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A17331	A sermon preached in the Cathedrall Church in Norwich, the xxi. day of December, 1589. by W. Burton, minister of the word of God there. And published for the satisfying of some which took offence thereat	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1590 (1590)	STC 4178; ESTC S114179	33,638	90

said that seuē ill fauoured lean kine deuoured seue● fat kine and this vvas Pharaos dreame but now seuenty times seuen il fauoured lean kine haue deuoured seuen hundred fat kine and this is no dreame but a trueth But vvhy are they thus handled doe they aske their dueties No they dare not for the earthen potte dares not striue against the brasen vessel and men are now like drūken guests vvhich hauing filled their bellies are loath to pay the reckoning What is the cause Any cause will serue the turne in this point Facile inuenies baculum quo canem cedas When the Pharisies could not abide the doctrine of Christes disciples they found quickly a iust defence of their quarrel They doe that on the sabboth day which is not lavvfull And wot you what that was They plucke the eares of corne Our Pharisies also haue taken vp the same accusation against vs. For say they we doe that on the sabboth day which is not lawfull And first to begin vvithal they crie out vpon him rebell he wil not vveare the surplice euery sunday holy day which he must doe vvhether hee hath any or no And is not this a sufficient cause to deny the minister of his maintenance Againe they say we will not reade all seruice at all times and therfore whether the law dispense vvith him or no if he preach we haue found sufficiēt cause to deny him his duetie Again they say vve vvil not read euery Collect say gloria patri at the end of euery Psalme nor make a leg at the name of Iesus and is not this a sufficient cause to denie him his duetie Againe they say we are angry vvhen vvomen of their good deuotion doe take vpon them the ministers office and reade prayers publiquely to a congregation and yet say they we haue no reason for it for vvil you haue a womanlie in a vvhole moneth and come to church for so little as the Queenes booke doeth allow her And is not this a sufficient cause to deny him his duety Againe they say vve vvil not bury the dead vvhich vve ought to doe if it bee brought to the graue vvhether vvee knovv of it or no And is not this cause sufficient Againe they say vve vvil not visite the sick of the plague although vve offer to doe it vvith consent of the vvhole and so as it may not be preiudiciall to our publique ministerie yet this is cause sufficient to deny their duetie Againe they say vve vvil not reade seruice euery day forenoone and afternoone to the vvalles and the vvindows to the stooles and the stones and is not this cause sufficient to denie vs our duetie Againe they say vvee vvil not bid Imber dayes according to their Almanacke a booke of great authoritie and very autenticall for it shewes vs this yeare vvhat vve shal haue the next and is not this a sufficient cause Item they say vve sing psalmes in time of the communion vvhich vvere foysted in by the Geneua puritans and is not this cause sufficient Againe they say vvee preach against Papists Atheists Vsurers Drunkards Swearers Lords of misrule abuse of apparrel gaming vvorking on the sabboth day and such like commēdable and common exercises of good neighborhood is not this a sufficient cause Item they say vve preach so plainly stand so long that they fal either ●o napping or els to prating vvhē vve begin commonly they leaue vvhen vve ende and is not this a sufficient cause Lastly if they should pay the minister his duetie the loane of so much money vvere lost vvhich in many yeares vvoulde amount to some round summe and are not all these or any of these sufficient causes thinke you to handle Gods pore ministers and seruāts as you haue heard before And if vvee say Currat lex let the lavv be iudge then say they we dāce in a net But I vvould aske of these our heauie masters but two questions First whether I vvere sufficiently discharged or no if I shoulde refuse to administer the Lords supper because some Church papist in my parrish vvill neuer receiue the communion Secondly what hath good Queen Elizabeth done that she can get nothing of some of them I hope it is not because she hath banished idolatrie brought in the gospel Some cārob Peter to pay Paul but these men can cunningly rob both Peter and Paul and pay neither of both and all to saue stakes O auri sacra fames quid 〈◊〉 What vvil not some do for money Well vve haue not yet foūd the true cause for vve haue been all this vvhile among the eares of corne and therfore the vvrit must be returned with non est inuenta but we wil haue another ad melius inquirendum to make a nevve search What are vve sharpe in reproouing their sinne No we dare not say to Herod thou must not haue thy brothers vvife Wee dare not say that a right papist is a ranke traytor least vve shoulde be tolde that vvhen vvee are in our priuiledged places vve prate vvhat we list as once I vvas told We dare not say that the magistrates are breakers of the Sabboth day if they suffer it to be broken least vve shoulde be called coram vobis for it and heare of it againe 2. yeres after in the pulpit And to meddle vvith any abuses or corruptions of the church is auribus canem vellere to pul a dog by the eares to put our hands into a hornets nest A learned father who belike had experience of these things said once if not often Tutior est d●scentis quam docentis ratio It is better to learne then to teach But vve may say Tutior est peccantis quam arguentis conditio It is more dangerous now adaies to reproue sinne thē to commit sinne And if euer it were true it is now too true that Lepores concionantur leonibus Let mens vvords be neuer so vvell ordered neuer so comely so gracious they must preache vvith feare and trembling as poor hares before the stout lions For if vvee please them not they vvill say as Achab saide he doeth not prophecie good vnto me but euill and therefore my soule doeth hate him But vvill you knovve the true cause indeede Wel now vve haue foūd it vvee read that Pharao cried against the Israelites as appeareth Geue them no more straw but let them gather it them selues and get it where they can and yet we will haue our whole tale of bricke for they be idle and crie Let vs goe 3●dayes iorney into the wildernes and offer sacrifice vnto God So play our Pharisees with vs for they crie Let our pastors preachers haue no more libertie geuen thē let them gather their straw themselues that is let them preach their belly full and keepe all our exercises for they account of preaching as of stravve But in the mean time vve vvil haue our whole tale of bricke that is all

A SERMON PREACHED in the Cathedrall Church in Norwich the xxi day of December 1589. by W. Burton Minister of the word of God there And published for the satisfying of some which took offence thereat Iob. 27. 5. God forbid that I should iustifie them vntill I die I will neuer take away ●yne innocencie from my selfe To the Reader BEcause we are in all holy duety to giue no offence to lew Grecian nor to the church of God and this Sermon hath been taken so vnkindly as that the author therof is for it accounted an enemy to Caesar is turned out of liuing interdicted of his ministery for a sabboth of yeeres and by a publique acte disabled from all kinde of scholasticall function throughout the whole land the deliberation of Iob seemed good in this behalf Oh that I had some to hear me but behold my signe that the almighty will witnes for me though my aduersary shoulde write a booke against mee 36. Would not I take it vpon my shoulder and binde it as a crovvne vnto me 37. I wil tell him the number of my goinges and goe vnto him as to a prince And therfore hath it been publ●shed to s●tisfie both the church of God to whose censure no doubt he submitteth himselfe sitting as a prophets sonn● at the feete of the Prophetes to be iudged by the spirit that speaketh in the prophets also to preserue his innocencie intire and inu●olable that the mouthes of others might be stopped for God forbid that he or we should take away a mans innocencie from himselfe Therfore is his booke set vpon his shoulder and lifted vp ●s a standard on high that they which heare and reade may testifie vnto him loe his owne words are his witnes hee hath ge● uen a bill against himselfe he hath told his ad●ersaries all his goinges his wordes ar● now ●ritten and written in a booke to the view of al they are grauen with an iron pen as it were wrought in lead or stone to remaine for euer If all this will not serue t● stop vp the open sepulchres of mens throates that are stil wide open as common Innes ready to receiue all surmises that come then his resolute consolation withall in the like case is this Behold we endeuoured to giue no ocasiō of offēce in any thing that our ministery should not be ropr●ued purposing to approoue our selues as the ministers of God in much patience 4 in afflictions in necessi●ies in distres 5 in stripes in prisons in tumultes in labors 6 by ●a chings by fastings by knoledge by puritie by long suff●ring by kindnes by the holy Ghost by loue vnfained 7 by the word of truth by the power of God by the armor of righteousnes on the right hand on the left 8. by honor dishonor by euil reporte and good reporte as decei●ers and yet true 9. as vnknowne and yet knowne as dying and behold we liue as chastned and yet not killed as sorrowing yet alwaies reioycing as pore yet making many rich as hauing nothing yet possessing all thinges Leauing the aduers●ries to the merc●e of God which we beartely wish them as we looke our selues to be forgeuen of God in anything and putting them in mind of that heauy doom that they may fear before him Wherof Esay speake●h saying The cruell man shall cease the scornful shalbe consumed all that hasted to iniquitie shalbe cut off 21 Which made a man to sinne in the worde and tooke him in a snare which reprooued them in the gate and made the iust to fal without cause Crauing of the rest that they wil not cease to striue in all manner of supplication till they ouercome that though me● thrust out labourers out of his haruest keeping in the loytering nonresident idoll shepheard yet hee will thrust in seuen wayes pastors according to his owne heart which may haue the sweet milke of knowledge and vnderstanding in their owne breastes and may feede his people therewithall that not one of his may perish for want of gathering amongst vs. As for the sermon it selfe hee protesteth as in the sight of God that it is faithfully translated from the pulpit to the pen sauing that some pointes hee hath now more enlarged then hee could then for want of time but as for those things whereof he was accused and which were taken so gree●ously they be set downe euen as they were vttered so nigh as he could word for worde without adding or detracting without changing or altering perswading himselfe that there is nothing to be gotten by licking him selfe whole as it is thought some would haue done and therefore leauing them to God which would make the worlde beleeue that the hares eares be hornes calling good euil and euill good groping for the light at noone day he also committeth himselfe and his cause this Sermon and the euent thereof ●nto the God of heauen and earth that iudgeth all hearts and wil iudge all people in equitie and trueth The same God make our loue to abound yet more and more in all knowledge and iudgement that we may discerne things that differ and that wee may ●e sincere and without offence vntil the day of Christ filled with the fruites of righteousnes which are by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and praise of God A SERMON Ieremie 3. verse 14. O ye disobedient children turne againe saith the Lord For I am your Lord. THESE words be part of an exhortation be gun in the 12 ve of this chapter which was made to the children of Israel beeing captiues in Assiria in the yeare of Hoshea king of the ten tribes as appeareth in the second of the kings the 17. chapter the 6 verse And it did grow vpon a complaint against Iuda because that Iuda did not profite by the iudgementes of God vpon Israel which being ended God here commādeth him to exhort the 10. tribes in captiuitie to profite better by those afflictions which wer vppon them to returne to God by true and timely repentance Which if they did then God doth also promise for his part to forget all their sinnes past and to place them in their former estate againe In this exhortation we are to consider of two circumstances The first is of the persons the second is of the matter subiect The persons be twoo fold First exhorted Secondly exhorting The persons exhorted are the captiue Iewes described in the two first wordes the first is disobedient the second is children The persons exhorting are two fold The Lord by Ieremie and Ieremie in the name of the Lord that appereth in these words sayth the Lord. The matter subiect is two fold First what they are exhorted vnto in these wordes turne againe Secondly a reason why in these wordes for I am your Lord. In the names giuen to the persōs exhorted appeare first the wisedome of God Secondly his mercie His wisedome appereth in ripping vp