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A16944	A sermon preached at Pauls-Crosse, May 30. 1626 vvherein may be seene whom we are to repute hereticks, and schismaticks, what sleights they vse to deceiue, Gods iust iudgements on them, and how we may escape those nets which they lay for vs : also good councell to the magistrate, minister, and subiects, necessary for these times / by Mattheuu Brookes.	Brookes, Matthew, fl. 1626-1657.	1626 (1626)	STC 3837; ESTC S4166	26,742	50

fire of hell and to send the blessed Angels to fetch bring deliuer and carry soules out of Purgatory into heauen with as good discretion as sometimes King Xerxes commanded the great Mount Athos in Macedonia to stand still and not to stirre one foote out of his place and to cause no trouble vnto him or his Army vpon paine of his high displeasure Let him learne humilitie well suiting with Apostolicall sanctity let him stoope to the meanest Christian as to his brother let him note but the Apostles spirit who though as an Apostle hee might command them yet doth he beseech them as his brethren rather choosing to preuaile by loue than rigour And there are two reasons why the Apostle doth rather intreate then command First he is ardently zealous the greatnesse of the cause moued him to be so For what is the danger the publike scandall of that blessed name by which we are redeemed the propagation of the Gospell hindred those that giue care to the inchantments of these Syrens seduced and their soules destroyed the more the danger is to be feared the more ardent is his obsecration I beseech you brethren Secondly it is more suitable to the nature of a brother to bee requested then commanded by a brother the faithfull hee will set free from their Schoole-master those that are led by the spirit he subiecteth not to the law And therefore in all his Epistles you shall finde him seldome or neuer commanding alwayes intreating and beseeching vt precibus flecti possint to bow them and bend them to their duties with his earnest suite I beseech you brethren I beseech you brethren by the mercy of God that yee present your bodies a liuing sacrifice I beseech you brethren for the Lord Iesus Christ his sake and for the loue of the Spirit that yee striue together with mee in your Prayers to God for me I beseech you brethren marke them which cause diuisions and offences And from his humble Introduction hee proceeds to his learned description which is the second thing that I obserued in the first part Which caùse deuisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which yee haue learned He inditeth them of two capitall crimes Diuisions and offences by them caused which how o 〈…〉 ous and insufferable they are lay but against them saith he the doctrine which yee haue learned and yee shall easily perceiue for Contraria iuxta se posita magis illucescunt Contraries layed one against another doe appeare more plainely and are more easie to be discerned now these are contraries therefore you must compare them and see how bad the one is by the goodnesse of the other Deuisions the word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifieth discord or disagreeing and it is here properly referred to opinions so that it must necessarily implie sects and devisions in Religion divers doctrines contrary to the truth of Christ for so the text expounds it selfe The diuell was the first deuider for when God had ioyned all things together in the best order his studie was to separate that which God had vnited Hee first caused a faction among the Angells in heauen and with those whom he found to adhere to his part he left his habitation Hee stirred vp Schisme He deuided himselfe from God and from the societie of the blessed Angells Hee deuided man from God that if it were possible hee might also deuide God from man Hee was the first that preacht Hereticall doctrine in Diuinitie for when God had said vnto Adam Of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Euill thou shalt not eate of it for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die Or as it is in the Hebrew dying thou shalt die Contrary to this the diuell preached Yee shall not surely die for God doth know that in the day yee eate thereof then your eyes shall bee opened and yee shall be as Gods knowing good and Eu●ll In the persons of Cain and Abell he deuided the brother from the brother He was the first that brought in that ancient destinction the sonnes of God and the sonnes of men By his studie he is a deuider and therefore properly called in our English tongue the diuell from the word Diuello which signifieth to vnioyne or pull in sunder for hee is alwayes labouring to dissolue that which God hath ioyned And hence it is that when a Schisme was made in old time in the Church they had wont to call the author of it the diuells sonne Paul called Elymas the Sorcerer the childe of the diuell St. Iohn being at Ephesus bathing his body in a Bath in which Cerinthus the Hereticke was also bathing fled away as if the diuell had beene there because Cerinthus the diuells sonne was there And when Marcion the Hereticke meeting Polycarpus said vnto him Cognoscenos pray know vs take notice and acquaintance of vs Polycarpe made him this answer Cognosco te primogenitum Satanae Yes I take notice of thee and I know thee well enough thou art the diuells eldest sonne Vpon this Irenaeus maketh this graue conclusion Tantum apostoli horum discipuli habuerunt timorem vt neque verbo tenus communicarent alicui corum qui adulterauerant veritatem So greatly stood the Apostles and their disciples in feare lest Heresies and Schismes shou●d preuaile that they would not communicate no not so much as in exchange of a word with any of those who had depraued the truth of Christ Vpon this ground divisions are noted they deuide vs from God and God from vs they deuide vs from the Communion of the faithfull and the faithfull from vs nay they subdeuide for by Heresies and Schismes euen the wicked are deuided among themselues they are the workes of the diuell and they that cause them doe as the diuell did they are all ingenerall the diuells sonnes but those that deuide by heresie are primogeniti Satanae the diuells eldest sonnes and heires apparant to his kingdome Offences The word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say any manner of things whereat a man stumbleth and taketh harme as stones or blocks cast in our brothers way occasions of sinne and such like These are caused either Dictis or factis by their wicked doctrine or by their lewd liues and indeed those that cause deuisions cannot choose but cause offences vpon the same reason because they cause deuisions and therefore the Apostle saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Diuisions and offences because the one is bred by the other as the fruite is nourished by the tree or rather false doctrine and schisme is the vegetatiue power of offences It is true that there is sometimes Scandalum acceptum where there is not Scandalum datum an offence taken where there is no offence giuen as it is like that a blinde man may stumble and fall in a plaine foote-path where there is nothing layed in his way But we are now disputing De dato

out of the way because they proceed not from the true faith without which it is impossible to please God Yet is it to bee feared that our high calling in Christ Iesus doth hence receiue a most bloody stabbe for that the generall sort among vs want those faire speeches and that morality of life of which our Aduersaries brag and with which they doe deceiue Want it did I say nay abound in the contrary the Bribery of Courtiers the loosenesse of Cleargie men the infidelitie of Lawyers the prodigalitie of Gentlemen the deformed pride of Ladyes the poling avariciousnesse of Citizens and in this land of ours Quicquid vidit Colchos aut Phasis nefas the very crying sinnes of Sodom and Gomorah shall beare mee witnesse Therefore as the third persecution of the Emperour Traiane raised against the Church of Christ was counted greater than the two former moued by Nero and Domitian vpon this reason that contempt and shame was added to their afflictions for it was no great dishonour to be hated by Nero and Domitian wicked men and haters of righteousnesse but to be hated and persecuted by Traiane a man accounted a patterne of vpright dealing this was a great rebuke In like manner if in the eyes of the world they liue more syncerely than a great many of vs and seeme to make conscience of their wayes which is incident to all deceiuers they shall with their good words and faire speches preuaile with lesse exception against them to pull downe the truth than we to set it vp and like as the fish are carried in the pleasant streames of Iordane sporting and floating till they fall into the dead Sea where by and by they perish so in the sweete streames of their good words and faire speeches doe they carry their disciples as it were sporting and floating in a pleasant course till on the sudden they fall to their owne destruction This is added by the Apostle in the last place and is the effect produced a most lamentable shipwracke both of soule and body the heart seduced They deceiue the hearts of the simple The Scripture attributeth the whole rationall power the vnderstanding the will iudgement cogitation consultation election and indeauour to the heart Vpon which reason God doth most strictly require the heart and will be loued feared honoured and prayed to with the heart that is to say with the whole reasonable soule and with all the powers and faculties of the same Rent your heart and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God A man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart Vpon this reason they are blamed in the Scriptures whose hearts are not right with the Lord their God This people drawe neere mee with their mouth and with their lippes doe honour me but haue remoued their heart farre from me This is the chiefe and principall part of man if this be lost all is gone for if the heart bee not with the Lord though the tongue pray the hands giue the knees bend the eyes looke vp to heauen and all the body doe its dutie it is but hypocriticall seruice because the heart is not right with the Lord. See then the Apostle describeth a most miserable shipwracke the whole man cast away because the heart is deceiued For if God haue the heart hee will haue all the rest if hee haue not the heart hee will haue none of the rest and therefore when hee doth aske all he doth demand the heart My sonne giue me thy heart But with their good words and faire speeches they deceiue the heart Oh whither goes that miserable man Hee goeth from the Church of God which is Mater viuentium quam aedificauit Deus in ipso summo angulari lapide Christo the Mother of those that are elected to life eternall which God hath builded in Christ Iesus the chiefe corner stone In going from it he goes vnto the synagogue of Satan the mother of those that are ordained to destruction because not built or not rightly built vpon Christ Iesus the chiefe corner stone Hee goeth from Gods mercy and all the sweete promises of God in Christ Iesus vnto life eternall vnto Gods iustice and the malediction of the Law to euerlasting death hee relinquisheth the society of all the faithfull vpon earth which is by grace in this life and in so doing hath no possibilitie if hee continue vnto his last gaspe to enioy the companie of the blessed Saints in heauen which is by glory in the life to come Cyprian doth well affirme the Church to be Noahs Arke without the which there is no saluation For like as he that falleth out of a Ship into the Sea on which side soeuer he falleth if hee be not drowned he is in great danger of drowning so hee that falleth away from the Church by what Sect Schisme or heresie soeuer if he fall not to his destruction by it he is in great danger of it My exhortation therefore is the very same with the wisest of Kings Keepe thy heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life God requireth it as his part that he may saue thee the diuell seekes to win it that he may destroy thee if he can win thee from the right faith hee will pull thee from the Church if thou art drawne from that thou art withdrawne from God therefore keepe that and stoppe thy cares against the melodious tunings of these Syrens be of ripe age in vnderstanding and if by good words faire speeches they preuaile on the simple let them not preuaile on thee Thus haue you the Quid and doe see what is seduced the heart Now come we to the Cuius that we may see whose heart is deceiued that is to say the heart of the simple they doe soonest of all lend their eares to good words and faire speeches There is a two-fold metaphoricall simplicitie the one is opposed to learning knowledge and good manners hence it is that rude barbarous rustick illiterate and mannerlesse people in the Scripture haue the name of simple men How long yee simple ones will yee loue simplicitie the other is opposed to craft guile fraud iniustice oppression and such like vices And hence it is that plaine dealing men voide of fraud and deceipt Masters of their words morall honest men in the sight and appearance of the world are called simple men So shall you reade that Esau was a cunning hunter a man of the field and Iacob was a plaine man dwelling in tents or as Illyricus and others translate a simple man dwelling in tents In like manner St. Paul saith in this same chapter I would haue you wise vnto that which is good and simple concerning euill Now these second sort of simple ones are of two sorts Regenerate or vnregenerate the Regenerate may for a time as it shall please God to trie and

offenders whatsoeuer and let them marke them to restraine their madnesse Excellently St. Augustine in his Epistle to Donatus Deputie of Affrick Sic igitur eorum peccata compesce vt sint quos paeniteat peccasse Doe thou so bridle their sinnes that they may repent at heart that euer they haue sinned A second dutie subordinate to this our watching is the auoiding of them for if we marke them wee may auoide them but if wee marke them not wee cannot auoide them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bee gone from them and shunne them as men are wont to runne away from noxious beastes For as Irenaeus saith they are like vnto Hunters and their intent is to make a prey of you Epiphanius doth well compare them to the Serpent called Dypsas which poysoneth those pooles of water at which he drinketh whence it commeth to passe that the beasts which drinke there fall downe dead suddenly and burst in sunder being poysoned with the venim of the Dypsas I cannot now stand to dispute of cases of Conscience how farre it may bee lawfull for a man to conferre with those that cause Devisions and offences I will onely presse you with the words of the blessed Apostle and Euangelist St. Iohn If there come any vnto you and bring not this doctrine receiue him not into your house neither bid him God speed And now I come to shew the cause or reason hereof which is the second part of my text They that are such serue not our Lord Iesus Christ but their owne belly Those that serue Christ especially in the worke of the ministry wee are commanded to receiue it is our Sauiours doctrine Hee that receiueth you receiueth me Hee that heareth you heareth me and hee that despiseth you despiseth me By the rule of contraries he that receiueth those that serue not Christ in the worke of the ministry hee receiueth not Christ but them and him whose workes they doe that is the diuell here then is the matter or first cause whereupon we are not to receiue them nay we must marke them nay we must auoide them they serue the diuell He that receiueth them receiueth the diuell he that markes them not markes not the diuell he that auoideth them not auoides not the diuell A roaring Lyon who would meete him but how mad is hee that will receiue him into his society to be familiar with him In three things those that cause deuisions and by deuisions offences in the Church of God haue relinquished the seruice of our Lord Iesus Christ First because all such are most notorious hypocrites for as the Serpent called Drynas is like the colour of an Oken leafe whence he hath his name and yet indeed is a venimous beast so though they seeme to be like Christians they are not so indeed but to speake the truth no better than Iewes The Arian heretickes gaue forth of themselues that they onely were the catholicke Church of God those that were members of the Church indeed they called sometimes Ambrosians sometimes Athanasians sometimes Ioannites in derision of the truth of God which those holy and learned Fathers Ambrose Athanasius and Iohn Chrysostome had preached as now the Papists call vs sometimes Lutherans sometimes Caluinists sometimes Zuinglians and Huguenots in derision of the truth of God by them and vs maintained Nestorius being a pestilent Hereticke yet as Theodoret saith hee couered himselfe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 With a cloake or vaile of the Catholike faith And Ebion who maintained the opinion of the Samaritans would yet as Epiphanius saith bee reputed a Christian This they haue learned of the diuell who to deceiue is transformed into an Angell of light By this meanes they get proselites and followers whom they make twofold the children of hell more than they themselues are Secondly they are most cruell and bloody Cum hoc sit negotium illis non ethnicos conuertendi sed nostros cuertendi saith Tertullian for their studie is not to conuert Infidells and Pagans to the faith but to throw downe vs that are Christians from the faith and indeed the persecutions caused by Hereticks and Schismatickes haue beene more bloody than those which haue beene raised by Infidells and Pagans I say not here that no age hath heard of the like barbarous crueltie to the late intended Gunpouder treason but so many thousand glorious Martyrs butcherd so many millions of Confessors tortured so many myriads of Godly men and women persecuted whose soules lye vnder the altar and cry with a loude voice and saying How long Lord holy and true doest thou not iudge and auenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth All these shall witnesse with me that the tyrannous persecutions which haue beene raised within the Church haue beene greater then those which haue beene raised without the Church and whosoeuer maketh deuisions it is to be presumed that he hath the like will though not the like power Lastly their end is that they may walke according to the flesh and therefore though they pretend much strictnesse and reformation of life and manners by chastening the body as it were to subdue it to the spirit it is but subordinate to some fleshly end for they turne the grace of our God into laciuiousnesse I will not staine your chaste eares with the fleshly deeds and godlesse practices of such kinde of people in all ages by authoritie of Ecclesiasticall histories and diuers Orthodox Fathers which in some small measure I am able to present vnto your view let it be sufficient to note with our Apostle this one thing that they haue renounced the seruice of our Lord Iesus Christ and serue their owne belly Quid foedius quid turpius What more filthy odious abhominable damnable or detestable Where we note that the Belly in the Scriptures is taken in a double sense properly or figuratiuely in its proper sense it signifieth the belly of man or woman as where we reade that Phinchas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest thoust Zimry the man of Israel and Cozby the Midianitish woman with his Iauelin through her belly in its figuratiue sense it is taken sometimes for the heart by the figure called Synecdoche When I heard my belly trembled that is to say Commetum est cor meum quod est in ventre my heart in my belly was moued sometimes it signifieth the body of man Of the fruite of thy belly will I set vpon thy throne Sometimes it signifieth particularly the wombe Thou art my God from my mothers belly Somtimes it signifieth a drunkard a gluttonous person and one that is profuse and lauish vpon his owne Lusts So Paul calleth the Cretians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 slowe bellies Sometimes it is taken for all worldly things especially those that conduce to the present maintenance of life and in this sense the Apostle saith of such kinde of people as those concerning