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A59213 A Lent-sermon preached in the cathedral church at Norwich upon a Shrove Svnday by Robert Seppens ... Seppens, Robert. 1679 (1679) Wing S2559_VARIANT; ESTC R33864 16,210 35

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in the fall the souls of men received such wounds and bruises that the Reason does not now govern the Sensuality imperio despotico as a Master governs his Servants but imperio politico as a Magistrate governs his people which oftentimes fall into Seditions and Mutinies against him But in Christian Philosophy we are taught by our Lord and Saviour Christ Matth. xix 12. That there be Eunuchs which have made themselves Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heavens sake And how can any make themselves Eunuchs without subjugation of their bodies bringing their bodies in subjection St. Paul does command all Christians to mortifie their earthly members and evil Concupiscence and how can they mortifie their Concupiscence and make it dead unless they rule over it St. Augustine in his Book against Julian the Pelagian having discoursed largely of Concupiscence and the evil of it yet at last saith It is sub potestate animae under the power of the soul by the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ in corpore mortis castiganda in the body of death to be chastened and if it were not how could St. Paul in truth proclaim it to the world that he had made experiment of it and done it The Chymists talk much of the Philosophers stone but they never shew it St. Paul useth no Rodomontadoes in commendation of his Art but propounds the operations of it in his own example as a great Ascetick And the only Artifice whereby the Holy Apostle did all this was the abridging of himself the use of his Christian Liberty whereas he as a Christian had a liberty to use all indifferent things freely yet he would not use his liberty he wrought with his hands watched fasted and used many hardships he needed not to have done whereby we see Christian Liberty consists not in a free use of all indifferent things but in a persuasion of Conscience all things are lawful All things are lawful for me but all things are not expedient for me 1 Cor. vi 12 13. Though we have liberty to eat all kind of meats yet we must use this liberty so as still to keep the body in subordination to the Spirit that we may be able to deny our selves a lawful pleasure when any thing makes it more expedient as it is when the Church requires us somtimes to fast for the humiliation of our souls and the subjugation of our bodies 'T is a memorable resolution of our great Apostle 1 Cor. viii ult verse If meat make my brother to offend I will eat no flesh so long as the world stands Is it lawful for St. Paul to renounce the eating of flesh so long as the world stands to avoid the scandal of one weak brother and is it not lawful for a Christian to forbear the eating of flesh for a time to avoid the scandal of his Superiours I would fain know in matter of scandal whether it be a greater offence to go against the judgment of some weak and ignorant man by assed only by his own fancy and prejudice than against the judgment of the whole Church wherein there are so many wise and holy men and they backed by the Authority of an Established Law Well then seeing some fasting is sub praecepto under a command not only of God but of the Church also that in casu scandali we are not to infringe the Authority of the Magistrate to gratifie the humour of some ignorant Christians It would be our wisdom to shew our affections and obedience to the Church whereof we are members and in some measure to conform our selves to the Laws of fasting that are there in force I conclude with that excellent Counsel of St. Peter 1 Pet ii 16. As free and not using your liberty as a cloak of maliciousness In which words there are two things obvious 〈◊〉 concession as free and then a caution not using your liberty as a cloak of maliciousness All Christians are made partakers of a glorious liberty by Christ no question but then here is a caution not using their liberty as an occasion to the flesh which they do undoubtedly whensoever they confront the just Laws of the Church whereof the King is Supream Governor and fall foul upon that Law 13 14. Verses to which the Counsel of St. Peter is subservient They use their liberty as a cloak of maliciousness FINIS