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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18125	A sermon of the nature and necessitie of godly feare Preached in the Cathedrall Church of Chester, in September, 1614.	Case, William, 1584 or 5-1634.	1616 (1616)	STC 4766; ESTC S118534	19,465	32

whit lesse religious then others In euery corner likewise a company of damnable Atheists vpon euery trisling occasion darting out hellish oathes which makes our land to mourne wounds the eares of the very hauens themselues and cries loud vnto the high throane of iustice for speedy vengeance Hither likewise doth oftentimes resort those cruell oppressors that make themselues gorgeous by the ruins of their poore Tenants Cloathing themselues with the flesh of their poore brethren how sure are they to finde the reward of Diues that so little regard the wants of poore Lazarus And lastly for I cannot stay to repeate all particulars whereas the outward deportment of a Christian should be nothing more then a louely representation of grace and modestie why now both men and women are generally for the most part so farre transported beyond themselues by pride that they turne Apes and antickes dauncing through the streetes as if they knew not whose feete they stand on so ridiculously vaine and so strangely witlesse and phantasticall are men in these times as that which almost I am ashamed to speake they are growne proud of their very iangling of the strappes of their bootes Good God! what mans wit is able to sinke the depth of those ridiculous follies wherein to vaine man would plunge himselfe if either the shame of men did not withhold him or the seueritie of strict lawes restraine him at least-wise if the awefull respect and feare of Gods almighty power and presence did not in some meansure bridle and pull backe the head-strong and violent current of his irregular desires And in fine you may here see the seauen deadly sinnes withall their attendants driuen all along before the Diuelto their euerlasting confusion So that Satan marcheth with his hellish troupes through the Church of God without controule and the enemie flourisheth his coulours amidst our forces and yet there is none that riseth vp against him Surely the Prophet in this place doth enioyne all men of all conditions in what they are able to endeauour to stoppe and stay the passages of sinne The priuate therefore should endeauour by such meanes as are in their power by holy prayers and brotherly admonitions the Minister by discouering vnto men their sinnes and reprouing their transgressions Indeede this none of vs can say but for the most part it s faithfully discharged but Reason saith one is a good Orator when it hath force to backe it and therefore in the third place without the diligence and faithfulnesse of the Magistrate all that we can say will little auaile Now the office of euery ciuill Magnistrate euen such as know not God is to looke to the markets and to heare and redresse the complaints of all disturbances of the ciuill peace but of a Christian Magistrate to see that God be not blasphemed and dishonoured that Religion be not dishartned nor disgraced but that with all his might hee doe oppose and discountenance euen all suspicions of prophanenesse and dishonour vnto God and as farre as his authoritie will extend seuerely to punish all offenders in that kinde that as he beares not the sword for nought so being the Minister of God hee may be a reuenger to execute wrath vpon all that doe euill Romanes 13.4 But now it s growne to such a passe that if a man haue risen to any place of respect in this Citie hee groweth after a manner incontrouleable hee may sweare and blaspheme hee may slaunder or oppresse the poore by forestalling the Markets he may oppose the Priestly office of Christ in the power of the keyes hee may reuell be drunke or commit any disorder when hee will and his Worship shall secure him from incurring any danger of punishment But alas beloued shall the poore honours of a Citie priuiledge any man to dishonour his GOD and can wee thinke that the angrie eyes of GOD lookes not vpon such courses as these Surely there will not alwaies be a time of mercie but at length the Lord will burst out into vengeance for though the Lord suffer long and much yet wee reade not that hee suffers alwaies but at length as the Prophet speakes in the day of his fierce anger will hee visite vs with the roddes of his wrath and will poure out his furie like fire And howsoeuer some men doe thinke this Citie to be greatly reformed from what it hath beene yet if they looke vpon it with a lesse indulgent eye they shall see but little reformation therein onely the same or worse sinnes masked ouer with more plausible and colourable pretences that its Gods wonderfull goodnesse wee are not as Sodome and Gomorrah When as the beastly bezeling sinne of drunkennesse is become the onely sinewes of good-fellowshippe the filthy pollution of the Temples of the holy Ghost at the mention whereof the heart of euery true Christian should euen nauseate and rise with indignation is generally for the most part accounted but as a youthfull recreation and laughed at When fearefull oathes are become meere phrases of gallantrie and the vnbrotherly contentions of carnall minded men are conceited to be Religion and Pictie When as oppression is accounted forecast and frugalitie and Pride esteemed as comelinesse Lying held as pollicie Idlenesse pretended pouertie and the voluptuous and immoderate wallowing in natures superfluities defended by a pretence of Christian libertie and all these the most hatefull and abhominable in the eyes of Almighty God of all others to passe and escape vnregarded and vnpunished Surely O Lord wee haue iust cause to admire thy long sufferance aboue all thy mercies The Lord for his infinite mercies sake by that almighty power by which hee is able to subdue all things to his owne will breake these stonie hearts of ours that wee may alwaies stand in awe and feare of that dreadfull Maiestie that so forsaking the crooked waies of sinne and iniquitie wee may hold on our course in such pathes as are agreeable to his holy will vntill such time as it shall please him to transplant vs from this vale of miserie and make vs glorious inhabitants of those sacred pallaces where nothing but light and blessed immortalitie no shaddow of matter for teares discontentments feares or any vncomfortable passions to worke vpon but all ioy tranquilitie and peace euen for euer and euer doe dwell Vnto which place the Lord in his due time bring vs all for Christ Iesus sake to whom with the Father and his most blessed and holy Spirit be Glorie and Maiestie and Dominion and Power both now and for euer Amen FJNJS Errata PAge 17 line 28. for These commit reade That is commits p. 20. l. 36 for timer sinne p. 21. l. vls for whereby r. where