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truth_n	scripture_n	true_a	word_n	7,817	5	4.4125	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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.