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A Lent-sermon preached in the cathedral church at Norwich upon a Shrove Svnday by Robert Seppens ...
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Seppens, Robert.
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Wing S2559_VARIANT; ESTC R33864
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in_o the_o fall_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n receive_v such_o wound_n and_o bruise_n that_o the_o reason_n do_v not_o now_o govern_v the_o sensuality_n imperio_fw-la despotico_fw-la as_o a_o master_n govern_v his_o servant_n but_o imperio_fw-la politico_fw-la as_o a_o magistrate_n govern_v his_o people_n which_o oftentimes_o fall_v into_o sedition_n and_o mutiny_n against_o he_o but_o in_o christian_a philosophy_n we_o be_v teach_v by_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n christ_n matth._n nineteeen_o 12._o that_o there_o be_v eunuch_n which_o have_v make_v themselves_o eunuch_n for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n sake_n and_o how_o can_v any_o make_v themselves_o eunuch_n without_o subjugation_n of_o their_o body_n bring_v their_o body_n in_o subjection_n st._n paul_n do_v command_v all_o christian_n to_o mortify_v their_o earthly_a member_n and_o evil_a concupiscence_n and_o how_o can_v they_o mortify_v their_o concupiscence_n and_o make_v it_o dead_a unless_o they_o rule_v over_o it_o st._n augustine_n in_o his_o book_n against_o julian_n the_o pelagian_a have_v discourse_v large_o of_o concupiscence_n and_o the_o evil_a of_o it_o yet_o at_o last_o say_v it_o be_v sub_fw-la potestate_fw-la animae_fw-la under_o the_o power_n of_o the_o soul_n by_o the_o grace_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n in_o corpore_fw-la mortis_fw-la castiganda_fw-la in_o the_o body_n of_o death_n to_o be_v chastened_a and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o how_o can_v st._n paul_n in_o truth_n proclaim_v it_o to_o the_o world_n that_o he_o have_v make_v experiment_n of_o it_o and_o do_v it_o the_o chemist_n talk_v much_o of_o the_o philosopher_n stone_n but_o they_o never_o show_v it_o st._n paul_n use_v no_o rodomontade_n in_o commendation_n of_o his_o art_n but_o propound_v the_o operation_n of_o it_o in_o his_o own_o example_n as_o a_o great_a ascetic_n and_o the_o only_a artifice_n whereby_o the_o holy_a apostle_n do_v all_o this_o be_v the_o abridge_n of_o himself_o the_o use_n of_o his_o christian_a liberty_n whereas_o he_o as_o a_o christian_a have_v a_o liberty_n to_o use_v all_o indifferent_a thing_n free_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o use_v his_o liberty_n he_o wrought_v with_o his_o hand_n watch_v fast_v and_o use_v many_o hardship_n he_o need_v not_o to_o have_v do_v whereby_o we_o see_v christian_a liberty_n consist_v not_o in_o a_o free_a use_n of_o all_o indifferent_a thing_n but_o in_o a_o persuasion_n of_o conscience_n all_o thing_n be_v lawful_a all_o thing_n be_v lawful_a for_o i_o but_o all_o thing_n be_v not_o expedient_a for_o i_o 1_o cor._n vi_o 12_o 13._o though_o we_o have_v liberty_n to_o eat_v all_o kind_n of_o meat_n yet_o we_o must_v use_v this_o liberty_n so_o as_o still_o to_o keep_v the_o body_n in_o subordination_n to_o the_o spirit_n that_o we_o may_v be_v able_a to_o deny_v ourselves_o a_o lawful_a pleasure_n when_o any_o thing_n make_v it_o more_o expedient_a as_o it_o be_v when_o the_o church_n require_v we_o sometime_o to_o fast_o for_o the_o humiliation_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o the_o subjugation_n of_o our_o body_n it_o be_v a_o memorable_a resolution_n of_o our_o great_a apostle_n 1_o cor._n viij_o ult_n verse_n if_o meat_n make_v my_o brother_n to_o offend_v i_o will_v eat_v no_o flesh_n so_o long_o as_o the_o world_n stand_v be_v it_o lawful_a for_o st._n paul_n to_o renounce_v the_o eat_n of_o flesh_n so_o long_o as_o the_o world_n stand_v to_o avoid_v the_o scandal_n of_o one_o weak_a brother_n and_o be_v it_o not_o lawful_a for_o a_o christian_n to_o forbear_v the_o eat_n of_o flesh_n for_o a_o time_n to_o avoid_v the_o scandal_n of_o his_o superior_n i_o will_v fain_o know_v in_o matter_n of_o scandal_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o great_a offence_n to_o go_v against_o the_o judgement_n of_o some_o weak_a and_o ignorant_a man_n by_o ass_v only_o by_o his_o own_o fancy_n and_o prejudice_n than_o against_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n wherein_o there_o be_v so_o many_o wise_a and_o holy_a man_n and_o they_o back_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o establish_v law_n well_o then_o see_v some_o fast_v be_v sub_fw-la praecepto_fw-la under_o a_o command_n not_o only_o of_o god_n but_o of_o the_o church_n also_o that_o in_o casu_fw-la scandali_fw-la we_o be_v not_o to_o infringe_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o magistrate_n to_o gratify_v the_o humour_n of_o some_o ignorant_a christian_n it_o will_v be_v our_o wisdom_n to_o show_v our_o affection_n and_o obedience_n to_o the_o church_n whereof_o we_o be_v member_n and_o in_o some_o measure_n to_o conform_v ourselves_o to_o the_o law_n of_o fast_v that_o be_v there_o in_o force_n i_o conclude_v with_o that_o excellent_a counsel_n of_o st._n peter_n 1_o pet_n two_o 16._o as_o free_v and_o not_o use_v your_o liberty_n as_o a_o cloak_n of_o maliciousness_n in_o which_o word_n there_o be_v two_o thing_n obvious_a 〈◊〉_d concession_n as_o free_a and_o then_o a_o caution_n not_o use_v your_o liberty_n as_o a_o cloak_n of_o maliciousness_n all_o christian_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o a_o glorious_a liberty_n by_o christ_n no_o question_n but_o then_o here_o be_v a_o caution_n not_o use_v their_o liberty_n as_o a_o occasion_n to_o the_o flesh_n which_o they_o do_v undoubted_o whensoever_o they_o confront_v the_o just_a law_n of_o the_o church_n whereof_o the_o king_n be_v supreme_a governor_n and_o fall_v foul_a upon_o that_o law_n 13_o 14._o verse_n to_o which_o the_o counsel_n of_o st._n peter_n be_v subservient_fw-fr they_o use_v their_o liberty_n as_o a_o cloak_n of_o maliciousness_n finis_fw-la
yet_o he_o be_v first_o in_o labour_n quia_fw-la extremus_fw-la licet_fw-la plus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la laboravit_fw-la though_o last_o yet_o he_o labour_v more_o than_o all_o he_o be_v now_o a_o glorious_a confessor_n in_o bond_n and_o imprisonment_n it_o be_v give_v to_o he_o not_o only_o to_o believe_v but_o to_o suffer_v also_o for_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n he_o have_v go_v through_o various_a danger_n peril_n at_o sea_n and_o peril_n at_o land_n who_o of_o we_o can_v have_v endure_v half_o so_o much_o abroad_o and_o not_o think_v he_o may_v have_v have_v a_o supersedeas_fw-la from_o this_o severe_a discipline_n of_o mortification_n he_o be_v now_o acquaint_v with_o vision_n and_o revelation_n he_o have_v be_v take_v up_o into_o the_o three_o heaven_n and_o there_o hear_v thing_n unutterable_a who_o can_v have_v be_v partaker_n of_o those_o exaltation_n and_o not_o think_v he_o have_v be_v exempt_v from_o the_o toilsome_a condition_n of_o warfaring_a man_n but_o see_v here_o the_o excellency_n of_o st._n paul_n temper_n neither_o the_o sanctity_n of_o his_o life_n nor_o the_o labour_n of_o his_o call_n nor_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o suffering_n nor_o the_o height_n of_o his_o exaltation_n nor_o the_o honour_n of_o his_o divine_a assumption_n can_v make_v he_o secure_v nor_o puff_v he_o up_o with_o conceit_n of_o his_o own_o inconcussibility_n but_o he_o remain_v a_o fighter_n still_o when_o moses_n come_v down_o from_o talk_v with_o god_n upon_o mount_n sinai_n it_o be_v say_v the_o skin_n of_o his_o face_n shine_v but_o he_o wist_v not_o of_o it_o though_o st._n paul_n life_n so_o shine_v before_o man_n that_o they_o may_v see_v the_o lustre_n of_o his_o sanctity_n yet_o he_o himself_o wist_v not_o of_o it_o for_o he_o see_v not_o what_o he_o be_v but_o what_o he_o be_v not_o not_o what_o he_o have_v but_o what_o he_o want_v not_o how_o short_a other_o come_v of_o he_o but_o how_o short_a himself_o come_v of_o the_o mark_n he_o aim_v at_o he_o consider_v 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facias_fw-la cum_fw-la nescis_fw-la penitus_fw-la quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la sufficit_fw-la what_o a_o madness_n be_v it_o in_o thou_o not_o to_o do_v all_o thou_o can_v for_o salvation_n when_o thou_o know_v when_o thou_o have_v do_v the_o most_o thou_o can_v that_o the_o righteous_a shall_v scarce_o be_v save_v be_v thou_o more_o holy_a than_o st._n paul_n do_v he_o after_o such_o large_a acquisition_n in_o christ_n kingdom_n still_o contend_v for_o more_o and_o do_v thou_o content_v thyself_o with_o a_o modicum_n a_o little_a upon_o a_o knife_n point_n gid_n st._n paul_n still_o hunger_n and_o thirst_n after_o righteousness_n and_o be_v thou_o satiate_v and_o cloy_v with_o a_o little_a bit_n or_o moisel_n have_v st._n paul_n do_v so_o much_o and_o yet_o not_o sure_a of_o the_o crown_n and_o do_v thou_o who_o have_v not_o do_v half_o so_o much_o boast_v of_o thy_o assurance_n nay_o do_o st._n paul_n after_o all_o this_o fear_v lest_o when_o he_o have_v preach_v to_o other_o he_o himself_o shall_v become_v a_o castaway_n and_o do_v thou_o boast_v of_o thy_o victory_n do_v not_o thou_o see_v that_o the_o tall_a tree_n be_v most_o expose_v to_o the_o violence_n of_o storm_n and_o tempest_n and_o the_o high_a building_n to_o the_o injury_n of_o wind_n and_o weather_n and_o do_v not_o thou_o know_v that_o the_o high_a our_o station_n be_v in_o grace_n the_o more_o obnoxious_a we_o be_v to_o the_o devil_n temptation_n for_o it_o grieve_v he_o say_v tertullian_n to_o see_v in_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n tot_fw-la mortis_fw-la opera_fw-la diruta_fw-la tot_fw-la damnationis_fw-la titulos_fw-la erasos_fw-la itaque_fw-la observat_fw-la oppugnat_fw-la obsidet_fw-la he_o mark_v they_o he_o assault_v they_o he_o besiege_v they_o with_o the_o most_o exquisite_a temptation_n he_o have_v know_v if_o he_o overthrow_v they_o their_z falls_z will_v prove_v like_o fall_n of_o mighty_a cedar_n beat_v down_o a_o great_a company_n of_o low_a shrub_n before_o they_o and_o therefore_o be_v not_o high_a mind_v but_o fear_n and_o work_v out_o your_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a consider_v we_o be_v not_o comprehensores_fw-la comprehensor_n but_o viatores_fw-la traveller_n not_o in_o patriâ_fw-la our_o own_o country_n but_o in_o viâ_fw-la upon_o our_o way_n thither_o not_o in_o triumpho_fw-la but_o in_o militiâ_fw-la not_o in_o triumph_n but_o in_o warfare_n &_o quamdiu_fw-la in_o certamine_fw-la sumus_fw-la nulla_fw-la certa_fw-la est_fw-la victoria_fw-la as_o st._n jerom_n so_o long_o as_o we_o be_v in_o the_o combat_n there_o be_v no_o victory_n certain_a let_v the_o same_o mind_n be_v in_o you_o that_o be_v in_o st._n paul_n who_o for_o all_o his_o perfection_n for_o all_o his_o sanctity_n give_v not_o over_o the_o study_n of_o mortification_n i_o keep_v under_o my_o body_n etc._n etc._n i_o pass_v to_o the_o second_o part_n the_o antagonist_n he_o fight_v against_o his_o body_n corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la my_o body_n the_o skill_n of_o a_o soldier_n be_v try_v by_o his_o adversary_n as_o st._n paul_n be_v a_o old_a soldier_n of_o christ_n so_o he_o have_v many_o enemy_n to_o encounter_v in_o his_o christian_a warfare_n but_o quae_fw-la pestis_fw-la efficacior_fw-la ad_fw-la nocendum_fw-la boctius_n boctius_n quam_fw-la familiaris_fw-la inimicus_fw-la what_o plague_n be_v more_o powerful_a to_o hurt_v a_o man_n than_o a_o familiar_a enemy_n and_o what_o more_o familiar_a than_o a_o man_n own_o body_n but_o that_o we_o labour_v not_o of_o ambiguity_n we_o must_v distinguish_v here_o betwixt_o concupiscentiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la &_o substantiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la the_o lust_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o body_n my_o body_n comprehend_v both_o but_o principal_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o body_n less_o principal_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o body_n principal_o i_o say_v the_o lust_n of_o the_o body_n that_o there_o be_v concupiscence_n remain_v in_o the_o best_a saint_n of_o god_n while_o they_o 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do_v he_o no_o hurt_n because_o he_o have_v nothing_o in_o he_o to_o work_v upon_o but_o when_o the_o prince_n of_o this_o world_n come_v to_o we_o he_o have_v something_o in_o we_o to_o take_v part_n with_o he_o against_o we_o and_o therefore_o he_o order_v the_o matter_n so_o that_o he_o tempt_v we_o not_o outward_o by_o word_n or_o sign_n nor_o immediate_o by_o himself_o but_o most_o common_o by_o the_o mediation_n of_o the_o flesh_n as_o when_o he_o come_v to_o eve_n he_o hide_v himself_o in_o a_o creature_n ut_fw-la dolo_fw-la hominem_fw-la supplantaret_fw-la quem_fw-la viribus_fw-la nequiret_fw-la that_o he_o may_v overthrow_v she_o by_o fraud_n who_o he_o can_v not_o by_o force_n so_o when_o he_o come_v to_o we_o he_o hide_v himself_o in_o the_o flesh_n and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o difficult_a he_o be_v to_o be_v resist_v quia_fw-la interius_fw-la oppugnans_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la contra_fw-la nos_fw-la roboratur_fw-la as_o lombard_n