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A10801	A sacred septenarie, or The seuen last wordes of our Sauiour Christ vttered vpon the crosse, (with the necessary circumstances of the same:) expounded by a commentary, gathered out of the holy Scriptures, the writings of the ancient fathers, and later diuines. By Alexander Roberts, Bachelour in Diuinity; and preacher of Gods word at Kings Linne, in Norfolke.	Roberts, Alexander, d. 1620.	1614 (1614)	STC 21074; ESTC S115974	219,904	265

for they know not what they doe LVK. 23. Vers 33. 34. THat a Augustinus tractat 119. in Iohannis Euangelium Crosse wheron Christ suffered was the Chaire from whence hee taught and preached b Arnoldus Carnotensis de septe● vltimis domini verbis And in these his last words vttered in the last houre when now he was to vndergoe his passion rehearseth in a briefe summe all his instructions before deliuered at large That in this short Abridgement the reason and substance of Christian faith might be apparantly manifest and from a small seede a plentifull increase growe vp to the benefit of all beleeuers For the shorter the wordes be and vttered then when the very circumstance of the tyme requireth thinges only of weight and importance to be spoken with so much the greater care and diligence are they to be searched into of vs. Wherefore vnfouldinge the causes and bringing forth into light as out of darkenesse and from a rich and beautifull Cabinet the excellency of the inward and secret meaning the trueth shall come foorth and shew it selfe openly in her glorious beauty which before thou knewest not being couered and vayled from thine eies and the nearer thou commest she shall enlighten thine vnderstanding with her diuine and bright shininge beames thou shalt more apparantly perceiue a flame of fire inclosed in a sparkle and a great sea or ocean included in a droppe of water and in a c 2. King 4. 23. cruse of oyle such abundance out of which thou maist satisfie thy creditors debt and d 1. King 17. 14. largely feede thy selfe in the time of want The Analysis or resolution of the wordes This passage of Scripture conteineth in it two generall pointes First the reproach and ●gno●iny of Christs-death and that is laid forth 1. by the loarthsomnes of the place for in Itlay scattered the souls and other boanes of malefactors who were there executed for their offences when they came to the place which is called Caluary 2. From the kinde of death which hee suffered which was base and accursed They crucified hi●● 3. From the society and company among whom hee suffered And the euill doers And these are described by their number that they were two Math. 27. 36. and by their position that one was placed at his right hand the other at his left he in the midst The second generall point obseruable is the e Alij hanc Christi orationem sic distribuunt ex circūstan●ijs suis hoc modo 1 Quis petit Christus 2 Que●● Patrem 3 Quid remissionem 4 Vbi● in monte Golgotha 5 Quando cum crucisigeretur 6 Pro quibus Crucisixoribus sul● 7 Qu●medo ardenter ●um valido clamore lachrymis nam huc referūt illud Heb. 5. 7. prayer hee there made in which be to be considered 1. the obiect to whom it was directed God the Father Father 2. the matter or subiect forgiue 3. the parties for whom hee entreated Them his crucifiers in which is the cause of his petition and the excuse or extenuation of their fact They know not what they doe When they came to the place which is called Caluary c. i A 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in ●●bis le ●us● lē descriptione Eurchardus cap. 6. § 42. Bu●tingus in It●erario sacr● tom 2. Quod hic mons idem sit cum illo in quo Abraham 〈…〉 rerum capitalium haec fuit 〈◊〉 lictor 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Brissonius de formulis lib. 5. ex emplu●● insign● est apud S●necam lib. 1. de ira cap. 16. de Cneij Pssonis iracundia amentia plena Caluary was a stony hill called in Hebrew Golgotha Ioh. 19. 17. scituated without the wals of the Cittie Ierushalem lying toward the west ouer against the ould gate so named of the s●uls and bones of dead men there scattered who were condemned and executed for their mis 〈…〉 death of the Crosse And propter imitationem therein leauing vs an example of imitation that we should goe forth of the world and abandon all the delights thereof at the least in affection Therefore saith Paul let vs goe forth of the campe bearing his reproch Heb. 13. 13. And in testificationem to be a testimony of the m Aquinas in sun●ma p●●te 3. q. 47. artic 10. Ludolplus de 〈◊〉 Christis parte 2. ca. 63. common and generall saluation purchased by him for mankinde that as there is one n Veluti est vnum pro omni victima sacrificium sic vnum de omni gent● sit regnum Leo primus de passione serm 10. oblation in stead of all sacrifices so should there bee also one kingdome of all nations Wherefore the Lord Iesus o Chrysostomus de passione would not suffer in secret nor in the temple of the Iewes least any should conceiue that he was offred to make the Attonement alone for that one people but without the City without the wals thereof that we might know he was a common sacrifice the oblation for the whole earth an vniuersall purification whose sweete smell was to be spred ouer the world as well to Gentiles as to the Iewes Rom. 3. 29. 30. Therefore albeit God for a time did chose and set a part to himselfe a peculiar people that so it might bee vndoubtedly manifest from whence the Messias the redeemer was to bee looked for yet this did detract nothing from the generall promise made to mankinde by the * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 first Gospell preached in Paradise after the fall Gen. 3. 16. nor hinder why the couenant of Gods sauinge mercy should not be communicated vnto all of what nation so euer which doe beleeue p El●g●nter Petri visionem cuius 〈◊〉 Lucas ●uc accommodat Augustinus lib. 50. Homiliarū homilio 45. vide Glossam ordinariam Act. 10. 34. 35. 36. and that by Christ who hath broken downe the partition wall Eph. 2. 14. At whose commandement giuing his Apostles that large commission they by the preaching of the word were to propound and offer saluation to all nations Math. 28. 19. to euery creature Mark 16. 15. And from the most auncient times as a foreshewing token of this benefit euen vnder Moses himselfe q Ergo veteres patres in hoc sacramento non tantum spectabant comm●●orationem liberationis prioris sed etiam promissam Christi redemptionē Quid enim ad exteros haec liberatio cum n●que m●●ores hoc be● sicium ●cceperant noque ipsi sortem in terra sancta habebant Symlerus in 12. cap. Exod. Bibliand de misterijs salutiferae passionis Iesu Messiae lib. 1. ex Iustini martyris Dialogo cum Tryphone and the strict obseruation of the legall ceremonies strangers might be admitted vpon some conditions to the eating of the passouer Exod. 12. 48 And there were as the first fruites of a more plentifull haruest to follow Iob an Edomite fearing God Iob. 1. verse 1. the Queene of Arabia 1.

ad Nisseni libellum de hominis opificio annotationibus dissolued and to remooue out of the weake and fraile house of this mortall life that hee might dwell for euer with God the eternall creator and Iesus Christ his redeemer Philip. 1. 23. Let vs therefore runne speedily with the Apostle vnto the goale and to the h Bernardus de ascensione ser 4. 6. reward of our high calling not by the steps of our body but the affections desires and breathlesse sighes of our soule For God the Father doth expect vs as his children and heires that he might set vs ouer all things God the Son expecteth vs as his brethren and coheires with him that hee might present vs vnto the Father the fruit of his birth and passion God the holy Ghost expecteth vs who is the loue and gratious goodnesse by which we were predestinated from all eternitie and no doubt will haue this benefit fulfilled the whole companie of heauen attendeth for vs and desireth our comming Let vs therefore our selues in most earnest manner desire and long for the same The wicked shall be tormented with such punishment as Another obseruation can neither be i Quantitatem qualitatem poenarum infornalium nulla mortalium assequi potest cogitatio nulla exprimere oratio Augustinus serm 8. de tempore de speculo peccatoris cap 3. Generalitie of the punishmēt of the wicked conceiued nor expressed and in that day of reuelation and the iust iudgement of God be inflicted vpon them which the Apostle expresseth vnder the tearmes of Anger wrath tribulation and anguish Rom. 2. 9. 10. intollerable and aboue measure grieuous and that in respect of the generalitie diuersitie sharpnesse and continuance of the same and the company among and with whom they shall bee suffered All which seuerall points may easily bee confirmed by the testimonies of holy Scripture the pure fountaines of Israel without borrowing any thing from the muddy puddles of humane conceit Therefore for the generalitie of these punishments it is of large extent reaching to the soule and bodie to all and euery seuerall parts of the one and sundry faculties of the other when both shall be cast into hell fire Matth. 10. 28. The diuersitie is Diuersitie manifold fire vnquenchable the worme neuer dying Esay 66. 24. brimstone Apoc. 19. 20. k Fletus ob ignem qui non extinguitur stridor ob vermem qui non moritur fletus ex dolore stridor ex furore Vide Gregorium de poenarū diuersitate Moral lib. 9. cap. 27. dialog lib. 4. Augustinus de Baptis contra Donat. cap. 19. Isidor Hispal de summo bono lib. 1. cap. 32. weeping wayling gnashing of teeth Luc. 13. 28. outward darknesse Matth. 22. 13. and those inflicted according to the proportion of the sinne Therefore our Sauiour Christ saith it shall be easier in the day of iudgement for Tyrus and Sidon Sodome and Gomorrha then for Bethsaida Corazim and Capernaum despisers of the Gospell Matth. 11. 21. c. The sharpenesse vnestimable for hell and the vnsufferable torture of the damned doth without mercy afflict those whom it once taketh hold of in so much that men for the greatnesse of the paine seeke death and cannot finde it desireth it but it fleeth from them Apoc. 9. 6. And a liuely example is l De hac paraboli vide plum mo●eratum iudicium Augustini lib. 8. de Genesi ad lineram cap. 5. Continuance propounded vnto vs in the person of the rich glutton who by his gesture and the effects sheweth the exceeding greatnesse of his intollerable torment and is said to desire but a litle refreshing a drop of water and cannot obtaine it Luc. 16. 24. The continuance that is endlesse for the punishment though m Gregorius Magnus homilia 6. in Ca 〈…〉 cum Salomnus Paulinus de obitu Celsi Dorotheus doctrina 12. neuer so great yet would be tollerable if there were hope to those miserable wretches of deliuerance but from this they are eternally excluded Wisdom 3. 13. the tormenting fire shall be vnquencheable Matth. 13. 30 the shame euerlasting Dan. 12. 2. the destruction eternall 2. Thess 1. 8. the smoke of the torment shall ascend for euer Apoc. 14. 11. neither are the n Augustinus serm 57. tormentors at any time wearyed neither can the tormented die for there the fire doth so o Tertull. Apologet cap. 45. Ignis arcani subterraneus thesaurus ad poenam destinatus consume that it doth not waste so spend that still it is renued so destroy that it preserueth and the life of those miserable ones made immortall that their punishment might bee endlesse and that iustly For man sinned against the eternall infinite God therefore must the punishment of the offence be eternall and infinite and he p Agitola est haec quaestio Augustini tēporibus an iniusium non sit pro peccatis quamlibet magnis parmo tempore patratis poena damnari sempiterna lib. 21. de Ciuitate Dei cap. 11. Albertus in compendio Theologiae lib. 7. cap. 21. worthy whose life was dead in sinne that his death should liue in torment And this is agreeing with the strict iustice of God that they should neuer be freed from punishment whose minde in life was neuer free from transgression neither should they haue any end of reuenging paine who while they might would neuer make an end to prouoke God by offending woe to those for whom those hellish torments are prepared better they had neuer beene borne then euer bee enwrapped in them The societie and Society company with whom they shall be are the Deuill and his Angels Math. 25. 41. thrust downe into hell deliuered to the chaines of darknesse reserued to damnation 2. Pet. 2. 4. to euerlasting chaines Iud. vers 6. where the q Bernardus in sermonibus satyre shall call to his fellow one to another deuill to deuill smite teare rent kill spoile Esay 34. 34. where the wicked shall haue no rest night nor day Apoc. 14. 115. but be alwaies in sorrow and mourning where r Hugo de anima shall be griefe intollerable incomparable stench dreadfull feare death of soule and body without all hope either of pardon or mercy This may serue for an effectuall and piercing sermon of Vse repentance and be as the loud voice of a cryer in the wildernes of this world sounding into the eares of man Amend For the wicked shall goe to hell and all the nations that forget God Psalm 9. 17. Fruitlesse trees are cut downe and cast into the fire Math. 3. 10. Listen therefore and be attentiue vnto the Apostles admonition Take heed Brethren least there bee at any time in any of you an euill heart and vnfaithfull to depart from the liuing God but exhort one another daily while it is called to day least any of you bee hardned by the deceitfulnesse of sinne Heb. 3. 12. For this life

those two conioyned sinnes hate and murther which Saint Paul hath yoked together Rom. 1. 29. who else where doth giue this most holy caueat be angry but sinne not neyther let the Sun 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 goe downe vpon your wrath and giue not place vnto the Diuell h Hotuilia 14 in cap. 4. Epist● ad Ephesios vt sicut adueniens nox maximum d●e● aestū sole occumbente extinguit sic etiam iniquum irae aestum deponamus vna cum vestimentis cum inous cubitum Zanchius in 4. ad Ephesios Eph. 4. 26. 27. It hath risen saith that goulden Doctor Chrysostome vnto vs by the goodnes of God let it not go downe vpon vs as vnworthy the same And that olde aduersary of ours seeketh nothing but to bring vs to reuenge and from one sinne to another from the lesse to the greater That counsell which Athenodorus i Apud Plutarchum in problematibus Romanis gaue vnto Iulius Caesar is not to be reiected who being desired when he made sute to retire himselfe and to leaue the Court in respect of his yeeres to giue him some instruction worthy such a Philosopher for a remembrance onely aduised that before he eyther did or spake any thing he should reckon ouer in his mind the names of all the letters in the Greeke Alphabet for hee knew right well how by nature he was cholerike inclined to anger and hastinesse and that no better medicine could be for to abate this humour and cure this disease then delay If a man will as it were take truce with himselfe before hee breake forth into open violence or be withheld by another the first heate and fury of the affection will waxe colde and faint and that mist which darkned his mind will eyther settle or be dispersed And hereof it was that those batchets which were carried before the Magistrates of Rome ensignes of their authority bee bound about with roddes that k Idem in problematibus Rom. questione 82. R●sinus Antiquitateum Romanarum lib. 2. cap. 3. when punishment was to be taken of any in the meane time while they were vnloosing there might bee space to bethinke themselues lest they should command that thing to bee done vpon the sodaine whereof they might afterward repent eyther too late or in vaine And vpon this occasion after the massacre of l Historiae Tripartit lib. 9. c. 50. Theodoret●● lib. 5. cap. 18. Augustinus de ciuitate Dei l. 5. cap. 7. Thessalonica wherein were killed seuen thousand as well strangers as inhabitants without difference and such as were innocent c. Ambrose obtained of Theodosius the Emperour author thereof that betweene the time of sentence passed vpon the offendors and execution should bee thirty dayes respite that so any error committed might be recalled and this was enacted for a perpetuall law yet m Iustinianus in Codice lib. 9. tit 47. de poeni●● lege si vindicari extant Wherefore in the heate of passion nothing is to be determined for the vnderstanding being troubled is not able to petceiue that which it could hardly doe though quiet for wee cannot behold n Gregorius magnus moral lib. 5. cap. 33. the Sunne mantled ouer with cloudes nor any image in disturbed waters but as those which vse Spectacles whereby things seeme greater then in truth they are correct the error of the sense by iudgement so must we be carefull not to let loose the reines to affections and licentiously do what they suggest for so may wee soone bee wrested from that which is iust as Nebuchadnetzar growing full of rage insomuch that the forme of his visage was o Nullum est animal tam horrendum tam perniciosum vt non appareat in illo si ira inuasit nouaeferi tatis accessio Pauhasius in Commentarijs ad Claudianum de rapta Pro. changed gaue commandement to haue the fiery furnace seuen times more heated then it was before and Shidracke Mesach and Abednego to be cast into the same by the most valiant men in his Army because they would not fall downe before the golden Idoll hee had made Dan. 3. 19. And Dauid otherwise a holy man violently transported by a sodaine motion condemneth Mephibosheth and bestoweth all his goods vpon subtile and insinuating Siba 2. Sam. 16. 4. Thirdly let vs not yeeld too much to our selues especially in those things vnto which eyther by the p Ludouicus Granatensis in locu temperature of our body we are inclinable or drawn by some present offered occasion For as those who are sicke of an ague doe alwayes suspect their thirst because they know it rather proceedeth from the force of the disease then any necessity euen so they who boile in their passions should alwayes bee suspitious whatsoeuer is suggested by them For if they obey it cannot be but they must needes incurre great and manifold inconueniences wherefore the fittest meanes to represse and keepe them vnder is this to bee earnest with God by humble and feruent praier that hee would bridle and restraine them by the grace of his spirit For the earth cold and drie by nature vnapt to bring forth any thing yet being watered with the sweet dewes fructifying showers of heauen is by the moisture of another element made fertile so borroweth that else where which it hath not of it selfe In like manner should euerie one endeuour to amend by grace his barren nature infected with corruption of sinne that it may bring forth fruit pleasing and acceptable vnto God This was Dauids petition Create in mee a new heart O God and renew a right spirite within me Then stood by the Crosse of Iesus the mother of Iesus and his mothers sister Mary the wise of Cleophas and Mary Magdalen There is in these wordes an effectuall power to wound euen the most stony and hard flintie heart For first in miseries and distresses the presence of friends is and should be an especiall comfort to the afflicted now it is far otherwise here nothing but sorrow his mother standeth by the Crosse almost dead q Tanlerus in meditationibus vitae Iesu cap. 30. 44. yet not touched with death and the eyes of her sonne beholding her doth increase his sorrow hanging now vpon the Crosse and loaden with contumelies Secondly the place it selfe appointed for the execution of the worst sort of men and greatest offenders Thirdly the kind of death most dreadfull and cursed doe all encrease the griefe for what hath the holy virgine r Ferns in tractatu de passione Domini part 4. to doe with the Crosse what participation is there betweene the vndefiled Temple of God this contemptible place But I withdraw my hand from picturing of this wofull mourning I take not vpon me to expresse the sharpenesse of this heauy griefe neyther do I perswade my selfe that I can be able in words to expresse the teares and perplexed anguish of this blessed virgine and therefore leaue it to the

wounds but especially dryed through the feeling of the heate of the wrath of God so that he became like vnto a pot sheard Psal 22. 15. for sorrow troubleth the naturall heat k Cyrillus lib. 11. in Iohan. cap 35. wasteth the inward moysture and burneth vp the bowels by a fiery qualitie whereof the vsuall prouerbe amongst vs Sorrow is dry And we read that l Melancthon de anima Marquesse Casimire when hee was dead and bowelled had his heart withered like a dry peare and the cause thereof supposed to haue proceeded from those cares and manifold griefes he susteyned wherby that moyst m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vocat Galenus de vsu partium lib. Hyppocrates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lib. 6. de corde Fernelius de partium corpo ris humani descriptione c. 8. Laurentius historiae Anatomicae lib. 9. c. 9. quaest eiusd lib. 5. humour like vnto water was consumed which nature had inclosed in the skinny casket which couereth and compasseth the heart lest it should be scorched vp with too much vehement heat in his perpetuall motion Of the mysticall thirst afterward Doctrine Christ was true man subiect to the same affections vnto which wee are Arguments proouing his humanitie are the n Chrysost hom 7. in Matth. swathing bands wherein he was wrapped and the cratch wherein he lay and is called in the Scripture flesh Ioh. 1. 14. The sonne of man Matth. 8. 20. the seed of Dauid Psal 89. 36. the sonne of the virgin Esay 7. 14. borne of a woman Galath 4. 4. partaker of flesh and bloud as the children Heb. 2. 14. found in the likenesse of man Phil. 2. 7. and to comprehend all in one word nothing differing from vs but that he was without sinne he o Cyprianus serm de natinitate Christi had not sinfull flesh as ours is yet the same in nature for sinne is not p Cbrysost in 8. ad Romanos Damascenus orthodoxae fidei lib. 3. cap. 20. Vide plura argumenta veritatem humanae naturae in Christo confirmantia Zachariam Vrsinum lib. 2. de incarnatione cap. 2. quaest 2. Thesi 1. naturall nor the worke of the Creator but infused by the suggestions of the deuill and proceeding from the corruption of our owne will yeelding vnto his alluring and deceitfull intisements Vse First the great and vnspeakable loue of Christ offereth it selfe to our diligent consideration who being in the forme of God thought it no robbery to be equall with God but hee made himselfe of no reputation and tooke vpon him the forme of a seruant and was made like vnto men and was found in shape as a man Phil. 2. 6. 7. and gaue himselfe for vs to be an offering and sacrifice of a sweet smelling sauour vnto God Ephes 5. 2. A deed without example humilitie without measure loue without merit 2. Vse Secondly from this ariseth an assured ground of the certeintie of our saluation for Christ hath fulfilled all the parts thereof and done whatsoeuer was requisite for purchasing the same he dyed for our sinnes and rose againe for our righteousnesse Rom. 4. 25. his q Augustinus serm de tempore 101. vnde serued death hath ouercome our deserued death and he deliuered those who were iustly guilty vniustly slaine for them so hee hath payed the price of our redemption and sustained the punishment of our transgression for the death of the sonne of God is the all sufficient remedy for the sinne of the whole world and his holinesse and purity of nature auaileth against the staine and corruption of our iniquity 1. Cor. 1. 30. 31. That the Scripture might bee fulfilled sayth I thirst This thirst of Christ was both naturall of which somthing hath beene already spoken and misticall wherein r Arnoldus Caruotensis in vltima Christi verba Tanlerus in meditationibus vitae Iesu Christi cap. 47. he doth not so much desire drinke as mans saluation for he could not expect any comfort and benefite from his persecuters and scorners who were more ready to adde griefe to his sorrowes then shew pitty and compassion vnto him and although they contemned that price which he now payed for sinne yet the olde serpent being swallowed vp he hastneth to the fountaine of liuing water therewith to wash his enemies dieth for the wicked adopteth the disobedient and rebellious vnto the right and honour of sonnes and bestoweth so great a benefite vpon the s Bernardus de passione cap. 13. Ludolphus de vita Christi parte 2. cap. 63. vnthankefull And hereby declareth his earnest desire that all might be saued Christ saith I thirst and not I suffer O Lord what doest thou thirst your faith your saluation your ioy the care of your soules doth touch mee nearer then the torment of mine owne body haue pitty vpon your selues if you will haue none vpon me VVhen he saith I thirst he desireth their t Augustinus in Psal 68. faith for whom he prayed Father forgiue them Christ doth vehemently desire the saluation of mankind wherefore when hee was presently to bee crucified and he the true Lambe ready to bee offered for the sinnes of the world in his last Supper with his Disciples breaketh forth into this earnest and affectionat speach with desire haue I desired to eate this Passeoner with you before I suffer Luc. 22. 15. and there is in the doubling of the word Desiring with desire and in the Article this the last when hee knew hee should bee sacrificed Iohn 13. 1. great force and singular declaration of the loue of Christ towards vs and our saluation which he sheweth First by his most sweet and gratious inuitation Esay 55. 1. And come vnto me all yee that are weary and heauy laden I will ease you Math. 11. 28. Come u Iohannes Gersouin tractatu de bis verbis Euangelistae vnto me wonderfull loue● that he should in treate vs to come vnto him whose duetie is to bee humble suiters he would vouchsafe to accept vs. All that are weary and laden for he can rayse vp the dead carkase foure dayes lying in the graue and stinking And I will ease you hee doth abhorre no sinnes no wickednesse bee it neuer so great no bonds of custome in euill but hee can loose although exceeding strong and at the last will giue grace and glory Grace now of a happy departure from hence and hereafter glory and eternall blessednesse Secondly by x Bernardus sermone in vigilia Natiuitatis Domini his comming down from the bosome of the Father into earth for our sakes for he came to seeke and to saue that which was lost Luke 19. 10. Receiue health of him you that are deseased who healeth those that are contrite in heart with the ointment of his mercy Reioyce you that desire comfort the sonne of God is descended vnto you that hee migbt make you partakers of his Kingdome he came y Georgius Wirth vita Christi eu