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A13578 A sermon teaching discretion in matters of religion, and touching certayne abuses nowe in the Churche preached at Paules Crosse the 21. of Nouember by Robert Temple Bachelor in Diuinitie sometimes of Magdalene Colledge in Oxforde. Temple, Robert, Bachelor in Diuinitie. 1592 (1592) STC 23869; ESTC S100993 26,698 73

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in the measure of euerye parte receaueth the increase of the bodie vnto the edefieng of it selfe in looue A man may bee endued with manie other giftes ● Cor. 8.3 and yet bee vngodlie but if anye man looue God ● Cor. 12.7 the same is knowne of God The ende of all giftes is vnitye for the manifestation of the spirite Ephes 4.3 is giuen to euerie one to profit withall Nowe loue endeuoureth to keepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bond of peace and giues no offence neither to the Iewes nor to the Grecians ● Cor. 10.31 nor to the Church of god but followeth those thinges whiche concerne peace and wherewith one may edefie one an other Whatsoeuer either precept or counsell is specially set down in scripture hath relation to loue as wee loue God for himselfe and one an other for Gods sake Christianitie is where the spirite is and where the spirite is there is loue 1. Ioh. 4.16 For God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in god god in him The loue wherewith god loueth vs shed abroad in our harts by the holy ghost which is giuen vnto vs Rom. 5.5 is onlye theirs which fulfill the royall law Iam. 2.8 thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe loue discerneth the merite of the worke in pietie from the semblaunce in vnitie Aug. Ioh. ●pist tract 7 as Gods tradition of his sonne from Iudas prodition The one was of loue the other of couetousnes Luk. 7.38 4 Maries entertaynment from Symons hospitallitye many sinnes were forgiuen hir for shee loued much Phil. 1 1● some mens preaching of conscience somes vnder a pretence the one of goodwill the other thoroughe enuie and strife Agust ciuit dei lib. 9. ca 21. Agust Ioh. ●pist tract 7. godly knowledg from the Deuils as greate as their knowledge is they haue no loue Almes deedes in compassion from liberalitye in vaine glory Loue doth doth seeke the praise of God in almes but vaine glorye the praise of man 1. Ioh. 4.18 Agust Iho. 3. tract 13. Godly feare from slauish feare for feare hath paynefulnes but perfect loue casteth out feare loue indeed is the invisible vnctiō of the spiririt All sacraments whatsoeuer are but the forme loue is the roote faith is like vnto the sence Aug. hom 1● but loue vnto the health of the bodie Austen saith that a man maye haue Baptisme and yet bee wicked Prophecie euē that notable gift that Paule here prefers and yet be wicked take the sacrament of the bodie and blood of the Lord and yet be wicked be named a Christian and yet bee wicked habere sacramenta ista omnia et malus esse potest Habere autem charitatem et malus esse non potest hoc est ergo proprium donum Hee maye haue all these sacraments and yet be wicked but hee cannot bee wicked if hee haue loue this is therefore a proper gift If this were well learned of a number in these dayes who take thēselues to be notable fellowes euē incōparable censors of all other it would contayne and keepe in manie mischiefes which daylie breake out to the daungerous hurt of the Church as Pride Enuie Indiscretion Innouatiō Pride through knowledge Enuie throughe aemulation Indiscretiō through zeale Innouation through schisme Pride tho●ugh knowe●dge For commonlie Pride is where knowledge is this same Sermo scientiae word of knowledge 1. Cor. 12.8 Rom. 12. ● very hardlie admits sapere ad sobrietatē vnderstanding with sobrietie for knowledge puffeth vp 1. Cor. 8.1 and maketh a man verie singularlie proud as if hee were the onely man and none like him in the world A perillous matter I tell you is inflamation through knowledge Iren. lib. cap. 1.31 that marde Tacianus after his maister Iustinus martirdome made him ā heriticke Bern. cant serm 65. Bern. notes it to be the onely prancke of all such Captare gloriā de singularitate scientiae to gette glorie by singularitie of learning Bern. resur domin ser 3. And I praie you as Ber. saith againe quaemaior superbia quam vt vnus homo totae congregationi iudicium sum prae ferat tanquā ipse solus habeat spiritum dei Can there bee anye greater Pride then for one man to sette his owne iudgment before the whole Congregation as though hee and none else hath the spirit of God Now where loue is there can be no presumption and maystership of doctrine Loue doth aedefie and doth not boast it selfe neyther is puffed vp Austen sayth Aug. secundū●oh serm 53. Amate scientiam sed anteponite charitatē scientia si sola sit inflat charitas vero edificat et non per mittit scientiam inflari Loue knowledge but preferre loue knoweledge if it bee alone puffeth vp but loue edefieth and doth not suffer knoweledge to be puffed vp Enuye tho●ough emulalation Aug. secundū Ioh. serm 53. With pride commonlye enuie is ioyned for pride is nothing else then a loue of excellencie which breedes a peruerse imitation againste the Apostles rule 1. Cor. 12.31 Desire you the best gifts and yet I will shewe you a more excellent waie meaning loue and againe forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes 1. Cor. 14.12 seeke that ye may excell to the edefieng of the Church And so brings forth that carnall emulation spoken of by the Apostle amongst the workes of the flesh Galat. 5.20 Nowe loue is in this a remedie 1. Cor. 13.4 for loue enuieth not If there bee any comfort in loue if any fellowship of the spirite nothing is done through contention Philip. 2.2 or vaine glory but in meekenes of minde euerie one esteemes an other better then himselfe Aug. hom 15. Austen sayth Congaude illi cui deus aliquam gratiam dedit et potes in illo quod in te non potes Bee glade in his behalfe to whom God hath giuen any grace and thou mayst doe that in him which thou canst not doe in thy selfe Peraduenture sayth Austen hee hath virginity loue him it is thine Againe thou hast more patience then he let him loue thee and t is his Hee can watch a night at his studie if thou dost not enuie him his studie is thine Perchaunce thou canst fast a great deale more if he loue thee thy fasting is his hoc ideo quia in illo tu es per proprietatem non es tu per charitatem tu es This is the reason because thou art in him by propertie thou art not by charitie thou art Bern. altitud cord serm 1. Bernard reporteth that on a time one tolde him that hee sawe a laye Moncke in whom he did recken 30. vertues whereof sayth he I finde not one in my selfe and perhaps sayth Bernard he had not so great a vertue amongst the rest as this was religiosae emulationis humilitas Humble emulation in matters of religion And in deede there is no
grewe to that temeritie and madnesse that they tooke vnto themselues the titles places of Bishopes boasting of Eleusius the author of their election But sayth hee there is one Eunomius and his sect the inwarde plague and mischeife of the Church who thinketh it a great deale out of his waie if hee drawe not all with himselfe into destruction and daunger yet these things are tollerable But of all church trobles the Apolinarists libertie is most licentious I am to certefie youre reuerence he meaneth Nectarius that a litle booke is come to my handes of Apollinaris wherein such thinges are written as exceedes all peruerse heretickes that euer were Conueticles of Schismatickes daungerous I will haue you consider that if these haue common liberty of priuat metings it is nothing else but to esteeme their doctrine truer then ours and you know that in euerye thing nature suffereth not two contrary doctrines of one the same point to be true Any that will may verye well consider the same to be the present calamitie and ieopardy of our Church and as Gregorie to Nectarius so I appeale to our magistrates for redresse First and for most wee haue among vs Paules Iesuites Chem. Exa● prefat par ● a murren sect of hereticks that infect the purenes of the Gospell a cruell sort of bloody ones that abiure a lawefull allegiaunce to their Prince ●●s Hum. ●m Cur. ●ax naturall loue to their Countrie and by forreine conspiracie abroade put in practise at home the death of the one and destruction of the other ●suites These thinke they doe God good seruice to slaye his anoynted ●sebius lib. ● cap. 40. murther his saincts endeuoring as did the Imposters in Alexandria in the dayes of Decius to inflame the peoples desire with a customed superstition of the Countrye and make them beleeue that the worshipping of Idols and murdering of Protestants is pietie August exclaimes against such a zeale ●gust Iho. ● tract 93. ó error horrendus ò execrabilis cecitas Zelum Dei habent sed non secundum scientiam obsequium se putant praestare deo interficiendo famulos Dei Oh horrible error oh execrable blindenesse they haue a zeale but not accordinge to knoweledge they thinke they doe GOD good seruice in killinge the Seruauntes of GOD. But I will not make manye wordes aboute them onelye this I saye as they be our countrie men by Nation pity their liues as they bee Papistes in weakenesse labour to conuert them but as they be heretiques in popeperie and Traytors to their Countrie let the Lawe punishe them and I praye God either turne their harts from whetting anie more swordes to shed the blood of the Lordes anointed or returne the sharpest swordes from the pointe with a cutting edge on bothe sides in vp to the verye hiltes in their owne heartes blood Oh Lorde lette ELIZABETH florishe with a Crowne of glorye vppon her heade and a Scepter of Tryumphe in her hande and still washe her feete in the bloode of her enemies Psal 58.9 We haue againe among vs Libanius Martinistes I vse that name Socrat. eccl hist lib. 3. cap. 19. Because as Libanius the Sophister in a ridiculous libell against religion flattered Iulian that hipocrite in profession vntill hee came to the empyre but afterwarde a Tyrant in persecution ●artinistes So Martin publisheth manye his friuolous Pamphlets bewraying in this a spirite rather of scorne and slaunder then learninge and loue because hee handleth diuinitie with scurrillitie scripture with laughter more pleasant to a sight of gospell Libertines and Churchrobbers then medling at all with the matter in hande muche lesse deciding the controuersies by moment and wayght of argument and therefore better answered alreadie by some merie mates like himselfe then to bee vouchsafed so muche as a silable by learned replye These irregular fellowes derrogate from Bishops both title and place in Churche and common wealth A verie sore plague to the good estate and constitution of the Church and a great deale the sorer because domesticall and inwarde and yet shall I saye my conscience and speake indifferentlye Fie for shame both Martin and Antemartin Paciscamur sayth Augustine to Petiliā si placet vt nec tu malos nobis obijcias quos putas nostros Aug. petilia● lib. 2. cap. 3. nec ego vestros vobis Agreed sayth August to Petilian If you please that neither you vpbrayde vs with those on our part whom you thinke to be bad Nor wee cast you in teeth with such on your side as wee iudge verie ill of So do yee both and goe to the matter Ciprian lib. ● Epist 9. Brownistes But wee haue as mischieuous as anye the other Puppianus Brownistes for they rightly follow his steppes who as Ciprian writes would be perfect alone vnspotted holy pure and not ioyne himselfe with the rest but alone as it were in Paradise in the kingdome of heauen swelling with such a pride and puffed vp with such arrogancie of minde that he would reduce all bishops cleargie men to his owne knowledge to be purged before him and to bee absolued by his sentence so that for the space of 6. yeares neyther had the fraternitie any Bishop nor the people an ouerseer nor the flocke a Pastor nor the Church a gouernour nor Christ a Prelate nor God anie Priest These set forth their bookes beyond all impudencie of all Schismatickes Magistrates ●egligence ●he cause of ●ectes if they be let alone as either impunitie or securitie of magistrates I will not saye perciallytie must needes further their faction what maye the silie people thinke whom they seduce daylie and drawe into error but that their doctrine is truer then ours as they fasly obiect our Church of Englandes ministerie preaching ●ocrates lib. ● cap. 33. prayer sacraments discipline is of no warrant frō God Eustathius somtime Bishop of Sebastia in Armenia after his abdicatiō by a generall counsel set a broch many wicked opinions among other he did perswade the people detesting other churches to haue their cōmon meetings in priuate houses drawing away seruaunts frō their maisters by simulation of religion Brownistes Conuenticles the like are among vs condemning all other assēblies in accustomed churches gathering themselues togither in houshold conuenticles alienating prentices by coulor of religion from all duty of obedience dwelling with their maisters I wish this saieng of Ciprian were well learned of such Ciprian ibid Scire debes Episcopū in ecclesia esse et ecclesiā in Episcopo et si qui in Episcopo nō sunt in ecclesia non esse et frustra sibi blandiri eos qui pacem cum sacerdotibus Dei non habentes obrepunt et latenter apud quosdam communicare se credunt cum ecclesia quae catholica et vna est scissa non sit neque deuisa sed vbique connecta et coherētium sibi