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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09757	The pathway to perfection A sermon preached at Saint Maryes Spittle in London on VVednesday in Easter weeke. 1593. By Thomas Playfere, Doctor of Diuinitie.	Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609.	1597 (1597)	STC 20021; ESTC S103577	59,781	129

like a wheele O my God make them like a wheele sayes Dauid A wheele tilts vp behind and shootes downe before So the wicked are forward to all badnes and backward to all goodnes But the godly are like a Panther A Panther hath foure claws and no more on each hind foot but fiue clawes and no lesse on each fore foote So the godly though they bee weake to the worldward yet they are strong to Godward And setting the better foote before as wee say they Follow hard and run with might and maine most violently to lay holde on that hope which is set before them For there are two sortes of violent men Of the first sorte the Apostle sayes b. No extortioners or violeent men shal inherit the kingdom of heauen Of the second sort our sauior saies The kingdome of heauen suffereth violence and violent men lay hold on it Both are violent men but both are not violent to men For they offer violence to men these offer violence to God Therefore they doe not enter but these do enter into the kingdome of heauen For though God be not content that wee should offer violence to men yet he is well content that wee should offer violence to himselfe And that we should Followe hard and as Pyrats or theeues set vpon him if it be lawfull for me so to speake and by the force of faith spoile him and rob him of al his eternal treasures Therfore calling his church he sayth Arise my loue my faire one make hast and come away He that doth make account to come to GOD must make hast to come to God He must vse violence and Follow harde and come downe quickly with Zacheus and for speedines he must be like a Doe or a Roe vpon the mountaines of Bether Euen as those beastes in Ezechiel did run returne as lightning So must euery one who is enlightned with the spirit of God Followe as swiftlie as lightning which doth no soner flash down from heauen to the earth thē he must in affection mount vp from the earth to heauen And like as the Isralites were commanded to eate the passe ouer in hast Semblably all we which are true Isralites must girde vp the loines of our minds and Follow hard and run a pace redeeme the time that both the wrath of God may pas ouer vs and also the mercy of God may abide with vs. For God among other arguments of his mercy sayes thus Who hath giuen wings to the Ostridg The Ostridg neuer flies with his wings but onely a little lifts vp his body with them when he runs And in y e pinion of each wing he hath a sharp spur wherewith he pricketh his own self that he may run the faster So that God hath giuē wings vnto y e Ostridg not for the Ostridge but for vs. That we might thereby learne howe wee ought by all good meanes to quicken our dull disposition that wee may Followe harde euen as wee see the Ostridge eggeth his owne selfe forward with the flapping of his wings For they that wayte vpopn the Lord shall change their strength they shall lift vp their winges not onely as the Ostridge but also as the Eagle they shall I say lift vp their wings as the Eagle they shal run and not be faint they shall walke and not bee weary Euen as Pindarus writeth that King Therons coursers were such as wold neuer be wery of going l so shal these Follow still and neuer be weary of well doing But the most especiall thing to be considered heere is this that the Prophet sayes They which waight vpon the Lord shall change their strength Hee sayes not they shall loose their strength that whereas before they were strong now they shall be weake but they shall change their strength namelie the vse of their strength that whereas before they were strong and did follow hard to serue sinne nowe they shall be as strong shall Follow as hard to serue God For God only it is which can melt brasse out of a stone I wot wel there is a stone called Almacrasia which being molten becometh brasse But these words haue a far more hidden meaning To wit that God doth melt brasse out of a stone when he taketh the hart of a sinner which is as hard as a stone and melting it with the holy Ghost and with fire dooth afterward make it as tough as brasse This was seene in the conuersion of Paul For when Paul was made an Apostle thē a stone was made brasse He was as hard as any stone before his conuersion when he stoned Stephen Hee was as tough as any brasse after his conuersion when he did Follow so hard that no affliction could seperate him from the loue of Christ Which thing was prophecied of long before When the Patriarch Iacob sayd Beniamin shall be as a rauening Wolfe in the morning he shall deuoure the pray in the euening he shall deuide the spoile Paul was this Beniamin because he was of the tribe of Beniamin Paul was this rauening wolfe because he breathed out threatning and slaughter against the Disciples and was euen mad vpon them as a rauening Wolfe Paule in the morning deuoured the pray because in the beginning of his dayes he wasted and deuoured the Church of God as a pray Paul in the euening deuided the spoile because in the latter ende of his dayes he did Follow his calling hard and deuided the word of God aright of which the Psalmist saies I reioyce in thy word more then they which haue found a great spoile So that this is no losse of strength but onely a change of strength O blessed Beniamin O holy Apostle Thou hast now changed thy strength Yea by changing it thou hast much increased it For thou wert nothing so strong before as thou art now Nothing so strong before being a ston as thou art now being brasse Nothing so strong before being a rauening wolf as thou art now beeing a meeke lambe Nothing so strong before in the morning as thou art now in the euening Nothing so strong before when thou diddest deuoure the pray as thou art nowe when thou doest deuide the spoyle When no impediments no stumbling-blocks can stay thee but thou wilt needes Follow hard and runne ouer the whole world to deuide the spoyle among all Nations to preach the Gospell vnto all people So likewise Baruch was inflamed as the Hebrew word signifieth hee was I say inflamed to fortifie the wall of Ierusalem In mans bodie the arteries running along the veines and beating vpon them stir vp the blood and keepe it warme least otherwise by standing still it should congeale and waxe colde After the same manner in Baruch his heart there were liuely and quicke motions of the holy Ghost which did blowe coales and stirre vp the gift of GOD in him which did warme

hys blood and make hym Followe the matter harde beeing wholly inflamed with a burning desire to see the Cittie of GOD restored againe to her former glory So Abraham when the Angels came to him made hast to runne to his tent his wife made hast to kneade three measures of fine meale and his boy made hast to kill dresse a good and tender calfe Loe yee how all are imployed in a godly mans house Abraham and his wife man woman Abraham and his boy old and yong all make hast and Follow hard So Dauid did runne the way of Gods commaundements Nay no ordinary pace would serue him but hee must needs daunce before the Arke Yea his feete could not hold him but hee must needs haue wings as a Doue O that I had wings as a Doue sayes he then would I flye and be at rest Hee wisheth for winges not that he might first be at rest and afterward flye but that he might first flye and afterward be at rest That he might first Follow hard and flye vp with the wings of faith into the heauenly paradice and afterward be at rest and settle there in the tree of eternall life O that I had wings that I had wings as a Doue saies he then would I flie would I flie and be at rest And so must we after the example of Dauid of Abraham of Baruch of Paul fight for the faith which we haue receaued striue to enter in at the straight gate and labour for the meate which perisheth not and study to enter into rest We must I say studie and labour and striue and fight and Followe hard This is the fourth degree to perfection TOuching the fift he sayes not beside the marke but Toward the marke Austine holdeth that a man were better run either too slowly or too fast in the way then follow hard out of the way For the harder thou followest out of the way the further thou runnest from the Marke Herevpon the Apostle after following hard addeth immediatly Toward the Marke Insinuating thereby that to follow is nothing but the Marke is the matter And consequently that he which is not a skilfull Mark-man can neuer bee a faythfull follower Therfore we must marke well what this Marke is In one word it is the crosse of Christ For Christ hath set vp his crosse as a spell or as a Marke for vs to ayme at as a patterne of all perfection as an euerlasting signe which shall not be taken away Hence it is that speaking of one who should be his Disciple he sayes He that would come after me let him take vp his crosse and follow mee Let him take vp his crosse that he may come the neerer to my crosse and followe me that he may be directed all the way by me For thou canst neuer erre or goe beside the Marke so long as thou walkest in this way Therfore Maximus saith If thou wouldest finde the way which bringeth vnto lyfe then seeke it in that way which saith I am the way the truth and the life The way to them that begin the truth to them that proceed the life to them that are perfect Now the way of this way is the word Which S. Peter confirmeth saying The word of the Lord endureth for euer and this is the word which is preached among you He auoucheth that the eternall word is the preached word meaning thereby that the only way to the begotten word is the written word According to that of the Psalmist Blessed are they which are vpright in the way and walk in the law of the Lord. So that if thou wouldest be vpright in the way which is the word Christ then thou must walke in the lawe of the Lord which is the word of Christ. For the holy scripture is giuen by the inspiration of God to be a lanterne vnto our steps and a light vnto our paths that the man of God may be absolute being made perfect vnto all good works Wherefore to define this whole matter in few words we shal in mine opinion folow hard toward the mark if we labour earnestly in our seuerall vocations to expresse the vertuss of Christ our good Lord w c he shewed forth in al the course of his life especially in his death vpon the crosse for vs to imitate and follow by walking faithfully in the way of his commaundements and squaring all our actions speeches and thoughts according to the rule of his word Euen as on the contrary part it is very euident that all they run beside the marke which doe not propound to themselues to follow the ensample of Christ but either in their doctrine or in their life either in their opinions or in their actions continually swarue from him Such are all Atheists Temporizers Newters Humorists For Athiests runne beside the marke by going too much on the left hand They doe not make Christ a marke to ayme at that they may follow him but a signe to shoore at that they may blaspheme him They bend their tongues as bowes and shoote out their arrowes euen bitter words They corrupt others and speake of wicked blasphemy their talking is against the most high They say vnto God Depart from vs for we desire not the knowledge of thy waies And no meruaile that they speake so impiously which liue so vngodly Running altogether vpon the left hand in the broad way of the world of the flesh of the deuill For the world hath a kind of course which Atheists follow being past feeling and euen starke dead in their trespasses and sinnes The flesh also hath a by-path whereby they are seduced and deceaued Lastly the deuill hath a method which is without any methode and an order which is contrary to all good order and a left handed direction which bringeth them to finall confusion Now Temporizers also run beside the marke by going about in a circle They goe about many things but bring about nothing They do all things for the time but nothing for the trueth They make many a period but neuer a full poynt They are alwaies learning but neuer come to knowledge The hedgehog hath two holes in his siege one toward the South an other toward the North. Now whē the southren wind blowes he stops vp that hole and turnes him Northward When the Northren wind blowes he stops vp that hole likewise turnes him againe Southward Such vrchins are all temporizers They beleeue for a time as long as the warme Sunne shines vpon them But as soone as any storme of persecution ariseth by and by they haue a starting hole to hide themselues in they change their religion and turne about with the time For as the harts of such men are as a cart-wheele their thoughts are like a rowling axeltree Or as a top which alwaies runs round