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A02919	The faith of the church militant moste effectualie described in this exposition of the 84. Psalme, by that reuerend pastor, and publike professor of Gods word, in the famous vniuersitie of Hassine in Denmarke, Nicholas Hemmingius. A treatise written as to the instruction of the ignorant in the groundes of religion, so to the confutation of the Iewes, the Turkes, atheists, Papists, heretiks, and al other aduersaries of the trueth whatsoeuer. Translated out of Latine into English, &c. by Thomas Rogers.	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1581 (1581)	STC 13059; ESTC S118432	286,633	582

Elders through the red sea by the conduction of Moses but also that the Teachers might admonish the people of the spiritual Passeouer to wit from the kingdome of Satan into the kingdome of God by the conduction of the Messiah there is no doubt but this question was handled betweene Christ and those doctors where-of sprang that admiration and wondering Againe by this deede of his yet in his childe-hoode Christ would teach what their duetie is who haue determined to folowe Christe For as he sate in the Temple so his wil is that such as folowe him should rest in holie thinges and bring if they would profite in his schoole à mind voide of worldlie cares Then from the 12. yeare vntil the 30. yeere of his age he was subiect to his parentes Encreasing in wisedome and stature and in fauour with God with man And thus the whole time of his life was consumed among the poore simple men of heart and this was it which Esaiah saide He hath sent me to preach good tidinges vnto the poore For they alwayes were most in the fauour of God that is theie haue bin more apt to receiue the lawe and commandementes of the Lorde than such as are swollen vp in respect either of their wealth or of their power or of their learning or wit Nowe when he was entered into the 30. yeare of his age Iohn the sonne of Zacharias hauing receaued à commandement from the Lorde concerning baptisme of repentance went forth as à fore-runner and cried Repent for the kingdome of heauen is at hand prepare ye the way of the Lord. And this was it which the Prophet Malachie fore-tolde when he saide Beholde I will send my messenger and he shal prepare the waie before thee and the Lorde whome yee seeke shal speedily come to his Temple euen the messenger of the couenant whome yee desire beholde he shal come saith the Lorde of Hostes. Afterward he was baptized of Iohn and the holie Ghoste descended and lighted vppon him like à doue For so it went before in the figure Moses telleth howe the doue sent out of the ship returned in the euening with an oliue leafe in her bil which was à token of attonement For Noah therebie knewe that the wrath of the Lord was appeaced and that the waters were abated from of the earth After which maner the Doue here doth testifie howe he was present by whome the wrath of the Father was peaced according to the words of the Father This is my beloued sonne in whome I am wel pleased His tentation of the diuel answereth at the lest wise to that which was prophecied in general And thou shalt bruise his head that is the heele of the seed of the woman He fasted fourtie daies and fourtie nightes but the figure of the same went before in Moses and Elias In the three yeeres following he began his raigne by teaching and working miracles according to the fore-saieng of the Prophet Esaiah The spirit of the Lord God is vpon me therfore hath the Lord annointed me he hath sent me to preach good tydings vnto the poore to binde-vp the broken hearted to preach libertie to the captiues to them that are bound the opening of the prison to preach the acceptable yeere of the Lord and the daie of vengeance of our God to comfort al that mourne to appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion and to giue vnto them beautie for ashes the oile of ioie for mourning the garment of gladnesse for the spirit of heauinesse that they might be called trees of righteousnesse the planting of the Lord that he might be glorified And againe Saie vnto them that are fearefull Be you strong feare not behold your God commeth with vengeance euen God with a recompence he wil come and saue you Then shal the eies of the blinde be lightened and the eares of the deafe be opened Then shal the lame leap as an hart and the dumme mans tongue shal sing What plainer thing could be spoken of the doctrine and miracles of the Messiah The Prophet as it were with a finger pointeth to the very person of the Messiah by most euident tokens Yet doe not the miserable Iewes carried-awaie by the stormes of their affections confesse the truth Vnto these tokens declaring the true Messiah he sendeth the two disciples of Iohn who demanded of him saieng Art thou he that should come or shal we waite for an other Go your waie saith he and shew Iohn what things ye haue seene and heard that the blinde see the halt goe the leapers are cleansed the deafe heare the dead rise-againe and the poore receaue the Gospel Hence came that wondering in the blind man Ioh. 9. Doubtles this is à marueilous thing that ye knowe not whence he is and yet he hath opened mine eies The time of his punishment which was appointed for him by the Father drawing nigh he entered into Ierusalem vpon an asse whome much people met and receaued with roial pompe whereof Zacharie doth saie Reioice greatlie ô daughter Zion shout for ioie ô daughter Ierusalem behold thy King commeth vnto thee poore and riding vpon an asse As he came the people shouted and strawed bowes of palme trees in the waie for à signe of an euerlasting kingdome and cried Hosanna the sonne of Dauid blessed be he that commeth in the Name of the Lorde Hosanna thou which art in the hiest heauens The which we read was foretolde also in à certaine Psalme O Lord we praie thee saue nowe blessed be he that commeth in the Name of the Lord binde the sacrifice with cordes vnto the hornes of the altar The daie before he should suffer hauing eaten the Paschal lambe according to the Lawe he instituted the supper of his bodie and bloud à figure whereof as Paule witnesseth went before in the Manna and in the rocke wher-out flowed water in y e wildernes Then after à long sermon in the presence of his disciples and praier as Adam in the garden departed from God so Christ in the garden was betraied of his owne disciple Iudas for thirtie peeces of siluer which thing the Prophets kept not secrete For as Doëg the bewraier of Dauid was à type of Iudas the traitor so Zecharie speaketh of the wages that was paied So they weighed for my wages thirtie peeces of siluer And the Lord saide vnto me caste it vnto the potter à goodlie price that I was valued at of them Straight-waie being taken all his disciples forsooke him whereof Zecharie in his 13. Chapter thus writeth Arise ô sworde vpon my shepheard and vpon the man that is my fellow saith the Lord of hostes smite the shepheard and the sheepe shal be scattered Then folowed scoffinges spittinges buffets contumelies and much vexation after he was taken

euerlasting wrath and malediction for our sinnes This power of the worde of God Ieremiah the Prophete sheweth by à double comparison in these words Is not my worde like à fire saith the Lord and like an hammar that breaketh the stone Moreouer this contrition of the heart and this humiliation is then an holie sacrifice to the honour of God when through faith it is separated from worldelie sorrowe such as Cains Achitophels and Iudas was and when by the same faith it is laide vpon the altar Christ by whose merite it is sanctified and accepted as we see in Dauid For he in the middest of al his vexations of minde ranne vnto the mercie of God and beleeued howe his sinne was pardoned through the sacrifice of Christ. This kinde of sacrifice proposeth plentiful store of comforte before the eies of miserable sinners which are griued with the heauie burthen of their sinnes For when it telleth the sinner that à contrite and à sorrowful heart is in the nostrils of God as à sacrifice of sweete incense it euidentlie sheweth both that our repentance pleaseth God and that GOD earnestlie requireth the same and that he wil also receiue such as vnfeinedlie repent into fauour againe Let vs therefore beware that with Caine we saie not Mine inquitie is greater then Gods mercie but with Augustine rather Thou liest Caine for greater is Gods mercie then the iniquitie of al sinners And therefore let vs offer vnto God the sacrifice of à contrite and broken hearte contrite with the hammer of the Lawe broken vnder the mightie hande of GOD and let vs beleeue that God for his Christs sake doth trulie pardon such as by true repentance forsake their sinnes Let the sixt kinde of sacrifice be obedience in the crosse and in euerie outward affliction This obedience is likewise adorned with the name of sacrifice that we may knowe how God liketh verie wel thereof For as the obedience of Christ in the crosse was à grateful sacrifice to God so our obedience in al troubles pleaseth God not for it selfe but in respect of faith whereby it is seuered from the punishments of the vngodly is laide vpon the altar Christ through touching of whom it is sanctified and accepted of God So Iob separateth his affliction through faith from the afflictions of the wicked worlde and presenteth it before God and burneth it vpon the altar Christ while he dependeth vpon the merit Christ which he testifieth he did in these wordes I am sure that my Redeemer liueth which were the wordes of Faith whereby Iobs obedience v●der the crosse was seasoned as with salte The seuenth sacrifice of Christians maie be of righteousnesse according to that Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse By righteousnesse I vnderstande both generall and particular righteousnesse whereby the publike welfare is sought The Lord preferreth mercie before the sacrifices of the olde law when he saith I desired mercie and not sacrifice And in the Epistle vnto the Hebrues To doe good and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased Vnder this kind the chastitie of Ioseph is comprehended For Ioseph his chastitie thorough faith differeth from the chastitie of Zenocrates and through the same he bringeth it before GOD and seasoned with the salt of faith he putteth it vpon the altar Christe whereby it is both sanctified and accepted of God and adorned with great rewards The sacrifice of each mans calling occupieth the eight place For when the lawfull calling of euerie man is zealouslie exercised through faith vnto the glorie of GOD and profite of mankinde it is à piece of iustice which God vouchsafeth the name of sacrifice Scipio fighteth for his countrie and also Dauid fighteth for his countrie but Dauids wars enioined him of God differ from the warres of Scipio and for the Messiahs sake promised he beleeueth his warlike paines are grateful and acceptable to God Beside the aboue numbred kindes of sacrifices which are common to al Christians of what state or degree soeuer they be there is one more peculiar to the Ministers of the Gospel Whereof Paule speaketh after this manner Grace is giuen me of God that I should be the minister of Iesus Christe toward the Gentiles ministring the Gospel of God that the offering vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable being sanctified by the holie Ghost Here Paul alluding vnto the mysteries which were ministred by the Leuitical Priestes saith he doth minister the Gospel of God that is doth make him selfe à Priest in the ministerie of the Gospel while he bringeth the hearers of the Gospel from the wickednes of the worlde maketh them to obeie the wil of God laieth them vpon the altar Christ by whose blood theie be purified by whose obedience iustified and by whose spirit theie are sanctified that their sacrifice maie be acceptable to God through Iesus Christ. Nowe seeing the like reason is of al the ministers of the Gospel and the same ende namelie to bring men vnto Christ hauing renounced the vngodlines● of the world that through the holie spirit theie maie be sanctified to the ende their oblation maie be holie and accepted of God through Christ it is manifest that theie maie fitlie be called Priestes by which title both theie themselues are put in minde of the dignitie of their ministerie of the efficacie of the word and of the courage of minde constancie that is required in so greate à place and the hearers to receaue much comfort while theie perceaue that their obedience toward the Gospel is set forth with the title of sacrifice Wherebie we maie vnderstand howe grateful the conuersion of sinners is before God As often therefore as the ministers of the Gospel through sound doctrine either do conuert Infidels vnto Christ or reuoke such as goe astraie or lift vp those which were fallen or cōuince y e obstinate or finalie awake such as are secure and sluggish theie do the office of gods priestes and maie rightlie be caled the priests of God Who as the Leuitical priestes vnder one hie priest so theie vnder one Christ the onlie propiciatorie sacrifice doe solemnize the holie mysteries teaching the Gospel of Christ. But then not afore deserue theie this honorable title when both by sound doctrine and holie conuersatiō theie set vpon the kingdome of Sathan and builde vp of the temple of God For it belongeth vnto the ministers of God not onelie by words to teach but also by good workes to giue light vnto others that therbie namelie through synceritie of doctrine and innocencie of life as it were by two torches they maie conduct mē out of y e kingdome of darknes into y e kingdome of light So that theie are as to teach the trueth of the gospel by words so to expresse the same by their liues that outwarlie men maie behold that with their eies in example which by voice is vttered for the edification of their minds For