from Idolatrie Iohn 13 13. Ye call mee Maister and Lord and ye say well for so am I. 1. Iohn 4 12. No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Iohn 1 18. No man hath seene God at any time the onely begotten Sonne which is in the bosome of the Father he hath declared him 1. Cor. 12 3. I declare vnto you that no man speaking by the spirit of God calleth Iesus execrable Also no man can say that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy Ghost The houre commeth now is Iohn 4 23 24. when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and trueth for the Father requireth euen such to worship him God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and trueth And that euery tongue should confesse Phil. 2 11. that Iesus Christ is the Lord vnto the glory of God the Father These shall fight with the Lambe Reue. 17 14. and the Lambe shall ouercome them for he is Lord of Lordes and King of Kinges and they that are on his side called and chosen and faythfull And he hath vpon his garment and vpon his thigh Reue. 19 16. a name written The King of Kinges and Lord of Lordes I thanke him which hath made mee strong that is 1. Tim. 1 12 Christ Iesus our Lord for he counted me faythfull and put me in his seruice Who onely hath immortalitie 1. Tim. 6 16 and dwelleth in the light that none can attayne vnto whom neuer man saw neither can see vnto whom be honour and power euerlasting Amen OF ANTICHRIST and false Christes WHO is a lyar 1. Iohn 2 22. but he that denieth that Iesus is Christ the same is the Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Sonne And euery spirit which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh 1. Iohn 4 3. is not of God but is the spirit of Antichrist of whom ye haue heard how that he should come and now already he is in the world 1. Iohn 4 5. They are of the world therefore speake they of the world and the world heareth them 2. Iohn 7. Many deceyuers are entred into the worlde which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh He that is such one is a deceyuer and an Antichrist Math. 24 5 Many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceiue many 2. Thes 2.9 Euen him whose comming is by the working of Satan with all power and signes and lying wonders Mat. 24 24. Mar. 13 22. There shall arise false Christes and false Prophetes and shall shew great signes and wonders so that if it were possible they should deceiue the very elect 1. Iohn 2 18 19. Babes it is the last time and as ye haue heard that Antichrist shall come euen now are there many Antichristes whereby we know that it is the last time They went out from vs but they were not of vs For yf they had been of vs they would haue continued with vs. But this commeth to passe that it might appeare that they are not all of vs. EXHORTATION Mat. 24 23. Mar. 13 21. Mat. 24 25. IF any shall say vnto you Loe here is Christ or there beleeue it not Beholde I haue tolde you before Wherefore if they shall say vnto you Beholde Mat. 24 26. he is in the desart goe not foorth beholde he is in the secret places beleeue it not Then they shall say to you Beholde heere Luk 17 23. or beholde there But go not thither neither folow them Take heede that ye be not deceiued Luk. 21 8. for many will come in may name saying I am Christ and the time draweth neare folow ye not them therefore And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Math. 24 4. Mark 13 5. Take heede that no man deceiue you Let no man deceiue you with vayne wordes Ephes 5 6. For such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Let no man deceiue you by any meanes 2. Thes 2 3. for that day shall not come except there come a departing first and that that man of Sinne be disclosed euen the sonne of perdition OF FALSE PROPHETS false Doctrine and Teachers SOnne of man Eze. 13 2 3. prophecie against the Prophets of Israel that prophecie and say thou vnto them that prophecie out of their owne hartes Heare the worde of the Lord. Thus sayth the Lord God Woe vnto the foolysh Prophets that folow their owne spirite and haue seene nothing And if the Prophet be deceiued when he hath spoken a thing Eze. 14 9. I the Lord haue deceiued that Prophet and I will stretch out mine hand vpon him and will destroy him from the middes of my people Israel Eze. 22 25. There is a conspiracie of her Prophetes in the middes thereof like a roaring Lion rauening the pray they haue deuoured soules they haue taken the riches and precious thinges they haue made her many widowes in the mids thereof Ier. 23 9 11 21. Mine hart breaketh within me because of the Prophets all my bones shake I am like a drunken man and like a man whom wine hath ouercome for the presence of the Lord for his holy words For both the Prophet and the Priest doe wickedly and their wickednesse haue I founde in mine House sayth the Lord. I haue not sent these Prophetes sayth the Lord yet they runne I haue not spoken to them and yet they prophesied Ier. 14 14. The Prophetes prophesie lyes in my name I haue not sent them neither did I commande them neither spake I vnto them But they prophesie vnto you a false vision and diuination and vanitie and deceitfulnesse of their owne hart Ier. 27 15. and 29 9. I haue not sent them sayth the Lord yet they prophesie a lye in my name that I might cast you out and that ye might perish both you and the Prophets that prophesie vnto you 1. Tim. 2 1. This know also that in the last dayes shall come perilous times 2. Pet. 2 1. There were false Prophetes also among the people euen as there shal be false Teachers among you which priuily shall bring in damnable heresies euen denying the Lord that hath bought them and bring vpon themselues swift damnation And many shall folow their damnable wayes 2. Pet. 2 2. by whom the way of trueth shal be euyll spoken of There are certayne men crept in Iude. 4 18. which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation vngodly men they are which turne the grace of our God into wantonnesse and denie God the onely Lord and our Lord Iesus Christ This first vnderstande 2. Pet. 3 3. that there shall come in the last dayes mockers which will walke after their lustes The Prophet that shall
his lyuer as a birde hasteth to the snare not knowing that he is in danger Pro. 19 3. He that feedeth Harlottes wasteth his substance Ecclu 9 2 3 4 5 6. Geue not thy life vnto a woman least she ouercome thy strength and so thou be confounded Meete not an Harlot least thou fall into her snares Vse not the company of a woman that is a singger and a dauncer neither heare her least thou be taken by her craftines Gaze not on a Mayde that thou fall not by that that is precious in her Cast not thy minde vpon Harlots in any maner of thing least thou destroy both thy selfe and thine heritage The lyppes of a strange woman drop as an hony combe and her mouth is more soft then oyle Pro. 5 3 4 5 6. But the ende of her is bitter as wormewood and sharpe as a two edged sworde Her feete goe downe to death and her steppes take holde on hell She weigheth not the way of lyfe her pathes are moueable thou canst not know them An adulterous woman Pro. 30 20. she eateth and wypeth her mouth and sayth I haue not committed iniquitie Thou shalt not commit adulterie Exod. 20.14 In the middest of thee Eze. 22 9 10 11. they haue committed abhomination In thee haue they discouered their fathers shame In thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in her flowers And euery one hath committed abhomination with his neighbours wyfe and euery one hath wickedly defiled his daughter in law and in thee hath euery man forced his owne sister euen his fathers daughter How should I spare thee for this Ier. 5 7 8. Thy chidren haue forsaken mee and sworne by them that are no Gods though I fedde them to the full yet they committed adulterie and assembled them selues by companies in the harlottes houses They rose vp in the morning like fed Horses for euery man neyed after his neighbours wyfe The man that committeth adulterie with another Leui. 20 10. mans wife because he hath committed adulterie with his neighbours wife the adulterer and the adulteresse shall die the death Leui. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. And the man that lyeth with his Fathers wyfe because he hath vncouered his fathers shame they shall both die their blood shal be vpon them Also the man that lyeth with his daughter in Law they both shall die the death they haue wrought abhomination their blood shal be vpon them The man also that lyeth with the Male as one lyeth with a woman they haue both committed abhomination they shall die the death their blood shal be vpon them Likewise he that taketh a wife and her mother committeth wickednesse they shall burne him and them with fire that there be no wickednesse among you Deut. 23 17 18. There shal be no whore of the daughters of Israel neither shall there be a whore keeper of the sonnes of Israel Leui. 19 29. Thou shalt not make thy daughter common to cause her to be a whore least the land also fall to whoredome and the land fall of wickednes Eccle. 23 17.18 All bread is sweete to a whore-monger he will not leaue off tyll he perish A man that breaketh wedlocke and thinketh thus in his hart VVho seeth mee I am compassed about with darknesse the walles couer mee no bodie seeth mee VVhom neede I to feare the most high will not remember my sinnes The same man shal be punished in the streetes of the Citie Eccle. 23 21 22 23 24 25 26. and shal be chased like a young Horse foale and when he thinketh not vpon it he shal be taken Thus shall he be put to shame of euery man because he would not vnderstande the feare of the Lord. Ye haue heard that it was sayd vnto them of olde time Thou shalt not commit adulterie Math. 5 27 28. But I say vnto you that who soeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adulterie with her alreadie in his hart EXHORTATION TVrne away thine eye from a beautifull woman Eccle. 9 8. and looke not vpon others beautie for many haue perished by the beautie of women for through it loue is kindled as a fire Heare ye mee now therefore O children Pro. 5 7 8 9 10 11 12. and depart not from the wordes of my mouth Keepe thy way farre from her and come not neare the doore of her house Least thou geue thine honour vnto others and thy yeeres to the cruell Least the stranger should be filled with thy strength and thy labours be in the house of a stranger And thou mourne at thine ende when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy body And say How haue I hated instruction and mine hart despised correction Let vs not commit fornication as some of them did 1. Cor. 10 8. and fell in one day three and twentie thousande 1. Cor. 6 15.16 18 19 20 Know ye not that your bodyes are the members of Christ Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an Harlot God forbid Doe you not know that he which coupleth himselfe with an Harlot is one body for two sayth he shal be one flesh Flie fornication for euery sinne that a man doth is without the body But he that committeth fornication sinneth against his owne body Know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost which is in you whom ye haue of God and ye are not your owne For ye are bought for a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit for they are Gods Pro. 6 24 25 Keepe thee from the wicked woman and from the flatterie of the tongue of a strange woman Desire not her beautie in thine hart neither let her take thee with her eye-lids 1. Cor. 6 9. Know ye not that the vnrighteous shall not inherite the kingdome of God Neither fornicators nor adulterers nor wantons nor buggerers Ephe. 5 5 3. This ye know that no whoremongers neither vncleane persons hath any inheritaunce in the kingdome of Christ and of God But fornication and all vncleannesse let it not be once named amongst you as it becommeth Sainctes OF DRVNKARDS and Gluttons IT is not for Kinges to drinke wine Pro. 31 4 5 6 7. nor for Princes strong drinke Least he drinke and forget the decree and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction Geue ye strong drinke vnto him that is ready to perish wine vnto them that haue griefe of hart Let him drinke that he may forget his pouertie and remember his miserie no more To whom is woe to whom is sorow Pro. 23 29.30 31 32. to whom is strife to whom is murmuring to whom are woundes without cause and to whom is the rednesse of the eyes Euen to them that tary long at the wine to them that goe and seeke mixt wine Looke not thou vpon the
A Hedgerovv of Busshes Brambles and Briers or A Fielde full of Tares Thistles and Tine Of the vanities and vaine delightes of this Worlde leading the way to eternall damnation with seuerall Exhortations or oauiats for the carelesse to shun and beware the same Now newly compiled by I.D. The workes of the flesh are manifest which are adulterie fornication vncleannes wantonnes Idolatrie witchcraft hatred debate emulations wrath contentions seditions heresies enuie murthers drunkennes gluttonie and such like whereof I tell you before as I also haue tolde you before that they which do such thinges shall not inherite the kingdome of God Gall. 5. Imprinted at London by William White for Iohn Browne and are to be solde at his shop in Fleete-streete at the signe of the Shugerloafe 1598. To the gentle and friendly Reader THere are in forraine countries gentle Reader certayne men called by the name of Quacksaluers who vse in Fayres Markettes and open places to shew foorth in desiphered cullors many infirmities griefes and diseases which doe afflict and reigne in mans body and withall they lay open in viwe of the people diuers waters powders and drugges of diuers sortes as remedies for the same And also there they doe tell and expound vnto the beholders aswell the nature and qualities of the same diseases as the vertue force and efficacie of the same Drugges to the intent the hearers and beholders may take knowledge and receiue benefite thereby The which ensample gentle Reader being in my simple opinion very good and christian like I haue immitated by laying open before our eyes in this small Booke folowing according to my small skill and knowledge the Vanities and vayne delightes of this Worlde and haue named it as me thinkes most fit A Hedgerowe of Bushes Brambles and Briers or a Fielde full of Tares Thistles and Tine of the Vanities and vayne delightes of this Worlde leading the way to eternall damnation with seuerall exhortations or cauiats for the careles to shunne and beware the same That as I haue reduced another Booke into a smaller volume called Paterickes Places a Treatise concerning the doctrine of Fayth and the doctrine of the Law which is the onely marke to shoote at and the onely meanes to obtaine saluation So by reading and vnderstanding of both we might thereby learne to choose the right and good way and to shunne and flie the wrong and busshie bad way as for a familiar example If two men were set in a playne to runne a race for a great prize and it were decreed that he which came first to the ende of the race should haue the prize for his rewarde The one steppeth aside out of the way amongst Busshes and Briers seeking after Butterflies whereby he looseth the prize the beholders would not onely thinke him a vayne man but would also deride and laugh him to scorne for his vanitie foolishnes Euen so gentle Reader wee hauing two wayes layde before our eyes one leading to damnation and the other to saluation it were a great follie or rather madnesse for vs to leaue the right way and to take the wrong Therefore it behooueth vs to be warie and carefull that we chouse the right way for it is described vnto vs by our Sauiour Christ to be verie narrow straight Math. 7. and few there be that finde it And let vs examine our selues that yf we be intangled in any Brier of this Hedgerow we striue to get out in time least being caught by one Brier and carelesse to get loose an other also layeth holde and so by degrees we be fastened and ouerwhelmed in the Hedge as when we would get loose we can not Math. 25. and the night come vpon vs at vnwares whereby we be taken tardie as the foolish Virgins Reue. 12. and our aduersarie or accuser bring vs before the Iudge placing vs amongst those careles liuers after the lustes of the flesh and workers of iniquitie on the left hand Luk. 13. and the Iudge pronounce that heauie sentence Math. 25. Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire prepared for the Deuill and his Angels But rather let vs thinke vpon or take example by the seely Sheepe feeding by the Hedge or in the Fieldes so soone as he findeth him selfe caught by the Brier he foorthwith turneth and windeth himselfe about to get loose againe and deferreth not the time but will so struggle and striue that in the ende he will get loose albeit he leaue some of his Wooll behinde him And Sainct Paul teacheth vs to cast off the olde man Ephes 4. which is corrupt through the deceiueable lustes Ephes 5. and put on the new man which after God is created in righteousnesse and true holinesse Tit. 2. And willeth him that hath stollen to stoale no more hauing no fellowship with the workes of darknesse but deny vngodlines and worldly lustes And that we should liue soberly and righteously and godly in this present worlde walking in the spirit Gal. 5. and doing and performing the fruites of the spirit which is loue ioy peace long suffering gentlenes goodnes fayth meekenes temperancie agaynst such there is no law for they that are Christes haue crucified the flesh with the affections and the lustes If we liue in the spirit let vs also walke in the spirit that we may be set amongst the number of those on the right hand and the Iudge will say vnto vs Math. 25. 1. Iohn 2. Come ye blessed of my father inherite the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde For those that walke in the spirit loue God and are good and righteous and doe those thinges that please him therefore such must not doubt but that God will also giue them the crowne of righteousnes To which we pray him he will graunt vs. Amen Your welwiller in the Lord and most vnworthy I.D. The Contentes of this Booke 1 Of the Worlde and the Prince thereof our accuser aduersarie and enemie 2 Of Sinne and Sinners 3 Of Images and Idolles 4 Of Antichrist and false Christes 5 Of false Prophettes false Doctrine and Teachers 6 Of worldly Wisedome 7 Of Riches and Rich-men 8 Of Pride and Proude-men 9 Of Whoredome and Whoremongers 10 Of Drunkardes and Gluttons 11 Of Couetousnesse 12 Of Vsurie and Vsurers 13 Of false Weightes and Measures 14 Of Swearing 15 Of Lying 16 Of Backbiters and Talebearers 17 Of Scorning and mocking 18 Of Anger and Wrath. 19 Of Enuie Hatred and Strife 20 Of Slouth and Idlenes 21 Of the Tongue and euyll speaking 22 Of feigned Friendes and friendshyp 23 Of Witches and Sorcerers 24 Of Fooles 25 Of Wicked and euyll Men. 26 Of hard stonie and stubborne Hartes 27 Of the workes of Darknesse and workes of the Flesh 28 A godly Prayer and confession of our sinnes vnto God The ende of the Table OF THE WORLDE AND THE PRINCE THEREOF OVR ACCVSER ADVERSARIE AND ENEMIE BE sober and watch 1.