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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73908	Euodias and Syntyche, or, The female zelots [sic] of the church of Philippi mis-led, mis-guided, seduced by those of the concision, those evill workers of the said church : set forth in a sermon at Brent-wood, in Essex, Febru. 28, 1636, at the metropoliticall visitation of the most reverend Father in God, William, Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury / by Iohn Elborrovv, vicar of S. Pancras, alias, Kentish-towne by London.	Elborow, John.	1637 (1637)	STC 7551; ESTC S100365	14,977	27

libertate posita referred to the Churches discretion If not this is it rather because our ceremonies to you seem unlawfull and inconvenient and you and godly people are troubled at th● you suppose it and to you they seem so well will Malūt perversis voeibus veritat● reluctati quam confessis erroribus pa●i restitui Aug. 3. li. de ●apt cont D●●t 1. you therefore for seeming suppositious inconveniences stubbornly draw contrary to your yoke-fellowes that you will rather lose your living liberty countrey than your opinion I am sure Calvin never taught you that doctrine neither 1. In the point of wilfulnesse 2. Nor in the case of seeming inconveniences Not in the point of wilfulnesse For when the consistorian discipline did lie a bleeding ready to expire and the whole matter betwixt Calvin and the Syndichs of Geneva was referred to the foure Helvetian Cities to the Magistrates and ministers thereof Calvin secretly and speedily sent letters by Budaeus to Bullinger and the rest wherein amongst other things he thus wrote N●c mor●sitate nos●r● fiet ●t loco potius cedamus quam sententia that is neither are wee so wilfull and stifned in our opinions that wee will rather lose our place than our opinion I could wish that all of our Church were of his minde in this Nor in the case of seeming inconveniences For 2. Bezain vit Calv. instance the wafer Cake of Geneva the communion-bread seemed inconvenient to Calvin himselfe and godly people were grieved at it and was more scandalously abused in Popery than any thing that our Church enjoynes yea than the Crosse it selfe Yet mark Calvin advised his friends not to make any tumult for a thing indifferent esteeming the wafer Cake to be a thing indifferent And in his 370. Epistle answering to certaine questions of discipline professed that he misliked the frowardnesse of those men which for such light scruples depart from the publique consent And my brethren were I either able or worthy to advise I should give you the same counsell that Augustine gave to Casulanus When there are divers Rites used in the same Church though the Chu enjoynes one the same namely when we bow at the name of Iesus and you will not we stand up at Gloria Patri you sit and so of the rest when there is our yea your nay what is in this case to bee done whom should we follow His advice is Aug. 84. ep ad Casul Episcop● tuo in hac re noli resistere sed quod ipse facit sine ullo scrupulo aut disceptatione sect are that is to follow them and their directions to whom the government of the Church is committed and not the example direction fancy of every private minister There is another sort too not true yoke fellowes in the point of confirmity and I beleeve even here amongst us some of that condition that draw slowly Movere vide● at non promovere that are conformable in judgement and somewhat in practise yet are easie and remisse in the Churches cause which preferre the favour and good opinion of their Evodiaes and Syntyches of their female zelots their good dames before the Churches peace Ahabs friendship that is the favour of some great man in your parish or countrey or Esaus portion that is your good meales and free entertainment or I wot not what else you are loth to be without that which followes after that is thrust into your hand or sent home after you the charity of your good dames makes many of you for such base and sinister ends to betray God in his service and to lay the reines on your peoples necks to doe what they list and like lawlesse libertines to serve God after their owne fashion I beseech you for the close of all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 my true yoke-fellowes take to heart the lamentable fractions and miserable distractions of our mother the Church And suffer a word of exhortation be intreated by the wombe that bare you the paps that gave you suck to put to your helping hand to set forward so good a work as unanimity uniformity the Churches peace and that 1. Praecepto 2. Exemplo 3. Prece Helpe it forward first Praecepto by your publique Ministery preach stoutly and stand stifly for it O not against it helpe those women in your severall charges in matters of ceremonies as Calvin did instruct the weak in Geneva that were troubled at the wafer Cake possesse them with the power and authority of the Church with the nature and indifferency of a ceremony rectifie their judgements compose their differences and stitch up those rents and breaches that are amongst them and perswade them to obey them that have the rule over them and to submit to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake Exemplo help it forward by your owne examples There is a great force in examples Walk saith S. Paul as you have us for an example Many times when reason will not perswade example will this is a ready way to it this would doe it if you would be perswaded to it In the 9. Iudges 48 49. When the people saw Abimelech cut downe boughs of trees all the people by his example did the like Be you my brethren exemplary to your people in your severall charges in all religious comportments reverend prostrations genu-flexions incurvations in the service of God and then this work will forward apace Pr●ce help it forward by your prayers too Adjuva 3. Psal 122. 6. illas tam orationibus quam exhortationibus saith A●selme O pray for the peace of Ierusalem they shall prosper that love thee let us beg of God to put to his helping hand in so needfull a work Help Lord else vaine is the help of man O thou God of peace give us all peace through Christ our Lord Thou Lord that makest all to be of one minde in one place grant us all to be alike-minded one towards another in Christ Jesus Thou that art a God of unity give unto us the Deus unitas unitatis omnis effectrix Dionys Areopagito spirit of unity that we may keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace And we beseech thee to grant that all we which professe thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy holy word and live in unity and godly love that with one heart minde mouth manner unanimously uniformly wee may serve and praise thee in this Church militant that hereafter we may be made members of that which is Triumphant whither he bring us that hath so dearely bought us Jesus Christ the righteous To whom with the Father and Holy Spirit be ascribed as most due is from the grounds of all our hearts all honour and glory praise power might majesty and dominion now and for evermore PErlegi Concionem hanc cui titulus est Evodias and Syntyche eámque typis mandari permitto Apr. 2. 1637. Ex aedibus Lond SA BAKER