the Actes 〈◊〉 the Apostles will easely choake Doctâ—… Saunders and all these troublous baâ—…kers Louanians The people there 〈◊〉 thus Non omnes qui loquuÌ„tur linguis Galilei sunt c. Are not all these that speakâ—… here men of Galile is it not much thâ—… euery one of vs doth heare our ownâ—… vulgar and mother toung We Parthiâ—…ans Medes Elamites of Mesopotamia of Iurie Capadocia Pontus of Asia Phrygia Pamphilia and Aegipt oâ—… Lybia Rome Crete and Arabia wâ—… heare these men speaking the noblenesse of matters diuine in our ownâ—… tounges But they haue other argumeÌ„tâ—… There is one God therefore the seruice must be in one toung I deny tâ—… argument let it lye whilest it be helpeâ—… Master Harding hath two argumentâ—… The one is the title of the Crosse wâ—…â—…ritteÌ„ in Greke Hebrue Latin tounges and therfore the seruice ought to be in one of these three touÌ„gs TheÌ„ the â—…ewes Gréekes Latinistes will neuer â—…grée which toung shall serue for y turne â—…et Master Harding make his argumeÌ„t â—…hus It was written in Gréeke Hebrue â—…nd Latin therefore it was written to â—…e vnderstanded of all men and therfore â—…eruice must be in such a toung that it may be vnderstanded The Hebrue voâ—…alls sayth he were not set downe to the â—…onsonantes by the Rabbies because the â—…xposition of the Scriptures should not be â—…nowne to the people Thus Mast. Harâ—…ing is a Papist a Iew all that nought 〈◊〉 If he will haue his argument assoiled â—…et him remeÌ„ber thâ—… Iudaisme Christiâ—…nisme are dissiblable The Iewes durst â—…ot looke on Gods face but we haue â—…eene his glory as the glory of the onâ—…y begotten of the father The Iewes â—…urst not pronounce the word Iehoua â—…ut we doo it commonly The Iewes â—…ept â—…id their misteries in shaddowes Christ sayd Goe ye and preach ye No â—…ew did enter into the Sanctuary but tâ—… high Priest once a yeÌ„are Our Sanctâ—…ry Christ sayth Euery one that commeth vnto me I wil not cast him forth It is euen so as I tell you good people Hâ—… that is ignoraunt in papistrie is like thâ—… woman of Samaria which standeth 〈◊〉 the fountaine and is a thirst and yet fâ—… leth her selfe not to be a thirst They aâ—… like those people that say Palpamus parâ—… tem sicut caeci we groape at the wall likâ—… blynde men and we stumble in thâ—… noone time as though it were in thâ—… night They be like vnto those of whom it is sayd The light came into the worlâ—… and they did not receaue the light like vnto the Apostles who in the darâ—… night tooke Christ to be a ghost lyke 〈◊〉 those of whom Tertullian speaketh of 〈◊〉 the Gentiles They do amisse because they know not They be like to hyâ—… that abideth in darkenesse and knoweth not whether he goeth Those that abuâ—… these ignoraunt folke be as Esay sayth that mingle the spirit of sléepe to tâ—… world and geue them wordes in a bóoâ—… closely clasped They be like to that Painter that Plutarke speaketh of that had 〈◊〉 uill fauouredly proportioned a painâ—… Hen and therefore chased away the liuely Hennes lest that his euill woorkmanship should be perceiued those chase away Gods worde lest their fansie should be discouered If they be blinde leaders then there is an hole in hell and thether rushe downe both the leaders and the parties missed If they sée and will not let others sée then they be as churlish as a dogge who when he is smit of a serpent wil not â—…ate the herbe Canaria in the sight of â—…an lest that man in such distresse should â—…e thereby relieued They be like these hypocrite Pharisies that made fast the kingdome of God against them selues and agaynst all others But to thwite and vpbraide them by their ignoraunce would be thought but to be vntrue and â—…alumnious And that voyce of Master Harding from Louaine saying Verely â—…he greatest learned men in Christenâ—…ome haue bene of our part doth séeme â—…o some a voyce of great truth veritie Without all peraduentures there hath â—…ene of Master Hardinges side so long a â—…atalogue of so vnlearned and insensible â—…ryters as I thinke by arte memoraâ—…iue they cannot be comprehended That which Aloes is to the lippes which galli is to the toung which a carcasse smell is to the nose which a cockatrise to the eyes which a naked dagger is to the hart that it is and euen that comfort it is to be conuersaunt in the base barbarismes balde solisismes and balde sillogismes whole dungeons of the Duncerie of Hardinges companions Let them not be to shrill in crying out and craking of their learning as likewise not to shrill to weaken and impayre our side That which Erasmus sayd sometimes of Prudentius Ibiâ—… quouis seculo inter doctos Prudenti thoâ—… shalt alwayes Prudentius go for a learned man so may I likewise say thus The worlde will neuer bee so learnâ—… Martin Luther but thou shalt be couâ—… ted learned thou shalt be called learneâ—… Zuinglius and thou excellent well leaâ—…ned Oecolampadius learned Buceâ—… learned Phagius learned Emanuelâ—… learned Pellicane and learned Pome rane and learned Bruntius A mâ—… would thinke you had goodly learniâ—… Cassander Bibliander and Burrauâ—… Bullinger Gualter Wulfius Lauatâ—… rus and Simlerus Diuines of Sureckâ—… I thinke haue more diuinitie then maâ—… bragge doctors that ryde aloft in Papasie What age will deny thée to be learned Dauid Chitreus or thée Victorinus Strigelius or thée Flaccius Illyricus or thée Westimerus or thée Hemingius or thee Hiperius though Doct. Sanders say nay and sweare nay Thou hast a trusty toung in diuinitie most reuerend Master Caluine And Theodore de Beze thy brest is better ballased with godly learning theÌ„ the brestes of many a glittering Pope who are sayd to contayne so many godly matters in the bagge of their brest Peter Martyr or the Bishop of Saris buâ—…y are alone able to confute all the Sorâ—…onistes Musculus yeldeth better sucke â—…nd sense from the scripture then all the â—…esuites nay then all the writers of all â—…he papasie But if they will néedes here â—…ell of some learned men of our side what â—…ay they to MuÌ„ster to Scheggius to Gesâ—…er to the two men of many blessinges â—…obart and Henry Stephanus What 〈◊〉 Iohannes Sturmius and what to â—…etrus Ramus I tell them the great â—…eauclarkes and captaine schollers of all â—…ristendome are ours and on our side â—…icus Mirandula of a miraculous witte and aboundant learning was ours Erasmus the worship of the world and Melancton the Phenix of Germanie Iohn Reuclin the Hebrue father and William Budaeus the Gréeke father were ours Ye groundselles of learning ye kindlers of light in déede ye be ours These Papistes haue lighted their candles at your candles and whetted theyr weapons at your stones and sucked vp their learning at your féete Euen so Thomas Harding sucked vp his learning at Peter Martyrs féete Thomas Watson
Elizabeth by the grace of god c. That Gods enemies and her enemies may be made his and her footestools That her scepter may growe gréene and florishe like a Palme trée well and moystly planted and that her seate may neuer totter or nodde but stand stedy as the seate of Salomon and fayre as the sunne That the dayes of her regiment may be as the dayes of heauen Let vs pray for all the Nobilitie and genterie of this land that they do not liue as the Giantes or noble men before Noes floud without raigne or rule leâ—…t that as those Giantes brought downe vpon the heades of the world a floud of water so some of our Englishe Giantes do bring vpon vs a floud of fire That they may remember that saying of Dauidâ—… I sayd you are Gods because the word iâ—… come to you If the worde come to them or they to the worde then they are Gods Gods and Gods gentlemen if it come not to them nor they to it then they are the Heraldes Gods the Heraldes gentlemen Pray for them that they may be to their prince as Thomas was to his master Christ Let vs go and let vs dye with him That they may remember that Gods booke of life is better then the Heraldes booke of armes and that neither house nor bloud can saue or withholde their soules from the hand of hell but onely that iust bloud of the iust man Iesus Christ. Let vs hartily wishe to her maiesties most honorable Counsaile the spirite of councell and direction that they may be as Iosephes in Egypt faythfull and carefull to prouide for the necessities of the realme specially that mens soules be not starued with hunger and pine of the worde of god Pray for all vs of Christes Ministerie that as we are called â—…ightes so we may geue light and as we â—…re called Gods so we may continue to â—…aster the world by the worde as we are â—…alled Ambassadors so we may be cheaâ—…ie to speake from God to man as we are called dogges we may barke and as we are called watchmen so we may carke and kéepe and that that voice may ring through and through our heades O Tymothie keepe that which is committed Pray for both twaine the Uniuersities of Cambridge and Oxenforde or as the Scripture calleth theÌ„ the families of the sonnes of the Prophets that they may growe on from strength to strength in courage of spirite and from wisedome to wisdome in plentie of iudgement that they may be able meÌ„ to teach and reproue to plant and destroy and that like young Samuell they may profite in fauour with God and man Pray for all the whole world that they may open the gates of their hartes that the prince of glory may haue entraunce in and that being entred he be not bound and pinnioned as somtime he was in Cayphas his entresse but that he may be franke Chrisâ—… and at libertie and rule from one corner of our consciences vnto an other Likewise for thâ—…se that suffer trouble or grâ—…uance in soule or body but specially thosâ—… that grone vnder the crosse of Gog 〈◊〉 Rome and Magog of Constantinoplâ—… that they may be assisted with might or deliuered with spéede and that as Ioell sayth the house of Iacob may be a fire the house of Ioseph may be a flame and the house of Esau may be stubble Lastly let vs yeld vp thankes to the high throne of our heauens father for those our brothers and sisters that are gone to God out of this lamentable maze of miserie Desiring God that the north winde may geue and the south winde do not retaine that y who le shéete with all y fower corners of beastes cleane vncleane may be taken vp into heauen that Christ may be king from sea vnto sea that nations may be geuen vnto his inheritance that the holy Ghost may stirre and the father draw and the sonne thrust no man out that commeth vnto him that the workemen may be many that the nets may be full that his will may be done in these Sainctes in earth as in those aboue in heauen where doubtlesse nothing is done against Gods will that we full of the feare of God and full of fayth may be gathered together to our forefathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob For these and what soeueâ—… the holy Ghost that best doctor spirite of wisedome shall prompt into our spirites I pray you all say the Lordes prayer Our Father c. Fayrest of women whether is thy beloued gone c. Here are fower thinges as I take it to be noted And in the first place because there is a question asked Whether is thy beloued gone I will endeuour my selfe to speake of questions demaundes Secondly because the question is asked of the fayrest of womeÌ„ that is of Christes Church I will speake of the Church which Church is a woman and which not which is fayre and which not and then of the authoritie of the Church because here the question is asked of the Church and the Church séemeth to kéepe the determination in the goinges of the beloued that is in matters to be knowen of christ In the third place commeth to be handled the aunswere geuen by the Church which is My beloued is gone downe to the beds of hys spicerie c. Lastly though not by the order of the text yet by order of matter I will speakâ—… vpon these wordes Tell vs and we will seeke him with thee Howbeit these latter wordes shall not growe into any long processe Onely I will geue charge and vehement exhortation to the world to séeke Christ and make after him I will tell them if they séeke him they shall finde him and I will not sticke to sweare if they finde him they shall find the whole complishment of their hartes desire In the meane season feare ye not good presence that I should kill you with lothsomnesse and length For I will poste through my many matters with what possible speede I can And first touching questions thinges to be demaunded it is well sayd of Paule coÌ„cerning questions of edifying In these thinges I would haue thee confirmed these be good and profitable for men But folishe questions and questions of natiuities those shunne for they be vnprofitable and vaine Good questions and profitable are to be demaunded So the kinges in old time were wont to aske the Prophets of their battailes and affaires So Naamans seruaunt asked Elizas the Prophet Whether if hys master should goe vp to the Idole temple and worship he might do so or no So the Eunuch asked Philip the exposition of these wordes Ductus est sicut ouis ad mactationem c. So Iohn asked a question Tâ—… ne is es c. Art thou he that shall come or shall we looke for an other So Mary asked a question How can these thinges be done vnto me sith I haue no knowledge of man So Philip asked a
his learning at Sir Iohn Cheekes féete Baldwinus his learning at Caluins féete and Fredericus Staphilus at Melanctons féete Saunders and the Iesuites haue their Grecismes and their Hebraismes by immitation of Musculus Our Erasmus set Latin a flote our Reucliâ—… hatched Hebrue our Budaeus gageâ—… Gréeke our Melancton regendred arteâ—… and sciences Papistes from vs ye hauâ—… had it or by our examples ye haue spyeâ—… it It is ours it is ours it is all of it ourâ—… Crowes leaue your cackling or geuâ—… you home agayne your borrowed fetherâ—… But admit we were men of no laudabâ—… learning and that we could not rightly pleade it yet Quis tulerit Gracchum de seditione loquentem Varrem de furto Who can brooke that Gracchus should speake agaynst sedition Varres against theft or Papistes agaynst ignoraunce The chiefe Rabbie and most frolicke diuine of all their side Hosius how hath he concluded of this saying Obey those that be ouer you therfore Prelates must bée princes Or how can he be learned that thought king Dauid to be vnlearned For geuing his iudgement vpon Dauids psalmes he sayth thus Scribimus indocti doctique poemata passim we write poemes of all handes learned and vnlearned as though Dauids psalter were an vnlearned Poesy What learning is there in rearing vp of this argument Caiphas prophesied once therfore what so euer the bishop of Rome speaketh is true Or this argumeÌ„t The gates of hell shall not preuaile against the church therfore the church can neuer be vnder foote Yet S. Paul saith I am sure that no creature can seperate me from the loue of God. And yet though God loued Paul well Paul was vnder foote Or this argument Heretickes haue alwayes appealed to the scripture therefore who so euer appealed to the scripture are heretickes So drunkardes are commonly drunken with wyne therefore all that drinke wyne are drunkardes Or thys argument Christ did sit downe with his twelue disciples onely when he sayd Bibite cx hoc omnes therfore the clergy onely ought to haue the cuppe geuen them And so this prophane bishop wretch might vrge onely to the clergy Edite ex hoc omnes eate ye all of this So onely the clergy should be partakers of the bread too The Councell of Constaunce and the Councell of Basill doo reach the tuppe to the Laitie Or this argument He is blessed that is alwayes fearefull therfore a man ought to haue a fearefull and a trembling fayth Or what learning was it in him to say that Commune and Catholicum were not all one and that vices when they are common cannot be called catholicke â–ª Doctor Saunders hath a trim head and a pure fine wit as they say But let them take a tast how learnedly he hath behaued him selfe in hys reasoning in his booke of Transubstantiation as in this argument Man was forlorne for eating with his mouth therfore man must be saued by eating with his mouth therfore there must be Transubstantiation Agayne the Romane bishops sent the Eucharist to stranger bishops abrode therefore it was an holy thing and therfore it was transubstantiated or ells it could not be holy and worthy the sending Agayne the Apostles were simple men and Idiotes sayth he therefore they could not vnderstand this proposition this is my body if the signe were taken for the thing Agayne Vlpian the Lawyer sayth the names of thinges be vnchangeable therefore the wordes must néedes be as they are spoken and written By this pritie deuise he may banish all figuratiue speach from the scripture Agayne the Gréeke word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifieth a figure in English is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of turning but God is not turned sayth he therefore he vseth no trope in this place or figure This argument if it were marked would be laughed at with an whole monthes laughter In his fourth booke he commeth of with argumentes more then a good pase â–ª God is omnipotent Ergo there is transubstantiation Agayne Christ spoke these wordes in the night time therefore the matter was great and it could not be great except there were transubstantiation Agayne there were twelue disciples the number was great therefore the matter was great then it must néedes be transubstantiation Agayne Christ desired to eate it therefore it was a great matter therfore it was transubstantiation Agayne Christ loued them in the end in pertaking it therefore there was transubstantiation Agayne Christ washed feete set downe rise vp girded him selfe washed and dryed therefore the matter was great therefore transubstantiation Agayne their Parlar wherein they supped was néere to the mount Syon therefore a great matter therefore transubstantiation Agayne he blessed it therefore he transubstantiated it Agayne the people say Amen which is it is true or I would it were true therefore the bread was truely transubstantiated Agayne Abell offred a sacrifice and then after was offred therefore Christ was offred in the Masse Agayne he sayth if the bread be but a figure then none can be condemned for eating of a figure Yet as I remember the Propitiatory or Arke of couenant was but a figure yet he smarted that abused that figure Agayne the Apple of the knowledge of good and euill was but a figure of good and euill yet it was not very good for him that abused that figure I tell them it is death to abuse such figures Now good people doo not these Doct. Sanders arguments smell freshly of learning Was not that Pope learned that sayd fiatur for fiat and that Pope that translated Cephas a head Was not Petrus a Soto diuinely learned when he sayd the spirites of generall Councells ought not to be tryed Notwithstanding these wordes be generall Try the spirites whether they be of God or no. What bookes in all christendome haue bene writteÌ„ with so sléeke and sleight a diuinitie as those bookes of B. Osorius Sir Tho. More is alwayes wrangling and iangling harping and â—…arping about No and Na yea and yes the word and that word an Elder and an Elder sticke And as Rachell mourned for hir children because she had them not so Sir Thomas More might mourne for more diuinitie because he had it not D. Fisher hath alleged many thinges most vnproperly out of the vulgar translation It is easie to be shewed his doctrine is not learned and therefore ought not to carry credit with meÌ„ of learning What grouÌ„â—…nes is it in that fatte Ecchius to proue a sacrifice out of the hebrue word Gnasha or Sanders out of this cuÌ„faciaÌ„ vitula profrugibus to proue a sacrifice It must néedes be for lacke of learning that that Lordly préest bishop Gardiner alledged the third booke of S. Augustine de sermone Domim in monte and yet there were but two bookes written that he alledged Theophilus Alexandrinus for Theophilactus there being hundreds of yeares bâ—…twixt their ages I say it must néedes bâ—… lacke of learning for his soothing pagâ—… say that his memory was
Satyrus that is all the flowers in hilles and flowers in dales and flowers in many a grene forrest are not so delightfull and smelling The violet hath not the like sauor the Rose hath not the like sauor the Lily the like smel the Giliflower the like sent as good life through good fayth yeldeth to Gods nostrelles And as good life yeldeth 〈◊〉 good sauor to God so euill life to God â—…eldeth an euill sauor So is it sometime â—…ayd of euill liuers ye made vs smell beâ—…ore the Lord. The voyce of the murâ—…her of Abel the voyce of the sinne of the â—…ngodly ones in the Apocalyps the voyce of the sinne of the Sodomites the voyce of the sinne of the Niniuites was not musicke to Gods eare nor the smell of England is muske to Gods nose But if good life make good smell and euill life make euill smell how smelles England how smells it It smells it smells I haue sayd as much as I can with curtesy say non redolet sed olet it smelles not sweetly but it smelles But if I should heare the voyce of the good spirit that speaketh vnto me and indéede I will heare it and speake as it speaketh I should thus say it smelles like a carcas it smlles like a a carion it smelles lik a dounghill And the cause of this so smelling is sinne Now the world will cry out vpon me as they cryed out vpon the prophet Miche Quod scelus quod crimen what sinne or what offence And euen as that prophet answered Ierusalem et Samaria Ierusalem and Samaria So I answer London Yorke Carlill and Canterbury Norwich Lyncolne c those sinnes For euen as Lucane speaketh of a body sore wounded totum est pro vuluere corpus all the body was as one wound and our Sauiour Christ bearing the sinnes of the world was by Paul called sinne So the prophet Miche being asked what sinne sayd Samaria and Ierusalem as though for theyr sinfulnesse they were nothing but méere sinne So if they aske me in these dayes what sinne I answer London Yorke Douer c. I meane these cities are so sinfull that they are sinne But if the world haue so longing a lust to trouble me with asking what sin and what sinne then be thou strong my spirite and go and fly out my voyce to tel the sonnes of this earth this sinne and that sinne and first if the papistes will desire to know of me what sinne I tel them that idoles doo cleaue still in their mindes which is as swéete a sinne as the name of idoles in the hebrue toung is a swéete word which signifieth a more vnswéete place then I can honestly rehearse That sinne Qui sordescebat sordescet adhuc He that was a papist in Quéene Maries time is still a papist that sinne Agayne those which had tasted of a good light of the Gospell are runne backe agayne to theyr owne vomet that sinne He that euer stoode before is now fallen that sinne If our protestantes aske me what sinne I will tell theÌ„ our protestantes are most of them all like vnto mice Mice will be still in the house but neuer be acquainted with the master of the house sâ—… are our protestantes to godward that sin They are like to Iudas they kisse Christ and geue him gentle outward interteinment but it is for 30. pence or 30. pound vauntage or money more or lesse that sinne They are like that Egle which the prophet Esay speketh of The egle which is with thee is not on thy side that sin They are like the princes of Iury that beleued in Christ but dare not confesse for the Pharasies that sinne They are like Symon Magus that walketh with Philip like an Apostle but workes with money like a worldling that sinne They be like Ananias and Saphira that dare not venire all they haue with Christ and the Apostles and hang clerely vpon Gods prouidence but will be sure to kéepe one péece for after clappes that sinne Our protestantes are the most that euer I sée like to Acabbes wife she neuer put on dâ—…e apparrell but when she spake with the prophetes so these men are neuer holy but at sermon times and in presence of those whose holines they doo reuerence that sinne But I will say perticulers If the great men of the Land aske me what sin I will then tell them thus The great men of the Land seeke to reare vppe houses of Sicamore trees and new baked bricke battes and to grow into such rancke reuenewes in their counties and sheeres that they feare nether God in heauen nor prince in earth nor feend in hell that sinne It is a tickling pleasure and most of all cordiall to some of those to make princes glad of an vnprofitable title of clemency so that they will not distribute one philip of correction to Gods long continued idolatrus enimies that sinne Through some of these and other violent welthy worldlines all Westminster hall and other places of helpe are not able to kéepe Naboth his vineyard alas and more then thrise alas Naboth loseth his vineyard and his vine his shéepe and his kine his coate from his doublet his doublet from his shert his shert from his bare naked skin that sinne Agayne they kéepe the clergy and men of God so farre from the accesse to the prince that they are farre froÌ„ the state of other prophetes Elizas bad his hostes aske of y king what she would and he would dispatch it Now Elizas must dispatch from the king what he can and not what he would I say not but that Elizas can doo some thing by courtly friendes and other meanes but Elizas in the name of a prophet as he is Elizas can doo now a little or nothing that sinne Agayne if those of the ministery demaund of me what sinne I will answer for vs all we are all of Peters minde bonum est nobis hic esse we thinke it a mery life to be still in this world and to buylde our nestes as high as warme and as during as we can that sinne We be like Ely he durst not sharpely enough correct his children nor we controle our auditours Iacob fell downe seuen times before Iacobs face but we make seuenty seuen low downe crouching curtesies to euery noble man before we will tell him of his duty how vndutifull so euer he be that sinne Agayne some that go for our brethren and of the auncient sort of vs count vs very vndiscrete and but starke fooles when so euer we begine to practise some little of that which wee should doo that sinne An other sort broch and brabble many foolish fronticke follies in diuinitie that sinne Euery Christes crosse losell hath a church plot in his head without all subiection of spirit to spirit doth thinke them selues euen péeres to Primates that sinne If Magistrates iudges and Iustiâ—…rs request of me what sinne that which our Sauiour in S.
thée Agayne some séeke him like Iudas for money for wealth and to get vauntage by theyr so séeking but Lorde Iesus those shall or neuer finde thée or be flung flat on theyr backes when they find thée And yet Lord too there is an other kinde of people that séeke thée Lord we read that Ioseph and Mary did séeke thée Dolentes that is mourning â–ª so we séeke thée in these dayes of teares agaynst so many dangers agaynst so many â—…pprobries in so diuelish a generation in so combersome a worlde in so straite a way in such contrary law of our members and of our spirites in such haling backe of the world and worldly frenship that dolentes quaerimus te alas good Lord with great hart breake we seke thee Lord geue strength to our fayth and kindle courage in vs to make after thee and séeke thée Lord if we séeke thée thou hast promised we shal finde thee all thy words are truth it selfe therefore we will make after thée and séeke thée We reade that Ioseph and Mary sought thée with sorrow but founde thée with ioy We know Lord that the griefes of this iorny are nothing worthy the ioyes that thou yeldest to them that haue founde thée He that had his eares full of the world and hys armes full of the world and his belly full of the world and his eyes full of the world and all the best pleasing pleasures in the world he hath cryed out agaynst them vanitie of vanities and all is but vanitie O Lord all other thoughtes are vayne and most extreame vayne O thou only worthy to be sought and none but thou worthy to be fouÌ„d height nor depth heate nor colde egde nor poynt of sword foe nor frend shall neuer preuayle against vs but we will make after thée and séeke thée O that we may finde thée graunt O good Lord that we may finde thée He that hath founde thée hath found the Shiloh and Messias of the whole world he hath found the Lyon of the tribe of Iudah that is able to master all the beastes of the field he hath founde a rocke a buckler a shield and a horne of health and one that will lift vp his head so that he néede to feare foes no more he hath founde that pearle which a wise man would sell all that he hath to buy so that he néede to bestow his loue vppon no Iewell els any more he hath fouÌ„d the Lambe after whom he shall for euer walke in innocency in white apparell so that he shall not be troubled with rebellious motions of his flesh any more He hath founde the healthfull trée of life in the midst of Paradise so that he shall not sée death any more he hath founde hym out of whose belly gush floodes of life yealding waters so that he shall not be dry any more he hath founde him that will wype away all teares and all infirmiâ—…ies so that he néede not to be drouâ—…ie and heauy any more he hath found hys owne wisedome hys owne sanctification his owne Iustice he hath founde the strong God the only wise God the Lord of worldes the Prince of peace the father of eternitie the glorious Angell of the great Counsell to whom with God the Father and God the holy Ghost thrée persâ—… and one 〈◊〉 be all honour and dominion both now and â—…uermore Amen â—…en 2. Erant vterque nudi Adam Eua non erubescebant They were both naked Adam and Eue and blushed not TO the opening of thys matâ—…â—…ght honourable and 〈◊〉 Christian presence I can not mutch speake except I shoulde tel you a great long story how that Adam and Eue were first planted and placed in Paradise What a rich thing Paradise was what a pleasaunt thing it was what safetie Adam and Eue liued in what blessednes they liued in yea and in so great good case and integritie that they being euen at the worst that is euen starcke naked néeded not to blushe But neither néede I say any thing more neither will I. And me thinke euen fitly inough of it seâ—… without further exposition my matter may suffer a diuision And I know no fitter diuision theÌ„ if I should first speake because the text sayth Adam and Eue were both naked and blushed not first who was naked then what it is to be naked and thirdly the effectes of being naked Which in a cleare and crimelesse conscience is not to blushe and in a criminous conscience is to blush Now when I come to tell who was naked I say that Adam Eue were naked and I will not make one particular â—…tise of Adam and an other of Eue but as the Scripture in the first Chapter of Genesis calleth the man and the woman Adam and as they were man and wife together so shall they be one together for me in this treatise Or els if I should talke both of Adam and Eue and bee but so large as I well mought it would not be very well for the season is very colde and I most sickly to speake and besides that our scantling to preach in the Court is a most short scantling Now if ye aske what it is to be naked I say it is to be without armour it is to be without apparell and so sayth Chrysostome and â—…o Musculus The effectes of being naked is to blush or noâ—… to blush so sayth thys text on one part so sayth reason and so sayth a Gréeke Sâ—…phist writing hereupon But before I shall procéede to make further spéech in thys processe I shall pray you most hartily to assist me with your deuoute praiers to be deliuered vp to the throne of our almighty father in heauen In which prayer c. Adam and Eue were both naked and blushed not Now it is not to aske me who was naked for I haue coÌ„cluded to say that Adam was naked And what is Adam to be expounded Adam is redde earth man is redde earth Here then falles out to be considered the basenesse and badnesse of mans metall Here then first in the very thresholde of my sermon let vs sée that euen as the earth by his naturall course is borne downeward and is lowest of all elementes so man borne by the tallent and motion of his fleshe is beyond horse and Mule and is by the Prophets warned to learne wisedome by the Swallow by the Ant by the Spider by the Oxe by the Asse and almost by all the beastes in the field Man is base earth Dauid speaking contemtuously of Gods enemies likeneth them to the dust before the face of the winde The Prophets to bring downe the lookes of the proude worldlinges do call them the sonnes of the earth Dauid saith that their honour shall licke the dust In Genesis y most base and contemptible Serpent to fill him yet more full of contempt was enioyned to eate the dust of the earth Such base dust as is driuen before the face of thâ—…