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A10324	The discovery of the man of sinne wherein is set forth the changes of Gods church, in her afflictions by his raigne. Consolations by his ruine. First preached in divers sermons to the Vniversitie and cittie of Oxon, by a reverend & iudicious divine IR. D. of Divinity and sometimes of Queenes College. And now published for the farther vse of both, and comfort of all that hate Antichrist and loue the Lord Iesus Christ wheresoever: By W.H.	Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.; Hinde, William, 1569?-1629. aut	1614 (1614)	STC 20609; ESTC S103451	47,096	56

hath chosen them he calleth c. The meanes he vseth are two 1 Inward his Spirit 2 Outward his Word Which both are here expressed 1 Through sanctification of the spirit whereby God sanctifieth our mindes and causeth vs to yeeld obedience vnto him Where he nameth sanctification he sheweth how loathsome we are of our selues in Gods sight till he make vs cleane and pure And where he nameth the spirit he sheweth how we receiue this grace and what the cause is that some notwithstanding they heare the word yet remaine vnfruitfull It is his heavenly grace and holy spirit that worketh sanctification in vs thereby teaching that howsoever Paule plant and Apollo water that it is God alone that giveth the encrease vnlesse that God soften the ground the raine returneth without fruit for our salvation though effectuall on the other side to the hardning of our hearts So great a worke is it to saue a few miserable sinners that as first they were to be chosen by God so no creatu●e in the world but only Gods holy spirit can worke this sanctification in vs. Here also is consolation for the faithful minister who considering the small successe of his travell though hee saith with Christ I haue laboured in vaine c. And that it be truely said that the founder casteth in vaine the lead is consumed c yet let him know that his message may be faithfull that he may say with Christ my worke is with the Lord for the converting of soules is a worke proper to the holy Ghost So in these words he sheweth the especiall and first cause that bringeth this to passe viz the holy Ghost working in vs an effectual faith which is the meane whereby we lay hold of the benefits of Christ. For notwithstanding Gods grace be offered to all yet they only that beleeue shal be saved so that all receiue not commoditie by Christ though he be the sonne of God full of power yet all are not profited by him but only they that receaue him too and to receaue him is to beleeue in him But for asmuch as all faith doth not iustifie the Apostle limiteth it when he calleth it the faith of truth Wherefore the zeale of the Iew in this case profiteth not because it is without knowledge nor of the Papists that submit not themselues wholy to Gods wisdome nor of any other hereticke can iustify it must be the faith of truth In the former Chapter it was obserued that such as are to be eternally punished are said to bee such as haue not knowne God The thing that sanctifieth vs the word of truth Gods word is truth Here haue I iust occasion to complaine of our adversaries who haue made it a ground of their religion to bee ignorant for which they labour by all meanes to keepe away from men the key of knowledge whatsoever other groundes they pretend that it is not good for the common people to heare or read the Scriptures And although they haue translated the Testament yet it appeareth that their meaning is to bury vp the true knowledge of God therein cōteined In their fourth rule concerning the forb●dding of reading certaine bookes they so terr●fic the multitude from medling with them that they say who so readeth those bookes translated without permission they cannot haue remission of their sins And in the sixt rule they teach that to read bookes of controversie it is not lawfull no not for some Iesuits So evē for those that must bee their guids it is not lawfull to come to the truth any further then they giue them leaue no they let them not read even their own corrupt translation least evē in that puddle they should meet with some cleane water Wherevnto he called you by our Gospell here he expresseth the outward meanes for the inward meanes as hath beene said is Gods spirit taking possession in our hearts and working faith in vs the ordinary meanes to bring the which to passe is the preaching of the Gospell which was also set downe in the former chapter because our testimony towards you was beleeued which he calleth our testimony because they delivered it The Gospell therefore preached by the Apostles and Pastors is the ordinary meanes to bring men to salvation the onely rule to direct our knowledge and deeds And when he calleth it ours he sheweth also how the grace of God and word of God is thus fruitfull in vs namely when it is preached sincerely by such as are therevnto lawfully called For though it be profitable to read and meditate in the word of God necessary for parents to instruct their children yet the word hath then especially the promise of fruit and effect when it is to vs delivered by those that are appointed stewards over Gods household Wherefore as before the comming of Christ the Church of God was provided of Prophets so Christ hath ordained that to the ende of the world there should bee Pastours over his Church to preach his word to his people and gather together his Saints therefore this promise is not tied to the bare word but to the preaching and hearing thereof And those speciall prerogatiues and promises annexed to the word chiefly take effect when the word is preached by them that are in that office So Iames meaneth when he willeth vs to receaue with meeknesse the word that is engraf●ed c. where hee compareth the Minister vnto a husbandman by whom the word preached is as it were engrafted into vs. So also St Paul when he saith that saith commeth by hearing he sheweth what hearing nameof a preacher and how can they heare without a Preacher This as it is to bee considered and obserued against the fanaticall dreames of the Anabaptists which refuse the ordinarie means of ingendring faith and flie to their dreames and revelations so also to the iust reproofe of our adversaries who not requiring the preaching of the word in the Ministers haue also given the administration of the Sacrament vnto them that are no ministers For we are to thinke that as the ordinary promise appertaineth to the word lawfully preached so also the promise of the Sacrament belongeth to the due and lawfull administration thereof Moreover as hence this is to be noted that no man take this honour vpon him but he that is therevnto called as was Aaron so seeing wee knowe that this is the meanes appointed by God to saue such as he calleth let al such feare as cloath themselues with the skinnes of Gods people drinke their bloud not regarding at al to feed them over whom the holy Ghost hath made them overseers c. To obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ. this is the last point which is here to be observed of vs the end of all If the Apostle had said that God had chosen vs to greater store of health wealth honor

they had borrowed We may thanke God for our sumptuous palaces ready prepared for vs. I would to God we were like to thē in other things At this time the kings of Israel had banished religion from amongst them these mē for the loue of the truth knowledge of God forsook their own dwellings contented to liue far frō all courtly preferment preferring their own buildings before the stately palaces of Samaria These men dwelt with Elizeus though the famine were great without murmuring so deare vnto them was it to heare the Covenant and be made partakers of the promise Elizeus was not behind for his part but as they were obediēt vnto him not to build without his leaue so went he in and out before them looking to them as the shepheard to his flocke not only instructing and teaching them but also in providing necessaries for them yea setting his owne meat provision before them So these men lived in this maner insomuch that I thinke if Saul had come into the midst of these men he would certainely haue prophecied among them But things goe not so among vs doe the Heads and Governours goe in and out before their children doe they take that which is sent them and set it before their Companies or rather take they not that which is appointed for others and devoure it themselues alone as though our Colleges were made only for Heads not at all for members We need not as Elizeus did part with our owne portions or not rece●ue as Nehemiah the bread of the Governour nay wee lay ou● hands on that which is none of ours as if we were come to a common spoile wee set all things to sale and make marchandise of that which wee should bestowe freely And what though vnder some such naughtie Governours there haue good men come vp this is no great commendation nor more wonder then that a Buffard should hatch good haukes As for the common order to contemne Statuts and all good and lawfull orders is the readiest way to any preferment Popery is indeed in some sort banished our Colleges so that I thinke there be not in any of them any manifest recusant yet are there such whom we may looke vpon as the Prophet did on Hazaeli with watry eies remembring the harme that he should do to Israel But let vs for all this abide in Gods feare and service such as are Governours and godly continue it considering what a worthie thing it is not only to beget children to God but even many Fathers to beget many children Let vs content our selues with the small portion which God hath allotted vs knowing that a little with the feare of God and his favour is better then all the world besides And as God did increase the widdowes oyle in her cruse so can he increase that little which we haue so that our hearts shall bee therewith more satisfied then when their corne and wine oile is encreased Let vs refuse no paines for pretious things Iacob served seauen yeares for his wife and it seemed a short while vnto him because he loued her yea though it should cost you twenty year●s service as it did him yet the delight which I hope you haue in it will make them seeme short vnto you Blessed is hee that seeketh after wisdome and findeth it Take that counsell which Ioseph gaue his brethren fall not out by the way And that of the Apostle Obey them that haue the governance of you If we shall doe this wee are to hope that in the midst of our want God will open the heart of some well minded men to enlarge his benefits as he sent the man to Elizeus but if wee hold on there is no doubt but as the wrath of God fell in abundance vpon Abbeyes wherein he was dishonoured which rased the foundation and left not a stone vpon a stone alienated their lands from doing good to his Church so shall it likewise fall vpon our Colleges when hee will remoue the light of our Candlesticke and bring vpon vs either Poperie or Barbaritie which the Lord grant that by hartie and vnfeigned repentance wee may turne away from vs. 13 But we ought to giue thankes alway to God for you brethren beloued of the Lord because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit the faith of truth 14 Wherevnto he called you by our Gospell to obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ. The Apostle hath heretofore opened the rising and fall of Antichrist the place where he should set the pride of his heart how farre he should prevaile the righteous and severe iudgement of God vpon such as should refuse the truth take pleasure in vnrighteousnesse howbeit notwithstanding that multitudes should be caried away with the spirit of deceaueablenesse so that who so should looke vpon the outward face of the Church with a carnall eie might thinke that there were none left to call vpon the name of the Lord and pray with Eliah to take away his soule c. because that both smal and great had taken the marke of the beast in their foreheads yet the Apostle setteth out that in this generall backsliding the Lord will keepe a residue though in comparison of the rest they should bee but as a cluster in the vintage or as one grape of a cluster there should be some saued though they were not but as a leg or an eare caught out of the mouth of the lion as the Prophet speaketh that howsoever Antichrist should deceaue the world yet that there should bee a number to stand with the lambe on mount Sion and to accompany him whether soever hee should goe The Evangelist shewing that when our Saviour came into the world and among his own the world knewe him not his own receaued him not yet it there followeth that some there were that receaued him for to them that receaued him hee gaue power that they should be the sonnes of God Therefore the Apostle commeth here to speake of the comfortable state of the godly how God preserueth them in these great changes 1 First then in the person of the Thessal he sheweth from whence such as are preserued haue this grace in these 2 verses 2 Secondly he setteth downe a rule for them to rest vpon vers 15. stand fast 3 Thirdly declaring that as the beginning and meanes so the end also and continuance was from God he shutteth vp the whole matter with prayer vnto God But we ought to giue thankes c. in which wordes hee declareth that both the beginning meanes and end come onely from the mercy of the Lord therfore least the wi●e man should glory in his wisdome c. hee lets them vnderstand whence it is tha● they stand where other fall beginning with thanks that God hath from the b●ginning chosen you even as hee had done in the

THE DISCOVERY OF THE MAN OF SINNE WHEREIN IS SET FORTH THE CHANGES OF GODS CHVRCH In her Afflictions by his Raigne In her Consolations by his Ruine First preached in divers Sermons to the Vniversitie and Cittie of Oxon by a Reverend Iudicious Divine HR D. of Divinity and sometimes of Queenes College And now published for the farther vse of both and comfort of all that hate Antichrist and loue the Lord Iesus Christ wheresoever By W. H. 1. COR. 16.22 If any man loue not the Lord Iesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha AT OXFORD Printed by Ioseph Barnes 1614. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL my Reverend and right worthy friend Mr D. AIRAY Provost of the Queenes College in Oxford Grace Peace I haue adventured once againe Right Worshipfull reverenced and beloved in Christ Iesus to put into your hands and present vnto your view what hath fallen into my lap and lot from the Lord. This worthy and excellent Treatise so behoofefull for al persons so needfull for these times being formerly commended to my vse with some other things of like nature by my beloved and gracious friend I did accordingly as I had occasion vse and pervse Now the more I did read ponder and consider what I read the more I did admire the Impressions of wisdome learning religion sanctification and many other rare parts which in faire characters of Grace I found stampt almost in every page of it Certainely this Preacher sought to find out both profitable and pleasant things words of delight and words of truth not to humor and tickle the itching eare by plausible vaine sounds as of tinckling Cymbals but to refresh the thirsty heart with waters of life and satisfie the hungry soule with good things I know Sir you are no stranger neither to the Tree nor fruit having formerly dwelt together vnder one roofe dranke togither of one Cisterne and mutually reioiced togither in all offices of d●ty loue yet may you now renew the tendernesse of your affection by renuing your acquaintance with the Fruit of his labours For seeing here your eie may with more serious observation behold what with good attention heretofore your eare hath heard both eie and eare head and heart may be refreshed anew with the renued presence as it were of an absent ancient friend David for his loue to Ionathan the Father shewed great kindnesse to Mephibosheth his Sonne and I doubt not but this Infant for his Fathers sake this worke for the Authours shall finde accesse and acceptance in like manner at your hands And so commending this and my selfe to your favour and loue I pray for continuance of Gods mercies increase of his graces and that both for your person place to the farther building vp of the Body of Christ both in your selfe and in all that depend vpon you Bunbury in Cheshire Iuly 8. 1614. Yours ever in all Christian affection W. HINDE AN ADVERTISEMENT to the Reader CHristian Reader I take not vpon me to speake so much ●ither of the Author or his labour as may match their deserts or raise mens thoughts to any higher straine of opinion or admiration of the same Yet if my wordes were of so great weight and my testimony of that worth that I might in discharge of this dutie procure them their due It were a labour neither misplaced nor mispent seeing that is no lesse due to the Gratious man then to the vertuous woman Giue him of the fruits of his hands and let his owne workes praise him in the Gates Howsoever for my own part I cannot but speake what I haue found and felt Wisdome herselfe it seemeth had a purpose to broach some of her best wines when she made a vent in ●●is Vessell and called so earnestly vpon all that thirst to come and buy wine without mony and drinke freely It is now about 12 yeares ago since first I tasted of this wine aboue 30 since first it was mingled reached out to cheere the hearts of Gods children and yet old as it is it is so pleasant and wholsome at this houre that hee that drinkes of this old will not streight desire new but will doubtlesse acknowledge the old is better It was then a cup of salvation and consolation first tempred for and ministred vnto the Spouse of Christ as a Preservatiue against the cup of abhominatiō in the whores fist and as a Confortatiue against the cup of Affliction in her Fathers hand whereof she must needs tast and pledg her Lord that had himselfe begunne so deepe vnto her And I nothing doubt but as the tast yet remaineth so the vigor and vertue will bee now no lesse effectuall then before Is any weake and feeble wanting a spirituall appetite vnto heavenly Manna and wholsome food let him drinke a little of this wine for his stomacke sake and for his often infirmities It shall refresh his spirits warme his heart quicken his desires vnto good things Hath any drunk so deep of the whores Chalice that being giddy therewithall hee reeles and staggers in opinion religion as a drunken man and is ready to sinke downe and perish in his sinne O then giue him of this soveraigne sweet wine and stay him with these flagons comfort him with these apples and if once he thirst and drinke of this fountaine if once he hunger and eat of this fruit he shall be sicke of loue his soul shall liue I adde no more Only be advertised Christian Reader that albeit the copy which I had was for the Bulke and body of it reasonable intire yet was it not without some blemishes breaches as it came to my hands which by some other helpe that I had I laboured to repair For Allegations Proofes I found it very naked bare haue therefore made such supply in the marg●nt out of mine own observation provisiō as might giue some better cōtentment ●o such as should desire to see and search farther into such things Which I the rather mention that if any thing in the margent ●ee not so well and fitly suited matched with the tenour of the Text the Printer and my selfe might divide the fault betwixt vs but the Author might be free Wahtsoever my paines haue beene in searching out and setting downe testimonies of Scripture and Controversie recordes of Story and Antiquitie as the great varietie of matter herein contained did evidently require The comfort I haue taken in the booke it selfe the loue I haue ever borne vnto the Author and the hope I haue conceaued of the benefit that may grow vnto many thousands by putting it forth vnto publike view haue lightned and lessened yea swallowed vp and devoured all Wherefore Christian Reader commending this to thy vse and thy selfe to Gods Grace I intreat a favorable acceptance of my poore labours and a portion in thy hearty prayers and so ever rest Bunbury in Cheshire Iuly 8. 1614. Thine in the Lord Iesus WILLIAM