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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00259	Moriemini. A verie profitable sermon preached before her Maiestie at the court, about xiij. yeares since: by H.B.	H. B., fl. 1593.; Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612, attributed name.	1593 (1593)	STC 1034; ESTC S118909	14,539	27

token of the wrath of God in heauen And that the late earthquake amongst vs did passe so soone away from vs and with so litle hurt among vs is an argument that the wrath of God against vs is yet mixed with much mercie towards vs threatning vs so terribly and yet sparing vs so mercifully Thus then by sundrie signes tokens it is euident and plaine that the God of heauen is angry with the gods on earth for want of dutie For some being aduanced by God to be gods do liue without God that is without the knowledge and feare of God and become Dauids fooles and saye in their hearts There is no God But set vp their hornes on high and say with a stiffe necke That promotion commeth from the East and from the West that is They say their honour and authoritie their lands and great liuings their credit and their countenaunce comes to them by heritage by birth and parentage or by the worthinesse of their wit and policie or by the deserts of their labours and industrie Therefore they offer sacrifice to their nets sayth the Lord by the Prophet and burne incense to their yarne because by thē their portion is made fat that is they boast of their birth they vaunt of their value their wisedome and their worth because by them they thinke they haue whatsoeuer they haue And so set their whole delight with the rich glutton to be finely fed and trimly clad and hauing wealth inough in store for many yeares they say to their soules Soule take thine ease eat drinke and bee merrie and grow to be like to that wicked iudge Nec Deum timere nec hominem reuereri that is neither to feare God nor care for man For these godlesse Gods haue commonly if not continually about them bewitching Elimasses that is besotting epicures Machiuilists and Atheists which feed thē with the follies of their owne fansies and peruert them from all care and feare of God from reading hearing or beleeuing the word of God But when God had giuen his people rest in the daies of Asa king of Iuda the king and all the people made a couenaunt with the Lord to seeke and serue the Lord their God with all their harts and with all their soules And they made a law that whosoeuer would not serue the Lord God should die for it were he small or great Oh if we would well consider the peace and rest the prosperitie and plentie where with the Lord hath blessed vs in the daies of our Asa that is our gratious queene Elizabeth we haue great cause to make a couenant with the Lord to seeke and serue the Lord our God with all our hearts and with all our soules But if Asa his law were in England That whosoeuer would not serue the Lord God should die for it were he small or great then surely God should be a great deale better serued both of small and great For our peace and rest our prosperitie and plentie hath bred a godlesse securitie both in small and great and the God of heauen is angrie with the gods on earth for want of dutie For some being aduanced by God to be gods do yet with Achab mislike good Elias and maintaine Baals priests that is they cannot like of the preaching preachers of the word of God but maintaine bald priests to nusle them in Idolatrie and superstition still such must be their chaplens their schoolemaisters stewards of their houses clearks of their kitchins and beare all the sway By sufferance whereof it is come to passe that not onely themselues are hardned in their superstition past hope to be wonne but also their children a great number that haue bene borne since your Maiesties raigne are so taught in their trade that they are become more obstinate enemies to the state and religion then their fathers are And this is one great cause why after so long preaching of Gods truth the enemies of truth are so smallie decreased nay so mightily increased amongst vs. O what a happie thing had it bene for this land if the children of such as are knowne to be superstitious had bene taken from their parents at the yeares of discretion and committed to the education of such as are knowne to loue the state and religion But better late then neuer they say Nunquam sera est ad bonos mores via Christ and his Gospell hath a long time two twentie yeares bene on foot in England and faine would ride as he did somtime in Hierusalem with some glorie And for this purpose he hath sent foorth his two Disciples to bring both the old Asse and the yoong Colt vnto him The two disciples are Doctrine and Discipline the word and the sword ministers and magistrats both which are sent out that is appointed and commaunded by Christ to bring both the old stubborne asses and the yoong wild colts to Christ that is to the preaching teaching of the gospell of Christ These two disciples haue a long time bene in bringing and haue not yet brought neither the old asles nor the yoong colts to Christ because they do not go togither to bring them disciple Doctrine faine would bring them but disciple Discipline is verie slacke to go with him the one seekes means by counsell to bring them to Christ the other makes means manie times by countenaunce to staie them from Christ And the one without the other cannot bring them to Christ Surely Dominus his opus habet that is The Lord hath need of them Now therfore I most humblie beseech your Maiestie euen for Christ his sake and on Christs behalfe to giue a new and a straight charge to these two disciples to go togither speedilie and to ioine togither effectuallie to bring both the old stubborne asses and the yoong wild colts to Christ that is to the preaching and teaching of the gospell of Christ to the saluation of their soules through faith in Christ Let Christ now no longer staie on foot amongst vs least at last he be troden vnder foot of vs for whilest we be still carelesse of their conuersion they seeke and worke our vtter subuersion And the God of heauen is alreadie angrie with the gods on earth for want of this dutie For some being aduaunced of God to be gods do countenaunce such as seeke to discountenaunce the preaching and preachers of the word of God both the carpers at their liues and the catchers at their liuings Euerie accuser hath too too manie hearers and too many bearers against Gods ministers to abate their credit their countenaunce and euerie shifter now becomes a suter to pill and pull away their liuings and their maintainance But when these dallying Dalilaes haue curtold Sampsons locks and robbed him of his strength that is when they haue curtold the clergies countenance and robbed them of their maintenance Sampson shall become a blind Sampson that is the