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A VERIE F'RVITFVLL EXPOSITION OF THE COMMANDEMENTS; BY way of Queftions and Anfwers for greater plainnef , eel , /Ai/ TOGETHER WITH i\c, ei"PPLICJTIO.91(._, OF EYE RI' ONE TO THE SOVLE AND CON SCIENCE OF MAN, PROFITABLE FOR ALL, ANIS efpecialy for them that ( being not otherwife furni(hed) are yet defirous both to fee themfelues, and to dcliuer to others fome largerfpeech of euery point, that is but breefely named in the íhorter Catechifines. By the Right Retterend Fatber in G O D, G E R V A S s B AEI), O.rON, Late BIfhop ofWorcefler. VVhereunto is newly annexed a Table; containing the principal' Matters in this Booke. r PSALMS 1I19.S9. I base cosfidereel my umies, and turned my feet into thy TeFïimonies; diode bait andprekrged not to keepe thy commandments. LOXDOD1C, Printed by GEORGE EL for T
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE, HIS VERY SINGVLAR GOOD LORD AND Maifler, HENRIE Earle of Pembroke, Lord Harbert of Car - diffe, Marmion, and S. Qintine, and of the moft Honorable Order of the Garter, Knight, G. B. wifhet h increafe of all mercie and comfort inCHRI ST IESVS foreírer. H E Lord knowetb, who fearcheth my heart and reins (Right Honorable,and my very fngulargoodLord)that being placed in the G niuerftie with fo great content, both for profit, pleafure, and the exercife of my Mint - fiery in fuchplace,asit pleafid Godmoltmercifulyato.. ble/fe et in, to my great comfort, had little defireto make change of that eflate, fo accompanied bath with there and many other 'peeled commodities, till it plea. fed him that ;bath his times and opportunities for admen, to direll me to your Lordfh, in fach fort as he did, and there fir /1 of your felt?, andafterward of my Ho. good Lady to makeme heare fo tare f ul,fb Chri ltian,andfo zealous a rc{ard both ofyour felues,and your whole retinue to be direI/ed in the ccurfe that be- came the profe /ors of the Gofpell, &the enioyers ofthefe happy dries vide,ïa fa- mous and renowned a gouernment, of fo worthy, Wed, andgracinse a Prin. eefe. vwd then I muff needs coif-age,/ felt a forcing r folnison alter shay! a while flriuen with the lofle ofthefe forenamed benefts,with thefarfeparatiö of my felfe from al my friends,& with the difcomforts incident now and then euen to the bell ferssices. So was it(my goodLord)your zeale and affetlion toyour God, that then farfl perfwadedme. And truty, the felfe fame thing it was, that euer after retained me, more viable than manie, but as willing as suer was any to the vttermofl both of power and life to do your L. fornico. Thevery felfe fame thing it is alfo out of all queflion, that f {loll ewer, abone any worldlyOommodity that may be offered them,procure vneo your L. both in one place and other,thofe that loue vertue and vpright dealing. For very well with them/clues will they euer imagine (as indeed st fbaseld be) that where the Lord is feared and honored as he ought to be, there faithfull feruice will both be regarded, and conuenient- ly rewarded, there men f ball be indeed according to proofe, and not according to prattles,there heat of affe/tians f hall not flirre to fuddaine and vndeferued difpleafure, but con /iience to giue entrymanhis due trial), (hallfinde out the innocency of the true dealer. vind what fbonld Ifay? There they will afore themfelues, euery man f hall bee vied with conuenient encouragement, credit, and comfort, if his dealings do deferue the fame, belide many moe very fpeciall vertues of a mailler fearing God. Wherefore, if I f bould wifh veto your Lo. in a thoufand termes many feueralland ftngular blel.ingr, and afterward include them all in one:truly it mull be this, that you may euer know the God of your fa- therer ferue him with a perfeli hart and a willing mind:Know him Ifay,by lear- ning what he willsth, and ferne him by daily pralliling, as he inableth of that will. For thus to the Lord you f ball become obedient; to your Prince faithfull, for your Country careful), to your feruanis, that break both body and bruines in your afaires, and beat the brunt of many an vnknowne toyle and hazard, com 4 3 fortablt
The Epistle Dedicatorie. foriable and benefe;iall to:houfands that liue vnder you , honorable and good, to emery man (in a word) fo afec1ed and dtfpofed,as they that ar already in all datifiell right your owne, Wray fo remaine: and they that are not,by fa, clieere- full vfageand Honorable vertue maydaily be added and woon vnto you. Wiser. for ( my good Lord) with all Chriflian care continue your happy court in the waits of the Lord, and what Salomon /with, remember often : Mare counfell and receiue infiruction ( meaning form the Lord) for they Pad make a man wife in time. Yea they f loall fo eflablifb a man in the Gies of the Lord, as that his feed Pall inherit the earth , and his name neuer be blotted out. Continue al/o that Chrifgian care to other the defolatefockes o f the Lords people , t hat with fo great and iu fl praifcyour Honor hack f hewed of late¡ many waies. eina among, AB, or rather eue» abate them all (as many fpecial l caufes binde me to w:fh ) I molt humbly and heartily begge the fame to your 7owneof Cardiffe, vnable peradventure in many things, but vaa illing I hope in nothing, to deferue both fanour and furtherance in all caufestending vittogood. Among¡' whom your Lo. in zeale to their good hath left me, and to whome for yoat Lo. fake I vow my felfe tf Imay doe them good. Yet not more to them then to the whole country, and emen themeant¡, member therein , they being all ingenerall fo deere veto your Lo. as manyprivatef echeshauedeclared, what my power inableth mee vnto,both for dutie voto your Honor, and affection to themfelues, Itrmg they ,all esser ßnde in me, and ar faithfull anheart withal/as tuer had flraner a- mongfl them. And if your Lo. Pall vatic hfafe thereuntoyour Honorable and loatngasfi¡íante in their worldly caufes when they haste neede, then may they fay their affections are thrift well bellowed vpon your Ho. and their ferutce daeten thoufand times, ifit were more. Prefently I haueindeuored, bothfor them and others, to lay donneabriefe collection offuchthitogesconcerning the Commandements of God, asin larger manner both beforeyour Lo.and them were handled. And I prefume to offer the fame to your Lo. both formy primate duty, being bound, if ewer was any , to be thankful/ , and that a l/ò it comming voto them vnder the fbadow and f bietd ofyour Lo. protection, whom they fo re. raerence and honor, may b.= the more welcome and the better accepted of. For the Chriftian reader el)e where , that Pall weigh my drift, and confider the place wherosmio of ecially"intend it , I a ffure my heart of his godly and lotting accep- tance, notwithlianding the matter path beetle handled by more able inflru- ments by much, hecatfe it is act in the fame manner ,and the Lord may be glorified in all mensguifts. Onely therefore of your Lo. I now molt humbly beg, that with wonted futotir this fmall trauell maybe accepted, and that vn. der your Lo. name ¡may leant it to the world,as a f peaking witneff e (when I am dead) ofmy thankful' heart for all your Honorable goodnes to me, which bath bene fuck, as I willo may incourage vpon my fpeech any that eater Pall be there- tome requited to faeceedhim in his place, who now enioyeth it. So the Lord of power and merciemultiplie his Spirit vponyour Lo. with all the hle/fed fruits of thefame,and grant you euer that Grace, that bath promife both of this life, and that which is to come, vimen. From London this r. of December. Your Lordfhips moll humble bounden to death, ... GBHVASE DABING7ON
mcgzwzonsm ./fa-moisli- Ealazizats-.105,4ms-zats.a TO THE RIGHT V OR SHIPFVLL SIR EDVVARD MANXELL, SIR EDWARD STRADLING Sir WILLIAM HARBERT, Knights ; and to Maifter MA THE vv, and Mr. 1 nOMAS LEWIS Efquires, with all other Gentlemen in Glamorgan- ¡bite that feareGOD: G. B.wifheth increafe of the faire, to the benefit of the Church; aid their mime ruerla fling comfort. 0 often as I confider (Right Worfhipfull) our happydüesbtt der the bleffed gouernment of a molt gracious Princefiet and howwe arc become cuen a wonder, as it were, and an ationifh- went ento many Nations, for the mercies that we enioy by her. meanes: fo often we think, cuco with melting hearts in a fweet conceit, v, e fhould call our (clues downe before the Lord and make a double vow veto him . Firfl, that we will with perfeet hearts and moll willing minds, know and fcruc fuch a gracious God, as amidfl fo many dangerous deuifcs of intended ouerthrow to her perfon,fo mightily prefcrued her Maicflie, and fo mercifully bath at this day fet her ouer.vs, daily bill dealing both with her and vs, according to his old loving ktndncffe and mercie,'keeping her to vs in dcfpite of all the Caytifes on the. earth. Secondlie, that with hand and with heart, with bod y and bowels, and with elate, whatfoe- uer the Lord (hall give vs within or without vs, we will honor and obey,pray for, and prelcus to our powers among(l vs, fo famous and renowned ; yea, fo wonder_ full an inllrument of all comfort and good voto Vs, inrel eClof other Princes of the Earth . But O the finne of our foules, and the Baines of our thankleffe hearts in both there duties fo due tenne thoufand times of vs! For whom wee fhould know, weneglccî to know, as his mercies hind vs, our mighty God and heauenly Father. And whom wee fhould 'thus obey and honour, pray for, andpraifc God for day and night, with very weeping and wrc, that wee earl bee no more thankful' vnto her, and for her our nurcing Mother, and Moil gracious Cticene, her we dif- obey in holes and in corners, (to fay no vworfe) and dead without feeling, not con- fideringthe bleflingof her, wee prouoke both our God, and her gracious heart to difplealure with vs. VVhat proofc this latter hash, and what vnv:iihed matter to furnifh out a larger complaint, I (pare to (peak. I rew to think se, there are wit - neffes aloe, than I would there were, that know it. Thole thinges which more befeemc my Pen and Paper, I perfume voto your VVorfhips to !follow a little fur- ther: and firft the negledl that aboundeth cuery whereto furnifh the rooms allotted thereunto with fufficicnt men, both for guifrs and good will to discharge the duties of true Minigers. A thing euer commarndcd,a thing cuerneedfull,and a thing in their daies of our ours, cure aboue all dales required, both in thatake- fuincffetotheLord, and in care to haue her 1- Iigháclte obeyed, which arifeth A 3 with
To the gentlemen of glamorgan/hire. with Religion, and fo bothGods mercy and her Maie(ie f?;11 to remaine among vs. For him that fcrueth vs , and thus dealeth with vs from day to day, doth.not vetie fenfe inftru& vs, we mutt fettle againe, if wee will inioy him ? And is this to fcrue him, to retaine vnto our (clues the wages, that he bath provided for fufficient men, and to thru( into his cloth we care not whom? to furnifh his haruefl cvitft idle k>yte- terers, and neuer tolook after, no, nor accept being offered, mofl painful! labourers? No, no, he knoweth it, that mmiß fudge it, iris not. Yea, men themfelues"kitow ir, if the Lord would giuc feeling, and ftrength toäefie that Spirit of hauing,thdt cry- eth within and faith; refcrue it to thy felfe. Yet leaf any fhould pretend the con trary, where I with them well rciolucd of this point, may it be lawful( foi iAé, with your lotting leaues, fomething to lay dotivne in this bchalfe, that I woultLLwifh him to confider, who is not perfwaded of this duty, if I were to fpeak with fuch an one Firß, then I would haue himv ew the word of God that frail Band and fudge vs all, whë heaven & earth foal perifh.Than the which word norh:ng can be snore contra- ry to this fin, it either we refpeel the time of the Law, or of the Gofpell. For in them both this is euerdeliucred, and euer bet sport, that the people of God fhould bee taught, and men chofen out in ability, filch as the people might,reguire the Law at thetrmouths, though the meafure and manner were diners, as itpleafcà God to glue his guifts vntothem. What thing euer drew with it then, and at this clay ßi11 truly doth infer, a godly regard, and euen a neceffary confcience, when anyplace is void, by the laves we line vnder, alotted to that vie, to furnìfh it as fufficiently as we pof- fibly can and may for that vie. Otherwife by w it commeth to palie, that the people are notiauht. Now, this offence groweth either by negligence, or hy couetouf- itef e 13y negligence, when (nor weighing or feeling the finse of it) we arc drawn by áffe6-}ion, or kindred; or otter mens frites, tobellow fufftcient places vpon infuf_ ficient perfons . By couetoufneffe, when to referuc a portion to our felues, we doe the like. Both which are greeuous offences, both agaiuíZìod and -our Country,and in the Word very plainely condemned. If the firsi be rhetaufe, then crane I mope hartilr the confideration of thcfe, and the like condufions. The Lord threatneth to the Watchman- death, that warned' not his people, and faith bee will haue Their Eve,. 3. blood or bu & id handr,becaufe he did not cry. Now,by me bath been put in fuch an one very carelefly anti negligently for affection, or fuch like, that though he would yet for want of rbility cannot cry :and alaffe ! how then can I want my portion in that wrath of the Lord t at isthreatned againflall fuch'default?Secondly,as it is loue in iohn. ar.11. the Minilerto his God, to feed his Shiepe, fo is it afliredly in the Patton to caufe Tit.a. them colic fed. Contrariwife, it is want of loue in the Minißer, if he do not feede, and is it not as much in the Patron, if byhis default it come to paffe ? Thirdly, it is a great fault we thinke,to glue the calling to an vnworthy one,& s it no fault to give the lining to filch an one? Thus then we fee how the world quickneth our confckt]. ces in this bchalfe; if we be not dead. And a number more reafons might yet bee brought, if I fbotildmake a Treatife in a Præface. Onely this one more I -mull needs remember, which me think fhould awake any man alise in this insurer. In the fixt of Marke it is faid of Chrill, That grins ore, and feting agreat muititude of people gathe- 011ark.6, red together, he had compalfon of them, b. caufe they were like Sheepe ut:hoot a Sheepé- heard, anr/ be went eat and taught them many thirgr.And in the Greek it is more vehe- ment, expreffing as it were an aking of his heart, as we call It, or ayearning of his bowels, to fee fopittifull a fight, as fo many people without a teacher. Vpon which notable place I haue vied in my felfe to make two conclulions. Firfl a comfort, then a {rare. My comfort is this, that he which mourneth to fee his people' want the bene- fit of his word, will giuc hispeople his word if they Peek it, and with it,atid where he hat$ vouchfafed it already there continue it, bleffe ir, and glue it pbws-r if we pray. Fó ciherwife, how fhould it paine him to fee it wanting ? My lesee is tills, that ifhis heart ake to fee his (beep depriued of a Shepheard, he will affurcdly be reuenued e.. uen in great wrath of them that are the canters of it. And for fhril his fake let it be confidered, For as we hue, we may not aiwaies look to laugh, if we brake our God to
To they entlemen of glamorganfliire. to mourne. Thus then if negligence bee the caufe that a countrey is not furtriftied with fome able Miniflers, me thinke we may awake our hearts by the Word-óf the Lord,& weighing it well,recetuefront him foine better feeling in fo great a matter. But if couctoufneffe be the caufe,& wegreatly given tofequefler that benefit to our felues,f wing onely fotne portion to one to bcare the name,then mark we againe the witnes alto of the fame Scriptures, again(+ vs euen in this. And to face mine own la- bour, my judgement being young, heave I befeech you the proof-es and reafons a- gainfl this 6nne,by a godly and graue Druine intreating of this omtter,laide downe vnto my hands. Firfl, bee alledgeth againft it the defcription of a wicked Prince in 1 son.S.t r. the booke of Samuel, amongft whole culls this is named one , that hee trill take the tythes and gene them to his [truants. Concluding thereon that if the King might not take the tythes to himfclfe,becaufe then they were due to the Priefls by Gods own order and commandement for themaintenance ofhisferuice : furcly no private mart nowmay doe it, fo long as by authoritie the fame are eftablifhed for the Miniflers Maintenance and fupport. Secondly,ifin the Law he was accurfed that remootsed the Deut,27,17, mere flame of the field, becaùfe bee did wrong in fuccefsion rd diners :ten thoufand times more is the reinouing of the Miniflers lining fubie61 to the Lords wrath , bes caufe both prefently,ánd fuccefsiuely it is hurtful! to a n imbeï moe,and in agreater matter. Thirdly, by the Prophet ,tfaachy the Lord complaineth in expreffc termes, vrytai. ;.d that the taI ng away of?ythes and offerings from that end that they were appointed vnto,was a rabbsngsnd fporling of him,yea euen fuch a fpoiling,as he would vi/it with agreat andgreeuous carfe. Now, if it were fo then,all the world mull confeffe,ic is no leffe now,fo long as authoritie ratifieth this intones to maintaine the mindlers : and thereforeaffuredly will haue a (harp revenge. Fourthly in the Gofpell the Iewes al- ledge it voto Chrift as an argument of loue to them and theirNation in the Centu- rion.thatbe bad built them afynagogue, plainely infinuating that they would haue Lukens:I judged the contrarie, ifhee had 1poiled their Synagogue of his maintenance; And Chrifl reprehendeth not this concluíon. Fiftly, if David the King flooding in fo 1.0r0,1.t6: great diflreffe for water, yet would not drinke of the water ofBethleem, becaufe it was gotten with the danger of tome fewmens temporal( lines : fhould it not teach a great confc ience to any man In the world, that talleth of God and his truth , and hopeth for comfort in any otherworld, how het (not needing peraduenture, but a. bundantly prouided for otherwife by the mercy of his God) drinketh & eateth that which is gotten with apparant hazard of eternal! life front the bodies & foules, God ata.9; knoweth of how many ? Trudy (Right Worfhipfull)it lhould,and the power of hell Ga1,6,&c; is not able to deny it, But fuch is themeate and drinke, or other maintenance what- foeuerthat we rcape by the Church,wben it is -due to an other, for another purpofe, and therefore you loom the conclnfion,Sixrly,all thofe places in the Scriptures com- manding and inioining the world to a maintenance, and fufficient maintenance of able Teachers in it, doe plainely proue the fin ofthis,to fequefler to our (clues the li- ning allotted to them vnlcffe Ionic other equivalcnt, or fufficient way bee taken Po/ddex,in for them by authoritie, Againe, if that graue and learned Father Saint Auflen vttaAug,to.a¢ was fohighly offended, and fo fharpely rebuked a Gentleman in his time, for ta- king away his ovine gift, which before her had glum to the maintenance of his Church : would her not haue berne a feuere cenfor againt them, thinke wee, that fhould haue taken away what neither they nor any of theirsencr. gauc ? If the Stories fo commend the Noble Emperour Conflantme for commatinding goods taken from the Churches ro bee reflored to them againe would they not Eufeb.l,ro,c.ç: haue blotted him as well, if her himfclfe had beetle a fpoiler of the fame? If the Tit.Lèuiusl.4a4 Romans fo dealt with . Fuluïur,for vncouering a part of homer Temple to court. an other Temple in Roarewith the fame riles , that they mlfliked him, condemned him,told him Pyrbur, or Haneball would not have done fo,told him it hadbern too much to haue done to a privatc mans houle, an inferiour place to a Temple, and in conclufaonforced him to fend home thole tiles againe: may not fuch asgarnifh either themfelues or their Houles with Church- liuings , and 'cane neither Teacher
`ITo the gentlemen o f C9lamorgan17 ire. Teacher no almoR Tiles where both fhould be well, confider by it, vvhat this people woulde haue thought of them, if they had hued there ? and vvhat is the conceipt of a people prophase , in refpea of their, that know and ferue the Lo R D ? l bete then, and ,diucrs other ecalons, which for fcarc of length I pretermit , alledgeth Free there againfl this foule offence-! Onely one place more I muff needs remember, and it is a good one, to o it,how Bálrhafae King of Babylon, himfelfe, his Princes, his Wiucs and Concubines, drinking and feaf'ing in the Vef- lels of Gold,takcn from the Tcmple, euen then efpied the fingers of an Hand wri- ting vpon the Wall before his face, That his KingdomeGod had nutnbred andfiui_ fbed,weighed him in the Balance, and found him too light, and therefore diuided and giuen his Gouernment away. to the Modes and Perfians , At which fight his countenance changed, ins thoughts were troubled, his Ioynes loot d,and his knees !mote the one againfl the other. O Lord that wet could thinke of this Hand, and fear(' the fentence of this Writing as oft as we cate the Corne of the Barne, or folate our felues 'a id, attic maintenance whatrceuer, taken of our felues without, authoritie from the Temple, But I am too.long. For mine owne part, I haue euer contented my felfessith this rcafón, That that which is enjoyed without warrant either of Gods Law, or Mans.Law, is.vniufily enjoyed, and will a(l tredly, one way or other, haue a fcourge : but fuch -is the fruition ofall Ecc:efiaflica!l Ruing. not altered from that vfe by the Magifhate,thcrcforc vniufflyenjoyed, and to our allured punifhment. Now that it bath neither warrant of God nor man , it appcareth. For the Scriptures you }iaue heard agaha it : and touching the lawes of men I have had it aifo from the learned in them, that they condemn:. it. For to begin with the common law of this land, fiat therein it is tru:,that an aduoufon,in refpe& of the Patron,is accounted no Alfas to yeeld a recompence,becaufe it is not valuabl °. Secondly, the Writ of gua- re impedlt, for the patrone hath dick words in i t t giro zpesyteo e p r a f ntari ad Eecle- fan. gutty cat, 6- ad inrdubitararn fpetiat donattonent,which word (donation) eft libesa dr /poftio.Thirdly, this láw,faith the patron,hath but his donatioe,, :& the ordinarie sue admrfrronit t and therefore compcileth the patrone to bei owe it in a time , or elfe to loofe it by laptc, apparantly therein denying him any kaue to retaine it either ìn whole or part for eucrto himfelfe. Fourthly, it doth.affirme very pretily and fig - nificantly that the true right- and fimple proprietie of the Church is neither in pa_ trone, perlon, norordinatic,ncitherinanymanliuing :butthatthefee fimple ofit is alr:aies infitlpence, andastheverywordsoflaware (esnubtbus)affordingthereby this good re ;ton aganfl this finne, that it is a great wrong for a man to make a cotn- iatoditie to himfelfi of that huh law cannot ende he hath, but is kept and prefer- tied :by law as farce front m ns pollcfsiug, as the clouds are diflant from our hand- ling. Fiftiy, this la -.A Ebb furthcr,titat in time of vacation both the fee and freehold of the .. t-,utch is en fbipenne. and in nubr co, and that then though both patron and ordinarie with tome content wit by their grant cha ge the church with any rent and penfr-n,that yet ootwithffending'the fame charge i, no otherwife of force again!} the incumbent, but that he r.wIl perforce hold illimfelfe contented, if he will haue ir, kcinglree cannot have ale. bcnerìte otherwife than by the prefentarion of the one and ad t dsion of the other: that.is in plaine words it alloweth not the alienati- on 01 any profits front the inctrntbcnt, though both of them confent. Státly when this common law,thushati fg tie s we fpeake of; was by the corruption of men abided in this poinr,and patrons vlarping vpon the Church began to make game by Simony of tdteir aduoufons and prefentattons,itwas and Isprouided byflatutes and pofitiue la ses w ith a paine and penaltie therein appointed, that if any incumbent come in by Symonic, thenir /o falls the Church is voile, and all bits and bands and deeds for the performance of any filch pr riions be alto voide. Much more could the learned yet alledge euen out of this common law again(' this finne,Iknow if they avere to handle it, but this may Efface iu f'eede of more, where confcieuce is made of offending laves and the godly gouernmeut of a Realme. New, for the Ecelefafficall laves , ifI (hall alto note a little thcncc,manifcff it is, and ttueiy very worthy
To the gentlemen of glamorginfhire. worthy marking how firongly they alfo Band againfl this vice we fpeake of. Forfirr( by the very names they glue to Patrons they ouerthrow it, terming them aduecatos ecclefiarum ,vicedontiros,Cufodes, gardvanos,trc. all being names of fidelitie,gouern_ ment and careful! preferuation of the Church.For the word Patronatos doth not fig.. nffle Dominum in ecclefta,but noteth very well,feruitiifolicitadinem, It is called Gra- tia, quad exgratiavelgrat rsconfcrridebeantbenefica: alfoaduocatia, becaufe they fhould defend and tender the eflate of the Churches whereof they bee Patrons, as aduocates doe the caufes of their clients,and fo for the other names mentioned even now before, And lserevpon the law giueth them all due and poflible reuerence euen . as mailers fromtheirferuants,and fathers from their children. It giueth them prehe- minence both in the Church and abroad in frtting7llanding, going, and fuch like. Iris prouìded likewife that if there Patrons or their Children fall into decay , they fhall be moderatelymaintained at the difcretion of the Ordinarie by the Church- goods,whereof they are Patrons :and this is the onelyprofit they are to take of the a zi ht o e. Church. They lay no (critics nor bondage upon the Church. Tenerur ertaiop- arronut t ón ge jetb protegere eecdefam,t r reparare,lminitetur ruimrm , rj debona facerdote prouidere: that ro the Patron is , the patron allo is bound to protect} the Church , and torepaire it, ifit be like to Honos Onus, fall to ruine, and carefully to ptouìde a good Minifter. Marke it. - Namius patroza- and vtióras tus,ee.For the patronage faith the law is fufpended,if the patron prefent an vnwor- mrrte the cane_ thy one, yea, his right, for.euer by that law, as fome thinke, paffeth to the Bithop, 2,e and he (hallneuer prefentmore: but ifnot fo yet at the leafi hec (hail be depriued of that turne if he prefent an vnfit man, mien by the Law in this Land in force. Fur- thermore in there lawes there are fo many notable rules and as it were axioms or principles touching the duety of patrons, as might with great profit and pleafure be noted, ifI had not already too much paffed the bonds of a preface in a defire to preuáile fome thing with fome in this matter. As Patre-sssnon potcff prafentare feip -. film. A patrone cannot prefent himfelfe, as God knoweth now many doe in effe& Againe, deletprafenraregratis , alias efI Simonia. He mull prefent freely, or elfe it is Simonie, and no excommunicate perfonor Simoni} (hail be a patron to prefent. Pa_ trouts non efi vere Dominus Ecclefia, fie. The Patron is not the Lord of the church, but as it were an Aduocate and defender, neither.may bee adminificr the goods of theChurch. lay puma us nil ám ins proprietátis patron tribuit, The right of patro_ rage giueth no prpprietie to the Patrone. A notable paying. Againe, patronusfacere potes`l e. debet, 6 c. The patron both may and ought to take heed that the fruits of the Church doe not goe to any other vie. Alto that permifliott of the Ordinarie 'by this Law to take any Oath if bee will of curry incumbent for his cleare entrance, if there were nothing elfe in the world again}t it, doth (}Tike a blow to the foules of themthat fo offend , and that a great one. What (hould I note that which yet rs , mofi worthy noting in this Law, to wit, that Vendrtis inrifpatrenarns prohibira eft ei. C ex tiro*. vniuerCtasspuadant, pradiorum,cni hoc ins aecedat,d flrahatur,That is,that theright C:dca /e.alam of patronage may neither be bought nor fold, nor paffe in fpeciall words in any she- Ewa de lure nation, but in generalionely with theland whereunto it is appertaining. For the patronats:. laid Law admitteth no patronage in groffe. Or thofe expreffewords, againe, dona_ do & permrstatio permitritnr, not venditio I warrant you. What ( bound I note the mo(} exam fireitnefl 'cof thefe Law es in making the very minds of the patron cove- ting reward of the gift of his Church a Simony before God which they cal! men_ Salem Simoniam, ? With number lush like notable -rules and places. So that we fee euen thefe Lawcs alfo deeefl }rand condemne it. And now then to conclude this matter,iuI think there is a God,& a day of judgement to come for me, & all my do.. ings,what (hould my heart minifier to maintaine me in this cull!, when God & man be againfiit ?Bùt why (hold I be thus tedious in this matter? Truly that it might ap- pear,rfGod fo wil,how far the corruptionswherin Come fleep as in no offencesydiffer frô the lawes ofGod & man,& from frncerity of former times and ages. But againe, why vnto you (tight Wor(h.)fhould I write fo much? Truly that by your godly care, confcìence and endeuor(hatring the places that you haue)this great wound of your cuntry may by Title &litle be relieued,& better prouifion daily made for the winning of
To the gentlemen ofgglamorganj1 ire. of that good, that bringeth with it ten thoufand blefsings prt coifed by the Lord. Which care and Chriflian"confideration (as places fall) I moll heartily traue in the .name of Iefus Chrill, veto whole feruice I am called, both for his glory, your owne ditcharge,and the benefit of that place which I wifh may euer bee as the bleffed of the Lord. I cannot be thought to plead any benefit formy feIfe, becaufe I want the tongue,and therefore I am more bold. But now 1 ceafe to follow it any further. The fecond thing that I greatly rew our want in, is the careful' and good bringing vp of Children in learning and vertue whilfl they are fit. Which how it wanteth for want of fchools amongil vs,would God I law no morc,than I had abilitie(without charge to any)to redreffe. But what wanteth in me aboundeth in you, and might it pleafe the Lord, to glue will to your abilitie,in this alto to promote his glory, and to bene- fit thoufands in your countrey, tritely his heart bath mercy to accept it kindely, and hishand hath blefsings to reward it richly. Other things alto yet moe there bee, which thefe happy daies ofpeace would have vs carefull of. But fome other times (hall ferue to name them,and increafe of grace flit vp to do them. For this time ther- fore I leaue off to trouble your worfhips any further, bcfccching you moflhumbly and heartily to confider the mercies of the Lord whit h we all enioy,by his word,by her Maicí'ne, bymofihappy helps about her, by freedome ofoue Confciences, by plenty and peace,by health and great comfort a thoufand wales, and in thankeful- nes for thrust all,to vouchfafe your afsifling hearts and hands to theft duties euer, that may long prouoke the Lord our God to be thus good and gracious to vs. Of which number are thefe that I now haue namrd,thepreaching of his word, and the careful' bringing vp of children in good letters. For my felfe can do no more, either for my duty to this honorable Lord,to whom I owe fo much, or for all the goods, nes wherewith your felues and many others in the Countrey fo louingly and liberal- ly haue incouraged me, but vow my felfe to you at your direElion with any paines in my power whilefl I flue to doe you feruice. And that I doe with as defirous as heart.to the good of euery one,as euer had firanger in the place. The Lord in me- tie now multiply his fpirit vpon you, giueyour help to me,and confirme my paines to you, that his name may be knowne vpon earth amotsgfl vs, and his fauing health in euerlafiing comfort inioyedofvs. London the I. of December Your WWarfhips hoiden in the Lord ewer, GERVASI B ABI NGioN,
N TO THE GODLY READERS, AND ESPE& cially to them amongft whom this Author and my felfe exercife our fun&ion. T bath pleafed God[(goodReader) to vfe oily Mini,flery,not in one, but in moe places in this manner,Hill to fucceede the autbour of this trea. tile, to mater what he bath planted, to labour in the harueil, whereof he call the feede, to feed , and further to bring on thole, ofwhew he was the fpiritual !Father , and bytheimmortallfeede of Gods word, firfl begat them ; andItill to enter vpon bis labours and goe forcwarel = j= withhis beginnings : 4lwayes to my great helpe , and comfort ( God knowing other wife my wants andweaknes) the eaf rlierto wade there wherehe had blokes the ill , the plainlier to en, andlead ethert, wherehe had beaten the path,and more rea.. lily to build vpon, and reare vp, where he h,ïd laid the foundation, andfquared the, fran andwith lefJe pains to kepe agoing that which he had mooned , and fez agoü g:'Got a- uing dealt thus mercifully with mein my Minißery, and by the band of this autbour thus helpen me; 1 thought my felfe in duty bound , in refpell of this courfe which God path ta. ken with me , ( and efpecia/1y by his meaxes) to giue to thee forge teffimony of this his worke , for thy further profit , and withall to him femewiticesofmygoodwill. Sul.po,6so my filf,tn re /peal of thefors, er caufe,as fit to do this as another,and knowing the abet and hawing reaped the prefii of theft his labours, and daily reaping it, being and abiding in the place where thisfeed :vie call, I thought I ought to doe as willingly and .0 readily as any ether. If fer no othercaufe, yet to commend this efpecially to them to bring forth fun he fruit among whom it was fìrflTowne, and in whofe hearts l doubt not,but it Cooke roote no u !mg fnce. An efpeciall commendation of this worke if 1 would take that tray :it tght be drawee from the workman of it mooplentifully , from bitflackand kindred edaca; ion and fuch lake ; which becatife it is rare fiute on fuch trees, to fame may make it fief e the better: but 1page euer theftfhewes and outward leaues to deckle itwith, it hailing enough ix it felfe to commend it , leaß:f l fhould long fpeake of this colour , andgrace , I Jleuld fpeaktbe leffe of him,or of the thing it felfe,minding not to fpeakmuch of either, & but lit. sle in all. And as I pale theflock from whence this graft was token, fo :rill I not /land to thew you where it was ingrafted& planted,in what vnieserf tie, in what Colledge,what root he took,whatfufficieat time hegrew, how he fpred there & what liking,which wouldmake this fruit to manynot without caufe to re/lifb the better.But to come to that which cemmetb meter to the bringing forth,& producing ofthis work,when hewas frß planted by a fellow - fbip in that famous Colledge of the boly,& vndiuided Trinity,in Cambridde,wholly,or walk! efpecially confecrate,d to the lludy of hm,,C¢ his knowledg,whafe name it beareth: foßreight he tookhimfelfe to thatßuay wherby he might bemoll feruiceable to Gods Church,&fame tryall firß bad ofhisgifts,as it were aduowed himfelfea man tothe Lord,to feruein his Ta- bernacle: Not long after,that betimes he might begin to be profitable , and be profitable leng;Çod touching his betert,he tookon him the Ilditaillery and fo mercifully cod dealt with him, that withall he placed him in one certaine charge not far from his Colledge ; that het might haue where to fow,beflil at hand to fow,and know both what,& hew to fow,and to his comfortfee thegrowing vp,and fruit ofit. Now horsing there painfully labored by the [pace aimoß of tweyeeres,andPeen the effelt of that profi fe,with what meafureye meate,fliallbe meafitred to you againe,and Onto them that haue,lball more be gitien,that though he call in with fullband,asid euer te zealous heart to doe good,in à continued courfe;yet Golfo blefJld ét,that the harue/l euer a eunded hislabour,and exceeded his hope ; and that little Towne was a candlelight, fet on a candle/lick!, and a rawer vpon the top ofa hill. When God to his comfort had t bus encouraged him in his Law,he bygreat meaner caLteth him from his little towne (irbere bee had no pafiorall charge) to agreater charge-and in refpea of the change,and dignity of theplace whither he was called, it was as it were frons Tecon to De- thel ,frompreaching in force vplandß,and countrey Towne on the wilderneffe of Iude a,to Flcrods Court er as indeed io many rejfrells, it well may ¿.efaid, by a SergiusPaulus vnto his haute. When be had there continued now a whole yeare and more, to thegood reformsti- tien, tendgreatbenefit ofthat moil honorable Family; it pleafed God that has Sergius Pauluá
?kat,4434. 29.Txotf.16. et c,18.érc., To the Reader. Paulus leaning as it were Nazareth, went arrddmelt for 4 time ix Capernanm, which it mare the fea,in the borders of Zabulon,andNepthaliii, beyond Iordan; in Galilee of the Gentils,out of the borders of Paleftina. l hope I may withoet ofence allude veto thatplace, Mal/points tt fo fitly anfweretls :where a while abiding by his mounts , God wrought, that the people which before ixcamparifen fate in d4rkneffe, ftwgreat light, and to themwhick fate in the region and t edowofdea:h,lightwasrifenvp. Ofthis place, and thispeople,hoe kasingyet further compáfflan,they being asfheepe without a ihepheard, wandring in the Mountaines,and the harseff theregre4t,and the laborers few the Lord waxedhis heart, to remain there,and wrought this en the heart of his muff honorable Lord ; himfe f to for - gee him and lease him there, for the further encreafe of Clod his Church,andfor the tender lout he bare,and goodhe would to the people ; wherc,what pains hatk been taker,andgood bath been denc,it is by mare witnefed than I needmake relation :and this wer.ke, andferns ethers of this authors, fnce that time come forth, glue open Teffimony, though I hold my têngxe: l would not bane faidthat much of the man, if tbep /aces themfelees, ofwhich I kaue fpoken were not ready to fay andieet damne more then I haue faid,and this he I faia! that God in him may begleri fied,they among whombe liuetb for him thankful and to ad- mane!): him what proceedings theft beginr. ings regaire.Tbeworkit felfemight many waits befede be eammended,tbe matter and principal!ground ofit is the law of God,broteght from the highelî heauen,giuen by Godbimfelfe to his feruant Mofes,with thunder Cr lightnings, and the found of the trempe exceeding loud e,on Mount Sínay,themenntaine allow fmoke; theLord defcendmg vpon tt in frre,c c. and all themount trembling exceedingly.giuen to all the Ifracl ofGod, appertainingtoallmen ,conteininginfinite blefsings for the bearers, and doers ofit, and innumerable and tnto llerablecurfes,andplaguer forthebreakersthere e f,esherby negligence orcantempt.This principal!, not laid vpon with any borrowed ceu- loursto hide the gronnd ,but :be warknianfhip and ingrauing ofit, is out of the matter it felfe, fo that /iii! the grousd,ar.d marble thereof may appeare,and dealt withallin this ma. ter fit y anfwering re tie: foible(( matter,delixered as it were in the nder,with afpirit au hot as/ire, zealous with iudgementfettingan edge 6yreceisadffrength ewers vpon thisrafier. The place alfo and pes f : -s where, and ; or whom , this woke was bathmade and vttered may add, much grace vo to it. In a moff honorable family,and for it, and withgood inking and profit there : and commonly men Of that the better,which lekerb them well, and that which prof eeth fucgProfiteth many. If it wet the mourtaínes, it will water the vallies :and rf it be (meet oixtmenr for the head,it cannot be boot acceptable to the refi of the parts, and to the borders of the garment: The dew fromHermon,and the Mountains of Syox,trick, loth donne freet yvpon the va/liesabout. And if this make it profitable to others, becaufe deliue:ed here,then muff it be maff profitable to this family it felfe, for which it was made, and frff for it alone,and now is byme of eeial!y to it commended. It is fruit o fyonr owns ground; he voice of your own fhephcard,ebe found of jour proper trumpet,and thereforeyore mull bath know it,and like it the better,d. thereby 6e warned the fooner.lt is a leffon,wbicb alreadyyou hale learned,and therfore it may and miry( be more ready than others. It is not now fief commendedteyou, bntagame.recommendedto your eyes, which heretofore bath been fens by your eares,toyoir rnindes,and toyour hearts, and by agreat vehemencie , and anale of fpirit,mbereatt /s this author aboundeth, tt hich although fo much, and with fuck dife,and mouinn; willnot now al.'ogether appeare in this )writing, a when it was with the líueyvoice, andearneff fpirit deliuered,becasfe that Godproneifeth to that,tbe more ef e_ teaN blef ing yet fhallyon eafi/y fee,:bat it is a work, commis: out of t be famefountaine ; a Print flampedwith thefame feak ; and f arckles flying out of the fameflame. which the more theyfhall in fiameyou, which ought matt to inflame you,mis hawing been already with them fee on fire, the morethey geallbeate others, and by your example bee profitable to all toBich is that the author we[heth,and 1 his well.willer heartilypray for to him who is the able worker of it :to whole of eciallgrace (good Reader) in reading this work,, to direek thee,l commendCher. I hint in the Lord Ielu, A,samtam CONF[AM.
I Certayne profitable Qe1}i- ons and Anfweres upon the Commandements. The ftrf! ßiotr. .Aththere euer been in the world amongff men fume religion ? .nfw, Yea, for to make all men inexcufable,the Lord hath ingrafied in the miede of every one a fecret lure perfwafion, that there is a God :who at hee made man, fo is hee of man to be fettled and obeyed. By which fecretpecfwafion it came to patte, that there was neuer from the beginning of the world any Region, Towne, or Houfe, where- in was not fomeReligion. (Inca. Then is not Religion a policie of man to keepe people nsobedience? Anfw. No, it were horrible to thinke fo, for it is plaine that religion is of nature and by nature, though true region bee not. Quell. How prooue you that ? Anfw. Rift, verie reafon teacheth it. For whatpolicie could euer haue made man the Lord of all creatures,fall downe and worfhippe the vilell creatures, vnlelfe there had beene fomethingbefore in his nature to leadehim toit? Secondly, it is plainlie proved in the example of Pilate, who affoone as bee heard that Chrift was God,euen ieba i91: by very nature feared and flood in awe of him. And by the example of Gamaliel, eas ß 9, with diners others. Quell. Seeing then that there hath been euer in the worldforne religion, becaufe it is naturall,whet her is there but one ormany ? An fio. There can be but one truc religion, but of falfe there haue beene and are diners, and euer will be, till Chrifl come againe unto iudgement. Quell. what falfe religion can you name? Anfw. There bathbeene and is falfe religion in the Church,and out ofthe Church. In the Church, Poperie, Out of the Church the religion of the fewer, of the Gentilles and of theTurkes. Queft. what is the Religion of the ¡cives? Anf. They obilinately denyingthat Chrift is yet come, worlhip God full with fa. Hut. MagdeÀ orifices, burnt offerings, and other ceremonies of Mofeslaw , burg. Quell. what the Gentiles? -.Inf. Their Religion is a confufedwotlhipingof all things: for fo wee reade ih the 14. of the Açir of the tlpofiles, in the 17. and in the 19. And the Poet faith of them thus : Auicguid bumur, pelae ss. c reborn mirabile gignit A Id
Cue[tions and Anfweres >f. Cmmand. Iddixeredeos, colles, frctatflumina, flammas. That i What fo the earth, the fea, the beauen doth wonderful' beget, .4, Nils, teas, fiouds, and fames of fire, for Gods that they hrtne jet. Qefi. What theT'urkes? Anf. Their religion is a mare of all heretics, denying Chrift to be God, and vaincly worfhipping with mans deuifes. .9...11efl. what is true Roligion ? Anf. True Religion is the trueworfhipping of G O D, and the keeping of Ms Commandements. Luetl. whence is it to be learned? Anf. Ondy out of the written worde of God and not out of mans head or writings. Que(t. How it that prooued r Anf Both by Scripture andreafon fufficicnt. ,Quoit. What Scripture? Auf Efa.29. 13. verse, God threatneth to plague theni, becaufe their scare et religion towards him was taught by the precept of men. M,chahthe42. He fb tit teaeb vs,and wee willwalkein his paths.Daniel the The 9. I o. Daniel coiafeffcth,that becaufe the people obeyed not Gods voyce,therefore all their worship was finne. Auf. What reafon? Anf By many might it be prooued, but thefe may fuffice. First, whatfoeuerplea- feth Godmull be according to his will :but his will is ondy knowne inhis v.ord,and therefore if our Religion pleafe God,it mu(' bee according to his worde. Secondly, if what fouler be not of faith, is finne, and faith onely is out of the word, then what religion fo euer is not out of the word, is finne. Thirdly, thepraetife ofGods Church bath euer beone both to rcformereligion, and to confute heretics out of the word, and by the word: and therefore the fame mull euer bee the ground of our Religion. Quell. How is it to be learned out of the word? Anf. By hearing it preached, by reading it our felues,byprayer,byconference one with another,by temptations, and by this exercife of Catechifing. For the other, they are vfuall meanes indeede, but this manner of Catechìfing it is a newe deuife not knowne to our olde Fathers. No, it is no newedeuife, but an olde enflame and auncient, begunaffoone as euer God had a Church, and cond..- nuedeuer fince. Quell. How may that be prooued ? Anf. Full, in the fourth of Genefrsitappeareth, that men Adam the firilmanvfed it tohisfonnes,teaching them to worship God with Sacrifices, or else they could neuerhauedoneit. Againe, wee fee Abraham vfed it to his houfnold, and God commended him for it. For ifhe had not by this exercife well inftru$ted his fer- uants before, would they euer haue suffered him to cut away their foreskinnes? Tat many places alfo betide did God fluke command all parents to vie it to their chil- dren. In the 6. to the Hebrues mention is made of the parts of the Catechifine then vfed,the auncient Fathers haue carefully trauailed in this exercise, and all well orde- red Churches haue euer had their Catechifrues, which wee alto haue and read, there- fore no new deuife. uefl. What be the partes of the Catechifmc ? Anf. The parts of the Catechifmc arc thee two generally ,do&rine and difeìpline, and under doctrine there foure contained. The lave of God, a fumme whereof is in the tenne Commandements. Faith, a fumme whereof is in the 12. Articles. to wit, Prayer, a forme whereofis the Lords prayer. The Sacraments. Of there pastes in order afterward: Now to force qucftions in your book4 And fist}. Quell. Who
ll. Command. vpon the C ommandements. ,Quefl. What h the chiefei thing that emery one ought todernáftcarefslloffolougasthey lice ? Anfw. Eucry one ought tobe moil carefull of thefe two points :firfl and chiefely' how to be fatted in the day of Ìudgerrient, before Gods itidgcmcnt featc,& fo to corn to life cuerlafling. Secondly, how to hue according to Gods holy will during our life. In which two points wholy flandeth the glory of God,fo much as ofman ought to he fought for. weft. Flow may thefirffhepraised? Anfw. The great vanity of all earthly thingswhich men fo hunt after ;dóth lu cv, Thcfúk that our care fhould not be fo much of thefe matters as it is, but rather how to haue ceatondrawe. our foules faued when all thcle (hall haue their end. For confider curo the chiefeft de- ófche vanüio ofallthdnges. fires of men feucrally, and fee how in theattaining of themthere is no (laded comfort, and yet often doe men tayle after much cndcauour,and not aitaine to them. Qucll. What cbiefe defter ofinencanyou name vntome? Anfw. Mirth and ioy, a light and a chearefull heart is greatly willed and fought Mirth &ioy. for of all men, by Muficke, by Idlers, by fports, and Player ;, by much coil and many ineanes as they can, and are able : neither is this fimply to be condemned in all : yet heare what fenrence the Spirit of God bath giuen of it by the mouth of his feruant, who tried the faine, and let his experience be Mir knowledge: I faid to my heart, faith Ecclef.2 r. heg«e too 715W, Iwill prone thee with ioy, therefore take thou pleafurern pleafentthints,aud behold this alfo is vanit ie : I faidof laughter thou art mad, andof ioy, what is this that thou doe(!? And in another place, Better it is togoe into the houfe of ramming than o f feaf?i d, kecau fe this is the ena'ofall men, and the liuiicgg f'hal!lay it to bis heart. Anger is better then 7.4; laughter, for by a file? looks the heart is made better.Theheart of the wife Arm the houfebf snourning,but the heart of thefoules is in the houfe of mirth. Mi11epant luaus tnortalibus vna voluptas. For ewer) lay that man doth here poffebe, eiithoufand woes bis miede do da ilie pre f fe. Secondly,to rake vp riches al fo intl.-11s world, and to poffefic great wealth. lth, it is a thingcndcuored atmoflofall. Happie is he and wife accounted, who can fafief at- Riches. Caine vnto it, yet hcate and note the fpeach of lames amongfl numbers moe to the fan -w cod. Goeronew, faithhe, yerichmen, weepeandhowlsfory otermifriesthatfl,alllamestf.Z° come vpónyou, your richeiare có9rupt,and your garMents mot heaten, yourgold and( luer ¿o c.tncred,.s.d the rat; Of therJhall witnes aganf ;you,and!hall eateyour file fh as it were fire; To build and inhab'ite great and goodly boules, how many be witched with vanitie, Buildine . delight in it, and withntueh Care and con applic themfelues unto it? yet fee they, or May fee the (peach ofSalomón vpon experience, laying, Ihaue mademegroat ucr,(er, l Ecclef. 2. . Lame built m e houfes,I haue planted me vineyards,I haue made me gardens and orchards e'J' planted to them trees of allfruit, and fo fourth. Tea mien what foeuer mine eyes defired, I wit hbeld it not from them,neither withdrew I my heartfrom any icy, then Ilooh. din all my monger that my hands had wrought, and on the trauell that I had lab oared to doo,andbehold all Osvariátiv, and veirationofthe fpirit, and there is no profite 'coder the San. When it thin be laid to them as it was to the putpofing builder in the Gofpell. no's. foule Lnite FY. thisn, htflialltbgtedrawaythyScale, then May italfofollowe, and fitly bedeman- 20' ded, whofc ilall thcfe flatciy houfes be? Thus either may they knowe the vani- tie of their dealing, but yet will nor, or elfe doo they knów it, bit regard it not. Apparrell againe is àroother óf the raging defires of Many. Eden a world íc is Apparill to fee how all, as dead, dao tafle no lin iii it , but fpend and (pare not What pofsiblye may bee gotten to beflowe on it, yet what beginning had it Was it not then inueitted, when man had finned, grieuouflic offended God, and call hitnfelfe away both body and foule i! Seeing. then in our into ritte it was not vied,: but after finne, bellowed on man to hide his Chan* wlrhill, what may it euer beate into vs , but our rebellion againft" the Lord, our finne and coiled difobedience ? Höw fhould the fight of it and vfe of it humble i
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