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spirit_n	heart_n	holy_a	lord_n	17,551	5	3.7649	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17590	A sermon preached before the right honorable Earle of Darbie, and diuers others assembled in his honors chappell at Newparke in Lankashire, the second of Ianuarie. Anno humanæ salut, 1577	Caldwell, John, parson of Winwick.	1577 (1577)	STC 4367; ESTC S107405	29,430	86

A Sermon preached before the right honorable Earle of Darbie and diuers others assembled in his honors Chappell at Newparke in Lankashire the second of Ianuarie Anno humana Salut 1577. GALA VI. ¶ Dum tempus habemus operemur bonum ¶ Whyle we haue time let vs doo good Gala. vi ¶ Imprinted at London by Thomas East the xiiij day of March. 1577. TO THE RIGHT Honorable and his very good Lorde Henrie Earle of Darbie Lorde Stanley and Strange Lorde of Man and of the Iles adioyninge and Knight of the moste noble order of the Garter continuance of health with prosperitie and increase of honor YOV Knowe right well right honorable my very good Lorde that I accordinge to my dutie giuinge attendaūce vpō your Lordshippe in the tyme of Christmas laste past was appointed by your honour to preach before you in your Chapple at neweparke the second of Ienuarie at which tyme I entreated of this text of Sainct Paule Rom 13. Idque perspecta oportunitate quod videlicet tempestiuū iam sit nos a somno expergisci so forth vnto the end of the chapter according as it pleased God at that time to minister vnto me matter and to giue vnto me the spirit of vtteraūce Which Sermon finished I was immediately called vnto your honor by you earnestly requested without delay to set downe in wryting such lessons and instructions as I had in your presence before certain gētlemen of worship vttered with my mouth And herewithall it pleased your honor not only to require a copie of my Sermon but also to giue me to vnderstand that you would send it vp to London to be Printed to the ende that the thinges which I had vttered before a fewe at home in your house might be further published abroade to the vse and behoofe of many Which when I perceaued I must needes confesse that I was very loth altogether vnwilling to deliuer to that ende into your Lordshippes handes any copy of that which I had preched First bicause my dooinges are so simple and my skil so small that they deserue not to come abroade into the sight of the world Secondly many are so fine and daintie that nothing can please content thē vnlesse it flow and swim with store of eloquence Thirdly and last of all bicause I feare that when many haue read it ▪ I shall by my playnnesse procure to my self more misliking for publishing of it then I had lyking of your honor for preaching of it Howbeit your honors great goodnesse diuers times shewed towards me your benefits bestowed vpon me which are yet greene abyding fresh in my remembrāce to my great releefe and comfort wherby I liue at this present a great deale the better haue ouercome all lettes and impediments enforced me to satisfie your godly desire herein Chosing rather to be mislyked for my doinges of a great many others to be reproued for my want of skil then to shew my selfe not dutiful towards your honor in this behalfe or to seeme slack to do any thing that may cōtent your noble mynde especially whē it pleaseth your Lordship so earnestly to require it of me who am so much bounde to your honor that I must nedes acknowledge my self to be ouermuch vnthākful if mi pore seruice wer not alwaies redi at your cōmādmēt Wherfore seing that it plesed your ● to accept so well of this Sermon when it was preached I am thereby emboldned to craue patronage of you now it is Printed and further published abrode especially bicause it now hathe more neede thereof Most humbly desiring your honor to take it in good part now as you dyd then and to continue your good will to the faithfull Ministers Preachers of the word to seeke euer more and more to promote the honor and glory of our good God so that it may appere vnto al men that you haue in vtter hatred detestation the lying false doctrine of Antichrist as well as it is knowne to me and others that dayly haue experiēce of your honorable disposition herein The Lord of Lordes euermore enflame direct your noble hart with his holy and gratious Spirit increase all heroicall and godly vertues in you with prosperitie and encrease of honor in this lyfe graunt that in the end you may so dye that you may after wardes lyue for euer At Moberley the. viii of Februarie ¶ Your honors most humble bounden seruaunt Iohn Caldwell Parson of Winwick ¶ Idque perspecta oportunitate quod videlicet tempestiuum tam sit nos a somno expergisci c. AND that cōsidering the seasō that it is now time that we should arise from sleepe for now is our saluation nearer then when we beleued it The night is past and the daye is at hand let vs therfor cast away the works of darkenesse and let vs put on the armour of light So that we walke honestly as in the day not in gluttonie dronkennesse neither in chambering and wantonnes not in strife and enuyinge But put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ and take no thought for the fleshe to fulfill the lustes of it RIght honorable if we way and consider the holy Scriptures we shall easily finde and soone perceiue that our conuersaiton is then worthy of great praise our life best framed to gods will and the rule of his lawe when it shal be euery waye most profitable to our neighbours For god requireth nothing more earnestly of vs thē loue he would haue such a bande of friendshipe amongest men y they might be knit together as members of one body And for this cause hath he oftentimes in his word commaunded vs with no lesse chéerefulnes to be as ready to pleasure and to doe good to our neighboures then to our selues So that it is not without good cause that S. Paule in this chapter euen in the verse next goinge before this text ▪ saith that loue is the fulfilling of the lawe For Paule speaking here of the dueties and debt that we owe one to an other doth giue vs to vnderstand that whatsoeuor is contayned in y second table of gods lawe is comprehended in these fewe words loue thy neighbour as thy selfe And true it is that such is the force of holy and godly loue that it worketh not euill but it seeketh to ouercome euill with goodnes neyther will it permit and suffer a man to hurt his neighbour He that loueth his father and mother will shewe himselfe obedient and lowly towards them he will bée ready to ayde and assist them and willinge to do after their commaundement and be affrayde to doe any thing that may displease and offend them Hée that loueth his neighbour will not inwardly in minde conceue malice and hatred agynst him neither will he go about to offer violence and wrong too any man but will seeke to preserue his life and to procure his welfare yea though it