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A00945	Certaine very proper, and most profitable similies wherein sundrie, and very many, most foule vices, and dangerous sinnes, of all sorts, are so plainly laid open, and displaied in their kindes, and so pointed at with the finger of God, ... Collected by Anthonie Fletcher, minister of the word of God, ... This present yeere of our happines 1595.	Fletcher, Anthonie.	1595 (1595)	STC 11053; ESTC S116009	166,265	184

vs as is the honie and the honie combe well wel swéete meats wil haue sower sauce If thou hadst béen an eie witnes of the ouerthrow drowning of Pharao his chariots and horsemen in the red sea dulie examining what sin that might be wherewith God was prouoked to i●flict that heauy iudgement vpon him and shouldest haue found the selfe same sinne to be in thy selfe and euen highly to please and delight thée wouldest thou not haue trembled and feared least the same God with whom there is no respect of persons which punished that sinne in Pharao would not spare or fauour it but euen most sharply punish it in thée also Or if thou haddest séene with thy bodilie eies some of the grudging and murmuring Israelites stoong to death with ve●emous and poysonfull wormes in the wildernes and some of them consumed with fire that came from heauen and the earth also opening and swallowing vp some of them and sending them downe quicke into hel would it not haue terrified thée and haue made thée de●●st and abhor those sinnes which brought such destructions vpon the committers of them all the daies of thy life And why dest thou not so now If thou hast any faith and if the word of God beare any credite with thée thou art no lesse perswaded of the truth of those things than as if thou hadst séene them All these and such other things are written for our learning that we beholding the Lords wrath executed vpon so manie in all ages and from one generation to another for displeasing and offending the Almightie we might beware and take héede that we do not the like déeds least we be beaten with the same or sharper rods The sodaine and fearefull death of Ananias and Saphyra his wife for their hypocrisie dissimulation and séeming to be that they were not will it no whit mooue vs Can we liue without feare and a continuall looking for the like presente and sodaine death our selues when our owne consciences earely or late at home or obroad shall checke and charge vs as truely and as iustly as their consciences did checke and charge them With how many and how great fearefull and deuouring plagues that haue swallowed vp infinite thousands of men women and children hath the Lord tried vs and most louingly admonished vs in England within these few yéeres Hath not the whole masse and weight of the earth trembled tottered and shaken vnder vs as though it euen groned and were excéeding wearie of our sinnes rebellion and disobedience towards our creator and redéemer and that of late within our owne knowledge and remembrance And yet for all that we procéede in our wickednes and are woorse and woorse euerie day So that we séeme to be that wicked crue and pack of fooles mentioned by the prophet which haue said in their harts there is no God Those mariners and méere idolaters which were in the ship with Ionas that had no true knowledge of God nor any vnderstanding how to honor and to worship him aright yea they knew nothing but Paganisme and idolatrie may make vs greatly ashamed for they hauing but a very little familiaritie and conference with the prophet did become very good and true worshippers of the liuing God and did offer sacrifice and vowe vowes vnto him But we haue the lawe and the prophets of God also Christ himselfe and his apostles we haue not conference with one but with them all we haue his ministers and messengers daily vnfolding and interpreting the scriptures of God vnto vs and yet neuer the better we will forsake no sinne but rather choose eternall damnation to do our owne wils then euerlasting life to do the will of God Are we not woorse then those Iewes which crucified the son of God euen Iesus Christ Surely we be for they hearing Peter preach but one sermon a great number of them were conuerted But we hearing manie hundreds are neuer touched with any remorse of conscience nor mooued to any serious or true repentance We are like vnto lepers vpon whom no water will sticke nor abide by reason of the foulnes and greasie matter of their leprosie Such lepers and far woorse are we vpon whom no ●ewes nor any drops of the grace and word of God will cleaue abide and continue We do nothing for gods sake nothing of conscience nothing of loue all our actions the Lord amend it do sauour and smell of hypocrisie It is to be feared that were it not for vaine glory sake and to haue commendations and praises of men verie few would do any good and were it not for feare of shame or punishment few would abstaine from any sinne Idolators blasphemers and violators of the sabaoth will neuer blush saie what you will Children in these daies thinke it great wisedome to controule yea to scorne and to disobey their parents elders and superiors To murther is manlines to commit adulterie and fornication is but a tricke of youth to steale a pretie sleight to beare false witnes is counted a gainful trade and serueth finely to pleasure a fréend and as for coueting another mans house his wife his seruant his maide his oxe asse or any thing that he hath it is so common as houses be in England yea in London where they stande neerest one to another What then shall the Lords ministers messengers and preachers keepe silence giue ouer their labour and cease vtterly to crie out against sinne God forbid the Lord hath a little flocke and a small remnant like a litle wheat in a great heape of chaffe for their sakes let the seruants and messengers of the Lord labor stil Againe the harts of al men are in the hands of God as he made them of nothing now they are made to conuert men from sinne Let all the seruants and children of God in this case trie what they can do with the Lorde and neuer giue ouer calling vpon him for their saluation if it be his will to grant it They haue indéede harde faces and harts like adamants that will not be brused saith the Lord yet go to them and let them know my minde do thy office though they be disobedient lift vp thy voice like a trumpet and shew my people their transgressions and to the house of Iaacob their sinnes Blow ye the trumpet in Gibeah and the shaume in Rainah set the trumpet to thy mouth It may be that the wals of sinne and wickednes will fall downe flat at thy shouting and battering them with the iudgements of God as the wals of Iericho did at the sound of the trumpets and the shouts of the people I beséech God it may be so And indéede good reader that is the onely thing that I desire séeke for and beg daily at the hands of God euen that all idolatrie hypocrisie superstition blasphemie breaking of the Lords sabaoth and whatsoeuer is against any precept of the Lord

on high first kéepeth it lowe and holdeth it downe with the force of a van and the gathering togither of much winde Euen so our God presseth vs downe and kéepeth vs lowe that he may lift vs vp and exalt vs on high he throweth vs downe héere in earth that he may exalt vs in heauen and laieth many times disgrace vpon vs in this world among men that we may be gracious in the world to come with himselfe his angels and his saints On the other side AS a wrastler imbracing him with whom he striueth in the wrastling place for victorie lifteth him vp the higher that with the greater force he may hurle him against the ground So this world doth extoll vs that with throwing vs downe headlong it may hurt vs and that we may fall from the top of deceitfull and transitorie glorie downe to the bottome of most certaine and perpetuall ignominie Cyprian saith The world smileth vpon a man with a cruell purpose it flattereth to deceiue it calleth a man to it to kill him it extolleth him to vndo him AS men mad and frantike are woont to teare and rent themselues So wicked and vngodly men inflict vpon themselues most deadly and incurable wounds yea they be most wilfull murtherers of their owne soules and bodies For that is true in the booke of Wisedome Man through his owne naughtines killeth his owne soule And what greater madnes can there be than a man to run headlong vpon euerlasting destruction Iob hauing a desire to describe the ignorance of such men and to declare that euen in matters most euident and plaine they be vtterly void and destitute of wisedome he saith In the day light they run into darknes and as in the night so stumble they at noone daies And whereas the feare of God is the beginning of wisdome as Dauid and Salomon his sonne do both affirme and vngodly men loden with all maner of naughtines to the feare of God are méere strangers it is plainly and truly concluded that they be not onely without wisedome but also that they haue not so much as the beginning of the same AS the filthie swine regard not but thrust from them roses that are most beautifull and swéete and séeme to contemne most fragrant and pleasant flowers and do rather séeke after foule puddles and stinking mire and forsaking dainty dishes and costly iuncates do franke themselues most gréedily with wilde mast and vncleane things So vngodly men haue no taste of the word of God but hunting after vncertaine riches which are in continuall hazard and at the length will deceiue them they are as it were fettered in the inchanting pleasures and pestilent flickerings of the world From the which the Lord preserue and deliuer vs. Amen AS in a fruitfull and fertile ground among many wholsome and very medicinable herbes some that be dangerous and full of poyson do grow So the wits and wisedome of men togither with some profitable and wholsome counsels and admonitions do bring foorth perilous and pestilent errors and are therfore with wisedome and great discretion to be regarded euen as herbes are to be gathered and vsed But this wisedome and discretion is to be sought for and had onely in the word of God which is a lanterne to our féete and a most perfect light vnto our pathes It is onely acceptable to the soules of Gods saints and nothing but it doth féede them to eternall life It is swéeter vnto them than hony and the hony combe In mens iudgements words and works we may be deceiued in the Lords we cannot Thy iudgements O Lord saith Dauid are iust and more to be desired than fine golde or pretious stones and they are swéeter than hony and the hony combe It is the power of saluation to all that beléeue it it is able to saue our soules if it be throughly rooted in vs. The word of the Lord laid vp in our harts doth preserue vs from sinne it clenseth our harts and by the working of the holy Ghost with it it createth right spirits within vs. By the meanes of it the saints and seruants of God attaine to that puritie and cleannes of hart and minde that they wish for and desire nothing but that which is good godly and holy The author of the word is God himselfe who can neither deceiue nor be deceiued and therefore whatsoeuer is written in it is truth whatsoeuer is taught in it is vertue and holines whatsoeuer it promiseth after death is eternitie and endlesse ioy to the children of God when this life is ended Whereto the Lord bring vs all if it be his good pleasure AS that man that will giue an onset and encounter with an enimie or wil defend and kéepe himselfe vnwounded at his hands hath néede of a sword in his hand to smite the enimie withall and to repell his violence So whosoeuer will triumph and carry away the victorie ouer this world flesh and diuell must hold fast in his hand that is in his maners conuersation and the whole course of his life the worde of God which is called the sword of the spirit is sharper than any two edged sword This the Lord commandeth to be closed and safely laid vp in the cofer of our harts and to be worne as a signe vpon our hands and to be had for a remembrance alway before our eies Salomon doth counsell vs to binde it fast to our harts and to vse it as a chaine about our necks and to take it with vs when we walke abroad And Christ himselfe saith If any man loue me he will kéepe my saying Againe Blessed are they that heare the word of God and kéepe it The apostle also Not the hearers of the law are righteous before God but the doers of the lawe shall be iustified And Iames saith Be ye doers of the word and not hearers onely deceiuing your owne selues The Lord giue grace and his holy spirit vnto vs that we may loue to heare his word and to do his will EVen as doues do loue and delight in houses that be faire whited and do willingly frequent swéete and pleasant places but contemne and flie from blacke foule and vnsauorie cottages So faithles and vntrustie friends do hunt and séeke after the friendship of those men by whose wealth and riches they may be holpen reléeued and enriched But men in pouertie and distressed persons vnable to fill their bellies to clothe their backs or otherwise to pleasure them with some worldly things they vtterly despise they care not for their companie their loue nor friendship feare they God neuer so much Yea if some blustering storme and terrible tempest of aduersitie shall blowe away thy wealth and shall separate thy riches and thy selfe thy greatest friends as thou thoughtest will hide them from thée and no where be found but a faithfull friend loueth at al times

he be throughly tried S. 35. P. 13. The best foode for the soule of man S. 36. P. 13. 14. Not proud but humble men do profite by reading and hearing of the worde of God S. 37. 38. P. 14. 15. The riches dignities and honors of this world and the life of man are fitly compared to clouds in the aire which are suddenly dispersed and scattered with the windes S. 39. P. 15. 16. The word of God is a looking glasse that wil deceiue no man If a man behold himselfe well in it he shall see plainly that before he was man he was earth and before he was earth he was nothing S 40 P 16. As a birde thrusteth hir bill through the loopes of hir cage in token of hir great desire to be at libertie So the soule of a true Christian groneth and sigheth in the bodie in desire to be dissolued and to go to dwell with the Lord Iesu S. 41. P. 16. 17. Papists compared to vipers S. 42. P. 17. Man for his inconstancie is compared to a ballance that is mooued with euerie little weight S. 43. P. 17 18. Man is so wauering that he is compared to a Chameleon which changeth his colour according to the thing that is next him and also bicause the Chameleon will be changed into any colour saue white S. 44. 45. P. 18. Not they that trust to a dead faith but they that haue a liuely and working faith shall be saued S. 46 P. 18. Many men of very good qualities and indewed with sundrie vertues and full of good parts haue been strongly altered and greatly disgraced through their familiaritie with the wicked S. 47. P. 18. 19. When Peter came into Cayphas his hall he denied Christ S. 48. P. 19. What it is not to eat the word of God and not to fill a mans bellie and bowels with it S. 49. P. 19. The harder that the tree of sinne and wickednes is to be cut downe the more earnestly and diligently ought the preachers of the word to strike at it with the sharpe edge of Gods most mightie and most holie worde S. 50. P. 20. The Lord doth humble vs in this world that he may exalt vs in the world to come this world doth smile vpon vs with a purpose to deceiue vs S. 51. 32. P. 20. Wicked men are wilfull murtherers of their owne bodies and soules S. 53. P. 21. Vngodly men finde no comfort nor sweetnes in the word of God S. 54. P. 21. In mens iudgements words and works we may be deceiued in Gods we cannot Whatsoeuer is writtē in Gods word is truth whatsoeuer is taught in it is vertue and holines and whatsoeuer it promiseth in the world to come is eternitie S. 55. P. 22. The onely weapon that we must vse to ouer come the world flesh and diuell is the word of God and the practise of the same S. 56. P. 22. Poore men feare they God neuer so much are little set by in this world S. 57. P. 23. Christ hath his cup and the world his the one is bitter but wholesome the other very pleasant but pestilent and deadly S. 58. P. 23. and 24 and also S 60. P. 24. As a guiltie man whose conscience doth accuse him would neuer see the iudge and a traitor would neuer willingly be espied of his prince nor a disloyall person of one that knoweth him and on the other side a true and faithfull subiect that hath done dutifull seruice desireth the presence of the prince in hope to be well rewarded So the wicked and vngodly ones of the world are greeued to heare of Christs comming to iudge the quicke and the dead but they that haue liued with good consciences do grone for his comming S. 61. P. 24. There be great braggers of religion which make a great noise as thogh none were right professors of the truth but themselues such be not the best men humble minded Christians are better than they S. 62. P. 25. Death commeth suddenly vpon many that neuer thought to die nor cannot tell what shall become of them when they bee dead S. 63. P. 25. 26. All men are alike subiect to death whether they beyoong or olde this world is like a potters warehouse and all men in it are earthen vessels S. 64. P. 26. As the moone decreasing hath hir open side hanging downward but increasing and gathering light hath hir opening vp towards heauen So men meere naturall haue their harts set only vpon earth and earthly things but men regenerate haue the open side of their harts euer towards God heauen and heauenly things S 65. P. 26. 27. A common wealth without good lawes and holy ordinances put in practise is like a bodie without a soule S 66 P 28. As the horse is ordained to run the oxe to plough and the dog to hunt So is man borne to loue God aboue all things S. 67. P. 28. Mans hart is so hard that it must be smitten with the Lords owne hand and bruised with one calamitie or other or else no godo thing will euer issue out of it S. 68. P. 28. and S. 69. P. 29. S. 70. P. 29. The earth is the Lords steward and doth dispose and detaine the increase of it selfe at the Lords appointment when God wil plentie when he will scarci●ie S. 71. P. 29. 30. If man cleaue to God God will sticke to him if he will run from God yet can he not escape his hands S. 72. P. 30. A man that is vertuous without hypocrisie is an excellent iewell he is greatly greeued to see any bewitched with the forceries of the world he doth what he can that none may Carnall men are meere strangers to true christianitie S. 73. P. 31. Vaine and carnall men compared to organs S. 74. P. 31. Naturall men will do no good thing vnles they be pricked forward with the praise and commendations of the world S. 75. P. 31. 32. Hypocrites most plainly and truly described by a wood or groue full of goodly trees and pleasant plants to delight men and also full of stinging serpents to poyson and to kill men S. 76. P. 32. Heauenly meditations doe molli●ie and warme the hart and do greatly inflame men with a feruent loue of God This world and the things thereof haue euer been false and haue deceiued euen their louers and deerest friends at the length S. 77. P. 32. 33. The Lorde suffereth his owne children whom he loueth most deerely to bee oftentimes in great wants when the wicked haue euen the world at will The afflictions of this are not the maledictions and curses of God but rather most certaine signes of his loue and tokens of his grace S. 78. P. 33. 34. God doth su●fer his saints heere vpon the earth to be smitten and sore beaten of the world and to be throughly tried with diuers tentations to the end that their inward graces may breake