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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12991	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse on Barthelmew day, being the 24. of August. 1578 Wherin, besides many other profitable matters meete for all Christians to follovv, is at large prooued, that it is the part of all those that are fathers, householders, and scholemaisters, to instruct all those vnder their gouernement, in the vvord and knovvledge of the Lorde. By Iohn Stockvvood scholemaister of Tunbridge.	Stockwood, John, d. 1610.	1578 (1578)	STC 23284; ESTC S106625	73,966	202

and hathe broken the yoake of their Tyrannie from this and manye other nations his name be praysed for it and in the ende with the breath of his mouth wil vtterly confounde them As you haue séene in these Iewes a fearefull example of God his wonderfull iustice in casting them off for their offences so in receyuing of the Gentiles you haue to consider a notable proofe and experience of hys surpassing loue and vnspeakeable mercie For what was there in the Gentiles ouerwhelmed with errour blynded wyth ignoraunce prone to all kinde of superstition and straunge Idolatries ouertaken with all sortes of filthynesse and moste horrible and outragious wickednesse that mighte procure hym to fauour them or to shewe hymselfe so bountious a father vnto them Of hys loue therefore of his loue and moste frée fauour was it that he vouchsaued to call them out of this greate darkenesse vnto so maruellous light and knowledge of his truth in his sonne Christ Iesus our moste louing God and mercifull Sauiour There is not therefore anye cause of boasting of our selues or of any thing in our selues for that we are nothing else indéede but a huge masse and heauy lumpe of sinne Let vs therefore ascribe all the whole glorie of our callyng vnto God that mercifullye hath called vs from errour vnto trueth from darkenesse to lighte from wickednesse to holynesse from condemnation to saluation frō death to life yea frō Hel to Heauen for vnto all these and a greate manye moe enormities are we by nature enthralled Let vs therefore enter the déeper into a true consyderation of our selues and into a thorough examination of our owne soules and consciences and then finding in our selues what indéede wée be of our selues we shall learne to set lesse by our painted sheathes and to make better accoumptes of GOD hys infinite and endlesse mercie who hath thoughte good to place vs in the roome of his owne peculiar and chosen people Agayne we sée in the consideration of the manner of GOD his calling vs of the Gentiles to the knowledge of hys Christ not requiring at our handes that we shoulde be circumcised or otherwise tyed to the obseruation of the ceremonies of Moses lawe but onely that we shoulde repente and beléeue the Gospel we sée I say euidentlye hereby that we are not saued by the Lawe nor yet by the workes of the Lawe but onlye by fayth in Christe accordyng as it is written The iuste manne shall ●iue by fayth And againe By the workes of the law no flesh can be saued or iustified by how muche the more so often as I thinke on it and truely I doe manye times thinke on it I doe greately maruayle what madnesse hath ouertaken our Arch-Papistes to besotte themselues and others with a vaine and wicked perswasion of their owne righteousnesse and an arrogante trusting to scale the highe forte of heauen by the broken and rotten ladder of man hys merytes and the corrupte workes and inuentions of their owne idle fancies For if Christe and hys Apostles neuer charged anye with the obseruations of the Mosaicall Lawe as a thing necessarye to saluation and that as appeareth in the wrytings of the Apostles it hath alwayes béene accounted an infallible note of false Apostles to pleade workes and that of GOD hys owne Law in the matter of iustification let then this second note drawn from the manner of God hys callyng of the Gentiles without inioyning them the obseruations of hys owne lawe bée sufficient in a worde to touch the shamelesse boldnesse of the Catolikes that dare shuffle in drosse trumperie of their own forging to claime righteousnes withal that I stand no longer to cōuince those as iniurious to the death and bloudsheading of Christe Iesus who teache that they haue workes sufficient not only to purchase Heauen for themselues but also a surplus and ouerflow to help others withall that will pay swéetely for them in as muche as their owne conscience euery nighte when they goe to bed maye teache them if they truely examine it that of themselues they are not able to thinke so much as one good thought and therefore muste néedes ascribe saluation to the only and alone frée mercie of God in Christe laide holde on by the sure and strong hand of a constant faith workes being no maner of cause thereof at all the whiche Fryer Ferus a man of theyr owne writing vpon this tenth Chapiter of the Actes in moste plaine words doth confesse saying For so in that firste and moste great calling of the Gentiles they oughte to haue beene made equall with the Iewes without all manner of helpe of the Lawe that it mighte be now manifestly knowne that righteousnes commeth of the onely grace and election of God and not of workes than the which what can be spoken more truely more agréeable to the truth The Lord if it be his wil open their eies that in this and all other pointes they maye bowe and yéelde vnto the trueth Thus muche of the reiection of the Iewes and calling of the Gentiles by occasion of GOD his calling Cornelius being a Gentile to the knowledge of his trueth In the seconde braunche of this firste general commeth to be considered Cornelius hys profession and trade of life whiche oure present texte sayeth to bée a Capitaine of the Italian bande at Cesarea for it was an vsuall thing among the Romanes to place in the gret towns or Citties that they wonne garrisons of armed men and souldiours as well to defende them agaynste the inuasions of the Parthians whome besides manye other ennimyes they were often and verye daungerouslye encombred wythall as also to wythstande and kéepe vnder rebellion and tumultuous vproares of the Iewes if at anye tyme they shoulde attempte an insurrection and further that if néede shoulde requyre they mighte vppon shorte warning oute of these garrisons placed in euerye Towne and Cittie gather a iuste and ful army being assaulted to defend themselues These bands consisted some of more and some of fewer Souldioures some footemenne and some horsemenne The fyrste or chiefe bande contayned commonlye a thousande footemenne ouer whych was a Generall and euerye Centurye or hundreth hadde besides hys seuerall Capitayne whyche of the number of Souldiours vnder his conducte was commonlye called a Centurion or Capitayne ouer an hundreth menne Such a one was oure Cornelius who in that he is termed to be Ruler of the Italian bande we maye gather that he was bothe an Italian himself and also in good estimation with the Emperoure For as the Romaynes g thered their garrisons out of sundrye Countrie men of the whyche also they had their names like as this consisting of Italians is thereof called the Italian band so likewise did they make greatest accompts reposed most confidence in the garrisons of their own countreymen out of which also for the most part there were chosen Captaines suche as best liked the Emperoure It is I saye therefore verye