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A01629	The true tryall and examination of a mans owne selfe wherein euery faithfull Christian, by looking into his conscience, may most plainely behold his spirituall deformity by nature, described, his actuall rebellion by disobedience detected, his promise breach at baptisme, by ordinary transgression apparantly proued, his lamentable estate through sinne discouered, his wilfull obstinacie by dayly disorder displayed, and lastly howe by earnest repentaunce, and faith in Christ Iesu, he is from all the same clearely pardoned, forgiuen, released and reconciled / done in Englishe by Tho. Newton.	Hyperius, Andreas, 1511-1564.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1587 (1587)	STC 11761.5; ESTC S4316	74,045	216

sisters c. euen as thou also somewhile must smart for others sinnes For thus doe we miserable and wretched men draw one an other into daunger and one of vs is guide and companion vnto another in running headlong to the place of torment damnation This doeth God himselfe affirme when as in the beginning of his decalogue he sayth I am the Lorde thy God a ielous God visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children vpon the third and vpon the fourth generation of them that hau● me So for one sinne of king Dauid there were slame many thousandes of his people and for his adulterie committed with Vrias wife the child which she bore him dyed And againe For the sinnes of the people the Lord setteth ouer them cruell tyrauntes and rauening hypocrites Hely the Priest and all his posteritie was punished for the sinnes of his children Ah what a sea of mischiefes doth euen one sinne bring with it 8 Eightly there is yet one thing behinde to be considered which is most dreadfull and formidable By reason of thy sinnes thou art made guiltie of eternall damnation and after greeuous punishmentes sustayned here in this worlde there remayne yet behinde other tormentes to be suffered in an other and the same much more terrible bitter and lasting For there both bodie and soule together are subiected and adiudged to eternall tormentes and fire that neuer shall bee quenched which God from afore the beginning of the world hath prepared for the Diuell and all the contemners of his precepts and commaundements Now how horrible a thing it is and what an vnspeakable punishment it is euerlastingly to be depriued of the presence face of Almightie God and to burne in hell with vnquenchable fire that shal neuer be consumed there is no man that can so much as conceiue in mind or cogitation Goe to nowe therefore whosoeuer thou art and by this that we haue alreadie spoken of the law of the Lord learne to examine thy conscience and to make perfect tryall and suruey of thy selfe Doubtlesse when thou hast a little while continued and gone forward in this way and course which wee haue heere shewed and attentiuely considered such things as haue beene declared I doubt not but that thou wilt by and by and without delay euen wi●● sighes and teares burst out into this confession O heauenly father J haue sinned against heauen and against thee I am not worthie to bee called thy Sonne I am not worthie to lifte vp mine eves towardes heauen Looke howe much I being once in Baptisme purged from my sinnes in the bloud of thy sonne and sanctified by receiuing the holy Ghost did in the same please thee somuch againe must I needes by reason of my manifolde sinnes since cōmitted displease thee Nowe the sinnes which I haue committed if I should go about to number them they are infinite For there is not one of thy holy precepts commaundements against which I haue not committed many offences sundry transgressions Many be they which I haue committed in acte and deede and such as I haue not actually brought to passe and done yet through my corrupt cogitations and vncleane will I am as deepely guiltie of as if I in act had committed them To be briefe my sinnes surmount the sands of the Sea if I make diligent search and inquirie of the greuousnesse of my sinnes I truely find them haynouser greater than I am able to vtter What say I vtter Nay than I can in mind conceiue or in inwarde cogitation comprehende Certes so often as I looke into and behold with the eyes of my minde my frowarde heart cankered stomack peruerse disposition euer enclined to euil which thou Lord most cleerely throughly seest togither with my desire and delight to performe the same the verie remembrance of my great and greeuous maliciousnesse driueth mee into such perplexitie that I no wayes know whither to turne me Whither Lorde shall I go from thy spirit and whither shal J flee from thy presence Yea this further doth merueilously disquiet torment greeue mee for by my sinnes I haue giuen offence that is occasion of fall and ruine to a great sort of others being harmlesse honest persons Wilt thou Lord as a iust and vpright iudge require the bloud of them also at my hands What shal I further do seeing I haue burdened and spotted my conscience by assenting also to other mens sinnes in not disswading reclaiming them before they did euil in not reprouing and rebuking them after they had done euil Ah how much better had it beene that being a man I had neuer beene so familiar among men What miserie is this I am the cause of an other mans offending an other man likewise to me and thus doe wee all encumber and loade one another with sinnes and dragg pull hale drawe one another into the break-necke fall and lamentable gulfe of eternall damnation If thou Lorde wilt strictly looke what is amisse narrowly enquire of our iniquities O Lorde who shal be able to abide it Moreouer when I do somewhat further consider my sinnes I see a great heape yet behind many mo than now come to memorie manye lewde prankes heretofore by me most wickedly haue been don which I then thought had not been wicked neither can I at this present houre sufficiētly so iudge deeme of them which ignorance blindnesse and infirmitie of mine in this behalf I must needs confesse wil I nill to be imputable vnto me for a most greeuous and haynous sinne And herein I perceiue that although I had committed none euil at all afore yet to haue herein again deserued euerlasting tormentes I had almost sayed why Lord wouldst thou that this naughtie and corrupt ignorance should thus originally be bred in vs and thus still to cleaue vnto vs Alas I haue no sacrifice to offer vnto thee to satisfie for mine ignorance Nowe what shall I say of my negligence in not doing those good works which thou in thy law hast commanded and appointed Or if I haue done any at all yet was it not sincerely done but many wayes infected with hipocrisie and other vices For to omitte a good worke and to doc an ill worke are with thee accompted alike All these things therefore I cōfesse do most vehemently good cause why disquiet and greeue inee For my sinnes are they for which O God thou iustly inflictest greeuous punishments and plagues aswell spirituall and internall as corporall and externall And whereas I dayly finde the same by experience true partly in my selfe partly in others yet such is my blindnesse hardnesse of heart that I am nothing at all as yet mooued thereby vnto any repentance or amendment To al these aforesaid euils there is to be added yet another heap of mischiefs vz that for these sinnes of mine a great many other innocents gyltles persons be ioyntly with me for

clear conscience toward God and toward men we will endeuour the best we can according to that proportion and measure of skill wherewith the Lord hath endued vs plainely and familiarly to declare beseeching the eternall and blessed Spirite of God who was sent downe from heauen from the Father and the Sonne to teach vs all trueth so to direct our vnderstandinges and to further our endeuours that we may set downe nothing but that which shall be meete wholsome and profitable to instruct Christian consciences withall and moreouer so to moue and enflame the heartes and mindes of all such as shall reade these our dooings that as we simplie and with a desire to profite them haue taken this trauaile in hand so they with the like singlenes and meaning may reade the same and apply all thinges herein comprised to their godly furtheraunce and edification CHAP. 2 The examination and tryall of our owne selues must first beginne at the consideration of our owne corrupt nature WHosoeuer thou be that art inwardly touched with any care of thine owne saluation and doest inwardly groane with earnest desire to stande in the fauour of God and to bee at one with him first of all and before all other thinges I pray thee enter into thy selfe descende into thine owne conscience and make a true surueye of thine inwarde man and thou shalt quickly finde I warrant thee what a suttle craftie Foxe euer hauing recourse to his peeuish nature thou fosterest and keepest within that same fulsome stinking breast of thine The first step to get helpe and the chiefest way to recouer health is for a man to know himselfe In vaine is the medicin ministred where the disease is dissemblingly couered and kept vnknowen Wilt thou therfore that I shall plainly tell thee what maner of person thou art and what disease thou hast I saye thou art nothing else but sinne thou art euery whitte of thee a wretched sinner and guiltie of euerlasting damnation Neuer goe about to denie it seeke no shifts or euasions to gainesay it neither take any exception against it The very woorde of God himselfe doth conuince thee the prickes of thine owne conscience doe ouerthrow thee and daily experience doth detect thee For first the worde of God sayeth thus of thy nature being altogether corrupted and stained thorough the fall and transgression of our first Parentes and of thy sinne which by propagation thou hast from them By one man sinne entered into the world By the offence of one the fault came on all men to condemnation Againe Beholde in iniquitie was I borne and in sin hath my mother conceiued me Againe The imagination of mans heart is euill euen from his youth Againe Euerie man is a lyer Againe I knowe that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing And By nature we are the children of wrath And feelest thou not within thee manifest effectes of sinne to wit the lustes and affections of the flesh leading thee away from God and making thee both vnwilling and vnable to liue vnder his lawe Feelest thou not another lawe in thy members still rebelling against the lawe of thy minde Thou feelest thou feelest no doubt the cumbersome suggestions of sin dwelling in thee continually drawing thee away from doing good and still egging thee forwarde to commit euill Thou feelest I say the wofull effectes of originall sinne euen a minde voide of the feare of God Thou feelest thy selfe not to loue God with all thy hart with all thy soule with all thy strength as thou oughtest to doe and as thou art bound to doe Thou findest in thy selfe and proouest by experience that thou art besieged and besette with sorrowe griefe heauinesse and infinite other like vexations of thy soule Moreouer thou canst not but see these our bodies are subiect to innumerable miseries thou seest the number of diseases assaulting vs the extremitie of famine pinching vs the ramping rage of hunger afflicting vs the miserable plague of thirst distressing vs thou seest death with his gryping pawe daylie catching haling and making hauocke of vs. And all these are punishmentes appointed of God for sinne originall Through sinne death entred into the world To be short thou feelest and findest a iust punishment deserued plague euen in these outwarde thinges The earth bringeth forth thornes brambles thystles noisome weeds many hurtfull thinges besides It bringeth forth no good thing vnlesse it bee tilled manured with great labour Finallie what thinges soeuer for the maintenance and sustentation of this our fraile transitorie life are requisite and needefull the same are we of necessitie driuen to seeke procure with continual cares and troublesome toile All these discommodities and all other miseries whatsoeuer wee must knowe and wee ought to knowe to be sent vnto vs and inflicted vpon vs as a penaltie or amercement for originall sinne Cursed saith God to the first transgressour Adam he the earth for thy sake in sorrowe shalt thou eat of it all the daies of thy life thornes and thistles shall is bring forth to thee and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde in the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bread Now therefore aswell by the authority of the word of God as by the sense and feeling of such calamities and miseries as euery man euidently seeth findeth in his mind in his body and in the outwarde thinges of the worlde I thinke thou art sufficiently perswaded yea too too plainely conuicted that thou canst not but wil thou nil thou thou must needes confesse thy selfe to be a sinner born that thou art guilty of euerlasting damnation euen in this respect for that thou art a mā issued descended from that first man Adam yea although thou thy self in al thy life haddest actually cōmitted none euill When all these thinges are well imprinted in thy mind and that thou art throughly resolued and perswaded that all this afore spoken is true the best and next way for thee to take that desirest and meanest to examine thy selfe is diligently to consider these pointes following First to bow the knees of thine hart before the tribunal seat of God to cōfesse thy faultes sins to submit cōmit thy selfe wholly vnder the mighty hand of God ready to abide his diuine pleasure if in the seuerity of his iustice rather than in his mercy he will deale with thee according to the tenour of that sentence of incurring eternall death which hee pronounced vnto man before his fall Whensoeuer sayth he you shall eate thereof ye shall die Then as often as thou feelest the effects of sinne and the punishments thereof such as wee haue alreadie saide continually to bee perceiued seene and felt in our mindes in our bodies and in all our thinges subiect to our outwarde senses so often call to remembrance that the same ought to serue thee as tokens and to put thee in

memory of thy guilt and transgression and that therefore it necessarilie standeth thee vppon to fall to most earnest repentance to consider and thinke with thy selfe that this whole life which we here liue ought to bee a continuall meditation of repentance and that in the meane while we ought patiently to suffer all miseries and calamities sith we our selues were the cause thereof and by our owne fault haue deserued the same Last of all seeing we cannot by any meanes shewe forth worthy repentance and pacifie God his anger iustly conceiued againg vs yea with the sway of sin preuailing in vs wee rather exasperate his furder wrath it remaineth for vs therefore to take this sure course euen to lift vp the eies of our mind vnto our Mediator lesus Christ and to beseech the Father to respect the righteousnesse and obedience of him alone not to call into accompt the vnrighteousnes and disobedience either of our first parent or of vs our selues but to impute the righteousnes of Christ vnto vs as though it were our owne And hereunto let the words of the Apostle by al meanes moue and stirre thee As by the offence of one the fault came on all men to condemnation so by the instifieng of one the benefite abounded towarde all men to the iustification of life c. These and the like reasons drawing thee to the acknowledgement of thy sinne to repentaunce to true inuocation of the name of God and humble imploring of his fatherly mercie thou maiest well thinke thou hast laide a good foundation and made a good entraunce into the tryal and examination of thy selfe CHAP. 3. He that wil profitablie and rightlie trie and examine himselfe must diligently consider his promise made at Baptisme and how well m euery point he answereth the same BVT it may bee thou comfortest thy selfe and waxest bolde for that long ago thou wast baptized and thereupon makest thy reckoning that all thy sins aswell originall as actuall before committed were then remitted and forgiuen thee and that therefore there is no cause to charge thee or laie before thee any thing touching originall sin and that thou canst not for that sinne be any more called into question and drawen into iudgement Heere loe is there offered vnto thee an occasion of a newe and altogether a more seuere and precise examination For certainely if thou purpose earnestly effectually to try thy selfe it is thy part and dutie exactly diligently to searche as hath beene sayde afore euery corner of thy Conscience whether in euery degree and respect thou haue vsed thy selfe and dealt according to that solemne vowe and profession which thou madest and vnder-tookest at thy Baptisme Whereby it shall most plainely appeare whether there be any of those remnaunts of originall sinne and olde Adam yet remaining within thee or no. That thou maiest the sooner the readier and the reuerentlyer bringe this to passe it shall bee good for thee first diligently to weigh and consider such speciall things materiall points as are commonly vsed and solemnized at the very time that Baptisme is ministred namely what each seuerall action meaneth togeather with each circumstance and necessarie braunch thereunto belonging And this being done orderlie to proceede to the thorough search of each corner of thy inward conscience Marke well therefore what was done at the time that thou wast Baptized and solemnely receiued into the Church in the sight of God and his Angels and of godlie beleeuing brethren FIrst there acknowledging thy selfe by nature to be the child of wrath ouerwhelmed drowned in sins and so long as thou so liuedst to be vnder the power of the Prince of darkenes thou camest penitently to the Church deepely and solemnely there protesting that thou wouldest forsake the Diuel and all his workes and that thou wouldest liue a newe and better life from thenceforth that thou wouldest become a new man cleane contrary to that thou wast afore and that thou wouldest serue God alone in all synceritie and godlinesse of life Thou diddest thē also presently make professiō of thy faith beliefe in God the father in Iesus Christ his sonne in the holy Ghost making there thy humble praier beleeuing that thou shouldest be receiued into fauour and grace not for any works of righteousnesse in the selfe which were none at all but thorough the meere mercie of God by the bloude of Christ and by the lauer of regeneration After thou haddest thus bewailed the wofull state of thy miserable vnworthines and publiquely protested thine earnest repentance and withall thereunto added a sounde confession of thy faith then was there likewise set foorth vnto thee the promise of God made vnto all that truely repent and turne vnto him by a liuely faith and are baptized Hee that shall beleeue and bee baptized shall bee saued Amend your liues and be baptized euerie one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sinnes These contestations and promises beeing thus solemnely made on both parts thou wast bapt sed that is to say thou wast dipped or sprinckled with water therewithall the Word of God was pronounced forth hauing vertue after a maruelous sort to wash take away thy sinnes by the bloudsheads of Christ The Word was added to the Element so was it made in thee a Sacrament eue● a Sacrament and Seale of the righteousnes of faith Of that faith I saye which thou euen a little while afore diddest professe and of that righteousnesse which God promised vnto thee And it is as it were an Indenture of Couenants or mutuall hand-writing obligatory between God and thee For in this action of thy baptisme there passeth a certaine mutuall bond or obligatō between you euen much like as betweene Barterers Bargainers but most aptly properly and specially betweene the husband and the wife For the couenaunt promise and bonde here made is not for any short while but euen for the whole space of thy life and so long as thou continuest in this world the memorie of this promise couenant by thee made ought surely to bee imprinted in thy minde yea still euē so long as thy life lasteth it behooueth thee all that euer thou canst to endeuor thy selfe to accomplishe and performe thy promised couenants Thou art now in this sort engraffed into Christ and incorporated into his holy congregation being the Church thou art receiued into the number fellowship of the faithfull Moreouer the very fourme manner customable rite of Baptisme it selfe is a perpetuall witnesse of thy vowed promise and admonisheth thee of thy duetie all the daies of thy life Namely first when thou wast put down into the Font dipped into the water or sprinckled therewith there was signified vnto thee the mortification of thy selfe and all thy members in that thou diddest there openly and solemnely professe that thou wouldest die vnto sinne Againe thy raising and lifting

Whether they entered into the estate of wedlocke for any other ends than those for which God ordained instituted Matrimonie Whether they haue exceeded the lawfull bounds and measures in anie respect or circumstance of matrimoniall loue Whether they haue vsed or shewed anie signes of wanton and lasciuious behauiour in the sight and hearing of others namely of young children and maidens Whether they haue in their house any vtensiles furniture instrumentes or stuffe that may allure either them or others to anie vanitie wantonnesse or dishonestie as Pictures Tables c. Whether they haue beene carefull and circumspect to see their whole household that is to say their children and seruants chastly and shamefastly brought vp in all good nurture honestie ¶ Artificers Painters Caruers Grauers Hucstars Retailours c. Whether they ●ue made or solde anie wares garments or instruments which the buyers doe abuse conuert and occupie for filthie purposes and paltering deuises Some make and sell painting for faces some cerusse and pomadoes some staring ruffes garishe Cawles c. all which are toyes arguing the vanite follie vncleanenesse and nicitie of meicockes and wantons Whether they haue painted anie counterfaites engrauen any images or made any picture in tables in hafts of kniues in pots in Arra● in Tapestrie hangings or anie such like representing filthinesse baudrie vnchastity or anie waie inducing and drawing the beholder too vile vnchast cogitations ¶ Inholders Vintners Tauerners Vitailers Whether they receiue or keepe anie harlots and misliuing women in their houses or anie other infamous persons whatsoeuer liuing by the shamefull practise of baudrie ¶ Musitians Stageplaiers Whether by singing or playing on instrumentes of Musicke or in shewing anie actions or iestures of scurrility they haue moued the beholders and hearers to lasciuious dancing wanton thoughts or vnchast actions Finallie whether in committing anie afore named offences thou hast giuen anie occasion vnto others to doe the like that is to saie whether either by thy filthie wordes or dissolute deedes thou hast ministred offence and cause of stumbling to other weake ones Againe whether when thou haste seene others committing any of these faultes aforesayd thou haue secretlie consented vnto them neither stayinge and hindering their euill neither reprouing it neither yet giuing anie token or signification of their mislike thereof whereas vppon occasion and opportunitie thou both mightest and oughtest so to haue done Consent as well secret as open maketh thee guiltie of trespasse The eight Commandement Thou shalt not steale Sinnes inward WHether thou haue carried a minde desirous euerie kind of waie or anie kind of waie either by hook or crooke to increase thy wealth and inrich thy selfe Whether thou take such inward ioy and pleasure in thy goods that thou canst not find in thy heart willingly to depart with anie of them Whether when thou hast suffered any losse or receiued any hinderaunce in thy goods thou haue taken ouermuch sorrow and griefe for the same For this to doe is an euident token of notable auarice Whether thou hast deuised in thy mind how and which way thou mightest catch into thy clouches and possession any other mans liuing landes inheritance goods wares furniture vtensiles or stuffe Whether thou hast euer layde any plottes or deuised anie shiftes to intrappe anie man in his dealings or to preuent and hinder him of his commoditie Whether thou hast bene agrieued and sorrowfull at another mans prosperous successe and welfare as though another mans commoditie had beene thy hinderaunce and discommoditie And heereunto are to bee referred al the trickes and points of secret spigh and hollow enuie Whether thou hast imagined wit thy self how thou mightest hinder an other man either in fame credite honour or estimation Whether thou hast euen vnwillingly as it were with griefe of mind yelded that to another which in right was his owne and whether thou has not ben willing to departe euen wit● somewhat of thine own These many such like beeing but thought and conceiued euen in the mind do make vs guiltie before God yea although actually they be not done Sinnes externall and outwarde WHether either priuily or apertly with the owners knowledge or without it and whether against the good will of the proprietarie whosoeuer he be whether hee bee kins-man or friend-man neighbour or forrainer friende or foe thou haste raked and hailed his goods vnto thee Whether when thou hast found any thing by chaunce lost by another thou haue kept it still to thy selfe and hast not sought meanes and occasion to restore it to the right owner Whether when thou hast borrowed anie instrument toole or other thing thou haue vsed it to other vses than it was purposely agreed vppon and lent thee that without either the thinking opinion consent or will of the owner Whether thou hast omitted to restore backe any thing that hath beene lent thee Whether as it were in the waie of iest thou hast gotten and receiued any thing from another not minding to restore it and doest stil detaine and keepe it to thine owne vse Whether thou hast euer practised thefte or committed any robberie by the high waie Whether thou hast practised pyracie on the sea or associated thy selfe with pyrates and rouers Whether thou haue fired or anie other like waie spoyled thy neighbours house substance or goods whatsoeuer Whether thou hast wrought anie hinderance and procured anie losse to others either by hurting their Cattel Fishes Foules Trees Corne Gardens Orchardes Children Seruants c. Whether thou hast purloined and taken away any Church furniture seruing for the Ecclesiasticall ministerie which kind of sinne is commonly called Sacrilege is deemed worse than theft Whether thou hast giuen or lent to anie person that which was none of thine owne and wherewith thou haddest nothing to doe VVhether thou hast not faithfullie kept such things as haue beene vppon trust committed vnto thee in such sorte as honestie and conscience required VVhether thou hast refused iustly to pay the hirelings and them that haue labored with thee and to thy vse their wages and hire whether thou haue defaulked nipped or abated any part or parcell thereof VVhether thou hast refused and denied to bestowe thine almes vpon the poore asking the same of thee or desiring to borrowe some thing of thee or whether thou haue more than halfe vnwillingly bestowed lent the same Whether in making diuisiō of things to be shared betwene thee and others thou haue fraudulently and either secretly or openly catched more for thy portion share than thy part amounted vnto VVhether thou hast giuen ill words or beene any waye offended with him that hath required and demanded his right and that which was his owne at thy hands VVhether when thou hast seene an other like to fal into any danger trouble trouble or hinderaunce thou haue giuen him warning afore hande to take heed VVhether thou hast subtilly practised with others to crosse-cut

recorde Whether in any instrument he haue dissen●bled omitted trāsposed or forged any thing contrarye to lawe or done any other act whereby another is afterward damnified Whether he haue framed or procured any instrument to embolden harden and fortifie wicked and wilfull persons in their rashnesse auarice and headie wilfulnesse Whether for making any instrument he haue taken money of them of whō he ought not to haue had any or whether more than was due to him for the same ¶ Phisition Apotheca●ie Whether being a Phisition he haue extorted and exacted at the hands of the rich more than the money agreed vpon between them and more than any reason afforded for his paynes and counsell and as for the poore whom hee deemed vnable to pay whether he haue vtterly refused or beene vnwilling to visite or goe vnto them Whether being an Apothecarie or Oyntment maker he haue confected and made baggage corrupt or counterfeite Medicines eyther simple or compounde and the same solde at so deare a pryce as those that were good soueraigue cordiall and sound For heerein is a double fault committed the one in respecte of the wares themselues the other in respect of the price ¶ Merchant Chapman Whether he exercise the trade of Merchandise rather vpon a couetous desire immoderately to enrich himselfe and to s●rape together great wealth than thereby to gaine measurable substaunce for the necessarie sustentation and vse of his life or therwith to benefite and helpe with his trauaile the publike societie of his Countrey Whether hee haue conspired and confederated with others of his owne trade selling the like wares that hee doth vpon some certain high great price whereby there cannot but ensue of necessitie a great dearth in the Common-wealth Whether entring into copartenership with others he keepe backe retaine to his owne vse some part of the gaine defrauding by concealement his Coparcener of his moytie and portion Whether in selling his wares to one that is not able in hande to pay downe readie monie or wares but craueth some respit of time for the payment therof he haue rated the same wares in respect of the forbearance at deerer and higher Prices than they were worth Whether he haue bought aforehand for readie money wheate wine or such like commoditie to be deliuered vnto him at a time agreed vpon after but yet better cheape than the same were esteemed at euen then when the bargaine was made or like ynough to be afterward as if for ten crownes hee bought that which a little while after hee was sure to sell againe for twelue crownes c. Whether in barter and exchaung of wares for wares hee haue strictly exacted hucked wares from the other parti● which he was well assured were more worth and cost dearer than the wares that hee in lieu thereof deliuered Whether he haue bought naughtie corrupt mustie wares at some small price in hope to retayle and sell them againe for good perfect and at such price as good sound perfect wares are sold for Or whether knowing the● to be faultie and naught he haue purposely and wittingly mingled them with others that were good perfect● and faultlesse wares Whether hee haue bought stollen goods knowing or suspecting them so to be Whether he haue vsed any sleight collusion or deceipt eyther in worde or deede thereby the easier and the dearer to sell his wares Whether he haue duely payed the impostes custome and such like charges where and when he ought so to haue done Whether in the exchaunging of forreigne and vnknowen Coine he haue wittingly committed any fraude Whether for the onely and meere exchaunge he haue indented co●enanted bartered and bargained concerning the price in sorer sort then hath lightly beene aforetime vsed Whether he haue practised any other maner of commutation or exchange then that which was publikely and commonly vsed and among exchaungers for the most part ordinarily frequented ¶ Broker Whether he haue beene a mediator or a driuer of bargaines and contracts which he knew to be vncōscienable and vnlawefull as namely grounded vpon vsurie or otherwise any maner of way for the hidden crafunesse secretly lurking therein hurtfull and damageable Whether he haue subtilly craftily procured egged the one of the parties to consent and do that which afterward when he feeleth himselfe bitten and hindered he hath had good cause to repent For doubtlesse the cōmon vse fashion of Brokers is to respect and specially to fauour the one of the parties contracting aboue the other and also to gape after his owne priuate gaine ¶ Treasurer Receiuer Guardian Whether he haue at anytime disbursed layde out the publique monie or the Princes treasure committed to his custodie for his owne priuate gaine as namely in traffique of merchandize buying and selling purchasing lending out c. ¶ Wife Whether she haue stollen away or priuily suborned one childe in steede of an other or layde an other womans childe in the place and steede of her owne Or whether shee haue named and affirmed the childe whom she hath borne in adulterie to be the lawefull childe of her husband These kinde of Children doe sundrie times carrie away from many rightfull heires rounde portions of their inheritance yea and sometimes goe away with the whole And therefore is this a most greeuous and haynous sinne Whether without her husbandes knowledge and consent shee liaue giuen awaye conueighed a●ened or with dainty fare wasted his goods and substance ¶ Artificers Labourers Whether they exercise any trickes or feates to adulterato corrupt forge iumule marre mingle foist or depraue anie thing that they doe or whether they keepe backe or purloigne anie thing of that which is committed to them in trust to doe which the partie bespeaking it to be done can not easily finde out and espie Of which crewe are Taylers Millers c. Whether when they haue beene hyred to doe any worke they haue laboured faithfully and as their ductic required ¶ Husbandman farmer Whether he haue iustly truly and faithfully paied his tythes and other duties Whether he haue hindered and iniuried his neighbours in their groūds fieldes and medowes by putting in his cattel or by driuing them through that way or by making courses and chanels to conueye and get the waters from th● or any other way whatsoeuer Whether through his negligence or spight he haue suffered their ground to be in any part spoiled or their Ox● Kine Horses Sheepe or other their goods and Cattels to be hurt whereby the owner is apparantly damnified ¶ Monier Min●er Whether by the art of Alchymie or any other deuise he haue mixed mettalles together vttering base coine for perfect and good sterling ¶ Clothier Whether hee haue solde Clothes made of course wool in steed of fine and good wollen clothes Whether knowing some fault in the Dying of his clothes he haue wittingly concealed and purposely diffimuled it VVhether he

this cōmeth often so to passe as by example we will shewe ¶ If thou haue corrupted anye wares or any other thing which thy neighbour is to buy and then sell thē vnto him for good first of all thou knowest that thou herein hast sinned against the ix Cōmandement which forbiddeth thee to giue false witnesse But if thou diddest it with an intent and meaning to rake and scrape a priuate gaine vniustly to thy selfe with the losse and hinderance of an other thou art therein guiltie of the breach of the viii Commandement whereby is forbidden all theft If furthermore in this behalfe thou haue deceiued anie that is thy superiour or that is linked to thee in bloud as thy Father or thy Mother the Magistrate the Minister of the Church thy kinseman c. therein hast thou transgressed the fifth Commaundement of honouring Father and Mother To be short if this circumstance do also concurre that this cra●tie practise were by thee doone on the Sabbaoth day then hast thou heerein incurred the displeasure of Almightie God for prophaning and not sanctifying the Sabbath day Last of all it may bee that in this bargayning and selling some such woordes might passe from thee as might make thee further guiltie For if thou swearest vainely and without cause with an intent meaning to auouch any thing that thou wouldest haue to be beleeued then art thou therein guiltie of the thirde commaundement Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vaine ¶ Thirdly we shall doe well in the examining and dicussing of thy actions to giue thee charge circumspectly to consider euerie particular circūstance to wit the time the place the person the cause the end the maner the instrument c. No man wil denie but that the offence is farre greater hainouser which is committed on the Sabbath daye or at such time as all men for some publike calamitie are in a generall heauines againe when it is committed in the sight and face of many honest and graue persons furthermore when it is doone by or against any man in high authoritie moreouer when no manner of alluring occasion went afore to drawe or mooue thee to that euill Therefore we may not slightly passe ouer howe much and how greatly these circumstances doe aggrauate and augment thy fault 4 Fourthly it standeth thee vpon moreouer often and many times to consider with thy selfe and plainely to confesse that thou canst neuer call to memorie all thy sinnes committed and againe that thou canst neuer exactly ynough iudge ●ow greeuous detestable those be which doe alreadie come to thy remembraunce For truely and diuinely hath the Prophet set downe who can vnderstand his faults O clense me from my secret faultes For so standeth thy case that euen where thou least thinkest thou there sinnest most greeuously And the thinges which thou thinkest well and iustlie done are in the sight of God and before the tribunall seate of the highe iudge vncleane vnrighteous and de●ectrue And therefore the Prophet Isaiah cryeth out thus We haue been all as an vncleane thing and al our righteousnesse is as a filthy clout Seeing therefore the case thus standeth it is thy part and dutie plainely to confesse that much ignoraunce remayneth in thee and that the same is in thee a great sinne for the which vnlesse God in mercy do pardon thee hee may hurle thee headlong into eternall damnation 5 Fiftly thou must consider that there is cause ynough to condemne and pronounce thee guiltie for that thou hast not done those good workes which in the lawe are commaunded For looke how many sinnes in euerie particular commaundement are forbidden so many good workes in euery commaundement are commaunded To euery sinne there ought to answere his contrarie and that is some good worke ¶ Now if thou throughly examine thy conscience thou shalt soone espy that thou hast not perfourmed no not the least part and portion of those thinges which the lawe of God requireth at thy handes yea if thou narrowly search euery corner of thy selfe thou shalt finde that either thou hast fulfilled and perfourmed nothing at all or if thou hast perfourmed anye thing yet shalt thou finde it to be vnperfect corrupt and with some manner of contagion infected For all our obedience is maymed lame and vnperfect Wherefore thou must say as Christ hath taught vs all Although we had done all those things that are commanded vs. yet we are vnprofitable seruauntes Againe The wisedome of the flesh is enimitie against God for it is not subiect to the lawe of God neyther in deede can bee Againe in the 7. Chapter I knowe that in mee that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing for to will is present with me but I finde no meanes to perfourme that which is good And I delight in the lawe of God concerning this inner man but I see an other lawe in my members rebelling against the lawe of my minde and leading me cap●i●e vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my members 6 Sixtly thou must cast in thy mind to consider and record the paines and punishmentes which God threatneth and inflicteth vpon those that disobey and transgresse his commandements Of these paines punishmentes and plagues some be corporall and externall some spirituall and internall Of the first sort are barrainesse and steriliti● of the earth hunger and dearth dissentions and warres diseases pestilence banishmentes shipwrackes inundations and ouerflowings stormes calamities burninges c. Of the latter sort are ignoraunce of the scriptures famine of the woorde of God blindnesse of the minde incredulitie and vnbeliefe induration or hardening of the heart deliuerie and giuing vp into a reprobate sense c. A great beadroll of plagues are reckoned vp in the 28. of Deuteronomie But when it pleaseth him the Lorde can and will send many mo than are there expressed For hee daily prepareth and maketh readie newe scourges whips for disobedient men eue● as they dayly commit newe sinnes and offences For alas what miserie doe wee nowe day by day tast and proue what daungers What diseases What other incommodities which as it is to bee thought were not so much as once knowen by the very bare names vnto men in the olde men nor so much as once by any meanes spoken of And withall thou shalt remember and call to minde the examples of such as by the iust iudgement of God are read reported of in the bookes of the sacred scriptures others also to haue been plagued with these punishments either bodily or spiritually and it shall also much further thee to adde hereunto such as thou of thine own knowledge within thy time and memorie hast knowen to haue felt the heauie hande of God 7 Seuenthly it shal be very behouefull for thee to consider that for thy sinnes and offences others linked vnto thee in consanguinitie and kinred are punished namely thy Parentes thy children thy brethren thy