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A18389	The harvest is at hand, vvherin the tares shall be bound, and cast into the fyre and brent. [...]	Champneys, John, fl. 1548.	1548 (1548)	STC 4956; ESTC S109141	25,651	110

ii timo iii. d. for all the wordes of god are pure cleane and he is ashelde vnto all them y t put their turst in hym Wherfore friste knowe this that no prophicy in the holy scripture hath any priuate interpretation for the scripture cam not by the wyll of man but holy mene of god spake as they were moued by the holy goste y ● ii peter i. d. and euen so nowe y e thynges of god knoweth no māe but y ● sperit of god which sperit sercheth althynges euen the bottom of goddes secretes wherby we knowe the thynges that are geuen to vs of god whiche thynges also wee speake not withe wordes whiche mans wysdome or lernynge teacheth but withe wordes which the holi gost doth teache i. cor ii c. praynge alway in sperit for grace merci peace from god our father and frome our Lorde Ihesus Christe to be with all them whiche loue the profession of his gosple vnfaynedly Wherfore oure faythfull prayers beynge mad to god for the vnyersal assystaunce of his graces our moste bounden duty is to pray for the preseruatyon of the moste Royall estate of the Kynges maieste my Lord protectors grace and all other of y ● kinges most honorable Coūsell that the kynges highnes procedynges maye prosperusly take good effect to y e glory of almyghty god to the kynges honor and to the encrease of all godlynes in y e vtter dystructiō of y ● who le Incorporatiō and power of all marckt prest hod and to restore the people of god within all his realmes and dominions again frely in to the true lebertie of y e gosple of christe lyke as the godly Kyng Iosias beyng yong of age in the begynynge of his time distroyed all the preestes prophites of baall of other false goddes and also restored the people beynge Iewes to the true worshippynge of god after the lawe of moyses As we reed the iiii kynges xxiii and the .ii. of cronicles xxxiiii Wher with al god was well pleased and is alway with all Kynges hygh powers which seke his glory and the deposition vtter suppression of all suche tirannous Ipocrires as all our markt mē be which in tim past hath caused Kinges other high powers to assist thē to execut their abhomīable deuelish tirani to maītayne al other of their abhomynations which doth fare exced all other abhominations y t any man mai read of in y e holy scriptures y e hath beenn sence y e begynynge of the worlde both for long continuaunce and also for great delusion namely it doth fare exceed the abhominations of the prestes and prophites of baal for wher baales prestes be fore the raygne of the sayd godly king Iosias caused y ● people to worshipe Idoles our markt men haue bothe caused y ● people to worshipe many mo Idoles then euer baalles prestes did be lyke wyse worshipped themselues as Idoles and be also named the ministers of the gosple of christe although they delite in habōndance of temporal possessiones hauynge names of dignitie lyke tēporall Princes and rulers cleane contrary to the doctrine of christe math xx d. xxiii v. mark x. ● luke xxii c Iohn xiii v. Pet. v. a. Whiche is an open presūptuōs blasfemi of y e gosple and like as baalles prestes procured y e death of many of the true prophets of god so haue our markt mē procured and sougth the death of all maner of people whiche profeste y e true religyon in christ lyke as baales prestes dyd cōtrary to y e ordynancis of god wrytten in the lawe of moyses so haue our marked mōsters don yet dayli doth so fare forth as thei dare for fere of the temporall power cleane contrary to all the ordynaūcis of chryst wrytten in the gosple and yet wold stil be naēd to be the ministers of christe be cause they can talke of goddes worde and haue many crafty argumētes sophystycall dysputations therof and therfore thei say thei know god but with their dedes thei deny him Cit. the fyrst chap. b. hauynge but a similitude or vayne shadowe of godlynesse but haue openly denied the power therof the .ii. of Cim iii chap. a. wherby they ar plainly knowne to be the chyldren of the deuyll and dampnacion Ihon. viii f and the first epistle of Ihon. iii. b. Wherefore God sayth by the Prophet Esa i the .xiiii. chap. e. Let there be a waye sought to destroye theym which be in their fathers wyckednesse that they come not vp agayn to possesse the land And it is also writē in the Psalmes cxxxvii b O daughter of habilō happie shall he be that rewardeth the as thou hast serued vs blessed shall he be that taketh thy chyldren throweth theim against the stones for the tyme is come that whosoeuer wil not receyue the trewe doctrine of Christ shal be destroyed from amonge the people Actes iii. d. And the vngodly transgressors suche as are become vnfaithfull vnto the Lorde must all together be vtterly destroyed Esa i. g. For the Lorde Ihesus shal shew himselfe from Heauē with the Angelles of his power with flamyng fyer which shall render vengeaunce vnto theim that knowe not God and that obey not vnto the gospell of our Lorde Ihesus Christ whiche shall be punyshed with euerlastynge dampnacion frome the presence of the Lord and from the glorie of his power The seconde to the Thessalonyans the fyrste Chapiter d. In whiche power he is now come in spirit to be glorified in his Sayntes and to be magnified in al them which beleue The second to the Thessaloniās the first chap. d. which is the bynding of Satan and the fyrst resurrection spoken of in the Apocalipses the xx chapiter a. b. that is where as the trewe professyon of the Gospell hath ben so moche persecuted hated euer synce the Apostelles tyme that no man myght be suffred opēly to folow it Now God wyll glorifye all theim that loue it for euer and euer thoroughoute all posterities Esai lx c. And wyl clerely destroy the whole power of all the enemyes thetof Esay lx b. O consyder this ye that forget God Psalm l. d. And holde you styll in the Lorde abyde paciently vpō him yet a lytle whyle and the vngodly shall be cleane gone Psalm xxxvii b. wherfore put nothyng to the woordes of God lest he reproue thee then thou be founde a lyer Prouerb the .xxx. a as all our markt men be therfore kepe alwayes in remembraunce and submyt your selues to the cōmaundementes of god Deut. iiii a. xii d. where he sayth you shall put nothyng vnto the wordes which I commaūde you neither take ought therfrom for if any man shall adde any thīg to the holy scriptures God shal adde vnto hym the plages that ar writtē therin And if any man shal minish any parte therof God shal take away his parte out of the boke of lyfe Apoc. xxii d Neuerthelesse suche

gyfte of naturall reason to examyn their conscience surely and plainly by Goddes worde either in hearynge or readynge therof so to know them selues what estate they be in or who soeuer hath not his conscience agreable ther vnto wholly directly without other wrestyng or writhyng thereof hathe no promyse made within any part of the holy scripture to be saued in Christ but the wrath of God remaineth vpō him Ihon. xii g For although that the apostles woulde that the Elders of the congregaciōs in the primatiue Church of Christ should be are with the wekenes of the Iewes whiche receyued the Gospell at the begynnyng of their conuersion in their scrupulosytie for etyng of meates and other lyke thinges yet neuerthelesse they would not suffre any of them to continewe in the congregation which conuerted not after certayne admonicions frō al kynd of such bondage Tit. iii. c. But vtterli expulsed them out of the congregacion al that taught any such doctrine to lai any maner of yoke of bondage vpō any of the congregacions Gal. ii a. more then that which the Apostles theim selues had taught wherfore thei cōman̄ded that if any mā preached or taught any other doctrine although it wer ā Angel from heauē we should hold him acursed gal i. b Wherfore here is to be noted that all thei which minish ani thing fro or addeth any thynge more to y e Apostles doctrine then y t which they and the Euāgelistꝭ and the Patriarkes prophites haue written vnto vs ar accursed of God Apoca. xxii d. which saynt Paule calleth other doctryne because there is other thingꝭ in it then that which the holygost teacheth For the Apostles of Christ wer the last people that God appoynted to write scripture whose doctrine shall remayn to the worldes end Act. i. a. Roma x. d Wherfore whosoeuer beleueth any mans imaginaciō consernīg the doctrine of the holy scripture thinkyng that by anye exposicion other written or preached he maye haue the true vnderstandynge therof may be well lykened to such a blyude man which being withoute eyes thynketh to see with an other mans eyes if thei were set in to his head and consydereth not that the syghte of the eyes is a gift of nature only to theym in whome naturally they be that no mans cūning can do any such workes muche lesse then maye any mans doctryne either writtē or preached make them whiche be but naturall men to see perceyue the spirituall lyght of gods worde Before that tyme they be regenerate of God after regeneraciō all those people in whom the spirite of Christ remaineth haue no more pleasure in mans clerkely curiosytie in the doctryne of the holy spirite then a naturall man hathe beyng vnlearned is very desyrous to haue the knowledge withoute boke by hert of some thing that is written one that shoulde reade it so teache him dothe syng it to hym in prickesong hanyng much fyne descant ther in by the meane wherof he doth not perceyue the wordꝭ perfectly whiche he desyreth to learne by hert in this case he that wer so taught would thinke that he had a frowarde scolemaister euen so lykewyse do al the electe vnlearned people thynke when any man maketh long clerkely protestacion sircumstaunces in the doctrine of the holy scriptures because it hindreth them from that whiche they woulde learne by hert that is the true literall sence of the holy scriptures as they be written For the true vnderstandyng therof is geuē them of god Esa liiii d Ihon. vi e. and. x. a. whensoeuer they heare the true literal sence ther of spokrn being written for our instruction Wherfore they delyte not in suche clerkely curiositie of men but do vtterly abhorre it because so many mē haue ben disceyued by it and do note also much presumption in all theym that vse it because saynt Paule all other whiche were godly refused it the fyrst to the Corinthians the seconde chapiter a b. and to the Galat. the fryst b. c. For lyke as the naturall reason of man discusseth all reasonable erthly thynges so doth the spirite of Christ only discusse all godly thynges necessary to be knowē vnto Galat. the fyrst Epistle of Ihon. ii c d. the fyrst to the Cort̄ the secōd Chapi c. Wherfore lyke as reasonable men do not cōmenly vse to shutt the dores wyndowes of their houses in the middes of the fayre day lyght so burne candles and other lyghtes no more do the electe people of god beyng regenerate in Christ refuse the spirituall lyght which they haue of Gods worde by the spirite of Christ and seke it by mens ymaginacions And furthermore lyke as reasonable people thynke it foly to burne candles other lyghtes where the day lyght maye sufficiently serue So lykewyse all people which be regenerate in Christ doth thinke it deuelish madnes for any man to trust in mans doctrine because Christ hathe promysed Mat. vii b. Luke xi b. Ihon. xvi f. a good spirite all thinges els nedefull for our saluacion to euery man whiche saketh it in faythfull prayer of his father in his name wherfore it semeth to vs which be regenerate in Christ that al such men which saketh it not of god according to the doctrine of the gospell do not regarde the lyfe to come orels mystrust the promyses of Christ beleue men better then they do Christ For no man lyuyng is able to proue that he hath sought it of God in a true fayth which hath it not for at this present tyme god is so mercyfull too offre it to all people which haue not openly blasphemed the holy ghost and yet but a small nombre in comparison to the multitude do receyue it wherfore his wrathe wyll shortly be knowen Howbe it in all those people whiche be be regenerate with the spirit of Christ the wonderfull workes of God are sene at this present day For what is a gretter miracle then the whole cleare alteraciō of the hert of mā which may vndoubtedly be perceyued in al them which be regenerate in Christ For the olde stonye heart is cleane taken out of all the people of God they haue a new hert geuen them of God which is always obe diēt to the spirite of Christ Ezechiel xi d. the .xxxvi. l. the Ebrues the viii c. and the x. c. So that in whome so euer the Spirite of Christ is that persone can not be vnfruitful For by their spirituall fruytes that they minister one to another whiche is loue ioye peace longsuffryng gentlenesse goodnesse faythefulnesse mekenesse and temperancy they maye bothe knowe them selues also be knowen to all other godlye people and not otherwyse For no man is knowē by any outward appearance after the flesh Ihō vii c. ii Corin. b d Therfore if any man be in Christ he is a newe creature ii Corint v. d. whose whole delyte and conuersacion is in heauen frome whence