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A04790	Two godlie and learned sermons appointed, and preached, before the Jesuites, seminaries, and other aduersaries to the gospell of Christ in the Tower of London. In which, were confuted to their faces, the moste principall and cheefe poincts of their Romish and vvhoarish religion: and all such articles as they defend, contrarie to the woord of Cod [sic], vvere layed open and ripped vp vnto them. In Maye. 7 and 21. Anno. 1581. By Iohn Keltridge, preacher of the vvorde of God, in London.	Keltridge, John.	1581 (1581)	STC 14921; ESTC S105451	120,903	140

whether he did well or euill And Osorius did but the other day sende abroade his Cōnfections to poyson the young Frie of England who as he flaunteth it out in a leafe or two yet halteth he in many places and speaketh verie roughly and breaketh out euery where vnpleasauntly and then healeth vp the wound so rawly againe as that his gleaned and piked vp corne stolne words borrowed ware deceiptfull stile quauering Notes and slaunderous speeches against the trueth be wundered at and greatly pittied of all cunning woorkemen Moreouer the other day was the like seene for the Snowe hath not yet falne vpon the ground nor yet hath the Sickle beene put into the Corne sithence one to name Campion and an other to name Howlet haue caste out Rebellious Pamphlets and offered combate to all the learned in this Realme Now all these men for that they wanted credit and estimation where they liued before are cōtent like Maisterlesse men to goe abegging and aske for entertainement abroade Therefore haue they praesumed to enter the Courte gates and there to open their Pedlers Packes and to set out to sale their counterfeit Merchaundies supposing that because her Maiesties Subiects vpon hope of amendement haue in all clemencie beene borne with all to this day Therefore also they should looke for the same fauour and good woordes bothe of her Maiestie and your Honours handes as a rewarde giuen them for their slaunderous and Scismaticall Libelles May it please you therefore with the same eyes and like harte as you haue to this daye moste Honourably continued so also to turne back and looke vpō the learned with in this Realme It wil be knowne vnto you that God hath so blessed them in England with all kinde of furniture Timber Wood and Stone fine woorke wrought woorke and needell woorke golde siluer and all other kinde of Science Arte and knowledge bothe diuine and humaine as all theyr outlandish falshoods robbery pilfering and stealth with their foolish and mishapen Quiddities loose arguments broken reasons falsified Scriptures coloured and disguised Authors are neuer able to be compared or come neere vnto vs. For whye the Lorde is on our side and he rayseth vp bothe the eloquent and the good man As for those men what haue we to doo with them seeing they are bewitched with falsehood and lyes The Lorde our God is he that we must follow his voyce must we heere and as for those that bring not his woorde the Lorde shal be reuenged on them himselfe For my owne parte what I haue set downe against our aduersaries the Iesuites in this booke in the same I will not be my owne Iudge but I will referre that I haue spoken to the indifferent Reader and he all that I haue doone vnto the Scriptures The Lorde the true and righteous euermore the God of our fathers that hath alwayes beene with you kindle your noble and vertuous proceedings more and more that you maye bee a light and fartherer in the same to all those that looue and feare the Lorde And the Lorde graunt that his countenaunce may shine vpon vs that his word may be knowne rightly his lawes and commaundements obserued diligently the vertuous and godly men defended mightely the wicked and obstinate punished seuearely and his goodnes and mercie spreade abroade openly vpon vs all That her Maiestie may raigne long time ouer vs to see the iudgements of our God put in execution that her Grace may see an end of all vnquietnes dissention and strife and establish peace vnitie and concorde in the Church of God Amen Your Honours moste humble to commaund Iohn Keltridge From my Chamber in Holborne at London Iune 10. To the Readers and faithfull Christians health and peace in Christe Iesus THe great looue that the Lord our GOD hath borne to the Church neither is it neither can it be hid from any man and if we which haue nowe Itued in the same many yeeres be not either stuffed and choaked vp with his manifolde benefites or carelesse secure for that they haue béene so plentifull Then will euerie faithfull and good man say as I say that of all Nations and Countries vnder heauen we haue hitherto liued most happily For if Warres were looked for the Lord hath turned all to peace If conspiracies and Treasons were practised they haue béene reuealed from time to time If Insurrections were made they the authors haue béen suppressed immediatly If Forrainers and straungers haue determined any thing against vs their pretended deuises neuer tooke effect If at any time they haue purposed to spoyle vs the Lord hath deliuered them into our handes If the heauens haue portended any great thing or the earth hath shaken her pillers against man or the Elements in flaming manner cast foorth their sparkes of fyre yet haue all these moste straunge thinges to this day shewen their force declared their effectes and plainely manifested their angrie countenaun●●s against other Nations and straunge people not against vs of England So that I may say happy are we if we may continue happy and blessed be we aboue all other if we be still blessed of the Lord and most of all are we to praise our God if héereafter we shall be able to stande as hetherto we haue done which he onely knoweth not man Of this I am certaine and for the same I haue a good warrant that if our sinnes be not come vp vnto the brim if our iniquities be not ripe or our manifolde transgressions come vp before God then haue we not to feare any thing but whatsoeuer kinde of ●●●righting it be howsoeuer mens heartes doo fayle them or what rumors and signes of alterations the wicked doo forecast in their hearts all shall be turned to the best if we haue not prouoked the Lord. In verie déede it is true that the Lord is able to remooue our Candelstitke that the Lord is able to carrie vs into a straunge lande and he is of power to hang vp our Harpes vpon the willowe Trées and enforce vs to sing a song of Sion in Babell Yet let Israel be of good chéere and you the people of the Lord comforted for if you will feare the Lord and obey him all thinges shall goe well with you Deut. 28.2 all the blessinges of God shall be powred vppon you and you shall stande in feare and dread of none But and if you disobey the Lord your God and cleaue not vnto him all the plagues and curses set downe in his booke shall ouertake you Leui. 26.14 Lamen 2.17 I tell you of a trueth that if we looke not to our wayes and take héede to such thinges as the Lord our God hath forbidden vs without questiō he will bring such a thing to passe as all the eares of men that heare thereof shall tingle at it For my owne part I am perswaded that euen now God hath begun to becken his hand and shake his rod at vs and of the same I will

haue practised and taken counsell against the Lord against Christ against his annointed but Achitophell with you and you with him you with Absolon Absolon with you shall be ouerthrowne bothe alike and haue one ende you your interprises fall as they did that Adonias did You you shal he ouerthrowne with Hamon you you with your Ioacim and Ioacim with you and you all ioyned together shall not be able to stand against one Ieremie wherfore returne repent amend and conuert and come vnto the Lorde and be saued Leu. 5.4 The soule that hath sworne and hath spoken the worde that he will doe euill yet if hée repent and be sory the lawe dyd admit him to bée reconciled againe vnto the Lorde There was no man that had offended Deut. 4.29 no man that had trespassed but if hée sought the Lorde his God with all his hart and returned hée was receiued was there euer any in Israell but when they had transgressed and serued straunge Gods Gods of siluer and Gods of stone and offended the Lorde after the maner of the nations that for all that were cast off 1. Reg. 8.33 and dispised of the Lord if they came home O then harken vnto his worde harden not your hartes the Lord wyll accept of you as of Israell learne to doo well séeke his statutes looke into the law of the Lorde sée if it be not an vndefiled law yea it is a law wherin is no imperfectiō no vanity no leasing no deceipt It is a law that suffereth no manner of Image Exo. 20.23 Exo. 34.1.7 which you onely stand vpon It is a lawe that admitteth you not to eate of the sacrifices of the nations nor of the fornications of the Gentiles all which you depende vpon it is a law that willeth you to runne from ydoles and from the abhominations of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat that made Israell to sinne but you are all one with hym and runne a whoreing from the Lorde The worde of God 2. Reg 20.30 is most pure nothing like vnto it O therefore runne from the inuentions of men For why Dagon may not stand before the Arke Psa 18.33 1. Sam. 5.3 2. Par. 32.19 he shall fall flat vpon his face The Lorde dooth not regarde the workes of mens hands and the inuentions of their hartes bée farre from him The Lorde is hiest aboue all the world like vnto him there is none before hym was none and after him there shall be none such as is our god his name is an vndefiled name and it cannot be giuen to any other Then deferre not to come vnto the Lorde for Kinges haue not bene ashamed of hym Princes haue yéelded vnto his lore and the Kinges of the earth haue bene subiect to his commaundement The whole worlde hath relented to his voyce and commaundemente and all Nations haue subscribed to his hestes who is like vnto our God that sitteth in his throne aboue and what man may be compared vnto him His power and his righteousnesse is in the highest places Psal 35.11 his rules and his commaundements his wonders and his noble Actes within the clowdes Psa 77.13 Psa 83.1 Psa 89.9 None is lyke vnto him and none may be compared vnto our God Then harken you that are héere I require you agayne to harken yet it is in vayne I speake vnto the winde and I cast foorth my spéeches as into the ayre my talke is to disobedient Children and my wordes are powred foorth in vayne I sée you mooued as men are moued in wrath and you gather you together as the Adder doth stopping his eare charm the Charmer neuer so conningly you doo euill you generation of the wicked and your pride is looked vppon from heauen there is one sitteth aboue laugheth you to scorne and hée hath you already in derision Though you repine at him yet canne you not avoide his handes though you grin and mock yet wyl he hamper you your disobedience wyll hée punishe and your wicked cogitations will hee bringe to naught your haughtie mindes will he bringe downe and your dead lookes wyll hee chaunge I tell you there is a fire gone out alreadye and if it kindle but a litle yea happy shall you bée if you come vnto him For my owne part I hope it not for your partes you intende it not For my selfe I thinke it not for you you determin it not For that which I thinke I doo ensure you I perceiue it not for this time not I but all present sée it not how you are moued wée all sée how you are pricked we all iudge how you wil frame your selues herafter that the Lord knoweth but none of 〈◊〉 Concerning these therfore that are héere whom I perceiue you all are moued at let nothing trouble you right honorable and welbeloued in the Lorde they are as God wyl haue them you bee as God hath thought good for you they shall when God will returne vnto him I must therfore say Lib. 4. dialogorum as Gregorius saieth of such as were hardened in his time Sionti sube●dem igne aurum rutilat palea fumat ita sub eodem igne electus purgatur pec●ator crematur 1 As vnder the same fire Golde glistereth chaffe smoketh so in the same furnace the electe is purged the offender is burned As the king Iosuah said so must I say who speakinge of the Princes that were destroyed sayde thus It came of the Lord to harden their harts that they should come against Israell in battell Iosh 11.20 to the intent that they shoulde destroye them vtterly And so is it héere either you are come amonge vs that you may sée your selues and repent or els you bée sent of the Lorde that you may harden your hartes and haue a more gréeuous downefall At this let no man wonder For the fiery piller was a light to the Isralites Exo. 13.21 Exo. 14.22 Exo. 19.3 Exo. 16.20 but it was death and destruction to the Egiptians All passed throw the red sea and were baptised in the Clowde and in the Sea by Moses yet all sawe not the Land of promise Mounte Sinai burned and was death to the Isralites but Moses passed throw by the fire and went vp to the Lorde and was not hurt Num. 11.33 The Manna was Angels finde and nourished many it scrawled full of wormes to other and the Quayles nourished and were good meate yet diuers of them died with the meate in their mouthes So likewise is it in the worde of the Lord to some it is saluation to others it is condempnation The Heauens are pleasant and alike to all yet rayned they downe Haylestones vppon the Amorites Iosh 10.11 Cense and Sacrifice were good for all that Nadab and Abihu were consumed with fire from Heauen as they did Sacrify●e Many were stonge with fierie Serpents and dyed but the god●ye and righteous men were healed when they looked on the same All that came to Iordan dyd not passe ouer Leu. 10.3 Num. 21.9 2 Reg. 2.8 2. Reg. 5.14 yet the Prophet Elias had no sooner touched it with his Mantell but hée went ouer on drie lande Many bathed in the riuer onely Naaman the Syrian was ●lonsed of his leprosie and by the worde of the Lorde the godly 〈…〉 the wicked are hardened the godly haue lyfe the reprobate are in death I doo remember the To●er of Sil●● defended many but the 18 were killed for it fell vpon them and the Angell came downe into the water of Beehesda at certaine times and stirred the water for all that diuers went away Crep●●s as they came 〈…〉 and were not holpen There were many Lopers in the dayes of Christ 〈◊〉 very fewe the ix Leapers were all only they you read of cleansed Great multitudes touched the h●m of Christes garments but the woman a Straunger was healed of hir fluxe of blooud Diuers sat in the seate of Moses all only Casphas gaue right sentence that one should die for the people In lyke maner many heare as you doe but God openeth and giueth vnderstandinge And so I conclude with Paule Rom. 9.18 of whom the Lorde our god wyll of hym hath hee mercie and whom hee wyll hee hardeneth And as for you the Lord if it be his wyll and pleasure open your eyes If not his wyll and purpose bee fulfylled FINIS ❧ Faultes escaped in Printing For the first part Page 7. line 9. reade he set page 7. line 22. reade to possesse and pa. 10 line 2. reade and howe page 11. lin 35. reade with power with right page 16. line 25. reade since Christes page 26. line 27. reade force page 29. line 9. reade There is page 36. line 16 reade must page 4● line 29. reade slaine by them page 43. line 31. reade Apollyon For the second part Page 7. line 15. reade Euen the same commaundement page 11. line 22. reade They all yéelded to that page 13. line 15. reade The Lorde wyll ryse vp in his furie page 13. Annota For hat reade that page 14. Annot. 1. reade hath opened this page 14. lin 17. reade There bée Bonlij page 14. line 27. reade of the fruite Orizam page 16. lin 1. reade condescend vnto the end page 17 line 15. reade for Midbhath Nidbhath page 17. line 21. reade that should lyghten page 18. line 3. kept as at the day page 18. line 8. goe a gleaning page 18. Annot. 2. reade They all almost page 18. Annot. 3. reade not Christ and his Apostles page 20. line 7. reade Is no other page 20. li. 18. For 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 reade 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 page 21. line 4. reade then in vse page 21. line 7. reade Enthutianus page 25. An. Vltima reade Valafridus an Abbat page 29. An. Vltima reade To haue any page 32.17 reade But looked vpon ..