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A19279	The true and perfect copie of a godly sermon preached in the minister at Lincolne, by the reuerend father in God, Thomas L. Bishop of Lincolne the .28. of August. Anno. 1575.	Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1575 (1575)	STC 5691; ESTC S111168	25,439	76

¶ The true and perfect copie of a godly Sermon preached in the Minster at Lincolne by the reuerend Father in God Thomas L. Bishop of Lincolne the. 28. of August ANNO. 1575. ¶ Imprinted at London by Henrie Middleton for Rafe Newberie dwelling in Fleetestrete alitle aboue the Condite To the Reader WHē I perceiued the earnest good will of some vvich tooke paines very busilie to get this sermon so exquisitely penned as it vvas pithilie spokē had therwithal had the view of the halfe as it vvere the maimed copie of the same more zealously then skilfully collected I into vvhose handes by the meanes of a friende this true and perfecte copie came thought my selfe to be blame vvorthie if I should denie to further the honest desire of welmeaning christians The excellencie of the thing made manie men to request it and the desire of many made me to print it hoping that among manie some vvil take profite by it ▪ fare vvell ¶ A Sermon no lesse godly then necessarie preached in the Minster at Lincolne by the reuerende Father Thomas Cooper Byshoppe of Lincolne on the xxviii day of August 1575. Treating on the xvi Chapter of Matthewe verse 26. 27. as followeth QVid prodest homini si totum Mundum lucratus fuerit animae suae iacturam c. The last day dearely beloued you hearde how swéetly gently and louingly our sauiour Christ spake vnto vs with most tender and ●inde heart called vs to follow him and assured vs to haue care of our saluation If you love me sayde he keepe my commandements assuring vs withall of his singular graces and benefites of his holy spirit that he woulde not onely teache vs and be our guide but that he and his Father woulde come and dwell in vs and so make our fraile bodyes as it were the Temple of the blessed Trynitie And not only that he would make his dwelling place in vs but also abyde with vs for euer that we might by him enioye eternal life These swéete allurements should not onely moue the hart of Christians to pietie and godlinesse but also cause vs to haue an earnest carefull consideration of our soules health and not to neglect this time of grace whereinthe long suffring of God doth mercifully call vs to repentance But lamentable it is and it woulde make any true Christian heart bléede to consider that the most part of vs are not onely so carelesse and negligent but so dul of hearing and so heard harted as we take no héed of gentle speche we be not mooued with swéete allurements yea we be so a slepe in securitie as no sounde or noyse of Gods mercie will wake vs out of our deadly flomber Wherefore séeing mercie and mildenesse will not preuaile with our carelesse mindes séeing swéete and gentle speeche wil not waken our sléepie and sluggish hearts we must be contented this daye to heare him make terrible proclamation of his iustice and to put vs in minde of that dreadfull danger that we shal fal into vnlesse we spéedely haue regard vnto our souls VVhat doth it auaile a man saith he if he win the vvhole vvorlde and loose his owne soule for it shal come to passe that the sonne of man c. The somme of Christes spéeche is this The sonne of man assuredlie shall come vvith mightye povver to iudge the vvorlde and giue to euerie man according to his deserts therfore it behoueth you to haue care of your soules This short argument comprehendeth great and ample matter of some part whereof I meane at this time by Gods sufferance to speak and first of the Antecedent and then of the conclusion First therefore I will let you vnderstande that the daye of iudgement shall be and that spéedely Secondly how and after what sort it shal be And then wil I adde the conclusion how we shoulde haue care of our soules and prepare our selues for the comming of that day That there shal be a iudgement If there were no more places in the whole scripture this one might be sufficient especially if we consider who it is that speaketh it that is Christ our Sauiour the Sonne of God and trueth it selfe It shal come to passe saith he that the sonne of man shal come in the glorie of the Father with his Angels and then shal he giue to euerie man according to his doings But beside this testimonie the holy Ghost in sundry places of the Scripture beareth witnesse to the same Novv saith S. Paul God denounceth to al men in al places that they should repent because he hath set a day vvherein he vvil by that mā vvhome he hath appointed iudge the vvorlde in righteousnesse And againe vve al shall appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ that euerie man may yelde to God an accompt for him selfe And to the Corinthians vve must al appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ that euerie man maye receiue the vvorkes of his bodie according to that he hath done be it good or badde But what should I stand in rekoning vp of manie testimonies seing the holy Scriptures are ful of them And therefore the Apostles of Christ after thē the holy Fathers of the first Church haue layd it downe as a necessarie article of Christian faith the denying or doubting wherof must nedes subuert al Christian religion and make vs the most miserable of al men Wherefore Christians that haue féeble and wauering faith in these miserable and daungerous dayes must séeke by all godly meanes to strengthen their consciences herein Wherevnto this reason following must be of great waight and importance with al them that haue any sense of God. The Prophetes of God many hundred yeres before Christ came in flesh denounced vnto the worlde that the true Sauiour Christe Jesus should be sent to worke the redemption of mankynde and descriueth his Conception his Natiuitie the place and maner of his birth his state and condition in the world finally his death his resurrection and ascention All which things we sée haue vnfallibly come to passe many yeres since Therefore those things that they haue prophesied of the last day and of his comming to iudgemēt must also proue as true and as certeinly in due time come to passe But happily many be so farre gon in heathenishe infidelitie that they beléeue not the Scriptures yea they will scoffe and scorne at this talke and thinke it is no better thā a bug to feare babes withall Yea and these happyly shall be in no small place and countenance in the world For the world is so great with them that they forget God altogether Of these speaketh S. Peter There shall come sayth he in the latter dayes scorners vvalking after their ovvn lust and saying vvhere is the promise of his comming For since the fathers slept all things continue a like from the beginning of the creatiō Who heareth not such voyces spread cōmōly among the