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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18346	A fruitfull sermon, vpon the 3.4.5.6.7.&8. verses of the 12. chapiter of the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes very necessarie for these times to be read of all men, for their further instruction and edification, in things concerning their fayth and obedience to saluation.	Chaderton, Laurence, 1536?-1640.; Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1584 (1584)	STC 4926.5; ESTC S1546	34,708	90

the Teacher is occupied about the reasonable part of the minde therin to plant true knowledge and sound doctrine so he is occupied about that part wherein the affections haue their abode to bring the heart and will to continuall obedience of the trueth which is so much more necessary then the other by howe much the Lord is more delighted with obedience then with naked and bare knowledge The discription of the Pastor and his office is this A Pastor is a Prophet that vpon sound doctrine grounded vppon the sincere interpretation of the Scripture continueth in exhortation wisely applied to the present vse necessitie and edification of his people and in the administration of the Sacraments all the partes wherof may appeare in this sort Doctrin is the ground euery exhortation not builded thereon is fruitlesse and weake and vanisheth away as smoke in the winde though it be zealous yet it is blinde aad without knowledge As the Scriptures are able to instruct the Doctor with all knowledge in teaching so the Pastor in exhorting improouing and correcting It is certaine that obedience is the end of exhortation and that faith is the mother of obedience and that faith leaneth only vpon the Worde Rom. 10. Hebrues 11. 4. 7. 8. 17. 27. 28. Moreouer the Stewarde of the Lords house must be not only faithfull Luk. 12. 41. but also wise to giue his seruaunts their portion in due time The Lords children are not all of one age and strength and therefore their spirituall father must feede some with milk and some with stronger meate according to their seuerall necessitie The diuider of the word must cut it aright 2. Timothy 2. 15 The Pastor being a learned Scribe is like the wise housholder which hath filled and furnished all his treasure houses with all store new and old Exhortation must be applyed to all estates high and lowe rich and poore bond and free learned and vnlearned The Pastor must not onely lead his sheepe into pleasant and holesom pastures but also to heal the sick to bring home the strayes to strengthen the weak Ezechiel 34. 4 that all these duties are to be done continually in his proper place whereunto the Lord hath called him it is manifest by the reason before vsed Wher shoulde the shephearde bee occupied but where his sheepe are where shoulde the watchman watch but where his Citie and Towne is the spirituall enimies of our soul are many strong mighty malitious vigilaÌ„t subtil ful of deceipt y e sheep of the great pasture fewe weake feeble simple dull vnwise therefore their keeper and defender had neede alwayes to bee among them to knowe their wayes to see their going out and their comming in That hee may the better going before them in all sounde Doctrine and godlinesse keepe them to Christe and defende them from their enimies hee must hearken vnto the voyce of Christ Feede feede feede Hee must bee instant in season and out of season and therefore continually abide with his flocke which to doe as it is a moste profitable duty both for the Pastor and the flock so to leaue y e flock as many do feed watch where they haue no flock is most hurtfull to both and therefore all such rouing Pastors are by cordes to be tied to their own people As before teaching contained the whol duty of y e Doctor so here exhorting by a figure signifieth al y e duties of a Pastor For hee exhorteth the weake ones to take comfort by the sweete mercies and promises of God the good hee exhorteth to proceede partly by the feare of Gods iudgementes and partly by the loue of his mercies The wicked he exhorteth to repentance by laying before them the eternall and seuere iudgements and curses of GOD and the multitude and greatnesse of their sinnes So that those are but meanes to whet his exhortation that it may pearce and enter in euen to the diuiding of the soule and the spirite Nowe I beseech you consider first the wisdome and mercy of God in prouiding for the people Mans soul hath two parts reason or the minde the hart or the affection By the fall of Adam there is in the minde darknesse and ignorance of the will of God in the hart there is nothing but rebellion and enemity against him so that the Scripture hath iudged vs to be by nature the Children of darknesse and the sonnes of rebellion Nowe the Lorde in wisedome and mercy hath giuen to his Church remedies to cure these diseases First a Doctor who by heauenly wisedom in interpreting the Word is able the spirit working by his ministery to translate vs from the kingdome of darknesse to the kingdom of light and knowledge then the Pastor whom he hath ordained to subdue and tame the rebellious motions of our harts and make them obedient to the wil and truth of God O the vnspeakable wisdome mercyes of God who to cast down the strong holdes of ignorance and rebellion which by nature possessed our soules hath giuen the ministeries of the Pastor Doctor which being giuen of the king of kings prince of princes in the day of his coronation when he led his enimies in triumph to shew the glory of his kingdome his princely power can neither bee thoght to be smal neither lightly regarded without great dishonor vnto y e giuer who hath not left vs destitute as we see of any gift necessary for our soules health He that distributeth in distributing with simplicity From the Ministers of y e Word he commeth to other officers which haue charge either of a part of the congregatioÌ„ as Deacons Attenders vpon the sick or of the whol as Elders shewing y t these as they are diuers gifts from y e other so they are very necessary in their place roome The first is the Deacon called here y e distributer wherby appeareth his office and function what it is For a Deacon is an officer which continueth in distributing y e common liberality of y e Church according to the necessity of all the poore members therof The first part is plaine in this text y t he is a distributer of the Church goods appeareth in the 4. of the Arts 6. where many brought the price of their lands and houses which they had sold and layd the mony at the Apostles feete to be distributed to euery man as he had neede Nowe the Apostles that they might the better attend vnto preaching and praying were vpon necessary causes faine to giue ouer this charge vnto other called Deacons whome the Church elected as it is in Act. 6. Therefore this is the Deacons office herein he must be occupied to marke the necessity of the poore and accordingly to distribute Whereupon y t followeth y t hee must knowe therefore their estate their wealth their charges their custome of spending whither it be much or little or moderate their trade of life whether they be painfull or negligent

hauing regard not what ought to be first in knowledge but first in practize not respecting the perfection of order but the corruption of our nature For we being ful of pride selfe-loue vain-glorie arrogancie ambition it is necessary that this hard and brasen wall made and grounded vpon the harde brasen pillers of originall concupiscence should first be cast downe and digged vp with the ground-work thereof before we can see and feele the sweet grace of God the comfortable presence of his Spirit in humbling our proud hearts and working in our mindes a sound iudgemeÌ„t We must therefore for the better keeping of the general Law cast off these two burdens y t presse vs down ouerweening of our gifts ambitioÌ„ which make the mind not content with her own estate and calling For as darknes and light cannot dwell in one place at one time so pride and humilitie ambition and godly contentation cannot dwell in one man So long as pride y t blindeth our eies and a disliking of our estate possesse the heart ther is no place for an humble sound iudgemeÌ„t no roome for an affection contented to rest in y t portion which God hath allotted vnto vs. The blessed apostle seeing this chargeth y e Romans to put out dispossesse their harts of those two enimies wherin albeit they had their abode since the fall of our first Parentes yet being vsurpers they must bee thrust out that Christ whose we are and hee oures by the eternall couenaunt may dwell in vs and we in him for euer They be strong men and therefore will not bee dispossessed by any weak power only they will giue place to the force and powerfull hande of a stronger that is to the spirit of God which filleth vp the low valleyes casteth downe the high mountaines As they be strong to keepe possession so they be strong to strike to wounde to slay and destroy both the Ecclesiasticall and Politique bodies of the Church and Common wealth For from these two pestilent fountains selfe-loue and ambition flow enuiyng of the good bitter contention and striuing with the equall disdaine contempt of the inferiors Hence it is that the gouernors of the Church thinke too well of them selues not humbly begging the direction of Gods spirite but expounde the word according to their own fancies that they desire to rule as they list deuise new offices confounde those which the Lorde hath wisely distinguished challenge vnto theÌ„selues new titles new names princely prerogatiues and vnlawfull iurisdiction ouer their brethren All which vices as they sprung vp first in the Churche of Rome notwithstanding this admonition of Paul for the preuenting of them so hauing nowe deadlye wounded the body and wholy destroied and defaced that Churche they haue spread their bowes and braunches into many places of the Lordes Uineyarde wherein they haue taken such deepe roote that it is to bee feared that as they now doe ouershadowe the tender plants of the Orchard of God so they will in time consume and destroy the whole growthe with the poyson of their corruption except they be plucked vp by the rootes For my part examining the matter with an indifferent minde I can see no other roote whence these rotten vnnatural bowes should spring then this high and lofty minde whereby men doe presume to thinke of themselues and of the treasure of grace which they haue more then they ought to do Why woulde not Diotrephes receiue Iohn the other faithfull ministers of the word Wherefore did he prattle with malitious words against them Why would he neither him selfe receiue nor suffer others to intertain the brethren Was not this the onely cause because hee loued to haue the preeminence in the Church Read the third epistle of Iohn What caused the Scribes and Pharisies to contemn and disdaine y e base estate low degree of Christ and his poore Disciples they loued the cheef places at feastes desired the cheefe seate in the assemblies and greeting in the markets and to be called of men Rabby Rabby was not this because they were high-minded Why did Iames Iohn their mother mooued by them desire to be cheefest in the kingdom of Christ Or why did the other disciples disdain at this request Was it not only because their harts were puffed vp with pride vaine-glory and ambition Why did some preach to adde affliction vnto Paules bondes Was it not because they thought better of themselues and their giftes then of him and his gifts and by enuying him troubled the Church O therefore howe necessary is it for vs that be of the Church to beate down this brazen wall of pride presumption and ambition which cause all these disorders among vs that God may reare vp in our hartes the newe fortresse of a sounde discreete humble and sober minde and so make vs sincere obseruers of this general Law All these thinges I haue spoken doe sufficientlie teache howe some Churches haue beene and are at this day sore wounded others destroied by these two horrible monsters of pride and ambition which wil not bee subiect to any nay which wil if they be suffered lift vp their heads into the throne of the Lord. Now to the Comman wealth wherein if we shall aske the wisest men of all ages that be past either religious or prophane they wil tell you y t which by long certaine experience they haue learned namely y t this proud ambitious surprising of gifts disliking of mens proper dealings haue bene y e disturbers I might say y e destroiers of families tribes towns cities kingdoms and empires So Moses Iehosua Dauid and the prophets haue left in their writings this to be learned of such as wil read theÌ„ The prophane writers both Gretians Romans which haue registred y e diuersities chaÌ„ges ouerthrows ruins of coÌ„moÌ„ wealths do teach the same better then the time will suffer me perticulerly to rehearse But to omit the auncient monuments and histories of the old time to come to our owne country did euer any man harden his heart heere in England against lawfull regiment which hath not beene full of pride ambition Can the sober minded man resting and taking his felicity in his base and lowe calling lift vp his hand to pluck the regal crown from the head of the lawfull gouernour No no dearly beloued no more then a heauy stone can ascende into the highest region of the firmament It is the lighte heade and the aspiring minde which through pride and ambition flieth into the Princes pallace Seeing then y t these two vices of pride ambition doe not only eternally coÌ„denm such as are infected with them which is most fearfull but also wound and destroy the society of the saints and the policie of kingdomes seeing that the Lord by his Apostle here doth so straighty forbid them as the most daungerous enemies vnto this generall Lawe I am to charge you

as if shee haue three handes three feet or six fingers by and by she mislyketh her selfe she hateth the superfluity she laboreth to cut it off because she is contended with her selfe desiring no mo partes then shee hath nay hating if it bee but a knob of flesh that is more then needs She would haue manye members but not too many she would haue all her members she wold want none least she should appeare either monstrous which is feareful or maimed which is hatefull Euen so is it with the Church and spouse of Christ in England For as she is grieued for the lack of those partes which are wanting so shee abhorreth and loatheth such as are abounding as namely the callinges of Archbishops Bishops deanes Archdeacons Deacons Chauncellers Commissaries Officials all such as be rather members and partes of the whore and strumpet of Rome then of the pure virgin and Spouse of the immaculate Lambe Therefore she desireth these if they will needs be of her body to shew that they bee created of God and vnited to her by Christ her heade If they will needes be of the heauenly Hierusalem let them shew that they came down from heauen and who gaue them from thence For the Apostles neuer knewe them Sion hath not hearde of them Hierusalem which is aboue wil not acknowledge them the watchmen no doubt beeing a sleepe they haue crept into the Citie of the Lord. But now they are espied now the Church complayneth of them both because they haue no title nor interest in it as publique members and also because by the length of their vnlawfull swoordes they keepe out lawfull members of the body We therefore that are the Lordes remembrauncers must neuer let him rest till he haue expelled them out of Hierusalem wherin they haue no right to exercise such vnlawfull authoritie Therefore we humbly desire and beseech all that are in higher places and haue accesse vnto her excelleÌ„t Maiesty that they woulde for the loue they beare to the Church of Christ in tender compassion looke vpon our Church which maketh so iust a complaint that they would send for the Preachers of the word enquire what is lacking and what is too much and so repayre and build vp the walles of Hierusalem the praise of the world The second rule is that the members of the body must haue but one office that is euery one his seueral distinct office For God is not the author of confusion but of good order and necessary distinction So sayth Paule There are diuersity of giftes and administrations of operations yet but one spirite one Lorde one God which worketh all in all And least any should obiect that this maye be and yet no let but that one man hauing manye giftes maye haue diuers offices for though they bee diuers one in respect of an other yet they maye agree in one man we must consider that the Apostle speaketh here of diuers meÌ„bers of one body meaneth y t euery one must haue his seueral gift y t maketh a seueral office for the coÌ„mon profit of others This seuerall and speciall gift bindeth to one seuerall and special office For the same Apostle teacheth that those gifts are not only distinguished in nature but also in person saying To one is giuen the worde of wisedome vnto an other the worde of knowledge c. Therefore euerye personne or member of the Church muste haue his owne proper and seuerall office that he maye vse it to the common commoditie of all his fellow-members If the naturall members of the bodye doe perfectly performe their seuerall dutyes then it muste needes goe wel with the body and nature must needes delight and take greate pleasure in it but if contrarily one member do encroch vpon the office of an other it must needes tend to the destruction of the body So assuredly the estate of the Church is best and most flourisheth when there is neither too many nor too few members according to the first rule neither confusion of offices according to the second Seeing then beloued in our church the Deacon encrocheth vpon the office of the Pastor for he prateth openly and ministreth the Sacraments women vpon the office of men for they baptize priuate men vppon the office of publique persons for one man doth suspend from the Sacramentes and excommunicate the Doctour vpon the office of the Pastour for both indifferently teach exhort and minister the sacraments the Ecclesiasticall person vpon the office of the ciuill Magistrate and contrarily the ciuill vppon the Ecclesiasticall for they interchangeablye handle and discide ciuill and Ecclesiasticall controuersies seeing I saye here is no distinction but confusion no contenting with one duetye but encroching vppon many no wyse order in gouernment but a foolishe and pernicious shuffeling togeather of diuers dueties which the Lorde hath heere and else where in sundry places of his word distinguished haue we not iust and necessary cause to beseech and pray such as be in authority not to suffer their eye-lids either to sluÌ„ber or sleep til they haue remooued these superfluities supplied these wants and refourmed this intollerable confusion that the body of the Church may appeare in her perfect beauty and health The 3. rule is these many members must haue but one head to whom they are most nearely surely vnited and of whom they must be onely and perpetually ruled All the parts of the naturall body because they are by many iointes and bandes fitly and surely coupled to the head they receiue life sense power motion and strength to perfourme their duties and mutually to helpe one another and all this is done by the vertue of this naturall vnion For if that were not no part were able to serue either it selfe or any other so that beeing in this vnion they liue being seuered they dye and perish Euen so it fareth with the members of y e Church for they beeing by spirituall ioints handes surely vnited knit to Christ their heade he conuayeth into euerye one by his spirite and faith life to quicken them wisedom to lighten them sense for feeling and all other graces and strength to defend them against all aduersary power and to bring them to the perfect vnion and fellowship which is in himselfe We are the tender braunches he is the vine if we be in him we shall receiue spirituall nourishment to life euerlasting and al things that appertaine to our health if we be out of him we can not but die and that eternally He onely is the vine whereinto we must be graffed he onely is the band that bindeth vs vnto him the braunches that are not in the vine must needes wither and die if he binde vs not vnto him selfe we must needes scatter abroade and fall asunder one from an other He onely is the cause of all vnion with him selfe and among the members to make all the members at one with him and with them selues And also

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