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A12991	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse on Barthelmew day, being the 24. of August. 1578 Wherin, besides many other profitable matters meete for all Christians to follovv, is at large prooued, that it is the part of all those that are fathers, householders, and scholemaisters, to instruct all those vnder their gouernement, in the vvord and knovvledge of the Lorde. By Iohn Stockvvood scholemaister of Tunbridge.	Stockwood, John, d. 1610.	1578 (1578)	STC 23284; ESTC S106625	73,966	202

priuate Popishe teachers to be sought after and sifted as wel to staye the present mischiefe as also to méete with before hande the hurte that may by suffering them grow hereafter And to ende this matter in whiche albeit I haue in long I hope the necessitie and profite of it shall easily with the godlye procure my pardon I likewise hartily desire all teachers of youth not to suffer themselues to be founde lesse diligent in a good cause than the Papistes in a badde not to be lesse carefull to instructe their children in the feare of the Lorde than the Papistes are to traine vp theirs in Poperie not to be lesse mindeful to teache their schollers the true religion than the Papistes to learne theirs the false As for the rest of you beloued that are here present if any of you with Cornēlius haue laboured all his familie to feare the Lorde you haue like obedient children béene carefull to performe that duetie whiche GOD hathe layde vppon you and so in the Lordes name I exhorte you to go forwarde and those of you that hitherto for want of knowledge haue omitted this duetie of instructing your families with Cornelius in the feare of the Lord nowe that it hathe béene euidentlye proued vnto you to be youre charge no person of what calling soeuer to be excepted adde not I beséeche you to youre knowledge contempte but diligent and spéedie practise and putting it in vre For it is a fearefull thing to fall into the handes of the Lorde Take encouragement by the example of Cornelius goe aboute it in the feare of GOD and earnest calling on his name so shall you haue to youre greate reioycing euerye man in his owne house a godlye Churche and with lesse disquieting of your selues with chiding and fighting you shall haue those vnder youre seuerall chardges in singlenesse of conscience to performe suche dueties towards you as in the feare of God to you they doe owe the which for his sonnes sake I beséeche him to graunte In the fifth braunche of this firste generall containing a descriptiō of Cornelius and his qualities I haue to speak of his Almes déedes and Prayer and fyrste of his Almes bicause that is first mentioned in my Texte As before wée haue séene by Cornelius religiousnesse feare of God and vertuous instructing his familie his faith towards God so nowe by hys almes appeareth that he bare a godlye and pittifull affection towardes men in relieuing euerye manne as his necessitie séemed moste to require For where it is saide that he gaue to all the people this All is to be restrained to all the poore among the people for it hadde béene no almes to haue giuen to the riche who had ynough alreadie Iohn the Baptiste taughte the souldioures that asked of him their duetie Th●t they shoulde strike nor accuse no man wrongfully but be contente wyth their owne wages Cornelius hath plaied the good scholler he hath not only perfectly learned that lesson but hath also taken forth an other learning besids being cōtented with his owne stipend out of the same in loue and of a felowe féeling of the miseries of his poore brethren to contribute vnto their necessities for it cannot be chosen but in whome soeuer there is true Religion and the feare of God in the same also there muste néedes be loue a brotherly compassiō not only to pitie but also to helpe the wants of those that stande in néede so farre forth as by the portion of good the whiche the Lorde hathe blessed vs withall he hath enabled vs And that out of this loue this ●elow féeling this compassion this pitie did issue in Cornelius his charitable relieuing of the poore the very word it selfe whyche Luke doeth here vse for almes doth planely shewe For it properly signifieth Mercie whiche is an inwarde affection and touching of the hearte rising of the viewe of an other mans miserie and is here put figuratiuely for all outwarde dueties of Charitie whereby we doe good vnto suche as are in pouertie necessitie Wherefore in as muche as Cornelius is here said to haue bestowed much almes amongst all the people it is euident that there was in him a righte Christian hearte and bowels of mercie whiche didde yerne and as it were melt at the calamities of his brethren which did consider the band of vnitie which ought to be betwéene members of all one heade Christ Iesus who in this respect did féede foster and cherishe prouide and care for them as béeing of his own flesh and had regarde to helpe them as the very members of his owne body There is therefore no question but that Cornelius liberalitie and bounteousnesse springing oute of this fountaine of brotherly compassion was no fained counterfaite nor forged but true right and perfecte beneficence almes and liberalitie Wée learne firste out of this great almes of Cornelius that it is not sufficient to haue the name of Faith to be religious to feare God vnlesse also thys faith doe fructifie and bring forth good fruites according to that whyche Iames writeth What auaileth it my brethren thoughe a man saith he hath faith when he hath no workes can the faith saue him And againe But wilte thou vnderstande O thou vaine man that the faith which is without workes is deade And marke withall I beséeche you the manner of his speache for it maketh being rightly vnderstoode verye muche againste the Popishe Iusticiaries of oure time whiche teache oute of hym that manne is iustified by his workes whiche wordes in déede he vseth he doth not saye What if a man haue faith but what if a man say he haue faith by whiche appeareth that he speaketh of hipocrites and vaine boasters of faith For the true and liuely faith can be no more without workes than the fire withoute heate than water without moisture the Sunne without brightnesse the good trée without his good fruite And where hée sayeth that Abraham with Rahab were iustified by their workes he meaneth that their outward workes before men were testimonies of their inwarde faith before God and not that their workes were the causes of their saluation for so shoulde he be against all the Scriptures whiche teache that Faith onely doth iustifie and so likewise we shoulde make the holye Ghoste contrarye to himselfe whiche were verye wicked so muche as to thinke muche more to speake Wée therefore teache out of this example of Cornelius good déedes and suche other lyke vertuous actions of godlye men togyther with the aucthoritie of the holye Scripture that it is the parte of a Christian to doe good workes yea that whosoeuer he be that doeth no good workes he is indéede no more a true Christian than a deade carcasse a liuing man. Wherefore the Papistes doe vs greate iniurie in filling the eares of the simple and ignorant people that our doctrine is a doctrine of libertie that we teache men to liue looselie and lewdely that we are enimies vnto

moe yeares enioy it we haue hadde and at this present haue manye Godly zealous and learned Preachers the Lorde for his Christes sake dayly increase the number of them whiche lay before vs out of the worde God hys greate blessings bestowed vppon vs and oure greate vnthankefulnesse for them And you héere in London out of thys place and others eeuery foote are admonished and put in mynde of youre duties but both we of the Countrey and you of the Citie for the most parte contemne it We are lyke vnto the children of Israell we are wéerie of the Heauenly Manna the worde ●f life the foode of our soules for the ●bteyning whereof whych wée so scorne●ully despise manye of oure poore brée●hren in other Countreys hazzarde both ●yfe and goodes What remayneth therfore but that GOD if we doe not ●péedyly repente shewe tokens of hys wrath vppon vs as he did vppon the Iewes And you héere of London haue good experience of that whyche a little before I spake namely that as GOD commonlye more plentifullye blesseth the greater Cities so for theyr contempte they haue more plentifull tast of hys plagues before other places For t●ll mée I pray you what contagious sicknesse or daungerous disease is there but for the most parte you haue the firste and the greatest visitation with it And doe you thynke that we of the Countrey scape scotfrée yet for al this what is oure behauioure towardes the worde of eternall lyfe Wyll not a fylthye playe wyth the blast of a Trumpette sooner call thyther a thousande than an houres tolling of a Bell bring to the Sermon a hundred nay euen héere in the Citie without it be at this place and some other certaine ordinarie audience where shall you finde a reasonable company whereas if you reforte to the Theatre the Curtayne and other places of Playes in the Citie you shall on the Lords day haue these places with many other that I can not recken so full as possible they can throng besides a greate number of other lettes to pull from the hearing of the worde of whiche I will speake héereafter And do you thinke that so long as these enormities are suffered the plague and such other like infectious sicknesses which in the .28 of Deuteronomie the Lorde threateneth to sende as scourges for the contempt of his worde shall ceasse and diminishe amongst you nay they be meanes for them to rage more fiercely and to cause God to sende new plagues among them for as we are wittie to committe newe sinnes so the Lord dayly prepareth new punishments to correct vs withall in so muche that he ●isiteth our newe sinnes with such newe and strange diseases as the names are vnknowen vnto vs and neuer hearde of of our forefathers yea our best Phisitions know not which way to turne theyr hands to heale them I can not but commend the laudable policie and diligente endeuour of the righte Honourable my Lorde Maior and the worshipful Aldermen his brethren for the preuenting of infection by commaundyng mens houses to be kept swéete and the streates cleane with other such like wayes But beleue me deare brethren the plague can not be carried away in a dung curte What auaileth it to haue swéete houses and stinking Soules pleasant smelling chābers and grieuous sauoring mindes cleane fayre streates and foule and filthy hearts and consciences As I do not dislike these outward clensings so I beséeche you let euery one of vs labor for the inward purging and scouring of our Soules hauing ●he worde let vs frame our liues accor●ing to the word let our godly liuing be a ●estimonie of our profitable vnderstanding let vs as we be talkers so likewise be walkers as we be professours practisers as speakers doers as sayers followers and then shal our godly liuing with our right vnderstanding our christiā walking with our vertuous talking our sober practising with our honest professing our doyng with our saying oure following with our speaking strike vppe such a pleasant harmonie and ioyfull melodye in the eares of our GOD as hée wyll bryng vppon vs in greate mercye all those blessings whiche in the forenamed 28. of Deutronomie he promiseth to those that heare and also doe all that whiche hée commaundeth whereas otherwise if we shal stil with these Iewes continue contemners of his worde we shall heare with them to our great paine and miserie Beholde yee despisers and wonder and vanishe away For I worke a worke in your dayes a worke whiche yee shall not beleeue if a man would declare it you The Lord I say for our cōtempte will take his worde from vs a● he did from the Israelits and bestowe it on suche as will both make more accompte of it and also be more thankefull for it which by this that hath fallen out to the Iewes the LORDE for his Christes sake make vs to be We haue secondlye to learne out of thys reiection of the Iewes being as you haue heard vnited vnto GOD in suche speciall sorte as hee neuer dealte so with anye nation that GOD is not tyed to anye place or person albeit they bragge neuer so muche of antiquitie succession vnitie vniuersalitie or what other glorious or gorgious shewe soeuer they pretende but that when they scornefullye caste hym off he ●ustlye forsaketh them Let vs not there●ore be deluded wyth vayne titles nor ●orne out with greate wordes It is not ●erusalem Alexandria Constantinople ●or Rome that GOD is bounde vn●o Let the proude Prelate of the sea●en hilled Citie with his purple Car●nalles and horned Byshoppes and the whole route of his shorne and greasie rabble come forth and shewe me if they can for their lyues the like causes that these Iewes had to glorie off and yet had they all them and many moe the greater shoulde be their punishmente in abusing them as they haue done Hath not the Pope with his adherēts as much boasted of his gaye titles as euer these Iewes did and as proudely disdayned the true professours as euer they did the Gētiles was it not a receiued opinion within these fewe yeres that out of the church of Rome there was no saluation like as the Iewes thought the Gētiles to be altogither strangers from the promise Are not these their common out cries the Churche the Churche the Churche our most holy father most reuerende father most godly father most learned Doctors most christian Doctors most light Doctors moste lighthened I woulde saye most Seraphicall Doctours and againste vs Lollardes Heretickes Schismatickes Hugonots Lutherans Zuinglians Caluinistes Sacramentaries and what not haue they not as despightfully and cruellye handled vs as euer the Iewes did the Prophets of the Lorde yea haue they not gone beyonde them in forbiddyng vs the readyng of the bookes of our GOD and for the same burned vs and the worde of oure GOD too The Lorde therefore in great iustice hath reiected them for all their vaine bostings like as he did the Iewes