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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

to be in all the Ministers of Christ to haue a zealous and a tender care of the Church of God which Christ hath purchased with his moste precious bloud and therefore our Sauiour dooth héere commaund his seuentie Disciples that in all their prayers they should not haue so much respect vnto themselues as vnto the Haruest of the Lorde and biddeth them pray the Lord of the Haruest to sende foorth labourers into his Haruest And this is the dutie not onely of the Minister but generally of all men Psal 137.5.6 to pray for the peace of Ierusalem and the prosperous estate of the Church of God Ephe. 6.19 to pray for the Ministers that vtteraunce may be giuen vnto them that they may opē their mouthes bouldly to publish the secret of the Gospell to pray 2 Thes 3.1 that the word of God may haue free passage and be glorifyed among them to pray for their Pastors Colos 4.3.4 that God wyll open vnto them the doore of vtteraunce that they may so speake the Misteries of Christ as it becommeth them to speake to pray with Dauid that the Lord will be fauourable vnto Sion Psa 51.18 and build vp the walles of Ierusalem And finally to praye heere with the seuentie Disciples that the Lord of the Haruest will send foorth labourers into his Haruest and this shall euery one of you performe a great deale more carefully if ye will call to minde either the great comfort which commeth vnto you by the paines of faithfull Labourers or els the miserable estate that ye stande in if ye want these Labourers For first what greater comfort can there be to a trauayler béeing in a straunge place and among his enemyes then to be well armed and to haue a good weapen to defēd him Neither can there be any greater comfort to vs that Psalm 39.12 are straungers and Pilgrimes in this vale of misery and continually assaulted with most cruell enemies the world the flesh and the Deuill then to be well weaponed with the sworde of the spirite Ephe. 6.17 Hebru 4.12 the word of God which shall cut downe sinne in vs and enter thorough euen to the deuiding a sunder of the soule and of the spirite of the ioyntes and of the marrowe Then we ought alwayes to pray with Dauid I am a straunger vpon earth Psal 119.19 O hide not thy commaundement from me What greater comfort to a man which walketh in darkenesse and in a daingerous place Ephe. 5.8 Psa 119.105 2. Pet. 1.19 Ephe. 5.8 then to haue a light to be brought vnto him Neither can there be anye greater comforte to vs which of our selues are nothing but darkenesse as Paule saythe then to haue the worde of God a Lanterne to our feete and a Candle shining in a darke place whereby we may be made light in the Lorde and walke as the children of light What greater ioye vnto a poore man then to shrowde himselfe vnder the winges of some Nobleman or Gentleman and to weare his Liuerie and Cognisance neyther can there be any greater ioye to a true Christian then to weare the Badge of a Christian which is a zeale to heare the worde of God Iohn 8.47 1. Ioh. 4.6 Iohn 10.27 that hearing Gods worde he may be knowne to be of God and hearing the voyce of Christ may be knowne thereby to be one of the Sheep of Christ and therefore such a one as cā neuer perrish There is no man but he would willingly be reconciled to his Landlorde or any other which is able to hurt either his body or goods The Gospell of Christ is called 2. Cor. 5.19 Math. 10.28 the worde of reconciliation whereby we are reconciled to him which is able to destroy bothe body and soule and cast bothe into Hell lier No man but he would willingly be saued Iam. 1.21 Rom. 1.16 Isa 12.3 it is called the worde of saluation which is able to saue our soules and therfore we ought with ioy to draw water out of the Wels of saluation as the Prophet speaketh ther is no mā but he would willingly be preserued frō errours falshood it is called 2. Cor. 6.7 Iohn 17.17 the word of truth No mā but if he haue any sparkle of grace he would willingly be deliuered frō the bondage of sinne iniquitie It is the Law of God Psal 19.7.11 119.9 which is perfect conuerteth the soule the Testimony of the Lord is sure giueth wisdom vnto the simple by thē is the seruāt of God made circūspect by teaching improouing 2. Tim. 3.16 correcting instructing they make the mā of god absolute perfect in al good works There is no mā but if he haue enemies suing him at Lawe for a péece of Land he would gladly haue the aduise of good and learned Counsellers our enemyes séeke to pluck from vs the kingdome of Heauen and therefore our delight ought to be in the statues of God for they are our Counsellers Psal 119.24 saith Dauid if we haue any suite we are desirous to know the end how that iudgement shall passe Christ saithe If any man receiue not my woords Ioh. 12.48 Sermo quem loquutus sum iudicabit eum in nouissimo Die the word which I haue spoaken shall iudge him the last day There is no man but if his Father haue made a Will and Testament and therein bequeathed vnto him any worldly goods or possessions he wyll read the Will ouer and ouer againe to see what his father hath bequeathed vnto him But the Minister dooth bring vnto you not the Testament of any mortal man but the Will and Testament of our Lord Iesus Christ Rom. 11 27. 2. Cor. 3.6 Hebru 8.8 9.15 1. Pet. 1.18 wherein he hath bequeathed vnto you not temporall riches but the euerlasting ioyes of Heauen purchased not with Siluer nor Gould but with his owne precious bloud How much more then ought ye to héere marke and commit vnto me morie this Will and Testament of our Lorde and redéemer When the Market day commeth that we must prouide for foode and rayement for our bodyes we wyll applye it dilligently to our great costes and charges Behoulde the Lorde hath appointed many dayes especially the Sabbaoth dayes to be the Market dayes of our soules wherein we may fréely prouide for some thing to the nourishment and comforte of our soules What a great care then ought wee to haue to resort vnto the Church Apoc. 3.18 Isa 55. ● to buy Gould tryed by the fier that we may be riche and white rayment that we may be cloathed and as the Prophet saythe to buie Wyne and Mylke without Siluer and not so to care for the body which shortly shall be Wormes meate that we haue no care of the soule which shortly shall be in the companye of Angels There is none of vs but he would willingly conceaue some hope of eternall life and