wine when it is red and when it sheweth his colour in the cup or goeth downe pleasantly In the ende thereof it will bite like a Serpent and hurt like a Cockatrise Woe vnto them that rise vp early to folow drunkennesse Esa 5 11 12. and to them that continue vntyll nyght till the wine do inflame them And the harpe and the viole timbrell and pipe and wine are in their faces but they regard not the worke of the Lord neither consider the worke of his handes Esa 5 22. Woe vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine and to them that are strong to power in strong drinke 1. Esdr 3 18 19 22 23. O ye men how strong is wine it deceiueth all men that drinke it It maketh the minde of the king and of the fatherlesse both one of the bondman and of the freeman of the poore man and of the rich man When men haue drunke they haue no minde to loue eyther friendes or brethren and a litle after they draw out swordes But when they are from the wine they do not remember what they haue done Esa 28 7.8 They haue erred because of wine and are out of the way by strong drinke The Priest and the Prophet haue erred by strong drinke they are swallowed vp with wine they haue gone astray through strong drinke they fayle in vision they stumble in iudgement For all their Tables are full of filthy vomyting no place is cleane Esa 56 12. Come I will bring wine and we will fill our selues with strong drinke and to morow shal be as this day and much more abundant Haba 2 15. Woe vnto him that geueth his neighbour drinke thou ioynest thine hart and makest him drunken also that thou mayest see their priuities Leui. 10 9. Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke thou nor thy sonnes with thee when ye come into the Tabernacle of the congregation least ye die this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generation Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging Pro 20 1. and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby is not wise Wine drunken with excesse Eccle. 31 29 30. maketh bitternesse of minde with brawlinges and scouldinges Drunkennesse increaseth the courage of a foole till he offende it diminisheth his strength and maketh woundes EXHORTATION DOE that to no man which thou hatest Tob. 4 15. Drinke not Wine to make thee drunke neither let drunkennesse goe with thee in thy iourney Shew not thy valiantnesse in Wine Eccle. 31 15 16 17. for Wine hath destroyed many Eate moderately that which is set before thee and deuoure not least thou be hated Leaue thou off first for manners sake and be not insatiable least thou offende Keepe not company with drunkardes Pro. 23 20. nor with gluttons Be not drunke with Wine wherein is excesse Ephe. 5 18. but be filled with the spirit Take heede to your selues Luk. 21 34. least at any time your hartes be oppressed with surfetting and drunkennesse and cares of this life and least that day come on you at vnwares OF COVETOVSNES Eccle. 14 9. A Couetous mans eye hath neuer ynough of a portion and his wicked malice wythereth his owne soule Eccle. 10 9. There is nothing worse then a couetous man Why art thou proude O earth and ashes There is not a more wicked thing then to loue money for such one would euen sell his soule and for his lyfe euery one is compelled to pull out his owne bowels Eccle. 31 1 2. Waking after riches pineth away the body and the care thereof dryueth away sleepe This waking care breaketh the sleepe as a great sicknes breaketh the sleepe Esa 3 14 15. The Lord shall enter into iudgement with the auncientes of his people and the princes thereof for ye haue eaten vp the vineyarde the spoyle of the poore is in your houses What haue ye to do that ye beate my people to peeces and grinde the faces of the poore sayth the Lord euen the Lord of hostes Esa 56 11. And these greedy Dogges can neuer haue ynough and these Sheepheards can not vnderstande for they all looke to their owne way euery one for his aduantage and for his owne purpose Esa 5.8 Woe vnto them that ioyne house to house and lay fielde to fielde till there be no place that ye may be placed by your selues in the myds of the earth As a cage is full of birdes Ier. 5 27 28. so are their houses full of deceipt thereby they are become great and waxen rich They are waxen fat and shyning they do ouer passe the deedes of the wicked they execute no iudgement no not the iudgement of the Fatherles yet they prosper though they execute no iudgement for the poore Therefore will I giue their wyues vnto others Ier. 8 10. and their fieldes to them that shall possesse them for euery one from the least to the greatest is euen too couetous and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest euery one dealeth falsely He hath vndone many Iob. 20 19. he hath forsaken the poore and hath spoyled houses which he buylt not Incline mine hart vnto thy testimonies Psal 116 36 and not to couetousnesse The graue and destruction can neuer be full Pro 27 20. So the eyes of a man can neuer be satisfied EXHORTATION BEtter is a litle with the feare of the Lord Pro. 15 16. then great treasure and trouble therewith A small thing vnto the iust man Psal 37 16. is better then great riches to the wicked and mightie Let your conuersation be without couetousnes Iam. 13 5. and be content with those thinges that ye haue for he hath sayd I will not fayle thee neither forsake thee Collo 3.5 Mortifie your members which are on the earth fornication vncleannesse the inordinate affection euyll concupisence and couetousnesse which is idolatrie 1. Timo. 6 9 10. They that wil be rich fall into tentation and snares and into many foolish and noysome lustes which drowne men in perdition and distruction The desire of money is the roote of all euyll which while some lusted after they erred from the fayth and pearsed them selues through with many sorrowes Luk. 12 33. Math. 6 19.20 21. Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth where the Moth and canker corrupt and where theeues digge through and steale But lay vp Treasures for your selues in heauen where neither the Moth nor canker corrupteth and where theeues neither digge through nor steale For where your treasure is there will your hart be also Ephe. 5 3. But fornication and all vncleannesse or couetousnesse let it not be once named amongst you as it becommeth Sainctes OF VSVRIE AND VSVRERS Deut. 23 19. THOV shalt not giue to vsurie to thy brother as vsurie of money vsurie of meate vsurie of any thing that is put to vsurie Exod. 22 25. If
you turne you from your euyl wayes for why will ye die O ye house of Israel Psal 32 1. Blessed is he whose wickednes is forgeuen and whose sinne is couered 1. Tim. 1 15. This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be receaued That Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue sinners of whom I am chiefe Mar. 2 17. He sayd vnto them the whole haue no neede of the Phisition but the sicke I came not to call the righteous but the sinners to repentance Exod. 34 7. Reseruing mercie for thousandes forgiuing iniquitie and transgression and sinne and not making the wicked innocent visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children and vpon the childrens children vnto the thirde and fourth generation 1. Pet. 4 1. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the flesh arme your selues likewise with the same minde which is that he which hath suffered in the flesh hath ceassed from sinne 1. Cor 6 11. Eph. 2 12 13 Titus 3 3. And such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are iustefied in the name of the Lord Iesus and by the spirit of our God 1. Pet. 1 15 16. As he which hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all maner of conuersation Because it is written Be ye holy for I am holy Act. 3 19. Amende your lyues therefore and turne that your Sinnes may be put away when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. Rō 6 22.23 But now being freed from Sinne and made seruantes vnto God ye haue your fruite in holynes and the ende euerlasting life For the wages of Sinne is death but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe through Iesus Christ our Lord. If we acknowledge our sinnes 1. Iohn 1 9. he is faythfull and iust to forgiue vs our Sinnes and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnesse Speake vnto all the congregation of the children of Israel and say vnto them Ye shal be holy Leuit. 19 2. 20 7. Luk. 1 75. Deut. 10 17 Rom. 2 11. Galla. 2 6. for I the Lord your God am holy OF IMAGES AND IDOLS YE shall see in Babylon Gods of Siluer Bar. 6 3 13 14 18 21 22 and Gods of Wood borne vpon mens shoulders to cause the people to feare One holdeth a Scepter as though he were a certaine Iudge of the Countrey yet can he not slay such as offende him Another hath a Dagger or an Axe in his right hand yet he is not able to defende him selfe from battayle nor from theeues So then it is euident that they be no Gods They lyght vp Candles before them yea more then for them selues whereof they cannot see one for they are but as one of the postes of the Temple The Owles Swallowes and Birdes flye vpon their bodyes and vpon their heades yea and the Cattes also By this ye may be sure that they are not Gods Therefore feare them not All they that make an Image are vanitie Esa 44 9. and their delectable thinges shall nothing profite and they are their owne witnesses that they see not nor know therefore they shall be confounded Esa 46 7. They beare it vpon the shoulders they cary him and set him in his place so doth he stande and can not remooue from his place Though one cry vnto him yet can he not answere nor deliuer him out of his tribulation Psal 115 4 5 6 7 8. Their Idols are siluer and golde euen the worke of mens handes They haue a mouth and speake not they haue eyes and see not They haue eares and heare not they haue noses and smell not They haue handes and touch not they haue feete and walke not neither make they any sounde with their throate They that make them are like vnto them so are all that trust in them Psal 16 4. The sorowes of them that offer to an other God shal be multiplyed their offerings of blood will I not offer neither make mention of their names with my lyppes Ier. 10 5. The Idoles stand vp as the palme tree but speake not they are borne because they can not goe feare them not for they cannot do euyll neither can they do good Wisd 13 10. Miserable are they and among the dead is there hope that call them Gods which are the workes of mens handes golde and siluer and the thing that is inuented by art and the similitude of beastes or any vayne stone that hath been made by the hande of antiquitie Leuit. 26 1. Ye shall make you none Idols nor grauen Images neither reare you vp any Pillar neither shall ye set any Image of Stone in your land to bowe downe to it for I am the Lord your God Ye shall take heede to all thinges that I haue said vnto you Exod. 23 13. and ye shall make no mention of the name of other Gods neither shall it be heard out of thy mouth Neither company with these nations that is Iosh 23 7. with them which are left with you neither make mention of the name of their Gods nor cause to sweare by them neither serue them nor bow vnto them The residue thereof he maketh a God Esa 44 17. euen his Idoll he boweth vnto it and worshypeth prayeth vnto it and sayth Deliuer me for thou art my God For mine owne sake for mine owne sake Esa 48 11 12 13. will I doe it For how should my name be polluted Surely I will not giue my glory to another Heare me O Iacob and Israel my called I am I am the first and I am the last Surely mine hand hath layde the foundation of the earth and my right hand hath spanned the heauens when I cal them they stand vp together Cursed be the man that shall make any carued or molten Image Deut. 27 15. which is an abhomination to the Lord the worke of the handes of the Craftsman and putteth it in a secret place And all the people shall answere and say So be it EXHORTATION 2. Cor. 6 14 15. BE not vnequally yoked with the Infidels For what fellowshyp hath righteousnes with vnrighteousnes and what communion hath light with darknes And what concorde hath Christ with Belial or what part hath the beleeuer with the Infidell 1. Iohn 5 21. Babes keepe your selues from Idols Amen 1. Cor. 8 4 5 6. Concerning therefore meate sacrificed vnto Idols we know that an Idoll is nothing in the worlde and that there is none other God but one For though there be that are called Gods whether in heauen or in earth as there be many Gods and many Lordes Yet vnto vs there is but one God which is the Father of whom are all thinges and we in him and one Lord Iesus Christ by whom are all thinges and we by him 1. Cor 10 14. Wherefore my brethren flee
presume to speake a worde in my name Deut. 18 20 22. which I haue not commaunded him to speake or that speaketh in the name of other Gods euen the same Prophet shall die When a Prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord yf the thing folow not nor come to passe that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken but the Prophet hath spoken it presumptuously thou shalt not therefore be afrayde of him The Priestes sayd not VVhere is the Lorde Ier. 2 8. And they that should minister the Law knew me not The Pastours also offended against me and the Prophetes prophesied in Baal and went after thinges that did not profit I know this Act. 20 29. that after my departing shall greeuous Wolues enter in among you not sparing the flocke 1. Timo. 4 1. Now the spirite speaketh euidently that in the later times some shall depart from the Fayth and shall geue heede vnto Spirites of errour and doctrines of Deuils Galla. 1 6 7. I marueile that ye are so soone remoued away vnto another Gospel from him that had called you in the grace of Christ Which is not another Gospell saue that there be some which trouble you and intende to peruert the Gospel of Christ 2. Cor. 11 13 14. For such false Apostles are deceitfull workers and transforme them selues into the Apostles of Christ And no marueile for Satan him selfe is transformed into an Angel of light EXHORTATION Rom. 16 17 NOw I beseech you brethren marke them diligently which cause diuision and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye haue learned and auoyde them 1. Cor. 3 10 11. According to the grace of God giuen to mee as a skilfull maister builder I haue layde the foundation and another buyldeth thereon But let euery man take heede how he buyldeth vpon it For other foundation can no man lay then that which is layde which is Iesus Christ 2. Iohn 10. If there come any vnto you and bring not this doctrine receiue him not to house neither bid him God speede But though that we or an Angel from heauen Galla 1.8 preach vnto you otherwise then that ye haue receiued let him be accursed That we hencefoorth be no more children Ephe. 4 14. wauering and caryed about with euery winde of doctrine by the deceit of men and with craftines whereby they lay in wayte to deceiue Beware of Dogges beware of euill workers Phil. 3 2. beware of the concision Let no man at his pleasure beare rule ouer you by humblenes of minde and worshypping of Angels Collo 2 18. aduancing himselfe in those thinges which he neuer saw rashly puft vp with his fleshly minde Beware of false Prophets Math. 7 15. which come to you in Sheepes clothing but inwardly they are rauening Wolues Be not caryed about with diuers strange doctrines Heb. 14.9 for it is a good thing that the hart be stablished with grace and not with meates which haue not profited them that haue been occupied therein OF WORLDLY WISDOME BEHOLDE Esa 26 14. I will againe doe a marueylous worke in this people euen a marueylous worke and a wonder for the wisedome of their wise men shall perish and the vnderstanding of their prudent men shall be hid The knowledge of wickednes is not wisedome Eccle. 19 22 neither is there prudence whereas the counsaile of sinners is but it is euen execrable malice and the foole is voyde of wisedome Wisd 1 4. Wisedome can not enter into a wicked hart nor dwell in the body that is subiect vnto sinne Eccle. 1 13 14 16 17 18 I haue geuen mine hart to search and finde out Wisedome by all thinges that are done vnder the heauen this sore trauell hath God geuen to the sonnes of men to humble them thereby I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the Sunne and beholde all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit I thought in mine hart and sayd Beholde I am become great and excell in wisedome all them that haue been before mee in Ierusalem and myne hart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge And I gaue mine hart to know wisedome and knowledge madnes and foolishnes I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe and he that encreaseth knowledge encreaseth sorow Eccle. 38 25. How can he get wisedome that holdeth the plough and he that hath pleasure in the goad and in driuing Oxen and is occupied in their labours and talketh but of the breede of Bullockes 1. Cor. 1 26. Brethren you see your callyng how that not many wyse men after the flesh nor many mightie nor many noble are called Rom. 8 7. The wisedome of the flesh is enimitie agaynst God for it is not subiect to the law of God neyther in deede can be Rom. 1 22. When they professed themselues to be wyse they became fooles This wisedome discendeth not from aboue Iam. 3 15. but is earthly sensuall and diuelysh For it is written 1. Cor. 1 19 20. I will destroy the wisedome of the wyse and I will cast away the vnderstanding of the prudent Where is the wyse Where is the Scribe Where is the disputer of this worlde hath not God made the wisedome of this world foolishnes EXHORTATION HE taketh the Wise in their craftines Iob. 5 13. and the counsayle of the wicked is made foolish He onely that applyeth his minde to the law of the most high Eccl. 39 1 9. and is occupied in the meditation thereof seeketh out the wisedome of all the ancient and exerciseth him selfe in the prophecies Many shall commende his vnderstanding and his memorie shall neuer be put out nor depart away But his name shall continue from generation to generation He that hath small vnderstanding and feareth God Eccle. 19 23 is better then one that hath much wisedome and transgresseth the Law of the most high The wisedome of a Learned man commeth by vsing well his vacant time Eccle. 38 24. and he that ceaseth from his owne matters and labour may come by wisedome The preaching of the Crosse is to them that peryshe foolyshnesse But vnto vs which are saued 1. Cor. 1 18. it is the power of God 1. Cor 1 21 27 28. For seeing the worlde by wisedome knew not God in the wisedome of God it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weake things of the world to confound the mighty things And vile thinges of the worlde and thinges that are despised hath God chosen and thinges which are not to bring to nought thinges that are 1. Cor. 2 6 7 8. And we speake wisedome among them that are perfect not the wisedome of this worlde neither of the princes of this