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A10994	Sermons preached before his Maiestie 1. The bridegromes banquet. 2. The triumph of constancie. 3. The banishment of dogges. By Francis Rollenson, Batcheler of Diuinitie.	Rollenson, Francis, ca. 1565-1630.	1611 (1611)	STC 21264; ESTC S112081	60,158	83

shal waxe cold And out of the first Epistle to the Corinthians i 1. Cor. 9.27 I do chastice my body lest when I haue preached to others I shuld be a Reprobate In making answer to these obiections let vs but obserue the true meaning of these words Righteousnesse Faith Loue and Reprobate and then this Gordian knot wil with ease be loosed First wheras the Prophet Ezechiel speaketh of the fall of a righteous man you must note that he meaneth such righteous persons as to the worlds eye rather seeme so to be then be so indeed thus S. Luke teacheth vs to expound it who where as other Euangelists write thus From him that hath not shall be taken away euen that which he hath hee saith k Luke 8.18 that which hee seemed to haue God taketh away his grace from him that hath it not but onely seemeth to haue it and giueth still to him that hath he then that is hypocritically righteous wee grant may fall away finally but he that is truely righteous and a Pillar in the Temple of God shall goe no more out Secondly Faith is either Viua or Mortua A liuely or a dead faith of the dead faith there may be made a shipwracke it was Iudas his case such a faith is a reed shaken with euery blast of winde it is a combustible substance like Timber hay and stubble the least flame of any fire will burne it but the Liuely faith which is euer accompained with a good Conscience like the Ship in which our Sauiour slept may be tost and shaken with wind and waues but neuer cast away neuer swallowed vp in any gulfe for it is a house built vpon the rocke no tempestuous gust can ouer-turne it It is a well of liuing water springing vp to euerlasting life he that drinkes of it shall neuer thirst againe l Ioh. 5.24 For hee that beleeueth is already passed from death to life he is made a Pillar in the house of God and shall no more goe out Thirdly as there is a dead faith so there is a Counterfait Loue the one being the roote the other the branch therefore where there is such a faith charitie there must needs waxe cold m Cant. 8.7 but true Loue by much water cannot be quenched neither can the floods drowne it n 1 Cor. 13.8 It doth neuer fall away o Caus 33. dist 2. cap. 8. In quocunque fuerit haec charitas radix illi erit arescere non potest in whom soeuer this charitie is it shall be a roote vnto him hee cannot wither but euer flourish like a greene Oliue tree in the court of Gods Temple neuer to be transplanted neuer to goe out any more Fourthly this word Reprobate vsually in the Scriptures signifieth such a one as is p Iud. vers 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 before of old ordained to condēnation reiected or reproued of God But sometimes it is taken in another sence and is all one with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is it reproued q 1. Cor. 9.27 or reprobate to men and so doth S. Paul vse it when hee saith I chastice my body lest when I haue preached to others I should be a Reprobate In this speech the Apostle doth not feare lest God should cast him away or finally reiect him for he professeth the contrary saying r Rom. 8.38.39 for I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth shall be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. But his meaning is this lest if hee preached one thing and practised an other hee might be reproued and reproached of men No s Aug. de cor grat cap. 7. he that is Elect and whose faith worketh by loue either neuer falleth at all or if he doe hee is reuiued and raised vp againe before this life be ended for hee that is a Pillar in the Temple of God shall goe no more out Him that ouercommeth will I make a Pillar c. Vpon this Pillar Christ promiseth to write three Names The Name of God the Name of new Ierusalem and his owne new Name And I will write vpon him the Name of my God t Pro. 22.1 A good name saith Salomon is to be chosen aboue great riches it is better then a good oyntment it fatteth the bones What honor was it for Moses to be called Gods Seruant and for Dauid to be adorned with this Title a man after Gods owne heart Publius Scipio did reckon his name Africanus amongst his greatest glories And Paulus Aemelius thought himselfe well satisfied for his paines and seruice in the wars because the Romanes gaue him the name of Macedonius u Catal. glor m●nd part 11. consid 23. Honor decus est habere pulchrū nomen saith Cassanaeus it an honour and glory to haue a faire name and therefore Socrates wished that parents would giue their 〈◊〉 significant and wel-sounding names Such a name 〈◊〉 our Sauiour promise to write vpon them that per●●●●e in goodnesse saying I will write vpon him the name of 〈◊〉 God God hath diuers names in the Scripture some being deriued from his substance other from his properties as he is a Being of himselfe and an aeternall Essence hee is called Iehoua of Haia to Be as he is mightie El as holy Cadoseh as all-sufficient Schaddai but his principall name is Iehoua a name of such holinesse that the Chaldaeans as Reuchlinus saith to auoid prophanation would not write it but expressed it in their Bookes by certaine prickes and the Iewes blinded with a superstitious conceit in stead thereof vsed Tetragrammaton Adonai and Elohim this name so holy shall be grauen vpon them that be pillars in Gods Temple Whereby Christ signifieth that God will be their Iehoua and they shall be his Israel x Apoc. ●1 7 hee will be their God and they shall be his people This name is y Apoc. 7.2 that Seale wherewith the seruants of God are marked in their fore-heads which who so hath no hellish z Apoc. 9.4 Locust can hurt him this name is like the a Exod. 12.13 strokes of blood vpon the postes of the Israelites houses no plague nor destruction shall light vpon them that beare it this name is like vnto the b Ioshua 2.18 Corde of red thread in Rahabs window it preserues them that haue it from the Sword in the day of Vengeance The Letters of his name Iehoua are by the Iewish Rabbins called Literae flatus literae quietis Breathing resting letters Wherby thus much may be collected First as God is a spirit so he is the sole Father and giuer of life he will raise vp the Elect at the last day in incorruption clothing them with immortalitie and bestowing vpon them life aeternall Secondly there is no way to finde Rest but in

pillar was to make men remember the iudgements of God and to terrifie them from backesliding and reuolting m 2. Sa. 18.18 Absolom the sonne of Dauid in his life time did reare a Pillar for he said I haue no sonne to keepe my name in remembrance and he called the Pillar after his owne name n 1. Macca 13.27.28 Simon made vpon the Sepulcher of his father and his brethren a building high to looke vnto of hewen stone behind and before and set vp seauen Pillars vpon it one against another for his father his mother and foure brethren and set armes vpon the Pillars for a perpetuall memorie For this cause the Aegyptian kings made those stately Pyramids and Obeliskes to perpetuate their memorie Hercules also erected two Pillars vpon two Promontories the one in Europe the other in Africa as monuments and records of his victories And o Gel. lib. 10. Artemisia the Queene of Caria made a Tombe for her husband Mansolus reckoned amongst the wonders of the world which was compassed about with thirtie sixe Pillars all which were to preserue his Name Secondly a Pillar sometimes signifieth Preheminence as it is in the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians p Galat. 2.9 And when Iames and Cephas and Iohn knew of the grace that was giuen vnto me which are counted to be Pillars they gaue to me and to Barnabas the right hands of fellowship that we should preach vnto the Gentiles and they vnto the Circumcision Dexteras Paulo Barnaba societatis sed Tito qui cum eis erat Ier. lib. 1. in Epist ad Gala. dexteras non dederunt saith Ierom. They gaue the right hands of fellowship to Paul Barnabas but not to Titus who was with them because hee had not attained vnto such measure of grace as was requisite in the Gouernours of the Church Out of this may be confuted our English Arians which hold that all Ministers should be equall and that a Bishop neither is nor ought to be superiour to a Priest neither that there is any difference at all betwixt them q Hier. ad Euang. We know that Bishops and Priests in the Apostles time were all one for those whom the Apostle calleth r Act. 20.17 Elders or Presbiters he nameth s Act. 20.28 Bishops or Ouerseers Likewise S. Peter exhorteth the Presbiters or Priests to feed the Flocke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That is ouerseeing from whence the name of Episcopus or Bishop is deriued yet according to the names of honor which the vse or custome of the Church hath obtained a Bishop is greater then a Priest Ep. 19. ad Hier. saith S. Augustine neither is it contrarie to the Scripture that there should be a Prioritie amongst Ministers for euen the Apostles though in respect of their Apostleship they were al one yet there was a superioritie and precedencie amongst them for the prioritie of speaking was giuen t Act. 1.15 to Peter in the election of Matthias u Act. 15.13 the definitiue sentence is pronounced by Iames Paul is ordained the chief Apostle of the Vncircumcision Peter of the Circumcision and among the Apostles themselues x Gal. 2.9 Iames Cephas Iohn are counted pillars which is a title of Preheminence Thirdly a Pillar is the byeroglyphick of Continuance God in signe of his euerlasting essence y Exod. 13.21 went before the people of Israel by day in a Pillar of a clowde to lead them the way and by night in a Pillar of fire to giue them light that they might goe both by day and by night Christ in token of his aeternal Deitie is said in the Canticles of Salomon to haue z Cant. 5.15 legges like Marble pillars set on sockets of Gold The Church of God which by Salomon is called the a Pro. 9.1 House of Wisedom is said to be built vpon seauen pillars that is to say it hath a firme solid foundation for numerus septenarius perfectionē significat saith S. Augustine the seuen-fold number signifieth perfection whereupon the Lambe of God our Sauiour is said to haue b Apoc. 4 ● seuen hornes seuen eies by which are intimated his absolute power perfect knowledge In that Christ then saith Hee will make him that ouercommeth a Pillar you must note that his Meaning is this his perseuerance in righteousnesse shall be had in euerlasting remembrance his glory shall be greater then of the ordinarie sort of the elect and his happinesse in heauen shall abide and continue for euer for he shall be made a Pillar in the Temple of God and he shal go no more out In these words our Sauiour alludes vnto the two c 1. Reg. 7.21 Great brasen Pillars which King Salomon made set vp in the Porch of the Temple calling the name of the one Iachin of the other Boaz the first of which is by interpretation He will establish and the second signifieth strength as if he should haue said God will performe his promise towards this house and the power and glory of it shall continue for euer And so will Christ deale with them that ouercome He will make them both Iachin and Boaz that is to say according to his stable and firme promise he will deliuer them from the mouth of the Lions in this life by breaking their iaw-bones and in the world to come they shall for euer raigne with the Lambe and d Apoc. 14.4 follow him whither soeuer he goeth and neuer any more goe out of the Temple Hereby we may gather that they which once haue receiued a true liuely faith are thereby iustified before God can neuer finally fall away neither can that faith vtterly perish or faile in them though it may for a time somwhat decay be empaired yet shall it reuiue they be raised vp againe The Papists impugne this doctrine Bellar. lib. 3. de iusti cap. 14. teaching that a man may fall away from the faith which he once truly had be depriued altogether of the state of grace because God saith e Ezech. 18.24 If the righteous man turne away from his righteousnes commit iniquity doe according to all the abhominations that the wicked man doth shall be liue all his righteousnes that he hath done shal not be mentioned but in his transgression that he hath committed in his sin that he hath sinned in them shall he die Likewise S. Paul speaketh of some f Tim. 1.29 That they had made ship-warck of their faith vpon which place the Rhemists conclude that a man may fall from the faith which he once truly had many other Texts of scripture they alledge for the same purpose As that out of S. Luke g Luke 8.13 They receiue the word with ioy but they haue no root which for a while beleeue but in the time of tentation go away Out of S. Matthew h Mat. 24.12 the loue of many