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A20782	The iaylors conuersion Wherein is liuely represented, the true image of a soule rightlye touched, and conuerted by the spirit of God. The waightie circumstances of which supernaturall worke, for the sweete amplifications, and fit applications to the present time, are now set downe for the comfort of the strong, and confirmation of the weake. By Hugh Dowriche Batch. of Diuinitie.	Dowriche, Hugh, b. 1552 or 3.	1596 (1596)	STC 7160; ESTC S111947	34,879	82

of the Gospell make the glorious word and preaching of Christ to be blasphemed among the Papists and they hinder many from professing and beleeuing the same because they walke not wisely toward them that are without because there is as much whordome couetousnes drunkennes vsurie periurie simonie subtiltie briberie iniurie amongst them as euer was among the Papists or can be among the Turkes and infidels because there is as little faith as litle regard of promise or word or lesse then euer was in the time of ignorance c. But what shall become of these wicked hypocrites of these Painted wals of these stincking Sepulchers and fruitlesse Figtrees which defame their callings abuse their places pollute their Offices and dishonor the Lord by their sinfull liues Surely they shall leaue a deadly curse vpon their posteritie the filthie mawes of the hungrie Dogges shall bee thought to be a Sepulcher worthie and sufficient for such cursed carrions The Lorde shall plague them by taking from them their sonne begotten in a dulterie their Offices their dignities and the thing they loue best the Lord shall punish them by rebellion in in their sonnes in their subiects and heauie mishappes within their owne houses Some of these wicked abusers of their Office and calling the Lord doth notwithstanding as we here see cal home to a consideration of their miserable estate to the knowledge and sight of their sinnes to a true humiliation of their proude stomackes and to an effectuall repentance because it is certaine and sure that the wickednesse of man cannot alter the purpose of the Lord. Where we learne that as God doth suffer his elect for a time to be seduced and to wander out of the right way as Dauid by his lust Paule by blinde zeale Mary Magdalene by lewde concupisence and this Iaylor by crueltie blindnesse yet as many as pertaine to Gods election haue the times and meanes of their conuersion appointed and they at that calling obey as we see here this Iaylor doth though before oftentimes they haue refused Here we see the great mercy of the Lord which calleth all sortes of men which despiseth no Office nor the vilest callings which refuseth not to thinke vppon the greatest sinners in the middest of all their blindnes but vseth louing and fit meanes to call sinners to repentaunce As according to the qualitie greatnesse and continuance of any sinne so wee see his motions to repentance fitted for them Dauid had not long beene forgetfull neither remained any great time in the sincke of his sinne therefore the voice of the Lord in a simple man wrought a sorrow and repentance in him Peter had not long continued in his Apostasie hee was brought vnto that forgetfulnes of his good master and duetie by the frailenes feare that was in his flesh and bloud and not by any malice or wilfull contempt therefore the voice of a Cocke was sufficient to awaken him to make him see the foulenes of his finne and to lament his weakenes with bitter teares But of the contrarie where the sinne is setled of a long continuance where the sinners after admonition haue taken delite in it haue continued it with mallice and wilfull contempt there the Lord must vse great and mightie motions to remoue them as Earthquakes throwing downe some tower in Siloe stirring vp great enemies and shewing great and vnusuall wonders c. And yet these great motions moue not all for there are some which pertaine to the Lords inheritance that are conuerted by them as this Iaylor and many other But such againe as bee none of this number but those whome the Lord hath forsaken and cast off cannot be moued nor conuerted by all the signes wonders and Earthquakes that can bee shewed such were the Scribes and Pharisies the masters of this Iaylor such was Pharao such were the sonnes of Elie and many in Ierusalem such are our great and grounded Papists such are our libertine professors and fleshly Gospellers such are our Atheists and Iesters in religion c. 2. His Charge It seemeth that his Charge was very great and that it stoode greatly vppon him to restore againe such as he had receiued It shuld appeare that these Apostles were deliuered vnto him with such a straite commaundement that if he did let them escape his life should go for theirs For being now awakened by the suddaine shaking of the earth rysing out of his bed at midnight in great feare and comming vnto the prison and finding the doores open and thinking assuredly that his prisoners had beene fled in a desperate minde determined rather to kill himselfe then to stand to the curtesie of that sentence which his good masters the enuious Scribes and Pharisies should pronounce against him Which wicked act the fearefull and desperate man had committed in deede had not Paule by the spirit of God in the darke seene his intent and with this ioyfull voice at that instant comforted him Do thy selfe no harme for we are all here Application and Doctrine First by his straite Charge which the Scribes and Pharisies gaue for the keeping of these Apostles we learne with what great heate and hateful mallice the wicked world with the blind potentates thereof doe persecute the truth wheresoeuer they shall see it but once to shew it selfe or appeare neuer so little and how loth they are that the messengers of this newes should escape with life or libertie when they once come within their fingers The estate of Gods trueth in this world is maruelous and miserable For the euerie murder whordome drunkennes c hath alwaies found more friendship in it and hath beene better alowed of then the simple truth There was a theefe and a murderer preferred before Christ himselfe The illusion of Sathan and a Deuill that deceaued them by blinde toyes and telling of fortunes was a great deale better accepted in this blinde Cittie of Phillippie then Paule and Silas the true preachers For wherefore were Paule and Silas cast into prison with so straite a commaundement after they had beene buffeted and whipt most cruelly before Surely the holy Ghost layeth downe no other causes but these First They preached the truth and assayed to turne them from their Idolatry blindnesse Secondly They cast out the Deuill that did deceaue them Where wee learne how vnwilling the world and the wicked are to haue the Deuil cast out of themselues of their sonnes and daughters especially if the Deuill bring any kinde of commoditie with him as this Deuill did For that was the cause of this commotion because Paules new doctrine could not agree with their olde Deuill because they might not follow Paules Religion and yet still retaine their former profite and commoditie By which we see how hard a matter it is to plant the true Religion among the couetous and worldly minded wretches Wee see now the cause why the godly in the primatiue church why the blessed martyrs in Queene Maries

vt plura det P●rge mi quidnam titubas eundo Hic labor certé hoc opus est Catenas Nocte subnigra miseré Reclusis Rumpere tetras Siue diuinas Calamo loquelas Pingis aut sacrum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ore pandis Pingis pandis veneranda pulchré Dogmata Iouae Hinc hinc laudes mihi crede celsae Te manent Sedes manet ampla vtrinque Digna praeclaris quid enim recusas Proemia factis Plura des nobis igitur Iehouae Seruiens nobis patriae tibique Et mihi Da quos voluisse dix'ti Dare libellos Diuites Dowrich per-amice Dotes Si tui cunctis animi paterent Pluribus notae At taceo tacendi Aposiopesis Nomen Amici Ergo mi nunquam titubes eundo Hic labor certé hoc opus est Cateruas Quas Catenatas tenet atra nigri Ianua Ditis Soluere vinclis Quo pede coepisti sic benè semper eas Per Guilielmum Palfraeium Gener. Lin-colniensis Hospitij Socium Ad Carcerum Custodes S. P. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Terrae motu concussus ad vnum Et verum motus vertitur inde Deum Quid facis O Saeuo stringens tua viscera ferro Sola Saius Animae quaeritur vna tuae Heu cohibete manus Custodes Carceris omnes Mittite sub Christi colla superba Iugum Paule Comesque Sila Captiui corpora nullas Fregistis Domino sed reserante fores Ille aperit vobis Neopoitae Ianitor aulae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ac Fletus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 que vias Et soluit duris religatos crura cathenis Ad Christum vt properent Liberiore pede Discite ab hoc Omnes exemplo vera vereri Numina 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 THE IAYLORS Conuersion The Argument PAule and Silas were by the spirite of God sent into Macedonia and passing through many places of the Countrie came vnto the chiefe Cittie called Phillippie Where preaching the word they found a fortune-telling Deuill which had long time abused the simple people Paul not able to beare with this deceite of Sathan by the word of the Lord expels him Hereof rose a grieuous persecution against the word The worst part was the greatest They preuailed Paul and Silas were whipt and cast into prison They praied and the Lord heard them and sent an Earthquake The Iaylor would haue killed himself but Paul staies him The Iaylors eyes are opened he humbleth him selfe he seekes the way to be saued he obtaineth it for himselfe and his whole familie c. THE TEXT Actes 16. 30. And he brought them out and said Syrs what must I doe to be saued IN this verse is expressed onely a question demaunded by the Iaylor In which question these fiue circumstances are to be considered First The person that doeth demaunde it Secondly Of whome he demandeth it Thirdly What the question is which is demaunded Fourthly What it was which brought this man to this godly care to demaund this question And lastly the time when he fell to this consideration what hee ought to doe to be saued For the first In the person that doth demaunde the question these three things are to be considered First his Office Secondly his Charge Thirdly his sodden Alteration By Office hee was the common Iaylor which though it be an Office necessarie yet commonly I know not how it falleth out they continue not long honest men that haue it but for the most part are of nature cruell hard-harted and oftentimes blinde and farre from the knowledge of the truth as this man was Application Doctrine The Lord doth not giue vnto euerie man one order and kinde of life but hath by a maruailous wisedome disposed men into seuerall callings as they may best serue for the performance of seuerall duties which are either for order pollicie regiment or the glory of God established in the Church And therefore euerie man is to consider of his calling and place whereunto hee is appointed to acknowledge it to bee the ordinance of the Lord to content himselfe with it as with a thing deliuered vnto him from the Lorde to frame himselfe so in it as hee may onely seeke the glorie of God and not his owne pleasure profit or glorie c. Euerie Office which is either commaunded by the worde or not contrarie to the same is good lawfull and honest of it selfe in his owne nature if any Office bee contemptible odious or lothsome vnto vs it is made so by reason of the wickednesse crueltie couetousnesse and follie of him that doth possesse it As the Publicanes the Rent gatherers or Romaine Baylifes made their Office odious among the Iewes by Requiring more then that which was appointed vnto Luk. 3. 13. them The souldiers made their calling odious by doing of violence Accusing innocents falsely for their owne luker Not being content with their wages But robbing stealing and spoyling besides The Scribes and Pharisies made their prefession odious By their horrible and wicked hypocrisie The laylors Mat. 23. 23. make their Office odious by vnmercifull abusing of the poore prisoners robbing thē by their great fees selling them but a little libertie for a great deale of money murdering the simple by penurie by pinching them of their allowance and ordinarie dutie and such like c. Nay to fal to a higher reckoning Kinges and Princes haue made their seate and Crowne infamous by their sinne and wickednesse as Ieroboam by Idolatrie 1. King 12. 28. Ahab and Iesabel by couetous oppression sheding of innocent bloud and persecuting Gods Prophets and truth Dauid by murder and whordome caused the enemies of The Lord to blaspheme Noblemen and Gentlemen 1. Kin. 21. 8 make their degree odious by their pride contempt of the word wantonnesse couetousnes whordomes libertie in sinning iniurie and such like Iustices turne iustice into wormwoode and iudgement into gall condemning the innocent and iustifying the wicked dishonouring their calling Lawyers defame their vocation the godly and honourable vse of the law by taking the patronage of bad matters by defiling their hands with bribes their closets with gifts against the poore and helpelesse being content for gaine to giue counsell with the wicked against the iust with the mightie against the simple with the rich against the poore fatherlesse and widdow against Law by Law against right by making sower sweete and sweete sower by altering cases and making right no right where it is for their profit against conscience hauing no conscience where commoditie shewes it selfe Physitions haue made their necessarie and good science odious and infamous among the common people and most men in these daies by their vntollerable and excessiue couetousnes by taking such great summes of money for little labour and oftentimes when to the parties diseased they doe no good at all but rather hurt without either pietie pittie or conscience Protestants and professours Protestants by profession but Papistes indeede