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A04351	A sermon preached before the Queenes Maiestie at Hampton Courte, the 19. of February laste paste. By VVilliam Iames Doctour of Diuinitie	James, William, 1542-1617.	1578 (1578)	STC 14465; ESTC S107697	20,743	68

damnandum nouit vt sibi socios multiplicet quibuseum gehe●nnae ignibus addicatur He persecuteth so muche the more cruellye that as hée knoweth himselfe sure to be damned so he may multiplie fellowes to partake the paynes of hell fire He that in olde tyme beganne with deceyte he nowe endeth with deceyte he beganne with bloud he now endeth with bloud He that made Adam to lose Paradise he maketh many to forsake their owne natiue countrey him for an apple them for lesse than the paryng hée that made Adam disobey God he maketh them to disobey the Lordes annointed he that made Lots wife looke backe to Sodome he now maketh olde English beldams to returne after xix yéeres preachyng of the Gospell to the lothsome puddle of Popishe trumperie He that in old tyme by the bloud of the Lambe was ouercome and dispossessed of heauen he by a droppe of bloud is contente to take possession of his witches and Sorcerers here on earthe He that in olde tyme shedde the bloud of innocent Abell and prepared hoate fornasses for Goddes faythfull seruants hée at this daye rayseth vppe bloudie massacres and firie inquisitiōs and why but bycause hys tyme is shorte Where the Gospel is preached most diligently there dothe the Deuill rage moste furiously and lyke a good Captayne endeuoreth by all meanes to reedifie those walles that the worde of God hath battered downe and to renew that olde Adam that by the spirite of God is put away and as one sayde Account al tyme loste that is not spent in some vertuous exercyse so the Deuill accounteth all tyme lost that is not spent either in veryng or withdrawing from God the childrē of God and why but bicause his time is shorte A seconde thing in these idolatrous Samaritanes is their lying false hypocrisie for neither sought they the Lord as Israel did neither sacrificed they as they ought to haue done 2. Reg. 17. they pretēded to feare the Lord but apointed priests of thēselues for the high places and prepared sacrifice and did after the maner of the nations and therefore the spirite of God testifyeth that they neyther feared God nor did after the ordinauntes nor custome nor lawe nor cōmaundement which the Lord cōmaunded the children of Iacob whome he named Israell notwithstanding here they come with these lying speches we seke we sacrifice Singular was the impudency of these Samaritanes that notwithstanding their owne consciences accused them their dayly practises declared the cleane contrary yet they blush not to saye wee seke c. It is a plague that lyeth on Hypocrytes there is no other sinner be he neuer so strong a thiefe be he neuer so filthy a liuer be he neuer so common a lyar be he neuer so great a blasphemer be he neuer so byting an vsurer be he neuer so cruel a murtherer be he neuer so rancke a traytor be he neuer so false to God so faithlesse to men but in his thefte be desireth darknesse in his adultry secretnes for his lying pardō for his blasphemy sometyme séeketh forgiuenesse in hys vsury feareth lawe in hys murder dreadeth the wagging of euery leafe in his treason suspecteth the bewraying of the byrdes of the ayre But the Hypocrite neyther fearing him that knoweth the hart and raynes neyther regarding his owne reproche dareth bycause he cā bleare mens eies to present himselfe as it were into the presence of God Suche were they that came to our sauiour Christ Maister we know thou speakest truth and regardest no mans person is it lawful to pay trybute to Cesar or no Why if I speake truth beléeue you me not oh ye Hypocrites and another Maister what shal I do to inherite eternal life and Mayster what is the greatest commaundemente in the law To whome our sauiour aunswereth Not euery one that sayth to me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he which doth the wil of my father which is in heauē Why do you call me Lord Lorde and doe not the things which I cōmaunde why tempt yée me O ye hypocrites what offer ye to me O ye painted sepulchers you appeare fayre outwardly but inwardly yée are full of dead mens bones and all filthynesse Why doe yée honour mée with your lippes your hartes beyng farre from me Why speake you lies vnto me you haue consciences marked with an hoate Iron Why pretend you a shewe of godlinesse seyng you haue denied the power thereof Surely these Samaritanes are as it were a cleare glasse to beholde the miserie of iniquitie that in this worlde preuayleth Such an hypocrite was Herode that when he purposed nothing but the death of our sauiour Iesus Christe as may appeare by the slaughter of the innocents yet he perswadeth with the Wisemen to returne home by him that he with thē might worship him that was borne King of the Iewes such false teachers hurte the Apostles suche false brethren added muche to Paules bondes And died these Samaritanes only thinke we with Zorobabel and rose there none of their ashes are there at this daye no Herodians that in word speake that in harte they thinke not are there no false teachers to hinder the Gospell of Christe and are there no false brethren to adde to Paules bondes Not to speake of such as whē Steuen preached stopped their eares nor of such as say we wil not heare charme the charmer neuer so wisely nay there are a broode which liue in the church by the church but are not of the churche that at this day do hinder and hitherto haue hindred the course of Zorobabel And as true it is that new wine is not to be put in olde bottels nor new cloth to be patched in an old garmēt nor Christ Circumcision to be matched togither and as God in olde age raysed vp not a Prieste of Baal but Elias nor our sauiour any lerned Pharisée but simple fishermen to treade the waye of hys Gospel so is not Zorobabel to admitte such as mingle Christ and Belial the Church of God and Idols the Gospell and popery religiō and mockery What better words than of Samaritanes we seeke we sacrifice what better profession than of Herode Go and séeke and bryng me word that I may worship yet were the Samaritanes Idolatours yet was Herode a Foxe What better spéeches thā we be cōformable men we obserue our princes laws we follow iniunctiōs we obey orders yet if it come to examination at the passage of Iordan as Iepthe and the Gyleadites did trie the Ephraimites by pronouncing Shiboleth I feare me they wil say single Siboleth there wil want the harty aspiration h h wanteth the harte wanteth It is an olde prouerbe Ex vnguibus leonem Let them be narowly loked into howe they grunt and grone at the preaching of the Gospell howe they carpe at the doings of the godlye learned how they deride the simpler sorte of the professors of the Gospell how open eares they haue to heare

bin I am of this opinion that if I sée one ready to drowne hymselfe and stay him not if I may that I am giltie of his death If I féed not one readye to dye wyth famine hauing food wherwithal I haue killed hym Cicero sayde that hée that when hee maye defende iniury if he do it not is no lesse in faulte thā if he forsake hys parents or countrey He that saide say not somuch as good morrow or haile sir but let him bee as an Ethnicke and Publibane to thée he would not admit him to eate at his bord that would not eate and drinke at Gods borde But he is my friend But Chryst answereth he that doth the will of my father in heauē he is my father my mother my brother my sister Cicero sayth that that is the surest friēdship which the similitude of good maners hathe coupled You know the Prouerbe No cousin in Courte No cousin in Cheapeside so surely it ought to be No Christian in the Churche no Cousin in Court If thy hand or foote offēd thée cut thē off if thine eie pul it out this may I denye not be wel vnderstood literally for we vse to cut off rotten mēbers ne pars sincera trahatur but it is indéede mente of them that are vnto vs in stéede of these parts of hands of féete of eies that is most neare familiar friends if they goe about to draw vs or to hinder vs from Christ whom to knowe is eternal life O but he hath done me good Pharaos daughter nursed Moyses the hungrye Rauens fed Elyas But alas shal I render euil for hys good shal I not loue my neyghbour as my self shal I suffer him cum ratione insanire his father dyd me good shoulde Moyses haue reserued Pharan for hys daughters sake To end this point it is euident that what protestation soeuer these Samaritanes made yea so long as they worshipped Idolles so long Zorobabel would not trust them no nor vouchasafe them so much countenance as once to number them among suche as hewed stones or made morter But what if they had denyed he was not ignoraunt that if in the colde winter in the time of gracious Cirus the snake might haue warmed himselfe by his or the elders fiers of Israel that then he would at spring of the yeare if not haue bitten yet haue hissed at Zorobabell But answere me O ye English Samaritanes O ye recusantes that dishonour God and disobey the Lords annoynted shal a strange proud Italian Priest withdrawe you what hath the churche of England offended you wherein haue we corrupted the gospell of Iesus Christ who flieth to the touchstone of the scriptures you or we Offendeth it you that the Scriptures are in our mother tong and are knowen to the Lay people blame your owne Doctours euen Nicolaus Lyra and Caietanus in 14. 1 Corin. do teache that it was the manner of the primatiue Church and that out of this doctrine of Paul may be gathered that it is better to the edifying of the church that publike prayers maye be in a tongue knowen to the people than to be sayde in Latine of the Prieste and Clarkes Offendeth it you and that is the matter that wée denie Transubstantion the Real presence blame your owne Doctors for Bonauenture Durande Scotus Thomas hold foure seuerall opinions It is an opinion neuer heard of vntil the Laterane coūsel 1215 yeares after Christe Rupertus abbas Tutiensis confesseth that before that Counsell it was lawfull to belieue or not to beleue Tonstall late Byshop of Durham li. 1. de Eucharistia De modo quo idfieret satius fortasse erat curiosum quemque suae relinquere coniecturae sicut licitum fuit ante consilium Lateranum Of the manner howe thys shoulde come to passe it had bene beste to haue lefte euery curious man to his owne coniecture as it was lawfull before the Laterane counsell Offendeth it you that we denie the Pope to be Vniuersal byshop Blame your own Pope Gregorie for he saith Nemo predecessorum meorum c. none of my predecessours euer tooke vpon him this name of singularitie this prophane this pōpouse this proude name Offendeth it you that we preache against Purgatorie blame not vs but your owne Doctours For Gregorye your owne Pope sayth it is as it were in hote bathes Alcuinus sayth it is in the ayre some in yse some in shadow of trées The fathers in their late Tridentine counsel confesse that there are many things vncertain which haue a shew of falsehoode which tende to curiosity and to vayn superstition and which sauour of filthy lucre You re schoolemen are togither by the eares whether the Pope be more mercyful than Christ séeing that it is not reade that euer he released from the paynes of Purgatory and whether the Pope maye emptye Purgatory at his pleasure Offendeth it you that we deny prayers and inuocation of Sainctes blame your owne doctour Eckius who after much sayde for that matter concludeth thus Explicitè non est praecepta sanctorum inuocatio in sacris literis Inuocation or prayer to saintes is not commaunded in holye scriptures not in the olde Testament bycause the people were otherwise too too propense into Idolatrye and the fathers were in Limbo not yet blessed nor in the new Testament least the people might séeme to be led to the worshippe of erthly creatures agayne and if the Apostles and Euangelistes should haue taught this they shoulde haue ben accounted arrogant as though they had sought for this glorye after their death Offendeth it you that we pul downe Images blame youre owne Doctour Barnarde who ad Guil abbatem Cluniacens Quem ex ijs fructum requirimus c. What fruite looke you for of them whiche serue for nothing but eyther to féede fooles or to seduce the simple Offendeth it you that you maye not haue the Popes pardon that you maye not be absolued à pena culpa blame good father Ierome who vppon the. 16. of Matthew Quorum remiseritis peccata Istum locum Episcopi Presbyteri non intelligentes c. This place bishops and Priestes vnderstanding not take vpon them somewhat of the Pharisées pryde to absolue or cōdemne where as before the Lord not the sentence of the priest but the life of the sinner is to be regarded Offendeth it you that wée burne and disgrace your Legenda aurea blame Ludouicus Viues for he saithe Non video cur dici possit aurea c. I see not why it can be sayd to be of gold seing it is written of a man of an Iron face and a leaden harte What looke you for O ye Samaritanes For your deuises of menne we preach the gospel the power of God to saluation to all that beleue it For your Trāsubstātiatiō we shew in our Cōmuniō the Lords death vntil he come For your Pope Christes vicar we preach the holy ghost to be vicare general which doth teach vs al truth For your pick