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A03087	A simple, and religious consultation of vs Herman by the grace of God Archebishop of Colone, and prince Electour. [et] c. by what meanes a Christian reformation, and founded in Gods worde, of doctrine, administration of the deuine sacramentes, of ceremonies, and the hole cure of soules, and other ecclesiastical ministeries may be begon among men committed to our pastorall charge, vntil the Lorde graunt a better to be appoynted either by a free, and Christian cou[n]sayle, general, or national, or elles by the states of the empire of the natio[n] of Germanie, gathered together in the holye Gost; Einfaltigs Bedencken, warauff ein christliche in dem Wort Gottes gegrünte Reformation an Lehr, Brauch der heyligen Sacramenten un Ceremonien, Seelsorg und anderem Kirchendienst, biss auff eines freyen, christlichen, gemeinen oder nationals Concilii, oder dess Reichs Teutscher Nation Stende, im Heyligen Geyst versamelt, Verbesserung, bei denen so unserer Seelsorge befohlen, anzurichten seye, English	Wied, Hermann von.; Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.	1547 (1547)	STC 13213; ESTC S103980	258,817	620

same haue mercie on me for thy sonnes Iesus Christe whiche for our sakes was made a sacrifice Kindle my minde with thy lighte and gouerne me with thy holy spirite whiche thou haste promised vs for thy sōnes sake Thus in our praier we must euer cōprehēd Christ the mediatour as the church hath vsen in collets A fourme of calling vpon Christ frō the beginning adding these wordes in th ende thorow Christ our Lorde Moreouer this is a true inuocation acceptable to God O Lorde Iesu Christe the sonne of God heare me loke vpō me pitie me and geue me thy holy spirite and eternal lyfe Thus we reade that S. Stephan Act. viij called vpō Christ Lorde Iesu receiue my spirite Such prayer attibuteth vnto Christ the glorie of diuinitie for that that God hath reueiled him selfe in hym and worketh together with hym as we reade Io. v. what so euer the father worketh the same doeth the sonne also And in the xiiij He that seeth me seeth the father I am in the father and the father is in me This is the sentence of such an inuocation Lorde Iesu Christe sōne of God healpe me geue me thy holy spirite which together cōfesseth the father the sōne whiche is mediatoure and the holy gooste Wherefore this article of the diuine substaūce and of the thre persons must be learned and exercised in dayly prayers But forasmuch as this sincere doctrine of true and godly inuocatiō is horribly darkened Agaynst the inuocation of dead sayntes and ymages thorow that abomimable wickednesse and madnes vpon Idols whiche is cōmitted in calling vpō dead men their images bones wherunto they haue boūd not only diuine power but also a certen peculiar strēgth and efficacie of saintes wheras yet it is euidēt that we must assigne the power working of god to nothing in which god him selfe hath not expressedly witnessed in his worde that he wyl gyue the same but it is playne that deade mē helpe nobody Nor worke in ydoles for these causes I saye the people muste be called backe from suche ydolotrye vnto the true and religiouse inuocation of God as to a moste godlye worke and principall worshypping of God wherin we chiefely learne and feele which is the true fayth yea this is the only worke wherby the true people of God may be most discerned from the vngodly Of the creation and gouernaunce of al thinges OVre hole saluatiō and euerlasting lyfe consisteth herin that we truly knowe God in oure Lorde Iesus Christe that is to saye with a sure and lyuely fayth In thys knowledge the chiefest poynt is to knowe that it is God which made all thinges and preserueth and gouerneth the same alone wherfore the preachers shall studye to declare to the people wyth singuler dylygence and to beate into their heads those places of the scripture that teach and testifie of the eternal substaūce of God of his power knowledge goodnesse and seueritie for wythout this knowledge and fayth we can neuer truely and effectuously fele our sinnes much lesse repent and amende our selues neyther shal the law alone driue vs therunto for what shal eyther his preceptes or threates moue or feare vs of whose power bowntuousnes or seueritie as yet we knowe or fele nothinge substantially and effectuosely wherfore he that wil comme to God muste necessarily knowe afore hande and beleue that it is God which made preserueth and iudgeth all men and largelye rewardeth them that loue him Very many boste them selues to knowe God but in that that thei studi not to frame their life according to the wil of god dispising the worde of God they beare sufficiente witnes of thē selfe to the cōtrary namely that they say in theyr hertes there is no God though they confesse the same before men It is therfore ryght necessarye that preachers often tymes and with great diligence do propounde and beate in to theyr eares the common place of creation preseruacion and gouernaūce of all thynges And in the article of the creation of thynges the pastours shal diligently teach that that Lorde whiche delyuered the ten commaundementes the whole holy scripture and the gospell it selfe is the only true God and maker of thinges whiche of no thinge created heauen earth the sea and whatsoeuer is conteined in thē our selues also and alone preserueth the same throughe his power and hath partly made the other creatures subiecte vnto vs beinge created to his ymage appoyntynge them to a profitable vse and partly ordeyned them to the ministerye of the health both of the bodye and soule Wherfore the preachers shal often allege faythfully declare and printe in the mindes of theyr herers those places of the scripture that teache that God made vs and al other thinges of no thinge and that we were fashoned after the ymage of god finally that inferiour creatures be subiecte vnto oure rule by Goddes ordinance and that the superiour creatures be appoynted to procure oure healthe that the same herers maye dayly lerne more and more the almightines and goodnes of Goddes maiestie and that in them selues and in all other thinges that they handle in whyche they be occupyed whyche they beholde here or by any meanes do exercise they knowe hym haue him in reuerēce prayse him cal vpon him And that therby they may trust more fully in the almightines goodnes of God and more cherefully obey his cōmaūdementes and also feare his wrathe the more and that they maye vse all thinges whiche they do vse in this lyfe as the moste holy creatures and gistes of God and our sauiour wyth more holynes dayly and thankfulnes and larger liberalytie towardes theyr neighbours ▪ For this cause the prophets in the prayses of God do so magnifie and sette before our eyes with moste elegant descripcions the principal and notablest workes of God in the vniuersall nature of thynges as the heauens the son the moone the sterres the Why the holy scripture often propoūneth vnto vs the merueylous workes of God clowdes the wyndes mystes rayne dewe snowe froste thunder lyghtnynge mountaynes valleys fildes contreys medowes springes riuers standinge waters sondry trees and herbes the pryncypall kyndes of beastes both tame and wylde men and other innumerable workes of God For whiche many psalmes doe greatly magnifie the glory of God as psal xix xcv Ciiii. Cxxxvi. Cxlv. Cxlvii Cxlviii Iob doeth the same thinge from the xxxviii Chapiter to th ende of his booke And Esay in the .xl. chapter vnto th ende of hys boke Lyke places ye shal finde in other canonicall bookes euery where This contemplaciō of the notable workes of God and admiracion of the diuine maieste was the cause why Christe the Lorde hym selfe and other sayntes lyfted vp theyr eyes and handes to heauē whē they praye And in the fourme of prayinge the Lorde taught vs to saye Oure father whiche arte in heauen for when we behold wyth oure eyes and myndes those mooste excellent and wonderfull workes

washeth them and doth other thinges pertainyng to nuresing and when she enstructeh them vnto the inuocation of God and religion But the chiefest worshipping of God resteth in these poyntes if they be done in fayth that is if the mother truste that she is acceptable to God for Christes sake and beleue that hyr doinges please God for the same mans sake if she call for healpe of God to the perfourmaunce of those thynges that he wyll prosper them and make them holesome finally that he wyll keepe and nourishe vp hir infant and gouerne his lyfe in all thynges After thys sorte our fayth muste be exercised in al other busines and offices of thys lyfe Magistrates and wariars be exercised wyth sundrie daungers troubles and difficulties Neuertheles if they execute their office after thys maner and wyth suche fayth as we haue spoken of all suche thynges be worshippinges of God Thys is no small consolation to a godlie mynde And it is the true propre doctrine of the Gospel which Adam Noe Abraham Iacob Ioseph Samuel Dauid and Paule taught ¶ The fourth question Why are good workes to be done ¶ Answer Firste because God hath commaunded them Al creatures serue God and be made to the obedience of God It is euident then that seinge that man ought to shewe obedience vnto God Goddes commaundement is the fyrst chiefest cause why we shoulde do good workes And in as muche as God hath cōmaunded good workes it foloweth of the same cause that they that exercise not them selues in wel working but continue in the contempt of Goddes cōmanndementes deserue euerlastynge paynes Howe be it God punisheth sinnes in this lyfe also with infinite miseries Thys thē is an other cause whiche oughte to steare vp our myndes to worke well that we fal not into euerlasting paynes For so Paule sayeth i. Corhin vi Erre not Neither adulterers nor worshippers of Images etc. shall possesse the kyngdome of God And Gala. v. They whiche do suche thynges shall not possesse the kingdome of God The thyrde cause of doing good workes is verie necessarie for that that it is not possible that a true fayth and a certayne truste in Christe can stande wythout perfecte conuersion vnto God or wyth synnes whiche are committed agaynst a mannes cōscience These thynges appeare playnly by the verie nature of fayth For fayth is that assent to the Gospell out of whiche there aryseth a sure confidence of Goddes mercie promised for Christes sake But suche a trust can not stande with a purpose of sinning wherin there is a manifest comtempte of God and an vndoubted prouocation of Goddes wrath By reason of thys fyghtynge betwene fayth and synne Paule sayed that what so euer is not of fayeth is synne signifiynge that the nature of fayth is suche that it bringeth forth good fruites of it selfe Wherfore whē a mā sinneth as that is done by wrōge confidence so the truste in Christe is reiected and grace and eternall lyfe is cast awaye and mannes saluation is paste remedie excepte he recouer a trust in Christe and puttynge awaye all wronge affiaunce he wholly restore hym selfe into the obedience of God The large promises of Goddes reward ministre the forth cause of good workes For it is the commaundement of God that his moste ample promises shoulde be preached to all men As Paule sayeth Godlines is profitable vnto all thynges and hath a promise of the present lyfe and of the lyfe to come And we shewed before that euyll workes be punished wyth euerlastyng paynes whiche yet often tymes haue their begynnynge in thys lyfe as it apppeareth in Saul Achab Iuda So contrarie wise God requireth their workes that repent wyth eternall rewardes Howe be it thys fundation of our saluation standeth styll that is to say the trust of euerlasting lyfe in Christ the Lorde whereof we spake before namely that we obtaine remission of synnes euerlastyng lyfe thorow fayth for Christes sake and not for the worthines of our workes For thys sentence standeth fast and sure in which the Lorde testifieth of him selfe Ihō vi Thys is the wyll of the father that euerie one that beleueth in the sonne shall haue eternall lyfe For though God thorowe a merueilous purpose suffre his churche to be pressed greuously with the crosse and exerciseth it with great miseries as shal be sayed hereafter yet forasmuche as he wyll be knowen to men in thys lyfe and be magnified he steareth vp preserueth and defendeth the preachers of his name the teachers of his Gospell and also the hearers as he promised that his churche shoulde continue here vnto the ende of the worlde Therfore for thys purpose that his church maye continue perpetually he dealeth forth sundrie giftes of his spirite and he gyueth to his sayntes that thorowe good workes they deserue the encrease of vertues accordynge to the worde of Christ there shal be gyuen to him that hath And seinge that in thys life we haue neede of fode peace lawfull gouernaunce of the common weale health etc. God addeth these thynges also and recompenseth the good workes of his therwyth yet with thys moderation that neuertheles he holdeth styll his churche vndre the crosse Of thys rewarde of good workes Christe speaketh Gyue and there it shal be gyuen vnto you And Esaie xxxiij He that walketh in ryghtuousnes etc. shall dwell in an high and therfore a sure place He shall not wante meate and drynke his eyes shall se the kynge in his glorie So though Esaie Hieremie Daniel and Paule were pressed wyth sundrie and moste grenous aflictions yet God after a merueylous forte preserued them a greate whyle in lyfe and ministred vnto them abundauntly thynges necessarie for lyfe And surely for thys cause God promised vs corporall goodes that being steared vp thorowe such promises we shoulde exercise fayth and inuocation and laboure the more to be busie in good workes When thou hearest then that God commaundeth the to gyue almes and addeth his promises that he wyll gyue the agayne fode and other good thinges Giue thyne almes liberally and exercise thy faith therin and confirme thy mynde that it is God that gyueth the corne a lyuynge and all good thinges that maynteyneth the and thyne and that he wyll recompence thy liberalitie shewed for his sake And whē thou considerest these thynges wyth fayeth and hast afterwarde confirmed thys sentence of fayth in thy mynde thou muste exercise also the inuocation of God and trustynge in his promises thou muste praye hym thorowe Christe his sonne that as he hath promised he wyll gyue the thynges necessarie for life and maynteyne the and thyne and thou muste also wyth a sure hope loke for those thynges whiche thou haste so prayed for of hym nothynge doubtynge but that he wyl gyue them to the as farre as they maye be good for the in dede For if the mynde be so farre from God and so emptie of the truste of his goodnes that it can not so muche as aske

gyftes of God Wherfore it is merueylous necessarie that the preachers do euer wyth singuler reuerence propoune declare and beate into the people thys article of the creation and preseruation of thynges that is to wit that God made all thynges of nothynge and preserueth the same thorowe his owne onely power bringeth forth and gyueth vs al thynge thorowe his bountiousnes to the entent that they may serue to our vse health and felicite and that he maye require to be knowen and worshypped in these his workes and creatures For whiche cause those places of scripture which testifie set forth thys article shall be often alledged in their sermons faythfully declared and printed in the myndes of the people Of the gouernaunce and administration of all thynges IT is lyke necessary diligently to teache and admonishe the people of the gouernaunce and administration of thynges that they may know that they must aske and loke for healpe from God and learne therwyth that sinne and other horrible mischeifes in the world were not made by god but sprange from an other begynnynge as we wil shewe herafter Wherfore that that the scripture teacheth of the creation of thinges must be so taken as that that is taught Genes i. and. ii Psal xxxij Esai xliij and in manie other places by the prophetes and apostles and as that churche euer beleued that is to saye that God hath not lefte his worke once made as the carpenter leaueth the shippe that he hath made and cōmitteth it vnto the shyppeman beinge litle or nothynge carefull for it afterwarde But we must thinke thus that he is present with his worke and perpetually susteineth and gouerneth the same that he knoweth and beholdeth the doinges of all creatures that he seeth also the thoughtes of angelles men and diuelles and that there is nothing done wythout hym that it is he whiche wyth perpetual mouing gouerneth the heauenlie bodies maketh the grounde fruiteful gyueth life both to man and beast adding fode and other necessarie thynges as we reade actes xvij In hym we lyue are moued and haue oure beinge Hebr. i. he susteyneth al thinges wyth the worde of his power Coloss i. All thynges consist thorowe hym i. Tiuint iiii We trust in the liuinge god which is the sauiour of al mē chiefly of the faythful Here Paule testifieth that God gyueth lyfe not only to the faythful but also to the reste howe beit that is done in vnlike maner not with standinge he teacheth vs that God susteineth preserueth gouerneth the lyfe of al. As he defended Dauid against Goliath Saull Absalō and other his enemies and gaue hym manye other temporal gyftes and lykewyse encreased hym with spiritual benifittes and other gyftes with grace and the holye goste But amonge the heaten he healpeth manye with corporal giftes only as with victorye peace and ritches that politye maye be mainteined and that mankinde maye endure in erth so longe tyl he haue gathered together his whole congregation as Paul witnesseth i. Tim. vi God which quyckneth Item gyue precepte vnto the riche that they truste in God which gyueth vs al thinges abundantly to our commoditie Math. x. Two sparowes are sold for a farthinge and one of them falleth not vpon the groūde wyth out the wil of your father And the heares of your heades be al nombred Psal Ciii All thynges looke vpon the that thou wylte gyue them theyr foode in due ceason whan thou gyueste them they shal gather Whan thou openest thy hand all shal be filled wyth bountuousnes But when thou turneste awaye thy face they shal be trobled Thoue shalte take awaye theyr breath and they shall fayle and returne to theyr dust Thou shalt sende forth thy spirite and they shal be created thou shal renue the face of the erth Psal xxxiii God looke from heauen he seeth all the children of men he frameth theyr hertes euerye one and vndrestandeth al theyr workes Psal xxxvi Men and beastes shalte thou saue Lorde Psal Cxlvii Whiche couereth the heauē with cloudes and prepareth raine to the erth whiche bringeth forth grasse in the mountaynes whyche gyueth foode to theyr catail and to the yong crowes that cal vpon hym Psal Cxlv. The eyes of al loke vpon the Lorde and thou gyueste them foode in due ceason Thou openest thy hande and filleste euery creature wyth thy goodnes Io. v. my father vnto thys tyme worketh I worke By these places of the scripture we are taughte that God is present euerie where knoweth althinges conserueth and susteineth all thynges and gyueth lyfe and mouinge Wherefore this article muste be dyligently thaughte the peoqle and lerned of the same For though the heathē graūt that the world was made by god yet thei doute whether therebe anye prouidence whether God hath anye care of mennes matters and iudgeth them whether he heareth men that calle vpon hym whether he ministre fode peace helth and other benifittes to men but they thinke that these thinges begotten and mainteined by mans industrie As euer such heatheuish persuasions hange in the myndes of men whiche thinge many wordes and sentences of the vngodlye doe wel proue against which Ieremie in his lamētatiōs Cha. iii. crieth myghtely Who is this that sayeth out of the mouth of the highest nether good thynges nor badde come forth what murmureth man againste God and thincketh not howe greuously he offendeth God That the myndes of men than maye be deliuered from those heathnishe opinions the alleged testimonies of the scripture and suche lyke cōcerning the preuidence of God and goueruance of thinges must be deligētly cōsidered we must hold fast in memory that God looketh vpon the hertes of men and wyl iudge the doinges of euerye one that he with out doubte heareth them that cal ryghtly vpon him as it shal be shewed here after Item that he gyueth benifittes to men and frutefulnes of the erth defendeth them and theyr ofspringe from enemies preserueth commen weales et cet As we are cōmanded to aske these thinges and to looke for them from God whan we praye gyue vs this daye oure dayly breade and psal iv Cast thy care vpon the Lorde and he shal nonrishe the vp But howe can a man desire helpe from God if he dreame that God neglecteth creatures that he worketh not in al but that the creatures are caried at al auentures and that men doe al thinges as they list and of theyr owne strength This darcknes of mannes mynde must be ernestly reproued and we must laye euidēt testimonies of the scripture agaynst it For mannes mynde is far gone from God and is ful of doubtinge and horrible darckenes concerning God whiche that God mighte dreue out of oure myndes from the beginninge he hath opened him selfe wyth great miracles He sente also his sonne into the worlde openly which rose from death and raised many other from the dead Al which thinges oughte to strengthen oure faythe that we maye certifie our selfe that God is not ydle

but worcketh euer bestoweth benifittes and doeth al thinges for the felicite of men whereby we myght iustly acknowledge his exeding loue towardes vs. Moreouer thys article muste be taughte the people and be commended to them with singuler diligence for thys cause also that the vn Godlye custome of callinge vpon sayntes departed and desiringe of them good helth temperatines of the ayer peace and such benifittes maye be taken awaye feinge that these thinges be not the worckes of holye men nor of anye creature but be the workes and benifittes of God onely Of the cause of sinne and death VVhan mention is made of the creatiō the preachers must together Agaynste the vngodlie doctrine concerning saintes teache playnly and distinctly that synne that is to saye concupiscence corruption of iudgement and wyll and further more al noughtye motions or il doinges be not created of God but springe from the libertye of the apostata spirite and of man as it is written Iohan. viii whā the diuel speaketh a lye he speaketh of hys owne for he is a lyer and the father of lyes that is to saye the cause and the autour Psal v. Thou art not the God that willeth iniquitye Zacharye viii Lette not euerye one of you deuise euil agaynste hys frende and loue not a falfe oth for all these be the thinges that I hate sayth the Lorde Roma v. Thorowe one man synne entred into the worlde and death thorowe synne i. Iohn ij the lust of the fleshe and the lust of the eyes and pryde of lyfe is not frō the father but from the worlde By these and manie other testimonies it is euident that God wyl not synne neyther Euerie synne that man cōmitteth is cōmitted thorow his own wyll created nor worketh the same But after that the deuyll and man slydde from God suche slydynge and turnynge awaye came frome theyr owne wyll And thoughe after the fall of Adam all men conceyued by mannes seede are borne in originall synne neuertheles actuall synne is the propre and free worke of mānes wil and not necessary that is to saye al be it that the deuyl pricked forth Cain to the slaughter of his brother and though he were enflamed wyth anger neuertheles he myghte yet haue holden his handes and he cōmitted that mischiefe not thorowe a constrayned wyll but thorowe a readie wyl and agreable He shoulde haue resisted his anger and lust and haue prayed God for remission of the euyll sprongen vp in him haue asked the healpe of god to resist that mischiefe So vndoutedly he should haue felte strength to resiste Satan and the tentations of his proper fleshe Now punishmentes iustly accompanye sinful Synne is the cause of death and all miseries Roma v. and wycked actes Wherefore Paule sayth wel thorough sinne death entred into the worlde And agayne we maye plainly see that whole mankinde is subiecte both to perpetual sinnes and also punyshmētes and oppressed with so manye and so greate calamities that mannes mynde can not cōprehende them in thoughte but he must needes be agaste whyle he cōsidereth so greate a sea of mischeiues here we must diligently discerne betwene the creature of God and our sinne God made mā ryght and blessed hym but man gaue hym selfe amiserable wounde This wounde remaineth perpetually in the creatures thorough propagation Originall synne and generation and other infinite sinnes and punishmētes folowe this wounde And this is our faute not Gods as Oseas testifieth cha xiii Thy destruction cometh from thy selfe Israel but thy helpe is in me only Item Psal xxxix For iniquitie thou rebukest man and al his beautie wasteth awaye lyke agarment gnawen of mothes Euerye man is a certaine vaine thinge Wherfore whē we see those horrible punishmētes death sicknes war and sūdrie lyke miseries lette vs knowe that they be the punishmētes of sinne and that thei happen not to mankinde by chaunce but by the wyll and permission of God by reason of God sendeth greuouser afliction to the sayntes that he may make them vnderstande the horriblenes of synne sin And though the saintes be acceptable to God and please hym for Christes sake yet thorough the meruailous purpose of God in this lyfe they be subiecte vnto the crosse For God wyll that the churche do ernestly acknowledge hys wrath agaynst sinne and therefore be exercised wyth sorer discipline For this is the ende of tribulatiōs Wherefore S. Petre sayth also indgement beginneth at the house of God As for the cōforte that the Godlye oughte to haue in afflictions we wyll speake of it in the place of the crosse Here it is sufficient to haue admonisched that those afflictions chaunce not to the congregation with out Goddes prouidence and that God wyl not for sake hys vndre the crosse but that he wil helpe them callinge vpon him yea and he commaūdeth that we praye and looke for deliueraunce from hym As Esai xlix sayeth Can the woman forgette her childe that she wil not haue pitie on the child of hir wōbe Though she forget it yet I wil not forgette the. Beholde I haue written the in my handes etc. This shal suffice concerninge the conseruation and gouernaunce of thinges Hereafter we wyll declare what we oughte to thynke of the cause of synne and of the corruption of mannes nature and agayne what consolation we haue in so greate miseries ¶ Of originall synne and mannes weaknes before regeration GOd the euerlastyng father gaue in creation to oure fyrste parentes Adam and Eue not onely a free but also an vpryght wyll Further he dyd put into theyr myndes an exceadynge greate lyght that before the fal they might truely knowe God worshyp and loue him The other powers obeyed willynglye to thys lyght As Paule sayeth that man was made after the image of God that is to say in the knowledge of God and in right wil that he myghte perfectly obeye and satisfie the law and be as it were the tēple of God wherin God woulde haue dwelled presently and woulde haue exercised his power When man was now settled and constituted in so great blisfulnes and glorie Satā to deface the worke of God borded Eue wyth gyle and at length draue hyr so farre that togither wyth Adam she became vnobedient to the commaundement of God as Moyses deseribeth the fall of mā Gene. iii. Thorowe this inobedience oure first parentes lost those godlie gyftes of innocencie and originall rightuousnes with al theyr posteritie whiche commeth from them so that all men conceyued and borne thorow mans seede be subiecte to originall synne as Dauid testifieth Psal li. and Paule Roma v Wherfore the preachers muste teache of original synne after suche sort as the worde of God prescribeth vnto vs and which the sincerer and ryghte beleuing fathers folowed chiefly Augustine and Anselme namely that it is the wante of originall ryghtuousnes What originall synne is wherwyth we ought to excell that is to saye that men before regeneration be not in

Lorde as Iosaphat saide to his officers and therefore that God wil require a straite cōpte of the gouerners of his people toucthing their administratiō If the preachers shal propoune and declare to the people after this sorte what thinges God hath commaunded and dyd to the olde people aswel in heapinge most ample benifites vpon them as in chastisynge wyth horrible punishmentes and if they shal sette forth al the exemples that God hath exhibited in the scriptures to be considered either of his bountiousnes and seueritie or of hys kindnes and vnkindnes of the people they shal for theyr measure perfourme that thing that the Lorde witnessed of hym selfe I come not to breake the lawe but to fulfil it And that that the apostle saieth we abolishe not the law but astablish it ¶ Of preachinge appropriated to the newe Testament The preachinge of the newe Testament is to preach repentaunce and remission of sinnes in the name of our Lorde Iesu Christe For so the Lorde him selfe sayde and prescribed Luke xxiiii Bicause it is so written and so it be houed Christe to suffre and to ryse agayne from the deade the third daye and that repētaunce and forgyuenes of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name amonge al nations begynninge at Ierusalem Out of this cōmaundement of Christe S. Petre also testified before the assemble of the Iewes and the priestes actes v. in this sorte The God of our fathers hath raised vp Iesus whome ye slue hanged vpon the crosse This prince and sauiour God hath exalted with his ryght hande to gyue repētaunce and remission of sinnes vnto Israel In lyke maner he preacheth also before Cornelius act x. he cōmaunded that we shoulde preach to the people and testifie that it is he that was appoynted of God a iudge of the dead and quicke to him al the prophetes beare witnes that whosoeuer beleueth in hym shall receyue remission of sinnes thorowgh hys name Paule also in the synagoge at antioche of pisidia actes xiii sayeth thus Be it knowen to euerie one of you bretherne that thorowgh thys man remission of sinnes is preached vnto you thorough thys man euerye one that beleueth is instified frō al thinges from which ye coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moyses So he sayeth also to the elders whiche he called from Ephesus to Milites cha xx ye knowe from the first daye that I entred in to Asia howe I was with yon at al tymes seruing God with al humblenes of minde and wyth manye teares and tentations which chaunced vnto me thorough the layinges awaite of the Iewes how I ouer slipped nothinge that myght be profitable vnto you but preached vnto you and taught you openly and in euerie house testifiyng both to the Iewes also to the greekes that repētaunce that is towarde God and that faith that is towardes our Lorde Iesus By these testimonies it is euident that A double preachyng of the Gospell there be two partes of the preachinge of the gospel or newe testament that is to saye a preachinge of repentaunce and of remission of sinnes Wherefore the preachinge of the newe testamēt must be ginne at repētaunce as the exemples of Iohan baptiste of oure Lorde Iesus Christe and the apostles doe teach For al these men beganne theyr preachinge wyth these wordes repent your former lyfe for the kingdome of God approcheth and beleue the gospel that is to saye the preachinge of remission of sinnes But in thys place the preachers muste declare what repētaunce we ought to vnderstande Whiche is true repentaunce For thys saiynge muste not be taken of euery repentaunce but of that that is towarde God which Christ the Lorde him selfe raiseth vp in our myndes And that is true contritiō and a iust griefe for our sinnes which we haue committed in thought wordes or deedes agaynste the lawe of God Whiche griefe anguish driueth vs to fle to Christe with fayth and truste that for hys sake we shal be deliuered from al our sinnes and frō the wrath of God and that for hys sake we shal be nombred amonge the ryghteous before God and shal be compted heyres of euerlastinge lyfe This is a verie euangelical and Christian repentaunce For it is not inoughe for holsome repētaunce to be grieued and vexed for oure synnes and to feare the iudge mēt of God with which repentaunce Cain and Iudas perished wherewith at length al vngodlye men perishe after that they beginne to feele what anger of God what dānation they haue purchased to them selfe thorough theyr sinful actes But as Paule sayeth we must necessarely haue repētaunce towardes God that is to saye we muste therfore be greued for our sinnes and feare the iudgemēt of God because we haue offēded god our creator and redemer and haue forsaken hym thorough sinnes that besydes contrition for our sinnes there be in vs also a burninge desire and studie of reconciliatiō with God a truste to obtaine the same and a sure purpose to amende our lyues and to yelde our selues wholy in to the obediēce of God Al whiche thinges a true repentaunce muste haue desire and perceyue and that thorough our onely bischoppe and redemer Iesus Cehrist which alone stirreth vp and worketh true repentaunce in vs whyle he maketh the preachinge of repentaunce effectual in our hertes gyuinge his encrease Of the preachinge of repentaunce But to raise vp this repētaunce in our hertes we must cheifely vse the preachinge of the death and passiō of our Lorde Iesus Christe wherewith he satisfied God the father for our sinnes And we muste also vse a continual declaration and repetinge of the lawe of God wherein God sheweth what thinges he alloweth in vs and what he disaloweth and how gētly and bountiously he handleth them that obey hys commaūdimentes and howe rigorously That repentaunce muste be taught out of the ignominious death of Christe he punisheth thē that contemne the same Wherefore the preachers in theyr sermons and in the administration of the sacramētes must preach the death of the Lorde with singuler diligence and sette before the eyes of the people and warne them studiously that the sonne of God whiche neuer committed anye sinne suffred that most bitter and shāful death onely for our sinnes For thei shal teach that thei be so abominable in the sight of the lorde that they could be purged with none other sacrifice with no merites or peynes either of men or angells but only with the precious death of the sonne of God For this cause the preachers shall admonish mē of the greatnes of sinne and of the wrath of God and they shal stirre them vp to repent earnessly And because Christe our Lorde is the onely glasse and exemplar of a godly lyfe we maie learne certainly and substantially out of the lyfe and obedience of Christe to what maner of lyfe we be made and called what stubburnes ther is in vs agaynst god and what corruption of nature whereby

Christ wyth pleasaunte preachinge and remitteth and leadeth sweetely vnto hym because it preacheth hym be the onely obteiner of mercie and our sauiour whiche thinge it doeth two maner of waies First with plaine and open testimonies as thys is that we reade in Deutro xxiii The Lorde shal raise vp to the a prophete syke me Secondly wyth shadowes and pleasaunte allegories as that is of the pascal lambe So the prophetes also prophetied of Christ many waies and more openly and plētifully thē Moyses til at the last Iohn baptiste shewed hym with his singer beinge present Al whiche thinges must be preached expouned to the people wyth greate diligence out of the lawe and the prophetes These than be the causes why the lawe was gyuen whyche God knewe that we would not keepe namely that being taught and admonisched thorough it we shoulde acknowledge our weaknes and infirmitie and feele the excidinge wrath of God and thorowe a certaine Godly discipline be led vnto Christe put al our trust in him and appliynge good workes shoulde growe in to hym daylye whiche is the heade beynge furnished wyth all Godlynes and vertue After that the ministers shal be instructed of the lawe and haue taught the people faythfully than they shal both them selues vse the lawe a ryght and shal bringe the people in to the true knowledge of it shall moue thē to true repentaunce and griefe for theyr synnes and so stirre thē vp and driue them vnto Christe the redemer to serue him with al desire And because the commen people can nat vndrestande and remembre al the preceptes of the lawe seynge that they be verye many and euerye one hath a large dominion the preachers muste after recite and printe in the myndes of the hearers the briefe summes and cheife articles of Goddes law as that is that we haue in Math. xxii Thou shalte loue the Lorde thy God wyth thy whole herte and in thy whole soule and in thy whole mynde Thys is the principall and greate commaundement The seconde is lyke therunto Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Vpō these two commaundementes the whole lawe and the Prophetes depende Item that the apostle wrate to Timothe The ende of the commaundement is loue frō a pure herte and good conscience and faith not fayned And in asmuch as it was most mercifully permitted in olde tyme that Godlie parentes shoulde teache theyr chyldren wyth al diligence the ten cōmaundementes wherein the whole doctrine of godlines is playnly cōprehended whiche thinge brought such profitte as no man can expresse the preachers shall diligently and often recite thys summe of Goddes lawe and shall declare in theyr sermons briefely and playnely the true meanynge of euery precepte ¶ A briefe declaration of the ten commaundementes IN the fyrst sentence then of the ten commaundemētes I am the Lorde thy God A sum of the first cōmaundement whiche broughte the out of Egipte etc. The preachers shal first teach that God wytnesseth with this his worde that he him selfe whiche gyueth vs thys commaundemente is the onely Lorde that is to saye the almightie maker and gouerner of all thynges onely good and the cause of goodnes and the dryuer awaye of all euyls Secondly that thorowe the preaching of the Gospell and baptisme he hath receyued vs into his people as in olde tyme he receyued Israell bryngyng him out of Egipte and the house of bondage and geuing hym his Sacramentes And that in Christe oure Lorde he wil be a God also to al vs to whō he hath caused these thinges to be preached that is to saye an author and gyuer of euerlastinge saluation of restitution both of bodie and soule And seing that it is extreme vngodlines not to heare God whē he speaketh and not to beleue him when he promiseth all good thinges the preachers cōcerning this worde next before shal teache that God requireth that with al our herte we beleue this his testimonie and promise and that we rest therin namely that we acknowledge hym to be our God and Sauiour that we worshyppe him and alwaies cal for his mercie succour and ayde thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christ and that we feare loue and magnifie hym wyth all oure hertes aboue all thynges for his vnmeasurable grace great benifittes In the seconde commaundemente thou shalt haue no straunge Goddes before me thou shalt make to thy selfe n● grauē image to bowe downe to it or to worshyppe it the people muste be admonished fyrste that thorow straunge Gods and worshippyng Images al trust of Gods healpe is to be put in nothing besides God in Christ and that all worshyppynges of God as all those be that are in hande wythout the worde of God as the worshippynges of the Mahometistes Iewes and of them whiche goe aboute to worshyppe God and to obtaine hys helpe with such ceremonies as be not taken out of the worde of God nor serue effectuously to the gospel of Christ or wyth ceremonies not instituted by the Lorde hym selfe but vsed wyth out repentaunce and fayth The Lorde also forbiddeth in this place all Witchcrafte and all that abuse of creatures whan men either require that profite of thinges for which they were not made of God whiche thinge is committed in false dominations and other witchcrafte or whan they require profite of thinges for which they were made in dede but they require it not as coming frō God and hangynge vpō his grace praiynge for it firste of the Lorde thorough Christe and to his glorie Further they shal teach that in this commaundement there is reueled vnto vs that corruption of our defiled nature and that vngodlines that is naturally grafted in vs by reason whereof we be euer ignoraunte we fle and neglecte the true and only God and we seeke no helpe of God trustinge in mannes strenght and in our owne or we seke it not frō hym the onley and true God in Christe but from counterfaite and false Goddes and that sometymes vndre the name of the true God hym selfe whan we calle vpō God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ thorough thys only Mediator with out repentaunce and fayth and some tymes vndre other names as whā mē aske of saintes deliueraunce from synnes and helpe of this presente lyfe and of the life to come or finally whan we vse ceremonies straunge frō the worde wyth true cōuersion to God and worshippinge of the herte to seeke the helpe of God thereby and to make God bounde to vs. For al thys vngodlynes beinge naturally engendred in vs is disclosed in this seconde commaundement and sette before oure eyes to be consydered by the worde of God Thirdly we haue also in thys worde a Howe this cōmaundement is fulfylled certaine holye scholemastringe where with God by thys commaundement shewynge vs the corruptiō and weaknes of our nature wyl bringe vs to Christe hys sonne whyche maye turne awaye and pacifie hys wrath agaynst thys vngodlynes and sinne cleaninge in nature whiche moreouer may

promise For it hath a peculiar and large promise of longe lyfe in the lande whiche the Lorde our God gyueth namely in whiche God is called vpon and worshipped whereupon his eyes loke to shewe bountiousnes on it For it becometh them to haue longe lyfe in the people of God whiche submitte them selues and shewe them selues obedient and thankefull to theyr parentes to the powers and to all men So in the sixte comaundement the preachers shal teache fyrste that by manslaughter all violence and wronge agaynst the bodie of our neighbours al reuengeaunce and vniust cōmotion of the mynde angre wrath hatred enuye and all signes wordes and dedes that come of angre be forbidden as Christe hym selfe interpreted thys sayinge Mathewe v. Secondly they shal teach that God warneth vs in thys precepte of oure natural arrogācie iniquitie and impacience Thorow whych vices it cometh to passe that we can suffer nothyng that is vnpleasaunt vnto vs but wee wyll haue all other to folowe oure lustes though they be naughti and infinite where as we in the meane ceasone wyll not onely omitte to do the thinges that be right and good to our neyghbours but we wyll also cōmitte many vnrightful and vnseamely thynges God than wyll condemne wyth thys commaundement oure naturall ignoraunce vnpatientnes luste and those that spryng therof I meane anger hatred enuy brawlynge fyghtyng etc. And God wyl set before oure eyes howe euyl these thinges be forbidding slaughter by name but aswel that that is cōmitted wyth the mynde as wyth the handes Whereby he requireth that as we abhorre all slaughter so we shoulde abhorre all causes and affection of slaughter and to do our neighbour any wrōge Thirdly they shall admonishe that God wyll with thys precepte when our vice is knowen prouoke vs to repent it and dryue vs to seeke his grace and mercie in Christe whiche onely appeaseth the wrath of God deserued thorowe these our euylles and abolisheth and mortifieth the remnauntes thereof with the holy goste and worketh and encreaseth softnes in vs that we maye ouercome the vice of impatientnes and frowarde way wardnes in other wyth oure patience gentlenes and humanitie and recompence wronges done wyth benifittes and be gentle and good towardes all men forgyuynge as Christe hath forgyuen vs. Ephe. iiij wherunto thys commaundement ministreth vnto vs an instruction in Christe In the seuenth cōmaundemēt thou shalt not committe auoutrie the people shall be taughte that God forbiddeth and damneth all copulations beside matrimonie whiche he hym selfe ordeyned and moreuer al lust and inordinate motions all intemperaunce al delites and pleasures vnseamely for christian men al riote and vncomelines in meates drynkes garmentes gesture wordes and dedes of whiche any cause of vnchastnes may rise or of any perturbation wherby the bodie shall be made vnpliable rebellious and stubburne towarde the seruice of the spirite Secondly that God warneth and accuseth vs in thys commaundement of our natural lecherie fylthy and immoderate conrupiscēce in al thynges whiche he him selfe gaue to susteyne and cherishe our bodies Thyrdly that thorow the knowledge of thys disease we are dryuen to repentaunce of the same and to seeke the grace and mercie of Christe whiche turneth away the fathers wrath deserued thorowe thys euyll and whiche quencheth the remnauntes of thys disease remaynynge in the fleshe and worketh in vs true cōtinencie chastitie and perfecte holines in all thynges that beinge healped wyth the assistence of the holy gost we maye resiste euyl concupiscences and al intemperaunce cleansinge oure selues from all fylth of the fleshe and of the spirite and workynge holines wyth the feare of God ij Cor. vij To the perfourmaunce wherof thys cōmaundement warneth and steareth vs as a scholemaister Lykewyse out of the eight commaundement thou shalt not steale we muste learne that God here by theft forbiddeth al fraud and wronge in matters perteyuynge to the vse of thys lyfe And furthermore all couetousnes nigardnes desire of more thē other haue and slacknes of due liberalitie Secondly that in thys commaundement God warneth and accuseth vs of thys couetousnes desire of more carefulnes nigardnes in thinges pertaining to this lyfe Thyrdly that he dryueth vs thorow the knowledge and condemnation of this euyl to repentaunce therof and fayth in Christe whiche remoueth the wrath of God deserued thorowe thys erockednes and damned desire and represseth the same in vs and cōtrarie wyse steareth vp and cōfirmeth suche truste of his goodnes that we maye surely certifie oure selues that God the heauenly father regardeth vs and hath care of vs and that he wyl ministre al thinges aboundauntly wherby we may susteyne cherishe and also delite this our life Thorow which truste beinge raysed vp let vs also learne to exercise true liberalitie towardes our neighbour leauing of all carefulnes for this lyfe and let vs gyue liberally to al men of that that the almightie hath gyuen vs asmuche as we be able and asmuche as the necessitie of oure neighboure requireth Whereunto this cōmaūdemēt exhorteth vs as a scholemaister In the ninth precept we must teache that God by false wytnesse forbiddeth all wordes and sayinges yea silence and dissēbling of witnesse and priuie prayse whereby the fame and reputation of our neighbours is hurted or not defended as we would haue ours to be defēded of other Finally al false and vayne speache that profiteth nothynge neither them to whom it is spoken nor them of whom it is spoken Secondly that God wyll brynge vs to acknowledge thys corruption of our nature this ambition maleuolence enuie etc. wherewyth we diminishe the estimation and excellencie of other and dissemble neglect yea and often couer and darken the thynges that pertayne to the prayse and reputation of our neighbour Thirdly that God wyll thorowe the knowledge of thys oure frowardnes prouoke vs to repētaūce therof raise vp in vs a diligence and desire to cal for the grace of Christe whiche came to pacifie thys wrath of God agaynste these oure euylles and to quenche them in vs wyth his holie spirite and to beginne suche humilitie of mynde suche loue of an others dignitie and excellencie that we be delited with the good estimation honest fame and worthy praises of other and that we wyll labour to set forth those good thynges wyth no lesse diligence then our owne fame and dignitie and that we vse in al our cōmunication truth honest interpretation and gentlenes to the edification of the hearers speaking alwayes those thynges to other and of other as we wishe other to speake to vs and of vs wyth a right iudgement of the spirite In the tenth commaūdement thou shalt not couette etc. They must fyrst teache that by the couetynge of an others thynges as his house wyfe familie etc. all euyll concupiscence is generally prohibited and all inclination motions and prones to euyll and al lothsomnes and neglecting of good workes Secondly mē must be diligently warned of this that they loke exactly vpon this commaundement and

to examine wel them selues accordyng therunto For in it God pulleth vp by the rootes and setteth before our eyes the vniuersall corruption of oure nature and the inwarde frowardnes and deprauation of the same that in thys commaundement as in a glasse we myghte se howe wretchedly and horribly we are depraued and lost thorough the fall of Adam in all our bodye all our soule and all oure strength that we maye instly crye with the Apostle wretched man that I am who shal deliuer me frō the bodie of thys death For though some mā come so farre by the grace and healpe of God that he acknowledge God wyth true fayth that he worshyp and call vpon hym as the fyrst cōmaundement requireth neither regardeth straung Gods nor admitteth false worshippynge of God neither in purpose of mynde nor in wordes and dedes whiche thynge the seconde commaundement forbiddeth neyther thynketh speaketh or doeth anie thynge that is cōtrarie to the confession and sanctification of Goddes name whiche thynge the thirde cōmaundement requireth and that he be diligently occupied in all exercises of religion whiche thinge the fourth commaundement requireth that he submitte hym selfe and gyue due honour both to the officers and to all men wyth whō he lyueth as the fyrst commaundement requireth that he conteine hym selfe frō anger and all bitter thoughtes wordes dedes agaynst his neighbour as the sixt commaundement requireth that he conteine hym selfe from all lecherous lustes and lyue temperatly as the seuenth cōmaundement requireth that he moderate his couetous desire and be liberal to al men as the eight commaundement biddeth that he represse the disease of backebitynge and enuiyng an others excellencie and fauoure the estimation and iust prayses of all men whither the nynth commaundement calleth vs although I saye a man thorowe the benifit of Christ come to thys victory against natural vices to this great towre of vertues whiche felicitie yet none of the sayntes euer knowledged to haue chaunced vnto hym neuertheles the same man by thys tenth commaundement shal be conuicted to be a wretche styl and a damned synner and the enemie of God and when he hath well loked vpon thys commaundement he hym selfe shall bewayle that he is suche a one For as longe as he shal fynde in hym selfe I saye some motion of mynde to that that God forbyddeth and damneth but anie inclination or prones at all and a faynt and slacke courage to do that that God requireth not only a lothsomnes and resistence he shall acknowledge him selfe to be reproned and condempned by this commaundement as a transgressour of Goddes lawe For where as the lawe requireth that no forbydden thynge please vs it requireth the same to be done of vs wyth all our hert all our soule and all our strength For the lawe requireth that God shoulde so be loued and worshipped of vs. But no man can brynge thys to passe that we be farre from all those thynges that God forbyddeth excepte the loue of God and of those thynges that God commaundeth so haue enflamed a man altogyther that he abhorre from all that that God forbiddeth wyth his whole hert his whole soule and al his strengthes But none of the sayntes atteined hereunto whyle they lyued here Wherefore it behoued to graunte that all men are conuicted by thys commaundement and that no man lyueth in thys worlde whiche in dede is of a cleane herte and hath no neede to be deliuered from the curse and damnation of the lawe thorowe Christe Seynge then that the whole lawe dependeth hereupon that we loue God wyth all oure herte etc. We are conuicted transgressours of the whole lawe by thys tenth commaundemente bycause it is proued that we haue not satisfied that poynte of the lawe where vpon the whole lawe dependeth Therefore by thys commaundemente oure crokednesse and all oure miserie togyther is mooste largelye and fullye sette before oure eyes and we are mooste myghtely dryuen to seeke repentaunce thereof and the grace and satisfaction of oure Lorde Iesus Christe whiche turneth awaye the anger and the curse of God deserued thorowe thys in obedience and stubburnesse of oure lyfe and offreth to the father for vs his obedience and perfecte ryghtuousnesse and wyth his spirite mortifieth oure fleshe corrupted thorowe concupiscences and renueth vs all togyther and rayseth vp in vs a feruent zeale towardes hym selfe and his commaundementes that wyth the spirite we maye constantly and manfullye fyghte agaynste the fleshe and cutte of the lawe of oure members and kyll the olde Adam dayly more and more puttynge on the newe man Iesus Christe whiche onely hath satisfied the lawe and is so acceptable to the father that he compteth vs pleasaunt and acceptable in that dear beloued though we be euer yet as transgressours of the law so in daunger of his wrath Thys generall summe and interpretation of the commaundementes muste bee mooste diligentlye repeted and beaten into the peoples heades in all sermons that they maye both truely acknowledge theyr owne synnes and learne to be repentaunt of them effectuouslye and that they maye be myghtelye dryuen to Christe the onelye leache and Sauioure of oure soules and also that they maye be raysed and promoted in him to true vertues to verie good workes and to worshyppynge acceptable vnto God Furthermore the people muste euer be taughte thys thynge also that the promises and threates agaynst the worshyppyng of false Goddes and Idolatrie pertayne to euerie commaundement For the cause why they be ioyned to the commaundement that toutcheth false religion is thys namely for that that the keepyng and transgression of the whole law is conteined herein that we acknowledge call vpon and worshippe wyth true fayth and feare the true God in Christe the Lorde no departe from hym to false Goddes and to a worshyppyng straunge from that that he hym selfe taughte For who so asketh euerlasting health and all good thinges wholly from God thorowe Christ Iesus and not from anie creature he shall also endeuour hym selfe diligently to keepe al those thynges that God hath cōmaunded For he can not once thinke what better thynge he maye do as one that beleueth that a blessed and eternall lyfe is prescribed vnto hym in these commaundementes For what thinge can he gladder do then to gratifie God whō he loueth aboue all thynges Wherfore the Lorde also sayed he that ha●h my cōmaundementes and keepeth them he it is that loueth me Therfore who so studieth not to keepe the commaundementes of God he loueth not God neither and therfore he beleueth not that he is God whiche commaundeth these thynges Wherfore he asketh his felicitie and blisfulnes of some other then of thys true and one God and he hath straung Goddes Seing then that the obseruation of al the cōmaundementes of God dependeth vpon the obseruation of thys commaundement concernynge the eschuinge of false Goddes and false worshyppyng of God the promise of the benifites of God and the threatenynge of Goddes reuengeaunce were ordeyned for thys purpose But

preaching of the crosse and of the death of Christe ❧ Of the communion of wayfaring men and sicke folke When it shall chaunce that wayefaryng men or such as cōmitte them selues to daungerous iourneis or be sicke shal require the Lordes supper vpon workynge dayes fearyng that they can not come to the communion the nexte holy daye the pastours shall ministre the Lordes supper vnto them vpon any daye after that they haue receyued of them a conuenient confession of theyr sinnes and fayth in Christ Howe be it as much as maye be it shal be done in the mornyng and at suche time as some assemble of the people is wont to be gathered or at the leste they shal call some together to thys ministration of the supper When then they haue admonished and exhorted in the assemble suche as wyll take iourneis in hande or be sickely of these misteries and the whole fayth in Christe they shall administre the holy supper and distribute the sacramentes in that fourme and facion that we described before saueing that they maye omitte singyng and reade all thynges whiche neuertheles muste be done playnely and clearely and wyth greate grauitie But if the sicke folke be in suche case that they can not come to the temple the pastours muste go to them and giue them the holy supper at home so that they do all thynges according to the fourme prescribed or thys that foloweth whiche is peculiarly appoynted for sicke folke asmuche as the state of them to whom the sacramēt shal be ministred wyll suffre and asmuch as shal make for the edification of saith in them that be present The pastours muste also exhort the people that not onely theyr householde but also the neighbours and kinsfolke of the sicke endeuoure to come together to the celebration of that holie supper and to receyue the sacramentes together ❧ Howe sicke folke muste be visited and howe the communion muste be celebrated wyth them ❧ An other exhortation to the sycke person My brother in the Lorde forasmuche as the Lorde visiteth the wyth sicknes of the bodie that thou mayest reste the better in his wil thou must faythfully cōsidre recompt first that diseases are sent to vs frō the Lord God for none other cause then for synnes and that originall synne whiche was deriued from Adā vnto vs draweth death wyth it selfe and what so euer perteyneth to the kingdome of death that is to saye al maner of diseases sicknesses miseries and calamities For if we had continued in originall ryghtuousnes wythout synne death should not haue had any right vpon vs muche lesse diseases and other calamities Further thou muste remembre that leste we should despeare by reason of our sinnes diseases and other tētations and anguishes of death the Gospel was giuen vs that out of the same we shoulde learne and beleue that Christe the sonne of God deliuereth vs frō synnes and saueth vs if we beleue in hym and that two maner wayes Firste in purifiynge our hertes frō the wyll and gylt of synnes here in earth by the Gospell and sacramentes Act. xv purifiynge their hertes wyth fayth Secondly when that oure consciences be thus cleansed from synnes and reconciled to God the father by fayth in takyng away and purgyng synne by litle and litle out of our nature that at length beinge made pure and perfecte from all vices and holie in all poyntes we maye lyue wyth the holie God in heauē in diuine rightuousnes and innocencie Thyrdly that for the workyng and fulfyllynge hereof God oure father sendeth vnto vs sūdrie diseases death it selfe not bicause he is angrie wyth vs or wyll destroye vs but bicause thorowe verie fatherlie beniuolence and care he wyl steare vs vp vnto true repentaunce of synnes and fayth of his sonne and so deliuer vs bothe frō synnes wherin we yet sticke and moreouer from all euyls both corporall and spirituall vnto whiche we be subiect by reason of synnes whiche thing the holie scriptures testifie abūdātly For thus saith S. Paule i. Cor. xi When we are iudged of the Lorde we are corrected that we be not dāned wyth thys worlde Roma viij To them that loue God all thynges worke health neither can anie thynge disseuer them from the loue of God whiche is in Christe Iesu not afflictition nor anguyshe nor persecution etc. Fourthly forasmuch as these thynges be euen so as I haue said and bicause thou arte taught certified out of the Gospell which the sonne of God him selfe preached and cōfirmed with his death and resurrection that al thy synnes are caste vpon Christe yea vtterly taken awaye and abolished for euer of Christe him selfe so that God hath now no cause of wrath and condemnation agaynste the beleuynge in Christ but the grace of the father mercie lyfe and health be certeynely restored to the thorowe Christe considre all these so exceading benifites of god towards the wyth sure and certeyne fayth and confirme thys truste in thy selfe that God the father compteth the not nowe for suche one as thou waste borne of Adā and made tho rowe thyne owne synnes that is to saye hatefull vnto hym and appoynted vnto destruction but compteth the for Christes sake deare and destined to eternall lyfe and be thou persuaded that thou shalt lyue for euer by the ryghtuousnes and lyfe of Christe in perfecte blisfulnes as certeynly as it is certeyne that he suffered the wrath of God and death not for his owne synnes but for thine Seinge then that it is so see that thou comforte thy selfe wyth so great benifites and knowledge certeynely that synne death and hell hath nowe no ryght vpon the but that Christe the lambe of God hath taken away al those Iohn i. For he hath translated those thynges vpon hym selfe he hath ouercomed them by hym selfe and blotted them out foreuer Wherefore be of God comforte thy synnes be forgiuen the and there is no cause if from thy herte thou beleue in Christe the Lorde but thou maist certeynely and constantly thorowe Christe oure Lorde loke for al grace consolation tymely healpe and saluation from God Therefore wyth suche truste cōmitte and gyue vp thy selfe wholy to his mercifull and fatherly wyll sayinge wyth Dauid God is my lyght of whō shal I be a frayed Heauenly father thy wyll be done Into thy handes I commende my spirite Amen After thys exhortation if the state of the sicke person wyll suffre the pastoure shall reade before hym and the present congregatiō the Lordes wordes out of the .vi. of Iohn Frō thys place verely verely I saye vnto you excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man vnto the wordes of the Euāgeliste These wordes he spake in the synagoge And he shall declare the same texte for the cōforte and edification aswel of the sicke as of the congregation that is present But the exposition shal be moderated accordyng to the commoditie of the sicke person When thexposition is ended lette the pastour rehearse a commune confession

godlines and honestie before the affinite of riche men from whome only outwarde ryches come vnto vs. The pastours than shal endeuoure them selues to enstructe the people diligently of the holines nature and hole strength of this most holye copulacion as we haue here described it that the youth knowinge the institution of God and the dignitie of thys coniunction maye learne to a voide al those thin ges which in cōtracting and keping of wedlocke are contrarie to the ordinaūce of God and to the holynes of that kinde of life finally that they may enter into and mayntayn thys holie purpose of liuinge as God hath cōmaunded and as it may be to theyr welth ❧ Of Buriynge AS touchyng dead personnes wee wyl haue thys difference obserued that if any departe in the manifest contempte of Christ their corpses shal not be buried amonge the bodies of the faythful nor anye of the ministers of the congregation shal folow them to theyr graues But if thei departe in the communion of Christ and of hys congregacion cheyfely if in the extreme danger of life they haue professed the same and haue receyued the holy sacrament of the Lordes bodye and bloude and absolucion suche I saye shal be caryed furth honorably and bee buried in places appoynted there vnto Neyther shall anye thinge either be required of anye man or receyued for such buriynge which thynge cannot be done without the manifeste wickednes of Simonie While the corpes is caried furth it shal be lawefull to synge in the mydde waye the Psalme From the deepe or suche other lyke songes And that the people maye be more diligently admonished of those thynges which are to be considered aboute burials it shall not be vnprofitable if a certeyne tyme of buriall shall be appoynted at whiche tyme some apte place of scripture maye be reade wyth a short exposition of the place and admonition and exhortatiō deriued out of the same wherein thynges of thys sorte shal be sette forth Chiefely the exceading greatnes of synne and of the wrath of God wherevpon death ensued Secondly the singuler and inestimable benifite of the redemption of Christ whiche trāslated synne vpon him selfe and in diyng ouercame death briefely purchased and prepared to all the faythfull a newe and heauēly lyfe thorowe his moste holie resurrection and ascention And hereof a consolation shal be taken and applied to the departed person who beinge translated from death to lyfe thorowe fayth in Christe lyueth wyth the Lorde and restynge in eternall peace loketh for vs. Hereunto lette an exhortation be added for thē that stande by namely that they shoulde dayly dye more and more to synne and prepare them selues to the heauenly life that is to come and so praye God continually that he wyll graunt them a luckie and good ende of thys lyfe And if there be anie notable proues of goddes goodnes declared towardes the deade person in his lyfe or death the ministre shall declare and prayse the same wyth a good and godly commemoration to the glorie of God and edification of the church wherin neuertheles he must beware that he seme not to haue gone about to please mennes eares but to haue regarded wyth a pure herte the institution of the congregation and commendations of gods gyftes And as cōcernig buriyng there is a most apte place in the first epistle of Paule Thessalo Chap. iiij We wyl not that ye be ignoraunt concernyng them that sleepe etc. Out of which place there may be a sermon made after thys sorte For asmuch as we are come togethee by the callynge of God to burie our brother a membre of the same body of Christe and seinge also that in the companie of Christian men all thynges muste be done to commune edification we haue thought good to declare some thynge vnto you more exactly out of the sermon that S. Paul made of them that sleepe that by the healpe of the holy goste we maye receyue some godly and christian cōsolation thereof in the sundry tentatiōs of our fayth and in the straites of death S. Paule then wryteth after thys sorte iiij Thess I wyll not that ye be ignoraunte bretherne concernynge them that are fallen a sleepe that ye sorowe not as other mē do Thys is that notable place of S. Paule concernyng them that sleepe that is to saye concernynge christian men departed whiche we ought to take not as a deuise of mā but as the true and sincere oracle of god wherof we maye not onely gette consolation in thys mornefull sorowe whiche we be in by reason of the death of our brother but also healpe and conforte agaynst the terrours of death The philosophers haue disputed of the despisyng of death wyth many and sundry argumentes as when they say that death is a commune dette of mankynde and an ende of all the miseries that chaunce to the lyfe Whiche sayinges amonge men in prosperous health and such as are careles as touchyng Goddes iudgement seme godly and haue a colour of wysedome But in the true terrours of death they are vayne and can brynge no substantiall consolation For if 〈◊〉 mā loke more narrowly vpon the causes of death he shall fynde that death is in dede as Paule sayeth the rewarde of synne And as Moyses speaketh also we are wasted thorowe thy wrath and by reason of thy hote indignation we are throwen donne Thou hast sette our iniquities before thy syght etc. Now it is well knowen that God so hateth synne that he wyll punishe the same not only for a tyme but for euer Death thē is such a punishmēt of the moste ryghtful wrath of God that man shall not onely be depriued of thys lyfe but also of euerlastynge saluation and shall be adiudged to euerlastynge damnation So farre of it is then that the ende of euyl is in death as the philosophers falsely persuaded them selues that rather if ye haue a respecte to synne it is a dore and entrie vnto euerlastyng miserie These thinges than must be knowen cōsidered and sette before our eyes continually not that we shoulde take thereof an accasion to despeyre or to doubte of our saluation as the heathen and vngodly do but rather that beinge moued wyth thys condesideration we maye be steared vp and dryuen to Christe to seeke our only saluation in his Gospel thorowe faith and to require of him onely deliueraunce from death And though death bringe certeine destruction and condemnation wyth it if you put Christe a parte and haue a respecte to synne yet seinge that Christ neuer committed any synne verie giltles if ye regarde his owne person suffred death surely she had no right at all agaynst hym Wherof it came to passe that she coulde not holde hym nor destroye hym but was compelled to restore him For where as he was deade in the fleshe and afterwarde buried forthwyth vpon the thyrde daye he rose agayne wyth greate glorie and so openly and euidently declared the same his resurrection not onely by the testimonie