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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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