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A94728	Anthropolatria; or The sinne of glorying in men, especially in eminent ministers of the gospel. Wherein is set forth the nature and the causes of this sinne, as also the many pernicious effects which at all times this sinne hath produced, and with which the church of Christ is still infected. With some serious disswasives from this sinne, and directions to prevent the infection thereof. A discourse usefull, and in these times very seasonable. / By John Tombes, B.D. and preacher of Gods word at the Temple.	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1645 (1645)	Wing T1792; Thomason E282_13; ESTC R200049	17,625	23

disavowed by the chiefest Writers of the reformed Churches and by the Churches in their publike confessions yet it is not denied but that it hath tainted too many in them Zanchius complaines against this evill calling it {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a worshipping of men and relates with indignation the speech of one at Geneva who being asked why he would not sometimes heare Viret a worthy Preacher there answered that if Paul should preach at the same time with Calvin he would heare Calvin and another complaines in his Epistle to Calvin of a certaine person that was so affected to Luther that he thought his very shooes should be adored I would to God such exorbitancies had kept beyond the seas and that this sin of glorying in men had not crept into this Land into this City The signes and symptomes of it are too manifest disparaging some Preachers injuriously extolling others immoderately disdainefully withdrawing from some without just cause inordinately running after others without sufficient reason swallowing downe the dictates of some without chewing loathing the wholesome food which others present without tasting And have not the fruites been among our selves evill divisions janglings evill censuring and such like scoffing contempt hardning of themselves among our adversaries Brethren if there be any guilty of this sin here present let him now know it to be his sin and that no small one and let him be humbled for it and repent of it that he may obtaine pardon possibly some godly persons may have fallen into it not knowing it to be a sin but sure I am no one that feares God will dare to allow himselfe in it being convicted that it is his sin Application 2. In a serious disswasive from this sin in these times with some directions to prevent the infections thereof 2. Wherefore in the second place give me leave to admonish you that you take heed of it It is an evill that usually doeth follow those Churches to which God bestowes excellent gifts and worthy Teachers and doubtlesse the Lord hath inriched this City with this most desireable kind of riches above all places of the earth so that this City may be said in this respect to be situated under the line and the inhabitants here to be without shadow Great and many lights God hath given to you and that in many successions a long time uno avulso non deficit alter when one is removed God supplies you with another But to what end is it not that you should magnifie them but use them to bring you nearer unto God not to glory in the gift but to rejoyce in the giver reverence and make use of them but reserve to their Lord his owne prerogative may not you justly feare that God will take them away from you when you give his due to them we blame not a father if he remove a servant from his child when a child doeth inordinately affect him to the deminution of his respect to the father nor can we God if he subtract a good thing which we abuse the best way to have good things continued by God is to use them for God and to esteeme them for his sake but to set our hearts only on him that gave them Besides doth not our glorying in men bring us into bondage to them doth it not insensibly draw upon us an adherence to their errours if God for our triall suffer them to slip into any or if they have none to a dangerous and unsound disposition to receive them if they happen We stand much for our Christian liberty and there is great cause we should it is a pretious thing dearely bought and is it not one part of our Christian liberty that we be not the servants of men 1 Cor. 7. 23. It concernes us then much that we labour to get such a firme constitution of soule that neither through weaknesse of understanding nor through foolish affection we endanger our selves to hang on men and so to bring our consciences in bondage to them We account the yoake of Bishops to have been a grievous yoake and that justly if Hierome be not mistaken it was first occasioned by this sin of glorying in men and it may be feared least this sin may occasion the keeping it on our necks for is it not alleadged take them away men will follow whom they please so many schismes will be as Preachers Any of these reasons much more all of them should be a sufficient caveat unto you to warne you of this I might presse this monition further from the nature causes and effects of this sin before shewed but I will hasten to shut up all with a few directions to prevent it 1. Endeavour to have ample thoughts of Christ his eminency his fullnesse the more high thy thoughts be of Christ the lower will thy conceits be of men the larger comprehension thou hast of him the lesse wilt thou doate on his servants A Courtier when he is by himselfe drawes mens eyes after him but when he is with the King he is scarcely observed If thou behold Christ as the great Prophet of the Church in whom are hid all the treasures of wisedome and knowledge Christ will only be gloried in his servants only respected as his instruments and attendants Remember that he is made to us of God wisedome righteousnesse and sanctification and redemption that as it is written he that glorieth might glory in the Lord 1 Cor. 1. 30 31. 2. Have a right esteeme of all true Pastours and Teachers as the Ministers of Christ so the Apostle requires 1 Cor. 4. 1. Let a man account of us as Ministers of Christ and Stewards of the mysteries of God neither make more of them nor lesse Heare them as messengers from Christ not for their singular abilities but for their message sake respect them not only for their excellent wit and elocution but for their faithfullnesse note and retaine not only fine speeches but every solid truth that is from God least while thou taste the dainty sawce thou neglect the solid nourishment of thy soule whoever he be that preacheth Christ truly heare him gladly and receive him respectfully for his Masters sake 3. Make a fruitfull use of the gifts of every true Teacher get somewhat by all and then thou wilt not glory in some and disparage others if thou didst profit by them God should have glory and every Minister due esteeme It is in truth the vanity of the hearers minds their fullnesse that makes them slight Mannah and cry for Quailes that they cannot affect a good Teacher if he be not excellent the despising of the Teacher is commonly us'd as a cloake of their owne unteachablenesse and disobedience get an hungry soule after the word and then every wholesome truth will be welcome to thee Remember that every gift of the Spirit is given to profit withall and should be received to that end 4. Lastly Be well grounded in knowledge and constant in practise of what thou hast learned Have thy senses exercised in the word of righteousnesse that thou mayest be able to discerne both good and evill Heb. 5. 14. and so thou shalt be fitted to profit by every godly Preacher and inslave thy selfe to none nor glory in man but in the Lord FINIS {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Theog Gnom Eò quod legati appellati erane superbius Cicer orat pro lege Manilia Con in Tit. Epist. 1. ad Corinth edit. à Patric ●unio {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Chrys. in 1 Cor. 1. 12. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Hieron. in 1 Cor. 1. 1● sub nomine Apostolorum Pseudo-apostolos tangit Chrysest in 1 Cor 1. 12. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Zanch. Tom. 4. lib. 1. cap. 11. Thes. 4. Tollat Deus ●as idololatrias ex ecclesiâ nam adorare homine● eorum placi●a idololatria est Fuller of the holy war lib. 2. ch. 3. Cicero lib. 2. de oratore Advers. haeres cap. 15. Applic. He teacheth in his book against K. Iames under the name of Tortus and in his apology for it that all are bound by an implicit oath in Baptisme to the Pope as Christs Vicar Epist. ad Antverp praefat. tom. 7. operum Calvin Epist. 289. usque adeo {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} est ut vel crepidas ejus adorandas putet Com on Tit. 1.