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P R E FAC E
CEHTAIN SBUMONS
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HOMILIES.
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CERTAIN SERMONS
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HOMILIES
APPOINTED TO BE ltJ,AD IN CHUltCHES
llo 1"UI 1'1/01. 01'
QUEEN ELIZABETH
l.ONDON.
SOCIETY l'OR PROlIOTING ('IIBISTLIN KNOWl.EDGE,
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ADVERTISEMENT
'I'Ill; 'l'cxt llnd Mllrgiullt HcfcrCllccs of this
]~ditiOlI
t]IC
Rc\'. John
FclJruar!/,186.;.
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THE PItEFACE,
.\!S IT WAS PlJBLISIIED IN THE YEAR lJG:l.
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YIll
PH~FACE.
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PREl!'ACl.:.
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l'lU~fACE.
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CONTENTS.
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or the
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Places of Holy Scripture
Of Ahnsdccda
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or the Nati\ity................................ .PS
Of the l)assion, for Good-FridAY
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or the Resurrection, for EMtcr Day
460
Of the wortny Receiving of the Sacnllllcnt
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An Homily concerning the Coming Down of the lioly
Ghos~ for Whitaundny
485
An lIomily for Rogation Week
501
530\.
550
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S8j
FRUITFUL EXHORTATION
TO TIU
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or
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to the Readillg
of lloly Scripture.
will.
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Scripture.
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A SERMON
OF TilE MISERY OF AI.L
MANKIND, AND OF 11I8 CONDEMNATION TO
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Ilrowne<l all Om world with Noe's flood, except G.....11.
,,",0(' himself nnd his little bOIl5(,'ho1d.
- It is not without great cause that the S~riJlture
()f God doth 110 many times call all men here in
this world by this word, .EAr'''. 0 tAqu tar/It, Jer nU
tllrfla, ear/II, 63ith Jcrcmy, !lear lhe wO,ll of the
.Lnrd.
Illlme,
ne
in nbtliif, that
migAt hore nterc!I on alto l'lw GIoI, w.~ ..
Seriplllre ,Alllkt4 ftpall vndu ,itt.;tltat IAe pro",ue
lu fail! of JellU CArid dow/d te girt" u/o
~lt. ILl be/ieee. St. Paul in man)" places pninttth us out in our colours, c:111i1l~ 118 lite cAildrelt of~ L J.
tlte wrafn of God wlten we 6e bont; 8uying' also that
Ire callI/at think a good thol/ght of OUrldcel, mllch Car, Ill. I
1\'~8 wc call 8Ily wcll or do lVell 01' ollr>'Chcs. And
the \rise Man Mith in the book of Pro\'crbs, TAe """',ul_
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jilluJ n"~ fro Air bjd! ri/A lite llQI~ Gi04I, 1ItFpreptlrrr f!t tlte fl:i1~ fUT our Sa,-iour CArill!, :mJ
commenclt'<1 of our Sal-jour Christ to be .1)T'e
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7. 8.
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tiOD!, tastes, f('('lings, llnd scents of them to continue in him still. "'1H~rcrore he 6l1ith, ;JIar/: alllt ''LIt~.
~Aold, I fCQII CQIII:eired in lIi'II. lIe sllith not ,in,
but ill the pluml number ';"11; forasmuch as out
If one, as fountain, springcth all the rest.
And our 5:H"iour Christ saitb t!ln-e il .one good M&tt.1lI.",
hili God, Rnd that se calf. do .otji_g that is good
ri/Ullt Ai_, nor tIO .0& 01111 r:ome to tAe FalAu bill ::'-c..n , s;
O! Ai.. He oommandeth us all to !ay that," k ~ ntL ' ...
."profitable lena"t" ..Ae. " !lare d{>ffe all tAat .ce
ealf. Jo. lIe prcferrcth the penitent Publican before Lab ..... ,
tho proud, hol)', and glorious Pharisee. lIe ea1leth )la'll>.".
himself n. Phylician, Imt not to the/It that be whole,
(,Iltto lhtt& tAat be ,ick, and have 1lC<!(1 of his sah'e
for their 1lOl"C. He tcachetb us in OU~r:l)'('1'll to ~I.......
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re k'now l"'U~ Ollrse ,"cs &lnners, an to
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netl8 and deli\'erance from all evili: at our heavcnly
}'ather's hlU1d. He dcc.lnrcth that the sins of our 3bf,Ln.'q
own hearts do defile our own selvcs. He teachelh ....
that. on evil word or thought dl.'tKlr\'eth condem
notion, afiirming that ICe daU gite aill account/or lIalLd.LS6.
e~-ery idle word.
lIe snith he camt1 ftot to Itll:e bltt MatL n ..
th4 liteep Mat were ut1crly loIt ond cnst llwny.
Therdorc few of the Jlroud, just, learned, wise,
perfL'Ct, nnd holy Pharisees were saved by him;
because they justified tbemsel.es b)' thcir counter
feit holinesa before men. 'Wherefore, ~"OOd people,
let us beware of such hypocrisy, vainglory, and
justifying of ourselves. Let us look upon our feet;
alld then dowll peocoek's fcatherff, down proud
heart, down vile clay, frail and brittle vcssc!e.
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sinners.
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rf lilt: Samo/l.
voluntary
saved
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of Sa!l:ation.
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r~clJi\'ing
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of Sahation.
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of Salratio".
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of Salvation.
bls mere mercy, through the only merits :lnd deof his Son Jesus Christ, <loth justi(~' us.
~fcvcrtheless, because faith <loth directly scnd us
to ChriJ>t for remission of our sins, and that by
faith given us of God we embf3CC the promise of
God's mercy :md of the remission of our sins, which
thin.... 1I0ne other of our virtues or works properly
docth, therefore Scripture uscth to say, that. filith
without. works doth justify. Ami, fOfllslIluch that
it is all one sentencc iu efleet to S:lY, Fait.h without.
works, and, Only faith, doth justilY us, therefore
the old ancient fathers of the Church from time to
time have utLcred our justi{ieatioll with this spC<.'Ch,
Only faith justilicth us; meaning 1I0ne other thill:;than Se Paul meant when be said, l~ait.b without
works justifieth us. And, because all this is brought.
to pass through the only merits and dcservings of
our Saviour Christ, and not through our merits,
or through the merit of any virtue that wc have
within us, or of any work that comcth from us,
therefore, ill that respect of merit lInd deserving,
we forsake as it. were altogether ngnin faith, works,
and all other virtues. }'or our OWII impcrfcetion
is so great, through tho corruption of original sin,
that all is imllCrli..'Ct that is within us, faith, charity, hope, dread, lh.oughts, words, and works, anu
therefore 1I0t. Illlt to merit and deserve any Jlart of
our justification lor us. And this form of speaking
wc use in the humbling of ourselves to God, and
to givo all the glory to our Saviour Christ, which
is best worthy to have it.
. Here )'011 ha\'e heard tho office of God in our
Justification, and how wo rcccivt,l it of him freely,
by his mercy, without our deserts, through true
and lively tililh. Now you shall hear the oflioo
and duty of n. Christiull lDan unto God, what we
o~ght on our Plll't to I'Cnder uuto God ngttill for
Ins great mercy and goodness, Our office is not",., u.~
to t>~ the time of this present life un fruitfully ~:';"~:.hh
and. Idly after. that wc are ooJltizod or J'lI8tificd, not ..-d>
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carmg bow Jew good work.a wo do to the glory OflLbenJ'.'"
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of Solvation.
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can a man have this true faith, thi~ !lUre tnl~t an.d
confidence in God, that by the merits of Chnst Ius
sins be forrriven, and he reconciled to the favour of
God, and to be part:lk~r of' the kin~dom of hea.ven
bV Christ, when he hvcth ungodly and dellleth
Christ in his deeds? Surely no sueh ungodly man
can have this faith and t.rust in God. For, us t.lley
know Christ to be t.he only Saviour of the world,
60 t.hey know also t.hat wicked men shall not elljoy t.he kin~om of God. They know that God
!latet! unrig!deou,,,el8, that lie will de,troy nil tAOIe I'H.!,6t!rat 6peak untrll{y; that t!uue t!ral have done !J()O(1 Jotm .... >9,
fCorA'" which ennnot be done without n lively fhith
in Christ, lliall come fortlt. into the 1'e8urrectit.m qf
life, and thOle tliat have dOne evil dalt come U1lto the
rUllrreclion qfjudgment. And very well t.hey kllOw
also thilt to thellt thal be contelltioll8, a1ld to them t!uJtn 'm. u. 8, 9tDill not be oIJediellt 'unu> the trut!t., but will obe!! 1J11rf.'lhttfJU8neU, "'all co/ne indigllutiolt, wratk, and 01jlictifJn, ~,c.
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of Salcalw'/&.
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SHORT DECLARATION
0' TII
TflliE, LIYELY,
A..~D
CUnJSTI.\.."i FAITII.
wars.
cS
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AllTIlIyfalU'.
G.ol. G.
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of Faith.
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/)eliet:e both {!tat he i4, and that he 18 a 11lerei/i,t reteortfu q/ weU dQtr4. And nothing commcndeth
1-,"00<1 men unto God so much as this assured f.'lith
and trust in him.
Of this faith three tIlings are specially to be "'_lb:n,o;o
noted: first, that this faith doth not lie dead in ::.:rQ~talLl<.
the heart, but is lively and fruitful in bringing
forth good works i !lC(,'ond, that without it can 110
good works be donc, that shull be acceptable lmd
plca&lnt to God i third, what mIlliner of good
works they be that this faith doth bring forth.
'For the first. As the Ii ht canllot be hid, but 1'a1lh10 fllUllf
will shclV forth il8clf at ol~e lllaee or ot her i 80 a r<Mld wor.....
true lilith canllot be kept secret, but, when Q(:cn,,,ioll
is ofl'crcd, it will brCllk out and ahew itself' by 6"OOll
worh. And, as the living body of n. nUlII ever
(xcn.1r.cth such things liS belollgcth to a natural
3nd living' body for nourishmcnt llnd preservation
of the $Ime, liS it. !lath nccd, opportunity, and oc
~a,;ion; evcll so the soul thllt hath II.livcly faith ill
It will he doing nlwny some {,rood wOl'k, which
shall declare thAt it is li\'illg, lllld will not be UIIoceupied.
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of Faith.
a happy ami ble88ed man toldd hatA. faitlt and CO'Ijidence in Cod . for he i8 lil;e a tree 8et by the waler
8i,le that 8prem}eth hi8 roou a!JrQl1d wward lhe moi,_
ture' and j'eareth nf)t heat when it cOlI/ellt; Id, le,!(
via' be greell, and trill not eea,e {,fJ brill!! fortlt hi,
(rait. E\'cll so lilitllflll mCIl, putting away all fear
of ao\'el'Sily, will shew forth thc fruit of their
'wad wOl"kti, us occasion is oflcrcd to do them.
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THE
SECO~D
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of Pitith.
good men that heretofore hrlVe t>ccu, fnith hnth
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of Faith..
'Jk oecau8t ICe keep h.iJ commalulmelftJ, and do thole
tM~gl that p(eale ~im. And yet f~rlher.he. saith,
]:;eery man that belut'eta tnat JeBuB f8 CAnBt U /;orll ,J"':m".I,,1I,
of God: and, We know tnat fCMwever iJ horn qf God
dotA not li",; hut tAe generation oj' God p"rgetA. him,
aId the devil dotA. not l<Juch him. And finally h('
collcludeth, and shewing the cause why he wrote
tbis Epistle saith, For thiB caU8e have I thuB 'll)ritld1~ IblJ.'"
"nl<J you, that you may know that yOI' Iwve erJerUlBl
ing life which do helieve in the &n of God. And iu
his third Epistle he confirmeth the whole matter
of faith llnd works in few words, s,'lying, ][e that JJ(Ilu:IlI.
doelk tOelt i, oj' God, and he t/wt doetA. evil Icnoweth
ftot God. And ns St. John saith that the lively
knowledge and fait.h of God bringctll fort.h good
worka, so saith he likewiae of hope and charity
that. they cunnot stand with evilli"ing. Of hOJle
he writcth thus: We know tlwt 1I)hel' GOlI dalt IJobnW >,,So
appear, f(le thalt he tiJ.e unl<J him,),or we ,halt lee
Ailn ere//. a, he i,. And 1I)1108Oet;er hath thil MpC il$
him dofh, purif!l himBelJ~ liJ..e a, God il pure. And of
charity he aaith these words: He tlult dotk keep I JobnU.!.
God', word or eommandmcnt, in him iB truly the
perfect love of God. And again he tlaith, Thi, i8 the, Joh" J,
kJre qf God, that we ,hould I,:eefl hi, commandmen18.
And St, John wrote not this lIS a subtile saying
devised of his own llhantasy, but IlS n. most certain
nnd nt'cessary truth, taught unto him by Christ
himsclf, the eternal and infallible Verit.y; who in
many places doth most c1earl.y affirm that faith,
hopc, and charity cannot consIst (or stnnd) with
out good and godly works. Of faith he saith, lie Joh" 1l1..!6,
t!tat heliet'etn i", the Son hath. evsrla81ing lile; hut
he that he/iet,etk not 11& the &n dalt not Bee that life,
tut the wrath of Gorl remaillelh 1lflon him. And the
same he oonfirmeth with a doublo oath, 8.'lJ'illg',
Por80oth and forJootA. I lay unl<J you, Ho t!lat he. Jo"n~'ll'
liet,etA. in. 1//e nath et'erltl8ting life. Now, fornsmuch
as he that ooliet'elk i/& Chri,t !IaiA- 8t'erlaliiJj(t We, it
must need" oonsc<lucntly follow that he that hath
this faith must have also good works, and 00
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of Faith.
I:;
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4-L
nu
,John W. '0,
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of Faith.
irs godtil/e8$ brotherly chari(l;' ill brotherly chanty
lore. So shall we shew indeed that we have the
\'err livcly Christian faith; and may so both eer
tif" our conscience the bettcr that we be in the
ri";'ht la,ith, and also by these means confirm other
m~n. H these fruits do not follow, we do but
mock with God, deccivc ourselves, and also otllcr
men, "Tell m:!y wc bear thc name of Christian
men, but we do laek the true f."lilh that cloth belong' thereunto. For true faith doth ever bring
forth good works; ns St. Jnmes snilh, Shew me thy Jamn U ,.
joith by lhy deed6. 'I'hy deeds :md works must Le
an opcn testimonial of thy faith; otherwise thy
f:lith, being without good works, is but the de\,ils'
faith, the luilh of the wicked, a phnnlasy of faith,
Ilnd not a truc Christian Illith. And, like lIS the
dC\'i18 and evil people be nothing t110 better for
tllcir counterfeit faith, but it i8 unto them the
marc Cl.lUse of dnmnution, so they that be christellc<I, IInd IHlve fl.'<:eivcd kllowled!,"C of God nnd
of Chri.o;t's merits, and rct or a set purposc do live
idly, without good works, thinking the nnmc 01'
11 naked filith to be either sufficient for them, or
e!;;e setting their minds upon vain pleasures of
this world do livc in sin WIthout repentance, not
uttering the fruits tlwl, do belong to such nn high
profession; upon such IJresumpluous persons alld
wilful sinners lllust needs remain the great \,en
g'ellncc of God, :md ewrnal pllnis11menL in hell.
prepared for the devil :llld wid,ed livers.
Therefore, as rOil protes:> tile nflme of Christ.
~"od Christ.ian !leople, Ict 110 ..ueh plllllllasy and
ltllllginntion of l1lit.h at nllY time leguile YOll: but
be sure of your 11lith; try it by rour living; look
upon the fruits that cOlllclh of it; mark t.he illcrease of lo\'e and charily by it toward God und
your neighbour; :md so shallyou pel'ceive it lo be
a true lively faith. }f you f"'ill And pCfC(livc such
a laith ill you, rejoice in it. alld be dilib"'cnt to
~ailltain it find keep it still in )'ou: let it be dnily
Increasing and more and morc b)' wcll working:
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I PJlWI.9"
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A SERMON
GOOD WORKS A...'\1\EXED UllTO FA-ITIL
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liut the blindness and mlllicc of man, evcn from
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to,uIlbofob-
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of C()()(l Trorh.
standeth, and to make his Inws for them to be I(!ft
00: God hath appointed his l.aws, where~y his
lellSurc is to be honoured. HIs !lleasure IS also
flHlt nil man's laws, being not oontrary to his laws,
shall be obe)'oo nnd kept, as good and nceessary
Jor C\'cry oommonw(!n.l, but not as thiuWl wherein
),rinciplllly his honour resteth. And llll civil and
man's lllws either be or should be made, to bring
in men the better to keep Go{Fs laws; that OOIl
sequ(!ntly (or followingly) God should be the better
honoured by them. Howbeit, the Seribef! and
Pharisees were not content that their laws should
be 110 11igher cstC<'med than other positive llnd eivil
laws, nor would not have t.hem called by tho name
of other tempornllllws; but called them holy :md lIolyl....l.
godly traditiolls, and would have them esteemed, =:.:r"u
ilOt only for a right and true wor~hiping of God (loci.......
(as God's laws be indeed), but also to be the most
lligh honouring of' God, to the which the COmmandments of God should give place. And for
this cause did Christ so vehemently sl>cak agaillst
them, saying, Your traditionl, wnicA men eluelll 10 l,lIkA .... 's.
ni!Jn, be abomination before Gott.
For com1\lollly of liuch traditions f'ollowcth the lIo1i_",
" (or '"urca k"'lOg ) 0 t" God' B comm:1l1 d ~ ","",'.fIt
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ments, and a more devotion in the kC<'pill~ 01' sueh =.'::'~'"
things, and a greater conscicnce ill breaking of r~ntltd_
thcm, than of the commandmcnts of God. As the
Scribes and Pharisccs so superstitiously and scrupulously kept. the Sabbath, that they were oOcllded aIM IL
with Christ llccllU.BC hc hcaled "iek mcn, alld with '-"his Apostles bcclluse they, being Bore hung-rr,
gntherl,.'<! the cars of corn to cut, Ilpoll thut da),.
And, [)ccausc his disciples washed not their hand.. 11-l'\,u.,-6.
f>O or~cll aa the traditiOlls required, the Scribes nlld
Phafl.sc~ quarrelk'<i with Ghri"t, "flying', Why do
thy dW:/fllel bred the traditio", of Ihe leltio,,? nut
Christ.
that the)', for to kccp
" laid to their char'!'C
0
,
II lelr own trnditions, did tcnch mell to break the
very oornm:l1IdmcnL; of Ood. j"or thcy tau~ht. thl'
Ik.'ople ~uch :l dC\'otioll, lhat thl'y otli.'r..:d thcil'
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from the bcginning until Christ.'s time, was evcr
'ady to fun from the commandments of God, ami
~. s<.~k other mcallS to houour and llcrve him aller
il. devotion found out of their own heads, and how
thev did set Ill' dlcir OWll tr:.ditium as high or
:ll~\'e God's commandments. Which hath Imp1~IWd nlso in our times (tho more it is to. be la._
meotc<!) no less than it did among the Jews; Illld
that. by the corruption, or at the lens1. by the negJig-cncc, of them thnl, chi'f1y ought to have preferred God's commnndments, and to hn\"e preserved
till' IlUre and helwenly doctrine left by Christ.
What. mall, having allY judgment or le;lrnin~
joined with a true zealullto God, doth not !jec and
hmcut to have entered into Chrisl!s religion such
!alsc doctrine, superstition, idolatry, hypocrisy, :Ind
otlu:r enormiLiCll :\I\d abuses j so liS lJy lit.tlo :l1ld
littlc, throu~h the sour lennw thercoi~ the sweet
IJrc:ld of God's ho~ word hath been much hindered
and laid apart? Nevcr had the Jews in their most.
blindness so many pilgrimages unto imag<'S, 110r
uscU 80 much kneeling, kissing, and censing of
them as hath IJecn used in our time. Sects amllle.nd
'"
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IClgn cd re ]"IglOllS wero Ilel~
or~r Imr t 80 .",,n.
mallY alllOllg tho Jcws, Ilor more superstitiously :;;~t.o
aud ungodly abuscd than of late dnys they havc
bt.'Cn amollg us, 'Vhich sects and religiolls had so
many hypocritical and feigncd works ill tllcir state
or religion (a.s they nrrog:mtly namc<! it), t.hat
their hUll ps, liS they snid, ran always over, able to
snti""ly, 1I0t only for thcir OWII SillS, but al!lO for all
other their bencfactors, brothers and sisters of their
rdig-ion, lIS mOll!; ungodly and craftily they hlld I>t.!r
suad<.'(1 the multitude of ignorant pe<lplo; keeping
ill divers plnccs as it were murts or markets ot'
mcrili:i, bcillg full of their holy rcliqucs, imllg'C~,
shrines, and works of ov~rflowing' abulldlllH:crcady
to I~ sold, And all thinh"S which they had were
enlh..'tl holy, holy cowls, holy girdlC'S, holy pardoned
be'lds, holy shoes, holy ruh.'s, and i111 filII of holinc;;s, And what thing Call be more JOoli:,h, more
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of Good II-or!..,.
man 311 yOIl muy, yen, even rour enemics Olnt hntd
rOll, thnt tljleak e\'il of you, und thut do hllrt you.
1'akc uo man'il goodil nor covet J'our neighbour's
J.."'OOdil wrongfully, but content )"ourseh'cs with
that whieh ye ~t tnll)', and also bestow Jour own
~.dM charitably, as need and c:l..."C requircth. .1ee
all idolatry, witchcraft, aud perjury. Commit no
mallner of adultery. fornicnlion, nor other tin
clw.slcllcss. in will lIor ill deed, with any oilIer
man's wifc, widow, maid. or otherwise. And
travailing' continually during Jour life tlmB in thu
kl'tpillg the commandments of God, wherein sUlndcth the puI'C, prillcil'al. and right honour of God,
llml which, wrought ill f:lith, God hath ordained
to 00 the ri~ht trade lmd pathway unto hC:1\cn.
)011 shall not f.'lil, as Christ hath !It''Omised, 10
come to that blessed and cvcrlnstil1~ Jili:l wheru
you slmlllivc in glory nnd joy with God for cvcr.
'1'0 whom be pr.use, honour, aud impery for CH!l
and c\'er. Amen.
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A SERMON
CIlR1STIAN LOVl:: .00"'D CITAR1TY.
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Sermon
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rmmr. n( Churil.r.
::IRer them: ::I~ on(' tlli,f m:\\" both rob mm\\" m('n,
::Ind also makt' mall\' thi,.\;'!;; :l1ld onc ~~Iiliolls
pc~n may allure m~Il.\', nnd noy a whole town or
country, And ~lIch ('\"il PCl"'ons, that be Ii())~f'rot
offo.'IHlt'rs of God and till' conunonwcal, chant)" requircth to heeut olf from the body of the cummonwl':!.l, Ie.;t the)' oomlpt other good and hone>;t per.
~n8; lik" as a ~18u"''':-l'f)n cuttcth away a rotten
aod li:~tcf'lod mt'mber for I,)\'c hc hllth to the whole
body, 1.'>01 it jof''!'l other members adjoinillg to it.
'rhus it is dl~..lal'('d unlo \'OU what tnle charih'
or Christinn lo\'e i.., !'O plaiill y that no man llcc<l
10 be d~ived. "'Ilieh lo"c whOs()('"cr keepeth,
not onl" toward God, whom hc is bound to lo\'e
above ail thil1St8, but nl;;1O toward his neighbour, as
well friend as fbc, it El1l1l11 surely keep him from nil
offence of God nud ju,.;t om'nce of man, 'l'herefore
hcar weB away 1hill onc short lessoll, that by truo
Christian charity God oUg'ht to be loved nbo\'e all
things, and all llIell ou~ht to be loved, good and
evil, friend and loo; and to :Ill slIch wc alight, iIS
wc m:l)', to do f,"O()(I; those that be good, of lovc
to CnOOllrl1/.."C llnd eheri~h, !x>e:lllSC thcy hc WXXI j
and those that be c\'il, of 10\"t~ to procure alld seek
their correction and due puni,.lunent, that they may
thereby cither be broll~ht to goodn~1 or at the
least that God and the commonwealth ma>' be the
J.oss burl nnd ollcndl..'I.1, And, if we thus dU'l'Ct our
life b)' Chri,.tian lo\'c and charitYI t11l'1l Christ doth
promi."C and ~~Ilre us that he lo\'etb u..~, that we
he the childnm of our !Jcavelll)' Fathcr, reconciled
to his fa\'ourl \"Cl")' ml'mhers of Chritl :md that l
after this bhort timc of thi~ pf(',;{'nt and mortal lifel
we 6hall have with him e\"crln,,;ling life in his cvcrl:lstill~ kingdom of h('a\cn. 'l'herefore to him with
tbe .Father and the Unly Gbo.lit be all llOllour and
glory nolV lUld evcr. Amen.
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A SERMON
AGATh'ST SWE,\RI:"'G
A.'m
PEIUURY.
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of Sweorillg.
as onC snith )'ea, :md thc other nay, so as no dll"
roof Clln be Imd of the truth, the end of..cverr
rueh controversy must be nn oath ministcred by :l.
judge.
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And moreovcr God by thc Prophct Jercm~' smth, Jer.lT."
Thou dolt ,wear, 1he Lent lilleth, in truth, mjIl4!Jment in rightcoll8l1U8. So that, whosoevcr sweareth
whe~ he is re<plircd of II judge, let him be sure III
his conscience that llis oath ha\'c these three con t1m
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... 10 1)C nfraJ(
1 01 fuloathb ",.
dihollS,
lln(I 1le s1HI 11 ncvcr 11.:\:
perjury. l~irst, hc thnt sweareth must swear truly; ~~~.l tol
that is, hc must, sctting apart ItB favour nnd nffi.:c. Tlltllrol,
tion to the parties, havc thc truth only before his
eyes, and for love thereof sn)' rmd speak that which
he knoweth to be truth, and 110 fnrlllCr. 'l'hen.. .-nd,
second is, hc that takcth !Ill onth must do it with.
judgment; not rashly and lmach'iscdly, but soberly,
eom.idcring what an o:lth is. 'l'hc tbird is, he thaL n,oUInl
sweareth mllst swear in rigltleou8ne88; that is, for
thc very zeal and lovc which he bcareth to thc de
fonC<! of inlloceney, to thc maintenanccof thc truth,
and to the rig-htcoltsness of the matter or causc, all
profit, disprofit, all lovc nnd fi.IVour unto t.hc PCrsOIl
for friendship or kinrcd, laid apart. 'l'hus an oatll,
ifit have with it tllese threc conditions, is n. part
of God's glory which wc arc bound by his com
rnandmCllt to givc unto him: for hc willeth that
we shall swcar only by his Namc. Not that he Whp,ebo
hath pleasure in Dill onths: hut,likc as he eom. ~~~~~t~
rnanded th~ Jews to oiler sa~rifjces unto him, 1l0L ~=:::g';t
for an)' dchght that he had III them, but to kC()p
the Jews from committin~ of idolatry, so he, commanding us to swcnr by his holy Name, doth noL
teach Uti thllt hc delighteth in swcaring, but he
thC!rchy forbiddelh all men to givc his glory to anr 1..1. .1I1.~,
C!rcature in heavcn, C!nrth, or water.
l't,d o.
HitllC!rto you sce that oaths lawful arc corn
mnnded or God, use<! of Patriarchs [lnd Prophets,
~r Christ Ilimsclf, and of his Apostle PllUI. 'l'hcre
lore Christian people must think lawful oaths both
godly and necessary. I'or by lawful promises and {'"",moo" ...
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Gospel, do bclakc 111(!msch-cs to the dcvil's scn-kT,
the ma.~ter of nil lies, fillschood, dcecit, and pcrjun', provoking' the great indig"nnlioll and curse
of God ag-ainst them in this life, and the terrihle
wrath find judg-mcnt of our Saviour Christ at the
IlOW
kept sc<:ret,~~~"';j"
doth hate Jlerjurr, and what punIslllllcnt God hath prellfLrc for Jillsc swcater" lllld
peljurcd persons.
. :lhus )ou havc heard how and ill what causes
It IS l:l\ditl l'or n Chrislian mall to Ilweur; ye' hf\\c
heard what propertil'S and conditions a lawful oath
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A SERMON,
BOW DAKGEROUS A Tlmm IT 18 TO PAl.L
lmOn GOD.
Op our gQin~ from God, tlle Wise Man Elllith That"'" 1Iu.. ",
pride was the first beginning: for by it mail's ').
h,vt was turned from God his ).[aker. For pr;J~,
saith hc, i.r lkfo..tai. o.f aU ti.: .te flat Iwlll. if
diJll6efllll of c,u8i"9', a"d at IA~ ad it ,jail oru
IArotD Ai,.. And, as by pride and sin we go from
God, so shall Ood, and all goodnc.. with him, go
from us. And the Prophet 0liCe doth plainly
affirm that they which go away still from God hy
vicious living, and yet would go about to pacify
him otherwise by sacrificc, Il.Ild entertain him
thereby, they labour in vain: fOf, notwithstnuJ.
ing nit thei., Sllcrilicc, yet he gocth still (~way from
them. li'orsomuch, snith the llrophct, us tAe.r d4 11.... 1. ~
"ot apply their mind, to return to God, althoug4 lite!!
90 about 1Oit4 teltolejlock, Qlut hmi, {o 8et!.: the .Lord,
,et tlte, dall .ot find Aj,. i for"" if g01fe alCay from
tile.
But ns touching our turning to God, or i'rom
God, rou shall understand that it may be done
divel"il wars. Sometimes directly b.y idolatry', ail
l~rael and Juda then did. Sometimes men go lI-.h . "
from God by lack of faith and mistrwting of God,
whereof R.:ay I!peakelh ill tbi~ wi~e: Woe to tlteM 1.1 ..,1
~Aat !l0 dOte/l, i"to E$!pt to Ne!.: for lulp, tr/l, ljN9" J.
1/1, norUI, ufi nad1f!l conjide1ft:e jlf tne numb" 0)'
chanou a"d PU;I8U1fce (or power) qf norlemen,' tlley
hare 110 colljide1ft:e in tile /toly GOtI of J,raei, nor ,u!.
jor the Lord. liut what followcth? 1'1te ord ,halt
10: I)
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mUl.ublf1 idu'"lf'y.
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God,
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'rhe OllC sort, only weighing their sinful :md detestable li\,jng with the right. judgment and strnigbt.
llCl'S of God's righlcollSIIC.~S, be 60 without counscl,
:mc! be so comlorllcss, (as all they must needs be
from whom (he Spirit of COUIl4f!t and oomJort is
gone,) that tllf'f will not be persuaded in their
hearts hut that either God cnnnot, or else that he
will not, tuke them agnin to his frn'our and mercy.
'fhe other, hearing the loving' and large promises
of God's mercy. unci so not oollC(livillg a right fhilh
thcreol~ m:lkc those promises larger than ever God
did; trm:ting that, nltllOugh they continue in their
E..k. nil!.
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EXIIORTATION
AGAI~ST
of'
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l':lUl saith our lile i, hid witk ChriJt in God, but, Col. ill
fhen our Life thall appear, then ,nail we alto oppear
J.
4.
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a,
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H AIL & FIRE
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gwry 1CQuUl give flIIto thel/l, tile Ipirit q/ lCi,(kJln an(t '1, ,~ .
.,etelatjQn, that tlte eyel of tAeir heart4 migAt have
ligltt to know him, and to pereei\'c how great things
he had ca1led them unto, and how rich inheritance
\\Iod.\Il
'3.
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Wlid.lv. ;.
Jobn .IT. J,
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God and ill our Sayiour Christ, wax not fhint, nor
that. the love which we In:M in haml to benr to
Jlim wax 110t cold; but let us f':tudy daily ant!
dili!l'i'ntly to slu:w ourselves to be th(' true honour_
eN; ~lIld 10Yers of Ood by keeping of his command
ments, b)' doing of good deeds unto our needy
lIeig-hbours, relieving by nil means that we ctIll
their poverty with our abulldrmcc and plenty,
tlleir Ignornncc with our wisdom :lIId learning,
ond comfort their weakness wit.h our streng-th :lIId
authorit.y, <:lIlIing all men back from evildoing by
~Iy counsel and good example, pcrseveriuf:' st.iIl
III well doing so long as wo live.
So shall wc 1I0t
need to fetu' deat.h for any of those threc causes
aforementioned, nor }'et lor any ot.her e:lIISC that
can be imagined. But contrary, considering the
manifold sieknCS8Cf.l, troubles, aud 9Orrows of this
present life, the dllngers of this perilous Ililgrimage, and the great encombrancc which our spirit
hath by this sinful flesh and frail body, suhject to
death; considering ulso the manifold sorrows and
dangerous dceeitil of this world 011 eyery side, tho
intolerable pride, co"etousllcss, nnd lechery ill time
of prospcrilj" the impatient murmuring ot' them
that be wor <1ly ill time of adversity, which cease
not to withdraw and pluck us from God, our Saviour Christ, from our life, wealth, or everlasting
joy, und f':fllvlltionj considering also the hUlUmer
ablo llS"UUllS of our gh06tly ellemy the devil, with
nil hi;; fiery duris ofumhitioll, pride, lechery, vain
glory, envy, mlllicc, detraction (or bnckbitinf::),
wilh otllel' his inllumerable deceits, engines, llnd
sllflros, whercb)' he gOCtll busily ubout to catch
ull men under his dominion, ever, lile a roariN!I' l'eluv
liolt
nil mctlns ,earcltil/!I rc/l()1n he 1//ay derour:
the f:lllhf\.1 Chri~tilln mfln which cOllsiderclh all
those miseries, Jlerils, and incommoditics, whereunto he is su1tiect 90 long ns he here liveth uJlon
earth, a.nd on jhe other part eom:idl'reth Ihnt
blessed and comfortnble stMe or the heavenly life
to l,:OIlU', nno the h\Hct (:QlIditioll of them that
br
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EXHORTATION
CONCERNIKG GOOD ORDER .L'\'1> OnEDIE.~CE
1'0 RUL'ERS A..~D MAGLSTRATES.
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of Okdience.
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of Obedience.
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of Obedience.
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tJat do tctlt .. /I)r 10 U lAt tcill 0/ God. I Det'(1 Ilot
to expound these words, the)' be 110 plain of them
&ehet!. 51. Peter doth not !m}', 5Mb",it PJ"r8du8
~.to me ll.S f';upreme he3d of tilt: Church; neither
he !mith, 8.&lIIil .If'JHrltlrt8 from time to time to
nl\' ~uC(,CSSOrli in Home: but he !mith, Sub",it yOl/r.
8t:ire8 -unll) l0ll.r ki"g, your tuprt"t Ata(I, and unto
tho~ that. he npvoilltcth in autllOrity under him;
jilT, that ye shall 60 shelV yOU1' obedience, it i~ lite
~ilt f!!' God; God will tll:1t }'Oll he in sul~icction
to \'our hc3d nnd king, 'l'his is God's ordinanoo,
God's oommandment, and God's holl' will, that
the whole body of c\'err realm, :md all the memo
bers and parts of the same, shall be >;ubjet,t to
their bC:ld, their king; and that, as St. ])ctcr
writeth, fur 'Ae hord'8 MJI.e, and, as St. Paul, I"d . '),
tlriteth,/or MJUCitll 80ft, :md not for ft.'3r only. 11_. ~w_ J
'llmB we le:lrn by the word of God to yield tu )1 ... , adl.
u, 11_. ..~
our k'm:;:
t Ilat 'IS due to our k'
'1IIg', t ba t 'l~, hOllour".
ObediCII(,'C, p..' lrmcnls of due taxes, cnstoms, trio
butes, subsidit.'il, love, :lIId fear.
Thus we know partly our ooundCII dulies to
oommon authorit.y: now let us learn to flccompli:;h
the same, And let us most instantly 11IId heartily
pmy to God, the only author 01' all lluthority, lor
all them that be in authority; accOl'(ling' lIS St.
Paul wiUelh, writing- thus to'rimothy in his fir<it
EJli~Ue. I ullOrt therefore that, a&Ot'e all lltillgt, '11aL I, ,.,
pT<J'y~r8, 8M/lplicaliolU, ,,,terctuio1t8, aNd giri"9 1/
tllallh lJe ("'Ht /QT all ",ell, /or l.illg8, all" .for all
llwt t.e jll alttllority, lltal re lIIay lire a '{"it! 01,,1 a
ptJaffllUe lile tcilla 1J1l gudlilte~8 0,,,1 lto1fe~(,: /or IIMI
;., good alld QcctjJled (or allowable) ill 'lie 8igld IJ/
GIJIi Ollr &ciollr, Uere St. P:tUl makcth an ear
nl~1. and all esjlet:ial exhortation conct'nling W\illj.l'
of thank:; nmt pra)"er for kinWJ and rlllcnl, ~ayill,L;',
tli),Jre all lAi"98, as he might !mY, 1n any \\'i~e
principally find ehiefly,ltt pro'y~r Ut //lade/llr joi"98.
Let us hClIrlily thank God for his grca~ and el[
cdlcnt benefit and pro\'idence oon<.'Crning the lilale
of killgil, Let 1UI pray I'or them tlml the)' nUl)' lut\'o
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Let us prny
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A SERMON
AG.\.IKST WlIOUEDO:\f
A~D UNCJ,EANX~.
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IlOUI. nlli,
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fir
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]n the G08JX!I of t. :\Iatthew we read, that th(' )'~t.u.
Scribes and PharillCe8 were grie\"Ousl)' offended with ,-.0.
Christ bc.C:3tI.."C! his discipies did 1Iot keep the trndi_
lions of the forelathers, for the,- wlU'lu~d not t1wir
hands when tll('.\ went to di1l1;er or supper j and
among other thill~"!I Christ answered and ~'lid,
Hear and ttnder,tmul, Not t!lat thi"." tehicA. e"luttk into lite mOlllA df'jiltlA tile man, but that fChidt
<'01lfetk out ql the mOllU dtjiltlh tile man, For thou
fllin!l' ",hick proceert out
fhe 1/I0lltk come jQrtll
/r01ll the htt/d, (fml they drjUe tlte man.
For Ollt
t!l tlte heart jlroct(tl erit t/WN!I/dll, murder8, brt<lkil/!I
11' teed/oel', tcltoredum, tltift",jid,e teitfle"" bla8f1hem;e", 1'IIt,e are lite tlli,,!, vllic.t dljile a ",a1(, Here
may we see that not only murder, theft., lillsc witness, and blasphemy defile men, but also evil
thoughts, breaking of wedlock, fornication, and
whoredom, Who is now of so little wit, thnt he
will esteem whoredom and fornication to be thillg'i'
of small impor1anee and of 110 wei::ht hefore God '!
Christ, whil'h is lA" Tnlflt. and NI/Urot lie, !l3.ith tllllt J h s'~
evil thoug'ht!'l, hrcnking of wc<l1o{.k, whOrt'<1om, and 1.1,1. s.
lilrni(:atiOIl ddile:l man, th:lt iij to Q,'ly, eorrupt both
the hod)' and sonl of mllll, and nwkc them, of the
temples of the lIoly Ghost, tile filthy ulIT1ghill ('f
dUllj.,"C<ln of nil lI11eleall spirits; of tile house of
God, the dwellingplllcc of Satan.
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OOdy. 1)0 ye fWt /;1l0JlJ 'hat yOftr .mkT" an
,A;> le_pIe of 'Ae llfJl GltlJlt -"icA it i. you, -Am.
al.., ye lore of G(j(j, olld ,e are Ifol p.r Q"'.? fur
e tire tkorly ~"1.. Glorif God ill .fOllr !JoJy, "c.
And a little :1fore he ~itb, jfi, $e 11111 /;/WIC 'Aal YJllr r. 'fI.
!',die, are 'Ae
0J' CAri,/? SA.J/t ll"~ lai:e ".'J.
,Ac *c.bcr. of CAri,1 a1lll.ale lie. lite fIU.kr. of
fCAcre? God furtid. JJo ye 1I/)t 1:1uno IAat .u
r"id elearel4 to a" r..wre
.ode olle /,od, rill.
I! Tkre dalt !M IIt'O i .. OIU jle~, lQil! Ac. Bid
.it' l"at cuard! to tAe .Lord i. olCe .pirit. What
cOOl)' reasons doth the bk'!'8Cd Apostle St. P;IUI
bring forth here, to dissuade (or diJ;rounscl) us from
whoredom :md all uncleanncssl Yo"rmc"'~rI, saith
Ill', are tile temple of ilte Uo/ GIIOII: -hich. 'CAolQevcr dot.. dejite, God fCilt dt,lro.lf Aim, as saith
St. Paul. If wc be the tcmple of the Holy Ghost, 1 (.... Ill.".
how unfitting tholl is it to drivo that Holy Spirit
from us through whorc<1om, llnd in his place to set
the wicked spirits of unc1cmmcss and fOnlictltion,
and to be joined and do senice to them! l'to an
dearly bougAt, So'l.ith be: tAtrifon glo";j} God i.
10111' !Jodic,. Christ, that inncx.'('nt wmb of God,
hath bought us from the servitude of the de\'il,
.,,1 triu eurrwptwte gold a.d .ilrc" 6flt rillt Iti, 11II)8t , I"t., ,""
prtM~ and dear heart iJtood. To what. intent? 1'1'
That we should fall again unto our old 11Ill:leannC>l8
and abominable living? Nay verily: but that wc
should rre .4i. all tA~ da~. of altr life jlf koli"cu 1.101_ .,.
t".d Ng4/..tQIU1Iat, that wc ghollld g/(Jrif.1Ai. ill OIIr ~~~~ ..
OOdie. by purih' and c1e:mnc;os of life. lIe declaretb
also that fJflr Wic. en tAe
of CArut. How
unbCemly a thing is it then to ceai;C to be incor_
),urate (or embodied) ami one with Christ, and
through whOredOlll to be joined and made all ono
with all whore I "'hat ~reater di~honour or injury
can we do to Christ. than to t:ake aWlI)' from him
the members of" his 1xKiy, and to join them to
whorCfl, dC\'ils, nnd wick...'<1 spirits? And wlmL
morc dishonour cnll wc do to onrsckcs, thuu
through uncleanness to lose 80 excellent a dignit)'
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Sermon
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9/1l11 r.4tw: tie! lore dou er;!, (1/#,1 ,,.:,,ire ill tI,i1l9'
IJot are .f4rl "slIgll. b lIot tll(' :tJulterer nl...,
idle. aud ~elightcl~1 in no j:.,"l:KlI~ l'xlrci~. but ollly
in that Jus IDOEit. filthy nnd ill':..",tly 11Il'aSure? t:.
uot his mind pJuckro an,1 utlt'rl~' drawn away
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U!]UilMt .1dultery.
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AGA1K~T
b' the second part of this Sermon aWlinst Adultery, that was last read, JOu have learned how
eMllcstly tIle Scripture warlwth us to avoid the
sin of adultcrr and to embrace cll!311l1CSS of lile;
and tl13t throu..... h adulterJ we f.'lll into all kinds
of sillS :md a~ made bondsla\'cs to the de"il,
through cleallllCl'S of life we an> made mcml>crs
of Christ; and finally how far adultery brin~th
n man from all goo<lncss, and (lri\'eth him headr"nl,,,,,_u lOll!!' into all viC{$, mischief, and misery. Now
.ppoi"l<Id b"
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I
..~. will I dL'Clare unto you in order WIt I what grle\'01l8
Illlishmenls God {n timell past plagued adultcr.\,
tlnd how certain worldly prince;; nbo did punish it,
that )'e mn)' perceive that whoredom :md fornicntion be sillS no less detestable in the sig-ht of God
aud all good men tlmn I have hitherlO uttered,
r:..,. ri.<14
In the first book of Moyscs wc read that, wh>1l
He
mankind beh"Ull to be multiplied upon the cartl1,
lhe men and women g'a\'e their minds 60 gre:ltly
to fleshly delight and filthy pleasure, that they
li\'e<1 without nil fenr of God, God, !'ccing lllis
their beastly and abominable living, and percci\'illg'
that they amended not, but rather increased daily
more rind more in their sinful nnd unclean m:UlIlCI"S,
repented that he ever had made man: :l1ld, to shell'
how greatly he abhorred adultery, II'hor.:dom, for_
nication, and all uncleanness, he m:lllc :Ill the
fountain'" of the deep earth to hurst Ollt, and the
sluiL'CS of hl'a\'en to Le opened, 80 that the mill
c:Ilne down upon ~he eurth hy the Sp:ICC of forty
da)'li :111(1 fort)' 1l1ght.s; nnd hy this means destro)'cd the whole world and. all mankind, eigl.t
persons only excepled, Hmt IS to Sll)', Noc, the
I~ D.l.
prtacMr o/"r;!lAtt:o/18RtU (KS SI. Peter c:,lIdh him),
and hUi wife, his three 60ns and their wiVl'6, 0
what:l grie\'ous pl~ue did God cn..~t here upon all
li\'illg' crcaturl'S for the r;in of whOl"l..'<lom! .For il..:
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dcalh, Dot!l, tlte mall and the 1"1IIan, becau8e h.e lIafh
brO~'en we(/Wck willa hi, 1feif/h!Jf)Ur'8 wife. In the
lIeU!. nIL
L.'1W also it was commanded, that 11 damsel and a
'J.1..
man taken together in whoredom should be both
,. ....!>on.... stoned to death.
In another place we also read
that God commanded Moses to take all the head
l'ulers and pnm.-cs of the people, and to hang- them
upon gibbets openly, that everr man might see
them, because ther either commilted or did not
Ibld9"C... punish whoredom.
Again, did not God send such
. ~.
a plague amon'" the 1>C(1)le for fornication and
uncleanness, that they died in one d::r.y three and
{,wenlr thousand?
I pass o\'er, for laek of time, many other histories
of the holr Bible which declare I he gric\'ous 'enr.:'eonce and heavr displeasure or God ab'11inst whoremongers and adulterers. Cenes this extreme punishment appointed of God sheweth evidentlr how
greatly God hateth whoredom. And let us not
doubt but lhnt God at this prescnt abhorreth all
manner of uncleanness no less than he did in th~
old Law, and will undoubtedly punish it both in
this world and in the world to come. :For he is a
I' '
God that em abide no wickedness: therefore ought
it to be eschewed of' all that tender the g-Ior,\' .,1'
God nnd the salvation of their own souls. SI. Pllul
'{... d.It snith all tlu6e thing6 are written for our erample,
and to teach us the fC:lr of God and the oU<.'<iiencc
II~", >I ". to his holy Jaw. For, if God ,pare(l not the noll/rul
".
orU1/che6, neither will he spare tlS that be but
grafts, if we commit like offunce. ]f' God de!jtroyed many thousands of people, many cities,
y(,:1, the whole world, for whoredom, let us not
!latter ounseh'es, und think wc slmll escape fl'l'e
and without pUllil:'hment. For he hath IJromiscd
in his holy law to send most grie\'ous plagut's
upon them that LrallsbJress (or break) his holy
(.'Ommnndments.
'l'hus have we heard ho"' God punishcth the sin
110.....'* of adultery.
Let us now hear eerlnin laws which
!er l,gnlJ,.
the ci\'il magistrates devisc<1 ill di\'ers countrics
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']'nll)", tnI1)'. it shall he ('1lSicr at the' day of jud;:ment to tho.-e heathen than to us, elC(-epl wc repent Rlld amend. For, although di'::lth of body
bccmcth to liS n grievous pUllibhmcnt in this world
lor whon'(IHm, )"ct is thnt )13in nothing in ('Om
parison of the gril.'\'l)ul; tonne"t;: whicJl f1dllllcrt"",
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we may keel> our !loam IJUre :md dean from all .ot!.tI'.r
..'l." to
evil thoughls and carnal lu:;t,s j for. if that 00
.
once inf;."Cted and corrupt, wc filII headlon:: into
all kind of ullgOOline:o:s. 'fhi", tohall we c3liily dn,
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Third Part
uy
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A SERMON
AGAINST
CO:NTE.~TION
AND BRAWLL\"G.
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",nine nml estimation t1UlII is his {rOOd name. .\nd
a thief hurtcth hut; him from whom he slealeth;
but he thnt Imth an e\il tonguc troubleth all the
town where he dwclleth, and sometime the whole
couutry. And a railing' tong-ue is a pestilence so
full of contngiousllcss, that St. Paul willeth Chris_
tian mell to forbear the eompany of such, and
neither to ea.t nor drink with them. And, whereas he will not thnt a Chril'liall woman should for. , ....... vlr. 'l'
sake her hushand, although hc be all inlidel, nor I ~,vI. ,.
that a Christinll scr\'nnt should depnrt from his
master, which is an inlidel (md heathen, and so
suffereth a Christian Illllll to keep company with
811 illlidcl, ,rct he forbiddcth U8 to ent; or drink
with a scolder or a qllarrcl picker, And also in
tlle sixth chnllter to the Corinthi:I1IS he saith thus:
]Je not decein:rl: fur 1/eilnerfonlicawrI, neillter 1&01'- ,C<> vi, t.
,hipper, ofidol" neither thiere, 7101' drl/nkaN18, l/either '00
Cltrlea 8pea~'erl, dolt d/relt ill lite ~'itl!fdoJll q/'!tear:en,
It mulrl, needs be a g-rcat fault; that <loth move nnd
c:luse the father to disherit his uatur316011: and how
eall it otherwise he but that thifl eur:,;l'<i ~peakinA'
must ueeds be a lll(lst <bmnllble sin, the whieh doth
e:lUse God, our mo"t, mereifll! ano loving Father, to
deprive us of llis most hlt';:sed kin~om of hell\'cn?
Ag':"lillst the other sin, that standef h in rC<luitill~ ,\"1."
taunt for tlmnt, speak<.-tll Christ 11imsclf, 1 8a/l Z"~:-;:.,.
,U/to you, snith our SlIviour Chril't, RI!8ilt not evit; 1l.1I ..
bllt loce your enemiu, ami My 1I'elt by tltem that 1(1,11 ...5
er;it ~If you, do 1rell ,U/to Ihel/t that do et'it to yOlt,
and prayj'or lIt~m Mill do Itl/rt alld permule !JOlt;
tltat you fRay ~e the chiltlTC/t 1/' yOllT iit/lter wltid/. it
in. Iteat'en, relto 8".lTere/1t hi8 8//lt to ri"e ~ollt upon
!food and erit, and 8e1/f1e/h hi" railt bolla to the j//lt
Qltd xnjl/M, '1'0 this dn<'irillC of Christ agrccth
vcr)' \\'<'11 the tell('hin:r of' St, !)uul, that chOll'n "'tub! 'S'
!'elut of God, who ('l'a~"'h not. to exhort; nnd e:11J
1I1>on us, Sll)'ing, lJ11:l1t thelll thut cUrie you,' blC81t, 11"'" oil, '"
j 8ay, and cUrie 1/01, ReCfl/lll/el/1e to 1/0 malt edtJ'or '1.':>'
erit, Ilit be po~liUe, a, muck a8 lietlt in you, lice
ptacea6lywith. ult lIIen.
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agaiu8t Contention.
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that took very meckly both opprobrioU!1 and reproachlill words, and injurious or wrongful deeds.
And shall those heathen men eXC(l1 in patience ll",
that profess Christ, the teacher and example of nll
patience? Lys:mder, when one did rage against
him in reviling of llim, he was nothing movC(l,
but said, "Go to, go to, speak aA'.'linst me as muth
and as oft as tholl wilt, and leave out nothin~ j
if perchance by this metllls thou mayest discharge
thee of those naughty things with the which it
sccmcth that thou ort full laden." Many men
speak evil of all men, OOronse they ean speak well
of no man. After this sort this wise man avoided
from him the repronchful words spoken unto him,
imputing and layin~ them to the natural sicknCl'8
of his ad\'ersnry. Pericles, when a certain scoldcr
or a, railing fellow did re\'ilc him, he answered not
n. word aguin, but went into a g-alll'ry j and after,
towal'tl lIi~ht, whell he went home, this scoldt'r
followed him, raging still more and more OOrouse
he saw the other to set nothing by him; and,
after that he came t.o his gute, being dark night,
Perieles commanded one of his servants to light a
torch and to bring the scolder home to his own
house. lIe did not only with quietness suGer this
brawler patiently, but also reeompenscd an evil
turn with n good turn, and that to lJis enemy.
Is it 1I0t a shame for us, that profess Christ, to be
worse than heathen people in a thing chiefly pertaining to Christ's religioll? Shall philosophy persuade them morc than God's word sh:lll persuade
U8? Shall natural reason prevail morc with them
than religion shllll do with u.s? Shllll man's wisdom
lead them to that thing whereunto the lleavenly
doctrine eallnot lead us? 'Vhat blindness, wilfulness, or rather madness is this' Perieles, being
provoked to anger with many viJlanous words,
answered not a word. But wc, stirred but with
one little word, what foul work do we make I how
do we fume, rnge, stamp, and stare like mad melll
Many men of every trifle will make a great matter,
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which maintain their froward sarings in contentiOD, and that will re'"enge with words mob c'"il
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Qgajn~t COf/lCIf{ion.
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HOMILIES.
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AD~[OK[TlON
TO "'LL
~IINISTERS
ECCLESIASTICAL.
F()R. that tile Lord doth require of his ,ervallt It.tt. nl.
whom he hath. ,et (WeT hi, Aou8enoltl to show both ~l
laithfuln~s and prudence in his officc, it shall be
necessary that )"0, uboye all other, do behave your&.;.~ most filithfully and dilig'{lntly in your so high
a function
that
II~,
the youth in their Catechism, gravely and reverently to minister his most holy Sacraments, pru~
dently also to choose out IlUch Homilies as be most
meet for the time and for the more agreeable in-
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Two
ParU.
16. .J.n Homily concerni"g lftd comill{J down qj' the
Holy GAOIt.
For IYhiuunday.
Two Partl.
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18.
19.
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AN HOMILY
or
TIn:
I~alhcr ::lCcordillg
duL)' j IlS n1,;0 much llllcomcly and unrcvcrcnt behaviour of mall)' persolls in the s.'une, when they
he tllCrc asscmulcd; and thereby may just fear
nrise of the wrnth of God l\Od his dreadful plagues
11anging over our heads for our grievous o(lenee in
IllHIl)"
".
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IGt
of the
Homil!!
.6.
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165
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166
l-.trI.,.
:.t:.af-'J.'
L._
God.
,(w.
-~
&l.
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1:f/A~Ri9jl
l:4tofIAeChrrA.
167
tu
W.<t',
u\)(ln
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168
Ilo.i'~
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,a.
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0/ tlu
1G9
:1
ro 'ervc
hou~
slandill~
long without
do,,'"
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170
Tl~
r:t
,it",,, /Jilt"
yIJN.
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if tAe
Rj!JAt Lit!
0/ Ih4 CAllI'cA,
] 71
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..
_,
..
.
..
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U,e
of the
('/lIIrch,
173
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1H
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0/ IAe Ri9At
U~
of tAe
~Jfrck.
175
"q.1n
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176
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Chl/reh,
1i7
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1 i8
as make haste to go to their own houses, to alehouses and to t:wcrns, and leave the house of the
Lord ~mpt)' :lIld desolate; if wc abhor to be
scourged, Ilot with whips made of ~rds out ,0f
t.he material temple only (ns our Snnour Chn~t
served the defilers of the house of God ill Jcrus..'1lem), but l'llso to be beaten and driven out of
the ct.crn:1i temple and house of the Lord (which
is his heavenly kingdom) with the iron rod of
)'Au"ill.lJ; everlasting damnation, and ca,t into oulv:ard dark.
:~~:~:
"e", u:htre U u:cepin!l and gual/ling oj'led!; if wc
fear, dread, and abhor this, I S<'l)', as wc h(wc most
just cnll~ so to do, then let us umclld this our
n('gli~llcc and contempt in coming to the house
of the Lord, this our unrc\'crcnt behaviour in the
house of the Lord; and, resorting t.hither diligently
t{lgt'i1Il'r, let us there, with revefCnt hearing of the
Lord's holy word, calling on the Lord's holy Name,
giving of hem1,}' thanks unto the Lord for his
mnnilold :md inCtitimable benefits daily und hourly
bestowed upon us, celcbNlting' nlso revcrclllly of
the Lord';; holy SaCNl1llellts, serve the Lord in his
holy hOIl~, HS hecomcth the I>Cr\'ants or the Lord,
l.lI.Ir..L H.
ill holi"eu and ri!Jhteou8neu b~/Qre Mm. all the lllJ.'I8
rzlour life: nnd then we shull be nHSurcd after thi~
,~. n...
life to relit ilt lti8!tolS hilt, and to lllCf!lt in Iti" tIlter
, .... "'111:.,..1. tlac/e, there lo prai8e nnd mng-nil)' hi" holy Nall/e
in tlte lXJn!Jrt'!JalilJlt rzf Iti" lIllint", in the holy hou"e
'l~'- (I Ho of his ekrnal kin!!dom of' 11eu\'en, which he hath
I.. ".
~
purchased for us by the death and slll..'(lding of the
prt.,<:iolls hlood of his SOil our Sll\'iour Jl'SUS Christ.
f1'o whom with tile Father nnd the 1I0ly Ghost,
one immortal M:ljesty of God, be nll honour,
glory, pmi.:;e, and thanbgiving world without
cud. Amen.
U2f.l9""'"
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AN rrOMJLY
AGAIS.ilT
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]80
of tlte Homilg
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Qg(lilllt
Peril 0/ TJola(ry.
181
>I.
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182
~llld
so
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1&3
knew the pronelless and inclination of man's corrupt kind and nature to tlmt most odious alltl
I\bominnble vice. Of the which ordinances and
laws, so given by the Lord to his !>COllle concerning that mntter, I will relwarsc IInd IIllege
some that be most SI:lCCial for this pUTJ.>oSC, tbat
you by them may judge of the rest.
In the lourth ehnpter in the book named Deuteronomy is u. notable place, alld most worthy with
all diligence to be marked, which bcg-inllcth thus:
Amt 1I:Olt', brad, near tne comlluuul"Jel/t8 alllt judgU:Ric! I teaCR t!tee, saith the Lord, that tltou
doing tlWIt 'lIllyut lire, alllt enler al/rt pWlIeu the
wnd whicR, the Lord GQ(1 of your father8 wilt gire
you. Ye dolt put notlti,,!/t.() the vord which IlIpeak
to you, lJeilher dall ye lake anylhingfrom it. Kup
ye the comnulIulmentll I?( IlttJ Lord,our God, which I
command you. And, by and by aller, he repeatcth
il<.'\l' IY.I,I.
tlIe'IU
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HH
of luaren, and
80
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185
UpOIl.
...u.
and offcl"e(l
rl...,.
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18G
;~
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of adMit
'''t
mo.r
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tll:l11
or bodily similitude.
Alld:bc~ide~ this prcnching, et'ell in the law of
God, 1rritten with hi, OWlt jil/!/er (as the Scripture 1,.001. u:l.
spcakcth,) :l1ld that in the fir~t table, and the be- 'So
:;;-inning thereof, is this doctrine aror~id against fu04.u.".S.
image;;, not briefl.y tOllched, but. nt Inrge set forth
and preached, nnd that wilh dcnullci:ltioll of dc8truction to the contemners and hrcnkcrs of this
law :mc1 their posterity nller them. And, lest it
should yet not be marked or lIot remembered, the
&'11110 is wriUen and reported, not in OIlC, hilt ill
~lIl1dry places of the word of God, that by ofl F,docl.u.'J'
readin~ and hearing of it wc migllt oncc lcarn and ~~t,'~~~~
remcmber it. As you also henr daily read in the
church: God tpale the4e 'lCOrut an(l tai(l, I am the
Lord thy God. 1'/wu tltalt Itat'e lItMe otlter gfJd4 but
me. Tholt thalt 1Iot fJtal..e to tll!ltelj' fln!l gral'en image,
"or tAe ta'cllet, of (1II!1 tlting tltat it ill hearel~ aWIe.
or in the earth beneath, 1101' in tlte -,rater ulltler the
cart!: thou tho/t Mt 0010 IlolOn to them, nor wor,hip
lhem,: for I the Lord lhy GOlt am a jealou4 God, alia
t:i,it the tin oj' f!tejalher, 1tllOl~ the childrel~ 1mto the
lAird antt jourt! gellertltiOl~ OJ't!lelll thllt hllle me, a/la
thew IRercY1111w thou,alld, il~ lhe1fll/lflt {ore me oud
I.-eep 11Iy commontlmentt. All thi~ notwithstanding.
neither could tha notablenc.;s of the place, being
the vcry beginning of'thc li\'ing J.IOrd'l:llaw, make
us to mark it; nor the plain dedamtion by rGcounting of all kind of similitudes cause us to
understand it.; nor the oft repeatillg and reporting
of it in divers and I;lIl1dry places, the oft re:lding
:md hearing of it, oollld cause U8 to remember it;
Dor the dread of the horrible penalty to ourselvcs
and our children and posterity oiler us fear us from
tromgrcssing of it.; 1I0r the greatness of the reward
to liS and our children aller liS move us lIny thing
to obedience and the observing of this the Lord's
b'1'cat lnw: but, llS though it ha(1 becn written in
llome corner. and not at large exprcl;I:il.>d, but briefly
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~md
=:.
_or Ill.
.~..
h I .. l t.
I'. e.. !. ,.
'jh~ j.'jrd
110
penalty to
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0f/ui/llt Peril
of Idolalry.
189
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100
>0, . . U'3~;
1ul.
~1
It,
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D!JO; ~t Puil
0/ UolaflJ
101
St. P:aul, nllel--01llg- Olle {<'xl out of the Old '1'CbUment,ooncludcth gt'ueral1r for other Scriptures of'
the Old 'l'C'lltamcnt 3S well as that. 83.\ill~, TrAal- n-.n.40
~t1' U rrillc" tiff/Fe, meallin~ iD the Old 'l'L~ta_
ment, i, ff:rilt~./IIT O.T ;lflt,."d;o,,: Y'hich scntenoo
is morl 'l)j,!{,i:llly true of !!mh writillSll of the Old
Testament 3.'1 contain the immutable la\\" and ordillanC'{'S of God, in no age or time to be altered,
1I0r of BIlY p<'rl:I01l8 of BIlY nations or :lg'C to be
disoheyed, !!uch 38 the 300\'e rchC:lrsed plac<!fi be.
Noh\;lhstanding, for )'our lilrthcr satisfying here.
in, ncoordill~ to my promisc, I will, out of the
Scriptures of the New 'l'Clitamcnt or Gospel of our
Saviour Chri!tt likewisc. make 11 confirmation of
the said doctrine ng'llilllit idols or images nnd of
our duty conc<>rllillg the 5..'Ulle,
}irst, the Scriptures of the New TeFt:lment do
in sundry )llaees m:lke mention with rt:joicin;?, llS
lor a most c:s:celll'nt ]It.'nE:lit and Wft of God, that
ther which n.'('eiH-d the faith of Christ were 1."mJ
ff'01M Iltir olf",b aud dl'tld itu!I':4 111110 lie (ne a"d
lir:;"9 God, ..Ao ;4 to be t{nmljor ettr; namely, n-. L '5.
ill these places j the fourtet'llth Dnd R\"enteenth
of the Acts of the A]'lOIitll'flj the eh~\'enth to the " ... ''''.I!I
Romans; the first Epi:;t1e to the Corinthians, the ~:,~i )0:
twelfth chnpter'
to the Gnlathinll8
the fourth'(loI.l~_~.91
and '(,.... IL.,.I'
"
'
the first to the 'l'hCl'Salolll:lIls, the first cha)ltcr,
1 11-.L
And in like wise the said idols or imagctl, and ."9worshiplliug of them, arc in lhe Scriptures of tha
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of tlte Homily
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Qgaill8t Peril
of ldv[u{ry.
1D3
not. have images in the temple, for fear and OCC1lI;ioli of wor;,hipping 1Ilem, though they be of tllt'lll
sel\'cs things illdill~I"Cllt; for the Chri,;tiall is the
holy temple and lively image of God, ns the pl:lcc
well decl:lrolh to sueh :"IS will read and weigh it.
And, whereas nU godl)' men did e"er abhor thnt
any kneeling and wor;,hippillg or olle-ring should
be used to themselves when they were :dive, for
that it was the honour due to God only, lIS :lp.
peu.reth in the Acts of the Apostles by St. Fetel' Act... ",.61
furbidding it. to Cornclius lI11d b)' St. l:'aul and ~!v, ' 'll,
llarnabas torbidding the same to the citizen,; in
Ly"trn, )"et we like mad men fall down before the
de:ld idols or iuwgl'S of lletcr nud Paul, and gi"e
tbnt honour to !>tocks and stones which they
thought abomillable to be given lo themsel\'c>;
bcing alive. And the good 11l1b"C! of God, wo
appeareth in the book of St, John's Revelatiol1,lleY'b, '01
rol'uscd to be kllcck.J unto, when that. hOIlOUl' u.l,~.~,
wllS oflcrcd him of John. JJeware, bUith the allt:,"CI,
ttwt thou, (IQ it w;t i j'or 1 a"J th!! ji;llolO-8en'u'lt.
But the e"il :lug-cl Sa1:1II dl.'!>ircth nothiug'.w mueh
as to 1Jc kncc!t..J unto, and thereby at. once both 10
rub God of Ilis due hOllour and work thc dalllllatiull
of such as m:tke him so low euurlt.'>i)', a.s ill till.:
btor)' of" Llle Go:>pd npllCareth in bUlldry places.
lea, and he ofli:reJ our :::iln'iour Gbribt. !Ill c:lI'thl\"
/:."OOds on the l-onJition that. he would klll.:cl dowil
!lnd worbhip him, lIut. our Sa"iour repclleth Satan
Ly the SCI"ll'tlll'CS, >:'aying', It i8 urill!;'I, thou dalt llnll Iv. '0'
lCor8hip tit!! Lord ('-ull, alld hiol uUnle 8hult thou I.u~elv,o
uru. But.. wc, b)' not Ilorshipping and benill~
God alol1c, fiS the Seriptul'Cl> tcaclll'th Ub, :lIld b~"
\l"orshi)lIJing" 01' imag-e," 1."OlItl1lr) to the Scripture~,
pluck :Satan to Ul;, aud :lI"e rcady without.. l'cw:ml
to lollow Ilis de,;irc; yl'a, l"Utlter tlmll lilil, lIe will
uU1l1" him gill.. lI11d oblatiuns to I"CCci\'e our benice.
llut. lct. us, Urctlll... U, mther follow the l,."Oull!iC1 of
the good lIngcl ur God tlmn the bUh"'';I.':ltIOll ul"
8ubtitc Satan, tllat. wieked a1Jh"Cl nud uld ~1'1K'l\t ;
who, lICl,."()I-JlIlg to the pridc whel'eby Le lirbt 1i:1I,
"
H AIL & FIRE
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n-.la5
~ oIla~. 3l.
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of them, taken oot of the holr Scriptures as well
of the Old Te.1ament as the Xcw, \\'38 belic\ed and
taught of the old holy fathers and most ancient
learned doctors,:lIld received in the old primith'e
Church, whil.'h W:'18 most unoomlpt and pure. And
this deeml"lltiOIl shall be made out of the said IlOly
doctoN own writin~ and out of the ancient histories ccclcsinsticnl to the fj.'l..me Oclollging.
'l'ertullilln, a most nneient writer lInd doctor of Llb, ""nU.
the Church, who lived about. one hundred ami :;;::,u
th~re rears nller the dC:lth of our Saviour
Chri;:;t, both in sundry other places of his workfl,
and speciall,r in his book written a~inst the mnnner of Crowllin~, and in Ilnother littlu tn>ali!re
entitled, Of thu Soldier's Crown or Garland, (Mh
m(k't gharpl)' and \'cheml'lltly write and inniA'h
",",<r:I.inst imDIZ\'S or idol,,;; and upon St. John's
\\ords, the lin.t Epistle and fifth chapter, fl:lilb
thus. II St. John," saith he, It detp1r considering
the mnUcr, snith, MJ litlk dilJrt:", I;ccp ~Otlrlelct:., J....... u,
froM imnb'1.'8 or idQI.. lie saith not now, Keep
)'oursch'es from idolatry, as it wcre from the scrvice nnd won;hiplling of them; but from the
imllgcs or idols thCIllSCh-es, that is, from the "ery
ghllpe and IikenC68 of them. }<'or it were nn unworthy tlling, that the image of the li\'in~ God
should become the image of u dcud idol." Do
not, think )'OU, thogc pCtl;Q1l8 whieh )llace imllg'('8
(If idols in churchr;; nlld templCfl, yea, shrine them
("'cn over thl' Lord's table, C\'en lUl it were of purj>Ol;C to the \H,n.hippill~ and honouring of them,
take ~ heed to eithtr Sl. JI,lm's COllllSCl or
Terlullian'lI? }'or 60 to plal'C ima~ and idols,
is it to keep thelll$l:hC'S from thtm, or else to
rccei\'c and emOr.:ll't. them?
Clelllem~ in hi;:; hook to lam('8, hrothcr of the
LQrd, ~ith: t( Wll8t cun be 60 wicked or 80 un- I b ~ ad
thankful, tl8 to l"I.'t.'Ci\c n bcul'fit or God, "nd to::..-:t 1)",g-1\'C thnnkIJ therefore unto gtockll and gton~?
"'herefore nwnke ye, and understl\nd your hcallh.
I'or God huth IlCl-d or 110 1l1~1Il, nor rCljuireth 1\11)'
K2
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lOG
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without religion!'
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198
.,.
I. b b ...p,
if (he llomj1y
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lDD
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200
TIle
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DjtliJul Ptril
if U
{<'Ifry.
201
;1:J:)agt'l=, oUA'ht
Sre
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0/ lie J[1J.j/~
,.. d'
Iotl.
,ap, J'.
3S
gluttony
and drnnkt'llllcss, and no better at alL St. Augustine ~rcatly allowctJl )la!"Cus Varro affirmiuA' that
religion is most pure without im::lgt!S.
And saith
6:lIith furtlll:r: Every' child, .rea, (',"cry bca:.t knowcth that it. i3 not God that they see. Wherefore
then dotlt the 1I0ly Ghost so often moni"h us of
th:1t whieh all men know?" Whereunto t. Augtu.tine him,,;elf answeretb thus: ., }~or," 63ith he,
"whclI imllg\-"9 are Ill:lced ill temples, nnd set in
hOlloun.ble sublimity, and be<o';n onOO to be worshiplll.'<i, forthwith brl.(.'deth tlle most "ill' nflCction
of error!' This is St. Augu.stine's judgment 01"
imag'Cs ill churches, thnL by and by they breed
error rind idolatry.
] t would be too tedious to rehearse all other
places which might be broll~ht out of the ancient
doctors a,.,"'9.illit imagt.'>I and idolatry: wherefore wc
shall hold ourself contented with the:;e few at this
pn.'benL
Now as concerning nistoriC!" EcclesillStical touching this mnttCf, that )'Oll may know \\'h~' and when
and by whom im~""'eS were first used p""atcly,and
aflcrwlll'tls not only recein'(! into the Chri"tiang'
churches and temples, but ill concluslon wOl'lSbil'ped
al,;(), antI how the same Wll gainsaid, resillted, and
forbidden, Il8 well by godly bi..hops and leamed
dottors, liS 31..0 by liulu.lry Chrilltinu prillCC8, I
will brieOy collect into n comJ>Cllllious history th:1t
whjr.:h ill at large nud in sundry places written by
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203
O;;:r
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a9ain8.~
Perit if Idolatr.
20;)
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206
0/ (ne llomily
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09ajll~t
l'uit of jj/utalr!J.
207
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208
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0iO;R&1
P~r;l
r:f Id ,laIr!!,
209
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210
!'IoU",,'"
'IU. C",,
....,"nl <1
GftlI. 11.
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211
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212
0, ~:ltuo.
1.om 760.
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d!Jainlt
Peril of Idolatry.
213
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211-
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215
nml compelll!d all the men of war with their cnpt:lins to swear to her, that ther would not Butler
lU:'f son Const:mtinc to reign during her lilc.
With which indi~nitr the youllg' prince being
1ll0\'OO rccO\'crct! the regiment of the empire unto
him~lf by force; and being brought up in true
]'c1igion in his father's time, seeing OIC superstition of his mother Hircnc and the idolatry
committed by imllges, cast down, brake, and
burned all the idols :1IId imllg'C8 that his mother
Ilad set up. But, within a fcw )'C31'$ after, llircnc
the Empress, t..lkcll again into her son's favour,
aller she had persuaded him to put out.Niccphorus
his uncle's eyes, and to cut out the tongues of his
four other uncles, and to forsake his wife, :md by
such metlns to brillS' him in hatred with nil his
suhjeets, now further to declaro that she was no
('hltngding, but the same woman that had before
digge<t up :nul burned her l:lther in lnw's body,
lInd that she would be ns natur.11 a mother us she
hud been kind .laughter, seeing the images which
she loved so well, and had with so great cost set
up, daily destroyed by her son the Emperor, lly
the help of certain good companions deprived her
tlon of the empire; uud first, like a kind and lovillg'
mother, put out both his eyes, and laid him in pri.
8011; wllere, after long and mallY torments, she at
tho last most emellr slew him. In this History
joined to Lntropins lt is written, that tho sun was
tlarkened by the space of seventeen days most
I'trlll1gdy and dreadfully, and that all men said,
that for the horribleness of that cruel and UIluatul1Il fact of lJircne, and the putting out of the
Lmperor's cyes, the SUIl had lost his light. Bllt
indeed God would signi(y by t.he darkness of tho
sun, into what dnrknl'5s nnd blindness of ignoranoo
:md idolatry nil Christendom should fall by the
neeasion 01' imogcs, tho bright sun of his eternal
tmth, and light. of his holy word, by the mists :md
black clouds of men's traditions being blemished
lInd darkenro: as by SUlldr}' most terrible earth.
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0/ the J[omil!l
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tJ!Jailul Pml
0/ ['["I.,fry.
217
a,;
in
he
of the Church."
Note here,
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un~>ooI,}'
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OgO;1/8t Peril
0/ f,/o{utry.
219
L'
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220
,'".,~'.\I""
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again/It Peril
r!f !do{lllr!!_
221
L3
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:?22
.".m
'e'u ;-3:
It.... ;~.....
0/ tAt
/lOIl/j!!I
COIl-
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223
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221
of the llo/lli/!I
,.
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agailtlJt Perit
of idowl,!!_
223
other thing.
L5
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, ,",' I'"
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C~I",_Ik.
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tlfJain6l Peril
of Idolatry.
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law, which bindelh all mell, and not follow examples of particular dispcnsfltioll, which be no
Wrlrrtlllts for us; else wc mllY b.y the !;.1mc reason
resllme circumci~ion and sacrificing of bcnsts and
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of the
IIomi(y
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~h;ppcd
Gentiles idolaters had of tbeir ,:.."Ods. And aflcrward shall be declared, that our irrmgc m3intaincl'll
and worshippers have used nnd WiC tllo S3me out.
ward rites and manlier of honouring Bnd worshipping their iUlll,,"'Cii as the Gentiles did use before
their idols, and that therefore they commit idolatry as weIJ inwardly and outwardly as did the
wicked Gentiles idobtcrf!.
And concerning the first part, of the idolatrious
opiniollil of our i~'"'C mainlainen. What, I Jlrny
you, be such Saints with us to whom wc 3ttnl.lUte
the defence of certain countries, spoiling God ot'
his due honour herein, but Dii 'l.'utelares of the VIlT"WIla-.
Gentiles idolaters; such lI.!I were Delus to the
llllb~'loni3ns and Asspinns, Osiris and his to the
Egyptians, Vulcan to the Lcmni:l1ls, and sneh
other? What. be such Saints to whom the safcguanl of certain cities arc appointed, but Dii 1)lI1'..-..la
l'rwrides with the Gentiles idolaters; sucb w>
were at Delphos Apollo, at Athens Miner\'&, at.
Cartha:;e Juno, at Rome Quirinus, &c.? What.
be such Saints to whom, contmry to the U80 of
the primiti\'c Church, templcs nncI churches he
IlUilded Ilnd llllllrs erected, but Dii l'lltroni of the UIl ""11'IlI,1.
Gentilcs idollltCNI; such as were in the Capitol
Jupiter, in Pal'hus' temple Venus, in EphcslIll
temple Dinnn, nnd such like? Alas, wc seem in
thus thinking and doin,!: to hnvc learned Ollr rc~
Ii:;';on, not out of God's word, but out of the
J>8l:,""3D poets; who say,
E l _ 01011. adytif aNqu, rt!ictU
Dt quibIY illlperiunl hoo lte\<ll'l't, 011:.,
that is
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T1t~
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l}ll:lr )lars lIor lovers tllI:ir Venus amf)ll~l Chrill.\11 dibl'a8l'S have their hpecial Saints, all
goods, the curers ofthelll; the pocks St. Roch, the
ti:lIls.
r31lil1~
lilt 6e all Cf1Imlfe!1I 4n(t !Ie/p, kc.: Erupt I J:efjJ flu n~YI.o.
('ifS' in rain dotlt he 1Crdch /hat l-cepdlt it: 1,IOU,
kml, ,IuJU lIfIre 60tl& 11Itll and lMa,U. liut wc hil.\'c
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~ledIo>.hlll
IJil
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Peril if Idolatry.
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worship."
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l;.'ly, '\' C "lcar not t IleImages, b ut them a ner WlOse
likeness the images be made, and to whose names
they be consecrnte!' 'l'hus f.lr Lad:mtius. And
Clemens B..'1ith: "That serpent the devil uttercth Llb. . .d J~
these words by the mouth of certain men, 'Ve to :t~',~~"1
the honour of the in\'isible God worship \'isible
images: which !>urcly is most false!' Sce how, in
u.:;ing the B..'1llle excuses which the Gent.iles idolaters pretended, the)" shew themselves t.o be all
olle with t.hem in idolatry. l~or, notwithstanding
this excuse, St. Augustine, Clemens, and Laet.antius
pro\'e them idolaters. And Clemens smith that the
serpent, the devil, puttct.h such excuses in ti,e
mouth of idolnters. Alld the Scriptures snith the)'
worshipllCd the stocks and stOlles, notwithstanding Un!, IY, ,~;
this excuse, e\'en as our image mnintainers do. ~:;'~I.: ..I'
And ]~zeehiel therefore ealleth the b..ooS of the
Assyrians Iloch alld ,tone" although they were 1 K Di',I .
hut images of their gods. So arc our images of'S.
God and the Saints Ilallled by the nnmcs of God
nnd his SainfF, aner the use of the Gentiles. Aud
the sallle Clcmens saith thus in the sam~ book:
"They dare not give the name of the ]~mpcror
to any other, for he punisheth his oflbnder and
trnitor b)' and hy; but they dare givc the Ilame
of God to other, bcenuse he for rcpent.nnoo suf
fcreth his oflenders!' And evcn so do our imng'(l
worshil)pers give both Il:l.mes of God :md tilt'
Saints, and also the honour due to God, to thei,'
"
H AIL & FIRE
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.,
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may
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Th~
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H AIL & FIRE
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rmder,{andi"fJ!
to whom they have made ima~, which the GOIltiles idolaters had of their false f,rOOs; and havu
not only worshipped their im3gcs with the snme
rites, ceremonics, sU\lCrstitioll, nnd all circumstances, as did the Gentiles idolaters their idols,
bUL In nlllnY points alw have far ex<:c<ldcd t.hem ill
nil wiekedlleSll, loolishllCflS, :md m(ulnCfls. And, it'
1his be not sufficient to prove them image wor_
~hippers, tllut is to So'!y,-idolaters, 10, .you shall hear
their own open confession. I mean not only the
de<:rces of the scoond Niccne Council ullacr Hirene,
1hc Roman Council under Gregory Ole 'l'hird j in
the which, as they teach that images are to be
honourcU and worshipped (liS is before declared),
so yet do they it warily and fearfully, in comparison to the blusphemous bold bluzillg of manifest
idolatry to be dOlle to imllges set lorlh of iUl~,
even ill these our days, the light of God's truth 80
shining that, above other their abominable doingl1
and writings, n. lIIan would marvel most ut their
impudent, shnmclcss and most shnmeful blustering'
boldnCi>S, who would not at the least have chosen
them a time of morc darkncss liS mecter to utter
their horrible blas!lhcmics in, but have IlOW taken
UII harlot's face, not purpose<1 to blush, in setting
abroad the fllrniture of their spiritual wheredom.
And here the plain bl:lSllhcmy of the re\'l.~relld
father ill God, James Naclllntu8, Bishop ofClugiulll,
written in his expo!>ition of St. Paul's EpilSt!c to
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of tlie Homily
Propter quod, si
The scnse whereof in English is this: "Therefore it is not only to be confessed, that the faithful in the Church do worship ucforc :m image, (us
some peradventure do wnrily speak,) but also do
worship the image itself, without any scnlple or
doubt at all : yea, and they worship the image with
the snme kind of worship wherewith they worship
the copy of tlle image" (or the thing whercancr
the imnge is made). "Wherefore, if the copy it.sclf
is to be worshipped with divine honour," (us is
God the Father, Christ, and the 1[01)' Ghost,) "the
imnge of them is also to be worshipped with di\'ine
honour; if the copy ought to be worshillped wil h
inferior IlI)Uour or higher worship, the imngo also
is to be worshipped with the same hOIlOUT or
worship."
ThUll filr bath Naclantlls: whose blasphemies let.
1'ope Gregorius the First confute, and by his all
thority damn them to hell, us his successors have
r.'""".t~l'!>t. horribly thundered.
)~or, although Gregory permitteth images to be hud, yet he forbiddeth them
by any meaus to be worshipped, :md praisclh much
Bishop Sercnus for the forbidding the worship of
tllelll, :md willeth him to teach the people to nvoid
by all means to worship ully image. Uut Naclanlu8
bloweth forth his blasphemous idolatry, willing
images to be worshipped with the highest kind or
adoratioll and worship. And, lest such wholesomo
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0/ lie Hrnli~
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P~riJ,
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~f fhe
T[omil!!
the waminb"8 oflhc s.aid stumblillgblockB and remedies for the said poisons by prcac11ing but few,
as is already declared; if the stumbling-blocks be
easy to be laid, the poisons 8001\ provided, and the
warnings and remedies lu\t'(l to know or oomc by;
if the stumblingblocks lie continually in tile way,
and poison be rem1r at hanu everJ'where, and
wllrniugtl and reme<hcs but seldom given; and if
ull men be more rctldy of themselves to stumble
and be offended than to be warned, all mell more
ready to drink of the poison than t.. tusto of the
remedy, (as is before partly, :md shtlll hcretlfttr
more fully be, dl.'Clllrcd); and so, in fine, the poison continually and dccply drunk of many, thu
remedy seldom and faintly tasted of a lew; how
can it be but infinite of the weak and infirm shull
be offcnded, infinite by ruin 8ball break tlleir
necks, infinite by deadly \'cnom be poisoned ill
their souls? And how is the charity of God or
love of our neighbour in our hearts then, if, wheu
we may relllove such dal1l"rerous stumblingblock8,
such pe"lilcnt poisons, wc will not remove them ~
What shall I say of them which will lay stumblingblocks where before was none, and set snares
for the foot, nay, for the souls of weak and simple
ones, Blld work the dan;?Cr of their eternal ruin,
for \~hom our Saviour Chri"t shed his prcciom;
blood? Where better it were that, the arts of
paintinJ::', Jllnstering, carving, graving', and found.
mg' had ncver been foul\d Ilor used, than one of
them whose sou!:l ill the sight of God are so pre-
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Th~
Third Part
0/ the llomil;
IIlId
togdhcr, great numbers of them assembled in synods and councils, ffiokc decrees and ecclesiastic:ll
laws against images nud the worshipping- of them;
neither did they so once or twice, but divers times
tle<:lared. But all their writing, preaching, assembling in councils, rlccrceing, and making of
laws ecclesiastical, could nothing help, either to
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set up.
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of Idoutl'!I.
2:;n
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IlQntil~
truc.
Kill~~
an
nn
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thell/.
And of this ground of mnn's corrupt inclination,
as well to spiritual fornication as to carnnl, it must
needs follow, that, as it is the dutf of the godly
magistmte, loving honesty and hatmg whon:uolU,
to remove nil strumpets and hnrlota, specially out
of plnccs notoriollsly suspeeted or resorted unto of
naughty pncks, for the IIvoiding' of cnrllnl forniention; so is it the duty of the same godly magis_
trate, after the examllles of the godly kings Ezechias nnd J 08ias, to drive away all sllirituul harlots,
I mean idols and imngcs, speciallJ' out of suspected
places, churches alld temples, dUllgerous for idolatry to be committed to images ]llaced there, as it
were in the appointed place llnd height of honour
and worship (1l.$ St. Augustine saith), whcre the 'U'l'U't h,
. etc.IlI;",
I'MI ox,,1
"
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IIVlng
on i
y, d
all not dca d stones nor st oc kS, 18
to IJc worshi",lCd' it is,I 's'ly
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, the office of 0"""
1101.j.
magistrates likewise to tlvoid im:l&"Cs and idols out
of churches and temples, :lS spil'itual harlots out of
suspected plnees, for the avoitlillg of idolatrr, which
is spiritual fornication.
And, as he were the enemy of all honesty that
would bring strumpets and harlota out of their
secret cornet':> into the IlUblie market place, there
freely to dwellnnd occupy their filthy merchandise,
so is he the euemr of the true worshipllillg of God
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H AIL & FIRE
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that such cost. might othenvi,;e have Oecn better lle-stowed. Let SI. lIierome. nltbough otllcrwi;;eloo
f.,rre:at a liker Bnd sHower of extcnlal :md outward
)l... u n.....
lodge him ill those who do lack harbour, and 6pe- Gal. ~L , ....
d411.1 6.c4 tu k of tlte It01tAdd of fai'It .., Ami
the s;ame St. Hierome toueheth the 8.'\Ole matter
IiOmewhat more fn'.'C.Iy in his Trenty of the Lite
of Clerks to Nepotiim, Sll)'ing thus: Many buihl
w:llls, and crect pillan> of churches; the smooth
marbles do gliliter, the roof shineth with b"Old, the
altnr is set with precious stone; hut. of the miuistcnl
of Chrilit therll is no electioll or choice. 'Neitllcr
let 3n)' man object and allege ag'.liullt mc thc rich
teml,le that WIIS in Jewry. the table. candlestickll,
ill(:en8t....shipl!. platters. cups, morlanl. and other
things all of gold, 'l'hen were tht"'C things allowed
of the Lord. when the prie:;ts oll~re<1 saerifice:!, ami
the blood of bro.its was 3l..'COUlltal the redemption
of sws. lIowbcit all
went bcfure i" ,c.. ".
Ji!Jllrt, a"d 'A~.1 tt:f!rt terjUnlfur 114, "po_ r:Aoa 'Ae
ad of tAt fCvrU U toMe. And now. whell that our
Lonl being poor hath dedic-.ltc the IlO\'erty of his
hoUJ;C. let us rcmt:mber his cro&..~. and we shall el:;.
h,-em riehe. IL8 mire ()r dUllA'. What d() we m:lr\'d
at tlint which Christ cnlIcth eidcll mamnroll-.' r... ~ ,H.".
Whereto do wc 80 highly esteem and love HmI
which SI. Pett:r doth for a glory tcslif)t thut. Ill' 1<I.l'.~.
had not?" Hitherto St. Uicrollle. TllIts ye 8l'<l ho\\
S 1
'"tM: ,Ai,,!,
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sumptuou5'nc;:..~
amC"n,!.!"t
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if flu',"
Fear !I'-
'l'lnlS snith the Prophet. Upon which text 8t.11 it.:rome hath these words: "'l'his is the descriptioll
of idols, which the Gentiles worship. 'l'1ll'ir matter
is vile and corruptible. And, whereM the Mtificer
is mortllJ, the things he maketh must needs be
(.'OrruptihJe. lle (lr}eKet4 it wit4 8iit'er and gold,
that with the glittering or shillin~ of both metalll
lIe may dccei\'e the simple. Which error indct.'{J
!lath pa..,,-~ O\'er from the Gentiles, that we should
judge reli.!;'ioll to stand in riches." And by and
hy aller he 8:lith: U'l'hey JIlI\'e the beauty of
melals, and be beautified by the arL of painting;
hut good or profit is thero nOlle in them." Aud
t'hortly nller ngllil1: "The.I' make ~1'enL promisc.'l.
and dc\'i~e nn imng-e of' \'ain worshipping of' their
own phnntllsies: the~' make great br:J~"S to deceive
"very simple body: they dull and amaze the UIlderstanding of the unleMIH.'<!, as it were wilh
~"OJd/:n sensC'S. and elO<luelwe shining' with the
brightncss of silvcr. And of their own deviser~
and makers arc these imag'('S :ldv:llleed llnd mn~nified: in the which is no utility nor profit at nil,
IUld the worshippinlt of the whieh prl1pcrly pcrtaincth to the G/:lltilcs :llId he:lthell nlld such as
\.;no\\ not God!' '1'llUs fill' of' St. 1I icrOltlc's words.
"'hereupon you may 1I0te lIS well his judgment of
inwgc.'l themsch'cs, as also of the pllinllllg', gilding',
:1IId decking of them; that. it is nn error which
enme from the Gentih.'s; that it pCr'llll:ldcth N'~
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and un-
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lfomilJJ
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090il/lt Peril
0/ Idolatry.
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0011-
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TIt~
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Peril of It/O{llff!l'
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(f
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by
"'0
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Ja
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the PatAer, to 81lCC()llrfat/urlell and motherl/!" children and ".jdOlC8 in their a.D1iction, and W I.'up Ailll,elf Nndptrd,lmm tJ.'~ /l:Qrtd.
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AN JIOMILY
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nI:P"um~G
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J>OSed,
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An ][Q1/lil!l/()T Repairill!J
If n m:m's
pri\'atc housc, wherein he dll'cllcth, be decayed,
he will never cease till it be restored up llh"3.in.
rea, if his harn, where he kcepeth his corn, he out
of reparations, what dilig<mce useth he to make it
in perfect state again I If his stable for his hors<',
yea, the sly for his swine, be not able to hold out
water and wind, how careful is he to do co,.t
dCC3rcd, almost in C"CfY corner.
'1'he fi.lunlain
Ollr
Saviour
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z~oal did our S3\'iour Christ. dri,"c t.he buyers and lhl< nl .
sellers out of the temple of God, and hurled dowll :~.',:_ Il.
lJ
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)'our pmish chureh, there to learn your duties to~'ard God lmd your neighbour, there to be present
AIU~u.
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AN HOMIL1
OF GOOD WORKS: AND FIRST OF FASTTNO.
O.
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nu people.
We do
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iasl.
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HOMiJ~
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of Fading.
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At't. . ID..'-J'
Acl. . ;~_ 'J,
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TUE SECOKD p,\nT OF TIlE HO)[JLY OF FASTIJ\G.
that it wns
80
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of Butilfg.
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J,:
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of the
Homily
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host, lInd discomfited all their enemies. Thus were
the AJlOl't1el1 the children of the m:mi3ge, while
Christ was corporally present with them, :md defended them from all dangers, both f!piritual Bnd
corporal. But the mnrriagc is suid then to be
ended, and the bridegroom to be gonc, when Al-
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I Kt"" ut
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l'_h.LJ:
Mal m.,.
I,. I. '6, '7 ;
hli!, 7. 9-
of Falfillg.
which willelk not the death of 0
quit,!; God
linner,
but ratlter that he turn from Iti, 1(}icl.-ednell and lice;
God that hath promised to turn to us, if wc refuse
not to turn unto him. Yea, if we turn. our er:it
1(}orl',/rom 6ifore hu e.llel, ceale to do eeit, karn. to
do tet:ll, uel.: to do rigRt, relieve the oppre"ed, be a
-;gilt judge to Me fath.erluI, difend tRe widow, {mal.:
(JIlr bread to the J/llIIgry, bring tRe poor that teamler
into our Aoule, clath.e the 1UlJ:cd, and delpi,e not our
brother 1ChicA i8 Ollr own. flu!; then. dolt tAou, call,
saith the Prophet, and the Lord Iltall atUlCer; thou
dult cry, and he dall loy, Ilere 10111. Yea, God
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AGAIXST GLUTrOXY A...'\"D DRUNKENNESS.
11 thin~
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;be Homily
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J.
excuse before God which either filthily feed themseh'N, not respeetin~ the 8l1nctificabon which is
6J tAe trord of God tJ1Id prayer', or else unth:lIlkfully
aouse the good creatures of God by sllrfcilill~ and
drunkcllllc88: forasmuch as God's ordinance 11I his
IW.S.
IUIlCQnl.
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(;",. Cl.
A1I. Homily
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"
H AIL & FIRE
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In J[()mily
.. Ill......
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H AIL & FIRE
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1'l'O'r. ull!.
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An Homily
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tM,
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320
A. n".il
by
I......
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(If/ai.1t GlIIU<nf!
a1t(l.Dr."l:~n,uu.
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I QIr. ".
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AN HOMILY
AGATh"ST EXCESS OF APPARL..
contemned, and the Prinoo's laws manifestly disobeyed, to the great peril of the realm. Wherefor<'.
that sobriety alJOO in this excess may be espied
among us, I shall declare unto you both the mllderate use of apparel a)lproved by God in bis hol)"
word, and also the abuses thereof, whieh he forhiddelh and disalloweth. tltl it may appcnr by the
inconveniences which daily enere3.-~ by the ju~t
judgment of God where that measure IS not kept
which he himself huth appointed.
If we con~idcr tho end and purpose whereunto
Almighty God hath ordained his creaturc8, 'se
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An, IlomitS
it
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"
,-
1'1111. I IO.
,-
wc ,nalt '/rink,
tJr
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32,Q
An Hom"!I
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agailld E.rce88
of Apparel.
329
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A.n Homily
1:..01... "1_
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of Apparel.
331
word of God, content thcmseh'cs in their husLands I Yea, how much more ougoht every Christian
to content. himself in our Sa\,iOllr Christ, think~
iog himself sufficiently garnished with his hcaycnly
virtues!
gar
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hou;:;e\~;reJthe seldomef at. borne to see to her charge,
and so to neglect his thrift by gi\;ng great pro\o
cation to her household to waste and w3ntonnesl'.
wbile she must wander abroad to shew her own
nnity and her hWiband's foolishness. Dy which
her pride she stirrctb up mnch enry of others,
which 1Je so vainly delighted as she is. She doth
but desen-e mocks and llOOms, to set out all her
commendation in Jewish and ethnic apparel, and
~'ct brag of her Christi:l1lity. She doth but waste
superfluously ber husband's stock by such sumptuousness, and sometime is the e:lUse of much bribery J
1'0\', d
JI
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Let ttOt tl~ (Jllt~ard apparel 0/' 1CO.etI, saitb SI. II....._J"'!.
Peter k J~h(J ..it! tU Maidi.! of Aa;r, tt;l!
rrrappilt!l 0 ... of go/d., or gooJ(~ c~otAi.!I: b.t ~d tRe
tl!Ja;lUl
E.tceu
tcOrl,.
Sophocles S3ith
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M. 9.
An. /{omily
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n.l IJ.
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HOMILY OR SERllON
CO:iCER:SL\"G PRAYER.
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MO:l ,It
:.~
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11,11.
6:
Cvl. 10. '0
fAad'fjiving.
_a.',
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cOI/I:erning Praser.
33!)
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i:-::' LtoII.o
rai., aJUJ tAere felt JW rai... tip''' tAe ear/A fQr lAe
lptlce of IJree 1tlJr, a"d m _oatA,. Agoi. Ae
/JrtlJed tAat it .igAt raj", ud lAerefe/lgnat ple"'J.
MJ 'Aal 'AtJ Mrl' troll!JAt fortA Aer etU1'eIUe .IM"
J,,,t,lhb;
al"uilo1ftly. It were too long to tell of Judith,
~'l.:~~l:;,'. E~ther, Susanna. alld of divcn other h..oo1y mcn
~;,' al~: _ and womcn, how greatly thcy prevailed in nU thcir
4, _.1 doings by gi\ring their minds earnl'tilly and de\'oully to prayer, Let it be sufficient at this time
to conclude WIth the sa)'jngs ofAugustine llndClu:r...... T_
sorrlom, whereof the one calleth prayer "the key
, hryt. .....
of heaven," the otllcr plainly llfiinneth that ..there
ll-. uil.
is nothing in all the world more strong than IL
Illall that giveth himself to fervcnt prayer,
Now thCIl, dearly beloved. SC<!:ing prayer is 80
needful a thing, and of 80 great strength before
God. let us, llCCOrdin~ as we are taught by the
example of Cbri"l and bis AI>ObtllS. be dlrlletll and
diligent in calling on the Xo.me of tile Lord. Let
us ne,'er faint. ncvcr slack, never give over; but let
us daily and hourly, carlyand late, in SClLSOIl and
out of lielL'lOn, be OCCUllicd ill godly mcdit:ttions and
llrnyers, What if we obtain not our petition at the
til'lii? )'et let 113 not be discouraged. hut let U8 con.
tinually cl')' and call upon God: he willllurcly hear
U8 at len~hJ if for no other cause, yet for \'err
imporlunity'lI sake. Remember the parable of the
ullrightcoull judge and the poor widow, how she
hy her importunate meanll caused him to do h('r
jwtice againiit her ad\'erillry. although otherwise
.
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J_l.'l
fore, Whcflsocvcr we neOO or lack anything pertaining either to the body or the soul, it bchoveth
us to run only unto God, who is the only giver of
all good thin/?S. Our Saviour Christ in the Gospel,
t('aching his disciples how they should l,rny, scndcth
them to the Father in his name, saJing, Yerily,
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concerning Prayer.
31-3
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Ps. 011. 9 :
11
il. 'l:
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t1.lb:
'Chroa .1.
,.
they do, yet 81. Augustine, a doctor of gretl.t authority and also antiquit}" haUl this Olliuion of
them, that they l.. .nQw no more what we do on earth,
tlmu wc know wlmf. they do in heaven. For proof
Llb, doC",* whereof he allc~th the words of &ay the Prophet,
=~. IJ. where it is said, .i1.braR41/l U ignorant of w, anll
1.. I~lll. ,6. I8raet ItMrCeth. 118 flOe.
His mind therefore is this,
I'. ftr* Il.. not that we should put any religion in worshipping1la."P,lS them or prn)'ing unto them, but that we should
honour them by following their virtuous and godly
Llb. nU"" lite.
For, ns he witnesseth in another place, the
~~. DoI,ap. Martyrs and holy mcn in times past were wont
aftcr their death to be remembered and named of tllC
priest at Di"ine Scn'ice, but never to be invocatcd
or called ll1>OD, And why so? "Bccnuse the priest,"
sait.h hc," is God'sllriest, and not theirs: JJ whereby
he is bound to eall ul>on God, and not upon them.
Thus you sec, that the 811thorit.y both of Scripture
and also of Augustine doth not permit that wu
should pro)' unto thcm. 0 that all men would
Jobn . J9. studiously read and 'eareA t!le Scripture,! thell
should they not be drowned in ignon:lIIce, but
should easily -perceive the truth, as well of this
point of doctnnc, as of all the rest. }~or there
doth the Holy Ghost plainly teach us, that Christ
is our only mediator and intercessor with God, and
,JQ/lbU",., that we must scek and run to no other.
If alii
man linnetA, saith S1. John, te" hare an adrocate
Jl'b'h'.O,
JWll
0""
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who ill lIe tea!, lIe tntl, tAe life, )"ea, and tAe onl)" '"
B(J()f' whereby we must enter into the kingdom of
hea\"cn, because God is pleased in no other but in )I"" uti I
him. For which cause also he cricth and calleth
unto W1, that we should comc unto him, saring,
~ JlIlW ~, alt ye tltat lalxJlJr atu/ fM Iteal:!latlelf, )1." 'I."
(Ilia I ,"all rrj'relA !QlI.
'Would Chri.st ha\'e us 80
necessarily COlllll unto him? and 6hllll we m06t
untharJcfully leave him, and run unto other? Thiij
is even that which God so greatly oomplaincth of
by his l'rophet Jeremr, !;;lying, My jMQJJle !tare J.,.Il. '3.
co",,,,itted ItcO guat oJlence,; lite! ,face f<JrIQKell tile
tAeffJu/4i. of tAe fMleTl of life, nil Aare digged kJ
tAnuel~ 6ro1l piu, t..fat ca" /wU .0 rater. Is
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J'"
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concerning Prayer,
317
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3 IS
1ljJQ1f,
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,""'.
To him therefore with the :E'llthcr nod the Holy
Ghost, three Persons and onc God, be nil honour,
praise, and glory for ever llnd ever. Amen.
)'0
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3;;0
of IRe rao_
tt, 0'" ';IU, fI"d to clea1lM
.!lo
lIot.
all..
OUNCI\'eB
JC!iUS
Christ.
,J." IL,.. Jolm saith, if (11'! ,.a_ ,i., re -'are 11/1 a.lrale
rei'! iJe Fa/kT, JUIU CAmt IAe ri!/"'~IUJ do u 'Ae
propilialw...!oT owe ,ilU. And St. Paul in his first
1.- Q,J." J:I'i.t.Ie to Timothy saitb, TUrd if tnte GOlI, (lIId (nle
",ediaWr /;eltcen. God a"d Mall, ere- tle nwlt JUIl'
Clr;"t; cAo gare Ai.4e!l4 N1fJ.lur olt .elt, to 6e
a k,limotfJ ix Jlfe lime.
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352
ll"'l. 01.
9'"'j' 1.1Ib
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5-'j
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concerning Prayer.
3,')3
the motlter of tne two lonl of Zebedee came 'Un.to JUUI, MnlO.
'JCfJTlhippinghim, and layin.g, G-rant that fR.Y t/Co IOnl 2O-'J.
may lit in thy kingdom, the one at lhy right hand,
and the other at thy !ejZ IUl1ul. In thilJ petition she
did not rcspeet tJlC glory of God, but plainly deeLo.red
the ambition and vainglory of her own mind; for
which canse she wns also most worthily repelled
and rebuked at the Lord's hnnd. In like manner
we read in the Acts of onc Simon Mngus, a sor~
cerer, how that he, perceiving lhat througR. laying A.tutU.
tm of the AfJOltld hanl/I tne JIoly GnOlt teal gicen, ,l!-'''.
offered them money, lay;"g, Git'e me allD tnil ;xncer,
rhat, an fCnomloecer I lay my hand", he may .,ecei~e
lite IIoly GhOlt. In making this request he sought
1I0t. the honour :lIld glory of God, but his own'
private gain and lucre, thinking to get. great. store
of money by this feat; llud therefore it wns justly
said unto him, 1'1ty money ptri"". toith thee, QecQu"e
l/w", lninJ.:e"t that tne gijZ of God may be obtained
fOith money. By these and such other cxamples wc
arc taught, whcnsocvcr wc make our Ill'llyers llnto
God, chiefly to respect the honour :md glory of his
Name, Wheroof we have this gcnel1ll precept in
the Apostle Pilul: IYhether ye eat or drink, or fChat- C~r . J':
IfMr:er you rhJ, took that yo'" do it to the glor,r of God. Col. Ill. I,.
'Nhieh thing wc shall best of all do, if we follow
the example of our Saviour Christ, who, praying ~l." ...1.
that the bitter e~p of de1lth might pass from him, ~1;, ~~':ric
would not therclll have his own will fulfilled, but Lu. . . .~
referred the whole matter to the good will and
pleasure of' hi8 Father.
And hitherto concerning those things that we
may lawfully and boldl,v ask of Ood.
)l"ow it followeth that we declnre what kind of
peI'WIlS we ure bound in COllsciellce to pray for.
S1. Paul, writing to 'l'imothr, exborteth lum to
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('oll. J. 4'
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n- ~l.
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,Ldf sll.~,
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)'llJI,.a ....
)'~'l ~ .
.s-
0/ tu &,.,.0
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concerning Pruyer.
to forgive thcm, because thcy knew not what they I.ul<~ .. iil.
did: as did also that holy llnd blcssed :Martyr.H
StepbeD, when he was cruelly stoned to death of ACUril. 60.
the stubborn alld stiffnecked Jews, to the example
of all thcm that will truly and unfeigncdly follow
their Lord and :Master Christ in this miserable and
mort..l i life.
Now to entreat of that question, whether wc
ought to pmy for them that arc delmrted out of
this world, or no. "'herein if wo will cleave onl}'
unto the word of God, thon must wc needs grant,
thaL we have no commandment so to do. For Lhe
Scripture doth acknowledge but two places aftcr
this lilc, the onc proper to the elect and blessed of
God, the other to the reprobate and damned souls;
LIS may be well gathered by tile JlIlTllble of Lrumrus LIl~o,,!,
lmd the rich mun. Which place Si. Augustine cx- ''f'"'~.
pounding saith 011 this wise: "'l'hnL which Abrahum I.lb.ll ~:.."J:o
speakcth unto the rich mun in Luke's 6(0el, ~,:-, ",p.
namely, that the jm.t Cllllllot go into those places
where the wicked arc tormented, what other things
doth it si,ll'nify but only this, that the just, by
reason of God's judgment, which mllY not bl.! re.
voked, can shew no deed of mercy in helping' them
which after this life are ClUlt into prison until they
pay the 'Uttermozt farthing 1" 'l'hese words, llS they
confound the opinion of hclping the dead by prll}'er,
so they do clenn confute Rud take away the vain
error of JllIrb"atory, which is g'1'OUlHJed upon this
saying of the OOSI>cI: l'1tou "'att not depart tllellce, 'Ion ' .~.
14ntil IlIou halt paid the ~tkrmozt farthing. Now
doth St. Augulitinc say, that those mell which are
ca:.-t into prison after this life on that condition
ma}' in 110 wise be holl>Cll, tbough we would help
them never so much. And why? llceause the
scntcnce of God is ullch:1l1f:,"'l.'ablc, and cannot b..:
revoked again. 'l'hercforc let us not deceive Ollrsch'cs, thinking that eithcr we may help othcr, or
other rnll)' help us by their good and ('haritilbll'
pMlYcrs ill time to come. For, ns the l'rcne!l('r
saith, rchcn Ihe tree/at/elk, tehether it be toward tlrr 1:":- _ >1. j.
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As Jor the
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concerning Prayer.
3:i7
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Jol,all.',I.
3;:;8
Mall. . d.
Cmlf'(rll;"g Prayer.
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AN HOMILY
OF nIE PLACE AND TlME Oli 1'RA.YElL
'Jd'
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360
forh~tlrill~
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3Cl
Cor J...t .
jird day
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011
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Thelj'r8t Part
11 'lie IIomily
::\.~,s~l, the year, to sen'! their Lor~ God here; But I~t
us proceed further. In the time of CIJrI"t and Ills
:,~;- _I,l Apostles there was yet no temples nor churches for
Christian mOll; for wl}\' they were always for the
most part in persecutIon, \'cxnlioll, and troullle,
so that there could be no liberty 1I0r license oblailloo. for that purpose. Yet God delighted much
that they should often resort together in a place,
Acto!.'J,", and th('rcfore after his IlSt:CllIsion they remained
"""U.!6, together ill an upper CIIlHubcr. Sometime ther
;:j;;~ '.:,1:'. entcr<.'<l into the temple, sometime into the syna'j.'S: olS A'Ogues; sometime they were in prillODs. sometime
in their houses, 80mctlme ill the Ilelds, &0. And
this continued so long till the faith of Christ Jesu
hcgall to multiply in a great part of the world.
1'\ow, when divers realms were established in God'ti
true religion, and God had gi\'en them peace and
quietness, then began killb"ll, noblemen, and the
people also, stirred up with a godly zeal :md fer.
ventness, to build up temples and ehurch{.'S, whither
the people might resort, the beller to do their duty
towflrds God, find to ktlep holy their Sabbath dll)'.
the day of rest. And to these temples have tht.:
ClJri"tians ellstomably used to resort from time to
time, as unto mcet plac.'CS where they might with
common eonscnt prai,;e and magnify God'l! Name,
yielding him thanks for the benefits that he dai1r
pourcth upon them both mercifully and abundantly;
where tllC)' might flI80 hear his holy word read,
expounded, and preached sincerely, nud receive hi:.
holy sacraments ministered unto them duly ami
purely,
'I'rue it is, thnt the chief and special wmpleB of
God, wherein he hath greatest pleasure, :md most
delightcth to dwell in, are the bodies and minds of
true Christians and the chosen people of God, neronling' to the doctrine of holy Sc.:riptllres decl:l.rl,<1
,("",.ut "'. by St. Paul. 11.'11.1110 ye ttOl, 63ith he, 'Aal ye be 'A,.
..... ;~IJ:
t#!mple 'If God, alld tlwt the Spirit of God dot! dlCett
ill Y"14? The temple of 00(1 u ho'y, ",hie! ye are.
,e . ! 'v.\nd ng'3in in the rrome Epistle: A"now ye not tAat
11
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of Prayltr.
367
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368
L"ktll.aN~
"er.&.
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Tirn~
qf Pra!Jer.
3GU
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370
to
of tlie Homily
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0/ l"~
Plou artd
Ti,.~
of Prayer.
371
heavenly commodities come, to such peo)lle Il8 de~rou,;l)" nnd zealou~h use to re..ort unto their
chUl'('h~ ; seeing also ye are now friendly bidden
and joillU)' called, beware that )'0 slack nol your
uf.,
hr
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Till~
of Prayer.
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AN HOMILY
WUaRKl:( IS DttL.a.RID THAT
the manifold exercises of God's people, dca:Christians, there is 110110 more IICceSS:Lt. fvl' nil
esbtes and at all times than is Public PrtI)'cr and
tbe due use of Sacrnmcnts. For in the first we
beg at God's hand nil such things as othcrwi~e we
c:wnot obtain; llnd in the other he cmbraceth us,
llnd offereth himself to be cmbr.lCOO of us. Knowing
tllcrcforc that these two exercises arc 80 Ilcccssnry
for us, let U8 not think it 1I11!l\Cct to ooll,;idcr, first,
what Proyel' is, 1111<1 what lL Sacromcnt is; llnd
thell, how mlmy sorts of Praj'cr there bc, llnd how
many Sacraments: so shall wc the better under
stand how to use them nright.
'fo know what they be St. Augustine wllcllCth "'....,...r. ""
us. Iu his book elltitulcd, or the Spirit; and the ~::r.:..t
Soul, hc snith this of Prn)'er: "Pra)'er is," sait h
he," the devotion of the mind, thnt is to &'1)', the
returning to God through :l god I)' and humble 3f
fcction; whieh nflt'Ctioll is a certain willing' and
sweet enclining of tho mind itself towards God."
And in the second book aguillat thc Adversary of "'''''I'I'n
Llb.lle..nl.
tlle Law and Prophets 1IC en 11 ell
1 Sacrnmcnts tI I101Y ~d, ,~
signs." And wriling to Donifacius of thc baptislil
of infants hc ll.'lilh: /I If Sllcrnmcnts had not a Al ltn .od
<'Crtain similitude of those thin~ whereof thc)' be UOI,lfaduru.
Sncrnmellls, thO)' should be no Sll.crnmenl$ at all.
Ill' "'"
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An llomily
cision a Sacrament, which preached unto the outward senses the inward cutlingaW3)' or tile foreskin
of the heart, ::md scaled and made sure ill the hearts
of the circumcised the promise of God touching the
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3iG
p~rved,
When 1I010fernes besieqro Bclhuli3,
by the ad,;ce of Judith the)' fa;:ted an~ p~.red,
A,,",~ s-n. and were deli'i"ered, "'ben Peter was m pn.son,
the congregation joined thenL-.cht,'S t~ther in
t'lr.l.rer, and Peter was wonderfully deli,cred. Dy
these histories it appeareth tllllt Common or Pub.
lie Prayer is of great force to obtain mere." find
u......B. ,. deli"erolnoo at our hea\'ellly 'Father's hand. 1'/urefore, brdArtR, I brute/a y()U, e\'cn for 1It~ telldl:r
f1I.erciu of aod, let us no longer be negli/.,"Cllt ill
this bcllalfj but, as a people willing to rt.'('ci\,o at
God's hand such good things as in the Common
Pra.rer of the Church are craved, let us join our_
&ch'cs together in the Illace of Common Prayer,
and ,,;th one voice Ilnd one heart Le~ of our
heavenly Father all those things which he knowcth to be necessary for us. I forbid vou not
printe prayer, but I exhort you to Cl:!1eem Common
Pra.rer as it is worth)". And before all thiub"S be
sure that, ill nil the!;(' three sorts of Prayer, .rour
miuds be devoutly lifted up to God; el"e are Jour
pra>'era to no purpose, and this sa.ring l>hall be
I. . . h. 'J
vcnfied in you, TAi, fltOple AO"Ollrdn 111~ .,iln ,"~jr
)/0, u. $. tip', bllt t"eir "eart iffarfrom me,
Thu9 much for the three lorls ofPm)"crwhercof
wc read ill t11e Scriptures,
Now with like or r...ther more brevity rOtt shall
hear how manr Sacrament,; there be that were
instituted by our Sa,'iour Christ, and Il.ro to be
conlinued and rccei\,('(1 of every Christi.'lll in due
time and order, and for sueh purpose as our Sa\'iour
Chri.lit willed them to be n:eci\,ed, And as for the
number of them, ir ther Ilhould be oon>:iJcn'd &Ca
cording to the Cl:3Ct signification of a Sacrament,
nllmelr. for ,.-isible signs expn.'S::'IJ' commallJlod in
the NelV Testament, whereunto is BnneXl-od the
promi8C of rree forgi"eIlCSl of Ollr an and or our
holiness and joining in Chri,. there be but two,
namclJ', ]lllptism. and the SUJl()l'r of the Lord.
}'or, although Absolution hath the promiso of
forsi\'cncss or Sill, Yl,It br the express word of tho
'.-':
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of Commo!~
3i7
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SiB
An. Homily
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fIj CommoJf.
Pray~r
mill &cranu:"t,.
;]i9
L.,:
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do understand. If ('\'er it had heen tolcrnbl\: to
Uo;(' l:ilr:mge lougtJt-.,; in the eoDl!l"l.'g3tioll. the ~me
mi...M ha,"c been in the time of Paul and the otber
A I~tl('!l:. when they were miral'ulollslr endued with
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~r Commo/l,
381
power of Rome bcgnn to spread itscll~ and to ellfor<'c nil the nations of Europe to have the Romish
langnage in admiration, it lIppcarcth, by the COil
scut of tho mOtit ancient :md learned writers, that
there was no strange or unknown tongue used in
the congregations of Chri.;tillIlS.
JustinllS Martyr, who lived about onc hundred JDOlh, .1",1
and sixt) fears after Christ. saith thus of the"
administrntion of the Lord's Supper in his time.
"Upon the Sunday assembles arc made. both of
them that dwell in citics, and of them that dwell
in the country also: amongst whom, as much nil
mny be, the writ.ings of the Aposllcs and ]>rophcts
liTe read. Allcrwnrds, when the render doth cease,
the chief minister makcth an cxhortlltioll, exhorting them to follow 80 honcst things. Af'ter this we
rise nil together, and oflbr prayers: whieh being
ended, as we have said, brel\<l :md wine and wnter
are brought forth; then the head minister olfereth
prayers Ilnd thanksgiving willi all his power, and
the people answer, Amen." 'I'hese words with
their eircumsl:l1lccs, being duly considered, do dec!nrc plainly, that not only the Scriptures wcrc
read in II known tonguc, but also that )lraycr wus
made in the same, in the congrcgntions of Justin's
time.
Ba.silius :Magntls and Jollllnncs Chrysostomus
did ill thcir time prescribe public orders of public
ndminibtrntioll, whieh they call Liturgies; and ill
them they lIJlpointed the people to unswer to the
praycrs of tho minister sometime, Amen, sometime,
Lord havo mercy upon us, sometime, And with
thy spirit, and, We hay-e our hearts lifted IIp to
the Lord, &e.; whieh nnswers the people could not
hu\'c made in due timc, if the pr:IyCri! had not bccn
made in a tongue thllt thc}' undcrstood. 'I'he SIlmc
Ba,.,il, writing to the clergy of Noocncsllreu, saith I:p'" b'
thus of his Ubllgtl in Common Pr:Iycr: "Appointing
one to begin the song, the rest follow; llnd so
with di\'crs sonb"il and )lrll}'ers )lnssing over tIll'
night, at the dawning of the dnr ull tOh"'CtIH.>r, C\TH
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An llomil,y
=.8c:
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An Homily
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Pro~u
Qlfd &cralflent..
38,j
understand not.
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An TJomit!/
On
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H AIL & FIRE
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~HR
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lNFORMATION
FOR TilE:U WBICH TAKE OJo'lo'EKCE AT CERTA..lN
PLACES OF TilE HOLY SCRIPTURE.
,3
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of the Information
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Wrlsi,..Plau6p/&ripllm.
391
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39"2
NaU uil,...
re
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the fine Rud dclicntc wits of some oourticrs; furthermore, for that the Scripture also reporteth,
even of them that have their commendation to be
the children of God, that they did divers nctlo,
whereof some are contrary to the law of nature,
some repugnant to the Inw written, and other some
seem to fight manifestly against public honesty;
all which things, say they, are unto the simple an
OOCllSioll of great aflenee, and C3USC many to think
C\'il of the Scriptures, and to discredit their authority. Some llrc oflCllded at the hearing ami
reading of the diversity or the rites and ceremonies
of the sacrifices and oblations of the Law. AmI
some worldly willoo men think it lL great decay
to the quiet and prudent governing of their corn
monwC3llhs to g'lVC cur to the simple and plain
mles and Prec<lpts of our Saviour Chriljt in hilj
Gospel; as being ofr~ndcd that a mall should ~
ready to turn his right. ear to him that stroke 'lau w,
him 011 the left, and to him whieb would take lOo
away his coat., to oiler him also his cloak, with
sueb other !myillg'S of perlectioll in Christ's meanillg: for carnal rcascll, !)Ciug alway all cllemy to H";'" >ill l
<;0<1, and not perceiving the thillgs ofOod's Spirit, 'c.... U If
doth abhor such precepts; which yet, rightly undel'
S13ndcd, infringcth nojudieial policies Ilor Christillll
men's govcrnmcuts. And sollle thero Ue whicll,
hearing thc Scriptures to bid US to li\'c without )I&U, ri.
carefulllC8S, without study or forecasting, do deride "-it,
the simplicity of them. 'l'herclorc, to n:move and
put away oec.asiol1t:l of offence so much M may bc,
I will answer orderly to these objections.
lINt, 1 shall rcheaf'lie some of those placcs tlmt
men arc oU'cllded at for the homclincss ami groSSllCSll
of speech, and will shcw the meaning or them.
In the book of Deuteronomy it is writtell, that l'tul ...
Almighty God made a law, if' a man dil,.-o with_ 5-'0,
out i.>;"au::, hid brotJler or next kinljlll:lll should
marry hilj widow, lIud the child that were fir><L
born lJct.wocu tlu::m should 00 callt.-d his child lImL
was dead, thut the dead man's Ilame mought not
s 5
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Pt. mu.&.
I.
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of tlte Injormaiio1J,
".'9-
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Ti~
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be. -If a~, _an ,tril..~ "te~ olllh~ "gAt cAul', t.,.,.
IAe olAer uto Aint allO. .If a"J Jeia CONtatl 10
t(de Ihi Cffltt fr011l- thee, Id Aim IlIIee cl()Qk antI all.
.ut nu/, tit! lift. hante l'/Iol/J vhal ill!! right hand
doe{A.
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' WIt
. I11':'.IIi:!;'
,. lYIll '4
It,
his only word created hearen and earth" !lath de. ~~.Y"4; .1
CfL'Cd it.
1'1te Lord of IlfMU, whwe '/Ca!l8 are in the 1... luoll..
.ea8' .fCN08e
~t1l8 are in. the deen
lCateu
101,11.
1'r
' that Lord ,~:
,~;lI";
Jlnd God by whose word nil things in heaven and IIY1: '1'011.
.
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d
I I I Ill.!".
III enrt I arc creat....... , go\'erne<, nn prescn'C<, lilt I
l>O provided it.
'I'M God 0/ f10tl8 and IAJrd of all Iltul. ,,:
. G~
IIlcomprc IlenSl"
'1 e, Pt.1....!.,...
I ren, G0<IIIwt IS
ua. aI
oue,
I Qr(~,
almighty, and cverlasting, he hath spoken it.: it
is his word. It cannot therefore I>e but truth,
wllich proceedcth from the God of' aU truth; it
CHll110t be but wiJ:'ely and prudcntly commanded,
whut Almig-hty GeJ<1 hath devised; how vainly!iO~
ever,through want of grace, we mi~crable wretches
(10 ima~ine and judge or his mo!>t holy word.
The Prophet David, d\!~eribing' an happy man,
saith, lJle~/led j8 the mal tltat hatA. flot f(){lUea ojler r. t."
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0/' Scripture.
401
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cnd.
800rnCNl
"Ill
or
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AN HOMILY
ALMSDEEDS A.."D MERCiFULNESS TOW AnD TITE
POOR AND NEEDY.
nOlle
that
IS
either more
And yet, this lloLwitll.lihltlding, such is the slothful sluggishness of our dull nature to that which
is good lllld godlr. thnt wc arc almost ill nothillg
more ncglig'Cut Dnd less c:lrcful thun wc arc therein.
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how much it appertaineth to them, a(hi"Cdlj" con_
,.ider it. and virt.uou81y appl)" themsch"cs thereunto.
yOll,
wpoll. an!
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0/ tAe &,.011
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C~~f. TI fA~ fuUe "1' .1.:.1, 'ill lip Ihe rcul:, Qlfd k no- ~ ..
d,ar!tdUe Iqlf:tJ,.,/ all M~. .\Ild a~in: To do flood " .ai ...
{! tu !'KJT. (HI.' IQ ,!i6/ril".te al<A4 !Jladly, Itt '!lat
fAult do ""f fi '!Id; fvr IedA
IICrijiCU i. God
J'1t:a,,~/.
R...l,Y the Prophet t.':3chcth 011 tbis wise:
1Jeal 'Ay trcad bJ lite AIIIIgr" a,,4 6r;"9 tu poor 1-..10. J.
rca"deri"!I Amne /.I) My Itolf8e. When {lwu teue tAt
1UlJ'Ct!, ,ee t!tOll, cMAe Aild, ORI' /,Jlle 1Wt lAy face
from lA.If ]J'>Or tlcifJMollr, "tiMer de"pi,e !MU thine
OIlJitjled. And the holy father 'foby givct.h this
counsel. Git"C al,n", 8I1ilh he, 'tt/hine o/On !J()(}{!" Toll. Iy. 1 6.
alfd bm. nm:r !AJ filet j"rO/lt 'Ae jJfJfJr. fAt lAy
brend ri/A 'Ae IH/"9'.!, all" CQrtT flu IUJI..tll 1C;tll HI",
cMA. And the learned nnd godly doctor Clu:}'1lO4om :;1\'dh thi,:; nJmoniti')Il: ..
mcreitw\'l '.l:
alms be 31\\'3)'8 with U:l as a ",-arm,-nt.;n th:lot is, as i~';" H
".d
u-t.
mindful
.,f
fl4lllltrl girdA
11, At' tlffu-dA '"e r~"AI ,A,,,,l: t,jra- . 1'07.
i_g. And Ill' n,hlt,th tlll'rcuntn, Tile rigAt ii"llf
Djf"ai,,!/ /lIon'" lite qll"r/.", and a ~Il"(ct ,,,,r:/l i~ jt
lK);,,'(' 'lie lIigAu'i it i, aM.'/,'dUe k/Qre G/.HI, "lid
dd"
n~rer kforgu"~".
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nn
410
~i\'cn
r.e ,..,;/,
\,.~, .I...
~trcetJ
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of Alm8tlee8.
411
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112
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T3
H AIL & FIRE
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J'he
&~'()lltl
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415
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416
Tob
.Il.~:
1'1'0' .. I u:
lJan.l....;,
,("1Jr .Il.~.
if the SerMon
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417
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q/ the &:'111011
grace procurcth for liS. And yet, this llo1ll"ithstanding, they err out with St. Pfll1l, 0 fe/etchc,
that JU afe i :l1ld llckIlOW)C<!'"C, ng Christ. !eachet h,
l.ul.uvlL 10. that, vnelt IItc!lltllfe all dOl/c, they are uut Itllprr!/iloMe lert'UIIU; :md with the blcs~cd king David,
ill rc><pect of the just jlldg-mcuts of God, t1u',r do
I'. 00".,. tremble, and Sfty. WAo ,halt be aUe to abide it,
J-<JNt, if thou wilt give UlI{Cllce accordil,!! to Oftr
"eurl,? 'i'hng they humble t.hemselves, and are
exalted of God; they count themselves vile, and
of God are counted pure find clc:l1l; they CQndemu
themselves, and arc justified of God; they tllink
themsch'cs unworthy of the earth, nnd of God al'e
thought worthy of hC:WCll. Thus of God's won1
are they truly taug-hl. how to 1hink rightly of'
merciful llealil1~ of alms, :llld of God's eSIlt'('ial
mercy and goodUCSil :Ire Illud..:: partakers of those
.
li'uits that hi" word hath promised.
Let us then follow their examples, and both
!'hew obediently ill OUI' lite those works of ll1l'rey
t hat we lire commanded, :Illl! ha\'e Owl. right opi uioll
and judgment of them that we al'e taught; a1l(1
we shall, in like mallller as t.hey, be made part:.kers
aud feel the fruits and rewllrds that follow such
~"O(lIy Jiving'.
So shall we know by proof what
prolit and commodity doth eome of gi\'ing alms
and succouring of the poor.
11"",11.
,~.
(,I' Almsdecds: the first, 110W pleas.1nt alld lIccepl:l1,Ie before God the doing of them is; the sC(X)lIll,
h',,," much it beho\ct.h us, and how profibble it i~,
to app!.\' our;:ch'cs unto t.hcm. Now in this t.hinl
part will I bke :lII':I)' that. let tlmt hillderdh nl:1nr
1'1'0111 doil1J{ 01 tll('l11.
'I'herc be m:1I1r that, when thl:'Y hear how :w-
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420
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n.lll
'1
iOH
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<121
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Of AllIIsdeedll,
(/" lac!.: Qlul suffeT hunger;
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nOlrILY OR SERMO.
(l())"Cl:IlSISO
nu-;
~ATI"IT\'
:\llO:SO
lte'.,';llllin~ of t he world mo"t excellent and wHlllil'rtill in their kind, there \Illl'! nOlle, as Scril't11l'C
n'aSOll
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)1"". D. 'i;
.,:1.
GAl, I., ,.
hia awl all lIalif}/13 and ji11llilie.t '!f Ihe carth ~ho/l!lt
l,e Ueaged. Ag'nin, it was tOntilllIC(! :Illd eoufirmed
unlo Isatlc in the S:lme form of \\'ol,d" :IS it m1~
bc!ilre unto his fnthcr. And, to the intCllt th:1t
mankind mi.!rht 110t desll:(ir, hut :llwHyS !iw! in
hope, Almighty God 11I5el' ceased to IlUbli~h, re1'('111, confirm, :l1ld etll1tinue the samc by dln'l~
:l1ul SIiIl<1I')' testimonies 01' his llrophds; who, tiJr
the better persuasion of the thill:':-, Ilrophc~ied tll,'
time, the plaec, thc mantlcr, :llld eireumJihlllec or
his birth, the afllictiolls of his life, the kind of hi.~
.Icath, the g-Iorr of' hiJol resurrection, the reeeivin!.;
of' his kin~"lol1l, the deli\'erance of' his people, witll
all other circumstnnces belollg-in:; thcreunto. E~a.\
pl'ophe:;icd tllllt he Fh'luhlbc borll of n \'irg-in, anc
.'alled ]~mll1nll\lcl. )1 jcheas pl'ophesicd tllnt 11'
hOllld be horlL in l3ethlccm, a plaee of JewIJ
":zccl1iel prophesied tbat he sholll~l c01l1e of' the
stotk HmI lincag't! of Da\'id. Duniel prophe~i~'d
Ij,.lt all naliOl18 allt! !flll,11IO,1C8 KIWI/M 8errl: him.
Z:lehHry prophesied that he should come in porer(y,
ridhl9 1lJlon ait fl88. ::\f:llachi prophesied that he
"hould l;end Elias before him, wllich Ims John
lhe Bapti,.t. Jercmy llrophesicd. that 11e should
be sold for thirty pieces of siker, &0. And all
tllis was done, that the promise and eO\'CU:lllt or
God, made unto Abralmm and his Jlosterity (:on.'trniuf:' the l't.,<lemptioll or the wodJ, mig'bt Le
credited and fully believcd.
Now, as the Apostle 1)aul saith, trnm Ihejidllc88
'!l time '/Ca8 COIIIC, tlmt is, the perfection 11l1d conn:c
of yC:lrs appointed hom the bE'ginning', then GrJd,
according to his former eo~'enallt :lIlU promise, Kcut
a i\[('ssia:;, othcrwise called a. Mcdiator, into the
world; not such a onc as :Moyses lI'a"" not SUd1 It
one as Josua, 5a1l1, or David was, but sllch a onl'
as should <h.livcr m:l.lll;ind from th ... bit!l'l' elllH' of
1he law, nnd Ill:l!;", Iwrf...<:t fwtisElCtioll hr hi" deal h
1(,1' the SillS of' all 11\:o)lle; 1H1IllL'I,\', ht! ~l'l1t hi" <!t:lr
:llld only S(jl/ Je,.us Christ, '11(1,11:, :1" tIll: .\p,,~lIl'
l':litll.lfj' a /COil/M, aud h/u,,fe /ll/rla (he I,w', that /"
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12!J
1/I;"I/, rttf'WM IIWll tltot ".ere i" !J()IIr/,,!/(! '!f 11t~ I"""
"",I ,l'f tlte. tAe diltlrc1f. 0/ G,../' t.f a,fr,} 'i"".
\r M not t hi" fa wonderful gn':lt )O\"C tow:mls u"
that WI'r(' hi,. rrorC>'~cd and 01'('11 enemies? tl,wanl..
liS thnt \\'l't(' by 1f<//lIr~ tAe rA;/,frell '!/ 'au'It :111<1
firchr:.lIllt..: IIf IIdl lire? JiI tAi8, saith St. John,
.:'h.1
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,Htd.
tei"!llIf/!J()(Il!l.
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ri!l"'~II' 11/0/1.
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nom
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mansion plnl'C whereunto he, lJcillg 0111' chief (':lp- 1101>, ~ll j.J:).
taiu, is f,"Olle hcrMl.', L:lsl of all, 11e hc<:ramc mllU,
that we therch.I' might t'I..'CI.:ivc the grc:ltcr comliJl'l,
a" wcll in our 11r.1,\Cl'::i as also in our mh'e..... it.' ;
('OIl:iidcri u~ \\ it h ()ul'-Cl \'C", t hal Wc h:l \'C a ) r<.'(1i:ll. 'I'
thal i~ tnlc ll\:lIl:b \\"(' arc, ".!IQ :l1'tJ i.. I'JM("III;! ,..il/ 11 l~ ..
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\\'''' wcre Ik.'fore, Iluppy are lN~y, l;:lith Script lire, I,"", .iL"
tAat N/Nfi""e 14 tj~ e"d. lJe JiJil/if"I. !'uith Coo, ::.:"~' u
,."/il "~allt, ud I rilt !lire I"~ a cror. of life. .1,_,0.
.\gain he l'.'lith in lIllother place: 1fe tnot p.tletA LcaU h ....
hi4 Ao"d t('do tAe plollglt, tlntl l()()ketlt back, 14 not
'/feet for file l.-illgl{OIll fll GOII. Thcrclorc let us bc
strong, ,Ieat/fluf, and ,mmouob/e, aboulIdi"g olf/"0Y' ,CO,.aY ".
i. IAe tCOrJ.., of tAe l..ord. Let us recei\c Chri;:t,
not for n time, but for evcr i Ict us bclit\"c his
word, not for a timc, but for c\'cr; let us IlC(."Omc
his servants, not for n tim', hut for C\"eri in con
~idcrntioll that hc Il:Ith no<k...'mcd and ~:ln.d us,
not for a time, l!IIt lilr l'\'l'ri alld will rl'e....i\"c u..
into his IlC11\"(,llly kinf.!<lolll, th('N 10 l'\-i~1l with
him, not for n limt', Lut for cn'r. ']'0 him there
lore with the FlltIJ\'r and the )-{'lh' GhfH Le all
honour, praise, and glor)' for e\'t:,:r :IIid t:,:\"cr. AIlU:n,
U3
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him.
much do we IOl'e God :lIId CIJJi~t, :1.'; \\e
hate !>in, We ought thereforo to lake gn.:;IL lu.'t,.'(!
that we IJe not fa'ourora the,,-'Or, Ie>-t we IJe round
cm'lllil"S to God and tr:aitors to Chri~t. For not
(1111.\ they which lIaik'<1 CIlrist UI)()1l the cross arc
hi.. lormcntors and crucifl..::rs, hut :111 thc\', SfIith
!l,b. ..-L6.
S1. 1>;1111, cnlc!/} ago;" the n q{ (,'od, as 1;1Il(;!L a.i
is in them, which do commit \'icc auJ l>in, which
hl'uu;.rht Ilim to his death,
] r lite 1CO!Jf!' 01'.;11 be (Ieath, nnd deal1l c\'crlnsting,
f'ur..::!\' it is no small dnll!;'Cr to 00 ill sen'il'i! tllcrt.'Ol'.
1l ..... rlil'J. Ilw:e lire oJler tlie jfe.!I and nrter llle 'llIrul Ill.. l:l
Ihl'n'Ol~ St. Paul thrc:llcneth, yeti. Almig-hty God
in t. Paul threat.cndh, that re 'hall I;urdy (lie.
11_ nil, "c can none otherwise Ih'c to God hut hy 11,\ ing
11 ... nil '0, lo :,ill_ if CAri,t k ;11 n, ,IIc" i, ,ill (ICad iN 1(8:
",
""iI, if'"c Spirit '!f (,'(1{/. te ill ." ".Aid Tai,/ CArid
ft'lh" d~al" '0 liJ~. 80 dull 'lie lame Spirit T<I;" 1(.'
If) '!le Te8ltrrecfiult of curlu,I;"!l Iile. But, ir sin
rul(' and ~ig-ll in us, thclL is God, whieh is thc
luillllaiu or:lll grncc aud \'irtue, (Iep."lrkod from us;
then Imth tI,C Jevil :md his Ull::"'Taeious spirit rul\!
and dominion in us. l\nd sun.h', ir in Mwh ll1i~~_
r:ll;lc slatc \l'C die, wc 811:111 not risc to lil~, but
1:111 dowll to de:lth and damnation, :mu that. withuut cud.
For Chri!>t hath not so redeemed us from sin,
, , .. , 'e
t11at we Ill<l)" s:&I}' return thereto :1g':lill; but. he
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lmth fl,.'(IC<'moo U~J that wc shoulJ rors:.kc t!lll
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motions thereof, :lIld live to rigMeouslle:-s. 1"t:l,
TiL ILlO.
\\c be tllererorc W:l.;.!Lt.'<1 in our 1':ll'ti"m from tllu
lilthilll<sS or sin, thut Wll should li\e anefll:lrJ in
the purcne".s of life. In b."lpti"m wc promi';L'<11o
fl..'nOUIICC thc dc,>]1 and his 8u:..rge:,tiolli', Wll Jlfl..I ~,L .~.
mi:'t.,d to be. a, OOtl/;e"t dt""'relt, nhnl)"1ii rollo\\ iug)bl. u_
G, ....' .. \\ ill nnd p1,-'asurc. 'lllCll, if he 00 our Falho:r
inl!(,'l'(l, lI:t us g1\c him duc hOllour. Ir wc l;c his
e:,i1\It\.'ll, let liS !>hclI" him ollr o!.>l.'(li(lIce, lik..:: as
CI,ri,.t hlM'llly dl'Clar<:d his olx.odiclIt.'i! to Ilis Yatlu..' r,
1'1.:1. u, ~
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l'u!I,/t,tlA, thu IlealA 0/' thIJ CT()I6.
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John m.16.
J.n... 1 n,l
if the Plf$ti(m.
r,'ll.':li<CU liS from tIle bondll of dalll11:ltion, :'11\(1 rcl"(:ivcd IlS :'Ignin into the number of' his elect people,
not for our merits or dcs('rts, but only and solt:ly
lor the merits of Chritil's denth :lIld pns;;ion, who
lJCc.'lme m[1Il for OUl' s:lkc~, mul humbled llimself to
l;u"tnill tile l"epronch (,I' the crQ~~, that wc thcreby
mig-ht he s:wed, and milde inheritoflo; of the kingdum of h('[I\en. Tllill f:lith ill re{l!lil'cd [It our hands;
and this if wc kt'<'p steadl:lstl.\' in our he:ll'ts, there
is no doubt but we shall obtain !'al\'ution at GOd'll
11:lIId", as did Abrahalll, Isaae, and Jal'Ob, of' whom
the Seriptlll'e sail", that thclJ beliefed, allIl it feaf
ill/JIUIet! /Into thcm f(jr Ti!Jltleou~ne", '''as it imputed
\luto th('m? and llllall it not be imputed unto lIS'~
Yes, i/'/f'e hare the same/aillt 11' thcy had, it 8/wlt
(,e :lll truly impulcd !lIdo 1/8 for rightoolltilles,,:, liS it
wns unto them, For it is onc l:lith that mllst ;;11\'('
hOlh us i1nd them, even IJ, sure and stcadfa"t lilith
in Christ Jesu; who, as ye hu\'e hcnrd, came into
t Ilc world 101' this cnd, tlllIt who8oet'er be/icrc(l ilt
him ~hOllttl1lOt ]JcriIJR, tilt h'lre tile c/'crlaati,'g.
Hut here \\e must hike hred thnt wc do not halt
with God through all llllCOllstallt and wavering
faith, but that it be stroll!; and slemHil>:t to Ollr
li\'cs' end. lie Ihat 1C(Jl'erelh, s,'1ith SI. Jame!', i, tile
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As".lu,(tll~', I;() hiti'hI)" C'Omfort:lhJe is this urtid~'
to our C'OII'-Cit'nces, th:1t it is en~n the ycry lock
:md key of ull our Chri~ti:m rcli:;-ion und f;,ith,
ff it ,ure "ot Ir,,~, ~1ith the holy l\postle I'alll" ('or
IAat Cllri81 N~e again, tllen ollr jJr~c!tillg 1r~re ill 'l."
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,. llil'CN li"llre", of till'
Old 'l\,..t:ullI'lll, :1" 11.1' S:llll"OIl Whl'll h(' sll'w tIll' lull'. ,.lion, uut or \\'h()~c mouth canll' out ~\\"l~dlll',;s and
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0/ (Ae RmiTru(ion,
fi~lrc when hc
delivcred the lamb out of the lion's month, and
whell he OVCJel,ffie and slew the ~re:lt ~i:lnt Go-liath ," and as whell Jonas was swallowed Ull of the
whale-'s mouth, :md ca..et up 3f."3in on l:liId to lil'c;
Lut was 3150 1ll000t c11'3rl)' prophesied b)" the Prophds of the Old Tl'StllffiCllt, aud in the Xew al"o
confirmed br the Apo"th.'fl, He Aa!! .ptJi/rd, F:lith
St. 1):lnl, rllle aNlI potur nnd all the domininn of Ollr
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6ad:lrlfrtl /I!lflht from Ihe hQly comll/{lIIdllleul
(;ud
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/hill!]8
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thill!!1 the Irrullt o/' G()(/ i8 jr()/It lojhU 011 the childrell
ilt frhirh lltill!!, Ol/CC ye Irll/lw/, 1/'hcn!le
/i"ed i,L them. Blit 1/010 }Jllt ye a{8Q (wo.'1from .'IOU
wrath,fierce",:", moliciol/8l1C68, cltTlet! 8pclll.-il/!!J.li1fh!l
,pea!.-i,/!!, out q!'!f()/If 1110/'1118. Lie not one 11'1 ol//IIne"
that Ihe old Inall .".;(fI, hi, IN)'!.', be pill '!/I; alld the
tit". pill 011.
'rllesc be the l'nrthly thin~"S \dlich
SI. ])al1] mo\'clh yOll to cast from you, :lIld to
ql' 7f11"di~l;
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TnF: WORTHY RECEIVIKG AND REVEHEl\T ~.
'I'l:F....IIKG 010' THi'; SACRA.MEST 0.1-' 'l'I1l:: UODY
AXD BLOOD OF t:l:IRIS'l'.
'I'm': great love of OUT Sa\,j()ur Christ tOll'fll'(ls mnllkiud, gOOl! Clll"isli:1ll pcople, daih not only npllCllr
in that dear bouglJt, ucncliL of our re<lcmphon and
!'alvnlion by his death llud passion, but also in tlwL
he so kindly provided thut the same most merciful
work might be had in continunl rcmembrnnce, fo
take some place in liS, and not be frllstr3te of hi,,;
l~or,
Lord and Sa\'iour thought it not SlIflic.:icllt to purchase for us his Father's filVOl1r again (wllich is
that deep fouutain of' :Ill goodncss), and ctcl'lwl
life, but nlso ilwcntcd the ways most wisel,\"
whereby they miglit, ro."i.lolllld to our commodit,\"
and profit.
Among:;t thc which Illenns is the
Jluhlic celebration of tile mcmory of lli", preciolls
{leath at the Lord's tnbla: wllich altllough it sC('m
of'small virtuc to some, yet, being rig-hlly donc hy
the Hlithful, it <loth !lot only hdp their lI'eaknl's~,
who be
their poisoned nature readier 10 remew_
ber injurIes than benefits, but stl'cngthcncth and
comfortcth their inw3rd 1l1:l1l with peace and gladncss, and makcth them thankl'ul to their Hcdecmer
br
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"I" old time God decreed hi:; wondrous bcnelibt nl" K''''l
,Il
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111,8
So t1lcn, as of llc;le"Sily wc ll1ust be oUr::<'h'es
partakers of this table, and not beholdel"S of other,
"0 wc mllst adtll'{$S oursch-es to f'rc1lllcnt the samc
in re"crenl. and due manlier; lest, as physie pro.
vidcd for Ihe hody, being misuse<l, more Illlrtl-th
than profiteth, so this eomfortahle medicine of the
sonl, umlCC<!lIt1y rccei\"Cll, tend to our g-reater h~rm
and sorro\\", As SI. Paul "!lilh: lie (htlt cllldk' C.)r, ~t "la/Ul drill/.elk ullworthily eatelk ol/tl driJtl:elh hill
"'Cl~ dalll1latioll,
"hCl'Cforc, that it bc not said
to us, as it WllS to the guest of that great supper,
1'l'iclUl, how call1e~t thou iI~ not f,(/('ill!/ the 1!I(/rrillf/d )IAll, ..II.".
!/arment.? am! th:Lt we mll)' fruitfull)" \lse St.llaul'"
coullscl, Let a 1111111 prot'e hil/18t:{J; ami '0 eat f!/ thot I Co<,~I. ,.
breotl ami drillk Q/ that Clip, we must certainl.\'
know that thrcc things be rc<luisilc in him which
would sccmly, as bceometh ..ueh high Jllyslcl"i('~J
resort lo t1hl Lord's tah\c: that is, a right and
1I \\'01'111)' (',,!im:ltion 1L1ld unden;landillJ,:.:" of thir:
llH'slerr; sct.:olld1r, to comc in a sure f:lilh; and
tl;irtlh-, to 1I:1\'e newness or purencss of life to
i;uecel~1 the receiving- of the smne,
]3ul, hefore all other things, this wc mlL~t be
l>urc of l>pe<:illll,v, that Illis Supper be in such \\i~e
llone and ll1illi-tcred as our Lord IInd Saviollr did
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scntencc of God lllu:;t always be just ified, I 10iZt
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TUE co:m"'G DOWN 0''' TlU; HOLY GUOSf ..c;o
TU~ MANiIo'OLD GH'TS OF TUE &UI.&.
FOR WHITSUNDAY.
BuollE we oome to the dectarnlion of the
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S:wiour Christ alro ill the Gospel s,'lith to his disciples, It ill not you Mat 8peal.:, but till; SI,irit 0/ yoltr llall", ,0Father uhich i8 witltill OH. All which ic"timonies
of holy Scripturc do sl1flicicntly dcc:bre, that the
myslery of the tongucs betokCllCth the prcllching
of the Gol"pcl, and the Often collfe~ioll of the
Chri~tj:lII 11lith, ill nil them that arc possessed
with the lIoly Ghost. So that, if allY Illan be
a dumh Chri:;tian, not prolcS.!'illg his filith openly,
hut cloaking :Illd cololll,jng himself for Ic:u' of
danger in time to come, he gi\'cth mCIl occasion,
justly :lIld with good eOIl!>Cicllce, 10 doubt lest lul
have 1I0t lhe grace 01' the lIoly Ghost within him,
bcc:lUSC he is tongtle lieU, and <loth not spcak.
'rims thell h:n'e >'e hcard the first institution 01'
this feast of l)cnlc(:osl, or Whitsuntide, as wdl in
the old L.'lwamong the Jews, as :llso in the time
or the Gospel alllOllg the Chri~tiallS. Now let liS
(:ollsitlel' what the Holy Ghost is, :lI1d how consequently he worketh his miraculous works towards
mankind.
'l'he Holy Ghost is a spiritual and di\'ine substall(.'(!, ihe third Pel'i'OlI in the D~ity, distinct
from the Fathel' and the Son, and yct proceedingfrom them both, "'hieh thing 10 he truc, both
the Creed of Atlmll;J>;ius be:Lrcth witncs::, and m~I\'
be also ca"ily pro\'e<l by most pluin testimonies
God's ho[r word. ""hcn Christ was h:lptized of
.John in the ri\'cr JonJan, wc rend tlmt the Hol,\' ~1_'Il,IlI.
GhOst came dO\l'n in the form of' a dove, and tlwL ''', '1,
the 1";lllIcr thundered from neavell, 8Qyill9, 1'hi8 i"
my dIXlf al/{/1elt belorcd &11, ilt 1I'lt01l1 Jam trelt
}llea8ed, "'I1\'re note three din'ri> and di,.tilll.:l
P~ri>on"" the Jo':lll11.'l', thc Son, and tllc llol.\' GIlosl;
whith all llot\\'ith~landillg- arc not three GOtl,:, but
onc GOl,1. Lik~\I'isl" whcn Chri,.t dill fir"t institute and ordain tllC S:1CT:lmCllt of llapti><lll' he SCllt )I.tl. " ..H.
hilS di,;dpld> inlo Ihe whole world, \\illin,!.:' them 10 'Y
haptize all I/lltiQll8 in the name qj'the }iillter, the
Sill, '"111 the 1/u/y (,'ltn$!. A1.~o in anothl,'r pl:ll,'~
he saidl, I Il'ill II/',,!! /I'ltu 111!! I'idhu, a"d Ite 8/11/// ~/";u~I' "I
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he givcth pal icnce and joyfulness of heart in tempbtion and afllietion, Imth therefore worthily ob
tained this lIame in holy Scripture, to be called
J ..o Jlul . 6, a Comforkr.
'Vho will not also man'el to read
the lcarned and heavenly fiCrmons of Peter and
the other disciples, considering that they were
never brought up in sehool of learning, but called
e\'en from their net.s to supply rooms of Apostles?
This was likewise the mig-ht.y work of the Holy
Ghost; who, because he doth instruct the hearts
f)f the simple in the true knowled!?C of God and
his hol)' word, is most justly termed by this nlllne
lbi4. ".
:md title, to be Me Spirit of truth. Eusebius ill his
Ub..... p.,J. Ecclesiastical History tellcth n strange story of a
(-crtain learned mul suhtile philosopher, who, being
an exheme advers:lry to Christ and his doctrine,
could by no kind of learning be eom'erted to the
faith, but was able to withstand all the arguments
that could be brought against him with little or no
labour. At length there started up a poor simplc
mall, of small wit and less knowledge, one t.hat
was reputed among the learned as an idiot; and
he OD God's Name would neNs take in hand to
dispute with this proud philosopher. 'l'he bishops
and otller lrorned men standing by were marvel
lously abashed at the matter, thinking- that by his
doill&"S they should be all collfonnded and put to
open shame. I [e not.withstanding ~th on, and,
begiuning in the Name of tIle Lord Jcsus, brought
the philo,.opher to such point in the end, contrnry to all men',. expectation, t.hat he could not
choose hut acknowledge the power of God in his
words, and to gi\e place t.o the truth. 'Vas not
lllis tl. miraculolls work, that onc secly soul, of no
Icn"lling', should do that whieh many bishops, 01'
great k,.,owlc..lgc and undcrstaudin;:, were never
:lhle t.o br;ng to pass? So truo is that saying of'
1I""'.9 .... J... Bl-dC: "Where t.he Holy Ghost doth instruct fllld
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teach, t.herc is no delay at all in lc:unillg!' 1\[uch
more mig-ht here be spoken of the mflllirold gift,.
and graces or the nol)' Ghost, most exC':l1cnt ami
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wonderful in our e,res: but, to make a lon~ discourse through all, the shortll~ of time will not
scnc; and, seeing yc ba\'e hrord the ehicf..'tit, re
mar easily concch,c :md judg-e of the rest.
Now wcre it expedient to discuss this quct=tion,
wbether 311 the)' whieh boMt :l.Ild brag th3t the)'
113\'C the lioly Gllost do trul)' cllllllenge this unto
themseh'cs, or no? Whieh doubt, because it is
ncecsso'lt"y and profitable, shall, God willing, be
dissoh,cd in tho next )>3.rt of' this llomil)'. ]n tllC
mcan season let us, as wc arc mOl>t IXlllnd, j:ri\'o
hearty Umnka to God tIle ]'ather 3nd his Son
Jesus ChrL.,t for scnding down this Comlorter into
the world; Immbl)' ~'CChin~ him 80 to work in
our heam by the power of this 1I0ly Spirit, that
wc,lX'ing re;"''1'nerntc 3nd newly born :lo"llin ill all
:..,"OOdIlC:SS, rightcousness, 8Obrict), Dud truth, mar
in thc end be madc 1l.'1rtakcl'iJ of c\'crlastin!;, life in
his heavenly kingdom through JeiUS Chri"t our
only Lord :md S:l.\iour. Ameu.
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He/wM, the.1! which withdraw thell/se/us from thee ,... )ullI . "
IIh((lt }Ierish; for IhOl~ ha8t dcstra!Jc(1 them ott that
urc Itrayerlfrom thee. 'l'his eXJlCrience was pereei\'c<l
to be true of that holy Prophet llierelll)'. 0 Lord, Je. uli.'Jo
he, IChft!socver thcy be that forsake thce dolt
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nrrnz:Ul<'y it w.. re fo,r r1,,,t aRd olA~, to think tl1:\t l;,a.ul! ':.
he c.lIIld worthily dcdllre his Maker. Jt p.'L".M>th
Inr the dark underst:lllding :md widom of a mort.:11
man, to !':fIC:lk ImOiciently of that divine Majesty
wllieh the :mgds C:lIlllot undcrshllld. We 5h.3.11
therefore la)' apart to speak of thnt profound and
in~rchable ll:ltufC of Almi~ht)' God, rather ae.
J..-nowled...';ng- our wc:1knCl;8 than rn.;;hl)' to attempt
111.:1t is aoo,"c all m:m's c:a1)l1citJ to compass. It
~hall hetter ;:tlme..: us in IlIw humility to re"erencc
:md drCtld his )bj('>.t.", which wc call1lol colllprigc,
Ih.:11l b)' o\"Crmuch CUriOUii searching to be ovcr
dlllr~ \\ith t.he ~Ior.r.
"'e shall rather turn our whole oontempt.:1tion to
nllswer 11. while hid goodlll.'i>5 to\\':uxls us; wllercin
wo shall be much more pro/itabl)' occupied, and
mON II1ny wc be bold to (;('llrch. '1'0 eOIl!ider this
~rcnt power he is 01" e:m Lut mnke us dr.. .ml llnd
li:ar; to consider his high wisdom miglJt utterly
cli~comfort our frailty 10 ha\'tl :lllr thing' ado with
him: hut in consideration of his lllc>:;timable ~"00<1.
Ill'S!> we take good heart l1g:lin to trust wcll unto
him; by his goodness wc Le assuroo to take him
lor our refuge, our hope :llld comfort, our mercirul
}'ather, in all the coun-e of our li,'(';;;. His powcr
l1~ld wiuom compelldh us to l:Ike him for God
(':unipotent, itl\"i"iblc, h:win:::- nlle in hca\'cn :lIld 0... ho.Jj.
in earth, h:l.\"illg all things in his subjection, and
will h:a\'e none in council with him, nor :mr to :lSk
tile reason of his doing: for he lIIa.r do what Jiketh
him, alft/. If01fe 01. ruilt Ilia. :For le JC()rJ.-tI4 alll'tOo' .rt, f.
11I;1I!j' in his secret judgment to Iti~ OICfl. plttJllue,
.'1N, tu. tile r;cI-~ll to daa"atio., s:l.ith SalOlllon.
By the reason of this nature he ill C:llted ill Scriptllre
tflJllllllfiR!I ji,~, he is cnlkd a. lerritle and fr:aif.l 11".".19'
G od. Of this behalf thcrefufC we mn)" h:we no ~:l"'"
bmili:arity, no aC'Cl">S unto Ilim: but his goodness l:...., .......
:l:ain tempcrdh the rigour of his high power, and
m;lkcth us hold, 1111.(1 puttcth us in hope that. he will
be eOIl.\ct1':l1lt with ns lmd eus)" unto liS.
It. is his goodness that mO\'ctll him to Ii!ay Ill.
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thc eallse, For that llum ha"t 1/fJt kJlown the time fl/l...\<e oh,,..
lhr riaitatioll, 0 }:ngland, wllich eanst not Ilor
WIll not ponder the time of God's mCl'ciful visilatioll, shewed tllce frum day to da,\', llnd )'ct \Iilt
not T'C'Jr-lrd it, neithcr will tholl with Ili.. pl1ni~h.
mcnl be drivcn to thy dutr, nor with his bcncHts
1'0 provoked to thallka; if thou kncwcst what
may fall upon thee for thinc unthankf'ulncSJ;, thou
wouldcst pro\'ide for tll)' pcace.
Brethren, how,;ocv~r the world in g<!llcrtllitr i;s
forgetful of God, Ict us !lflrficularl.\' attend to our
time, and win the time with dilij:CllCC, :lIld apply
OIlr:;c!\'{'S to thfllli;::ht and ;::nll'(' that is oflhCfI liS,
Let us, if 000\; 1;IHlUl' :llltl jUlI:.;mcnt~, which he
\\Qrkcth in our time, cannot "tir ll'l to c1\l1 Ilome
to oUI'Sell' to do tlmt bclol1~ to Ollr sal\'ation, Ilt
the lea"t 1I'1I\' let the 1ll11lico or the dC\'il, the
11~lIlghliuess
thc world, which we see exercised
in thew J}('rilous and last times whcrein wc sce
our da)'s so c1allgtromly set, pro\'oke liS 10 wntch
dilif,"'clltly to OUt' \'o('ation, to walk ami go ronnll-d
therein, Let the misery aud short trtlllsilory jors
spi..:d in the casualty or our days mo\'c us while
wo hrn-o thcm in our hands, and seriously stir U8,
to be wise, and to expend the gracious brood will
of God to Ilsward; which alt Ihe dl/j lOll!] stretcheln I...... lu..
out hi8 !lam!s (:IS the Pl'Ollhet suitll) unto l1S, for
the most part his merciful hands, sometime his
hea,'y h:mdsj that wc, being learned thereby,
may esc.'lpe the dan::rcr tllllt llll1st nccds bll on
the unjust, who lead their dl/!J1I in felicit!J and Jobul. ').
pleasure without the knowing of God's will toward
them, but IIlulden!!lthey -'10 dQllm illlo hett,
Let us be round watchers, round ill the peace or
the Lord; that fit tho l1\st day wc may be jou11d 11~I,tIJ. I~.
wilMllt lIJlot and blameless, Yea, let us endeavour
our$cl\'es, b"OOd Christian pC<ll'le, diligently to keep
the presence or his lloly Spirit. Lot us renounce
flllullc!e:mllCSSj ror he is the Spirit. of purity, ut
1l~ a\'oid all 11rl>ocris)'; ror this !loly Spirit ?Cil! \\i>d.I,~,
flee frQlIt that lrhic!l ill fei:JllCd, Cast wc on' all
or
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A).f EXIIOR'I'.\'l'IOX
TO BE SPOKEX 1'0 SUCIT PARlSllES WIIERE THEY
USE TIJ.J::IR PERAMBULA1'IONS IN ROCATIQN
WEEK }'OR TilE OV}:RSICllT Ol!' TIlE BOUNDS
A1\"D LlM1TS O~' THEIR TOWNS,
ALTHOUGIl we be now nssemhled together. good
Christinn people, most principnll)' to Inlld nlld
thank Almighty God for his grent benefits. br
beholding the fields replenished with all manner
fruit, to the maintenance of our corporal neces~
sitics, for our food and sustenancc; and partly
also to make our humble suits in prayers to his
fatherly provideucc, to conserve the same fruits.
in sending us seasonnble weather, wllereby we
mar gather in the Slid fruits to th:lt cnd for
,dlleh his mcrciful goodness bath pro,'ided them;
yet havc wc occllsion secondarily gi,'ell liS in Ollr
w:Jlks on these days to consider the old ancient
hounds and limits belong-ing to onr own township
and to other our neighbours bordering :lbout us,
to thc intent that we should be content with our
own, and not contentiousl)' strive for others, to
the breach of ch:lrity, b)' nny encroaching- OTIC
upon another) or claiming onc of the othcr further
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tionsly so to 111w, oomlllelltling- t11ereby the profession of lJ:ltiellce in u Christian man; if Christ
our Saviour woultlll1l\'e us rathcr to SUm:l' wrong,
and to turn our len eheck to llim wllich hath )laU".J?,
,,;mittcn the I'ig-ht, to sufli;or OIlC wrong aner another, rather tllnn by bread1 of charity to ddcnd
our 011'11; in what slatc be they beforc God who
do the wrong-? whnt curses do they filII into which
"y C,llse witness defralllll'itl1er Ilei;.:-hbollr or township of his due right and just jJossl'SSi()n? which
will not let to hike un oath hy the holy Name of
Uod, the Author of all trutl1, to set out a f:llsehood and a wrong? A'/lQw!le flfJt, Faith St.l'alll, ,Corl,e.
that fhe ftllrighteoul Ihalt 110t i11herit fhe i'illgtlom ql
G'ort! What sllnlllw then win, to increase a little
the bounds and posscs"ions of the earth, lmd lose
the possession of the inheritanoo e\'erla>otillg'? Let
liS therefore lake 8uch heed in maintaining' of' our
hounds and po8SCSSiOIlS, that we commit not wroug
h,)' ineroaching upon otller. Let \18 oownrc 01'
sudden verdict in things of' doubt. Let us well
advise oursch'cs, to udvouch that certainly whereof
~ither we h:l.ve no ::'''000 knowlcdge or rcmelUI.rollCC, or to claim that we h:ne 110 just titlc to.
1'110" Ihalt 1Wt, OOlllmlllldctll Almighty God in D<ut. >l,. ' ..
his Law, remote th!l11eig1t601ly', mad', which the!! '!l
",Id time ha~'e let ilt thine inheritance. 1'1101' IJhuft l'Ill. , u.,~.
flOt, s.1ith Salollloll, rell/o~'e the (tIIcicllt 60undl tehich
fhY/lIthers have laid. And, lest wc should estoom
it to be but a li;;ht ollimce 80 to do, wc shaH
Ilndersbnd tllllt it is N'ckOll{'(1 amOl1g the Ctll"SCS
(II' God prOllOll1l<:ed 111'011 ~illl1ers. I!c/"urled be he,lleut.n.lI.lJ.
~:lith 1\lmi~11ty God hy i'ro,;e!<, 1r.ho remorefh hi~
m:igh60uy's dotel antlllltaliJ" alld ult fhe people shalt
8fl!l, Q1wceri,lf/ ~JlIIen thereto, liS ratil}'illg that curse
1Ipon whom it cloth light. 'rhey do mueh provol;c
the wrath of God upon them~lve~, whieh use to
J.:l'ind lip the doles and 1l1:lrks which of nncient
time were laid for di"i"ion of mcres :llld ll:tlks in
the field;;, to brin~ the owners to their right. TllllY
do wickedly Wllidl do turn up the ancient terri,'s
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OF TilE STATE OF MATRH10:-;Y.
TilE word of Almighl.v God doth testify :md declare whenoo the ori~illill oe;ilLlling' of matl'imoll'y
comcth, and why it is ordaillCU. H is in::;titlllc(!
of God, to the intent lhnt man 11IId WQI11:l1l should
live lawfully in a pcrpchwl friendly fdloll'::;hip,
to brillg forlh fruit, :lIId to II\"0id fOl'nicaliolL: by
which means n good eon1;ciClICu mig']lt be IJrc8cfn'(1 011 both pnrlics in bridling' t.he cormpt illclinaliOlls of the flesh witllil1 the limits 01' honesty;
for God lwth straitlv forbidden nil whorcllom m'ld
unc!cnnlless, Imu h~th from time to time tnkcll
grievous Jlunishments of this inordinate lust, as
all stories Il!ld ages hnth dcclnrCtI. J'llrtllcnllorc,
it is also ordained, Ihat the Clmfch 01' Go(l and
his kingdom might by lhi" kind of lifc be COil~cn'c<l and cnlargcll, not only in t11at. God g-in:th
children Ly his blcs~ill:;, hut nlso in tlwt tll(~Y he
brought. up by t.he parcnts 1-:0dl.r in the knowledge
of God';,; word; that thus the knowlcdge of GOll
and true religion might he delivcr..:d by >;ucccs~ion
trom one to 3notllcr, that finally mauy
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\llljO.\ thnt everlasting im11l0rl:llit,>,.
Whcl"CI'ore, forasmuch as mallililOllY $cn'clh a~
well to avoid sin and oflcllce as to ~lH:r~a..~e the
kill~"\lom of God, you, as a1\ other which enter
that ~tntc, must ackllowledg'C thi" bencfit of Gvd
with pure and thankful mind..., for tlla1. he huth $,1
ruled >'our hearts that )'\l Ivllow not the cxamplt
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'l'his ncccssit.\ of prn~'cr mu~t be oft in the oc(upying {Iud u:>ing of nl:lrricd pCr$Om, thnt oftt.iml'
the onc ",llouM lImy for the other, Il'... t hale rind
tleb."te do :lri,-c betwixt them. AI1() Uec:tusc few
do consider lhi;; thill,!r, bul morc few do perform
it, (I So')", to pm." diliJ.,rent1r,) we see how wonderflllt)' the (h~\'il deludcth :\lId scorneth this I;tatc,
how few matrimonies ihcre be without chidillg8,
lorawling"S, l:mntil1 h"il, rcpclItill::'''S, Liller cllrsill~~1
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r<~t,
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him oul (,I' l'ar:ll~iH' illlo 1Ilis woflll vale of mi,,{'n, r.u_lH.
clIjoiuillg' him tl) Ial,ulil' Lbe g-rollud Ihllt hc 1\';.>1 ,;-'.
wli:cn out of, all~1 to ent llill hl'cad ill tile 8w(::11; tit"
!lis r:lCe n1l1 hc dn,vII or hi:; lite. It is tllC appointment :lIld will of tiod, that e\'cry mall, duriu;; the
timc of this mortal :llld h~I~I"itory life, :;!lOlIhl gil'c
himself 10 HIIllC homst. IUIlI ~odly exerci:;c :lnd
bl!'Our, :md el'cry onc to do his Oll'll Im..iness, anti
to walk uprightll- in his 0\\11 calling'. .1/illl,slIith
Job, i8 lfll/'I~ IQ iatultr. And we :In;l COlllllland!."!l J b.Y.l.
I.oy Jesus Sil~\ch, fIOt 10 Rule JIf,;/!/ilt tCOrl,'II, "eilRN I~lu. lf.".
RltllJa,'dr!l' or ot.1lcr slleh llli~tcr'i('~ of travail, whieh
(he Jli!Jheat hal/~ crealed. 'file Wise )lnll also exhorteth us to ,Irillk Ihd uo(all '1/ ollr (Jlm cialcrJ/, I'. ~. ".
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some kind of Iahour to cxrreiso him."olf, aecorllillgas the vlX'3tion wllCreuuto God 11~lth culled him
slmll rC(jlLire, So that \dlo,"OC\'Cr doelh good to
the common wcnl and ."oeielr of mcn with lli~
industry :Illd lahour, \\'hcthcl' it be br go\'cmiu:.:'
the common wcnl publir,I.\, or by hC:ll'ing puhlil'
omee or minislry, or by doing' nny common IICel'Ssary nlnlirs of his country, or hy g-ivillg' couuscl, or
lo.v tcnehing' :lI1d ill",tl'uctillti OtlICI"i>, or by what
other mC:lns 1;00\'01' ho be o<:cupied, so that a profit
and benefit redound thcreof IIl1tO othe~, 1he S:lme
person is IIO!; to be accounted idle, though he work
no bodil,v labour, 1101' is to be dcnied his living, (if
he attend hi;! vocatioll,) though he work not Witll
his h:ll1ds. UOllily I;dJOllr is not 1'('(luircd of them
which by rcnson of their vocation llnd omCC' aI'!
occnpied in the laoollr of the mind to the prolit
and 11dp of 01 hCI's.
SI. "Paul cxlll1rh-th 'fimothr to eschew and rfjiulc
idl.: Vit/OICS, ,rhicA .10 (Ibollt from house to hOUSC, because thcy Me flOt 01l1!J if/lc, bllt prattlers also Ofut
blls!JQotlies, sjJeal..ill9 Ihill!Js lrhid are 110t c(Jlllel!l'
'1'he llropllct l-:zcchiel, d('{:bring' what the sins of
the <:ill' of SOdOlll werc, rl'ckollclh idlencss to be
':.cl<. HI. ~9- ll:lC or'the principal.
'I'he shls, ."aiLh he, qj'Sodolll
V/'fe thesc; pride, .lidllcs~ rj' lIleat, a~lIIlf/allce, amI
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(mUle, \Ht,.. quickly R'lIUl.... J or Sal:1ll to loraklIhe Lonl hi~ God, :llld 10 commit tll"O grie\ol1.i
and aholllin:ll,le ~ini in hi.s sight, adultery :llld
l.lurUl'T. 'l'Iw Ill::t~uc;< that cu"uoo the:.e ollellce8
\\ ....re horrible :lIId griC\'OILS, tl.'; it may casil)' ap.
l-e::tr to them thnt \\;11 l\.':Id the story. Another
eX31llple of am..oll, who, so long as he warretl
wilh tllC l}hili~til1t',,,, I'llcmil'>:i to the people of God,
l"Ould Ile\'er Le taken or O\'crcome; but. after t1mt.
h. :';'1\"c him..clf to l':'l~e :md idlenc:>:;s, he not only
1..~,mmith..J liJrni('".Itioll wilh the 5tnlmpct DaWa,
hut :ll~ was takl'lI 01 his cucmi\.'S :lIld u3d his eyl.....
nll~er.lbly 1'lIt out, W:l,; put in prison :llld COffilocl",..1 tv ~rill(l in :I mill, mul at ICIl~th \\":1.3 made
llll' !;wg'11in6.-"tOt:k or hb cuemil'S. If thl'SC two,
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t$tf; ,et 1,1' 11"" .IIre Ilat U()(.ldalt brill!} tAu illto
jllJ!}",elll/lJr all time 'li",.
God of his merer )JUt it into the hearts and
minds of all them that ha\'c the SWON or punil'h_
IllCllt in their halld~, or ha\'C f:lmilie:; under their
~"O\'crllanCf', to labour to rl'(II"I.'>-,i thi;; grt'3t enormity of all such lLS !i\'e idl~' and unprofibhlr in
the oommonweal, to the :,:'l"I.'at di~hollollr or GOlI
:md the S'ri~\'ous llla!.tll{ (If hi:> ~l'Cl.r }ll'Ollle! '1'0
)C:l\"e 8in ullpuni~llt~l, :1Ilt! to IJ ..:-lL"(;t the ~
hrin~in!r up of ~outh, i~ lIuthiu,!; d-e hnt to killllJc
th~ I"'HJ'S wrath H~-:lin~t 11$, 1I111110 hrop 1,la;:;uL'l:l
upon our OWII IU::1J~, A:-; 1')Il~ lLS the uduItCl'()II~
Jll'Ople weI'C SlIlfcl"l.,(! to lin: licelltioll,.I~ witll/lul
rclill'llllltion, so IOIlg' did fIll' l'!:lg'lIe CQntillllC llllll
increase ill J,.1~ld, us .} C 111.1)" ~l'C in Ihe hook of ",nuh
Numbers. Dut, when duc COI"I'{'dioll was dOlH' ,.....
upon them, the IJord'l'I ullh~r was >;lraig-ht.wll)'
plIcifies.l, :lIld the pl;l;';-IlC I:I'a"c(1. Let all oIliCl'I"S
thcrclorc look :.traitly 10 their charge. Let nil
mastCriJ of hou::-ehol{ll'l reform thi:! aouse ill their
f;mlilies, Let th~m usc the aulhoritf that Uod
!lath given thcm, Let them not maintain mg:l_
bonds and idle person", out ddi\'cr the r"alm and
their hotl::-eholds from such noi"<lme loil~l\'rs; t !tnt,
itllene;$, the mother or all mi'>Chicf, bein~ ek'Zln
t.lken awa}", AlllliO'htJ Goo. mar turn hi.; dft."'Zldl'ul
:1I1 b"Cr away from us, anti l"Onfirm tile co\'~lJant (.1'
l)C3l'C upon us 10:" cn~r, throu;;h the m{rits of Jl'i'U';;
Christ, our onl)" L..nl aud Sa\iollr. '[0 whom with
the Father ami the Holy Uh",.t he nIl htJutJUf .JUJ
glorr world \\ ithuut cnd. ,\IIIt:U.
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AN lIOMILY
nEPEKTANCE AND OF TRUE RECOKCILL\TlO);
UXTO GOD.
I ClIlIro II 0 I G0(,I ns
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Prophels, ill the which this most W1101e;:olllc doctrine of rcpclllance is vcry c:lrnesll>' urged, as Illost
needful for all dl'g'rccs :l\Id orders or men j but olle
shall be fmfli<:ieuL at this prl'Si:'nt time. 'l'llCsc arc
the words of J ocl the l'rophct: Therifore a{/J() 1/010 J<,IIlIli. ". I,}.
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from whom we hc /:llll'n uway hy sill. nul, tli:lt
the wholcdis('(lll~e lhcre.-,jlllar the hd-lel'l,l' hQI'IW
away, we shall lir",l. (:ol1sidcr'in ordl'r /illl!' pl'illcipal points; that is, fl'Om what wc mu... t retUl'II, I"~
whom wc mll~t rdu1'l1, bJ' whom wc may j'e al,lc 10
COIl\'Crt, and th" manner how to turn to Ood.
First, from whence or from what things W,' ~......" .he'....
must rc!Ul'n. 'frul., wc must t'{'tnrll fh)lll tho!:'l' :'~,,':~U"'"
thillh"S whc":b." we h:l\'() bren lI'it!l\lrawll, plucked,
:llltllcd a\\':I\'
. from God, And thl'''l' "'"('ncl':I))". art:
our 8iJU, whidl, as the hol.\ Prophcl Esa., doth
te"li(v, (IQ 8rjJllrale Oll/t al/d lI~, alld hidl: hilljilce, I Ho.
Ihat he will IlfJt hcar IU. But undcr the namc of
sin [arl,) I'CCkOlll'dl, not only t1lQ"e gross word."! am!
dCt,.,<I... whicll by the comlllon judg-llIclll of' mell arc
eoulltL'l.! to he lilth.r and ulllawflll, and ~o consequentlJ ahominable "in~, but 111"'0 the filthy lusts
:llId illward cO!l('upi"ccll('CS or the flesh, wliieh, a." 11'll, "
St. Plllll tcstilicth, do re,::ist thll will :lnd Spil'it 01'
Ood, and thcrd'ore onglJt, eurnestly to be bl'idk~1
!llld kept under. "'e must rcpcnt of t.lle Ed!'C
and crroncous o)linions that. \\'c ha\'e had 01' God,
:tnd the wicked sUI>cr;;titil!ll lhut dotll breed of the
sume, the uulawflll worshipping and ~cn'ice of
God, und other like. All these tllill);s Illust the.\forsake tllat will trlll" t.urn unto the Lord :1Ilt!
repcnt. arigM. F'or, sith that.!i)r 8/1c1L tltillg8 the 1~>lI.v 6.
IOralh of God cometh "PQIL tlte cltildr(" qj'di8l)bedi.
Citee, no end of !llI11ishmcnt OUglll to be looked li,no
liS long as \\'0 continue in such thin~.
'l'hercfill'l.l
they be here condemned whicll will seem to he
rel>cnl:mt sinners, and yet will not fOl'Sake tlu.'ir
idolatry and ",upcr.,titioll.
SC(.'Olldlr,lI'(.' 111114 ::'CC unto whom we ought 10 1''''~.I",.
rei urn. lIccerl;lId"i tII/que arlllll', sailh the J:'md, :u~,;<lIlN
that. is, R('//lm QlljilT 08111110 II/C. We must tll~'1l
rel/lrlt fluto Ihe },or": ye:l, wc must r('tul'1l \lull!
him alol1ll; fi.,r lie :llone' i~ the truth, and the IO\ln~
l:lin of' all .!'OO(!ne~~. nut wc 11I\\.,;t laholll' Illat \\e
do return (~II lilT a8 /I do him, :md that we do nc,','r
('Ca,:e :lnd 1'L'~t till wc havc apIll'chclIdcd :l1ld takCll
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f!f Repenlance.
tIle." do llN'k those tllin~ in Ou::ir own works :lIId
mcrits wllich ong-llt 0111.\' to be sOll::rht in our
S:l\"iour JI'SU Clll'i~t, 1l!l<1 in the ml'rits of Ilis
death, paAA"ioll, :llld IJ lood"llC<Idil1g'.
Fonrtllh-, thi,., 110lv ])rophd Joel <loth li\'eh- n.en"",,~
expre;;,; t1~e 1l11111ner
thi" onr returning- 01' r,:. :;fg"'''''''u","
penl:lIlee, comprehending 311 the inwllrd un<l 0\11wnr<! things that may be here obscr\"{'(l. }o"jrst, lie
will 11il\'e 11S to return unto God frit! ol/r ",!Iole
hear'" wher!:hy he <loth r('m(\\'c :11ld put :\\\"Ur all
hypocl'i,,)', lest the fOame mi::rht ju~tly be said unto
us, '1'1ti" ptopIe dNlfrd! Ilear 1IIdo me trillt. their f~ "h.'F
moulA, ami worlhippetlt me 1rit! their lip", tJllt theit )llloll. ~".~.
heart ;, filr '!/ffrQ/II /!le. Sl'<:otldl.\, he re<!Uil-ctll
11 sinCCl'e :lIld ]lure 10\"0 of godliness :Illd of the
truo 1I"0t"."hipping' and Il('nioo of (;oll; that is to
lill.\, thnt, lor,;aking all m:lllll{'l' or Ihin~ tlJ:lt are
repugnant llud contrary UlIto GOll'.. will, Wl' do
g-i"o 0111' 11curlS unto him, and nil t1w whole
stnmg'lh or our bo<lies find !loul,;, Ilt'conlin!:, to Ilmt
wllich is wriUen in the L:lII", 'i'hQ', ,halt lo~'e Me '.....,1. ~l '.
of
Mml tlt"1f God lCith. ott th!/ heart, frith. alt th!/ Jlol/f,
01/(1 with oU thy"trcll!]th. Here therefore notllill:?
is left unto liS th:lt \\"e mar gi\'e Ul1to the world
and unto the lusts of tIle llesh" 1;'01", sith that th...
heart is the fountain of all our works, as many a..~
(10 witll tlllir whole hl'art t\l1"ll unto the IiOrd do
liw unto llim only. Ndther do ther yet repent
truly that, haltincr on both sides, <10 otherwhile> 1"~'1I,,~""
01,0.1' God, but by and by do think, th:lt, brin~ b"I,,<I<oI.
him aside, it is b\\"ful for them 10 sen'e the wor1ll
/.Ind the flesh. And, becausc that \\"c IIrc lelled hI"
the Il:ltural corruption of our 011'11 I1 c5h und tl;11
wicked afrt,,<:tions or tIle ~:Ulle, lIe dolh bid us al,;o
to return 1"ilh.ji'Jlth'.1; not thl'rel!)' lllldCl~tlll1\lil1:?
a liuperslitiolls ah,.tinCllee and dlOosin~ of mc:,h.
but a true (li~ciplil1e or bmill,!:' of tile flesh, where",1 T, ... L,,\
the nouri,.,hmellt~ (lf fihh\' lU~I" and of stubborn
Cfllltuma('~'and pride lIIa,\' be wit h{h~l Il'n und pluckl'll
away from it. \rhl'I'l'Ullln he dolll :llhl lreep;u,
(wt/ '1lfjurllin!l, wllieh do t:onlail1 :In OlltW:lr<1 pI''''
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tire 1Jiml, a",1 Ire rcill .fare flfe".1 _port Itint. aNd to
ar GfJli. fur le it rtiJrI! ID fllrgire. Anti in tit\!
Prollhet O'Ce the godl)' do exhort 011C another
ancr tllis m:llllJer: Come. a"d Id 7/' IlI.r1 agaill 11.. ri. ,.
lu,to tAe 1.0,,/: fur Ae !lath- ,milleR 1118, alld Ae reill
Aeat 11.,; Ae lIatn. ftouded 118, a"d he trill binf' H' IIp
IlfJai1f.. It is most e\itlent and pl:lin tllllt. t.hl'~C "OIt.
thill/:."S ollf.:'ht to Uc undcl"i;tnnded Ill' tllcm lhat. wCre
with the Lord nlorc nud b)' thcir sins nnd wickcdness wcre gonc nwn)' from Ilim; lor wc do not
turn ag'nin unto him with nllom wc were Ilc\'cr
Uclorc, but. wc comc unto him.
Kow unto all them thnt will return unfeignedly
UlltO the Lord their God till: fil\'Ollr :lIId mere), of
God unto for~..i\'cne.~s of .. in~ is libernlly offered.
\rhcrebr it lullowclh
lIe(:(,'~,..,'lrily,
that, altholl,:::h
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out from the g-raM ;llld n1('ll".I of God, ;lud 11wt
tllis his lrcspas~, whcl'chr llc ua., a. slumhlilli.:.J,I{H:k
IInto m:1IlY, was uIlI,arJollaulc? God lurliwJ \\<J
~hould ,;Hr
so,
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,..ltole Iteart,
'l'hesc thill).."':i h.iug' t"'lh,iJered, let us cnrne"tly
pra)' unto the living" (j(lI.l, Olll' heavenly rather,
1hat he will \'ouch.-al\l ,,~, his IJuly SpiriL t,) work
a true and Ullrci;.:"ue~1 l'cl'l,:nt:llll'C ill tI:;; that, a/h'r
illC JlllinrullabullN and ira\'ails of"lhi,. life, wc ilia,"
li\'c dcrualk with his Sun J.'~Il" Chri.. t. 'j'o \\ h"'ll
be :1\1 pmilj~ :1l1d ;.;101')' 101' CVe!' aud cvel', Ameli.
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have )'e heard, wellbelo\'ed, how needful
und ncccs!'<'lrr tlltJ llo<:trine of repelltance is, and
how ellrtle"t1r it is, throughout all tllC Scriptures
of God, urged and set forth, botll Ly the ;IlJCient
Prophets, by our S:I\'iou. Jesll CIll'ist, amI his
Apostles; nnd that, forasmuch as it is the (:Om'cr
f'ioll or t.urning ag-o.liu of the whole man uut.u Gud,
from whom wc g<l ll\\'ny by bin, tlw>;.C lour poin\,;
ought to be obsen'c<I; tlwt is, from wheuct.: 01'
from what 1hin6"'S wc must return, uuto wlJOm t1lis
our I'eturning Illllst 1,0 llIadt.:, uy whosc 1ll,'lIllS it
onght to be done, tllat it may be encdual, and,
last of nil, aller wll:1t. sort we ought to beh:! \'0 our
selves in tho Sllllle, tlmt it 1n:IY be prQfit:1ule unto
us, and attlliu unlo the thillJ..:' that 11'0 do seck by
it. Ye have also IC:1rned, tllal, as the opinion of
them that d<Jlly the benefit of repentnnee unto
thosc that, aftcr they be come to God and gram..d
in our Saviour Jcsu Clll'is!, do, through the fl1lil!less of their llc$h anu the temptation of the dcvil,
lall iuto some gric\'olls and d<Jt<Js{abl<l sin, is most
pestilent :mu pernicious; so wc mllst be\\":lre thut
we do ill no wise think, thilt we arc able of our
OWII sekes and of' our OWII strength to rctul'll unto
the Lord our God, fl'Om whom we i1re g'llllC :\\\'U.y
by 0111' wickedness and sin, Now it slwll 00
d<Jclllr(;\! unto you, what be the truc parts of
repentancc, and what things ought t.o mo\'e liS
to rel}('nt and to return uuto the Loru our Gut!
with all spwl.
Rcl>cnlallee, as it is fmid before, is a true retul'll_
ing unto vOl.I, whereby mell, fur,;aking ullerly their
idolat.ry alld wickcJne-tis, do with a !i\'cly lilith cmhrace, lo\"e, and wor"hip the t.rlle !i\'illg' God onl,l',
:md ~i\'o th"ll\~l,h'es to ;Ill m;lll11er of good work,,>
which by Gull'.. word thc)' kllow lO be acccptablc
HITHERTO
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lIllto him_ Now there be four pnrts of I'cpent:lIlcc, '11.- her"",
whieh being set to'l"'"Ctller may be likcncd unto an ~:I'~:':::',,,*_
~nsy nlld short In(1<!cr, wl1er('h)' \\'c may climh from
thc OotlomiL'SS pit of' perdition, that we cnst OllTselves into by our dail)' ofl<:IlCCs :md ~ricvolts sins,
lip into thc enstle or lower of clet'lHlI and endless
l><11 ":ltion,
'rhe first is the contrition of the hcnrt. For wc
must be earnestl)' 801'1',1' for our sin~, :mt! unli.'ign.-dl), lament alld hcwail thaL wc h:\\'c b.,' them so
;.rric,'ousl)' oncndcd our most hountcous :md Illcr_
"il'ul God; who '0 tcullcrl." lorell 111f, that he gat'C John III ,Il,
hi, onl,Y b~'Jollm &m to dic a lIlost hitter denth lllld
10 !'-II(.'(I his dear hcal'\, ),1(>0<1 for 0111' I'CdCllll'liou
and ddivcr:lIlcc. And ,'cril)' this inward SOTl'QW
:l1Jd gricf, L.cing coll(:ci,'ed in the hClll'\, for the
heinousness of'sin, it' it be e:lrllest :1l1<! unfcigoned,
is :IS a S:lerificc to God: as the holy l'ropllct D:l\'id
.10th tcstilj', ~a.\ illg, A ,acrijtce 10 Cod i, a troubled I'.. It,,_
us, ,,-e must be dili,g-cnt to fl'ad und henr the Scriptures uud word of God, whic:h most liw:ly do !,:lint
out before our e)"es our natural unclc:1IIIillC88 :lIld
the enormity or our sinlill life, ror, unless we
have a lhrou~h feeling of our sins, hew can it be
that wc ~hould eurtlcstly be sorry 101' them? Afore
Da,-id did hear the word of t he fJOrd by the mouth, s."n. oiL
..I' the l'l'Ophet Nnth:lJI, what heuviness, I pm)" '-'1_
IOU, was in him 101' the adul1ery :llld murder that
he hnd committed? So that itl;light ue said rig-M
\\cll, that he slept ill his o\\"n "ill, "re rt'ad in
the Acts or the Apostles that, when the people ,\doLLS"
h:ld h('llrtl the sermon of Peter, the,\' were compunct and ;JrI'c!.-etl ilt their hearl" 'Vhi<-!I thing
would ue\'er h:l\"c been, if the}' had not heard tlmt
wholesome Sl'rmOIl of Peter, 'fhey therefore that
have 110 millll :It all, n...itlwr to r('ad nor }'et to
hear God's worJ, there i~ hut small hope of them,
thllt lhe)' will :IS much :IS once set their feet or
take hold upon the first stall' or step of Ihis l:u.lder,
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hut mtltt-r will ~illk dl... I.r allli (h'<'lX'r into flh'
I.. ,.! '1II1.~~ llil of Ilt.nliti"no }'or, if at :lIlY timl'
'hl'l'I;.:-h tlit' ~11I",",,"t' fir thtir t1JIH:it'nC'C, \\"hidl
;uol1.I~,th tht'm, th,y r 1 :Iny iuward gricl~ sorrllW,
"r I\l";l\'illt~, for thl ir ~in~; lilrltsmllch as they want
lh, ",1[\'1.' :11111 <'~"Il.\lrt flf (fud',.; won.t, wllidl t1l1'y
,I., (k~l'i~I', iL will Ill.' unto 'lwlll r:.t!llor a llwan to
l'loill~ lht'llI fo uttt'r dt'~p('r:lliun th'll! otherwi.se.
'f1w !;1'('flllll i,. an md....i;:netl t'ollt.... s~ioll and aci,lIt1l1'lt'tlg-illg'of our l':illl:l unto God; wl.omb)" tlll.'lll
\\"1.' h.BU ,,0 g-rit'\"I)Il~l.r Olli'lldl'll, that, ir he ",houl(1
d,al will! II~ :ltO("\lnliJl;: to hi.; jll",ticc, wt' do dt'~t'rl"l'
a tllhu~alHl hcll~, it" lh,l\' l~,uld I.e,...-I nmnr. \1.'1,
if \\C will \1 ith 11 sorrllwl'ul ;1lIt1 contritc llt'art. mak,
1Il IIl1fei):ul'll t'lllll~.,..~i<ln 01' th"m untl, God, ht' will
fr.:..!.\' lllld fr.mklr lilro,..,jn! t1l1:U1, lmu s, put all our
\\ick....ll1l"".s lont (If n:lU"mlmult:c bdl'n:! the ~i~ht 1/1'
Li", )laj,~:y, tllat th,.\" .. hall no more be thf)lI~ht
up"n. ll..,nunto d,,:h l.... rtain lhe f,o,)ldl'n ij;,1,\"In;:
lol'lhc h"ly Pl1Il'lwt 1),I\'i,I, wlll're h..: ,.;Iith 011 tlli,.
l,l;umcr: l"iU:1l I arJ.llmrl,od:JtA rIIJ ,iI~ Nllf" tA,
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shamefully \I~ivc OtlIC!'';. For, ir t his text. oug-ht. <:(1"1.....011.
to be uudcrstalldcd or alll'icular cont'cs.-,ion, tbell
the }ll"il.'Sh; arc as much bound to confcss thClll!>eh'los tllLtO the la)' I)("'<lple, as ll1e lay Ileol'lc arc
hound to collfc~s thclll~ch'cs to them. And, if to
pnl)' is to a1.l,,01\'(', then the laity by this placc
halh as great. authorily to absol\'e the !ll'iests, as
the priests have to llhsoh-c thc laity. '1'his llid
J ohalllles Sl'<ltus, othe!'wi"c called DUllS, well I'CI"- J 1", Olu'.
. WI10 upon t 1'1
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eonfes~ion
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Without me.'le can. do nothing. It is therefore Ollr J~I", ' ."
p:lrts, if at least lI"e he de",irous of the 1lt'~11t It awl
:mh'ntioll of our OWlI gel\cs, most (aruestly to pray
unto our hellvenly F~lther to assist us with bi~
Holy Spirit, tlmt we ma.\" be able to hearken unt"
the voice of the true Shepherd, and with due
obedience to follow the f'.'lllle. Let liS he:ll"kcll tll
the voice of Almighty God whell he ealleth us to
repentance. Let liS not harden our hellrts, a~
l'lIeh illtidels do who do al/l1~e t.he time g-i\'en
them of God to repent, anti tllrn it to contillul'
tlH'ir pride and contempt ~1g:linst God lllld mnn;
Wllicll know not how ll111ch t hey heap O()(/.'8 wrt/th Il",u 1I.5,
U)XJU Iltellue!V(8.!or the harrhle88 of their hearl4, IChirh
(XIN/lot rt!peNt, at tne day 0/ I"C/lgcaIlC/J. Where wc
have ofreuded the law of God, let us l"f'llent us (,I"
our sll1lying- from 80 good a Lort!. Let us confeSS
our Ullworthiness before him; uut yet let 1U:I trust
in Coo's free mere)" lor Christ's .:nke 101' the !lal'tlOll
of the 8:1me. And from henccforth let, us elldl'avoUl'
Ollrsch'es to Wlllk ill a new life, 08 1tel,~om babe8" I'et ij ,.
whereby we may !flori/,it our i'lIther /f"hich. 18 il~ lJ.a.. ,0h~Ol'Cil, and t.hereby to bear ill our c'(lll,;(;iellCcs a
good testimony of our f:lit.h; so lit the lll~t to
obtain thc l'rIlition of' c\'l!rJasting lite throllg'h tilt'
merits of our Saviour. '1'0 whom be all prllisc ami
honour lor cver, AmCII.
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from. !Jour et:it frOY!" fur '/Ch!! 'Wilt ye die, 0 :lJe IWU8e
of bme/? And in another pl:lce thus doth he
nOl,~I . 1,1. speak by Ilis holy ProJlhet Osee.
0 braet, 1'ell/fIt
'Uuto fhe ],(m( fhy 00((; for fhou ha8t ((tI,'eJ~ a !Jreat
.lid! by thiM iniquity. 'J'a/.-e 1/1/tO you thue foordll
frith,lJon, "hellye t/lr,1 f//lW the film!, alltt 8a/l fll/to
him, 'J'ule (aro!! alt iJliqnif!l, mu! receive U8 !JraciOU8(1f;
80 rilt 1re !!Ifel' the c,lIa8 of our tip8 1mfo thee. In
1111 these places \\"e have an expre",s commandment
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Sccoudl)', tIle most comfortable :lnd sweet pro.
tllllt the Lord our God did of hifi lllerc IllCTe"
:lIJd goodnesll join unto his commluulmcnt. For
he cloth not only sar, Rebma. 1U1lo rue, 0 luoet; Jot
hut also, If 'flolI. rUt nfurn. nd pd DIl:DJ ott 'Ailft
afA",i"ol;f11f.,f Dill qf m,' n!JAf,
,j,,[t rlerer
.QCffl. '1l1C!'C word~ also !I:I.\"O WC in the Prophet
}~Z('Chi<'1: ,tit y-Jdl /i..e MJerU a ti""tr dol! rt~1ft r
Ai. 11 Ai.t ,i" .front lire t,!t<J"" qf Id, luarl, I teill put >t
,ll It;, ricl.t"!Mf' out f!f '115 remt/ll~rallce, w;t'" the
mi~e
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it did cost th(' dCllr 111;art !llood of tllC only beg<Jtten Son of God, our Saviour and lwlcelllcr, to
pur'\J us from it.? 1)!ato <loth ill a ccrlain phl('c
1'10"',
write, that, if virtuc cOllld 00 lSc<:n with oo<lil,~'
t'.res, all men would wondcrfully be inllanH.'t1 HlllI
kindled with the lo\"c of it, E\'cn so on the COli
tmry, if we might with our bodily eyes behold t!L,:
filthiness of sin :md the tlllc!C:IlllleSS thercol~ wc
could ill 110 wise ahide it, but, liS most prcS<!nt :llltl
(lendly poison, kite and eschew it. 'Ye have a
common eX]lCrience of the same in them which,
when they h:I\'e commitlt.'<1 any heinous ollenee 01'
somc filthy and abominahle sin, if it 01100 comc to
Jiglll, or i!'thcy chance to havo a tlu'Qugh feeling
of it, thf'Y Le so :iskllll(xl, their OWII eonseiellee
putting hefon: their e)'cs the filtllinc~,,; of tll c il' act,
that they daru look no mllll 011 thc face, much
1{'5~ t1mt the)' should be nblc to st:lud fll the sig-ht
of God.
Vonrthly, the uncertaint.y and brittleness of our
OWI1 livcs: which is suell, that we C:lII11ot asSlll'C
ourselvcs fhat wc slmll li~c OllC hour or onc half
quartcr of it. Which by expericncc we do filltl
daily to 00 tme in them that, being now mcrry
amI lusty, nnd sometimcs feastin;:r and ballCjuettillg'
with their fril.'ud.s, do fall suddenly dead in the
:,tr'-'Cfs, and otherwhilcs under the board, wllen
they arc yet :It ment. 'fhesc d:Lily examples, as
they nrc most tert'iblc and drt':IJlill, so ought they
to movc us to sock for to bc at 0111.' with our hca\'enly Jlld).,'"C; that 11'0 may with a "'ood cOllS<!ience
appear bctore him, WllOl1:>oo\'er it sllall Illcasc him
fur to call us, wllCther it he suddenly or othcrwise.
1"01' we havc no morc ch:lI,tcl' of 0111' We than thl'~'
h:LVC: but, :lS we :lTe most ccrtain that we shl1il
die, 80 arc wc most ul1ccrtain whcn we shllll llie.
}'or our life doth lie in the hand of Go(l, who will
take it away when it plcaseth him, .And vcrill'
wll('n the highcl>j, somner or all, which is dCll! I,
I'.. il,lhe
I. nr....", ~hall come, he will !lot bc said Illl)', but wo mll.~t.
'a.
l"rlllllith Le packing, to be prelOellll'd befure the
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jndgmcnt. seat. of God, :IS he t10th fiud us; necordillg as it. is written, W/llre ((I lhe treefdleih, '/Che_ ~:O,'I ... ,I."
tha it ~ tOICant Ihe 8Outlt, ur tOlCard the 1lOrllt, there
it Ihalt lie. Whcreunto :lgrccth the saying of tllc
holy )ral't..rr of God, St. Cyprian, saying', " As C"',.,,, I"'.
G'ld cloth find thee when }1C doth call, so doth hc """,ja,,,,,u.
jud;.."C IIIL'C." Lct. us thcl"cforc follow the counsel
of tlJeWise )r:lll, whcre he ~:lith, J/alc 1/0 larr.'1illg Ecc:lu.,' },
I{) IlIrn UlltO Ihe .Lord, a,ut }ilIt lUll (df/rOl/1, do,,! I,f)
Ila!!; fur 111t/llenl!! dalt the wrath. 't/ tlte j,ord &reak
j'urtlt, allll in Ih!! ,ecl/,.;t!!,ltf," l/hlllt be delltro,lletl, alut
thou ,haltperid ;It tiMe 0/' t"ell!l<:allce. ,rhiel. '1'01'(18
1 dc~ire rOll to mark dilif,"Clllly, hl'call~C tlw)' do
most !i\'d.y put beforc our cp:s tilt.: londncss of'
mall}' mcn, which. abusing the JOl1 b"Suflcring :md
6"OOdne"g of Cud, do neVC1' tbink on l'cpent:mcc or
amcndmcnt of lile, J:'vl/fI/O IUIt, s:lilh hc, (hil/e OJoOIt lbd, '-lJ,
11/il/(t amI th!! ,trcllgth, to "/Catl.: ilt lite va!!, o.f tit!!
hcart; neithcr lay thOlt, Who wilt brillg 1I1e 1111t1er
for 1IIy '/Cor~',! Fur G{j(t the ret'cl/ger '/Cilt TCt'cIIge
the wrong done O!l thee. IliUt ,a!l not, I hat'e ,inlied.
and 10hat evit hatlt collie 1111tO 1IIe! Fur the Almight!!
a JHtliellt 1'elCarder, b/lt he 'l/;ilt Mt Icare thee un
jllmi8hed, }Jccallle th!l8il18 areforglu/t thec, be llot
without fear ~ heap ,ilt 1(jJOI~ ,ilt, &/!l1IOt IlelthlJr,
'l'he meTc!l of God i, great. he wilt /orgil'e 1I1!1111a/liff)ltI ,iIl8. JI'or merc!I and wrutlt comefromhillt, al/(t
hi, illtliglllltion cometh. 11)1011 Ullrcpelllallt ,ill/let', As
if' he should ~'lr, Art. thou strong' and mighty? at't
thou Ilt~iy and ,roung? II:l~t thou the wealth :l1l(1
richcs of the \\"orlll? or, whcn thou Imst Sillllc<l,
hast thou receivcd 110 punishment. for it? let. 1l0Ht)
of all tllc~e thin(,"S make thee to be tllC slowcr to
repent, :JIld to rctUl'll wilh ~Pl'(.'<1 unto thc Lord;
jOr in tllC day of pUl1ishmcllt ami of Ilis suddcn
"cll&~:lIlCC they "Iwll not bt.' ahle to help 1Ilt..'C.
Ami "pcci:llly, when thou art, l'ithcr by the prcachiug 01 God'" word, or by:>ome inward motion or
hi" Holy Spirit, or c1ro by some othcr mcanf:,
c.I!ILd unto repentancc, I1c;.:-ll'CI. 1I0t. tllc /o,"OOd (1('ca~iOIl thal i" ministl'rc..1 nulo thl'e; Ic~t, when
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will.
Fifthlr, t.he avoiding of tllO plngues of God :lIld
the uller destruction tlmt hy his rigl1tcolls judg-ment. do 11ang over the !lends of them nil t.hill,. will
ill no wise returu unto the Lord, I wilt, S<'1itll the
Lord, gitc thc1llfor a terriMc Jll!lguc W all the killf/fl01lM 0/ the earlh, (mil jor a rcproack, a1ld/or fl pro-
r;crb, am/flir
(t
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il~
thelll, flIU{ jrilt ICIIlI thc Ilf'fird, Ihe j'alll;lIe, (lIul the
jJe6lile1lcc amOII.'! thelll, tilt they be CQII6UIHCd out ol
thc l{jnd, And whcref'unl ts this? ]lccause they
htlrdelled their hearu, and would in 110 wisc
fllmjram their evil ".uy~, nor yet. lorsllke the /l'icJ'ed
"eu that '/COl il~ Iheir Olr,~ /ul1uI8, t.hnt the ficrCCllC>'S
of the J.JOrd's fury might depart from them. ]jut
)"ctthis is nothing in oompnrison oftho iutolcrable
and cndless tormcnts of hcll fire, which the)" shall
be fain to suflcr who ojler thcir hardllC88 of hearl,
that CflmlOt f'Cpellt, do heap UlltO themull'C8 tIJrttfh.
agojll8t the day of anger allft f!llhe declaratjOl~ of Ihe
ju,t .iu(lgmellt f!l God. Whereas, if we will repent
ilnd be e:lTllcstly sorry for our sins, and with a full
purpose of :J.mclldmcnt of life f1ce unto the mere)'
of our God, and, taking sure hold thereupon
through f:Lith in our Sill'iour Jcsu Christ, do brillg
fort/" fruit, 1C0rthy 0/ reftClltallu, he will 1101. only
pour his manilold Llcssiug'S upon \IS here in this
world, but also nt the last, finer the painful travail" orthis life, rewlIrd us with the inheritance of
his children, which is t.he killh"lom of heavcn, JlUrcha;,;cd nnto liS witll tho death of his Son Jesu
Christ. our Lord, '1'0 whom with the Father and
the 1Ioly Ghost be nil praise, glory, ::uu1 honouL'
world without cnd, Amen,
re-
RCIIII,US'
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.lO.lIl'S!
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lley.d~.lo.
preccp t tun11 nw, w Iue
lIClIlg yct m
t le state (leD. U.'I.
of illllocency and remaining in Paradise, should
observe as a pledge and tokell of his due and
boundCII obc{licllC<l, wilh denunciation of death if
he did tr:m.,:grcss and break the said law :md com_
mandmcnt. And, as God would have man to be
his ou....d icllt stll~~'Ct, so did hc m:.ke all carthly Gen,L.S.
creatures sul,jcet unto Illan; who kept thcir due
ohedienec uulo Illall so IOllg 38 Illan remained ill
his OUc<licllec unto God. 1n the which obedicncc
if' Illan had continucd still, there had hccn 110
!)(),crty, no di,.:cm:es, no siclme,.:~, no death, nor
other miseries, wllerewith m:mkind is 1I0W infiuitdy:lIld most mi"cr:1IJlr afllid('<! and oppres..<;('(1.
So here appt'artth the Ol'i:.;'illal kingdom of God
O\'er angd.s and mall nnd Illli\et>,ally over all
thin"'!:!, and of man ovcr cal'lhly ercntures, whieh
GOtthad made sul~e(:t unto him; :llld withal the
fdicitr and ulc.-s~'<1 stlltc which an::rds, man, and
:1.11 creatures had rcmaillCll in, had they continucd
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as wc
lC e\"l.,."d
~:..c_"Ill."
'IS the !!O<)d do 1"\,i,rll by God's ordin-IllCC llnd th'IL"'d., '~'!1'
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~lll~L'(;ltj nre hOlludcll to obe)' Ihem; thnt God d(,tll ,0: .,wl .
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;":-I\'C pl'llll"CS Wl~l om, g-reat p0lI"el', nll( aut !Onty ; "",I <>;h' ,:
that Got! del"l'll(leth IJIC111 ;Igllinllt tllcir enemit:s, 1""0 111,';.
:111<1 dl"~t1'OF'th their elwlllies horribIJ'; lhat (he 1....... 1 ";
uN!Jer alllf ;/i8p(e/llllre of (Iu; prince i, 118 the roari"tJ """~; U,',
of a 1i0JI, ami (he t"er!l1Jle81/!//!lcr 0/' death. aud t1wt
tlte 'Iilied that prol'lI/,eth hi/It 1o lfi,,,lea'lIre ail/lletk
/I!111ill~t hi, 01(1/ 80Ut. \Iith many other thill~S eOIll'(,1'l1ing' ],ot1l the authurity of llrlll(:es :llIU the duty
of sul~lcl,;.
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if God, mltl
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And for that similitude that is betwccn the heaYCllly manardly :lIld earthly kingdoms well go\'cmcd our Saviour Christ in sUlldry rumbles
)Ioll m,
~:lith, that the l.:illgdom of heaven i" rC8eIJlMe(~.1lIl~f)
';; &00 ull. a man a l.:in9' And, 1UI t.he name of the AlI/fllS
~;" . '6:.,tl vcry often attributed and given unto God in the
.I.:and.hll
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'.IIte: .\Ialt. l10I
y ScrlptllrC1!,
so diG
ct I
O(11"
1llllSCIf"III tl le 6lllnc
~~~: ;~.; and Scriptll~ sometime v~lIchlialc 10 ~ommllni<:atc hili
I'.. l...lL 6. name with earthly prlllccl>, tcrmlllg" tllom god,,;
Iloubtlcss lor that similitude of government. whicll
they have, or should ha\'c, 1I0t. unlike unto Got!
their King.
Unto the which similitude of hcrl\'cnly go\wn.
ment the nearer find IIcnrcr that.:1ll c:1l"thly pl'inJ.:c
doth come in hi,. regiment, the gre:ltel' lJlc""ing 01
God's merey is he unto that country :lnd people
over whom he rcigneth: and the further :lnd further thnt :lll e:lrlhly prince doth swervu I'rom the
example of the hcavcnly governmcnt, the greater
pl:l;:;'uc he is of God's wrath, and lllllli"hmenL
God'l'i justitoe, unto thnt t"Ol1l1try :111<1 people O\'cr
whom God for their SillS !lath placed sll(;h :I princc
nnd h"O\'ernor, :Por it is indced f!videllt, both by
the Scriptures :md by daily expcliellee, that the
Illnintcnanee of :Ill vil,tue :lIld godlillcss, :lIId CO]]scquclltl,\' 01' the wC:llth and prosperity of a I,ingdom :md people, doth stand Hnd )'l'st Illore in a
wi:;e mul &l'()()(! princc, on the one p:lrt, than in
great multitudes of other mell IJcing 6uhjeets;
lmd, 011 the contrnry part, the ovcrthrow of' all
virtue and godliness, and eOllselluently the decay
:Lnd uller ruin of a realm and people, doth grow
and come more by :In undiscrcct and cvil governor
tllllll by many thou$.1nds of other lllell being !lull
.:'Ioo.~.I;, j~'(;ts. 'l'hus say the holy Scriptures. Wdt ill thee,
o thou land, s3ith the llreaehel', whOle !.-illgl8 collie
(!/ n.oIJle~, aJltl1l:!uMe prillccI eut ilt dlle ICMOIt,j'or
I'ro., ut '!: t/elocltily OI/(l not for tlut,
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lmith God by 1110 mouth of Samuel. Here you
H'e that. God placcth :IS well c\'il Ill'inecs :IS good,
and for what causc he doth both. H wc tllerc!ore
will have a good princc either to be ~iVCll liS or to
continue, now \\'C havc slIch :l ouc, Ict liS by our
obedicncc to God and to our pt'incc movc' God
thcrcunto. If wc will havc an evil llrince (wllcl1
God sll311 SClld such a. onc) takcn away, :111d a
h-ood in his pl:1ce, let us takc :lway our wicked
ness, hich pro\'okcth God to place such an onc
O\'cr us, and God \\-ill cither di"plilcc him, or of all
cvil princc m;lkc him a j:,"OO<I!lrinc."C, sotlmt wc first.
will change 0111' cvil into good. l~or will you hCM
thc SCrilltUrcs? 'l'he heart if the prillce i8 in COd'N l'toY, ..1.,:
halld: trhic4 fC"!! 80uer it A/Wit plea8f1 hi1ll, he l',.Ut.v,I",.
turllelh it. 'l'hu$ say thc Seriptllrt'S. Whcrefore
let us turn from our sins \lllto tllc Lord with all
our hcarts, :llld he willlu1'll Ille hCill,t of thc princc
unto our quiet find \\'c;l\th. J~I ..c for sllhjeds to
deS(!rvc through their lOins 10 have UIl c\'il prince,
and then to rcbd lIgaill"t Ilim, wcrc double and
treble e\'il, by provoking' God more to plague
them. Kay, let mi citllcr dl'~ern~ to havtl:~ good
!lrin<.'{>, or let. us patielltly allller and obey such
as we dcscl'\'c.
Ami, \\hdhcr the prinoo Le:;roo<t or c\'il, lct W"
a{"Cllrding to the eoullsd of tile holy SeriJlllll'l'<:,
I,mr for tll(.' !lriu<'"Cj for 1lis eOlltimmllce :md ill-
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lmtc us :md hc ')lIr l'llemic.~, mllch IC!'S IIllto om'
prill(:~:, though 11(: were 0111" CIU'IIIY. Shnll wc not.n,a<Jet,~,~
:lsscmblc an army of such f.,"O()(1 liJllows as wc are,
and by huznrding of our lives and the li\'es of sueh
as shall withstnnd us, and withal hazarding tile
whole e-:tratc (lf our country, rcmo\'e so n:wf:'ht.l"
:l pri1J('C? ]\T O, saith godly D:lVitl; for I, whcn n,u ~,.
I might, without us~elllbliJlg force or number or
men, without tumult (If hazard of any m:lll's life,
M 1'11I... lding of any drop or hlood, Im\"c ddivt,:rt.'ll
lIl.nidr and my l'Ountr,\" of an cvil llrincc, )'ct
would I not (10 it. l\rc not they, say some, 1'~,h~.,L
lusty :'llld courn~"t'()lIS enptaills, \'uliant mcn of si .,.
mm:h, and goat! mell's bodies, th:Lt do venture h.\'
Ji,rcc to kill or depose their Idug, heing a Il:lughty
l,rillcc :lIId their mortal enemy? 'l'hey may be a.~ n ..."... c'l',
11I~t.\',:I" eourngeous, :HI they li~t, yet, 8fiith godly
David, 1I1c)' CUll hc IlO ;;0011 nor ;"'''0(11.\' mell t h:lt ~o
do: lor I not only ha\'c l'ehukt'(!, but ,,1:'0 cam.
manded him to he ",lain as a wicked mall, \\'hidl
slew kill~ Saul mine enemy; though he, being
m:~nr"\" of hi" lifi:: for the loss 01' the \-iclorr n~ainst
llis clLemies, dc,;ired that mnn to slay him. Wbat n~,lt",.",L
8hnll we then do to :m c\"il, to :m unkind prince,
an ClIl'I11)' to m, h:ltcd of God, hurtflll to the com_
monweahh, &c.? L:lY no \ iolellt IWIllI IlJl(m him, 'n.e.",.. t.,
saith good D:l\'id, Lut let him lil'c unlil God al'~
]'lOini and \\"(\rk hi" cnd, either L~" untural de:ltll,
vr in war In' Iawlill el:t'mie.~, thlt In' lrailol"Ou:,
slll~ied:'. 'l'l;u::l \\"uuld gudl)" D:I\'id m;l!,c all~\\",'I':
Ilnd SI. Paul. a,; ye hC:lrd Ldol'e, willt:th us to pr:I)"
:llso f~>r :-lU"!l a prime.
lf klug' Da\id wouhl make these answers, as b)'
his d,...-\I" :lIId \\'orlls 1'C('()n!;.d in the 110Ir ScriptufCS illdel.><1 he doth l1lakc, unto all such ~IClll:llld:
('oncer'lill'. rebcllin .... ""1Liu:;t
evil I'rinccs, unkind
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l11'illCl.'';, crue! pl"inCl..'>', prill<.'<'s that be to their
;"'' 00<1 l,.uhjcets mort:l! encmies, princes tba!; :Ire
Ollt of 000'10 !;mlUr, and ,;0 hm'tl'1I1 or like to
IX! hurtful to the l'OlIlmOIlI\"calth; whut :\IlS\\"Cl",
lhink )"011, would he make to tho:,,, t.hat d"m:md
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whether they (being n:lUghlr :md unkind sub~-.I jects) may not, to the great bnL.'\ro of the life of
many t.hous:mds and the utter danger of the f:t:dc
of the commonwealth and whole rt:llm, asscmhle
n sort of rebels, to put in fetar, or to depose or
de.troy, their Datuml 3nd lo\;ng' Prin~. cm'my
to nODC, good to nil, cnm to them the worst of all
other, the maintainor of perpetual proce, <l1lictu('l;s,
Dnd unnaturally to destroy so pencc:lblc and merciful a Princess? Wh:lt, I say. would Da\id, 60
rc"crcntly sJ>c:lkill~ of Saul, and so patienlly 8uffering 80 evil n king', what would he answer lllld say
to Buch demands? What would he say, nar, wJlat
would he do to sllel1 high llttempters, who w ~Ilid
Dnd did, as yOIl before hnve helllu, unto Jlim lhnt
slew the king his ma..t.er, thou~h a most wichd
prince? ]f he puni~hed with death, as a wicked
doer, such a man, ,\ ith what reproaches of words
would he revile s\leh, }"~3, with what tormt'nls of
most sh3meful dCllths wOllld hc destroy such, hell
hounds rather than evil mcn, such rebels, I mean,
as I I3st sp:lkc of? For, if they who do di.sobey
an c,;1 and unkind plince be most unlikc unto
D:l\'id, that good subjC<.1, what be the:,' who do rebel
ag:ain5t a mo..--t naturnt and lo,-ing Prillce? And,
ir Dn'"id, being 60 good :1 subject that he obeyed
so e,-it a kin:::-, was worth)" of a subjC(;t to be m:llle
a king himself, what be the)" who .arc 80 e"il sub
jecl5 that they will rebel against their gracious
})rinec worth)' of? Surely no 1lI0rblman c:m cx
press with words, nor CQncci,'c ill mind, the hor.
riblc and most dreadful damnation th:lt ~llch he
worthy of, who, dis<lainiNr to be the quiet and happy
I>ubjecls of their good !lrincc, are mo~t worl h,\" to
he t!le mi",ernble captiv(>8 :md vile sl:1\'e~ of that.
infernal tyrlllll Satan, ,\ith him to Sillier ctel'lllll
ShlVCl"y :l.lId torment...
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who sccth not lllat the)' he all contained in J'chellion? For lil">3t, the rebels do not. 0111\ disllollollr n.. ftf,I"",,,.
their prince, the pnrcllt of their ooun(rr, hut. illso "la,><I".. ',I.
do di~hollollr and shame their natural parents, if
they 11:1\'0 1I1l.(, do sl11lme their killred and fl"iClIds,
do di",hcrit. :md undo for c\'er their children :lIld
heir:". '!'llCfts, robl>el"ies, llud murders, which of The".. l, ~"d
.
t i ul l le d 0 r most mell, :11"0 III
. IIQ """,,,..,,d.
11> I~I"h
:l II 5l11S arc mos
men ,,0 much, nor so perniciously lllLd mischie\'ously, lIIOllt.
as in rebels. :For tllO most ('mUll. tllic\'CS lInd
cruc:l1cl:iL murderers tllat (:\'Cl' were, so long as they
n:fmiu from rcLcllioll, as they lIrc not 1ll:I1IY in
numb..:r, SO sprl'adcth their wicked Ill',,:; am] d:lI1111aliOll Ilula a lew; tlley spoil uut :1 lcw, the)' shed
the ulood buL of fell', in comparison. Hut reuds
arc the cause of infinitc rouberies, and murdcrs of
grcat multitude;;, :Il1d of tllo:;c lll;;o whom they
should udcud from the spoil (mu violellcc of' oUlcr;
:md, as rebels are many ill lHun!JtW, so dOlI. tllCir
wickcdllcSIi and damnation ,,;preml il"dr UUIO many.
And, if whoredom aud adu[ter)' amongo;t such per. Th. .eYOlIU,
. k't.'(I llt.'SS arc (as '""nlS,',t
sous :IS arc agrcea ble I 0 sue II \\'IC
_,,
the)' ind<.'I..'ti be) most damuaulc, what. are the forcible oppfI.'SSiolls of mntrons and men's win,'S, and
the \'iolatillg llnd ddlowerilLg of \'il'gills and maids,
whieh :1r(J most rile with rebels? how horrihle and
daullmble, thillk you, arc thc)'? Kow, bt:sitk.,. that Tht "lnU,
rebels, by Im~ll(:h of their 1:lith gi\'cll :\Ild OIltll =~"'I
made to thcir prince, be guilt), or most damnable
perjUl'r, it is wondrous to SL"C what lidsc colours
llnd leignL-d causes, lJy slanderuus lies made ul}Qn
their prince :md the counsellors, r<!hcl;; will de\ise
to clo:lk their reUcllion withal, which is tile worst
aud most d:lmll:lulc of all blsc wit ne"s bearing that
lIlar be pOSilible,
For \\ hat ,.lloulJ 1 lOp.::!k of
L1)\ctilt'~ or de"iring or oilier men',. wives, house,;, n .. leOllIl
buds, b~od:>, ami ,..elmuls ill r..:Ucl,,;, who br their :;';~~',""J.
wills \\vuld lean.! unlu 110 mall :IIIY thing of his own?
'l'Il11S )'ull :.t.'C that :Ill God',,; hill'S arc by rebels
violatL.u and brokell, :l1Id th:1t :111 sillS possible to
Le t.'Ollllllitt..'<i agaiu"t Gud VI' man be L'OlltaiIlL.J. ill
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whose quictnc"s ther ,.honld f<pcml their
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be rtwnrdcd with slllllJlcful deaths, their llcads aU11
(,:lrca"c~ 6u1. upon poles or hall).,'\:d ill c1mins, eatcn
with l,ites and crowS,jUUgl)U ullworthy the honour.
of burial; amI so their SOIl1.~J if thcl' l'tl,cnL 1\(>1,
(as commonly they do lIvl,) the (cvil Imnicth
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THE FOGltTH PAltT OF TilE UO:IlILY .....CAI:\::,T
DISODEIJIE.'(;E A..'W WIUl,;L t:CELLIO:\.
l~oR )'om further instnlclioll, :::ood IlCOple, to shew
unto )'ou how much .\lmi~hty God doth abhor
disolx'<!icllce :lIld wilful rebellion, sJled:llly when
rl,llt.,ls lulnllwt: tIH:m~elvcs "0 Ili~h tllat they llrm
1hcmscl"c~ with lI'e:I!>01\ ami stalld in field lo fighL
:I:.f.lill"t. God, their prinl"C, IIllC! their country, it
blmll not Le out of the way to ".hl!w some eXllm!l!cs
..ct out in Scriptures, wriUl'lI for our elernul
erllllitioll.
\re may soon know. gootl flt'Ople, how hcinou~
off..ncc the 1 rcachery of rdlt,11iun i~, if we roll to
rem('mbl1lnoo the hC;I\')" wr.ath and dreadful indig_
uati,,.. of .\Imi~!ltr God 3!.f.lill"'t, such li-ubjc<:LJ a::
do Oil!}' but illw:mlly gnul;..'\', Illutlcc, ;1IId Illunnuc
;If,"lli n"t t hci r :""(l\'crnors; tholl;.:-h t hl'i r in 1\ ard ICl'a
ron, so pri\'ily hall-hed in Illt,ir I,rl';l:>t,., come not
to open lll'Clar.ltion or their doings: as hnrd it is,
whom the dc\'il Imth so f:lr inticcd u;;ain:.t Gud's
word, to h'Cp thclll.;:cIn.>s thcre; 110, h, mcanclh
still to blow t.he coal, to kindle t1l1'ir rebellious
Ill'arts to flame into opcn dced~, if he be not
with graoo 61lCC<lil.r with~t.andl.'(l. Some of the
chil,lrcn ot' brncl, being murmurers l'gailJ4 t.heir "",..11. , ;
Ul3'ri"trnks
.. . .'11'I>ointcd o\'cr tllem L)" G(ltl , werl,ll,'o,
j',._,.',
gtrit:kl'll with loul Icpro:-r: Illall\' w('~ burnt up"I.,~'
with fire 8uddcnl)' kilt. fr:.1ll tllevwrd: .-.omctim,' I... ,
a great sort of t 1101IS:1lIt1,; \It:rc l)lI~lIm'''l1 \1 ith tile
l>estilencc: sonll'tilJli! tlwy wt.'r~ ",lill!-o,,\.,J to denth
with a s1r:lllf."C kind or li..r,\' S<..'rpents; amI, which
is most h'lrriltll', ""me of the (-:I),t:lin,; with their
band or mlltlUu~rs, not d)iug h)' :U1)" lI~u:l.1 or
llaluf'JI dl-:lth of men, but the eMlh opl'ning, they, .......b
with tlll'ir \\iH~, childr~'n, :Iud !:Imili.:,-, \I'.. re .;-J'
!'wallowed <lllick d"wl\ iuln Ilell. ""'"ch hOl'riblc
\1..~lrlldil)t1s of "uch Israelite.. n.. \\'..re lIl\lrmur<'r~
against i\ln.rill;:jllIlIKlinh.'d by GOlI to be their 1I(';ul
:lIll! chid' 1lI11p{i~tr:lk, are rlX'Qrtlcd ill the book ')1'
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tlitioll !'()('\"('r IIu',\' w"n', or \\1111t f'OlO\lr or ('llll~C
.. ocv~r they prdemll,<I, is :1I1d evcr Illltll heen l"llch,
tllllt God i111.'rdn' dllth ,,111.'11' that he :lllowelh IlI'i.
tlu:r the di;:':llit~:' 01' :U1y p<'f"'on, nor till.' multitude
of llll)" l~II'II', lIor the weig'ht of :111)" ('tlU~e. as I'llI'
lideut for the IIhi(;h tl,e l>uLjl.''<:!<; m:lr mo,'c rehel.
lion :l~ill't. tlwir priUCI.'So 'rum O\'t,>r and reml
the hi"toril"S 01':111 natiolls; look o\'('r the chronicles of our own rounln'; call to mind 60 mmw
rehellions of ol~1 linw, mid rollle :rct. frl."lt ill nw.
murr; yc !'hull not. lill(l tbat God e\'er prosperl'll
nu)' rc!.cl1iOll llg-:lill~t tll<oir l1atural ami lawflll
Jlrlllcc, but ('(lntr:u;wi~e tll;lt the rcl)('l~ were o\cr
thrQ"'n and ..l:lin, llud 1>1l...h :IS were takru Ilri."Ollers
dre:llll'ullr eX~'('l1tcd, Con-id,'r the j.:"rt".lt :lIld lIoble
fllmilies of dllk"", 013"111(',..,.(';<, earl:>, :1Il other
lord.~, whose 1l:II11CS ye l!hall f"C:ld in our chronielCil,
now c1Ct\u extiugui:.hcd nnd .!;'Onc; :md !leek ont
the elll,.cs of the dC<.'llr; \'011 ",Imll find that not
l:lck of i8S11e and h(;il'lil ;nalc kith 80 much wrollg-M
thnt. cc-ay :l1It1 1I"1lste of noloJc bloods :l1ld hOlll;:CS,
as h:llh relJCltion,
And, lor ":0 much :IS the rcdre-s of the common.
wet\lth hath of old been the ~ual fl'i::ut'<l prdcnoo
of rebel,;, 3ud relif.,-1on now of late ~nneth to
be n colour or rebellion, let 311 godly and di$('rect
suhjects COIl~iucr well or both, :md lirot conccrningreligion, ]f pea<."cable king S,,!omon W:LS jlldgt'l.l
or God to be more med to lmild his temple,
(whereby the ordcrin~ of religion ia meant,) than
his li.ther king Dla\'id, though otherwj",e la most
h"odl," kin;.:-, lilr that Da\'id W:iS a ~r('at warrior,
:md lmd ",lu.,<1 much hl,"lOd, lhou~h it. were ill hill
W:lrs a~ill~t the euemit.... of GlI<I; or this may. f1lr'>.t. .....
;11\ ~I-" :ami fl.'aSOnahlu 61111\.'(:t.,; colI,;idcr, that :I :.,0l>C:ll...:lhlc prim...', spe<:i:llly our mo~ll'~:aC'C:rulc 311(1
mt:n:iful QUl'l'Il, who Imtll hitherto ",h(.>d no IJlocx.l
;It till, no, not of hcr mo:.t deadly encmies, is more
like :lIld fill" m\.'Cter either to set up or to lll:linl:Lin
true religion tlmlt:lre bloodr rebels, 11'110 ha,'u nnt
shed the blood of God'tl cncmies a:J king D.1\'id
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foree, shew thcir r.1('C", 'mch as are of m,.,~t
lewd :111 wicked bchll\iour 11IId life, and all SllI'h
as will not or callIlOt. Ih'e in l)C~'C, are :d\\ays
most ready to move rebellion or to take part with
f'(bels. And are not these meet mcn, troll' rOil,
to resloN' the colluuollwenlih dccaJcu, who htl.\'c
so spoiled and eonllumoo all tlleir o\\'n weallh find
thrilL? and Yen' like to mend other men's manners, who ha\'e 'so vile vices llnd abominable COIlditions; tlJ('m~d\'(_'S? ...,lln:ly that which thcy fnl:oelx
C',l\l rcformation is indet'd not. onl}':L defacill::;' or
a dc!(.rllmlion, but al;;o an utter dcstructiol1, of
:111 common wcalth; us would welt uppellr might
the rl'bcls ha\'e thcir wills, nnd doth right well
:1IId too well appc:.lr by t11cir doing' in 8uch plaC<'S
of the countr,\' where rebds do rout; where tho\lg-h
the}' larry bllt a vcry little while, the}' make such
reformation that they destroy nil pla(.'('lJ tll1d undo
all men where they come, t1Hlt tlw child ret 1111born mtlr rue it, ;\Ild shall many }'ears hereafter
eurse them.
Let no good and di'<Crcet subjects therefore follO\...
the flag or I,anner di"lllared to rebellion :md borne
by rehcl", though it have t he image of the plough
pint.cd therein with GOD SPEED TUf. l'wtiGII
writlcn under in ~reat letters, knowing tllllt nonc
hinder the plough morc tllall rebels, who will
neilhcr go to the plo\l;::;-1I thelllScl\'es, nor 8ufrer other
that would go Ul1to it. And, though some rebels
bear the Ilielure of thc fi\c wounds IXtintL'<.i against
thO!!C who J>ut. thcir only hope of sah'atiou in the
wounds of Christ, not those wounds whieh are
paillto.,<l in n. dout by somc lewd Ilaintcr, l'lIt in
thosc woum\'" which Christ hilll"i(:lf bare in his
IJtL-'dol1il 0..)\\,\'; tholl~h thl'y.liltlc knowing what
the cross of Christ llll':lllelh, which Ill'ilhcr can'cr
llvr J>:Iinl('r can make, do bem the imab'e of the
cross IXlinted in a rag :I;aillst. those th:!t h:!\'c the
eross of Chri"t IJrink,<1 in their hcarls; }'cn, tholl;.:'h
they paint witlm\ in thl'ir f1:1~ Hoc 810:-;0 \'I:-;ClS,
By this sig'lJ thou ",hult ~t the \'ictory I Lt}' :.l most
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dnily experiell~. that none h:wc either more ambiliously aspired nbo,-c emperors, kings, and princes,
nor h:n'c more perniciously mo\'OO the ignoNl.Ilt
people to rebellion 3W'inst their princes, thall cer-
hca~
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ll.,k.,~.:
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011 thc othcr part, for tlwl. the,}' rcfuSl..'(1 10 IIckIlO\\_
1f'(lge any such I'uprcmc authority of thc Bi,;hop of
Hmnc ovcr thelll; the Uishop of Rome, lor thi.s
cause amollg'til. others, not only llllmillg' them allll
laking thcm for schi"lllatics, but Illia ncver ee:l"ilJ~
10 !)(:I"S(.,<:utc thelll lInd fho ]~mpeNrs who had their
lice and <:-ontinu:lllOO in Gr\-'t.'Cc, by stirring' of the
f:ubj,:cb to rc1x:lliOll ll"'llinst
fllCir soverci"1l
lords,
0
0
all( I by r;llsill~ deadly 11atrcd lInd most cruel wars
hclwcl:n them and (Ither Chri~tiun Jlrinces. And,
when thu Bislwps of H...mu had fralll;'lated the titlu
of the J~Il1!lCrOr IInl! (as much liS in t11CIl1 did li(')
11u:: ]~mpin: it~df from Lheir lord the ]~mlK'ror "I'
Creece, and or Romc :11-0 by rig-ht, unto the Chl'i".
tian prilK-cs of the "'c,:t, they I}('cllmo iu short
,,;pac<: 110 better IInto the \Ye,,;t.l~lliperors than thl',\'
w/:re bclore unto the :Emperors of 01'\-'<:00. For the
usual di,,;/:hal'ging nr "'1l1~kcti from thcir oaths of
fidelity made unto tIle ]~mperors of th/: West, their
sovcr/:ig'n lords, by tile Bisllops of Hollllle; the ill}_
natural stirring' up or the subjects unto rebellion
a~,..ainst tlleir prinec;:, lea, of the SOil agninst the
fathllr, b,}' the Bishop 01' lwme; the most cruel
nnd bloody wars raised amoll;:,"St Christian princes
of all kingdoms; the horrible murder of infinite
thousands of Christillll men, beiug' slain by Chri~.
tialls; :llId, which ensued tllerllulKlIl, the pitiful
losses of so m:IIlY ~lIy eitil's, countries, dominions, and kinb"'d')lIls, 60ltletimu pos.::essc<1 by
Chri6tillll;; in Asia, A I"rica, and ]~Ilrop:l; the miscl'rthlu 1:.11 or the t:mpil'C IInd Church or Grcccc,
somclimu the mObt nourishing' pnrt of Christendom, into the handll of 'l'urks; the lament:.!;le
diminishill~, dee:IY, IInd ruin of Chri>'! illn rclig-ion;
tile d 1'lllUl I'lll C\l(:re:lC of p:l;.r.lllit y, lint! pOWer 01' t he
inlidds and miscreants j :Illd all by Lhe pmeti/"'C
:md Ilrocurelncnt of the Bi~hop or Rome chidlr;
is in the histories and ehroni(lcs "rilten bv the
l3ishop of Jwme's own t'a\'ourers and fricn<ls to
he St."'CIl, lInd is wdl known unto all such as 1Il'C
S(."(luaintl'l.1 with Lhe said hi"tvril's,
~.
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TNe
ri/lA
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For, to imit..'1t.. 11ll'
}~TllJl"'mr';< Su1ti('(:l...
IJhra-oe. if tll!''' ~
out uf God's word ~.~ " ..
'\Ill)~t!C's
".1" knvll""
lh,il' duty to their Jlrincc, thc)' would Ilot hanF"l,lr.. ,,'(j the ni~hop of Rmne to )>l.... u:Jd.. thcm t'l ...... ".11,
,IONlh;C
, t I1{:lr
~\'{,ri'1~'11
.
IOru
_. t I1(,' r.lIlpt..
L'
" I l l \.
ror :lgallJ~L ..... 1_:,
tlwir roth of fidelity. :md to n.ohd :'o~in.4 him, h.
0111." f,lr that he e.t"t illla~.. ..; (unto the which
i,I,;lalr., was committed) Ollt lIt" th.. churehC'S, which
the Ui.~llOp of ROllle lXlre tlll"fl ill h:llld t/\ be
hln...y. if fAt!! Aad lIfQII"It of (;fldJ~ word hilt ail
much m: the 'reil Cnmm:m,lm'ILt... , ther sholllcl
hn\'c lillllld that. the Bishop .. ,r I~
mu,' \\ as
not onl"
IQ
u...... ..,.,
a traitor If) the ]~mp(,rQr Ilis licW' 1"nl, hut to (;0'1 ~:,,~ ..o..l.
also, aml:1Il horrible hb.-:pllt'llwl' of Ili" :\bjpsl.\', ill
callin.:: Ili,; hol)' word ;lud l'Ommallllment Iwn'~r j
ami th:lt Wllidl the Bishop 01' H..... ml took !<>r lljll'St
eau~c I" rch.,'1 :1g':lillst Ilil; !:lw1'1l1 priu('(', 1he}' mig'hl
have kll(l1l"1l to he a doublilli:' and triplillg' or hi>!
1lI11~1 11\,iIlOu~ wickedncsp, IWilpcd with horribl,
illlpi\l.r and bla.<:phemy, But, 1o..'St the flOOr p('oJlII'
"lIould kllOw too much, he would not let them
han' as mueh of God's word ;1" the '!'ell Comlllandment.:; wholly and perf\dl.\', wil hdr:l\\'illg from them
tlu.' SCC(lud Commandment, that iJCwr.l~cth hi"
impi\l.', hy a ~llblile 5:lerill1-....,.
/I.1I1 the Emperor's sl\lti\'t:l~ likewi--e i'/ffJ,." ami
1,lCf'1l of :my und.n;tanding" 1Il nod'" word, wod,1
the" at olher times h:l\"e rl'l't.'l!ed a,inst tlkir
6O\"~'rci;""'n lord, and bJ thl'ir 1'\,III,lIioll h:"'e 11Olp('1} 11_ r,-.
to IICI")>,\: him, only for thal the Ui~hol) of H/,m,' I; .1 .
did ht_~.lr them ill hand Ihat it W:L" ~im(lIlY, ami :.~ ~o'
Ilcr,.~r too, for I he .Emrcror to g'i,', all' ("C(,I.... i:l.ti- :'lo <k , ..
f':ll tli~"1liti,,,, or prom(ltiOIl'i to hi4 1''3rn~'(1 f"h:lJllain.<: '_I""",
or lIt1u:r of hi" leamed clt'~~', whie'l all Chri,.ii.11l
l:mperor:; bcli,re him h:lll dOll e wilh'lut ('(lntrolmeltt? ,,'o'lld tlley, 1 !':ly, tilr lhalthc 13i~hnp of
H.. me bare 1110.'11\ so in hand, h:\\'~ r"l~lll'(l h, till'
"p:H:C of more thall l~.rty )'{'ar 4 I(}~etll{'r aiaill"L
Ililll, with so mueh shcddiuf:' of Chri~tiall blQO(I
and Illurtl,'r or so mall\' thou~alld~ 01' Chri;;tiall.".
ami finally h;\\,e d('rf(h.~1 t1wir :'(l\w'.'i!!1I IONI, flU 1
1.: ~ 5
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iliA' at all?
,,,,(Ill
to gi,'c it
the Bishop or Home, that. he might for the confirmation of onc nrchbishoJl :md for a Homi"h m.z,
which he ClIllclh a. pall, K"lt!'W worth lWl'h'c pencc,
rccei,'c mall)'
thotl~and
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TAt'
Sj~l"
r:lwny,
:lnd
~recdy
Itomish
;;:-t
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ogailllllCi{j'tll R.:let/iol/.
r,:si
llll:>'ltialJlc
CQ\'ClOllsncss
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0/ 'lte &rnrfl1f,
l:lilhful
;;UJlj\'(:j..,
('itll('f lIHm-dn,>,. or
cl~
bf pro-
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Agailllt wi{ful
Ile~ellio/t,
or
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TIIA..."KSGI\T~W
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GENERAL INDEX.
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more to come . . .
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