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A20605	A sermon preached in Italian, by the most Reuerend father, Marc' Antony de Dominis, Archb. of Spalato, the first Sunday in Aduent, anno 1617. In the Mercers Chappel in London, to the Italians in that city, and many other honorable auditors then assembled. Vpon the 12. verse of the 13. chapter to the Romanes, being part of the Epistle for that day. First published in Italian by the author, and thereout translated into English; Predica fatta da Monsr. Marc' Antonio de Dominis, Arcivo. di Spalato. English	De Dominis, Marco Antonio, 1560-1624.	1617 (1617)	STC 7004; ESTC S109795	31,116	84

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Man goeth forth to his worke and to his labour till the Euening It is the propertie of beasts and those the most harmefull to make the day their time of sleepe and the night their time of labour so of men those that employ themselues about euill Iohn 3.19 shun the light Men loued darkenesse more then the light For their workes were euill Euerie man that doeth euill hateth the light and commeth not to the light least his deeds should be reproued But those men that take not after such wild beasts employ themselues in good works as much as they can whilest they haue the oportunitie of the light and spend not the day in sleepe but make their aduantage of the time Iohn 3.21 He that doeth the trueth commeth to the light that his deeds might be made manifest that they are wrought in God Christ our instructor and ensample said of himselfe I must worke the workes of him that sent mee whilest it is day The night commeth when no man can worke How much more ought wee euerie of vs to say the same of our selues to whom S. Paule sayeth Hora est iam nos de somno surgere Now it is time for vs to arise from sleepe Whilest the day of this life lasteth we are to busie our selues in good workes and to shew that we haue a liuely faith Venit nox The night commeth wherein no man can worke It is a meere folly to expect as the Romanists doe that others should worke for vs and apply their works to vs when wee are dead and gone that others should fast for vs purchase S. Gregories Masses and seeke out priuiledged altars and procure Indulgences for vs Per modum intercession they seeke out priuiledged altars But the night ouertakes them wherein no man can worke surely neyther himselfe in person nor others to his vse Our journey is ended we by death arriue at our long home either of eternall Saluation or of endlesse damnation there is no meane estate betweene these two Eccles 11.3 If the tree fall toward the South or toward the North in the place where the treefalleth there it shall be Therefore whilest the day holdes doe that which thou hast to doe Psal 115.17 18. The dead prayse not the Lord neither any that goe downe into the place of silence that is into the graue But we that liue let vs prayse the Lord. Isa 38.18 19. The graue cannot praise thee death cannot celebrate thee they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy trueth The liuing the liuing he shall praise thee The fourth kind of day is the day of pure meere trueth The night is passed of so many errors which with the Papacy haue crept into the Papall Churches and to vs by the grace of the Almighty the day is arriued He that liued vnder the Papacy might and ought then to say in his prayers to God Emitte lucem tuam veritatem tuam Send foorth thy light and thy trueth Psal 43.3 But he that is freed thence must insist vpon that which followeth Ipsa me deduxerunt adduxerunt in montem sanctū tuum in tabernaculatua They haue led me and brought me vnto thy holy hill and to thy tabernacles Here beloued brethren heere in this Kingdome wee haue the hill of God which is raysed vp towards heauen and standeth discoasted farre enough from the sinke and myre of the Papall corruptions Here are the tabernacles and tents of the armies of the Lord of hosts pitcht in goodly aray and furnished for the confronting all opposite forces Heere the light of the trueth is freely and openly let in Heere the holy Scriptures are most exactly studied Here are great multitudes of learned men and aboue all the most learned the Anoynted of the Lord a King who is the wonder of the Kings of the earth a matchlesse paterne to all the Kings and Princes of Christendome of great zeale in purging aduancing and mainteining Christs holy Religion Heere the sincere word of God is taught plentifully Here the Bishops are very learned religious and vigilant ouer their flocks Here the Priests are euery way sufficient and very skilfull in the cure of soules Heere the people are very zealous and feruently addicted to holy and spirituall dueties Thanks therefore be to God who after the night of so many errors hath sent foorth his light and trueth which haue led me and brought me into his holy hill and to his tabernacles And so reioycing in the Lord I say againe to my selfe and to you my brethren The night is passed and the day is at hand Heere perhaps some man may demaund of mee why S. Paul saith that the day is at hand and not rather that it is already come which doubt seemeth the greater vpon the words which goe before Nunc propior est nostrasalus quàm cum credidimus Now is our saluation neerer then when wee beleeued Heere therefore the approach of the day is the approach of saluation and the day and saluation are to bee taken to signifie one and the same and by consequence besides that day and saluation which is Christ and his Gospel besides that day and saluation which signifieth grace and the remission of sinnes S. Paul vnderstandeth yet another day and another saluation which he declareth to bee come neerer at the time of his writing this Epistle to them then it was when they first receiued the Faith and holy Baptisme with remission of sinnes By this saluation which is said to haue come neerer Lyra vnderstandeth the Saluation brought in by the comming of Christ as being neerer then it was before his comming But neither S. Paul nor these Christians to whom hee wrote it were beleeuers before the comming of Christ And yet S. Paul saith plainely quàm cum credidimus that is then when we began to beleeue in Christ Saint Chysostome by this Saluation vnderstandeth the generall resurrection which shall be at the second comming of Christ at Doomesday wherewith S. Paul awaketh the faithfull to make them watchfull and ready for that generall Iudgement which in the very Apostles times was by many deemed to be very nigh at hand But it is better for vs to interprete this admonition of the Apostle concerning Death and the particular iudgement of euery man and euery of vs to say to our selues and to one another Noster dies appropinquauit propior est Salus nostra Our day is at hand and our Saluation is neerer because the day of our death comes on euery moment neerer neerer Let vs therfore my brethren prouide that at the comming of that last day Christ may finde vs prepared Matth. 24. For yee know not at what houre your Master will come Matth. 25. Be readie as the fiue wise Virgins were ready and entred in with the Spouse to the wedding And let vs take heede that befalles vs not which the fiue foolish virgins found who were

Rom. 13.14 and this is to put on the Lord Iesus Adam was sometime cloathed with the goodly white Roabe of innocencie and originall iustice But alas being misseled by the counsaile giuen him by the Serpent the Prince of darkenesse he fell into the hands of theeues Luke 10.30 which stripped him of his rayment and wounded him and departed leauing him halfe dead But behold the good Samaritane doth not only cure his wounds but also couereth his nakednesse vouchsafing himselfe to become a garment vnto him Therefore put yee on the Lord Iesus This is that wedding Garment without which whosoeuer presenteth himselfe to the Table of the Lord shall bee thrust out of doores in tenebras exteriores Matth. 22.13 into vtter darkenesse The Prophet Isay forespoke this faire Roabe this nuptiall Garment which was then at making for vs. Esai 61.10 I will greatly reioyce in the Lord my soule shall bee ioyfull in my God For hee hath cloathed mee with the garments of saluation hee hath couered mee with the Roabe of righteousenesse as a bridegroome decketh himselfe with ornaments and as a bride adorneth her selfe with her iewels Induamur arma lucis Let vs put on the armor of light Hee saith not let vs put on the garments of light but the armour of light For Christ arrayeth vs non ad pompam sed ad pugnam not to set vs out in an empty and vaine shew but to furnish and secure vs for combat the whole life of a Christian beeing a warfare Of the most accomplished Army of Antiochus it is related in the history of the Machabees that Machab. when the Sunne shone vpon the shields of gold and brasse the mountaines glistred therewith and shined like lampes of fire It is another manner of lustre and beauty which this armour of light worne by a Christian doth dart forth on euery side vpon the eyes of God himselfe and of the holy Angels and blessed soules For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall 2. Cor. 10.4 but mighty through God to the pulling downe of strong holds casting downe imaginations and euery high thing that exalteth it selfe against the knowledge of God and bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ And so Christ is our Armour our strength our defence our courage our conquerer and in the end our both rewarder and reward Behold the armour of light Ephes 6.12 Put on the whole armour of God that yee may bee able to stand against the wiles of the diuell For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkenesse of this world against spirituall wickednesses in high places Put on the brestplate of righteousenesse take the shield of faith the helmet of saluation the sword of the spirit which is the word of God I hope in God by the helpe also of your godly prayers deare brethren that his heauenly Maiesty will reach foorth to mee and direct in my hand this sword of his word wherewith as I haue begun so I may bee enabled to hold on the combat against the Rulers of darkenesse for the setting free so many poore deceiued soules from a many of errours and that I may also put this sword into their owne hands with which they of themselues may worke their owne freedome from that yoake of Tyranny which lieth so heauy vpon them Let vs all put on the armour of light and in speciall you my brethren of Italy For if we would all with ioynt endeuour furnish our selues with this armour wee might the better hope for a glorious victory We shall indeed put on the armour of light if vpon the reforming of Religion and detestation of errors in doctrine we shall lead an exemplary life full of good edification keeping our selues a farre off from sin and being deuout in prayers frequent in hearing and reading the word of God and in performance of other spirituall exercises especially in receiuing the holy Communion and also shall shew our selues fruitfull in good workes So let your light shine before men Matth. 5. that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heauen What shall it auaile vs to haue reformed Religion and not to reforme our liues withall To beleeue aright and to doe that which is wrong will stand vs in little steed nay it will sinke vs the deeper into Hell Luke 12. He that knoweth the will of God and doeth it not shal be beaten with the more stripes The Diuels also beleeue Iam. 2.19 and tremble It is a current speech among the Papists that whosoeuer leaueth their party and ioyneth himselfe to the Reformed Churches doth it for the loue of carnall libertie and that he may lead a licentious life It lieth vpon vs for our part to giue them no occasion of such reproachfull slanders and to array our selues with such lightsome and glittering armour as may dazle their eies and confound them so that they may be forced to confesse that in the Reformed Churches there is an vnfeined and fruitfull profession of the reformation of life also and that there men liue in the true feare of God in true godlinesse and true deuotion free from scandall Put yee on therefore as the elect of God Col. 3.12 holy and beloued the bowels of mercy kindnesse humblenesse of minde meeknesse long suffering forbearing one another and forgiuing one another if any man haue a quarrell against any And aboue all these things put on charity which is the bond of perfectnesse If we put on the armour of light wee shall become the children of light and enioy also the fruit of light Ephes 5.9 For the fruit * Alias of the Spirit of the light is in all goodnesse and righteousnesse and trueth Which of vs knoweth not that the children of God are stiled The children of the light The reason is because God himselfe is light Whereupon our Sauiour Christ vseth this reprehensiō that the children of this world that is the children of darknesse are wiser then the children of light And admonisheth vs in this maner While yee haue light Iohn 12.36 Ephes 5. beleeue in the light that ye may be the children of light In like maner S. Paul Walke as the children of light 1. Thess 5. Because yee are the children of light and the sonnes of God And therfore here he exhorteth vs Let vs put on the armour of light A Christian sheweth quickly by his life whether he be the sonne of God or no. The Eagle with his strong and cleare eyes is able and accustomed to looke directly vpon the Sunne and by this essay shee is wont to prooue her yong ones namely if they be both able and willing to fixe their sight vpon the flaming circle of the Sunne then she takes them for her owne but if they will nor gaze vpon the Sunne but turne their eyes away from the beames

wherein the Church Militant is employed tendeth to Spirituall things which are not seene And surely in Sea voyages amidst the maine where no land marke can bee seene for the direction of the shippe the onely certaine meanes of guidance for Nauigation consisteth in the vsing of a good Compasse hauing a Needle well touched with the Loadstone as also in hauing a Ship mans Card or Sea mappe iustly quartered and coasted Hee that without these or with a false Compasse or Mappe saileth out of all sight of shoare may bee saide to wander in vtter darkenesse and midnight though it be at noone-tide And contrary wise hee that is furnished with a true Compasse though hee saile in the deepe of Sea and of night yet hee enioyeth the day and cleareeth his passage at all occasions Now for the difference of the Reformed Shippes and the Romane it is not in the bottome nor in the tackeling but onely in the Compasse The Romane shippe is a good Vessell well built not rotten nor fallen in pieces it is well furnished with Masts with Yards with Cordage with Cables with Anchors it hath an excellent Sea-mappe the passengers and common souldiers in it are all vnder the colours of one and the same Generall our Sauiour Christ And in these there is no difference betweene this Ship and the reformed But I finde one maine difference betweene them whence also arise an innumerable other disparities and it is that the Pilot who sits at the sterne of the Romane ship hauing throwne aside the ordinary Compasse and leauing the vse of the approoued Sea-mappe hath out of his owne capricious conceit deuised a new Card and contriued a new-found Compasse of his owne whose needle hath no aspect toward the Pole or touch at all of the Load-stone Suteable also hereto hath he out of his owne head framed certaine Cardinall windes which serue onely for his Card. Nay which is worse then this hee hath intruded into the possession of gouerning the helmes of all the shippes that roade in his company and from euery of them hee hath taken away the vse of the ordinary Compasse and beating the Marriners and ouer awing them by tyranny who otherwise would doe well and performe their office aright will haue no nay but all those shippes must daunce attendance after his And so for that hee vseth no true Compasse nor Carde hee ringleads them all to wracke and they follow him fast enough without light through the thickest darkenesse For the vnfolding of this Metaphore I say in a word that the Bishoppe of Rome at this present and for many ages past leauing the trauailers true Sea-card the holy Scriptures and the vnmooueable North-Pole the aime at Heauen and heauenly things and propounding to himselfe one onely Port his owne greatnesse and temporall pompe hath in his deuised Compasse quartered out his owne counterfeit windes which must blow for that hauen they are dominion ouer all other Churches mastery ouer the Keyes infallibility of his iudgement and authoritie in things Temporall euen ouer Princes And as for the poore passengers and common souldiers who are transported and blindly clapt vp vnder the hatches in these wandring shippes he hath to amuse them added in his false Card many bastard windes painted out in guilded and flourished lines namely our owne and others merits Inuocation of Saints religious worship of Images the treasure of Indulgences efficacie of Masses and of Priestly absolutions Agnus Dei's hallowed Beads holy Water By these and other such windes neuer found in the ancient true Compasses and whereof the ancient Pilots of the holy Church neuer heard any newes by these blasts will hee haue his followers to saile whereby they are caried headlong into many most important errors The onely cause of all this mischiefe is that Archpilot For if hee were remooued or could bee perswaded to leaue his owne monstrous Chimericall Compasse and to betake himselfe to the vsuall and auncient guide presently defacing all those false windes verily the goodly fleete of the Catholique Church would easily bee set right and holding the safe and sure way as the Reformed Companies haue done would approach to the true hauen of eternall blisse True it is that these Reformed Churches beeing misledde by this wandring guide did sometime follow that vaine and deceitfull Compasse But at length they haue better bethought themselues and casting out that strange intruding Pilot they haue yeelded vp their shippe to bee gouerned by their owne true Steersemen such as God himselfe hath ordayned And so vsing the infallible Card of the holy Scriptures and the true Compasse quartered out into the foure auncient Cardinall windes of the foure first generull Councels and seconded with the vnder-windes of the holy Fathers they make an happy voyage and without wandring arriue at the appointed hauen of saluation And this is the miserable night of manifold errours wherein so many poore soules suffer themselues to bee hoodwinked and lulled asleepe from which yet we are rescued by the Almighty hand of God And therefore let vs yeelde him all possible thankes that This night is passed If I should here enlarge my selfe and insist vpon the consideration of these forged misguiding blasts to display all the particular errors which make this cloudie night I might encomber my selfe in a confused Chaos out of which I could not get in many dayes much lesse in the little portion of time allotted to this Exercise Yet I can doe no lesse now then touch some of the most principall and vniuersall of them out of which as from a roote all the particular errors doe spring It is very much behoouefull to the Pope for the mainteining himselfe in the forged greatnesse of his vniuersall Vicarship of Christ to holde the people in the deepest darknesse of ignorance and blindnesse that possibly may be To this purpose one maine article which he causeth to be taught in all the Churches subiect to him stands him in great stead namely that for the sauing of mens soules an implicite faith sufficeth whereby a man beleeueth all to be trueth whatsoeuer the holy Catholique Romane Church beleeueth and mainteineth And by this meane the Pope layeth open a way for himselfe to perswade the silly people already blinded with this credence to beleeue and receiue whatsoeuer hee imposeth on them for his owne aduantage and to make them admit for an article of faith that hee is the onely vicar of Christ that he cannot erre in cathedra iudging out of his chaire that he is the Lord paramount of the whole Church that the keyes and treasure of holy Church are in his hands onely that he hath power to depose Kings from their Thrones and to discharge their subiects of their oath of fealtie and infinite other such fopperies for the maintenance whereof many wretches cast away their soules And by degrees it will come to that passe one day that he will make himselfe to be adored for a God vpon earth By this engine of implicite