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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12991	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse on Barthelmew day, being the 24. of August. 1578 Wherin, besides many other profitable matters meete for all Christians to follovv, is at large prooued, that it is the part of all those that are fathers, householders, and scholemaisters, to instruct all those vnder their gouernement, in the vvord and knovvledge of the Lorde. By Iohn Stockvvood scholemaister of Tunbridge.	Stockwood, John, d. 1610.	1578 (1578)	STC 23284; ESTC S106625	73,966	202

doth it looke what thys man or that man bestoweth or asketh what shall I giue or howe much when shall I giue or howe often shall I gyue But by the pitifull viewe of the lamentable distresse of such as are in miserie easilye and readilye findeth aunswere againste all these worldlye motions Cornelius gaue muche almes to all the people Wée that are farre beyonde him in wealth and substaunce thynke wée haue done very well and ynoughe if we haue giuen a little vnto a fewe Cornelius gaue plentifullye whilest hée was aliue and we giue sparingly for feare we shall lacke ere we dye And thys is a greate faulte amongest the wealthie of this worlde that they defer their almes and other good déedes of charitie till after they be deade omitting the present oportunitie to doe good the whiche GOD hath not onely commended but commaunded and not onelye regardeth but also in mercie richly rewardeth What fondnesse is there in those that would be counted wise to imagine that theyr executours after they be dead will be more faythfull in disposing their liberalitie than they themselues woulde bée beyng aliue What excuse soeuer we pretende for this deferring to do good it springeth onelie of distruste in Gods prouidence the Lorde roote it oute of vs for in some it worketh moste horrible and wicked effectes insomuch that they do not only not giue largely after the example of this oure Cornelius but bestowe nothing at all nay that whiche is worse Couetousnesse the roote of al euil springing of thys distruste in Gods fatherly prouision for them hath br●d in them suche a burning desire of hauing still more that like vnto the dropsie man the more he drinketh the more he thirsteth the more they haue the more they desire and therfore leaste they shoulde lacke they do not onely not relieue their poore brethren but also take from them suche liuing as for their reliefe hath by others bin giuen vnto thē cruelly and barbarously deuouring the goodes of the poore and eating vppe as it were their owne fleshe The Lorde be merciful vnto vs This only to end this point I am to say if Cornelius hauing but a sparkle of faith but a little knowledge in the Christian religion amongst so many stumbling blockes lettes and daungers haue set vp vnto vs so cleare and bright a glasse of godlye almes and Christian charitie truely we that reioyce so much of our knowlege in Christ and perswade our selues of a maruellous light of fayth ought worthyly to blushe and be ashamed to come so farre behinde him in brotherly pittying louinglye reléeuing the poore estate of our owne néedie members and to be so soone colde in the exercise of charitye The Lorde worke in vs bowels of compassion that wyth Cornelius euery one according to the portiō that God hath bestowed vpon vs maye indéede féele and be touched inwardlye wyth the miseries of the néedie and in consideration of the same gyue muche almes to all the people for there wyll a day come when it shall be sayde vnto vs Giue accountes of thy Stewardship for thou shalte bee no longer Stewarde Now followeth Cornelius his dayly and often praying vnto God. For it is here sayd that he prayed God cōtinually As before where the holy Ghost speaketh of Cornelius his almes he figuratiuely vseth that worde being but one part for all the kindes of charitie so here he setteth down his dayly vse of praying for the whole worship of God as a certain and vndisceauable note of his vnfeined godlynesse For where there is the true feare of God whych hath bene alredy shewed to haue remayned in Cornelius there must needs be also a feruent desire by earnest prayer to humble our selues before the maiestie of God to bée by his holy spirit directed in the true knowledge of him his Christ that thereby wée may be taught to walke in such ways as are acceptable before him This desire may appeare to haue bene in Cornelius by the wordes whiche hereafter the Angell vseth vnto hym where hée willeth him to sende for Peter who shoulde teach him what he shoulde do For being in the number of those whyche hadde receyued the true knowledge of GOD he prayeth that he maye be admitted vnto a further and a more clearer lighte of vnderstanding concerning his hope of saluation in the redéemer Christ Iesus yet not fully reueled vnto him His prayer being reported not to be of course or of custome or seldome but dayly and often is a signe vnto vs that his religion was not builded vpon feyned and coūterfaite trifles or consisted in outward rites and ceremonies but that as god is a spirite as Iohn witnesseth so Cornelius lyke a true worshipper did pray vnto him and worship him in spirite and truth and did not sleyghtly after the manner of the cōmon sort vse coldly and faintely this exercise of praying in number measure but was earnestly and euē frō the hart bent often to call vppon God like as hys manifolde benefites and vnspeakable mercies daylye towardes him did continuallye prouoke and call him therevnto Thys example of Cornelius hys dayly praying vnto God commendeth vnto vs the continual often vse of prayer in whiche he was not so diligente and feruente as we for the moste parte are colde negligente too too slacke slothful whereas we haue to moue vs therevnto both the example of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ who not only himselfe prayed often but also commaunded vs to pray oftē and hath appointed vs a forme of prayer which we commonlye call the Lordes prayer and hath besides promised to heare our prayer made in fayth we haue not I say only his example but the example of all his Apostles wyth diuerse others the godlye Patriarches fathers and Prophets of the olde testamēt There be also causes both in respecte of our selues and also of our brethren that oughte worthily to moue vs to cal vpon God for his assistaunce against our many enimies as the Diuell the worlde and the corrupt lustes and wicked affections of our owne fleshe this being one of the principall weapons of that spirituall armoure whiche Paul teacheth a christian souldiour to be furnished withal agaynst the greate and strong assaultes of those mightie enimies For besides the girdle of veritie the breaste-plate of righteousnesse the shoes of the preparation of the Gospell of peace the shielde of fayth the helmet of saluation and the sworde of the spirite he addeth And pray alwayes with all manner prayer and supplication in the spirit Againe if we woulde consider what Abraham what Isaac what Iacob what Aaron Moses Iosua Dauid Salomon Iosias Ezechias Elias Daniel the Publicane the théefe on the crosse the Apostles the Churche praying for Peter in prisō with innumerable others haue obtayned at the handes of GOD by prayer the mighty and wonderfull effectes that haue followed of theyr prayer must néedes prouoke and stirre vs vp to the often and

swallowed vp of feare and horror but that we shold with all méekenesse lowlynesse humility and reuerence cast our selues downe before his maiestie being with al submission readye to do that which he shal thinke beste to enioyne vs For the Lord loketh that those to whom he openeth and sheweth himselfe by his worde shoulde be moued with a reuerent feare at the hearing of the same according as he witnesseth by hys Prophete Isaias Heare the word of the Lord all ye that tremble at his word And againe To him will I loke euen to him that is pore and of a contrite spirite and trembleth at my words But what is the cause beloued that at this day the word of the Lord worketh not in vs this effect of reuerence trembling and feare forsooth bicause we fasten our eyes vpon the person that speaketh with the basenesse of whome we are nothyng moued wheras if we would as indeede we ought consider that it is GOD whiche speaketh vnto vs in the person of man then would be driuen into this sluggishe nature of ours suche a feare and reuerence of the word of God as ought to be in vs which I pray God graunt vnto vs. Thirdly I cannot let passe the answere that Cornelius maketh to the Angel calling him wher he saith what is the Lord Wheras the drossie translation whiche goeth vnder the name of Ierom the cōmon translation is the Pope his owne dearling hath who is it Lord Like as in the first of Samuel and third chapter it hath very falsely rediculously that Heli hys eyes were dimme and coulde not sée the candle of the Lord vntil it was put out And in the .15 of the first to the Corinthes clean contrarie vnto the truth of the Gréek text which sayth we shal not all die but we shall all be changed it sayeth we shal all dye but shall not al be chaunged besides a greate many moe filthy corruptions whyche haue often out of this place bene shewed to be in it that you mighte learne to forsake and leaue it Al whiche errours moste of them shewed them by vs and some of them tolde them by theyr owne men I doe the lesse maruell that they stil retain for as muche as of grosse wilful ignorance in their Latyn portuses in stead of Glorie be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost they sing daylye Glorie be to the father and to the sonne and to the Diuell Spiritui paradyto the wicked and infamous spirite in steade of spiritui paraclêto the spirite which is the comforter For the that there is so much differēce betwéen the two words euery boy of the grammer schole can tel And I woulde fayne learne of some Papist that holdeth that the church of Rome can not erre whether this were an error or no in steade of the holy Ghost to pray to the Diuell And bycause I were loth to sustaine their ill will for reporting this truth of them let it for me rest vpon the backe of him where I haue it whych is Polidor Vergil a man of their own who in hys fifth booke and thirtéenth Chapter of the finders out of things too too pitiously poore soule lamenteth complayneth of their waywardnesse that being tolde of so horrible a faulte will not leaue nor amende it Wherefore leauing hym in his sorrowe and his Popishe Priestes in their frowarde errour I returne to my purpose and note vnto you that al the copies so manye as I euer haue séene or hearde of haue thys reading What is it Lord so that the other Who is it Lorde being such as any that in the Gréeke tongue can set the Nominatiue case and the verbe togither might easily auoyde procéedeth of wilfull ignonoraunce and carelesse negligence and darkeneth also the meaning of the place for whyche cause onely I note it Wheras this reading What is it Lord argueth that Cornelius his minde was touched with a feare as knowing that albeit it were onelye the Angell that spake vnto him yet he had indéede to do with God whose onelye messenger the Angel was Therefore thus saying he sheweth forth a readie and willing minde euen before he knoweth to doe whatsoeuer the Lorde shoulde commaunde hym whereas we after that the Lorde hath commaunded and commaunded againe straine courtesie and take leysure to performe his wil communing with fleshe and bloude whether it be good pollicie or no to doe as the Lord biddeth whether it maye not procure vs peril and trouble But all you that feare the Lord saye with Cornelius What is it Lorde and by thy mercifull assistaunce wée wil performe and doe it There followeth the thirde braunche of this second generall namely the Angells speache vnto Cornelius saying Thy prayers and thine almes are come vp into remembrance before god Now therefore send men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose surname is Peter He lodgeth with one Simon a Tanner whose house is by the Sea side he shal tell thee what thou oughtest to doe These wordes as in the beginning I declared containe both a comforte and a commandement vnto Cornelius which both with their doctrines shal be handled in order firste the comforte bycause it is firste mentioned after this maner Thy prayers and almes are come vp into remembraunce before God. Of these wordes we maye not gather that GOD who séeth all thinges and before whose eies are manifeste those thinges whiche are done in greatest secret doth at any time forget the doings of men but the holye Ghost in this place as in manye other speaketh of God as of a manne for our better vnderstanding And for bicause if God deferre at the firste to graunt our requestes our dul nature conceiueth no better of him thā of a man that is deafe therefore that Cornelius might knowe that his praiers were hearde and hys almes déedes accepted the Angell assureth him that GOD hathe in remembraunce both the one and the other that is that God will reward them with the full lighte and knowledge of his Gospel And so in manye other places doth the worde Remember béeyng spoken of the dealing of God towardes man carrie with it a signification of rewarde So God remembred Noah and the floude ceased he remembred Abraham and deliuered his kinsman Lot out of Sodom he remēbred Rachell and gaue hir children he remembred his promisse and deliuered the children of Israell oute of Egipte So we reade that the thiefe on the Crosse saide vnto Christe Lorde remember me when thou commeste into thy Kingdome and he aunswereth this day shalte thou be with me in Paradise And in the Psalme it is saide He remēbred vs in oure humilitie and then followeth he redeemed vs. And therfore you shall finde that Dauid often prayeth to the LORDE to remember hym In thys place therefore Gods remembraunce of the prayers and almes déeds of Cornelius teacheth him that he will reward them not for their worthinesse but of his mercie