synnes let our iniquities no more displease the. O Lorde forget not thyne owne accustomed mercyes Is our hurt so great that it may no more be heled Turn our hertes vnto the that wee maye seke thy wyll praise thy name and walke in thy waies O lorde wee knowe that thou only art our god whose nature and propertie is to shewe mercy yea and that thou art alwai readye O lorde but oure syn lyeth heauye vpoÌ„ vs presseth vs sore down quicken vs with thy holy spirite O lorde and lyft vs vp we beseche the with thy holy hande and strengtheÌ„ vs dayly with thine arme that we may praise the with ioyfull lyppes and magnifie the O eternall God oure onely sauyour father Sonne and holye ghoste c. Refuse not thou thy helth O thou Englysshe nation seeyng god hath loued the aboue many other and hath sent hys worde the sonne of god the very true patrone and ymage of hys moste godly substaunce vnto the too call the frome thyne own waies that thou mightest be made his owne people too serue hym accordynge to his wyll with reuerence and godly feare Say not in thyne hert I am ryche and encreased with goodes and haue neade of nothinge least thou be reproued but anointe thyne eyes with eye salue saithe the veritie of God that thou maiste see and know how thou art wretched poore blynd and naked I couÌ„sell the saith Christe bie of me golde tryed in the fyre that y u maist be ryche and white raymente that thou maist be cloothed that thy filthy nakednes do not apeare c. Therfore althoughe thou haste gotten a name that thou liuest let it not disceiue the but obey to the word of god turne frome youre Ignorance and knowledge your synnes caste youre selues downe that the lord may lyft you vp and shew mercy vpon you for he casteth downe the proud and exalteth the lowly If ye thynke youre selues heyres with Christ and gods chyldren where is youre loue and readye obedience towarde his will Where is the victorie which ye haue gotten against your flesshe synne and the deuyll the extreame enemies of vertue and godlynes against whoÌ„ at the tyme of your profession and baptisme ye promysed manfully to fighte durynge the tyme of your lyues and to renounce and vtterlye forsake Sathan all his workes Boast not of the name onely O ye christened natioÌ„s but shew your deades for that it is that must testify with you Remembre therfore from whence thou art fallen O thou blynde and ignoraunte people tourne to the lorde that thou maist be healed knowledge thye synne which is greate then shall it be forgeuen the. How longe write thou mocke with thy god and beare a double hert that goeth two waies ye pretende in face to haue a greate zeale and too be very feruent in the waye of the lorde but youre hertes run after your couetouse lucre and daily ye walke in youre owne waies lyue after your owne lustes and yet ye say tusshe we be well inouâ—â—he When wilte thou leaue of O thou wilful nation and why wyll ye thus perishe thorow your owne folly Truly excepte ye doo repente and tourn from your euyl waies what name of holynes so euer ye haue ye caÌ„not be made the sonnes or Children of god because ye haue refused y e way of life nor yet receiue any inheritance in his euerlasting kingdome for this saith y e lord our mercifull god of all the straungers that dwell among y e chyldren of Israel No straunger whose herte and flesshe is not circumcysed shall come with in my sainctuary Therfore dear lye beloued and longed for at my herte I pray you cut away your carnall desires and fighte against your fleshly lustes too subdu them that ye dwel w t in y e holy sainctuarye and receiue enheritaunce amonge sonnes and daughtours Againe this saith the lord washe you make you cleane put away your euil thoughts out of my sight cease from doyng euill and violence learne to do right apply your selues to equitie deliuer the oppressed helpe the fatherles to hys right let the widowes coÌ„plaint come before you c. And is it not so then saith the lorde though your sinnes be as red as scarlet shal they not be whiter then snowe And thoughe they were like purple shal they not be like white wol Is it so If you belouinge and obedyent ye shall enioy the best thinges that growe in y e land but if ye be obstinate and rebelliouse ye shall be deuoured with the swerde for thus the lorde hath promised with his own mouth O ye named christians coÌ„sider y e tyme paste present to come loke your owne waies wander no longer astray refuse not the lighte of the gloriouse gospell of God for it is the lyfe of your soules Remembre y e long time of your captiuitie whiche doubtles happened for your offences surely it passeth far the bondage and captiuitie of y e Hebrues or children of Israel in y e daies of Helyas Helizeus Ieremie and other prophetes Iosias Ezechias and many other kinges of Israel Iuda in whose tyme the people with their princes and priestes forsoke the law of y e lorde went a whoringe after straunge goddes because of their sins god gaue them vp to their own lustes and let them folowe their blynde Imagination yet was not their fal lyke vnto thine O Christianitie nor their hurt to be compared w t thine for thou haste not onely exceaded in thy fall but much more in the long tyme of thy myserable captiuitie and although thou be dayly called yet hast thou no mind to rise come to be made hole ye hold the name of y e people of god as they did but few do y e deedes ye hold y e sacramentes signes and cerimonies appointed in the churche of God as they saye but ye haue loste the strengthe and vertue of them For not with standynge youre daily ministration both youre selues and the people to whom ye minister yea bothe ye and they abide styll in youre owne lustes which declare playnely that your synnes be nother forgeuen nor taken awaye Is it not because ye are wicked that your praiers be not hearde as perfecte and holye mens haue bene before tyme For wheare they praied and layde on theyr handes god affirmed their doinges with his holy spirite soo that they receyued knowledge and their vnderstanstyng was opened and their mindes were obediente to the wyll of God If the doinges of the Apostles had bene so vncerteine that no thynge thereof hadde appered outewardelye saue onely wordes all remayninge as before euery man in his owne waies thinke ye they should haue ben so well beloued or if Christe at the mariage in Cana of Galile had sente the gouernoure of the feast water to gyue his gestes in the steade of wyne althoughe he had tolde theym it had bene good wine and that they
A Consultorie for all Christians Most godly and ernestly warnyng al people to beware least they beare the name of christians in vayne Now first imprinted the .xxx day of Ianuarie Anno. M.D.xlix At Worceter by Iohn Oswen Cum priuilegio 〈◊〉 ad imprimendum â—olâ—m Per septem 〈◊〉 Ephesians the .iiij. ii I beseche you bretheen bound in the lorde that you walke worthely in the vocation wherein you be called with all humylitie and gentlenes with pacience supportynge one an other in loue beyng dilygent to kepe the vnitie of the spyrite in the hande of peace beynge one body and one spirite as you be called in one hope of your vocation There is one lorde one faith one baptisme one god and father of all which is aboue all and thorow all and in all vs for to euery one of vs is there grace geuen after the measure of the gyfte of Christe ¶ The copie of the Kynges Maiesties most gratious priuiledge EDwarde the sixt by the grace of God kyng of Englande Fraunce and Irelande defender of the faith and of the churche of England and also of Ireland in earth the supreme head To all maner of Printers boke sellers and other our officers ministers and subiectes gretyng We late you were that of our especial grace we renderyng the godly edifiyng and ease of our louyng subiectes within our Principalitie of Wales and marches of the same by thaduise and coÌ„sent of our most dere vncle Edwarde Duke of Somerset Gouernour of our person and Protectòur of all our realmes dominions and subiectes and other our counsailours haue graunted and geuen priuiledge and licence and by thies presentes doo graunt and geue priuiledge and lycence vnto our welbeloued subiect Iohn Oswen of our citie of Worceter Printer and to his factours and assignes to print reprint vtter and sell or cause to be printed reprinted vttered and solde so many of euery kynde of boke or bokes whiche haue or shalbe set forth by vs by thaduise aforesaid for seruice to be vsed in our Churches minystration of Sacramentes and instructioÌ„ of our said subiectes as shall onely suffise for the Churches and our subiectes within our said Principalitie and marches any other licence or priuiledge to the contrary in any wise notw tstanding AND also of our especiall grace by thaduise and consent aforesaid we haue graunted and geuen priuiledge and lycence and by thies presentes do graunt and geue priuilege and licence vnto the saide Iohn Oswen and to his factours and assignes to print vtter and sell or cause to be printed vttered and sold to all person and persons of whatsoeuer estate degree or condition they be al maner of bokes conteinyng any storye or exposition of Gods holy scripture or of any part thereof beyng not contrary or against y e same which at any time heretofore haue bene or hereafter shalbe made translated or coÌ„piled by the same Iohn Oswen or by his meanes instigatioÌ„ industrie or procuremeÌ„t and at his costes charges of whatsoeuer qualitie or sort the saide bokes or any of theÌ„ shalbe so y t the true copies of euery suche bokes be first diligently seen perused and alowed by suche person or persons as we shall froÌ„ time to time therunto assigne and apoint before they be put to any sale or vtteraunce And further our minde and pleasure is by thies presentes we doo straightly charge inhibite that no person or persons of whatsoeuer estate degree or coÌ„dition he or they be do at any time hereafter print or reprint or cause to be printed or reprinted priuely or appertly any of the bokes aforesaid or any parte or parcell of theÌ„ duryng the space of .vii. yeres next after the printing or reprintyng of the same bokes by the sayde Iohn Oswen his factours or assignes so that the same Iohn his factours assignes shall and may haue the profitte aduauntage coÌ„myng growyng of the printyng and reprintyng of suche bokes in recoÌ„pence alleinatioÌ„ of his industry paines charges in that behalfe to bee susteined Wherfore we wil straightly charge coÌ„maund al singuler our subiectes aswel printers bokesellers as al other persons within al our dominions that thei or any of theÌ„ do not presume to print vtter or sell or cause to be printed vttered or solde within any our dominions any of the bokes aforesaid by y e said Iohn made coÌ„piled or translated or any parcell of theÌ„ contrary to the true meanyng of this our present lyceÌ„ce priuiledge vpoÌ„ pain that euery offeÌ„der therin shal forfait to our vse al suche bokes and euery of theÌ„ where soeuer they shall bee fouÌ„d Willyng therfore coÌ„maundyng all our officers ministers subiectes as they teÌ„dre our fauour will auoide our high indignatioÌ„ that they euery of theÌ„ if nede shal require do aide assist y e same Iohn Oswen his factours assignes in the due exercisyng executioÌ„ of this our preseÌ„t â—â—eÌ„ce priuiledge with effect accordyng to the true meanyng of y e same In witnes wherof we haue caused these our letters to be made patentes Witnes our self at Westminster the sixt day of Ianuary the seconde yere of our Reigne A Consultorie for al Christians GOD in tymes paste diuerslye many waies spake to the fathers by prophetes but in these last daies hath he spoken vnto vs as S. Paule sayeth by his sonne whoÌ„ he hath made heyre of al thinges and by him hath he now declared his most godlye will vnto vs that we might obtain life in him whose most excellent cleare brightnes hath long time been darkened and as S. Iohn saieth hid as with a sackeclothe made with heare y t is to say with a fayned ryghtuousenes grounded vpoÌ„ naturall wysdome and carnall reason inuented and set fourth by man So that the bright shynyng beames of goddes truth coÌ„teyned in the holy scriptures might in no wise appere by reason of that dark vaile or cloud to the eyes or mynde of men whiche is not yet wyth all men taken awaye Neuerthelesse when they tourne to the lorde saith Paul the vayle shalbe taken awaye for no doute saithe he y e lord is a spirit and where the spirite of the lorde is there is lybertie And seyng that god which is ryche in mercy hathe once againe put downe y e great power of the enenemy broken down his brasen gates and by vyolence taken the praye as a spoyle froÌ„ out of the mouth of the LyoÌ„ yea victoryously hath he delyuered his truth y e longe time hath of his enemies be holdeÌ„ in boÌ„dage captiuitie we haue herd and sene these thinges obeyed do beleue Therefore am I not ashamed to testyfye the truthe vnto the worlde because it is the poure of God vnto saluation to all them that do deleue And as Sainct IhoÌ„ saythe the onely trewe lyghte whiche lyghteneth all menne that come into the worlde our handes haue handeled of the worde of lyfe for
and distruction bothe of bodye and soule what folysh blyndnes is it for men to set their loue so inordinatelye vpon suche thynges wherein is neuer rest nor peace and to seke the seruice of suche maisters as be very Aucthors of all trouble and mysery and the bond seruantes of synne and corruption that serue thē Wherfore stryue daily against your lustes and mortyfie your affections compell youre fleshe to be ruled and ordered by the rules of Christe prescrybed in the sacred worde of god vnto you Then doubtles our heauenlye father wyll not onelye loue vs take vs for hys dear children but also for Christes sake so that we yet continew in faith beare our imperfection durynge the tyme of this lyfe clearelye forgeue and forget our synnes And make vs partakers with oure sauioure Christe of hys eternall kyngedome and glorie Therfore O ye Christined nations call to remembraunce the longe time of your captiuitie blyndnes of mynde which hath very far exceded the tyme of the captyuitie of the Hebrues the chyldren of Israel or of any other congregations professyng the truth before you neuertheles the mightie lorde of powers y e onely God of Israel hath now remembred his promyses and accordyng to hys oulde wonte hath he loked mercyfully vpon vs for his names sake yea he hath now herd thy mornyngs O Israel he is come downe to delyuer Iacob his chosen w t a myghtie hand a stretched out arme But as S. Paul saith I speake not these thynges ceyued not y e loue of the truth saith he God shall sende them strong delusion that they shuld beleue lyes that all they might be dampned saith he which beleue not the truth but had pleasure in vnrighteousenes c. Neuertheles god hath now remembred Israel his electe for he wyll alway haue compassion vpon Iacob his chosen therefore is he now mynded to shew mercy and to delyuer his people for our Lordes Ieloussy is waxen greate to see hys truth dayely thus traiterousely troden vnder foote of hys enemyes and cleane defaced vnder a coloure of truthe and wyth a counterfaicte dysguised holynes and outwarde pretence of vertue whereby the symple ignoraunte synners be disceiued for bycause the pathes of christ be so troden out many can find nothyng of the way Thus the mysterie of iniquitie as Paul saith workth in his place wherby the synfull man is opened and the sonne of perdition whiche is an aduersarie is exalted aboue all that is called God or of God for the vaine glorie of man apereth on earth to haue the vpper hande Is not natural or carnal reason and worldly wysedome most hyghliest esteemed Who amongeste men knoweth anye thynge lyke or that may be compared vnto it Where is the wisdome of God become Is it not vtterly dispised of the blynde worlde and set at naughte and not regarded When ye se y e abhomynation that betokeneth desolation spoken of by Danyel the Prophete saith Christ stande in y e holy place or as S. Mark saith where it ought not Let hym that readethe it vnderstande it Thus is flesshe and bloude that is to saye the man of synne exalted extolled and praysed whiche sheweth hym selfe as god and as thoughe ther were no power aboue him And sytteth in the holy temple whom the lorde neuetthelesse shall consume with the spiryte and breath of hys mouth And wythe the apparaunce of hys comynge euen hym saith Paul whose comynge that is exaltynge or settynge vp is saithe he by the workyng of Sathan withe all lyinge power signes and wonders in all deceiueablenes of vnrighteousenes c. ¶ Neuertheles our god hath taken part againste flesshe and bloud because it is become his verie enemy and he hath said I wyl destroy the wisedome of the wyse and caste awaye the vnderstandyng of the prudent that no flesshe should reioice in hys presence for the lorde shall step fourth as he dyd vpon the mounte Pirazim saith Esaye and shall take on as he dyd in the dale of Gibion that he may brynge fourth his deuice yea hys stronge deuyce and fulfyll hys worke therfore make no mockes at it saithe the Prophete that your captiuytie or blyndenes increase not for I haue hearde the lord of hostes say that there shall fall a soden distruction and plage vpon the hole earth saith Esay therefore take heade and heare my voice ponder and marke mye wordes well for the lorde shall fight against all them that muster them selues agaynste the hyll of Sion saith the prophet And with his myghtie two edged sworde shall he smyte the Heathen they shall be at theyr wittes ende they shall be abasshed stacker and reele to and froo c. ¶ Therefore thus saithe the lorde against all them that call them selues of the congregation of god and yet are not because they lyue vngodly and are the bond seruauntes of syn ye shalbe dronken but not with wine ye shal fal but not thorow dronkennes for the Lorde shal geue you an harde slepyng spirite and hold doune your eyes namely of your prophetes and heades which shoulde see them shall he couer so that al visions shalbe vnto you as the wordes that stand in a sealed lettre c. For thus saith the lorde for so muche as these people drawnie me wyth their mouthes praise me holly with their lyppes where as their hartes neuertheles be far from me and the feare that they owe vnto me that turne they vnto mens lawes and doctrines therfore wyll I shew vnto this people a maruelouse terryble great thing saith the lorde namelye this I wyll destroy the wisedome of the wise and the vnder standynge of the learned men shal perysh Therfore wo be to them that seke so depe to hyde their ymaginations before the lorde which reherse their counsels in the darknes say tush who seeth vs or who knoweth vs. Therfore must Ierusalē Iuda decay saith the lorde because their words coūsels are against y e lorde they prouoke y e presence of his maiestye vnto anger y e changyng of their coūtenaunce saith y e prophete bewrateth them yea they declare their owne synnes theym selues as the Sodomites and hide them not Woo be to their soules for they shalbe heauely rewarded saieth the lord then shall they say O happie are the godly for they may enioye the frutes of their studies but wo be vnto the vngodlye and vnrighteouse for they shall be rewarded after their workes O my people rybauldes oppresse thee and women haue rule ouer thee O my people thy leaders deceiue thee saith y e lord and treade out the way of thy fote steppes The lorde is here to common of the matter saith Esai and stādeth to giue iudgement with the people for y e lord shall come forth to reason with the princes Senatours and shall say thus vnto them saieth Esay It is ye that haue burned vp my vyneyarde and the robberye of
power to be y e sons or children of god euen thoose that beleue in his name which are not born of bloude nor of the wyll of the flesh nor of the wyll of man but of God The vngodlye are the bonde seruauntes of synne because they are carnally minded their hertes hate god thoughe theyr lyppes praise hym which is all goodnes yea the onelye well and fountayne there of They lacke true obedience too the word and wyll of god therfore can they not optain to that rightousnes which before god is alowed For theire hertes and eares are vncircumcised y t they wyl not heare to learne obedience leaste they should conuerte and be healed And therfore runne they astray and establysh their own righteousnes for vnfaithfully haue they denied the lorde in dede and said it is not he Tush say they there shal no misfortune come vpoÌ„ vs we shal see neither sweard nor hunger as for the warnynges of the prophetes thei regard it not There is almost none neyther that will tell theÌ„ their synnes nor geue them warnyng of the plagues that are come vpoÌ„ them or shall happen vnto theÌ„ for from the least to the moste they hang altogether vpon couetousnes and from y e prophet to the priest thei go altogether about with falshod and lies c. For lyke as a net is full of birdes so are theyr houses full of that whiche they haue gotten with falsehode and disceit saith the lord Here of cometh theyr great substaunce and rychesse and hereof are they fatte and welthye and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies sayth the lord they minystre not the lawe they make no end of the fatherles cause they iudge not the poore according to equitie shoulde not I punysh these thynges saythe the lorde Should I not be auenged of all such people as theese be Horrible and greuouse thinges are doone in the lande the Prophetes teache falsely and the priestes folowe theÌ„ and my people hathe pleasure therein May such thinges at any time or in anye people be vnpunysshed Therefore repente and tourne from your euyll waies that ye may enter into the rest of God and kepe his holy Sabothes for they that enter into the reste of god do cease frome their owne workes saith Paul as God dyd cease from his the vii daye and excepte ye keepe the holy feaste of tabernacles y t is to say cease from your owne wyl and from doing your own workes The Lorde wyll consume you in his wrath and vtterly destroye you in his soore displeasure For thus sayth the lorde I am excedynge gelouse ouer Ierusalem and Sion and am soore displeased at the careles heathen for I was but a lytle angrye and they dyd theyr beste that I might distroy theÌ„ Neuerthelesse I wyll tourne me againe in mercy toward Ierusalem so that my house shall be builded in it saith the lorde of hoostes c. Cry and speake thus sayth the lorde of hostes my Cities shall be in good prosperitie againe the Lorde shall yet comforte Sion and choose Ierusalem yea Hierusalem shalbe in habited with out any wall for the multitude of the people cattell that shall be therein yea I my selfe saith the lorde wyll be vnto her a wal of fyre round about and wyl be honoured in her For although the children of Israel sytte a longe whyle wythout Kyng or Prince withoute offeryng and aulter with out priest reuelacion yet shall the children of Israel conuerte saith the prophete Oseas and seke the lorde their god Dauid their king and in the latter daies saith he they shal worship the lord his louyng kindnes Therefore seyng that God hath nowe called you by his grace be not negligent to come and se that the herte be establyshed with grace and not with y e vain pleasures of this world whiche shal not profite theÌ„ that haue their pleasure and felicitie in them For who so dooeth not righteousnes is not of God yf we say we haue felowship with him and yet walke in derknes saith S. Iohn we do lye doe not the truth Therfore se that ye loue not the world neyther the thinges that are in y e world for the world passeth away and the lustes thereof but he y e fulfilleth the wyll of god abydeth for euer and hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs euen by the spirite whiche he hath geueÌ„ vs. And they that ouercome shall obtain a croune of glorye and I wil geue to euery one of you saith the veritie of god accordyng to his workes c. Babes flee from the worshippyng of idols I meane froÌ„ seruyng of your owne lustes and learne to serue the liuyng god in spirite in a cleane hert wasshed froÌ„ an euil conscience with reuerence and godly feare for our god saith Paul is a consuming fier To as mani as walk accordyng to this rule peace and mercie be vpon them and vpon Israel of god So be it ✚ The grace of our lord Iesu Christ be with your spirites Amen Geue praise only to god yours as charitie byndeth me H. H. ✚ Dieu et mon droit QVI MAL Y PENSâ— HONY SOYT 1. Peter 2. ¶ Be ye subiecte to euery humayn creature for the Lordes sake whether it be to the Kyng as supreme head or to the Magistrates which be sent by him to the punishement of the euyll dooers but to the prayse of the well dooers for so is the wyll of God Heb. i. a Apoc. 6. 1. Cor. 3. c Roma i. Ihon. i. i. Ihon. i. Psal 39. Ezec. 3. Named cristians Psal 18 Rom. 16 Ihon. 10 Psal 65 Gala. 6. Gene. 13. Eccle. i. i. Ihon. Prou. 3. c Eccle. 24. Apoca. â— Esaye 29. Iames. 4 O bestes vngodly very vnnaturall Mat. 6. d Gal. 6. By the fall of Adam the inward eye of maÌ„ was opened in the knouledge of good and euyll Iam. 1 c. Mat. 5. c Christe saith who so loketh on a wyfe lustynge hath commytted adultry with her Exody 20 Deutro 5 Rom. â— In earthe worldly wisedome hath gotten the chayre or vpper seat Apoca. 12. Esay 14. Daniel 9 Mat. 24 Mat. 13. The man of sinne is exalted he sitteth in the estimation of men wheare god ought to syt for chief 2. Thess 2 Esay 11. Daniel 8. God fighteth alwai against the man of synne to ouercoÌ„e and to subdue hym 1. Corr. 1 Esa 18.37 4. Reg. 5. Iere. 13. c The heathen are suche as do not beleue Esai 29. Abdi 1. The churche of god in name but not in deade must perysshe Esay 3. Ezeche 13 Esay 5. Miche 3. VeneÌ„ and poyson is false doctrine and ensamples of naughtie liuyng Esai 1. Esai 11. Esai 11. Abac. 2.6 Exody 2. Esai 11. Nylus signifieth the See of trobles aduersitie Ier. 51.50 Iere. 46. and 30. Esai 44. 43. d A prayer Apoca. 3. Luke 1. Ezec. 44. Esai 1. Leuiti 26 The sacramentes be kepte but the vertue is gone Much labour loste Actes 8 Ihon. 2. The myracles of Christ and his apostles were not onely in face and wordes but were done in veritie the signes be kepte but the power is gone The sacrifice of vngodly are abhominatioÌ„ before the lorde Gene. 4. Iere. 7. a. Iere. 32. s Esai 3. The named churche vpon earth Sapien. 4. What an elder is by the scripture loke Sapience 4. chapter Rom. â— An vntrue professer of Christe is worse then an infideele Ezechi 8. Peter 3d Circumcise therefore the fore skyn of the hert saithe the lorde and be no mor stiffe necked Deutr. 10. Deades be acepted for y e mannes sake that doth them and not y e man for the goodnes of the deades Ierem. 7. Deutro 10 Esai 43. The people are coÌ„tente to be bounde to all that man can ymagyn so y t they myght haue lybertie to synne and abyde styl in their owne lustes the laÌ„des that professe Christ teache the faith and minister sacramentes ceremonies diuerslye Esai 1. b Iere. 6. Amos. 5. Mich. 6. Esai 58. Esai 1. God aloueth not y e deades of those y t be euyll Esai 1. c 2 Pete â— Esai 40. 1 Peter 1. Psal 89. Esai 14. Apoca. 12 Carnall wisedome seketh allwayes to exalte it selfe agâ—â—nste god Esai 29. 1 Corin. 1. 〈◊〉 1. Esai 27. The lord shall destroy all y t is in man of desâ—he and bloud 1 Cor. 1. Nothing of flesshe bloud shall reioyce before god Luke 16. Iere. 7. Exodi 22. zacri 8. Leuiti 10 Esai 1. The pols or water of Siloah signifyeth repeÌ„tance or rather y e lauer of regeneration IhoÌ„ 9 Eye salue is inward knouledge of y e truth Mat. 7. Iere. 33. Iere. 18. Esai 55. Ephesi 2. Ezechi 2. Ezech. 36. Ieremi 31. Esai 51. Ihon. 1 Ihon. 1. Luke 1. Psal 113. Leui 19.14 The fore skynnes signifieth y e iustes of y e flesh and mind whiche muste be cutte awaye All y t holdeth nor y e religion of Christe indede as well as in worde are heathen infideles Esai 13. The elect must be tried by trybulacion aduersitie All that is of flesshe must be doen awaye The staffe is y e worde wherwith the world is smitten Ezech. 34. Hornes signyfyeth strength Iere 30. Miche 5. Ezech. 33. To deale with equitie truth men saye playnelye they can not lyue Psal 13. Esai 28. They y t truste in their own wisedom or in any other thiÌ„g of flesshe bloud shal surely erre and be disceiued Esai 19. Egipte signifiethe y e congregation of wylfull synners Esai 24. Esai 1. Luke 13. Ezech. 18. 3. Par. 3. Psal 33. Prou. 3. Pro. 22.8 Pro. 22. Prouer. 1 Prouer 4. 1. Io. 3. Where y e Spirite of god is saieth Paule there is libertie 1. Io. 1. Io. 1. He that is an enemy to vertue goodnes hateth god The lorde wyll visite theÌ„ whose fore skiÌ„ne is vncircuÌ„cysed Iere. 6.8 Oseas 3. Ieremi 5. That is not onelye on these but aswell on al other such lyke zacha 1. zacha 1. zacha 2. Oseas 3. He that both righteousenes is of god To walke in darknes is to do suche deades as wee all did before we knewe the truthe 1. Io. 3. Apoca. 3.