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An admonition or vvarning that the faithful Christia[n]s in London, Newcastel Barwycke [and] others, may auoide Gods vengeau[n]ce bothe in thys life and in the life to come. Compyled by the seruaunt of God John Knox ...
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Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.
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yet to remayne lyke wycked if it be not worsse wyth the time of Ieremi Now let vs search what followed in Iuda Mischief vpon mischiefe notwythstaÌ„dyng the coÌ„tinuall and longe cryinge of the Prophetes while finally God in hys anger toke away good kyng Iosias because he was determined to destroi Iu da as before he had destroied Israell After the death of this godly King great was y â— trouble dyuers sondry were the alterations in that common wealth Their Kings taken prisoners 〈◊〉 after another in short space what other were the miseryes of that stubborne nation O God for thy greate mercyes sake let neuer thy small and troubled flocke within the Realme of England learn in experieÌ„ce But in al these troubles no repeÌ„tauÌ„ce apeared as by the Prophet you may lerne for thus he cryeth Thou hast stricken theÌ„ O Lord but they haue not mourned Thou hast destroied theÌ„ but thei haue not receiued discipline they haue hardened theyr faces harder then stones they wyl not conuert The whole laÌ„d is wasted but no man wyl wey ponder nor consider the cause Thys people wyl not heare my woordes they talke in the wickâ—… inuencion of their owne harts they go after other gods to worship and serue them And of the Prophetes natural frendes of the meÌ„ of â—…nathot some plainly said Speake no more to vs in the name of the lord least thou dye in our handes Selyke these men had smal fantasy to Gods Prophet But yet shal a SermoÌ„ and that which ensued the same made in the beginning of the raigne of â—…him sonne to Iosias make euident better knowen how much the people were bent to idolatrye and to heare â—…alse Prophetes after the deathe of theyr good â—…iynge The Prophet is commaunded by God â—…o stand in the court or entresse of the â—…ordes house and to speake to all the Cities of Iuda that then came to worshyp in the house of the Lord is coÌ„manded to kepe no word backe 〈◊〉 paraduenture sayth the Lord they wyl harken and turne euery man froÌ„ his wycked way The teâ—…or of his sermon is thys Thus saith the â—…ord if ye wil not obei me to walke in mi lawes whych I haue geuen you and to hear the wordes of my seruauÌ„tes the Prophetes whom I sent vnto you â—…ng vp â—…times and styl sending If 〈◊〉 wil not heare them I say then wil I do to thys house as I did vnto Silo and wyl 〈◊〉 thys City to be abhorred of all the people in the eartheâ—…care not the words of the Prophets that sai vnto you ye shal not serue the â—…nge of â—…bylon I haue not sent them saith the Lord how 〈◊〉 then are bold to prophecye lyes in my name â—… If you â—…ue care vnto theÌ„ both you and your false Prophetes shal perish Here is syrste to be noted that the people was alreadye entred into iniquity and specially straight after the death of theyr King into idolatry froÌ„ which the Lord by his Prophet labored to cal them backe threatnyng vnto them desolation if they proceded to rebell Secondarelye it is to be obserued that amongst theÌ„ wer false Prophets not that they were so knowen and holden of the people no they were holden and esteemed for so they bosted them selues to be the true Churche of God that coulde not erre for how should the law perishe from the mouth of the priest These false Prophetes were maintainers of idolatry and boldly they promised to the people prosperity and good lucke wherwith the people wer so abused â—…ynded that the wordes of Ieremye dyd rather harden their hartes then pâ—…ouoke anye to repentaunce as the consequentes declared For his Sermon ended the Priestes and Prophetes the whole people apreheÌ„ded Jeremy with one voice cried he is worthy of y â— death Great was y â— vprore agaynst the poore Prophet in which apparatli he could not haue escaped the death if the princes of Iuda had not hastelie come from the Kinges house into the tempel had taken vpoÌ„ them the hearing of the cause in which after much debate whyle some defended and some accused the Prophet most vehemently the text sayth the hande of 〈◊〉 the sonne of Saphan was with Ieremy that he should not be geueÌ„ in to the hands of the people to be killed Here of you may easly consider beloued brethren what wer the maners of that wicked generation immediatly after 〈◊〉 death of their good kyng and how they wer encouraged to idolatry by false prophets But in al thys tyme the Prophet ceasseth not moste faithfully to execute his office For all be it 〈◊〉 thys he might not enter into the temple for he was forbyddeÌ„ to prrach yet at Gods commaundemeÌ„t he writeth his Sermons and causeth them to be openly read in the temple Alas I feare we lacke Saruch after they came to the eares of the â—…saile and last to the king And all be it in dispite they were once brent yet is Ieremy coÌ„maunded to write againe and boldlye to saye Iehoiakim shall haue no seede that euer shall syt vpon the seate of Dauid Their Carion shal be cast to the heate of the daye to y e frost in the night And I shal viset saieth the Lorde the iniquitie of hym of his seede and of his seruauntes and I shall bryng vpon them vpon the dwel lers in Ierusalem and vpon all Iuda all the calamities that I haue spoken against them 〈◊〉 when these wordes were spoken and wrytten so they were contemned despised that they durst cry let the counsaile of the holy one of the Israel come we wil follow the 〈◊〉 of oure owne hartes Yet no wordes of hys threatninges were spoken in vaine for after mani plageâ—… 〈◊〉 bi the mischeuous father the wycked and myserable sonne in the third moneth of his raygne was led prisouer to Babilon But now when the time of their desolarioÌ„ approcheth God sierreth aboue them such a king 〈◊〉 Prophetes and Prestes as their own hartes wyshed eueÌ„ such as shuld wychout repugnaûce lead theÌ„ to their 〈◊〉 again that they who neuer 〈◊〉 in the truth myght fyl theyr bellyes wyth horryble lyes Zedechias was â—…yng and suche as long had resisted poore Jeremy had now gotten in their hand the fearful 〈◊〉 of correction Phaâ—… and his companioÌ„s led the Kynge as they lyst 〈◊〉 goeth 〈◊〉 a place of 〈◊〉 The hyll auâ—…ers 〈◊〉 with incense 〈◊〉 his bell â–ª Gods 〈◊〉 y t vengeauÌ„ce of God was poured upoÌ„ them and upoÌ„ them whoÌ„ they disceiued get the daye they long looked for In conclusioÌ„ so horrible wer the abhominations that newly were 〈◊〉 that the lord cryeth to hys sore troubled flocke what hathe my well beloued to do in my house meaning in the tempell of Jerusalem seing the multitude committeth such abhominatioÌ„ Thei haue pro uoked me to anger burnyng incense vnto Baal Which greate abhominacion when