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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12341	The affinitie of the faithfull being a verie godlie and fruitfull sermon, made vpon part of the eight chapter of the Gospel of Saint Luke. By Henrie Smith.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1591 (1591)	STC 22656; ESTC S117479	11,395	36

written for our instruction the latter is written for our comfort Touching the first he which teacheth vs to honor our father mother doth not teach vs here to contemne father or mother for it is said that he was obedient to his parents This he shewed when being found in the Temple among the doctors he left all to go with his mother because she sought him so he honoured her that he left all for her This he shewed againe at his death being vpon the crosse he was not vnmindful of her for pointing vnto Iohn he said Woman behold thy sonne and pointing vnto him he said Behold thy mother so he commended her to his beloued Disciple before he died therefore this is not a doctrine of disobedience but a rule how to obey As hee taught his disciples to giue vnto Caesar that which is Caesars and to God that which is Gods so he teacheth them here to giue vnto parents that which is parents to the Lord that which is the Lords When God said Honour thy father and thy mother he did not giue a commandement against himselfe therefore he saith Honor me before he saith Honor them The first commandement of the first table is Honor God and the first cōmandement of the second table is Honor Parents lest you should honor your parents before God When Salomon bad his mother aske him any thing denyed her that one thing which shee asked he sheweth that the mother should not be obeyed in all things When Christ said You haue but one father but one master hespake of faith and religion shewing that when it concerneth our faith religiō we shuld respect but one father one master which is the giuer of our faith the mater of our religiō When Paul said Children obey your parents in the Lorde hee meaneth that we should not obey them against the Lorde as when he saith Obey Princes for conscience he meaneth that we should not obey them against conscience Therefore when it commeth to this that the earthly father commaundeth one thing the heauenly Father commaundeth another thing then as Peter aunswered the Rulers so thou maist answere thy parents Whether is it meete to obey God or you then these are the hands which thou must cut off then these are the eyes which thou must pull out or else they should be as deare vnto thee as thy hand or thine eye In MATHEVV Aman must for sake his father mother to dwell with his wife but in LVKE He must for sake father and mother and wife to dwell with Christ for He that for saketh father or mother or wife for me shall receiue more saith our Sauiour nay he which doth not hate father and mother wife for me cannot be my Disciple saith he again in the same Euangelist shewing that our loue towards God should be so great that in respect of it our loue towardes men shoulde seeme to bee but hatred Thus hee that obeyed his parents more than wee yet would haue vs search some sentence some example in scripture of not obeying them too because it is such a hard poynt to know how far they are to be obeied which are set in authoritie ouer vs. As none but God spake alwayes right so none but God must alwayes bee obeyed wee are not called onely the sonnes of men but the sonnes of God Therefore as Christ answered his mother when shee would haue him tourne water into wine Woman what haue I to doe with thee So we should answere father and mother and brethren and sisters and rulers and m●sters ●nd wife too when they will vs to doo that which is not meete Sathan what haue I to doo with thee for else it were to turne wine into water Peter was not Sathan but when hee tempted Christ like Sathan Christ aunswered him as hee aunswered Sathan Come behind mee Sathan shewing that wee shoulde giue no more attention to father or mother or master or wife when they tempt vs to euill than wee should giue to Sathan if he should tempt vs him selfe Three things children receiue of their parents life maintenance and instruction For these three they owe other three for life they owe loue for maintenance they owe obedience for instruction they owe reuerence For life they must be loued as fathers for maintenance they must be obeyed as masters for instruction they must be reuerenced as Tutors But as there is a King of Kings which must be obeyed aboue Kings so there is a father of fathers which must be obeyed aboue fathers Therefore you must aunswere like the sonne when he was bid to goe vnto the vineyard I will goe and sometimes you must aunswere as Christ aunswered I must doe my Fathers busines I haue no other busines VVhen two milch kine did carrie the Arke of the Lorde vnto Bethshemesh their Calues were shut vp at home because the Kine shoulde not staye when they heard their Calues bleat after them so when thou goest about the Lordes busines thou shalt heare a crye of thy Father and mother and thy brethren and thy sisters and of thy kindred to staye thee but then thou must thinke of another father as Christ thought of another mother and so as these Kine went on till the Lord brought them where the Arke should rest so shalt thou goe on till the Lorde bring thee where thou shalt rest It is better to flye from our kinred as Abraham did than to stay with some friends as Sampson did with Dalila I may saye beware of kinsmen as well as our Sauiour sayeth Beware of men for this respect of cosenage hath made Elie his sonnes priestes and this respect of cousenage hath made many like priestes in Europe This respect of cousenage brought Tobia into the Leuites chamber and this respect of cousenage hath brought manie gentlemen into Preachers liuings as Christ preferred his spirituall kinsmen so wee preferre our carnall kinsmen many priuiledges manie offices many giftes wee being by this tempted haue stooped to this voice Thy mother calleth thee or Thy kinsmen would haue thee As this voyce came to Christe whiles hee was labouring so manie such voyces come to vs whiles wee are labouring One saith pleasure woulde speake with you an other sayeth profite would speake with you Another sayeth ease would speake with you an other sayeth abundance woulde speake with you Another sayeth a promotion woulde speake with you Another sayeth Delight woulde speake with you When a man is in a good waye and studyeth the Scriptures to bee a teacher in the Church of GOD a voice commeth into his eare as this came to Christ and sayth thy friendes would haue thee to studie the Lawe or thou shalt attaine to no preferment For the reuerendest of that profession are by the vylest of the people contemned and so sometimes Ionas turneth his sayles from Niniueh to Tharshish If he be a Diuine

alreadie and preach his conscience in reproouing sinne a voice commeth to him againe as this did to Christ and sayeth Thy friendes would haue thee be quiet or thou wilt be enuyed for that which thou sayest or there be fellowes which lye in wait to returne scornings for thy paines so somtimes with a litle intreatie he beginneth to drawe vp his hande and laye his fingers to his mouth and preach peace when hee is sent with warre Thus are wee cumbred like our master before our sermons and in our sermons and after our sermons euen of those sometimes which shoulde incourage vs and therefore as Christ saieth Beware of men so I saye beware of kinsmen So soone as the children bee borne their Parents bring them to the Temple and baptise them and offer them vnto GOD but as soone as they are able to serue him they tempt them awaye from him some to the Lawe some to Physicke some to marchaundise and some to husbandrie and had rather they should be of any other Tribe than of the Tribe of Leni which serueth in the Temple hee which wil be hindred shall haue blocks enough but we must learne to leape ouer all as Christ did ouer this If wee shoulde leaue father and mother and wife and children for Christ much lesse shoulde wee care for labour or losse or shame or trouble or displeasure for wee would venture these for our friends Thus much of his naturall kindred nowe of his spirituall kinred Here is another Genealogie of Christ which MATTHEVV and LVKE neuer spake of As CHRIST sayeth I haue another bread which you knowe not So he sayeth that I haue other kinsmen which you knowe not Saint IOHN writing to a Christian Ladie which brought vp her children in the feare of God calleth her The elect Ladie shewing that the chiefest honour of Lordes and Ladies and Princes is to be elect of God LVKE speaking of certaine Beroeans which receiued the worde of GOD with loue calleth them more noble men than the rest shewing that God counteth none noble but those which are of a noble spirite As Saint Iohn calleth none elect but the vertuous and Saint Luke calleth none noble but the religious so our Sauiour Christ calleth none his kinsmen but such as are righteous these are my mother and my brethren which heare the worde of God and do it As Abrahams children are not counted after the flesh but after the Spirite So Christes kinsmen are not counted after the flesh but after the Spirite for the flesh was not made after the Image of God but the Spirite therefore God is not called the father of bodies but the father of Spirites Now God which is a Spirite preferreth them which are kinne vnto him in the spirite therefore Esau was not blessed because he was of Isaacks flesh but Iacob was blessed because he was of Isaacks spirite As wee loue in the flesh so Christ loueth in the spirite therefore hee calleth none his kinsmen but them which heare the worde of God and doe it It seemeth that Paul thought of this saying when he said till Christ be reformed in you If Christ be found in vs as Saint Paul saith then wee are Chists mother euerie one which will haue Christ to be his Sauiour must be Christ his mother The virgin asked the Angel how shee could beare Christ seeing shee had not knowen a man so you may aske how you can beare Christ seeing he is borne alreadie As there is a second comming of Christ so there is a seconde birth of Christ. When we are regenerate and borne againe then Christ is borne in vs againe The virgin Marie was his mother by the flesh and the faithfull are his mother by the Spirite Againe the Holie Ghost did conceaue him in her the Holie Ghost likewise did conceaue him in them Hee was in her wombe and hee is in their hearts Shee did beare him and they doe beare him Shee did nurce him and they doe nurce him This is the seconde birth of Christ. As the soule of man may be called The Temple of the Holie Ghost so it may also be called the wombe of the sonne that is the mother of Christ. Before those wordes it is sayde that Christ asked Who is my mother and who are my brethren As if hee should saye You thinke that I am affected to my kinsmen as you are But I tell you that I count them my kinsmen which heare the worde of GOD and doe it To shewe that Christ loueth vs with an euerlasting loue he sheweth that he doeth not loue vs for any temporall things but for that which endureth for euer If Christ loued vs as ISAAC loued ESAV for Venison then wee might misse the blessing as ESAV did But as IOHN saith He loued in the trueth so Christ loueth in the trueth To loue in the trueth is the true loue Euery loue but this at one time or other hath turned into hatred but the true loue ouercommeth hatred euen as the trueth ouercommeth falshood No we see this loue Christ calleth them by the names of loue his mother his brethren and sisters In the sixth to the ROMANES they are called his seruaunts If that be not enough in the fifteenth of saint IOHN they are called his friends If that be not enough in the thirde of MARKE they are called his kinsmen If that be not enough in the 24 Chapter of LVKE there he calleth them his brethren If that be not enough in the first of MARKE they are called his children If that be not enough here they are called his mother If that be not enough in the fifth of the CANT they are called his spouse to manifest that he loueth them with all loues the mothers loue and the brothers loue and the sister loue and the masters loue the friends loue If all these loues could be put together yet Christes loue exceedeth them all and the mother and the brother and the sister and the childe and the kinsmen and the friends and the seruaunt would not doe and suffer so much amongest them all as Christ hath done and suffered for vs alone Such a loue wee kindle in Christ when wee heare his worde and do it that wee are as deere vnto him as al his kindred together Nowe as wee are his mother so wee should carrie him in our hearts as his mother did in her armes as we are his brethren so we should preferre him as Ioseph did Beniamin as wee are his spouse so wee shoulde embrace him as Isaac did Rebecca if thou be a kinsman do like a kinsman Nowe wee come to the markes of these kinsmen which I may call the armes of his house As Christ saieth By this all men shall knowe my Disciples if they loue one another So hee sayeth by this shall all men knowe my kinsmen if they heare the worde of God and doe it Here it is continuallie saide Hee which heareth the worde of