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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04905	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the Fryday before Easter, commonly called good Friday, in the yeere of our Lorde. 1579. By Iohn Knewstub	Knewstubs, John, 1544-1624.; Knewstub, John. Confutation of monstrous and horrible heresies, taught by H.N. aut	1579 (1579)	STC 15046; ESTC S101374	39,484	98

of the law when visions reuelations were often and vsual yet were they then subiect to the word to be cried by it nay to be ouerruled of it According as we reade If there arise among you a Prophet and geue thee a signe or wonder and the signe or wonder which he hath told thee come to passe saying Let vs goe after our gods thou shalt not hearken vnto the words of the Prophet yee shal walke after the Lord your God and shall keepe his commaundementes and hearken vnto his voyce but that Prophet shal be slaine because he hath spoken to thrust thee out of the waye wherin the Lord the God coÌ„maundeth thee to walke If in the times when visioÌ„s reuelations had their best alowance and the most lawful title that euer they had all that notwithstanding they were to geue vp their account vnto the written woorde of God and froÌ„ thence to receiue their Quietus est We may not then in those times receiue suche wares vnder the alone warrant of their own weights when faith must fight against miracles and reuelations for the woorde whiche in the infancie of the Church was helped by miracles vnto the woorde How can there be any true gedlinesse among this people among whom God is not licenced to speake in his woorde what pleaseth him but the woorde strained by their spirite to speake after the liking of miserable men Great is the vngodlinesse likewise of those men who hauing banished superstition and fantastical reuelatioÌ„ yet for al that leaning vnto the hold of their profession of the trueth as vnto a sufficient fortresse doe not submit themselues to any often and earnest vse of the woorde and prayer with conscience and care to haue theyr wayes reformed by it and with perswasion of any great necessitie that they haue of it We can not geue our selues vnto these dueties vnlesse we shal be in the expectation and looking after the hope of an other life therfore very fitly doeth the Apostle ioine vnto these seueral duties that we haue hearde of this speache Waiting for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mightie GOD our Sauiour Iesus Christe For it cannot come to passe wee should be taken of from things here below vnlesse we be assured els where No man wyllet goe thyngs assured for vncertaine Faith must geue vs assuraunce of greater glory from GOD ere wee can let goe the houlde that we haue heere Therefore it is made a speciall note of God his Children necessarily ioyned to his worship to be in expectatioÌ„ of the latter day and the glory therof When Paul wil set out the commendation of the Thessalonians and fame that was geuen out of them in all places he doeth no otherwise commend them then that they were turned from idols to serue the liuing God and to wayte for his sonne from heauen which should bestowe vppon them this benefitete to deliuer them from the wrath to come And in the seconde to the Thessa. perswading them by that which was in mosle reuerence and regarde with them and likest to bring them into the earnest consideration of his words he frameth his speach thus I beseech you brethren by the coÌ„ming of our Lord Iesus Christ and our gathering together and vniting vnto him So that the looking for the last day semeth to him to be in great reuereÌ„ce regard assured expectation among them when he maketh their reuerence vnto that the matter and ground of this exhortation And when he laboureth to lift them of the earth coÌ„monly he reareth them vp with no other instrument than this the waiting for the glory hope of another life In the 3. to the Col. he reasoneth thus When Christ which is your life shal appeare then shall you appeare with him in glory mortifie therfore your earthly meÌ„bers vncleanes couetousnes which is Idolatry And in the 3. to the Phil. opening the meane of their stay froÌ„ hunting after the earth w the false Apostles which minded earthly thinges He sayth thus But our conuersation is in heauen from whence wee looke for a Sauiour euen the Lorde Iesus who shal chaunge our vile body that it maye be like his glorious body In the xi to the Hebrues the obedience of Abraham in leauing his owne couÌ„trey not knowing where he should become is ascribed to this that he waited for a Citie that had a foundation whose maker is God for al things in the world are subiect to corruption The great things that are spoken of Moyses in accounting the rebuke of Christe to be of more value then the treasures of Aegypt and his not fearyng the fury of the kyng is onely imputed to this that he was as if he had seene him that is inuisible The comming of the glory of that great God was alwaies before his eies The greatnesse of the thing and the excellencie of it is noted in these woordes The glory of the great God our Sauiour Christe It is the same glory the great God our Sauiour Christe inheriteth that we waite for It is worth the waiting for there is cause why wee shoulde be mooued to sobrietie hauing so great thinges in expectation We beseech you saith Paul that ye would walk worthy of god who calleth you to his owne kingdome and glory The glory of this worlde deseleth our eyes and therfore must we be drawne vp by meditation of greater thinges before we shall bee able to let these be of small reckoning with vs The greatnesse of that glory once throughly digested woulde set these in a base and lowe place it would make them vanish assmoke from our presence The expectation of a transitorie kingdome when it is once deuoured and digested by hope we see it maketh men neglect liues goodes landes friendes children and countrey to hazarde all The merchant that is in expectation of some great gaine we see into what vnknowen countreis into what daungers by the Seas he wil commit himselfe The great regarde and care that is had euery where to the thinges heere below the greedy followyng after them the careful pursuing of pleasures profites and honors do plainly speake that the hope of another life is not yet setled in the heartes of a great number Let vs cal to remembrance how that this is our day to waite it is our time to serue when Christ which is our life shal appeare then shal we be glorious and appeare with him in glory There is no pleasure which the lord hath not matched with some griefe and paine to take of if it might our delite and to fasten it in surer thinges If the glory of God cannot preuayle with vs yf it cannot chaunge our taste howe shall wee looke for renewment If so great hire as is his owne glory cannot allure vs brutish senselesse must our nature needs be What a greater argument can wee haue of our blockishnesse then that so great things can get no more attendance

â§ A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse the Fryday before Easter commonly called good Friday in the yeere of our Lorde 1579. By Iohn Knewstub Printed in London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson for Richard Sergier 1579. â§ A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse the Fryday before Easter commonly called good Fryday in the yeere of our Lorde 1576. By Iohn Knewstub IT is thus writteÌ„ right Honorable and welbeloued in our Sauiour Christe by the Apostle Saint Paule in the second Chapter of his Epistle vnto Titus 11 The grace of GOD that bringeth saluation vnto al men hath appeared 12 And teacheth vs that we should deny vngodlynes and worldly lustes and that we shoulde liue soberly and righteously and godly in this present world 13 Looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the mightie God and of our Sauiour Iesus Christe 14 Who gaue him selfe for vs that he might redeeme vs from al iniquities and purge vs to bee a peculiar people vnto himselfe zelous of all good woorkes 15 These thinges speake and exhort and rebuke with all authoritie This text doeth deuide it selfe into foure principal partes The first part commendeth a teacher vnto vs in these words The grace of God that bringeth saluation hath appeared and teacheth vs. The second declareth what it is that he teacheth vs to wit To deny vngodlines worldly lustes and to liue soberly and righteously godly in this present world waiting for the glorious appearing of Iesus Christe The third noteth what cost and charges the sonne of God Christe Iesus our Lorde and Sauiour was at to haue vs good schollers and to profite well in this doctrine is conteined in these woordes Who gaue himselfe for vs that he might redeeme vs from al iniquitie and purge vs too bee a peculiar people vnto hym selfe zelous of good workes The fourth and last part describeth the order of this Schoole the maner of teaching and training vp of Scholers in these words These thinges speake exhort and rebuke with all authoritie Concerning this Teacher to resolue you in few woordes It is the Gospel of God which is the power of God vnto saluation for so many as shal beleeue it And therfore may wel bee called the grace of God that bringeth saluation The comparing of this verse with the next before wil let you plainly see that it cannot bee otherwise ment then of the worde of saluation the Gospell of Iesus Christe Which for iust causes is commended vnto vs vnder this glorious title of the grace of God that bringeth saluation It is the Gospel then that teacheth vs to deny vngodlines neither doth it onely tel vs barely and nakedly what is to bee done But with sweete promises allureth and with great perswasion most louing counsel aduise doeth exhort prouoke vs therunto crauing beseeching intreating vs to yeelde and consent not leauing out any thing that is likely to further the matter that is in hande The nature of man being as it is desirous of knowledge how can he but be welcome vnto vs that professeth to teache If there were no more but the name of a Teacher it were yenough to driue vs to some consideration for the good entertainment of him albeit we had neuer seene nor hearde the man before But when these Teachers bring gifts with theÌ„ the better to perswade wheÌ„ those become teachers perswaders to whom for all our welfare and happie estate we are wholy beholden may their aduise possibly thinke you be neglected and not estemed of any who hath but the least sparke of humanitie or good disposition in him And behold the grace of god that bringeth with it our saluation teacheth and entreateth vs to deny vngodlynesse worldly lustes and to liue soberly righteously and godly in this present worlde If you like Teachers that perswade enter into the hearts of men by giftes you can not mislike him I am wel assured that bringeth no lesse gift then your saluation If giftes doe commend I thinke he is sufficiently commended vnto vs most true it is that giftes and benefites cannot but commend their Maisters that bring them Solomon sayth that a gift layde secretly and closly in the bosome of him that is offended with vs is able to asswage anger when it is growen so strong that it may be said to haue sinewes and bones He saith more and besides this That a reward is as a precious stone it prospereth preuaileth whethersoeuer it turneth Rewardes and giftes receiued hold a man as captiue and Prisoner vnto the geuer so that hee is scarce his owne man but seeth with an other mans eyes and dealeth with an other mans handes for he who commeth commended vnto vs by some rewarde and gifte is able as it were by some enchauntment to set what coulour he will vpon his matter and that so cuÌ„ningly as the wysest man that is of vs al shal not bewray it For doe we not reade in Deuteronomie That rewardes blinde the eies of the wise and peruert the wordes of the iust And this is the cause why in that same place the Iudges are forbidden to take rewardes for such is the corruption of man that he wyll not stick to perswade his euil cause by those meanes yf he shal vnderstaÌ„d that the Iudge lyeth any whyt open on that part But this infirmitie of maÌ„ who ofteÌ„times furthereth his euil cause by gifts may not so preiudice the holy Ghost who is without al suspition to commend euyl causes vnto vs but that it shal be alwayes lawfull for him to vse what way of perswasion as shall best like hym yea to enter vpon vs euen by giftes and to cause the grace of GOD bringing with it our saluation to intreate vs to deny vngodlinesse and worldly lustes to see if that which is so pearcing of itselfe be able too touch vs that which perswadeth so greatly be of force to preuaile with vs that which oftentimes speedeth in euill matters may finde fauour with vs to promote the best things For what hath he not obtained among men that by gifts hath continued to perswade And among gifts there is some diuersitie some be more able to mooue vs then others are some perswade more effectually then others doe For those benefites haue alwayes been regarded aboue the rest that haue drawen vs out of some great danger or haue comforted vs in some great extremitie The memory of such is woont to be of greatest continuance and of most thankful remeÌ„brance with vs When Dauid would persuade Bethsabe his wife that SolomoÌ„ should be king after him and put her out of al doubt that she neede neuer to feare the matter any longer he pledgeth for the assurance of his worde his thankfulnesse vnto God for such benefites as could not but binde his obedience That is his often deliuerance out of trouble As the Lorde liueth saith Dauid who hath brought my

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