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virtue_n	knowledge_n	lord_n	temperance_n	1,588	5	11.7145	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01041	[Two notable sermones lately preached at Pauls Crosse Anno 1544]	Chedsey, William.; Scott, Cuthbert, d. 1565.	1545 (1545)	STC 5106.5; ESTC S91416	41,684	156

he wyll not regarde it but rather wyll laugh therat yf he be with sharpe wordes reprehended he wyl make aunswere agayne chorlishly and if his mayster goo aboute to correcte hym he wyll withstande hym yea take the staff by th ende if this question be propoūded vnto him Tu quis es what art thou that wyll not be obediente to thy ma●ster he wyll aunswere streyght I am to good to do seruyce to suche a mayster and these specially wyll haue in their handes the new testament and they wyll talke muche of the scripture and goddes word and yet wyll not learne therof to be obedient and gentle vnto theyr maysters they wyll taulke muche of Paul and yet it doth nothinge moue them that Paule in so many places doth beete and incoulcate in that seruauntes sholde be obedient and faythfull to their maysters as vnto Tite Seruos hortare vt suis dominis pareant Tit. 2 Exhort and moue seruauntes that they do obey theyr maysters that they please theym in all thinges that they be no aunsweres gyuinge one word for an other that they doo not wtdrawe their maysters goods but that they shewe all faythfulnes that they may adourne the doctrine of god our sauyour in all thynges Likewyse saint Petre saith let seruauntes be subiecte vnto theyr maysters with feare 1. Pet. 2. not only to those that be good and gentle but also to those that be frowarde moche lyke vnto these stubbarue prentyses be chyldren of this tyme whiche after they be come to certayne yeres of age they be also taken in this snare of the deuel and begyn to please them selues and wyll no longer be in subiection to theyr parentes and excepte they be correcte by tyme and holden vnder it wyll come to passe that the wyse man sayth Eccle. ●0 Equus indomitus euadit durus filiꝰ remissus euadit praecep● A horse that is not broken by time groweth chorlyshe and a chylde that is sette at lybertie runneth headlynges yea into all kynde of vices And this cometh to passe for the moost parte by the remisnes of parentes whiche with to greate lenite and tēdernes do brynge vp theyr chyldrē without feare or correction For as the same wyse man saith Correct thy chylde and thou shalte make hym feare the playe with him he wyll make the sad laugh not with him lest thou weape with hym but holde downe his necke whyle he is yonge correct hym in his youth leste he growe stoubburne and wyl not obey the and tourne to thy grefe and heuinesse And yf a man shold aske any of these yonge men whē they wyll not be obedient to theyr parentes this questyon afore mencyoned what art thou that wylt not obey thy father and mother and be ruled by them They wyl make aunswer saye I am nowe no chylde I am come to the yeares of discretion I knowe what is for me and what is agaynst me Heare howe that the deuell hath not onely taken thē in his snare but also doth leade them forth whither him lyst theachyng them to excuse them to defende theyr faulte whiche is worse then the cryme it selfe If I sholde after this sorte runne thorowe all and synguler states and condicions of men it shold appere playnly how that in euery condicion very many do labour as I haue sayde before to be lyke vnto theyr maysters and but a few wyl come vnto christ to be his scolers although he crye earnestly Math. 11. come vnto me all you that labour and be laden and I shal refreshe you and you shall fynde reste for your soules But the reste of the soule is not the thyng that we regarde of the body the pleasours therof is all our mynde wherfore we do wyllyngly gyue eare to the deuell mouynge vs to the reste and pleasures of the body do stoppe our eares wyll not heare Christ mouyng vs to seke the reste of the soule Wherfore we be not content with oure owne proper vocation but one doth disdayne and enuye an other not beynge content that other shold excell vs in any thing This pouder of the deuell sprynkled in our hartes is the cause not only of the enormyte of these that I haue spoken on before But also of all other of the same sort This is the cause that priuate persons do grudge and disdayne with cōmon officers and that the officers agayne do despise those that be vnder them laborynge styll to go alofte to be hygher in promotiō dignite herof it cometh that the lay people do grudge agaynst the cleargye disdaynynge to be taught of them challengynge vnto them selues a more perfaicte knowledge in scripture then the other haue and saye that the misteries of scriptures be opened vnto them by I can not tell what spirite so that if they haue redde ouer once the newe testament in englyshe they wyll not sticke to enterprete the moost darkest places in scripture contrarye both to the auncient and moost holye doctors and also the decrees of the churche And if this questiō be moued vnto them that was moued vnto Iohn̄ Tu quis es What arte thou that thus doest take vppon the to interprete scripture contrary to the churche and the doctors therof he wyll streyght make aunswere and say I am one whose eyes it hath pleased god to haue opened that I shold se his truthe the churche hath erred the doctors haue ben disceaued as I knowe I my self can not be for I am suere that I am one of the predestinate and electe therof they wyl largely and lyberally dispute and reason not knowynge what the scripture doth meane by predestination and election for they seme to make it suche a thynge as and if god shold appoynt certayne out by the heade and saye these I wyll shal be saued howe so euer they do lyue And sholde shette an other sort ou● of the doores and saye they shold be damned if they lyued neuer soo vertuously whiche thynge either to saye or thinke is a detestable errour and a deuellyshe opinion I do thinke that Paul knew no such election although they gether of hym many places for the confirmation therof whiche trulye vnderstonde doth nothinge make for theyr purpose for he sayth 2. Timo. 2 Omnia suffero propter electos vt ipsi salutem consequantur I do suffre all thynges for the electe that they also may obteyne saluation Lykewyse saynt Petre sayth 2. Pet. 1. minister in youre fayth vertue in vertue knowledge in knowledge temperaunce in temperaunce pacience in pacience godlines in godlines brotherly loue in brotherlye loue generall loue for if these thinges be plentuously in you they wyll not let you be idel nor vnfrutefull in the knowledge of oure Lorde Iesus Christe but he that lacketh these thinges is blynde and gropeth for the waye with his hande and hathe forgotten that he was clenshed frō his olde synnes wherfore breatherne sayth saynt Petre gyue the