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A sermon no lesse frutefull then famous made in the yeare of oure lord god m.CCC.lxxxviii. In these our later dayes moost necessarye to be knowen. Neyther addynge to nor diminishynge fro. Saue the olde and rude englishe therof mended here [and] there.
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Wimbledon, Thomas.; Wimbeldon, R., attributed name.
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swynklyng of an eye and this shalbe vniuersall And lyke as to the other euerymaÌ shalbe called with thre soÌners so to this iudgemeÌt all the worlde shalbe called with thre general soÌners right as other thre messengers shewe a mans ende so do these messeÌgers til theÌd of the world The first is the worldes siknes The .ii. is his age feblenes the .iii. is his end The sickenes of the world thou shalt know by charitie warynge cold his age and feblenes thou shalte knowe thy tokeÌs fulfilled his ende thou shalte knowe by Antichristes pursuing Fyrst I say thou shalte knowe the worldes sicknes by charitie waxiÌg cold Clerkes that do wryte on naturall thinges saye that the bodye is sycke wheÌ that his kyndlye heaâ is to lytle or when it is to moch TheÌ sythens vnder stande as thus that all men is as one body whose kyndlye or naturall hearte is charitie that is loue to god and loue to thy neighboure vnnaturall or vnkyndely heate is lust full loue to other creatures wheÌ therefore thou seest that the loue of meÌ to godward to their neyboures is colde lytle fainte the loue to worldly thinges is great and feruent Then know thou wel that vnkindely heat is to great vnkindly heate is to lytle That this is a knowlege of this sickenes I maye proue by christes auctorite for he him self gaue this as a sign drawynge to the ende of the world for that the wyckednes shal be plenteous charitie shal waxe colde Therefore wheÌ y u seest charitie thus litle set by of y e world wickedneâ inârease bicause the worldly thinges be most set by loued know wel y t the world his welth passes that this sommer is come And thus saieth sayntâ Paule wit thou well that in the last dayes shall come perillous tymes there shalbe men lâuynge them selues that is to saye theyr bodyes all thinges belongynge thereto couetousnes borne vp w t pryde vnobediente to y e father mother felowes w t oute affectioÌ w t out peace blamers vncontineÌt vnmylde withoute benignitie traytoures rebelles swellyng louers of lustes more theÌ of god hauyng a likenes of pety more then the vertue therof these flee y u wheÌ thou seest the people of such fashioÌ know thou well that the fyrste soÌner warneth althe world that the daye of rekeninge draweth towarde The secoÌde soÌner that shal warme al the world is the age of the world this sheweth tokeÌs fulfylled all readye but I knowe well that we be not sufficient to knowe the tymes that the father hath put in his owne power to shewe certaynly the day the yere or the hour of iudgemeÌt This knowledge was hedden froÌ the vâry Apostles of Christe also froÌ chrystes maÌhode as to shewe it vs. Neuertheles we may by auctoritie of scriptures w t reasons expositioÌs of holy meÌ well opeÌly shew y t this day of wrath is nygh Lest any maÌ say in his herte as it is written of a rich man a foule bellye seruer that sayde I wyll gather all my frutes my goodes I wyll saye to my soule soule y u hast moche goodes layde vp in store for many yeres take thyne ease eate and drynke be merye I shall shew you that this day is at haÌd but how nygh I caÌ not say nor wyl not For yf Paule sayde now for a. M .ccc. yeare more past we be those to whoÌ thendes of the worlde be come moch more may we say y e same that be so moche nere the ende theÌ he was Also S Iohn Chrisostome sayth Thou seest darknes ouer all why do test thou that the day is at an end First on the valleys is darknes wheÌ the daye draweth downwarde wheÌ therfore thou seest the valleys darke why doutest y u whether it be nere nyght or no. But yf thou se the sunne so lowe y t darknes be vpoÌ the hylles thou wylt say doutbles y t it is nyght Ryght so yf thou se in the seculer men that darkenes of sinne begineth to haue the maystrye it is a token that the world endeth But when thou seesle preestes that be put in the top or susfrauÌcye of spirituall dignitie that shulde be as hylles amongest the cominalte of the people in perfytte lyuyng that darkenes of syn hath gotte the vpperhand of them who doubteth but y t the worlde is at an ende Also Abbas Io achiÌ in y e expositioÌ of Ieremy saith that from the yere of our lorde M CC. al times be to be suspected we be past this suspect tyme nyghe two hundred yeares And mayde yldegar in y e boke of her prophesies yf it be lefull to gyue them credite in y e thyrd parte the .xi vision and seueÌtye chapter moueth this reason Ryght as in the seuen thousaÌd yeres the worlde shall passe and as in the syxth daye man was made and fourmed so in syxe thousande yeares he was brought agayne and reformed and as in the seuenth daye the worlde was ful made and god rested of his werkynge so in seueÌth thousaÌd yere the nuÌbre of them y t shalbe saued shalbe fulfylled then shall y e sayntes holy rest in bodye soule If then it be so as it semeth by thys maydens wordes y e seueÌ thousande yeres in passynge of the worlde accorde to y e seueÌ daies in makiÌg of it Let vs se what it wanteth y t these seuen thousande yeares be not fulfylled For yf we nuÌbre the yeares froÌ the natiuitie of ` Christe to the yeres froÌ the begynnyng of the worlde to Christes commynge folowyng the mynd of Austen Bede Origene the perfectest doctours teaching on this matter It is passed nowe almoost syxe thousande and syxe hundreth yeares as it is open in a boke called SpeculuÌ iudiciale So it foloweth y t this daye is more then halfe gon yf we shulde giue credeÌce to this maydens reason But yf we leane to the gospell of Matthew we shal fynde y t the disciples axed of Christ thre questions Fyâste what tyme the citie of Ierusalem shulde be destroyed The seconde what tokens were of his coÌming to iudgemeÌt Third what signe shulde be of thende of the worlde And Christ gaâe no certen tyme of these thinges wheÌ they shuld fal but he gaue the tokens by the whiche they myght know when they drewe neare To the fyrst question of the destructoin of Ierusalem he sayed when the Romaynes come to beseige y e citie theÌ sone after it shall be destroyed And as to the seconde the thyrde he gaue them many tokens as were these that realm shal rise agaynste realme and people agaynste people and that there shulder the opening of seueÌ seales is declared the state of the churche from the tyme of Christ to be ende of thâ worlde The .iiii. fyrst Seales shewe the estate
syckenes of thy seede great syckenes loÌge abydyng most euyls alwaye coÌtinuinge And ye shall vnderstande that god sendeth suche syckenes otherwhyle to good meÌ soÌtimes to shrewes To good men God doth it for two causes that I sayde of syckenes I wold it to be vnderstâeÌd of al maner of tribulatioÌ The fyrst cause for that they shulde euer knowe that they haue no infectioÌ of theÌ selfe but of god onelye and to encrese in mekenes Of this sayth Paule Lest the greatnes of reuelation lyft or extol me vp into pride to me is gyuen the prycke of my flesh thauÌgel of Sathanas to smite me on the neck wherfore I haue thrise prayed god that if shuld go fro me he auÌswered vnto me my grace is sufficient for the vertue is fulfylled iÌ sicknes withiÌ thus saith the glose The feÌd axyng Iob to be teÌpted was hard not the apostle axyng hys teÌptatioÌ to be remoued god herd hiÌ that shulde be daÌpned he hard not him that he wolde saue Also god seÌdeth saintes oftentymes sycknes psecution to gyue vs synfull wretches eÌsaÌple of pacieÌce For yf he shuld suffre his saintes to haue suche tribulation in thys world thaÌke hiÌ therof muche more we wretches that god hath send to not a hundreth part of their sorow shuld bere it mekely SitheÌs we haue deserued a thousaÌde tymes so moche as they haue wherfore as we rede of Thobi that on a daye as he was wery of buryenge of pore men the whiche shulde els haue ben vnburied and haue bene eaten of houndes and foules as the Carrien of other vnreasonable beastes as he for wearynes was layed to reste thorowe the sufferaunce of God the swallowes that bredde aboue in the house made ordure and donged in his eyen where by he wared blynde This is wrytten that god suffred thys temptacioÌ to come to hym for an ensample of paciens to all theÌ that cam after And so was also the temptatioÌ of holy Iob and thoughe Thoby frome his chyldehode euermore dyd dread God and kepe his coÌmaundementes yet was he not agreaued agaynste god though that the myscheuous blyndnes fell to him but vnmeueably dwelled in the drede of god thankiÌg hym all the dayes of his lyfe Loo here scripture expresselye saith that god suffred that holy man to haue this syckenes to giue other that come after hym an ensaÌple of pacience And also sometyme god sendeth syckenes tribulatioÌ to wycked meÌ that for ii causes Fyrste for that they shulde loue God and leaue theyr synne as it is written Theyr sycknes are multiplyed and after they hasted to Godward For we se ofteÌ meÌ iÌ sycknes know theyr God that neuer wolde haue tourned to him while they were hole Also god sendeth sicknes often to a gaste other meÌ leste they shulde folowe their sinne As the sycknes of Antioche whome God smote with suche a plage that wormes scattered out of his body he beyng alyue And the sliÌck was so great foule that hys frendes were wery therwith might not suffre it yea at leÌgth he myght not abyde his owne stench theÌ began he to know hym selfe saide it is ryghtful to be subiect to god and a mortal man not to holde him equal with god And the storye saithe he asked mercy of god of whoÌ he coulde none haue he made a vowe to God that he wolde make the Cytye of Ierusalem free the Iues as free as the meÌ of Athenes that he wolde honour Goddes Temple with precious stones also array multiplye the holy vessels and fynde of his owne âaÌdes the costes expeÌses perteining to the sacrifice that he wolde becom a Iewe go ouer all the lande preaching gods lawe And yet god gaue hym no mercy for no ther was there in hiÌ contrition nor repeÌtauÌce that spronge of faith but of odious payn For what was in hiÌ to forsake his wickednes wheÌ he was vnable to do good or euell And by this veÌgeauÌce that god toke on this kyng shuld meÌ se what it is to be desobedieÌt to god Also it is to be takeÌ hede that wheÌ sycknes coÌmeth euer it sheweth that the patieÌt is mortall that he shal nedes dye though he may escape this sicknes yet can be not eschewe death And so he muste nedes come to the rekenynge The seconde Somner that shall call to this peculyer iudgemeÌt is age and feblenes whose propertye is althoughe hetary with the he wil not leue the tyll he hath broughte the to the endetthat is deth But there be many though they haue this soÌner with theÌ yet they take no hede He seth how his heed horeth his back croketh his breth stiketh his teeth falleÌ his syght failes his eares ware heuye to here what meaneth al this but that age soÌpneth the to the doÌe but what more madnes can be theÌ a maÌ beynge called draweÌ to so dredfull a rekeniÌg where except he answere well he forfaiteth both body soule to daÌpnatioÌ for euer yf he se a lytle myrth by the way he forgetteth who hath hiÌ by the sleue So doth he that is strikeÌ with age hath so great pleasure in this worldes welth that he forgetteth whether he is away Here fore saieth a holy doctour that amongest al the abusioÌs of the worlde moste is of an old man that is ostinate for he thinketh not of his oute goinge of thys worlde nor of hys passyng into the lyfe to come he heareth thre messengers of deth but he beleueth theÌ not the cause is for the thre fold cord that such an olde maÌ is bouÌd with is harde to breke this corde is costom that is of the plattes which be ydle youth vnhonest speache wicked dede The which if they grow with a maÌ froÌ his childhode vnto maÌs age they make a thre fold corde to byndtholde maÌ in custome of synne Herefore saith Esay breke the bondes of syn ThiÌke therfore who souer that thou be that art this soÌned thou caÌst not escape but y t thou must make thy rekeniÌg The thyrde soÌner to his reckenynge is deth and his conditioÌ is that come he first or come he last he spareth neither pore nor rych aged nor yong nor he feareth no threatnynge he takethe heede to no prayer nor of anye gyft nor graunteth any respite but without delay he bringeth forth maÌ to iudgemeÌt Therfor sayeth D. Austen well ought euery maÌ to drede the daye of deth For I what estate soeuer mans last day fiÌdeth hiÌ wheÌ he goth out of this world iÌ the same estate it bringeth hiÌ to his iudgemeÌt Therefore saith the wise mans to hys sonne Sonne thinke on thy last daye and thou shalte neuer synne Nowe remeÌbre that thou shalt rekeÌ for thy baylywyke I said also that there was an other daye of iudgemeÌt to the which all meÌ shall come togyther iÌ the