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A02923	A Postill, or, Exposition of the Gospels that are usually red in the churches of God, vpon the Sundayes and feast dayes of Saincts written by Nicholas Hemminge a Dane, a Preacher of the Gospell, in the Vniuersitie of Hafnie ; and translated into English by Arthur Golding. ; before which Postill is sette a warning of the same Nicholas Heminge too the Ministers of Gods vvorde, concerning the co[n]tinuall agreement of Chrystes Church in the doctrine and true worshipping of God ...	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1569 (1569)	STC 13062; ESTC S5140	503,499	736

Chrystes must as well the godly magistrate as the ouerséers of Gods religion folowe that there be no defiling of Gods religion in the churches of christians Other that haue not this authoritie must be sory and testifie it in woords that they disallow the corruption of gods seruice Thirdly the signification of this déede is too bée weyed For as the temple was defiled so he ment that there should bée a spirituall purging of the temple by his owne death and glorious resurrection Moreouer in the cause of this déede which is expressed by these woords my house shal bee called a house of prayer c. we may lerne twoo things First that the temple is the visible seat of Gods seruice For all be it that euery place bée a temple too the godly in as muche as it is lawfull for them to call vppon God euery where yet notwithstanding the temple or church is the common place wherein we must assemble to pray and too doe other things that perteine to the outward discipline of godlinesse Another is that wée should reuerence the churches that are appoynted too Gods seruice and kéepe them cleane from Idols and Idol seruice But alas for sorow the Popish superstition sticketh so fast too the ribbes of a nūber that they cannot abide that an Idol should be pulled out of their church But héerof shal more be spoken at an other time ¶ Of the second THe second part of the things doone by Chryst in the temple is that he healed the lame and blinde that came vnto him By which déed he testifieth first that he is the true Messias For the Prophet Esay foretold that when Messias was come he should woorke such miracles Secondly this déede sheweth that the office of the Messias is to destroy y e workes of Sathan For when Chryst taketh away the disease he remoueth the cause also and the cause of all diseases in sinne Thirdly he sheweth by an outward token how men should vse y e church for the healing of bodily diseases is a representation of the clensing of mennes soules from spiritual filthinesse Therfore the church must be appoynted too this purpose y t we may be purged there frō our spirituall diseases which thing is then doone when we beléeue the word that is there preached and by beléeuing are washed from our sinnes with the bloud of Chryst according as Iohn sayth The blue of Iesus Chryst clen●eth vs from all iniquitie ¶ Of the third parte WHen the children tryed in the temple Hosanna too the Sonne of Dauid and that the Pharisyes chid them Chryst tooke vpon him to stand in defence of the children and iustifieth their doing by record of the Scripture Haue yée not red saith he Out of the mouth of babes and suckelings hast thou made perfect thy prayse Héere wée haue to lerne of both that is to wit of the children and of Chryst. Of the children first let our childrē lerne too know Chryst and to set forth his praise For séeing that Chryste sayeth that the kingdome of heauen belongeth too children vndoutedly his will is too be praysed and magnified by the faith and by the voyce of children But alas there bée many children which not onely are Ignorant of Chryst but also are so leudly brought vp that they learne nothing but too sweare too lye too talke ribaudry too practise other naughtinesse who shall not onely bée punished themselues one day for their lewdnesse but also their parentes shall bée punished of God for that they haue so wickedly neglected the children that God hath giuen them to bring vp in nurture and godlynesse Ageine we may lerne of the children to confesse Chryst in the middes of his enemies Héere were present the Pharisies and Scribes the chéef Gouernours of this common weale who persecuted Chryste and were angrye with all those that yelded any honor vnto Chryst. Yet could not this cruelnesse so abashe the children but that the more they were forbidden the more they cryed oute For suche is the strength of fayth that whersoeuer it bée it can not bée hidden but always bursteth out intoo the praise of GOD. This dutifulnesse is required at all mennes handes according too that saying of Paule in the .x. to the Romanes with the hart we beléeue vntoo rightuousnesse with the mouthe is confession made vntoo saluation By the dooing of Chryst we may lerne first that he will defend those that beléeue him And secondly that after the example of Chryst according too the state of our vocation wée are bound to defend the innocencie of others and specially too succour maynteyne the godly that they bée not oppressed and troden down by the wicked ¶ Of the fourth parte THe fretting of the Princes the Préests and the Scribes against Chryst was foretold long ago by the voice of god and the Prophets For where as God in the third of Genesis told before hand that it should come to passe that the séede of the woman shoulde treade downe the serpents head hée méeneth that Sathan and his members heathenish and vngodly men should persecute Christ and his Church And Dauid in the second Psalme not onely foresawe in Spirit this fretting of the Iewes ageinst Chryste when he sayth why did the Heathē frette and why did the people imagin vaine things But also by the sayd place of Genesis he promiseth it should come to passe that the womans séede that is to say Chryst and all that beléeue in him should ouercome Sathan his members Now in what thing this victorie consisteth Dauid in the ●ame Psalme declareth saying Blissed are all they that put their trust in him Wherefore let vs renounce Sathan and his members and with strong faith leane vpon Chryst the vanquisher of Sathan and giuer of eternall life to whom be honor and glorie for euermore ▪ Of the Lordes supper the first Epistle to the Corinthians and the xj Chapter THat vvhiche I deliuered vntoo you I receiued of the Lord. For the Lorde IESVS the same night in vvhiche hee was betrayed tooke bread and vvhen hee hadde giuen thanks hee brake it and sayd take yee and eate yee this is my body vvhich is broken for you This doo yee in remembrance of me After the same māner also he tooke the cup vvhē Supper vvas doone saying this Cup is the nevv testament in my blud This doo as oft as yee drink of it in remembraunce of mee For as oft as yee shall eate this bread and drink of this cup yee shall shevve the Lords death til he come VVherfore vvho so euer shall eate of this bread drink of this cup vnvvorthely shal be giltie of the body and bloud of the Lord. Let a man therfore examin himself so let him eat of that bread drink of that cup. For he that eateth or drinketh vnvvorthely eateth and drinketh his ovvne damnation bicause he maketh no difference of the Lords body The exposition of the text THe cause why this feast is instituted

in hope of this redemption by making hir a promisse of the blissed séede At length when the fulnesse of time was come the father sent out his sonne borne of the virgin Mary boūd vnder the law too redéeme his spouse y t was vnder the cursse of the law which thing came then too passe when he made himself the raunsome wherwith she was redéemed and recouered out of the hands of the adulterer Sathan And as in respect of eche man seuerally the Churche is handfasted and betrouthed too Chryst hir Bridegroome by faith and Baptim according as the Bridegroome himselfe sayth● I wil betrouth thée too my selfe for euer I will marry thée too me in rightuousnesse and iudgement in mercy and compassion and I will marry thée too me in fayth and thou shalt know the Lord. In this betrouthing there are two things in generall too bée considered The one is the contract and promisse of the Bridegroome and the other is the couenanting of the Bride wherby she is bound vntoo hir husbande In the couenaunt of the Bridegroome there are thrée things First the good will and fr●e loue of the Bridegroome whereby he fauoureth the Bride without any desert of hirs Secondly the méening of the continuance of the wedlocke betwéene the bridegroome Chryst and the Churche his spouse I will betrouthe thée too me sayth he for euer Therfore he continueth the Churches husband for euer Thirdly the reckening vp of the Iewels which Chryst the Bridegroome bestoweth vppon his wyfe and they are numbered héere too bée foure Rightuousnesse iudgement pitie and mercy With his owne rightuousnesse decketh he his wyfe when forgiuing hir sinnes he ascribeth his owne obedience vntoo hir where through she appéereth a comelie and beautifull Bride in the sight of the Bridegroomes father With his iudgement he reuengeth hir of them that did hir wrong mainteyning hir and pulling hir back intoo the way when shée steppeth awry Hée embraceth hir with pitie that is too saye with husbandly affection For this pitie is a kindly louingnesse issuing from the innermost closets of the minde And hée embraceth hir with mercie in that he pardoneth hir dayly misdéeds and rueth hir miseries These foure things are in the couenant of the Bridegroome And in the couenaunte on the behalfe of the Bride there bée twoo things The acknoweledging of the benefite with the praysing of GOD and fayth wherby the spouse leaneth vpon hir husbands breaste and without any distrust looketh for all the good things that hée hathe promised By this mutuall contract let vs conceiue Doctrine comfort and fayth that no discouragement of any aduersitie cause vs too fléete from this Bridegroome who neuer forsaketh his spouse vnlesse shée like a forsworne woman doo first break the fayth and trouth that shée hathe plighted Ageine wée learne héereby also that whosoeuer hath not the faith of Chryst is none of Chrystes but is defiled with shameful aduoutrie Héereby it appéereth how truely Iohn hathe sayed in his Apocalips Blissed are they that are called too the Lambes supper The fifth It is too bée obserued what they be that bid the guests too this royall mariage First the eternall GOD the Bridegroomes Father by his voyce biddeth guestes too this wedding Nexte many holy Fathers before the flud Then after the flud Noe and Melchisedech Ioseph and Moyses in Egipt The holie Prophets and Kings in the land of Canaan Daniel in Iury. After these commeth the Bridegrooms own maister of houshold Iohn Baptist poynted out the Bridegroome with his finger whoo also himself with his Apostles made Proclamation and bad guests too the wedding saying Come all things are ready The sixth The prouision for the Maryage feaste is too bée considered For euen lyke as at the Mariages of men are killed Bulles Shéepe Oxen and wilde beasts so also ageinst this mariage there is made moste excellent prouision and large alowance of al things First there is set before vs not corruptible bread but liuely bread from heauen wherof whoosoeuer eateth shall neuer after hunger Nexte is set before vs water of life For thus sayeth the Bridegroome himselfe If a man drinke of the water that I shall giue him hée shall not die Thirdly the Bridegroome refresheth our werye soules with his owne body and blud Fourthly he furnisheth vs with his owne apparell whilest wée put him on by Baptim For thus saith the holy Ghost by the mouth of Paul As many as are Baptised haue put on Chryst. And fifthly oure iunkets are the frutes of the trée of life whereby the Bryde shall haue hir strength that shée may neuer die The seuenth But they sayth the texte refused too come Did they so What a churlishnesse is that Were they bidden and woulde not come What letted them Firste their housholde guest sinne that ●●●elleth in thē This guest holds them backe with his pretie conceites that they cannot come too the wedding when they are bidden Secondlye the Bridegroomes enimie that is too wit the Deuill besetteth and forlayeth all the wayes and by diuers meanes stoppeth vp the passage too the wedding Thirdly sundry affaires kéepe them away For one hathe a Farme another hath Oxen another hathe a wife and another some other thing to busie himselfe aboute And the reste caughte his seruauntes and slue them The Storie of the worlde sheweth this too bée moste true Untoo this wedding did hée bid Abell But the Deuill sente out his champion Caine and killed him Untoo this wedding did Noe bidde guestes by the space of a hundred and twentie yéeres but those that were hidden mockte him and laughed him too skorne for his laboure Untoo this did Ioseph also bid guests in Egipt but a filthy strumpet accused him and made him too bée cast intoo prison Too this did Moyses bid guestes but hée suffered many things at their handes whom hée bad Too this wedding did the most holy Kings and Patriarkes bid guests but their talk was hild skorne of At length came the Bridegroomes owne maister of housholde Iohn but he was murthered by Herod To this wedding doth the Bridegroome himselfe the very sonne of God bid guestes but he is hanged vppon the galowes of the crosse Too this wedding do the Apostles bid guestes and after them all godly ministers of God worde Whom the Diuill assayling partly with his Sophistrie partly with his Tirannie and partly with his Hipocrisie striueth too kill So the greatest part of the world being vnkinde refuseth too come too this wedding of the sonne of God The eyght What sayth the king too this First he is angry which surely is no maruell For he sawe both himselfe and his mariage despised of those which will they nill they are compelled too confesse that what so euer good thing they haue they may thanke him for it Secondly he punisheth them bodily whereof the thanklesse world which the Lord destroyed in the flud had experience This dooth the burning of Sodom beare witnesse of This dooth the destruction of

is not too bée imputed vntoo God but too the malice of men which will not followe God that draweth thē by his woord Why the vngodly shall persecute the apostles the Lord sheweth plainly in the tenth of Mathew where he sayeth And yée shall bée hated of all man for my names sake Iohn the .xvj. And the houre commeth that vvhosoeuer sleaeth you shall think he doth God hye seruice And these things shall they doo too you bycause they knovv not the father nor mee Héere hée alledgeth the cause why the vngodly are so mad vppon the godly that is to say bicause they knowe not God which want of knowing God bringeth too passe that the murtherers them selues doo think they offer holy sacrifices vnto God when they put the faithfull too death Yea and they that knowe not God runne hedlong into hipocrisie and out of hipocrisie intoo murther vntill they haue filled vp the measure of their wickednesse What then dooth Christ He commeth too the sicke But they as folke out of their wittes set them selues against Christe whom they couet too dispatch out of the world He by his ministers sheweth them their disease They on the other side will be knowen of no disease and therfore they bothe dispise the Phisitian and persecute his messengers ¶ Of the seconde THat vppon you may come all the righteous blood that is shed vpon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel c. How sore the persecuters of the church doo sinne he sheweth héere For hée sayth that they shall bée giltie of all the blood of the Sainctes that euer was shed no lesse than if they wyth their owne hands had slaine all the godly men and sainctes yea and Christ him selfe For amongst all the vngodly there is a certeine alyance of vngodlynesse whiche maketh their punishementes a lyke gréeuous and their giltinesse a lyke equall ¶ Of the thirde VErely I say vntoo you all these thinges shall come vppon this generation Althoughe these things are peculiarlye spoken of the Iewes béeing persecuters yet generally they perteine to all persecuters of the Church The othe that the Lorde addeth teacheth vs two things First that the vngodly shall one day in déede bée caried too punishment how long so euer hée séeme too delay their iudgement And secondly that the godly which suffer persecution shal one day bée gloriously deliuered and their ennimies bée put too euerlasting torments Whereby the godly may learne not too grudge at the vngodly persecuters but rather too bée moued with compassion for their assured damnation and too make intercession for them that the Lord will turne them that they bée not al damned according as Stephan did as wée haue heard before ¶ Of the fourth O Hierusalem Hierusalem vvhich sleaest the Prophets c. These woordes of Christ calling vppon Hierusalem by name conteine first an vpbraiding Secondly they declare Christes affection towardes them Thirdly they doo vs too vnderstand that they perish through their owne default and lastly they threaten punishment For when he sayth how often wold I haue gathered thée toogither hée vpbraideth them with vnthankfulnesse for that they would neither receiue the benefite that was offered them nor had any regarde of their owne welfare and much lesse would acknowledge the liberalitie of their benefactor or be thankful too him for it Would God that a number of them that heare the Gospell at this day were not like them which thing verily they shew by their frutes The Lord declareth his affection towards them when he compareth himself too a hen which loueth hir chickens most entierly and doth al that shée is able too doo too the intent shée may kéepe them from the foules that are ennimies too them God forbid that it should enter intoo any godly hart too think that Christ determined otherwise with him self concerning the Iewes by some secrete wil than he pretended by his teares and by his spéech For it is a horrible thing too think that there are contrary willes in Chryst who himselfe condemneth a double heart Therefore hée willed their saluation in déede according too the saying of the Prophet I will not the death of a sinner but that hée should conuert and liue In the third place when the Lord sayth And thou vvouldest not ▪ he opēly testifieth that the Iewes peryshed through their owne default and that of their owne malice they striued against Christ who offered them saluation Hée sayeth not And God vvould not receiue thee intoo fauoure but thou vvouldest not Wherfore wée may learne twoo things héereby One is that béeing made warer by the harme of the Iewes wée giue eare too Gods woorde and yéeld our selues obediēt too Christ when he allureth vs that wée striue not against the holy Ghost who stirreth vp the witts of al men that héere the Gospell An other is that whosoeuer héere the woord obey it not doo perishe through their owne fault Whose destruction and damnation is not too bée ascribed too any destinie or secrete will of God as thoughe there were some whom hée would not haue saued Fourthly when he addeth And your house shall bee left desolate vnto you Although this threatning of punishment perteine in speciall too the Iewes that were persecuters too whom he threatneth the vtter ouerthrow of their religion common weale and priuate state yet in generall it perteyneth too al persecuters of the gospell And he thretneth them that at least wise some of them shoulde amende For all the thretnings of the prophets haue a couert condition namely vnlesse yée repent like as wée sée in the Niniuites and as wée héere Chryst witnessing in these woords Unlesse yée repent yée shall perish all toogither Luke xiij Let vs then bée warned by this threatning if wée minde too scape the wrath of God too repent vs in good earnest and too call vpon Chryst our sauiour with true gronings that he may kéepe vs in true faith and inuocation Too whom with GOD the father and the holy Ghost bée praise honour and glorie for euer and euer Amen The third holiday in Christmas commonly called S. Iohn the Euangelists day ¶ The Gospell Iohn xxj IEsus sayd vntoo Peter Folovv thou mee Peter turned about and savv the Disciple vvhom Iesus loued folovving vvhiche also leaned on his brest at Supper and sayd Lorde vvhiche is hee that betrayeth thee VVhen Peter therefore savv him hee sayde vntoo Iesus Lorde vvhat shall hee heere doo Iesus sayde vntoo him If I vvill haue him too tarrie till I come vvhat is that too thee Follovv thou mee Then vvent this saying abroade among the brethren that that Disciple should not die Yet Iesus sayed not too him hee shall not die but if I vvill that he tary til I come vvhat is that too thee The same Disciple is he vvhich testifieth of these things and vvrote of these things and vvee knovve that his testimonie is true There are also many other things vvhiche Iesus did the vvhiche if they should