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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01843	A briefe discourse of the late murther of master George Saunders, a worshipfull citizen of London and of the apprehension, arreignement, and execution of the principall and accessaries of the same.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1573 (1573)	STC 11985; ESTC S119743	12,242	34

fault and besoughte him for Gods sake to forgiue hir who very honorably and ●…uen with teares accepted hir submission and openly protested him selfe to pray hartily to God for hir Hir seruant also hauing openly acknowledged his offence kneeled meekly downe praying seuerally with a preacher as ●…he of them had done at their first comming to the place Which done they were all put in a readinesse by the Executioner and at one instant by drawing away the Cart wheron they stoode were sent togither out of this worlde vnto God. And Browne also a good while afore during the time of his imprisonment cōming to a better minde than he had bene of in time paste confessed that he had not héeretofore frequēted sermons nor receiued the holy sacrament nor vsed any calling vpon God priuate or publike nor giuē him selfe to reading of holy Scripture or any bookes of godlynesse but had altogither followed the appetites and lustes of his sinfull flesh euen with greedinesse and outragious contempt both of God and man Neuerthelesse God was so good vnto him and schooled him so well in that short time of imprisonment as he cloased vp his life with a maruellous apparance of heartie repentance constant trust in Gods mercy through Iesus Christ and willingnesse to forsake this miserable worlde Nowe remayneth to shewe what is to be gathered of this terrible example and how we oughte to apply the same to our owne behoofe First I note with S. Paule that when men regarde not to knowe God or not to honour him when they know him God giueth them ouer to their own lustes ●…o as they runne on from sinne to sinne and from mischiefe to mischiefe to do suche things as are shamefull and odious euen in the sight of the worlde to their owne vnauoidable perils And when the measure of their iniquitie is filled vp there is no way for them to escape the iustice of God which they haue prouoked Insomuche that if they might eschue all bodily punishment yet the very hell of their owne conscience would prosecute them and the sting of their minde would be a continuall prison torment and torture to them wheresoeuer they went Agayne on the other side we must marke the infinit greatnesse of Gods wisdome and mercy who perceyuing the peruerse wilfulnesse of mans frowarde nature to sinning suffreth men sometimes to runne so long vpon the bridle till it séeme to themselues that they may safely do what they liste and to the worlde that they be past recouerie vnto goodnesse and yet in the end catching them in their chiefe pride he rayseth them by their ouerthrow amendeth them by their wickednesse and reuiueth them by their death in such wise blotting out the stayne of their former filthe that their darknesse is turned into light and their terrour to their comfort Moreouer when God bringeth such matters vpon the stage vnto y open face of the world It is not to the intent that men should gaze and wonder at the persons as byrdes do at an Owle not that they should delight them selues others with the fond perad●…ture sinister repor●…ing of them nor vpbrayd the whole stocke and kinred with the fault of the offenders no surely God meaneth no such thing His purpose is that the 〈◊〉 of his iudgements should by the terrour of the outward sight of the example driue vs ●…o the inward cōsideration of our selues Beholde wee bée all made of the same moulde printed with the same stampe and indued with the same nature that the offenders are We be the impes of the olde Adam and the venim of sinne whiche he receiued from the olde serpent is shedde into vs all and woorketh effectually in vs all Suche as the roote is suche are the braunches and the twiggs of a thorne or bramble can beare no grapes That we stande it is the benefite of Gods grace and not the goodnesse of our nature nor the strengthe of oure owne will. That they are falne it was of frayltie wherfrom we be no more priuiledged than they and that shoulde we ouersoone perceiue by experience if we wer left to our selues He that looketh s●…erely into other mennes faultes is lightly blynd in his owne and he that either vpbraydeth the repentant that hath receyued punishement or reprocheth the kinred or ofspring with the fault of the auncester or alye how greate so euer the same hath ben sheweth himselfe not to haue any remorse of his owne sinnes nor to remember that he him selfe also is a man but which thyng he woulde little thinke he fully matcheth the crime of the misdoer if he do not surmount it by his presumptuousnesse When it was tolde oure Sauiour Chryst that Pylate had mingled the bloud of certain men with their owne sacrifise what aunswere made hée Did hée detest the offenders did he declame against their dooings Did he exaggerate the fault of the one or the crueltie of the other No. But framing and applying the example too the reformation of the hearer suppose ye sayd he that those Galileans wer greater sinners than all the other Galileans bycause they suffered such punishment I tell you nay but except ye repente ye shall all likewise perish Or think ye that those eightene vpon whom the toure in Silo fell and slew them were sinners aboue all y dwelt in Hierusalem I tel you nay but except ye repent ye shall all perishe likewise Let vs applie this to our presente purpose Were those whō we saw iustly executed in Smith ●…eld greater sinners than al other English people were they greater sinners than all Lōdoners Were they greater sinners thā all that looked vpon them No verily but except their exāple leade vs to repentance we shall all of vs come to as ●…ore punishement in this worlde or else to sorer in the worlde to come Their faults came into the open Theater therefore seemed the greater to our eyes and surely they were great in déede neyther are ours the le●…e bicause they ly●… hidden in the couert of oure hearte God the searcher of all secrets séeth them and if he list he can also discouer them He hath shewed in some what al of vs deserue to prouoke vs al to repentance that al of vs myght haue mercie at his hand and shewe mercie one to an other with one mouthe and one hearte glorifie his goodnesse It is sayde by the Prophete Samuel that disobedience is as the sinne of Witchcrafte Lette euery of vs looke into himselfe but first lette him put on the spectacles of Gods lawe and carie the lyghte of Gods worde with him and he shall sée suche a gulfe of disobedience in himselfe as he maye well thinke there is none offender but himselfe I say not this as a cloaker of offences that white should not be called white blacke blacke or as a patrone o●…●…sdoers that they shoulde not haue their deserued hyre but to represse our hastie iudgementes and vncharitable spéeches that we myght both detest