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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14585	A fruitfull and godly sermon preached at Paules crosse before the Honourable audience and assemblie there, this present yeare 1592. Vpon the 5. chapter of the prophesie of Zacharie, 1, 2, 3, 4 verses. By A.W.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1592 (1592)	STC 24899; ESTC S119640	29,840	80

safe that these our home bred enemyes should beare any office in Israell to bee gouernours of the Lordes people but let them liue as priuate men and serue in baser places as the Gibeonites which thing I trust our wise and godly magistrates will haue an especiall care and regard vnto Now to come vnto the schismaticks of our church We may say to them nay the Church of Englande thus speaketh vnto them as the wise woman to hir sonne Prou. 31 1 What my sonne what the sonne of my wombe and what O sonne of my desires O let them not rise vp against their mother that bare them and gaue them sucke Hath not the Church of Englande bread them and brought them vp that knowledge vnderstanding and fayth that they haue had they it not by our ministerie haue not the spirituall fathers and pastors of our Church begotten them vnto God if they be the Lords What an vnnaturall part then is it in them to curse their owne mother and to speake euill of hir that bare thē What though the church of England be blacke she hath hir infirmities will they therefore make hir a keeper of vines Cantic 1 5 that is clean thrust hir out of dores and say shee is no Churche nor giue hir any place in the house of God But this is most vnkinde dealing that the sonnes of her mother children of the same faith should offer this hard mesure vnto hir we would not haue them to iustifie thinges that are amis in the Church as Adam with leaues hid his nakednesse neither ought they with curssed Cham to lay open the infirmities of of their parēts They would be builders of Gods house and so are we let vs build together not with strife and confusion of toungs as the tower of Baebel was built but in peace loue as Salomons temple was raised vp the noise of a hammer was not hearde in the house their stones and timber were squared in the mountaines as the wise man giueth aduise Prepare thy works abroad in the fields and then build thy house Pro. 24 27. So our hammering hewing worke ought to be without our hammers and axes should be turned to beat down poperie and hew off al grosse superstition we ought not one to hew at another seing we professe the same fayth and pretend the building of the Lordes house we should build togither in vnitie concord peace otherwise vnder colour pretense of building we pull down and destroy the house of God heare what an auntient Father saith Venit persecutor non fregit crura Christi venit Donatus dirupit ecclesiam Christi integrum corpus Christi manet inter manus persecutorū c. The tormentor came and brake not the legs of Iesus Donatus the scismaticke came brake the peace of the Church the body of Christ remained sound and whole in the hands of persecutors and the body of the churche is rent asunder among christians Let our English Donatists take heed therefore betime they haue a great account to make vnto god in making such breaches in the church Thus hauing spent some time in dealing against our heretiks and scismatikes we must also in few words admonish the hipocrits dissembling professors of the gospell who outwardly beare the name of Christians but their liues are nothing reformed garnished with a goodly shew of christianity without as sepulkers are outwardly bsautiful but inwardly their life is full of corruption filthinesse of oppression couetousnesse adulteries prophaning of the Sabaoth cōtempt of gods word intollerable pride with such like abhominations What is nowe become of the life and true profession of Christians Christ sayth Let your lighte shine before men a cādle must be put on a candlesticke not whelmed vnder a bushell Matt 5. A good profession is as the candle but an euill life is as a bushel that ouerwhelmeth it that it cānot shine forth The Israelits were commanded to make their garmets with fringes on the skirts in remembrance of the commandemēts Nu. 15 39. I see euery man hath shaped him an Israelitish garment they would be called Christians but where are your fringes where is your obediēce to the commandements of God Christians in these daies may be compared to vessels full of wine but they want a vent Iob. 32 19. So men are now full of knowledge and learning but the vent of a good life is wanting the vessels are in danger of bursting if they haue no vēt so knowledge puffeth vp if it be not vēted by lowe There is now a famine of good workes like as in Ieremie his time when the Nobles sent their seruauntes with their pitchers to the fountains and welles for water they returned without and were ashamed Iere. 14 3. So nowe adaies many that should be fountaines welspringes of good life examples to others are dried vp if a man seek for the water of life at their hands hee shall returne with an emptie pitcher hee shall finde no such thing there Christ nowe thirsteth againe as once he did vpon the Crosse for the good fruits and holy life of Christians But we are all become as the summer gatherings My soule desired the first ripe fruits saith the Prophet in the name of God and there was not a cluster to eat Micah 7 1. He sayth the Lord hungreth and thirsteth and lōgeth after the obedience and holy life of his seruants but what is it euen as summer fruit soone ripe soone rotten But yet I praye you let vs remember the ende of fruitles trees They that bring not forth good fruit shal be hewen downe cast into the fire Mat. 3. Wherfore as S. Paul sayth let vs al couet the best gifts knowledge is good but loue is better to beleeue aright dooth helpe but to liue wel is more acceptable to offer the calues of our lippes is a free gift but a contrite hart is the best sacrifise Psal. 51 17. and to giue our bodies a liuing and acceptable sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto God is the reasonable seruing and true worship of God Rom. 12 1. There remaineth now hauing spoken of the sinnes which the Prophet cryeth out against that we should also declare the iudgment denounced against them which is double both vpon the sinners and transgressors themselues and vpon their substance first for their persons it is sayde They shall be cut off all that steale and sweare falsly on this side and on that vpon euery hande All Theeues shall be cut off as Achan was Ioshua 7 1. All couetous persons as the rich man Luke 12 20. This night shall thy soule be taken from thee All corrupt Iudges shal be cut off as Shebuah Isai 22 18. Idle sheapheards shall be cut off three taken away in one moneth Zachar. 11 8. All blasphemers shall be punished as the Egiptian was stoned to death Leui. 24 10 All false witnesses shal bee recompensed according to their deserts as they that accused