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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03787	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the ix. of Februarie. Anno Dom. 1583. By I. Hudson, Maister of Arte, of Oxon	Hudson, John, M.A., Oxon.	1584 (1584)	STC 13904; ESTC S116559	46,934	118

ouersight in this point also is not vnworthy to be taxed who being so hardly kept and continued in this newe and liuing way that leadeth to the holye place are yet in all itching curiositie so carryed awaye and inclined to newes and newe things and so running and starting out into euerie new deuise that is pleasing to our fences that nothing can content vs except it bee very newe nor the selfe same delight vs long after while when it waxeth olde or common How straunge and vnwontedly new is our apparrell both in matter and forme both in substaunce and fashion so that garments are not stored to the proportion of mens bodies 〈◊〉 ●y the straunge varietie and newnesse of their apparrell they tranceforme themselues like Proteus to appeare in what forme they lift How vnsatiable are our eyes to beholde vanities and gaze after newe deuises New buildings newe manners newe dyet newe sportes newe fashions which are chiefelye sought out and looked for in euerye science and trade and are onely nowe in price and estimation among vs And yet our eares more precise and curious so as scarse anye thing maie content vs but that which we heard not or we knew not either in matter or in forme before It must be new or else it is tedious it must bee hotte from the forge or else it is vnsauery If you bringe not newe and vnwoonted matter which is commonly looked for at least you must dyppe it in a newe dye and deliuer it in a different manner or else mens eares are hedged with thornes it will not enter it is no other then the passage of a ship through the waues or of a birde in the ayre which vanish in their course afterwards are not once remembred or seene But if we so delight in new thinges at least let vs reforme our iudgemēt herein The thing y t is hath bin saith Salomon and there is no new thing vnder the sun But behold saith Esai speaking of this new way of our redemption by the blood of Iesus Olde thinges are come to passe and newe thinges doe I declare and or euer they come I tell you of them If wee so delight in newe thinges let vs serue God saith Saint Paule in newnesse of the spirite not in the oldenesse of the letter Let vs put of the olde man with al the deceaueable lustes therof and put on the newe man which according to God is shapen in righteousnesse and true holines let vs put on Christ in whom neither circumcision auaileth any thing neither vncircumcision but a new creature And so as those that looke for a new heauen and a new earth let vs walke worthy of y t vocation wherunto we are called in all newnes of life by this new liuing way into y t holy place which is the new Hierusalem heauenly Citie of God This is y ● new liuing way blessed are they y t doe walke in the same this is the waye of righteousnes and truth which hath neither end nor error let vs walke therin with an vpright hart and turne neither to the right hand nor to y t left this is the way of peace which the wicked cannot finde and the straight and narrowe waye wherein the multitude delight not this waie is high for suche as contemne the world and yet both lowe and easie and the humble shall walke therein this is the way of the commaundement wherin it is required that we run now the Lord hath set our harts at libertie And therefore let vs purge clense it from all filthines of the flesh and of the spirite let vs decke and adorne it with flowers of good life and conuersation and with the spoiles and garlands as I may say of our conquered affections and lustes and so holde vp our goeings stedfastly in this path that our footesteps slip not And although there be many causes in our selues to discourage and withhold vs from entraunce thereinto beeing euerye waye so let and pressed downe with the burden of our sinnes although there are and wil be many impediments in y e worlde to staye and hinder vs in our course yet many more are our comforts againe and more forcible are the causes that shoulde embolden and excite vs thereunto seeing we haue not onely the things mencioned before concerning the sacrifice and offering of the blood of Iesus for the expiation of our sinnes and reconcilliation made with God But moreouer according to the figures and former shadowes of the lawe both a temple euen the house and Church of God wherein our prayers shalbe heard our petitions graunted and wee remaine as safe from the rage of the Enemie as was Noe in the arke from drowning in the waters And also an high Priest and mediator euen the man Iesus Christ which ruleth and gouerneth the same And then if hee bee on our side who can be against vs If hee haue iustified vs who shall condemne vs if he haue chosen vs who shall lay any thing to our charge If he be our shepherd how can wee lacke any thing If hee bee our high Priest how shall wee not bee accepted For the sweete smelling sacrifice that hee hath offered vnto God the father for vs And if he haue giuen vs libertie with boldnesse to enter who shall abridge the same to hold vs backe from the grace that is offered Seeing hee is the highe Prieste and ruler ouer the house of God Who for this cause hauing offered vp himself without spot to purge our conscience from dead works to serue the liuing God is set downe at the right hand of Maiestie in heauenly places far aboue al principalities and powers and might and domination and euery name that is named both in this world and in the worlde to come who is appointed ouer all things the head of the Church which is his body and the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all thinges in whome dwelleth all the fulnesse of the godhead bodyly and the hidden treasures of the wisedome and knowledge of God and to whom al power is giuen both in heauen and earth That in all things he might haue the preheminence to bee crowned with maiestie and honor as an eternall high priest for euer hauing sole and supreme authoritie and rule ouer the house and Church of God both in heauen triumphant and militant here in earth Which Church which house which familie and peculier people of God thus purchased with the blood of Christ nourished with his worde and sacraments preserued susteyned directed by hys grace and holy spirite wherin he hath promised to abyde and dwell as in his holy resting place for euer whilst it is here militant whiche concerneth more pertinently our present instruction and whilst we are here wandring and soiourning on the earth is not now to be sought for in the Region or land of Iewry as the Iewes would haue it nor driuen onelye into Affrica as the Donatistes imagined nor