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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14003	The picture of a true protestant: or, Gods house and husbandry wherein is declared the duty and dignitie of all Gods children, both minister and people. Written by Thomas Tuke.	Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1609 (1609)	STC 24313; ESTC S102480	87,646	261

great Husbandman bestoweth not his paines alike vpon them all In like manner the Church of God as a sumptuous and stately building receiueth and entertaineth many into her God is the principall and commander of all the rest And all the faithfull which being simply by themselues considered are exceeding many are his houshold seruants which abide and liue in her and are all maintained prouided for by the Lord that great house-holder And as houses are ordinarily made of diuers things or if there be an house built all of stones yet one stone differeth from another either in quantity or in quality colour or scituation So in Gods house which is made of liuing stones one stone one part differeth from another There is a fundamentall and chiefe corner stone which is Iesus Christ that Liuing stone euen Life it selfe and the Wel-spring of all our life and there are also vpper stones which are of lesse importance And of these some are better coloured then others some are larger and some are lesser some exceed others in grace and shal excell them also in glory Againe some are cut out of the Rocke before others and put into the building first and many which the builder medleth with last may be made more comly glorious then some others which were hewed out and set in the building before them For all their preferment all their comlinesse is at the free disposement of their Architect Furthermore as diuers things must be prepared before a field can be taken in and seuered from other groundes before it will bee fit for seede and plants some labour must be spent about it so before the Lord doth call take vs to be a field vnto himselfe out of the barren heath and wide wildernesse of this sinfull world before he sowes the seeds of his graces sets the pleasant plants of true christiā vertues in our hearts he prepares and fits vs ordinarily by the ministery of his word ioyning therewith sometimes also crosses and aflictions and some other things which he hath prouidently prepared and wisely directeth for our good And euen as wood stone brick lime and such like things as concurre to the making of an house must be fitted and layed together before the house can be made so the Lord doth prepare and vnite the faithfull together that they may be one indiuidual and entire building And vntill they be all collected compacted fast together Gods house shall not be fully finished And as stones in an house cannot without mortar be layed fast and firme neither can the posts the beames and spires be well and surely ioyned without pinnes nailes or barres of yron euen so the liuing stones of Gods house the true members of his Church cannot be closely coupled and strongly knit together without true Christian charity and his most holy Spirit Againe as all things concurring to the building of an house being well composed do make much for the beauty of that house so all the faithfull being cunningly compact and laid together of God as it were by line leuell do make for the statelinesse and glory of his house which consisteth onely of Beleeuers And as all the parts of a field the variety of hearbes the diuersity of fruits and the comly orders and rankes of plants do greatly commend and set forth the field in which they are euen so the Church which is Gods field is greatly beautified and adorned through the multitude great diuersity of her members which are as it were sundry sorts of sets or hearbs as also by reason of that comly order which he the Husbandman hath set among them Moreouer fields are not in their perfect glory so soone as they be taken in and the plantes and seedes that are set and sowne in them come not presently but by degrees to their full perfection and growth So the Church is pe●fited by degrees her plantes grow vp by little and little and the seedes of Gods graces which are sowen in our hearts spring vp grow and multiply by degrees and not all at once The flints the stones and stinking weedes are not all remoued and gathered out of vs at the first The hardnesse of our hearts the flintinesse of our affections and the weeds of wickednesse are not at one instant but by degrees remoued and taken away And as no field is inclosed and taken out of the heath or common in one moment of time but one part after another So God doth not take in the whole Church and by effectuall vocation seuer her and call her out of the world and inuiron her with his fauour reuealed to her at one point of time but he doth it by degrees at seueral times in that order and maner which in his wisedome he seeth most beseeming and which before all time hee did with himselfe decree In like maner also as no house is built vp all at once but by degrees so is the Church in generall and we that are her particular members erected and perfited by peecemeale and in processe of time And we do not attaine to our ful perfection whiles we liue heere For there is no man iust in the earth that doth good and sinneth not The clearest riuer hath some mudde in the bottome and the healthiest body hath some corruption in it So the purest soule is notwithout some sin Regeneration doth not in this life wholly extirp originall corruption but onely weaken abate and wast it by degrees For while we liue sinne shall not dy but death that receiued life from sin must be the death of sinne Our sins and we shall dye together And when the threed of this momentany life is cut asunder by death and a dissolution or diuorcement made betwixt those two parts of man which God did at the first vnite and wedde to make a perfect man the one must for a time returne vnto the earth and the other shall be taken vp into heauen thereto receiue both perfect grace perfect glory when God shal after a time repeale end the separation reunite them then they shal iointly receiue both holines happines in al perfection without future alteration in the paradise of God In whose presence there is fulnesse of ioy and at whose right hand are pleasures for euermore It is true indeed that we are perfect in this life in two respects First in regard of the perfection of parts because like in●ants we haue all the parts of a christian God hath giuen vs all his graces though we haue thē not in their full perfection And secondly wee are reputed perfect in Christ our head being clothed with his perfect righteousnesse And for this cause the Church is sayed to be faire beautifull comly vndefiled and pure to wit because she is inuested in the spotlesse and pure robes of Christs absolute most meritorious holinesse and obedience which is imputed to her and accepted as her owne But if we

of the Prophets is not regarded the raine of their exhortations runs by vs and is not receiued And although we be continually dressed daily pruned by the word of God as by a sprittle or pruning knife yet are we full of superfluous branches our fruit is rotten sowre vnwholesome vnpleasant What may we now expect of God if he shall deale with vs as we haue dealt with him but that he should pull downe his hedge breake downe his wal and lay this vineyard waste and bestow his paines vpon a people that will bring forth better fruites Let vs therefore repent before it bee too late let vs labour against our barrennesse vnto good against our vnfruitfull fruitfulnesse in that which is euill Shall we labour that our soile may be good and fertile and shall we with patience see our soules sterile vnfruitfull Can we not endure our gardens to be ouergrowne with weedes and shall we suffer our heartes to be defaced with sin which is more stinking and infestant then any weed is or can be Shall we desire God to giue vs the first and the latter raine to water our grounds and shall we not pray him also to water the dry ground of our hearts with the sweet shewers of his graces and to moisten and soke vs with the water of his Spirit Shal we desire God to shew kindnesse vnto vs in giuing vs the timely fruites of the yeare and shall we be vnkind vnto him in keeping frō him the timely fruits of our hearts Do we dislike slerility in our groundes barrennesse in our sheep and kine shall we not as wel dislike the barrennesse of our hearts and the spirituall sterility of our soules If we would shew our selues to be indeed the field of God and would not shame his husbandmen let vs striue against our barrennesse let vs lay aside all the vnfruitfull works of darkenesse and let vs labour to bring forth fruits in aboundance beseeming repentance and those that professe themselues to be the field of the liuing God And thus much for the first title CHAP. 5. We ought to trim vp our selues We may be sure that God will keepe house within vs. THE vses which we ought to make of the consideration of the second title are especially two First considering that we are Gods house we are taught so to dresse vp our selues as that we may be pleasing to him and not offensiue To this end we must remoue those things which are displeasing and deck our selues with such things as he doth delight in We must therfore tune the disordered strings of our sinfull soules labour for a sweet concent in all our affections that they may be iointly fixed vpon good and not on euill that there may be as li●tle discord iarring in thē as is possible whiles we continue in these houses of clay We must yet proceed a little further labouring with all our power to cleanse our soules bodies of all filthinesse of sin We must kill the spiders of a poisonfull and rancorous spirit We must brush downe the cobwebs of proud and haughty imaginations which are mounted vp into the turrets of the head and cleaue as it were to the seeling of the braine We must by true repentance sweep out of our hearts the dust of wickednesse as couetousnesse worldly cares and such like and cleanse out all vncleanenesse of fornication and fleshly desires We must let out the smoake of iniquity and purge our selues of al our sins by true remorse by godly sorrow and vnfeigned mortification O Ierusalem wash thine heart from wickednesse that thou maist be saued How long shall thy wicked thoughts remaine within thee Wash you make you cleane saith the Lord take away the euill of your works from before mine eyes We must not make our selues who are Gods house to be the dennes of sins which like Theeues rob him of that honour which is due vnto him Therfore as good Iosiah tooke away all the abominations out of all his countries so let vs by true repentance remoue al our sins which are al abominable out of all the corners of our hearts And as the Priests and Leuits cleansed all the House of God and brought out all the vncleanenesse threw it into Kidron so let vs which are spirituall Priests in Gods spirituall Temple cleanse the houses of our hearts of all vncleanenesse of our sins and condemne and cast them into the pit of hell that sulphirie lake from whence they came that so the workes of the diuell being dissolued himselfe eiected he may be past all hope of future entrance and recouery of his former hold that howsoeuer he may looke in at the doore or peep in at the window by his tentations and dart in a wicked thought yet he may find no roome swept vp and furnished for him to rest in and make his mansion Neither is it sufficient for vs to clense our selues of that which doth defile vs but we must also decke and adorne our selues with those things which are neat and comly We should therfore strew our hearts with the fresh flowers of Gods graces We should decke our selues inwardly with the lowlinesse of mind We should hang our soules with the rich arras and costly tapestry of holinesse innocency and sinceritie We should perfume our hearts with coales of Iuniper and with the frankincense of Gods Spirit We should set open our windowes that the blessed Sunne of righteousnesse may shine into vs to warme and enlighten vs. We should set open the gates of our hearts that the king of glory may come in And finally we should present our selues vnto him as a liuing and holy sacrifice We should prepare the banquet of an honest heart and a good conscience for him And we should giue him the best entertainement that we are able in all respect And so doing we shall be pleasing to him and shall reape exceeding comfort to our selues And therfore al those are to be reproued which professe themselues to be the houses of the liuing God and yet wallow in their sins as hogges in the mire are full of the dust of wickednesse giuing themselues ouer to ignorāce profanenes worldlinesse drunkennes epicurisme all vncleanenes These are not the Temples of the Spirit but the tents of the diuell These are not the houses of God but the tabernacles of wickednesse the sinks of sin the cabbins of vncleane spirits hauing not onely the fire of sin within them but beeing indeed also compassed about with the flames thereof on euery side And let them in time take heed and come forth For sin is a fire that burneth to destruction It worketh both a confusion in the soule the confusion of the soule The wages thereof is the eternall death both of soule and body Rom. 6 23. Secondly seeing we are GODS house we may assure our selues that he will reside and dwell