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An exhortatyon or warnynge, to beware of greater plagues & troubles, then are yet come vppon thys realme, for the synnes and wyckednes that hath bene, & is yet dayly commytted there in..
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Coucheman, Giles.
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termes flattering deceiuing the poore innoceÌ„tes although the life be as farre froÌ„ a christian life as white froÌ„ black light froÌ„ darcknes But I say the holy gost doth also affirme it to be trewe that whosoeuer hath al the learninge that is coÌ„tained in al the bokes that is wtin the vniuersites yf it were possible for one man to haue it he hathe no promyse of god to vnderstaÌ„d the scriptures of god a ryght and to be saued Wycked meÌ„ decerne not the thiÌ„ge that is ryght but they that seke after the Lorde discusse al thinges Pro xxviii excepte he departe froÌ„ euyl coÌ„tynew with wel doyng vnto the ende I haue not said this to dispraise learnyng but to put al meÌ„ in remeÌ„braunce that they shulde not trust so moche in learnyng that they shuld leaue wel doing to think learning sufficient into saluacioÌ„ For learninge is good the gift of the holy ghost geuen to the glorye of god profyt and coÌ„fort of the congregacyoÌ„s yf it be accompanyed with vertue godly lyuynge But yf it be accompanyed with pryde vayne glorye couetousnesse enuye hatred malyce and gorgeous apparel vaine pastymes all thynges that pertayne to a worldly carnal lyfe not sekynge no mortyfycation of the flesh What doeth it profyte verelye nothynge but procure goddes wrathe too that person that hathe it for so moche as he doeth abuse thee good gyftes of god geuen vnto hym to set forthe hys glory and prayse in the congregacioÌ„s and doeth seke but his own pryuate welthe prayse and vayne glory onely And thys is the spyrytuall wyckednes in heauenlye thynges that Saynte Paule speakethe of to thee Ephesyans thee .vi. Eph. vi b Chapter But as it is sayde before thee worlde doethe not alowe oure sayinges nor beleue it neyther wyll they folow it because we do not set it forth with sclole learnyng and paynted eloquence Yet notwythstanding we speake the trueth tel the people of their sinnes because we wolde not haue them peryshe with the coÌ„dempned and because we do so and walk not with them in the same excesse of riote as they do in eating and drynckyng in sportyng and playing in the lustes of thee flesh We ar reuyled yet we blesse we ar persecuted suffer it we ar euyl spokeÌ„ of yet we pray .i. cor iiii b. in waÌ„toÌ„nes in al maner of ryatous liuyng Therfore speake they euyl of vs care not what thei say of vs but as S. Peter sayth they shal geue accoÌ„ptes vnto hym for it that is redy to Iudge bothe quycke and the deade But Saynte Paul was not ashamed to confesse and saye my brethren whan I came vnto you i Cor ii a. I came not in gloriousnes of wordes or of wysdom shewynge vnto you the testimony of god neither shewed I my self that I knew any thing among you saue Iesus christ eueÌ„ the same that was crucified and I was amonge you in weakenes and in feare and in moch trymblynge And my wordes my preachynges were not wythe intysynge wordes of mannes wysdome but in shewynge of thee spyryte and power that youre fayth shuld not stande in the wisdoÌ„ of men but in the power of god sayth he Euen so I my brethreÌ„ do not shew you the wordes of god with the wisdom of meÌ„ but in the power and wythe the spyryte of the Lorde as my conscyence is wytnes before god to thee helynge of you too thee knowledge of god and saluacyon of youre soules Nether do I seke the praise of meÌ„ but of god who ought onli to haue al praise neither do I seke youres but you neyther wolde I haue your faith staÌ„d in him that hath moch learning his lyfe nothinge agreyng to the same but let your fayth staÌ„de only vpoÌ„ god his word and let hym that fearethe god departeth from euyll be youre shew token to folow after For it is writteÌ„ Mat. vii b Not al they that saye mayster maister or lord lorde shal enter into the kyngdome of heauen but all those that do the wil of hym that is in heauen sayth christe manye shall saye vnto me Lord Lord haue we not prophecied in thy name haue we not cast out deuyls in thi name haue we not done many great miracles in thy name And then wyl I acknowledge vnto theÌ„ sayth christ that I neuer knew theÌ„ wherfore depart from me ye workers of iniquitie Lo note here I pray you what wyl be sayd to the euil wicked doers all thoughe they haue neuer so moch learninge neuer so moch wysdoÌ„ neuer so moch eloqueÌ„ce yea though they haue neuer so many spiritual gyftes of grace yf they be euyll wycked doers it wyll be sayde vnto theÌ„ depart from me ye workers of iniquitie Therfore yf any man wyll be of christ he muste be a newe creature as for olde thinges he must cast them away as the prophet sayth Ezâ—â— xviii â— cast away all vngodlynesse that ye haue done and make you a new harte a new spyrite neuertheles al thinges are of God whyche hath reconcyled vs vnto him self by Iesus christ and hath geuen me thys mynde to tell vnto you thys attonemente that God was in Christ and made agreemente betwene the world and hym self and imputed not theyr synnes vnto theym whan soeuer they repent and turne from them and therefore hath bounde me nowe in conscyence to testifye thee same vnto you in wrytinge We are not as many ar why the chop â—hauÌ„ge with the wordâ— of god but eueÌ„ out of purenes out of god in the syght of God so speake we in Christe ii Cor i. d Now theÌ„ am I a messeÌ„ger in the rowme of christ eueÌ„ as though god dyd besech you thorow me so pray I you in Christes steade that ye be at one wyth God for he hathe made him to be synne for vs whyche knew no synne that we by that meanes shulde be that ryghteousnes which before god is alowed I as an helper therfore doo exhorte you that ye receaue not the graces of God in vayne Esa xlix b for he saith I haue heard the in the tyme excepted in the day of saluacion haue I succoured the behold sayth he nowe is thee excepted tyme nowe is the daye of saluatioÌ„ whaÌ„ is thee daye and tyme of saluatyon verelye euen whan soeuer god offreth to anye man repentaunce by thee openynge of hys worde vnto hym that he maye see hys owne Synnes and the great mercy of God offred vnto him in Christ Iesu than I say is the day and tyme of saluatioÌ„ to that person offered yf he be thaÌ„ wylling to receaue it inbrace it with teares for hys synnes Wherfore my welbeloued brethren be it knowen vnto you that the lord is not slack to fulfyl his promise as som men counteth hym sayeth tushe seing that the dayes of punishment are so slack in coÌ„ming al the prophecies ar of none effect I tel you therfore thus sayth the Lord god The dayes are euen at hand that euery thing which hath ben prophecied shal be fulfylled Ezec. xii d Ther shal no vysyoÌ„ be in vayne neither any prophecye fayle among the chyldren of Israel for it is I the Lorde that spake it what soeuer I the Lord spake it shall be performed in hys tyme not be slack in comminge Wherfore for the loue and tender mercye of God yf ye beleue thys to be trew or haue any sparckle of loue or feare in you be ye warned in tyme be diligente that ye maye be found before him in peace wtout spot and vndefyled and count the longe suffering of the Lord your saluatioÌ„ And nowe to all you that wyll be warned of these sayinges wryting in dede do knowe it before hand beware least ye be also pluckt awaye thorowe the errour of the wycked and fal from your owne stedfastnes but grow in grace in the knowledge of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe And take the counsayle of the holy ghost whiche sayth Esay iii. b Away awaye get you out from thence touch no vncleane thing God out from among soch be clene all ye that beare thee vessels of the Lorde And agayn S. Paul sayeth Come out froÌ„ amonge theym and seperate your selues sayth the Lord and touch no vncleane thing and so wyll I receaue you sayth the Lord and be your father and ye shal be my sonnes and daughters saith the almighty Lord vnto whom wyth the sonne and the holye ghost be all honoure and glorye AMEN The Lorde of all mercy sende vs Preachers wythe power that is to saye trew expoundes of the worde of God and speakers to thee hartes of men and delyuer vs froÌ„ Scrybes Phariseis Hypocrytes and all false Prophetes teachers AMEN ¶ Geue al prayses vnto God onely for he is worthy and none but he G.C. ¶ Imprinted at London in Paules Church yearde at the sygne of the starre By Thomas Raynalde
Saying to our selues to other that they be ours may do with them what we wyll so deceaue our owne selues bestow them about vayne vanitie Yea and somtyme aboute that whyche is wycked dampnable in the syght of God As to bestow them aboute harlottes cardes dyce tables bowles and soche lyke wycked abhominacyon for the which we do not onely offend the eternal God for so bestowynge of them but also greately prouoke him vnto wrath agaynste vs for so mysusynge and consumynge thee tyme that is spente about them also yf we bestow them about sumtuousnes in buildinges gorgiousnes in rayment also in delicious fare more then nede requyreth we do greatly offend therin And therfore for the loue of god consyder with your selues know for a suerty that all the ryches and goodes that anye maÌ„ receaueth at the hand of god they are but delyuered vnto you lente you for a while and ye made stewardes of them to bestowe them accordinge to the wyl of our heauenly father and not to our owne wyl except our wil be al together let to prefar and set forth gods wil for yf we bestow theÌ„ as is afore sayd we shal surely rendre a strayâ— accomptes for the vtmooste iote of theim And not onely for these temporall gyftes but also wee shall rendre a strayte accomptes for all the spiritual giftes that we haue receaued of god as wysdomâ— knowledge fayth healyng prophecyinge iudgementes of spirites c. Yf we bestow them not to goddes honour and glory and to our neyghbours welth and comfort Wel beloued in our sauiour Christ I wold ye shulde not thynke that I haue sayd al thys as a teacher but as a poore litle membre of the same body that ye ar of exhortynge you puttynge you in remembraunce not onelye of the manyfold gyftes goodnes of our eternal father to vs warde in tymes past but also now in this time especially knowing and seyng the world so full of all kynde of wyckednes misery and so vnthaÌ„kfull as they be ye eueÌ„ as thoughe there were no god Wherfore I praye you consider with your selues and note wel the sinnes of SodoÌ„ Gomora and way theÌ„ wel in your coÌ„scieÌ„ces coÌ„pare theÌ„ with the sinnes of this Realme ye shal fynd theÌ„ I feare me not onli mo but also a greate deale wors And wherfore do I couÌ„t theÌ„ wors think you verely eueÌ„ because thaâ— god hath geuen vnto vs his only soÌ„ne Iesus Christ wheâ— by in whom we are called Christyans yet we lyue so Heathen lyke that it wyll be double dampnacyoÌ„ vnto vs yea with him he hath geueÌ„ vs al thinges pleÌ„teouslye also hath left vnto vs his holy sacred word amonge vs for our comfort yea and not aâ— thys only but also he hathe not ceased nyght nor day to crie vnto vs by his seruauÌ„tes the prophetes mynisters of hys gospell that we shulde euerye one of vs turne from his synnes repeÌ„t and become the folowers of him in loue but we wyll not but are become lyke vnto the defe adder that stoppethe her eares that she shulde not heare the voyce of thee charmers althoughe he charme neuer so wisely Euen soch ar we As for the warniÌ„ges of the prophetâ—s they take it but for wynde Iere v b for we wyl not heare nor do after the preachers of goddes word although thei preach teach neuer so wel or so wise â—i yea preach they what thei wyl or what they can it wyl not serue no nor yet helpe We ar content to alow it in wordes and to say well by it but to folowe it in life conuersatyon in respecte of the multitude ther is none that wyl do it or very few for I thynke verely that yf Sodome Gomorra had had Gods word so plenteously among them as we haue had and so longe so moch preachyng against sinne they wold surely a repeÌ„ted in sackcloth and asshes And for thys cause I coÌ„pare theÌ„ worse theÌ„ the sinnes of Sodom Gomorra For the siÌ„nes of Sodome Gomorra were these pryde fulnes of meat The synnes of Sodoma and Gomorra Eze. xvi e abouÌ„daunce ydlenes besydes that they reched not their hande to the poore nedy and whyche of these lackethe here in thys Realme think you I trowe none of them al besydes the ouerplus of other For who sawe euer so moche pryde in meÌ„ women children as ther is now so moche superfluyte in meates drinkes so moch abouÌ„daunce of al thinges vp on earth amoÌ„g men as there is now for ther is nothing iâ— men can desyre but they may haue it for money And who did euer se so many geueÌ„ to â—yue ydelye as they be now I thinke verely that ther was neuer so litle charite shewed vnto thee poore as there is now And this is the cause ytâ—uery one ruÌ„neth forth in his sinnes as a wild hors in a battail as the prophet saith not â—oking be hynd him Ier. viii b nor feaâ—ing the wrath of god whyche is lyke to come vpoÌ„ them for thys myserable state of lyfe that we now lyue in For who is he amoÌ„gest vs that now wil make his life coÌ„uersation to agree with thys worde of lyfe nay rather a great noÌ„ber wil make the worde a cloke for their sinne and wickednes Brethren ye are called vnto libertye onlye let not your libertye be an occatioÌ„ to the flesshe but by loue serue one another Gal. v. a Rom viii to serch diligeÌ„t for soch places in scripture as they suppose as shall maintaine them in al kynd of lybertye of the fleshe and do not remember that S. Paul fayth to be fleshly mynded is death but to be spirituallye minded is life peace for the fleshely or carnal maÌ„ can not please god sayeth he but is thee enemye of God seynge that the fleshe is not subdued vnto the law of god For is not this a lamentable thing to thynke remember how longe we haue had this word gospel of lyfe amongest vs and how lytle iâ— hath preuayled among vs how few it hath woÌ„ne vnto the lyfe of chryst O lord whaâ— stonie harte wolde not morne lamente in hys harte to thyncke vpon thys Remembring that whaÌ„ the lord shaâ— cal vs to accoÌ„ptes how lytle we haue wonne with thys our talente hauing it so long as we haue had it in vse occupying I praye to god it bee not sayd vnto vs as it was said vnto the euyl and slouth full seruaunte that S. Mathew speaketh of mat xxv â— sayinge thou euyl slouthful seruaÌ„t knewest thou that I reaped wher I sowed not gathered where I strowed not thou shuldest therfore haue put my money to exchauÌ„ge theÌ„ at my comming shulde I haue receiued mine owne with vantage Therfore take the talent from him geue it vnto him that hath .x. taleÌ„tes said the