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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16598	A godly sermon preached before the right worshipfull Edvvard Cooke Esquier Atturney Generall vnto the Queens most excellent Maiestie, and others of worship, in Tittleshall in Norfolke: by F.B.	Bradley, Francis, fl. 1600.	1600 (1600)	STC 3505; ESTC S116905	21,385	48

Princes are said to come vnto the King Now followeth the second which is the maner of their comming and they did reuerence vnto the King which is a certaine outward obedience which they shewed vnder the colour of submission which humilitie and obeysance of theirs was vsed partly after an hypocriticall manner to steale away the heart of the King vnto Idolatrie which hath bin a perilous practise in all ages and therefore the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Colossians admonisheth them to take heed of those false brethren Col. cap. 2.4 who vnder the colour and pretence of humilitie labour to estrange and drawe them backe frō Christ But I wil giue you the words as they are set downe in the Epistle which are these And this I say Col. 2.4 least any man should beguile you with inticing words and agayne Let no man at his pleasure beare rule ouer you by humblenesse of mind If you reade the whole Chapter you may see how carefull the Apostle is least they should be corrupted by false brethren and so depriued of their Crowne by the subtiltie and counterfeit humilitie of some who laboured to draw them to the worshipping of Angels or to tie them to ceremonies and types in the Law which were abrogated and ended in Christ and were but shadowes of things to come If the Apostle had this care that hee would not haue them to receiue any thing seeme it neuer so little contrary to the Analogie of faith in the professiō of the Gospel and the true worship of God how much more ought we to haue a special care that we fal not away from grace in Christ Iesus Well let vs now see further how dangerous these flattering hypocrites be in the Church of God and in the common wealth surely it many times falleth out that the very conceit and good opinion that we take of some doth much blind our eyes that wee seldome or neuer examine their peeuish counsell giuen vnto vs whether it be of God or no but their speeches they are as authenticall with vs almost as the articles of our faith 1. Iohn 4.1 This is not to trie the spirites whether they be of God or not Thus was King Darius circumuented by the flatterie of his nobles in making and sealing a decree against his subiect Daniel they no doubt perswading him that it would be a matter of great policie for the trying of the obedience of his new subiects and that by that meanes he should finde out those that were disobedient which would tend greatly to his good when as indeed their purpose was nothing els but to destroy Daniel The Prophet Dauid complaineth of those flatterers which were in his time as appeareth in the twelueth Psalme saying They speake deceitfully euery one vnto his neighbour Psal 12. flattering with their lippes and speaking with a double heart but in the next verse he saith The Lord cut off all flattering lippes and the tongue that speaketh proud things Ier. 9. Also Ieremie the Prophet cryeth out against these deceiuers Let euery one take heed of his neighbour and trust you not in any brother for euery brother will vse deceit and euery friend will deale deceitfully and euery one will deceiue his friend and will not speake the trueth for they haue taught their tongues to speake lyes and take great paynes to do wickedly By which place of Scripture wee may see how common a thing it is for men to worke wickednesse and how hard a matter it is for men to deale faithfully one with another This was not only the sinne of the Iewes which were then the people of God and whom the Lorde had chosen vnto himselfe from amongst all the nations of the earth but it is now as commō amongst vs that are Gentiles who haue taken vpon vs the profession of the Gospell Also wee reade that our Sauiour Christ was betrayed by the flatterie of Iudas for the Euangelist saith that he came vnto his Master with these wordes Mat. 26.49 Mark 14. Luke 22. God saue thee master and kissed him We may reade also how Dauid that holy man was seduced by the flatterie and deceiueable speeches of Ziba who accused Mephibosheth his good subiect 2. Sam. 16.4 and by him hee was moued to giue away the lands of Mephibosheth vnto that fawning and flattering sycophant Ziba And surely if we will take a litle paynes in reading the Scriptures we shall find how these flatterers crept into Princes Courtes as into the Court of King Saul who was the first King that raigned ouer Israel 1. Reg. 12. who had Doeg and others ready to accuse Dauid vnto the King Also king Roboam had his flatterers who caused him to speake roughly vnto his people and so Darius as we haue heard before had many about him that sought the death of Daniel Amos. 7.10 We reade also of Ieroboam who had Amaziah at his elbow to accuse Amos the Prophet Ezra 4.8 Also wee reade in Ezra of Rehum the Chauncellour and Shimshay the Scribe with the rest of their companions who writ vnto Artahshashte the king accusing the inhabitants of Iudea Ierusalem of rebellion against the King and Princes of the land But what should we speake of more examples out of the Scripture when we haue daily experience that teacheth vs that there is nothing more common at this day then flatterie and deceipt which men carry vnder the cloake of humilitie and vse it as the chiefest weapon to fight against the children of God The olde prouerbe being verified in them that vnder green leanes lieth hidden the viperous Serpent of whom if we take not heed and be very warie we may be stung vnto death So if we take not heed of these flattering Sycophants which are the diuels instruments we may be brought to confusion of bodie soule which many times commeth to passe by their smooth perswasions and sweet in chantments And yet they are such as beare the world in hand the they are friends to religion when as their purpose is no thing else but the ouerthrow of the same These men they shroud themselues in the very bosome of the Church so that they may well be compared to these false brethren which seduced the Galathians after that they had receiued the Gospell from the Apostle Saint Paul which false teachers corrupted the pure doctrine of the holy Ghost and ioyned with it the obseruing of diuers ceremonies Gal. 1. which they taught as necessarie to saluation Wherefore the Apostle Saint Paul seemeth to wonder at their sodaine chaunge and therefore in his Epistle to them after his salutation he reprehendeth them after this manner I meruaile saith he that you are so soone remoued away vnto another Gospel from him that hath called you in the grace of Christ which is not another Gospell saue that there be some that trouble you and intend to peruert the Gospell of Christ Therfore if we or an