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A68093	The practise of preaching, otherwise called the Pathway to the pulpet conteyning an excellent method how to frame diuine sermons, & to interpret the holy Scriptures according to the capacitie of the vulgar people. First written in Latin by the learned pastor of Christes Church, D. Andreas Hyperius: and now lately (to the profit of the same Church) Englished by Iohn Ludham, vicar of Wethersfeld. 1577.; De formandis concionibus sacris. English	Hyperius, Andreas, 1511-1564.; Ludham, John, d. 1613.; Orth, Wigand, 1537-1566.	1577 (1577)	STC 11758.5; ESTC S122044	265,657	396

and preserued An other example out of Mathew cap. 16. When Iesus was come into the coastes of Cesarea philippi he asked his disciples saying whom do men say that I the sonne of man am And they sayde Some saye Iohn Baptist and some Elias and others Hieremias or one of the prophets He sayd vnto them but whom say ye that I am Then Simon Peter aunswered and said Thou art Christ the sonne of the lyuinge god And Iesus aunswered sayde vnto him Blessed art thou Simon the sonne of Iona for fleshe and bloode hath not reuealed it vnto thee but my father which is in heauen And I say vnto thee againe that thou art Peter and vppon this rocke will I builde my Church and the gates of hell shall not preuayle against it And I will giue thee the keyes of the Kingdom of heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt binde vppon earth shall be bounde in heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt lose on earth shall be loosed in heauen There is no man but perceyueth the Euangelist Mathew to commemorate how and after what forte Christe exacted of his diseiples the confession of faith and what maner of confession Peter made in the name of all the reste Therfore we shal not vnaptly affirme the state of this readying to be that the confession of faith ought necessarylye to be made of euery one of vs. And that this state pertayneth to the kinde didascalick it is more manifest then that it néedeth to be proued This state being prefixed these thinges may profitablye be noted as referred to the same And they saide ▪ Some say Iohn Baptiste I. It is no easye matter alwayes to render a pure and perfyt confession of the trueth For oft times partl●●y reason of the wonderfull myste and ignoraunce continually cleaning to al men and part●ly through the great plenty of obscure and darke disputations diuers iudgements and varyable opinions of other onē which are supposet to be wise the mindes yea euen of excellent and good men are in suche wise letted hindered us that they can not determin any thing certayne touching matters of religion Examples hereof if euer there were any be in these our dayes most chiefely to be séene In the meane season it standeth euery one greatly in hande that is at the least touched with any ca●e at all of his ●a●●●tion to be fully resolued in his conscience as son●thing matters of faith neyther can he iustlye pretende why excuse why he ●●●lo● refine so to be Christ therefor 〈◊〉 doth 〈…〉 séeke to know what the 〈…〉 are but he 〈…〉 instantly 〈…〉 would fréely confesse at on●● what they 〈…〉 or Flesh and bloud 〈…〉 healed it vnto thee II. Here ●e● see whe●●● the power of makinge a perfect confession commeth The thinges that are of GOD no man truely knoweth but the spirit of God and he whō the holy ghost hath taught The naturall man pere●y●●eth not the thinges of the spirit of God. And our heauenlye father hath hidden those thinges from the wise and prudente and hath reuealed them to Babes And agayne the holy Scripture whiche is the princypall ayde and instruement to procure the knowledge of the trueth is wholl● giue● and opened by the gift of god and without reuelation is not vnderstood To be short God graunteth vnto every man so muche knowledge of spirytuall thinges as he iudgeth to be profytable for hym Vpon this ro●● will I build my Churche ▪ III. The notable 〈◊〉 and effects of a pure confession ▪ Fyrst by the confession of faith the true Churche is knowwen and decerned from all foreine assemblies whether they be of the Iewes Turks or hypocrites Seconde where constancy in a true confession ●●ineth forth there the Churche remayneth 〈◊〉 and the 〈…〉 challenge to hymselfe no ryghte or intereste● Let h●resides springe vp never so fall ●et tyraunts 〈◊〉 hyhypocrits imagine what they can yet as long as the confesson of faith shal be 〈◊〉 whole and it 〈◊〉 so longe shal be 〈…〉 Third 〈◊〉 that 〈…〉 confession is founde to 〈◊〉 and approued with God God giueth power ●oth to iudge au●●●●●● wisely For the iudgements of bindinge and loosinge is no other where rightly lawfully exercised saue in the true church Wherefore a pure confession of Faith by vs made causeth that euery one of vs also is knowen to be a liuely member of Gods Church and that we are safe from the power and snares of the diuill and may besides that iudge prudently of all thinges that are done or ought to be done in the Church And in this wise as well what belongeth to the whole Church which resteth in the pure confession of the Faith of Christ as also what perteyneth vnto all men yeldinge a sounde and sincere confession it séemeth to bée aboundauntly declared But wee will add also a thirde example out of Iohn cap. 4. in which are learnedly discussed certaine poyntes as touchinge the nature of Fayth There was a certaine Ruler whose sonne wa sicke at Capernaum Hee when he hearde that Iesus was come out of Iudea into Galile went vnto him and besought him that he would goe downe and heale his sonne For he was euen at tho point of death Then sayd Iesus vnto him Except ye see signes and wonders ye will not beleeue The Ruler saide vnto him Syr goe downe before my sōne dye Iesus saide vnto him Goe thy way thy sonne liueth And the man beleeued the word that Iesus had spoken vnto him and went his waye And as he was nowe goinge downe his seruantes mette him sayinge thy sonne lyueth Then enquired he of them the hower when he began to amende And they saide vnto him yester daye the seuenth hower the feuer lefte him Then the father knewe that it was the same hower in the which Iesus had saide vnto him they sonne liueth And he beleeued and all his householde Iohn the Euangelist pronounceth very well that the man beleeued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto him And straight way hée addeth also he beleeued and all his housholde And in the very discourse the narration it is showed how he all his house was induced to beleeue These thinges therfore doe cause me to affirme that in this present reading is declared howe by what meanes faith springeth and is confirmed Wherfore the state shall be touching the nature or beginning and encreasement of faith And that this state is to be attributed to the kinde didascalick ech man may easely without any teacher perceyue He when he hearde that Iesus I. First of all are put forth heard certaine things of god and of his good will and benefites towardes mankinde The beginning of faith commeth of hearing and hearing by the worde of God. He went vnto him and besought him II. By hearing the worde the minde of man is turned vnto god Moreouer man wisheth and praieth that hée may be made pertaker of Gods benefites And so to praye

that is to say My Father my father the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof so we also may not without good cause complaine of our master Hyperius thus taken from vs Although in very déede when I wey more déepely the whole matter with my selfe most worthy Senatours I scarcely sée what sparke of hope to be accounted off is left not onely to vs but also to all Germanye Pure religion was in the time of our fathers sore oppressed through the tiranny of the Bishops none otherwise then was a great while agoe the Common wealth of the Hebrues thorugh the violence and oppressions of the bordering Nations As the Lorde in olde time had mercy vpon the Hebrues so hath he had now also compassion vppon vs that like as then he stirred vp valiaunt Capytaynes and godly Iudges that did set the people in their former libertie so now in these dayes had be raysed vp many notable Doctors that might and did restore religion to hi● former puritie and deliuer vs from that pontificall tyranny Which either Capitaynes or Doctors of the Church séeing the Lorde doth now by littel and littel call awaye to himselfe as in the yeares past Luther Bucer Melanchthon and many other and in these last xv monethes Martyr Musculus our Hyperius wée are truly to be afrayed least these so many and great lightes of the churche beinge extinct considering that very few men or none remayne of like dignitie of like learning and experience there succéede other which not as the former will defend and maynteyne our liberty restored but will hamper vs againe in ● newe seruitude and bondage Yea verily when as those Capytaines being taken away euery man may séeme to doe and say what he list it is greatly to be feared least for our offences all our religion be againe enwrapped in most vgsom darkenes and so vtterly obscured and defaced For vndoubtedly as for the light of the trueth which after those dolfull times of darkenes wherein our forefathers were entangeled by the great benefit of God hath shined vnto vs our people can now in these dayes so ill away with all that they doe not onely openly and manifestly contemne the cléere light but euen couet also most gréedely to returne backe againe to their former darknes as it were to the flesh pottes of Aegipt Furthermore what the life of our Countrimen is what the maners of them are that glory of the profession of pure religion we sée I speake not onely of the c̄omon people basest sort of men but I speake of those whom wée all haue in admiration whom wée reuerence whom wée prayse and highly estéeme off So great is the contempt of religion amongest a great number so great the neglecting of godlines so great the suppression of vertue that they may well séeme to be no Christians at all but very saluage and barbarous people Which thinges séeing they are true there is no man verily that can imagine this our dread and feare to be vainely or without cause conceiued God winketh for a time at our sinnes and enormities as he is a longe suffering GOD and slowe to wrath But neuerthelesse when he séeth there is no hope lefte of amendement of lyfe and that our sinnes doe proclame nowe euen open warre agaynst heauen it selfe then sodenly prouoked to anger he prepareth himselfe to take vengeaunce Which when he intendeth to doe he oftetimes taketh good men from vs least they should the good with the bad the godly with the vngodly be enwrapped togither in these plages But nowe I maye séeme peraduentūre to giue an ouer vnlucky ghesse as touching the state of our Scholes and Churches wherefore then doe I not rather turne my talke vnto you most graue and prudent fathers Whom I praye and beséech most hartily that you would euery one of you so far foorth as ye are able bend all your trauayle and dilignce to the mayntenaunce and preseruation of godly studies And you especially I call vppon most excellent Companions thée I say most reuerend Rector Lonicerus thée most vigilant pastor Rodingus and you al furthermore that teach the holy Scriptures either in the Schole with vs or in the Church herevnto I beséech you bend all your co●itations and all your endeuours namely that our sacred and diuine studies may prosper and florish Procéede to teach as you doo diligently and faithfully study for the maintenaunce of peace and tranquilitie Let vs propound vnto our hearers not idle questions as touching vaine and friuolous matters but as our Hyperius alwaies did those principles most chiefely of the doctrine of religion which shall be necessary to the conseruation of the puritie of faith and most profitable to the information of lyfe and maners Let vs haue no dealing w●th vnlucky contentions whereby we sée now some Scholes to be most grieuously battered and shaken Let this our Schole rest as by Gods grace it hath already many yeares rested from importunate striuings and brablementes Let vs follow alonely in teaching the chiefe points of religion the holy Scripturesithe writinges I meane of the Prophetes and Apostles Let no mans authoritie so preuaile with vs let no Counsell be of such credite no patched writing of such force that wée shoulde depart so much as a heares breadth either from the authoritie of the Scripture or from the phrase of Thapostles or from the formes of speaking vsed by the holy GHOST himselfe These markes let vs prescribe vnto our selues as it were to ame at Let vs kéepe vs with in the compasse of these boūds For so yea so it will com to passe that we shall not be caried about hither thither with the winde vanitie of euery doctrine but shall ramayne constant in our profession and shall alwaies frō time to time kéepe a certaine forme of s●ūd doctrine And you also most diligent hearers you I say that are studious of the holy Scriptures I doe not onely exhorte but also pray and beséech you wey with your selues the state of Religion and the state of our Churches consider what perills hange ouer our heades in these dayes by reason of the wickednes of our liues and maners beholde how many famous Doctors and notable lights of the Church our almighty father hath in a short space-taken frō vs All the most excellent Teachers our heauenly father calleth out of this life by littell and littell home to himselfe many other neither so well learned neither such louers of peace concord he leaueth stil aliue which are not so carefull as touching the safetie and preseruation of the Churches as they be for their owne priuate authoritie and gaines which séeke not so much the peace left vnto vs of Christ as they doe their owne prayse and glory though it be by fetting the Lordes Sanctuary on fyre and which if thy were not brideled by thautoritie of godly maiestrates would confounde heauen and earth togither Consider I say and seriously ponder all these thinges

toucheth them at all or if he doth touch them yet is it beside the purpose and not but to teach by the way how that blessed man trusted not or abused not those giftes and benefites III. Moreouer the Preacher many times expoundeth some Chapter of the holy Scriptures recited in the publicke assemblie in which also he standeth somwhat longe and at length by litle and litle he taketh in hande one or two or certes not lightly aboue thrée places as touching his lyfe whose memory they wish with all honour to be preserued commendinge in them some vertues of his more eminent and perspicuous IIII. Last of all the Ecclesiasticall Teacher doth with more earnest endeuour enforce himselfe to this that hée may direct all his discourse to the correctinge and amendinge of mens corrupt maners and to frame in the mindes of his hearers impressions of true godlynes also to illustrate and séet forth the glory of the heauenly Countrey then howe he may make that blessed man to be had in admiration to be wondered at or worshipped For he that is occupied in praysing of any vertuous person ought to prefixe to himselfe a double scope or ende The one that by hearinge the gracious and excellent déedes of worthy and famous men the godly hearers may be prouoked to prayse and magnifie GOD who vouched safe to elect and call them and to brings to passe through them great and mightye thinges wherby his name might be sanctified and celebrated vppon earth The other that the multitude maye be stirred and enflamed to the imitation of their so notable déedes Either of these scopes is euidently set foorth in the Scriptures Touching the former Christ sayth Math. 5. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your father which is in heauen To the Galath 1. Thapostle In me saith he they glorified God which preached the fayth that before I sought to destroye As touching the later likewise Christ Math. 11. Learne of me for I am meeke and humble of hart Againe 1. Corinth 11. Paule sayth Be yee the followers of me euen as I am of Christ And Heb. 13. Remember them that haue the ouersight of you which haue spoken to you the worde of God whose fayth followe ye considering the ende of their conuersation Hitherto touching the prayses of persons or holy men Moreouer whosoeuer desireth in his Sermon to praise an acte or déede as the acte of kinge Iosias breaking in péeces the Idoles and restoringe the true worship of God or of Elias stoutely striuing against the priestes of Baal or of the Machabees valiauntly venturing their liues for the dignitye of the truth and the ordinances of GOD or of them that a litell before these times prouided by all meanes that sincere doctrine might be aduaunced in churches that the necessitie of the poore might be relieued c. ought to haue in a readines those thinges that serue to this purpose I. He shall declare before all thinges that the facte or déede which he speaketh off is honest iust godly profitable prayse worthy agreable to the worde and wil of God. II. Further he shall not neglecte to encrease and amplify his furniture by the causes and circumstances thereof III. But he shall bestowe his chiefe and principall labour in exhortinge vnto imitation or if so bée his hearers haue already attempted the like déedes then to goe forwarde in their good beginninges Good déedes are to be adorned with due commendation but yet the chiefest care of all ought to bée employed about the profit and vtilitie of the hearers Wherefore it is expedient that those good déedes be inespecially praysed and set forth wherevnto we chiefely couet hauing regard both of the time state of the Church to stirre and prouoke them that are committed vnto vs to be taught The maner of praysinge of thinges is all one with the maner of praising of déedes and the selfe same places are founde very aptly applied to either purpose For the thinge is honest and iust that hath God for the author which is commaunded of God which he cōmendeth with diuers promises and whereby the knowledge that wée haue of God receyueth encrease or furtherance That thinge is good godly which auayleth to the stirringe vp of mindes to the study and embracinge of godlynes or whereby godlynes is declared Profit and vtilitie is deriued into many partes First that is profitable which helpeth to the settinge foorth sanctifying of gods name on earth then that whereout commodities also doe flowe vnto miserable mankinde Besides ther is one cōmoditie cōmon to the whole Church an other peculiar to euery priuate beléeuer Againe one consisteth in spiritual and internal giftes an other in corporall and externall giftes But it is not necessary that we should deuide al the places in this order The chiefe thinges that are accustomed to be praysed in the Church are the word of God the continuall reading and meditation thereof the sondry kindes of life the ministery of the word virginitie matrimony likewise the gifte wherewith God voucheth safe to adorne his Church as those that be rehersed Rom. 12.1 Corinth 12. Ephes 4. finally ther are praysed almes déedes hospitality patience c. As touchinge funerall Sermons what the auncient fathers were accustomed to doe and what the maiestye of our Churches and religion requireth to be done we will briefely declare There be extant in the workes of Gregory Nazianzene diuers and sondrye funerall Orations as those had at the buriall of Basilius magnus likewise of Athanasius Alexandrius againe at the buriall of Gregorius his father Cesarius his brother and Gorgonia his sister Ambrose hath left behinde him fower such orations one of the Emperour Theodosius an other of Valentinian and two as touching the departure of his brother Satyrus albeit Ambrose himselfe doth entitle these last rather by the name of bookes And like as it appereth those fathers to haue borowed this example of pronouncinge orations in funerall solemnities of the Gentiles whose custome as we reade was to prayse men when they should be buried especiallye such as were noble and famous in an oration before a great assembly of people Euen so they followed also their trade and fashion when as ye would saye sticking fast to the rules of the Rethoritians as touchinge the prayses of persons they rehersed many thinges of his lyfe that was fallen a sléepe in the Lorde repeatinge all thinges from his very childehod euen to his olde age And certes who séeth not this practise to sauoure of the very rites and institutions of the Ethnickes But the ecclesiasticall Teachers of our time in my iudgement as I may speake without the displeasure of the godly doe in this behalfe goe more sincerely to worke and more accordinge to sounde religion whilest they duly execute theyr office in that order that followeth I. If when they commend a funerall with their Sermon they handle not prayses curiouslye

there is appoynted a certaine mixt kinde of Sermons framed and compacted indifferently out of diuers kinds by partes Further it is no harde matter in the first entrye and euen in the premeditation of the sermon ensuing to discerne vnto what kinde euery place or euery part doth belong that is to say whether it be of the kinde Didascalick or of the kinde Reprehensiue or Redargutiue or of the kinde Instructiue or of the kinde Correctiue or lastly of the kynde Consolatory And when the very kinde of the sermon is once known it will be an easy thinge to collect a certaine order of expoundinge out of those thinges which in the Chapters afore going are seuerally declared touching euery kinde As for examples of mixt or meint Sermons there be extant not a few in the Euangelistes For Christe doth ofte times in one continuall Oration discusse diuers and sundry places and therof truely some pertayninge to the doctrine of faith othersome to the information of life or consolation It is no hard case to deuide the parts and to distinguishe one from an other The first Epistle to the Corinthes how plentifull is it in this behalfe how diuer matters doth it contayne yea thou shalt finde almost neuer an Epistle put foorth by the Apostles which is not distributed into diuers places Chrisostome as well other where as also inespecialye where he popularly interpreteth the bookes of holy Scripture as Genesis the Gospell of Mathew Iohn c. Lykewise Origen that longe before him laboured in the lyke calling doe exhibit infinit examples of this matter and the same also very fitte and conuenient But these thinges touchinge the mixt kinde thus compendiously to haue admonished shall suffice ¶ That three thinges are alwaies to be regarded of the Preacher the profit of the hearers comelynes in gesture and pronounciation and the studye of concord Cap. XVI VErily I suppose we haue sufficiently expressed all thinges which are requisite to be knowne to the framing of all kynde of sermons wherfore it is méete now that our discourse draw to an ende Onely I entend héere in this place friendly to admonish euery Preacher that he would inespecially remēber thrée thinges and so long as hee shall sustayne the excellent function of teaching the people endeuour with al diligence and enforcement to practise and obserue them The first is that hée continually set before his eyes the profit and vtilitie of his hearers The seconde that he be a very careful and diligent obseruer of decorum in the vniuersall order and grace of speaking The third and last that he become not in any wise the author of any discords in the Church that is to saye neyther vary from his fellow labourers in doctrine or opinions nor minister any matter to the ignoraunt people of brawlings or contentions Touching these three poyntes truely he shall at all times be very solitious yea and bende héere vnto all his whole care and cogitation whosoeuer to the aduauncement of Gods glory vppon earth is desyrous in the Church faithfully to deliuer to the flock committed to his charge the doctrine of sincere religion I But he declareth himselfe ernestly to seeke the profit of his auditors which as well sheweth aparaunt signification of some notable good wyl towards them as also choseth such matters to entreate off as out of which he trusteth most fruite and commodytye wyll redounde to his hearers Certes how desyrously and with what ●urninge affection Christ coueted the profit and vtilytie of his owne nation he hymselfe expressed where he sayth that he would often times haue gathered together the inhabitauntes of Hierusalem euen as a Henne gathereth hir chickhens vnder hir winges Where I pray you is any creature to be founde that so muche tendereth the safety of hir younge ones as the Henne Againe Paule the apostle how euidentlye with what exquisyte woordes and how often doeth hee declare the incredible loue wherewith hée imbraced those most tenderly from time to time which hée had once instructed in the principles of religion There bee innumerable places in his Epistles demonstratinge the same But as touchinge the iudgement and dexteritie requisite in choosinge of fit and conuenient matters forsomuch as wée haue already spoken in the first booke wée will not héere make any newe repetition II. Howbeit as concerninge comlines in gesture and pronunciation briefely and truly to speake what I thinke looke how great care is to bée imployed in orderinge of the life and dayly conuersation euen so great also ought worthily to bée taken to the due gouernment and moderation of the speach For doubtlesse the spéech is a certaine portion of the life and that truely not the least And ofte times by the spéech is a great ghesse and iudgement giuen touchinge the whole inclynation and disposition of a man. For it is playne and euident that puritie and simplicitie ioyned with prudence and discretion like as in life so also in spéech or communication is commended of all men Wherefore the Preacher must at all times but then chiefely when hee beginneth first to exercise himselfe in Teachinge the multitude take diligent héede least hée vsurpe any thinge in wordes in pronunciation or also in gesture which may bréede and ingender contempt of his person with the people Wee haue séene them sometimes that haue so to often and in euery Sermon repeated some one worde or sentence wee haue seene them that haue mingeled euen to the lothsomnes of the hearers tropes or figures nothing fitte and correspondent to the diuine matters which they had in hande agayne wee haue seene them that in the hart of their matter haue vttered diuers times scarce honest and comely motions And these thinges ministered occasion to curious carpers and controllers of other mens doinges to scoffers and iesters amonge the rude sorte that when they were disposed to procure sport and laughter in their iunkettinges and tipling feastes they thought there could be no utter thing for theyr turne then cunningly and pleasauntly to represent the wordes the voyce the gesture of the Preacher Yea and moreouer they accustomed through the sames occasions to miscall the Preacher himselfe by some ridiculous name as oft as in their talke they made any mention of him What should I say more By reason of their vndisereete and vnseemely gesture some are made the common talking stocke and publicke pastime of the people But to the anoyding of these inconueniēces which through vnskilfull dealing in wordes and behauiour be incurred and falne into two remedies séeme good vnto me for this present time to be considered The one is that whosoeuer taketh in hand the function of preachinge doe foorthwith set before him some one excellent Ecclesiasticall Teacher whose name is famous and renowmed and who with singuler grace and dexteritye expoundeth the sacred Scriptures in all respectes so far as may bée to be imitated and folowed For most commonly it commeth so to passe that what all men doe iudge worthy of

Pray vnto our heauenly father that he would vouchsasafe to preserue his Church amongest vs that he would gouerne it and sanctifie it by his holy Spirite praye ye that in stead of this our Hyperius now taken from vs he would giue vnto vs many godly Teachers learned peasible constant For your partes also giue your diligent attendaunce vnto the holy Scriptures read them study thē meditate vpon them learne out of them a cartaine forme of Christian doctrine and to this ende alone apply all the force of your wittes that many of you may come foorth so furnished with knowledg and vnderstanding that you may one day he placed in the roomes of those notable Capitaines called foorth of their stations to the Lord to the great profit cōmoditie of the Church And we all praye thée O almightie Father which in so short a space takest out of the vnthanckfull world so many famous Teachers and leauest behind many troublers of the peace and enimies of the Church rayse vp in the steads of these notable ministers of CHRIST many other which may teach and gouerne thy Church Nourish and defend the studies of good men which laboure to this ende that they may serue thy Church Furnish our minds O father we beséech thée with the loue of true religion and vertue that when thy sonne our Lorde Iesus Christ shall come at the last day to Iudgement be may at the least finde some remnantes of faith and sinceritie amongest vs. FINIS ¶ Of framing of Diuine Sermons or popular interpretation of the Scriptures the first Booke ¶ What the common and popular order of interpreting the Scriptures is and howe excellent a function they haue that teach the people in the Churche Cap. I. NO man doubteth but that there bee two maner of wayes of interpreting the scriptures vsed of skilfull diuines the one Scholastical peculyer to the scholes the other Popular pertayning to the people That one is apt for the assembles of learned men and young studients some deale profited in good letters This other is altogether applied to instructe the confused multitude wherin are very many rude ignoraunt and vnlearned The first is exercised within the narrowe compasse of the Scholes The seconde taketh place in the large and spacious temples The one strict and straight laced sauoring Philosophicall solytarinesse and seueritie The other stretched forth franck and at lybertie yea and delightinge in the light and as ye would say in the court of Orators In that are mani things exacted after the rule of Logical breuitie and simplicitie In this Rhetoricall bountie and furniture ministreth much grace and decencie Wherefore if a place out of the holy Scriptures bee offered at any time to a teacher in the scholes to be explaned and interpreted hee by and by sticketh wholy therein as one shut vp in a streight prison vinfolde enclosure and not only discusseth dilygently the thinges themselues in general and al the partes of them but also in a maner euery worde and sillable thinkinge it vnlawfull to omit any thinge or so much as a litle to wrench aside But he that instructe● the people sercheth and selecteth out of an argument ●●●posed some certaine common places and such as he perceiueth aboue the residew to be most congruent to the time place and persons in discoursing whereof at large hée bestoweth his time and to the intent the more large and ample a scope may be opened vnto hym now and then he ouerskippeth some thinges in the text of the holye Scripture or toucheth only eche thing slightly by the way as it were mindinge some other matter Agayne he that readeth in the Schoole heapeth together proofes and foundations with as great iudgement and dexterity as he can and coueteth to vse those in especiall in whiche he perceyueth most pithe and strength to remaine But he that vndertaketh to speake vnto the people is not so carefull or anxious but scrapeth together argumentes of all sortes and armeth himselfe with probable reasons euen such as are heard commonly among the meaner sort of men as he that directeth all thinges to the capacitie of his common auditory He that teacheth in the schole wittingly willingly neglecteth those thinges that pertaine to the procuring of beneuolence to the mouing of affections moreouer digressions tedious descriptions whiche the Greekes call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hypotyposes amplificatiōs artificial elegancye of wordes many and diuers figuers to be shorte all the furniture and ornamentes of an oration and affecteth not so much as to séeme once studious of bountifulnesse in speakynge but as one astricted to that lawe whereby the cryer proclaymed in Areopagus to speake 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is without proeme and affections he is contented with a simple yet pure and perspicious kynde of speach On the other side he to whom it appertaineth to speake before the multitude séeketh and prouideth dilygently with wonderfull circumspection al the said stuffe furniture so far forth as it auayleth to teach refel exhort reprooue comfort of nothing maketh more account then that he may draw and stir vp the mindes of his auditors ●nto what part he will after the maner quality of things 〈◊〉 ●ident Neither were it hard to bring forth examples in which the selfe fame argumentes or ●heames out of the scriptures are handled one way after the maner of Scholastical interpretation an other way after the cōmon or Popular And surely out of the writinges of the auncient fathers may be taken not a few and those most learnedlye explaned and set forth For after the Popular interpretatiō al the Sermons for the most part of the prophetes and of Christ are expounded and many also of the exhortations corrections consolations of the apostle Paule Furthermore those thinges that are read vnder the titles of Homelies Sermons or Oratiōs in the holy fathers Origen Chrisostom Basyl Nazianzene Augustine Maximus Leo after these Gregory Beda Bernard and such like Whervnto may be added the explanations of Augustine vpon the Gospell of Iohn some certaine of the Psalmes But to Scholasticall interpretation doe appertaine certaine more graue and subtile disputations of S. Paule namely that touching mans iustification in his epistle to the Romaynes in whiche yet notwithstanding the apostle breketh foorth successiuely into exhortations and consolations peculier to another kind of interpreting and to the Galathyans with some in the fyrst to the Corinthyans twaine also in the Epistle to the Hebrues the one of the two natures in Christe the other concerning the abrogation of the Leuiticall priesthood and the euerlasting priesthoode of Christ To the same order may iustly be ascribed all the commentaries of Sainct Ierom vppon the prophets of Sainct Ambrose vppon the Epistles of S. Paule also the epistles and disputations of S. August Bréefelye whosoeuer is indued with any iudgement at al being furthered with those things that we haue alreadye touched may esely discerne