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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15621	An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.	Wither, George, 1540-1605.	1585 (1585)	STC 25888; ESTC S101869	82,014	180

Christ preached in the worde is the true Light which lightneth all that come into the worlde that are lightned The benefite that wee receiue by light setteth out the benefite of the knowledge of Christe And as they that loue it hide their doings in the dark it is a manifest token that their owne consciences beareth them witnesse that their doings bee naught So they that loue and choose rather ignoraunce then the knowledge of Christ It is a manifest token that they loath to see the filthinesse of theire owne workes Moreouer it is a manifest token of condemnation when they shut their eyes againste the trueth As Light endureth not alwayes but darknesse succeedeth so the times and means to get knowledge endureth not alwayes but wee are to vse them whilste God doth giue them Otherwise as he that goeth in the darke catcheth a shrewde turne afore he wotteth of it so he that walketh in ignoraunce runneth headlong to destruction when hee least thinketh of it Whosoeuer thinke that they beleeue in Christe and yet abide in their olde ignoraunce and care not for knowledge deceiue themselues The light that shineth vnto vs out of darknesse is the knowledge of the glory of God in Christe And those which are endued with this knowledge are nowe light in the Lord whatsoeuer they haue bene ought carefully to walk as is comely for the children of light For many things which whilste they were in darknes ignoraunce seemed not were not thought of them to be faults vices are discouered made manifest by y e light of knowlege and therfore to be diligently auoided and eschued of thē which willingly wilfully wil not continue in wickednes For it is a vain perswasion for mē to thinke that they haue fellowshippe with God who is light and in whom is no darknes and yet walk in darknes still Also they are fowly deceiued that think themselues to be in the light yet hate their brethren Lilly AS the lilly doth florish and spring in the feeld or garden so God doth make the penitent whose sinnes he forgiueth pardoneth to growe and ●lorish The lilly of the feeld whose beauty exceedeth the glory of the richest raiment that euer any king or potentate in the worlde ware declareth what God is able to doe for those that rest and repose themselues vpon his prouidence when ordinary means faile Lion GOd killeth vp them y t disobey the voice of his words by the cruelty of raging of lions So was the Prophet that prophecied against Ieroboams calfes for eating in Bethel contrary to the precept of the Lord destroyed and slaine by a lion So were the Samaritans newly planted by y e king of Ashur in the land of Israel for not fearing the Lord destroied by lions But God can shut vp the lions mouths make them calme and meeke to them which fear and serue him As lions rage and roare when they seeke after their pray so doe wicked men when they seeke to destroy them that feare God So fearfull as the roaring of a lion is so terrible is the wrath of a king And as the lion and lions whelps fiercely rageth on his pray so shall God on the enimies of his Church when he riseth vp to defend it Rauening lions expresse the nature of tyrants that make hauock of the people committed to them The lion caught in a net or pitfall expresseth the miserable estate of a king taken captiue and held in captiuity As a raging lion spoileth and deuoureth all that hee can catch or come by so the Lorde deuoureth and spoileth the wicked that fall from him and exerciseth all maner of cruelty vpon them As when y e lion roareth whosoeuer is within his danger can not choose but be afraid so when the Lord speaketh what prophet or preacher of his can holde his peace Leopard AS impossible as it is for a black-more to cast awaye his Skinne and to become White and for a Leoparde to put awaye his spottes So impossible it is for them that noosell themselues and accustome them selues continuallye with euill doing to chaunge their custome and to endeauour to doe well The swiftnesse of the Leopard is not comparable or equall to the pace of their horses whom God stirreth vp to plague the wickednes of them that that prouoke him to wrath or anger Leauen A little leauen hidden in a greate lumpe of Doughe by little and little leaueneth all which teacheth vs not to be amazed or astonished at the small and vnlikely beginnings of the gospell but patiently to waite and abide Gods leasure till the fruite and encrease thereof be made apparant And as sweete Dough is made sowre by a little leauen So is the sweetenesse and comfort of the doctrine of trueth corrupted if it be neuer so little entermedled with humane doctrine or mans traditions The like is to bee seene in our conuersation If the leauen of malitiousnesse and wickednesse remayne in vs. We must take heede therefore of suffering a little euill and fostering a fewe wicked personnes amongest vs. For it doth quickly corrupt much and many the beginnings therefore of wickednesse are to be refrained Life AS that is counted the life of men wherein they most delight and reioice So that is a good ministers life to see his flock stand fast in y e Lord. God gaue vnto his people stacutes and declared his iudgements vnto them which whosoeuer doth shall liue in them But this life all men lost death preuailed in all because all men sinned that is to say transgressed the law But God of his mere mercy fauor and goodnes hath giuen vs life eternal in Christ and when we were deade in sinne hath quickened and raised vs againe in Christ hath reuealed it to vs by the preaching of the Gospell to the ende that all that beleeue should not perish but be partakers of life euerlasting Man WHen we see any possession kept by strength force of armed men which cannot bee remooued but by greater strength force then also we are to remember that euē so we were kept by y e prince of this world whose possessiō we were and whose force could be by no means remoued but by the might of our God shewed in his sonne Christ that victorious lion of the tribe of Iudah by whome the prince of this world was cast out of dores When we see a man robbed or woundded or in any other kind of necessity then are we to remember that he is that mans neerest neighbour that dealeth moste neighbourlie by him giueth him most and best comfort how farre soeuer hee dwell from him or whatsoeuer enimity or strangenesse haue beene betweene them Mariage AS often as wee are present at any mariage and see man and wife coupled together in holy

of theire owne bellies is the cause that men stirre vp diuision and contention in the church of God contrary to the doctrine receiued and deliuered vnto vs in the word Shepheard WHen we see Sheepe well kept by reason that they haue a good diligent painefull Shepheard who carefully prouideth as well to feede them as to folde them Then are wee to remember that the people of God can wante nothing because God is their shepherd For he feedeth his he gathereth his Lambes into his armes and carrieth them in his bosom and guideth them that be with yong But when wee see idle shepheards that suffer their sheepe to runne astray and to scatter and perish Then wee are to lament the state of the church wherein wee see such idol ministers as these idol shepheards doe represent to abound and if we our selues be such then are wee to tremble at the woe and heauye iudgements of the Lorde pronounced against vs by his prophets God him selfe will seeke vp his sheepe he wil find that which was lost and bring again that which was driuen away He wil bind vppe that which was broken and will strengthen the weake hee will cause them to lye in a good folde and to feede in a fat pasture hee will remedy all their euills by setting a shepheard ouer them euen his Christ. Shepheards that doe but beare the name of shepheards shew no care of their flock and do small or no duty to them God shall depriue them both of strength wisedome and iudgement The losse of a good diligent painfull shepheard is the discipation and scattering abroad of the sheepe When wee see numbers of people for want of the word in their owne parishes doe stray and scatter abroade hither and thither to heare the word then are we to lament this present estate and to haue compassion vpon that people because they are as sheepe scattered and dispersed without a shepheard The diligence of a shepheard in seeking vp any of his sheepe y t are gone astray is an example to vs to spare neither paine nor diligence to reduce them which are gone astray frō God by reason of any error And the ioy of a shepheard in finding of his shepe again sheweth how ioyfull the conuersion of a sinner ought to be vnto vs. Shepheards that refuse no paine nor perill but do endanger that most certainly their life do represent vnto vs the goodnes of our Christ who moste frankly and freely gaue his life for vs. When we see shepheards careful and diligent about their flocks to feede and cherish them then we are to call to minde that it is the cheefe and almost y e only means wherby Christ doth require his ministers to testify their loue towards him namely the feeding of his sheepe It is lawfull for a shepheard that feedeth a flocke to eat of the milk of it Therefore it is lawfull for the ministers of the gospell to bee partners of the temporall blessings of their hearers Sheepe SHeepe driuen to the shambles to be slaine representeth to vs the state of Gods Children and people here vpon earth Sheepe vnrulye to be driuen and running hither and thither astray out of the waye shew to vs our owne vnrulinesse and aptnesse to straye out of those wayes which God hath appoynted for vs to walke in That sheepe brought to be shorne or to be slaine are dumbe and open not their mouth it representeth vnto vs the great and wonderfull patience of our Christ in dying for vs which we are also to learne at his example As sheepe do represent the people of God so the good pastures and pleasaunt waters doe represent the worde of the Lord wherewith he feedeth his and the treading downe of the pasture and the troubling and stirring of the water whereby it is made thicke and foule sheweth foorth the corrupting and mingling of the word with humaine inuentions and dregges of mans braines Sheepe in the countrie which abounde with wild beastes lost or run astray out of the custody of their sheepheard represent vnto vs the dangerous estate of mē so long as they are not broght or continue not vnder the custody and safe keeping of our Lord Iesus Christ. If it be lawful on the sabboth to pull sheepe or other cattell out of a pit or ditch whereinto it is fallen and wherin it woulde otherwise perishe how much more is it to do good to relieue any kinde of necessitie of our neighboure the same day Further the very sight of sheepe and goates should make vs call to minde the state of men at the last daye of iudgement and make vs carefully to endeuour that the notes and markes of Gods sheepe maye be found in vs that we may be parteners in the sentence come yee blessed c. Amongest other markes this is the principall that as sheepe harken to the voyce of their sheepheard so we giue eare to and obey the voyce of Christ. When we see sheepe in the butchers shop appointed for the slaughter then are we to remember that such is the condition of the godly in this wicked and frayle life When we see sheepe from going astray retourned home to their folde and flocke again Then let vs remember that we lately in y e dayes of ignoraunce were astraye and lately by the benefit of almighty God who hath suffered the sonne of knowledge to shine amongest vs returned to the sheepheard and bishop of our souls Shettle THE sliding to and fro of the shettle in weauing do admonish the weauer how speedely and fast his dayes of this life do slyde away Shield AS a shield defendeth the body from blowes and woundes so the great mercy and fauour of God defendeth those which are his from euil Ships SHips in which men are carryed in safety thorough the raging seas shoulde make vs remember Gods heauy iudgement vpon the world in drowning it for sinne and to giue him thankes for his great mercy that he would not vtterly destroy mankind but taught him to frame the firste ship that euer was for the safegarde of him selfe and his family As a ship beeing neuer so great and huge is turned about with a very small rudder whither so euer it please the maister of the ship to direct it so the the tongue though it be a small member oftentimes ouer-ruleth the whole body and setteth it out of course Shoes WHen we see broomes and other thinges bartered for old shoes then are we to detest the intollerable corruption of bribing officers who for the price of a payre of shoes or such a trifle are ready to peruert iustice and to sell the cause of the poore which is able to giue him nothing The sight of shoes shoulde cause vs to remember how vile and base the moste excellent and moste reuerend ministers of the Worde are

receiue maintenaunce at the handes of them to whome hee preacheth the gospell A Souldier if hee be not shod but barefooted shall quickly bee surbated and vnable to trauaile A Christian not hauing the gospell of peace cannot endure As it is an absurdity for a souldier to put himself into the field naked without armour and Weapon aswell to strike the enimy as to defend him selfe so also is it always necessary for a Christian to be armed at all points especially to haue the sheelde of Fayth the helmet of saluation the swoord of the spirit which is the worde A souldier pressed foorth to the warres entangleth not him self in other ciuill affayres Wherby Ministers which be Gods souldiers learne that they should keepe them selues free from all such thinges as might hinder them from their calling Finally souldiers should learne to leaue spoyling pilling and polling and to content them selues with their owne wages Sonne BY the two Sonnes whereof one promised to doe his fathers will and yet did it not the other refused to doe it and yet after repented him of his stubbornnesse and did it We learne that there is greater hope of the conuersion of open and notorious sinners then of close hipocrites who vnder a fayre shew deceiue them selues and others Sower THe yearely necessity of sowing whereby the sustenaunce of man is euerye yeare renued doth well shewe vnto vs the necessitie of preaching without the which it is as vnlikely for our soules to be preserued to life euerlasting as it is for our bodyes in this lyfe to continue without any ordinary prouision Standarde AS good souldiers to their Standarde so all faithfull are appoynted to flock to Christ. Starres SO bright and so glorious as one starre appeareth aboue an other so much shall the state and condition of our bodyes at their resurrection excell the state and condition that they are now in during this time of mortallitie False Prophets for their giftes of knowledge and vtteraunce thinke them selues and are thought of others to shine bright like starres but yet as shipmen can not guide them selues by wandering starres without danger of shipwracke their course is so vncertaine and wandering so no Christian can without assured destruction make those Prophets his guides for that they stay not them selues vpon the onely and infallible rule of truth Southsayers WHen we be prouoked or counselled to seeke to southsayers or fortune-tellers then let vs remember that God will destroye the tokens of the southsayers and make them that coniecture fooles He will also destroy them sodainly and vnawares who trust and thinke to be foretold of all thinges by their southsayers Therefore let all such as to take vppon them to deceiue others be put to death so shall their bloud be vppon their owne heades Stumbling WHen we see men through rechlesnesse and for want of heed taking stumble and fall at that which if they had giuen but a little heede they might easely haue auoyded Then are we to remember that euen Christ him selfe to some is a stone to stumble at but happy are they that stumble not at him Howbeit we must carefully take heed that we in vsing of our liberty giue none occasion of offence of stumbling or falling vnto our weake brother Our liberty standeth in vsing or refusing at our owne choyce outward thinges left free vnto vs by God and the Magistrates put in authority vnder him for the things of this life are subiect to their commandements Stewarde THe vniust steward making his maisters debtors his friendes which will be liberall imparting to them his maisters goods teacheth vs by being liberall of that wherwith God blesseth vs to the poore to prouide for life after this because God doth accept as don vnto him y t which is bestowed vpon them The sight also of Stewards or factors disposing of their masters goods to his gaine should cause vs that be Ministers to remember that the secreates of God and misteries that concerne the saluation of man are committed to vs to dispose and that God doth looke for it at our handes that we shoulde be diligent and faithfull disposers of them Storke THe Storke and other foules know their appoynted times of their comming and withdrawing them selues but they which beare the name of God vpon earth and professe to be his people vnderstande nor know not his iudgements Straungers AS straungers and trauailers abstaine in the Countries where they are straungers from many thinges which woulde but hinder them in their voyage so we in our passage through this world shoulde abstaine from the lustes of the fleshe which hinder our soules from life euerlasting Stubble AStrologers star-gasers Prognosticators shall be as stubble the fier shal burne them they shall not be able to deliuer their owne liues from the power of the flame As stubble also shal God make them which persecute his people and shall raise a flame amongst the persecuted to consume their persecutors Stubble straw and haye and such like quickly consumed by fier doe admonishe vs to looke to our waies that our works which we suppose to be good and to be workes of obedience bee not such as tourne to ashes so soone as the fier of Gods examination by his word toucheth them Stones WHen we see the chiefe corner stones of great and huge buildinges to beare the waight of the whole building Then we are to remember that the whole congregation of the faithfull is Gods house or building whereof euery one of vs are partes or liuely stones and that the people Circumcised vncircumcised that beleeue are the two walles which in Christ were coupled vpon him as vpon the head corner stone doe rest and are vpholden When we see precious stones then are we to comfort our selues that though we now with the residue of the Church are afflicted Yet as these stones exceed the common sort of stones in estimation and price so we also shall exceed in glory The verye stones in the walles shall crye woe to him that buildeth with bloud and erecteth and setteth vp with iniquity Stonie ground which in the spring first waxeth greene and of all the rest seemeth forwardest and after when the weather waxeth whotte burneth and seareth awaye representeth vnto vs the hastie forwardnesse of many who at the first in dayes of peace seeme to receiue the word ioyfully and afterwardes in time of persecution by their speedy shrincking shewe that it had neuer good and setled root in them Subiection LEt euery soule be subiect to the higher power for there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordayned of God whosoeuer therefore resisteth power resisteth the ordinance of God Amongest the powers the king is the highest They are appoynted of God for the benefit and wealth of their subiects to suppresse euill