causes of fasting Christ answered the Pharisies and Iohns disciples Then Iohns disciples came and said The Pharisies fast oft and we But thy disciples vnaffraid Do eate and drinke abroade with thee Then Iesus said the children sure Mourne not while that the feast endure But when the Bridegroome shall be gone Then they will all fast at that day No man doth patch a new piece on An old garment it rents away The law obserued is by thee The Gospell makes the other free New wine will burst the bottels sure If they be old therefore I say Sith ceremonies may endure No longer time but must delay Let new wine haue new vessels then And be contented with these men Christ healed a woman that had bin sick of a bloudie issue twelue yeares and raised Iayrus daughter from death As Christ with Iairus thence did go To raise his daughter lately dead A woman sick twelue yeares or moe With touching him of health was sped And after that where they did see The maide from death deliu'red he Christ gaue sight to the blind When Iesus did from him depart Two blind men meeting him did crie Thou sonne of Dauid ease our smart Beleeue ye then said Christ that I Can helpe ' yes Lord said they then he Did touch their eyes and made them see Christ casteth out a deuill and maketh the dumbe man to speake Againe they brought a dumbe man there Possessed with a deu'll but he Cast out the deu'll to their great feare And the dumbe spake which Christ made free The people maruaild yet some said He had done it by Satans aide So Iesus went from place to place Teaching and healing eu'ry one To all that sought he did giue grace He was of great compassion The labourers are few said he Yet is the haruest great yee see At the poole of Bethesda Christ healed a man that had bene diseased 38. yeares and being accused defended his fact After all this against the feast Of Passeouer which then was nie Christ Iesus that tooke little rest Vnto Ierusalem did hie That holy Sabaoth of the Lord The Iewes obseru'd with one accord Christ at Ierusalem then found A multitude of sicke and lame About Bethesda lying round Abiding till the Angell came When as the Angell stird the poole The water still made one man whole Christ by that poole a man did see That had lyen sicke there very long Wilt thou be whole oh man said he Sir I want helpe among this throng Rise thou said Christ thy bed vp take For perfect whole I do thee make Christ heal'd him on the Sabboth day Whereat the Iewes were grieued sore And sought our Sauiour Christ to slay Rewarded thus he was therefore The Iewes accusing Christ do moue Him iustly them for to reproue To whom the father witnessed And Iohn did testifie the same The Scriptures also verified As did his works so full of fame That he the sonne of God should be The stubburne Iewes him would not see Christ defended his Disciples accused for plucking eares of corne on the Sabboth Three feasts the Iewes kept yeare by yeare And chiefest Sabboth dayes did call Of the same feasts it doth appeare The Passeouer was first of all This they the feast of sweet bread name On this day they from Egypt came The next was that whereon God gaue The law by Moses vnto men That day in reuerence we haue The holy Ghost was giuen then This some the feast of weekes do say Some Pentecost some Whitsonday The feast of Tabernacles last Came of these three in order there Those feasts were neuer fully past Till all their dayes accomplisht were The first and last day of each feast Were counted chiefe of all the rest The seu'nth day also through the yeare Is was and so shall be for aye With them and Christians eu'ry where In solemne wise a Sabboth day Though theirs and ours do disagree One day with them obserue not we Christ passed thorough a corne field Vpon the second Sabboth day This doth to many matter yeeld To reason when he went that way Some say it was in Easter feast The last and chiefe day of the rest That day the first doth answer well And so the second Sabboth day Men might it call it did excell The middle dayes as all men say And there withall time of the yeare This reason good makes to appeare Some thinke it was on Whitsonday Because this Sabboth second was As they suppose and that no way The first did the same Sabboth passe These reasons both may please all such As selfe-will leades not ouermuch That day a Sabboth day was sure When the Disciples plucked corne Which thing the Iewes could not indure They did the act most vilely scorne Not knowing him that went that way To be Lord of the Sabboth day The cause they did not waigh withall That hunger then did cause the same The Pharisies on Christ did call And his Disciples fowlie blame They did prefer tradition Before their owne saluation But Christ said vnto them againe What Dauid did who hath not read Now his example doth remaine Though Dauid lye a good while dead These do as he did them before When he and his did hunger sore He had the meate that was forbid These breake you thinke the Sabboth day They do as he and his then did Find fault with him yet no man may The Priests do in the Temple so The Sabboth breake yet free they go One greater then the Temple is And here he standeth verely Mercy will I not sacrifice Learne what this meaneth faithfully Then will you not condemne this day These innocents that hurt no way The sonne of man is Lord likewise Yea euen of the Sabboth day Shall I then these so much despise Or suffer them for foode decay Though fault with them you find so soone The law allowes what they haue done The day is made all men to serue And no man made to serue that day Should not man then his life preserue Vpon the Sabboth if he may The law that bindeth man so fast To finish I am come at last Christ healed one in the Synagogue on the Sabboth day that had a withered hand and answered his accusers Now Christ disposed to beat downe Their grieuous superstition Went shortly after to their towne To reason of this question And to the Synagogue he went The fittest place for his intent For there was alwayes most resort Which was our Sauiours Christs desire That many men might haue comfort All his affection was on fire This his deuise to further then Fell out a worke among those men A man there with a withered hand Was present in that very place They said giue vs to vnderstand If law allow men so much grace As to be cured on this day Christ to accuse they sought a way Christ answered to them againe
bow'd her long she could no way Lift vp her selfe then certainly Christ said be loosd of thy disease Laying on his hand she straight found ease The ruler of the Synagogue Was fill'd with indignation As if his conscience had a clogge Or of a proud presumption Six dayes ye may well healed be And rest the Sabboth day said he Then said the Lord thou hypocrite Do ye not on the Sabboth day Your oxe and asse without respite Loose from the stall and driue away And should not she whom Sathan bound The Sabboth day go safe and sound When Christ said this his enemy Was sore ashamed and the rest Reioycing did God glorifie Which by their words was well exprest For they gaue God the onely prayse That wrought such works in those their dayes The parable of the mustard seede and of the leauen What is the kingdome of God like Or whereto shall I it compare Christ saw that some did not mislike His deeds and doctrine which were rare It is like to a mustard seed That man doth sow to serue his need This seed of seeds though sure the least Yet sowne it waxeth to a tree Wherein the litle birds may neast As oftentimes we do them see Or leauen in three peckes of flowre Till all be leauend and made sowre This mustard seed that is so small And therefore subiect to disdaine And eke the leauen there withall Doth signifie Christs Gospell plaine Gods word though weake it seeme to be Works great effects in some we see The parable of the strait and broad way And as through eu'ry towne he went And taught going to Hierusalem That few be saued is it ment Said they thus answerd Christ to them The strait gate striue to enter to Though many faile that so would do The goodman of the house when he Is risen vp and shuts the gate Your might or merite litle be To cry Lord open is to late Depart saith he hence speedily You workers of iniquitie We eaten haue say you againe And dronke oh Lord so oft with thee And thou hast taught vs but in vaine Depart saith he away from me Your sinnes are onely cause of this That you shall loose eternally blisse There ye then weeping all shall be And gnashing of your teeth full sore When Abraham in heau'n ye see And ye shut out as is before The Patriarks and the Prophets rest In heau'n aboue for they are blest And many shall come from the East And from the North and South also And many likewise from the West The heau'nly kingdome come vnto And then the first the last shall be And so the last first you shall see Christ called Herod a soxe and cryed against Hierusalem The Pharisies to Christ did say King Herod doubtlesse will thee kill Depart therefore and get away Ere he do worke on thee his will Thus would they seeme his friends to be That sought his death aswell as he Go tell the foxe said Christ from me Behold I cast out deu'ls to day And eke to morow I make free And heale the sicke that do me pray The third day I do make an end I care not what the foxe intend To morow as to day I must And yet the third day walke also It cannot be you may giue trust To this that now declare I do Saue at Ierusalem alone Shall of the Prophets perish none Hierusalem that oft doest kill And stone those that are sent to thee Thy childrens good I wished still Yet canst not thou thy saftie see But from thee when I shall be rest Thy house then desolate is left Christ healed one of the dropsie on the Sabboth day Againe as Iesus would eate meate With one of the chiefe Pharisies They friendly seeme him to intreate To colour out some braue deuise Their snares and traps for him they lay And watch him on the Sabboth day Behold a certaine man was there Infected with a dropsie sore Some Lawyers there at that time were Which watched him so much the more Christ asked if it lawfull be The man on that day to make free They held their peace for to reproue His words and deeds they did intend The matter he no more did moue But healed him and made an end Who doth said Christ his oxe espy In pit this day and lets him lye Christ forbad men to presse for the highest roomes at feasts taught men lowlinesse and to vse liberalitie vnto the poore A parable Christ Iesus spake When he the guests had marked well How each the highest roome would take See that saith Christ you do not mell With chiefest roomes when you are bid Least thence your betters do you rid When thou art bidden to a feast Go and sit lowest in the place Then saith the master come my guest Sit higher vp this giueth grace For who so him exalteth hye Shall be brought low reprochfully When thou doest make a feast command To call the poore the maim'd the lame And blind to such stretch forth thy hand This will gaine thee deserued fame And thou thy recompence this trust Shalt haue in heau'n among the iust And one of them that then there sate Said he is blest that eateth bread In heau'n and happy are their state That their liues there might alwayes lead In heau'n as this man doth confesse Sure resteth all true happinesse Christ declared how a certaine man made a great supper and bade many of the excuses of certaine guestes and their vnworthinesse Christ Iesus said a certaine man Made a great supper or a feast Come ye as soone now as ye can His seruants said vnto each guest For all things are now readie made To welcome whom our maister bade But they began to make excuse The first said I haue bought a farme I must go see it as they vse Thou maist excuse me without harme The next of Oxen bought yokes fiue And must go proue how they do thriue The third had married then a wife Sure he might well excused be For he was bound to lead his life With her and liue no longer free You know what wilfull men deserue All their excuses may not serue The seruants told their maister these Whom thou hast bid come not at all Which did him verie much displease And said another sort goe call Go bid the poore the lame the blinde And such as in the streetes ye finde The seruants said Lord it is done Yet there are roomes vnfurnished In the high waies seeke some out soone That my house be replenished For those men that were bid before Shall neuer tast my supper more Then to the multitude that went With him Christ turned backe and sayd If any man with good intent Come after me now vnaffrayd He must hate father and each friend To beare my crosse vnto the end Who meanes to build a stately towre And doth not cast the cost before He may repent him in that
hundred waight with him he bare They both his bodie downe did take And it in linnen cloths did lap Ointments and odours they did make Which with the bodie they did wrap They buried him as maner then Was for to burie Noble-men Christ in a sepulcher they lay That Ioseph in a rocke did hew Wherein no man vntill that day Was euer layd this Ioseph knew That had thereof the propertie As Luke and Iohn do testifie So when they had in solemne wise Interred Christ ere they were gone They did betweene them both deuise To roll vnto the doore a stone And then they did with heauie heart From thence vnto their home depart And Marie Magdalene did see And so did Marie loses to Where Christ in graue was laid to be Then homeward both began to go Oyntments and odours to prepare They then of Christ though dead had care Yet rested they the Sabboth day Because of the commandement Though they kept them from thence away They caried still a full intent When that the Sabboth had an end To visit Christ their Lord and frend Now that the Lord might manifest Christ Iesus resurrection Vnto the Iewes and all the rest That were of the same faction He caused them to their great shame To be the witnesse of the same They spared not the sabboth day To manifest their malice more Their zeale was such they would not stay Or rather raging as before The high Priests Scribes and all the rest Assembled them vpon that feast And so they vnto Pilate went And humbly did desire his aide Expressing wholly their intent They in this maner to him sayd Christ that deceiuer oft would say I will from death rise the third day Command the graue we do pray thee To be made sure till that be past Lest his disciples which may be Do steale him while those dayes do last And to the people then do say That Christ from death rose vp that day So the last errour worse shall be A great deale then the first hath beene They raged yet as when that he Among them late aliue was seene Ye haue a watch said Pilate go And make it sure do euen so All thence they went then hastely The sepulcher for to make fast A watch prouided carefully They seald the stone this was the last And this the Lord did so effect To confound whom he had reiect And to their sauing health likewise Whom he had chosen long before To thee therefore God onely wise Be praise and thanks for euermore One mightie God in persons three All honor we do giue to thee Amen THE SIXTH AND LAST PART OF THE HISTORIE OF OVR LORD AND SAVIOVR IEsus Christ as it is written by the Euangelistes containing his resurrection from death and his ascension to heauen To the tune of the 81. Psalme Christ rose from death the day after the Sabboth called the Lords day Marie Magdalene and others came to the sepulcher and sawe a vision of Angels BElight and glad in God reioyce Which is our strength and stay Be ioyfull and lift vp your voyce To Iacobs God alway For he hath sent his sonne indeed Our flesh on him to take As he had long before decreed For his great mercies sake Which flesh in base and poore array Christ clad him selfe withall And in this flesh he tooke away The cause of all our fall First needs he must be perfect man Sith man did first offend And God also who onely can So great a fault amend Thus Christ as he appointed was Both God and man in deed Brought by his death that thing to passe Which nothing else could speed This Christ wrought our redemption From deuill death and hell We haue by him saluation As holy Scriptures tell And when all men had lost this light As farre as man could see For darknesse is our sharpest sight If faithlesse that we be Yea then when all our hope was past To see Christ Iesus slaine Out of the graue God brought at last Our sauing health againe And to be witnesse of the same And triumph ouer hell That flesh and bloud might to their shame Consider of it well The weakelings of the world he chose Whom worldly men despise For to confound the wits of those That thought them worldly wise I meane the rising vp againe Of Iesus from the dead Lest that our hope had bene in vaine And we with fancies fed For if the dead did not arise Our hope were vaine I say And we as beasts should in that wise Continue in the clay But Christ the first fruits of the dead Is risen vp in deed As we the members of that head Shall sure hereafter speed And to stirre vp the slouthfull feare That his Disciples had Weake women did first witnesse beare Of that which made vs glad They when the Sabboth day was past Or while it did endure Deuised how they might at last With oyntments sweet and pure Enbalme Christs body in the graue Therefore at Sabboths end Odours and oyntments sweet they haue To worke what they intend With them the Sabboth day was done Assoone as sunne was set And then the women all begon For nothing then did let Their oyntments sweet for to prepare And this they did by night That they might be this was their care There by the day was light Then Mary Magdalen by name And Mary Solom to Were they which thus together came With other women mo And as they went all by the way This doubt did then arise The stone to roll the women say We cannot all deuise Yet to the sepulcher they go The first day of the weeke Where they at sunne appearing so Found that which they did seeke I meane when they came to the place Behold the stone was gone Gods Angell shewed them this grace To roll away the stone Whose face did shine like lightening His garments white as snow Which vnto them in the dawning These ioyfull newes did show How from the dead Christ risen was But they amazed were To see such things come so to passe Did put them in great feare The earthquake first and then that sight Vnusd of them to see Did make the women all affright And wish at home to be And sure no maruell fith also The watch was fraught with feare Notable once to moue or go They so astonied were When Marie saw the stone away She went thence home with speed To Simon Peter where he lay To shew him of the deed And to the rest for this she thought From graue the bodie they Which we with teares and sorow sought By night did sure conuey Then Peter went with Iohn away To see what they had done They would no longer make delay But both together runne Yet this Disciple him out went And Peter left behind Though both did runne with full intent The truth thereof to find When Iohn vnto the graue did come He stouped downe
And worship him they say King Herod what is knowne to thee Declare without delay This troubled all Hierusalem as it had done the King Yet many knew in Bethlehem Should be this child-bearing But Herod fearing his estate So doubtfull to endure Did of this matter much debate His Crowne it was not sure Therefore he sent the men away To search where Christ should be That Christ saith he without delay May worship't be by me Now as the chiefe Priests Scribes and rest Had therein taught to them The wisemen so were ready prest To go to Bethlehem Yet warned by the king they were To make returne againe Thereby he thought to end his feare When he the child had slaine So they depart and loe the starre Which they had seene before By which they had now iourneyd farre And were to trauaile more Did still direct them in their way Each day by day and night Till they had seene it did not stray The onely Lord of might Whom when they found they fell downe flat To worship him and these Gaue to him treasures each one what Each one of them did please Or as their countrey yeelded then They vnto him did bring Gold incense mirrhe those sage wisemen Did offer to that king And so being warned in a night For God an Angell sent Another way with all their might They to their countrey went Then they perceiu'd that Herods drifts Was onely him to slay Whom they adored with their gifts Therfore they went their way Christ was presented in the temple at Ierusalem where Simeon and Anna witnessed of him Marie purified according to the law When Maries daies were finished Full thirtie daies and three She afterward was purified As women wont to be And then the child they did present Meekely before the Lord For to Ierusalem then went His friends with one accord This was a law they did obserue The first that opened The mothers wombe they did reserue To God as hallowed And offer'd an oblation Of turtle Doues a paire Or pigeons young this portion They would not sure appaire Then Simeon surnamed iust That long had liued there For Israels comfort he did trust He liu'd of God in feare The holy Ghost him this foretold No death shall dint on thee The Lord his Christ though thou art old Before thou surely see He then into the temple came When Iesus there was brought And speaking plainly of the same As in his minde he thought Said Lord now lettest thou in peace Thy seruaunt to depart According to thy promise ease Is hapned to my hart For with mine eyes I sure haue seene Saluation sent by thee And in mine armes thy sonne hath beene That workes the same for me Him thou prepared hadst before To be the Gentiles light And eke to Israell euer more Their glory and their might Then Ioseph and his mother milde Did maruaile much to heare The wordes he spake there of the child And pondred them with feare Yet Simeon blessing them could say Oh Marie be content This fall to many is the stay To Israell was meant Old Anna was a Prophetesse Which prayed day and night This likewise did the child confesse To be the Gentiles light She came by chance the same to see That she so much desirde The rites performed orderly They home-wardes all retir'de Ioseph warned of an Angell flieth into Egipt After all this was Ioseph warnde That he should take the child And mother then all three vnharmde Least they should be beguilde For Herod as the Angell said Would seeke to take his life Wherefore to Egipt all affrayd Went Ioseph and his wife The infants slayne Herod as mockt did take a scorne And in his angrie moode Slue infants all in Bethlehem borne And spilt their guiltlesse blood The children there of two yeares old Or vnder as they were He slue them all his act was bold It wanted grace and feare This act was foretold long before In Ieremie we reade That Rachell she should so deplore Her children being dead Which was accomplished in deed By Herod in his ire Who made so many infants bleed Yet mist of his desire For Christ was gone from thence away To Egipt to remaine Whence he till Herods dying day Did not returne againe That it which earst the Prophet said Might certainly be donne I out of Egipt vnaffrayd Haue called backe my sonne Ioseph warned againe by an Angell returneth out of Egipt after the death of Herod When Christ was now full fiue yeares old And had in Egipt beene Two yeares or more as authors hold The Angell there was seene To warne Iosephus thence to come Againe to Israell And bring his wife and sonne as some Supposed there to dwell For now they were both dead and gone That sought the child his life Then he and his supposed sonne Returned and his wife But Archelaus Herods sonne That held his fathers place Made Ioseph thinke they were vndonne He doubted of his grace He went and turned then aside Another part vnto Of Galilie there to abide As he was wild to do In Nazareth he did remaine That it might come to passe What earst the Prophets verie plaine Foretold and so it was Iesus being twelue yeares old disputeth with the elders in the Temple at Ierusalem His parents yeare by yeare they went Their passeouer to hold And did the same with like intent When Christ was twelue yeares old They to Ierusalem did go And there abode the dayes Appointed for that feast no mo For then they went their wayes Yet Christ the Lord abode behind Whom they with sorow sought Three dayes not knowing well his mind What then our Sauiour thought For he began to set abroch The businesse he had Who did perceiue the time approch To make his chosen glad Among the Doctors as he taught And posed them withall His parents found him that were fraught With griefe vnto the gall Yet were they easd and pleasd to heare Each one to geue him prayse Though hey had sought their sonne with feare And sorow sundry wayes Then he againe obediently To Nazareth did come And seru'd his parents reu'rently Most like a louing sonne And he increasd in stature so In wisedome and in grace With God and men where he did go That happie was the place Sixe things specially to be noted in this first part of the Historie Sixe things we may especially In this part marke and see Pertaining to Christes infancy As authors do agree 1 First of what line Christ Iesus came He was of Dauids seede 2 The holy Ghost conceiu'd the same That Marie bore in deede 3 The wisemen thirdly came to see And seeke to finde a king Then found confest him so to be For whom they treasure bring 4 Fourthly by flight Christ scapeth sure King Herods heauie hand 5 For him the infants death indure When Christ had left the land 6 Sixtly being warnd to come
be If Sergeant thee in prison set Thence till thou pay thou shalt not get Of Adultery It was of old time also said Commit not thou adultery But I say looke you be affrayd To gaze on women lustfully Who so doth so doth for his part Commit adult'rie in his hart If thy right eye or hand offend Plucke out or cut and cast away For it is to a better end One member perish and decay Then all thy body thou know'st well Should wholly so be cast to hell Of Diuorcement It hath bene said who so had sent His wife away he giuing her A letter of their diuorcement Had not bene then an offender Except the wife a whore be found To liue with her the man is bound Who so commits adultery The man or woman doth amisse And for that fault may verely Diuorced be as reason is No such offender may therefore While th'other liues match any more Of Othes Againe of old they did forbid Forswearing for the same is ill Of othes each man his house should rid So to obay Iehouahs will Othes rightly made do not delay For to performe the same alway But otherwise sweare not at all No not by heau'n the throne of God Nor by the earth for so ye fall In danger to deserue his rod. Nor by Ierusalem for this The Citie of the king it is Nor by thine head thou canst not make One haire thereof as blacke or white Most vaine are they that othes do take And vaine those that in othes delight Let ye and nay declare your will What so is more doth come of ill Of Reuenge Reuenge not though the law be so That eye or tooth must be repayde When one doth smite thee as a foe Vse patience be not dismay'd And he that for thy coate will sue Giue him thy cloake and more then due If one compell thee for a myle Do thou at least go with him twaine The asker do thou not reuile Giue thou and lend without disdaine To do men good be ready still And slow to do thy neighbour ill Loue thine enemie Loue thou say they thy neighbour well Thine enemy thy selfe may hate Of vertues loue doth all excell What so the Pharisies do prate Your enemies loue not the worse And blesse you them that do you curse Do good to them that do you hate Pray for them that you persecute They sure shall haue a blessed state My fathers will that execute He makes his sunne and rayne to fall On good and bad alike to all If man do loue or frendly be To him that doth to him the same What thankes for that deserueth he Each sinner must do this for shame Haue you therefore regard of this Be perfit as your father is Almes By sound of trumpe and in mens sight As hypocrites are wont to do To giue thine almes is not aright They gape for prayse and get no mo In secret giue what God hath sent God will reward thy good intent Prayer Pray not as hypocrites do pray All open to be seene of men But when thy prayers thou will say Shut close in chamber be thou then Pray to thy father secretly He will reward thee openly Much babling see thou do not vse Nor repetitions they are vaine The heathen hope for like abuse Some great reward thereby to gaine Be not like them for God in deed Before ye aske doth know your need The Lordes Prayer Pray thus when ye do pray therefore Our father which in heauen art Thy name be hallow'd euermore Thy kingdome we desire in hart Thy will in earth make vs to do As it in heau'n is euen so Giue vs this day our dayly bread Our debtes forgiue vs we thee pray As we our debters do and lead Vs not Oh Lord by any way Into temptation but see From euill we deliu'red be For thine good Lord the kingdome sure The power and the glorie is For euermore for to endure Which liuest in eternall blisse Let this be done oh Lord we pray In heart whereto Amen we say To forgiue one another If ye mens trespasses forgiue Your heau'nly father will againe Forgiue you yours you while you liue In loue and concord must remaine If you forgiue not other men Your faultes God will not forgiue then Fast Moreouer when that ye do fast Looke not sowre as the hypocrite That time as vayne they vainly wast For God therein hath no delite Their faces they disfigure to That men may see what then they do When thou doest fast annoint thy head And let thy face then washed be Seeme not to men as one halfe dead Let God thy deedes in secret see Thy heau'nly father both regards Thy fast and theirs haue their rewards The carefull seeking of worldly things forbidden On earth hoord vp no treasure so Where moath and canker eate apace Lest with them you do heape on woe There theeues men voyde of better grace Breake vp thus they for riches deale When digging through mēs wealth they steale But lay your treasures vp aboue In heau'n where none of these are found You on your treasures set your loue Lay not your loue so on this ground But lay it where is no decay Earth will corrupt and fade away The eye doth giue the body light And reason rules the inner man If cleare and sound remaine the sight No darknesse hurt that body can If thine eye wicked be then marke Sure all thy body shall be darke Two masters well no man can serue For truly he the one will hate And for the other loue reserue This of mans life is right the state God and your riches disagree They may not both then serued be Set not your care on meate and drinke Nor yet on your apparell so You with your selues must alwayes thinke That howsoeuer here ye go He that gaue life and body will Prouide you meate and clothing still The fowles of heau'n ye may behold To sow or reape they haue no care They neither want nor suffer cold Much better farre then them ye are Your heau'nly father feedeth these And so will you if you him please Which of you can by taking care One cubite ad vnto his length Clothing you know what things they are Who giueth them and giueth strength Learne of the lyllies how they grow To spinne or carde they do not know Yet Salomon to you I say Was not aray'd like one of theafe The grasse if God do so aray Can he not cloth you if he please The faithfull neuer fayle to speed God more regards you then a weed For meate for drinke for cloth alway Take ye no thought at all therefore The Gentiles seeke these day by day Your heau'nly father euermore Will all your wants relieue in deed He knoweth well what things ye need Gods kingdome if ye do seeke first You can not wish but you
that paine Striue not so for that meate said he Striue for the meate I shall giue thee Then said they all what shall we do That worke the works of God we might Christ Iesus answered thereto And taught them how to do it right The worke of God with good intent Is to beleeue in whom he sent Shew vs some signe that we may see And so beleeue in thee they say Our fathers Manna had to be Their meate in the desert alway God gaue them bread from heau'n to eat And it was long our fathers meat And Iesus then said verely Not Moses but my father he Doth giue to you assuredly True bread from heau'n beleeue yee me The bread of God came downe I say And to the world giues life alway Then they againe to Iesus said Giue vs this bread Lord euermore The bread of life be not affraid I am he shall not hunger sore Nor thirst that doth beleeue in me So do not you for all you see They come to me whom God doth giue And them I do not cast away I loose not one that doth beleeue But raise him vp at the last day My fathers will not mine to do I came from heau'n this earth vnto The Iewes did murmure he said so I am the bread that downe did come What is this Iosephs sonne or no Is not he knowne to vs said some No man can come be sure said he But whom the father drawes to me Whom God hath taught come vnto me Not that the father sure hath bene Of any one saue onely he Which is of God said Iesus seene To him that doth in me beleeue Life euerlasting I do giue I am the bread of life in deed Your fathers Manna long did eate Yet are they dead so shall not speed Such as feed on this heau'nly meate My flesh it is the bread I giue Which is life to all that beleeue How can this man giue vs to eate His flesh say they can it so be My flesh except it be your meate Add that ye drinke my bloud said he Eternall life I say againe Doth not at all in you remaine Who so doth eate my flesh I say And drinkes my bloud hath life in deed Him I will raise at the last day But so shall not the wicked speed My flesh and bloud is faithfully Both meate and drinke assuredly He that doth eate my flesh is he And he that drinkes my bloud withall In whom I dwell and he in me As God the Father eternall Hath sent me so by him I liue And life to others I do giue From heau'n aboue came downe this bread Not as your fathers that did eate The Manna sent them yet are dead For he that eateth of this meate Shall liue and he shall neuer dye As sinners do eternally At Capernaum spake he this Where some of his Disciples were That said a hard thing sure it is Who can abide the same to heare Doth this offend you then said he What if I should ascend will ye It is the spirit that in deed Doth quicken not the flesh be sure In spirit this both life doth breed And nourish euer to endure For what I speake to end all strife To you is spirit and is life Yet some of you beleeue not this He knew them and the traitour to Therefore I told you how it is That come vnto me any do The father onely giues this grace To him that doth enioy the place So some went cleane from him away Then Iesus said vnto the rest Will ye depart from me this day And walke as they where you thinke best Shall we said Peter then at last Words of eternall life thou hast And we beleeue and know thou art The Christ the Sonne of God in deed And if we did from thee depart We should be sure full ill to speed Christ did againe the traitour note Least his Apostles should forgote Christ rebuked the Scribes and Pharisies for trangressing Gods commandements and answered their accusation against his Disciples for eating meate with vnwashen hands The Scribe and faithlesse Pharisie Came then our Sauiour Christ vnto Supposing by their subtiltie For to deface what he would do They from Hierusalem then came That so faine would his works defame Why thy Disciples do transgresse Of elders the tradition Do thou now vnto vs expresse This was at first their question For they say they wash not a hand When they eate meate we vnderstand O hypocrites said Christ againe You do Gods word still disobay Supposing you shall scape the paine That you do merite day by day He that his parents sure saith God Dishonoreth shall feele my rod. In words you worship but in vaine Lip labour liketh not the Lord A double heart he doth disdaine When words and deeds do well accord Then prayse and prayer he will heare Which neuer doth in you appeare It is not meate that hurteth man Which with the mouth he doth consume But euill thoughts which now and than Do moue the heart to fret and fume Or else deuise some euill deed Of this ye should take greatest heed Each plant my father planteth not Shall by the roote be pluckt againe Our God will not all his forgot When hypocrites do suffer paine These blindly still the blind do lead You haue no cause their craft to dread Christ cast a deuill out of the daughter of a woman of Canaan and healed many other From thence likewise did Iesus passe Of Tyre and Sydon through the cost Of such great care our Sauiour was To saue that else might there be lost He ceassed not but day by day Did good to all that would him pray Behold a woman came to him That did within those borders dwell Whose daughter was in eu'ry lymme Sore vexed with a deu'll of hell Christ she most earnestly did pray From her to driue the deu'll away Whose suite though seeming to deny Christ graunted vnto her at last When that he saw how faithfully She hop't his fauour for to tâ—st He gaue to her to do her good Some portion of the childrens food Christ returned thence againe into the costes of Galilie healed a deaffe man that stammered in his speach and many others and fed 4000. men besides women and children with seuen loaues Christ did returne yet then againe Into the costes of Galilie Their late contempt and deepe disdaine Withdrew not so his pietie Among the middest of wolues he still Protecteth safe his flocke from ill A deaffe man vnto Christ they brought That stambâ—ed in his speach also He graunted them what then they sought And healed him and let him go So that amazed in great feare They gaue God prayse all that were there He then vp to a mountaine went And sate him downe vpon the same And the people with full intent By multitudes vnto him come To heare his doctrine and to craue That they some helpe of him might haue They thither
in deed Go thou and do thâ—â— thou shalt liue But he in hope of better speed A new assault to Christ would giue Who is my neighbour then said he This thing I would faine learne of thee Then Iesus answering said so A certaine man went by the way That leadeth downe to Iericho Where among theeues he fell â—hat day Robbed and wounded there he was And left halfe dead so on the grasse By chance a Priest came by that way Which when he saw him passed by Likewise a Leuite where he lay Did looke on him and let him lye But a Samaritan by chaunce Came by and saw him in his traunce Which sight so mouing then his heart He tooke on him compassion Whereof before he did depart He made full declaration He powred in and also bound Both wine and oyle into his wound And not contented yet with this He set him vp on his owne beast And brought him to an inne of his Where he prouided for his rest And on the morow ere he went He told the host his whole intent Lo take these two pence that I giue Haue care of this man I thee pray His wants therewith do thou relieue What more he spends I will thee pay Which thinkest thou now of these three To him most neighbour like to be The Lawyer answering did say The mercifull was euen he Go thou said Christ then hence away And do as this man teacheth thee To eu'ry one in miserie Shew thou like liberalitie Marie and Martha entertaine Christ Now as they further passed on Into a certaine towne they came Where was the habitation Of one that Martha had to name Who to her house receiued tho Christ and those that with him did go Her sister Marie men did call Which also sate at Iesus feete And heard his preaching as then all Most heedfully as it was meete But Martha was most busily Prouiding for the company Martha therefore to Iesus said Master regardest not thou this That all the care on me is layd And that my sister sitting is Bid her therefore that she helpe me So shalt thou better serued be And Iesus answerd her againe Oh Martha Martha thou hast care For many things put thee to paine And helpers very needfull are The good part Marie chose in deed And she there after sure shall speed Christ rising from prayer was requested of one of his Disciples to teach them as Iohn taught his Disciples to pray As Iesus was praying with his In the desert as some suppose Which vnto Ephraim nearest is And from his prayers as he rose Of his Disciples one did say Teach vs as Iohn taught his to pray He soone of him had his request He was not long enforc'd to craue Christs readinesse this well exprest As he to them example gaue In their distresse both night and day That they as he them taught should pray Our father which in heauen art Thy name be euer sanctified Thy kingdome come withall my heart I wish the same accomplished Thy will in earth be done we pray As thine in heau'n do it alway Our daily bread giue vs this day Our sinnes also to vs forgiue As we our debters do I say That vs in any wise do grieue Let vs by no illusion Be lead into temptation But Lord from euill vs defend And gratiously deliuer all That we which do on thee depend By frailtie from thee neuer fall Graunt these requests oh Lord we pray To vs and thy whole Church alway Amen Moreouer Christ vnto them said Which of you all shall haue a friend And shall when he in bed is layd Haue cause to go to him or send And say a friend to me is come Bread I haue none now lend me some And he within should answer so Why doest thou trouble me I say I pray thee to some other go I must at this time say thee nay The doore is shut my children be In bed I cannot come to thee I say though he would not arise Nor thee regard as should a friend Yet when he seeth thee in such wise Importunat he will thee lend Of bread or meate what thou doest craue Or what thy need requires to haue Aske then it shall be giuen thee And they that seeke shall surely finde Knock I will open then said he For God to them that call is kinde He loueth such men verely As pray vnto him heartely If you for bread giue not a stone Nor for a fish a serpent send When that your sonnes for want do mone If good things you do giue and lend How much more shall the father he Giue good gifts if thou aske to thee Christ cast out a deuill and the dumbe man spake Then they brought vnto Iesus one Possessed with a deuill that day And him for helpe they call vpon The man was dumbe withall I say Though these impediments had he Yet with a word Christ made him free The multitude amazed were And pâ—aâ—â—ed God with heart and voice The sonne said they of Dauid here Doth giue vs cause for to reioyce And now assured all we be That Christ the Lord the same is he A woman that his workes did see And heard how he taught great and small â—â—id blest is the wombe that bare thee And pappes that gaue thee suck withall But Christ said blest they rather are That Gods word heare and keepe with care The Iewes required asigne Christ to the people said againe This wicked generation Adulterous and verie vaine Though signes they do depend vpon No signe to them shall giuen be But that of Ionas they shall see As to the Niniuites was he That three dayes in the Whale did lie The sonne of man shall shortly be The like to these assuredly The signe that Ionas to them gaue I shall giue these so long in graue The men of Niniuie shall rise And these condemne assuredly They did not Ionas words despise But did repent immediatly A greater then Ionas is here Yet small repentance doth appeare The Queene of Saba she shall rise In iudgement with these men also And them she shall condemne likewise That so farre from her home would go To heare king Solomon I say His greater you do heare this day Christ dining with one of the Pharisies and misliked for eating with vnwashen hands answered them and rebuked their hypocrisie As Iesus taught the people then There came to him a Pharisie Requesting him and all his men To dine with him immediatly Then he went in with him to meate And sitting downe began to eate But when the Pharisie did see That Christ sat downe vnwasht before He maruaild what the cause might be For they did vse it euermore They sit not downe at all to meate But first they wash before they eate Indeed said Christ to him againe Ye do make cleane the vtter side Of cup or platter all in vaine Bewraying still your foolish pride But they
seruant sure it is well donne The time I see was not delayd Thou couldst not else so much haue wonne Thy faithfulnesse in this was such I will thee ruler make of much Then he which had receiued one Came to his master and did say When thou away from hence wast gone I hid thy money without nay Because I fear'd thy crueltie Receiue thine owne contentedly His master answered and sayd Thou ill and slouthfull seruant why If thou of me were so affrayd And knew'st so well my crueltie Didst not thou finde some meane or way To get me gaynes against this day The Talent take from him therefore And giue it him that now hath ten For who so hath he shall haue more And he shall haue abundance then From him that hath not shall a way Be taken what he hath I say That seruant voyde of profit ye To vtter darknesse therefore cast There weepe and gnash his teeth shall he Thus shall his slouth be payd at last See then your talent fructifie Least you loose it eternally Of the labourers hired into the vineyard The kingdome sure of heau'n is so Like vnto a housholder here That to hire labourers would go Assoone as day-light did appeare With them for pence he did agree All day to worke this was their fee. About the third houre of the day When he came to the market place The idle thence he sent away Into his farme to worke apace Likewise the sixt and ninth houre he With other mo did then agree Againe th'eleu'nth houre there he found Some other idle standing by Go ye said he to my farme ground Why stand ye thus so idlely No man hath hired vs you see Go to my vineyard then said he When euen came the master sayd Vnto his Steward call them soone That I may see the worke-men payd Which all this day my worke haue donne Begin and pay the last of all As he is seru'd the other shall A penie each of them then had From last to first as he did go Which made the first men very sad They thought their pay should not be so Go to said he this is your hire You may no more of me require Christ as he went to Ierusalem did admonish his Disciples of his passion As to Ierusalem he went Christ Iesus told them certainly The Priests and Scribes with full intent Do purpose me to crucifie Yet when the Gentiles haue me slaine The third day I will rise againe Iohn and Iames the sonnes of Zebede contended for primacie and were taught humilitie and patience and to auoyde ambition The wife of Zebedeus came To Christ and both her sonnes also And her request she thus did frame Graunt ere thou to thy kingdome go That these my sonnes there sitting be Each one vpon each hand of thee Ye wot not what ye aske said he Can ye drinke of my cup in deed Or be Baptiz'd as I shall be Yea that we can if we may speed Yet I can not graunt your request That in my father sure doth rest But when the other ten heard this They at the brethren did disdaine Then Iesus sayd ye thinke amisse Among the Gentiles Lords do raigne They that are great of them are prest Authorized to rule the rest It shall not so among you be He that would greatest seeme of all Or chiefest in authoritie Shall serue the rest as at a call As to be serued came not I But serue and saue men certainly Christ gaue blind Bartimeus and two other blind men their sight as he passed from Iordan through Iericho toward Ierusalem The 14. of March The fourteenth day as Iesus went From Iordan towards Bethanie In Iericho there did present A worke none else could remedie Blind Bartimeus and two men As blind as he were crying then O sonne of Dauid make vs see We are poore men both bare and blind Let our estate oh Lord moue thee That we may of thy mercy find Their blindnesse he did helpe straight-wayes And they him follow'd giuing prayse The calling of Zacheus a rich man and by office the chiefe receiuer of tribute As Iesus went through Iericho Zacheus sought him for to see His stature did not serue him so Among the throng it would not be He ran and clymed vp therefore A figge tree in the way before This was the shift that rich man had To see Christ as he came that way When Christ came by to make him glad He looking vp to him did say Zache come downe without delay At thy house Ile abide this day Then he came downe full hastily Assoone as Iesus did command And him receiued ioyfully But some of them that there did stand Did murmure that he then would go To lodge there with a sinner so To Christ Zacheus as he stood Said Lord I giue halfe that I haue Vnto the poore to do them good And no man shall haue need to craue What I by fraude or force did take Fourefold Ile giue him for thy sake Then Iesus sayd saluation Is come into this house ye see Sith of the generation Of Abraham by faith is he The sonne of man doth seeke and saue That which was lost as here I haue Iesus though he stayd a while after he had heard that Lazarus was sicke working in the regions round about sundry miracles and preaching the Gospell at last he returned to Bethanie where he raised Lazarus from death to life againe Now to returne to Lazarus Which was already dead in deed To his Disciples Christ said thus Come let vs go from hence with speed To Iurie we without all stay Must passe apace the ready way O master then said they againe The Iewes sought lately thee to stone And wilt thou not then here remaine And so prouide to saue for one He stumbleth not that walkes by day But in the night said Christ he may These things Christ Iesus to them spake And then said Lazarus doth sleepe But I go him for to awake What Christ then ment they tooke no keepe But said Lord if he sleepe then he Both safe and sound will shortly be Then Iesus said to them againe Our friend is dead and I reioyce I was not there Christ then was plaine To strengthen such as he made choice Then Thomas said come let vs go That we with him may dye also The fifteenth day Christ Iesus spent In iourneying along the way He then bewrayed what he meant In Bethanie the sixteenth day For Iesus then in hand did take His sleeping friend againe to wake Christ found he had lyen in the graue Foure dayes already ere he came The women they this comfort haue The Iewes that heard his death by fame Because Ierusalem was nye Came vnto them to Bethanie When Martha heard that Christ was there She went to meete him by the way And said Lord if thou hadst bene here Thy friend had not bene dead this day Yet what thou doest desire or
craue Of God I know thou mayst it haue Thy brother then said Christ shall rise I know said Martha the last day Life without me is in no wise Nor resurrection I say The man in me that doth beleeue Though he were dead yet shall he liue Who liues and doth beleeue in me Shall neuer dye beleeu'st thou this I do beleeue thou Lord art he That Christ the sonne of God iwis Which should come to the world and so When she had said home she did go Then called she forth secretly Her sister and to her she said The master is come hard here by Where he and his for thee haue stayd When she heard this she quickly rose And to the Lord forthwith she goes Iesus came not yet to the towne Where Martha met him there he was When Mary went so hastie downe The Iewes that were then there in place Rose vp and said come follow now She will go weepe for him we know When Mary came our Sauiour to She flat downe at his feete then fell My brother Lord she sayd also Had not bene dead I know it well If thou hadst here bene him to see For God had him restor'd to thee When Iesus therefore saw her weepe And all the Iewes that came with her He groned in the spirite deepe So moued his affections were Where haue ye layd him then sayd he They sayd vnto him Lord come see And Iesus wept the Iewes then sayd Behold how he did loue the man His death could Christ not haue delayd That blind mens eyes so open can Then he againe did deepely grone And from the graue said take the stone Then Martha sayd he stinketh now For he is dead foure dayes ago Then Iesus sayd I did thee show If thou beleeue what I would do Gods glorie this I sayd to thee If thou beleeue thou shouldest see When they the stone remoued had Then Iesus did lift vp his eyes And sayd oh father I am glad My prayers thou doest not despise That these as thou still hearest me May know that I am sent of thee Then Iesus cryed with a loude voyce Come Lazarus out of the graue Then he came forth and they reioyce Their dead againe so whole to haue Christ bad them loose away each band For he was bound face foote and hand Then many of them did beleeue When they had seene what he had donne This act did others of them grieue And to the Pharisies they runne To whom they told what they had seene In Bethanie where they had bene The high Priests and the Pharisies A counsell called out of hand What shall we now sayd they deuise Christs fame is spread throughout the land Such wondrous works now worketh he His miracles who doth not see All men in him will sure beleeue If we do let him thus alone The Romans will come vs to grieue Supplanting all our nation They will our rulers take away Therefore deuise we may him slay Then he that Cayphas had to name And was the high Priest that same yeare Perceiue ye not sayd he the same And doth it not to you appeare That for the people one must dye Least they should perish vtterly This God did make him Prophesie Against himselfe he witnesse beares Though for all people Christ should dye Who guiltlesse bloud to spill but feares Gods children and his scattred sheepe Christ Iesus had a care to keepe From that day they consulted how They might him take and cause to dye Whereas the Iewes of him might know Christ walked no more openly To Ephraim he went away Where he and his Disciples lay The passeouer was then at hand And to Ierusalem there went Full many out of all that land Before the feast some with intent Themselues as then to purifie Which feast the Iewes kept orderly The Iewes for Iesus sought about All in the temple where they where That he came not did make them doubt For they had sought him eu'ry where They chargd'd who knew where he would lye To tell or take him craftily Six dayes before the feast no more Our Sauiour came to Bethanie Where he would not be seene before His enemies it was too nye Now the appointed time was come And Christ obayd his fathers dome Though he but lately fled away He then returned with good will His fathers minde he would obay And so all Prophesies fulfill He came therefore to Bethanie Prepared for mankind to dye Christ being come backe to Bethanie from Ephraim supped with Lazarus and was annoynted by Mary whereat Iudas was offended especiallie Christ fearing neither watch nor ward Did offer all occasion Vnto the Iewes without regard To hasten on his passion Wherefore he supt in Bethanie His aduersaries euen by With Lazarus Christ supped there And Martha serued then at boord Where many did with ioy and feare Attend vnto Christ Iesus word As Iohn doth witnesse Mary then Annoynted Christ before those men Of oyntment Mary tooke a pound Of Spiknard very costly sure As any oyntment might be found For it was perfect sweet and pure This all she spent on Iesus there His head and feete as may appeare His feete she wiped with her hayre The house with odour it was sweete The sauour so perfum'd the ayre That came from Iesus head and feete Yet Iudas did repine at this For of his purpose he did misse For he it was that did receiue What men at any time did giue This Christ did very well perceiue How that her fact his mind did grieue For straight with her a fault he found And did her checke thus very round This wast it needed not sayd he This oyntment for three hundred pence Might haue bene sold and giuen me As part of the beneficence That vsed is vnto the poore And such as go from doore to doore He spake not as his mind then gaue But moued with a vayne desire For he did couet all to haue This kindled in him flaming fire Of greedinesse as did appeare By such words as he vttred there Then Iesus sayd let her alone She kept this for my burying day The poore ye may well thinke vpon They shall remaine with you alway Ye shall not alwayes so haue me But they alwayes with you shall be The womans worke thus wrought on me Is good and shall not be forgot This Gospell where as it shall be Preached throughout the world I wot This act of hers shall be spoke sure And her memoriall shall endure Much people of the Iewes were there Not all for Iesus sake onely But for to try what they did heare Of Lazarus assuredly Of him they heard as you haue read How Iesus raisd him from the dead The high Priests therefore tooke aduise How they might Lazarus also Condemne with Christ in any wise Because they saw that many mo Did for his sake in Christ beleeue Which thing did very much them grieue The next day following Christ went towards Ierusalem riding
most gloriously the people crying Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid When they were thence to Bethphage come Which to Ierusalem is nye From the mount Oliues he sent some To the next village by and by There hence to fetch an asse away For him to ride vpon that day If any one say ought say ye Thereof the Lord as now hath neede And he will send the same to me Therefore go hence and come with speed That Prophecies so long ago Might be fulfilled he did so To tell it Sion see ye go Behold thy king doth come to thee Meeke sitting on an asse and lo This happened then so to be But his Disciples as forgot These things at first perceiued not Yet the Disciples went away Accomplishing their masters mind They brought the asse without delay Which Christ had told them how to find And put their clothes the asse vpon That Iesus then might ride thereon A multitude that verie day Of such as were come to the feast When they heard Christ would ride that way Met him and they for ioy were prest To spread the branches they did beare And some the clothes that they did weare Moreouer they that deckt the way And went Christ Iesus there before And they that followed each did say And prayse his name for euermore The king of Israell is come Blessed be he for ay sayd some Hosanna Dauids sonne to thee Blessed art thou some other say All prayse and honour giuen be To him that commeth now this way Hosanna thou which art so hye In heau'n full of all maiesty When to Ierusalem they came The Citie all was moued then And fully prest this pompe to blame Who is this say they to those men Iesus they say that Prophet he Of Nazareth in Galilie Christ then againe purged the Temple and cast out the buyers and sellers thence and cured certaine blind and lame persons So Christ went straight the Temple to And purged then againe the same He did as he was wont to do All their abuses greatly blame Reprouing all those euill men That made Gods house for theeues a den Then to the Temple came the blind The halt and such as grieued were Whom Christ did heale such grace they find As seeke to him let no man feare Those men gaue God continuall prayse That such a Prophet he would rayse But when the chiefe Priests Scribes and such Saw all the maruels that he wrought It grieu'd them and disdayning much They vtter'd what in mind they thought For they the children heard on hye Hosanna Dauids sonne to cry Doest thou heare what these children say Said they to Christ he sayd I do Haue you not read of this I pray That written was so long ago By babes and sucklings sure thou hast Made the prayse perfect now at last Christ conferred with certaine Grecians or rather they desired to see Christ and speake to him Now there were certaine Greekes as then That came to worship at the feast Which were among those other men As earnest as they saw the rest These say to Philip we pray thee To helpe that we may Iesus see Philip told Andrew of the same Againe they both to Iesus went As messengers in those mens name And told him all and who them sent The houre is come the sonne sayd he Of man must glorified be I say vnto you verily Except that the wheate corne do fall Into the ground and therein dye It bringeth forth no fruit at all But if it dye assuredly It bringeth fruit abundantly Another Sermon of the Crosse wherein Christ couertly foretold of his death He that doth loue his life he shall Loose it but who so hates it here Shall keepe it to life eternall Though this scarce truth to some appeare Learne ye your selues to hate therefore That ye may liue for euermore If any man wish to serue me Let him come follow me I say For where I am there shall he be I will protect him night and day They in my seruice that endure My father will them honour sure And Iesus herein declared Himselfe a perfect man to be My soule saith he is now troubled From this houre father saue thou me But therefore to this houre I came Yet father glorifie thy name Then came from heau'n a mightie voyce Saying I haue and will againe This may each mortall man reioyce That God did not for him disdaine To send his sonne to beare his blame In whom he glorified his name Then sayd the people that stood by It was some thunder that they heard But others sayd nay verily An Angell if ye do regard Spake vnto him thus diuerse men Did diuersly iudge of it then And Iesus answered and sayd This voyce came not because of me But for your sakes be not affrayd Great things you shall both heare and see For your sakes God will glorifie The sonne of man assuredly Of this world now the iudgement is The Prince thereof cast out shall be And if I were lift vp iwis Ile from the earth draw men to me Now this sayd he to signifie What death then shortly he should dye We heard out of the law sayd one That Christ for euer should remaine And how sayst thou he must be gone The sonne of man must needs be slayne And lift vp high vpon a tree Tell who that sonne of man should be Then Iesus sayd a litle while Light is with you walke in the same Least that the darknesse you beguile Who walkes therein may merite blame While ye haue light beleeue therein As louing it and hating sinne So left he them and went againe As he was wont to Bethany For there all night he did remaine Among his chosen company This night by night he vsed still That so he might all things fulfill Christ going the next day from Bethany to Hierusalem cursed the figge tree As Christ returned the next day From thence Hierusalem vnto He was an hungred by the way And to a figge tree he did go That grew hard by thereon to find Some figges as then to ease his mind But when thereon he onely found Greene leaues and not a figge at all From top he cuâ—â—d it to the ground Fruit hence-forth on thee neuer shall Be seene againe sayd Christ and so Away from thence they all did go Like to an hypocrite this tree 〈◊〉 leaues but had no fruit so eate Lâ—t hypocrites then warned be 〈◊〉 the some cursse that Christ did threat 〈◊〉 with one word the Lord he may Head branch and root cause to decay All his Disciples then did see What he had done and heard likewise The curse Christ gaue vnto that tree Yet litle thought in any wise What would be fall but thence they went The Citie to as they were bent Christ to the Temple went againe And purg'd it as he did before Reprouing them that were so vayne Abusing still then more and more That place appointed
May be detected openly Hierusalem which killest so The Prophets that are sent to thee And stonest some t'augment their wo How often would I tell it me Thy children gather for their good Which they most frowarly withstood Yea euen as a carefull hen Doth clocke her chickens so haue I And yet will not these wicked men Be saued from their miserie All wast and desolate shall be Their dwellings left that lothed me For vnto you marke it I say Ye shall not hence-forth see me more Vntill ye blesse the very day And wish good hap for euermore To him that commeth so with fame To you in great Iehouahs name As Iesus by the treasurie Beheld what men did offer there The rich and poore most bounteously Did cast therein as may appeare Of all the rest a widow then Cast in two mites among those men To his Disciples Iesus said I say to you assuredly She in this treasurie hath layd More then their superfluitie She cast in all she had in store They want no whit they had before Of the destruction of the temple and Citie and of the end of the world When Iesus then had finished To purge the temple as ye heard And had also accomplished His iudgements heare before declard He left the temple then to go To Bethanie whence he came fro And this the third day after was The feast of Palmes or Palme sunday But ere he thence away could passe Thus his Disciples to him say Come Lord and see this building here How beautifull it doth appeare And Iesus said to them againe See ye these things and marke them all There shall not verily remaine One stone hereof that shall not fall A stone shall not be left on stone But shall be cast downe eu'ry one And his Disciples came againe As he vpon mount Oliues â—ate And sayd do thou now tell vs plaine When this shall be and of the state Of thy comming and the worlds end And what signe then thou wilt vs send And Iesus answered and sayd That you be not deceiu'd take heed Great cause ye haue to be affrayd Least you as others then should speed For many shall come in my name And deceiue many with the same And ye shall heare of warres I say And rumours of warres there shall be Let not all this your minds dismay Or trouble though the same ye see These things to come no man may let But sure the end is not as yet One nation shall first arise Against another nation And realme with realme shall in this wise Fall into great contention Pestilence and famine then And earthquakes shall vexe diuerse men For these assuredly shall be And that in diuerse places so That who so shall those troubles see And plagues shall sore lament for wo. Of sorowes and also of care All these things but beginnings are Then you deliuer'd vp shall be By men to be afflicted sore They shall kill you take this of me Ye shall be hated more and more Of nations for my names sake Which you contentedly must take Offended then shall many be And one another shall betray And hatred in the highst degree Shall among men beare too great sway False Prophets also shall arise Which shall deceiue the worldly wise And then because iniquitie Shall be increased day by day The loue of many verily Shall be as cold as clod of clay But to the end who doth endure Shall saued be of this be sure When this Gospell of the kingdome Shall preached be in eu'ry place Throughout the world sure then shall come The end within a litle space This witnesse to both good and bad Encreaseth ioy or maketh sad These are the signes that Christ foretold Should come ere thy destruction Thou Citie that to sinne art sold Still working thy confusion Hierusalem thou wilt not see Nor yet receiue health sent to thee Therefore seducers shall arise Warres and rumours of warres shall be The pestilence in raging wise And famine in the highst degree Earthquakes which may not be withstood And persecution of the good Offences publike in each place And verie wicked trecherie False Prophets many wanting grace Deceiuing many subtilly Of maners much corruption Stained with all pollution Loue cold among the greatest sort Of brethren then shall likewise be Yet for the faithfull this comfort Ere then they shall be sure to see The Gospell preached euerie where And then the end shall soone appeare And therefore this shall be the end Which you must marke aduisedly For few shall then find out a frend There will be such calamitie When former signes are come to passe The end is worse then all that was For then Ierusalem shall be With men besieged round about Let them consider then that see What Daniell spoke it is no doubt The great abhomination Of thy iust desolation This standing in the holy place When ye do see marke what I tell Let him that reades while he hath space This prophecie consider well Then let them which in Iewrie be From thence into the mountaines flee Let him that is on the house top Not come downe thence to fetch away Ought that he hath in house oâ— shop Least lingring there by such delay He loose the oportunitie Offred for his commoditie And he that in the field is then Let him not go backe home againe To fetch his clothes though this to men May seeme to be exceeding paine The time shall then require no lesse Then I to you do now expresse Then wo to them with child shall be And them that do giue such also For these are most vnapt to flee And therefore subiect to all wo. That your flight be not see you pray In winter or the Sabboth day For then great troubles shall be sure Such were not since the world began Nor shall be while the world endure That saued scarce should be a man If for th'elect it happened Those dayes should not be shortened If any then to you do say Lo here is Christ or Christ is there Beleeue it not for at that day False Christs and Prophets shall appeare And shall shew signes and wonders such As will deceiue men very much Those false Christs and false Prophets shall Gods chosen very neare deceiue If possible it were at all As then you shall full well perceiue Behold I haue told you before Haue alwayes care hereof therefore Wherefore if they vnto you say Behold he in the desert is Go not forth after him that way For you shall find vntruth in this In sectet if they say he be Beleeue it not it is not he For as the lightning from the East Doth come and that most sodainly And shineth forth into the West So shall it be assuredly The sonne of man shall come I say In like sort at the iudgement day For where the dead carcasse doth rest The eagles will resort thereto If that it be by East or West Such
space Abrode the streetes to go He while the doores all close were kept And they of him did talke Into the midst of them then stept He made no longer walke Christ shewed his diuinitie Herein we must confesse Yet left not his humanitie For he meant nothing lesse Nor did he pierce the doores indeed As foolish Papists hold For so to do he had no need That could do what he would If barres or bands and iron gate Gaue Peter leaue to go Why wonder ye so much thereat If these did euen so And that no fayned shape he had As ghosts or spirits haue To ease their feare and make them glad His hands and feete he gaue That they should handle them and see That he had flesh and bone And not as spirits wont to be For they haue neither none Therefore set care and feare aside These troubles that arise You may out of your hearts let slide And them as toyes despise The bodie that was layd in graue Now glorifi'd they see And to their handling subiect haue So good a God is he Lo thus did Christ to his appeare Such as sought him indeed At eu'rie time and tide his eare Was open to their need The morning Marie did him see The women towards noone To Peter next appeared he And these ere day was done To the Disciples late at night Appeared Christ also Great comfort had they of that sight And so had many moe But while for ioy they did not yet Beleeue that it was he Their blindnesse did them so much let That then they could not see Christ did againe vnto them say Peace be vnto you all As me my Father so I may And do you to me call To be sent foorth as I was sent To do my Fathers will The which you must with good intent As I haue all fulfill He breathed then on them and sayd Receiue the holy Ghost And so gaue them such heau'nly ayd As might releeue them most Whose sinnes ye do remit they are Remitted then said he Whose sinnes retained ye declare Retained shall they be And while they wondred yet he sayd Haue ye here anie meate A peece of broyled fish they layd Before him for to eate And of an honie combe a peece Which meate then surely he Did take and eate that he by these Might shew him man to be Then sayd he vnto them againe These are the words I spake When as I did with you remaine And here abiding make Fulfilled needes must all things be Which by the Prophets were As also Moses writ of me As in the Law ye heare And he their vnderstanding then Did open that they might See what was sayd by holy men And know the Scriptures right Thus it is writ thus behoued Christ Iesus for to die And rise againe so from the dead The third day verily And that of sinnes remission And eke repentance should Be preached to each nation As hath before bene told And that in Christs name alonely Which here should first begin For his name is assuredly The onely salue for sinne Now ye of these things witnesse are Which happened to me Therefore see you your selues prepare And alwayes readie be The promise that my Father made You shall receiue indeed The same Ile send to make you glad Assure your selues with speed Therefore when I depart you fro See that you tarrie still Here in this Citie for I go To do my Fathers will In his good time he from on hiâ— Will to you power giue To preach abrode this mysterie That many may beleeue Christ the eight day after appeared to them againe Thomas himselfe being then present But Thomas was not with them there Which of the twelue was one When Iesus did to them appeare For he from thence was gone And the Disciples to him sayd When he was come againe We saw the Lord while hence ye stayd And did abrode remaine Except in his hands I do see The print of eu'ry naile And put my finger there sayd he Your words will not preuaile Except also into his side My hand that I may thrust Your newes from reason are so wide That them I will not trust Now eight dayes after Christ had bene With his Disciples there He thus againe was likewise seene Vnto them to appeare And that while Thomas was within The doores then shut withall To stirre vp Thomas from his sinne And raise him from his fall Christ came and in the midst he stood Peace be to you he said Come hither Thomas for thy good I come be not affrayd Put in thy fingers here and see My hands and side also They beare their marks now faithfull be And let this weaknesse go Then Thomas answered and sayd My Lord my God art thou Thomas said he be not dismayd Because thou seest me now Thou dost beleeue blessed I say Are they that haue not seene And haue beleeued without nay As I with them had beene And many other things did he More then are written here And his Disciples witnesse be That dayly with him were But this is written that ye might Beleeue that Iesus is That Christ the sonne of God whose right Is to giue life to his Christ appeared to Iames. And Iames another time did see Christ Paule doth it declare Whereof we may assured be For Christ of his had care And as to Peter so alone He vnto Iames then came Thus did they see him euery one And witnessed the same Christ appeared to seuen of the Disciples as they were fishing at the sea of Tiberias After these things Iesus also Did shew him selfe againe To his Disciples seuen or mo Where then they did remaine At the sea of Tiberias For they a fishing were And thus as then it came to passe That they were fishing there These were together in one place And Simon Peter sayd Ile go a fishing for a space To whom they promise ayd For they sayd we will go with thee And so away they went Soone shipt they were as they would be Small time therein was spent But they that night their labour lost Christ Iesus was away They tooke no fish along the coast All night till it was day That Christ came vnto them and then When he was come indeed Though past all hope as wearie men Yet presently they speed For when it was now early day Christ on the shore did stand They knew him not as Iohn doth say Though they were neare at hand Haue ye sayd Christ sirs anie meate They answered him no. Christ doth not his at all forget Where euer that they go Cast out your net and you shall find On the right side said he So they obeyed Iesus mind And cast that side to see Their trauels past was then no let They did what Christ them bad They scarse could draw to land the net Such store of fish they had Then that Disciple whom Christ lou'd Said vnto Peter lo It is the
Lord his heart was mou'd His mind did giue him so When Peter heard that it was he He girt his coate in hast And cast him selfe to swimme to see He would not be the last But all the rest by ship did come They were not farre from land For as it is supposd of some The shore was hard at hand Two hundreth cubits off they were Or thereabouts they say The net they drawing with them there Made to the shore away Assoone as they were come to land A fire of coles they see And Iesus by the same did stand There bread and fish had he The fish vpon the coales were layd That Iesus had before Bring of your fish also he sayd Thereof they had great store Then Peter stept to draw straightway The net and fish to land His maisters mind he did obay He readie was at hand And hundreth fiftie then and three Of fishes great they had Their net vnbroken safe they see For all they were so lade Come now and dine then Iesus sayd Of the Disciples none Durst aske who art thou so affrayd They were at what was done And eke withall they knew it well Him Christ the Lord to be No man had neede the same to tell They knew all it was he Iesus tooke bread and fish likewise And to them did it giue And they did eate what did suffise Thus Christ did his releeue This was the eight time since he rose Christ did to them appeare To some Disciples as to those That met together there Christ restored Peter to his former place thrise calling him to answer his three fold deniall of him Christ sayd when they had dined well And each of them at ease Simon thou sonne of Ionah tell Lou'st thou me more then these I loue thee Lord thou knowst I do My lambs said Christ then feed Iesus the second time said so He sayd I do indeed Then feed my sheepe Christ Iesus sayd Yet once againe did he Aske Peter which made him dismayd So instant him to see Yea Peter grieu'd in heart to heare Christ aske him thrise the same It doth to thee ô Lord appeare That I do loue thy name Then feed my sheepe sayd Christ againe So to his former place Christ called him by this tis plaine And he receiued grace He did his maister thrise denie So grieuous was his fall And thrise to ease his miserie Christ Iesus did him call Amen amen I say to thee When thou wast young thy way Was where thou wouldest then as free To walke at will each day When thou art old another shall Gird and leade thee also Where thou wouldst not haue gone at all Yet mayst not chuse but go And this Christ vnto Peter spake To signifie thereby What death or end Simon should make His God to glorifie And when to him he had said this Christ said then follow me That now his calling certaine is Assured well is he He turning backe did soone espie Him whom the Lord did loue Then following after verely He Christ for him did moue For this had leaned on Christs breast As he at supper sate And asked Christ then for the rest Who should betray his state When Peter therefore saw him so To Iesus he did say Lord what is it that he shall do Now tell me I thee pray Then Iesus said to him againe Man what is it to thee If till I come he do remaine See thou thou follow me Then went this word among them all That that man should not die Christ said not vnto him he shall Not die assuredly But if vntill I come I will That tarie still shall he Do thou what I command fulfill What is the same to thee Christ appearing to his Disciples reproued their infidelitie The ninth time that Christ did appeare Of incredulitie He did reproue all that were there Through imbecillitie They did misdoubt though they did see And speake to him withall Thus blind as they our eyes now be Till Christ them open shall Christ appeared to his Disciples and fiue hundred brethren at once in a mountaine in Galilie The next time was in Galilie Vpon a mountaine there Where he as Paule doth testifie To many did appeare There vnto his a charge he gaue The which to vndertake He promisd them a helpe to haue Which should them able make For Iesus spake and thus did say All power now I haue In heau'n and earth and euerie way Which God the Father gaue Go ye therefore now teaching all Baptizing them also Throughout the world where I shall call And you oppoint to go Baptize all in the Fathers name The Sonne and holy Ghost What I command do ye the same Your labour is not lost Teach them all things for to obserue That I command indeed I am with you you â—le preserue And still releeue your need I will saue them that shall beleeue And be bapâ—ized to My Father did me power giue That I the same may do The vnbâ—leeuers all shall be Condemned for the same And these things also do shall he Which shall beleeue my name The deuil cast out in my name shall With new toungs speake shall they No deadly drinks shall hurt at all And serpents take away On sicke men if their hands they lay They shall recouer well All these things they shall day by day Performe as I do tell Christ appeared againe to theÌ„ in Bethanie and led them into mount Oliuet where after he had blessed them he ascended most gloriously into heauen in their sight Then the Disciples all they were By Iesus led away To Bethanie together there On his ascension day And to mount Oliuet they went Where he did blesse them all Willing them then as they were sent All his elect to call When he had blessed them foorthright While they beheld the same A cloud tooke him vp out of sight Which sodainly so came And while they looked stedfastly To heau'nward as he went Behold two men did stand them by Perceiuing their intent Which sayd to them why gaze ye so Ye men of Galilie This Iesus whom ye see thus go Shall so come verily Those men in white apparell were Whom they knew not as then Angels to be that did appeare As though they had bene men Which when they heard they eu'rie where Went preaching day by day The Lord increasing here and there His Church by them I say And eke confirming what they taught With signes and wonders so That still some fish their net then caught Where euer they did go Thus Iesus was seene bodily In fortie dayes we reade Eleuen times assurely When he rose from the dead And after his ascension Christ also was seene twice By Steuen when they did him stone And by Saint Paule likewise First Steuen vpon Gods right hand Did see him sit on hie The which to them that there did stand He then did testifie Paule persecuting sore of such