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A10817	The day of hearing: or, six lectvres vpon the latter part of the thirde chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrewes of the time and meanes that God hath appointed for man to come to the knowledge of his truth, that they may be saved from his wrath. The summary pointes of every one of which lectures are set downe immediately after the Epistle dedicatory. Herevnto is adioyned a sermon against fleshly lusts, & against certaine mischevious May-games which are the fruit thereof. By H.R. Master of Artes, and now, minister of the word.; Day of hearing: or, six lectures upon the latter part of the thirde chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrewes.	Roberts, Huw, b. 1558 or 9.	1600 (1600)	STC 21089; ESTC S102956	70,687	163

the Apostle Peter 2. P●● 1. 10. 21. witnesleth know this that no prophecie in the scripture is of any private 〈◊〉 for the prophec came not in olde time by the will of 〈◊〉 but h●l●● 〈◊〉 of God spake as they were mooved by the holy Ghost And likewise when of sinne is by the faithfull pastour collected and preached out of the sacred scriptures we are to teceyue the same and to esteeme of it as if God himselfe did speake vnto vs who then sheweth his face vnto vs so far as we are able to abide it but his glorious voice our fraile nature cladde with sinne and transgression cannot endure to heare without the ministerie of men as it appeareth in the Israelits who say to Moses talke Exod. 20. 19. thou with vs and we will heart but i●t not God talke with vs least we die And yet when we are taught by Gods ministers it is the holy Ghost that teacheth vs Of whose wysedome the Apostle saith vvee haue this treasure in earthen vesselles 2. Cor. 4. 7. even heauenly treasure pure and vndesiled for as we see the water of a fountaine when it is put into the earthen vesselles doeth not chaung his nature and qualitie that it had before And the light of the sun though it shine through a window into a darke place doth neverthelesse retaine that vertue operation which it hath from the body of the sun so the ministery of men which are the organes or instruments of the holy Ghost altereth not the nature and propertie neither diminisheth the authoritie of those thinges which they minister VVee must bevvare therefore that vvee giue not the lesse credue to the vvisedome of the holye Ghost because vvee heare it at the mouth of men For it is vvritten God 2. Cor. 4. ● that commaunded the light to shine out of darkenesse is hee vvhich hath shined in the heartes of his Ministers to giue the light of the knowledge of the glorie of GOD in the face of IESUS CHRIST And therefore vvhosoever beleeveth not men teaching as they are taughte of GOD the same beleeveth not the spirite of GOD vvho hath made them able Ministers of his holye vvill revealed in his vvoorde For CHRIST hath given that commission to his true Ministers that hee sayeth of them hee that heareth you heareth Luke 10. 1● mee and hee that despiseth you despiseth mee Novve seeing that the Canonicall scriptures are the sayings of the holy Ghost who yet speaketh to vs 〈◊〉 oft as we heare them ministred and taughte shall wee not giue greate heede to so great a Doctour that his woordes maye perswade and take place in our heartes to the winninge of the soule for this cause this scripture vvith the rest of that Psalme of Dauid was vsually song among the lewes vppon the sabbath dayes when the church came together that it might stirre them vp to a more attentiue hearing of the law and the Prophetes And so likwise this psalme is wont to be read or song in our chruches in these dayes before the common praires and diuine exercise of the other scriptures as a preparatiue to the estectuall hearing of Gode voice And not to giue place to evill thoughtes and worldly cogitations which are wont to harden mens heartes and to cause manie to depart out of the church as wyse and with as litle knowledge as they came to it To omitte now the particulare handling of these words of the Prophet for they are afterwardes repeated and applied by the Apostle as we shal see in the handling therof let vs here consider three especiall causes why this scripture is here alledged wherof the first is that the Hebrewes might haue no I cause to glorie of their farhers and progenitours after the ●lesh For those their fathers which as they boast of had eaten Manna●●● Ioh. 6. 31. the wildernesse tempted God faith the Prophet and therefore he exhorteth their posteritie and all that heare the same worde of saluation which was preached vnto those fathers by Moses not to harden their heart ●s as they did There is nothinge so common in the mouth of vanie and superstitious men as the prayse of their fo●efathers and of the dayes that are past as if it were inough for vs if we could but follow the example of our fathers neuer examining how they beleeued ●r how they heard the word of God or whether they haue heard it at all And wee thinke that our sins sh●l not come into iudgment yf wee haue learned them of our fathers But doe we not heare that God faith in the seconde commaundement that he is is a ie●ouse God visiting the sinns of Exod 20. 5. the fathers vpon the children vppon the third generation and vppon the fourth of them that hate him that is as a worthie teacher expoundeth Bullinger vpon the second cōmādemēt it yf the children walke in the crooked stepps of their fathers and thinke that their iniqu●tie ●hall not be punished because they haue learned it of● their fathers yet God will ●harplye reuenge it in the children although he touched not their fathers when they committed the same iniquitie The people that vvere left from the captivitie of Babilon obiect against the Prophet Ieremiah that vvhen they and their fathers did burne incense vnto the Queene of Ier. 44. 17. 18. heaven and powre out drincke offeringes vnto her they had plentie of victuals and all was well with them But when they left of that service wee haue had say they scarcenesse of all thinges and haue beene consumed by the svvorde and by the famine The Prophete replyeth that because they and their fathers vvith their Kinges and Princes h●dde doone such thinges therefore the LORDE coulde no longer forbeare Ier. 44. 20. 21. 22. it but broughte those plagues vpon them And thus doe the frovvarde people of our dayes vvhich vvincke at the lighte deceiue themselues obiecting that our fathers vvhich as they saie vvere of the olde religion had plentie of all thinges and felte no vvant And because they are touched vvith the evilles of these dayes vvhich notwithstandinge are nothing so greate as the obstinacie and vvillfull ignoraunce of this age hath deserved they run into that note of follie vvhy is it that the Eccle. 〈◊〉 12. former daies vvere better then these This hath beene the olde complainte of all ages The heathen * Ovid fastlib I. laudamus veteres sed nostri● vtimut annis Poet saith laudamus veteres wee are vvonte to praise the yeares of our forefathers This commeth from the darkenesse of our nature that we iudge foolishlie of those thinges whereof vvee bee ignoraunte according to this saying of a learned teacher because vvee Bishop lewell feele not our fathers evilles therefore wee imagine they had no evil at al. But though it vvere true that our fathers haue had the peace and posperitie of this worlde yet if wee will looke into that age wherein

not Christians so to profite by hearing learning that they may be able as it is required in these places of scriptures Col. 3. 16. Rom. 15. 14. Heb. 3. 13. 1. Thess 4. 18. 5. 11. to teach to edifie to admonish and to comfort one another with the word of God but if the knowledge of these thinges had any place in the heart● of vaine mē they would abhorre to be at their prayers or to speake their owne wordes when they should be intentine to heare the word of faith Let vs beware therfore as Origen saith least there bee a vaile laide over our heartes not onely when Moses is read Super Exod ho●il 12. but also when Paul is read And without doubt if we be negligent in hearing and set not our mind to learne and to understand not onely the scriptures of the law and the Prophets but also the scriptures of the Apostles and Evangelists are covered with a vaile that we shall not vnderstand thē Thus saith O●●gen And surely as the lews reiected the Gospell of the new testament and boasted that they were the see 〈…〉 Abraham and 〈…〉 〈…〉 2. C●● 〈◊〉 14. 15. the disciples of M●ses when is in the reading of Moses their ●●nds wer● h●●d 〈…〉 the vaile of vnbe●ie●e was la●d over th 〈…〉 〈…〉 es that they did not vnderstand the old testament so do ●ost ●en in these d●●es being content with the b●te name of 〈…〉 with the blinde customes receiued from their fathers harden their hearts in sin stop their ea●es against the same Gospel of grace But wo be to the security of these men Now seeing that to pray or to be otherwise exercised in the congregation then the time and place requireth when mē come into the church is not the least 〈◊〉 which argueth if men will pe●sist in it being admonished that they harden their hearts in ignoraunce and will not bee ready to come to Christ vvhen hee calleth take heede that you giue not the lesse credite to this or any other doctrine confirmed with the trueth because you heare it frō young men or from your inferiours in the estimati● of the world For hee that despiseth the preceptes of life ministred by men despiseth not man but God 1. Thess 4. 8 saith the Apostle Satan is a most subtill adversarie and goeth about by all meanes to keepe you vnder the vaile of darkenesse naturall ignorance if other meanes faile him he can work by perswading you to measure your faith to the word of God with the fame and estimation of the minister and so either to receiue or reiect his doctrine according as the world iudgeth of the man Hereof we haue a manifest example in the ninth of Iohn where when the mā that was borne Io. 9. 30. 31. 32. 33. blinde began to preach vnto the Iewes of Christ known by his diuine power in opening his eies the Iewes shew their pride and disdaine to learne of such a one and say vnto him thou art altogether borne in sinnes and ver 34. doest thou teach vs saith an ancient Christian doctor vpon these wordes it is seene that Cy●ill greater men do commonly disdaine to learne of their inferiours this proceedeth from the dangerous disease of pride whereby man perswadeth himselfe in his owne conceite that he hath sufficient knowledge when he is ignorant and he is ashamed to learne of them that are of lesse reputation in the iudgement of men then himselfe least he should seeme to be ignorant or to haue lesse learning then that man hath of whome he is taught But if our minde were indued with true humility we should not be ashamed to learne a quovis puerulo of any child saith he that could teach vs the thing which we knowe not For the truth is to be embraced heard of whomsoeuer it may be learned These at the words of a worthy teacher And of this humilitie which ought to be in all Christians to learne we haue a notable example in Apollos a mā eloquent and mightie Act. 18. ●4 25. 26. in the scriptures and yet humble to be further instructed of Aquila Priscill● a poore tent-maker and his wife here euerie one that wil be the seruant of Christ may learne humilitie and be prepared like the men of Berea with all readinesse to receiue the word Act. 17. 11. which is able to saue his soule and of the seruant of sinne to make him the seruant of righteousenesse It is yet called to day And yet we may heare the voice of the bridegrome Christ Iesus And is there is one day of seuen appointed for men to rest And to heare his voice and as there is a time of that day for men to heare and not to be otherwise occupied then in hearing let no man abuse that time let no man thē speake his owne words Art thou dull of hearing and canst hardly setle thy minde to learne● yet be carefull to heare from the beginning to the end and thou canst not goe away without some good leslon laide vp in thine heart Hast thou a good memory and a●t thou apt to learne thē spend all the time of hearing in hearing thy knowledge shal be the more increased Wi●● thou be iustified by ●aith be made partaker of Christ thou hast heard that saith cōmeth by hearing and Rom. 10 17. now thou m●ist heare now is the day of hearing so lōg 〈◊〉 the Lord calleth Hereafter wil be the daie of reiecting for them that would not hear when they were called In that day men cannot learne though they would for wisdome warneth thē which sleepe out the time of grace when learning is offered vnto them when affliction and anguish shall come vppon P●o. 1. 27. 28. you then shal they cal vpō me but I wil not answer they shall see●e me early but they shall not find me the reason is added why wisdome wil not be found of m● at their pleasure because they h●ted knowledg did not chuse the fear of the Lord. If therfore thou wilt not in this day of his g 〈…〉 hea●● his voice to thy salvation thou shalt hereafter in the day of his wrath heare it to thy condemnation if now in the day of his calling his voice cānot awake thee out of the sleepe of sin security it shal hereafter in the day of his iudgment awake thee to thine eternal confusion though thou sleepe in the earth though thou be returned into dust doubt not of this for the ●ord speaketh it the houre sh●l● come in the which all that 10. 5 28. 29. are in the graues shall heare his voice And they shal come forth that haue done good vnto theresurrection of life but they that haue done evil vnto there surrection of condemnation In that day shall every scripture every sermon every word of exhortatiō which thou hast heard or read be a witnesse against thee how

darkenesse of their owne heartes before the light of the truth to examine them selues what ground they stand vpon For there shineth in many now-adayes a goodlie shewe of holines equitie in their dealinges and yet are they enemies to the Gospell glad if they can find occation to do hurt to slaunder the professours therof But if this sinne of wicked frowardnes disobedience to the worde that wee heare were farre from vs then all other sinnes would soone be corrected reformed Wherefore being compassed as we haue with a cloud of many witnesses whose example if we consider them leadeth vs to obedience to the will of God we pray that everie one of you shew the like diligence to the resisting of sinne euill examples of the worlde to grow to perfect knowledge in the word of God while it is yet called to day The sixth and last Lecture vpon the 18. and 19. v●rses of the punishment of them that obey not the Gospell though for a time they bee borne with and liue in a flowrishing state What the tokens of Gods iudgements which befal ●n the world 〈…〉 and wherewith so●e men are visited should pro●ite vs the worde of God is the iu●ge of men which word is to be obeyed while the day of grace lasteth 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest but vnto them that obeyed not 19 So wee see that they coulde not enter in because of vnbeliefe WE haue already heard of thē which when they heard the word of God from the mouth of his ministers provoked him to anger with their rebelling and murmuring against him where it was noted how great the corruption and wickednesse of mans nature is which provoketh against the wisdome of the holy Ghost setteth more by superstitious vanities then by the worde of eternall life We haue also heard of sinne and the effect thereof The sinnes of the Israelites whom God delivered from the bondage of Egypt were the cause that within fortie yeares in which they abused Gods long suffering they were with diverse plagues destroyed and consumed in the wildernesse And now to declare a further punishment of sinne and rebellion then is the bodilie punishment and the evils of this life the scripture saith here that God sware to them that obeyed not that they shoulde not enter into his rest By which wordes repeated out of the scripture of the Prophet before alledged the Apostle putteth the Hebrewes in mind not of the rest of the land of Canaan which their fathers through disobedience and vnbeliefe had lost but of the rest of the heauenly 〈…〉 salem the everlasting inheritaunce of the Saintes whereof the earthly rest and peace in the land of Canaan as also the rest of the seuenth day was but a type or a shadow therefore he saith If Iesus or Ioshua Heb. 4. 8. had giuen them rest then would he not after this day haue spoken of an other For the Prophet Dauid in his exhortation made long after the possessing of the land of Canaan speaketh of the true and perfect rest which the faithfull do enter into which God hath promised Heb. 4. 3. from the begining of the world to them that obey his voice To be excluded from this rest through vnbeliefe and hardnes of heart is a wo●full case It is to haue thy portion with dogges Rev. 22. 15. enchanters whoremongers and murtherers idolaters and whosoever loueth or maketh lies The children of Israell to whom the Lord made his power so manifestly knowne in Egypt at the red sea and in the wildernesse were afterward when they sinned most fearfully punished destroied And moreouer as this scripture witnesseth the Lorde swa●e that they should not enter into his rest Here is the iust reward of sin disobedience that is to be deb●rred shut out for evermore from en 〈…〉 ng into the ●ords rest And this is heere declared in that he denyeth vnto those perverse people the signe or sacrament of his grace signifiyng therby that the grace it selfe is denied vnto thē for the not admitting of those obstinate and vnfaithful Iews into the land of Canaan sheweth that for then vnbeliefe they are not * As no sacrament 〈◊〉 instituted of God without significatiō of an invisible grace so the taking away of the sacramētes importeth a taking away of the grace that was signified thereby howbeit not so but that God may and doth extraordinarily saue some where the ordinary meanes of salvation and the sacraments cannot be had admitted into the perfect and eternall rest figured in the earthly rest of that promised land Which also in an other place the Authour of this Epistle whom we vnderstand to dispute here not of the shadow but of the substance not of the transitorie but of the perpetual rest inferreth with these words they to whom it was first preached entered not therein for vnbeliefes sak● Heb. 4. 6. This passeth all the temporary plagues punishments which befall men for their sinnes in this present life And yet this happened to them which in this world were reputed for Gods people for a time were partakers of all the signes tokens of Gods favour Wherefore that no man be deceiued in himselfe and thinke that he standeth fast because he is in the church of God when he is not of the church here we see that as Paule saith to be vnder the cloud to passe through 1. Cor. 10. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 4. the se● to be baptized vnto Moses that is to be partakers of Gods sacraments vnder their captaine Moses to eate man●a to drinke of the spirituall rocke which as he interpreteth it was Christ did nothing profite the children of Israel for when they sinned and would not obey nor giue credite either to the comfortable promises or to the fearfull threatnings of God they were ouerthrown● in the wildernesse depriued of all hope of the rest promised to the faithfull seede of Abraham These things are written that we might learne vnderstand that our baptisme ministred to vs in the name of the holy trinitie our coming to church our common prayers our outward hearing of the word of God our receiuing of the communion of the Lords supper our names of Christians and whatsoeuer outward signes and markes of Christian religion we haue shall profite vs nothing to attaine eternall rest so long as our hearts be not cleane from the hipocrisie superstion of the flesh so long as we do not crucifie the olde Adam which is wont to rebel against the word of God because it reacheth vs things contrary to our owne wil. Whosoeuer therfore doeth not suffer the words of exhortation doeth not in sinceritie trueth obey the voice of Christ hath no part in the inheritance which is prepared for the sons of ●od notwithstanding that for a time he he partaker of the earthly sacraments and signes of the

that God beareth with vs the more terrible will be his reuengment if we abuse his benignitie winke at the testimonies of his wrath shewed vpon others for our example Now hauing such euident testimonies of Gods seuere iudgmēts in al ages reuealed against the vnrighteousenes and vnbeleefe of men as the Apostle saith here of the vnbeleeuing Israelits we see that they could not enter in because of vnbeliefe so we see declare vnto you by the same word of trueth which we minister● that all obstinate and vnbeleeuing sinners which will not obey the trueth shall not enter in to the rest of life euerlasting or haue any part in the feliciti● of the faithfull Do we therfore iudge men no in no wise The word which we minister is the iudge and by it we denounce the iudgments of God against them which obey not this word instructing them with meeknes prouing i● God at any time will giue thē repēt●nce that they may come to the knowledge of his truth for this is the iudgment of the spirite of God hee that obeyeth not the sonne shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth ●o 3 36. on him and he that is in this vnbeliefe though he fasi from mea●● though he say many pra●ers though he giue much to the poore though he build churches and do many gloriouse workes doeth yet nothing acceptable to God while he beleeueth not in the sonne while hi● heart cleaveth not to the word of the Lord. For as it is written without faith it is vnpossible to please God and againe Heb● 11. 6 Rom. 14 23 what soeuer is not of faith is sinne So far is the carnal mā which is possessed with vnbeliefe frō pleasing of God that all his workes euen the best deedes that he doeth are nothing els but sinne Many there be which doe many thinges that haue in deed as the Apostle saith a shew Col. 2. 23. of wisedome in voluntary religion but if you aske these people from what faith their works do proceede and vpon what promises of God cōtained in his word their faith is setled they will commonly say that though they know not these things yet hope they to bee saued as wel as your selfe But be not deceiued for this hope is no hope It is not the auker of the soule both sure and stedfast And your faith is no Heb. 6. 19. faith so long as it be not built vpon the rocke of Gods worde which is the iewell that you should desire more then gold and finde to be sweeter then hony and the hony combe But while Psal 19 19. you builde vpon the devises of your owne heart your adversary when the day of triall cōmeth wil overthrow your whole building which is not grounded vpon the rocke but vpon the vnsure sand Wherfore if you wil enter into Gods rest dwel safely frō the feare of evill your heart must be purified by faith and as you heare dayly faith is by hearing hearing by the word of God Rom. 10. 17 If hitherto you haue beene dul of hearing or slow of heart to beleeue this word giue now the more diligence to heare and to exercise your selues therin least it be taken away from you for your former negligence vnthankfullnes For so the Lord threatneth by his Propher bebould the daies come saith the Lord God that I will send a famine in the lād Amo● 8. 11 12. not a famine of bread nor a thrist for water but of the hearing of the word of the Lord. And they shall wander from sea to sea from the North euen vnto the East shall they runne is fro to seeke the word of the Lord shall not finde it This is a famine more to be feared then any famine of materiall bread For this falmine of hearing the word of God is a tokē of reprobation a signe that God doth vtterly forsake cast away that people or nation where it is sent For when God taketh away the light of his word what shall we find but hell●●h darkenesse the shadowe of death this is the ●ust iudgment of God for the vnbeliefe of them that shall nos enter into his rest Beholde now therfore the accepted time behold 2. Cor. 6. 1. now the day of saluation For yet it is called to day yet wisedome vttereth her voice in the Heb. 3. 13. Pro. 1. 20. streets open assemblies of our people promiseth that whosoeuer obeyeth her shall ver 33. dwel safely be quiet frō the fear of euil Be hold now the Lord stadeth at the d●●re knockee●● saying if any man heare my voice opē the Rev. 3 20. doore I will come in vnto him and will supp● with him he with me To this Lord that hath made his voice to be heard among vs now aboue fourty yeeres long and yet continueth vnto vs the glorious day of his grace be praise in the church throughout all generations for euer Let vs humble our selues before the thrōe of grace and pray FINIS A GODLY AND NECESSARY SERMON against fleshly lustes and against certaine mischievous May-games which are the fruite thereof Preached vpon the first Sabbath day in Maie in the yeere 1598. By H. R. Master of Artes and now Minister of the word Gal. 5. 17. The flesh lusteth against the spirite and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrarie one to the other Printed at Oxford by Joseph Barnes and are to be sold in Paules church yard at the signe of the Bible 1600. To the Reader THis sermon Christiā Reader should haue bene published together with another of the sufferings agon●es of our sauiour Christ of his victorie over death but that some which would be counted the soundest clarkes and yet br●ach not the soundest doctrine to the world want not their fauourers and meanes to stoppe the way of all such things as do not concord say amen to whatsoeuer they haue sayd fastened vpon the world for truth Omitting therfore things that must be deferred I haue here adioined to these six lectures ●ntitled the day of hearing a sermon vpō a text of the Apostle Peter exhorting to abstaine from fleshly lusts For as the sonne of S●rach forbiddeth vs to keepe backe our counsell when Eccl. 4. 23. it may do good so the afore named Apostle of Christ commanudeth vs euerie man as he hath receiued the gift to minister the same one to 1. Pet. 4. 10. another Wherfore as time place required as God ●nabled me to be an instrument of his mercy I haue br●fly intreated of the perillous bondage and thraldo●e into the which we are brought through the lusts of our owne flesh that seeing our selues to be in a dangerous case we may be the more s●irred vp to watch by Gods gar●● to haue victori● against such inuincible aduersaries And whē I taught these