ye the man in whom the euil sprite was ran on them and preuailed against them so that they fledde awaye naked and wounded And vpon one of the sabboth daies Paule preached and continued the preachinge vnto midnight Actes 20. And ther satte in a windowe a certaine yonge manne beinge fallen into a deade sleepe And ouercome wyth sleape he fell downe from the thyrde lofte and was taken vp dead But when Paul went downe he fell on hym and embrased him And they broughte the yonge man a liue and were not a lytle comforted And in the Winter when Paule and his fellowes were scaped oute of the broken ship Actes 28. and were warminge them at the fire There came a viper oute of the heate and caught hym by the hande he shoke the viper into the â—ire and felt no harme How be it the menne of that countrye loked and beleued that he shoulde haue fallen down dead sodenly Paule by prayer and by laying his handes on the father of Publius Actes 28. deliuered him of a feuer and of a bloudye â—lixe So when this was done other also which had diseases in the I le came and were healed ¶ Of Goddes prouidence and secreat iudgementes ¶ The second Chapter OUr Lord knewe that man wold sinne Genes 1. yet he made him inclining there vnto when that he might haue made him wythoute anye suche inclinatyon or promptnesse to sinne at all But he knew how great profite and goodnesse should ensue begotten by the occasion of his fall Iacobs soÌ„nes did decre and purpose to extinguishe Ioseph theyr brother Genesis 27 but yet God disposinge the thinge otherwise they exaulted him farre aboue them selues Iacob wheÌ„ he blessed Iosephs children Ioseph wandering and beynge ignoraunt of the cause laid his right hand on Ephraims hed Genesis 48 and hys left hand vpon Manasses Exod. â— 3 After that Moises had smitten and slaine the Egiptian and by the way of rebultinge of a Iewe had offended him he fled from the face of Pharaâ—e and as a banished man dwelt manye yeares in the countrye of Madian so that it was thought that he durst appeare no more in the land of Egipte and yet by keping there his father in lawes shepe he had a more greater occasion to serue God and sawe that greate vision and was sente by God to the children of Israell and to Pharao Exod. 5.6 Our Lord knew ful wel that Pharao would not obey his commaundementes and yet he caused him to bee required and spoken to by Moyses Exod. â— Our Lord or euer he would bringe the children of Israel out of Egipte permitted and suffred them a longe time ofteÌ„ to be afflicted punished Pharaos wise menne and his enchaunters did throughe Gods sufferaunce Exod. 7 as great signes as touching certaine of them in Egypte as Moyses did Our Lord dothe permit and suffer the reproued to be indurate Exod. 9 and hys elected to be afflicted thereby to do that is wonderfull and to bee the better knowen and praised Our Lorde did oftentimes promise the children of Israel Nume xiiâ—â— a country that floweth with milke and honye and yet but two of them Saleph and Iosue of twenty yeres of age came thyther the reast came not thyther but their children only Moses the which did so often times reconcyle the synnefull people vnto oure Lorde did once sinne at the water of strife Nume 20 nor he obtained not for him selfe to enter the lande of promission In that that the children of Israell for their iniquity remained more theÌ„ xl yeres in the desert Oure Lorde was thereby greatlye magnified Deute 29. the which did feede them there so longe and kept their raimeÌ„t from wearing and at the last did woÌ„derfully bring them into the lande of promesse Of the people that did inhabite the lande of promesse Iosu. xi thys was our Lordes commaundemente and sentence that theyr hartes should be hardened and that they shoulde come agaynste Israell in battaile and vtterlye to be destroyed and that no mercy shoulde bee shewed them but that they shuld pearish and be brought to nought After that Gedeon hadde obtayned and wonne so maruelous a vyctorye of hys ennemyes Iudi. 8. and hadde refused to raigne ouer the people he made an Ephod the which dede was the decaye and ruine of him selfe and his housholde Oure Lorde was greued with the children of Israell for their iniquitye and wickednesse Iudi. 10. and said vnto them I wyll healpe you no more goe and crye vnto the Goddes which ye haue chosen And they saide vnto oure Lorde We haue sinned Then there foloweth that our Lorde had piâ—ye on theyr misery Sampson Iudi. 16 the aungell bryngynge the message was conceiued of his mother the whyche was barren And afterwardes he was often times deceyued by women and at the laste hee was destroyed by the ruine and fal of a house The children of Israel by the counsaile and will of oure Lorde Iudi. 20 foughte twise with the children of Beniamin and were ouercome but afterwardes they vtterly in a maner destroid them Our Lord suffred the Arke to be taken of the vncircumcised 1. regum 6. where hee shewed many miracles And when it was reduced brought home agayne the meÌ„ of Bethsames receiued it ioyfully and yet our Lord siue 70. of the Princes 5000. of the coÌ„men people Among al the people ther was none better then Saule 1. regum 15 when oure Lorde chose him yet afterwardes he synned and our Lord refused him Dauid was the least among al his brethren 1. regum 16 and as it wer of no reputatyon amonge theÌ„ So that when I sais children were called for this Dauid was neglected and contempned and yet our Lord gouerned all the people by him and for his cause extolled all his progeny and kindred 1. regum 28 This is much to be maruailed at that Samuel the prophet was called vp by a sorcerer Sainte Augustyne saithe in his boke de doctrina christiana that it was the similitude Image of Samuel but not the Prophet hym self nor yet his spirite for he appeared by the sacrilegious art and crafte of the deuil It is to be noted how expresly oure Lord spake vnto Nathan of the goodnes of Dauid and Salomon his sone â— regum 7. the which should build the temple yet bothe they fell into iniquitye and sinne most shamefully When Dauid should die he made a maruelous ordinaunce 3. regum 2. but for as muche as the scripture dothe so commend him it is to be supposed notwithstanding he was partlye cruell that yet he did it not without a iust a reasonable cause Our Lord gaue Salomon so great prosperity and peace 3. regum 11. that sathaÌ„ was not against him and he gaue him wisdome aboue all other kinges and yet at length our Lord suffered him to be in satuated
a remembraunce of their gladnesse Hest. 9 whiche they coÌ„ceaued and had by the death of Aman their enemy dyd order that gyftes should be distributed geuen vnto the poore Our Lorde speaketh by the Prophete Esay complayningly Esay 1. sayinge Thy princes are wicked and companions of theues they loue gyftes altogether and gape for rewardes The maister of the kyng of Babilons hooste Iere. 40 gaue Hieremy vytayles and rewardes and let him go After that Daniell had expounded the vision vnto Nabuchodonosor the kynge Dani. 2 he made hym a greate man and gaue hym many and greate gyftes Balthasar the kynge of Babilon dyd promyse Daniell greate gyftes Dani. 5 But he answered sayinge kepe thy gyftes thy selfe and gyue thy ryche gyftes to another Ionathas wente to Ptolomeis and gaue Ptolomi and Alexander greate presentes of golde and syluer 1. mach 10 found fauoure in their sight When Triphon saw that Ionathas came vnto him with so great anhoost 1. macha 12 he was afrayde and receiued him honorablye and gaue hym rewardes And by this occasion he deceiued him for after he had sent away his hoost Triphon kept him there with a few and kylde hym For the giftes which the ambitius Iason did geue and promise to kynge Antiochus 2. mach 4 hee obtayned the hye Priesthode and when he hadde sente the mony to the kyng by Menelaus he beguiled him and gotte the dominion For IasoÌ„ had paid thre hundred talentes of siluer Menelaus Lysimachus brother did obtain with the mony that he promised Antiochus 2. mach 4 the hye priesthode And afterwardes he gaue to Andronicus certaine vessel of golde that he had secreatly stolne out of the temple and caused Onias to bee slayne After all thys when that hee was accused before kynge Ptolome he procured wyth monye that he promysed to geue him that his accusers were condemned to death The wycked traytor and detractor Alchimus desiring to obtayne the hie Priesthode 2. mach 14 offered Demetrius a crowne of golde and certayne other thynges The wise menne offered vnto the poore Lorde Mat. 2. golde Frankensence and mirrhe When the souldiours that shoulde haue kept the sepulchre of our Lord math 28 hadde receiued good store of monye they sayd that hys Disciples Mat. 28 they beinge a sleape had stolen hym away LuKe. 21 The gift of the pore widow which cast into the treasurye two mytes is preferd of our Lorde farre aboue the rich mens giftes When Simon saw that throughe laying on of the Apostles handes the holy ghoste was geuen Act. 8. He offred theÌ„ money sayinge Geue mee also thys power The presidente Felix that kepte Paule bounde falslye accused by the Iewes Act. 24 did hope that Paule woulde geue some mony wherfore he called him the oftner and communed wyth him And because that he as it is veri like came not to his intent he lefte Paule in pryson bound ¶ Of Fortitude ¶ Cap. lxxvii WHen Abraham sawe that Lot his brothers sonne was taken Gen. 14. he toke his seruauntes born in hys owne house with other and sette vpon the foure kings by nighte that had taken him And after he had pursued and smitten them he broughte Lot again withall his substance and all the people of Sodome The purenesse of the conscieÌ„ce maketh a man both sure and bolde Gen. 31. and therfore Iacob beinge wrothe chode wyth Laban saying For what cause or for what offence followest thou so after mee and haste searched all my stuffe The aungell saide vnto Iacob if thou hast bene strong againste God Gen. 32 how much more shalt thou preuayle against man Moses stode boldly and constantly against Pharao Exo. 5. reprouing hym because he wold not let our Lordes people go The children of Israell came harnessed out of the land of Egipt Exo. 13 Caleph and Iosue dyd manfullye comfort the people Nu. 13.14 saying Let vs go vp and possesse the land for we be able to ouercome it And again Feare not the people of the land for they ar but bread for vs. Phinees with xii M. fighting men ouerthrew the Madianites of that whiche besides menne and wemen that were slaine Nume 31 there wer xxxii thousand virgins taken And of cattell an infynite multitude and yet ther perished not one of the children of Israell Deute 31 Moses said vnto Iosue that shoulde succede him Be stronge and bold for thou must go and lead this people into the land When Iosue went against thinhabitors Iosu. 8 of Hai he was in the fronte of the hoaste compassed wyth the ayde and strengthe of stronge and valyant menne After that the v. kinges wer taken Iosue saide vnto the chefe of the men of warre that were with him Iosu. â—0 go on and put your feete vpon the neckes of these kinges be not afraid nor faint harted Caleph said vnto Iosue I am thys day 85. yere old Iosu. 14 and yet I am as valiant and as stronge at this time as I was when I sent to search spye the country euen the same fortitude and strength doth continue in me stil. Ahud the iudge chefe captaine of the host of Israel going in the fronte of the battayle Iudi. 3 sayde vnto the people Followe me for the Lord hathe delyuered your ennemyes into youre handes The aungel said vnto Gedeon our Lorde is wyth thee Iudi. 6 thou mighty maÌ„ of warre Go hence in this thy might thou shalt deliuer Israell oute of the handes of the Madianites And when he most humbly excused him selfe he heard I wyll be with thee and thou shalt smite the Madianites as they were but one man Gedeon by the commaundemente of oure LORDE Iudi. 7 sayde vnto hys hoste if any man dread or be afrayde Let hym returne and wyth thre C. men and a proper stratageme or subtle poynt of warre he ouerthrew the Madionites Samson tare a Lion in peces with his vnarmed handes Iudi. 14.15 and .16 as hee woulde haue rent a Kid and after did manye stronge feates 1. regu 11. Saule hearing that the men and inhabiters of Iabes Galaad wer besieged he boldly efficacely and quicklye did succor and helpe them 1. regu 17. Dauid in his childehode did strongly ouercome a Lion a Beare and Goliath the Philistine Dauid with one souldiare came to Saules hoste 1. regu 26 and entringe into hys tent toke away his spear his shield and the cruse of water 2. regu 2. Twelue of Isboseths seruauntes and xii of Dauids caughte eche other by the head and thrust theyr swordes in eache other sydes and they fell downe together 2. regu 23. Dauid longed and saide oh that I had of the water that is in the cestern by the gate of Bethelem for to drink And thre mighty men brake thorow the host of the Philistines brought him of that water 4. regu 9.10 Iehu
commaunded the male children to be kylled but afterwardes he commaunded that they should be cast into the riuer and that the wemen children shoulde be saued First Pharao said euen simply I know not the Lord nether wil I let Israel go Exo. 5. And again he graunted it vnto them saying go ye and do sacrifyce vnto the Lord in this lande And yet afterwards he would let theÌ„ go to do sacrifice vnto our Lord in the wildernesse so that they went not far of Exo. 10. And after that he was conteÌ„t that the men should goe so that they lefte their shepeâ— theyr cattel behinde theÌ„ Exo. 5. After that Pharao vnderstode that the children of Israel would do sacrifice vnto our Lord he afflicted and vsed them more hardly Iudi. 1. Thre score and ten kinges hauing theyr thombes and great toes cut of gathered the fragmentes vnder Adonibezechs table Abimelech GedeoÌ„s sonne vsurping the superiority and dominioÌ„ Iudi. 9. ouer the people slue seuenty men his brethren vpon one stone Saule after that he hadde receyued many benefites by Dauid 1. regu 22. sought his death and slue 85. men that dyd wear a lynnen Ephod Ieroboam commauÌ„ded the man of God to be taken 3. regu 13. the whiche rebuked hym for the sacrilegious altare that he set vp and builded Iesabell sought Helias death in as muche as he had caused Baals Prophets to be slayne 3. regu 19. Naboth the Israelite by the procurement of Iezabel 3. regu 21. was stoned to death for she caused false witnes to be brought out against hym Achab king of Israel caused Micheas the prophet to be cast into pryson 3. reg 22. and to be sustaynd and fed with bread of affliction and wyth water of trouble When the word of our Lord came against Baasa that kyng of Israel 3. regu 16. his house by the haÌ„d of Iehu the prophet he slue the foresaid prophet Manasses the king of Iuda 4. regu 21. shed innocent bloud and replenyshed Ierusalem wyth the bloud of innocents When Sennacherib came agayn fled out of Iewry what tyme as God punyshed hym for hys blasphemy Tobi. 1. In his wrath he slue many of the children of Israel Nabuchodonozor saide vnto Holofernes Thou shalt spare no realme Iudith 2. Afterwardes we reade of Holofernes that there came such a fear vpon the countryes Iudith 3. that the indwellers of all the cities went forth to mete hym as he came and receaued hym wyth garlandes and torches wyth dances tabrets pipes Neuertheles though thei did this yet could thei not swage hys rigorous stomacke Because that Mardocheus woulde not bowe hys knee to proude Aman Esth. 3. he chose rather to procure the deathe of all the Iewes then to forgeue hym alone Sedechias kyng of Iuda commauÌ„ded at the peticion of the rulers of the people Iere. 38. that Ieremye the prophette should be caste into the lake or dongion where there was neyther water nor light The kinge of Babilon slue Sedechias the kinge of Iuda children before hys face at Reblatha Iere. 19. and made his eyes to be put oute and bounde hym wyth fetters and sente hym to Babilon Nabuchodonozor kinge of Babilon in a furye coÌ„maunded to destroye all the wise menne at Babilon Dani. 2. because they could not interpretate the dreameâ— whiche he dreamed and sawe It was an exeadinge and a maruelous greate cruelnes of Nabuchodonozor the kynge of Babilon Dani. 3. when he caused Daniels felowes to be cast into the burninge fornace Antiochus wente vppe to Ierusalem and made a greate slaughter of menne 1. macha â— and shedde innocente bloude on euery syde of the Sanctuarye at Ierusalem Demetrius toke Antiochus the son of Antiochus and Lisias 1. Mac. 7 and brought them to Demetrius the which wold not see them so the hoost put them to death Tryphon tooke Ionathas traytorousllye And when he had him he asked for his deliueraunce .200 talents of siluer 1. Mach. 13. and his two sonnes for ostagees And when he had them he most wickedlye slew the father his sonnes Andronicus beynge desired of Menelaus and by hym throughe gyftes corrupted 2. macha 4 slew Onias the hye priest Kinge Antiochus absolued that sacrilegious manne Menelaus accused of many crymes 2. Mach. 4. and condempnde his accusers to deathe The tirauntes sente by Antioche did excercise and vse to muche cruelnes agaynst Eleazarus 2. mac 6.7 and likewise agaynst those .vii. brethren and theyr mother When Herode sawe that hee was mocked of the wyse men he was exceadinge wroth Math. 2. and sente forth men of warre and slewe all the chyldren that were in Bethelem and in al the coastes as many as were two yeare olde and vnder Herode the Tetrarche knew that Iohn the Baptist was a iust and a holye manne Math. 14. mar 6. and yet at the peticion of an harlot hee caused him to be beheaded in prson Pilate knew that the Iewes for enuye hadde deliuered oure Lorde and coulde fynde no cause whye and yet at theyr clamoures Math. 27 and fearynge least he shoulde lese the fauour of Cesar he delyuerd him scourged to their wyll and pleasure There came vnto our Lord certain Pharises Luc. 13. and sayed vnto hym Get thee out of the waye departe hence for Herode wyll kyll thee Herode the Tetrarch was desirous to see Iesus of a longe season when he saw him he was exceadinge glad Luc. 23. And yet he with his men of war des +pised him and when he had mocked him he arayed him in white clothing and sent him agayne to Pilate Herode the kinge sent a company to vexe certayne of the congregation Act. 12. And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn â—nd because hee sawe that it pleased the Iewes he wente aboute to take Peter also Paule was of certaine men falsely accused Act. 16. because that he had cast oute of a certayn mayde a spirite that prophesied The magestrates sente him and Sylas hys felowe to be beaten with roddes and to be cast in prison and to make theyr feete faste in the stockes Felyx the president hoped that money shoulde haue bene geuen him of Paule Ac. 24.25 whome he helde bounde in prison Wherefore he called him the oftner coÌ„moned with him Festus succeded him And Felix wyllinge to shewe the Iewes a pleasure to hurt Paule lefte him in pryson bounde and Paule appealed to Cesar. ¶ Of the oppression of the good by the euil Capi. Cx. THe wicked and enuious Cain preuaylde agaynste Abell the iust Gene. 4. and slew him The Sodomites did diuersllye and manifolde maner of waies afflict and torment the lyfe and soule of Lot Gene. 19. Esau hated Iacob continuallye and sayed in his hart Gen. 27.28 The dayes of my fathers sorowe are at hande and I wil slay my brother Iacob So that
and proue man xiiii That maÌ„ should not teÌ„pt god xv Of vowes xvi Of prayer xvii Of wepyng and wayling xviii Of swearing xix Of the obseruation kepynge of the saboth day xx Of the reuerence that oughte to bee done and exhibyted to Gods temple xxi Of the adoration and worshippyng of God xxii Of Idolatry xxiii Of blasphemy againste God xxiiii Of Gods preceptes and commaundementes and of the obseruation keping of theÌ„ xxv Of obedience disobedyence xxvi Of holy scripture xxvii Of good exhortation and predication of the word of God xxviii Of euel counsels perswasioÌ„s xxix Of hearing the word of God xxx Of apparicions and vysyons shewed in the old time xxxi Of good angels xxxii Of euil sprites xxxiii Of the immortality of the reasonable soule xxxiiii Of the faith that man shoulde haue vnto God xxxv Of the fidelity that oughte to be kept to man xxxvi Of quietnesse and illustration of the mynde xxxvii Of longanimity xxxviii Of the feare of God xxxix Of feare where wyth the euel fear those that be good xl Of the loue of God xli Of the loue that man ought to haue to hys neighbor xlii Of enuy xliii Of brotherly reprehention xliiii Of the compassyon that man should haue to his neighbor xlv Of hospitality xlvi Of amity and loue xlvii Of enmity and hatred xlviii Of peace and concord xlix Of vnity and common conseÌ„t l. Of discord strife and debate li. Of good zeale against sinners lii Of vndyscreate zeale liii Of prudency and dyscretion liiii Of deceyt and subtelty lv Of the erudytyon of chyldren lvi That it is a pearillous thyng not to agre to good counsel lvii Of suspition and falscredulity lviii That holy and good men suffer certaine thinges to be done but not gladly lix Of iustice and equity lx Of the good and euell iudgementes of men lxi Of penaunâ—e lxii Of the honor of parents lxiii Of thankes geuing for the benefites of God lxiiii Of gratitude for the benefites of man accepted lxv Of ingratitude lxvi That truth engendreth hatred lxvii Of lies and leasyuges lxviii Of treason lxix Of adulatyon and flatery lxx Of derysyon and contumelyous reprofe lxxi Of detractors euil speakers lxxii Of liberaliti merci 〈…〉 lxxiii Of couetusnes lxxiiii Of pouertye lxxv Of hipocrisie dissimulatioâ— lxxvi Of the receate of gyftes aâ—â— rewardes lxxvii Of fortitude and. lxxviii Of coÌ„fidence magnanimity lxxix Of pacience and mekenes in Iniuris and tormentes lxxx Of constancy continuaunce in purposes lxxxi Of bodely warre victorye most commenly obtayned lxxxii Of impacience murmuring lxxxiii Of pusillanimitye lxxxiiii Of fortitude and strengthe to do euyll lxxxv Of murther lxxxvi Of diuers slaughters o men lxxxvii Of abstinens and sobrietye lxxxviii Of gluttonye dronkennesse lxxxix Of matrimony lxxxx Of chastity xci Of luxuriusnes incoÌ„tinency xcii Of vnwyse lookes xciii Of silence and clatterynge xciiii Of carnall affection cxv Of the ire and anger of man thrugh zele and loue xcvi Of the anger of man through vice xcvii Of humilitye xcviii Of pride xcix Of vayne hosting crakinge C Of elections Ci. Of good prynces prelates Cii Of euyll prynces prelates Ciii Of ambitious persons Ciiii. Of the deuels temptation Cv. Of sinne in generall of dyuers paines whiche folow sin Cvi Of confessyon of synnes Cvii Of the hardnesse and obstinacye of the wycked Cviii. Of the peruersity of certen meÌ„ Cix Of the wyckednes of tirantes Cx. Of the oppression of the good by the euyll Cxi Of tribulation and vtility c Cxii Of the multitude of euyl men Cxiii Of good men whych lurked wer as vnknown amoÌ„g the euil Cxiiii Of the nobility inconstancy of the people Cxv. Of good operations workes Cxvi Of mans intention in doyng of hys workes Cxvii Of slothfulnes and negligeÌ„ce Cxviii Of the good towardnesse of chyldren Cxix Of the societye and felowshyp of good men Cxx. Of the societye and felowshyp of euell men Cxxi Of good prosperity Cxxii Of worldly curyosyty Cxxiii Of the great faith of wemen Cxxiiii Of the wisedome of wemen Cxxv. Of the pietye compassion of of wemen Cxxvi. Of the fortitude and strength of wemen Cxxvii Of the auidity gredynesse of wemen cxxviii Of the deceytfulnes of wemen Cxxix Of the folyshe and vndiscreate communication of wemen Cxxx. Of the superfluous ornaments and rayment of wemen Cxxxi Of death in generall Cxxxii. Of sepultures and buryals cxxxiii Of the horrible death and c cxxxiiii Of the pretious death of c. Imprinted at London by Ihon Tisoale dwelling in Knyght Riders streat Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Of Miracles shewed by the deuine power of God ¶ The first Chapter THe creatyon of thynges was so meruelous that the knowledge thereof coulde not come to man but by reuelation For after the minde of S. Gregory Greg. super zac homeli 1. Moses prophecied of those thinges that wer past saying In the beginninge God created heauen and earth Genesis 1. Nor that because he forspoke the thinges that were to come but because he disclosed those thinges that were seacreat At the time of Noyes floude Gene. 6.7 oure Lord saued Noah his wife his three sonnes with their wiues and in the Arke he saued the male the female of all other beastes Our Lord repressed the presumpteousnesse of men Gene. 11. that would builde a tower vnto heauen confoundinge their language Genesis 22 Isaac was wonderfully born and wonderfully deliuered when that he the ram being caught by the hornes in a thicket shoulde haue bene offred vp for a sacrifice Exod. 7.8.9 and .10 It is euidente and playne inoughe how many miracles our Lord shewed by Moyses when he broughte the Children of Israel out of Egipt Exodus 13. It was a greate miracle that the Pyllare of the cloude departed not from the Children of Israell goynge oute of Egipte towardes the land of promesse neither by daye nor yet by nighte Exodus 14 It was a terrible and a Myracle worthye to be spoken of that the red sea was deuided and so dried vp that the children of Israel went ouer drye footed and the Egyptyans ouerwhelmed in the myddest of the sluds Exodus 15 By the woode or tree shewed vnto Moyses the waters were made sweete Numer 11. Oure Lorde sente quailes to the murmuring people Nume 20. and afterwards it rained Manna for them to eat and oute of the rocke he sent them water plenteously to drincke Our Lorde sent fleshe to the chyldren of Israel Numer 20 the whiche in the wildernes murmured and desired to eat flesh euen aboundauntly Through thoccasion of Chore and his fellowes sedition Nu. 16.17 many miracles chaunced and was shewed The people wer smitten or stinged with fiery serpentes Numer 21. and loking vpon the serpente of brasse they were cured and healed Our Lorde led the children of Israell in the wildernesse fortye
shewed to the liuing he reserueth for the dead Boom did commend Ruth that fled to the GOD of Israell ruth 3. and sayde Blessed arte thou in oure Lorde for thou hast shewed more goodnesse and mercy in the latter end than at the beginning Hely blessed Elkana and his wife and saide vnto him 1. regum 2. Oure Lorde geue the seede of this woman for that she hath lent our Lord or for the peticion that she hath made vnto the Lorde The Ziphites sēt word vnto Saul 1. regum 23 that Dauid lurked in theyr countrey And Saule said Blessed are ye in our Lord for ye haue compassyon on me It was told Dauid that they of Iabes had buried Saule 2. regum 2. and hee sayde vnto them Blessed are ye vnto oure Lord that ye haue shewed such kindnesse vnto your Lord Saul and haue buried him King Salomon turnes his face 3. regum 8. and blessed al the congregation of Israel and all the Congregation of Israell stode still When Dauid had made an ende of the burnt offeringes 1. Para. 16◠and peace offeringes he blessed the people in the name of our Lord. And he dealte to all Israell bothe man and woman a craknell of bread and a good peece of fleshe and a flacket of wyne Raguel takyng the right hande of hys daughter Tob. 7. gaue her into the right hand of Tobias saying The God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob be with you Ioyne you together and fulfyll hys blessynge in you He kyssed Tobye and wepynge toke hym aboute the necke and sayd Tob. 9. Gods blessinge haue thou my sonne for thou arte the sonne of a good vertuous man Gabelus goyng into the house found Tobi he wepte and sayde the god of Israel blesse the for thou art the sonne of a ryghte vertuous and iuste man and of one that feareth god Osias the chefe ruler of the people of Israel sayd vnto Iudith blessed art thou of Our lorde the hye god Iudi. 13. aboue all wemen vpon earth And afterwardes all the elders began to prayse her wyth one voyce Iudit 15 sayinge Thou worshyp of Ierusalem thou ioye of Israell c. And it fortuned that when Elizabeth heard the salutacion of Mary LuK. 1. she cryed with a loude voyce and sayde Blessed art thou amonge wemen c. ¶ Of the malediction and cursse wherwith man dothe cursse man ca. ix IT is red that Noah amonge all other menne was the fyrst that cursed Chanaan his nephew Gen. 9. because that C ham hys father disclosed the nakednesse of Noah to the reste of his brethren when that he should rather haue kept it close Amonge the wordes of benediction that Isaac gaue to Iacob hys sonne Gen. 27. He sayd Cursed be he that curseth thee and blessed be he that blesseth thee Iacob sayd vnto Simon and Leuis father Gen. 49. cursed be their wrathe For it was shamelesse their indignation and fearcenesse for it was harde and cruell Balac sente messengers vnto Balaam Nume 22. that he should come curse the people of Israel Nume 22. for he had heard him to be acursed vpon whom maledictiō or curse fell or chaunced Who so curseth hys father or his mother Leui. 20 let him dye Moyses writeth and setteth for the Deu. 27. manye maledictions curses agaynst those that transgresse goddes cōmaundementes deliuered vnto them The Citie of Hiericho beynge destroyde Iosua sware Iosu. 6. saying cursed be the mā before our lord that riseth vp and buildeth this cyte Hiericho The Sickemites when they were eating and drinckinge and mery Iudi. 49. dyd curse Abimelech Goliah the philistine cursed Dauid in the name of his goddes 1. reg 17. Saule purposinge to ensue and folowe the philistines 1. regu 14 charged the people with an oth saying Cursed be the man that eateth anye foode tyl night vntil I be auenged of mine enemies Semei came out cursing he caste stones at Dauid 2. reg 16. sayd come forthe thou bloudsheder and thou man of Belial Eliseus cursed the chyldren that mocked him 4. reg 2. saying go vp thou balde head go vp thou bald head And there were torne in peeces with .ii. beares .xlii. chyldren When Machabeus layde sege to a certen holde named Gazer 2. mach 10. they that were within curste and bande excedingly And made great craking with wycked wordes The Pharisees berated and cursed him that was borne blynd whom our Lord Iesus dyd illuminate Iohn 9. And they sayd Be thou his disciple The Iewes reproued Paule saying Reuilest and cursest thou goddes hye Priest Actes 23. But Paule excused hym selfe and sayd I wyste not brethren that he was the hie priest and gouernoure ¶ Of the seuerite of god against the wicked ca. x. GOd punished the sinne of our first parentes greuously Gen. 23. the whiche as they beleued was veniall that it shuld not haue ben punished so extremely God spared not the original world but welnye destroyed it wholye with water Gen. 7. The .v. cities were consumed with stinkinge fyre be the angels sent from god Gen. 19. for bogery The Egiptians perceyued that the chyldren of Israel were drowned and sanke as leade Exo. 14.15 god cōmaundinge the same in the mightie waters Because Amalech people did let the children of Israel goinge to the lande of promise Exo. 17. Oure lorde sayd to Moses I will vtterly put out the remēbraūce of Amalech from vnder heuen For the calfe sake that the people worshipped Exo. 32. there fell in one daye aboute 3000. men There went a fyre oute from oure lorde and consumed Nadab and Abihu Leui. 10. the sonnes of Aaron because they tooke eyther of them his censor and putte straunge fyre therin and cens thereupon And offered it before oure Lorde Oure Lorde cōmaunded the cursed Leui. 24. speaker to be broughte wythoute the hoste and let all the multitude stone hym And while the fleshe that our lorde sent Nume 11. the children of Israell beholding and seing the same was yet betwene theyr tethe Our Lord smote the people with an exceading great plague Our Lorde plaged Marye with the Leper Nume 12. because she spake against Moses Of 600. thousand men the whiche were nombred shall none come into the land of promise and that for their sinnefull dealinge Nume 14 saue Caleb and Iosue as our Lorde did threaten them He that was found gatherynge of stickes vpon the Sabboth daye Nume 15. was stoned to deathe by Gods commaundement Our Lord consumed Chorath Dathan and Abiram Nume 16 wyth a terryble deathe Oure Lorde punished Moses greuouslye at the water of strife Nume 20. because he doubted and yet vntil then he had born him self very holily faithfully as wel vnto God as to man Our Lord sent fiery serpentes amonge the people Nume 21. because they
that was done after the assention of oure Lorde The aungell of oure Lorde whiche by nyghte opened the pryson doores Act. 5. and brought the Apostles forth sayd goe stande and preache in the Temple to the people all the woordes of this lyfe The Enuke Quene Candace of the Ethiopians chamberlayn Act. 8. is commended that he came oute of Ethiopia to Ierusalem to worshyppe And note that he sittynge in hys Charetâ— Reade Esaye the Prophette The whyche thynge maketh verye sore agaynste manye goynge to sanctyfyed and holye places the whyche nether read nor yet declare any holy documents or lessons but multiply vain and trifling wordes only Thoughte the Iowes persecuted Paule wyth muche hatred Act. 21. yet they woulde not murther hym in the temple but drue him out of the temple the they myght kill him withoute the region of the temple beinge vntouched and vndefiled ¶ Of the adoration and worshipping of God Ca. xxi IT came to passe Gen. 4. the Caine broughte and offered of the frute of the grounde an Oblation vnto the Lord. Abel also offered of the first â—inges of his shepe and of the fat ther of and our Lord had respect vnto hys oblation Enoch the sonne of Seth began to call vpon the name of God Gen. 4. Noe builded an aultare vnto oure Lord Gen. 8. and toke of euery cleane beast and of euery cleane foule and offered sacrifices and oure Lorde smelled a swete sauour Oure Lorde appeared vnto Abraham in the land of Canaan Gen. 12. and saide vnto hym Unto thy seede wil I geue this lande And there buylded hee an aultare vnto our Lord that appeared vnto him When Abraham had lyfted vp hys eies ther appeared iii. men standyng by him Gen. 18. And wheÌ„ he saw them he fel to the grounde and worshipped them saying Lorde if I haue founde grace and fauour in thy sighte go not from thy seruaunte Abraham being prepared and ready to offer vp in sacrifice vnto GOD his onlye sonne Isaac Gen. 22. oure Lorde otherwise prouiding therfore he offered a Ram. Our lorde appeared vnto Isaac in Bersabe Gen. 26. and said feare not for I am with thee And he builded an aultare there vnto our Lord. And God saide vnto Iacob aryse and get the vp to Bethell Gen. 35. and dwell there And make there an altare vnto God that appeared vnto the when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother When the children of Israell harde that our Lorde had visited them Exo. 4. and had loked vppon theyr trybulatyon they bowed theyr heade and worshypped And after that our Lord had spoken vnto Moses of the religion of Phase and of the destruction of the first born in the land of Egipt Exo. 12 Then there followeth The people bowed them selues and worshypped Ietro sayde to Moses bee thou vnto the people to godwarde Exo. 18 that thou mayste bringe theyr causes to God And thou shalte teache them the ceremonies and ordinaunces the waye to worshyp god And oure Lorde sayd vnto Moses come vp vnto the Lord Exo. 24 thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the 70. elders of Israel and ye shal worship far of And after a few words ther dothe folow They offred peace offrynges that is xii calues vnto the Lorde And our Lord coÌ„maunded to make him a tabernacle Exo. 25 with diuers vtensiles and ministers to be ordayned to minister to his honor and worship as it is manifest in diuers Chapiters of Exodus The firste of the ten Commaundements is Exo. 20 Thou shalt haue no straÌ„ge gods Thou shalt make the no graueÌ„ Idoll Thou shalt not worship them neyther serue theim Deut. 6. And in a nother place Mat. 4. Thou shalt worshyp the Lord thy God and hym onlye shalte thou serue The angell of God sayd vnto Manne Samsons father Iudi. 13. if thou wilt offer a burnt offering thou muste offer it vnto the Lord. Elcana Samuels father wente vp out of his city at certain appointed or feastful daies 1. regu 1. to pray and to offer vnto the lord of hostes in Silo. The sin of Helis children was very great before our lorde 1. regu 2. for they wythdrue meÌ„ from the sacrifice of the lord And as Samuel offred the burnt offring the Philistines came to fyghte against Israel 1. regu 7. But our lord thuÌ„dred a great thundre the same daye amonge the Philistines and put them in such a feare that they fel and were slayne before Israell Salomon wente to offre vnto oure lord at Gabaon 3. regu 3. he offred a thousaÌ„d burnt offringes and the lord apeared vnto him in a dreme by night Salomon after the temple was edified stode before thaltare of our Lord 3. regu 8. in the sight of al the congregation of Israel stretching out his hands toward heauen kneled vpon bothe his knees and praid King Dauid gaue muche diligeÌ„ce to amplify increse the worship honor of our lord 1. Para. 15. vnto 25 in the number of singing men and prestes After that the children of Israell were returned from the captiuity of Babilon 2. Esd. 9. they red in the booke of the law of our lord iiii times on the day and iiii times on the night and worshipped the lord their God When all the Children of Israell wente to the golden Calues Tobi. 1. Thoby fled al theyr companies and got him to Ierusalem vnto the temple of god and there worshipped oure Lord god of Israel When Iob had hard the wordes of the messengers declarynge vnto hym the losse of his substance Iob. 1. he stode vp and fallinge downe vppon the grounde worshypped and sayde Naked came I oute of my mothers wombe and naked shall I tourne thither agayne Notwithstanding it was prohibyted that no manne should desyre any peticyon Dani. 6. eyther of anye God or man wythin thirtye dayes but onlye of kynge Darius yet Danyell kneeled downe vppon hys knees three tymes a daye in hys house and made hys peticion and prayer and praysed hys Lord God The wyse men went into the house and founde the Chylde wyth Marye hys mother Mat. 2. and fell downe flat and worshypped hym Beholde the deuotyon of a meruelous humility what shuld we christianes then do to the lord our god that now doth raygne if the gentyles did such reuerence to a child that wept When Iesus was come down from the mouÌ„tain Mat 8. ther came a leper worshipped him saying Lord if thou wylte thou canst make me cleane The manne that was borne blynd fallynge on hys knees worshypped hym Iohn 9. The disciples after the Lordes resurrection worshipped him Mat. 28. The priest and the people of Listra lokynge vppon Paule and Barnabas Act. 14. beleuing them to be Goddes wold haue done sacrifice vnto them But they forbode them Ihon fel before the angels feete to worship him
and commaundemeÌ„tes of the obseruation and kepinge of them ca. xxiiii OUr Lorde gaue vnto our fyrst parent Adam a lyte and a easy coÌ„maundement to be fulfilled Gen. 2. Saying Thou shalt eat of euery tree of the garden but as touching the tre of knowledge of good and euyll thou shalt not eate of it But he kepte this coÌ„maundement but euyl and therfore he fel into a great and greuous paine and punyshement Notwithstanding the commaundementes seme at some tymes to bee of lyte slender maters Gen. 2. yet they oughte and with no small diligence to be obserued in asmuch as the transgressors are greuously punished For our Lorde sayde vnto Adam In what day or houre soeuer thou eatest of the tree of knowledge of good and euel thou shalt dye the death Noe dyd euery thynge euen as the Lord commaunded him Gen. 7. When the people of Israel should receyue the Commaundementes of God Exo. 19. they were commaunded to bee sanctyfyed Goe vnto the people and sanctyfy them to day and to morowe And therfore he commaunded the chyldren of Israell to make them gardes of yellow sylke in the quarters of theyr garments Nume 15. to haue a contynual remeÌ„brance of the celestyal coÌ„mandemeÌ„ts Oure Lorde when he made Iosue ruler ouer hys people Iosu. 1. gaue hym a specyall monytyon of the medytatyon and obseruatyon of hys lawe and commaundementes Balaam the sorcerer sayde vnto Balach the kyng Nume 23. Tolde not I thee saying Al that the Lord commaundeth that must I do Beholde nowe what reuerence thys euyl man had to gods commaundement Iosua omytted nor mynyshed no word of all that our lord coÌ„maunded Iosu. 11. Saule the whych was specyallye chosen 1. regu 15. was vtterly reiected and caste away for the trangressyon and breakyng of Gods commaundement Dauid instructynge and teaching Salomon hys son 1. Para. 22. the whych shoulde raygne after hym sayde Then thou shalt prosper when thou fulfillest the statutes and lawes whych our Lord gaue to Moses After the ordynaunce of Ioiada the byshoppe 2. Para. 23. they brought oute the kynges sonne and put vpon him the crown and gaue hym in hys hande the lawe that was to be kepte and made hym kynge Syrus kynge of Persia and Monarch of all the worlde 1. Esd. 1. was not ashamed to saye Oure Lorde God of heauen and earth hath commaunded mee to buylde hym a house at Ierusalem Our Lord eueÌ„ complaining doth say The commaundements of Ionadab the sonne of Recchab the whych he commaunded his children to kepe and that they should drincke no wine preuailed and were better kepte then mine Iere. 35. For they obeyed theyr fathers commaundement I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you and yet haue ye not bene obedyent vnto me Susanna putting her life and good name in pearell and daunger Dani. â—3 iudged it better to fal into the hands of man then to forsake and leaue the lawes of God Ther were two wemen accused to haue circumcysed theyr sonnes 2. Mach. 6. whoÌ„e when they had led rounde aboute the city the babes hanging at their brestes they cast them down headlinges ouer the wals Eleazar an aged maÌ„ sustayned greuous pains of the body 2. Mach. 6. and at length he was put to deathe because that he against the law of god wold nother eat swines flesh nor yet fain or dissemble that he had eaten it For the law of god the vii brethren with their mother suffred greuous intollerable pains vnder Antiochus 2. Mach. 7. Other creatures that obey the lord do induce vs to obserue his commandementes 2. regu 24. of good aungels ther is no doubt the which are his mynysters doynge hys wyll and hys worde Of euell angels 1. Para. 21. He commaunded the euell sprite to go oute of the man Luke 8. He commaunded the Rauens to fede Helias and they did so 3. regu 17. And the Psalme doth say generallye He hathe geuen them a law which shal not be brokeÌ„ Fire and haile Psal. 148. snow and Ise winde and storme fulfyll his word Iob. 9. He commaundeth the Sunne and it ryseth not The parentes of Ihon the Baptist walcked so in all the lawe Luke 1. ordinaunces and iustyfications of oure Lorde that no manne could fynde faut wyth them Our Lord answered the yong maÌ„ that axst him Mat. 19. what good he should do to haue euerlastinge life sayinge If thou wilte enter into life keepe the commaundementes ¶ Of obedience and disobedience Ca. xxv GOD willing that man beyng in the state of innocency should liue vnder obedience Gen. 2.3 bounde him wyth preceptes and lawes and punished him right sore and greuously liuing disobedyently Noe spedely obeyed our Lord in althinges that he Gen. 7. at the instant time of the floud commaunded him Notwithstanding that Gods commaundement of the circumcisioÌ„ was a greuous and an vnwont thing Gen. 17. yet Abraham made no procrastinatyon nor no delay to fulfill and accomplish the same For euen in the self same day that god coÌ„mauÌ„ded it he fulfilled it Abraham without any stop or delay offred vp his only soÌ„ne in a sacrifice Gen. 22. Beholde and consider his meruelous and wonderfull obedyence Ioseph did spedely obey his father that sent him to his brethren Gen. 37. although he had accused them wher vpon he and not without a cause might a feared to haue gone vnto them Moses obeyed our Lorde that made Exo. 3.4 him the capitayne and guyde of hys people But marke yet wyth what difficultye For he excused hym selfe fiue times The children of Israell promysed greate obedience Exo. 24. saying Al the wordes whiche oure LORDE hathe sayde wyll we doe But yet afterwardes they did the contrary in their deedes The children of Israell walkyng in the wlldernes at Gods commaundement pitched their tentes Nume 9. and at hys coÌ„maundement they toke theÌ„ downe Also the children of Israell were afraid to ascende and to go vp into the land of promise Nume 14. when God commanded them but wheÌ„ God forbad them they stroue to goe vp but it was to their paine Manye of the chyldren of Israell that went to warre againste the commaundement of God and Moses Nume 14. Nume 31. wer ouerthrown of a fewe but whan they foughte by obedience and commaundement a few ouerthrew a multitude and wan the victory In as much as Achan transgrest the commaundemente of Iosua the people wer ouercome in battaile Iosu. 7. and all Israell stoned him with stones 1. regu 13. Saule offeringe burnte sacrifyce againste the commaundemente of Samuel was reproued And likewise because he spared Agag the king of the Amalakites and theyr sheepe and other pretious chefest of their goods which shuld haue bene destroied 1. regu 15. and then Samuel saide vnto him Better is obedience then sacrifice Althoughe Dauid was annoynted king by Samuel 1. regu 17.
1. regu 3. When kynge Dauid satte in his house after that our Lorde had giuen him rest rounde abouâ—e from all hys enemyes 2. regu 7. he sayde vnto Nathan the Prophete Thou seyste that I dwell nowe in an howse of Cedarre trees but the Arke of God dwelleth within the curtaine It was shewed vnto Helias that fled from the face of Iezabel 3. regu 19. that our lorde was not in a greate spirite nor in no coÌ„motion nor winde nor earthquake but in a small styll voyce The mynde of man muste take his iudgement by the sumilitude and likenes of corporall thinges or els it must be lifted vp to god in whoÌ„ what soeuer is sene or thought delectable in anye creature is inseperable sounde muche better 4. regu 3. So that when the mynstrell played before Eliseus the hande of Oure lorde came vpon him When Eliseus woulde praye deligentely for the Sunamites child that was departed 4. regu 4. he dyd it not openly before al men but shutte the dore to the lad and him and prayed vnto Oure lorde Sara Raguels doughter beynge rebuked and slaundred of on of her maydens Tob. 3. went into the innermost chamber of her house and thre dayes and thre nightes she nether eat nor drank but continued in prayer and besought god with teares that he woulde deliuer her frome that rebuke Iudith perceyuing her people to be streyted and in daunger went into her closet Iudi. 9. put on an heary smocke strawed ashes vpon her head and fallynge downe before oure Lorde cryed vnto hym Quene Esther fearing the daunger that was at hande Esth. 14. fledde vnto oure lorde And when she had laide a waye her glorius apparel she put on garmentes that serued for syghinge and mourninge and prayd thus vnto our Lorde helpe me desolate woman After the tribulations and perturbations which Dauid sustained suffred Psal 54. he sayd Who shal geue me winges lyke a doue For then would I flie away and be at reste Then he sheweth the maner howe to come to these wynges rest saying Lo then would I get me away farre of and remayne in the wyldernesse When Ezechiell was amonge or in the myddes of the prisoners Eze. 1. the hande of our Lorde came vpon hym and he sawe a stormy wynde come out of the north When Daniell hearde of the cruell sentence that was pronounced against the wise men of Babilon Dani. 2. he wente home and the mysterye was shewed vnto hym by a vision by night Dani. 9. The Angell Gabriell sayde vnto Daniell that prayde feruently I am nowe come to teache thee and to make thee vnderstand that thou art a man greatly beloued I wyll stande vppon my watche sayth habacuc Haba 2. and shall fasten my ioy vpon my bulworke to looke and se what shal be sayd vnto me and what answere I should make hym that reproued me And when the people were sent awaye he wente vp into a mountaine to praye alone Math. 14. And when night was come he was there hym selfe alone By the whiche thynge he geueth the people an ensample to flee and to seke for solitariousnes And zacharias wente into the temple of our Lorde LuKe. 1. and the whole multitude of the people were wyth oute in prayer while the incense was a burnynge And then there appeared vnto hym an Angell of oure Lorde Martha was troubled and combred about muche seruinge Luke 10. but Mary syttyng at Gods feete hearde the woorde of God And it is greatly to be noted that quyetnes and the hearing of gods word should be preferde aboue al religyons and deuoute ministery seruice Iohn 11. When Iesus sawe mary wepe and the Iewes also wepinge whiche came wyth her he groned in the spirite and wepte the whyche thinge he dyd not when Martha spake vnto him Our lordes disciples wer wonderfullye illuminated and taughte at the coÌ„minge of the holy ghost Act. 2. After the light from heauen shyned rounde a boute Saule Act. 9. he fell to the earthe and was made blind the fasted and prayed by the space of thre dayes and hadde many exellente reuelations from Christ. When Peter was lodged in SimoÌ„s the Tanners house Act. 10. at a certain time he wente into the hyest place of the house to praye to the entent that he beynge farre from the troublous people that were beneathe myghte geue hym selfe the more quyetlye to hys prayers Oure Lorde Peter beynge in a traunce shewed vnto hym that the heathen oughte not to be repelled from the predication of the gospel Paule was taken vppe into the thyrd heauen 2. Cor. 12. and hard secreate wordes which no man can vtter rom 1.9.10.11 His exceading great wisdome appeareth in hys Epistles Ephe. 1.2 and principallye to the Romaynes Col. 1.2 To the Ephesyans To the Collossyans And also to the Hebrues Heb. 1. Oure Lorde disclosed vnto blessed Sainte Ihon beyng sequestred from the tumulte and consolatyon of the worlde and banyshed into the I le of Pathmos the celestial and heauenly workes and dedes as it appeareth in his reuelations ¶ Of longanimity ¶ Capit. xxxvii ABraham taried many yeares or euer he hadde any chylde by Sara Gen. 21. for hee was an hundred yere old when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him From the fyrst promise made vnto Abraham vntyl he hadde sede were yeres 440. Oure Lorde suffered Israell to bee scourged and afflicted in Egipt a loÌ„g time and season And afterwardes to be tempted and proued in wildernes the space of 40. yeares or euer they came to the land of promise as it appeareth thorowe oute all the boke of Exodus and Numery Iudi. 20 The children of Israel fightyng against the tribe of Beniamin many against a few wer twise ouerthrown and yet at the last they preuailed Iob. 13. Iob beyng punyshed in bodye depriued of al hys chyldren laughed to scorne of hys frendes and spoyled of all hys goodes dyd say Lo though he slaye mee yet wyl I put my truste in hym Tobyas elders kinsfolkes laughed hym to scorne whyche sayde vnto hym Tob. 2. where is thy hope for the whyche thou haste done almesse and buryed the deade But Tobias rebuked them spake Say not so for we are the chyldren of holy men and looke for the lyfe which God shall geue vnto them that neuer turne their belefe from him When Susanna was condempned by the false testimony and wytnesse of two iudges Dani. 13. it is thus wrytten of her That her heart hadde a sure truste in the Lorde When one of those seuen brethren was requyred of the tyrande 2 Mach. 7. quyckely he put oute his tounge and constantly helde forth his handes and spake with a steadfaste fayeth These haue I of heauen Iudas Machabeus sente vnto Ierusalem two thousande dragmas of syluer to bee offred there for the offences and synnes of the dead 2. Mach.
he shuld not prease into the commoÌ„ hal Wher also appeareth the wysdome of the Scribe that pacified the people being so moued and how he sent euery maÌ„ to his owne house And when the Tribune had commaunded that Paule shuld be beaâ—en and scourged Act. 22. Paule saide vnto the Centurion that stode by hym Is it lawful for you to scourge a Romain and vncondempned Then they whiche should haue punished and examyned him departed from him When Paul purposed to sayl out of Greece into Syria Act. 20. and hearde saye that the Iewes laid wait for hymâ— he wisely returned through Macedonia nor refused not the companye of hys brethren which wer of diuers cities Paule vnderstanding that th one part was Pharises He cryed oute I am a Pharisey And certayne of the Phariseis stode vp and foughte for hym Act. 23. And after when hee harde saye that some of the Iewes had made a vowe not to taste nor eate nothynge vntil they had slaine him he caused the to be shewed to the Tribune that which sent him with armed men to Felix the ruler of Syria When Festus the president would haue sente Paule at the instaunce of the Iewes to Ierusalem He wiselye perceiuing their malice Act. 25. appealed to Cesar. ¶ Of deceit and subtlety Capi. liiii Gen. 3. IT is manifest that the deuel in the forme of a Serpent was the fyrst master of al craftines lies and deceitfulnesse the which beynge more subtyll then all other beastes deceyued the fyrst woman he would not borde the fyrste man because he knewe that he had more discreatyon then the woman Laban Iacobs father in law went very ofteÌ„times about to deceiue him Gen. 29.30 now in his wife now in his wages But our Lord in the fraud and guyle of those that wold haue circumueÌ„ted him was with him and aided hym WheÌ„ Laban searched Iacobs houshold stuffe Gen. 31. and cam to search Rachels tent she craftely deluded his carefull searching Iacobs sonnes being as it wer in a madnesse fury for the inforcemente rape of their syster Dina Gen. 34. counsaild Sychem the people and inhabytors of the Citye to be circumcised where by they sodenly rushed in vpon them and easely slue them Iacobs Chyldren woulde haue deceiued their father Gen. 37. when they dipped Iosephes coate in the blud of a Gote and sente that shoulde say vnto him we haue found this see whether it be thy sonnes coate or no. Pharo the king of Egipte bethought him of diuers craftes and subtleties Exo. 1.5 vtterly to extirpate the children of Israel and destroy them in Egypte and by no meanes suffer them to depart the country Pharaos wise men and enchaunters did by their sorcery Exo. 7. as touchyng the fyrste two signes euen as Moses dyd Chore and his felowes spake maliciously when they stode against Moses and Aaron Nume 16. saying Ye make muche to do It is sufficiente for vs that all the multitude are holy euery one of them and our Lord is among theÌ„ Whye heaue ye your selues vp aboue the congregation of our Lord Balaach king of the Moabites perceiuinge that he coulde not ouercome the children of Israel by fortitude and strength Nume 23. wold haue ouerthrown theÌ„ with Balaams cursse The Gabaonites hearynge what Iosua had done at Iericho and Hai Iosu. 9. thought craftely how they might do that they shoulde not be vtterlye destroyed The Philistines toke good hede that ther shuld no smith be found thorow out all the land of Israell least haply the Hebrues shuld make theÌ„ swerdes or Speares 1. regu 13. Saule disdaining the prosperity of Dauid 1. regu 18. spake of his daughter Michol whome Dauid desired to haue I wyl geue her vnto him that it maye be to hys rebuke and shame and that the hand of the Philistines may be vpon hym Wherfore Saule said vnto Dauid thou shalt this daye be my sonne in law in two thynges Dauid by greate subtletye woulde haue cloked his iniquyty 2. regn 11. when he seÌ„t for Urias to the entent he should go and slepe wyth Bersabe hys wyfe Ionadab Semnas sonne taughte Ammon the sonne of Dauid a wicked deceytfulnesse or subteltye 2. regu 13 when hee said vnto hym lay thee downe on thy bed and make thy selfe sycke For so thou maiste haue Thamar Absolons syster alone the which tempted him When Absolon was purposed to reuenge the iniurye done to his sister Thamar 2. regu 13. whom Ammon her brother had forced he made a great banket inuited hys brother and euen when he was meary with wine and banketing he caused him to be slaine Absolon ambitiously couetinge hys fathers kingdome 2. regu 15. began malitiously to flatter and dispraising his fathers factes and dedes bosted and said that he would do good iustice Ieroboam thoughte in hys hearte 3. regu 12. nowe shall the kingdome retourne to the house of Dauid if thys people go vp and do sacrifice in the house of our Lord at Ierusalem wher vppon the kynge tooke counsell and made two calues of gold 3. Re. 20. Achab the kynge of Israell sayde certayne generall wordes to the messengers of Benadab the kyng of Siria offeringe vnto him mooste lyberallye both hys men and hys goodes By the whych he descending to more specyall thinges would haue burdened him very sore Sedechias the sonne of Chanaam Baals prophet made him self hornes of Iron as thoughe he hadde bene a true Prophet saying vnto kynge Achab Thus saithe oure Lorde 3. re 22. with these hornes shalt thou push the Syrians At lengthe he deceiued hym caused him to go to battail Gehezi runnynge after Naaman did coloure his peticion verye craftelye and subtellye 4. re 5. sayinge my master hath sent me and saithe Se. there be come to me two younge men geue them one Talent of syluer and two chaunge of garmentes Iezabel that mischeuous woman vsed a very cruel deceitfulnes and gile to obtaine Nabothes bineyarde for her husband 3. re 21. Athalia the mother of Echozia king of Iuda saw that her sonne was dead she destroyed al the kinges seede 4. re 11. and raigned vi yeare Rapsaces Sennacherib king of Assirians messenger spake with a loude voyce 4. re 18. that the people whyche were vpon the wal might here and feare Whilst Abia the kyng of Iuda dyd comforte hys hooste and rebuked his aduersaryes Ieroboam the kynge of Israel went about to lay deceites and to conuey men priuelye behynde hym 2. Para. 13. And when his enemies stode euen before him he compased the Iewes not taking hede therof bothe behinde and before wyth hys host The chyldreÌ„ of Israels neighbors the whiche were retourned from the captiuity of Babilon 1. Esd. 3.4 inuented many guiles and deceites 2. Esd. 4.5 to let them from the edification and buyldynge of the temple and wall of Ierusalem Esth. 3.
Nabuchodonozor saied vnto the elders and captaines of his wars that this was his thought and purpose to bring the hole earth vnder his dominion Nowe when that thynge pleased them all c. Kinge Ahasuerus beinge wrothe with Quene Uasthi questioned with his wise counsellers Esth. 1. what senteÌ„ce or law shuld be executed vppon the Quene The which counsellers did not coole the kinges furye nor excuse her that was absent but one answered wyth indignation saying The kinges indignation is iust Amans frends Esth. 5 his wife not perceiuyng the cankerd and euel minde that he had towardes Mardocheus did not reproue nor rebuke hym but said Commaund thou a hye payre of galowes to be framed and made The princes and hie estates of Darius the king of Perse Dani. 6 hauing a desire that the king shuld make an vniust decree dyd purpose a thinge that semed to pertain to his honor Alchinus that wicked traytor willing to be made the hie priest i. mach 7 said vnto kinge Demetrius Iudas and hys brethren haue destroyed thy frendes after ther foloweth the the king made Alchinus the hie priest commaunded him to be reuenged to punyshe the children of Israel After that Ihons disciples wer departed and gone Mat. xi oure Lorde began wonderfully to praise him the which thynge maketh agaynste those that doe openlye prayse menne and seacreatly detract and backbite them The Pharises going about to take Christ in his wordes Mat. 22 began to praise and to flatter him saying Master we know that art thou true and teachest the way of God truely Herode Agrippa that greate kyng perceiuing that he pleased the Iewes because he had taken certaine of the congregation Act. 12. and had killed Iames the brother of Ihon proceaded further to haue taken Peter Act. 12 The people gaue a shout to Herod that wicked king the which had slain Iames and incarcerated Peter saying It is the voyce of a God and not of a man Act. 24. Tertullius the orator whyche was brought in against Paul by the president Felix did at the beginnynge of his oration flatter Felix ¶ Of derision and contumelious reprofe Ca. lxx THe men of Sadoch and Phanuel derided Gedeon persecuting Zebee and Salmana Iudi. 8. but of that folowed mischaunces For afterwardes he intreated them very rigorously and euel Nabal contemned contumeliously the woordes of Dauids messengers saying 1. regu 25. what is Dauid And what is the sonne of Isai Ther is plentye of seruauntes now a dayes that breake away from their masters Michol seing king Dauid dansinge before the Arke of the Lord 2. regu 6. despysed him because she sawe him bare And afterwardes deriding mocking him she said O how glorious was the king this day Wicked Iezabell spake scornfull mocking wordes vnto Achab. 3. regu 21. Thou art a man of great authority and dost gouern thy kingdom well For as muche as the children deryded and mocked Elizeus the prophet 4. regu 2. saying Go vp thou bald head Two beares tare and deuoured xlii of theÌ„ King Hezechias postes went swiftly from city to city 2. Para. 30. warnyng the chyldren of Israell to retourne vnto oure Lord. But they laughed theÌ„ to scorn and mocked them 2. Para. 36 Our Lord sent his prophets daily vnto them warned them to spare his people and his dwellinge place But they mocked the messengers of god and litle regarded hys wordes misused his prophets When Sanabalat Tobias hard say that the walles of Ierusalem wer a buildinge 2. Esd. 4 they mocked the buylders When Tobias was blynde hys frendes kinsfolk laughed his liuing to scorn Tob. 2. sayinge where is nowe thy hope for the which thou hast done almes and buried the dead Nicanor seing the burnt sacrifices that wer offred for the king laughed them to scorn with comtempt 1. mach 7 spake proudly and disdainfullye ye swore in his wrath Antiochus that cruell tiraunte beinge kindled in anger by the wordes of the seuenth brother 2. Mach. 7. was more cruell vpon him then vpon all thother and toke indignation that he was so lightly regarded Oure lorde was dyuers maner of wayes derided as it shall afterwards apeare in the chapiter of pacience Certayne Iewes Act. 2. when they sawe that our lordes disciples after the infusion of the holy goost spake diuers languages and tongues sayed mockingly These menne are full of new wyne When the Athenienses had hearde Act. 17 of the resurrection of the deade that Paule preached Some mocked And other sayed let vs heare the agayne of this matter ¶ Of Detractors and euel speakers Capi. lxxi IOsephs lady and mestres spake wickedly to her husband of him beinge Innocent and chaste Gen. 39 Pharo sayed who doubteth but that ye haue some mischefe in hande Exo. 10 wherby it appeareth that euell men doo affirme and at sometymes doo laye to good mennes charges wyth vniust boldenes the thinge whiche is vniust and false Mary and Aaron vpon a light occasion spake against Moses Nume 12. but quickly after ther folowed a pain and punishment that reuenged the matter Nume 14. The children of Israell dispraysed the lande of promise to theyr greate pain and punishment Nume 16. By the occasion of Chores and his felowes sedition many were mooste fearfully slain And yet after that the multitude murmured against Moses and Aaron saying ye haue kylled the people of our Lord. Although Balaam was euell yet he said Num. 23. that he in no wise wold curse the pâ—ople which our Lorde had blessed And as touchinge that there are many worse found then be the which do gladly and more oftentimes curse and backbite the good then the peruerse and euel Saul at the beginning was exceading gooâ— 1. regu 10. but yet the children of Beliall said how can he saue vs By the occasion of Doeg the Idumite declaring vnto Saule that Abimelech â—he priest had comforted and refreshed Dauid 1. re 22. he slue .lxxxv. men that did weare a linnen Ephod And many mo wemen and children The lords of the Philistines caused Achis the kynge of Seth 1. reg 19 to remoue Dauid the which by his iudgemente was good from his honest office and place that he had preferd him vnto Dauid commauÌ„ded the yonge man that shewed of kinge Saule and his sonnes death 2. reg 1 to be slayne And yet he thoughte that he hadde brought him prosperus and glad tydinges The chefest of the children of Ammon saied vnto theyr lorde 2. re 10 Tâ—inkest thou that Dauid for the honour of thy father hath sent comfortours to the And so they peruerted the simple and pure intention of Dauid Absolon ambitiusly desyringe the kingdome 2. regu 15 saied vnto one that hadde busynesses before hym There is no man deputed of the king to heare the. Siba Mephiboseth seruant did wickedly bacbyte
and hewed them eueÌ„ vnto Horma King Arad fought against the children of Israel and toke some of them prisoners Nume 21. But Israel vowed a vowe vnto our Lord and ouercame them and destroyed the cityes of theyr enemies The children of Israel fighting by Moses commaundement against the Madianites Nume 21. hadde and obtained so great a victory that they toke for a pray 3200. virgines and yet of the Israelites there was but 1200. fighting men of the whyche ther was not one man slaine When the people shouted blewe wyth trompets Iosu. 6. as Iosue coÌ„maunded them the walles of Iericho fel down and so was the city taken By the accasion of Achams preuarication the chyldren of Isrell were dryuen from the citye of Hai. Iosu. 7.8 But after the synne was pourged at goddes coÌ„maundement the citye was taken and ouerthroen When Iosue fought against the .v kinges which came to destroi the Gabaonites Iosu. 10 Our lorde cast downe from heauen great stones vpon them And there were mo dead wyth the hayle stones then they were whome the childreÌ„ of Israel slew with the swerd Then the sunne and the moone stode styll at Iosues worde and commaundement for the space of a daye that he might vtterly destroye his enemyes And it is to be noted that notwythstandinge it be written that Iosue in the conquering of the lande of promise did smite and destroy al the land with the kinges therof and the fightinge he toke theÌ„ all except Gabaon Yet it is red there Iosu. 10 That our lorde fought for Israel NotwithstaÌ„ding therfore that the childreÌ„ of Israel did fight strongly wyth theyr handes yet the victorye was ascriued to god Iudi. 1. We reade not that the chyldren of Israell after the death of Iosua went to fight except that they fyrst counseled with oure lorde And oure lorde deluered the Cananites and the pharesites into theyr handes Iudi. 3. Oure lorde lefte many nations amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel to instruct Israel And all that knew not the warres of the Cananites that their children myght learne to fight with their enemies haue the custome of fightiÌ„g Iudi. 3. Oure lorde styrde vp a sauioure vnto Israell named Ahud the whiche slew Eglon the kynge of Moab And the chyldren of Israell wente downe wyth hym goynge before them The whyche sayed vnto them folowe me for oure lorde hathe deliuered youre enemyes into oure handes And they slew of the Moabites vppon a ten M. menne Delbora sayed vnto Barach vp for this is the day Iudi. 4. in which our lorde hath delyuered Sisara into thy handes oure lorde feared and destroyed Sysara all hys charettes and all his hoost with the edge of the sweard With .300 menne that with theyr handes did cast water into their mouthes Iudi. 7. oure lorde deliuered Israel from the hande of Madian and Amalech the which in Gedeons tyme wer many in numbre Abimelech Gedeons sonne through his concubine slew .70 of his brethren vpon one stone Iudi. 9. to th entent he might raygne alone After that a certayne woman whilste he beseiged the tours of Sichem cast a pece of a mylstone vpon his head and all to breake his brayne panne Iâ—phethe went to fight agaynst the chyldren of Amnon Iudi. 12. whome our lord delyuered into his hands And he destroyed with a very great plage .xx. of the chyldren of Amons cyties Samson through the great strength that oure Lorde gaue hym Iudi. 15. obtayned against the PhilistiaÌ„s many victoryes the which did oppresse kepe the children of Israel in greate seruitute and bondage 600. men of the tribe of Dan came to Lais Iudi. 18 euen to a people that were at rest and without mistrust and smote them with the edge of the swearde and burnt the city with fire And ther was no manne to healpe because Lais was farre from Sidon And they hadde no medlynge with any other manne Althoughe the chyldren of Israell were iustely moued agaynst the chyldren of Beniamin Iudic. 20. and were .vii. tymes as many mo as they were yet thei trusting to their fortitude numbre were of them ouercomed Afterwardes they wepte and fasted before oure lordeâ— and oure lorde sayed vnto them To morowe I wyll delyuer them into youre handes And then they hadde a full vyctory ouer them In the tyme of Eli the preaste the philistians ouercame the chyldren of Israell 1. regu 4. the whyche afterwardes as thouge they woulde tempte GOD brought the Arke of oure lorde wyth them presumptuously trustinge that by it they shoulde obtayne the victorye But the philistines comfortinge one an other ouercame them againe And tooke the Arke of god in the battayle Samuel dyd crye vnto oure lorde for the chyldren of Israell 1. regu 7. and offerd vp sacrifice for them And oure lorde thundred a greate thunder amonge the philistines and they were put to flyte and slayne When the townes of Iabes Galaad were besieged by Nahaz the king of the Ammonites Saul did sone succur theÌ„ 1. regum 11. for he with a great multitude of men of war came in vpon the hoost in the mornyng watch scattred their enemies so that two of theÌ„ were not left together Ionathas Sauls sonne seynge the station and watche of the philistines sayd vnto his harnes bearer 1. regum 14 it is no hardnes with our lord to saue ether in many or in fewe And there chaunsed as it were a myracle of god for the multitude was slayne by them 1. regu 14. and fleynge hether and thether were scattered in euery place At Samuels commaundemeÌ„t Saul slew Amalech 1. regu 15. and tooke Agag the kynge of the Amalekytes alyue And vtterly destroyed al the people There was a maruelous fyght betwene Dauid Goliath of Grath the gyante 1. regu 17. Dauid was a chylde vnmete and vnapte for suche a purpose without armure yet he trustinge in our Lorde preuayled agaynst the armed gyante that was stronge and experte in sâ—ynge and stone When Dauid hearde saye that the Amalechites had burnt Sicelag 1. regu 30. and had led their wyues awaye captiues he toke counsell with our lorde whether he should folowe those theues or no. Our lorde sayd vnto him folowe and with foure hundred men he vanquished them and brought the whole praye agayne After many wrong and vniust persecutions moued by Saule agaynste Dauid the Philistines foughte against him 1. regu 31. the wait of the battail was turned against Saul Then toke he hys sweard and through desperation fell vpon it And so Saule dyed and hys thre sonnes and al his men There was cruell warre betwene Dauids xii seruaunts 2. regu 2. and Isboseths xii seruauntes when they slewe eche other When the Philistines hard that they had anoynted Dauid king ouer Israel 2. regu 5.8 they came al vp to seke Dauid and Dauid asked counsail of oure Lorde and smote
people â—awe that it was long or Moses came down out of the mountaine Exo. 32. they gathered them selues together against Aaron said vnto him Up and make vs Gods to go before vs. The people as though they hadde ben heauy and wearied with much labor Nume 11. began to murmur agaynste oure Lord and the fire of our Lord burnt among them and deuourd the vttermoste part of the hoste And note the peruersity of them that said We remember the fish we did eat in Egipt for noughte And yet they boughte it ful dearly After the terrible death of Chore his fellowes Nume 16. the multitude murmured agaynste Moses and Aaron saying ye haue kylled the people of our Lorde Againe they murmured and chode wyth Moses at the waters of stryfe Nume 20. for faut of drinke and frute Achitophell perceiuinge that they did not after his Counsaile 2. regu 27. was so moued and so impacyent that he departed from Absolon and wente home and hanged hym self Because that the Chyldren spake roughlye wyth those of the tenne tribes 2. regu 20. Israell wente from Dauyd and followed Seba the sonne of Bichri When Tobias spake of the kydde whyche he heard cry Tobi. 2. sayinge Looke that it be not stolne his wife dyd answer him impaciently When Sara Raguels daughter rebuked one of her maydens for her faut Tobi. 3. she answered her again to iniuriously saying God let vs neuer see sonne or daughter of thee more vppon earthe thou kyller of thy husbandes When worde came to Holofernes that the children of Israell prepared them selues to make resistaunce Iudith 5 hee was exceading wroth Iudith 6 When Achtor had left of speaking Holofernes toke sore indignation Because Mardocheus woulde not worship Aman Esther 3. he toke suche indignation and was so impaciente that he seemed to procure not his deathe onlye but the death of al the Iewes Elihu the sonne oâ— Barachel perceiuing that Iobs frendes Iob. 32. the which disputed with him coulde not ouercome him shewed by his wordes many tokens of impaciency Daniell 3. Nabuchodonozor hearynge that Daniels felowes would not worship the golden Image whyche he madeâ— In anger and furiousnes caused theÌ„ to be brought before him When Herode hearde that there was borne a kinge of Iewes Mat. 2. he was troubled and all the citye of Ierusalem with him Our lorde syttinge at meat in Mathews house Luc. 5.15 the scribes and pharises murmured sayinge vnto his disciples Why do ye eate with publicanes and synners And at zacheus thei murmurd sayinge He is gone in to tary with a maÌ„ that is a synner Luc. 19. And the elder brother of the prodigall sonne Luc. 15. hearinge of the feast that his father made for hys yongest brothers cominge home disdained at it and woulde not go in When the chefe preastes and Scribes sawe the wonderfull myracles that he did Mat. 21. and the children cryinge in the temple Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid they disdayned When the pharises saw that thei wer with effectuous wordes confuted by Iohn 9. him that was borne blinde and restored by oure lorde to his sight againe they cursed him and sayed Be thou hys discyple Thou art all together borne in synne dost thou teache vs Ther arose a murmur and a grudge among the Grekes and the Hebrues Act. 6. because their wydowes were dispised in the dayly ministration ¶ Of Pusillanimity Capitu. lxxxiii WHen the Angels had saied vnto Lot Gen. 19. Saue thy selfe in the mountaine he answered I caÌ„not be saued in the mouÌ„tain lest some misfortune fal vpon me yet a worse chaunce chauÌ„ced euen then vnto him When the children of Israell saw the Egiptians behynde theÌ„ Exo. 14. they wer sore afrayde although thei had sene so many miracles done for them by the diuine power of god As Moses was speakynge wyth oure lorde in the mounte Exo. 20. the people hearde the thunder and the noyse of the trumpe and saw the lyghtninge and the mountayne smokinge And beynge very feareful they stode a far of and saied vnto Moses Talke thou with vs and we wil heare but let not god talke with vs least we dye After that the conditions and estate of the lande of promise was reueled opened Nu. 13.14 the which hadde mighty and stronge inhabitours whose cities wer walled exceading great Deu. 1. The whole congregation saied woulde God that we hadde dyed in the lande of Egipt And they sayed agayn The messengers haue feared and discouraged vs. Balaac seynge al that the children of Israel had done vnto the Amorites Nume 22. and that his people were sore a frayde he trustinge more in wordes then in armes sent vnto Balaam to come and cursse the children of Israell Rachab sayed vnto the spies that came from Iosue Iosu. 2. I know that our lorde hath geuen you the land for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and the inhabitoures of the lande faynt at the presence of you After that Achior had taken of the excoÌ„municate thynges of Ierico the menne of Hay put the chyldren of Israell to flyght Iosu. 7. and slew .36 menne The hartes of the people wer a fraid and melted a waye lyke water And Iosue rent his clothes When the Gabaonites heard what Iosue hadde done vnto Ierico Iosu. 9. and Hai they feared and comminge to Iosue they euen as he woulde made a grement with him Gedeon hauing .3200 menne in his hoost Iudi. 7. made a proclamation that if any dyd dreade or were afrayde he shoulde returne And there departed and retourned of the people .2200 menne When Saul and all Israell hearde the wordes of Goliath the philistine askinge a man to fight with him 1. regu 17. thei were euen a stoned and discouraged Saule gathered all Israell together and came to Gelboe 1. regu 28. And when Saul sawe the host of the philistines he was a frayed and hys hart was sore astonyed 2. Para. 3. Roboam beynge rude and fearfull of hart coulde not resyste the hooste that Ieroboas had gathered against him When all the hoost of the Assirians hearde that Holofernes was headed Iudi. 15 theyr mynde and counsell fell from them and beynge moued and styrde with feare defended theÌ„ selues with their feet It was declared vnto the house of Dauid that the kinge of Israel the king of Siria wer coÌ„federated to fight agaynst Ierusalem Esa. 7. Dauid and hys people hartes were moued as the trees of the wode before the face of the winde And Esay descriuinge the burden of Tyre sayed fearfulnesse the pit and the snare vpon the. Esa. 24. O thou that dwellest on the earth When that Ieremy by goddes commaundemente dyd prophesie that Ierusalem shoulde be taken Iere. 38. The princes and rulers of the people sayed vnto the kinge Sir we beseache you let this maÌ„ be put
And so Salomon caused hym to bee slaine Notwithstandinge he helde the corner of the aultare Naboth by the procurement of wicked Iezabell was cruellye stoned to death 3. Re. 21. Ioas the kinge of Iuda commaunded zacharias the sonne of Ioiade the priest to be stoned to deathe 2. Para. 24. and yet his father restored him the kingdom and slue Athalia The ii old priestes Dani. 13. which thought to put Susanna most wrongfully to deathe conuicted by Danyell were slain by the people Tryphon slue Ionathas and hys two sonnes 1. Mach. 13. and yet he had receyued of Symon for Ionathas raunsome deliueraunce a C. talentes of syluer and his two sonnes for ostages and pledges Ptolomy the sōne of Abobus made the hie priest and hys two sonnes a banket 1. Mach. 16. and when they were mery and had dronken well traiterously he slue them Of diuers slaughters of men Capi. lxxxvi THere was a maruelous greate slaughter of men other beastes when that all men Gen. 7. except viii perished in the flud called Noes flud The four kinges which ouer thrue fyue kinges made comminge thither and fyghting againste them a greate murther of men Gen. 14. althoughe the nomber of them be not wrytten It cannot be wel known by scrypture how many mē by diuers plages dyd pearysh in Egipt or howe many were drowned in the red sea but yet it is to be thoughte that the nombre was very great Of vi hundred and 3000. fyghting menne whyche were nombred from twentye yeares vpwards Nume 1.26 there came not one into the land of promyse except Caleph and Iosue but pearyshed and dyed by diuers calamytyes in the desert The children of Israell by Moses commaundement slue a greate nombre of the Medianits the which thing may be proued by the pray that they toke Nume 31. For of virgins ther was found 320000. Al theyr wemen wer corrupted and theyr men slain In Iosues time at the entring and going into the land of promyse Iudi. 7.8 there was founde as well in the Cities as in the fieldes a great nombre of dead persones In the time of Debora Gedeon Iephtha iudges of Israel wer many men slain althoughe they cannot be certainly numbred By thoccasion of the Leuites wyfe whiche was slaine Iudi. 20. there was kylled 7000. fighting men besydes wemen and children the which all wer of the tribe of Beniamin In the daies of Heli when the arke of our lord was taken 1. regu 4. ther was slain of the Israelites iii. M. fotemen Saule whych destroyed Amalech slew manye of theym 1. Re. 14.17 And afterwardes whan Goliath the Phylystyan was slayne there were manye of the Philistians destroyed When Saule and his childrē wer slain 1. Re. 31. ther fel many and a great nomber of the Israelites wer destroyed Dauid slue many of his owne and of Amnons children 2. regum per totum and manye of the Philistians as it appeareth in diuers places For Dauids elation and pryde in the nombringe of his people 2. Re. 24. there dyed 70000. of hys men When the xxxii kings wyth an exceading nombre of men were gathered together 3. Re. 24. Benadab the kynge of Siria were twise put to flight by Achab the kyng of Israell and at theyr next metinge there was slaine of the Assirians a hundred thousand footemen in one day Abia the kynge of Iuda and hys host 2. Para. 13. slue 50000. of Ieroboams strong and mighty men Asa the kyng of Iuda hadde in hys host fiue hundred and lxxx thousande men 2. Para. 14. The blacke Mores were tenne hundred thousande the whyche were vtterly destroyed for oure LORD fought agaynst them Phacee the kinge of Israell Ramelias sonne 2. Para. 28 slew in Iuda an hundred and twentye thousande in one daye which were all fyghtinge men that because they had forsaken oure lorde When Salmanassar tooke Samaria and brought the children of Israell amonge the Assirians Ieremy 39. And when Nabuchodonozor toke Ierusalem and the kinge of Iuda it is very lyke that there dyed many a man although the numbre be not certayne By the occasion of proude and cruel Aman the whiche for Mardocheus sake onely woulde haue destroyed all the Iewes Esther 9. The Iewes slew in Ahasuerus kingdome .75000 men that which they estemed to be their ennemies Ionathas sent Demetrius to Antioche .3000 mē to ayd hym against the citizens 1. Mach. 11. the which woulde haue slain Demetrius And there was killed vpon one day a hundred thousand men There was so greate a slaughter of men in Ierusalem 2. Macha 5 that when Antiochus Epiphanes tooke the citye in thre dayes there were slayne .8000.4000 put in prison and no lesse solde Against the Galathiās .6000 only slew a C. and .xx. M. throughe the helpe that was geuen them from heauen 2. Mach. 8. Besides the battailes that Iudas Machabeus made against Apolonius and Seron the chefe capitaine of the Assiriās host of the which it is written in ye. 3. Ca. of the first booke of the Machabees we reade that he specially hadde other .xii. battels as it appeareth frō the .viii. Ca. of the .ii. boke vnto the ende In the whiche were slaine .9000 men of those that wer with Nicanor And .20000 with Timothe and Bacchides .25000 of the Idumites and again .24000 of the same people the which were in two towers Furthermore .2000 that wer with Timothe .2000 with Lisia And also .10000 in a certayne ground or felde of Timothese And again .30000 of his mē afterwards .250000 in the stronge city of Carmon And in the city calde Ephrō◠25000. And in Antoichus Cupators host he slew .14000 mē at the last Nicanor was slain with 25000. fightinge men The sum of al is two hundred 56000 men besydes those that were slaine of Iudas host those that perished in fortresses and battailes of the whiche there is no certain number Nor they are not cōpted here the fell in Iudas last battayle againste Bacchides and Alchimus where they fought from mourninge tyll euenynge in the whyche Iudas perished the other fled their wayes ¶ Of abstinence and sobriety Capi. lxxxvii OUr lorde commaunded Adam sayinge Gen. 2. Eate thou of all the trees of paradyse but as touchinge the tree of knowledge of good and euell thou shalt not eate of it In the which prohibition abstinence is commēded in that he would not the mā in paradise shuld eat of all māner of meat Moses was in the mounte wyth oure lorde .40 daies 40 nightes Exo. 24. he nether did eat nor drincke Abstinence is a ryghte good dysposition to receaue diuine reuelations And manne refreshed wyth diuine reuelations is wont to abhorre bodely delyte pleasure Yea Leuiti 15 and our Lorde cōmaunded the chyldren of Israel to abstain from dyuers meates Whē either man or womā did
or euer she had any talke with man the which thing was both hurtful to her to her posterity And note there how euill she repeted oure lordes cōmaundement geuē vnto mā C ham Noes sonne had sene hys fathers priuities Gen. 9. he shewed his brethrē and so he incurde hys fathers cursse and malediction After that our Lord had spoken to Moses Exodi 4. he was slow mouthed slowe tunged Whereby he declareth that spirituall and deuout men the which doo oft cōmen and speake with God should be tardius and slow to speake Ara Calebs doughter syttinge vpon her asse did fyght but when her husbande hadde perswaded her Iosu. 15. he moued her father to aske what she ailed and afterwardes she obtayned of her father sprynges of water bothe aboue and beneath Sampson dysclosed that secreat to his wyfe Iudi. 14. the whyche he woulde not open and dysclose to hys parentes And she eftsones publyshed the same to hys great losse and dammage And the selfe same Sampson declared vnto Dalida Iudi. 16. how he myghte lese his fortitude and strength And she without any stop or let disclosed it vnto his enemyes Anna Samuels mother cōminge to the tabernacle of our Lorde 1. regu 1. spake in her hart and her lippes did moue only but her voyce was not hearde Samuel beinge a slepe in the tabernacle did not open the vision vnto Ely 1. regu 3. that was shewed him vntill he asked and adiured hym to dysclose it When the men of Belial saide thus of Saule theyr new kinge 1. regu 10. Can thys man saue vs He dissimbled to heare them wherby we vnderstande that he helde his tonge wisely Dauid beinge sore troubled against Nabal was afterwards through the wise cōmunication wordes of Abigail pacified again 1. regu 25. Nor she told Nabal nother lesse nor more vntil the morowe daye that he had well dysgested the wyne that he had dronken Whē Saras maid had spoken to her mastres shamefully curssedly Sara wyth silence gaue place to the strife Tobi. 3. going vp into a chamber of her house began to praye deuoutely Esther kept long silence nor would not iudge her people nor her country as Mardocheus comaunded her Esth. 2.3 and that least the kinge shoulde hate her Iobes wife he beynge punished of God Iob. 1. spake folyshlye vnto hym Iob semeth to reprehende rebuke him selfe more for speakinge Iob. 40. then for any other thing For he saieth I that haue lytely spoken vnto the cannot answer one thynge haue I spoken the which I would I had not spoken Iob. 42. And agayne I haue spoken vnwysely and those thynges that passe my vnderstandinge When Rasin king of Siria Esa. 7. Phacee the kinge of Israell had purposed to fight against Iuda the prophet Esaye saide to Acham the king of Iuda Take hede to thy selfe and be stil but feare not neyther be faynte harted Hezechias the king of Iuda sent word Esa. 36. that the people shoulde not answer Rabsaketh And they helde theyr tonges and answered not one worde Ieremy which was sanctified in his mothers wōb Iere. 1. ordeined to be a prophet excused him self saying Oh oh Lord God Lo. I cannot speake for I am yet but yong When Susan was brought Dani. 13. she least those two wycked olde priestes shuld beare false witnesse against her wept and loked vp toward heauen and cried to God for her hart had a sure trust in our lord but yet it is not red that she did directly answer to her accusers The Iewes gaue them selues to husbandry 2. Mach. 12. but Nicanor and certaine other woulde not let them lyue in sylence rest and peace We reade in the gospell that the blessed virgyn Marie spake to the Angell Luc. 12. and to her sonne Why hast thou thus dealte wyth vs And they haue no wine Iohn 2. And when she instructed the mynisters of the maryage What so euer he sayeth to you doo it And althoughe Helizabeth dyd magnificentely commende her Luc. 1. yet she made no answere but turnde her selfe to laude and prayse God And Mary whych was a synner cōminge to the fete of our Lorde in Simons house spake nothinge Luc. 7. as men say but began to washe his fete with teares and did wype them wyth the here 's of her head and kyssed his fete and anoynted thē wyth the oyntment Nor she answered not her sister Martha complayninge of her Luc. 10. nor yet the dysciples that dysdayned and wer not contente wythin them selues for the effusion and waste of the oyntmente Mar. 14. And inasmuche as she kept sylence Oure Lorde dyd answer and euery where defended her The woman that was taken in aduoutry and accused before our Lorde Iohn 8. spake but fewe wordes but our lorde answered for her and at lengthe did mercyfully absolue her When Paule should speake in the synagoge Act. 13. he stode vp and beckened wyth the hand for silence For he knew that there was no speakinge where there is no audience the which thing is oftentymes proued in scripture The chyldren of Israell flyinge out of Egypt sawe Pharoos hooste Exo. 14. and were greately a frayed vnto whome Moses sayed oure Lorde shall fyghte for vs and ye shall holde your peace ¶ Of carnall effection Capitu. xciiii MOses gaue vnto the Leuites .xii. oxen Nume 7. and vi charettes the which the Lordes of the tribes and children of Israel dyd offer But vnto the children of Caat he gaue none although they wer nyer of kynne vnto hym Nor it is not red that Moses gaue to any of his children any greate office althoughe the people had him in greate reuerence When Moses shuld dye he diligentlye besought our Lord Nume 27. to prouide for the people a mete and a good capitayne And yet he woulde name none of his owne generation When Iosue distributed the land amonge the children of Israel he gaue so small a portion vnto hys owne tribe Iosu. 17. that they made a speciall complainte there of But marke what an answer he made them Eli heringe of the death fall of hys two sōnes in battail semed not greatly to care therfore 1. regu 4. but whē the messenger tolde him the the arke of God was taken he fel from of hys stole dyed When Ioab sawe that Dauid be wayled but to muche the death of his sonne Absolon 2. regu 19. he layed to Dauids charge that he woulde haue bene nothynge sorye if he had lost all hys hoost That wonderful mother and worthy to be remembred of al good men 2. mach 7. seing al her vii children pearishe vpon one day toke theyr death willingly and gladly The Iewes care goinge to battaile against Nicanor 2. Mach 15. was but meane for theyr wiues and children or for their brethren or kinsfolke but their great and fyrste care
Nabuchodonozor that all the wise men at Babilon should be put to deathe Dani. 2. they calde to theyr felowes to seke mercy at gods hand Then was there a vision shewed vnto Daniel by nyght And so the kyng by the occasyon of hys seruant Daniel spared the wyse men of Babylon After the death of Iudas Machabeus wycked men came vp 1. mach 6. and there was a great dearth in the lande and Bachides made the vngratious lordes in the land And there came great tribulation in Israel the whiche perauenture should not haue chaunced yf they had had Iudas to theyr lord and master When the fyrst of those vii brethreÌ„ was fryed in the cauldron 2. Mach. 7. the other with theyr mother exhorted one another to die strongly and manfully Iudas Marchabeus went to take the city of Chytopolis 2. Mach. 12. But for the Iewes sake which were within it the which they intreated louingly he dyd them no euil but gaue them thanckes exhorting them to be frendlye vnto hys kindred As longe as Peter remained wyth the Apostles Math. 26. he was stedfast sure but when he was in the hye pryestes court warming him selfe by the fyre wyth his seruauntes he began to deny our Lord. Iohn 9. Anon after that our Lorde had geuen him his sighte that was blynde from hys byrthe the Phariseys caste him out of the sinagoge But the beninge Lord Iesus receiued him amoÌ„g his faithful When all the disciples were wyth one accord together Act. 2. the holye ghoste came vpon them and inestimably did teach them and strengthen them It is thus wrytten of the faythfull the which wer in the primitiue churche Al that beleued kept them selues together Act. 2. and had al things commen Then followeth They did eat theyr meate together wyth gladnesse and singlenesse of hart praising our lord and hande fauoure wyth all the people Saule after his conuersyon came to Ierusalem and assaide to couple him self to the disciples but they wer al afraid and fled from hym and beleued not that he was a disciple But Barnabas tooke him Act. 9. brought him to the Apostles The men which were wyth Paule in the ship when the greate tempest raged Act. 27. were all saued because Paule was in theyr company For the aungel of our Lord saide vnto hym Loe God hathe geuen thee all theym that saile with thee ¶ Of the society and fellowshyp of euell men Capi. Cxx. ABraham departed wel from the Caldees Gen. 11.15 where men were infected with Idolatrye so that oure Lord remembreth that as a benefite saying I am the Lord that broughte the out of Hur of the Caldees A man shuld forsake and leaue his country not only in body but also in thought and affection Gene. 12. Where vpon our lord sayde vnto Abraham which was gone out of his countrye in body Get thee out of thy countrye c. And note the promises whiche were made there We rede not that our lord appeared vnto Abraham as long as he was in companye wyth euill men in Hur of the Caldees Gen. 13.15.17.18 it is not red that the lord apeared to him although he was taken for a good man But after hee departed thence we reade that he was oftentymes visyted wyth deuine apparitions Gen. 13.19 Lot by the occasyon of the wycked Sodomites with whome he inhabyted and dwelt suffred great iniuryes and wronges It appeareth by Lot how harde it is to leaue the accustomed companye of the euel Gene. 19. the which could eueÌ„ scarcely be drawen away by the angell froÌ„ the Sodomites Gen. 21. Ismaels play and pastime with Isaac dyspleased Sara Gen. 28. Our Lord many diuers manner of wayes dyd comfort Iacob auoidyng the companye of his wicked brother Iacob wold not go on wyth his vngratious and euell brother Gene. 33. although he had pacified him with giftes Not withstanding his brother instantlye desired hym and hadde shewed hym signes and tokens of dilection loue Moses said to the congregation of Israel Nume 26. depart from the tents of these wycked men and touch nothynge of theyrs least ye pearyshe in all theyr synnes Our Lord sayd to Moses coÌ„maund the children of Israel that they when they enter into the lande of Canaan Nume 33. destroy al the inhabitors of the land but if ye wyl not destroy them they the remayne shall be as it were prickes in youre eyes and Dartes in youre sydes By the occasyon of Acham whyche toke wyth him of the excommunicate thynges of Iericho Iosu. 7. the people were ouerthrowne in battayle Through certaine chyldren of Beliall the whych had commytted a detestable dede against the Leuites wife Iudi. 19.20 al the children of Beniamin fewe excepted were slaine The chyldren of Israel would not destroy the inhabyters of the land Iudi. 1.2 as the Lord commaunded them therefore theyr chaunce was vnfortunate and euell The familiaritye and amitye that Amnon Dauids sonne hadde wyth Ionadab 3. regu 13. gaue hym an occasion and a waye to enforce Thamar hys syster Many simple persons drue vnto Absolon rebellyng agaynste hys father 2. regu 15 the whych would neuer haue conspired against Dauid if they had contynued with good and peaceable men at Ierusalem For certain which were yet alyue of the house and family of Saul 2. regu 21. ther fel a great hunger in the land vntyll that they at the peticion of the Gabanites were hanged Iosaphat the king of Iuda was almost slaine goynge to warfare wyth Achab 2. Para. 19. and was reproued by the lordes prophet saying Thou helpest the vngodlye and louest them that hate the lord and therefore thou deseruest the ire and anger of the lord Ochozias king of Iuda walked in Achabs wayes 4. reg 8. and did euill before the lord The cause foloweth for he was Achabs sonne in law Elizeus the prophet said vnto Iosaphat king of Israel 2. Pat. 20. because thou hast ioyned thy self wyth Ochozia the lord hath broken thy workes and destroid thy shyps The man of God came to Amasia king of Iuda 2. para 25 and said O king let not the armye of Israel come wyth thee for the lord is not with Israel But if thou thinke that the battayl doth consyst in the strength of the hoast God shall make thee fall before thy ennemye When the chyldren of Israel aftâ—r theyr comming agayne from Babylon 1. Esd. 3.4 were a buildinge the Temple their aduersaries wold haue builded with them but they vsing good counsail refused them When all the other wente to the golden calues Tob. 1. which Ieroboam â—ad made Tobias alone fled al their coÌ„panies and went to Ierusalem to worshyp the lord God of Israel Blessed Iob sayd I am the brother of Dragons Iob. 30. and the companyon of Estriches esa 6. When Esay hadde sayde I am a man of vncleane lyppes he
daunger of the fysh and his wise from the deuil he restored old Toby to hys sight and throughe him as well hys parentes as his companions and felowes were repleanished wyth dyuers consolations As truly as our Lord lyueth sayth Iudith Iudi. 13. hys aungell hathe kepte me going thither remaining there and comming hither again froÌ„ thence One of the Seraphins flewe vnto Esay Esa. 6. and cleansed him with a stone whyche he toke from the altare wyth the tonges The angell of God descended with Azaria and his felowes into the ouen or fornace of fyre Dani. 3. Daniel beynge wythin the den of Lions Dani. 6. sayde vnto king Darius commyng vnto him My God hathe sente hys aungell whyche hathe shutte the Lyons mouthes so that they myghte not hurt me Afterwardes the angell of our lord brought the prophet Habacucke oute of Iewry into Chalde Dani. 14. to beare Daniel his dinner There were diuers and great misteries shewed vnto Danyell by the ministery of angels Dani. 9.10.11 Machabeus and they that wer with him praid our Lord 2. Mach. 11. that he woulde send a good aungel to deliuer Israel Then there followeth Ther appeared before them an aungell in white clothyng The angel Gabriel to auaunce and â—pon the conception of Iohn the Baptist Luke 1. appeared vnto zachary And to denounce the conception of our sauiour Luke 1. the self angell Gabryell was sent of God vnto a city of Galile named Dauid or Nazareth And againe when oure Lord was borne the aungell of our Lorde slode harde by the Shepheardes Luke 2. and there was wyth the angel a multytude of heauenly souldyors praysing God c We rede also that thangell of our Lord appeared spake vnto Ioseph Mat. 1. fyrst before his natiuity saying fear not to take vnto the Mary thy wyfe Secondly after the adoration worshipping of the wise men Mat. 2. Mat. 2. Aryse and take the child and his mother goe into Egipt Thyrdly after Herodes death Take the child and his mother and go into the land of Israel After the departure of the deuil that tempted hym Mat. 4. the angels came and ministred vnto him And after hys supper and in hys prayer made in the garden Luke 22. there appeared an angel vnto hym from heauen comforting him Mat. 28. At the tyme of hys resurrection the angel of our Lorde came downe from heauen Iohn 20. Mar. xvi Lu. xxiiii At our Lords assencion behold two men stode by them in white apparell Act. 1. The chefe prestes rose vp and all they that were wyth hym laid handes on the Apostles Act. 5. and put them in common pryson But the aungell of oure lord by night opened the prison dores and broughte them forthe and fayde go and preache in the Temple to the people The angel of our Lord spake vnto Philip Act. 8. saying Arise and go toward the South c. Cornelius saw euidently about the ninth hour of the day Act. 10. an angel of god comming into hym and saying Cornelius c. And Peter being a slepe in Herodes pryson Act. 12. the aungel of oure Lorde was then present c. Kyng Herode arayed hym in royall apparel Act. 12. and set hym in hys seat and made an oration vnto theym and the people gaue a shoute saying It is the voyce of a God and not of a manne And immedyatelye the aungel of the lorde smote hym because he gaue not the honoure to God and he was consumed and eaten of worms and gaue vp the ghost There stode an aungell of God by Paule in the ship Act. 27. counsellyng him to be of good cheare sayinge feare not Paule Our Lord signifyed thinges which must shortly come to passe Apoca. 1. And after that he spake by hys angell vnto hys seruaunte Ihon whyche bare recorde of the woorde of GOD. c. And that booke is full of angelycall reuelatyons ¶ Of euill Spirites Ca. xxxii EUil spirites are sayd to be oure Lords 1. regu 16. because they are in gods power and what so euer they do they do it by God The euil spirit of God vexed Saule The deuyll killed Saras Raguels daughter vii husbandes Tobi. 3.8 but yet by the comming of Raphael the good angel was eiected Sathan had euen so muche power vpon Iobs cattell his house wherein his children did eat Iob. 1.2 and vpon his body how much the deuine prouydence did suffer him to haue The euil sprite made the maÌ„ fearce and cruel Mat. 8. And also he maketh a man vncleane for those ii demoniakes or possessed with deuils wer out of measure fearce Luke 8. dwelt laye in graues And the deuils desired to goe into the swine not into Lambs One of those ii was more famous then thother he ware no clothes he abode in no hous but in graues he was bounde wyth chaines kepte wyth fetters and he brake the bandes and was caryed of the fende into wildernesse This euel sprite maketh a manne bothe deafe and domme Mar. 7. and when the spirite taketh hym he knocketh and teareth him and he fometh and gnasheth with his tethe pineth away LuKe. 9. Mar. 9. often times he casteth him into fire water to destroy and lose him Oure Lorde refused the laude and praise of maligne spirites LuKe. 8. Holde thy peace quod he come out of the maÌ„ Mar. 1. Our Lord dyd forbid his discyples to reioyce that the euill spirites were vnder them Luke 10. and subdued vnto them as though they shuld not esteme that thing very greatly A certaine damsel possessed wyth a sprite the prophesied Act. 19. cryed out many a day after Paule hys fellowes But Paule being heuy therfore turned about and said to the sprite I commaÌ„d the in the name vertue of Iesu christ that thou come oute of her and he came out the same hour And note that Paule would not that the doctrine of truthe shuld be confirmed by the spirit of deceitfulnesse and falshode Certain of the Iewes toke vpon theÌ„ to cal ouer theÌ„ which had euil sprites the name of our Lord Iesus sayinge Act. 19. we adiure you by Iesu whome Paule preacheth And the euyl spryte answered and said Iesus I know and Paul I know but who are ye and the man in whome the euyll spryte was ran on them and ouercame them and preuailed againste them so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded ¶ Of the immortality of the resonable soule Ca. xxxiii FOr as much as it is saide of Abraham that he was put to his people Gen. 25. it is supposed that he had people in a nother world that is men which liued wel as he dyd We haue the lyke saying of Isaac He was put vnto hys people Gen. 35.49 And of Iacob And when Iacob beleued that hys
howe that he had sene our Lord in the waye and how he had done boldlye at Damasco in the name of Iesu. When Lysias the Tribune saw that the Iewes intreated Paule so cruellye he asked of hym Act. 21. Arte not thou that Egiptian whyche before those dayes madest an vprore and leddest oute into the wyldernesse 4000. men that were murtherers When the barbarous people and straungers saw the Uyper hange on Paules hande Act. 28. they sayde No doubte thys man is a murtherer thoughte that he should haue swolne or fallen downe dead sodenly ¶ That holye and good men suffer certaine thinges to be done but not gladlye ¶ Capi. lviii IAcob at the instance of his children Gen. 43. dyd permit and suffer hys well be loued sonne Beniamin to be led away and kept agaynste his wil for the necessitye and lacke of vitaile Moses suffred the Iewes that wer odious and spiteful to their wiues Deu. 24. to geue them a bill of deuorcement because he feared the murtherynge of theyr wiues Dauid considering his people set captains ouer them 2. re 18. And said vnto the people I wil goe with you also And the people aunsweared Thou shalt not go forth for thou shalt be coūted worth ten thousand of vs. Wherfore it is better that thou succour vs with in the City And he sayde vnto them what semeth you best that I wil do Symon knewe that Tryphon dyssembled and vsed gile and deceyte in his wordes desiring Ionathas two sonnes and a hundred talentes of siluer yet commaunded he the money and the children to be deliuered i. mach xi least parauenture he shoulde prouoke the enmite and euyll wyll of the people against him selfe Of Iustice and equitie Capitu. lix ABraham being minded and wel wyllyng to be seperated and diuided from Lot his brothers sonne Gen. 13. gaue him the option to chuse and to take what parte he would And thus maye a perticion be well made the elder to deuide the yonger to chuse Iacob sayd vnto Laban my iustice and my righteousnesse shall answere for me to morowe Gen. 30 Elizeus suffred the chyldren of the prophetes to seke Helias 4. re 2. leest haply the spirite of our Lorde had caste him some wheres And yet he knewe that they should labour in vaine Salphaads doughters peticion was iust euen by gods testimony witnes Num. 27 the which desired of Moses that they myght in herite theyr fathers inheritaunce and landes Kynge Adonibeseth was taken by the chyldren of Israell Iudi. 1. the whiche cut of his thombs and his great toes Then saied the king Thre score ten kinges hauing their thombes their greate toes cut of gathered the fragmentes vnder my table As I haue done so god hath doone to me againe After that Agag the king of the Amalakites was brought before Samuel 1. reg 15 Samuel sayd vnto him Thy swerde hath made women childlesse so shall thy mother be childlesse aboue other women Dauid saied vnto Saul that vniustly persecuted him 1. re 26 Our lorde reward euery man accordinge to his righteousnesse and fayth Dauid ordened in a maner it was taken for a lawe 1. re 30. that as his parte is that goeth downe fighteth so shall his parte be that tarieth at the stuffe Dauid would not accept the thressinge floure of Arama for naughtes the whiche he myght haue hadde so 2. reg 24 but he bought it at a iust price When Tobias harde the kyd cry Tob. 2 He sayed Looke that it be not stolen restore it againe to the owners for it is not lawful for vs to eat or to touch any thinge of thefte Proude and vniuste Aman by the commaundemente of kynge Abasuerus Esth. 7.9 was hanged on the selfe same galous that he hadde made for Mardocheus And on the same daye the Iewes enemies wer slaine by the Iewes the whiche they hadde thought to haue slayne Ieremy prophesiynge against Babilon sayeth Iere. 50 Recompence her as she hath deserued and accordinge as she hath done so deale with her againe Kinge Darius commaunded those menne whiche hadde accused Daniell to be caste into the Lyons denne Dani. 6 and the Lyons or euer they came at the grounde tooke them and brake al theyr bones a sonder The people dydde to those oulde Preastes whiche accused Susanna Dani. 13 as they hadde doone agaynste their neighboures for they put theym to death and slewe them Antiochus caused Andronichus to be striped out of his purple clothing 2. Mac. 4 and to bee slayne in the same place Wher he vniustly put Onias the hye preaste to death The cruell and wicked Iason that hadde caste many one out vnburyed 2. Mach. 5 was throwne out him selfe no man mourning for him so that he neither enioyed the buriall of a straunger nether was partaker of hys fathers sepulcher Antiochus the homicide and blasphemer was sore plaged euen as he hadde intreated and plaged other 2. Mach. 9 so he died a miserable death in a straūge countrey vpon a mountaine Oure lorde dyd merytoriouslye reuoke the whole debte Math. 18 that he liberally forgaue the wicked and vngratiue seruaunte because he would not forgeue his felowe an hundred pence that he oughte him ¶ Of the good and euill iudgemētes of men Capi. lx A Iudge oughte most diligentely to search oute the cause that he is ignorante in Gen. 11.18 for it is sayed that god from whome nothinge can be hid came downe to se the city which the children of Adam buylded and likewise he sayeth I wyll go downe and see whethere they haue done in dede accordinge to that crye which is come vnto me or not Iudas vniustly cōmaūded Thamar his doughter in lawe to be burned Gen. 38. Iosephs master geuinge to muche credit to the wordes of his wife Gen. 39. put him in prison Causes of smale importaūce as Iethro counseled Moses ought to be determined by the lower iudges Exo. 18 causes of greate importaunce by the hier magistrates and rulers Moses gaue none of the .xii. oxen and .vi. charettes to the chyldren of Caath Num. 7. although thei wer nie akinne vnto him But he gaue al to the other Leuits because that they being burdened with heuier thinges had more nede of them thē the other Moses counseled with our lorde for the doughters of Salphaad Nume 27. And oure lorde made him this answer if a man dye and haue no sonne hys enheritaunce shall turne to his doughter It was Moses minde and will Nume 32 that the chyldren of Ruben and other that desyred to inhabite the land that was now required and gotten shoulde go armed to battayle before the children of Israell vntil the other countres were subdued and gotten Of Samuels children it is written that they turned a syde after Lucre 1. reg 8. toke rewards peruerted the right Dauid at
the woorde and reporte of Siba that gaue him gyftes gaue an vniust sentence against Mephiboseth beynge absent 2. re 16.19 But yet after he knew the truth of the matter he was wyllynge to reuoke the vntrue sentence agayne Salomon gaue iust iudgemeÌ„t of the two women 3. re 3 the whiche contended to be the mother of one childe Iosaphat the king of Iuda set iudges in the lande and commaunded them saying 2. Para. 19. Take hede what ye do For ye execute not the iudgementes of manne but of God For al that ye shall iudge shall redounde vnto you againe Let the feare of oure Lorde be vpon you and do all thinges wyth diligence At Amans suggestion kinge Ahasuerus spake vniustly of the people Esther 3. saying vnto Aman do with that people as it pleaseth thee Esay said thus by the iudges of Israel Thy princes are wicked companions of theues Esa. 1 They loue gistes altogether and gape for rewardes They help not the fatherlesse to hys right nether wil they let the widowes causes come before them In as much as Ieremy prophecyed from our LORD that Babilon Iere. 38 shuld be taken of the Chaldâ—es The princes and rulers of the people said vnto Kynge Sedechias Syr wee beseeche you lette thys manne bee put to death He answered then saying Lo he is in your handes for the kyng may deny you nothing Nabuchodonozor the king of Babilon commaunded that all the wyse men of Babilon should be destroyed Dani. 2. because they coulde not declare the dreame he had sene Although Darius the king of Persia knew right wel that Daniel was an innocente Dani. 14 yet at the instaunce of his lordes and princes he caused him to be caste into the lake and denne of Lyons Daniel did discreatly examin those two olde iudges Dani. 13 that bare false wytnesse against Susanna When Menclaus was accused in the iudgement hall before Antiochus for mony 2. mach 4. which he promised was discharged and his accusers wrongfully put to death The Iewes made theyr complaint before king Antiochus of the vniuste deathe of Onias 2. Mach. 4. the whyche Antiochus althoughe he was wicked was sory therfore and commaunded that Andronicus should be stripped out of hys purple clothing and slain wher he slue Onias Herodes iudgement was to vniust when he sent forthe men of war math ii and slue all the children that wer in Beth leem At the peticion of a damsel that dauÌ„sed Herode the Tetrarch caused IhoÌ„ the Baptist to be beheaded in prison mar vi and yet he knewe that he was a iuste man and a holy Nicodemus said vnto the pharises Doth your law iudge anye man Ihon. vii before it heare him and know what he hath done This iudgement was most vniust when Pilate losed Barrabas the homicide math xxvii thefe and seditious persone delyuered vnto the wil of the Iewes our Lord Iesus The Apostles answered the prestes and magestrates of the temple Act. 4. commaundinge Peter and Ihon not to teach any thing in the name of Iesus saying whether is it right in the syght of God to harken vnto you more theÌ„ to God iudge ye When Paul had cast the deuel out of the maid which had a sprite that prophesyed Act. 16 her masters vnto whome by Prophesying she brought muche luker and vauntage accused hym the magestrates caused Paule and Silas to be beaten with rods and to be cast into prison When the Iewes accused Paule Gallie the proconsul and ruler of the countrye saide Act. 18 If it were a matter of wrong or an euil dede O ye Iewes reason would that I should hear you But if it be a question of woordes or of names or of your law looke ye to it your selues for I will be no iudge of such matters The hie priest commaunded them that stoode by Act. 23 to smyte Paule on the mouth Then said Paule vnto hym God shal smite the thou painted wal syttest thou and iudgest me after the law and coÌ„maundest me to be smitteÌ„ contrary to the law Act. 24. Althoughe Paule had reasonablye wel excused him self before Felix the ruler yet Felix hauinge in mynde to please the Iewes left Paul to Festus his successor bound in pryson Festus the president said It is not the manner of the Romaines to condeÌ„pne any man Act. 25. before that he which is accused haue the accusers before hym and haue lycence and place to answer for him selfe concerning the crime laid against him Festus not agreinge to the Iewes which desired that Paul might be seÌ„t to Ierusalem said vnto Paule wylt thou go to Ierusalem and there bee iudged of these matters Then said Paul I stand at Cesars iudgement seat Act. 25 wher I oughte to be iudged I appeale vnto Cesar. Then spake Festus with deliberatyon and answeared Thou hast apealed vnto Cesar vnto Cesar shalt thou go When they had heard Paules reasons kinge Agrippa Festus spake together Act. 26. saying This man hath don nothing worthy of death Then said Agrippa vnto Festus Thys manne might haue bene let lose if he had not appealed to Cesar. ¶ Of penaunce Ca. lxi SO long as Marie taried with out the host Num. xii the children of Israell remoued not For it is nether good nor profytable to go or to pason by the deseart and wyldernesse of this life withoute the bitternesse of penaunce Nu. xiiii The people of Israell hearynge that our Lorde was angrye for theyr murmuring toke great sorowe And in the mornyng they wold haue don more then our Lorde had commaunded them Iudi. ii At the voyce of the aungel layinge the benefites of God vnto the synfull people they cried out and wept The children of Israell saide vnto our Lorde Iudi. 10. We haue sinned do vnto vs whatsoeuer please thee And they put away the straunge Goddes from them Then there doth folow he had pity on the misery of Israel Dauid did sone repente when Nathan did reprehend and rebuke hym of his faut 2. regu 12. Achab the most wicked kyng of Israel rente his clothes put on a cilice about hys flesh 3. regu 21. and fasted and lay in sackclothe went barefote and helde downe hys heade and the payne and punyshment that he for hys offences had worthely deserued was delaied Manasses the kyng of Iuda beyng bounde wyth chaynes ii Pa. xxxii was caryed to Babilon he did great penaunce and humbled hym self exceadingly before God and he broughte him agayne to Ierusalem into his kingdome It was said vnto Esdras lameÌ„ting the synnes of the people i. Esd. x If there bee penaunce in Israel for thys thyng I wyll make a couenaunte wyth oure God The people hearyng of the fearful and terrible power of Holofernesse cryed earnestlye Iudith iiii and humbled theyr soules with fastinges and Prayers they and theyr wiues the Priestes put on
be offred shoulde bee sold in the temple And for this cause the goulde of the Temple was calde more holye then the temple and the gifte that was vppon the aultare to be of more reuerence then the altare it selfe The couetousnesse and cupiditye of gaine semeth to be the Pryncipall motion mat 26. whye that Iudas betrayed oure Lorde For hee sayth what wyl ye geue me and I wyll delyuer hym vnto you By mony the kepers of our lordes sepulchre were corrupted mat 28. and sayde falsly that our Lorde by nighte was stoln away by his disciples Our Lord Iesus the true lawyer Luc. 12. would not meddle with the diuisyon of the worldly heritage notwythstaÌ„ding that he was required but saide who made me a iudge or a deuider ouer you Our Lord against those that heape vp temporall goodes Luc. 12. and thyncke that they shall manye yeares delyte and haue pleasure in theym dothe propounde the Symylytude of the riche man whose grounde broughte forth plentiful frutes Luke 16. Our Lord againste these rich glottons that vse these precious and delicate garments which are straighte and neady to releaue and healpe the pouertye of theyr neighboure dothe put forth the parable of the rich glotton And note that it semeth not to be a parable but an history Again note that if hee bee so punished that gaue not hys owne proper goodes what shal become of them that steale other mennes Luke 14. The biers of Oxen and Farmes that is the biers of things moueable and vnmoueable excused theÌ„ selues that they coulde not come to the greate supper vnto the which they were inuited and cald For by suche thynges men are oftentimes withdrawne froÌ„ the celestial glory The couetous Pharises hearynge our Lordes monitions Luke 16. and that they should make them frendes of the vnrighteous Mammon laughed hym to scorne The auarice of Ananias and Saphira the which kept away parse of the price of the land Act. 5. was most terribly punished Certaine craftes men which had a damsell possessed wyth a spirite that prophesyed Act. 16. whome Paule deliuered of the Deuell perceiuinge that they had lost theyr gain and lucre caught Paule and Silas hys fellowe and brought them to the rulers and officers saying and accusyng them that they troubled the city and preached vnlawfull obseruaunces customes The magestrates rentinge their clothes commaunded them to be beaten and to be cast into prison to be kept wyth all diligence Paule beyng at Ephesus and doing there many miracles Act. 19. a certayne manne named Demetrius a Syluer smith whiche made siluer shrines for Dyana was not a litle beneficial vnto the craftes menne whome hee called together and sayde that Paule hadde perswaded and tourned away much people sayinge that they be no Goddes which are made wyth hands but deuels and hathe so trouled the City that it is al in a rore and ful of confusion And they rushed into the common hall wyth one assente and caught Gaius and Aristarcus Pauls companions When Paule was wyth Felix the presideÌ„t Act. 24. being bound of the Iewes accused as a seditious and a pestiferous person Felix hoped mony shuld haue bene geuen him of Paul Wherfore he called him the oftner and commoned with him But in as much as it came not so to pas he did not quite him but left him bound to Fest us his successor ¶ Of Pouerty Ca. lxxiiii Gen. 32. WE reade not that Iacob had eyther beast or man when he departed from his parentes and went to his brother Laban but that he went ouer Iordan with his staffe And at a certaine time beinge disposed after the Sunne was downe to reast him self 28 he toke a stone put it vnder his head and laide him downe in the same place to slepe Moses kâ—pt the shepe of Iethro hys father in law Exo. 3. priest of Madian wher by it appeareth that he had no shepe of hys owne that kept other mens Ruth the Moabite hadde no great store of richesse Ruth 2. when she went a glening the eares that the reapers lefte behinde them the whiche pertayned vnto the pore Saule beynge contente wyth one ladde 1. regu 9. wente for to seâ—ke his fathers asses And Saule not long after said vnto Samuell that his kinred was the least of al the kynreds of the tribe of Beniamin Dauid was the least of all hys brethren so that when Samuel came to annoynt one of Isais children Dauid was in the pastors 1. regu 16.17 nor he was not cald at the beginning as though he had bene of no reputation afterwardes his brethren beinge in the hoste hys father sent him loden wyth vitayles vnto them Helias suffred great penury when he prayed the widowe of Sarept to geue him a morsel of bread 3. regu 17. and a lytle water The children of the Prophets dyd liue vnder Elizeus in great pouerty 4. regu 4. the which had but a litle breade and vnsauery pottage Anna Tobias wiâ—e went dailye to the weauing work Tobi. 2.4 wherby it appeareth that they were but pore whyche could not haue their loum iÌ„ their own house And Tobias said vnto his son my sonne be not afraide truthe it is we leade heare a pore lyfe but great good shall we haue if we feare God and depart from all syn and do well The children of the Rechabytes build no houses Iere. 35. sow no seede plante no vine haue no vineyardes dryncke no wine but did dwel in tents Nabuharadan left the rascall people and those that hadde nothynge to dwel sâ—il in the land of Iuda Iere. 39. He spared the pore but he slue the mighty rich or els he led them as prisonners and captiues vnto Babilon We haue an ensample of pouerty in the Lord our sauioure Luke â— the whych was born of a pore mother and nourished of a poore carpenter semelye fed wrapped in cloutes and not in furres laid in a maunger and afterwardes when his glorious mother was churched his parents offered in the temple the offringe of the poore And anon after Ioseph fled wyth the child and his mother into Egipt Mat. 2. And when the child was xii yeare old he abode stil in Ierusalem vnknowyng to his father and mother Luc. 2. And so it appeareth that they had no great family to associate and serue the child Iesus going aboute from towne to towne Mat. 8. had not wher vpon to lay his hedâ— and therfore he saith The foxes haue holes and the byrdes of the air haue neastes but the sonne of manne hath not wher to reast his head Iohn 19. And for this it makethâ— that he hunge bare vpon the crosse The disciples for the moste parte wer chosen out of the porest sort Mat. 4. IhoÌ„ and Iames did mend theyr nets Mar. 1. and did wash them Luc. 5. In our lordes sermon that he made in
excepted the whiâ—he by Ochozias syster was taken away by stealth Sellum the sonne of Iabes conspired against Zacharias the king of Israel his master 4. regu 15 and slue him and he raigned a month in Samaria Nabuchodonozor the kynge of the Assirians Iudith 3. called vnto him hys Captains and men of war and told them hys thoughte and that hys purpose was to bryng the hole earthe vnder his dominion Ambitious and proud menne are more troubled with a few that excell them Esther 5. or that wil not obey them then they reioyce of many that followe theÌ„ and obey them For proud Aman the which was next vnto the kyng had many children and greate richesse estemed hym self to haue nothynge as longe as he sawe Mardocheus before the kinges gate When Seron hard say that Iudas had gathered the congregatyon and church of the faythful 1. macha 3. he sayd I wyl get me a name and a prayse thorowe out all the realme And I will fyghte and ouercome Iudas And yet Iudas sone ouercame him Alchinus that wold haue bene hye priest 1. Mac. 7 and other wicked and vngodly men of Israel came to king Demetrius saying vnto him Iudas and hys brethren haue slain and destroied thy frendes and hathe dryuen vs oute of our owne land Ptolomeus the king of Egipt weÌ„t about through disceit to obtaine and destroy Alexanders kingdom 1. macha 11 And at leÌ„gth Alexander being ouerthrowne and chased into Araby he obtaind it And zabdiel the Arabian smote of Alexanders head And sent it vnto Ptolomy the which had but litle ioy ther of For the third day after dyed kyng Ptolomy him self Ptolomy the sonne of Abobus had aboundaunce of siluer and gold 1. Mach. 16. and waxed proud and stately in his mind and thoughte to conquere the lande And by that occasyon traiterously he slue Simon the hie Priest and hys two sonnes Iason aboue all other coueted most ambitiouslye to be the hie priest And for that he came to kinge Antiochus the noble and promised him 360. talentes of Syluer And manye other thinges 2. macha 4 whych when the kynge had graunted him he had the vse therof but for a small time For Menelaus whome he sent to Antiochus gat the priesthode and was sone discharged therof and his brother Lysimachus came and was placed in hys stead When Simon saw that throughe laying on of the Apostles handes Act. 8. the holy ghost was geuen he offred them mony saying Geue me also thys power that on whom so euer I put my haÌ„des he may receiue that holy gost But Peter said vnto him Thy mony pearish with thee ¶ Of the deuels temptation Ca. Ciiii. THe serpent being crafty to teÌ„pt ye the deuel in the serpent approched the feblest part of maÌ„kinde and the most prompest to sinne for hee tempted not Adam firste Gene. 3. but Eue. And began searchynge a far of for he counseld them not euen sodenly to eate of the forbidden frute And he denyed that there should follow any paine for the transgressyon of the commaundemente Yea he affyrmde that great goodnesse shoulde followe that only eating of the apple The lying spirite doth oftentimes lie in his temptation Gene. 3. for he sayd vnto Eue ye shall not dye the deathe And he sayde vnto our Sauior when he shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde Luc. 4. They are deliuered vnto me and to whome I wil I geue theÌ„ And furthermore he alledgeth holye scripture peruersly and falsly saying vnto the LORDE of aungelles He hathe geuen hys aungels charge ouer thee Math. 4. And Sathan stode vp agaynste Israel and prouoked Dauid to nombre Israel 1. Para. 21. Sathan required of our Lord that Iob might be touched in hys goodes Iob. 1.2 children and body Wherin maye be noted the subtelty malignity infirmity of our ennemy It is not expedient to dysclose our temptations to any such man whom we beleue to haue bene tempted with like sinne But rather to some dyscreat and holy man that would comfort vs in goodnesse Wherfore wheÌ„ the two old men did reuele and open their concupiscence one to a nother Dani. 23. they were prouoked to that that was worse The Lordes temptation doth teach vs to ouercome al kyndes of temptation Luc. 4. He was tempted in thre things vnto the which all other temptatioÌ„s may be reduced And note that he ouercame not temptation by power but by scripture Our Lord his passion beyng euen at hand Luc. 22. said to Simon Peter SathaÌ„ hathe desired to sifte you as it were wheat But I haue prayed for thee that thy Faithe faile not And when thou art conuerted strength thy brethren Luc. 13. The deuil put into the hart of Iudas to betray our Lord Iesus Christ. Peter said to Ananias Act. 5. howe is it the Sathan hathe filled thine harte that thou shouldest lie vnto the holy ghost and keepe away parte of the pryce of the land ¶ Of synne in generall and of diuers paines which follow sinne Ca. Cv. THat sinne doth cause shamfastnesse in man it is euident for when our first parentes in the state of innocencye were bare Gene. 3. they were not ashamed but after they had trespassed by and by they made them selues aprons Sinne dothe defame a sinner And therfore Adam after that he had trespassed Gene. 3. thought to haue hid him selfe from the presence of our Lord. Sin likewise maketh a man fearful for after the Adam had sinned Gene. 3. he sayd I was afraide because I was naked and hid my self The enormity of sinne dothe crye to the eares of our Lord for veÌ„gance Gene. 4. As the voyce of thy brothers bloude And in a nother place The cry of the Sodomites At some tymes our Lord dothe punyshe synne wyth temporal payne and punyshmente As it is euydent in Adam and Eue. Ge. 3.4.19 In Cain In the Sodomytes And often in the chyldren of Israell And Christ sayd Synne no more Ihon. 5. least a worse thynge happen vnto thee Pharao knowledged and confest that he was scourged and punished of our Lord for synne Exo. 10. saying I haue sinned against our Lord and agaynst you The children of Israel did euyll in the syght of our Lord. And oure Lord was angry Iudith 2. deliuered them into the handes of raueners that toke spoyled them and sold them into the haÌ„ds of theyr enemyes Synne doth not suffer the sinner to be in quiet 2. reg 24. For Dauids harte smote hym after that he hadde nombred the people Eccle. 47. Synne did infatuate Salomon the wyse and stayned hys honoure and worshyp After that Ioram the kinge of Iuda began to walk in the wicked wais and steps of the kinges of Israell 4. reg 8. Edom went from him wold not pay hym the accustomed tribute The chyldren of Israell left the coÌ„maundements of
God 4. reg 17. and made theÌ„ Gods of metal serued Baal There foloweth Israel was translated caried away out of theyr owne land The word of God was against Iuda to put him out of hys sight 4. reg 24. for the sinnes of Manassesâ— the which he had commytted and for the innocent blud that he shed Ierusalem and all the cityes of Iuda are desolate Iere. 44. and no man dwelling in theÌ„ because of theyr greate malice and sinne which they commytted to prouoke me to anger No that they had any cause to do so but vpon a custom The burden and grefe of sinne is so great that Ieremy dothe saye That our Lord might no longer suffer Iere. 44. because of the malitiousnesse and inueÌ„tions of your studyes MaÌ„ through sin is febleshed IerusaleÌ„ sinned and therfore it was made vnstable 3. regu 11. yea and Salomous seruaunte was so bolde as to rise agaynste hys Lord after he had trespassed After that our Lord had healed the manne that lay sicke in his bedde Ihon. 5. he founde hym in the temple and sayde vnto hym Beholde thou arte made whole Sinne no more least a worse thing happen vnto thee Our lord said vnto the womaÌ„ that was apprehended in aduoutrye Iohn 8. and accused of the Iewes before him Go and synne no more ¶ Of confession of sinnes Capi. Cvi OUr lord monished Adam after he had sinned to knowledge to confesse his faut but he in a manner reiected and laide his faut to God and to the woman Gene. 3. the woman to the serpent And said The woman whom thou gauest to be my felow c. And the woman said yonder serpent begiled me and I did eat Cain did knowledge his faute Gen. 4 sayinge My iniquitye is more then that it maye be forgeuen Pharao saied I haue synned against God and you Exodi 9. And again I haue now synned oure Lorde is righteous and I and my people are vngodly Saule sayed 1. regu 26. I haue synned I haue playde the foole and haue erred excedynglye And Iudas sayed Mat. 27. I haue synned betrayinge the innocent bloud And yet none of all these obtayned forgeuenesse because thei spake it not with a true harte Dauid spake the lyke wordes with an humble lowlye harte 2. regu 12. and deserued to heare our Lord hath put away thy synne The people beyng afflycted and stonge wyth fyerye serpentes Nume 21. came to Moses and sayed we haue synned for we haue spoken agaynst our lord and agaynst the. The children of Israell were vehemently and sore oppressed by the Philistines and the children of Amnon And they sayed vnto oure Lorde we haue sinned Iudi. 10. do thou vnto vs what soeuer please thee deliuer vs only this day Dauid beynge reprehended of Nathan the prophet for hys excesse and synne committed agaynst Urias and his wyfe 2. regu 12. did humblye recognise and confesse his faute Dauid when he had nombred hys people 2. reg 24. did so humblye and mekely recognise his faute that he offerd him selfe to be punished in stede and place of the innocent people 2. Esd. 1. Nehemias saied I knowledge and confesse for the synnes of the children of Israel which we haue sinned against the And I my fathers house haue synned haue bene vaynly seduced Tobi. 3. Although Tobias feared God euen from his infancye and obserued his preceptes and coÌ„maundementes yet he most humbly confessinge saied we haue not done accordinge to thy commaundements neyther haue we walked innocently before thee Daniels three felowes which lyued so holyly among the Chaldes Dani. 3. and foâ— whose sake our Lord shewed so great a miracle in the fornace neuer murmurd against our Lorde asthoughe they had sufferd suche thinges iustly But Azarias sayed we haue synned we haue offended and done wickedlye And Daniel in his prayer to God confessed his synnes Dani. 9. and the peoples sayinge We haue synned we haue offended we haue done wyckedly The syxte of those seuen brethren whyche beganne to dye 2. Mach. 7. sayed We suffer these thynges for oure owne sakes for we haue synned against our Lorde God There came to Iohn Baptyst all Iewrye Mat. 5. and all the regyon rounde aboute Iordane confessynge theyr synnes As Paule was preachinge in Asia Act. 19. many that beleued came and confessed and shewed theyr woorkes ¶ Of the hardnesse and obstinacye of the wicked Capitu. Cvii CAin after that our Lorde hadde reproued him was worsse Gen. 4. and slew his brother The harte of Pharao neyther by fayre wordes Exo. 5.6.7 8.9 which Moses spake froÌ„ our lorde nor yet by dure and sharpe punishemente coulde be mollified Oure Lorde dothe call the chyldren of Israel Exo. 32. a styfnecked people as it appeareth in diuers places in Leuitici 1. regu 2. Hely corrected his chyldren wyth woordes but it profyted theym but a little Samuell foretoulde the people the sore and greuous conditions of their kynge i. regu 8. and that it dyspleased oure Lorde And yet they would not leaue of theyr purpose Saule neyther by Ionathas wordes nor yet by the benefytes whyche he receyued of Dauid 1. regu 18. coulde be prouoked or induced to loue Dauid 1. regu 25. It is sayed of Nabal that he was harde very euyll and malitious â—saell persecuted Abner but to obstinatlye 2. reg 2. Oure Lorde sente prophets to the men of Iuda 2. Para. 24. that thei should returne vnto him But they would not heare of it Ye they kilde zacharia the sonne of Ioiada most cruelly because he rebuked them Hezechias the kinge of Iuda sente messengers through oute all Israel 2. Para. 30. sayinge But ye not styfnecked like as wer your fathers theÌ„ foloweth that they laughed theÌ„ to scorne mocked them Their hartes were very hard that came to take our lorde Luc. 22. that which when that he with a worde had smitten them prostrate to the earth Iohn 18. had healed the seruauÌ„tes eare that was smitteÌ„ cut of wer not moued to mercy neither by the manifestatioÌ„ of the miracle nor yet bi the mekenesse or gentlenes of the benefite Saint Steuen rebuking the Iewes vehementlye and sharpely Act. 7. sayed O ye styfnecked of vncircuÌ„cised hartes eares ye haue alwaies resisted the holy ghost as your fathers did so do ye ¶ Of the peruersity of certayne menne Capitu. Cviii. THe fyrst woman peruerted the ordre of nature Gen. 3. when she gaue her husbande of the frute that was forbiden and he eate it when that the man ought rather to haue taught the woman what she shuld haue eaten or what she shoulde haue a voyded The lord enrychd the Hebrues with the spoyles of the Egyptians althoughe there bee many nowe as vsurers and such lyke Exo. 12. the whyche enryche the Egiptians wyth the spoyle of the
Hebrues The children of Israell sufferynge penurye and scarsnes in the deseart Exo. 16. sayed that in Egypt they sat by the fleshe pottes but they made no mention of the greauous and cruell bondage that they wer troubled and vexed with all The people in the deseart sayed we remembre the fyshe whyche we dyd eate in Egypte for naughte And yet they wer ouerprest with greuous seruitude and bōdage And now beyng at liberty and in fredome they were norished wyth angels fode Nume 11. that is with most sauery meats geuen thē from heauen wythout any labor When the spies and searchers did declare and open the condityons and goodnesse of the lande of promise Nu. 13.14 the people contrary to Gods wyll would haue retourned into Egipte and by no meanes go no further And euen shortly after againste the wil of oure Lord they woulde haue made but to great hast When Moses had called Dathan Abiron Nume 16. they saide we will not come vp Is it a small thyng that thou hast brought vs out of a land that floweth with milk and hony to kil vs in the wildernes and to raign ouer vs also Moses desyred of kinge Edom saying We pray thee that we maye goe now thorow thy country Nume 20. we wil not goe by the Fieldes nor Uyneyardes neyther wyll wee dryncke of the water of the Fountaines we wyll goe by the kinges hie way Edom answered him Thou shalt not goe by mee least I come out against thee with the sweard The like thing chaunced of Seon the kyng of the Amorytes But in as much as he woulde not graunte that was litle Nume 21. he lost that was much Balaam would not curse the people whome he beleued to haue Gods benediction But there are manye which speake more euill of the good then of the naughtye Nume 24. And maruell it was that he which would not cursse them woulde harme them For notwythstandynge that oure Lorde had shewed hym that the people of Israel were blessed yet finally he gaue euyll counsaile by the whiche women deceiued him The children of Israel hearing our Lordes commaundementes Iudi. 2. dyd all thinges cleane contrary Iephthe desired the men of Ephraim to goe to battaile with him And they wold not But after that he had wonne the victory Iudi. 12. and was come agayne they as thoughe he hadde not cald vpon them began to quarel and to chide with him Dauid plaide before Saule beinge vexed with the deuel 1. reg 18.19 and serued him profytably and yet Saule wold haue naild Dauid to the wal wyth a iauelyng the which he held in his hande Saule would haue slayn hys sonne Ionathas 1. regu 10. because he excused Dauyd the innocent Saule sayd that hys seruants had conspired againste him 1. regu 22. and that Dauid lay await for him Whose death he soughte for but he coulde neyther fynde hym nor take hym The king of the children of Amnō perceiuing that he had done iniurye vnto Dauid 2. reg 10. would fyght wyth hym when that he should rather haue gon about to haue pleased hym Amnon Dauids sonne caused Thamar his sister 2. regu 13. whome he had forced to be expeld and put from him Absolon Dauids sonne moued him self malitiouslye againste his father and went in vnto his fathers concubines in the sighte of all Israell 2. reg 15.16 And would haue depryued his father both of hys lyfe and of his kingdome When our Lord had exalted Ieroboam vpon ten tribes of Israell by by he cōuerted and turned the people from worshipping of God 3. reg 12.13 and monished by the Prophet he commaunded hym to be taken Achab king of Iuda toke away our Lordes aultare and caused a nother to be made lyke vnto that whyche he had sene in Damasco and commaunded burnt offerynges to bee offred vp vpon it The Idolatry sorcery murther other diuers crimes cōmytted by Manasses are sufficientlye declared .iiii. Reg. xxi 2. Para. 33. After that Amasias had ouercomde and slain the Edomites and the men of Seir 2. Para. 25. and had brought away theyr Gods he worshypped them and burned incense vnto them Wherfore our Lord was wroth and rebuked him by his prophet sayinge vnto him whye hast thou worshipped those Goddes which were not able to deliuer theyr owne people out of thy hand Achaz king of Iuda offred sacrifices vnto the Gods of them of Damasco which bet hym and sayd The Gods of the kynges of Siria helpte them 2. Para. 28. therefore wyll I appease them wyth Sacrifices for then wyll they healpe me also But contrariously they were his destruction and the destruction of al Israel Because that Mardocheus only dyd not worshippe proud Aman Esth. 3. he procured with the king of the Assirians that all the Iewes should be putte to death When Ieremy rebuked the people because thei did sacrifice vnto straūge Gods Iere. 44. they answered sence we lefte of to do sacrifyce vnto the Quene of heauen we haue had scarcenesse of al thynges and pearysh wyth sweard hunger The lordes great estates of Darius the king of Persia did accuse Daniel Dani. 6. because that thre times a day he made hys prayers vnto hys God The two old priestes that saw Susan to be of a constant chastity should haue loued her Dani. 13. greatlye haue praised her But contrarilye they slaundred her and went about to condemn her to death but our Lorde dyd moste wonderfully deliuer her by an abstinent and a chast childe The wycked Alchinus whiche oughte to haue loued Iudas and his brethren 1. Mach. 7. with other vngodly men went to king Demetrius sayinge Iudas hys brethren haue slaine thy frendes and dryuen vs oute of oure owne lande ◠Mach. 9. When Antiochus was mineded to robbe the city of Pentapolis he whē the people ranne together to theyr weapons was faine to flie the which iniury he thoughte to aduenge vpon the Iewes They of Ioppa committed a verye cruell and a shamefull deede 2. Mach. 12. for they prayed CC. Iewes to enter and go in to the shyppes with them but when they were gone forth into the deape they drowned them Nether the austere and sharpe lyfe of Ihon Mat. 11. nor yet the temperate comly eating of our sauior coulde please the Iewes When the Pharises saw that our Lorde caste oute deuels Mat. 12. and that the people were amased they blasphemed saying Thys felow dryueth the deuels no otherwyse oute but by the healpe of Belzebub the chief of the deuils There was to much peruersitye in Iudas Mat. 26. that solde hys master for xxx syluer pence ¶ Of the wickednesse of tirauntes Ca. Cix PHarao inuented dyuers wyckednesses to extinguyshe Exo. 1. or to reduce the chyldren of Israell to a smaller nomber Fyrste of all he commaunded to punysh theym wyth harde laboure Secondarelye he
conueied Ioas one of the kings sonnes hyd him and saued him that he was not slaine Esther hauing compassion on those that were addicâ—e and appoynted to dye Esther 5. put her selfe in greate pearyll and yet shee obtayned of Ahaswerus the Iewes auauncement and pardon The pity of the blessed virgin Mary dyd well appeare Iohn 2. in as muche as she went to the marriage of the pore and when they lacked wine she vndesyred of anye manne and as an aduocate of the pore said vnto her soÌ„ne they haue no wyne And agayne her greate liberalitye maye euidently be knowen by thys Math. 2. For when she had receyued of the wise menne Golde Frankensence and mirrhe within a whyle after at the time of her purification and churching she was not able to offer a Lambe It is therefore to be supposed that she hadde geuen and distributed all those gyftes to the poore We reade that the sauioure of the worlde walckynge and beynge in the world Iohn 12. had hys specyall lodginge with Martha and Mary her sister The woman of Canane estemed the misery of her doughter to be her own misery Mat. 15. sayinge haue mercy on me O lord thou sonne of Dauid my doughter is pytcously vexed wyth a deuel And also when he wente throughe out cyties and Townes Luc. 8. the wemen ministred of their substaÌ„ce vnto him And the wemen stode by him when he suffred Luc. 23. and followed hym to hys crosse when hys apostles went from hym and were obsequious and dilygent about hym lying in hys graue Our lorde preferde the two mytes whyche the poore widowe caste into the treasury Luc. 21. aboue the gyftes of the ryche For she of her peâ—â—urye caste all the substaunce that shee had And oure Lorde dothe ponder more the deuotion of the mynde than the quaÌ„tity of the gyft Luc. 11. Whilest the Scribes and the Pharise is blasphemed oure lordes myracles a certayne woman which heard our lordes wordes deuoutly lyfte vp her voyce saying Blessed is the woÌ„b that bare thee Pilates wife laboured more to let oure lordes passyon mat 27. and the vniuste affection of Pylate then anye other manne of whome scrypture dothe testifye The apostle dothe declare suche thynges vnto the Corinthians 1. Cor. 9. wherby certayne of the apostles pretended that they myghte and had power to lead about wyth them a woman a sister to minister necessary thinges vnto them For the good workes and almesse dedes Act. 9. whyche Tabitha dyd vnto the wydowes they euen weping prayed Peter that he wold come to the deade And Peter moued with their teares kneled downe prayed reuiued her Peter comming out of Herodes prisone Act. 12. came to the house of Marye the mother of one Ihon whose syrname was Marke where manye were gathered together in prayer Where by it appeares that she was a deuoute a good woman and the hostesse of our lordes disciples Act. 16. A certaine woman named Lidia a seller of Purple throughe Paules predication and wordes beleued and when she was baptised and her houshoulde she besoughte vs sayinge If ye thincke that I beleue and be faithfull to my Lorde God come into my house and abide there and she coÌ„strained vs. Wher s. Luke doth sufficiently inough expresse that wemen proÌ„ptly and deuoutly do heare the word of God ¶ Of the fortitude and strength of wemen ca. cxxvi BArach the sonne of Abinoe wold not lead the host against Sisara except Delbora Lapidoths wise went with him Iudi. 4. She said I wil surely go with thee But at this time the victory shal not be ascribed vnto the. For Sisara shal be deliuered into the hand of a woman Booz saide vnto Ruth the whyche hadde forsaken her country and her goodes Ruth 3. The commen people that dwelleth wythin the gates of the city doth knowe that thou arte a woman of vertue Michol saued Dauid her husbande strongly and manfullye 1. reg 19. when Saule his father in law sought to slay him When Abigail sawe that her husband Nabal had aunswered Dauids seruauntes rughly and churlishly 1. reg 25. she hid her and toke diuers gifts and presents and pacified Dauid being chafed and angry Sara Raguels doughter tooke her maidens contumelious rebuke Tob. 3. moste pacieÌ„tly nor she gaue her no answer but turned her self to prayer Quene Esther put her self in daunger of deathe to deliuer her people Esther 5. when she presumed to goe vnto the king vncald That mother about al mesure was most wonderfull 2. mach 7. the whyche seynge her seuen sonnes die euen at one time bare it stronglye and ioyned a mans harte to the weake thought of a woman The blessed virgin Mary was very strong in refraininge of the ioye that she had in her sonnes conception natiuitye adoration of the wise menne in hys educatyon Predication operation of miracles and resurrection And agayne in sustayninge and bearinge the grerte heuynesse she sufferd in his passion The boldenes and audacity af Mary Magdalen was verye maruelous the which was present at our lordes passyon and came often to our lordes sepulchre nor departed not although the wel be loued disciples went theyr waies Iohn 20. but continued there weping Uery loue made her but to bold wheÌ„ she said Lord if thou haue borne him hence tell me where thou haste layde hym ¶ Of the auiditye and gredinesse of wemen Ca. Cxxvii THe fyrst woman saw that the tree was faire and delectable to the eyes Gen. 3. Then immediatlye there followeth That wythout any deliberation she toke of the frute therof and did eat Al be it that Sara was a good woman yet she was so desirous to haue children Gen. 16 that she woulde haue one of her maid sayinge vnto Abraham Go in vnto my maid When Rebecca was asked whether she would go wyth Abrahams seruaÌ„t by and by she answered Gen. 24. I wil go she saide not I wil goe if it be your pleasure or anye like wordes but I wyll goe Lothes doughters had rather haue children by their father Gen. 19. than to bee wythout children When Rachel saw that she was baren and bare no children Gen. 30. she enuyed her sister and saide to Iacob her husband Geue me children or els I am but dead Dina being desirous to see the wemen of the land Sichem saw her and opprest her Gene. 34. What shal we saye then of those whiche desire to see men and to be sene of them It is no maxnel c The ladye who me Ioseph serued faried not to be inticed of him Gen. â—9 but she required him to gredely Ara Calephs doughter obtaind of her father springes of water Iosu. 15. for she euen with sythes asked them Samsons wife lay so sore vpoÌ„ him that he told her the obscure rydle the whych he woulde not open vnto hys Parentes Iudi. 14. But she eftsones tolde