utterly testifie and declare in my conscience that the Kings Highnesse is the only Supreme Governour of this Realme and of all other his Highnesse Dominions and Countries as well in all spirituall or Ecclesiasticall things or causes as temporall and that no forraigne Prince person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Iurisdiction Power Superioritie Preheminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or spiritual within this Realme and therfore I doe utterly renounce forsake all forraigne Iurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities and doe promise that from henceforth I shall beare faith and true allegiance to the Kings Highnesse his Heires and lawfull Successours and to my power shall assist and defend all Iurisdictions Priviledges Preheminencies and Authorities granted or belonging to the Kings Highnesse his Heires and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperiall Crowne of his Realme so helpe mee God and the Contents of this booke The Oath of Allegiance as it is expressed in the Booke intituled God and the King I A. B. doe truely and sincerely acknowledge professe testifie and declare in my conscience before God and the world that our Soveraigne Lord King Charles is lawfull and rightfull King of this Realme and of all other his Majesties Dominions and Countries and that the Pope neither of himselfe nor by any Authority by the Church and Sea of Rome or by any other meanes with any other hath any power or Authority to depose the King or to dispose any of his Majesties Kingdomes or Dominions and to authorize any forraigne Prince to invade or annoy him or his Countries or to discharge any of his Subjects of their Allegiance obedience to his Majesty or to give License or leave to any of them to beare armes raise tumults or to offer any violence or hurt to his Majesties Royall person State or Government or to any of his Majesties Subjects within his Majesties Dominions Also I doe sweare from my heart that notwithstanding any Declaration or sentence or Excommunication or deprivation made or granted or to bee made or granted by the Pope or his Successors or by any Authoritie derived or pretended to be derived from him or his Sea against the said King his Heires or Successors or any absolution of the said subjects from their obedience I will beare faith and true Allegiance to his Majesty his Heires and Successors and him and them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his or their persons their Crowne and dignity by reason or colour of any such sentence or declaration or otherwise and will doe my best indeavour to disclose and make knowne unto his Majesty his Heires and Successors all treasons or traiterous conspiracies which I shall know or heare of to be against him or any of them And I doe further sweare that I doe from my heart abhorre detest abjure as impious and haereticall this damnable Doctrine and position that Princes which bee excommunicated or deprived by the Pope may bee deposed or murthered by their subjects or any other whatsoever And I doe beleeve and in my conscience am resolved that neither the Pope nor any person whatsoever hath power to absolve me of this oath or any part thereof which I acknowledge by good and full authoritie to be lawfully ministred unto mee and doe renounce all pardons and dispensations to the contrary And all these things I doe plainely and sincerely acknowledge and sweare according to these expresse words by me spoken and according to the plaine and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation or mentall evasion or secret reservation whatsoever and I doe make this recognition and acknowledgement heartily willingly and truly upon the true faith of a Christian So helpe me God In the Collect to be read after the ten Commandements we are taught to pray That wee the subjects unto Gods chosen servant Charles our King Governour duely considering whose Authority hee hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinance In the second part of the * T. 1. p. 49. Homily concerning Swearing it is said Whereas Zedekias King of Hierusalem had promised fidelity to the King of Chaldea afterward when Zedekias contrary to his * 2 Chron. 36.13 Oath and Allegiance did rebell against King Nebuchodonosor This Heathen King by Gods permission and sufferance invading the Land of Iurie and besieging the City of Hierusalem compelled the said Zedekias to flee and in fleeing tooke him prisoner slew his sonnes before his face and put out both his eyes and binding him with Chains led him * 2 King 25.7 prisoner miserably into Babylon Thus doth God shew plainly how much he abhorreth breakers of honest promises bound by an Oath made in his name Concerning the Kings Soveraignty or Supremacy namely That our most dread Soveraigne Lord King Charles is the onely Supreame Governour of this Realme and of all other his Highnesse Dominions and Countries as well in all spirituall or Ecclesiasticall things or causes as temporall and that no forraigne Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction power superioritie preheminence or authority Ecclesiasticall or Spiritual within this Realme It is evident by considering the Prerogative of the Kings of Israel who were not subject to any forraigne jurisdiction but had the chiefe power in their Land and the chiefe government of all estates in it whether they were Ecclesiasticall or Civill and likewise in all things or causes as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall That there was no person above or over them but God onely it is manifest by that which Salomon uttered saying x Eccles 8.4 Where the word of a King is there is power and who may say unto him what dost thou That they had power over the high priesthood yea the rule thereof Salomons y 1 King 2.26.27.55 deposing of Abiathar and the putting of Zadok in his roume is proofe sufficient For to shew the Soveraigntie of Kings over the highest degree in the ministerie or Clergie the holy Scriptures naming of a King or Prince alwaies afore the high priest is a plaine argument Moses is z Exod. 4.29 c. named afore Aaron a 1 Sam. 11.6.7 Saul afore Samuel when Saul was King b Hag. 1.14 Zerubbabel before Iosedec c. c Neh. 8.9 Nehemiah which is the * Or Governour as it is rendred in the margent Radix est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chaldaice ac Rabbinice Inde in Hiphil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 potestatemfecit concessit permisit Shindelerus refert ad 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 caput literà 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 omissâ Tirshatha is named afore Ezra the priest And that Tirshatha was hee that ruled matters Ecclesiasticall and said unto certaine whom likely hee had put
g Ezech. 18.15 exceeded all other no lesse than the Sunne in brightnesse and light exceedeth euery small and little Starre in the firmament He was made h Genesis 1.27 according to the image and similitude of God he was endued with all kind of Heauenly gifts he had no spotte of vncleannesse in him he was sound and perfect in all parts both outwardly and inwardly his reason was vncorrupt his vnderstanding was Pure and Good his Will was obedient and godly he was made altogether like vnto God in i Ephe. 4.241 righteousnesse and holinesse c. And it is sayd in the first part of the * T. 2. p. 261. Homily of Repentance Therefore did God create and make men that he might haue whom he should do good vnto and k Psal 8.6 Col. 1 make partakers of his heauenly Riches In the like manner Dauid sayth thou l Psal 8.5 hast made man a little lower than the Angels and hast Crowned him with glory and Honour c. God sayth Moses created man in his owne image which Paul expresseth to be in righteousnesse and true holinesse Concerning mans partaking of Gods heauenly riches Paul signified to the Ephesians that m Eph. 3.8 vnto him grace was giuen for to Preach among the Gentiles the vnsearchable riches of Christ And hee sayth vnto them I cease not to n Eph 1.16 17.18 giue thankes for you making mention of you in my Prayers that the God of our Lord Iesus Christ the Father of glory may giue vnto you the spirit of Wisdome and Reuelation in the knowledge of him the eyes of your vnderstanding beeing enlightned that yee may know what is the hope of his Calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints is In the booke of Wisdome it is sayd God o Wisd 2.23 created man to be immortall and made him to be an image of his owne Eternity Hee p Wisd 1.14 created all things that they might haue their beeing and the generations of the World were healthfull and there is no poyson of destruction in them nor the Kingdome of Death vpon the earth CHAP. 9. Of Mans falling from God and of the Misery of Mankind thereby IN the second part of the * T. 1. p. 33. Homily of good Workes it is sayd That Adam notwithstanding Gods Commaundement gaue credit vnto the Woman seduced by the subtile perswasion of the Serpent and so followed his owne will and left Gods Commaundement Whereby it came to passe as it is deliuered in the * T. 2. p. 168. Homily of the Nativity of Christ that as before he was blessed so now he was accursed as before hee was loued so now he was abhorred as before he was most beautifull and precious so now hee was most vile and Wretched in the sight of his Lord and Maker c. Which misery fell not onely on him but also on his posterity and Children for euer So that the whole Brood of Adams flesh should sustaine the selfe same fall and punishment which their fore-father by his offence most iustly had deserued Saint Paul sayth q Rom. 5.12.14.18 By one man sinne entred into the World and death by sin and so death passed vpon all men for that all haue sinned And death reigned from Adam to Moses euen ouer them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adams transgression who is the figure of him that was to come And as by the offence of one iudgment came vpon all men to condemnation Euen so by the righteousnesse of one the free gift came vpon all men vnto iustification of life Accordingly Esdras hath testified saying r 2 Esdras 3.21 The first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed and was ouercome and so bee all they that are borne of him And againe sayth he Å¿ 2 Esd 7.48 O thou Adam what hast thou done for though it was thou that sinned thou art not falne alone but wee all that come of thee Esay declaring the state of man falne sayth t Esay 59.2.3.4 Your iniquities haue separated betweene you and your God and your sinnes haue hid his face from you that hee will not heare For your hands are defiled with Blood and your fingers with iniquity Your Lippes haue spoken lyes your Tongue hath muttered peruersnesse None calleth for Iustice nor any pleadeth for the truth c. Vnto the end of the 15. Verse And Esay sayth also u Esay 64.6 VVe are all as an vncleane thing and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags Saint Paule to the Ephesians likewise telleth them what was their estate afore they were conuerted vnto the obedience of the Gospell Namely that they were w Eph. 5.8 darknesse x Eph. 2.12.2.3 without Christ being Aliens from the common wealth of Israel and strangers from the Covenant of Promise hauing no hope and without God in the World Also that they were dead in trespasses and sinnes wherein they Walked according to the course of this World according to the Prince of the power of the Ayre the spirit that now worketh in the Children of disobedience Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the minde and were by nature Children of Wrath euen as others Reade the whole Homily of the misery of Man CHAP. 10. Of Gods calling of Mankinde IN the first part of the * T. 2. p. 219.220 Homily for Rogation Weeke it is sayd That it is the goodnesse of God which moueth him to say in Scripture It is my delight to be with the children of men It is his goodnesse that mooueth him to call vs vnto him to offer vs his friendship and presence It is his goodnesse that patiently suffereth our straying from him and suffereth vs long to winne vs vnto repentance And what other thing doth his louing and gentle voyce spoken in his Word where he calleth vs to his presence and friendship but delare his goodnesse only without regard of our Worthinesse It is sayd in the * In the Service appoynted to be read on Ash-wensday Comminations Exhortation The wrath of God shall appeare in the day of vengeance which obstinate sinners through the stubbornnesse of their heart haue heaped vnto themselues which despised the goodnesse patience and long sufferance of God when hee * Rom. 2.4 called them continually to Repentance From which places it is taught That Gods call of fallen man is vnto repentance and his friendship and presence according as it is written in S. Peter The y 2 Peter 3.9 Lord is long suffering to vs-ward not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance z Mat. 9.13 I came saith Christ for to cal sinners to repentance And Saint Paul sayth to the Corinthians God a 1 Cor. 1.9 is faithfull by whom yee were called vnto the fellowship of his sonne
the likenesse of fiery k Acts 2.2.3.4 tongues lighting vpon the Apostles to teach them and to leade them to all l Ioh. 16.13 Truth giuing them both the gift of diuerse Languages and also boldnesse with feruent Zeale constantly to preach the Gospell vnto all m Mar. 16.15 Nations whereby wee are brought out of darknesse and errour into the cleere n 1. Pet. 2 9. Math. 4.16 light and true knowledge of God the Father and his Sonne Iesus Christ It is sayd in the first part of the * Tom. 2. p. 208.209 Homily for Whitsunday As there are three seuerall and sundry persons in the Deity so haue they three seuerall and sundry offices proper vnto each of them The Father to create the Sonne to redeeme the Holy Ghost to sanctifie and regenerate Whereof the last the more it is o Ioh. 3 4. hidde from our vnderstanding the more it ought to moue all men to wonder at the secret and mighty working of Gods Holy Spirit which is within vs. For it is the Holy Ghost and no other thing that doth p Ioh. 6.63 quicken the mindes of men stirring vp good and godly motions in their heartes which are agreeable to the will and Commaundement of God such as otherwise of their owne crooked and peruerse nature they should neuer haue The power of the Holy Ghost is to regenerate men and as it were to bring them foorth anewe so that they shall bee q 2. Cor. 5.17 nothing like the men that they were before Neither doth hee thinke it sufficient inwardly to worke the spirituall and new birth of man vnlesse hee doe also dwell and abide in him r 1. Cor. 3.16 and 6.19 Knowe yee not sayth Saint Paul that yee are the Temple of God and that his Spirit dwelleth in you Knowe yee not that your bodies are the Temples of the Holy Ghost which is within you Againe he sayth Å¿ Rom. 8.9 You are not in the flesh but in the spirite For why The Spirite of God dwelleth in you To this agreeth the Doctrine of Saint Iohn writing in this wise The t 1. Ioh. 2.27 Annoynting which yee haue receiued hee meaneth the Holy Ghost dwelleth in you And the Doctrine of Saint Peter sayth the same who hath these wordes The Spirite u 1. Pet. 4.14 of glory and of God resteth vpon you O what comfort is this to the heart of a true Christian to thinke that the Holy Ghost w Rom. 8.9.10 11. dwelleth within him In the second part of the aforesayd * P. 212. Homily it is also sayd That our Sauiour Iesus Christ departing out of the world vnto his Father promised his Disciples to send downe x Ioh. 14.16 another Comforter which should continue with them for euer and direct them into all truth Neither must we thinke that this Comforter was either promised or else giuen only to the Apostles but also to the * 1. Cor. 12.3.13 Vniuersall Church of Christ dispersed through the world for vnles the Holy Ghost had bin alwayes present gouerning and preseruing the Church from the beginning it could neuer haue sustained so many and so great brunts of affliction and persecution with so little damage and harme as it hath Saint Paul sayth y Rom. 8.9 If any man hath not the Spirit of Christ the same is none of his Hereby then it is euident and plaine to all men that the Holy Ghost was giuen not onely to the Apostles but also to the whole body of Christs Congregation although not in like forme and Maiestie as he came downe at the Feast of Pentecost The Lord hath sayd by his Prophet Isaiah z Isa 59.20.21 The Redeemer shall come to Sion and vnto them that turne from transgression in Iacob As for me this is my couenant with them sayth the Lord My Spirit that is vpon thee and my words which I haue put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seede nor out of the mouth of thy seedes seede sayth the Lord from henceforth and for euer The need we haue of Gods holy Spirit is signified in the Collect to be read on the fift Sunday after Easter where it is sayd Lord from whom all good things doe come graunt vs thy humble seruants that by thy holy inspiration we may a â—hil 2.13 thinke those things which be good and by thy mercifull b Psal 143.10 Psal 25.5.9 guiding may performe the same through Iesus Christ our Lord. Likewise in the Collect to bee read afore the ten Commandements Almighty God vnto whom all hearts be c Acts 1.24 open all desires knowne and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that we may perfectly loue thee and worthily magnifie thy holy Name through Christ our Lord. The holy Ghost commeth downe into the spirite of Gods people in sundry measures and degrees It is in some measure receiued in Baptisme and therefore in the Seruice for Baptisme it is prayed that the party to be baptized may be baptized with water and the d Mat. 3 11. Holy Ghost c. It is also receiued in e Acts 8.15.16.17 Bishopping or Confirmation And therefore in the seruice thereof it is prayed Strengthen them we beseech thee O Lord with the Holy Ghost the comforter And in the act of Confirmation when the Bishop layeth his hand on the party to bee Confirmed it is sayd Defend O Lord this child with thy heauenly grace that hee may continue thine for euer and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more vntill he come to thine euerlasting Kingdome It is also receiued in the Communion as sayth the * Tom. 2. p. 192 Homily of the Resurrection Thou hast receiued Christs body to haue within thee the Father Sonne and Holy f 1. Cor. 12.13 Ghost for to dwell with thee and to endow thee with grace to strengthen thee against thine enemies and to comfort thee with their presence And in the same * Pag. 193. Homily it is sayd How can we find in our harts to shew such extreame vnkindnesse to Christ who hath now so gently called vs to mercy and offered himselfe vnto vs and he now g Ioh. 6.56 entred within vs Yea how dare we be so bold to renounce the presence of the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost For where one is there is God all whole in Maiesty together with all his power wisedome and goodnesse By other ordinances of God the holy Ghost is more and more receiued as by Prayer c. according as Christ saith h Luke 11.13 Your heauenly Father will giue the Holy Spirit to them that aske him And likewise S. Peter with the other Holy Apostles hath declared to what conditioned people God doth send downe his Holy Spirit more and more where hee sayth i Acts 5.32
and unfainedly to y Rom. 8.29 Phil 3.13.14.15 strive to come neerer and neerer unto that marke Wee that are but z Wis 2.2 sparkes of spirit in small lumpes of clay if the Angels and Arch-Angels of heaven doe stand in a Iude. 9. awe of God ought to serve him acceptably with reverence and godly b Heb. 12.28.29 feare For our God is a consuming fire CHAP. 85. Of sundry fruits of the Holy Spirit IN the third part of the * T. 2. p. 119. Homily concerning Prayer it is said Because the soule is much more precious and excellent than the body therefore we ought first of all to crave such things as properly belong to the salvation thereof as the gift of Repentante the gift of Faith the gift of Charity and good Workes remission and forgivenesse of sinnes patience in adversitie lowlinesse in prosperitie and such other like fruites of the Spirit as Hope Love Ioy Peace Long-suffering Gentlenesse Goodnesse Meekenesse and Temperance which things God requireth of all them that professe themselves to be his children Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Galatians saith The c Gal. 5.22 23. fruit of the spirit is Love Ioy Peace Long-suffering Gentlenesse Goodnesse Faith or Faithfulnesse Meeknesse Temperance And on some of these nine there shall be now some briefe observation because they are matters necessary for our consideration in that if they be in any measure in us they are testimonies that we have the Spirit of God and are d Rom. 8.9 his In the first part of the * T. 2. p. 209 210. Homily for Whitsunday it is said O but how shall I know that the holy Ghost is within me some man perchance will say Forsooth as the e Mat. 7.16 17 18 19 20. tree is knowne by his fruit so is also the Holy Ghost The fruits of the Holy Ghost according to the minde of Saint Paul are these Love joy peace long-suffering gentlenesse goodnesse faithfulnesse meeknesse temperance c. If thou see that thy workes be vertuous and good consonant to the prescript rule of Gods Word savouring and tasting not of the flesh but of the spirit then f 1 Iohn 3.18 19 20 21 24. assure thy selfe that thou art indued with the Holy Ghost otherwise in thinking well of thy selfe thou doest nothing else but g Iam. 1.26 Gal. 6.7 8 9. deceive thy selfe Of Love The first mentioned fruit of the Spirit is Love Saint Iohn saith Every one that h 1 Iohn 4.7 8. loveth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loveth not knoweth not God for God is Love By this shall all men know saith Christ that ye are my Disciples if ye have i Iohn 13.35 Love one to another In the fourth part of the * T. 2. p. 235. Homily for Rogation weeke it is said Love and charity is the onely k 1 Iohn 3.10 Livery of a Christian man Saint Paul unto the Corinthians reckoneth up sixteene properties of Love saying l 1 Cor. 13.4 5 6 7 8. Charitie suffereth long and is kinde Charity envieth not Charity vaunteth not it selfe is not puffed up doth not behave it selfe unseemely seeketh not her owne is not easily provoked thinketh no evill rejoyceth not in iniquity but rejoyceth in the truth beareth all things beleeveth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Charity never faileth The necessitie of Charitie is declared in many places of the Divine Service but in a most Divine manner in the whole Homily thereof The prayer therefore for it the Collect to be reade on Shrovesunday called Quinquagesima is profitable to be said often by us O Lord which doest teach vs that all our doings without Charity are m 1 Cor. 15.1 2 3. nothing worth send thy Holy Ghost and power into our hearts that most n 1 Cor. 12.31 excellent gift of Charity the very o Col. 3.14 bond of peace and all vertues without the which whosoever liveth is counted p Iam. 2.20 26 1 Tim. 5.6 Luke 15.32 Of Ioy. dead before thee The next fruit of the Spirit is Ioy. In the * T. 2. p. 210. Homily for Whitsunday the first part thereof it is said Who will not marvell at that which is written in the Acts of the Apostles to heare their bold confession before the Countill at Ierusalem and to consider that they went away with Ioy and gladnesse q Acts 5.41 rejoycing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebukes and checkes for the name and faith of Christ Iesus This was the mighty worke of the Holy Ghost who because hee giveth patience and joyfulnesse of heart in temptation and affliction hath therefore worthily obtained this name in holy Scriptures to bee called a r Iohn 14.16 Comforter The Lord saith Isaiah will comfort Zion he will comfort all her wast places and hee will make her wildernesse like Eden and her Desert like the Garden of the Lord ſ Isa 51.3 Ioy and gladnesse shall bee found therein thanksgiving and the voyce of melody The redeemed of the Lord shall returne and come with singing unto Zion and everlasting t Isa 35.10 and. 51.11 joy shall bee upon their head they shall obtaine gladnesse and joy and forrow and mourning shall flee away The third fruit of the Spirit is Peace Of Peace Peace in conscience is so precious a matter in this present world as that congregations are not to depart from Church untill the u Phil. 4.7 Peace of God which passeth all understanding or the like blessing bee said which the Church hath appointed For with the like manner of blessing did God in former times ordaine his Priests to w Numb 6.23 24 25 26 27. blesse his people the Iewes saying The Lord blesse thee and keepe thee the Lord make his face shine upon thee and bee gracious unto thee the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee Peace Sundry times doth the Divine Service most divinely informe us hereof saying O God which art Author of x 1 Cor. 141 33. Peace lover of y Ps 133.1 2 3 Eph. 4.16 cōcord c. And give unto thy servants that Peace which the world z Iohn 14.27 cannot give that both our hearts may be a Ps 108.1 set to b Mat. 228.20 obey thy commandements and also that by thee wee being defended from the feare of our enemies may passe our time in c Ier. 6.16 Ps 116.7 8 9. rest and d Isa 30.15 1 Pet. 3.4 Ps 31.2 quietnesse Most memorable is that Collect appointed to be read on the 21. Sunday after Trinity viz. Grant wee beseech thee mercifull Lord to thy faithfull people pardon and Peace that they may be e 1 Iohn 1.7 9. Ps 31.2 Ps 73.1.13 Iam. 4.8 cleansed from all their sinnes and serve thee with a f 1 Pet. 3.4 quiet minde In the third part of the * T. 1.
house of the Rechabites for keeping all the precepts and for doing according to d Ier. 35.18 15. all that they were commanded by Ionadab their father much more doth he expect that people should doe according to every particular which e 1 Tim. 3.15 Isa 2.2 3. Micah 4.1 2. Zech. 8.23 Act. 15.2 4 6 22. holy Church prescribeth unto them We are also hereto for to remember the counsell given by Isaiah f Isa 55.6 7. Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found call upon him while he is neere We are to seeke afore the doore be g Mat. 25.10 11 12. shut against us and afore the master of the house be h Luke 13.25 26 27. risen up as Christ admonisheth The Lord by Hosea saith That it commeth to passe that there is a time when such as have dealt treacherously against the Lord which will not frame their doings to turne unto their God but retaine the spirit of Whoredome in the midst of them and not know the Lord but walke on in spirituall pride They shall goe with their flockes and with their heards to seeke the Lord but they shall not i Hos 5.6 find him he hath withdrawne himselfe from them Ieremiah signifieth of the manner of k Ier. 50.4 5. seeking the Lord where he saith In those daies and in that time saith the Lord the children of Israel shall come they and the children of Iudah together going and weeping they shall goe and seeke the Lord their God They shall aske the way to Zion with their faces thitherward saying Come and let us joyne our selves to the Lord in a perpetuall covenant that shall not be forgotten We are not to travell toward Canaan for to enjoy there the milke and honey retaining within our selves a lusting after the l Exod. 16.3 1 Cor. 10.6 fleshpots of Egypt Also unlesse we seeke the Lords kingdome with our m Ier. 29.13 whole heart we shall never finde it It is most memorable what is written in the booke of Chronicles That all Iudah had sworne with n 2 Chron. 15.12 15. all their heart to seek the Lord and sought him with their whole desire and he was found of them and the Lord gave them rest round about There are some that seeke as they say after Christs kingdome but it is according to the imagination of their owne heart and not according to the prescriptions expressed in Gods word and declared in the Divine Service of the Church And it commeth to passe with them as Isaiah saith o Isa 29.8 9 10. It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth and behold he eateth but hee awaketh and his soule is empty or as when a thirsty man dreameth and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint and his soule hath appetite So shall the multitude of all Nations bee that fight against mount Zion Stay your selves and wonder cry ye out and cry they are drunken but not with wine they stagger but not with strong drinke For the Lord hath powred out upon you the spirit of deepe sleepe and hath closed your eyes c. CHAP. 91. Of the Christian unity IT is the last of the complaints which the holy Fathers of the Church have made in the sacred prayer after the Letany in the last Fast booke There hath beene little or no care among us to keepe truth and peace together for the preserving of our Church State In the Collect for Simon and Iudes day wee are taught to pray Grant us so to bee joyned together in unity of spirit by the doctrine of the Prophets and Apostles that we may be made an holy p Ephes 2.19 20 21 22. Heb. 3.6 1 Pet. 2.5 See also the margent temple acceptable to thee through Iesus Christour Lord. In the Collect for All Saints it is said Almighty God which hast knit together thy Elect in one communion and fellowship in the mysticall q Eph. 2.22 23. and 4.15 16. body of thy Sonne Christ our Lord grant us grace so to r Phil. 3.17 Heb. 13.7 follow thy holy Saints in all vertuous and godly living that we may come to those unspeakable joyes which thou hast Å¿ Isa 64. 4 5. Psal 31.19 Mat. 25.21 prepared for them that unfainedly love thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. In the prayer for the whole state of Christs Church militant here in earth it is said We beseech thee to inspire continually the universall Church with the spirit of truth unitie and concord and grant that all they that doe confesse thy holy name may * 1 Cor. 1.10 agree in the truth of thy holy word and live in t 1 Cor. 12.13.25 Ioh. 17.21.22.23 unity and u Eph. 4.16 Col. 2.19 Eph. 5.2 Ioh. 13.35 godly love In the Collect to be read after private absolution it is said Preserve and continue this sicke member in the w Ps 122.3 Act. 1.4 Eph. 5.3 Ps 133.1.2.3 unitie of the Church In the second Collect for Peace it is said O God which art Authour of peace and lover of concord c. In the Collect to be read on the fourth Sunday after Easter it is said Almighty God which dost make the mindes of all faithfull men to bee of one x Phil. 2.1 3.2.5 and 3.16 will c. In the sacred Letanie it is said That it may please thee to give to y Ps 67. Zechar. 14.9 Eph. 1.10 Is 11.9 all Nations unity peace and concord In the first part of the * T. 1. p. 89.90 Ps 22.27.28.29 Ezech. 37.22 Homily against contention it is said Among all kinds of contention none is more hurtfull than is contention in matters of Religion Eschew saith Saint Paul foolish and unlearned z 2 Tim. 2.23.24 questions knowing that they breed strife It becommeth not the servant of God to fight or strive but to be meeke toward all men This contention and strife was in Saint Pauls time among the Corinthians and is at this time among us English-men For too many there bee which upon the Ale-benches or other places delight to set forth certaine questions not so much pertaining to edification as to vaine glorie and shewing forth of their a 1 Tim. 6.20 cunning and so unsoberly to reason and dispute that when neither part will give place to other they fall to chiding and b 1 Tim. 6.3.4.5 contention and sometime from hot words to further inconvenience Saint Paul could not abide to heare among the Corinthians these words of discord or dissention I hold of c 1 Cor. 3.3.4.5 Paul I of Cephas and I of Apollo What would he then say If he heard these words of contention which be now almost in every mans mouth d Iam. 4.11 Rom. 14.12.13 Hee is a Pharisee he is a Gospeller he is of the new sort he is of the old faith hee is a new broched brother he is a good Catholike father