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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

proper attributes the first of her kindred his mothers sister from the state and condition of life the a Filiam potius fuisse put at Caluinus in commentarijs suis ad Iohennis Euangelium wife of leophas The second from the Country or place of birth Mary Magdalen for b Buntingus in Itinerarij sacri tom 2. Magdala ciui tas siue castrum in occidentale littore maris Galilei sita est habetque planitiem magnam quam D. Marcus c 8. Dalmanutham vocat Magdala was a Castle or Citie wherein shee was borne The forme is the vtterance of the words and that twofold To his mother Woman behold thy sonne to the Disciple Behold thy mother The Euent The Disciple tooke her home vnto him which obedient action is amplified from the circumstance of time from that houre Then stood by the Crosse of Iesus his mother All fower Euangelists make mention of these women Math. 27. 55. 56. Marc. 15. 41. Luc. 8. 2. 23. 15. 5. And S. Iohn in this place For the remembrance of the righteous shall be blessed But there seemeth to bee some opposition or contrariety amongst them in the relation of this history for all the other affirme that they stood a farre off Iohn here in manifest termes that they stood neere vnto the Crosse of Iesus This doubt is soone remoued for wee may vnderstand it that c Augustinus de consensu Enangelistarum lib. 3. cap. 21. Daneus in Enangelium Marci quaestione 66. Iansenius in Harmonia cap. 144. they stood in a distance truly said both to bee neere because they were in the sight of Iesus and farre off in respect of the multitude who enuironed him with the Centurion and Souldiers Or wee may conceiue that the women accompanying Christ our Lord after hee had commended his mother to the care of Iohn the Apostle beganne to goe backe out of the throng of the people and so further off beheld the things which afterward were done But this is admirable that Iohn testifieth of these women for when the Disciples fled and made no appearance forsaking their master Peter denied the Priests scorned him the Iewes were all in an vprore his pensiue and carefull mother and the beloued Disciple stood neere to his Crosse with Mary Cleophas and Mary Magdalen women by nature d Euripides in Medea weake and fearefull e Arnoldus Carnotenfis de 7. vltimus Christi verbis Shee which is a thing most grieuous now died and could not die and concealing the inward torment of her griefe shewed outwardly another countenance so that by it could not be knowne the crucifying of her soule and crosse of her spirit in which shee was a liuing sacrifice well pleasing God c. And here mightest thou see two Altars set vp one in the Soule of Mary the other in the body of Christ Christ offered his flesh Mary her spirit so that she seemed not to stand neare the f Bonaventura in stimulo ameris parte 1. cap. 3. Crosse but to be fastned to the Crosse with her sonne And this was that sharpe two edged sword whereof Simeon prophesied that it should pearce through her soule Luc. 2. 35. The weake sex of women sheweth it selfe here more manlike and of better courage then the Apostles What wee are to gather from hence for instruction let vs heare Saint Paul teaching vs Brethren you see your calling how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and the weake things of the world to confound the mighty and vile things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen and things which are not to bring to nought things that are 1. Cor. 1. 26. 27 c. Lot is laughed to scorne of the vncleane Sodomites and his admonitions derided but he is preserued and hath a place prouided for security then the Lord rayneth vpon them g In praesenti quod suturū est Deus voluit declarare iudicium quando super impium populum Gehennam misit è coelo Saluianus de gubernatione siue prouidentia Dei lib. 1. Hell out of Heauen a shower of fire and brimstome for as their sinne was extraordinarie so likewise i ̄s the punishment Gen. 19. 26. Dauid the least among his brethren young and the keeper of his fathers sheepe is made choise of to be made king annointed with the holy oyle though the other were tall goodly personages for God seeth not as men 1. Sam. 16. 7. Who more contemptible and vile in the eye of the world then Lazarus full of sores extreame poore a beggar pined with hunger cast at the Rich mans dore as a thing abominable and there could not obtaine so much as the crummes from his Table to supply his wants but none more deare beloued of God for being dead hee is carried by the hands of Angels into heauen and placed in Abrahams bosome Luc. 16. 23. And they are tryed with mockings and reproaches tortured vpon the racke and sundry wayes afflicted of whome the world was vnworthy Heb. 11. 36. The h Augustinus in quaestionibus in 〈…〉 s ●ounm Testamentum quest 1. de v rbis Domni serm 59. de Ciuitate Dei lib. 18. cap. 49. lib. 22. cap. 5. Apostles in number few ignorant of all liberall sciences not skilfull in Grammar not armed with Logicall arguments not furnished with Rhetoricall inchanting perswasions but poore rude fishermen sent to cast the nets of saith into the wide sea of the world inclosed in it great fishes learned Philosophers a thing of the most wonder because of the raritie for seldome such are caught Thus Augustine and so i Lib. 1. hist r. Ecclesiasticae c. 18. Zomen maketh mention how in the Councell of Nice an aged Christian simple and vnlearned conuinced brought to the faith a subtile Sophister by the power of the word himselfe confessing it to be so who before deluded and scorned the Bishops and shifted off their arguments when they disputed with him Vse first Fond therefore and vntrue is the position of Cardinall k Lib. de Lcclesia militante 4. cap. 18. nota decima 5. Bellarmine and other Papists who make temporall felicity and worldly glory a note of the Church whereby it may bee knowne and an vnseperable attendant on the faithfull for first the Scripture is manifestly opposite to this their opinion which doth euery where teach that the wicked flourish and spread forth their greene boughes in this life when the godly are withered with sorrowes Iob 21. 7 8. Psal 73. 5. c. And therefore the Prophet desireth that hee might talke with God of his iudgements and bee informed why the way of the wicked doth prosper and why all they are in wealth that rebelliously transgresse c. Ierem. 12. 1. Abacuc 1. v. 3. expostulateth this case with the Lord. And it

forth to execution and for that end was guarded with a strong watch of sixteene Souldiers the night before the fetters fell from his feete the prison gates opened and he obtained sodaine and vnlooked for deliuerance Act. 12. 7. For it is an vndoubted truth that many bee the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord will deliuer them out of them all Psal 34. 19. Woman behold thy Sonne This Christ said in the presence of Iohn who stood with her neare vnto the Crosse and the words are in effect thus much I am now ready to depart this life and do appoint in my place and substitute this Iohn who in my stead shall performe the duety of a sonne vnto thee But here it is questionable among the Diuines why Christ said not mother but woman behold thy sonne and they render these reasons among other First that hereby hee might not r Iansenius in harmoniae Euangeliorum cap. 143. encrease her griefe which doubtlesse he should haue done in calling her by that sweet name of mother For great and forcible is that naturall loue which is betweene parents and children Abraham then wrastled with a strong temptation s Origines in 22. Geneseos Nissenus in oratione habita in funere Pulcheriae Basilius Isauriensis oratione de Abrahamo Lutherus in Genesin cap. 22. when Isaacke spake vnto him my father and he answered behold my sonne Gen. 22. 7. This for the present was the voyce of a great temptation wounding the fathers hart who though in respect of his faith hee was resolute and vnbendable yet notwithstanding shewed a tender and relenting affection when he answered my sonne And Dauid doth most passionately bewaile the deserued death of graceles Absolom went vp to his chamber and wept and as he went said thus O my sonne Absolom my sonne my sonne Absolom would to God I had died for thee O Absolom my sonne my sonne 2. Sam. 18. 33. And when Iacob heard that Ioseph his sonne was torne of some euill beast hee rent his garment put on sackcloth mourned for him many dayes and would not be comforted Gen. 37. 35. for so it is ordained of t Saluianus l. 1 de auaritia Nature that all parents loue their children more then themselues and they bee dearer vnto them then their owne eyes u Oppianus 1. Halieutic●n because by succession of them they obtaine a certaine kind of immortality x Iustinianuc in nouellis collatione 4. de nuptijs titulo 1. in their descendents and by the mercifull appointment of God the stocke and kindred is continually renewed And we reade in the histories of former times how the y Sabellicus women of Carthage accompanied their sonnes vnto the Sea-shore with shedding many teares who were to be carried ouer into Sicily for hostages and when the shippes were out of sight impatient for their want cast thēselues into the water and perished The second cause was lest hee should bring her into danger for if the crucifiers had knowne that she was his mother they would haue dealt more hardly with her for they hated Christ most malitiously and oftentimes it so falleth out that wee doe not onely wish euill to those by whom wee thinke wee are iniured but also euen to all who belong vnto them So Dauid vpon this ground fearing such measure when Saul persecuted him vnto the death with an inward hatred conueied his Father and Mother vnto the King of Moab that with him they might be safe lest for his cause the enemy should also wrong them 1. Sam. 22. 4. The third was to put vs in mind of that gratious z Semen tuum conteret caput Serpentis Gen. 3. 15. promise made in Paradise and that wee might know he was appointed of God to take our flesh and offer himsefe vpon the altar of the Crosse a sacrifice for the redemption of the world for thus God spake vnto our first parents after the fall and torture of their soules arising from the sensible feeling of that good and blessed estate they had lost raysing them vp to the comfortable hope saluation The seed of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent Gen. 3. 15. And hereof Saint Paul God when the fulnes of time was come sent forth his sonne made of a woman and vnde● the law Galath 4. 4. The last reason and that most especiall Christ foreseing and a Augustin●● de nup● ijs concupiscenti● lib. 1. cap. 12. 24. prophesying that many heresies and blasphemous opinions should arise vayled vnder the name or title of godlinesse and deuotion calleth her by the name of woman for who is ignorant that the b Epiphanius contra hereses lib. 3. tom 2. heres 79. Daneus in Augustinum de heresibus cap. 83. Collyridians very superstitiously vpon an appointed day of the yeere offered Cakes in honour of the virgine Mary to a certain maiden sitting in a stately chaire or chariot couered ouer with a curtain and her they esteemed as a Goddesse whom c Contra Hereses lib. 3. tom 2. heres 78. 29. Epiphanius calleth a people carried away with a brainsicke rage and mad fury of mind and their fact vnlawfull blasphemous an idolatrous practise and diuelish attempts for indeed the virgin Mary is to be honoured but not worshipped shee her selfe worshipped him whom shee barc and who tooke flesh of her but came from heauen and the bosome of the father yet all this in comparison of the Romish Idolatry is but little who haue taught that shee is to be worshipped after a supereminent d Anselmus de excellentia virginis cap. 9. 10. 11. Antoninus in summa titul 22. cap. 8. §. 2. Bernardinus in Mariali Iacobus de voragine in Mariali buius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 author Petrus Grapheus Hereticus Nicephorus lib. cap. 11. manner and entitle her to all those attributes which properly doe belong vnto Christ that as hee is our Lord so shee our Lady he King shee Queene of heauen c. and blush not to call her their hope and life saluation of the world throne of grace the Queene of mercy the aduocate helper comfort of dispairing soules the onely e Innocentius in oratione de 300. dierum indulgentia Sauiour of sinners and haue corrupted the whole Psalter that whatsoeuer Dauid speaketh of God the father sonne holy Ghost they changing the word Lord into f Chemnitiutin examine confilij Tridentini parte 3. ●itul● de veneratione inuccatione Sanctorum Lady from one end to the other doe blasphemously apply it to the virgine Mary and so christen that booke with a new name the Ladies Psalter After that first and vniuersall ruine of man whereby through one sinne entred into the world and by sin death and so death went ouer all men in whom all haue sinned none could escape the g Leo prim●● sermone 1. de passione dominion of the Diuell bee loosed from

heauen Colosse 1. 19 20. who is made vnto vs of God wisdome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption as it is written let him that reioyceth reioyce in she Lord 1. Cor. 1. 30. 31. Verily I say vnto thee this day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Christ heard the x Bernardus de passione Domini cap. 9. request now not of a thiefe but his confessor his spouse and comforteth him with a fitting promise according to the petition made verily in truth I say vnto thee this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise To thee who diddest hang vpon the Crosse in torment with me thou shalt now bee in the Paradise of pleasure wonderfull loue exceeding goodnesse for he saith not thou shalt bee 〈◊〉 Paradise but in Paradise with me thou shalt be satisfied with the fruition of him whome thou desirest thou shalt beholde him in Maiesty whom thou diddest confesse when hee was in infirmity neyther doe I delay to performe that which I promise but to day thou shalt bee with me c. Thus sweet 〈◊〉 heareth promiseth giueth speedily c. This Con 〈…〉 not put ouer to y Arnoldus Carnotensis de septem vltimis Domini verbis Purgatory to sinne reuenging 〈◊〉 to darke and obscure places none contrary affected dare presume to alledge ought against this vouchsafed fauour The punishment of the Crosse nay grace not punishment abolisheth all offences and the soule now hastning to leaue the Tabernacle of the body willingly departed neyther did any feare of punishment molest or grieue the conscience which knew she was washed with the abundantly-flowing bloud of Iesus Christ The Souls of men so soone as they be loosned from the prison of the body are z either receiued into heauen do enioy y Laurentius Humfridus contra Campianum Ratione prima endlesse blisse or thrust downe into hell bee afflicted with eu erlasting torment For there be only two wayes the broad and the narrow two gates the wide and the straight Math 7. 13. Luc. 13. 24. two different conditions of men sheepe on the right hand and goates on the left two rewards after this life the crowne or condemnation two places the bosome of Abraham for Lazarus or the gulfe of hell for the glu●ton no a Augustinus Hypognosticcon lib. 5. third can bee found in Scripture and hee that is b Idem de peccatorum meritis remissione cap. 28. not with Christ cannot bee but with the diuell For the holy word of God propoundeth vnto vs but c Tilenus Syntagmatis Theolog parte 2. Titulo de Purgatorio a twofold time one of the race another of the goale of sowing and reaping of seedetime and haruest of labour and rest of the battel and the victory of the fight and triumph whereof that is limited within the boundes of this life Rom. 8. 18. Gal. 6. 10. and therefore this presently beginneth when we once haue ended the other And the Schoolemen themselues vnderstand none other vnder the name of their Viatores or Trauellers then such as yet liue in the world Therefore that Meteor or d Ignis fatuus Purgatorij imagined fire of Purgatory vanisheth commeth to nothing which the curious e Chemnitius in Exam. Consilij Trident. parte 3. tit ulo de Purgatorio● Plato in Phedone de Repub lib. 10. speculations of Philosophers f Tertullianus aduersus Hermogenem Patriarkes of heretiques the doubtfull g Chemnitius plenissime in examine consilij Tridentini parte 3. Titulo de Purgetorio disputations of some Fathers first kindled the vain toies and fables of lying h Hom●rus Odyssea 11. Virgilius Aenead lib. 6. Poets tickling the eares of foolish men afterward nourished fained apparitions of Ghosts i Platzius in Luco suceiso errorum Pontifici●rum loco 76. and spirits and idle dreams of wel fed Monks increased at the last the k Chemnitius loco superius citato Schoole-Diuines quickned when it was dying whose learning proceeded from the Sorbon of Paris and consisted vpon a mixture of Scripture Philosophy much like a double formed l Cornelius Agri●pade vanitate scienti●rum cap. 97. Carni●cina Vtopiana Centaure and these hucksters of Gods word especially the latter sort violently wresting the scriptures vnto a strange sense with their Questions and Quodlibets haue exposed our holy faith and profession to the scorn dirision of Epicures and worldlings For of this Vtopian shambles of mens soules no one title can bee found in the bookes of the old new testament rightly vnderstood which notwithstanding they striue to hale by enforcement to the confirmation of their opinion Therefore for the remouing this error out of mens minds who are not besotted with their owne follies the strength of arguments the authority of Fathers the confession of the Patrons hereof themselues may bee effectuall Of all which somthing shall be said but very briefly following the maner of those who when they will sell a great m Athenagoras in Apologia pr● Christianis quantity of corn or any other cōmodity bring but a little for a sample of the whole or make trial of wine or hony by the tasting of a small portion or of Cosmographers n Florus in prologo historiae suae Arguments who describing the globe of the habitable world comprehend the whole in a narrow table 1. Death taketh o Lectius in praescriptionibus Theologi●is contra fabrum away all the meanes of procuring saluation afterward for when wee are once departed from hence there is no place left for repentance satisfaction is to no purpose life is here either lost or p Cyprianus ad Demetrianum Iustinus Martyri● Dialogo cum Tryph one Iudaeo kept as God findeth thee in the day when he calleth thee out of the world so shal he iudge thee in the last and this is the vtmost bound of things q Augustinus de Fide ad Petrum Diaconū belonging to happines for the time to obtain euerlasting life God hath giuen men only in this in which repentance also is auailable For a man may here forsake his sin and amend it which whosoeuer doth not now in the world to come hee may haue a sorrow for his offences but shal find no pardon at Gods hands there may be a prouocation to grief but no amend mentiof the will therfore the dead can receiue then no benefite from the care either of themselues or of others 2 God in Christ hath pardoned the sin and remoued the punishment it is therefore meere folly that any should bee disquieted in his mind seeking by what means of satisfaction he may deliuer himselfe out of Purgatory for the death of Christ is the remission of sins the abolishing of transgression the freedom from error the receiuing of grace therfore let vs then boldly without feare come vnto our Redeemer who by vndergoing the punishment without taking the offence hath remoued both the offence the