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A03528	A verie godly, learned, and fruitfull sermon against the bad spirits of malignitie, malice, and vnmercifulnesse. Publikely preached by Thomas Bankes, Maister of Artes, and preacher of the word. Seene and allowed	Bankes, Thomas, 1555 or 6-1631.	1586 (1586)	STC 1365; ESTC S113165	45,665	112

bet 〈…〉 Well then if most men accor 〈…〉 as occasion shall bee giuen them 〈…〉 good or bad vse cōmonly to render 〈…〉 epay the like againe all through 〈…〉 owne permission and ordinance 〈…〉 r our partes if so that wee wish to 〈…〉 e backe the euil from vs and to 〈…〉 w on the good recompence into our 〈…〉 soms must alwaies thinke off speake 〈…〉 and doe to our brethren all good and 〈…〉 euil Yea wee must I say con 〈…〉 rme our heartes to thinke well smooth 〈…〉 d file our tongues to speake well and 〈…〉 o th bow and bend all our iointes to 〈…〉 oe well to others which no doubt 〈…〉 o th may and will be gratefull to vs in like sorte when time shall serue And here perchaunce some will aske mee How may these sayings hang together and be reconciled aright For whereas immediatly afore the Lorde termed it measure running ouer that should bee giuen vs now he seemeth to fall light short of that proportion promising no more but this that the same measure shal be returned vs again that we mete vnto others withall We answere that by the same measure here is meant no more but this in generall that for our well doing to others we againe shal be well done vnto So that whether this rewarde bee more or lesse whether it light short or exceede in quantitie touching the verifying of these wordes all I say is as one for that Seeing therefore my brethren the Lorde himselfe hath enioyned vs here liberallitie and beneuolence as asweete smelling sacrifice in his nostrels and hath also promised a large retribution thereto whereby is signified that the neglecte thereof is a thinge punishable and vnrewarded Let vs for these foure causes that is first 〈…〉 e Commandement sake second 〈…〉 for the dignitie of the action it 〈…〉 being elsewhere termed a sacrifice 〈…〉 ly for the promise sake and lastlie 〈…〉 garde of the penaltie procéeding of 〈…〉 ntrarie let vs I say for these cau 〈…〉 as bountifull as harberous and as 〈…〉 ciall one towards another as pos 〈…〉 e may be And to the end this acti 〈…〉 be the more easie and delightsom 〈…〉 s in the performance let vs by 〈…〉 f gradation obserue and put in vse 〈…〉 paratiues the other two precepts 〈…〉 y going afore touching the aban 〈…〉 g of rashe iudgement and malice 〈…〉 g. For these bee the chiefest ene 〈…〉 nd obstacles that we haue in the 〈…〉 ianlike course of all our beneuo 〈…〉 whatsoeuer For the supplanting 〈…〉 fore of these enormities tending di 〈…〉 y by way of almes to the glorie of 〈…〉 to the behoofe of our neighbors and the safegard of our own soules let vs say with one accord in all humilitie 〈…〉 feruentnes of spirit craue the assi 〈…〉 nce of God the Father God the Son 〈…〉 God the holie Ghost in such deuout 〈…〉 er and fourme as followeth The Prayer ALmighty most mercifull and gracious Trinity frō whose incomprehensible godhead fatherly goodnes ghostlie influence wee receiue in hand haue deriued vnto vs our creation our redemption and sanctification with all things els we thy sorie creatures ouerlaid with the accusation and remorse of our own guiltie consciences for the wilfull breach by past of these thy precepts do now before thy throne of maiesty prostrate our selues with hūble cōfession of our heinous disobedience against these same fatherly prescriptiōs of thine touching true sanctimony of life brotherly conuersatiō For being aforetime too too much in loue liking with our selues so on the other side out of all league and loue with our brethren we haue parcialli● 〈…〉 wote iustified our own doings 〈…〉 wee should haue condemned 〈…〉 aue peeuishly cōdemned theirs 〈…〉 of right we should haue iustifi 〈…〉 Thus haue wee by flattering our 〈…〉 and by defacing our fellow ser 〈…〉 shamefully to thy dishonor de 〈…〉 ur owne soules Yea albeit wee 〈…〉 s watchwoord giuen vs afore 〈…〉 That by our words we should be iusti 〈…〉 Matth. 12. by our words we should be condem 〈…〉 〈…〉 t this alas haue we done to our 〈…〉 ouerthrow and confusion A 〈…〉 ouer and besides this wee haue 〈…〉 r at thy bidding rebuked our tres 〈…〉 Luke 17. nor yet forgiuen them vpon their re 〈…〉 e but hauing our harts by Sa 〈…〉 r heauy lodesman ouerfraught 〈…〉 malice we haue furiously sought 〈…〉 ease and vnburden the same by 〈…〉 of vengeance against our euildo 〈…〉 Thus also being out of ioynt with 〈…〉 ers haue we impatiently lasht be 〈…〉 the cōpasse of thy will precinct 〈…〉 hy sacred word which seriously ad 〈…〉 th vs That wee should not auenge our 〈…〉 es but rather giue place vnto wrath and indignation yea For hereunto verely were ●om 12. ●et 3. we called Lastlie as for that due beneuolence compassion of ours which thou O Lord for the behoofe of the succourlesse without all nay say requirest at our hands wee for our partes which in substance haue most and so might best haue been bountiful euen we I say cannot denie but that wee haue churlishly with that delicious Cormorant Diues kept back our helping ●uke 16. hād frō sillie pore Lazarus Yea thus croslie against thy will haue wee dealt in this behalfe and haue not made vs friends of the riches of iniquitie to ●uke 16. the ende they might receiue vs into euerlasting habitations For as much then O heauenlie Father as our demeanour hath ben so captious so cankred and so crosse at all assaies wee thy sinfull caitifes relying whollie vpō thy mercie and forgiuenes haue now made our appearance before thy iudgemēt seat with voluntary arraignment and condemnation against our selues and in this our own citation and submission before thee we craue not onelie an acquittance and full discharge for 〈…〉 ur offences bypast but we also 〈…〉 ie beseech thee to affoord vs 〈…〉 orth such copious measure of 〈…〉 ace as wee may neuer hereafter 〈…〉 o the like lapse and labrinth a 〈…〉 For so in deed might our end 〈…〉 s in the Gospell Become a great Luke 1● 〈…〉 se then our first beginning was 〈…〉 s hauing quashed against the 〈…〉 e braines of these Babilonish 〈…〉 spirits I meane euill ielousie 〈…〉 and vnmercifulnes grant vs 〈…〉 Lord we pray thee such ghost 〈…〉 r and assistance of thine as we 〈…〉 aies hereafter be prest to giue 〈…〉 nstructions in things indiffe 〈…〉 o brooke and beare out with 〈…〉 e all mens iniuries and bad 〈…〉 ces yea and that which is more 〈…〉 is to feede our enemies if they 〈…〉 r to giue them drink if they 〈…〉 For thus O Father of thy bles 〈…〉 a st thou charged vs That wee 1. pet 3. 〈…〉 not be ouercome of euill but ouercome 〈…〉 i th goodnes Ouer which euill wee 〈…〉 eaklings can neuer anie way get 〈…〉 pper hande and preheminence 〈…〉 le thou who as our generall and chiefe Captaine doost force vs on to fight this field lēd vs also thy helping hand for to giue the foile to flesh and blood For these in deed bee the two sore enemies which daily come vpon vs in such iolly and giantly manner that if thou thy selfe doost not aid vs they will neuer surcease till they ha●● either by meere flatterie or main 〈…〉 force subdued and conquered vs. B 〈…〉 yet O Lord If thou be with vs who b 〈…〉 Rom. 8. he neuer so iolly or giantlike can p 〈…〉 sibly be against vs Defraude vs no 〈…〉 therfore we beseech thee of thy me 〈…〉 cifull assistance whensoeuer we com 〈…〉 in combat with Satan our Ghostlie 〈…〉 nemie so shall wee according to th 〈…〉 thy will with all delectation pea 〈…〉 of conscience acquaint our hearts 〈…〉 think accustom our tongues to spea 〈…〉 and inure our hands to do well for 〈…〉 our brethren and companions sake yea and all this shall wee rightlie do 〈…〉 for the due aduancement of thy gl 〈…〉 yea for the temporall behoofe of o 〈…〉 fellow Christians and for the perp 〈…〉 tuall saluation of our owne soul 〈…〉 Which crowne of endlesse saluatio 〈…〉 〈…〉 this our corruptible shall put 〈…〉 corruption wee craue at thy 〈…〉 s O heauenly Father of blisse 〈…〉 e name bee worthely magnified 〈…〉 the first to the last generation 〈…〉 LONDON 〈…〉 inted by Iohn VVolfe

〈…〉 and the third is altogither conuersant 〈…〉 bout the extending of almes And the 〈…〉 thrée seuerall precepts haue ech of the 〈…〉 appendent to him his kindly promise 〈…〉 recompence So that as we sée this i 〈…〉 stant treatise stādeth iointly througho 〈…〉 of bare propositions and confirmations yea vpon méere precepts and promises● Wel then touching the first proposition sounding in maner of a proclamation against lauish iudgement wee must well thinke that Christes meaning thereby is not to shorten the armes of ciuil Iudges according to the fantasticall cōstruction of the Anabaptistes yea the Lord is so farre off from dashing or putting to silence this same seruiceable sort of Magistrates that by his owne ordinance and appointment they doo hold their stāding 〈…〉 heir preheminence and temporall 〈…〉 mēt seat in iustice as may appeare 〈…〉 se sundrie places of Testament 〈…〉 10. Iudges officers shalt thou Deut. 16. 〈…〉 thee in al thy cities throughout 〈…〉 bes Esai 1. Iudge the fatherles Esai 1. Zach. 7. 〈…〉 nd the widow Zach. 7. Execute 〈…〉 udgement and shew mercie and 〈…〉 assion euery one to his brother 〈…〉 By the controlement of wrong 〈…〉 ote righteous iudgement cōman 〈…〉 thus How long wil ye iudge vn 〈…〉 psal 82. accept the persōs of the wic 〈…〉 So then hereby we learne y● ciuill 〈…〉 racie beautified with vpright iudg 〈…〉 dooth goe for as singular good pai 〈…〉 with the Lord as may be Neither 〈…〉 this commandement any whit at 〈…〉 isable or cut short ecclesiasticall per 〈…〉 frō iudgement sentence giuing in 〈…〉 causes as properly appertaine to 〈…〉 vocation iurisdictiō For as afore 〈…〉 e in the daies of Moses the Priests were 〈…〉 thorized to iudge of the lepry so now in 〈…〉 r age the Church likewise is by office 〈…〉 ioined to iudge for a season to put a 〈…〉 art the retchlesse and notorious euill 〈…〉 uers and this in the Apostles time was allowed off as appeareth whe 〈…〉 Paule commanded that such a one 〈…〉 kept his fathers wife Should be deliuered vp vnto Satā for the destructiō 〈…〉 1. Cor. 5. his flesh that his spirit might be saue 〈…〉 in the day of the Lord Iesus Yea such iudgement of ours I say is not prohibited here as hath it warrant from manifest and infallible proofes but that we may with Iohn the Baptist terme the Phraises and Sadduces A generation of vipers and say vnto the Scribes as Christ did How can yee speake anie thing that good is whē ye your selues Math. 3. are euil Yea we may with the Apostle 1. Cor. 6. thunder out eternall condemnation against such as defile themselues with fornication theft wantonnes adulterie drunkennes idolatrie such like Touching these most prophane grosse impieties which can in no wise possible proceed from a mean good mind we may without all danger sears set Sathans marke vpō them in token of their ouerthrow which pollute themselues therewithall vnlesse that by repentance they take vp in time and turne ouer a new leafe For as the bad tree by the euil 〈…〉 t may be accordingly iudged of so 〈…〉 y they which through euill conuersa 〈…〉 without remorse of conscience op 〈…〉 themselues against the will of God 〈…〉 reputed iudged off what they are 〈…〉 sides the Lord who as S. Ierome 〈…〉 h dooth not here forbid but teacheth 〈…〉 iudge dehorteth vs not from iud 〈…〉 our selues but that we may after 〈…〉 ostles aduise Iudge our selues that 1. Cor. 11. 〈…〉 e not iudged of the Lord. Thus 〈…〉 ée what sorts of iudgemēt are priui 〈…〉 d vntoucht exempted here Now 〈…〉 s behold a litle what iudgemēt our 〈…〉 iour Christ aimeth at and seketh to 〈…〉 off in this place as a most pestilent 〈…〉 noious enemy against al true Chri 〈…〉 nitie and brotherly cōsent whatsoe 〈…〉 And this it is my brethren when 〈…〉 en of sinister iudgement doo curiouslie 〈…〉 t out the enormities or openlie blaze 〈…〉 discouer the nakednes of others whose 〈…〉 ults perhaps are fewer in number be 〈…〉 g truely told and lighter in weight be 〈…〉 g rightly ballanced then their owne 〈…〉 e. Touching such péeuish and busibo●ies which for reproch and not for refor●ation sake roundly reprooue and disdainfully carpe at other men thapostle Paul dooth disappoint wipe them of all excuse where he saith Therefore thou Rom. 2. art inexcusable O man whosoeuer thou art that iudgest For this cause the same Apostle els where warneth the Corinthians that they shuld in no wise iudge any thing vntil the comming of the Lord. Againd Who art thou quoth hee that 〈◊〉 Cor. 4. codemnest an other mās seruant For such like rash and rouing condemnation our sauior Christ rebuked the Scribes as thus Wherfore think ye euil things Mat. 9. in your harts This he said when falsly within themselues in a mutinie they charged him as a blasphemer S. Iames likewise giueth vs this watche woord Speake not euil one of an other brethrē ●am 4. He that speaketh euil of his brother or he that condemneth his brother speaketh euill of the law and cōdemneth the law And if thou condemnest the lawe thou art no obseruer of the law but a Iudge That wee should not vpon superficiall and slender euidence iudge our neighbors that place in the booke of Moses is of great force to perswade vs where the Lorde saide 〈…〉 me on let vs go down there cō 〈…〉 nd Gen. 10. their language Which words 〈…〉 our imitation sake doo verie signifi 〈…〉 tly import what leisure aduise the 〈…〉 rd tooke afore he would dash the buil 〈…〉 s with cōfusion For he said he wold 〈…〉 go down then doo it In the Euan 〈…〉 st Luke we reade that the rich man Luk. 16. 〈…〉 d néeds confer and call his steward 〈…〉 him afore he did dimisse him In 〈…〉 Gospell of the Euangelist Iohn wée 〈…〉 ow sparing our Sauior Christ was 〈…〉 udging the Iewes who because they 〈…〉 a litle before sought to stone him his 〈…〉 ciples gaue him counsell that he should 〈…〉 no more among them and yet he 〈…〉 ld not heare on that side so lightlie to 〈…〉 thē ouer but madly made reply as 〈…〉 Are there not twelue houres in Ioh. 12. 〈…〉 day As if he should haue said Be it 〈…〉 that heretofore they intēded mischiefe 〈…〉 ainst vs yet now perhaps their ma 〈…〉 e is worne out and they will no more 〈…〉 eale thus roughly with vs. These are 〈…〉 xamples to teach vs the other afore 〈…〉 re places of testimonie for to assure vs 〈…〉 he rather that the Lord can in no wise 〈…〉 rooke such impudent vnrulie persons as are too rashe and headlong in iudging other men by meanes whereof they bewray themselues with shame inough to bee both excéeding presumptuous and no lesse hipocriticall Presumptuous for that