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A69156	The shippe of assured safetie wherein wee may sayle without danger towards the land of the liuing, promised to the true Israelites: conteyning in foure bokes, a discourse of Gods prouidence, a matier very agreable for this time, vvherof no commo[n]ly knovven especiall treatise hath bene published before in our mother tong. What great varietie of very necessarie and fruitfull matier is comprysed in this worke, conuenient for all sortes of men, by the table of the chapters follovving after the præface, ye may perceyue. Compyled by Edward Cradocke, doctor and reader of diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Oxford.	Cradock, Edward.	1572 (1572)	STC 5952; ESTC S109809	192,706	546

that thy barnes shall be filled with abundaunce and thy presses shall burst with newe wine Who trembleth at the voyce of God him selfe complayning that through haynous sacriledge he is robbed and spoyled of hys owne right And yet not onely maketh he ample and large behestes but O Iesu how fearfully also dothe he thunder as it were with his dreadful manaces and threats VVyll a man spoyle sayth he his Gods yet haue ye spoyled me But ye say wherein haue we spoyled thee in tythes and offerings Ye are cursed with a curse for ye haue spoyled me euen this whole nation Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be meat in mine house proue me now here with sayth the Lord of hostes if I wil not opē the windows of heauē vnto you poure you out a blessing without mesure And I will rebuke the deuourer for your sakes he shal not destroy the fruit of your ground neither shal your vine be bareyn in the fielde sayth the Lorde of hostes And all nations shall cal you blessed for ye shall be a pleasaunt lande sayth the Lorde of hostes Whiles then we withdraw that that is due to the Elder of the congregation God accepteth it none otherwise than as an iniurie done to his owne selfe and that no small iniurie neither but as it liketh himselfe to name it a playne robberie and a spoyle And shall we hencefoorth make light of it Shall we fraudulently with Ananias and Saphira conueay from Gods faythfull minister the iuste fruite and gayne of his deserued labour If ye will fullie refuse neglecting good customes and constitutions that are made agreably to Gods will beware I pray you what ye do For if Gods heauy curse do not pull you sodaynely all bare take héede yet to the caterpiller and the locusse and be ye well aduised of the priuie théefe But what of this will some one say for whatsoeuer you haue said hitherto it may be al blowen away with one blast The lawe made for tenthes was ceremoniall Why so For the number of tenne will he say béeing the perfitest number whiles we kéepe nine partes to our selues and giue God the tenthe we protest by this very acte our weaknesse and imperfection ascribing al perfitnesse to God alone So the rest of the Sabboth day signifieth partly that we should reste from sinne that the workes of our owne corruption beeing expelled Gods owne operation and working might take place in vs the more effectually and partely also it betokeneth our rest from al worldly miseries and that quiet hauen of al blessednesse which we shall eniey with God in the worlde to come But what of that will I agayne say Should we not therfore come to the Churche vppon euery Sunday being the seuenth day forbearing al worldly labours the better to apply our selues to Gods seruice But it is ceremonial he sayth surely al things signifying mulle not by by be so taken as ceremonial And if they be shal there no remnaunt of them be remayning shall they foorthwith be dashed out quite and cleane The Israelites hadde water no doubte when they were baptysed as Saincte Paule sayth in a cloude and in the sea shall therefore the elemente of water be condemned as Iewishe in oure Baptisme they had their shewebreade which signified our Sauiour Chryste shoulde we therefore reiecte the vse of bread in the reuerende Sacrament of Christes bodie No not so For the creatures them selues be not abolished but the guyse and maner of their obseruaunce Euen so say I the seuenth day it selfe we will kéepe still and tenthes we will retaine for the vse of the church But yet in the order of our obseruation we will not in all respects follow the trade of the Iewes but we wil do as that spirit doth guyde vs wherby Christ ruleth the congregation Admit they be ceremoniall in some sorte yet doubtlesse absolutely they be not For the celebration of the Sabboth was not onely ordeyned for this ende that it might be a figure of that spirituall rest afore mentioned but there be two causes beside The one was that there mighte be a daye assigned wherein the people mighte come togither to heare the lawe and to do other dueties there requisite of Gods seruaunts The other was that seruaunts liuing vnder the obedience of their masters might haue a vacant time from their labour for their honest godly recreation Therefore figuratiuely and Iudaically we wil no more obserue the Sabboth day yet of euery seuen dayes in the weke wil we picke out one for our assemblies wherin we will méete togither to heare Gods worde to ioyne in hartie prayer to almightie God and to receaue the holy Sacraments according to our Lords institution Yea and we will cause our seruaunts whole familie to do the same All this is morall and appertayneth to our ciuill dutie In respecte wherof we should not without muche impietie let it slippe That which I speake concerning the Sabboth might be sayd in like maner of the tenthes which were giuen in the old lawe For as they signified oure imperfection the supplying whereof they looked for by the comming of our Lord and Sauiour Chryste we will not meddle nor deale with them in any wyse But surely yet there be other causes wherfore they were bothe admitted by decrées and counsayles at the firste and we that come nowe in this latter age coulde not without greate disorder yea I mighte say also greate wante of a due and sober consideration of our own priuate authoritie caste them off For truely of their ceremoniall meanyng which some vrge in the scriptures of the olde and newe Testamente I reade vtterly nothing that they shoulde be instituted of God hym selfe for the reliefe of hys Priestes and Ministers that euen he him selfe testifieth in the place of Malachie before rehearsed saying Bryng ye all the tythes into the store-house THAT THERE MAY BE MEAT IN MYNE HOVSE Whiche cause of their institution remayning still why tithes as the effecte of the same cause shoulde not stande likewise in force I can not see Sure I am of this eue by the doctrine of S. Paule that God now hath as great regarde to the good state of the ministerie as euer he had at any time to the Leuiticall Priesthoode if not nowe also therfore the greater the more excellent our office is aboue that of the Leuites But the Ministers may now haue the tenthes no longer By what scripture proue ye that Truely oure Sauioure Chryst rebuking very bitterly the Scribes and Pharisies for béeing so precise in their tithe-gathering whereas they passed not vppon greater mattiers seemeth to say no such thing For contrarywise he concludeth rather with these wordes These things ought ye to haue done and not to haue left the other And S. Austine purposely making a sermond de ●eddendis decimis alleageth in the defense of tythes the very

THE SHIPPE of assured safetie Wherein wee may sayle without danger towards the land of the liuing promised to the true Israelites Conteyning in foure Bokes a discourse of Gods Prouidence a matier very agreable for this time vvherof no commōly knovven especiall Treatise hath bene published before in our mother tong What great varietie of very necessarie and fruitfull matier is comprysed in this vvorke conuenient for all sortes of men by the Table of the Chapters folovving after the Praeface ye may perceyue Compyled by Edward Cradocke Doctor and Reader of Diuinitte in the Vniuersitie of Oxford 1. CORINTH 4. As touching me I passe very little to be iudged of you or of mans iudgement 10 I iudge not mine own self 1. PETR 5. Cast all your care vpon God for he careth for you ¶ Imprinted at London by H. Bynneman for William Norton ANNO. 1572. HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE That beareth vp this ioly Beare A vvoodden staffe some say it is Ragged in forme But vvill ye heare I tell you plaine they say amisse Gods care it is that vvatcheth aye And neuer sleepes at time nor tide That of this Beare is th' only stay The only supporte and the guide So long then as he holdes it right Stand sure he shall against his foe And man nor deuill day nor night Shall aye be able to vvorke him vvoe God graunt him many blessed dayes To liue before his parting hence And that he may in all his vvayes Make God the staffe of his defence AMEN quoth E. C. To the right honorable and his especiall good Lorde and Patrone Lorde ROBERT Earle of Leycester Baron of Denbighe Knight of the Honorable order of the garter of the Quenes Maiesties priuie Counsaile and highe Chauncellar of the Vniuersitie of Oxforde c. Edvvarde Cradocke Doctor and Reader of Diuinitie in the layde Vniuersitie vvisheth muche health vvith encrease of honoure and prosperous successe in all his godly affaires THere were three causes righte Honourable and mine especial good Lord which moued mee at this time to take penne in hande The firste and principall vvas the dutie and seruice vvhich I ovve to God vvho vvoulde not onely that by preaching and reading but also by al other meanes possible I should seke the aduauncement of his kingdome The nexte vvas my zele tovvardes the house of God the ruinous and decayed state wherof in this later age of the world I coulde neither forget vvithout impietie nor remember vvithout compassion nor passe ouer and neglecte vvithoute great burden of conscience The third and last cause that prouoked me vvas that I mighte enter into some pore account touching the course race of my vvhole life spent for the most parte of it in the Vniuersitie of Oxford asvvell to other my good Lords and Patrones to whom I am muche beholding as namely also to your Honoure vvhom not only we Oxford men acknovvledge as oure good Lord and Chanceller but also next vnder the Queenes Maiestie our cheefe heade VVhose honourable and curteous nature both shevved to other my far betters and from me thoughe vnworthye at no time vvithdravvne vvhat it mighte iustly chalenge and whose great authoritie and iurisdiction ouer vs what laufully and orderly it might commaund I could not be ignorant in any vvise It came therfore oftentimes to my remembraunce that seing your Honor with other the furtherers of our studies haue so honorably spared me your good vvord I could neither without infamie hold my peace nor without want of good aduisement not giue oute some testimonie of my bounden duetie And for this purpose to confesse vnto your Honor the very truthe howe small soeuer mine habilitie vvas yet rather conuenient leasure of me muche desired this great vvhile than any goodvvill vtterly was wāting But as God worketh secretely many sundry vvayes to helpe that forward which he wold haue done at the last in dede fell oute oportunitie of me not so muche coueted or vvished for as heartily lamented and bevvailed that the plague daily growing and encreasing in the Vniuersitie of Oxford the publike lectures being for the very same cause intermitted hoping by Goddes assistance to prouide sufficiently for meself more of a studious minde than greatly vrged by any neede for my frendes hearing at the last where I vvas vvrote me earnest letters to come downe vnto them amongst other I there remained VVholely therefore being addicted and giuen to contemplation from the which at that time there was no great encombrance that might pull me backe I began nowe seriously to minde the setting oute and publishing of some booke And being fully determined to wryte vpon the matter notwithstanding vvhervpon I might fitliest groūd my processe I was not by and by resolued Sometimes it came into my minde to take in hande some controuersie of this time But considering with meself what great learning hath bene lately shewed in such questiōs I was quickly chaunged from that mind For vvhat could any body novv vvryte of for the improuing or defending of suche things which very plentifully alredy hath not bene discoursed VVould a mā gladly be instructed touching the vse of images let him peruse D. Calfehils boke against Martial VVold he heare what can be said of the Masse Not only master Deane of Paules his bokes against Dorman are to be sene but also the treatise of the righte reuerēd father bishop Cowper entituled The defense of the truth against the masse and the works of the late famous bishop of vvorthy memorie D. Iewel VVho in tvvo of his greate Volumes hathe gone through with so many so profoūd maters of religion that for diuers needefull poynts to be spoken of they might vvell serue a Diuine for common place bokes Therfore taking more diligent perfite deliberation after many other things vvhich I thought vpon the very time and place vvhere I then vvas and the remembrance of Goddes Prouident care for me from my youth and notwithstāding my diligence in taking heede not least of al declared towardes me at that time made me in loue as it vvere vvith the argument of Gods Prouidence Therwithal which inflamed me not a litle the more it could neither be hidden nor vnknowne vnto me howe graciously besides our deseruing hovv vvonderfully beyond al reason God hath lately protected with his mightie hand not only our soueraigne Lady the Queenes highnesse but vniuersally the vvhole state of this realme For o good Lorde vvhat subtile vndermining what crafty cōueying what cruell conspiring hathe bene attempted VVhat mischeuous heades vvhat slie practises vvhat vngodly deuises haue beene founde oute VVhiche neither by anye mannes vvisedome coulde come to light vvhen they vvere hidde nor by mannes strength and pollicie coulde be repressed when they were broken out But that god whose prouident eye neuer slepeth whose head is alvvayes carefull and mindefull of vs whose arme stretched out is neuer idle vvhen none other vvise coūsel could take place by his maruellous forsighte hathe prouided

therfore haue we to finde fault with God if it be true that Lactantius sayth And truely he hathe spoken nothing which bothe in reason and conscience wée fynde not true Oh howr muche therefore are wée beholding to almightie God who so swéetely and comfortably disposeth all thinges that euen that whiche were otherwyse most noysome and could not but ill fauouredly breake out yet by his maruelous working he turneth to good But my mind gretly giueth me to heare an other whyle father Origene who entreating of thys very same mattier so largely and amply setteth it oute that wée coulde not wyshe or require any more God sayth he vvroughte not malyce but yet beeing able to lette it from going forwarde after it is founde out of other he dothe not so but vseth bothe it and them that haue it for conueniente and necessarie causes For by them in vvhome malyce is abyding he hathe made them well knowen and tryed who goe on the way towardes renowne that commeth by the exercise of vertue VVhiche malyce if it shoulde be destroyed doubtlesse there shoulde bee nothyng lefte that shoulde sette it selfe agaynste vertue And vertue not hauyng any contrarie to striue agaynste coulde not so clearelye shyne foorth and become brighter as it were and better scoured Nowe vertue if it be not proued and examined is no vertue But if this be sayde onely by me and not confirmed by the testimonies of holy Scripture it will seeme rather to bee a gay paynted flourishe sette togither by the arte of mannes witte than a truthe and a thing that is oute of doubte Let vs searche then whether oute of the Byble we may pieke any such lesson Let vs come to the history of Ioseph Take away the malice of his brethrē take away their enuy take away al the bloudy conference that they had one of thē with an other so cruelly raging against their brother vntil suche time as they had solde him I say these things taken away see howe muche thou shalt ouerthrowe the whole maner and order of Gods Prouidence For with the same labor thou shalt vndo al that euer Ioseph did in Egypt for al mens safegarde and preseruation Pharaos dreame had bene neuer expounded through the enuy of his brethren Ioseph being pulled as it were from hys fathers side had not come into Egypte no man had vnderstode vvhat God had reueled to the king no man had gathered vp in Egypt suche a great deale of corne together no man by his vvise prouision had remedied the extreme neede that men should haue bene driuen to by the occasion of the dearthe all Egypt had sterued for hunger yea and the countreys had died vp rounde about Moreouer Israel himself should haue ended his dayes in like manner and his sede begging their breade if they had not entred into Egypt neither had the children of Israell come thence againe vvith suche vvonderful vvorks of the Lord no vvhere had ben those plages that had ben poured vpon Egypt nor those vvondrous vvorks vvhich God did by Moses and Aaron nobody had gone ouer the red sea dry-shod no man in this mortal life had bene acquainted vvith the foode of Manna no freshe streames of vvater had gushed out of the rocke that folovved them the lavv had not bene geuen man from God none of all that that is vvrytten in Exodus in Leuiticus in the boke of Numbres in Deuteronomy had comen to the knovvledge of mākinde certainly their fathers inheritance the land of promisse none of the Israelites had entred And to come to the text of the history vvhich vve haue in hand take avvay the malice of this deuillishe king Balac vvhich made him so desirous to haue the Israelites cursed take avvay his subtilitie vvherevvith he enticed Balaam to curse them and thou shalt take avvay altogither the order of Gods dealing and the fauour of his Prouidence tovvardes Israels children no vvhere shall be those prophecies to be seene foretold by the mouthe of Balaam bothe to the children of Israel and to the Gentiles And hitherto vve haue brought proues oute of the olde Testament Novv if you couette an other vvhile to haue this that vve saye confirmed by the testimonies of the nevve testament if you sette aside the malice of Iudas and leaue oute hys treason you shall remoue avvaye vvith it altogether bothe Christes crosse and his passion and if Chrystes crosse be gone the principalities and povvers can not be spoyled nor triumphed ouer vppon the vvoodde of the crosse If Christ had not died neyther hadde he risen againe neither had there beene any the first begotten of the deade If there hadde beene none the first begotten of the dead neyther coulde vvee haue hadde any hope of oure resurrection Of the deuill himselfe if vve putte novve the like case to vvitte that hee hadde beene restrayned by some necessitie from committing sinne or that after sinne committed his malicious vvil hadde beene taken from him therevvithall oute of doubte there hadde beene taken from vs the strife that vvee haue againste the vvilye traines of the deuill and the crovvne of victorie coulde not haue beene looked for of his parte that had lavvfully vvrastled and buckled vvith him If vvee shoulde haue no ghostly ennimies that vvoulde stande againste vs there coulde not then I say be any bickering nor revvardes should be layde vp for the ouercommers nor the kingdome of Heauen shoulde bee prouyded for them that haue the vpper hande nor this lighte afflictyon of oures vvhyche in comparison lasteth for the space of the tournyng of a mannes hande should cause vnto vs a farre greater vvaighte of glorye in the time to come neither could any of vs for suffering of tribulations in this vvorlde hope for the infinite glory of the vvorld hereafter Oute of all vvhich premisses vvee may novve inferre this conclusion that God dothe not only vse good instruments but bad also to the doing of a good vvorke For in this great house of the vvorlde there be not onely vessels of golde and siluer but of vvoode also and of clay some of them seruing to honoure other of them to dishonour and yet neither of bothe sortes coulde be spared Thus farre goeth Origene speaking so muche of the vse of the euill that is in sinne that we might wel holde our selues satisfied But of serpentes and beastes venimous with such other pernicious things what say we are we able to stand in the defense of them saying that they also are expedient The mad secte of the Manichee● hadde alwayes against them a great quarrell calling them as they did also mothes and fleshe flies gentes tenebrarum the Bentiles of the darckenesse But what trowe yée is the answere that S. Austine maketh them These heretikes marke not sayeth he vvhat force they haue vsed in place and considered as they be in their ovvn kinde and in hovv goodly order they are disposed moreouer hovve muche they garnishe the vvorlde for their proportion as