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A15434	Thesaurus ecclesiæ: that is, the treasure of the church consisting of the perpetuall intercession and most holy praier of Christ, set forth in the 17. chapter of the Gospel by S. Iohn: which in this treatise is plainly interpreted, with necessarie doctrines enlarged, and fit applications enforced.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1604 (1604)	STC 25704; ESTC S102754	86,296	210

signifieth to lift vp which was a note of singular attention to marke what was contained in the verses so marked and that the voice should be exalted and lifted vp in the singing Hierome out of Origen reporteth diuerse acceptions and takings of this word the Septuagint Theodotian and Symmachus interpret it Diapsalma the chaunge of the tune or song Aquila and the fift edition semper alwaies the sixt edition iugiter infinem continually or to the end Whereupon Hierome giueth this note Ex quo animaduertimus hoc verbum docere sempiterna esse quae dicta sunt whereby we marke that this word sheweth that the things vttered are eternal that is for euer to be remembred So should we continually remember the holy instructions so carefully cōmended in Scripture as this here twice beaten vpon by Christ that we should not be of the world as Christ is not of the world That these and the like holy precepts and counsels we should as the wise man saith bind them to the necke and write them vpon the table of our heart Prou. 3. 3. that is keepe them most diligently as precious and costly iewels The thirteenth Lecture Vers. 17. Sanctifie them with thy truth thy word is the truth AS hitherto Christ hath prayed for the preseruation of his Apostles so now he moueth his Father by these his heauenly prayers for their sanctification which is of two sorts either generall to be sanctified by the word of God that is made truly obedient to his will as euery faithfull man must be or speciall in making them able and sufficient for their calling whom now he sent vpon his embassage into the world ver 18. Then the reason and ground of this request is shewed which is the sanctification of himself vers 19. 1 Here then by this Scripture it is euident that our hearts and affections are reformed sanctified consecrated vnto the will and seruice of God onely by the truth reuealed in his word So saith the phet Wherewith shall a young man redresse his way in taking heed according to thy word Psal. 119. 9. the reforming and redressing of our waies is wrought by the word of God The Apostle also saith that the Scriptures are profitable to teach to improue to correct and instruct in righteousnes 2. Tim. 4. 16. 2. The Prophet Dauid herein sheweth his owne experience I vnderstood more then the ancient because I kept thy precepts I haue not declined from thy iudgements for thou didst teach me Psalm 109. vers 100. 102. Zacheus by the voice of Christ was conuerted and of a meere worldling made the child of Abraham Luk. 19. 8. So was the Eunuch cōuerted by the preaching of Philip Act. 8. and Lydia by hearing of Paule Act. 16. 3 Neither were the waters of Iordan so wholesome to cure Naamans leprosie 2. King 5. 14. nor the poole of Bethesda to heale the lame Iohn 5. 3. nor the lump of figges Hezechiahs sore 2. King 20. 7. as the word of God is sufficient to purge all our spirituall diseases There is nothing searcheth purgeth and purifieth as Gods word doth as a fire it consumeth the stubble of mens affections as a sword it cutteth off the put●ified parts as salt it seasoneth that which is otherwise vnsauourie 4 For the proper worke of faith is to purifie our hearts Act. 15. 9. which is as the eye salue of the soule by the annointing whereof our spirituall blindnesse is cured Reu. 3. 18. which faith is wrought in vs by the hearing of the word of God Rom. 10. 17. 5 First in that our Sauiour saith thy word is the truth We are taught that all truth necessarie to our sanctification and saluation is contained in the Scriptures contrarie to the doctrine of the Church of Rome who hold many traditions necessarie to saluation not expressed nor reuealed in the Scriptures And lest they might haue this euasion that there is some part of Gods word vnwritten beside the Scriptures Our Sauiour himselfe sendeth vs to the Scriptures Search the Scriptures for in them you thinke to haue eternall life and they are they which testifie of me but ye will not come vnto me that ye may haue life If the Scriptures then declare Christ and Christ giueth life and if in the Scriptures we may find eternall life what other doctrine is necessarie to saluation beside the truth reuealed in the Scriptures Secondly if the word of God do sanctifie vs then they are vnprofitable hearers which by the preaching of the word are not sanctified If salt will not season a man what can If the finger of God which did write his law in the tables of stone cannot write the same in our hearts then are they harder then flint or stone Gods word is as his pen as Ambrose well saith vpon these words Psa. 45. My tongue is the pen of a readie writer Vide ne scriba velociter scribens sit verbum Dei quod animae vitia procurrat penetret inscribat dona gratiae See if the Scribe swiftly writing be not the word of God which pierceth the soule and discouereth the errors thereof and writeth there the graces of Gods spirit If Gods pen then cannot graue his will in mens hearts no other writing can do it Verse 18. As thou didst send me into the world so haue I sent them into the world Now followeth the speciall sanctification of the Apostles to their office Christ sendeth them into the world and whom he sendeth he furnisheth with all graces needfull for that function wherein they are employed 1 Therfore the Apostle alleaging out of the Psalme saith he hath ascended vp on high c. and hath giuen giftes vnto men c. he therefore gaue some to be Apostles some Prophets some Euangelists some Pastors some Teachers Ephes. 4. 8. 11. God hath not onely appointed these callings and offices in his Church but hath also giuen gifts answerable to some Apostolicall to some Propheticall to other Pastorall and Doctorall gifts 2 Thus Moses was furnished of God both with the power of miracles and the gift of vtterance I will be with thy mouth and teach thee what thou shalt say Exod. 4. 3 12. Thus Isay his lips were touched with a cole frō the altar Isa. 6. 6. Our sauior Christ in his baptisme receiued the holy Ghost descending vpon him in the likenesse of a Doue Mat. 3. The Apostles before they were dispersed in the world to preach the Gospell were assisted by the holy spirit which came vpon them in prayer in the likenesse of fierie clouen tongues 3 For to send an vnfit messenger not enabled with gifts is as if one should send a lame man of his errant He that sendeth a message by a foole that is one that is vnwise and not qualified with gifts is as he that cutteth off the legs Pro. 26. 6. The Prophet Isay compareth such messengers to dumbe dogs that delight in

the word of God doth kisse vs when the spirit of knowledge doth illuminate our minds Thine they are and thou gauest them me and they haue kept thy word Thine they are by election giuen vnto me by their spirituall vocation and calling they keep thy word which is the fruite of their sanctification The keeping then of the word of God is the fruite and effect of our election not the cause or foundation thereof therefore we do good workes because we are elected thereunto we are not elected because of our good workes 1 This Saint Paule sheweth Ephes. 1. 4. He hath chosen vs in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and without blame before him in loue our holinesse is an effect and consequent of our election in Christ not a precedent cause thereof 2 This is exemplified in Esau and Iacob Rom. 9. 11. Ere the children were borne when they had done neither good nor euill that the purpose of God might remain according to election not by workes c. The Apostle directly noteth that the election of Iacob depended not vpon his workes which as yet were not but onely vpon Gods gracious purpose Saint Paul confesseth so of himselfe that he was not called to be an Apostle or put into Christs seruice for any thing that God saw to be in him but the grace of God was exceeding abundant with faith and loue which is in Christ Iesus 1. Tim. 1. 14. and I was receiued to mercie vers 13. And the Apostle ascendeth to the very first originall and beginning of his calling Reuel 1. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 separated in the eternall counsell of God to preach the Gospell 3 The Prophet Ezechiel doth set foorth this truth of Gods free and gracious election by an allegorie of a child that in the birth was cast foorth forlorne and forsaken the nauell not cut nor yet washed with water or swadled in clowts but it lay wallowing and tumbling in bloud the Lord passed by and had compassion vpon it tooke it as his owne so it grew and became comely and beautifull c. Ezech. vers 4. 8. What cause was there in this child that the Lord should haue respect vnto it but onely the Lords loue and fauour which he had vnto it as it followeth vers 14. Thy name was spread abroad among the heathen because of thy beautie for it was perfect through my beautie which I had set vpon thee Euen so in vs the Lord saw no cause why he should elect vs vnto life onely through his owne mercie he saued vs. 4 Saint Paule sheweth the reason of our free and gracious election Ephes. 1. 5. He hath predestinate vs to be adopted through Iesus Christ vnto himselfe c. to the praise of the glorie of his grace that is now God onely hath the glorie of our election when it is imputed wholly to his grace 5 First then the doctrine of the Papists is confuted who teach that men are elected vpon the foresight of their faith and workes which is flat contrarie to the doctrine of the Apostle Rom. 9. 14. It is not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth but in God that sheweth mercie Thus the Church beleeued in Ambrose his time Dignatione sua olim decreuit Deus peccatores saluos facere c. vt neque merito suo qui saluantur neque horum per quos vocantur c. God by his owne vouchsafing hath long ago decreed to saue sinners c. so that not by the merit of those which are saued nor of them by whom they are called but by the grace of God this gift is conferred Secondly seeing God hath shewed vs so great mercie as before we were any thing to decree vs vnto saluation we hereby should be stirred vp to walke worthie of our vocation Ephes. 4. 1. and to shew our selues thankfull vnto God againe by liuing vnto his praise Vers. 7. Now they know that all things which thou hast giuen me are of thee From this verse this doctrine is gathered that it is not possible for any to receiue the word of God vnlesse they be perswaded and assured indeed that it is the word of God and that he which deliuereth the same speaketh from God As here this reason is giuen why the Apostles receiued the word of God because they knew that Christ came from God and that all things which he spake and did were of God 1. This the Apostle sheweth 1. Cor. 14. 25. speaking of the power of the word of God If all prophecie and there come in one that beleeueth not the secrets of his heart are made manifest and he will fall downe and worship and say plainely that God is in you indeede This perswasion of the hearer that God is in the preacher doth make the word pierce into his heart that the secrets thereof are discouered 2. This appeareth by that confession of Peter when Christ had said to the twelue will ye also goe away Iohn 6 67. Maister saith he to whome shall we go thou hast the words of eternall life Peter will not go from Christ because he beleeued that he was a teacher from God to shew the way to eternall life This made Nicodemus come vnto Christ because he knew he was a teacher come from God Iohn 3. 2. 3. Like as the embassadour is reuerenced his message willingly receiued because he commeth in the name and with the authoritie of the Prince so saith S. Paul we are Ambassadors for Christ 2. Cor. 5. 20. 4. The reason the Apostle sheweth Heb. 4. 12. The word of God is liuely and mightie in operation and sharper then any two edged sword and entreth thorough to the deuiding of the soule and the spirit such operation hath the word whereas it is receiued and acknowledged for the word of God The people are taught that where the truth is preached and the word of God manifestly taught they should receiue it with all reuerence as Gods word as the Apostle testifieth of the Thessalonians 1. Thess. 2. 13. For this cause I thanke my God without ceasing that when ye receiued of vs the word of the preaching of God ye receiued it not as the word of men but as it is indeed the word of God which also worketh in you that beleeue The seuenth Lecture Verse 8. I haue giuen vnto them the word which thou gauest me IN this verse our Sauior amplifieth that which in the former verse was more briefly expressed declaring the obedience of the Apostles in receiuing his doctrine and his owne faithfulnesse in giuing vnto them no other words then which he had receiued of his father Our Sauiour then teacheth all Ministers byh is example that they should not aduenture to preach any thing to the people but that which they haue receiued from God and are able to warrant by his word Thus the Apostle saith Be ye followers of me as I am of Christ 1. Cor. 11.

in show rather then truth may be lost but a right faith whereby the heart is purified and the beleeuer iustified cannot fall away for then they which are giuen vnto Christ might belost Secondly though Christ do surrender vp his disciples here into his fathers hand it thereby is not gathered as though he were not sufficient to protect them now but our Sauiour here speaketh of his visible protection in the world in which respect he is gone from vs now but in respect of his diuine power and euer-during Mediatorship he is alwaies present and continually careth for his Church As at this present this Church and Common-wealth of England hath most comfortable experience for whom the Lord hath prouided a Princely shepheard to gouern his people that although our nurcing mother be taken from vs he hath sent vs a nursing father a Baruch for a Deborah a Moses for a Mirriam a Iosias for an Huldah which singular mercie we cannot sufficiently praise the name of God for Wherefore blessed be God that of his fatherly tender care hath so prouided for vs blessed be his annointed that he may many yeares gouerne the Church people of God in all pietie peace trāquility But the child of perdition That is Iudas which was as Augustine interpreteth Perditioni destinatus ordained to destruction this then is an euident and certaine truth out of the word of God that the wicked and impenitent hypocrites and faithlesse men were from the beginning ordained of God to destruction 1. This is testified Reu. 17. 8. Whose names are not written in the booke of life from the beginning of the world If they were not appointed of God vnto life nor numbred amongst the elect then it is certaine they were reiected of God and excluded out of his kingdome from the beginning 2. Of this decree of perdition and reprobation the Apostle propoundeth the examples of Esau and Pharao Rom. 9. the on was hated that is refused of God before he was yet borne and left to himselfe the others heart according to his own wicked inclination was hardned that in his confusion Gods iustice might appeare 3. For like as the Apostle saith In a great house there are vessels of honor and dishonor 2 Tim. 2. 19. so is it in this great house of the world as there are some appointed to be vessels of euerlasting glorie so others are worthily adiudged to eternall shame and confusion 4. And the Lord doth all this for his owne sake Prouerb ●6 4. The Lord hath made al things for his owne sake yea the wicked against the day of euill As God is glorified in shewing mercie to his faithfull seruants so likewise he is honored in iudging the wicked carelesse and impenitent sinners 5. First the opinion of those is refuted which think that no mans end is in particular appointed of God but that euery mans state and condition dependeth vpō his owne will and choise Yea some haue presumed so farre to say that God not elected Paul or Peter more then Iudas and so consequently not reiected Iudas more then Paul or Peter but let them shew vs if this were so where Iudas in scripture is called a chosen vessel as Paul is Act. 9. 15. or Paul the sonne of perdition as Iudas is Secondly whereas it may be obiected that if God in the beginning haue cast away some then it is needlesse for men to endeuour to attaine to saluation for he whom God hath decreed shall be damned cannot possibly be saued To this obiection I answer first that by this reason if it concluded any thing Gods prescience and foreknowledge is as wel ouerthrowne as his decree of predestination for he foreseeth all things that shall come to passe in the world neither cā any thing be otherwise disposed then he hath foreseene Secondly if that Gods decree were knowne in particular who shall be damned who saued then indeed it were in vaine for any man to striue against Gods decree but seeing that no man can know his election but by his workes and fruites of faith euery man must labour thereby to make his election sure as S. Peter exhorteth 2. Pet. 1. 10. God condemneth none but for his sinnes the faithfull and beleeuers he condemneth not but such as Iudas hypocrites and vnfaithfull men vnto Christ. Wherefore seeing there are some children of perdition but such as are giuen ouer to a reprobate sense and are past feeling and are destitute of the spirit we therefore so many as God shall cal should labor for grace that we may by our faith vertue knowledge loue conscience and by other fruitfull workes be assured that we belong vnto election and are not of the forlorne sort And as Saint Paul saith Wilt thou be without feare of the power do well Rom. 13. 3. So he that will be without feare of euerlasting perdition let him seeke to please God and walke before him by a liuely faith That the Scripture might be fulfilled It is then impossible that the word of God should faile but whatsoeuer is declared in the Scripture shall most certainely be fulfilled 1. So our Sauiour saith It is more easie that heauen and earth shold passe away then that one tittle of the Law should passe away Luk. 16. 17. Yea he saith further heauen and earth shall passe away but my words shall not passe away Mat. 24. 35. 2. As Mat. 2. 15. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne and vers 17. Then was that fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet Ieremie saying In Rama was a voice heard c. and in many other places the Apostles shew the accomplishment of the auncient Prophesies in our Sauiour Christ. 3. Therefore are Gods words compared to siluer seuen times purified in the fire Psal. 12. that as nothing is lost of pure siluer being now throughly tried but euery part thereof is laid vp safely so the words of God being most pure are preserued in heauen as the Prophet saith Thy word endureth for euer in heauen Psalme 119. 89. 4. The reason of the stedfastnesse of the word is taken from the author thereof which is God who it is impossible should lie Hebr. 6. 18. neither is there any variablenesse with God or mutabilitie ●a 5. 17 5. First then this doctrine teacheth vs that we should relie vpon the credit of Gods word that whatsoeuer we there find to our comfort edifying or instruction we should as steadfastly beleeue it as if God spake vnto vs from heauen And although in particular the promises of God are not made to vs yet are they most certaine as here is no Scripture rehearsed wherein Iudas was declared to be a child of perdition but there is relation to those generall predictions against the wicked As Psal. 69. 26. Let them be put out of the booke of life and let them not come into thy