teachers to be a burthen vnto thee whiche yf thou doest receaue allowe their doctrine be thou wel assured his great wrath cōmeth shortly after to thy distructiō this is the accustomed ordre of God when he is mynded to destroy First he sendeth lyeng spirites in the mouthes of their prestes or prophetes which delyted in lyes then suffred he them to be disceaued by the same to their destruccion as he dyd wyth Achab. Be warned yet by this and other suche good and true bokes gentel reader so shal thou be sure to be kept in sauegarde in y e tyme of the plague to come wherein y u shalt also fynde moche cōforte It wil moue y e to styck fast to y e trueth of gods word to flee frō the wicked ydolatrie of the abhominable masse which doth no more saue thee frō hurte then dyd the painting of deuelysh Iesabel saue her frō death when she was head long hurled out at a wyndow at the cōmaundement of Iehu Grace mercy and peace frō God the Father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ with the perpetual cōforte of the holy Ghost be with you for euer and euer So be it HAuynge no lesse desyre to comforte suche as now be in trouble within the realme of Englande and spe cially you for many cause◅ moste deare to me then hath the natural father to ease the grief payne of his dearest childe I haue conside red with my selfe what argument or parcel of Goddes Scriptures was moste conueuient and mete to be en treated for your consolation in these moste darck and dolorous dayes And so as for the same purpose I was turnyng my boke I chaunsed to se a note in the Margine written thus in Latyn Videat Anglia Let Englande beware Which note whē I had considered I founde that the matter written in my boke in Latin was this Seldome it is that God worketh any notable worke to the comforte of his Churche but that trouble feare and laboure commeth vpō suche as God hath vsed for his seruauntes workemen And also tribulatiō most cōmonlye foloweth that Churche where Christe Iesus is moste truely preached This note was made vpon a place of Scripture written in the fourtenth Chapter of S. Mathewes gos pel Which place declareth that after Christ Iesus had vsed the Apost les as ministers and seruauntes to fede as it had ben by their handes fyue thousand men beside women childrē with fiue Barley ◅ues and two fisshes He sent them to the sea cōmaunding them to passe ouer before him to the other syde Whiche thing as they attempted to obey and for the same purpose did trauail and rowe forth in the Sea the night approched the wynde was contrarie the vehement and raging storme arose was like to ouerthrowe their poore Bote and them When I had considered as doloure and my simplicitie would suffre the circumstāces of the text I began to reken and aske accompt of my selfe and as god knoweth not without sorowe sobbes whether at any tyme I had ben so playne by my tunge as God had opened his holy wil and wisedome in y ◠matter vnto me as myne owne penne and note dyd beare witnesse to my cōscience And shortly it came to my minde that the same place of Scripture I had entreated in youre presences what tyme God gaue oportunitie space that you should heare Goddes messenger should speake the wordes of eternal lyfe Wherfore I thought nothing more expedient then shortly to cal to mind againe suche thinges as thē I trust were touched Albeit peraduenture neither of me so plainly vttered neither of you so plainly perceaued as these moste dolorouse daies declare the same to vs. It shal not be necessary to entreat the texte worde by worde but of the hole summe to gather certaine notes obseruations which shal not farre disagre frō the estate of these daies it shal be sufficient And first it is to be obserued that after this ◅reat miracle that Christ had wrought he neither would retaine with him selfe the multitude of people whome he had fedde neither yet his disciples But the one he sent awaye euery man to returne to his place of accustomed residence the other he sent to the daunger of the Seas not as he that was ignoraūt what should chaunce vnto them but knowinge and forseing the tempest yea and appointinge the same so to trouble them It is not to be iudged that the onely and true pastoure would remoue and sende away from him the wandering and weake shepe nether yet that the only proui◅ē gouernour and guide woulde set out his rude warriours to so great a ieopardye without sufficient and moste iuste cause Why Christ remoued and sent awaye frō him the people the Euangelist S. John̄ declareth saying when Iesus knewe that they were come and to take hym vp that they myght make hym Kyng he passed secretly or alone to the mountaine Wherof it is playne ▪ what chieflye moued Christ to sende away the people from him because that by him they sought a carnal and worldly libertie regarding nothing his heauenlye doctrine of the kingdome of god his father which before he had taught and declared vnto thē plainly shewing them that suche as shuld folowe him must suffre for his names sake persecution must be hated of al men◅ must deny them selues ◅ must be sent forth as shepe amonge wolues But no parte of this doctrine pleased them or could entre into their hertes but their hole minde was vpon their bellies for suffising wherof they deuised and imagined that they wolde appoint and chose Christe Iesus to be their worldlye Kinge For he had power to multiplie bread at his pleasure Whiche vaine opinion and imagination perceaued by Christ Iesus he withdrew him selfe from their company to auoide al suche suspicion And to let theym vnderstand that no suche honoures dyd agre with his vocacion who came to serue and not to be serued And when this same people sought him againe hy sharply rebuked them because they sought him more to haue their bellies fed with corruptible meat then to haue their soules nourished with y e liuely bread that came downe from heauen And thus in y e people ther was iuste causes why Christ should withdraw him selfe from them for a tyme. Why the disciples should suffre that great daūger feare anguishe S. Marke in his Gospel plainly sheweth saying that theyr hertes wer blynded and therfore ◅dyd nether remember nor consyder the myracle of the looues That is albeit with their handes they had touched that bread by which so great a multitude was fed And albeit also they had gathered vp twelfe baskets full of that which remained of a few loo ues which before the miracle a boye was able to haue borne yet dyd they not rightly consider the infinite power of Christ Iesus by this his wōderful miracle And
Amos Daniel Christe Iesus him selfe after him his Apostles expressedly to haue na med the bloude thristy tyrantes abhominable Idolatrers and dissemblynge ypocrites of their dayes Yf that we the preachers within the realme of Englande were appointed by God to be the salt of the earth as his other messengers were before vs. Alas why helde we backe the salt where manifest corrupcion dyd appere I accuse none but my selfe The blynd loue that I dyd beare to this my wicked carcase was y e chefe cause that I was not feruent faith ful enoughe in that behalfe For I had no wil to 〈◊〉 the hatred of al men against me And therfore so touched I the vices of meÌ„ in the pre sence of the greatest that they might se themselues to be offenders I dare not saye that I was the greatest flatterer but yet neuertheles I wold not be sene to proclaime manifest warre against the manifest wicked Wherof vnfainedly I aske my God mercye As I was not so feruent in rebu king manifest iniquitie as it became me to haue ben so was I not so indifferent a feeder as is required of Christes stewarde For in preaching Christes â—…ospel albeit myne Eye as knoweth God was not muche vpon worldly promocion yet the loue of frendes and carnal affeccioÌ„ of some men with whom I was most familiar allured me to make more re sidence in one place then in another hauing more respect to the pleasure of a fewe theÌ„ to the necessitie of many 〈◊〉 daye I thought I had not synned yf I had not bene idle but this daye I knowe it was my dutie to haue had consideracion how loÌ„ge I had remained in one place how many hongry soules were in other places to whome alasseâ—… none toke payne to breake and distribute the breade of lyfe 〈◊〉 remaining in one pla ce I was not so diligent as myn office required but sometyme by coun sel of carnal frendes I spared the bo dye some tyme I spent in worldlye busynesse of particuler frendes and somtyme in takyng recreacion pastyme by exercise of the body And albeit men may iudge these to be light and smale offences yet I knowlege and coÌ„fesse that onles par don should to me be grauÌ„ted in Chri stes bloude that euerye one of these thre offences aforenamed that is to saye the lacke of feruencye in reprouing synne the lacke of indifferency in fedyng those that were hongrye and the lacke of diligence in the execucion of myn office deserued damnacion And besyde these I was assaulted yea infected and corrupted with more grosse sinnes That is my wic ked nature desyred the fauours the estimacion and prayse of meÌ„ against whiche albeit that somtime the spirite of God dyd moue me to fyght earnestly dyd stirre me God know eth I lye not to sobbe and lameÌ„t for those imperfeccioÌ„s yet neuer ceassed they to trouble me when any occasion was offered And so priuely and craftely dyd they entre into my brest that I could not perceaue my selfe to be wounded tyl vaingloâ—…ie had almoste gotten the vpperhande O Lorde be merciful to my great offence and deale not with me accordyng to my great iniquitie but accordinge to the multitude of thy mercyes remoue from me the burthen of my synne for of purpose mynde to haue auoyded the vayne displeasure of man I spared lytle to offende thy Godly maiestie Thinke not beloued of the Lorde that thus I accuse my selfe without iuste cause as though in so doynge I myght appere more holy or that yet I do it of purpose and intent by occasion therof to accuse other of my brethren the true preachers of Christ of lyke or of greater offences â—…o God is iudge to my conscience that â—…do it euen from an vnfayned and sore troubled herte as I that knowe my selfe greuously to haue offended the maiestie of my God duryng the tyme that Christes Gospel had free passage in Englande And this I do to let you vnderstande that the ta king awaye of the heauenly breade and this greate rempest that nowe bloweth against the poore disciples of Christ within the realme of Englande as touching our parte commeth from the great mercye of oure heauenly father to prouoke vs to vn fained repentaunce for that that neither preacher noâ—…pâ—…ofessoure dyd rightly consider the tyme of our mer ciful visitacioÌ„ But altogether so we spent the tyme as thoughe Goddes worde had bene preached rather to satisfie our fantasies theÌ„ to reforme our euel maners which thing yf we earnestlye repente then shal Iesus Christ appeare to oure coÌ„forte be the storme neuer so great Haste O Lord for thy names sake The seconde thyng that I synd to be noted is the vehemencye of the feare whiche the disciples endured in that great daunger beyng of longer continuauÌ„ce then euer they had at any tyme before In saint Mathewes Gospel it appereth that an other tyme there arose a great stormy tempest and sore toffed the bote wherin Christes disciples were labouring but that was vpon the daye lyght and then they had Christe with them in the bote whome they awated and cryed for helpe uâ—…to him for at that tyme he slept in the bote and so were shortly delyuered from their sodain feare But nowe were they in the middest of the raging sea and it was nyght and Christ their comfortour absent from them and coÌ„meth not to them neither in the fyrst secoÌ„de nor third watche What feare trowe you were they in then And what thoughtes arose vp out of their so troubled hertes duringe that storme Suche as this daye be in 〈◊〉 daunger within the realme â–ª of Englande dothe by this storme better vnderstande then my penne can expresse But of one thynge I am wel assured that Christes presence wold in that great perplexitie haue ben to them more comfortable then euer it was before and that paciently they would haue suffe red their incredulitie to haue ben re buked so that they might haue escaped the present death But profitable it shal be and somwhat to our comforte to consyder euery parcel of their daunger And first ye shal vnderstande that when the disciples passed to the sea to obey Christes coÌ„maundemeÌ„t it was faire wether and no suche tempest sene But sodenly the storme arose with a contrarious flawe of wynde when they were in y e middest of their iour ney For if the tempest had bene as great in the beginninge of their entrauÌ„ce to y e sea as it was after when they were about the middest of their iourney neither wolde they haue auentured suche a great daunger neither yet had it ben in their power to haue attayned to the middest of the Sea And so it may be euydently gathered that the sea was calme when they entred into their iourney Secondly it is to be marked by what meanes and instrumeÌ„tes was this great storme
moued Was the plunging of their oores and force of their smale bote suche as myght â—…tir re the waues of that great sea 〈◊〉 doutlesse But the holy ghost declareth that the Seas were moued by a vehement and coÌ„trary wynde whiche blewe against their bote in the tyme of darkenesse But seyng the wynde is neither the commaunder nor mouer of it selfe some other cause is to be inquired which hereafter we shal touche And last it is to be noted and coÌ„sidered what the disciples dyd in all this vehement tempest Truely they turned not back to be dryuen on forlande or shore by the vehemency of that contrary wynde for so it might be thought that they could not haue escaped shipwracke and death But they continuallye laboured in rowyng against the wynde abyding the ceassing of that horrible tempeste Consider and marke beloued in the Lord what we rede here to haue chaunsed to Christes disciples and to their poore bote And you shal wel perceaue that the same thynge hath chaunsed dothe and shal chaunse to the true churche and congregacion of Christe whiche is nothing els in this miserable lyfe but a poore bote trauelyng in the Seas of this vnsta ble and troublesome world towarde the heauenly porte and hauen of eternal felicitie Which Christ Iesus to his electe hath appointed This myght I proue by the posterite of Iacob in Egipte by the Is raelites in their captiuitie by the churche duryng the tyme that Christ him selfe dyd preache and somryme after his Resurreccion and Ascension againste whome the vehement storme dyd not rage immediatly after they entred into the bote of their trauail and tribulacion For the blou dy sentence of Pharao was not pronounced against the seede of Iacob what tyme he firste dyd entre into Egipte Neither was the cruel couÌ„sel and deuelish deuise of proude Ha man inuented by and by after Israel and Iuda were translated from their possessions Neither yet in the tyme of Christ Iesus beyng conuersant with his Apostles in the fleshe was there vsed any suche tyranny against the saintes of God as shortly after folowed in the persecucion of S. Steuen and other disciples But 〈◊〉 these in the beginning of their traâ—…ail with a contrary wynde had alwaye some calme that is albeit they had some trouble yet had they not extreme persecution Euen so moste dearly beloued is happened nowe to the afflicted chur che of God within the realme of En glande At al tymes the true word of God suffred contradiccion and repugnauÌ„cie And so the wynde blewe against vs euen from the beginning of the late vpspryng of the Gospel in England but yet it could not stoppe our course tyl nowe of late dayes that the ragynge wynde bloweth without briddel vpon the vnstable Seas in the myddest wherof we are in this houre of darcknesse To wryt my minde plainly vnto you beloued brethren This wynde that alwayes hath blowen againste the Churche of God is the malice hatred of the deuel which rightly in this case is compared to the wynde For as the wynde is inuisible yet y e poore disciples fele that it trou bleth and letteth their bote so is the pestilent enuy of the deuel workynge alwayes in the hartes of the reprobate so subtile and craftye that it can not be espied by goddes electe nor by his messengers til firste they fele the blastes therof to blowe their bote backward And as the vehemeÌ„t wynde causeth the waues of the sea to rage and yet the dead water neither knoweth what it dothe neither yet can it ceasse nor refrayne so that both it is troubled by the wynd and also it selfe doth trouble Christes disciples and their poore bote So by the enuie and malice of the deuel ar wicked and cruel aswel subiectes as princes whose hertes are lyke the ra ginge Sea compelled to persecute trouble the true churche of Christe and yet so blynded are they and so thral vnder the boÌ„dage of the deuel that neither can they see their many fest iniquitie neither yet can they cease to runne to their owne destruc cion And hereof England hast thou manifest experience For in the tyme of Kynge Henry the eyght howe the Wolfe that wycked Wynchester and other by the vehemeÌ„t wynde of syxe bloudye articles by the deuell deuised intended to haue ouerthrowen the poore bote and Christes disciples is to euideÌ„tly knoweÌ„ alredy But then had we Christ Iesus with vs sleping in the bote who dyd not despise the faythful criyng of suche as then were in trouble but by hys myghty power gracious goodnes inuincible force of his holy worde he compelled those wicked wyndes to cease the ragyng of those Seas to be stilled and calmed So that all the hertes of Goddes electe within the realme of Englande dyd wondre at that soddeyn chaunge while that vnder a lambe the fearful edge of that deuouring sworde was takeÌ„ from the neckes of the faythful And the tyranny of those rauenynge and bloude thristye wolues I meane of wyly Wynchester and of some other his brethreÌ„ the sonnes of the dyuel was repressed for a tyme. But yet ceassed not the deuell to blowe hys wynde but by his wicked instrumeÌ„tes founde the meanes how against nature the one broder should assent to the death of the other but y â—could not hynder the course of the trauelyng bote but forth she goeth in despyte of the deuel who theÌ„ more cruelly raged perceyuyng his owne ho nour and seruice that is his detesta ble Masse to be disclosed opened before the people to be dampnable Idolatrye and assured damnation to suche as put their trust in it And therfore began he more craftelye to worke and fynding the same instrumentes apt enough whose labours he had vsed before he blewe suche mortal hatred betwene two whiche appeared to haue bene the chefe pillers vnder the kinge For that wretched â—…as and miserable Northum berlande could not be satisfied tyl such tyme as simple Somerset most vniustlye was bereft of his lyfe What the deuel and his membres the pestilent Papistes ment by his a waye takinge God compelled my tounge to speake in mo places then one And specially before you and in the newe Castle as syr Robert Brad linge dyd not forget of long tyme af ter God graunt that he maye vnder stande al other maters spoken before him theÌ„ and at other tymes as right ly as he dyd that myn interpretacioÌ„ of the vyneyarde whose bedges dit ches toures wynepresse God destroyed because it would bring forth no good frute And that he maye remember that what euer was spoken by my mouth that daye is now complete and come to passe except that the final destruccion and vengeance of God is not yet fallen vpon the greatest offendoures as assuredlye shortly it shal vnlesse that he suche other of his sorte that then were ene mies to Goddes
vnto the worlde the tyrannye that lurked in their 〈◊〉 breastes then wilt thou breake their I awe bones wilt shut them vp in their caues againe that the generacion posteritie folowynge may prayse thyne holy name before thy cogregacion Amen When I fele any taste or mocion of these promyses then thinke I my selfe moste happy and that I haue receyued a iuste compensacion albeâ—…t I al that to me in earth belongeth shulde suffer the present death know ynge that God shal yet shewe mercy to his afflicted churche within Eng lande and that he shall represse the pride of these present tyrauntes lyke as he hathe done of those that were before our dayes And therfore beloued brother in our sauioure Iesus Christ holde vp to God your haÌ„des that are fainted thorowe fearâ—… let your hertes that haue in these dolourouse dayes â—…cped in sorowe awake and heare the voyce of your God who swereth by him selfe that he wil not suffer hys churche to be oppressed for euer Nei ther that he wil despyse our sobbes to the ende yf we wil rowe stryue agaynst this vehement wynde I meane yf that we wil not ruÌ„ne backe headlinges to Idolatrie then shall this storme be aswaged in despite of the deuel Christe Iesus shall come with spede to your delyueraunce he shal pearce thorowe the wynde and the ragyng seas shal obey and beare his feete and body as the massie stable and drie land Be not moued froÌ„ the sure foundacion of your fayth For albeit that Christe Iesus be absent from you as he was from hys disciples in that great storme by his bodely presence yet is he present by his myghtie power and grace Be staÌ„deth vpon y e mouÌ„taine in securitie rest that is his fleshe hole humanitie is now in heaueÌ„ caÌ„ suffer no suche trouble as somtymes he dyd And yet he is ful of petie coÌ„passioÌ„ doth coÌ„sider al our trauail anguish laboures wherfore it is not to be douted but that he wil sodenlye appeare to our great coÌ„forte The tyraÌ„tes of this world can not kepe backe his coÌ„ming more theÌ„ might the blu stering wind raging seas let Christ to come to his disciples wheÌ„ they lo ked for nothing but for preseÌ„t death And therfore yet agayn I saye beloued in the Lorde Let youre herts attend to the promisses that God hath made vnto true repentaunte synners and be fullye persuaded wyth a constant fayth that God is alwayes true and iust in his perfourmaÌ„s of his promeses Yow haue hearde these dayes spoken of very playnly whan youre hertes could feare no daunger because yow were nyghe the lande and the storme was not yet risen that is ye were yonge scolers of Christe wheÌ„ no persecucion was seen or felt But now ye are coÌ„me into the middes of the sea for what parte of Englande herde not of youre profession And the vehement storme wherof we than almoste in euery exhortacion spake of is nowe suddenly risen vp But what â—…ath God brought yowe so farre furth that you shal both in soules and bodies euery one perish Nay My hole trust in Goddes mercy and truthe is to the contrarie For God brought not his people into Egypte and from thense thorowe the red Sea to th entent they should therin perish but that he of theÌ„ shuld shewe a most gloriouse delyuerance Neither sent Christe his Apostles into the middest of the sea and suffred the blusteringe storme to assault them and their bote to th enteÌ„t thei shuld ther perish but becanse he wold the more haue his great good nes towardes theÌ„ felt and perceaued in so mightely deliuering them oâ—…t of the feare of peryshinge giuing vs therby an example that he wold do the lyke to vs yf we abyde constant in owr profession and fayth withdrawinge owr selues from supersti cion and Idolatrie We gaue yow warning of these dayes long a goo for the reuerence of Christes bloude let these wordes be marked The same truth that spake before of these most dolorouse dayes forspake also the euerlastinge ioye prepared for suche as shuld continue to the ende The trouble is comme O deare brethern loke for the comforte and after the example of the Appostles Abyd in resistinge this vehement storme a litte space The thyrd watch is not yet ended Remembre that Christe Iesus came not to his disciples till it was the fourth watch and they were then in no lesse daunger than yow be nowe for theyr fayth faynted and their bodies were in daunger But Christe Iesus came whan they loked not for him And so shal he do to yow yf you wil continue in the profession that yow haue made This darre I be bold to promese in the name of hym whose eternal veritie and gloriouse gospel ye haue harde and receaued Who also putteth in to myn hert an earnest thrist God knoweth I lye not of your sal uacion and some care also for you re bodies which nowe I wil not expresse Thus shortly haue I passed thorowe the outrages tempest wherin the disciples of Christe were teÌ„pted after that the great multitude were by Christe fedde in the deserte Omit tinge many profitable notes which myght wel haue bene marcked in the terte because my purpose is at this present not to be tediouse nor yet curiouse but onlie to note such thinges as be aggreable to these most dolorouse dayes And so let vs nowe speake of the ende of this storme and trouble in which I finde foure thinges cheflye to be noted 1. Firste that the disciples at the pre sence of Christe were more affrayed then they were before 2. Secondlye that Christe vseth no other instrument but his worde to pacifie their hertes 3. Thyrdlye that Peter in a feruencie firste left his bote and yet after feared 4. Last that Christe permitted neyther Peter nor the rest of his disciples to perish in that feare but gloriously deliuered al and pacified the tempeste Theyr greate fear and the cause therof are expressed in the texte in these wordes When the disciples sawe him walking vpon the sea they were afrayed sayinge â–ª that he was a spirite And they cryed thorowe feare It is not my purpose in this treaties to speake of spirites nor yet to dispute whether spirites good or bad maye appeare and trouble men neither yet to inquire why maÌ„nes natur is affrayed for spirites and so vehementlie abhorreth their presen ce and company But my purpose is only to speake of thinges necessarie for this tyme. And firste let vs consyder that ther was thre causes why the disciples knewe not Christe but iudged him to be a spirite The first cause was the darknesse of the nyght The second was the vnaccustomed vision that appeared And the thirde was the dauÌ„ger and tempest in which they so earnestly labored for the sauegard of their selues The darknesse I saye of the nyght letted theyr eyes to see hym And it
the people what chauÌ„ sed to Christes disciples after the feding of the people in the desert The fyrst note Ioan. vi Math. 14. Christ suffe reth not his shepe pa stoures to be disparsed troubled but for causes reasonable Iohn vi why Christ sent awaythe people from him Math. 10 Ioh. 6. Math. 20 Ioh. 6. Marke 6. The disciples dyd not rightly consyder Christes worke Nota. Nota. Iohn 18â—… ActuÌ„ 14. Hypocrites are made manifest in the daye of trouble i. Iohn 2. â—…ota To deny or conceil the gyftes of God which we haue receyued is vnthanckfulnes Ezech. 3. 33 Iere. 20. 34. 3. Reg. 18. 21 22. 4. Reg. 3. Amos. 7. Dani. 5. Math. 23. ActuÌ„ 13. The preachers are named the salt of the earth The confes fion of the Author Preachers ought to feed Christes flocke The lacke of feruency of reprouyng of indifferencie in feeding and diligen ce in executynge are great sinnes Spirituall temptacions are not sone espied The prayer of the Au thor The troue bles of these dayes commeth to the profyt of Goddes electe The secondâ—… 〈◊〉 The greate feare off the disciples Math. 8. The disciples also before this ty me were troubled in the sea Nota. what tyme the tempeste dyd arryse The seawas calme when the dilciples toke their 〈◊〉 te â—…hat moued the sea The tossed bote is a fy gure of chri stes church Exod. 〈◊〉 Esdr. 3. Act. 7. 〈◊〉 The malice of the de uel compared to the â—…ynde 1. Simile The sea caÌ„ not be quiet whaÌ„ the wynde bloweth outra giously The wynde that blewe in Kynge Henry the eyghtdayes A quiet cal me was vnder Kynge Edwardthe sext The first secrete pesti lente wynde that blewe in the ty me of goode Kynge Edwarde the sext The Deuel raged when the. Masse mischef was disclosed Esa. 5. Marcke well This was affirmed bo th before the Kynge and also be fore Northumberland afteâ—…er than oâ—…ce TransubstanciacyoÌ„ ouert hroweÌ„ by Thomas Cranmer Archebysshop of Canterbury The round God was ta ken away by acte of Parlyament Vvhan all the papisti call abomi nacions we re reueled than was the bote in middest of the sea Two speciall notes of this discour se. The fyrste note Vvho ruled all by â—…ytt vnder kyng Edwarde the sexte Ioh. 13. Psal. 40. Godly Prices coÌ„monly hath most vngod ly Counsail lers 2. Reg. 17. Esa. 22 Math. 26. Ioan. 12 Qvestio Responsio The ennemyes of the veritye manye tymes appeare to be most profi table for a common wealhe Myschefe at the light will so vtter it selfe that men maye espie it 2. Reg. 15. 16. Esa. 22 36. Esa. 22. If Dauid and Ezechi as were disceaued by traytorouse CouÌ„saylers bowe moch more ayoÌ„ge and innocâ—…t Kynge The author myght feare this in dede Paulett is painted The Treasurers wordes against the authoritie of Mary Caiphas prophecied Iudge at the ende The second note Tirauntes can not ceasse to persecute Christes membres Gen. 21. Gen. 28. Exod. 5. 6. 7. 8. c. Ioh. 5. 12. The power of Goddes word put Papistes to silence with in England except it had benâ—…to bragge in corners Princes are redy to perse cute as the maliciouse Papistes wil commaund Ioh. 12. 2. Cor. 4. Ephes 2 1. Reg. 16. 18. Ioh. 13. Ioh. 8. Vvili Vvin cester Dreamygâ—… Durysme Bloudye Bonner This is the cause before omitted whi the wynde blew to trou ble Christes Disciples The prayer of the Author Exhortacion Esa. 48. 5â—… 54. 62. The commyng of Christ to his Disciples vpon the seas is opened Christ is su re vpon the mountain God neuer brought his people into trouble to th entent that they shuld peryssh therin Marke these wordes Christ came not to hys Disciples til the fowrth watch Thre causes why Christes Disciples mysknew hym Vvhat cha unsed to Christe that also in all ages chaunseth to his holy worde Ios. 24 Notâ—… The feare is greatest whan deliueraunce is most nygâ—… Exod. 5. 6. c. 4. Reg. 5. Esa. 36. 37. why God suffereth tri bulation to abound and continue Exo. 14. Nota. Exo. Exoâ—…o Iezabel Athalia and Iâ—…as Gardener Tunstal Butcherly Bonar The prayfe of VviÌ„chest er Durysme and of Lady Mary before these dayes 4. Reg. 11. Math. 14. 3. Reg. 18. 3. Reg. 21 A digressioÌ„ to the Papistes Quene Maryce chastes dearlynges A liuelye picture of Mary the vtter myschefe of England Vvhat com modities the Spanysshe Kynge shall bryng to the Realme off Englande A true sayinge Vnder an Englys he name she beareth a Spaniardes herte Agaynst 〈◊〉 were written articles and I compelled to answere as vnto an accyon of treason Spaniardes sonnes of pride and supersticioÌ„ Why wynchester wold haue spaniardes to raign ouer England To wynchester Thy boke of true obedience both in latine and in Eng lissh shall remayn to thy perpetuall shame and condeÌ„p nacyon of thy cancrede conscience The wicked must declare their selues Apocalip 13. Nota. Abraham Gen. 15. Isaac Gen. 16. Iacob Gen. 28. 31. 32. 35. Moses Exod. 5. Rom. 1. Psal. 119. The power and effectual operation of Goddes worde Exod. 14. 4. Reg. 9. Lucae 24. Simile Math. Ioh. supra Note that Peter considered not hiâ—… owne weakenesse The shepe at lenght knowe the voyce of theire owne Pastoure The â—…cte The reprobate 1. Reg. 28. Saul 2. Reg. 16. Ahas Esa. 7. God somty me sheweth mercy to an hypocryte for the cause of his Churche Iere. 37. 38. Ierem. 42. Reads the texte Iere. 42. Ierem. 43. Greate blin dnes Iere. 44. As Papistes â—…olde haue leage with the Emperoure Vvhat was sayd in HaÌ„mershame when vprou re was for establysshiÌ„g of Marye in Authority A common wealthe coÌ„pared to a shyppe sayling on the sea The ende shal declare Ennemyes to the truth receaueth no comsorte of Goddes messengers The godly and chosen of God Gen. 1â—… Gen. 15. Gen. 22. Exodi 5. 7. 10. 1. Reg. 15. 3. Keg 21. Obiection Aunswere Exodi 32. Goddes wor de somtyme mouâ—…th and draweth greate multitudes Vvhy Moses caused the Israelyts to dryncke the powder of theyr gol dâ—…n caâ—…lje Exodi 32. A sharpe seÌ„ teÌ„ce agaynst Idolatrers Genes 34. Genes 49. Ierem. 21 38 â—…eremiae 21. Ieremiae 38. Ieremiae 38 Ion. 3. Act. 2. Ierem. 39. The cause of â—…eare Geue 〈◊〉 Exod. 3. 4. Esa. 36. 37. Math. 11. Apoca. 18. Lyuely fayth maketh man bolde 3. Reg. 18. 3. Reg. 19. The creatu re can neuer dispute with God without synne Question Aunswere Goddes wor kes by them felfe are a sufficient reason Peters vertues The vice that longe rested with Peter Math. xvi Nota Math. 26. why Peteâ—… was suffred to syucke and fall Luce. 22. what resteth with Goddes sparcke te in their gretest daâ—… ger The nature of fayth Peter knewe the power and good wyll of God Psal. 144. Howe nygh God is in extreme petill to delyuer hys elect that faythfully call vp on hym Exod. 14. Hester 7. 8. 9. Daniel 6. Ion. 3. Act. 12. Psalm 18. God flattereth not his electe Peter was not faythlesse Math. 10. 2. Tim. 〈◊〉 Such as haue stand long may yet fall Lucae 17. Nota. we haue lesse pretense of excuse theâ—… peter had Nota. Consolation Math. 28. worldly princes are coniured against god Psal. 2. The scheap of Christ can not bereâ—…t from his hand Io. 10. Ioar 7. The temptations of Goddes elec te now in England Good consa ill to the infayth Rom. â—… 1. Reg. 2. Nota. To whome aparteineth the formar counsaill Math. 28. Nota. Obieccion Aunswere The roote of fayth remayneth with gods â—…lect in grea test dauger 3. Keg 19. The rootâ—… of fayth is not 〈◊〉 A tryall of â—…yth in trouble It aparteyneth not to man to knowe nor to inquire howe god wyl delyuer Nota. Diuers way es of deliueraunce Nota. The meanes offered by God to auoid Idolatrie are not to be re fused Repetition Complaynt Psal. 79. Psal. 74. Apocal. 17. Psal. 74. 83. Praier and confession Appealing to mercy Esay 33. Ieremiae â—…4 Psal. 74. Psal. 59. Psal. 79. Ierm 10. 11. 12. Psal. 55. Agaynste the ennemyes of God Esaiae 25. Of goddes elect Exhortation Isai. 26.