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A sermon preached in S. Peters Church at West-Chester the XXV. of September, 1586 Containing matter fit for the time: by Edward Hutchins Maister of Arts, and fellowe of Brazennose College.
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Hutchins, Edward, 1558?-1629.
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wiâ— fould of christ christ your sheepherd to see 〈◊〉 cornes of christ the lose of life Ioh. 6. to see you calâ— to the knowlege of the truth to coÌ„sent to it â—ome thus to hear it that you may continue 〈◊〉 how it ioyeth our hartes But alas though 〈◊〉 bee our ioy happinesse to see you in this â—r happy estate nothing could more glad â—heÌ„ to see the branch abide in the vine yet saâ— hath had yet hath his are abroad wherwtâ—ot only hacks but hopes to hew down the â—ch of christ in diuerse places Nay as it was Galatia so hath it bin so it is now in Engâ—â—â—d God grant that it be not or if it be not ytâ—ay not be so among you For sataÌ„ hath spiâ— his your prosperous estate in Iesu Christ â— not spared almost in euery place euery â— to ouerthrow it For what the powers of world haue don in this cause I need not to â—ember you what his false Apostles haue â— of late yet do atteÌ„pt you are not ignoraÌ„t â—y you knowe what diuels haue come vnto â—â— shape of Angels What Esaus vnder the â—e of Iacob What cutthroats vnder the â—e of Catholicks What Iudases vnder the â—e of Iesus And that not onely to corrupt â— but also so far to disquiet you as to sucke â—ery blood of Prince people among you were possible By which means it is come to passe that the ship of Christ is not only daed with waues but in a maner ouerwhelmâ— and his sheepe not onely pursued but almâ— quite deuoured in many places as was tâ— therefore so is our Galatia troubled Nay 〈◊〉 Scribes and Pharisies to the disquieting of 〈◊〉 church Apostolicke wan Iudas from christ oâ— sauiour Ioh. 18.2.3 and of an Apostle made him an Aâ—stata Gal. 3.1 These false Apostles bewitched thâ— Galathians and made them fools where tâ— were in the way to runne out they went abâ— by their mixture of circumcision with the gâ—â—pell Gal. 3.4 to make the gospel of Christ fruitles vâ— them Oh would to God Scribes and Phariâ— were not in this our land ô would to God tâ— no familiars had plaid by their means the pâ— of Iudas with Christ our sauiour ô would to â— that many Galathians that runne wel had beene staied stopt from the good course tâ— had begun But alas we want not in this â— day the man that plaieth Iudas nay alas vnâ— the name of Iesus they haue beene and amongst vs that haue sought and doe seeke their false perswasion to make the true Câ—â—â—stian a Iudas nay alas they doe it in diuâ— places already and euen yet they spare no â—uel to make you al Apostataes They caâ— abide to see you come to these our congregâ— â—s they caÌ„not abide to see you gather to serue â—e liuing lord they caÌ„not abide the florishing the truth that we deliuer faithfully and you â—â—ceiue obediently from vs yea it grieueth theÌ„ the very heart to see so many eares in 〈◊〉 house of our god the word of god in known â—nner offered vnto you but aboue all things â—hich was the only thing that among and aâ—â—e all spited these false Apostles to the very â—rt that Christ should be preached as a full a free Iesus only vnto you and among you â—d therefore our aduersaries crie out against 〈◊〉 gospell of Christ that that faith which â—orketh by charitie should only bee saide to â—ify saue which is our proposition neither â—re nor lesse for which cause as these false Aâ—tles to the disquieting of this church of Gaâ—a mingled circumcision grace taught 〈◊〉 gospel to be vnauaileable vnlesse circumciâ— were vsed as necessary by which means â—y deceiued many so also our aduersaries do â—â—gle workes with faith and teach saluation â—ome not only by faith but also by workes which meanes many of the simple are cariâ—â—way from vs and lose the profite of our saâ—urs gospel But here because by the way â—y doe except by the way I am to aunswere â—y except the coÌ„parison not to be iust whereas yet as these Apostles ioined together câ—â—cumcision and Christ so do they couple the â—â—rites of their woorkes and Christ But heâ— they except that circumcision was a matter the Lawe ceremoniall which did not whâ— could not iustifie but as for good woorks thâ— are duties of the Law morall which both â— and doe iustifie but I answere that indeed for circumcision truth it is that it neither dâ— neither could execute that office no lesse dâ— say of the duties of the law moral For thou it be a principle in diuinity confessed also our aduersaries that Lex impleta doth iust care and iustificatos seruare that the Law fulâ—â—â—led doth iustifie and saue the iust yet touchiâ— the categoricall and positiue whereabout question is I find it not to be true that any doeth actually or can possibly fulfill the laâ— and therfore be iustified and saued by the laâ— But here again they except that then god hâ— coÌ„manded things impossible Wherunto I â—swere that as for the impossibility of the comandement it is no matter of absurdity â— it is a point of the catholicke verity taught scriptures to be confessed by all the Apoâ— S. Peter in the 15. of the Acts doth witnâ— no lesse and our aduersaries themselues dâ— say no lesse but here again they except tha◠〈◊〉 the place of S. Peter it concerneth points the law ceremoniall which was but a Law â—mporall but as for good woorkes they are â—ties of the Law moral that bindes al men â—al ages so that if the duty therof and therein â— God of vs exacted were impossible God â—ere proued a cruel rigorous God Whereâ—â—to I aunswere first that touching the perâ—â—tualnes or temporalnes of the commaunâ—ment that is nothing whence the impossiâ—â—enesse is graunted for a truth 2 I answere â—at as for the duties of the law morall though â—ey binde perpetually and yet bee impossible be performed by the Godly yet is not God â—ereby proued a cruel rigorous god but 〈◊〉 â— cause he demaundeth nothing but his due â—e Yea what mans conscience calleth duty â—â—nfesseth to bee due now to aske nothing but â—e yea what man cannot but confesse to bee â—e that is no cruelty no rigor but iustice â—d therefore to answere more fully as for the â—ties of the lawe morall God asketh therein thing but what maÌ„ should performe Therâ—e nothing but duety yea nothing but what â—an could performe nothing therefore but â—ety yea nothing but possible dutie which â—â—ough now hee cannot performe and thereâ—re now findes the law impossible that is because wheÌ„ he could therfore had possibility 〈◊〉 performe it yet he would not so that that iâ—possibility argueth not Gods cruelty rigouâ— but iustice on his part on our behalfe our miserable infirmity and yet voluntary miserâ— Nay their owne Hugo de Victore in his annotations vpon this chapter saith that man â—â—
the Lilly the members of the bodie of Christ and Christ your heade the inheritaunce of Christ and Christ your Lord and gracious Sauiour But yet alas my deare Galathians what shall saie Where you were my sonnes Gal. 4.19 now yee â—e bastardes where you were light now yee â—e dark where you were in the truth now yee â—e straie Gal. 5.8 where you were with the spouse in â—e kings priuie chamber now ye are out your â—ikenard now doth giue no smel therof O my â—alathians therefore what shall I saie The â—oxe hath plaied the crafty part among you â—e false Apostles haue deceaued bewitched â—u they haue broken the quiet league that â—u had with God in Christ his onelie Sonne our deare Sauiour Gal. 2.1 Oh my dear Galathians therefore I woulde to God they were cut off â—at doe disquiet you for it pittieth my heart see the cockle so to hurt my corne to see the â—auen so to sowre the lump of my good dough â—at I had among you Gal. 5.9 to see the false Apostls circumcision indeede the authors of conciâ—on by their false and perilous persuasion to â—â—t you off from Christ the tree of life whereâ—â— ye did grow O my dear Galathians thereâ—â—re I woulde to God they were cut off that â—us disquiet you This I take to be the whole nor of this Apostolick wish wherein I commend to your godlie consideration first the Apostles tender affection towardes the people Galatia 2 I note a difficultie concerning â—s affection 3. I note the estate and condition of al false Prophets and Apostles and lastly short application of all Touching the fiâ—â—â— point â— Part. the Apostles affection howe tender was and deeply set vpon these people of Galatia the whole Epistle beareth strong witneâ— and euident proofe So that how how paiâ—fully he trauelled to teach theÌ„ I shal not neâ— to tel you how carefull he was that way theâ— state whereunto he had brought them doth â—â—ry sufficient tokens Onely this to labour make them Christians nay indeede to briâ— them to the estate of Christians to be doâ—â— and to feede on no graine but the wheat to be Eagles and to praie vpon no flesh but of tâ—â— Lamb to thirst and to drinke of no well but Christ the wel of God Gal. 4.13.14 5.13 the well of the water life where they were lost sheep to seek theÌ„ seek theÌ„ as to find theÌ„ being found to close tâ—â— in the fold of Christ our Sauiour this Apostles loue was great that did so louinglie tâ—â—uel for them but this was not al for he did â—â— onely thus take care to bring them to the foâ—â— of Christ our Sauior Gal. 6.11 but to keep them in nâ— not onely that but where the Diuel had plaiâ— the crafty Fox and got them out of the foulâ— of Christ Gal. 5.2 and theÌ„ fed them not with truth bâ— with error with circumcisioÌ„ not with christ with concision rather then circumcision Gal. 5.4 iâ—â—â—ed with gal not with hony with poyson not â—ith the sweet bread of life he tooke the pains 〈◊〉 labour againe in their behalfe and to reduce â—â—em to the fould from whence they were gotâ—â—n His hearts desire was that they might not â—ose the profit of their godly and good profesâ—â—on but that they might return and haue porâ—on and profite togither with him in the preâ—ous passion of Christ which yet these false Apostles went about to make of none effect vnâ—â— theÌ„ And though he might haue turned his â—auel another way for this their vnthankful â—uolt from Christ the way the trueth life hereunto hee had brought them yet did hee â—t but as hee had beene a mother to them to â—nceaue them to trauell for them to bring â—â—em foorth to Christ Gal. 4.19 so did hee not cease as aâ—other to trauel againe and again that christ â—ight a newe bee framed in them where they â—d by folly and false subtilty of the false Apoâ—â—â—es lost the very beuty of christ whereunto he â—â—d brought theÌ„ In which his trauel because â—e false Apostles did greatlie trauel to hinder â—m and them therefore euen of meere zeale to â—ods glorie and their saluation he brake into â—is louing wish O Galathians Gal. 4 1â— I woulde to â—od they were cutte off that doe disquiet you which woordes doe argue a tender intirenesse of the Apostle ouer them as that hee wish their health where they were wounded the recall where they had straied their returne the truth which they had receiued by him Gal. 5.7 thâ— so their estate might be sure and their saluaâ—â—on yea and Amen in Christ Iesus who could not otherwise profit them Gal. 5.4 2. Part. But here it wiâ—â— demaunded what the Apostle meaneth thus burst out into so vehement a wish as here he seth For it maie be thought more meet for Apostolike spirit to confute then to curse to soft then thus sharp rather to pity his enemy then to pray thus against them would to Gâ—â— they were cut off that do disquiet you Wherâ—unto I aunswere that indeed many take thâ— wordes of the Apostle to be not against but the behalfe of the false Apostls as that Saiâ—â— Paul doeth not wish their hurt but their gâ—â— therein that as they had taught circumcisâ— before and by that meanes stopt the people Galatia from their godly course which thâ— had begun in christ Iesus Gal. 5.7 and thereby did daunger theirs and their own soules so thâ— might now at length be cut off from that thâ— perilous dealing and called to the light of tâ—â— gospell of christ that so the Galathians migâ—â— be no more disquieted nor their estate any lâ—ger endaungered so that they will haue thâ— â—â—rds of the Apostle to be ful of loue tender â—ection not only towardes the Galathians â—â—ose case hee most pittied but also towardes â— false Apostls whose conuersion he also wiâ—d And indeede I graunt the Apostles wish â—â—uld haue bin that these false Apostles might â—â—ue reclaimed their erronious and damnable â—â—xture of circumcision with the Gospel And doubt not but his tender heart did so tender â— saluation of soules that hee could haue wiâ—d them and could haue been hartily glad to â—â—ue seen them these people of Galatia both â—â—gether cut off from this their false persuasioÌ„â—â—d dangerous Nay I am persuaded that nothing could haue fallen out more to his ioy theÌ„ haue seene theÌ„ altogether as corn growing one fielde as flowers florishing in one garâ—â—n as branches bearing grapes in one vine 〈◊〉 knit together in the eye of Iesus Christ as â—e white or apple of the same but yet wher he â—â—w before his eyes the pittious state wherein â—e Galathians stoode and how the false Apoâ—â—â—s had busied themselues to bring them therâ—â—â—to and how they sought by al means not onâ—â— to make but to continue them as dogges Gal. 4.17 Gal. 6.12 â—here they were once the darlings