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A13767	A triple antidote, against certaine very common scandals of this time which, like infections and epidemicall diseases, haue generally annoyed most sorts of people amongst vs, poisoned also not a few, and diuers waies plagued and afflicted the whole state. / By Iohn Tichborne, Doctor of Diuinity, and sometimes fellow of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge..	Tichborne, John, d. 1638.	1609 (1609)	STC 24064; ESTC S118413	94,709	132

is lawfull or forbidden therein by the precise rule of Gods word Lastly these men greatly wrong themselues as well as our whole Church and the gouernors thereof in comparing that abominable Idoll of Baall and the rest aboue mentioned in those Scriptures with our Crosse and other such like ceremonies howsoeuer defiled with much superstition and Idolatry at any time for as for that one of Baal and most also of the other there neuer was nor possibly could be any good vse of them as we haue shewed and prooued of the Crosse Neither was the naming of those abominable Idols simply wicked as Saint Ierome also disputeth in one of his Epistles and which might well fit our tenderest in this kind who cannot abide the least mention of the Masse and that vpon conscience of these places which yet was generally vsed as Doctor Fulke sheweth Fulke against Sanders to signifie the Lords supper by it a long time in the Church but such a mentioning of them only as those Idolaters did vse towards them as may appeare by the contrary protestation of Dauid Psalm 16 saying I will not mention them in my lips which is as the scope of that speciall place argueth to praise them or pray vnto them as it is well knowne the Idolaters did Whereas the worst that euer was imputed or performed to this Crosse or any other of that nature was no way giuen to the things themselues or by their meanes to any horrible Idoll as that of Baall was and so to the very diuell himselfe as Saint Paule sheweth but respectiuely alwayes and in relation to him that did hang vpon the Crosse as the worst of them all chalenge for themselues as from whom by their idle fancies and superstitious imaginations some diuine power was communicated and transfused into that and all other Crosses and that no otherwise as the best of them plead for it and themselues then as a King doth make a grant and sendeth vsually some token of his will and authority in many particulars by his ring or seale and so much for this argument also CHAP. VI. Answering that obiection for Christian liberty which the Crosse is supposed in some so much to crosse THE other reasons that followe are of lesse moment and yet for the satisfying of all as neere as I can I will returne somewhat to them also the one being taken from that grand prerogatiue of Christian liberty chalenged and magnifyed many waies by these men the other from those necessary apparent and vnauoidable offences which doe dayly and must needs still arise from the vse of this Crosse which as all Christians so especially the chiefe Magistrate and all other vnder him that haue charge of their peoples soules as well as of their bodies are bound to foresee preuent and take away or els should be found to transgresse that royall Lawe spoken of in Iames Iames. 3. Rom. 14. v. 15. and that speciall branch thereof mentioned in the 14. to the Rom. by not walking in loue nor hauing charitable compassion at the least of these mens infirmities and great soules dangers and dammage The first whereof which toucheth Christian liberty sauoreth not a little of Anabaptisme from which some writing masters of this kind haue bought or borrowed too many drugges to make vp their poysonfull confections in some of their books as that other aboue vsed by them against the indifferency of any thing was drawne from the Manichees Insomuch as a man may boldly and truely say of many of these irregular persons for the summe of their new doctrines and strange practises that they are for the most part and so will be found to be compounded of Manichisme and Anabaptisme I meane the worst sort of them For against the other which I haue elsewhere distinguished I neuer intended in this or any other to deale against them but as neere as I can the errors of them all As in this one particular of withdrawing their obedience to lawfull authority in things in their owne nature indifferent vnder colour of Christiā liberty doth very plainly appeare In which for more speciall answer they shew not only their great security in not examining their consciences for so manifest a breache of Gods Lawe and their further pride hypocrisie in passing ouer the grauiora legis as Christ told the Pharisies of his time vnder colour and pretence of making scruples and conscience of these smaller things as comparatiuely they may be called but also very grosse and sottish ignorance in not discerning Institutionum lib. nor any way determining aright of this Christian liberty Which is a thing indeed as Caluin well obserueth and discourseth vpon this argument no lesse spirituall then the pardon of sinne and peace of conscience and specially consisteth in that spirituall freedome from the lawe of sinne and curse awarded by Gods lawe thereupon which naturally raigneth in our mortall bodies that is euery power and part of body and soule and power from Christ his grace spirit and life to worke righteousnesse and fulfill the law as Saint Paul from the last words of the 4. Chap. to the Romanes to the end of the seuenth most fully seteth downe Neither did Christ come as himselfe proclaimeth to destroy the Law but to establish and performe it in himselfe and all his members who is a Sauiour but not to sinne againe a physition but not to surfetting and therefore hath deliuered vs from all our enemies Lucae 1. that we should serue him and keepe euery one of his commandements The maine summe whereof standeth in due obedience to himselfe and his lawfull ordinances Zanch. in Confess as Saint Peter expoundeth the same Neither doth our freedome from that seuerity of the ceremoniall Lawe abridge any whit the authority of the Magistrate in decent ceremonies agreeable to the Gospell but cleane contrary as we haue aboue remembred inuesteth rather that whole perfection meaning and authority of the ceremoniall Law in those Christian Magistrates to whom God committeth any part of his Church vnder the Gospell The ceremoniall Law indeed being nothing els but an order appointed by God himselfe for the outward policy and discipline of the Church being then vnder the pedagogy of the Law which now is left to the liberty of Christian Princes as they shall see their times occasions to require Only vt Austen ne excedant and so become a snare and burden where yet I see not but obedience is necessary albeit vt Peter a yoake too heauy to beare and it is a sinne to the commanders encroching vpon this liberty but yet you inferior must obey and so as Beza bene parere may and must stand when magistrates doe malè imperare So if the Apostles had vrged more ceremonies parendum orat Secundo Cauendum ne vt de Imaginis vsu multitudo caeremoniarum hinder charity or oppresse any in these poore times and daies of Gods wrath vpon the Church as also of the miserie for

alicubi extent In quibus etiam tam magnis quod facilè largientur credo omnes subarduis voluisle tentasse aliquid satis erit praesertim mihi haec primò adnitēti aliis bene multis iam diu occupato nimium praepedito dum haec ab initio mediarer tantū non obsesso penitus oppresso Quae si quod voluimus effectum minùs dederint quod medicantibus in hoc potissimùm genere perrarò obtingit qui vt Galenus curare multos sed sanare paucos solent illud tamen hinc commodi euenturum autumo bene spero quod vt tertium illud Crucis verè iam Contradictionis Signum nuperos quod audio multum gratulor nactum esse patronos bene multos verè Aesculapios sic alios nostra haec forsitan excitabunt qui depositis illis penè desperatis de Excommunicatione Subscriptione curis medelis extremam quod aiunt manum quamprimum addant imponant Quae denique quoniam tibi in Excelsissimo Episcopalis dignitatis culmine magno tuo merito virtute prudentia constituto quae exhibeantur minora esse longè indignissima satis intelligā meipsum si placet cum aliis pro strenarū more indole postmodum insequuturis vnà offero adiungo adeoque se totum ditioni tuae dicat consecrat hisce demum pauculis consignat in perpetuum Honoratissimae Amplitudinis tuae obseruantissimus IOHANNES TICHBORNVS The Epistle to the Reader IT was well saide of that Italian Merchant Machiauel de repub for all refined pollicies of this last age That the world must be sicke and purged also before it die Wherein what the great Physition hath from time to time practised vpon that vaste bodie somtime by fire sometime by water generally by many great cōmon destructions euery generation and story are perpetuall witnesses and Saint Hierome most passionately doth expresse and bewaile writing thus against Iouinian Libro primo contra Iouin Succrescit silua vt succidatur Howbeit a better Prophet prognosticated of some more speciall diseases which should befall and possesse the wayward crasie most distēpered old age of the world auouching by the spirit 2. Tim. 3. v. 1. that in the last dayes men should bee full of selfe loue couetousnesse pride wantonnesse and such like which the learned haue obserued and found to be the root and causes of all heresies as also disobedient and breakers of oath and promises from whence haue proceeded the manifold Sects Schismes and personall separations disturbing alwaies the outward peace quiet gouernment of the Church of God For the mitigating and repressing whereof because they can neuer wholly be cured or taken away 1. Cor. 11. Math. 13. for there must be heresies and Coccle tares and darnell will be sowed and must grow amongst the best corne and croppe vntill the end it hath pleased Christ the soules sole Physition and great protector of his Church to substitute the Ministery and Magistracy whereby as Chirurgians and his owne hands in those his ordinances to apply sundry kinds of remedies to so many and diuers maladies both which working diuersly yet to one and the same end partly by the word and spirit and partly by the ciuill sword doe hold vp as well the generall frame and compage of the whole body as the estates of all particular Churches and Common wealths vntill the day of perfect recuring and restoring all things come Now the physicke and Cure committed to the hand of the Church which is the subiect matter of my treatise ensuing may for our better discerning and handling the same for this present not vnfitly bee matched with the termes and parts made and giuen by the learned to that happy art whereby the life and health of the lesser world mans body is procured and maintained Which being by the vsuall account three in number namely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 may for breuity order sake be reduced to the three special heads to which I haue referred this my so termed threefold Antidote and desired to apply the same to our present state in England being now by God his blessing if all had eies or grace to see it as was sometimes said of Rome and Athens 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 euen a little world or a briefe and Epitome of all God his mercies elsewhere bestowed vpon all the Churches and Common-wealths in the world Vnderstanding by the first thereof Excommunication which comprizeth vnder it as a part for the whole exhortations admonitions reprehensions threatnings confession absolution and such like all these meanes which the ministery and power of the keies may by the word and spirit prescribe at any time for the purging and healing so many soules sicknesses which the whole Church for this life and euery member thereof is continually subiect vnto And by the second termed Subscription answering to that second general part of physicke called Hygeine in respect of the nature end and manifold vse therof we meane all wholsome decrees Councils priuate or publique and constitutions of the Church by which the trueth of doctrine amidst the manifold differences and contrarily minded people in the world may be preserued and maintained the inward peace of each conscience more fully and safely secured and the outward order of euery particular Church better established and defended against al manner of oppositions by turbulent spirits in that behalfe and the iust temper of the whole body of Christ by all good meanes wise foresight cont nued throughout the world And lastly by the Crosse which I haue made the noble Hierog●yphicon of all other decent ceremonies to bee vsed at any time in the Church of God I vnderstand all comely ornaments whereby as well Christ his Ministers according to their differences degrees dignittes as all other things belonging to the least performance and holy administration in God his seruice may and ought to be beautified decked and adorned all scarres and defects naturally or by euill euent incident to any Church healed and supplyed and the most naturall sweet colour vigour and beautie of Christ his Spouse be made resplendent and apparant to the whole world with all other properties and effects which that decoratiue art and last part of Physicke is knowne and celebrated to bring to passe in mans body all which as in those last dangerous dayes they haue been much incombred by the hands and meanes of Schismatikes Atheists Churchrobbers and such like of the prophane cursed crue of so many heathenish people that haue rushed into Gods inheritance as Psal 80. v. 1. and no lesse tortured and afflicted now a long time with all kind of spirituall diseases and enormities and euen brought as they say to the last cas● so stand they now in need if euer to be releeued with all the best antidotes and electuaries which from both hands of Ministery and Magistracy the Lord is willing