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A10399	Tvventy nine lectures of the Church very necessary for the consolation and support of Gods Church, especially in these times: wherein is handled, first, in generall concerning first, the name; secondly, the titles; thirdly, the nature, fourthly, the diuision of the true Church: secondly, of the visible Church ... and lastly, the application of it to all Churches in the world so farre as they are knowne to vs. By that learned and faithfull preacher, Master Iohn Randall, Batchelor of Diuinity, pastor of Saint Andrewes Hubbart in little Eastcheape, London, and sometimes fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford. Published by the coppie perfected and giuen by the author in his life time; carefully preserued and adorned with notes in the margent, by the late faithfull minister of Christ, Master William Holbrooke.	Randall, John, 1570-1622.; Holbrooke, William.	1631 (1631)	STC 20683; ESTC S115641	423,199	550

and all wee haue yet wee must bee sure to defend our Faith and maintaine our Religion a good Souldier will looke to defend his head specially so must wee looke to Christ that he and his Gospell be defended whatsoeuer become of vs so did the Martyrs Reuel 6.9 they were killed for the Word of God and the Testimony they maintained The second work to be done in this fight is offensiue we must fight against our Aduersaries and here our first reach must be to winne them if it bee possible But if wee cannot doe this then secondly we are to seeke to ouerthrow them in their courses and practices yea and in their persons too if wee haue a warrantable calling from God Thirdly wee are to stop their mouthes that they may not iustly be opened against vs and the best meanes to do this is by our holy Conuersation so saith the Apostle 1 Pet. 2.15 that it is the Will of God that by well doing we put to silence the Ignorance of foolish men Secondly we must consider in this fight how wee must doe it first it must be done in a simple wisdome so our Sauiour teacheth vs Matth. 10 16. Behold I send you as sheepe among wolues bee therefore wise as Serpents and innocent as Doues policy and wisdome is necessary in euery ●ight and ●o it is in this but let vs take heed wee turne them not into craftes and subtilties but let them bee such as may come from a single and simple heart secondly all we doe in mannaging this Battaile must be done in holinesse we must still be consulting with God by Prayer as Dauid did Psal 69.13 when the wicked spake against him hee made his Prayer to God and Psal 109.4 he saith for my friendship they were mine enemies but I gaue my selfe to Prayer Thirdly it must be done in meekenesse after the example of our Sauiour of whom the Apostle saith 1 Peter 2.23 that when hee was reuiled reuiled not againe when he suffered he threatned not but committed it to him that iudgeth righteously wee must not render euill for euill nor curse for curse but contrariwise we must blesse as the same Apostle teacheth vs 1 Pet. 3.9 Fourthly that we doe must be done in pitty and compassion though they haue no pitty on vs nor on thēselues yet we must pitty them because wee see them running to hell and destruction and that Satan hath them in his Clutches thus our Sauiour had pitty on Ierusalem though they were his bitter enemies and wept for them Luk. 19 41. and thus he had compassion on them that crucified him Luk. 23.24 Father forgiue them they know not what they doe here was a compassionate heart indeed Fifthly wee must doe it in obedience to Gods Ordinances as being our portion so did Ierem. chap. 10.19 wee is me saith hee for my destruction and my greiuous plague but I thought it is my sorrow and I will beare it Sixthly we must doe it in zeale for the Lord of hoasts as Dauid did Psal 69.9 the zeale of thine house hath eaten mee vp And so our Sauiour in Ioh. 2.14 when hee saw men defile the Temple of God with buying and selling he made a whip of small cords and draue them all out and this hee did in zeale to Gods house vers 17. Seuenthly wee must doe it with cheerefullnesse and good courage quit you like men saith the Apostle 1 Cor. 16.13 Eightly it must be done in Faith so saith the Apostle 1 Pet. 5.9 whom resist stedfast in the Faith Ninthly it must bee don● with watchfulnesse Be sober and watch 1 Pet. 5.8 Tenthly it must be done in the name of the Lord of Hoasts that is in his power and in his strength Psal 118 10 11 12 13. the Prophet saith all Nations haue compassed me but in the Name of the Lord shall I destroy them they haue compassed me they haue compassed mee but in the Name of the Lord shall I destroy them c. And thus he encountred Goliah in the Name of the Lord of Hoasts 1 Sam. 17.45 we must disdaine all other matters and say as the same Prophet doth Psal 20.7 some trust in horses and some in Charriots but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God Eleuenthly It must be done in the blood of the Lambe Reu. 12.11 that is in a true conformity to the Death of Christ when they oppose vs we must labour what we can to be made therby cōformable to the death of Christ this is the way to ouercome in the blood of the Lambe Tweluethly we must doe it by giuing them no aduantage but wee must preuent them euery way as they euery way attempt vs wee must be both able and ready to satisfie their carnall reasons and to vnmaske their religious Pretences and to defeate both their open and secret practices Reas 1 The Reasons of the point are these first it is a good cause wee haue in hand therefore let vs not marre it with ill handling many of the faithfull relying vpon indirect and vnlawfull courses haue suffered shamefull foiles but when they haue followed Gods directions not one amongst twenty that haue beene foiled therefore wee must fight a good fight because the cause is good Reas 2 Secondly Gods glory is the chiefe matter wee fight for and there is no hope to get glory to God but by good meanes and by practising his owne Instructions Reas 3 Thirdly we seeke our own good and safety of soule and body and therefore it is most warily and religiously to be laboured in and we must contemne all meane● in this fight to procure good to our selues except they be procured by such meanes as are pleasing to God Reas 4 Fourthly wee haue a promise from God of a happy victory and of a Crowne of Glory if we fight a good fight and therefore let vs not make our selues vncapable of it either by neglecting any good course in this fight or by practising any euill courses therein Fifthly This fight is for the pulling downe of Satans Reas 5 kingdome which wee cannot doe but as wee are endued with Gods owne strength and armed with Gods owne weapons Dauid had a sore enemy of Saul and in the 1 Sam. 24.5 6 7. wee may reade that he had a fit opportunity to be eased of him if hee would haue laid his hands on the Lords anointed but hee knew that was not the way it was none of Gods courses and therefore he forbare it and except wee may doe it in God it were better not to be done at all Lastly the Crowne of Righteousnes is laid vp for vs but Reas 6 conditionally that we fight a good Fight and not otherwise 1 Tim. 4.7 8. The vses of the point are these This should teach Vse 1 vs in the first place to examine our selues whether our hearts bee thus affected our practices thus framed in fighting the Lords battels against our enemies let vs see whether we haue

ouer and suffer them to trample vs vnder their feete God forbid this were not onely to bring our selues and our soules into our enemies hands but also to deliuer God himselfe as much as in vs lyeth and his cause and Religion into the hands of his enemies If wee be opposed in an outward fight as men wee are ready to take vp armes and to strike againe and to make all resistance where wee should not but in this case wee should rather yeeld and giue place and not resist euill as our Sauiour teacheth vs Matth. 5.39 c. Being therefore opposed as Christians and members of the Church and our faith being dearer to vs then our liues and the Lord hauing giuen vs an expresse charge to resist and fight it out why doe we not then quicken vp our spirits and resist euen vnto blood if neede require that so these aduersaries may not haue their wills on vs. Secondly as wee must fight so wee must fight lawfully as the Apostle saith 2 Tim. 2 5. that is as we must fight on a good ground so wee must fight by good and lawfull meanes when wee come to haue bickerings with the wicked wee must not doe by them as they doe by vs to quit them like for like if they wrong vs wee must not wrong them or if they slander or reuile or ouer-reach vs wee must not doe the like by them no wee must fight against them by lawfull meanes such as are infallible by Gods Word we are to deale so by lawfull courses against them as they doe vnlawfully against vs. Thirdly that wee may striue lawfully wee must put on the whole Armour of God Ephes 6.11 as wee must fight so we must be armed our aduersaries come forth armed against vs and shall we goe forth naked against them No wee must be armed too yea they are in compleat harnesse well appointed in euery respect to hurt vs and yet to keepe themselues harmelesse so must wee haue compleat armour too from the head to the foot wee must haue the helmet of saluation the brest-plate of righteousnesse the shield of faith the sword of the spirit the Girdle of verity and we must be sh●d with the preparation of the Gospell of peace Besides as they are furnished by the diuell their captaine so must wee by God our captaine vpder whose colours we fight we must put on the whole armour of God and that this may be pressed the more vpon vs the Apostle doubleth his exhortation in 13. verse and saith For this cause take vnto you the whole armour of God Fourthly we must watch so the Apostle cōmands vs 1 Cor. 16.13 and Peter 1 Pet. 5.8 Be sober and watch wee must watch for first our aduersaries are many secondly euery one assaults thirdly they watch to ouerthrow vs fourthly they haue much craft and subtilty amongst them euen as much as the Diuell can put into them and therefore wee had neede to watch continually and to stand on our guard and to haue our eyes open and to cast euery way about vs to discouer and preuent the enemy and to saue our selues remembring still that the enuious man preuailed in his purpose against the good seed while men were sleeping Matth. 13.25 that is while they were not watchfull and wary to preuent him The fifth duty which we must practice is that with our fighting and watching we take all opportunities and aduantages for our owne defence wee must learne of our aduersaries who are exceeding wise in doing euill so wee must be wise in doing good as they spie out their best aduantages when they are strongest and best prepared and when it will be most for their benefit and our hurt and when wee are weakest and most vnprouided not so able to make our party good against them so must wee doe against them specially wee must take such aduantages as God affoords vs in his Word when wee read how others of Gods children haue defended them selues in such assaults let vs take aduantage by their example and still in all our assaults let vs lay vp something for our defence against another time Sixthly Let vs throw away all hindrances 2 Tim. 4.2 no man that warreth intangleth himselfe with the affaires of this life c. Souldiers carry little with them to the warre but cast away all that is troublesome to them so must wee throw away all hindrances that may trouble vs in this fight as the loue of the world and of our selues and of pleasures yea and if neede be we must loaue father and mother wife and children too and throw them all away rather then they should comber vs in this battell wee must rid our hands of all things but what necessity ties vs to that so we may be free from incombrances in the mannaging of this spirituall warfare The Apostle in the 1 Corinth 9 26 27. propounds himselfe for an example in this case so fight I saith he not as one that beateth the ayre but I beat downe my body and bring it in subiection c. hee knew that if hee did not beat downe his body and so cast this hindrance away he should but beat the ayre teaching vs that wee must throw away all that hinders vs in the mannaging of this Spirituall fight The seuenth duty is confidence in Gods loue wee must cast our selues by faith vpon the power of God as the Apostle exhorts Ephes 6.10 My brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might and if we doe thus it shall goe well with vs in this our battell and this faith and confidence is nor onely a part of this fight but the very victory it selfe as the Apostle saith 1 Iohn 5.4 this is the victory whereby we ouercome the world euen our faith and in this respect it is called a shield to quench all the fiery darts of Satan Ephes 6. The eighth duty which we are taught from hence to practise is the duty of prayer this is a speciall meanes to preuaile in our fight therefore the Prophet Dauid saith Psalme 56.9 when I cry then mine enemies shall turne backe and this the Apostle Paul practised in his spirituall fight when the messenger of Satan was sent to buffet him he besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from him and the same Apostle Ephes 6.18 exhorts vs hereunto in many termes pray alwaies with all manner of prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watch thereunto with all perseuerance wee must haue helpe and strength else wee cannot withstand our enemies they being so strong and we so weak and whence should we haue helpe but from God And how shall we obtaine it of him but by prayer and therefore wee must pray alwaies vnto God that he would helpe and strengthen vs in our fight and that hee would daunt and draw all good successe from our enemies that so they may not preuaile against vs but that wee may preuaile against them Exod. 17.11 When