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A03528	A verie godly, learned, and fruitfull sermon against the bad spirits of malignitie, malice, and vnmercifulnesse. Publikely preached by Thomas Bankes, Maister of Artes, and preacher of the word. Seene and allowed	Bankes, Thomas, 1555 or 6-1631.	1586 (1586)	STC 1365; ESTC S113165	45,665	112

their neighbours about the sale of their wares as the Merchaunt Some by open and causelesse defamation where secrecies shoulde moste bee concealed as the husbande and the wife Some by disinheriting through a litle displeasure taking as the Father against the sonne And some one way some an other Seeing therefore all the members of this whole bodie of ours are altogether out of ioynte and are so farre off from beeing armed in warlike sort that they want in deed their 〈…〉 e naturall habite in waye of de 〈…〉 against the aduersarie what can 〈…〉 looke for else but either to bee 〈…〉 anted and ouerrunne by forreine 〈…〉 er whiche woulde bee a heauie 〈…〉 or els to bee swallowed vp and 〈…〉 red one of another which would 〈…〉 thing much more lamentable and 〈…〉 us For a house deuided a 〈…〉 Matth. 9. it selfe can no way stand but 〈…〉 s must it some waye fall downe 〈…〉 For the appeasing therefore of 〈…〉 wrath whiche no doubt is 〈…〉 indled and for the preuenting 〈…〉 s our owne vniuersall calamitie 〈…〉 ownfall which wee see immi 〈…〉 and harde at hande let vs all of 〈…〉 of what degree soeuer acquaint 〈…〉 selues to forgiue to brooke and to 〈…〉 eare one another yea though wee 〈…〉 e neuer so great cause of priuate of 〈…〉 ce profered vs. For greater cause can 〈…〉 ee haue no waye giuen vs then 〈…〉 hrist him selfe had by traiterous Iu 〈…〉 s Matth. 2. Abell by his malicious brother Gen. 4. Gen. 37. 〈…〉 ain Ioseph by the whole crew of his brethren and yet tooke they all in good woorth as ensamples to vs in waye of sufferaunce shall wee the● whiche say wee are Christians relinquish Christes barne because of the chaffe that is in it Shall wée break asunder the Lordes Net for the bad Fishes sake Shall wee quite forsake the Lordes flocke because of the Kiddes in the ende to bee put by Or shall we giue ouer the Lords house for the Vesselles of dishonour to bee reiected I meane shall wee so rashlie make hauocke and breache of the bonde of Charitie and peace heere among our selues as to seeke vengeance against a whole corporation for one members offence Against a whole familie for one mans fault Against the Father for the sonnes and against the Sonne for the Fathers trespasse Surelie me thinkes this outreacheth the limittes of all modestie and reason and yet hath it beene heretofore and is a thing at this instant most rife and vsuall among vs so that as I say if wee take not vp quicklie and grow to one among our selues by way 〈…〉 onstliation out of this same foule 〈…〉 ie weather of ours here at home 〈…〉 nimies abroad for their turne will 〈…〉 re me picke a faire haruest time 〈…〉 hich desolate visitatiō to vs ward 〈…〉 ord for his mercie sake deliuer vs 〈…〉 Forgiue saith our Sauiour and 〈…〉 ll be forgiuen This the Lordes 〈…〉 an t together with the commande 〈…〉 is all one in nature with that con 〈…〉 in his praier hard afore wherein 〈…〉 ght vs thus to say Lord forgiue 〈…〉 r trespasses as we forgiue them Mat. 6. 〈…〉 trespasse against vs. This same 〈…〉 sicut dimitttimus as we forgiue 〈…〉 slike not greatly that it should still 〈…〉 e it standing here in the praier but 〈…〉 it should be liuelie or carie anie 〈…〉 y at al with vs we allow not of that 〈…〉 ie saucs For when it should actu 〈…〉 e do our errand to almightie God 〈…〉 remission of our sinnes we thrust it 〈…〉 t by the shoulders and put it by this 〈…〉 fice as though it were vnfit for this 〈…〉 essage and yet none so fit as it nay 〈…〉 dare say more none fit but onelie it 〈…〉 or if this clause be left behind at home 〈…〉 ooke whosoeuer goeth vpon this our errand vnto almightie God for remission of sinnes is like to returne as emptie a● he went If we will then spéede of th●● message Dimitte nobis we must alwaie● aforehand send out this same Sicut dimittimus For this is one in deed which carieth his warrant about him and 〈…〉 will not be said nay Wherefore truely saith Augustine Vnusquisque talem indulgentiam accipiet a Deo qualem ostend● proximo That is Euerie one shall haue the like fauour beneuolence at Gods handes that he sheweth to his neighbour And this falleth flat with that saying in the Gospel If ye do forgiue men Mat. 6. their trespasses your heauenly Father will also forgiue you For why God Eccle. 2. is gracious and mercifull and forgiueth sins saueth in time of trouble This the Lordes indulgencie goodnes is couertly commended vnto vs by the storie of the prodigall sonne who being Luke 15. reclaimed was receiued into fauour againe as also by that parable of the seruant who ought ten thousand talents Mat. 18. and yet through humbling himselfe had all the whole debt forgiuen him And this same discharge acquittance from 〈…〉 handes is a thing worth gramer 〈…〉 therwise Dauid would neuer haue 〈…〉 Blessed is the man whose vnrigh 〈…〉 snesse is forgiuen whose sinne psal 32. 〈…〉 uered Besides this when we our 〈…〉 s forgiue our trespassers ther grow 〈…〉 lso thence a new forgiuenesse to vs 〈…〉 e that is other men by this means 〈…〉 the rather wonne to pardon and 〈…〉 e vs when we come within their 〈…〉 ger and fall into their hands This 〈…〉 as you sée is no robberie but a 〈…〉 ge such a change as we haue two 〈…〉 e the former at our death the o 〈…〉 efore the former celestiall the other 〈…〉 oral the one we haue immediately 〈…〉 God 's own hands and thother we 〈…〉 also frō him but yet mediately by 〈…〉 s meanes Two I say we haue for 〈…〉 and that is great vsurie yea good 〈…〉 rie but there is an other kind of vsu 〈…〉 lesse profitable and yet I feare me 〈…〉 re in practise but let that go for so 〈…〉 ll it and that for good dealing Séeing 〈…〉 en my brethren the benefit of peace 〈…〉 le forgiuenesse and reconsiliation a 〈…〉 ong our selues is thus behouefull 〈…〉 d necessarie both these wayes let vs not become like vnto that stone which being once hote can not possibly be colde againe Neither let vs resemble Sydera errantia the wandring Starres which being once at discord could neuer afterwardes agrée with the heauens but rather casting aside all debate and variance let vs by how much the more able we are be by so much the lesse willing to auenge our quarrels Debet enim nostrum vnusquisque quò magis nocere potest hoc minùs velle Euerie one of vs the more able he is the lesse willing he ought to be for to auenge his quarrel For as in our lot and abilitie there is nothing greater then that we may so in our good nature and humanitie there is nothing better

they take vpon them as Maisters béeing vnwoorthie the name of Disciples For that I say they goe about to reach that a farre off which they are too short armd to apprehend and reach hard at hand I meane for that they assay to iudge others being altogither vnable to iudge aright of themselues vnlesse happelie they doo surpasse both Peter and Paul the one whereof was deceiued in himselfe when without faile hee purposed yea and stoutlie protested that though he 〈…〉 26. should die with Christ hee would in no wise denie him and yet when it came to the push hee both denied him and forswore him bitterlie and the other for his share confessed that hee was altogither 〈…〉 4. vnméete accordinglie to iudge himselfe and that because hee knew nothing by himselfe That such men also as doo curiouslie iudge others are them selues woonderfull hypocriticall 〈…〉 case is moste plaine and euident 〈…〉 the kindlie propertie of an hypo 〈…〉 te is to sée the sliding of an other 〈…〉 an but not the downfall of himselfe 〈…〉 point at other mens blemishes bée 〈…〉 y neuer so litle but to ouerpasse 〈…〉 owne deformities be they neuer so 〈…〉 at And therefore well saide the 〈…〉 e man An hypocrite with his prou 11. 〈…〉 gue hurteth his neighbor whose 〈…〉 sight and parcialitie in déed is such 〈…〉 t the leaste moate in his fellowes 〈…〉 séemeth a more sensible obiect then 〈…〉 greatest beame in his owne And 〈…〉 was the cause that moued Christ 〈…〉 to saye to one of that leaden 〈…〉 pe as also to all the rest of that 〈…〉 risaicall complexion Thou hy 〈…〉 rite Math. 7. first cast out the beame out 〈…〉 thine owne eye and then shalt 〈…〉 ou see clearelie to cast the mote 〈…〉 t of thy brothers eye But this 〈…〉 e of the hipocrite I feare me and this 〈…〉 eame are as harde to part a sunder 〈…〉 s the byrd Acalanthis and the thistles 〈…〉 herein shée bréedes or the Grashopper and the grasse whereof ●hée springs which naturallie rather chuse to die then depart thence Thus doubtlesse did Thales think who being asked what thing of all other he tooke to be most hard and difficill in performance returned this answere For a man to know him selfe saith he And againe being asked what thing of all other hee thought to be easiest For a man saith hée to admonish or curiously to carpe at others For so vile in déed is the disposition naturallie of vs all that we blush not one whit to measure other mens dooings by the crooked line of our owne imagination yea wée are not ashamed to packe vp our owne faults in the wallets end that hangeth behinde vs where they may lie alwaies vnséene and out of remembraunce but other mens wée trusse vp in the wallettes ende that is before vs where they come alwaies in sight and handling Wée glaunce at our owne imperfections as through a net or lattice but other mens we view and looke at with open Eagles eies Wée account our owne suspicion a sufficient proofe against others but when they againe iustlie condemne vs wée scarcelie take it for an accusation against our selues Wee can sooner grant 〈…〉 er mens good wine for to bee shire 〈…〉 ter then confesse our owne vnsaue 〈…〉 water not to be wine yea so close 〈…〉 re wee pinned to our owne sléeues 〈…〉 so deuoutlie addicted to our owne o 〈…〉 on s that wee will péeuishlie con 〈…〉 ne others which are to bee iustified 〈…〉 arciallie iustifie our selues which 〈…〉 ht are to be condemned What 〈…〉 ke yee made Cicero to say Fit 〈…〉 io quo pacto vt magis in aliis cerna 〈…〉 quid delinquitur quàm in nobismet 〈…〉 It happeneth saith hée I know 〈…〉 w that wee can sooner espie out a 〈…〉 in others then in our selues Or 〈…〉 I pray you moued Horace to 〈…〉 um tua peruideas c. But onelie 〈…〉 that they both of them did sée this 〈…〉 nation generallie inherent to flesh 〈…〉 blood with the Henne to scrape 〈…〉 of the dunghill other mens rotten 〈…〉 ges with the Puttocke to sit sad 〈…〉 vpon other mens sores and with 〈…〉 Pharisie to poste ouer their owne 〈…〉 ltes ripping and ransacking vp to 〈…〉 e bottome other mens enormities If 〈…〉 ese two Heathen men were aliue in this time the one might spende all his Rhethorike hereabouts and preuaile litle in persuading and the other all his Poetrie and yet I feare me leaue much vnsaide in the discourse so large is the breach which this sinne hath made into mans heart and so manifolde are the waies whereby shee dooth worke wind her selfe in For some men there are too too subtill and hollowminded which hauing their tongues made of one flesh and their heartes of an other barke not but pinch before warning And these deale as the Butcher doeth which claweth the Oxe with his hand that hee may the better come to lay his beetle on his head Or as the Bee which stingeth vs moste when shee is fullest of honie Some there are again of a currish kinde whiche though they want teethe to bite vs yet haue they tongues to babble and open mouthes to barke at vs and these as God would haue it beeing Dwarfes and Flies in force though Gyants and Elephants in malice are lyke to a kinde of Serpentes whiche albeeit full of poison 〈…〉 bee yet because they bee toothlesse 〈…〉 hurt none but them selues Yea 〈…〉 e Viper which caught Paul by the Act. 18. 〈…〉 e could not harme him but fell 〈…〉 the fire and there perished And 〈…〉 ee which smote Iason on the breast 〈…〉 ding to kill him broke his impo 〈…〉 e whereby hee cured him and made 〈…〉 s sounde as a boxe so likewise fa 〈…〉 t somewhiles with these euil dogs 〈…〉 barke at their owne fellowes 〈…〉 these vnkindlie birdes whiche be 〈…〉 heir owne nestes that where they 〈…〉 doo harme they doo good in re 〈…〉 of the parties against whom they 〈…〉 de it but to doo that harme that 〈…〉 good may come of it is for them in 〈…〉 inion a very indirect way to come 〈…〉 ation And therefore well saith 〈…〉 st who is both the way the trueth Math. 7. 〈…〉 the life Iudge not that is Call 〈…〉 his name into suspence and que 〈…〉 n who giueth thee verie litle or no 〈…〉 se at all For some actions in out 〈…〉 ard appearance are of such indifferen 〈…〉 that whether way to take them it 〈…〉 a verie harde matter to determine Touching these wée may not I say vnaduisedlie passe our verdicte but rather must wee suspende our iudgement breathing often vpon our pillow And for this end serueth that admonition of a learned Father Seest thou a man saith he that dooth fast often Praise him not too much for it because thou kndwest not whether for deuotion or ambition sake hee dooth it Againe seest thou a Magistrate that dooth