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A72490	A funerall sermon that was prepared to haue b[i]ne preached, by Robert King doctour in diuinit[y] for a cert[e]in honourable lady then almoste deade, but afterward recouered, to who[m] in writing this sermon was giuen, that she being[e] alyue, mighte read[e] what should haue b[i]ne preached at her death: howbeit now[e] God hath done his will vpon her and hath called her (I doubt not) to himselfe. But now it is here set forth[e] as it was deliuered to her then be[i]nge al[i]ue	King, Robert, d. 1557.	1552 (1552)	STC 14992.5; ESTC S124552	38,054	108

the lorde to the Scriptures They haue saith God Moses and the prophetes Let no man therefore that is of God and entendeth to bee saued ones looke for anye apperyng of either Prophete or Apostle Thei whilest thei liued by thinstinct and inocion of the spirit of God preached vnto thē that ware present and wrote for theym that ware absent all thynges that are sufficient to instruct bothe them and vs. Let vs loke vpon their preachinges and writinges and content our selues with the same Let vs not aske with this wicked damned riche man that either saintes or soules out of an other world shoulde come or be sent messengers vnto vs. For ther is no credite to be geuen vnto spirites raised frō the deade That doth the historie of Samuel raised or rather supposed to be raised againe which is writtē in the .i. Re. or Sam. the .xxviij. cha testifye Furthermore we haue a plain comaundement of the lorde that we shal not seke no trueth at theym that bee deade in the boke of Deute the .xviii. cha Let none be founde in the saith the lord that seketh the truthe of them that be deade If we maie not seke the truth at their doctrine much lesse we may seke our saluation at their doctrine Here ye may perceiue howe greuously they sinne that doeth geue credite and beleue to the aunsweres of coniured Spirites It is possible by Goddes permission to come to passe that spirites shal appere geue answer to certeine interrogatiōs But to tel the trueth what they be in diede these are euen verye mockinges and deceiptes of the deuel Although Satan sometyme will telle truth lyke as he did what shold come to Saul as it apereth in the afore rehersed historie .i. Sam .xviii. Yet notwithstandyng he doth whatsoeuer he doeth to beguile deceiue euen so many as credite and beleue hym Seing then that Sathan is a lier also the verye father beginner of lieng ther is no faith to be geuen vnto hym Furthermore there is no reuelation of Angels to be loked for whiche sholde teache vs the Gospel for either those Angels should preache the same Gospel that the Prophetes and the Apostles hath preached and so it ware in vayne or els they sholde preache contrary Then marke what Paul saith to the Galathiens in the first Chapi If we saith he or an Angel from heauen shoulde preache vnto you an other gospel besides or cōtrary to that ye haue receiued curssed be he Here it is manifest that there bee no dedde mens soules to bee hearde Angelles bee not to bee looked for Mannes wisedome in thys case is not to bee regarded but onelye Moses and the prophetes For this doctrine of Moses and the prophetes did Christ teaache euen aftre his resurrection For as Luke saith Chapit .xxiiij. He did interpretate or expounde Moses and the Prophetes Wherefore here it is plaine that the aucthoritie of theym is so by Christ confirmed that we mai heare nor credite anye other either doctours or preachers for our saluacion Therfore the way of saluacion is true whiche Moses and the Prophetes and after theym the Apostles haue taught and besides that waye there is none other to be sought neyther if it ware soughte there is none other to bee founde This is the waie that they taught that we knowledge our sinnes and belieue that for Christes sake to haue remission of our sinnes And in thys faith lette vs walke in gods vocation Al this shal come to passe if we beleue christes saieng to be true whiche is Thei haue Moses the prophetes let thē heare thē Now on the other side they that contemne scriptures or minishe the aucthoritie of scripturs make lighte of theym or dispraise them of such men if they do not shortelye repente and retourne there is no manner of hope that by anye other waye theye maye be brought to the way of their saluation accordyng to the true saiyng of oure lorde If they saith he heare not Moses and the Prophetes that is holye scriptures neither will theye beleue thoughe one rose from deathe againe Therefore of Angelles of deade mens soules of al Spirites whether theye come from hel or heauē must be auoided abhorred and eschued onelye the law and the prophetes receiued hearde Yet if a man wil consider the disposicions of the fleshe and of the spirite and consider the Iudgementes of both it shal teache him to beware of th one to folowe the other The spirites iudgemēt is that the scriptures whiche are the worde of God that is Moses the prohetes are sufficient for our saluation The flesh on the other side seketh for saluacion not only at the Scriptures but at manye other straunge thynges also It sekethe the trueth at the deade it geueth credite to spirites to miracles to all maner of thynges taught beside scriptures But they that be taughte of the holy Ghost beleueth or geueth credit to miracles and signes for the wordes sake and not to the worde for the Signes and miracles sakes But theie that beleue after the flesshes perswations doth contrary And therfore it commethe to passe often tymes euen by the very iudgement of God that they that desire rather signes miracles thē true doctrines of scriptures to be deceiued with false miracles lyeng signes for noman ought to beleue the truethe for signes and miracles sake before hee beleueth the word of truth For the scriptures saith not thei haue signes and miracles let the beleue them But it saith Thei haue Moyses and the Prophetes lette theym beleue and credite them By these thynges wee maye marke that apperynges of spirites which doeth shewe and also require manye thynges can not bee of GOD but doubtlesse they be wicked Spirites whiche by the fearefulle and terrible iudgemente of God for mennes vnfaithfulnes dothe deceiue and bring manye to errour Here wee maie wel perceiue that the will of God is that we should not be taught neither of one thing nor of other cōcernyng our saluacion but only of holy Scripture or elles God woulde neuer haue spoken thus by Abraham They haue Moses and the prophetes lette theim heare theim Now I beseche the God of al veritie and truthe to geue vs all Grace only as wee be commaunded to heare to harken to to credite and obeye the onely woorde of God that is Moses and he prophetes whiche are the only truethe and to fashione our whole liues after thesame worde to the glorie of God and to oure owne Soules saluation Amen A Short summe of suche thinges as our sauiour Christ doeth teache and admonishe vs of in this present Gospel First is that we vse wel the present gooddes of this worlde Here wee bee taught also to be merciful to the pore in distributyng ministring to theym those gods goodes lent vs for thesame purpose Here we be taught morouer that if we be not thankful to God for thinges receiued at his hande and be mercifull to our pore neighbors with thesame goodes that then we shal bee vnmercifully handled with perpetual tormentes in hel Also we bee commaunded to learne of the holye scripture what pleasure we may looke for at Goddes hande if wee here and obey hym accordyng to his owne wyll set furth in scripture and none other where And contrary wyse wee maye learne what paine wee shal be sure to haue if we do otherwise Yet more we may learne that it is vaine folish and vngodly to loke to be taughte rather of theym of an other Worlde then of the holy Scripture whiche is left to teache vs inthis world Last of al we be taught that al good godly and necessary thinges for our saluacion are taught and plainly set furthe in holye scripture And if ther be any that doeth otherwyse beleue or of thesame doeth doubt he or she as yet doethe lacke the spirite of God whiche doth teche al truth and suche one abidyng in that case shal neuer geue credite to Christ himselfe nor to Prophete nor Apostle nor yeat to all the Aungelles in heauen if they ware al sente to conuert him much lesse shal he or she beleue the dead if thei wer sent to teache him Here we mai gather of what auchoritie the holy scripture is And that there is therein expresselye sette furth al that is for our soules health and wealthe necessary and of done other thyng to be knowen but of it only in so much that if we do not heare that scripture only credite it only obey it and fashion our whole life after it only we shal neuer finde any other thyng beyng in heauen earth or hel that we may be saued by Now the God of heaueu which is the maker aucthor of the holy scripture geue vs al grace gladly to receiueit purely to vnderstād it faithfully to beare it away and effectually to liue aftre thesame to the glory of god and to all our Soules healthe To the whiche God with our sauiour Christe hys deare sonne and with the holie Ghost bee al honour laude praise and glorye for euer and euer worlde with out ende Amen Imprinted at London by R●chard● Grafton Printer to the K●nges Maiestie Anno post Christum natum 1552. Mense Maio. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum VERSVTVS CELAT SCIENTIAM PRO .12 LOG GRAM ASTRO RETHOR ARITHM GEOMET MVSIC SVSCIPITE INSITVM VERBVM IACO I.

promised with that delicacie in eatyng and that pleasauntnesse in drynkyng Where is become the carelesse life wherein there should be nothyng but mirthe and ioye and makyng merie settyng the Cocke vpon houpe and all should bee well All together is turned arsie versie There came one sodainly vnloked for and also vnwelcome that marred all the playe Who was that Truly GOD. Why is it come to his course to speake nowe Yea surely When men haue shewed their vanitie then will God shewe his veritie Men doo take their pleasure when thei bee here hauyng all thyng after their awn lustes but whē the tyme commeth that God dooeth appoyncte he will take then his luste and pleasure and will bryng theim corā nobis in a wilde wanion and he will tell them a newe tale then farre vnlike to their tale wherein thei promised themselfes long life and wel to fare But when God beginneth to speake then thei begin to holde their peace Why will God begin once to speake Yea that he will truely A practise of Goddes speakyng wee learne here in this present place of Scripture When this riche manne had talked ful his bely after his awn fansie thinkyng al thyng should come to passe euen as he had imagined it Euen when he had went he had been mooste sure he was sonest deceiued I told you he made his reconyng without his hooste His hooste whiche is God to whom all reconynges muste be made truely called hym to a newe reconyng he made hym make a newe compt It foloweth in the texte But God saied vnto hym thou foole this night thei shal fetche awaie thy soule again frō thee then whose shall those thynges bee whiche thou hast prouided It is the fashion of GOD to call suche menne to a reare compt Is God so sharpe in his woordes that he will call as many as he findeth in this case fooles Yea truly this is his fashion and thus will he do I feare me then that a greate many of our wise men at whose wisedome the worlde wondereth now will bee called fooles then I feare me that a greate nōber of noble men whose nobilitie the worlde worshippeth will bee proued fooles then I feare me that a greate nomber of our Iudges and Iustices whose aucthoritie is not small in the worlde will bee proued fooles then I feare me that a greate many of our learned clergie whose learnyng is in no small reputacion will bee founde fooles then What shall I nede to run ouer all the states and sortes of men seeyng that all menne of whatsoeuer state or condicion thei be if thei do as this foolishe riche man did no doubte the mouthe of God here in this place of Scripture calleth all the many of theim fooles All suche men that thus liueth and so dieth be created fooles by Goddes awne mouth whiche calleth theim fooles because thei vse thē selfes here in this life so like fooles Thei liue fooles thei shall die fooles except thei repent and shall arise again fooles and shall go to their iudgemēt fooles and after that thei shal go to the deuill like fooles as thei be Men compt now a daies none fooles but suche as we are fooles cotes cockes cōbes eares belles But I feare me that this manne that our sauiour Christe speaketh of in this Parable with all those that are like vnto hym in condiciōs be more fooles then thei for all their cockes combes eares bables and bel●es What if a man should aske but a questiō in a similitude whether he were worthie to bee called a foole that had in his awne possession of his awne patrimonie a M. pound lande and if that manne hauyng this thousand pound land would chaunge his thousande pounde of patrimonie for an hūdred shillynges of copie hold lande onely to haue it ad uoluntatem domini Were not this man worthie to be called of all mē a foole and worthie to weare a Cockes combe and a bel c. wer he neuer so wise compted Suche fooles almost are al the whole worlde Doeth not all the worlde for the most part chaunge heauēly thynges for yearthly thynges perpetuall thynges for transitorie thynges the life euerlasting for this presēt life Is not this foole as wise as thei What will ye make of a foole or how will ye discerne or knowe a foole but by that he doth like a foole and as no wise mā would doo he will not geue his bable for a Kynges raund some he knoweth not what is good what is euill He wil leaue the best and chose the worst He knoweth not as the Prouerbe saieth chese from chalke and therfore he is iudged a foole and is a foole in deede and if he neuer ware wiser he shall die a foole in very deede Now I pray you do not thei that receiue goodes richesse honors offices and promocious of this worlde either abuse them or be vnthankfull to god for thē and so for these vncertein vnstable goodes riches honors offices and promocions of this false flattryng world do for lacke of godly wisedom and takyng hede here in tyme lose euerlastyng sure and permanent goodes richesse honors offices and promociōs Be not these thinke ye those that the mouth of God doth openly plainly sharpely here in this place cal fooles yes truly shal be serued like fooles as the cōclusion knittyng vp of this aforesaid parable of our sauior Christ doth plainly vndoubtedly pronoūce and declare to all maner of persones none excepted saiyng So it is with him that gathereth riches to himself and is not riche towardes god Heare the mouthe of truthe yea the truth it self pronounceth what shall come of all suche as abuse and be vnthankfull to God for suche thynges and vncharitable to their neighbors with their goodes richesse honours offices and promocions of this world and regard not suche thynges as bee prepared for good and godly men in the world that is to come I would fain if it wer possible sette furthe some thyng before these worldly wise mennes iyes that thei might clerely se their awne state that thei bee here in in this present worlde I cannot imagine how better to shewe them their state if it be not rather worthy to be called a fall then to cōpare their whole life to men that dreame pleasaunt and profitable dremes and do thinke themselfes for the tyme so well as thei can imagin them selfes that thei cannot be better and so long as that swete slepe dooth continue so long are thei as thei imagin mooste happie But when thei awake out of that dreame and perceiue al the matter to bee turned to a dreamyng matter all that their felicitie is turned to misery all their ioye is turned to sorowe and so to conclude al thyng is turned topsie turuie Truly truly if the worldly mynded manne whose hart mynd and al is set vpō worldly thynges his state the ende considered is euen like the state of a dreamer or