that mocketh the poore reprocheth him that made him 583. b 57. 27. 28. A man of vnderstanding is sober in his speache likewise a foole when he holdeth his peace is counted wise 251. a 50 â–ª 400. b 42 18. 3. VVhen the wicked commeth then commeth contempt and with the vile man reproch 473. a 14. 739. a 8. 10. The name of the Lorde is a strong tower the righteous commeth thither and is exalted 356. b 46. 20. 7 The children of the righteous shall bee blessed after him 417 b 10. 24. The steps of man are ruled by the Lord. 303. b. 30. 21. 13. He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore shall also crie and not be hearde 328. b 30. 431 b 38. 472. a 26 543. b 57. 22. 2. God hath made rich and the poore 431. b 37. 6. Teach a childe in the trade of his way and when he is old he shall not depart from it â–ª 380. a 51 24. 16. The iust falleth seauen times and riseth againe but the wicked fall into euill 69. a 11. and 108. b 34. 25. 22. Thou shalt lay coales vppon his head and the Lord shall recompence thee 600. a 36. 27. It is no glory vnto those that seeke their owne glory 37. a 40. 27. 7. He that is very hungry although he eate bitter meat it seemeth vnto him sweet 382. b 49. 28. 1. The wicked flie when none pursueth but the righteous are bolde as a Lyon. 111 â–ª a 59. 14. Blessed is the man that feareth alwaye 15. a 57. 448. b 3. 682. a 10. 30. 32. If thou hast thought wickedly laye thy hande on thy mouth 403. b 7. Ecclesiastes 5. 15. VVHat profite hath hee â–ª that hath trauailed for the winde 673 a 18. 9. 4. It is better to a liuing dog â–ª then to a dead Lyon. 424. a 34. Isaie â— 3 THe OXe knoweth his owner and the Asse his maisters â—rib but Israell â–ª hath not knowen â–ª my people hath not vnderstand 235. b 26. 784. a 15. 6. From the soule of the foote vnto the heade there is nothing whole therin but wounds and swellinges and â—ores full of corruption they haue not beene wrapped nor bounde vp nor molyfied with oyle 721. a 32. â—2 If you come too appeare in my presence and to treade in my courtes who hath required this of your hands 327. b. 29. 15. VVhen you make many praiers I will not heare for your hands are full of bloud 327. b 18. 18. Come now sayth the Lorde let vs reason together when your sinnes shall be red as C 〈…〉 zin they shall be made white as snow 330. b 59. 453. a 56. 2. 19. They that feele the wrath of God shall goe into the holes of the rockes and into the caues of the earth for feare of the Lorde when he shall arise to destroy the earth 280. a 35. 411. a 17. 644. b 36. 22. Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nosethrels 311. b 59. 3. 10 Say ye it shall be well with the iust for he shall eate the fruites of his woorkes 2â—1 a 15. 413. a 35. 666. b 47. 5. 3. You inhabitauntes of Ierusalem and you men of Iuda iudge beetweene mee and my Vineyarde 190. a 39. 4. VVhat could I haue done any more to my vineyard that I haue not done VVhy haue I looked that it should bringe foorth grapes and it bringeth forth wylde grapes 161. b 57. 11. VVoe vnto you because you rise vp earely to follow drunkennes 721. b 38. 13. My people is gone into captiuitie â–ª because they had no knowledge and their nobles haue bene famished and the multitude is dryed vp with thirst 530. a 21. 20. VVoe vnto them that call good euill and euill good 131. a 15. 24. As the flame of fire deuoureth the stubble and as the chaffe is consumed of the flame so theyr roote shall bee as rottennesse and their budde shall rise vp like duste for they haue caste of the Lawe of the lord of hostes and haue blasphemed the word of the holy one of Israell 60. b 25. 26. God will whistle to a people from the end of the earth and beholde they shall come hastly wyth speede 671. b 43. 30. Beholde the darkenesse of afflictions vppon the people 535. b 51. 6. 2. The Seraphines stoode vnder the Lorde and euery one of them had sixe vvinges with twaine they couered their face and with tvvaine they couered their feete 156. a 20. 715. b 55. 5. Mine eyes haue sene the king the Lord of hostes 77. b 60. 9. In hearing ye shall heare and shall not vnderstande and in seeing ye shall see and shall not perceiue 810. b 13. 11. I sayde hovv long Lord and hee sayde vntill the cities bee wasted without inhabitaunt and the houses vvithout men and the lande be vtterly desolate 336. a 3. 7. 18. In that day shall God whistle after afly that is at the vttermost partes of the flouddes of Egipt and after the Bee whiche is in the land of Assur 671. b 44. 8. 9. 10 Gather together on heapes O ye people and ye shall be broken in pieces and harken all yee of farre countries make your selues readie and ye shall be broken in pieces take couÌ„cell it shal be brought to nought speake the woord and it shall not stande for the Lord is with vs. 99. b 32. 10. Take councell and it shall be brought to nought speake the vvord and it shall not stand 392. a 60. 4â—1 260. 9. 13. The people is not tourned towarde him that strooke them and haue not besought the lord of hosts 721. a 27. 10. 12 VVhen the Lord hath accomplished all his vvorke vppon mount Sion and in Ierusalem I will visit the fruite of the proude hearte of the king of Assur 812. a 49. 11. 2 The spirit of wisedome vertue shall reste vppon him 548. b 1. 616. a 58. 4. God shall smite the earth vvith the rodde of his mouth shall slay the vvicked vvith the spirit of his lips 76. a 20. 13. 10. The starres of heauen and the planetes thereof shall not geeue their light the sunne shall bee darkened in his going foorth and the moone shall not cause her light to shine 299. b 1. 15. 7. They shall beare their prouision to the floud of the Arabians 184 a 40. 19. 11. The princes of Soan are fooles the princes of Noph haue erred they haue caused Egipt to erre 246. a 50. 14. The Lorde hath mingled among the Egiptians the spirit of errours and hath caused Egipt to erre in euery vvorke thereof as a drunken man erreth in his vomite 99. b 19. 22. 14. Let vs eate and drink for tomorrow we shall die 721. b 16. 24. 23. The moone shall bee abashed and the Sunne ashamed when the LORDE of hostes shall raigne in mount Syon and in Ierusalem and when hee shall bee glofyed in the presence of his auncient men 81. b 9. 26. 1. God is our vvall and bulwarke 508. b
his people in the lande of Canaan Againe wee knowe howe the holy Scripture saith generally that the man is happie whiche eateth the labour of his owne hands and is nurrished therewith Therefore if we intend to haue our goodes to do vs good let vs learne too haue them in such cace as wee may say that God hath giuen vs them For God meddleth not with crafts and extortions I confesse in deede that the wicked are not inriched without his will but yet it is not therefore too be sayd that he alloweth of their doings Nother is it ment that the wicked acknowledge God to say I thanke God I thinke my selfe beholding to him for that which he hath giuen me No for they hold them as it were of the Diuell and not of Gods blissing Therefore let vs on our side learne as I said afore to make account of this promise that we be happie when we eate the labour of our hands that is too say when we eate not any thing but such as we haue gotten by good lawfull meanes allowed of god Furthermore let vs assure our selues that it is to no purpose too builde in this world For all things heere are fleeting and transitorie Let vs not be like these fooles that make their nest in this worlde as who would say they looked neuer to go out of it Therefore let vs not bee tied to it For whiche is our chiefe house It is our bodie Though a man haue great palaces and as sumptuouse houses as any be in the world it is certaine that he cannot continue in them for euer he cannot keepe himselfe in prison there So then the peculiarest lodging that euery man hath is his owne body and yet wee see what brittlenesse is in it VVhat firmenesse hath it It is nothing but corruption and rottennesse VVhat is to be done then Let vs hie vs to the heauenly building that is to say let vs desire to be so repaired as Gods spirite may dwell in vs and wee bee made his temples and that whatsoeuer is now corruptible and transitorie in vs may be renewed so as we may be set in the same state that is promised vs Yee see then that we must not in this world seeke to draw other mens goodes to vs to take pleasure in that whiche is none of ours but liue cōtented with whatsoeuer God giueth vs and therewithall pray God so to builde vs as we may be his temples to the end he may dwell in vs by his holy spirite and not suffer Satan to carrie vs away or to enter into vs too nurrish our vices and sinnes in vs for by that meanes he would make our bodies foule stinking stables But we know that God cannot dwell in any filthy place Therefore if wee will haue him to settle in vs wee must first pray him too clenze vs from all vncleannesse to the end he may build vs by his grace to bee true Temples of his holy spirite Lo how wee may be well builded But wee muste vnderstand that all proceedeth of his meere grace according as the Scripture auoucheth it to bee his charge to build vp Sion Then like as generally our Lord Iesus Christ buildeth all the whole body of his Churche so also let vs assure ourselues that he must be fayne too builde each one of vs And that is the thing that we must ame at VVe must not be wedded to the flightfull corruptible things of this worlde but we must hie vs to the euerlasting things and labour for them more more till we become fullie to them Now lette vs fall downe before the face of oure good God with acknowledgement of our faults praying him to make vs so to feele them as we may learne too mislike them more and more and too take suche hartie remorse that wee ouercome all temptations and hie vs alwayes to the heauenly glory where our true heritage is and that we may be so giuen vnto it as we may seeke nothing but to please our God and to frame our selues wholly to his will so as wee may shewe by our deedes that his calling of vs vnto him is not in vaine but that wee be willing to glorifie him in all our whole life acknowledging the benefites whiche hee giueth vs of his meere grace too the end wee should yeeld him praise and do him his due honour That it may please him too graunt this grace not onely too vs but also too all people and nations of the earth c. The .lxxvj. Sermon which is the fourth vpon the .xx. Chapter 20 He shall feele no suffizance in his bellie nother shall he keepe his desire 21 There is none of his meate left Therefore shall not his goodes be multiplied 22 VVhen his abundance is at the full he shal be in anguish all the hands of labouring men shal come vnto him 23 VVhen he hath vvherevvith to fil his bellie God shall sende him the dread of his vvrath and make it to raine vpon his meate 24 VVhen he fleeth from the yron vveapons a bovve of steele shall meete vvith him 25 The svvord shall bee dravven out and shall cut him it shall passe through his gall fearefulnesse shall be vpon him ZOphar going forward with the matter that he delt with yesterday addeth here that the wicked man neuer hath any contentation nor rest nor shall fare any thing the better by aught that he leaueth behinde him nother shall his goodes thriue with his heire or successour This sentence hath bin declared alredy Howbeit for the larger confirmation thereof it is repeted once againe that we may beare it the better in mind and also be the better perswaded of it For if we see a man haue abundance of goodes we are of opinion that he wanteth nothing and that he hath contentation and all felicitie so as he needeth to do nothing else but take his pleasure seeing that all things answer his harts desire after that māner Marke I pray you how we perceyue not the wretchednesse that is hid in them whome God curseth but giue iudgement according to that which we see with our eyes But Gods iudgement is inclozed in their bones and in their maree And therefore yee see it is for our behoofe to heare this sentēce often that we may be the surer of it and haue the remēberance of it printed in our hart On the other side when we looke vpon a rich man we thinke that heauen earth should mingle themselues togither to confound him And therefore God declareth that although man haue neuer so great welth yet shall the same perish euery whit and vanish away in such wise as there shal be nothing for his heire or successor to hope for VVherefore let vs marke well these two points that we may learne to set more store by Gods blissing than by all the welth in the world and not be tempted too couet cursed riches which cannot come to a good end bicause God will
hartes by his holy spirit and that it is he which fenceth vs which is a bulwark fortresse to vs Marke also what Sainct Paule sayeth in the viij of the Romanes For after hee hath shewed that the faithfull are inuincible when the spirit of God beareth theÌ„ record of their lyfe he saieth that although they haue not receyued him fully and perfectly yet notwithstanding yea though they had receyued but some one small drop the same is the seede of lyfe to assure them that God will accomplish that which he hath begonne Seeing then that the faithfull haue such an assurance that God hath gyuen them of his holy spirit to shew vnto them that he will bee their father to the ende thervpon they maye lift vp their voyces mindes and vaunt themselues against Satan against death against all things And wherefore Bicause nothing is able to put them froÌ„ the sayd loue which God beareth theÌ„ which he hath once shewed to them in our Lord Iesus Christ Thus we see how we must do and what we haue to hold vs to as shall be laide forth more at large hereafter specially wheÌ„ we come to declare what the mischiefes were that SataÌ„ wrought againste Iob and howe we ought to take theÌ„ But at this present I do but only touche that whiche is necessarye for this present purpose Let vs come to that which is in the text where mencion is made of Iobs vprightnesse True it is that I haue already declared al that matter so as it were but superfluous to make a new discourse of the things that haue bene touched hertofore It shall suffize for vs to make a short rehearsall of them to the intent to bring that thing to our remembrance whiche is greatly for our profite to know Marke then wherefore the holy Ghost hath declared the lyfe of Iob new againe It is to the ende it shoulde be as a patterne for vs to shape our selues like vnto it Is it our desire to frame our liues to Godward and to his seruice Then muste we firste of all haue this sayde soundnesse of hart that we be not double and that we serue not God in outward appearance onely with our feete handes and eyes but that our hart march afore and that we haue a pure and single meaning to giue our selues ouer vnto God to bee wholly his and to abhorre all hypocrisie Beholde at what poynt we must beginne if we meane to haue our lyfe well ruled allowed of god For vprightnesse muste in any wise spring of the feare of God that is to say we muste shewe outwardly what lieth hid within vs so as if the roote be good it shall by and by bring forth good fruites that our workes may beare record how our protestation of seruing God and of assuring our selues of all things at his hande is not vayne And this consisteth in two things namely that we deale with vprightnesse equitie among our neighbors mark me that for a speciall point and also that we haue a religiousnesse in vs to serue God imputing all vnto him And this vprightnesse teÌ„deth not to the end that ech one of vs should shrinke aside by himself to seeke his owne profite but that we shoulde coÌ„municate all togither according as God hath bounde and knit vs togither into one bodie so as euery man haue a care to serue his neighboures turne to mainteine this brotherly communion and equitie of not doing that to another which we would not haue done to our selues Thus see we how God proueth what we be that is to wit whither we liue vprightly amoÌ„g men without hurting or hindering of any man or rather whither we labour to doo seruice vnto all men For the principall poynt is that we referre all vnto God acknowledging our selues to be wholy his and that it is reason that our life our death be offered vnto him in sacrifize that we worship him that we do homage vnto him for the things that he hath giuen into our handes that we confesse howe he ought to haue all superioritie ouer vs that wee protest it by our prayers and requestes and that we shewe howe it is he that is our whole refuge and how it is he to whome we are beholding for all things Lo here the record which it behoueth vs to yeelde of the soundnesse that is hidden in our harte as of a roote that is hidden in the earth But for asmuche as the cace so standeth that wee can not walke as it becommeth vs to Gods lyking except wee vtterly withdraw our selues from euill This also is well attributed vnto Iob and vnder his persone wee are aduertised that wee shall neuer serue God without greate difficulties and many hinderances which the Diuell styrreth vp so as if wee will keepe the ryght way it behoueth vs to leape ouer the trenches to steppe ouer the stones and to marche among thornes And thus wee see the manifold incombrances that are cast afore vs to turne vs aside from walking as God hath appoynted yea eueÌ„ to marre vs altogither But what for that Let vs learne to put this lessoÌ„ in vre that Iob serued God by withdrawing himselfe froÌ„ euill So theÌ„ wheÌ„ we see the whole world corrupted so as we be as it were amoÌ„g briers caÌ„ see nothing but euill examples let vs resist all suche things For why If we be so lazie as to make excuse that bycause the world is wicked froward wee may well do as other do that is ouerfond For lo here is Iob set before vs to condemne vs For if he in those dayes withdrewe himselfe froÌ„ euill ought not wee to do the like in these dayes too Specially seeing that God gyueth vs warning that wee cannot lyue holily without greate battelles and great hardinesse And what more Hee gyueth vs the grace to ouercome all Satans assaultes in suche wise as there is no excuse for vs â–ª if wee do not as Iob hath done For he lyued not in a tyme when all things were well ordered or where men were as Angelles No no hee lyued among idolaters abundance of wickednesse reigned in his time and there was as greate store of vyce in the worlde then as there is at this day And yet for all that Iob folowed not the bent of other mens bowes as the Prouerb sayeth But he retired into himselfe beeing well assured that hee ought to serue god So then let vs not in these dayes alledge the corruptnesse of our tyme in that all is turned topâ—iteruie But rather let vs consider that God by meane thereof prouoketh vs to bee so muche the carefuller to shunne the thing that may infect vs For in asmuche as we see howe vyces are as it were an euill ayre wee must flee from them in cace as if one shoulde tell me that my meate were poysoned I woulde haue no minde to meddle with it or as if a man should tell me there were daunger in a
what it is that God giueth vnto man who ought too haue iudgement Bycause of the spirite which is imprinted in his soule It behoueth him to haue discretion But yet let vs note further how it behoueth vs inespecially too fight agaynst oure lustes Howe so An Asse will leaue hys braying when hee hath pasture afore him so will not a man do he will not content himselfe Verie well It is good that a man shoulde thanke God when he hath prosperitie and that he shoulde know how he is so much the more beholding to God but he must not fal asleepe vpon it Let vs learne then that here are two things The one is that when God giueth vs meate and drinke we be worse than the brute beastes if wee make not account of such a libertie but be so blockish in our hartes that wee consider not howe liberall and gracious God is towardes vs Thus much for the first poynt But wee conceyue the cleane coÌ„trary in many men yea after a maner in al men For howe great is our vnthankefulnesse if God giue vs meate and drinke haue we the stayednesse that is in brute beastes to holde our selues in quiet and contented No we be like vnsatiable Seagulles How fowle and howe excessiue are our appetites See howe an Asse eateth Although he haue trauelled with great paine when he is put to pasture he satisfieth himselfe and then layes him down vpon it he is contented But as for a man though he haue crammed in as much as foure or fiue men could swall owe vp he is not contented with it hee regardeth not what is meete for him but he will still bee heaping vp and gathering in of more VVhen a man hath his Garner full yet hath he a bellie too bigge for it VVhen he hath his wine seller well stored he thinketh that that is nothing VVhen he hath prouision ynough for a whole doozen of persons yet will he not be contented he is like a 〈◊〉 that can neuer be filled Ye see then how men are 〈◊〉 away by their lustes so as they be neuer satisfied such is their vnthankfulnesse And what iudge must such maner of folk haue Euen the Asses and â—â—en The Angelles neede not to come downe from heauen too poure Gods condemnation vpon their heads In the order of nature a man may perceyue that there is much more reason and modestie in the dulnesse that is in these beasts thaÌ„ there is in men who ought to haue a further consideration Beholde a speciall poynt which we haue to marke here But on the other side also let vs learne that wee must not bee lyke the brute beasts in seeking nothing else but bellie cheere For when God sendeth vs prosperitie we must not holde vs there that must not be our Butte to shoote at VVhat then Let vs vse the sayde prosperitie passing continually still further and preparing our selues too affliction if God list to sende vs any to the intent we bee not taken vnwares bycause wee made reckening too haue lyued alwayes at our ease I say let vs beware wee fall not asleepe in suche carelesnesse when God sendeth vs pasture and that wee bee handeled as well as wee woulde wishe But let vs continually quicken vppe ourselues that wee may attayne too the benefyte wherevntoo hee calleth vs Marke this for a speciall poynt Nowe whereas it is sayde that wee cannot bee made too eate that whiche iâ— without sauour and that wee cannot suppe off the white of an Egge without salt Heereby wee may knowe as I haue sayde howe that before the blowe come it is good too forethinke oure selues that colde and heate vnsauerie vittayles and all other such things are as it were aduersities which we shunne by nature Verie well needes must wee feele this geere for wee bee not senfelesse But howsoeuer the worlde go let vs make our selues readie too indure paciently the thing that is vnsauerie Let vs bee contented that God shall do it for our profite And therewithall let vs assure our selues that sithe hee ordeyneth it his onely will muste bee a better taste vnto vs than all the things that happen too vs by oure owne good will. VVhat shall be our salt then to make vs finde good taste in all the aduersities that can befall vs so as wee maye beare them paciently Obedience so as wee acknowledge and say go too I see heere howe God afflicteth vs And why First bycause we be worthie of it and secondly bicause it is his will too aduaunce our welfare by that meane Beholde I say what will make vs too finde good sauour in that which heeretofore was as ye would say lothsome This then is the poynt that we must come vnto when we be desirous to finde fauour in all our aduersities that we may paciently receyue all the corrections whiche it shall please God to sende vs and that wee may frame our selues too his good pleasure desiring nothing but that he will accomplish as he hath begonne to the intent that beeing guided and gouerned by his holye spirite we may seeke nothing but to loue serue and honour him and too holde all that for good and rightfull which it shall please him to sende vs. And nowe let vs cast our selues downe before the face of our good God in acknowledging our faults praying him to make vs perceyue them better than we haue done hitherto and that when it shall please him too make vs feele his iudgements although we be pressed out of measure to our owne seeming yet notwithstanding we may not ceasse to resort vnto him continually hoping that he will deliuer vs from al our aduersities according as of his infinite mercie it is his will to reach out his hande too vs continually and that although that at the first wee perceyue not that he is minded to ayde vs yet we may wayt paciently till time conuenient come too shewe vs that he hath alwayes beene freendly and fauourable too vs yea truly by meane of our Lorde Iesus Christ according as it hath pleased him to chooze vs in him and to call vs to the knowledge of him too the ende too make vs all members of his bodie That it may please him to graunt this grace not onely to vs but also to all people c. The .xxiiij. Sermon which is the second vpon the sixt Chapter 8 VVho vvill cause my desire to come to passe and that God may sende me my longing 9 VVhich is that hee shoulde breake mee in peeces and that he shoulde stretch out his hande and cut mee off 10 For then should I yet haue comfort I shoulde reioyce in my griefe let him not spare me and I vvill not denie the vvordes of the holy one 11 VVhat is my strength that I shoulde bee able to indure and vvhat is mine ende if I should prolong my life 12 Is my strength the strength of stones ' or is my flesh of steele 13 I can no more and my might fayleth mee