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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11236	Be wise and be warned. Per I.S.	Sutton, J., fl. 1567-1573.	1573 (1573)	STC 21498; ESTC S110773	15,781	42

leaste that our God being the sooner displeased let loose the raynes to Tirantes and our enemies that he may therby reuenge our vnthankfulnes let vs accordind to our profession as becometh christians abandon the causes that iustly procure his heauye and importable displeasure and wrath agaynst vs let vs put a-away our euill thoughtes oute of Gods sight ceace from doing ill and violence learne to do righte apply our selues to equitie deliuer the oppressed help the fatherlesse to his righte hear the widowes complaynt detest our monstrous and lucifer lyke pryde our detestable and horrible whordom our greedy couetousnes our bribery and extortion our glottony and dronkennes our lacke of truthe betwen man man in bying selling for through vnrighteouse dealing wrōg blasphemy deceyt a Realm shal be translated frō one kingdome to an other with these vices are we dangerously infected And the church of god neuer being with out hir certeyn woundes for our Lord to powre his wine oyle into So lette vs vse the means that god hath apoynted vs to stay his deserued wrath plagues prepared for vs Let vs dyligently spedely continually with all possible reuerence humblenes of hart inuocate cal vpon the name of our god making vnto him our harty supplication prayers The lack dangerous necklecting wherof as it is the chéefe only cause of al loosenes and vncleanes of life cōuersation So by continual and earnest repentance and often lifting vp our hartes vnto God through prayer being feruently made and faythfully vsed is the life to be obteyned that pleaseth god for praier is a salue for sin and a preseruatyue for them the prepare them selues to it prayer is a quietnesse and sauegard of thē which are molested prayer is a comforte to them who wyth gréefes are afflicted prayer is a heauen to them that suffer shipwark prayer in warre is an arming sword and in peace a gardeyn of delightes prayer is to men in bondage liberty in pouertie a treasure To conclude prayer is the readye path to the pleasant pasture of Paradice when Pharo did persecute the children of Israel by prayer from his rage they were preserued whē Dauid had greuously offended God by humble prayer and penitent hart gods wrath was appeased by Moyses prayer the fyry flyntes gaue water the driry ayre gaue meate the couragious enemies gaue place to weakling Israelites when as they were oppressed and almoste surprised with feare of pynching thyrst want of dail● foode force of dreadfull armes by Elyas prayer the drought marde fruitful groundes and by the same mans prayer the barren soyle did fructifie by Dauids prayer greate Golyaths courage was stoutly daunted by Iudithes praier fyrce Holofernus was by hyr beheaded By prayer Daniel in Lyons den from Lyons Iawes was preserued Now séeing then that prayer is of such force as that it perceth the Heauens and is a powring out of a faythful hart vnto God wherin we craue and desire with earnest affection eyther to be preserued from danger of discomoditie spiritual or temporal Eyther else to enioye some desired benifite at Gods handes belonging to body or soule Or else a yelding of most hartie thanks for some benefit already receiued Lette vs continue in praier and watch in the same with thankes geuing that through our prayer our most noble gratious mercifull Princes Elizabeth to whom God of his great goodnes contrarye to the hye expectation of hyr enemies hath hetherto geuen a ioyful prosperous Raigne so he may likewise heape vpon hyr the cōtinuance of many yeares to bée an olde mother in Israell that as shée hath well begoon so she may zelously procéed in the setting foorth and aduancing the gospel of God to his glory the comfort and preseruation of hyr Realme and people and the discomforting of gods hir enemies And that by praier our god may stil giue good sucksesse to the trauels of the Quéene hyr maiesties moste honorable Councelors illuminating theyr hartes with the spirit of wysdome to force preuent and bryng to nought the subtyll secret deuyces and priuie conspyracies of Sathan of Antechrist and of all gods enemies pretēded against the veritie of his word as also that by our prayers the Bishops and Pastors of gods Church may haue a continuall care to féede his flock comitted to theyr chardge with the bread of lyfe and that Christ may be knowne to them to whome hee is yet a straunger which is no rare matter in some places in England the greater is the pittie for ther must sinne needes raigne bicause that they being ignorant of Christ vnbelefe doth possesse theyr harts Moreouer that Iudges and Maiestrates through hatred of couetousenes may mayntayne cinceritie and vpright dealing in iudgmente that the cace rather then ●he parson bée considered for whosoeuer bearing offyce is led with rewards he cannot see what is rightfull for rewardes blynd the eyes of the wise Also that good lawes being in force maye bée executed that offenders may be punished and the gyl●l●sse defended for where good lawes be made not executed their the common weale goeth to ruin And moreouer that by our praier euery subiect of what degre or calling so euer may dutifully sh●w their obedyence vnto and reuerencing our Prince as the minister and Liuetenant of God that the Lord our God at the contemplation of our faythfull prayer whose mercye excéedeth the hugenesse of sinne and whose grace aboundeth aboue misdeede may by the aboundance of his spirit by grace so work in our harts that we taking hede and being obedient to the same our heauenly father and hauing a cheefe regard to the performing of our duties in the obseruation of his lawe and cōmaundementes may by the good blessing of the same our God quietly consente and rest in his truth and haue the continuance of inward peace of contience that wée may wear out our dayes in prosperitie our yeares in ples●er and ioy in this world being a waste wildernes frō which must passe into an other coūtrey that we th●s hauing this care to accomplish gods wil and with this olde yeare to sh●ke caste of strip our selues of old Adams rags and with the newe yeare to apparell our selues with the florishing and glittering garment of Iesus Christe euen newnes of lyfe and keepe it still on Then shal we cōtinue in prosperity be beloued of god our onely stay refuge who shall mightely protect and d●fend vs from the danger of his our enemies Then the Lord our god which giueth victory vnto kings which deliuered Dauid from the perrill of the sword shall saue and deliuer vs from the hands of strange childrē whose right hād is a hand of iniquitie So that thē let the deuil roar all the deuels in hell breake loose let Pope rage lette all the Colledge of Cardenalls and Councels conspyer let the blooddy Byshops breath out theyr trayterous mallyce and hatefulnes of theyr hartes Yea let the hole fraternetie of that fylthie generation broode of Antechrist deuise and imagine what they can or may And all shal be in vayn● for the workes of wickednes doe florish to be destroyed for euer And the enemies of the Lord shal perish And all the workers of wickednes shal be scattered abrode for there is no wisedome agaynst the Lorde our God the creator of Heauen and Earth To whom with his Christ and the holy Spirit thrée persons and one God be all praise poure maiestie for euer and euer Amen ¶ Geue God the prayse The petition of the penitent AS those that wrapped are in wo think long to haue relefe So Lord to swage our sorows great to thee we shew our grefe In whome onely consysts the help of each poore synfull slaues And in whose choice body and Soule are both to spill or saue Oh let our spirits which faine wold yeld such fruit as faith requires Su●●ue the deuel and flesh which stil against our soule conspires For lo alasse what we would not in vs styll taketh place And what we would is left vndone for want Lord of thy grace Féeling therfore the burthen of our sinnes which is so great With humble spirit with contrite hart with teeres we thee entreat Vs to behold poore wretched wormes which do our falts confesse And eke vnfaynedly bewayle our wofull wyckednesse Which dayly doth abounde in vs to our reproch and shame Let mercie yet preuent thy wrath for honor of thy name And as our secret sighes for si●ne to thee are not vnknowne So cra●ing mercy at thy hands accept vs for thy owne That we being new buylt by grace may lothe this lump of sinne And clad in verteous godly lyfe may still procede therin Perfourming our profession tyll finished are our dayes That then in passing ioye with thée we may remayn alwayes Graunt Lord this our petition which art the god of might That through the Iesus Christ we may be righteous in thy sight FINIS 1. Cor. 12. Galati 4 H● Deut. 31. Iohn 5. Wisedom 16. Roma 10 Esai v. Esai i. Psal. 76 Micheas 3. Rom. 13 Psal. 7● 3. Reg. Luke 16 Iob. 1. Iohn 15. Iohn 16 Act. 14. Math. 5. Gala. 6 Math. 10 Psal. 62 Psal. 91. Sirac 4 Psal 103 Psa 146 Act. 7. Act. 12. Act. 5. Luke 12 1. Pe. 5. 2. Ti. 2. Pro. 14. Pro. 16. Psal. 27 Heb. 10. Phi. 4. Heb. 12. Iosua 10 Iudi. 13. Exo. 14. Act. 12. Luke Psal. 76 4. Reg. 1 Esai 3. Esai 14 Esai 26 Reue. 22 Reue. 21 Psal. 81. Esai 1. Sirach 10. Psa 144 Psa 92.

was for his arrogancye eaten wyth woormes and gaue vp the ghost with infinite numbers of like storyes which I might aledge but for breuety I let them passe But now if God haue thus shewed him selfe so mightie righteous a Iudge if hée haue thus bent his irefull countenance against his enemies and so terribly poured doune his wrath vpon them in those days suppose you he hath forgotten him selfe or think you that he will leaue you vntouched oh you Arch enemies of our tyme doo you imagen that he is eyther blynde and seeth not your tirannie and bloodye butcherly behauiour or that he is death and heareth not the lamētable gronings and outcryes of them that innocently haue yelded theyr lyues to the slaughter oh no deceyue not your selues for if the blood of Abel cryed vengance in the ears of God for the cruell dealing of his brother Cain was herd Thinke you that the aboundance of blood of so many thousandes of gods children which yee haue spilt wil not by God be required at your handes ●es bée assured the Lorde him selfe wil be reuenged vpon you The poure and force of our God is not decayed neyther his arme shortened but he is euen now the same God that he thē was Wherfore let this be known vnto you and wherof be you moste wel assured that the lenger that the mightie God withholdeth and deferreth his comming so with the more vehemency and fury and the whotter shall his wrathe be kindled agaynst you with the more greuouse plagues shall he vexe and punish you when he shall appoynt the tyme of hys comming And as the affliction crosse of the godly proceedeth from God to thē of loue to theyr comforte and consolation So shall your punishment procéede of gods wrath and sore displeasure to punish you as his enemyes aduersaries to your confusion and vtter destruction The quarell is his owne and he himself will reuenge it when the burthen wil-bée to heauy for you to beare that now glory and tryumphe in your gredy desire of blood Shall not God auenge his elect which cry day and night vnto him Yes he will auenge them and when he commeth he cōmeth speedely And who may abyde in his sight when he is angry saith Dauid For euen as vpon the sodayne he sente downe fyre from Heauen which consumed the Captaynes theyr bends so hath he his plagues prepared for you and shall crushe you and break in péeces with an Iron Rod or Septer euen lyke an earthen vessel and make you as duste to trample on His wrath shal be shortly kyndled agaynst you How wel hath the Prophet of God found you out For both your wordes and councels sayth hee are agaynst the lord ye prouoke the maiesty of god to anger Wo be vnto your souls for they shal be heauely rewarded bycause ye haue wasted your land and destroied your people ye shal be swept out with the béesom of destruction saith the lord of hostes For the generation of the wicked shal be without honour The malicious Tirantes when they dy are neyther in life nor in the resurrection For thou visitest them and rootest them oute and destroiest all the memorial of them I will stretch out my hand and destroye the destroier saith the Lord A great vengance wil I take vpon them and punish them cruelly that they may know howe that I am the Lord which haue au●nged mee of them Behold I come shortly and my reward with me to geue euery man according as his déeds shal be And to cōclude the abhominable murderers shall haue theyr part in the lake that burneth with fyre and Brimstone And the Author of this saying is worthy of credit But now my déere bretheren of Englād as none of vs are worthy to be accōpted of the slocke of Christ his folde that hath not with compassion in his hart the perfect feeling of the misery of our persecuted bretheren our neighbours and with a willing harte reléeue them to our poure and with gréefe of mynd in their behalf doe humbly call vpon God to strengthen them with patience constancy of fayth that they may mekely and humbly submit them selues vnder the crosse which it hath pleased God for their triall to lay vpon them And wherof at his good pleasure hee will agayne discharge them and vnburthen them So let vs agayne well knowe that all crosses and calamityes are as Sermondes from heauen for sin and are layd vpon our neighbors for vs to take exsample and warning by And preach as it were vnto vs that we shoold faul● to the amendmente of our lyfe betime least God caste vs of in his aunger For although it hath pleased god to giue vnto vs the vse of his gospel offring vnto vs therby soule health which is receiued by fayth through hearing yet is it not inough that the same be taught hard onlesse it be also kept to kepe the word is to learn what is herd to hold it to bebeleue it and to performe true obedyence to God through faith as did our father Abraham He hard the word he held it he beleued it yea and yelded such obedience to it by fayth that he would at gods apoyntmente rather slaye his only begotten sonne then break gods commaūdement But wher is he among vs that yeldeth this obediēce vnto god we wil be called Abrahams childrē but we wil not treade in our fathers foote steps would to God we had consideration of his promes to them that heare and obey it For they are blessed saith hée which is to say sette frée from wretchednes Oh that my people would obey me for if Israel wold walke in my wayes I should soone put downe theyr enemyes and turne myne hand agaynst theyr aduersaryes Let vs not now so much trust to our prosperity that according to the olde prouerb wée set cock on hoope and be ouermuch careles but in our prosperity let vs be afrai● to offend the maiestie of our louing Lord and god Who as thankes to him hath hetherto So he may henseforth carefully kepe vs from aduersitie and daunger of our enemies for as no man better vnderstandeth the cōmodities of libertie health then he that hath some times felt the hardnes of imprisonment and pains of sicknes So haue we good cause to be myndfull of our late lamentable state wherin we then lacking the libertie of our consience did tast of the lyke misery that our bretheren and neighbours about vs are now partakers of which may nowe giue vs due consideration to think with our selues how perillous and daūgerous a thing it would be for vs that haue professed our selues Christians to bring our selues again ●nder the Deuils yoke and into the trappes of Tirantes that thyrst after our bloud which as they vndoubttedly think long for so doth our wicked lyfe and conuersatyon euen hasten the performaunce of their greedy desire but