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A18357	Six sermons now first published, preached by that learned and worthy divine Edward Chaloner lately deceas'd, Dr in Divinity, sometimes Chaplaine in Ordinary to our soveraigne K. Iames, and to his Maiesty that now is: and late Principall of Alban Hall in Oxford. Printed according to the author's coppies, written with his owne hand	Chaloner, Edward, 1590 or 91-1625.; Sherman, Abraham, 1601 or 2-1654.	1629 (1629)	STC 4937; ESTC S107649	98,854	158

SIX SERMONS NOW FIRST PVBLISHED Preached by that learned and worthy Divine Edward Chaloner lately decleas'd Dr in Divinity sometimes Chaplaine in Ordinary to our Soveraigne K. Iames and to His MAIESTY that now is and late Principall of Alban Hall in Oxford Printed according to the Author's coppies written with his owne hand AT OXFORD Printed by W. Turner for Henry Curteyn Ann. Dom. 1629. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE WILLIAM EARLE OF PEMBROKE LORD Herbert of Cardiffe Lord Par and Rosse of Kendall Lord Marmion and Saint Quintin Lord Warden of the Stanneries Chancellour of the Vniversity of Oxford Lord Steward of his Majesties houshold Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and one of his Majesties most honourable Privie Councell RIGHT HONOVRABLE I HAVE adventured to commit vnto the publique view vnder your Honour's name and protection a second parcell of Dr Ed Chaloners Sermons I haue quickly named the Author and the Booke that they may bee my apology for presuming to your Lordships presence who otherwise should easily acknowledge that no shaft out of my owne quiver nor any plume of mine durst mount so high yet as I do ingeniously confesse that there 's nothing of mine owne which I could account worthy to preferre mee to your Honour's notice so do I verily beleeue there 's not any thing of this Authors composing so meane which your Lordship will not value worthy your noble acceptation and patronage The Reasons why I haue caus'd these Sermons to passe the presse besides those motiues which induced our Dr to the publishing of the former the good affections of some his friends earnestly desiring it first the Worth of the arguments beeing severall choice peices of holy writ dexterously handled and such as may well if affection prejudice not my judgement proue serviceable to the Church and Common good Next the loue and gratefull respect which I deseruedly beare to the memory of the Author deceased joyntly excite mee thus to make him the more memorable whilst I endeavour that as by the blessing of God his Name yet liues and I wish his vertues too in a Posthumus of his body so both may surviue in these Postnati the happie issue of his minde VVhy I haue dedicated and now offer them to your honour I hope you will not interpret boldnes but duty seeing not only those generall relations which gaue you interest in the former continue the same to these but a speciall right hath now more intituled you to the whole even Iustice challenging the worke to him to whom the Author hath devoted himselfe in all his publique endeavours Your Lordships countenance to the booke shall secure it against the Criticks rankest censure as for the Author he is now farther aboue their reach and venome then the Publisher can be though perhaps he is yet content to be below their envy Your Honours in all duty AB SHERMAN THE TITLES AND SEVERALL Texts of the six ensuing Sermons SERM. 1. The Cretians Conviction and Reformation Titus 1.13 This witnesse is true wherefore rebuke them sharply that they may bee sound in the faith pag. 1. SERM. 2. The Ministers Charge and Mission Matt. 20.6 Why stand you here all the day idle pag. 27. SERM. 3. Gods Bounty and the Gentiles Ingratitude Rom. 1.21 Because when they knew God they glorified him not as God neither were thankefull but became vaine in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened pag. 57. SERM. 4. Affliction the Christians Portion Act. 21.14 For I am ready not to bee bound onely but also to die at Ierusalem for the name of the Lord Iesus Pag. 79. SERM. 5. The duty and affinity of the faithfull Luk. 8.21 Then came his mother and his brethren and could not come at him for the preasse and it was told him by certaine which said thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to see thee And he answered and said vnto them my mother and my brethren are those which heare the word of God and doe it pag. 103. SERM. 6. No peace with Rome Gal. 2.5 To whom wee gaue place by subjection no not an houre that the truth of the Gospell might continue with you pag. 127. THE CRETIANS CONVICTION AND REFORMATION TIT. 1.13 This witnesse is true wherefore rebuke them sharply that they may be sound in the faith SInce the time that Adam grew disobedient to GOD his Father all Mankinde haue taken after the Earth their Mother and whether the temper of the Climate which we inhabite doe inforce it or the quality of the Soyle wherein wee breathe or the nourishment whereon wee liue altering vs somewhat as it is altered by vs plaine it is that we borrow our dispositions from our Countryes and our humours are by consent of Nature so annext to our tenures and intangled to our possessions that Geographers haue now thought manners of people as essentiall parts of their Art as Regions and a Mappe as precisely to bee drawne of the one as of the other Wherefore the Apostle S. Paul in the blossoming of the Gospell having planted Titus in the Episcopall See of Crete and deliuering a kinde of Decretalls and Canon Law touching the life and demeanure of the Clergy he thought it no lesse behoofefull for Titus amongst other things to bee acquainted with the manners of his Flocke then for a Physitian to know the constitution of his Patients and therefore out of a Prophet of their owne extracts for him a character of the Nation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Cretes are alwayes lyars euill beasts slow bellies I will not stand to discusse what Prophet of theirs it was which thus acted the Criticke whether Epimenides or Calimachus since I finde that Epimenides hath amongst the Learned prevayled for multitude of voyces nor is it expedient to vent all reasons which are alleadg'd why he was here term'd a Prophet that name being common to all whose inventions could pace measures and more particularly appropriated to Epimenides as who was esteemed by the report of Laertius euen of the Cretians themselues to bee such an one The verdict you see he giues vp findes them guilty of a three-fold corruption first of a corruption of the reasonable faculty which sitting as supreme Iudge in the Court of Truth and Falsehood they laboured what they could to part it by wrong informations They were alwayes lyars Secondly of a corruption on of the irascible faculty which they cherish'd with malice and brutish cruelty They were euill beasts Thirdly of a corruption of the concupiscible faculty being better fed then taught pigri idle companions and ventres belly-gods to speake with the time bad observers of Fasting-dayes ill Lent-keepers They were slow bellies Heere is a cristall mirrour of divine providence wherein the sole mercy of GOD is resplendent Let our Pelagians of the newest devis'd fashion tell me let them which would exalt the decayed and dead will of man one linke higher in the chaine of Predestination then the eternall decree of GOD