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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14709	The homilies or familiar sermons of M. Rodolph Gualther Tigurine vpon the prophet Ioel. Translated from Latine into Englishe, by Iohn Ludham vicar of Withersfielde	Gwalther, Rudolf, 1519-1586.; Ludham, John, d. 1613.	1582 (1582)	STC 25012; ESTC S103628	93,829	243

the authoritie of God him selfe for albeit for the present time they laugh it to scorne abuse it with their vnseemely scoffes and iestes yet notwithstanding in their season they fynde those thinges to bee true which they will nowe by no meanes beleeue and then beyng conuicted in their owne heartes they feele horrible boylinges in their consciences In the meane tyme wee are admonished that in the Churche whiche as Paule sayth is the house of the liuing GOD 1. Tim. 3. In the Church the word of God is only to bee taught there ought nothing to bee taught and set foorth but the woorde of God For if so bee this thynge were so diligently obserued of the Prophetes and Apostles whose calling GOD confirmed by infinite argumentes and testimonies howe much more then ought the same to bee regarded of those that are by no meanes comparable vnto them Detestable therefore is their boldenesse and unpudence whiche in these dayes thinke euery thing to bee lawefull for them and that which eyther they them selues haue deuised or else receyued from their most superstitions fathers they thrust into the Churche for vndoubted oracles As for vs let vs bee mindefull of Christ who sayth My sheepe heare my voyce and they followe mee a stranger will they not follow but will flie from him because they knowe not the voyce of strangers c. Iohn 10. In the beginning of this first Sermon hee procureth attention The procuring of attention whiche is verye needfull in conceiuing the worde of God And first he stirreth vp the Elders who as they are furnished with the experience of things and therfore more apt fit to giue iudgement so by authoritie of their example they may drawe the younger sort to folowe their steppes Notwithstanding least he might seeme to speake onely to the Elders he eftsoones calleth vpon all the inhabitantes of the lande of Israel and exhorteth them not so muche to a vayne and idle hearing as vnto a diligent consideration of those things which they had hitherto suffered and which they were like afterward to suffer yea he commandeth them to commend the same to their posterity to the ende they might serue for a perpetuall instruction vnto all Hearken ye saith he all the inhabitants of the land whether such a thing that is to say any thing like vnto this hath happened in your dayes or in the daies of your fathers Tel your childrē of it let your children shew their children c. The worde of God belongeth to the instruction of all 1. Cor. 2. Psal 119. Where wee are admonished first of all that the word of belongeth to the information of all sortes of men for in as much as by the fall of sinne wee haue all of vs lost that true light of reason whiche was in our first Parentes wee nowe stande all in neede of a newe light which God vseth to offer vnto vs by his worde And hitherto serueth it that hee willeth the Elders especially to giue their attendance whome wee saide euen nowe to goe before others in experience of thinges and in giuing of aduice For albeit we be neuer so diligētly instructed nor neuer so wel seene in the long vse and experience of things yet shall we nothing at all profit in the things belonging to Gods kingdome vnlesse wee bee inlightened from aboue and hearken to God speaking vnto vs by his worde Which is the cause that the Scriptures do euery where exhort vs to the studie of the word and also do reproue the insolencie of those that neglecting it will needes be wise of themselues and follow the swindge of their owne braine How we must be occupied in Gods worde Moreouer wee are taught howe and after what sort wee ought to bee conuersant in the worde of God so as wee may reape some fruite by the exercise thereof First it behoueth vs not onely to bee hearers of it but also to marke the singuler examples of Gods iudgements whereby he vseth to adde credite to his threatnings and oracles For vnlesse wee so doe we shall euermore flatter our selues and not thinke that those thinges will euer happen vnto vs which hee threatneth to the breakers and transgressours of his lawe As oft therefore as wee heare his threatninges whereby hee denounceth his indignation against Idolaters Fornicators Adulterers couetous persons mansleaers drunkardes c. Let vs withall consider what hee hath decreed in times past against suche and besides let vs marke howe euen in our dayes hee punisheth not a fewe that defile themselues with the saide enormities Further let vs not thinke it enough to holde these thinges our selues but let vs also commende the obseruation of them to our posteritie This thing our duetie requireth whereby God hath bounde vs vnto our children and the selfesame doeth the honour and glory of God require also which as it ought to bee most highly regarded of all men so can it no other way more bee inlarged and set foorth then by the diligent instruction and information of our posteritie Exod. 13. Dout. 6. Psal 78. There are extant as touching this matter peculiar preceptes and commandements of God in the Law and in the Psalmes whereas it is written howe GOD ordeyned amongest his people that fathers shoulde declare vnto their children his wonderous workes to the ende that they also might learne to put their truste in God and become obedient vnto him And for this cause it is that GOD commendeth Abrahams soundnesse and synceritie saying I know that hee will commaunde his sonnes Gene. 18. and his housholde after him that they keepe the way of the Lorde and doe righteousnesse and iudgement c. They therefore doe hyghlye deserue of Gods glory religion and publike welfare of men that eyther priuately instructe and bring vp their children in the knoweledge of gods workes or publikely lay before them the histories of their owne countrie or also of other nations to the intent that out of them their posteritie may fetch examples of Gods iudgements and bee admonished of theyr owne dueties But greatly is the wretchednesse of our tyme to bee lamented wherein the exercise of Gods word is of the most part neglected the iudgementes of God marked of very fewe histories corrupted through the peruerse affections of men and as for our children they eyther not regarded at all or els trayned vp in those thinges that it had beene muche better for them neuer to haue knowen This negligence of ours must God needes punishe to the end wee may learne to bee wise by our owne harmes that woulde not be warned by other mens He calleth to remembrance the euils Past But the Prophet goeth on and telleth them what the thinges are in the consideration whereof hee woulde haue them to bee so carefully occupied And hee recounteth vnto them diuers and sundrie calamities which had hitherto depriued them of the fruites and increase of the earth so as euen a blinde man might