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book_n	dead_a	great_a	open_v	5,672	5	8.2508	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15556	A sermon no lesse frutefull then famous made in the yeare of oure lord god m.CCC.lxxxviii. In these our later dayes moost necessarye to be knowen. Neyther addynge to nor diminishynge fro. Saue the olde and rude englishe therof mended here [and] there.	Wimbledon, Thomas.; Wimbeldon, R., attributed name.	1550 (1550)	STC 25824; ESTC S108052	24,677	96

of the church frō the time of christ to the tyme of Antichristes appearyng and his foregoers the which is shewed in the openīg of the other seales The openynge of the fyrste seale telleth the state of the churche in the tyme of preachynge of Chryste and his apostles For then the fyrst beast that is a Lyon gaue his ●oyce that betokeneth the preachers of Christes resurrection and his ascension For then wente out a whyte horse and he that sate vpon hym had a bowe is his hande and he wente forthe ouercomynge to ouercome By this whyte hors we vnderstande the cleane lyfe and conuersation that those preachers had by the bowe theyr true preachyng pryckyng sorow or repentaunce in mens harte● for their synnes without flattering They went out of Iewrye that they came of wynnīg and ouercoming some of the Iewes made theym to leaue the truste y t they hadde in tholde lawe to beleue in Ies● Christ folowe his teachinge and they went out to ouercome the paynems shewynge to them that theyr ymages were no goddes but mans werke vnmyghtie to saue thē self or any other drawyng thē to y e beleue of Iesu Christ God and mā In the openynge of the seconde seale there cried a calfe whiche was a beaste wonte to be slayne offred to god in the olde lawe This shewethe the state of the churche in the tyme of marters that for theyr stedfast preachīg and for the trouthe of goddes worde shede theyr bloode and that is betokened by the redde horse that went out at the openynge of this seale and this e●tate began at Nero the cursed Emperour and endured to the tyme of Constantyue the great that endowed the churche In this tyme many of Christes se●uaūtes and namely the leaders of Christes flocke were slayne and of .xxii. Bysshops of rome that were before the tyme of Syluester the fyrst I rede but of foure but y t they were martyrs And also in y e time of Dioclesian the Emperour the persecution of Christen men was so greate that in .xxx. dayes were slaine .xxii. thousande mē and women in diuers coūt●●is for the lawe of God The openyng of the thyrde seale telleth the state of the churche in the tyme ●f heret●kes that is fygured by the blacke horse or false vnderstādyng of scripture For then cried the thirde beast that is a man for at that tyme was it nedefull for to preach the mysterye of Christes incarnation and passion agaynste the heretykes that take amysse these poyntes How christ toke very mankynde of Mary he beynge god as he was before and his mother beynge mayde before after The opening of y e fourth seale telleth y e state of y e church in the tyme of hypocrites that be tokened by the ●ale● horse y t be signes of penaūce withoute forth to blinde the people And he that sat vpon the horse hys name was death For they flee goostly them that they lede and teache to God by other wayes thē by christ And hel foloweth them for hell receiueth those y t these men deceyue At that time shall it be nede that the fourth bea●te that in the Egle flyeth hyghest of all fowles make his crye to raise vp the gospel and to prayse goddes lawe aboue al other lest mennes wytte and their traditions treade downe and ouergrow the lawe of god by enfourmynge of these hypocrites And this is y e last estate that is or shalbe in the churche before the commyng and cleare appearynge of the great membre of Antichrist The openyng of the fyfte seale sheweth the state of the churche that then shal folow And the desyre that the folowers of goddes lawe shall● haue after the ende of this worlde to be delyuered of this woo The openynge of the syxte seale telleth the state of the churche in the tyme of Antichristes lymmes whiche estate ye may knowe to be whē ye se fulfylled● that ●aynt Iohn prophesyed to fall in the openynge of this seale where he sayth After this I se foure angriles standyng vpō foure corners of the earth holdynge the foure wyndes y t they blow not vpō the earth vpō the se nor vpon the trees The .iiii. angels be the nombre of all the deuyls ministers that in those dayes to do their maister pleasure shall stoppe the foure wyndes that be the foure Gospels to be preached shall let the brethe of the holye goost to falle vpon men that they myghte mourne for their synne to amēde theyr lyfe and also vpon theym that wolde encrease in vertue and vpon perfecte men what after this is to come but that the mysterye of the seuenth seale be shewed y t he come in his owne person whō Iesu Christ shall sle●● the breath of his mouthe whē the fende shall ●hewe the vttermoost persecutiō that he his seruaūtes can do to Christes● subiectes and that shalbe y e .iii. warnyng y t y e world shall haue to come to this last iudgemēt In all this mater I haue nought sayde of my selfe but of other doctours that be approued I sayde also in my seconde principall that it was to be knowē before what iuge we must reken that is god him selfe he that seeth all our dedes all our thoughtes frō the begynninge of our lyfe to ●hend he shall shewe there the hydde thynges of our hertes openīge to all the worlde the righteousnes of his iudgemēt so that by the power of God euery mans dedes shall be shewed to all the worlde And so it semeth by the wordes of saynte Iohn in the Apocalyps where he see deade men greate and lytle standyng in the figure of the throne And bookes were opened And another boke was opēed that was of lyfe the deade men were iudged after the thinges that were wrytten in the bookes after theyr owne doynges These bookes be mennes conscience that nowe be closed but then shalbe opened to all the worlde to read therin both theyr dedes and thoughtes And the booke of lyfe is Christes lyuynge and doctryne that is hydde nowe to them that shal be dampned thorowe theyr owne malyce that councel men to folow the worlde rather then God In the firste booke shalbe wrytten all that we haue done In the other all that we shulde haue done And then shall deade men be iudged after those thinges that be wrytten in the bookes And yf the dedes that we haue done and be written in the bokes of our conscience be accordynge ●s the booke of Christes teachyng and lyuynge the whiche is the boke of lyfe we shall be saued or elles we shall be dampned for the iudgemente shal be gyuē after our workes Loke therefore nowe what is written in the booke of thy conscience whyle thou arte here and yf thou fynde any thynge contrarye to Christes lyfe and teachynge scrape it oute with the knyfe of repentaunce and wryte it better euermore