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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03481	The burthen of the ministerie Gathered out of the sixt chapiter of the Epistles of S. Paul to the Galathians, the first verse. Verie profitable to be read of euery faithfull subiect, and of all that desire to be taught in the waie of truth. By Iohn Holme.	Holme, John.	1592 (1592)	STC 13601; ESTC S117238	18,041	50

which may bring vs to immortalitie where wee shall neuer carry any more burthens but sing praises of the most high continually And forasmuch as our life while wee liue in this worlde is subiect to many trials and temptations as also that man euen against himselfe is alwaies fighting the powers of his minde and body are alwaies at defiance one with the other let vs therefore labor against our flesh that the spirit of error do not ouerturn vs. Lucifer being the chiefest Angel because he would be equal with his maker was cast downe into the lowest place in hell but these men will sit in the iudgement seate of God and crie damnation damnation as if they had some secrete inspiration from the Lords counsell But will not God cast them downe Will hee not confound their pride that pul motes out of their brothers eye but forget the beames which is in their owne Yet I speake not this to defend non residencie for as there be that may iustly say Malum est nobis esse hîc So there are also that think it a pleasant life though they haue sufficient maintenance for their degree in the country abroad to liue at ease and so in their life they expresse this saying Bonum est nobis esse hîc It is an easie life to liue here I muse how they blush not when men call them Ministers when indeed they neuer do minister and these men are alwayes learning and neuer come to any perfection and if they take neuer so great pains to the outward appearance of men yet for all this they are like vnto the candle which beeing put vnder a bushell giueth small light or none at all O what greeuous burthens are in England whereof this is not the least for such liue vpon the bloud of the slaine of the people Those therefore that bee guiltie in this I accuse none I speake it generally to all lette them take heede of it and I would to God that euen in this their day they would consider the time of their visitation and so they would considering the night is past and the day is come put away the workes of darkenes and put on the armour of light The husbandman of whome the parable consisteth in the Gospell after hee had once dressed the trees of his garden amongst the which in one he had most delight and therfore tooke more paines in pruning of it than of the other supposing indeed to haue receiued the most fruite at it but when the time came beholde there was nothing vppon it but leaues Then at the request of his seruant he let it stand another yere and at the time appointed looked for fruit and lo there was nothing Then the husbandman saide the third yeare cut it down least it also make the ground barren The Lord our God who by his great mercie and goodnes hath planted vs in a famous vineyard and hath taken great paines in pruning of vs hath looked for fruite but behold the bitter rootes of dissention Now the Lorde expecting daily our amendment hath let vs stand still in the florishing vine not for three yeeres but for 20. or 30. and aboue and yet behold no fruite but leaues in the best part or else wilde grapes good for nothing but the furnace Now what iudgement remaineth but that we should be cut vp least wee also make the country and the people barren amongst whom we liue But I fear me this long forbearing is but to bring a greater destruction and as a man would say to fetch his blow the further that his stroke may be the greater By this which is spoken you may partly perceiue that euery man both by nature by the course of his life hath a great burthen But there be many mo burthens beside these for vsurie is a burthen The Vsurer can say for the defence of himselfe I do nothing but that which the lawe will allow although indeed vnder a pretence of lawe hee meane most deceitfully But you knowe that Iudas vnder a pretence of holines betraied his master and so those Vsurers eate vp the people sucking the bloud of them and all this vnder the colour and pretence of lawe But though euerie one do sinne and haue a great burthen yet notwithstanding as a broken peece of gold is not to bee cast away so wee should beare with the infirmities of our brethren helping their weaknes so it would followe that we should beare one anothers burthen for he that seemes to stand let him take heed that he fall not 1. Cor. 10.12 Thy brother fell to day thou maiest fall to morrow for there shall bee iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercie and mercie reioyceth against iudgement 2. Iam. 13. Let vs therfore be merciful as our Sauiour Christ is merciful for Christ hath once suffered for sinnes 1. Pet. 3.18 The grace of God hath appeared vnto all 2. Titus 11. Instructing thē with meeknes that are contrary minded prouing that if God at anye tyme will giue them repentaunce that they may know the trueth 2. Tim. 2.25 So that ye see the burthens of men bee infinite and yet men not to bee reiected for their burthens for vnder a filthye and polluted skin may be a full sound body vnder vice may lurke excellent vertue Helena as Poets faine had a mole in her cheek which made her more amiable so that vice doth rather adorne then any way dishonor the subiect in some neither is the Lord his hand shortned that it can not make an euill tree bring forth good fruit for he that made the eye will ye not haue him see and hee which made the eare will ye not haue him heare Hee which created man can hee not change man which way he will who hath euen the Kings heart in his hands as sayeth Salomon to dispose turne as pleaseth him best But I will let this point passe and come to the second thing which I promised in the beginning to speake of that as euery one hath a burthen as you haue heard before so euery one must beare his owne burthen The soule which sinneth shall die 18. Ezec. 20. The fathers shal not be put to death for the children nor the children put to death for the fathers but euery man shal be put to death for his owne sinne 24. Deut. 16. So then euerye one of vs shall giue accountes of himselfe to God 14. Rom. 12. By which two places it doth appeare without all controuersie that euery man shall beare his own burthen But some may obiect flesh and blood is ready to make obiectiōs as did Nichodemus howe can a man said he be borne again alleaging a place of scripture against this doctrine out of the 20. of Exod. 5. visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vnto the children vppon the 3. and 4. generation of them that hate me Adam sinned and so we all are punished 3. Ge. Achabs wiues sinne brought destruction vpon all their

of the Law to driue a man to repentance Now that not only the children of disobedience haue a burthen but also the elect children of God it may appeare by the testimonie of Paul himselfe in the 17. and 18. verses For I knowe that in me that is in my fleshe dwelleth no good thing for will is present with me but I finde no meanes to performe that which is good for I do not that good which I would do but the euil which I would not do that do I. And so he concludes that euen the contagion of sinne dwelleth in him which is a grieuous and most hainous burthen And he that saith he hath no burthen dcceineth himselfe and the trueh of God is not in him as it is in the first Epistle of Iohn 1. Chap. 8. ver If we say that we haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and trueth is not in vs. And in the 2 Chap. He declares the meanes how to be eased of our burthen If any man sinne wee haue an Aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the iust and he is the reconciliation for our sinnes yet there is a difference between the sinning of the godly and the vngodly Sinning of the godly said I there be many partes of the scripture that seeme repugnaunt to this As first a good tree cannot bring foorth euill fruite Hee that committeth sinne is of the deuill for euery one that is borne of God sinneth not as the Apostle witnesseth that which is borne of the spirit is spirite Then how can the former stand for a trueth that the children of God shoulde both sinne and not sinne haue a burthen and haue none when as we know euen by naturall reason that two contraries cannot stand at one time in one subiect Now in that the righteous do sinne it is plaine There is none that doth good no not one the righteous sinneth seuen times a day and many such places The answeare is very easie the righteous in deed do sinne but not vnto death because he is partely borne of God and partly of a man the first way he sinneth not the second way hee sinueth Nohah GOD his faithfull and obedient seruant although the Lord blessed him saying to his seede bring ye foorth fruite and multiplie growe plentifully in the earth and encrease therin 9. Gen. 7. 9. verses Behold I euen I establish my couenant with you and your seede after you Yet this waye hee sinned not but afterwardes it came to passe that he drunk of the wine and was druncken and vncouered himselfe in the middest of his Tent see that no soner he was come into the world but he was infected by it and fell from God most ruenously by which wee may gather how slippery places we men of this worlde stand in so that it is impossible for vs to walke in it without danger of our liues No maruaile therefore though we be as blind as beetles that wee cannot see the sunne-shine of righteousnesse though it shine neuer so bright in England O great and heauie burthen in one houre able to crush downe our shoulders and to cast both body and soul into the lake of destruction wee see therefore that Noah sinned not the first way but as he was man the second way Abraham althogh he did forsake his owne countrey and all his kindred to goe to the land whereunto the Lord appointed him in which he sinned not because it was Gods commaundement but hee lyed Gen. 12.13 in saying that his wife was his sister for feare of the Aegyptians Say I pray thee that thou art my sister that I may fare well for thy sake and that my life may be preserued by thee And this second way hee sinned because his wife by this means was rauished by Pharao Iacob the faithfull seruant of God yet he deceiued his master in diuiding the flock Gen. 30. the second way hee sinned Dauid the annointed of God yet notwithstanding hee committed incest with Vrias wife and therefore it was a heauie burthen vnto him Sod quid onus But what is the greatest burthen Euen the loue of Idols And first men make this world an Idoll especially wee of England when wee like vnto Achabs wife are neuer content though wee had neuer so much yet still we desire more and althogh as M. Caluin saith amongst men there bee such varietie of minds and desires that as it is a world to see them yet do all agree in this point most plainly that with whole hart and mind they are occupied in the world the things therof and surely his opinion is true and to be liked of all for men nowadaies had rather eate the bread that perisheth than drinke the water whereof whosoeuer shall drinke out of his belly shall spring riuers of waters of life not of such waters as our Fathers drunke of in the rockes and died but of the water of life which neuer shall decay frō all eternities and yet man most senseles had rather bee in bondage than in freedome hee had rather drinke of the filthie puddles of Aegypt to be fed with butter beefe vnions or garlicke than for to drinke of the water whose streames flow from Iacob his well or from the riuer of Eden or to be fedde with Manna from heauen Thus men become without vnderstanding degenerating frō reasonable creatures to sense lesse Idiots and this is not the least burthen we haue to beare in England The Ministers themselues haue their burthen Malumest nobis esse hîc It is euill for vs to dwell here for their portion is labour a heauy yoke laid vpon the sons of Adam to humble them thereby If labour then be necessarie for the Minister to feed the flocke then also he must haue his tools to finish the work as well for the body as for the mind Now if the first sort which concerneth his body be wanting which is sufficient maintenance then what hope is there of the giftes of the mind For as Aristotle affirmeth the minde doth followe the temperature of the body and the body it selfe cannot last without nourishment then what shal we thinke of those men that would destroy the foundation of our Colleges to increase their own possessions which be the well springes of life to the whole land confounding learning bringing in barbarisme by making the wisedome of God inferiour to the wisedome of man The word of God say they is simple and may be vnderstood without the Artes which if it were true doubtlesse the Lorde would neuer haue giuen commandement that his Priests lips should containe knowledge or that the worde of God should bee preached or that there should be any Ministerie at all but these and such like be the illusions of sathan to deceiue the people in these last times Now they which would haue done vs this harme were not our open enemies for then we could better haue espied them and so eschewed their malice but it was our owne freends and familiars