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A14189	Peters fall Two sermons vpon the historie of Peters denying Christ. Wherin we may see the causes of mans falling from God, and the manner how, both of the wicked thorough incredulitie, and of the godly by infirmitie: and also the way that God hath set downe in his worde to rise againe. By Iohn Vdall, preacher of the word of God at Kingston vpon Temmes.	Udall, John, 1560?-1592.	1584 (1584)	STC 24503; ESTC S101285	38,462	103

from his house vntill it be vtterly wasted and consumed The whoremaister goeth on in his filthines because he forgetteth the commaundement of God Thou shalt not commit adulterie and the threatning that whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge To conclude the like is truly to be thought of all other sinnes that the casting off the worde of God behinde their backs and treading Gods vengeance threatned against sinne vnder theyr féete is the first step vnto that iniquitie whiche they commit Nowe if we will applie this to our edification and benefite we must learne by the harmes of other men to be more warie and circumspecte If we sée that others begin their transgressions by neglecting the word of God that we must begin our obedience in imbracing it in learning meditating and exercising our selues in the same continuallye For the Prophet Dauid maketh it the onely ioye and delyght that Godlye men can finde in thys worlde Whereunto appertayneth it that the Lorde appointing vnto his seruaunt Iosua the gouernement of his People in steade of Moses saith let not thys Booke of the Lawe departe out of thy mouthe but meditate therein daye and nyght that thou maiest obserue and doo accordyng to all that is written therein Where you sée that he setteth meditation and continuall exercise therein to goe before the seruice of the Lord and indéede by very good reason for the worde of God being his will and the thyng that he enioineth vs to doe howe can it bée that we shall doe it before wée learne it and how can wée learne it if wée neuer giue our selues therevnto nor regarde it Well howsoeuer the wicked of the worlde care not for it nor the preaching thereof because through the hardenes of their hartes it séemeth foolishnes vnto them yet surs we are it is the power of GOD vnto saluation vnto all those that beléeue it It is the sworde of the Spirite that cutteth away the bonds of sinne it is the grayne of mustarde séede that at firste is verye small but taking roote and increasing in the children of God it groweth vp to suche an height that it possesseth the whole harte and mynde It is the fire which burneth and cōsumeth the dregs of iniquitie It is also that Honye the swéetenes whereof doth bothe delyght the soule and also temper the troubles of thys worlde that they become tollerable and easie it is the raine showers and dewes moistyng the stonye heart And lastlye it is the séede whose rootes doe take so déepe holde and are so surely fastened that it neuer ceasseth from growyng vntyll it bryng the Soule whiche it possesseth into the kingdome of heauen Thys beyng so precious and yet not beléeued to bée so by them that are not called vnto the Faythe of Iesus Christe Therfore the Lord God to allure them whome he hath elected and to take all excuses from them that bée reiected hathe set downe moste excellente and singular allurementes and swéete speaches vnto them to inuite them vnto a loue and lyking of the same The wyse man Salomon bringeth in the Lorde speaking or rather speakyng hymselfe in the name of the Lorde sayth let thyne harte holde faste my words kéepe my commandements and thou shalt lyue get wisedome get vnderstandyng neyther declyne from the wordes of my mouth And there he sheweth what the word of GOD shal bryng vnto the louers thereof namely honour ryches long life and suche like which indéede figureth vnto vs al ioyes whatsoeuer whyche the Godlye shall haue in the lyfe to come if I shoulde stande vpon this I might shewe many moste excellente places for thys purpose as the excellencye thereof described by the Prophete Dauid and the greate benefites that he professeth hymselfe to haue receyued by the same As that he had perished in his troubles if the comforte thereof had not supported hym and thinketh it no bragge to saye he hath more vnderstandyng than his teachers because hys meditation was in the worde of God and vnderstoode more than the auncient because he kept Gods preceptes and he was made wiser than hys enimies because Gods preceptes were alwayes wyth hym The whole 119. Psalme is concerning thys argument And was it so excellent so precious and so fruitfull in Dauid for him selfe only no but it is also for our instruction that wée myght be stirred vp by the example of Dauid to take so great delight in it as he dyd For God is the same he was and hys worde of it selfe as forcible if not more forcible then it was So that we néede not to dispaire of gods goodnes in this cause For sure the cause why we come so farre behinde Dauid in zeale and godlines is our owne carelesnesse and hardnesse of harte and our presumption in that we wyth Peter here perswade our selues better of our selues than indéede we either néede or shoulde Let vs then awake and shake off the drowsines of our soule let vs vnlode our selues of all that presseth downe let vs looke vnto that whyche GOD commaundeth and not to that small procéedyng which we haue made and so muche the rather my déere beloued Brethren because wée sée the worlde more lulled in securitye than euer it was before that we can eyther reade or heare of The worde of God hath no more force wyth the greatest number than if they were stockes or stones whereas the threatenyng of Gods vengeaunce agaynste Sinne shoulde pricke their heartes and mooue them vnto repentaunce it bryngeth them a sléepe whereas the Preaching of the Gospell shoulde bring them to Fayth in Chryste it séemeth vnto them a Fable and a méere inuention of men nowe the case standyng desperatelye wyth them for thys is the cause why I speake it it behooueth vs to bée more circumspecte and carefull that the looue and likyng and continual exercise and obedience in and vnto the word of GOD doe so possesse vs that we neuer bée drawne from the same but so surelye fasten our soules hartes and wyls therevnto that we may therby haue a sure testimonye in our consciences that we bée the Children of GOD because we kéepe his commandementes Whereas contrary the wicked haue wythin them a note of condemnation in that they regarded not Gods worde neyther haue any regarde in hearyng or learnyng or practising the same in their life and conuersations The seconde braunche of Peters presumption consisteth in thys that he sayeth I am readie to go with thee into prison and vnto death Peter thought he was strong inough to be a Martyr when indéede he had scarce learned the principles of hys faith nor that whyche is most necessary for all men to knowe namely his owne power and hability and howe he muste learne to stande before the Lord. Here you sée Peter thynking him selfe a valiant Soulder and yet is not so out of whyche we note the pryde of mans hearte and confidence that fleshe and bloud conceiueth of

AS there is nothing set downe in the worde of God which is not in his singular wisedome propounded vnto his children either to teache them the will of the Lord and the religion that they must professe or to furnish them with sufficient armour to conuince their aduersaries or to instruct them how to frame their liues and conuersation according to hys will or to reproue them that walke inordinately or lastly to comforte them being distressed and afflicted in this world so there is no example set before our eyes in the whole booke of God more necessary for vs continuallie to be meditated vpon then this of Peters fall For in the same is firste painted out vnto vs the miserable estate of man being left vnto himselfe then the excéeding mercie of God towards man Secondly we may sée in it the beginnings procéedings and manner how all men doo sinne whether it be the godly falling by infirmitie or the wicked transgressing thorough infidelitie and then how and by what degrées the godly be reclaimed and restored againe So that in this historie we haue two things offered to our considerations First Peters fall Secondly his rising againe In his fall we note the causes that mooued him therevnto and the maner how it was The causes be either in himselfe or accidentarie without himselfe within himselfe his presumption in departing from the word of God and leaning vppon his owne power and his slowe following the causes without himself be his companie the high Priests seruants and the place where he was y e warme fire The maner how he did fall is first in bare deniall then with binding it with an oth and lastly by curssing himselfe if euer he knew Christ. In his rising againe are likewise the causes and the maner how the causes without himself and within himselfe without himselfe the crowing of the Cocke the looking back of Iesus within himselfe his remembrance what Christ had said and what he had done the manner how he rise his going out and his sorrowing The firste cause of his fall as you sée was his presumption and that is also in two things The first is in not leaning vnto the wordes of his Lorde and maister For Christ told him that he should denie him But he notwithstanding being either blinded with the consideration of his owne power as hereafter shall appeare or else carried away with a preposterous zeale to follow him whether soeuer he went replyed that though all men should forsake him yet he would not And surely this is most worthy the consideration For if we beginne at the first man that euer was and continue thorough out the whole scriptures we shal finde that the little regarde giuen vnto the worde of God was the beginning of their fall The father of mankinde the firste founder of his misterie Adam hauing receiued this especiall commandement of the trée of knowledge of good and euill thou shalt not eate Yet this béeing put out of his heart partly thorough the subtiltie of Sathan wherewithall he was assayled partly by the prouocation of the woman whome greatly he loued and partly with the beautie and delicacie of the Apple with whiche he was allured He notwithstanding did take of it and eating of the trée forbidden fell from the Lorde his God and was cast out of that place of pleasure where before he dwelled So did Caine forgetting the commandement of God yea and the law of nature kill his brother Abell Lamech not considering that the Lord God had made man and woman to bée one flesh tooke vnto him two wiues and so fell from the Lorde Saule hauing receyued a precept to destroy Amalecke and all that pertayned vnto them that he should haue no compassion on them but shoulde slaie both man and woman both infant and suckling both Oxen and Shéepe and Camels and Asses yet directing not hys dooings according to hys commission but yéelding vnto hys owne fantasie in sparing the King Agag and the better Shéepe and fat Oxen to sacrifice as was pretended vnto the Lorde was rewarded with depriuation from his Kingdome The lyke may be said of the rebellious Israelites in the wildernesse who hauing the promise of Gods speciall protection yet murmured often times The same is playne in the rebellious Iewes in the tyme of the Prophetes and brieflie thorough out the whole booke of God that when soeuer the Prophetes be resisted the Apostles persecuted or any other sinne whatsoeuer committed whether it be of the godlie falling by infirmitie or by the wicked offending of obstinacie The first originall and beginning is this that the worde of the Lorde in that respecte is eyther not knowen or not remembred and therefore Sathan strooke verie déepe and in verie déede at the surest roote of mans safegarde when he put it into the head of his sonne and heire Antichrist the childe of perdition the Pope of Rome to keepe the people from the knowledge of Gods word for he knew well ynough that the worde of God béeing manifest vnto all the world as the instrumente to kéepe man from grosse sinnes for verie shame and feare of punishment and many in faith and obedience vnto the Lord for loue and zeale vnto his glory and desire of their owne saluation whiche otherwise shoulde wander in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death because that they béeing blinde for want of knowledge should haue swallowed many moates of iniquitie but to let him goe and come nearer vnto our selues what is the cause that euen in this light and glorious Sunne beames of Christ his Gospell so many be so softed and drowned in idolatrie and superstition that they are not ashamed with whorishe faces not blushing to maintaine and defend the heathenish fashion of worshipping of God in Images for theyr owne shame hath fomed out the worshipping of the Image it selfe but only this that the seconde Commandement is blotted out of theyr heart and also out of their bookes and the true exposition that our sauiour Christ giueth vnto the same that the true worshippers shall worship in spirit and truth that as he is a spirit requiring spirituall seruice is either not knowne or else misconstrued or what is the cause that the blasphemer of Gods name hath such delight and pleasure in swearing cursing and prophaning or rather renting in péeces the dreadfull name of the most glorious God but only this that the commandement is not before his eyes which is enioyned vnto all them that be or be desirous to be called the children of God that they neuer presume to take his name into theyr mouth without a singular reuerence of hys Maiestie or the threatninges therevnto annexed For GOD pronounceth them that sweare by those which were no Gods to be none of his for he saith they haue forsaken him in so doing also a man that vseth much swearing shall be filled with wickednes and the plague of God shall not departe