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A02757 A godly newe short treatyse instructyng euery parson, howe they shulde trade theyr lyues in ye imytacyon of vertu, and ye shewyng of vyce [et] declaryng also what benefyte man hath receaued by christ, through theiffusyon of hys most precyous blowde. Hart, Henry, fl. 1549. 1548 (1548) STC 12887; ESTC S103825 12,742 36

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they wyl not Thus the vngodly abyde styll in they re owne lustes and wyll not leaue of But as Sayncte paule saythe they heape together the treasure of wrathe agaynst the daye of vengeaunce when shal be opened the righteous Iudgemente of God which wil reward eueri mā / acording to his dedes that is to say / prayse honour / immortalytye to them whych contynue in good doing and seke eternall lyfe But vnto them that are rebellyous / ād doo dysobeye the truethe and followe Inyquytye / shall come Indygnatyon / Wrathe / Trybulatyon / and anguysshe vppon the Soule of euerye manne that dothe euell / forwyth GOD trulye / there is no Respecte of Parsonnes / for he wyll rewarde euerye manne after their dedes Neuertheles the multytude of the vngodlye wyll not repente for they haue pleasure to lyue in Synne and some that were escaped from the fylthines of the woorlde as Saynte Peter sayth through the knowledge of the Lorde ij Petr. ij and of the Sauyoure and Redeamer IESVS CHRISTE are yet entangled agayne therin and are ouercome Soo is the latter ende woorse then the begynnynge For of whome a manne is ouercome to the same he is in bondage Therfore theyr myndes are vnstable and are to fled to and froo as a shyp in the sea wyth ragynge wyndes wyth euerye perswasyon and blaste that commeth Some haue erred / and as Sayncte paul sayth are turned to vayne ianglīg as yf they thoughte the holy Relygyon of Chryste oure sauyoure and Redeamer to stand in speakyng hearynge only and not rather in obeyng to the wyl of the Lorde GOD to do the same bycause they wold be teachers in the most holy scrypture And as Paule sayth vnderstādyng not what they speak j Tymo j. nor wherof they affyrme But the Lorde God hath called you dearelye beloued by hys Grace that ye shulde obeye to the truethe and be lyke fasshyoned to hys sonne Caste not awaye your confydence whyche hath so great reward to recompence / for trulye to be in oure sauyoure Chryste is to be a newe Creature A wyllynge mynd maketh an obedyent harte and a dylygent hande Therfore as the holye Prophet sayeth plowe vp your fresshe ground lyke dylygent husbandmen / and sow no more amongest the thornes So shall ye brynge forthe the frutes of ryghtuousnes and reape the rewarde of wel doyng the husband man laboureth the grounde dylygentlye in due season as ye knowe that the lord maye prospere the worke of hys hands Consyder your tyme lykwyse and refuse not the grace of God whyles it ys offred you Math. xv Hebre. xij least at another tyme when ye wolde gladdelye ye be not heard for as muche as yeare called by grace to be chylderen of lyght / and heyres of eternal lyfe for ye haue receyued of hys holy spyrite in earneste of your saluacyon in that ye haue consented already wyth youre whoale hartes to the Truthe of God I beseche you by the mercyfulnes of God obey to the forme of doctryn wherevnto ye are called Roma xiij And facyon not youre selues lyke vnto thys Woorlde but beye chaūged / as saynt paul sayth in youre shape by the renuynge of your Wyttes / that ye maye fele what that good acceptable wyl of god is Therfore as it is wrytten Psal xciiij To daye yf yow heare hys voyce / harden not your hartes for trulye dysobedyence is hateful yea and often tymes doth the lorde punysh it Nume xiij i. Reg. xv ij Re. xvij What was sayd to kyng Saul by Samuell the prophet / whan he dysobeyed the lordes commaundement ye know / hath the Lord sayd he as great pleasure in brent sacryfyces and offerynges as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed Behold sayd Samuell to obeye is better then sacryfyce to harkē is better thē the fatte of rāmes for rebellyon or dysobedyēce is as the syn of wytchcraft stoubburnes as the wyckednes of ydolatrye c. For an obedyente harte truly is muche accepted wyth God and a lowely troubled spryte wyl he not despyce it is a very plesaunt grounde prepared ād made ready as it were by the Industrye and laboure of a dylygent husband man for the lorde to plante all vertu and grace in Brethern / obey to the wyll of God and shewe a wyllynge mynde By your deydes be no lenger slouthefull nether ouer muche afrayed / neyther to hastye wythowte measure wantynge dyscrecyon But kepe measure in all youre wayes and wysely consyder place and time for ye are now no more your own but are dearelye bought wythe the moste precyous bloude of Iesu Yf the lorde fynde you faythfull in lytle know for a suertye Eccle. j. that he wyll make you rulers ouer much 2. Peter 1. Therfor as Saynct peter saythe in your faythe mynyster vertue in vertue knowledge in knowledge tēperauncye intemperauncye pacyence in pacynece / godlynes in godlynes brother lye kyndnes in brotherlye kindnes loue c. Remembre the mater is wayghty therfor be not deceyued Surely yf ye wyll walke by thys rule ye can not fall neyther shall ye be ledde a wronge way Go not from the worde of God declyne neyther to the ryght hand neyther to the left / leafte ye peryssshe from the ryghte way for as the braunche can beare no fruyte of hym selfe excepte he abyde in the Vyne sayth chryste no more can ye excepte yea byde in me Iohn xv Se that your faythe be lyuely cleauynge suer to the holy word of god which is already grafted in you Trewlye except you haue beleued in vayne it is of powre to saue your soules for it is quyck and myghty in operacyon sharper / then any two edged sword ▪ ye knowe brethern / the ende of the commaundements is loue that commeth of a puer hart of a good conscyēce and of fayth vnfayned whose fruts can not be hydde But as for suche as turne backe vnto ther own wyckednes the lorde shall lead them furth with the eueldoers / but peace shal be vppon Israell Truly knowledge is daungerous / where loue and obedyence is lackynge / for it tyckelyth the mynde of foles and lefteth them vp with vanyty But such as seke to encrease in vertu walke surely Therfore searche not vnreuerently the sacred worde of god ▪ least ye stumbel in your way / and take asodeyn fal ▪ knowledge is a gyfte of the spryte and in the hand of god ād he measureth hys gyfts to hys creatures at hys owne pleasure and wyll Therfor whether ye obtayne at hys hand ether much or lytyll praise him for it / and be concent with his doyng Search not the gronde of such thinges / sayth the wyse man as are to myghty for the But loke what god commaundeth and thynke apon that alwayes ād be not curyous in many of hys works for he that louethe pereyll shall peryshe therin Grudge not agaynste the good manne of the house / though he
And how he layeth carnal fleashelye and worldlye pleasures as a bayte wherin venym / yeth hydde before your eyes to catche your myndes / that he may so carrye you awaye ▪ For as the fowlers bayt betrayeth the fowles Soo doth the vayne pleasures of thys world begylde the myndes of fowles For through the desyre of it the enemy ouercometh them ▪ leadynge the synner from one vanytye to an other tyll he haue so broughte hym in woofull bondage and moste myserable captyuytye But thys ye knowe my brethern I meane the sea sone how it is tyme as Sayncte paule sayth that we shulde nowe a wake owt of slepe Rom. xiii for nowe is oure saluacyon nerer then when we beleued The nyghte is paste and the day is come nygh Lett vs therfore Caste a waye the dedes of darekenes and put on the Armoure of lyghte Lett vs nowe walke honestelye saythe he as in the daye lyghte not in eatynge and drynkynge chambrynge wantones nether in strife enuyeng but put ye on the lord Iesus Chryst make not prouisiō for the flesh to fulfyll the lustes of it Truly we are called as ye know to suffer wyth Chryst that we myght be made partakers with hym in glory for yf we were grafted lyke hī in death Then shall we be lyke hym also in the resurrectyon Iesus autem dixit illis Amē dico vobis quod vos qui sequuti estis me in regeneracione cum sederit fisius hominis in se●●e maiestatis fue c Math. xix the rych man lyueth here in al pleasures and fared delycyously And Lazarus lyued in trouble ād payne But after this lyfe Lazarus receued ioye saith Chryste and the rych man payne for Abraham sayde vnto hym sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receyuedst thy good and contrary wise Lazarus paine now therfore is he cōforted ād the art punysshed Our sauiour Chryste trulye being the lord of our glory during that time of thys lyfe walked here through many trybulacyons He refused the scepter and crown of a worldly kingdō with al the vayn frēd shyp glory that the world could geue hī / receued with mournīg deares on hys head a crowne of sharpe thornes a rede for a sceptre in his right hād Mat xxvi that he might so for our sakes acōplysh the wyll of his heuenly father gette vyctory against that whole powre of the enemy Chryst suffred for vs sayth s peter leauȳg vs an exāmple that we shuld follow hys fotsteppes / which dyd no synne / neyther was ther guyle found in his mouthe c. Chryste had no felycytye in thys presente worlde whych is now corrupte but hys reioysyng was in the wylle of hys father and he had a great respecte to the rewarde at the end Yf the sonne of God takyng oure nature vpon hym myghte not escape / but muste drynke of thys Cuppe who saied The seruaūte is not aboue the master neyther the messynger greater then he that sendethe hym Thynke not ye to escape / my Brethern yf ye intende to be made partakers with hȳ of his fathers heauenlye kyngdome Therfore wyth pacyence possesse your sowles and lyke faytheful Sowldiours of Iesus christ take vp youre Crosse / and folowe hym for trulye he hathe promysed that yf ye be partakers with hym in sufferyng / ye shall be partakers wyth hym in glorye But yf you lyue after the fleash haue your pleasure amongest the wycked ye must dye But if ye mortify the dedes of the flesh / throughe the spyryte then shall ye lyue Brethern / ye are called of God that ye shuld be holy Therfor I wolde not that ye shulde now be partakers in the dedes of the wycked i. Corin. x. and haue fellowshyppe wyth deuels for truly as saīt paul sayth ye can not be partakers of the lordes table and of the table of deuels neyther drynke of the lordes cup and of the cup of deuels Eyther shall we prouoke the lorde saythe he or are we stronger then he ye can not serue God and mammon how agreeth light wyth darkenes ryghtousnes wyth vnryghtousnes or Chryst wyth Belyas The hart that goeth two ways truly is hated and such as are dobble tounged / are accursed of God What can it proffite a man to wynne all the world / wyth the losse and dāmage of hys owne sowle yea what shal he geue to redeme it agayn with al he that seketh to saue hys lyfe shall lose it saythe chryste But he that wyl lose hys lyfe for my sake shal saue it yea blessed and happye are those Sayth the spyryte that loue not ther lyues vnto the deathe Truly they shall receaue a Crowne of life And although ye know the truth already my Bretherē dearely beloued in our Sauioure Iesu chryste yet I thynke it not vayne by these letters / to styrre vpp your remembraunce for trulye it is my dylyee that ye shulde not peryshe wyth the worlde but that ye shulde turne from your synnes and liue Therfore / seynge God hath called you wyth an holye callynge for he hath supplyed your harts with the oyle of grace opened your vnderstandynge by hys holy spyryte Soo that ye haue nowe sene hys holy wyll declared vnto vs in Chryste Iesu And haue consented that it is the truthe of God I beseche you by the mercyfullnes of God / make your bodyes a quycke and lyuelye sacryfyce / holy acceptable to God / which as sayncte Paule sayth is your resonable seruynge of God And fascyon not youre selues lyke vnto thys woorlde but be ye chaunged in youre shappe by the Renuynge of youre wyttes Seynge ye are nowe rysen wyth Chryste se●te youre myndes aboue on heauenly thynges where Christ syttethe on the ryghte hande of God the father and not on the thinges that art on the earth Brethern deceue not your selues brynge furthe the perfecte frutes belongynge to repentan̄ce / which is amendement of lyfe Let it appere I praye you that yeare of chryste / haue harde the woorde in dede Trulye it is good that the harte be establisshed with grace and not with so vanyces Yf vertu encrese ye cānot be yo le nor yet vnfruteful ī the knowledge of chryste But he that wanteth thys / as saynte Peter sayth is blyndes gropynge for the way which hys hand and hath forgottē / that he was purged frō his olde synnes for true fayth is lyuely / cānot be hydde neyther may she ī any wise dwell or abide alone for she hath a great desyre to many vertues She accōpanye the her selfe with gods wysedō loue She is nouryshed daylye with the bryght sonne of ryghteousnes / the highest watereth her plantes with the swete showres of grace Through perfecte obedyence to the wall of god she spredeth furthe her braūches in due season whereby she obtayneth a suer hope her fruyctes proseade from the tree of lyfe / For trulye truly they are the workes of the spirite of God