putt to death vpō a Crosse by the Gentiles The testimonie of Iosephus may suffice for all herein whose wordes are that the principal Ievves ofbis countrie hauing accused and deliuered ouer Iesus to Pilat that vvas Gouernour of Iurie for the Roman Emperour he adiudged hym to the Crosse. The same doe all other Iewes Gentiles recorde and in this they take great offence and scandale that we should attribute diuinitie vnto a man that had suffred on the Crosse. But if we shew that this was th' eternal preordination and appointement of God for sauing of mankinde and that the same was fortolde both to Iewe Gentile from the beginning and so vnderstood also by the Iuishe Doctors of elder tymes then euerie reasonnable man I trow will remaine satisfied and preferre Gods diuine wisdome before mās follie First then consider that when Christ had ended his preaching and wrought so manie miracles as seemed sufficient to his eternal wisdome and when the tyme was come preordained for his passion wherof he tolde publiquelie his disciples before he went vp to Hierusalem of purpose to receyue his death and made a solemne entrie into that Citie vpon an asse which was prophetied of hym by Zacharie manie yeares before Reioyce daughter of Sion Bcholde thie I VST KING SAVEOVR shall come vnto thec vpon an asse And after his abode some dayes in that place he was betrayed and solde by his owne disciple as Dauid beforehande in manie places had foretolde should come to passe Then folowed his apprehension and most seruile abusage by the Iewes wher of it was foreprophitied in his person by Esay I gaue my bodie to them that beate it and my cheekes to them that bussited the same I did not turne my self avvay from them that reproched mee nor yet from them that did spitte in my sace After this barbarous intreatie by the Iewes they deliuered hym ouer to Pilat a Gentile and neuer ceased to solicite and pursue their vnquenshable hatred against him vntil they sawe him on the Crosse. Where also he was vsed in the highest degree of spiteful dealīg Wherof the foresaid Dauid made mention longe before in the person of the Messias when he said they pearsed my handes and seete they deuided among them my apparaile and vpon my vpper Garmente they did caste lottes And aganie of another crueltie he cōplaineth saing they gaue me Gaule to eate and in my 〈◊〉 they refreshed me vvith vinegar And finallie that Christ should die for the sinnes of mankind ys a common principle bothe prefygured and foretolde throughout all the olde scripture Prefigured by the sacrifice of Isaac by the raising vp of the Brasen Serpent and by all other sacrifices that were in that lawe Fortolde not onely by the scriptures before aleadged but also must plainely by Daniel who was tolde by an Angel that after a certaine time by him there apointed vngetur sanctus senctorum The Saint of Saintes shal be anointed occidetur Christus this anointed Saint or Christ shal be put to death Zacharie also about the same time doth not onely fortel his death but also the kinde therof and from what people he should receyue the same for thus he saith in the person of Christ him self The inhabitantes of Icrusalem at that daye shal looke vpon me vvhom they haue Crucisied But if ye will reade the whole storie of Christs passion set downe at large 600 yeares before it fel out I referre you to a narration of Esay who to signifie the straungnes of the case begineth with this preface vvho vvill gyue credit to that vve shal reporte c. And then after a litle he goeth on in thes wordes He shall mount vp as a tvvigge from a drie earth He hath no fourme or beautie vpon him VVe beheld him and ther vvas no countenance in him vve savve him the most contemtible and dispised man in the vvorld A man full of paines and experienced in infirmitie His countenance vvas obscure and despicable and vve made no accompt of him Truly he tooke vpon him self our greefes and did beare our paines VVe accompted him as a leaper as a mā stricken and punished by God But he vvas vvounded for our iniquities and crushed in peaces for our vvickednes The discipline or correction of our peace lieth vpon him and by his vvoundes vve are made vvhole VVe haue all erred gone astraye like sheepe euery man after his ovvne vvayes and God hath layde vpon him the iniquitie of vs all He vvas offred vp for vs because he vvould soe he shal be led le to his slaughter as a sheepe and as a Lambe he shal be silent before his Shearours For the sinnes of my people haue I stricke thyn saith God He hath donne no iniquitie neither vvas there decepte founde in his mouth Yet vvould our Lord crush hym in infirmitie But if he shal gyue his life for sinne then shal he see a long seede or generation and the vvill of our Lord shal be derected in his hād And for so much as his soule hath susteined labour it shal see and be filled And this MY IVST SERVANT in his knovvledge shal Iustifie many and beare their iniquities And I vvil allotte vnto hym verie many people and he shal deuide the spoiles of the stoute for that he hath deliuered his soule vnto death and vvas accompted among the vvicked prayed for his transgressours Thus particularlie as ye see was the death and Passion of Christ foretolde by the Prophettes of Israel to that Nation Now heare ye the prophetie of Sibylla if ye please wherin she foreshewed the same to the Gētiles Thes are her wordes set downe by Lactātius He shal appeare miserable Ignominious and descurmed to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may giue hope vnto the miserable Aftervvard he shall come into the handes of most vvicked 〈◊〉 faithlesse men they shal busset hym vvith their sacrilegious fistes and shal spitte vpo hym vvith there vncleane mouthes He shal yeelde his innocent backe to the vvhippe and shal say nothing vvhile he receyueth the stripes to th end he may speake to those that are deade He shal 〈◊〉 Crovvne of thornes and they shal giue hym Gaule to eate and vinegar to drinke And this shal be the hospitalitie he shal finde amonge them What thinge can bee more plainly described then this Neither doe the Auncient Rabbines and teachers among the Iewes dessent from this For that in their Talmud that was gathered aboue 1200. yeares gone the plaine sentēce of diuers are sette downe that their Messias at his comming shal be put to death And as for Rabbi Ionathan Authour of the Chaldaie paraphrase who died a litle before Christ was borne he applieth the whole narration of Esay before recited as needes he must to the murder of the Messias by the Iewe. Whereupon RabbiSimeon that liked the next age after writeth thes
withstanding God saith as you see that the glorie of this second temple shal be much greater then the first by the comminge of Christ into the same Which thing Malachie the prophet that lyued at the same tyme when the second temple was in buildinge confirmeth yet more expresselie in thes wordes Beholde I send my Angel and he shal prepare the vvay before my face And straight after shal come to his temple the Lord or ruler vvhom you seeke and the MESSENGER OF THE TESTAMENT vvhome you desyre Beholde 〈◊〉 cometh cometh saith the Lord of hosles and vvho ca imagine the day of his comming or vvho can stande or abyde te see him for he shal be as a purging fire c. By all which is made euidēt that Christ must come and appeare in the seconde téple before it be destroyed as Iesus did and therfore he can not be new to come seing the laid temple was destroyed aboue 1500. year past by the Romas as hath bene said Which destruction and final desolation was prophetied by Daniel to ensue soone after the byrth and death of Christ in thes wordes After sixtie and tvvo heb 〈◊〉 Christ shal be slaine And a people vvith their Captaine to come shall destroye the Cittie and the Sanctuarie and th' ende therof shal be vastitie or spoile And after the vvarre ended there shall ensue th' appointed desolation Which prophetit to haue fallen out lytterallie about fortie yeares after Iesus was put to death when Ierusalem was destroyed and the temple ouerthrowen by Titus the storie of Iosephus the learned Iewe who was a Captaine against Titus in that warre doth manifestlie at large declare AND for that we haue made mention here of Daniels prpohetie concerning the particuler tyme of Christs comming and of his death which confirmeth the purpose we treate so perspicuouslie as nothing can be said more euident it shall not be amisse to examine the same before we passe anie further For better conceyuinge wherof it is to be vnderstood that this greeke worde Hebdomada signifying seuen doth sometyme importe a weeke of seuen dayes accordinge to our commó vse and then it is called in scripture Hebdomada dierum a weeke of dayes as Dan. 10. v. 2. where Daniel sayeth that he did mourne three weekes of dayes But at other tymes it signifieth the space of seué yeares and is called in Scripture Hebdomada annorum a weeke of yeares As in Leuiticus wher it is said Thou shalt number to theoseuen vveekes of years that is seuen tymes seuen vvhich make fortie and Nine years Now then it is certaine that Daniel in the prophetie before alleaged where he assigneth 62. weekes to the tyme of Christs death could not meane vveekes of dayes for that he appointeth onlie seuen weekes to the rebuilding of the cittie of Ierusalem of the Temple of the walles aboute which were not ended but in fortie and nyne yeares after as may be gathered by the bookes of Esdras which 49. weekes doe make iust seuen weekes of yeares And therfore it is certaine that such Hebdomades of yeares are meāt here by Daniel in all the prophetie First then when th' Angel came to cōfort hym and to open vnto hym secretes for the tyme to come he said thes words Marke my speech and vnderstand the vision The seuentie hebdomades or vveekes are shortened or hastened vpon thy people and vpon thie holie Cittie to th' end all preuarication and sinne may take an ende and iniquitie be blotted out euerlasting iustice be brought in place therof to th' ende that visions and propheties may be fulfilled and the HOLIE OF HOLIES may be annointed In which wordes it seemeth that the Angel did allude by naming seuentie vnto the seuētie yeares of captiuitie prophetied by Ieremie after which ended the people should be deliuered frō their tēporal bondage in Babylō And therfore Daniel now being ī that place perceauing the same time to be expired prayed to God with great instance to fulfill his promisse made by Ieremie Wherto th' Angel answered that it should be donne And as after the expiration of seuentie years God was now to deliuer them from the bodilie captiuitie of Babylon so was he also after seuentie hebdomades more to deliuer them from bondage of sinne and preuarication and that by th' annointed MESSIAS which is indeede the Holie of all Holies This I say may be the reason of naming seuentie hebdomades therby to allude to the number of the seuentie years of that Babylonical seruitude For that immediatelie after the Angel appointeth the whole exacte nūber to be three skore and nine hebdomades that is seuen to the building of the cittie and temple three skore and two from that to the death of Christ in thes wordes Knovv thou and marke that from the ende of this speech to the tyme that Ierusalem shal be builded and vnto Christ the Captaine there shal be hebdomades seuē and Hebdomades sixtie tvvo and the streetes and vvalles of Jerusalem shal be builded againe though vvith much difficultie of the tymes and after sixtie and tvvo Hebdomades Christ shal be slaine And the people that shal denie hym shal not be his c. And then vnto consummation and ende shal perseuer desolation Now then if we putt thes yeares together whiche are here mentioned by Daniel that is first the seuen Hebdomades which make fortie and nyne yeares and then the three skore and two from the restauratiō of Ierusalem which make fower hundred thirtie and fower more we shall fynde the whole number to be 483. yeares Which being begonne from the first yeare of Cyrus as some wil for that he first determined the Iewes reduction or from the second yeare of Darius as other will for that he confirmed and putt the same in execution or from the twēteth yeare of the said Darius for that then he made a new edicte in the fauour of Nehemias and sent hym into Iurie euerie waye they will ende in the reigne of Herod and of Augustus vnder whome Christ was borne or in the reigne of Tyberius Caesar vnder whome he suffered And by no interpretation in the world can it be auoided but that this tyme appointed by Daniel is now owt aboue a thousand fyue hūdred yeares past whyle yet the temple stoode and was not putt to desolation And therfore of necessitie Christ must be come about that tyme and neuer more hereafter to be looked for THE traditions and obseruations of th' old Iewes thē selues doe maruelouslie confirme this belief of ours for that they all did runne to this one pointe that aboute the tyme of Augustus his reigne wherin Iesus was borne the Messias should appeare It is often repeated in the Thalmud that one Elias left this traditiō that the worlde should endure six thousand yeares two thousand before the law of Moyses two thousand vnder the same law
being only a peece of earth or claye before Now ymagine then of what sea of loue al this proceeded But yet adde further how he hath created all this magnificēt world for the and all the creatures therof to serue thee in this busines the heauens to gouerne the and to geeue the light the earth ayer and water to minister most infinite varietie of creatures for thy behoof and sustenance and of al thes hath made the Lord maister to vse them for thine auaile and benefite in his seruice Which giftes being so manifold and magnificent as they are I appeale to thine owne cōscience good Christian brother how intollerable an ingratitude it is so greatly to dishonour iniurie the giuer as to applie thes giftes to his offence which he bestowed vpon the for his seruice Next after this ensueth the benefite of thy redemption much more excellent and bountiful thē the former the effect wherof is that wheras thou hadst lost al those former giftes and benefites and hadst made thy self guiltie by sinne of eternal punishmēt and damnation wherunto the Angels were now deliuered for their sinne committed before God chose to redeeme the and not the Angels and for satisfying of thine enormous fault vouchsafed to deliuer his owne only soone to the most opprobrious death of the Crosse O Lord God what hart can possibly conceyue the greatnes of this benefite Suppose with thy self gentle Christian for better vnderstanding of this benefite that thou being a poore and abiect person vnder the dominion of some great mightie Emperour hadst with some of his principal Peres committed grieuous crimes against his Emperial Maiestie thou oftentimes and they but once and being both by law conuicted and redie to suster Iustice for the same so singulerly should the Emperours fauour extend it self in thy behalf as deliuerig ouer thos other great princes to execution for their demerites he conceyued a desire to saue and pardon thee And finding no other conuenient meanes in respect of his Iustice how to doe the same should vpon his only sonne and heire of al his Empire laie the paines shame and tormēts of death due vnto thy trespasses Tel me now if being so abiect and cōtemptible a creature thou shouldst receyue so great a grace of a mightie Emperour who had for fewer offences euen in thy sight put to death greate and glorious princes as God did thos principal Angels how wonderfully wouldest thou thincke thy self bound and beholden vnto him for the same But if further this sonne and heire of this noble Monarch refusing to speake one word for thos great princes should not only accept willingly this dishonour and punishment laid vpon him by his father for thy sake but also should offer himself therunto and craue most instantly that he might by his death make satisfaction for thine offences and not only this but also to deriue vnto thee the participatiō of his inheritāce making thee of a bondslaue heire apparant to so Puissant an Emperour coheire to him self could thy hart possibly conceyue so great a benefite were it possible that thy powers of bodie soule should not dissolue in the cogitation of so inspeakable a grace would not thy bowels burst in sunder with the vehemencie of loue towards such a benefactour Or can any mā of reason euer imagine that thou wouldest willingly for a thousand worlds offend any more so gratious a Lord And yet is this benefite of thy redemption deare brother by infinite degrees surpassing both this and al other temporal graces that mans wit can imagine in al and euery circumstance that before hath bene mentioned In the third place doe come to be considered two other benefites named vocation and Iustification The first wherof is that wherby God of his infinite depth of mercies hath called vs from infidelitie to the state of Christians and therby made vs partakers of this our redemption last mentioned which infidels are not For albeit he payed the ransome for al in general yet hath he not imparted the benefite therof to al but to such onlie as best it pleased his diuine goodnes to bestow it vpon After which grace of vocation and our acceptance therof insued immediatlie our iustification wherby we were not onlie set sree from al our sinnes committed before and from al paine and punishement dew to the same but also our soules were beutified and enriched by the infusion of his holie grace inherent accompanied with the vertues theological as faith hope and charitie with the most pretious giftes of the Holie Ghost and by this grace wee were made iust and righteous in the sight of God and entitled to the most blessed inheritance of the kingdome of heauen the worthines of which gift no tongue of man or Angels can expresse After these doe ensue a greate number of benefites together apperteining properly to such as are made the children and true frendes of God euery one wherof in it self is of most infinite price and valew Among which are in the first place to be nombred the holie Sacraments of Christs Church left vnto vs for our comfort and preseruation after we be entred into the bosome therof They being nothing els in deed but certaine sacred cōduits to cōuaie vnto vs the holie grace of God especially thos two which appertaine to al men in general I meane the holy Sacraments of penance and of the blessed bodie and blood of our Sauyour wherof the first is to purge our sowles from sin so often as she falleth the seconde to feede and comforte the same after she is purged The first is as a bathe made of Christs owne pretious bloode to washe and clēse our woundes therein the secōde as a most comfortable and riche garment to couer our soule after she is washed In the first Christ hath left with his spouse the Church al his authoritie which he hath in heauē or earth to remit sinnes in the secōd he hath left him self his owne flesh and bloode to be a pretious foode wherwith to seede and cherish our soule after her sinnes be remitted Besides al thes ther yet remaineth an other benefite which we cal the benefite of Preseruation wherby God hath kept and preserued vs from infinite dangers wherūto many others before vs haue fallen and into which our selues had fallen in like maner if gods-holie hande had not stayed vs as from heresie and infidelitie and manie other greeuous sinnes but especially frō death damnation which longe a goe by our wickednes we deserued to haue bene executed vpon vs. Wherunto maie be annexed also the most singuler benefites of godlie inspirations and admonitions wherby God hath often both knocked inwardlie at the dore of our conscience and warned vs outwardly by so many wayes and meanes as are good bookes good sermons good exhortations good companie good exāple of others a thousand other most merciful means besides which at
her wicked deedes shal beginne exceedingly to feare and tremble and would gladlie flie and leaue her deedes behinde her seekinge to entreate the Angels and to request but one hower space of delaye But that wil not be graunted and her euil workes crying out al together shal speake against her and save we wil not staye behinde or parte from the thou hast done vs and we are thy workes and therfore we wil follow the whether soeuer thou goest yea euen vnto the seate of iudgement This loe is the state of a sinners soule which partinge from his bodie with most horrible feare goeth onwardes to iudgemēt loden with sinnes and with infinite confusion Contrariwise the iust mans soule goeth out of his bodie with greate ioye and comforte the good Angels accompaininge her with exultation Wherefore brethren seinge these thinges are so doe you feare this terrible hower of death now to the ende you maye not feare when you come vnto it Foresee it now that then you maye be secure Thus farre S. Augustine And for that this holie father learned Doctour in Christes Church maketh mentiō in this place of good and euil Angels which are redie at the houre of death to receyue the soules of such as depart out of this life it shal not be from our purpose to note that oftentimes God doth permit the apparitions of Angels both good and euil as also of other saintes to some men lyinge on their death beddes for a tast ether of comforte or sorow touchinge that which shal ensue in the world to come And this is also one singuler priuiledge among other belonging to this passage And concerning the iust I haue shewed before an example out of S. Cyprian and S. Augustine touching one to whome Christ appeared at the hower of his death And S. Gregorie the greate hath diuers like narratiōs to that purpose i the fourth booke of his dialogues As for example sake of one Vrsinus to whom the blessed Apostles S. Peter and S. Paule appeared But as concerning euil spirites and wicked Angels which shewed thē selues vnto diuers sinners at the houre of death and denounced vnto them their eternal damnation and horrible tormentes appointed in hel we haue manie and most terrible exāples recorded in many graue aunciēt writers As among other that recorded by S. Gregorie of one Chrisorius a greate riche man but as ful of sinne as of wealth to whome lying on his death-bed the infernal fiendes in most vglie māner appeared shewing how now he was deliuered into their power and therfore would neuer depart from him vntil he dying left his soule vnto thē to be caried to eternal tormentes The like examples doth venerable Bede recount to haue happened in our countrie about his time And among other of a certaine wicked Courtier in great fauour with king Coenride to whom lying in the panges of death and being now a litle recouered both the good and euil Angels appeared visibly the one laying before him a verie smal booke of his good deedes the other a greate huge volume of his enormous crimes Which after they had caused him to reade by the permissiō of the good Angels they seazed vpō him assignig also vnto him the certaine houre of his departure according as both him selfe confessed openlie to al that came to visit him and as by his horrible desperate death ensuinge at the very hower by them appointed he manifestlie confirmed The like storie recordeth he in the chapter folowing of one whom he knew him self and as both he S. Gregorie and S. Cyprian also doe note al these such other visions were permitted for our sake which doe yet liue and maye take commoditie by the same and not for their good that died whom they nothing at al auailed Which being so deare Christian brother that is this passage of death being so terrible so daungerous yet so ineuitable as it is seing so manie mē doe perish and are ouer whelmed daylie in passing ouer this perilous gulfe as both holie scriptures and auncient fathers doe testifie by examples recordes vnto vs what man of discretion would not learne to be wise by other mens dangers or what reasonable creature would not take heede looke aboute him being warned so manifestlie and apparantlie of his owne peril if thou be a Christian and doest belieue in deede the thinges which Christiā faith doth teach the thē doest thou know an I most certainlic belieue also that of what state age strength dignitie or condition so euer thou be now yet must hy self which now in health mirth doest real this point and thinkest the same litle appertainig vnto thee one of these daies and that perhaps very shortlie after the readinge hereof come to proue al these thinge in thine owne person that is thou must with sorow and griefe beenforced to thy bed and there after al straggliges with the dartes of death thou must yelde thy bodie which thou louest now so dearly to be the baite of wormes and thy soule to the trial of iustice for her doinges in this life IMAGINE THEN my friend euē thou I saye which art so fresh and froelicke at this instant that the ten twentie or two yeres or perhaps two monethes or daies which thou hast yet to liue were now come to an ende and that thou were euen at this present stretched out vpon a bed wearied and worne with dolour and paine thy carnal frindes about the weepinge and howlinge and desiring thie goodes the phisitions departed with their fees as hauing gyuen the ouer and thou lyinge there alone mute and dumme in most pitiful agonie expecting from moment to momēt the last stroke of death to be gyuen vnto the. Tel me in this instāt what would al the pleasures and commodities of the whole earth auaile the what comfort or ease would it be vnto the now to haue bene of honour in this world to haue gathered wealth and purchassed much to haue borne office and enioyed the princes fauour to haue left thy children and kinred in aboundance to haue trodden donne thine enimies to haue stirred much and borne greate swaye in this life what pleasure I saye or benefite would it be to the to haue bene beautiful to haue bene gallant in apparel goodlie in personage glittering in golde would not al thes thinges rather afflict then profit thee at this instant No doubt but now thou shouldest wel see throughlie perceaue the vanitie of thes trifles thou shouldest proue true the saying of the wise man non proderūt diuitie in die vltionis riches wil profit nothing in the day of Gods reuēge That most excellent demaunde of holie Iob would oftentimes offer it self vnto thie remembrāce Quid ad cum pertinet de domo sua post se What hath a man to doe with his house familie or kinred after he is gone what good what comfort shal he take therby VVho vvil
540. The 2. 3. partes of the same chap. how and by how many waies God expresseth his forsaid loue vnto vs and what assurance he geueth of pardon to such as repent from Pag. 540. vnto 560. Tuesday The 4. part of the same chap. containing exāples and instructions how to auoide temptations of desperation 560. The 1. part of the 2. chap. of the fallacie of suppused difficulties with the particuler helpes to ouercome the same Pag. 570. vnto 618. VVednesday The 2. part of the same chap. containing means and instructions for ouercomming of difficulties Pag. 618. vnto the end The first 2. pointes of the 3. chap. about Tribulatiō beginning Pag. 631. vnto 656. Thursday The second 2. pointes of the same chap. begīning Pag. 656 vnto the end of the cha The 1. point of the 4. chap. treating of the vanities of the world Pag. 688. vntil 720. Friday The other partes of the same chap. 720. vntil the ende The 5. chap. of examples of Resolution Saturday The sixt chap. against Presumption The 7. chap. of Delay Sonday The first part of the 8. chap. of Slothe vntil Pag. 861. The 2. and 3. partes of the same chap. treating of Negligence and hardnes of hart from Pag. 860. vntil the ende FINIS A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS HANDLED in this booke A ACcompting day 349. Tvvo accompting daies or iudgements and the reasons therof 352. Angels appearing at the houre of death 434. Antichrist vvhat vvonderful slaughter he shal make at his comming 358. Apostles called by Iesvs 225. their miraculous doings 251. Archilaus Herodes sonne hovv he ended 275. Arist rus a Gentile vvhat testimony he giueth to our scriptures 79. Ascension of Christ proued 243. Atheists of old time 34. vvhat Zeno said of their deathes 〈◊〉 9. Tvvo causes of Atheisme in thes our daies 862. S. Augustins most notable conuersion 620. B S. Iohn Baptists behauiour to Christ and the vvhole story proued 118. Beautie hovv vaine a thing 706. Beginners in Gods seruice cheefly by God cherished 596. hovv they must behaue them selues 619. The better men they are to be aftervvards the greater cōflicts they haue at their conuersion 617. Benefits of God bestovved vpon vs 407. Bethleem appointed before for Christs Natiuitie 209. Bondage and slauery of vvicked men to their sensuality 607. Bookes of deuotion mere profitable then of controuersies praef 6. a. only vvriten by Catholiques 9 a. vvhy they can not be vvritē by Heretiques Ibid. 22. a. Buny hovv he hath set forth this booke of mine praef 10. b. vvhy he dedicateth the same to my L. of Yorke Ibid. 8. a His ignorāce 8. b. He maketh his aduersaries to speake like him self Ibid. 11. a. He inserteth parētheses Ibi. 11. b. He maketh marginal notes Ibid. 12. a. He thrusteth out Ib. 14. a. He mangleth Ib. 15. a. His foolish pacification Ibid. b. C Catholique vvhat it meaneth vvhy inuented 305. vvho is a good Catholique 308. Charitable deeds of our forfathers 343. Christ promised diuersly 141. promised as a spiritual and not a temporal K. 144. promised to be God and man 152. that he should change Moyses lavv 162. hovv he vvas fortold to Gentiles 169. false Christs diuers 203. Christs birth and infancy 207. Christs doctrine vvhat it vvas 220 his Passion and Resurrection 229. Christian Religiō proued pa. 131. It hath bene in substance from the beginning of the vvorld and none euer saued but by it 134. The definition of a good Christian. 338. Christian faith can not be obscure 300. Christian vvisdome vvherin it standeth 340. Christian vocation hovv perfect if it vvere fulfilled 344. Church of Christ hovv it encreased streight after he departed 246. Clemency and mercy hovv vvonderful in Christ. 558. Concupiscence and vvhat misery it bringeth men vnto by yeelding therunto 334. Consideration See the vvhole Chapter pag. 1. See inconsideration Consolation internal of Gods seruants 595. the force therof 593. Conuersion hovv it ought to be made 619. Item 628. VVhy it auaileth not ordinarily vvhen it is made at the last instant 835. The vvatche of Christians the dore vvherof is Consideration 13. D Death hovv terrible it vvil be See the vvhole 10. chap. 419. the causes of miserie to vvordly men in the same 413. the frequent premeditation of death most profitable 440. Delay of our conuersion from day to day hovv dangerous and hurtful See the vvhol 〈◊〉 chapt par 1. the cause vvhy the diuel persuadeth vs to delay 819. Dispaire of Gods mercie hovv greeuous a sinne and hovv to be auoided chap. 1. part 2. pag. 523. 524. 525. c. Hovv to resist al temptations of the diuel therunto pag. 561. 562. c. Difficulties vvhich are imagined in vertuous life remoued See al the 2. chapt 570. Doctrine of Christ vvhat it vvas 220. E The Ende for vvhich man vvas created cha 3. pa. 110. Enimies of Christ and Christians vvhat end they haue 274. Eternitie vvhat a thing it is and hovv to be esteemed 470. Euangelistes of Christes did vvrite most truly 258. F Fatherhood vvhat à thing it is by comparison of God tovvarde mankind 533. 534. c. Faith is easily discerned in Christian religion vvhich is the true 301 at large The vvaye to auoide al errour in beleefe 303. Faith vvithout vvorkes is not sufficiēt Feare of Godes iudgementes necessarie 398. lacke of feare proceedeth of infidelitie 406. the force of Feare 445. the praise of true Feare 810. tvvo kindes of Feare 813. Felicitie of man and beastes 54. G Gentiles hovv they had Christ fortold vnto them 169. vnto 184. Holy Ghost vvhat he did at his comming 247. Glorified bodies haue 7. priuileges 495. God is proued against Atheistes 25. God proued one by al sectos of Philosophers 51. Grace of God hovv strong and forcible 579. 580. c. H Hardnes of hart hovv dangerous an impediment 867. tvvo degrees thei of ibid. Heauen and the revvardes ther resorued see the vvhol 12. chapt Hovv the greatnes therof is found out 483. Heauen hovv it is bought 515. Heresies hovv they first rose and vvhy and hovv they are auoided 306. tvvo causes of Heresies vvith their effectes 311. Heretical practice in corrupting bookes prefat 9. b. Heretical pride Ib. 16. Herod Ascolonita or the elder vvhat he vvas hovv he rose and hovv he liued 189. hovv miserably he died 124. 8 274. Herod Antipas or the second his ende 124 175. Herod Agrippa hovv he died 125. 276. see the death of Herodias Ibid. Hel the names nature therof 456. The intollerable paines therof 459. Honour of the vvorld hovv vaine 701. Hope in the good bade hovv different 599. I Ievvishe nation hovv obstinate against Christian religion according as vvas foreprophetied 184. hovv they vvere chastened and destoyed 278. 279 c. Ignorance voluntarie hovv greeuous a thing pa 8. 9. Immortalitie of the soule proued therby also God being 47. Inconsideration soe chap 1.
Psal. 110. Rab. Ionath lib. collect Misdrasch Tehilim in psal 2. v. 7. The. 2. prose Mich. 5. Esa. 9. * So is it in the hebrue An obiectiō ansvvsred Exod. 15. v. 11. Psal. 44. The. 3. proofe Christ is called Iehoua * See Esa. cap. 18. v. 7. cap. 28. v. 5. Iere. 23. v. 7. ca. 33. v. 16. Rab. Abba coment in Thren v. 16 Misd Thehilim in Psal. 20 v. 1 Rab. Mos. Hadars in Gen. ca. 41. Tvvo sortes of Hebrue expositours Cabalistes and Thalmudistes Iere. 23. v. 7. Rab. Hacadosch in ca. 9. Esa. A Cabalistical discourse Esa. 8. The. 4. proofe Christ called the sonne of God Gen. 49. v. 10. Rab. Dauid Kimhi in l. radicum Esa. 4. v. 2 Tharg in hunc loca Psal. 49. * This is according to the Hebrue text Iere. 17. Psal. 2. The. 5. proofe Christ the vvorde incarnate * In the chaldaye paraphrase Osee. 1. Esa. 45. v. 17. Psal 11 〈◊〉 Rab. Isaac com in cap. 47. Gen. Psal. 106. v. 20. R. Simeon Ben. Iohai com in cap. 10. Gen. Iob. 19. v. 26. R. Simeon in Zohar Dcut. 6. v. 4. The blessed Trinitie proued by an auncient Rabbine The. 6. proose Philo lib. 2. legat Ruff. l. 1. hist. 1. 6. Euscb. in Chion Philo li. de exulibus THE. 3. Consideration VVHEther Christ shoulde change the lavve of Moyses Gal. 3. 4. Heb. 7. 1. Cor. 10 The lavve of Moyses imperfect Heb. 7. Act. 15. Gal. 3. Deut. 15. Deut. 13. 14. Leu. 5. 23. Exo. 23. Deut. 27. Good reasones Psal. 2. 21. 26 Esa. 2. 11. 19. Leuit. 12. Exod. 13. Num. 8. Heb. 7. The nevv lavve of Christ and the perfectiōs therof Deut. 18. Deut. 34. Esa. 2. A nevv lavv prophetied Esa. 15. Malac. 1. The reprobation of th' old lavv vvith a promisse of a nevv Ezec. 20. Iere. 3. A nevv Testament promissed The summe of that vvhiche hathe bene said THE 4. Consideration AL PARticulers fortolde of Christ. Math. 1. v. 26. Luc. 2. v. 21. Mat. 2. v. 16. Mat. 2. Luc. 2. Mat. 5. Mat. 4. 8. Marc. 8. Mat. 27. Mat. 16. Mat. 27. Mat 21. 7. Mat. 26. 67. Luc. 22. Mat. 27. Mat. 28. Luc. 24. Act. 7. THE. 5. Consideration MANIFEstation of Christ to the Gētiles * Chap. 1. Three peculiare vvayes vvherby Gentyles mighth care of Cbrist The first vvaye Traditiō of learninge amonge Ievves and Gentiles Euseb. in Chron. Abrahā Iob. Zoroastres * The Ievves haue a tradition that Abraham serued Sem. 15. yeares in 〈◊〉 * See Clem. Alex. lib. 1. strom Orig. l. 6. con Celsu Procl l. 2. in Part. Plaltonis Trisinegistus Mercurius Herm. in Paemād c. L deiceps Graecians The propheties touching Christ among the Gentiles Lact. lib. 1. 〈◊〉 instit cap. 6. Of the Sibylles Lact. lib. 4. instit ca. 6. * S. Augustine translateth al the verses l. 18. de Ciuitat Dei ca. 23. The greek verses of the Sibylles of vvhat importance and authoritie * See this Oration in Eusebius l. 4. ca. 32. de vita Constantini at the onde The. I. proof sop credit of the Sibylverses Varro lib. de rebus diuin ad C. Caesarem pont max. Fenest c2 de 15. viria The. 2. proofe Lact. l. 1. instit cap. 6. Cicero * See Cicero of this Acrostike verses of Sibylla l. 2. de diuinatione The. 3. proofe Cicero l 2. de diuin paule post medium Cic. l. 1. ep fam ep 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. * See lib. 2. oraculorum Sibyl * Epist. 5. * He vvas father to Cleopatra The scare vvhich the Romās had of th' vniversal king prophetied by Sibylla Dion l. 39. hist. The. 4. proofe Suet. tranq ca. 3. de vita Augusti The propheties of Sibylla alleaged by Virgile Virgil. Eclog. 4. Christes preordination Christes birth Christes cause of cōminge Cōstātines opiniou of the spirite of Sibyila Erythraea orat ad caetum Sanct. cap. 18. Lactātius * See Euseb l. 4. cap. 32. de vita Cōstantini◠hovv this oratiō vvas first vvriten in latine translated into greek Of the confession of Oracles cōcerninge Christes cōminge The first Oracle Suidas in Thulis Porphy Plutarch de oracul The second Oracle Suidas i. vita August Niceph. l. 1. bist cap. 17. Niceph. l. 1. hist. cap. 17. The cōclusion of this first Sectiō Th' argument of the tvvo sectiōs follovving Our controuersie vvith Gentiles Our controuersie vvith the Ievves Th' obstinacie of the Ievves Psal 113. Esa. 28. * The builders are the Ievves who take vpon thē to build Gods house Math. 21. Esa. 6. Deut. 28. The Ievves obstinacie against 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for vs. The diuisiō of this Section into sovver Cōsiderations The testimonies here vsed THE 1. Consideration THE tyme appointed * See Euseb i chro The general state of the vvorld at Christes comminge Dan. 2. Suetom tranq Aurel. victor alii in vita Augusti * Oros. l. 6. hist. ca. 22. The. 1. proofe The Roma Monarchie Dan. 2. v. 31. 34. 44. The. 2. proofe The peace of all the vvorld Esa. 9. v. 6. 7 cap. 32. v. 18. Psal. 71. The. 3. proofe The scepter of Iuda * His grādfather vvas a Sextane in Apollos tēple his father vvas brought vp amonge thieues in Idumaea Euseb. l. 1. cap. 6. ex Aphricano Ioseph l. 14 antiq ca. 2. The first rysing of Herod Ascolonita Ioseph l. 15 antiq c. 9. 11. The most horrible murders cōmitted by Herod Lib. 17. ca. 10. Lib. 15. c. 1. Philo li. de tempore Ioseph l. 14 cap. 2. A paterne of an ambitiōs Tyrāt The prophetie of Iacob touching the scepter of Iuda Gen. 49. That the scepter neuer failed in Iuda vntill Herode came 1. Reg. 16 4. Reg. 29 Iere. 37. Thalm. in tract Sanhed cap. Dinei Māmonoth Rab. Moses Egyp in praefat Maimonim Esd. l. 1. c. 1. 2. 3. Mach. l. 1. c. 2. 3. Rab. Kimhi com in Agg. Ioseph l. 13 14. anti The. 4. proofe The destructiō of the second Temple 3. Reg. 6. 7. 2. Para. 3. Euseb. in Chron. Clem. l. 1. strom 4. Reg 25 1. Esd. 1. 3. 4. 1. Esd. 5. 6. The building of the second Tēple lesse gorgeous thē the first 1. Esd. 5. Agg. 2. v. 4 Agga 2. * This he saithe for that the 3. Monarchies issued vvherin there vvas continuall vvarre and bloodshed 1. Esd. 3. * This vvas fulfilled vvhē Christ vvas personallie and taught in the Tēple Luc. 1. 2. 19 Mat. 21. 26. c. Prerogatiues of the first Tēple Rab. Samuel tract Sanhed in Thalm. Hierosol Rab. Aba in l. dicru Malac. 3. * This Christ interpreted of S. Iohn Baptiste Math. 11. Dan. 9. The second Temple to be destroyed presentlie after Christes Passion Ioseph de bello ludiaco lib. 6. The. 5. proofe The 72. Hebdomades Tvvoe kindes of vveekes Leui. 25. vide etiam cap. 23 alibi passim Lib. 1. 2. Dan. 9. v. 23. Ierem. 25. 29. VVhie 〈◊〉 Angel nameth 70. Hebdomades in
this place Dan. 9. v. 〈◊〉 5. The exact number of vveekes froÌ„ the building of the secoÌ„d TeÌ„ple to the death of Christ. 62 Th' accoÌ„pt of Daniels vveekes The. 6. proofe The traditioÌ„s of Rabines Thalm. tract SaÌ„dr cap helec alibi Thalm. in tract Auodazara Esa. 9. v. 6. An obseruatioÌ„ of the Cabalistes Th. lm in lib Sabbath in tract Sanhedrin Esa. 7. Mat. 2. Th' obseruation of Rab. Moses Rab. Mos. Ben. Maimon ep ad Iudaeos African Rab. Iosue ben leui in Thal. tract Sanhed c. helec Esa. 66. v. 7. Christ hydeth hym self in the sea Th' obseruatioÌ„ of the Talmud Talm. tract Sanhed c. helec Rab. Iohanan Rab. Iuda Rab. Nehorai c. Ioseph l. 20 antiq cap. 6 8. lib. 6. de bello Iud. 15. lib. 7. c. 9. The. 7. proof ForebodiÌ„g Tacit. l. 21. Sueton. in vita Vesp. Ioseph de bello Iudai I. 7. c. 12. The. 8. proofe The general expectation of the people Ioh. 1. Ioh. 10. Diuers false Christes did rise in luric Act. 5. Ioseph l. 17 c. 8. l. 18. c. 1. 2. l. 20. c. 2. 6. Talm. tract Sanh cap. helec Rab. Mos. Ben. Maim in Sententiis Nicol Damascenus Ioseph 1 14 antiq c. 2. Mat. 22. Marc. 3. 12. The coÌ„clusioÌ„ of this first coÌ„sideration of the ryme THE. 2. Consideration Christ his Birthe 1. Iesus Lym. * 3. Reg. 7. Psal. 30. Esa. 11. Mat. 1. Luc. 3. * Of this matter vvri teth Iosephus l. 18. c. 1. antiq 1. Reg. 17 2. Reg. 2. Mat. 13. Luc. 6. Thal. tract SeÌ„h c. Nigmar had 2. The maner of his conception Luc. 1. Mat. 1. Augustin Lib. 4. de Trin. c. 5. l. cont Iudzos c. 5. Chrysost. in cap. 1. Luc. 3. The maner of Iesus natiuitie Esa. 7. Parthenm Rab. SimeoÌ„ Ben. Iohai in cap. 2. Gen. Rar Mos. 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 14 v. 12. Iere. 31. v. 22. Rab. Hacad quest 3. in E a. c. 9. Betuleins in l. de car Sibyl Clem. in recognit 4. The place appointed for the birth of the Messias Mich. 5. * Gen. 35. 48. 1. Para. 2. Psal. 131. * This he saith for that in Danites tyme Bethleem stoode nigh vnto vvoods Math. 2. Orig. cont Cels. 5. Th' Angels singinge 6. The name Iesus 4. Esd. 7. Rab. Haca in Esa. 9. Gen. 49 psal 71. 95. Note this reason 7. The coming of the three kinges Mat. 2. * Cypr. ser. de Bapt. ideÌ„ Tert. l 3. coÌ„t Marcion hillar l. 4 de Trin. los. 12. * 14. Thousad as saith the Lyturgie of the AEthiopians and Calend. Gracorum Bpiph haeret 51. Ammon Alex. in 〈◊〉 Niceph. l. 1. c. 13. Basil. ser. in nati dom Suet. in Vespas c. 4. Ioseph l. 7. de bel c. 12. Num. 24. Propheties of thinges that should fall out in Bethleem Num. 24. Psal. 71. v. 10. Iere. 31. v. 15. Gen. 35. v. 18. Philo l. de temp Macrob. l. 2 Saturnal cap. 4. Augustus speech of Herode Plin lib. 2. cap. 25. HeatheÌ„ testimonies for the Starre vvhiche guided the vvise men Origen coÌ„t Celsum Chalcid apud Marsil Ficin tract de stella Mag. Sybil. Samia apud Betul Eglog 4. Luc. 12. 7. The presentation of Iesus in HierusaleÌ„ Anna the prophetisse Simeon Thal. tract pitkei Auoth Thal. tract Ioma cap. Tereph Eccalpi 9. Christs flight into Egypt Luc. 2. Osee 11. Esa. 19. Euseb. li. 6. dem c. 20. l. 9. c. 2. 3. 4. The benifite that Egypt receaued by Christes flight vnto it THE. 3. Consideration THE LIFE Actions of Iesus Iust. in Tripho Chrys. in Iohan. Aug. l. 4. de Trinit c. 5. 1. Of S. Iolm Baptiste Ioseph l. 18 antiq ca. 7. Malac. 31 S. Iohns behauiour tovvardes Christ. Math. 3. Marc. 1. Luc. 3. 2. The preaching and doctrine of Iesus Deut. 6. Met. 2. Heathen doctrine Iuishe ceremonies Turkish Alcoran The coÌ„parison of Christs lavv vvith that of Moyses Mat. 5. Th' effect of Christs doctrine 3. The life conuersatioÌ„ of Iesus Esa. 42. Zach. 9. Porphyr li. de laud. Philos. Ioseph l. 18 antiq c. 7. 4. Of Iesus Miracles Predictions of the Messias Miracles Lact. I 4. diuina Instit. cap. 15. Thal. tract Beracoth ca. Mermathas Colin Misdrasch Coheleth cap. 1. The confession of Iesus miracles by his enimies Thalm. in tract Auoda Zara. Misdrasch Coheleth Alcoran Azoar 1. 4. 11. 13. The calling of the Apostles Iosep. li. 18. antiq c. 4 A greate Miracle The miraculous facts of Ièsus Ioh. 11. Ioseph l. 17 antiq c. 11. Math. 9. Marc. 5. Luc. 7. Ioh. 5. Mat. 8. Marc. 5. Mar. 14. Luc. 9. Luc. 14. The coÌ„clusion of this coÌ„sideratioÌ„ Ioh. 10. THE. 4. Consideration THE PassioÌ„ and Resurrection Ioseph l. 18. antiq c. 4. Christes ascendinge to HierusaleÌ„ to receaue his passion Math. 20. Marc. 8. Mat. 21. Zach. 9. Mat. 10. 16. Psal. 40. 54. 108. Esa. 50. The barbarous abusage of Iesus fortolde by prophetie Psal. 21. Christes death most plainlie fortolde Gen. 21. 22. Num. 21. Dan. 9. Zach. 12. The most vvonderful predictioÌ„ of Christ his passion by Esay Esa. 17. Christes deformitie vpon the Crosse. Christ appointed to die for our synnes Th' increase of Christs Kingdome after his resurrectioÌ„ * That is in makinge hym selfe knovveÌ„ or reucilinge the knovvledge of hym self to the vvorld The coÌ„sent of Rabynes Thal. tract Saphed c. helec Misdrasch Ruth Rab. Ioseph in I. Siph. Rab. Iacob R. Hanina in cap helec Fsay 〈◊〉 Rab. SimeoÌ„ Ben. Iohai l. b. de spc Rab. Hadars in Dan. Dan. 9. v. 27. Misdrasch Tehilim Of the Miracles that fell out in Christ his death and Passion LactaÌ„ li. 4. Diuin instit cap. 19. Mat. 17. Euseb. in Chron. An. Domi. 3. 2. Phleg. Trallian Li. 14. Chron. An. 4. Olim. 202. * See Orig. cont Cels. l. 6. Suid. in verbo Iesus Tere. in Apolog. Dionys. Areop in cp Lucian praesb apud Euseb. Of Iesus resurrection Ionas 2. Psal. 15. Osee 6. Lact. lib. 4. Inst. Diuin cap. 19. Mat. 12. 16. 17. 20. Mar. 8. 9. 10. Luc. 11. 18. Iohan. 2. Mahom. in Alcor Azoar 17. The appeariÌ„gs vvhich Iesus made after his resurrection Mat. 16. Mat. 28. 1. Cor. 15. Luc. 24. Ioa. 20. 1. Cor. 15. Ioa. 20. Ioa. 21. Mat. 28. 1. Cor. 15. Ibid. Act. 1. 1. Cor. 15. Act. 1. CircumstaÌ„ces that coÌ„fâ—me the true Resurrection of Iesus Greate improbabilitics The great change in Iesus disciples by his resurrectioÌ„ Th' examinatioÌ„ of the matter by Pilate Pylates letter to Tyberius and his proceeding thervpon Tertul. in apolog pro Christian. Egesip l. 1. hist. Euseb. l. 4. c. 21. Rutsin l. 1. c. 22. Th' opinion of the vviser sorte of Ievves touchinge Iesus resurrectioÌ„ iÌ„ that time Ioseph l. 14 antiq c. 4. Of Iesus AsceÌ„sion Act. 1. Lykelihodes of truthe The coÌ„clusion of this secoÌ„d sectioÌ„ The conteÌ„tes of this third sectioÌ„ The diuisioÌ„ of the particuler considerations insuinge THE. 〈◊〉 Consideration CHRISTES Church The