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A15030	A discourse of the abuses novv in question in the churches of Christ of their creeping in, growing vp, and flowrishing in the Babilonish Church of Rome, how they are spoken against not only by the scriptures, but also by the ancient fathers as long as there remayned any face of a true Church maintained by publique authority, and likewise by the lights of the Gospell, and blessed martyrs of late in the middest of the antichristian darknes. By Thomas Whetenhall Esquier.	Whetenhall, Thomas.	1606 (1606)	STC 25332; ESTC S119728	111,256	168

vpon the Church of Sardis as a theife in the night and that they should not knowe vvhat hower he vvould come vpon them And to conclude that he vvould spue the luke warme Laodicians out of his mouth All vvhich greuous plagues in a short time fell vpon thos Churches of Asia And shall vvee escape if now in this great light of the Gospell vve retaine and maintayne any filthines of corruption in our Churches No God is not partiall neither vvith him is any variablenes neither shadowing by turnning Besides heer also it is vvorthly to be noted that among these seaven Churches of Asia representing all other thereis not one word spoken of an Archangel Archbishop or Lord Bishop that might over rule or governe all the rest vvhich in these our times are some of the greatest and most noisome corruptions vvhich doe overflowe all To vvhich purpose I heere set downe the vvords of M. Fox speaking of the first Primitiue Churches his vvords are these Act Mon. p 36 It is evident saith he to all men that haue eyes in their head c. that there was not then any one Mother Church aboue other Churches One Vniversall Church Militāt Invisible but the whole vniversall Church was the mother Church under which uniuersall Church in generall were comprehended all other particular Churches in speciall as sister Churches together not one greater then another but all in like equalitie c. But this ring of equalitie being broken all flewe in peeces Howbeit of this more shall be spoken God vvilling hereafter There remaineth now to speake of the third generall thing vvhich Christ heere commaundeth his servant Iohn to vvrite of namely Revel 1.19 the things that should come to passe cōcerning the Churches of God after the Apostles time to the end of the vvorld And how the Synagogue of Sathan and the vvhore of Babilon by litle and litle should creepe in and vvith her filthines endeavour to envenime the Churches till at the last she should become that glorious vvhore described in the 17. chapter clothed in scarlet and purple guilded vvith gold pretious stones and pearles and having a cup of gold in her hand full of abominations filthines of her fornication sitting upon the scarlet coullered Beast having seavē heads ten hornes and by her glorious power should banish the true Churches of God and make make them flie into the wildernes that is into secret places hidden and vnknowne vnto men But leaving the high estate of the Babilonish whore vvhich is the great Cittie that in Iohns time reigned over the Kings of the earth vvhich all men know vvas the Citie of Rome and now calleth her selfe the Catholique Church Leaving her as I haue said in her magnificence I vvill shew how by litle and litle she crept in and so at the last got vp vnto that her high estate Now this beginnyng of corruption both in doctrine and Discipline made no long delaye after the Apostles time Eusebius Hist Eccle For as Evsebius in his Ecclesiasticall History lib 3. cap 32. saith Vt vero et Apostolorum chorus c. As soone as the company of the Apostles and all that age which had received the hearing of the Lords owne liuely voyce was departed out of this world then as it were into an emptie house the wicked error of false doctrine thrust in and plunged her selfe Which thing also is euident by all Ecclesiasticall Histories as the heresie of Cerinthus sheweth about the yeare of our Lord 70. Which taught that the vvorld vvas not made of God but of Angells and that Circumcision vvas necessary to be observed and that the kingdome of Christ after the resurrection should be vpon the earth And likewise the heresy of the Ebionites about the yeare 85. Which taught that Christ vvas very man both by Father and Mother and that Moses law vvas necessary to be observed Thus daily many heresies and foule corruptions crept in so that by the time that Augustine and Epiphanius lived they vvrote speciall books against heresies to the number of an hundred severall heresies of note cōtayning all of them great corruptions some in doctrine and manners some in Discipline and orders of the Church Which corruption in Church-Discipline was often times the cause of the hereticall doctrine And heerin I purpose God assisting me cheifly at this time to insist shewing what the auncient Fathers of the Primitiue Church did practise teach in these pointes of religion now controversied among vs and likwise what the lightes of the gospell the blessed Martyrs of God from age to age since even vnto this day haue also practised and taught touching the same And this I doe the rather because many excellent men haue alreadie by manifold reasons grounded and taken out of the word of God proved that there ought to be a full reformation both in Doctrine and Discipline according to that order in the Church which Christ and his Apostles left Which must be acknowledged to be the onely sure ground of proofe for all pointes of controversie in the Church of God But because the enimyes of ful true Reformation of religion doe yet after the old fashion rest vpon custome antiquitie and auncient Fathers I haue thought good to follow this course before named that it might be plainely seene both how the cheife of the auncient Fathers and also of the principall lights set vp by the Lord in the deapth of the darknes of Antichrist with one voyce agrement taught practised and proved the same both by the scriptures and manifold reasons grounded thereon touching the matters of reformation now desired And heerin I thinke good for example before I enter into the rest to set downe out of Epiphanius the heresie of Audianus which heretickes were afterward called Anthropomorphits who being thrust out of the Church as simple men in time lacking learned teachers fell into a perswasiō and beleife that God was like vnto a man whereof they tooke the name of their heresie Erat autem vir a Mesopotamia oriundus clarus in patria sua c. Epiphanius de Heres Audianus saith Epiphanius was a man by birth of Mesopotamia a famous man in his owne Countrie for the sinceritie of his life and of faith and Zeale towards God which often beholding the things that were done in the Churches he did oppose himselfe against such evills even to the face of the Bishops and Elders and did reproue them saying These things ought not to be soe done these thinges ought not to be soe handled as a man studious of the veritie and of such thinges as are spoken by men which lead a most exacte life and are vsually spoken for loue of the truth Wherefore Audianus seeing such thinges as I haue said in the Churches he was driven to speake and confute it and kept not silence For if he saw any of the Cleargie to seeke after filthy luker whether he were Bishop or

same slauerie still and the third kind of men doe sticke to neither part But haue fallen either to Epicurisme or Atheisme Unto D. Fulke I will heere adde also the breife note upon the margent in our Bible of the Geneva translation where you shall find this annotation upon the margent cap. 16. 19. Meaning the whole number of them that shall call themselues persevere without corruption For true doctrine without true discipline and gouernement is like good corne sowed amonge the thornes that choke it Now if the Lordbisshopes sometime preach which is but seldome yet being Lords ouer Gods heritage rather then ensamples to the flocke what profite cometh thereof eyther to them selues or to their hearers Therfore even the Apostle him selfe sayth I therefore soe runne not as vncertainely so fight I 1. Cor. 9.26 27. not as one that beateth the ayer But I beate doune my body bringe it into subiection least by any meanes after I haue preached to other I my selfe should be reproued For a right good preacher leading a lewd life is like the Angell of Sardis who hauing a name that he lived yet was he dead himselfe and carried his flocke into the same destruction Or like the Angell of Laodicia who beinge rich in worldly wealth yet was he indeed poore miserable blind and naked And verily our owne English Homilie saith The true Church is built vpon the foundtion of the Apostle and Prophets Hom. serm vpon which part 2. it hath allwayes three notes or marks whereby it is knowne Pure and sound doctrine the sacramentes ministred accordng to Christs holy infiitution and the right vse of ecclesiasticall dicipline Here marke that my Lords the Bishops doe say even in the Church Homily that the true Church builded vpon the foundation of the Apostles Prophets hath allwayes this marke or note of right vsing the ecclesiasticalll discipline built vpon the foundation laide by the Apostles aswell as of pure sound doctrine and the Sacraments Ministred according to Christs institution It were good therefore happy for them if they would leaue all their ecclesiasticall discipline which is neither built vpon the doctrine or practise of the Apostles nor vpon any foundatiō which they haue laid in the scriptures And I wish that they and all other that professe the Gospell of Christ in what degree or vocation soever they bee might haue it imprinted in their harts that it is the expresse commandement of God and the words of the holy Ghost which saith of Babilon Rev. 18.4.6 7 Goe out of her my people that ye be not partakers in her sinnes and that ye receaue not of her plagues Reward her even as shee hath rewarded you and giue her double according to her workes and in the Cup shee hath filled to you fill her the double In asmuch as shee glorified her selfe and liued in pleasure so much give ye to her torment and sorrow Goe out therefore and touch no vncleane thing Which words of the holy Ghost and the very commandement of God bindeth not only princes and Magistrats by their authority and lawes but also all Gods people euery one in his estate degree and vocation both to hate detest and vtterly to abhore the filthy whore of Babilon with all her implements and to reward her double according to her workes and in the Cup that she hath filled to vs of superstition Idolatry an innumerable abominations to fill her the double in detestations and abhorring even the very printes and stepes where she hath gone Thus committing my selfe and all Gods people vnto his mercies obtayned vnto vs by Christ Iesus our Lord I end with the prayer for his Maiestie taken out of the publique service appointed for the Church in Queene Elizabethes time after the terrible earthquake whē mens hearts were a wakened out of securitie and trembled at the presence of God And now Lord particularly we pray vnto thee for thy Churches of England Scotland France Ireland that thou wilt continue they gratious favour still towards us to maintaine thy Gospell still amongst vs and to giue it a free passage that it might be glorified And to that end saue thy servant our gratious King Iames grant him wisdome to rule this mightie people long life quietnes round about him detect all the trayterous practises of his enimies devised against him and thy truth O Lord thou seest the pride of thine enimies and though that by our sinnes we haue iustly deserved to fall into their hands yet haue mercie vpon vs and saue thy litle flocke Strengthen his hand to strike the stroke of the ruine of all superstition to double into the bosome of that rose coloured whore that wich she hath poured out against thy saynts that he may giue the deadly wound not to one head but to all the heads of that cruell beast that the life that quiuereth in his dismembred members yet amongst vs may vtterly decaie and wee through that wholesome discipline sweet yoke and comfortable scepter of Iesus Christ may inioy his righteousnes that the Church may florish sinne may abate wicked men may hang their heads and all thy children be comforted Strengthen his hand and giue him a swift foote to hūt out the Buls of Basan deuouring beasts that make hauoke of thy flocke And because this worke is of great importance assist him with all necessary helpes both in giuinge him godly wise and faithfull Councellers as also in ministring to him inferior rulers officers as may sincerely vprightly and faithfully doe their dueties seeking first thy honor glory then the common wealth of his Realmes dominions that we may long enioy thy truth with him and all other thy good blessings which in so great mercie thou hast bestowed vpon us with groweth in goodnes gaine in Godlines and dayly bettering in sincere obedience Amen Hierom. Lib. 2. Epist 2. Paulino Malens aliena verecunde dicere quam sua impudenter ingerere Willing rather with modesty to speake other mens words then impudently to thrust forth his owne T. W. Ierom concerning some Bishops in his time Nihil grande est pacem voce pretendere et opere destruere Aliud niti aliud demonstrare Verbis sonare concordiam re exigere servitutem Volumus et nos pacem et non solū volumus sed et rogamus Sed pacem Christi pacem veram pacem sine inimicitiis pacem in quâ non sit bellū involutum pacem quae non vt adversarios subiiciat sed vt amicos iungat Quid Dominationem pacem vocamus Et non reddimus vnicuique vocabulum suum It is no great matter in word to pretend peace and in deede to destroy it to make shew of one thing and to demonstrate another to talke of concord and indeed to require a servitude We also desire peace and we doe not only desire it but we intreat for it But it is Christs peace it is a true peace it is a peace without enmitie a peace wherein no warre should be infolded a peace which should not bring under adversaries in subjection but joyne friends togeather What Doe we call a Lordship peace Why doe we not giue to every thing his proper name Hierom. ad Theophil adversus Iohannem Ierosolymitanum Tom. 2. pag. 184.