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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09649	A comfortable treatise vpon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende. By O. Pigge. Seene and alowed; Comfortable treatise upon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende.	Pigg, Oliver, b. ca. 1551.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.	1582 (1582)	STC 19915; ESTC S106422	38,659	87

hireling a greedy dog that is neuer satisfied a dumbe dog a blinde guide or an idle pastor cannot in trueth applye the comforts to them here mentioned sith they be iustly reproched and punished for their sinne which the Apostle doth â—orbid vs in this place And yet this is not so spoken as though all men were to dispayre of them selues which bee any wâ—ie corrected for their euill doings no we knowe what is written of the thiefe y â— was crucified with our Lorde and how he sayd vnto him this day shalt thou be with me in paradise Euen so assuredly whatsoeuer the offeÌ„ces be that we be euill spoken of for or otherwise punished by imprisonmeÌ„t or deth yet we be happy shal be saued if grace be giuen vs w t the thief to repent to hate our sinne to beleue For this is true for euer blessed are y e deade y t dye in y e Lord in what sort or for what cause soeuer they dy Therefore y e maÌ„ y t sufferreth for Christes sake is blessed in respect of the goodnes of his cause and â—e that suffereth for his sinne is blessed if the Lord by that punishment bring him to repentance But let vs with all good conscience attend vpon this of the apostle to honour our profession and high calling with good life and absteining from euill We see how it fareth with the faithful seruants of God though they walke neuer so prescisely yet wicked men will espy somwhat to speake euill to take away their crowne of suffering for well doing How then shall all our honour iustly be turned into shame and lye in the dust if we walke retchlesâ—ye and dissolutely The exhortation is very profitable for our time wherin great numbers turne the grace of God into wantonnesse and therefore although they professe the gospell true religion of God yet are worthily reproched for their vncleannes riot vsurye oppression couetousnesse and deceite It followeth But if he suffer as a christian let him not be ashamed nay let him glorifie God in this behalf In the former verse as you hard he willed vs to take heede of being punished for doing euill because then there is iust matter of humiliation offered vnto vs. In this senteÌ„ce he returneth to y t which he had in haÌ„d before namely to comfort vs in al afflictions y t happeÌ„ for y e trueth sake If saith he any suffer as a christian y t is for y e scincere professioÌ„ of Christs doctrin let him neuer be ashamed of y e mater but let him thaÌ„k God in y t behalf There are two thiâ—gs required of vs in this verse y e one is y t we be not ashamed of y e persecutions y t we eudure for a good coÌ„science y e other y t we reioyce be glad of them CoÌ„cerning y e first y e euil of y t which we do the vnworthines or basenes of y e party for whome we do it are the only occasions y t minister iust matter of blusshing shame vnto vs. But the truth y t we professe in the word is so pure excellent the sonne of God in whome we beleeue and for whose sake wee suffer is so holy so glorious so mighty worthy of all honor and seruice from vs that there is no cause why we shoulde be ashamed of the crosses which we suffer in that behalfe S Paule he beleeued this and therefore in the middest of all the calamities that came vnto him for doing of his duty coulde say with confidence I am not ashamed For I know him wel inough in whom I haue beleeued and am fully persuaded that hee is able to keepe that whiche I haue committed vnto him against that day Let vs be like minded and sith Iesus Christ hath all power in heauen and earth so as he is able to defend vs from the rage of our enemies here and to keepe our saluation sure from being hurt by any meanes let vs neuer blush for anye thing that happeneth vnto vs for his sake Naturall men thinke that moste vile and ignominious whiche in deede is moste glorious and beautifull Michal thought it the greatest disgrace that might be vnto Dauid to abase himselfe to daunce before the Arke of God gyrded with a linnen Ephod But Dauid thought no honor like this by humbling himselfe and being vilde in the sight of others to exalt and set vp the Lord. Euen so they which be carried onely by sense and reason can see nâ—thing but confusion in the persecutioÌ„s of y e saints when as in deede it is the most honourable thing vnder heauen In so much as neither Iosepâ— hauing the kings ring vpon his finger arayde in fine linnen with a chaine of gold about his necke and set vpon the best Charret of the king saue onâ— and honoâ—r ably saluted of al the people nor Mordecay at the kings commaundement most gorgiously carried thorough the Citie vpon the kings hors with this proclaimation before him thus shall it be done to the man whom the king will honour were so glorious in the sighte of their beholders as the true Christians are in the eyes of God when in the iudgement of man they seeme to be couered with most confusion and shame And in deede Cranmer when hee was broughte forth and as it were set vpon a stage to bee mocked at by all the people his Pall pulled of his haire cut by a Barber his singers endes scraped an old gowne put vpon his backe and an olde cap vpon his head the admirall of Fraunce first mained with a shot then most trecherously slayne in his chamber after tumbled out of a windowe his head cut of his corps dragged through the streates in Paris after hanged vpon a gallows by y e heels in y e middest of al these were more glorious then either Mordecay or Ioseph in all their pompe maiesty Intsomuch as these neuer vanted so much of y e one as they no doubt did of the other Euen as we finde nâ— such boasting of any the seruants of God in the scripturs in respect of their outward estate were it neuer so good as we do of S. Paul for his sufferings according to y e which is writteÌ„ froÌ„ henceforth let no man put me to busines for I bear in my body the markes of y e Lord Iesus The imprisonments bands scourgings stripes stonings reproches y t he indured he calleth the badges of the Lord Iesus wherby he was known to be highly in his fauor as a faithful seruant of whom he made a special account therfore is not only not ashamed but also after a godly sort boasteth of theÌ„ Therfore let vs not think it any shame vnto vs whensoeuer the Lorde shall thinke it good to haue vs tried on this wise It followeth But let him glorifie God in this behalfe This is the second thing we must be glad of our

euer prince or state where the Gospell onely is professed and mainteined as it ought to be by the lawes of the lande did euer suffer or beare so much with them as our gracious prince and state hath done no doubt of a good purpose to winne them to reclaime them to the trueth howsoeuer nowe they maye learne at length by experiâ—nce to take better heede of them seeing they are incorrigible and hate to be reformed Howe long did shee keepâ— her royall sword within her scabbard vntouched with any bloud Surely till they had like if God of his gracious goodnes had not preserued her maiestye to haue set her both beside seate swotd scepter and all and if their diuelish practises coulde haue taken place by rebellion at home or treason abroade to layd her full low and to haue brought vs againe vnder theâ—r cruel vnsupportable yoke of their Egyptiacall bondage From the which the Lorde for his mercy sake deliuer vs. If they count it therfore any persecution it is a iust persecution against the enemies of God against the enemies of our state and Country It is also done in loue to draw them from iniquitie to reduce them from errour for the safegard of the whole pollitique body I will not speake of their persecutions horrible butcheries from time to time God shall giue better opportunity one day and in another place But I beseeche thee good Christian reader marke what is deliuered concerning persecution in this booke then thou shalt bothâ— learne what it is and vpon whose backes it is like to light if they will be like him who is entred by the same gate before vs. Neither let vs be discouraged though it be in deed our portion For it shalbe a token vnto vs of our saluation but vnto them who are persecuters of perdition and destruction The reason is because Christ the Capitaine finisher of our battell is with vs and hath troade the pathe before vs vvith vvhome as long as vvee suffer let the yssues be neuer so hard vve can not quaile nor perish Hee hath forevvarned vs to looke for them They come not by chaunce but by his appointment They are for our good and the cause being iust and Gods according to his vvill and for the holding out of his excellent glory thoughâ— vve dâ—e for it vve shal be most happy Our aduersaries vnderstand not thâ—s and therefore they smite they care not where nor whome but a time shall come they shall see whom they haue smitten tremble before him for feare of his iudgements Be therfore of good comfort reioice O al the Saints of God though we passe thorow this wretched vale in contempt and misery in heauines and sorrow with mourning and teares with lacke of liberty commodity that many vsurpers enioy yet a day shall come of an aboundant haruest where we shall sit vpon the seates of glorie be satisfied with it when we shal be crowned with immortality shall see God euen as he is The troubles are short though they be sharpe and though they be many yet they are light in comparison of that eternall waight of glory And you that are persecuters whome the Lorde hath not giuen vtterly ouer Take heede whom you strike Thinke not to ouercome him whose power is infinite God vvill raigne in despite of his enemies in the middest of them Looke vpon your olde predecessours what became of them VVhere is Decius and Dioclesian where is Valerius Maximinianus and Maximius where is Lucius Iulianus Aurelius But you will say these were ethnikes and persecuted Christians surely so do you You are christians in name but you deny the power thereof You boast of the faâ—th of your ancestours but you deny the faith of Christe You say you vvoulde not haue slaine the prophets but your handes haue beene the first vppon those vvhome God hath styrred vp and sente amongste you Are you not ashamed to boaste of the Truethe and yet to to persecute poore Christians for it You complayn of our harde lawes of the seuerity of the punishment of treason of the iniquitie of our ministers of the hard estate of your falsenamed Catholiques that liue amongst vs of their infamye after their death of the contumelies they suffer in their life yea when they are taken at their Masse how they are brought forth in their Pageant apparrel and what reuell is kept vvith your breaden Idoll ye complayne of our prisons and shevv the hardnes of our Iaylors at London at Yorke in other places Mystresse Tomson Master Dimock and others are still in your bookes as though they had receiued great vvrongs Thus you kick flyng as vntamed heifers ye care not where sparing neither noble nor vnnoble that might once by any occurrent come to your intelligence but al this while you speak not a vvord to the proore of it vvhereupon the proofe lieth For in respect of the cause yours is false ours true ours the cause of Christ yours the cause of Antichriste vvee suffer for religion you for treason Agayne there is no comparison betvvixt that punâ—shment layd vpon you for your iust offences and our persecution laide vppon vs not for our sinnes but for righteousnes sake If vve haue layd a finger vpon you you haue layd vpon vs an intollerable clog If vve haue scourged you vvith fatherâ—y roddes for amendment you haâ—e vvhipped vs vvith scorpions vtterly to destroy vs if vvee haue derided your superstâ—tion brought out your priests as they were playing their pageants that the people might vvonder at their follies you haue made vs spectacles as much as lay in you both to men and angels and lastly vve haue vvith the trueth pursued you to bring you to the trueth so to God but you vvith falsehoode haue persecuted vs to bring vs from the trueth to error and so to the Deuill You talke of orderly proceeding vvith vs that we vvere tried in time past by order of Iustice and disputed vvithall that vvee might if vve vvoulde see our ovvne vveaknesse c I pray you in vvhose Courtes hath it bene most found eyther in yours vvhere all iustice vvas peruerted or in ours vvhere the trueth of Gods word guidingal they haue beene taught the feare of God and to doe as they vvould be done to VVhere hath beene greater murthers by disordered dealings then amongst you vvithout all colour of lavv iustice killing them by vvhole multitudes and sometimes some of youre ovvne profession for company that you mighte enioy their ritches vvhere hath priuate men beene more armed to make dispatch of princes that mighte stand in your vvay then amongst youre selues Your pope dispensing vvith the sinnes either they had already or should aftervvardes commit Example by that Caitife that vppon his pardon vvoulde haue slaine the vvorthy Prince of Orange had not God miraculously deliuered him to hovv many such treasons by poisoning and killing haue sundry beene sturred vp vvithout

all pittye amongst you Surely it is no maruell that you shoulde novve pleade youre innocencie vvhen all the vvorlde may knovve your vvicked traiterous trecheries that vvill not vvillingly shut their eyes But it maye bee You thinke by some popishe vvitchery to goe in uisible by hauing some of the Popes trumpery aboute you But you deceiue youre selues and so doth he vvhom you serue Therefore repent and turne to him vvho is able to saue your soules Returne to Iesus Christe that high pastour that suffering for trueth vvith him you maye likevvise bee glorified vvith him othervvise hovvsoeuer you byte his heele vvith the Serpent hee vvill bruse your head and in the end triumph ouer you The Lorde Iesus sanctifie all that are his euen thoroughout both body soul and spirite that vvee may bee kept blamelesse vnto his holy comming Amen Amen the 27. day of this third moneth Thine assured in Christe Iohn Field 1. Pet. 4. 12. Dearely beloued think it not strange concerning the fiery triall which is among you as though some strange thing were come vnto you IT appeareth by the discourse of this epistle that y e Christians to whome Peter wrote were at that time in great persecution whereuppon after other thinges handled before in this text he commeth to giue them instructions touching this matter how they shold patiently â—eare the crosse and comfortably behaue themselues in the middest of their greatest afflictions A point of doctrine not vnnecessary for vs at this time For although by the great mercye of God it fareth not with vs as it did with the churches then Because we liue vnder a gratious prince that doth cherish and mainteine the trueth Yet because our sinnes be such as doe iustly diserue the taking away of heâ— royall maiesty and the restraint of pure religion I see no reason why the teachers should be charged not to take a good course in preparing the people before hande to bear such troubles whensoeuer they should come no more then our sauiour Christ was to be challenged For telling his disciples so oft of his and their own persecutions before they came arming of them againste the same It is the practise of well ordered common wealthes in the time of peace to teach their people the feates of warre And each man that hath any care of himself and his country when all things are most quiet doth neuerthelesse prouide such things in a redinesse as may stand him in steed in y â— time of trouble Euen so is it necessary that in the peace of the gospell weâ— be instructed to bear afflictions for the saâ—e when the trueth hath greatest liberty we should continually looke for persecution therefore by the precepts and comforts of the worde be alwayes prepared to abide whatsoeuer may fal out Which considerations haue moued mee at this present to speake vnto you out of this scripture Thinke it not straunge concerning the fiery triall In this first verse he willeth the Christians not to maruell at the persecution of the churche which hee calleth by the name of fiery triall as thoughe some straÌ„ge thing had happened The last words seeme to bee set downe as a reason to perswade that which he requireth As though he should haue sayde on this wis the trouble affliction of the church or any member thereof is no straunge thing and therfore no reason why you shoulde maruel at it For we maruell at such things onely as doe seldome come to pâ—sse and after an extraordinary maner But if any thing come to passe often and ordinarily that wee are not wont to maruell at although in it selfe it be neuer so wonderfull If we should see a horse flye in the ayre if wee shoulde see great snowes in the middes of sommer or a plentifull haruest in the middes of winter behold iust occasions to make vs wonder because these things seldome or neuer fall out and the course of nature the order set downe by God himselfe shoulde bee inuerted But to see a horse runne apace vpon the grounde to see deepe â—snowes in the middest of winter and haruest in August or September doth neuer cause wonderâ—ng or astonishment although in deede they be most marueilous works of the Lord. Euen so persecutions and afflictions for righteousnes sake beeing the ordinarye portion which from time to time the saints of God haue receiued in this worlde there is no more cause why we should be amazed or astonished at that whensoeuer generally or particularly it falleth out then at the snow in the winter or haruest in the sommer If we looke vnto the beginning we shall see that Cain persecuted his own brother Abel afterward Ismael Isaack Esau Iacob And when y e visible church began to be a great people I mean y e Iewes the Egyptians first then al the nations round about benâ— their force against them Among the Iews hypocrites and naughty persons of the kings priestes prophets and people failed not to hold on the same course in offering all manner of cruelty to such as truely feared the Lorde and zealously executed the functions in them committed as the histories of the scripture doe playnely witnesse If we looke into the enterteinment of our sauiour Christe and his apostles in their time it shall appeare to haue bene nothing better thâ—n the former And that the like condition hath bene vpon the church euer sithence it is knowne to such as haue read the stories In so much as that complaint is most true wâ—ich she maketh in the psal They haue often times afflicted mee from my youth vp that is to say euer sithence I had any being vpon the earth mine enimies haue not ceassed to afflict me as it were to plowe deepe furrowes vpon my backe You see then what we haue here to learne in the first place namely not to be troubled at the persecutions which may happen to our selues or any other the members of Christ For the profession of his truth and doing of our duety as though some strange thing were come to passe seeing it is the ordinary course which the wicked worlde whose works are nought taking their direction from their grandfather Caine hath from time to time practised agaynste the church and the ordinary way by the which the Lord from age to age hath lead all his children to the verifiyng of that which Paul and Barnabas preached wheresoeuer they came Through many afflictions wee must enter into the kingdome of God And this being so It behoueth vs when wee first ioyne our selues to the churche of God and enter into the profession of his trueth with purpose to leade oure liues according thereunto to sitte vs down according to the counsel of our sauiour Christ to make our account on this wise Surely I see that al flesh is grasse and al things vnder the sunne are but vanity The time will come when I must dye and God hath appoynted a day wherein he

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