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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

swearing blaspheming the name of God It were a matter too long tedious and likewise the time will not suffer me discourse of all the soueraigne vertues of the Tōgue as Blessing praysing the name of God calling vpon him by prayer instructing of our brethren reproouing wickednesse setting vnitie and concorde amongst men and cōfessing of the Lord Iesus But héere we are only to cōsider the chéefest vertue of the Tōgue which is With the mouth to cōfesse the Lord Iesus And the chéefest poison which is To deny renounce our Lord and Sauiour The Apostle héere requireth of euery Christian That he shal with the mouth confesse the Lord Iesus Because as all the body is made to glorifie God so especiallie the tongue is as Paule sayth Let euery tongue cōfesse that Iesus Christ is the Lord Phil. 2.11 to the glorie of God the Father Hebr. 13.15 Let vs offer the sacrifice of praise alwayes to God That is the fruite of the lippes which confesse his name and this the Prophet Hosea dooth call the calues of our lyppes Hose 14.2 Dauid sayeth I beleeued and therfore I spake Psal 116.10 Signifying therby that There can be no true beleefe in the heart vnles the tongue delight to talke of the same Math. 12.34.35 For of the abundaunce of the heart the mouth will speake A good man out the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good thinges and an euill man out of the euill treasure bringeth foorth euill things About what thing soeuer the heart of man is occupied the tongue will most commonlie be talking of the same The Ship man will talke of his windes the Soldier will reckon vp his woundes the Shéepheard will be telling of his shéepe and the Plowman of his Oxen. If a man ●elight in Hawkes Horses Houndes or ●ny pastime whatsoeuer his talke wil be according to his delight and howe can it ●hen be but that if our hearts and soules delight in the Lord our tongues should also praise him confesse him and glorifie his holy name Shall the knowledge of Christe haue lesse obediēce of our tōgues then the vaine and transitorie desire of worldly pleasures Shall worldly things haue our tongues at commaundement shall the glorious name of Christe haue no portion therein This can not be déere brethren that there should be any true saith in the hart except it draw the tōgue to the confessing of the same Our bodies are called the temples of God Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God 1. Cor. 3.16.17 that the spirit of God dwelleth in you If any man defyle the temple of God him will God destroy for the temple of God is holy and that are ye And therfore it is Sa●riledge Church-robbery to plucke our tongue or any part of our body frō God For we are Temples and Saints conse●rated and sanctified vnto God And for ●his cause dooth Paule beséeche vs for the tender mercie of God That we offer vp not onely our soules 1. Cor. 6.19.20 but our bodies also a liuing sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto God And telleth vs that Our body being the Temple of the holy ghost we are not our owne but are bought with a price And therfore we should glorify God both in our bodies and in our soules for they are Gods They are Gods That is God made them and Christe Iesu redeemed them and bought them with a price not with siluer nor golde but with his owne most precious blood God made not onely soule but body also and our Lord and sauiour Christe gaue his body and shed his heart blood vppon the Crosse not onely for soule but for body also and not onely soule but body also shall liue for euer in the worlde to come then séeing that God created bothe body and soule and Christe with his body and soule did paye the raunsome bothe of body and soule and bothe body and soule shal be partakers of euerlasting glorie in the worlde to come We must as Paule sayth Glorifie God bothe in body and in soule for they are Gods 1. Reg. 19.18 The Lord sayth vnto Elias That he hath reserued vnto him seauen thousande people which neuer bowed their knees to Baall nor kissed him with their mouthes He dooth not say Which haue not beleeued in Baall in their harts But Which haue giuen neither knee nor mouth nor any part of their body to any other but to the Lord God of Israell Nabuchadnezzar required nothing of Shidrach Meshach and Abednego Dan. 3.19 but that They shoulde in bodie fall downe and worshippe the golden Image But ther chose rather to be cast aliue into the boate fierie Furnace The Kinges Commissioners required nothing of Mattathias But 1 Mach. 2.19.37 That he should outwardlie doo Sacrifice vnto the Idolles at Modin But he would rather dye then consent vnto it God is a ielous God and therefore will suffer no part of our bodie to be giuen to any grauen Image nor to any other but him alone as he sayth in his commaundement Thou shalt not bowe downe to them nor worshippe them Exod. 20.5 for I the Lorde thy God am a ielous God Whereby you sée that no part of our bodies ought to be giuen from God but that we should with euery part of vs glorifie God our creator and Christe Iesu our redeemer and the holy Ghost our sanctifier which hath made our whole bodies holie Temples vnto the Lord. And as with euerie part of our body we must set foorth the lawde and praise of God so especially with our tongue Phil. 2.11 That euery tongue may may confes that Iesus Christe is the Lord to the glory of God the Father Dauid séemed to be in better case when he was in the house of Achis or in the land of Iorden or in Hermonim or in the mount Mizar then if he should haue béen in the Tēple of God in the midst of Saules boast and all his enimies Psal 42.4.5 yet he sayth him selfe I powred out my very heart because I had gone with the multitude and led them into the house of God with the voice of singing and prayse as a multitude that keepeth a feast Why art thou so cast downe O my soule and why art thou so vnquiet within me O my God my soule is cast downe within me because I remember thee from the land of Iorden Hermonim and from the mount Mizar When Dauid was in the lande of Iorden in Hermonim or in the mount Mizar no doubt he prayed vnto God and gaue him thankes for all his benefites Yet because by reason of his enimies he could not come to the Temple of God to glorifie God as well in body as in soule He therefore crieth out with gréefe of hart Psa 84.1 ● ● Why art thou so cast down O my soule and why art thou so vnquiet within me And in an other place O Lord of hoastes howe

the worke of men be bound to doo it Titus 2.9 without murmuring and grudging and to serue their bodily Maisters with feare and trembling with singlenes of heart Ephe. 6.5 not with eie seruice as pleasing men but as the seruaunts of Christ dooing the will of God from the heart How much more ought the labourers in the Haruest of the Lorde to shew all faithfulnesse in dooing that worke willingly where vnto the Lord hath sent them The third propertie which is required in those that wil be good labourers in the Lords Haruest is Dilligence for otherwise they be not labourers but loyterers and therefore Saint Paul dooth charge Timothy 2. Tim. 4.1.2.5 before God and before the Lorde Iesus Christ which shall iudge the quick and the dead at his appearing in his kingdom that he preache the worde and be instant in season and out of season that he improoue rebuke and exhort with all longe suffering and doctrine watching in all things dooing the worke of an Euangelist Salomon saith Prou. 27.29 be diligent to know the state of thy flocke and take heede vnto thy Heards Isa 58.1 God commaundeth the Prophet to crye aloude and spare not to lift vp his voyce like a trumpet to shew the people their transgressions and the house of Iacob their sinnes Colos 4.17 Tell Archippus saith Paul take heede to the Ministerie that thou hast receaued in the Lord that thou fulfill it Right terrible is the woe which is so often denounced in the holy Scriptures against the slouthfull and negligēt Pastor Ezech. 34.2 as by the Prophet wo be to the Sheepeheards which feede themselues and feede not the flock and by the Apostle Ier. 23.1 ● Cor. 9.16 vae mihi nisi Euangelizauero Woe be to me if I preach not the Gospell If the consideration of this woe that is of the horrible iudgements of God were laide vp in our harts it could not be that so many of vs should sléepe in the Cradle of Securitie vtterly neglect the charge which is layde vpon vs it could not be that so many of vs should leaue the studie of the Scriptures giue our selues to lewde pastimes as though we were called to cast a Bowle to prick a Carde to trip a Die and not rather to féede the flock of Christ which he hath purchased with his precious bloud Neither could it be that so many of vs should depart from the flockes ouer the which the holy Ghost hath made vs ouerséers and lye continually either in the Vniuersities or in Cathedrall Churches not once indeuouring to fulfill the Ministery which we haue receyued of the Lord it could not be that so many of vs by ioyning liuing to liuing should heap charge vpō charge without any care to discharge for if they which discharge their office by substitutes would cōsider how that he which féedeth his flock only by a Substitute may peraduenture go to Heauen by a substitute but he shall surely feele his woe in Hell in his own proper person if they which lye away for learnings sake would cōsider how lamētable the case is that the Steed should sterue while the Grasse dooth grow how that before God this excuse will not stand liue Horse and thou shalt haue Grasse if all we which are carelesse negligent would continually set before our eies the woe so oftē pronounced against vs the heauy accompts which we are to make at the dreadfull daye of iudgement when the secrets of all harts shall be opened it could not be but we should haue more care to fulfil the Ministery which we haue receiued of the Lord and when we haue vrgent occasion to go abroade as often times it falleth out and so for a time to be absent in bodyes yet it would make vs alwaies to be present in hart 1. Reg. 19.20 and in prayer and againe to remember the Counsel of Elias to go but with speede to returne For when Elizaeus the Prophet asked leaue of him to go to his Father and Mother he saide go returne for what haue I done vnto thee I haue anoynted thee to be the Prophet of God and that is the charge which thou must now attend vnto notwithstanding goe to thy fathers house but with all speede returne As for those which continue from their flockes and suffer the worde to cease amongst them so that their soules doo perish for want of foode they haue a seuere plague denounced against them by the Prophet Zacharie Zach. 11.17 O idole Sheepheard that leaueth the flock the sworde shall be vpon his arme and vpon his right eye his arme shall be cleane dryed vp and his right eye shal be vtterly darkened his arme that is his strength and his right eye his knowledge and memorie shall all consume perrish and vanish away and he shall come to a fearefull end But thou wilt say that thou art resident vpon thy liuing and therefore thou doost not flye away Augustine saithe Aug tract 47. in Ioh. Fugisti quia tacuisti Thou hast holden thy peace and therefore thou art fled away thou art present in body but thou art absent in minde and voice and what will thy bodily presence profit when thy heart and thy tongue wherby thy office should be discharged is altogether absent Thē ye which are now to enter into the Ministerie and so to be sent foorth as labourers into the Lordes Haruest learne how to shew your dilligence not by idle presence of the body but by painefull presence of the hart and voyce for otherwise Zach. 11.17 the Prophet Zachary doth accompt you to be nothing but Idols not Pastors indéede but Idols Psal 135.16 such as the Psalmist speaketh of which haue mouthes and speake not eyes and see not eares and heare not neither is there any breath in their mouthes Math. 25.20 If your Talent be but small yet exercise the same with prayer and dilligence and the Lord hath promised that he will increase it and double it and when ye shall shew your selues faithfull in little he will make you Maisters of much But if ye haue any Talent be it neuer so small although it be but one Talent yet if ye hide it Mat. 25.28.30 it shall be taken from you and ye shall be cast as vnprofitable seruaunts into vtter darkenesse where shal be weeping and gnashing of teethe But otherwise if ye perceaue euidently that ye haue no Talent at all and that ye are able to doo no good at all in the Church of God I require and charge you before the Lord Iesus Christe and as ye will aunswer at his appearaunce that ye presume not rashly to enter into so high a function Luk. 12.42 to be Stevvards of the Lords Household hauing no portion of meate to giue them in due season Remember the accompts which euery Stewarde is to make at the last day when that dreadfull voyce

shall be pronounced Giue an accompts of thy stewardship Luk. 16.1 thou maist be no longer Steward The Texte saith that the euill Stewarde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he was first accused to his Maister that he wasted his goods and then he was called to his reckoning Euen so shall all blinde guides dombe Dogges vnfaithfull Stewards Idole Sheepheards slouthfull loiterers first be accused to God and then called to their accompts who shall be their accusers euery slothfull and vnfaithful Steward of what calling soeuer he be shall haue thrée accusers Rom. 2.15 The first is their owne conscience for that will be as good as a thousand witnesse Iuuenal Nocte dieque suum gestare in pectore testem A corrupt conscience is called a continuall Hangeman Gen. 4.7 it is sinne laying at the doore of our hearts it is called of the Prophet Esay a Worme that neuer dyeth and a Sea which alwayes rageth without rest Isa 66.24 1. Tim. 4.2 of Paul a fearing with a hoate Iron and in the Epistle to the Hebrewes Hebr. 10.26 a terrible looking for of iudgement and violent fier to deuour the aduersaries and therefore as often as they call to minde remember how they haue eaten the fat Ezech. 34.3.4 cloathed themselues with the Woll but that they haue not fed the Sheepe nor strengthened the weake nor healed the sick nor boūd vp the broke nor brought againe that which was driuen away nor sought vp that which was lost but haue ruled their slocks with rigor and cruelty this corrupt conscience Rom. 2.15 wil be as good as a thousād witnesses to accuse cōdemne thē before the throne of God Isa 57.21 2. Tim. 1.7 Sap. 17.10.11 There is no peace to the wicked the Lord hath sayd it but they shal cary in their brests feare terror tormēting furies cōtinually citing thē before the tribunall seat of Christ And if there be any which with vayne pastimes and pleasures of this worlde doo driue away the remembraunce of Gods iudgements for a time yet are they neuer the better for it for although they séeme to reioyce yet as Salomon sayeth Pro 1.14.13 20.17 Euen in the laughing the hart is sorrowfull and the mirth dooth end in heauines Although the bread of deceipt be sweet in the mouth for a while yet in the end the mouthe shal be filled with Grauell although for a time they liue without remorse of conscience Luke 11.21 and the stronge man dooth so possesse all things that all things seeme to be quiet yet in the end they shall be neuer the better for it no more then the stall fedde Oxe is the better because he knoweth not that he is taken out to the slaughter house for a sodaine death will haue the greater fea●e 1. Cor. 1.12 And therefore good brethren let euery one of vs endeuour as much as we can to kéepe the testimonie of a good conscience for as of all the treasures and pleasures in the worlde a quiet conscience is the greatest Pro. 15.15 as Salomon saith a good conscience is a continuall feast so it is the greatest horrour in the world to make Shipwrake of a good conscience 1. Iohn 3 21. for if our hart condemne vs God is greater then our heart and therefore let euery one of vs labour faithfully and painefully in the Lords Haruest let vs as good stewards giue vnto the household their portion of meate in due season that whensoeuer we must leaue our flocks we may euery one of vs in the testimonie of a good conscience say as Paule saide to the Elders of Ephesus Act. 20.26.27 I take you all to recorde this day that I am pure from the bloud of all men for I haue kept nothing back but haue shewed you all the counsell of God The second witnesse which shall accuse thée if thou be an euil Steward is the crie of the poore people which by thy negligence are pinched with the famine of the worde of God Amos. 8.11 for if in plaging of the body of goods that be true which the wiseman saith Ecclc. 35.15 that the teares which runne downe from the Widdowes cheekes go vp into heauen and the Lord which heareth them doth accept them and that which Iames saith Iam. 5.4 the crye of the poore dooth enter into the eares of the Lorde of Hoastes and that which Dauid affirmeth that Psal 56.8 God dooth put the teares of his Saints in his bottell how much more shall the teares and the cry which commeth by the plaging of the soule go vp into the eares of the Lord of Hoasts when the People shall hūger thirst for the foode of Godsword thou hast none to giue them when they shall crie for their portion of meate and thou hast none neither for thy selfe nor for them This crie goeth vp into heauē and the Lord which heareth it dooth accept it when he calleth thée to thy reckoning he will one day remember it The thirde witnesse which shall accuse all euill Stewards is the hurt dammage which is done in the Lords Haruest by their negligence Gen 4.10 for if the voice of the bloud of Abell did crie out of the earth for vengeance and if in building of houses with the oppressiō of the poore one stone doo crie vnto another ●bac 2.11 one beame crie against an other woe be to him that buildeth of bloud How much more shal the bloud of the soules of mē the maintaining of our wealthy estates by the perishing of so many soules cry continually out of the earth to the Lord for vengeance And thus if thou be an vnfaithfull and negligent Steward thou hast three accusers continually citing thee before the throne of God and the Lord which heareth their accusations will one day call thee to thy reckoning when he himselfe shall descende from heauen with a showte 1. The. 4.16.17 and with the voice of the Archangell with the trumpet of God and thou shalt meete him in the Cloudes where thou shalt see heauen aboue thee ready to receaue the saints of God Hell beneathe thee gaping to deuoure thee round about thee the world burning the Elements melting with heate thine owne sinnes on the one side of thee and the sinnes of all those which haue perished by thy negligence on the other side of thee behinde thee the Deuill ready to accuse thee within thee a conscience already condemning thee and before thy face the terrible Iudge accompanied with thousands of Angels calling thee to giue an accomptes of thy Stewardship And if it be founde that Luke 12.48.45.46 thou hast not giuen to the Househoulde of God their portion of meate in due season but hast smitten thy fellow seruaūts and giuen thy selfe to eate and drinke Math. 25.30 and to be dronken then moste assuredlye thou shalt be cut off and haue thy portion

Mamples Crosier staues Miters not with sundrie such sottish ceremonies foolish gestures as haue bin vsed héeretofore in the creating of popish Bishops and Priests greasie shauelings and Idolatrous Massemongers but simplye and plainely with laying on of hands and with prayer And for this cause my Lorde hath thought it conuenient at this time not to ordayne the Ministers secrety in his Closet as hath beene wickedly practised of others heeretofore but to bring them into the face of the congregation to the end that we altogether might with one heart and one voyce praye vnto the Lorde of the Haruest that hee will make them profitable Labourers in his Haruest And nowe therefore deare brethren let vs not accoumpt this busynesse A Spectacle to bee gazed vpon but let vs all with one accorde lifte vp our mindes vnto the Father of Heauen thorough the merits and intercession of his welbelooued sonne Iesus Christ Let vs pray vnto the Lorde of the Haruest that hee will graunt not onely to these which are nowe to be sent foorth but also to all vs which are sent already the grace of his holy and comfortable spirite Luke 24.49 that he will endew vs with power from an high that he will so powre out vpon vs the spirite of wisdom and vnderstanding Cor. 4.3.4 Ephe. 6.19 that we may know the myseryes of his will that he will so open vnto vs the dore of vtterance that we may bouldly publish the secret of the Gospell that we may with discretion wisely painefully faythfully and dilligently feede the flocke of Christe which he hath purchased with his bloud so that no vnthankfulnesse of the world may discourage vs or driue vs from the performing of our dutie that we may fulfill our Ministerie Colos 4.17 1. Tim. 4.16 and continue in doctrine not to put our handes to the Plough and then to looke backe againe as many in these our dayes preach dilligently for a time while they haue nothing but when they haue gotten good liuings then the fat ●ennes laye no Egges For if we thus looke backe agayne Luke 9.62 then we haue our iudgement denounced against vs by Christ him selfe that we are not fit for the kingdom of God Let vs also pray vnto God that he will roote out all rauening Wolues all Hierlings Timeseruers and dombe Dogges 2. Thes 3.1 Psa 51.18 which hinder the course of the Gospel that he wyl giue his word free passage and builde vp the walles of Ierusalem that he wil giue vnto vs al the spirite of sanctification that we may let our light so shine before men Math. 5.16 that they may see our good woorkes and glorifye our Father in Heauen that so we may labour with both handes in the Haruest of the Lorde with exhortation and conuersation with life doctrine whereby there may be plentie of pure spirituall Wheate to the lawde and prayse of God and great heapes of true beleeuers to be gathered into the Barnes of euerlasting ioyes And finally that he wyll blesse all Schooles of Learning with increase in all godly knowledge and graunt vnto all Students that they may alwayes haue his feare before theyr eyes and make this the chéefe end of all their Studyes the glory of his holy name the profit of the Church and the maintenaunce of the common wealth whereby the number of true Labourers may be increased for the Haruest is great and the Labourers are but few And thus good people that I may nowe draw to an end yée haue heard out of this charge giuen by our Sauiour Christe vnto his seuentie Disciples all such profitable Lessons as my slender Tallent would suffer me at this tyme to delyuer vnto you Much more might be spoken heare Math. 21.22 Ephe 3.12 Iam. 1.6 Hebr. 4.16 Luke 11.9.10 of the manner how we ought to pray to the Lord of the Haruest that we must pray in faith grounded vpon Gods promises with full assuraunce that our request shall be graunted and that he will not forsake his church and againe that we should be touched inwardly Rom. 8.26 Iohn 4.24 1. Ioh. 5.14 Psalm 25.1 with the want of the thing that we desire and therefore that we praye in spirit and trueth in heart lament as well the small number of true and faithfull Labourers as also the great aboundaunce of Wolues and Hierlings Luke 18.1 Rom. 12.12 1. Thes 5.17 Colos 4.2 and that we ought to continue in praier although we haue not our requests at the first but that Théeues murderers doo dayly créepe in more more and that we must pray onely Iohn 1● 13 1. ●im ● 5 1. Iohn 2. ● Math. 3.17 for the merits and intercession of Iesus Christ who is only the mediator betwixt God and Man in whome the Father ir well pleased that the Flocke may not perrishe for which he shed his bloud Psalm 50.15 Iam. 1.5 and finallye that we ought to direct our prayers onely to the Lord of the Haruest who is onely able to heare vs Ioel. 2.52 Actes 10.26 Apoc. 19.10 Rom. 1.25 and onely of power to helpe vs and not to any Saint or Angell in Heauen ascribing that to the Creature which is due vnto the Creator who be blessed for euer and euer But because these matters require a larger discourse then the weakenesse of my voyce wyll nowe permitte me to vtter I haue thought good rather to passe them ouer bréefely then by continuing my speach either to weary you and my self or to withhould you any longer from a far more learned exhortation which shall immediatly be giuen you The Lord of his infinite mercy giue vs grace so to laye vp these profitable Instructions in our hearts that as we haue heard them attentiuely so wee may bring foorth fruite accordingly that we of the Ministerie maye with all wisdome and discretion feede the Flocks committed to our charge that we may labour so dilligentlye faithfullye and paynefully in the woorke of the Lorde that no vnthankfulnesse of the worlde may driue vs which haue now put our hands to the Plowe to looke back againe that wee maye take heede vnto our selues and to our doctrine and continue therein whereby we maye saue our selues and those that heare vs that we may not gather with the one hand and scatter with the other hand but labour with bothe hands with worde and lyfe as well by our agreeing together with brotherly looue and gooing hande in hand together in the woorke of the Lorde as also by all integritie holynesse and purenesse of liuing least while we preach vnto others 〈◊〉 selues become reprobates And the 〈◊〉 ●e out the dew of his holy spirit 〈◊〉 you that are the hearers that the séede which we sawe amongst you may neither 〈◊〉 out of your hearts by Sathan as the seede by the high way side is deuoured by the Powles of the ayre nor choaked with the Briars and Brambles of voluptuous liuing and

the Thornie cares of this worlde nor burnt vp with the heate of per●ion but that it may battle as in good grounde and bring forth fruite an hundred foulde that so ye may be a plentifull Haruest vnto the Lorde not bringing foorth the Tares of sinne and wickednesse but in the fruite of good workes aunswerable to that husbandrie which the Lorde hath bestowed vpon you And the Lord pardon both in you and in vs all our offences and all our sins so especially our dull spirits in prayer and giue grace héereafter bothe to Pastoure and to people that we may pray earnestly from the hart vnto the Lorde of the Haruest to sende foorth Labourers into his Haruest that so wée may be taught and so wee may liue in this world that at the last daye when wée shall appeare beefore the Throne of Christ the Angels of God may gather vs not as the wicked which shall be collected as faggots and cast into the Fyre but as pure Wheate which is gathered into the Barnes of euerlasting rest that we may inherit the heauenly Ierusalem the Lande of Canaan flowing with Milke and Hony where there shall bee no more Tares nor Wéedes nor Thornes nor Thistles nor heate of Sunne to parche nor stormes nor tempestes but wée shall remaine for euer a glorious Haruest vnto the Lorde where there shall be no more hunger nor thirste nor colde nor sicknesse nor temptation nor torment nor myserie nor mischife nor enuye nor malice nor griefe nor paine but the Lorde shall wipe away all teares from our eyes where we shall enioy suche ioyes as eye neuer saw eare neuer harde neither euer could enter into the harte of man To the which ioyes the eternall God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ both happylye and spéedely bring vs all for the mearites of his deare Sonne our most mercyfull Sauiour to whom with the Father and the Holye Ghost thrée parsons and one true and euerlyuing god be all honor glorye maiestie power and Dominion both now and euer Amen FINIS The Printer to the Christian Reader CHristian Reader if thou finde any faultes escaped in the Printing either in mistaking of any Note in the Margent or otherwise I beseech thee not to impute them to the Author for that he was absent at the time of the imprinting heereof but onely to the Printers necligence who humblie requesteth thee with thy Pen to amend them as occasion shall require ¶ HILLARIVS contra Auxentium Arrianum Primum miserari licet nostrae aetatis laborem et praesentium temporum opiniones praesentes ingemiscere quibus patrocinari Deo humana creduntur et ad tuendam Christi ecclesiam ambitione seculari laboratur Oro vos Episcopos qui hoc vos esse creditis quibusnam suffragijs ad praedicandum Euangelium Apostoli vsi sunt quibus adiuti potestatibus Christum praedicauerunt gētesque fere omnes ex idolis ad Deum transtulerunt Anne aliquam sibi sumerēt ex patatio dignitatem hymnum Deo in carcere inter catenas post flagella cantantes Edictis ne Regis Paulus cum in Theatre spectaculum ipse estet Christo ecclesiam congregabat Nerone se aut Vespasiano aut Decio patrocinantibus tuebatur quorum in nos odijs confessio diuinae pietatis effloruit Illi manu atque opere se alentes inter caenacula secretaque coeuntes vicos castella gentesque fere omnes terram maria contra senatus consulta et regum edicta peragrantes claues regni caelorum non habebant An non manifesta se tum Dei virtus contra odia humana porrexit cum tanto magis Christus praedicaretur quanto magis praedicari inhiberetur At nunc proh dolor diuinam fidem suffragia commendant inopsque virtutis suae Christus dum ambitio nomini suo conciliatur arguitur terret exiliis et carceribus ecclesia credique sibi cogit quae exiliis et carceribus est credita pendet ad dignationem communicātium quae persequentium est consecrata terrore diligique se gloriatur a mundo quae Christi esse non pot● nisi cam mundus odisset ¶ CYRIL in Ioh lib. 5. cap. 12. Idiotae et simplices caelum rapuint nos autem doct cum scientiis nostris ad inferna demergimur qui scilicet nos inflant non a difi●no ¶ HIERON ad Nepotianum Non confundant opera tua sermonem tuum ne cum in ecclesia loqueris tacitus quilibet respondeat cur ergo haec quae dicis ipse non facis ¶ Idem in primum ad Titum Tom. 9. Qua libertate peccantem corripere potest cum tacitus ipse sibi respondeat eadem se admisisse quae corripit ¶ BERNARD de conuers ad Clericos cap. 29. Curritur passim ad sacros ordines reuerenda ipsis quoque spiritibus Angelicis Ministeria sine reuerentia sine consideratione in quibus regnat auaritia ambitio imperat dominatur superbia ¶ Idem Paulo ante cap. 27. Vae Ministris infidelibus qui nondum reconciliati reconciliationis alienae negotia apprehendunt v● filijs irae qui se ministros gratiae profitentur ¶ AT LONDON Printed by Richard Ihones and Iohn Charlewood 1582.