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A04512	A sermon of Saint Chrysostome, wherein besyde that it is furnysshed with heuenly wisedome [and] teachinge, he wonderfully proueth, that no man is hurted but of hym selfe: translated into Englishe by the floure of lerned menne in his tyme, Thomas Lupsette Londoner; Quod nemo laeditur ab alio. English	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.; Lupset, Thomas, 1495?-1530. aut	1542 (1542)	STC 14639; ESTC S107812	26,107	62

constrayned to ieoparde theyr lyfe without shypmayster without maryners withoute sayle without oores Neuerthelesse bycause theyr hartes and myndes were fast set in the knowledge of god and hadde theyr inwarde eyes lyfte vp to heauen and coulde welle remember that this pryncis power his regall pompe his fasynge pryde all his holle glorye of rychesse were fraylle vyle vnworthye to be regarded They thus helped and stayed vp with the fethers and wynges of fayth fleing to heuen regarded and compted the kynges courte for a stynkynge dongion and pryson full of prowde gloryouse stately persones yet the kynge commanded them to be sette downe at his owne bourde that pompouse table besette with all the shewe and muster of gluttonye and bealyfare They toke this princis companye for none honour but for an abhomynable sclaunder and shame to theym and were lyke lambes sette in the myddes of wolues and were by necessitie driuen other to dye for hunger or to eate of those meates that were becursed and forbedde of god What dydde than these yonge chyldren ▪ this tender age bounde in this thrauldome They soughte none excuse in that god knewe theyr necessitie and myght se howe they were constrayned beinge in the handes of a tyran kepte in bondage hauynge noo power to resyste theyr cruelle lorde and prowde conquerour they imagyned none of these excuses but determyned vtterly with them selues to forbeare to the dethe only that they wold not offende nor dysplease God or do that thynge that was not lefull for them to do Thus they were on all sydes besette with thynges cleane resysting and contrary agaynste theyr desyre They were bare and naked of almoney wher by they myght haue sommewhat swaged the fiersenesse of theyr rulars and kepers nor yet they coulde haue no sure truste in any mans frendeshyp seing they were alyens and strangers and authoritie they hadde none beynge bonde prisoners nor in number they could not preuayle beinge but thre alone what do they than Surely that thyng that onely semed to be in theyr power With fayre wordes they ●ntreate theyr keper whome they founde full of feare leste he shoulde be putte to deathe yf he fauoured and applyed to theyr desyres and soo this keper sayde to theym I soore feare my lorde the kynge leste he loke vppon you and see your faces paler and leanet than bet the other yong men and vpon that blame me and putte me for your sake to deathe But they of the other parte with wyse aunsweres toke from hym all his feare and caused hym to beare theym fauour Thus whan they had done as moche as lay in theym and as moche as was possyble for theym to doo streyght the ayde and succour of god was at hande and dydde for theym his parte Than I saye this worke is not the worke of god alone but the begynnynge thereof commeth of theyr pourpose and redy mynd For they were fully determyned with theym selfe not to tast of the vnlefull meates And whanne they had constantely and strongely kepte this mynde streyght the becke of almyghtye god confyrmed theym in the same and broughte theyr pourpose to a gloryouse ende Seest thou nowe in this place that who soo euer hurteth not hym selfe he canne not be hurted of an nother For I praye the looke with me vppon the case of these thre chylderne yonge they were in bondage in thrauldome all alone there hanged ouer theym a stronge and myghtye power cruelle commaundementes feare of deathe compulsyon of the tyranne and fierce threttenynges On the other syde helpe and succour was there none nother of kynseman nor of neyghbour nor of cytesyn acquayntaunce none that coulde counsaylle theym to folowe the beste noo earthely comforte yet in all this heape was there nothing that coulde hurte theym seynge theyr owne mynde and pourpose hurted theym not But contrarye on the other syde the chosen people of god the Iewes hauynge on all sydes soo many aydes as I before rehersed soo great succour and helpe of god yet they preuayled nothynge in the healthe of theyr mynde onely by cause theyr owne proper sluggysshenesse theyr owne frowardenes betrayed and distroyed theym selues But lette vs retourne to oure three chylderne They fyrste opteyned this gloryous vyctorye that they were not defoyled with fowle and vnlefulle meates And whanne the tyranne was in this poynte ouerthrowen and caste vnder theyr feete they were brought to greatte enterprises and battayles of more honour for a moche more cruel constreynment a far greater mi schiefe and heynouse condicion was put before theym A furneys was sette on fyer the fierce and cruelle people of the Persis clustereth aboute theym the tyranne rageth all that countreye is sette to dysceyue and peruerte these symple and innocente chylderne there is ordered dyuers and sundry sortes of instrumentes to sounde after the sweete consente of musyke O a newe kynde of crueltie fyre and musyke is coupled together the threttenynges of tourmentes and feare of deathe is myngled with pleasure And yet all not withstandynge he that dothe his endeuour and vttermooste power can not be hurted of an nother yea by the inforcementes of his ennemyes he shall increase in glorye and honoure as by these foresayde meanes these chylderne came to an hygher vyctorye than they hadde before For the tyranne Nabugodonosor bounde them and cast them in the sayde fourneysse of fyre but he coulde nothynge hurte theym but dydde them passynge good in that his fiercenesse and crueltie gotte theym a greatter crowne and an hygher rewarde For they in the myddes of the bournynge fornace in the myddes of the ragynge Persis that bourned more than the verye fyre in suryouse madnesse had a noble and gloryouse vyctorye ouer theyr ennemies and beinge but thre selly chylderne and prysoners ouercame that holle nation with theyr tyrannye whose noble actes and honour is songe and shall be songe for euermore Thus than he that hurteth not hym selfe an other persone can not hurte hym I wyll not ceasse often to repete the title of my Sermon and summe of my pourpose For if as we haue before touched nother imprysonemente nor bondage nor thrauldome nor the losse of countreye of all frendes and acquayntaunce nor an hole hoste of enemyes nor the fyre nor the cruell tyranne was not of sufficient power to hurte three yonge chyldren beinge lefte of all ayde beinge straungers and brought into the handes of theyr ennemyes what thyng is there able to breake the vertue and courage of the mynde But thou sayest to me God helped and was with them and delyuered them out of the fyre In lykewise thou oughtest if thou fulfylle thyne vttermooste endeuour to hoope and truste to haue the ayde and grace of god For doubtelesse God wylle be with the yf thou leaue not before thy selfe Howe be it I doo not compte the sayde chylderne happye and blessed bycause they trampilled and walkyd vppon the fyre wythoute hurte but by cause they wolde be bounde and wolde be caste in to

heate of the bournynge sonne shulde noye and hurt them they were in the day tyme couered with cloudes and whére soo euer they remoued this heauenly ruffe and coueryng folowed theym In the nyghte also they were not without solate and comfort ▪ for a lampe set a fyre by the worde of god shyned before them the whiche dyd not onely gyue them comfortable lyghte but also shewed them the righte waye in that deserte wyldernesse what shulde I speake of the stone that folowed them with abundant yssue of water What shoulde I speake of the multitude of byrdes the which with their clusterynge couered the hole erthe And other meruels that were shewed to them in Egypte what shuld I reherce Or what shuld I repete the great vertues and noblenesse perfourmed in the wyldernesse the battaylles doone by prayers the greatte vyctoryes gotten onely by the callynge of God For they not lyke men fyghtyng but as though they hadde ben in a daunce contynually tryumphed And how can it be tolde that as they passed Aegypte where the seas fyght for theym soo with the sownde of theyr songes and trumpettes they ouerthrewe the walles of Hiericho in suche fasshyon that they semed rather to be a companye and a quyere of syngynge menne than an hooste of aduersaries or ennemyes and they seemed menne rather to execute mysteryes thanne warre All these wonderfull sygnes and tokens al these myracles were done not soo moche for the pleasure and safegarde of that nation as that the doctryne and knowledge of God the whyche they lerned of Moses myghte the faster stycke in their myndes For these meruaylouse actes were certayn voyces that declared and preached to them the knowlege of God lord of heauen of earth of all the worlde The seas that they with dry fete passed ouer cried vpon them to know God and the drowning of their enmies cried the same The same also shewed to them the waters tourned into bloude the same the rayny storme of toodis taught theym and fynally all the wonders that were done other in Aegipt or in the wildernes signified the same These infinite myracles were to theym as a boke and writing that coude neuer be blotted nor put out nor turne from their conscience This boke they might alwaye rede and haue euer in their hartes yet all this not withstandyng so euident tokens of the power and ver tue of almyghty god And not withstandyng the honour and glory that god gaue to theym aboue all other yet they were vnkynde and remayned infidels hauing no stedfast feith in god For they worshipped the head of a calf wold haue other gods made for thē although they had in their sight memory so many manifest signes of the infinite power of god But loke vpon the people of Niniuites that was barbarous aliens not accustomed with no benefites of the prouidence of god not instructed with no lawes not sturrid vp with no mi racles no cōmandementes rude and ignorant ▪ they saw a poore man Ionas as he cam from the sea wracke a straunger neuer before sene or knowen of them that sayd at his fyrst entrie into their citie Within these thre dayes this citie Niniue shalbe distroyd Of the whi che onely sayenge they were conuerted and brought to the feare of god and streight they forsoke theyr synfull lyfe and by penance they gaue them selfe to vertue and goodnes with so stedfast a feythe that they reuoked the terrible sentence of god that was giuen of their distruction and reserued their citie beinge at the poynt to be destroyed For the texte saythe thus God sawe that euery man had lefte his moste vngracious lyfe Telle me howe lefte they their lyfe so synfull for theyr abhomination was greate and extended vp to heauen theyr iniquitie was infinite theyr woundes were vncurable For that meaneth the prophete whan he sayth Theyr malice and synne mounted vp to heauen by the which infinite space he signifyeth the greatnes of theyr trespaces yet al this not withstandyng theyr terrible synnes that stretched vnto the heauen they being warned with fewe wordes and a lyttell cōmuniation of a stranger vnknowen neuer before in that countrey seene a man to be hold wretched coming from the sea wrack in a short space of thre days were so quenchid and put oute that they deserued to here this gracious sentence of god saying And whan god saw that euery one of them had left their vngratious lyuynge he chaunged his angrye mynde and reuoked the bluddy sentence that he hadde purposed agaynste them Doest thou not here euidently see how that he that hath his mynde redy and bent to resyste synne and well remembreth hym selfe can not only take none hurt of men but also tourneth from him the angre and vengeance of god being at the poynt to punyshe hym Contrary wyse he that betrayeth and hurteth hym selfe although he haue an hundred thousand gracis and helpes of almyghty god to his outward furtherance and staying vp yet all suffiseth hym not for his saluation For as ye see in the forsayd examples all the wonderfull myracles and prouidence of god helped nothyng the obstinate Iewes nor the Niniuites beinge straungers were not hyndered for the lacke of such aides and succour as the Iewes had but in as moche they gaue them self to god with hole hart and mynde they greatly preuayled by a lytell occasion to opteyne the mercye and grace of god And thus they dyd being rude vntaught straungers and men set aparte frome the lernynge of god lackyng bothe lawes and teachers to be instructed by ¶ What maye we nowe speake of the three chylderne agaynste whom although so great and soo many tourmentes were deuysed yet there coulde noo cruell peyne eyther hurte or decaye the noble vertue of theyr myndes Were they not three chylderne of tender age that in the fyrste entrye of theyr lyfe were broughte into thraldome and subdewed vnder the rule of a fierce mayster beynge from theyr countrey outlawes dryuen frome their howse churche and all acqueyntaunce dysvsed from the lawes of theyr countrey plucked from the accustomated sacrifices and ceremonyes of God drawen from the sounde of the holy psalmes and broughte to a straunge order where was nothynge lyke vnder an heynouse and terrible lorde that they seemed rather to be amonge wylde beastes thanne amonge men herynge no voyce lyke theyr fathers and mothers tongue herynge noo communycation nor teachynge of prophetes they hadde noo comforte other of priestes or shepeherdes that they were wont to haue For these wordes they saye theym selfe complaynynge that in that tyme and place they lacked a ruler prophetes capytayns a conuenient place to make theyr sacrifice before god to aske and opteyne his mercy Furthermore besydes all this they were in a strayter ieoperdye in that they were contynuallye kepte in the kynges courte where seemed to be a sea alwaye ragyng and troublous with stormes with tempestes with waues with rorynge flouddes with blusterynge wyndes and here they were