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A01562	Practique theories: or, Votiue speculations vpon Abrahams entertainment of the three angels Sarah, and Hagars contention. Isaacs Marriage with Rebekah. Iohn Baptists natiuity or birth decollation or beheading. S. Peters calling. confession. denyall. repentance. vpon Sauls cruely. Pauls conuersion. By Iohn Gaule.	Gaule, John, 1604?-1687.	1630 (1630)	STC 11690; ESTC S118745	112,147	433

acknowledges Peter We cannot doe any thing for Christ which Christ will not more readily and largely doe againe for vs in euery thing so answerable is our Sauiour to vs● yea he so exceedes vs. If we know him he will take notice of us if we worship him he will honour vs if wee loue him he will imbrace vs if wee pray vnto him he will intreat for vs if we prayse him he will commend vs if we witnesse of him he likewise will testifie of vs. Mat. 10.32 Whosoeuer shall confesse me before men him will I confesse also before my Farher which is in heauen I beleeue what my Sauiour hath said for his part God grant me for my power to obserue the saying When Peter but came to Christ Ioh 1.42 Christ then said Thou art Simon the Sonne of Ionas but now that he confesses him Mat. 16.18.19 hee sayes besides Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke will I build my Church c. and I will giue vnto thee the Keyes of the Kingdome of Heauen c. Before he but told him of his name and pedegree but now withall of his office and authority The sounder confession of our faith hath alwaies the ampler approouement and reward Thou art Peter and vpon this Rocke c. We obserue amongst vs from these words in their originall a twofold point of Rhetorique a Metaphor a Paronomasie the one in that there is an allusion in the words the other in that there is an assimilation in the matter There be that would haue the word intend the same party whereto it alludes we say the word but assimilates another thing which it also intends In holy Writ we hold it safer to be led by the apt sense then bare found of words Vpon this Rocke How many haue wilfully dasht themselues to pieces against his Rocke● making the Rocke of sa●nation 〈◊〉 rocke of offence and a common stone to stumble at of the 〈◊〉 corner stone Vpon this Rocke What vpon the man vpon the mans faith rather and confession Vpon his Confession ●ay not vpon his personall faith but the vniuerfall truth Vpon this Rocke will I build my Church what vpon the other nay rather vpon himselfe To say that Christ should build his Church vpon Peter is to liken him to the Foole that built his house vpon the sands so vaine a thing is man Will they lay another foundation besides that which is laid already Confession ●e vpon their Babell It is verified both of Him and Them The Stone which the builders nay the Dawbers refused Mat. 21.42 the 〈◊〉 maugre their ignorance auarice pride and malice 〈…〉 and confessed by all true Christians the head stone in the corner I abhorre that Church and Chayre as groundlesse which will mistake the Rocke to build vpon the sands Let neither Faith nor Hope of mine bee so built till I can belieue three Fables at once That the Earth is vnderprept by a Gyant the Heauens are supported by Atla● or that the Church of Christ is founded vpon Peter Oh thou that art the onely Rocke and sole foundation of my Faith build thou not Thee vpon 〈◊〉 but mee vpon Thee so shall I stand firmely and for euer Immediately vpon Peters Confession the Keyes are granted him By Faith wee are saued without Faith and Confession there 's no opening no entring into the Kingdome of heauen I will giue vnto thee the Keyes What keyes Keyes which some boast of some abuse Keyes which are mostly neither well vsed nor vnderstood Keyes whose power and authority is lost in the ignorance or abuse for they haue them that vse them they that abuse them haue them not Keyes● not of power onely but dis●●●●tion as well to search and discerne as either to binde or loose Keyes whose efficacy it not in the Instrument not in the Agent but from the Author Keyes which neither binde nor loose because of the Administration but according to the desert Retentiue and Remissiue Keyes they call them Keyes of Science to resolue the scrupulous and perplexed spirit● of conscience to absolue the broken and contrite heart What sayes my soule to the power of those Keyes I confesse it fit and iust that the L●per and vncleane should be cast out of the Hoste or Campe that a rotten member ought to be dissected from the body and a scab'd sheepe excluded the Fold That he that refuses to heare the Church should be counted as an Heathen man and a Publicane and the obstinate sinner to be worthily deliuered vp to Satan that hee may learne not to blaspheme I at once admire their vse reuerende their Minister adore their Authour I faithfully beleeue and loue to imbrace the Liberty I feare to incurre and doubt not to obey the censure the denunciation is the sore trembling of my ioynts the Pronunciation is thevery reioycing of my heart For I looke to a surther efficacy then their outward ministery Onely I cannot but lament that their light vse and familiar hath brought them into contempt and wish that the contempt were not so familiar The words are here according to the occasion pronounced but to one of Christs Disciples To they will I giue the Keyes But the power is 〈◊〉 here according to the intention exhibited to them all Mat. 18 18 Whatsoever 〈◊〉 binde on earth shall be bound in he●●●n and whatsoeue● 〈…〉 earth shall be loosed in heauen What is commended to one is meant to all And not to them alone or then onely was this priuiledge and iurisdiction g●●●ted but for euer to their like the true and faithfull Ministers of the Word Say ye then Peter carried the Keyes alone and so shall his Successour Nay but his Fellowes in profession were also partakers of this power and so are all their followers The faith was theirs also and therefore the Promise theirs Say as ye● would haue Peters hand had borne them onely yet 〈◊〉 we not so senselesse to take the Porter for Lord of the house A Doore-keeper was euer accounted the meanest officer in Gods House So he intimates it that notwithstanding in comparison preferres it Psal 84.10 I had rather be a Doore-keeper in the house of my God c. Will ye make Peter after your manner the Prince Head Chiefe First Apostle If Peter would so himselfe hee should so prooue himselfe to be but the last and least Mat. 20.27 Whosoeuer will be chiefe among you let him be your seruant Would Peter vsurpe himselfe what he so disswaded others when he forbad them to be as Lords ouer Gods heritage 1 Pet. 5.3 but rather ensamples to the flocke Wee take Peter for a Prelate indeed not a Prince it is a Key wee see he beares not a Scepter The Keyes wee know are not 〈◊〉 sway but employ and to binde and loose are parts of Office more then Author 〈◊〉 We count Peter the first so as the Scripture records him The first is Simon Mat. 10.2 called Peter

busied The Spirit and Flesh will haue in vs their seuerall Times and Works Their daily strife assures me that neither is the best I doe perfectly good nor the worst totally euill The bond Brat of Hagar proud of his many yeares prerogatiue waxes daily not more old then euill Like bird like brood the Sonne treads in his Mothers steps his Mother despised her Mistresse and he derides his Brother The wicked easily scorne and contemne those gifts in the Godly which themselues were neuer capable of He that was borne after the Flesh mocked saith Moses Persecuted saith the Apostle him that was borne after the Spirit Gen. 21.9 Gal. 4.29 Why might he not at once doe him both scorne and harme He mocked he persecuted nor was he more offensiue in violence then derision With what difficulties are the godly companions to the wicked as being their infected or afflicted mocking-stockes If I must be a brother to such Dragons might their stings rather smite me then their poysons annoy me As Isaacs Father had weaned him from his Mothers breasts so would his Mother from his Brothers company She feares his companion will either corrupt or wrong him for why already she hath seene the Sonne of Hagar mocking How mocking and was that so much He now discouered some euill against his brother in sport which he might doe him in earnest afterwards Or might so play with him as a Cat with a Mouse which dallies a little but deuoures at length Or might vpbraid him with his Mothers old age and long barrennesse might so deride him as that he forsooth should be the promised feede might boast himselfe the first borne and therefore his Fathers heyre While Ismael is thus laughing Isaac to scorne with no lesse derision to the Promise then indignation to his person Sarah as Mothers care is tender and frequent is readily sensible of her Sonnes abuse Such is the diuine Prouidence who hath euer had a watchfull eye ●uer ●her childrens wrongs She sees ere we suffer and heares ere we complaine Be I persecuted and oppressed it sufficeth me to ease my Passions and arme my Patience withall I know neither are couered his Iniquity nor my Iniury neither the Hurt is done me is hidden nor the wrong he doth If Ismael begin so soone to mocke Isaac Sarah feares hee will euen supplant him at length Abraham and she both are well stricken in yeares if they should dye during his minority what then would he doe vnto him Wherefore to preuent the worst rather then he shall diuide the inheritance with his Brother she seekes and sues to diuide the Brethren Gen 21.10 Cast out this Bond-woman and her Sonne for the Sonne of this Bond-woman shall not be heyre with my Sonne Isaac She but saw him mocking and she cryes cast him out Not onely sees the abuse but cals for iustice Cast out this Bond-woman and her Sonne So also Gods Prouidence not onely beholds iniquity to obscure but iudge it What now becomes of Ismaels spite and wrong The wrath of the wicked is but as the crackling of thornes vnder the pot suddenly kindled wretchedly vehement soone extinct While the flourishing and fruitlesse Fig-tree is bold and boasting to ouertop the chosen Cedar of Libanus by him but deemed so vile a shrub Loe the axe is already laid to the Tree to hew it downe root and branch Cast out this Bond. woman and her Sonne And doth the Sonne sinne alone and must the Mother smart together with him Iustice sometimes descendeth from the Parents to the fourth generation of Children but ascendeth neuer from Children to so much as the first degree of Parents vnlesse as conuict delinquents as touching the same offence The Sonne is commonly lyable to his Fathers debts the Father neuer to his Sonnes but by condition It is likely that Hagar who did not sticke to despise her Mistresse was also accessary to this contempt of her Sonne either in counselling him to it or not correcting him for it and so not vnworthy to receiue like doome Cast out this Bond-woman and her Sonne Consent and Counsell in all actions adde swift wings to commission In euill which is more blameable the Act or the Incouragement If I be counsellor to anothers sinne my Fee must needes lye in anothers punishment Ambition neuer rises but to fall Nor did Couetousnesse euer gaine without losse Had not Ismael so scornefully boasted of his prerogatiue with Isaac he had perhaps still held the repute of a Sonne in his Fathers house but this strife hath occasioned to search into his Pedegree and on the surer side he is found recorded no Sonne but a Seruant Ioh. 8.35 which abideth not in the house for euer and therefore cast out the Bond-woman and her Sonne Had he rested himselfe content with his owne Lot and not laid false clayme to his Brothers inheritance this statute had not beene enacted to cut off all possibility of his future title The Sonne of this Bond-woman shall not be heyre with my Sonne euen with Isaac Thus haue I heard of some who in the strife for new superiority haue lost their old repute How many might haue inioyed what they had in quiet onely by laying false clayme to others right haue thereby come to lose their owne Let others alone with what is theirs mine owne will I make enough to me What profit haue I to lose in ventring to winne What credit in seeking to rise to fall Thus haue Sarah and Hagar Isaac and Ismael dwelt together vnder one roofe yet at length Hagar is cast out from Sarah neither must Ismael be heire with Isaac Euen so Grace and Nature the Spirit and the Flesh may reside in one body Good and Bad in one Church But corruption in the end proues a cast-away neither can flesh and bloud inherit the kingdome of God The Tares shall not possesse the Barne with the Wheate nor the Goats the Right-hand with the Sheep Diuine wisedome indeed suffers a mixture of good and bad in his Church that these may be here as farre from Security as they hereafter from Excuse But in the end separates them one from another to the intent either might know that till then they were neither truely happy nor miserable out-right So I be a vessell of purified Gold or Siluer why should I repine that baser vessels as of Wood and Earth are layd vp in this same great House together with me since we differ here in the whole substance and shall hereafter in end and vse the one shall be for honour for dishonour the other Being but one of the least of the chosen Graines or of the little Flocke The Tares I know may annoy me in the Field they cannot in the Barne the Goats may vexe me in the Flocke they shall not in the Fold Till I my selfe be dissolued I shall neuer be but diuided against my selfe Ere my wrestlings and warrings leaue me I must first leaue my selfe and them I will therefore