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A17590	A sermon preached before the right honorable Earle of Darbie, and diuers others assembled in his honors chappell at Newparke in Lankashire, the second of Ianuarie. Anno humanæ salut, 1577	Caldwell, John, parson of Winwick.	1577 (1577)	STC 4367; ESTC S107405	29,430	86

Christ but whoremongers shal be shut out and be cast into the lake which flameth with fire and brimstone Now if god spared not the whole world if he showered downe fier and brimstone from heauen vpon Sodom and Gomorra if foure and twentye thousand were destroyed and all for whordome let vs not thinke that he will spare this realme of Englande if we continue still from one yeare to another in whoredome neuer finding anye time to repent Wherefore as many as will liue vprightly and walke honestly must detest abhorre this vice And to the end that we be not defiled therewith we must bannishe queanes and harlottes and not suffer them to eate our breade and to lodge within our gates A serpent is a daungerous thinge to be kept in a mans bosome and we cannot dayly kéepe companye with euill persens without great daunger he that toucheth piche shal be defiled Therfore he that will liue vprightly must shunne whordom all things that are prouocations therevnto The third thinge that we must shunne is strife and enuyinge vnder which two names is comprehended al thinges that striue against brotherly loue and godly peace and quietnes For out of al doubt good agréemēt and freindshippe amongest men is as pleasaunt a thinge vnto God as can bée Therefore saith the psalme Ecce quā bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres in vnum Beholde howe good and ioyfull a thinge it is brethrne to dwell together in vnitie it is like the dewe that fell downe from heauē vpon the grounde to giue norishment vnto it and like vnto the oyle that dropped downe from Aarons bearde so as the sent of it was shed ouer all his raiment Whereby it plainely appeareth that god loueth peace and amitie amongest men and is well pleased when one embraceth an other with hartie loue S. Paule therefore here doeth exhorte vs to loue and telleth vs that we can not liue vprightly if wée be readye to snatch at one another like cattes and dogges and to cut one anothers throte And yet neuerthelesse ther are some so giuen to dissention and quarrelinge that they care not what mischeife they commit so that they may satisfie their cruell hartes and lustes of reuenginge And whereas we are commaunded to ouercome euill with goodnes and if our enimy honger to féede him if hée thirst to giue him drinke Yet are we so farre from performing of it that at euery litle and small trifle we are readye to goe to the lawe to drawe out our swordes and to fyght it out one with an other But if we woulde a litle consider the fruites that springe out of enuie contencion brawlinge chidinge and such like or if we could now open our eies and looke vpon the warres that are inflamed throughout al christendome the bodies that haue bene slaine the bloud that hath bene spilt and the Cities Townes and Kingdomes that haue bene rent and torne in sunder through enuie and contencion it were ynough to moue vs to hate and detest this vice aboue all others Let vs thē a litle consider the fruites that spring out of this trée First if a man be enuious or at debate with his neighboure he cannot eate and drinke in rest he is alwayes readie to hurt and harme the partie whom he enuieth he reioyceth at his fall and pyneth away at his prosperitie Agayne we sée howe diuelishe men become when they are once chased For they are then readye in furious wise to runne headlonge into destruction then they suffer theyr naughty affections to haue the brydle and to ouermaister all wyt and reason Yea and though they bée neuer soo wyse yet in theire anger they will beehaue them selues lyke verye fooles For is not hée a verye foole whiche wyll goe about to make the fyer to burne better which is kindled to much alreadie If a man sée hys house on fyer he will crye out straight way for water but if he féele him selfe set all on fyer with enuie hée séeketh not to quench it but putteth more matter vnto it to make it to burne the more Wherefore Paule doth tell vs that wée cannot please GOD vnlesse we shake of all ill wyll and treade all strife and contencion vnder foote And here wée haue to note that although he setteth downe strife before enuye yet in order is enuie first and the springe heade as it were from whence stryfe and contencion sloweth What is the cause that one séeketh the ouerthrowe of another Marry the enuie and spight that one beareth towardes a nother Sathan enuyinge that good and happye estayte of our fyrst parentes was neuer contente vntyll he had brought them out of felicitie into greate myserye Caine enuyinge his innocent brother Abell sought meanes to take awaye his life and bicause there was no bodye to stay him he brought his wicked purposse to passe The sonnes of Iacob beinge moued with enuye sold Ioseph and went about to destroye him Saule enuied Dauid and would haue killed him vnles that GOD had delyuered him out of his bloudy handes Herodias enuied Iohn Baptiste and therfore she sought his death For they beinge the childrne of the diuell coulde not abide the childrne of GOD. Therefore let vs take héede of enuye and embrace one another with brotherly loue and let ther be such a band of friendshipe amongest vs that wée may be knit tied together as mēbers of one bodie let vs detest dronkennesse and wantonnesse with all other vices and nowe at the length after so many admonytions threatninges and warnynges learne to walke honestly as in the day and to do those things that beccommeth the true seruauntes of GOD and disciples of Christ Last of al after y the Apostle hath exhorted vs to cast away the workes of darkenes and put of the old man hée setteth before vs a new garment and wylleth vs to take no thought for the flesh to fulfill the lustes of it Wherein fyrst we haue to consider howe that the apostle calleth Christ a garment This similitude of clothinge and allegorie of garmentes is often vsed in the holy scriptures The garmentes giuen to our first parentes had these properties to couer their shame and nakednes to defende them from could and weather and so sorth Euen so Iesus Christ is here compared to a garment and we are wylled to put him on bicause he is the weddinge garment spoken of in the gospell whose rightuousnes doth couey our vnrightuousnes whose innocensie doth hide our filthinesse whose bloude doth wash away our sins by whom we are defended from death hell and euerlasting damnation For Christ is the white rayment and apparell spokē of in the Apoca. which doth hide and cloth our filthy nakednsse that it doth not appeare And he is y apparell which we are cōmaunded to kéepe least we walke naked and men sée our filthynes He that hath put on this garment needeth not to séeke for any other thinge to couer and hyde

his deare and welbeloued sōne neither had we learned how swéete the Lorde is Our eares were so stopped y we could not harken vnto the swéete voyce of God and glad tidinges of saluatiō we perceaued nothing at all of the goodnes of God towards vs neither yet were we moued to any worke of charitye towards our neighbour but were vtterlye vnapt altogether vnable to doo any good worke yea not so much so much as to thinke a good thought But now seinge it hath pleased the lord to pittye our misery to awake vs out of this deadlye daungerous sleepe of sinne to send his worde amongest vs and by it through the working of his spirit to create fayth in vs it is very méete and also right nedefull that we sléepe no more in sine but rise vp with al spéed vnto newnes of life For seing we haue nowe the light of the Gospell amōgst vs it is now no time for vs to ●lugge and sléepe any more and to folowe the lustes pleasures of the fleshe as though Christ had neuer bene preched vnto vs and we neuer called by the voyce of God to repentance and amendment of lyfe Let vs therefore not neclect this good occasion considering y the apostle doth héere fel vs that it is nowe high tyme for vs to awake out of sléepe but let euery man be redy to do his duty séeing that good opportunitye serueth therevnto we ought in no wise to deferre the reformation of things that be amisse from daye to daye and yere to yere and to be idle at such a time as this is bicause god perchaunce will not alwaies graunt vs the like occasion to do good And therfore it behoueth vs to strayne our selus the more whilest occasion ●●steth while god graūteth vs leaue to do wel The Smith stricketh his yron 〈…〉 it is hot The husband ma● 〈◊〉 his corne to be already ripe prouideth in d●● sea●on reaper● and sicles to cut it do●●● and in the har●est time you shall heare him say to his seruauntes whē the weather is faire plie it ●●irs plye it for we cannot tell whether it will raine or no and howe longe this faire weather will last Likewise the Marchantman if he haue a voiage to make he will take shippe while tide an● w●●de serueth For hée knoweth that time and tide will ●arye for no man The prophet Esay therfore giueth good counsel and willeth all men to receyue Christ when as he offereth himselfe into them by the preaching of his worde Sayinge Qu●●●te dominum dum inue●●● potest inuocate eum dum prope est sieke the Lorde whilest he may be found cal you vpon him whilest he is neare Christ in the gospell doth shewe that manye through their owne slownes and negligence shall be that out of the kingdome of heauen he depriued of eternal life Here vpō he saith Contendite intrare per angu●●am portā quia dico vobis multi quaerent intrare et non poterunt St●●ue to enter in at the strait gate for many I say wil seeke to enter in and shall not be able When the good man of the house is risen vp and hath shut to y dore ye begin to stād without and knock at the dore sayinge Lorde Lord open vnto vs he shall answer and say vnto you I knowe you not whence you are In the xxv of Math. we read y the siue wise virgins which wer ready went in with the Bridegrom vnto the weddinge but the fiue folishe virgins bicause they were not ready in time had the gate of heauen shut against them For whilest they went to bye oyle for their la●ps y bridegrome came the ga●● was shut Paule therfore in the Gal. willeth vs to do good to all men while we haue time And here in this place he telleth vs y it is now time for vs to awake out of slepe Wherefore seeinge y good occasion of well doinge beings 〈◊〉 ●et ●lipe cannot be called back agane f●r●●much as it hath plesed god of his infinit mercy to sēd his word amōgst vs to giue vs vnderstādīg of his good will plesure to awakē vs which were afore fast a sleepe in Idolatry and vtterly vnable to do any good worke let vs I say not neclect this good occasion but with an earnest desire endeuour to do our duties whilest god graunteth vs leasure and whilest good opportunity serueth thervnto An other reason which ought to perswade vs to doo our dutye without delay is because our lyfe is short and passeth away swyftly and good occasions of well dooing slippe away apace and therefore greate cause haue we to do good whilest God giueth vs respite whilest opportunity serueth For we are taught by the prophet the we cannot be coūted for good fruitful trées vnlesse we bringe footh fruite in dwe season A good trée doth not only bringe forth good fruit but also it bringeth it foorth in due cōueniēt time So if we wil be counted good Christiās we must do good whilest opportunitye serueth The good Samaritane mētioned of in the Gospel did good while opportunity did serue and when occasion was offered For so sone as he sawe the man that was fallē into the hands of theues lying by the way side sore beaten and wounded he was straight way moued with cōpassion on him in somuch that he went vnto him boūde vp his wounds powred wine oyle into them layde hym vpō his beast caried him to his Inne and made prousion for him But the Preist and the Leuite had the same occasiō offered them to do good and to exercise theire charity towards theire neighbour but they passed by would not do good when occasiō serued thervnto So likewise whē poore Lazarus laie at the gate of Diues with a naked body an empty belly crauinge to be refreshed with the smal crūmes that fell from his table there was occasion offered vnto him to do good but he would not do good when he might bringe forth fruite in dwe season therefore he was cut downe as an vnfruitful trée and cast into the fyre and his ende was euerlastynge myserye withoute all hope of mercy Therfore let vs learne to do good whilest we haue tyme and when we may But alas although we are here told that it is time to awake out of sléepe to arise out of the bedde of carnal securitie and to goe about our busines yet for al this we lye still wée are none of the hastinges yea wée deferre our doinge well from one day to another yea from one yere to another that is to say from henceforth for euer more Such is our negligence and slownes in this behalfe For we are in such a deade sléepe that wee awake not for all the noyse and callinges that is made and vsed euery daye The preachers crye out cease not they exalt their voyces like trumpetes and call