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A21119	Sermons very fruitfull, godly, and learned, preached and sette foorth by Maister Roger Edgeworth, doctoure of diuinitie, canon of the cathedrall churches of Sarisburie, Welles and Bristow, residentiary in the cathedrall churche of Welles, and chauncellour of the same churche: with a repertorie or table, directinge to many notable matters expressed in the same sermons	Edgeworth, Roger, d. 1560.	1557 (1557)	STC 7482; ESTC S111773	357,864	678

dwelleth dawes and crowes the vawtes and rouffes be so ruinous that no man dare well come vnder them Where is Troye where be the olde Emperies and monarchies of the Assirians of the Caldeis Medes Persies and of Rome whose Emperours had vnder them in maner all the worlde for theyr tyme Where is the deuotion that noble men and ryche marchauntes hath had to magnifie and encrease Goddes seruice to his honoure If God had not preserued our mooste gratious Soueraigne Kinge Henry the eyght whiche by his princelie zele loue and deuotion to God hath erecte this Cathedrall Churche of Bristowe and manye other suche within this Realme God knoweth what case diuine seruice should haue bene in All thinge waxeth olde and decayeth in processe of time so that corruption and decayeth in processe of time so that corruption and deathe is the ende Seconde how frequēt and many infirmities raigneth we see dayly infections of pestilence pockes great and small these new burninge agues and innumerable others more then the Phisicions haue written of in their bookes These contaminate and defowleth mens bodies by infections aches and paines euen to death And what corruption and infection of maners commeth to the soule by euill examples ill wordes and suche other occasions it were to long to be spoken of nowe Thirde the comon sterilitie and barennes of the grounde the great scarsitie of all maner of vitall and of fruites of the earth we feele it so many times to our great paine and discomfort that it nede not to be declared But the inheritance that as saint Peter saith here is kept for vs in heauen hath thre proprieties cōtrarie to these thre rehersed ther is no rotting ruine corruptiō or decay but immortalitie cōtrarie to all feare of death There is no feablenes of sicknes ther is none infection of body by corrupt ayre nor of soule by temptacion or by euill example for into that glorious citie and dwelling place can no vncleane thynge enter or come Thirde there shall nothing welow or wyther away but shall euer be kept freshe and floorishing by that well of life almighty God Ther shall be no lothesomnes or werynes by long vse and continuaunce as there is in all worldly plea pleasures there shall all good men and women shine like the sonne Math. xiii Oh good Lorde what beutie and brightnes shal our soules haue when our bodies shall be as bright as the sunne There shal be no heauines no labour no payne no sorowe no feare no death but euer still shall continue health of bodye and minde There shall neuer rise discentiō or debate betwixt neighbour and neighbour no miserie no nede or necessitye no hunger no thurst no cold to hurt the ne heate to enflame thee no faintnes for fasting no sluggardie for much eating no temptacion of oure gostly enemies The fleshe shal not resist against the spirite ther shal be no wil to sinne nor possibilitie to offēd But our sauiour Christ wil giue vs suche pleasure with the companye and felowship of the glorious angels as no hart can think nor any tonge expresse This ioyfull inheritaunce is conserued and kept in store in heauen saith sainte Peter for you that by vertue and power of god be kept by faith vnto saluation whiche is readye to be shewed in the last time at the generall iudgement Here he saithe that this inheritaunce is kepte in store not for all men that be regenerate by baptisme but onely for suche as perseuer and continue in goodnes to the ende by Gods speciall preseruation For perseuerance commeth principallye of God and of our selfe but secundarelye and is necessary for all them that will be saued Nam in cassum bonum agitur si ante terminum vite deseratur saith saint Gregory Good workes be done but all in vayne if they be left and giuen ouer afore the ende of a mans life For he that gyueth ouer and ceasseth to do wel afore he haue proued the vttermost of it or be come to the ende is lyke an Ape whose condition is when he tasteth the vtter hull or huske of an nutte and perceiueth it sowre and bitter casteth awaye the nutte afore he hathe tasted the swetenes of the curnell And cur Sauiour Christ saith in the parable of hym that woulde borowe breade of hys neyghbour Luke xi Si perseuerauerit pulsans c. If he continue still knockyng if hys frende wyll not giue it hym because he is his frende yet for hys importunitie continuall crauynge he wyll ryse and gyue him as manye as he hath neede of And he telleth vs what is the instrument or meane by which God dothe preserue vs and make vs to perseuer and continue in grace and good liuynge It is faithe and suche lyke faithe as I spoke of hope euen nowe sayinge that God hath regenerate vs by hys greate mercye into a lyuelye hope and so the faythe by whyche GOD keepeth vs is a lyuelye faithe adorned with Charitie and with good woorkes accordinglye By faithe Christe abydeth in oure hartes by whose presence wee ouercome all assaultes of oure gostlye enemyes Fayth maketh vs to vnderstande the fylthe and vncleanenesse of synne that so wee maye abhorre synne and flee from it Hec est victoria que vincit mundum fides nostra i. Iohn v. Thys is the victorye that ouercommeth the worlde oure faythe saythe Saynte Iohn it ouercommeth the pleasures of the fleshe tellynge vs that the fleshe is lyke a fellon giltye and most worthly condempned to mortalitie and death and euer still resisting and feighting against y e spirite wherfore it deserueth rather tortures paine and punishment then delicates or plesures Faith also maketh vs to know that the Apostle saith Si secundum carnem vixeritis moriemini if ye liue after the pleasures of the fleshe ye shall die wherefore if ye haue folowed your carnall pleasures eating and drinking reuealing and rioting in this holye time of Christmas lately past which ye should haue spent in deuotion and holynes ye muste repent your faulte and do penaunce therefore Faith maketh vs to contemne and dispise worldly wealth and riches as the dyuels mowse snatch and snare that maketh a man to catche hold others mens goodes so long till the diuell hath caught them and hold them in his danger Saint Paule saith i. Tim. vi Qui volunt diuites fieri incidunt in tentationes et in laqueum diaboli c. They that wil be made riche falleth into temptacions and snare of the dyuell and into many desires vnprofitable and noysom which drowneth men into death and destructiō therefore he biddeth the sayde Timothe to commaunde the riche men of the worlde not to be to highe in their own conceite nor to trust in the vncerteintie of their riches but in the liuinge God which giueth vs all thinges abundantly aswell to bring vs to the eternall fruition of the glorious Godhed as to liue by in this worlde Fayth contempneth despiseth honours

doers you shold haue no thanke of god for you haue euen as you haue deserued Take exāple of our master Christ which once died for our sins the iust for the vniust a good man for shrewes and noughly liuers That so he might offer vs vp to god the father not being noughty as we were before for so we shoulde be no pleasaunt offerynge to almighty God but we must be by example of him Mortified in flesh and quickened in spirit Like as he died for our sinnes and roose againe for oure iustification so muste we be mortified and muste dye to all carnalitie and sinne so that there be none left aliue in vs. And we must be viuificate and made aliue in spirite so that our liuyng be all spirituall good and godly pliant to the inclination of the holy spirit This example of our maister Christ saint Peter brought in to teach vs that thei that being good and vertuous yet suffreth vexatiō and trouble they folow Christ whiche in like maner suffered iniuries paines and passion that he neuer deserued Some there be that by their vexation and trouble that they suffre amēdeth their liues leaueth their vices knoweth god cōmeth to goodnes And they maie be cōpared to y e blessed theife that was condēned to death for his former giltes faults yet in his paines hangyng on the crosse he came to the knowledge of Christe called for mercy had mercye came to paradice to saluation Others there be that for all the paynes and punishementes vexation and trouble that they suffer be neuer the better but bee rather worsse and worsse fretynge chafynge cursynge and blaspheming against God These be like the thiefe on the left hand which for his faults was hanged on the crosse and there hanginge rayled against Christe as others did and descended into hell to paynes euerlastynge The newe translation readeth this place Mortificatus quidē carne viuificatus autem spiritu speaking of Christ which was mortified in the fleshe bodely diyng for vs and was viuificate and euer aliue in the spirite for his soule neuer dyed in signe and token that by his example we shoulde likewise do gostly diynge to all carnalitie and euer liuinge spiritually as I saide afore In quo his qui in carcere erant spiritibus veniens predicauit This text is diuerslye expounded one way thus In which spirite bi which he was euer aliue Christ came and preached to the spirites that were in prison whiche once were harde of beleue when they loked for Goddes pacience and longe sufferance in the dayes of Noe while the Arche or greate shippe was a makinge in whiche shippe a fewe that is to saie viii liues were saued bi the water lifting vp the shippe a flote from the daunger of drowning Christ came in spirite and preached to the spirites that were in pryson The workes of the whole Trinitie be al one outwarde amonge the creatures as I haue manye times tolde you therfore in that that almighty God inspired the blessed patriarch Noe to preach vnto the people of his time penaunce and amendement of lyfe it maye be saide that the father in spirite preached to the people then beinge in pryson and that the sonne in spirite preached to the same prysoners and that the holy goste in spirite preached to the same people For the whole trinitie inspired Noe to preache therfore it is true that euery persone in trinitie did it And so it mai be said that Christ preached to theim for that is true of the seconde person in trinitie is true of Christe Per communicationem idiomatū As we say the sonne of god is a man and a man is the sonne of God And so we say that the sonne of god suffred death on the crosse that a man made the starres in the skye Because of the perfit vnion and knot of the godhead to the manhode in one person and the same person that now is incarnate and made man did it And he preached to the Prysoners that were dull in beleuyng Noe tellyng theim Gods commination and threatenyng to destroy the world wyth water except they would amende And yet they were hard of beleue and loked for more fauour at Gods hand and for longer pacience and forbearynge theim and so trifled tyll the floude came vpon thē and drowned them They were in pryson sayth s Peter whiche after this exposition must be vnderstande morally in as much as they were bounde as prysoners by the bondes of sinne as the prophet speaketh Funes peccatorum circumplexi sūt me The ropes of sins haue wrapt me in rounde aboute and likewise speaketh the wiseman Pro. v. Iniquitates sue capiunt impiū funibus peccatorum suorum constringetur His owne iniquities taketh the wicked persone and wyth the ropes of his owne sinnes he shalbe strayned knit And in that case were the people of Noes tyme for all mankinde had corrupt his way and the maner of his liuing Omnis caro corruperat viam suam Gen. vi All flesh all men left vertue and liued insolently viciously This is one exposition of this text of s Peter But this exposition though it be good catholike yet it semeth more moral then litteral because it taketh the name of the prison of them that were in pryson morally for the custome vse of sinne not for a place where a prisoner is kept in paine sorow to his displesure it taketh the prisoner for him that is intangled poluted defaced with the deformity of customable sinne This prisoner though he be in extreme peril daunger of soule yet not knowyng the case that he standeth in maketh merye fealeth no harme nor paine but counteth hym self most at liberty at hartes ease Therfore I thinke s Peter speaketh of the spirits or soules of thē that woulde not regard the exhortation of Noe made vnto thē for amendmēt of their liues tyll the very floude came vpon thē And then seing the water rise higher higher men and women and other liuynge creatures perishe in the same floude and that there was no place able to saue them from drownynge they toke remorse of conscience and repentaunce as well for their hardnesse of harte contemnynge Noes exhortion as for their owne naughty liuynge so callyng for mercy were receyued to mercy saued their soules Yet in asmuch as the gate to heauen was not opened bi Christ thei were staied in the skirt of hel a place prouided by GOD to receiue their soules that died in the state of grace and in Gods fauour in whiche if they hadde any thinge to be purged as for venial sinnes or for lacke of sufficient satisfaction for mortall offences done by their life tyme hadde first greuous paines for their purgation and then consequently were receiued into Abrahams bosome a place of tranquilitie rest and quietnes where they had no sensible payne They hadde none other paine but onlye the paine of

a. Church of christ builded on y e xii apostles equally clxiiii b Christ suffred his paines with ioy and gladnes in the higher part of his soule but by the lower portion he was in greatest payne fol clxxxxiiii a. Christes faith was first set forth by homly rude fishers and was reproued and pursued by the mightiest people of the world and yet it preuailed fol. ccxx b Christ preached in spirit to the spirites that were harde of beleif in Noes time is vnderstand .ii wayes fo ccxxiiii d Circuit or compasse about the deuill vseth fol. clxii d. Cleanes of life is necessary for receiuing of grace fo cxxx a Codrus king of Athenis died for his coūtreis sake fo xlix a Couetous men be like molles fol. vi c Counsel or policie worldly many times lacketh the spirite of counsell fol xv d Counsell of Gamaliel fol. xviii c the gifte of Counsell was in Iethro whiche Moises lacked fol. xxiiii c d Christen man winneth when he is thought to lose falshead loseth when he is glad of his winninge fol. cxxxiii b Consubstantiall that word is not founde in scripture yet it must nedes be vsed fol. xx d Conception of Christe in the virgins bodye is somewhat like the generation of a worme of the moist earth by the heate of the sonne fol. lxxviii a. and .ccxxi. c Communion much mutabilitie in ministring the communion amongest the heretikes fol cccxii d Communiō of saintes is conformite to the cōpany of holy men women as wel quicke as dead fol. lxxxv c ● Commaundementes of God be moral lawes oughte to be red in churches on sondaies holydaies lxxxx a Coueringe of sinnes is of two maners fol cclii a Correction beginneth at the churche fol. cclxxvi c Colchis where it is sayd the golden flece was is in Ponto fol. cx b. Counsell Nicene was kept in Bithinia Eodem d. Comming to Christ is by fayth fol. cliiii c Corner stone the Hebrues tale of that stone fo clv c. d new Conuerses to Christ suffreth much wo and persisteth in goodnes fol. ccxxxviii d. the Companie in Bristowe brought the common gaines into the handes of a fewe fol. ccxi b Cōmessatiōs be al extraordinary banketings fo ccxxxiiii c Crime is described fol. cclxxxv c in Croked thinges the midle swarneth from the extremities fol. cccviii d Creation what maner a thinge it is fol. lxxv a. Crosses by the high wayes deuoutlye erecte maliciouselye cast downe fo lxxxxv a. Cure we haue euery one of his neighbour fol. cclxv d. Curiositie about new knackes and new learning is reproued with remedy against the same fol. clxxv b. c Cuthbert Sainte Cuthberte receiued an anngell for his gest fol. cclxi b. c D. DArke sayinges of Christe made manye to erre euen in Christes time fol. xxxvii d Dampned bodies how they shal euer endure fol. lxxxvii a the Deuils sinne is irremissible why fol. lx a Desire of the holy fathers to se Christ. fol. cxxvii a b Death of a faire death and of a foule death fo ccxli b Diuine productions fol. ix c Difference betwixt the minde of a fole and of a wise man about the affections fol. lvii c. Diuision of tongues was the greatest stroke that euer man was striken withall after the losse of originall iustice lx d Differ not to beleue why by example fol. lxxi c Die to sinne fol. lxxxii b. Discretion of spirites is necessary for him that shall studye scriptures fol. xcix b. c. Dowries or giftes of a glorified body fo lxxxvi c Dowries or giftes of a glorious body declared fo cclxxxi a Detraction and a remedy against detractours fol. cxlvii b Desier to haue is couetousnes and so is desire to saue folio cclxviii b. c Dukes Captaines and officers dueties vnder the kinge folio clxxxi b the Deuill killinge the latter Adam lost the first Adam and all his posteritie fol. ccxxvii a the Deuil medleth not with some walketh through some and compasseth about some fol. cccix d E. EArth is diuersly vnderstand folio lxv d Election of two maners fol. cxii c Elia the newe citie of Ierusalem fol. cxxviii b Embringe dayes fasted with prayers for orderinge of preistes fol. cclxxxiiii b Enuy is described is mete for no place but for hel cxlvii d Enuy commeth of vayne glory fol. cc. lxiiii d. Enuy how it may be put away by sufferinge in the fleshe folio ccxxxiii a. d Enuied and disdained is al new conuersion as whē Saul prophecied fol. ccxxxvi c d Epicures felicitie fol. xlv c Epictetus determination of the affections fo lvii d Ephesus is a citie in the countrey of Asia the lesse fo cxi a Eue the first woman was made for two vses and in both she was excedingely punished fol. xcvi c Extremities of fortitude fol. xxvii a Examples of the gospels to forsake our parentes for to folow Christ in religion fo lii d Exhortation to seruauntes to their maisters fol xliii v Example of Christes paines in his most tender body shuld be our armour and defence fo ccxxx c Example of concord betwixt man and wife the lampraye with the veuemous viper geueth fo ccv c. Examples declareth and easeth our faith fo ccxxi b. F. FAbles pleasauntly couereth truthes fol. lxi d Faith is diffined and that it is necessarye for mans saluation fol. lxxi a b Faith hope and charitie be presupposed to the .vii. giftes of the holy goost fol v b Faith helpeth intelligence and contrary wise fol x. d Faith at rest and vnexercised anone decayeth fo lxxii c Faith is the instrumente by whiche God preserueth vs in goodnes fol. cxxii a Faith ouercommeth all worldlines and sinne is declared generally Eodem b Fear is necessary fol. lviii d Fear is deuided into sixe members after Damascen lxiiii d Fear is deuided into mundane seruile filial or chast Eodē Feare presupposeth a loue fol lxiiii d Feare seruile of god though it be not sufficient yet it doth good fol lxvi c Feare seruile and chast feare be like the feare of an adulteres wife and of a chast wife fol. lxvii c d Fear seruile is like the heare or bristel that leadeth bringeth in the threde fol lxix b Feare that is one of the seuen gifte of the holy goost is humilitie fol lxx b the rule of oure Faith is the whole booke of holye scripture fol. lxxiii a the Father in trinitie is neither elder nor more of power then the sonne or the holy Goste fol. lxxiiii d Flatterers of their lordes beleue not on one God properlye Eodem c Flateringe proueth a man fol. cx●iiii ● c Flattering hostes and tapsters that wil let vs in our iourney to heauen fol. clxxiiii b Fleshe desireth ease new inuentions and swetenes of tasting and touchinge Eodem c Flesh desireth against the spirite and the spirite against the flesh is vnproperly spoken fol. clxxvii a Feblenes of our wittes to vnderstande the holye scriptures fol. lxxxxix a Felowes to Christ. fol. ciiii c.

clxxx c. d Precelencie and hie aucthorite of a king fo eod Priestes hath suche power and aucthorite as was neuer giuen to any other creature fol. cclxxxxii c. d Priestes be more necessari for vs then our carnall parentes fol. clvi b. Priestes must not be proude fo cc. lxxx●iii b Pretors office amonge the Romanes there note agraue checke that one gaue to an other of them fol. ccxiii c. d. Prophetes and apostles and preachers had harme for well speaking and doynge fol. ccxviii●● b. c ▪ Prudence is declared of how many maners it is cc●liii d Prouision we be taught by example of .iiii. litle dea●●es folio ccxlvi c. d. Prudence we be taught by example of the serpent ccl b. c Purgatory the vocable fo xx c. d denial of Purgatorie bringeth mē to carnal lyberty xxi a Purgatorie hath be reproued by the wordes of the canon of the masse fol. xxi c. Purgation is not the best remedy against a sclaunder but to avoyde the occasion fo clxxxi c R. REligion of our time was not like the religion in S. Iheroms tyme. fo liii b Regale sacerdotium is expounded fol. clxv b. ● Riche men haue their goodes as prisoners haue their featters fo vii a. b. Riches that will abyde by vs is the riches of the soule folio ccii● c. the Riche glotton died in his softe bed and went to Hell poore Lazarus died in his maungie clouies and wente to Abrahams bosome fol ccxlii b Riche proud men profecteth not so muche as the pore hauinge a good hearte fo cclxii b Rome was called Babilon fol cv b and cccxiiii d Rodes the isle where it standeth fo cix c Roboam the yong kinge by the wylfull counsell of yonge men lost ten partes of his kingdome fol. ccci a. Rules to expounde scriptures fol clxvi a S. SAluation of our soules is thend of our fayth fo cxxvi d Saul Iudas how they were chosen fo cxii c Sapience or wisedome is of foure maners fo vi b Sacramentes of the olde law fol xc d Sacrifices Eodem c. Sacred or halowed thinges fol. xciiii d Sacrifices of Christes churche be many fo xciii c Sacramentes of Christes churche be seuen fol. xciiii a Sactus holy signifieth firme fast sure in goodnes cxxxii d Saba where it lieth fol. clxi b Samaritanes were as it were halfe Iewes why fo cxc c Sara called her husband lorde yet husbandes must not be lordly towarde their wyues fo cciiii a Sacrament of baptisme was signified by the water that in Noes time saued eyght persons in the shippe ccxxvi b Sacrament of the aulter is signified by the steene of meale and the gear of oyle is likewise preserued and continued fol cclix a b Science of scripture is in worse case then any other facultie fol. xxxvi a Sciēce the gift of y e holy gost extēdeth to hādy craftes xlii b Scripture he that foloweth not holy scriptures knoweth not Christ Eodem c Scripture sometimes speaketh that of the whole that is verified onely in the part fo clxvi a Searche the Scriptures why Eodem c Seuen times a day falleth a iust mā is expoūded cclxxxv d Sermons the quene of Saba shal condempne thē that wil not take labours to come to heare sermons fo clxi a Seruauntes must obey although their maisters be vnreasonable harde fol cxci c Seruauntes must haue a louinge feare towarde their maisters example of Ioseph fo clxxxvi d Seruaūtes many times become better then their maisters bieth their maisters childrens inheritaunce fo cxciiii a. Sicknes bringeth ill tidinges to the sensuall appetite but to reason they shoulde be welcome fol. ccxl b. c Shipwracke or perill on the sea wyll make a marchaunt to know God more then sermons fol. lxiiii b Semiramis quene of Babilon reigned there victoriousely by the space of .xlii. yeares fo cccxv b Signe of the crosse saueth vs from the deuel fol. lxxix a. Sit or stand in heauen is vnderstande fol. lxxxiii b Simon the sonne of Ionas is expounded morally fo cij b Simon Magus was driuen from Antioche and afterward from Rome by S. Peter fol. cv c Socrates learned sufferaunce by his frowarde wyues folio cciiii d Sobrietie is temperaunce the cardinal vertue fo cccvii a Solicitude that is to be exchued fol cccvi c Spirite is diuersly taken in scripture fo cxiii b Sprinklinge of the bloud of Christe and of Abel haue contrary effectes fol cxiiii a Spiritual in liuinge and spiritual in knowledge fol. cli d Spiritual who be called fol. ccxxix a Study in diuinitie bringeth smale profit worldly fo xliii c Stoici Peripathetici agre in substaunce of the .iiii affections and varieth onely in wordes fol. lvi c Stoupe they must that wyll be saued fol. ccci d. Stouped Pharao Achab Nabuchodonoser c. fo cccii c. Study of scripture without the holy gost shall not escape heresies fol. lxxxvi d Strokes that Christ suffred were more painefull to hym then suche like coulde be to any other man fo lxxix b Stone some falleth on the stumbling stone and on some the stone falleth fo clviii b Straungers we woulde take our selues in this worlde folio clxxii b Stuardes we be euery man in goddes household cclxv d. Stuardes and the diuersitie of them is declared by the parable of the talentes cclxviii d. example of Sufferaunce we must take of the brotherhead folio cccxi c. d to Suffer paine wrongfully is a speciall gyfte of grace folio clxxxv d Sufferinge for well doinge shalbe rewarded fo ccxxii b Some suffreth and be neuer the better like the theefe on Christes lift hande Eodem c. d Suffering in the fleshe maketh a man to cease from sinne declaratur discurrendo fo ccxxxii c. d Some Stuardes boroweth much neuer payeth cclxvi d T. TAst that God is swete fol. cliii c Thoughtes that be good causeth a good tonge ccxvi c Thinke well and thou shalt speake wel Ibidem Trinitie the workes of the whole trinitie be all one outforth fol. ii b Trinitas that worde is not founde in scripture fol. xx d. The whole Trinitie wroughte the incarnation of Christe fol. lxxvii d Triall of our faith fol. cxxiiii c. Tryinge of the stumblinge stone fol. clxiiii a Turpe lucrum foule gaynes fol cclxxxix a Tonges burneth vp all if they be ill fo ccxvii a. V. VAsthi the Emperisse wife to Assuerus was deposed for disobedience fol. cxcvi c Water with the word concurring with fayth purgeth the soule folio ccxxvi a Watche with prayer fol. ccli a Ve is a commination of payne euerlastinge fol. vi d. Uertue is the craft to liue well fol. lv d Uertues infused confirmeth vertues acquisite fol. xi a Wel doing shal stoppe mens mouthes that rayleth against vs. fo clxxxi a Uengeaunce let god alone with the vengeaunce fo cxci a. Uertuous exercise is mocked and rayled at cclxxiii c Uianders be aboundauntly rewarded fol. cclxi b wiues fear of their husbāds must be ioyned

domini prophetabis cum eis mu●aberisin virum alium The spirit of our lord shall fall vpon thee sodainly thou shalt prophecy as thei do and thou shalt be chaunged into another maner of mā And as Samuel y e prophet saied so it chaunced in dede And Saul prophecied with them singing lauding god also speking by y e way of prophecy of things to come Of this came the murmure and admiration and wonder of theim that knewe hym and were acquaynted with hym afore euen as Saynte Peter speaketh here they saide Quenam res accidit filio Cis ▪ Num Saul inter Prophetas Cis was father vnto Saule what is become vnto the sonne of Cis What is Saule amonge the Prophetes or one of the Prophetes These menne did not thanke GOD for the gifte that God hadde geuen to Saule but rather disdayned and fell to mockynge of hym Other there were that manifestlye despised hym Filii autem Belial dixerunt Num saluare nos poterit iste despexerunt cum The Deuylles chyldren malicious persones sayde Can this man saue vs from our enemies They dispised hym and set hym at naught and woulde not take hym as their Kynge nor brought anye presente vnto hym as others did Euen accordynge to suche common practice of the worlde speaketh Saynte Peter here They that yet styll persisteth and continueth in their old accustomed vyce and misliuynge filii Beliall the deuylles birdes marueyleth at you That you forsake theim and that you fall not to suche cōfusion of all Lecherye and voluptuous liuynge as they dooe and as you were wonte to dooe blaspheminge and missaiynge you because you abstaine from their noughtie conuersation they despise you and sette not a strawe by you but sayeth Wyll you see thys Pope holye horeson Num Saull inter Prophetas Wee shall haue a Prophete or a Preacher of hym with suche other blasphemynge and raylynge woordes Qui reddent rationem ei qui paratus est iudicare viuos mortuos Whiche shall make a reakening and accompte for their raylinge vnto hym that is readye to Iudge the quicke and the deade our Sauiour Iesus Christe vnto whome the father hath geuen auctoritie to Iudge all them that shall be iudged for if you holde your tonge and speake nothinge that iuste Iudge will not kepe silence nor holde his tongue but will paye theim home for their blasphemye and raylynge and shall geue you large rewarde for your Pacience accordynge to that Sainte Paule sayeth that pacience tryeth a manne a tryall worketh hoope of saluation And that hope shall not bee confounded but shall be saciate with ioyes euerlastinge in heauen accordinge to our expectation Amen The fiftenth treatice or Sermon ●Iuant autem secundum Deum in spiritu In these wordes that I haue nowe reade vnto you the blessed Apostle Sainte Peter sheweth vs the commoditie that came to thē that beyng infidels hadde the Gospell and good tidings of Christes doctrine preached vnto them And the same cōmoditie commeth also to all thē that beinge in deadly sinne and so dead spiritually heareth the Gospell and the worde of God preached vnto them which is amendment of life Thus he sayeth Propter hoc c. For this cause the Gospell and holye doctryne of Christes faith was preached to you and to thē while they were afore dead by infidelitie and for lacke of the lyfe of grace that they might be likewise iudged or condemned by carnal vicious persons as you be and might be likewise hadde in dispite as you be for Christes sake and for your good vertuous liuing And notwithstanding sinister iudgemente of naughty men yet they should liue Godly and according to Goddes pleasure in spirite for commonly those two thinges foloweth of the receyuynge of Christes fayth and for liuynge accordinge to the same firste that accidentallie and by occasion of good and christian liuynge menne suffereth muche woe and vexation and many dispitefull wordes Second euen of purpose of thē that preacheth or conuerteth men to good they that be so conuerted maye liue vertuouslye accordynge to Goddes pleasure Omnium autem finis appropinquabit Because he sayd euen now that Christe is readye to come to iudge the quick and the beade as though he woulde not be long nor tarie Nowe he saieth accordyng to the same that the ende of all menne is at hande for as Christe saieth in the Gospell of that daye of iudgement no man knoweth howe nighe it is or howe farre of it is And therefore we muste euer thinke vppon it as thinkinge euerye mornynge it woulde be come afore night And euen so we muste thinke of our owne particuler iudgement at our departinge euerie man and woman for oure owne parte as well for the aucthoritye of Goddes woorde that in manye places geueth vs warnynge to bee euer readye as for the manifolde Pronostications and messagers of death that wee haue euerye daye Of whiche one is Age whiche daielye creapeth vppon vs aduertisynge vs of oure ende to whiche he daielye driueth vs as by lacke of naturall heate and by colde folowynge of the same And this commeth to manye menne by longe continuynge in thys lyfe and by multitude of yeres To others it commeth afore their tyme accedentallye and in a manner vyolentelye as by syckenesse paynes and aches and to others by vnmeasurable solicitude and care of minde Eccle. xxx Cogitatus ante tempus senectam adducit And to others by ouermuche Studye and watchynge for to get learnyng and knowledge Vigilia honestatis tabefaciet carnes cogitatus illius auferet somnum Eccle. xxxi ●●●chyng about matters of honestye and goodnes shall consume the fleshe and the thinkyng on such thinges will take awaye a mans slepe for of muche thought and of profounde study about weighty matters and likewise of musinge on terrible and troublous causes there commeth into the sensuall appetite of manne manye passions and troubles to vexe hym and vnquiet him as feare and sorow and heauinesse or suche other whiche manye tymes altereth the bodye soore and vnmeasurablye so that a mannes naturall complexion is distempered by the same and a mannes naturall moysture is consumed and natural strength weakened and decayed and so the fleshe widdereth and dryeth the skyne wrinkeleth and quaketh And therefore saide the wiseman Pro. xxv Sicut tinea vestimento vermis ligno ita tristicia viri nocet cordi As a moght hurteth a garment and a worme consumeth a Tree so dothe sorowe and heauinesse hurte a mannes harte and consequentlye all the bodye after And therfore holye Iob in his greate calamitie and vexacion sayde Cutis mea aruit contracta est Iob. vii My skinne is withered and shronke together This saide holye Iob considerynge that hys naturall moysture was cōsumed by age for his manifold diseases and sores An other pro●ostication messager of our end is sickenes soores malēders as weaknes of cōplexion disposion to many feuers to be now then vexed w t