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A03549	The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in the former part of homilees. Set out by the aucthoritie of the Queenes Maiestie: and to be read in euery parishe church agreeably.; Certain sermons or homilies appointed to be read in churches. Book 2.	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Church of England. Homelie against disobedience and wylfull rebellion.; Church of England.	1571 (1571)	STC 13669; ESTC S106160	342,286	618

lawes are by rebels violated and broken that all sinnes possible to be committed against God or man be contayned in rebellion which sinnes yf a man list to name by the accustomed names of the seuen capitall or deadly sinnes as pride enuie wrath couetousnes slouth gluttonie and letcherie he shall finde them all in rebellion and amongst rebels For first as ambition and desyre to be aloft whiche is the propertie of pryde styrreth vp many mens myndes to rebellion so commeth it of a luciferian pryde and presumption that a fewe rebellious subiects should set themselues vp against the maiestie of theyr prince agaynst the wysedome of the counsellers agaynst the power and force of all nobilitie and the faythfull subiectes and people of the whole realme As for enuie wrath murther and desyre of blood and couetousnes of other mens goodes landes and lyuynges they are the inseparable accidentes of all rebelles and peculier properties that do vsually stirre vp wycked men vnto rebellion Nowe suche as by riotousnesse gluttonye drunkennesse excesse of apparell and vnthriftie games haue wasted their owne goodes vnthriftily the same are moste apte vnto and most desyrous of rebellion whereby they trust to come by other mens goodes vnlawfully and vyolentlye And where other gluttons and drunkardes take to muche of suche meates and drynkes as are serued to tables rebelles waste and consume in short space al corne in barnes feeldes orels wher whole garners whole storehouses whole cellers deuour whole flockes of sheepe whole droues of oxen and kyne And as rebels that are maryed leauyng their owne wyues at home do moste vngratiously so much more do vnmaryed men worse then any stallandes or horsses beyng now by rebellion set at libertie from correction of lawes whiche brydeled them before whiche abuse by force other mens wyues and daughters and rauishe virgins and maydens moste shamefully abhominably and damnably Thus all synnes by all names that synnes may be named and by all meanes that all synnes maye be committted and wrought do all wholly vppon heapes folowe rebellion and are to be founde altogether amongst rebelles Nowe whereas pestilence famine warre are by the holy scriptures declared to be the greatest worldly plagues and miseries that lightly can be it is euident that all the miseries that all these plagues haue in them do wholly altogether folowe rebellion wherin as all their miseries be so is there much more mischeefe then in them al. For it is knowne that in the resortyng of great companyes of men together whiche in rebellion happeneth both vppon the parte of true subiectes and of the rebelles by their close lying together and corruption of the ayre and place where they do lye with ordure and muche fylth in the hoatte weather and by vnholesome lodging and lying often vppon the grounde specially in cold and wette wethers in Wynter by their vnholesome diet and feedyng at all tymes and often by famine and lacke of meate and drinke in due tyme and again by takyng to muche at other tymes It is well knowne I say that aswell plagues and pestilences as all other kyndes of sicknesse and maladies by these meanes growe vpon and amongst men whereby mo men are consumed at the length then are by dint of sworde sodenly slayne in the feelde So that not onlye pestilences but also all other sicknesse diseases and maladies do folow rebellion which are muche more horrible then plagues pestilences and diseases sent directlye from god as hereafter shall appeare more plainelye And as for hunger and famine they are the peculier companions of rebellion for whiles rebels do in short tyme spoyle and consume al corne and necessarie prouision whiche men with their labours had gotten and appoynted vpon for their fyndyng the whole yere after and also do let all other men husbandmen and others from their husbandrie and other necessarie workes wherby prouision should be made for times to come who seeth not that extreame famine and hunger must needes shortly ensue and folowe rebellion Now whereas the wyse kyng and godly prophete Dauid iudged warre to be worse then either famine or pestilence for that these two are often suffered by God for mans amendment and be not sinnes of them selues but warres haue alwayes the synnes and mischeefes of men vpon the one syde or other ioyned with them and therfore is warre the greatest of these worldly mischeefes but of all warres ciuil warre is the worst and farre more abhominable yet is rebellion then anye ciuill warre beyng vn worthy the name of any warre so farre it exceedeth all warres in all naughtynesse in all mischeefe and in all abhomination And therfore our sauiour Christe denounceth desolation and destruction to that Realme that by sedition and rebellion is diuided in it selfe Nowe as I haue shewed before that pestilence and famine so is it yet more euident that all the calamities miseries and mischeefes of warre be more greeuous and do more folowe rebellion then anye other warre as beyng farre worse then all other warres For not onlye those ordinarye and vsuall mischeefe and miseseries of other warres do folowe rebellion as corne and other thynges necessarie to mans vse to be spoyled houses villages townes cities to be taken sacked burned destroyed not onlye many very wealthy men but whole countreyes to be impouerished and vtterly beggered manye thousandes of men to be slayne and murthered women and maydes to be vyolated and deflowred whiche thynges when they are done by forraigne enemies we do muche mourne as we haue great causes yet are al these miseries without any wyckednesse wrought by any our countreymen But when these mischeefes are wrought in rebellion by them that shoulde be freendes by countreymen by kynsmen by those that should defende their countrey and countreymen from suche miseries the miserie is nothyng so great as is the mischeefe and wyckednesse when the subiectes vnnaturally do rebel against their prince whose honour and lyfe they shoulde defende though it were with the losse of their owne lyues countreymen to disturbe the publique peace and quietnesse of their countrey for defence of whose quietnesse they shoulde spende their lyues the brother to seeke and often to worke the death of his brother the sonne of the father the father to seeke or procure the death of his sonnes beyng at mans age and by their faultes to disherite their innocent chyldren and kynsmen their heires for euer for whom they myght purchase lyuynges and landes as naturall parentes do take care and paynes and be at great costes and charges and vniuersally in stead of all quietnesse ioy and felicitie which do folow blessed peace and due obedience to bryng in all trouble sorowe disquietnesse of myndes and bodyes and al mischeefe and calamities to turne al good order vpsyde down to bryng all good lawes in contempt and to treade them vnder feete to oppresse all vertue and honestie and all vertuous and honest persons and to set al vice and wickednesse and all

necessities sake but also for an honest comelinesse Euen as in hearbes trees and sundrye fruites we haue not only diuers necessary vses but also the pleasaunt syght and sweete smell to delyght vs withall wherein we may behold the singuler loue of God towardes mankynde in that he hath prouided both to relieue our necessities also to refreshe our senses with an honest moderate recreation Therefore Dauid in the Ciiii. Psalme confessing Gods carefull prouidence sheweth that God not onelye prouideth thinges necessary for men as hearbes and other meates but also suche thinges as maye reioyce and comfort as wyne to make glad the heart oyles and oyntmentes to make the face to shine So that they are altogether past the limittes of humanitie which yelding onely to necessitie forbid the lawfull fruition of Gods benefites With whose traditions we may not be led if we geue eare to saint Paule who writing to the Collossians willeth them not to harken vnto such men as shall saye touche not taste not handle not superstitiouslye bereeuing them of the fruition of Gods creatures And no lesse truelye ought we to beware least vnder pretence of Christian libertie we take lycence to do what we liste aduauncing our selues in sumptuous apparell and despysing other preparing our selues in fyne brauerie to wanton lewde and vnchaste behauiour To the auoyding whereof it behoueth vs to be myndefull of foure lessons taught in holye scripture whereby we shall learne to temper our selues and to restraine our immoderate affections to that measure which God hath appoynted The first is that we make not prouision for the flesh to accomplish the lustes therof with costlye apparell as that harlot did of whom Salomon speaketh Prouerbes the ▪ vii which perfumed her bed and deckt it with costly ornamentes of Egipt to the fulfilling of her lewde lust but rather ought we by moderate temperaunce to cut of al occasions whereby the fleshe might get the victorie The second is written by saint Paul in the ▪ vii Chapter of his first Epistle to the Corinthes where he teacheth vs to vse this worlde as though we vsed it not Whereby he cutteth away not only al ambition pryde and vayne pompe in apparel but also all inordinate care affection which withdraweth vs from the contemplation of heauenly thinges and consideration of our duetie towardes god They that are muche occupyed in caryng for thynges parteyning to the bodye are moste commonlye negligent and carelesse in matters concerning the soule Therefore our Sauiour Christe willeth vs not to take thought what we shall eate or what we shall drynke or wherewith we shall be clothed but rather to seeke the kingdome of God ▪ and the ryghteousnesse thereof Whereby we maye learne to beware least we vse those thynges to our hinderaunce whiche God hath ordayned for our comfort and furtheraunce toward his Kingdome The third is that we take in good part our estate and condition and content our selues with that whiche God sendeth whether it be muche or little He that is ashamed of base and simple attyre wil be proude of gorgeous apparell if he maye get it We must learne therefore of the Apostle S. Paul both to vse plentye and also to suffer penurye remembring that we must yeelde accomptes of those thinges whiche we haue receaued vnto him who abhorreth al excesse pride ostentation and vanitie who also vtterly condempneth and disaloweth whatsoeuer draweth vs from our dutie towardes God or diminishe our charitie towardes our neighbours and brethren whom we ought to loue as our selues The fourth and last rule is that euery man beholde and consider his owne vocation in as much as God hath appoynted euery man his degree and office within the limittes whereof it behoueth him to keepe him selfe Therefore all may not looke to weare lyke apparel but euery one according to his degree as God hath placed him Which if it were obserued manye one doutlesse shoulde be compelled to weare a russet coate which nowe ruffeleth in silkes and veluettes spending more by the yere in sumptuous apparel thē their fathers receaued for the whole reuenue of their landes But alas nowe a dayes how many maye we beholde occupyed wholly in pampering the fleshe taking no care at all but onely howe to decke them selues setting their affection altogether on worldly brauerye abusing Gods goodnesse when he sendeth plentie to satisfie their wanton lustes hauing no regarde to the degree wherin God hath placed them The Israelites were contented with such apparel as God gaue them although it were base and simple And God so blessed them that their shoes and clothes lasted them fourtie yeres yea and those clothes which their fathers had worne their children were cōtent to vse afterwarde But we are neuer contented and therfore we prosper not so that most commonly he that ruffleth in his Sables in his fine furred gowne corked slippers trimme buskins and warme mittons is more redy to chill for colde then the poore labouring man which can abyde in the fielde all the day long when the north wynde blowes with a fewe beggerlye cloutes about him We are loth to weare suche as our fathers haue left vs we thinke not that sufficient or good enough for vs We must haue one gowne for the day another for the night one long another short one for wynter another for sommer one through furred another but faced one for the workyng daye another for the holye day one of this colour another of that colour one of cloth another of sylke or Damaske We must haue chaunge of apparel one afore dinner another after one of the Spanishe fassion another Turkie and to be briefe neuer content with sufficient Our sauiour Christ bad his Disciples they should not haue two coates but the moste men farre vnlyke to his scollers haue their presses so full of apparell that manye knoweth not how many sortes they haue Whiche thyng caused Saint James to pronounce this terrible curse agaynst such welthy worldlynges Go to ye riche men weepe and houle in your wretchednesse that shall come vppon you your ryches are corrupt and your garmentes are moth eaten ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earth and in wantonnesse ye haue nourished your heartes as in the day of slaughter Marke I besech you saint James calleth them miserable notwithstanding their riches and plentie of apparell forasmuche as they pamper their bodies to their owne destruction What was the ryche glutton the better for his syne fare and costly apparell Did not he nourishe him selfe to be tormented in hell fyre Let vs learne therefore to content our selues hauing foode and raiment as saint Paul teacheth least desyring to be enryched with aboundaunce we fall into temptations snares and many noysome lustes whiche drowne men in perdition and destruction Certaynlye suche as delyght in gorgeous apparel are commonlye puffed vp with pryde and filled with dyuers vanities So were the daughters of Sion