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A04905	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the Fryday before Easter, commonly called good Friday, in the yeere of our Lorde. 1579. By Iohn Knewstub	Knewstubs, John, 1544-1624.; Knewstub, John. Confutation of monstrous and horrible heresies, taught by H.N. aut	1579 (1579)	STC 15046; ESTC S101374	39,484	98

them selues to take vp theyr consideration in our righteous conuersation they craue that our vpryght dealyng may speake in what regarde we haue to them howe wee thinke our selues beholden vnto them they haue set ouer the pleasuring of them to vpright liuing there they would haue it seene howe they are valued prysed esteemed Let vs then behold a Christian Meditation for men of all callynges and trades when they deale in the woorke of theyr callinges to moue them to equitie conscience and regarde of those with whom they deale Beholde my GOD calleth mee to witnesse to the worlde my thankefulnesse for his benefites he calleth me now foorth to value his deseruinges now am I called to set my price vppon his mercies and to leaue a recorde behinde me howe highly or basely Iesteeme of his goodnesse for the recompence of his kindnesse hath hee turned and set ouer to be answeared in obedience and vpright dealyng one with another The grace of GOD that bringeth saluation hath appeared and biddeth vs liue righteously Nowe am I to signifie vnto the worlde how I thinke my selfe indebted vnto God for the benefite of redēption for the benefice of his word for honorfor health for children for friends peace wealth these are now crauyng some consideration Were it not great crueltie that crauing so litle they shoulde neuerthelesse be repelled bringing al things their consideration should be nothingꝭ Now therfore wil I consider of my God for this blessing now wil I answere in dutiful remēbrance for that benefit And so draw forth his speciall mercies to haue thē seuerally cōsidered in our vpright life and iust dealing with men Not with the Papistes to seeme to requite him by merite but with the godly Christian to shew hymselfe not vnmindfull of them in humble obedience to his will. Saying after our best obedience with Dauid in the building of the Temple Who am I and what is my people that wee shoulde bee able to offer willingly after this sort for all things come of thee and of thine owne hand haue we geuen thee all this aboundaunce That we haue prepared to builde the an house is of thy hand and al is thine This meditation is in like maner meete with our croked and disordered affections in our dealinges whiche are voyde of all consideration of iustice and mercy While that we shall in this maner vrge and presse them dost thou thus answere thy redemption Is heere the price of thy sanctificatiō dost thou thus requite thy saluation is this the thankfulnes for thy health and al thou mayest finde in thy heart to affoorde God of thy wealth It followeth wee must liue godly this necessarily is ioined to righteousnes For it were but a vayne thing to bee precise in geuing man his right then to withold the Lord his through impietie We must communicate with him as I tolde you before in his woorde Receiue the Lawe of his mouth and lay vp his wordes in thy heart Dauid hauing declared before how the heauens doe declare the glory of God and howe the creatures doe leade vs vnto some knowledge of him immediately as one rauished with the maiestie excellency of that knowledge of God which we haue by the woorde and as one who taketh that other kinde of teaching to bee nothing in respect of this affirmeth that the lawe of the Lorde conuerteth the soule that it geueth wisdom to the simple geueth light to the eies and bringeth ioy to the heart making these to be the speciall prerogatiues of the woord of God w neither by the creatures nor yet by any other outwarde meanes may be attained vnto It behoueth vs therefore to haue often vse of the woorde of God not onely to take our knowledge from thence how to serue him but also to seeke for incouragement quickening thereunto from it For the woorde of God quickeneth vs to our dueties and stirreth vp the slownesse that by nature is in vs A notable example whereof wee haue in the second of the Chroni Chap. 15. We are likewise to rest vpon his goodnesse whereof he hath made vs such large promises in his woorde to applie his benefites as speciall helpes to strengthen our faith in the perswasion of his fatherly affection towardes vs and to prouoke our obedience the rather therby and to be often and earnest in prayer with him both to haue our strength and abilitie to serue him by that meanes encreased and also to prouide that neither by our subtile aduersary nor yet by our owne frailtie wee be intrapped in the net of destruction For albeit by his grace our spirite be ready yet haue we a weake fleshe which is to be dragged forward by strength obteyned through prayer from our god These thynges must we be geuen vnto and neyther by a plaine reiecting of them and erectyng of our owne deuotion neyther yet by a colde and carelesse vse of them to tempt the Lorde and to vphold vs in vngodlnesse and the fruites thereof The Papistes Anabaptistes Libertines and the Familie of loue are all sworne enimies vnto godlinesse forasmuch as they will haue the woorde altogeather subiect to their spirite For they will haue it not to speake but as their spirite shal indite and herevpon they builde that they are the Churche and therefore haue a promise of the holy Ghost to keepe them that they erre not Enquire of a Papist from whence come theyr vnwritten verities and many folde traditions they answeare there were many thinges that the Apostles then were not able to beare which the holy spirite being nowe come hath taught them The Anabaptistes Libertines and house of Loue vrged with the Scripture wyll aske you what sayth the spirite affirming that to be but the killing letter Thus both of them howsoeuer in other thinges greatly differyng haue this common principle for their foundation and beginning that the Scriptures beeing but an ABC to Christianitie the spellyng and readyng thereof must be drawne from their spirite as if the Gospel shoulde geue place to reuelations and so cary with it the stayne of imperfection or as if the spirite coulde be diuorsed frō the writtē word which it was sent to teache and confirme As it is written He shal bryng al thinges to your remembrance whiche I haue tolde you What can be a more shamefull abasing of Christe then to make him but vsher and their Spirite in place aboue him chiefe Schoolemaisters that as the law brought vs by the hand to Christe so Christe should be our guide vnto reuelation and resigne vnto it as the lash did vnto him They will not deny the word but in trueth they make it a matter of nothing For they will alow no sense vnto it but suche as theyr spirite shall set vpon it So that in verie deede how soeuer they woulde be thought to leade vs to the worde they doe leade their disciples onely to the dreames and deuises of their own head In the time

soule out of aduersitie Solomon thy sonne shal raigne after me The benefites are not lightly regarded that are receiued in aduersitte For the present sense and feeling of the miserie doeth greatly enhance the price thereof And therfore Dauid tooke away all occasion of doubting when he pawneth for assurance of his word so great a matter as was his thankfulnes for his deliuerance out of aduersitie For it could not be that he should forget to redeme so great a gage And in this highest degree of gifts commeth this benefite commended vnto vs for it is the grace of God that bringeth saluation And bringing of saluation prooueth our estate to haue been damnable before It is not only miserie thē that we were plunged in before this benefit came but a miserie of miseries for we were holden vnder the thraldome of death damnation Such a benefite deserueth thankfull remēbrance it speedeth where any perswasion will preuaile such a gift a man would thinke should find fauor prosper whither soeuer it turneth Hauing succeded so great and grieuous a miserie how can it but haue the cast of most boūtiful sweete mercie We may learne by this that hath bin said what the cause is why the holy ghost saith not simply The Gospel teacheth and exhorteth vs but sayth the grace of God which bringeth saluation teacheth and exhorteth vs for it is the Gospel that he meaneth and yet he calleth it The grace of God that bringeth saluatiō to make vs more mindeful of the matter This maner of perswading by giftes and benefites vsed of the holy Ghost may learne vs a profitable lesson howe to withstande temptations vnto sinne whatsoeuer to witte by keeping fresh in memorie the seuerall benefites of God towardes vs making them as bulwarkes against our sinfull assaultes so that when they allure vs we may thus answere them The God who hath redeemed my soule from al aduersitie doeth forbid it me The grace of God to whom I owe my saluation doeth denie it vnto me The goodnes of that God of whō I haue receiued life health honour wealth deliuerance out of these and these troubles preseruatiō from the murtherer euil tōgue and slaunderer doeth desire me that for all the good will that euer he hath borne me I would not consent vnto it If any Prince should by speciall pardon deliuer a subiect frō death that by law and Iustice had deserued it and after aduaunce him to some place of honour in the Lande hard and vnthankful were his heart if those sutes especially of the prince which brought with them the remembrance of this mercie for their better enterteinment shoulde nothing be regarded and in verie deede the benefites receiued from our God should be notes of remēbrance vnto vs for his seueral sutes against sinne and shoulde be alwayes at the albowe iogging of vs to remember him when sinne would pull vs from him And with these or such like speeches to sounde in our eares That Lord that tooke thee off the Ladder when the sentence of euerlasting death had passed against thee biddeth thee nowe remember him that God who hath picked thee out of so great a multitude that continue in their infidelitie hardnesse of heart and obstinacie and blessed thee with speciall knowledge comfort and confidence in him nowe willeth thee not to forget him It shall bee profitable for vs to beholde this in practise which nowe in doctrine can not but delight vs. Ioseph warring with the wicked attempts of his Mistres who would haue intised him to cōmit wickednes with her beareth off al her wicked assaults with this armor For the very remembrāce of his Maisters good wil benefits towards him brideleth him so that he dare not assent vnto her shamefull demaund euē in respect of the iniurie that he should doe vnto a maister so good and well deseruing at his hands Beholde saieth Ioseph vnto her my maister knoweth not what he hath in the house with me but hath committed all that he hath into my hande there is no man in this house greater then I neither hath he kept any thing from me but onely thee because thou art his wife How then can I do this great wickednesse The benefites of his maister towardes him seeme so great a matter in his eyes that he would learne of that impudent and shamelesse woman if impudencie it selfe could happely find out any colour of reason or excuse for so great and grieuous an offence How then sayth Ioseph after he had recited the great kindnes of his master can I possibly doe so great wickednesse not thinking otherwise but that shamelessenes it selfe would blush at such vnkindnesse and vnthankfulnesse as that was with shame inough begin to giue ouer as one who had nothing more nowe to aunswere in so foule a matter There is no man so base but in respect of some benefite receiued from God hee speaketh that sometimes in his heart which Ioseph vttered in woorde to witte there is no man greater then I but there are fewe that inferre therevpon as Ioseph did how then can I doe such wickednesse against him that hath made me the greatest It were a godly aduauntage had of Pride to make this gaine of our mounting and aspiring thoughts which would perswade vs that we be the greatest and thus to replie vpon them If I bee such a one howe then can I lie sleeping in securitie ignoraunce of God and his worde malice and vnmercifulnesse being sworne enemies to his kingdome that hath thus aduaunced me You see by this that hath beene sayd what is the vse of God his benefites euen to be the bane of vngodlinesse to smite thorowe this old man of ours this corrupt nature directing the Speare of Gods grace euē to the heart roote of Sinne when it stirreth within vs So that sinne shall no sooner put out the head but we calling to mind some one or other speciall benefite of God shall bee readie with that same weapon of his grace to runne vpon it and wound it at the heart Therefore we see what necessitie lieth vpon vs except we wil exceede in all vnthankfulnesse to yeeld our selues obedient scholers vnto this Teacher euen the grace of God which bringeth saluation Hauing spoken thus much of the scholemaister order requireth to tell you what the lesson is which this good Schoolemaister would so gladly learne vs and that is this To denie vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and to liue soberly iustly and godly in this present worlde Let vs see what this great grace requireth of vs euen deniall of vngodlinesse and worldly lustes Thus doth the spirit of God begin with vs for we are so wretched and wicked matter that we must be weeded ere any thing may safely be sowen or planted in vs This monstrous cōtagion Leprosie are we admonished of in the order of teaching vsed by the holy ghost generally throughout the scripture In the Moral law almost all precepts were negatiue Thou shalt