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An exhortatyon or warnynge, to beware of greater plagues & troubles, then are yet come vppon thys realme, for the synnes and wyckednes that hath bene, & is yet dayly commytted there in..
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Coucheman, Giles.
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when they haue it they be vnthaÌ„ke full for it become vayne wycked in theyr ymaginations as we are nowe in thys Realme Euen lyke vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel Nume xi psa lxxviâ— i Corin x what must folow verely euen as it dyd vnto theÌ„ rede the places for what shuld the lorde do that he hath not done for vs. He hath geuen vs a land that is so plenteous that we lack nothinge that we can desyre or aske yea not onely that but also he hath put almoost all realmes nations in feare drede of vs the which shuld be a great cause that we shulde be thankeful vnto him only for it But it is so come to passe now the more is the pytie that euery one wyll saye that my wysdom deu viii d my streÌ„gth my forecaste polycye haue done it brought it to passe and as it were reioyce in theÌ„ selues and not prayse God for it which onely is worthy of all prayse for all thinges Wherfore yf we wyl not take hede in tyme The vngodly flyeth no maÌ„ chassinge hym but the righteouse standeth styf as a Lyon pro xxviii a Le xxvi b pro xxviii â— it wyll come to passe that as all Realmes nacions haue stand in awe fled before vs euen so wyll the lord make vs afrayd and flee before al natioÌ„s to turne our backes towardes theÌ„ not our faces whaÌ„ nede is Nowe yf it come thus to passe surely it is oure synnes wickednes that is the cause therof for it is thus written also by the prophet Iob for the wickednes synne of the people god maketh an yâ— Hereby do I proue thinke that it is so lyke to come to passe as I haue sayde for thus is it wrytteÌ„ by the wysdom of god Ecclesia â— Iere. xxvii Danie iiii Because of vnrighteous dealinge wronge blasphemies diuers deceytes a realme shal be translated froÌ„ one people to aÌ„other Now truely here be the causes that I do feare suspect in vs very moche for surely in my iudgement there was neuer more wronge amonge men thaÌ„ is now in these oure dayes neuer more blaspheming of gods holy name thaÌ„ nowe neuer more deceyptes than is now yea I thinke beleue verely that ther was nothing so moch in the tyme of ignorauÌ„ce before the gospell was knoweÌ„ as there is now for theÌ„ the people had some feare of GOD before their eyes but nowe there is no feare of god before theÌ„ at all iiii Esdrâ— viii t. but as it is wrytten they haue taken lybertie despysed the hyest thought scorne of hys lawe and forsaken hys wayes moreouer they haue trodeÌ„ downe hys righteous and sayd in their hartes that ther is no god yea and that wittingly O Lorde who wyll geue my head water ynough a well of teareâ— for mine eyes that I might wepe nighte and day for the slaughter of my people c. Iere. ix a O lord who wolde not lament to heare see this that thee people doo so cleane coÌ„trary to their knowledge yea also cleane contrary to that they haue promysed by profession in theyr Baptysme to theyr onely sauiour redemer who is so mercyefull a God that he is ready too forgeue euery one that turneth vnto hym vnfaynedly wyth al theyr hart Wherfore turne you turne you vnto the Lord O wherfore wyl you perishe in your synnes O turne you take now the couÌ„sayl of the lord which sayth by hys prophet Esaye Wasshe you Esayâ— i. c. make you cleane putte away your euyll thoughtes frome you ceasse from doynge euyl and vyolence and learne to doo right and apply your selues wholy to equytie and ryght delyuer thee oppressed helpe the fatherles to hys ryghte let the wydowes complaynt come before you see that ye now walke in the wayes and statutes of the lord god of Israel for he is a righteous god rewardeth euery one accordinge to his worckes Psalm vâ—â— For god is a righteous Iudge sayth the Prophet and he is euer threatening yf men wyl not turne he hathe whet his swerd he hath beÌ„t his bowe made it redy he hath prepared him the weapoÌ„s of death ordeyned his arowes to destroye O take these warninges of the Lordes owne mouth I beseche you seynge that ye wyl not take none of hys seruauntes As for the warnynge of the prophets they take it but for wynde Ierem. v. b remember Lots two soÌ„nes in law that shuld haue maried his two doughters whan Lot gaue theym warninge to flee the wrathe of god which came vpoÌ„ the Cytie thee people therein they toke it but for a sporte Gen. xix c and wolde not Wherefore they were destroyed with thee wycked Euen so you yf ye take the wordes of god but for a sport and wyll not bee warned of your synnes and wyckednes in tyme ye shall sureli perish in dede Althoughe god do reserue you here in this worlde to what ende or purpose I can not tel yet shall you be sure of eternall condeÌ„pnacyon in the worlde to come by hys promys But lord who beleueth our preachinges or geuethe any credence vnto our sayinges Esa liii a Iohn xi â— Roma .x. e WhaÌ„ thei sawe thee boldnes of Peter and Iohn vnderstode that they were vnlearned laye men they maruayled Actu iiii b for we ar dyspised among al people because we be vnlearned as they call learnynge of the vnyuersytes for they do not consyder neyther yet know or els they wyll not what is learnynge neyther what is vnderstandynge as thee holye ghoste doeth defyne it in the holy scriptures for thus doeth the wysdom of god proue learnynge and vnderstaÌ„dyng in the scriptures of God fyrste thus sayth Iob Iob xxviii c. to feare the lord is wysdome to forsake euyl is vnderstaÌ„dyng Lo here the prophetes doeth approue acknowledge learning whiche is good and accepted in thee sight of god is to be a feard to offend god And to depart froÌ„ euil is ryght vnderstaÌ„dinge sayth he also Dauid in the Psalmes doeth saye Psal cx c the feare of the lord is the beginning of wysdoÌ„ a good vnderstaÌ„ding haue al they that do therafter yea the prayse of it endureth for euer sayth he lo here doeth Dauid praise well doyng not wel saying only Prou ix v Also SalomoÌ„ saith in the boke of the prouerbes the feare of the lord is the begiÌ„ning of wisdoÌ„ the knowledge of holy thinges is vnderstanding And thus do I approue by these scriptures that the chefe lerning which before god is accepted alowed is to know the holy scriptures of god thaÌ„ by this knowledge to feare him to departe froÌ„ al euil so to walke in his way al our life loÌ„ge vnto thou ende But the world doth alow him to be lerned that caÌ„ say many wordes set it out with many painted scole
termes flattering deceiuing the poore innoceÌ„tes although the life be as farre froÌ„ a christian life as white froÌ„ black light froÌ„ darcknes But I say the holy gost doth also affirme it to be trewe that whosoeuer hath al the learninge that is coÌ„tained in al the bokes that is wtin the vniuersites yf it were possible for one man to haue it he hathe no promyse of god to vnderstaÌ„d the scriptures of god a ryght and to be saued Wycked meÌ„ decerne not the thiÌ„ge that is ryght but they that seke after the Lorde discusse al thinges Pro xxviii excepte he departe froÌ„ euyl coÌ„tynew with wel doyng vnto the ende I haue not said this to dispraise learnyng but to put al meÌ„ in remeÌ„braunce that they shulde not trust so moche in learnyng that they shuld leaue wel doing to think learning sufficient into saluacioÌ„ For learninge is good the gift of the holy ghost geuen to the glorye of god profyt and coÌ„fort of the congregacyoÌ„s yf it be accompanyed with vertue godly lyuynge But yf it be accompanyed with pryde vayne glorye couetousnesse enuye hatred malyce and gorgeous apparel vaine pastymes all thynges that pertayne to a worldly carnal lyfe not sekynge no mortyfycation of the flesh What doeth it profyte verelye nothynge but procure goddes wrathe too that person that hathe it for so moche as he doeth abuse thee good gyftes of god geuen vnto hym to set forthe hys glory and prayse in the congregacioÌ„s and doeth seke but his own pryuate welthe prayse and vayne glory onely And thys is the spyrytuall wyckednes in heauenlye thynges that Saynte Paule speakethe of to thee Ephesyans thee .vi. Eph. vi b Chapter But as it is sayde before thee worlde doethe not alowe oure sayinges nor beleue it neyther wyll they folow it because we do not set it forth with sclole learnyng and paynted eloquence Yet notwythstanding we speake the trueth tel the people of their sinnes because we wolde not haue them peryshe with the coÌ„dempned and because we do so and walk not with them in the same excesse of riote as they do in eating and drynckyng in sportyng and playing in the lustes of thee flesh We ar reuyled yet we blesse we ar persecuted suffer it we ar euyl spokeÌ„ of yet we pray .i. cor iiii b. in waÌ„toÌ„nes in al maner of ryatous liuyng Therfore speake they euyl of vs care not what thei say of vs but as S. Peter sayth they shal geue accoÌ„ptes vnto hym for it that is redy to Iudge bothe quycke and the deade But Saynte Paul was not ashamed to confesse and saye my brethren whan I came vnto you i Cor ii a. I came not in gloriousnes of wordes or of wysdom shewynge vnto you the testimony of god neither shewed I my self that I knew any thing among you saue Iesus christ eueÌ„ the same that was crucified and I was amonge you in weakenes and in feare and in moch trymblynge And my wordes my preachynges were not wythe intysynge wordes of mannes wysdome but in shewynge of thee spyryte and power that youre fayth shuld not stande in the wisdoÌ„ of men but in the power of god sayth he Euen so I my brethreÌ„ do not shew you the wordes of god with the wisdom of meÌ„ but in the power and wythe the spyryte of the Lorde as my conscyence is wytnes before god to thee helynge of you too thee knowledge of god and saluacyon of youre soules Nether do I seke the praise of meÌ„ but of god who ought onli to haue al praise neither do I seke youres but you neyther wolde I haue your faith staÌ„d in him that hath moch learning his lyfe nothinge agreyng to the same but let your fayth staÌ„de only vpoÌ„ god his word and let hym that fearethe god departeth from euyll be youre shew token to folow after For it is writteÌ„ Mat. vii b Not al they that saye mayster maister or lord lorde shal enter into the kyngdome of heauen but all those that do the wil of hym that is in heauen sayth christe manye shall saye vnto me Lord Lord haue we not prophecied in thy name haue we not cast out deuyls in thi name haue we not done many great miracles in thy name And then wyl I acknowledge vnto theÌ„ sayth christ that I neuer knew theÌ„ wherfore depart from me ye workers of iniquitie Lo note here I pray you what wyl be sayd to the euil wicked doers all thoughe they haue neuer so moch learninge neuer so moch wysdoÌ„ neuer so moch eloqueÌ„ce yea though they haue neuer so many spiritual gyftes of grace yf they be euyll wycked doers it wyll be sayde vnto theÌ„ depart from me ye workers of iniquitie Therfore yf any man wyll be of christ he muste be a newe creature as for olde thinges he must cast them away as the prophet sayth Ezâ—â— xviii â— cast away all vngodlynesse that ye haue done and make you a new harte a new spyrite neuertheles al thinges are of God whyche hath reconcyled vs vnto him self by Iesus christ and hath geuen me thys mynde to tell vnto you thys attonemente that God was in Christ and made agreemente betwene the world and hym self and imputed not theyr synnes vnto theym whan soeuer they repent and turne from them and therefore hath bounde me nowe in conscyence to testifye thee same vnto you in wrytinge We are not as many ar why the chop â—hauÌ„ge with the wordâ— of god but eueÌ„ out of purenes out of god in the syght of God so speake we in Christe ii Cor i. d Now theÌ„ am I a messeÌ„ger in the rowme of christ eueÌ„ as though god dyd besech you thorow me so pray I you in Christes steade that ye be at one wyth God for he hathe made him to be synne for vs whyche knew no synne that we by that meanes shulde be that ryghteousnes which before god is alowed I as an helper therfore doo exhorte you that ye receaue not the graces of God in vayne Esa xlix b for he saith I haue heard the in the tyme excepted in the day of saluacion haue I succoured the behold sayth he nowe is thee excepted tyme nowe is the daye of saluatioÌ„ whaÌ„ is thee daye and tyme of saluatyon verelye euen whan soeuer god offreth to anye man repentaunce by thee openynge of hys worde vnto hym that he maye see hys owne Synnes and the great mercy of God offred vnto him in Christ Iesu than I say is the day and tyme of saluatioÌ„ to that person offered yf he be thaÌ„ wylling to receaue it inbrace it with teares for hys synnes Wherfore my welbeloued brethren be it knowen vnto you that the lord is not slack to fulfyl his promise as som men counteth hym sayeth tushe seing that the dayes of punishment are so slack in coÌ„ming al the prophecies ar of none effect I tel you therfore thus sayth the Lord god The dayes are euen at hand that euery thing which hath ben prophecied shal be fulfylled Ezec. xii d Ther shal no vysyoÌ„ be in vayne neither any prophecye fayle among the chyldren of Israel for it is I the Lorde that spake it what soeuer I the Lord spake it shall be performed in hys tyme not be slack in comminge Wherfore for the loue and tender mercye of God yf ye beleue thys to be trew or haue any sparckle of loue or feare in you be ye warned in tyme be diligente that ye maye be found before him in peace wtout spot and vndefyled and count the longe suffering of the Lord your saluatioÌ„ And nowe to all you that wyll be warned of these sayinges wryting in dede do knowe it before hand beware least ye be also pluckt awaye thorowe the errour of the wycked and fal from your owne stedfastnes but grow in grace in the knowledge of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe And take the counsayle of the holy ghost whiche sayth Esay iii. b Away awaye get you out from thence touch no vncleane thing God out from among soch be clene all ye that beare thee vessels of the Lorde And agayn S. Paul sayeth Come out froÌ„ amonge theym and seperate your selues sayth the Lord and touch no vncleane thing and so wyll I receaue you sayth the Lord and be your father and ye shal be my sonnes and daughters saith the almighty Lord vnto whom wyth the sonne and the holye ghost be all honoure and glorye AMEN The Lorde of all mercy sende vs Preachers wythe power that is to saye trew expoundes of the worde of God and speakers to thee hartes of men and delyuer vs froÌ„ Scrybes Phariseis Hypocrytes and all false Prophetes teachers AMEN ¶ Geue al prayses vnto God onely for he is worthy and none but he G.C. ¶ Imprinted at London in Paules Church yearde at the sygne of the starre By Thomas Raynalde