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A69147	A postill or collection of moste godly doctrine vpon every gospell through the yeare aswell for holye dayes as Sondayes, dygested in suche order, as they bee appoynted and set forthe in the booke of Common Prayer. Uery profitable for all curates, parentes, maysters of housholdes, and other gouerners of youth.; Postilla Anthonii Corvini	Corvinus, Antonius, 1501-1553.	1550 (1550)	STC 5806; ESTC S109261	359,302	596

suche a prophecy dothe god sometyme fulfyl as in fewe yeares after it did chaunce when the Iewes were brought into Assiria c. And yet neuertheles yt is to bee thoughte a greate grace and benefite that they were not depryued of the word of god For they had Moyses Aaron and so manye prophetes besydes as Saynte Iohn baptiste Christe himselfe and the Apostels that Christe myghte well reherse vnto theym I sende vnto you Prophetes wyse men and scribes c. Secondarilye he reproueth theim of theyr crueltye whiche they vsed agaynste the Prophetes and other that were sente vnto theim receiuinge theym with no reuerence but moste abhominably dyd handle theim And where they hadde beene woorthye of greate rewardes they contrary wise kylled theym The ingratitude of the Iews Some of them sayth he shal you kyll and crucifye and some of them shal you scourg in your sinagoges and persecute theim frome citye to citye c. This was a greate blyndenes that the Iewes slewe all the Prophetes and would not suffre none to liue that spoke against their false worshippyng of God whiche they contrary to the worde of God had inuēted of their owne braynes And in this blyndnes and maliciousnes they abode and remayned styll in Christes tyme and long after and would in no wyse suffre any thyng that should learne theim to amende their blyndnes But so it is wont to go with theim that wyll not harken vnto the worde of God but abuse the same Wherfore worthily happeneth vnto them the saiyng of Esaias Esai 6. Blynde the heart of this people c. Surely they can not blame Christ seyng that the waye of trueth was so diligently taught vnto them before his commyng Fyrst through the Prophetes other ministers of his worde and in his tyme by Christ himselfe and after Christes ascencion by the Apostles and other mo so that they can laye no blame to no man nor can in no wyse excuse them selues Dyd not Christe geue theim sufficient warnyng in this present Gospell where he sayeth Ierusalem Ierusalem Thou that slayest the Prophetes and stonest theim that are sent vnto thee Howe ofte would I haue gathered thy children together euen as the Henne gathereth her chickyns vnder her wynges and ye would not c. He that had leasure or time to declare the worthines of this similitude and in what wyse the Henne is affeccioned toward her chickyns and in what wyse she retayneth theim and getteth theim their foode and with what desire and feruentnesse she fighteth for their safegarde and in howe many thynges she dissembleth and suffereth theim paciently fynally in what wise she kepeth and defendeth them vnder her winges whiche all aptely may be apropriated vnto Christe whiche for our sakes dyd and suffered so many thinges withoute doubte yt shoulde bee euident vnto all men the the Iews them selues were the very cause occasion of their blindnes damnacion As the prophet Oseas witnesseth saying Ose 13. O Israell thy iniquitie hathe destroyed the But in me only is thy healpe To whom of the prophets haue they obeyed Or whiche of theim haue they not persecuted What trouble and busynes suffered Moyses amonge theim Yea how shamefully thei behaued theim selues against Christe and how did they handle him Which of the Apostels were euer safe and suer amongest theim Did they not stone to deathe that blessed Saint Steuen the holy martyre of god Out of their dooinges it is manifest The nature of the fleshe that there was nothinge more pleasaunter to the Iewes than to stone crucifye to obtruncat scourg and persecute with most greuous ponishments the blessed saintes of Christ But to hear the holy word of god to knowledg that most ioyfull tyme of their Messias there were very few of them so to do Yea and thoughe we were ignoraunt with howe greate crueltye they intreated all those that were sente to them from god yet might a man sufficiently learn it in the only story of Steuen which is writen in the seuenth chapiter of the actes of the Apostles Act. 7. Thirdely Of the punishemēt of the soules of the Iews Christe declareth the ponishement that shuld happen vnto the Iews for their ingratitude which shuld not only be a corporal ponishment but also a spirituall ponishmente Fyrste shall come vppon theim all the righteous bloud that was shedde vpon the earth from the bloud of righteous Abell vnto the bloude of Zacharye the sonne of Barachias 2 Pa. 24 whome they slewe betwene the temple and the altare O what an horrible and a greuous punishment shuld this be For god will no more suffre vnpunished this effusion of bloud then he will suffre vnpunished the effusion of the Precious bloud of his only sonne as the scripture witnesseth saying Zach. 2 He that toucheth you shall touche the apple of his owne eye And againe in an other place Verely I saye vnto you Mat. 25 whatsoeuer you do to one of the leaste that beleue in me that same do you to me O you tyrantes why doth not these sayings touche you and moue you Why doth not the greate ponishment of the sowle withdrawn you frome your greate curelnes that you myght be afraid to committe any more suche vnworthye actes against the wordes of god Do you not heare that the bloude of those whiche you do kyll for the worde of god shal not allonly come vpon you but also all the bloude that hathe beene shedde vppon the earth from the bloud of righteous Abell vnto this day Yee wyll not beeleue these thinges but daylye go aboute to mayntaine your wantō and abhominable minde But synce it is so that you wyll doo none other take your pleasure For wee truely shall abide pacientlye by the grace of God that tyme in the whiche wee shall resiste you and all the aduersaries of the worde of god openly with greate truste and constancye For doubte you not but that daye of vengeaunce shall come Sapient 5. Besides thys you shall be punished with corporall ponishment for your ingratitude and vnthankfulnes For thus saith the lorde Behold your habitacion shall bee lefte vnto you desolate And in an other place he saithe Mat 24 There shall not bee lefte one stone vpon an other These bee those thinges that Christe gaue the Iewes warnyng of which shuld happen vpon them and partely he tolde it by similitudes and partlye without anye similitude But what preuailed it to them Dyd they either repent them or amend theim No snerly And Christe also after his ascention lefte theim his blessed apostels giuing theim fourtye yeares space to repent theim and yet all wold not help nor cause them to forsake their mischeuous incredulitie pertinacy but as S. Paule sayeth Rom. 2. They heaped them selfe a treasure of wrath against the day of wrath c. Wherefore it is come to passe that the iudgemente of god his wrath indignacion is come vpon them which is euidente to the

is not possible that I can haue any peace in my conscience towarde God for my synnes sake whiche alwayes accuseth me in my conscience nor wyll not suffre me to come nor attaine to this spiritual peace Fourthly The cōfession of Thomas wee fynde here an excellent confession in Thomas in whiche he knowlegeth Christ to bee his God and his Lorde And this confession is so nedefull and necessary without the whiche no man can haue the true righteousnes that preuaileth before God nor entre into the kyngdome of heauen But note also howe afore that Christe had shewed his handes and his feete vnto Thomas he could not haue this cōfession Handes and fete what it is in scripture Handes and feete in scripture betokeneth often tymes workes and conuersacion Therfore when Christ sheweth vs his handes and feete that is When he hath brought vs to that point throught his spirite and worde that we acknowlege his merites passion death and finally all his workes onely to be the cause of our righteousnes and saluacion then may we saye with the Apostle My Lorde my God and put all our trust in him accordīg to the saiyng of Dauid Ps 54. Set your trust in the Lorde and he shall care for you When Christ doth not in suche wyse shewe vs his handes and fete so is it for vs vnpossible to make any such confession For sainct Paule sayeth not without a cause to the Corinthians saiyng 1. Co. 12 No man can say that IESVS is the Lorde then through the holy ghost Wherefore it is Christe that must bryng vs to this confession Further note that Thomas beyng enflamed with the holy ghost calleth Christ his god This such lyke sentences by the whiche it is proued that Christ is the true naturall God ought diligently to bee noted and surely layde vp in our mindes and especially nowe in this last and perilous tyme. Wherfore it is very necessary when suche errors abuses crepe in whiche God forbid that wee bee well instructed with this confession of Thomas lest wee bee vtterly drawen from the true fayth of Christe With this confession of Thomas sainct Ihon in his canonical Epistle agreeth very aptely 1. Iho. 5 where he calleth Christ very God and euerlastyng light whiche is freely confessed Christ to be the true God He that wyll these admonicions notwithstandyng be deceiued on his perill be it For we truely through the helpe of God wyll stand liue and dye in this article in suche hope and trust that the almightie God of his great mercy goodnes will maintayn vs here euerlastyngly through his only sonne our Lord Iesus Christ Amen The Gospell on sainct Stephin his day the Martyr Math. 23. WHerfore beholde Mat. 10 Luc. 11. Ioh. 16 Act. 6. and. 7. I sende vnto you prophetes and wyse men ● Scribes and some of theim ye shall kyll and crucifie and some of theim shall ye scourge in your synagoges and perse cure theim frō citie to citie that vpō you may come all the righteous bloud whiche hath been shedde vpon the yearth frō the bloud of righteous Gen. 3. Abel vnto the bloud of Zacharye the sonne o● Barachias 2. Pa. 24 whom ye flewe betwene the temple and the altar Verely I say vnto you all these thynges shall come vpon this generacion Luc. 13. O Ierusalem Ierusalem thou that kyilest the prophetes and stonest theim whiche are sent vnto thee howe often would 4. Es ● I haue gathered thy children together euen as the Henne gathereth her chickyns vnder her wynges and ye would not Behold Psal 9. your house is lefte vnto you desolate For I say vnto you ye shall not see me hencefurth tyll that ye say * Ps 118 Luc. 9. Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde THE EXPOSITION IN this Gospell Christ handeleth the Iewes somewhat roughly like as one that almost had made an ende of his course runnyng and nere to his death ready to be offered vppe Yea he reproueth them in suche wyse of their blyndnes maliciousnes and their indurate heart and that with so great vehemency and so ernestly that he could not hardlyer assault them And that their ingratitude shuld be the better knowen vnto them and be brought to light he reciteth vnto theim the great benefites that God from the beginnyng of the worlde had visited theim with all yea and that whiche was yet commyng before that their great cicie of Ierusalem should bee destroyed And sayd howe he sent theim Prophetes Wysemen and Scribes and euer had sought all meanes and occasions to bryng them through their preachyng to saluacion yet al would not helpe Prophetes He calleth Prophetes those whiche throughe the inspiracion of the holy ghost and by the commaundement of God prophecie and teache the people the will of God And which haue been taught of no mā except of God onely as Moses was Wyse men And he calleth wyse men those that haue learned and heard all their wysdome of other good men and are ready to vtter it againe to all men as was Aaron in the olde Testament and sainct Stephin in the newe Testament Scrybes Scribes he calleth those whiche not onely throughe preachyng the woorde of God but also through their diligent labour in writyng teache other menne and profiteth theim highely as were many after the Apostles tyme and likewyse in our tyme there be many that haue done muche good in the church of Christ and dayly yet dothe Of the whiche in another place Christ sayth Mat. 13 Euery Scribe taught vnto the kyngdome of heauen is like an housholder which bringeth furth of his treasure thynges newe and olde Out of whiche woordes lightly may bee gathered the greate benefites that God had shewed vpon the Iewes And how I pray you can be so wyse or wel learned that can comprehend with words al the benefites that god had shewed vnto the Iewes from that tyme that he had brought them out of Egypt and deliuered them frō bondage A great benefite to haue the word of God And yet amongst all other this was the greatest highest benefite that he had geuen them his worde without doubt a most precious and excellent gyfte Whiche gyfte was so great Rom. 4 that as sainct Paule sayth they farre excelled vs Heathen people forasmuche as God hadde committed his woorde vnto theim And the prophete Dauid boasteth Psal 16 that god had doone no suche thinge to all nations lyke as he had done vnto the Iewes But they shewed them selues againe so vnthankefull that it constrained god to take awaye that same worde from them as wee see in the eight chapiter of the prophet Amos saying Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the lorde god Amos. 8 that I shall sende an hunger into the earthe not the hunger of breade neither the thruste of water but an hunger to heare the worde of the lorde And the truthe of