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A46878	A sermon preached before Q. Elizabeth by that learned and reverend man Iohn Iewel ... ; with an answer of the same authour to some frivolous objections against the government of the church.	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.	1641 (1641)	Wing J739; ESTC R16610	20,215	57

purposed and Solomon finished and Ezechias and Esras and other godly Princes preserved in which was kept the book of the law whither all the people assembled together to serve God was not used like Gods house but like a common faire or market was made a denne of theeves when these grosse abuses were suffered and things were let runne to such extremities and all this under pretence of holinesse as if it were not only lawfull but needs it must be so moved with zeale he could not abide it he made a scourge of small cords and drove them all out of the Temple and poured out the mony-changers overthrew the tables said make not my fathers house a house of merchandize And his Disciples remembred that it was written the zeale of thy house hath eaten me up This was no frantick or melancholy passion neither in Moses nor in David nor in Christ Moses was a very meek man above all that were on the earth David was a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reproofes And Christ said learne of me for I am humble and meeke when his Disciples James and John grew wrothful against the Samaritanes that would not receive him and said Lord wilt thou that we command that fire come down from heaven consume them even as Elias did He turned about and rebuked them and said yee know not of what spirit you are yet through zeale for Gods house Christ whipped out the buyers and sellers David shed forth teares abundantly and Moses dasht in pieces the tables of Gods Commandements All men ought to be patient and gentle in matters appertaining to themselves but in Gods cause no man must yeild or be patient In our daies upon whom the end of the world is come when we did lately see those times whereof our Saviour foretold so long sithence that desolation should be in the holy place and such confusion ignorance and blindnes that men should stumble at noon-daies that truth should be a stranger upon earth that men should forsake wholsome doctrine and give eare unto fables that the mystery of iniquity should worke and the very elect if it were possible be deceived what tryall was made of true godly zeale How notably did it shew it selfe against the rage and fury of the wicked What should I speake hereof The examples are fresh you cannot forget them you heard of them so late it is so late since you did behold them What moved so many so learned so vertuous to yeild their backs to the scourge their necks to the tormenters their bodies to the fire to forsake their goods their friends their parents their wives children but the zeale of Gods house Neither death nor life nor Angels nor things present nor things to come was able to separate them from the love of God they continued stedfast unto the end The zeal of Gods house did eat them up But now God hath restored us he hath taken away the desolation from us he hath given us his truth he hath revealed the man of sin he hath raised up a banner of hope we see and enjoy such things as many Kings Prophets would have enjoyed could not what remaineth but that we take the zeale of the Lords house into our hearts and seek by all meanes the glory of the same As our good fathers and brethren shewed the vehemency of their love in disliking the disorders which troubled the Church of God so in this blessed peace which God giveth to his Church let us witnesse our earnest zeale in seeking that it may be made beautifull established for ever Let our next care be to continue possession Kingdomes are preserved by the same meanes by which they were first gotten that which is conquered by zeale by carefull zeale must be kept It was said of Anniball that he knew how to get the victory but how to use it he knew not Many have lost that by negligence which they had by diligence wonne Therefore we ought as our hearts were carefull and desirous to see these daies so by our thankfulnesse to God for so great a blessing and by christian and godly providence fore-see such meanes whereby we may long hereafter enjoy the same When Phydias had made the pourtraiture of Jupiter Pisanus he overlaid it with oyle that it might continue fresh and greene never putrifie When God gave order to Noah for making the Arke he said thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch that it might be sound and sure and abide the waves He which challengeth to himselfe that proud and wanton name to be called the head of the universall Church after by litle and litle he was gotten into possession was not behinde hand by all meanes to maintaine and keep the same In this policie he took away the reading of the Scriptures from the people he made Noble-men and Princes his Cardinalls he threw down and set up and changed whom and what hee would The Kings and States of the world the Bishops Professours and Schollars in Universities and Preachers were brought to sweare allegiance and obedience unto him I devise not this the stories here of are abroad and the oath which they took is known his authority grew greater then the authority of generall Councells nothing might be decreed in Councels but what pleased him none might be admitted to speak in Councels but such as were sworne to him he had all law in his breast There was sometimes a proclamation made in Rome that for considerations no man should erect or build up any Theatre and that if any were set up it should be rased pulled downe Pompeius a Gentleman of great wealth and noble courage did build a Theatre such a one as before had not been seen which would receive 2500 men contrary to the Proclamation and order taken But doubting least the next Magistrates should destroy it he caused a place of religion to be set upon it and called it the Temple of Venw whereby he provided that if any would overthrow it because it was a Theatre they might yet spare it for the Temples sake for to pull down a Temple was sacriledge Even so there have been proclamations Canons that no man should be called the chiefe or the head of all Churches or usurp such authority over others but whē the Pope built up his supremacy against the meaning of such Canons he pretended religion for his doing he said it was de jure divino that no man should presume or attempt against it and that so his power might continue forever If they have been thus carefull to maintaine falshood how much more carefull should we be to maintaine the truth If they to advance their own kingdome how much more we to set forth the kingdome of God and to build up the Church of Christ And if they sought to doe that by lyes and by false meanes why should we be slack to use the right

and true and good meanes whereby that good thing which God hath wrought for us may be established And albeit there be many waies by which the kingdome of God may be maintained as the favour and countenance of the Prince which so comforteth and cherisheth the Church as the sun beames comfort and cherish the earth and knowledge and learning and discipline which are as the life the sinewes without which the Church must needs fall asunder at this time I will leave to speak of the rest only stay upon Learning which may truly be called the life or the soule of the Church and of Christian Religion How necessary a thing they have counted Learning to the setting forth of Religion the stories of our old Fathers of Heathens Christians in all ages doe witnesse They thought that neither Religion might stand without knowledge nor knowledge were to be esteemed without Religion Charles the great that he might the better plant Religion in Saxonie and Helvetia did erect many places for increase of Learning he knew well that there was no other way better to establish Religion The Cathedrall Churches before such times as ignorance and blindnes grew over all the world and brought in an universall corruption maintained Schooles of learning that the doctrine which was taught in those places might be defended against the gainesayers by such learned men as were there bred up The Princes of Germanie and the free cities after they had received the Gospell they dissolved their Monasteries which had been harbourers for such as lived in idlenesse and set up Schooles and Colledges which should be nurceries to breed up learned men that might be able to teach the people to maintaine Religion whereby it came to passe that in short time they had great store of worthy and learned men This did they well see that have been the enimies of Religion and therefore used all meanes to hinder the increase of Learning that they might have the better way to overthrow Religion For if Learning decay it is likely that Religiō cannot abide Beare with me if I speak that which may seem more fit for some other place then for this audience the best here understandeth me well Inother Countries the receiving of the Gospell hath alwaies been cause that Learning was more set by and learning hath ever been the furtherance of the Gospell In England I know not how it cometh otherwise to passe for since the Gospell hath been received the maintenance for learning hath been decayed the lack of Learning will be the decay of the Gospell Would God it were not so or that yet before the fault be incurable there may be some redresse Loath I am to speak yet the case so requireth that it is needfull to be spoken I trust I shall speak in the hearing of them that will consider it Maintenance of Learning whereby an able and sufficient ministerie may grow and bee established in all the Churches of this Realm is to be wished for The good estate of this noble Kingdome the comfort of posterity the stay of Religion the continuing of the Gospell the removing of darknesse hangeth upon it One asked sometimes how it was that in Athens so goodly and great a Citie there were no Physitions To whom this answer was made because there are no rewards appointed for them that practise Physick The same answer may be made for our times the cause why the Church of God is so forsaken is the want of zeal in them that should either for their cuttesie or for their abilitie be fosterers of learning and increase the livings where occasion is and give hope and comfort to learned men What said I increase nay the Livings and provision which heretofore were given to this use are taken away Have patience if any such be here as I well know there are whom these things touch suffer me to speak the truth it is Gods cause The livings of such as are in the Ministery are not in their hands to whom they are due all other labourers artificers have their hire increased double as much as it was wont to be only the poore man that laboureth and sweateth in the Vineyard of the Lord of hostes hath his hire abridged and abated I speak not of the Curates but of Parsonages and Vicarages that is of the places which are the Castles and Towers of fence for the Lords Temple They seldome passe now adaies from the Patron if he be no better then a Gentleman but either for the Lease or for present mony Such Merchants are broken into the Church of God a great deale more intolerable then were they whō Christ chased and whipped out of the Temple Thus they that should bee carefull for Gods Church that should be Patrons to provide for the consciences of the people and to place among them a learned Minister who might be able to preach the word unto them out of season and in season and to fulfill his Ministery seek their own and not that which is Jesus Christs they serve not Jesus Christ but their belly And this is done not in one place or in one country but throughout England A Gentleman cannot keep his house unlesse he have a Parsonage or two in farme for his provision O mercifull God whereto will this grow at last If the misery which this plague worketh would reach but to one age it were tolerable but it will be a plague to posterity it will be the decay and desolation of Gods Church Young men which are toward and learned see this they see that he which feedeth the flocke hath least part of the milke he which goeth to warfare hath not halfe his wages Therefore they are weary discouraged they change their studies some become prentices some turne to Physick some to Law all shun and fly the Ministery And besides the hinderance that thus groweth by wicked dealing of Patrons by reason of the Impropriations the Vicarages in many places and in the properest market-townes are so simple that no man can live upon them and therefore no man will take them They were wont to say Beneficia fine cura Benefices without charge but now may be said Cura fine Beneficio Charge or cure without Benefice I speak not this of myselfe many here present know I speak the truth and my selfe know the places which have continued still these many yeares without a Minister resident among them and have provided themselves as they might with their own mony Your Graces subjects had hope of amendment in your Graces late Visitation but yet it standeth still in case as miserable as it did before I know your Grace heareth not of these matters And I hope God will work in Your Gracious heart to provide some remedy against them For otherwise the Schools will be forsaken the Church desolate the people wild and dismaied the Gospell discredited otherwise we shall see that wrought against the house of God that never