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A17487	A godly and learned sermon, vpon the 91. psalme Declaring how, and to what place, a Christian man ought to flie in the daungerous time of the pestilence, for his best safetie and deliuerance. By T.C. VVher-unto are ioyned, certaine fruitfull prayers, very necessarie for the time of infection.	T. C., fl. 1603.	1603 (1603)	STC 4303; ESTC S117370	19,764	54

worke withall But if it come not to passe yet is hee sure for asmuch as God dwelleth in him and he walketh and goeth in Gods commandement For certainly this promise shall not faile him Though a thousand fall at thy side ten thousand at thy right side yet shall it not touch thee But with faith must these wordes be taken holde vpon for naturall reason doth not comprehend them in asmuch as indéede it appeareth farre otherwise And no man néedeth to thinke nor iudge that they which die of this plague be all vnchristian and faithlesse but we ought not to doubt but that there die thereof many vertuous men and leaue many vngodly This is done because that death may happen to a man two manner of waies One way after the common course of nature according as euery mans death is appointed him of God and we haue consented vnto it in baptisme Of this sayth the holy man Job in the xiiii Chapter A man hath his appoynted time the number of his moneths standeth with thee thou hast appoynted him his bounds which hee shall not ouerpasse Another way may death happen to a man before the time by reason of his great grieuous sinnes As the Lord hath threatned by Moyses that if his commandement be not kept he wil cause pestilence to reigne whereout it is certain that when they be kept the plague abideth out Likewise saith he in the commandements Honor Father and mother that thou maiest liue long c. Out of the which it is certaine that his life which doeth them not shall be shortened In like manner sayeth Dauid in the 55. Psalme The bloud-thirstie shal not bring their life to the halfe nomber Whereout it is sure that they should liue much longer if they shed not innocent blood Likewise Christ saith Luk. 12. Ifye doe not repent yee shall all perish as they that the towre in Siloa fell vpon Whereby it is certaine that who so repenteth not may looke for all mis-fortune And of this vntimely death onely speaketh this Psalme and promiseth the faithfull Christian men that they shall be frée from it For from the right apointed death into the which we haue consented in Baptisme we neither can nor shall be deliuered Wherefore if a vertuous right Christian man die of this plague it is certainly his very houre appointed vnto him of God which he cannot preuent But doubtlesse there dye of it many sinners also beside which might well liue longer if they repented And though some bee taken because of their sinnes yet be they not therefore damned but if they aske forgiuenesse of sinnes and beléeue they shall be saued As Paul saith When wee be iudged we are chastened of the Lord that wee should not be condemned with the world Thus goeth it then together that iust men die their owne right death but the wicked die an vntimely death and therewith doeth God punish the world sorest of all because of their sinnes but spareth his owne for their faiths sake Therefore should they not be feareful nor faint-hearted but as the Prophet saieth they should looke and beholde how the vngodly are recompenced For whether the wicked dye before the time or the iust in the right season yet is it done both for the punishment and plague of the vngodly If vertous fathers and mothers die from wicked disobedient children then be the children plaged for they are afterward euil nurtered hanged or slaine If yong children dye from wicked fathers and mothers then be the children deliuered and the fathers and mothers punished in that they haue gathered their goods for those that they wish them not vnto If tyraunts die then bee they punished and the persecuted Christian deliuered If good rulers die which with their wisdome haue maintayned peace and good gouernance then be they in peace And so the vngodly which are left aliue rayse vp warre and sedicion and bee alway punished worse and worse Shortly who so hath eyes of faith séeth that true beleeuers die in a right season but the vngodly before the time Wherefore whether good men die or liue it is done for their wealth But whether the wicked die or liue it is done for their punishment alwaies shal they be plagued their wickednes shal be rewarded them Wherefore my most dearely beloued take ye such doctrine and comfort to hart follow the same Flye in good earnest by true repentance amendment from sinne wherewith the worlde hath deserued this horrible plague And flie by a true vpright faith vnto Gods worde wherein is the fountaine of life the light of men Then shal ye be whole safe from this and other plagues and so liue to the honour of God wealth of your neighbour til the appointed time come wherin God the father in the death of Christ that we be baptised in shal send for vs out of this miserable life to his own euerlasting kingdome which God graunt vnto vs all Amen How VVife Children and other friendes shal be comforted the Husband being dead SEeing nowe that GOD hath called your husband father or other good friend out of this miserie into euerlasting ioy therefore shal ye receiue it willingly for it is his worke Repine not therefore at his worke neither wéepe against his will but commit the cause vnto him take it at his hand as a fatherly proouing and say with Job God hath giuen vs him and hath taken him againe the name of the Lord be blessed as it was the Lords will so is it hapened God almightie will proue you as he did Iob howe yee will behaue your selfe as hee taketh out of your sight the thing that yee loue Hee will admitte well ynough that yee bee sorry For it is seldome séene but a man be hee neuer so vile or of so little reputation hath euer a sundrie gifte wherewith hee serued and profited other And the same gifts were not greatly regarded in a man while he liued for we regarde little commonly such things as are present but as soone as the man is gone so soone as the vessell is spilt then beginne wee to want the gifts that were conteined therein Therefore is it no maruaile that wee be sorry for such a gift of God if it bee taken out of our sight As long as we vse men and the giftes according as they bee ordained of God for our necessitie then doe wee well and that can God suffer well enough But that we misuse them and make an ydoll of them that cannot God suffer For when wee put our trust and comfort in man or any other creature then doe wee wrong and misuse the same and the curse commeth vpon vs whereof it is written Jeremy 17. Cursed is the man that putteth his trust in man For all mans helpe is to be suffered only when they be present and that we haue néede of them but as soone as they are gone then must we looke for other helpe namely God letting goe

but my words shall not passe away sayth the Lord. But that ye may vnderstande them right and well yée shall remember that it is the vse of the Holy Scripture specially in the Psalme to declare one meaning with two manner of sayings as yee haue oft times heard For so doeth the Prophet here speake and sayeth Who so sitteth vnder the defence of the highest and abydeth vnder the shaddow of the Almightie For to sitte vnder the defence of the highest is euen as much as to saye as to abide vnder the shaddow of the almightie And with these wordes meaneth the holy Prophet nothing else but who so putteth his trust in God with a right sure Christian beliefe giueth himselfe ouer into his protection and defence for such people doeth God receiue to grace them holdeth hee for his owne deare children euen so they be giueth them his holy spirit which worketh in them true saluation and godly workes Therefore remayneth he also vpon them and all things must serue for their wealth as Paul sayeth Rom. 8. Such protection also and defence of God is set forth vnto vs euery where in the Scripture as an ouer-shaddowing and couering with wings For like as the two Cherubins spred out their wings ouer the Arke Exod. 37. Euen so doeth God spred out the winges of his protection ouer his elect Therefore sayth Moses Deut. 32. Like as an Egle stirreth vp his nest and flyeth ouer his yong ones so spreadeth he out his feathers and beares his people vpon his winges After this maner spake the holy Angel Gabriell also vnto the most blessed and pure Virgin Mary when she should be the Mother of God The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee and the power of the most highest shall ouer shaddow thee Luc. 1. In like maner spake Christ also vnto Ierusalem How oft would I haue gathered thy Children together as an Henne gathereth her Chickens vnder her wings and ye would not Mat. 23. For though a true beleeuing man be in déede the Temple of God and God dwelleth in him yet vseth the Scripture oft to speake thereof as though he did flye aboue vs in as much as he doth ouer shaddow couer and defend vs and that because the heauen and the heauen of all heauens as Salomon sayeth can not comprehend nor containe him Reuel 3. But though he dwelleth in vs yet flyeth he wide hye and lowe not only on the out side of vs but also on the outside ouer all creatures And so in all these wordes there is nothing else saide but whosoeuer is a right beléeuing Christian Marke now then that he sayeth not who so is wise strong rich whole or well friended Neither saith hee also who so kéepeth him selfe thence or flyeth thether holdeth himselfe wel or vseth good Phisicke but who so putteth his trust in God Not that the foresaid good things be euill or may not be had or vsed with profite But that they where fayth is not may euen as soone doe harme as good and are in no wise able to deliuere from the wrath of God But what doeth the beléeuer He sayeth vnto the Lorde My hope But this do not the vngodly and vnbeléeuers but set their hope in the foresaid points put their trust in them and boast thereon so commit spirituall whoredome therewith and make Idols thereof But to God doe they not lift vp their eyes neither thinke they vpon him nor feare him And when he commeth then with his wrath and ouertaketh them with his Plague so that of necessitie they must needes thinke vpon him then feare they and be afrayde of him flie away and knowe not where to abide Then vanisheth away their hope and boasting which they in time of prosperitie had vnto the creatures And so commeth it to passe that their wisedome hath bene plaine foolishnes their strength their owne misfortune their riches their owne destruction their health their own harme their friends their owne hypocrites and traitours And al that which they trusted vnto cannot helpe them When they would hide themselues on the backside thereof it is euen as much as when one hideth him behinde a ladder And when they would séeke helpe therby if is euen like as a Wolfe should defende a Sheepe or a Goose But thus goeth it not with the beleeuer for who so putteth his trust in the Lorde shall not be confounded Therefore saith he not onely that the Lord is his hope but also his strong holde which he may flie vnto in the which he may shut him selfe close and be deliuered therein As Salomon sayeth in the xviii Chapter of the Prouerbes The name of the Lord is a strong Castell the righteous flyeth vnto it and shall bee defended For the vnbeleeuers haue their hope euen in their goodes but in necessitie they finde no refuge as the faithfull hath a strong holde and high Castell in GOD the Lorde And though the vnbeleeuers haue their whole will all their life long yet hath it an euill ende as it had with the rich man which was buried in hell Luke Chapter xvi For who so beléeueth not shall be damned Againe though the faithfull be plagued and persecuted all his life long so that hee can not sée howe hee may be deliuered yet hath hee this comfort that the Lord is his God that is that he can helpe and deliuer him as an almightie Lorde yea after such a fashion and way as neither he himselfe nor any mans reason can thinke or deuise And though he doe it not yet doeth not the faithfull despaire but letteth the Lorde be his God on whom hee hopeth that is at whose hande he looketh for all good in the life for to come and euerlasting For hope seeth and looketh on that which is to come which as yet is hid As Paul sayeth Rom. the viii Chapt. Hope that is seene is no hope for howe can a man hope for that which is seene But if wee hope for that which wee see not we looke for it by patience And so this is the meaning The vnbeléeuers haue their hope in the creatures and are afraide of God The faithfull hath his hope to God and is Lord ouer the creatures The vnbeléeuers miscarie and by the creatures finde they no helpe in néede The faithfull miscarie not but God is vnto them a strong holde The vnbeleeuers may well haue their willes as long as they liue but at the last thorow their despaire there followeth euerlasting damnation The faithfull may haue disquietnesse and temptation all their life long but at the last thorow their hope there followeth euerlasting life Such hope should they haue and they haue it indeede that though they must lie vnder as long as they liue yet after death they shall inherite euerlasting life But certainely it commeth not to passe that they must alway lye vnder For God is faithfull and suffereth not his to be tempted aboue their strength but maketh the temptation so to haue