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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08560	How and whither a Christen man ought to flye the horrible plage of the pestilence A sermon out of the Psalme. Qui habitat in adsutorio altissimi. By Andrewe Osiander. Translated out of hye Almayn in to Englishe.; Wie und wohin ein Christ die grausamen Plag der Pestilentz fliehen soll. English	Osiander, Andreas, 1498-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. aut	1537 (1537)	STC 18878; ESTC S104259	17,345	46

and maketh thē whole agayne But how that commeth to passe and howe we shall vnderstande it it shall followe here after more clerely This is now well to be marked also that the pestilence is a noysome sycknesse not because it bryngeth death for that do al other mortal sycknesses lykewyse and death is no losse vnto the faythfull but auaūtage as Paule sayeth Philip. the fyrst Chapter but because that it taketh awaye the people very sodenly vnloked for and vnwares Wherout thē ther followeth stryfe lawyng or busynes amonge synners and of the comune welth as euery man by hymselfe can lyghtly perceaue and vnderstande Therfore is it also an horrible punyshment ouer the synne of the worlde whyche concerneth both them that dye and them that are lefte alyue as hereafter it shall followe Where as is nowe suche a fayth as geueth credence vnto God he shall preserue hym from all wycked ymaginacions of mē lykewyse from all noysome syckenesses And at the last shal he saue hym that continueth not wythout frute but breaketh out wyth ryght loue and faythfulnesse towarde hys neghboure and desyreth also to brynge hym vnto that poynte that he maye beleue and be partaker of all suche goodes and benefites of God Therfore doth the prophete turne hys wordes now also vnto hys neghboure and sayeth farthermore He shall couer the wyth hys fethers and thyne hope shalbe vnder hys wynges That is Yf thou also wylt put thy trust in hym thou shalte fynde it so lykewyse For he sheweth such his benefites vnto all and euery one that put theyr truste in hym As for the couerynge of hys fethers and hope vnder his wynges youre charite hath herde ynough afore what it is Now though all faythfull loke for suche helpe at God and it happeneth vnto them yet is it not done without a specyal battayl of fayth For such helpe doth he promyse vs in hys holy worde that we shulde beleue it And yf we beleue it it happeneth vnto vs accordynge to oure fayth Therfore sayeth the prophete moreouer hys truth is spere and shylde That is hys godly promyses whych are sure and true and nother lye nor deceaue Those be oure wapens wherwyth we fyght and ouercome al aduersyte But lyke as spere and shylde are not profytable vnto hym that can not vse them nor wyll Euen so also do not the promyses of God profyte hym that can not fyghte therwith and wyll not beleue theron For that is the ryght scyence in this battayll whan mysfortune aduersite or tentaciō commeth that we loke aboute vs accordynge vnto Gods worde Namely what comforte and promes he hath made vnto vs in such a case and wyth a ryghte belefe to take holde of the same as of a shylde and to comforte and defende oure selues therwyth so can ther no mischaunce do vs harme as the holye Saynte Paule in the laste chapter of hys Epistle to the Ephesians teacheth sayeth Before all thynges take the shylde of fayth wherwyth ye maye quench all the fyrie dartes of the wycked Agaynste the same namelye agaynste Sathan oure head enemye is suche worde of God euen the ryghte spere wherwith we wounde and ouercome hym For no bodely wapen hurteth and hyndreth men so sore as the worde of God stoppeth and hyndreth Sathan Yf it be thrust vnder hys nose agaynst hys venymous dealynge and temtation For yf a seruaunt that dealeth wrongeously and vnthriftely in hys masters goodes and businesses be afrayed vexed and persed thorowe the hart whan a symple man sayethe vnto hym Thou vnthrift why doost thou so That is not thy masters wyll and meanynge he dyd not so commaunde me Howe much more goeth it thorowe Satans harte whan a vertuous Christen man holdeth the worde of God vnder hys eyes and bryngeth witnesse ouer hym that he as a wicked creature handleth agaynst hys maker and agaynst hys chosen chyldren Therfore doth holye saynte Paule call Gods worde also the swearde of the sprete And the Lorde Christe defendeth hymselfe onely wyth the same agaynst all tentacions of Satan in the wyldernesse Now whan thou takest holde thus of Gods promyses thorow fayth and vsest thē for spere and shylde to defende thy selfe and to smyte Satan then out of the same it followeth as the prophet sayeth farther That thou nedest not to feare for the horriblenesse of the nyght For the arowes that flye in y e daye tyme. For the pestilence that commeth priuely in the darke For the sicknesse that destroyeth in the noone daye For these foure aduersites set forwarde and shorten the lyfe of the vnbeleuers But the faythfull hath such consolacion and promes that he nedeth not to be afrayed Fyrst for the horriblenesse of the nyght That is for all maner of tentacion and deceate that happen vnto men by nyght in the darknesse For thys we all perceaue that in the nyght and in the darknesse we are weaker mynded of more despare and more afrayed them in the lyght The bloude runneth to our hartes and the heeres stonde vpryght all the body waxeth colde for feare Out of thys commeth it then that we thynke we se heare and perceaue somwhat which in very dede is not so Then goeth ther one astray another leseth hys coloure the thyroe falleth syck the fourthe is become crocked the fyfthe goeth out of hys wyt And so men thynke that the deuell hath done it where as it is yet a playne naturall workynge of the exceadynge grete feare whyche wolde destroye a mā euen by daye tyme yf it were so greate Howbeyt true it is that the deuell causeth such feare and prynteth it in that he maye begyle and destroye vs by feare as by a naturall workynge Yet is it nothyng but a feare for the prophet calleth it not an euel or good sprete but planely the horriblenesse of y e nyght Nother is it ony thynge els also but an horrour and feare continueth an horrour and feare Therfore where a ryght belefe is there is no feare Where no fearfulnesse is there is also no horrour nor fantasie of spretes or deceatfulnesse of the nyght but playne corage and boldnesse Yf onye thynge els be sene as fyre or lyghte they be but naturall thynges out of the heate of the ground lyke as lyghtenynges draggons fallynge starres and cometes be in the ayre in the heauen But herewithall wyll not I speake agaynst the wonderfull visions and tokens whiche god sendeth for a warnyng befor greate my schaunces to come Secondarely is the faythfull sure for the arowes that flye in the daye tyme. That is all maner of mischaunces which ouertake a man openly in the daye and yet so sodenly and vnwares that he can not escape them As whan a tyle falleth from the roofe of an house whan a wycked beast doth euell or whan an vngracious personne doth hurt in body name or good For such misfortunes come for the moost parte so sodenly that a man can not preuente them but muste let them hyt as wyth