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A02919	The faith of the church militant moste effectualie described in this exposition of the 84. Psalme, by that reuerend pastor, and publike professor of Gods word, in the famous vniuersitie of Hassine in Denmarke, Nicholas Hemmingius. A treatise written as to the instruction of the ignorant in the groundes of religion, so to the confutation of the Iewes, the Turkes, atheists, Papists, heretiks, and al other aduersaries of the trueth whatsoeuer. Translated out of Latine into English, &c. by Thomas Rogers.	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1581 (1581)	STC 13059; ESTC S118432	286,633	582

good life and sound preaching so theie must first before others come into peril For which cause it foloweth in the Psalme Who goeth thorough the valleie of teares CHAP. 3. 1. That the Church of God especiallie the ministers thereof are to endure persecution 2. Of the crosse the kindes thereof 3. Speciall thinges to be remembred of such as are punished deseruedlie 4. The faithful how tried 5. Of martyrdome who are martyrs and howe theie are to be thought-vpon 6. Whether idolatrous Princes are to be obeied The sixte verse WHO GOETH THROVGH THE VAILEIE OF TEARES THis thirde member of the description purteth the preachers of the worde in minde of the peril and daunger which accompanieth the ministerie For it affirmeth howe theie are to passe through the vale of teares that is theie must aduance the kingdome of God with much trouble and persecution For such is the rage of Sathan and his members that withall their force theie flie vppon the godlie ministers of the worde that with the streame of their blood theie maie stoppe the course of the Gospel yea and abolishe the Church but vaine is their hope For stronger is he which taketh the preachers parte than al the gates of Hel. If God saieth the Apostle bee on our side who can bee against vs Furthermore Dauid tooke this allegorical speach from ● present occasion For being in exile and seeing with what daunger al the feastes which God had ordained the people went vp to Hierusalem for to sacrifice with spiritual eies he beheld the great perils and persecutions which theie shoulde endure that in time to come were to set-foorth the kingdome of Christ. So that the sense is this As y e people of God through the drie valleis for that cause prouoking vnto weeping teares rather than vnto ioie went vp to Hierusalem at the hie feastes to sacrifice So the teachers of the Churche the Apostles and others through manie afflictiōs tentatiōs persecutions as it were through drie valleis do spread the Gospel being readie to offer vnto God the people which obeie the Gospel Howe greatlie Paule was persecuted that he maie be an example for al appeareth in the 11. Chapter of the seconde Epistle vnto the Corinthians Wherefore let the ministers of the gospel vnderstand howe theie are called not vnto pleasures and banqueting but to suffer great conflictes and moste certaine perils and the more secure that theie seeme the nigher theie are to the snares For the diuel is an enimie to the Church And therefore afore al others he setteth vpon the builders of the same that theie beeing oppressed he maie the more easilie ouerthrowe the Church through tyrannie and fraude Beside forsomuch as else-where both we and others too haue spoken much concerning the crosse belonging to the ministers of the word and to euerie particular member of the Church I wil in this place onelie set-downe the diuers kindes of the crosse taken from the endes and also annexe consolations and remedies for each of them And this word crosse as the Church doth vnderstand the same is that thing which doth trouble and afflict either inwardlie or outwardlie Of which commonlie there be foure sortes taken from the proper endes of them The first kinde the Grecians doe name Lytron which generalie vnderstood is à price giuen and paied for à ransome from captiuitie And because there is à double captiuitie namelie à bodilie à spiritual there is à two-folde Lytron to wit à corporal and à spirituall But in the Church wee speake especialie of the spiritual Which is defined to be à crosse which is taken and enioined for the washing awaie the eternall punishment and sinnes of mankinde And this Christ onelie hath paide endured For he taking our cause vpon him selfe suffered punishment not for his owne but for our offences that he might be imputed to vs for à discharge of the paine and fault due that is for a price of redemption that the faithful might no more bee counted guiltie nor held captiue of the diuel for sinne but be righteous free and euerlastinglie blessed Of this kinde of crosse the Lorde speaketh when he saith The sonne of man came not to be serued but to serue and to giue his life for the ransome of manie and so to take mankinde from out the power of darkenes making satisfaction to God whome man had offended Because man through sinne was bounde both to God and to the diuel but diuerslie For after that man by sinne had offended God and declined from him he became the captiue to Satan not as to à iudge but as to á tormētor and that by the righteous iudgement of God for the offence committed against him Againe as touching the punishment man was bounde to God as to à iudge and partie offended This punishment the sonne of God to ●e vpon him and redeemed vs from the sentence of death and damnation paieng à ransome for our redemption And therefore it is saide howe he offered his blood to God for à price to redeeme vs. For which cause also Paul doeth not saie that Christ redeemed vs from the power of the Diuel but deliuered vs from the power of darkenes as from the handes of the hangman But hereof wee haue spoken alreadie and shewed what comforts the faithful maie fetch from hence The seconde is called Timoria which Plato saide was the punishment of vnrighteousnes and is the crosse which anie man doth iustlie suffer for certaine sinnes to wit when punishment in iust proportion aunswereth to the crime committed In the Epistle vnto the Hebrewes this worde is vsed where it is written Of howe much ●●rer punishment suppose yee shal hee be worthie c. Christ hanging vppon the crosse paide the ransome but the theeues which honge on each side of Christ suffered Timorian that is punishement due by the lawes for their euil demeanors Of this the Prophete Ezechiel speaketh on this wise I will doe vnto them according to their waies according to their iudgementes wil I iudge them and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde This punishment is laid vpon men either by means through man or without meanes of GOD himselfe But what must he do that is punished iustlie for his offences He must doe foure things He must in the diuel note lieng and murther in himselfe weigh sinne and miserie in God honor iudgement and mercie and in the gospel seeke counsel and helpe First hee must note falsehoode and crueltie in the diuel who as hee slewe our firste parentes with à lie so in these daies euerie moment by lieng and tyrannie hee lieth in waite to destroie al mankinde For as Peter saith As à roaring Lyon hee walketh about seeking whome he maie deuoure Hee seeketh indeede to haue al men but them onelie he deuoureth whom he taketh in his snares of falshood For that impure spirit doth continualie labour to make al men impure

Martyrdome 421 kinds of martyrdome 421 profite of martyrdome 421 whie the godly suffer martyrdome 424. Martyrs who 421 423. Martyrs not to be worshipped 427 428. Masse The Masse 168 none indifferent thing 168 an harlot 203 the masse à sacrifice and à sacrament and howe 204 Canon of the Masse 205 the abomination thereof 206 whie it is abominable 207 not commanded of God 207 contrarie vnto the institution of Christ 208 the ground of purgatorie 216 the strength of Antichrist 216 with what argument maintained by papistes 222 the Popishe masse one thing their communion an other 230. Material cause of sacrifices 183. Christ our onelie mediator 302. Mediators betweene God and man 212 à Mediator whie needeful 486. Meditation what 144 fruit of holy Meditation 323 Meditation offered by baptisme 106. Men worshipped for Gods 191. Men by Aristomenes sacrificed 194 by the French men sacrificed 195 by Germans 195 sacrificed vnto Bacchus 193. vnto Ma●s sacrificed 193 sacrificed vnto Saturn 194. Merchants 96. God his mercie whereunto compared 266 what it comprehendeth 390 his mercie in punishing sin 414. Christ y e way by merit 123. Merits of the sainctes the treasure of the Church 214. Ministerie of the Gospel 129 difference betweene the ministerie and the ministers 397. Ministers Kindes of Ministers in the Church 150 auctoritie to make ministers à note of y e true church 172 the the holie spirit howe in ministers 398 ministers howe called 399 knowledge of Gods word required in à Minister 400 state of wicked ministers 404 true ministers aboue al subiect vnto affliction 408 cōforts for ministers in their troubles 450 ministers whie priests 361 and howe 362. Miracles Diuine miracles what and their effectes 64 whie wrought and whie not wroght in these daies 66 howe wrought 68 Miracles of Christ 28 howe to knowe false from true Miracles 67 diuelish Mira●les howe done 68 Miracles not wroght by the diuel 69. Miserie Miserie of man without Christ 258 cause of man his miserie 258 the degrees of mans Miserie 259 the ende of mans Miserie 262. The Moone worshipped for a God 191. Mount Zio● what 53. Musike why reteined in the Church 391. N Natural life 127. Natural philosophie 401. Nature of oile 345. Noblemens children sacrificed 194. O Obedience to the Lawe 373. Obedience to the Lawe a part of Christ his sacrifice 247. Obedience to Magistrates 430. Obseruation 402. Office of the Messiah 51 61. Office of the priest in the olde Lawe 186. Nature of Oile 345. Opinions of Christ 17. Oracle of Apollo 194. Order whie obserued in the Church 167. Ordinarie power of the Church 152. Organs why reteined in the Church 391. Original cause of idolatrie 189. Ouerseers 151. Oxen worshiped for Gods 191. P Paine followeth pleasure 380. Palenes worshipped for a God 191. Pallace of the Messiah 52. In the Papacie what good thinges 228. Papistes 16 they neglect the commandements of God for their owne traditions 512. Papistical seruice 2●● Papisticall good workes what 511 the causes of them 513. Papistical traditions diuers 511. Paradise of the Turkes 90. Parentes killed of their children in sacrifices 93 Parentes murtherers of their owne children in sacrifices 194 195. Partes of Christ his Priesthoode 242. Paschal Lambe compared to Christ. 35. The Passeouer whie instituted 26. Patience à sacrifice 359. Patriarchs 151. People of the Messiah 56. Perpetuitie of the Church 391. Persecution 441 à twofold persecution 467. Philosophie natural 401. Pleasure of y e bodie à vaine thing 380. Pomegranate 180. The Poore most readie to embrace the gospel 26. The Pope the keeper of Epicurns booke 100. Whom the Pope curseth 164 his punishing of transgressor● 168 205 The Pope a spiritual baude 203 whie forsaken of Luther 209 Popes vsurpers of auctoritie 151. The summe of Poperie 97. A Popish priest who 197. Popish priesthoode contrarie to the priesthoode of Christ 198 Popish baptisme 229. Power of the Church 152 156. Praier Praier 401 true praier what 456 à sacrifice 356 when accepted 301 302 signified by incense 197 publique Praier a note of the true Church 17● Praise of God a sacrifice 355. Praise of God 390 wherein it consisteth 390 who praise God 390 howe the creatures praise God 391. Whether Preachers in the time of persecution may flie 441. Preachers be the souldiers of Christ. 12. Preaching of Christ. 2● Preaching nccessarie 322. Preaching a note of y e true Church 171. Preaching to y e spirites 102. Presence of God in the Church 452. God whie present in the Church 451. Preseruation of y e Church 125. Priest The Priest his office in sacrificing 186 the necessitie of an hie Priest 237 his condition 239 Christians are priestes and howe 344 ministers are Priestes 361 ministers howe Priests 362 Priesthood of the new Testament 242. Popish Priesthood contrarie to the Priesthood of Christ 198. Princes idolatrous not to be obeied 430. Gift of prophecie not tied vnto any one calling of men 169. Prophecies of the Turkes 77. Propitiatorie sacrifice 235. 250. Prosperitie daungerous 338. Punishment Punishment of Dauid 5 of the vngodlie 118. 161. 190. 196. 323. 331. In deserued punishment what to be considered 411. God his iustice and mercie in punishing sinne 414. Purenesse in this life what 116. Purgatorie 216 à vane thing 221 grounded vppon the Masse 216. Puritie of the Church 115. Q Quantitie of God 84. R Reason of man is vane 370. Reiection of the Iewes 43 causes of the same 74. Religion 99. Diuersities of religion 104. Remission of sinnes wha● 496. Repentaunce a sacrifice 357. Resurrection of Christ 38. 45 confirmed by manie testimonies 46. Reward of sinne 162. Riches 146. Righteousnesse what 498. 500 à sacrifice 359. Righteousnesse of faith and workes oppugned 330 righteousnesse of workes oppugned 327 S True Sabboth what 62. Sacramentes howe manie 334. Sacrifice Sacrifices of the Iewes 177. 178 of the Gentiles 193 of Christians 235. Sacrifices of the Iewes of what kindes 185● the causes of them 182. Sacrifices of Christians howe manie 247. Burnt Sacrifice 185. Sacrifice eucharistical 185 236. 349. kindes thereof 352. Sacrifice of good workes 349 of Obedience 247. of patience 359. of praier 356. of Praise 355. of propitiation 235. 250. of repentance 357. of righteousnesse 359. of the Masse 204. Sacrifices of them-selues please not God 178. In a sacrifice what to bee considered 251. Sacrifices of the olde Law howe offered 253. Captiues 195 children 194 195. men 193. 194. parentes Sacrificed 193. Salt 188. Saintes Saintes cannot be intercessors for vs 213. Saintes inuocated a seruice of the diuel 214. their worship why inuented 429. Sanctification how it commeth 106. Satietie not in this life 377. Seede of Abraham 309. Selfe hatred 290. Selfe loue 289. twofolde 290. Serpent of brasse 31. Serpents taken for GOD 191. Seruice of the Churche 116. What Seruice of Papistes maie be heard 228. Societie with CHRIST 131. Sophisters 443. howe to be resisted 444. Soules of the righteous where 376. they Sleepe not vntil the

thinges to do First they shoulde washe themselues with water whereby was signified howe by nature they themselues being vncleane were to be cleansed by spiritual water which Christ the chiefe Prieste alone doeth sprincle an effectual badge whereof Baptisme is Then they were to put-on garments not their owne but the priestlie garments which thing betokened the innocencie of Christe wherewithal being cleansed and cloathed with his blood they doe seeme righteous and bewtiful in the presence of God After that they were annointed whereby the spiritual ointment wherewithal they are annointed for Prophetes kings and priestes and whereby they maie be effectualie taught concerning the vertue of Christ his benefites is signified Lastlie they filled their handes that is they sacrificed for then obedience doeth please God when it is shewen of thē who are purged through faith cloathed with the righteousnes of Christ and vncted with Gods holie spirite When they offered burnt offeringes they were admonished to offer vp thēselues spiritualie to God Wherevnto Paul in his 12. chapter vnto the Romanes had regarde When these partes of liuing creatures as the kidneie the liuer the fat which partes of al others are prone vnto concupiscence were sacrificed they were put in minde of killing wicked lustes and concupiscence that they might addict themselues al whole to the seruice of God The parting of the beastes did giue them to learne howe they shoulde cut the worde of God aright and applie the same according to y e condition of men which thing Paul seemeth to point-at when he commandeth to deuide the worde of trueth aright Of the double signification of the altar we haue spoken alreadie Neither maie we ouerpasse howe it was decreed that neither leauen nor honie shoulde be vsed in sacrifices but that they shoulde besprincle euerie sacrifice with salt For as we be admonished by leauen that malice is to be excluded according to the teaching of the Apostle and by honie that al hypocrisie must be laid-awaie So the salte doeth signifie that al workes ought to be seasoned with spiritual wisdome faith and praier otherwise they wil not please God Moe notes of this matter you maie reade in our Commentarie vpon the Epistle vnto the Hebrewes CHAP. 22. 1. Of the original cause of idolatrie 2. Of the diuerse Gods in times passed 3. Festiual daies 4. and sacrifices among the Gentiles AFore we come vnto the sacrifices of the Gentiles wee wil saie somewhat concerning their Gods and their sundrie feastes that thereby we maie cal into minde both what an horrible punishment the blindnes of such as depart from God is and what à great and vnspeakeable benefite it is to haue the worde of God which not onelie sheweth to vs the true God but also prescribeth a right forme of seruing God whereby wee maie bee led through the kingdome of the grace of Christ in this life vntil we shal attaine vnto y e marke y t is vnto glorious immortalitie where we shal be conformable to Christ our Lorde for euermore which conformitie is the repairing of the image of God in vs and the last ende of our creation and reparation through the son of God our onelie redeemer In the 31. chapter of Genesis mention is made of the Gods of the Gentiles where Laban vnto his sonne in lawe doth saie Wherefore hast thou stolne my goods Whereof wee maie gather that the worde of the promise being obscured among the posteritie of Noah foorth-with they inuented strange Gods and fained worshippinges For seeing as Cicero doth saie There is no people neither so vnciuil nor so sauage but although they be ignoraunt which is the true God yet they knowe that some God is to be worshipped hauing lost the true God and his worde they made to themselues fained Gods which thing Paul doeth pronounce was the punishment of their neglecting the true God when he saith Because that when they knewe God they glorified him not as God neither were thankeful but became vaine in their imaginations and their foolish heart was ful of darkenes When they professed themselues to be wise they became fooles For they turned the glorie of the vncorruptible God to the similitude of the image of à corruptible man of birds and fourefooted beastes and creeping thinges Wherefore also God gaue them vp to their heartes lustes vnto vncleanes to defile their owne bodies betweene themselues which turned the trueth of God vnto à lie and worshipped and serued the creature forsaking the creator which is blessed for euer So then idolatrie and the inuention of fained Gods is the iust punishment of apostasie from the true God And this was it which y e same Apostle doth saie Therfore God shal send thē strong delusiō that they should beleue lies that al they might be damned which beleeued not the truth but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes Hitherto of the occasion and cause of idolatrie among the Gentiles nowe ad we somewhat concerning the diuers Gods which they had The posteritie of Noah being grosse rude did not worship God the creator and gouernor of the worlde but the things which to the sight appeared goodlie and wonderful in their blockish and most dul iudgementes they tooke for Gods This error flowed from the parentes vnto the children daielie more and more encreasing through continuance of time it waxed strong The ages folowing deemed it impietie to resist the same For the posteritie thinke they doe owe that reuerence to their predecessors which children do to their parentes euen as many at this daie wil not depart from Poperie because of the reuerence y t they beare to their forefathers And therefore some because of their goodlie shew greatnes worshipped the heauens the starres the Sunne Moone elementes Some did number brute beastes of whome they reaped anie commoditie among the Gods so did the Egyptians oxen cats serpents Some ascribed diuine honor to men either in respect of benefites or for feare or for flatterie Some accounted euen the foule diuels for Gods And others esteemed Palenes Feare the Ague and such like for Gods Al those through the great most miserable calamitie of mankind were called and counted Gods But to speake onlie of men admitted into the companie of y e Gods that was extreeme madnes of theirs to choose them as they did not for their noble virtues but for their notable egregious vices as they did epicures wantons harlots adulterers and them which had ben most shamfulie defiled with y e incest euen of their owne mothers their owne sisters their owne daughters The father of y e Gods they faine somtime in y e shape of à bul somtime of an Eagle somtime of a swane somtime of à golden fleece to be disguised so to haue defloured defiled virgins women They say Mercurie y e president of sweet speech changed himselfe into à goate to obteine his desired pleasure with Venus what should

are carried-awaie so that they become wilde oftentimes and spurne against GOD. Hereof it is that we see in all states such contempte of the Gospell which reprooueth this darkenesse Hereof spring the detestable behauiour of parentes the il bringing-vp of children For while men doe looke-vppon the multitude auctoritie and power of such as sinne they excuse themselues by example as they did who dispising the spirite of Christ in Noah at the length suffered due punishment in the floude This wickednesse doeth deserue that men shoulde bee punishod with à reprobate minde as Paule saith GOD deliuered them vp into à reprobate minde according to the threatening of the lawe The LORDE shall smite thee with madnes and with blindnes with astonieng of hart For such as are forsakē of God for their custome of sinning are by little and little so berest of their wits blinded and strucken with astonishment of heart that they become without feeling and giue themselues to wantonnesse not vse Paul his wordes calling vertue dishonestie good euil wholesome thinges hurtfull and iudge cleane amisse than which no paine can bee imagined more grieuous When therefore we beholde the most part of mankinde to rushe headlong as it were into al manner wickednesse let vs call into minde the greatnesse of Gods displeasure who by his moste righteous iudgement permitteth that mans rebellion bee punished with madnesse Of which madnes Paul writeth when hee saith Because they receiued not the loue of the trueth that they might bee saued God sent them strong delusion that theie shoulde beleeue lies But most horrible is it that this punishment shoulde sticke in the posteritie according to the saying of Salomon He that rewardeth euil for good euil shal not depart from his house Therefore when wee see men to bee delighted in the filthines of sinne let vs auoide y e examples of iniquitie against thē let vs set the obedience of y e chast spirits the examples of the sancts who deemed nothing either more pleasant or more auncient or better then faith and obedience whereby we are ioined to God And let euerie man take heede that he be not taken with the deceitful counsels of the flesh For there be which doe purpose but most foolishlie before their death to repent not considering how by too much vsing to sinne that sinne becommeth euen à nature as it were For as Augustine doth saie while custome is not resesied it becommeth necessitie And the Poet When à sickenes hath taken roote If thou take Phisicke it wil not boote The sixt cause of mans disobedience and of all wickednes raigning in the worlde is the Prince of this aer as the Apostle saith euen the diuel himselfe He is present to all those causes aboue recited as à chiefe capitane For hee insinuateth himselfe to the corrupted nature and stirreth vp the concupiscence by obiectes poisons and confirmeth the cogitations of the flesh and moueth the will by wonderful slights snares encreaseth the wicked manners of men to spread abroad his kingdome the farder and to abolish the kingdome of Christ by little and little Againste this prince of the aër is opposed the prince of the Church euen the Lorde of hostes who is hier than the heauens from whome are the causes of godlie actions aboue recited For he doeth giue the holie Ghost cherishe the lust of the spirite strengthen good cogitations keepe the wil and proposeth the examples of holie men but chieflie his owne example to be imitated of vs. Or in fewer wordes A liuelie faith in Iesus Christ is the general remedie againste all the wickednesse and peruersitie of y e world For this is the victorie that ouercōmeth the world euen our faith For by this Christ the conqueror of darkenes is possessed by this à new spirit whereby we resist y e flesh is obteined by this the whole bodie of sinne is killed and mortified and by this in al troubles wee doe flie vnto the name of the Lorde that is vnto praier the safest sanctuarie the righteous runneth vnto it and is exalted CHAP. 37. 1. Of Christ his intercession for vs 2. And of diuerse notable thinges to be considered in the same THE thide and last parte of Christ his Priesthood is his intercession for y e whole Church and for each particular member of the same For as Christe alone by the sentence of the law is perfectlie righteous and alone hath giuen himselfe à ransome for the redemption of all So hee and none beside is the mediator of intercession inasmuch as intercession dependeth vppon the merite of righteousnes and of the price giuen for à redemption And therefore Paul doeth saie There is one mediator betweene God and man euen the man Christ Iesus who gaue himselfe à ransome for all men Vppon this place Theodoret writeth thus There is one peace maker who hath ioined those thinges which were contrarie and distant Hee called Christe à man because hee called him an intercessor for man was made intercessor And as hee that woulde reconcile two ioining their handes together doth put himselfe betweene and taking one by the right hande and the other by the lefte doeth ioine them together So Christe when hee had vnited the diuine nature to the humane did procure such à friendeshippe as can neither bee violated nor broken And Paule vnto the Romanes doeth saie Who shall condemne It is Christe which is deade yea or rather which is risen againe who is also at the right hande of GOD and maketh request for vs. Heere the Apostle against condemnation setteth the intercession of Christ sitting at the right hand of the father and making intercession for the Church and for euerie member thereof And vnto the Hebrewes it is thus written of him This man because he endureth euer hath an euerlasting Priesthood Wherefore hee is able also perfectlie to saue them that come vnto God by him seing he euer liueth to make intercession for thē As therefore the force of y e obedience of y e law in christ y e price of his passion is of infinit valor merit so his intercessiō is most effectual and pretious So that it can not bee but his praier on our behalfe for whome hee maketh intercession must bee hearde And for them principalie he maketh intercessiō who are made his members through faith Notwithstanding the difference is herein because when hee was in this worlde hee was à fulfiller of the law And with one oblation once made hath hee consecrated for euer them that are sanctified But as yet hee maketh intercession for vs with his father as the eternal priest of the Church For so saith Iohn If anie man sinne wee haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the iust Wherefore Christ maketh intercession both now and alwaie for y e Church whose intercession dependeth vppon the merite of his righteousnes and the

watering of the newe plantes springing-vp in the Church So that à Martyr in suffering doeth not suffer for himselfe onelie as Ambrose saith but also for euerie man For himselfe hee suffereth to bee crowned for euerie man hee suffereth to giue them an example For himselfe to his rest for euerie man to their welfare And although the verie feare of GOD onelie bee à sufficient cause why that Martyrs shoulde endure tormentes couragiouslie for the feare of God shoulde worke so that wee must contemne all other feares after the example of y e Apostles who at the first being sharpelie whipped greeued no whit thereat but triumphed sorowed not but reioiced that they were counted worthie to suffer rebuke for the name of Iesus yet the auncient writers doe make foure causes of the same which they mention on this wise The loue of Christ commaundeth Fortitud● ouercommeth feare Faith confirmeth the mind patience endureth But in à Martyr I require these thinges in order The firste is à firme knowledge and demonstration of the doctrine of the Church the seconde a liuelie faith in Christ the thirde a constant confession and defence of the doctrine the fourth courage of mind to beare the crosse the fifth obedience or patience vnder the crosse the sixte an inuincible hope the seauenth inuocation of GOD to which together with the cause he shoulde commende his soule All which are euident in Stephan the Proto-martyr For neither as Augustine saith can they haue the life of Martyrs who haue not the liues of Christians seeing it is not the punishment but the cause that maketh à Martyr Wherefore the punishment of Anabaptistes and other obstinate heretikes is not martyrdome but a iust punishment due to them by God and the lawes Manie fanatical heads indeede approch without feare vnto the tormentes but it is because they are deluded by Sathan who endeuoreth by their paines to confirme erroneous opinions vnto the destruction of the Church And therefore let vs duelie consider the cause whie we suffer martyrdome least through the delusiōs of y e diuel we be bewitched for to suffer persecutiō to be in prison to be whipped to be kept frō libertie to be killed is no praise but this is praiseworthie to haue a good cause For y e praise consisteth in y e goodnes of cause not in the bitternesse of punishment Neither would I haue anie man for some certaine opinion not contrarie to the foundation of religion to bring himselfe into danger especialie if the iudgementes of the godlie which agree-together in the grounde are diuerse which notwithstanding maie stande without shaking the foundation I meane the article of faith Heere happilie some enquirer of the iudgementes of GOD maie demaunde howe it commeth to passe that God beeing most righteous can suffer his sainctes whome most entirelie hee doeth loue to bee torne after such an horrible sorte and to be mangled and deformed with such contumelies and that of Sathan and his members Heere wee must open the eie not of reason but of faith not the sense of fleshe but of the spirit must be consulted withal that we maie clerelie beholde the trueth and knowe that nothing commeth to the Sainctes of God without his prouidence vnder the shadow whereof they are couered I confesse indeede it is à trim sight for the Diuel to see Abel murthered of his owne brother Daniel cast into the Lyons denne Iob spoiled of his goodes and replenished with botches Steuen to bee stoned yea and all the sainctes with tormentes and shame to bee executed to death But I confesse too that in the eies of God who testifieth that in his sight the death of his Saintes is pretious it is à much more goodlie sight yet not of it selfe but in respect of the euent And therefore both God and the diuel also wil the punishment of the saintes but not both alike but with à diuers affection and purpose For God of mercie suffereth his Saintes to be afflicted but the diuel persecuteth them of malice God that theie maie be crowned the diuel that theie maie be confoūded God as à Father the diuel as à tyran and hangman God for his owne glorie the diuel to his owne confusion Of these causes Augustine speaketh on this wise Euerie wicked man in himselfe hath à will to hurt but yet hath no power in himselfe that he maie hurte that he would he is now accused that he maie through the secrete dispensation of God he is giuen to one to be punished to another to be proued to another to be crowned To be punished the Israelites were deliuered into the handes of strangers because theie had sinned against God To be proued Iob was deliuered to Satan And Iob was proued but Satan put vnto shame To be crowned the Martyrs were tormented of bloudie persecutors And therefore à great deale more happie are the martyrs in their torments than the moste mightie monarches in their delitiousnes riches honour and pleasures Which thing Augustine also doth witnesse when he saith The men of this world are vnhappilie happie but the Martyrs were happilie vnhappie For theie were vnhappie for à time but theie are happie for euer According to the worde of the LORDE Blessed are theie which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake This successe of the Martyrs is notablie described by the Psalmist in these words Theie that doe sowe in teares shall reape in ioie Theie went weeping and carried pretious seede but theie shal returne with ioie and bring their sheaues And hence it is that the holie Martyrs of God doe cast their eies and their minde not vnto the time of sowing and to the purpose of Sathan that would vtterlie ouerwhelme y e Church of God in the streames of blood but especiallie vnto the most ioieful time when the sheaues shalbee gathered together with gladnes and vnto the reuerend prouidence of God who after this maner by his wise counsel wil haue his saintes to be exercised in this life that theie maie be like his sonne both in the crosse in glorie Whence it is that the holie Martyrs of God doe comfort them-selues in the middes of tormentes For theie knowe That light affliction which is but for à moment causeth vnto them à farre more excellent and an eternal waight of glorie that as it is in the Epistle vnto the Hebrues Chastising bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnes Hitherto maketh that adhortation of Peter Reioice in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christes sufferings that when his glorie shal appeare ye maie be glad and reioice By the remembrance of this prouidence of God let vs strengthē our minds against the offence of the crosse think-vpō à ioiful euent to wit howe theie who in this world beare witnes to Christ shal in y e worlde to come be eternalie blessed with Christ. Furthermore it maie be asked with what seruice are y e martyrs to be worshipped especialie for

not want enimies whome notwithstanding they shall ouercome through the power of GOD wherewith they are strengthened Moreouer the enimies with whome the souldiers of the Church that is the preachers of the worde do encounter they are the diuel and his garde tyrantes sophisters hypocrits and Epicures Against these enimies the ministers of the Gospell enter into the feelde being armed with spirituall armor of which armor wee haue alreadie spoken The Diuel he laieth snares both for the doctrine and for the life of the ministers of the worde that by either or by both he maie ouerthrowe vs. Against this enimie we are to fight by synceritie of doctrine by innocencie of life and by ardent calling-vppon the Lorde of hoastes Submit your selues to God saith Iames resist the diuel and he wil flie from you And as he is obedient to GOD which giueth credite to his worde and liueth according vnto the same So hee resisteth the Diuel inuading the worde and the life who retaineth synceritie of doctrine liueth innocentlie and calleth earnestlie vppon GOD. But when this thadgeth not well with him that is when hee is not able either to corrupte the doctrine or to marre the life hee flieth and confesseth himselfe to bee ouercome And because hee is much more mightier than man is this promise is deepelie to be engrauen in the heart And he will flie from you that is nothing will hurt you he shall not ouerthrowe you by his subtilties so longe as yee abide grounded vpon faith For faith is the victorie of the world that is of the diuel and of al his warriers But for somuch as there is perpetual warre betweene Satan and the Church of Christ we ought then especialie to be in armes when he seemeth to flie awaie For he flieth not as one without al hope of anie buckling againe but that after an other waie he maie returne out of his ambushes with greater force For as he is vnconstant and craftie and of greate experience so hee setteth vppon the ministers of the Gospell nowe this waie and then an other waie and therebie sometime hee he maketh great slaughter as maie appeare in heretikes of al ages among whome there haue ben manie verie learned godlie men but being snarled and vtterlie blinded with the nets of Satan and arguments of blind reason theie haue yeelded And therefore the souldiers of God and guiders of the Church of Christ wil stand in the fore-fronte against the diuel vnder the banner of Christ keeping faith and à good conscience by all maner praiers and supplications praieng alwaies in the spirite and in watching therin with al earnestnesse that vtterance maie be giuen to them in the opening of their mouth with boldenesse that theie maie make the mysterie of God to be knowen for which theie are sent in embassage Tyrants also theie most furiouslie doe persecute the ministers of the Gospel theie kill and dispatch manie out of the world Notwithstanding they do not so much ouercome as theie are ouercome For as their better part to wit the minde is à slaue to filthie affections So the soules of the godlie in the middes of their troubles doe triumph in ioie For theie both comfort themthemselues with à constant hope of the glorie prepared for them and also with the eie of faith theie do behold the miserable destruction of such as persecute them Of which destruction Dauid speaketh after this wise God shall destroie thee for euer hee shal take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle and roote the out of the lande of the liuing The righteous also shal see it and feare and shall laugh at him saying Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength but trusted vnto the multitude his riches and put his strength in his malice But I shall be like à greene oliue tree in the house of God For I trusted in the mercie of God for euer and euer And therefore Nero in killing Paul was ouercome of Sathan through whose instigation hee persecuted and slewe the Apostle But Paul was crowned and went from victorie vnto victorie For not onelie hee himself receaued à crowne of righteousnes frō the righteous iudge but his blood beside was à certaine watering of the Lords feelde wherby the yong plants of the Church doth more more encrease But here springeth à question concerning flight Whether in the time of persecution godlie pastors maie shifte for themselues by flight to auoide the handes of tyrants especiallie seeing at the first showe there be contrarie sayings and exāples to in the scripture These places should see●e to be contrarie When they persecute you in this citie flee vnto another And An hireling seeth the woulfe comming and he leaueth the sheepe and flieth The examples Christ fledde into Egypt Paul was let-downe in a basket and so escaped from his persecutors On the otherside both Christ and Paul yea and infinite Martyrs and doctors of the Church haue voluntarilie yeelded themselues into the handes of tyrants The contrarietie of these sayinges and examples maie easilie be reconciled if we marke the causes wel He that by fleeing seeketh his owne and not the things which are Christes is much to blame Contrariewise he that by flieng seeketh the glorie of God and not his owne cōmoditie offendeth not And therfore saith Augustine The seruant of God sinneth not though seeing the rage of tyrantes greedelie bent to destroie his soule he changeth his aboade if so be that he commend his flocke to the hie shepherde sitting in heauen and saueth himselfe for their aduantage by flight But this commandement seemeth to bee contrarie therevnto Feare yee not them which kil the bodie but are not able to kil the soule Now what is flight I praie you but a feare If therfore feare be forbiddē flight also is forbidden I answerere when thou art in the hands of à Tyran thou must contemne death according to the cōmandement of the Lord Feare not them which kill the bodie but if thou art out of his clawes thou oughtest to flie from the persecutor not so much to saue thy selfe as for thy sheepe sake prouided alwaies that thy flight be not à betraing of the sheepe For he maketh à tyrant that prouoketh and he that shunneth correcteth him And therefore this distinction of Augustine is to be had in mind When persecution is hoat the ministers of Christe are to flie if so be that either there is no congregation where they are or if there bee when there be ministers enough to fulfil the ministerie which haue not such cause to flie But when the people shal abide and all the ministers flie awaie what else doe they showe themselues but euen cursed hirelings without all care of the sheepe But if Tyrantes doe persecute without all respect all the ministers of the gospel spare the common people what is then to be done Hereunto

last namelie the final cause of sacrifices 3. Kindes of Iewish sacrifices The first kinde of sacrifices The second sort of sacrifices Sacrifice Eucharistical or Propitiatorie Rom. 3. 25. 4 Figuratiue significations of Iewish sacrifices The priests office in sacrifising 2 Tim. 2. 25 The original of idolatrie Gen. 31 30. Rom. 1 21. 22. 23. 25. Idolatri the iust punishment of forsaking God 2. Thes. 2. 11 12. Gods of the Gentiles Festiual daies appointed to the Gods How the Gentiles holie daies were vsed Dronknes Sacrifices of the gentiles Iere 7 13. 2. Thes. 2. 11 12. A popish Priest who Psal 110 4. Mal. 2 7. Ezek. 3 17. Ier. 23 28. Against good intents beside the worde of God Ezek. 20 18 19. Marke 7 7. Antiquitie Against eu●l custome Comparison betweene à bodilie harlot and the spiritual whore the Masse The Pope the spiritual baude The Masse à sacrifice à sacrament The Masse how à sacrifice The Masse when a sacrament The auctors iudgement of the canon of the Masse 1. The first reason whie the Masse is abhominable Ps. 119 105 Rom. 6 23. Exod. 20 3 Psal. 25 5. Mark 7 7. Rom. 14 23. Deut. 12 8. Eze. 20 18. 19. Luke 22 19 1. Co. 11 24 25. 2. Reason * in the chap. next immediatelie going before Heb. 10 12. 13. 14. Heb. 9 11. 12. 14. 3. Reason 1. Tim. 2 5. 6. The hu●t which commeth by making saintes intercessor● for men Inuocation of saints whie found●●s 4. Reason Ephes. 2 8 Lords Supper whie instituted Isaie 55 1. 2. The foundation of Purgatorie 5. Reason 6. Reason 1. Cor. 11. 20 21. 7. Reason 8. Reason Reue. 14. 13 1. Pet. 1. 9. Iohn 3 36. What the Papists do aleadge for them selues to maintain their masse Against the first argument of the Papistes Gen. 14 18 19. Nom. 6 22. 23. 24. c. Heb. 5 5. 6. Heb. 7 17. Psa. 110 4. Theodore● in Cap. 8 ad Heb. Mal. 1 11. * Chap. 26 27. c. Against the thirde obiection of Papistes 1. Pet. 2 4. 5. 9. What it is to tempt God What things are good in the papacie A godlie man maie be at some seruice of Papistes Popish Baptisme Whether à godlie man maie communicate with papiste Popishe ●asse one thing and the communion another Consecration what 1. Co. 10. 17 A double communion at the Lords supper 1. Co. 10 16 Whether à man not of the ministerie maie minister the Lordes supper in the case of necessitie or no. Sacrifices of Christians Propitiatorie sacrifice of Christiās Eucharistical sacrifice The neede that Christians had of à Priests Heb. 5 1. Ephes. 2 3. Gen. 3 15. Heb. 2 14. 15. 17. 18. Heb. 7 26. 27. * In the 4. Chapter Page 20. The Maior The Minor The conclusion * A ●ore Chap. 4 5. c. Priesthood of the newe Testament what Partes of Christe his priesthood The first parte of Christian priesthood Benefite of the Gospel Gal. 3 10. Deut. 27 26 1. Cor. 1 23. 24. 27. Luk. 24 27. The Gospel what Another definition of the Gospel The Gospel preached vnto Adam and Eua. Gen. 3 15. The Gospel preached in the daies of Noah 1. Pet. 3 19. The Gospel preached by the Apostles ● Pet. 1 19. 20. 21. Mark 16 15. Act. 2 2. 3. c. Heb. 2 2. 3. Sacrifice of Christ taken diuerslie Obedience to the lawe à parte of Christ his sacrifice Heb. 9 14. 6 1. Tim. 2 6. Merite of Christ his death and passion Isai 53 45. Merite of Christ his obedience to the Lawe Rom. 5 19. Gal. 4 4. 5. Gal. 3 13 Rom. 10 4. Rom. 4 25. Merite of Christ his intercession Rom. 8 33. 34. Sacrifice of Christ as it is specialie vnderstood * In the fourth chapter Pa. 16. Propitiatorie sacrifice of Christe what Iohn 17 August Lib 4. de Trin. What thinges are to be considered in a sacrifice 1 Who the offerer o Propitiatorie sacrifice 2. To whom Christ offred himselfe 3. What Christ hath offered for vs. Howe the sacrfices of the olde Lawe were offered Leui. 16 20. 21. Aarons goate à figure of Christe Isai. 53 6. 2. Cor. 5 21. Gal. 3 13. The difference betwene the goates bearing sinnes and Christe his bearing sinnes 4. For whō Christe was offered 1. Tim. 2 6. Iohn 1 29. Howe Christ was offered Heb. 9. 14. Act. 20. 28. Heb. 10 14 Heb. 9 12. * Chap. 39 40. of thi● first part Iob 14 1. The beginning or c●●se of mans miserie Isai 64 6. 2. The degrees of mans miserie The 1. degree Isai. 59 ● The 2. degree The 3. degree The 4. degree Adoni-bezek Iudges 1 6. Iezebel 2. king 9 32 33. Alcibiades Cepio Seruilius Belisarius Herod The 5. degree * Of this reade more aboue Chap. 11. vpon the first verse of this Psalme The 6. degree 3. The ende of the miserie of mankinde The finall reward of sinne Dan. 12 2. Mat. 5 241. Isai. 66 24. Psal. 116. 15. Rom. 2 2. Hab. 3. 2. Howe God i● mercifull Whence the mercie of God doth spring Mercie of God wherevnto compared in Scripture Isai. 49 15. Psal. 103 1● Luk. 1 78. Isai. 54 10. Psal. 103 11. Isai. 16 5. Eccl. 35 19. 〈◊〉 103 4 Psa. 63 3. Psal. 145 9 Eccles. 2 21 Iohn 3 16. Rom. 5 8. Rom. 8 32. Psal. 117 1 2. Exod. ●● 6. Rom. 10 4. 2. Cor. 1 ●0 Exod. 34 6 7. Psal. 25 10 Psal 32 10 Psal. 51. 4. Phil. 2 6. 7. Heb. 10 4. 5 6. 7. How Christ was vnwilling to die Matth. 26. 39. 42. 44. 41. Fruite of Christ his obedience Rom. 5 19. 6. 7. Gal. 3 13. 2. Cor. 5 21. Christ his suffering in minde Mat. 26 3● Psal. 18 5 Mar. 14 53 Luk. 23 44. Luk. 22 43. Psal. 18 5. Isai. 53 4. Luk. 22 42. Christe his suffering in bodie What 〈◊〉 against his ●●rson suf●●●● The paines of Christ tokens whereof Rom. 5 18. 17. Howe Christ could suffer Act. 20 28. 1. Pet. 4. 1. Heb. 2 14. Whie the price of Christe his suffering is infinite and inestimable Reuel 13 8. Gen. 3 15. I●b 19 25. Gen. 15 6. Psal. 51 7. Rom. 8 32. Isai 1 2. 3. Mat. 23. 27 Mat. 20 1 Ephe. 2 2. 3. 1. cause of mās ingratitude Fall of Adam Aremedie far this cause Io●n 4 14. 2. causes of mani ingratitude Concupiscence A remedie for this cause Gal. 5 17. 19. c. 3. cause of ingratitude Rom. 8 7 Aremedie for the 3. cause Rom. 8 7. 4. cause of mans vnthankefulnes Wil of the flesh Selfe-loue A remedi● for this cause A good selfe loue Iob 1. 13. 25 5. cause of ingratitude 1 Pet. 3 20 Rom. 1 ●28 Deut. 28 28 2. Thess. 2 10. 11. Rom. 17 13. A remedie for this cause Against custome of sinning 2. cause of mans wickednes A remedie for this last cause Faith in Christ commended 1. Iohn 5 4. Rom. 18 10. * The other two are at large entreated of in the 10. Chapters immediatlie going afore 1. Tim.