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A16985	An exposition vpon the Lords Prayer, compared with the Decalogue as it was preached in a sermon, at Oatelands: before the most noble, Henry Prince of Wales. Aug. 13. Anno 1603. VVith a postscript, to advertise of an error in all those that leaue out the conclusion of the Lords Prayer. Also, the Creed is annexed, vvith a short and plaine explication of the article, commonly called: He descended to hell. By Hugh Broughton.	Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612.	1613 (1613)	STC 3867; ESTC S114812	24,569	42

the joy of our soules and it were better for us that we were never born then to misse of this for the price is Gehenna While the families that hoped in Christ were few that one Bishop might teach them the Law was not written Sem Arphaxad Selah Heber Abraham and his sonnes by Returah whence Iob was Isaac Iacob Ioseph taught theirs the redemtion by word of mouth equitie by the Law of nature But when Israel multiplied a few suffised not to be Bishops then a Law was written and all Israel fortie yeeres had leasure to learne it And Levites were the common Bishops in the land as Bishop Eleazar speciall one PAKID a man of charge is Episcopus in the LXX 1 Timoth. 3. But not Levites onely were learned Al Paroches through the twelue Tribes had their Doctors of their owne and all of Israel often and no Levite as some were only of Levites in their 48 townes lotted to Levi and the high Councill might be all of Israel or all of Levi as it should fal out The Synagogues or Paroches had nothing to doe with sacrifice nor had any ceremonie of Levi no cope of Linnen as Aaron neither linnen only one shirt a Girdle and a Cappe as Levites in the Temple Neyther might they any more imitate Aharons attire then they might sacrifice there In their Synagogues they read the Law and all saving hand-laborers thrice a weeke from Childhood frequented Divinitie-scholes Of them the chief were chosen to rule and to teach after Angelus Ecclesiae had read or they might by sage leaue read after reading the chosen to rule and to teach called Elders or Bishops desired the best in esteem to speake or after often approbation they might offer their payns And this Policie Luc. 4. and 1 Corin. 14. alloweth So reason bred this policie and the holy Nation practised the same 1400 yeres knowing it a hard point to sanctifie Gods Law and to beware the taking of Gods Name in vayn Many high poyn●s stand herein The truth of the Texts of both Testaments for the purenes of Coppies and the right helps for understanding the sufficiencie of Gods Word for salvation these be the chiefest and all deceived kingdomes are cursed for missing herein and the best may begin to looke better about them And all of wealth must know that their bent must be to know how to sanctifie Gods name As rash swearers so al deceived doe take Gods name in vayn Wherfore all that are of abilitie should from youth know the Law and all wel might by skilfull guides and a kingdome of Glorie must haue many glorious in it and they be simple that hope by bare hearing of Sermons to become learned As many Gentlemen spend their tyme to sanctifie Gods name so all should the most part would if Teachers learned before they taught The effect of this maketh the kingdome of heauen to be amongst us that men should obey God in CHRIST on earth as the Angels obey being sent out ministring spirits for them that shall inherit salvation For that we haue one day in the Law the seauenth day which Adam kept and all the Fathers til in Egypt they forsook Gode Then they found by Manna not rayned that day which was the sabboth and they are commanded to remember and keep that Day holy And that day our Lord rested wholly in the graue and so finished the Ceremonie And his resurrection bringing light into the world made the day where in God sayd Let there be light as it was the first in order to be also the first in dignitie In the beginning the first day after Adam fell Adam bestowed in sacrifice to meditate on Christ his Rest and the first day after performance of that Rest became the LORDS DAY which Angels with most comfortable joy celebrate in the Gospell and in which our Lord often shewed himself wherefore the Church kept it Act. 20. and Apoc. 1. our Lord appeared unto Iohn in Patmos and took away the covering from all the Bible on that day being called the LORDS Day So the same authoritie which appointed Adam the next day to his fall to Rest in hope of Christ appointeth us the next to our Lords Rest performed most absolutely Adam was to studie upon the Creation which his fall brought under vanitie and upon the hope of better Rest And we are to joy in the day of our Light manifested unto the world and a plaine token of the new world So the Iewes Sabboth and ours tende both to one and the same purpose though the day be altered And their universal consent standeth from Moses playn narration for the word of not eating of the Tree of knowledge of good and evill and Satans reply and the eating and sentences and losse of Paradise that all fell the same day the first day of man and accordingly at noone day our Lord on the tree began the Combat with Satan and at the cool of the day went into his kingdome through the vaile of his flesh leaving this world which the Latine heathen call Descendere ad Inferos the Grekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Iewes to returne to God or to asceud And they are barbarous babes that know neyther Latin Creek nor Ebrew nor Divinitie whither just soules were to goe The terme Kingdoms is taken in three degrees 1. For Gods powre over all 2. for his mercies manifestation and 3. for the happie state of glorie in heauen But all goe by knowledge together they which know God aright as Governour will embrace him as a Redeemer and shal finde him an eternall comforter For these degrees wee pray but the second is most of difficultie for the minde to goe up to heauen to bring Christ downe and to goe to the deep to bring Christ from the dead and to dye with Christ and to seeke those things which are aboue Therefore Gods powre in Christ is by the noblest part called the kingdome of Heauen And the government in the Gospel affaires to cherish and rule men in the Church is the policie of heauen The Iewes though they many of them knew not the person of Christ yet they had haue all that the Apostles teach and therefore therein no strife was in al the N. Testament both sides held the same minde for the old Testament and differed not for one letter Both held the same Common places from Moses and agree saving in Traditions and about MESSIAH but for government they agreed Archysynagogus Readers of the Law and prophets the qualities of a Bishop or Elder the providing for the poor the manner of excommunication and absolution the Laws to bridle Elders from tyranny all these are the same in both and reason requireth so much and will suffer no more in effect And our Policie might soone come in equitie nere this if all Bishops were as many be and they which worst may would not be holden the Candle A translation by consent studie of

their owne it is unlawfull to plead before infidels Moses Bxod. 18. telleth that where the Rulers must be men of religion towards God also the Talmud teacheth the same and God confirmeth it 1 Cor. 6. saying Dare any of you plead before Infidels But here come doubts because God sayth Thou shalt make unto thee a King of thy Brethren The Iewes held it unlawfull to obey heathen and often rebelled against oth as did Zedekiah against Nebucadnetzar and Theudas and Barcosba against the Romans yet the Talmud taught that whē the Iewes admitted once the coine of any prince therein they acknowledged him their governour and our Lord confirmeth that acknowledgment upon the image superscription of Caesar And full often doth S. Paul teach that obedience S. Peter omitteth not the same doctrine both foresaw that as the Iewes rejected Governours because they would judge in their owne lawes so in tyme Scholers would among us pretending that Politicians in heathon studies were not fitt But Christianitie having no new matter but the Incarnation of the Angel of our Covenant the Eternall king of glorie and his Resurrection having I say no new matter but that wherein the world would staggar suffereth not Scholars to beare such sway but requireth others Politiciās always to be Bishops in their Paroches to censure the Messengers of the Church who should read learnedly the Bible which few can doe and which labor spendeth all a mans youth And all the sage should speak upon request and the rest judge In such assemblies one day might open all the Bible while plaine matters be only touched and only difficulties be handled But men loue darkenes and will haue other Elohim then God willeth And wheras God sayth Thou shalt not make unto thee Elohim of gold Elohim of silver The Scribes sitting in the chaire of Moses truly conclude that Governours that buy their places fall to be Elohim of gold and silver And Episcopi of Elders in policie of Gods people made by money may no more be honoured then an Idol The heathen knowen slaues of Satan had outward obedience till God by Civill Policie and Constantinus might did fell them and so Elohim of gold may haue in Courts but as men ha●● of all true hearts and men hateful unto God as Idols But the true Officer is worthy of double honour as the Prince Theophilus to whom God dedicated two parts of the N. Testament that all should follow such a Bishop and haue no Father nor Rabbi but God and his Vicars wherof Kings Rulers are the chief Episcopi and Elders and the Readers of the word which should be or rare skill yet are superiors only in diligence Al Iewes townes had Ros Ielibah an head of their councill Episcopus Tzophe as Antigonus successor to Alexander Macedon was holden Tzopheh or Episcopus of Asia But none of the Iewes Episcopi ruled saving for one voice and so farre he was Elohim When Ananias went further S. Paul gaue him over to Gods eternall curse and he and his sonne Eleazar authors of Rebellion brought Ierusalem to be Iebus againe and troden down while they knew not Elohim And thus much for the names that warn of right knowledge of God For God his honour two warnings are giuen the one for the eyes the other for the tongue but both depend upon the heart Now God dwelleth in light that none can come to and would by the frame of the world teach us of his eternall powre and Godhead But our sloth admiring the Creature will worship him by that So the stars were Heathens gods so the forme of a mans bodie is the Papists against that CHRIST engraved the Law in stone Thou shalt not make unto thy self any grauen Image or likenes of any thing that is in heauen or earth or the seas which the shore keepeth in the lower chanel God requireth the paynes of the minde to thinke upon him and to follow his Word and none of that course can abide Idols neither did Idol-knights ever admire Gods nature or loue his Word Nothing in the aire our next heauen or among the starrie heauen is like unto him but we must ascend into the third Heauen aboue all this visible world unto an unspekable light to think wel of God and in that light God is invisible and thence bringeth his hid Counsels into light for them that in minde worship him others be Batts and Mould-warts And when we say that our Father is in the third heauen we proclaime rejection of all that worship images as not being the children of God So we here goe aboue all eye-sight and ascend in our minds aboue this visible world unto the world of Soules whither all ascend either to joy in the light of God in heauen and Paradise or to woe of darknes of Hell and Torment All that in light of minde wil not ascend to heauen shal ascend to the throne of God to heare condemnation to haue on high a place of woe for ever and ever In the dayes of Enosh men corrupted the calling upon Gods name giving starres his glorie but the flood taught them the penaltie when their bodies became wrinkled by waters and their spirits went up to eternall prison So Babel was built to the worship of stars because men that made their bellies their god would and could not with their heavie hearts ascend the heauens but by tongues exhorted unto Idols name easie devotion For that God did cutte them off from Adams tongue and hope of his life for ever saving the few that would endure the minds paynes to search how God in Christ reconciled the world unto himself And God so hated the heathen that he gaue by Moses an hedge of Lawes to keep Israel from amitie with them euen for the verie powling the head that they should not be like the Arabians as Maymony full well expoundeth that Law Levit. 19. and all should still shunne the garment polluted by the fleshly minded men A further paynes of the minde is required for the honour of God to sanctifie his name and the Law forbidding to take his Name in vayn includeth that in a Commandement Now all Gods doctrine is called his Name all holy speaches of him In his LAW shal the nations trust Isa 42. In his NAME sayth Matth. 12. The Attributes ELOHIM IEHOVAH EL-SHADDAI ADONAI ●AH TZVR the Mightie the Eternall the All-sufficient the Stay of the World the Giver of life and breath the Rock such these are abridgements of the Bible and the Bible a Commentarie upon them So by NAME all holy doctrine is conteyned and we pray for knowledge in it as the Law maketh all guiltie that taketh his NAME in vayne Herein standeth the greatest care of true Christian Policie how all congregations may haue many Bishops to sanctifie Gods Name to know the truth and to speake it with fear and care In this standeth only