Sydon and Woe be vnto all the Isles that lacke wise men for their rulers and discréete personnes to teach them wisedome Well let this be my first poinct in this his seconde attyre to cloth the minister of the Lorde withall we wil procéede happily at length we shal finde that whiche may delight vs The next is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Suche a one as shall mainteine and kéepe straungers and not vnfitly For among Israel straungers were harboured because they themselues were straungers in Aegypt And we must remember to kéepe straungers in token that wee doe wander on earth and haue no abiding place and in remembraunce we be straungers vnto all the worlde for the word of the Lorde That heathnish writer yet the eloquent writer Marcus Tullius Saith properly in his Officijs Non dominus domo sed domus domino cohonestanda The house ought not to set out the maister but the goodnesse of the maister adorneth and beutifieth the statelynesse of the house Vlisses traueling verie farre gaue his commendation to Greece and all the countries there about that for courtesie and hospitalitie it might wel be compared vnto all Latium I knowe not what Vlisses would say if he were with vs but I am in doubt he might begge and sterue to before he gate ought I must of duetie counsell you with Paul to bee good vnto the poore for by receiuing straungers men haue receiued Angelles into their houses If Dauid may be beléeued the good mans childe hath seldome begged breade and the heart of the reighteous man is alwayes lyberal I must speak the trueth before the Lorde and before you all for we are driuen into a verie narowe straite the bely and the backe flaunteth it out in all sumpteousnesse your houses they haue nothing in them but bare walles they be so pinched with penurie those which are in the common welth in whose handes are many heapes of Gould are loth to distribute thrée peckes of meale to the poore and fatherlesse Nay I haue harde some speake it That if the vnsatiable gathering together of money if your racking of poore people if the greedinesse of scraping in of welth were left among you the spiritualtie wee which are of the common welth that haue nothing but by trauayle and sweate of our browes raked vp in many yeres would bestow more on the poore people then we do This is a pitifull crye it is ascended vp alreadie vnto the eares of the Lord the people they are readie to starue they houle in their miserie and crie out in the verie paine and smart of their soules vppon vs the ministers of the Lorde that harden other mens harts by our coueteousnesse Naball must néedes be harde and gréedie and no meruaile if Diues thinke much to giue vnto Lazarus that ritche men séeke for newe barnes to put in their stoore when they of Iuda and such as be in the house of God continually thirste to inritch them Well the Church of God perisheth in her miserie and panteth so sore that she is burst with crying because that this is not looked vnto In a cleere testimonie of my conscience I vtter the trueth vnto you for I haue seene it in some I knowe it in many it is common in all Hospitalitie here so much accompted of of Paul is termed husbandrie For if you saue much greedely that your childrē may spend it lasciuiously it is saide to be but good husbandrie I once was at Pauls Crosse when as a learned graue father preaching there among many other thinges spake much then of this vice He called to memorie at that time for the space of many yeares before that there had been no one Alderman in al London whose senne was remembred to haue vsed the honestly which the father in many yeares had seraped vp so couetously It was a sore and heauie saying for those wise and gray headed men that were then present And the saying of that wise Prophet moued the hartes of many that heard it There is at this daye nowe in London in moste florishinge state two sonnes of two Aldermen gouerninge by the wealth their fathers lefte them the happie and good state of that Citie But if that olde and grayheaded father were now aliue and speaking of the ministers of the worde of God shoulde turne his eyes to sée the iolitie wherin their children be that same discréete father for the two famous most worthy Shrifes that haue gouerned that honourable Cytie of London could not since that Englande was inhabited and knowen of men picke out so much as two sonnes of two Bishoppes to haue sat in the seate of their fathers I speake it as in such a time wherein the Lorde hath sent a rot among vs that wise men and most good and godly men shoulde haue so lewde and wicked children This is it I say The Lord wil haue their sonnes to spende it wantonly for that their fathers haue rackte it vp so vnkindly And if that money were bestowed on the poore which pine away for want of foode or some other way to the good and profite of the Church which lyeth smothered in their coffers and motheaten with rust the Lorde would not onely prosper them as good Phinees to haue the honour of the Priesthoode to remaine in their houses for euer But they shoulde be suer to haue one in the fauour and sight of God in a perpetuall generation The worlde is nowe so proude and the people therein so stately that if the sonne of a minister be not a gentleman the sonne of the minister shal bee but in accompt a begger There is some in Englande that haue good and large stipends for seruing the Lorde and they spende it as liberally on their Sonnes to make them Courtiers Well Aaron did not so either Eleazar so eyther els the Apostles and bretheren of the Lorde eyther els did Cephas or the residew so Pittye it is the Churche of God to sée how it serueth how the people die for foode the hedge of the Lorde how it is broken downe and they of the house do not so much as send their childrē out of their house to repayre it The Lorde moue his Prophetes to see vnto it And giue thē that earnest of his spirit the zeale of his glorye the feare of his name the reuerence of his Maiestye they ought to haue that his Gospell may bée farthered his Hierusalem builded his Citye finished his Church fetled that if it bee his will it may frō henceforth bee neuer more remoued we haue now run thorow the two first peeces of our last worke euen a litle liberty more and I doubt not but I shall dispatch the rest It foloweth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Apte to teache there was required 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and now wée haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the lord God hath alwaies had a care ouer his church he therfore hath cōtinually sent laborers into his harueste to helpe them forwarde therin
writeteth in the yeare of Christe 415. Or as Marianus reckoneth 414. In the time of Honorius and Theodotius that spreade abrode his heresies throughout all the East And hee with a greate number more infected the whole countrie And it is complained by Augustus that it blazed and bruted foorth throughout all Palestine And the same is author that it was knowen in Affrica and then carried to Constantinople into Italy into Scilitia into Fraunce into Englande as Prosper recordeth So that I wounder not at all if the reliques thereof remaine still For Melanchton though otherwise a good man and a verie notable member in the Churche of God of late yeares in Germanie was ouerthrowne in this And Erasmus that Semipelagian verie vnsteadie I must needes saye and one that durst not stande longe vnto the trueth stumbled in this As for Osorius his swéete woordes hath so rauished our young wittes that it is to be feared they taste a little of his rankenesse of spéeche Therefore to confounde him with others that Hyerarkye I referre you to that man of late memorie the light and glorie of Germanie Martine Luther that I knowe bothe can and will take my parte against them all For I stande not here by waye of confutation to set my selfe an aduersarie against all but to giue vnto you a notice of some for bothe I others may well touche it seeing it hath had so great defenders of late and so néere vs. Nowe then I speake not of the state of Adam and his sâ—yding from the Lorde what hee was in Paradice It is another question I talke of such as wée be now I touche not what wée are in ciuil matters or what our will is in common affaires eating and drinking in cloth in apparell in suche of that sorte These pertaine to the earth Wée dispute of that that leadeth vs to heauen Wee take not in hande what there is in that man that is regenerated by the spirite where there is a minde and a will to the Lorde by the Lorde But wée speake of him that is in sinne howe he commeth to god And I meddle not with destenie with prouidence with necessitie they are not depending hereon For there should then be no ende of our contreuersie Neither with the ministerie of the woorde and of the Sacramentes as meanes to bring vs Wée shoulde then bee too long Nor yet whether wée haue any light or not any force and might or no any wil any mouing any care any desire For it is easily knowen without God we haue nothing This is it which I touche briefely at this time and it is my question That in the conuersion of the wicked and vngodly man vnto the Lorde Whereby hée is throughly greeued for his sinne whereby hée séeth in a liuely faith the frée mercie of God and the benefite of his Mediatour whereby hee is instified before the Lorde whereby hee is renued whereby he is lightened whether or not there be a minde and readinesse in him whether his will his soule and his vnderstanding is raised or stirred vp of him selfe of his owne libertie at his pleasure for to knowe Séeke the Lorde and his Christe Or whether his whole conuersioÌ„ his alteration his regeneration is to be referred to the Spirite of the Lorde and the woorking of God and his minde moued and settled by the Holy Ghost or whether it commeth and proréede of him selfe This therefore to bee shorte it commeth and procéedeth all from God. For first I shewe that from the toppe of the heade to the soule of the foote wee are full of botches and blaines there is no whole parte within vs as the leprocie the bodie so doth Sathanas infecte the soule as the botches and byles the skinne and fleshe So the deuill the minde and heart of man For wee are vnder bondage seruitude and in the slauerie of this world Secondly the spirite of God onely doth drawe vs and doth renew vs doth make vs newe creatures The minde and heart of man is ruled and obayeth of our selues wee can doe nothing no not thinke a good thought this is more plainely seene by the forme of this prayer that I haue in hande For the caller is the Lorde it is done by his will to saue them that bée on earth to fulfill the petition that it may be with vs as it is in heauen The next cause hereof is Christe First for that he became man Nexte to saue men his bloud was shedde and hee died to get vs life Thirdly he rose from death and went vp to heauen that wee might haue our dwelling and mansion with him who is aboue To haue an assuraunce hereof we haue the spirite that continually worketh in the mindes of those that be his whome he hath seuered from the beginning of the world to dwel with him That he hath predistinated vnto life and made the heires of his glorie For whome hee hath elected those he calleth whome hee calleth those hee iustifieth whome hee iustifieth those hee glorifieth And where is nowe the will of man But to vnderstand more plainely the way and order of his elect whome he hath appointed in this life to dwell with him First I giue them this note that it is by regeneration of the spirit which they shall féele working in theÌ„ in that being ouerwhelmed in sinne and loden with iniquitie they shall haue tast of their owne transgressions and a hatred of themselus as touching the flesh And they doe rise out of darkenesse and the lustes of this life and reforme them as newe creatures vnto God and his Christ making shipwrecke of their bodies for the testimonie of his trueth And therefore conuertion or repentaunce is in the regenerate man in whome there is an alteration and chaunge from this wicked and vngodly life His soule it sorroweth for the sinne past Contrition and repentaunce is so setled within him that the feare of the iudgementes and wrath of GOD hangeth ouer him But hee knoweth that he is saued and kept from it in Christe For this cause we haue a lather to climbe withal into heaueÌ„ by steps degrées as it were to come to God. The first is our conuertion from sinne vnto holinesse and good conuersation The second is our quickning or our renewing according to the image of God that is in man The third is our gouernement or direction in the whole course of our whole life The fourth is the perfection of righteousnes according to the gifte of perseuerance continuing to th end of our race Truth it is that God hath left vs a meane in earth and a way to atteine to this and it is by hearing his word wherein the lawe and the gospell is verie plentifully set out vnto vs And therfore the counsailes of Christ may be sufficieÌ„t that vpon the excelleÌ„cie of his message sheweth our duetie For hee witnesseth that he spake not of
electe wherfore there is no ground of our fayth vpon these exterior shewes nor saluation to bée promised for thy miracles sake For as they at the Possouer receiued to the outward shew no more then a bare signe of him that should bee crucified so in like manner those that wrought by miracles and woonders weare neuer the nearer Heauen by them for they weare tokens only of their functions Who can reason that in as much as I am baptized I am immediatly elected or receiuing the Sacraments I am therfore to bée assured of my saluation For as the first is a token of regeneration which is not tyed to the outwarde Ceremonies so the seconde it is not necessary it should haue his effecte for I may receaue it vnworthely Then this which I call a fayth of miracles it is effectuall for a time and as well is the Lorde gloryfied in the reprobate as hee is in his chosen and all thinges are created by the Lorde and the wicked for the daye of wrath Is there any that dare tye the spirite of the Lorde God to any man are wee not in his handes and hath hee not made vs If God will set out his powre in the Vessels of dishonor and make them to bee ready at his commaundement What shall hee doo vnto those whom hee hath chosen vnto glorye doo you not finde that Saull was also reckoned amonge the Prophets and so was Simon Magus amonge the Apostels I speake of the Samaritans which knewe him not then wée may bée satisfied in in this for it is no proofe of our election and of our fayth because wee can doo miracles The Papistes that haue erred in that gros Idolatry of transubstantiation to ratefie their deuises of the reall presence of Christe haue snatched certeine proofes out of Ciprian in the treatise of the life of Gregory their first reason is That in the hand of Gregorius as hée prayed at the Alter the Sacrament that is the bread was turned into a finger and appeared as flesh But how strong an argument is this For Hildebrand that wrought by inchauntment and got the Bishopricke and succeeded him many yéeres after might giue his predicessor leaue to play one knacke of legerdemayne as well as hee The same Ciprian thoughe I knowe hee had his error is witnesse that sometime as the Sacrament was ministred there stoode in the presence of the Preeste a litle Boye wheron their reason is still grounded Ergo Christe is really in the Sacrament It was pritely sayde in one place by Malanghton vpon a frumpe that hee gaue a cauilling Sophistar Baculus stat in angulo ergo non licet sacerdotibus ducere vxores and of truth so say I to this argument A Réede groweth in the Riuar I must not therfore play to morrowe For as is of litle Children at the Skales so is the childishnes of this reason open to vs all And yet there is a thirde reason mixed to that which went before that when as the bread was thrust thorow with Penkniues there issued out of the hoast perfecte blood therfore they conclude Christ is really in the Sacrament The Ensusiastistes that weare often times franticke and madde they vsed to daunce and kepte company with Deuilles and as they reported were thē selues turned into Spirites yet thought they notwithstanding they had the holy Ghost Ergo ought wee to credit them These patched coates I would they weare giuen to some other wee stande in no such neede as yet to weare them I might heape vp a donghill of such robbish if I would but wée haue too much of that already I wish rather the they would vnburthen vs of that wee haue for you lefte of late sutch bundels ther of in out corners that if prouision bee not had and foresight taken it will before it bee longe infecte vs all wee are content to leaue this for sutch as desire it and very willinge to learne if that you can afforde vs better ware as for this faith of miracles it is nowe vanished and fled for feare the sight of the Gospell did so astonishe them that they were neuer knowen in Englande since Peraduenture some idle Monke or Launcelet fryer newely crept out of his Portesse hath compiled a greate and huge volume of their sainct George on horsebacke or some such petie Canon thrust out a shéete or two of paper of their Diriges and Trentalles otherwise they haue occupied and busied them selues in little Then let this suffice nowe for a testimoniall before the Lord that in no one thing neither wonder nor signe neither miracle neither tokē or in ought else is the saluation and life of man put saue in a liuely true and perfect hope by faith confirmed in our redemption vpon the crosse in the blood of Christ So that at length though verie wearie we haue arriued at a verie pleasant porte for one or two turnes more ouer passed wee will lanche no more into the depth but quietly take our aboade in this hauen by faith that can quietly protect vs against all the haylestones and tempestes of the diuell Yet enter wée not in presently something there is wée must suffer before least that rashly and in haste wee mistake the holde whereunto we should bend our sailes and be throwen out a loofe vnto another And as is of two rockes the one whereof will smite vs in sunder if wee light thereon the other if we doo drawe to it warily will saue vs euen so is it of these that I talke of The countenaunce of them both is alike for a season but happie is hee that can make choice of them the difference is séene verie easily in that the laste two members which I left vntouched before ar still behinde The first of them is faith for a time the seconde is a iustifying faith and a greate péece of cunninge there is in discerning them of that faith whiche is for a season and for a while it is written in Matthew 13. When any man heareth the worde of the kingdome and vnderstandeth it not For the euill man commeth and snatcheth away that whiche is sowen in his heart and it is he which hath receiued the séede by the wayes side Smith sometimes a Bishop in England an impudent Sophister in his booke he wrote against Peter Martir that good man of God the verie same that he set out against Melancton and against Luther he in those of his chippes which he swept vp together verie vnconstantly affirmeth fidem faith not to be fideutiam faithfulnes and inueying sore against such as make that man which would be faithfull to continue in his faithfulnesse He racketh that same place of Paule Ephes 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That is we haue boldnesse and entraunce with confidence by faith in him What is it can bee vttered in plainer forte In Christe wee be encouraged to looke vp to heauen that durst not before
cast our eyes vppon the Lorde We haue a passage to his kingdom the gates whereof are nowe more largely opened then before wée haue a confidence otherwise wée might be swalowed vp of death and hell and wée should be tossed as the wanes of the water Lastly it is a faith in Christe wherein is excluded the abilitie of man then wée must atteine by grace in faith which is the onely gifte of God so that it is an Iron taken out of the fire and from the smythes forge to separarate faith from faithfulnesse it neuer came out of the furnace of the Lorde Then this whereof I speake the faith of man which is for a time it is a signe of reprobation For he that putteth his hand to the plough and knewe the worde and runneth backe happie had he béene had he neuer knowen it Who runneth his race getteth the game what Champion retireth before he hath gotte the field Who iourneyeth and then repenteth before his appointed day Doth the worlde mislike effeminate and sluggish men And will the Lord be pleased with vnconstant wauering hearts I neuer liked him whose amitie was feruent for a day and altered againe with a blast Neither hath my soule loued the man that could so valiantly rattle out the threatnings of God and when anguishe and persecution assaulteth him kept silence The earth hath spewed out the vnsauourie cockle that hath vppon it a Sommer garment and dareth not shewe his head in Winter And God hath left of the Ethnikes and of the nations as prickes and thornes in our sides to trye vs and we be not of his building if we stand not as stiffe in tribulation and sorrowe as if we would in time of peace Our late dayes are a witnesse hereof when it pleased God to trye his good Golde and suffered the Copper and baser mettall against the day of wrath And he neuer commended the Israelites in that they forsooke his law his word but he scourged them grieuously to reclaime them In that peace and securitie the like whereof was neuer séene on earth as was giuen by God in the dayes of Solomon What aduantage was it though they built so glorious a temple and went afterwarde a whooring to their idols Iehosophat was in great perill of his life for waaging battaile with an vniust man and had not the Lorde hearde him he had dyed It is my note vppon this that thou be all alike and that thou wauer not for if he would haue stroken a iust man for that he stumbled what shall be come of that man that lyeth groueling in sinne Ichu began a good course happie were his dayes and blessed were his yeares for doing the message of God so ducly but if then when he had put downe the house of Ahab and suffered Baal to be woorshipped no more in Israel and had molten the golden Calues he had then also left the sinnes of Ieroboam which caused Israel to transgresse the will of God his seate it had béene established and his throne set vp among the tribes for euer Iosiah his zeale at the first his repairing of the temple his altering of religion the good wayes wherein he went were no cause to kéepe the hand of God from him when he went vp against Pharoath Necoth to Megiddo to fight and consulted not with the Lorde I like not that of Ieptath to come faire and softly and to stay so cowardly for I wishe that he had knowen as well what God woulde haue required when he came home with victorie as he did search out before when he went against the Ammonites then let him that wil be the true worshipper of God séeke as well what is profitable to morrowe for him as that which is expedient to day I confesse forrie I am that I must so often shewe my selfe an enimie vnto him but thus it is I hate him to the death that I haue nothing to doo with the hollowe hearted Gospeller or with his loosenesse of life I séeke that man that continueth and endureth to the ende And as for their enuie it is not that I care for suche fainte harted fellowes may easily be blowen awaye a stroke or two though it bee of small force it will dismay them To them I say whom God hath blessed in his spirit to beare his liuery and to cary his markes in their for heads that are able to suffer persecution and will not for a time but come there life or come there death stande corragiously to the battayle To those I giue a more warliâ—e attire and I tharge them that in such extremity they bée apparrellâ—â— thus Let their loynes be gyrt with trueth Let their Brestplate bee of rightuousnes let their feete be shod with the Gospell of peace let them take to help them the Shéeld of fayth let them put on their heads the Helmet of saluation let them take to fight withall the Sworde of the Spirit and the God of Peace and glory hée shall keepe them from all the stery dartes of Sathan Thus albeit in a wearisome manner wee haue escaped and come to lande I doubt not but well defended for a longe space and so well furnished as the Diuell the world and the flesh shall neuer mooue vs My councell is seeing our enemies bee ouerthrowne and wee at rest that wee doo as they at Thebes did that come winde or come weather come danger come perrill wée bee found in the top of the Towre watchinge Otherwise there is that bee ready enough to reskewe the pray and our enemy the Diuell hée hath a band of men in a readines alwayes to assault vs And he layeth as great séege as any Captayn of them all that fighteth on the earth for his traÌ„sitory affaires the espetiall marke which hée aymeth at is it that now I haue in hand the fayth of man and it is the fifth and the last thinge in my deuision that I noted I put it in the laste garrison of my men beecause if all fayle if life if Glorye if this worlde yet haue wee one behinde that is able to reskew vs and this fayth whereby wee are iustified it doth not stay on it selfe neyther can wee haue hope of recouery if wee fayle at any time but froÌ„ that sure and vnmoouable fortres where it is shrowded and this holde it is the Lorde For man is weake and féeble our fathers that went before they staggared euen in their faith and fel from the Lorde and so had continued vnto the ende if the Lorde had not helped them for this cause God hath alotted vnto vs to our vse very stronge Inginnes that will rowse out our enemyes and shingr them to morselles if they come neare vs These bée in number thrée The first is hope the second is stedfastnes the thirde is the spirite These bée they that fight for vs and maintayne our right and shall keepe vs and our
to charge them with that throng in vpon vs with their superstitious glosing very desirous to know what conscience there is and how reuerently it may bee doone that hauinge so goodly so great so famous and excellent guiftes they shall for all that leaue the people of God vnfed see the poore flocke of the Lorde sterue before their faces the lame man and simple soule dye for foode they hide themselues and lurke in priuate corners gadding a broad like men of occupations attired like prentesies rather then Preachers teaching in schooles then speaking in Pulpets and all for the vanyty and immagination of our harts or for the vnrulines or for the blindnes or for the vnskilfulnes of ignoraunt men Furthermore there is no cause that they whose doctrine and life manners and knowledge is comparable almost with those the best that beare the cheefeste places in the common welth should disguisedly transforme them selues to all fashions that they bée readier to runne a hoyting and raunginge abroad thorow euery petty and bye holes in England preaching and teaching in priuate houses ministring and seruing in priuate places disswading not perswading once to good orders disfiguring their calling and laying aside their function where vnto they are chosen and seeking to be plausable among the ruder sorte seruing their affections and yelding to their desires as common Chapemen to buy and sell and to lay abrode whatsoeuer disorders shall be brought into the common welth so that after this my last peticion and request vnto you all in the Church of the Lorde specially to you at this present gathered together to shewe your duetie and readinesse and your good affection that you beare to the Lord God reioysing so much the more as I sée so goodly a companie assembled and met in one to ioyne and knit handes to the finishing and reising vp of the spirituall Hierusalem I say vnto you all I power forth with a wandering minde and verie vnwilling heart these my hindermost and last wordes And they be that none of you doe come as the sonnes of Ely did to them of Iuda bringing with you a thrée forked fleshooke to plucke out the meate that is in the pottes if any one denie it you Or that you presume to take this charge for the loue of money and gréedinesse vnto gaine as some haue done or that you be a dishoner vnto the famely o◠〈◊〉 Lorde traunsported and borne about from place 〈◊〉 place like masterlesse men Hauing no aboode no not a hole to lay your heades in too vnseemely in these our dayes where a number doe sit in the heigh wayes and in the gates of other men wayting for a péece of breade and for almes at their handes when it were fitter that they were kepers of hospitalitie them selues Againe I require and pray you earnestly a seruaunt of the LORDE and fellowe labourer with you To scatter your selues thorowe euery angle and quarter of this Realme in seuerall congregations that all countries may heare your voice and euerie parte thereof may glorifie the Lorde Followe not the custome of our Presice men verie daintie and coye so nice as may be if they sée a Surplesse or a Coope Yet they will thrust them of their accorde into others mens charge and take vpon them gouernement in the iurisdiction of others and spreade abrod the infirmities of weake brethren and dispence a yeare some times moneths if they thinke good and often many wéekes to satisfie the vnsatiable demaundes of their confederates yet cannot find in their heart to bestowe them in any other foraine and straunge place where the worde of God hath not béene heard to doe good there And to conclude let there be one agréement one brotherhoode one voice and one sounde in all your preaching speake not contrarie thinges a verie common thing in these dayes men haue learned to dissemble so gloriously Also I desire you nay I charge you in the Lord Christ that you be not of diuers mindes but that you teach one GOD and one Christe whome he hath sent sowing abroade no newe and phantasticall opinions or scattering diuelish and olde heresies or inuenting straunge and fonde nouelties thrusting vppon the simple soules inuocations and fables whiche apperteine not to edification All whiche are brought in at this day by the Scismatickes of our time and now trouble the common wealth that the same sworde whiche appertained at the first all alone to the Magistrate to the rooting out of vice and hewing off of the Papistes is nowe also faine to bee drawne foorth to cut off them Well the Lorde graunte if so it bee his will peace to Hierusalem and long life to the daughter of Syon and ioy and tranquilitie to vs of his Church that shee may bee brought to knowe the will of the LORDE and wee ruled by him in all our exercises that the worde may haue frée passage his name onely glorified his will knowen his commaundementes kept and the gospel truely and sincearely taught to the maintenance and furthering of Religion and the beating and suppressing downe of sinne thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde Amen FINIS Luke 11 Exo. 5.16 Zach. 3.2 Gen. 14.16 2. Kings 22.35 Luk. 1â— Math. 6. What prayer is thought to be among the learned In. Lucam In coÌ„ment in psalm 135. Lactan. lib. 6. cap. 13. In concion de octo beau citud Lib. 1. Tom. 1. haeres 66. In coÌ„ment in Esay cap. 62. In fragmen de errore prophanar relig De oratione Lib. 2. De oratione Lib. 4. ca. 86 Lib. 4. ca. 35. Lib. 3. ca 49 Two things that be wayters vpoÌ„ him that prayeth Colos 4.2 Philip. 4.6 Our order and manner in praying Ioh. 17. 1. Tim. 2. Precise men oftenâ—imes â—nvvise men Ioh. 4. Vpstart and fond heresies budding vp in our churches 2. Sam. â— 4 2. Sam. 15. Exod. 33. Ier. 8. The state of our dissernbling profesâ— sors at this daye Actes 7. Basill Eusebius These conditions are seldome kepte though much talked of amonge our vaine glorious men Such striuing small obayinge hath bin seldome seen in Ingland Eusebius Pamph. Freedome is made seruiâ—nde obedience disobedience to them that vse it not The last â—â—use to pray Sectes diâ—itioÌ„s about orders in the church He that falleth willingly as these did tempteth God prayeth not shall haue that portion they had The thirde thing to be considered in prayer the partes thereof The antiqui tie of coÌ„mon prayer Gen. 4. People vsed not so open playne administration of the Sacraments in this age as in the lavv and after the Lavv and a fevv huÌ„dred yeeres before the Lavv. Gen. 19. Gen. 20. Exod. 19. Exod. 28. Iosh 5. Iosh 18. Much seuerâ— inge litle inclining to the worde brought in by Scrsmatickes The state vnder Diocletian Templeâ— called Dâ—minica and Oratoâ—ia Basilâ— Error in the mistaking of examples Common customes do bring great matters to passe and the vse of that is euill doth make it good though