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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

worke of the holy ghost so Iohn̄ here sayth he is the voyce of a cryer as and if he sholde saye I speake nothynge of myne owne heade but I speake those thinges that be commaunded me of my mayster to speake lyberally vtterynge those thinges that my commission wylleth me to speake and nothinge ther vnto addynge Wherfore if you reiecte my sayinge ye do not reiecte me but rather hym that speaketh in me for I am but a voyce whereby as by an instrument Christ doth declare vnto you his wyll A voyce of 〈◊〉 selfe is a sounde that goeth before the worde so that if the worde do not folowe the voyce is a vayne thinge as it were brasse soundyng or a Cymball tincklynge And so was Iohn̄ the voyce of Christ the euerlastynge worde of the father without whom Iohn̄ sholde haue ben a vayne thinge but now that the worde Christ dyd folowe the voyce is not vayne but rather as Dauyd saith Vox domini in virtute vox domini in magnificentia Psal 28. The voyce of our Lorde is in vertue the voyce of our Lorde is in pythe in strength the voyce of the lorde that pulleth downe the high trees of Libanus whiche in dead Iohn̄ dydde when he pulled downe the stoute hartes of the Iewes so that by penaunce they weare contente to be baptised of hym yet it was not Iohn̄ that dyd it but it was he which stode the last great daye of the feast and cryed sayenge Iohn̄ 7. yf any man be a thyrste let him come vnto me and drincke the Euangelyst saith that he cryed whiche was bicause he wolde haue euery man to heare him that euery man might be saued 1. Timo. 2 come to knoweledge of the truth for it is not his wyl that any shold perysh Wherefore they erre whiche say that of absolute necessite some must nedes be damned for saynt Paule sayth Periunt pro eo ꝙ dilectionem veritatis non receperunt 2. Thes 2. in hoc vt salui fierent They do perishe bicause they receiued not the loue of the trueth the they myght haue bene saued but peraduenture some wyll obiecte and saye if he wolde haue euerye man saued then they shal be saued for who can resiste his wyll vnto this is to be aunswered that we must consydre two wylles to be in in god a wyll that goeth before an other that cōmeth after by his fyrste wyll he wolde haue all men to walke in his commaundementes and so come to euerlastynge lyfe but when he seeth the vntowardnes of those that wyll folow their owne lustes and wyll not obey his commaundementes then by his later wyl he wyl haue them punished accordinge to their desertes as for an exemple A man setteth a tree in his garden wyllyng that it shall growe there manye yeares for to bringe forth fruyte now within fewe yeares when he seeth that it wyll brynge forthe none he commaundeth by and by contrary to his first wyll to cutte it downe sayeng where vnto doth it occupye the grounde in vayne It is not vnlike vnto this that is writen in the psalme Psat 79. Vineam de Egipto transtulisti Thou haste brought out of Egypte a vine Thou haste caste out Gentyles planted it whiche vine as the Psalmis sheweth to be breefe for a tyme dyd greatly encrease and growe so that the shadowe therof dyd couer the hylles but after the hedge was pulled downe and the wylde beastes did destroye it and why Isai ● but bycause as Esaie sayth he loked that it sholde haue brought grapes it brought out thornes so that the fault was in it and not in him for god doth aske by Esaie and saythe what sholde I haue done to my vineyard that I haue not done truly nothynge For as I haue sayde he cryeth vnto vs wyllynge euery manne to amende his lyfe and so to be saued Yea he hath cryed in olde tyme by his prophettes after by hym selfe his Apostels and disciples and styll crieth vnto this daye by his preachers but we stoppe oure eares wyll not heare we be muche lyke vnto the people of London which do heare after a sorte The belles of Paules when they rynge to Matyns at mydnight the belles do sounde in theyr eares yet they wyll not ryse but rather wyl tourne them on thother syde and slepe agayne for they thynke the daye is not as yet neare euen soo do we heare the preachers of god their voyce dothe sounde in oure eares but we will not arise from our noughty lyfe but styll slepe in synne thinkynge that the daye doth not drawe neare when as we shall make accompte of our actes but let vs not deceyue our selues for saynt Paule sayth it is tyme for vs to ryse from slepe the night is past and the day draweth neare Nowe if the day were neare in the tyme of saynt Paule that is .xv. hundreth yeare a goo we maye well thinke that it is nowe verye neare lette vs therfore open oure eares and heare him cryenge for yf we wyll not we shall herafter crye and he wyll not heare vs but there shal be other that is to saye our noughty lyfe and they vnto whom we haue done iniurye and wronge accusynge vs and they shal be hearde wherfore if we wyll stoppe the eares of god that he shall not here oure accusars we must here him when he cryeth and also crye diligentely vnto hym by prayer as Dauyd doth witnes of hym selfe that he dyd sayenge De profundis clamaui ad te domine Psal 129. Lord I haue cryed vnto the from the bothome of my harte Lorde heare my voyce and agayn Labo raui clamans Psal 68. I haue taken greate paynes in cryenge so that I am horse while I trust in my lorde But euen as we wyll not heare hym when he cryeth so we be very neglygent in cryinge agayne to him For surely I do thinke that syns the begynnynge of Christes churche there was neuer so lyttle prayer vsed among christen men wherfore it may be well sayd vnto vs that saynt Iames sayde vnto those that he wrote his epystle vnto ye desyre and ye haue not that ye desyre ye enuye and ye haue indignation one towardes an other and ye can not obteigne ye fyght ye warre and haue not because ye aske it not ye aske and receyue not bycause ye aske it amysse that ye maye spende in your voluptuousnes To stande long in this thing the tyme wyll not suffre me but onlye this I wyll saye that where as we stande neade of many thynges all ready we shall stande nede of moo if we wyll not heare hym crye and be dylygente in cryenge agayne to hym and that not onelye in mouthe but also in harte yea and in lyfe For what shall it proffytte vs to call god oure father yf we wyll not vse oure selues as louynge chyldren What shall it auayle vs to desyre hym to delyuer vs from all euell