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A09056	The first fruites of the Gentiles In three sermons preached in the cathedrall church at Sarum. By Bartholomevv Parsons Batchelor in Divinitie, and vicar of Collingborne-Kingstone, in the county of Wiltes.	Parsons, Bartholomew, 1574-1642.	1618 (1618)	STC 19347; ESTC S114080	47,600	70

Lower then the lowest then euen then the Lord raysed him out of the dungeon to set him with the princes of Egypt and made him ruler ouer the land g Gen. 41.43 when the Egyptians made the Israelites to serue them with rigor and made their liues bitter with hard bondage when they commanded all the male children that were spes gregis the hope of posterity to be destroyed so that there was little hope either of continuing posteritie or of returning into the Land of Canaan which God had promised to Abraham and his posterity a Gen. 13.15 then the eyes of the Lord out of his holy habitation looke vpon their affliction and then is his right hand stretched out to deliuer them out of Egypt and to bring them into that good land that hee promised b Exo. 3.1 when Egypt pursued them after their departure c Exo. 14.9 and there was behinde them an army of Egyptians before them the Red-Sea so that their hearts fayled them then the Lord worketh his wonders in the Sea and leadeth them through the depthes as through the d Psal 106.9 wildernesse When to Gideon iudging according to the outward appearance and by the misery which they indured vnder the Midianites the Lord seemed to haue departed from Israell then was he with them e Iud 6.13 then did hee arise to helpe them When Daniell must into the Lyons Denne and the King himselfe though hee laboured till the going downe of the Sonne could not deliuer him out of the hands of his Enemies then is his God whom he serueth able and willing also to deliuer him from the Lyons and to shutte their mouthes that they shall not hurt f Dan. 6. him And when Ionah though the Mariners tow hard to bring him vnto the Land must needes into the Sea so that hee thought himselfe cast out of Gods sight g Ion. 2.4 then doth God prepare a great fish to swallow and saue him h Ion. 1.17 causing Saluation to come out of the destroyer as meate out of the Eater i Iud. 14.14 It is then a faithfull saying vttered in the song of Moses k Deut. 32.36 The Lord will repent himselfe for his people when hee seeth that their power is gone and that there is none shut vp or left And this assurance that God will stand with vs when all the world forsaketh and fayleth vs must secure vs in all our trouble the end whereof wee cannot see the meanes to wade out of which we cannot find it must bee armour of proofe to keepe off all feares which through the weakenesse of our faith are readie to enter into our hearts a Ma●● 8 26. Etsi fractus illabatur orbis although the world should breake in peeces and fallon vs God is our refuge and strength b 〈…〉 1. a very present helpe in trouble therefore will we not feare though the Earth bee remooued and though the Mountaines be carried into the midst of the Sea though the waters thereof roare and bee troubled and though the Mountaines shake with the swellings thereof I haue but begunne to speake of the matters and misteries in this text and the swiftnesse of the time the sharpenesse of the weather inioyne mee to silence and to hold my peace from farther good words I will then according to our Sauiours counsell c Ioh. 6.12 gather vp the fragments that remaine concerning these wisemen their Countrie their comming to Hierusalem their enquirie for the new borne King the moouing cause and end of their comming and when I haue a conuenient time propose them vnto you To God the Father that sent his sonne made of a Woman and made vnder the Law for vs to the sonne that tooke on him the forme of a seruant and made himselfe of no reputation for vs and to the holy spirit which must leade vs into the trueth of these high and heauenly misteries three persons and one God bee honour and glory now and for euer Amen The end of the first Sermon The second Sermon AS Ionah at his second sending brought the same message to the Niniuites so I comming againe amongst you bring the same matter and text and as I promised gather vp the fragments the sundry circumstances of this Text that were left vnhandled In the ranke of these circumstances next to the time of their comming Christs birth of which with the amplifications coincident thereunto I haue spoken many things followeth the circumstance of the persons that come and make this enquiry Behold wise men came Now heere againe are vaine reasonings amongst the interpreters strifes to no profit but to the troubling and amasing of the hearers a 2 Tim. 2.14 what these 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wise men were what their profession was whether they were Philosophers Priests Astrologers Sorcerers Kings or States-men Non nostrum inter eos tantam componere litem I meane not to arbitrate the first betweene them for cui bono what good is there in it whether they were all any or many of these it mattereth not dummodo salua maneat historiae veritas as long as the truth of the History remaineth safe b Beza in locum Onely to speake that for which wee may haue some light out of the text it selfe it seemeth to be most probable that they were Astrologers Viri siderum inspectionibus assueti c Cyprian Sermon de Magis stella Men acustomed to gaze vpon the starres spectandorum siderum arte pollentes a Leo Serm. 4. de Epiphan such as were skilfull in the art of gazing vpon the starres such as amongst the Chaldeans were called by the Prophet Viewers of heauen and Starre-gazers b Isa 47.13 because they are lead heere by a starre to seeke out this starre of Iacob that was newly arisen Amongst our aduersaries the Papists who speake things that they ought not for filthy lucres sake c Tit. 1 11. it is an vnwritten tradition and therefore say they to be receiued Pari pietatis affectu With the like deuotion that the Booke of the Old and New are d Concil Trident sessione 4. that they were Kings three Kings because they brought three gifts that their bodies after their death were translated from their Country to Constantinople from thence to Millaine from Millaine to Colon whither at this day there is great resort of the simple people who like the Athenians are in all things too superstitious e Act. 17.22 to adore them as holy reliques And to fill vp the measure of their fayning they haue found out three names for them also Iaspar Melchior and Balthazar And to this purpose they bring or rather wring and wrest the words of the Psalmist the Kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring presents the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts f Psal ●2 10 But constat hoc ex picturâ non ex scriptura

where somewhat to learne to get the wisdome of this world which GOD will destroy q 1. Cor. 1.19 and bring to nothing ought not wee that are children in vnderstanding that naturally cannot perceiue the things of GOD r 1. Cor. 2.14 that know nothing as we ought to know Å¿ 1. Cor. 8.2 to compasse sea and land if the candlesticke of the Gospell should not stand in our habitations that wee might follow Christ Iesus sit at his feere t Luk. 10.39 heare his preaching and learne the wisedome of God in a mistery euen the hidden wisedome which God ordayned before the world to our glory a 1. Cor. 2.7 Iacobs sonnes when the Famine was in the Land of Canaan went downe into Egypt once againe to buy foode for the famine of their houses b Gen. 42. 43. and shall not the true Israelites be as wise for their Soules as they for their bodies Labour more for the meate which endureth to euerlasting life which the Sonne of God shall giue vnto them then they for the meate that perisheth c Ioh. 6.27 And with Cornelius fetch Peter from Ioppae to speake vnto them words whereby they may be saued d Act 10.5 when he is not to be had at Cesarea Pharaohs daughter beeing to be married to Solomon which marriage was a Type of the misticall vnion betweene Christ and his Church must forgett hir owne people and hir Fathers house that she might be brought in to the King and hee take pleasure in her beautie e Psal 45 10. and they that will bee the spouse of Christ married vnto him in louing kindnesse and in mercy f Hos 2.19 must shake off all carnall affections to Countrie or Kinred to the World and the things of the World which hange on like so many clogges to keepe them backe lie in the way like so many Lyons to hinder them that they may runne after him and bee brought into his chambers g Cant. 1.7 must hate Father and Mother c That they may come to Christ and bee his Disciples h Luk. 14.26 And to bring the best Wine at the last to take for an example him that was the friend of God i Iam. 2.23 and Father of the faithfull k Rom. 4.2 Abraham when he was well striken in yeares being seauenty fiue yeares old so that hee could take no pleasure in trauelling getteth him out of his owne Countrie and from his kinred and fathers house where they serued other Gods l Ios 24.2 leauing all that he might goe into a Land which God would shew him to builde an Alter there vnto the Lord and call vpon his name m Gen. 12.1.2.7 and if we be Abrahams children and of the houshould of faith wee will doe the workes of Abraham herein a Ioh. 8.39 otherwise as Abraham shewed his faith by this worke of his in going out from Idolaters and separating himselfe from amongst them and comming into the Land of promise where hee serued the Lord for that that was a fruit of his faith the holy-ghost witnesseth b by Faith Abraham when he was called to goe out into a place which he should after receiue for an inheritance obeyed So on the other side mens little faith or rather flatte infidelitie is showne and knowne as well as if it were written in their fore-heads with a penne of Iron when with the rebellious Israelites in Moses time for the loue of the flesh pots of Egypt they would rather tarry in Egypt b Num. 11.5 where they cannot Sacrifice to the Lord without the abhomination of the Egyptians c Exo. 8.26 then goe out into the Land of Canaan where they might freely Sacrifice vnto him when with the Idolatrous Iewes in Ieremies time d Ier. 44.17.18 they can burne incense in Egypt to the Queene of Heauen and poure out drinke offerings to her to enioy plenty of victuals and keepe themselues out of want when with Lot they can pitch their Tents neere Sodome for the pleasantnesse of the Countrie e Gen. 13.10.12 when with Martha they trouble themselues about so many worldly matters that they can neuer bee at leasure to heare Christ f Luk. 10.42 and with those in the parable they preferre Farmes Oxen Merchandise Pleasures Profits all before their spirituall marriage with Christ g Matt. 22. yea with the Gergesens will rather thrust Christ out of their coasts then loose their hoggs to enioy him h Matt. 8.34 and to come neere vnto our selues beloued where shall faith bee sound amongst the men of this generation who when Christ is not now per longinqua querendus to be sought farre off when his word is not in Heauen that we should say who shall goe vp into Heauen for vs and bring it vs nor beyond the Sea that we should say who shall goe ouer the Sea for vs and bring it vs but is very neere vs a Deut. 30.12.13 and dwelleth plentiously amongst vs yea when hee himselfe dwelleth amongst vs hath his tabernacle in our costs from on high hath visited vs and walketh in the midst of our Candlestick b Reu. 1.13 when his Kingdome is come neere vs will not goe out to meete him will not with Nathaniell come and see him c Ioh. 1.46 with Zacheus stirre a foote take a little paines to see him d Luk. 19.4 nor with Dauid desire to come into his Temple to behold his beautie e Psal 27.4 to heare with their eares to see with their eyes and to handle with their hands him being the word of life f 1. Ioh. 1.1 who when he riseth vp earlie and sendeth vnto them his prophets wisemen and Scribes will not receiue his prophets in the name of a Prophet but account the preaching of his word foolishnesse g 1. Cor. 1.23 and are ready with the Athenians to say of them that bring it what will this babler say h Act. 17.18 Surely these men would be farre enough from going farre with these wise men to seeke him if they will not receiue him when hee commeth amongst them if now when he standeth at their doore and knocketh they will not let him in with Zacheus receiue him to house If when hee hath his house amongst them they will not come into his Courts nor worship him in the assembly of his saints amongst the old people of the Iewes all the males must three times in the yeare appeare before the Lord in the place which he should choose to put his name in euen in the feast of vnleauened Bread in the feast of weekes and in the feast of Tabernacles Some of them then must come from farre the Land being in length from Dan to Bersheba one hundred and sixtie miles in breadth from Ioppa to Bethlehem fortie and sixe miles i Deut 16.16 And to what a number all the males appearing Hieron Epist