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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15107	A sermon preached at Pawles Crosse on Sunday the ninth of December. 1576. by T.W.	White, Thomas, ca. 1550-1624.	1578 (1578)	STC 25405; ESTC S119910	24,628	74

well as wee that all Scriptures are inspired of God are profitable for men to instruct to rebuke and to correct that the man of God might be made perfect in all good workes 2. Timo. 4. that they are written for our learning Ro. 15. that many do erre not knowing them Math. 22. Onelie nowe there remaynes that doctrine which the enimy vntrulie sayth wée condemne that is sinceritie integritie and honestie of conuersation and lyfe which commonlie they call good workes Neuer a iusticiarie of them all is so earnest as we are to desire and beséeche you nay to charge and commaunde you and that in the name of Christe Iesus that you prouoke not the holy one to anger and to the iuste iudgement against you by breache of his lawes and statutes and yet we preach not as they for all this for our ende is mercie because we are vnprofitable Luk. 17. but their ende is merit bicause they are seruiseable you must thinke so at the least though I cannot coate the place in all the Scriptures but they write so of them selues This is the nayle in the shippes syde which we all dryue at to strike vp to the head least water leaking shoulde sinke her into the Seas After fayth workes after lyght walking after a foundation buylding after planting prospering and growing after a good profession some good practise after so long and so lowde a calling some comming and running towarde the marke which is set before vs Iesus Christe which is the price of our calling Now is the time for fruite take héede of the axe nowe is the time for the husbandman to drinke of the Uine beware of no grapes beware of sowre and wylde grapes for downe goes the walles then in comes the Boare and rootes it vp Nowe is the time for haruest when the sickle of Gods iudgemēt shal cutte downe both corne and cockle the corne shall he gather into his Garner but the chaffe he shall burne with vnquencheable fyre If you knowe his wyll and do it not be sure and looke for those many strypes and if the Lorde handle his yron rod once geue but one blowe of correction are we not all as the Potters vessell is our matter any better But if he stryke the strooke of condempnation what powder and dust shall the vngodlie be made and scattered before the face of the winde it is God that is true and all men are lyars It is heauen and earth that shall perish and not the smallest portion of his woorde shall passe vnperfourmed when the Lorde speakes therefore let the congregation be silent let flesh and blood nay let earth and ashes wormes and wormes meate neuer dare once resist as the obstinate or refuse as the ignoraunt or receyue in vaine the yoke of his obedience as all carnal and careles professors do which do nothing according as they are cōmaunded which haue a face or a shewe of seruice but haue denied the power of godlinesse therefore do receyue the woorde of God in vaine He speakes vnto you by the Prophet Ieremie this daye The dayes of Ierusalem were perillous times for both Prince and Priest and people dyd not onely neglect as we do but manifestly contempne the woord of the Lorde and fell to smyting of his Prophetes Hence grewe monstrous enormities as it was méete when the Lampe light of our steppes was once out that they shoulde runne ouer shoes into all extremities when they sinned in the great thing I meane Idolatrie once committed it can not be but adultrie shoulde followe and incest periurie murther extorcion robberie and all abhomination to be ryfe amongst them as you may reade 6.8 and many other places of this Prophecie Least therefore as a horse headlong shoulde runne into destruction they should make a league with hell and as it were vowe their owne dampnation as a man of himselfe doth styll run the race of iniquitie to make vp the number of his sinnes least thus working wickednesse with gréedynesse they shoulde past all crye fall into the daungerous mouth of hell fyre and kyndle whole heapes of coales vpon their own heades the Lorde in his mercies of olde hauing an euerlasting prouidence for preseruation of his Church maye not lose one openeth the mouth of this Prophet by his holy spirite and vttereth matter inough both for the comfort of his chosen and vtter confusion of the reprobate and saith Albeit there is not one true Prophete left almost that speake a good woorde but euerie man crieth peace peace and yet al from highest to lowest are geuen to brybes and horrible thinges are committed in the Lande Albeit there is neyther iudgement nor iustice but lyke stone horses euery man haunts harlots houses and his neyghbors wyfe To be short though there be aunswerable confusion and such a deformitie as for the lyke sinnes or lesse I once drowned in iustice the whole worlde in Noahs tyme except a few eyght persons and burned in my iudgement whole Sodom and Gomorra with diuers other Cities Yet now remembring my promise of olde made to Dauid my seruaūt mercifullie beholde the tyme commeth sayth the Lorde c. But howe perfect mans eyes are the shyning sunne doth shew which quicklye blyndes the clearest sight and howe brutish mans reason is without Gods spyrite in Religion that it is the speciall grace of God we are not turned cleane out of both reason and Religion Let vs therefore craue assistaunce of Gods most blessed spyrite that with méeke harte and due reuerence I maye speake and you maye heare and we all receyue his holie woorde to the glorie of his name the confirmation of his truth the confutation of error and the euerlasting comfort of all true Christians in Iesu Christ. In this prayer let vs remember his vniuersal Church the Churches of Englande and Irelande the Quéenes most excellent Maiestie her Graces most honorable Counsaile all inferior Magistrates all Ministers and all priuate men that the Lorde woulde blesse vs all to kéepe our fayth vnto the ende Amen 1. Beholde the time commeth sayth the Lorde that I wyll rayse vp the righteous branch of Dauid 2. which King shall beare rule 3. and he shall prosper with wisdome and he shall set vp equitie and righteousnesse againe in the earth 4. In his time shal Iuda be saued and Israel shall dwell without feare and this is the name they shall call him 5. The Lorde our righteousnesse FOr the the better vnderstanding of the simple this shal be my order to proceede as the woords lye Fyrst of the Prophecie of Christes comming Secondly what he shall do he shall beare rule Thyrdly the manner of his regiment he shall prosper with wisdome set vp equity Fourthly the ende of his comming or kingdome Iuda shal be saued and Israel dwell without feare Fyfthlie the glorious tytle or name which is the Lorde our