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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13810	The holy salutation of the blessed Apostle Saint Jude to the saints and seruants of God. Preached at Pauls Crosse the seuenteenth of Nouember. Anno. Dom. 1611. By Francis Tomlinson, preacher of the Word, and chaplaine to the right honourable, the Lord Ellesmere, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of Oxford.	Tomlinson, Francis.	1612 (1612)	STC 24111; ESTC S106618	27,486	59

Christ Nomen istud culpa meruit non natura De ciuitate Dei lib. 19. cap. 15. This name of seruant saith S. Augustine not nature but sin deserued for the name of seruant was neuer heard of till Noah cursed Canaan the sonne of Cham who discouered his fathers nakednes Genes 9.25 Cursed bee Canaan a seruant of seruants shall he be Hence it may bee that the Pope is stiled Seruus seruorum a seruant of seruants for he is a seruant of seruants that serueth not Christ Seruants by office calling and profession they are which being called obey and offer their seruice to God and to his sonne Christ Iesus these are of two sortes for men are either the seruants of God generally or particularly generally they are all the seruants of God which acknowledge him for their Lord dedicate themselues wholly to his seruice endeuour to doe his will and for his sake patiently yea gladly suffer afflictions Iames 1.2 persecutions crosses losses derisions death it selfe hi veri serui veri Dei these are true seruants of the true God Such seruants bond and free male and female rich and poore noble and ignoble learned and vnlearned Prince and people must be and will be if they will be saued particularly and specially they are the seruants of God and of Christ who in some seuerall and chiefe calling do seruice to God aduance his glorie promote Christs kingdome Thus magistrates supreme and subordinate in common wealthes thus Arshbishops Bishops ministers of the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in a special seruice are the seruants of God of Iesus Christ both these latter wayes as wel by condition as by vocation the Apostle Iude professeth himselfe the seruant of Iesus Christ by condition because by Christ he was freed redeemed and deliuered from the slauerie of sinne and tyrannie of Satan by office and calling because not only in his generall calling but chieflie in his particular the Apostleship he carefully and faithfully performed his seruice to his Lord and Master Iesus Christ The third thing to bee considered in this Apostle is his alliance or kinred the brother of Iames not the brother of Iames the sonne of Zebedaeus and brother of Iohn which Iames was killed by Herod Acts 12.2 but the brother of Iames the sonne of Alphaeus and Mary Claephas the sister of the blessed Virgin Mary and so the cosen german of Iesus Christ He calleth himselfe the brother of Iames for two respects the one to distinguish himselfe from Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon Iohn 6.70 whom our Sauiour calleth a deuill Nonne vos duodecim elegi Haue I not chosen you twelue and one of you is a deuill the other to winne more credite not to his person but to his doctrine that all men might know that this Epistle was penned not by Iudas the traitor but by Iudas the brother of Iames the iust Dictum clari hominis facile admittitur and therefore might more reuerently receaue it and more religiously regard it Thus much for explication now to application First whereas the name of Iudas was giuen to Iscariot the traitor as wel as this holy Apostle Thaddaeus both hauing a like outward calling both a like office both Apostles of Iesus Christ yet this man good and godlie that wicked and vngodly Wee clearely see that it is not the name title or office that makes a good man but the grace and mercy of God Iob. 32.9 for as the learnedst clarks haue not alwayes bin the wisest men so the greatest in place either in Church or Common wealth haue not alwayes bin the best men If outward titles and high places Freno indorato non fà megliora il cauallo could make men vertuous religious holy godly the seruants of Iesus Christ Iudas Iscariot might haue bin as good godly holy as this Apostle yea before him for Iscariot was Christs steward his pursebearer disburser of all things for Christ and his companie and yet behold a thiefe a traytor a deuill the like may be said of Saule Ahab Ieroboam Rehoboam Absolon Achitophel Haman Herod what need we go so farre for examples Dominobis ista nascuntur we haue plenty of these neare home passing ouer some which haue bin Kings Counsellors Archbishops Bishops Iudges Magistrates Ministers of the word in this land I passe to Rome and demand whether high places the highest on earth as papists affirme hath made Pope Siluester the second a sorcerer negromancer magus diabolicus a deuilish magitian one that gaue himselfe to the deuill Pope Alexander the sixth a most prodigious filthie fellow cuius auaritiae totus non sufficit orbis cuius luxuriae meretrix non sufficit omnis whose couetousnesse a whole world could not satisfie whose filthinesse all the whores in the world could not satisfie Pope Hildebrand reipub et ecclesiae pestis perturbator the very plague and disturber of Church and common wealth good godly holy men yet the Pope cannot erre either in life or doctrine Christ hath prayed for Peter and Peters successors that their faith should neuer faile So that though Siluerster the second Alexander the sixth Hildebrànd became firebrands in hell yet all the Popes that haue bin or shal be shal be saued Bernard hanc misericordiam nole I desire no such mercy at Gods hand But ex fructibus eorum cognoscetis eos by their fruits saith our Sauiour you shall know them Ierem. Non locus homines sed homines locum sanctificant Non omnes filij sanctorum qui loca sancta tenent they are not all the sonnes of Saints nor Saints themselues which hold the places of Saints God oftentimes bestoweth vpon wicked and vngodly men high titles and great places partly to their greater condemnation Celsae grauiore casu decidunt turres Seneca S● mons sublimis profundior est tibi vallis feriuntque summos fulmina montes The mighty shall bee mightily tormented and partly for the punishment of vngratefull people as to Saul ouer the Israelites Secondly whereas the Apostle Iude pleadeth his calling partly that his doctrine might with more attention and reuerence be receiued and partly to comfort himselfe in his calling assuring himselfe that hee which called him and sent him would blesse him prosper him and be with him wee which are the messengers of God ministers of Christ and Christs mouth must not bee ashamed of our calling but boldly professe and openly plead our calling though scornefully by scorners of religion wee are tearmed priests The Iewes thought they mocked Christ when bowing their knees they cried 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Haile King of the Iewes Matth. 27.29 against their wils they honoured him for indeed hee was the King of the Iewes and Gentiles Qui volens detrabit famae meae nolens addit mercedi meae Augustine So when these gracelesse contemners of our glorious calling thinke to vilifie vs by tearming vs priests against their