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truth_n	goodness_n	lord_n	merciful_a	1,997	5	8.9155	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16696	Newes from Niniue to Englande, brought by the prophete Ionas vvhich newes in plainlye published in the godly and learned exposition of Maister Iohn Brentius folovving, translated out of Latine into Englishe by Thomas Tymme minister.	Brenz, Johannes, 1499-1570.; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.	1570 (1570)	STC 3601; ESTC S108281	65,005	180

to cut woode fell into the water This affection is naturall not sprong vp in our flesh by chaunce but by the wisedome and secret councell of god created ingraffed in vs What then doe we learne by this Surely by this sensible affection in vs we learne and are admonished of the insensible and inuisible affection of God towarde vs For if we greatly sorowe for things lost and destroyed which we notwithstanding neyther created nor made let vs vnderstande and knowe that the Lorde doth much more sorrow for men which he hath created and for whose saluation he hath sent his onely begotten sonne into the worlde to suffer death Wherevpon by the mouth of the Prophete he sweareth saying I liue and will not the death of a sinner but rather that he turne from his wickednesse and liue So in the nine and fortie Chapter of Esay he teacheth vs to knowe the affection and loue which he beareth towards vs by the affection of a mother towardes hir childe saying Can the mother forget hir childe that she bare and not pitie the sonne of hir owne fleshe And though shée doe forget yet will I not forget thée So also he propoundeth his loue before vs to be knowne by the affection of a father towards his sonne in the .xj. Chapter of saint Luke saying Which of you being a father of whom if the sonne shal aske bread will giue him a stone If ye then being euill can giue good thinges vnto your children how much more shall your father of heauen giue the holye spirite to those that desire it of him So lykewise in the fiftene of Luke by the Parable of the housholder which sorowed for the losse of his sheepe and by the Parable of the lost groate is set forth vnto vs the excéeding loue of God towardes lost men that is towardes sinners that they might be brought to repentance and saluation Wherefore our affections are ordeined of God to be domesticall preachers vnto vs and to teach vs how God is affectioned towardes vs and to make vs féele the affections of God which otherwise are insensible and inuisible Furthermore when as it is sayde that God spared and had compassion vpon the Citie of Niniue for so many thousands of men which knewe not their right hande from their left there are diuers expositions Some expounde those that knewe not their right hande from their left to be infantes and children Othersome thereby vnderstande the common and simple sort of people But the first opinion is best allowed namelye that they were children as yet not come to age of discretion Notwithstanding we must not think that God spared those infants and children for their innocencie for although children and infants be innocents before men yet they are not innocents before god bicause they are conceyued and borne in sinne But he spared them for two causes The first is bicause he is gentle and mercifull It is neyther sayth S. Paule in the willer nor in the runner but in the mercie of god Moses also eryed and sayd Lorde Lorde God mercifull and gracious long suffering and abundaunt in goodnesse and truth and kéeping mercy in store for thousandes forgiuing wickednesse vngodlynesse and sinne and not leauing one innocent visiting the wickednesse of fathers vpon the children c. The second cause why God spared the Innocents was for that the auncient men of the Citie though not all yet the greatest part repented at the preaching of IONAS God therefore spared the Infants for the elders sake which repented As appeareth by that which he sayth in another place thus Shewing mercie vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kéepe my cōmaundements For as God was woont to destroy children and Infantes for the wickednesse of their forefathers as appeareth in the time of the floode in the destruction of Sodome and in the ouerthrowing of the Amalekyts So he was wont to spare blesse and preserue Infants for the godlynesse of their forefathers and elders Wherefore if Parentes wishe well vnto their children and woulde bestowe great benifits vpon their children they shall not néede to scrape great aboundaunce of rythes togither for God will blesse and prouide for them if so be that Parents themselues liue godly and vertuously in their vocation 3 Last of all wheras he addeth Beside much cattell We may not thinke that it is spoken as though God spared such a Citie for the brute beastes sake and that he so much regarded them It cannot bée denyed but that God after a certaine maner hath a care ouer beastes and cattell As we may reade in the lawe where it is sayde In the Saboth day thou shalt doe no maner of worke neyther thou nor thy sonne nor thy daughter and in the ende he addeth neyther thy cattell that is within thy gates And in the hundred and fourth Psalme it is said he bringeth forth grasse for the cattell Yet notwithstanding God spareth not men for the cattles sake but he spareth the cattell for the mens sake As we may read that the beasts of the earth are destroyed for the sinnes of men as in the floode in Sodome in Amelecke So also we may reade that beastes were and are preserued for the godlinesse of men as in the .xxviij. Chapter of Deutronomy If thou shalt harken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy god Blessed shalt thou be in the towne and blessed in the fieldes blessed shall be the fruite of thy body and the fruite of thy ground and the fruite of thy cattell the increase of thine oxen and the flockes of thy shéepe c. Wherefore whosoeuer thou be that wilt haue thy cattell thy goodes and substance preserued blessed and increased thou shalt not néede to vse sorceries nor Witchcraftes but sée that thou thy selfe be godly and that thou perseuer in thy calling so shalt thou bée sure and safe in the lande so shall God blesse thée and thy posteritie for euer This we haue passed ouer the Historie of IONAS in the which there are many things to be obserued and noted but specially these First in IONAS we haue an example of the infirmitie and weakenesse of all men and euen of those which are the holyest and the saintes of God for we sée the disobedience of IONAS his terrors and feares in the Whales belly his indignation also and griefe at the repentaunce of the Niniuets But notwithstanding bicause he obeyed the calling of the Lorde and perseuered in the same he is miraculously saued and preserued Last of all we haue an example of repentaunce in the Niniuets by the which we are admonished that although we grieuously offend the diuine maiestie of God whereby we deserue euerlasting destruction Yet notwithstanding we ought not to dispaire of our saluation but rather repent vs truely and vnfaynedly of our sinnes For the gate of heauen alwayes standeth open to receyue penitent sinners And Christ himselfe standeth in the same contynually inuiting and calling suche vnto him saying Come vnto me all ye that labour and are heauie laden and I will ease you Wherefore to him with the father and the holy ghost thrée persons and omnipotent immortall wise and inuisible God be all honor praise glory and dominion nowe and for euer Amen Repent Englande in time as Niniue that Citie did For that thy sinnes before the Lorde are not in secret hid FINIS 1. Cor. 14. 4. Reg. 14. Math. 12. 1. King. 15. 3. King. 13. 1. King. 15. The text Cap. 1. Gene. 18. Gene. 19. Luke 1. Math. 1. Exod. 3. Exod. 19. and .20 Deuter. 4. 1. Reg. 3. Exod. 25. Daniel 7. Genesi 37. Iosephus lib. 3. de antiquita cap. 12. Ezech. 1. Cap. 1. Math. 13. Math. 17. Cap. 3. Cap. 4. A manifest token of Gods loue towards vs. The text Two thinges here to be considered Of flying from the Lorde Cap. 9. Exodus 15. Cap. 4. 4. Reg. 14. The Text. 2. King. 11. Luke 22. 1. Cor. 11. Ierem. 18. The text Actes 26. Psal. 107. The Text. Inuocatiō Roma 1. The vnlading of the shippe Math. 18. Lottes Prouerb 16. Ecclesiastes 10. The Text. 1. Peter 4. EZech. 9. Iere. 25. Numb 25. Iudges 7. The text Gene. 15. Esay 44. and .45 Esay 53. Respond EZech. 33. Psal. 33. Ier. 3. lamen Math. 10. The text Embryon is the vnperfit shape of the child being in the mothers wombe The text This Psalme consisteth of seauen verses Iohn 16. Psal. 34. Psal. 50. Iohn 11. The text Math. 10. Two causes of afflictions Math. 10. Iob. 1. Cap. 9. Psal. 55. 4. Reg. 14. 1. Cor. 1. Iohn 5. 6 Math. 26. Daniel 3. The Text. Ioell 2. Actes 2. Rom. 10. Math. 26. Actes 7. The text Iohn 5. Cap. 1 The Text. Math. 13. 1. Cor. 14. Two maner of prophecies Hiere 48. EZechiel 18. 2. Tim. 2. Rom. 11. The text Nouation heretikes Hiere 3. Hiere 18. Luke 15. Math. 19. 4. King. 14. Galath 3. Chap. 18. The ende of fasting The Text. Hiere 26. Thessa. 5. 1. Iohn 3. 4 Kin. 14. The yoke of Monkerye Psal. 115. Psal. 14. Coloss 3. Luke 17. Genesis 27. Math. 25. 2. Para. 20. The fast of beastes Exod. 20. 2. King. 15. Daniel 3. The text Esay 58. Iames. 1. Psal. 102. Cap. 18. Math. 23. Math. 12. The text Math. 18. 1. Peter 4. Ioel. 2 Esay 28. The Text. Luke 5. Luke 8. Psal. 127. Psal. 121. Psal. 91. Esay 43. The Text. The ende of affliction 3. Kings 19. The text Rom. 1. 4. Kings 6. Esay 49. Luke 11. Luke 15. Exod. 34. Exo. 20. 1. Kings 15. Psal. 104.145.147 Deutr. 28. Math. 11.