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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14585	A fruitfull and godly sermon preached at Paules crosse before the Honourable audience and assemblie there, this present yeare 1592. Vpon the 5. chapter of the prophesie of Zacharie, 1, 2, 3, 4 verses. By A.W.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1592 (1592)	STC 24899; ESTC S119640	29,840	80

as a huge mountaine againste our Zorobabell yet shall they be made a plain as the prophet saith Zach. 4 7. Againe seeing the iudgementes of God are reuealed againste all vnrighteousnesse in whomsoeuer it is founde Let not riche menne honourable and noble personages thinke muche to haue their faultes touched by the word of God nor storme in their heartes or whet their toongs against the ministers of Gods word which are but the lords mouth to his people Why Wee doo but vnfold the booke the writing is the Lordes Nunquid ego scripsi saith Augustine Nunquid primum ex ore meum exiit that is did we write it or came it first out of our mouthes Wee doo but holde out the looking glasse it is the glas that descrieth the blemishes of your face We are the Lords trumpetters if the trumpet giue an vncertaine sound who would prepare himselfe to the battayle 1. Cor. 14 8. if the trumpet should geue a false alarum and sounde the retraite when the enimyes are at hand should he not betray the campe so if the ministers of God shoulde flatter the people in their sinnes and crie peace peace vnto them when the sword of God is drawn out against them were it not the ready way to destroy them VVe are your physitians Eligo aspera sed salubria medicamenta saith Augustine I sometime make choice of sharpe yet holdsome medicines And againe yee right Honourable and worshipfull maie finde flatterers inough abroad VVhere should you looke for sounde and faithfull counsaile if not in this place and at our hands VVherefore let not men be offended at vs when we rebuke them for their sinnes we are in stead of Physitians and faithfull Counsellers vnto them VVe haue also a charge from GOD to speake O saith one Consideret periculum meum he that is displeased with me let him consider my danger For saith not God to Ieremye that he would destroy him before their face if he held his peace Iere. 1 17. Augustine saith verye well Quid tu succenses mortalis sub iussione Christi mare audit tu surdens es O worme of earth why dost thou storme The sea obeied the voice of Christ and doost thou stop thine eares Mare audit ventus cessat tu sufflas The sea waxed calme the wind was still and thou beginnest to bluster and swell Chrisostome prettilie quippeth and checketh such proude men that coulde not abide to be reproued Quid tibi tantum arrogas homo quia sublimi curra veheris O foolish man whye dooest thou thinke so well of thy selfe because thou ridest and art carried in a Coach Quale est istud nam ligna lapides sic gestantur A goodly matter wee see stones and logges euen so to be drawne along and carted in the streates But if so be that men are so dainty eared that they will not heare a sharpe word let them follow Augustines counsell Emendate vitam ego emendabo uerba Mend you your waies I will mende my words Cessate peruerse ag●re ego quiescam mala improporare leaue ye off to do euil I will cease to threaten and speake euill against you And to be short Qui male audire nolit ne male faciat hee that will not heare euill let him not do euill Thus much concerning the vision it selfe now we come to the meaning and interpretation thereof And first of the sins which the prophet heere denounceth againste then of the iudgement The sinnes are two theft and false swearing By theft is not only vnderstood that kind which the law calleth and adiudgeth to be thefte when by violence or priuie pilfering one spoileth another of that he hath but likewise when anye wrong is offered and doon to our neybour by craft or subtlety by oppression or vsurie by wrong iudgment or extortion or howsoeuer else the spirit of god doth not spare euen to call it theft to account of such as of those that doe rob and steale from their brethren First concerning open and plain theft much I will not say not because I think there are few that offend this way for I am afrayd this sinne doth too too much abound both in citie and countrie but thus I take it that seeing there is straight prouision made by the Lawes of this land for the sinne of theft which accordingly are executed if these poore miserable wretches will not be warned to take heede by those dayly examples of theeues and robbers which are brought foorth before their eies to execution I must not looke that they shoulde bee much mooued by my speech yet I will not altogether hold my peace if perhaps it maye please God euen nowe to touch their harts That theft and priuie pilfering is too commonly practised who seeth it not No rare thing now a-daies for seruants to purloine from their maisters children from their parents one neighbour frō another I find that there are 2 especial causes of this mischiefe two things that make so many theeues Idlenesse and necessitie and want The idle person that hath not beene brought vp vnto laboure hee sayth as it is Prouerb 9 ver 17. Hidden waters are pleasaunt and stollen breade is sweete It is a goodlye matter hee thinketh to liue of other mens sweat when without anye great labour or trauayle he can tell how to satisfie himselfe and mayntaine his familie But whosoeuer thus boasteth in himselfe let him consider the end and heare the counsayle of the wise man in the same place in the next verse hee remembreth not that hee is in the way to Hell and Destruction for firste the shame of the worlde followeth They are ashamed sayeth the Prophet as when a Theefe is taken Ierem. 2 26. But if they care not for the shame of men let that fearefull sayeng of saint Paule mooue them That theeues and couetous persons shall not inherite the kingdome of heauen 1 Cor. 6 9. See then they doe not onelye hazarde their bodilye life but they doe also incurre the eternall daunger of their soule What foolishe naye what madde men then are these that for a morssell of bread for a matter of small value will thus desperatelye cast away their bodies and liues yea their soules too without the great mercye of God But sir wil some say What should I do shall I suffer my selfe and my familie to starue and so perishe Here nowe is the other cause that driueth men to steale their extreame wante and penurye So sayeth the Wise man A man despiseth not a Theefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule for hee is hungrie Prou. 6. 30. In which wordes hee excuseth not the lewdnesse of those that satisfie their hunger by stealth but secretlye hee reprooueth the hardnesse and vnmercifulnesse of riche couetous men by whose meanes the number of theeues is increased for if they woulde stretche foorth their hande to helpe and releeue those that are in neede I am verelie persuaded wee should haue fewer Beggers and not so manye Theeues And