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A07288	Saint Peters chaine consisting of eight golden linckes, most fit to adorne the neckes of the greatest states, nobles, and ladies in this land, as the chiefest iewell of true nobilitie: and not vnfit for the meaner sort. Digested into eight chapters, and published by R.M. minister. With a praier annexed to the end of euerie chapter.	Mavericke, Radford, b. 1560 or 61.	1596 (1596)	STC 17683; ESTC S112697	95,593	198

vnto Christ saying vnto him Beholde wee haue 45. found him of whome Moyses did write in the lawe and in the Prophetes By faith Nathanael sayth vnto Iesus thou art the Sonne of God thou art the Kinge of Israell 49. because Christ said hee saw him vnder a fig-tree By faith Simon Peter and the Sonnes of Zebedee leaue their fishing and Mat. 4.18 21. nettes to follow Iesus after that hee had tolde them that he would make them fishers of men By faith Mathew the customer left all his Mat. 9.9 gaine to follow Iesus By faith Sainte Paul Saint Steuen and all the Apostles of Christ 2. Cor. 11. endured all labours and daungers imprisonment 23 mockings scourgings death it selfe Acts. 7.59 for the name of Christ and for the worke of the ministerie By faith infinite Martyrs and the Saints of God since the time of the Apostles haue done likewise By faith Zacheus made this protestation from his heart Luk. 19.8 saying Behold Lord the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore and if I haue done anye man wrong I restore him fowerfolde to whom Christ answered This day saluation is come into thine house By faith the good Mat. 8.10 Centurion said that Christ was able to heale his seruant with his onely worde of whose faith Christ himselfe gaue this commendation that he had not found so great a faith no not in Israel By faith the poore woman of Canaan saide vnto Christ that it was lawfull for Mat. 15.28 dogges to eate vp the crummes which fall from their Masters table whose fayth also Christ highly cōmended saying vnto her Woman great is thy faith bee it vnto thee euen as thou wilt But what stand I to reckon vp more examples to this purpose let vs looke vp into the starres of heauen and if we be able to number them then may wee also bring into a The starres of heauen and the faithfull children of Abraham innumerable reckoning all the true sonnes of Abraham registred in the booke of Gods remēbrance for their strong and stedfast faith in the promises of God made vnto Adam Abraham and the rest of Gods elect since the beginning of the worlde These examples which I haue noted and manye other which of purpose I omit are surelye written for our learning that wee through patience Rom. 15.4 and comforte of the Scripture might haue hope Last of all the great and glorious titles wherby the faithfull are called in the Scripture How the faithful are named in the Scripture make not a little to the commendation of this faith whereof wee speake The faithfull are called the sonnes of God the sonnes of light liuing stones the temple of the holye Ghost the bodye of Christ the housholde of God the fellow Cittizens of 2. Cor. 6. 18 Luk. 16.8.1 Pet. 2.5.1 Cor. 6.19 Eph. 1.23 2.6 1. Pet. 2.9 the Saints a royall Priesthoode a holy nation a peculiar people Wherfore seeing we haue heard so great commendation of faith and faithfull people what maruaile is it that the Scripture euerye where doeth exhorte vs vnto faith and that Christ himselfe and all his Apostles did take so great paines to bring the world vnto the obedience of faith by the preaching of the Gospell and reioce in nothing more then to heare see how that the Churches of God where the Gospell hath beene preached did continue in their faith Therefore Saint Paule in the first to the Romanes did thanke God that their faith Rom. 18. was published throughout the world And Coloss 1.2 in the first to the Collossians hee beginneth thus To the saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ and by and by he saith We giue thankes to God since we heard of your faith 3. in Christ Iesus And againe in the seconde Chapter hee saith I reioyce to behold your Chap. 2. 5. order and stedfast faith in Christ And in the first to the Thessalonians and first he saith 1 Thess 1.2 We giue God thankes for you without ceasing remembring your effectuall faith And in the second to Timothie first he calleth 3 to remembrance the vnfayned faith which 2 Tim 1.5 dwelt first in his grandmother Lois and in his mother Eunice And to Philemon hee writeth thus I giue thanks when I heare of Phile. 1.4 5. thy loue and faith What doth all this signifie vnto vs but that this saith whereof wee speake is most excellent in the sight of God and man Hence commeth it to passe that the same Apostle doth so earnestly exhort vs vnto this 1 Cor 16 13. faith to abide in it Stand fast in the faith saith he quite you like men and be strong Againe hee saith Proue your selues whether 2.13.5 ye are in the faith Againe We walk by faith and not by sight Againe Aboue all Ephes 6 16 1 Tim. 1 5 6.11 12 take the shielde of faith wherewith ye may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked Againe The ende of the commandement is loue out of a pure harte and of a good conscience of faith vnfained And vnto Timothy he saith But thou O man of God follow after righteousnes godlinesse faith loue patience meekenes and so forth Faith must fight for vs. 2. Tim. 1.13 By and by hee saith Fight the good fight of faith Againe keepe the true patterne of the wholesome wordes which thou hast hearde of mee in faith and loue in Christ Iesus Againe hee bids vs to doe good vnto all but especially to them that are of the housholde Tit. 2 2 of faith And to Titus he saith let the elder men be sound in the faith And in the Epistle Heb 4 2. Gods word profiteth not without faith 11.6 to the Hebrewes it is saide that Gods worde profiteth vs not except it bee mixt with faith And without faith it it is impossible to please God For a conclusion therefore Christ himselfe saith Bee faithfull vnto the death I wil giue thee the crown of life What tounge then can expresse the Reuel 2.10 excellencie of faith and the profite wee receiue by it Contrariwise all woe and miserie is theirs that haue not this faith for All woe is theirs that haue not faith Rom. 14.23 without faith whatsoeuer wee doe is sinne whether we pray reade sing eate drinke labour or whatsoeuer wee doe without this faith I say it is sinne Iannes Iambres are compared with the reprobates that want 1 Tim. 3.8 2 Tim. 1.20 faith Hymeneus and Alexander are noted with eternall infamie because they made shipwracke of their faith For want of faith the man in the Gospel that presumed to come to the wedding was bounde hande and foote and cast into vtter Mat. 22.12 13. darkenes there shall be weeping gnashing of teeth Finally as vnbeleefe was the cause that so many thousands died in the wildernesse and

other mens worke that shall goe about to counterfaite the same with any base golde or copper that hath not beene tried by the perfecte touchstone of the word of God nor weighedin the ballance of the sanctuary And this is done surely to great purpose for as no golde-smith be he neuer so skilful can make any worke of his finest golde but some shifting mates or other will counterfaite the same in Copper and double-gilde it ouer with golde in such sort that except it betryed two or three times by the touch it shall not appeare that it is counterfaite Euen so Sainte Peter knowing that there Many counterfaiters of vertue in the world would arise many such deceauers in the last age of the world that would counterfait his Chaine making shew to the world that they haue faith vertue knowledge temperance patience godlines and brotherly kindnes when in truth being tryed by the touch it is nothing so hee therefore me thinketh addeth of set purpose vnto his Chaine this golden True loue can hardly be counterfaited A similitud linke of loue which cannot well bee coloured or counterfaited For as the Camelion can chaunge himselfe into any colour except it be white so the wicked impes of Sathan can counterfaite euery vertue except it be loue and charitie the which thing when they would also goe about to doe the heate of their malicious stomaks euer more be wraie them by this lincke then of loue charitie it shall appeare who are truely vertuous and who are counterfaite hypocrites and dissemblers Furthermore this loue whereunto Saint Peter here exhorteth vs is a true note wherby the children of God are knowne and a badge which euerye Christian ought to Loue the badge of Christians weare Therefore loue may bee called the badge of Christians Noble and gentlemen wee see that their retinue and attendants may be knowne when they receiue any man into their seruice giue them a badge or recognisance Euerie souldier in the fielde Similies knoweth of what band he is by the ensigne that is borne before him Christ Iesus therefore that most noble and victorious Captaine that hath vanquished sinne death and hell to the end hee might haue his souldiers and Christ will haue his souldiers knowne from Sathans seruants knowne from all other hath assigned vnto them a peculiar badge or recognisance such as cannot bee countersaited and it is indeede this loue which S. Peter speaketh of By this saith Christ shall all men Ioh. 13.35 know that yee are my Disciples if yee loue one an other This badge of loue must bee plated fast not in the sleeue but in the harts of Christians the Mettal whereof this badge Loue must be in the hearte of loue is made doth farre exceede al golde or siluer for golde will not appeare if it bee couered with any other thing but loue the closer it is hid in the heart the brighter wil it shine throughout all the parts of the body Like vnto a precious stone called the Topaze that glittereth or shineth best in the Loue like vnto a precious stone that shineth best in the darke darke And indeed how can it be otherwise Can it bee darke in that house where the Sunne shineth in through the Glasse windowes Nay can that place of the firmament bee darke where the Sunne abideth No verily much lesse can that soule and body of man be dark where God himselfe which is all light remaineth Now God is loue as saith Saint Iohn Beloued 1. Ioh. 4.7 let vs loue one an other for loue commeth of God euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God contrariwise he that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue Againe he saith No man hath seene 8. GOD at any time if wee loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect Vers 12. in vs. Againe he saith God is loue and hee that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and 16. and God in him What diuine and heauenly thing then is Christian loue and charitie How doth this one lincke beautifie this golden Chaine Who would not bee in loue with such a Iewell where God himselfe is engrauen in the middest Many thinke they Loue a principall Iewell are safe when they haue a Crucifixe of gold siluer or copper hanging about their neckes though their harts be ful of hatred sinne and mallice But O beloued here is a rich and precious Iewell worthie the wearing the Crucifixe is but a fayned and false picture of the body of Christ whereby if thou take Crucifixe dangerous not heede thou mayest soone commit Idolatrie ●…fat least the very wearing of it be not Idolatrie but if thou haue this Iewel of loue in thine hart then thou needest not feare the force of thine enemies for thou hast God abiding with thee and if God be with thee who can preuaile against thee There bee Rom. 2 31. indeede poore Politicians nowe a daies which think it good policie but it is against Diuinitie though thou bee no Papist but percase a Newter or an Atheist to haue a Poysonfull pollititians Crucifixe alwaies hanging about thy neckes for say they if the Spaniards who are poysoned Papists should inuade this land they will vse thee well for thy Crucifixe sake But it is sounder Diuinitie better agreeing with Christianity in thy confidence that Hee that hath confidence in God wil defie Gods enemies thou hast in God to defie both Pope and popish Spaniards the open and professed enemies of God and of Christ his annointed and to harbour loue in thine heart whereby thou mayst assure thy selfe to be the souldiour of Christ who is able to defend thee will defend thee trusting in GOD if it be for his glorie and thy saluation from the force of all enemies whatsoeuer Surely this fearefulnes that is in the harts of people as it doth argue great wickednes and guiltinesse of their consciences so it is a A guiltie conscience cannot be bold Iohn 4. 17. manifest signe that the loue of God is not in them For as S. Iohn saith herein is loue perfect in vs that we should haue boldnes not onely in this life against our enemies but also in the day of iudgement Againe he saith There is no feare in loue but perfecte 18. loue casteth out feare and hee that feareth is not perfect in loue if therefore thou wilt not be afraide of thine enemies in this life nor of damnation in the life to come entertaine Loue casteth out fere true loue and Charitie in thine hearte and mind Loue God aboue al thy neighbour as thy selfe for therein consisteth the Mat. 22.37 whole law and the Prophets as our Sauiour Christ doth witnesse And Saint Paul saith Rom. 13.9 the Law is fulfilled in one word Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Againe loue hurteth not his neighbour therefore is loue the fulfilling