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A14032	An exposition vpon the canonicall Epistle of Saint Iames with the tables, analysis, and resolution, both of the whole epistle, and euerie chapter thereof: with the particular resolution of euerie singular place. Diuided into 28. lectures or sermons, made by Richard Turnbull, sometimes fellow of Corpus Christie Colledge in Oxford· now preacher and minister of the word of God and the holy Sacraments, in the citie of London.	Turnbull, Richard, d. 1593.	1591 (1591)	STC 24339; ESTC S118931	472,056	683

are void whom selfe-loue opinion of wisdome pride of heart hauing Iude 2. 2. Pet. 2. 10. puffed vp despise gouernment and speake euill of theÌ„ that are in authoritie to whom in the vanitie of their opinions in the fancies of their own braines in the conceits of their grene heads they wil not obey though they haue neither found ground nor sufficient reason nor euident proof to lead induce them to their false perswasions Wherefore they also are farre from this wisdome whose propertie it is easilie to be entreated 5 Another qualitie or propertie of this wisdome is Isai 55 1. John 2 mercy it is full of mercy and mercy is specially in two things 1. in pitying the bodily needes of our brethren in pouertie and distresse whereof is largely spoken 1. chapt verse 27. 2. In pitying the spirituall needs of the saints and of all men as when they lacke good councell to minister it when they run astray to call them home againe when they offend to tell them of it that they may be reclaimed to draw them by all meanes out of the snare of satan whereby they otherwise might be caried away to their destruction Whereence it appeareth that the wisdome froÌ„ aboue hath a mercifull regard both to the bodies and also to the soules of the saints of God whereof if wee become carelesse then haue wee not that wisedome which is full of mercie 6 The sixt propertie hereof is that it is full of good workes as constancie in profession pacieÌ„ce in afflictions carefulnes in our vocation continuance in prayer mortification of the flesh renouation of the spirite reformation of our life and finally whatsoeuer tendeth to true sanctification 7 It is also without iudging which is either without respect of persons to regard the matter 2. chapt 1. Ether without ambition and rigour in iudging thy brethren 3. chapt 1. Either without greedie and busie inquiring seeking into other mens liues either iudging all in the worst part either vnaduisedly to iudge or condemne one another These kinds of iudgings either partially either ambitiously and rigorously either curiously either malitiously either rashly are here condemned Not taking away a right estimation and iudgement betwixt man and man thing and thing good and bad truth and falshood iustice and iniurie oppression equitie or any the like either ecclesiasticall or ciuill iudgement 8 Finally this wisdome from aboue is without hypocrisie This doth nothing colourably or counterfetly suttlely or guilefully this wisdome beareth not two faces vnder one hood this wisdome pretendeth not one thing openly and meaning another secretly this doth al things plainely and purely simply and sincerely as proceeding from God the God of truth to whome no dissembling no counterfetting no double dealing is or can be pleasant and these are the properties of heauenly wisedome By this distinguishing of wisedome he stoppeth the dore and gate to all impuritie to all contentiousnes to all rigorousnes and desire of reuenge to all stubbornnes to be corrected or informed to all irreconciliablenes and vntractablenes of men to all vnmercifulnes to all wickednes euill iudgement hypocrisie disseÌ„bling before God and man Where vnto who so is giueÌ„ how so euer he haue that earthly sensuall diuelish wisedome yet hath he not this diuine wisedome which commeth from God These things being thus disposed the last thing in this treatise is why wee should shewe by good conuersation our workes in meekenes of wisedome because the fruites of righteousnes are sowen in peace of them which make peace a reason from reward in so much as they shal reape the fruites of righteousnes which they haue sowen in peace This place teacheth vs that whatsoeuer we do whether good or euill it is a seede sowen whose fruite hereafter is to be expected if the seede be good we shall receiue Gal. 6. Job 8 good if euill then shall we receaue euill things euen punishments Which saint Paul confirmeth be not deceiued God is not mocked for whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he also reape if he sowe to the flesh hee shall of the flesh reape corruption if he sowe to the spirite he shal of the spirite reape life euerlasting That they may receiue pleasant and delectable fruite from the liberall hande of God the Apostle exhorteth them to sowe good seede euen the seede of peace that they may receiue and reape the reward of peace mentioned by our Sauiour which is Mat. 5. eternall blessednes and to be reckoned for the children of God And this reason is set downe to perswade the saints to embrace peace against the corrupt iudgement of the world who iudgeth them miserable foolish wretched that liue peaceably but the spirit of truth teacheth here the contrary that hovvsoeuer the vvorlde iudgeth of peaceable persons yet shall they assuredly in due time reape and receaue the reward of peaceable righteousnes Which reward ought to allure all men to meekenes of wisdom which ought of christians so far foorth to be folowed as a good conscience be retained vice and iniquitie suppressed vertue and godlines promoted loue and charitie in the holy feare of God cherished And this is peaceable wisdome by the Apostle commaunded This wisdome Christ Iesus our Lord who of GOD is for vs made wisdome and righteousnes sanctification and redemption graunt vnto vs that in all peace and quietnes of heart we may serue one another in loue and in one spirite and one trueth with one minde and one mouth maye glorifie God the God of peace To whom with Christ Iesus his sonne our Sauiour and the holy Ghost our comforter be praise in the great congregation of the Saints Amen The Analysis of the fourth Chapter of S. Iames. This fourth Chapter ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ foure things or places 1 Is of contentions warres therein 5. thinges are to be marked from v. 1. to 7. 1 An interrogation or question concerning the beginnings and causes of contentions and warres among men verse 1. 2 An answeare to the question conteyning the assignment of the causes which are two 1 Vnruelie pleasures fighting in our members 2 Immoderate desire of increasing our priuate estate and wealth verse 1. 3 A condemning of those pleasures and desires of men which bring with them nothing but anguish and sorrow v. 2. former part 4 Why these desires are without effect or ineffectuall the causes are two 1 Because either men aske not those thinges at Gods hand part of the second verse 2 Or because if they aske theÌ„ yet aske they amisse v. 3 5 A sharp reproof of these things Wherein there are 3. things noted 1 The reproofe it selfe v. 4 first part 2 The reason of this reproofe v. 4. 2 part 3 The preuenting of an obiection v. 5. 6. 2 Place is of our duety to God consisting of two things namely 1 Submission to him wherin three things are to be noted v. 7. 1 What he commandeth to submitte our selues to God 2 The contrarie to resist the

peruersnesse in iudgement Our Sauiour Christ shewing whom Almightie God hath called Matt. 5. to eternall happinesse in his euerlasting kingdome pronouÌ„ceth the poore in spirit to be heires therof wherfore he saith Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen So then such as by the miserable condition pouertie of this life haue their minds and spirites brought vnder and tamed to obey God are they whom God hath chosen to be rich in faith heires of the kingdome of heauen This thing the blessed virgin acknowledging affirmeth such as of whome no account Luke 1. is made in the world and are altogether vile in the eies of men by God to be aduaunced euen to heauenly dignitie and therefore sayeth that God had put downe the mightie from their seate and exalted them of low degree Saint Paul disputing of the calling of men to eternall saluation by the preaching of the Gospel shewing that the poore of this worlde haue the chiefe rowme and place in the eternall election of the Saints writeth thereof in this wise to the Church of Corinth brethren you see your calling howe that not manie wise â— Cor. 1. after the flesh not manie mightie not manie noble are called but GOD hath chosen the foolish things of the worlde to confound the wise God hath chosen the weake things to confounde the mightie vile things and things which are despised in the worlde hath God chosen and things which are not to confound the things which are that no flesh should reioyce in his sight Such Leuit. 26. Jere. 31. 1. Cor. 6. as were vile weake miserable poore base hath God called to be heires of his kingdom To these hath God made promise of good things euen that he would be their God they should be his people These are the Lords inheritance Exod. 19. 1. Pet. 2. and his portion for euer these are a chosen genetion a holy nation a roiall priesthoode a peculiar people vnto the Lord. Though then their condition be miserable in the worlde albeit they be implicate and inwrapped in basenesse pouertie yet are they replenished with spiritual treasure and chosen of God to be rich in faith and heires of his kingdome Seeing God so regardeth esteemeth and honoureth the poore of this world that in the inheritance of his heauenly kingdome he preferreth theÌ„ before the rich and proude of the people then is it great peruersnesse of iudgement to preferre the rich whom he reiecteth and contemne those whom he honoureth with the glorie of his heauenly kingdome Which place as it worthily condemneth the vanitie and peruersnes of their iudgment which preferre the prophane rich men of the world to the poore which are godly religious so is it also full of singular consolation and comfort for the poore thus dispised of men For if they haue an eye to the heauenly kingdom wherunto they are called by God what is more excellent If they regard eternall life whereof they are heires by Iesus Christ what is more glorious If they looke vnto the immortal incorruptible inheritance which is laid vp reserued for them 1. Pet. 1. in heauen what is more singular If they record recount with themselues that they are chosen of God to be rich in faith what is more comfortable Which dutifull consideration swaloweth vp as a bottomles gulfe deuoureth Rom. 8. all the miseries afflictions calamities of this world while wee holde fast the principle of the Apostle that all the afflictions and suffering of this life are not to be compared vnto the glorie which shal be reuealed to the children 2. Cor. 4. of God whose momentanie and light afflictions cause vnto them a farre more excellent waight of glorie while they looke not to the things which are present but to the things which are to come neither to those which are seene but to those that are not seene for the things which are seene are teÌ„porall but the things which are not seene are eternal This consolation incouragement paciently to endure the pouerty basenes of their life is herehence ministred by the apostle when to condemne such as haue the faith of Christ in respect of persons of peruersenes of iudgement he sayth Hearken my deare brethren hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde to bee rich in faith and heires of the kingdome which he hath promised vnto those that loue him That the Apostle sayeth hath not God chosen the poore of this world that they should be rich in faith c. it followeth not that therefore hee casteth off all rich men But here is mention made of the choosing of the poore partly for their comfort partly to beare downe the intollerable pride and insolencie of the prophane rich men partly to teach that God chooseth not men to his eternall inheritance for any thing whereof the worlde accounteth Otherwise it is true that God our of all estates of men chooseth certaine whome hee will make rich in fayth and heires of his kingdome which consisteth of all estates degrees and conditions of men seruants and maisters princes and people rich poore base and honourable for God would all men to be saued 1. Tim. 2. 2. Pet. 3. and to come to the knowledge of the truth God hath chosen the poore to be heires of his kingdom but you haue despised them to despise them whom God hath chosen to contemne them whom he accouÌ„teth of is in iudgement to swaâ—ue from God which is peruersnes for to oppose our selues to God in our iudgemeÌ„t and therein to be contrarie vnto him to preferre those whom he refuseth to refuse them whom god preferreth to honor theÌ„ whom God reiecteth to reiect those whom God honoreth is waâ—wardnes peruersnes in iudgmeÌ„t wherof they are guilty which honor rich prophane persons dispise the poore which are godly which is the first euil in these respecters of persons by the apostle here condeÌ„ned 2 The second euill in them is madnes it is a kinde of frantikenes madnes for men to reuerence honour and preferre those before the godly brethreÌ„ whoÌ„ they for many causes ought rather to accouÌ„t execrable cursed The prophane rich men for sundry causes ought to be held as execrable cursed theÌ„ to honor prefer exalt these is a kind of madnes This do the respecters of persoÌ„s who seeing a maÌ„ come in with a gold ring on his finger in good â—y apparrell say Sitte thou downe in a good place but to the poore in vile rayment say with contempt Sitte there â—or here vnder my footstoole The respecters of persons therefore are not onely peruerse in iudgement but mad after a manner also That the rich ought rather to be counted and helde â—s cursed then to be honoured and preferred before the â—oore brethren the Apostle sheweth and that for 3 great â—uils and sinnes which commonly raigne in the prophane â—ich men of

al pride and vanitie the adulterer beareth vp head as if he were right honest the couetous persons vsurers oppressours extortioners deceauers lyers and the rest of that rabble marche on bare-faced without all remorse and spende their daies in prodigalitie and care not Wherefore if there be any consolation in Christ Iesus if there be any feare or dread of endles death or loue to long and euerlasting life if we haue any care of saluation or any feare of vtter condemnation if we haue any desire to the continuance of the Gospell amongst vs or any zeale to Gods eternall glorie if wee delight in sweete and pleasant peace or take pleasure in the prosperitie of our Countrey then let vs in the feare of GOD sorowe and weepe before our destruction come vpon vs let vs turne our wanton mirth into mourning and our ioye into heauines that by our true and heartie repentance and vnfeyned mortification before God wee may turne away the indignation and wrath which wee haue most iustely from him deserued 2 As our humbling our selues before God standeth in thus afflicting of our selues by repentance so also doeth it in our casting downe of our selues before God wherein there are two things to be noted 1 The precept 2 The reason Touching the thing thus saith Saint Iames Caste downe your selues before the Lorde Like vnto which councell is that of Saint Peter Humble and prostrate 1 Petr. 5. your selues vnder the mighty hand of God that he may exalt this casting downe of our selues whereby wee acknowledge our owne vnworthines and testifie and beare witnes of our sinnes before his diuine maiestie confesse from our hearts that we haue deserued al plagues al miseries all calamities all punishments and thereby craue pardon and forgeueues that we may escape that whereof our consciences are afraid is and hath been a signe of our humbling of our selues of true repentance in the saints of God When holy Dauid saw the wrath of God kindled against him for his adulterie and his sore indignation beginning to burne in the punishment of the child then besought 2. Kings 12. he the Lord then went he in and fasted and lay all night vpon the earth and so cast downe himselfe before God In like manner when Absolon had slaine Ammon his brother Dauid the king feeling the wrath of God vpon his house as was threatned by Nathan rent his garments 2. Kings 13 Luke 18. 13 Mat. 8. 8 lay on the grouÌ„d in most humble and lamentable maner casting down and prostrating himselfe before God Therunto Saint Iames in this place exhorteth and willeth vs to humble our selues by casting downe prostrating our selues before the Lord. Thus must we abate our proud spirites cast down our loftie and lordly lookes couer our faces for the shame of our sinnes against God committed Whereunto the Apostle respecteth in this exhortation Cast downe you selues before God thus to do how holy a sacrifice how acceptable an offering how pleasant a duetie is it to the Lord To the perfourmance wherof the rather to moue vs The reason the Apostle setteth downe a reason full of comfort Caste downe your selues saith the Apostle before God and he 1. Pet. 5. will lift you vp The same reason Saint Peter vseth Humble your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of god that he may exalt you in due time That men therefore should not thinke their labour lost when they prostrate and cast downe themselues in true humilitie before God neither their humilitie to be destitute of reward the Apostle reasoneth from the effect Cast down your selues God will lift you vp The proud then shall not alwaies be aloft neither shall the humble alwaies be cast downe but the daies will come when both the proude which exalt themselues shal be brought lowe and the humble which cast downe themselues shal be exalted The Lord exalteth those which in true humilitie of their hearts cast down themselues before him This preached Ezech. 17 God by Ezechiel where promising to pull down the proud enemies of the Church which exalted themselues against it and to exalt and lift vp the Church which was lowe cast down and contemned both in the sight of the world by maliciousnes of the wicked and in the sight of their owne eyes through humilite saith All the trees of the field shall know that is all the world shall know that I haue brought downe the high trees and exalted the low tree that I haue dried vp the greene tree and made the drie tree to flourish God exalteth those that are caste downe and humbled Herunto holy Iob subscribeth God setteth vp on hie Iob. 5 them that be lowe that the sorowfulâ— may be exalted to Iob. 22 saluation In another place intreating of the deliuerance of the Saints which humble themselues vnder the mightie hand of God and cast downe themselues before his his throne of glorie when the proud and wicked shall be destroyed round about them he faith When others are cast downe then shalt thou say I am lift vp for God will saue the humble person And Salomon to like purpose auoucheth that the Pro. 29 pride of a man should bring him lowe but the humble in spirite should enioy glorie The sonne of Sirach witnesseth Ecclus. 10 to like effect that God casteth downe the thrones of the proud Princes and setteth vp the meeke in their places Which thing our blessed Sauiour preached to the Luke 14. people whom when as ghestes they shoulde be bidden to any feast hee exhorteth that they should not take the highest but the lowestroomes because such as humbled themselues shoulde be exalted In the parable of the Pharisie and Publicane wherof Luke 18. the one lifted vp himselfe in pride and therefore was contemned of God the other cast downe himselfe was exalted hee concludeth and knitteth vp the matter with this heauenly diuine and most godly sentence Hee that exalteth himselfe shall bee brought lowe and hee that humbleth himselfe shall be exalted Finally disswading his Apostles from vaine desire of honour exhorteth them to serue one another in humilitie and true loue because Mat. 23. they who exalt themselues are brought lowe of God and they which humble themselues are by him exalted Seeing then our casting downe before God is rewarded with exaltation and lifting vp by him we thereby ought to be moued to cast downe our selues before him Falling abasement as the Grecians say is the companion of pride and the loftie minde goeth before Prou. 16. 18. ver 12. Prou. 15. destruction saith Salomon so the casting downe of ourselues goeth before our exaltation and glorie Salomon therefore a little before saith to this purpose the feare of the Lord is the instruction of vvisedome and before honour goeth humilitie So then the high vvay and right path to be exalted of God is to humble and cast dovvne our selues before him vvherefore if our casting

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