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A09649	A comfortable treatise vpon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende. By O. Pigge. Seene and alowed; Comfortable treatise upon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende.	Pigg, Oliver, b. ca. 1551.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.	1582 (1582)	STC 19915; ESTC S106422	38,659	87

come from fleshe and blood and the corruption of our nature to pretend zeale to the trueth in the libertie thereof but to continue in the stormes and tempestes of afflictions so as no hardnes can remooue vs from the zeal which according to knowledge we beare vnto God this must needes be supernaturall vpright and no other but the fruite of the spirite which beeing the Lords he cannot but acknowledge wheresoeuer he find● it and therefore must necessarily be glorious in his sight and euerlastingly honored in heauen hereafter howsoeuer for the present time it appeare vilde and odious in the eyes of men Whereupō saint Paul exhorting the Phillippians not to feare their aduersaries which opposed thēselues against them affirmeth constantly that persecutions were manifest signes of the destruction of the wicked from whome they came and most euident tokens and as it were earnest pence of y e saluation of such against whome they were intended agreeing with that which is in his later epistle to the Thessalonians where hauing spoken before of their sufferings he sayth that it was a manifest declaratiō of the iust iudgement of God to the end they might be coūted worthie of his kingdome The sense of this place is the same with that going before although the words seeme somwhat to differ Let vs therfore despise al y e scorns of y e vngodly set light by al the mockings of y e wicked in our shame we be honorable in al confusion suffered for a good cōscience we are glorious for the spirit of God of glory resteth vpon vs we shalbe saued if we cōtinue to y e end This spirit the apostle saith here is blasphemed on y e behalfe of y e wicked and glorified on the behalfe of the godly The meaning of the first wordes is that the enemies of the Church deride and scorne the graces of God in his children therefore blaspheme the spirit it selfe being the authour and fountaine of the same as we see despight offred to the gift of the Prince is worthily deemed villanie to the Prince himselfe We reade that the zeale of God in our Sauiour Christ was termed frensie and his faith reposed in his father scorned on this wise he trusted in God let him deliuer him now if he will haue him The grace of speaking with diuers toungs in the apostles was chalenged of drunkennes with new wine And Festus said vnto Paule thou art out of thy wittes too much learning hath made thee madde And in all times of the afflictions of the Church we shal see not only the professors taunted and reproched but also the gifts of the spirit of God in them mocked gibed at As their knowledge their patience their chastitie temperance trust in God and watchfulnes ouer their toungs In so much as we may finde tirants that iested at the Christians because they woulde not sweare when there was no necessarie cause Well they deale with one that is more then their match they shall one day feel y e smart of it sith their trechery is againste the holye Ghost euen God himselfe when they scorne his graces in the saints wheretas it is said in this place that the same spirite is glorified on the behalfe of the godly his meaning is that we honour the spirite of God when in all temptations we continue to professe that which it sealeth in our hearts and thinke it sufficient comfort against all our troubles that it testifieth to our hearts we be the children of God that we may call vpon him as a father and that we please him in all our sufferings To conclude this verse let it not appeare strange vnto vs that euill men despise the grace of God that is in vs. It we glorifie his spirit as we haue heard we shal hereafter be glorified with him eternally in the heauens euen as our Lorde by his owne example hath taught vs to praye with comfort I haue glorified thee vpon the earth now O Father glorifie me with thy selfe It followeth Let no man among you suffer as a mans●eier or a thiefe or an euill doer or as a busibody Hauing spoken before of the blessednes of the Christians that be troubled for righteousnes sake in this verse the Apostle calleth vpon vs to be so circumspect and wary of all our doinges that we commit no euill for the which wee might iustly be punished as malefactors He rehearseth three particular offences the first two be playne the third which in english we read a busibody y t is such a one as curiously busieth himself in such matters as concern not his calling neglecteth them that belong to his duty the learned thinke may as fitly be interpreted a man greedy of other mens goods The other worde malefactor or euill doer may be vnderstoode of euery offender whatsoeuer as well those that transgresse the lawes of the first table in matters of Religion and the seruice of God as those that breake the commandements of the second table in such thinges as concerne our duty towarde men so that vnder these Saint Peter comprehendeth all manner of sinne and corruption heresie and idolatry which the word doth forbid punish as well as disordered behauiour of one man toward another We must therefore take heede that as wee professe the name and gospell of Christ so all our sufferings may come for the trueth of that and not for any Idolatry heresy schisme murther adultery whoredome theft couetousnesse going beyond the bounds of our callinges or any such other thing For if wee be euill spoken of broughte before iudges restrayned of our liberty cast in prison and put to death in th●se cases there is no reason why we shoulde reioyce of the matter and think our selues happy therefore Our master Christe speaking to his disciples of this point sayd blessed are you when they speake al manner of euil of you lying for my sake Hee saith not simplye blessed are you when they speake all eui●l of you but when they lye in so doing And it is an ancient saying of a Father it is not the punishment but the goodnesse of the cause that maketh a Martyr The papistes therefore in resp●cte of God and his true church Heritiques and Schismatiques in respect of their prince and country high Traytors haue no cause to boast themselues of any their sufferinges as though they were persecuted for righteousnesse sake sith besides their heresies and corrupt opinions concerning religion for y t which they be worthy of death they beare trecherous and trayterous heartes to their souereigne prince and country which also from time to time hath bene founde out by their vnnatural and curssed attempts The like is to bee sayd of the false pretented Family of loue al other heretiks euil doers the vnclean person the oppressor deceiuer vsurer drunkard the euill minister when he is cryed out against and taunted by the name of a

and somtimes openly against suche as mean most faythfully to God and their Counrrye and desire to take that course in euersy thing that might bee acceptable to him that shall iudge the quick the dead VVe haue good cause to pray continually for the long preseruation of our renouned princes Elizabeth our gratious Mother and N●●sse vnder the shadow of vvhose vvinges as of the Lorde● annointed by the meanes of her good lavves and Lie●etenauntes in her ovvne courte and in the country there is reliefe for all the good people of the land against such vexations of the vvicked Othervvise assuredly it should go hard vvith them that of all others ought most to be made off because the deuill vvill not cease to sturre vp enemies against them For the instruction comfort of such as be any vvay troubled for vvel doings I confesse that I labour somvvhat in this litle booke Praying the Christian reader if hee reape any small good thereby to giue the praise vnto God to whom only it is due and to pray for me that my selfe according to my need either present or to come may be partaker of the doctrine comforts herein mentioned Concerning your good worships to vvhom I am so muche beholden euen as openly and to the view of the country you haue declared your readines to further me in my good and lavvfull causes so much as in you haue liē to restrain thē that haue soght to vex me vniustly intēded my hurt so haue I thought my self in duty bound to giue forth some publike testimony of thankfulues to you In regarde vvhereof if it may please you to accept this my pore trauell it is an especiall thing that I desire I am bold to ioine you both in one because the Lord hath knit you fast together not only by the bond of kindred perfect friendship but also in care of my good estate that vvhich is principall in an holy desire to further true religiō to procure the peace vvelfare and prosperity of the prince and the country vvhere you dvvel The Lorde increase in you all his graces that being zealous according to knovveledge you may become yet more glorious instruments for the furthering of his kingdom may go forvvard in the profession of his gospell euen vnto the ende to his immortall prayse the sturring vp of manye other knightes and gentlemen to be of this your christian order in the true obedience of Gods vvord to the euerlasting saluatiō of your souls in the life to come vvhich graces in like manner I praye him to povvre dovvne from heauen vpon the right vvorshipful the Ladies of both your houses vpon your children and all your company for Iesus Christes sake our only omnipotent Sauiour Amen At London this sixt day of April 1582. the day vvherein the great fearfull Earthquake vvas tvvo yeares before a day to bee called to oure remembraunce because of the greatest number so rare and terrible a thing is quite forgotten and so certeine a forerunner of other iudgements is not regarded Your worships in the Lord OLIVER PIGGE To the Christian Reader Grace and peace from God the father by Iesus Christ sealed by the spirite of adoption till he haue assuraunce of euerlasting life in him Amen HOwe necessary bookes of such like arguments as this by the godly labour of our faithful and painful brother now published to the profite of many are I need no● long to stand vpon and to declare as well in respect of vs that professe the gospell in these breathing dayes muche forgetting our selues though we lacke not diuers crosses to put vs in remembraunce and to awaken vs as in respect of of oure enemies who of late haue more threatned and blustered out against vs then in many years before crying out of persecution when they suffer not for Christ or for any his causes but against him laboring thēselues to death to ouerthrow his kingdome which though they burst they shall neuer I am sure be able to do vndermining his ministers most disloyally whom he hath placed in that highest authoritie to execute his owne iust iudgements against them It is wonder to heare what complaints they make of persecution Tyranny when for their iust deserts they receiue the punishment due to their treasons conspiracies and rebellions They laye vs on and yet they crye out against vs they complain of persecution yet them selues are the persecutours that set themselues agaynst the seruauntes of the Lorde in all ages against his faithful minnisters against al professors which is most lamentable againste the holy trueth of God yea againste God himselfe to whome they owe all duetie and reuerence But alacke this is a thing common together with them and all other heretikes that when they haue no truth at all yet they must pretend some and though they can neuer iustifie their cause they muste at least a●●euer it as though they possessed it and face vs out to shroud their idolatrous abhominations and curssed corruptions that they maynteine and stand for to their vtter destruction There cannot be a Traitor nowadayes executed according to his demerits but fauouring their superstition which indeede is alwayes ioined with treason to shake the seate of our gracious soueraigne and to ouerthrow any state else wheresoeuer they liue but by and by they take him vp and make him a martir So did the Donatists as Aug●stine witnesseth to whom we must make the same answere that he did to them They are true martyrs of whome the Lord sayth Blessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousnesse sake They must not su●fer for iniquity for the wicked rending of Christian vnity but they that suffer for righteousnes they are the true martyrs in deede If therefore they endure any thing at our hands they may thanke their owne vnquiet and hamering heads that like Moules are alwaies heauing in their dark pathes to marre the Lords vineyard to ouerthrow the gracious worke of the Gospell which God will haue to proceede Maugre their heads when they haue vsed all their treasonable practises they can against it Neither shall the persecution of Agar if it may bee called a persecution rather then a correction be compared to that of Dauid nor that of the theeues to our sauiour Christes whom though the suffering made one yet the cause did seperate They crye out of persecution and fo●ste out their traiterous bookes like wildfire that they might set al on fire ●●make a h●rly burly and so open some way to their further deuised mischiefe They alleadge examples of parti●ular iudgments against particuler persons sarced with as many vntruths as their books are no● with leaues but almost with lines when yet they will not see that if any offence haue bene committed on our partes it hath bene in this that they haue bene to much borne with For we appeal to themselues that haue any modesty in them whether