and made bounde vnto the lawe to redeme them which were vnder the law that we thorow election myght receiue the inheritaunce that beloÌ„geth vnto the naturall sonne Christ beyng in the shape of GOD and thynkyng it no robbery to equall with God neuerthelesse made him selfe of no reputaâ—…ion toke on hym y â— shape of a seruaunt became like vnto men was found in his apparell as a man Without doubt great is thys mystery of godlynesse God was shewed in the fleshe was iustified in the spirite was sene of aungels was preached vnto the gentils was beleued on in earth and receyued vp in glory Remember that Iesus Christ beyng of the seede of Dauid rose agayne from death accordyng to my gospell He that sanctifieth and they whiche are sanctified are all of one For whiche causes sake he is not ashamed to cal theÌ„ brethreÌ„ saying I wil declare thy name to my brethreÌ„ and in the myddes of the congregation wil I prayse thee And againe I will put my trust in hym And againe behold here am I the children which god hath geueÌ„ me For as much then as the children were partakers of flesh bloud he also hym selfe likewise tooke part with them for to put downe thorowe death hym that had Lorshyp ouer death that is to say the deuill and that he myght deliuer them which thorowe feare of death were all their lyfe time in dauÌ„ger of boÌ„dage For he in no condicion taketh on him the auÌ„gels but the sede of Abraham taketh he on hym Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made like vnto his brethreÌ„ that he myght be mercifull and a faithfull hys priest in thinges concerning god for to purge y â— peoples sinnes For that it fortuned him selfe to be teÌ„pted he is hable to succour them also that are tempted Dearely beloued beleue not euery spi rit but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not For many false Pro phetes are gone out into the worlde Hereby shall ye know the spirit of god Euery spirit that confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in y â— flesh is of god And euery spirit which coÌ„fesseth not y â— Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of god And this is the spirite of Antichrist of whoÌ„ ye haue hard how y â— â—…e shuld come euen now already is he in the world Many deceyuers are entred into the world whiche confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh This is a deceiuer and an Antichrist ☞ Examples out of the new Testament WHen the tyme was come y â— the blessed promised sede should be borne God sent his messenger Gabriell vntâ—… that holy Uirgine Marye whiche was of the house of Dauid which among ma ny other thinges sayd vnto her feare not mary For thou hast founde grace with God Behold thou shalt conceyue in thy wombe and beare a Sonne c. ☞ Note that the aungell sayth thou shalt conceyue He sayth not heauen shall conceyue And the aungell like as the Prophet vsed this word conceiue to declare that the flesh whiche Christ had was truly and naturally taken of the substaunce of his mother Mary the virgine For to conceiue is none other thyng than a woman to be a very true naturall mother by ministryng parte of her corporall substaunce to her childe wherof also the child is formed and made Now on this maner by the workyng of the holy ghost without the sede of man did this blessed virgine conceyue Christ it therfore truly foloweth that Christe brought not hys body with hym from heauen but receyued it of the naturall substaunce of his mother Mary And because we should not doubt of this thyng the aungell calleth Iesus Maries sonne If Christ had not ta ken his humanitie of the blessed Uirgine of her nature and substaunce and so be made very true and perfect man the aungell had not sayd truth when he called Christ her sonne For neyther should Mary haue bene Christes mother nor Christ Maries sonne And so should the aungell haue brought a false and a lying message from God whiche is the selfe truth But let God be true and all heretikes lyers ☞ The godly and vertuous womaÌ„ Elizabeth wife to â—…acharie the priest said to Mary her Co sen beyng newly conceiued with childe thorow the operacion of the holy ghost blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruite of thy wombe And whence happeneth thys vnto me y â— the mother of my lord shoulde come vnto me what soeuer thys holy woman sayth here it muste nedes bee beleued as an infallible truth For she speaketh not of her owne head but as she was filled w t the holy ghost In this her salutacion she calleth Christe the fruite of Maries wombe If Christe bee the fruite of Maryes wombe as vndobutedlye hee is then is Christ made of the substaunce of Mary and is her true and naturall sonne or els were it a manifest lye to call Christ the fruite of her wombe Who is so madde to call a thyng the fruite of a tree that neuer had the nature of a tree Were it not double madnes to call a peare the fruite of a chery tree so greate a fondnes and a greater lye had it bene to call Christ the fruite of Maries wombe if he had brought his body with hym from heauen or from any other place But as it is truly sayd thys peare is the fruite of a peare tree because it had hys beyng and naturall substaunce of the nature and substaunce of a peare tree so likewise is it truly said Christ is the fruite of Maries wombe because he had hys beyng and naturall substaunce as concernyng hys humanitie of the nature and substaÌ„ce of Mary Let God therefore be true and all heretikes lyers IEsus sayth Luke grew in wisedome and age thys also declareth Christ to to be true man seyng he grew in age and strength of bodye yea and also in wisedome after the maner of other children all though in the gyftes of the mynde he farre excelled all other men as the Scriptures testifie God sayth Dauid euen thy God hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy fellowes S. Ihon Baptist also spea keth of Christ on this manner God geueth not the spirit by me sure vnto him ☞ If Christ had brought hys body with hym â—…oÌ„ heauen so could not Christes body haue ben a naturall body nor haue growen after the man ner of other chyldren but should haue bene as bygge when it came from heauen into the Uirgines wombe as it was on the same day that it was put to death But the holy Scriptures teache vs that Christ is the fruite of Maryes wombe that he is her sonne that he was borne a litle childe and grewe in age after the manner of other children vntill he became a perfect man It therefore truly followeth that he brought not his body with him
had no bene a naturall child takyng his flesh or the substance of Mary his mother and not bryngyng hys body with hym from heaueÌ„ or I know not from whence as the vngodly Anabaptistes in these our dayes do most fastly dreame But let God be true and all heretikes lyers IN another place the Prophete sayth there shall come a rodde foorth of the kyndred of Iesse and a floure shall florishe out of hys roote ☞ In thys place the Prophete doth so openlye declare Christe to be true man and the naturall sonne of Mary the virgin that it is won der that any Hereticke can haue so wâ—…oryshe a forehead once to denye iâ—… Thys rodde and â—…loure which spryngeth out of rodde and kintâ—… 〈◊〉 Iesse is Christ the Lord â–ª The roote out of the whiche floure vndefiled virgine Marye Christes mother whiche came of the kynred of Iesse kyng Dauids father Can any man deny but that the floure is of the same nature and substaunce that the tree is of whiche beareth the floure If we grauÌ„t the floure to be of the na ture and substaÌ„ce of the stocke that beareth the floure why are the Anabaptistes more wicked and cruell agaynst Christ the floure and fruite by Gods ordinaunce of the holy virgine then vnto the stocke and roote of euery floure of the fielde Can the floure of an OraÌ„ge spryng out oâ—… an Oke No more can the humanitie of Christ which is the blossome and floure of Mary take his originall of the ayre of heauen or of such other matter they know not what But as the floure of the OraÌ„ge springeth out of the OraÌ„ge tree and is of the very same nature and substaÌ„ce that the OraÌ„ge tree is so likewise Christ being the floure of the most blessed Uirgine tooke his begynnyng of her and is of the very same substaunce and nature that she is Let God therefore be true and all heretikes lyers AFter the. 62. weekes sayth the Prophet Daniell shall Christ be slaine and they shal haue no pleasure in him ☞ The sleyng of Christ euidently proueth that Christ was vâ—…y man yea and a maâ—… mortall and subiect vnto death so well as we If he had brought his body with him from heauen â–ª so had bene a celestiall body â–ª an impassible and immortal body But for asmuch as Christ feared death â–ª â—…uffed the paines of death yea and dyed in dedâ—… accordyng to the Scriptures it followeth that Christ was true and vnfayned man takyng his humanitie of that holy virgine Mary his mother and lyued in all pointes lyke man sinne alone extepâ—…e and at the last dyed for our synnes â–ª as the Apostle sayth Let God therfore be true and all heretikes lyers ☞ Sentences out of the new Testament THe booke of the kyndred of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abraham Iacob begat Ioseph the husbande of Mary of whome was borne that Iesus whiche is called Christ. The byrthe of Iesus Christe was on this wise WheÌ„ hys mother Mary was maried to Ioseph before they came together she was found with child by the holy ghost Then Ioseph her husbande being a perfect man and loth to defame her was mynded to put her away secret ly While he thus thought beholde the aungell of the Lord appeared vnto him in a dreame saying Ioseph the sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wife For that whiche is conceyued in her is of the holy ghost She shal bryng forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus For he shall saue hys people from their sinnes All thys was done to fulfil y â— whiche was spokeÌ„ of the Lord by the Prophet Esay saying beholde a mayd shall be with child shall bryng foorth a sonne and they shall call hys name Emanuell whiche is by interpretacion GOD with vs or God and man The aungell gabriell was sent from god vnto a citie of galile named Nazareth to a virgin spoused to a maÌ„ whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Mary And the auÌ„gel went in vnto her said Hayle ful of grace y â— Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women When she sawe hym she was abashed at hys saying and caste in her mynde what maner of salutation that should be And the aungell sayd vnto her feare not Mary for thou hast fouÌ„d grace with god thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shalte call hys name Iesus He shall be greate shall be called the sonne of the hyest And the Lord god shall gâ—…ue vnto hym the sea 〈◊〉 of his father Dauid and he shall reygne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of hys kyngdome shal be none ende Then â—…ayd Mary vnto the aungell howe shal this bee seyng I knowe not a mane And the aungell aunswered and sayde vnto her the holy ghost shall come vppon thee and the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee Therfore also that holy thyng which shall be borne of thee shall be called the sonne of god Elizabeth was filled with the holye ghost and cried with a loude voyce and sayd Blessed art thou among women â—… blessed is y â— fruite of thy wombe And whence hapneth this to me that the mo ther of my Lord should come to me c. It fortuned while they wer there her time was come y â— she shuld be deliuered And she brought forth her first begotteÌ„ son wraped him in swadling clothes layd him in a maunger because there was no roume for theÌ„ within y â— Inne Behold I bring you tidings of great â—…oy y â— shal come to all y â— people For vnto you is borne this day y â— city of Dauid â—… sauiour whiche is Christ the Lord. The child grew and waxed strong in spirite and was filled with wisedome the grace of god was with him Iesus encreased in wisdome and age and in fauour with god and man Blessed is the wombe that bare thee and the papes whiche gaue thee sucke The worde was made fleshe dwelt among vs. Dauid was a Prophet knewe that god had sworne with an othe to hym y â— the fruite of his loynes that is to say Christ should sit on his seate God dyd sette vp Dauid to be theyr kyng of whom he reported saying I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a man after my owne heart he shall fulfill all my will Of this mans sede hath god accordyng to hys promise brought forth to the people of Israell a sauiour euen Iesus Iesus Christ the sonne of god was be gotten of the seede of Dauid as pertaynyng to the flesh Christ as concernyng the flesh came of the Israelites To Abraham and hys seede were the promyses made He sayth not in the sedes as many but in thy seede as in one whiche is Christ. When the tyme was full come God sent hys Sonne borne of a woman
There is one Lord one faith one ba ptisme one god father of all whiche is aboue all thorow all in you all There is one god and one mediatour betwene god and man euen the man Christ Iesu which gaue him self a raâ—…nsome for all men There are three which beare record in heauen the father the worde the holy ghost And these thre are one Agaynst infidelitie or misbelief IF Satan at any tyme moueth thee vnto in fidelitie or misbelief either toward God or his woorde by no meanes leane vnto him vnt agaynst hys temptation enarme thy self with these holy scriptures Sentences out of the old Testament If ye do not beleue there shall no promise be kept with you Thy eyes O Lord loke vpon fayth The righteous shall lyue by fayth I will mary thee vnto me in faith â—… thou shalt know that I am the Lord. The wrath of y â— Lord came vpon I raell because they beleued not in god nor trusted not in his sauing health The Lorde doth appeare vnto them that hath fayth in him Wo be to the dissolute in hart that â—…eleue not god therefore shall they not be defended of him In all thy woorkes put thy trust in god from thy whole harte for that is the kepyng of the commaundements Who so beleueth gods worke taketh â—…ede to the commaundementes and he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall want nothyng Examples out of the olde Testament AbrahaÌ„ beleued god it was reckened vnto hym for righteousnesse Dauid beyng a younge man and of â—…itle stature thorow fayth in the name of the Lord of hoastes fought with that proude monstruous gyante Goâ—…iath the Philistine and slue him Sidrach Misach and Abdenago thorow faith chosed rather to be cast into a whote burnyng fornace then at the kyngs commaundement to coÌ„mit Ido latry and to worship straunge gods Daniel thorowe faith wished rather to be cast quicke into the denne of Lyons then by the space of thyrty dayes not to pray vnto the Lord his god according to the kings commaundemeÌ„t ☞ Sentences out of the new Testament He that beleueth is baptised shal be saued But he that beleueth not shal be condempned As many as receaued christ he gaue them power to be the sonnes of god in that they beleue on his name As Moses lifted vp the serpent in the wildernes so must the sonne of maÌ„ be lyfted vp y e so many as beleue in him may not perishe but haue euerlastyng lyfe For god hath so dearely beloued the world that he gaue his onely begot ten sonne that euerye one that beleueth in him may not perishe but haue euerlastyng lyfe He that beleueth in y â— sonne of god is not condempned But he that beleueth not is already condempned because he hath not beleued in the name of the onely begotten sonne of god He that beleueth in the sonne hath euerlastyng lyfe but he that beleueth not in the sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrath of god abideth vpon him This is the wil of him that sent me that euerye one that seeth the sonne beleueth on hym should haue euerlastyng lyfe and I will rayse hym vp at the last day I am the resurrectioÌ„ and life he that beleueth in me although he wer dead yet shall he lyue and euery one that ly ueth and beleueth in me shall not dye euerlastyngly Ye beleue in god beleue also in me sayth Christ. Be iâ—… knoweÌ„ vnto you ye meÌ„ bre thren that thorow the name of Christ is preached vnto you y e forgeuenes of sinnes and that by him are all that beleue iustified from all thynges from the whiche ye could not be iustified by the law of Moses With fayth doth God purifie oure heartes The ryghteousnes that is alowed before god coÌ„meth by the faith of Iesu Christ vnto all vpon all that beleue We beyng iustified by fayth are at peace with god thorow our lord Iesu christ by whom we haue a way in tho row faith vnto this grace wherin we stand and reioyce in hope of the prayse that shal be geuen of god Christ is the perfect fulfillyng of the law to iustifie euery one y â— beleueth If y u wilt knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the lord and beleue with thy hart that God raiseth hym from death thou shalt be saued For the belief of the hart iustifieth and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe For y e scripture saith who soeuer beleueth on him shall not be ashamed What soeuer is not of faith is sinne All ye are sonnes of god because ye haue beleued in Christ Iesu. In Christ Iesu neither is circuÌ„cision any thing worth nor vncircumcision but fayth whiche worketh by loue By grace are ye saued thorow fayth ye that not of your selues It is the gift of god commeth not of workes because no man should boast him selfe Aboue all thinges take vnto you the shielde of fayth wherby ye may be able to queÌ„ch al the fire dartes of the deuil Without fayth it is not possible to please god For he that commeth vnto god must beleue that God is and that he is a rewarder to theÌ„ that seke him Be ye sover and watch for your aduersary the deuil goeth about like a ro aryng Lyon seking whom he may deuour whom see that ye resiste with a strong fayth This is the victory whiche ouercom meth the world euen our fayth ☞ Examples out of the new Testament The woman that was diseased by the space of 12. yeares of the bloudy issue thorow fayth was made whole The woman of Canane thorowe faith obtayned of Christ health for her daughter The father of the childe possessed w t a deuill from his childhoode obtayned of Christ thorowe fayth perfect health for his sonne Bartimeus the blynd man thorow fayth recouered his sight A certayne sinfull woman thorowe fayth obtayned of Christ forgeuenesse of all her sinnes The Apostles of Christ thorow faith notwithstaÌ„ding y â— hye priests coÌ„mauÌ„dment continued in the preachyng of Christes gospel and both pacieÌ„tly ioy fully thaÌ„kefully suffered al kinds of displeasure for y â— name of y â— Lord Iesu. Rede y e. 11. chap. of the Epistle vnto the Hebrues where thou shalt fynd pleÌ„ty of examples concernyng this matter Agaynst the heresie of such as deny Iesu Christ to be God IF Satan at any time moueth thee to doubt of the godhead of Christ as though he were onely man not God a creature or a thing made and not the creator and maker of all thynges enarme thy selfe agaynste hym with these scriptures ☞ Sentences out of the old Testament VNto vs a childe is borne and vnto vs a sonne is geuen vppon hys shoulder doth the kingdome ly and he is
walles be builded againe 62. wekes but w t heard trou blous time After these 62. wekes shall Christ be slaine and they shall haue no pleasure in hym Thou Bethelem Ephrata art litle among the thousandes of Iuda out of thee shal come vnto me which shall bee the gouernour in Israell whose out go ing hath bene from the beginnyng and from euerlastyng Be glad and reioyce O doughter of Sion for lo I come to dwell in y â— midst of thee saith the Lord. At the same time there shal many heathen cleane to the Lord and shal be my people Behold I wil sende my messenger which shall prepare the waye before me and y â— Lord whom ye would haue shall soone come to hys temple ye euen the Messenger of the couenaunt whome ye looke for This is our god and there shal none other be compared to hym It is he that hath found out all wisedome and hathe geuen her vnto Iacob his seruaunt and to Israel hys beloued Afterward did he shew himself vpon earth and dwelte among men Examples out of the olde Testament AFter that Adam and his wyfe thorow the crafty perswasions of Satan had transgressed gods commaundement god in the presence of them both euen for their comfort and for the quietnes of their conscience sayd vnto the ser pent I will set enmitie betwene thee a woman betwene thy seede her sede The selfe same seede shall tread downe thy head and thou shalt treade vppon hys heele These wordes of God the father spokeÌ„ vnto the serpent shewe euidently and manifestlye proue that Iesu Christ our Lorde is the true and natural sonne of Mary and vnfainedlye tooke his flesh and humanity of her For this word seede in thys place signifieth the whole substaunce of Christes manhode and proueth euidently that whatsoeuer Christ was being man he truly and naturally receiued it of the corporall substaunce of Mary his mother the virgine Cursed therefore is the heretike Appelles which thought that Christ had receyued his body of the elementes in the ayre and passed through the virgine as the water passed through a pipe Cursed are these heretikes Cerdo Marcian and Manes whiche holde that Christ had a fantastical body appearing to be man pet hauing no parte of manhode in hym Cursed is that heretike Ualentinus with his Apes the Anabaptistes which hold that Christ tooke no fleshe of Marye his mother the virgine but brought hys bodye with him froÌ„ heauen God the father calleth Christ the seede of the womaÌ„ He therfore is the naturall sonne of Mary his mother and receyued hys whole bodely substaunce of the most pure virgine or els should God greatlye haue erred which called hym the seede of a womaÌ„ but let God be true and all heretikes lyers TO Abraham god the father sayd in thy sede all nations of the earth shal be blessed This sede is Christ as S. Paul decla reth to the Galathians whiche borne of the virgine Mary came of the sede of Abraham ☞ Now if Christ had taken no flesh of Mary how could he haue come of the sede of AbrahaÌ„ But that we should be without all doubt coÌ„cernyng Christes humanitie and be certaine that he was the true and naturall sonne of Mary re ceiuyng his manhoode neither of the elementes of the ayre nor yet bringinning it with him froÌ„ heauen but takyng it of the true and naturall substaunce of Mary his mother God sayth expresly In thy seede Let vs note well this pronown Thy. In thy sede sayth he and not in the sede that Christ shall bryng from heauen or out of the ayre Howe could Christ iustly haubene called Abrahams sede if he had neuer taken any part of Abrahams substance But the Apostle sayth Christ toke the sede of Abraham and not of the aungels so that he must be lyke to his brothers in all thinges Let God therfore be true and all heretikes lyers In like maner the Lord swore a truth vnto Dauid and wyll not go from it I wil saith he set vpon thy seat one of the fruite of the wombe Here Christ which before was called the sede of a woman the sede of AbrahaÌ„ is called the fruite of Dauids woÌ„be ☞ What caÌ„ be spoken more playnly to declare and proue that Christ came of the sede of Dauid as concernyng his fleshe If Christe be the fruite of Dauids belly I meane concernyng his posteritie for Mary the mother of Christe came of the stock and kindred of Dauid so doth it euidently followe that Christ passed not thorow the woÌ„be of his mother without any partâ—… king of y â— natural substaÌ„ce of his mother as y â— wa ter passeth and runneth thorowe the pype and yet receyueth no part of the pypes substaunce but rather that he tooke a perfect body of substaunce of his mother and so became true and perfect man Otherwise should not he haue ben the fruite of Dauids belly neither should God haue kepte hys othe and promise made vnto Dauid But let God be true and all heretikes lyers THe Prophet Esay doth lyuely describe painte set forth both the mother of Christ and Christ him selfe in these wordes The Lord sayth he shall geue you a token Beholde a virgine shall conceyue and beare a sonne and thou shalt cal his name Emanuel But ter hony shall he eate y â— he may know to refuse the euill and chose the good ☞ First as concernyng Christes mother we learne here that she was a pure and vndeâ—…yled mayde and that she and not the heauen nor the ayre conceyued and brought foorth Christe her sonne In that she conceyued and brought forth Christe it is euident that she was vnfaynedly Christes naturall mother ministres part of her â—…bstaunce to the perfourmyng and makyng aâ—… her sonne thorow Gods operacion and dyd the duty and office of a true mother in all poyntes And where as the Prophete calleth Christ her â—…onne he declareth manifestly that Christ tooke his flesh of the substaunce of his mother Mary the virgine and is her true and naturall sonne or els to what ende shoulde he bee called hee sonne And that we should be as assuredly perswaded of hys humanitie of Mary hys mother as of his deitie of God his father The Prophet calleth hym Emanuell that is to say God and man true God of God his father anâ—… true man of Mary hys mother And because there should want nothyng vnto the true perfite and full dis cription of Christes humanitie but that Christ shoulde be declared to bee a true and a naturall childe and not fantasticall nor celestiall the Pro phet as it were with certain notes and markes both lyuely set forth and sheweth that he after that maner of other children shall eate butter Hony that is to say refuse buter and vnsauery meatâ—…s and chose those that are sweete and plea saunt in taste This were vaynly put in of the Prophete if Christe
be riche Accompany not with riotous drinkers and eaters for such shal come to pouerty and such sluggish slepers shal go all to rag ged Where is wo Where is wailing where is stryfe where are trappes layde where are wounds without a cause wher are bloudy eies Do not al these thinges chawnce vnto them that sit alway at the wyne and geue their mindes wholly to gulling and glossing Wo be to you that rise vp early to geue your selues to dronkennes and set al your mindes so on drinking that ye syt sweating therat vntill it be nyght The harpe the Lute the Tabour the droumslade the trumpet the shalme and plenty of wyne are at their feastes but the workes of the Lord do ye not behold neither consider ye the workes of his hand Woo be vnto you that are stronge to drinke wyne and are mighty to auaunce dronkennes Fornication wyne and dronkennes take away the hart Thorow feasting many haue died but he that eateth in meane shal prolong his life Examples out of the olde Testament Adam and Eue by satisfiyng their gredâ—… appetite in eating the forbidden fruit dyd not only transgresse the commaundement of god but also throw both themselues and al their posteritie into euerlasting daÌ„pnation if we had not bene redemed by Christ. The stinking Sodomits by geuing theÌ„ selues to inordinate eating and drinking fel vnto vnnatural lusts and so most miserably perished Thorow dronkennes Lot committed incest with his owne doughters The people of Israell geuing their mind vnto bancketting fell into Idolatry Holofernes that moste Ualeant captain being dronken was slain of a woman ☞ Sentences out of the new Testament Take heede that your hart be not ouerwhelmed with feasting and dronkenship Let vs walke honestly as in the daye tyme not in banketting and dronkennns not in chambring and wantonnes nor in strife and enuiyng but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ. And make not prouision for the flesh to fulfil the lustes therof Banketeing add dronkennes are the workes of the flesh Be not dronken with wine wherin is lechery but ye be filled with the spirit It is a good thing that the hart be established with grace and not with meates which haue not profited them they haue had their pastime in them Dronkardes shall not inherite the kingdom of God Be ye sober and watch for your aduersary the Deuill goeth about like roaryng Lion sekyng whom he may deuour whoÌ„ see that ye resist being strong in fayth Examples out of the newe Testament Herod geuing his mynd to banketting graunted that the holy man Iohn Baptist shoulde bee beheaded at the desire of his whorishe doughter That euill seruaunte which sayth in his hart my Lord wyll be long a commyng and so begin to smite his felowes yea and to eate and drynk with the dronken The same seruauntes lord shall come in a day when hee loketh not for him and in an hour that he is not ware of and shal hew him in peces and geue him his porcion w t the Hipocrites there shall be weping and gnashyng of teath The rich gloton that fared so daintely euery day was cast downe into hel and most greuously punished Against Fornication and adultry IF at any time thou be tempted of the Deuill of the world and the flesh to defile thy selfe with fornication adultery whoredom incest or with any other vncleannes call these sentences and examples of the holy Scripture to remembraunce and valeantly resiste those most wicked temptacions Sentences out of the olde Testament Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not lye with thy neighbours wife to defile her with sede Thou shalt not make thy doughter com mon that thou wouldest cause her to bee an whore The man that breaketh wedlocke with an other mans wife euen he that breaketh wedlock with his neighbors wife let him be slain both y e aduoterer y e aduoutres If a priests daughter fall to playe the whore she defileth her father therfor must she be burnt with fyre If a man be found lying with a woman that hath a wâ—…dded husband they shall die eyther of them both the man that lay with the wife and also the wife so shalt thou 〈◊〉 away euell from Israell Cursed be he that lieth with his neighboures wise and all the people shall saye Amen There shal be no whore of the daughters of Israel nor no whoremonger of the sonnes of Israell An whore geueth swete wordes forsaketh the husbande of her youth and forgetteth the couenaunt of her god Her house is enclined vnto death and her pathes vnto hel All they that go into her come not againe nether take they hold of the way of lyfe The lips of an harlot are a dropping honye combe and her necke is softer then oyle but in the ende she is as bitter as wormewood and as sharpe as is a swerd Her feete goe downe vnto death and her steps hast them into hell Wherefore deare childe geue eare vnto me and swarue not from my wordes Fly froÌ„ her wayes and come not once so niegh â—…s vnto her dores Kepe thee from the euill woman and from the flattering tong of the harlot that thou lust not after her beauty in thine hart and leâ—…t thou be takeÌ„ with her faire lokes An harlote will make a man to beg hys breade but a maried woman wyll huntâ—… for the precious life May a man hide fire in his bosome and his clothes not be burnt Or can one go vpon coales and his feete not be hurt Euen so whosoeuer goeth into his neighbours wife and toucheth her cannot be vngilty He that is an whoremonger is a foole and bringeth his life to destruction He getteth himselfe also shame and dishonor such as shall neuer be put out He that accompanieth himselfe with an whoore shall go downe vnto hell but he that goeth away from her shal be saued He that medleth with an whore is a foole and without wit He that maintaineth whores shal come vnto beggary If mine hart hath lusted after my neighbours wife or if I haue laid waight at his doore Oh then let my wife grind vnto another man and let other men lyâ—… with her For this is a wickednes and sinne that is worthye to be punished yea a fire that should vtterly consume and 〈◊〉 out al my substaunce My sonne kepe thee well from all whor dom and beside thy wyfe see that no â—…aut be found in thee Cast not thy mind vpon harlots in any manner of thing least thou destroye both thy self and thy heritage Go not about gasinge in euery lane of the City neither wander thou abroade in the streates therof Turne away thy face from a beautifull woman and looke not vpon the fayrenes of other Sit not with another mans wife by any meanes lye not wyth her vpon the bedde make no words
in Paradise Against sinne death and hell IF Sathan in the time of sicknes or els whaÌ„ goe about to fray thee to quenche thy spirit either with the greatnes of thy sinnes or els with the error and fearcenes of death and hell be not dismayd but with a lustye courage resiste his temptations with these most swete and comfortable scriptures Sentences out of the olde Testament I am he indede sayth god he which puteth away thy sinnes yea that for myne own sake will remeÌ„ber them no more As for thine offeÌ„ces I haue driuen theÌ„ away like the cloudes and thy sinnes as the miste Turne thee againe vnto me for I haue redemed thee Where is ther such a god as thou artâ—… that pardonest wickednes and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thine heritage He keepeth not his wrathe for euer And why for his delighte is to haue compassion He shall turne againe and be mercifull to vs hee shall putte downe our wickednes and caste al our sinnes into the bottome of the sea Out of the power of death sayth the lord wil I deliuer them yea from the death it self wil I redeme them O death I will be thy death O hel I wil swallow thee vp Examples out of the olde Testament That holy king and prophet Dauid being fully perswaded that by Christ which was to come Sathans head was broken a sunder sinne was vanquished death was ouercome hell was swalowed vp that they could nothinge hurt that faythful man lamented sorowed that he continued so long in this vale of misery and moste hartelye wished to be deliuered out of thys prison and to goe vnto the Lord his God That godly and aunciente father Toby knowing that neither sinne death nor hell can do any thing against gods choseÌ„ people which in Christe haue gotten the victory ouer them al so that they nede not to feare death nor anye thing to come after this life praied to god on this maner Nowe O lord drale with me according to thy wyl and commauÌ„d my spirite to be receiued in peace for more expedient were it for me to dye than to liue Sentences out of the new Testament CHriste shall saue hys people from their sinnes Behold the Lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the world There is no damnation to theÌ„ that are graft in Christ Iesu. Christe came into the worlde to saue sinners The bloud of Iesu Christe maketh vs cleane from all synne Thorow the name of Christ al Prophets beare witnes that so many as beleue in him shal receiue remissioÌ„ of their sinnes Death is swalowed vp into victory Wher is thy sting O death Wher is thy victory O hell The sting of deathe is sinne and the power of sin is the lawe But thankes bee to God which hath geuen vs the victory thorow our Lord Iesus Christ. By death hath Christ put him to flight that had lordshippe ouer deathe that is to saye the Deuill that he myght delyuer them which thorow the fear of death were all theyr lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage Examples out of the new Testament SO sone as the auncient father Simeon had seene and receiued Christe into his armes he fering neither sin death nor hel shewed himselfe redy to depart out of this world and spake with a ioyful voice O Lord now lettest thou thy seruaunte depart in peace c. Blessed Paule knowing that thorowe Christ the power of synne death and hel is so altogether weekened that they can do the faithful no harme wished to be losoned out of this world and to be with Christ. ¶ Against them that deny the resurrection of the body IF that olde enemy Sathan labour to perswade thee that there is no resurrection of the dead but as the bodye returneth to death so shall it for euer continue in the earth neuer receiue lyfe again nor line either in glory or in peace after this present life that therfore thou maiest liue as thou iust defende thy selfe against his cruel assaults 〈◊〉 these senteÌ„ces exaÌ„ples of the holy scripture Sentences out of the olde Testament The Lorde killeth and maketh alyue againe bringeth downe to the graue and stretchetâ—… vp againe I am sure that my redemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth in the latter day and that I shall be clothed againe with this skinne and see god in my flesh yea I my self shall beholde him not wyth other but with these same eyes These that be deade will I raise vp againe from their places and bringe them out of the graues Thy dead shall liue euen with my body shall they rise againe Awake and singe ye that dwel in the dust For thy dew is euen as the dew of hearbes and the earthe shall cast out of her them that be vnder her the earth shall disclose her own bloud and shal no more hide â—…em that are slaine in her Your bones shall florish like an herbe Beholde saith god I wil put breath in to you that ye may liue I wil geue you sinowes and make fleshe growe vpon you and couer you ouer with skin and so geue you breath that ye may liue knowe that I am the Lord. Thus saith the Lord god behold I wil open your graues O my peo ple and take you out of your Sepulchres Many of them that slepe in the duste of the earth shall awake some to euerlasting life some to perpetuall shame and reproofe Examples out of the olde Mestament THe Prophet Helias raised vp froÌ„ death vnto life the Sonne of the widdow of Sarepta which is in Sidon Helizeus obtained of God a Childe for his Hostesse which dyed and as afterward by the prayer of Helizeus raysed vnto life Read and mark diligently the 37. Chapiter of Ezechiel A certaine woman with her 7. Children were cruellye put to death because they would not eate swines flesh contrary to gods worde at the commaundement of the kinge The seconde of the brethren saide vnto the kinge thou moste vngracious person puttest vs now to deathe but the kinge of the worlde shall raise vs vp which dy for his lawes into resurrection of euerlasting life The mother of the 7. Children sayde thus vnto them I cannot tel how ye â—…am in my woÌ„be for I neither gaue you breath nor soule no nor life It is not I that ioyned the members of youre bodyes together but the maker of the worlde whiche fashioned the birth of man and began all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercye shall geue you breath and life againe like as ye now regard not your own selues for his lawes sake ☞ Sentences out of the newe Testament AS touching the resurrection of y â— dead haue ye not reade what is said vnto you of god which saieth I am Abrahams god and Isaackes god and god is not the god of