verye frutefull yeare Psal c. xxvii pleÌ„teousnes in the dayes of derth Psal xxxvi In so moch y t though Christe sende them without wallet without scrippe with out shues yet wyll he so prouide for them that they shall lacke nothinge Luce. xxii For he sayethe him selfe The labourer is worthy of his meate Math. x. Luc. x. who so nowe wyll laboure shall eate But who so euer wyll not worke ought not to eate ii Tessal iii. Now yf we labour I say we shall eate also Yee but where shall we get it Christ our sauyoure sayth Be not ye carefull for youre lyfe what ye shall eate or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put on Is not y e lyfe more worth then meate and the bodye more of value then rayment Beholde y e foules of the ayre for they sowe not nether reape nor yet cary into the barnes and yet youre heuenly father fedeth them math vt He geueth meate to the yonge raueÌ„s Psal c. xlvi he openeth his hande and fyllethe his creatures with plenteousnes Psal c. iii. Therefore though our handes shulde alway be occupied in some good laboure Eph. iiii yet ought not oure hertes to take thoughte what we shall eate or drynke but first to care howe to seke the kyngdome of god math vi so shulde all thinges necessary be ministred vnto vs. And why Man lyueth not by bred onely but by euery worde that procedeth out of the mouth of god Deute viii math iiii which thynge Christ our sauioure hath manyfestly declared in that he fed so many people with so few loaues fysshes lyke as he had done afore vnto the chyldren of Israell by y e space of forty yeres in the wyldernes where they wanted nothynge for he hym selfe fed them blessed them in all y e workes of theyr hande wherfore in so moch as god our mercyfull father taketh soch care for vs .i. Pe v. we shulde by ryght cast all our care vpoÌ„ him faithfully to cleue vnto his worde in our hertes so y e we nether mystrust his godly prouysion nor leade an ydle lyfe And yf we meane well in oure hertes and deale truly with our handes doutlesse he shall sende vs necessarye meate by some bodye as he dyd to Elias the prophete by the wedowe in Sarepta iii. Re. xvii and lyke as he prouyded a break fast vnto Daniel amonge the Lions by the ministration of Abacuc Dan. xiiii Thus I saye they that feare god shall haue plentye and aboundaunce of all thynges this yeare But so farre as I can se or perceiue by this theologicall Astronomye Mars threateneth a verye euyll and vnfrutefull yeare to dyuerse spiritual prelates as popish byshops popish preistes other mo except y e sonne thorow his gracious influence be good vnto theÌ„ although Mercuriê° reigne in theÌ„ with neuer so many horses greate pompe auctoritie riches oppression with excedynge many seruauntes and dogges which neuertheles yf they wyll forsake theyr abulions and dyete them selues after the qualities of the Sonne they shall be kept fro many dyuerse sur lettes and haue a very frutefull yeare in all thynges And so wold I councell them to do for Mars goeth aboute now this yeare to withdrawe from the spiritualtye the excesse of theyr frutes ryches and worldly auctorite lyke as he hath threatened them this great whyle intendeth planely to resourme them And where as theyr whordome olde custome withstande the furtherauÌ„ce of y e trueth Mars purposeth to take y e SoÌ„ne to helpe and with the playster of mariage to heale the infirmitie of their vncleÌ„nes yee and with his owne swerde of the spirite to subdue theyr olde euell customes As for the multitude of the vn godly in generall there shal come a great derth vpoÌ„ theÌ„ acording to y e wordes of a certayn true astronomer Beholde the tyme coÌ„meth sayeth the lorde god that I shall sende an hoÌ„ger into the earth not the honger of bred nor the thyrst of water but an honger to heare y e worde of the Lorde so y e they shall go froÌ„ the one see to the other yee froÌ„ the north vnto y e east reÌ„nynge about to seke the worde of y e lord and shall not fynde it Amos. viii but because they wyll not beleue the trueth and haue pleasure in vnryghteousnes therfore shall God sende them stronge delusion that they may beleue lyes ii Tess ii so that the tyme shall come whaÌ„ they shall desyre to se one daye of the sonne of man and shall not se it Luce. xvii I passe ouer many other plages that Mars threateneth vnto them because they wyll not knowe the tyme of their vtsitation Luce. xix ¶ The thyrde Chapiter concernynge the sycknesses and disceases of this yeare THe Egipcians haddea maner and vse in theyr baÌ„ckettes to cary about an ymage of deathe and to saye vnto euerye man that was at the bancket Looke vpon this eate drynke and be mery such one shalt thou be whan thou dyest And this they dyd do doute to put men in remembraunce of temperauncy and of deathe leste they vndiscretly thorowe excesse of eatynge and drinking shoulde happen to dye afore their age for so doth god vse to punyshe soche syn wherefore yf we dyete and temper oure selues thorowe the influence of the sone we shall haue few diseases except Mars brynge some other thinge to passe that we mysknowe not our selues As for such as folowe Mercurius lyuynge nyght and daye in ryote and vncleÌ„nes these I saye shal thorowe y e Sonne haue great diseases in all the membres of the bodye in the lunges leuer handes and fete yea and parel also of the soule I passe ouer y e pouertie that dronkardes and riotous persons shall haue we shall be vnto them sorowe stryfe brawlynge woundes shal be amonge them Pro. xxiii yea and soch as wyll nedes be ouerladen with excesse of eatynge and with dronkennes c. shall sodeynly be preuented with the daye of the Lorde Luce. xxi There is douteles a maruelous sore punyshmeÌ„t to come vpon the hole world of the wycked swerde warres honger not onely spirituall as I sayd before but temporall which plages haue ben aiore our tyme but are not yet all pasâ—e I nede not reherce the pestilence and other greate plages that god wyll sende to the reformacion of as manye as wyll be warned As for the comoÌ„ sorte of the vngodly ther shal such a fearfulnes of deth come vpon theÌ„ y t they shall not tel wher to turn theÌ„ nor how to escape death O how bytter and greuous shall the remembraunce of deathe be this yeare to soch as seke reste and consolacion in transitory substaunce of this worlde to soche as knowe of no aduersitie but haue good dayes and liue in volupguousnes Eccle. xli But O deathe howe acceptable welcome shalte thou be vnto soch as are in aduersite i theyr last age or
the gospel And wher as God hath raysed vp good mē to preach his worde the deuell is so wood at it that he hath sent them a letter of defiaūce by some of his mēbres euen with soch an answere as was geuen to Ieremy the prophet For they say playnly As for the gospel we wyl not hear it but what so euer goeth out of oure owne mouth that wyl we do we wyll set vp candels and offre to stockes and stones we wyl do as oure fathers haue done before vs. For whan we so dyd then had we plenteousnes of vytayls then were we in prosperite and no mysfortune came vpon vs. Iere. xliiii But sence we lefte of soche Gods seruice we haue had scarcenes of al thinges and the worlde was neuer well sens c. Soch strife I saye debate shall happen this yeare because of the worde of god for the enemyes therof had rather draw theyr daggers at it then to be refourmed But the louers of it shall spare no labour to conuerte them and to mayntayne peace and therefore I truste verely that thorow the gracyous influence of the sonne this stryfe and deuysyon shall turne to no bloud sheddynge for god shall sende princes to defende his people from the malyce of the wycked yet shall the enemies of Goddes worde not cease from persecutyng but do all the myscheife they can that by one waye or other the gospell of the glorye of God maye be stopped Therefore thou louer of God and his worde whā any soch heat of trouble happeneth vnto y e for by trouble muste thou be tryed Maruell not at it as thoughe it were a straunge thinge but reioyse in asmuche as thou art partaker of Christes affliccions that whan his glorye apperethe thou mayest be mery and glad And be euen as contente to be reuyled as he was i. Peter ii For there is no disciple aboue his maister nether seruaunt better then his lord mat x. yf they haue called the good mā of the house Belzebub howe much more shall they cal thē of his housholde so These and manye other swete wordes sayeth he hym selfe vnto the that in hym thou mayest haue peace a quiet cōscience In y e worlde thou shalt haue trouble but be of good conforte he hathe ouercome the worlde Ioh. xvi ¶ The fyfth chapter concernyng the estate of kynges and prynces and superioure powers THe influence of the Sonne and Mars declareth euidently by all coniectures yee certaynly without any dout that kynges and princes shall haue a prosperous yere me thynke I dare be bolde to saye the same in as muche as I se that they begyn nowe some of them to seeke the true honoure of God and to delyuer theyr people from oppression And to wake me doute y e lesse herin Salomon whiche was a kynge hym selfe and that of greate experiēce sayeth these wordes Pro. xxv Take awaye vngodlynes frō the kynge and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnes Seynge nowe that god beginneth so graciouslye to worke in Princes who hath not occasiō to hope for great increace of prosperite in thē For lyke as whan a prince delyteth in lyes as sayeth the wyse man pro. xxix all his seruaūtes are vngodly euen so whā y e kynge or prynce is a fauourer and mayntenet of the trueth his people shall y e more be geuē to the fear of God And I dout not but god this same yeare by the faithfull ministracion of his auctorite in kinges princes shall brynge noble actes to passe to the great deliueraūce of poore people and reformacy on of y e ignoraunt Thynkest thou not that God intendeth great good vnto vs in that he so gracyously endeweth y e hertes of dyuerse prices dout not therin Let them remembre therfore that the power whiche they haue is geuē them of the Lorde and the strength from the hyest Sap. vi lest they beynge officers of Gods empyre be necligent in kepyng the lawe of ryghteousnes But yf they delyte in moche people let them loue the lyght of wysdome which is gods worde for by it they shal set the people in ordre and the nacyōs of theyr enemyes shalbe subdued vnto them Sap. viii who so euer he be then that loueth not to resyst the ordynaunce of god let hym submytte him selfe to the auctorite of his prynce and let hym not byte his lyppe at it though good Ezechias breake y e brasen serpente that the chyldren of Israell haue worshypped so lōge iiii Re. xviii let it not greue hym I saye that the vertuous kynge Iosias expelleth soyth sayers charmers expounders of tokens Idois and other abhomina cyons out of his londe to set vp y e wordes of the lawe of God iiii Reg. xxxiii Let euery man rather geue thankes vnto God and bee glad that Bell is delyuered into Daniels power that the falshede of Bels prestes is come to lighte and that the dragon is deuoured whome the people was wonte to worshippe Dani. xiiii Let no mā therfore resyst this power of God that doth soch actes by y e ministracion of prynces but let euery wyse man be cōtent to be refourmed of his erroure to do wel and remembre that the kyng beareth not that swerde for naught Ro. xiii the as the wysemā sayeth The kynges displeasure is a messaūger of death Pro. xvi Be thou therfore thankfull vnto god and obedient vnto thy prynce doute not but thou shalte haue a ryght prosperous yeare and I can not se how it is possible to be otherwyse for as longe as the kynge maketh so manye Daniels of his councell it must nedes be to the great wealth and prosperite of the people ¶ The syxte Chapter concernynge the darknesse of this yeare WHan I consydre the corrupte nature of Mercurius how he hath ben is euer shalbe cōtrarie vnto Mars the Sōne I fynde by all experience that he shall cast a greate myste betwene vs and the Sonne so that it shall be darke for though y e lyght shyne in darkenesse and become into the worlde Iohn i. yet shall they whose workes are euell and after the condicions of Mercurius loue y e darknesse more then the lyghte And thus shall this darkenes be in thē y t lyue naughtelye folowe theyr owne abhominacions for because they do euell therefore shall they hate the lyght and not come to it lest theyr dedes be reproued Ioh. iii. And as Paul sayth yf the gospell shalbe yet hyd it shalbe hydde in them that are loste among whō the God of this worlde shall blynd the myndes of them that beleue not lest the lyght of the gospell of the glory of Christe whiche is the ymage of god shulde shyne vnto them ii Corint iii. But where the chyldren of God are there shall be lyghte Exod. x. and the workes of lyfe Seynge therefore that the lyght is yet a lytle whyle with the walke whyle thou haste it that the darkenesse fall not
come to vs with it innumerable ryches there thorow Sap. vii Therfore are they blessed y t heare it and to do therafter Luc. xi This daye is it good to beleue the worde of god for he y t beleueth and is baptysed shalbe saued Mar. xvi yee god geueth them power to be his chyldren y t beleue in his name Ioh. i. wherfore he that commeth vnto god must beleue for without faythe it is not possible to please god Hebr. xi This daye is it good to kepe the worde and commaundementes of God for he y t loueth me sayeth Christ wyll kepe my worde my father wyll loue hym and we wylcome vnto hym and wyll make oure dwellyng with hym Ioh. xiiii He that hath my commaundementes sayeth he and kepeth them y e same is he that loueth me and he that loueth me shalbe loued of my father Therfore I say it is good this daye for euery one of vs to kepe gods commaundementes that is to haue no Gods but one Exod. xx To sanctifie and halowe the name of god that is to call onely vpon it in all nede necessite c. To halowe the Sabboth day namely to rest from our owne workes as god dyd froÌ„ his Heb. iiii to the intent that he may worke in vs and we to fulfyll his wyll by hearynge his worde by stedfast fayth and prayer c. To honour father and mother Mar. xv that is to be obedient vnto theÌ„ Ephe. vi To helpe them in theyr nede to cherysh them to comforte them in aduersite c. for that is acceptable and well pleasynge vnto the Lorde Collos iii. To kyll nobodye that is to hate no man mat v. â—o beare no malyce in oure myndes to geue no euell wordes but euen to loue our enemies Mat v. and to do good for euell â–ª To breake no lawfull wedlocke that is to commytte no whoredome aduowtrye nor vnclennes but ether to lyue chaiste or els to marye i. Cor. vii To steale nothynge that is to vse no false marchaundyse neither in barganing weyght nor measure i. Tess iiii Leu. xix Deute xxv Ezech xlv but truely to labour in some good occupacion for the susteynyng of the poore Eph iiii To beare no false witnes that is to hurt no mansname nor fame to lye of no man Ephe. iiii but ether to saye y t truth orels to kepe sylence To couet no mans house wyfe seruaÌ„t good nor any thynge that is his that is not once to lust after our neghbours euell Rom. vii and xiii but hartelye to loue hym eueÌ„ as our selues Leuit. xix and to do vnto hym after the maner as we wolde he dyd vnto vs. Mat. vii Cob iiii These coÌ„mauÌ„dementes I say is it good for vs to kepe not onely this daye but as longe as we lyue to the honourynge of the blessed name of god in vs to the increace of his kyngdome and to the fulfyllyng of his godly wyll This daye is it good in fayth and stedfast beleue to worke partyte good workes that by loue for loue is the fulfyllyng of y e law Rom. xiii hydeth the multitude of synnes i. Pet. iiii loue hath many noble condicyons loue is pacient curteous loue enuieth not i. Cor. xiii loue doth not frowardely loue is not puffet vp loue dealeth not dishonestly seketh not her owne is not prouoked vnto anger thynketh no euell reioyseth not of iniquite but reioyseth in the trueth beareth all thynges beleueth all thynges hopeth all thynges suffereth all thynges who so euer now hath the sprete of God and hath truly receaued the lyght of his worde wyll vse these workes these frutes of the sprete gal v. and this armoure of lyghte This is the new commaundemeÌ„t that oure master hathe geuen vs for by this shall euery man knowe y e we are his disciples yf we loue one another Io. xiii not in worde and tonge onely but in dede and verite i. Ioha â–ª iii. not to suffre theÌ„ to want and we haue not to let them peryshe and we maye helpe them but louyngly with a good hert to distiribute vnto y e necessites of y e saites Ro. xii to fede y e hoÌ„gry to minister drinke to y e thyrsty Esa lviii Eze xviii To lodge the harbourlesse to vyset the sycke ii Tim. i. to burye the deed Tobi. i. and shortly to do vnto eueryman euen as we wold be intreated out selues This daye is it good one of vs to tell another his faute and that louynglye after a brotherlye correctyon without any desyre of ven geaunce for it is written Thou shalt not aueÌ„ge thy selfe nor bear euell wyll agaynst the chyldren of thy people Leui. xix Thou shalte not hate thy brother in thyn hert but shalt tell thy neghboure his faute that thou bear not synne for his sake And as y t wyse maÌ„ sayth Tell thy frende his faute lest he be ignoraunt and say I haue not done it Or yf he haue done it that he do it nomore Ecel xix Reproue thy neghboure that he maye kept his tonge and yf he haue spoken any thynge amysse that he say it no more For y t doctrine of Christe and the Apostles is that yf any man be ouertaken of a faute they y t are spiritual oughte to enfourme hym with a meke sprete considerynge them selues that it is theyr owne nature also to be teÌ„pted Galla. vi yf thy brother trespace agaynst the sayeth oure mayster Christ go thy way tell hym his faute betwene the hym alone yf he hear y e thou hast woÌ„ne thy brother But yf he hear y e not theÌ„ take yet with the one or two that in the mouth of two or thre wytnesses euery matter may be stablished yf he heare not them then tel it vnto the congregacyon yf he hear not the congregacion then holde hym as an heythen and publycan mat xviii Now yf any that is in y t noÌ„bre of the breathren in Christ wyl be taken for a ChristeÌ„ man in dede be an whoremonger or couetous or a worshipper of ymages ether a rayler or a dronkarde or an extorcyoner the doctryne of Paule is playne that we shulde not eat nor kepe company with soch This day is it good to beware of false prophetes of mens owne ymaginacyons and dreames lest we receaue lyes in stede of y e truth lest we receaue the poyson of Anti christes lawes in stede of y e blessed worde of God lest we shote at a wronge marke and be disceaued by soch as walke in humblenes of theyr owne chosynge and in spiritualy of Angels Coll. ii But let vs beware of false prophetes whiche come vnto vs in shepes clothynge and are ranynge wolues within math vii who so euer ther fore coÌ„meth vnto vs bryngeth not y t doctrine of Christ let vs nether receaue hym into y e house nor salute hym lest we be partakers of his euell dedes
vpon the. Ioh. xii for he that walketh in darknes woteth not whether he goethe But beleue thou stedfastlye on the lyght while thou hast it that thou mayest be the chylde of lyghte and escape the horrible darknes of the wicked sapi xvii ¶ The seuenth Chapter concernynge the estate of the spiritualte IF our spiritualtye sate not oute of Moyses seate Mathewe xxiii and taughte not theyr owne lawes and constitutions yf they taughte vs the truethe althoughe they were but sayers and not doers them selues Mat xxiii yf they transgressed not the commaundemeÌ„t of god because of theyr owne tradicyons math xv yf they layed not to heuy burtheÌ„s vpon mens shulders mat xxiii Yf they loued not the hyest seates and shute not vp the kyngdome of heauen before men yf they deuoured not wedowes houses vnder the coloure of longe prayers and were not full of robberye and vnclennesse ypocrisie wyckednes within yf these corrupcyons I saye were not in them yee yf all the abhominacyons of the world besyde were not in a maner as a shadowe in conparysoÌ„ to theirs it wer not to be mistrusted but that they shulde haue a ryght prosperous yeare but seynge they speake euell of the waye of trueth thorow couetousnes with fained wordes make marchauÌ„dyse of vs ii Pet. ii Seynge they folowe the waye of Balaam and walke styll in theyr erroures Seynge they speke false thorow ypocrisi forbid dynge all prestes to marye and comaundynge to abstayne from the meates which god created to be receaued with thankes geuynge i. Tim. iiii seynge they haue not fed the flock of Christ but theÌ„ selues are churles to the people Ezech xxxiiii seynge the most parte of theÌ„ entre not in at y e dore into y e shepefolde but come in some other way to steale to kyll and destroye Io. x. Seyng they tel but lyes to man tayne theyr preachynges withal and blaspheme the name of God vnto the people for an handfull of barleye or a pece of bread Ezecht xiii Seyng I say that theyr wal is buylded but with vntempered morter it muste nedes fall for the Lorde hym selfe wyll vpon them requyre his shepe out of theyr handes Eze. xxxiiii yee the shepe them selues shall folowe them no more but flye from them seyng they are but straungers and hyred seruauÌ„tes for in so moch as Christe goeth now before his shepe they wyll folow him and harken no more to the voyce of straungers Iohn x. This is now the yeare of aduersite that y e spiritualtie is lyke to haue for in so moche as they haue not Gods worde on their syde they shall be fayne to stoppe their mouthes Mich. iii. And all plantes y t the father in heauen hath not planted shalbe pluct vp by the rotes Math. xv For all this when I consydre y e gracyous influence of the sonne I fynde by the instruccyon of Mars that though all the constel lacions be against the spiritualtye yf they wyll obeye the ordinaunce of God and submytte them selues to his worde there shall none peryshe but the chyldren of perdicion Ioh. xvii As for all soche as stryue agaynst the fâ—râ—ame wyll nedes of malyce resiste the power and persecute the people of God let them bewarre that they be not drowned with theyr Pharao for God hath herde the complaynte of his poore oppressed lente them a Moses to be theyr gyde to brynge them out of Egypte and not onely to defende them but all other also as manye as wyll conuerte vnto his word and be refourmed by his auctorite and power in his anoynted kynges Seyng then that god hathe called so manye of the spirytualtye all readye and doth dayly cal mo to y e knowlege of his word I can not dispayre but y e he wyll also be gracyous to many mo of them for thoughe the rebellyons are lyke to haue an euell yeare I dout not but ther be many among them which shortly whaÌ„ the hyer powers shall requyre them wyll be refourmed to the great worshipe of the worde of God To whom for the coÌ„uersion of some all ready be thankes honour and glorye now and euer more AMEN â–ª THere endeth this true faythfull PronosticacoÌ„ vpoÌ„ the yere M CCCCC xlviii gathered out of the scriptures of God ¶ A spirituall Almanacke wherin euery ChristeÌ„ man and womaÌ„ may se what they ought daylye to do or leaue vndone Not after the doctrine of the Papistes not after the lernynge of Ptolomy or other Heythen Astronomers but out of the very true wholso me doctrine of God our almyghty heuenly father shewed vn to vs in his worde by his prophetes Apostles but specyally by his deare sonne Iesus Christ And is to be kept not onely this newe yeare but contynually vnto the daye of the LORDES coÌ„mynge agayne FOR so muche as Almyghtye GOD hath charged by Moses Dente vi and. xi that we alwayes shulde haue his commaundementes in oure syght and mynde as a sygne token in oure handes and to teache our chyldren his godlye wyll and commaundement Ephe. vi to coÌ„men talke therof at nyght whan we go to bed and in the morninge whan we ryse to wryte the same vpoÌ„ the walies and postes of oure houses to the intent that we shuld nat forget his worde his wyll and coÌ„maundement and lest we shuld folowe our owne ymaginations Therfore good christen man and woman who so euer thou be I thought it frutefull to putte the in remembraunce of thy dewtye And this coulde I not do better than by these godly textes of holye scripture which I haue broughte here together speciallye to the honoure laude and praise of god exhortynge the that art necligente forgetfull in kepinge his lawes to take better holde and go forwarde in his wayes and turne not asyde nether to the ryghte hande nor to the lefte but be ware of such as teache the ought saue the doctryne of god And y t thou mayst be sure what thou doest I praye Iesu Christ our onely mediatour obtayne for the his holy spirite and geue y e a good holsome newe yere with the true knowlege of his godly wyl and increace of his faythe Amen To daye yf ye wyll heare the voyce of God hardeÌ„ not your hertes Hebre. iii. Euery day it is good to beleue to lerne and to do what god hath commaunded And so lykewyse is it good to leaue vndone that god hath forbydden This daye is it good to lerne gods worde for it is the vncorruptible sede wherof we are borne anew in god i. Pet. i. It is the fode of the soule wherby maÌ„lyueth Deut. viii math iiii not only by bred The worde of god is quycke myghty in operacyon sharper then any two edged swerde entreth thorow euen vnto the deuydynge asoÌ„der of y e soule y e sprete of the ioyntes the mary Hebr. iiii c. It is good in dede to lerne gods worde for all good thinges
in dispayre who so euer thou be therfore y ◠woldesie escape the sickenesses of this yeare bewarre that thy bodye be not ouerladen with ouermoche eatynge or with dronkennes Luc xxi For excesse of meates bryngeth sycknesse and glotonye commeth at the laste to an vnmeasurable heate Eccle. xxxvii Thorowe glotonye shall manye one perisshe this yere but he that dyeteth hymselfe temperarlye shall prolonge his lyfe As for vnsaciable eaters they shall not onely slepe vnquietly this yeare but shall haue ache payne of the body Eccle. xxxi Concernynge the spirituall disease and sycknes that shall reigne this yeare as it hathe done afore tyme Paule one of y e truest Astronomers sayeth playnely that we be all synners Ro iii. yf we saye that we haue no sinne we disceaue our selues and the trueth is not in vs i. Io. i This is now the spirituall disease that shall comonly reigne this yeare but specyally in them that feale least of it and wyll not knowlege it Io. ix For y e Sonne hath soch vertue that who so euer can se this disease and wyll complayne of it i. Ioh. i it shall clense them and make them whole Yee y e astronoemer sayth playnly that Christ Iesus came into the world to saue synners ◠Timo. i. And an other that warneth vs in his pronosticacyō to bewarre of this sicknesse gyueth vs yet good conforte and sayth If any man synne we haue an aduocate with the father euen Iesus Christ which is ryghteous and he it is that optayneth grace for our synnes not for oure synnes only but also for y e synnes of the whole worlde i. Ioh. ii who soeuer therefore hath this disease as there is no man without it let hym do wysely let hym proue and examen him selfe by tymes i. Cor. xi ii Cor. xiii And go to phisicke afore he be to sore sycke Eccle. xviii And aboue all thinges let hym bewarre of soche false surgeons and fayned phisicyans as heale the hurt of the people with swete wordes Iere. vi and as a true Astronomer reporteth thorowe swete preachinges and flatterynge wordes disceaue the hartes of innocentes and all for their belyes sake Rom. xvi Soch false phisiciās laye wronge plasters to mēs sores and speake the meanyng of theyr owne herte but not out of the mouth of the lord Iere. xxiii yea they make soche as despise the worde of god to contynue still in their dregges Soph. i and to do as theyr fathers haue done before them to theyr vtter destruccion Ierem. xliiii For soche false phisicians as longe as they haue anye thynge to byte vppon preache vnto men that all shall be well Micher iii. and mayntaine thē in their wyckednes makynge them beleue to do as their elders haue done before them though it be contrary to gods worde is the righte waye Tusshe saye they ye shall prosper right well Ier. xxiii And vnto all them that walke after the luste of theyr owne herte they saye Tusshe there shall no mysfortune happen vnto you ye shall se no swerd there shall no hōger come vpō you Iere. xiiii But yf a man put not somthing in their mouthes they preach of warre against him mic iii wherfor if thou wilt be hole of thy disease beware of soch fayned Phisicians at whō yf thou seke helth they shall make the pay dubble for it y t shall neuer do the good but go thou boldly vnto hym which only healeth the contrith in herte and byndeth vp theyr woundes Psal c. xlvi He shall not cast y e away Ioh. vi But yf thou come vnto hym he shall refreshe the he shall ease the. Math. xi Ye thou be sycke go vnto hym for he is the ryght Phisician for soch as are diseased Math. ix Yf thou be thyrsty and commest vnto hym he hathe the water of lyfe for the. Ioh. iiii Yf thou be an hōgred after ryghteousnesse thou shalt be satisfied mat v. Summa h◠hym selfe wyl fede the bryng the to rest Eze. xxxiiii Thoughe thou be lost he wyl seke y e though thou haste gone astraye he wyll brynge the agayne thoughe thou be woūded he wyll bynde the vpthough thou be sycke and weake he wyl make the hole and stronge Seke hym therfore this yere and as longe as thou lyuest for with hym there is mercy and plēteous redempcyon Psal c. xxix He hath saluacion ynough for the thou nedest not to seke helpe at any other nether is ther saluacyon in any other Act. iiii Therfore byddeth he the euer come to hym selfe Math. xi Ioh. vi He neuer bad y e seke other phisicians to heale the of this disease for there is no help in the chyldren of men Psal c. xiv As for corporal diseases god hath ordeyned outward medecynes for them in his creatures by the ministracyon of true phesiciās whiche gyfte of god no wyse man wyl abhorre Eccle. xxxviii But agaynst the sycknesse of synne there is no helpe nor succour but onelye in him selfe And as there is no saluation withoute hym so is there euer grace mercy pardon clene remission frely in hym Esa lv for all soch as wyll receaue it and be thankefull for the same ▪ The fourthe Chapter concernynge the stryfe trouble of this yeare and the cause therof THe swerde that I spake of partly in y t fyrst Chapter is lyke to be drawen this yeare for why The Sonne Mars and Mercurius can not agre together How accordeth the worlde with Christ the gospel They shall neuer be at one Sore eyes may not abyde y e clare lyght of the sonne the lyghte wyll not consent to the workes of darknesse nether wyll y e beleuers haue parte with infidels ii Cor. vi Thus can there be no agremente for they be of contrarye natures Agayne a scornefull bodye as Salomon sayeth loueth not one that rebuketh hym Pro. xv The chyldren of this worlde are scornefull and therfore are they not contente to be refourmed by the gospel whiche neuertheles thoughe it haue many enemyes as it hathe euer had yet because it is the truthe it shall beare awaye the victorye iii. Eso iii. And that shortly For god hath put into the hertes of dyuers princes to fulfyll his wyll and to hate y e whore of Babylon to make her desolate naked to put down her abusions Apo. xvii vtterlye to set her out of her stole So y t it appeareth euydentlye that sathan shall no more haue so great dominion as he hathe hadde in tymes paste And nowe that he seythe that his kyngdome wyll haue a fall he worketh and shall do al y t he can by the chyldrē of vnbeleife specially by the shauē Madianites to styrre vp warres sediciōs secrete treason and vtter defiaūce both amonge Princes and cominalties For soch aduersaries of the trueth had rather set all nacyons by the eares and wyckedly to relyste the ordinaūce of god in the auctorite of theyr Prince then to submyt them selues to