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A13142 A summe or a briefe collection of holy signes, sacrifices, and sacraments instituted of God euen since the beginning of the world, and of the true originall of the sacrifice of the Masse; Sum or a brief collection of holy signes, sacrifices and sacraments. Ling, Nicholas, fl. 1563.; Brett, John, Sir, attributed name.; Devonshire, William Cavendish, Earl of, 1590-1628, attributed name. 1609 (1609) STC 23434; ESTC S113014 129,473 362

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corrupte● with the leuen of sinne Euen so by the second Adam Iesus Christ we are by grace purged from our offences To our first and vniuersall father Adam was giuen a holy signe to exercise his obedience and to his successours was giuen other holy signes sacrifices sacraments instituted of God as the tree of life the fruits of the tree of knowledge of good and euill the raine-bowe circumcision the lambe without blemish the bread without leuain the cloud the fiery piller the red sea diuided the heauenly Manna the water of the rocke the immolation and offering of beasts for sacrifices the arke of couenant the brasen serpent the purging water the Temple builded in the middest of the holy Citie All which sacred signes sacrifices and sacraments were figures of that which was accomplished by Iesus Christ Iesus Christ the tree of life Apoca. 2. Rom. 11. For first hee was the true tree of life planted in the midest of the garden of God in whom and by whom we which were bastard trees are grafted and set to the obtaining of eternall life hee hath giuen vs the keeping of the fruites of the tree of wisedome by his holy gospell and commaunded vs to keepe it whole without abusing without corrupting without adding or diminishing in paine of eternall death Rainebowe He hath bin as the celestial Bow bended in the aire to assure vs of the bande and couenant contracted between God and vs that wee should bee no more drowned in the floud of sinne He was circumcised to accomplish the lawe in himselfe Circumcision Gala. 4. that hee might cut away the foreskinne of our hearts to spoyle vs of our old corrupted skinne in Adam The burning bushe He was the flame in the burning bush taking flesh in the wombe of the virgine conceiued by the grace of the holy Ghost without the seed of man the holy virgin as the bush remaining neuertheles perfect and vncorrupt Hee was sacrificed as the iust innocent Lambe Pascall lambe Iohn 1. Hebr. 13. his bloud being shed to preserue vs frō the tyrannie of Sathan and to open vnto vs the passage into the lād of promise the kingdome of heauen Bread of life Iohn 6. He is the true bread which came downe from heauen without leauen without corruptiō and spot whereof wee must eate for our spirituall nourishment to the ende we may celebrate the feast of the Pharaonicall passage in the land of libertie 1 Cor. 5. The cloude firie piller and red sea Hee was the cloude the fiery pillour the red sea diuided which hath conducted vs which hath deliuered vs from the hands of our enemies 1 Cor. 10. Iohn 19. out of whose side opened came bloud and water for our saluation and redemption He was the heauenly Māna sent from heauen to nourish vs for euer The heauenly Manna the rock flowing water of life 1. Corin. 10. and the true rocke from whence flowed water to quench the thurst of all those for euer which thurst and beleeue in him It was he that made the sacrifice of health for the defacing of our sinnes Sacrifice Heb. 7.8.9.10 the sacrificer and sacrifice the offering and offerer abiding foreuer a sacrificer at the right hand of God his father Heb. 9. He entred into the heauēly sanctuary builded not with the hands of men but with the hand of God The arke of witnes He was the true Arke of couenant appoyntmēt by the which God did manifest and declare his oracles and in the which he did rest to accomplish his diuine and incomprehensible misteries He was as the brasen serpēt fastened to the crosse Brasen serpent Iohn 3. to giue health to the sicknesse of al those which did turne toward him and behold him in faith Temple of God Iohn 2. He was the true temple of God wherin the holy ghost doth dwell in whome and by whome one God in trynity is worshipped The host and holy water Hee was the true and holy sacrifice whereof was made the purging water for the cleansing of all spots hauing by his owne ashes that is by his owne bodie offered vp Iohn 19. sprinckled and watered with water issuing out of his side all people beleeuing in him The ceremoniall law being thus accomplished not by figures but really executed by the incarnation death and resurrection of Iesus Christ our Sauiour our mediatour our euerlasting sacrificer and mercy obtainer the infinite goodnes of God was yet more manifested by the new band Heb. 9. new couenant and new comming of the son of God incarnate For by his new testament confirmed by the death of the testator Rom. 8. he hath made vs fellow heires and inheritours of the kingdome of heauen with God For assurance of this heauenly succession gotten to vs by grace after that he had finished the ceremonial law and abolished the same as we haue shewed by the sacrifice perfectly made by the euerlasting Sacrificer S. Augustine in his 3. booke of the christian doctrine cap. 9. there were left vnto vs two sacred signes and holy sacraments wherein God hath vsed more fauour and more special grace than euer hee did before his incarnation in this that hee hath deliuered vs from the seruile law of circumcision of difference of meates and of diuers sacrifices ordained in the first Church of the Israelites and in discharging vs of this heauy burthen he hath so much the more comforted vs in ordaining vnto vs for a memorie and remembrance of our regeneration and life euerlasting two holy sacraments Sacraments of the new Testament vnder two holy signes To wit the water of Baptisme the bread and wine for the partaking of his bodie and that his grace might extend to all nations God did choose those tokens signes which were most cōmon easie For Circumcision was a speciall marke for Abraham and his posteritie the which Circumcision other nations were not accustomed to vse although Herodote a Greeke in the history which he writeth of the manners of the Egytians Herod lib. 2. doth attribute vnto them the custome to circumcise especially their Priestes But it is easie to coniecture that hee had heard speaking of the Iewes dwelling in Egipt for the space of foure hundred and thirtie yeares obseruing the circumcision Moreouer the Circumcision was ordained for the men onely A comparing of the circumcision with baptisme Exod. 12. and not for the women there was also a day set for Circumcision the eight day after the natiuitie and the cutting of the skinne was paineful and greuous But the grace of God hauing abolished by his incarnation and perfect sacrifice Genes 17. the rigour of the ceremoniall law as wel for the difference of meates as of dayes hath left vnto vs by his new will and couenant the holy signe of water common to all as well men as women without difference of dayes Num. 19. in
A SVMME or a briefe collection of holy Signes Sacrifices and Sacraments instituted of God euen since the beginning of the world And of the true orriginall of the Sacrifice of the Masse Imprinted at London for W. C. 1609. To the right worshipfull and worthy louer of learning and vertue Sir Iohn Brett SVch as from time to time haue imployed their studyes in publishing those labours that haue bin thought worthy the view and acceptation of others haue likewise for the most part selected such patrons aswell straungers as of acquaintance as haue bene knowne and reputed to be learned well minded or well discended Imm●tating which Custome and p●escriptiō aduenturing the pardon of your discretion I haue inboldned my selfe vpon good notice taken of your honorable disposition to present this Treatise vnto your fauorable acceptance tending to no idle or vnprofitable substance I humbly intreat you will be pleased to vouchsafe of my goodwill and fauour a Schollers penne with your gracious acceptation who answeres in well wishing what he wants in worths So shall I rest deuoted vnto you and bestow my future studies to effect matter of better deseruing Euer remayning in all humble duty ready to be commaunded by you W. C. A SVMME OR A briefe collection of holy Signes Sacrifices and Sacraments instituted of God euen since the beginning of the world And of the true originall of the Sacrifice of the Masse IN the time ordeyned before of God by his vnsearchable and vncōprehensible wisdome after he had created man to his owne Image and likenes to the end that he might stirre him vppe to feare and obedience and giue vnto him also some exercise of vertue to acknowledge his God his creator there were ordeyned many signes Sacrifices and Sacramentes First to our first Father Adam and to his successours being bodily men were ordayned corporal signes of God the better to approue and make knowen his obedience Trees of life Gene 2.3 Euseb Theodor. Seuer To wit The trees planted in the midst of the Harbor and earthly Paradise These trees although they were of no other quality then the other plants yet they were dedicated consecrated of God to serue for Sacraments that is to say for holy signes their qualitie then dedicated hallowed to serue as a seale for a witnes attestation approbation of the godly will For the infinite goodnes of g●d willing to make knowen the fellowship bond and alliance contracted with man his creature created to his owne likenes hath from time to time ordayned outwarde and corporall signes which man might see behold with his corporal eies to serue for assurance gage and pledge of the diuine couenant like as to our first common father were ordeined trees corporall fruits left and giuen vnto him to keep without wasting eating or consuming in paine of euerlasting death We must then beleeue by faith that the trees and fruites were not signes or sacramentes of vanitie as a simple picture but more that vpon them did hange both life and death they containing the signe and the thing signified Prouerb 1.2.3 Wherein did consist the knowledge and wisdome to feare God and obey him This was the cause wherefore they were called the fruites of knoweledge of good and euill and the trees of life For in keeping these fruits hallowed in obeing God euerlasting life was promised contrariwise in abusing these Sacramentes in going against the will of God declared by outward tokens euerlasting death and damnation was gotten For other exercises of man towarde God to the end that he might reuerēce Sacrifices before the Lawe written honor worship him many diuers sacrifices were celebrated yea before the law writtē by Moyses And although the almighty God creator of heauen of earth hath no need of mans workes Psalm 50. neither is nourished with the bloude of beastes or fruites of the earth Yet hee hath alwaies desired to draw man vnto him in feare and outward obedience by Signes Sacrifices and Sacraments In such sort that the sacrifice of the lambes offered by Abel Gene. 4. Hebre. 11. Gene. 6.7.9 was pleasing vnto God Noe likwise after the great flouds passed in signe of knowledge and obedience toward God did erect an aultar offered and lifted vp sacrifice of sheepe without spotte and of birdes wherewith he did make sacrifices sounde and pleasing vnto God By these examples it is easie to know that sacrifices did not begin in the time of Moyses But the innocent and iust lambe represented by the sacrifice of Abel the figure of Iesus Christ was slaine and offered vp from the beginning of the world Apoc. 13. After the rigor of the floud comen for the punishment of the offences of the tyrāts of the earth in signe of reconciliation and couenant renued our good God did ordeine the signe of the Bowe in heauen Rainebow Gene. 9. for a gage and assurance of the diuine mercifulnes This signe and heauenly Bowe although before it did appeare in the thicke clouds a token of raine to come Yet before it had neuer bin a marke dedicated to serue man for a sacrament or holy signe vntill it was ordeined of God a signe of the couenāt contracted with good Father Noe and his off spring Vnto the faithful Patriarch Abraham another couenaunt and alliance was contracted by the wisedome of GOD Circumcision in the yeare of the world 2048. which hee gaue vnto him for a gage and assurance of him and of his posteritie the outward signe of circumcision to serue for a sacrament and perpetuall marke of the diuine will It was ordeined vnto him to circumcise his children males within eight daies after their birth Gene. 17. in paine of being reiected from the nūber of those people which God had adopted or chosen To the same people of Israel was ordeyned the Sacrifice of the vnspotted Lambe the bloud wherof spilt Pascal Lambe should preserue the people frō the appointed death in Egipt Exod. 12. the flesh also was ordeined to be eaten and in celebrating the feast euery yeere in the day called Pasque in signe cōmemoration of their deliuerāce from Pharaos bondage Exod. 12. with the signe of the communion of the flesh of the Pascall Lambe it was ordeined to eate vnleuened breade seuen daies in paine of death Other holy signes were sent of God to his elect people alwaies to draw them to his feare obedience As the signe of the cloud Cloude a token of the way to guid the people by day the flaming and fiery piller to conduct them by night out of the handes of Pharao the tyrant Pilelr of fire Exod. 13. Moreouer the signe of the diuisiō of the red sea of Arabie through the middest wherof the elect people of God did passe The diuision of the red sea in the yeare 2453. 1 Cor. 10. Tite 3. By the which wōderful signes God would signifie the holy sacramēt