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A18831	The old vvaye A sermon preached at Oxford, the eight day of Iuly, being the Act Sunday. 1610. By Robert Abbott ...	Abbot, Robert, 1560-1618.	1610 (1610)	STC 53; ESTC S100540	35,346	72

against so cleare a streame of antiquity hauing nothing nothing at all from thence to alleadge for defence of that they say nothing for any colour thereof but only that they bring some speeches touching generally the dignity of Priesthood whereby they may as well prooue euery hedge-priest to be superiour to the greatest Monarch in the world and the meanest Bishop in the world to bee equall to the Pope Thus whilest they still pretend and make shew of the old waye they giue vs iust occasion to say of them as Tertullian said of the old Romaness l Tertull. Apologet c. 6. Laudatis semper antiquitatem nouè de die viuitis Ye are still commending of antiquity and are full of new deuices from day to day But wee take knowledge hereby of that Antichrist of whom it was foretold by the Apostle that he should m 2. Thess 2. 4. exalt himselfe aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped which Saint Hierome expoundeth to consist in this that n Hieron in Dan. c. 7. Eleuatur supra omne quod dicitur Deus cunctam religionem suae subijciens potestati he shall subiect all Religion to his owne power hee shall make of Religion what he list euen as the Pope doth 12 It remaineth now briefely to note what in duty concerneth vs when God hath made his way knowne vnto vs and that is to walke therein For as it booteth not to know the precepts of bodily health if we put not in practise what we know so neither auaileth it to know the way of eternal life if we onely know it and be carelesse to walke accordingly To walke I say both by preseruing integrity of faith and by yeelding conuersation of life correspondent and agreeable to our faith because the way doth not onely teach vs true faith but also a vertuous and godly life Here it is for vs to learne wisdome If to know the way were sufficient to eternall life how many would obtaine saluation who now goe headlong to destruction To beholde the kingdome of God a farre off as Moses did the land of Canaan whose heart doth it no● moue and enamor with the desire of it in whom doth it not breed a wil to know the way to come vnto it But to walke in this way and to continue therin to vndergoe the yoke of Christ to deny our selues and to mortifie the desires of the flesh and of the world to fight against sinne that fighteth against vs in a word to follow the example of Iesus Christ and as we haue receiued him so to walke in him these are things so vncouch so strange and crosse to our nature and will as that many rather then they will thus doe doe frustrate all their knowledge and are content to betray their owne saluation o Bernard in Cant. ser 21. Quàm pauci post te ô Domine Iesu ire volunt cùm tamen ad te peruenire n●mo sit qui nolit scientibus cunctis quia in dextera tua delectationes vsque in finem c. Ex his erat ille qui dicebat Moriatur anima mea morte iustorum c. Mortem spiritualium optant sibi etiam carnales quorum tamen vitam abhorrent scientes pretiosam mortem esse sanctorum How few are there O Lord Iesus that will follow thee saith Bernard whereas there is no man but is desirous to come vnto thee all men knowing that at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore Such a one was Balaam saith he who saide Let my soule dye the death of the righteous and let my latter end be like vnto his And thus carnall men desire to themselues the death of them that are spirituall because they know that precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints but in the meane time they abhorre and shunne their kind of life How many are there that can like well to yeeld vnto God all externall acts of deuotion but so that he will giue them the liberty of their inward affections How many can bee content to admit the faith of Christ so that they may be required no workes or at least no other workes then they please themselues How many are glad to embrace Christ as Iesus to saue them who like not to haue him vrged vpon them as their Lord to gouerne them But Christ cannot in any wise brooke this dismembring of himselfe The true mother could not endure to heare of the deuiding of her child If Christ be truly conceiued borne in vs we cannot yeeld to that deuiding of him but wil receiue him whole If we will needs deuide our selues to God by profession to the Diuell by action to Christ by faith to our selues surely God because he cannot bee content with halfe will leaue the diuell to take all Let vs not be like the Philistines who p 1. Sam. 5. 2. tooke the arke of God and set it vp by Dagon their idoll God q August in Psal 77. Qui sic su●c●p●unt testamentum Dei vt veter● vanitate non se exuant similes sunt hostibus populi eius qui captiuatam arcam testamenti iuxta sua idola pos●erunt So doe they saith Austin who so receiue the Testament of God as that they strip not themselues of their former vanity So doe they that take the faith of Christ and set it with the idols of their owne corrupt and sinful lusts Let vs not be like the Iewes r Mat. 27. 34. Vulg. who gaue VVine indeed to Christ but mingled with Gall. ſ Origen in Mat. tract 35. Quanticunque secundum doctrinam quidem occlesiasticam sapiunt a●i●unt autem male dant e● viru ● bibere f●lle permixtam So do they saith Origen who are minded rightly according to the doctrine of the Church but doe liue amisse Let vs not be like t Matth. 21. 19. the Fig-tree in the Gospell which had leaues onely and no fruite that tree we know was cursed by our Sa●iour Christ and withered soone way This befel not for the trees sake but in the tree Christ would teach vs what we are to expect if we yeeld leaues without fruit if we haue shadow and shew onely without substance if we labour onely to know the way and make no conscience to walke in it u Luk. 12. 47. The seruant that knoweth his masters wil and doeth it not shal be beaten with many stripes x Iam. 4. 17. and he that knoweth what is good and doth it not to him it is sinne God direct vs the right way to come vnto him that by vnderstanding we may know him and by obedience may serue him and may so passe the course of this transitory life as that the end therof may be to rest with him in euerlasting peace and blisse through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Sauiour Amen FINIS Errata Page 5. line 7. for in sinne read by sinne p. 19. l. 9. for not these vessels but these r. not those vessels but these p. 41. l. 18. for seducements and Heretickes r. seducements of Hereticks p. 26. l. 11. for like credit r little credit p. 29. l. 2. for deuise r. aduise p. 26. l. 8. for party Nestorian r. party-Nestorian Ibid. l 21. for yet r. yea