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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72181	[A commentarye vpon the prophet Malaky. M.D.LIII]	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1553 (1553)	STC 11885.5; ESTC S125398	35,692	100

reddy to ieoparde thy lyfe for thy sheepe els art thou an hyrelyng and a theefe Wherfore O priestes thys prophet and messenger of God tellethe you playne that so longe as you neglecte your dewties towarde Christes flocke and onlye seeke youre owne gayne and to saciate your couetous mynds the lord God will haue no pleasure in you nor youre offerynges be you Papystes be you protestants exammyne your owne consciences wyth this question of the Prophet Who is there amonges you that wyll do any thing for nought And feare the myghtye Lorde whyche thus chargeth you And let some one be foūd amonges you which followeth no gayne but laboreth for loue in the vyneyarde of the Lorde For frome the easte to the west my name is greate amonges the heathē and euery wher they brenne incense vnto my name and a pure offerynge for great is my name amongs the heathē saith the Lord of hosts and you polluted it in your wordes saying the table of the lord is polluted and the word of the prieste is that the meate therof is despised This prophecy as al other the sayings of the prophetes are generall and agreeth fyrste to the tyme when it was spoken and so consequently the truth therof remaineth vnto all ages the priestes in that time thought that in Iury only did remaine the true worship of God but heare is aunswered as in the tenthe chapter of the Actes vnto Peter beyng of the same oppinion it was by reuelacion declared that there is no regard of no place or parson before God whether it be Iewe or gentle but in euerye nacion he that feareth God and worketh iustyce he is acceptable vnto hym Thys fear reuerence of god his sacrate Magestye is the sweete incense pure offerynge which the lord God requireth frō the one syde of the worlde to the other Therefore saithe the Apostle Paule of this general acceptacion of al nacions glorye honoure and peace to euerye one that worketh good both to the Iew and also to the Gentil so that in eueri place god accepteth the iust and heareth hym but he abhorreth the sinner with his sacrifice which is the sence and meanyng of our prophet threatnyng to cast away the priestes with their fained holynes to receiue such worshippers which in any place shulde worshippe in sprete and truth according to the saying of our sauiour Christ to the woman of Samaria Iho. iiii Examples haue we ryght many that the mercy of God is much farther delated and spreade a broade then the holye wordlyngs who only wyl be accompted holye alone supposeth For vnto Ionas not able to consyder thys mystery it was by the mouthe of God sayd and pronounced Shal not I haue mercye of Niniue the greate cyty wherin ther be mo then a hundreth and twēty thousande men whych do not knowe betwyxt the righthād and the left hād Though to our wicked cities and vnrepentaunt contraryes this exāple ought to be no comfort but a condempnacyō as Christ our master warneth the pharises For if one poore Ionas could cause Niniue the great to repent and .v. hundreth Prophets apostles and preachers cannot pearse our flyntysh harts what deserue so stubborne people The Niniuites dyd repente in ashes and sakcloth bothe Prynce and people we gettte vs into Harnesse and gather great horsses to resyste God hys wrathe They weped for the preacher we laugh at the preacher They fasted we feaste They mourned we play the hoiters like brainsyk beastes yea in the kings court where shulde begynne repentaunce and in the contrye for theyr mournynge we mutter we murmur we grudge and we grone agaynst God against our heads against our preachers against our guids The Niniuites dyd crye vnto the Lorde myghtelye saythe Ionas and cōmaunded euerye man to torne from hys euyll waye and from the vyolente oppressyon of hys brethren We neyther cry nor cal but shewe oure selues vnwilling weary and very lothe to come to comune prayers to heare godlye preachings Ah this comparison to our cities is farre vnlike and nothing but a manifest condempnation of oure wycked worlde Though amonges the moste wycked God hathe hys chosen chyldren as he had Loth amonges the Sodomites For the Niniuites hadde a greate noumber bothe of their heades and inferioure people fearynge the Lorde of heauen and earthe and therefore was Ionas readilye receiued Wee haue not one niste as the Psalme sayeth no not one God loketh downe from heauen and seeth vs al vnprofytable all declining from the way all workynge wickednes neyther priest nor writer working the worthy workes of repentaunce To conclude all in two wordes They dyd cease from synne we do all encrease oure synne whyche is oure condempnacion yet in oure awne countrye we nothinge doubt but God hathe hys chosen and knoweth theym and causeth them to confesse hys holye name to call their brethren too repentance and to glorify the myghty power of God In manye other countryes we haue examples also that God hath alwayes had hys people whyche dyd offre vnto hym acceptable sacrifice emonges the heythen as in Siria Naman the quene of the Southe Hyra the kyng of Tyrus In Madian Iethro the father in lawe of Moises the wydowe of Sarephta in dyuerse other regions whiche as they were all made for the glorye of God so was there alwaye summe amonges them that by marking his wōderous woorckes in the creation of the worlde and gouernaunce of the same or else by secrete inspiracion where there lacked open teachyng did magnyfy his name and offre the calues of theyr lips that is to saye contynuall prayses and rehearsynge of his maruelous workes wyth due obedience vnto the generall rules of his commaundementes which he alway preferreth to al sacrifices and counteth it moste pure incense and an offerynge moste pleasaunt Wherefore the Iewes warrefarre deceyued which thoughte them selues onlye the people of God because they had the circumsicion the sacrifices lykewyse we Christians maye not boaste of oure name of our profession of our baptime despising all other people and lyuinge contrarye to the wyll of God vttered by Christe contrarye to oure professyon promysed in baptysme for as the Lorde God had manye of hys people at thys tyme of oure prophet scattered from the East to the West thoughe neuer in flesh cyrcumcysed and as oure sauyour Christe saith to the Iewes bragyng of theyr father Abraham that god hys father was able to rayse vp stones to be sonnes vnto Abraham so may it be sayde vnto vs counterfayte Christians whyche wyth our Lasciuious lyfe do pollute our profession For we muste knowe that neyther circūcision neither vncircūsicion neither washing nor not washing of the fleshe is anye thyng but a new creature renewed with God hys holy spirit is all together which in all places is ready to offer a pure offerynge of thanckes geuynge ministryng iustyce and working mercye In the time of Malachy the table of the Lord was despysed by the