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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15108	A sermo[n] preached at Pawles Crosse on Sunday the thirde of Nouember 1577. in the time of the plague, by T.W.	White, Thomas, ca. 1550-1624.	1578 (1578)	STC 25406; ESTC S111738	33,572	100

Agayne there are a sorte that goe downe into Egypte whome Esay curseth whyche séeke wyse women olde beldames for yong women wyth childe Witches and cunnyng menne for thynges loft It was a greate faulte in this people Manasses the Idolater was sorely gyuen to it to obserue dreames singyng of byrdes and the lyke paltrie as manye doe nowe the howlyng of Dogges the gnawyng of Rottes the spottes in the hande the crying of Rauens the flying of Owles a sorte of fonde obseruations and dreames olde wyues fables whereby the Diuell deludeth manye and weakeneth theyr faythe Saule woulde néedes consulte wyth a Witche thoughe hée hymselfe hadde putte them downe yet when Samuell the Prophete was deade so bewitched was Kyng Saule but shortlye after if not the nexte daye hee ranne on hys owne Sworde There is a Plague in store for all forsakers of GOD and séekers to the Diuell hée dothe abhorre it and precisely forbydde it in the eyghtenth Chapter of Deuteronomie Nowe for them whyche flye the Plague whether they trust in the Lorde or no héere are manye would fayne knowe and I wyll bée as willyng to declare my opinion therein I can not defyne it absolutely or fynallye determine the case but I leaue it to my betters and it is conscience in déede that strykes the stroke of trust or mistrust and therein euerye manne canne best tell hymselfe for as thy lyfe dothe declare thée to manne so thy faithe dothe shewe thée vnto GOD and Tenera res conscientia est quae nec tangi nec angi debet Conscience is a tender thyng and maye not bée touched nor troubled I maye tearme it a signe of weakenesse but not flatte infidelitie for thou mayest both tarrie and flée an Infidell And there is a desperate kynde of tarrying with preposterous wordes whyche I vtterlye mislike and that same harde opinion flatte agaynste all Phisicke that the Plague is not infectious I canne not allowe they haue no reason to make it good that so saye but they bryng particulare experience whych is no proofe at all as though God coulde not be god and the Plague infectious Let him that hath a gift to tarry praise God for it and let him not triumph ouer him that hathe it not and yet I woulde euerye man were as he But mans nature is verye frayle and hys fleshe soone afrayde and euerye bodye hathe not the like measure of perfection and strength Agayne some are more bounde to tarry than other some as publike persons the Magistrate the Minister the maister of householdes that haue any publike office charge or function let them looke vnto it and for the rest that flye away if they doe prouide that their neyghbours doe not lacke that conueniente comforte and sufficiente succoure whyche their presence myghte yéelde I say it is the safer But to aunswere rash concluders whiche are hastie to giue sentence and do condemne their brethrens conscience whiche say absolutely it is lacke of faith and altogither vnlawfull it is to flye from God c. As though God were the plague I say if you wil néeds proue your fayth for your tarying and playing the men then must you find a promise for your fayth or els it is no faith For eternal life we haue a promise and therfore a faith wher in al the Scriptures haue you anye promise that God wil spare him or hir that vpō their trust remaine tarie by it whereas as godly and as faithfull are takē away as Infidels and wicked nay I think rather the worst are left behinde to amende and it will be or to féele a sorer plague For as Augustine sayth it is a temptation not to be tempted so surely may it be a horrible plague not to be plagued as I haue proued before Away with that Heathen prouerb which is too common among Christians He that dieth this yere is scused for the next Nay he that dieth this yéere not in the Lorde is excused neuer but dieth for euer Let vs rather pray the Lorde to enable vs to doe our dutie in all spiritual strength and to comfort one another in sicknesse and in health and let vs beséech the lord to remoue this plague far frō vs séeing we can not remoue our selues from the plague the wings of the morning cānot do it for he is euery where Haue mercy vpon vs therfore O Lord according to thy wonted mercy like as when thou commaundedst thy Angel to cease from slaughter in the time of king Dauid so if it be thy blessed will take frō vs nowe this pestilence of mortalitie and shewe thy louing countenaunce once agayne and be not angry with vs for euer She drew not neare to hir God. This is the fourth and last cause As a wilde Asse in the mountayne cōmes not neare his catcher so Israel withdraweth hir self frō god hir kéeper Christes crying Come vnto me c. Mat. 11. dothe tell vs that he can not abide that we should wander stray to any other To come néere is not thy bodily going to the church or Pharisaical pressing to the high Aulter but it is a spiritual approching euen as God is a spirit Iohn 4. Which words S. Iames vseth too expresseth what it is to draw nea●● vnto god it is to clense our hands to purifie our hartes It cannot be but a great comfort to vs that God is euery where religion doth nothing els but ioyne vs vnto him as superstitiō doth separate vs frō him and therfore it is called fornication Also prayer is a speciall of this generall wherby we talke with God come before his presence as Abraham talked with God for Sodome euery faithful child of God for himselfe But they that séeke other shifts neuer aske of god as king Asa sick of the gout sought Phisitiōs and neuer sought the Lord they are runagates frō god they shal dye as the king did without help for the Lord is soueraigne ruleth al things by himself and though he lend vs ordinary meanes yet he leaues vs not to thē alone but would haue vs séeke all things of him who is the fountayne of al good things Hir Rulers are as roaring Lions Least the Prophet should séeme to saye any thing that ●e could not proue and so slaunder the state of Ierusalem therfore as he named the faults before so he commes nowe to the persons also and that the very chéefe Note héere howe necessarie it is to come to particulars and to poynt at and paint out sinne in whom soeuer it is He that speakes generally speakes to no man now a days for euery body can post it off or sport it out so pretily As the woman of Samaria by the well of Sichar was verye pleasaunt with Christ vntil he tooke hir vp for hir adulterie So euery man had bin faultlesse héere and the Prophet had not bin very playne they woulde haue set as good a face on