The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures, Part 47
The 15 Sonday after Trinity.
STill do the the fathers of our Church, in the choosing of fittest Scriptures for our Leitourgie,Reason for the choise of these Scriptures. Scope of them all together. bethinke themselues of those which do chiefly make mention of the fruits of the spirit, obedience, righteousnesse, despising the world, reioycing in the crosse of Christ, and depending vponupon Gods particular prouidence in particular necessities, without immoderate & carking care after the adiuncts of this world, wherefore they bring in the Prophet Ieremy.
Summe of the two first LessōsFirst, at Gods commandement, commending the Rechabites for their obedience, and condemning the Iewes for their disobedience.
Secondly, ratifying of the Iewes condemnation by a second booke or written roule, though the King had cut and burnt the first.
Summe of the Epistle & GospellIn the first out of the new Testament, the reoycing in the flesh and outward reioycing in things that profit not, is forbidden. And in the second, which is the Gospell, a seeking king,Example of the Rechabites continuall and constant obedience. first, after Christs kingdome and righteousnesse thereof is commanded.
Our first Lesson for morning prayer out of the old Testament. Ierem. 35.Mor. prayer. 1. Les. Ier. 35. conceines
First,Parts. a memoriable example of the Rechabites continuall and constant obedience1 A memoriall of the Rechabites continuall and constant obedience. vntounto their fathers commandement, notwithstanding the Prophets remandement to the contrary ver. 1. to the 11.
Secondly, the vse that Almighty God maketh of this example2 The vse of this memorable example. vntounto the houses of Israel and Iudah, with his reprooching and condemning them for their disobedience, and his commending and well intreating the Rechabites for their gratefull obedience, ver. 12. to the 19. the end of the chapter.
The second Scripture out of the old Testament, Ier. 36.Eue. Prayer. 1 Les. Ierem. 36. remembreth vntounto vsus these things.
First,Parts. that the curses which Ieremy had denounced against Iudah, and Israel,1 Gods mandate to Ieremy to record the curses in a booke. must be recorded and set downe in a booke by Ieremy & Baruch, that the King and people might thereby, as by the last warning, be drawne to repentance, ver. 1. to the end of the 15.
Secondly,2 The effect of this recording. what effect the writing and reading of this rowle tooke in the Kings counsellers, and the people, ver. 16. to the end of the 25.
Thirdly, what became of Ieremy the inditer, and Baruch the writer of this rowle.3 How Ieremy & Baruch were dealt withal for it. ver. 26.
Fourthly, how God gaue commandement for the writing of an other rowle though the King had cut and burnt the former, ver. 27. to the end of the 32.4 Gods mandate for the writting of an other rowle. which is the end of the chapter.
The third portion of Scripture appointed for the EpistleEpistle. Gal. 6.11. to the end of the 18.Gal. 6.11. ad 18. Scope of the text. the end of the chapter, conteines doctrines exhortatiue or rather cohortatiue vntounto an holy,True & faithful Apostles reioyce in afflictiōs not in popular fame or deceit. godly and spirituall walking. In shewing louelove and practising the fruits thereof towards the ministers of Gods word, in exercising liberality towards them and the household of faith,
Parts.The parts hereof are
1 The false Apostles suttle dealing is vnmasked,First, a discouery of the bad dealing of the false Apostles who ambitiously affecting popularity call the people to the ceremonies of the law. ver. 11.12.13.
Secondly, S. Pauls holy practise to the contrary in his reioycing in the crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ,2 Saint Paul deales in a contrary manner. and by his example perswading others to doe the like. ver. 14.15.16.17.
3 His fare-well to the Ephesians,Thirdly, his valediction and prayer concluding the Epistle. ver. 18,
GospellAs Paul the seruant of God is painefull in his perswasion to cheerefull liberality, so his Maister Christ is farre more carefull in disswading from too much carking and distrustfull carefulnesse, a kind of insatiable greedinesse and couetous longing after food & rayment. In this portion of Scripture therefore Math. 6.24. to the end of the 34. ver. Mat. 6.24. ad 34 The agreement of this Gospell with the Epistlewhich is the end of the chapter,Summe principall of this Scripture, because eueryevery one should know that couetousnesse & greedy …aking together the adiuncts of this life, and the immoderate care after necessaries for the bodies maintenance, proceedeth from a distrust in the Lord, and his particular prouidence, the greatest vnthankfulnesse of all. And for that our Lord and Sauiour hauing viewed the estate of eueryevery mans body, & knowing each mans minde & heart, he seeing also the wants of the one, supplyeth the same, and will satisfie the other with the fulnesse of his neuer-failing fauour,Parts of the text. In this text our Lord doth it, for
First, he disswades men from indeuouring to effect vaine and impossible things,1 A disswasion frō attempting impossibilities, to wit, in seruing God and riches, which are two contrary conmmanders, No man can serue two maisters. ver. 24.
2 A confirmation of this dehortation by many worthy and most pithy arguments, many worthy and most pithy arguments,Secondly, Christ Iesus the good sheepeheard, puls his wandring sheepe (caught in the bushes and cares of this world) out of these dangers:Immoderate care after worldly necessaries reprehended, that they may be the better fitted to seeke after the kingdome of heauen, with the happinesse of the future world: and this he doth in the rest of the verses:
The proposition is a prohibiting commandement peremptorily set downe as a resolute and determinate conclusion in three seuerall verses of this text.Parts of the disswasion consisting in 3 cōmandements,
The first in these words. Therefore I say to you: be not carefull. ver. 25.
The second is, Threfore take no thought.
The third is, Care not then, that is, care not for the morrow, ver. 34.
The branches of this inhibition being as the reasons and grounds therof, are seuen appeals which Christ here maketh.Reasons for these commandemēts are the seuen appeales following,
The first appeale that he maketh is to life.1 Appeale is to life, Is not the life more worth then meate, in the end of the 25. verse:
The second appeale is to the body,2 Appeale to the body, and the body then rayment, in the same verse.
The third is the foules3 To the fouls of the heauen, they neither sow, nor reape, and yet your heauenly Father feedes them. ver. 26.
The fourth is to their own consciences, they knowing the weakenes4 To their own consciences for their weaknesse of their owne power, Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite. ver. 27.
Fiftly, he appeales to the vegetals,5 To the vegetals, and sends the people (which carke & care without measure) to the lillies of the field, ve. 28. comparing the lillies brauery (who take no care at all) with Salomons glory. ver. 29. applying this example of comparison, & necessarily concluding thereupon, Wherefore if God so cloath the grasse of the field. ver. 30.31.
His sixt appeale is to the Gentiles.6 To the Gentiles,
His seuenth to theit heauenly Father▪7 To the care of their heauenly Father. For your heauenly Father knoweth that you hauehave neede: both which appeales are in the two and thirtieth verse.
Now when men are by their Lord God and mercifull Sauiour pulled and reskued out of the consuming fire of the care of this world, he
3 Part of this Gospell is a perswasion to seeke after heauenly things.First, aduiseth them what to seeke after,Christs kingdome and the righteousnesse thereof must bee sought after. and what to fasten their eyes vponupon, to wit, the kingdome of God, and the righteousnesse of this kingdome.
Secondly, he promiseth vntounto such as seeke and finde this kingdom, that adiuncts shal be bestowed vpō such subiects, to wit, that meate, drinke and clothing shall be cast vponupon them. Gods people are the subiects, and they be the greater: these things are but adiuncts, and they are the lesser, ver. 33. of the text, and last but one of the chapter.