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A19272	Certaine sermons vvherin is contained the defense of the gospell nowe preached against such cauils and false accusations, as are obiected both against the doctrine it selfe, and the preachers and professors thereof, by the friendes and fauourers of the Church of Rome. Preached of late by Thomas by Gods sufferance Byshop of Lincolne.	Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1580 (1580)	STC 5685; ESTC S120768	201,470	274

frustrate But surelye these be those dayes that S. Paule prophecied of The time shall come fayth he whē men shall not abide sound doctrine but hauing itching eares shall frame vnto thē selues preachers according to theire owne phantasyes and shall turne their eares from the truth For if we doe as these men would haue vs to doe leaue doctrine preach of manners so that it bee done in generalitie with some shew of eloquence and enterlacing of fyne short senteuces it is tollerablye thoughte of and vsed somewhat lyke as GOD speaketh of to Ezechiell As a iest and song of a pleasaunt Musitian But so soone as the sweete tune and note of the eloquence is out of their eares the Dittie and matter is cleane forgotten and they remayne the same persons that they were before bee the thinge neuer so good that was spoken But if wee speake of anye matter particularlye and come so nigh them that they feele their consciences nipped and touched then are they greued with this disease Noli me tangere Touche mee not Then the Preacher rayleth hee wanteth wisedome hee hath neede to go to a Schoole of Discretion hee medleth with those matters that he should not In deede I woulde not wishe eyther Preachers or any other Subiectes to enter into Councell Chambers and openly to deale in the consultation of Princes or controuersyes of the State so long as they bee consultations but if any matter breake oute in facte contrarye to the Lawe of God eyther in the fyrste or seconde Table which toucheth eyther religion and the true worshipping of god or the order of iustice and charitie among Christians I see not but that euery good Preacher maye and in duetye ought to speake agaynst them and to denounce the perill thereof euen to the face of the offendoures vnlesse wee will bee contented that the blood of them that perish without warning should be required at our hands which is too heauy for any mortall creature to beare Therefore seeing the mynde of men in these dayes bee so ouerthwarte and waywarde wee whome GOD hath placed for the Ministerye of his worde haue great cause to praye vnto him that hee will assiste vs not onely with that spirite of integritie as well in office as life whereof Christ here speaketh that with confidence of conscience wee maye bee able to saye for the iudgementes of men Quis ex vobis c. Which of you can rebuke me of sinne But also that he will indue vs with that spirituall strength which in like case he promiseth to his Prophets Ieremy and Ezechiell that is that he will make vs strong cities yron pillers and brasen walles agaynst them that oppugne in vs God and his truth and if they do make stiffe their neckes and harden their faces as stones agaynst the Lord his preaching to repentaunce that he wil make vs also to haue faces of flinte or Adamante that maye not blush or be abashed to let them vnderstande it For ●urteous talking and shame fast speaking will not serue Another crime that they lay agaynst vs and that with great daunger is that wee are seditious and contentious men in common weales daungerous to States and Principalities neuer contented but still seeking alterations and studying to bring al states to y ● Swizers cōmon weale here with charge they not only vs that be Preachers but also all those y ● be true sincere professors of the Gaspell What the Swizers common weale is I partly vnderstand but I neuer yet hearde nor reade of any man that was of this opinion that all principalities ought to bee broughte either to the forme therof or any one other Or if there be anye such out of my knowledge I muste saye vnto him Anathema if hee were an Aungell in Heauen For the Doctrine of GOD teacheth no such thing but that all Christian Subiectes should content themselues with that forme of gouernemēt vnder which God hath placed them and by prayer and all other honest and Godlye meanes of obedience studie to preserue and maintain the same Therfore they that laye this to oure charge doe desyre maliciously to deface the word of God and his truth But this is the olde meanes where with the Serpent Sathan by his politique Instrumentes hath alwayes indeuoured to make odious to Princes and Magistrates the Prophets preachers and Ministers of Gods word So was it sayde of Helias and Micheas That they troubled Israell that they were enimies to the King neuer spake any thīg that was pleasaunt to him So was it sayde of Hieremias That he was a Traytor to his Countrey that he had conspired with the Babilonians and bare no good harte to the Prince So was it sayd of Amos That the earth might not abide the words that he had spoken to King Jeroboam So was it sayde of the Apostles and Fathers of the Primatiue Churche in so muche that the name of a Christyan in those dayes was in that state as nowe in some Countreyes the name of a Protestante or Gospeller is That is a sufficiente cause to drawe men in daunger of goodes Landes lyfe and al that hee hath though there bee no other matter in the worlde to charge them And these men studye to make their accusation probable by those sturres that of late yeares haue fallen out in Germany Flaunders Fraunce Scotland and as they saye here in Englande too But it is a wonderfull thing to see how affection blindeth men that either they cannot or will not see the truth Were there neuer sturres rebellions or vndutifull dealinges towarde Princes in Flaunders Fraunce and Scotlande before these late yeares of the re●●ing of the Gospell If they thinke so they knowe nothing and erre of ignoraunce and by ignoraunce seeke to misleade other but if they know it to be otherwise as needes they muste if they haue reade anye thing then erre they of malice and purposely seeke to deface God his Ministers and his truth As for the Realme of Englande all men knowe that for the spare of these fyftie yeares or more there hath scante bene two Princes so happy as to scape w t one Rebellion in theyre tyme. To lette passe other and to speake of those thinges that are in oure rememberaunce Were they Protestantes that rebelled in the tyme of king Henrie Were they all Protestantes that rebelled in the time of that blessed Babe King Edwarde the sixte Were they Protestantes that rebelled in the Queenes Maiesties time that nowe is They cannot nor I thinke they will not say it for shame The Messengers and seditious Fyrebrandes that inflamed that styrre are well knowne to be Englishe Romanistes and Louanistes as euen nowe they doe indeuour the like Is it vnknowne to any man that it is a principle of their Doctrine that if a Prince be not a friend to the Sea of Roome be his Title otherwise neuer so good yet he is

turne their studies to Lawe to Phisiche and to other purposes and will hardly be brought to the studde of Diuinitie but in no wise to followe the Ministerie But I will not tarrie longer in this matter althoughe I haue good matter to vtter in it The time doth abridge me I will returne to my purpose They that are ashamed of the Gospell in respect of worldly disdayue and trouble do not sufficiently consider that Christ in the middest of hys owne persecution and affliction saide that his kingdome was not of this world yea he sayde the world hated him because he detected the wickednesse of the worlde They therefore that will bee true followers of Christ may not looke to haue better intertainment in the world than Christ had himselfe If the world hate you sayth Christ you knowe that it hated mee before you If yee were of the worlde the worlde would surely loue that is his owne Because you are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therefore doth the world hate you The seruant is not aboue the maister If they persecuted me they will persecute you also And all these things shall they doe for my names sake And although wee be sure by Christes promyse that the worlde shall thus vse vs Yet consider how gratiously and mercifully he hath in these dayes delt with his scattered flocke Though Antichrist grenne and gnashe his teeth at vs Though the greatest powers of Europe be bent against vs yet as he promised by his Prophet Esay He hath giuen Kings to be nursing Fathers and Queens to be nursing mothers He hath raised to vs our most gratious soueraigne vnder whose protection praise be to his name for it we doe safely and quietly enioye the preaching of y ● Gospell yea notw tstanding y e threatnings and indeuours of mighty aduersaries abrode some great enimies at home And yet still doth the say as I pray God she may long euer from hir heart say Non me pudet Euangelij c. I am not ashamed of the Gospell If any be so affected that they thinke the kingdome of Christ and his Gospell is but weake and worthie contempte because it is commonly tossed in daūger and trouble of the world and hath Princes more commonly against it then wyth it they are in that point much deceaued For thereby it may appeare that it is preserued kept by the mightie power of God and not by the vncertaine and brittle Fauour of Princes and worldly puisance which then commonly falleth most sodainly when it seemeth to men to florishe most gloriously to be in most high estate dignitie Looke in all the kingdomes of the earth if it hath not bene so But for the Church of God and Professors of his truth what a notable example is it of Diuine protection that when the whole world perished with the Deluge yet God in y ● middest of the waters by the benefite of the Arke preserued his chosen sorte of the house of Noah from all daunger Likewise afterward Abraham and his posteritie was safe euen in the middest of the Caananites their enimies In Aegypt Gods people although for the time oppressed yet afterwarde myraculously were deliuered to the terrour of all Princes y ● bend their power against God The same people were afterward fedde from heauen in the Desert when they despaired of foode and nourishment were planted in the land of Promise in despite of al their Enimyes preserued from extreame Ruine in great Chaunges Troubles and Banishments that the Relictes myght remayne whereof the Sauiour of the worlde Christ Jesu shoulde come c. ⸪ ¶ Certaine Sermons vppon this Texte of the Euangelist Beware of false Prophetes that come to you in sheepes clothing but inwardly be rauening Wolues By their fruites you shall knovve them Mat. 7. 15. AS wee haue nothing deerelye beloued more precious in this worlde then the blessed Word of God and his heauenly Doctrine taken out of it so haue we not any kinde of persons more worthy to bee loued and had in estimation than those whom God sendeth to impart the same vnto vs. Agayne on the other side as nothing is more perilous and pernitious to Gods people than false and corrupt Doctrine contrarie to Gods holy will reuealed in the scriptures so is there no sort of men more to be shunned and taken heede of than false teachers whom Sathan thrusteth into y ● church of God to corrupt that precious Treasure meane of our saluation Wherefore our Lord and Sauiour Christ after that he had made that notable Sermon in the Mount to his Disciples and had set forth the true interpretation of the Lawe of God giuen by Moyses and discouered the false Doctrine and hypocrisie of the Scribes Pharisies and had rightly instructed his hearers in the true exercise of Almes Prayer Fasting trust in God and other workes of charitie not contented herewith but knowing the malice of the Diuell that would leaue nothing vndone wherby all hys Disciples myght be seduced from the trueth of his doctrine In this place he carefully giueth them thys forewarning that they shoulde take heede of false Prophetes that should come to deceaue them and as rauening Wolues to deuour their Soules And first he describeth them what they be that they may the better take heede of them Secondly he giueth a note rule or marke whereby they may more easily be knowne There was neuer time in which this warning was more necessarie then in these our dayes when so many diuers doctrines are spred defended and the one repugnant vnto the other The patrons of the Church of Rome say that we be schismatikes heretikes false teachers and therefore doe they will the people to beware of vs. Againe the professors of the Gospell charge them with the like and say they are those false prophets of whome Christ giueth warning Let vs first therefore examine the description and afterward come to the rule wherby they may bee knowne that all men may vnderstande to whether partie both those things can be more iustly aptly applyed They shall come to you saieth Christ in sheepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening Wolues This descriptiō is more largly declared by S. Paul Such false Apostles saith he are deceitfull workers and transforme themselues into the Apostles of Christ and no meruaile for Sathan himselfe is transformed into an Angell of light and therfore it is no great thing though his ministers transforme thēselues as though they were the ministers of righteousnesse c. And to the Thessa The comming of Antichrist is by working of Sathan with all power and signes and lying wonders and in all deceauablenes of righteousnesse That which Christ vttereth by a figuratiue speache That they should come in sheepes clothing that Saint Paule expoundeth to be their transformyng of themselues into the likenesse of Gods true ministers in