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A11503	Vindiciæ sacræ. A treatise of the honor and maintenance due to ecclesiasticall persons. Done out of the Latin, of that famous diuine of Holland, H. Saravia, sometime prebend of Canterbury.; De diversis ministrorum evangelii gradibus. Part 3. English	Saravia, Adrien, 1530-1612.; Martin, James, fl. 1615-1630.	1629 (1629)	STC 21752; ESTC S112329	24,696	101

of Christianitie will instantly sell all they haue and lay downe the price at the Churches feet Act. 4.34 Surely MADAM were these People in truth the Children of God as they strongly fancie themselues Narcissus-like being in loue with their owne supposed Beauty they would be better affected to the Church the Mistresse of heauenly Truth and not goe about like pernicious Furies to cloathe Her in Raggs that so feruently and frequently endeuors by the dispensation of Gods holy Word and Sacraments to adorne their Soules with the precious Pearles and inestimable Jewels of all Christian Vertues and to inuest them Luke primâ stolâ with the Richembrodered Robes and Royall Ornaments of a true iustifying and sauing Faith But they well shew of what Spirit they are euen of such a one as would fright the whole Packe of them if he should appeare and bristle among them at their Conuenticles or Night-Assemblies The GOD of Heauen assist and comfort your GRACE with his Holy Spirit make you a happy Jnstrument of much Good to his Church and crowne you in the end with a Diadem of eternall GLORIE Your GRACES most humbly deuoted IAMES MARTIN TO ALL NOBLE AND RELIGIOVS Patrons and Patronesses of the CHVRCH Most Noble and Religious LET it not seeme strange to ioyne you all in one Inscription whom God hath linked as those ancient Worthies and Act. 4.32 primitiue Saints by the Golden Chaine of a blessed Societie and Communion for the comfort and support of his despised and distressed Embassadors whom though the Deuil his Aethiopian Angels Reu. 2.10 striue continually by their Agents and Vnder-minisbers to bring into Aegyptian seruitude and contempt by oppressing deprauing and impouerishing them yet hath the Spirit of GRACE stirred vp your excellent Spirits to relieue encourage and sustaine them In which Noble Actions among other famous Precedents you haue that thrice-Glorious Emperor THEODOSIVS your Predecessor who euen on his Death-bed and in extremitie of Sicknesse exprest his Royall Charitie ardent Zeale feruent Deuotion to the State Ecclesiasticall as to his eternall honor S. Ambrose hath recorded And surely if some Tim. 3.5 selfe-deceauing Christians of our Time which make Religion a verie Mummerie and Disguise for their sinister ends and giue small or no 2 Tim. 4.3 Regard to the Diuine Ordinance in the Ministerie of their owne Pastors would vn-maske a while and enter into a strict consideration of their Mortalitie and the infinitenesse of Eternitie with the succeeding interminable Ioyes or Torments they must shortly endure how highly would they esteeme and reuerence their ' Rectors and Spirituall Guides Heb. 13.17 whom God hath so singularly honord with that Euangelicall yea Angelicall Office of conducting Soules to Heauen Would they not in a sacred Rapture cry out with the Propheticall Esay 52. ● Euangelist How beautifull vpon the Mountaines are the feet of him that declareth and publisheth Peace that declareth good tidings and publisheth Saluation saying vnto Zion Thy God raigneth Vndoubtedly they would notwithstanding their humane frailties and ● Cor. 4.7 infirmities receiue them as the Gal. 4.13 14 15. Galatians did S. Paul and thinke nothing too good or too precious for them But alas we haue too iust cause to subioine that of the same Apostle Rom. 10.16 All haue not obeyed the Gospel For many saith S. Bernard will goe with the Wise-men from the East Act. 2.11 to seeke Christ yea they will fall down and worship him but they are growne too wise to open their Treasures Blessed therefore are YOV thrice-Noble Christians that spare neither your Gold Frankincense nor Myrrhe but make your Riches as Abraham did his Seruants to helpe to entertaine the Angels of God And thrice-blessed shall you be at that GREAT DAY when you shall ioyntly receaue your GREAT REWARD in Heauen March on therefore like the Starres in their Orbes Judg. 5.20 in your Seraphicall Zeale to the House of God and the Officers thereof that by such Heauenly Acts of Pietie laying vp in store for your selues a good 1 Tim. 6.19 Foundation against the time to come you may lay hold on Eternall Life The God of Heauen multiply the Glorious Graces of his Holy Spirit vpon you that being faithfull vnto Death Reu. 2.10 He may giue you a Crowne of Life Vester humilis deuotus IACOBVS MARTINIVS Facultatis Artium Mr Oxon. DE Authore Jnterprete CARMEN QVae priùs in Latio latuerunt abdita vulgo Dogmata Semonis sancta celebranda Bataui Haec sacer Interpres pulcrè transfundit ornat At qui sacrata gemmata monilia Libro Explicat aureolo Gemmam proponit in illo E. Gemmam Ne sis Aesopi Lector 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 RICHARDVS CRVXONIVS Theologus To the AVTHOR AS some rare Flower whose silken Leaues haue beene Concealed long from their desired View Displayes at last his bright-sweet-smiling hew Fit to adorne the Bosome of a Queene Or as a Diamond of rich esteeme In doubtfull shadow of the darkesome Night Darts forth his beames and giues a cheerfull light Whose Lustre may a Royall Crowne beseeme So shine thy Glories so this Worke shall be An Arch-Triumphall to thy Memorie R. B. LONDINAS A Treatise of the honor and maintenance due to the CLERGIE CHAP. I. Donaries giuen to Churches are firme by the same Lawes by which others of the Laity possesse their estates THE zeale and bounty of our fore Fathers in enriching the Church are knowne to all and it were strange to imagine that an vniuersall error or as some would haue it a madnesse should so long transport them in that point and that their Posteritie going a quite contrary way without Warrant from God and Example of former Ages should bee wiser then they As to follow the bad examples of our Ancestors is a fond Absurdity so to contemne their examples rashly and without iust cause is meere Impiety It is true both fathers and children are all prone to euill but whether are men more apt to take from others or to giue of their owne Our fathers gaue as none can deny with no ill intent their children take away what they gaue with what minde is apparant enough They gaue according to the Lawes these take contrary to Law Those things which haue beene giuen to the Church haue their strength and validity from the selfe-same Lawes whereby other men possesse what they haue and there is none but would thinke it a Tyrannicall act in a Magistrate to thurst him out of his Possessions without hearing him first speake for himselfe It had beene fit therefore that Ecclesiasticall persons should haue beene permitted to haue had audience and that sufficient reasons should haue been alleaged to them why they ought not any longer to be suffered in a Christian Common wealth nor to enioy the possessions of the Church They also which succeeded them in their Pastorall Charge should haue beene heard for it concerned them to know how the goods