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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02793	Two godlie and learned sermons, preached at Manchester in Lancashire before a great audience, both of honor and vvoorship. The first, containeth a proofe of the subtill practises of dissembling neuters, and politique worldlings. The other, a charge and instruction, for all vnlearned, negligent, and dissolute ministers: and an exhortation to the common people, to seeke their amendment, by prayer, vnto God. By Simon Harward, preacher of the woord of God, and Maister of Arte, late of Newe Colledge in Oxfoord.	Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614.	1582 (1582)	STC 12924; ESTC S112568	108,746	262

honor but some to dishonor it is cōpared also to a draw Net Math. 13.47 which being cast into the Sea dooth gather all kinde of Fish good bad And our Sauiour saith that the kingdom of heauen is like vnto a man which sowed good seed in his field Math. 13.24 but while mē slept the enemy came sowed tares amōg the wheate wēt his way whē the blade was sprōg vp brought forth fruite thē appeared the tares also thē came the seruāts of the housholder said vnto him Maister sowedst not the good seed in thy field from whence then hath it Tares and he sayde the Enuious man hath done this Then the Seruants saide vnto him wilt thou then that we goe and gather them vp But he said naye least while ye goe about to gather the Tares ye pluckt vp the Wheate also Let bothe grow together vntill the Haruest and in the time of the Haruest I will say vnto the Reapers gather ye first the Tares and binde them in sheaues to burne them but gather the Wheate into my Barne And therefore vntill the Haruest doo come that is the consumation of all things and the end of the world we must looke for nothing but to haue the wicked mingled with the godly and the Tares with the good Graine Some haue gathered out of this place that obstinate Heretickes and Idolators ought not to be punished with death because the Householder dooth commaund his seruaunts to let the Tares and the Wheate growe together vntill the time of the Haruest Mat. 13.24.30 But we must vnderstande that as by the good Corne is mēt all the faithfull all which are sowē of God all which shall be gathered into the Barnes of euerlasting life so by the Tares are mēt not onely Hereticks and Idolaters but also all which are sowen of the Deuill all Hipocrites Infidels and all which shall be cast into the Furnace of euerlasting fier And therfore if by this Parable our Sauiour did forbid the punishment of Idolaters by the ciuill Maiestrate it would follow also that neither Traitours Whoremongers Théeues nor Murderers were to be punished with death which were too absurde and too grose to be Imagined For by the Tares are signified all the wicked and all which are sowen by the enuious mā Math. 13.28 And therefore this commaundement of Christ giuen to his Seruaunts dooth not concerne the ciuill Magistrate but as by the Field is signified not the Church where the Gospell is purely preached nor our minde as some do expounde it but the whole world conteyning all bothe graine and chaffe wheate and Tares And as the Haruest in that place is taken not as it is héere for the company of the faithful which gladly receaue the word of God but for the vniuersall consummation of the world so by the seruaunts are ment not ciuill nor Ecclesiasticall Magistrates but the Angels of God by whose Ministery the haruest that is the consummation of the world shal be accomplished And therefore as in the beginning of the Historie of Iob God is set foorth consulting with his Angels as a Kinge with his honourable Counsell that thereby the incomprehensible prouidence of God which gouerneth all things by his Ministring spirites might be as in a liuely table set foorth before our eyes so héer is the Lord set downe as it were talking with his Angels of the state of the Ghurch and of the end of the worlde when there shall be an vniuersall purging of the Church of God And this may appeare bothe by the wordes of the seruaunts Num vis vt colligamus Zizania They do not say shall we gather this or that Tare shall we punish this or that Idolater this or that Murderer but wilt thou that we shall gather the Tares that is that we shall make an end of all things and purge the good seede which thou hast sowen from all offences and also by the words of the Housholder for he dooth not commaunde his seruaunts to suffer the Tares to growe least they chaunce to pluck vp Wheate for Tares but least with the Tares they pluck vp the Wheate also signifying thereby that he gaue the commaundement not to prouide for the Tares but to prouide for the good Corne and therefore neither dooth the generall gathering of the good Corne into the Barnes any thing hinder but that God may particularly by death euery day gather some of his Saints into Abrahams bosom Exod. 32.27 Deut. 13.9 2. Par. 15.13 2. Reg. 23.20 1. Keg 18.40 2. Reg. 10.1 neither dooth the vniuersall burning of the tares any thing hinder but that they may particulerly be pluckt vp by the Magistrate according to the word of God And there is no reason but if they may be put to death which murther the bodye and spoile men of their goods much more they which murther the soules of many and disturbe the quietnesse of the common wealth and robbe God of his honour whose name be blessed for euer and euer Then the meaning of that Parable of our Sauiour Christ is that so longe as this wicked worlde continueth we must looke for no perfect purging of the Church of God Let the Magistrate execute neuer so much and the Preacher teache neuer so muche there will be Heathen Infidels Iewes Turkes Papistes Atheists Hipocrites continually troubling the church of God But all our comfort is that the Lorde dooth tell vs that there will come an Haruest time wherein he will seperate the Tares from the wheate the sheep from the Goates The wicked doo prouoke the wrath of God to burne and consume them presently and to throw them headlong into the bottomles pit of Hell notwithstanding for the elects sake God dooth spare them for a time vntill the Haruest that is vntill the number of the elect shal be accomplished which shall neuer be vntill the consumation of all things and the end of the worlde be brought vpon vs and therefore if in the meane time in the Haruest of the people of God the Tares be mingled with the Corne we must not fret our selues because of the vngodly neither be enuious for the wicked dooers Psa 17.1.2.35 For they shall once be cut downe like grasse and as the greene Herbe shall they wither away though for a time they be lustie and stronge spread themselues like greene bay Trées yet shall they sodainly passe away so that we may saye with Dauid O how sodainely are they destroyed Psalme 73.19 perished and come to a fearefull ende euen as a dreame when a man awaketh And though for a time the Tares doo florish amids the Wheate yet shall the Haruest at the last be ripened thē shall the Lord send his Reapers to gather the Corne into his Barne but the Tares shall they binde together and cast into vnquencheable fier Héere then learne good people to shew foorth the fruite of your profession Math. 7.16 for by the

Cittie and place where hee himselfe should come it appeareth that our Sauiour dyd not shew himselfe like these corner créepers 2. Tim. 3.6 these Howletes Night Birdes whiche doo créepe into Houses and lead captiues Women laden with sinnes but he would haue hys commyng to be openlye knowne to all the Countrie Omnis qui peruerse agit odit lucem Euerie one that doth euil hateth the light neither commeth he to the light least his déedes should be reproued but he which dealeth trulye commeth into the light Vt manifesta fiant facta ipsius quod secundum Deum fiant That his deedes might be made manifest that they are wrought according vnto God And therefore if there were nothinge els to cōdemne these popish shauelings which beinge disguised doo créepe about from place to place to perswade the people to withdrawe their obedience from their natural Soueraigne to whom it is due and to giue it to a forraine Prelate a Priest of Rome this one thinge were sufficient to bewray them and to discredit their cause for that they are ashamed to shew their faces and doo vse such harde shiftes such subtill practises and sleightie deuises to kéepe them selues close that thei may not be called to their answer whereas most certenly Trueth seeketh no corners as héere you see how our sauiour Christ dooth send his seuentie Disciples as it were forerunners to make proclamation of him in euery Cittie and place where hee himselfe should come whiche though it were perillous for according to the wordes of our Sauiour in the thirde verse It was nothing els but to sende Lambes among wolues Luk. 10.3 yet was there more respect to be had of the trueth then of any daunger of death what so euer When our Sauiour hath thus sent foorth his seauentie Disciples before him into euery Citie and place where hee him selfe should come he beginneth now their charge in these wordes whiche I haue reade vnto you The Haruest is great and the Labourers are but few pray therfore the Lord of the Haruest to sende Labourers into his Haruest whiche peece of Scripture might fitly bee deuided in two partes the first is An exhortation to prayer that we pray to the Lorde of the Haruest to send foorth Labourers into his Haruest The seconde contayneth The reasons of the Exhortation whiche are two first because the Haruest is great and secondly because the Labourers are but few But I think it best at this time not to inuert the words of our Sauiour but to intreate vpon them orderlye as they lay in the text First of the greatnes of the Haruest Secondly of the small number of the Labourers Thirdly of the meanes wherby that small number shall be encreased if we perfourmed our dutie to praye vnto the Lorde of the Haruest to sende foorth Labourers into his Haruest Firste our Sauiour Christe telleth them that the Haruest is great whereby hée signifyeth the number of the faithfull which hunger and thirst after righteousnesse and haue an earnest desire to heare to receaue and to imbrace the heauenly treasure of his most holye and blessed word And thus doth our Sauiour oft name the Congregation of his faithful people by the name of Haruest Ioh. 4.35 when he saw the Samaritanes commyng to him out of Sichem he sayd behould lift vp your eies looke on the Regions for they are white already vnto the Haruest Math. 9.37 And in the Gospell after Saint Mathew he sayth Surely the Haruest is great c. where he dooth vse the selfe same wordes which he dooth in this place although to another purpose For there he hath especially respect vnto the people on whom he had compassion when he saw them dispersed and scattered abrode as it were Shéepe hauing no Shéepheard and therefore he sayde Surelie the Haruest is great but the labourers are but few pray c. But héere he hath respect not so much vnto the flock as vnto the Disciples themselues that although they sawe but few among the Iewes which fauoured his doctrine and therefore might hardly conceaue any hope of dooing any good yet they should not dispaire For the Haruest was great howsoeuer in their iudgemēt the nūber of the faithfull was but small Rom. 11.2 yet they should not be discouraged For the Haruest was great Elias being in a Caue in the Mount Horeb 1. Re. 19.10.18 was in a māner discouraged when he saw all the Prophets of God slaine his Altars broken downe and he left alone whose life they sought also But the Lord appeared vnto him and comforted him saying Rom. 11.4 I haue reserued vnto my selfe in Israell 7000. men which haue neuer bowed their knees to Baal nor kissed him with their mouthes Here then we that are Ministers are to learne not to be dismayed although we sée but small fruite of our labours but to go on forwarde diligently and painefully in the worke of the Lorde knowing that the Haruest may be greater then we do imagine although in our iudgement ther be few or none which returne vnto repentaunce yet there may be seauen thousand in the sight of God therfore although we may say with Peter I haue trauailed all night Luke 5.5 and haue taken nothing yet we must remēber that we say also Neuerthelesse at thy cōmaundemēt O Lord I will still let downe the Net Semper tibi pendeat hamus In quo non credis gurgite piscis erit The Church is called an Haruest and therefore we must not looke that it should increase and growe to perfection all at once but by little and little and that with much a doo for as the seede is first cast into the ground then couered with cloddes afterward kept vnder with Frost and Snowe and when it is growen vp it is parched with heate almost choaked with briars and weedes and beaten downe with stormes and tempests at the last with much labour it is brought into the Barnes Euen so the Séede of Gods worde when it is sowen in the hearts of men it is longe before it take any déepe roote and hardly dooth the fruit appeare and when it is spronge vp it is parched with the heate of many troubles and miseries it is almost choaked with the briers brambles of voluptuous liuing and the thornie cares of this world it is beaten downe with the stormes tempests of sundry temptations at the last with much a doo it dooth make vs fit to be receaued into the Barnes of euerlasting ioyes then onely is the Haruest perfectly purged for so lōg as we remain heer in this vale of misery we must looke for nothing els but to haue the tares mingled with the wheate the chaffe with the graine the wicked with the good the goates with the shéepe therefore the church is cōpared to a family or household which conteineth not only sons but slaues also Rom. 9.21 2. Tim. 2.20 not all vessels to