heare me ye shall eate the good fruites of y â— earth If that ye will not but prouoke me to anger the sworde shall deuoure you for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Put your burnt offerings to your sacrifices eate the flesh For when I brought your Fathers out of the lande of Egypt I spake not one word vnto them of burnte offeringes and sacrifyces but thys I commaunded them saying heare my voyce and I shall be your God and ye shall be my people See ye walke in all the wayes that I haue commaunded you that ye may prosper I hate and vtterly defie your holy daies and where as ye sense me when ye come together I will not accept it And though ye offer me burnt offeringes yet will not I receaue your giftes Awaye from me with the noyse of thy songes for I can not abyde the hearyng of thy playeng at the Organs Prouide that equitie may followe as the water and righteousnesse as a mightie streame for in these thinges haue I delight and pleasure sayeth the Lorde I will mercy and no sacrifice sayth the Lord and the knowledge of God do I set more by then burnt offeringes What shall I offer worthy the Lorde Shall I bowe my knee to y â— hie god Shall I offer vnto him burnt sacrifices calues of a yeare olde May the Lorde be pleased with a thousande fat Weathers Or with many thousandes of lustie Goates Shall I geue my first begotten for my wickednesse Euen the fruite of my wombe for the sinne of my soule I will shewe theâ—… Oman what is good and what the Lord requireth of thee verely to do iudgement to loue mercy and carefully to walke with thy God How long will ye halte on both partes If the Lord be God follow him If Baall be God follow him ☞ Examples out of the old Testament NAdab and Abihu of a good entent offered incense to the Lord w t straunge fyre yet for all their good zeale they were consumed with fyre so that they dyed before the Lord. King Saule thought that he had done great worship vnto God when in the absence of Samuell he offered burnt offeringes but Samuell said vnto him thou hast done folishly neither hast kept the coÌ„maundements of the Lord thy God which I commaunded thee Saule also of a good zeale contrarye to the commaundement of God spared Agag the kyng of Ameleche aliue with the best and fattest flockes of sheepe oxen â—…c Pretending that he reserued them for to offer vnto the Lorde But Samuell sayd vnto him for asmuche as thou hast caste away the word of the Lord the Lord hath cast away thee that thou be no more king Willeth the Lorde burnt offringes and sacrifices and not rather that it maye be obeyed vnto his worde Obedience is better then sacrifices and to geue eare to the lordes commaundement is more then to offer the fatte of Weathers Oza thought y â— he had done God highe seruice when he stayed the Arke of God in the waine being in ieoperdie of falling but yet was y â— Lord angry with him because he touched it contrarye to hys word in so muche that he was striken and sodenlye dyed King Ozias toke vpon him to burne incense vnto the Lord thinking that by this meanes he should highlye please God but for all his pretensed holines he was strikeÌ„ with leaprosie and so being cast out of the house of the Lorde he continued a leper euen vnto his death ¶ Sentences out of the new Testament THese people draw nighe vnto me with their mouthes honour me with their lippes but their hartes are farre from me Beholde they worship me in vaine teaching doctrines euen the coÌ„maundements of men Woe be vnto you ye Scribes Pharisees yea very ipocrites which deuour widowes houses vnder the pretence of long prayer ye shall therefore receiue the more greuous dampnation God hath deliuered vs from the hand of our enemies that we should serue him in holines and righteousnes all the daies of our life The houre commeth and now it is wheÌ„ true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirite and truth for the father seketh such that should worship him God is a spirite they y â— worship hym must worship him in spirite and truth The time shall come that whosoeuer killeth you shall thinke that they do vnto God an hie good seruice God is my witnesse whom I serue in my spirite Be ye fulfylled with the spirit speaking with your selues in psalmes and hymnes spiritual songes and making melodie to the Lord in your hartes geuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God in the name of the Lord Iesus Christ. Unto god king euerlasting immortall inuisible and wise only be all honour and glory for euer and euer Amen ¶ Examples out of the new Testament OUr Sauiour Christ whan he liued in thys worlde dyd all thinges according to hys heauenly fathers commaundementes as he hym selfe sayth as my father hath geuen me commaundement so doe I thys dyd he to geue vs example that in matters of religion we shoulde attempte nothing as due seruice vnto god but that only which we haue learned out of his holy worde The apostles of Christe bothe taughte and wroughte that onelye whiche they had receaued of their Lorde and maister Iesus Christ. Of these aforesaid Scriptures histories maiest thou learne that God is not worshipped as carnall reason and fleshly wisdome imagineth and prescribeth but as god by his holy worde biddeth appointeth and commaundeth A Christen man oughte to followe Christes steps and to walke as he hath walked Against mens traditions and vnwritten verities IF Sathan or any of his impes vnto the derogation of Gods glorye shall at any time tempt thee with mans tradicions or vnwritten veryties for to geue no les credite vnto them than vnto the word of God auoyde him with these scriptures ☞ Sentences out of the olde Testament YE shall not ad vnto the worde that I speake nor take ought from it Ye shall not turue vnto the right hand nor vnto the left haÌ„d but by the way that the Lord your god hath commaunded you ye shall walke that ye may liue and haue good luck Keepe the commaundementes of the Lord thy god and the testimonies and ceremonies whiche hee hathe commaunded thee and do that whiche is pleasaunt and good in the Lordes sight that thou maiest haue good luck That I coÌ„mauÌ„d thee do y â— only neither put to any thing nor take ought away Put nothing to his wordes least thou be reproued and found a lier Wo bee vnto them that cal euill good good euil which make darknes lighte and light darknes that make sower swete and sweet sower Wo be to them that are wise in their own sight and think them selues to haue vnderstanding Wo be vnto you that make vnrighteous lawes and
wyll caste an hunger vppon the earth not the hunger of breade nor the thirst of water but of bearing the word of the Lord. And they shal go from sea to sea and walke aboute from the South to the East sekinge the worde of the Lorde and yet shall they not finde it ☞ Examples out of the 〈◊〉 Testament GOd the Father wrote the law of the ten coÌ„maundements in tables of stone with his finger and commaunded Moyses to declare them vnto the people The people are commaunded of God not only to rede his holy law but also diligently to exercise them selues in the me ditation therof so long as they liue and to teach it their childreÌ„ yea to talk of it both in their house and when they go abroad and to write it vpon tâ—…e thresholds dores and postes of their houses that it may bee â—…er in their sight For man shall not liue with breade alone but with euery worde that procedeth from the mouth of God A kinge is commaunded to reade the boke of the law of the Lorde all the dayes of his life that he may feare the Lorde his God Iosua was commaunded that the boke of the Lordes law should not depart from his mouth but that he shoulde study in it day and night that he might kepe and do all thinges that are written in that boke King Saul was cast down from his roy all estate because he was negligente and disobedient to the law of God When Dauid lay on his deathe bed he saide to Sallomon thou shalt prosper and come to great renoume if thou kepest the commaundementes and ordinaunces which the Lord commaunded Moses Ioas when he was crowned in y â— temple had the law of the Lord deliuered vnto his handes that he shoulde keepe and maintaine the same Iosaphat that walked in the commaundementes of the Lord loued Gods word so entierly that he sent hys princes Leuites and priestes to teach in all partes of Iuda which had the booke of the Lordes law with them and went about in all the cities of Iuda and taught the people Ezechias diligently walked in the law of the Lord purged his realme of all idolatry set vp againe the true worshipping of God exhorted all his subiectes to followe the lawe of their Lord God Iossas that most godly king which walked so purely in the waies of the lord that he declined neither on the ryght hand nor on the left when the boke of the law was deliuered vnto him did not only cause the booke to be red before hym but he himself also red it before all his people both small and great and all idolatry destroyed restored the true religion to hys kingdome Esdras red the law of the Lord plainly and distinctly to the people they gaue very earnest and diligent attendaunce to the bearing of it Susan from her infanciâ—… was so diligentlye brought vp of her parentes in the lawe of God that she did not onely feare god but also chused rather to be stoned vn to death then she would once transgresse the law of god by committing adultery Sentences out of the newe Testament Man shall not liue with breade alone but with euery worde that commeth out of the mouth of God Uerely verely I say vnto you this age shal not passe till all these things be done Heauen and earth shall passe awaye but my wordes shall not passe away Blessed are they that heare the word of god and kepe it Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God They haue Moyses and the Prophets let them heare them If they heare not Moyses and the Prophets neither will they beleue though one shoulde rise from the dead Thys is condemnation that lyghte is come into the world and that men loued darkenes more then lyght because theyr workes were euill For euery man that doth euill hateth the lyght neyther commeth he to y â— light least his workes should be reproued but he that doth truth commeth to light that his deedes myghte bee known how they are wrought in god Search the scriptures for ye thinke to haue eternall lyfe in them and these are they which testifie of me neyther will ye come vnto me that ye may haue life The wordes that I speake to you are spirite and life Lord to whom shal we go Thou hast the wordes of euerlasting lyfe He that is of god heareth the wordes of god But ye heare not bicause ye are not of god If a man kepeth my worde he shal neuer see death My sheepe heare my voyce and I know them and thei folow me and I geue them euerlasting lyfe Walke while ye haue light least darknes ouerwhelme you He that walketh in darknes knoweth not whether he goeth While ye haue light beleue in the lyghte that ye may be the children of lyght He that hath my preceptes and keepeth them he it is that loueth me If any man loueth me he will kepe my word and my father will loue him and we shall come to him and dwell with hym This is euerlasting life euen to knowe thee the alone true God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ. Euery one that is of the truth heareth my voyce The gospell of Christ is the power of god vnto saluation for so many as beleue Except the Lorde of bostes had left vnto vs sede that is hys most blessed word we had bene as Sodom and might well haue bene likened to Gomorra Faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the word of God Whatsoeuer thyngs are written afore time are writteÌ„ for our learning that we thorowe pacience comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope The word of the crosse is to them that perishe folishnesse but to vs â–ª that obtaine saluation it is the power of God If the gospell of Christ be yet byd it is byd among them that are loste in whom y â— god of this world hath blinded y â— minds of them which beleue not least the light of the glorious gospel of Christ which is the image of God should not shyne vnto theÌ„ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly with all wysedome Teach and monish one an other Quench not the spirite Despise not the studies and preachinges of the holy Scripture Proue all thinges and that is good holde faste God will all men to be saued and come vnto the knowledge of the truth Geue thy minde to reading exhortation and doctrine continue in these things Continue in reading the holy scripture which is able to make thee wyse vnto saluatioÌ„ thorow the fayth which is in Christ Iesus For all Scripture geueÌ„ by inspiration of God is profitable to teache to improue to amend and to instructe in ryghteousnes that the man of god may be perfecte and prepared to all good workes The word of God is
their wicked liuing and exhorted them vn to repentaunce Amos at the commaundement of kinge Amassas for his preching was cruelly beaâ—…en and greuously formented At the laste Ochozias sonne of Amasias caused him to be thurste into the temples with a great nayle and being half deade he was caryed into his own countrye where he sone after died Micheas was buffeted emprisoned and fed with bread and water Examples out of the olde Testament BLessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousnes for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are ye when men reuile you perseâ—…ute you and 〈◊〉 speak all euâ—…l sayings against you for my sake Reioyce and be mery for great is your rewarde in heauen For so persecuted they the Prophets before you The scoler is not aboue the maister nor the seruant aboue his Lorde If they haue called the Father of the housholde Belzebub how much more shall they so cal them that are of his houshold Be not afrayed of them that â—…il the body but rather feare him whiche is able to destroy both body and soule in hel fire Euery one that shall confesse me before men I shall confesse him also before my fa ther whiche is in heauen But whosoeuer shal deny me before men I shall also deny him befyre my Father that is in heauen Ye shal be hated of all men for my sake Whosoeuer wil follow me let him forsake him self and take vp hys crosse and folow me For whosoeuer wil saue hislife shall lose it But whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake and the gospelles the same shall saue it For what shall it profite a man if he winne all the world and lose his owne soule or what shall a man geue to redeÌ„ his soul w tal agaiÌ„ whosoeuer fore shal be ashamed of me and my wordes in this whorish and sinful generation of him also shall the son of man be ashamed when he commeth in the glory of his Father with the holy angels The seruaunt is not greater theÌ„ his Lord. If they haue persecuted me they will also persecute you If the world hate you know ye that it hated me before you If ye were of the world the world wold loue that is his But forasmuch as ye are not of the world but I haue choseÌ„ you out of the world therfore doth the world hate you The tyme shall come that who so euer killeth you wyll thinke that he doth God seruice Ye shal lameÌ„t and wepe but the world shal reioyce In the world ye shal haue trouble but be on a good comfort I haue ouercom the world If we suffer with Christ we shall also be glorifyed together with him I suppose that the afflictions of thys life are not worthy of the glorye whiche shal be shewed vpon vs. Blessed be God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ which is the father of 〈◊〉 and the God of al comfort which comforteth vs in all our tribulations As the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in vs euen so is our consolation pleuteous by Christ. We are not weried but though our out ward man perishe yet the in ward man is renued day by day For our trouble which is shorte and lighte prepareth an exceding and an eternall waight of glorye vnto vs while we loke not on the things which are sene but on the things which are not sene For thinges whiche are seene are temporal but things which ar not sene are euerlasting We know that if our earthly mansion of this dwelling were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitatioÌ„ not made with handes but euerlasting in heauen Unto you it is geuen not only to beleeue in Christ but also to suffer for his sake Suffer affliction as a good souldiour of Christ. If we dy wyth Christ we shal liue with him If we suffer w e him we also shalreigâ—… with him if we deny him he will also dny vs. All that wil liue godly in Christe Iesu shall suffer persecutions This is thanke woorthyâ—… if a man for conscience toward god endure grefe and suffer wrong vndescrued If when ye do wel ye suffer wrong and take it patientlye then is there thankes with God For here vnto verely were ye called Blessed are ye if any trouble happen vn to you for righteousnes sake Dearly beloued maruel not that ye are proued by fire which thing is to trye you as though some straung thing hapned vnto you but reioyce in as muche as ye are partakers of Christes passion that when his glorye appereth ye may be merye and glad If ye be railed vpon for the name of Christ happy are ye For the glory and the spirite of God resteth vpon you On theyr parte he was euill spoken of but on your parte he is glorified If any man suffer as a christian man let him not be ashamed but let him glorify god in this behalfe Let them that be trooubled according to he wil of god commit their saules to him with wel doyng as vnto a faithfull creatour Iesus to saÌ„ctify the people with his own bloud suffered without the gate Let vs go forth therfore out of the tentes and suf fer rebuk wyth him For here haue we no continuyng city but we seke on to come By many trybulations must we enter into the kingdome of heauen The holy ghost witnesseth in euery city saying that bandes and trouble abide me But none of these things moue me neyther is my lyfe dear vnto my selfe that I mighte fulfill my course with ioy and the ministration of the word whith I haue receiued of the Lord Iesu to testify the Gospell of the grace of God I am ready not to be bounde only but also to dy for the name of the Lord Iesu. Blessed are the deade that dye in the Lorde euen so sayth the spirite that from henceforth they reaste from their labours But theyr worke folow them Examples out of the new Testamen IOhn Baptist for truth telling to kinge Herod was cast into prisoÌ„ beheaded Iesus Christ our Lord and sauiour after many blasphemies rebukes slaunders and bitter tormentes suffered the moste spitefull deathe of the crosse and so entred into glory The holy marter S. Stephen was stoned vnto death Iames y â— brother of Iohn was beheded What kindnes Peter and Paule wyth the apostles found at the handes of them whose saluatioÌ„ they most diligeÌ„tly sought the histories make mencion Neither I heare speak of those blessed Marters which sence their dayes haue dyed for the confession of gods truthe so that the gospell is not without a cause called of blessed Paul the word of the crosse For all that wil liue godly in Christ Ie su saith he shall suffer persecution I saw saith Sainct Iohn vnder the altar the soules of them that were killed for the woord of god and for the testimonyâ—… whiche they
Geue eare Lord to my prayer and ponder the voyce of my humble desyres In the tyme of my trouble I wil cal vp on thee for thou hearest me Among the Gods there is none like vn to thee O lord there is not one that can do as thou doest Al nations whom thou hast made shal come worship thee O lorde and shal gloryfy thy name For thou art great and doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone Teach me thy way O lord and I will walke in thy truth O knit my hearte vnto thee that it may feare thy name I will thanke thee O Lorde my god wyth all my hearte and wyll prayse thy name for euer For great is thy mercy toward me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the neithermost hell O God the proud are risen against me and the congregations of naughty men haue not set thee before their eyes But thou O lorde god art full of compassion and mercy long suffring plenteous in goodnes and truth O turne thee then vnto me and haue mercy vpon me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt and help the sonne of thine handmaid Shew some tokeÌ„ vpon me for good that they whiche hate me may se it and bee a shamed because thou Lorde haste helped me and comforted me Glory be to the father and to the sonne and to the holy ghost As it was in the beginning c. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Then say the Crede and the Lordes prayer c. Lord shew thy mercy vpon vs. And graunt vs thy saluation O lord saue the Queene And mercifully heare vs when we cal vpon thee Indue thy ministers wyth righteousnes And make thy chosen people ioyful O Lord saue thy people And blesse thine heritaunce Geue peace in our tyme O lord Because there is none other that fighteth for vs but only thou O god O god make cleane our hartes within vs. And take not thy holy spirite from vs. Let vs pray O God which art authour of peace and louer of concorde in knowledge of whome standeth our eternall life whose seruice is perfect fredom defend vs thy humble seruauntes in all assaultes of our enemies that we surele trusting in thy defence maye not feare the power of any ad uersaryes thorowe the myghte of Iesu Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord our heauenly father almighty euerlasting god whiche hast safelye brought vs to the beginning of this day defende vs in the same with thy mightye power and graunte that this day we fal into no sin neither rune into eny kinde of daunger but that al our doinges may be ordred by thy gouernaunce to do alway that is righteous in thy sighte through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen GOd preserue Quene Elizabeth god destroy al her enemies God preserue her most honorable counsellers God ayde the clergy wyth hys spirit in setting forth of his truth God preserue al the nobelity of this realme and the commones of the same God defend the fauorers of the gospel God chauÌ„ge the harts of our enemies and send them better mynds The power of god destroy Antichrist with al his wicked kingdome God send the gospel a ioyfull and a free passage throughoute the whole worlde God send vnto all degrees such grace that they may walke worthyly in their vocation and calling Amen The peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding kepe our harts and minds in the knowledg and loue of God and of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde And the blessing of God almighty the father the sonne and the holy ghost be amongst vs and remain with vs alwais Amen Imprinted at London by Iohn Day dwelling ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martins Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis De. 4. 6. â—… Gene â–ª 1â—… Tob. 14 Dan. 18 Act. 2â—… Ioel. 2 Exo. 20 Deut. 4 Deut. 6. Deut. 32 Psal. 81 Esay 4â—… Mal. â—… Gene. 8 Math. 4 1. Cor. 8 Ephe. 4. 1. Tim. 2. Ihon. 5. Esay 7. 〈◊〉 5. Abacu 2. Ose. 2. Psalm 78 Sâ—…pi 2 Eccle. â—… â–ª Eccle. 3â—… â–ª Gene. 15. 1. Reg 17. Dan. â—… â–ª Dan. â—… â–ª Mat. 16. Iohn 1 Ihon. 3. Iohn 6 â–ª Ihon. 1â—… Ihon. 14. Actes 89. â–ª 15. Actes 1â—… Rom. â—… â–ª â—… Rom. â—… Rom 10. Esay 28. â—…m 14. â—…lla 3. â—…la 4. â—…e â—… 〈◊〉 â—… Heb. 11. 1. Pet. 5. Math. 9. Math. 15. Mar. 9. Mar. 1â—… Luke 7 Actes 5 Esay 9. Esay 25 Esay 35 Esay 64 Dan. 4 Ose. 11 Baru 5 Psal. 2. Psal. 45 Prou. 7. Eccle. 24. 2. Reg. 7. Gene. 1. Gen. 18 Exod. 3 Esay 6 Dan. 4 Mat. 1 Mat. 3. 17 Mat 16 Math. 27 Luc 1 Ihon. 1. Iohn 3. Iohn 6. Iohn 8. Iohn 10. Iohn 11. Iohn 14. Iohn 17. Iohn 20. Rom. 2. Colos. 1. Titus 2 Hebr. 1. Psal. 2. Act. 13. Heb. 13. â—… Iohn 3. â—… Iohn 4. â—… Iohn 5. Mat. 3. 17. â—… Math. 8. Math. 13. Math. 17. Math. 26. Math. 26. Math. 9. Mar. 15 Mar. 14 Ihon. 1. â—… Iohn â—… â–ª Iohn 6. Iohn 9. Iohn 11. Ihon. 20. Acts. â—… Gene 3. Gene. 22. Gene. 49. Num. 24 Deut. â—… 1. Par. 1â—… Psal. 89 Psalm 132 Esay 7. Esay 9. Esay 11. Iere. 23. Iohn 29. Eze. 34 37 Dan. 9. Mich. 5. Zach. â—… Mal. 3 Barue â—… Gene. 22. Gala. 3. Psal. 1â—… â–ª Esay 7. Esay 11. Dan. 9. Mal. 1 Esay 7. Luke â—… Luke 11 Iohn 1 Actes 2. Actes 13 Rom. 1. Rom. 9 Gal. 13 Gala. â—… Phil. â—… 1. Timo. 3 2. Tim. â—… Hebr. â—… â—… Iohn 4. Iohn â—… Luke â—… Luke 12 Luke 24. Actes â–ª 2 â–ª Rom. 9 Gal. 4 1. Tim â—… Heb. 2. Psal â–ª 11 â–ª Psal. 13 Psal. 47. Psalm 6â—… Psal. 10â—… â–ª Psal. 103. Psal â–ª 104 â–ª Psalm 10 Psalm 113 Psalm 115 Psalm 133 Psalm 129 â—… Reg. 8. 2. Par. â—… Iob. 11. Esay 6â—… Math. 13 â–ª Math. 26. Mat. 16. Luc. 24 Iohn 24. Iohn 16. Rom. 8 1 Cor. 11. Ephe. 1. Ephe. 4 Phil. â—… Colos. 3 1 Thess. 4 Heb. 1. Hebr. 10. Heb. â—… 1. Pet. 3. Act. â—… Act. 7 â–ª Acts. 9. Gene. 4. Gene. 22. Gene. 49. Psalm 2 Psal. 3 â–ª Psal. 9. Psalm 18. Psal. 12. Psalm 25. Psalm 27 Psalm 32. Psalm 33. Psal. 34. Psal. 37. Psal. 103. Psalm 129 Esay 43 Esay 45 Esay 49. Esay 53. Exod. 12. 1. Cor. 5 Exo. 16 Sap. 16. Psal. 78. Iohn 6. Exod. 17. Iohn 4. Num. 21. Math. 9. Math. 11. Math. 11. Iohn â—… Iohn 1. Iohn 3. Iohn 4. Iohn 6. Iob. 8. Iohn 10. Iohn 11. Iohn 12. Iohn 14. Iohn 15. Act. 4. Actes 10. Act. 13. Rom 3. Rom. 4. Rom. 5. Rom. â—… Rom. 8 Rom. 10. 1 Cor. 1. 1. Cor. 5 1. Cor. 6 2. Cor. 8. Gal. 2. Gal. 3. Gala. 5. Ephe. 1 Ephe. 2 Ephe. 3 Ephe. 4 Col. 1. Tim. 1 2. Tim. 2 Titus 3. 1. Pet. 1. 1. Pet. 2. Ihon. 1. Iohn 2. Iohn 3. ohn 4. Hebr. 1. Heb. 2. Heb â–ª 5 Heb. 7. Hebr. 1â—… â—…eb 10. poc 1. poc 17. â—…ath