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A04902 Lectures of John Knewstub, vpon the twentith chapter of Exodus, and certeine other places of Scripture Seene and allowed according to the Queenes maiesties iniunctions. Knewstubs, John, 1544-1624. 1577 (1577) STC 15042; ESTC S106684 202,339 374

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can neuer be at league vnlesse we will be at one with euill Moreouer the bloud which is spilt in any land and the wickednesse that is committed therein cryeth to the Lord for vengeaunce against that land and people wherin it is committed and is sure to drawe out the sworde of the Lord against that people if the Magistrate who is the Lords Lieutenaunt shall not before drawe vppon it by executing deserued punishment against it Which thinge to be so the very Infidels haue perceiued and therefore in their greate afflictions haue proceeded by casting of lottes to knowe the malefactour that by his punishmente the euill might be remoued from them as wee reade the mariners dealte wih Ionas when the tempeste was moste vehement against them Therefore often times in the Scriptures after charge giuen to execute punishment against sinne these or such like wordes are added So shalt thou take euill away forth of the middest of thee And these also That the Lord may turne from the fiercenesse of his wrath and shewe thee mercie and haue compassion on thee Solomon charging Benaia as it appeereth in the booke of kinges to slay Ioab addeth these wordes That thou mayest take away the bloud which Ioab shed causelesse from me and from the house of my Father The Magistrate therefore as hee keepeth the bloudie hand of the vngodly from vs so is he our sanctuarie from their sinne that pursueth vs our land to destroy vs while he executeth iustice vppon it Miserable therefore are the Anabapistes and suche kinde of men who in denying Magistracie denie thereby those greate comfortes and blesinges whiche GOD by them hath graunted vnto his people The Magistrate also bindeth the benefite and helpe of all degrees of men and trades of life vnto vs so that in denying vs their lawfull ayde wee haue remedie of lawe against them whereby they stand bounde to employ them selues without deceipt or fraude to our good whether it bee in place of Iustice vnder the Prince chiefe Magistrate or in any trade or occupation for the maintenance of them selues while we haue so many lawes to correct the abuses in them that thereby they may bee vsed without guile or deceipt to our most profite But the chiefest benefite of all other is when they are the instruments of Gods glorie in bringing the Gospell to vs and maynteining it amongst vs whē they open the eyes of the seers and Prophets that they be no more shut cause the heart of the foolish to vnderstand knowledge and make the tongue of the stutter readie to speake distinctlie as it is spoken of all godlie magistrates vnder the person of Ezechias By which meanes of the Gospell euil is disclosed that it can no more lurk vnder the name of that it is not but appearing in his moste filthie face may the better be auoyded and good thinges are brought to their beautie and increase that they may be stronger to allure vnto them the heartes of all those that haue any loue of good things within them whiche are in the place aboue named recited as fruites that followe the receiuing of the Gospell By this wee haue some taste of those blessings of God whiche we doe receiue by meanes of magistrates how many they bee in number and how worthie in deseruing From this sight muste arise the true honouring of them for so doeth the Apostle teache vs to the Romanes who ▪ when firste hee hath taught that the magistrate is appointed for the terrour of the euill and prayse of the good he concludeth that therefore wee must be subiect vnto magistrates not onely for feare of their punishment but also for conscience of the good that they doe vnto vs least as sayeth Chrysostome vppon those wordes thou shouldest bee vnthankfull towarde a benefactour It were too longe to stand vpon the benefites that other inferiours receiue from those whome the Lorde hath set aboue them onelie this doe I require of all inferiours to enter into some diligent consideration thereof in so doeing I am sure that they shall finde them farre to exceede the opinion that before they had of them It is therefore verye meete and requisite that our dutie towardes them in all thinges should bee such as may well bee called a true honouring of them and a right regarde of so greate benefites as we doe receiue by them The opinion of those men who restraine honour onely to some ciuil outwarde gesture of the body is so friuolous and vaine as it doth scarce deserue the honour of an aunswere That honour is not onely seene in ciuil gestures of the bodie but also in outwarde dedes to be done as may appere in the first Epistle to Timothie where the holie Ghoste speaking of the mainteynaunce of them that labour in the worde calleth it Honour affirming that such doe deserue double honour And in the same Chapiter he admonisheth Timothie to honour widowes that haue no kinred to prouide for them meaning that he should se so good prouision to be made for suche as they mighte take them selues honoured therein And our Sauiour Christe reproued the Phariseies as contemners of the commaundement of God commaunding parentes to be honoured when they gaue counsell to their children to offer vp those thinges in the Temple whiche ought to haue beene bestowed towardes the reliefe of their poore parentes By these testimonies wee may cleerely see that such things as doe wittnesse our greate regarde and louing affections towards others are iustly called by the name of honour and they truely honoured therein ▪ There is a promise annexed to this commaundement that it shall go well with suche as honour their superiours and that their dayes shall be prolonged here vpon earth The promise in equitie is very well aunswearing to the thing it selfe that those who are thankful to the instrumentes of GOD wherby he hath either begunne continued or any way blessed their life should haue the blessing of manye good dayes and that they who are vnthankfull to those his instrumentes of life should in iustice be depriued of the benefite of liuing beeing so vnthankful and vnduetiful to the instruments thereof The transgression against this commaundemente threateneth the shortening of life vnto the rebellious and disobedient whiche punishment if it be not executed against his person will not faile to finde out his seede and posteritie in whom he is said after a manner to liue Contrarywise obedience to our Parentes continueth vs our posteritie according as it is written in Ieremie Because yee haue obeyed the commandement of Ionadab your father therefore thus sayth the Lord of hostes the GOD of Israel Ionadab the sonne of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for euer A greate blessing of God to haue a heyre male of our owne seed wherein our name may be cōtinued vnto many generations The Verbe that heere is translated of a Verbe Passiue hath vsually in the Scripture
did ouerflowe the worlde in the dayes of Noe according as it is written in Genesis Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire they toke them wiues of all that they liked Therefore the Lord said My spirite shal not alwayes striue with man because he is but fleshe c. Here vppon we see the euill beginning and the iust punishment of suche as pollute marriage whiche shoulde be kept in all obedience and holinesse For marriage is the nourcerie of Christianitie Nowe if the nource be a drie nource not hauing any true feare and seruice of God shal she not be guiltie of those that sterue vnder her hand Or shal their cruel carelesnesse be vnpunished that dare commit heires of so great an inheritance vnto such nources destitute altogether of any nourishment fitte and conuenient for them The learned giue this reason why in the books of kinges there is so continuall mention made of their mothers who were Kings that the children are by nature giuen to followe muche the inclination of their mothers and that education whiche they receiue from them and therefore that diligent care should be had to make suche choice as were likely to bring the benefite of Christian education to their children and posteritie This is the first thing whiche is required to make a godly and chaste life in marriage Euen to marrie in the Lorde As this choice is the beginning of a godly and chaste life so loue and heartie good affection is the thing that doth continue it For the increasing whereof it was prouided in the olde Testament that the newe married man should not go on warfare neither be charged with any publique businesse but be free at home one yeare reioyce with the wife whiche he had taken to the ende there might be suche vniting of mindes as afterwardes were not easily to be fundered This also had the Lorde respect vnto in that lawe which as we haue heard before was made to cure the iealous affection of the man. This loue shall then be surely continued when either partie shall perfourme that which the Lord hath laide vpon them humbling themselues vnder the burden of obedience which he hath charged thē withal which is for the man as we are taught by the Apostle Peter that he giue honour vnto the woman as the weaker vessel making a supplie of her weakenesse and that want whiche by nature shee hathe of many gyftes graunted vnto man by his loue and hartie good affection declared vnto her euen as in the bodie of man the stronger members giue diligent care and support vnto the weaker alwayes taking heede that he suffer no contempte to abide in his heart much lesse in his dede towards her who is fellowe heire with him of the grace of life as the Apostle witnesseth in the same place therfore may not haue her life made by contempt or outragious dealing so bitter and grieuous as it may rather be called a curse then a grace and mercifull gyft of God. But the chiefe cause whiche shoulde moue a christian moste is left their prayers and seruice of God be reiected whiche cannot be acceptable vnto him while there abideth wrathe and displeasure in the hart towards any but especially if there be iarring and dissention with those with whome we should be moste at one For prayer is the lifting vppe of pure handes without wrathe as the Apostle testifieth to Timothie The man behauing himselfe thus according to the commandement of God shall do the duetie which to him belongeth to continue a chast and godly life For the wife it is required by the apostle in the same place that she be of a meeke gentle and quiet spirit whiche the holy ghost requireth her to be apparelled withall setting it in the place of all outward vaine attyring of them selues as that which is precious before God and most able to allure the heartes of good men affirming this to haue beene the attire of holy womē in times past which trusted in god who for that they trusted in him committed them felues to the ornamentes prescribed by him not fearing contempt but assuredly beleeuing that in that his way he both coulde and woulde giue fauour vnto them in the eyes of their husbandes It is worthy the noting that hee maketh it the attyre of them that trusted in God for therein he plainely giueth foorth that the outwarde vaine setting out of them selues sauoureth of mistrust and feare of contempt whatsoeuer be pretended and that if they trust in God they shall not neede to feare that their meeknesse and quietnesse can bring any contempt with it but that it shall be rewarded with liking from the lord It is also required that they be reuerently subiect vnto their husbandes in all things as was Sarai who vsed such speach of reuerence calling him syr as did witnesse of the heart that it did honour him which if it be refused neither is that benefite graunted vnto their weaknesse of a head and guide acknowledged whiche is great vnthankfulnesse both vnto God and to their husbande neither yet that gouernement obeyed which the Lord hath put them vnder which is intollerable disobedience The place therefore that they are in must be acknowledged with all humilitie and the duties laide vpon them by the Lorde perfourmed that there may bee continuance of their godly and chaste loue Thus no occasion must be giuen vnto sathan by either of them thorough alienation of minde and breach of loue in not perfourming their seuerall dueties to make any way or passage to the vngodly and vnchast liking or vsing of any other Yong men shall then giue them selues to the dueties of this commaundement when they shall haue learned sobrietie temperaunce a gifte that brideleth their affections in pleasures as eating drinking and vaine setting forth of them selues in apparel not suffering them to haue all that they require herein but cutting thē short of that they wold yea of some part and of that also which honestly they might haue alwayes being short rather than in any respect beyond that the is conuenient for men of their degree so that they neede not to feare the iudgement of any indifferent men being alwayes a good deale within the compasse of their state and calling but neuer without giuing foorth testimonie by that meanes to al men of their modest temperate and sober minde which the holy Ghoste calleth the ornament of young men And the Apostle Paule warneth Titus to exhorte them vnto this gifte and grace of young yeares a verie profitable meane to driue away vnchast conuersation Women also are exhorted vnto this temperance and sobrietie and vnto modestie and shamefastnesse which is the roote and beginning of it by the Apostle Paule to Timothie who willeth in that place that their apparell may speake and declare the shamefastnesse of their minde which dare not put foorth it selfe vnto all that