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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05470	Two sermons viz. 1. A preseruatiue lilie to cure soules. And 2. How to seeke to finde Christ. Preached by that famous and iudicious diuine, Peter Lilie, Doctor of Diuinitie, and sometime fellow of Iesus Colledge in Cambridge.	Lily, Peter, d. 1615.; Lily, Dorothy, d. 1627.	1619 (1619)	STC 15600; ESTC S108559	27,509	75

the Scriptures in some respects all things are easy They are hard to flesh and bloud for they cannot bee assented to till God open the eyes of our hearts as he did to his disciples but all things are set downe in termes plaine inough so we vse diligence to vnderstand them I say all things all the mysteries of Religion without as they call it any mentall reseruation Yet so besotted are they with this foolish deuice of theirs as that they stumble euen at the plainest Scriptures S. Mathew reports that when our Sauiour cometh to iudgement he shall say to the reprobate Nescio vos I know you not and heere saith the Friar Christ vseth a mentall reseruation wherein I know not whether they are more ridiculous or impious For Christ there alludeth to an vsual forme of speech amongst the Jewes who when they misliked a man gaue him a Nescio that is I know you not VVhich form of speech is vsed at this day by many consuetudo vocabuli vita vocabuli The custome of speech is the life of a speech Neither could our Sauiour more significantly haue expressed his minde or purpose of reiecting them then in saying Nescio vos so far was he from equiuocation or mentall reseruation VVhen we tell them Hoc est corpus meum This is my body is figuratiuely to be vnderstoode they say figures are not vsed in matters of VVills which ought to be plaine and can they not remember how the sentence of Iudges ought to be plaine But these men in some respect may be pardoned for because they when they are cited appeare at the Barre doe equiuocate and dissemble they think also that when Christ shall come to iudgement and pronounce sentence of saluation or damnation he shal speak doubtfully But God be mercifull to vs and make vs of the number of those to whom he shall say Come ye blessed of my Father For certainly they to whom it shal be said Nescio I know you not shall not only vnderstand it but feele it they shall not neede a Commentary to know the meaning of our Sauiour whose words they grossely childishly wrest to the maintenance and defence of their deceit I am loath to wade further and had not this violence bin vsed to this Text I should haue abstained at this time and therefore I will conclude this point with the end of the 15. Psalme adding withall S. Jeromes obseruation on it He in the 15. Psalme describing a righteous man addeth among other things Who sweareth to his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it were to his hindrance Such a man saith Dauid shall stand in the Tabernacle of the Lord. By which is meant not onely him that sweareth promissoriê that taketh a promissory oath but euen he that sweareth assertiuè that formally affirmeth or denyeth any thing by oath He that sweareth whether in promising a thing to come or in affirming a thing past shall stand in the Tabernacle then he concludes He that doth this shall neuer be moued Out of which S. Jerome inferres this therefore he that doth shall be moued If he that sweareth and that truly shall stand in the Tabernacle then he that forsweareth himselfe that eludeth all others by lying and dissembling and such trickes as the Heathen man did abhorre shall not stand in the Tabernacle Sure I am it is no way to get Heauen the whole Scripture from the beginning to the ending in euery place condemneth fraude lying periurie and such like vanitie extolling sincerity truth plain-dealing both in word and deed this is the Lawe and the Prophets this in euery lease is contained thus it becommeth men who are baptized in the name of the Father the Sonne and the Holy-ghost God is the Author of truth and those that are of him will say truth the Diuell is the father of lies and his children they are that practise that trade And because I haue tolde you that there are particular dueties giue mee leaue I pray you to be somewhat particular as the Text the Time and this present honorable Audience doth in some sort require It were a simplicitie or rather folly to thinke it were impossible to be both a Courtier and a Christian S. Iohn Baptist was a Courtier for though he kept in the wildernesse yet sometimes he came to the Court He was in good grace with Herod who heard him gladly and could he haue flattered he might haue obtained any preferment or honour in the Court but he was plaine and told the truth He was not of his opinion that said Lex alia est solio alia priuato that which was adultery in a priuate man could not be adultery in a Prince Daniel and Ezra and many others were great Courtiers in high fauour with their princes How did they vse their fauour Surely but little to their owne preferment wholely to the benefite of the Church of God and their Country Saint Ierome reporteth of one who was the Emperours Nephew and yet neuer asked any thing of the Emperour It were to be wished that men of eminent place great birth and in high fauour would know that it is one part of their duty to imploy their greatnes to the good and behoofe of the Church of God and their country and that God doth require this of them as a speciall duty It cannot bee offensiue I hope to haue admonished thus much The second thing is that which in particular pertaineth to women who for the most part are the chiefest in this assembly at this time and if I speake not to them to whom should I speake But what should I say Tertullian hath written many Bookes against the brauery of that sexe amongst other things he saith That siluer golde and precious stones were first found out by Sathan and that forasmuch as in Baptisme they professe to renounce the diuell and all his works the ornaments and attire they weare is against their vow in Baptisme But heere I am not altogether of his mind For the things themselues are the good creaturs of God and may be vsed so that the minde be not wickedly puffed vp scandall be auoyded and decency both in respect of person and condition bee kept Yet in one thing I thinke women cannot bee excused and that is in painting of themselues which howsoeuer some defend the most religious and learned Fathers haue condemned Cyprian sayth that they which paint themselues doe in a sort make Christ a lier For whereas our Sauiour sayth Yee cannot make one haire black or white they haue a mean to make them all of what colour they list Another saith that when a Carpenter or Ioyner hath made a peece of work he will not thinke well that any should discommend it or rend and deface it And is it not a disgrace when God hath framed and fashioned vs well but wee must ouer-lay Gods worke with the diuels colours How this may stand with your Christian profession with your vow in