from being to forward in reproving of sinne that they dare not take in their mouths but that cold rehrehension of olde Ely vnto his sonns Do so no more my sons do no more so 1. Sam. 2.24 But as deceiptfull Embassadours either for feare of punishmēt or for hope of gaine they forbeare to deliver the Lords Embassage vnto his people Soothing them in their sins and flattering them in their sollies and furthering thē in their iniquities Those are our temporizing preachers our time seruing Prophets our trēcher Chaplaines who either to satisfy the lust of their humorous Lord or to delight the itching eares of their vaine auditors speake nothing but placētia court phrases sweet and pleasing words that sow pillowes vnder mens elbowes and build vp their sinnes as a wall and daub vp their filthy corruptions with the vntempered morter of palpable adulatiō Whom I may iustly brand with the same name as Crates the Thebane did those parasites of his time whō hee called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because sitting at great mēs tables they were ready with that cunning dissēbler in the comody to say Ais aio negas nego Whatsoever they affirmed they would affirme the same and whatsoever they denyed they would bee as ready to deny though never so vntruly right so beloved I am afraid our church hath to many such fawning and flattering Ministers who sitting at noble mēs tables if happely they be thervnto admitted for feare of displeasing will say as they say although their owne conscience I doubt not many times tels them they haue said amisse Speaking good of evill and evil of good putting darkenesse for light and light for darkenesse bitter for sweet and sweet for sower to vse the words of the Prophet Esa 5.20 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Making marchandise of the vvord of God as the Apostle speaketh 2. Cor. 2. vlt. and selling the cause of the Lord for a meales meat or as the Prophet tels vs for handfulls of barly and peeces of bread Ezech. 13.19 J cānot more fitly resemble such false Prophets to any then to that flattering and dissembling Priest of Iuppiter who whē Alexander the great as Plutarch in his life testifieth came to the oracle saluted him by the name of Iuppiters sonne all to get some great present large-reward frō him so they to procure the sooner vnto themselues some promotion Ecclesiastical wil make the Alexanders of the world beleeue that they are Demy Gods or at the lestwise a degree aboue the natural conditiō of the sonnes of men They are fit chaplaines for such radies as the mother of Cyrus was who as Plutarch reporteth cōmanded that whosoever spake to the king he should vse soft silken words for surely in their preaching and reaching before such great ons of the world they vse noe other but such soft phrases silken speeches as shal befit their humours And as the natural bistorian in his 2. lib. 41. ca. of his history reporteth of the hearb called Heliotropium that it regardeth looketh towards the sunne ever as hee goeth turning with him at all howers yea even also when he is shadowed vnder a cloude so doe they in the whole course of their ministery regard consider their Lords and Ladies humours and thervnto do they apply themselves at all times yea evē then also whē they are covered with the cloudes of many grosse and crying sinnes So that I may truly say of such as the Philosopher did of the like who as Nicephorus reporteth in the 10. lib. 42. cap. of his Ecclesiastical historie comming into an Emperours court there seeing many sooth vp great men in their sins said of them purpurā ipsos magis quam Deum colere that they did more reverence purple robes then God himselfe and J am perswaded beloved in Christ Jesus that they who thus sooth vp the mighty potentants of the world in their transgressions quod purpuram ipsimagis quam deum colant that they more respecte the coūtenance of man then the favour of the everliving God For otherwise they would never as many times they doe conceale the councel wil of God to gaine a little commodity preferment at the hands of a mortal man And if it happen beloued that these men come abroad at any time to preach amonge the vulgar sorte in meaner places they haue so vsed themselves to a smooth pleasing vaine that even then J may say of them as Diogenes the Cynicke said of orators as it is in the 9. lib. and 19. cap. Elian. de varia histor that they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the very slaues vassals of the common people For to win their least favours they wil be favourable to their greatest sins And as Pliny in his 5. lib. 15. chap. saith that the river Iordan is a pleasant river winding turning in out seeking as it were for loue favour and applying it selfe to please the neighbour coūtries So do these time-serving preachers turne winde themselves in their sermons to the multitude seeking rather to win their favours by flatering them in their sinnes then to discharge their owne duties to God by revealing his wil vnto thē But let these men consider howe much the Lorde is offended with such deceitful hādling of his word Let them cōsider the grievous cōplaint of the Lord against such false Prophets who healed the hurt of the daughter of his people with sweete wordes saying peace where there was no peace Jer. 6.13 Let them cōsider how much he was moued with them that taught vanities spake the vision of their owne hearts not out of the mouth of the Lord. Saying to every one that vvalked after the stubbornes of his owne hart no evil shal come vpon you prophecying false dreames causing the people of the Lord to erre by their lies and by their flatteries Ier. 23. Finally let thē cōsider the severe iudgmēt of the Lord pronoūced against such faithlesse messēgers in the same Prophet Behold they that flatter the people in their sinnes sar that the sword famine shal not bee in the land by sword famine shal these Prophets be consumed Jer. 14.15 Wherfore to conclude this point let vs beloved I speake this to al my brethren and fellow-labourers in this holie busines let vs I say as trustie Embasadours boldly deliuer our Lordes Embassage not fearing him that can kill the body only but him that can cast both body and soule into hell fire Matt. 10.28 And yet let vs not seeke to gal greeue the woūded conscience of our weake auditors by to rash indiscreete doubling redoubling woes vpon them alvvaies killing thē vvith the killing letter of the law Let vs take heede least if we thus alwaies preach to others iudgmēt without mercy wee our selues bee iudged of the Lord without mercy Let vs rather by our Prophets example keeping the golden meane temper them both togither Let vs
senteÌ„ce such is the vertue of Gods word such is the authority of his everlasting truth And is this even so Jsthe word of the spirite so mightye in operation hath it wrought so strange effects and brought forth such wonderful fruites in ignoraÌ„t people to whom the Lord sent but one Prophet and that in so shorte a space How great then shal our iudgment be of this land to whome the Lord in mercy hath seÌ„t so many Prophets teachers these foure and forty yeares togither to instruct vs and to cal vs to repentance and yet we lie stil frozen in the dregges of our iniquities For if we doe but examine our selues by these Ninivits vve shall finde that our repentance coÌ„meth farre short of theirs Doe we in the first place imitate the Ninivits faith in beleeving of God I know that many doe God forbid there shoulde bee anye in a Christian commoÌ„-wealth either so wilfully ignorant as not to beleeue or so maliciously obstinate as not to confesse this truth and yet there are not vvanting amongst vs and they of great place also it is to bee feared that saie vvith the foole in the Psalme There is no God at all Thou damned Atheist whosoever thou art lifte vp thine eies vnto the heavens behold therein the sun the moone and the stars the wonderful works of God Cast down thine eies vpon the earth and behold therein trees plaÌ„ts hearbs flowers beasts cattel in them coÌ„fider not the power of nature as thou foolishlie callest it but of the God of nature which framed fashioned all Consider the ebbing flowing of the sea and the wonderfull workes of the highest in the deepe Looke into thy selfe a little worlde how art thou fashioned behinde and before within withe out hovv wonderfully art thou made vvith varietie of faculties distinction of members proportion of body to saie nothing of thy soule a heavenlie creature And if al this vvill not make thee confesse there is a God yet knovve this that the horrour of thy conscience for this thy so greate blasphemie shall make thee vvhether thou wilt or no acknowledge this truth Or if thy conscience bee seared with an hot yron in this world yet be thou well assured that the vvorme of conscience that never dyeth in the worlde to come shal torment thee in the lake that ever burneth and in the fire that neuer goeth out Do we in the secoÌ„d place with these Ninivites betake our selues to fasting for our sinnes What then is the cause that there are so many amongst vs who like those voluptuous Princes of Israell doe stretch themselues vpon their beds of ivory and cate the lambes of the flocke the calues out of the stal delighting them selues in the sound of the violl and other instruments of musicke that drinke wine in boles and annoint themselves vvith sweet ointments not remembring the afflictioÌ„ of poore Ioseph Amos 6.6 These are the Epicures of the world who wil rather feasT luxuriouslie with druÌ„keÌ„ Holofernes then fast religiously with these godly Ninivites These are they whose God is their bellie vvhose glory is their shame whose only felicitie consisteth in delicate fare being of his minde in the history * Philoxenus apud Aâ—â—â—ianum de vatia hist lib. 10. cap 9. who said of his meate that that was the sweetest which vvas the deerest But as the historian there very wel couÌ„celleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 These examples must be remembred not that any should follow imitate them but that every one shoulde abhorre and detest them Thirdly do we imitate the Ninivites attire in clothing our selues in sackcloth and course garments Howe then commeth it to passe that the vgly and detestable monster pride hath so over-run our land that al estates and degrees amoÌ„gst vs are so tainted infected with this blemish Noble-men in the courte Gentlemen in the country serving men every where vpstart Swaggerers cutting Caveliers who when they haue no inward qualities to commend theÌ„ they must haue the ivy bush of long haire to hang over their shoulders not regarding St. Paules reproofe 1. Cor. 11.14 nor Absolons iudgement 2. Sam. 18.9 These are our inventors of newe fashioned garments our French our Turkish our Spanish our Italian English-men For a man may see a liuely resemblance of al these in their apparel as if the vanities of al nations vvere little enough to make vp the measure of an Englishmans pride Let them not thinke that want of other matter hath driven vs to tax these follies in theÌ„ It is rather want of grace in them that they will not amend For if we should not cry out against these their foul filthy sins they would on day cry out before the tribunal seate of God against them and vs. Good God that the sonns of Adam should so farre degenerate froÌ„ their father Adam He good man wos content with a garment of figg-tree leaues to hid bunakednes Gen. 3â— But we wil scarce be pleased with the ratest and richest workmanhip that art or nature can affoord to cover our sinful bodies Nay as Plinie in his 5. lib. first chapter noted the riott and excelle of his time so may we iustly do the like of outs Because forrests are sought out farre and neere for iuory and citron trees and all the rocks of Gerulia are searched for sheifishes that yeeld the purple crimson colour to make our apparell shew glorious But ô folly and vanity of advanities saith the same another euer to think oÌ„sidering our simple beginning that we were sent into the world to line in pride to adorne decke our carkesses in braverie that are nought but clay put refaction Finally do we with these Ninivites in the last circumstance generally turne vnto the Lord humble our selues before him froÌ„ the greatest vnto the least what theÌ„ is the cause that all of vs yong and old high and low haue so erred in our waies everyone turning into his own race as the horse rusheth into the battle to speake with the Prophet Ier. 8.6 What is the cause that in this bright sunnshine of the Gospel such palpable darkenesse of errour ignorance such reliques of superstitioÌ„ idolatry should remaine amongst vs What is the cause that so many of vs are meere temporizing newters luke warme professors neither hote nor colde like them Revel 3.15 halting betweene two opinions coldlie professing the Religion established but in hart imbracing Papistical false-hood What is the cause that the IesuÌ„ites and Seminaries finde such secret favour amoÌ„gst vs who like subtil deceavers are at open warre on with another but yet tyed to gither by the tasse like Sampsons Foxes with fire brandes to destroy our Church What is the cause that after the Gospel so long preached holines of life is so little practised that many come not at all to heare the worde of God or coÌ„ming with the dease adder they stop their eares at the
souÌ„d therof or hearing it bring not forth the fruits of repeÌ„taÌ„ce or repenting for a time returne at leÌ„ght with the dog to his vomit the swine vnto her filth Lastly what is the cause that our land is ful of adulterers and because of othes the land mourneth to vse the Prophets words Ier. 23.10 that vsurye hath corrupted the rich cormorant ambitioÌ„ the proud Prelate covetousnes the greedy lawyer disdaine the scornful courtier deceit the cunning artificer the like that all estates and degrees are knowen by their several sinnes as every gentleman by his several cognisance Is this our vniversall conversion vnto the Lord is this the fruite of the Gospel are these the badges of our repeÌ„tance Are these the effects I say not of one sermoÌ„ as Ionas his was to Niniveh but of so many thousand sermons delivered froÌ„ time to time vnto vs Never more preaching never lesse praâ—â—â—ing Beloved in Christ Iesus I am verely perswaded that the immortal seede of Gods word was never more plentiful sowen since the Apostles time then it hath bin amongest vs these many yeares togitherithe Lord make vs thankfull for so great a blessing And yet as Lictantius said there vvas never lesse wisdome in Greece then in the time of the 7. wise men so I seare me it may be to truly said there was never lesse piety in England then in this long eontinuance of so many godly and zelous Pastors Sodome Gomer Tire Sidon shal rise vp at the last day and coÌ„demn vs for if halse so many lecturs and sermons exhortations instructions had bin preached among them as haue bin amonst vs They had surely repeÌ„ted in sackcloth ashes The Queene of the South shall rise vp in iudgment against vs at the last day for she came froÌ„ the vttermost part of the earth to heare the wisdoÌ„e of SalomoÌ„ Mat. 12.42 But many of vs refuse to step out of our dores to heare the heaueÌ„ly wisdoÌ„e of the true SalomoÌ„ Christ Iesus revealed in his heaveÌ„ly word The Publicans and souldiers shal rise vp at the last day coÌ„demn vs for at the preaching of on Iohn Baptist they were moued in their minds Luk. 3.14 But let al the Ministers messengers of God cry out til they be hoarce against our sins yet our harts ar nothing pricked yet our affectioÌ„s are nothing stirred vp Those wicked Iewes that crucified the Lord of life shal rise vp at the last day coÌ„demn vs for they at on sermoÌ„ of St. Peter were coÌ„verted to the number of three thousand Act. 2.41 But how many fermous shal a maÌ„ make amongst vs before he convert on sinfull soule before hee bring home one stray sheep to the sheepfold of Christ Iesus The Ninivits as you haue hard at one little sermoÌ„ of a few words delivered by one Ionas repeÌ„ted in sackcloth ashes from the greatest to the least but wee haue hard not in this place only but in al the corners quarters of our laÌ„d many huÌ„dred Ionasses yea many thousand pastors prophets preachers of the word yet for al this where is our faith in beleeving God wher are the fasts we haue proclaimed wher is the sackcloth we haue put on wher are the superiors to designe where ar the inferiors to put in practise these holy exercises Lastly al the creaturs of God shal rise vp at the last day condeÌ„ne vs for they in their several places do in their kind perform their duty to their creator are obedient to his word but we only as the most vnreasonable inseÌ„sible of al other coÌ„tinue obstinat rebellious stil The heaveÌ„s declare the glory of God the lights obey him with fear the stars shin in their watch the moone keeps her appointed seasoÌ„ the suÌ„ knows his going down the waters fly at hi rebuke the earth trembleth the mouÌ„tains shak The stork in the aier knoweth her appointed time the turtle and the crane and the swallowe obserue the time of their coÌ„ming the oxe knoweth his owner and the asse his maisters cribb but wee onely as the most vnreasonable and insensible of al creatures continue obstinate rebellious stil What should I saie more beloved in Christ lesus senselesse stones are more obedieÌ„t to Gods voice theÌ„ we are Beholde Moses with his rod stroke the rocke but twice and the vvaters gushed out abundantly Num. 20.11 but though the God of Moses strik our stony hatts twice twenty times with the haÌ„mer of his word yet where is that penitent Peter amongst vs J say not that vveopeth bitterly but that sheddeth one teare in remembrance of his transgressions Behold the stony wals of Iericho after God had summoned them by his Priests souÌ„ding their trumpets thrice at the third found fell flatte vpon the ground Ios 6.20 But we haue resisted not the third or the fourth or the sift onely but more the fiue hundred solemne summons several sounds none of them could ever moue vs none of them coulde once awake vs. Isidore in his 12. lib. and 2. cap. de brutis animalibus reporteth of the yong Lions that after 3. daies they are raised and rowsed by the roaring of the olde but the Lion of the tribe of Iudah Christ Iesus by preaching of his word hath roared not 3. daies alone but more theÌ„ 43. yeares togither amoÌ„gst vs yet for al this we are not roused and yet for al this we are not awaked what is not Christ the same Christ still is not his Gospel as fruitful is not his doctrine as effectual is not his word as powerful now as ever it was yes my deare brethren But the fault is in vs. Our marble flinty harts will not be softened with the sweete shewers of Gods heavenlie word coÌ„fortably falling down vpoÌ„ theÌ„ our stiffe yronsinewed necks wil not bow with any yoke either the sweete easie voke of the Gospel Mat. 11.30 or the heavy vnsupportable yoke of the law Act. 15.10 our faces are like whores forheads that wil not blush Ier. 3.3 our ears are so deafe our eies so dry our senses so dul our wils so obstinat our affectioÌ„s so barren our desires so cold that neither the infamy and shame of the world can moue vs nor al geÌ„tle admonitioÌ„s allure vs nor the terrible threatnings of Gods iudgments feare vs nor the continuall preaching of al the creatures of God vnder heaveÌ„ perswade vs vnto repentice Nay we are so soundly rocked and lulled a sleepe in the carelesse cradell of security that neither the goulden bells of Aaron nor the thundering trump of Esay nor the well tuned cymballs of Dauid nor the shril souÌ„d of Gods word coÌ„tinually ringing in our cares caÌ„ once awake vs. Being herein like to those beares of whoÌ„ Selinus writeth in his 39. chap. qui tam gravi semno premuÌ„tur vt ne vulneribus quidem excitariqucant who are so farre opprest with a heavy sleepe that though they bee wounded yet can they not be wakened Or like those fishes of whoÌ„ Aristotle in his 4. l. 10. c. de hist animaliuÌ„ writeth that they sleep so souÌ„dly that though they haue speares thrust into their sides yet they stir not at all so sense-lesse also are we in this our carnal security that though the Embassadours of the King of heaveÌ„ as so many sons of thunder with Ionas in my text denouÌ„ce iudgment against vs out of that word which is sharper theÌ„ any two edged sword yet for al this we do not with these Ninivits yeeld cast down our selves before the Lord but rather like to the druÌ„kard sleeping in the top of the mast Pro 23. wheÌ„ we are thus strikeÌ„ we feel it not wheÌ„ we are thus beaten we awake not when we are thus admonished we amend not Wherfore most deare blessed brethreÌ„ beloued in the bowels of Christ lesus to conclud al in a word 〈…〉 as he said to the Angel of the church that is at Sardis so giue me leave I beseech yov to say the same to every on of you that heareth me this day RemeÌ„ber how you haue receaved c. Rev. 33. RemeÌ„ber that this day you haue hard of a message froÌ„ the Lord to a great citty of the conversion of a great citty vnto the Lord. RemeÌ„ber in the one Gods patieÌ„ce to Niniveh in sparing it long Yet 40. daies And yet his severe iudgmeÌ„t of destructioÌ„ if she would not amend and Niniveh shal be destroyed RemeÌ„ber in the other the Nini vits turning vnto the Lord begun with faith coÌ„tinued with fasting declared in sackcloth performed of al froÌ„ the greatest vnto the least And remeÌ„ber that the Lord hath seÌ„t the same messag this day to England to LoÌ„don nay to vs all as he did to Niniveh giving vs yet time to repent if we wil accept him O then let vs loue him in his mercy threatning our o verthrow if we do neglect him ô theÌ„ let vs feare him in his iudgmeÌ„ts let vs now repeÌ„t while we haue time least hereafter we would repent wheÌ„ we shal haue no time Let vs now turn vnto the Lord in beleeving on him in pinching our bellies with fasting in clothing our backes with sackcloth and in a general humiliation of our selves before him that so he may turne away his wrath and heavie iudgmentes from vs from our lande Let vs now open our eares at the souÌ„d of his word preached That being opened we may heare it carefully carefully hearing it wee may conceiue it rightly and rightly conceiving it wee may beleeue it faithfully and faithfully beleeving it we may discerne it fruitfully and fruitfully discerning it we may practise it effectually bring forth the fruits therof accordingly therby growing from strength to strength from vertue to vertue vntill at the last we become perfect men in Christ Iesus That so being nowe accepted as sonnes into the kingdome of grace in this world wee may heerafter bee receaved as heires into the kingdome of glory in the world to come Which the Lord of his infinit mercy graunt vnto vs all for his Deare Sonns sake Iesus Christ to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost three Persons one eternall everliving and onely wise God bee rendered and ascribed all Honour and Glorie Povver and Praise Might and Maiestie Dignitie and Dominion now and for evermore Amen FJNIS
sonne a long season Gen. 37.34 Witnes Mordechai who whē the King had yeelded to the bloody request of Haman for murdering all the Iewes put on sackcloth ashes cryed a great cry and a bitter in the midst of the citty Hest 4.1 Witnes David who in sign of his sorrow for Abner commaunded the people to rent their clothes to put on sackcloth 2. Sam. 3.31 Witnes in steed 〈…〉 wherof J speake whose king rose vp from his throne and laid his robe from him covered himselfe with sackcloth sat in dust ashes whose nobles followed him wose Commons imitated thē frō the highest to the lowest from the eldest to the youngest frō the richest to the poorest all were clade in sackcloth base aray as it followeth in the text frō the greatest to the least Obser 4 The last circumstance for I cannot stand to amplifie any wherin these Ninivets repentance is discribed is taken from their nūber which were not fewe from the greatest vnto the least For it is not one of a house or some few of a family or some of the better sorte of the people that thus were ready to humble themselves before the Lord but all in general every on in particular from the eldest father to the youngest suckling from the greatest potentate to the meanest peysant of what sex estate or conditiō soever they be al are ready to further this holy duty I might here iustly take occasion to speake of the duty of superiour magistrats vvho may be here vnderstood by the greatest as also of inferiour subiectes who are specified by the least how they should as at al times so especially in the times of common calamities with a mutual consent cast down themselues in a generall humiliation before the highest But I can but point at this doctrine Let it be sufficiēt for our instructiō that seeing these Ninivits did so vniversally performe this that without doubt they shall rise vp in iudgmēt against vs at the last day if we be defectiue heere in having the like occasiō For in their holy exercises behold a pleasant harmony agreement maior aetas incipit vsque ad minorem pervenit saith a good father The elder fort begin and the younger they followe after the superiours say to the inferiours looke on mee and doe yee likewise Iud. 7.17 And the inferiors answere the superiors as the people did Ioshua al that yee commaund vs vvee will doe Ios 1.16 In a worde as according to Philosophie in the natural bodie the heart alone is not warme but the heat thereof is a propagating heate diffusing it selfe in an orderly sort to the rest of the members even the hands and feet the most remote parts of the vvhole so in the common-wealth of Niniveh vvhich was abodie politicke the Magistrates and governers themselues were not only throughly warmed with the heate of devotion but the common people also and vulgar sorte did participate of that quality and as the precious ointment vpon Arons head ran downe by his bearde to the skirts of his cloathing Psal 133.2 So these notable effectes of beleeving God and fasting and putting on sackcloath were deriued from the king to his councell and nobilitie and from them to the meanest subiect And as we read of the multitude of beleevers that they were of one heart and of one soule Act. 4.32 So here was a general consent amonge a greater number of new converts there was but one heart and one soule one minde and one meaning one faith and one fast one desire and on attire among them al from the greatest to the least O what a goodly sight was this O howe was it possible but that such a general cry and consent as this soe vniversal a humiliation should be acceptable vnto the Lord For if he hath promised that were two or three are gathered togither in his name he wil be in the midst of them Math. 18.20 How much more the when so many thousands of al estats conditions assemble themselves in sasting sackcloth and praier before their God in the great Congregation Thus you see Right Honorable Right worshipfull most deare and blessed brethren what a plentiful harvest cōmeth af a little seed sowen what goodly rivers ishue from a little fountaine what rare singular effects are wrought in these Ninivits by a few words spoken by the Prophet Ionas Shall I here commende the Prophets eloquēce who like a good oratour did so rule and raigne in their minds that as it was said of Hercules Celticus the eares of his auditors were tied with a chaine to the tip of his tongue Or shall I attribute it to the soft gentle disposition of these Ninivites vvho so easily yeelded at the soūd of the Prophets voice I his one general doctrine ishueth from al the 4. particulars of this part Or rather shal I not here admire at the powerfull operatiō of the word of God that beeing delivered by the voice of on man and that a straunger it should make so great a king soe stately nobles so rich citizens so many thousand of barbarous heathen people to vaile bonnet and to descende frō the throne of their pride and to cast downe themselues in fasting and sackcloth before the Lord Surely this is that word which like the snow rayn never returneth voide but prospereth in the thing wher vnto it is sent Es 55.11 This is that word which is the power of God vnto salvation Rom. 1.16 This is that word that is like a fire a hammer that breaketh the stone Ier. 23 29. This is that word which is liuely and mighty in operation sharper then any two edged sword and entring thorough even to the dividing a sunder of the soule the spirite and of the ioints and of the marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the hart Heb. 4.12 This is that worde that is mightly through God to cast downe houldes and to overthrow everie high thing that is exalted against the knowledg of God and to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ 2. Cor 10.5 Finally this is that worde which made the disciples harts to burne within them while they talked with Christ Luk. 24.32 Which made Felix tremble Act. 24.26 Which made the Iewes to be pricked in their hartes Act. 2.37 Which made David confesse he had sinned against the Lord 2. Sam 12.13 Which made the people publicans and souldiers aske Iohn Baptist what they should doe Luk. 3.14 Which made Ionas denounce destructiō to Niniveh and Niniveh to repent for feare of the destructiō denounced so the message of their overthrow overthrew the message the prophecy fell and the citty fel not be cause her fal was prophecied O newe and admirable thinge saith St. Chrysostome in his 5. Hom. ad populum Antiochenum the denūciation of death hath brought forth life the sentence of the destruction hath made a nullity in the