vs sensible thinges externall singes to bring our mindes by these outward singes to consider his inuisible graces Luke 22. 1. Cor. 11 And an other cause was to put vs alwaies in remembrance of his death and benefit of his passion for he saith doe this in the remembrance of mée As oft as ye eate of this bread and drinke of this cup ye shew the Lordes death till he come And an other cause there is that moued Christ Iesus to institute sacraments that they might be linckes bond of loue vnitie and concorde among our selues for we haue but one God Ephe. 4. one Faith one baptisme 1. Cor. 10. Vnus panis vnum corpus but one bread so all but one body Father Passeouer There were Sacraments in the olde Law as the passeouer what did that signifie Sonne Exod. 12 It was a Lambe of a yéere olde without blemish which was killed and the blood sprinkled signifiyng this immaculat Lambe of God Iesus Christ that taketh away the sinnes of the word The pascall Lambe put the people of Israell alwaies in remembrance of their bodelie deliuerance out of Egipte from Pharo and from the filth and clay of the Land by the power of God by a mightie hand and stretched out arme So in like manner this Sacrament of the Lordes supper 1. Cro. 11 signifieth to vs how that we are not onelie deliuered from a bodelie seruitude but also from hell the diuell and sinne and that by the crosse passion Luke 22. and blood shedding of our pascall Lambe Iesus Christ Father Séeing that this Sacrament is so worthie a misterie tell me how we ought to communicate Sonne We ought to iudge and examine our selues and then eate of that bread 1. Cor 11 drink of that cup. If any man be defiled saith God Num. 9. let him not eate of the passeouer but it must be eateÌ„ with swéete breade sower hearbeâ— so father is this Sacrament to be eaten no vncleane person that hath not examined himselfe may eate threof The passeouer was to be eaten with swéete bread and sower hearbes so he that eateth this Sacrament must be contrite in heart and his conscience vnleauened that is pure and cleane â—euiti 7. If any soule that is vncleane eate of the flesh of the peace offering the same soule shall perish from among his people â— Cor. 11 Whosoeuer saith Saint Paull shall eate of this bread and drinke of the cup of the Lorde vnworthelie shal be guiltie of the body and blood of the Lorde and eateth and drinketh his owne damnation Father â—eall preâ—ns Then belike in this Sacrament is the real presens of Christ his body and blood so that this Sacrament is transsubstantiall into his naturall bodie and blood if ther be such benefit for the worthie receiuers and so great perell to the vnworthie Sonne â—uke 22 â— Cor. 11 No father for it is but a memoriall of his death and instituted for a remembrance of the same his naturall body with all partes and members thereof is ascended into heauen Heb. 1 and sitteth on his fathers right hand Heb. 8. and shall abide there till the ende come Father How can the vnworthie receiuers bée in such daunger then Sonne Because they set at naught the ordinances of Iesus Christ And therefore saint Paull saith he that despiseth Moyses lawe dyeth without mercie vnder two or thrée witnesses how much sorer shall he be punished that treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God and compteth the blood of the testament wherewith he was sanctified as an vnholie thing and doth dishonour to the spirit of grace Father What punishment are they worthie of that refuse or negligentlie regard this institucion of Iesus Christ our Lore and sauiour Sonne Numer 9 The lord saith that man that is negligent to offer passouer in his due time shal be rooted out of his people and parish Heb. 10. He that treadeth vnder foote the institucion of Iesus Christ is worthie of death because he doth dishonour to the blood of Christ and to the spirit of grace Father Thou hast spoken well by these two Sacraments baptisme and the Lordes supper being instituded by Iesus Christ and therefore to be had in reuerence as the seals of our saluation but procéede tel me what thou sayst of extreme vnction for it should séeme that Saint Iames alloweth of the same Iames. 5 Sonne Iames. AnnoyntiÌ„g The Appostle father speaketh of the holie ghost in that same place as we may perceiue by other places expounding what the annoynting is the annoynting that dwelleth in you saith saint Iohn teacheth you all thinges Io. 2. and is true and no lye 2. Cor. 1. It is God that stablysheth vs with you in Christ and standeth by vs and hath annoynted vs which hath also sealed vs and hath giuen vs the earnest of the spirit into our heartes When the spirit of truth commeth Io. 16 he will lead you into all truth The spirit of God vpon mée Luke 4. because he hath annoynted mée to preach the ghospell to the poore hath he sent mée to heale the broken hearted to preach deliuerance to the captiue and sight to the blind Frely to set at libertie those that are brused and to preach the acceptable yéere of the Lord. So that the ministers or elders ought to pray ouer the sicke and diseased and to annoynte them with this oyle which is Gods spirit to certifie their consciens that their broken heartes are healed that wheras they were captiues they are deliuered whereas they were in darkenesse now lightned being in bondage True annoynting by the spirit of God now set at libertie whereas they were ouercharged with sinne the Christ had taken vppon him all their offences and that now they wer acceptable offeringes vnto their GOD through Iesus Christ And this is the annoyting that euery minister must annoynt the diseased withall Father Ecclesiasticall auâ—horitie What saist thou of ecclesiastiall aucthoritie and iurisdiction Sonne I say that they haue power and aucthority to excoÌ„municate punish offenders and when they repent to receiue them into the congregacion againe and absolue Iesus breathed on his disciples and saide â—o 20. receiue the holy ghost whose sinnes soeuer you remit they are remitted and whose soeuer sinnes ye retaine they are retained The minister may binde that is preach the Law and curse thereof Binding loosing to impenitent persons that wil not regard their owne saluacion and they may loose that is preach the gospell and glad tidings to those that repent vnfainedlie Matb 11 and would gladlie come vnto Christ to be refreshed Father Let me héere that they haue aucthoritie to excoÌ„municate and power to receiue into the congregacion againe such as repent Sonne Leuiti 13 The Lorde commaunded that if any man should be a leper the Priest should looke vppon him and if he iudged him to be
loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Io. 16. By this shall ye be knowne to be my disciples if ye loue one an other If we examine our selues we shall finde whether we be in the faith or not 1. Cor. 15. for the Appostle saith proue your owne selues know you not that Iesus Christ dwelleth in you except ye be reprobates and he in whom Christ dwelleth 2. Cor. 5 hath crucified the flesh with affections and lustes and is a new creature in Iesus Christ So that if we be the Children of God Rom. 8. and loue one an other Gods holie spirit will certifie vs thereof Father Any man may perceiue then Religion who is a man of God and sincere religion Sonne Yea Io. 4. he that worshippeth one true God in spirit and truth and loueth all men friend and foe and hath crucified the olde man and put vppon him the newe and is become a new creature in Iesus Christ Pure religion and vndefiled before God the father is this Iames. 1 to visit the fatherlesse and widowes in their aduersitie and to kéepe himselfe vnspotted of the world Father Almes Is it a signe of men that be of perfect religion to helpe the fatherles widows and poore let mée héere how we ought to helpe them Sonne Deu. 15. If any of your brethren among you be poore saith God within any of your gates in the land which I giue you thou shalt not harden thy hearte nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother Giue and lend but open thine hand and lend him sufficient for his néede Daniel 4 Oh King saide Daniell be content with my counsell that thou maist redéeme thy sinnes with almes and thine offences with mercie to poore people for this shall be an healing of thine error Tobi. 4. Giue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy face from any poore man then the face of the Lorde shall not be turned away from thée Be mercifull after thy power if thou hast much giue plentiouslie If thou hast little doe thy deligence to giue of that little for so gatherest thou thy selfe a good reward in the day of necessitie for almes deliuereth from sinne and death Almes rewarded and suffereth not the soule to come in darkenesse The mercie that a man sheweth is as it were a purse with him Eccle. 17 the grace that is giuen to man preserueth him as the apple of an eye The bread of the néedy is the life of the poore he that defraudeth him of it Eccle. 34 is the child of death When thou giuest thine almes Math. 6. let not thy left hand know what the right hande doth that thine almes may be in secret And the Lord which séeth in secret Rewarded shal rewarde the openlie Whosoeuer hath this worldes good 1. Io. 3 and séeth his brother haue néede and shutteth vp his compassioÌ„ from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him Father What sayest thou to those that are vnmercifull vnto the poore and will not suffer them somuch as to gather the eares of corne and to gleane in their fields Sonne I say they are wicked people Leuit. 19. not yet receiued to be of Christs church nor members thereof for the Lord commanded thus When ye reape downe your corn fields Gleaning you shall not gather that which is behind in the haruest but thou shalt leaue it for the stranger and poore I am the Lord. Leuiti 23. When you gather in your corne field thou shalt not make anie after gathering of thy haruest neither shalt thou make cleane riddance of the field but shalt leaue it to the poore and stranger Father Company Tell me what company wée ought to vse if we be new creatures what companie eschue Sonne Exod. 23 The Lorde saith thou shalt not let the wicked dwell in the land lest they make thée sinne against mée 2. kings 22 With the Godlie thou shalt be Godlie with the pure thou shalt be pure with the froward thou shalt learne frowardnesse Iob. 31. He that ioyneth himselfe to wicked coÌ„pany shall not destruction come vppon him Ecclesi 13. Who so toucheth pitch shal be filed with all he that is familyer with the proude shall cloth himselfe with pride Beare not the yoake with the vnbeléeuers 2. Cor. 6. what fellowshippe hath light with darkenesse what concorde hath Christ witst Beliall wherefore come out from among them and touch no vncleane thing We require you brethren 2 Thess â— in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ that ye withdrawe your selues from euerie brother that behaueth himselfe inordinatelie and not after the institution that ye haue receaued of vs. Father Whose companie then must we vse Sonne I am a companion saith Dauid Psal 119 of them that feare the Lorde and kéepe his commaundements I will goe among the wise Pro. 13 and learne wisedome With the holie thou shalt be holie Psalm 18 with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect and with the cleane thou shalt be cleane Thou maiest not dwell with vayne persons Psalm 2â— neither haue fellowshippe with the deceitfull I haue hated the congregation of the wicked and will not sit among the vngodlie Father Mariage Let me heare something of marriage because thou hast omitted that point Sonne Gen. 1 God the father did institute marriage in Paradise and ioyned Adam and Euaâ— in mariage together and saide growe and increase and replenish the earth â—o 2. Christ himselfe his mother and his disciples were presents at a marriage in Cana a Cittie of Gallelie where he turned the water into wine for confirmation thereof Tobias 6. Take her in the feare of God and more for children then for lust that in the séede of Abraham Mariage â—er procreâ—tion of â—hildren thou mayest possesse the blessing of Abraham Father There be almost none that denie marriage but that it is lawfull for seculer people lay men to marrie but not priestes and ministers what saith the scripture therefore to them Sonne â— Cor. 7. Mariage â—or auoiâ—ing of â—inne Thus saith Saint Paull to auoide fornication let euerie man haue his owne wife and euerie wife her owne husband If they cannot abstayne let them marrie it is better to marrie then to burne Haue we not power to leade about a-woman a sister aswell as other Apostles 1. Cor. 9 and as the brethren of the Lord The Apostles maried and Cephas eyther I and Barnabas onelie haue not power this to doe Honorabile est inter omnes coniugium Heb. 13 et thorus immaculatus Marriage is honorable among all men and a bed vndefiled but as for whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge Father Thou speakest generally of all men that all may marrie but tell me by expresse words perticularlie of Bishops or Ministers marriage Sonne A
with her alredy in his heart Math. 15 Out of the heart procéede euill thoughts murders breaking of wedlocke whoredomes theftes false witnesse blasphemies these defile a man Iames. 3. So that euill thoughtes with consent saith Saint Iames procure death Father VVoords Let mée heare what words hurte Sonne 1. Cor. 15 Corrumpunt bonos more 's colloquia praua Euill words corrupt good manners Iames. 3 If any man sinne not in worde the same is a perfect man and able also to same all the body Ephe. 4 Let no filthie communication procéede out of your mouthes saith Paull but that which is good to edifie withall that it may minister grace to the hearers Eod. 5. As fornication or vncleanenesse or couetousnesse let it not be once named among you as becommeth Saincts or filthienesse or foolish talking or ieasting which are not comely but rather giueing of thankes Of euery idle worde that men shall haue spoken Math. 12 they shall giue accompts in the day of the Lorde Ex abundantia cordis os loquitur Eod. Of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified Math. 12 and out of thy words thou shalt bée condemned So that the Lawe condemneth wicked wordes Father Procéede to speake of workes VVorkes or deedes Sonne The déedes of the flesh saith S. Paull Gal. 5. are manyfest which are these adultery fornication vncleannesse wantonnesse worshiping of Images witchecraft hatred variance strife sedicions sects enuying drunckennesse gluttony such like The committers of them or such shall not inherit the kingdome of God Whosoeuer breaketh one of the commandemeÌ„ts and teacheth other men Math. 6. so he shall be called the least in the kingdome of God Who liueth father Iames. 2 that hath not offended either in thought word or déede and if he hath offended in one point hée is guyltie of all for saint Iames saith whosoeuer shall kéepe the whole lawe and yet faill in one point he is guiltie of all Father Was ther neuer any man nor woman that fulfilled the whole lawe Sonne All sinners none iust No father but the man Iesus Christ who was perfect God and perfect man for saint Paull saith all are sinners and stand Rom. 3. Eod. in néed of the grace of God we do perceiue that both Iewes and Gentiles are al vnder sinne there is none that doth good their is none righteous Originall sinne Rom. 5 Gal. 3. By the sinne of Adam there sprong vp euill on all men vnto condemnation The Scripture concludeth all thinges vnder sinnes that the promise by the saith of Iesus Christ should be giuen to all that beléeue Io. 1. If we say that we haue no sinne wée deceiue our selues ther is no truth in vs. Math. 19. None is good saith Christ but one and that is God Psal 14. There is none righteous no not one ther is none that vnderstandeth there is none that séeketh after God they are all gone out of the waie they are all vnprofitable ther is none that doth good no not one There is none iust vppon earth Eccle. 7 that doth good and sinneth not So that Saint Paull concludeth Rom. 3. None iustified by the lavv because none fulfill the same that all mouthes may be stopped and that all the worlde may be subdued vnto God because that by the déedes of the lawe there shall no flesh be iustified in his sight Father What a kinde of doctrine was that which hath béene taught that man might be saued by his owne merits séeing all are sinnes Sonne A detestable doctrine father Gen. 32. as you may perciue by this going before yet for satisfiyng your minde I will proue further vnto you marke what Iacob euen the Lordes elect saide to God Oh Lord I am not worthie of the least of all thy fatherly mercies and truth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant It was not for thy righteoussnes sake Deu. 9. or for the right heart that thou goest to possesse the Land for thou art a stifnecked people but for the wickednesse of them that dwell therein and for my promise sake to Abraham Isaac and Iacob Psalm 89. What man is he that shall not sée death and shall he deliuer his owne soule from the hand of hell Rom. 8. I suppose that the afflictions of this life are not worthie of the glory that shall be showed on vs. Luke 17 Christ willeth vs therefore when we haue done all that euer we are able to say we are vnprofitable seruantes Father What sayest thou of those that iustifie themselues before men Iustifiers Sonne Math. 23. Christ Iesus curseth such Woe vnto you Scribes Pharises Ipocrites you make cleane the outside of the cup and platter but within you are full of brybery and excesse euen so they outwardly appeare righteous before men but within are full of faynednesse and iniquitie and all their workes they doe of intent to be séene of men Math. 6 but they haue their reward Ieremi 2 Though thou washest thy selfe with Nitrus and make thy selfe to smell with the swéete hearb of Loreth yet in my sight thou art stained with thy wickednesse Why bostest thou thy selfe sayth God so highly to obtaine fauour thereby Iustifiers CondeÌ„ned when thou as yet hast stained thée with blasphemies and teachest thyne owne waies and yet thou darest say I am without sinne and guiltles I haue not offended and therefore I condemne thée in iudgement The Prophets and Priests are polluted Ieremi 23 Ipocrytes and their wickednesse haue I found in my house I will therefore bring a plague vppon them The Pharisy saide God I thanke thée Luke 10. I am not like other men I am no extorcionor I am not vniust I am not as this Publican I fast twise in the wéeke I giue tythes of all that I possesse and yet hée went home not iustified Séeing thou puttest thy trust in thyne owne waies Oseas 9. Merits and leanest vnto the multitude of thy merites there shall growe a sedicion among the people al the strong holdes shall be layde wast If I iustifie my selfe Iob. 9. mine owne mouth shall condemne me Tush I haue good enough Oseas 12. in all my workes shall not one fault be found that I haue offended but thou art like a false Marchant that occupyeth extorcion Iustifiers punished â—and therefore shall his blood be powred vppon himselfe and the Lord God shall reward his blasphemies Math. 16. Iustifiers of themselues followe not Christ Therefore I will conclude with the wordes of Iesus Christ if any man will follow me let him forsake himselfe and take vp his crosse Let none trust in their owne worthinesse but in Iesu and follow him Father Thou speakest the truth that all are sinners that we mirrit or deserue no goodnesse at the hand of God and that none what
wickednesse that he had in hand and the Lord spared them Turne you therefore saith the Angel Tobi. 13. ye sinners and doe righteousnesse before God And be sure he will shew mercie vppon you Bring foorth fruites worthie of repentance Math. 3 Saying without doing is naught Reuela 2 and say not we haue Abraham to our father Remember from whence thou art falne and repent and do the first workes or else I wil come vnto thée shortelie and remoue the candelsticke out of his place except thou repent Ieremi 11 When I take in hand saith the Lord to roote out to destory or to wast away any people or kingdome if that people against whom I haue thus deuised conuert from their wickednesse I repent me of the plagues that I deuised to bring vppon them Againe when I take in hand to build to plant a people or kingdom if the same people or kingdome doe euill before mée and héere not my voice I repent of the good that I deuised to doe for them Father Blessed be that mercifull God But tell mée can there none be saued without repentance faith and conuersion Sonne Reuel 2 Luke 13. No father for Christ sayeth except you repent and doe the first workes hée will come shortelie and remoue the candlestick out of his place except ye repent ye shall all perish Father Refusers to â—epent What will come or happen to those that will not repent hauing this good warning of the Lord Sonne â—eremy 22 The Lord aunswereth by Ieremy the prophet I gaue thée warning in the time of prosperitie but thou saydest I will not heare therefore thou shalt be brought to shame in thy wickednesse â—om 2 Dost thou not knowe that the pacience and long suffering and kindnesse of God leadeth thée to repentance but thou after thy stubburne and hard heart that cannot repent heapest vnto thy selfe wrath against the day of vengeance when shal be opened the righteous iudgements of God which shall reward euery man according to his déeds â—euel 2 I gaue Iazabell time to repent sayth the Lord of her fornication but she would not therfore will I kill her children with death Father Tell me séeing that if we repent not we shall perish when and what time ought we to repent Sonne The Prophet Ioell sheweth and saith what time we must repent Ioel. 2. turne you vnto the Lord your God speaking in the presentense that is euen now repent The holie Ghost saith Heb. 3. to day if yée will heare his voyce harden not your hearts Make no tariyng to turne vnto the Lord and put not off from day to day Ecclesi 5 for sodenlie will his wrath come and in time of vengeance he will destroy Father Thou saiest that a desperate man beleueth neuer to be forgiuen A desperate person and be deliuered out of darkenesse and that the sworde is alwaies before his eies how shal a man or woman that hath committed some great and notorious sinne against the maiestie of almightie God do to be deliuered from dispaire Sonne â—dultery murder â—orgiuen Great sins forgiuen Let that man remember Dauid who sinned a great sinne he was an adulterer yet when he repented the Lord saide thou shalt not die Let him remember Saint Peter who sinned a great sinne for he denyed his Maister Good counâ—ell against â—esperatioÌ„ and sworde and cursed himselfe if euer he knewe him and yet when he repented went out and wept bitterlie the Lord forgaue him and placed him in his former state Eather Many sins â—orgiuen But what if your sinnes be many these two sinned but in one or two thinges once or twise Sonne Let vs remember Marie Magdelen possessed with vii diuells and acquainted with all sinnes yet when she repented and washed Christes féete with teares hée saide vnto her Multa peccata tibi condonantur propteria quod delixisti multuÌ„ Manie sinnes are forgiuen thée for thou loued much Father What if our sinnes be filthie and lothsome Sonne Let vs consider the woman taken in adulterie Filthie sin pardoned euen when the déede was in doing yet when she repented Christ sayde I will not condemne thée goe and sinne no more Father What if our sinnes and offences bée knowen to euerie man Sonne Let vs remember that Saint Matthew was a tolle-gatherer had openlie offended Knowne and open sins forgiuen and his extorcion knowen all abroade yet when Christ saide sequere me follow mée he straight way obeyed his calling Father What if we haue béene naughtie euen from our youth Sonne Then let vs consider the thiefe that was hanged with Christ Sins from our youth vsed forgiuen whome we neuer reade to haue done good yet when he repented and saide Lord remember mée when thou comest into thy kingdome Christ aunswered Amen Dico tibi hodie mecum eris in Paradiso Verelie I saye vnto thée this day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Father What if I haue béene a cruell man and persecuter shall I not dispayre Sonne The Lord forbyd remember Saint Paull a cruell persecuter of all that professed Christ Iesus â—ruelty â—ardoned and yet being called of the Lord obeyed him and repented and Christ saide Iste est vas electionis mihi This man is a chosen vessell vnto mée Father What if I haue hourelie fallen to sin and from one sinne to another and that euen by custome then I may dispayre Sonne No Father if we sinne seuen times in one day â—urely â—nes forâ—en no seuentie times seuen times and so oft repent the Lord is mercifull and will forgiue for the mercie of GOD is from euerlasting to euerlasting he would not the death of a sinner looke as a Father pittieth his owne children euen so is the Lorde mercifull vnto them that repent and turne vnto him â—ayer blessed be the maiestie of that mercifull God and louing father for euer and euer Amen Father Sonne thou sayest that sinnes be they neuer so great so many so filthie yet if a man repent the Lorde through Iesus Christ doth pardon and forgiue all Clothed but thou shewest me not of anie righteousnesse wherewith the sinner shall be cloathed or couered from his nakednesse and sinne Sonne Father Oscas 2. after that we are washed from our sinnes we are ioyned a newe vnto God and cloathed with righteousnesse and merits of Christ Iesus for the Lord saith I will marrie thée vnto my selfe for euermore euen to mine owne selfe will I marrie thée in righteousnesse in equitie in louing kindenesse and mercie in faith also will I marrie thée to my selfe and thou shalt know the Lord. Beholde saith GOD zachary I haue taken thy sinne from thée and I will now decke thée with chaunge of rayments Ezech. 36. I will power cleane water vpon you and ye shall be cleane a new heart will I giue you and a new spirite will I put in you I will restore you