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A10800	An exposition vpon the hundred and thirtie Psalme Gathered out of some of the ancient fathers and later writers. / By Alexander Roberts Bachelour in Diuinity, and preacher of the word of God at Kings Linne in Norfolke..	Roberts, Alexander, d. 1620.	1610 (1610)	STC 21073; ESTC S112040	93,874	109

vnto vs of the Father Wisedome in the manifestation of the Gospell Righteousnesse in absoluing vs from our sinnes Sanctification by his conuersing with sinners Redemption in his passion which he susteyned for sinners 1. Cor. 30. 31. d Sapiētiae in praedication Iustitia in absolutione peccatorum sanctificatio in conuersatione quam habuit cum peccatoribus redemptio in passione quam sustinuit pro peccatoribus Bernardꝰ in Cantic a serm 23 that whosoeuer doth reioyce should reioyce in the Lord and by once offering himselfe hath he consecrated for euer them that are sanctified Heb. 10. 14. Consummatum est It is finished there needeth no more Secondly by this is ouerthrowne that idle conceit of Purgatory whereof we may truely say as e Non procul ab initio vide Erasmum in Chiliadibus adprouerbiū Lamiae turres Tertullian did of the monstrous opinions of the Valentinian heretiks that if one be admitted to heare the whole tale thereof it would be sutable to those which old women vse to tell of Bugges and Fayries and goodly wonders and such like to scare and make children affraid and get them sleepe when they be froward for it is now Admiranda canunt sed non credenda Papistae As wel Papists as Poets can tell of wonders and incredibilities for they say but very f Bellarminus de Purgat l. 2. cap. 7 14. Greg. Mag. Dial. lib. 4. nounulli in quadā terrae parte Infernum esse putauerunt alij sub terra essè existimant ego autē hac de re temerè definire non audeo Quo modo dici potest inferno contiguum Purgatorium cum infecni locus ijs sit incognitus inconstantly that it is a place wherein the soules of the faithfull after they be dead which be yet charged with the guiltinesse of some temporall punishment or departed the body in some veniall sinne according to the rule of Gods iustice be tormented vntill they being fully purged from the same may obtaine the blessednesse and ioy of heauen And this they tell vs is twofold the one exceeding milde the other extremely greeuous this is next vnto hell that in a beautifull and pleasant g medow as if an offendor were committed to prison in some noble mans house It were labour euill spent to stand to confute such a folly Therefore but a reason or two to manifest h De hoc igne Purgatorio vide Apolog. Graecorū 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 à Bonauentura Vulcanio editā Latinè redditam Et Gentiletum de examine Cōcilij Tridentini lib. 4. Sessione 25. the errour First euery man doth either beleeue or not beleeue He that beleeueth and continueth in faith is freed from the wrath of God and the curse and doth not come into iudgement but hath euerlasting life he that beleeueth not the wrath of God abideth vpon him Ioh. 3. 36. There be then no newtrals who may in Purgatory be cleansed from those sinnes whereof in this life they haue not obtayned pardon Secondly the punishment of sinne belongeth as well to the body as the soule but Purgatory fire is no punishment for the body for that resteth in the graue Therefore there can be no Purgatory after death before the last day when the soule and body shall be conioyned together and both either eternally tormented or eternally blessed Thirdly the liuing come not into Purgatory But it is certaine that many in the last day shal be aliue vpon the earth 1. Thes 4. 17. 1. Cor. 15. 51. And what hope then if their doctrine be true for those that cannot be purged Therefore it appeareth to be but an idle fancie of curious braines a monkish imagination and a fiction hauing part of the originall from i Vide Homerum Odyss lib. 11. Virgilium Aenead lib. 6. Platonē in Phaedone Gorgia lib. 10. de Republica Poets fables and Heathenish Philosophers discourses who are not vnaptly tearmed of some of the Fathers k Philosophi haereticorum Patriarchae Tertullianus lib. contra Hermogenem Patriarkes of heresies Fourthly the soules departed from the body doe either goe immediately l Duae solum viae duae portae arcta lata illa ad salutem haec ad interitum duo hominum status vel ouiū ad dextram vel haedorū ad sinistram duo solum praemia post hāc migrationc̄ vel corona vel condemnatio duo loca tantum vel sinus Abrahae pro Lazaris vel infernus pro abiectis epulonibus nihil medium nihil est tertium D. Humfredus contra Campiarum ratione prima into Abrahams bosome or the dungeon of hell Luc. 16. 22. 23. Now Purgatory is neither in the one nor the other therefore none at all For there is only two wayes two gates the broade and the straight one leading to life the other to death Mat. 7. 13. Two conditions of men sheepe at the right hand goates at the left Mat. 25. 33. Two rewards after this life either endlesse glory or eternall shame Rom. 2. 78. Two places heauen or hell no middle betweene both that he m Non est vllus medius locus vt possit esse nisi cum Diabolo qui non est cum Christo August lib. 1. de peccatorūmeritis remiss cap. 28. Tertium locum ignoramꝰ nec esse in Scripturis inuenimus August lib. 5. Hypognosticum cannot be elsewhere but with the Diuell who is not with Christ Iustinus Martyr 9. 75. For after the departure of the soule from the body there is presently a distinction of the good and the euill The good are carryed of the Angels into rest Apoc. 14. 13. The euill are sent to torment Luc. 16. 23. And when we are once gone from hence there is no n Quando istinc excessum fuerit nullus iam poenitentiae locus nullus satisfactionis effectus bis vita aut amittitur aut tenetur Cyprianus ad Demet. benefit of satisfaction no repentance here life is lost or kept For looke in what state we be when Christ doth o Modo quaerat Domini misericordiam qui non vult pati sine fine miseriam Vide Fulgentium toto lib. 2. de remissione peccatorum praesertim à cap. 7 ad finem vsque libri illius call vs out of this world in the same shal he p Sententia Doctrinae Christi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iustinus Martyr in Triphonem Cyprianus de Mortalitate Qualem te inuenit Deus cum de hoc mundo euocat accersit talem iudicat iudge vs. Wherefore let vs seeke the Lord while hee may be found let vs call vpon him while he is neare now is the acceptable time behold the day of saluation 2. Cor. 6. 2 For it is impossible that the lightest sinnes if any may bee of that estimate can be washed away and we saued but by Christ whose blood doth purge vs from all sinne 1. Ioh. 1. 7. AMEN The conclusion out of S. Augustine Augustinus lib. 15. de Trinitate COram te est firmitas infirmitas mea Domine illam serua istam sana coram te est scientia ignorantia mea vbi mihi aporuisti suscipe intrantem vbi clausisti aperi pulsanti meminorim tui intelligam te diligam te auge in me ista donec me reformes ad integrum Scio scriptum esse in multiloquio non effugictur peccatum sed vtinam praedicando verbum tuum laudando te tantummodo loquerer non solùm fugerem peccatum sed meritum bonum acquirerem quamlibet multum sic loquerer neque enim homo de te beatus peccatum praeciperet germano in fide filio suo cui scripsit dicens Praedica verbum insta oportune importune Nunquid dicendum est istum non multa loquutum quòd non solum oportune verum etiam importune verbum tuum Domine non tacebat sed ideo non erat multum quia tantùm necessarium FINIS

his fiery darts Ephes 6. 16. Concerning corporall and outward tribulations that we be not discouraged by them we haue in the Scriptures sufficient comfort for they be to the faithfull no tokens of his displeasure but assurances of our adoption Hebr. 12. 5. 7. and lesse then our deserts for he dealeth not with vs according to our sinnes neither rewardeth vs according to our iniquities Psal 103. 10. and whatsoeuer he doth inflict it is for our good we are now chastised with a rodde that we be not cut off with the sword 1. Cor. 11. 32. We y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Virga patris non gladius Iudicis are made conformable to the image of Christ Rom. 8. 29. who though he were the only sonne and came into the world without sinne yet he went not from thence without the Crosse but z Vnicus qui intrauit sine peccato non exiuit sine flagello first suffered and so entred into glory Luc. 24. 26. And so hath he alwaies delt with his beloued Iust Abel dedicated the church with his blood Gen. 4. 8. Chast Ioseph is imprisoned vntill the yron pierced his soule Psal 105. 19. Great Elias so distressed that he is weary of his soule and desireth death 1. Kings 19. 4. Iohn the Baptist more then a Prophet beheaded in prison Math. 14. 10. And by these few we may iudge the condition of all for in that golden Legend of Saints those are said to be tryed by mockings and scourgeings by bonds and imprisonment to be stoned hewed asunder tempted slaine with the sword wander vp and downe in sheepe skinners and in goate skinnes to be destituted afflicted and tormented yet such of whom the world was not worthy Hebr. 11. 36 37 38. And such though God proue by these meanes yet will not leaue them for euer Lament 3. 31. But they shall at last know that this light and momentary affliction doth worke an eternall weight of glory 2. Cor. 4. 17. And not to insist longer vpon this point that is a memorable and examplary testimony of Chrysostome how he comforted himselfe when Eudocia the Empresse in all extremity persecuted him a De hac concione Socrates hist Ecclesiast lib. 6. cap. 18. Zozomenus l. 8. c. 20. for a Sermon he made writing thereof vnto b Epistola ad Cyriacum Cyriacus If shee wil banish me the earth is the Lords and the fulnesse thereof Psal 24. 1. If shee will saw me in peeces Esay suffered c Lyra in 6. caput Esaiae the like Hebr. 11. 37. If cast me into the Sea I will remember Ionas Cap. 1. 19. If throw me into the fiery furnace the three children suffered the same Dan. 3. 23. If stone me to death I haue Stephen a fellow Martyr Act. 7. 58. If cut off my head Iohn the Baptist endured the same Math. 14. 10. If strippe me of my goods naked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shall I returne againe Iob 1. 21. Thus from the Scripture in euery estate he hath direction so that it is truly stiled by d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Basilius in Psalmum primum vide Chrysost in homil 29. in Genesm Vse S. Basil The common medicine of our soules First the due consideration of this may be a strength vnto vs against all the contemners of the word as the e August de haeres cap. 57 cum Danaei commentarijs Pelargus in Damascen de fide Orthodoxa lib. 4. cap. 18. auncient Euchites Euthousiastes and Nouel-Anabaptists and such like for it is the greatest treasure of the world therefore the Prophet calleth vs vnto it To the law and to the testimony Esay 8. 20. Christ commandeth Search the Scriptures Ioh. 5. 39. The Apostle exhorteth let the word of God dwell plentifully in you Coloss 3. 16. And let none then after all this presume to be wise aboue that which is written 1. Cor. 4. 6. For whatsoeuer things are written before are written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope Rom. 15. 4. Secondly this ought to kindle in vs a zeale to heare reade and know the word for this Dauid prayed Psal 119. 18. To this Paul exhorted his Scholler 1. Tim. 4. 16. And by this that great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Chronicler of the world Daniel receiued comfort in reading of Ieremie Dan. 9. 1. 2. and thereupon grounded his deuout and compassionate prayer For what is the Scripture but the Epistle of God The f Epistola Dei Creatoris ad homines creaturas Gregorius Creatour sent from his Court and Pallace in heauen vnto his creatures men vpon earth therefore it were fit that euery Christian should set himselfe a taske as g Epistola ad Furiam S. Hierome aduiseth to reade part thereof daylie for the holy Scriptures are able to make vs wise vnto saluation through faith in Christ Iesus 2. Tim. 3. 15. My soule waiteth more vpon the Lord then the morning watch watcheth for the morning NOw the Prophet expresseth his constancy in God and expectation of comfort in these his trials and that by way of comparison wherein is a liuely picture representing the same and seemeth to be taken from military profession For the better vnderstanding whereof we are to know that the night was diuided into foure equall parts and in one place our Sauiour Christ maketh distinct mention thereof exhorting his Apostles vnto watchfulnesse Mar. 13. 35. 36. And euery oue of these h Vegetius lib. 4. cap. 8. consisted of three houres diuided by the glasse the manner whereof was that i Polybius in fragmentis the Captaines of euery company receiued from the Generall of the field direction before the Sunne went downe and they accordingly were to appoint the watches who stood armed and might not so much as leane vpon their k Seneca Epist 36. speares lest sleepe should ouertake them for that time which was allotted them and when they were discharged the next who should succeede were called either by loude crying of the l Ambrosius Hexame lib. 5. c. 15. Frontinus lib. 1. cap. 7. Liuius Decad. 1. lib. 7. 3. lib. 6. voice or sound of the trumpet and at the breake of the day as ioyfull for the light when they were freed to take their rest and refresh their bodies they would signifie the m Bellonius Obseruationum lib. 3. cap. 18. ad illum Carolus Clusius same And to this custome the Prophet hath reference in this place so that the meaning is that the Sentinell did not so much for the comparison is made from the lesser to the greater desire the approch of the day when he was to end his charge hauing endured the darkenesse and other inconueniences of the night as he did the helpe of God in these his temptations and trials that at the last he might finde comfort hauing n Flaminius in hunc locum