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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41006	Dr. Daniel Featley revived, or, The faithfull shepheard a sermon preached at the consecration of three bishops, the lords elect of Oxford, Bristoll, and Chester, in His Graces chappell at Lambeth, May, 9, 1619 / by ... Daniell Featley ... ; and now reprinted at the sole charge of George Vineing ...	Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1661 (1661)	Wing F580; ESTC R5460	16,007	24

Dr. DANIEL FEATLEY revived OR THE FAITHFULL SHEPHEARD A Sermon Preached at the Consecration of three Bishops the Lords Elect of Oxford Bristoll and Chester in his Graces Chappell at Lambeth May 9. 1619. By that most Learned Pillar of our Church Daniell Featley Dr. in Divinity Rector of Lambeth and Acton Provost of Chelsey-Colledge and Chaplain in ordinary to his late Majesty Unto whom is Dedicated his large Volume Clavis Mystica And now Reprinted at the sole charge of George Vineing sometimes Servant to the right Honourable Henry Earl of Manchester Lord Privy Seal Deceased LONDON Printed in the Yeer 1661. To the Courteous Reader Courteous Reader HErein is shewn the Originall and dignity of Bishops and the singular union between Regall and Episcopall right and Authority drawn from Constantine after the Church begun to have a little vigor against the persecuting Arians And because the works of this famous Author should be had in Endlesse remembrance by all Protestants as he is and ever will be to the terror of all Papists And if any shall demand why I the Reprinter should take upon me to publish this famous Sermon my answer is as ready as true because for the sincere love that I bear unto the truth and the Endlesse true love that I owe unto my Deceased spirituall Father who begat me in 1624. out of blinde Popery from dumb'd and dead Idols and brought me into the clear light to serve the true and living God that he may have glory by it and every Reader the benefit of it I have thought no time so seasonable nor none of all the Authors works so sutable as this small volume is that all those who never knew his person much lesse were conversant with him or never read him in his large field of his manifold unparallel'd works may herein have a most sweet taste of his worth which may make them desirous to know him more in his larger works so this small piece is to inform the ignorant to reforme the obstinate to conform the moderate and to confirm all to communicate in the Church of God That all Christians may so do is the hearty desires and daily prayers of the meanest of the Sons of the Church G. V. THE FAITHFULL SHEPHEARD A Sermon Preached at the Consecration of three Bishops the Lords Elect of Oxford Bristoll and Chester in his Graces Chappell at Lambeth May 9. 1619. 1 PET 5. 2 3 4. Feed the flock of God which is among you taking the oversight thereof not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucre but of a ready mind not as being Lords over Gods heritage but being ensamples to the flock And when the chief shepheard shall appear you shall receive a Crown of glory that fadeth not away Most Reverend Right Honourable Right reverend Right worshipfull c. ARchilocus sharpning his quill and dipping it in gall against Licambes that his satirical invectives might be more poignant putteth the pen in Archilocrus his fathers hand and by an elegant prosopopeia maketh him upbraid his sonne with those errors and vices which it was not fit that any but his father should in such sort rip up And Tully being to read a lecture of gravity and modesty to Clodia which became not his yeers or condition raiseth up as it were from the grave her old grandfather Appius Caecus and out of his mouth delivereth a sage and fatherly admonition to her In like manner Right Reverend receiving the charge from you to give the charge unto you at this present and being over-ruled by authority to speak something of the eminent authority and sacred dignity into which ye are now to be invested I have brought upon this holy stage the first of your ranke and auncientest of your Apostolical order to admonish you with authority both of your general calling as Pastours set over Christs flocke and your speciall as Bishops set over the Pastours themselves That in the former words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 feed this in the latter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bishoping or taking the over-sight of them Both they are to perform 1 Not by constraint 2 Not for lucre 3 Not with pride 1 Not by constraint constraint standeth not with the dignity of the Apostles successors 2. Not for filthy lucre filthy lucre sorts not with Gods Priests 3 Not in or with Lord-like pride Lord-like pride complyeth not with the humility of Christs Ministers As Tully the aged wrote to Cato the ancient of old age so in the words of my text Peter the Elder writeth to Elders of the calling life and reward of Elders in the Church of God 1 Their function is feeding and overlooking Christs flock enjoyned ver 2. 2 Their life is to be a pattern of all vertue drawn ver 3. 3 Their reward is a Crowne of glory set before them ver 4. 1 Their function sacred answerable to their calling which is divine 2 Their life exemplary answerable to their function which is sacred 3 Their reward exceeding great answerable to the eminency of the one and excellency of the other May it please you therefore to observe out of the words 1 For your instruction what your function is 2 For correction what your life should be 3 For comfort what your reward shall be As the costly ornaments of Aaron were fastned to the Ephod with golden chaines of writhen works so all the parts and points of the Apostles exhortation are artificially joyned and tyed together with excellent coherence as it were with chaines of gold This chain thus I draw through them all 1 There are some of the Ministery fitter to be fed and led like sheep than to feed or lead like shepheards they are hunger-starved themselves having no better provision than the Apostles had in the wildernenesse after Christs miraculous feast a few baskets full of broken meat Saint Bernard admireth at their Charity saying they by whom the streams of heavenly doctrine flow to us are of such superabundant charity that they desire to empty themselves before they are half full nay many before they have any drop of saving knowledge and divine learning most ready to deliver that which they never received and teach what they never learned Such a one was that Bithynian whom Lactantius taketh up for taking upon him to cure dimme and dark eyes when himself was stark blind I find nothing whereunto I may fitter resemble them than to squibs or small fire-works which as soon as they take fire never leave popping and shooting and making a hidious noise till all the powder be spent so these having rammed a little stuffe together and being kindled with blind zeal never leave shooting and spitting fire in the pulpit as long as their poor provision lasteth These men howsoever they are lyable to many other exceptions yet all men will free them from the imputation which Felix laid upon Saint Paul much learning hath made thee mad And as secure are they