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A09035	The end of the perfect man A sermon preached at the buriall of the right Honourable Sir Robert Spencer Knight Baron Spencer of Wormeleighton, Novemb. 6. 1627. in Braynton Church in Northamptonshire, by Richard Parre Bachelour in Divinity, and late fellow of Brasen-nose Colledge in Oxford, now rector of Ladbrook in Warwickshire.	Parr, Richard, 1591 or 2-1644.	1628 (1628)	STC 19323; ESTC S114075	28,531	44

nor in dumbe ceremonies and superfluous shewes but in a decent Christian manner without pompe d These are the vvords of the Will or superfluitie And as we are thus confin'd in one Circumstance and restrain'd in another so are we prescrib'd in the third place for the preaching of this Sermon in the face of this Congregation whilst he wils a Sermon not a Panegyrick cloath'd in the colours of Rhetoricke nor yet a Funerall Oration to blazen his Honours to hyperbolize in his praises or to draw a glorious line of Progenitours No. Mallet precibus in coelum ferri quàm plausibus as his soule went vp to Heauen in praying so he had rather his body should bee entomb'd in preaching then in vniust and ouer-praising Therefore he wills a Sermon for the advancing of Gods glory a Sermon for the instruction of his Children and friends in the feare of God and to stirre them vp to e These are the vvords of the Will liue wel and dye well which by the grace of God we shall doe out of the 37. Psal at the 37. Vers Marke the perfect man and behold the vpright for the end of that man is peace FInis coronat opus It is the end that crowns the worke or action not that alone but truely distinguisheth the persō passe by the house of God a little and walke vpon the stage of the world there marke and behold the promiscuous actions of all persons wee shall finde little difference betwixt Ethiopians and true Israelites betwixt true Christians and counterfeit formalists betwixt him that offers sweete incense in the Church of God him that sacrificeth bloud in the Divels Chappell Looke vpon Cain and Abell for the outward action both are sacrificing Looke vpon Esau Hezechia both are weeping Looke vpon Achab and Mordecai both are in sackcloath mourning Looke vpon Saul and Dauid both are confessing in a word look vpō the righteous the wicked both for a time perhaps are like greene bay-trees flowrishing but marke the end that crownes the action that distinguisheth the person The end of the vngodly is what 2 Vers 39. Hee shall bee rooted out at the last but for the godly and vpright man his end is crowned with the blessing of Peace Marke the perfect man and behold the vpright for the end of that man is peace The parts are 3. 1. An iniunction Marke and behold 2. The obiect or person the perfect man and vpright man 3. The motiue or reason for the end of that man is peace Resolue these 3. partes into these 3. Queries First what this perfect man is or how farre man in this life is capable of perfection Secondly What the vpright or just man is for our imitation Thirdly lastly what it is to end in peace for our great comfort and consolation Wee beginne with the first Querie what 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the perfect man is or how farre a man in this life is capable of perfection For the resoluing of this Querie part 1. in the first place the Romane Doctours distinguish thus b Perfectio alia est praecepti ac meriti alia consilij supererogationis vi Aquin 2.2 quae 184. Art 2. 3. There 's a perfection of precept and merit and a perfection of Counsell and supererogation the perfection of precept and merit they determine to bee in omnibus iustificatis saluatis but the perfection of counsell and supererogation agrees onely to some which aspire higher not onely to saue themselues but others as monasticall votaries Surely this is the generation of men of whom Saint August complaines Sunt quidam inflati Aug. de vcibis Apost s●rm 29. c. there are some like vessells blowne vp with wind fill'd with a haughty spirit not solidely great but swoll'n with the sickenesse of pride who dare bee bold to say that some men are without sinne whereas there owne Caietans rule is most Catholicke damnatum est peccatum non extinctum Sinne is condemn'd in some in none extinguisht And as Saint August brands such men with the spirit of haughtines and pride so doth Saint Bernard bequeath vnto them a miserable woe a S. Bern. serm contra vitium ingrati Vae generationi huic miserae woe to this miserable generation to whom their owne insufficiencie seemes most sufficient Would but the indulgent Rhemists learne from these auncient Fathers they would not interpret our Sauiours vade Mat. 19.21 vende of a perfection both of merit supererogation both which kinds of perfection distilled from Roman braines wee of the Church of reformation deny and reiect distinguishing of perfection thus The perfection which in sacred Scriptures and auncient Fathers is attributed to holy men of God for their righteousnesse and good workes is either Extrinsecall b Vid. Zanch. tom 6. cōment in cp ad Phil. c. 3. v. 15. or Intrinsecall Perfection Extrinsecall adventitious or by way of condonation is when that which is imperfect in vs is freely pardon'd by God for Christs sake according to that of S. Aug c S. Aug. lib. ● Retr cap. 19. Omnia Dei mandata facta deputantur d Aug. 19. de ciu Dei c. 27. quando id qd non fit ignos●●●ur all the commandements of God are deputed perform'd or done when that is freely forgiuen which is vndone And againe such is our righteousnesse or perfection in this life that it consists in remissione peccatorum potius quám in perfectione virtutum rather in the remission of sinnes then in the perfection of vertues Secondly Intrinseccall perfection or perfection by way of inhesion is either absolute which is nothing else but sincerity or simplicity of heart oppos'd to hypocrisie or double dealing with God in which sense Iob is said Chap. 1.1 to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a perfect man or else it is comparatiue in a certaine respect or by way of comparison with others so Noah is said to bee perfect Gen. 6.9 but with this addition in generationibus suis that is Gen. 6.9 he was very righteous and perfect in respect of others that liued in those lewd godlesse times so Saint Paul elegantly expresseth himselfe Wee speake wisedome amongst those that are perfect 1. Cor. 2.7 i. amongst them which haue a greater measure of grace 1. Cor. 2.7 knowledge then most of you haue for otherwise if wee speake of absolute perfection hee is absolutely against it Phil. 1.12 and confesseth of himselfe a S. Aug. in Ps 38. that he had not attained vnto it Phil. 3.12 And Quis sibi arrogare id audeat quod Paulus ipse fatetur se non comprehendisse b S. Bernard in Cant. serm 49. S. Bern. super Cant. serm 50. And as for that seeming contradiction rais'd out of the 15. verse implying in himselfe c August de tempore serm 49. and exhorting others to Perfection Saint August wipes it away with this