JACOB. 331 bishop's sermons were no sooner published to the world, than Mr. Jacob drew up a reply, entitled, " A Treatise of the Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the work of our Redemption, written against certain Errors in these points, publicly preached in London," 1598. The two principal points defended by Mr. Jacob, in this treatise, were, " That Christ suffered for us the wrath of God, which we may well term the pains of hell, or hellish ,sorrows. And that the soul of Christ, after his death on the cross, did not actually descend into hell." In the year 1600, he came forwards in vindication ofwhat he had written on these points, by pub, liaising his " Defence of a Treatise touching the Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the work of our Redemption.". The writings of Mr. Jacob and other puritans upon this subject, roused the attention and indignation of Queen Elizabeth, who commanded the bishop " neither to desert the doctrine, nor let the calling which he bore in the church of God be trampled under foot by such unquiet refusers of truth and authority."+ This, instead of putting them to silence, only awakened them the more, and occasioned Mr. Jacob to publish his " Survey of Christ's Sufferings for Man's Redemption : and of his descent to Hades, or Hel, for our deliverance," 1604. Prior to the publication of this last piece, it appears that Mr. Jacob removed to Amsterdam, where he was engaged in some disputes with the more rigid Brownists. The principal question then agitated, was, " Whether the church of England be a true church." This most of the Brownists denied; but it was affirmed and defended by Mr. Jacob, who was less rigid in his opinions. The particulars of this controversy may be collected from a book entitled " A Defence of the Church and Ministry of England, written in two Treatises against the Reasons and Objections of Mr. Francis Johnson," 1599; a circumstantial account of which is given in another place.t Mr. Jacob was commonly denominated a semi-separatist. As he didnot utterly refuse communion with the church of England ; so he rejected all her corruptions. And once, for refusing to kneel at the sacrament, the minister prose- cuted him in the ecclesiastical court; and having taken great pains to carry on the prosecution, but with little success, he asked thebishop what he should do, who told him to go home, Wood's Athena, vol. i. p. 394,395. Britan. vo1. ii. p. 311. Edit. 1778. t Son Art. Francis Johnsen.
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