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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04905	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the Fryday before Easter, commonly called good Friday, in the yeere of our Lorde. 1579. By Iohn Knewstub	Knewstubs, John, 1544-1624.; Knewstub, John. Confutation of monstrous and horrible heresies, taught by H.N. aut	1579 (1579)	STC 15046; ESTC S101374	39,484	98

them selues to take vp theyr consideration in our righteous conuersation they craue that our vpryght dealyng may speake in what regarde we haue to them howe wee thinke our selues beholden vnto them they haue set ouer the pleasuring of them to vpright liuing there they would haue it seene howe they are valued prysed esteemed Let vs then behold a Christian Meditation for men of all callynges and trades when they deale in the woorke of theyr callinges to moue them to equitie conscience and regarde of those with whom they deale Beholde my GOD calleth mee to witnesse to the worlde my thankefulnesse for his benefites he calleth me now foorth to value his deseruinges now am I called to set my price vppon his mercies and to leaue a recorde behinde me howe highly or basely Iesteeme of his goodnesse for the recompence of his kindnesse hath hee turned and set ouer to be answeared in obedience and vpright dealyng one with another The grace of GOD that bringeth saluation hath appeared and biddeth vs liue righteously Nowe am I to signifie vnto the worlde how I thinke my selfe indebted vnto God for the benefite of redēption for the benefice of his word for honorfor health for children for friends peace wealth these are now crauyng some consideration Were it not great crueltie that crauing so litle they shoulde neuerthelesse be repelled bringing al things their consideration should be nothingꝭ Now therfore wil I consider of my God for this blessing now wil I answere in dutiful remēbrance for that benefit And so draw forth his speciall mercies to haue thē seuerally cōsidered in our vpright life and iust dealing with men Not with the Papistes to seeme to requite him by merite but with the godly Christian to shew hymselfe not vnmindfull of them in humble obedience to his will. Saying after our best obedience with Dauid in the building of the Temple Who am I and what is my people that wee shoulde bee able to offer willingly after this sort for all things come of thee and of thine owne hand haue we geuen thee all this aboundaunce That we haue prepared to builde the an house is of thy hand and al is thine This meditation is in like maner meete with our croked and disordered affections in our dealinges whiche are voyde of all consideration of iustice and mercy While that we shall in this maner vrge and presse them dost thou thus answere thy redemption Is heere the price of thy sanctificatiō dost thou thus requite thy saluation is this the thankfulnes for thy health and al thou mayest finde in thy heart to affoorde God of thy wealth It followeth wee must liue godly this necessarily is ioined to righteousnes For it were but a vayne thing to bee precise in geuing man his right then to withold the Lord his through impietie We must communicate with him as I tolde you before in his woorde Receiue the Lawe of his mouth and lay vp his wordes in thy heart Dauid hauing declared before how the heauens doe declare the glory of God and howe the creatures doe leade vs vnto some knowledge of him immediately as one rauished with the maiestie excellency of that knowledge of God which we haue by the woorde and as one who taketh that other kinde of teaching to bee nothing in respect of this affirmeth that the lawe of the Lorde conuerteth the soule that it geueth wisdom to the simple geueth light to the eies and bringeth ioy to the heart making these to be the speciall prerogatiues of the woord of God w neither by the creatures nor yet by any other outwarde meanes may be attained vnto It behoueth vs therefore to haue often vse of the woorde of God not onely to take our knowledge from thence how to serue him but also to seeke for incouragement quickening thereunto from it For the woorde of God quickeneth vs to our dueties and stirreth vp the slownesse that by nature is in vs A notable example whereof wee haue in the second of the Chroni Chap. 15. We are likewise to rest vpon his goodnesse whereof he hath made vs such large promises in his woorde to applie his benefites as speciall helpes to strengthen our faith in the perswasion of his fatherly affection towardes vs and to prouoke our obedience the rather therby and to be often and earnest in prayer with him both to haue our strength and abilitie to serue him by that meanes encreased and also to prouide that neither by our subtile aduersary nor yet by our owne frailtie wee be intrapped in the net of destruction For albeit by his grace our spirite be ready yet haue we a weake fleshe which is to be dragged forward by strength obteyned through prayer from our god These thynges must we be geuen vnto and neyther by a plaine reiecting of them and erectyng of our owne deuotion neyther yet by a colde and carelesse vse of them to tempt the Lorde and to vphold vs in vngodlnesse and the fruites thereof The Papistes Anabaptistes Libertines and the Familie of loue are all sworne enimies vnto godlinesse forasmuch as they will haue the woorde altogeather subiect to their spirite For they will haue it not to speake but as their spirite shal indite and herevpon they builde that they are the Churche and therefore haue a promise of the holy Ghost to keepe them that they erre not Enquire of a Papist from whence come theyr vnwritten verities and many folde traditions they answeare there were many thinges that the Apostles then were not able to beare which the holy spirite being nowe come hath taught them The Anabaptistes Libertines and house of Loue vrged with the Scripture wyll aske you what sayth the spirite affirming that to be but the killing letter Thus both of them howsoeuer in other thinges greatly differyng haue this common principle for their foundation and beginning that the Scriptures beeing but an ABC to Christianitie the spellyng and readyng thereof must be drawne from their spirite as if the Gospel shoulde geue place to reuelations and so cary with it the stayne of imperfection or as if the spirite coulde be diuorsed frō the writtē word which it was sent to teache and confirme As it is written He shal bryng al thinges to your remembrance whiche I haue tolde you What can be a more shamefull abasing of Christe then to make him but vsher and their Spirite in place aboue him chiefe Schoolemaisters that as the law brought vs by the hand to Christe so Christe should be our guide vnto reuelation and resigne vnto it as the lash did vnto him They will not deny the word but in trueth they make it a matter of nothing For they will alow no sense vnto it but suche as theyr spirite shall set vpon it So that in verie deede how soeuer they woulde be thought to leade vs to the worde they doe leade their disciples onely to the dreames and deuises of their own head In the time