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B12254	Phōsphoros or A most heauenly and fruitfull sermon, preached the sixt of August. 1615 At the translation of the right Reuerend Father in God, the Archbishop of St. Andrewes to the sea thereof. By Mr. William Covvper B. of Galloway.	Cowper, William, 1568-1619.	1616 (1616)	STC 5932; ESTC S114580	30,693	94

10 by well doing As euery tree is knowne by the fruit so works of grace proue those that haue them to be a tree planted by predestination in the Paradise of God Psal 1. by that riuer of the water of life and that therefore thy leafe shall not fade and thy roote shall not perish because thou art rooted and grounded in Christ Iesus and growest in him who shall for euer conserue the sappe of grace in thy soule The aduersaries calumniate We are no enemies to good workes but to the opinion of meriting by them vs and call vs enemies to good workes but God forbid wee were so Wee condemne no good works only we condemne their presumptuous opinion of the merit of good workes Meriting causes of saluation they are not yet are they witnessing effects thereof without which a man cannot bee saued not that wee are saued by them but because that iustifying faith which whereby wee are saued cannot bee without them for Faith workes by loue In the act Our workes haue no place in Iustification but haue all place in sanctification of iustification we affirme good workes haue no place for a man must first be iustified before he doe any good Nam sequuntur iustificatum in the worke againe of Sanctification they want no place this doctrine they challenge of noueltie but indeed it is Apostolicke consonant also to the doctrine of the ancient and primitiue Church For that assertion of the Apostle This doctrine is warranted by the Apostle Rom. 3. 28 wee conclude that a man is iustified by faith without the works of the Lawe is equiualent to this that a man is iustified by faith only And from the Apostle the ancient Fathers haue drawn this position Sola fide iustificamur Basil de Confess fidei And Apostolick doctors of the Church Basil in his Treatise De Confessione fidei hath it Nos non habemus vnde quicquam gloriemur de iustitia cum ex sola fide in Christum iustificemur We haue not wherof to glorie of righteousnesse seeing wee are iustified by faith onely in Christ Iesus and more notable is that testimony of Ambrose Ambros in Epist ad Rom. cap. 3. Iustificātur gratis quia nihil operantes neque vicem reddētes sola fide iustificati sunt dono Dei by this one sentence he cuts away from iustification their workes both of congruitie and condignity and annulleth their vain distinction of a first and second iustification and in plaine termes hee ascribes our iustification to faith only in Christ With these concurres Augustine Quod autem sequitur propterea vos non auditis Aug. in Ioan cap. 8. Tract 42. quia ex Deo non estis jis dictum est qui non fuerant credituri ea fide qua sola possent a peccatorum obligatione liberari And passing by many others we adde onely the testimony of Bernard Quisquis Ber. in Cant ser 22. pro peccatis compunctus esurit sitit iustitiam credat in te qui iustificas impium solam iustificatus per fidem pacem habebit ad Deum Whosoeuer hee be that is pricked in his heart with sorrow for his sinnes and hungers thirsts Iustification by faith only is the ancient doctrine of the Church for righteousnesse let him beleeue in thee who iustifiest sinners and so being iustified by faith onely hee shall haue peace with God Let them now cease to glory of antiquity let them thinke shame to charge vs with nouelty if they bee not past all bounds of shame for it is manifest to the indifferent reader that we teach no other way now then the Apostles and approued Doctors of elder times haue taught before vs. But leauing this I wish disputing Good workes are witnesses of our faith seales of our saluation about good workes were turned into doing we haue all learned in this age to put good workes out of the chaire of merit and iustly for none should sit in that chaire but Christ Iesus but wee haue not all learned to giue them their owne place in the matter of saluation though they bee not as I sayd meriting causes yet are they witnesses of thy faith and seales of thy saluation thou art not now iustified by them yet shalt thou bee iudged by them and tryed whether if or not thou wert iustified in CHRIST IESVS Oh that our A iust reproofe of fruitlesse professors fruitlesse professors would consider this Tell me I pray you what haue yee to witnesse with you that yee are Christians your word sayes ye are so but all your works witnesse against you your vncleane eyes your dissolute speech your vaine apparell your polluted hands your wandring feete all these proclaime Chrysost in Math. hom 4. you to be Pagans onely with your tongues ye say ye are Christians yee feed not the hungry ye cloath not the naked ye visit not the sick these are the works and such like that wil be brought out as witnesses either with vs and for vs or then against vs. Be not then deceiued to thinke that thy naked word wil proue thee a Christian when none of the workes of Christ can bee seene in thee But it seems many Professors These haue not learned to shew their faith by works are feared for the curse of the Pharisies on whom Christ pronounced a woe because they did their workes to be seene of men they say they do good but neuer man saw it they haue not learned that lesson of S. Iames to Iam. 2. 18. shewe their faith out of their workes for whom it were better that they should be afraid lest they bee cursed with that figge-tree which a farre off seemed fruitful but when our Lord came neere and looked into it longing for some fruit he found none at all and therefore cursed it It was well obserued by Augustine A good worke sincerely done the more publicke it be is the more profitable that a good work if it be done in sincerity the more puhlicke it be the more profitable it is as namely when almes out of a good heart is giuen in publick not only is he benefited that gets it but such as see it are edified thereby Seeing it is so that our works must be our witnesses let vs all indeuour to be more abundant in them To moue vs hereunto I conclude this point with this two-fold consideration First when thy soule shall be sundred from thy body the good thou hast done in thy body shall neuer bee sundred from thy selfe but shall goe with thee Blessed Reuel 19 A twofold cōfortable fruit of good works are the dead that dye in the Lord for they rest from their labour and their works follow them Secondly when thou art dead in thy body and sundred from men yet shalt thou still liue in thy workes and haue thy memory conserued among men Therefore so long as we haue time let vs do good In

Doctrine The construction The construction of the words cleared of the Text following is somewhat more difficult first because of the defect or concealing of some word for either the preceding word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 must be repeated or some other equiualent to it vnderstood next for the change of the case 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and thirdly for mutation of the change of speech for the Apostle speakes here in Abstracto not content to say shew thy selfe an vpright A good Pastor is a vocall and working vertue and a graue man in concreto but which is much more significant shew thy selfe vprightnesse grauity and integrity it selfe thus in effect will the Apostle haue a Bishop or Pastor to be a working and a vocall vertue breathing working shewing out nothing in all the parts of his conuersation but Vertue it selfe This word in Doctrine some Then is doctrine a precious pearle when good workes goe before and follow after it interpreters referre ad Antecedentia and read them this way Shew thy selfe an exemplar of good works in doctrine that is agreeable to the doctrine so doth the iudicious Caluine others referre it ad Consequentia and reade it with the words following In doctrine shew integritie grauitie and wholsome speech but the matter is all one Then is doctrine a bright shining pearle when it hath good workes going before it and following after it and therfore the Apostle here wisely pleaceth doctrine in the middest of good workes Aaron in his pectorall Ornament This is like Aaron his Vrim Thummim had not Vrim without Thummim light of knowledge is comely when it hath with it perfection and integritie of holinesse To a Preacher good doctrine without a good life procureth double shame and iudgemenr Dicta namque factis deficientibus erubescunt Words may moue but workes moue more Validior vox operis quam oris And on the other hand a good life is not sufficient in him without good doctrine A Bishop should bee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one that is apt to teach and as hee should haue the gift so is hee bound to bestow it on others yea to put his Masters Talent to the vttermost profit A necessity lies vpon him to preach and wo wil be vnto him if he preach not Certainely if thou loose this glory To Preach the Euangell of glory all other thy glory He will neuer bee a good Doctor of the Church who is not a good Disciple of Christ Act. 1. 1 shall be turned into shame 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wee are the seruants of that Lord of whom it is sayd hee began to doe and to to teach Let vs learne of our Lord he shall neuer be a good Doctor of the Church who is not first a good disciple of Iesus in these two is comprised our whole duty to do and to teach it is not enough to doe if wee teach not farre lesse to teach if we doe not let no man separate these things which God hath conioyned together And yet wee must consider An vnrebukeable life may be in Hereticks without wholsome doctrine that sometime a good life at least vnrebukeable in the eyes of man may be where the wholsome doctrine is not that wee suffer not our selues to bee so farre deceiued as to imbrace deadly and poisoned doctrine for the appearing shew of an holy life This was wisely obserued by Chrysostom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that oftentimes among Heretickes a good life may bee found of whom notwithstanding the way to eternal life cannot be learned I marke this for these simple ones who deceiued with a shew of sanctity in the Popes Church This is necessary to be marked that simple ones bee not deceiued with shew of sanctitie are therby induced to embrace their damnable doctrine and so become a prey to the Diuel snared with the net of religion A dangerous euill when deuouring Wolues come in Sheepes cloathing The Diuell hateth Christ Iesus deadly and is neuer so much to be feared as when he speakes most in fauour of his cause and then are his instruments most pernicious when they transforme themselues into 2. Cor. 11. 14 Angels of light and looke like Ministers of righteousnesse that is when vnder colour of a holy life they present to poore people a cup of deadly poyson Many haue fallen by this tentation For strengthening therefore others against it I will insist a little to discouer it Iosephus in his Antiquities records Ioseph Antiq lib. 13. cap. 18. The Pharises of old liued a most strait life that the Pharises Nundinaria quadam sanctitate animos hominum ita sibi conciliabant vt quod ipsi dicerent vel facerent ius fas ab omnibus crederetur by a certaine nundinarie or mercat-meete sanctity they vsed to make merchandise of men and did in such sort cōciliat or steale their harts vnto themselues that whatsoeuer they did or sayd was credited and beleeued of al men to bee right and lawfull The straitnesse of their life is recorded by Epiphanius Virginitati Epiphan continentiae studebant frequenter orabant durissimis stratis cubabant bis in Sabbato ieiunabant secunda quinta die that they professed Virginitie and continency and studied to keep themselues euery way vnspotted they prayed frequently they lay vpon hard and vneasie beds they fasted twise euery weeke to wit the second day and the fift and such was their zeale to propagate their Pharisaisme that as our Sauiour sayth they spared not to compasse Sea and land to make one of their owne profession What more I pray you is done by any of these pretended religious Orders in the Romane Church then is heere recorded of Pharises yet are they both the one and the other deceiued and deceiuing heretickes Bastard worshippers haue euer The Priests of Baal and idolatrous Israelites did so in like manner made a greater shew of piety in externall things then the true either could or would doe Truth must not be measured by zeale but zeale must bee iudged by Truth The Priests of Baal in not sparing their flesh were much more seuere then the Poenitentiars of Rome for they launced their flesh with sharpe kniues The Oblation of Idolatrous Israelites exceeded farre in value the donation of lands or rents which Papists make out of their blinde zeale for they sacrificed their owne children and burnt them quicke esteeming that in so doing they did imitate the example of their father Abraham but when they thoght they were wise they were foolish their fact could not bee like Abrahams because they wanted the warrant which Abraham had The Pharisies of this time The Pharises of our time make a mustering of their merits also make a great mustering of their meritorious deedes their hospitals their almes their fasting their multiplying of prayers vpon beades and such like are brought to the simpler sort as arguments to proue the veritie of their religion