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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01041	[Two notable sermones lately preached at Pauls Crosse Anno 1544]	Chedsey, William.; Scott, Cuthbert, d. 1565.	1545 (1545)	STC 5106.5; ESTC S91416	41,684	156

when as we oure selues wyllyngely do fall hedlynges in to all wyckednesse But nowe lette vs heare what he cryeth by Iohn̄ he cryeth thus prepare and make readye the waye of oure Lorde There be two wayes of our Lord one is whereby he commethe vnto vs an other is whereby we goo vnto hym and bothe these muste be prepared of vs after that we haue hard his voyce as touchinge the fyrste the condycyon and state of man is so myserable Roma 5 that he of hym selfe can not ones thyncke of the preparynge of this waye nor of goynge vnto god But the loue mercy and gentylnesse of god towarde man is so great that he wyllynglye of hym selfe dothe come vnto vs yea beynge his extreme enemyes serchynge yf he can haue anye entraunce into our hertes but yet althoughe that he commeth of his owne free wylle vnto vs withoute all oure desertes we muste molyfye yea and open our hartes that he maye haue enteraunce or elles he wyll departe agayne he saythe him selfe Ecce sto ad ostium pulso Apoc. 1. Beholde I stande at the doore and I knocke and yf anye manne wyll heare my voyce and open the doore I wyll come into hym and I wyl suppe with him Marke he sayeth he standeth at the doore of oure hartes and knocketh but nowe it is oure parte to heare his voyce and open oure doores for if we so do he wyll as he sayth come in yf we wyll not he wyl not brust the doores and come in whether we wyll or no for he wyll saue no man agaynst hys wyll But nowe it is necessarye to knowe howe we sholde open this doore this same Iohn̄ dothe teache vs sayenge Math. 3. Penitentiam agite vitae prioris Do penaunce for youre olde lyfe for penaunce yf it be perfaict with the three partes whiche be well ynoughe knowen Contrycyon confessyon and satysfactyon It is of suche streyngthe that by Chryste it makethe a manne of the seruaunte and bondeman of the deuyll the sonne and heyre of god and fellowe heyre with Christ Luc. 3. it makethe also yf that by it hye hylles be pulled downe and lowe places be exalted yf croked wayes be made streyghte and sharpe wayes made playne the harte of man of a fylthye lake or denne of synne and the deuyll a temple and dwellyng place of the holye Ghoste But nowe when as this way is thus prepared by penaūce we must beware take hede that we do not retourne agayne into Egipt but rather remember what we be now become that is that we be made the temple of the holye ghost whiche temple if any manne prophane god wyll destroye him 1. Cor. 3. we must therfore nowe streight enter into the other waye whiche is spoken of in the Psalme Psal 118. Beati immaculati in via Blissed be they that be vndefyled in the waye that is to saye that walke in the way of our Lorde in the latter ende of this verse it dothe appere bothe what the way is and also how we shold vse our selues in it Fyrst the way is the lawe or cōmaundementes of god whiche yf we kepe will bryng vs to the heuēly kyngdome where as Christ is gon before to prepare vs a place but we muste marke that the Psalmiste saith that we must walke in the waye for we be straungers haue not here a bydynge citie Hebre. 13. but we loke after one to come wherfore we muste not stande styll but rather walke and go forther from vertue to vertue Now if the tyme wold suffre me I wolde speake here of the fashyons of men now in these dayes for many there be as I thynke whiche do not walke in this way but do rūne as it were in a circuit and maye be lykened to a dogge that runneth in a whele whiche styll goeth and laboreth when he maketh an ende he is euen where he begonne And so I do feare that men do in these dayes theyr tyme goeth and they growe in age and yet loke how they lyued the laste yeare euen so they lyue this yeare and so wyll do the nexte nothyng at all increasynge in vertue nor godlynes but do as vittelars vse to do whiche take bread and drincke of bakers and brewers to a daye not payenge money in hande but tayle with them when the day of payment cometh they paye theyr money strike of the olde tayles and begynne agayne to tayle of newe And euē so do we we be very bold with god all the yeare longe and tayle with hym tyll lente comme and then we be confessed kepynge abstinence for a tyme and receyue the holy Sacrament and so sone as Easter is past we begyn euen to tayle of newe and fall agayne to our olde kynde of lyuyng But such be not these that Dauid called in this place happy for they do not walke vndefyled in this way This same Dauid doth teache in an other place saieng Psal 18. Si mei dominati non fuerint tunc immaculatus ero yf that the deuell synne did not ouercome me then I shall be vndefyled He that wyll endeuour him selfe to walke thus in this waye must take the counsell of Dauid in the first Psalme that he do remēbre and meditate this lawe bothe daye and nyghte and be lyke vnto a tree that is set nigh vnto a ryuer to brynge forth fruit in dewe tyme. And not onely he must remembre this waye or lawe in his mouthe in speakynge and talkynge of it but also he muste haue it in his harte And then as Dauid saithe in an other place Non subplantabuntur gressus eius Psal 26. He shall be sure that he can not be ouerthrowen yet not withstandynge Christe saith that this is a narrowe and a streyght way and that there be but a fewe that finde it For although that there be no other thynge yea not the deuell hym selfe that can pulle vs out of this waye or ouerthrowe vs agaynst our wyll yet not withstandynge we our selfes if we walke not circumspectly may soone fall go out of it Wherfore we muste prouide for thre thyngꝭ Fyrst one to teache vs this waye Secondaryly a candle to se how to walke in it Thyrdely and laste a staffe to holde vp when we comme to slypper places It is god that muste teache vs this way vpon whome we must diligently call with Dauid and say Psal 24. Vias tuas domine demōstra mihi semitas tuas edoce me Lorde shewe me thy wayes and teache me thy pathes The candel that muste gyue vs lyght is the scripture of god as Salamon witnesseth sayenge Prouer. 6 Mandatum lucerna lex lux The commaundement of god is a candell and the lawe is lyght The staffe that we must walke by is to lyue soberly ryghtuously and godly For as Iohn̄ saith there lyeth in our way thre stumblyng stones Tite 2. that is the concupiscence of the fleshe 1. Iohn̄ 2 the concupiscens of the eyes whiche is couetousnes and pryde And if that we stumble at none of these thre we shall walke saue in this waye whiche thyng we shall do yf we obserue and keape the thre vertues before mencyoned whiche must be gotten and preserued by thre meanes To lyue soberly the meane is fastynge To lyue ryghtuously the meane is to gyue almes To liue godly the meane is to be occupyed in prayer which thynges yf ye diligently obserue and kepe we shal walke vndefiled in this way and so come home agayn at the length to our heauenly countrey frome whence we were banished and exiled There euer to continewe with the fathe and the sonne and the holy gooste to whome be laude and prayse in worlde without ende Amen Finis ¶ Imprynted at London in Aldersgate strete by Iohannes Herford at the costes and charges Robert Toye dwellynge in Paules church yarde at the sygne of the Bell. Anno dn̄i 1545.