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A13823	The revvard of religion Deliuered in sundrie lectures vpon the booke of Ruth, wherein the godly may see their daily and outwarde tryals, with the presence of God to assist them, and his mercies to recompence them: verie profitable for this present time of dearth, wherein manye are most pittifully tormented with want; and also worthie to bee considered in this golden age of the preaching of the word, when some vomit vp the loathsomnes therof, and others fall away to damnable securitie.	Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?	1596 (1596)	STC 24127; ESTC S105980	250,925	363

Berea which sought the scriptures dayly whither those thinges were so or not which were taught by Paule and Silas we know how Paul withstood Peter to his face who was a piller of the church and a more ancient Apostle then him selfe yet hee was faulty and to conclude we must receiue the Gospell as from God the onely author of it not from man least we make the preaching of the corsse of none effect it is farre surer to send vs to the fountaines of the written word of God then to the braines of the best learned in the world Therfore the conclusion is that we must not in the foundation of religion depend vpon men or angels though we were neuer so truly taught by them but must referre our faith and the credit therof to the onely written word of God But some wil say had Ruth this word of God or did Naomi cary it with her into the land of Moab I answere that it is very likely they had for the Iewes at this day haue the old testament with them in all nations secondly if they had not yet the Lorde by his spirite did persuade the heart of Ruth of the truth of those things which Naomi had taught her so did he perswade his church when there was no word written for the space of aboue two thousand yeres so doth he at this day keepe his church among infidells where is neither preaching word nor sacraments yet not one of them is lost But if any say let vs then forsake the written word of God and attend to these reuelations or priuate instructions of the holy ghost I answere so the Iewes when they came into the land of Canaan might haue eate no meate tyll the Lord raigned downe more manna vpon them surely then they had all starued many thousand yeares ago euen so if we looke for such extraordinary illuminations forsake y e present food of our souls God his writteÌ„ word preached among vs the other being ceased we shal iustly be condemned as the murderers and slaughterslaues of our owne destruction Let vs therfore take heede to God not to men ground our faith vpon his word not on humane giftes attend to the voice of Christ speaking by his ministers to the ears of y e body not waiting for extraordinary illuminatioÌ„s if we want this means labor for it as a pearle worth all our marchants substance yea a treasure greater then all the world But of lighter pointes of religion if we receiue any thing of men who in one point haue diuers iudgments let vs learne to examine the reasons of all and being proued by prayer peace of conscience leane to the best neither doubting to depend vppon men or the credit of the truth but to the word Where wee note many things what great care ought pareÌ„ts magistrats ministers prechers to haue ouer their children people subiects for their instruction seeing as Ruth had truly learned of her mother in law that did she constantly defend namely the worship of the onely one God If Naomi had peruerted her from on heathenisme to another it is very likly she wold haue abode by it but being instructed in the trueth and sealed by the holy spirite of promise shee doth carefully maintaine it giuing vs thereby to vnderstand how inestimable is the benefite of good education and first training vp in religion And ought not this to bee deare vnto vs that watch ouer the soules of our people and children who by vs beeing rightlie grounded in the foundation of christian religion maye happely growe vp like to glorious oliues for the church and commonwealth Wee read when Laban swore by his false gods then Iacob swore by the feare of his father Izaac so excellent was the instruction giuen him of his father that in the presence of idolatrous Laban for feare nor fauour would he alter his religion yea it seemed to be fastened in his flesh that hauing bene twentie yeeres among the idolatrous Sirians yet hee had not changed the manner of his oth the which he lerned of his father Oh where are these Izaaks in our dayes which teach their children any religion indeed men are too careful for their childrens temporall wealth they put them to schooles and vniuersities to be students at the law and men of occupations which are good but aske them why they do so they will answere that they might haue some thing to liue by heereafter neuer a word I warrant you of the saluation of their soules but for that they will hope in God they say and thus they compasse sea and land for trifles but the neuer fading health they least thinke vpon In times past seruants prayed to the God of their maisters but in these dayes if they should do so they must praye eyther to pride couetousnes or ignorance maisters and seruants can sweare by the name of God liberally but pray sparingly insomuch as if the life of God consisted in their praiers they woulde surely murder him they so seldome call vppon him Oh that this hellish behauiour of maisters and seruantes could be reduced to the line of God his worde but nowe they deale with their seruants as the Egiptians did with the Israelits they look for their tasks and worldly busines but they neuer exhorte them to sacrrfice to the Lord nay they hinder them and call them idle personnes if there bee any forwardnes of seruants and children that wayes truely now is like seruant like maister like maide like mistresse like father like sonne like mother like daughter such is the seede such is the haruest they go from cradles to graues and from graues to damnation their whole care is for pleasure and wealth and therefore they haue no part or portion but in this present life Yet let the children of Abraham do like AbrahaÌ„ teach their sons daughters seruants the couenant of the Lord that all their seed posterity may be blessed both with the temporall euerlasting promise for godlines hath the promise of this life and of the life to come Secondly by this we note the fal of vngodly flatterers which will outwardly for shew or fauor be godly with the good wicked with the profane they wil in good company temper their speech like good men they will trudge trauel to sermons godly exercises because it pleaseth some gentleman or other will say to theÌ„ thy God my God your preacher my preacher your professioÌ„ shalbe my profession whom you loue I loue whoÌ„ you hate I abhor Of this sort are many ignorant persons one misliketh our religioÌ„ because some popish frend of his mislike it some speaks against our gouernment because one or other which gape for the churche liuings speaketh against it and to say the truth it is very lamentable to see how all religion of many is turned into man pleasing but these tame beasts will one day come to the slaughter as well as

consideration of her age might haue hindered this trauaile for her withered body would be wearyed in the iourney and what knew shee but that she might die in the iourney and that among strangers who peraduenture would haue no regard of her age honour or honesty againe no doubt but she had some wealth in Moab which of nycessity she must be constrained to leaue behinde her and for euer to loose with many other such greiuous thoughts which might accomber her troubled breast But notwithstanding all these shee proceedeth on her intended iourney comitting her self to the preseruation of God in all places who she knew would giue her some comforts for the aduersity shee had endured Where first of all we note the duety of all the godly if with Naomi they are far froÌ„ the company of the faythfull or compelled to departe from them vpon the like occasion as famine pouertie persecution and such like that when occasion shall bee giuen they returne with Naomi to the temple to the people to the arke to the gospell of the Lord. For as God sayd to Eliah when hee was in mount Horeb What doest thou here Eliah euen so he speaketh to all persecuted pilgrims and poore true Christians which are at the gates and tables of carnall atheists the enimies of Christ VVhat do you heere there is corne and bread in Israel againe the Church your brethren haue now receiued maintenance returne to the place of sacrifice they that worship must worship God at Ierusalem the mountaines of Samaria are no place of God his worship but at Shilo is his tabernacle and his dwelling in Sion This wee may reade practised of the auncient fathers long ago When Moses had dwelt fortie yeares in Madian then the Lord bid him returne to his poore brethren againe Dauid beeing in great securitie with the king of Gath yet the Lord would not suffer him there to dwell And as the Israelits might not dwell with the Egiptians but must go into the land of Canaan so the Lords people must abide but where he appointeth theÌ„ And as the Shunamite woman after the seuen yeres famin returneth to her wonted dwelling euen so must not wee linger with recusant papists atheists swearers blasphemers and open despisers of God his ministers and ministerie Secondly we may note in this verse a godly example of holy obedience commendable friendship for here the daughters in law are going with their mother to the land of Iewry Where eyther for religion or loue which they beare to their mother in law they forsake both Countrey and friendes to go with her Was it not sufficient for them to take strangers for their husbands who being dead and they at liberty but they must go from their owne kindred with a mother in law was it not wel for them to abide with her so long as shee would abide with them and was able to maintaine them but now when shee had forsaken her dwelling and wealth must they accompany her in her pouerty Surely it seemeth that as Paul sayth to the Corinthians hee sought not theirs but them so these women desire rather the presence then the wealth of Naomi O excellent obedience and godly friendship worthy to bee registred with eternal memory They had not past ten yeares space to learne this point of religion that it is true friendship to loue at all times whether it be in wealth or prosperity in want or aduersity We haue many old professors in Christianitie which haue not profited thus much in twentie thirtie or fourty yeres profession They say to their neighbors as Iorams messenger said to Iehu Is it peace so they aske is it wealth is it riches is it honour or is it fauour of prince or Gentleman that dwelleth neere them As if they should say if thou be welthy thou shalt haue my friendship but if thou be poore then as Nabal answered Dauids messenger what is Dauid and what is the sonne of Ishai so what art thou I care not for thy companye get thee from my presence I can abide on such beggers Is this the fruite of religion condemned of the heathens abhorred of the brute beasts hated of the wicked and yet practised of or among Chirstians surely I had rather be a friendly Moabite then a thousand such carnall Isralits Yea the verie ciuill honest men among vs will rise in iudgment against vs in this pointe they will liue without hipocrisie we dissemble in all vaine glory our friendship is like the company of the dolphin if it bee faire weather she will neuer be from the ship but if a storme come shee withdraweth her fellowship Awaye with this most beastlike yea rather vnnaturall smiling vppon prosperitye but grim and straunge countenances vppon the afflicted eyther loue at all times which is Salomons friendship or loue at no time which is Sathans amity Then sayd Naomi The counsell that this godly Naomi giueth vnto her daughters is simply that they should reurne to their owne parents as if shee should say vnto them Be aduised my daughters some will thinke you very vnnaturall that you forsake your owne mothers to go with me your mother in lawe forsake your owne country to go vnto a strange place the iourney is long tedious you are tender weak better returne before we be far gone to be wise too late is to repent too sone care not for me the Lord wil inable me to go as well alone as with your company VVhere wee first of all note a most godly example of mother-like loue and godly charitie for if Naomi had gone alone it could not chuse but be farre more dangerous then with company and none could receiue any disaduauntage by her counsell beside her selfe yet wee see shee careth not for her owne commoditie so shee might procure the welfare of her daughters Shee might haue friendlye accepted their owne proffers and if any danger had come shee might haue said shee did not entreat them it was their owne vp seeking yet shee dealeth more plainelie with them in telling them the daunger as before they desired more her company then her wealth euen so now shee loueth their company wel but couÌ„selleth their safty better This is the duety of all that feare God as the apostle sayth Let euery man seeke anothers and not their owne good this was so deere vnto the Lord himself that hee commaunded by Moses that if their neighbours cattell went astray they should bring them home again Doth the Lord take care for oxen not much more for men But oh where is the carefull keeping of this commaundement now euery man saith euerie one for himself and God for vs all but rather how shall the Lord be for vs when we are not for one another Now this wicked world is full of deceitfull bargaines now mens houses and lands are bought ouer the heads of their young and vnthristie sons now mens farmes

other as they themselues wer first entreated for this too much shamefastnes in many is worthy blame because it doth not onely couer the countenance but also couer the tongue leauing them speecheles when they are to answere their superiors but as these labuoring reapers vse Boaz so also must wee any of our betters which is with reuerence to speake our mindes and godlines to pray for their welfare and therefore wee must put on the spirite of meekenes and euery one esteeme better of another then of our selues But some will say there is no such necessitie of salutation as you would make it for Elisehah sending his seruaunt commaunded him to salute no man by the way and if any saluted him he should not answere them likewise our sauiour Christ sending his disciples to preach willed theÌ„ not to salute any by the way therefore it is no such signe of pride as you would make it To the which I aunswere first that Elisehah sent his man in wonderfull hast which respected the life of the Shunamites son therefore he willeth him to admit no let or hindrance in his iourney but with all speed to go forward insomuch as he should not doo the common curtesie to strangers either in salutation or in answer Euen so meaneth our sauior that his disciples being hastilie sent as it were to gather the haruest of the Lorde might admit no delay either in necessary or vnnecessary busines And this teacheth vs that the labor of preaching excelleth all earthly duties yea that all other must serue to it as handmaides and seruaunts to further the course and not hinder the proceedings Therefore this must remaine inuiolable as grounded on the lawe of God and men that curteous and godly salutations are verie commendable Then Boaz. Now in these three verses following insueth the communication had with his seruaunt who Ruth was vnto which his seruant telleth or answereth in the 6. and 7. verses First that it is Ruth which came with Naomi from the country of Moab secondly that shee asked him leaue to gather among the sheaues thirdly that she came but that morning and had continued till that instant Where we see the carefulnesse of Boaz in doing good would know the persons whether they were worthie or not and the faithfulnesse of the seruant which so plainly declared the truth to his master And this is the pure meaning of the wordes other doctrines can none be drawen from hence and therefore let vs giue praise to God for that which hath beene spoken The end of the fifth Lecture The sixt Lecture Chap. 2. Verse 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. 8 Then sayd Boas to Ruth Hearest thou my daughter go to none other field to gather neither go from hence but abide here by my maidens 9 Let thine eies be on the field that they doo reape and go after the maidens Haue I not charged the seruantes that they touch thee not Moreouer when thou art thirstie go vnto the vessels and drinke of that which the seruants haue drawen 10 Then shee fell on her face and bowed her selfe to the ground and sayd vnto him How haue I found favour in thy eies that thou shouldest knowe mee since I am a stranger 11 And Boaz answered and sayd vnto her All is tolde shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in law since the death of thy husband and how thou hast lefte thy father and mother and the land where thou wast borne and art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in times past 12 The Lord recompence thy worke and a full reward bee giuen thee of the Lord God of Israel vnder whose wings thou art come to trust 13 Then she said Let me find fauor in thy sight my Lord for thou hast comforted me spoken to the hart of thy handmaid yet I shall not be like to one of thy maides 14 And Boaz said vnto her At meale time come thou hether and eate of the bread and dippe thy morsell in the vineger and she sate beside the reapers c. IN these wordes the holy Ghost declareth the coÌ„munication which Boaz had with Ruth for so soone as he vnderstood who she was he turneth his speech from the man to the woman This conference according to the number of the persons hath two partes The first is of Boaz and the second of Ruth The first parte which respecteth Boaz is the singular curtesie he offereth to Ruth ver 8.9.14 Wherin first he biddeth her to gleane freely among his maidens not onely in that fielde but also wheresoeuer the reapers bestowe themselues secondly he commandeth his seruants that they doo her no iniurie but giue her drinke when she is thirstie and himselfe called her to meate and gaue her so liberally that she being sufficed left for her mother The other part which concerneth Ruth is her manner of behauior to this curteous intertainment of Boaz wherein first shee boweth her selfe to the ground verse 10 secondly she confesseth the greatnesse of his kindnesse in the same verse because she was a stranger and her vnworthinesse of anie benefit vers 13 because shee should be as one of his maidens For this speech of Ruth Boaz sheweth the cause of all his curtesie ver 11. because shee had dealt so well with her mother in lawe and had forsaken countrie and kindred to come to the people of God therefore shee deserued to be honourably intreated secondly he prayeth for her ver 12 that the Lord would not frustrate his promise deceiue her hope but recompence her labour and shield her with his wings Of these partes let vs speake in order as the spirit shall giue vtterance and the time permit Then sayd Boaz. So soone as hee vnderstoode who that woman was whereof hee had demaunded his seruant hee turneth his speech vnto her that so soone as might be he might comfort her afflicted pouertie and testifie any good will to a godly stranger where first of al it is commendable that he vouchsafeth to cal so base a person by the name of Daughter for truly this louing word bewrayeth the tender affection of a godly heart forgetting his lofty degree and calling an abiect stranger by the name of daughter which proueth that hee longed to giue vnto her some comfort of kindnes This humble and most tender title of daughter and sonne are very vsual in the scripture for when the Lord would comfort the Church of the Iewes against the blasphemies of Senacherib Rabsakeh he calleth it a virgine the daughter of Sion as if he had said euen as a father is carefull for the wealth of his daughter so do I watch for the welfare of my church in like manner Christ our sauiour comforted the women that wept at his death by the name of the daughters of Ierusalem Out of the which we gather this profitable doctrine that it is one property and duety of an humble minde to speake kindly where it wisheth

consideration giue liberally to all but with speciall fauour do good to the godly for you see Boaz telleth this second cause of her forsaking both countrey and kindred as if hee were bound to do for such as for his owne children thereby signifying that if wee haue neuer so much to giue yet wee can neuer giue inough to the saintes of God This our sauiour signifieth when he saith There were many widdowes in Israel in the dayes of Eliah yet to none was hee sent but to Sarephthah a cittie of Zidon to a woman a widdowe as if hee had sayde as God with speciall kindnes releeued her in the three yeeres famine euen so must wee with the like fauour succour the godly and labouring poore Therefore when Paule biddeth do good vnto all hee addeth especially to the household of faith This is profitable for our dayes that wee might also learne to whome we may giue for now our land is full of wandering and roaguing beggers who as their life is most base yet their manners are far worse first they worke not at all but are idle and hee that worketh not must not eate because he walketh inordinatly secondly they are for the most parte vtterly voide of all feare of God atheistes ignorant persons blasphemers prophaners of Sabaothes disobedient to magistrates and maisters common whooremaisters and whoores hauing almost euerye weeke newe husbands and wiues theeues and such drones as sucke away the almes from poore labouring persons They will praye at euery doore for any simple reliefe with their hats on their heades most unreuerently but if any man appeare before them they will presently breake off their prayers and vncouer their heades esteeming more of the presence of a seely man or woman then of the maiestye of the eternall God if they bee not satisfied they will curse more vehementlye then before they prayed earnestly Those are the poore which get our almes but for other I heare of few for I speake nothing but that which I haue heard and seene with my owne eyes And to speake nothing of their changing of their voyce their counterfaiting sores and their common drunkennes I thinke I maye euerie way conclude they are the caterpillers of our countrey the Canaanits of our common wealth the vngodliest and vnprofitablest members among vs. For whome I haue two sutes the one to the magistrats that so often as they finde such persons they would duety execute the lawe vppon them that the other may beware and my other to the people that they would bee deafe at their cryes and shut vp their compassions from them and bestowe it vppon the poore labourers among vs to encourage them with patience to endure their trauailes and to discourage the other from this kind of wicked life Whatsoeuer you giue them is but seede cast into the sea whereof shall neuer come any profit but those that are of the house of the Lord let vs wishe them prosperity The Lord recompense This is the second parte of this replie of Bohaz which is his prayer for Ruth wherein as wee shewed you are deliuered two thinges first that the Lord would giue her some reward secondly hee comforteth her in that hee telleth her shee is come to trust vnder the wings of God Where first of all heere seemeth some holde for popish merites seeing hee prayeth for a recompense and perfect reward Therefore it may be probably gathered will they say from hence that workes after faith merite grace for heere I cannot conceale the subtilty of our English papists which they learned from the Remish Seminarie being asked whither workes merit they answere no meaning those workes which goe before faith whereas they euerie one doo confidently beleeue that workes after fayth doo merite eternall life Thus they blinde our eyes with the schoole distinction of workes before faith and after faith that they might the better couer their sophistrie but we praysed be God for it most confidently affirme that no workes eyther before or after faith doe concurre in the matter or cause of iustification As for workes before faith wee acknowledge they are sinne for whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne and for workes after faith we constantly beleeue with Paul that our saluation commeth not by them But let vs come to this scripture and continue a little with our saluation workers We grant Bohaz prayeth for a reward What then therefore works eyther merite or he prayeth amisse both which wee denie and will confirme by this scripture First did Bohaz thinke that Ruth had merited by this forsaking of her countrey I answere no why then doth he pray for her if she had deserued it God is not vniust hut hee that commanded that the hire of a labourer shoulde not bee kept backe one night woulde not or needed not to be intreated for that which he must of necessity performe By the which we see that the praier of Bohaz the merite of Ruth the iustice of God cannot stand together Secondly for what cause doth hee praye for a recompense Was it not because shee had forsaken her owne idolatrous people to come to the Lordes common wealth yes verily it was so Then was it of faith or of workes no worke assuredly but faith for faith caused Moyses when hee was growen vp to forsake the courte of Pharao and to ioyne himselfe with God his afflicted people Faith caused Abraham to come into the land of promise from his owne idolatrous countrey and this same faith caused Ruth to come from the Countrey of Moab to the people of the Iewes and therefore Bohaz addeth that she was come to trust vnder the winges of God but confidence proceedeth of faith and not of workes Therefore to conclude Bohaz prayeth for such a rewarde as God had promised to all the faithfull for as the sunne looketh vpon the earth and the earth looketh vpon the sunne again so faith respecteth the promise of God and the promise of God regardeth faith because it is written whosoeuer beleeueth in me hath euerlasting life but whosoeuer beleeueth not though hee purchase landes for Catholikes build Churches ordaine chaunteries and got neuer so farre on pilgrimage yet is hee condemned already But now they wil renewe their wonted outcry saying we preach for faith we condemne works wee driue men to a wicked life and tell them all is well if they beleeue wel we condemne say they housekeeping giuing to the poore with builders of colledges and Churches and founders of hospitals with all charitable actions but these are great thunderclappes but yet without rayne I aske the resolutest papist liuing where euer he read any of these in all the writinges of the protestants once meÌ„tioned w t out singular coÌ„mendatioÌ„ for I am sure none of you y t are resolute papists wil come to the churches to hear our preachers speak against them yet you crie out beleeue them not they broche heresies This is brought vnto you by

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