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A20270	A lecture or exposition vpon a part of the. v. chapter of the epistle to the Hebrues As it was read in Paules the. 6. day of December. 1572. By Edward Deryng. Prepared and geuen for a new yeres gift to the godly in London and els where, for this yeare. 1573.	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1573 (1573)	STC 6691; ESTC S110854	21,886	68

of the. v. Chapter to the Hebrues as it was read in Paules the. vj. day of December 1572. By Edward Dering Hebr. 5.7 ¶ VVhich in the daies of his flesh did offer vp praiers and supplications wyth strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to saue him from death 8 was also heard in that which he feared And though he were the sonne yet learned he obedience by the thinges which he suffered 9 And being consecrate was made the Autor of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey hym THe Apostle in this chapter beginneth to proue our Sauiour Christ to be the onely hie Priest of the new Testament And because the people of Israel had so great affiance in the Priesthood of Aaron that they could hardly be drawen away from the deteining of it thine-king assuredly that vnto that priesthood the law testimonies of God had bene tied for euer not knowing that all the Ceremonies of the law were ordayned vntyl the tyme of reformation in whyche Christ shoulde appeare and chaunge that Priesthood to become him selfe vnto vs a Priest of a better Testamēt therfore the Apostle first setteth forth the properties of the Priesthood accordyng vnto the law and after by comparisō applieth thē vnto Christ in whō they al shine in a much more excellent sort then before in Aaron and therefore it cannot be neyther breach nor dishonour vnto the law of God nor the Priesthoode of it if the shadow the figure which was Aaron shuld now be taken away the body the truth which is Iesu Christ shuld be established for euer The properties which the Apostle speaketh of necessarilye appertayning vnto euery Priest as vnto one that must be a Mediator are these that first he shuld be man as we are as Aaron and hys posteritie were For neyther Angel nor Archangel nor principalities nor powers can do this woorke to present flesh and bloud vnto the maiesty of God whē them selues are but Spirites And therefore Christ that hee myght be hye Priest tooke not an Angels nature but was made of the seede of Abrahā lyke vnto vs that as there is but one God so ther might be but one Mediatour betwene God and man euen the man Christ Iesus in this respect as able to be hie Priest as Aaron him selfe beyng as naturally and as truly clothed with our flesh as Aaron was The second propertie of the Priest is that he should be ordayned not onely for him selfe to make his own attonement but also for other men to accomplishe whatsoeuer was betweene God and them that where they were before enemies straungers they might by hym be reconciled and haue free accesse vnto the throne of grace to finde mercy and succour in due tyme And for thys cause Christ alone is a perfect priest more excellent thē Aaron who was encombred with his own synnes to make first reconciliation for them therfore could not profit other And as this was the Priests office to be a Mediator for other so the meanes he must vse and the mediation to be wrought in thys worke was to offer vp giftes and sacrifices for syns that is to present vnto God the sacrifice of righteousnes pure holye in his sight in which he myght be pleased and the sinnes of the people might be taken away The whych sacrifice because it must bee so pure that in it they for whō it was made must be sanctified and so precious that it must be a sufficient purchase to redeeme man from al transgression therfore it could not bee made wyth the bloud of Calues or Goates which cannot take away synne nor wyth gold nor siluer which cānot redeme our Soules nor with meates and drinkes which profited not them that were exercised therein nor in any such carnal rites for which the Priesthoode of Aaron was ordayned and therefore an other Priest must make this sacrifice which cannot be any other then Iesu Christ who beyng made hye Priest of the good thinges to come by a greater tabernacle a more precious sacrifice euen by his own bloud hath obtained for vs an euerlasting redēption and therefore is nowe to be acknowledged our onely Priest the first Priesthood and the first law being altogether abrogated One other property of the Priesthood is that none thrust in him self beyng not appoynted nor take vnto him selfe this honour being not called vnto it And God euer shewed him selfe a ready reuenger agaynst all such as should defile his Priesthood to take to them selues the dignity to which they were not apointed But this calling also was geuen vnto Christ from God hys Father as before vnto Aaron both by word and by oth that no flesh shuld resist it euen as it is wrytten The Lord hath sworne and wyll not repent thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech So that in this behalfe our sayth must be euer strong that the calling of Christ is of the Lord euen as the callyng of Aaron was and wyth so muche the greater iudgement it shall bee reiected because it was confirmed wyth an othe The last propertie in this comparison is that the hye Priest of the law should haue an inward compassion towarde them that were ignorant and were deceyued in which perfect knot of vnfayned loue hys ministery was accepted of God and his sacrifices receyued and accompted holy And lest he should cast frō him this brotherly affection God printed in his owne body the infirmities of hys brethren that accordyng to the measure of grace which he had receued he might in dede be moued with hys brothers harmes as with hys owne So that he dyd not withdrawe hym selfe from the seruice of the Sanctuary but put on the holy garmentes was anoynted with the holy oyle bare the names of his brethren before the Lord presented their sacrifices abstained frō wine strong drynke mourned not for his friendes that were departed taught diligently the people praied for their transgressions and bare the burden of hys people as God had layd it vpon him But yet thys propertie exceeded more in Christ then in all the tribe of Leuie and the bowels of all compassion wer more large within him then the vtmost braunches of it in any other creature And this the Apostle noteth in thys place whyche now we haue in hand in which we may see as in a most lyuely glas the perfect beutye of all excellent loue The thinges they were not lyght nor the sorowes small nor the sighinges few in number nor the prayers faynt nor the anguish of spirite litle nor the death easy by which he hath sealed it vnto vs that hee had compassion on his people but as the Apostle sayth In the dayes of his flesh while he was here clothed in mortalitie lyke vnto one of vs to the ende he might be faithfull for our sakes he did offer vp praiers supplications with strong crying and teares vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death

thou looke vnto the heauens there is but vexatiō and anguish If thou looke vnto the earth there is but darknes sorow If thou cal vnto Abrahā he knoweth thee not If thou cry vpon Angels they cānot helpe thee If thou looke vnto thy workes they are all vncleane If thou trust in thy prayers the Lord hath no pleasure in thē Cal for the help of al creatures they are subiect to vanitie ther is no life but in Christ alone The Elders the Angels the Beastes the creatures they gaue this honour vnto Christ a Saluation is of him that sitteth vpon the throne and of the Lambe altogether they cry Amen And if al the creatures which yet are excellent good are not of power to geue any peece of this life thē what shal we thincke of those people enemies to God murderers of his Saints which so long haue made vs beleue that they haue lyfe in them selues that they can forgeue vs our synnes for yeares euen as they wyll many or fewe that they c●n make sacrifices propitiatorie for vs that they can purge vs by Purgatorye fiers that their Pilgrimages their Pardons their Vowes their holye orders and such other spirituall dronkennes of their sycke braynes that these be auaileable to purchase lyfe If they wyl not be reclaymed let vs rest in the counsels of our God say with Iohn He that hurteth let him hurt styll he that is filthy let him be filthy styll It is inough for vs the Christ is our life that our lyfe is hid with Christ in God when Christ which is our life shal appeare then shall wee also appeare wyth him in glory Now while wee are in the dayes of our pilgrimage the way that we must walke vnto this life in Christ is to be obediēt vnto his wyl Whatsoeuer be the way that he wil shew vs and byd vs walke in it let vs neither decline to the ryght hand nor to the leaft but go forwarde in the same We are not to looke into the world howe our Fathers before vs haue walked Our iniquities the iniquities of our Fathers shall bee bound together if we be partakers of their euyl doings If we go after Baalims which our Fathers haue taught vs we shall be fed wyth the woormewood whych our Fathers haue eaten The gouernmēt of the Church is vppon the shoulders of christ He geueth vs the lawes by which we lyue he ruleth alone in the house of Iacob his voyce must bee followed We may not now euerye one say we haue a vision we haue a dreame God hath spoken by hys sonne and charged all to heare him We may not boast our selues of saint or Angel to harkē to new doctrines which we haue not learned for God hath not put in subiection vnto Angels theese dayes of the Gospell in which we are but vnto Christ who is made the head of his people all thinges are in subiection vnder his feete So that this is the way wee haue to walke Christ is our Lord let vs receiue hys lawes he is our Maister let vs folow his rules he is our Apostle let vs heare his Gospel Let vs obey in all thinges and we shall be established This is the glory that God hath geuen vnto his sōne he is our lawgeuer we haue no other If we wyl leaue the stubbernnes of our owne hartes and obey hym as lyfe is in him so we shall surely lyue For the Lord hath not as great pleasure in burnt offeringes and sacrifices as when the voice of the Lord is obeyed It is an euerlasting truth that to obey is better then sacrifice and to harken is better then the fatte of Rams For to disobey is the syn of witchcraft and to chaunge the law that is set before vs this is wickednes idolatrie Let vs not be wyse in our own conceites to frame God a religion such as we wyl Thys is to draw iniquity with cordes of vanity and to pul syn after vs as with cartropes A iust recompēce of such weery labours when God shall say vnto vs Who hath required theese things at your hands Let vs then folow so as we be called and bryng into captiuity euery thought of man to the obedience of christ And the Lord our God for his Christes sake geue vnto vs harts ful of humilitie that we may thinke him wisest and rest in hys decrees that wee be neuer spoiled through vaine Philosophy and the traditions of men but harken vnto him who is onely wise that at the last we may liue with him who hath alone immortality shal fyll vs with his glory for euermore Which tymes the Lord God bryng speedely vpon vs finish the daies of syn for his mercies sake that we may enter into the heauēs whether Christ is gone before vs and raigne with him for euer who is our onely sauiour To whom with the father and the holye Ghost three persons and one God be all honor ▪ and glory world wythout ende AMEN ●●th 26 Luk 41. Psa. ●… Heb ●… ●…n 4.26 Ma●… 14. Ma●… 10. 〈◊〉 4.30 Luke ●… 38. 2 Pet ●… 〈◊〉 32.33 〈◊〉 9.2 Esa. 2●● Rom ●… Luk. ●… Mark ●… ●●ke 23. Nahū 〈◊〉 29.8 〈◊〉 9.3 Gene. ●… 〈…〉 2. Aba●…