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A14709	The homilies or familiar sermons of M. Rodolph Gualther Tigurine vpon the prophet Ioel. Translated from Latine into Englishe, by Iohn Ludham vicar of Withersfielde	Gwalther, Rudolf, 1519-1586.; Ludham, John, d. 1613.	1582 (1582)	STC 25012; ESTC S103628	93,829	243

4. there at length by the Apostles the church beganne to be gathered and the worde of the Lord comming out of Sion in a very shorte space spread ouer the whole world Saluation only to be had in the church We are admonished here that saluation is to be fofid only alone in the church a type figure wherof in times past was Ierusalē which was situate vpō moūt Siō famous renowned through the temple of the Lord for that these thinges are not to bee taken litterally or according to the sense of the letter that we should tye the grace of God and our saluation to the terrestriall Sion and Hierusalem it appeareth abundantly by this that Christ called the same citie afterward a denne of theeues and threatened vēgeance vnto it Math. 21.23.24 such as was neuer shewed the like since the foundation of the world These promises therefore ought to be extended to the church in the bosome wherof doe lye safe Luke 19. Psal 48. Psal 84. as many as shall haue recourse vnto it For there the Sparrowes finde a nest and there the Swallowes laye their yong ones because there florisheth the merit of Iesus Christ who offering himselfe on mount Sion for our sinnes hath pacified God his father toward vs. This Church shall alwayes endure howsoeuer the world storme and rage For why it can by no meanes reele or stagger because it is grounded vpon Christ which is the rocke against whom the gates of hell shall neuer preuayle Matt 16. 28. and who hath promised himselfe to be present with vs euen vnto the end of the worlde It behoueth vs therfore to haue an eye vnto these promises if at any time we be tempted and not to measure the stabilitie of the Church or the certaintie of our saluation after the attempts and enterprises of this worlde Saluation belongeth to the elect But wee haue to marke with singular diligence vnto whom that saluation belongeth that God hath prepared in Sion Namely to the remnāts whom the Lord shall call He nameth these expressely to intent he might exclude hypocrites which trust in the merites of their owne workes and to the end he might shewe vnto vs the foundation of saluation only and alone in the grace and fauour of God For wee haue beene all of vs subiect vnto sinne and by reason of sinne to euerlasting damnation Rom. 3. and haue beene destitute of the glory of God in so muche that if the Lorde had not reserued vnto vs certayne small remnants we shoulde haue beene as Sodome and shoulde haue beene like vnto Gomorrha Esay 1. These remnantes hee hath chosen by his euerlasting purpose before this worlde was made and the same moreouer Epes 8. when it pleaseth him hee calleth and being called iustifieth them Rom. 8. and beeing iustified glorifieth them as Paule teacheth To these Dauid consenteth Psa 65. who comprizing the whole order of our saluation in the selfesame heades sayth Wicked deeds haue preuailed agaynst vs But thou wilt be mercifull vnto our transgressions Blessed is hee whom thou choosest and causest to come to thee hee shall dwell in thy courtes and shal be satisfied with the pleasures of thine house euen of thy holy temple For so much therefore as out of the corrupt masse of mankind some are saued that is onely of meere grace by the which wee are elected in Christ and by this it commeth to passe that like as in tunes past when the Tyrant of the Assyrians wasted destroyed all that euer was both far neere God saued his people in Hierusalē euen so in all ages hee deliuereth his out of the snares of the Diuel by the preaching of the Gospel calleth thē into the felowship of his church maketh them partakers of saluatiō in Christ In the meane season the wordes of remnantes reliques betokē the fewenesse of beleeuers which if they be compared with the multitude of the vngodly The fewnesse of the faythful beleeuers may be accounted very few as we are admonished euery where in the scriptures Christ verily calleth his a little flocke he saith that many are indeed called but few chosen which doe passe by the strait gate into the kingdōe of God Luke 12. Math. 20. 22. 7. There is no cause therfore why we should be mooued at this day with the slanders of such as do cast in our teeth the fewnes of thē that beleeue the Gospel gloriously vaūt of the gay shew of their owne party Neither also let vs hearkē vnto those that contēd auouch that euery man may be saued in by his own religiō For in the church onely saluation betideth vnto the elect chosen who being called by the gospel apprehēd embrace Christ Iesus Actes 2. without whō there is no name wherein men may be saued To him therfore be giuen blessing honour glory and dominion for euer and euer Amen Chap. 3. Of the iudgments of God agaynst the enemies of his people Sermon 12. 1 FOr behold in those daies and in that time when I shal bring again the captiuitie of Iuda and Hierusalem 2 I wil also gather al nations and wil bring thē down into the valley of Iehosophat will pleade with thē there for my people and for my heritage Israel whom they haue scattered amōg the nations parted my land 3 And they haue cast lottes for my people and haue giuen the childe for the harlot sold the damosell for wine that they might drinke 4 Yea what haue you to doe with me O Tyrus Sidon al the coastes of Palestina wil ye render me a recōpence if ye recompēce me I wil swiftly and speedily render your recompence vpon your heade 5 For ye haue takē my siluer my gold and haue caried into your Temples my goodly and pleasant thinges 6 The children also of Iuda and the children of Hierusalem haue you sold vnto the Grecians that yee might send thē farre from their borders The argumēt vse of this present place THe Prophet Ioel hath with many argumentes and perswasions comforted the people of his time against the terrours of the Assyrian warre and amongest other thinges he enterlaced a prophesie of Christes kingdome to the end they might vnderstand that God can by no meanes neglect that nation of whom it behooued the promised redeemer of mankinde to be borne who shoulde spreade abroade his kingdome through the whole world And vpon that occasion he entreated of the most perillous estate of the latter time and withall instructed the godly with holesome counsell vnto whom hee promised a most sure hauen refuge of saluatiō in the Church But whilest he propounded these thinges the faith of a number was not a little tempted when they saw the power of the Assyrians to be in a manner inuincible that the neere natiōs had either cōspired or otherwise taken part