewith the Lorde God was tempted in the vvildernes of his own people after that he had delivered thē out of the hands of their enemies And againe when they should haue gone out of the wildernesse into the land of Canaan to possesse it and to dwell therein where they should haue had rest peace and prosperity yet they beleeved not the worde of God * The chil-dren of Israel are cōmanded to goe vp and possesse the land which God had said before them but they say they will sende men to search out the land Deur I. 21. 22. and therefore the Lord s●●ll bearing with them biddeth them len Num. 1● ●3 how be it the event and issue of their sending declareth that it came from the people● disobedience to the word of God for the years in which they did b●●r● their iniquity in the wildernesse are measured with the number or the daies in the which they had searched out the land of C●naan Num. 13. 14. 33. 34. but sent twelue men a man out of every tribe of the children of Israell to search the land to know what maner of land it was and whether they might obtaine it or no as if the living God and Lorde of the whole earth which had done so many thinges for them shoulde not nowe bee able to subdue their enemies and to giue them the land according to his promise And when the twelue men returned after fortie daies from searching of the lande and brought with them of the fruite thereof to shewe to all the congregation of the children of Israell tenne of the twelue brought vp an evil report slander vpon the land to these ten men the whole assembly gaue credite and their words to them seemed to bee true And therefore they murmured against Moses and Aaron and would haue made a Num. 14. new captaine to bring them againe vnto Egypt but Ioshua and Caleb two of the twelue that had searched the land al the multitude would haue stoned with stones for the truth sake which these two men reported of the land because they perswaded the people not to rebel against the Lord. Thus the Israelites that came out of Egypt tempted the Lord in the wildernesse and provoked him to anger by following the counsels of their owne harts therefore the Lord saith of thē as it is in this text they erre ●ver in their hearts and what was then their punishments as I liue saith the Lord I wil surely do vnto you even as ye haue spoken in mine ears Num. 14. 28. 2● your carkases shall sal in this wildernesse c. And so it came to passe for of the sixe hundreth thousand which came out of Egypt● and vvere able to discerne betweene good and evil none but two men Caleb the sonne of Iephiumeth and Ioshua the sonne of Nun which constantly as the scripture saith followed Num. 32. 12 the Lord did enter into the land of Canaan to inhabite it all the rest were consumed in the terrible wildernesse according to the worde of the Lord for Moses saith and the Lord was Num. 32. 13 very angry with Israell and made them wander in the wildernesse fourty yeares vntill all the generation that had done evill in the sighte of the Lorde were consumed And here the text saith therefore I sware in my wrath if they shoulde enter into my rest Where it is said in my wrath we are to vnderstand that God who is a spirite immortal infinite and incomprehensible with whome is 1am 1. 17. no variablenesse neither shadow by turning is not subiect to any of these passions which the scriptures seeme to attribute vnto him as wrath ielousie greefe repentance and the like But these things are figuratiuely applyed to God after the manner of men for our vnderstandinge sake vvhich are not able to conceiue of heavenly things without metaphors allegories ●arables and similit●●es borrowed from earthlie and naturall things which are therefore so much vsed in holy scriptures for ou●● learning And heere by the name of wrath or anger is set foorth the determinate sentence of Gods eternall iustice against sin and disobedience And when it is said that he sware it teacheth vs feare and consirmeth to vs that Gods threatnings fall not to the grounde without Augustine in Psal 95. full effect For as Aurelius Augustine saith vpon this place iurantem hominem debes timere thou oughtest to feare when a man sweareth least for his oths sake he should do that which is * As Herod did Mar. 6. 26. when he caused Iohn Bapsist to be beheaded against his will howe much more saith he oughtest thou to feare when God sweareth who can sware nothing rashlie his oath is a sure confirmation Wheras in deed as another father saith

things n●w more thē a yeere and a halfe agone occasion was giuē that I could do no lesse then in their owne colour as neere as I w●● able set forth the manifold evills incōvenience●● of certaine offensiue vnlawful games special●y of 〈◊〉 may poles Which though it be a doctrine not acceptable nor welcome to the world specially to such a● be louers of vaine pleasures more th●● louers of God yet must we not for fear of mē keepe backe those things which may do good These poles s●t vp maintained to stand in ●co many places of this l●●d are evident markes of cōtempt of the word of God true godlinesse and therfore ●s we haue alreadie by the late dearth scarcitie of foode that hath b●ne by sundr●e plagnes strāge sicknesses tasted of Gods anger against such contempt of his Gospel●● so except as the Prophe● exhorteth ●s● 55. 6. 〈◊〉 seeke the Lord while he may be sound and call vpon him while he is neere it is to be s●ar●a that his wrath wil in greater measure be ●owred out vpō the inhabitāts of this land to the perpetuall●●● of them that haue neglected despise● the grat●ous time of Gods ●al●ng For what can the end of the world which is so set on wickednesse lo●ke for but bl●odie warres sudden sorrowes deadly calam●●ies 〈◊〉 that we would iudge our selues that we ●ight not be iudged of the Lord. The magistrate the minister if they do the worke of the Lord either negligently or deceitfully must thinke that other mens blood shall be required at their handes Pray therfore that all which are in authoritie al that haue the charge of mens soules committed vnto them may alwayes be found faithfull and vigilant to resist sinne and offences not fearing nor fauouring the person of any mortall man whose breath is in his nostrelles And pray that we all what calling or condition soeuer we be of may be alwayes mindfull of our vow made in our baptisme to sight against sinne the world the flesh till we become conquerors through Christ Iesus to who● be all prayse dominion for euermore Against fleshly lustes 1. Pet. 2. 11. Deerely beloved I beseech you as strangers and Pilgrims abstaine from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule IN this parcel of scripture which you haue heard this morning as it is vsually read in the church this day the Apostle Peter as an excellēt instrumēt of the holy Ghost warneth the Christians of the Iewes of the imminent perill not of theeues nor of violent robbers nor of wilde beasts nor of forraine enemies but of the lustes of their owne flesh which are the more dangerous and the more hard to be avoided because they are inseparable companions of the flesh and nature of man In the former chapter of this epistle exhorting them to holines purity of living he putteth them in Minde that they were not redeemed from their vaine conversation as hee 1. Pet. 1. 18. 19. saith with corruptible things as silver and golde but with the precious bloode of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and without spot in the consideration wherof they might more clearly see what they were before their calling what they are now being called sanctified in Christ Iesus They must walke therfore in their Christian race to withstand the continual●assaults of their spirituall enemies among which the lusles of the flesh are not the least nor the casiest to be subdued for that they fight against the soule so long as this life lasteth and bring forth fruite vnto eternall death Peter directeth this doctrine to thē which beleeued of his owne nation the Iewes notwithstanding it appertaineth to all Christians which haue obtained the like saith to become the true seede of Abraham For as the beleeuing ●ewes to whom hee writeth this Epistle were at that time strangers scattered among the gentiles had lost the lande of Iudea so as they were Christiās they were also strangers vpon earth and so are all the faithfull what nation of people soeuer they be of albeit that they liue and dwell in their natiue countrie where they were borne and brought vp It behoueth them therfore being strangers to be more circumspect and carefull to resist their enemies these enemies are the lustes of the flesh which fight against the more excellent part of man euen against the soule Here we may learne that man as he hath a body of flesh wherein his soule dwellet● is an enemie vnto himselfe This may seeme to bee a strange Paradox or a thing that most men because of the ignoraunce that is in them will not beleeue But the true Christian that walketh not after the flesh but after the spirite findeth and feeleth it to bee true according as it is vvritten I see another lavve in my members Rom. 7. 23. 24. rebelling against the lavve of my minde and leading me captiue vnto the lavve of sinne vvhich is in my members O vvretched man that I am vvho shall deliuer me from the body of this death And the heathen man by the lighte of Socrates nature coulde finde out the true cause of mans wretchednesse vvhereof hee thus speaketh the chiefe cause of all evilles that happen to man is man himselfe for hee through his greedy lustes and desires troubleth both himselfe and all other creatures Chrysostome in a certaine treatise of his N●●● l●d●tur nisi aseipso doeth notablye prooue that no manne is hurt but of himselfe for as he saith hee that hurteth not himselfe can of none be hurt as Kaine sudas Iscartot king Pharaoh such others could not haue perished if the cause of their confusion that is the lusts of their own flesh which prevailed against them had not beene within them And contrary wise Iob Ioseph Daniell the Apostle Paule and al good men could not be hurt though for a time they did suffer and tooke in good worth the spoyling of their goods slaunder imprisonment persecution and al ●●●ury at the hands of them which did hurt and yet did to them no hurt because with patience they resisted not giving place to the motions of fleshlie lustes These lusts are those mighty enemies which overthrow the stoutest and the wisest among the sonnes of men King David and Salomon his son with other godly men haue beene grievously wounded herewith But the prowd man is overcome of them as Nebuchadn 〈…〉 r was of his prowd lusts The voluptuous man the drunkard and the vaine glorious in Apparell is overthrowne of his owne lusts as Dives was The covetous man as ●uda● was and the wanton fornicatour As if that story be true the vniust Iudges were that condemned chast Susanna Seeing therfore that our flesh is as a strong castl that defendeth so many lustes which fight against the soule as there be diversities of sinnes we are well admonished of the Apostle as strangers pilgrims to looke to our selues and to

combates temptations of the world least they should waxe de●●tie slouthfull or ●●●e vnprofitable to other men and therfore he doth not pray to h●ue them taken out of the world but hee Io● 17. 15. prayeth to haue them kept from evill that in the middest of dangers they may not be wounded to death and that his power may be made perfect in weaknes For it is manifest that in the holiest men of this world the flesh is weake and lusteth after evill thinges I know saith the Apostle that in me that is 〈◊〉 Rom. 7. 18. my flesh dwelleth no good thing If the flesh were not corrupt full of evill lustes man should be free from all kinde of dangers for the● Sa●han could haue no power ouer him the world could not deceiue him and the vanities of this life could not enti●e him But the flesh which euerie man heareth about with him so long as he is a pilgrim vpon earth is as a huge heape of all v 〈…〉 is like t● a puddle of water ful of 〈◊〉 ●●t in the bottome which as sone a● it is s●●red infecteth and fowleth all the water that it becommeth vnholesome both 〈◊〉 man and beast So ●●than finding store of corruption and sinnefull lustes within mans body and flesh st 〈…〉 th vp the same and kindleth them evermore ministring occasion to commit on● sinn● or other that the soule may be de●iled and be made lo●thsome i● the sight of God 〈◊〉 is the roote of evill and here is the puddle of deadly poyson even the flesh which ever l●st●th against the 〈…〉 is And for this cause the holy Ghost hath not concealed from vs what wil be the end if we suffer the flesh to haue the vpper hand For he telleth vs plainly if ye 〈◊〉 after the flesh ye 〈◊〉 but if we wil Rom. 8. 13. escape th●● d●ath hee warneth vs to play the Souldiers and to kill that wee our selues bee not killed hereafter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith hee Col. 3. 5. M●●tifie or kill your members which are on the earth VVhat members fornication vncl 〈…〉 sse 〈…〉 te affection evill conc●●●scence and c 〈…〉 sse But wee haue no members that are named with these names VVee thinke so indeedes but the spirite of GOD see●● more then vvee doe and therfore signifieth vnto vs that sinne hath taken so deepe roote in vs that for the most part it ouer●uleth vs in so much that it calleth the affectiōs of our flesh by the name of mēbers And therfore you cānot here an exhortation more necessarie for Christians then is to mortifie or to abstaine from the deedes of the flesh and whosoeuer is adoer of this on lesson is a profitable scholler i●● the schoole of Christ but when should we abstaine frō these lustes and mortifie them there is no time nor day of our life not any hower in the day but some of them do fight against our soule for they are so many in nūber as you heard before as there be diversi●●es of sinns ●f you will know thē by name the lust of pride is one the lust of vncleanes is another the lust of anger wrath is another the lust of couetousnes is another the lust of back biting and slandering is another the lust of enuy or euil wil to your neighbor is another the lust of glu●●ony drunkēne● is another the lust of sweating of slouthfulnes of filthy talking with a number moe are the lusts that lie still in our flesh whithersoeuer we go and euerie one of them when opportunitie serueth will shew it selfe an enemie to our soules These are the children of ●abilon which lead the children of Israel captiue happy is he that taketh them and 〈…〉 th them against the stones Beate them downe therefore while they be young and put ye on the spiritual ●r●●ou● take to you the shield of faith that ye may be able to withstand thē You that wil be actiue seek to excel one another at games pla●es you that thinke it a disgrace to put vp I●●uri● to be abused at the handes of mē wh●e are ye faint hearted herein and wh●e will ye not see it when these enemies of your soules do abuse you and make you their slaues while yee serue them a●e led by them to committe sinne many of them need not fight against you for you ge●e place to them without resistance do vtterly forget the vowe made in your baptisme which is to forsake them not to be led by them It is seene that they which are the souldiers of earthly princes when they come to the wa●res can prepare themselues euery man in his place to sight and none must bee idle when his captaine putteth his life in hazard Because they are then to deale with their bodily enemies at whose handes if they be vanquished nothing but death or bōdage is to be looked for And shall the souldiers of Christ sleepe when they should watch shall they play when they should fight shall they be careles whē they are beset with so many enemies which intend to bring the soule to destruction and bondage to the Deuill his Angells Christian men are always in this danger and there is no hope of victorie against these aduersaries vnlesse we will with manly courage sight against them vnder the banner of our captaine Christ according as we haue promised at the tyme of our baptisine his banner example that he The meanes or the weapons whereby we must fight against fleshly lust● left vnto vs is sob●ie●●e watching earnest praiers teares abstinence and abstaininge euen from all appearance of euill● These things he being free from sinne all fleshly lusts exercised in his life that he might leaue vs an example with what weapons we must ouercome our enemies saue our selues from their lying in waite for our blood How then will they be counted Christians or Christ his souldiers that neuer imitate him nor exercise any of these meāes This is the cause that so few obtaine the victorie to be crowned kinges and so many dayly perish in their sinnes by imitating the world and obeyinge their owne lustes For as one father saieth wh●t LORDE or master would take it in good pait at the handes of his seruant that when 〈◊〉 himselfe did lacke and suffer hunger did labour and watch his seruant should then giue himselfe to eate and drinke to sleepe and liue at ease the seruants of Christ haue no such priuiledge for the saith that the s 〈…〉 is not greater then his Lord I● 15. 20. Wherefore whosoeuer immitateth him not cannot be his seruant but is a seruant of his owne lustes wherevnto hee yeeldeth and obeyeth for so the Apostle witnesseth k 〈…〉 not that you are his seruants to whom Rom. 6. 1 yee obey whether it be of sinne vnto ●eath or of obedience vnto righteousnes Consider therefore brethren whether ye be