shal no where fynde them Thy enemies which dare mowe batayle agaynste the shal be distroyed For I the lorde thy God shal holde faste thy right honde which also nowe saye vnto the feare not for it is I that shal helpe the be not afrayde my litle seruauÌ„te Iacob feare not poore dispysed Israel for I shal helpe the saith the lorde and I that maketh holy Israel shall auenge the yee I shal trendeâ— the lyke a wayne and lyke a newe shode carâ—e to thresshe doune mountayns and to bete them in poulder and the lytle hyls shalt thou dryue into duste thou shalt wenowe them and dryue them awaye lyke the wynde and scater them abrode kyke a whyrle wynde whyles thou thy silfe shal reioyce greatly in the lorde and prayse hym that maketh the holy Israel When the poore afflicte desyred â—ater and fynde it not and theyr tonge is drye for thyrste then do I the lorde geue it them I the God of Israel forsake them not I shal lede the blynde in to a waye that they knowe not and directe them into a pathe of which they are ignoraunt I shal turne the darknes into light before them and the kroke in to an euen waye this thynges wyll I do for them nether wyl I forsake them ¶ This speaketh the lorde which hath created the o Iacob and fasshioned y e o Israel feare thou not for I shall redeme y e I haue chalenged y e for my awne sylfe and geuen the thy name that thou shuldest be myne so that when thou passedste thorowe the waters I wylbe with the. Remembre wel these thynges Iacob and Israel for thou arte my seruaunt whom I haue fasshioned to thenteÌ„te that thou shuldest be my seruaunt newer to be oute of my mynde o Israel I do awaye thy wickednes eueÌ„ as I disperse a cloude and thy synnes take I 〈◊〉 waye lyke a myste turne the therfore to â— for I wyll delyuer the. Lyfte vppe youâ— eyes to heuen and beholde the erth vndâ— you for heuen shal be dispersed lyke smoke and the erth shal be broken lyke a garmeâ— and her inhabitours shal peresshe in lyâ— maner but my sauynge health shall indure for euer and my mercy wherwith I make men righteous shal newer fayle It is that conforte you at all tymes saith the lorde ¶ I forsoke the for a litle tyme but I called the to me agayne with moche mercy 〈◊〉 hyd my face from the for a litle space whyâ—les I was angrye but I will take y e 〈◊〉 my armes agayne with an euerlastinge meâ—â—cy saith the lorde thy redemer for this thynge shal be to me as were the waters of nâ— he apon the erth For lyke wyse as I swore newermoare to brynge agayne the waters of nohe vpon the erth euen so haue I sworne to be not angrye with y e agayne nether yet to chyde with the for ye mountanys shal soner forsake theyr places and the hylles shall soner fall doune then other my mercy shall forsake y e or the promyse of my peace shall fayle y t saith thy mercifull lorde Beholde my lytle poore afflicte and forâ—aken I shall make thy walles of precious â—arboncles and shall laye thy fundatiâ—n with Saphyrs thy wyndous and yerâ—s shal I make of cleare Christal and all â—y wttermoste byldinge shal I sette with â—ych stones And besyde all this all thy â—ilderne shal be taught of the lorde and â—hal endue them with ryche peace thou shal â—e byldeth all of righteuesnes and be oute â—f all daunger of violence wherof thou â—halâ— not neade to feare no plage shal come â—yâ— the .c. Gyue eare to me aÌ„d come to me and youre soules shal be refresshed for I wyâ—l â—myt hondes with you into an euerlaâ—tinge conuenaunce to geue you these assuerd marcyes promysed vnto Dauid ¶ My deare brethern geue faith vnto theyr promyses aÌ„d let not y e dissaytfull workinge of sathan make you anys to doute in the mercifulnes of youre heuenly father for soner shall the mountaynis leawe theyr places then his mercy shal be drawyne from you he hath sworne and hath not repented to shewe his aboundante and euerlastiÌ„ge mercy vnto you Therfore my welbelowed brethren be stronge in the faith and geue honoure to God aÌ„d stedfastly beleue y e he which hath made the promyses vnto you is able also to make them good And geue no hede to other false prophetes that wolde drawe you from god They are wolues and wolde deuore you be not tayne awaye with the erroure of the wicked But reioyce in the lorde alwayes and agayne Isaye reioyce les youre softenes be knowen vnto all men the lorde is euen at honde which is able to saue you and all that trusteth in hym To whom only be honoure and prayse for euer and euer Amen Of peace PEace commeth of faith nether mo faith be withoute peace nor peace withoute faith for peace commeth of ryghteuesnes which is of faith Peace shal be the end of ryghteuesnes An man is iustified by fayth wythout the deades of the lawe Herefore Paul concludeth Because therfore that we are iustified by fayth we are at peace wyth god c. Thys peace wherof I speake is the peace whiche Christ gaue and left to the apostles and disciples sayenge Peace I lâ—ue with you my peace I geue vnto you noâ— as the worlde geueth geue I vnto you Let not youre hertes be greued nether feare ye The same peace Paul coÌ„mended vnto the people to whom he wrote his epistles sayinge Grace be with you and peace froÌ„ God oure father and from the lorde Iesus Christ My people shal dwel in the fayer hous of peace in sure tabernacles and in rych beddes hayle when it shal descende it shal fall only vpon wodes and ceties â— Christ the prince of peace an kynge which shal newer haue an ende in encressinge his impery and yet shal â—e there with noresshe peace I am the lorde that maketh peace This speaketh the lorde lo I shallede forth peace to her lyke a floude This peace is an ioyful reest aÌ„d quyetnes in a faithful maÌ„nis coÌ„science The whiche coÌ„meth of faith for faith maketh hym sure that his synnes are forgeuen hym and that he is in Gods faueours Wherfore the dredoure the trouble in quyetnes whiche he had before of his synnes is awaye And he hath peace that is to saye an ioyful reest and quyetnes in his conscience Of the whiche sayeth Christe Come vnto me â—e all that labour and are â—aden and I wyl ease you Take my yoke on â—ou and learne of me for I am meke and â—oly in herte and ye shal finde reest vnto you â—e soules The vnfaithful hath not this peace for theyr consciences are troubleth wyth theyr synnes As it is written vnto the vngodly there is no peace sayeth the lorde for they knowe not the waye of peace whiche only is Christ whiche
dyed and was buried in hell ¶ When he lifte vppe his eyes as he was in tormentes he sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome and cried and saith haue mercy on me and sende Lazarus that he maye depe the rippe of his finger in water and cole my tonge for I am tourmented in this flame Abraham saith vnto hym Sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receauedst thy pleasure and contrary wyse Lazarus payne Nowe therfore is he conforted and thowe arte punisshed .c. ¶ For as moch then as we must neades be baptised in tribulations and goo thorowe the redde see and a greate and fearful wildernes and a londe of cruell geâ—untes into oure awne contree for here haue we no contynuinge citie but we seke â— citie to come yee and in as moch as it is of playne ernest there is no nother waye into y e kyngdome of heueÌ„ then thorowe persecutioÌ„ and sufferinge of payne and very deeth after the ensaÌ„ple of Christ For we â—ustenter in at ye strayte gate â–ª for wyde is the gate and broade is the waye that leadeth to distruction and many there be which goo in there at For strayte is the gat and narawe is the waye which leydeth vnto lyfe and feawe there be that fynde it ¶ Therfore let vs arme oure soules with the conforte of the scriptures howe that God is euer ready at honde in tyme of neade to helpe vs. And howe that soch tyrauntes and persecuters are but Gods scourge and his rodde to chastise vs. And as the father hath alwaye in tyme of correction the rodde faste in his honde so that the rodde doeth no thynge but as he moweth it euen so hath God all tyrauntes in his honde and letteth them not doo whatsoeuer they wolde but as moch only as he apoynteth them to do and as for forth as it is necessaâ—y for vs. And as when the childe submitâ—eth hym sylfe vnto his fathers correction and nurtoure and humbleth hym sylfe all to gether vnto the will of his father then â—he rodde is taken awaye euen so when we are come vnto the knowleage of the righte waye and haue forsakeÌ„ oure awne wyll and offer oure sylfes clene vnto the will of God to walke which waye so euer he will haue vs then turneth he the tyrauntes Or else yf they enforce to persecute vs any forther he putteth them out of the waye accordynge vnto the confortable ensamples of the holy scripture ¶ Moareouer let vs arme oure soules with the promyses both of helpe and assistence and also of the glorious rewarde that foloweth Greate is youre rewarde in heuen saith Christ And he that knowledge me before men hym shall I knowledge before my father that is in heuen And call on me in tyme of tribulation and I shal delyuer y e And beholde the eyes of the lorde are â—uer them that feare hym aÌ„d ouer them that trust in his mercy To delyuer theyr soules from deeth and to fede them in the tyme of hongre And Dauid sayeth The lorde is nye theâ— that are troubled in theyr hertes and the mâ—ke in sprite he wyll saue The tribulation of the righteous are many and out oâ— them all will the lorde delyuer them Thâ— lorde kepeth all the bones of them so thaâ— not one of them shal be brosed The lorâ—de shal redeme the soules of his seruauntes And of soch lyke consolation are the psames full the lorde open youre hertes to reade them and vnderstonde them perfectly in the sprite When ye delyuer you take no thoâ—ught what ye shal saye It shal be geuen you the same houre what ye shall saye For it is not ye that shall speake but the sprite of youâ—re father speaketh in you The very heares of youre heedes are noumbred Yf God care for oure heares he moch moare careth for oure soules which he hath sealed with his holy sprite Therfore saith Peter Cast al youâ—re care apon hym for he careth for you and Paul saith God is true he will not suffre you to be tempted aboue youre myght· Cast thy care apon the lorde Let thy care be to prepare thy sylfe with all thy streÌ„gth to walâ—ke which waye he wyl haue the and to beleue that he wyl goo with the and assiste the and strength the agenst all tyrannes and delyuer the out of all tribâ—lation But what waye or by what meanes he wyll do it that committe vnto hym and to his godly pleaâ—ure and wisdome and cast that care apon hym And thougth it seme neuer so vnlikely or neuer so vnpossible vnto naturall reason yet beleue stedfastly that he will doo it And â—hen shall he accordynge vnto his olde vse chaunge the course of the worlde euen in the â—winkelinge of an eye and come sodeÌ„ly apon youre tyranntes and myghtye geauntes as a thefe in the nighte and compasse them in theyr wiles and worldly wisdome when they crye pece aÌ„d all is saffe then shal theyr sorowes begynne as the sorowes of a woman that traueleth with childe And then shall he dystroye them aÌ„d delyuer you vnto the glorious prayse of his mercy aÌ„d trueth Amen And as perteyninge vnto them that despice Gods worde countinge it as a phantasy or a dreame and to them also that for feare of a litle persecutio flye froÌ„ it setthes before thy eyes How God sens the beginnynge of the worlde before a general plage euer seÌ„te his true prophetes and preachers of his worde to warne the people and gaue them space to repente But they for the greatest part of them hardened theyr hertes and persecuted the worde that was sente vnto them And then God destroyed them vtterly and toke them cleane from the erthe As thou seist what folowed the preachynge of Noe in the olde worlde what folowed the preachinge of Lot amonge the Sodomites and the preachinge of Moses and Aaron amonge the Egiptians and that sodenly agenst all possibilite of mans witte Moareouer as ofte as the childerne of Israel fell froÌ„ God to the whorsepinge of ymages he sente his prophetes vnto them And they persecuted and waxed harde herted And then he sente them into all places of the worlde captiue Cast of all he sente his awne sonne vnto them And they waxed moare harde herted then euer before And se what a fearfull ensample of his wrath and cruell vengeaunce he hath made of them vnto all the worlde nowe almost fyftene huÌ„dred yeres ¶ Marke also howe Christ threathnet them that forsake hym for whatsoeuer cause it be Whether for feare eyther for shame eyther for lousse of honoure frendes lyfe or goodes he that deniet me before men saith he hym wil I denie before my father that is in heuen he that loweth father or mother moare then me is not worthy of me Whosoeuer is asshamed of me saith he or of my wordes amonge this adoutours and sinneful generation of hym shall the
certifieth my brethern for nowe is the last tyme. And as ye haue herde howe that Antechrist shal come euē nowe are there many Antechristes come all redy Beware of the false prophetes which come to you in shepes clothynge but inwardly they are raueninge wolues ye shal knowe them by they re frutes So men gaddre grapes of thornes or figges of brires euen soo euery good tree bryngeth forth good frute But a corrupte tree bryngeth forth euil frute A good tre can not brynge forth bad frute Nor yet can a bad tree brynge forth good frute Euery tree that bryngeth not forth good frute shal be heawen doune and cast in to the fyre wherfore by they re frutes ye shal knowe them Not all they that saye vnto me master master shal enter in to the kyngdome of heuen but he that fulfilleth my fathers wyll which is in heuen Many wil saye to me in that daye master ma◠haue we not in thy name prophesied and in thy name haue we not cast out deuyls and in thy name haue we not done many myracles and then wyl i knoudledge vnto them that I newer knewe thē Departe from me ye workers of iniquite I beseche you brethern marke them which cause diuision and gewe occasions of euyl contrary to the doctrine which ye haue learned of the oyntment which ye haue of the holy goost and awoyde them For they that are soch serue not the lorde Iesus Christ but theyr awne belyes and by swete preachynges and flatterynge wordes deceaue the hertes of the innocentes For youre obedience vnto the trueth is publeshed through out amonge all christē brethern I am glad no dout of you but yet I wolde haue you wyse vnto that which is good and to be innocent as concerninge euyl The God of peace shall treade sathan vnder youre fete in shorte tyme. To hym that is of power to stabilishe you accordynge to the Gospell wherewith Iesus Christ is preached vnto you in openynge of the mistery which was kept closse from you a longe tyme a goo thorowe bely wysdome I meane y e craft of y e ypocrites And nowe is opēned at this tyme and declared in the holy scrip◠heuenly father Which spared not his aune sonne but gaue hym for vs all Wherefore no dispare mo haue place in you for as saith Paul Ye haue not receaued the sprite of bōdage to feare eny moare but ye haue receaued the sprite of adoption wherby ye crye abba father God youre father is mercifull yee and very merciful sayth the scripture And his mercy he wyl not denye vnto his awne children whiche are ye so ye kepe sure the faith of the Gospell Herefore truste sure in the lorde for there is no damnation to you whiche are in Christ Iesu whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the sprite for the lawe of the sprite wherin is lyfe thorowe Iesus Christ hath deliuered you from the lawe of synne and deeth For what the lawe coulde not doo in as moch as it was weake because of the fleshe that performed God and sent his sonne in the similitude of sinful fleshe and by synne dampned synne in the fleshe that the righteuesnes required of the lawe myght be fulfilled in you which walke not after the fleshe but after the sprite c. It is God that iustifieth you who then shal condempne you it is Christ which is deed yee rather which is rysē agayne which is also at the ryght honde of God and maketh intercession for you Ye are dearly bought Ye are Christis awne possession Ye are members of Christ And the very housholde of God Wherfore doute not for he careth for you cast roure care on the lorde and he shall nouresshe you To put all feare all dredoure and all dispare from you Christ hath geuen you consolation sayinge Feare not lytle floocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geue you an kyngdom Be not careful for youre heuēly father knoweth what ye haue neade of and wyll ministre all necessary thynges vnto you ¶ Axe and it shal be geuen you seke and ye shal fynd knocke and it shal be opened vnto you for whosoeuer areth receaueth and he that seketh findeth and to hym that knocketh it shal be opened Is there any man amonge you which wolde profer his sonne a stone yf he axeth hym breed or yf he axeth fisshe wolde he profer hym a serpent yf ye then which axe euyl can geue to youre children good gyftes howe moche moare shall youre father which is in heuen geue good thynges to them that axe of hym I will dwell amonge you and walke amōge and wil be youre God and ye shal be my people I wil be an father vnto you and ye shal be vnto me sonnes and doughters sayth the lorde God almyghty Beholde the dayes shal come saith the lorde and I will fynnisshe apon the hous of Israel and apone the hous of Iuda an newe testament not lyke as the Testament that I made with theyr fathers at that tyme when I toke them by the honde to leed them oute of the lande of Egipte For this is the testament that I will make vnto the hous of Israel after theyr dayes I wil put my lawes in they re myndes and in theyr hertes I will writ them and I wil be theyr God and they shal be my people And they shall not teache euery man his neybour and euery man his brothre sayinge knowe the lorde for they shal knowe me from the leest to the greatest of them for I will be mercifull to them on theyr iniquites and synnes and on they re vnrighteuesnes will I not thynke any moare ¶ I the lorde defende and water her in the due tyme. I kepe her daye and nyght leste any man inuade her I am with oute all wrathe who then mo so mowe me to be so greate an enemie to her that I my promes neglecte I shal fyght for this cytie and shall defende it saith the lorde and shal saue it for my namys sake Be of good chere be of good chere my people saith youre God se that ye counforte the hertes of Ierusalem and tell them of theyr reest and deliueraunce from captiuite tell them howe theyr synnes shal be forgeuen them after that they haue receaued theyr full chastisinge of y e lordis honde for all theyr synnes Thou shal be my seruaunte I haue chosen y e nether shal I at any tyme refuse y e ▪ se that thou feare not for I shal be with y e nether loke thou aboute for eny other for I am thy God which shal conforte y e I shal helpe y e I shal holde the fast with this same my faithful righthonde Beholde as many as prouoke the to angre shal be counfunded and shamed thy aduersares shal come to nought and peresshe so that he that shal seke for them