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A12604	The eunuche's conuersion A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the second of February. 1617. By Charles Sonnibank, Doctor of Diuinitie, & Canon of Windsor.	Sonibancke, Charles, 1564-1638.	1617 (1617)	STC 22927; ESTC S114127	43,380	142

and slanders they doe loade the sacred Scriptures onely to this ende to make way for their owne deuises and to establish their vnwritten traditions which they are not ashamed to match and equall with the word of God But let vs learne as it becommeth vs to put as great difference between the sacred and written word of God and the vnwritten doctrines and traditions of men as there is betweene golde and brasse betweene siluer and the dust of the earth And howsoeuer there was a time wherein our Forefathers and Ancetors were gulled and deceiued with the fopperies and delusions of vnwritten verities and traditions yet let not vs be so deluded For want of bread made of wheat men are content to eat bread made of rie for want of bread made of rie to eate oaten-cakes but yet it doth not follow that the one is as wholesome as the other and when you may haue of the best that you should choose the worst So it is betweene the word of God and traditions of men when bread of wheate that is the worde of God was kept away from our fathers in an vnknowne tongue then was bread of rie and oates sauorie to their hungry soules for the soule is like the stomacke it must be fed and it euermore desireth somewhat that belongeth to religion and saluation but now seeing bread of pure wheat that is the word of God is by Gods mercy set before vs let vs not inuentis frugibus glandibus vesci eate acornes when we may eate wheate and forsaking the holy and wholesome written word of God basely feede vpon the vnsauorie vnwholsome vnwritten traditions of inconstant and corruptible men But rather as it is said Act. 19. Paul I know and Iesus I know but who are yee So let vs say to Traditions the olde Testament wee knowe and the new Testament wee knowe but who are yee We know the olde Testament and the new the Law and the Gospell to be those two dugges or breasts which yeeld milke sufficient for the nourishment of any that are babes and children in Christ We know the olde Testament the new the Law and the Gospell to be those two pence spoken of Luke 10.35 which are able to pay for and to discharge any surgerie and physicke which our sicke soules may need and to heale all the wounds all the sinnes and transgressions thereof We know the olde Testament and the new the Law and the Gospell to be those two swordes spoken of Luk. 22.38 of which our Sauiour there said They are enough for indeed they are enough both for the assaulting of whatsoeuer enemies and for the defence of our selues And therfore let them speake as gloriously as they can of their vnwritten traditions and magnifie them as they list we will onely build our faith vpon the holy and written worde of God this shall bee our onely guide in matters of faith Sic dicit Dominus thus saith the Lord. And yet wee doe not contemne the voyce of Antiquitie wee scorne not either the writings or opinions of the Fathers but gladly vse them and reuerently esteeme of them and giue vnto them as much credit as themselues desire should bee giuen vnto them that is as farre forth as they agree with Gods word wee reuerence them and subscribe vnto them no further because we dare not vnder their banner fight against God or vnder their countenance out-face his truth This is a good rule In the writings of the Fathers that which is prooued out of the Scriptures is Vox Dei the voyce of God that which is probably spoken and deliuered is Vox hominis the voyce of man that which is affirmed falsly is Vox serpētis the voyce of the Serpent And as wee are to stop our ears to deny all consent to that which is falsely deliuered so are wee not to open our eares or to giue any farther consent to those things which are probably deliuered in the case of Religion and matters of Faith than as they may bee either directly prooued or necessarily and strongly collected and deduced out of the written word of God In the 3. of King 1. when contention was between Adoniah and Salomon who should bee King after Dauid with Adoniah stoode Abiathar the Priest and Ioab the Captaine with Salomon stood Zadock the Priest and the mighty men which were with Dauid Here were Priests against Priests mighty men against mighty men Bathsheba the mother of Salomon seeing this contention knew not what to doe Nathan the Prophet therefore said vnto her Come I wil giue thee counsell to saue thy life and the life of thy sonne Salomon so hee willed her to goe to Dauid the King and of himselfe to learne his pleasure in that businesse Thus the case standeth with Relion at this day Adoniah standeth against Salomon Antichrist against Christ Ioab the Captaine and Abiathar the Priest are on the one side and Zadock the Priest and the mighty men of Dauid on the other side mighty men against mighty men Priests against Priests great men on both sides You therefore like Bathsheba are diuided in your opinions and distracted in your iudgement harken therefore to Nathan the Prophet who doth giue you counsell to saue your liues and the liues of your sons and daughters In these matters of controuersie in these matters of faith goe to Dauid himselfe goe to God himselfe looke and obserue what he hath set downe in his holy word and what hee hath decreed touching matters of faith and hold that fast and as for vnwritten traditions and vnwritten verities let them passe for they are not of necessitie to be beleeued they binde not your consciences He preached vnto him Iesus Secondly by occasion of these words I obserue that the summe and substance of Philips Sermon to this Eunuch is cōtained in this one word Iesus It is most true indeed that the sum and substance the marrow and pith the power and life of all our Sermons and preaching vnto you is grounded and contained in this one word Iesus the second person in Trinitie the Son of God For as all the lines which either are or may be drawn in a round or circular figure though they be infinit yet all of them haue terminum suum in centro they all meet and are terminated in the middle point or center of the circle so all the lines and rules of faith and of religion and all the parts of Gods holy diuine truth though they be otherwise and in themselues infinite yet all of them haue terminum suum in centro they all meet and are terminated in Christ Iesus who is the very center and foundation of all truth And as all the Axioms precepts of euery Art and Science if they be rightly and duly deliuered haue relationem ad subiectum a true dependence or necessary reference to the Subiect of euery the said Arts Sciences so all the axioms of pietie and godlinesse all the

Eunuch The maine scope principall drift of the Spirit of God in this Scripture and history which I haue read vnto you is to shew and shaddow out vnto vs the large extent of the doctrine of the Gospel the kingdom of Christ and how the same is by the counsell and mercifull purpose of God to be propagated extended to the vtmost borders of the earth And therefore in this present history which I haue chosen at this time to treat of you may bee pleased to beholde how God vouchsafed to poure vpon the head of this Honorable Eunuch the precious ointment of the sauing knowledge of Christ that like as the sweete and precious oyntment that was powred on the head of Aaron ran downe from his head and beard to the skirts of his garments so also this fragrant and sweete oyntment might stream downe and flowe to the skirts as it were of his cloathing to the vtmost borders of his Countrie and first to open to him the fountaine of life and to let him drinke thereof and then by him as it were by a conduit pipe to deriue and conuey the sweete streames and waters therof to his countrie-men that dwelt a farre off euen to the people and inhabitants of Aethiopia Which thing came accordingly to passe for he being conuerted conuerted many brethren and as wee receiue it by tradition brought many of his owne nation to the knowledge of Christ The chiefe and principall points which I obserue in this Scripture and whereof I purpose by Gods assistance to speake at this time are these 1. An Angel disposeth of Philip assigneth him a place for his employment ver 26. 2. Who what he was to whom by the direction of the Angell Philip was sent First hee was of Aethiopia Secondly hee was an honourable Personage chiefe Gouernor to the Queen of that coūtrie and had the rule of all her treasure Thirdly he came or he trauelled to Ierusalem to worship ver 27. 3. In the third place wee will consider how this noble Eunuch was busied emploied in his returne homeward as hee returned sitting in his chariot he read Esaias the Prophet ver 28. 4. The fourth thing that I intend to speake of is Philips performance of that duty and seruice to which he was appointed ver 30. 5. Fiftly and lastly the effectes which his owne reading and Philips preaching of Christ wrought in this Eunuch they are three first he beleeued secondly hee was baptised and thirdly after he beleeued and was baptised he went homeward reioycing In the first place in that an Angel is appointed by God to warne Philip to hasten and meete the Eunuch for his conuersion it may teach vs how gratious and mercifull God is to the sons of men who for their sakes for their good will haue his Angels to bee seruiceable and helpfull vnto them By the help of Angels Lot was deliuered and preserued in the destruction of Sodome ver 19. An Angel of God went before the hoast of Israel and behinde the hoast and did deliuer them defend them from the Egyptians Exod. 14.19 An Angell of the Lord opened the prison doores by night and brought forth the Apostles and set them at libertie Acts 5.19 An Angel directed Cornelius to send for Peter and here an Angel is sent to warne Philip to ioyne himselfe to the Chariot of this Eunuch and to expound the Scripture vnto him So true is that of the Apostle Saint Paul Angels are ministring spirits sent forth to minister for their sakes vvhich shall be heires of saluation Heb. 1. last Happy are they who by the blessing of God doe make a wise and gracious vse of the ministration of Angels who by the cleannesse of their life and holy conuersation make glad those holy and blessed spirits which are beholders and eye-witnesses of all their actions and by their vnfained repentance giue them cause of reioycing For there is ioy in the presence of the Angels of God for a sinner that cōuerteth Luke 15.10 Which thing if wee shall doe then shall those Angels which reioyce in our wel-dooing and are by Gods appointment content to loue vs and to minister vnto vs heere in sterquilinio mundi in this dūghill of the world much more honour and loue vs in aula coeli in the Palace and kingdome of heauen and beeing glad of our conuersion in this life will bee more glad of our assumption and saluation in heauen 1. In the second or next place we haue to consider the person to whom by the direction of the Angel Philip was sent and hee is here said first to be a man of Aethiopia If any man shall vvonder how any sparke of the knowledge true worship of God should giue light shine in Aethiopia by the light whereof this great and noble man might attaine to any glimse of the knowledge of God and thereby bee brought to desire to performe any seruice and worship to him and that in the place principallie appointed thereunto namely in his holy Temple at Ierusalem especially seeing that howsoeuer the Commission of preaching the Gospel to all Nations though it were giuen sealed to the Apostles and Disciples yet it was not yet sped or as yet executed If any man I say shall wonder hereat he must knowe that although the light of the Gospell did not as yet shine either in Aethiopia or in the remote and vtmost kingdoms of the earth yet besides that knowledge which men might haue by nature and by the beholding of the creatures and the frame of the world the light of the law and the knowledge of God did in some proportion either more or lesse shine or shimmer foorth to all Nations singulis generum though not generibus singulorum as the Schoole speaketh to some of all Nations though not to all particulars of euerie Nation God hath not left himselfe without witnesses in any place but hath left in all the Nations of the world some prints footsteps of his knowledge of his power and goodnes And although it might be said in regard of the eminencie thereof that in Iurie God was well known that his tabernacle was in Salem yet was he knowne in other Nations also and he made his Name glorious in all the quarters of the world The prayer or wish of Noah that Iaphet might dwell in the Tents of Shem was in some measure in all succeeding ages heard and granted Gedeons fleece was not onely and alone watered but the whole threshing floore the Land of Iury was not alone bedeawed moistned with the heauenly deaw of the knowledge of God but the whole earth with the Nations that were farre remooued euen to the vtmost bounds thereof Some part of this heauenly deaw might light vpon this Eunuch's head and with some part of this holy oyntment his heart might be anointed The bookes of Moses and of the Prophets came into the hands and Schooles of many of the