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cause_n	aaron_n	bring_v	sin_n	34	3	3.9778	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08614	Iacobs troublesome iourney to Bethel conteining a briefe exposition, or excellent treatise of the four first verses of the 33. chapter of Genesis: Set foorth by Iohn Overton, Maister of Arts.; Jacobs troublesome journey to Bethel.	Overton, John, Master of Arts.	1586 (1586)	STC 18924; ESTC S104948	39,762	92

and praise that the most ignorants knew what a Masse was worth Fifteene Masses in a Church were not enough for the Prestes of Baal to bee said daily And should one Sermon in a daie be too much for a godly euangelicall Minister But here some will say labor is left and mens businesly vndone Surely this is ungodly to bee spoken The sayings of the vngodly for those that beare the people in hand of such thinges know very well that there was neither labor cares needs necessities nor any thing els that could heretofore keep thé from masse though it had binsaid at four of the clock in the morning Therfore wee may perceaue the people were contented to leese more labour and spend more time then to goe to the Devil than More labor spent to go to the Diuel thá to come to God now to come to god wherefore where daily praier is said not only in churches but also in priuate houses the Parentes Maisters Children and family shall finde aduauntage and gaine thereby at the yeeres Daily praier in priuate houses end though they hear daily a sermon morning and euening praier euery day in the weake Thus did Adam serue god after he was Gen. 4. Adam serued God called to repentance and in steed of a minister did teach his children and familie first to know their sauiour and to serue god in true faith as witnesseth the oblation of his obedient son Abel Seth and Enoch Seth Enoch called on god Gen. 5. Heb. 11. Gen. 6. Noah the preacher of righteousnes in like manner serued God for it is written of them that they began to make inuocation to the name of the Lord. Noah with his children family was not onely saued from drouning but hath this true title to be called the preacher of righteousnes What should we speake of Abraham Isaac Iacob Loth which made inuocation Gen. 11. 12. 47. Heb. 11. Iacob Loth preached gods word to the name of the lord and in steed of preachers taught the word of god themselues and retained the true faith surelie grounded vpon the said word and by good example of life and doctrine left the same to their families posterities but when as we haue said in the kingdom of Sathan prophane men vsurped the places of godly men in the primitiue Church and had wrapped mens harts in ignorance and Idolatry Mens harts were wrapped in Idolatrie they maintained Esaus Traditionaries with the gaines thereof but now thanks bee giuen to God in these latter times we haue eased Iacobs shoulders of such burdens and haue well purged our Churches from such abominations But yet must it needes bee said that Many ignorant ministers of the meanest sort Reg. 12 31. there are put in the places of godly pastors many an ignorant dissolute person and our ministers for the most part are as the priests of Ieroboam euen of the lowest of the people And this we haue don least we Wee loue not to haue our faultes reproued should hear hard things least our ambition and couetousnes should be reproued and why should we not speak plainly and tel the truth for filthy lucre sake we haue committed Sacrilege nay wee will saie Sacrilege for Lucre sake Soules murthered more we haue murdered the soules of our brethren Will anie bodie put vs to our proofe Who wil then seek for reformation when it is proued Many are patrones of benefices they Benefices sold to Symonistes for mony sel that for mony to thē that wil giue most among the wicked Symonists men of litle account lesse vnderstanding least conscience of al yet they say we are no Church Church-robbers robbers and we murther no soules Noblemen and men of worship or els they bear lies write their letters vnto the Bishops for admitting of vnworthy persons to the ministerie yea such as are of Vnworthy persons admitted to the ministerie the worser and baser sort farre vnmeete for that calling neither learned godly or zealous but couet the roomes of godlie pastors to lead an idle life and for couetousnes Christs Church fraught with vnlearned hierlings sake they may bee well tearmed good cheap hirelings Iacobs church is at this daie so fraught with them that the learned which desire the office to set forth the glorie of God and the edifieng of his people No place for the godly and learned in Christes church in the right knowledge of his word can haue no places to increase their talents vnlesse they wil be hirelings for ten pounds by the yeere although the liuing be worth to the parson or farmor and hundred pounds by the yeere The common people say that Spirituall men haue too much they keepe no The murmor of the people against the spiritualtie hospitality they neither preach nor teach after they haue liuings they become couetous They ware rich wil not arise out of their nests which they thinke they haue built in a rocke Those that should Psal 74. 9. be ouer-seers of these lie idle not looking to their charge they send foorth manie to waite vpon Esau but fewe to wait vpon Iacob They which haue the places of punishing sinne haue learned their lesson of the horsle aches two daughters A man Pro. 30. 15. may trauel some way find not a preacher Preaching decaied in fifteene Parishes nor yet any Minister able to expound fire woordes of the Scripture Haue we not then iust cause to take vp the ould complaint of Moses Exod. 32. 21. against Aaron what did the people vnto thee that thou hast brought so great sinne vpon them All these miseries of Iacob not withstanding cast vp your eyes about and you shall see a pompe like the pomp of Esau What they were in times past that maketh no matter to vs God Gal. 2. 6. Ezech. 33. 12. accepteth no mans person their oulde works are forgotten If they discontinue I say many of them now whether of Iacob or no wee can not tell The Lord knoweth who are his But this wee are sure of they lift vp themselues against Israel musling the mouth of the Oxen that treade out the corne and comming out 1. Cor. 1. 9. Psal 9. 12. with foure hundred men some dumbe dogges some filthie Cananites which The proceedings of Iacob hindered haue cast in their lots among theeues to hinder the proceeding of innocent Iacob Will not God haue all these things in minde when he maketh Inquisition for bloud Can not hee iudge through the Iob. 12. 13. darke clouds Yes yes God hath not so conteinned the lifting up of Iacobs eies nor colerated the wayes of the scornfull that he should returne to visite them and take them as he findeth them Neverthelesse let us pray for them euen the prayer of the Prophet Giue them Lord What Hose 9. 14. shalt thou giue them A barren womb and