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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09649	A comfortable treatise vpon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende. By O. Pigge. Seene and alowed; Comfortable treatise upon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint Peter, from the twelfe verse to the ende.	Pigg, Oliver, b. ca. 1551.; Fielde, John, d. 1588.	1582 (1582)	STC 19915; ESTC S106422	38,659	87

A comfortable treatise vpon the latter part of the fourth chapiter of the first Epistle of Saint PETER from the twelfe verse to the ende By O. PIGGE 1. Cor. 49. ¶ I thinke that God hath set foorth vs the last Apostles as men appointed to death for we are made a gasing stock vnto the world and to Angels and to men 1. Peter 4. 15. Let none of you suffer as a murtherer or as a thiefe or an euill doer or as a busibodie in other mens matters Seene and alowed AT LONDON Printed by Robert Walde-graue fot Iohn Harison the yonger and Thomas Man 1582. TO THE RELIGIOVS AND VERY worshipful knightes Sir ROBERT IERMYN of Rushbrooke and Sir IOHN HEIGHAM of Baroe in the countie of Suffolke Grace and peace be multiplied from God our heauenly Father and from our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christe YOVR worships remember that at the beginning of the last newe yere I presented to you in wrighting that which the Lorde a little before had giuen me to speake in two short Sermons at BURI● adding not muche to that which was then vttered as the diligent hearer of me can testifie The reason of my so doing I alledged as the trueth was that I might haue somevvhat according to the maner of that time vvherewith to testifie the good affection vvhich of duty I owe vnto you both as vvel for the manifold blessings vvhich the church of God and the common wealth in these partes of Suffolke enioyeth by your meanes as for your care for my particuler safetie and for the great comfort which by you from time to time I haue had sithence my comming into this countrie The Lord register them in his booke that they may come into your good accounts in the day of his sonne And because it pleased you then to giue such liking of the treatise that both of you desired to reteine the coppie and requested the same at my hands vvherof also I made promise the best vvay for the performance of this I supposed vvas the putting of it in print which I was the rather contented to do because the matter deliuered in it beeing neces●arie to be taught beleeued I hoped might be profitable and comfortable to others vvhich also vvas the iudgement of some godlie and learned men that reade it ouer My purpose when I preached of the text was to sturre vp my self and the hearers to beare patiently comfortablie and profitablie al afflictions that might fal out for a good conscience sake my purpose in sending it a broade and in making it more common to the churche of God is the same The doctrine is necessarie to prepare vs for those times of trouble which the abusing of our peace the contempt of the gospell the euill handling of the ministers the infinite abhominations of the land haue most iustly deserued according also as vve haue these many yeares beene vvarned and threatned not only by our prophets teachers but also by fearefnll signes in heauen earth that fortesl vnto vs further euils vnlesse in time from the highest to the lovvest vve repent take a better course and turne from our disobedience Yea in respect of the time present this argument is not altogeather vnnecessary for although we haue iust cause dayly vpon our knees to praise God for her maiesty the most honourable of her counsell and the rest of the gouerners in the Churche common wealth by whose gracious meanes wee haue good lawes established executed for the liberty of true religion for the comfort and incouragement of such as meane well yet wee see howe in euerye place where the worde is taught cold protestantes earthly minded men papistes and Athiests seeke deuise all possible meanes they can to hinder the course of the gospell and to disquiet the preachers professours which oppose them selues againste their corruptions and refuse to ioyne with them in their disorders A matter too to vsual in these euil dayes as the faythfull seruants of God knowe and in many places finde true by miserable experience If the preachers in any towne be carefull to do their duty what quarrelles doe wicked men pick to stop their mouths weary them and to driue them away and if any of the flocke take part with their teachers and professe obedience to the trueth they want no euill words frovvning lookes and hard practises againste them from popish vvorldly irreligious men The practises of our country of Suffolke to let pas●e other parts of the lande witnes this to be true cry alowde for vengeance in the eares of the Lorde of hostes as your vvorships very vvell know VVe haue many godly learned wise faithful painful pastors I suppose that diuers Counties of the Realme being put together can scarse afforde so greate a numbe● They teache the trueth of God vvith all manner so dutifulnes and holy loialty to her maiesty and the state they be carefull to liue vvell to the vttermoste of their povver and the Lorde be thanked that hath giuen them some good measnre of grace in that behalfe They lacke not countenance comfort and reliefe from the honorable and worshipful in the commission of peace for the shire so farre as they maye with a good conscience and according to the lawes of our most gracious souereigne VVee prayse God therefore and thinke our selues bound to pray daily for you all But I pray you what impes hath Sathan sturred vp amongst vs almost in euery Towne vvhere the vvorde is preached to hinder this vvorke of the Lorde hath there bene any vvay vnattempted to shake some of the preachers and in them no dout al the rest They vvhich seeme to make any account of the teachers and to professe more holinesse then others though alas not so much as they should doe escape not the vennom of poisoned tongues The pore people here and there in the country that be more carefull then the rest to resort to sermons to heare the vvoorde learne their dutie and vvith a good conscience to discharge such duties as by oth are layd vpon them bee not vvithout their crosses Some by the malice of naughty insufficient ministers other vntovvarde men to redeeme peace glad to leaue the tovvn vvhere they dvvelled Others frovvned vpon for doing othervvise then their superstitious landlordes doe vvould haue them Others maliced for indicting and complaining of papists other vvicked men for not resorting to the church not comming to the Communion and for misusing of the prechers some molested one way and some another And this I speak not of any thing done by any magistrate or gouernour in the church or common vveale let no man take me so but by vvicked papistes and godlesse persons that be scattered abroade in the counrry as Goates among the sheepe and darnell among good corne VVho contrary to the lavves peace Crovvne dignity of her highnesse and the kingdome purpose and practise mi●chife and violence sometime couertly