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A13578	A sermon teaching discretion in matters of religion, and touching certayne abuses nowe in the Churche preached at Paules Crosse the 21. of Nouember by Robert Temple Bachelor in Diuinitie sometimes of Magdalene Colledge in Oxforde.	Temple, Robert, Bachelor in Diuinitie.	1592 (1592)	STC 23869; ESTC S100993	26,698	73

in the measure of euerye parte receaueth the increase of the bodie vnto the edefieng of it selfe in looue A man may bee endued with manie other giftes ● Cor. 8.3 and yet bee vngodlie but if anye man looue God ● Cor. 12.7 the same is knowne of God The ende of all giftes is vnitye for the manifestation of the spirite Ephes 4.3 is giuen to euerie one to profit withall Nowe loue endeuoureth to keepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bond of peace and giues no offence neither to the Iewes nor to the Grecians ● Cor. 10.31 nor to the Church of god but followeth those thinges whiche concerne peace and wherewith one may edefie one an other Whatsoeuer either precept or counsell is specially set down in scripture hath relation to loue as wee loue God for himselfe and one an other for Gods sake Christianitie is where the spirite is and where the spirite is there is loue 1. Ioh. 4.16 For God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in god god in him The loue wherewith god loueth vs shed abroad in our harts by the holy ghost which is giuen vnto vs Rom. 5.5 is onlye theirs which fulfill the royall law Iam. 2.8 thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe loue discerneth the merite of the worke in pietie from the semblaunce in vnitie Aug. Ioh. ●pist tract 7 as Gods tradition of his sonne from Iudas prodition The one was of loue the other of couetousnes Luk. 7.38 4 Maries entertaynment from Symons hospitallitye many sinnes were forgiuen hir for shee loued much Phil. 1 1● some mens preaching of conscience somes vnder a pretence the one of goodwill the other thoroughe enuie and strife Agust ciuit dei lib. 9. ca 21. Agust Ioh. ●pist tract 7. godly knowledg from the Deuils as greate as their knowledge is they haue no loue Almes deedes in compassion from liberalitye in vaine glory Loue doth doth seeke the praise of God in almes but vaine glorye the praise of man 1. Ioh. 4.18 Agust Iho. 3. tract 13. Godly feare from slauish feare for feare hath paynefulnes but perfect loue casteth out feare loue indeed is the invisible vnctiō of the spiririt All sacraments whatsoeuer are but the forme loue is the roote faith is like vnto the sence Aug. hom 1● but loue vnto the health of the bodie Austen saith that a man maye haue Baptisme and yet bee wicked Prophecie euē that notable gift that Paule here prefers and yet be wicked take the sacrament of the bodie and blood of the Lord and yet be wicked be named a Christian and yet bee wicked habere sacramenta ista omnia et malus esse potest Habere autem charitatem et malus esse non potest hoc est ergo proprium donum Hee maye haue all these sacraments and yet be wicked but hee cannot bee wicked if hee haue loue this is therefore a proper gift If this were well learned of a number in these dayes who take thēselues to be notable fellowes euē incōparable censors of all other it would contayne and keepe in manie mischiefes which daylie breake out to the daungerous hurt of the Church as Pride Enuie Indiscretion Innouatiō Pride through knowledge Enuie throughe aemulation Indiscretiō through zeale Innouation through schisme Pride tho●ugh knowe●dge For commonlie Pride is where knowledge is this same Sermo scientiae word of knowledge 1. Cor. 12.8 Rom. 12. ● very hardlie admits sapere ad sobrietatē vnderstanding with sobrietie for knowledge puffeth vp 1. Cor. 8.1 and maketh a man verie singularlie proud as if hee were the onely man and none like him in the world A perillous matter I tell you is inflamation through knowledge Iren. lib. cap. 1.31 that marde Tacianus after his maister Iustinus martirdome made him ā heriticke Bern. cant serm 65. Bern. notes it to be the onely prancke of all such Captare gloriā de singularitate scientiae to gette glorie by singularitie of learning Bern. resur domin ser 3. And I praie you as Ber. saith againe quaemaior superbia quam vt vnus homo totae congregationi iudicium sum prae ferat tanquā ipse solus habeat spiritum dei Can there bee anye greater Pride then for one man to sette his owne iudgment before the whole Congregation as though hee and none else hath the spirit of God Now where loue is there can be no presumption and maystership of doctrine Loue doth aedefie and doth not boast it selfe neyther is puffed vp Austen sayth Aug. secundū●oh serm 53. Amate scientiam sed anteponite charitatē scientia si sola sit inflat charitas vero edificat et non per mittit scientiam inflari Loue knowledge but preferre loue knoweledge if it bee alone puffeth vp but loue edefieth and doth not suffer knoweledge to be puffed vp Enuye tho●ough emulalation Aug. secundū Ioh. serm 53. With pride commonlye enuie is ioyned for pride is nothing else then a loue of excellencie which breedes a peruerse imitation againste the Apostles rule 1. Cor. 12.31 Desire you the best gifts and yet I will shewe you a more excellent waie meaning loue and againe forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes 1. Cor. 14.12 seeke that ye may excell to the edefieng of the Church And so brings forth that carnall emulation spoken of by the Apostle amongst the workes of the flesh Galat. 5.20 Nowe loue is in this a remedie 1. Cor. 13.4 for loue enuieth not If there bee any comfort in loue if any fellowship of the spirite nothing is done through contention Philip. 2.2 or vaine glory but in meekenes of minde euerie one esteemes an other better then himselfe Aug. hom 15. Austen sayth Congaude illi cui deus aliquam gratiam dedit et potes in illo quod in te non potes Bee glade in his behalfe to whom God hath giuen any grace and thou mayst doe that in him which thou canst not doe in thy selfe Peraduenture sayth Austen hee hath virginity loue him it is thine Againe thou hast more patience then he let him loue thee and t is his Hee can watch a night at his studie if thou dost not enuie him his studie is thine Perchaunce thou canst fast a great deale more if he loue thee thy fasting is his hoc ideo quia in illo tu es per proprietatem non es tu per charitatem tu es This is the reason because thou art in him by propertie thou art not by charitie thou art Bern. altitud cord serm 1. Bernard reporteth that on a time one tolde him that hee sawe a laye Moncke in whom he did recken 30. vertues whereof sayth he I finde not one in my selfe and perhaps sayth Bernard he had not so great a vertue amongst the rest as this was religiosae emulationis humilitas Humble emulation in matters of religion And in deede there is no

inuicem sacerdotum glutino copulata You ought to know that the Bishop is in the church and the church in the Bishop they are not in the church whosoeuer they bee that are not in the Bishop and they doe vainelie flatter themselues which hauing no peace with Gods Priestes commit themselues in close manner to bee pertakers with some certaine persons whereas Gods Church being Catholique is not rent nor deuided but knit and coupled togither by fast consent of Ministers of the Church agreeing one with another Aug. Ioh. 7 ●ract 33. I will saye vnto them as somtime Augustine sayd Habemus spiritum sanctum si amamus Ecclesiam amamus autem si in eius compage et charitate constitimus Wee haue the holie spirit if wee loue the Church and wee loue it if wee persist in vnitie and loue of it But now all this while if there be anie that in singlenesse of hart godlines of zeale desires somthinges amended I speake not against them for as I am not with them that vtterly blaspheme and affirme wee haue nothing aright As anone you shall heare toward the end so I am not against them that discretly blame and accuse some thinges amisse in the church Therefore this is my meaning Good things loose the grace of their goodnesse if they be not wel handled Concertation for reformation more eager and bitter a great deale thē is behoofefull or needfull is like vnto madnes a very seditiouse vexation of the common wealth doth often follow the turbulent affection of the Church Sozom. lib. 8 cap. 25. The Emperour Constantine doth his parte whose care is both to lead the people along in vniformitie of religion Euseb vita Constan lib. 2. cap. 63. and heale the grieuous sicknes of the bodie of the whole common wealth and I hope the like be endeuoured by the Cleargie of the land that was signified by the Bishops of the East to them of the west Church in their letters from their Synods Theod. lib. 5. cap. 9. concerning the necessarie great cace to recouer the Church Nowe I would haue the people do as they of Antioch did who for 30. Theod. lib. 2. cap. 31. yeares space endured the Arrians schisme with patience still hoping for a better day vntill indeed their blasphemie against the Apostles doctrine and conspiracie against christians was intollerable Then howe much more ought wee with longer patience among our selues tarrie for reformation of some things amis vpon a better time Hope pray for reformation sith wee haue more then 30. yeares now enioyed the free doctrine of Christ and his Apostles and still haue as much as euer wee can do to preuaile against the seditious bloody enemies of the gospell The second ●art Prophe●ie We come nowe to prophecie the second thing to be handled the most excellent gift of all the Apostle meaneth not that peculiar prophecie foretelling the comming of christ forethreating the punishment of sinne beginning at Samuell Act. 3.24 Math. 11.3 the number wherof were frequent before Christs comming but now very rare but in the sēce as he speaketh else where Let vs prophecie according to the proportion of faith Rom. 12.6 And againe he that prophecieth 1. Cor. 14.3 speaketh vnto men vnto aedifieng and to exhortatiō and to comfort preferring it before all other giftes For the ample vse principall benefit for as all other giftes do respect the profite and aedification of the Church Ephes 4.11 1. Cor. 12.7 so prophecie especially For saluation cammeth by fayth Rom. 10.14 fayth by hearing and hearing by the worde of God It is the verye same wee call preaching set downe in the scripture by the Apostle in variable phrase of speach as these apt to teach 1. Tim. 3.2 2. Tim. 2.15 2. Tim. 4.2 deuiding the worde of truth aright preach the word be instant in season and out of season improue rebuke exhort with all long suffering and doctrines holding fast that faythfull word according able to exhort by wholesome doctrine Tit. 1.9 Tit. 2.1 and conuince them that say contrarie Speake the thinge whiche becommeth wholesome doctrine Therefore the whole scripture is called a most sure worde of prophecie 2. Pet. 1.19 20 being of no priuate interpretation because prophecie came not in old time by the will of man but holye men of God spake as they were moued by the holy ghost As the vse of all scriptures is very manifolde for the whole scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teach 2. Tim. 3.10 to conuince to correct and to instruct in righteousnes that the man of God may be absolut being made perfect vnto all good workes and whatsoeuer thinges are written aforetime are written for our learning Rom. 15.4 that wee throughe patience and consolation of the Scriptures might haue hope Right so hee that is furnished according to the qualities afore mentioned and can aplie the scriptures to the same end as shal be requisite may be called in this sence of the Apostle a prophet of the gospell Augustine saith speaking of Christ Agust tho 6. tract 24. Erat autem dominus prophetarum impletor prophetarum sanctificator prophetarum sed et propheta propheta dominus et verbū dei dominus et nullus propheta sine verbo dei prophetat Cum prophetis verbum dei et prophetae verbum dei Meruerunt priora tempora prophetas afflatos et impletos verbo dei mernimus nos prophetam ipsum verbum dei But it was he that set forth the prophets fulfilled all thinges the prophets told should happen sanctified the prophets the Lord was that prophet the Lord was that worde of God and no prophet doth prophecie without gods word In old time they had the benefit of prophets inspired and filled with the word of God but we haue this pleasure the verie word of God to be our prophet This is the gift which the Apostle acountes most excellente aboue the rest and therefore not common but rare not easie but difficulte as be all thinges which are excellent for hee sayth he that speaketh straunge languages edifieth himselfe but he that prophecieth 1. Co. 14.4.12 13. edifieth the Church Againe forasmuch as you couet spirituall giftes seeke that you may excell to the edifying of the Church 18.19 let him that speaketh in a straunge language pray that he may interpret Againe he thanketh God he spake languages more thē all the rest yet he had rather in the Church speake fiue wordes with his vnderstanding that he might instruct others then ten thousand wordes in a straunge tongue This oughte to strike into the hartes of all christians a deeper consideratiō of a more godlye dutie and first of the ministerie then of the multitude Touching our selues to shūne some faults verie common among vs Insufficienci● of ministers As first Insufficiencie For it is not for euerie one