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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01754	A commentarye vpon the prophet Mycha. Wrytten by Antony Gilby. Anno Domi. M.D.Li	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1551 (1551)	STC 11886; ESTC S114969	84,838	234

wherewith worldlye menne are pleased as gold siluer precious stones gaye ornamentes and ryche gyftes cappynge knelinge curtesies to be sought farre of at Rome Compostella or at Ierusalem But to worship hym in the house of hartes in the chamber of out breastes in the temple of oure soule wherein he hath chosen hys mansion Ther to worshyp him not wyth mans imaginacyon and chosen holynes whyche hee calleth vayne worshippe and abhorreth it But in the worshyppe whych he appoynteth and commaundeth that is as his sonne declareth in spirit and truth By vnfained reuerence of god hys sacrate magesty By faythful truste in his vnfallyble promyses By loue not counterfayte towarde oure neyghboures Whych three frutful braunches growyng forth of the man newe regenerate by the spyryte of god must needes brynge foorthe manye spiritual workes as inuocacion prayer thankesgeuynge fastynge and mournynges for synnes almes and all the woorkes of mercye and pytye Who so walketh in these woorkes hee truelye worshyppeth God and hereby are the true and false worshyppers knowen in sonder the true churche and the chuche of Hypocrytes because these woorkes fayth feare and loue was not found in the olde world therefore was it drowned because theese three partes of the true woorshyppe was not founde amonges the Iewes therefore wer they destroyed Because theese woorkes of true woorshippe were not founde in the popyshe church therefore is it subuerted and if they be not shortelye founde in oure refourmed churches they shall wyth lyke shame be subuerted and destroyed Lette vs walke humblye therfore before oure Lorde and beware of of oure fall He doothe not suffer hys chosen so longe tyme as he doothe the reprobate The voyce of the Lord dothe crye vnto the cytye The Text A wyse man wyll feare thy name Heare the rodde and who it is whych hath appointed the certaine tyme vnto it Is ther yet in the house of the wycked tresure and the false measure O abhominacion Shall I iustyfye the wycked Ballaunce and the satchell of deceytefull wayghtes Her ryche men are replete wyth rauyne and her enhabytauntes hath spoken lyes and had deceitfull tounges in theyr mouthes Therfore wyl I make the sicke stryking the and makyng the desolate for thy sinnes Thou shalt eate and not be satisfyed for miserye shall go thorowe thee thou shalte go vnto thy wyfe but shee shal he barren and that whyche she doth brynge foorthe shall I geue vnto the swerd Thou shalt sowe and not reape thou shalte tread the Oliues but thou shalt not anoynt thy selfe wyth Oyle and treade the grapes but thou shalte not drynke thy wyne Because thou haste kepte the ordynance of Amry and al the abomynaciō of the house of Achab and hast walked in theyr counsailes Therefore wyl I geue the vnto desolacion and all thy enhabytauntes to be hyssed and skorned and you shall beare the shame of my people The voyce of the Lorde The Lorde cryeth by hys preachers The Text by hys Prophetes by hys Apostles by his Messengers in al ages and al tymes to call vs to repentaunce He warneth of hys wyl and pleasure He telleth which is true worshyp and which is false And as he sayth by hys Apostle Paule Al the daye long haue I stretched foorthe my handes vnto an vnbeleuing people and a people that striueth against me Rom. x. And by hys owne son he sayth Ierusalem Ierusalem how oft wold I haue gathered the together as the hen gathereth her chyckens vnder her wynges thou wouldest not Math. xxiii Whych doothe vtter the fatherlye care of oure God alway callyng and crying vpō vs. But who heareth his callynge who seeth hys power who feareth hys name Thusiah doth see it saith our Prophet that is to say wisdom or the wyse man wyl be warned For so doth the Hebrew interpreters expounde it And so it agreeth with the course of God his workīg at al times God calleth al. His soūd of his voice goeth through the world yet scātlicā ther be one so wise to repent in the warning of the .vii. cities No mo wer found fearfull of God hys sore threatenynges but only Loth in the destruccion of the hoole worlde Noah was onlye founde wyse and obedyent In Ierusalem how fewe wer found obedyent when the Prophetes warned them to repente In oure world God graūt some one wise faithful mā may be found whych maye pray for vs as Abrahā did for the Sodomits and geue warning of gods wrath hefore it fall vpon oure cities Heare the rodde the rod of God his great vengeaunce is readye shaken againste your cities The time is determined for your punishmēt Wil you not yet be warned to lay away wickednes repent of your euil waies wyl you kepe stil your euil gotten goods and treasures heaped bi extorsion How can your sinnes then ●ee pardoned My lawe commaundeth for thynges wronglye taken to paye foure foulde and fyue fould Haue you satisfyed my lawe and least your selues so greate treasures Nay you are so farre frome such equyty that of restitucion that you maineteyne styll youre bryberye and extorsyon You keepe styll in youre houses youre leane and bare measures your scant and false Bushelles too prouoke my wrathe and indygnatyon vppon you Your measure is scante of Corne and your chaffer but it is full of my wrathe and heauye dyspleasure Shall I iustyfye the wycked ballaunce Or as the Hebrew stan●eth wickednesse in the ballaunce If I shoulde leaue thys vnpunyshed I shoulde seame to iustyfye and alowe al the wickednesse that you do vse therein Where contrarywise I haue commaunded the too haue iuste ballaunce and euen wayghtes and true measures Leui. xix and in Deuteronomye .xxv. Thou arte commaunded not too haue dyuers wayghtes a greater and a smaller neyther to haue in thy house a bygge bushell and a small but that thou shalte haue a iuste and true wayghte an euen and true bushell that thou maye lyue a longe tyme in the land which the lord thi God geueth the. Ther furthermore art thou taught that I thy Lorde God doo abhorre hym that dothe these thinges and that I detest al vniust dealing as a thing abhominable and so doothe my seruaunte Salomon teache the. Prouerbe .xx that double waightes and dysceitefull ballaunce abhominable before thy Lord God Howe dareste thou then kepe in thy house eyther any false measure or thereby anye euyl gotten treasure Doste thou nothynge regarde me whyche haue thy lyfe breath in my hande Arte thou nothynge moued by my manyfolde benefytes nothynge afraied of my threatninges repente O repent and herken to my Prophetes or elsse my rod is readye to scourge thy wickednesse The tyme is determined by me the allmyghtye measurer of times onlesse you do repente O you wicked Marchaunts of London and and all other cities But O wicked worlde I do knowe your deuises You do hide vp your ware vntil it waxe scāt You do lessō your measures You encrease your prices too make the pore your slaues yet

haue not earnestlye repented with mourninge and fastinge for theese abhomininacions as did the Niniuites Therefore as Olda answered too the good kinge Iosiah that the Lorde woulde shewe of his mercies vnto him because he did cutte his clothes and wepte when he hearde the threateninges of God againste his countries Neuerthelesse he woulde bring al those euilles vppon that place and vppon the inhabitauntes of the land because thei hadde forsaken God and worshipped straunge Goddes prouokinge God vnto wrathe in al the workes of their own handes So canne oure people and contrye nothynge at all repentyng of theyr former euyll but styll euer more and more prouokinge the wrathe of God vppon them Some by the desyre thei haue to theyr olde Idolles Some by theyr Sorcerers Charmes Enchantmentes soothesayinges Manye by adulterye lasciuious wantonnes and fleshlye lybertye and all by ambicion or couetousnesse pillinge pollinge and brybynge-from their brethren Looke for none other thynge onlesse they vnfaynedlye forthewith shewe the worckes of repentaunce but miserye calamitie destruction famine darthe diseases pestilence and theswearde in the ende of foraynenacyons Yea whyche is mooste terrible of al we do feale the wrathe of God so kendled amonges vs all readye that we are lyke Pharao hardened in our sinnes euen plaged contynuallye with the encrease of new vices and newe dyleases folowing Was there euer suche inuencions in any worlde for pollynge of the people was there euer suche shamelesse whordome suche wedlocke breakinge Can it be denied that Paul writeth to the Romains because they haue chaunged the glory of the God immortal in the lykenes of mortal corruptible creatures Therfore hathe God geuen theym to folowe the lustes of theyr owne heartes in vnclennes with shame to abuse theyr own bodies together Reade the Chapter to the ende and you shall see the wrath of God greuously kindled in that al the vyces ther named as the punishmentes of sinne by sinne are moste euidentlye fallen vpon vs. And we maye feale the saying of the Prophet Ose to be most true The spirit of fornicacion hath deceiued you you haue gon a whoring frō your God Therfore shal your doughters bee harlots and your wises be whores O mercyfull Lorde leade vs not into thys greuous temptacion that oure sin shoulde be punyshed wyth the encrease of syn by the geuyng ouer of vs miserable sinners to our owne lustes For who canne bee able too beate hys synnes if thou strayght obserue them O Lord Make vs not lyke Caine Pharao and Iudas whiche dyd heape synne vppon sinne But giue vs heartes lyke the Niniuites too repente for oure synnes Haue pytye vppon oure yonge Kynge whō thou of thy mercy diddest wonderfullye vouchsafe to gyue vnto vs at what time wee waited worthelye for thy sore scourge whome thou dyddeste fashyon and preserue in hys mothers wōbe and bryng forth into thys lyght wyth lyke maruel of thy almighty power Whom thou haste defended and kept wyth thy myghtye arme thys tyme of hys infancye from domestical and for an enemies Vnder home in hys weake and moste tēder age thou haste caused to shyne forth the cleare lighte of thys Gospell which hathe bet downe the Idolles and Idolatrous aulters through oute hys ●ealme whereby amonges the Papists Turkes and Iewes thou hast made thi Britains to be bruted How be it al this hast thou so wroughte vnder a yonge chylde that the glorye myghte come holye vnto the and to no man mortall For the glorye of thy name therefore and for Iesus Christe hys sake whose honoure we doo seeke and kingdome wee desyre haue mercye vppon hym most mercyful father Make hym faythful as Dauid zealus lyke Hezechiah repentāt as Iosiah to hys people the professoures maynetayners of thy truth against all papistes Tuckes Iewes against al the powers of Antichrist Graunt thy manyfold and great mercyes that they may abhorre theyr owne wickednes and the wyckednes of their forefathers and walke nowe lyke the chyldren of thys great lyght the chyldren of thy kyngdome Graunte we besech thee O most mercyful father vnto al them whych do professe the truth of thy Gospel vnfayned repentaunce of al theyr syns fast confydence vpon thy great mercyes the renuing of theyr lyues according to the truth of thy word whych they do professe that they maye exhort one another to walk in thy light saying wyth the Prophete Osee Come and let vs returne vnto the Lord for he hath begone and wyll heale vs he wyll stryke vs and make vs whole Graunte this O Lord God that thy name be not euyl spoken of amonges thy enemyes So be it The .vi. Chapter HEare now what the euer liuing Lord sayth The Text Arise and contende wyth the mountaynes let the hyls heare thy voyce Heare O ye hyls the iudgement of the lord by whom al thynges haue theyr beynge and you strong foundacions of the earth geue eare for the lord hath a quarel wyth hys people and wyth Israel he wyl try hym selfe My people what haue I done to you or what greuous thynge haue I appoynted the āswer vnto me Because I haue brought the forth of the land of Egypte and from the house of bondage I haue redemed thee and I haue sent Moyses Aarō and Miriam before the. O my people remēber I prai the what counsel Balake the king of Moab did begyn and what Bileam the son of Be or did answer hym from Siftim vnto Gilgal that thou myghtest know the ryghteousnes of the lorde After the sore threatenynges of the Gentyls the prophete returneth to reproue Israel the elect chosē people of ingratitude and vnthankefulnes callyng as it were heauen and earth to witnes as in the fyrst chapter and Esay .i. And first he sayth Geue good eare for you shal heare the euerlyuyng Lord the almyghtye by whome all thinges were create and do consist speake playnelye vnto you content to humble hym selfe so low as to opē hys quarel to vtter the causes of hys wrath and to try him self in your owne cōsciences to be faultles The Prophetes of all ages they are here cōmaunded to contende and striue wyth the moūtaines and mighty mē of the world so is it theyr great labour peril danger to cause thē by any meanes to here the word of God Therfore was it sayd in the last verse of the fyft chap. I wil be aduenged in my wrath in my fury vpō the people that hath not herd So that to harken to the voyce of God is better thē any sacrifice Therefore is heare so oft bet into the Iewes heades Here what the lord saith Let the hils here heare O ye mountaines thus the prophet warneth as it were a Bedle or Cryar of the common place to kepe sylence and to geue dylygent harkning to the voice of the almyghty He warneth the earth and al that therin is euen the very foundacions therof to gyue good eare Shal man then be deafe and stop hys eares The