THE FIRE OF THE Sanctvarie newly -vncouered. Or, A Gompleat T radt of Z BALE. By C. B V R G E s. G A L AT. 4. 18. It ii good to bee x^alonfl, affieiedalvmaies in a goad thing. LOTiDOn, printed by George CMillsr^ and Richard Badger, 1625. THE RIGHT HONORABLE William, Earlc of Pembrckeyrc. Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter^ Lord Steward of his Matt- fties Rojall Hott- Wife, my litle-Pagc A 3 might T O ^ OU Nohle^ I jL(?r^/,ifQiad b dowes could :□ amaze the 444698 The Epifile DeMcat off ■ might glue offence. It fpeakes of Fire : but fuch as was made onely to warme, nottoburnc any thing,vnles flubble. No man fhall neede to call for Buckets to put it out, or Hookes to pull downeany liuing'houfe on whom itkindleth. Here is no ground for an Ftopian Spirit to mould a new Common- Wealth; no warrant for Sedition to touch the Lords A nnointed^ fo m u c h as with her Tongue: no occafion adminillred to JJlmaeho fcofte at JJaack: no The Epiflle DeAicatary. no Salamanders lodge themfelues herci But here is a Flame that will lick vp all angry Walpes, and inflamed Tongues that prefump- tuoufly and without fea re, fpeak e euill of Dig- nitiesy and of things they tnderUand noton all not fo free as them- Telues to foamc at the mouth, and f o call their froth on all that are necre, without difFe- rence. If any thinke 1 thought your Lord/Jjipa [ cold, becaufe I humbly j A 4 offer The Ep'tflle Dedicatory. offer you the chcefc | place at my Fire^ he ffiall j doe mee much wrong i and your Lord/hip, much more. Men that are in. ^ greatefl: vigour o f bloud andfpirits, count it no lhame to creepe to a Fire j at Winter; not becaufe j Nat-ure is defediue i but oft-times their Imploy- ments deny opportunity : of getting heat e, &kee- ' pingthemfelues warme, j by naturall agitati- i on. 1 I bring not this as a I I Tutor • but as a Pupil, j for Protcdion to pre- j ferue | I 7"he Epiftle Dedkntorj. iferue this Fire from I Quench^coale.Shall you i vouchfafe me the honour jof your Arms vpon I mine Alter-) 1 (hall bee I confident that no man ' will dare to approach thefe harmelefle Flames with Spouts and Pailes. It were a fault piacu- larto putyourwifedome f ( as the manneris ) to ; rcaderowr^^^jlmeane, I to entertaine you with your owne Praifes, It is enough to your Lord- Jhip, that you merit all that Noblenefle, Loyal- The Eff(ile DedicAtorf. ted Honour can attend you with i although no Eccho do prefent her felf. And let it bee enough tomee, that intheGe- nerall, ( for if 1 fhould . doe more, I Ihould bee j thought by Some, rather j to boafl offauours, then i to acknowledge them,) I make bold to pro- claime that the Honours you haue done, andftill doe,to mce,muft for euer oblige, Tour Lon^fhips rnojl humble andthank- ^ full Seruitor J CiS BvRGE S^V";, To" X I' To ludicious and vnpreiudiced Rea- ders. Haue a Suite: Before yourun through this Holy Fire, or giue my Booke the Peepers Cenfure, let me hefiechyou to take, this' Apohgetick Preface in your "^ay that \neither Inoryouhec^ron- gcd\ The Preface ged or miflaken by occafon of fome p^Jfages in this Treatife, I confejfe I haue entred pinto aChymny i doe but \ fhoote a Musket after it, and this ytiUfetch it downe ypith a Powder. My fJjarpnejfe againfi fome Democraticall An- ti-Ceremonlans, is not \ meant to ypeake Confciences ! ioynedl to the Reader. iqyned "Svitb pious, fiber, peaceable c&urfes. Infame cafes, (if I may bee bold to Jpeake after the Apoftle, ) I know, that God ypould haue no man to bee iudged \ for his a doubting; fo it bee ^ a e/f 7 ■ r n f onelyin ■mailer matters of: opinion, ypherein the Lear- ned differ ypithoutblame^or' fchifme. But I fpeake to fuch as keepe afrantick Coyle about Ceremonies," and thinke they neuer take their leuell right, but "sphcfi, ytith euery bolt they Jhoot^ they firike a Bijhops Cap jheere off", his head iandyet are more fan- • taflicall. The P R B F A C E taflicall-, ignorant:^ proud, felfe-mltd, negligent and, deceit full in their particular j Callings then many 'Sthom j they defpife and condemne to H(?///arCarnall men, for- i feetb 5 as any obferuingeye | may eafily difcerne. 1 Jf any condemne meeof indifcretion for "Anting fo much (^Difcretion, and j thinke me arrogant in this \ Attempt: knorp, that lam \ notyet foneere madnejfe as, to take the height ofDifcre- \ tion by the Inftrument^j ^ mins owne Braine, Ihaue oneJy callcBed fucb fcatte- red Rules as in the fzcred Scrip- to the Reader. Scriptures^ Venerable Anti- quity, and mine Q-wne objer- nation^ I haue met ypithall, > andput them ypon one File | I together, I Touching the carriage of Zeale towards Princes, my | €onfcience ypitnejfeth 'tcith mee in the fight of Gody that I haue fpoken nothing I but ifhat in my iudgementy U the truthyftithautfinifier or baje intents. 1 FJor doe I touch on that, i I prefuming to teach my Bet-1 j ters I but rather ( as men \ I i;Je to doe ythen they go for i Oxdi^xsyor aBenifce,) to giue accounts And yet I 1 ypould The Preface | spould teach ypithaU j I\ meane theboyfterous Mul- \ titude yoho ener preferre] the rough Channell before\ the temperate jhore-, and th'inkeno manpreaches ytell in a Wince his Court, but he that is fofiery and rude, (plaincj they call it) as Ttith his thunder /hakes the yeryHoufe. Andifhee cafl no Squibs in a Princes face, or preach not like a Priuy Councellor, they fay heehath no Holy Fire in him. If men dijlike a Booke in this Age^ their Cenfure is yfually this i It hath no Salt " to the Reader. S alt in ir, A Difcourfe of this Nature^, Jhould ham Salt goodflore-, for all Sa- crihcesmufl befeafoned with Salt; foUtbis but intended toSeafononely/iot to fret any ynlejje by acci- dent. If my Graine chance to fall into a Chap finger^ the^ befiycay is^ not to cry out, but to yoaffj it out, andjay . nothing : and no harme done, ' A fire of this nature is at no time ynjeajonable.' With mofl menit isyeinter ypithin duores^ ys>hen it is Summer in the felds. Some are d Mar. The P R E F A CE I arefo hardfroi^ienthat: they i had need befet neere. a good | fire to thaw e them', and "Sfhen they are thawed^ to heatethem. If any man therefore ap^ proach thefe fiames, and'^ complaines, they are too hot for thefeafon-, the rerne die againfl fcorching of his flnnnes is eajy. Hee neede not put the fire out j hut onely fit, or fland fur- ther off, and all ytill be -well. Thus haue you my Apology ( if it bee one) 1 as afmall skreene to hold { betweene you and the fire I The Contents of the feuerallChapters ofthis rreatifc. CHAP, I. pag. I. TtJe Introiu^iien^ contAt- fting the inducements of the K^uthor '''Onto tbie tf^orkejandthcSamme of the whole, ^ CHAP. II. pag. 8. if; n/'- ^ ^ ; Nature ofZeale,T^he fignification cfthemrd.fAg, 9^ the feuerall acceptations The Contents. of it AS it is by. vfe offpeech ap- plied.pag. lo. the Definition ofZeale. pAg.iOf.ConfutAtionof i.errors.pAg.zo. CHAP. III. pag.2$. The^ Obies^s Z^ple , Good to be mAWtamed, Euill to be oppofed. Good things to be defended Are Gods Word. pAg.iy.Uis Worfhip./'•?• not be kept in ! How many, ready to cut in whole riiiers vpon that little fparke which is in thofe few! How few Da- aids that arc eaten^vp with the d zede of Gods houfe t How ma- : ny, zca'ous to<^ take to them- cpuigj.i;. fellies the houfe s of God in pofft' ' ffion, and eate them vp ! ! The gcnerall coldneile of ! thefe laft ( and therfore worft) I daies bcnuming our ipirits,re- qiiresa fre towarme them. And the malice ofthe world puts a danger vpon Zeale,vn- i lelTe we haiic wiledome lb to ' B 2 guide I The fire of the Sun^urte I guide this fire as toauoid the ; Snares which malice will let before vs, and endeauour to hunt vs into. The more dil^ grace to be zealous, the more need to fhew zealc accompa- nied with dilcretion to rule this heauenly flame. Fire-, workes proue dangerous to | thevnskilfulL Better quench j that fire which is .^ready ^ kindled, then to kindle that 1 which we cannot gouerne. It cannot then but bee a needfull and gratefullworke,' to fhew the Nature and Qua-' lities of a Fire fo vfefnll, that; he can benogoodChriftiani who is without it : fo vn- knowne, that hardly the bcft know the properties of it, and howtovfcir. ' How little hath beenc written on this Theame, a ^ more j ZJncouered. more able and exquifitc Ly»- cctif^ hath made report, and powred out a zealous com- plaint againft the great in- iuftice offered to zeale, for that no man hath done her the right of a /»/? Treatife. This, I thinke, is one maine caiiie that makes the world fo ftrange to her, and her,to the world. The Antients,%ho taught it rather by Pradiife then Pen, fpent more lines in the praiie, then in the defcription of ic After them, the Schoo/e-me)) (their tran{lators)either Ipake leife, or lefle to the purpofe. For by that time, a thing, nick-named Difcretion^ had rak't out thisHeenow was the onely man that could chop Diuimtie into (inalleft flTireds, anddriue it neareft to- B 3 gether: f ^abia Ortg Uar^id. Laadi Hstih HU-ir dlibi* ^uguSi. trad.io. in lobn. Hccn^i in Ckri/oSi.hom, 6i.dd SopuL Grcg,Ma^, Bom.J2.in E%tl{.Ser>i. Scr.2i ^ 24. Cant. & aim. 6 Tke fire of the StfriHMarie gether: placing Religion ra- ther in Contemplation then Aftion. No maruaile there- fore if Zealc_j got no more rome in their Voluminous , Writings^ and that, as if iRe j had defcrued no better then { lezabely there is icarce fo i much left her asand the feete and thepalmes of her hmds^ to know her by. Long after the rode ofZcalc had been vntrauelled,and the Highway growne oucrwith the Mofle of Key-coldneftc, Zelcgrafhcrs arofe,v/ho like Caleb & lofhtta in coafting of Canaan, began to traucll and diftouer that Region j anewjfcttingvpway-markes,! and encouraging others to I go vp and poflelTe i t. j Of which firftdiftouery, I j hope it will offend no good ^ man i I 'Uncoutred. j mati to fay, that it de/craes imorc honour the.i the i latter more elaborate DeC jcript'ons of Others, whota- J king diredion from thofe firll Spyes, haue made the patlis more plainc^ and the way more direct. Thofr finl: Searchers oflate time, gaue a good ghcfle at the Nature, and Bounds of ; but drew it not in fb large a Map as could bee wi- fhed Their meditations and labours in this kind, are here- in like the Obferuations ofle- uerall Trauellers into For- raine Countries, fbmeobler- uingonethingj andlbme,a- nother; but nonCjall that de- leriiesto be noted. It will not thenbee amiffe, out of the leuerall Trauells of Others, and mineowneSur- B 4 uey. . X The fire of the SanBtntrie uev,to compile a Compleate Treatifeof^tfii/^. In perfuite of which proiedt, mycheefe aime is to fet forth to life, the Nature, the Obiedls, the Grounds, the Ends, and t'le Qualification of this Sun^uA- ry Fire. CHAP. II. of the NAture ofZeAte. TH E firft thing to bee knowne, is the Nature olZealeT^o attainethis. rhk . chapter hath 5. Seniont.] wee muft, firft, fearch out the 1 preci^e (ignification of the j word:then,thefenerall4Ci;ir;'- . tat ions of it,as by vie of fpeech Sttt.x.Of -J. thirdly,ariue at fomeDefinition ofit. theTord . • Theworditfelfei^ Zcalc. " . Greeke ZJneoHered, Greeke,which is therefore re- tained in the heft later Lan- guages, becaulc the moft Learned could neucr finde a- nother word fully to expreiTe it; as he ® that hath done beft in explication thereof hath obferued. ^is abranch of that Roote, fay Gramari- ans, which fignifieth a hyft»g noife made by burning hot mettle caft into water. Zede theninllridacception of the word, is a fiery hifiKg hsat fighting with fame contrary. Hence is it tranflated to exprelfe that fierie heate in the feuerall pallions of the Ibule, vehemently extended to their feuerall obie^is and proieEis, Such was that ning fire' in the hones of I ere- Such that feruencieof fpi- fit which Saint Paulexhot' B 5 ted a letH.Brie- a, i xPra].42.i. i8 aPCd^i.}. I aPfai lip. I '3«- I i k H^id-TCr. ' '}f- ' cPraLijp.ti jLulei4.3i a. OiieSum. The fire eftbe Sef Siunrit downe tearcs in fiich plentie as if he were to make them hid mcatc. * Yea his grreft^ proues a C^iofes rod to fmite the rocke of his heart, that ritters efuvater gui"h out at his eyes.« And as for his asjger., thatio burned that it eonfu- med him vp. Nay his zeale did not omit to inflame his very hatred, making him hate the enemies of God with a perfe^« hatred. Thus where euer zeale commethji t fetteth the whole heart on fire,ma- king men (ay with thoie two Dilciples J Did not eur hearts * burne within vs ? Secondly, the Ob/eb) of zeale,to wit, the principall and the chiefeft rf^hite it le- uels at, is the glorie ofGod. There be, I confefle, di- ucrfe particulars which zeale fhoobs 'ijncouered. ilioots at: but Gods gloric is the higheft, & comprehends all thofe vnder it as meanes to adnance ir. Some make the worfhip of God to be the principal! Obied of zeale, which they nominate in their Definiti- ons: but this is too low, and too narrow. Too low,becaiife the glorieof God is aboue it, as much as the End is aboue the Meanes. Too narrow,be- caufc there be other things wherein Gods glorie is as deepely interelled as in his worlliip. Therefore befides that which is in this place fpokcn by way of explication of the Definition,! haue pur-" pofcly intended the next Chapter to declare more par- ticularly and largely, the ie- iicxAMeJfe principali OhicGcs [ of i 20 ;• Finis. e i.Cor.to. 3«- T he fire of the SanSIuarie \ (Vix in Chap. 5- Confvtation of tyro ettori ».Error. t ofzcale, which could not be , conuenicntly and artificially i couched in the Definition it; felfe. I Thirdly, the End ofzealc | is the end of all our Actions, | ^the preferuAtion and aduance-1 ment of the g'orie of God.To ' prouethis at large were but | to ouerlade the Treati(e need-! Icfly, and to preuent my felfe offpeaking of it more copi- oiifly in that place,'' to which (according to my method & proie61:)it more properly per- taines. But before I can go further, I mufl: tumble afide two er- rots laid iuftin my way. The one by fonae who for haft difcerned not a fim- pic from a compound, fiippo- fing vpon their firft view of, zeale, that it was a compoun-1 dedi TjKCouered. ai ded or mixt affedlion or An- ger and Loue: And fo with- out more fixed infpedlion commended for fiich vnto o- thers. The othermore antique i. Hcroa Schoolemen^v\iO prying more curioufly into the nature of this burniniT hate, found it (indeed) a ftmple: but withall fimply confined it to one af- fe<9;ionof Loue^ g as ifzeale had no hearth or tunnell, but j this. Both which blockes I fhall endeauour to remooue with one lift. Zeale is neither any one Simple or Compounded pat fion, or in any one onely: but a fierie temper and difpofi- tion in all, differing from them as fire from mettell in a fomace. And as courage in a valiant man is no compoun- ded- deifAl. fupef gtHtr.iq.i. f- 2 J I The fire tfthf SiM^HAne i dcd tiling of his pallions and jfpiritSjbutabrauc temper & I intention of both j fo alio is i zeale. j This truth thcRulcofcon- i traries will yet better clcarcj I if we let zeale by the oppohte I to it, liikc-warmnelTc. To be luke-warme, is not want of ■ fufficient heate in one affe- j (Rion onely, but all. Zeale i therefore muft needs put fire i into fo many of the affcdtions I and pafllons as luke-warme-. neffo depriueth thereof.Here- i i upon it is that zealous men' ■ fccle a burning in all their ! ' affeftions as well as in any,as j obiedlsprcfentthcmfolucs. ! I It is a wonder to foe thofo j elder exadi Profefifors, pin Zeale to one Paflion; where- I as it cannot bee denied that I Zeale, in one zealous adfion, ill ewes ZJvcoftered. jflicvves it felfe egually in cli- j ueric paifions together. cJWb- \fes declared asmuchheateof i indigmiion againli: thoie I Calneini Idolaters, Exod,^ 2. • as he did Lo»e^ for God. The I like did Phlneas in the flaugh- 1 ^ ter o^Zimfi and Cosb 't. As one jof the &d;ion of Schoole- : men hath (to his praiie) long j fince confelTed. And in godly : lealoufiefall one with Zcale,) doe notLoue, and Feare,and Anger, equally preient and j heftirre themfelues with like fernor ? ' BreeRy: I will no more dc- nie Lone to bee the Mafter Paffion, in fetting Zcale firR on worke, then I will grant , Zcale to be an cfTccflofLoiie; ■ it being rather a Coniequent then an cffedl thereof A true Zealot Sacrificing all his Af- felii»''tern ptHtytd de- I H(4ionemira r ti.tpro»i,^c. 1 Itt .AuguU. ■ Trtli. 101» ; Ittn-Suuct- mtdiiHr %plo d'im'M? tjui I §mniMqutibt ■videt perutr- i fa \ mundare^' pit carrtgere', Htn fuiejcit; p emendare nenptteli, tnHerattgtmit &e. 24 The fire of the fcdions to the honour of his God, hath this fireofZeale to kindle them all, like taat celeftiall fire, conluming the Sacrifices of Eliah. Which Fier was no elfe6t, flowing fiom the Sacrifice itfelfe, but onely a meanes, by fiering it, to make it accepted. To conclude,Zeale cannot be without Loue, Lone can- not hue without Zealc :^et is not Zeale any morepartici- pant of the nature of Lone, though ioyned with it and all the the relf ofthePaffioiisto inflame them, then that thin water which rnnnes along with the blond in the body of j man,to temper it,is of the na-; ture ofbloud. CHAP. ZJncouered. | 2 j CHAP. III. The Obie^s ofZede, H Ailing vncoiiered this Fire^ by a Definition^ my next worke is to dilcoucr more largely the fe- uerall fubordmate^yoizdc^fox. whole fakes itburneth. Zeale hath a double taske: the one of a Defendant, the other, of an Opponent. Accor- dingly it hath a two-fold Ob- ieci'^ Good and Euill, main- taining that; oppofing this. It euer defendeth what is tru- tI''' chip. - - _ , - rt tcr hath two ly Good. It neiier oppoleth sesion*. ^ any thing but what is certain-' ly Euill. SePi. I. The firfl: taske of Zeale is on the behalfe of Good to abet it; What hea- uenly wifedome counts wor- C thy. SeB. t. Ofthegiod I things I which xeale ■ di/endcth,- ! wX- a6 Tbe fire of the San^nrte •k 1 xaNJr. ' bGa!.t.tS. cZgo Vila vos tn omfU^ hm bonk rt' ^It ndtre, Tbtodor, thy, our choyce is an honou- rable caufe for Zeale to main- taine. Now what will either Grace or Nature dcfire, but good? It is not then for the honour of Zeale to take part with any thing elfe. Jt is good (yea comely^) toz,ealou(ly offered in a good thing alveaies: that is,for that thing which is good: for euery thing < that is good; not onely that good which refledeth on our felues, but all that any way concerneth the honour of him who is the Author of goodnes. If the lone of good- neifo prouoke vs to Zeale, where euer Zeale findeth goodnefle in diftreffe it be- comes her Champion. But though zeale vnderta- keth the pfotedlion of euery thing that is good,yet chiefly it XJnC9Hered. »7 it patronizet'i that which commeth neareft the chiefeft good, and wherein the glory of oiirHigheft Soueraigne is more deepely intereifed. Of this nature is his his mrjh/p, his Sermnts, I. One particular Obie(9: of zeale then is the Sacred vpord containing all neceC (arie rules ofFaith. <1 The of- fice of zeale about this is, to prefcriie the honour thereof vntaintedfrom all blemiihes of error, ftaines of herelie, & indignities of Tyrants and A- the ills: firiuingfor the faith of the ^ Gojpell: Holding fajl ^ the faithful!xvord'. not quarrelling to (eparation for eiiery diffe- rence in opinion touching points not fundamental!, and vndeci Jed. In which cafe no man muft be fudged for hU C 2 doubting-^ 1. The word oFGod. iZelmtuit i t bonoacci- fttur,efiqui- dam ferusr animiy quo mtns reliSfo humano ti- more, fro M Xlid.yn, 19, Howbeit as in defence of the Wotii, the rule ofwor- fhip, moft Zealc mult bee fpent for points fundamen- tall: fo care muft be had in maintaining the Wordaip it felfe, to fortifie the Subftan- tiails mod. Such was the flame of ELas Zeale, 'that nothing but the blond of all Baals Prophets could quench it. But marke the obiedt ofit: It was no fmalle matter. It was for no lefle then Gods Coue»antj which by their meanes, the children of /fra- ^/had forfaken:" for his ters which they had throrvae dorvne: and for his Prophets which they had (laine vpith svith the frvord. Thus when any Subftan- tiall part of Gods Worfhip is •s XJncoHtred. ?9 iis corrupted,deteyned,remo- ued,or endangeredj then is a time for Cbriftians to quit themlelues like men invin- dicating the fame. But here a Caution touch- ing the former example. It is no warrant for our Zeale to brcake out lb farreashis did: it onely fhewes vs where- in we muft be zealous lb farre as the bounds of our Calling admit. It had not been law- full for Eliah to put thofe Ido- laters to the Iwordj if hee had not been able to pleadehis fpeciall Commiflion from God, as he did j * / haue dene all thefe things at thy word. The want of which war- rant made Peter liable to re- proofe of our Lord, euen when he fought in defence of our Lord, and cutoffbutan eare 16. 40 X Mat.Jd. 5» Ex Gen-y 6. y Kogatnut ^Hgufte-fton puinamui KOH nmemusy fed roi^mui. lice Chrijita- nm decet,I t ^trinijUilU- taspacis op' titur ir fidei, veritatiique conJiatitU. ) l.adiio)- cel/inaiu. And agsine, Orat. in ^uxentium coaSluirefug nare uon vo- uiydolere fo- teroipfterc flere,po- urogemere-. tdutrfut etr ma milittt, Cothar ^uo- quelachiyme nuiS ffrrriA funt,&c. aiiter nie iebeo tuc peffUm rif- Jiere. The fire of the Sc> nStiarie eare of the high Pricfts ier- j uant. For this little, Chrift ' applied vnt6 him thatLawe againftMurthercrs-^* All they that take the favor d Jhall perij)} by the fvecrd. Not that this little dcferued that iudge- inent-but to giiic him notice, whereto his Zeale would make him obnoxious, if hee proceeded to the taking away of any mans life vpon fb flen- dcr a ground. It is then the duty of Chriftians, ifpriuate men,to pray zealoufly; ifMinifters, to preach zealoufly in de- fence of Gods Worfhip : vfeing no Armesbiit thofe of K^mbrofeto Anguftid^ Tray' erSj and Teares. y Hee that being vnder Authority, will rather refift then fuffer,makes the caufe fuffer by his refi-^ ftance Z^ticouered, 4* ftance- and fo in deed of'ftan- ding zealouily for it, he doth in effedi: raife forces againft it. It was not the prohibit!- ons and threats of the lewifh ^ Gouernors, that could (i- X^nccPeter^ and/c^A/, from preaching leilis j becaufe t Aa4.j8, their Commiffion from God mud be executed againft all iniundlions of Men. But on the otherfide, their Zeale ne- uer made them refift with hoftile force, euen in their greateft affronts .If they were apprehended, they fuffcred with patience and reioycing; if they coiild,they fled. Zeale may ftand with fuffe- ring and flying j but not with refiftance, which is flat Re- bellion. And nogoodcaufe calles Rebellion to aide. Chrift 4t »Keu.I^. >4 blokio.12. Z fire of the SanHf/arie Chrift giues not onely liber- tyjbiit precept; when we are perfecuttd in one Cttf^ to fly tn- to another: not meaning we fhouldbelclle zealous, but fpare our felues for better times and occafions. If it were contrary to Zeale, to fly; Chrift would neuer haue giuen ^votngs of a great Eagle to the woman, that Pje might flie into the wilder- nejfe into her place, from the face of the Serpent. And though our Sauiour makes it the trik of an ^hyrellng to leaue 1 thefheepeefr flee, when he feeth | theivolfecamming: yet that' is when the Wolfe comes to j worry and deuoure the flock j principally; not when many | Woules come diredfly a-| gainft the fhephard himfelfe, I after the beft flieepe beej flaine i j "Uncotiere^t 45 j flaine or fledd, and the reft ready to ioync with the 1 Woluesagainftldm. Then, a M iniftcr may,yea 1 muft flie if he can, when his 1 flock, notwithftanding his j heft care and diligence, bee 1 either fo ftattered that hee cannot draw them together, or fb oucrgrowne witli the fcab ofherefie, that it is im- poiftble to cure them, and e iiery man ready to ieeke his life to take it away ; making the quarrell peifonall againft the Shephard, rather then gencrall againft thefheepc. In this cafe fled from '^Ahub.a.ni that by Gods own direction : And after, from lezabel-^ whc bethought that ^ hee enely was left alem^ though at that time there were fcauen thoufand that uer 1 c I King. 17. 3- d 1 King \9 10. 44 e Afl 17,15. 1;. 2 Com i. I.JJ. Tlce fire of the San^laerie ti:r bovotd knee 'vnto Bui; yet j fb (cattered,that he knew not; where to finde them. So alfo! Pml lied from Teffabntu to j '^i^thens: and from the Go-j uernor of Damafcus, defirous i to apprehend him, f be 'mglet, doxvne tbrongh x rvindevp in a basket by (he vea'ilandfoefca- fed his hands.So did i^Sharfa. (Jus often fliefrom the Arri- ans. Nor is any man debarred this benefit, if the cafe bee a- like. Herein, if in any thing, the Proiierbe is true ; One paireofhee/es U vaorib toopaire of hands:^Nh.\c\\ any man may vfe without difparagement to his Zeale, or danger to be branded with the opprobri- ous Marke oi2iW Hireling. But in matter ofCirciim- fiance GrCcremonies,which are ZJncoMcred, 45 g Wow pxrut ,cuUus,ftdai cultum cert- I are not parts, but onely ap- ipurtenances of Worfhip ; ; 6 no neede, no warrant to I J be fo hot,as for defence there- of to incurre (iich perills. In Subftantiall duties ofWor- Ihip, hee that u mt with God in a zealous defence,« agatn^ him. ^ And yet in things of h Luk n-jj. lede moment, he that Umt againfl him, byanopencrof I ling, is with him^ by holding iMaik the maine. j Zeale therefore muft not i fpit fire at fuch as are not foes but friendsmor be at defiance with thole who holding the head, doe not puirifie the members. I thinke no wile man doubts that enen in the purer times of the Old Church in Ifrael^ corruptions grew in Ceremonies as well as in the fubftance 4tS k I Cor.ii. The fire ofthe SAntlitarie fubftance of Gods wortliip. And yet, pry bito the Scrip- tiires neuer (b carefully, wee fhall not fiiode any of the moll zealous Saints fall on hrefor Ceremonies, Which is worth obleruation, and the rather becaufe Saint Paule laith that, euen in theChut' ches ofthe Golpell there was, then, ^ no fuch cuftome. Now what comfort can any man reapeofthatZeale which makes him feperate, for not hailing his will folio- wed in Ceremonies; when (lich Zeale was neucr pracSli- fed or commanded in Scrip- tiire ? Liberty is giuentoeuery Church to vie what Cere- monies they will, that agree to the generall rule, and tend to edtfication md decency. Yet liberty XjKCOHered. 47 liberty is not left to euery one ill the Church that hee may let vp or pull downe what hee will. This is in the power ofthe Gouernors one- iy, who being difpenfers of the LMyfleries vf God' are beii ' i * Cor^ t. able to iudge of conuenien- cie and decencie. If euery one in the Church of Creete might fet vp what they would, Paul might haue let Titiu about fome other bulinelfe, and not for this ve- rie caule haue left him there, to fet ■" in order the things that were wanting. 3 The laft particulir which zcale muft maintainc, be the Seruants of God. He that held himfelfc.j dejptjed, when his " Seruants were ; intended thereby the defence of them as well as ofhimlelfe. And it is mTit.i f. 3.r'«r pittied, haue tafted before. They that would bee at their j banquets,;^;?; remembrmgthe ajfliciions ofjofeph in captiiii- ty, therefore f)ill goe captiue j rviih the fir ft that goe cdpt/ue, ! the banmet of them that 1 fir etched themfelueSjfluU bee taken atray. ' On the other fide, fuch as ' in Zcale for Gods Scruants jdoc but mournc for their af- Hidlions fhall be fure to fhare ^vit^. them in the comforts of 1 their deliuerancc, and to bee kindly inuited by the Lord 1 himfclfe, to their mirth. Re- ' to/ce yee with lerujalem allyee ; that lone her : reioyce for toy \ xoith her, all yee that mourne I for her f that yee may fuck and 1 C 2 be y Amos <.y. •tllitjf.66.io-. lU m 5 z I 7 he fire of the SaKclttaric be fxtisfied vpith the brejls of hereonfoUticns. But yet becaufe the pufcft mettals haue ibme droire,8<: the bcftmen, fomc impcrfc- (5lions that cannot bee defen- ded ^ Zcale may not vnder- ' take their defence in all they ■ doe, or hold. Mofes, a man I zealous and louing enough, i would not maintaine, could 1 not but check his owne bro- ther for making the people net' aE*od.3». kedjhy\Ao\sfibeforetheirene- ' ! mies. A thing which if either i Zcale, might haue paft ouer, I or loue couered, his meeknes j had neuer fo Biarpely repro- ued. The Adtions of the dice- feft Apoftlesare notalwaies warrantable,becaufedone by ! Apoftles; for euen they alfo, j when they follow not Chrift, i muft ( A^ev^ly vicoMtred. : mufi: be forfake.Ifthey do any i thing contrary totherLileof I the Gofpellj they are to bee I (flamed-^ but if they teach men \ foy e thev muu he accurfed. i Paid^ \eas not to leafnehis j d iity of defending goodmcn; 'nor ignorant of his rule to i . , guide him therein; yet xvben i Peter vpss at i^ntiich and !had offended, Saint Paul \voithjiood him^ euen to his i face. Now, what confulion ? 1 what a maze of error had ?e- I ters Schollers been caft into, I J j if they fhould with heate I hane vowed the maintaining i their MaftcrsAdlion, which 1 no doubt they dilclaimed'^on : Pauls reproofe? neither lone, nor reuerencc, but Iiidge- ment muft leade our troopes to the aide of Good men. If fuch ,or fuch a good man, D 3 held 5? b C2I.2.11. cGaLi.?,?. If. d Chrifofi, in hnnc loc, XCf '(Sythniihn ■sv tij ciycyToc^ 54 The fire of the SariBtiarie e Ram. 1.8. f-Qj- a Scliollcr, diflikc a *Not that I ; ^ . , . . ' gtanttWs Cercmonie, this is to manv, Tenent to i j u ^ - i bee in being gtound enough to CO j.cmn It cf ancient times; but to the pit of heljbccaiifc they oni:^thauhc' are ftrong in opinion, thr.t of the Bu. of Rome (b j long as they, had virtue, I diew fo I much reue- rencctothat Se.a,as after, the brood of lefuites ' made vfe of it, bywre ftir.g fo ne fyeeches of the Fatheri, tofetabrocli this poyfon. ■Albert Fig- bias Hi:rar. Eccle. Uh» 4. cap. 6,^ vas the firll Di- uirethat e- ucrvndcr- took expref- 1/ and pro- fcflcdlvto I (6 worthy a man woul.l ne- i tier find fault without caufe. i But was not this the Mo- ther ofall that mifchicfe now befallen, that once famous ^ Churcli o^Rome ^where^the high rcfpedl and immodeft admiration which fome Ve- nerable Pallors were raifed vnto, (citlicr by the dotage or flattery of their people, re- ceiuingallfor Gofpel, which ! proceeded out of their | mouthes;) at firflconceiued, and at length brought forth that prodigious biafphcmy a^'nibi' to erre, litie of the Vopesi ^dgenvent, which he profcffeth to vndef take,a aCift checorfent of allthe Dmincsand Canoniib. A thing whetof F.sui 4. wai s{hame.i,and condemned Pighius for it, IA Ejiist, ai Gioper Cardinah. ^ Nerf/j vKCoHsred, A DoiStriae abhorred by vs. Andyer,alas! How often i that no man put a Jiumbling | blocker , or an occajion to i fall J into his brothers ° way. oRom.14. Caft not Icriiples into mens minds touching the vnlaw- j {ulnefle of that,which for the moft part, fuch as be moft violent n i.Cor.io. 6^ The ft^e of the Smflnarie p M.B.Hoo- Jen. violent and bitter againftjare leaftablcto infjringe. Oa the other ride,ruch,as, to feed other mens humours, wilturne lthicim,{tvho r»igh- tily heading himfelfc^ by all! meanes againthe Herefie of\ Prifctltan^ the hatred ofwhich j oneeuilly voM all the vertue he j had^ became fo wife in the end, that euery man care full of %r rcr/ri yi'tn Tnvc TU'y^ttVCtVy IT i7nyj,iiuty-n TZtyfAiKt cv the Arke: and when, ifin that cafe of ncceiftie it might be thought a tollerable offence, yet it pertained to others more ncare about it to per- forme that office. And yet' men now count it an high pecceofzeale to difecf their Directors, and likeClocke-l makers to take the Church ; ail in peeces at their pica- j furc. ! But what flaould the flieepe j do with the fliepheards 1 crooke ? what, the foote, in j turnins; the body topfy-tiir- uey,to become the head? and what the common fouldicr, in leading the "armic ? It was long (rncc the zea- lous complaint of an holy man, that men could no fbo- ner get vp their names in the world, and be able readily & confi- Nervljf tjncoHcred, 69 ; confidently to mufter vp a jfew places of Scripture no- I thing to the purpofe,but they thought themfeliies fufficient j o ^ \ to encounter Mofes himfelfe, i fetting vpon him as furioufiy I as * Abiram eucr !did. i Happie were this age, had lit none of that temper. To i fuch asthefe, it is in vaine to i fay any thing, therefore dire- ;ding my fpeech to them I whom moJ.eration hath yet a j better hand oner , I will fay i but this of tliat fuiie ancient Fathetjtheir cotumacie, I be- fecch you, let vs flic from, i their madnelfe let vs abhorre, ; left we perifh with them in I the fame vengeance, j If there be any thing amifle, I let oiar zeale fet vs to praying, I not to rayling , which be- ! comes * Idem ibid. 70 The fire oftheSanfJuarte comes neither men nor An- gds towar 1 the Diuell him- felfc. If the Church befoule, the ftruglings of priuate perfons will but raife the duft. If any thing be faultie, our Sauiours rule' in another cafe will fit inferiors pafiing well; Let bfm that is without fmn^ ca(l the fir (I (lone at it. If wee cannot do this, the next way J 4 we can pollibly take to the beft reformation is by prayers X pfu. 8;..^ * and teares V. y Pfal. I ij» Ijd. CHAP. nil. of the Grounds of Zcale. WE haue feene the Obiedts for which, and againfl which our zeale muft giiie fire.Next A ew/y vr.couered. j 71 j I mull {liew,oii what Grettnds i wcmuft plant it. | Thischap- Our zeale cannot but bee i?"h two naught, be the QbietStneuer fid^'ng'thV fo good, vnlclTe wee go to worke vpon Gremds as good. The grounds be generally i two: A kfjovc/edge^a.nd ■ a /a vofull ca lltng. j Se6l. 1 One Ground of zeale — is, n diftinci kmvcledge of the c4«/fwetake vp. The good- nelTe of any thing is not of it felfe warrant enough to 'vs^ till in our apprehenfion wee know it to be good A Lawyer may haue a good caufe brought him; but it were nei- f ler fife for his Clyent nor Wiledome for himfelfe, to pleade it till he fully vnder- ftand it from one end to the other, becaufe of the many turnings and windings which a Sect. 1. Shewing the firji ground of I , %ealek^ww^ i itdge. t X { 'J'he fire of the SanElu Arte j ■ a fubtill adiicrfarie will make I adiiantagcs of. j It is Satans policie not to caft any qucnch-coale into an i ignorant Zelots fire, but ra- therhelpe him with bellowes j . to blow it vp.The Dinellfecs: ' that fuch an one will not prone fo dangerous to any as i vnto himfelfe; vnlefle it be; vnto God and Religion, who many times receiue greater blowesfromllichfretTi water I fbuldiers, then from a profef ■ led enemie. For though thev , haiieanheart willingto ftand for good things, yet they are I like a lecond, that fighting in j the darke,many times knocks downe his friend in Itead of his foe. j This fgnii fatutu or fooles i fire haunted thole lewes, who , by the Apoftles teftimonie, I were Nervlj vncoticred. 7? aRtfin.is.i. were zealous enough , but it j V0M not accord/ng to ^ know ledger. This want led them (b much aftray, that when they thought themfelues in the belt & ftraighteftcourfe, and moft zealous for God; phaeton-like^ they did what they could to fct the world on fire, and became moft la- crilegioLis againft tlie Sonne of''God. So then,zcale is worth no- I thing without knowledge to ; guide ignorant zealeis j an intollerable eurll. Who ' would endure a Coinmander letting or direfting a battell | Uum dh, when his eyes be put out? Who would truft a head-i ftrong blind horle with the- c imporuM raines ? Would he not more often run his head againft a ; poftj then kcepc his way? and j ^ E ifj b ^id pr$- dcji habere T^IU Dei, dr Hon hahcre (cieiftm Dei? ludti putan- tes fe %elum Dei habere. T he fire of: he SMElune if he come at a dangerous J.; H bridge ^ choofe, rather to go : befidc it then oner icj I It is as naturall to error to 1 draw ignorance after it,as for j ■ the load-ftone to attradt Iron. i ! An isnorant man beingeuer: ' fufpitious that others will de- j , cciuehim,preucnts them by i I doing it himfclfe : anvd- then j ! proues more confident then . before he was fufpitious. And i though he may haue an;Ircm, j that he hath abufed himfelfe, | i yet this willbut adde pafllon | I to ertor ^.fire to tow; making ^ . ' " ■ him more mad; as'once the i conftancie of Chrifiians in ■ d K&.2S.II. the truth, made Paul in "^per- j i fecutifig them euen to (Iratige ' Cities. , ' I Norisidftrange'tO/feemen more vioiem in a wrong way, ; then in the right 5 fince in a , i, \vrongi T'Tfwly vncnuertd. 75 i wrong courfc , they haue i wind aiifi tide witii thcin^ but i in a good, both againft them, i Their corruptions willcardy ' hoyie failc to their irregular I paiTions, and the Diuels'liig- : gcftions likc .ftrong gales of wind, will let them a running in a headlong voyage. I But all thcfe will oppofe them when the iTip-is more carefully fteere J. in a, ftraight coutfc by a true compa{rc,by rcafon of the natumll enmi- tie and crolTe difpofition tliat ; is in them, againft all that is good. 1 Violence therefore is dan- 'gerous in waves vnknownej becaufe after entrance into a by-way, dircdion comes (for I the moft.parc)too late. Then, : cither fhamel,. or choller at j jtJieino'iVne miftaking. makes I' • E 2 men y5 T he fire eft he Sarlluarte men more violent: as they that in a iourney hauing loft their way, out of very anger poft harder in by-paths, then they did in the Roadc. An ablblute neceflitie of dtftinfi knowledge IS therefore layd vpon eucry Zealot, And j this kno>vlcdge muft be had I from the Lurp andthe_j Tejlt- ciCiLg.2o. i moMes ® I beyond which if i zeale go, it wanders in the ; darke without warrant, but not w ithout linne. tyhatfoeuer fRom.i4.j} If not effnith is f y&.Andtliat t cannot be of faith, which is ' not cut out by the patterne of the word. Faith will not build vpon humane founda- I tionSjOr credit of man 5 but , jhe vaiderftanding and iudge- ment muft haue immediate information and fatisfadion , fro the Diuiiie worft of tnithl Newly vnconered. 17 j It is then an cxtreame IraflinelTe an;l folly for any man to fuffer bis zeale to run i before and beyond bis know- j ledge,relying vpon the iiidge- iment or pradlife of other j good men, as if it were war- ' rmt enough for him to j fwearc,what a good man will ilay: and to defend what a goo 1 man hath done. That is zeale ill fpent which wafteth it felfe in cry- ing downc other mens opi- nions, not as iudgement,biit as affedhion kindles it j being I able ok-timcSjto'fay no more again!]; them, then the chiefe ; Pricils and Odicers could al- ledge againll Chrift vnto Pi- j If he ivere not an euHldoer ! vce vffoitld not haue delineted \ htm vp v^nto thee: yet feeme ■ to take it ill that their bare 1 E ^ . clamor. 78 The fire of the Sn»^tiArie I ' clamor, without any cither | ciiidencc or particular accu-1 iation, Aiould prciiaile with him to put an Innocent to ' death. - . ' I Many good ( but weake ) ; , Chriftians expofc themreliu s j and their Zeale to miichrc- , proach and difadiiantagc, by : ftanding out in dome things j ; which they haiie onely recei-, ^ I uedby Tradition. There arc ; ! feme whom tliev will rely j ; vpou witliout ail doubt or j gainefay ing, or fo much as fearching; to the bottomc of k ) their Opinions. And yet thefe i people would thinke much ! ' to fubicribe to another man } whom they loue not lb well, j without requiring many reci- fons more then enough. Is not this one of our iuft quarrels againft the Papifts at X, N^vrly v^couered. i 79 .It this day,as it ^vas formerly of Chrift himfelfc againft the old Pharifics, for their Tradittofii? Yet when maoyi people are demaied their rea fons of diners opinions whicli they ftaiid ftoatly vnfo,is not their anfwcr this? Becaufc-J the contraries is againji Gods tvorj. Being prclfed to fliewi wherein, they rei^lv; We are 35 but ignorant people, we can- 3> not difplite with you: butfo 33 we are taught by Reutrcnd'; 33 men, ifyoutalke with them,! 33 they will bee able to' fitisfie 33 you to the full.. ■ -> 1 Vpon this ground they ftand fo firme,that none is a- ble to rcmoue theio. Their 'heart,they would you fhould know, is as goocf as yours, though they cannot main^ i taine their Tenents as others i E 4 can: The fire of the j can: and therefore they arc | refblued to continue their i r ' coure. I If this be not blind zealc, 11 know not what is. Let them fuppofe what they will: fuch j good meaning is naughtjand ■ their zcale too. For without \ knowledges the mind is not 1 good'^ and he that hajleth with his feet g fmneth. Such a zealous man is like one that being blind or hood winkt.fhouH iiaftlv runne in J ^ an vncoth and dangerous way full of blocks J rockeSjdit- chcSjtrookes, quagmires, or pits,and neucr giue oner till definition her felfe put a period to his delperate race. This is the reafbn why men become Setaries and Schif maticks fb faft : they fuffer themfelues to be (educed be- fore Newly vcotiered. I fore they difcerne the traps i into which they are trained. ! And commonly fiich as be ; moft zealous in this kinde, change Religion as often as yong llioo-makers and taylors do mafters", running oner all the Seds that be in the worldjVnlelle thcircoiirfc be interrupted by authoriticj and themrelues conftrained to informe themfeliies bk ter. But if they may runne on, what errour or hcrefie will they not in time Iwallow downe like Gulls and Cor- morants.and digeft like Oftri- ges ? The beft things corriip- ted, prone to bee the word:. And zeale that giues lufter to all graces, if it once exceed the circle of knowledge, be- comes moft pernitious. E 5 Who 8r Thsft^eoftheSanUuaf'te h K^t 19,11. Who derides not the mad- neflfe of thofe hare brained Ephehans jthat vpon meere inftigation of i^emttrius a- gainft Paul ^ filled a whole Citie with an vproare, foms crying one thing 5 and feme a mtber m. great confufion, the rhsre part not knowing where- fore they were com^ toge- \therl ' - I wifh it were breach of charitie to compare the flirs of our Brownifts, Anabap- tiftSjEamilifts-^and all therab- ble of fiich fidiilmaticall Se darks, ( who may truly bee termed Puritvines,) with this inconfiderate adion of thole ride Epbefians. If there, bee any differenceitisionely in this , that thefc mad^Martin mar-Prela:esprofeffe'in their words that they know God,, hut Netvly V'^mered. but in their rvorkes thej denie him. what then remaintth but that we all learne to make knowledge and hiimilitic i Vfhers to oflr zeale. Beware, i of Ignoraiice and Arrogan-! i eie^they are birds ofafeather; | 1 feldome afiinder; for who fb ; i bold as blind Bayard ? Put, I not tbe' raynes ofzeale into jj I their hands; for they ai^ill cer- itainblyfet all on fire; dnd if it : prone notfb, it ftallnot be their fault. ^ i ■ ^eal6us thoiight it; a good flfg'umerit to'-ptoouti!:' ' his heart free from' pride,that i hisZeale had behe confined!" to the Region of his know- i [ledge and capacitie.-'M'^^rke j [hisplea: . ■ not hAHgf^JtKt^Hdr n^ne eyet iqf- ; neithtr do i ex ereife my : 8^ iPfat IJ 1.1 2. msSsJai kRom.iz }• The fre of the SanBuArie felft mgreAf matters J mr in things too VP0fiderfall for ^ me. And it is a ruled cafe; he that, will be fu^er rvife"^^ bufie and | eameii beyond (bbrietic and! the meafure of faith diipenfcd j to him-^andthinketh he doth i well: fetteth an higher price ' vpon himlclfcthen euer any nian,butibme foole like him- {elfe Awll eiLie for h i m. This, lamentable expcri- ence hath in all ages taught to be too dangerous: it being ordinary with ielfe-conceited Zealots , rather to defend ichifi-ne,, hcrefic, blaiphcmie, then by an ingenious rctra- Ration of crrour, (which would honour them more,) to <;oufeile their ignorance and temeritie. An euill which the whole Chriftian world had once rUefull Ne'JDly vncouere^. 85 rucfuU Cviufe to obferuc and bew^aile in that Great Wit, This man out of a vaine glorious emulation to cxccll ^^lexa/sder Bitlaop of Alexandr/a, ( where himfeltc ' was alfo a' Minifter,) diued ■ Co farrc into curious Quefth ons beyond his reach, that at length he went as low as hell! it lelfe, & brought vp thence ! that Herefte^ which, to his e-: uerlafting reproach, beareth ^ his name denying the God- ^^4^^ofChrift. After him, out of Zeale maintaining tiie rafhnelle of his much admi- red friend ^mjlajius • ™ fell into as groffe an Hcrefic. 1 Niceph.Jib. 8.C9p.5> Theoccahon,this. (11^ hailing in a Sermon bit- tcrly railed againft that Anti-, cut Title ( which hee vnder- j flood i m StcrM. li. I cap.it. "NicephJih, 86 The fi^e of the S^'eTluarie n tAxrit <&«0T0*^. ftood not, faith TlJcefhorMf} giuen to the Virgine xMnry^ " by the Fathers : and that The'moiher fhirpe Ceufure of his being diftafted by them, Nefiorms would'needs vndertake in £a- uoiir of his AmftaftiiA to infli- fie, fpending whole Sermons in protefting againfi that Phrafe offpeech. '■ Afterwards, being by that Rieuered AkxAndriav Cyril in fiindry letters fhcwed the l.tw- fulneifeofthat which heXvith much heate had pnblikely Gondemned : And his ihal- low braines'not^nbk to hoi J it vp anv longer M'ithoiit ad- mitting many grofTe abfiirdi- ties againfl the Perfotj of Chrift; and Laftly his proUd heart difdaining Fiibmiffion and recantation,made choife in maintaining thereof (for want iVVir// Vftccuered, 87 Wvint of Other ar^iuncHts out i ©fvvhiGh he had been beaten | by difputation ) to fall into that iTioft execrable Herefie j which denieth the ytiton of| the tvvo Natures ofChrift in : one Perfon. 1 It were tedious to particu- \ larize thedctrimetits of blind | Zealc; fince this hath been [ the wall by which the luy of Herefie, error and fchifinei hath euer got vp to that vn-T happy height which oft they ^ount vnto. Great reafbn' .then it is, that wee ihould' euer build our Zeale on the fiire foundation of a. dtftinfr knorvledge.: and rather ftand in doubt and fiilpence touch- ing-things .vnknowne;" then contentioufly bicker for things vncercainCjOr be}'ond; oiirKai. . d Secl.i.i nMc//w e(i\ duhitari He re deincertis^ de ■ Trit.li.i, . Cff/.J. I The fire of the S^nSutrie Se5i. 2. The Other Grotmd of Zealc no kife neccfTary, is a Lave full Calling If Ir/c- rioLir Magiftratcs may net execute any part of lurtice ! witliout Authority deriued i from Superiour Power: how! much doth itconcerneChri- i ftians to atten^ vpon God for^aCalling and Commifli- on to warrant their procec- dings ? Once hane a Calling, and fpare for no Zcale which that Calling will admit. It is not for Saul himfelfc, but for Samuel to offer Saadhcc. It is not for eucry Per- fbn to mount the Magiftratcs Chaire, or the Prophets Pul- pit, but {ox fuch as are called ofGod^ as Mofes ® to the one, and p Aaren to the other. How often haue tlie Lords Melfen- Nexrly vncourred. 89 Meirengcrs powred out bitter! complaints and heaiiy woes ' againft fiich as runne before they xoerefent^ldiiX they onely | touch fuch as in thole times i vfurped the Propheticall O- idice, as their Siicceitbrs the Anabaptiils doe now ?Doth : not the Goipcl alio confine, men to their proper ftations,' which they may not goe: fromj or beyond ? | It is true, that in times of general Ecliples, and con'up- tion of Gods Word and Worflrip, Eh/ba haiie been from the Plowc, 'I and '^mos from the Heard, ^ aduanccd to the fnnftion of Prophets. Caluin left the Profelfion of^ whisfK? Ciuill Law in France , to profefic Diiiinity at Geneua^ forfaken of her Bifliop, and impatient of longer bondage inPooerv. But t Amos 7-14,' 15. . i Htoller, in VoUty. 7"he fire ofrhe San HPi.trle But where the W7)rd and. WoriBip is truly taught by able Profelfors, and when a I man isfct & fctledin a lawful Calling alreaviy,and not for-| ced out ofit • then to fuppofe | that Zeale for God moueth him to abandon his former fuudtion, and to become a: Preacher, (vnlclTe he be vna-1 ble or vnfit for his former. Calling, and extraordinarily j fitted for the fun(fdion hee: would now imbrace,) is to j fiippofe \yithoiit ground, and ^ againft that Rule, ^ Lei euery mxn abide tn the fame Calling voherein he tvas exiled. And a- gaine,'Le/ euery man wherein heeds called therein abide with' God, j ■ If God in hisProuidericc j haue fet a man in a CaUing! of vfe, fitted him for it,and gi- ^ i Ncvoiy VTiCtacredt uen hiiB comfortable im- ployment in it; abide in it he niuif, though he imagine he could be more vfcfuJI in ano thef coiiric, or elfe he abi^k'S not with God, Leaue that, and he leaueth God, Go be- yond that, and he goes with- out God, His vtmoft tether, iSy"^ Stadis to bee qa:et^ And 7?ieiile with your ownehufi- ni'ffe. Eucry one niiift bee a Labourer * no Loyterer, no Wanderer; a Workcman no idlePerfon; watchfiiil in his owne charge, * no Bifhop in another mans Dioceffe, It is not for enery man to punilTi or magiljerially re- prone finne in ail that com- mit it. No man could haiie better cauie to draw fword, then /'erer for Chrift, if our Lord had giuen him as good a calling. 91 a t7hcr4.11 i * zTlicCj.ii X 1 Pet 4.15.' I Tcifx-moc,' I M2C. 16. >3- ThefreofiheSaKntiJirfe ' j calling,as the lews did, occa-, fionrbut both not cocurring, I his zeale proued but raHincs,' y and incurred his reproofe whofe caul c he .defended. Dfimd would not fall vpon ! finncrs, nor bee Ipcakingof, good things in companies! ) kriowne to bee defperately wicked i accounting it a duty to keepe bis mouth clofc fhiit vfbiles the voicksd vpcre before I him: * and faith ofhimfelfe, / tpoj dumbe rv/th filencej held my pcaceeuefi from good ^ and my for row tvas llirred,my heart vr>as hot voithin me;ivh:le 1 vc.u mnfemgy the fire burned. Here was zca'e,but no ipecch. And when heedidfpeake, it was not to them,but to God; and that no doubt in liich a tone as they delcerned not: for o- thcrwile it had been as good to I Newly vncouereA, 95 I I, . - \ CO hauc fpoken vnt o themjas in their hearing. j If any doubt whether Da- | uid did well, they may be re- | foliied by comparing this j aftion to the rules of Salomon j andChrift; the one coiinfel- i ling not to rebuke a fcorner : the other adiiifine; not to ctH Pearles before fvine, lea ft they ' turne againe, and all to rend \yoH. i It is" then a cleare cafe that a Chriftian is not bound to j i reproue, or difcourfe ofRcli- I I gion to knowne or fufpedled | , Scoffers. If hee tcftify in fc-! ' cret vnto his God, his diflike ^ ! of filch Varlets, auoid need- j ^ lefle fociety,and vnncceffary' I Commerce with them, and | | i in Iris fbule fecretly moiirne! ! for their difhonoring ofG odj j | he hath done his duty. | The fire oft he S^nclMaric To leade the Reader in circnite to the particular bounds of each mans calling were too long a Walkc, and it would tyre vs both. Breciiy therefore, it may (liffice for the prefent, to kno^v that e- uery mans Zeale mufk bee principally fpent within his owne proper and diftindl: charge. VVerc it cqiiallthat alu- Rice of Peace fnouldbe as bu- Re and peremptory inexecu- j tion ofhis Office in another County, as where he is Au- thoriled by CQmmiifion,and whpn hec is withih'his owne Dujifion? Can itbereduifite that a Chrifttan ilionld be as zealous beyohd his Charge, - as in his fpeciall precia(Rsi In nOwilc. . .oT I. •: ^ i Dmi^ in hi^ ownehonfe' will Newly VKCOuered. j e.In ' his owne Cure he muft be re- : foli te ^ othcrwife, more fpa- I ring in particulars. In ano-1 ' ther mans ftation he muft do what hee may ^ in his owne, . what is needfull, whether he ' be old or yonng,Tv^e//'fr they rvtH bearey ''or vohethtr they vpiliforbeare. The want ofaCommiffion the Deu ill will "foone efpy, and make contemptible what was Newlj vncouercd. 91 was well meant, for want ot Authority to countenance the a»51ion,'iT^(» Sotines of See- j UA feemed to vndertake a charitable worke in carting I out Deuills in the name of ; lefus: but the Deuills were I not fuch foolesasnotto dif j cerne their want of Commif ■ fion, and therefore /eapt vpon them and onercamethem^ and preuailed againfl them, ^ jo eH«.ver.i*>Buarie iier focxadtj his Calling ne- ucr fo warrantable,his Zeale cannot be iuftifiable. Mofes commanded thofe that were on the Lords fide a- ga'mJi^Arons Cdfe^to (lay euerj man his brother^and euery man | his companion," and euery man his neighbour* But marke: he firft charged them to goe about this bloudy leruice for the Glory of God , which was then laid in tlie duft by Idolatry. For Mofes hadfaid; ^ confecrate your felues to day to the Lerdy etscn euery man vpon his fonney and vpon his brothery that hee may beliots> vpon yoti a blefing this day. He therefore that in that {laughter (lew his owne Fa- ther in Zeale for God, offcn- dednot; bccaufe in that cafe Father and mother mttjl bee hated. bVer.sj. ✓ Newly vncouered. 205 hated, Wiiereas 011 the con- trary, hee that put to the fwordhis very enemy, vpon i this oxahon taking rcuenge on him, vnder colour of exe- cation ofluftice for Goi,was a murcherer. It was not the affe&ioft it (elfc that Saint Paul concern- ned in thoie ieducing Zelots among the Galathians, but their lint[ier ends. *= They z.ea- louflji affecl you^ b-*t not well. That is, their ends bee cor- rupt. And the fame Apoftle hath fet downe, elfewhere, this End, to which all our Adions muil directly point as the needle to the Pole^: I'Vhutfoeuer yee doe, doe all to the glory of God. The heart of man is deceit- ful aboue all things fometxmes perfwading him that bee F 4 aymes cGsa4, 1;. d I Cor.io. f. Maikesto know that Zeale which aymes at the slory of God. 104 ! Thefireof theSanBuArie i aymcs at this end, when in- ! deed he doth not,other times j putting him into needleife j feares that hee fhoots wide, i when yet his ayme is well j ' enough taken. It will bee ; therefore needful 1 to inlert i (bme Rules & markes where- by euery man may be able to know whether he fteereth his courfe to land his Zcale at j the Port of Goilt Glory, \ i.RuW.Te J The firftRule is thisj Trne isvniuetfaU ^ uentireand'vmHtrjaU. i It makes a man as carefull to : I approue the in fide to God,as : the outfide to men. It pro- uokesto aconfcionable obe- dience in al I things,as well as in that particular wee Iceme i fometimes to be fo zealous ' in. i Holy by this Rule, j was a (oLind Zealot indeed. ! He Nexvly vncouered. Hcc often burned in fpirit j when he fupprelled the flame I from the view of man. God ; oncly diiccrned the vent hee ! I gauc it. / fViiS dumbe rptthfi-1 lence^lheld my pence eutn from good, and my forrorv rvas/lir- red. Lpiiy heart was hot within me-^ while I was mnfing the \ fin bttrned, T ben [pake 1 with my tongue. Lord make mee to know mineendyffi'c. His heart was firft on fire before the flame was in his tongue; and when hee opened the tunnel, it did, after the nature of fire, alcend, and fliewed it felfe firft vnto God. This Zeaie of his did not make him fiery onelyin a point or two: for he I efteeme all thy precepts concerning all things to be right ^ and I hate e- uery falfe way. F 5 On io5 ■ -■ 1 the (ire oftheSanSIudrie i F See Speeds ChioD. Macb.»3. Oa the other hde we may fee the Zealc of the Pharifes dif- couer ed for counterfeit.They tooke great paines to fet out; a glorious outhde and a pain-1 ted fice of Profefifion: but' within were no better then painted Sepulchcrs, or the ^^A^/i/^noPCardinal fVolfev, If you looke vpon their outward carriage, it is with as much aufterity and rigour as may be. Behold their very pots and platters j you fhall fee them bright without; but looke not within, leaft the filthinelle annoy you, they being filled to the bnm with extortion ^ exceffe. Outward- ly they appeare righteous zmto rnen^ but within they arefull of bypocrifieand iniquity. To this rauft bee added, that euen in their outward Adlions j Nevfly vwomred. ^ I Actions their Zeale is nor ' vniuerftll. They arc more I carefiill for and Anats^ I a»d Cummin^ then for the I rveightiejf matters of the Late, i iudgemefjt, mercy, and faith, \ For thefe haultings, our Sa- ' uiour brands them with the i Hypocrites marke, ouer and I ouer, three times together. I Hypocrites in graine. ! Ifthen a ^/'«/y?(?rfethim- felf in great heatagainftfome fins and not againft all: If he prelle m.any duties on his Hock and performe few or none himielfe j denounce tor- rors with a thundring tone, but not comfort the broken fpiritj inueighagainft Gon- formers on the one fide, or Puritans on the other, and yet line like an Atheift: let his pretence bee what it will. io8 The fif^ofihe SanClnarie his End is not Gods glory,for thenhisZeale would be yni- uerfall. I I do not fay that he fhould j i At the fame time do all things 1 at once. There is a time to j launceandcut, as well as to bind vp and heale. All Texts afford not al points,al forts of appIicatio:All Auditories re- quire them not. But I fpeake this onely to this end that a conftat zealous temper muft bee fhewed in performance of euery particular duty throughout fo oft .as oppor- tunity and occafionareoffe- red; and that as well in life, as in Preaching or any other Minilleriall Seruice. If he be not thus proportionable in all, he is not truly zea'ous in any. So for a LMagifira^e to be very 1 I T j Nevfiy VficoHered. 109 ; very fharpc againft fome out- rages committed by mcane ,and contemptible perfons, j but letting alone fuch as of- ; fend as highly in other lnto d ibld.vn?.' G off ell of God ^ Ifeelj. He fought not theirs but ^them. AUthis did abundant- iy demonflrate his zcale to | ayme 53-34. b i.Coi.io. c z.Cor,u, 14. Newly vncouered. 1 ayme at the glorie of God Now then, if men can fee xriau. God diflionoiired, and their brethren abufed, yet lie ftill and be as quiet as Lambes, till fbme perfbnall wrongs a- rouze and enrage them, and then play the Bedlams, and Tygers vnder a pretence of zeale^this is certainly no fire from heauen,nor kindled for God The heate of Simton and L(m was great for the defi- ling of Dwah their Sifter: but becaufe it was not the confideration offinnc againft God, but the apprehenfion of an iiidignitie put vpon themlelues^ it was iuftlycen- fured and accurfed by their owne father, for no better then cruell S vfirath 5 though Sheche could not be exoufed. If fGen 34.7. gGcn.^9-7'] I20 The fire of the Sat$tlitaric < I i I i » t 1 h 1. Sam.tz If men make zealea meanes to dilcharge their gaule a- gAtnfl fuch as are faithfull in the Land, and to be as Gun- fhot to reuenge their priuate qiiarrells vpon theSeruants of Cbrift, making a man a tranfgrejforfor award, pic- king quarrells for trifles, and taking malitious aduan- tage from the omifTion of of fome fmall thing ( for which they care as little as for the duft oftheir feet, yet) to make this for want of a 1 better, the cudgell to giue him whom they hate the Ba- ftinado: If all this I lay, or a- ny ofthis may paflfe for zeale towards God j then, bloudy Deeg ( glad of an opportuni-1 ty to murther the Pricfts of the Lord,) ^ and the Butcher- ly lewes who perfecuted to death NervljvncoMered. ) 121 death the Lord of Itfe^m:xy be accounted good Zealots.Yea the Diuell himfelfe would put in for a roome among Zealots,as high as the beft of them all. So alio if men fhall make 2eale their drudging Alle to bring in gainetothemfelues; make deuotion the currimin to towle cuftomers to their Hiops; and profefllon, a pain- ted cloth to cozen them with a falle light when they haue gotten them thkhcrj and in all thele pretend zeale , and the glory of God^they excee- dingly gull & deceiue them- felues. This is, with Ziba.to accufe Mephihcjhith to Sml^m hope of his eftate. It is like IczAhels Faft, for Naboths Vineyard^ like ludao his Sermon,for the G cramming The fire oftheSanHHrte ;.RHle.zea]e makes no ditference betwecne /^ricnds and iocs. i ^mbrct in P/a/ iip.V'w Dei qui ha' heTtty emne^fi- hi inimico! qui fu*!t hosies ; Dei,qmmau patrem, fra- tres, fortres, ib-c. kPfal I}?. cramming of his bag^like Fe- Ux his hearing, in hope of money from ?mid had caufe to rue this, in ^donUh^ and let all. doting parents that can be fo indulgent to children, (whiles they are curft enough & too much to their feruants) remember what bitter fruites both Dauid and Ely reapt of their cockering folly. How many are there that can terme that, thrift in a friend. Ncvlyvtcouered, ( 127 friend, which they would call, couctoufiielle in an enemie^ 1 call that,handfomncflein one ! they affcdt,which they would condemne for pride in ano-! ther, e{leeme that, fait, and i ! finartnefle of wit in him 1 whom they loue, which they would call rayling in him they hate j call that but a tricke of youth in their companions , which they I would nivake another (land in j a white fheetefor? Let all fuch be admoni- fhed,that true zeale, ayming at Gods glorie, as it loueth goodneiTe in an enemie as j well as a friend; fbithateth i vice as much in a friend as in j an enemie. Itaffedethcuery j one, as they affed God. It j cannot but loue pietie in a j profefled eiiemie. It cannot i G 4 but 128 4.Rulc,zc»le equally fee vpon rich & poorc. " T he fire of the SanEluarie but fet fire on fin in the bo- fome ofthe deareft friend. It offers violence to the heart, as powder to the bullet, that the heart cannot but offer vi- olence to finne where euer it be found, ^.Trut zeaUoppofeth fmne in the rich^ as rvcll as the pcere^ in great per fens as well as in meane. Celefliallfire astchtth. in the higheft tuirets, rather then in the lowefi; houels: melteth the hardeft mettle, rather tljen more yeelding matter: zeale telleth them their owne, that ifthey be fo diiiellifhly minded, may bee able to do vs a mifchiefe ; as well as it is plaine with fuchj as we arc fure can do vs no liarme. Fire will burne the houfes of rich men, as well as ofbeggcrs. Zcala,folongas it A Newly vncouered. it keepes within thoic bounds which God hath fct downe^ fearcs not the proudeit Hee that can fvvell in liis paflions as big as Behemoth who thin- Vtt\i to drinke'vp^ lordaft at a draught, or that can cajfl fire out of his mouth,& towers of finoake at his noftrels enough to darken the heauens, as faft as ' Leuhthm himfelfe. If greatnefie attempt to ring Conr-feu to zealc at mid- day, and to doner it with the afhes of thunder, when God would haue it to fiame; Zeale will not fb be kept in, but ra- ther flie in their faces that fecke to fupprcfle it.lerohoams prefencc: lhall not hinder the man of God prophecying ai^ainft his idoUtroiu Aher, and of the mines of thole that offered * thereon. G 5 Let 129 frob40iij/ I dob 41.19. ♦i King.ij.t 130 The fire of the Sat^netrie H I Kin.iS. X i.Kiaax. yNeh.T3.17. I Pan. 3. i.Saiii.15.33. Let Ahab refolue to chop ElUb into gobbets, the Pro- phet will not be afraid to look him in the face, and roundly to tell him, that Hee is thc^ troubler of^ Ifrael, CMicAtAh ]^ will not baulke him a whit; though he know too well the hatred of the Tyrant, and be fare to kilTe the iayle for his * labour. - The Tfjbles ofTttdah fhall not efcape Nehemiahs check, no more then the reft that trod in the fteps of their god- lelfc example in the breach of the y Sabbath. What cared the three chtldreu for great Nebuchadnetzcrs wrath,bur- ning 7. times hotter then his feduen-fald hit fierie ^ fot nace. Proud fhall Ipcede nobcttet in a Samuelsh^n^^ then the bafeft" K^maUkite, The NiVfly vncouered. I?' [The great lewilT Sanedrim go without not re- llaall proofe of Peter :iaA lohn^ if they fhall forbid them the foruice ofGod. And why not ? Is the great God ofheauen and earth,' whofo for nice zeale vnderta- keth, A refpecier of Per fens ? If, great men offend, muft they not know that there is agreA- ter then they, who will tram- pic on the necks of Kings that dare trample on his word? Are not they worthy of fo many deaths oner and' ouer; as they giiie lend examples to fubieds that are more apt to imitate the cuils of bad Princes, then the vcrtues of good ? It-is not a more thankieffo then perillous taske to per- forme; but the danger of this is The Sane- dnm »vas their great ludidarie Ceuncel,coa- fining of 71. Eerfons. K6tt 30. c GregMag, Ub.%. Pafi.c. Scire etemra pr^Uti dc' hemy ^uia fi-' peruerja vH" quam perpe- trantytot tibfis dtgni junt-i quot a i Jubdttos fuos pirditiwii extmplei tranfmittunt. The fre of the Sa»Bt4arie is nothing to that of letting it alone. To do it may offend men that fliall die; but to o- mit it, when God calleth vs to it, is to run vpon the rocks of his difplcafure, who is Lord both of vs and them, and can caft both into hell Better fuffer on earth for do- ing our diitie, then frie in hell for fearing the faces of men. If then our courage go no higher, then the beating of curres, not daringtolookea Lion in the face: If our zeale do loue to runne vpon the ground, and dares not faften vpon the high pUces offinne: if we let our foote vpon filly wormes, that if they turne a- gaine can do vs no hurt j but are afraid fo much as to touch the hole of the Aj^e; and to put our Nevolj vncettereA. I?? 5 Rolc.Zeale our hand on the cockatrices den-^ this is as farre from zeale (or the glorie of God^AS covvar- dife from the nobleft valour. Nonefo tyrannicall oucrin- feriors as the bafeft Cowards. True valour counts nothing ' fo bafcj as medling with fuch ; as arc not very well able, if j theyliftjto refift. 5. True zeale U not beaten doxvre^ but mores tnfiamed by ^ ai^ut difficulties. It deuoureth the ' briars and thornes, prick they neucr lb fliarply. It kindles in the thickets of theforrefl , bee theyneuerlqgreene and lap-! pie to quench it. It wiU not 1 onely burne when it hath au- thoritie to countenance it, but blazeth aloft when great- neffe it felfefeekes to bucket it out. , Wee may fee it in Hjhe- miah tics. The fi*'e of the Sannnarie miah counfelled by shemaixh to Icaue worke and take San- 6tuarie for {cdCCtoiSnnhallet conspiring to fiirprize and flay him in the night. shmU fucb A man^ as /, flee ? and who ii there that being, as I am, vceuld goe into the Temple to faue his life ? ^ I veill not go in, faith chat burning Lampe. As iire Icapeth from one houfe to another, burning the ayre as it goes ; fo Zeale, fr&m one duty to another, notwithftanding all oppofi- tions; anditcaufeth aChri- ftianto be among difficulties, as a man made of fire,walr king in ftubble. Much puddle water may be caft vpon it, but fire from heauen will not bee fo quen- ched. Yea as water caufeth the fire in the. forge to flame the I Nevflj vnccHered. j 13 5 the higher 3 fo difficulties iii- i j creafe the feruor of Zeale. I /'/««/being dillwaded from I going to lertifAlem, becaufe : of the dangers waiting him j there, grew into a paffion, j j I which made him more hot j ! on the iourney, ;not without i anger at them who out of the 1 hcate of their entire affedti-; on defired to e prefefue him c as. 21,13. in peace. Luther feares not his Eni- mies at Worrnes^ though hee haue timely intelligence of their confpiracy to cut him off. The news rather ani- mates then abates his refb- lution, and thither hee will, though he were fure to meet with as many Deuils in that i place, as there are tyles on thehoufcs. <; Yea in very Horfes that haue i • haiie mcttle^we may difcerne moft courage to the Battle, when the Inftruments of Warre Ibund loudeft in the enemies Campe. Let diffi- culttes daunt Foolcs that ne- uer exped them, nor know how to breake throueh O them. A true zealot hath fire- balles enough to fire the firongcB Fort of the Enhny. Hee knowes the Khgdome of hearten fffffers violence^ and there is no taking of it, but by force. Nothing befalls him which he looked not for. Seneca s enemies could not fifter Icarnc to raile; then he, i to contemne it. Will the I Chriftian Zealot then bee to feeke, how to keepe off the boyifh fquibbs offcorne and difgrace ? Nay ^ if any man will hurt Go^ faithfullwit- nejfes i Netvlj tmcouered. \ 137 neffes that vexe thefe that dxvel j on the earthy they hauc fire j tnou^intheir mouthes to de-1 ttotere f them,Nay; Aatichrijl fReu".> himfclfc with all his forces & j Armies cannot ftand before ! them : for Zeale in them is that g fire ( if Saint Afigujiine ^ gKeu.so.,. miftake\-\otf)that came down j, 7,, from he Men and con fumed i * CltptX^'^T them all that compafjed the toum. Campe of the Saints aboue^ and the heloued Cttie, Such Zeale then as goes out by euery drop of water caftonit by a flouting San- ballat^ or a gybeing 'Tobiah'^ and by euery glimmering Sun-ftiineofperfecution ari- fing : fuchas make a great blaze when profperity,credit, peace, and preferment arc bellowes to blow It : but are lb carried about as hay in a whirle- T he fire of the SanBttarie 1 vvhirlc-wind with the blaftof the Time, that they will bee ! ready to fire that which be-: fore they maintained, if the! wind turne neuer fo little' about^ and through feares or hopes will bee of any Reli- gion and temper,that the;, ftrongeft Fablion imbraceth; I refoluing to goe no fiiither, then afiire wind & weather and a calme tide will carry them 5 and, and if any ftorme arife prefently to make to the fhore, to preuent perill of; life and goods: Such Zealots ■ I fay, as thefe neuer had any j coale from theAIter tokin-, die their Sacrifices; they ne- ■ tier knew what it was to-ayme' xt the Glory of God, j If they did,they would not like fheepes-heads fall a run-: ning at the fight of euery - dog. i Newly vKcemredt MS 1 dog that ofFereth to put his 1 nofe ouer the hedge. They would not bee fiich cowardly curres, as to runne in at doores, lb oft as they lee one ; ftoopc for a Hone. ! If their Zeale were true, they would mahe all time fer- uing-Monkies afraid to play with their fire$y or to come necre them : and the world ihould foone know that it were better to anger all the Wafpes in the Countrey,all the Witches in theworld,all the Deuils in hell, then one ofthefe Sparkes^y lin againft God. The right Zealot dreads no weatherjfcares no colors: he takes Chrijls Crofle on his fhouldcrs , a fagot in his armes, and his life in his hand, and ib relblues to goe through 1 i \ 14° iNmn.i4>p. rf.RuIe.iea'c is moft fharp again') a mansownc coiruptioiu l Chtifi^. h9m*\Z.ia Match. T^e fire of the SanSluarie through fire and water,prifbn and fword, or any thing elfc that ftands in his way vnto God. Reproaches for Chrtfl^ hee laies vp as his Treafitres.The greateft difficulties oppo- fing, are not fo much as vn- welcome to this Herculean Chriftian. lofha will not loofe Canaa» for the lebufitcs Towre: euen the children of i^nak are but' bread for his teeth. 6. True Zeale Profecutes not finnt in any^ fo much as tn our feluesy wee are fo well ac- qiiaintcdwith our owne cor- ruptionSj that impartiall Zeale cannot finde fb much caufe of fury againft others as our fellies : nor will it allow vs that liberty which wee de- nie ^ vnto others. When Newly vncsHtred. I 141 When PmI was a Saul, who but hee againft others with neglcdl ofhimiclfe, bin- ding and ddiuering into PrL Jons both mtn and women^ for Chrift, and perfecuting this way to the deaths But*when 'iAa.jj.4- 54fl/was a Pan J then he laies the traine to his owne heart, and gines fire checfly to the Canon planted againft him- (elfe : iudging himlelfe the i greateft of finners," and the ;«« ileaft" of54/«//. I Zeale will make a man tie I himfelfe to as much or more lftri Trfall. 146 j ThefireoftkeSoKBurie arc young or poorc ^ and thinkc Zcalc a cumber,when I" we are growne wealthy and I great; if we can be good only j during the life and gouer-! i mentoflomc lehoiadah ^Kin-1 i die a great fire when a Mini- j . ftcrcommctli, and put it out i i in whole or in part lb foone j i as hcc is gone; rcprouc a i fw^earcr when hec that ab- 1 i horres it is prelcnt, & Ivveare ! i (Iike Deuillslour feliieSjWhen ' ; he is away : If a cramm'd bel- j ly will allay our heate for ' God ; and like thole curled : Priefts, wee can cry, Peace ; j lb long as men giuevs where-' uMic.j.y. 1 o" tognawe ; " Andiffome . preferment can flop our, mouthes, and we can be cOn- j tent to bee lilent, out of Pol-1 licy to keepc that, and hope i ' to eetmorc : IF we can tune 1 , our: \ Ntvoly vficouered. ouf'fidfes to the Baft of the Timeand ilift like Fidlers, who arc faid to hauePfalmes , for Puritans & obftene Songs for Good fellowes, &,rcfoliic to play nothing but \\>hat the company call for : Bee Pro-^ tCifanps in the Morning, and P^piits at Eufn-SongepViw'zz carry this candle in a- darke Lanthorire fo as'J with the tiirne-oi a hand' it may bee quite iliut in , if any ap- pro'ach fo whom wee'would , not bee^knowhe by onr light, or arc loath to bh ohftrned to hmw; anyilichabowtvsy All this is but horrible Parafiti- call bafenclft that holds a candle to the Time; no to kindde a Sacrifice Tor : goT ;O , -r ' The fircofthe Sai'Tftuary ncucrvventoutghat.therfore, H 2 which 147 i-*\^ thefubordi- uahcemepf of Gods Glprr;, and nut cndofi R.ulc^ tO tiw ifOUrXcucll Rc". 1 • t T ^ totmation. ^cc right. I come now to point at the other which is I fubordinate, the Reformation ofVP hat is a miffi, ^ ■ TobeCinfjreatdirorderis a coinn^endabie temper, it ! ouraimebe as right, as our : palTion is ftron g. It is not our !.hcate but our end that com- .imendeththe AdiioPk^ i VN'hen the God of ifrael \ and Iji^ iVVorOlip wercforfa- ' ken. and the flames of Idola- I ^ • :f - try Nexvly vncohgred. 145X try Horribly breaking out in 1 all parts oftheChurchy fbmc ' bringing; firc; lome, fewell; | others, laying it on; and all i the reft repairing thither to , vvanne themfelues at it; vn-1 lefte IbiTie that could not Go, i for halting betxveenetxvo opini- \ ons^ whether God or Balx were the better:'' Eliah then beftirred himlelfe, and be- ftowed the fire balls pfZeale vpon fuch as had been Prin- cipall Adors in this difor- der. But that v/hich iuftified hisadion, was his emi, the remouing of Idolatry, and re-cftablifhing; the truth and true woriTiip of God. This appeares by his owne words vnto'.God himfelfe , / hme beene very iealous for the Lord God ofHofis-.for the children H ^ of y I King. i3 • 150 z I Kin.1;. lO, The fire of the SanSlu arte a Ncli.tj. of Ifrael haue forfaken thy cs- \ uemnty throvone doxcne thine Alters,^ and [htine^thyProfhcts with the jveord. When Nehemiah Hw the j lewes that had taken wiues of „ Aflidod,Ammonj and Moab, I and their children fpeake halfe \in thefpeechof P\.(ht^od^ and could not fpeake in the levees \ Language that according to the ' Language cf each people y ( A ! hodg-potch of both^) he con- ! tended with them, and cur fed I them, and fmote certaine of ' them, and pluck t of their baire, I and made them frveare by God faying, yeeJhall' not giue.jour I daughters to their fonnesfnor j take their daughters for your j fonnes or your felues. ! A ftrong and ftrajoge heate; yet no other then , Seraphicall: for Zeale was his ! Line: I A NeKly v>}Cottered. Line; a I.iwfull calling, his circ inference • and reformat}- o/?,his Center. Paid was not airaid fome- times to vfc the dreadful Axe of Excommunication^ to cut off icandaloiis finners from the Vifible body of Chrift,for a time : but bee neuer durft medle with that edge-toole, but for Reformation. VVriting to the Church of Corinth he coniuredthem//i the name of the Lord Icfits to del'tter vnto Satanthzlncc- Ituous Malefador. Hee meant, by a folemneExcom- munication publikely de- nounced in the face of the whole Congregation : But to what end 'ifor the defruEii- on of theffh^ that the fpirit may hee faued in the da) of the Lord lejtis. Thus alio hee H 4 handled 152 T he fire of the Sur.Uttarie c I Tim. I. ao. d Ptou. e^nfdin Mat.iS, IV<7» cupidus virt' diclx-ifed C9r' nclionis jra.- ttrnt, xy4 Ux,Hales. Sonus ma^ts cttpitmiini" e:m corrigi quam pimri. handled Hymenetts and Alex- ander^ that they might learne ® not to blafpheme. _ To Parents alfo the Wi^ dome of God faith,corf eel thy fonne vohile there is hope. Therefore hee miiftdoe itin hope of his childes amend- ment; not onelyforpreuen- ting his own greifeor fhame, but Gods dillionor, and his childs deffriKSlion. And if this be his aime, Let not his foule [pare for his crying. Magiftratcs then both may and muft puni("h ^ Pa- rents, and Mailers chalbfc delinquents vnder their Charge. And a zealous pu- niiliment of finne (lb hec that vndertakes it, thirft not after rcueng, but profitable corrcdfion ) is not oncly a necdfull but a pious, yea a merciful! ■ Nervly v»cornered. I mcTcifuU worke of .him to whom that Power is com-, , mitted^£G0>l. rn:j:'j X' f When dilcip.hne flcepcs, ■ flntic playes, Rex. h-What ^ can bcc more racrcifull in a : Chyriirgianthen to Laiincc ^u-imQroiiS/jfoarCjOr to fearch a/feltetcd w.onnd to the hot- tome ? He angers the woiinB , to cure tne man, who would ; Qtherwire periili by iparing I his-g.wo.iindrio. . ■ I; But if they^fiaallabufetheir ^ Authority, onely to fliew ^ their Mafterhdod, to vent ' their frantique paflions, and and to. rcucngc diemfelueSi not ayming 'at tli:ejre/(?r/jyif of fiich as they puniflil this is not 2'i?4/c, but tyranny and 'j^ppTcfTidn which .God wtU; .ncud" .put vp.a?( their hand^ jbpt sw/e themlcltBiide r • ' 5 for *53 de . verb.domirf \Ser.i^, S/fiuerttas difciplinx dormUttye' prcjfa diftU pUnafiuit impu*ntj. g ^id tarn piunt qu.im medictu ferci ferramemii ? plorat fcc.tn dus fecx- tur. Vlar.tc vrcndiu &■ V i tu*\ rfttUn era- dtlit.tSiabJft vt fcuitia medici dica lar.Sxiin ia vidmis vt homo fane - , tur^qtda jl vubz'.ti pd' . pcxur homo perdifur, i Jdim ibid. 1 I ?4 ' The fire of the San^ptarte ——1 ; : for it, and at onetime or o- ther, early-or late will be fure to pay them home'4n. their owneboyil^.^• -■ f ' God hath often in ill Ages fo/d his People into the hands of cruel Tyrants whom bee hath vfed as rodds in hU hand ' toftrourge 'thtm. Yet when thefe Executioners haiie vn- dertaken to doe execution vponthem,aymeing at their owne Ends,he hatlieuer pia- gued the Tormentbts with greater Wrath. ifrdel had few Neighbours ; 'VI whole hands at otte time or other were not IteaiiiyX'pon tliem buttriarife cheGonclm 1 lion, and we fhail euerfinde I the rod caft into the fire. o/yl&arvhad a large Com- milTon^tt^ make hauocke of /ttdtt^ffheProphet ^Ajdh fets 1 ? out -■■■ I. .»—■■■■■■ mil— ■ I . Newlj vncouered. 55 out to life the Power which Goi gaue the AfTirian ^ouer | his people^ his abufe of that power ^ and the wofull Gata- i , ftrophe of that ^ abiiie. i O Afirian, the rod of mine \ , iinger^ And t.he^ faffe in their. I hand is mine indignation. ] ■. ; vpill fend him againH an hygo- j criticallnation, and againjl the ' peoples of my rvrath void T \ giue him a charge to take the ; Jpoile and the prey , and to | tread them dovon like the mire inthe ftreetf. \ Here is a CommilHon as I ■ jfirme as might be, which^no : j,;doubt, he would bee carefuh |j ; to execute tothe vtmoft.But I ohiknio^his^ymc-^Horvbeithe \ meaneth not fo^ neither doth his heart: tMnke fo: that is, he meaneth nottoigoe againft Godi .j: iPeopleco M '■ Gods- ftrength, h Ifay I©, J tf' Th- ^re of thtSanUuarie ftirengthj but his ownc 5 nor to Gods end which was to refine them frofn the droile of their finne; but it is in his heart onely to dejiroy, and, to \ cut affixations not' a fevc^ to . make himfelfe the Catholick ; /C//2^,and the onely Monarch ' ofthe World. j But behold the client • I veherefore itffallcome to faffe 1 that vche the Lord hath per for- i mcd his vohole work on Mount Zion, and on lerulalem, hee will punijh the fruit e ofthe (lout heart ofthe King of'hSx- ixaf^and the glory of his high Lookes^ Th c L ord taketh reiiengc vpon the rcuenger, and defkoyes the deflroyer. And fo let all the Churches enemies periHi^O Lord, fin Yea,a which is more rc-- rnarEablci^ coafidcr the hand ofi Newly vneoHere^. | 157 of God vpon furious lehti. \ How fierce hee was aeainft ; w } the houfe of wicked K^hab, j his mafter, wee knOw. How : God had a purpofe to cut oif euery branch of Almbs houfe,' and to roote hiin out as an ' enemiCjWee cannot be igno-' rant; that he meant to do all i this by the Iv/ord of lehit^ '■ whom he had annointed for 1 this very purpole the Scrip- i ture' declares. [h.chron.:i After he had done it, the Iliun 9.7. Lord commends and rewards | him for it to the fourth gene- ration, though were o- thcrwilc a moft wicked man; Becaufe thoU'ha^ done- well^and ^ executed that which ivas right in mine eyetyand ha(l done'Vn- to the- hoiefk of A hah kc cot ding to all that was in-nfipM-ljiart '^ thychiidiedofthefeurthgihe' ration ! T » 1 150 m i.Kin. lo. 3.0. ration fhxll(it vpon the throne of^ ifrael. Would any man imagine there were any flaw in this peece; and that lehu, or any of his, fhouldeuer heare ill for this adf? yet lo, abone fixtie yeares after,euen in the Jeroboam^ his ^reat Grand-child, and the laid but one of his race that fvvayed the SceptetjCodcalleth lehu tothebarre , indites him of ?»«r?/w,and vowes to attenge 'Vpon Jehues houfe the hloud o( " lezreel: that is, as Expofi- tors interpret, that very ftocke of t^hab which God had put in his haiad to pluekc vp by the rootes-.and that ve- ry houfe which hee was to fwecpe, with the^ befome of deftru^^oin,'". Wv. <5^ Why w^as thi^^biit becaufc lehu Nerfly vncottered. ] 159 lehu though hec did Gods j worke , yet he did it with a ! ; bloudie and ambitious mind, i notdeiiring or feeking either ^ ' repentance, or the re-1 ; formation ofthe people,\vho 1 ^ were as eroffe Idolaters vn-! ' / I ; der lehu, as euer they were 1 i ynder Ahah ? When he had i ; thekingdome his worke was ; I at an end,faue onely that hee j [ changed lezabels le. \ 1 roboAms ° Calues. . , o_^2.KiD.je j Thus doth Godtumethe point of his ivvord in the Magiftrates hand , into his I owne bowels , when he di-, ' rccSteth it againft others, not ' for God;but for himlelfe. I And as the cafe Hands thus ' with Magifirates, io, in pro- ' portion, with Parents and : Mafters; they may chaftife, but wQi for theirpleafure ^ as : fathers' J8.29. ido pHcb. ii.s q I. Sam ij 16, r Ibid.ver.ic f rra^fifrt. t ^Ux. Ha ?-59, W.5 «r, b«y58.i.. I'lia. h .y^ferte ah'' ieBo omni ^ timore Glojff Inurlin. i Newly vncouered. i6g ' Euery man cannot fpeake ; like thunder; but eiicry faith- full Minifter muft be, for the ! fiibied of his difcourle.a Boa- I J narges to refradary finners. I Nor laftly, is it any pecu- liar charge ginen to this Pro- I phet * alone; but it reacheth ■ alio to all ApoftleSjBifhops, and Minifters of the word, who muft crie aloud with a full throate; not coldly, but j with fharpnelle and feueritie, reproouing fuch as flatter ' themlelues in their ownede- uices; notobfcurcly, and in , riddles, but fb plainly as all ' may vnderftand: as Occolom padiuj notcth vpon this ! place. I Pauls charge to Titsis is itl ! effedno lelTe,when hee bid- ■ dethhim rebuke rvith all' au- thoritie. It bchoues a Minifter i - I to * Suoi au- tern I/aiaJjic dicitur, fcia- fntu ^poftolu Epfjccpii sm- »ibM ac mi- nisifu verbi ejfe dieium. lTit.i.1 J. 170 in TheoiL in hunc lec. 0- portetcum no i^nani ac re mifii nec cum vUn tiraidi- tite hoc face- re; fed cum Ubertate do' cere & lucre j pare vbi optu' eft. I n Chryfoft. 1 horn. I id Tit-' fS '"f a-; et.]^ fTnTtLy-l fjst.tTtyol7riip'\ i fJCO'XO^.if 1 ■m'eyet, "?• ; 1 orXtonHThs, ] -yei t!77* TO i ^(K-nof £( •mc ^xKemj jyjutTU dv- SsjT/af ^ f/.ertt «fs«' at OT\X«f Tttvjti d/J7Vy 'fmrdTTeir. 7ke fire of theSaKciuf.rie to do his ckitiCjiiot fliiggifhiy and rcmifly, or with any fcare^bntto teach, andthun- der out reproofes freely when need requireth, laith ■" Hheodorct, There are ibine fins quoth Chrjfoflmej which muftbe cxprclTed, enen withakinde of commanding authoritie? The Adulterer, the Fornica- tor, the couetous Mammo- niftmuft thus bee handled. Hot doth the Apofilc fay ■ fimply,rri^«/'^' with authorities but,with all author ityxo iTicw that he would haue Tdm to exerche a uthoritv ouer thefe, with libertie and freedome. To Precepts ofthis kind,we may adde a cloud ofrvitneffes. The time would faile me to tell of Phiriehas, Eliah, C^ii. chaiahf Tiehemiah, leremiahs and Netvly vncouered. ) ! and all the fcruants of God ofi I old, of vvhofe fcruice in this i kinde done vpon rebellious j finners, hiinfelfciaith,*/^!i«(f * hevcen them by the Prophets: I hauejlawe them by the^ words of my mouth. What boldneffe our Lord himlclfvfed towards the Pha- rihesand others, when need required, the holy Euange- lifts plentifully fliev/. How oft did hee rebuke the Phari- ' fies to their heads, charging i them with dunfticall blind- • nefte,deepc and curled hypo- ' crifie^denouncing manywocs againftthcni; calling them, hypocrites t a generation of Fi- pers^ children of hell, and of the Diuell. Zealous Paule was neuer I more mad in per fecutingthc-J ! Church from Chrift, then af- 12 ter 172 j The fire ef the San^arte ter hisconuerfion 5 hee was bold and fierce in a godly maner, againfi: all that would feeke to turne men fr5 Chrift. Oblcrue his carriage towards Elimas the Sorcerer to turne Sergitts Paulus, Depu- //VofPaphos, fiom the ° faith. The Text noteth of Paul that he was filled with the holy Ghofi-^ ( meaning with zcalc, euen as a velfell filled with ftrong liquor J till it be readie to burft againe:)that he fet hii eyes ipon htm, with fo ' much fiercenefie, {as if hee meant to run through him.) | And then after this ligb.tning he addeth that terrible thun-1 dtox-^Ofullof allfuhtiltie^ and \ mifchiefe^ thou child of the di- \ uell^ thou cnemie of all righte- oufneje^ wilt thou not ceaffe to peraert the right wayes $f the Lord? Nor Newly vncouered. Nor was he thws fu/I of the I Spirit oftheLorfandofiiidge- ' ment, to declare vnto curled histranfsrcllioiis one- ly, hut euen to reproue Vtter \i\\\\{d[{z-^veith(lAndiKghim to the faccy and blaming him be- fore a great multitude of Pe- ters owne Dilciples^when hee Iciw and found th^t he walked not 'Uprightly according to the truth of the P Gojpell. Indeed I confelTe that S. did cunningly watch his time to do it, when none of the Colledge of Cardinals could be by to refill him. But yet for all this, it was well for Paul that he died before Ba- ronim liu.ed; or ellc the Car- dinall would haue Ichooled him, and taught him better I manners; although itfhould ; haue bene with putting the I I 3 lie j m q Sentci. ^uiicbo pec canti maia. JuA cftcnderci vitia eim, fi non excidcro, inhibebe. I Sup. CMt S«i-.44 Etc- nim fi amas Deminumle- fum toto car de,KU>cquid (i -uidiru ei:c inimids con Xtmptum^ ferre vUete- ntu iequo dm mo poterui &c. Plal.Iip. ijp T he fire of the SaK&ttarie lievpon the holy Ghoft him- felfe, for being fo bold with their god Pefer. It was the refoliition of an Heathen Diuinej S /w// be^ fo hold to tell an offender his faults J if 1 lop not his vices ^ I veillyet inhibited them. And fhall this bee thought too much for a Chriftian, and a Diuinetoo^ to attempt? Ifthou lo.ue the Lord lefus with all thine heart, faith de- MowtS.Bernard^canlt thou poffibly beare the iniuries and contempts put vpon him with any patience? wilt thou not rather, as one rapt with the fpirit of reuenge & heate, and like a migbtie man that fhouteth by reafbn of wine, bcftirre thy relfe,and fiy with Dauid; Mj zealc^j hath con' fumed me ^ hecaufe mine ene- mies Newly vncouered. 17? i mks h,t us forgotten thy word, j ; Good Detit 'd^ if he cfpied 1 ;any that were enemies to j God, hee would neuer make ! daintie vpon any politique | refpedls to proclaime him-1 felfeata enemie to them. Bo j not T. faith he, hate_^ them, 0 ' Lordy that hate^ thee^ and am 1 not I grieued with thofe that rife vp a gainf thee^ ? Tea I hate_j them with aperfeB ha- tred: I count them mine ene- mies. Asifheefhouldfay, faith I ^ Gregorie-^ Confidero Lord j how much I lone thee, that I am not afraid for thy fake to j ftirre vp ail the emnitie of I thine enemies againft my I felfe, by hating them for ha- ; ting thee. And is it now the j part ofa foole to do the like? I If we more fcrioully think i I 4 ■ on P&Lij?. CHom.g.iu Ei^ky'Penjs. 1 quantum te dtligOi qui tuorumhsftii* contra me excitare in* viicitias Hon fertimtfco, &c. X']6 , Thefire of the SitnBuarie on this dutie,\/Vho,or what fhould hinder any (eriiant of God from fuch a boldnelfc? Good men, they will not dif like, but praiie him for it. I ' Wicked men themfelues loue to fee the whip cling ; clofe to other mens backs: r and can applaud, oft times, , that boldnefle which draw- ; eth bloud at euery droake, , fo themfelues bee not ton- ched. This conuinceth the world that boldneffc^ of it felfe is ' good, and would be relillied ' of all, iT fome were not too j back It is onely mens bad- j neffe that maketh boldneife I bad. Corrupt ftomacksturne J the beft meate into ill hu- ' mours. The Cooke cannot : helpe this, but the Phyfi- j tian. 1 As Newly vncenered. T-77 As for fuch as without caufe take offence hercat, why fhoiild they be feared? What, for their power of hurting? Nay: God will pro- ted his leruants , till they haue done their worke, from all the fr t bulls of Bafan, be their necks ncuer fo ftrong; their rage and furie, neuer j j fo great. Witncfle his pro- j I tcdion of Elmh from lezA- \ j bel 5 of Chrift, and the j i pofflesthe bloudie Pha-1 i rifles, and fo of all his fer- j I iiants, till his counfell was fulfilled J and their taske per- formed. Till then, there is no way to let in enemies vpon a man, but by his owne cowardife.If he ftand it out,he is fafr; ifhe yeeld, he periflaeth. That of the Lord to leremi^-j is a I%5 pfeg-. t ler. !• Vetfe 17. VerfeiS. The fre of theSanSluxrie pregnant proofe of this fee- ming Paradox. When the Lord fent hini to thunder out heauy plagues againft a rebellious people that were come to that height of impietie, that they durft 1 oppoft the Prophets, and perleciite them for telling them of their finnes, and de- nouncing iudgements a- gainft them^God forewarnes and annes him thus. Thou therefore gird vp thy loines^ andarift andJpeake vn- to them all that I command thee: he not difmayed at their faces Jefl I confound thee before them. For behold I haue made thee this day a defenced Citie, and an iron piliar and brazen rvalls again/} the vehole land^ against the Kings of ludah, againft the _ Prin-. Newly vncouered. Primes thereof^ a^aiffjl the_j I Prieflsthereofagainjl the ' people of the land. \ K^nd they(hxll fight Agarrtfl \ thee, hut they fhsll not preua 'tle \ again (I thee: for I am rvith ! thee, faith the Lord, to deliner ; thee. j Ic is a certaine truth that neucr faileth j all the malice ' of men can neuer ftop the mouth ofany feruant of G od, till God himfelfe conclude him; and till the euent make it appeare that God biddeth him leaue worke. Then,ma- lice may remoue him, when God hath difcharged him; but yet then alfo Godrewar- deth his feruice out of the very malice of his enemies. Their malice fhallbee made i his ftirrope,by which he get- teth vp to a greater good, 1 then i8o The fire of the Santluarie u Greg j j i no ojoef 1 ai^eiap » much as no man, without K this. n.fi'Tny ttK- 1 i£L- la ijiu,qu£ vtrum bono an maloani'^ mo fixnt [ci^ renonfoffa- nua, metiM eft vtadfar tern dextram naUrum ani- mum decli' mmtu: t^uia toUerabiUui eft not in hoc frf-finiri,& eos quimaii Juat bont$ ejpt credamus qii/im ex conm fittudtae iu ditandt etiam de honU quod, mdum tu fufficemur, sAug.Sfr.de Temp 202. Caluinin lob' 119. ^uidfrittS Kobii ex hoc loco diftendu tflVrimum noH omntm iram condc' nandarr tffi ' ^<8»» vide mas aliquem iraki & ex tideftere. The fire of the Sanffurie thiSjCan eafily vndertake any action with any great praife, or virtue. He therefore con- dened only fuch fiery tepers as with the fiievv of a gene- rolls fpirit had alfo temerity and imprudence the mother of impudence ioyned with it. And now bccaufe radi PalTion, and holy fury are fo like one another in the face, it is a very difficult and pe- remptory taske for any be- ' holder to diftinguifh them ; by that- and therefore very : vncfiaritable it were to bee | hafty in ccnfiiring fuch as are ^ bold, andftout, and in fome ! degree pafllonate in the Ser- uice of God, to bee Cholirick men, hauing no other fhew of ground to CO demn them. * am femp'er vitio imfutundam ejfc,vtlideas coMtemptores dei qui dicemtjNumqaidvero fictunsu'tuaaduiNimquidfic itafccadii eft'uenaefliKidit d' quiet* ratione tl-pote/i > &c. vide Ucum. Kewly vncoHered, 195 If their outward heat pro- ceed from any falle fire, God and their ovvne hearts onely are priuy to that; and they JfiHd or fall to their owns LMa- \ fter. In this cafe it is iaieft ; to fudge nothing before the ! time^ If wee obfenie in fiich 1 men a conftancy oftemper : againft all hntie, as well as a- 1 gainft any,efpecialy in them- fellies, as well as in others: it were breach of iuhice to I deny them the prafe of true : 7xalous men. I To concki !e this caution, and this point. We may \angry,{owtfinnenot. And if ;our anger bee onely againfl finne, we finne not to be an- gry. The xnl&oiGregory this cafe is excellent. In the punifliment of finne, anger muft not rule, but ferue; that K 2 it i 7. Greg.Mtigk moral 6, Jn correftio ns viuorum jubfjfe debet iracuftdta na pxejfe. It exeiuttovcm influite do' minaitdo not frieuemat, fidJiinmlan dofuhfequt- tun i$)5 7 ke fire of the Sancluarie it may not run before Iiiftice as a furious Lord to preuent it; butcomcbehindcas an humble Seruant to excite and ftirre it vpto a due execu- tion. CHAP. vir. of D/fcret/e», ofDifcrcti' 'He fecondParti- <"*' I cularwherewith ! Zeale muft bee perfedlly tempered, is Dtf. ! cretion^ the lafeft Chariot ' for a man to ride in through i the rough waies of this dan- j gcrous world. The ptaiTe A Gracc tran(cendent,and more fitly ffiled the Soue- .raigueofVirtues,then apri- ' uatc Nevolj v*tcoHered, I iiate Virtue/ Fake away this, I and virtue will tiirne vice: as j ^ * ;i"he beft flefh without Salt j will fboiie putrifieand ftinke. j What we doc with dilcretion is a virtuous a£tion : but in- dilcretion euer lends Virtue away with a fcratcht Fice,^ & a blot. Lawes in gene rail giue bounds to actions to make them good, but Difcretion giucs Lawes euen to good I adlions to make them better. Our Paflions be like wild horles; difcretion^xsa. Miner- UAS bridle for her winged Pegaffij, to CLirbe and guide them. Without this , fbrrow would tiirne into delpaire, feare into terror, loue into blindneidc, hope into pre- fumption, anger into fury, K 3 mirth ^97 a Difcreth n^n t.im vir tai quam mtdintrix virtutumitol- U hanc^ virtui viliii erit.Bern. Suf CamStr. hf^irtas enim itdifcrctt pro tith dc' fiitawr lu ■ doTt ip8 The fire of the SaaSlttM'ie * Caluin. in lib ji. Com. 119- ^mmuu %f lusdeiinao' mirth into madnefieiand the whole houfes of our foules would bee nothing elfe but I kcnnells ofdiforder andcon- fufion. And as this is ofvfc in all graces J fo in Zgale efpccially. *Our crafty Aducrlary^when our Zeale would make warre vpon him, hath no better ftratagemthen to bereaue vs umenpecca. of this little/^/z/Tej', of wboiTi n modurn , . r • T \ C \ txcedmu!, he ismoreairaidthen oitne "SmIZ-T's Greateft Cyclops that we can Prudwa ip- ii-nploy againft him. tur^modt'\ r \ ^ 11* rT>»*r ratiotnoo I Vnderitandthis oiDilcre- ' tion mingled with Zeale. Dil- ! crction and Zeale do wcll,to- gethcr; but ill, afunder.Zealc without dilcretion, is but frantick fury. Dilcretion without zeale is but moathy- i pollicy that eates out the heart of all true piety. An ex- ample Ne r»ly vncouered- ample ofthe former we haue in Simeon Leaiiofthc lat- ter, in wretched Ga/I/o^ who tooke k to be high point of dilcretion to make light of ' Religion. And to fiy truth, in theiri natures they are both fo bad, as it is hard to fay, which of the two is the worfo. Yet, (if we defire to compare two bad things together ) in e- uent, difcretion withoitt; Zeale, proues the greateft Cut-throate to Religion.' This, carries a fhew of wifdome, moderation and an admirable temper; and lay- ling vnder thefe Colours, it iecretly conueyes away all life and power of Godlinelfe out of the Land, fafter then fome crafty Dutch men, our Gold and Silucr. K 4 Ahahs 199 c Aa. 15.IO. Tlie coun- tetfctt of L'.itrction - 200 d I Kino. T'i^f fire of the SaK^uarie ^hahs Chaplaincs were very difcrecte in this kind. Theyjfeeing him a paflionate violent man apt to warre and cumbuftion,held ita very difi. creet part to Ipeake nothing that might diftafte or crolle his humor. C^tichAkh^ they thoijght, was booke enough to inflrud them, and teach them more wit then to vex their Mafter. They eafily dilcemed Mtchaiahs plainclTe ncuer did good : but cucr puUM the Kings difpleafure -.and hatred vpon himfelfe. Of this meale-mouth'd temper was the MefTcnger, lent to call Aiichafa.h to the King. Hce thought hee had taught him atrimmepeece ofWiledome, when he laid vnto him The words of the Prophets decUre good vnto the Kwff O NeVfly vweuered. 20I K.f»g vpith one mouth: Let thy 1 V0ord^Ipray thee Jbe iike theirs^ i and Jpeake that vohich u good'. j meaning that which might i pleafe. 1 But Michtiah knew well j that this felfe-loue diicretion ■ tended to the mine of ^hah j and his Kmgdomeyand there- 1 fore he earneftlyproteftcd a- j gainft itjSi refolued to ipeake ^ that, and that onely which the Lord fhould command : him; ® let the King take it as he would. Such gentleneifc feemes for a time to bee without teeth: but in the conclufion it will bite like a Serpent. This dilereet indiicretion co d Ahah his life; and manyjthei" blond. Michaiahs down-right counfell and indifcreet dn- 1 cretion would haue faued all. K 5 Such e V'crfe 14. , 202 The fiee oft h e SantlMorie fAmoJ7.?. V«fi! 10. Vctfe IX Such a meffe ofDifcreti- onwasthatalfo of tempori- zing i^miziah the Pr/eji of BetheL When began to Prophecy there, againft xhthigh pUces of ^ Ifiak, the Sanfiuariesoflfrasl, and the hottfe of Jerohoum great Grandchilde to lehw^ Amazi- ah accufed Amos to the King ofnolelfe then high treason, and that hee had fpoken fuch n>0rds as the LatiA was not hie to bearethem. In hisopinion,doiibtleiie, it was great indifcretion in Amos to choofefuch a Theam for Court: and therefore thought he vfod him kindly when he gauc him this coun- fell; O thou Seer, goe,fiee thee away snto the Land of ludah, and there eatebread, and Pro- pheey there. But Prophecie not any Nevflj vncofiered. my more at Bethel for tt u the Kings Chappelly and it is the Kings Court. It feemcs by x^mazuh that Kylmos his faiilt was a great one indeed j that it was not fafe to exercife his mini- ftry any naore, nor fo much as to abide within any ofthe Kings Dominions, But I pray, what was it? Why, i^mos hadfaidy lero- boam (had die by the frvord^ and Ifraell Jhall furely bee led arc ay captiue out of their Land. A great ouer-fight I promife you. What had K^dmes fo little difcretion as in the Kings owne Court to tell wicked leroboam\v\\ox was comming vponhimielfe and his Kingdome, and fo trouble him with apuleing Tragedy of repentance and humiliation 203 Vstfe ij. 204 I The of thcSan^UHrte humiliation to preueiit the mifchiefe ? Nay thruft fuch a mad man out at the Gates bv head and llioiilders, and exile him for euer, j More difcreetjin their owne i opinionSjWaslolly AmAzUh, j and the reft of leroboams i Treacher-ChjiplAincs , who would haue fiiflfcrcd this gulfe to haue ftvallowed vp both Prince and State, without giuing them the leaft inck- ling of any fuch danger, vii- till it were too late to auert, or auoid it. Such Temperate men, or rather fpaniel-like Para- fites are but fecrct Traytors, that lb they may get into the Chaire of preferment, they can bee content to betray their Mafters into the hands of theDiucli, v^ho\c Agents they Newly'Vficeuere^, | 20^ rhey arc , to ^rengthen th(LJ { hAn^ of in! quit k to Icade ■ Princes blind-fold to hell. It' is a wonder jif a flatterers Ser- ; mon haue no Treafon in it. j This is as far from the difcre-' tion ere while commended, i as the foLileft vice from the : faircft vertiie : as the bafcft j pibble, from the choyceft ie- j well. It is feparated from zcale, this is enough todif^ grace it to all good men,{ince ' it can be no other, but Rom.8.7. voifedome of the world which is §1,7.' emnitie a^Ainfl God» i chanta- Grauely, g Bernard. Dii- tuferuoreu cretion without the fcruor i of telle, lycth ftill without addion, and vehement heate prx- • ^ J r vr • cipttafjcieo^ without t!ie temper or dilcrc- uadtHiuiji, tion,tumbleth VhActhon head- lone. Therefore he onely de-; ferueth praife that poirelfeth 1 trigJ,&dij ^ 1 U cretio feruo' DOtUj I remregat, ^ / The fire of the Seale, \ The firft circumftance v;hich Difcretion diredeth PerfowF-vho zeale to regard, is that of the Per Ions we meddle with, i And thefe,Difcretion loo-1 keth vpon with a twofold re-: fpedl: the one the o- ther Ciuitl. j By the firft, fliee confide-! reth them as Coed, or B^d-^ and the bad,againe,as Primie or Publicke^ offenders 5 and both thefe forts, as they of- fend, either of infirm 'tUe ^ or refolntioss and malice. By the fecond, fhe rcgar- deth them as they are ranged in their feuerall and different Rankes: fome htin^Publicke, andfome Priuate'SovCiZ ahoui vS;ferae ^gid. Car* (er.tn Orat, Trio txparte corrtpieftus dtbent ejfe, (^c, prima eft ccrtapeccati ccgnititjl^c. 212 Tl^e fire eft be SayiBuai-ie iuftly. How will he fiie in a mans face, and crie out, you veron^ me. And as glad of the occaidon to be put out of his Patience ^ with incelTant cla- mors J how will h e ftop yoii r mouth J that you fhall not! pofTibly faften any reproofe j vponhim for other things,! whereof he cannot deny him- (elfe to be guiltie ? How will he infult and railc after he is gone? How will he trample vpon the face of all zeale and religious rebukes ? Nor will it enrage wicked men onely, but vexe good men alfo to bee thus vied. When/^«^ priuily ftole a- way by night from Laban-^ vpon which occafion Lahans Idols were mifltng, (for Ra.- chel had flolen them away;) Labmn had fome caufe to ghdfe is j Newly vncouered, ! ghclTe that Jacob was priuie to, ifnot guiltie of this hor- rible facrilcdgc (as Laban eftecmed it) becauie hee was j the contriuer of the plot, and i firft in the fid of running a- : way in fo vnkind and vnnatii- , rail a manner, I When feriiants run away, jwe presently lookc vp our things. If any thing be mif. I fing, wee lay it to the run- awayes charge. Lab an did no more in a cafe which moft i ncarcly concerned him, as he foolifhly thought.Azff(j^confi- dent of his innocencie,alIow- cth Laban a leucrer Inquifi- j tion then would haue ftood with the lafetie of his fiireft ; lewell, if iTie had not bene j moreflibtill then innocent, i But when through Rachels cunning, the fault obiedcd i ' could 214 The fi>'e of the Saittiuartc o Gcti.J 1.3^ could not be proucd, though done J wh^.t a heatc lacoh was in-,towards his fatlier in Law, the ftorie declareth./jco^ rv.is To ,that hechodi^jvpith Laban ° himfelfe. i denicnot, but we may vpon fome ftrong prefump- tions, charge a ftult on him we ftifpefil:. But then we mull; be fure that the partie be vc- ry ingenious to confclTe it,if guiltie,and not to denie with a lied fthey be brafen face fin- ners, qr othcrwife cunning, and do know or fufpeft that we do but fifpedl them, they will make no bones to aide more finncs to the firft; and defperatcly fault in fwearing, to fweare out a fault3 be they guiltie or not. And further, we mull; alfo then be very wary and mild, paling Newly vncouered. dealing by way of queftion, or fuppofition, Sicompafllo- nate griefe to heare, or feare fuch things by them, as we charge them with; and ap- plying admonition^ coun- (els in ftead of reproofes. Let vs (erioiifly think with our ielueSjhow we could poi^ fibly brookeit from any man lining, that he lliould befo light of beliefe, as by and by to kill vs in his heart vpon the hearing of euery Aim- flam tale brought vnto him by fome malitious Doeg, or backbiting Zll'a. Would it not enrage our fpirits to fee our good names hanged vp in chaines in the places where we liue, and as malefedfors rotting before our eyes j when many times the thing obie^led and belee- lied. Nervly vncottered. 217 I admonition, if thou know he i hath failedrHe onely directed , thee to the manner, and en- I ioynedthee to do it as he bad : thee. If thou negledt it, thou j art worfc then hej if S. Aujiin f ''can iudge, I Thy brother by finning hath wounded himfelfe, and wilt thou (icipifc to put thy hand to the cure ? He perifli- {eth before thine eyes., and j canft thou negledt him ? If ' thou canft; thou art more in fault by thyfilcnce, then hec J by that fiult which jliould j haue opened thy mouth. Re- I ifilihg is bad, but filcncc is worfe. But yet remember the rule: it muft be as the fault was. Secret. And as it is done in ft- crct, fo it muft be kept,with- out blazine after it be done. L A tSer.^C. de t/erb^Dom-Si tieglexeru, ; feter es.'fUt j iwurtam graut fe if/um vuU nerepercyjfflii ; tu vulnti* fratris tui j covittmnu'Cru I eumvidtipe j rire ^ negU- ; gu'Veiartt i tacendo quant '■ ide conuninn- i do. 2i8 j ThefireeftheSdJi^arie A man were as good to re- I proue piiblickly, as publilli a I priuate reproofe. fAuguft^oid' The fame Father ^ brings ' forinftancethe dealing of lo- feph with the blelFed Virginc CMirie^\\\% efpoufed wife.He fufpefted her of vncleannefle, becauie he (aw herwith childj and yet becauie he onely fuf peded her (at that time ) hee would not proclaime her ihame to the world, But vpos minded priuily to put her tMati.tp. \^av0Ay. ' It is true,that Adulterie by the Law of God, was death. And as true, that"lofeph did not thus fauour his wife, as feeking to abule the Law, or allow of her fuppofed tranf- greffion: for the holy.Ghoft beares himwitneffe, that he was a iuji mein. What Newly VHcouered. What was it then which mQued him to ftu Jy fo iccret a coLiifc ? many ihings: his Loue, that he would not bee the firft that fhould pro- claime her fhame, whom he hvid prized at fo deare a rate; his moderation^th^thc would not put her to the vtmoft ex- j tremitie, though ihe abuied I his loue; \\ismfedome^ thaf he would not for taking re- uenge on her priuate faultj be occahon of opening the i mouthes offuch as would be ; too apt, for her fake, to dif i grace Religion which they both zealoufly profelled. I But the chiefe caufe ( as I [ conceiue) was, that as yet the I fault was not diuuleed, nor i w ' taken notice of abroad; and if it did come afterwards to publicke Qbieruation ,j, the I La diicouerie 219 Jke fireoftheSM&aarie dilcoucry fliould bc^not from him J but from the fiulr it felfe, which would dilclofc it felfe J though he concealed it. The rcproning or reuea- lingofafinne J to, or before more then hich as arc priuie ' to it as A(5i:ors, patients, or i abettors in it,is not onely vn- i charitablcjbutvnfafc. j For,firft if thou onely hnow ' thy brothers fault, and yet ihaltfeeke to rebuke him be- fore othcrk, thou doft not lb I much reproue his fume as be- * ihid. tray his" fame, "S''. Sccondly,if he haue onely coramaiijs ' ciuilitie of Haturc , and no ar^serc\ non * c r fjconrSor, workc 01 gtacc to lorce a par- fedfred;tor. : llim,this IS eUOllgh to make an . irreparaWc breach bct^vixt him and thee. FfbrAiding and difclofing of fccrcts^ Newly vKcouered. fccrtts, are olthofe things for vchich euety fi'iend voill ^ de- part. Nothing but grace will t fetch them backe againe. ( Thirdly, oft times by ma- king a fault knovvnc,the lean- dall proues greater to the dc- linqueiit partic , then the ' wrong to thcejanci fometimes , greater then thy felfe did raeanc * it., Faults will runne further then reDentaiice, in the mouthes of men. Euery man will take notice of the offence^ but few, of his Ttif fadion made. Fourthly, if the partie bee eminent for a zealous profef f on ofreligion, then to pro- claime his priuate flips and failings, would not fo much flop his courle of fintae, as open the mouthes of drun- kards , vngodly raylers and L ^ fcoifcrs 222 The fire of the SanBuarie (coffers to peale vpoti all carefull and ftiidious of holy life: and lb Religion it felfe (hall beare the greateft blow. Fiftly, and Laftly, It moft I vdially happenethjthataPer- ! (on thus fhamed (Indies de- y ^ugMd. fence to impudence^yand now u'&%ruT that he thinkes himfelfe irre- Gouerably wounded in his re- rrfo^/t^ot (the onely bounds pr^ verecun- which keepe rhany in ) hee diit iucipitde- . ,' a 1 /" fiiutcrt pic- becomes delperate. And to, TqJTvu he that before was badd, by corriaiorem, mcanes will beeworfe: facupciorem, r i • : Shame once lound is euer 1 loft. ; Fiue Cafes i Wee fee theofDif Illuabe'^di" cfetion touchingpriuate of- couered. fenlcs, and the reafons on which it is grounded. We fhall do well to obferue itj but with thefe exceptions. Firrtj all treafons and trea- fonable i.Cafe. Newly vKcouered. fonable pra(5lifes, againft ei- ther Prince or State, be they neuerfoclofclykept and car- ryedjrnuft be difcouered, al- though we be fure the reuea- ling of it will coft the oflfen- der his life. Better one perifh then many. That God who is fo tender of the honour and fafetie of his annointed, that rather then fo much as a cairfing or reuiling Ipeech vttered a- gainft him, or any in autho- ritie vnderhim, fhallelcape vnpiinifhedj will caiife the very birds of the ayre to currie the voyce, and that which hath wings to tell the ® matter • v/i'l neuerallowit vnto men, to fobieds, efpeciallyChriftian fubieds, to corczale higher offences againft their Soue- raigne, without feucre re- uenge. L 4 He zEcclcC 10. 20* 2Z4 i. Cafe. aAa.sj.i5. '7- fire of the SttK^luArie He that can be content to conceale a Traitor, though butvnderpretcceofavowjor ^ keeping (ecret a priuate Con- feilion, is one of hels-Com- monwealth, and by his pro- felTion a Butcher to the Pope. Secondly,when we know or heare of any plot againft the life of but a priuate perfon, we rnurt.cjo as PxuU kins- »54«,to him, and as r&id by his kins-man to the chiefe Captaine * in the fame caie, Howbcit if wee can re-, claime the offender by pri- uate counfcli &: inftrudiions, and be fure we haue drawne I dm from his bloudy refolu-! tion, and into charity againc; by S. A-ip/yis rule wefhould conceale him , becaufr wee haue wonne him,and preucn- ted the mi'c' defe intended. Other- IVetvly vncciiered. I Otherwilc we muft difdofe ■ him, or bee guiltie of blond. : He that faid , Thou (halt not ' /v/Zjwill arraigne thee at his I Barre as a murtiiercr, if thou i endcauour not to preuent it ; in others to the vtmofl ofthy power. i Thirdly, wlien the olfence is done by him who will not . take a reproofe at our hands^ I or ifhc would, yet we haiie ! no opportunitie to beftow it 1 on him; wc may reueale itjfo it be to fuchas it conccnieth to performe that which we cannot. Eliiih would neucr vouch- (afe lezibel(for ought we can find ) a priuate admonition; becaiifo he kncwtop.vvell Irer pride and hatred againfi;. him. It was wifo Salomons op- L 5 feruation; 215 Thefireofthe SAK^laarie feruation; He that reproueth a fcorner getteth to himfelfz^ (hame'. ami he that rehuketh a rvicked man getteth himfelfe a ^ blot. Scorners will be fure to abwfe him to bis face that vndertakcs to reforme them: and behind his backe will ex- treamely traduce and belie him to others^as if he had of- feted them fome great abufe or otherwife carried himfelfe ridiculoufly towards them. This is all that smne wil returne him that cafteth pear Us ^f/p/'^them.Therefore the holy Ghofts counfell is Not to reproue a [corner left he c verfe 8. j hate ® t hee.hxiA Chrifi forb id s tocaB pearles beforc_j(uc!\\ a Neuerthelelle we fhal do well to complaine of his rooting^to him that is able to put a ring in his nofe. lofeph b Prou.».7 iHCcrreCli* ne firaterua reqtUritur ex parte peccan t'ujpes decor teHione^aUas\ ebligatt4r quit UiLem corripere, t/£.gid. Car- leritu in 0- rai.ante cita- to. Newly vncouered. ill lofeph knew well the ha- tredof his brethren againft him 5 and how much they would haue fcorned a re- proofe at his hand.Therefore, (though hee omitted that which hee had wifedome enough to forelee would haue bene in vaine,yet)when he faw them difordered, brought vnto his father their^ euill-report.- Fourthly, when a priuate admonition hath been giuen, arid it doth no good, but that the partie offending goeth on ftill m his finne 5 then the ' rule is, to Take with thee one., or trvo more'. And if hee {hall negle5l to heart them^to tell it to the^ church. In a defperate di{ea{e,when one PhifitiaiT hath tryed his skill, we commonly, ioyne one. d Gen. jy.i. 4.Caie. >7- azS Tke ^fe of theSanSltfAfte f nit'u fecrete «li feccits corri^i Kf^i gtt, ^ublice ttrgnendiueftx ^ vulrtus ^uod occutii fanari mfcit, m.iniftUt dehent emen dart Ijador. I g i-Tjm. J. 14' one, or more with him : So here. He ^ that hath been fe- cretly admonirncd and neg- ledcth to reforme, is to bee rebuked in publickc j that fo 1 that wound which could not be clofed vp in lecret, may be more publickly handled and healed Fiftly, when the oflfendcrli is not immediatly vadcr orir! felueSjbut ibm e other,it is no -{ oiTcnce to reueak him to him ■ who (by vertue of his more immediate power);is likely with more authoritierj and; better, fucccffe:; yp! rep-rpijic-, liiiix ' ^ ■ None fo Fit to jaampnlfn the wife as the husbvan4! therefore E//ab goes to Ahab,^ not lezabel. And though rvomtn vosrc^ fir^- in thc^ btranfgrejffon f yet Godbq- gam Newly VKCouere^, gan CO reckon firft with the " rmn. None (b proper to chaftife achilie as the father j there- fore God (ends Sxmuel vnto Ely^ not to hisSonncs. Nor is any foinccte to reproue a Seriiant, as the Goiieraorofj the family, and therefore A- i bnhum repaires to Lot^ 'and not to his Scruants. j It is no back-biting toTe- raeale to a man(if hee be wife, religious, and Iouing,)che er- rors ofhis neereft atid deered feiends; nor of aSeruant, to ■his M^fter; nor tpfchiidren-, to their father ; if there bee need ofreformationjand that there be either nooportiini- !ty, ;or elje no, hope.oif doing.:: ■tlacfl]^r;^b: itinjch good- felfijes, as ![riiight-bec;do>ntf ■ -hyii ■ ta)vinSthis.courfcj ■ , • ■ ■. j' Thefe !l hOen.j.j. T he fire of the SanClnarie Thefe cafes excepted, wee may bound the taxation and fhame ofa priuate fault with- in the circle of a priuate re- proofe. I haue yet one thing more to adde, before I leaue this point. As offences of thefe kinds muft not be concealed j fo the leaft peccadillo's, the fh'ialleft aberrations muft riot be fuffered without fectct re- buke. It is an error in that difcre- tion which thinkes men fhall do well to wink at fmall faiilts. And it is a great fault in him that will not beare a reproofe for the Imalleft offence. It is common with men to thinke therrifelues iolly fal-' lowest,if thev b^ free from the^ grolleout-ragfes of die world,' which ciuill men cty fhame on Newly vncoHered, on: and as commonjto think him very bufieandmalepert that fhall taxe them for fuch fmall matters as are lefTer oathes, rafhfpeeches,wanton talkjlafciuious imbraceSjidle- nefle, vanitie, carelefirefle in frequenting Gods houfe (b oft as they might, flacknelle in comming with the firft when they come at alljvnpro- htablenelTfr in hearing when they are there^and athoufrnd fuch little bodkins that yet will kil C33 ■C- 2?4 T he pre of the SanSluarie 1 Greg.Nai^ ti Orti.de moderitt dif JiHt. g^oir TSa'jr' fti «• J^uStf xa- Uleti ^9 'O^Oor rct^cuf "Ktet, ^aiiisav»,tC- ly ^etyujuoj 7««- THC forry weeds grow a pace. Though no man bee at his worft prefently^; yet on the fudden^he growes too bad. Nor is it lb eaiy to beate a theefe out of doores, as to keepe him oiitofthehoiife; nor to defend a breach, as to maintaine the Citty after the Enemie hath entred; nor to fhake off finne, as to preuent it. ^ Bruite Cattell will with more dilficultie bee kept in their owne pafture, after they haue once broken the hedge. An eafy Bull will tolTe the ftrongeft dogg fo high that he will be in danger to breake his bones in the fall, lb long as the dogg is loole, and hath taken no hold j but let the dogg once come within him and faften on his lip or nofc, then (though the dogg were none \ _x Newly v^caueredt 235 noae of the ftrongeft) he will eafily hold the fiercell Bull that heefhall not bee able to ftirre. And a weake Chriftian may with more eafe keepe his heart in order, then the llrongeft Champion with greateft labour can recouer his heart from the leaft difor- der. The wildeft horles after feme vie to the liable and fad- die will leemefo tame, as if they meat not to ftir though you fhould not tie them or laold them. But let them once out of your hand, and you will finde worke more then enough to take, and tame them againe; whereas before you let them loofo, a little childe might haue ledd them. Yet this is nothing to the danger The fre efthe SA^Slft^rie danger and- difficulty which the beft man aliue fhall findc inmaftcriug hi? paffions and afteftions a fecond timCjifaf- ter once fubduing them, hee I fliall aduenture to pull the I bridle off their heads to let them fetch but a Careir or; two either in their old or new i paftures offinne: j Yea hee fhall findc it an| Herculean Labour,to lay hold' on bis heart and to take it vp from the grolfeftfinne, if hee happen but vnawares to let the reynes fall out of his hand, though neuer fo little, and he firiue inldantly to catch them againe, before one would thinke his heart could poffibly leele it felfe loofe. Againe, motes in the eyes of a zealous Profellbr ofpiety appeare Ne^ljf vnccuered. 237 appeare as beames in the Worlds Pcrlpediue glalfc. Men will be ready to let Hy a great volly of (coifes and bit- t .-rreuilingsat a godly mans fnalleft frailties : Why then fhonld the Gallant, the rer,thei!coiferthinkemuchto | be reprouedhimlelfe ?But ef- I pecially why fhould the god- ; lie man take it ill to be told of 1 his Idler faults? I Tne Icaft flip off'.ch a man as takes vpon him to b:e n \ guide to the blmde ^ and alight to them which are in darknejfe, will open the moiithes of, Gods enemies toblafpheme jiis Name. A vainc word, a little paifion, a iitt'c cone- toufr.elle, a litt'e niggardli- nelle,a little lightnefle,a little liberty in him, will weigh hcauier in the prophane mans ballance / 2?8 m Mat. 7.5. Publique of- fences. "The fire of the S^ncluarie 1 Befure that they be flich. ballance then his own impie- ties of the largeft fize. And though it be true that fuch as haue greateft beames in their owne eyes will make the leaft mote, abeame in a- nother mans-, yet our Sauiour coiinfelleth to ""pa// ont the mote , as well as the heame. Hauing thus declared the taske which Diicretion fet- teth out vnto Zeale touching priuate offences ^ I come,ibW; to the handling of thofe that ^rtptthlique. To this belong two things. An ^(furanc^ that the fault be publique: A Direfiion how to handle it when wee know it to bee fuch, Firft, hee fure the fault hee puhliqite. Be not too hafty in thy decifion, make a diligent inquifition, and when it is 1 manifeft' Nemlj VKcoueted. j manifeft vnto thee that the fault is indeed fuch as it fee-i meth; then reproue,and fpare | not, faith ° Chryfoftome. '» chnfoUM There are foure waiesby ' hom.if. j which an OTence may bee made publiart^,and ib accoun- ^ J ' I 5roW.iit mt ted I I a'xQffidac Firft, by the euidence of the fa£V, either when the oF fcndor is taken in the very;^^r.»»r or when othcrwife the ' fault proclaimes it ielfe after it is done, becauie it cannot behidd. Secondly, by a common rumor and publique fame rai- led by Peribns of credit,either out of knowledge, or ibme ftrong prefumptions. Thirdly, by theConfeifi- on, or impudent boafting of the offender himlelfe. Many fuch fhamelellc beafts vnfit and 24° o lob 1.7. I I. How fuch I an offence nnufl bee handle J. I p I Tim.j. 20. I q T)e verb. dom.Ser.1^, iipKcxtam, I publicttm tj'i Cr upertutTty I fublice cor- I ZifiCy^CM I The fire cf the StinE}»:irte and vnworthy to iiiie among i men, there are, wholiketbe i theDeuilihimfelfc, °glory m their fijime. Fourthly, by the entring K^nd profecuting of it in any publique Court of ! luftice. ' When a fiidt by any of j tbcfe Vv'aies becomes pub- I liqiie, Zeale may fafely pro- I ceede in a ^uhlique manner a- gainft it, lo as others who hauc taken notice of the fault, I and taken offerxc at it, may alio be witfielfcs of the re- proofe, and rec eiuc fatisfadfi- on. This is Saint PahIs owne rule to Tvncthy; Thofe that finne, v rebuke before all^ that others mny fear e-HlrM is,thole that fmne before ad, rebuke before all, as Savm'I/Iuftin^ Chrifflome^ Nevfl) vncoHered. 241 ' Chrif$flome^ and others ex- pound the place. In what Place and forme this is to be done fhall be de- dared hereafter. Meane while, for the thing it felfe, Piiblique reproofes raiift bee dirededtopublique offences for thefe Reafons: Firft, lupce wills that fin j fhould there receiue death, where it receiiied life, and I gaue offence. Notorious : Malefadors doe vfually fuf- I fcr in the place they offended, ■ that fo the People wronged 'may recciuemore ample fa- ■ tisfadion. Secondly, the huwUiation of the offender requires it too. Hce whom no man checks for his offence, will hardly blame himfelfe, or thinke hce hath defeni'd * it. M Thirdly, r Cbrifiji. hom.iS in 1 Tim, C^Aa^fl.de verb.d^, Scr. i6.f^l>iceH- mg*. t enim fibi videtur feccare do 4 nulla cerrifitur. Idem, 241 fit's of the SdK^uarte Thirdly, thepreuenii^go^ greater and more outragious ! finncs. He that reproues not! open faults, opens a gapp to more defperate attempts. " And he that when hee may, » ®7fp ,5 forbids not finn£, commands ctVKin'c *«- jj • TUk^'teir r^ir. Vpon thefe grounds the' rf,c Apoftle chargeth, and ciien coniureth Tmrnhy before God, and the Lord lefui Chrifi^ and \^is-ti-sa Ml- the eleci e^ngels^ to cbferue I (among other things) this, Trag'^'ui 'hvithoHtpreiudiceor rp&rti&U-1 nm vrtat fj-m ' n^Z'tiT ^ But it will bee obicded,! y I Tjm.j.ii z chrifofiome,xh3X Chrift' ■^Uid.vtfu J.Q andtelUnr bro- ^ I ther hitwcenehim (fr ourfelues I alonebut he permits him' nsjiu alfo to bee rebuked in the: Church'too. Ifneede require. xxwnV ix<>- But is not that a greater i fcandall t . Newlj vtconered. 243 fcandall to reproiic him fo openly? No furcly. If the fault I he publiqiie,lt were a greater i offence to the beholders that j fuch a finne fhould efcape a- ! way without any blow at all. : Indulgence to the bad, is op- prcllton to the'' Good, Zeale then is v/arranted by diicretion her felfe to giiie re- proofes in publique.Howbeit that Zeale may make no error in a lawfull thing,' Difcretion requireth a man to confider tliedifpoiitions ofthe Parties offending, whether they did " offend out of inHrmity andhy I oc'cahoQ of feme fad Jen ten- 1 . - P mitiiieeuim tation; or rather out or piir-1 ;.pbfe andfet'edrefolutionuand ' accordingly to temper his | fiuUio b Bonis nocn qw malU panit.6enec, Bhti-of. y'idt iiiOtJdqmn urin,'j. m * Grcg.mt- rai'Mu.iyca. iL,s/iUud eji precf^iUtha ncycuiud ae A^eraif^ne peccare. S4'p€ tmm jHt-catum precti'itatio- yjs comrmiU' tur, quouta me» concdio ^ delibera- none dar/tfM tin'.Bx infir- reproofes. qieccA) e,tit I It it be a finfjeof hfirmhy^ | the party muft bee han'dled %. t -..u 'mare. M a with 244 cGal.tf.i, The fire of the SanElurie with allcompafiioKjf a the Apoftle, = het ottcrtaken in a faulty yeervhichareJpjrituall j reflore [uch an one tn the (pi- rit of meekneffe, cenfidering i thy felfe leafi thou alfo be temy- ted. The fame fault may be£ir worfe in one man then in a- nether J by reafbn oftheir dif- fercntdifpofitions; * the one offending ofweakncflejthe o- thcr ofmalice. It is therefore ^ temper \ thc rcproofc of a weake bro- cZgaud. Ither, with all lenity and mo- j deration. Hee is vnmectc to vnder- take a Cure that knowes not to diftinguilli betweene the anfiuirh ofa wound, & proud fieilagrowingvpinit. Toap- ply corroding ^l/um or other corrcfiues, when afoare hath need * Skat HoH- nU9k(UAm grauiiu cH diligere qua ferfetrartrka •Mfufra. 1 Netf/j vvcoHered, ! need of healing plaifters, ' may make the orifice bigger, and put the patient to greater torture ^ but cannot heale it A man flaall mcete with Ibme poore finners that will whippe themieliics fo much, that they need no help, vnles to hold their hands, & powre inoylc. There are, who will aggrauate their own failings fo fiirre, that they rather want a ftaffe to ftay them vp, then a club to beate them downe.- T o the(c,a wife Phyfition will adminiftcr Cordials , not ftrong purging medicines, Confblations, not tart re- bukes; leafi: they fhould bee fwallowedvp ofibrrow, and flrangled in the bloudy teares which plentifully illiie from that inward wound. M 3 Such 145 I fpeak^ no( ofhvpocri- tical] po. pifti Vihip. pinj; of the body« I 1 i 246 I ThefireoftheS'in^fi'^^ie Such as either outofvvant! of iudgement to diiccrne, or bowels of mercy to com- miferatethe vnwilling falls of wcake Chriftians ; and that 1 make no difference of ofFen- dors, arc like fbme furious | Stepdame laying on a poore childc as much for falling in the dirtagainft his will^going j in her errand^as if he purpofc- ^ ly fhoiildrun out ofthe houfe when fhec forbids him, and wilfully wallow in the mire. Such vnmercifull and vn- naturall Satyres are fit for no imployment, but to whipp mad men in Bedlam: or ra- ther they deferue to bee fb ! feru'd themfelues. Yea many times God lets them fall into as deepe a mire,as others vn- pitied by them, haue done ^ before them :. And thenji TV&ttf it Nervly vncoMered. 247 what me A fur e they meafured to others ^fh.illfttrefy be meafured to them a^awe^ good men - fure^^refped dorveie, and flsaken together JIsxll men gtue into their bofornes.'XVitw (hall they kno v the equity oiludes in- ftradion ^ Of fame haue comgafion ^ making a difft' 1 rence. j But ifon the otherfide it I Hiall appeare that tiic fault ' proceedeth from^a deltherate IpHYpofe of one that makes a, I trade of finne , refradariiy ! breakine down© and .tram- pling vpon all rules & bounds of Piety 5 then the rule is, re- bake them ^JlsarplyhXhws Peter dealt with^ Simon , CMagtisz^ And Patif with Elimas^ and many moe. Wifely g Gregory, Impu- dent perfons muft be handled M 4 in dlu(3e,ii, *Obllinatc offences willingly committed hew to be handled. eTit.1.13. f .^a.s.io, 2 Ijft'C. de Vaji.cur. lu-^.atlmon. ltd ■ mouend- pi'- i '■ aiitcr -vcre , ctivii-.tUoi I namquenon j fti(iincr(p,zKi/- dura C9wp^f' cit : ijiosau- teryfflfixum- ■ qutadme- litti exhottd. lie mqdefia conipotitt: it- loi melius cwrigitqui inuehendo reprthenditi iftos qui ex Ulert redar- gm. 348 The fire of the SanBnarie m one manner ^ andfuchas ; are more bafhfnl,in another. Nothing but a (euere thun- dring reproofe willworkeon 1 thofe 5 but a modcft gentle exhortation will bee enough to thefe: Hcc beft correfteth thofe that makes inuediues ( hee meaneSj againft their finnes;) but thefe, hee that mildly and coucrtly toucheth I them vponthe By,andaIoofe I off, that fb they may rather ! fmcll, then feelehim. ! Thus- may a Minifter v(e ; the as well as theJpirit of h 1 cor.4. . meeknefTe: alwaics prouided I'camiont that in his fiiarpnes too Cau- tions bee obfcrucd. Firfi, cuen with thcmoft notorious it is wifcdome to beginne mildly, that they may fee ,our loue and defire of their reformation andfal- uation. re^roofet, I. Newlj vwoKered. 2^9 nation J rather then of their fhame. At firft wee muft gently ; rvurne thofe that are' vnruly,; Afterwards, if need require, i wee may proceede to (harpftes according to the power which the Lord bath giucn vs to edifi- 1 cation and not to ^ deHruili^ \ on. To this eifedt, ^Bernard: Hec that is not reformed with a mild reproofo, muft be ftia^ ken vp more roughly. Hee whofe wounds will not with gentle lenitiues bee hea'ed, i muft endure the fharpe I Launcc, andcaufticks withj more paine and torture. Secondly , reproofos of this kinde muft bee repeated and iterated although to the Parties to whom they are di- reded, they doe no good. M 5 Priuate iiTbeC5.i4 ki Cor.i]. lO. [eft. de confil. hb. J. blan. do verba ca- Jii^atta nan corrigititfy acriui nectfje efl vi ttrgua- tur.C/tm dolo' reJint nbfciu* dendx qut Icuitfr ftM.t' ri nm fojfut. * Greg.Mag, mcTailibtil, eap.zo, CharitMtt Zelttf maU qiLt corrigert Hon vula, increpare non dejinat. Th§ fre oftheSan^uarie * Priuatc rebukes and admo- nitions may bee forborne, when they produce not their expedled firuit, A Scorner muft not alwaies lookc to bee vfed to this friendly courfe. If this mlde/j vticoMered. 253 t Ibid.ver.j. io« Publicke re profcs often 1 very (ame place, telling him ;that ( notwithftanding all their frowardneile ) Hee had much people in that ^ Citie. If the husbandman haue but a thin harueft this ycare, he muft not defpairc^ but low againe in hope of abetter, another time. And fo muft we, for theft* enfuing Rea- ftt^atedlor ions Firftjbecaufe our labours I take not effed when wee! would, but when God will vouchiafe to h/oiv vpon hU garden^ that theJpices thereof may flow qut. Ifmen hearken not yet, it is becaule the time appointedbyGod, wherein they that are deadfhallhearer the voyce of the Sonne of God rfW/rW, is not yet come. As this vpind bloweth vphere^ it lifiethfo when it lifteth. The n 1 Tim 2, 34.25.&C. The fir e of the S^nSluArie The ferusint of the_j Lord muJi not ^ fir tut: he muft not be on fire if all be not inftant- ly ofhis mind,though he bee fure that he is in the right,and they in the wrong; But hec^ i wufl be gentle vnto a'f apt to j teach^ patient. Gentle in dea- ling with them apt, in re- gard offtooping to their ca- pacities, doubling and redoii- bling his inftrudions on themj and patient in forbea- ring rage, and refolution to leaue worke, if they bee not prefendy fuch as hec would hauethem. And thus in all meekenejje muft he inflrufi thefe that for the prelent oppofe ihemfelues^ if God peraduenturc^ at any time will glue them repentance ^ftom their double error of I iudgement,andoflifejas wor- ? thy Nevi/lj vncouere^. thy * Chr^foJIome CK^omdtth the place. Although we cannot faften any thing on common lin- nets, io oft as we defire, yet, our labours do more often | take hold of their hearts, then | they will be knowne of And when wee haue taken ibme paineSjWemayloole all, for want of a little 7 more, which we^refufe to adde, becaufe we fee no fruite appearing yet. This is as if an vnskilfull husbandman fhould beftow great coft and paines to plant and drefle a vineyard, and if it yceld no fruite the firft, fe- cond or third yeare, then to pliK:kevp the hedge and lay it v/afl', the fourth. And thus he looicth all his labour and coftbeforebeftowed for want jot-patience,and fomcfurther X In 2.Tim. hom. 6, lin x' CTtgi xy 071 Si(3j, i\fA<£y (TAy-mf, 70 rrat etyw- TtCTiy yri- *T7f 2^6 The fi''e of the StnHuarie 1, paines vntill his vines bee growne. Filliers when they haue fpentthe day and taken no- thing, will yet with patience tarrie it out a little longer, till they haue gotten fomething: th ey can fay; now I haue been abroad all this while, I will not home till I haue taken fomewhat. Much more iTiould we that are fifhers of men do thus. What though rve hitue ffhed all night and caught nothing; yet if Chrift requireth vs to make another draught, let vs notrefufe the labour at his command, and we fhallfind it was not labour loft,though we were out of hope. Secondly, becaufe fuchre- fradary perfons are in the Di- uels net, the feruant of the_j Lord Ntfolj vncottered* Lord muft hold out with pa- tient diligence, that they tmy re cotter themfelttes out oftht^ fnare. It is an hard thing to per- fwade them that they are in the fnare, & that it is fo good to be loolcd from it.It'is with finners as with fome bank- rupts in Ludgete^ or the Kings Bench, who choofe rather to lie in durance all their dayes, then take a courfe to redecme their libertie. And ifthey can be induced to thinke of free- dome, yet then fliall they find it a long and tedious worke to wind thcmfelues out, or breake through Satans toyles. Thirdly, becaule it was long ere we our lelues could be brought out of our finfull courfes. So well we liked So- <3ltf,w,t]iat till the Lord him- felfe 257 i 3. I^tafon, m 2«:8 zlob II. li. a Tit.3.3. Tbe fire oft he S anfltt'trie j felfe thruft vs out by head , and fhoulders, \vc vvouldnot I depart. Doth this make vs vmvil- ling to take further paines, beeaufe we fee others vnwib ling and wilfiill ? what then | had become of vs,if God had i not dirred vp fome to haue; followed vs, when wee our, felucs were like a mUf /iffe; Colt, ! How long did wee conti-1 nutfoobjh, difobtdient^decei- ued J And feruing diiters lufis and ^ fileafures. How many admonitions, reproofes, ex- ceIlentinftrii(5tions, and fer- uent prayers did wc neglect, contemne, deride, and caft at our heeles, till the Lord by the power of his might hib- diied vs and our ftrong cor- riiptions! yet after all this re- bell ion. Newly vncomred. 259 bellion^how maruellous and I miraculous haucwc fcene his : grace eifeding our conuer-' lion! I Why then may wee not | hope the like of others, if we continue vnwearied in our dutie towards their poore ibulcs,fo ftrongly chained to the Diuels blocke? Fourthly, if we neuer do good on them, yet our la- hours ihall bee crowned as much, as if thofe gracelelfe men had been conucrted by vs. We Area/vceete fauonr v^to God^ euerf in them that ^perijh. He liketh well the odour of that feruice , which wee thought had been caft quite away. They to whom wee preached,rcpented not^there- fore they perifii. Wee that preached to them,did our du- ric; 4. fc s.Cor.z.15: B cI%4?-4 5 2^0 The fre of the SanEIftarie tie ^ therefore God accepteth and rewards our paincs. Euery taithfull Minifter in his proportion,may fay with Chrift, in regard ofthe grea- ter part offuch as he are him: j «Ihane laboured in vainer, / j hauc-j Jpent my ^rength for \ naught and in vaine: yet(ure- \ ly my iudgement is vpith ihe^ Lord^ andmyrvorke tvith my God: yindthough ifrael be not gathered^ yetfhaUl he glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my \ God fhiilbe my firength. | I will wind vp this point i with that of Bernard to ^Eu- genius. Defpaire notj God re- quires thy care, not the curcj i this is his workcj that, thine, j The good Samaritan defires j no more but carefull looking i to the wounded man, which j b.e will recompencc , and ^ heale I d Ve emiii- Uh.i dtfiitrticu ram exigeru^ ntn curttio- KMit Newly vncouered. i6t hcale the wounds himf^e.It wasaPoetsfpeech. Tismtin thc^ PbjJttkns skilly To care a, Patient, vohen he ^vcill. Saint Paulvfas not (o arro- gant to lay, hce had profited more then allryet he had been fo diligent as without arro- gancie he might well lay,hec hfid Uhoured more abundantly then they 4//And in his labour hereioyced, and comforted himlelfc, knowing well that eueryone'fhallreceiue, ac- cording to his paines,notthc fiiccefie. Thus of the Office of D if. crction towards men confide- ring them CM or ally as Good j or Bad. In the next place it teachcthZeale to looke vpon them in a Ciuilrelpedl: as they are e'Nex tUin medico fern- per releuetm ft eger. fecundum juttm Uho' rem dccipiety nonfecundii ! proucKtum, j Bern. ibid. | a.Ofthc Ci | uill confide-| rationofper-j font. 36J The fire of the SufiEluiiria arc mirfhalled into their feue- rail rankes among men. In this confideration of men, Dilcrction tcacheth vs to deuide all into two maine forts and companies j the one eonfifting of Ptthltt^u^ > Perfonsjand the other of Tr/- j uate ; and accordingly it di- j redlcth and gouerneth Zeale in dealing with them, diiely obferuing eiicry mans Place. Perfons are Rich as arc of eminent Place and Refpedl:, in the ' Common- ; Wealth, or in the Church, ! In the Common-Wealth, PubliqueVxxfons mayagaine ■ bee diiliiiguiflicd into Su- preame^ and Subordinate Ma- I giftratcs, HowPrinces ^ The Supream re dthere in prttdicando Euangelie,vt mmtmrnom- nem fublimi- taiem, inquit, dd- uerpa Domi" mm mfbrum Jefwn ehri- ftum,veUt iiifurgere,de- frimamuo, igitur, quid euihori tdte fuKtprd diti, vtltmt fibil)drci,»ec I fa* 'vitia at i tingi, fbi no- ttum Easn- geltum qud- rant. Thus he al- fointerpretc that place of Paul, IK his 110. Sent, on vpon lob. 1 i.Cot 549. l66 [ The fire cf the San^ttne m i.Sani.T9. 4-5. ni.Kin.ia.7, ; If a King iTiould be chal- 1 lenged for breach of faith vn- j to hisConfederateSjhe would {difdaine tobrooke itjfoma- ny man aliue, but theit Am- balfadours: them he would with patience heare, becaufe he knowcs their Commiflion from their xMaftcrs, require it ofthcm.I need not to apply. Howbeit I doubt not but perfbns ncare in place, and; fauour to great Princes, may ' adfuenture, at times fealbna- ble, tofpeake vntothem by i way of humble aduice and; ; prayers,as Icnathan to Saul-, \ j and the graue Coiinfellors of Sdomon^io yongKing ^ Ke- i hohoam. I Yea further , they may if | need be , teftifie their diflike of any euillthc Prince iTiould line ill 3 or driue at, (fb farre forth N'erfly vncoHered. 267 forth as it (auoureth not in them of fedition, malcpert- j nefie, or forgetfiilnefle of i their owne obedience and his I Suprehtacie ) when he admi- i nifters a fiire occafion and opportiinitie. Thus being required by Dauid to number the peo~ Iy»/^,and no doubt, difcerning the pride of his heart in this ^ proiecl; diirftnot denie the I ieruice, becaufe commanded^ j yet fb firre as was meete, he ' fhewed his diflike in an hum- ' ble prayer,and fubmifhue ex- poftulation: The Lord make his people an hundred times fo many m}!L_j as they be: but mj Lord the lOnor are they not all o * my Lords fe*uants? Why then dofh my Lord retjutre^ this thing ? fvhy rvillhe be a caufe of i treJpiffevnto° Ifrael? 1 N 2 When o t.Chro II. 7 fie fire tftf7e SanUuarie When MoTiiecay difcerned the intended ruinc of the lewes 3 by a tricke of Human abiiung the king to ratifie the plot J he ran notrud ely to the King,nor yet tranfgrefled any; priuate orders or cuftomes of his Court, fo much as by en- tring within the gates in fack- p although in a cafe of luch importance. But this he did; He earner j iuen before the Kings gate with [ hisfackcloth and «y^«,approa- ching fo ncare that he might well bee taken notice of, as perplexed, and yet obedient; and as the bufinelfe might at i length be brought vnto the ; King himlelfe hy Her that was I in all likelihood meeteft to ■ brdakc with him about itjfor j the preuention of that Maf- \facre, i Yea pE{kr4.1. 6 k i»i If Newly vncoMered. i Yea Hefter her felfe , al- i though the King loued her n- i bone all veomen, and Jh; obtai- j ficd graces and fauour in his j fight yfiore then all the Fir gins ^ fo that he fet the Roy all Crow ne vpon her head^ndmade^her Qi^ene in ^esd of'i Fafli. Yet in all her treaties with the King her husband, iTie vied the greatcft humilitie fhee could ^ exprefle: Infbmuch that after flie had receiued ample teftimonic of his ex- traordinaric grace andfauor, yet fhe growes not infblent or faucie; but being to con- tinue her fuite for her peo- pie, Sheefell dorvne at hisfeet'e, and befoitght him with teares^ to put away the mifchiefe^ of Haman the ^ Agagite. Thus,true loyaltie, reli- gion, and wifdome will deale N 3 with ^^o The fire of the San^aarie with Maieftie,not by way of challenge or feditioiis darings but with thrice humble Peti- tion and fubmilhue carriage^ ! knowing well.that greatneffe ; ycel's to none that yceld not , firfttoir. xRnie, j 2. In the next place, this i feruice requires aJfecia/l cal- i li/ig a»d Commi^ion to treate I with this or that Prince in j fpcciall. Euery one that is I aMinifter may not flie vpon his Soueraignes Eice,or back, when his fuppofed 2.eale would egge him to it. EliAh ftayed till God had fet the time, and bad him go ' [ to ^Ahab. And it is like that Ibmc fpeciall voord ofthe Lord eiier diredledallthe Prophets thus employed. By this, o/- mos excufed himfclfe to AmA' I ziahiot preaching fofharply 1 at t i.King,2i Ne w/y VKCotiered, 271 leroboims Court: The Lord fetid vnto me^ Go Prophefie vn- to my people " ifrnel. And in thefe latter times, wherein thole extraordinarie & immediate warrants from heaucn come no more a- broad : Then a man may ac- count himfelfeto be Ipecially called to this feriiice, when Hich as'are in aiithoritie a- bout Princes do orderly ap- point him to waite at Court, for the feruice of God and his GofpelL If giue order that 'JMichaiah fhould be fent for, it is as much to Michai.^h as if God himlelfe had bid him go. T o thefe, if to any,it fpecir allyperLaines to apply them- fellies with all faithfulnefle, according as their place and opportunitie will admit, to i N 4 procure 27* xler.i.i7''' 3. Rule. Tht fire of i he Sar,nuarte yFxod 5:. 28. procure the reformation (if need bc)and filiiationoftheir Lord and Mafter. And woe vnto them if they then ncg- Ic^it. If God lend leremiah to the Kings of Ittdah^ audio the_j Princes thereof^ he muft not fpjlc to do his errand, but boldly l^eake all that the Lord commandeth, vpon paine of confufon before * them. 3. Great wilcdome and moderation is required in the manner of doing fuch a fer- nice.// muf not be voith checks^ nor any harfh and contumeliom language* God made a Law to all, Not to reinle the godsgior curie the Ruler of the peof ley SWhich. Law, not oncly prohibiteth imprecations, and leditioiis railings, ( which is a hellifh impietie. N'ewly vncsttered. impietie, though it be but in \vorti onely,be the Prince ne- uer ib impious ) but euen all rude,bitter, and vnfeemely fpeeches, although in fecret to himfelfe alone,much more inpublicke, or in other pla- ces behind his backe. It is not lawfuli thus to vie a Prince, lb much as in citr thoughts-^ and rather then tranfgrelTbrs of this Law fhouid go vnpunifhed, The birds of ihe ayre jjjxllcurrie the voycc^, and that which hath wings (lull tell out the ^ matter. Is it meete for a child to fiiap vp his naturall Parents, although they fhouid delerue a fharpe reproofc?Doth not the Apoftle forbid feruants fo much as faucily to anfwer their majler againe^, al- though prouoked? Saithlic H 5 it 273 -1—-- vide I'oSJat, in 'B.Xod. it. queji.i'j. in ca'ce. lEcdcfio. 20. 274 Thefireofthe Sar.Cinarie b i.Pet2.i8 c lob 34.»8 dCaluitt.it I<^34. i8. Cote, 131. Princijtti -vt- Gitbef'^ natotesquum^ imfrobt f{*»U^ irpcjieiefuo officio fut- vuntWi fj' bUotttus U . men propter | dtpnitaum ' tptea prtditi j juntt ipforum tiomini, ir I fii-nieparei- I tur,ire. I "^^ug.in Uh. Slueji.vct, ir, nQ.u.iTe^,Uei imaginem hibet rex fi- CM EpifcopUi Chri{ii,&c. it onely to fuch as haue ^ood dud i^entli mafters ? Doubt- leiTe he faith it to fuch alio as are vnder frorvardand vvic- ked tyrants. And is it fit, then to fay to a King , thott art voic- kedt^and to Princes^ye are vn- godly? Princes may not,before o- therSj be difcouered to be fb wicked, as perhaps they bee. Care mull bee had of their honour and fame, faith wife and iudicious ^ Caluine^ what euer their conuerfation bee, their place requires it,though their adtions fliould not de- ferue it. God hath engrauen fo lar(2;e and fiire a Charadter of his impcriall Imagein their foreheads, as miift be facred in the hearts of all, and bind not their hands onely, but tongues ! NertljvncoHered. j 275 tongues alfo to the gooJ be- ' hauiour, and that for euer.! Nor is this carriage onelyl due to good PrinceSj but vni- uerfallytoall. i What then? muftMini-l ftcrs be meale-mouth'd ? No neither. This is as euill as the i other. If Princes grow ficke | ofhnne, they muft abide a | vomit, what euer become of j him that giues it. There is no j reaibn Phyfitians of their bo- Idics fhould take more liber- tie then the Phyfitians of their foules, when cafes bee alike. Yet this mufi: (o be done, that they may fee the faith- full religions obleriuance ofi an humble feruant,and aloy-1 all fubieil that ftudies their honour, next to their falua- tion. And though his mefiage ^7^ * ^IherU magnui in 4 SentSi fiattu alius per- f»tit,cuvt rc- uerentix txcufitiotie delist debet fnttuadma- nere quam corripere, & rogare qasm incrtftrc. e lob'ji.ii. 12. Icr.23.i4.i$ F-ie.ij.&a libi. T^e fre of the Satt&*i4rie be from his Princes MaTier^ yet ttill he mnft remember that himfelfe who brings it_,is fcruantvnto * both. Fanning flatterie is an oc- cupation fitter for a dog then a man: and Princes hane no Traitors like to flatterers, if treacherie againff tlie foulc be more pcrillous, then that againff the body. No finnc in the Prophet hath greater woes attending it then ^this. But yet there is a difference betweene bafe flatterie and Chriftian pollicie which clofely winds vp, andfecrctly conneycs an admonition, fo as (if poflibic ) no creature may be able to difcerne it,but he to whom it was intended. If hee apprehend it, it is e- noiighjif moejtoomuch. Wlien NevDlyvncoaere^, | 277 When Saul had finned a fin as badjin Gods account,as witchcraft, ot idolatry, fo that i God fent him this heaiiy mcfi ; iagc by the lh"ophct Samuel-, ^ bccaufe thou ha ji reiecled the j rvord of the Lord, hee aifo hath reiecied thee from beir2g^ Kiftgx f • satn.15. yet euen then Samueliudg'd '' it but a reafbnablc requeft of Saul, to honour him before the '■ Elders of his people, and before , g Jfrael jleaft they obfiruing grw.ver. Samuels (leighting of him, (hould happen to defpiie him ; while hee held the Throne, i Inuediues (though but a- i gainft an Equall, or Inferior) are euer odious but againft a Prince, intollerable. j The mass of God who pro- phecied greeuous things a- gainft Jeroboams Alter at thel, no doubt intended a re- 2 "7 8 The fi*'e of the SanTlaarie proofc to Jeroboam himfelfe : yet onely cryed outagainfl: the loiter in Jeroboams pre- fence, without directing one word at all to him thatfet it h I King.is. vp.'' An indefinite reproofe of finne, in publiqiie is enough: if this feme not to re forme a Prince, forbeare: more, will make him -worle. And though Nathan grap- . iisam.12. pled more clofly with ' Da- k'lKins i3. and E//i^,with ^ t^hab: l'"' yctall Circumftances of the Texts euince, that this was I done in priuate, fo as in all i probability, none did take j notice of it, but themfclues. i And in fecret, fome men may do fo ftill. And although further, fomc Prophets hane pub- liquely reproued Kings by name, yet we muft obferue a difference iVV'W/jf vMOMered. 219 difference betweene fpeciall i extraordinary meitiiges vpon j extraordinary occafions,and 'the ordinary piiblique Ser- 1 mens of the Prophets. The former were moft 1 whatPerlbnall, as Ambalfa- j ges diredled only to a Prince himfelfe^though others,(wai- ting ) ftand by, and hearc it: and the Scripture records the fpeciallComtniffion ofcuery 1 Prophet, to goe, and carry them to fuch orluch a Per- jbn. But the latter,though they containe fharpe, and heauy ti lings for particular finnes ofPriefts, Prophets, Rulers, ' orPrinces,yetthcyarefbrthe moft part (ifnot all) indefini- telyv:teredj at moft, but a- gainft men of fuch or fiich CaIIings,\vrthout inftance or deuotion » The fire ef the SatiHuarie j denotation of indiuidual Per- | fons/o as it might be applica- bletomany, as well as vnto any. Ifthen we would f om the Prophets take out a copy for onr ordinary vfe, it muft not bee out of one of their extra- ordinary Ambailages, but out of their vfiiail Sermons tOj or before the People. Ifthis become nota Mini- fter, no not him that hath a fpeciall Cdltng to deale with Princesjhow ill wil it become j thofe that haue no Calling at i aUl I What (hall they anfl^^er vn- j to God, who, being but pri- iiate Peidbns difcontented, (hall take vpon them Shemei- like toreuile & traduce their Soucraigne, behindc his backe; andprefumeto make cuery Nervly 'mcoufred. i j8I cuery Taiierne, and Ale- bench, a Tribunall whereat to acculc, araigne, and con-1 demnethe Sacred and dread- ; full Perlbn of the Lords An-; nointed (whom they ought not to mention without a ho- ly reuerencc ^) and to cenfnrc all his Adlions before their Companions as confidently, | as if he were the Vallal, and | they the Monarch! Hath not former experience told vs, this is the high-way to all Treafons and Rebellions ? It is not lawfulifor fuch as mayinlecret admoniHi Prin- ces, to Ipeake thereofto any Creature, after they haue done it. If God made a Sta- tute againft Tak bearmg,{ytt inforce) that none fhould goe vp and, downeas atak'hearer ameng his people: ^ to preuent carrying 1 tcak.fff.is 2Sz mPro.11.13 The fre of the SttnBuarie n 1 Sam. iS' «s carrying oftaleseuen of Or- dinary Perfons; becaufefuch OifenJors commit that vn- pardonable hnne againft hii- mane fociety j to wit, the re- tee alt fig "■ of fccrets ; How ra ;ch more did hee crdaine that this Law fhoidd for euer bind all, imployed about Princes, aboue all to keepe fecrct euen the faylings of a Prince, the difcouery, and blabbing whereof will but make worfe both Prince, and Subieft If Good people fhoiild diC cerne fome errors, and thole not fmall, in Princes, the beft patternc they can propound to themlclues, is that of Sa- muel mourning and praying for " Saul-^ not for forme only, but heartily an dferuently in- deed: and the worft they can pitch Newly VKcettered* pitch vpon (vnlcile they pro- ceede to opeu Trearon)is that of common Ncwfe-mongers and fcditious fpirits, who can- not make a me ale, fpen i a fire,drinke a pinte,or dfiue a- way one houre,without Ibme pragmaticall dilcoirfe and cenfurc of Princes and, their State affaires. Let fuch Prying biify peo- pic go learne what that mea- neth J ° fludy to he quiet and meddle nvtth your ew^e hufl neffe : and againe, p we heare theit there he fome which wdke diforderly, working not at all, but are hufy bodies • and a- gaine, let no man fuffer as a hufy body in another mans mat- ters. Learne thefe j andPro- clamations need not: thefc from hcauen, would feme theturne. 1 As 284 Carlerjn Orxt.de Pa mtPeccxt. fiMic. Cxfxr erxt imukus imuflitix fidei,txmt>t Dominui \ Dominium \ fuum confif' wauitiCum xitjreddjte qux funt Cit fxruCxfari. The fire ef the Sa»fifiarie As for fuch as will not take out this Lelfonjlet their eyes, their tongues, their teares, their coates, their fighes, their Prayers bee what they will bee j Their carriage fauo- reth not of Zeale for God, which thus cafteth dirt & mire in his yice-Gfrttits face, and tendeth to the taking away of the life ofhis life in his fiib- j iedls hearts,in which al good princes defire as much to liue, as to enioy their Crownes. And ifitbe not lawfull thus to finite at their Perfbns with the tongue onely; fhallthat bee thought Zeale for God, which fcekcs their Depofiti- on from that Crowne which once a iuft, free, and abfoliite title of inheritance hath fet vpon their Heads ? * A thing which holy Da- would neuer fuifer againfl Newly vacouered. 00 wicked Dauid knew the wickednefTe of Snul againft the Lord j h-s malice againft himfelfejand long felt his bloud-thirfty perfecution. He knew withal!, that the Lord had reie^ied Saul from being Ki)ig\ and that God had anointed him in his roome. And yet for all this, when Snut cruelly hunted him as a Partridgevfon the mountArnSj ! and that, though he were an- I nointedby the lame hand that j SauI was, he was fure to die,if ; he fell into Sauls Power 5 and 1 euen then, when Saul was in. j his power,fo that he could as j eafily haue flain Saul, as Saul ! was willingtoflayhim J yet eucn dicn but for cutting off 1 a skirt of Sauls garment, al- j though it were onely to this | j end that Saul might after- wards 286 I The fire oft he S JH^Korie r I S4m.i4. 5.«- Clhid.yer.y. wards fee Dautds fidelity and loya ty, in that hee tooke no more but a skirt, when hee might as well haue taken life, and all away j hU heart (mote him, he faid vnto hu men the Lord forbid that 1 fhoitld doe thif thingvnto my C\fa(ler the Lords annointed, to (iretch forth mine hand a- gainji him, seeing he is the ^nnoin' Ted of the 'lord. To this muft be added, that folong as God fuffered Saul on earth, Danid neuer at- tempted to pull the Crownc off his head, nor fuffered o- thers to doe it for ^ htm. Yea when Saul in a pitcht Battell againfl: the PhiU(lines r eceiued fuch a deadly wound ' as he was neither able to line, or efcape with honour vnta- ken Newly vncotiered. j 287 ken by the Enemy, fo that he j required an ^maUkite that was next hira, ( as heerepor-1 ted) to fall vpon him and (lay ' him.) euen out of point of ho- j noun'DiiWwasibfarrefroni t»sa!n.i,9. approuing this fad, that he and all that vocre vpith him rent their cloathes^ and mour- ned, and fa fed and wept vntill Euen. And then, (luppofing that Nature it ie fe had taught this leiibn vnto all, that the very name , or fight,, or thought of the LORDS ANNOJNTE P,had been (uch an etcynall Prohibition to the whole world, as would make the moft bloudy but- cher treinble,and abhor from touching him 5) hee thus ex- poftulates with his pretended executioner; How -wajl.thou not agS The fire of the San&tearie ttof afraid to firtich forth thine hand to deftroythe LORDS AN N OI NT ED? In ^nQpatdd thought him worthy of no reward but death; and of this, fo worthy, that inftantlyhee gaue order for his execution; with this fharpe fcntence vttcred, Thy blond be vpon thine cvene head'^ for thine oxonmottthhathtefi- Hed Azainfi thee , fayi»i, / flAVE SLAINE THE LORDS l^NNOIN- ujw.verfe^ TE D.^ Aincmorable ex- ample and an Argument vn- anlwerable againft all King- killers, andDepofcrs of Ab- folute Princes ahfolately an- nointcdjby iiift Title, as here ^wkh^vs. ■ -From Supreame Magiftratcs delcend-'wee to Sahordwate^ vvho.are5fo, men of Aiithori- fy. l6. ' How Subor- j dinate giftrates (bould bee handled. Newly VKCOUered. zSp ; ty, as yet with the Centurion^ ; they are vnder Author it ic ' too. j Bifcretion teaclieth all due i ' refpe£i: to thefe alio, in their I placesrand although fo much j be not due to them,as to him ' they ferue, ( which gauethe I Prophets occallon tovfethe j greater liberty in (peaking j to, or of * them;) yet they muh be honoured as much,in their proportion, for their Soueraignes fake ; Nor may any man take liberty to take them downe in the wiay of contempt and (corne. ' Care therefore muft bee vfed to diftinguifh their Oihce from their Perfbn; and j their finnes, from both ; as aL- Jfo their Peribnall faults as ! men, from their corruptions 1 and errors in matter of lu- i . O ftice xlfay 1.10. Hof.4.18. E( ulibi ftf- fim. ike fire ef t he Sancfiiarie ftice as they areMagiflrates. i^uthcri j is eucr one of Ennics eye-foares; SuhitSlicn^ a yoke that humane nature loaths, although inferiors cannot helpe it, nor durrt complaine. Liberty,liberty is f eucry mans defirej though, : moil: mens rnine. ' Hereupon it is thatpeople arc tickled to fee Magiilrates rquib'd,controuIed and lafht, whether men know tbem to deierue it, or not. Either they are guilty,or meriwould haue them ib, when the whip lyes by 5 And if they be not whipt, fome people bee not pleafed. But, what <£[ood comes of; it ? Superiors are deipifcd- Authontp it ielfe, brought in- to as bale cfteeme astyran- ny ^ Inferior^ caft off the yoke 'of due ftibieclion from their ■ hearts, I JVev/f VHConered. ) 29I I hearts,euen when they weare; ! it(bat,as aclog^) about their i j necks; & open their mouthes to fcoffe, reuile, and curfe the I Rulers of the people, whom Jthey ought onely to reue- I rence, blefle, and pray for, from their hearts. For this caufc, Thefe inuft bee gently handled; and yet I more plainely, then aSoue- I raignc Prince; they being oft ; times more imperious,{bunre, I vnmercifull, partial! in their j afleclions , preiudicate in ^ their opinions, more oppref- [ fing, more corrupt in particu- I lar cafes, then Princes be,and I niany times for their owne i ends, perl;vading, entiling and euen enforcing Princes to bee farre worfe , then of themfelucs they would bee. ■ d O 2 Yea 29^ i ThefireoftheSAMnurte I lis life. I Yea fomctimes alfo abu- ! fingthe Princes Name to his 1 Subie£ts, and exafting that' I on his behalfc which hee nei- | jthcr commanded nor fhail i i bee one penny better for; but I in his reputation lliall loole I much with his Subie^is for al that oppreffion, which vn- knowne and vnlikedby him, pafTeth vnder his name, as in did, by meanes of ri- nitis and Laco^ and Icelm his man, whereby a way was o- penedtohis owne deilrudli- on. Now becaufe this often happeiKth in the World; and that fome, who are in place of Gouernment, hthiue themfelues cruelly and proud- ly^ trufling hy this meanes to hold men in awe of them^ a4 though Authority were their :i inht- — Newly vnceuered, J9J inheritance \ thefc may well /- • 1,' Ci>mm.Ub.y brooke a more Ipeciall taxe of corrupt Magilfrates (inde- finitely) eueii vnder that very Title. For though a man fall vp- on the reproofe of particular finnes fometimes committed byfomemen in that Calling, and call ittheMagiftrates fin, not naming any Perfbn, or applying it to any prefent ^ (the number of them being fo great, and fb many of that number fometimes thought lb guilty; ) this can bee no more then adifh of Vineger in common, wherein eucry one maydipp hisfbpp indif- ferently. It cannot hurt any particular mans maweor lio- j macke, whole guilt doth not I enforce him to nake the difh, ^ vnbidden, and drinke oft all. 1 O 3 This, 294 The fire oftheSanSluarie This, for the generall. But ifa_^'eech in publique Oiould be dircded to fome particii- lar Magiftrate about things touchinghisOffice, it ought rather to bee done by way of exhortation, then reprehen- fion; ofinfinnarion, thcnac- ciifttion, lo as by forcing vp- on them the name and fame of Graue, Religious,Vigilant and able Goiiernors, their ve- ry commendation may eucn force from them a faithfiill executioi> ofliiftice beyond expedation of the Common People. Good King lehefhaphat^^ho vied to make a Speech vnto his Judges before they went their Circuites , would not frownc vpon them,nor fliapp j them vp like Slaues; but in | graiiCj fatherly, wife, milde ; and • a Ne'Ufly vtcoHered, 295 '"uid godly manner,fpeake on- ly by way of gracious exhor- ration, and holy a Jinonition: ^ Take heed whit yee doe 5 for ^, ctton, yee indge not for man^ but for the Lordy who ii with you in the iiidgcmtnt. tvherefore now let the fexre of the Lordy be vfon you; take heede and doe it, for there U no imqutty with the Lord our Goi^mr re (peel of Per- font ^ nor te)iing of Bribes. Shall{o great a King thinkc it wifedome to fpcake , not with bitternc(re,biit with en- treaties rather, to his infcri- ors, his Seruants; and fhaU inferior fiibiefts count it zeale and dilcrction to fhake vp their fiipcriors, their Gouer- nors, and rub their cares with bitter taunts and checkes.? Fie on that Zeale that takes plc;ifurc in fuch difcoucries of O 4 the 2^6 T'hefire of tht Sat^HArie : b I Tim.5 i the Politicall Fathers naked- nclTe, as may prouoke laugh- ter,derifion,and contempt in I thofe that ftand and heare it. : Saint would neuer haue xndured fuch a pra6lice,much , lelfe haue pra£liz'dit himfelf: for his Rule is, ^ Rebuke not , an Elder, but intreat him as a Father. And yet when Magiftrates ftand in the Crowd ofCom- mon Chriftians, vnder this name of Chriftians they may be indefinitely handled toge- I thcr with the meaneft, as I their life and conueriation ( confidercd as men ) defer- ueth. Minifters are not tofparc reproofe of ordinary &:com- mon finnes, whereof Magi- ftratcs as well as others may be knowne, or fufpedled to bee Netvlj vncoHered. 297 be eminently guilty, becaufe they are prefent-^fo they be not' denoted by their Ipeciall Cal-; ling or by perfbnall delcripti-1 j on. j I The Minifter hath eqiiall' : Care and charge of All,with-1 in his owneDiuifion; as the j Maigiftrate, of thofe, in his. j And if he muft anlwer for all that perifh by his default of hience, fhall he be though to fault becaufchee giuethwar- ning* and after adrhonition which hath done no good, doth adcte reproofes ? The Prophets, we know, in theic ordinary SermonSj did no more (pare Magiftfates then other men •, and though they plaid with no mans name or Perlbn, yet they iTiar ply taxed Ma girtrates by the name of® Rttlers^^Princes, O 5 Great CH0C4.18, d 1% ». 1°. 398 eler.5.j. f iKing.ij. Before al- ledged. The of the San^U4rie | ® Great men^e^c. nor was this, i then thought a fault by any 1 but the faulty. | When the tjkm of God \ was to prophecy againftthel f ^Iter at Bethef he'efparcd 1 not, for lerohoams prefence. i And yet there was no man fo j lilly in that airemblyy btst | kne^v well enough that Ier$- j ham who fet the Alter vp, i was more deeply touched! then any of the« companie, ■ although hee. were not na- med. ^ ■ 3h'; Iw ^ That Coihgregatioh might i fofely fweare that thiey belee- ucd the man of God aymed at Jerd'Aam: but bmot bet catife bis ..words foj'iand of themfelues, either did, or could paint out Itrohams Perfon^ but hcciu{hlfr0hams hand-\vas fo deepc in the r A6liDn Nevilfunc-ettercd. ipp A6tion then condemnedjthac jail, or moft of the hearers J could not but apply the accu- ■ , Huion to lerohoxms finne, and j confequently vnto his perlbn ' alfo, as he was a (inner. ^ S o th en, lero boam wa s ob- ; (ecued to bee reprooued, and ' yet the Prophet in no fault, j but only leroboam: his guilt ' drew him within the reach of this reprehenfion, which o- therwile had neuer toucht him. Thus, that Prophet did, and did no more then duty, as ap- r- peared by the countenance which God himfelfe gaue to i that a,(9:ion, when ler^boxm ' ftonned. Angry.he.c was, but I who could, helpe it? and fmitten he was; his fur-y did jdeferueit. i And, me thjnkesjche iudge- meiit 300 The py-e of the SanlJttarie mentfollowinghim vpon his rage atthe hearing of his fin reprooued, fliould bee war- ning enough to all Perfons, for euer to beware of being angry with Gods Mefiengers, vpon lb weake a ground. For although the (ame doomedo not inftantly feaze on them, which did on him ^ yet it is a debt, as fur e as if'twere paid. God tru'y paies his debts, though men goe hence vn- paid. Wherefore, if any fiich icaiuin.m thcrc be (and g Cdmn faith, iii.iiqui there be,; who being moun- ted a Region or two, aboue pr,»L^heVulgar, (andyet, God fwitfrxdiii, J wot,asfii re below the High- MaTfe{'&[ eft, as Lu»a vndef SatHrne 5) i for want of hclpe, to Idolize themlelues, and fur- ther think that now the Gnat, being I Newly vnccuered.' being gotten vp to fit vpon the wheele, maketh fuch a noife, andraifeth fuchaduft, asfliallbe able to fright or choake him vp that dares ad- ucnture ncare it with an ad- monition; or elfe^to driue the wheele it felfe vpon his face: Let fuch^ith Caluine^, know, that for as much as this fnufi fing infultation is aninlurre- dion againfl: God himlelfe, and denies due honour to our greateft King; that libertie which the Lord hath giuen his feruants to be fharpe a- gainft them, muft and fhall be put in execution. Thus of Puhlicke perfons in the Common wealth. There: is yet another fort Publicke, and they are EcclefiaHkall'^ as Bifliops, ;Pafi;ors, and other Minifters. In dealing with thefe ?02 i.Ruletou- ching mini ftcrt. h j.Tim.j.i, i KuUatn da- re occafotum iuRxrefre- henjjonu. II Itidenim trre prehenfibile, ncn idem di^ (it quod ca- lumnijt non obnoxium, autift ^uetn not potefi in- tendi calum- niit: nam ipfe ttiam ^pc fiin'iu »mnu, i ^c,Thcodor^ ■in t.Tim.i, The fire of the San^uarie thefejZealc muft be directed by Difcretion^ to oblcriie three rules. I. mufiheahlifo ludge what eJpecUlly deferueth reproofe in a, Minifies. B 't- pjop mitji beblamelejje, faith Saint Paul-, that is, he miitl ,giuc no iuft occafion of re- prehenfioig faith ' Theodoret. The Apoltle doth not re- quire a Biihop to be without? reproach: for no man can fo bchauc himrelfe,as not to be obnoxious to the fharpe and venomous teeth ofthatSer- pent, Calumnieff\i\s Apoftle himfelfe could not efcape any kinde of reproach.. But fuch .muft bed defpit'ed , not fled from. n And when he nameth 5/- meaneth allthe Clcy^ gie^ fliouldbcd foloo,, al- though Newly VKCOuere^, though they benotBifhops. Yet with all it is cleare, that this chielly * conccrneth Bi- iliopSjbccaure their clignitic, as it maketh them more emi- nent, lb it caulcth cxpedlia- tion of exemplary circum- fpedlion, and pious ^ conuer- fation. If he, or any M ini/ler lliall make a notarious fault, they muft not thinke to flip away without an admonition. But many times it happeneth that the belt men are hardly taxed, and idiarply cenflired for thirds which .are no fenlts,but vertuesinthem. iMfitrrsfaultendhghin fbmc that diey are no gd'od-fdlmtsx In 0!tiicrs,thal ths.y fbarp lyre' p7 Bouetheir'.henrers finnes-^th^i they denounce iudgements to thcr rbbjellious 'that they tell 2^ Clarur/t esl qudi (jAS If fet opotut pTtmos ftrut re Eptfcepos, itqut fUKt ajfe- tfuuti, I kEpher5.i3 ii 304 The f^e of the SanTltiarie 1 MatKi;. fcr. j3-- m Amos 7. 10. I BAS J4 5.tf. I o AS. 7. tell the ftaring gallants and impenitent finners of hell & damnation, they taking it for certaine, that the word Dayfi- nation^ or Hell^ cannot be- come a pulpit^thoiigh Chrift himfelfe did vie' them. ; If Amos prophefie againft the fins of lerohoam^ AmazJah willcrie ™ Treafon: if he pro- phefie of gneuous plagues approaching for outragioiis tranigreflions 3 then he hith Jpoken fach xvords as th( land is not ahle to be,ire them: h ^ If Paul preach lefm truly^ and anger the lewes^they will haue a Tertullus for their mor ney thatfhalhpaint him out in Folio, for ledition againft the State, herefie againft the Truth, and prophanation of the very " Tsmple." \istephen> tell the necked Ntwlj vnceneredt 30y necktd md v^circumcifed in I heart and eares, of their conti- j nuadrefiFimgofthe holyGhofi, i This willfo f/// them to the ve- 1 ry heart^xh:ix. they wiWgnafh vpon him with their teeth, and with a loud voyce flopping their eares, run vpon him and Jione him with one accord. If our Lord himfelfe tell the Pharifies, they are not of Godf)tcA\\(c they heare not hit word: and that they are the^ children of the Diuell^hccmk his lufts they do: they will not feare to retort the Diuell vp- poll P himielfc, and thinke it meete to proiiidc him a place ill Bedlam. Yea J let him but fpcake any thing, be it neiier fo true and neceflariCjifthey diftafte it,he hath made fault enough to haue his necke broken from p Ioh,Si48. T^c fire of the S ' ' 1 <5 Luke 4.23. r Ioh.8,j3. from a ^ mountaine, or his braines beaten out with f ftoncs. VVhat Prophet had a tombe crcdlcd in his honour, bv the fbnne, vvhofc Either or an- ceftors did not perlcciitc him with deadly malice-, as a per- nitious intollerable maleEa- (ftor in his life? And why? fbtj hailing no more dilcretion j then to tread vpon the Wafpes neft, although built fo right in his way that hee could not auoyd it. Nay,fometimes,though a Minifterdo not preach Fine- gitr and Ganle, but oyle and butterjat leaft tollerable mat- ter,yet his more then ordina- rie diligence and painfulnefle in his place, ihall bee ill thought of by fome, who are loath to weare out their ploughes Neivly vncouered. 307 ploughes in tilling their own ground Chrift indeed called his ^ houlcjthe houfe cffnyer-^ yes.; But let me tell you, that he i preachedhe laid lb. And when lie lent out his Apo-' files and Difciples, hec bad , them go Preach, The fame I charge was giuen by the A-; poflles to Minifters whom i they ordained and fet oner { particular * Churches. I' Mattorf. For my part, I am 10 rarrc Mar.i^.iy, r r Luke lo. from taking away prayer, tor ioU.ji.m.i# preaching ^ that I could wifh ! l^or.5>.T4 s not onely more Preaching in ' lome places, but more prayer i. ihecs-u. alio in other places ^ and I meane onely that prayer which is allowed too: In per- formance whereof (if the fault be not in them who vn- dertake it) much more good might J.Tim 4.1 J. Tit !.s>. i.Pct.j.J. goS 7" he §re of the SanBHurte j \ , might be done then will bee acknowledged by fome^who magnifie preaching rather: the adorne it^yea,! will adde, j more then by fome mens 1 preaching admired by jcoo' many. i But yet I defire leaue to! maintarne the honour of the 1 one as well as of the other, i and to obleriie that though our Lord came oftento the Temple, yet beneuercame but when he preached there. So,al{b the Apoftles. This Hands vpon Record, and I can proue it. Now let any man fhew me any eui-; dence, to proue that either Clirift or his Apoftles, after their entrance into their offi- ces, did euer go and onely pray in the Temple. To me then it is cleare, that diligent preaching' 'Newly VKCOHtred. 309 preaching is one principall dutieinfcparablyannexed to our calling,and therefore was worthily called for and en- ioyned by exprefle iniun- (fbion ofSupreame authority, for the great good of our Church, and to the high ho- nor ofour late gracious * So- ueraigne. Is it then credible that any, elpecially of our owne cal- ling fhouldcondemne the du ligence of others thereby to palliate or excufe their owne negligence ? Is not this becaufe fome (who arc otherwifo cenfori- oils Critticks) will not diftin- guilTi betweene men and men. If they can picke out fome bold-faced mercinarie Empericke,that by the helpe o^a.Polya»lhea, or fome£/?- ' * The late j Kings Male- I flic thoug*.ic ' not cateche ' ticall prea- ching(which j for one part j of the day is I Amply the bcft) too much to be' stfed euerie Sonday and HolydaVjbe fide the mot I ning Set- mon>bucen- itjyned it, to[ his perpetu all honout. i I 7'hefi''e ff the SaH&mrie j gfr/I} Treatifc, can make a I lliift fine or fixe times a week, j with his tongue and his teeth ; to throw oner the Pulpit a ' packeofftolne wares, which I fometimes the Iiidicious hea- rer knowes by the marke, and I fends it home to the right owner againe: If an Angell appcare at a Chrifi:ning,Fnnerall,or wed- ding, for a Sermon preached ' at an houres warning, if need ' be, encry day: j Or if the man haue been a . • I drinkingjfeaftingjor a riding,. ■ 1 that fo,no time is left him to ■ Icarch- lb firre as a naked Commentary ,Pofii],or fome i Catechifine, yet aduenturcS j oti the ficred bufiiiciTc of ' preaching, c.-irrying to the pulpit a bold face in fiead of i/auoury prouifion3and thinks 1 it 1 Nenlj viccuered, ' ( 311 I it fiiflicient that the poodle hcare tliunder, though they fee no raine, and that loud- nefTe will ferue for once, in ftead of matter; becaufe if he be earneft, filly women and fome nimiies more will count j ' him a very zealous Preacher^ | i and impute his want of mat- ' ter to his wifedome and de- fire of edifying, not to his want offtudie or abilitie; and " fiy,?/e preaches to the con- j'' fciencCjHe flands not vpon deepe learning, He repro-: ueth finne boldly; that is to! fiy, other mens, (therefore they loue him-^) not theirs, for, then they would abhorre him. : . . Ifl fay,flich as defire toabate! j the number of Sermons, can! 1 produce fbme fuch Wild-i fowle,this fhall bee enough I , for j ' V.SlfJPF I The^re oftheSiMcluarte I forfliem , to crie downe tlie ludicious and profitable of- ten preaching of godly, lear- ned, experienced Minifters, who can hardly foil vpon that point of moment, which j they haue not long before ! throughly ftudied^fbr the fiib- 1 ftance of it. j Haue wee not young Ar- j tiffs in the Vniiierfities that read learned LecSfurcs twice or thrice a wccke ? Haue we J not Lawyers that are able j with praife to plead at_ the j Barre in ordinarie Cafes eue- ! ry day, after fbme experience ^ added to their learning? f • T • I Did not mAicious. cMne, j and Beza. after him, read Di- uinitie Lcdture ( wliich is more painfull then vulgar preaching,) more often then any man in England prea- cheth? r Newly vncoMered. " X See the Deaoeof cheth? Did not Saint L^afiin and diners of the Fxthers preach cuery * day? Did not many godly men' ^tuUsin- in England (though not halfe I croiifc,prM fo well furnifhcd , as many! now) in the beginning of Q^eene Elizabeths reignc, do (o here? Is there no diiTercnce be- twecne a child and a man; a Kouice^and an old ftandard? Becaufe feme men haue a mind to play , muft all men ; Icaue worke ? Becaufe fome cannot do much worke, muft another that can do it forbcare? Gregorte complaines that he was troubled with ibme ftich euill beafts^ for all the ! world like JEfops dog, by his ' delcription. There are,faith he, in the P Church, ?I4 * Moral, Uh i^.cap. it> Suyit ergo nonnuUi in EccUjit qui •nonlolum nB The fire ofithe SanEiurte re euam dett/lantar. HorumpeC' catum jitUcet Honexin^r- mitAte vel ignorantiay fed ex folo ftudsofcrpe- tratw: ^uta 1/ideUcet (i aielicnt int' fltre bona, nec XAmen foJJ'c»t,ea qua in fe ntoli^unu, faTtem in aliji amareat. Si enim eaipjt velfolo 1/0 fo appetercnt, faiia ah alqs non odijfent: * Church, who not onelydo no good, but perfecutc it: and thofc things which they . negled themfelues, they de- /Telampl^. tcft it iu othets: for ifthey did but onely defire to do good, negiiiunt. thcv could uot thus hate it, atmnaUis i . t i « being done by others. But after all this, what be the faults indeed for which a Clergy man deftrues taxing? Let vs but readc Saint Pauls Character of a good Bifhop, and wee ihall fbone by the Rule of Contraries, find out the faults of a bad, that defer- j ueth reproofe. What nearer j way to fearch adarkeroome then to open thewindbwes, and let in the light ? What better courfe to trie fuch fed quia bona eadem audiendo cognoj}unt,viueitdo del^cimt,animaducrteHdo ferpquu>ttur,re6ledicilur: Qiti cx irdufttia teceffeiunt ab co. Unde cr apte fahitpngitunEi oninesvias eiusintetligeic holu- erunt. JvonetUmduhfrrr.itate nonintelligunfy fed intelligtre noluerunt j quia ftpe quafaceredeptciur,t,nefcirecontem»unt. bght r Newly vnconered. I light filuer then to carriej it I to the baUance of the San- j ftuarie? j In the generall J o/Btjhop^ : faith Saint Puttl^ mnft \ ^ bUmeleffe yea^ vnbUmea- 1 bl^. Do you aske wherein? I The fame Apoftle fheweth. I He mitli be the husband of ene rvife, vigilanty fober, of good behauioitr^giuen to *boffitality^ apt to teach , not