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A11824	A secular sermon concerning the doctrine of the Gospell by the goodnes and power of God restored in the fifteenth age from the birth of our Lord Iesus Christ. Made by the reuerend and worthy precher Mr. Abraham Scultetus, in the High-dutch tongue. After by another translated into Latin, and now out of Latin into English	Scultetus, Abraham, 1566-1624.	1618 (1618)	STC 22124; ESTC S106166	22,063	46

contrite and wounded hearts of men were led as by the hand from their confidence in their owne merits to the precious ransome of the death of Christ it is incredible to be spoken with how great celeritie and speede and with what great successe the puritie of true Religion pierced into all countries For it rested not now onely in Cities neither was it content to remaine amongst the inferiour of the Nobilitie and gentry but it entred into the Courts euen of Kings and Emperours and gat their allowance and approbation May it please you then for proofe hereof that we first viewe the Cities Amongst these the first that flourished and were famous for the praise of sinceritie of the Gospell were these Strausborough Breme Norinberge Worms Erford Hoslaria and Embden of Frize-land All these chearfully with ready mindes receiued and entertained the trueth comming vnto them in the very first beginning These also kindled by by a feruēt zeale of Religion in other countries Amongst these were Maydenborow Hamborow Lubeck Brunswick Wismaria Rostochium and almost all the Cities of the Empire Nay furthermore in Li●feland the cities of Riga Derbatum Renalia in Helu●tia or Switzerland Basile Scafhusium Tig●rum or Zurich Berne and diuers others All which Cities as they embraced the doctrine of the Gospell with great gladnes gratulations so Wolfgongus Capito hath left written a singular memorable act in this respect of the men of Berne which is this Hauing receiued the Gospell they set their prisoners at libertie and proclaimed freedome for such as they had banished out of the land to returne into their Country againe yeelding this notable reason for their so doing For said they if we would haue dismissed discharged our malefactors and prisoners in the honour of an earthly King that should haue come vnto vs. How much more now ought we then sith Christ the King of glory is come vnto vs bringing with him the most glorious benefit of euerlasting redemption And therefore we most earnestly wish and desire that as much as might be all men may be made partakers of so great a benefit and deliuerance as is now bestowed vpon vs. In going out from the Cities let vs view the degree of Knighthood In this degree there attained a perpetuall Crowne of honour that noble Frauncis of Sickengen Huldrick of Hutt●n and Siluester of Schawenburg For when Luther was miserably vexed and persecuted by the Pope they vndertooke the defending and protecting of him with al their force and power And when Luther was excommunicated and was thinking to flie into Bohemia for refuge Schawenbergius before mentioned offered him free accesse vnto him and promised him a company of a hundred horsemen of Franconia to conduct him safely to him Of this praise are also pertakers the Landshadii Steinacenses Helmstatenses Gemingenses and Mensingenses who euery one of them from the yeare 1521 and 1522 had procured the sinceritie of the Gospell to bee publickly preached in their territories In whose steps Iohn of Salhausen of Bohemia treading did the same and being accused for it to Lewis King of Hungary and Bohemia hee defended himselfe with a notable Apology Now amongst the Princes that receiued the Gospell the heroicall worthies of the house of Saxonie obtained the principall place to wit Frederick the wise Iohn the sincere and Iohn Frederick the constant being Electors whose most commendable example euen straightwayes from the beginning followed Lewis Count Palatine the Duke of Bipont George Marques of Brandborow Marques Albertus Duke of Prussia Ernestus Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg Frauncis Duke of Luneburg Phillip Landgraue of Hassia Wolfgangus Prince of Anhalt and Frederick the second Duke of Silesia Lignicum and Briga From thence the fame of the Gospell sounding all abroad there opned their gates also to the Lord Iesus Christ in their countries these Princes Iohn Duke of Cleue and his successor William although there fell 1533. out some such causes and times as suffered them not to finish and perfect the reformation which they had begun so as it had beene to be wished These princes also embraced the Gospell Hu●drick 1534. Duke of Wirtemberg with his brother George Earle of Wirtemberg and M●nbelgard and Bar●inus and Phillip 1537. Dukes of Pomerania Ioachin the second Elector of 1538. Brandenburg his brother Iohn Seuerus Henry Duke 1539. of Saxonie father of Mourice and Augustus Electors 1543. Hermannus Arch-bishop of Coullen Charles Marques of Baden Iulius Duke of Brunswicke Gotthardus Duke 1556. 1568. of Curland William Prince of Orenge to whom the lowcountrymen are much beholding in that respect For what should I speake of the Arch-Palatine countrey wherein wee haue the reformation made by the Electors that is begun by Frederick the second 1546. continued by Otto Henricus and finished brought to perfection by Frederick the third to his eternall and greatest honour and our vnspeakeable benefit and comfort Neither was Lewis the peaceable Elector estranged from fauouring the Gospel seeing that 1538. his brother Frederick graciously graunted free exercise of the Religion of the Gospell to eight cities lying in one precinct in the higher country of the Palatinate which are Amberg Neufore Kam Nafurg Weiden Nanpurg Au●bac and Ch●mnate Herein also it secmeth most worthy to be remembred that a Prince of the Empire George Earle of Anhalt a Prince of most 1548. approued pietie and holinesse is saide to haue esteemed the doctrine of the Gospell so precious that hee doubted not himselfe in his own person out of a rare and extraordinary zeale to deliuer it to his subiects preaching vnto them We haue heard also that the same Prince gra●ed with a mariage-Sermon the Elector Augustus and his noble wife being publickely maried according to the accustomed right and manner of the Church For which cause the Queene of Denmarke ioyfully gratulating the spouse her daughter saide often that no greater grace could happen to her in the world After these Princes followed also Kings euery of them in their seuerall times and distances of yeares Amongst these the first was Frederick King of Denmarke who hauing shaken off the yoake of the Pope embraced the pure doctrine of the word of God Soone after followed him Gustarus King of Sweden Mary Queene of Hungary sister to the Emperour Charles Marga●et of Valoys Queene of Nauarre sister to Frauncis King of Fraunce to whom shee most earnestly cōmended often-times the cause of such Christians as being exiled fled for refuge into Fraunce yeelding her selfe most gratious vnto them yea and as if she had borne the kind affection of a mother towards them Such a one was also Renata the daughter of Lewis the twelfth King of Fraunce who hauing beene maried to Hercules Duke of Ferrary enlightned the darkenesse of Italy it selfe with the light of the Gospell And when shee had returned widow and dowager into Fraunce in the tempestuous and stormy time of the most foule and

A SECVLAR SERMON CONCERNING THE DOctrine of the Gospell by the goodnes and power of God restored in the fifteenth age from the birth of our Lord Iesus Christ MADE BY THE REVEREND AND WORthy Preacher Mr. ABRAHAM SCVLTETVS in the High-dutch tongue AFTER BY ANOTHER TRANSLAted into Latin and now out of Latin into English LONDON Printed by William Iones dwelling in Red-crosse streete neare S. Giles Church Anno 1618. A SECVLAR SERMON MADE IN THE Arch-Palatine court in the yeare 1617. And of Ianuary the first a Seculum i 〈…〉 tin signifieth 〈…〉 age contain 〈…〉 an hundered yeares There 〈…〉 this Sermon 〈…〉 called secular 〈…〉 cause it cont 〈…〉 neth the story 〈…〉 the last hun 〈…〉 yeares whe 〈…〉 the Gospell 〈…〉 restored from 〈…〉 yeare 1517 〈…〉 this yeare 〈…〉 THat which is written by the Kingly Prophet Dauid wee see Psa 145. certainely helpeth at this present The mercy of God is ouer all his workes For from this mercy wee doe freely acknowledge that wee haue receiued this benefit that we liue and in good health begin this new yeare From this mercy it is that being free from pestilence and death wee haue not seene bloody warres nor other publicke calamities From the same mercy we haue receiued it that by the celebration of the Natiuitie of Christ which we haue heere liberty solemnly to keepe we ioyfully vnderstand how for our good Christ was borne at Bethlehem how the Angels sweetely delighted vs with their hymnes how the shepheards of Bethlehem daunced with a holy ioy and how Simeon and Anna entertained with kisses the Sauiour newly borne Goe too then O Palatinate magnifie the Lord thy God with due praises and thou O Heidleberg with pious affection publish his name and glory which is most worthy to bee worshipped and adorned And because now this is the hundred yeere since which time the euerlasting and Almightie God looking vpon our Auncestors with the eye of his grace and fauour deliuered them out of the horrible darknesse of Popery and brought them into the cleare and faire light of the Gospell let vs also looking backe to these times behold and consider how gracious God hath declared himselfe to his Church in the saide hundred yeares and how mercifully hee hath gathered it together hauing beene before dispersed and scattered heere and there and being gathered how wonderfully hee hath preserued it vnto this present time 2 For so it will be made manifest that the Lord Iesus Christ doeth worthily and agreeably to his proceeding beare the name of Iesus that is a Sauiour that was giuen at his Circumcision expressing it by really sauing his people and to be our true Iesus and Sauiour not onely by the excellency of his merit but also by the vertue and power of his effectuall operation and working which he sheweth out most mightily in and towards his Church and people Moreouer also as I perswade my selfe here will be matter and occasion aboundantly ministred vnto vs for the celebration and praise of the name of God where we shall behold his wisedome omnipotency goodnes and iustice euery where most clearly shining in his gouernment of the Church in this century or last hundred yeeres And that I may shortly comprehend all this matter euen as God in times past reformed the world by the Apostles and their faithfull successors So likewise in the fifteenth hundred yeere from the birth of Christ God I say began to order the reformation and gouernment of his Church All which things my purpose is at this present euidently to shewe and demonstrate vnto you 1 Whereas it behoued that Christ should be borne one thousand sixe hundred and seuenteene yeeres agone God sent Iohn Baptist as a forerunner that hee might prepare and make ready a way for the Lord In like sort when the same Christ was as it were to bee borne againe it pleased God that diuers preparatory helpes and furtherances to the rest that was to follow should be furnished before he tooke in hand the reformation it selfe of Christian Religion Amongst which meanes of preparing way to the saide reformation most worthily I may name and account first the liberall arts and sciences and the daily exercises of good sciences and chiefely of the three learned tongues and languages as instruments to make way to the reformation that was to follow In the next place I nominate and ranke Vniuersities and particular Schooles as they call them which by a commendable purpose and worthy example for imitation and following were in that time partly founded and erected and partly also preserued and enlarged To these I adde also the inuention of the Art of Printing which before had ben vtterly vnknowne and by meanes whereof it came to passe that Doctor Luthers bookes being dispersed and spread into diuers and most large countries and nations came into very many mens hands and were euery where read and diligently studied Here also amongst the aforesaide meanes the translation of the Scriptures is not to be passed by but attentiuely to be considered For in the yeere one thousand fiue hundred and fifteene the olde Testament sawe the light that was to bee wished for being published in print in the originall Hebrew tongue by Frauncis Ximenius being Arch-bishop of Toledo and a Cardinall and so likewise was the new Testament printed in the yeere next following Which bookes opened the eies of many and maruelously raised their desire so that being inflamed with a zeale diligently to knowe and search out the heauenly trueth they might easily discerne how far the Popes of Rome had departed from the puritie of the Scripture 2 In time past also when Christ went about the reformation of the world hee called not to that seruice the Scribes and Pharisees which were of great authoritie but hee chose vnto it twelue Disciples men despised by the world and esteemed base which for the most part were fisher-men So likewise one hundred yeeres agone Christ taking in hand the worke of a new reformation vsed not thereunto any purple-cloathed Praelate nor Cardinall whose names were most florishing and famous but he raised vp hereunto for this seruice Martin Luther a Monke of the order of the Augustinians Phillip Melanchthon a professor and reader of the Greeke tongue in the Vniuersitie of Wittenberg and two Priests of small account to wit Huldrich Zwinglius and Iohn Oecolampadius 3 Moreouer the doctrine of the Gospell breaking out at the first publishing of it by the Apostles with a diuine and most powerfull force suddenly like the lightning enlightned the vniuersall world so as euen in the time of Irenaeus reported to haue bin taught by Polycarpus scholler to Iohn the Apostle Christ came to be famously known by the nations and people both of the East and West parts of the world euen so when as one hundred yeeres agone after that the Idolatry of the Papists running as if they had beene mad or bewitched after the worship of Images being discouered the