with those wise Virgins Least there will not be enough for vs you got to them that sell and buy for your selues For vs wâ— enuâ—e not their multitude Let them hâ—ue as many Sauiors as Saints and as many Saints us menâ— we knoâ—e with Ambrose Christâ— pressâ—â—â—tore non eguit Christs passion needs no helper therefore with that worthy Martyr dare say None but Christ â—one but Christâ— Let our Toules die if hee cannot saue them let them not fear their 〈…〉 or 〈◊〉 if he haue finished He◠〈…〉 thou languishing and afflicted soâ—â—e to There is 〈◊〉 one of thy sinneâ— but it is paid for not one oâ—â— thy debtâ— in the 〈◊〉 of God but it had â—ffect not one farthing of all thine infinite raâ—some is vnpaidâ— Alas thy sinnes thou sai'st are euer before thee and Gods indignation goes still ouer thee thou goest mourning all the day long and with that patterne of distresse criest out in the bitternesse of thy soule I haue sinned what shall J doe to theeâ— O thou preseruer of men What should'st thou doe Turne and belieue Now thou art stung in thy conscience with this fierie serpent looke vp with the eyes of 〈◊〉 to this bâ—azen serpent Christ Iesus behealed Behold his head is huÌ„bly bowed downe in a gracious respect to thee his aâ—ms are stretched out louingly to imbrace thee yea oâ— precious side is opeÌ„ to receiueâ— thee and his tongue interpreâ—â— all these to thee for thine endlesse coÌ„fort Jt is finished There is no more accusation iudgement death hell for thee all these are no more to thee then if they were not Who shall condemne it is Christ which is deâ—d I knowe how ready euery man is to reach foorth his hand to this dâ—le of grace and how angry to â—e beaten froÌ„ this dooâ— of mercy We are all easily persuâ—ded to hope well because we loue our selues well Which of all vs in this grâ—â—t congregation takeâ— exceptions to himselfe and thinkâ— I knowe there 〈◊〉 want in my Sauiour there is want in me He hath finished but I belieue not I repent not Euery presumptuous and hard 〈◊〉 so 〈◊〉 at Christ as if he had finish for 〈◊〉 as if hee had broken downe the gates of hel and loosed the bands of death and had made forgiuenesse as 〈◊〉 as life Prosperâ—â—◠〈…〉 saith wise Salomon East 〈◊〉 the foolish and the prosperitie of fooles 〈◊〉 them you 〈…〉 prosperitie Thou saâ—'st God 〈◊〉 mercifull thy 〈…〉 bâ—ous 〈◊〉 Passion absolute All these yeâ— thou maist be condemned Mercifull not â—niâ—sâ— bountifull not lauish absolutely sufficieÌ„t for all not effeâ—â—â—all to all Whatsoeuer God is what are 〈◊〉 i Hee 〈◊〉 iâ— the doubts 〈◊〉 faâ—st-well Christ is 〈◊〉 good Shepheard Wherein Hâ—â— giues his lâ—fe but foâ— whom 〈◊〉 his sheepe What is this to 〈…〉 while thou arâ— secure profane impeâ—itent thâ— a◠〈…〉 a 〈◊〉 My sheep heâ—re my voice What is his voice but his pâ—ecepâ—â—â— where is thine obedieÌ„ce to his coÌ„maundements If tâ— wilt not heard his Law nâ— not â—arken â—o his Gospell 〈…〉 no more mercy for thee â—heâ— iâ— there were no Sauior He haâ—â— finished for those in 〈…〉 hath begun If thou haue to beginnings of graâ—â— as yet hope not for euer finishing of saluation Come to me all yee that are heâ—uie ladeâ—â— saith Christ â—hou shalt get nothing if thou come when he calls thee not Thou art not called and canst not bee refreshed vnlesse thou bee laden not with sinne this alone keepes thee away from God but with conscience of sinnes A broken and a coâ—â—rite hearâ— O God thou wilt not despise Is thy heart wounded with thy sinne doth griefe and hatred striue within thee whether shall bee more are the desires of thy soule with God dost thou long for holinesse complaine of thy imperfections struggle against thy corruptions Thou art the man feare not Jt is finished That law which thou wouldest haue kept couldest not thy Sauiour could and did keepe for thee that saluation vvhich thou couldest neuer work-out alone alas poore impotent creatures what can we doe towards heauen vvithout him which cannot mooue on earth but in him hee alone for thee hath finished Looke vp therefore boldly to the throne of GOD and vpon the truth of thy repentance faith knows that there is no quarrel against thee in heauen nothing but peace and ioy All is finished He would be spetted on that he might wash thee hee would be couered with scornfull robes that thy sinnes might be couered he would be whipped that thy soule might not bee scourged eternally he would thirst that thy soule might be satisfied hee would beare all his Fathers wrath that thou might'st beate none he would yield to death that thou might'st neuer taste of it he would be in sense for a time as forsaken of his Father that thou might'st bee receiued for euer Now bid thy soule returne to her rest and inioyne it Dauids taske Praise the Lord O my souleâ— and What shall J render to the Lord for all his benefites J will take the Cup of saluation and call vpon the name of the Lord. And as rauishe from thy selfe with the sweet apprehension of this mercy cal al the other creatures to the fellowship of this ioy with that diuine Esay Reioyce O yeâ— heauens for the Lord hath done it shout yea lower 〈◊〉 of the eaâ—th 〈…〉 into praises yeâ— mountaines for the Lord hath 〈…〉 Jacob and will be glorified in Jsraell And euen now beginne that heauenly song which shall neuer eâ—d with those glorified Saints Praise and 〈◊〉 and glory and power bee to him that sâ—â—eth vpon the throne 〈◊〉 the Lambe for euermore Thus our speech of Christs last words is finished His last act accoÌ„panied his words our speech must follow it let it not want your deuout and carefull attention Hee bowed and gaue vp the Ghost The Crosse was a slowe death and had more paine theÌ„ speed whence a second violeÌ„ce must dispatch the crucified their bones must be brokeÌ„ that their hearts might break Our Sauiour staies not Deaths leisure but willingly and couragiouslie meets him in the way and like a Champion that scornes to be ouercome yea knowes he cannot be yieldeth in the midst of his strength that hee might by dying vaÌ„quish death He bowed and gaue vp Not bowing because hee had giuen vp but because he would He cried with a loud voice saith Matthew Nature was strong he might haue liued but he gaue vp the Ghost and would die to shew himselfe Lord of Life and Death Oh wondrous example hee that gaue life to his enemies gaue vp his owne he giues them to liue that persecute and hate him and himselfe will die the whiles for those that hate him He bowed gaue vp not they They might crowne his head they could not bow it they might vex his spirit not take it away they could not doe that without leaue this they could not doe because they had
no leaâ—e He alone would bow his head and giue vp his Ghost 〈◊〉 haue power to lay downe my life Man gaue him not his life man could not bereaue it No man takes it froÌ„ me Alas who could The High-priests forces when they came against him armed he said but I am heâ— they stâ— fall backward How easie 〈◊〉 breath disperst his enemies whom he might as easily haue bidden the earth yea hell to swallow or fire from heauen to deuoure Who coÌ„manded the diuels they obei'd could not haue bin attached my men He must giue not onely leaue but power to apprehend himselfe else they had not liu'd to take him Hee is laid hold of Peter â—ight St Puâ—â—â— saith Christ Thinkest thou that J cannot pray to my Father and hee will giue mee more then 12 legions of Angels What an Army were heer more theÌ„ three-score twelue thousand Angels and euery Angel able to subdue a world of men Hee could but would not bee rescued hee is ledde by his owne power not by his enemies and stands now before Pilate like the scorne of men crowned robbed scourged vvith an Ecâ—e Homo Yet thou couldest haue no power against mee 〈◊〉 iâ— vvere giuen thee from aboue Behold he himselfe must giue Pilate power against himselfe else hee could not be condemned Hee will be condemned lifted vp nailed yet no death without himselfe Hee shall giue his soule an offering for sinneâ— Esay 53 10. No action that fauours of constraint can be meritorious hee would deserue therefore he would suffer and die He bowed his head and gaue vp the Ghost O gracious and bountifull Sauiour hee might haue kept his soule within his â—eeth in spight of all the world the weakeness of God is stronger then men and if he had but spoken the word the heauens and earth should haue vanisht away before him but he wold not Behold when he saw that impotent man could not take away his soule he gaue it vp 〈◊〉 would die that wee might liue See heere a Sauiour that can contemne his ovvne life for ours and cares not to bee dissolued in himself that we might be vnited to his Father Skiâ—â—e for skiâ—â—e saith the diuell 〈◊〉 all that he hath a man will giue for his life Lo heere to proue Satan a lyer skin and life and all hath Christ Iesus giuen for vs. We are besotted with the earth make base shifts to liue one with a maiâ—ed bodie another vvith a perfuâ—â—d soule a third with a rotten name and how many had 〈…〉 neglect their soulâ— then their life and 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 then dieâ— It is a shame itâ— tells many of vs Christians 〈◊〉 opâ—n life and â—â—â—â—â—ble and â—aâ—h and she 〈◊〉 solue so 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 excesse of loue â—oâ—ard◠〈◊〉 〈…〉 as Peter denies Christ â—iâ— forsweares him 〈…〉 graines of incense â—nto the Idols â—ire Eâ—ius 〈…〉 thrice Spir◠〈…〉 aâ— despaâ—â—es â—deâ— me liue â—aith the 〈…〉 Whithâ—â— dâ—st thou 〈◊〉 â—hy selfe 〈…〉 and â—doâ— us 〈…〉 wâ—ld'st thou 〈◊〉 with thy selfe 〈◊〉 Thou hast not thus learned Christ◠〈…〉 voluntarilie for thee thou wilt not bee forced to die for him hee gaue vp the Ghost for thee thou wilt not let others take it from thee for him thou wilt not let him take it for himselfe When I looke back to the first Christians and compare their zealous coÌ„tempt of death with our backwardness I am at once amazed ashamed I see there euen women the feebler sex running with their little ones in their armes for the preferment of martyrdome and ambitiouslie striuing for the next blowe I see holy tender virgins chusing rather a sore and shamefull death then honourable espousalls I hear the blessed Martyrs intreating their Tyrants and tormentors for the honour of dying Ignatius amongst the rest fearing least the beasts wil not deuoure him and vowing the first violence to them that he might be dispatched And what lesse courage was there in our memorable glorious fore-fathers of the last of this age and doe vvee their cold and feeble ofspring looke pale at the face of a faire and naturall death abhor the violent tho for Christ Alas how haue we gathered rust with our long peace Our vnwillingnesse is from inconsideration from distrust Looke but vp to Christ Iesus vpon his Crosse and see him bowing his head and breathing out his soule and these feares shall vanish He died wouldest thou liue He gaue vp the ghost and wouldest thou keep it Whom vvouldest thou follow if not thy Redeemer If thou die not if not vvillingly thou goest contrarie to him and shalt neuer meet him Tho thou shouldest euery day die a death for him thou couldest neuer requite his one death and doost thou sticke at one Euery word hath his force both to him and thee He died which is Lord of Life and coÌ„maunder of Death thou art but a tenant of life a subiect of death And yet it was not a dying but a giuing vp not of a vanishing and aery breath but of a spirituall soule which after separation hath an entire life in it selfe He gaue vp the Ghost Hee died that hath both ouercome and sanctified and sweetned death What fearest thou he hath puld out the sting and malignity of death 〈◊〉 thou bee a Christian cary it in thy bosome it hurts thee not Dar'st thou not trust thy Redeemer If hee had not died death had been a Tyrant now he is a slaue O Death where is thy sting O Graue where is thy victorie Yet the Spirit of God saith not hee died but gaue vp the Ghost The very heathen Poet saith He durst not say that a good man dies It is worth the noting me thinks that vvhen S. Luke would describe to vs the death of Ananias and Sapphira he saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hee expired but when S. Iohn vvould describe Christs death he saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he gaue vp the Ghost How gaue he it vp and whither How so as after a sort he retained it his soule parted from his body his Godhead was neuer distracted either froÌ„ soule or body This vnion is not in nature but in person If the natures of Christ could be diuided each would haue his subsistence so there should bee more persons God forbid one of the natures therefore may haue a separation in it selfe the soule from the body one nature cannot bee separate from other or either nature from the person If you cannot conceiue wonder the Sonne of GOD hath wedded vnto himselfe our humanitie without all possibilitie of diuorce the body hangs on the Crosse the soule is yielded the Godhead is euiternally vnited to them both acknowledges sustaines them both The soule in his agony feeles not the presence of the Godhead the body vpon the Crosse feeles not the presence of the soule Yet as the Fathers of Chalcedon say truly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 indiuisibly inseparably is the Godhead with both of these
still and euer one and the same person The Passion of Christ as Augustine was the sleep of his Diuinitie so I may say The death of Christ was the sleep of his Humanitie Jf hee sleepe hee shall doe well said that disciple of Lazarus Death vvas too weake to dissolue the eternall bonds of this heauenly coniunction Let not vs Christians goe too much by sense we may be firmely knit to God not feele it Thou canst not hope to be so neer to thy God as Christ was vnited personally thou canst not fear that God should seeme more absent from thee then he did from his own Son yet was hee still one with both body soule when they were diuided from thēselues When he was absent to sense hee was present to faith when absent in vision yet in vnion one and the same so will he be to thy soule when it is at worst Hee is thine and thou art his if thy hold seeme loosened his is not Whē temptations will not let thee see him hee sees thee and possesses thee onely belieue thou against sense aboue hope and tho he kil thee yet trust in him Whither gaue hee it vp Himselfe expresses Father into thy hands and This day thou shalt be with mee in Paradise It is iustice to restore whence wee receiue Jnto thy hands He knew where it should be both safe happie true he might be bold thou saist as the Son with the Father The seruants haue done so Dauid before him Steuen after him And least we should not think it our common right Father saith hee J vvill that those thou hast giuen mee may be with me euen where I am hee willes it therefore it must be It is not presumption but faith to charge God with thy spirit neither can there euer be any belieuing soule so meane that he should refuse it all the feare is in thy self how canst thou trust thy iewell with a stranger What suddaine familiaritie is this God hath been with thee and gone by thee thou hast not saluted him and now in all the hast thou bequeathest thy soule to him On what acquaintance How desperate is this carelesnesse If thou haue but a little money whether thou keepe it thou lay'st it vp in the Temple of Trust or whether thou let it thou art sure of good assurance sound bonds If but a little land how carefully doost thou make firme conueyances to thy desired heires If goods thy wil hath taken secure order vvho shall enioy them we need not teach you Cittizens to make sure worke for your estates If children thou disposest of them in trades with portions onelie of thy soule which is thy selfe thou knowest not what shal become The world must haue it no more thy self would'st keep it but thou know'st thou canst not Satan would haue it and thou know'st not whether hee shall thou wouldest haue God haue it and thou knowest not whether hee will yea thy hart is now ready with Pharaoh to say Who is the Lorde O the fearefull and miserable estate of that man that must part with his soule hee knowes not whither Which if thou wouldest auoide as this very vvarning shall iudge thee if thou do not bee acquainted vvith GOD in thy life that thou maist make him the Gardian of thy soule in thy death Giuen vp it must needs be but to him that hath gouern'd it if thou haue giuen it to Satan in thy life hovv canst thou hope God will in thy death entertaine it Did you not hate me and expell mee out of my fathers house how then come ye to me now in this time of your tribulation said Ieptha to the men of Gilead No no either giue vp thy soule to God while he calls for it in his word in the prouocations of his loue in his afflictions in the holy motions of his spirit to thine or else whē thou wouldest giue it hee vvill none of it but as a Iudge to deliuer it to the Tormentor What should God do with an vncleane drunken profane proud couetous soule Without holinesse it is no seeing of GOD Depart from me yee wicked J know yee not goe to the Gods you haue serued See how GOD is euen with men they had in the time of the Gospell said to the holy one of Israell Depart from vs now in the time of iudgement he saith to them Depart from me They would not knowe God when they might now God will not knowe them when they would Novv therefore beloued if thou would'st not haue GOD scorne the offer of thy death-bed fit thy soule for him in thy health furnish it with grace inure it to a sweet conuersation with the God of heauen then maist thou boldly giue it vp he shall as graciously receiue it yea fetch it by his Angels to his glory Hee gaue vp the Ghost Wee must doe as hee did not all with the same successe Giuing vp supposes a receiuing a returning This in-mate that vve haue in our bosome is sent to lodge heer for a time may not dwell heere alwaies The right of this tenure is the Lords not ours As hee said of the hatchet It is but lent it must be restored It is ours to keepe his to dispose and require See and consider both our priuiledge and charge It is not with vs as vvith brute Creatures vvee haue a liuing Ghost to informe vs vvhich yet is not ours and alas what is ours if our soules be not but must bee giuen vp to him that gaue it VVhy doe wee liue as those that tooke no keepe of so glorious a guest as those that should neuer part vvith it as those that thinke it giuen them to spend not to returne with a reckoning If thou hadst no soule if a mortall one if thine owne if neuer to bee required hovv couldest thou liue but sensuallie Oh remember but vvho thou art what thou hast and whither thou must and thou shalt liue like thy selfe vvhile thou art and giue vp thy Ghost confidently vvhen thou shalt cease to bee Neither is there heere more certaintie of our departure then comfort Carie this with thee to thy death-bed and see if it can refresh thee when all the world cannot giue thee one dramme of comfort Our spirit is our deerest riches if wee should lose it here were iust cause of griefe Howle and lament if thou thinkest thy soule perisheth it is not forfeited but surrendred How safely doth our soule passe through the gates of death without any impeachment while it is in the hands of the Almightie Woe were vs if he did not keep it while we haue it much more when we restore it Wee giue it vp to the same hands that created infused redeemed renewed that doe protect preserue establish and will crowne it J knowe vvhom J haue belieued and J am persvvaded that he is able to keepe that vvhich J haue committed to him against that day O secure and happy estate of the godly O
but this bitter draught that the Scripture might bee fulfilled They gaue mee Vineger to drinke And loe novv Consummatum est All is finished If there be any Iew amongst you that like one of Iohns vnseasonable Disciples shal aske Art thou he or shall we looke for another hee hath his answere Yee men of Israell why stand you gazing and gaping for another Messias In this alone all the prophecies are finished of him alone all was prophecied that was finished Paul's old rule holds still To the Jewes a stumbling blocke and that more anciēt curse of Dauid Let their table be made a snare And Steuens two brands sticke still in the fleshe of these vvretched men One in their neck stiffe-necked the other in their hart vncircumcised the one Obstinacie the other Vnbeliefe stiffenecks indeede that vvill not stoop and relent with the yoke of sixteen hundred yeers iudgement and seruilitie vncircumcised harts the filme of whose vnbeliefe would not be cut off with so infinite cōuictions Oh mad miserable Nation Let them shew vs one prophecie that is not fulfilled let thē shew vs one other in whom all the prophecies can be fulfilled we wil mix pitty with our hate If they cannot and yet resist their doome is past Those mine enemies that would not haue me to raigne ouer them bring them hither and slay them before mee So let thine enemies perish O Lord. But what goe I so farre euen amongst vs to our shame this riotous age hath bred a monstrous generation I pray God I bee not now in some of your bosomes that heare mee this day compounded much like to the Turkish religion of one part Christian another Iew a third worldling a fourth Atheist a Christian face a Iewes hart a worldlings life therefore Atheous in the whole that acknowledge a God knowe him not that professe a Christ but doubt of him yea belieue him not The foole hath said in his hart there is no Christ What shall I say of the semen they are worse then deuils that yielding euill spirit could say Iesus I know and these miscreants are stil in the old tune of that tempting deuill Si tu es filius Dei if thou be the Christ. Oh God that after so cleer a Gospell so many miraculous confirmations so many thousand martyrdōs so many glorious victories of truth so many open confessions of Angels men diuells friends enemies such conspirations of heauen earth such vniuersall contestations of all ages and people there should be left any sparke of this damnable infidelitie in the false harts of men Behold then yee despisers and wonder and vanish away whom haue all the Prophets fore-told or vvhat haue the prophecies of so many hundreds yea thousands of yeers fore-said that is not with this word finished Who could fore-tell these things but the spirit of God Who could accomplish them but the sonne of God Hee spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets saith Zacharie he hath spoken hee hath done one true GOD in both No other spirit could fore-say these things should bee done none other power could doe these things thus fore-shewed this word therfore can fit none but the mouth of God our Sauiour It is finished Wee knowe whom we haue belieued Thou art the Christ the sonne of the liuing GOD. Let him that loues not the Lord Iesus be accursed to the death Thus the prophecies are finished Of the legall Obseruations with more breuity Christ is the end of the law What law Ceremoniall Morall Of the morall it was kept perfectly by himselfe satisfied fully for vs of the ceremoniall it was referred to him obserued of him fulfilled in him abolisht by him There were nothing more easie then to shew you how all those Iewish ceremonies lookt at Christ how Circumcision Passouer the Tabernacle both outer and inner the Temple the Lauer both the Altars the Tables of Shew-breade the candlesticks the Vaile the Holy of holies the Arke the Propitiatory the pot of Manna Aarons rodde the high Priest his order and line his habites his inaugurations his washings annointings sprinklings offerings the sacrifices 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and what euer Iewish rite had their vertue from Christ relation to him and their end in him This was then their last gaspe for now straight they died with Christ now the vaile of the Temple rent As Austen well notes out of Mathew's order It tore then when Christs last breath passed That conceit of Theophylact is witty that as the Iewes were wont to rend their garments whē they heard blasphemy so the Temple not induring these execrable blasphemies against the Sonne of God tore his vaile in peeces But that is not all the vaile rent is the obligation of the rituall lawe cancelled the way into the heauenly Sanctuarie opened the shadow giuing roome to the substance in a word it dooth that which Christ saith Consummatū est Euen now then the law of ceremonies died It had a long and solemne buriall as Augustine saith wel perhaps figured in Moses who died not lingringly but was thirty daies mourned for What meanes the Church of Rome to dig them vp now rotten in their graues and that not as if they had been buried but sowen with a plentifull increase yea vvith the inuerted vsury of too many of you Cittizens ten for one It is a graue and deepe censure of that resolute Hierome Ego è contrario loquar c. J say saith he and in spight of all the vvorld dare maintain that now the Iewish ceremonies are pernicious and deadly whosoeuer shal obserue them whether he be Jew or Gentile in barathrū diaboli deuolutum shall fry in hell for it Still Altars still Priests sacrifices still still washings still vnctions sprinkling shauing purifying still all and more then all Let them heare but Augustines censure Quisquis nunc c. Whosoeuer shall now vse thē as it were raking them vp out of their dust he shall not be pius deductor corporis sed impius sepulturae violator an impious sacrilegious wretch that ransacks the quiet tombes of the dead I say not that all ceremonies are dead but the Law of ceremonies and of Iewish It is a sound distinction of them that profound Peter Martyr hath in his Epistle to that worthy Martyr Father Bishoppe Hooper Some are typicall fore-signifying Christ to come some of order and decencie Those are abrogated not these The Iewes had a fashion of prophecying in the Churches so the Christians from them as Ambrose the Iewes had an eminent pulpit of wood so wee they gaue names at their circumcision so we at Baptisme they sung psalmes melodiously in Churches so do we they paid receiued tithes so do we they wrapt their dead in linnen with odors so wee the Iewes had sureties at their admissiō into the church so we These instances might be infinite the Spouse of Christ cannot be without her laces
teares shall bee wip't from our eyes wee that haue sowen in teares shall reape in ioy In the meane time let vs possesse our soules not in patience onely but in comfort let vs adore and magnifie our Sauiour in his sufferings and imitate him in our owne our sorrowes shall haue an end our ioyes shall not our paines shall soone be finished our glory shal be finished but neuer ended Thus his sufferings are finished now together with them Mans saluation Who knowes not that man had made himself a deepe debter a bankrupt an out-law to GOD Our sins are our debts and by sins death Now in this word and act our sinnes are discharged death indured and therefore wee cleared The debt is paid the score is crossed the Creditor satisfied the Debters acquitted and since there was no other quarrell saued We are all sick and that mortally Sin is the disease of the soule Quot vitia tot febres faith Chrysostome so many sinnes so many Feauers those pestilent What wonder is it that we haue so much plague while we haue so much sin Our Sauiour is the Physician The vvhole neede not the Physician but the sicke Wherein He healeth all our infirmities hee healeth thē after a miraculous maner not by giuing vs receits but by taking our receits for vs. A wonderfull Physician a wonderful course of cure One while he would cure vs by abstinence our superfluity by his forty daies emptinesse according to that old rule Hunger cures the diseases of Gluttony Another while by exercise He went vp and downe from Citty to Cittie and in the day was preaching in the Temple in the night praying in the Mount Then by diet Take eate this is my body and Let this cup passe After that yet by sweat such a sweat as neuer was a bloudy one yet more by incision they pearced his hands feet side and yet againe by potion a bitter potion of vineger and gall And lastly which is both the strangest and strongest receit of all by dying Which died for vs that whether we wake or sleep we should liue together with him We need no more wee can goe no further there can bee no more physick of this kind there are cordialls after these of his Resurrection and Ascension no more penall receits By this bloud wee haue Redemption Ephes 1 7. Iustification Rom. 3 24. Reconciliation Colos 1 20. Sanctification 1. Pet. 1 2. Entrance into glory Hebr. 10 19. Is it not now finished◠Wo were vs if he had left but one mite of satisfaction vpon our score to bee discharged by our soules and wo bee to them that derogate from Christ that they may charge themselues that botch vp these alsufficiently meritorious sufferings of Christ as imperfect with the superfluities of flesh and bloud Maledictus homo qui spem ponit in homine We may not with patiēce see Christ wrongd by his false friends As that heroicall Luther said in the like Cursed bee the silence that heer forbeareth to be free short Heere be two iniuries intolerable both giue Christ the lye vpon his Crosse Jt is finished No somewhat remaines the fault is discharged not the punishment Of punishments the eternall is quit not the temporall It is finished by Christ No there wants yet much the satisfactions of Saints applied by his Vicar adde mens sufferings to Christs thē the treasure is ful till then it is not finished Two qualities striue for the first place in these two opinions Impietie and Absurditie I know not whether to prefer For Impietie heere is GOD taxed of iniustice vnmercifulnesse insufficiencie falshood Of iniustice that he forgiues a sin and yet punishes for that which he hath forgiuen vnmercifulnesse that he forgiues not while hee forgiues but doth it by halues insufficiencie that his raunsome must be supplied by men falshood in that hee saith Jt is finished when it is not For Absurdity how grosse monstrous are these Positions that at once the same sin should bee remitted retained that there should be a punishment where there is no fault that vvhat could strike off our eternall punishment did not wipe off the temporall that hee which paid our pounds sticks at our far things that GOD will retaine what man may discharge that it is and is not finished If there bee anie opinions whose mention confutes them these are they None can bee more vaine none had more neede of soliditie for this proppe beares-vp alone the vveight of all those millions of Indulgences which Rome creates and sells to the vvorld That Strumpet would well-neere goe naked if this vvere not These spirituall treasures fetch in the temporall vvhich yet our reuerend and learned Fulke iustlie calls a most blasphemous and beggerly principle it brings in vvhole Chests yea Mines of Golde like the Popes Indies and hath not so much as a ragge of proofe to couer it whether of Antiquitie of Reason of Scripture Not of Antiquitie for these Iubilie Proclamations beganne but about three hundred yeers agoe Not of Reason hovv should one meere man pay for another dispēse with another to another by another Not of Scripture which hath flatly said The bloud of Jesus Christ his son purgeth vs from all sin and yet I remember that acute Sadeel hath taught mee that this practice is according to Scripture What Scripture He cast the money-changers out of the Temple and said Ye haue made my house a denne of thieues Which also Ioachim their propheticall Abbot well applies to this purpose Some modest Doctors of Louan wold faine haue minced this Antichristian blasphemie who began to teach that the passions of the Saints are not so by Indulgences applied that they become true satisfactions but that they onely serue to moue God by the sight of them to apply vnto vs Christs satisfaction But these meal-mouthed Diuines were soone charmed foure seuerall Popes as their Cardinall confesseth fell vpon the neck of them and their opinion Leo the tenth Pius the fift Gregory the thirteenth and Clemens the sixt with their furious Bulles bellow out threats against them and tosse them in the ayre for hereticks and teach them vpon paine of a curse to speake home with Bellarmine Passionibus sanctorum expiari delicta and straight Applicari nobis sanctorum passiones ad redimendas poenas quas pro peccatis Deo debemus that by the sufferings of Saints our sinnes are expiate and that by them applied wee are redeemed from those punishments which we yet owe to GOD. Blasphemy vvorthie the tearing of garments how is it finished by Christ if men must supply Oh blessed Sauiour was euery droppe of thy bloud enough to redeeme a world and doe we yet need the help of men How art thou a perfect Sauiour if our brethren also must bee our redeemers Oh ye blessed Saints how wold you abhorre this sacrilegious glory and with those holie Apostles yea that glorious Angell say Vide ne seceris and
blessed exchange of our condition while our soule dwells in our breast how is it subiect to infinite miseries distempred vvith passions charged with sinnes vexed with tentations aboue none of these how should it bee otherwise This is our pilgrimage that our home this our wildernesse that our land of promise this our bondage that our kingdom Our impotency causeth this our sorrow VVhen our soule is once giuen vppe vvhat euill shall reach vnto heauen and wrestle with the Almightie Our loathnesse to giue vp comes from our ignorance and infidelitie No man goes vnwillinglie to a certaine preferment J defute to be dissolued saith Paule J haue serued thee J haue beleeued thee and now J come to thee saith Luther The voices of Saints not of men If thine heart can say thus thou shalt not need to intreat with old Hilarion Egredere meâ— anima egredere quid â—iâ—as Go thy waies forth my soule goe forth what fearest thou but it shall flie vp alone cheerefully from thee and giue vp it selfe into the armes of GOD as a faithfull Creator and Redeemer This earth is not the element of thy soule it is not where it should be It shal be no lesse thine when it is more the owners Thinke now seriouslie of this point Gods Angell is abroad and strikes on all sides wee knowe not which of â—urturâ—â—es shall be the next we are sure wee carie deathes enâ—vâ— within vs. If wee be readie our day cannot come too soone Stir vp thy soule to an heauenlie cheerfulnesse like thy Sauiour Know but whither thou art going and thou canst not but with diuine Paule say from our Sauiours mouth euen in this sense Jt is a more blessed thing to giue then to receiue GOD cannot abide an vnwilling guest Giue vp that spirit to him which hee hath giuen thee and hee will both receiue what thou giuest and giue it thee againe with that glorie and happinesse vvhich can neuer bee conceiued and shall neuer bee ended Euen so Lord IESVS Come quicklie Gloria in excelsis Deo Petr. Galatin de arcan fidei Cath. ad finem Ex glos Rab. Shâ—lomâ—h Lex est EuaÌ„gelium praedictum Euangelium lex completa 1. Cor. 16.9 Ioh. 3. Art thou a Master in Israel Esr 6.7 Ier. 8.8 Neh. 8.4 Matt. 23.2 Cleric Iudaeorum saith Ierome Euseb eccl hist l. 4 c. 22 EraÌ„t in circuÌ„cisione diuersae senteÌ„tiae qua maximè tribui Iudae aduersabantur c. Vid Ios Scalig resp ad Serarium Orig. lib. 5. aduers Cels Christianâ—s non habere veram Religionem quòd in varias sectas diuisi essent Domus SaÌ„mai Hillel Ar. Mont. in Euang. Ante adueÌ„tum Christi non tot tam blasphemae hareses Irem lib. 5. Act. 15.5 Jn eam consentiunt omnes Hebraei teste Bahal Haruch Pagnin in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ar. Montanus Ios Seal I. Drusâ—â— c. 1. Mac. 2.47 Act. 26.5 Eruditius caeteris legem 〈◊〉 Pher. Iosâ—â— â— de bello Iud. c. 4. An old saying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Descipuli Sammai occidebant descipulos Hillel Epiphan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. Jn nomen Mosiâ— Aciba Anna Filiorum Assamonai Hier Algasiae de 11. quaestionib 1. Cor. 1.20 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Scriba lectionarij quasi Scripturarij vel Textuarij Pharisaei 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Drus Matth. 9. Eodem habitis cum Scribis muliebri passio latis crepidis calceamentorum ligulis procedentes Epiphan Meahauah Epiph. Chasidim Prac. Mosaica cum ex pos Rabbinorum à Munster ed Ibid. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 EpiphaÌ„ Hier. in Mat. 23. Acutissimas in eis spinas ligabant vt ambâ—lantes sedentes pungerentur admonerentur officij Josephus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Qui comedit panem samariticuÌ„ aâ—st â—omederet suiâ—â—am Pâ—aecept Mos cum expos Rab. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the new Testament the common people Vnum ex sex opprobrijs vitandis à discipulis saâ—ientum Comessatio cum populo terrae Ar. Mont. in Euang. Epiphan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mar. 7.3 Prae. Mos cum expos Rab. Epiphan l. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Epiph. Montan. in locum Prae. Mos cum expos Vox Egyptiâ—ca Versus quidam ex lege Mosis in pergameno scripti scz 14. priores 13 Exod. 4.5.6.7.8.9 6. Deut. Pagâ— Quòd ferruÌ„ vim assandi habet Prat. Mos cum Expos Ibid. Mat. 23.3 Correcti à Concilio Toletan Bellar Quilibet nostrûm de lege interrâ—gatus facilius quà m nomen suum respondet Ios contr App. l. 2. Mat. 8.12 Choshec Aphelah Tenebra calâ—ginis In aquam se cum vestibus â—â—mergunt â—hi contigerint auquem â—xaâ—ia genâ—e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Epiph. Barthol â—fixiensis Mat. 23.23 Gal. 6.6 Phil. 3.6 Gal. 4.18 Plâ—â— est in verbis sapieÌ„tum quam in verbis legis Galatin Serarius Non mali comparari Pharisaeos Catholicis Pari pietatis affectu reuerentia Traditiones vnà cum libris veteris noui Testamenti sustipimus veneramur Decr. 1. Sess 4. Nolo verba quâ— scripta non sunt legi Bellum Haeresicorum pax est Ecclesiae ex Hilario Bellar Esconedo Concordiâ res parua crescunt c. Nostrâ miseriâ tu es magnus de Pomp. miâ—â—â— Jn Mar. 23. Prae. Mos cum expos Rab. Ibid. Ibid. SacraruÌ„ Câ—remoniarum lib. 1. accipit de gremiâ— Camerarij pecuniam vbi nihil tameÌ„ est argenti spargensque in populo dâ—cit Aurum argentuÌ„ non est mihi quod antem habeo hoc tibido Canâ—n Pâ—nitential pag. 1. Num. 12 Ezec. 4. Luc. 5. Otho Fristugensis in prafâ—â— In Mat. 23. Mat. 23.4 Vide Drufinus de tribus sectis Jud. Alia doctrina Pharisaâ—rum qua est nisi legis secundum carnem obseruatio Hier. in Gal. 1. 2. Tim. 3.5 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Si haec prohibeaâ—tur filâ—◠〈◊〉 pâ—nent in manâ— Praec Mos cum expos Socrates eccl hist Iam. 4.8 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luc. 11.41 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 23.6 * * A word which the Seminaries report in their Quodlibet vsuall amongst theÌ„ to signifie Beguiled wip't of their inheritance from the example of M. Henry Drury of Law shall in Suffolke so defeated by the Iesuites As at Winnoâ—-berg in FlaÌ„ders neer Dunkerk where a rich legacie giuen by a charitable Lady for the building of an Hospital was cunningly turned to the maintenance of Iesuites Sacr. cerem l. 1. de Conse Benedict Coron Pontif. Postea imperator sâ— praesaeus est staphaâ— equi Papalis tenet dein ducit equum per fraenum aliquantuiuÌ„ And afterward Dum Imperator haec officia prastat debet Papa modesté recusare tandem cum aliquibus bonis verbis recipiendo permittit aliquantulâ—â—â— progredi c. That is while the Emperour doth these seruices to the Pope of holding his stirrup and leading his horse by the bridle the Pope ought modestly to refuse but at last with some good words hee suffers him to goe on a while and then at last staies himselfe c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 8.9 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Giue me not pouerty nor riches Prou. 30.8 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sit mors mea in remissionem omnium iniquitatum mearum Vt vsâ—â— rationis tollatur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aug. ad Hier DuÌ„ volunt Iudaei esse Christiani nec Iudaei sunt neâ— Christiani 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ex quo apparet tunc scissuÌ„ esse cùm Christus emisit spiritum Ceremoniae sicut defuncta corpora a necessarioruÌ„ officijs deducenda erant ad sepulturaÌ„ non simulatè sed religiosè nec deserenda continuò Augustin Ego è coÌ„trario loquar reclamaÌ„te muÌ„do liberâ voce pro nuÌ„cieÌ„ ceremonias IudaeoruÌ„ perniciosas esse et mortiferas quicunque eas obseruauerit siue ex Iudaeis siue ex GeÌ„tibus in barathruÌ„ diaboli deuolutuÌ„ Hier. Quisquis nunc ea celebrare voluerit tanquaÌ„ sopitos cineres eruens noÌ„ erit pius c. Si tu paceÌ„ fugis ego te ab Ecclesia fugerâ—mando 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Psal 24 10 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Acts. 26.27 In medio latronuÌ„ tanquaÌ„ latronuÌ„ immaâ—issimus Luther Caput angelicis spiritibus tremebuÌ„duÌ„ spinis coronatur c. Bernard 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vt nulla vnquam aetas similem memiâ—erit Psalm 94.17 1. Thes 5.10 MaledictuÌ„ silentium quod hîc conniuet Negotiatores terrae sunt ipsi Sacerdotes qui vendunt orationes missas pro denarijs â—acientes domuÌ„ orationis apothecam negotiationis In Reuel l. 10. p. 5. Bellar. l. 1. dâ— Indulgent Reuel 5. Quod emittiâ—ur voluntariuÌ„ est quod amitâ—itur necessarium Ambro. Quod si venire noluerint ego vim faciam vt deuorer Si per singulos dies pro eo moreremur qui nos dilexit non sic debitum exolueremus Chrysost Acts. 5.5 QuantuÌ„cuÌ„qute deieceris humilior non eris Christ Hieron Vt contra Nullam animaÌ„ recipio quae 〈◊〉 nolente separatur à corpore Hieron