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A08769	The shepheard, or A sermon, preached at a synode in Durisme Minster, vpon Tuesday, being the fifth of April. 1608. By Thomas Oxley, Master of Artes, and preacher of Gods word	Oxley, Thomas.	1609 (1609)	STC 19053; ESTC S105795	16,556	32

and they feede not the Sheepe The weake they strengthen not the sicke they heale not the broken they binde not vp they bring not againe what was driuen away they seeke not what is lost but with cruelty and rigor doe they rule Ezech. 34.4 And I would there were no such false Prophets amongst vs who loue themselues and the world so much as they can impart no part of it to others Loue seeketh not her owne things saith the Apostle 1. Cor. 13.5 And it was his pleasure to please all men in all things not seeking his owne profit but the profit of others that they might be saued 1. Cor. 10.33 But it is our pleasure to take paines onely to pleasure our selues and to bee so industrious in this kind as forgetting the dignitie whereunto we are called though vnworthy to betake our selues wholly to the plow the spade the rake and the flaile play the merchant sollicite causes supply the places of stewards and such like base offices so common in our cold Countrie that vnlesse a man be thus egregiously qualified hee can haue no place in the affections of our frozen patrons Are such Shepheards take away the Metaphor make them as indeed they are carnall shepheards and I will bring no other but the very sheepe themselues to speake to them yet in their owne tongue least they vnderstand not S. Bernards language Bernard Epist 42. And let the speech be thus If you that are our Shepheards goe crooked like vs who are your sheepe carrying your countenance downeward still looking to the earth and to pamper the belly euer seeke for foode In quo distinguimur wherein doe we differ will you see how the silly beast makes simple beasts on them Si venerit lupus Quis praeuidebit occurret If the Wolfe shall come who shall foresee him and preuent him Such sheepe are in a bad case yet if they bee slaine God hath vowed to require their blood at such Shepheards hands Ezech. 3.20 The third and last cause of this neglect is want of Prudence Defect pruden This may come through too much knowledge for Scientia inflat saith the Apostle knowledge puffeth vp 1. Cor. 8.1 And of this euen the greatest schollers many times doe labour who vpon a priuate conceit of their owne worth doe oft abuse good things to the hurt of others Those that are so wise are no company for honest Athenians Though this want of Prudence be monstrum yet it is mirum though it be a monster in a minister yet it is a maruaile in many of ours for the greatest Clarkes they say are not alwayes the wisest men Our Clarkes may be wise then for I am sure they are none of the greatest But why should I stand seeking these in euery minister Cum ex quouis stipite non fit mercurius Since euery person will not make a Priest The want of these three you see then is the reason why the flocke doe want some want learning therefore they cannot Preach Some want Loue therefore they cannot Pray And some want Prudence and therefore they cannot Edifie by their good example Thus some would and cannot some can and will not and many neither can nor would nor doe What remaines now for me but to draw to a conclusion Vsus 1. ad Episc If first you my honorable Lord will giue me leaue to leaue one vse with you Attendito tibi vniuerso gregi in quo spiritus sanctus te posuit episcopum Take heede to your selfe and to all the flocke whereof the holy Ghost hath made you ouerseer See then both to the Sheepe and Shepheards and those euils which you could not stop in the beginning yet stay them in their proceeding See that Shepheards feed the flocks and not altogether feede on the flockes But there is an other thing which craues your honors care take heed that the flocks feed not on the Shepheards This was a thing our Prophet neuer dreamed of Such vnnaturall dealing neuer came within the compasse of his conceit and yet such Wolues there are within your fields in sheepes clothing who kill their Shepheards wounding some in their good name opprobriously some in their bodies dangerously some in their estate iniuriously renting both the persons and their personages in peeces Are such sheepe they are better in the Shambles then in the field Are there such Shepheards and in your flock Yes They are sicke heale them they are weake strengthen them they are broken bind them vp that when you shall come to giue vp your accompt you may be able to say as the good Shepheard sayd Those that thou gauest me haue I kept and none of them is lost Ioh. 17 1● You that are Shepheards beloued feede your flockes which depend vpon you caring for them not by constraint but willingly not for filthie lucre but of a readie mind And when the chiefe Shepheard shall appeare ye shall receiue an incorruptible crowne of glory 1. Pet. 5.4 You that are sheepe loue your Shepheards and giue to them that rule well double honour especially to such as labour in the word and doctrine And as you sow so shall you reape Now he that hath an office let him looke to his office I must conclude Brethren farewell be perfect be of good comfort be of one mind liue in peace and the God of loue and peace shall be with you Now the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout and I pray God that your whole spirit and soule and body may be kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost three persons and one euerliuing God we ascribe As due all honour and glory praise power dignitie and dominion now and for euer Amen FINIS

In learning saith Chrysologus the wise man hath found what hath made him more skilfull The Warriour how to confirme his mind against all dangers The Prince how to gouerne his people with equality Nec aliqua in mundo potest esse fortuna quam literarum non augeat gloriosa notitia Nor can there be any condition in the world which the noble knowledge of learning doth not make more honourable Wherefore Socrates the wisest Philosopher that euer was being demaunded what creature was most excellent made answere Homo doctrina ornatus A man beautified with learning If this be so necessarie and commendable in euery calling how much more in the Minister and Messenger of God who is the eye of the world and as it were a Sunne in the Firmament of the Church to disperse the clouds of ignorance and giue light vnto such as sit in darkenesse And what maruell if wee call such Sunnes when our Sauiour himselfe said vnto such Vos estis lux mundi you are the light of the world Matth. 5.14 For as God in the beginning of the world did set the Sunne and other lights in the heauens to shine vpon the earth so in the firmament of the Church hee hath placed Bishops as Sunnes who onely properly may be said to be Sunnes because while others are but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Seers 1. Pet. 5.2 they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ouerseers and other teachers as the rest of the lights and starres to enlighten the mindes of men and to impart to others what they haue receiued from God themselues If therefore it belong to a Shepheard to teach his flocke how can he performe this if he hath not learning The Sunne cannot giue light if it be eclipsed no more can a Pastour performe his duetie who is drowned in the deepes of darke ignorance Where the case stands so what can follow but that which our Sauiour himselfe said If the light which is in you be darkenes how great is that darkenes Matth. 6.23 What is there in the whole office of a Shepheard that stands not in great neede of the light of learning for to iudge of the grounds of faith to take away contentions in the Church to decide Controuersies to instruct the people to discerne the Leaper from him that is cleane learning is so necessary that without it he can no more determine any thing then hee that is blinde can iudge of colours Wherefore the Lord purposing to bestowe a benefite vpon his people promiseth them Pastors according to his owne heart who should feed them with knowledge and vnderstanding Ier. 3.15 Which benefite will appeare the greater if we compare it with the contrary for that must needs be a great good the defect wherof is so great an euill And what an euill that is the Prophet Isayah will tell vs who reckoning vp the miseries of the people makes this one that God would take from them the Iudge and the Prophet the prudent and the aged the Counsellor and the eloquent man Isa 3.2 When the Apostle Peter was ready to lay downe his Tabernacle he did appoint that Clement an holy man and very learned should be his successor and gaue commandement that the same Clement should signifie so much in his letters to Iames the brother of our Lord then Bishop at Ierusalem And feare not saith he least hee be much sorrowfull for my death seeing he cannot doubt but that I suffer for righteousnes sake Erit autem ei grande solatium si didicerit quòd post me non imperitus aliquis Primo Tom. Concil aut ignorans Diuini verbi misterium Ecclesiastici ordinis disciplinam vel doctrinae regulam nesciens susceperit Cathedram meam And it will be a great comfort vnto him to know That no Illiterate Prelate ignorant of Gods word and Church discipline That no stranger to Learning and good Arts shall vsurpe my Chaire For he knoweth well that if some rude and vnskilfull Person should take vpon him the place of a Pastour the flocke wandring in the Thickets of ignorance must needes runne headlong to destruction Hitherto are the words of Peter as Clement himselfe relateth them in his Epistle to Iames at Ierusalem how true I cannot tell yet profitable I am sure for our instruction Since it appeares hereby how necessarie a thing Learning is in the place of a Pastor I will therefore passe from this to the next with that good saying of a godly man Ridiculosa res est vel potius periculosa Gilbert speculator caecus Doctor inscius proecursor claudus Praelatus negligens praeco mutus A blind Seer a lame forerunner a negligent Prelate and a dumbe crier is a thing ridiculous or rather dangerous As he must be learned so must he be louing The first makes him able Diligens the second willing Though hee speake with tongues of men and Angels yet if he hath not loue hee is as sounding brasse or a tinkling Cymball 1. Cor. 13.1 And this likewise ariseth out of the notation of the word For it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifieth a Sheepe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to desire earnestly or to seeke for it hath both Which loue how great it should bee who cannot coniecture by Christs thrice iterated Question to Peter Simon Ioannes diligis me plus his c. Iona louest thou me more then these Feede my sheepe Ioh. 21.15 As if he should haue said If thou louest me truely and sincerely if thou desire to glorifie my Name if thou loue my Sheepe as it seemes thou dost whose safetie is more regarded of me then mine owne life if for all the benefits thou hast receiued thou desire to gratifie me in any part and with loue to requite loue feede my Sheepe which I haue fed with my dearest blood for whilest thou feedest those thou feedest me in them thou fats me and dost nourish me and whatsoeuer thou bestowes on them thou conferres on me for I am hee who haue sometime spoken it Mat. 25.40 Whatsoeuer you haue done to the least of these ye haue done it vnto me This loue then of the Shepheard to the Flocke proceedes from the loue which hee beareth vnto Christ for hee doeth not say which is worthy your obseruation If thou loue my sheepe feede them which should seeme a good consequent Cum probatio dilectionis as S. Gregorie saith exhibitio est operis Greg. in Homil. When the proofe of loue is the performance of the worke But he saith Si diligis me If thou loue me feed my sheepe As if hee should say If thou loue me thou oughtest likewise to loue those things that are mine and belong to me and there is nothing more mine then my Sheepe are to whom I haue giuen my flesh for foode and my blood for drinke whom by my death I haue recald to life If therefore nothing bee more