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A20766 The summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded : more largly & cleerely handled and explaned / published by John Downame ... Downame, John, d. 1652. 1625 (1625) STC 7148.3; ESTC S5154 448,527 580

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giuen vnto much wine but teachers of honest things that z 1. Pet. 5. 3. they may instruct the younger women to be sober-minded that they loue their Husbands that they loue their children Not as though yee were Lords of Gods Heritage but that ye may be ensamples to the flocke a Iob 29. 8. The young men saw me and hid themselues and the aged rose and stood vp his wise and graue carriage procuring reuerence and credit to him Secondly Vsing of the things wherein they are preferred And vsing of the things wherein they are preferred to the others benefit to the others benefit being content to yeeld vnto them when they are in the right as to their brethren So Deut. 17. 20. it is specially commanded to the King That his heart bee not lifted vp aboue his brethren And b Iob 31. 13. Iob professeth his care to practise this Lesson If I did condemne the iudgement of my Seruant and of my Maid when they did contend with mee Thus did c 2. King 5. 13 14. NAAMAN harken to the aduice of his Seruants and returning washed in Iordan and was made whole The Dutie of such Superiours as are in authoritie From them in authoritie First instruction of their Inferiors in the things of God and of their speciall callings whatsoeuer the same be is Instruction of their Inferiours in the things of God and of their speciall callings as Ioshua did the d Iosh 24. Israelites And in this respect Iob e Iob 29. 15. saith of himselfe that he was eyes vnto the Blind and feet vnto the Lame Secondly Due recōpence of good or euil actions which Peter f 1. Pet. 2. 14. Then due recompence of good or euill actions sheweth to bee the cause why Magistrates are erected for the punishment of euill doers and prayse of them that doe well And g Ro. 13. 2 3 4 Paul saith that Princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euill Wilt thou then be without feare of the Power Doe well so shalt thou haue prayse of the same for he is the minister of God for thy wealth In h Col. 4. 1. another place Ye Masters saith hee doe vnto your Seruants that which is iust and equall knowing that yee also haue a Master in Heauen Thirdly Protection from wrongs for whither should And lastly protection from wrongs the eyes i Psal 123. 2. of the Seruant looke but to the hand of the Master and the eyes of the Mayden but to the hands of her Mistris Hereupon Gen. 20. 16. Abimelech telleth SARA that ABRAHAM her Husband was the couering of her eyes and the man that was to protect her Iosias also Lam. 4. 20. is said to be vnto the people the breath of their nostrils The Dutie of Magistrates From publike authoritie that is to say from Magistrates maintenance aswell of true Religion as of peace and honestie of life Anabaptists which reiect Magistracie The Papists which teach that it belongeth not to the Magistrate to deale in matter of Religion And also exempt their Clergie from the Iurisdiction of the Ciuill Magistrate is First Maintenance of true Religion Secondly Maintenance of peace and honestie of life for to him hath God committed the maintenance of both the Tables So the k 1. Tim. 2. 2. Apostle teacheth that the Ciuill Magistrate is raysed vp of God vnto that high estate of Dignitie that we might liue vnder them a peaceable and a quiet life in all godlinesse and honestie A part of this Dutie is the deciding of Controuersies betweene man and man and the true ministration of Law and Iustice as Moses did Exod. 18. 13. For the performance of both these God hath furnished him with power and to this end put the Sword into his hands which hee may not suffer to rust in the Scabbard but must draw it out to punish all offenders l Rom. 13. 4. If thou doe euill feare for hee beareth not the Sword for nought for he is the Minister of God to take vengeance on him that doth euill In all which punishments a proportion is to be obserued That euery one be according to the nature and qualitie of the offence Those against the first Table most seuerely and sharply after the example of God himselfe whom the Prophet m Ier. 5. 7. bringeth in saying How should I spare thee for this Thy children haue sworne by them that are no Gods In the second Table Murder Incest Rape with death Trespasse with the recompence of the hurt c. In all which the Iudiciall Lawes of Moses albeit wee are not tyed to the precise and strict forme of that Common-wealth are notable precedents to goe before vs for the equitie and substance of them The contrarie whereof is the not punishing or light censuring of capitall crimes and letting them escape whom God bringeth into our hands Of the first we haue a Law Numb 35. 31 33. Ye shall take no recompence for the life of the Murderer which is worthy to dye but he shall be put to death for bloud defileth the Land and the Land cannot be clensed of the bloud that is shed therein but by the bloud of him that shed it And 1. Kin. 20. 42. A Prophet telleth the King of Israel as from the Lord Because thou hast let goe out of thy hands a man whom I had appointed to dye thy life shall goe for his life and thy people for his people For the second ELI is reprooued 1. Sam. 2. 23. who for foule and shamefull faults committed by his sonnes such oppressing of the people as made men abhorre the Seruice of the Lord lying with the women that assembled at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation c. reprooued them onely with a few words and that in a milde sort Why doe you such things for of all this people I heare euill reports of you Doe no more so my sonnes for it is no good report which I heare of you that you make the Lords people to trespasse Take here-with-all some cautions First That the Magistrate being Gods n Rom. 13. 1. Minister in this behalfe doe all things holily and reuerently as in his presence whereof we haue Ioshua o Iosh 7. 19. 25. for a worthie patterne who said vnto ACHAN My sonne I beseech thee giue glorie to IEHOVAH the God of Israel and make confession vnto him and shew me now what thou hast done hide it not from me Afterwards when the fact was confessed by him IOSHVA said In as much as thou hast troubled vs IEHOVAH shall trouble thee this day And all Israel threw stones at him and burnt them with fire and stoned them with stones Secondly He must propound a right end before him that is to say first the parties good and reformation not his shame and destruction for that the p Pro. 20. 30 Wiseman teacheth vs to bee the scope and marke
5. Surely in the fire of mine indignation haue I spoken against the remnant of the Nations and against all Edom which haue taken my Land for their Possession with the ioy of all their heart with spoyling from their soule To the latter it is contrarie When men runne x Rom. 3. 15. vnto euill and their feet are swift to sheade bloud when the Tongue becommeth a fire y Iam. 3. 6 7. the ornament of iniquitie for our wickednesse and filthinesse of heart to vaunt and set out it selfe by defiling the whole bodie and setting on fire the whole course of nature it selfe being first set on fire of Hell Thus did Pharaoh foame out with his mouth his blasphemous thoughts and scorning of God in his heart Who z Exod. 5. 2. is IEHOVAH that I should let Israel goe And a 2. Kin. 18. 28 Rabshake that standing still cryed out with a loud voice in the Iewish lāguage to the end that all the people might heare and vnderstand his Blasphemies An Example of them both together we haue Ezechiel 25. 6. Because thou speaking of the Ammonites clappest the hand and stampest with the foot and art glad from the soule of all the spoyling vpon the Land of Israel therefore behold I will stretch out my hand against thee From this strength of the soule and bodie ioyned together arise foure speciall Vertues which are to concurre in all duties both to God and to our Brethren First Sinceritie or vprightnesse of heart noting a singlensse sm●●●●y without any mixture which Etymologie the Apostle doth not obscurely giue in one or two places For b 2 Cor. 1. 12. this is our reioycing the testimonie of our conscience that in singlenesse and sinceritie of God we haue beene conuersant in the World For c 2. Cor. 2. 17. wee are not as the rest those which play the Huxters with the Word of God but sincerely but as it came from God in the sight of God doe we speake of Christ where sincere dealing is opposed as you see to that of Huxters which mingle their Wine and other commodities to deceiue men for their gaine For this vertue of being an vpright man IOB d Iob 1. 2. is highly commended By the same e 2. Pet. 3. 2. Peter commendeth those to whom hee wrote I stirre vp your sincere minde And the Apostle prayeth for the Philippians that f Philip. 1. 10. they may be sincere and without offence vnto the Day of Christ as 1. Cor. 5. 8. hee doth exhort vs to it Wherefore let vs keep holiday with the vnleauened bread of sincerity truth Where this sinceritie he termeth also truth as Ephes 4. 24. he calleth that true Righteousnesse and Holinesse which is sincere and vnfayned The Apostle g 1. Pet. 1. 22. Peter noteth it out by puritie when commending brotherly loue hee willeth that from a pure that is a sincere heart we loue one another For this purpose the infinite knowledge of God being euerie where present and sounding the bottome of our hearts and reines ought to bee alwayes before our eyes to hold vs in all integritie If our heart should but turne backward saith the Church h Psal 44. 19 21 22. Psalme 44. that wee had forgotten God though it were in secret should not God search this out seeing hee knoweth the hidden things of the minde And Dauid in the 139. i Psal 139. 2 4 13. Psalme Thou knowest my sitting and my rising thou vnderstandest my thoughts a far off long before I thinke them or before a word is in my mouth Yea thou possessest my reyns thy Knowledge is more wōderfull then that I am able to discerne Therefore saith he k Verse 18. afterwards I watch continually to be with thee that is night and day it is my care in all sinceritie and vprightnesse of a good Conscience to cleaue vnto thee To this singlenesse of heart the Apostle Peter in the place before alleaged opposeth hypocrisie Purifie your hearts vnto brotherly loue without hypocrisie And Paul to the l Rom. 12. 9. Romanes Let Loue be without Hypocrisie Hypocrisie is when the heart inward affection is wanting either in the seruice of God or in dealing with our Brethren as our Sauiour doth define it Mat. 15. 7. Hypocrites well hath ESATAS prophesied of you saying This people draw neere vnto mee with their lips but their heart is farre from mee And of this sort is outward Abstinence from meates without any care and conscience thereby to serue God more feruently or to be better strengthened against sin m Esay 58. 4 5 6. Yee fast not as these times are to haue your voice to be heard on high Is this such a fast as I haue chosen that a man should afflict his soule for a day bow down his head like a Bull-rush and lye downe in sackcloth and ashes callest thou this a fasting or an acceptable day to the Lord Is not this the fasting that I haue chosen To loose the bands of wickednesse to take away the heauie burdens and let the oppressed go free and that yee take off euery yoke So of the outward obseruing of the Sabbath not regarding the true pietie of the heart Therefore n Esay 1. 14 15 the Lord telleth the Iewes My soule hateth your new Moones and your appointed Feasts they are a burden vnto me I am wearie to beare them And when you shall stretch out your hands I will hide mine eyes from you and though you make many Prayers I will not heare for your hands are full of bloud The Pophet Psal 12. 3. expresseth this Hypocrisie in flattering and deceitfull dealing with our Brethren by the Phrase of a heart and a heart that is a double heart contrary to that singlenesse without all mixture spoken of before when our heart in outward pretence seemeth to runne one way but indeed and in truth is carryed another Our Sauiour o Mat. 23. 13. telling the Pharises they deuoured Widdowes houses vnder a shew of long Prayer calleth it a shew onely without any truth or substance for so are truth and shew opposed Phil. 1. 8. The Notes of Hypocrisie are specially these First To rest in outward obseruances to presse them strictly and seuerely letting passe those things wherein true Pietie standeth Woe bee p Mal. 23. 23 24. to you Scribes and Pharises Hypocrites for yee tithe Mint and Annise and Cummin and leaue the waightie matters of the Law as Iudgement and Mercie and Fidelitie These ought yee to haue done and not to haue left the other yee blinde guides that straine out a Gnat and swallow a Cammell Hence come those speeches and rebukes of Christ Yee q Mat. 23. 25. clense the outside of the Cup and Platter but within they are full of extortion and iniustice Also where hee compareth r Mat. 23. 27. them to whited Tombes that without appeare beautifull but within are