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A02793	Two godlie and learned sermons, preached at Manchester in Lancashire before a great audience, both of honor and vvoorship. The first, containeth a proofe of the subtill practises of dissembling neuters, and politique worldlings. The other, a charge and instruction, for all vnlearned, negligent, and dissolute ministers: and an exhortation to the common people, to seeke their amendment, by prayer, vnto God. By Simon Harward, preacher of the woord of God, and Maister of Arte, late of Newe Colledge in Oxfoord.	Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614.	1582 (1582)	STC 12924; ESTC S112568	108,746	262

be punished with euerlasting perdition from the presence of God and from the glory of his power great cause ye haue to lift vp your harts vnto the Lord earely and late and continually to praye vnto the Lorde of the Haruest to sende foorth labourers into his Haruest and not onely to praye for labourers but also to praye that the labours and paines of the labourers may be profitable vnto you Actes 16.14 For except the Lorde doo open the hart of Lydia she cannot so much as marke those things which Paul speaketh Neither can the word of God any thing profit you vnlesse with the planting of Paul 1. Cor. 3.6 and watering of Appollo God doo giue the increase and as the Prophet saith Ezech. 11.19 put a new spirit within your bowels and take away your stonie hearts and giue you hearts of flesh And therfore whensoeuer the séede of Gods word is sowen in your hearts praye vnto God that he will so water it with the dew of his holy spirit that it may take such déepe roote that Sathan be neuer able to plucke it awaye assuring your selues that the Diuill dooth goe about nothing so dilligently as to keepe you in ignoraunce and blindnesse 〈◊〉 and to snatche the seede of the worde Luke 8.12 out of your heartes least ye should beleeue and be saued When a mā hath taken away the weapon from his enemy then may he worke his pleasure and use him as he will Euē so if Sathan can pluck away our weapon The sworde of the spirit out of our hands then may he handle vs as he wil when we know not the trueth Ephe. 6.17 he may intangle vs in his snares at his owne will drawe vs vnto all wickednesse and mischiefe 1 Tim. 2.25.26 and therefore his chéefe endeuour hath euer béene to kéepe the people vnarmed and to maintaine his Bulwarke of ignoraunce blindenesse for this cause he sendeth his Messengers to sowe this doctrine in the hearts of men that Ignoraunce is the mother of deuocion that the Bible ought to be lockt vp and nothing to be heard but the traditions of his sonne the Pope that it is Heresie to heare the word of God that the people may indeede come to the Church to be Christened to be Maryed and to be buryed but in no case to pray or to heare the Gospell of Christ And thus the God of this world hath blinded their eies that 2. Cor. 4.4 the light of the glorious gospell of Christe which is the Image of God should not shine vpon thē Others thinke that if they come to the Church orderly customably to pray that then they haue gon far enough as for hearing the worde of God they make small accompts of it therefore if they can get such as can read thē morning euening prayer they care for no other labourers in the Haruest But these doo not consider that which Salomon saithe Hee which turneth awaye his eare from hearing the law euen his praier shal be abhominable Prou. 28.9 although hee patter vp neuer so many prayers yet vnlesse he shew therwithall a zeale to héer the word of God his praier is abhominable in the sight of God this is a plague of all plagues that that prayer whereby we should aske all good things at Gods hands that prayer shall be come abhominable An other spiritual plague is the taking away of the foode of our soules and the depriuing vs of the Gospell of Christ which the Lorde dooth threaten to all the contemners of his word Amos. 8.11 Behould the dayes come sayth the Lorde God that I will send a famine in the Lande not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but a famine of hearing the worde of God and they shall wander from the North vnto the West from one Sea to another they shall runne too and fro to seeke the worde of God and shall not finde it Math. 21.43 And Christ dooth threaten the Iewes that for their vnthankfulnesse the kingdome of God the preaching of the Gospell should be taken from them and giuen to an other nation which should bring foorth the fruite thereof And surely if we consider our owne vnthankfulnesse in this Realme of England we shal be compelled to confesse that we haue deserued long a go to haue this plague to be brought vpon vs that the worde of God should be taken from vs and giuen to an other nation which shall bring forth the fruite therof For what one among a thousande hath any care for the heauenly foode of his soule what one among a thousand doth praye earnestly to the Lord of the Haruest to sende foorth labourers into his Haruest Naye we are rather glutted with it it is but a vile meate thinke we Numb 11.5 we had rather returne into Aegipt to feede on our Onyons Leekes and Garleeke then to taste of the sweet Manna the worde of the euerliuing God Iohn 1.10 The light came into the world and men looued darkenesse more then light The Lorde of his aboundant mercy Luk. 19.42.44 open our eyes that we may once sée those things which belong to our peace and know the time of our visitation that by our vnthankfulnes wee neuer deserue to haue the glorious Gospell of Christ to be taken from vs. Alas déere brethren we consider not the heauie iudgements of God which hange ouer our heads and shall moste certainely be powred vpon vs vnlesse we repent vs of this our vnthankfull contempt of the word of God It did nothing gréeue the Sodomites Gen. 19.16 when Lot was departed from them The olde world made no accompt of it Gen. 7.1 when Noah the Preacher of righteousnesse went from them entered into the Arke Amo● 7.10 Exod. 32.6 1. Cor. 10.17 All the lande of Iurie was not able to abide the words of Amos when Moses was away then were the people of Israell all merry they sate downe to eate drinke and rose againe to playe And so also it is with vs we rather wish that these labourers which we haue already should be taken away then that the number of them should be increased we had rather haue their absence then their presence their roome then theyr cōpany But I beséech you consider how in the end they were all most miserably plagued The Sodomites with fier brimstone from Heauen The old world with the floud ouerwelming the whole earth Exod. 32.27 2● The Isralits with a lamentable murther staying euery man his brother and euery man his companion and euery man his neighbour The Iewes with a miserable captiuity in Babilō for the cause of their destruction was onely the despising of the Prophets of God as the Lord sheweth by his Prophet Ierm 29.18 I wil persecure them with the sworde and I will make them a terrour for all Kingdoms of the earth and a curse and astonishment and an

is vile No but as the gould is taken and the earth left so take ye the doctrine and refuse the manners The Bees haue no neede of the stalke but of the floure so take ye the Flower of exhortation and let the vnprofitable stalke of conuersation wither awaye If thou thirste for the Heauenlye foode of Gods worde refuse not the good and comfortable Wine because it commeth out of a Tréene or Earthen Vessell Although the Rose be compassed about with many Briers and Nettles yet doo not thou therefore refuse the swéete Rose the sauor of life vnto life to those that shal be saued if thou trauaile in a waye that thou knowest not yet if a Criple by the high waies side doo shew thée which waye thou shalt turne refuse not thou to go thy way although the Criple be not able to remooue an intche from his place Although the Carpenters which make the Arke be drowned yet doo thou with the faith of Noah enter into the Arke and thou shalt be saued Math. 2.6 Although neither Scribe nor Pharisie nor Herode nor any of the people in Ierusalem wil beare thee company to Bethlehem to worship the Babe Iesus yet if the Priests doo shewe thée where thou shalt finde him followe thou the wisemen Luke 10.34 and go alone Although bothe Priest and Leuit passe by the wounded man and shew no mercy at all yet be thou that poore Layman that pittifull Samaritan which bound vp his wounds and powred in Oyle and Wine and brought him to an Inne and made prouision for him 1. Cor. 13.1 Although thy Teacher speaking with the tongue of an Angel and hauing no loue be nothing els but as sounding Brasse and as a tinkeling Simball and therefore doo nothing profite himselfe for a Simball or Harpe heareth nothing it selfe yet may he comfort thée when thy minde is in heauines if thou hast a liuely faith to beléeue and apprehend the sweete promises of Iesus Christ which by him shall be vttered Aug. lib. 3. contra donat cap. 10. Contra Cresce lib. 3. cap. 6 de fide ad pet cap. 36. Etsi aquae fluxu canatis nihilo fit faecundior hortus tamen per eum irrigatur et fructificat Although by the running of the water the Chanel is made nothing more fruitfull yet the Garden which is watered by it dooth bring foorth fruite more plentifully Although the Scribes and Pharisies will put no finger to the burthen yet take vp the Yoake of Christ and learne of him that he is meeke and lowely in heart and thou shalt finde rest for thy soule Aug. contra litteras petiliani Donatistae cap. 27. tom 7 Pag. 71. Pontifex Caiphas persequutor vnius et verissimi Sacerdotis quamuis ipse non sit verax quod dat tamen verum est si non suum det sed Dei What though Caiphas be a wicked high Priest a persecutor of our Lorde and Sauiour yet if he speake not from himselfe but from God Iohn 11.51 18.14 and Prophecie of Christe that he must dye for the people We must not therefore despise or renounce Christ because God dooth compell euen the wicked to confesse him Nay what though it be Sathan himselfe which confesseth Christ to be the sonne of God Luke 4.34.41 and calleth him Iesus of Nazareth the holy one of God yet we must not contemne or refuse the sonne of God because he compelleth the Deuill and his Angels to acknowledge him But rather muche more we ought to feare that omnipotent God which so ruleth all things with his mightye hand that euen those whom he dooth not gouerne with his spirit yet he dooth bridle them with his power Math. 11.29 Although thou be taught or Baptized by Iudas yet doo thou laye houlde vpon the bloud of Iesus Christ Marke 16.16 and thy sinnes are forgiuen thée Quos Baptizauit Iudas Aug. baptizauit Christus Whom Iudas Baptized Christ Baptized for the dignitie of the worde and Sacraments dooth not depend vpon the person of the Minister which may be wicked but vpon the promises of God which cannot deceaue But thou wilt say peraduenture they which liue ill be Thornes and how can a man gather Grapes of Thornes or Figges of Thistles Aug. de pact cap. 10. tom 9. Pag. 731. Augustine dooth aunswer very well The Grape dooth hange indeede amongst the Thornes but not of the roote of the Thornes for it hangeth only of the roote of the Vine Euen so the doctrine which is taught vnto them although it hange amongst the Thornes of many vices in the Minister yet it groweth not on the roote of those vices but on the roote of the worde of God and the Gospell of Iesus Christ then if thou desire to taste the swéete grape of the Gospell of Christe Lege vnam inter spinas pendentem sed de vite nascētem Gather the Grape hanging indeede among the Thornes but growing on the Vine Iesus Christe It is a lamentable case to consider how in these our dayes the Deuill hath so bewitched the heartes of so manye that in all their assemblyes Feastes and méetinges they haue nothing almoste in their mouthes but the lyues of the Mynisters the lyues pf the Preachers And yf they can espye anye faulte in the worlde then of a Moate to make a Bearne and of a Hillocke a Mountayne And looke who of all men are the fylthyest VVhooremongers the moste blasphemous swearers the moste dissolute Gaymesters the ranckest Ruffyans the moste cruell oppressiours of the poore the gretest spoilers of the goods of the Church wherewith the Ministers should doo good and kéepe Hospitality they are of all other most busie in displaying the faults of the Ministerie which is onely the deuise of Sathan to drawe them from the consideration of their owne sinnes least they should repent and liue whereas indéede they should first Math. 7.5 pluck out the beame out of their owne eyes and then should they better see to pluck out the Mote out of their brothers eye We haue a Wallet cast ouer our shoulders in the ende before vs we put the sinnes of our Ministers and of our neighbours in the end behinde vs we put our owne sinnes Psalm 38.4 51.3 and then Non videmus manticae quod in tergo est But good brethren if ye will be true Christiās ye must learne to turne the Wallet setting your owne sinnes before your face and casting behinde your backes the offences of your neighbours and Pastoures and although some of your Ministers haue not the grace to liue as they ought to doo yet ye must rather honor the bad for the good then despise the good for the bad And if any thing be amisse in them the waye is not to amende it with vile and reprochefull slaunders but your remedie is onely to flie vnto God by feruent and harty prayer praying alwayes the Lord of the Haruest that he will powre vpon

hissing and a reproche among all nations where I shall cast them because they haue not heard my words saith the Lorde When I sent vnto them my seruaunts the Prophets rising vp early and sending them but yee would not heare saith the Lord. But while they mocked the Messengers of God and despised his worde and misused his Prophets 2. Chro 36.16 beholde the Kinge of the Chaldaeans comming with a fearce and terrible Armie brake downe the Walles of their Cittie fiered their Temple burnt all their Towers destroyed Man Woman and Childe so that none escaped death but such as were ledde into Captiuitye and all the Goulde and Treasures bothe of the Temple and of the Noble men was all caryed awaye into Babilon The Lorde knoweth whether the like Captiuitye be reserued for vs or no and the Lorde graunt that the dayes of our Gracious Prince Elizabeth be not shortened for our vnthankfulnesse There was neuer Countrey that euer despised the Prophetes of God but it afterwarde felte the scourge of God and shall wee which are most guiltye of this synne be onelye frée from the punishment No no it cannot be but either we shall taste of a miserable Captiuitie in this world or els of a farre greater Captiuitie 2. Thes 1.8.9 when Sathan shall lead bothe body and soule into the bottomlesse pit of Hell there to be punished with euerlasting perdition from the presence of God and from the glory of his power These things good people if they were well pondered in our minds they would make vs continually to flie vnto God with feruent and hartie prayer and to say with Dauid Blessed art thou O God Psalme 119.12 18 19 33 35 97 135. O teach me thy Statutes open mine eyes that I maye see the wonders of thy Lawe teache me O Lord the way of thy Statutes and I will keepe it vnto the ende direct me in the pathe of thy commaundements for therein is my delight O how I loue thy law it is my meditation continually shew the light of thy countenaunce vpon thy seruaunt and teach me thy commaundements and they would make vs carefully to performe this which our Sauiour dooth commaund his seauentie Disciples To prave the Lord of the Haruest to sende forthe Labourers into his Haruest and not onely to pray for faithfull Labourers but also to put to our helping hands and to indeuour by all lawfull meanes possible to prouide for such as shall painefully labour in the Haruest of the Lord for otherwise if we will in words seeme to pray for them and then indéede can not finde in our harts to bestow any peny vpon them that the Labourers may haue their hier that they which sowe vnto you spirituall things Math. 10.10 1. Tim. 5.18 1. Cor. 9.11.14 Gala. 6.6 may in like māner reape of your carnall things that they which preach the Gospel may liue of the Gospell as the Lord hath ordeyned then are our prayers nothing els but mockeries and plaine Hipocrisie before God for outwardly we praye for them but inwardly we are not touched with the want of the thing that we desire Héere then is a Lesson for all Latrones as they are but Patrones as they should be that in bestowing their liuings they séeke not to enritche themselues by Sacriledge and Church robberie nor yet to prouide for such as will flatter them in their sinnes and sowe Pillowes vnder their Elbowes and crie Peace peace where as no peace is Ezech. 13.18 Ierem. 23.30 nor such as haue sweete lippes and will passe and repasse vnder their armes at their own pleasure nor such as are domb Dogges and cannot barke blinde guides and cannot see Isa 56.10 but that they trauaile to the vttermost of their power to place faithfull labourers in the Haruest of the Lord or otherwise they are accessarie to the murder of so many soules as perish And héere also is a lesson for you of the inferior sorte that séeing our liuings are so spoyled by impropriations that they are not able to maintaine Preachers amongst you for ye know that we haue but the chaffe and others the corne we the parings and other the Aples we the shels and others the Kernels and ye sée how euery day it waxeth worse worse so that he now dooth account him happiest which can pill the Church moste yet ye must not follow their wicked and desperate ensample but euery one contribute something to the maintenaunce of some learned Pastor to instruct you in the word of God which is able to saue your soules Set not your mindes so vpō worldly things Luke 14.18 as vpō your Oxen your Farmes and your Wiues that in the meane time Math. 13.46 ye neglect the Heauenly Supper which is prepared for you by Iesus Christe Ye must accompt the Gospell of Christ to be that Precious Pearle which when a Marchaunt man hath found it he selleth all he hath to bine it Phil. 3.8 Math. 6.33 ye must accompt all things but doonge so that ye may win our Lord Iesus Christ Seeke ye firste the kingdome of Heauen and then all things shall be giuen vnto you Spend not your substaunce in pride riot drunkennesse and excesse to the destruction both of your soules and bodies but bestowe it to the glory of God to the comfort of your brethren to the godly reléeuing of your familyes and to the saluation of your own soules Dauid saith Psalm 69. ● O Lorde the zeale of thy house hath eaten me vp but we may say the zeale of our owne houses the pride and excessiue riotousnesse of our owne houses hath eaten vs vp but few of vs can say with Dauid O Lord the zeale of thy house hath eaten me vp Especially ye that are Landlordes and haue all the swéete and fatte of the earth ye are to looke vnto it that there be prouision made for Labourers in the Lords Haruest and that ye bestowe your portion liberally thereunto for what a great shame is it that ye whom the Lord hath blessed with so great aboundance should prodigally spende it all vpon your owne backes all vpon your owne bellyes all vpon your owne Kitchins all vpon your owne Stables all vpon Hanking and Hunting all vpon Whores and Hounds and nothing vpon the Church of God nothing vpon the honour of your cheefe Lord in Heauen nothing vpon the common wealth nothing vpon your brethren in Christe deerly bought with the bloud of Christ And what a shame is it that ye should accompt the liuings of the Church to be your owne to giue them to buie them to sell them to farme them at your owne pleasures in the meane time to thinke that the care of the Church dooth nothing appertaine vnto you As the Prophet requireth of Princes Isa 49 23. so also all inferior Maiestrates ought to be Nurcing Fathers Nurcing Mothers to the church of God Now the dutie of a Nurce is not onely to