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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14711	The sermons of master Ralfe Gualter vpon the prophet Zephaniah written in Latine. Translated into English by Moses Wilton. Seene and allowed	Gwalther, Rudolf, 1519-1586.; Wilton, Moses.	1580 (1580)	STC 25014; ESTC S102103	95,131	274

the worlde amonge whome Luke writeth that many were religious who although they wanted the knowledge of Christ yet they spread the séede of more pure religion as concerning the worshipping and praying vnto one GOD and from thence also they procéeded afterwarde to those thinges that did concerne the promised Sauiour of mankinde Acts. 8. Afterwarde followed the Apostles which by the frée preaching of the Gospel stoode against those their Gods and superstitions and the Oracles ceased at that time also as the story writers of the heathen doe testifie whereof the greatest authoritie of those Gods did depende And so by little and little it came to passe that those Gods with their superstitious seruing of them came to nothing and they being rooted out of mens remembraunces the true knowledge of GOD shined ouer all nations which then did inuocate and worshippe him not onely at Ierusalem but ouer all the worlde and that in spirite and trueth as Christ him selfe hath taught Iohn 4. And that this thing was brought to passe neither by the counsell nor strength of men but by the woonderful power of God it is thereby manifest that the preaching of the Gospell preuailed ouer all the world notwithstanding manie Romane Emperours who then ruled ouer al nations stroue against it Nay when Iulianus the Apostata bent all his force to restore againe the superstitions of the Gentiles God by a most manifest and dreadfull token declared that now an appointed consummation was come wherby those superstitions must wither bee quite extinguished The Temple of Delphos is destroyed For the temple of Delphos then the which none was more renoumed in the worlde by reason of the antiquitie of the oracle was swallowed vpp and vtterly destroyed with an Earthquake and fire powred downe from heauen and that euen then when Iulianus sente Ambassadours thither to enquire what shoulde be the ende of the Persian warre And séeing before this it was foure times on a flaming fire that is First when the people of Thessalia called the Phlegians or Iapites burned it secondly in the time of the Persian warres thirdely when the people of Phocis did set it on fire And lastly when the army of Brennus destroyed Grece and was notwithstanding so oftentimes restored againe But when God destroyed it without mans hand it was neuer againe restored Besides this it is known that the names of these Gods were forgotten amongest most men and of so many thousandes as Varro plainly reporteth that were worshypped in tyme past scarse a certaine fewe are remembred by name which the braynsicke and vngodly Astrologers did thrust vppon those that be ignoraunt and vnskilfull Zephaniah therefore hath truely foretolde this thing that hee myght comfort his people And this Prophecie ought to serue vs to the same purpose that wee suffer not our eyes to bee daseled with the power of superstitions of the wicked For that God in very déede is dreadfull euen Iesus Christ to whom euery knée must bow and euery toung sweare by which as in times past hee crashed in sunder the Gods of the nations so in this last olde age of the worlde hée will abolish all antichristian worship all men that woulde that the same should be preserued and kept striuing against him in vaine The discription of the kingdome of Christ But in the meane season this description of the kingdome of Christ must be diligently marked that wee may learne to iudge as well of our selues as of others that bragge of that name In it shall all false Gods bee consumed because they cannot bee matched with him that giueth his glory to none other Besids this euery one doth worship him in their place neither do they tie him to any certain place whō they know to be present euery where and whose glory is spreade ouer all They therfore doe in vaine chalenge to them selues the name of Christ which eyther ioyne any copartners with him or any Gods to bee his vicegerents or vicars and that with his true worshippe doe myngle vnprofitable superstitions As many also as bynde his merit to certaine places and doe from hence so declare it against that he himselfe hath aduertized But these trifles and superstitiōs being let passe let vs imbrace the goodnesse of God who as he hath conteyned abundantly all the way of saluation in Christ so he offreth vs his presence euery where that wée neede not run from place to place nor yet spende our time in trifling superstitions The Ethiopian● Egiptians These thinges being before hande declared the Prophet passeth to the Ethiopians saying Ye Ethiopians shall be slaine by my sword with them But we must before all thinges note that the Egyptians and the Ethiopians or Morians were ioyned together vnder one king namely because the Egyptians stretched the bondes of their Empire vnto these Morians And againe we read that the Morians somtime ruled in Egypt of whom these are named by Eusebius Sabacus whom the scriptures cal So or Sua Sebicus Tharracus Merres 2. Reg. 17. It was néedeful that he should make special mētion of these because there was many both olde and newe iniuries of them offered against the people of God for in times past the Israelites had serued a harde bondage in Egypt 2. Par. 12. Sesakus also in the reigne of Roboam wasted Iuda and tooke away the treasures of the Temple 2. Par. 14. and of the kings house vnto whom the Morians were now ioyned as the scriptures doe declare Also Sera the Morian made ware vppon the King of Asia then the which we scarse read that any was waged with greater number of souldiers For it is reported that hee had a thousande thousandes of souldiers 1000000. which were all slaine together Esay 18. But vnder Ezechia they made a craftie league and in Isay are read the wordes of the Morians ful of pride wherwith they did despitefully rebuke the miserie of the Iewes Go ye swift messengers say they to a nation that is scattered abroade and spoyled vnto a terrible people from their begynning and hitherto a nation by little and little euen troden vnder foote whose Lande the flouds haue spoyled c. Furthermore the very same afterwards slew Iosia that holy most wel disposed king which was the most principall cause why the Iewes the strength of their own kingdome being wasted lay open to the inuasion of forren enemies least therefore any should bée offended at the sucéedings of this faythlesse and cruell nation it was needefull that the destruction therof should be threatned Wherefore God adding this parcell to those that before were declared saieth by his Prophet And ye Morians also shall be slaine with my sworde with them As though he should say it is so far that the Ammonits Moabites shuld escape those plagues that they haue deserued that those that be farthest of shal not escape thē he did of purpose name the Morians rather thē the Egyptians