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A13916	A breefe treatise of the vertue of the crosse and the true manner hovv to honour it. Translated out of French into English.; Brief traicté de la vertu de la croix et de la manière de l'honnorer. English.	La Faye, Antoine de, 1540-1615.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1599 (1599)	STC 24216; ESTC S103275	31,239	94

A breefe Treatise Of the vertue of the Crosse And the true manner hovv to honour it Translated out of French into English 1. Cor. 1. ver 23. We preache Christ crucified St. Chrisostome The Crosse of Christ is to vs the Sunne of Iustice that beeing lightened by the mercie thereof wee may glorific the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghoste AT LONDON Printed for Edward VVhite and are to be solde at the little North doore of S. Paules Church at the signe of the Gun 1599. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE S r STEPHEN SOAME Knight Lord Maior of the Cittie of London And to the vertuous Ladie his wife all happinesse and hearts content vnfainedly wished MY good Lord in respect of some fauors from you receiued as also in regard of the dutious affection I beare you I am bolde to present you and your Ladie with this little remembrance though simple and small in shew yet of inestimable valew in substance Ingratitude is the most abiect sinne in the worlde and caniustly challenge no excuse for it selfe bee it in how great or meane persons soeuer And therefore least my selfe should therewith bee tainted hauing found such extraordinarie gentlenesse both in you and my good Ladie your wife I haue made a learned and diuine French man my intercessour to tell you in rude English that I forget not such fauours And the rather made I choice of his furtherance heerin because on good Fryday last your Honour with the rest of your Brethrē heard at Paules Crosse a verie learned Sermon tending to this purpose I meane the crosse death passion of Christ Iesus which iumping so neere with this Argument and well worthie to be continued in remembrance I could finde no fitter meanes for the same then this most excellent and learned French Treatise which handles both the sacred vertue of the crosse and also what worshippe ought to be giuen thereto I beseech you my good Lord and Lady when leisure from weightie occasions vvill so permit it that you would but vouchsafe this Treatise the reading happily you shall finde somewhat therein well worthie noting and I hope vvithall the true sinceritie of my affection toward you which being but so found and by you as kindly accepted I shall remaine alvvaies yours for any further imployement be it euen to the vttermost of all my endeuours Since in this world nothing can perfect bee Pardon I pray if you these faults do see B. pag. 1. lin 13. for haue plunged read hauing plunged Pag 7. lin 21. for 1. Cor 1 verse 23 read 1. Cor. 2. verse 2. Pag 9 lin 20 for ones aith read one saith Pag 13. lin 5. for Colosl 5. verse 15. read Phil. 3. verse 3. C. Pag. 14. lin 1 for so phistically read sophistically and lin 26 for Chirst read Christ D. Pag. 2. lin 24. for Apostasta read Apostata Pag. 3 lin 15 for begit read beg it Pag 4. lin 21. for 2. Cor. 7. read 1. Cor 7. Pag. 7. lin 20 and 21. for was in honour c. read is in honor and at his end at his end in respect of punishment but remaineth in glorie E. Pag. 13. lin 24. for others beleeue it should read but that other crosses should F. Pag. 9. lin 27. for Constiantne read Constantine A briefe Treatise of the vertue of the Crosse and the manner how to worship it WHen I consider the differences which at this daye are in the Christian church the conference which our Sauiour Iesus Christ had with the woman Samaritaine in the 4. of S. Iohn ver 22. may very well be called to remembrance You said he to the Samaritaine worship yee know not what we Iewes worship that which we know So that seeing on the one side the iustice of God discouers it selfe in such as loue shaddowes better then trueth haue plunged themselues of long time and yet wade further more and more in ignorance and on the cōtrarie part his mercie shines on such whose eyes it pleaseth him to vnseale that they may behold the strength of truth made manifest we may be good reason reioyce in our selues and say that being of this latter number we worship what we know because God himselfe speaking to vs in his word makes vs therby to haue knowledge of him Nowe on the contrarie side whereas they of the Romish Church erroniously led or perhaps by simplicitie confirmed therin through ignorance and carried onely with self-wild obstinacie worshippe that wherof they but presume and haue indeed no knowledge of at all For seeing that in the most part of their seruice there is nothing else contained but humaine traditions it is most euident that there can likewise bee nothing beside but opinion that is to say wauering and doubtfull thoughts tending either to good or euill vnconsonant or disagreeable to God And since it is so that where there is no faith there can be no certainetie it must needes follow that in whatsoeuer they introduce there can be no assurance considering therein is no faith contained But let vs go a litle further those things which haue nether faith nor certaintie must needs bee matters much displeasing to God because what soeuer is done without faith is sinne Yet notwithstanding seeing it hath pleased God to giue vs such grace as to hold his worde in price and estymation addicting our selues wholly to the seruice thereof as neither speaking or thinking any thing but what is therein vttered and prescribed to vs that wee might embrace the verie least particle therin contained wee may say and speake it by good right that we knowe namely by a knoweledge more firme then are all the sciences and demonstrations induced by humaine sence or discourse For our saith beeing grounded on the woorde of God holdeth more strictly thē all else in the world beside can do it is firme and stable subiect to no kinde of alteration whatsoeuer Following then the contents of this word we beleeue in our hearts confesle with our mouths that God only is to be serued honored that the seruice due to his Maiestie ought to be giuen according to his good pleasure ordenance Now the manifest will of God concerning this point is that wee should worship and serue him in spirit and trueth according to S. Iohn the 4. ver 24. and therefore not onelie ought we to reiect the auncient iudaicall ceremonies but all other beside that offer themselues ouer and aboue the worde of God in the Christian Church for it were no point of reason to forsake those ceremonies instituted by God neuerthelesse in regarde they were to endure but for a certaine time onely and then afterward grew fastened to the manners of men and were accepted or neglected after their opinions Such for the most parte are those which the Romaine Church practiseth in inuocation on deceased Saintes the Images of God and of those Saintes the adoration of the Crosse and such like which haue no other foundation but onely

mens vanitie and no veritie Now we intend not at this present to speake of other points for they are appointed and shall be God willing handled else where in ample manner but this instant occasion imposeth a needefull taske to speake of insupportable abuse committed by them concerning the Crosse to the ende all men may learne how to furnishe them selues against the poyson of idolatric which the deuill comes to vomite foorth againe in this time of neere neighbourhood furthering his purpose with the iuglings of diuers his instruments who by wordes and writing labour to rebuilde vp idolatrie againe as the walles of Iericho which notwithstanding by the sound of Gods trumpets are fallen and that by good numbers in these quarters We consider that they who brought hither diuulged those two writings which they send flying abroad in forme of Placards doubted not to greeue make many good Christians among vs shed teares for whatis he who beholding the follies absurdities and idolatries in them contained that can refraine from lamenting seeing the sonne of God dishonored a number of soules withdrawne from true christianitie an infinite multitude to fortifie thēselues in ignorance and falshood Yet this lamentation marcheth not alone for we accōpany it with our daily sighes and prayers drawne frō the entire depth bottom of our harts to the onely true God by the intercession of him that was crucified dyed for our sinnes and rose againe for our iustification that hee will confirme in his trueth such as it pleased him alreadie to call thereto and withdrawe from errour those whome the false preachers of idolatrie labour to blinde therewith First then it is to be noted that the word Crosse signifieth sometime a kinde of libbit which in elder times they vsed for the greatest and most infamous malefactours Sometime it signifieth the punishment which those offendours were to endure In the historie of our redemption these two significations are oftentimes found For when it is said that Christ caried the crosse and was fastened thereon it is easie to be gathered that it was the Crosse of wood he bare and that thereto hee was nayled and fastened In like manner when it is said Colos 1. ver 20. That by the blood of the Crosse of Christ our peace is made it cannot bee doubted but that these wordes haue reference to those sufferings which it pleased the sonne of God to endure for vs. This distinction being well obserued wee shall the more easilie and Christianlie determine the matter handled in those placards For if by the word Crosse the death and passion of Christ is vnderstood it will follow by the confession of all true Christians that the vertue of that Crosse is such as is no way to bee comprehended by the vnderstanding of men nor Angels For it is the Crosse and death of Christ Iesus that witnesseth the loue which God beares to his elect which Loue passeth all vnderstanding saith Saint Paule Philipi 4. ver 7. In this Crosse is our life light health defence strength joy perfection and our all whatsoeuer for there is no good or hope for vs elsewhere but in the Crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christ Heereof may wee saye with S. Paule Galat 6. ver 14. God forbid wee should glorie in any thing but in the Crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ whereby the worlde is crucified to vs and we to the world wherevppon the same S. Paul saith 1. Cor. 1. ver 25. That he desired to know nothing but Christ Iesus and him crucified But if by the worde Crosse we vnderstand the wood or libbit whereon the sonne of God was hanged for the sinnes of the elect we may boldly say that wee finde no testimonie in the word of God written by the Prophets Apostles nor any examples or practise of theirs that either may or ought induce vs to attribute any vertue to the wood it selfe For albeit wee doubt not of Gods omnipotencie to whom nothing is impossible yet ought wee to conceiue of this almightinesse by that which appeares to vs of his owne will according to that in the 115. Psalme God hath done all whatsoeuer him pleased Then safely may wee conclude that God had no will such vertue should be adherent to the wood or crosse of h●s sonne for then hee woulde doubtlesse haue witnessed the same by his word Among true Christians whatsoeuer is not written in the worde of God is helde as a matter of no estate or beeing as wee may gather from the 7. to the Hebrues verse 3. where it is said That Melchisedech was without father without mother c. for this only reason because the scripture no where at all speaketh of his father or mother although it be most certaine that he had a father mother like to other men Of the Crosse we read that Iesus Christ carried it so likewise did Simon the father of Rufus beare it that Iesus went out of the cittle of Ierusalem bearing it that it was brought to the mount of Caluarie where it was prepared Iesus nayledthereon and likewise the inscription Iesus of Nazareth king of the Jewes that thereon Iesus had his side pearced rendred vp his spirit thereon and when night came that the bodie of Iesus was taken downe from the crosse ouer and beside these poynts we read nothing whereby appeareth that God was willing to forestall idolatrie which neuerthelesse Sathan wold needes bring into the world For as he had no will that the Sepulchre of Moyses should be knowne so is there not any witnesse recorded that God was willing his sonnes crosse shuld haue any notice among men for to say that it was kept or enterred in the place where it had beene erected which was as ones aith the place where Adam was buried this hath no semblance of any certaintie for if we shall beleeue our elders Adam was buried in Hebron not neere Ierusalem Likewise seeing the Disciples Apostles of Iesus Christ were scattered at his death that after his ascention they were prohibited to speake of or name Iesus Christ that they were made prisoners and scourged that Saint Stephen was stoned that great persecutiō was in the church of Jerusalem and soon after that Jerusalem was brought to totall extremitie and ruine what apparance can there bee that this crosse was hidden and honoured by them that followed Christ Iesus In like maner we reade not any where that the Disciples and Apostles of Iesus did euer recommend this crosse and yet they said in the 13. of the Hebrues verse 13. Let vs go foorth after Jesus out of the campe bearing his reproach And Christ himselfe said That whosoeuer would be his Disciple must take vp his crosse follow him Math. 16. verse 24. And as for that where he saith the enemies of Christ haue gone about to abolish his crosse and yet they could not do it such would lightē darkenesse by darknesse For where one reports that they endeuoured to