the word ought to be added to the element As Aust Austin Addatur verbum ad elementum fit Sacramentum Fourthly for the effect which they make double both voide and vaine the first for healing of the sicknesses which neuer happeneth the second for remission of sins which is friuolous in two respects First because this is the effect of the Eucharist and secondly because it immediately followeth the absolution therfore altogither needlesse Lastly for all the rest of the circumstances and ceremonies belonging thereunto being altogither fond and foolish and the reasons thereof are rude and ridiculous for the annointing of so many and outward members or those adioyning vnto them whē as a Sacrament as they cannot but confesse concerneth rather the soule and the powers thereof then the bodie and the parts thereof for the patient alwaies to require it of necessitie which oftentimes cannot be when as sick persons most commonly lie speechlesse at the point of death And againe in depriuing those of the benefit of this their Sacrament which seeme to haue most need thereof As malefactours that are put to execution and souldiers that die in warres when as the Sacraments ought to bee common to all that are capable thereof for those places of Scripture which they alleadge for the foundation and confirmation thereof As first for that of Marke although herein they discent among themselues some of them leauing this holde as taking it to be weake for their defence as the Tridentine Councell Bellarmine and others who seeth not that the example of the Apostles maketh little for their purpose being altogither extraordinarie and miraculous being an especiall and peculiar prerogatiue power giuen vnto them for the time of their first receiuiug of the Gospell that by such workes of wonder the simplicitie of the word should be established by signs following as it is Mark. 16.26 when if we should for their healing of the sicke attribute that to the vertue of the oyle which is to be ascribed to the grace of the spirit of God and gift of the holy Ghost granted vnto them by Christ himselfe To adde authoritie vnto this calling his Disciples should rather be called Apothecaries then Apostles and this oyle to be accounted not a Sacrament but a medicament and rather an impediment then an Adiument to their miracles which facultie by that manner and meanes to cure diseases our Sauiour did not vouchsafe to bestowe vpon the posteritie of these primitiue pillours of the Church by any hereditarie right and ordinarie custome but only for a season made it to be a seale vnto the Gospell then preached And secondly for that of Iames which they abuse with common consent most superstitiously corrupting the olde institution and blending with all newe fangle inuentions and verie vnskilfully vsurping it as a continuall tradition and turning the temporarie vse thereof into a perpetuall practise without the warrant or witnesse of the word therby arrogantly assuming to themselues equall authoritie with the Apostles and prowdly presuming of the semblable spirituall power too too simply making that a Sacrament which offereth vnto vs no other thing signified which our faith should apprehend but onely that which was forthwith effected euen an healing when as by as good reason for as good cause they might make the clay made of dust and spittle by our Sauiour wherewith he healed him that was borne blinde The hem also of Christs garment with which he cured the woman of the bloudie flix and manie others Matth. 8. the chirchiefes and handchirchiefes that came from Pauls body and healed manie diseased And finally Peters shadowe which likewise healed manie Act. 5.15 to be Sacraments by making euerie meane of healing to be a Sacrament as they haue alreadie filled the word with Sacraments by making euerie misterie therein to be a Sacrament and so to number not seuen but seuentie Sacraments at the least But this their Apish imitation of the Apostles cannot bring in vre againe that heauenly operation which ceased 1500. yeares ago Iames. 5.15 And besides it is manifest if we mark the words of Iames that it was not the force of the annointing with oyle but the efficacie of the prayer of faith that should saue the sicke and therefore ought now only to be vsed both publikely and priuately without others And againe lastly the Apostle in those words in the name of the Lord setteth not the forme of this their Sacrament as Beliarmine will haue it but onely giueth al Christians a prouiso how they ought to pray that is not to vse any Diuelish enchantments Magicall charmes and Idololatricall inuocations as doth Iohn also giue the like caueat vnto them Iohn 4. vnto whom he writeth in the cōclusion of this his Epistle when he saith Babes take heed of Idols that is from all idolatrous worship seruice and inuocation but faithfully to call vpon the name of the Lord Iohn 1.5 12. euen the Lord onely who he saith in the next verse 16. can and will raise vp the sicke And thus much of their extreame vnction how farre it differeth from our ointment in this place Now of the second point briefly for challenging this ointment to thēselues because they are Catholiks and for that the Apostle entitleth his Epistle Catholike Epistle how taken a Catholike Epistle Iohn tearmeth his Epistle so as it signifieth in the originall as Generall because it was not written to any particular Church as Paul to the Romans Corinthians c. or directed to any priuate person as likewise to Timothy Titus and Philemon or as our Apostle Iohn his second third To the elect Lady and to Gaius but in common belonging to all the newe borne Christians in that time or likewise Iames both Peters and Iudes Epistles but they not so Catholike because they are of a particular Church euen Rome which cannot be vniuersall because it is but a part or member of the whole Church if we may call such an Apostolicall Synagogue by that name except we wil tearm it Catholike as the common woman so named for her naughtinesse For neither can they be Catholike according to the true originall notation of the word nor as the same more commonly and customably then syncerely and sensibly in the Ecclesiasticall Historie and auncient Fathers is vsed for the Orthodoxi that is for those that were of a sound iudgement in matters of faith Neither Arrians Donatists Nouatians Pelagians nor any other sort of Heretikes when as they are not so but contrariwise such as haue a tacke and taste of these Heretikes and of all other whatsoeuer And for the third and last thing which in a word we will conclude how can the Pope be named an holy father vnlesse it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Plautus calleth a bad fellow Homo sacerrimus Catholike so called why when as although he sit as God in the temple of God shewing himselfe that he is God he is Antichrist and
FIVE GODLIE SERMONS Preached by R. T. Bachiler of diuinitie 1. The Charge of the Cleargie 2. The Crowne of Christians 3. The annointment of Christ or Christian ointment 4. A festiuall Sermon vpon the Natiuitie of Christ 5. The fruits of hypocrisie LONDON Printed by I.H. for Iohn Harison 1602. To the right worshipfull Maister Iohn Smith Alderman Maister William Wilson Senior Burgesse Iustices of peace and the rest of the Brethren Gouernors and Magistrates of the Burrough towne and corporation of Kendall Grace mercie and peace in Christ Iesus our Lorde AS The Beare to begin not with an homely coÌ„parison as it may seem but such as the best wits and most learned haue not been ashamed to vse before me when she bringeth forth her young one as Aristotle or rather as Scaliger the subtile refiner of grosse Philosophie when she casteth out her abortiue broode finding it to be a rude vnformed and confused lumpe of flesh not liking the shape thereof neuer ceaseth to licke the same till it hath brought it to a perfect forme and fashion with apt proportion of euerie parte and member Euen so right worshipfull those suddaine extemporall and tumultuarie speeches which at the first I did rawly and rudely deliuer in your audience as no absolute broode of full grouth but rather as vnripe fruite of little labour for matter sound I am sure but for maner not so sweete as I could wish such howsoeuer as God theÌ„ presently gaue me grace to vtter Behould here the same reduced into better forme perfected polished published and presented vnto your selues not for mine owne prayse which I neuer deserued nor desired but for your profit which I alwaies aymed at and sought after wishing not onely your worldly wealth that you may florish still as hetherto you haue done in peace plentie and prosperity but thirsting after your soules health that you might growe vp more and more in grace and knowledge which is the finall and fruitfull ende and intendement of all sermons either preached or writen as Peter making it his conclusion of his latter Epistle 3. Chap. 18. 2. Peter 3.18 For therefore haue I especially and of purpose directed and dedicated these few sermons vnto you worshipfull and welbeloued Bretheren in the Lord that as you first harde them so you might againe regarde them yea remember and ruminate them that by often reading and pervsing them through continuall meditation they may be so inwardly engrafted and ingrauen in your harts and consciences that you may take proffit and make vse of them in the actions of your life and conuersation O that you would consider thankfully that as our Gratious Soueraigne hath greatly graced you in making your town of a country village a corporate Borough and vouchsafed to bestow vpon you a faire and large Charter for the establishing of your state of gouerment and publike benefit of your populous multitude So likewise that God himselfe hath as graciously blessed you in commending by his good prouidence your parish for the spirituall cure and charge of your soules to the patronage of so florishing a Colledge so fruitfull of learned preachers that you may be certaine and sure neuer to faile of a sufficient and vigilant pastour ouer you and whereby noe doute you shal euermore coÌ„tinew I speake it to your comforte as one of the goulden candlesticks of Gods true catholike church alwaise shining with the bright light of the Gospell And would to God that as your towne is famous thorowgh the most partes of this Land for your greate trading lik a little Tirus for your meane yet nceessarie and profitable commodities for the common wealth so your feruent zeale and fruitfull obedience vnto the word were as faithfully showne heere as famously knowne els where to your owne coÌ„mendation and consolation of others that with gratulation vnto God I might truly say of you and your people and the rest of my parish as the Apostle Paule of the Romans 1.8 I thanke my God thorough Iesus Christ for you all because your faith is published thorough out the whole world which would be my credit and crowne yea and a cordiall of comfort to my conscience among my many tedious discontentments in this place which would gladly feast it selfe with the fruits of my labours in you which I hope hereafter to finde in such ample measure in you all that I againe may say with the Apostle vnto the Rom. That I shall reape and receaue at the length consolation together with you thorough our mutuall faith both yours and myne 1.12 VVhich grace I trust in due time the Lord God in Christ Iesus will vouchsafe to grant vnto vs both to our owne good and his glorie Your most louing Pastour in the Lord R. T. The charge of the cleargie And the crowne of Christians 1. PET. 5.3.4 v. Not as though yee were Lords ouer Gods heritage but that yee may be examples to the flocke And when the chiefe shepheard shall appeare yee shall receiue an incorruptible Crowne of glorie PETER the blessed Apostle of our Sauiour Christ Iesus Peâ—â—r as he nameth himselfe in the beginning of this Epistle and first verse Cephas that Cephas which was accounted one of the pillers of the Church as Paul confesseth Gal. 2.9 writing to all the dispersed christians thorowout almost all Asia the great and the lesse euen Pontus Galatia Capadocia and Bythinia after a few precepts of doctrine and instruction to the building vp of their faith in the first Chap. and then certaine generall exhortations to the reforming of their life and maners from the beginning of the second ch to the end of the fourth in this cha which is the fift and the last of this Epistle hee commeth to a particular admonition only concerning the Pastors of Christs flock and preachers of his word which were in those regions and countries mentioned before and that especially in the foure first verses of this chapter which admonition of his containeth three especiall things to be considered of vs. Three things to be considered First the preface of Peter in the first verse secondly his special exhortation in the second and third verses thirdly a promise of reward in the fourth verse The Preface containeth 3. things The preface in the first verse containeth three things a description of himselfe the person that wrote this Epistle and that made the exhortation and by three names not in vanitie and ostentation as boasting of these titles but to the honour and glorie of God that vouchsafed him these fauours The first of office I which am an elder wherein he calleth and accounteth himselfe but fellow and not aboue those to whom he writeth and after this manner exhorteth the second of degree that the highest of all christians eueÌ„ of martyrdom partly in regard of that he was to suffer for the name of Christ Iesus and partly for that he had suffered and that in way of prophesie of himselfe of
King 1.10.10 And king Salomon himselfe was most bountiful when he gaue Hiram king of Tyrus 20. Cities in the land of Galilee 1. King 9.11 And when he gaue to the Queene of Saba whatsoeuer she would aske besides that he gaue of his kingly liberalitie 1. King 10.13 And finally when as hee gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones and gaue Caedars as the wilde fig-trees which grow in great plentie on the plaine 1. King 10.27 Mordecay the Iew was highly honoured of Asuerus when he caused him to weare his owne royall apparell and to ride on his owne horse in the streets of the Citie and made Hammon a great Prince to proclaime before him Thus shall it be done vnto the man whom the King will honour Ester 6.11 Daniell the Prophet was greatly exalted of King Darius when as he made him chiefe ruler ouer 120. gouerners Dan. 6.1 The wise men of the East which might seeme to be great states or Potentates by their great giftes offered vnto our Sauiour precious presents euen gold incense and mirrh Mat. 3.11 Constantine the great that renowmed Emperour and Monarch of all the world greatly promoted and enriched the Church when as he bountifully bestowed vpon the same most liberall collations and donations large rents and reuenues ample landes and possessions and with al princely priuiledges and prerogatiues As also diuers others Godly and christian Kings and Queens in the like royall beneuolence and benificence haue followed his excellent example in shewing themselues foster fathers and noble nourcing mothers vnto the Church Finally many earthly princes haue notably exalted diuers of their wel-deseruing subiects and seruants by giuing vnto them great mannors and honours high degrees honourable dignities euen Lordshippes Earldomes and Duchies to make them the second persons of the Realmes but yet so as they alwaies reserued and preserued their owne crownes thrones and kingdomes vnto themselues But our Sauiour Christ Iesus who is the king of all kings the most mightie Soucraigne Monarch of heauen and earth who so farre surpasseth all worldly princes as the sunne doth the moone or starres heauen the earth and the creator the creature being 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Basil calleth him a giuer of great things bestoweth nothing vpon those whom hee will prescree and promote honour and exalt but a crowne throne or kingdome surinounting them in greatnesse of reward as hee exceedoth and excelleth them in essence and power And no maruell is it if our Sauiour giue nothing els but a crowne as thinking all other things to be base for him to bestow vpon those to whom he promiseth any reward when as all principalities dominions and kingdomes are at his commaund and appointment and at whose feete all kings and princes shall lay downe their crownes mounds and scepters as hauing receiued the same before at his hands of which he so often ascertaineth assureth the elect and faithfull in his Gospell as Iob. 14. Feare not little flocke for my heauenly Father will giue you a kingdome Luk. 22. As my Father hath appointed vnto me a kingdome euen so doe I appoint vnto you Mat. 19. ye shall sit on twelue thrones and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel Finally neuer doth our Sauiour or his Apostles offer and profer in the name and person of Christ any reward vnto the righteous but it is either a crowne a throne or kingdome as it may appeare euerie where in the Gospels of the Euangelists and Epistles of the Apostles So gracious alwaies is God in his gifts so rich in his rewards and so bountifull in all his benefites and blessings so that in this if euer in any thing that Prouerb of the Poet is found most true Non libet exiguis rebus adesse Ioui As likewisein respect of vs that receiue the same he giueth this so great a guerdon euen to crowne vs with mercie and louing kindnesse in bestowing vpon vs of his owne gracious good liking more then we could expectare vel expetere require or request deserue or desire hope to haue or dare to receiue at his hands of his fauourable vouchasasing to make that account and regard of vs as to deeme and esteeme vs woorthy of no meaner a reward then of a crowne and that therefore because we haue attained to that dignitie to be called the sonnes of God by the election of the Father the redemption of the spirit whereby we euen loath and neglect al worldly things whatsoeuer and account them with Paul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 euen as doung be they neuer so godly and glorious in the sight of flesh and bloud but onely to aime at the high price of the calling of God in Christ Iesus As whose heroicall spirits should disdaine al their temporanie and transitorie trash and trumperie toies and trifles but to crie and say 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 As Achilles whē he followed Hector in Homer and againe Neque enim leuia aut ludicra petuntur with Aeneas pursuing Turnus in Virgil for seeing all the faithfull are Eagles as the Scripture tearmeth them they must neither creepe on the earth with the Serpent nor sit on dunghils with the Rauens but soare aloft for their pray and where the carkasse is thither must they resort as our Sauiour in the Gospell euen to aspire and ascend vp where he himselfe is to sit with him in his throne For as it is in the Prouerb Aquila non capit muscas The Eagle will catch no flies that is regard little and light things but as he is the Prince of birds so will he be crowned as a King and Soueraigne But if we shall then receiue a crowne what manner of crowne shall it be Diuers sorts of crownes For there is diuers sorts of crownes there is Ciuica corona a crowne made of Oaken bowes which was giuen of the Romans to him that saued the life of any citizen in battel against his enemies Secondly Obsidionalis which was of grasse giuen vnto him that deliuered a town or citie from sicdge Thirdly Muralis which was of gold giuen vnto him that first scaled the wall of any towne or castle Fourthly Castrensis which was likewise of golde giuen vnto him that first entred the campe of the enemie Fiftly Naualis and that also of gold giuen vnto him that first by valour bourded the shippe of the enemy Sixtly Oualis which was of Mirtle which was giuen to those captaines that subdued any towne or Citie or that woon any fielde casily without losse or shedding of bloud Seuenthly and lastly Triumphalis which was of Laurell giuen to that chiefe Generall or Consul which after some notable victorie and conquest came home triumphing But all these or the most of them were rather garlands then crownes yea the verie best of those that were of gold rather coronets then crowns and if crowns rather crowns of honor then of glorie This crowne therefore that our chiefe Shepheard shall giue and the faithfull elders of the Church