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A16945	A sermon very notable, fruictefull, and godlie made at Paules crosse the. xii. daie of Noue[m]bre, in the first yere of the gracious reigne of our Souereigne ladie Quene Marie her moste excellente highnesse, by Iames Brokis Doctor of Diuinitie, [and] master of Bailye College in Oxforth, with certein additions, whiche he at the tyme of vttering, for auoidyng of tediousnes, was faine to omitte.	Brooks, James, 1512-1560.	1553 (1553)	STC 3838; ESTC S117364	39,014	158

other sortes vnto theim thei muegled the symple with scismaticall psalmes and Hymnes of their owne deuise the young petites with false fond Cathechismes as did also Iulianus thapostata in hys time thelder scholers w t ▪ large exhibitiōs as did also Berengarius in his time the prestes and prechers with the promotiōs dignities of the churche as many at least as would subscribe to their heresie the catholikes in the meane time whiche refused subscriptiōs being either depriued of suche liuings ther had other banished other imprisoned other at the lest cōmaunded to silence And hathe not the like practizes been put in vre of late yeres emong vs also Was there not vsed aswel in Sermones as in Lectures and other commune assemblies a certeine scismaticall and singular kinde of praier somewhat differente from the commō order sort of praier Was there not one perilous pernicious pestilente Cathechisme emong other thinges set fourth of late with a commaūdement to bee readde in al Grammare scholes through out the whole realme And that also setfurth as allowed by the clergy in Synod Lōdi wheras the conuocacation without all doubte for the lower house at leaste was neuer made priuie thereunto ▪ Hathe not our exhibitiones worthely termed ARRIANS or BERENGARIANS exhibitions been distributed of late to Scholers namely in Oxfoorth with great parcialitie and respecte of personnes more for the Corruptione of youthe then for any good zeale to the maintenaunce of vertue and learning none being made partakers therof at length but suche onely as would bee conformable to al Subscriptions ▪ Which if it were not a certein kynde of byinge poore neadie symple Soulles to the Deuill for moneie I report me to you Hathe there been anye spiritual promotion and dignitie ye or almoste anye meane liuyng of the Churche bestowed these fewe yeares paste but vppon suche onely as woulde ernestly setfurth either by preching either by subscribyng al the erronious doctrine falsli termed the Kynges procedinges Hath there been any catholike of late yeares refusyng subscription but that hath been other depriued other imprisoned other banished their company other at leaste silenced Tharrians ouer and besides this for y e better defēce of their indefensible heresie thei would admit nothing against thē but what was other by expresse wordes mēcioned in scripture ▪ other els by their own fōd iudgemēt to bee gathered of scripture And therupon this terme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifiyng the cōsubstātialitie of the Soonne wyth the father whiche terme the Catholike fathers inspired by the spirit of truth inuēted in y e counsail of Nice thei reiected it as a new terme as a straūge tearme as a terme no where hable to befounde through out all the hole corps of the byble As in very dede the terme and selfe worde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the same order of sillables can no wher befound natwithstanding the thinge ment therby is easie to be deduced gathered of scripture by the iudgement at least of the catholike churche And hath not the lyke practise bine vsed of late with vs also hath not oure new gospellers exacted of vs expresse scripture for euery thinge vsed of olde in the churche hath not they caused to be laid downe al thinges whiche are not other expressely mēcioned in scripture other by there owne fonde iudgemente to be gathered of scripture And hath not they thereupon reiected and taūted this terme transubstantiacion as a terme newe straunge papisticall and no where hable to be founde thorough out the hole bodie of the byble But albeit thys terme transubstantiacion may seme to them somewhat a new terme being not muche aboue thre hundreth yere olde yeat is the thinge of a farre more antiquitie and auncientnes As Athanasius ones answering arrius said by this terme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Antiqua res nomen nouum accepit non uocabulo nouo nouae rei uirtus accessit An oulde thinge hath receaued a new name and yeat for all the newe name it hath not receaued y e vertue of a newe thinge And though this terme transubstantiacion lyke as this terme consubstantialitie can no where befounde in scripture as in verye dede the terme can not befoūde yet in as muche as the thing ment thereby is easily gathered of scripture by y e sīcere īcortupt iudgmēt of our mother the holy catholyke church it ought of euery good christen obedient child firmeli to be credited beleued For y t church which gathered the thinge of scripture inuēted the terme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 against tharrians that churche whiche gathered the thing of scripture īuēted y e terme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 agaist y e Nestoriās that church which gathered y e thīge of scripture inuented y e terme Ingenitus agaist y e priscilianistꝭ that church which gathered y e thīg of scripture inuēted y e terme persona agaist y e Sabellians y t very selfe same church hath also gathered y ● thing of scripture inuēted this terme transubstantiacion agaynst the sacramentaries If you set ought by her iudgement in thother pointes why shoulde you set noughte by her iudgemēt in this pointe Other receue her iudgemēt thoroughly other reiecte her iudgement thoroughly other make her asothsaier vtterly other make her a lier vtterly Tharrians to be shorte not tharrians only but all other kynde of miscreauntes misbeleuers and heretikes for the moost parte intendinge to in duce and bringe in the highest heresie of all they vsed cōmonly first to make induction ther unto by other meaner maters ▪ And hath not the lyke practise ●ine vsed of late yeres here with vs also hath not our new christians intendinge at length to shoote at the hyghest marke of al shote first at other lower markes yes certenly for firste butted they at holye water at holy bread at asshes at palme at tenebringe at knockynge at knelinge and at other like litle ceremonies Than roued they abrode at verities vnwryten at doctours expositions at mans traditions at prescript meates at fastings dayes at holy dayes at prayenge dayes at bodilye seruice and at suche other meane maters as vncerten markes Afterwarde pricked they fully holly most blasphemously at the crosse of Christe at the Image of christ at y ● sa●tꝭ of christ at y ● mother of christ at the spouse of christ at the sacrifice of Christ at the sacramentes of Christ there in at last at the moost precious bodi blud of christ as y ● highest marke of al the chefest misterie of our faith the greatest comforte man hath in all thys mortal life Is it than any meruel good brothrē if this doughter the churche of Englande be now ● a part disceaced dead sithen at the deuices meanes waies to slee and kylle christen souies vsed heretofore of tharrians hath byn thus practised here of ●ate by some of her own bloude and brood Agaynste whose recheles and leude

pointe Fifthly our mother the holie catholike Churche in that shee hath to her pappes the two testamentes tholde and the new Euen as all women haue geuē vnto theim by nature sence to discerne the good temperature of their owne pappes from the distemperature of the same ▪ so hath the Churche geuen her by God aucthoritie to discerne the true Scriptures from the forged the autentical from the Apocriphal For otherwyse why should we allow receiue S. Markes Gospell whiche neuer sawe Christe nor hearde Christ and disalowe and reiect Nichodems Gospelle whiche was conuersaunt with Christ Why sholde we then allow and receiue the Gospel of S. Luke beyng but a disciple disalowe and reiecte the Gospel of s Iames beyng an apostle whyche Gospel Origene citeth And S Ierome also he citeth the Gospel of Nazares but as a thyng vtterly Apocriphal except onely one particle therin of the woman taken in aduoutrie which particle by the iudgement of diuerse profoundly learned was takē out frō thens so insert in to the Gospel of S Ihon. The boke of Iob the. ii last bookes of the kynges the Gospel of S. Marke thepistle to Thebrues and certeine other Scriptures besides are this daie all autenticall and euer haue been notwithstandyng many haue douted of thaucthors of thē ▪ Wherfore more then euidēt it is that the Scriptures as thei taketh their veritie of the holie ghoste so taketh thei their approbatiō not of thauctours but rather of the catholike churche In somuche that S. Augustine he is not a fearde to saie Euangelio non crederem nisi me authoritas Ecclesiae commoueret I woulde not beeleue the Gospell it selfe to be autentical vnlesse thaucthoritie of the church didde aduertise and moue me so to doe And this moche for this point Finally our mother the holie catholike Churche in that shee hath to her milke the true sence of the worde of God shee hath likewise aucthoritie to iudge decise al matiers of controuersy in religiō For if the scripture of tholde lawe in Moses tyme was not made the highe iudge of controuersies beyng a thing it selfe in diuerse pointes called in controuersie but aucthoritie of Iudgemente was geuen alwaies by goddes owne mouth to the learned and eldres of the Sinagog to whose iudgement all were bounde to stande and that vnder peine of presēt deth as appeareth in the booke of Deuteronomi if wee Christiās will not bee counted in woorsse state and condicion then the Iewes were nedes muste wee graunt to the catholike churche like aucthoritie of Iudgement for the decision of al controuersies in our Religion whome if God didde not assist euermore with the true intelligence of scripture then should the scripture stande the Churche in as good stede as a paier of spectacles shoulde stande a blynde Frier But questionles the catholike churche in this behaulf she is so directed of God the father who is verax true of God the Soonne who is veritas the trueth of God the holie Ghost who is veritatis spiritus the spirit of trueth that she being columna firmamentum ueritatis the piller and foundacion of trueth cannot be suffered otherwise to Iudge of the truethe but truelye but sincerely but vprightely Shee canne not bee suffered I saye otherwyse to Iudge as maye euidentlye welle appeare and it were no more but onelye by that briefe and pitthie reasone whiche Kyng Henry the eyghte of most famouse memorie GOD pardon his soulle choked Martine Luther wyth all His reason was this Sithē God woulde not suffre hys Churche to mystake a boke of scripture for peril of damnable heresies that may ensue therō ▪ like peril maie ēsue by the misconstruyng of the sentence as by the mistakyng of the boke nedes must it folowe that god wil in matiers of our faith no more suffre his churche to take a false sentence for true then to take a false boke for scripture Whyche reason at a blush may seeme to bee grounded in some pointe euen vpon this saiyng of Sainct Hierome Qua lege credimus Ecclesiae dicenti hanc esse SCRIPTVRAM diuinam eadem credamus ei dicenti hunc aut illum esse sensū SCRIPTVRAE diuinae Nam parum referebat ueras Scripturas tenere si vera earum intelligentia Ecclesia frauda●a esset By what Lawe wee beleue the churche tellyng vs that this is the true Scripture of GOD by the very selfe same Lawe lette vs beleue the Churche tellyng vs that this or that is the trewe sence of the Scripture of God for lytle shoulde it auaile the churche to know the true scripture if she were defrauded of y e true sence of the same scripture Who so then taketh from the churche this aucthoritie of iudgement he taketh awaie violētly all the certentie of our faith For geue ones euery mā libertie to iudge of the Scriptures after his owne braine after his owne deuise and phātasie thē shall you haue as many diuerse sectes sodēly sprōg as is diuersity of idle braines euery where For in these matiers we se comonlie the more blinde the more bold the more ignoraunt the more busie the lesse wittie the more inquisitiue the more fooles the more talkatiue yea and wil take on them scoutche presumpteously and arrogātly the iudgement decision of any matier in cōtrouersie none cōmeth amisse to them Whose malapertnes I cānot see howe it maie be more aptly repressed then with that or the like taunt whiche one Demosthenes seruaunt and cooke to the Emperor Valens was ones quailed withal Who what time as S. Basil was conferring with the Emperoure of Scripture maters pertly precing in vncalled dasshyng out textes and chopping in lumpes of scripture beselye as it were to reprehende that profound learned doctor was sharplie rebuked and chastened of the same after thys sorte Tuum est de pulmentarijs cogitare non dogmata diuina decoquere Sir cooke saith he if is your Office to see to pottage makyng to Cates of the Kitchine and Cookerie and not to controule Goddes doctrine neither to entrecounter against holie writte As whoe should saie what you choppelogike how long haue you been a chopper of Scripture Meddle with chopping of your hearbes and leaue your choppyng of scriptures hardely Ne sutor ultra crepidam Quae Medicorum sunt promittant Medici Tractent fabrilia fabri Mete is it for the shomaker to iudge of shoes the Phisicion of Phisique the carpenter of building the cooke of cokery and euerye craftesman of hys owne Occupatione So that the Iudgement ▪ and decision of high controuersies likewise thinterpretacion of most obscure places vndecided ought not tapperteine to thunlearned nor yet to euery priuat lerned mans spirit void of assurāce but rather to y e spirit w ch most certenly by promise ruleth the hole churche to the consēt of al y e holy doctors catholike writers frō time to time whose cēsure in this behalf

A Sermon very notable fruictefull and Godlie made at Paules crosse the .xii. daie of Nouēbre in the first yere of the gracious reigue of our Souereigne ladie Quene Marie her moste excellente highnesse by Iames Brokis Doctor of Diuinitie Master of Bailye College in Oxforth with certein additions whiche he at the tyme of vttering for auoidyng of tediousnes was faine to omitte Iaco. i. Suscipite insitū uerbū quod potest saluare animas uestras ¶ Receiue you the worde ingraffed which is hable to saue your soules Anno Dn̄i 1553. ¶ Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum ¶ Sette furth at the request of suche whose aucthority could not wel be withstand ¶ DOMINE filia mea modo defūcta est sed ueni impone manum tuam super eam uiuer ¶ Lorde my daughter is euen now disceassed and deadde but come late thy hand on her and she shal line THese wordes of the Gospel of this day taken out of the .ix. of ● Math. although thei are the wordes of one latrus y ● ruler of the Synagog literally spoken of hym to our sauiour Christ for the bodily reuiuyng of the Daughter of his bodie bodeli deceassed or at y ● lest beyng ▪ thē euen at the very point of death in extremis as s Marke termeth it Yet sithen it may bee doen w tout preiudice to the leter for y e aduācemēt of Gods worde gods truth gods glorie may make y e more to edification I intende by gods grace at this presēt ●applie the same words in a mistical sē●e as syokē of an other persō y t is to wit of our mother y e holy catholike church for y ● spiritual reuiuing of her spiritual doughter spiritually deceassed this particulare churche of Englande Forewarnyng you that when I shall chaunce sometime to name the dead doughter or the dead churche in suche sorte that some ma● perhappes gather therby the hole to be dead I meane alwaies the deade membres therof onely onely the bad and not the good in no wise WE se by common and daily experience honorable and christien audience that euen verye nature itselfe hath geuen to euery naturall mother besides the pappes and the Mylke shee nourisheth her childe withall a certein naturall inclination moreouer to loue her child and that in suche hartie wise that though her childe commyng to yeres of discretion do dispise and contēne her holesome admonitions and Counsailes dooe straie from her runnyng on the Brydle at large and so dooe by wilfulnesse at lengthe chaunce on some sodeine deathe Yeat shee for her motherly affection and tender loue taketh pitie and compassion on her dead childe soroweth lamenteth bewayleth her dead chlide and if she knewe any cūnyng Phisicion that could reuiue her ded child she woulde not ceasse ernestlie to entreate and desire helpe at his hande for the reuiuyng againe of her ded childe If this naturall affecte bee commonlie to be founde in euery good natural mother toward her natural child how much more is the same or rather a greater affect to be loked for in our spirituall mother in our mother the holie Catholike churche towardes her spiritual child Whose child is this Churche of Englande with euerye other particulare churche and euery faithful mēbre of the same whose spouse protectour is our sauior Christ himself whose mariage maker and director is the holie Ghost Whose pappes are the two Testamentes Whose milke is the true sence of the word of God Out of those her pappes onelye to be sucked of al christian sucklinges Whereunto the holye doctor S Austen seemeth well agreably to allude in his treatise vpon the Psalmes First this noble princes our Mother the holie Catholique churche in that she hathe to her spouse and protectoure suche a mightie and valiant prince she can neuer be by any persecutiō vanquished and subdued For if that might haue ben vanquished and subdued had she been and that lōg ere this Saepe enim impugnauerūt me à iuuētute mea et enim non potuerunt mihi Oftentimes saith she haue I ben sore assaulted laied at that frō my youth but neuer coulde there any preuaile against me What persecutiōs hath she suffred first in tholde time before the commyng of Christe when she was rather a Synagog thē a churche rather kept vnder by bonde feare then dyrected by burnyng Charitie rather tought by darcke shadowes then by bright veritie by figuratiue promises then by manifest performance by the sleyng letter then by the quickenyng spirite What persecutiō I sai suffred she then being continuallye afflicted one tune by the Cananites an other time by the Moabites then after by the Madianites againe by Thāmonites sometyme by the Philystians now by one natiō now by another What persecutiones hath shee suffered againe sins that time sins the coming of Christ what by Nero what by Domitian what by Seuerus what by Diocletian What by Maximinian what by the Gothes what by the Hūnes what by y ● Vandales other Of whose cruel tormentes may wel be verified that S. Austen writeth Ligabantur includebātur coedebantur torquebātur urebātur laniabantur trucidabantur The Christians they were bounde imprisoned whipped racked broyled mangled otherwise bereft of their life And yet lyke the Israelites vnder Pharao the more thei were tormented the more alwaies thei increased For this is the propretie of the churche as S. Hilarie saieth then to vanquesh when shee is dammaged then to be perceiued when she is reproued then to wynne the victory when she loseth of her cōpany Hoc ecclesiae est propriū ut tū uincat cū loeditur tū intelligatur cū arguitur tum obtineat cum deseritur And this muche for this point Againe our mother the holie catholike Churche in that shee hath to her mariage maker and director the holyghost the spirit of truth shee cā neuer be diuorsed from Christe her moste benigne Spouse nor yeat at any time be ledde out of the waie of truth For whō the holie ghoste hath ones coupled and ioigned together in Matrimonie whoe can afterwarde sunder and seperate againe ▪ And doe not the holye Apostle make as it wer an open Proclamation Protestation how the holy Ghoste by him and he by the holy ghost hath promulgate and vttered vnto the worlde the betrowthyng of the churche to Christ as a louyng Spouse to her louing husband Ego despōdiuos uni uiro uirginem castam exhibere Christo I quod hee in the spirite of God in the holyghostes behaulfe haue betrouthed you to one husbande to th ende you maie keepe yourselues alwaies as a chast virgine vnto Christ And that shee is by the same mariage maker and directour led from time to time into al kinde of truth it maie appere aswel by this promise of Christ Ego rogabo patrem c. I will desire my father and hee shall geue you another comfortour

the Spirite of trueth to abide with you to the worldes ende to instructe you in all kinde of trueth as by this absurditie vnreasonablenesse which Tertullian gathereth to ensue of the contraire Age nūc omnes errauerint deceptus sit Apostolus non respexerit Spiritus sanctus uti Ecclesiam in ueritate deduceret ad hoc missus a Christo ad hoc postulatus à patre ut esset doctor ueritatis Neglexit officiū Dei Villicus Christi Vicarius sinēs Ecclesias aliter interim intelligere aliter credere que quod ipse per Apostolos praedicabat quid uerisimile est ut tot ac tantae in unam fidē errauerint Et m●x Interea perperam euāgelizabatur perperam credebatur tot millia millium perperam tincta tot opera fidei perperā ministrata tot uirtutes tot charismat● perperā operata tot sacerdotia tot ministeria perperā fūcta tot denique Martyria perperam inuacuum Go to now saith he admit all haue erred admit the Apostle hath been deceiued toe admitte the holy Ghoste hath not regarded to leade the Churche in the waie of trueth for that purpose being sent of Christ for that purpose being sued for frō the father to bee the teacher of trueth admitte Goddes Baiely Christes vicar regarded not his dutie suffring the churches otherwise for a seasō to vnderstand beleue then that he by thappostles preached is this likely that so many and so gret churches haue erred in thunitie of faith And a litle after marke what absurdities he reciteth In the meane time saith he it must be graunted y t the Gospel was mispreached the worde of God misbeleued so many thousande thowsandes mischristened so many workes of faith misministred so many miracles so many godly giftꝭ miswroughte so many presthods so many ministeries misexecuted briefly so many martyrdoms in vaine missuffred And this much for this point Thirdly our mother the holie catholike churche in that she hath children to nourish and instructe she hathe aucthoritie to make lawes tradicions and or dinaunces for them for the better conseruation of order and the more reuerent ministration of the worde of God For otherwise why did the Apostle geue tradicions Why did he say Haec ego dico non Dominus This is my saiyng and not the lordes Why did he reproue certein for breaking customes of preching of praiyng of cutting heire not conteined in scripture Why did S. Ihon the Baptist bind his disciples to certeine fastes and certeine Praiers besides the scripture Why did S. Iames by the consent of the rest make a decree that euery man should abstein from strangled beasres from bloud and from thynges offred vp to Idolles which no Scripture commannded Why durst the Apostle after that decree make himselfe so bolde as so saie all thinges are cleane to the cleane and whatsoeuer cometh to the shambles that eate you hardelye Why durste our forefathers againe accordyng to the time be so bolde as in a sort to make a restraint herof The holie Doctour S. Augustine in this behalfe letteth not this muche to saie ▪ In hijs rebus de quibus nil cert● statuit Scriptura mos populi Dei instituta maiorum pro legetenenda sunt sicut praeuaricatores diuinarum legum ita contemptores Ecclesiasticarum constitutionum coercendi sunt In suche thinges wherein the scripture doeth determe no certentie the custome of Godlie people and the decrees of the elders are to be kept for a law and loke how the transgressoures of Goddes lawes are to be punished so are the contemners of the ecclesiasticall cōstitutiōs punishable in like maner And I neuer yeat hearde prooued that any suche cōstitutiō by the whole churche approoued was euer hitherto by any good mā reproued But rather taken alwaies as a veritie confirmed no more after to be doubted disputed or reasoned vpon as the same Saint Augustine againe in an other place affirmeth saiyng Vnde haec cur ita facienda sint disputare insolentissimae insaniae est When thinges are ones throughly agreed vpon ▪ and decided ones ratified and confirmed by the catholike churche afterwarde to dispute and reason why thei ought so to be it is a poincte of most proude madnes and most madde proudenesse Christ he saied who that is not with me he is against me And the churche cōuerting y e same she saith who that is not againe Christe he is with Christ Christ he said I●iuniate Fast you tellyng neyther howe neyther whan The Churche shee hath tolde bothe how and when Christ he saied Orate pray you and added semper euer But that euer I feare me woulde bee turned into neuer with some if the lawes of the churche were not Al other thinges for the most part whiche our Sauiour Christe saied and commaunded excepte the Churche hadde added the time the place the circumstaunce the maner woulde perhappes be obserued of some not al of y e best I had almost said not at al And this muche for this point Furthermore our mother y e holy catholike church in y t she hath to her childrē al faithful christiās both good bad as it appereth by the parables of the net the vine the floore the ten virgins and other mo shee cannot bee as some woulde haue her inuisible hid vnknowen althoughe the Churche taken for thonely predestinate be such in very dede For if that wer true as it is as false as they that saie it Howe then coulde the churche be assembled of Christ to a citie set on a high hil which cannot be hid Non potest ciuitas abscondi supra montem posita How then coulde the obstinate offender be cōuented before the churche as Christ willeth hym to be dic Ecclesiae how thē could the churche be persecuted of S. Paul as himself witnesseth she was ●secutꝰ sū ecclesiā de● how thē could Herod lai hād to take afflict cērtein of the churches mēbres as S Luke affirmeth he did Misit Herodes rex manus ut affligeret quosdam de Ecclesia Could the mēbres of a churche inuisible hid and vnknowen be takē imprisoned and afflicted of any man at lest wittinglie What reasonable man callyng to his remembraunce any reason at all will not thinke it vtterly vnreasonable This was the filthie sinke and swillowe of all these tragedies whiche hathe raged well nighe ouer all Christendome oute of the which hath roked of late so many stinkyng filthie contagious Heresies as sins Christes passion hath neuer the like ben heard of attones And no merueil ▪ when the hedge is broken euery man lightely goeth ouer For this gappe ones opened that y e church is inuisible hid vnknowē when thei fere not the censure and verdicte of the visible open knowen church thei affirme decree and define vncontrouledlie what euer to eche one semeth best And this muche for this