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A02926	The preacher, or Methode of preachinge, vvrytten in Latine by Nich[olas] Hemminge, and translated into Englishe by I.H. Very necessarye for all those that by the true preaching of the Worde of God, labour to pull down the Synagoge of Sathair, and to buyide vp the Temple of God	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Horsfall, John.	1574 (1574)	STC 13065; ESTC S116593	54,033	218

worshipping of god Behold how many generall sentences this first and childishe rule doth minister vnto vs whereof the laste is most common and may be spread into many particuler arguments of the certainty wherof we must iudge oute of the rule followinge The example being confirmed in the subiect the thing is confirmed in the kinde Therefore when this facte is approued in Dauid the thing in the kinde ought not to be disalowed And on the contrarye syde the example in the subiect being reproued in matter is reproued in the kinde As for example Ozias the king of Iuda taking an other mās office vpon him displeased god Therfore kinges yea all men which meddle with other mens matters do displease God for it was the office of the priestes not of kinges to offer the insence of a sweete perfewme ¶ The second Rule IF in steede of the predicate superiours bee by degree and in order substituted as the next formes afterwards other other kindes a plētiful inuentiō or finding out of places will ensue thereof This rule certeinly most oftē is to be folowed in other thinges but alwayes in the Historyes of Christe As for example Christe healeth the Samaritan Leper calling vpon him Because this Samaritane is an Ethnicke and a man afflicted Gather thou from hence the Christe will helpe the afflicted Ethnickes and all men which cal vppon him And because out of the particuler actes of Christ his office generally is gathered it is lawful to frame a place after this maner That it is the office of Christ or of Messias to helpe the miserable and afflicted callinge vppon him ¶ The thirde Rule IF in steede of the subiecte and predicate thou substitute by order formes kinds plenty of common propositions will growe therof As for example Dauid committing adulterie was banished ought of his kingdome Therefore kinges greeuouslye offending and generally all men which liue wickedlye shall some times or other suffer due punishmente The filthines of wicked men was drowned in an vniuersall floud Therfore wicked men at one time or other shal be punished ¶ The fourth rule to make abstractes SOmetimes it is profitable oute of the cōcretes as the beleeuing woman of a Cananite Mat. 15. in her necessitye came to Christe called vppon him woulde suffer no repulse but was more earnest euen as also the ruler of the Synagoge who beleeuing did also conuert his whole family vnto the lord From hence gather thou the proprieties of Fayth that is to saye that fayth inforceth a mā in necessity to come to Christ to call vppon him for succour and maketh him earnest to th ende he maye obtaine it then he proueth the encrease and receyueth it and at length bringeth forth most acceptable fruictes vnto god This rule hath his force oute of that place which is called Comugata that is to say things ioyned together But because those things which I haue rehearsed concerninge Fayth are the principall partes of fayth I haue encluded them in two Verses after this maner Vera fides Christū petit rogat instat ab ipso Impetrat crescit fractificatque simul In Englishe thus True fayth doth seeke for Christ doth aske and maketh earnest sute Obtaynes of him and doth encrease and also bringes forth fruite An other example this is The man is blessed that feareth the Lorde The common place is True felicity cōsisteth in the feare of the Lord the vse of this rule is greate not onely in inuenting of places but also in defining of Concretes For as Aristotle Rodulphe do teache oute of the discription of Concretes the definitions of Abstracts are gathered As for example if thou wouldest define what godlines is take first the Concrete in a notable example As godly Abraham did feare the Lord and did worshippe him in true fayth and obedience Therefore godlines is the feare of the Lord fayth and obedience towardes him By this waye Aristotle founde out the differences of many vertues which they that are studeous in diuinitye shal easely perceyue not to be vnprofitable for them ¶ The fift Rule THose thinges are dilligently to be considered which goe before the matter propounded which are ioyned also with the same and which of necessitye do followe the same and are to be included into common places As Psal 2. Blessed are al they that put their trust in him First here it followeth oute of the antecedents that without Christ none are blessed For if they be then blessed whē they put theyr trust in Christ without this confidence al men are miserable This place also by a contrary sence is cōcluded after this maner all that put their confidence in Christ are blessed Therefore all that put not their confidēce in him are not blessed If they are not blessed certainly they are myserable Heare thou seest how this place doth mynister occasiō to reason of the wretchednes of mankind The second place is of things adioyning which is framed according to the .4 rule to wit the true felicity blessednes consisteth in the cōfidēce which we haue in Christ The third place that the benefite is vniuersal For a general proposition is not restrained to any nation or man but the benefit is offered vnto al which refuse not to put their trust in him The fourth place that fayth in Christ is a meane whereby men are made the partakers of the benefites of Christe The fift place of the diuinity of Christ doth follow out of this place For if fayth is only to be reposed in God bee is pronounced blessed that putteth his cōfidence in Christ it followeth of necessitye that Christe is true God. ¶ The sixt Rule THe necessary consequence of causes and of effectes is not to be neglected For if the cause be set downe the effecte is supposed to be concluded as in our Creede whē we acknowledge God to be omnipotent Faith from thence draweth forth a double effecte the one is that God doth bestowe his benefits vppon whom he wil the other that hee hath power to defend them whom he hath taken into his custodye But let vs adde a more famous exāple In the Lords Supper as oute of a consequence of causes effects particuler sentences are to be gathered oute of a true meditation of the Sacrament Therfore seing that the Lords Supper is a Sacramente of our redemption by the death of Christ First the celebration of the Supper both by little and little put into oure mindes the thoughte of sinne For the Lorde died for sinne Secondlye it admonished vs of the sacrifice accomplyshed for the redemption of mankynde from the lawe of sinne Thirdly the dignitie and excellencie of this sacrifice doth minister vnto godly myndes the thought not onely of the greatnes of the wrath of God in striking his sonne for our sinnes and of the vnspeakeable mercie of God receyuinge vs vnto his grace for the sacrifice of his sonne but also of the loue of his sonne making his

superstition in stede of the worde of God wee neuer or seldome do enter into the churches who are not withstanding enstructed by the worde by manifoulde testimonies in our religion but woulde to God wee weare instructed woulde to God wee woulde thynke that in our hartes whiche wee professe with oure mouthe and tongue whiche if wee woulde do wee would not so obstinatly cōtemne the ministrie of the worde What aunswere I praye thee wilt thou make to the sonne of God when he in the last day shal shew to thee his woundes when hee shall accuse and condemne thee for his bloude cruellye troden vnder thy foote then shall that verelye happen vnto thee whiche the Lorde hath fore spoken shall comme to passe that for shame and the iust iudgement of God with the wicked companie of the damned thou shalt say to the mountaynes fall vpon vs that for this cause leaste thou shouldest beholde the face of the sonne of God whome here thou haste despysed whose worde thou haste here reiected whose bloude thou hast cruelly trodden vnder foote whome stretching out his armes wette and bespotted with bloude and desyrous to delyuer thee out of the mydle of death and the Iawes of Hell thou wretche haste despysed A wretche in deede and suche a one as the iust iudge vnlesse thou repent wyll cast into euerlasting darkenesse and pryson The conclusion Let vs praye vnto God therefore that hee woulde conuerte vs by whom beinge conuerted wee mighte bee moued with the sweetenes of the woorde of God that hee woulde styre vs vp with his spirite to heare the worde of saluation by the whiche wee maye learne the wyll and true worshipping of God by the whiche so many cōmodities come to vs by that which so many Patriarches Prophetes Apostles Sainctes Martyres and manye other godlye men haue obtayned saluation by the which the righte waye is shewed to vs by Iesus Christe our Lord to whom with the father and the holy ghoste be prayse honour glory worlde without ende Amen This example of a treatise after a sorte doth shewe the vse of the places of inuention I haue myngled a fewe figures I haue some what more often touched the proposition neyther am I ignoraunte that this my treatise of example is farre inferiour vnto the dignitie of the matter Where fore I councell them that are studious that whyle they maye they often exercise them selues in declayming in wryting that hereafter they may come the more furnished to the function of the moste sacred ministerie the whiche to defile with longe pattering and vnlearned bablinge is a thing moste wicked ¶ Of the consolatorie Sermone or whiche consisteth in comforting THe Consolatorie or comfortable sermon is wherein the preacher doth lift vp the man afflicted and striuing vnder the crosse leaste being ouercome with impatience he should be subdued and ouercomme with sorowe These are especiallye the commune comfortable places The firste is the wyll of the heauenly father The seconde the condicion The thirde the promise of deliueraunce The fourth the nececessitie of the conformitie of Christe and his mēbers The fifth the commoditie whiche is manifould For by the crosse the presumption of a mans owne power is ouerthrowen hipocrisie is disclosed confidence in the fleshe is shaken of obedience is confirmed pacience is proued contempte of the worlde followeth humilitie ensueth erroure paste is corrected euill to come is taken hede of before hande faythe is exercised hope is taughte to be reposed in oure god Reade more concerning this matter in the places of Philip Melancthon The treatise consisteth of occasion proposition confirmation and conclusion euen as in the perswasible kynde to whiche it is lyke moreouer because it is profitable to knowe a certayne waye of applying of comfortes I wyll brifly declare the Methode of comforting The Methode of geuinge of comforte BVt leaste consolation shoulde be applyed out of season or vnsaylfully wee wyll distinguishe Firste betweene pryuate and publique comfortes and afterwarde describe the iuste forme of them both I call that a priuate consolation whiche happeneth to one alone oppressed with some griefe or crosse I call that commune whiche in the tyme either of persecution or of any plagne sent from God falleth vpon the whole congregation But firste wee wyll entreate of the priuate in whiche threateninges are generallye to bee obserued Firste who it is that is to be lifted vp with consolations Secondlye what it is that doth grieue him Thyrdlye a fitte application of the medicine to the present griefe Hee that feeleth payne or griefe eyther is godlye or vngodlye If hee bee godlye streightwaye the cōmon inheritaunce of the sonnes of God being shewed bee is to be lifted vp to be comforted and cherished with consolations and that by the places aboue rehersed and here with muche profite the eight chapter to the Romaines may be alledged But if hee be vngodly it is nedefull as in a greeuous disease that a greater care bee applyed for suche a one is not to bee lyfted vp streyghtwaye but is so muche the more to bee caste downe with the thundryng of the Lawe of God and to bee beate downe with threateninges vntyll hee acknoweledge his owne vngodlynes without hipocrisie vntyll hee vnderstande the wrath of God to bee styrred vp agaynst hym vntyll hee crye wyth Manasses that hee is gyltie manye wayes For hee that applyeth comforte by and by to a wycked man eyther sycke or otherwyse oppressed with anye calamitie dothe applye a moste daungerous an vnseasonable and a deadlye poyson And doth much lyke to that Phisicion whiche healeth the wounde outwardlye the matter of putrifaction remayning within from whence afterwarde a greater wicked and deadly mischief bursteth out Wherfore as the skilfull Phisition the tent being put in often draweth out the corrupt matter whiche beiynge drawen foorth couereth the wounde ouer with a mollifying playster So the godlye preacher should firste touche the byle of the wycked man by the threatening of the law that his disease beynge knowen maye the more easelye bee cured for it is truelye sayde that the firste steppe to healthe is to knowe the disease The seconde thynge which in consolations I haue sayde should be considered is the thyng whiche causeth the grief or the thing which doth greue him whiche I thinke needefull to bee examined for the righte application of the medicine for hee is otherwyse to be lifted vp whiche by his owne faulte hath brought a mischiefe vpon hym selfe And he also otherwyse to whome by an other mans faulte euill happeneth For if any man by his owne faulte hath brought a crosse vpon him selfe as infamine pouertie sickenes death c. The medicine or comforte is not to bee applied forthwith vnles thou see the guiltie person earnestlye touched with the feeling of his synnes for then this feeling of synnes is to be confirmed with the worde of God and to be augmented if neede shall require Then wee muste descende to consolations but if hee bee either

which is done when by death the price is payd For Lytrō properly is the price of redemption Such a price Christe payd for vs whē he was made sinne for vs that we may be made the righteousnes of god In the sixt place is added that God should be preached for his goodnes mercy the reason whiche thing the multitude of Angels do sufficiently proue conuince singing this himne to God at our Lordes birthe Glorie be to God on high peace on the earth vnto men good will. The confirmation for we ought to thinke that this thing done therfore that al mē which do acknowledge this Christ may learne by the exāple of the Angels to preache the goodnes mercy of God especially when nature it selfe doth crye out teache vs the thankes ought to be geuē for benefites or good turnes In the last place is added the fruites which they ought to shew who are deliuered by the Gospel the reason which thing is confirmed by the testimonie of Paule saying wee are created in Christe Iesus to good woorkes in the whiche the Lorde woulde haue vs to walke the Confirmatiō for how may these two agre that we are deliuered from sinne and yet fulfill the desires of sinne when Paule affirmeth that the healthfull grace of God appeared to all men that we denying vngodlines and worldly lustes shoulde liue godlye soberlye and righteously c. Seinge therefore that wee haue shewed by stronge reasons that sinne the curse of the Law and the wrath of God is taken away by the Gospell and that in theyr place doe succede Righteousnes Saluation and life thorow Christe which whilst wee beleue in him and that God would that wee shoulde preach his goodnes for this his benefits in all our life time be thanckfull that followeth which before we propounded that the Gospell is a doctrine reuealed from God wherein is shewed c. Now when our definition is after this maner handled if there be any of a contrary opinion they are to be confuted with the Methode of confutation which consisteth of proposition sublation the opposite contrarye or proposition and the solution The proposition in this place is the promise of the sublation sublation is the proposition of our aduersaries The opposite proposition is the promise of the solution The solution is the confirmation opposite proposition But the matter shal be made manifest by a briefe exāple Neither am I ignoraunt that oure aduersaryes the Papistes do bable this is the proposition of the confutation sublation foloweth that the Gospel is the new law of not reuēging of casting awaye of ryches of not swearinge c. The opposite proposition foloweth but how vaine a thing that is may easely be declared the solution followeth For that which they affirme is directlye against the sacrifice of Christe yea and against the whole Scripture which plainly sheweth that we obtaine the benefits of the Gospel by fayth What are not Paule his woordes manifest If righteousnes be by the law Christ dyed in vaine this confirmation of the opposite proposition is to be taken oute of the places of confirmation that is to say out of the places of Logicke of which thing I wil speake in the compoūd Methode of places But what generally both in confirmatiōs and confutations is to be obserued heare those that are studious are to be admonished First therefore after that wyth manifest plaine arguments thou hast confirmed the cōtrary proposition in order the argumēts of our aduersaryes are to be refelled and if the matter suffer it so to be firste of all the first kind is to be taken and afterwards we must come to the speciall arguments as in this presente cause First wee must confute this that the Gospell is a law Secondlye that it is not a law of forbidding of reueng of castīg away of riches of not swearing c. Furthermore this also both in the cōfirmation of our owne opinion in the confutation of the contrary part is diligently to be noted and marked that thou preuent those thinges which eyther the wisedome of the fleshe or els the contrary part may obiecte against those things which thou sayest and confute them This seemeth to be oftentimes vsed of Paule in his wrytinges as in this confutation layed before vs of the opiniō of the Papistes that the Gospell is the new Law the flesh vnthanckful to God frō thence taketh weapons vnto himselfe against the doctrine of works inferreth or cōcludeth after this maner If the Gospel doth deliuer vs without our workes wherefore should wee worke well This obiection is to be taken away by preuention And after this maner the faythfull preacher must haue a respecte what maye be sayd on the contrary part But the preceptes of a large confutation confirmatiō are to be handled afterwards ¶ Of Diuision and partition THis member of the Methode may be hādled verye profitablie after this maner First if thou expounde thine owne diuision or partition Secondlye if thou proue it Thirdly if thou cōfirme it Fourthly if thou gather it againe together Let this be the example of diuision wee haue heard what the Law is it remayneth now that wee declare into how many parts it is deuided for such a forme of transition is to be vsed when we go from one thing to another The Lawe of God therefore is three folde Morall Ceremoniall and Iudiciall This was the exposition The reason For all the Lawes of God eyther teacheth manners or commendeth Ceremonies or practiseth iudgemēts The confirmation for by these mans life is very well conserued and gouerned For in a ciuill life there is neede of iudgements in the publicke assemble of the Church Cerimonies are necessary and that religion of the minde towardes God and godlines towardes men in the spirituall kingdome of God do consist in the preceptes of maners It is most euident the collection Therefore that is most sure which we haue sayd that the Lawe of God is threefold Moral Ceremoniall and Iudiciall Especiallye since the true gouernment of lyfe consisteth of these three whether thou consider the common life or the Church or the spiritual kingdome of god If these members of diuision be darcke and obscure they are to be expounded by definitions and subdiuisions are to be made manifesse by reasons and examples But if the aduersary do obtrude or bringe in any other diuision that is false it is to be ouerthrowne by the Methode of cōfutation There needeth no ensamples in a manifest thing Moreouer partition is to be framed after the same sorte As the parts of repentaunce are contrition faith and a desyre to leade a godly life the reasō for it becōmeth vs to be sory for our sinnes and because the contrition is of no force vnlesse there be also fayth in Christe this is of necessity requyred And because neither of these is true vnlesse the desire to liue a good and godly life doth follow a good purpose