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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.
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Wimbledon, Thomas.; Wimbeldon, R., attributed name.
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swynklyng of an eye and this shalbe vniuersall And lyke as to the other euerymaÌ„ shalbe called with thre soÌ„ners so to this iudgemeÌ„t all the worlde shalbe called with thre general soÌ„ners right as other thre messengers shewe a mans ende so do these messeÌ„gers til theÌ„d of the world The first is the worldes siknes The .ii. is his age feblenes the .iii. is his end The sickenes of the world thou shalt know by charitie warynge cold his age and feblenes thou shalte knowe thy tokeÌ„s fulfilled his ende thou shalte knowe by Antichristes pursuing Fyrst I say thou shalte knowe the worldes sicknes by charitie waxiÌ„g cold Clerkes that do wryte on naturall thinges saye that the bodye is sycke wheÌ„ that his kyndlye heaâ— is to lytle or when it is to moch TheÌ„ sythens vnder stande as thus that all men is as one body whose kyndlye or naturall hearte is charitie that is loue to god and loue to thy neighboure vnnaturall or vnkyndely heate is lust full loue to other creatures wheÌ„ therefore thou seest that the loue of meÌ„ to godward to their neyboures is colde lytle fainte the loue to worldly thinges is great and feruent Then know thou wel that vnkindely heat is to great vnkindly heate is to lytle That this is a knowlege of this sickenes I maye proue by christes auctorite for he him self gaue this as a sign drawynge to the ende of the world for that the wyckednes shal be plenteous charitie shal waxe colde Therefore wheÌ„ y u seest charitie thus litle set by of y e world wickedneâ— inâ—rease bicause the worldly thinges be most set by loued know wel y t the world his welth passes that this sommer is come And thus saieth sayntâ— Paule wit thou well that in the last dayes shall come perillous tymes there shalbe men lâ—uynge them selues that is to saye theyr bodyes all thinges belongynge thereto couetousnes borne vp w t pryde vnobediente to y e father mother felowes w t oute affectioÌ„ w t out peace blamers vncontineÌ„t vnmylde withoute benignitie traytoures rebelles swellyng louers of lustes more theÌ„ of god hauyng a likenes of pety more then the vertue therof these flee y u wheÌ„ thou seest the people of such fashioÌ„ know thou well that the fyrste soÌ„ner warneth althe world that the daye of rekeninge draweth towarde The secoÌ„de soÌ„ner that shal warme al the world is the age of the world this sheweth tokeÌ„s fulfylled all readye but I knowe well that we be not sufficient to knowe the tymes that the father hath put in his owne power to shewe certaynly the day the yere or the hour of iudgemeÌ„t This knowledge was hedden froÌ„ the vâ—ry Apostles of Christe also froÌ„ chrystes maÌ„hode as to shewe it vs. Neuertheles we may by auctoritie of scriptures w t reasons expositioÌ„s of holy meÌ„ well opeÌ„ly shew y t this day of wrath is nygh Lest any maÌ„ say in his herte as it is written of a rich man a foule bellye seruer that sayde I wyll gather all my frutes my goodes I wyll saye to my soule soule y u hast moche goodes layde vp in store for many yeres take thyne ease eate and drynke be merye I shall shew you that this day is at haÌ„d but how nygh I caÌ„ not say nor wyl not For yf Paule sayde now for a. M .ccc. yeare more past we be those to whoÌ„ thendes of the worlde be come moch more may we say y e same that be so moche nere the ende theÌ„ he was Also S Iohn Chrisostome sayth Thou seest darknes ouer all why do test thou that the day is at an end First on the valleys is darknes wheÌ„ the daye draweth downwarde wheÌ„ therfore thou seest the valleys darke why doutest y u whether it be nere nyght or no. But yf thou se the sunne so lowe y t darknes be vpoÌ„ the hylles thou wylt say doutbles y t it is nyght Ryght so yf thou se in the seculer men that darkenes of sinne begineth to haue the maystrye it is a token that the world endeth But when thou seesle preestes that be put in the top or susfrauÌ„cye of spirituall dignitie that shulde be as hylles amongest the cominalte of the people in perfytte lyuyng that darkenes of syn hath gotte the vpperhand of them who doubteth but y t the worlde is at an ende Also Abbas Io achiÌ„ in y e expositioÌ„ of Ieremy saith that from the yere of our lorde M CC. al times be to be suspected we be past this suspect tyme nyghe two hundred yeares And mayde yldegar in y e boke of her prophesies yf it be lefull to gyue them credite in y e thyrd parte the .xi vision and seueÌ„tye chapter moueth this reason Ryght as in the seuen thousaÌ„d yeres the worlde shall passe and as in the syxth daye man was made and fourmed so in syxe thousande yeares he was brought agayne and reformed and as in the seuenth daye the worlde was ful made and god rested of his werkynge so in seueÌ„th thousaÌ„d yere the nuÌ„bre of them y t shalbe saued shalbe fulfylled then shall y e sayntes holy rest in bodye soule If then it be so as it semeth by thys maydens wordes y e seueÌ„ thousande yeres in passynge of the worlde accorde to y e seueÌ„ daies in makiÌ„g of it Let vs se what it wanteth y t these seuen thousande yeares be not fulfylled For yf we nuÌ„bre the yeares froÌ„ the natiuitie of ` Christe to the yeres froÌ„ the begynnyng of the worlde to Christes commynge folowyng the mynd of Austen Bede Origene the perfectest doctours teaching on this matter It is passed nowe almoost syxe thousande and syxe hundreth yeares as it is open in a boke called SpeculuÌ„ iudiciale So it foloweth y t this daye is more then halfe gon yf we shulde giue credeÌ„ce to this maydens reason But yf we leane to the gospell of Matthew we shal fynde y t the disciples axed of Christ thre questions Fyâ—ste what tyme the citie of Ierusalem shulde be destroyed The seconde what tokens were of his coÌ„ming to iudgemeÌ„t Third what signe shulde be of thende of the worlde And Christ gaâ—e no certen tyme of these thinges wheÌ„ they shuld fal but he gaue the tokens by the whiche they myght know when they drewe neare To the fyrst question of the destructoin of Ierusalem he sayed when the Romaynes come to beseige y e citie theÌ„ sone after it shall be destroyed And as to the seconde the thyrde he gaue them many tokens as were these that realm shal rise agaynste realme and people agaynste people and that there shulder the opening of seueÌ„ seales is declared the state of the churche from the tyme of Christ to be ende of thâ— worlde The .iiii. fyrst Seales shewe the estate
of the church froÌ„ the time of christ to the tyme of Antichristes appearyng and his foregoers the which is shewed in the openiÌ„g 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 â—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 harteâ— for their synnes without flattering They went out of Iewrye that they came of wynniÌ„g and ouercoming some of the Iewes made theym to leaue the truste y t they hadde in tholde lawe to beleue in Iesâ— 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 theÌ„ self or any other drawyng theÌ„ to y e beleue of Iesu Christ God and maÌ„ 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 preachiÌ„g 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 eâ—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 seâ—uauÌ„tes 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 meÌ„ and women in diuers couÌ„tâ—â—is for the lawe of God The openyng of the thyrde seale telleth the state of the churche in the tyme â—f heretâ—kes that is fygured by the blacke horse or false vnderstaÌ„dyng 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 â—aleâ— horse y t be signes of penauÌ„ce 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 theÌ„ 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 beaâ—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 shallâ— 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 wheÌ„ ye se fulfylledâ— that â—aynt Iohn prophesyed to fall in the openynge of this seale where he sayth After this I se foure angriles standyng vpoÌ„ foure corners of the earth holdynge the foure wyndes y t they blow not vpoÌ„ the earth vpoÌ„ 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 ameÌ„de 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 whoÌ„ Iesu Christ shall sleâ—â— the breath of his mouthe wheÌ„ the fende shall â—hewe the vttermoost persecutioÌ„ that he his seruauÌ„tes can do to Christesâ— subiectes and that shalbe y e .iii. warnyng y t y e world shall haue to come to this last iudgemeÌ„t 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 knoweÌ„ before what iuge we must reken that is god him selfe he that seeth all our dedes all our thoughtes froÌ„ the begynninge of our lyfe to â—hend he shall shewe there the hydde thynges of our hertes openiÌ„ge to all the worlde the righteousnes of his iudgemeÌ„t 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 opeÌ„ed 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 â—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 gyueÌ„ 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