Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A00284
|
The fortresse of fathers ernestlie defending the puritie of religion, and ceremonies, by the trew expositio[n] of certaine places of Scripture: against such as wold bring in an abuse of idol stouff, and of thinges indifferent, and do appoinct th'aucthority of princes and prelates larger then the trueth is. Translated out of Latine into English for there sakes that vnderstand no Latine by I.B.
|
I. B., fl. 1566.
|
1566
(1566)
|
STC 1040; ESTC S101361
|
39,585
|
76
|
lewes were greatly to be commeÌ„ded which offered theyr bare neckes to be cut of with the Souldiars swordes rather then they wold contrarie to their lawe and libertie suffer the Emperours Image to be brought into their Temple So the Pall ors of Christes flocke are greatly to be coÌ„mended that had leuer lese their goodes and lyues then suffer any mens Polytique Rites traditions to be brought into Christes Chirch wherby eyther the whole Church and especially the Ministers shold be brought into any bondage or the word of God should be hyndred therby man shold be made as it were a God or take vnto him the honor of God THE EXPOSITION OF certain partes of Scripture according to the mindes of the chieffe Doctors that in our time were in reformed chirches also of some old doctors wherin thow shalt so the trew doctrine of indifferent things of garments and of th'auctoritie that Princes Prelates haue to set owt rites and ceremonies Saincte Ambrose Byshop of Millane vppon thevij of the former Epistell of Sainct Paul to the Corinthians YEar bought vvith a price be ye not made the bondmen of men It is trewe because we ar bought with so deare a price that we could not haue ben bought againe of any but only of Christ who is ritche in all thinges Therfore he that is bought with a price ought more to serue or to do his dewtie in thâ—office of a bondman that he may after a manner make recompence to his byer Thei ar boÌ„d men that subdue thoÌ„ selues to mens superstitions Therefore those that ar bought of God that is of Christe ought not to be boundmen of men But such ar bondmen of men that subdue them selues or obey mens superstitions THEOPHILACTVS Archebyshop of Bulgaria vppoÌ„ the vij chapiter of the former Epistel of Sainct Paul to the Corinthians and vppon thesame vvordes TH'appostel reasoneth not these matters only to slaues or bondmeÌ„ but he speaketh them to those that ar free or he rather doth enstruct all sortes To execute euel comaii dements for mans sake is to become mans servant yea the Christians them selues that they do not any thing for mans sake or pleasure and that they do not execute or fulfill those commaundementes of men whiche ar naught for that were to serue men euen by such as ar raunsomed for a price And a littel after he hauing spoken of thu vvordly and spiritual bondage vvriteth thus Therfore the Apostel hath prouided very well in bothe cases to were first least vnder the pretence of God his seruice seruantes shold depart from there masters in whose power there bodies ar To please the bodely Master further then they ought is to becomeÌ„ boÌ„d men Secondly least they shold fall from God when as they will serue there bodily Masters further theÌ„ becoÌ„meth or that they ought to do ERASMVS ROTERODAMVS in his boke of annotations vppon the fift chapiter of the former Epistel of sainct Peter NEque cou Dominium exercentes aduersiu Cleros c. Neither shall ye be as exercisers of Lordsship against the people or parishes For he vnderstandeth by this worde Cleros not Dyacons or Elders but the flock which fell to euery man by chaunce Brought as little to vse Lordship euer the com mon people asouer there fellowe Elders to be gouerned least any man shold iudge that Byshops vvere forbidden to exercise any Lordship ouer clerkes but that hit vvas graunted them to be Lordes ouer others And here he calleth Elders Bishops for as yet there was not so huge a nombre of priestes but as many Elders as there were so many by shops there were This commaundemet of the Prince of the Apostells shold haue ben written in golden letters and set vp in all palaces of the Byshops Feade faith he the flock oppresse hit not pill hit not and do this not vn willingly but of a sincere desier and mind as fathers neither for filthie lucres sake as though he had seen before that there vppon shold rise a plage or pestilence to the chirch To conclude not plaing Lordes after the maÌ„ner of Kinges but fede with example and ouercome with goode deades Now a daies the coÌ„mon sort of Byshops heareth nothing of there learned flatterers but Lordships Dominions Swordes Kayes and Powers Whervppon riseth in somme of them Some B. at pompous at Princes some more cruell then Tyrauntâ— more pompouse Pride then some Kings vse and more cruelnes then some Tyrauntes occupie Also in th-same vvork vppon xi chapiter of Sainct Mathevves Gospel SVrely sainct peter in thactes of th'apostelles doth opeÌ„ly call the lawe of Moses which was laied for a time vppon the rebellious people of the Iewes an hard and a heauy burthen which neither we nor oure fathers were hable to beare neyther can any maÌ„ doubt but that it is trueth which the trueth hath pronounced The yooke of Christ is in very dede pleasauÌ„t and his burthen is light so that no mens traditions be laied vpon mens sholders beside or more then that thinge which he hath alredy appoincted and he hath commaunded nothing els but that one shold loue another and there is nothing so bitter but that Charitie will seasone make his swete Whatsoeuer is accordig to Nature it may casely be born but there is nothing that agreeth more with Mannes Nature then Christes Philosophie which goeth abowt to do no other thing almost then to restore oure Nature that is fallen to her innoceÌ„cie and sinceritie againe But euen as the ordinances of men did make heauie the lawe being by hit self greuous enough for the Iewes The lawe of Man may make â—â—â—uy the light yoke of Christ. Euen so must vve diligently take hade that the additions ordinaunces and doctrines of meÌ„ make not the lavve of Christ vvhich of hit self is pleasaunt and light heauy and hard to beare Which ordinauÌ„ces so at the first crept in as though they were small and ought not to be cared for or regarded or els they being commended with the she we of Godlines be gladly receaued of them that ar more simple theÌ„ foresighted Those that ar once receaued by pecemele do growe and encrease vnto a huge quantitie do presse downe ouerthrowe meÌ„ whither they wil or no either by the help of custeme whose violence is a certaine tyrannie or els Thinstrumentes of spirituall bondage by the aucthoritie of Prinees which hold stiffly hit that is rashely receaued abusing hit for there profit and gaines And a little after There ar some that knitt together either a cold sillogisme of a pece of scripture which they do not vnderstand or els make an article of faith of a mannes ordinaunce and of such men ar we iudged to be Christians or no Christias which appertaine nothing attall to Christian Religion And a little after The burtheÌ„ of MaÌ„s ordinaunces and traditions What auaileth it to speak of the burthen of Man his institutions when