them and of their children after them Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your hart Deut. 10 16 and harden your neckes no more OF THE WORKES OF DARKNES and workes of the Flesh Gen. 6 5. THE Lord saw that the wickednesse of man was great in the earth Gen. 8 21. And all the imaginations of the thoughtes of his hart were onely euyll continually Ephe. 4 18 19. Hauing their cogitation darkoned and being strangers from the lyfe of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the hardnesse of their hart Which being past feeling haue geuen them selues vnto wantonnesse to worke all vncleannesse euen with greedines Rom. 1 21. Because that when they knew God they glorified him not as God neyther were thankfull but became vayne in their imaginations and their foolysh hart was full of darknesse Mark 7 21 22. For from within euen out of the hart of man proceede euyll thoughtes adulteries fornications murthers theftes couetousnesse wickednesse deceit vncleannesse a wicked eye backbyting pride foolyshnesse All these euyll thinges come from within and defyle a man Gall. 5 19 20 The workes of the Flesh are manifest which are adulterie fornication vncleannes wantonnes idolatrie witchcraft hatred debate emulations wrath contentions seditions herisies enuie murther drunkennes gluttonie and such lyke whereof I tell you before as I also haue tolde you before that they which do such thinges shall not inherite the kingdome of God Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord Math. 7 23. haue not wee by thy name prophecied and by thy name cast out deuyls and by thy name done many great workes Then shall ye begin to say Luk. 13 26.27 We haue eaten and dronken in thy presence and thou hast taught vs in our streetes But he shall say I tell you I knowe you not whence ye are Depart from mee all ye workers of iniquitie Away from mee all ye workers of iniquitie Psal 6 8. for the Lord hath heard the voyce of my weeping Then shall he say vnto them on the left hand Math. 25 41 Depart from mee ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the deuyll and his angels EXHORTATION THE nyght is past and the day is at hand Rom. 13 12. let vs therefore cast away the workes of darknesse and let vs put on the armour of light And haue no felowshyp with the vnfruitfull workes of darknes but euen reproue them rather Ephe. 5 11. The grace of God Tit. 2 11 12 that bringeth saluation vnto all men hath appeared And teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlines and worldly lustes and that we should lyue soberly and righteously in this present worlde Walke in the spirit Gall. 5 16. and ye shall not fulfill the lustes of the flesh Gal. 5 22 23 24 25. The fruites of the spirit is loue ioy peace long suffering gentlenesse goodnesse fayth meekenesse temperancie against such there is no law For they that are Christes haue crucified the flesh with the affections If we lyue in the spirit let vs also walke in the spirit Math. 7 13. Enter in at the straight gate for it is the wyde gate and brode way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which goe in thereat Luk. 13 24. Striue to enter in at the straight gate for many I say vnto you will seeke to enter in and shall not be able FINIS A GODLY PRAYER AND CONFESSION OF our Sinnes vnto God O MOST merciful Lord God and my tender and deare Father vouchsafe I hartely beseech thee to looke downe with thy fatherly eyes of pittie vpon mee a most vile and wretched sinner which lie heere prostrate in hart before the feate of thy bottomlesse mercie for I confesse I haue most greeuously sinned against the throne of thy glory and before thee O Father in so much as I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne neuerthelesse forasmuch as thou art the God and Father of all comfort and desirest not the death of a sinner but like a true Samaritan takest thought for my seely wounded soule Make mee I pray thee by infunding thy precious oyle of comfort into my woundes ioyfully to runne with the lost Sonne vnto the lappe of thine euerlasting pittie For loe thou art my hope and trust in whom I onely repose my selfe hauing in thee full confidence and stedfast fayth and so I say with a very true and faythfull hart trusting only in thy mercie I beleeue in thee O God the Father in thee O God the Sonne and in thee O God the holy Ghost three persons and one true and also very God besides whom I acknowledge none other God in heauen aboue nor in the earth beneath yea and I poore miserable sinner doe accuse my selfe vnto thee deare Father that I haue sore and greeuosly offended thy Almighty goodnesse and maiestie in the committing of mine abundant and manifolde sinnes and wretchednesse which exceede the number of the Sandes in the Sea and haue not kept the least of thy most godly and blessed commaundementes lyke as thy righteousnes may require and demaunde the same of me which if thou Lord shouldest so require there were no helpe or hope in me but that I must needes perysh and be damned for euer I confesse also that I haue not honoured thee lyke my God nor dread thee lyke my Lord loued thee lyke my Father nor trusted in thee lyke my creator and Sauiour Thy holy and dreadfull name vnto whom all honour glory of duetie belongeth haue I vsed in vayne I haue not sanctified the holy dayes with works which be acceptable vnto thee nor in instructing my neighbour in vertue accordingly I haue not honoured my Parentes nor been obedient vnto them The high powers rulers which take their authority of thee I haue not been willingly obedient vnto I haue not kept myne hart pure and cleane from man slaughter theft adulterie enuie malice hatred disdaynefulnes pride couetousnes drunkennes gluttonie wantonnesse backbyting slaunder falsehood and false-witnes bearyng but haue in my hart and minde wyshed and desired my neighbours goodes and thinges I haue folowed the great Prince of this worlde Satan which hath been a lyar euen from the beginnyng in concupisence of the flesh in deceitfulnesse in all kinde of euyll and wicked lyuing in thought worde and deede in dispayre and also mysbeliefe But in what manner soeuer that I haue offended and sinned agaynst thy eternall Maiestie for no man knoweth throughly his sinnes as the prophet witnesseth whether it hath been by day or els by nyght yea euen from my chyldhood vnto this day were it in wordes workes or thoughtes secretly or openly O most mercifull God and heauenly Father I am most sorie for it euen from the bottom of my hart yea and my soule mourneth for very sorow within me O most mercifull Father that I am not a thousande tymes more soryer then I am Howbeit in token of my great and vnfeigned repentance though all hartes be knowen well ynough vnto thee I do cry and call vnto thee for refuge in the bitternesse of my hart and soule Lord God and Father haue mercie Lord God and Sonne haue mercie and Lord God holy Ghost haue mercie Spare mee good Lord of thine infinite mercie both now and all the dayes of my life and graunt mee of thine aboundant grace so as I may change my sinfull life and put off the olde man with all his euyll concupisence and deceiueable lustes and that I may die vnto the worlde and so goe foorth in a new life Strengthen thou mee O Lord I humblie beseech thee in a true humble lowlie and perfect hart faythfully to loue hope and trust in thee Giue my soule most heauenly Father the grace of thy holy spirit to desire thee onely in thee onely to reioyce and repose my selfe and that I may vtterly renounce and forsake the vanities and vaine affiance and delightes of this worlde so that thou mayest finde mee readie with the good Seruant in the midnight of my death which shall sodaynely steale vpon mee like a theefe eare I be aware Bee thou vnto mee at that time of neede O Lord a Tower of strength a Pallace of refuge and a defencible God namely against the face of the feende who like a roring Lyon wil be then most readie to deuoure me and against desperation which then wil be busie to grieue and assayle mee Graunt mee most mercifull Sauiour that when death shall shut vp the eyes of this my mortall body yet that the eyes of my soule may still beholde and looke vpon thee with a liuely and perfect fayth that when death hath taken away the vse of my tongue and outward senses yet that my hart and soule may cry and say vnto thee O Lord into thy handes I giue and commit my soule Lord Iesu receiue my spirit vnto thee Fetch then againe Lord God the Father I humblie beseech thee that which thy wisedome and puissant might hath shapen and fashioned Fetch then againe Lord God the Sonne that which thou hast so wisely and carefully gouerned and bought with the deare price of thy most precious blood Take then againe thou Lord God holy Ghost that which thou hast kept and preserued so louingly in this region of sinne and vale of miserie Vnto whom as of right and duetie belongeth be all honour power prayse and glory for euer and euer worlde without ende Amen Despise not a man that turneth himselfe away from sinne nor cast him not in the teeth withall but remember that we are all worthy blame Ecclus. 8.5 Imprinted at London by William White 1598.
from Idolatrie Iohn 13 13. Ye call mee Maister and Lord and ye say well for so am I. 1. Iohn 4 12. No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Iohn 1 18. No man hath seene God at any time the onely begotten Sonne which is in the bosome of the Father he hath declared him 1. Cor. 12 3. I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirit of God calleth Iesus execrable Also no man can say that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy Ghost The houre commeth now is Iohn 4 23 24. when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and trueth for the Father requireth euen such to worship him God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and trueth And that euery tongue should confesse Phil. 2 11. that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto the glory of God the Father These shall fight with the Lambe Reue. 17 14. and the Lambe shall ouercome them for he is Lord of Lordes and King of Kinges and they that are on his side called and chosen and faythfull And he hath vpon his garment and vpon his thigh Reue. 19 16. a name written The King of Kinges and Lord of Lordes I thanke him which hath made mee strong that is 1. Tim. 1 12 Christ Iesus our Lord for he counted me faythfull and put me in his seruice Who onely hath immortalitie 1. Tim. 6 16 and dwelleth in the light that none can attayne vnto whom neuer man saw neither can see vnto whom be honour and power euerlasting Amen OF ANTICHRIST and false Christes WHO is a lyar 1. Iohn 2 22. but he that denieth that Iesus is Christ the same is the Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Sonne And euery spirit which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh 1. Iohn 4 3. is not of God but is the spirit of Antichrist of whom ye haue heard how that he should come and now already he is in the world 1. Iohn 4 5. They are of the world therefore speake they of the world and the world heareth them 2. Iohn 7. Many deceyuers are entred into the worlde which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh He that is such one is a deceyuer and an Antichrist Math. 24 5 Many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceiue many 2. Thes 2.9 Euen him whose comming is by the working of Satan with all power and signes and lying wonders Mat. 24 24. Mar. 13 22. There shall arise false Christes and false Prophetes and shall shew great signes and wonders so that if it were possible they should deceiue the very elect 1. Iohn 2 18 19. Babes it is the last time and as ye haue heard that Antichrist shall come euen now are there many Antichristes whereby we know that it is the last time They went out from vs but they were not of vs For yf they had been of vs they would haue continued with vs. But this commeth to passe that it might appeare that they are not all of vs. EXHORTATION Mat. 24 23. Mar. 13 21. Mat. 24 25. IF any shall say vnto you Loe here is Christ or there beleeue it not Beholde I haue tolde you before Wherefore if they shall say vnto you Beholde Mat. 24 26. he is in the desart goe not foorth beholde he is in the secret places beleeue it not Then they shall say to you Beholde heere Luk 17 23. or beholde there But go not thither neither folow them Take heede that ye be not deceiued Luk. 21 8. for many will come in may name saying I am Christ and the time draweth neare folow ye not them therefore And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Math. 24 4. Mark 13 5. Take heede that no man deceiue you Let no man deceiue you with vayne wordes Ephes 5 6. For such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Let no man deceiue you by any meanes 2. Thes 2 3. for that day shall not come except there come a departing first and that that man of Sinne be disclosed euen the sonne of perdition OF FALSE PROPHETS false Doctrine and Teachers SOnne of man Eze. 13 2 3. prophecie against the Prophets of Israel that prophecie and say thou vnto them that prophecie out of their owne hartes Heare the worde of the Lord. Thus sayth the Lord God Woe vnto the foolysh Prophets that folow their owne spirite and haue seene nothing And if the Prophet be deceiued when he hath spoken a thing Eze. 14 9. I the Lord haue deceiued that Prophet and I will stretch out mine hand vpon him and will destroy him from the middes of my people Israel Eze. 22 25. There is a conspiracie of her Prophetes in the middes thereof like a roaring Lion rauening the pray they haue deuoured soules they haue taken the riches and precious thinges they haue made her many widowes in the mids thereof Ier. 23 9 11 21. Mine hart breaketh within me because of the Prophets all my bones shake I am like a drunken man and like a man whom wine hath ouercome for the presence of the Lord for his holy words For both the Prophet and the Priest doe wickedly and their wickednesse haue I founde in mine House sayth the Lord. I haue not sent these Prophetes sayth the Lord yet they runne I haue not spoken to them and yet they prophesied Ier. 14 14. The Prophetes prophesie lyes in my name I haue not sent them neither did I commande them neither spake I vnto them But they prophesie vnto you a false vision and diuination and vanitie and deceitfulnesse of their owne hart Ier. 27 15. and 29 9. I haue not sent them sayth the Lord yet they prophesie a lye in my name that I might cast you out and that ye might perish both you and the Prophets that prophesie vnto you 1. Tim. 2 1. This know also that in the last dayes shall come perilous times 2. Pet. 2 1. There were false Prophetes also among the people euen as there shal be false Teachers among you which priuily shall bring in damnable heresies euen denying the Lord that hath bought them and bring vpon themselues swift damnation And many shall folow their damnable wayes 2. Pet. 2 2. by whom the way of trueth shal be euyll spoken of There are certayne men crept in Iude. 4 18. which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation vngodly men they are which turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse and denie God the onely Lord and our Lord Iesus Christ This first vnderstande 2. Pet. 3 3. that there shall come in the last dayes mockers which will walke after their lustes The Prophet that shall
worlde which come to nought But we speake the wisedome of God in a mysterie euen the hid wisedome which God had determined before the worlde vnto our glory Which none of the princes of this world hath knowen For had they knowen it they would not haue crucified the Lord of glory 1. Cor. 3 18 19. Let no man deceiue himselfe If any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde let him be a foole that he may be wise For the wisedome of this worlde is foolyshnesse with God For it is written He catcheth the wise in their owne craftinesse Iam. 3 17. The wisedome that is from aboue is first pure then peaceable gentle easie to be intreated full of mercie and good fruites without iudging and without hipocrisie Eccle. 12 13. Let vs heare the ende of all Feare God and keepe his commandementes for this is the whole duetie of a man OF RICHES AND RICH-MEN WOE be to you that are rich Luk. 6 24. for ye haue receiued your consolation Goe to now ye rich men Iam. 5 1 3 4 5 6. weepe and howle for your myseries that shall come vppon you Your riches are corrupt and your garmentes are motheaten Your golde and siluer is cankered and the rust of them shal be a witnesse against you and shall eate your flesh as it were fire Ye haue heaped vp treasure for the last dayes Beholde the hire of the labourers which haue reaped your fieldes which is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earth and in wantonnesse Ye haue nourished your hartes as in a day of slaughter Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iust and he hath not resisted you Riches auayle not in the day of wrath Pro. 11 4. But righteousnesse deliuereth from death The rich dealeth vnrighteously Eccle. 13 3.21 and threatneth withall but the poore being oppressed must intreate If the riche haue done wrong he must yet be intreated but if the poore haue done it he shall straight wayes be threatned As the proude hate humilitie so doe the riche abhor the poore Eccle. 13 22 23 24. If a Rich man fall his friendes set him vp againe but when the poore falleth his friendes driue him away If a Rich man offende he hath many helpers he speaketh proude wordes and yet men iustifie him But yf a poore man fayle they rebuke him and though he speake wisely yet can it haue no place When the Rich man speaketh euery man holdeth his tongue and looke what he sayth they prayse it vnto the cloudes But if the poore man speake they say VVhat fellow is this And yf he doe amisse they will destroy him Eccle. 11 18 19. Some man is rich by his care and niggardshyp and this is the portion of his wages In that he sayth I haue gotten rest and now will I eate continually of my goodes yet he considereth not that the time draweth neare that he must leaue all these thinges vnto other men and die him selfe Eccle. 31 3. The Rich man hath great laboure in gathering riches togeather and in his rest he is filled with pleasure Eccle. 4 8. There is one alone which hath neither sonne nor brother yet is there no ende of all his trauell neither can his eye be satisfied with riches neither doth he thinke For whom doe I trauell and defraude my soule of pleasure this also is vanitie and this is an euyll trauell Eccle. 5 9 12 13. He that loueth Siluer shall not be satisfied with Siluer and he that loueth Riches shal be without the fruite thereof There is an euyll sicknes that I haue seene vnder the sunne to wit riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euyll And those riches perish by euyll trauell and he begetteth a sonne and in his hand is nothing A man to whom God hath geuen riches Eccle. 6 2. and treasures and honour and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that he desireth but God geueth him not power to eate thereof but a stranger shall eate it vp This is vanitie and an euyll sicknesse The Rich mans riches are his strong citie Pro. 18 11. and as an high wall in his imagination Riches remayne not alway Pro. 27 24. nor the crowne from generation to generation What profit hath the pompe of riches brought vs Wis 5 8 9.13 They passed away lyke a shadow and as a Post that passeth by Euen so we as soone as we be borne we begin to draw to our ende and haue shewed no token of vertue but are consumed in our wickednesse Doubtles man walketh in a shadow Psal 39 6. and disquietch him selfe in vayne he heapeth vp riches and can not tell who shall gather them VVhere are the Princes of the Heathen Bar. 3 17 18 and such as horded vp siluer and golde wherein men trust and made none ende of their gatheringes They that coyned siluer and were so carefull of their worke and whose inuention had none ende Baru 3 19. Are come to nought and gone downe to hell and other men are come vp in their steedes Iob. 27 8 14 19 23. What hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches yf God take away his soule If his children be in great number the sworde shall destroy them and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread When the rich man sleepeth he shall not be gathered to his fathers they opened their eyes and he was gone Euery man shall clap their handes at him and hisse at him out of their place Mar. 4 19. The cares of this worlde and the deceitfulnesse of riches and the lustes of other thinges enter in and choke the worde and it is vnfruitfull Luk. 16 13. Math. 6 24. No seruant can serue two Maisters for either he shall hate the one and loue the other or els he shal loue the one and despise the other ye can not serue God and Riches Eze. 7 19. They shall cast their siluer in the streetes and their golde shal be cast farre off Their siluer and their golde can not delyuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They shall not satisfie their soules neither fill their bowels for their ruine is for their iniquitie Zepha 1 18. Neither their siluer nor their golde shal be able to deliuer them in the day of the Lordes wrath But the whole lande shal be deuoured by the fire of his ielousie for he shall make euen a speedie riddance of all them that dwell in the land Iesus sayd vnto his disciples Mat. 19 23.24 Verely I say vnto you that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdome of heauen And agayne I say vnto you It is easier for a Cammel to goe through the eye of a needle then for a riche man to
enter into the kingdome of God And I will say to my soule Soule Luk. 12 19 20 21. thou hast much goodes layde vp for many yeeres liue at ease eate drinke and take thy pastime But God sayd vnto him O foole this nyght will they fetch away thy soule from thee then whose shall those thinges be which thou hast prouided So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe and is not rich in God EXHORTATION BLessed is the rich which is found without blemysh Ecclu 31 8. and hath not gone after golde nor heaped in money and treasures We came naked into this worlde Iob. 1 21. and naked we must goe foorth againe Trust not vnto thy riches and say not Ecclu 5 1 8. I haue enough for my selfe for it shall not helpe in the time of vengance and indignation Trust not in wicked riches for they shall not helpe thee in the day of punishment and vengeance Beware least thou say in thine hart My power Deut. 8 17. and the strength of mine owne hand hath prepared me this abundance Luk. 12 15. Take heede and beware of couetousnesse for though a man haue abundance yet his lyfe standeth not in his riches 1. Tim. 6 17. Charge them that are rich in this worlde that they be not high minded and that they trust not in vncertaine riches but in the liuing God which geueth vs abundantly all thinges to enioy OF PRIDE AND Proude-men Eccle. 10 7 12 13 14.19 PRIDE is hatefull before God and man Why is earth and ashes proude seeing that when a man dyeth he is the heire of Serpentes beastes and wormes The beginning of mans pride is to fall away from God and to turne away his hart from his maker Pride is the originall of Sinne and he that hath it shall powre out abhomination tyll at last he be ouerthrowen therfore the Lord bringeth the perswasion of the wicked to dishonour and destroyeth them Pride was not created in man Psal 10 2 4. The wicked with pride doth persecute the poore Let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined The wicked is so proude that he seeketh not for God he thinketh alwayes There is no God The proude haue layde a snare for me Psal 140 5. and spread a net with cordes in my path-way and set grinnes for me The Lord cut off all flattering lyppes Psal 12 3. and the tongue that speaketh proude thinges Lord mine hart is not hautie Psal 131 1. neither are mine eyes loftie neither haue I walked in matters hid from me Let not the foote of pride come against me Psal 36 11. and let not the hand of the wicked men moue me Mockerie and reproch folow the proude Ecclu 27 28 and vengeance lurketh for them as a Lyon The proude man is as he that transgresseth by wine therfore shall he not endure Haba 2 5. because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell and is as death and can not be satisfied but gathereth vnto him all nations and heapeth vnto him all people The high looke of man shal be humbled Esa 11 11 12. and the loftines of men shal be abased and the Lord onely shal be exalted For the day of the Lord of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie and vpon all that is exalted and it shal be made low We haue heard the pride of Moab he is exceeding proud his stoutnesse and his arrogancie Ier. 48 29. and his pride and the hautinesse of his hart A hautie looke and a proude hatt Pro. 21 4.24 which is the lyght of the wicked is sinne Proude hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath Pride goeth before destruction Pro. 16.18 and an high minde before the fall Pro. 11 2. When pride commeth then commeth shame but with the lowlie is wisedome Pro. 29 23. The pride of a man shall bring him low but the humble in spirit shall enioy glory EXHORTATION Psal 40 4. BLessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust and regardeth not the proude 1. Pet. 5 5 6. Submit your selues euery man one to another decke your selues inwardly in lowlinesse of minde for God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Humble your selues vnder the mightie hand of God that he may exalt you in due time Ecclu 10 15 16 18. The Lord hath cast downe the throne of the proude Princes and set vp the meeke in their stead The Lord plucketh vp the rootes of the proud nations and planteth the lowly among them God destroyeth the memoriall of the proude and leaueth the remembrance of the humble Rom. 12 10. Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before another Iam. 4 6 10. But the Scripture offereth more grace and therefore sayth God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to to the humble Cast downe your selues before the Lord and he will lift you vp 1. Pet 2 17. Honour all men loue brotherly felowshyp feare God honour the King Whosoeuer exalteth himselfe shal be brought low Luk. 14.11 and. 18 14. Mat. 23 12. and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted OF WHOREDOME and Whoremongers FOR because of the whorish Woman Pro. 6 2 32 a man is brought to a morsel of bread and a woman will hunt for the precious life of a man He that committeth adulterie with a woman he is destitute of vnderstanding he that doth it destroyeth his owne soule I saw among the fooles Pro. 7 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16. and considered among the children a young man destitute of vnderstanding Who passed through the streete in the twilight in the euening when the night began to be blacke and darke And beholde there met him a woman with an Harlots behauiour and subtill in hart Shee is babbling and loude whose feete can not abyde in her house Now she is without now in the streetes and lyeth in wayte at euery corner So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face sayd vnto him I haue peace offeringes this day haue I payde my vowes Therefore came I foorth to meete thee that I might seeke thy face and I haue found thee I haue deckt my bed with ornamentes Carpets and laces of Egypt Pro. 7 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. I haue perfumed my bed with Myrrhe Oloes and Cinamom Come let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning let vs take our pleasure in daliance For mine husband is not at home he is gone a iourney a farre off He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer and will come home at the day appoynted Thus with her great cralt she caused him to yeelde and with her flatteryng lyppes she entised him And he folowed her straight wayes as an Oxe to the slaughter and as a foole to the stockes for correction Till a dart strike through
thou lende money to my people that is to the poore with thee thou shalt not be as a Vsurer vnto him ye shall not oppresse him with Vsurie If thou take thy neighbours rayment to pledge thou shalt restore it vnto him before the Sunne going downe Thou shalt take no Vsurie of thy brother Leui. 25 36 37. nor vantage but thou shalt feare thy God that thy brother may lyue with thee Thou shalt not giue him thy money to Vsurie nor lende him thy victuals for increase He that increaseth his riches by Vsurie and interest Pro. 28 8. gathereth them for him that wil be mercifull vnto the poore The poore and the vsurer meete togeather Pro. 29 13. and the Lord lyghteneth both their eyes Lord who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle Psal 15 1 5. who shall rest in thine holy mountaine He that geueth not his money vnto Vsurie nor taketh reward against the innocent In thee haue they taken gyftes to shed blood Eze. 22 12. Thou hast taken Vsurie and the increase and thou hast defrawded thy neighbours by extortion and hast forgotten mee sayth the Lord. He that hath not oppressed any Eze. 18 7 8. but hath restored the pledge He that hath spoyled none by violence but hath geuen his bread to the hungrie and hath couered the naked with a garment and hath not geuen forth vpō vsurie neither hath taken any increase but hath withdrawen his hand from iniquitie hath executed true iudgment betweene man and man He shall surely lyue sayth the Lord. EXHORTATION Deu. 15 7 8. IF one of thy brethren be poore thou shalt not harden thine hart nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him and shalt lende him sufficient for his neede which he hath Math. 5 42 Giue to him that asketh and from him that woulde borrow of thee turne not away Luk. 6 34 35. And if ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receiue what thanke shall ye haue for euen the sinners lende to sinners to receiue the like Wherefore Loue ye your enimies and doe good and lende looking for nothing againe and your reward shal be great and ye shal be the children of the most High for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde and to the euyll OF FALSE WEIGHTES and Measures Deut. 25 13 14. THOV shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of Weightes a great and a small Neither thou shalt haue in thine house diuers Measures a great and a small Pro. 11 1. False Balances are an abhomination vnto the Lord but a perfect Weight pleaseth him Pro. 20 10. Diuers Weightes and diuers Measures both these are euen abhomination vnto the Lord. Hose 12 7. He is Canaan the Balances of deceit are in his hand he loueth to oppresse With him is strength and wisedome Iob. 12 16. he that is deceiued and he that deceiueth is his Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement in line Leuit. 19 35. in weight or in measure EXHORTATION A True Weight and Balance are of the Lord Pro. 16 11. all the Weightes of the bagge are his worke Leuit. 19 36 Ye shall haue iust Balances true Weightes a true Ephah and a true Hin I am the Lord your God which haue brought you out of the land of Egypt Thou shalt haue a right and a iust Weight Deut. 25 15 16. a perfect and a iust Measure shalt thou haue that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee For all that doe such thinges and all that doe vnrighteously are abhomination vnto the Lord thy God OF SWEARING THOV shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine Exo. 20 7. Deut. 5 11. for the Lord will not hold him giltles that taketh his name in vaine Also ye shall not sweare by my name falsely Leui 19 12. neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God I am the Lord. Let none of you imagine euyll in your hartes against his neighbour and loue no false oth Zecha 8 17. for all these are the thinges that I hate sayth the Lord. Psal 15 4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned but he honoureth them that feareth the Lord. He that sweareth to his owne hinderaunce and changeth not Ier. 5 2. Though they say The Lord liueth yet doe they sweare falsely Eccle. 23 11. A man that vseth much Swearing shal be filled with wickednes and the plague shal neuer go from his house when he shall offende his fault shal be vpon him and yf he knowledge not his sinne he maketh a double offence and yf he sweare in vayne he shall not be innocent but his house shall be full of plagues EXHORTATION Ecclu 23 13 VSE not thy mouth to ignorant rashnesse or inordinate Swearing for therein is the occasion of sinne Math. 5 33 34 35 36 37 Ye haue heard that it is sayd to them of olde time Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalt performe thine othes to the Lord. But I say vnto you Sweare not at all neither by heauen for it is the throne of God Nor yet by the earth for it is his footestoole neither by Ierusalem for it is the citie of the great King Neither shalt thou sweare by thine head because thou canst not make one haire white or blacke But let your communication be Yea yea Nay nay For whatsoeuer is more then these commeth of euyll But before all thinges my brethren Sweare not Iam. 5 12. neither by heauen nor by earth nor by any other othe but let your yea be yea and your nay nay least ye fall into condemnation Accustome not thy mouth to Swearing Ecclu 23 9. for in it there are many faultes neither take vp for a custome the naming of the holy one for thou shalt not be vnpunished for such thinges OF LYING YE are of your father the Deuill Iohn 8 44. and the lustes of your father ye will doe He hath been a murtherer from the beginning and abode not in the trueth because there is no trueth in him When he speaketh a lie then speaketh he of his owne for he is a lyar and the father thereof They haue sharpened their tongues lyke a Serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Psal 140 3. Take from me the way of Lying Psal 119 29 and graunt me graciously thy law A faythfull witnesse will not lye Pro. 14 5. but a false recorde will speake lyes A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished Pro. 19 5. and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape Now therefore beholde 1. kin 22 23. the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy Prophets and the Lord hath appoynted euyll against thee The Lord shall haue no pleasure in their young men Esa 9 17. neither will he haue compassion of the fatherles and their widowes
for euery one is an hypocrite and wicked and euery mouth speaketh follie Iob 13 4. For in deede ye forge lyes and all you are phisitians of no value Pro. 17 4. The wicked geueth heede to false lippes and a lyar harkeneth to the naughtie tongue Esa 19 14. The Lord hath mingled among them the spirits of errours and they haue caused Egypt to erre in euery worke thereof as a drunken man erreth in his vomyte Pro. 12 22. The lying lippes are an abhomination to the Lord but they that deale truely are his delight Psal 120 2. Deliuer my soule O Lord from lying lippes and from a deceitfull tongue Act. 5 3 4. Ananias why hath Satan filled thine hart that thou shouldest lie vnto the holy Ghost and keepe away part of the price of the possession Whiles it remayned appertained it not vnto thee and after it was solde was it not in thine owne power How is it that thou hast conceiued this thing in thine hart thou hast not lyed vnto men but vnto God Eccle. 20 23 24.25 A lye is a wicked shame in a man yet it is oft in the mouth of the vnwyse A theefe is better then a man that is accustomed to lye but they both shall haue destruction to heritage The conditions of lyars are vnhonest and their shame is euer with them EXHORTATION CAst off lying Ephe. 4 25. and speake euery man trueth vnto his neighbour for we are members one of another Lye not one to another Collo 3 9. seeing that ye haue put off the olde man with his workes Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust Psal 40 4. and regardeth not the proude nor such as turne aside to lyes Sowe not a lye against thy brother Ecclus. 7 12. nor doe the same against thy friende These are the thinges that ye shall doe Zecha 8 16. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour execute iudgement truely and vprightly in your gates Keepe thy tongue from euyll Psal 34 13. and thy lippes that they speake no guyle Vse not to make any maner of lye Ecclus. 7 13. for the custome thereof is not good If any man long after life and to see good dayes 1. Pet. 3 10. let him refraine his tongue from euyll and his lippes that they speake no guyle OF BACKBITERS and Tale-bearers THOV shalt not walke about with Tales among the people Leui. 19 16. Thou shalt not stande against the blood of thy neighbour I am the Lord. A Backbiter defileth his owne soule Ecclu 21 28 and is hated wheresoeuer he is But he that keepeth his tongue and is discreet shall come to honour Pro. 18 8. 26 22. The wordes of a Tale-bearer are as flatterings and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly Pro. 11 13. He that goeth about as a Slanderer discouereth a secret but he that is of a faythfull hart concealeth a matter Psal 140 11. The Backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth euyll shall hunt the cruell man to destruction Eccle. 10 11. If the Serpent bite when he is not charmed no better is a Babler EXHORTATION Eccle. 28 13. ABhorre the Slanderer and double tongued for such haue destroyed many that were at peace Eccle. 5 15. Be not counted a Tale-bearer and lie not in wayte with thy tongue for shame and repentance folowe the theefe and an euyll condemnation is ouer him that is double tongued But he that is a Backbiter shal be hated enuied and confounded Psal 15 3. Lord Who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle c. He that slandereth not with his tongue nor doth euyll to his neighbour nor receiueth a false report against his neighbour OF SCORNING and Mocking A Scorner seeketh wisedome and findeth it not Pro. 14 6. but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstand The wicked thought of a foole is sinne Pro. 24 9. and the Scorner is an abhomination vnto men When the Scorner is punished Pro. 19 25. 21 11. the foolish is wise and when one instructeth the wise he will receiue knowledge With the scornefull he scorneth Pro. 3 34. but geueth grace to the humble O Lord thou hast deceiued me Ier. 20 7. and I am deceiued thou art stronger then I and hast preuayled I am in derision dayly euery one mocketh me The Sonne of man came eating and drinking Mat. 11 19. and they say Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine a friende vnto Publicans and Sinners but wisedome is iustified of her children The eye that mocketh his father Pro. 30 17. and despiseth the instruction of his mother let the Rauens of the valley plucke it out and the young Eagles eate it He that reproueth a Scorner Pro. 9 7. purchaseth to himselfe shame and he that rebuketh the wicked getteth himselfe a blot And others mocked and sayd Act. 2 13. They are full of new wine And the people stoode and beholde Luk. 23 35. and the Rulers mocked him with them saying He saued others let him saue him selfe yf he be the Christ the chosen of God Luk. 24 36. The Souldiers also mocked him and came and offered him vineger Iob. 12 4. I am as one mocked of his neighbour who calleth vpon God and he heareth him The iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne Pro. 13 12. A Scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him neither will he goe vnto the wise EXHORTATION Ecclu 7 11. LAugh no man to scorne in the heauines of his soule for God which seeth all things is he that can bring downe and set vp againe Pro. 13 1. A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father but a scorner will heare no rebuke Pro. 1 22. O ye foolish how long will ye loue foolishnes and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning and the fooles hate knowledge Pro. 17 5. He that mocketh the poore reprocheth him that made him and he that reioceth at destruction shall not be vnpunished Pro. 9 8. Rebuke not a scorner least he hate thee but rebuke a wise man and he will loue thee Psal 14 6. You haue made a mocke at the counsayle of the poore because the Lord is his trust OF ANGER AND WRATH AN Angrie man stirreth vp strife Pro. 15 18. but he that is slow to wrath appeaseth strife He that is slow to Anger Pro. 16 32. is better then the mightie man and he that ruleth his owne minde is better then he that winneth a citie An Angrie man styrreth vp strife Pro. 29 22. and a furious man aboundeth in transgression The discretion of a man deferreth his anger Pro. 19 11. and his glorie is to passe by an offence There is not a more wicked head Ecclu 25 17 18 19 20. then the head of a Serpent and there is no Wrath aboue the