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A15824	A modell of divinitie, catechistically composed Wherein is delivered the matter and method of religion, according to the creed, ten Commandements, Lords Prayer, and the Sacraments. By Iohn Yates, Bachelour in Diuinitie, and minister of Gods word in St Andrewes in Norvvich.	Yates, John, d. ca. 1660.; Yates, John, d. ca. 1660. Short and briefe summe of saving knowledge. aut; Richardson, Alexander, of Queen's College, Cambridge.	1622 (1622)	STC 26085; ESTC S103644	253,897	373

their instruments There are the liuing glasses placed in the midst of his visage which bring obiects a farre off to the minde and because they are too tender opticke peeces slie of the most soft and lawny touches they are mightily defended and fenced with hollow bones and with prominent browes and lips And least they should be too much bent on what they ought not they haue peculiar nerues to pull them vpward to God as also to the seat of their rest What a tongue hath God giuen him the instrument not of taste onely but of speech also How sweet and excellent voyces are formed by that loose filme of flesh What an incredible strength is giuen to the weake bones of the iawes What a wonder of so few letters to make infinite words and giue them severall sounds with a distinct articulation and ready signification to the hearers The causes whereof in nature are these The lungs or lights breath to coole the heart and like a paire of bellows thrust out that ayre which they haue receiued and it goes and comes by the wind-pipe which is made rough as it were with ringes to stay the breath it goe not out altogether at the top thereof is a peece of flesh to cover the mouth of it Now in the pipe this noyse comes vp and lies in the almands and makes a resound and is turned vpon the tongue which strikes it against the pallet and teeth and makes an articulate sound cutting in peeces the whole sound either into a letter or clapping diverse together makes syllables and so words and then sentences This articulation is naturall but the appellation of things by names is artificiall and belonging to the Art of Grammar In Babels bablers to stop their proud attempt God meddles neither with hands nor feete but their tongues not pulling them out or loosing their strings or making them speechlesse but by teaching them to say too much A sound of letters befooles the workmen and spoiles the worke I beleeue this confusion was made in turning of letters when they intended to put such letters together God taught them to dispose them contrary as ab ba c. And now poore creatures how long doe wee stay vpon the shell of tongues before wee come to chew the sweet kernell of knowledge Division of tongues hinders any worke and is often a cause why our Sion riseth no faster and though it over-threw old Babel yet doth it build the new Onely I except the clouen and fiery tongues of the Apostles Act. 2.3 The Spirit teaching the Art of Grammar without meanes c. Againe that goodly proportion God set in the face how is it altered with passion as with ioy and sorrow Laughter ariseth from the extension of the heart which sends spirits apace from it selfe and because they are hot fly vpwards and so come to the face that is very full of muscles cold by nature and so contracted yet by the heat comming thither are extended which is the laughter in the face Onely this must further be added that the heat of the head and braine doth sympathize with other parts of the body And therefore the apprehension of a ridiculous obiect sends downe to the heart from the head then back againe to the face Teares arise cleane contrary for the head being stricken with the apprehension of some sorrowfull obiect the heart is smitten too and contracts it selfe and so sends vp those chrystaline humors that are to coole it and are squesed out by contraction of parts and so runne out at the eyes The head stands vpon a comely and tower-like necke most sinewie because smallest I might carry you downe to his feete but my purpose is not to play the Anatomist any further then to giue a little taste of a wonderfull worke All the inward vessels for all offices of life nourishment egestion generation c. no veine sinew artery c. are idle Yet this body compared to the soule what is it but as a clay-wall that encompasseth a treasure as the wooden box of a Ieweller or as a course case to a rich instrument or as a maske to a beautifull face let vs therefore come to his Soule Q. How was the soule created A. Immediately of nothing hence it dies not Man was made last because he was worthiest And the soule was last inspired because more noble then all the rest And the inspiration of it is by creating to infuse and by infusing to create Gen. 2.7 Zech. 12.1 The breath of life was formed within and not without man And though it be little yet is it of great value A little peece of gold containes many peeces of silver one Diamond is of more worth then many Quarries of Stone and one Load-stone hath more vertue then mountaines of earth Q. How then was the soule indued A. With most excellent faculties which either worke vpon the body by Spirits or themselues by reason As the soule works vpon the body by elementary spirits it is possible for man to die but as these by the blessing of God are cherished by wholesome food man againe might not die These spirits are either naturall as hauing ayre predominant in them and they serue for generation and augmentation and nutrition or animall hauing fire predominant in them and they serue for sense or motion now the motiue faculties are either for locall motion whereby the bodie is carried vp and downe or epithumeticall and internall motion whereby the soule is moued with desires or affections especially loue and hatred which are the primatiues of all others whether they be in the concupiscible or irascible facultie as ioy and sorrow in respect of present obiects hope and feare in regard of absent c. Beside these separable faculties and not practised without the bodie the soule hath more eminent and excellent powers and abilities which it is able to vse being separated from the body and they are reasonable whereby he might be the free beginner of his owne action that is a cause by counsell Gen. 2.10 and these faculties are vnderstanding and will And thus you see how God hath giuen vs a Soule to informe our bodies senses to informe our soule faculties to furnish that soule vnderstanding the great surveyer of the secrets of nature and grace by this man seeth what God hath done by this he can admire his works and adore him in what he seeth Here is fancie and invention the master of great workes Memory the great keeper or master of the Rolles of the Soule a power that can make amends for the speed of time and make him leaue his Monuments and Chronicles behind him There is will the Lord-paramount keeping state in the Soule commander of all actions and the elector of all our resolutions Iudgement sits by as the great counsellour of the will affections follow as good servants of both And for the good thereof hath God giuen a body fit to execute his charge so wonderfully disposed as

by reason of sinne a dungeon to reserue the guiltie body against the day of judgement it is through him become as it were a perfumed bed for the elect against the day of Resurrection Math 27.59.60 Luk. 23.53 Isa 57.2 Buriall comes of burning an auncient custome of burning bodies and then preserving their ashes in a pitcher in the earth Hence it may be that the Auncients to prevent an absurd conceit of this kind of Funerall concerning Christs body whereof not a bone was to be broken or wasted added descending into hell to shew that Christ was not burned but buried by going downe into Sheol but it is not for mee to determine the doubt I leaue it to riper judgements One thing more I adde that buriall is sometimes taken for preparation of a body for the graue Math. 26.12 This shee did to bury me c. Christ died was embalmed and then interred CHAPTER XXIIII Of Christs Exaltation Question HItherto of his humiliation What is his Exaltation Answere It is his victory and triumph over his and our enemies the Devill sinne and death with the world and whatsoever else might crosse the felicitie of the Saints Eph. 4.8.9.10 Phil. 2.9.10 It was the strangest and strongest receit of all the rest by dying to vanquish death 1 Thess 5.10 Wee need no more wee can goe no further there can bee no more Physicke of the former kinde there are cordials after this purgation of death of his resurrection and ascension no more penall receits By his bloud wee haue Redemption Eph. 1.7 Iustification Rom. 3.24 Reconciliation Colos 1.20 Sanctification 1 Pet. 1.2 Entrance into glory Heb. 10.19 Woe were to vs if Christ had left but one mite of satisfaction vpon our score to bee discharged by our selues and woe be to them that derogate from him to arrogate to themselues and would faine botch vp his sufferings with their owne superfluities hee would not off the Crosse till all was done and then hauing finished he went on with a second worke to build vp a perfect way to heauen vpon this foundation and from the graue to his throne in heauen he chalked out for vs the everlasting way Q. Wherein doth the glory of his victory and triumph consist A. First in the deposition and laying aside of all infirmities Secondly in his assumption and taking vp of all perfections both of body and soule His body was now no more to die but to receiue celestiall perfection His soule had nothing withheld from it no truth from his vnderstanding no goodnesse from his will vpon earth hee was ignorant of something which now is perfectly revealed vnto him he now knowes the day of judgement and by his God-head hath euery thing revealed vnto his man-hood that is fit for the government of his Church though he be absent from vs both in body and soule that which neither Saint nor Angell can heare he heares and puts vp all petitions to his Father His minde is ignorant of nothing for the manner and measure of a most perfect created vnderstanding and his will is perfected with the greatest perfections of vertues that are incident to any creature so that hee is both in soule and body far more glorious then any other creature is or can be and made Lord of all Heb. 12.4 The manhood of Christ is not the sonne of God by adoption or creation but personall vnion and so hath no other relation to the Father of sonne-ship but the same with the God-head this exalts him highly in glory and there is as much difference betwixt the sonne of God and other creatures as betweene a King and his meanest subiect and as one Starre differeth from another in glory 1 Cor. 15.41 and the Sunne farre exceeds all the rest so in heauen shall Christ appeare more glorious then any other Saint or Angel Rev. 21.23 Isa 60.19 and shall be as easily knowne from the rest as the Sunne is from all other Starres c. Q. Hitherto of his glory in generall what are the particular degrees thereof A. The first is his resurrection the third day when as his soule and body by the power of his God-head never separated from either were brought together againe and so rose againe and appeared to his Disciples for the space of fortie dayes And this is the earnest of our Resurrection so that wee shall also rise by the power and vertue of his Resurrection not vnto judgement but life everlasting This is first confirmed by the Angels to men Math. 28.5.6.7 Mar. 16 6.7 Luk. 24.4.5.6 Secondly by his owne apparitions vnto them Math. 28.9.17 Mar. 16.9 12.14 Luk. 24.15.36 Ioh. 20.14.19.26 and 21.1 Act. 1.2.3 1 Cor. 15.4.5.6.7.8.9 Thirdly by the keepers of the Sepulcher Math. 28.11 Fourthly by his Apostles Act. 2.24.32 Lastly by the inward testimony of the Spirit in the hearts of the elect Ioh. 15.26 The power by which he rose is expressed 2 Cor. 13.4 1 Pet. 3.18 His immortalitie Rom. 6.9.10 dominion Rom. 14.9 Godhead Rom. 1.4 The fruit of it to vs first in our iustification Rom. 4.25 Secondly our sanctification and glorification Rom. 6.4.5.8.9.10.11.12.13 2 Cor. 5.15 Eph. 2.4.5 Colos 2.12.13 and 3.1.2.3.4.5 1 Pet. 1.3.4 1 Thess 4.14 c. Q. What is the second degree thereof A. His ascension into Heauen by the vertue of his God-head from Mount Olivet in the sight of his Disciples Where he began his passion there he beginnes his ascension to teach vs how from deiection wee shall be brought to our exaltation as also to teach vs that because hee is our head and is already advanced into heauen thither also must the body follow him And therefore he is gone before to prepare a place for vs. Mar. 16.19 Luk. 24.50 Act. 1.9.12 Heb. 10.9.20 Ioh. 14.2 Q. What is the third degree A. His sitting at the right hand of God the Father where we haue his advocation and intercession for vs and need to acknowledge no other Master of requests in heaven but one Iesus Christ our Mediator Here good prayers never come weeping home In him I am sure I shall receiue eyther what I aske or what I should aske I cannot be so happie as not to need him and I know I shall never be so miserable that he will contemne mee if I come as a poore suter with my petition vnto him Rom. 8.34 Heb. 9.24 1 Ioh. 2.1 1 Pet. 3.22 Rev. 3.7 Furthermore by Christs sitting at his Fathers right hand wee are to vnderstand two things first the returne of the divine nature as it were the worke of humiliation being finished to his former glory Christ for a time obscured the excellencie of his Godhead Phil. 2.6.7.8.9 vnder the vaile of our flesh but now the Curtaine is drawne againe the divine nature which seemed to sleepe in the humane is awaked to worke wonders openly for the good of the elect and even breakes forth as the Sunne doth from vnder a cloud hauing expelied all the mists of his humiliation Secondly as

with the twelue lesser and Daniel The Apocrypha is shut out of the distribution both by the Iewes and our Saviour and therefore is not of equall authoritie with the bookes we haue mentioned God made the Iewes faithfull registers of the old Testament and they were so curious least a letter should be lost that they kept them by count and therefore would never haue beene so negligent in the Apocrypha writing if ever they had beene committed of God vnto them by their extraordinary governours As in notorious Burglaries a hat gloue or fword is often left behind for discovery so in these though more honest some errors haue escaped to discover the Authors Q. Who were their ordinary Governours A. The supreame was the high Priest the inferior were the Priests Levites and Rulers of their Synogogues Lev. 8. Num. 3. Act. 13.15 Order hath ever beene for the custodie of divine things and confusion for their ruine Q. What is the Church among all people A. The Catholicke Church gathered out of all people where we haue the Messias exhibited in the flesh in whom the law and the Prophets are yea and Amen Moses branded some creatures with vncleannesse he that hath redeemed his children from morall impuritie redeemes his creatures from legall what should S. Peters great sheet let downe by foure corners teach vs but that all creatures through the foure corners of the world are cleane and holy And that God is no respecter of persons but in euery nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousnesse is accepted with him Act. 10.34.35 Gal. 4.27 Q. How are the Congregations thereof called A. They are called Churches the name of the whole being put for the part and Christ doth it to distinguish his Churches of the Gospell from the prophane and wicked Synagogues of the Iewes Math. 18.17 He sayes not tell it the Synagogue but the Church c. They therefore levell amisse that lay the line of their government by this deceitfull square Q. Who were the extraordinary Governours of this Church A. Iohn Baptist the forerunner of Christ Christ himselfe his Apostles seventie Disciples Evangelists and Prophets whereof some did write the bookes of the new Testament in the Greeke tongue which are either Historicall as the Gospells of Mathew Marke Luke and Iohn or diverse excellent Epistles as of Paul to the Romanes Corinthians 2. Galathians Ephesians Philippians Colossians Thessalonians 2. Timothy 2. Titus Philomon Hebrewes Epistle of Iames of Peter 2. Iohn 3. Iude or lastly the Propheticall booke of the Revelation Q. Who were the ordinary Governours A. The Doctors and Pastours Eph. 4.11 which may be distributed into Bishops Elders and Deacons As for the first if time and place be accidents of a calling and the very essence lie in relation betwixt the caller and the called Timothy and Titus were ordinary teachers for to an extraordinary Governour an extraordinary caller is required It cannot be denied but that both Timothy and Titus did a long time wait vpon the Apostles and were sent from place to place though setled at the last If going from place to place make an Euangelist then they were both of them Evangelists but I beleeue all the Pastours and Doctours of the Church were at the Apostles command and sent too and fro as there was need 2 Tim. 3.10.12.20 c. wee heare of Crescens Titus Tychicus Trophimus c. sent diverse wayes by the Apostle Paul c. And therefore it is not enough from the place to say such a one was an Evangelist except it be further prooued that he had an extraordinary calling That Timothy is bidden to doe the worke of an Euangelist it is a dubious terme for an Evangelist is either put for a writer of the Gospels and so some Apostles are Evangelists or for an officer and so such as were extraordinarily called to plant Churches Act. 8. but had no power to ordaine them Pastours are called Evangelists Act. 21.8 And of this sort might be many of the seventie Disciples or lastly for Preachers for the Gospell with which the name is coniugated is the obiect of all three The first write it for the edification of the Church the second preach it and worke miracles to confirme it for the plantation of the Church and the third preach it too for the further watering of that seed which others haue sowne before them and in this sense is Timothy bidden to doe the worke of an Evangelist as the next words expound it make thy ministery fully knowne And it is out of doubt that Timothy was called of God by man which to me is an ordinary calling And that Timothy and Titus as Bishops properly so called had a superintendencie and coerciue power of jurisdiction over Elders Ministers or Preachers it is evident to me out of these places 1 Tim. 1.3.5.19 2 Tim. 2.14 Tit. 1.5.11.13 The Elders are from the originall called Presbyteri which turned into English is called Priests the most current and passable title had not Masse-mongers made it infamous in the eares of such people as are not acute enough to devide betweene a fit title and a corrupting abuse Thus much for the name As for the office of Elders taken for Ecclesiasticall Governours I find none described but by seeding of the flocke which makes mee conclude they were all Pastours As for that place 1 Tim. 5.17 all the question is about the comparison whether gifts or offices be compared together The originall hath it thus Elders ruling well are worthy of double honour especially labouring in the word and doctrine now it is a rule in the Greeke tongue that participles are to be turned into reasons of the things they explaine as ruling because they rule and labouring because they labour c. The sense then may be thus rendred without all rending of the comparison Elders are to be reompenced with honour and maintenance first because they rule secondly because they preach First they goe before their flocke in holy practise of discipline vpon themselues and others secondly they continually presse them by precepts in painfull preaching Now that the people may especially see wherein they are to be honoured it is in this that they are labourious dispensers and disposers of heauenly doctrine Therefore with the Scriptures I say that the ordinary teachers and Governours of the Christian Churches were Pastours and Doctors and that copulatiuely and not segregatiuely as in Apostles Prophets and Evangelists Q. What is the Church triumphant A. The number of all those that are applied vnto Christ by sight After faith and sight followes freedome and fruition This Church consists of holy Spirits both Angels and men the soules of the Saints departed are receiued vp into glory and after the resurrection the militant Church both in body and soule shall be of the Triumphant in the full fruition of all blisse and happinesse Gal. 4.26 Heb. 12.22.23.24 Iob. 14.2.3 Heb. 11.10.16.26 c. As those therefore that haue tasted of some