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A10801	A sacred septenarie, or The seuen last wordes of our Sauiour Christ vttered vpon the crosse, (with the necessary circumstances of the same:) expounded by a commentary, gathered out of the holy Scriptures, the writings of the ancient fathers, and later diuines. By Alexander Roberts, Bachelour in Diuinity; and preacher of Gods word at Kings Linne, in Norfolke.	Roberts, Alexander, d. 1620.	1614 (1614)	STC 21074; ESTC S115974	219,904	265

Paul for the Ephesians I bow my knees vnto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ that he would giue you according to the riches of his glory that ye might be strengthned by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that you beeing rooted and grounded in loue may bee able to comprehend with all Saints what is the bredth and length and depth and height and to know the loue of Christ which passeth vnderstanding and that yee may be filled with all fulnesse of God Ephes 3. 15. 16. 17. c. The second l Codicem accedens interlegendum saepius oculos cordis corporis in coelū eleua Christum breui suspirio humili desperatione ciusque gratiam implora ci●● ipse solus sit qui operatur omniae in omnibus Lutherus diligent reading of the Scriptures Of this an excellent and singular example in Daniel who when he was in Babilon in the Kings Pallace by reading of Ieremies Prophesie vnderstood that the seuenty yeeres determined for Iuda were now ended and then God would take pitty of his people free them from their grieuous bondage and bring them home againe into their owne country and former dwelling whereupon hee poured forth that sweete prayer the very iewell of the whole booke Dan. 9. 2. And ancient Histories testifie how m In vita Fulgentij cap. 2. Cyprian and Fulgentius two shining lights of the Church in their daies were conuerted vnto the Christian profession the one by reading the Commentaries of Saint Augustine vpon the thirty sixth Psalme the other of the Prophet Ionas And n In oratione de funere Patris Gregory Nazianzen reporteth the like of his Father how he became a Christian and embraced the Gospell The third the often reuerent and o Soloecismi auditus apud Ethnicos obseruati 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Et de auditorū diuersis generibus veteres Rabbini in Capitulis Patrum sic statuunt Quadr●plices conditiones inven●untur in his qui sedent coram sapientibus audiendi causa videlicet Conditio spongiae quae sugendo attrabit omnia Clepsydrae quae vna ex parte attrabit ex altera rursū effundit Sacci secinacei qui ●ffundit vinum colligit feces Cribri quod omittit farinā colligis similā Paulus Phagius vi●endus est in scholijs suis ad Capitula Patrum in illo Rabbi Maimonis interpretati● diligent attention vnto the publike ministerie which God hath appointed to open the eyes of men that they might be brought from darknes to light from the power of Satan vnto God and receiue now in earth forgiuenesse of sins heereafter inheritance amongst the Saints through faith in Christ Iesus Act. 26. 18. For when the world by wisdome knew not God in the wisdome of God it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue 1. Corinth 1. 21. And therfore the Gospell is called the power of God to saluation Rom. 1. 16. and the immortall seede by which wee are begotten to p Insigne exemplū de se concusso dum Ambrosium concionantē audir●t narrat Aug. confess lib. 5. c. 13. 14. eternall life 1. Pet. 1. 23. The fourth the denyall of our owne reason For hee that will bee truely wise in this world let him be a foole that hee may be wise 1. Corinth 3. 19. For the wisdome of the flesh is enmitie with God Rom. 8. 7. In which manner of speech Saint Paul hath a speciall reference to Moses sentencing man that all the imaginations of the thoughts of his heart are onely euill continually Gen. 6. 5. In the fift place whatsoeuer thou learnest out of the word lay it vp in the closet of thine heart Psal 119. 11. Expresse and shew the power thereof in thy life and deedes Keepe the commandements of the Lord and thou shalt liue and his instructions as the apple of thine eye binde them vpon thy q Sicut species ar matica ailigenter debet masticari vt virtus suauitas ●ius sentiatur sic mādata Iuxta legem animal quod non ruminat est immundum sic homo non ruminans in corde praecepta Dei Seruanda ergo illa in corde periugem meditationem in ore per frequentem loquutionem in manibus per operum executionem Nam probatio dilectionis est exhibitio operationis Pelargus in 6. cap. Deuteronomij fingers and write them vpon the table of thine heart Prou 7. 2. 3. For the foundation of God standeth sure and hath this seale The Lord knoweth who are his and let r Sanctum nomen sine sanctis moribus est annulus aurous in naribus suis qui Christiani dicuntur perdunt vim tanti nominis vitio prauitatis vita à professione discordans abrogat illustris tituli honorem per indignorū actuum vilitatem c. Saluianuc de prouidentia siue gubernatione Dei lib. 3. 4. Nomen congruat actioni actio respondeat nomini ne sit nomen inane crimen immane Ambrosius de dignitate Sacerdotum cap. 3. Multa in hanc sententiam Nissenus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cyprianus de vnitate Ecclesiae Chrysost serm 23. ad populum Antiochenum Nam multos est vbique in venire qui Christum simulant Satanalia viuunt vt non inepte diceret Linacer noster cùm 5. 6. 7. 〈◊〉 Matthaet caput percurrisset abiecto quaentum potuit totis viribus libro aut hoc non fuisse Euangelicum aut nos non esse Christianos quorum tam discrepans dissentanea vita esset à professione Iohannes Chechus in epistola quadam ad Stephanum Episcopum Wintomensem de pronunciatione linguae Graecae euery one that calleth on the name of Christ depart from iniquitie 2. Timoth. 2. 19. And to conclude grow therefore in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ to whom bee glory now and for euermore AMEN 2. Pet. 3. 18. THE SECOND WORD a Word of Carefulnesse and naturall affection IOHN 19. VER 25. 26. 27. Then stood by the Crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers sister Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalen And when Iesus saw his mother and the Disciple standing by whom hee loued He said vnto his mother Woman behold thy Sonne Then said he to the Disciple Behold thy mother And from that houre the Disciple took her vnto him The Analysis or resolution of the words THis is put in the second place among the words of Christ by Diuines And in it are obseruable three points The occasion thereof the forme and the euent The occasion is the presence of his mother who is described by her site place and attendants her site shee stoode place by or neare to the Crosse attendants her sister Mary the wife of Cleophas Mary Magdalen And each of these are illustrated by their

betaketh himselfe to the wildernesse for feare of Iesabel 1. King 19. 4. Gods delight Iosiah falleth by the sword 2. Chron. 35. 24. Iohn then whom none was greater among the begotten of women Luk. 7. 28. hee who z Chrysologus serm 91. reioyced in his mothers wombe and declared Christ before he was borne 9 murthered in prison with whose innocent bloud Herod besprinckled his table and defiled the feast of his birth-day at the request of a wanton dancing Minion Math. 14. 10. Let vs then runne with patience the race that is set beforevs Heb. 12. 1. that when wee haue finished the course and gotten the goale wee may obtaine the garland of righteousnes in the day of reward 2. Tim. 4. 7 Father forgiue them This is the holy and sacerdotail a Polycarp Lizorous de passione prayer of Christ our high Priest when hee offered himselfe the true paschall Lambe once vpon the altar of the Crosse herein shewing the incomparable b Theophylactus in locum greatnesse of his meeke loue and maketh this supplication and that for his enemies as was foretold Esay 53. 12. for his accusers for the souldiers by whose labour he was nayled to the Crosse by whose cruelty he suffered most sharpe paines by whose violence all the parts of his body were stretched and both his hands and feet pearced with nayles yet for all this hee breaketh not forth into any impatiency maketh no bitter complaint against them but now bethinketh how hee may obtaine their pardon and procure the saluation of their soules A c Anselmus in speculo Euangelici sermonis siue stimulo amorus cap. 12. speech of great patience of much sweetnesse of ineffable loue a speech of blessing such a one as hath not bin heard from the beginning of the world and that for persecutors He regardeth not his own wrong maketh no reckoning of his punishment seemeth not to feele the reproches of his enemies but sheweth compassion vpon those of whome hee suffered his passion heales them of whom hee is wounded giueth life to those of whom he is killed for he d Leo primus serm de passione c. 19. that came to forgiue the sinnes of all that doe belieue doth not exclude from his indulgence and pardon the outragious and desperate offence of the Iewes Mercy praieth that misery might learne to pray This action of Christ is our instruction Wee must not onely be glad that the prodigall wandering Obseruation sonne findeth the way againe to his fathers house but pray also that such as be dead in sinne may be quickned to righteousnesse Luke 15. 24. For true loue seeketh nothing but the glory of God and the saluation of others Thus Abraham often with great humility and earnestnesse becommeth a suiter for the vncleane Sodomates Gen. 18. 23. and Moses obtaineth mercy for the rebellious Israelites who rose vp against him Numb 14. 13. and had rather bee blotted out of the booke of life then that they should die Exod. 32. 32. Samuel when he was causlesly remoued from his dignity and gouernment yet thinketh it a sinne that hee should cease to pray for this people 1. Sam. 12. 23. And from h●●e proceeded that patheticall and compassionate complaint of the Prophet Oh that my head were a fountaine and mine eyes a riuer of teares that I might bewaile day and night the destruction of my people Ierem. 9. 1. For the Godly doe and must especially ayme at this that the wicked might leaue his wayes and the vnrighteous his imaginations and the glory of God bee aduanced among the sonnes of men Aspring which ariseth vppon the toppe of a mountaine doth easily send downe his waters vnto the low vallies and where the loue of God is grafted in any mans heart it cannot but bud forth and spread his branches in shewing charity towards his neighbours And therefore are the precepts concerning these two so married together that there can no diuorce be made Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all heart c. and thy neighbour as thy selfe Materially in respect of the matter whereabout this loue is occupied that as thou bearest the tenderest affection toward thine owne soule so shouldest thou doe to his and finally for the same end for which thou louest thy selfe that is for thē obtaining of Grace now and the enioying of glory hereafter Philip. 1. 8. 9. 10. 11. c. The punishment of the e Arnoldus Carnotensis de 7. vltimis Christi verbis Crosse must be both a medicine and example vnto vs. Christians ought to learne of Christ to loue their enemies and so much as lyeth in them procure their good and labour to bring them to eternall life For 1. It is the f Hunc Euangelistae locum eleganter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tertullianus in libropationtiae non procul ab initio precept of God Math. 5. 44. 45. Loue your enemies blesse them that curse you pray for them that hurt and persecute you be perfect as your heauenly father is perfect Where the patterne propounded as your heauenly father etc. doth not signifie equality of perfection but prescribeth the Rule of imitation Loue this requireth the affection of the heart pray the duety of the tongue doe good the worke of the hand For in the greatest and deadliest enemy that can be 1. there is the same nature common to him and vs 2. the fault hee hath committed 3. the want whereunto he may fall Nature because the worke of God is to be loued the fault by which hee hath offended prayed for and his want to bee supplyed that so wee may bee like our heauen y father g Augustinus homilia 50. de tempore homilia incerti Authoris quae 〈…〉 ter August 〈…〉 s serm 47. de sanctus Choose then which liketh thee best if thou louest thine enemy thou art not onely the friend but the sonne of God but if thou loue him not neither canst thou haue God mercifull vnto thee 2. Wee haue the example of God an effectuall motiue for hee so loued the world Ioh. 3. 16. men weake sinners and his enemies that for such hee gaue his beloued sonne Rom. 5. 6. and the sonne gaue himselfe an offering and sacrifice of sweet smell vnto the father Eph. 5. 2. And it is obserued by some Diuines h D minicus à part 〈◊〉 2. part 2. serm 23 that then he saluted Iudas by the name of friend when hee came to betray him and execute in deed that wickednesse he had conceiued in mind Math. 26. 50. esteeming him so to bee because hee reached vnto him that cuppe whereof the father had decreed hee should drinke thereby teaching that we should also patiently suffer those who doevexe wrong vs for they doe but offer vnto vs that cup whereof Christ hath begunne and the seruant is not aboue his Master Ioh. 15. 20. Suppose a father had a sonne sicke of a phrensie hee rayleth and striketh at

estimate and apprehension of the Reader as s Valerius Maximus lib. 8 cap. 12. Tymanthes sometime did if I may ioyne in comparison prophane Examples with diuine Agamemnons sorrow present when his daughter was to be sacrificed for because hee could not draw with his pensill the sadnesse of his countenance such as it then was and represent in diuersity of colours the sundry passions and changes appearing in the same couered it ouer with a vayle But the holier the virgine the more sorrowfull and such a virgine suffered so great affliction God many of whose Iudgements are secret none vniust doth oftentimes cast his dearest children into the deepest Sea of tribulation So Christ Iesus the onely sonne by nature bare the Crosse of shame before hee ware the Crowne of glory Luc. 24. 26. and the sonnes by Adoption must looke for no other order to be kept with them 2. Timoth. 3. 12. The Israelites come to the Land of Promise flowing with milke and hony by the red sea betweene the waters lying in heapes on both sides not without feare and through the vaste and terrible wildernesse And by many tribulations must all Christians enter into the Kingdome of heauen Act. 14. 22. Of this before in the former word c. This may bee vnto vs a lesson of Humility and a restraint of rash iudgement and hasty censure that wee do not ouer sharply sentence those or account them for wicked ones and reprobate whom wee see to bee exercised with hard trials and sondry sorts of afflictions Thus did the Iewes sometimes erre in their iudgement of Christ Esay 53. 4. and if wee may ioyn the seruant with his Lord the like peremptory doom did Iobs friends pronounce vpon him and his children whose lamentable distresse and manifold calamities they did behold Iob. 8. 4. But the case in truth standeth farre otherwise For the Crosse is the precious stone inclosed in that ring wherewith Christ weddeth his Church and therefore if any will be his Disciple hee leaueth this admonitory rule to deny himselfe take vp his Crosse and follow him Math. 16. 24. For the life of a Christian in this world consisteth in the deniall of himselfe the taking vp of the Crosse and imitation of the vertues of Christ that renouncing his owne iudgement and will resigneth himselfe wholly ouer vnto him and doth not beare but take vp the Crosse and embrace it and so follow the Lord Iesus who hath suffered whatsoeuer we can snffer And at the last all things shall turne to the best and therefore doe we reioyce in tribulation Rom. 5. 3. For blessed is the man who is tempted because when hee is tried hee shall receiue the crowne of life which God hath promised to all those whom hee loueth Iames 1. 12. When Iesus saw his Mother and the Disciple whome hee loued Christ now being in great extremity and perplexity is in this very howre not carelesse of his mother hee hath no part free but his eyes and his tong with this he louingly speaketh vnto her with those he tenderly beholdeth her that so he might shew how deare she was vnto him how deeply she was engrauen in his heart A strange miracle a lamentable conflict of the eyes His eyes at the same time did hasten to be closed vp in death yet did turn themselues towards his mother The power of death did enforce thē to faile the greatnesse of loue opened them to behold her and not only so but giueth comfort with his speech and prouideth for her future estate and thus sheweth himselfe obedient to his heauenly father in the meane time not neglecting or making light account of the performance of the duetie of humane loue vnto his earthly mother That precept that wee t Augustinus tractatu 119. in Iohannis 〈◊〉 should honor our parents and not in death it selfe be vnregardfull of them is no humane ordinance but the commandement of God that ancient and religious decree u Arnoldus Carnot●●sis de 〈◊〉 vltimis Christi verbis which Christ our Sauiour gaue hee doth himselfe practise And though the speech be short in words yet therein is included a dutifull affection and singular loue expressed Wherefore since he hath consecrated this duety by his owne x 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theophilactus example for the better vnderstanding thereof two points but briefly are to be discussed The one wherein this duety doth consist the other by what equity wee are bound to the performance thereof For the first Iesus the sonne of Syrach doth vnfold the force and power of this word honor cap. 3. And therein are comprehended 1. y Filij in parentes ●ria particularia peccata numerantur à Summistis 1. irreu●rentia 2. i●obedientia 3. omissio subuentionis Caieta 〈…〉 in summa Reuerence that is an acknowledgement of dignity and superiour power and that in the mind body action z Diogenes quendam de patre malè loquētem castigans Quid inquit de eo malè loqueris absque quo si non fuisset tu non modo loqui non potuisses sed nem natura quidem r●rum fuisses Epictotus in Enchiridio cap. 37. speech and gesture for oftentimes piety is wronged by an outward countenance So Dauid when he speaketh vnto Saul his father in law professed enemy stileth him with those submisse terms my Lord and King 1. Sam. 26. 17. and Solomon when Bath-shebae his mother commeth vnto him riseth vp from his Royall throne goeth to meet her boweth downe to the ground and causeth her to bee placed in a seate at his right hand 1. Kin. 2. 19. a Vide Agellium noctium Articarum lib. 2. cap. 2. Plutuorim in eodem dissertationem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Timocles 2. Obedience the performance and execution of their parents commandements so far forth as lyeth in them Gods glory may be preserued safe vnstained Thus Iacob resteth himselfe in the counsell of Rebecca his mother and yeeldeth to her admonition Gen. 27. 14. The Rhecabites are commended by the mouth of God himselfe who abstained frō drinking of wine dwelt in Tabernacles because their father Ionadab had so enioined thē Ie. 25. 19. in truth this is one of the chiefe vertues that can be found among men b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Menander and the very sinewes and preseruation of all societies Therefore Paul doth expound the word honour by * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 obedience and subiection Eph. 6. 1. Coloss 3. 20. 3 Gratitude the supply of their wants if c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Menander Harmenopulus in Promptuario miris lib. 3. titulo 5. §. 83. Insignis locus est apud Ambrosium in Luc. Euangelium l. 8. cap. 18. Illud obs quid habes quibus debes quantum debes c. they stand in need of our goods labour and counsell When the famine preuailed in Palestina Ioseph sendeth for his father into Egypt receiueth him honorably prouideth him

2 For in that hee died for all they that liue must not from henceforth liue to themselues but vnto him who died for them 2. Cor. 5. 15. And the holy Apostle inflamed with this so great loue of our blessed Sauiour doth ioyfully embrace bonds and all afflictions whatsoeuer for Christs sake neither counted he his life deare so that hee might finish his course with ioy and the Ministery he had receiued of the Lord Iesus to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God Act. 20. 24. And f Epis 4. ad Tarsensi● Ignatius condemned to bee deuoured of wild beasts brake forth thus I nothing esteeme these punishments neyther doe I value my life at such a price that I would loue it more then my Lord wherefore I am ready to suffer fire beasts the sword the crosse so I may behold Christ my God and Sauiour who died for me And when he was now at point to bee torne in peeces I am g Epist. 12. ad Ro●●anos Gods corne let me bee grownde betweene the teeth of the Lions that I may be fitte to make pure breade then shall I be a true scholler and Disciple of Iesus Christ when their bowels are become my graue and my body be no more seene And h Eusebius histor Ecclesi ●st lib. 4. c. 15. Polycarpus now tyed vnto the stake and beset round about with faggots for hee was adiudged to bee burnt praysed God that vouchsafed to bring him to that day and howre wherein he might be partaker with the Martyres and tast of the cup of Christ These were diuine speeches beseeming the Auditors and Successors of the Apostles And euery Christian must stand so resolued in his soule that neither tribulation nor distresse nor persecution nor famine nor nakednesse nor perill nor sword c. can bee able to separate him from the loue of Christ whether we vnderstand it actiuely or passiuely Rom. 8. 35. 36. c. Father into thy hands I commend my spirit Christ seeing that hee could not preuaile with men calleth now vpon his father and doubteth not of his affection and loue towards him in the extream pangs of death but sheweth that he is and euer was his beloued sonne And his speech is in effect thus much I i Ferus in parte 4. Dominicae passionis haue passed ouer the deepe and tempestuous sea of tribulations with great and vndaunted patience I haue made knowne thy name vnto men glorified thee vpon earth finished that worke thou gauest me to doe and now I come vnto thee giuing thanks for thy gracious assistance and offer vp my selfe vpon this Altar of the Crosse an acceptable sacrifice And this saying the ancient Diuines call a word of perseuerance Christ twice cried out with a loud voyce vpon the Crosse once inforced by the sensible feeling of extreame torment My God my God why hast thou forsaken me againe of a tender affection and hauing gotten the vpper hand and ouercome that agony and fulfilling the will of the father Coloss 1. 19. Doctrine In euery good and holy worke we must continue vntill it be perfected onely k Barnardus Epist 129. Prorsus absque perseuerantia neque qui pugnat victoriam nec palmam victor consequitur tolle perseuerantiam nec obsequium merc●d●m habet nec b●●si●ium grat 〈…〉 ●●ec laudem fortitudo Saul cum esset paruulus in oculis suis Rex est super Israel constit●●us non perseuerans in humilitate Regnum amisit vitam Si ●aucela S●mpson si Solomon●● de●●●io perseuerantiam retinuissent nec is profecto priuaretur sapientia nec ille viribus Perseuerance striueth lawfully onely is crowned is the sole daughter of the great King the perfection of vertues the treasury and storehouse of all good things without which no man can see God Who would beare with that tree which onely in time of yeare buddes and blossoms but bringeth forth no ripe fruite What is more cowardlie then for a man to put on his armour at home and when hee commeth into the field in the face of the enemy refuse to fight Is there any thing more foolish then to lay the foundation of a house to rayse the walles and goe no further but neglect to couer it with the roofe What benefite is it to sayle safely a long time to escape many dangers by sea and make shippewracke in the harbour To what end shall it bee for the virgines to buy oyle to trim their lampes and then to bee vnprepared when they should enter with the Bride into the Chamber Is it any prayse to make a glorious profession of Religion to ascend vp to heauen to walke with the sonnes of God and againe to descend into hell and of a young Saint to degenerate into an olde diuell * Hyronimus Epistola ad Furi●● Not the beginning but the ending is commended in Christians Iudas was numbred among the Apostles went forth with the rest preached the word wrought miracles but at the last betrayed his master and perished miserably Act. 1. 18. Lots wife escaped the shower of fire and brimstone which consumed Sodome and Gomorrha but when shee looked backe was turned into a piller of salt Gen. 19. to l Augustinus de Ciuitate Dei lib. 16. cap. 30. season others by her example Demas for a long time followed Saint Paul the Apostle but to no end for he left him embraced this present world and went to Thessalonica 2. Tim. 4. vers 10. Wherfore let vs remember him who loued vs vnto the end for our sakes remayned vpon the Crosse vntill all was finished for none shall be saued but he that continueth vnto the last Math. 24. 13. Many runne in the race one getteth the garland he that commeth to the goale 1. Cor. 9. 24. and can truely say I haue fought the good fight finished the course and kept the faith 2. Tim. 4. 7. I haue spoken heretofore of this point in the exposition of the 130. Psalme B ecause those who exhort any to vertue and teach not how they may attaine the same do all one as to kindle a lampe and powre in no oyle to maintaine the flame so that it must soone faile and die therefore the vse of this doctrine shall bee a few rules and directions whereby this vertue may bee first gotten and afterward preserued And among a great multitude these as the most choice are noted of the Diuines First earnest and humble prayer vnto God for it is a gift of grace not an endowment of nature and therefore to bee asked of him from whome commeth euery good thing Iam. 1. 17. Men m Aquinas 2. 2 quaest 137. ●rlicul 14. R●inerius in summa parte 2. titulo de perseuerantia c. 6. easily transgresse and offend of their owne accord fall into sinne but cannot of themselues rise againe and therefore lye still in euill but continue not in goodnesse Dauid priuy vnto himselfe of this our corruption prayed Teach