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A13024	The Christians sacrifice much better then all the legall sacrifices of the Iewes; and without the which, all the said legall sacrifices of the Iewes, euen when they were in force, were not acceptable to God. Or, a logicall and theologicall exposition of the two first verses of the twelfth to the Romanes, with all the doctrine in the said two verses, plainly laid forth, and fitly applied according as these times do require the same. Wherein also besides the orthodoxall exposition of the said words, diuers other places of Scripture by the way occurring, before somewhat obscure, are so naturally interpreted, as that the iudicious reader shall thinke his paines well bestowed in vouchsafing to reade this treatise following. With the authors postscript to his children, as it were his last will and testament vnto them.	Stoughton, Thomas.	1622 (1622)	STC 23314; ESTC S100120	224,816	288

of Gods prouidence distrustfull seeking what to Mat. 6. 32. Luk. 12. 29 30. eate and what to drinke because all these things the nations of the world did seek after by y● nations of y● world meaning y● heathen that then did or now do sit in darknesse and in the Luk. 1. 79. shadow of death Doth not our Sauiour condemne the saluting of our brethren onely and not others as well by the Mat. 5. 47. Mat. 6. 7. example of the Publicans doing the like So he forbiddeth vaine repetitions in prayer from the example of the heathen doing the like the which notwithstanding the Papists still practise repeating so many Pater nosters so many Aue Maries so many Cr●do●s as they haue beades thinking that by their said repetitions so mumbled to themselues they merit to be heard though directly contrary to the Cor. 14. 15. c. Apostles doctrine they vnderstand neuer a word what they say Doth not the Apostle also forbid the Corinthians to be idolaters to be fornicators to be tempters of 1. Cor. 10. 6. c. Christ to be murmurers to be lusters after euill because many of the old Israelites in former times had bin such Yea had he not also before dehorted them from some of 1. Cor. 6. 11. the former sins and from some other because themselues had bin such Long before also all these things the Lord had charged the Israelites when the Lord should seate them in the places of the heathen whom he should cast out before them to take heed to themselues that they were not snared by Deut. 12. 29. 30 31. following them and that they should not enquire after their gods saying How did these nations s●rue their gods euen so will we do likewise Then he addeth Ye shall not do so vnto the Lord your God c. And hereby in them the Lord teacheth vs in these dayes that we must not onely not conforme our s●lues to idolaters Papists or other in the matter it selfe of their idola●rie but also not in the maner of the worship of God himselfe worshipping him in that sort that idolaters do their gods B●sides all the former commandements against our conformitie Reasons against conformitie to the world to the world either generally in all things or particularly in any particulars there are also other reasons to moue vs not so to do Here first of al let vs remember y● Peter maketh this the end of Christs sufferings for vs 〈◊〉 ●●t 4. 2. 3. namely that we might not so liue so walke either as the Gentiles doe or as we our selues haue before done according to other Gentiles Secondly they that do such works as the world doth and that walke according to the world they walke also according to the Prince of power in the aire the spirit it that Ephes 2. 2. worketh in the children of disobedience This is no other then the diuell himselfe whose children our Sauiour chargeth the Iewes to haue bin because they did his deeds and would Ioh 8. 41. 44. 1 Ioh. 3. 8. not be reclaimed from doing his lusts that is the workes that he commanded and incited them vnto For he that committeth sin is the seruant of the diuell Thirdly doth not the Apostle say What fellowship hath righteousnes with vnrighteousnes and what communion hath 2. Cor. 6. 14. 15. 16. light with darknesse and what concord hath Christ with Belial or what part hath he that beleeueth with an infidell And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols For ye are the temple of the liuing God c. Fourthly No man can serue two masters therefore also no man can be conformable to the world that hath dedicated himselfe to God To whom one is seruant to him he must be conformable This reason is the more weightie because God and the world are not onely two but also contrarie one to another For the wisedome of the flesh is enmitie Rom. 8. 7. against God and therefore our Sauiour telleth Peter Mat. 16. 23. that he sauoured not the things that were of God but the things that were of men so opposing men to God and by men meaning the world and the wicked in the world as when it is said The sons of God saw the daughters of men Gen. 6. 2. that they were faire Such as the wisedome of the world is such are the affections of the world to God For the friend ship or loue of the world is the enmitie of God and whosoeuer Iam. 4. 4. will be a friend of the world is an enemie of God Such as the loue of the world vnto God is such are all other aff●ctions of the world For loue is as it were the queene of all other affections commanding them all and ouercoming them all though sometimes distempered Fiftly the world hateth not onely Christ ●esus himself but in the hatred of him hateth also all his members and therefore it hateth his members because they are his members Ioh. 15. 18. 19. Shall therefore any of Christs members be conformable to them that hate them Sixtly such mutabilitie of affections cannot but argue great mutabilitie of minde and such as vpon tentation thereunto will as well be caried about with diuers doctrines Ephes 4. 14. Heb. 13. 9. contrary to the word in that behalfe Seuenthly all the notorious wicked without and within Mat. 7. 6. and 15. 26. the Church so remaining and refractarie are called swine and dogs Shall they that are holy conforme themselues to swine and dogs So to conforme is more then to giue that which is holy vnto dogs or to cast our pearles before swine Eightly all that haue presented themselues a sacrifice to God are Kings and Priests vnto God as hath bin before shewed Alas is it meete that such should abase themselues to the conformitie of the world These reasons shall suffice to disswade vs from being conformable to the world CHAP. XII More largely and more particularly intreating of conformitie vnto the world TOuching the conformitie vnto the world here forbidden all that haue presented themselues a sacrifice Comformitie to the world two ●ould to God or that so would do let vs further consider that this conformitie is two-fold first spirituall secondly bodily By sprituall conformitie I meane conformitie in apparent sinnes both of mind and affections and also of the outward man and that in matters both of the first and also of the second Table By conformitie in apparent sinnes of the minde and affections I vnderstand all consent with the world in any heresies or other errors either of Poperie or of any other such doctrine onely because men of the world our parents or other friends haue bin of such mind and haue liued and died in such heresies and errors The same I say of being conformable to the world Papists or other in the outward transgression of any of the commandements that concerne the worship

that prayers supplications and intercessions should be made vnto God for all men especially for Kings c. confirmeth his said exhortation by this argument from an adiunct of so doing namely that it was good and acceptable 1. Tim. 2. 3. 4. vnto God prouing this in the words following and saying who will haue all men to be saued and come to the knowledge of his truth thereby noting that it is not possible for any man to do that which is good and acceptable to God without the knowledge of the truth Alas therefore that so many should neglect knowledge and with the Papists thinke ignorance to be the mother of deuotion The 2. vse of the former doctrine concerning Gods childr●n viz. consolation Besides the former vse of the former doctrine for instruction and direction of the children of God there is great consolation and comfort for them that God hath giuen them such a word as wanteth nothing and out of which they need not to seeke for any thing but wherein they may haue all that heart can desire to make them such a sacrifice yea this word hath abundant consolation against all kinds of afflictions against enemies at home against enemies abroad against sicknesse of what sort soeuer against pouertie against reproches ignominies slanders and disgraces in the world against imprisoments in our owne country against banishments into other yea from the house of God against famines against oppressions against the outrages of open enemies against the secret hatred of pretended friends and kinsmen and brethren by nature All the premises are manifest by the examples of Abraham Isaac Iacob Ioseph the Israelites after the death of Ioseph and of Pharaoh that first aduanced him of Iob of Naomi and Ruth of Eliah Michaiah Ieremiah Daniel and other Prophets yea of Dauid first a Prophet and then a King both a Prophet and a King of our Sauiour especially and of his Apostles I doe but name these examples because thus to name them is sufficient to leade men to the consideration of other the like mentioned in holy Scripture Thus much for the vses of the former doctrine concerning such as are already the children of God Concerning other it serueth first to reproue the Papists The 2. vse of the ●ormer doctrine concerning them that are not the children of God that striue and contend so much for their traditions and vnwritten verities equalling the same with the written word of God though directly contrary thereunto and that in materiall points such is their inuocation of Saints their worshipping of images their going of pilgrimage their whipping and scourging themselues after the example of Baals Prophets before spoken of their worship of the crosse and the signe thereof euen with the very same worship that is due to Christ Iesus himselfe their transubstantiation especially and their Masse with all their abominable adoration and idolatry belonging thereunto and grounded thereon their aduancement of their Pope aboue all Princes giuing him authoritie to make depose them and to discharge all subiects of their allegiance at his pleasure of the like sort are their manifold holydayes and fasting dayes more then all the dayes of the yeare besides so likewise abstinence from mariage for their Clergie altogether giuing them leaue for all y● to haue their whores and for all other for almost for halfe the yeare without mony licenses from them And all these or the most part of these they vrge as parts of Gods worship hauing no other ground for them then their owne traditions and Mark 7. 9. by them making voide and reiecting the commandements of God that they and other may keepe their owne traditions and making the word of God of none effect Touching all these things forasmuch as it cannot be said of them that they are the seruice of the word as here the Apostle speaketh let not vs account them as well pleasing vnto him but as odious and detestable in his sight and let vs crie Foh stop our noses against them as lothsome sauour vnto vs yea as the Lord speaketh in one of the premised particulars let vs cast them away as a Isay 30. 22. monstruous cloth and say vnto them Get ye hence As the foresaid doctrine serueth for reprehension of Asecond vse of the former doctrine viz. reprehension of some amongst vs. 2. Thes 2. 15. those archenemies of God and his truth as also of the saluation of all men as Paul speaketh of the Iewes so it serueth for rebuke of some among our selues that making a scoffe of all goodnesse do deride men for being too strict and nice because they make conscience of their words and actions according to this word calling them by the names of Puritans Precisians and I know not what in the meane time accounting them for the best men that wil sweare fearfully drinke lustily swagger riotously c. Alas that there should be such amongst vs making so light account of the word of God especially after so long time preaching thereof graced likewise with so many other great mercies of God before spoken of It is fearfull it is Deut. 5. 32. 17. 11. 28. 14. Ios 1. 7. 23. 6 fearfull that God hauing so often commanded vs and so streightly charged vs not to turne to the right hand or to the left hand there should be any especially so many to scorne them that make conscience of so doing and of liuing as neare as they can according to the word This shall suffice to haue spoken of these words as they are a confirmation of the former whole exhortation Now it followeth to speake of them as they are an amplification The word is that meanes whereby we are to be made liuing holy acceptable from the meanes of the former three adiuncts of this sacrifice here commanded viz liuing holy well pleasing Touching the first adiunct therefore liuing it is manifest that the word is that meanes of God whereby we are made liuing for therefore is the word called by this our Apostle the word of life The Prouerbs also of Salomon hath many Phil. 2 16. Pro. 3. 18. ver 22. Pro 3. 22. chap. 4. 22. chap. 6. 23. chap. 10. 11. ver 17. chap. 15. 4. sentences to that purpose as that Wisedome is a tree of life to them that lay hold of her that she is life to the soule Doth not Salomon also exhort his sonne to attend vnto his words c. because they are life vnto them that find them And againe that the very reproofes of instruction are the way of life And The mouth of the righteous is a well of life and that he is in the way of life that keepeth instruction And againe An wholesome tongue is a tree of life To omit many other the like it is also said by Dauid that the law of the Psal 19. 7. Lord conuerteth the soule What is it to conuert the soule but to giue life to the soule

of God or duties to men As to pray to Saints to worship images crucifixes and other to adore the bread and wine in the Supper of the Lord to obserue dayes to refraine from meates allowed by God superstitiously thinking them vnlawfull to go on pilgrimage to the images or reliks of this or that supposed Saint and the like So also to make vowes of perpetuall virginitie and to thinke our selues in conscience obliged to the keeping of such vows though in the meane time such votaries either burne in lusts or haue their whores and thinke it better so to haue then to marrie directly contrary to the Apostles commandement that for the auoiding of fornication euery man should haue his own 1. Cor 7. 2. wife as also contrary to that elsewhere said of mariage to Heb. 13. 4. be honorable amongst all men without exception of any fit for mariage and needing mariage The like is to be said of the vow of wilfull pouertie and mens betaking themselues to Monasteries by the witchcraft and enchantment of Poperie for the enriching of their superstitious and idolatrous houses falsly called Houses of Religion The same is to be said of conformitie to the Popes buls for discharge of subiects from their allegiance to Princes God hauing commanded euery soule of the Clergie as they speake yea of the Pope himselfe if he haue a soule to be subiect to the higher powers as well as the soules of others Rom. 13. 1. 1. Pet. 2. 13. yea the holy Ghost hauing commanded prayers supplications intercessions and thanksgiuing to be made as for 1. Tim. 2. 1. 2. all other sorts of men so especially for Kings and all in authoritie yea euen then when there were no Christian Kings but all were heathen and infidels To thinke therefore or to practise otherwise vpon the Popes discharge is to be conformable to the world and not vnto God and to his word So is it also to marry within the degrees of kindred forbidden by the Lord and to do any thing else contrary to any commandement of God onely vpon the Popes dispensation The like is to be said of doing any thing else forbidden by God either by the perswasions or by the example of the world or any men of the world either in Act. 4. 19. 3 29. Deut. 13. 6. Exod. 23. 2. Mat. 7. 13. respect of authoritie or in respect of kindred and affinitie and friendship or in respect of multitude The vse of all this is to admonish vs to take heed of all common sinnes of the time swearing blaspheming drinking and drunkennesse whoring and all other carnall wantonnesse prosaning of the Lords dayes by buying selling riding c. gaming rioting contempt of the word and Sacraments as likewise of magistrates or ministers or parents or masters c. For the commonnesse of these things doth not any whit excuse or lessen them or giue vs the more libertie to commit them but it doth the more aggrauate them and the more do conforme vnto other in them the more ought all that desire to sacrifice themselues to God to beware of all conformitie with them Especially according to some thing before said let vs beware of worshipping our onely true God in the false and adulterous maner that the Papists the greatest part of the world in Europe do worship him or as they worship their idols For certainly the gods of those nations that the Lord did cast out before the Israelites of the manner of whose worship the Lord charged them to beware in worshipping of him the gods I say of those nations were neuer more abominable in Gods eyes then the idols of the Papists are yea not so abominable For neuer was there so much spoken of any amongst those heathen as is spoken against the new Babylon Rome there neuer was any called an Anti-god as now the Pope is called Anti-christ There neuer was any styled with the name of The man of 2. Thes 2. 3. 4. sin and child of perdition as the Pope now is There was neuer any said so to oppose exalt himselfe aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped as the Pope is said to do There was neuer any that chalenged to himselfe all power in heauen and in earth to forgiue sinnes c. as the Pope doth There was neuer any that claimed power to set vp and to depose Kings at his pleasure as the Pope doth The head therefore of the Papists being so wicked and so shewing himselfe to be of the world can the Papists themselues that are his deuoted slaues and bondmen be better How then may we haue any conformitie with them especially in the worship of God Oh let vs not forget how great the sinne of Ahaz was in sending a patterne of an Altar from Damascus and commanding Vriah the Priest 2. Kin. 16. 20. to make another at Ierusalem conformable thereunto It is therefore no small matter to dally with God or to faile in the least point of the maner onely of his worship For though our selues may be deceiued not onely by other but also by our owne hearts being deceitfull out of measure Ier. 17. 9. Gal. 6. 7. and though we may also deceiue other yet God neuer is deceiued or mocked It is not good they say to play with Isay 6. 3. Reu. 4. 8. 1. Sam. 2. 2. Saints much lesse with him that is holy holy holy and with whom in holinesse none is to be compared We may yet extend this conformitie to the world a little further and more particularly to the Ministers of the word viz. for their not conforming themselues in preaching of the word either to the old Popish Schoole-men and Friers or to the Iesuites and Popish Priests of these times euen in their such maner of preaching by affecting much Latin and many friuolous distinctiōs needlesse questions abstruse and quaint points whereby the Scripture is not plainly and perspicuously opened neither fitly applied but rather obscured without any edifying of the hearers yea whereby also some points of Poperie are secretly couched to make way for other afterward This I do the rather adde because the practise of some in this kind of preaching amongst vs is much to be lamented yea the more because it is applauded by the common people though vnderstāding almost nothing that they heare Alas did the ancient Leuites in the time of Nehemiah so preach of whom it is said that they read in the booke of the Neh. 8. 8. law of God distinctly and gaue the sense and caused the people to vnderstand the reading Is this according to Pauls charge to Timothy for rightly diuiding the word of truth Is such 2. Tim. 2. 15. preaching according to Pauls preaching that although he knew more tongues then all other and had reuelations in great 1. Cor. 14. 18. 2. Cor. 12. 7. abundance yet for all that made no ostentation of any such learning neither declared the