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A04351	A sermon preached before the Queenes Maiestie at Hampton Courte, the 19. of February laste paste. By VVilliam Iames Doctour of Diuinitie	James, William, 1542-1617.	1578 (1578)	STC 14465; ESTC S107697	20,743	68

damnandum nouit vt sibi socios multiplicet quibuseum gehe●nnae ignibus addicatur He persecuteth so muche the more cruellye that as hée knoweth himselfe sure to be damned so he may multiplie fellowes to partake the paynes of hell fire He that in olde tyme beganne with deceyte he nowe endeth with deceyte he beganne with bloud he now endeth with bloud He that made Adam to lose Paradise he maketh many to forsake their owne natiue countrey him for an apple them for lesse than the paryng hée that made Adam disobey God he maketh them to disobey the Lordes annointed he that made Lots wife looke backe to Sodome he now maketh olde English beldams to returne after xix yéeres preachyng of the Gospell to the lothsome puddle of Popishe trumperie He that in old tyme by the bloud of the Lambe was ouercome and dispossessed of heauen he by a droppe of bloud is contente to take possession of his witches and Sorcerers here on earthe He that in olde tyme shedde the bloud of innocent Abell and prepared hoate fornasses for Goddes faythfull seruants hée at this daye rayseth vppe bloudie massacres and firie inquisitiōs and why but bycause hys tyme is shorte Where the Gospel is preached most diligently there dothe the Deuill rage moste furiously and lyke a good Captayne endeuoreth by all meanes to reedifie those walles that the worde of God hath battered downe and to renew that olde Adam that by the spirite of God is put away and as one sayde Account al tyme loste that is not spent in some vertuous exercyse so the Deuill accounteth all tyme lost that is not spent either in veryng or withdrawing from God the childrē of God and why but bicause his time is shorte A seconde thing in these idolatrous Samaritanes is their lying false hypocrisie for neither sought they the Lord as Israel did neither sacrificed they as they ought to haue done 2. Reg. 17. they pretēded to feare the Lord but apointed priests of thēselues for the high places and prepared sacrifice and did after the maner of the nations and therefore the spirite of God testifyeth that they neyther feared God nor did after the ordinauntes nor custome nor lawe nor cōmaundement which the Lord cōmaunded the children of Iacob whome he named Israell notwithstanding here they come with these lying speches we seke we sacrifice Singular was the impudency of these Samaritanes that notwithstanding their owne consciences accused them their dayly practises declared the cleane contrary yet they blush not to saye wee seke c. It is a plague that lyeth on Hypocrytes there is no other sinner be he neuer so strong a thiefe be he neuer so filthy a liuer be he neuer so common a lyar be he neuer so great a blasphemer be he neuer so byting an vsurer be he neuer so cruel a murtherer be he neuer so rancke a traytor be he neuer so false to God so faithlesse to men but in his thefte be desireth darknesse in his adultry secretnes for his lying pardō for his blasphemy sometyme séeketh forgiuenesse in hys vsury feareth lawe in hys murder dreadeth the wagging of euery leafe in his treason suspecteth the bewraying of the byrdes of the ayre But the Hypocrite neyther fearing him that knoweth the hart and raynes neyther regarding his owne reproche dareth bycause he cā bleare mens eies to present himselfe as it were into the presence of God Suche were they that came to our sauiour Christ Maister we know thou speakest truth and regardest no mans person is it lawful to pay trybute to Cesar or no Why if I speake truth beléeue you me not oh ye Hypocrites and another Maister what shal I do to inherite eternal life and Mayster what is the greatest commaundemente in the law To whome our sauiour aunswereth Not euery one that sayth to me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he which doth the wil of my father which is in heauē Why do you call me Lord Lorde and doe not the things which I cōmaunde why tempt yée me O ye hypocrites what offer ye to me O ye painted sepulchers you appeare fayre outwardly but inwardly yée are full of dead mens bones and all filthynesse Why doe yée honour mée with your lippes your hartes beyng farre from me Why speake you lies vnto me you haue consciences marked with an hoate Iron Why pretend you a shewe of godlinesse seyng you haue denied the power thereof Surely these Samaritanes are as it were a cleare glasse to beholde the miserie of iniquitie that in this worlde preuayleth Such an hypocrite was Herode that when he purposed nothing but the death of our sauiour Iesus Christe as may appeare by the slaughter of the innocents yet he perswadeth with the Wisemen to returne home by him that he with thē might worship him that was borne King of the Iewes such false teachers hurte the Apostles suche false brethren added muche to Paules bondes And died these Samaritanes only thinke we with Zorobabel and rose there none of their ashes are there at this daye no Herodians that in word speake that in harte they thinke not are there no false teachers to hinder the Gospell of Christe and are there no false brethren to adde to Paules bondes Not to speake of such as whē Steuen preached stopped their eares nor of such as say we wil not heare charme the charmer neuer so wisely nay there are a broode which liue in the church by the church but are not of the churche that at this day do hinder and hitherto haue hindred the course of Zorobabel And as true it is that new wine is not to be put in olde bottels nor new cloth to be patched in an old garmēt nor Christ Circumcision to be matched togither and as God in olde age raysed vp not a Prieste of Baal but Elias nor our sauiour any lerned Pharisée but simple fishermen to treade the waye of hys Gospel so is not Zorobabel to admitte such as mingle Christ and Belial the Church of God and Idols the Gospell and popery religiō and mockery What better words than of Samaritanes we seeke we sacrifice what better profession than of Herode Go and séeke and bryng me word that I may worship yet were the Samaritanes Idolatours yet was Herode a Foxe What better spéeches thā we be cōformable men we obserue our princes laws we follow iniunctiōs we obey orders yet if it come to examination at the passage of Iordan as Iepthe and the Gyleadites did trie the Ephraimites by pronouncing Shiboleth I feare me they wil say single Siboleth there wil want the harty aspiration h h wanteth the harte wanteth It is an olde prouerbe Ex vnguibus leonem Let them be narowly loked into howe they grunt and grone at the preaching of the Gospell howe they carpe at the doings of the godlye learned how they deride the simpler sorte of the professors of the Gospell how open eares they haue to heare

purse Purgatory we preach that the bloud of Iesus Christe doth clense vs from all sinne For your many mediatours your poore helps we teach that there is but one mediatour betwene God and men Iesus Christe bothe God Man For your Trentals of Masses your Bulles of lead your Lambes of waxe we preache the Lion of the tribe of Iehudah that Christ by one oblation of himself once for al hath perfitted them that be sanctified that the Lambe of god taketh away the sinnes of the world For your wodden Gods your lay-mens bookes we deliuer the worde of God which is a Lanterne to the féete and alight vnto the steppes To cōclude this part if we haue not departed frō you vntil you haue departed frō God if we haue not sucked this of our own fingers but drawē it out of your foūtaines if for traditions of men we preache the truth of the Gospell if for very tri●●es and trashe wée declare the infallible worde of life then aryse O ye Samaritanes séeke the Lorde while he may be founde walke whyle there is light nowe is the axe layde to the roote of the trée awake oh ye Samaritanes it is no shame to amende your maners tast and sée how swéete and pleasaunte the Lord is But if neyther your owne consciences nor the testimonies of your owne doctours nor the difference of the Doctrines which we deliuer nor any oure requestes may once moue you behold we answere It is not for you and vs to build togither The second thing in this answere is but we our selues togither wil buylde Zorobabel Iosue and the rest of the elders as they woulde admit none but themselues so woulde they suffer none to buylde by hymselfe but altogither The Phylosophers holde diuerse fātasies of their summum bonum of the end but these Isralites had al but one end one temple of the Lorde and herein they 〈◊〉 all togither Behold it is good pleasant s●●th 〈◊〉 Prophete brethren to dwell togyther in ●●●tie Austen saith Ita dule●● est sonus vt qui Psalterum nisciunt ipsum tamen ●●●sum cantent the sounde is ●o ●wéete that they whiche neuer knew the Psalter yet sing that Psalme There is nothing more acceptable to God thā vnitie nothing more hateful thā dissentiō God is loue Christe is the prince of peace his testanient is a couenant and league of peace his Angels are messengers of peace his Apostles were preachers of peace their whole life was an example of peace Origen sayde that no sense without the scriptures howe excellēt soeuer it séemed to be was more to be receiued than that golde to be accounted holy whiche was without the tēple but I say that there is no worke nor labour of any mā any whitte to be estéemed vnlesse he obserue the vnitie of the spirite in the bonde of peace I néede not stand to declare the incōueniences of dissention the two eyes of Gréece Lacedemon Athens 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 th●● holde not togither made Gréece a pray to hir enimies The dissention of Hanno and Hanniball raced Carthage The vnbrotherlike warres betwéen Etheocles and his brother Poleni●es decayed that flourishing state of Thebes While Aristobulus and Hyrcanus doe striue they suffer their cittie to bée spoyled and their temple to bée raced Scipio Africanus hauing ouercome y● Numantines asked Tyrestas how it hapned that Numātia before so inuincible was at the laste with great ease ouercome He answered bragge not Scripio our cōcorde before made vs victors but our discorde hath bred our distruction Olde Micipsa on his death bedde dyd sing his last cygnaea cātio By cōcord smal things increase by discorde the greatest come to nothing It is much to builde togither for as virtus vnita fortior so many hands make light worke Surely the dissentiō about the building of Gods house did neuer good for 〈◊〉 how shal the day laborers do whē the maister workerm●n do dissent Clemens Alexan●i●●trom sayth the heathens were wont this to obic● you Christians doe dissent among your selues and 〈◊〉 so many sectes which although they do euery one chalenge the title of Christianity yet euery one doth hate and condemne Another Chrisostome complayned that in his tyme the Iews were wont thus to say I woulde ben Christian but I knowe not whiche parte to cleaue vnto surely for this cause sayth he we are become rediculous to the Iewes and the Gentiles whyle the Church is rente into a thousand partes The dissention betwéene Peter and Paul the departure of Paule and Barnabas the holding of some of Paul of some of Apollo of some of Cephas no doubt vexed the godly in the first primatiue Church The quarrels betwéene Theophilus and Epiphanius Austen Ierome Ierome and Ruffinus opened manye gappes to wicked Heretickes The question betwéene Luther and Zwinglius aboute the supper of the Lorde no doubt hardened at this day hardneth many in the error of popery The contention among vs aboute round square aboute white blacke about sitting standing walking knéeling at that cōmunion maketh both parts of lesse credite and encourageth none but sworne aduersaries to both We al agrée of the holsomenesse of the meate why do we fall out for the dishe it skilleth not whether it be Pewter Tinne Siluer Golde or a tréen dishe And as long as we accompt the medicine to be soueraigne why do we take exception to the bore of wood or stone It is the Deuils policie to deuide vs that he at our breach may the more easily enter in Stragling Souldiers are soone swalowed vp The mouse and the frogge may striue so long vntill the Kite deuoure both warriers Sylurus sonnes shal be a terrour to all their enimies so long as they abide in the fagotte bonde of true friendship if once they separate themselues they shal be an easie pray to their aduersaries Aristotle sayde truely that in a ciuill dissention one enimie armed within the Citie is more able to hurte than many without but we may say it muche more truly of the church Let vs my brethren séeke those things Quaesunt ad pacem Hierusalem as the Prophet fayth Let vs pray that as in the actes of them that beléeued there was but one harte one soule so that we may buylde al togither that as all things may be done to edifying so all things may be done decētly in order The thirde thing in this their answere is what they wil build a house to the Lorde God of Israell These Israelites do in reedifying folow Salomon in his first buylding for as he firste buylded the temple before he medled with hys owne house so these at the first desire to erect a house to buylde a temple to the Lorde their God But what doth the God of Israell delite to dwell in temples made with handes Albeit that euery place is méete for Christians to make prayers in for as Austen sayeth there is no place where God is not if we goe