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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03926	A sermon preached at Yorke before the right Honorable, Henrie Earle of Huntington, Lorde President of her Maiesties councell established in the north, and other noble men, and gentle men, at a general communion there, the 23. of September in the eightienth yeare of her Maiesties raigne: by Mathewe Hutton Deane of Yorke.	Hutton, Matthew, 1529-1606.	1579 (1579)	STC 14034; ESTC S104336	25,148	72

A SERMON Preached at Yorke before the right Honorable Henrie Earle of Huntington Lorde President of her Maiesties Councell established in the North and other noble men and Gentlemen at a general Communion there the 23. of September in the eightienth yeare of her Maiesties raigne By Mathewe Hutton Deane of Yorke Â¶ Imprinted at London for Richard Sergier Anno. 1579. W. C. Â¶ To the Reader the knowledge blessinges of the trueth AS the zeale strength of our gracious soueraigne the Queene was verie great to the prayse of God and the blessednes of hir kingdome in bringing the Gospell by a reentrie into this lande when the Lorde brought her in his rich mercie vnto the kingdome So her Maiesties care hath beene from time to time great also by the preaching of the worde by many good Lawes by the authoritie and countenance of her Magistrates to further the course and aduaunce the estimation thereof to the releeuing of the people from that darkenesse wherein they walked that comming to the light of the trueth they may become children of the light and inheritoures of the life which is in Christe Iesus This hath appeared manie wayes in manie places and namely in her Prouince of York at a solemne assemblie of the honorable and woorshipful of those partes where after a verie learned and godlie Sermon fitte for that assemblie and action they were together partakers of the Lordes table to testifie to God their religion to shewe their obedience to her Maiesties proceedings and to leaue it witnessed to the whole worlde that they embrace the Gospell and labour by their example to drawe others also to the loue of the same trueth Touching the Sermon For the Authors greate learning and good Spirite it must carrie great prayse with as many as knowe him especially with them that knowe him best As manie as knowe him not may in reading it beholde the good graces of God in him for the worke of the Gospell and a notable spirite plainelie and soundly confuting the chiefest groundes of the Popishe religion vpon which sandie groundes notwithstanding though they pretend Peter to be the rocke manie builde not foreseeing the ruire and great fall of the house For Antiquitie and Generalitie are good markes of the church ioyned with better alone they may aswell iustifie sinne and errour as the Romishe Churche Those other chiefe markes it hath not the true and pure vse of the woorde and Sacramentes But as it wanteth the chiefest markes of the Churche of Christe whiche deceiue not So it hath vndoubted signes of the church of Antichrist a doctrine preiudiciall to the offices and merites of Christe a foundation that GOD hath not layed the persecutions of Antichrist the blasphemies of Satan the marchandises of the greate whore of Babylon and the marke of the beaste O that they which haue trafique with her would come out of the Merchauntes false lighte and might haue their eyes open and their heartes also to consider what stuffe they haue for their soules laid in pawne to her for paymeÌ„t of their obedience and tribute As for their iustification by workes and not by faith onely it doeth plainely shewe they vnderstande neither the imperfection of their perfectest woorkes nor the grace of GOD which saueth them that beleeue thorow faith in the merites of Christe alone Whiche faith notwithstanding necessarily bringeth foorth good woorkes not meritorious causes but manifest notes to vs of our saluation in the merites of Christe Iesus the Lorde and Sauiour In that they forbid the people to read the scriptures they commit too too manifest violence in withholding our euideÌ„ce in dispossessing vs of our fathers last will and Testament How shall they demaund the legacie that know not the gift How shall they keepe the conditions that know not the couenaunt If they say the scriptures are hard they speake to say no woorse ignorantly of the will or power of God that either would not or could not speake plainely and to the hart of his people to the vnderstanding of his children But as the children of this worlde they were wise in their generation they kept that backe which might bring the kingdome of God forward they put the light vnder a busshell that it might not shine to those that came into the house Darkenes did best set out and most mainteine the workes of darkenes Neuerthelesse sure it pleased God for his glory to shew mercie vnto manie causing the light to shine out of darkenes and bringing this euidence into light and the light therof into the possessioÌ„ of the sonnes of men They as many of theÌ„ as appertaine to the holy electioÌ„ of God haue had eyes to see and hartes to consider what it is to walk in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death what it is to lye fast bound in Babylon in miserie and yron and what it is to dwell in the house of God to beholde his beautie and to visite his holy temple to serue the Lord and to wayte for the fulnesse of his rich mercies in Christ Iesus our Lorde As for the sufficiencie of the Scriptures if no man maye adde any thing there wanteth nothing If no man may take any thing away there is nothing too much Wherevppon they that haue eyes to see and will see may beholde that the scriptures are all sufficient and perfect dangerous therefore is the coÌ„trarie doctrine of Hosius one of the Maister Masons at the greate building of Trent But his doctrine is lately and sufficiently confuted Whereas they denye some the lawful remedie against fornication theire deeds bewray their doctrine for they not regarding it died in the disease whereof they condemned the remedie For the Inuocation of Saintes and the doctrine of the newe mediatourship to the Mediatour which is but one it sheweth a greate faith and trust in those Saintes as being more readie and willing to helpe where they promise no helpe then God that dooth both promise and keepe the couenaunt of mercie made to Abraham and his seede euen as many of them as seeke the face of God and walke in newenes of life which is the true seede of Abraham and the Israell of god But if Saintes can be neither so able if they be able at al nor so willing to heare helpe vs as is the mightie most louing God of our saluation why doo any in a blinde nicenesse straine curtesie to pray vnto God which is commaunded and make no conscience to giue his honour to others which is forbidden Concerning the masse it hath been long agoe publikelie indited and truely condemned of grosse Idolatrie and forgerie Saint Paule in that greate mysterie testifieth for himself to the Corinthians That he added nothing to the simple institution of the Lordes supper but what he receiued that he redeliuered and what he receiued not that he deliuered not at all But they of the Masse haue deliuered in charge to be beleued and receiued a bodie without quantitie or

thinges perteining to our saluation but vigilant and painefull to finde out and to know the truth He telleth vs where to seke among the Olde wayes Loe Antiquitie is one noate or marke of Veritie Vincentius Lirinensis saith there bee three especiall markes or badges to know which is true Doctrine in the Church Antiquitie Vniuersalitie and Consent And surely where these three coÌ„curre in the church there is no doubt but there is the truth there is the Good way wherin we shold walke But because truth dwelleth as a stranger heere on earth and hath more enimies then friendes shee findeth not so much curtesie amongest men to bee suffered to weare all wayes all these three badges Therefore the same Vincentius asketh the question what is to bee doone if error doe inuade the greater part of the Church and bee mainteined with Consent of the greater part He answereth that in such case we must flie to Antiquitie He giueth an example The wicked doctrine of Arrius had once almost infected all Christendome Constantius the Emperour was an Arrian Liberius Bishop of Rome an Arrian for a time and gaue his handwriting against the diuinitie of our Sauiour Christ almost all the Bishops in the worlde did yeelde to that blasphemy he saith That in this case the former time must be considered what was the doctrine of the Church before Arrius began to spread his heresie that is the truth For it goeth not with religion as it doeth with the statutes of the Realme and iudgementes at common Law where the later is thought the better For in religion the first and oldest is the best The doctrine of the Church is older than anie Idolatrie or superstition of the Gentiles the Gospel was preached in Paradise by God himselfe The seede of the woman shall breake the Serpentes heade The writing of Moses older than anie writing of the Gentiles The doctrine of the Apostles older than Poperie or anie other heresie Tertullian against Praxeas saith Quod peraequÃ¨ aduersus omnes haereses preiudicatum sit id esse verum quodcunque primum id esse adulterum quodcunque posterius This must bee taken as a rule to preiudice all heresies that that is true whiche is firste that counterfeit false which is brought in afterward Truth it is that Basilius saith to Amphilochius cap. 29. Persuasiua sunt quodammodo vetera dogmata velut in antiquitate canicie quadam reuerendum quiddam habentia Olde religion is apt to perswade men to imbrace it For why The antiquitie thereof is as it were gray heares hoare head that moueth men to reuerence it Yet must we take heede that we be not mooued with the onely name of Antiquitie that we be not deceiued with a visard or coloured white heade and bearde For truth manie times is accused of Noueltie and errour much commended for the Antiquitie When the Gospell of Christ was firste preached vnto the Gentills it seemed newe vnto them and they alleaged Antiquitie for the defence of their idolatrous religion Act. 17. May wee not knowe say the Philosophers what newe Doctrine is this whereof thou speakest And in the 19. chap. Demetrius the Siluersmith and the Towneclarke of Ephesus alledge not onely vniuersalitie but also antiquitie for their goddesse Diana And Lactantius in his booke De iustitia sayth Deorum cultores libenter errant stultitiae suae fauent a quibus si rationem requiras persuasionis eius nullam possunt reddere sed ad maiorum iudicia confugiunt quÃ²d illi sapientes fuerint c. The worshippers of false Gods are willinglie deceiued and flatter themselues in their owne follie of whom if you aske a reason of their conscience they can yeelde none but flie to their forefathers and say that they were wise men and not like to bee deceiued And Symmachus that famous Senator but sworne enimie to Christes religion writeth thus as Prudentius saith Lib. 2. Si longa aetas authoritatem religionibus faciat seruanda est tot saeculis fides sequendi sunt nobis parentes qui foeliciter secuti sunt suos If continuance of time giue authoritie to religion wee must still giue credit to so manie hundred yeares since the dayes of King Numa a thousande yeares at the least and wee must folowe our fathers who most happely followed their forefathers Loe they did not examine the waies of theire fathers whether they were good or euill yet would they needes folow them thought Antiquitie a sufficient argument so to doe I reade of one Radbodus King of the Phrisians a Panim that when he was persuaded to become a Christian and was readie to bee baptized and had one foote in the fount he staied and asked the Bishoppe what was become of all his progenitours and which Way they were gone that were neuer christened nor beleued in Christ The Bishop answered that without baptisme and the faith of Christ he had no warrant but to say that they were gone to hell he pulling out his legge againe out of the water Surely sayth he I will goe with them for companie So a great sort had rather erre with their forefathers thento embrace the truth if it seeme vnto them newe Cresconius the heretike could say to S. Augustine Our father 's receiued this of theire fathers Truth saith S. Augustine Sed errantes ab errantibus As the Iewes receiued of their fathers that the bodie of Christ was stolne out of the sepulchre but being false at the beginning continaunce of time will not make it true Therefore if our fathers erre wee may not folow them neither is euerie olde way good but that onely wherein our fathers haue walked by the commaundement of God as shewed vnto them by his holy woorde Therefore the Prophet willeth vs to aske of the old waies which is good and walke in it And Hierom saith Stand vpon the wayes that is vpon the Prophets they be the wayes that will bring vs to Christ who is the way the truth and life And Tertull against Marcian sayth Constat id verius quod prius id prius quod ab initio id ab initio quod ab Apostolis traditum It is plaine that that is the truest which is first that firste which was from the beginning that from the beginning which was deliuered by the Apostles Against which way no Custome though it be neuer so old may preuaile Christ said that he was Trueth did not say that he was Custome Cyprian epist. ad Pompeium Consuetudo sine veritate vetustas erroris est Custome without truth is nothing else but an old error And Lib. 2. epist. 3. Non debemus attendere quid aliquis ante nos faciendum putauerit sed quid qui ante omnes est Christus prior fecerit Wee must not regarde what any man before vs hath supposed good to be done but what Christ did which is before all And this in deed is the true Antiquitie that we must imbrace this is the

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