verse 10 10 He is protector of the poore what tyme they be opprest He is in al aduersitie theyr refuge and theyr rest verse 11 11 Al they that knowe thy holy name therfore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not theyr “ we seeke god other by prayer or by vpright and godly life sute in theyr necessitie verse 12 12 Sing psalmes therfore vnto the lord that dwelth in Syon hill Publys he among all nations his noble actes and wil. verse 13 13 For he is myndefull of the bloude of those that be opprest Forgettyng not thafflicted hart that seketh to hym for reste verse 14 14 Haue mercie lorde on me poore wretche whose enmys still remayne which from the gates of deathe art wont to rayse me vp agayne verse 15 15 In Syon that I might set foorth thy prayse with hearte and voyce And that in thy Saluacion lord my soule might still reioyce verse 16 16 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they themselues preparde And in the net that they did set theyr owne feete fast are snarde The hebr willeth men to meditate diligently on this thinge 17 God sheweth his iudgement which were good for euery man to marke When as ye see the wicked man lie trapte in his owne warke verse 18 18 The wicked and the sinfull men goe downe to hel for euer And al the people of the worlde that will not God remembre verse 19 19 But sure the Lorde will not forget the poore mans griefe and payne The pacient people neuer looke for helpe of God in vayne verse 20 20 O lord aryse lest men preuayle that be of worldly might And let the Heathen folke receyue theyr iudgement in thy sight Lorde stryke such terrour feare and drede into the heartes of them That they may knowe assuredly they be but mortal men Domine vt quid recessisti Psal X. Th. Ster ¶ He complayneth of the fraude rapine tirannye and all kindes of wronge which worddely men vse assignyng the cawse therof which was that wicked men being as it were dronke with wordelie prosperitie and therfore settyng aparte all feare and reuerence towardes god thynke they may doo all thynges without controwlyng Therfore he calleth vppon god to send some remedy agaynste these desperat euels And at length conforteth hym selff wirh hope of delyueraunce VVhat is the cause that thou o lord art now so far frome thyne and kepest close thy countynāce from vs this troublous tyme The poore doth perish by the proud and wicked mens desire let them be taken in the craft that they themselues conspire verse 3 3 For in the lust of his owne hart thungodlie dothe delite so dothe the wicked praise hym self and dothe the lorde despite verse 4 4 He is so prowde that right and wronge he setteth all aparte nay nay there is no god sayth he for thus he thynketh in harte verse 5 5 Becawse his wayes do prosper still he dothe thy lawes neglecte and with a blaste dothe puffr agaynst suche as wolde hym correcte verse 6 6 Tushe tushe saithe be I haue no dreade leaste myne estate shoulde chaunge and why for all aduersitie to hym is very straunge He meaneth that wickednes is so farre ouergrowen that god most nedes now helpe or neuer 7 His mouth is ful of cursednes of fraude disceate and guile Vnder his tong doth mischief sit and trauayle al the whyle verse 8 8 He lyeth hid in waies and holes to sleay the Innocent Agaynst the poore that passe hym by his cruel eves are bent verse 9 9 And lyke a lyon prieuely lyeth lurking in his denne If he may snare them in hys nette to spoyle poore simple men verse 10 10 And for the nones ful craftely he crowcheth downe I say So are great heapes of poore men made by his strong power his pray verse 11 11 Tushe god forgetteth this saith he therfore may I be bolde His countenaunce is east asyde he doth it not heholde verse 12 12 Aryse O Lorde O god in whome the poore mans hope doeth rest Lift vp thyne hande forget not Lord the poore that be opprest verse 13 13 What blasphemy is this to thee lorde dost not thou abhorre it To heare the wicked in theyr heartes say tushe thou carst not for it verse 14 14 But thou seest all thys wickednesse and wel doest vnderstande That frendlesse and poore fatherlesse are left into thy hande verse 15 15 Of wicked and malicious men than breake the power for euer By the heathen he meaneth the hypocrites which gloried as if thei had bene of the churche That they with theyr iniquitie may perishe altogether verse 16 16 The lorde shall raigne for euermore as king and god alone and he will chase the heathen folke owte of his lande eichone verse 17 17 Thou hearest o lorde the poore mās plaite they re prayers and requeste they re hartes thou wilt confirme vntill thyne eares to heare be preste God helpeth when mans ayde ceaseth 18 To iudge the poore and fatherlesse and helpe them to theyr right That they may be no more opprest with men of worldly might In Domino confido Psal XI Th. Ster ¶ This psalme contayneth two parties In the first Dauid sheweth how harde assaultes of tentacions he sustayned and in how great anguishe of mynde he was whē Saul did persecute hym Then next he reioyseth that God sent hym succor in his necessitie declaryng his iustice aswell in gouernyng the good and the wicked men as the whole worlde I Trust in god how dare ye then say thus my soull vntill flee hence as fast as any foull and hyde you in youre hill Beholde the wicked bend their bowes and make theyr arrowes prest to shute in secrete and to hurt the sounde and harmles brest verse 3 3 Of worldlye hope all stayes were shrōke and clearely broght to noghte Alas the iuste and rightuous man what euell hathe he wroght verse 4 4 But he that in his temple is most holy and most hye And in the heauen hath his seate of royal maiestie All thinges are gouerned by Gods prouidence The poore and simple mans estate considereth in hys mynde And searcheth out ful narowly the maners of mankynde verse 5 5 And with a cherefull countenaunce the righteous man will vse But in his heart he doth abhorre al suche as mischiefe muse As in the distruction of Sodome and Gomorro 6 And on the synners casteth snares as thicke as any rayne fire and brymstone and whirle wyndes thicke appoynted for theyr payne verse 7 7 Ye see then how a ryghteous God doth righteousnes embrace And to the iuste and vpright man sheweth furth his pleasaunt face Saluum me fac Psal XII Th. St. ¶ The Prophet lamenting the miserable estate of the people and the decay of all good ordre desiereth God spedely to send succor to his children Then comfortyng hym selff and othere with the assuraunce of Godes helpe he commendeth the constant veritie that god
estates before mentioned or els prayeth as the spirite of God shall moue his harte framinge the same accordinge to the tyme and matter which he hath intreated of And yf there shal be at any tyme any present plague famine pestilence warre or such like which be euident tokens of Gods wrath leu 26. d. Deu. 28. b. 3. kyngs 8. d 2. kyngs 24. c as it is our parte to acknowlage our synnes to be the occasion therof so are we appointed by the scriptures to giue our selues to mournynge fastinge and prayer as the meanes to turne awaye Gods heauie displeasure Therfore it shal be conuenient that the minister at suche tyme do not onely admonyshe the people therof but also vse some forme of prayer accordinge as the present necessitie requireth to the which he may appoint by a common consent some seuerall daye after the sermon wekely to be obserued THE order of Baptisme FIrst note that for asmoche as it is not permitted by Gods woord 1. Cor. 14. f. 1. Tim. 2. d. Matt. 28. d. The transgression of Gods ordināce is called iniquitie and Idolatrie and is compared to witchcrafte sorcerie 1. Sam. 15. o How dangerous also it is to enterprise any thinge rashely or without the warrant of Gods woorde thexāples of Saul Oza Ozias Nadab and Abiu oght sufficiently to vvarne vs. 1. Sam. 13. c 2. Sam. 6. b. 2. Chro. 26. c. leu 10. a. Nom. 3. a. that wemen should preache or minister the Sacramentes and it is euident that the sacramentes are not ordeined of God to be vsed in priuat corners as charmes or sorceries but left to the congregation and necessarely annexed to Gods woord as seales of the same therfore the enfant which is to be baptised shal be broght to the churche on the day appointed to comen prayer and preachinge accompanied wyth the father and god father So that after the Sermon the chyld beinge presented to the minister he demaundeth this question DO you present this childe to be baptised earnestly desiring that he may be ingrafted in the mysticall bodye of Iesus Christ The answer Yea we require the same The minister procedeth THEN let vs cōsider dearly beloued how almyghtie God hath not onely made vs his children by 1 rom 8. c. Gal. 4. a. Ephe. 1. a. 2. c. adoption and receiued vs into the fellowship of his churche but also hath promised that he wil be our 2 Gen. 17. a. Exod. 20. a. Deu. 7. b. Esa 59. d God and the God of our childrē vnto the thousand generation Whych thinge as he confirmed to his people of the olde testament by the sacrament of 3 Gen. 17. b. Rom. 4. b. circumcision so hath he also renewed the same to vs in his new testament by the sacrament of 4 Col. 2. e Gal. 3. d Act. 2. f baptisme doing vs therby to wyt that our infantes apperteyne to hym by couenaunt and therfore oght not to be defrauded of those holy signes and badges 5 Act. 10. g wher by his children are knowen from infidells and pagans Neither is it requisite that all those that receyue this sacramente haue the vse of vnderstanding and fay the but chiefelye that they be conteyned vnder the name of 6 Act. 2. 2. Cor. 7. c. gods people So that remission of synnes in the bloode of Christ Iesus doth appertaine to thē by Gods promise Which thing is most euident by 7 1. Cor. 7. c sainct Paul who pronounceth the childrē begotten and borne either of the parents being faythful to be cleane and holy Also our sauiour Christ admitteth 8 Mar. 10. b. mat 19. b. luk 18. c. psal 22. d children to his presence imbrasing and blessinge theim Which testimonies of the holy ghoste assure vs that infants be of the number of Gods people and that remission of synnes doth also apperteyne to theim in Christ Therfore wythout iniurie they can not be debarred from the common signe of Gods children Neither yet is this owteward action of suche necessitie that the 9 rom 4. b. Gal. 3. a. Iam. 2. d. Gen. 15. b. 17. b lacke therof shuld be preiudiciall to their saluation yf that preuented by deathe thei may not conueniently be presented to the church But we hauinge respect to that obedience which christians owe to the voice and ordinance of Christ Iesus who commanded 10 Mark 10. b. Matt. 28. d. to preache and baptise all wyth out exception do iudge theym onely vnworthy of any felowship wyth him who contemptuosly refuse suche ordinary meanes as his wisdome hath appointed to the instruction of our dull senses Furthermore it is euident that baptisme was ordeined to be ministred in the element of 11 matt 3. c. 1. Peter 3. d. 1. Ioh. 5. b. Cor. 10. a. water to teache vs that lyke as water outwardly dothe washe a way the fylthe of the bodye so inwardly dothe the vertue of Christs blood purge our sowles from that corruption and deadly poyson wherwith by 12 Ephe. 2. a. nature we were infected Whose venemous 13 rom 7 dreggs althogh they continewe in this our flesh yet by the merits of his deathe are not 14 rom 4. a. Gal. 3. a. psal 32. a. imputed vnto vs by cause the iustice of Iesus Christ is made 15 Rom. 6. a gal 3. d. Iudas Simon Magus Hymeneus Alexander Philetus ours by baptisme Not that we thinke any suche vertue or power to be included in the visible water or owtward action for many haue bene baptised and yet neuer inwardly purged but that our sauiour Christ who commanded baptisme to be ministred will by the power of his holy spirite effectually worke in the harts of his 16 Act. 2. g. 13. g. elect in tyme conuenient all that is ment and sygnified by the same And this the scripture calleth our 17 Eph. 3. a. 1. Cor. 12. b. Rom. 6. a. Coll. 2. b. regeneration which standeth chiefli in these two points in mortificatiō that is to say a resisting of the rebellious lustes of the flesche The fruit of baptisme standeth in two points mortificatiō and regeneration and in newnes of lyffe wherby we continually stryue to walke in that purenes and perfection wherwyth we are cladd in baptisme And althogh we in the iourney of this lyffe be 18 1. peter 5. b. Luk 22. d. Iob. 7. incumbred wyth many ennemies whych in the way assayle vs yet fyght we not wyth out fruite For this 19 Rom. 5. a. 1. Peter 1. a. Iam. 1. a. Ephe. 6. b. continuall battaill which we fight against synne deathe ād hell is a most infallible argumēt that God the father mīdfull of his promise made vnto vs in Christ Iesu doth not only gyue vs motions and courage to resist theim but also assurance to 20 1. Cor. 15. g Osee 13. d. Heb. 2. d. Iob. 16. d. ouercome ād obteine victorie Wherfore dearly beloued it is not only of necessitie that we
Likewise after supper he toke the cuppe sayīge This cuppe is the newe testamēt or couenāt in my bloude doo ye this so ofte as ye shall drinke therof in remēbrance of me For so ofte as you shal eate this bread and drinke of this cuppe ye shall declare the lordes deathe vntill his cōminge Therfore whosoeuer shall eate this bread and drinke the cuppe of the lorde vnworthely he shal be giltie of the bodye and bloud of the lord Then see that euery mā proue ād trye hym selfe ād so let hym eate of this bread ād drīke of this cuppe for whosoeuer eateth or drinketh vnworthelye he eateth and drinketh his owne damnation for not hauinge due regarde and consideration of the lordes bodye THIS done the minister proceadith to the exhortation DEARELY beloued in the lorde forasmoch as we be nowe assembled to celebrate the holy communion of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ let vs consider these woordes of S. Paule how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trye and examine thē selues before they presume to eate of that bread ād drinke of that cuppe For as the benefite ys great if with a truly penitent hart and liuely faith we receyue that holy sacrament for then we 1 Ioh. 6. g. spiritually eate the fleshe of Christ and drinke his bloude thē we dwell in Christ ād Christ in vs we be one with Christ and Christ with vs so is the daūger great if we receyue the same vnworthely for then we be giltie of the bodye and bloud of Christ our sauiour we eate ād drīke our own dānation not considering the lordes bodye we kīdle godes wrath agaīst vs ād prouoke him to plague vs with diuerse diseases and sundry kindes of death Therfore if any of you be 2 Gal. 3. d. a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his worde an an adulterer or be in malice or enuie or in any other greuous cryme bewaylle your synnes and come not to this holy table lest after the takynge of this holy sacramēt the diuell entre into you as he entred into 3 Ioan. 13. ◠Iudas and fill you full of all iniquities and bring you to destruction bothe of bodye and soule Iudge therfore your selues bretherne that ye be not iudged of the lorde 4 Matth. ◠c. Titus 2. c. repent you truly for your synnes paste and haue a lyuely and stedfast fayth in Christ our sauiour 5 Act. 4. c Gal. 2. d sekinge onely your saluation in the merites of his death and passion from hensforth refusinge and forgettinge all 6 1. pet 2. a. 1. Cor. 14. d ephe 4. a. d malice and debate withfull purpose to liue in brotherly amytie and godlye conuersation all the dais of your lyfe And albeit we fele in ourselues muche frailtie and wretchednes as that we haue not our faith so perfite and constant as we ought being many tymes readye to distruste Godes goodnes through our corrupt 7 rom 7. d. nature and also that we are not so throughlye geuen to serue God neyther haue so feruent a zeale to set forth his glory as our duetye requireth felinge still such rebellion in our selues that we haue nede dayly to 8 Gala. 5. c fight against the lustes of our fleshe yet neuertheles seinge that our lorde hath dealed thus mercifully with vs that he hath printed his 9 Hebr. 8. d Iere. 31. f. Isa 59. d gospell in our hartes so that we are preserued from falling into desperatiō and misbeliefe and seing also he hath indued vs with a 10 Rom. 7. c. d phil 1. a. 2. Cor. will and desire to renownce and withstand our own affections with a longing for his righteousenes and the keping of his commaundementes we may be now right well assured that those defautes and manifolde imperfections in vs shal be no hinderance at all against vs to cause him not to accept and impute vs as worthie to come to his spirituall table For the ende of our comming thyther is not to make 11 luk 18. c. protestation that we are vpright or iuste in our liues but contrariwise we come to seke our life and perfection in Iesu Christ acknowledging in the meane tyme that we of our selues be the children 12 Ephes 2. a. luk 18. c. of wrath and damnation Let vs consider then that this sacrament is a singuler medicine for all poore sicke creatures a comfortable helpe to weake soules and that our lord requireth no other worthines on our parte but that we vnfaynedly acknowlege our noghtines and imperfection Then to the end that we may be worthy partakers of his merites ād moste comfortable benefits which 13 Ioan. 6. f. ys the true eatinge of his fleshe and drinkinge of his bloud let vs not suffer our mindes to wander aboute the consideration of these earthlie ād corruptible thynges which we see present to our eies and fele with our hādes to seeke Christ bodely presente in thē as if he were inclosed in the breade or wyne Transsubstantiation Transelemētatiō Transmutation and Transformation as the papistes vse them are the doctrine of diuells or as yf these elementes were tourned and chaunged into the substaunce of his fleshe and blood For the only waye to dispose our soules to receiue norishment reliefe and quikening of his substance is to lift vp our mindes by fayth aboue all thinges wordlye and sensible and therby to entre into heauen The true eatyng of Christ in the sacrament that we may finde and receiue Christ where he 14 1. Timo. 6. d dwelleth vndoutedlye verie God and verie man in the incomprehensible glorie of his father to whome be all praise honor and glorye now and euer Amen The exhortation ended the minister commeth doune from the pulpet and sitteth at the Table euery man and woman in likewise takinge their place as occasion best serueth Math. 26. c. Mark 14. c Luke 22. b 1. Cor. 11. e then he taketh bread and geueth thankes either in these woordes followinge or like in effect 1 Apoc. 5. c. O Father of mercye and God of all consolation seinge all creatures do knowlege and confesse thee as gouerner and lorde it becommeth vs the workemanship of thyne own handes at all tymes to reuerence and magnifie thy godli maiestie first for that thou haste created vs to thyne own 2 Gen. 1. d. Image and similitude but chieflye that thou haste deliuered vs from that euerlasting 3 Ephe. 2. b Gala. 1. a. Gen. 3. c. death and damnation into the which Satā drewe mankinde by the meane of synne from the bondage wherof neither man nor angell was 4 Act. 4. e. heb 1. d. Apoc. 5. a able to make vs free but thou ò lord riche in mercie and infinite in goodnes haste prouided our redemption to stande in thy onely and welbeloued sone whom of verie 5 Ioan. 3. c. loue thou didest giue to be made man lyke
me oute of this myserye necessitye and nede verse ך ך Beholde my pouertye mine anguyshe and my paine Remit my synne and myne offence and make me cleane agayne verse ך ך O lorde beholde my foes howe they do styll increase Pursuyng me with deadly hate Ioh. 15. d that fayne woulde lyue in peace verse ש ש Preserue and kepe my soule and eke delyuer me And let me not be ouerthrowen because I truste in thee verse ח ח Let my simple purenes me from myn enmies shende because I looke as one of thine that thou shuldest me defende verse פ פ Deliuer lorde thy folke and send them some reliefe I meane thy chosen Israell from all their payne and griefe Ad te Domine clamabo Psal XXVIII Th. St. ¶ Being in great feare and pensiuenes to see god dishonored by the wicked men he desiereth to be rid of theym and crieth for vengeaunce agaynste theym and at lengthe assuereth hym selfe that god hathe hearde his prayer vnto whose tuicion he commendeth all the faithefull THou art o lord my streīgth and staye the succour whych I craue neglect me not lest I be lyke to them that go to graue The voyce of thy suppliant heare that vnto thee doth crye when I lyft vp my handes vnto thy holy arke most hye verse 3 3 Repute not me among the sorte of wycked and peruerte That speke right faire vnto their frendes and thinke ful yll in heart verse 4 4 Accordyng to their handy worke as they deserue in dede And after theyr inuencions let them receyue theyr meede verse 5 5 For they regard nothing gods workes his lawe ne yet his lore Therfore wil he them and their seed destroye for euermore verse 6 6 To render thankes vnto the lorde howe greate a cause haue I My voyce my praier and my complaint that heard so wyllynglye verse 7 7 He is my shyelde and fortitude my buckler in dystresse My hope my helpe my heartes releife my song shall him confesse verse 8 8 He is “ meanige him selfe and his companions our strength and our defence oure enmyes to resiste The health and the saluacion of his elect by Christe verse 9 9 Thy people and thyne herytage lord blesse guide and preserue encrease them lord rule their harts that they maye neuer swerue Afferte Domino Psal XXIX Th. St. ¶ An excellent Psalme wherin the Prophete exhorteth the very princes and rulers of the worlde which other wise for the moste parte thynke there is no god at the leaste to feare hym for the thunders and tempestes for feare wherof all creatures tremble And thogh therby god threateneth synners yet is he alwayes mercifull to his and moueth theym ther by to prayse his name GEue to the lorde ye potentates ye rulers of the world geue ye all prayse honour and strēgth vnto the lyuinge lorde Geue glory to his holy name and honour hym alone worship hym in his maiestie within his holy throne verse 3 3 His voyce dothe rule the waters all euen as hymselfe doth please He doth prepare the thunderclappes He meaneth the thūderings and tempestes and gouerneth all the seas verse 4 4 The ‖ voyce of god is of great force and wonderous excellent it is moste mighty in effecte and muche magnyficente verse 5 5 The voice of god dothe rent and breake the Cedre trees so longe the Cedre trees of Libanus which are moste high and stronge verse 6 6. And maketh theym leape like as a calf or els the vnicorne not onely trees but mountayns great wheron the trees are borne verse 7 7 His voyce deuideth flames of fyer and shaketh the wildernesse the lightening verse 8 8 It maketh the desert quake for fear that called is Cades verse 9 9 It maketh the hinds for feare to calue and maketh the couert plaine Then in his temple euerye man hys glory doth proclayme verse 10 10 The lorde was set oboue the floodes rulyng the ragyng sea so shall he raigne as lorde and kyng for euer and for aye verse 11 11 The lord will geue his people power in vertue to encrease The lorde will blesse hys chosen folke with euerlastinge peace Exaltabo te Domine Psal XXX I. H. ¶ when Dauid shoulde haue dedicated his house to the Lorde he fell so extreme sicke that he was without all hope of lyf and therfore after his recouerie he rendreth thancks to god exhortinge others to do the like and learne by his example that god is rather mercifull then seuere and rigorous towards his children and also that the fall frō prosperitie to aduersitie is sodeyn This done he retourneth to prayer promisinge to praise god for euer ALL laude and prayse with hart and voyce ò lorde I geue to the which didst not make my foes reioyse but haste exalted me ò lorde my god to thee I cried in all my payne and griefe thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease me with reliefe Of thy good will thow hast cald back my soule frome hell to saue thow didst reuiue when strēgth did lack and kepte me frome the graue verse 4 4 Sing praise ye sainctes that proue and see The goodnes of the Lorde In memory of his maiestie Reioyce with one accorde verse 5 5 For why hys anger but a space Doth last and slake agayne But in his fauour and his grace Alwais doth life remayne Thogh gripes of grief and panges ful sore Shall lodge with vs all night The lord to ioy shal vs restore Before the day be light verse 6 6 When I enioyed the world at wil Thus would I boast and saye Tushe I am sure to feele none ill This wealth shal not decay verse 7 7 For thou O Lord of thy good grace Hadst sent me strength and ayde But when thou turnedst away thy face From prosperitie to aduersitie the fall is sodayne My mynd was sore dismayde verse 8 8 Wherfore agayne yet did I crye To thee O Lord of might My god with playntes I dyd apply And prayde both day and nyghte verse 9 9 What gayne is in my bloud sayde I If death destroye my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiestie Or yet thy trueth doth prayse verse 10 10 wherfore my God some pitie take O Lorde I thee desyre Doe not this simple soule forsake Of helpe I thee require verse 11 11 Than dydst thou turne my grief and woe Vnto a chereful voyce The mourning weede thou tokest me fro and madest me to reioyce verse 12 12 Wherfore my soule vncessauntly Shal syng vnto thee prayse My Lord my God to thee will I Geue laude and thankes alwayes Beati quorum Psal XXXII Th. St. ¶ Dauid ponished with greuous sickenes for his synnes counteth theym happy to whome god dothe not impute their transgressions And after that he had confessed hys synnes and obtayned pardon he exhorteth the wicked men to lyue godlie and the good to reioyse THe man ys blest whose wikednes the lorde hath cleane remitted and he whose synne
hande verse 55 55 And there cast out the heathen folke Iosu 11. b. and did their lande deuide And in their tentes he set the tribes of Israell to abyde verse 56 56 Yet for al this their god most high they styrd and tempted styll And woulde not kepe his testamente nor yet obeye his will verse 57 57 But as their fathers turned backe euen so they wente astraye Muche lyke a bowe that woulde not bende but slipte and starte awaye verse 58 58 And greued him with their hill “ Alters erected in the montaines aulters with offrings and with fire And with theyr Idoles vehemently prouoked hym to Ire verse 59 59 Therwith his wrath began againe to kiendle in his brest The naughtines of Israell he did so muche detest 1. Sam. 4. a. 60 Than he forsoke the tabernacle of Silo where he was Right conuersaunte with earthly men euen as hys dwellyng place verse 61 61 Than suffered he his might and power in bondage for to stande And gaue the honour of hys arke into his enmies hande verse 62 62 And did commit them to the sword wrothe with his herytage verse 63 63 The yong men were deuoured with fire maydes had no maryage verse 64 64 And with the sword the priestes also did peryshe euery chone And not a widdowe lefte aliue their death for to bemone verse 65 65 And than the lorde began to wake like one that slepte a time Or like a valiant man of warre refreshed after wine verse 66 66 With emerawdes in the hindre partes he strake his enmies all And put them then vnto a shame that was perpetuall verse 67 67 Than he the tente and tabernacle of Ioseph dyd refuse As for the trybe of Ephraim he woulde in no wise chuse verse 68 68 But chose the trybe of Iehuda where as he thoght to dwell Euen the noble mounte Syon whiche he did loue so well verse 69 69 Where as he did hys temple builde both sumptuously and sure Like as the earthe whiche he hath made for euer to endure verse 70 70 Than chose he Dauid him to serue 1. Sam. 16. b. his people for to kepe Which he toke vp and broght away euen from the foldes of shepe verse 71 71 As he did folow the ewes with yonge the lorde did him auaunce To fede his people of Israell and hys inherytaunce verse 72 72 Than Dauid with a faithful heart his flocke and charge did fede And prudently with all his power dyd gouerne them in dede Deus venerunt Gentes Psal LXXIX I. H. ¶ The Israelites complaigne to God for the greate calamitie and oppression that they suffered when Antiochus destroyed their temple and Citie Ierusalem desiringe Gods ayed against his raging tyrannie lest gods name and religion shulde be contemned emongs the heathen which shuld see them thus forsaken and perishe O Lord the gētiles do inuade thyne heritage to spoyle Ierusalem an heape is made thy temple they defoyle the bodies of thy sayntes moste deare abroade to byrdes they cast the flesh of such as do thee feare the beastes deuoure and wast their bloud throughout Ierusalem as water spilte they haue so that ther ys not one of them to lay ther dead in graue verse 4 4 Thus are we made a laughing stocke Almost the world throughout The enmies at vs iest and mocke Which dwel our costes about verse 5 5 Wilt thou O Lord thus in thyne yre Agaynst vs euer fume And shewe thy wrath as hote as fire Thy folke for to consume Ier. 10. d. 6 Vpon those people powre the same Whiche did thee neuer knowe Al realmes which cal not on thy name heb he hath deuoured meanīge the ennemy Consume and ouerthrowe verse 7 7 For they haue gotte the vpper hande And Iacobs seede “ destroyde Hys habytacion and hys lande They haue left waste and voyde verse 8 8 Beare not in mind our former fautes With spede some pitie show Isai 64. c an earnest prayer for remission of synnes And ayde vs Lord in all assaultes For we are weake and lowe verse 9 9 O God that geuest al health and grace On vs declare the same Waye not our workes our sinnes deface For honor of thy name verse 10 10 Why shall the wycked styll alwaye To vs as people domme In thy reproche reioyce and saye Where is theyr God becomme Require O Lorde as thou seest good Before our eyes in syght Of al these folke thy seruauntes bloud Whiche they spilt in despight verse 11 11 Receiue into thy sighte in hast The clamours griefe and wronge Of suche as are in prison cast Sustayning yrons stronge Thy force and strength to celebrate Lorde set them out of band Which vnto death are destinate And in theyr enmies hande verse 12 12 The nacions which haue bene so bold The troubled hart vttereth diuerse affections in praying as to blaspheme thy name Into their lappes with seuen fold Repaye agayne the same verse 13 13 So we thy folke thy pasture shepe Will praise thee euermore And teache all ages for to kepe For thee lyke praise in store Deus stetit Psal LXXXII I. H. ¶ The prophete declaringe god to be present emongst the iudges and magistrates reproueth their parcialitie and vnrighteousnes and exhorteth them to do iustice but seinge no amendemēt he desireth god to vndertake the matter and execute iustice him selfe AMyd the prease wyth men of might the lord him selfe did stād to pleade the cause of trueth and ryght with Iudges of the land How longe sayd he wyll you procede false Iudgemēt to awarde and haue respecte for loue of mede the wycked to regarde verse 3 3 Wheras of due ye shoulde defende The fatherles and weake And when the poore man doth contend In iudgement iustly speake verse 4 4 If ye be wise defende the cause Of poore men in their ryghte And rydde the nedye from the clawes Of tyrauntes force and mighte verse 5 5 But nothing wil they know or learne In vayne to them I talke They will not see or oght discerne But styll in darknes walke For loe euen nowe the tyme is come that all thinges fall to noght and lykewyse lawes bothe all and summe for gayne are sould and boght verse 6 6 I had decreed it in my sighte Ioh. 10. e. As goddes to take you all And children to the moste of mighte For loue I dyd you call verse 7 7 But notwithstanding ye shall dye As men and so decaye O tyrauntes I shall you destroye And plucke you quite a waye verse 8 8 Vp lord and let thy strength be knowē And iudge the worlde with mighte For why all nacions are thyne owne To take them as thy ryghte Benedic anima Psal CIII Th. St. ¶ This is a psalme moste excellent wherin the prophete doth prouoke men and Angells and all creatures to praise the Lord for his fatherly mercies and deliuerance of his people from all euells for his prouidence ouer
sayeth that he was hanged on a tree to the intente that he myghte take vpon hym our curse Deu. 21. Gal. 3. and so dyscharge vs. for that kynde of deathe was accursed of God ¶ The minister What is it not a greate reproche and dyshonoure vnto our Lorde Iesu to say that he was accursed and that before God ¶ The childe No not a whit for he through hys almyghtye power by taking the curse from vs vnto hymselfe did in such sort make it voyde and of none effecte that he hymselfe neuertheles continued still so blessed that he was able to fulfyll vs also with hys blessynges ¶ The minister Make an exposiciō of that that foloweth ¶ The childe In so muche as deathe was a cursse or punyshement appointed vnto man for synne Christ euen in sufferinge death vainqueshed death therfore our sauiour Christ did suffer death and by suffering ouercame it And to the entent also to make it the more certaynly knowen vnto vs that his death was not a coloured or counterfaited thing it pleased hym also to be buryed after the common maner of other menne ¶ The minister But it appeareth not that any profyte cummeth to vs by thys that Christe hathe wonne the victory of death seing that we it not withstanding cease not to dye ¶ The childe The death of the faithfull is a right passage to life euerlasting That doth not hinder for the deathe of the faythfull is nowe nothing elles but a readye passage to a better lyfe ¶ The minister It foloweth then necessarily hereof that we oughte in no wyse to be afrayde of deathe as though it were a dredefull thīg but rather it behoueth vs willingly to walke the trace of oure heade and capitayne Iesu Christ who hath walked and troden the same waye before vs not to the entente to leade vs to our destruction but to procure vs an euerlastynge sauegarde ¶ The childe It is euen so ¶ The minister Sonday 10 What is the sence of that clause whiche is putte to afterward as touchyng his descendyng into hell ¶ The childe The vnderstāding of this Christe went down into hel The ryghte meanynge therof is that Christ dyd not onelye suffre a naturall deathe which is a departyng and goyng asunder of the body and soule but also that his soule was in woōderfull dystresse beyng wofully pressed and enduring grieuous tormentes and as it were hellyke paynes Actes 2. which Sainct Peter calleth the sorowes or pangues of deathe ¶ The minister For what consideration sustained he those paynes and in what sorte ¶ The childe Becawse he presented hymselfe before God to be a sacryfice satisfactory and to make amēdes in the behalfe of synners it was mete that as he did beare the wayght and burthen of our synnes so lykewyse he shoulde feele this horryble anguyshe and greuous tormente of conscience whiche synne bryngeth beyng in case as if God had vtterlye forsaken hym and ben haynously displeased agaynste hym And in verye deede he was brought to suche extremytye of anguyshe that he was dryeuen to crye my God my God Matt. 27. Mark 15. why haste thou forsaken me ¶ The minister Why was God then angry with him ¶ The childe Nay howbeit it was cōueniente that God shoulde punyshe hym in suche sorte Esa 53. 1. Peter 2. to veryfie ād performe the wordes of Esay the Prophet who saieth that he was beatē with the hāde of his father for our sinnes ād that he dyd suffer the punishmente due to oure trangressyons ¶ The minister But howe coulde it be that he was in suche dreadefull anguyshe as though God hadde vtterly forsaken hym seing he was God hymselfe ¶ The childe We must vnderstande that he was in such destresse onlye as touchīge his humanitye And to the intente that he myghte feele these panges in hys manhoode hys Godhead dyd in the meane tyme for a lytle space kepe it selfe close as if it had bene hydd that is to saye it dyd not shewe not vtter the mygh therof ¶ The minister But how could thys be that Christe who is the health of the world could bee vnder such condemnacion ¶ The childe He was not so vnder it that he shuld cōtynewe in the same For he hath in suche wise felte these terrors whiche wee haue spoken of that he was not ouercome of the same but hath rather therby made battayll agaynst the power of hell to breake and destroye it ¶ The minister Hereby then we see the difference betwene that anguish or vexacion of mynde whiche Christe dyd suffer The difference betwene the anguishe of Christes spirit and the conscience of the wicked and that whyche the impenytente synners dooe abyde whome God doth punyshe in hys terryble wrath for that verye payne whiche Christe sustained for a tyme the wycked must endure continually and that whych was vnto Christ but a goade as it were to prycke him is vnto the wycked in steade of a glaiue to wound them to death ¶ The childe Trueth it is for oure sauyoure Christe notwithstandynge these vexations euē in the myddes of his tormētes did not ceasse to put a ful trust euermore in God but the damned synners do dispaire withoute al confydence in Goddes goodnes yea they stomake agaynste God in so muche that they blaspheme hys maiestye ¶ The minister Sonday 11 Maye we nowe gather suffyciently of this that is sayed what fruite or profite cōmeth to vs by the death of Iesus Christe ¶ The childe Yea very well The profite ād vertue of Christes death stādeth in .iii. pointes and fyrste of all we see that it is a sacryfice wherwith he hath fully aunswared and satysfyed hys fathers iudgement in our behalfe and therby also he hath appaised Goddes wrath whiche worthely hanged ouer vs hath broughte vs into his fauoure againe Secōdlye that he shedde his bloud to purifie ād clense our soules from al maner of spottes fynally that he hath so cleane wyped awaye oure synnes through his precyous death that God wil neuer hereafter haue remēbraunce of them to call vs to any reckoninge yea euenso that the obligation or hande wrytynge whiche was to be shewed forthe againste vs to oure cōdemnation is nowe cleane cancelled and vtterlye made voyde ¶ The minister Haue we no other profite besydes this of his death ¶ The childe Yes verely that is if we be true membres of Christe our olde man is crucyfyed and our fleshe is mortyfied to the ende that no euyll lustes or affections doe herafter beare rule in vs. ¶ The minister Expound the article folowing ¶ The childe 1. Peter 3. He rose the thirde daie frō death to lyfe wherī he shewed that he had vaynquished gottē the victorie of death and synne For through his resurrection he swalowed vp death he broke asōdre the chaines wherwith the deuill did holde vs in captyuitie fynally he destroied all hys power and kyngdome ¶ The minister Tell me how many