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A13809	A sermon preached the 26. day of May. 1584. in S. Maries Church in Shrewesbury before the right honorable the Earle of Leicester, accompanied with the Earle of Essex, the Lorde North, diuers knightes, gentle-men of worshypfull callyng, the worshipfull bayliues, aldermen and burgesses of the towne of Salop. By Iohn Tomkys publick preacher of Gods word there: now first published by the authour. Seen, perused, and allowed accordyng to her Maiesties iniunctions.	Tomkys, John.	1586 (1586)	STC 24110; ESTC S118479	38,851	98

his callyng c Io 10 34 confuted his aduersaries d Luc 24 27 instructed his Disciples And if wee diligently reade his Sermones and Epistles of the Apostles recorded in the booke of the Newe Testament we shall finde that what they taught e Rom 4 6 they confirmed by the holie Scriptures For they knewe f Io 5 39 that in the Scriptures is eternall life and that they are they which testifie of Christ They knewe g 2 Tim 3 15 that the holie Scriptures are able to make men wise vnto saluation through the faith which is in Christ Iesus They knewe that h 16 the whole Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teach to conuince to correct and to instruct in righteousnesse i 17 That the man of God may bee absolute being made perfect vnto all good workes They knewe k 2 Pet 1 20 that no prophecie of the Scripture is of anie priuate interpretation (a) 21. and that the prophecie came not in olde time by the will of man but that holie men of god spake as they were mooued by the holy ghost And if this rule No further to followe Men then they followe Christ had bine precisely followed from the time of the Apostles vntill our age Poperie had neuer bene so vniuersally receiued in Christendome as to the losse of many soules it hath For what is Popery Poperie discribed but an hypocriticall Religion brought in by the doctryne of Men with-out the warrant of the worde of god And this much concernyng the imitation of god in his Sainctes * 2. God is to bee imitated of vs because wee are his deare children Now it followeth to shew the cause which is the second principal point why God wil that we immitate him Paule yeeldeth the cause heereof adding (b) Eph. 5.1 As deare childrē And in these wordes the Apostle vseth a most vehement persuasion whether wee way them by naturall reason or in them call to minde the great benefite which god hath bestowed vpō vs. For it stādeth with naturall reason that the naturall childe imitate the naturall father in expressing not his vices but his vertues that he may be as well the mirror of his good maners as the glasse of his cōtenaūce Ought we not then which are a Ioh. 1.12 the spirituall children of god b Heb. 12.9 the Father of spirites to folow him in all things wherein he hath set forth himselfe as a paterne to bee folowed that in our manners we may resemble him by bringing forth the fruites of the spirite whereof anone we will speake And least we should thinke that hee requireth impossible thinges at our hands Behold his fatherly dealing with vs hee requireth no workes of vs but such as himself his sonne and his saints haue done before vs for our example Now if the remēbraunce of benefites receiued may stirre vs vp to duetifulnesse Paule would haue vs to knowe that since god hath vouchsafed to make c Ioh. 1.12 vs by grace his beloued children whiche d Ephe. 2.3 by nature were the children of wrath our duetie is with all readynesse to imitate him our louyng Father a 5.1 as becommeth deare children * Two thinges insinuated in the Greeke wordes But for so much as the Apostle by vsing chosen woordes in the greeke tongue wherein hee wrote this Epistle b Ephe. 5.1 Os tecna agapeta hath insinuated both the meane whereby we become the children of god and the fruite thereof I will briefly speake of those two pointes and so conclud this part * 1. The mean wherby we are made Gods children is a spirituall birth The meane whereby we become gods children is c Ioh. 1.13 a byrth not of bloud nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of god This birth Christ calleth d 3.3 5. a new birth which is wrought by gods holy spirite e Heb. 9.14 which clenseth our consciences from dead workes f Mat. 3.11 and inflameth our hartes with the loue of the truth And that we may know that this byrth is altogether spirituall Iames telleth vs that g Iam. 1.18 god of his own will begate vs with the word of truth And Peter teacheth vs that h 1. Pet. 1.23 we are borne a new not of mortall seede but of immortall by the worde of god who liueth and indureth for euer So thē since euery thing in this birth is most excellent a. Iam. 1.18 the father God b 1. Pet. 1.23 the seede his word c Ioh. 3.5 8. the worker his spirite d 1.12 the fruite his children the due remembraūce of this gracious meanes wherby we receiue this priuilege to bee e 1.12 the sonnes of god ought to moue vs effectually to bee f Ephe. 5.1 folowers of god our Father as beseemeth deare children * 2 The fruit of this spirituall birth is our fauoure with God The fruite and commoditie which insueth vnto vs by the meanes of this spirituall birth is exceeding great For thereby we become g Ephe. 5.1 Agapetoi that is amiable diligible acceptable and pleasaunt in the sight of our god in whom hee taketh full delight as a father in his childrē And this is more then Agapoumenoi beloued For amōg men some time children are beloued of their parentes affectionately when their cōdiciōs deserue no loue at all h Gen. 27.6 as was Esau of Isaac But by meanes of this new birth there is cause why god loueth them whom he hath so regenerate For thereby we become the members of that holy body whereof a Ephe. 4.15 Iesus Christ is the head And the● cā it not otherwise be but as b Luk. 1.35 Chris● the head is holy of it self so must tru● Christians the members of that head c Rom. 6.5 1. Cor. 6.11 participate by grace the holynesse o● their head wherby they become acce●ptable amiable vnto God This moued Paul the Apostle to teach vs that d 1. Cor. 1.30 we are of god in Christ Iesus Who of god is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnes and sanctificatiō and redēption And as the whole body of Aarō became fragrāt by the meanes of the precious e Exo. 30.30 ointement f Psal 133.2 which distilled from his head to the hemme of his garmentes as his whole body was glorious through his g Exod. 28.2 beautifull attire so is the whole body of Christ h 1. Cor. 6 15 whereof we be members sweete in the presence of god through the sanctification of his spirite glorious before him through the righteousnesse of his sonne For through Christ we as i 1. Pet. 2.5 liuely stones be made a spirituall house an holy Priesthode to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to god by Iesus Christ k 9 yea we are a chosen generation a

be offered by the priest vnto god for the sines of the people Mat. 27.35 Hereby was signified n Ioh. 19.34 the suffering of Christ o 33 the sheddyng of his bloud p 30. his death vppon the Crosse whereby hee might become q, 30. a propitiatorie sacrifice for the takyng away of the sinnes of the world The Patriarches the Prophetes and all the children of God from Adam to Christ as they set the eyes of their bodies in the exercise of religion vppon these sacrifices and oblations so dyd they set the eyes of their mindes vpon Christ then to come Thus did Esay interprete these ceremonies when he foreshewed that t Esa 53 3 Christ shoulde be such a man as shoulde haue a good experience of sorrowes and infirmities 4 that Christ onely should take on him our infirmitie and beare our payns 5 that Christ should be wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickednesse that the payne of our punishment might be layd vpon him and that with his stripes we might be healed That the Lorde would throw vppon Christ all our sinnes 6 7 That Christ should suffer violence and be euill intreated and should not open hys mouth That christ should be led as a sheepe to be slayne and yet should be as still as a lambe before the shearer and not open his mouth That christ should be ●aken from the prison and iudgement 8 ●hat he should be cut off from the ground ●f the liuing which punishement should ●oe vpō him for the transgressiō of gods ●eople That christ should haue his graue ●iuen him with the condempned 9 with ●he riche man at his death whereas hee ●●ould neuer doe violence nor vnright ●either should there be anie deceiptfulnes 〈◊〉 his mouth Neuerthelesse 10 that it should please the Lord to smite Christ with in●●●mitie that when he had made his soule an offering for sinne hee might see long lasting seede 11 That Christ should see the fruite and labour of his soule and be satisfied who being the righteous seruaunt of the Lorde with his knowledge shoulde iustifie the multitude for he should bear their sinnes 12 And that therefore the Lord would giue him his part among the great ones and that he should deuide the spoyle with the mightie because he hadde giuen ouer his soule to death and was reckoned among the transgressours which neuerthelesse should take away the sinnes of the multitude and make intercession for the misdoers And that I hold you not longer dearely beloued either in the figures or prophecies of the old Testament whiche concerne christes suffering whereby he became * Eph 5 2 a slayne sacrifice for sine let vs call to minde what thereof is reported in the New a Ioh 4.6 Then shall wee finde that christes whole life was a perpetuall suffering where in he was a wearied b mat 21.18 hungred and c Io 19.28 thirsted wherein hee was d 2.13 bannished e Mat 11 18. slandered and f 22 46 Luc. 3 29 persecuted wherein hee was g 4 1 tempted h Mat. 5 2 fasted and i 26 40. watched wherein hee laboured a Luc. 4.31 preached and b 22.44 prayed wherein hee c Mat. 26 38 sorowed d Mar. 14 33 greeued and e Luc. 22 44 swette water and bloud wherein he was f Mat. 29.49 betraied by Iudas g Mar. 14.50 sorsaken by his Apostles and h Mat 26.57 apprehended by the souldiours wherein he was without cause i 27 40. exclamed against wrongfully k Mat. 26.60 accused and vniustly l 27 24 condemned wherein hee was m 27.28 stripped n Mat. 27.30 buffeted and o 27.30 spitte vpon wherein he was p Luc. 23.64 blinde-folded q Luc. 23 29 mocked and disdainefully r 23 29 crowned with thorns wherin he was ſ Mat. 27.35 crucified t Mat 27.29 tormented and u Io 18 25 wounded wherein he became x Gal. 3 13 accurssed of God y Mat. 27.46 susteined his wrath and a Phil. 2.8 died a most shamfull death But what was the cause that Christ the b 1. Pet. 1 19 innocent lambe of god should thus suffer for our redemption verily to pacifie Gods wrath and to satisfie his iustice who would not suffer the sinne of man-kind vnpunished in mankind Therfore it was expedient that c 1. Pet 3 18. the iust should suffer for the d Ioh. 10.11 vniust that the shepherd should giue his life for his sheep that the Lord should redeem his people * In the sacrifice christ shineth as in a merror Gods wisdome extendyng his mercy maintainyng his iustice O the vnsearchable wisdome of God our gracious Lorde whiche by the holines and suffering of Christ his Sonne hath both extended his mercy and maintained his iustice Extended his mercy * 1. Gods mercy extended in forgiuing his elect their sinnes and that through Christs Holines * 2. Gods iustice m●intained Mainteined his iustice in punishing the nature of man for the sinnes of men that through christs suffryng And thus much concerning the Second qualitie of the Sacrificer which is the suffering of Christe our Lorde * 4 The sacrifice was offered for vs. The fourth circumstane in our redemption to bee obserued is Who they are for whom this Sacrifice was offered Paule layeth that downe when hee vseth these wordes a Eph 5.2 For vs. In the wordes before the Apostle exhorting the Ephesians to leade a godlie life speaketh vnto them in this manner b Eph. 5 1 Bee yee folowers of God as Children and walke yee in loue but describing the manner of loue wherein we should walke by the example of Christ he altereth the person ioyning himselfe which wrote with the Ephesians to whome hee wrote and addeth c. 5.2 Euen as christ hath loued vs and giuen himselfe for vs. Hereby we learne that the beleeuing Iwes as was the writer and the beleuing Gentiles as were they to whome the Epistle was written are they for whom Christ offered himself * Christ offered for the beleeuyng 1 Iewes 2. Gentiles But here more deepely must bee considered the state and condition of both And that shall we finde when by Gods word we learne what wee are by nature * we are by nature the children of wrath a Luc. 6.44 the lances must bee such as is the tree b Iam. 3.11.6 the surges must be such as is the fountaine But Adam c Gen. 3.6 fallen from god by transgression is the tree from whence wee spring Adam d 3 7. stayned with sinne is the fountayne from whence wee slowe So are wee by our parentage alienated from God and stayned with sinne e Gen. 5.3 being descended from Adam after his fall Suche were wee for whome Christ gaue himselfe So many Sacrifices

dearely beloued in the Lord that hee giueth vs not onely his blessed worde to become (a) Deu. 8.3 Mat. 4.4 Luc. 4.4 the foode of the soule but also (b) Mat. 22. faythfull Ministers to breake vnto vs the same Hee sent vnto his auncient people descended from Abraham the Patriarche according to the fleshe his holy Prophetes (a) Esa 1.1 Ier. 1.1 Ezech. 1.1 Ose 1.1 Amos. 1.1 Abdi 1.1 Hab. 1.1 Ag. 1.1 Zach. 1.1 Mal. 1.1 * The sūme of the Prophetes doctrine Ier. 7.21.22 to expounde the lawe to them (b) Esa 5.11 to denounce his curses to the obstinate (c) Psal 1.1 to publishe his blessinges to the penitent and (d) Ier. 31.31 to foreshewe the newe couenaunt betweene God and Man in Christe the Messias then to come (e) Esa 8.1 Hab. 2.2 And the same Prophets by the instinct of Gods holy spirite committed to writing for the instruction of the posteritie the summe of the deuine Sermons which they preached to the people Hee hath sent vnto his newe people (f) Io. 11.16 Rom. 3.29 gathered to geather of the beleeuing Iewes and beleeuing Gentiles thorowe faith in Christ his Son his blessed Apostles * The sūme of the Apostles doctrine (g) Mat. 28.19.20 Mar. 16.15 Act. 2.38 to preach repentaunce for the remission of sinnes (h) Rom. 6.1 c. to teache newnes of life to the glory of God (i) Heb. 4.12 and to testifie the performance of the new couenant between God and Man in Christ the Messias in their time exhibited And least the Church of God (k) Num. 12.17 1. Cor. 4.1 which is his houshoulde should want the least crumbe of his heauenly foode the same holie spirite hath mooued the Apostles and Disciples of Christ (a) Io. 20.31 Reuel 1.19 to recorde in writing the historie doctrine and prophesies of the newe couenaunt Soe bountiful a Father is our God which giueth vs plentie of heauenly foode so prouident a Lord is he whiche sendeth vs from age to age faithfull disposers thereof * The sūme of Gods word The summe of the whole word of God so gratiously giuen so faithfully taught and so necessarilie written is contained in two pointes true fayth and godly life * The methode of the Epistle to the Ephesians The Apostle Paule hath exactlie obserued this methode in this his heauenly Epistle written to the Christians of Ephesus For in the first three chapters hee prooueth that we are (b) Rom. 3.20 28. iustified not by our workes (c) Lu. 17.5 but by faith which is the (d) Ephe. 2.8 Gift of God And in the three last chapters he sheweth that works be necessary because they are the (e) Gal. 5.22 fruites of faith (f) Iam. 2.18 whereby our profession is adorned (g) Mat. 5.16 and God glorified O that this lesson were as well practised as it may easely be learned then should we be (a) Ia. 1.22 not onely hearers of the worde but doers of the same The Apostle hauyng taught this doctrine to the Ephesians and that most plentifully for the space of (b) Act. 20.31 three yeares and being therefore become (c) Ephes 3.1 a prisoner in Rome committeth to writing the summe of his doctrine for the confirmation of the faith of the Ephesians the instruction of the ages to come Herein he imitateth the auncient Prophetes whose maner was briefly (d) Esa 8.1 Abac. 2.2 to put in writing that whiche largely they taught Such loue bare Paul to the flocke of Christ so perfect a paterne is hee of a godly pastor Now for somuch as it is so necessarie to learne to beleue aright (e) Act. 13.39 Rom 3.28 that thereby we may be iustified and to liue a right (f) Mat. 5.16 that thereby God may be glorified I esteemed this text very fitte for this auditorie because therein the Apostle briefly cōprehendeth both those pointes although in an altered order * The distribution of the text first speaking of life and then of fayth If the profession of Christians were nothing els but an idle speculation then were it somewhat to be able to talke 〈◊〉 Religion although wee liued not religiously But Christ the authour of truth and the wisedome of his heauenly father hath taught vs that (a) Mat. 7.21.22.23 ●●ayn we call him our Lord except 〈…〉 wil of his father reuealed vnto 〈◊〉 his word Iames as a faithfull do●●r in the schole of Christ exhorteth vs to (b) Iam. 1.22 be doers of the word not hearers onely deceiuyng our selues what greater care thē ought Christians to haue than by their godly liues to make their holy conuersation to shine in the world to the glorye of God the edifying of his Churche to the testimonie in their owne consciences that they be his children * The vse of Gods lawe And lest wee should wander out of the way of righteousnes by framing vnto our selues a fayth according to our foolishe fantasies or a life agreable to our curious imaginatiōs God hath giuen vs his lawe (c) Psal 1.2 to meditate therein both day and night Yea and that we may bee effectually stirred vp to serue our heauenly Father without feare a Luc. 1.74.75 in holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our life hee dealeth with vs in his word diuersly For sometimes hee b Deu. 11.27 promiseth his blessinges to vs if we obey his statutes Sometimes he c 28. threatneth his curses if we transgresse his ordinaunces sometimes he d Esa 1.2 prouoketh vs with the remembraunce of his benefites bestowed vpō vs Sometimes he e Pro. 3.11 Heb. 12.5 c. Imitation chasteneth vs with his fatherly correction for our amēdement Vnto these and many other meanes of our instruction set forth vnto vs in Gods word S. Paule in this place addeth the very example of God himselfe to be imitated by vs exhorting vs to be f Eph. 5.1 followers of God as deare children Herein appeareth the godly discretiō of the Apostle who wel considering that we are as childrē not able to practise the preceptes of obedience except we haue a paterne to imitate layd before vs nurtereth vs by this meanes in the way of righteousnesse * Now that we erre not in this imitatiō taught by the Apostle * Foure things are to be obserued in this imitation we must carefully obserue foure thinges The first Who is to be imitated The second Why he that is to be followed is to be imitated The third Wherein he is to be imitated The fourth Of what maner that thyng is wherein hee is to be imitated * 1. God is to be imitated Paule meaning to teache vs by imitation to leade a Christian life proposeth God himselfe to be imitated by vs Saying a Ephes 5.1 Be ye imitators of God Herein we haue a mirror of Gods mercy towardes vs which