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The holy salutation of the blessed Apostle Saint Jude to the saints and seruants of God. Preached at Pauls Crosse the seuenteenth of Nouember. Anno. Dom. 1611. By Francis Tomlinson, preacher of the Word, and chaplaine to the right honourable, the Lord Ellesmere, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of Oxford.
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THE HOLY SALVTATION OF THE BLESSED APOSTLE Saint Jude to the Saints and seruants of God PREACHED AT PAVLS Crosse the seuenteenth of Nouember Anno Dom. 1611. By FRANCIS TOMLINSON Preacher of the Word and Chaplaine to the Right Honourable the Lord Ellesmere Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of Oxford Quibus parum vel quibus nimium mihi ignoscant quibus autem satis est non mihi sed domino mecum gratias agant AT LONDON Imprinted by FELIX KYNGSTON for George Norton dwelling neare Temple barre 1612. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL RELIGIOVS AND VERTVous Knight Sir THOMAS LVCIE high Sheriffe of Warwick-shire mercy peace and loue bee multiplied RIght Worshipfull when I was called by my Lord of London to preach at Pauls Crosse I resolued with my selfe to answere with Moses Exod. 5.10 I am not eloquent but slow of speech slow of tongue with Ieremie Ier. 1.6 I cannot speake for I am a child in vnderstanding with Iohn Baptist non sum dignus Matth. 3.11 I am not worthie and with Saint Paul 1. Cor. 15.9 I am the least of the Apostles not worthy to bee called an Apostle neuerthelesse being commanded I did obey obeying spake speaking feared rather a reprouing then an approuing of that I spake howbeit beyond all desert and desire it pleased some of friendship and affection to commend others of fauour and good conceit euen then conceiued instantly to vrge that my poore paines might be printed which I vtterly refused as vnworthy to see the light since I vnderstand by some that some haue giuen out that if I will not giue a true and perfect copie they will put it out in parts peeces and imperfect as they tooke it of two euils therefore I haue chosen the lesse chusing rather to vndergo the hard censures of such as are more readie to censure others then doe any good themselues then to suffer this simple Sermon without my knowledge and consent to be thrust forth in imperfect notes I affect not popular praise nam quis ego sum aut quae est in me facultas Neither doe I respect the vncharitable censures of Papists â—usten Atheists Schismatickes for qui volens detrahit famae meae nolens addit mercedi meae He which with his will impaires my name against his will augments my reward But my desire is onely that my poore talent may bee imployed to Gods glory let God be glorified by me and let me still bee vilified for Gods sake Not vnto mee O Lord not vnto mee but to thy holy name giue the glory That I am bold to shroud these first fruits of my simple labours vnder your Right Worshipfull patronage besides priuate causes your Zeale of Gods glory delight in Gods sacred word great loue to learning and religion good fauours towards Gods Ministers haue deseruedly inuited mee macte virtute esto goe forward I beseech you in godlines encrease in grace grow from strength to strength from vertue to vertue be constant in the faith stoutly defend the truth earnestly contend for the truth let not the cunning Papist seduce you nor the malecontent Schismaticke insinuate himselfe into you nor the godlesse Atheist ring and sing in your eares diuellish charmes but honour him sincerely which will honour you loue him feruently which loueth you delight in him chiefly which delighteth in you cleaue to him inseparably which will neuer forsake you sed quid verbis opus vbi nihil opus I know you doe it Phil. 1.3.4.5 and I thanke my God hauing you in perfect memorie alwaies in all my prayers praying with gladnesse because of the fellowship which you haue in the Gospell from the first day I knew you till now yet as Paul Syluanus and Timotheus gaue hearty thanks to God for the Thessalonians that they had receiued the Gospell in such sort that they were examples not onely to them of Macedonia and Achaia 1. Thes 1.2.7 but also to the Christians in all quarters so doe they earnestly desire them to continue according to their good beginnings cap. 4.1 we beseech you brethren say they and exhort you in the Lord Iesus that ye encrease more and more as ye haue receiued of vs how ye ought to walk please God as if they shuld haue said we do not command you as Lords ouer you as now the Pope doth sic volo sic iuiubeo stat pro ratione voluÌ„tas as CoÌ„stantius that Arian Emperour quod ego volopro canone sit but we beseech entreat and exhort you by the Lord Iesus that if you respect and reuerence Christ if you feare him as a Lord and loue him as Iesus suffer the words of exhortation for wee speake from him and for him In like maner I beseech you Right worshipfull giue me leaue currenti addere calcar Seneca habet hoc proprium generosus animus vt excitetur ad honesta It is proper to a noble minde to bee excited to honest actions and seeing I know that you know in religione vera virtus in virtute vera nobilitas and that nulla vera religio sine sapientia Lactantius nec vlla vera sapientia fine religione Pardon my Zealous affection and tender care of your euerlasting good enforceing mee to beseech you to goe forward in good things and encrease more and more in godlinesse for declining in religion brings a staine of honour and a decay euen of temporall portion I feare it not in you for as it is no small comfort to mee often to call to mind the tractablenesse willingnesse readinesse I found in you to drink in thirstingly the principles of religion when I taught you also the rudiments of Grammar so is it and euer shall be my great comfort not onely to heare of it but often to be an eye and eare witnesse of your zeale for the truth of God I meane your resolute constancy and constant resolution to defend the truth against malicious Papists malecontent Schismaticks and miscreant Atheists continue in the same fight the good fight stir vp that gift of God which is in you be faithfull vnto the end and in the end you shall receiue the end of your faith euen the saluation of your soule In the meane time I humbly beseech you to pardon my importunate boldnesse and accept of this poore widdowes mite as an vndoubted testimonie of my vnfained affection towards you in the Lord. Now the Lord of Lords enlarge his mercies more and more towards you perpetuate to you an honourable name and memory amongst his faithfull seruants in this present life and crowne you with an endlesse crowne of glory in the life to come Your worships in all dutifull affection FRANCIS TOMLINSON THE HOLY SALVTATION OF the blessed Apostle S. Iude. IVDE 1.2 1 Iude a seruant of Iesus Christ and brother of Iames to them that are called and sanctified of God the Father and reserued to Iesus Christ 2 Mercie vnto you and peace and loue