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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17590	A sermon preached before the right honorable Earle of Darbie, and diuers others assembled in his honors chappell at Newparke in Lankashire, the second of Ianuarie. Anno humanæ salut, 1577	Caldwell, John, parson of Winwick.	1577 (1577)	STC 4367; ESTC S107405	29,430	86

and lead a godly lyfe let vs not onely abstayne from euill but also doe good workes that they may serue as witnesses to confirme our election and that we may in so dooinge shewe our selues to be the shéepe 〈◊〉 Christ who doo not onely heare his voice but also follow him For S. Paule here in this place doth plainely tell vs that we cannot bée reckened for gods seruauntes vnlesse wée walke honestly as in that day In which words I haue to note vnto you to say some thing of thys worde walkinge bicause it is very life both in the olde newe testament and the Lorde dooth vse it often times to giue vs to vnderstande howe wée should order and frame our lyfe For then are we saide to walke honestly as it becommeth vs when as we liue vprightly and withdrawe our selues from euill Herevpon the Prophet often tymes in his boke of Psalmes goinge about to liue vprightly doth vse this worde walke In the first Psal. he saith Blessed is that man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly c. And in the. 119. Psal. he sayth Blessed are they that are sound in the way walke in the lawe of the Lorde by which two places it appeareth that to liue vprightly honestly is nothing els but to walke in the lawe of the Lorde For if a man liue after hys owne swynge he shall do nothing els but wander out of the right way and doe those thinges which are neyther séemely nor honest Paule settinge downe certaine preceptes concerning maners and christian life saith I pray you walke worthye of the vocation wherevnto you are called And Collo i. he willeth vs to walke worthie of the Lorde to please him in al things and to be fruitfull in all good workes So it appeareth that it is not inough for a man to walke vnlesse hée walke honestly as in the day For though all men doe walke yet doe not all men walke nonestly and in the lawe of GOD or daye light as they should doe Some there bée that walke not in the day but in the nyght and such walkers bée théeues and robbers which cōmit wickednes in the night and when true men are at rest and in their beddes Some other there bée that walke in darknes for they haue not the true knowledge of Christ and of his worde but are vtterly ignorāt in matters pertaininge to GOD and to their saluation Such walkers were the filthye and polluted Gentils when as they lay drowned in all kinde of filthines and superstition in which they continued vntill Christ sent hys seruauntes to call them to bée partakers of the heuēly marriage Such walkers bée the Turkes which slatly deny Christe the gospell séekinge for life and saluation by the Alcoran Such be the Iewes which séeke for saluation by the lawe and deny Christ which was borne of the virgin Mary to bée the sonne of God and the true Messias Such walkers also be the papistes for they make the paineful passion of Iesus Christ the high ransome of our soules and the onely meanes which god hath vsed to worke our saluation by to be voyde and of none effect by bearinge themselues in hand that they are able to purchase the realme of Paradice by their owne merites For they walke after theyr owne fansies trangresse the lawe of God for their owne traditions Some other there be that walk but they walke not honestly as in the day for they walke after the fleshe not after the spirit Such walkers as these are they which delite in nothing but in sinne and wickednesse which take leaue to dooe naughtily neuer stryuing against theyr own lustes and wicked affections but suffering sathan the enimie of our saluation and welfare to hale them from one vice to another euen to theyr own destruction Such a fleshly walker was Absolon whose lust was so outragious that he defiled his fathers wyues in the sight of all Israel And surely as long as men walk after the fleshe and after the maner of this world which is altogether set vpō mischiefe they shall euery day become worse worse their desire wil be nothinge els but to drawe others into the same sinke of sinne whereinto they thēselues are alredy fallen And these that walk after this fashiō walke disorderly and they walke in horrible confusion and in that brode way that leadeth to hell and endlesse damnation An other kinde of walkers there bée which walke honestly as in the day and these be they which liue not after their owne swinge and let lose y bridle to vices but suffer them selues to bée gouerned by the word of GOD and walke accordinge to his lawe And these bycause they walke accordinge to the pure word of God they doe those thinges that are comely honest They spende their liues wholly in gods seruice and withdrawe thēselues as much as is possible from all euill For they doe not walke as the wordlinges doe which euery day become worse and wofe but they sette GOD alwayes before their eies and haue a respect to his preceptes bicause they know they cannot doe any thing that can escape his sight Of this walkinge speaketh god himselfe in Gene. Wheras he commaundeth Adraham to walke before him and to liue vprightly and truely we shall neuer walke hnoestlye as wée should doe vnlesse we set the Lorde before our eies and thincke that we liue still in his sight Many doe glory of the multitude and boast thmselues to be holy and religious men bicause they liue as the moste doe and walke after the manners and coustomes if theyr forefathers but yet the holye ghost dothe here tell them that they shall neuer walke honestlye vnlesse they seperate them selues from men and frame theyr liues accordinge to the lawe of GOD. Here vpon it is sayde that Enoch walked with GOD bicause he was not peruerted by the euill example of others and although the world when as he liued was as corrupt as myght be yet hée continued vncorrupted and considered that it behooued him to walke honestly as in the presence of GOD. Suche a walker was Iob for hée gaue himselfe to the seruice of God liued amongest his neighbours without hurtinge of anye person guile deceit and naughtinesse was farre from him neyther went he about as many d●y in these dayes to encrease his substaunce by vndooinge of poore men And therefore the Scripture doth rep●●t him to bée a sounde and vpright man and suche a one as feared GOD and withdrewe himselfe from euill Ioseph also walked honestly for although hée was allured by his mais●res to doe wickednesse with hir yet could not he be drawne to destle his Maisters bedde And although no creature was present when as his maisteres did intice him to folly yet he walked honestly as in the daye and the feare of GOD preserued hym against hir continuall temptations And therefore he sayd how can I d●● this great