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An exposition of the dominical epistles and gospels used in our English liturgie throughout the whole yeare together with a reason why the church did chuse the same / by Iohn Boys ... ; the winter part from the first Aduentuall Sunday to Lent.
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Boys, John, 1571-1625.
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and valediction the which custome is reteined in the Christian Church that no man depart out of the Temple before the diuine prayers and sermon end so the 4. Councel of Carthage decreed excoÌ„municating all such as offend in this kind Thus you see Christ was instructed by good lessons and life so that if Iesus had not been Iesus to be saued and not a Sauiour hee might haue said of his mother Mâ—râ— which Augustine writes of his mother Monica Mâ—â—ori sollâ—citudiâ—e me parturiebat spiritu quà m carne pepererat parturiâ—it carne vt in hanc tempâ—ralem nascerer corde vt in aeternam lucem râ—nascerer Now for his bodie when he was missing Ioseph and Mary sought him instantly with all diligence till hâ—e was found Behold thy father and I haue sought thee weeping Where literally note Maries humble carriage toward her husband Ioseph and the care of them both ouer Christ their childe The dutifull respect of Marâ— toward Ioseph is obserued ex ordine verborum in that she saith thy father and I not I and thy father as Cardinall Wolsees stile Ego rex meus I and my king is insupportable in the Politâ—kes so I and my husband insufferable in the Oeconomicks It was Assuerus his edict and it is Gods law that all women both great and small shall giue their husbands honour and that euery man shall beâ—re rule in his owne house for the man is the wiues head and the wife is her husbands subiect Subdita eris sub potestate viri Thou shalt bâ— subiect to thine husband and he shall rule ouer thee Gâ—n 3.16 So that a woman murthering her husband is accounted by the Ciuill lawes a parricide by the statutes of our land a traitor The next remarkable point is the ioynt care of them both ouer Iesus Thy father and I haue sought thee weeping As Paul said to Timothie so we to euery father serâ—a deposiâ—um keepe that which is committed to thee Haue a tender eye ouer thy childe which is a pledge of Gods goodnesse and that happily which may moue thee more flesh of thy flesh and bone of thy bone not only a liuely picture but a liuing and walking image of thy selfe Barren Sâ—ra was so glad of a childe that she called her onely sonne Isack that is laughter How wicked then is that parent who neglecteth his owne flesh his owne childe which is a token from heauen and ordinarilie the best monument of himselfe after death on earth As this example concernes the naturall father so likewise the ciuill and ecclesiasticall for incuria praepoâ—iti iniuria depositâ— detrimentum pecoris ignominia pastoris c. Pastor and Prince must sâ—â—ke the good of such as are vnder them as Ioseph and Mary did Christ with carefull hearts c. In a mysticall sense these words insinuate when where and how Christ is to be found of vs. 1. When On the third day 2. Where In the Temple 3. How Socialiter in vnitie thy father and I. Desidâ—rabiliter with an earnest desire to finde Lachrymâ—biliter with teares haue sought thee sorrowing First Christ is to be found on the third day vers 46. It came to passe three daies after that they found him in the Temple The first day was the time before the law in which as Christ told his Apostles all the Patriarks and holy fathers desired to see the things which they saw and could not see them and to heare the things which they heard and could not heare them The second day was the time vnder the law when also the Priests and Prophets expected Christ but they could not finde him therefore the Prophet Esay crieth out in his 64. Chapter Oh that thou wouldest breâ—ke the heauens and come downe The third day is the present time thiâ— acceptable time of grace wherein Christ is to be found hora est nâ—nc The houre is now Therefore to day while it is to day seâ—ke the Lord euen while he may be found call vpon him while he is neer for the next day which is the fourth day is the time after death and then he cannot be found or sought Ioseph and Mary could not finde Christ among their kinsfolke c. Non humana cognatione nec cognitione comprehenditur He that wil finde Christ must forsake friends forget his owne people and his fathers house They found him in Ierusalem that is in the Church among the faithfull not among barbarous Heathens or blasphemous heretikes his dwelling is at Sion there you may finde him among the Doctors in the Temple not in the market not in the tauerne but in the Temple for hee is to be found in his word in his sacraments among the Doctors and Preachers If this lesson often taught were once learned it would make you to frequent Gods house more diligently thirst after his word more greedily respect Christs ambassadours more reuerently The third point to be considered is how Christ is to be found Socialiter in vnitie pater tuus ego God is loue and his followers are the children of peace and his Ministers the messengers of peace his doctrine the doctrine of peace and therefore if we wil finde him we must follow the truth in loue God said to the serpent I will put enmitie between thee and the woman and betweene thy seed and her seed But if wee seeke Christ in contention all the feud is among our selues and not betweene Satan and vs. Odium in nos ipsos conuertimus all our fight is against our friends and not against our foes Againe we must seeke Christ earnestly Quaerebamus te nihil extrate Iesus for Iesus and lastly we must seeke Christ lachrymabilitèr sorrowing Now Mary did feare for three causes as Interpreters obserue 1. Lest Christ should leaue her and ascend to his father in heauen 2. Lest he should fall into the hands of persecutors 3. Lest he should forsake the Iewes and goe to some other nation So we must seek Christ with three sorts of teares of Deuotion lest he withdraw his gracious countenance froÌ„ vs. Contrition when he doth absent himselfe for a time Compassion when any member of his is afflicted and persecuted And he went downe with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them As the former part of this Gospell is a paterne for parents how they should instruct their children so this latter is a glasse for children how they should obey their parents Omnis enim actio Christi instructio Christiani For euery line of Christ is a copie for a Christian. In that therefore the Lord of all submitted himselfe to the gouernment of his supposed father and vnderling mother as Hierome notably Venerabatur matrem cuius ipse erat pater colebat nutritium quem nutriuerat and that for the space of thirty yeeres executing filial and oeconomicall duties
in their house what doth he but teach obedience to superiours especially that children should honour father and mother albeit they be neuer so meane for this subiection is a vertue not a weaknesse If parents inioine things vnlawfull and contrary to scripture then as expositours vpon this text commonly note we must prefer our father in heauen before our fathers on earth and say with Christ How happened it that ye sought me wist ye not that I must goe about Gods businesse Otherwise we must not offend them so much as with a very looke See decalog com 5. The dutifull child shall prosper as Christ in fauour with God and men but gracelesse Cham shall be cursed rebellious Absolon disobedient Phinehas and Hophni shall not liue out halfe their daies It was Gods law that the stubborne child should be stoned to death openly that all might heare and feare By the common lawes he that murthers his parent is reputed a petty traitor By the Ciuill lawes in old time an offender in that kind was sowed in a sacke with a dog a cocke a viper and an ape and so cast into some deepe water as vnworthy to reap the benefit of any element For so Tully doth excellently glosse that law Vâ— qui eum necásset vnde ipse natus esset careret ijs rebus omnibus ex quibus omnia nata esse dicuntur Etenim quid est tam commune quà m spiritus viuis terra mortuis mare fluctuantibus littus eictis Ita viuunâ— dum possunt vt ducere animam de coelo non possint ita moriuntur vt eorum ossa terra non tangat ita iactantur fluctibiâ—â— vt nunquà m abluantur ita postremò eijciuntur vt ne ad saxa quidem mortui conquiescant It is probable that Christ submitting himselfe to Ioseph vsed his occupation but what it was I cannot shew you need not know Saint Hilary thinks he was a Smith Hugo that he was a Mason most Diuines that he was a Carpenter So Iustin Martyr and other ancient Doctors haue gathered out of Matth. 13.55 Marke 6.3 See Six Sinen bibliothâ—c lib. 6 annot 62. Baron â—nnal tom 1. an 12. Iansen concord cap. 54. Maldonat Rhemisan Matth. 13.55 Now then in that Christ exercised a mechanical trade we may learne that a poore man may serue God and often doe much good in an honest occupation the text saith Iesus prospered in wisdome and in fauour with God and men He was a lambe and therefore the bigger the better but the wicked are goates and therefore the longer they liue the worse they are Mary kept all these sayings together in her heart It was well she laid them vp better that she kept them best of all that she kept them all Let vs also lay these things vp in our secret treasury that being inwardly grafted in our hearts they may bring forth in vs the fruit of good liuing This Gospell is well fitted to the day for after the celebration of Christs birth circumcision Epiphanie what should follow but his first manifestation in the Temple and then on the next dominical his first miracle wrought in Cana of Galile The Gospell and Epistle concord for what Christ doth in the one is a paterne of that Paul saith in the other Paul doth require first that we should offer our selues a quicke sacrifice to God and then according to the measure of grace that we should become seruiceable to men euerie one among our selues one anothers members euen so Christ here did first dedicate himselfe to God in celebrating the Passeouer in hearing the Doctors in disputing about religion in neglecting his acquaintance to doe the businesse of his Father in heauen and then hee went with his parents and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them Or as other obserue the Gospell and Epistle both insinuate that two things are requisite to saluation humilitas mentis munditia carnis For the first Pauls precept is that no man stand high in his own conceit but so iudge of himselfe that he be gentle and sober as a member helping other And Christs paterne is he became subiect to Ioseph and Mary though he was Lord of all For the second Pauls precept is Offer your bodies a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable to God And Christs paterne is hee did the businesse of God in the Temple neglecting the pleasures of the flesh among his friends and acquaintance Sweet Iesus indow vs plentifully with thy grace that we may thus preach and practise that following thee who art the way wee may come to thee which art the life Amen The Epistle ROM 12.6 Seeing that we haue diuers gifts according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs c. LVther is of opinion that this Epistle should be capite breuior sine prolixior shorter in the beginning longer at the end For the beginning appertaines vnto the conclusion of the Epistle for Sunday before and the end to be the beginning of the Epistle for Sunday following yet so that it may be both read and expounded as a text absolute in it selfe The summe whereof is that wee must imploy and improue the manifold gifts of God vnto the glory of his name and good of his people This exhortation is inferred vpon a familiar comparison vsed in the words immediatly before for as we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office so we being many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one anothers members In which obserue foure instructions First as the members are not made by their owne vertue but created by Gods almighty power before they could execute any function in the body not members because working but on the contrary working because members In like sort Christians are not members of Christ through their owne good works but they doe good works because they be members and inserted into Christ as the tree brings forth the fruit and not the fruit the tree The Papists then in their works of congruitie run too much vpon the figure called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 setting the cart before the horse merit before mercy Potes à te de ficere saith Augustine sed teipsum reficere non potes ille reficit qui te fecit Secondly the members are well content with their seuerall offices and place the foote is not grieued at the heads supremacie neither doth the nose maligne the eye nor eye couet to be tongue but euery one performes his function without any faction euen so we which are members of Christs mysticall body must be content with our vocation and calling neither enuying such as are aboue nor despising such are vnder vs. Although there be diuersities of gifts yet but one spirit diuersities of administrations yet but one Lord diuersities of operations yet but one God who worketh all in all Are all