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A12341 The affinitie of the faithfull being a verie godlie and fruitfull sermon, made vpon part of the eight chapter of the Gospel of Saint Luke. By Henrie Smith. Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591. 1591 (1591) STC 22656; ESTC S117479 11,395 36

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God and doeth it both are one for his worde is his will and therefore it is called his will As hee spake therefore of doing so hee speaketh of a certaine rule which hee calleth The worde of God whereby all mens doinges must be squared for if I doe all the workes that I can to satisfie an others will or mine owne will it auaileth mee nothing with God because I doe it not for God Therefore hee which alwaies before followed his owne will when hee was stricken downe to the ground and began to repent he cryed out Lorde what wilt thou haue mee to do as if he should saye I will doe no more as men would haue mee or as the diuell would haue mee but as thou wouldest haue mee So Dauid praide Teach mee O Lorde to do thy will not my will for wee woulde not to be taught to doe our owne will euerie man can goe to hell without a guyde Here is the rule nowe if you liue by it then you are knit to Christ. As other kindreds go by birth or by marriage so this kindred goeth by faith and obedience Hearers are but halfe kinne as it were in a farre degree But they which heare and doe are called his mother which is the nearest kinne of all Therefore if you haue the deede then you are kinne in deed There is no promise made to bearers nor to speakers nor to readers but all promises are made to beleeuers and to doers If you aske God Who shall rest in the holie mountaine he sayeth the man which walketh vprightly doeth Iustice Here are none but doers If yee aske Christ Who shall enter into the kingdome Hee saith Not they which crye Lorde Lorde though they crye twise Lorde But they which doe the will of my Father Here are none but deedes If you aske him againe howe you may come to heauen hee sayeth Keepe the commaundements If you aske him againe who are blessed He sayth Blessed are they that heare the worde of God and doe it If you aske an Angell who are blessed He sayeth Blessed are they that keepe the wordes of this booke If you aske the Prophet Dauid who are blessed Hee sayeth The man is blest that keepeth iudgement and doeth righteousnes If you aske Salomon who are blessed Hee sayeth The man is blest that keepeth the Lawe If you aske Esay who are blessed He sayeth He which doeth this is blessed If you aske Iames who is blessed He sayth The doer of the worde is blessed in his deede Here you see al these are none but doers Thus blessing and doing runne together lest any man should looke to be blessed without obedience Christ calleth Loue the greatest commandement but Salomon calleth Obedience the ende of all as though without obedience all were to no ende When Micah had gotten a Leuite into his house now he sayth I know the Lord will be good vnto mee seeing I haue a Leuite in my house so manie thinke when they haue goten a Preacher into their parish now the Lord wil be good vnto vs now Christ will loue vs now we are good sonnes seing we maintaine a Preacher amongest vs But Micah was not blest for a Leuite nor you for a Preacher But as you would haue vs doe as wee teach so GOD would haue you doe as you heare for you shall bee no more saued for hearing than wee for speaking When God created the tree he commaunded it to bring foorth fruit so when he created Faith he commaundeth vs to bring foorth workes and therefore it is called a liuely faith When our Sauiour woulde proue himselfe vnto Iohn Baptist to be the Messias in deede he saith to his disciples tel what things you haue heard seene not onely heard but seene So if we will proue our selues to be Christes kinsmen in deede we must worke that which may be seen as well as heard Iohn Baptist was not onely called the voice of a cryer which might be heard but a burning lamp which might be seene so all which are crying voices must be burning lamps Iames doth not saie let me heare thy faith but let mee see thy faith As the Angels put on the shape of men that Abraham might see them so faith must put on works that the world may see it The works which I do saith Christ beare witnes of me so the works which wee do must beare witnes of vs. Therefore Christ linketh faith and repentance together Repent beleeue the Gospell Therefore I conclude That which Christ hath ioyned let no man separate Thus I haue shewed you Christ preaching and a great prease hearing his kinsfolkes interrupting Christ againe withstanding the interruption By this you may see what a spite the diuel had to hinder one sermon therefore no maruell though hee cause so manie to bee mute no maruell though he stand so against the learned ministerie No maruell though hee raise such slaunders vpon Preachers no maruell though he write so many books against the Christiā gouernment in the Church no maruell though he make so manie ingrossers of church liuing that being themselues without conscience are vnwilling to haue the cure of soules committed to any other thā such as themselues for these men make him the god of this worlde The Diuell is afraide that one Sermon will conuert vs and wee are not mooued with twentie so the diuell thinketh better of vs than wee are Againe by this wee may knowe howe to withstande temptations whether it be the father mother brother sister kinsman rulers master or wife that tempteth As Christ would not knowe his mother against his father so thou shouldst not knowe any father or mother or whosoeuer against God If a mothers sute may be refused somtimes a mightie mans wil may be refused too he which can turne his hinderance to a furtherance as Christ did here may make vse of euerie thing Againe by this you may learne how to choose your friend As Christ counted none his kinsmen but such as heare the worde of God do it So wee should make none our familiars but such as Christ counteth his kinsmen Againe by this you may see the difference betweene Christ and the world Christ calleth the godly his kinsmen though they be neuer so poore wee scorne to call the poore our kinsmen though they be neuer so honest so prowd is the seruaunt aboue his master Againe by this yee may knowe how Christ is to be loued for when he calleth vs his mother he sheweth vs the waye how to loue him like a mother for in deede he is the mother of his mother and his brethren too Againe by this all vaunting boasting of kindred is cut of Glorie not that thou hast a gentleman to thy father but that thou hast God to thy father Glorie not that thou hast Kings to thy brethren but glorie that thou hast the Lorde to
written for our instruction the latter is written for our comfort Touching the first he which teacheth vs to honor our father mother doth not teach vs here to contemne father or mother for it is said that he was obedient to his parents This he shewed when being found in the Temple among the doctors he left all to go with his mother because she sought him so he honoured her that he left all for her This he shewed againe at his death being vpon the crosse he was not vnmindful of her for pointing vnto Iohn he said Woman behold thy sonne and pointing vnto him he said Behold thy mother so he commended her to his beloued Disciple before he died therefore this is not a doctrine of disobedience but a rule how to obey As hee taught his disciples to giue vnto Caesar that which is Caesars and to God that which is Gods so he teacheth them here to giue vnto parents that which is parents to the Lord that which is the Lords When God said Honour thy father and thy mother he did not giue a commandement against himselfe therefore he saith Honor me before he saith Honor them The first commandement of the first table is Honor God and the first cōmandement of the second table is Honor Parents lest you should honor your parents before God When Salomon bad his mother aske him any thing denyed her that one thing which shee asked he sheweth that the mother should not be obeyed in all things When Christ said You haue but one father but one master hespake of faith and religion shewing that when it concerneth our faith religiō we shuld respect but one father one master which is the giuer of our faith the mater of our religiō When Paul said Children obey your parents in the Lorde hee meaneth that we should not obey them against the Lorde as when he saith Obey Princes for conscience he meaneth that we should not obey them against conscience Therefore when it commeth to this that the earthly father commaundeth one thing the heauenly Father commaundeth another thing then as Peter aunswered the Rulers so thou maist answere thy parents Whether is it meete to obey God or you then these are the hands which thou must cut off then these are the eyes which thou must pull out or else they should be as deare vnto thee as thy hand or thine eye In MATHEVV Aman must for sake his father mother to dwell with his wife but in LVKE He must for sake father and mother and wife to dwell with Christ for He that for saketh father or mother or wife for me shall receiue more saith our Sauiour nay he which doth not hate father and mother wife for me cannot be my Disciple saith he again in the same Euangelist shewing that our loue towards God should be so great that in respect of it our loue towardes men shoulde seeme to bee but hatred Thus hee that obeyed his parents more than wee yet would haue vs search some sentence some example in scripture of not obeying them too because it is such a hard poynt to know how far they are to be obeied which are set in authoritie ouer vs. As none but God spake alwayes right so none but God must alwayes bee obeyed wee are not called onely the sonnes of men but the sonnes of God Therefore as Christ answered his mother when shee would haue him tourne water into wine Woman what haue I to doe with thee So we should answere father and mother and brethren and sisters and rulers and m●sters ●nd wife too when they will vs to doo that which is not meete Sathan what haue I to doo with thee for else it were to turne wine into water Peter was not Sathan but when hee tempted Christ like Sathan Christ aunswered him as hee aunswered Sathan Come behind mee Sathan shewing that wee shoulde giue no more attention to father or mother or master or wife when they tempt vs to euill than wee should giue to Sathan if he should tempt vs him selfe Three things children receiue of their parents life maintenance and instruction For these three they owe other three for life they owe loue for maintenance they owe obedience for instruction they owe reuerence For life they must be loued as fathers for maintenance they must be obeyed as masters for instruction they must be reuerenced as Tutors But as there is a King of Kings which must be obeyed aboue Kings so there is a father of fathers which must be obeyed aboue fathers Therefore you must aunswere like the sonne when he was bid to goe vnto the vineyard I will goe and sometimes you must aunswere as Christ aunswered I must doe my Fathers busines I haue no other busines VVhen two milch kine did carrie the Arke of the Lorde vnto Bethshemesh their Calues were shut vp at home because the Kine shoulde not staye when they heard their Calues bleat after them so when thou goest about the Lordes busines thou shalt heare a crye of thy Father and mother and thy brethren and thy sisters and of thy kindred to staye thee but then thou must thinke of another father as Christ thought of another mother and so as these Kine went on till the Lord brought them where the Arke should rest so shalt thou goe on till the Lorde bring thee where thou shalt rest It is better to flye from our kinred as Abraham did than to stay with some friends as Sampson did with Dalila I may saye beware of kinsmen as well as our Sauiour sayeth Beware of men for this respect of cosenage hath made Elie his sonnes priestes and this respect of cousenage hath made many like priestes in Europe This respect of cousenage brought Tobia into the Leuites chamber and this respect of cousenage hath brought manie gentlemen into Preachers liuings as Christ preferred his spirituall kinsmen so wee preferre our carnall kinsmen many priuiledges manie offices many giftes wee being by this tempted haue stooped to this voice Thy mother calleth thee or Thy kinsmen would haue thee As this voyce came to Christe whiles hee was labouring so manie such voyces come to vs whiles wee are labouring One saith pleasure woulde speake with you an other sayeth profite would speake with you Another sayeth ease would speake with you an other sayeth abundance woulde speake with you Another sayeth a promotion woulde speake with you Another sayeth Delight woulde speake with you When a man is in a good waye and studyeth the Scriptures to bee a teacher in the Church of GOD a voice commeth into his eare as this came to Christ and sayth thy friendes would haue thee to studie the Lawe or thou shalt attaine to no preferment For the reuerendest of that profession are by the vylest of the people contemned and so sometimes Ionas turneth his sayles from Niniueh to Tharshish If he be a Diuine