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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11236	Be wise and be warned. Per I.S.	Sutton, J., fl. 1567-1573.	1573 (1573)	STC 21498; ESTC S110773	15,781	42

leaste that our God being the sooner displeased let loose the raynes to Tirantes and our enemies that he may therby reuenge our vnthankfulnes let vs accordind to our profession as becometh christians abandon the causes that iustly procure his heauye and importable displeasure and wrath agaynst vs let vs put a-away our euill thoughtes oute of Gods sight ceace from doing ill and violence learne to do righte apply our selues to equitie deliuer the oppressed help the fatherlesse to his righte hear the widowes complaynt detest our monstrous and lucifer lyke pryde our detestable and horrible whordom our greedy couetousnes our bribery and extortion our glottony and dronkennes our lacke of truthe betwen man man in bying selling for through vnrighteouse dealing wrōg blasphemy deceyt a Realm shal be translated frō one kingdome to an other with these vices are we dangerously infected And the church of god neuer being with out hir certeyn woundes for our Lord to powre his wine oyle into So lette vs vse the means that god hath apoynted vs to stay his deserued wrath plagues prepared for vs Let vs dyligently spedely continually with all possible reuerence humblenes of hart inuocate cal vpon the name of our god making vnto him our harty supplication prayers The lack dangerous necklecting wherof as it is the chéefe only cause of al loosenes and vncleanes of life cōuersation So by continual and earnest repentance and often lifting vp our hartes vnto God through prayer being feruently made and faythfully vsed is the life to be obteyned that pleaseth god for praier is a salue for sin and a preseruatyue for them the prepare them selues to it prayer is a quietnesse and sauegard of thē which are molested prayer is a comforte to them who wyth gréefes are afflicted prayer is a heauen to them that suffer shipwark prayer in warre is an arming sword and in peace a gardeyn of delightes prayer is to men in bondage liberty in pouertie a treasure To conclude prayer is the readye path to the pleasant pasture of Paradice when Pharo did persecute the children of Israel by prayer from his rage they were preserued whē Dauid had greuously offended God by humble prayer and penitent hart gods wrath was appeased by Moyses prayer the fyry flyntes gaue water the driry ayre gaue meate the couragious enemies gaue place to weakling Israelites when as they were oppressed and almoste surprised with feare of pynching thyrst want of dail● foode force of dreadfull armes by Elyas prayer the drought marde fruitful groundes and by the same mans prayer the barren soyle did fructifie by Dauids prayer greate Golyaths courage was stoutly daunted by Iudithes praier fyrce Holofernus was by hyr beheaded By prayer Daniel in Lyons den from Lyons Iawes was preserued Now séeing then that prayer is of such force as that it perceth the Heauens and is a powring out of a faythful hart vnto God wherin we craue and desire with earnest affection eyther to be preserued from danger of discomoditie spiritual or temporal Eyther else to enioye some desired benifite at Gods handes belonging to body or soule Or else a yelding of most hartie thanks for some benefit already receiued Lette vs continue in praier and watch in the same with thankes geuing that through our prayer our most noble gratious mercifull Princes Elizabeth to whom God of his great goodnes contrarye to the hye expectation of hyr enemies hath hetherto geuen a ioyful prosperous Raigne so he may likewise heape vpon hyr the cōtinuance of many yeares to bée an olde mother in Israell that as shée hath well begoon so she may zelously procéed in the setting foorth and aduancing the gospel of God to his glory the comfort and preseruation of hyr Realme and people and the discomforting of gods hir enemies And that by praier our god may stil giue good sucksesse to the trauels of the Quéene hyr maiesties moste honorable Councelors illuminating theyr hartes with the spirit of wysdome to force preuent and bryng to nought the subtyll secret deuyces and priuie conspyracies of Sathan of Antechrist and of all gods enemies pretēded against the veritie of his word as also that by our prayers the Bishops and Pastors of gods Church may haue a continuall care to féede his flock comitted to theyr chardge with the bread of lyfe and that Christ may be knowne to them to whome hee is yet a straunger which is no rare matter in some places in England the greater is the pittie for ther must sinne needes raigne bicause that they being ignorant of Christ vnbelefe doth possesse theyr harts Moreouer that Iudges and Maiestrates through hatred of couetousenes may mayntayne cinceritie and vpright dealing in iudgmente that the cace rather then ●he parson bée considered for whosoeuer bearing offyce is led with rewards he cannot see what is rightfull for rewardes blynd the eyes of the wise Also that good lawes being in force maye bée executed that offenders may be punished and the gyl●l●sse defended for where good lawes be made not executed their the common weale goeth to ruin And moreouer that by our praier euery subiect of what degre or calling so euer may dutifully sh●w their obedyence vnto and reuerencing our Prince as the minister and Liuetenant of God that the Lord our God at the contemplation of our faythfull prayer whose mercye excéedeth the hugenesse of sinne and whose grace aboundeth aboue misdeede may by the aboundance of his spirit by grace so work in our harts that we taking hede and being obedient to the same our heauenly father and hauing a cheefe regard to the performing of our duties in the obseruation of his lawe and cōmaundementes may by the good blessing of the same our God quietly consente and rest in his truth and haue the continuance of inward peace of contience that wée may wear out our dayes in prosperitie our yeares in ples●er and ioy in this world being a waste wildernes frō which must passe into an other coūtrey that we th●s hauing this care to accomplish gods wil and with this olde yeare to sh●ke caste of strip our selues of old Adams rags and with the newe yeare to apparell our selues with the florishing and glittering garment of Iesus Christe euen newnes of lyfe and keepe it still on Then shal we cōtinue in prosperity be beloued of god our onely stay refuge who shall mightely protect and d●fend vs from the danger of his our enemies Then the Lord our god which giueth victory vnto kings which deliuered Dauid from the perrill of the sword shall saue and deliuer vs from the hands of strange childrē whose right hād is a hand of iniquitie So that thē let the deuil roar all the deuels in hell breake loose let Pope rage lette all the Colledge of Cardenalls and Councels conspyer let the blooddy Byshops breath out theyr trayterous mallyce and hatefulnes of theyr hartes Yea let the hole fraternetie of that fylthie generation broode of Antechrist deuise and imagine what they can or may And all shal be in vayn● for the workes of wickednes doe florish to be destroyed for euer And the enemies of the Lord shal perish And all the workers of wickednes shal be scattered abrode for there is no wisedome agaynst the Lorde our God the creator of Heauen and Earth To whom with his Christ and the holy Spirit thrée persons and one God be all praise poure maiestie for euer and euer Amen ¶ Geue God the prayse The petition of the penitent AS those that wrapped are in wo think long to haue relefe So Lord to swage our sorows great to thee we shew our grefe In whome onely consysts the help of each poore synfull slaues And in whose choice body and Soule are both to spill or saue Oh let our spirits which faine wold yeld such fruit as faith requires Su●●ue the deuel and flesh which stil against our soule conspires For lo alasse what we would not in vs styll taketh place And what we would is left vndone for want Lord of thy grace Féeling therfore the burthen of our sinnes which is so great With humble spirit with contrite hart with teeres we thee entreat Vs to behold poore wretched wormes which do our falts confesse And eke vnfaynedly bewayle our wofull wyckednesse Which dayly doth abounde in vs to our reproch and shame Let mercie yet preuent thy wrath for honor of thy name And as our secret sighes for si●ne to thee are not vnknowne So cra●ing mercy at thy hands accept vs for thy owne That we being new buylt by grace may lothe this lump of sinne And clad in verteous godly lyfe may still procede therin Perfourming our profession tyll finished are our dayes That then in passing ioye with thée we may remayn alwayes Graunt Lord this our petition which art the god of might That through the Iesus Christ we may be righteous in thy sight FINIS 1. Cor. 12. Galati 4 H● Deut. 31. Iohn 5. Wisedom 16. Roma 10 Esai v. Esai i. Psal. 76 Micheas 3. Rom. 13 Psal. 7● 3. Reg. Luke 16 Iob. 1. Iohn 15. Iohn 16 Act. 14. Math. 5. Gala. 6 Math. 10 Psal. 62 Psal. 91. Sirac 4 Psal 103 Psa 146 Act. 7. Act. 12. Act. 5. Luke 12 1. Pe. 5. 2. Ti. 2. Pro. 14. Pro. 16. Psal. 27 Heb. 10. Phi. 4. Heb. 12. Iosua 10 Iudi. 13. Exo. 14. Act. 12. Luke Psal. 76 4. Reg. 1 Esai 3. Esai 14 Esai 26 Reue. 22 Reue. 21 Psal. 81. Esai 1. Sirach 10. Psa 144 Psa 92.

we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of god ye shal be hated of al men for my names sake but he that indureth to the ende shal be saued Now seing that greate are the benefites that bearing of the Crosse bringeth doubte not neyther feare thou to take vppe thy Crosse by the which thou goest to a kingdom for suffering of affliction for Christ his sake maketh aptnes to comprehend heauenly thinges Blessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousnes for theyrs is the kingdom of heauen Wherfore be euen of Paules mynde and say God forbid that I should reioyce but in the Crosse of our lord Iesus Christ for surely no man feleth the Passiō of Christ so much in his law as hée vnto whom it chanceth to suffer the like thinges for in the Crosse is ayde agaynst the enemy in the Crosse is strēgth of mind in the Crosse is ioy of spirit and the Crosse and afflictiō of the Godly procedeth of the fatherly loue of the heauenly father towardes his children whom he chastiseth in this world only therby putting vs in remēbrance of our sinnes yet not that by our Crosse we make satisfaction therfore for that hath Christ him selfe done vpon the Crosse once for all But that we should therby mortifie our selues our fleshlye members and being gentely corrected for our sins should turne vnto our God and repent and not be damned with the worlde but become pure vessels being therfore exercised with the Crosse Let vs séeke comforte at the fatherly mercy of our God through Iesus Christ who graūt vs grace to glorify him with true patience vnder the Crosse and this order is in the Crosse saluatiō wherof to make vs partakers and therby to try our patience behold sayth he I send you foorth as shepe amongest wolues and yet not that he therfore leaueth you destitute of helpe For the Lorde hath such care for you that he preserueth the soules of such as be in aduersitie yea I am with him in his trouble sayth hee And I deliuer him and bring him to honor Striue therfore for the truth vnto the death God shall fighte for thée agaynst thine enimies yea as a father pittieth his owne children euen so the Lord is merciful to those that feare him ▪ he loseth the prisoners geueth sight to the blynd helpeth them that are fallen and defendeth the fatherlesse and widdow And Ioseph being in Egipt did not God deliuer him oute of all his trobles Peter likewise being in prison his chaynes by the prouidence of God fell from him and he was gyded foorth by the Angel of the Lorde The Apostles of the Lord being imprysoned were deliuered by night by the Angel of god who opened the dores and brought them foorth Peter and other Apostles being in daunger of death were deliuered by the power of god through the words of Gamaliel for to those that séeke after the kingdome of God al things néedful shal be ministred cast therfore your care vpon him for hee careth for you And let them that be trobled according to the will of God cōmit their soules vnto him with weldoi●g as vnto a faythful creator For whyle wée liue the Lord protecteth vs and if we dy with him we shal also liue with him Let patience therfore in all extremities take place for patiēce enioieth peace of mind patience in aduersitie maketh frendship with Christ the patient man euery man prayseth and worthely for he is like vnto Christ whose life was the true pattern of patience the more aduersitie suffered with patience the greater peace is enioyed patience is a token of wisdom and a patiente man is better then one stronge And he that can rule him selfe is more worthy then hée that winneth a Citie Tary the Lordes leysure be strōg and he shal comforte thine hart ye haue néede of patience that after ye haue don the wil of God ye might receyue the promes and bicause he that is patient hath much vnderstanding let vs runne with patience the race that is set before vs for whether pouertie or banishment imprisonment or shame sicknesse or losse of parentes or children or any other lyke do moue vs we must thinke that none of these thinges doe happen but by the will and prouidence of god And that he doth nothing but by most iust order for why our innumerable and dayly offences deserue to be chastised more sharplye and with more greuouse correction thē such as the merciful goodnes of the Lord layeth vpon vs wherefore seing patience is so profitable and bryngeth so singuler commodities and being so great a vertue when a mans mynde is not moued nor broken in aduersitie God graunt vs therfore to be so moued to the study of patience and that by the authoritie of Gods worde that being exercysed tryed therby we may constantly perceuer and cōtinue in the course of Godly lyfe throughout all kynde of aduersities after our longe continuance be saued But now a little to returne againe to the words that went before I send you foorth as shéepe among wolues wherby is easely deserued who be the shepe who be the wolus The shepe deuour not but are deuoured the wolues are not deuoured but they deuour the shéepe So the Church of Christ is knowne from the Church of Antechrist by this difference the church of God is persecuted and the church of the Deuil persecuteth of which church of the Deuil that Antichrist the Pope is the cheife Champion the ringleader of false Profets the ouerthrower of true godlines who neither teacheth nor reproueth by the worde but feareth the godly with crueltie not only by striking but also imprisoning them that withstād him And persecuteth to the death the Profets of the Lord for theyr preaching of the truth and constancie so that we may sée that the crosse of the godly procedeth of the loue of God towardes them and is to theyr comforte in Christ Iesu euen to life euerlasting But the enemies of Christ his Crosse and rable of reprobates voyde of theyr crosse Nay truly for the Scriptures make mention that God leaueth not his enemyes vntouched as for example Caine for his bloody facte was not leaft vnpunished but Abels blood crying vengance in the eares of god Cain was banished oute of gods fight and made a vagabond and a renegate vppon the earth The Amorites being enemies to Iosua the chosen Seruant of God were in the féeld destroyed by the mightie power of God with stones from heauen and f●ue of theyr Kings deliuered into the hands of Iosua wer hāged Holofernus a mightie Prince and enemy to God was by the prouidence of God conquered by the hands of women Pharo pursuing Israell the sea being to them a sauegard was to Pharo and his hole armye an ouerthrow and present destruction Herod an enemy to the people of God being in his chéefe pompe