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A14187	Obedience to the gospell Two sermons, conteining fruteful matter, both of doctrine, and exhortation: very needefull to be knowne, and practised in these our dayes: vpon the words of the holy ghost, written by the Euangelist S. Luke, chapter 2. verses 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. conteining the effect of the birth of Christ, (reuealed by the Angell of God) in the sheepeherds, and others that heard of it. Gathered out of the sermons of Iohn Vdall, preacher of the worde of God, at Kingston vpon Thames, and published at the request of some of them that heard them preached.	Udall, John, 1560?-1592.	1584 (1584)	STC 24501; ESTC S102077	39,758	110

to thinke a good thought much lesse to yeelde that obedience to thy vvorde that thou requirest nor to make anie fruit of it vnto the comfort of our soules vnlesse thou of thy mercie vvorke it in vs vvee therefore most humbly beseech thee mercifull father to graunt vs thy grace that euerie one of vs may be so truely persvvaded of the trueth of this doctrine novve deliuered vnto vs that thy holie spirite may imprint it in our hearts and vve may feele the comfort of it in our soules and consciences and labour diligently to bring foorth the fruit of it in our liues and conuersations most gratious Father vve pray thee subdue our affections and rule our desire by the gouernmēt of thy grace and holie spirite that the enticements of sinne doe not pull vs avvay from that seruice that vve ovve vnto thee that vvee neuer faint or vvaxe vvearie in the course of godlinesse that our zeale be neuer quenched by anie allurements of Sathan but that vvee may daily grovve and encrease in all the Vertues of Christianitie to the glorie of thy blessed name and consolations of our ovvne conscienences through Iesus Christ our Lord to vvhom vvith thee and the holie Ghost be all praise novve and euer Amen FINIS VVe may not put of from day to day Heb. 3. 7 c. Psal. 95. 8. Prou. 1. 24. Amos. 8. 1●… Heb. 12. 6. Euery point of gods word is to be knowne of euery man Psal. 19. 7. Prou. 1. 4. Ephes. 4. 12. Acts. 20. 27. 1. Cor. 13. 12. Then we can not be too for ward as some say Esay 2. 3. We ought to stirre vp one another to religion 1 Thes. 5. 11. Heb. 3. 13. 19. VVe must cōferre of the word of God after that we haue heard it The wicked ause mans lawe to depraue the word of God Why God reuealeth oftner his word to the simple 1. Cor. 1. 29. No excuse must keepe the simplest from the knowlege of Gods word VVhere and how the truth is to be sought The cause that so fewe finde Christ Psal. 119. 24. 2 Pet. 1. 19. Psal. 119. 50. 92. We must not onelie professe Gods word but do italso Rom. 8. 9. 10. Galat. 5. 22. It should be so is not sufficiēt Ecclesiast 10. 5 Psal. 119. 98. VVe straine courtesie who should first be religious but who should first gaine riches Math 7. 2. 4. 11. 29. 16. 24. The truth of Gods worde Mat. 7. ●… Rom. 12. 2. VVhy men do seeke and find not Iames 4. 3. To dispise the meanes in trusting of God is to tempte him Knowledge is the first pointe of gods seruice Hipocrites nether be loued of God or man Profession of religion standeth in reprouing and instruction Leuit 1●… 17. Psal. 51. 12 13. The world cānot away with priuate rebuking and instruction Iohn 12. 5. Acts. ●… 18. With what mind we must reproue others The vngodly either detract●… from or ad to the worde of God Rom. 9. 11. to 24. Ephe. 1. 45. They that doe not knowe the vse of Gods word thinke it vnperfect The bataile of the flesh and the spirit●… in the entrance to religion The spirit euer getteth victorie in the faithfull at length Iohn 6. 66. Col. 2. 3. Esay 55. 10. 2 Cor. 14. 15. 16 Gods word worketh in all that heare it preached How a man shal know whe ther the gospel do him any good or no. The markes of fruitlesse hearers Hearers for fashions sake Hearers that are mooued for the time present onelie Willing hearing without fruit argueth a guiltie conscience The sayings of the wicked when they heare one doctrine twice Matth. 12. 29. What the godlie thinke whē they heare that which they did heare before VVhat the wicked should thinke when they heare that doctrine which they haue despised before VVe may not boast of know ledge or any other vertue They bragge most that know least The godlier that a man is the humbler he will be 2. Cor. 11. 30. The right vse of knowledge VVe must bestoore vs in knowledge Math 25. 10. The world ought to giue place to religion Prou. 16. 4. Prou. 1. 20. The excuses of worldlings why they be not religious Psalm 10 3. 1 1 Thes. 4. 10. 11 2. Thes. 3. 10. 11 12 c. Luke 3. 10 c. 1. Cor. 7. 31. Foure sorts of people that abuse this world The first sort of people Ephes. 4. 28. Psal. 16. 1. Coll. 3. 22. Ephes. 68. 1. Tim. 6. 1. Gen. 18. 19. Psal. 101. 6. The second sort of people Acts 2. 44. Rom. 6. 23. The third sort of people The fourth sort of people Acts 19. 19. Acts 19. 24. See Doctour Wilson vppon Vsurie Bishop Iewel vpon the 1. Thess. c. Ezech. 18. 13. Psal. 15 5. Religion no enimie to lawfull gaine Matth. 6. 33. Matth. 4. 4. Leuit. 26. 26. Reuel 3. 4. Amos 8. 11. Psalm 12. 12.

men with a worde and away neuer remembring him any more But we are to know that God will not be so serued he requireth continuall and heartie thankes at our handes which if we would rightly consider we shoulde not generally be so secure as we be For time which should teach vs experience of the loue of God towardes vs and so make vs more zealous doeth cleane weare out of our mindes the remembraunce of former benefites receiued so that you shall sée them that by special fauor that they haue found at Gods hands are for a season excéeding hote and forward in religion But it is with them according to the common Prouerb soone hote soone colde for they become afterward so faint and cold in their course begunne that it may be truly said of them as it was of the Church Ephesus that haue fallen from their first loue I wold to God that I had not iuste cause to make this complaint in this place for surely to speake generally I haue séene more zeale more loue and care vnto religion than nowe I can beholde the world doth so carie men awaie and they be so crammed with the word that now they be ready to surfet of it they be cloied with it séeme to loath it as the Israelites did that heauēly Manna but assure your selues that if the plentie thereof do make you estéeme it lesse precious God will send you that darth famine that he threatneth by the Prophet that yée shall séeke it from sea to sea and not finde it Moreouer in that these are saide to haue this wroght in them by the vnderstanding of the thing that they glorified and praised God we learne that where religion is truly imbraced where the word of God taketh root true holde it wil bring foorth the fruit conuenient agréeable to the same for of it selfe it is a most liuely séede is mightie in operation so when it méeteth with a heart that is pliant therevnto it is verie forcible and therefore let no man flatter deceiue himself by perswading his own hart that he is truly religious when in the meane while he is cold and carelesse in the fruits of it for Gods spirit accompanieth religion which is a spirite of heate and zeale making mans heart as it were to melt at those things y ● are for the glorie of God encrease of true religion in the harts of Gods people which ought to be farre more glittering in vs than it was in the shéepeheards for wée haue greater cause the whole passion death glorificatiō of Christ is manifested vnto vs so that we lacke nothing to perfect our knowlege if we will receiue it therfore there must be no lingering in vs to shew forth al y ● praises of god in most perfectiō which we do litle regard For al that they had heard and seene as it was spoken vnto them The third and last point of all which is the cause that mooued them to reioice and praise the Lord euen the things that they had heard and seene by whom we must learne the last but not the least duetie that we owe vnto God euen continually to recount ponder and consider the manifold blessings that the Lorde doeth multiplie vpon vs daily by the iust consideration whereof we cannot choose but burst out into admiration of his woonderfull loue and mercie towards vs miserable and wretched sinners and so to deuise with our selues howe wée may shewe our selues effectually thankefull so did the Prophet Dauid What shal I render vnto the Lord saith he for al his benefites towards me I wil receiue the cup of saluation and call vpon the name of the Lord I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord euen now in the presence of all his Saints Whose good and godlie example if we will reape benefite by we must doe as he did worship him truely according to his word and perfourme that dutie in obedience to his commaundements that he requireth at our hands As for the manner of his praise wée may also learne it by these shéepeheards that they did it as it was tolde them that is according as God had commaunded so must we do praise his holie name as he requireth at our hands and doe it as himselfe hath commaunded in his word and so shall it be acceptable in his sight Let vs therefore to conclude séeing we be hedged in on euerie side with y ● great blessings of God séeing that by him wée liue and moue and haue our being séeing he sheweth himselfe most kinde and liberall both in things that concerne the soule and the bodie let vs I say studie and indeuour by all possible meanes that so long as we abide in this transitorie world we may shew foorth the glorie of his name according to his will then shal we be sure of his fauour vnto vs in this life and of eternall ioies in the world to come by the merites and bloodsheding of Iesus Christ our sauiour to whome with the father and the holie ghost be all glorie and honour now and for euer Amen Let vs pray O Eternall God in Iesus Christ our most louing and mercifull Father vvee render vnto thy Maiestie most humble and hartie thanks for all thy blessings and manifold benefites bestovved vpon vs namely for those inestimable graces of our election creation vocation iustification sanctification and redemption for this great treasure of thy holie vvord vvherein vve acknovvledge thy great loue tovvardes vs vile vvretches and miserable sinners And for as much O Lord as thou hast taught vs at this present hovve forcible and effectuall thy vvorde vvas vnto the Sheepeherdes vvorking in them such an ardent and burning loue to see thy sonne Iesus Christ vvhen he vvas manifested in the flesh such forvvardnesse and haste to satisfie that godlie desire vvhich thy holie spirit had vvrought in them finding that vvhich they soght for vvere carefull to publish it abroade that others might be partakers of that comfort and after returned vnto their vocation againe glorifying thy holie name vvith all obedience vnto thy blessed vvorde And moreouer bicause vve haue lerned from thee that the multitude that heard of it yet shevved not anie zeale or care to see the truth of it themselues but suffered the cogitation therof to vanish out of their mindes vvithout any profit vnto themselues but contrarivvise thy seruaunt Marie kept euerie thing in remembrance being carefull by continual pondering thereof in her heart to make vse of it for her comfort and further instruction VVe confesse good father that the example of these parties doth teach vs both the duetie that vve ovve vnto thee the obedience that thy vvorde requireth at our hands and the zeale vvhich vvee shoulde expresse in our liues to set foorth thy glory and also hovv to shun that carelesse course vvhich the greatest number doth follovve but O Lord vve acknovvlege against our selues that vvee are not able