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A sermon upon part of the prophecy of Obadiah touching the destruction, as of…A sermon vpon part of the prophesie of Obadiah touching the destruction, as of…
A sermon upon part of the prophecy of Obadiah touching the destruction, as of Idumæans, so of Papists; and means whereby it must be wrought: preached at Saint Mary's in Oxford by John Rainoldes, on the 28. of October last. 1584.A sermon vpon part of the prophesie of Obadiah touching the destruction, as of Idumæans, so of Papists; and meanes whereby it must be wrought: preached at Saint Maries in Oxford by Iohn Rainoldes, on the 28. of October last. 1584.
London? : Thomas Dawson, Printed. 1584
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But what should I mention Bishops and Divines (of whom there have nmany declared the same mind,) when as Master oLambard, a gentleman and Lawyer, speaking of a Kentish Benefice converted to an appropriation, doth censure it with these words: One (amongst many) of those monstrous births of covetousness, begotten by the man of Rome in the dark night of superstition, and yet suffered to live in this day light of ⟨p. 30⟩the gospel, to the great hinderance of learning, the impoverishment of the ministry, and the infamy of our profession. Hard may this seem to such as have the livings: & some peradventure will say of these speeches, pThe land cannot bear them. But it is harder to suffer the land to stand in those terms, in which God saith to Judah: qYe are cursed with a curse for that ye spoil me, even the whole nation. And if heathen men Philaeni, Codrus, Curtius, have given their lives to benefit their country with a temporal blessing, and that uncertain too: what should Christians do to draw that blessing on it, which he, who cannot lye, doth promise, rBring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven unto you, & pour you out a blessing without measure: & I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, that he shall not destroy the fruit of your ground, neither shall your vine be barren in the field, saith the Lord of hosts: & all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a pleasant land, saith the Lord of hosts. Wherefore let us (beloved) of the University, get ⟨p. 31⟩our country this blessing, as much as lieth in us, by providing that Pastors, where we have appropriations, may be maintained with their tithes, that there may be meat in the house of God. I mean not hereby that we should give away that by which our schools and scholars be maintained. For God hath ordained Ecclesiastical goods to find, not only Priests and Levites, but their offspring; even them, who are brought up to be Priests and Levites, and them who bring them up; the children of the Prophets, & the Prophets themselves. That, if there be enough in our appropriations for the Pastors maintenance, beside that which we have for the nursery of Pastors, as commonly there is: we may with good conscience receive our own revenue.