bow'd her long she could no way Lift vp her selfe then certainly Christ said be loosd of thy disease Laying on his hand she straight found ease The ruler of the Synagogue Was fill'd with indignation As if his conscience had a clogge Or of a proud presumption Six dayes ye may well healed be And rest the Sabboth day said he Then said the Lord thou hypocrite Do ye not on the Sabboth day Your oxe and asse without respite Loose from the stall and driue away And should not she whom Sathan bound The Sabboth day go safe and sound When Christ said this his enemy Was sore ashamed and the rest Reioycing did God glorifie Which by their words was well exprest For they gaue God the onely prayse That wrought such works in those their dayes The parable of the mustard seede and of the leauen What is the kingdome of God like Or whereto shall I it compare Christ saw that some did not mislike His deeds and doctrine which were rare It is like to a mustard seed That man doth sow to serue his need This seed of seeds though sure the least Yet sowne it waxeth to a tree Wherein the litle birds may neast As oftentimes we do them see Or leauen in three peckes of flowre Till all be leauend and made sowre This mustard seed that is so small And therefore subiect to disdaine And eke the leauen there withall Doth signifie Christs Gospell plaine Gods word though weake it seeme to be Works great effects in some we see The parable of the strait and broad way And as through eu'ry towne he went And taught going to Hierusalem That few be saued is it ment Said they thus answerd Christ to them The strait gate striue to enter to Though many faile that so would do The goodman of the house when he Is risen vp and shuts the gate Your might or merite litle be To cry Lord open is to late Depart saith he hence speedily You workers of iniquitie We eaten haue say you againe And dronke oh Lord so oft with thee And thou hast taught vs but in vaine Depart saith he away from me Your sinnes are onely cause of this That you shall loose eternally blisse There ye then weeping all shall be And gnashing of your teeth full sore When Abraham in heau'n ye see And ye shut out as is before The Patriarks and the Prophets rest In heau'n aboue for they are blest And many shall come from the East And from the North and South also And many likewise from the West The heau'nly kingdome come vnto And then the first the last shall be And so the last first you shall see Christ called Herod a soxe and cryed against Hierusalem The Pharisies to Christ did say King Herod doubtlesse will thee kill Depart therefore and get away Ere he do worke on thee his will Thus would they seeme his friends to be That sought his death aswell as he Go tell the foxe said Christ from me Behold I cast out deu'ls to day And eke to morow I make free And heale the sicke that do me pray The third day I do make an end I care not what the foxe intend To morow as to day I must And yet the third day walke also It cannot be you may giue trust To this that now declare I do Saue at Ierusalem alone Shall of the Prophets perish none Hierusalem that oft doest kill And stone those that are sent to thee Thy childrens good I wished still Yet canst not thou thy saftie see But from thee when I shall be rest Thy house then desolate is left Christ healed one of the dropsie on the Sabboth day Againe as Iesus would eate meate With one of the chiefe Pharisies They friendly seeme him to intreate To colour out some braue deuise Their snares and traps for him they lay And watch him on the Sabboth day Behold a certaine man was there Infected with a dropsie sore Some Lawyers there at that time were Which watched him so much the more Christ asked if it lawfull be The man on that day to make free They held their peace for to reproue His words and deeds they did intend The matter he no more did moue But healed him and made an end Who doth said Christ his oxe espy In pit this day and lets him lye Christ forbad men to presse for the highest roomes at feasts taught men lowlinesse and to vse liberalitie vnto the poore A parable Christ Iesus spake When he the guests had marked well How each the highest roome would take See that saith Christ you do not mell With chiefest roomes when you are bid Least thence your betters do you rid When thou art bidden to a feast Go and sit lowest in the place Then saith the master come my guest Sit higher vp this giueth grace For who so him exalteth hye Shall be brought low reprochfully When thou doest make a feast command To call the poore the maim'd the lame And blind to such stretch forth thy hand This will gaine thee deserued fame And thou thy recompence this trust Shalt haue in heau'n among the iust And one of them that then there sate Said he is blest that eateth bread In heau'n and happy are their state That their liues there might alwayes lead In heau'n as this man doth confesse Sure resteth all true happinesse Christ declared how a certaine man made a great supper and bade many of the excuses of certaine guestes and their vnworthinesse Christ Iesus said a certaine man Made a great supper or a feast Come ye as soone now as ye can His seruants said vnto each guest For all things are now readie made To welcome whom our maister bade But they began to make excuse The first said I haue bought a farme I must go see it as they vse Thou maist excuse me without harme The next of Oxen bought yokes fiue And must go proue how they do thriue The third had married then a wife Sure he might well excused be For he was bound to lead his life With her and liue no longer free You know what wilfull men deserue All their excuses may not serue The seruants told their maister these Whom thou hast bid come not at all Which did him verie much displease And said another sort goe call Go bid the poore the lame the blinde And such as in the streetes ye finde The seruants said Lord it is done Yet there are roomes vnfurnished In the high waies seeke some out soone That my house be replenished For those men that were bid before Shall neuer tast my supper more Then to the multitude that went With him Christ turned backe and sayd If any man with good intent Come after me now vnaffrayd He must hate father and each friend To beare my crosse vnto the end Who meanes to build a stately towre And doth not cast the cost before He may repent him in that
with Samaria disagree And water askest thou of me Then Iesus said oh woman see If thou the gift of God didst know And who it is that asketh thee Thou woldest not then seeme so slow To aske of him for he can giue Water of life if thou beleeue The woman said the well is deepe And thou hast nought to draw withall Where doest thou then thy water keepe Or doest of me for water call This well our father Iacob gaue Whose name in reu'rence here we haue Art thou greater then Iacob was He dranke of it and so did then His children in this very place His cattell and his houshold men But Iesus said who so doth drinke Of this will thirst thou so must thinke The water I giue who drinke will Thirsteth no more while he doth liue It shall in him be springing still To euerlasting life this giue That I thirst not oh sir said she Nor to draw here more driuen be Then Iesus said thy husband call And come againe with him to me Husband I haue now none at all To Iesus then thus answered she Thou hast well said thou hast had fiue This is not thine that is aliue Thou art a Prophet I do see Our fathers worshipt in this mount But now Ierusalem say ye To worship in men most account The houre is come now shines the light Yet here nor there ye worship right Ye worship that ye do not know We worship that we know and see Saluation is I say to you Come of the Iewes and now said he In truth and spirite men haue need The father to adore in deed God is a spirite and they must In spirite and in truth withall Worship him that in him trust And on his name for mercy call Messiah comes said she againe And he will teach vs all things plaine He said to her lo I am hee And his Disciples came with that When Christ so talke with her they see They all did maruaile much thereat They of their meate did offer make But he as then no meat would take His meat was to accomplish then His fathers will and worke to end The haruest is among all men Most ripe where to God did you send The reaper wages shall receiue And sower ioy thereof perceiue Herein the prouerbe true is found That one doth sow another reape You reape where other tild the ground Their labours all on you I heape The woman all this while was gone And left Christ there though not alone She went into the Citie then Come see said she one that told me All I haue done and straight the men Went out our Sauiour Christ to see Whom when they saw they did beleeue For wordes that she to them did giue When the Samaritanes were come They prayed him to tarie there And he abode as saith some Two dayes with them and they with feare When they had heard and seene also His wordes and workes beleeued tho Then said they to the woman we Do now beleeue not for thy sake But for the wordes and workes we see For Christ the Sauiour we him take So two dayes after thence he went To Galilie for so he ment Christ passing from Samaria to Galilie turned aside to Nazareth where he preached on the Sabboth day c. When from Samaria he was gone To Nazareth he tooke his way Christ knew what best was to be done No time he would at all delay About his fathers worke he went In which his time he wholy spent Then to their Sinagogue to preach Vpon the Sabboth day he came Esayas booke they did him reach That he might reade vpon the same Whereout he taught them what he was What he should teach and bring to passe Christ reproueth the ingratitude of his countreymen affirming that a Prophet is esteemed least in his owne countrey His doctrine so astonied some That they did wonder at his words Whence doth say they this wisedome come Or who to him these works affoords Is not that Iosephes sonne we pray The Carpenter we heard this day His mother Marie we do call His brethren be they not with vs As men amazed were they all To heare him so that text discusse Saue in his countrey then said he A Prophet sure shall honor'd be Wherefore he said to them againe When famine plagued Israell And they for three yeares wanted rayne And moneths six as stories tell Eliah then was sent to none Saue in Sarepta vnto one Oh Israëll thy leprosie Was great in Eliseus time Yet none could find a remedie But Naaman was cur'de by him When they heard this it grieu'd them sore And they deuisde his death therefore So rising they out thrust him all And lead him on that verie hill Where they might geue him such a fall As might haue pleasde their wicked will He freely yet from them did go Escaping for all they could do Christ went from Nazareth to Cana in Galilie where he restored the rulers sonne to health the noble man and all his houshold beleeued To Cana Christ from Naz'reth came The Galileans him receiu'd And ioyfully they did the same His Godhead there was well perceiu'd Of water wine he made before Now one to life he did restore A ruler that thereby did dwell At Capernaum had a sonne Sore sicke when he of Christ heard tell And what he eu'ry where had donne He came to Christ and him did pray To go with him without delay His sonne was ready now to dye Therefore he made the greater hast Your vnbeliefe assuredly Doth make you many wordes to wast But go thy way thy sonne doth liue He went and did Christs word beleeue And as he iourneyd by the way He heard his sonne recouered And by accompt that houre and day That Iesus health had promised So he and his beleeued all Christ when he will can thus men call Christ hearing of Iohns imprisonmēt went to Capernaū after he called sundry of his Apostles preached the Gospell in Galilie and healed the diseased When Iohn was then imprisoned Or much about that tyme I say Christ went and he inhabited Capernaum and there did stay The sea of Zabulon was nye And Nepthalim assuredly Esayas Prophecid before That there the Gentiles should haue light Whose darknesse still increased more Vntill of Christ they had a sight Who doth vnto all that beleeue Eternall life most freely giue Christ passing throughout Galilie As he did walke by the sea side Apostles called verely Of such men as did there abide Poore fisher men without respect By whom he would his works effect With whom about from place to place Throughout all Galilie he went Heaping on his all gifts of grace And teaching them with like intent He made those foolish weaklings rise For to confound the worldly wise And as he past continually He euery where did dayly teach Their Synagogues to openly He went the Gospell for to preach Amend
causes of fasting Christ answered the Pharisies and Iohns disciples Then Iohns disciples came and said The Pharisies fast oft and we But thy disciples vnaffraid Do eate and drinke abroade with thee Then Iesus said the children sure Mourne not while that the feast endure But when the Bridegroome shall be gone Then they will all fast at that day No man doth patch a new piece on An old garment it rents away The law obserued is by thee The Gospell makes the other free New wine will burst the bottels sure If they be old therefore I say Sith ceremonies may endure No longer time but must delay Let new wine haue new vessels then And be contented with these men Christ healed a woman that had bin sick of a bloudie issue twelue yeares and raised Iayrus daughter from death As Christ with Iairus thence did go To raise his daughter lately dead A woman sick twelue yeares or moe With touching him of health was sped And after that where they did see The maide from death deliu'red he Christ gaue sight to the blind When Iesus did from him depart Two blind men meeting him did crie Thou sonne of Dauid ease our smart Beleeue ye then said Christ that I Can helpe ' yes Lord said they then he Did touch their eyes and made them see Christ casteth out a deuill and maketh the dumbe man to speake Againe they brought a dumbe man there Possessed with a deu'll but he Cast out the deu'll to their great feare And the dumbe spake which Christ made free The people maruaild yet some said He had done it by Satans aide So Iesus went from place to place Teaching and healing eu'ry one To all that sought he did giue grace He was of great compassion The labourers are few said he Yet is the haruest great yee see At the poole of Bethesda Christ healed a man that had bene diseased 38. yeares and being accused defended his fact After all this against the feast Of Passeouer which then was nie Christ Iesus that tooke little rest Vnto Ierusalem did hie That holy Sabaoth of the Lord The Iewes obseru'd with one accord Christ at Ierusalem then found A multitude of sicke and lame About Bethesda lying round Abiding till the Angell came When as the Angell stird the poole The water still made one man whole Christ by that poole a man did see That had lyen sicke there very long Wilt thou be whole oh man said he Sir I want helpe among this throng Rise thou said Christ thy bed vp take For perfect whole I do thee make Christ heal'd him on the Sabboth day Whereat the Iewes were grieued sore And sought our Sauiour Christ to slay Rewarded thus he was therefore The Iewes accusing Christ do moue Him iustly them for to reproue To whom the father witnessed And Iohn did testifie the same The Scriptures also verified As did his works so full of fame That he the sonne of God should be The stubburne Iewes him would not see Christ defended his Disciples accused for plucking eares of corne on the Sabboth Three feasts the Iewes kept yeare by yeare And chiefest Sabboth dayes did call Of the same feasts it doth appeare The Passeouer was first of all This they the feast of sweet bread name On this day they from Egypt came The next was that whereon God gaue The law by Moses vnto men That day in reuerence we haue The holy Ghost was giuen then This some the feast of weekes do say Some Pentecost some Whitsonday The feast of Tabernacles last Came of these three in order there Those feasts were neuer fully past Till all their dayes accomplisht were The first and last day of each feast Were counted chiefe of all the rest The seu'nth day also through the yeare Is was and so shall be for aye With them and Christians eu'ry where In solemne wise a Sabboth day Though theirs and ours do disagree One day with them obserue not we Christ passed thorough a corne field Vpon the second Sabboth day This doth to many matter yeeld To reason when he went that way Some say it was in Easter feast The last and chiefe day of the rest That day the first doth answer well And so the second Sabboth day Men might it call it did excell The middle dayes as all men say And there withall time of the yeare This reason good makes to appeare Some thinke it was on Whitsonday Because this Sabboth second was As they suppose and that no way The first did the same Sabboth passe These reasons both may please all such As selfe-will leades not ouermuch That day a Sabboth day was sure When the Disciples plucked corne Which thing the Iewes could not indure They did the act most vilely scorne Not knowing him that went that way To be Lord of the Sabboth day The cause they did not waigh withall That hunger then did cause the same The Pharisies on Christ did call And his Disciples fowlie blame They did prefer tradition Before their owne saluation But Christ said vnto them againe What Dauid did who hath not read Now his example doth remaine Though Dauid lye a good while dead These do as he did them before When he and his did hunger sore He had the meate that was forbid These breake you thinke the Sabboth day They do as he and his then did Find fault with him yet no man may The Priests do in the Temple so The Sabboth breake yet free they go One greater then the Temple is And here he standeth verely Mercy will I not sacrifice Learne what this meaneth faithfully Then will you not condemne this day These innocents that hurt no way The sonne of man is Lord likewise Yea euen of the Sabboth day Shall I then these so much despise Or suffer them for foode decay Though fault with them you find so soone The law allowes what they haue done The day is made all men to serue And no man made to serue that day Should not man then his life preserue Vpon the Sabboth if he may The law that bindeth man so fast To finish I am come at last Christ healed one in the Synagogue on the Sabboth day that had a withered hand and answered his accusers Now Christ disposed to beat downe Their grieuous superstition Went shortly after to their towne To reason of this question And to the Synagogue he went The fittest place for his intent For there was alwayes most resort Which was our Sauiours Christs desire That many men might haue comfort All his affection was on fire This his deuise to further then Fell out a worke among those men A man there with a withered hand Was present in that very place They said giue vs to vnderstand If law allow men so much grace As to be cured on this day Christ to accuse they sought a way Christ answered to them againe
forefathers had considered that the word of God is a sea wherein both the elephant may swimme and the lambe may wade the greatest Doctour may dayly learne in and the simplest man may cōcontinually haue comfort and that in the same there is a soueraigne salue for euery sore they would not as I thinke haue forbidden the reading of Gods booke in stead thereof commaunded to be read yea and that openly in churches the legend of lyes rather then liues of Saints not vnlike in most places for method matter to the monstrous fables of Garragantua Huon of Burdeaux the like Whosoeuer will as Isaac continually meditate on Gods booke he shal as Dauid saith find it a lanterne to his feet and a light to his paths yea Gods word will be in his mouth sweeter then honie and the hony combe When I perceiued how desirous your Worship was to heare reade Gods word it greatly moued me to write this booke perswading my selfe that it will be to you and all the godly a recreatiō to apply some part of this heauenly historie of Christ our Sauiour to the tune of one of the Psalmes of Dauid that being as S. Paule aduiseth all men filled with the spirit of God you may stil be speaking vnto your self in Psalmes hymnes and spiritual songs singing and making melodie vnto the Lord in your heart and giuing thanks alwayes for all things vnto God euen the Father in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ The second reason that moued me to take this worke in hand besides the hope that I haue thereby to benefit many and especially such as haue delight to be reading and singing of Ballades and other English meeters by giuing them better matter to reade and sing then such commonly do yeeld vnto them is to signifie in some part my gratefulnesse to God and your Worship for the manifold benefites and fauours that I and mine haue receiued at your hands to God I say first as the author and your selfe the instrumēt that he hath vsed to do me much good For if God had not opened your heart as he did the heart of Lydia to heare the preaching of S. Paule you had not regarded my miserie And therfore with Dauid I will as long as I liue receiue the cup of saluation and call vpon the name of the Lord for as nothing pleaseth God more then thankfulnesse so nothing can displease God and man more then vngratefulnesse But lest some Sicophant should seeking to deface my good meaning note or charge me with adulation I will rather passe ouer the sundrie and daily benefites I haue and do receiue by your Worships meanes with this slight remembrance of them thē giue him anie such-aduantage or the least occasion to carpe at the same But if any of Momus mates mislike with my doings either in this or the rest of my booke so that the godly well disposed of them chiefly your Worship to whom I offer my book and my selfe to be patronized and defended do like and allow of it I esteeme not his detractions but as trifles and his floutes as follies and therefore let him content himself with this answer I tooke not this trauel for his sake And thus desiring your Worship to accept in good part this my humble dutie and remembrance of you as glad by this meanes to impart the effect of my affection towards you as the widow was by two mites to manifest her good meaning to the treasurie I beseech Almightie God to blesse you and all yours with continuall and daily increase of the riches of his graces gifts that you may euer go forward from faith to faith readie with all your endeuours to maintaine the quarell of Christ and his Church vntill you bee summoned to raigne with him in glorie without end Amen From Prendergast the first day of August 1594. Your Worships in all dutie Robert Holland TO THE GODLY and Christian Reader GEntle Reader I thinke my labour well bestowed if the same may benefite any and my reward sufficient if the godly like and allowe of my booke I must confesse and do that this worke would haue required one of greater reading and of farre deeper iudgement then my selfe to vndertake it neither can I any way make thee amends for my rashnesse herein vnlesse thou accept of my good will for the recompence Many will mislike with it because it is in meeter though sundrie haue done the like in Latine verse and many with the meeter because it is rudely handled The first I hope will excuse me if they consider that I seeke not herein to set foorth my selfe to the shew but as much as I may to win if not many yet some to know Christ Iesus crucified Although this historie is so briefe and plaine in the writings of the foure Euangelistes as no mortall man may presume to amend it and that many worthy and famous men both for their learning and knowledge haue in sundrie languages commented at large and made verie godly and profitable expositions vpon the same yet hath it not wonne all men to such liking thereof that they can affoord much time to reade the one or the other If I may any way satisfie such and hereby draw them to sauour of the Sauiour our Lord Iesus Christ I shall thinke my time well spent and my selfe not deceiued of my desire Which reckening of mine if it be allowed for good payment of my godly hostesse I meane the Christian congregation and church of God there shall none of the children of Belial the brood of darknesse driue me to anie new accompts I care not who carpe at it so that Christ may be glorified by it and the Christian and godly Reader satisfied with it to whose censure I submit it and my selfe humbly desiring the learned with fauour to find out all faults charitably to amend where I haue mist Farewell Thine in the Lord Iesus R. Holland 〈…〉 Chronographiam carmen HEsperiae vasto nox proh dolor incubatorbi Vesanos magica fascinat arte viros Integer insano diuisus orbe Britannus Sublimi tuitur sydera fronte poli Syderis aetherij vulgo speculantur ouantes Ortum sanati coelica verba libri Cosmicus haud obitum metuens hic syderis ortus Nubeculas Papae scripta nefanda fugat Nec radijs rutilae tantum calet Anglia stellae Sed calet haec gemini terra sub axe poli Haec pluuialis Hyas aeterni sermo Iehouae Viuifico cunctos irrigat imbre pios Passim sacrorum sacrata volumina vatum Lingua profert genti consona quaeque suae Anglus at errantes stellas videt orbe cadentes Infoelix Babylon stella maligna ruit Et coniuratos coelum affectare gygantes Deserit Almannus Gallus Anglus atrox Anglus aeternas cernit stellas Orientes Anglica stella nitet regia Sermo Dei At chronicus clari spectandus syderis ortus Hollandi
more about this speed Christ went thence to Ierusalem to the feast of the passeouer and there droue the buyers and sellers out of the Temple From Capernaum Christ did go Vp to Ierusalem for he As other alwayes vsed so Not sayling at that feast to be The passeouer was then at hand A feast obserued through the land When Christ came there as he did vse Into the Temple then he went Where he reprouing their abuse All such out of the Temple sent As did therein then buy or sell And told them plaine they did not well A whip of cordes Christ Iesus made Wherewith both oxen sheepe and men He droue out he low'd there no trade No not money strangers then Those thence he forst to packe away And suffred none of them to stay Such as sold doues they had a check He did command them quickly thence Perforce they must obey his beck He not regardes their ware or pence But said my fathers house make ye No house of marchandise to be They were amazed all at this Yet none of them durst disobay Resist or say thou doest amisse They yeelded all and went away But his Disciples thought in mind This zeale God ioyes in him to find When this was donne the Iewes began To question with him thus againe What signe shew'st thou oh sonne of man That thou doest this declare it plaine Destroy this Temple in three dayes The same againe I will vp raise The Temple-sixe and thirtie yeares In building was thus answer they This vnto vs no truth appeares That did thy wordes and workes obey They meant the Church of lyme and stone Christ meant his body flesh and bone When he was risen from the dead Then his Disciples cal'de to mind What he foretold and how he spread A truth in him they still did find The ground of their beliefe they make The Scripture and the word he spake While he did at that feast remaine Many beleeued in his name They saw his workes they were not vaine His wonders wanted not their fame He gaue to them no credit then For he knew well that vaine were men Christ instructeth Nicodemus in the regeneration by water and the holy Ghost There was a man a Pharisie A ruler one of chiefest fame Nam'd Nicodemus verely This man by night to Iesus came He had a minde for to amend Yet men he feared to offend Master he said we know thou art A teacher come from God aboue Such signes and workes none can impart But such a one as God doth loue Those miracles that he had donne Approued him to be Gods sonne Said Iesus I do say to thee Except a man be borne againe Of water and the spirite he Shall not Gods kingdome sure obtaine Can this be true as thou hast told May man be borne that once is old Assuredly except a man Be borne as I haue said to thee Heauen be neuer enter can Gods kingdome he shall neuer see Of flesh but flesh is borne ywis The spirite yeeldes that spirite is Thou know'st not whence commeth the wind Whose going in and out to thee Though by thine eare the sound thou find The seate thereof thou doest not see Who of the spirite is borne heare Is so though strange it doth appeare Nicodemus said how can these things be A teacher greater things should know I testifie that I haue seene When earthly things to thee I show If dull and faithlesse thou hast bene What wilt thou be when I declare Of heau'nly things and what they are No man ascendeth vp aboue But he that did descend from thence The sonne of man whom God doth loue And is in heau'n in his presence He must be lift as by Moses The Serpent was in wildernesse That who so doth in him beleeue Eternall life the same may haue For God his onely sonne did giue The faithfull from hell fire to saue The world to saue Gods sonne was sent It to condemne God was not bent Condemned shall he neuer be That doth beleeue in him the same Condemned is already he Whose faith is not firme in his name The light is come yet darknesse more Do worldly men loue then before The euill euer hate the light By it their deeds reproued are He loues the truth that with his might His deedes by day seekes to declare Oh Nicodemus all I say A faithfull heart must beare away Christ returning into Iudea preached the Gospell and Baptised the people by his Disciples neare Iohn of purifying a question did then arise After this donne came Christ againe With his Disciples as we reade Into Iudea this is plaine Where he Baptising taried Iohn did Baptise in Enon by And ply'de his office carefully Of water there they had great store And Iohn was not in prison cast But as the number waxed more Of Disciples strife grew as fast The Iewes and Iohns Disciples craue Of purifying the truth to haue Iohns testimonie againe of Iesus They also came to Iohn and said Most men to Christ Baptising go Iohn bad them be no whit dismayd From heau'n it is appointed so Ye know I said I am not he Christ must increase as you do see He that is come from God on hye Doth testifie what he hath seene He that receiues it verely Doth seale how true our God hath beene Whom God sent speakes Gods word Iohn saith And plenteously Gods spirite hath The Father lou'd the sonne and gaue All things he had into his hand He that beleeues in him shall haue Eternall life this vnderstand They dead are that him disobay The wrath of God all such will slay Iesus to auoyde danger departed out of Iudea into Galilie When he that knew of all things well Perceiued by relation Or of himselfe for he could tell His enemies intention How that the Pharisies did heare That he was famous eu'ry wheare And that he made Disciples more And more Baptised then likewise Then Iohn that had gone him before Marke ye now well Christ Iesus guise He did his office earnestly Yet voyded danger warily Christ passing through Samaria towardes Galilie conferred with a woman at the well of Sichar and conuerted many Samaritanes Christ leauing Iurie did depart And went againe to Galilie He knew what loue or hate in heart Men bare him hidden outwardly Christ through Samaria needs would go He had himselfe decreed so What workes for him did there abide To bring the Gentiles to the light He did foreknow and then did guide His companie to Siâ—har right Neare to the place that Iacob gaue Where Ioseph should possession haue And there on faithfull Iacobs well Christ Iesus sate about midday A woman that thereby did dwell For water came while he did stay But his Disciples they were gone Into the Citie eu'ry one Then to the woman Iesus said For me to drinke some water giue So she againe then vndelayd Said thou a Iew art I beleeue Iewes
shall haue If for his righteousnesse ye thirst He will giue you the things you craue Care not then for to morow day The griefe with it shall passe away Christ forbiddeth rash iudgement Iudge not lest that ye iudged be Like iudgement you shall haue be sure Like measure shall be measur'd thee Looke that thine eye be cleare and pure A moate in others do not spye While that a beame is in thine eye Holie things may not be giuen to dogges Giue not to dogges that holy is Nor cast your pearles before the swine The wicked they regard not this And Epicures to lust incline When vnder feete they them haue tread They will not rest till you be dead Aske seeke knocke Aske and it shall you giuen be So they that seeke shall surely find Knocke I will open vnto thee To them that call God he is kind He loueth such men verely As pray vnto him hartily If you for bread giue not a stone Nor for a fish a Serpent send When that your sonnes for want do mone If good things you do giue and lend How much more shall the father be Giue good things if thou aske to thee The scope of the Scripture and of the strait and wide gate What you would men to you should do Do euen so to them againe The strait gate enter in vnto The way to death is broad and plaine And many find that path I say But few do go the better way False Prophets False Prophets flye with all your might Whose clothing pleade simplicitie But inwardly their minds are dight With rau'ning and all villanie Such by their fruites ye may well know For grapes on thornes did neuer grow The good and euill tree A good tree good fruit it will beare The euill yeeldes no fruit as this Ill fruit on good trees growes no where By fruit the tree best knowen is The ill men hew with fire to burne The good serue for a better turne Not eu'ry one that faith to me Lord Lord but he that doth Gods will In heau'n be sure shall saued be My father gardes all his from ill The wicked that their good workes tell Shall misse of heau'n and go to hell The house on the rocke or sand the conclusion of this Sermon All that I haue declared now Who so doth heare with good intent Is like to one that did bestow His money well that he had spent To build a house for him and his Where rayne and wind hurt not ywis But who so heareth these my words And doth them not is like a man That charges great in deed affoords To build a house where no man can Vpon the sandes where sea and wind Do spoyle and swallow all they find When Iesus thus had finished This Sermon which he there did preach The people were astonished To heare what doctrine Christ did teach He taught as with authoritie Vnlike the Scribe or Pharisie Christ after his Sermon descending from the hill and going to Capernaum healed a leaper by the way Descending downe then from the hill A leaper met him by the way And cryed master if you will Both helpe and heale me here you may I will said Christ be cleane and gone See that thou tell it vnto none Go to the Priest thy selfe to show That he may iudge if thou be cleane And offer there that thou doest owe What Moses did appoint I meane Giue them their due of all thy wealth That they may witnesse of thy health Christ healed the Centurions seruant of the palsie As Christ came Capernaum to A Captaine there a Gentile borne Who for his seruant was so woe That he seemed a man forlorne He sought all meanes his health to haue Christ with a word his life did saue The Captaines great humilitie And faith Christ Iesus did commend In Israell then verelie Like prayse to none he did extend Of these said Christ shall many come To heau'n and haue the childrens roome Christ cast out a deuill at Capernaum and diliuered the possessed from that infirmitie And so vpon the Sabbâ—th day Into the Synagogâ—â—â—e went Those workes to do without delay For which he to the world was sent The people did vpon him gaze His doctrine did them so amaze He taught as with authoritie Not as the Scribes were wont to do Or the dissembling Pharisie To whom Christ oft pronounced woe But as Gods onely sonne in deed Sent man to saue as God decreed And in the Synagogue there was A man possessed euen then Whose cure Christ Iesus brought to passe Yea in the fight of all those men His doctrine he confirmed still With wonders which he wrought at will Sathan that wicked spirite he Began within the man to cry Oh what haue we to do with thee I know thou art assuredly The holy one of God his ioy Art thou come vs for to destroy Iesus rebuked him and said Come out of him and hold thy peace Sathan of Christ was all affrayd Yet loath the man for to release But forced thence the deuill did fly Crying and tare him cruelly When he came out the standers by Were much amazed at the fight Asking each other busily How they supposed that this might Be done of him what thing is this What thinke you that this doctrine is The spirites with authoritie He doth commaund and they obay His fame was spread immediatly Throughout that region eu'ry way All Galilie did heare his fame And countreys bord'ring on the same Christ raised Peters mother in law Christ from the Synagogue did go To Symons house as doth appeare With Andrew Iames and Iohn also His Godhead he declared there Men tasted still in eu'ry place In ample measure of his grace For when to Peters house he came Peters wife mother sicke there lay A feauer vexed sore the dame Which Christ rebuking went away By touch of hand Christ helped her And she to them did minister Christ cast out deuils and healed all that came vnto him When euen came he healed all They brought to him that vexed were And the possessed there withall Of deuils among the people there That what the Prophets said before Might be approued euermore Iesus passed thence to preach to other Cities So he that night went to take rest But rose againe by breake of day For to go thence he thought it best Into a desert place away Christ then they sought and found kept so As men loath he should from them go But Christ said vnto them I must To others preach assuredly The kingdome of God this my trust I will discharge most faithfully And so he preaching dayly went Through Galilie as he was sent It came to passe as Iesus taught The people pressed on to heare Some faithfull some with faults full fraught Both good and bad to him drew neare The word of God Christ did not let To preach then by Genezaret And
Both seene and heard what ye did heare Sacâ—loth and ashes eu'ry day Had beene their weed ye buy it deare For at the iudgement then to thee To them more easie shall it be Thou Capernaum lift so hie Yea raised vp to heau'n aboue To hell thou shalt be brought to lye Because my works thee neuer moue If they in Sodome had bene wrought It had not yet bene brought to nought For Sodome it shall easier be Oh Capernaum be thou sure At the last iudgement then for thee Thy punishment for to endure Tyre Sydon and Sodom shall haue More ease then these though then they craue Christ his gratulation for the successe of the Gospell by his Apostles Then Iesus said I giue to thee Oh mightie Lord and Father deare Most hartie thanks thou hearest me And to my call thou giuest eare These things thou hidest from the wise Their worldly wit thou doest despise Thy secrets vnto babes withall And humble men thou doest declare These do on thee for mercy call These these oh God thy chosen are This thy good pleasure was and is Oh Father none can alter this All things to me now giuen are Of my father the sonne and he No mortall man can well declare One of them both except he be Taught by the sonne and so he may Learne both to know this onely way Christs exhortation to beare the Crosse Ye that are laden come to me Come all that wearie are likewise And you shall all refreshed be They shall haue wo that me despise I am the life the light the way They that seeke me shall not decay Take vp my yoke and learne of me For meeke and lowly sure I am Rest to his soule so find shall he Whose necke my yoke doth onely tame My yoke is easie day and night And so my burthen verie light Christ dined in the house of Symon the Pharisie was annointed of a sinfull woman and being accused defended himself and her fact Then of the Pharisies came one Which bid Christ to his house to meate And Iesus went with him anone And at the table sate to eate While he was there came by and by A sinfull woman verely And when she knew he was set downe At table with the companie Because she dwelled in that towne No man mislikt her modestie With boxe in hand of ointment sweet She came and fell at Iesus feete To shew withall her miserie She stood Christ Iesus backe behind And there shed teares abundantly The tokens of a wofull mind With teares his feete she washed faire And then did wipe them with her haire And oftentimes she kist his feete That so she walked with such care Her boxe of ointment very sweet To spend on them she did not spare Her sinnes so great she did beleeue That Christ would them to her forgiue And Symon seeing what was donne By her since she his house came to This to conceiue he then begonne If this man were a Prophet lo He would know that this woman is A sinner that his feete doth kisse Then Iesus vnto Symon sayd Somwhat I haue to say to thee No longer let it be delayd Oh master this againe said he Though Christ perceiued Symon well Yet knew not he what Christ would tell There was a certaine lender had Two debters and their state was such That neither of them could be glad Their debt to either was so much The one fiue hundred pence I know The other fiftie pence did owe. When neither knew what shift to make For they had not wherewith to pay The lender did then pitie take Forgaue them and sent both away Oh Symon shew me if thou can Which of them will loue most this man He answered and said againe He vnto whom he most forgaue For he was rid of greatest paine And had most need of both to craue Then Iesus said thou iudgest right Behold this woman in thy sight Into thy house when first I came Thou gau'st thy feete no water tho Yet she with teares hath washt the same And wipt them with her haire also No kisse of thee I had I say She kissed hath my feete this day Thou diddest not mine head annoint But she annointed hath my feete Christ reasoned from point to point Of her and of her odours sweet Wherefore her sinnes I say to thee Though many all forgiuen be Whom much or litle men forgiue Like measure they do yeeld of loue It will no good man therefore grieue That men his mercy so should moue And to the woman then sayd he Thy sinnes they are forgiuen thee But they that sate with him at meate Began within themselues to say How can this man that here doth eate Forgiue sinnes this God onely may Christ said to her from labour cease Thy faith hath sau'd thee go in peace The women that Christ had deliuered from euill spirites and healed of sundry infirmities followed him as he went from place to place to preach the Gospell and ministred vnto him of their substance And afterward it came to passe That Christ from towne to towne would go Preaching and publishing apace The kingdome then of God also The twelue Apostles with him were And certaine women eu'ry where Some of them Christ had helpt before And rid of their infirmities He cured with his word their sore And healed all their maladies Yea deu'ls he out of many sent Seuen out of Magdalen there went Ioanna also Chuzas wife King Herods steward then was there A woman of a godly life And one that stood of God in feare Susanna and a number mo From place to place with Christ did go They for their health receiu'd restore To Christ all kind of thankfulnesse To him and his they of their storâ— Did minister with ioyfulnesse Those women all with full intent To heare and learne Gods word were bent And when into a house they came The multitude met so againe So farre abroad was spread his fame He could no space alone remaine Both he and his though they had meate Had then no time the same to eate Then they brought vnto Iesus one Possessed with a deuill I find And him for helpe they call vpon The man withall was dumbe and blind These three impediments had he Yet with his word Christ made him free The multitude amazed were And praysed God with hart and voyce The sonne said they of Dauid here Doth geue vs cause for to reioyce And now we all assured be This Christ the Lord is euen he But the hard hearted Pharisies When they heard this began to say He fils you full of phantasies For Beelzebub this part doth play Without his helpe he neuer can Cast out the deu'll out of a man A kingdome or a Citie deuided within it selfe cannot endure But Iesus knew their thoughts before And therefore vnto them did say What kingdome warreth very sore Within it selfe without decay What Citie or what house may stand
amisse Go ye that are thereto addrest I will not yet go the feast These things he said abiding still In Galilie behind the rest Till he his time might there fulfill Yet after he came to the feast Though secretly which made the Iewes To muse they heard of him no newes Some cald ' him good some other bad And said he doth but men deceiue When halfe the feast was done yet glad Were some our Sauiour to receiue Christ taught the Iewes did maruaile how He should vntaught the Scriptures know My doctrine is his that sent me If any man will do his will Gods word he shall know it to be And that I must the same fulfill Vnrighteousnesse in him was none He sought Gods glorie not his owne Did Moses geue to you a law And none of you doth keepe the same And yet as men that stood in awe For breach therefore ye do me blame Yea more then that ye would me kill That onely do my fathers will Thou hast the deu'll said they againe Who goeth about to kill thee here One worke I did I tell you plaine You maruell at on may with feare You Circumcise them Sabboth day I made one whole ye would me slay Iudge not as outwardly you see But righteous iudgement iudge withall Is not this man said some eu'n he Whose death they haue decreed all Do not the rulers see plainly That he now speaketh openly This man from whence he is know we Whence Christ shall come we cannot tell Whence I am come ye know said he Him that sent me ye know not well But I know him and he sent me I am of him so are not ye They sought to take him but did lay No hands on him his houre as then Was not come to make him away Some said beleeuing of those men When Christ comes shall his works be mo Or greater then we see him do The Pharisies and high Priests sent Their officers Christ for to take A litle while now be content Said Christ my iourney hence I make To him that sent me will I go You leeking shall find me no mo Now whither will he said the Iewes That we shall not find him againe If to the Grecians that were newes This thing they would haue learned faine Ye shall seeke me but shall not find Nor come to me in deed or mind Now in the last day of the feast Christ stood and cryde to them and said If any thirst lo I am prest To giue him drinke be not affrayd In him that doth beleeue in me A well of life shall springing be This of the spirit they should receiue That would beleeue in him he spake Although the Iewes did not perceiue Nor great account of Iesus make When Christ was glorified then The holy Ghost was giuen men So many when they heard this said This is the Prophet certainly Some other not so much affrayd Said he was Christ apparantly Of other minds againe were some From Galilie Christ should not come Saith not the Scripture of the seed Of Dauid Christ shall come to thee And out of Bethlehem in deed Where Dauid was thou shalt him see Each lik't his owne opinion â—f Christ which bred dissention Some would he should then taken be Yet no man layd on him a hand The rulers all did so agree And so their officers command Of whom they askt the reason why Christ was not taken by and by The seruants said assuredly Man neuer yet like this man spake The rulers answerd bitterly Ye are deceiu'd and much mistake What trust do wisemen to him giue Though the vnlearned him beleeue Then Nicodemus said our law Doth iudge no man before it heare What he hath done of him in awe Art thou said they what doest thou feare Search well and looke from Galilie Comes not one Prophet verely Then eu'ry man went to his home And to the mount of Oliues he That night did go it seemes to some He went to pray yet other be Of mind he went to take his rest In Bethanie where he thought best A woman taken in adulterie brought to Christ we deliuered by him from her accusers And early in the morning came Into the temple Christ againe Yea all the people saw the same Christ sate him downe and taught them plaine But marke the craft and subtiltie Of Scribe and froward Pharisie Though they had by temptation Assaild him oft and had the fall A new deuise they hammer on To tempt our Sauiour Christ withall A woman in adulterie Was found the act did verifie They brought her vnto him and said Moses commandeth in the law No time therein should be delayd To stone such as liue not in awe But master what doest thou suppose That God would haue vs do with those Then Iesus stouped to the ground And with his finger wrote thereon The Scribes still asking him were found Some answer to their question He that sinnes not let him not stay Cast the first stone at her he may They hearing this no longer muse They go out eu'ry one away Their conscience did them so accuse To punish her they would not stay And Iesus was there left alone With her and she condemn'd by none Sith no man hath condemned thee Go hence said Christ and sinne no more Misliking her adulterie Which sure he would haue punisht sore But that repentance by her face He saw in her had got his grace Christ is the true light of the world Of this world sure I am the light For him to walke that followeth me Yea cleare shall be the darkest night The light of life that man shall see Thou of thy selfe doest record beare It is not true we therefore feare Then Iesus said though I do so My record yet is true in deed For whence I came and where I go I know to learne I haue no need This thing from you so hidden is Because ye iudge each thing amisse I iudge no man yet if I do My iudgement ye the truth shall find For I alone do nothing so I still am of my fathers mind The father is alwayes with me Two witnesses allowed be Where is thy father then say they Ye know him not nor will know me You all the sonne do disobey And yet the father faine would see He that doth seeke the sonne to know To him I do the father show Iesus spake in the treasurie As he within the Temple taught These sayings all most constantlie And yet no man Christ Iesus caught His houre vncome no man there could For all their spight on him take hold Then Iesus said I go my way Ye shall seeke me yet dye in sinne You cannot come to me I say Your wickedednesse so wraps you in Will he said they himselfe go kill That he saith so what is his will Ye from beneath I from aboue Ye of this world I am not thence Your sinnes said Christ I cannot
loue In them you dye departing hence Except your faith vnfained be And ye beleeue that I am he Who art thou then said they againe The same said he I told before And many things of you remaine To say and iudge that grieue me sore Yet true is he that sent me here Whose words to speake I do not feare They vnderstood not he spoke this To them as of the father then When ye lift vp the sonne iwis Then shall I be well knowne to men That of my selfe I do nor say But as my father makes the way For he that sent me is with me The father left me not alone My doings all directeth he Him please I and we both are one As he spake these things many were That then beleeued on him there Christ said to those that did beleeue In my word if ye do abide Ye my Disciples are I giue You knowledge of the truth beside And the same truth shall make you free That are so ioynd in league with me They said we be of Abrahms seed And neuer yet to any bound Why sayst thou then ye shall be freed As we had bene in slau'rie found I say said he who so doth sinne Sinnes seruant is it wraps him in Of freedome or the difference betweene the sonne and the seruant The seruant doth but soiourne here The sonne doth in the house abide They that the sonne shall free are cleare And shall be free at eu'ry tide I know ye are of Abrahms seede Ye seeke to kill me yet in deede And why in you can take no place My words I speake that I haue seene With my father you voyde of grace With your father to long haue beene Ye follow him the deuill I say And therefore seeke ye me to slay Abrah'm said they our father is Christ said if ye his children were Ye would his works then do not this Ye would to kill me stand in feare This did not Abraham sure I haue Told you the truth which God me gaue Your fathers works you do in deed They said of fornication We were not borne we are Gods seed And other father haue we none If God were he ye would loue me For I came forth from God said he I came not of my selfe but sent My talke why do you not perceiue Because my word with good intent Ye do not heare nor yet receiue The deu'll your father is whose lust You do and in him onely trust A murtherer he euer was And did the truth most deadly hate For lyes all other he doth passe This is your fathers dreadfull state Because I tell the truth said he Ye wickedly beleeue not me Who can of sinne rebuke me here The truth why do ye not beleeue He heareth Gods word with much feare That is of God and so doth liue Ye heare it not therefore said he Because of God none of you be The Iewes then answering said againe Samaritan deuill thou hast I haue no deuill I tell you plaine My father whom away ye cast I honour ye dishonour me Which your decay no doubt will be And I seeke not so much my prayse But there is one that seeks the same And iudgeth you and all your wayes Whose iudgement you may neuer blame The man that keeps my word I say Shall see no death nor dying day A deu'll we know thou hast in deed For Abraham is dead and gone So did the Prophets likewise speed And yet thou sayst there shall not one That keeps thy word death tast or see But from his dart thou keepst him free Then Abraham which now is dead And all the Prophets dead also Whose fame so farre abroad was spread Art thou greater then they or no Whom makest thou thy selfe to be Tell vs that we may honour thee Iesus said if I honour me My honour is nought worth at all My father doth the same said he Which you your God in vaine do call Ye know him not but him know I If I said no then should I lye I know him and his word I keepe Your father Abrahm did reioyce To see before he fell on sleepe My day and so to heare my voyce He saw it and thereof was glad Ye want the grace your father had Thou art not old yet fiftie yeare Hast thou our father Abrahm seene Though this so strange to you appeare Before he was I sure haue beene They tooke vp stones to stone him then But Iesus hid him from those men Christ gaue sight to one that was borne blind And as Christ Iesus passed by When he out of the Temple went Where then the Iewes most cruelly To stone our Sauiour Christ had ment He saw a blind man by the way That had bene blind from his birth day And his Disciples asked thus Oh master who did sinne we pray He or his parents tell it vs That he is blind what doest thou say Then Iesus said nor they nor he But that all men Gods works might see His works I must worke that sent me While it is day the night comes on I am the light while here I be When I go hence the light is gone And so he spat and made the clay Which curde his blindnesse cleane that day Then Christ said go in Siloam wash Lo I haue sent thee so to do Which when he did his eyes as glasse Were made as cleare and seeing to The neighbours that knew him before To see him see did wonder sore Some said and thought that it was he Some other thought him like the same But he confest himselfe to be Borne blind and spread Christ Iesus fame For whom said he you Iesus call Hath made me see as you see all They said how op'ned he thine eyes Mine eyes he did annoint with clay And then he said to me arise Go wash the same from thee away I washt and then receiued sight Which neuer saw before the light Where Christ was then he could not tell They brought him to the Pharisies Though Christ had done but all things well In opening the blind mans eyes They chaft that Christ should worke the clay To heale him on the Sabboth day The Pharisees askt him the same He answer'd as he did before From God said they he neuer came That makes not of the Sabboth more Some said how can he sinfull be That workes such workes as we do see Then asked they the blinde againe Tell vs of him what doest thou say He said he is a Prophet plaine That wrought this worke on me this day They scarse beleeu'd he had beene blind Till they had knowne his parents mind Of them his parents were afraid Because they had decreed so Who so confessed Christ they said Out of their Sinagogue should go Our sonne he is borne blinde he was Let him tell how this came to passe Then called they the blind againe And said to God the glory giue He is a sinner this is plaine Though he thy griefe did
shalbe One mightie God in persons three Amen THE FIFTH PART OF THE HISTORIE OF OVR LORD AND SAVIOVR IESVS CHRIST containing those things which he did the fourth yeare after his Baptisme which was the three thirtieth yeare of his age according to the foure Euangelistes the yeare after the creation of the world 4174. To the tune of the Lordes Prayer The time of Christs departure approching he confirmed himselfe to go to Hierusalem WHen Christ had now accomplished The time appointed him before And that his death then hastened He did prepare himselfe therefore His minde he fully setled tho Thence to Ierusalem to go Wherefore he did before him send A lodging for him to prepare Of such as did him then attend Which they did with exceeding care Within Samaria entred they Into a towne for to puruey But the Samaritans in deed Their message would not then receiue When him and his they with such speed Go to Ierusalem perceiue This was the cause for all their care They could no lodging there prepare When Iohn and Iames that then were sent Saw they could not prouided be Shall we said they incontinent Command as did Elias he That fire come downe from heauen hye And so consume them vtterly Iesus rebuking them did say Know ye not yet what men ye are The sonne of man came not to slay But saue mens liues whereof haue care So to another towne they went For then the day was almost spent Christes answer to the Scribe that would haue followed him A Scribe came then to Christ and said Oh master I will follow thee For answer he was not delayd The foxes haue their holes ye see And fowles their neasts said he but I Haue not a place wherein to lye Christes answer to the Disciple that would go burie his father first But to another Christ said then Come thou forthwith and follow me Thus calleth he vs mortall men Whom when and how best liketh he My dutie first discharge must I To my old father till he dye And Iesus said to him againe Let thou the dead their dead bury For my Disciple must remaine And do his office carefully Go thou therefore abroad I say Preach the kingdome of God alway Christes answer to a third that would follow him but would first â—â—d his houshold farewell Another said â—â—e follow thee But first I must go bid farewell To such as be in house with me But Iesus said be doth not well That to the plough doth put his hand And looketh backe and lets it stand Christ sent forth the seuentie Disciples to preach After these things appointed he Of his Disciples seuentie mo That still were wont with him to be And sent them forth by awd two Where he would come before they went To do and teach as they were sent The haruest is surely said he Now verie great yet few I say Do labour in the same pray ye The Lord thereof to send away Some labourers for to take paine That by his haruest he may gaine Behold I send you go away As lambes among the wolues ye be As simple as the doues I say And as the Serpent wise be ye Do in your iourney take no care What weeds ye were or how ye fare What house or Citie ye come to Among the worthie there remaine Till you from thence haue cause to go Let them with you my peace retaine Such as do not deserue this grace Shake of their dust in the same place This dust shall witnesse against those That you desired not their wealth And that they earthly treasure chose Before this proffred sauing health And in the iudgement they shall gaine Of Sodome and Gomorh the paine Chorazin wo be vnto thee And to Bethsayda wo likewise The great works that were done by me In you ye greatly did despise If they in Tyrus had bene done They had repented long agone If Tyre and Sydon had I say Both seene and heard what ye do heare Sack-cloth and ashes eu'ry day Had bene their weed you buy it deare For at the iudgement then to thee To them it shall more easie be Thou Capernaum lift so hye Yea raised vp to heau'n aboue To hell thou shalt be brought to lye Because my works thee neuer moue If they in Sodom had bene wrought It had not yet bene brought to nought For Sodom it shall easier be Oh Capernaum be thou sure At the great iudgement then for thee The punishment for to endure Tyre Sydon and Sodom shall haue More ease then these though then ye craue He that doth heare you heareth me He that despiseth you also Despiseth me and likewise he Despiseth God whom I came fro They do aright in God reioyce That in his Preachers heare his voyce The seuentie returned and told Christ all that they had done The seu'ntie did returne with ioy And told the Lord what they had done The deuils said they could none annoy Or hurt where we to preach begonne For eu'ry where we through thy name His rage and furie soone did tame Christ said I Sathan did behold Like lightning downe from heauen fall To you I power giue be bold To tread on Serpents great or small And Scorpions yea the enemy â—hall not hurt you assuredly In this yet do not ye reioyce Tâ—â—t spirits to you subiect are But lift both hands both heart and voyce To God which hath of you such care That he your names hath written sure In heau'n for euer to endure Then Iesus said I giue to thee Oh mightie Lord and father deare Most hartie thankes thou hearest me And to my call thou giuest eare These things thou hidest from the wise Their worldly wit thou doest despise Thy secrets vnto babes withall And humble men thou doest declare These do on thee for mercy call These these oh God thy chosen are This thy good pleasure was and is Oh father none can alter this All things to me now giuen are Of my father the sonne and he No mortall man can well declare The one of them except he be Taught by the sonne and so he may Learne both to know this is the way To his Disciples turned he And secretly to them did say The eyes are blessed that do see As ye do see now at this day Prophets and Kings wisht to see so And here what you do long ago A Scribe or Lawyer tempting Christ was answered hiâ— question and taught who his neighbour was A certaine Lawyer stood vp then And tempting Christ began to say Oh master thou doest teach these men To euerlasting life the way Vouchsafe to tell it I do craue Eternall life how I may haue What is written said Christ againe And in the law what doest thou reade Thou shalt said he with euery vaine The Lord thy God both loue and dread And next the Lord thy God aboue Thy neighbour thou shalt likewise loue Thou hast said well said Christ
and play This worke shalt thou do euerie day But God said vnto him againe Thou foole this night ile fetch from thee That soule of thine that is so vaine Whose then shall all thy riches be So shall it euer be with those That too much trust in wealth repose Therefore take you no thought I say How you shall make prouision But giue your selues to learne the waye That leadeth to saluation Almes watching and all wisedome ye Shall vse and with all men agree The parable of the watchfull seruant A faithfull seruant and a wise Made ruler of his maisters men His maisters trust will not despise But feedeth them in season then When he is absent as he were Still present with his seruants there That seruant happy is in deed Whom his master when he doth come Shall finde so doing he shall speed Be sure of some especiall roome His master will make him therefore Ruler of all he hath in store But if the euill seruant say My master will not come as yet And smite his fellowes day by day And still with drunkards drinke and eate His master will come when that he Expecteth not him for to see And will cut him of from the rest And giue to him his portion With hypocrites this is the least That after condemnation He shall both weepe and gnash for wo His teeth that he applyed so Wake therefore and be warie men For ye know not what houre or day Your master comes least sleeping then You with the reprobates decay And watch that with th'elected sort Receiu'd ye be to your comfort Christ receiued infants brought vnto him and blessed them At that time some did children bring That Christ his hands on them should lay But his Disciples did the thing Dislike and would haue said them nay But Iesus said forbid not these For such my heau'nly father please Assuredly to you I say Gods kingdome who receiueth not As doth a child there shall not stay Of him no place may there be got In armes Christ tooke the infants tho And blessed them and let them go Christ conferred with a rich young man that would be iustified by the law When Iesus was gone on the way There came one after him apace Which kneeling downe to him did say Good master shew me so much grace That I may know how I may haue Eternall life good Lord I craue Then Iesus answerd him againe Why doest thou call me good said he There is none good this thing is plaine Saue God alone I tell it thee Eternall life thou mayst not see If broken these commaund'ments be Thou shalt not kill by word or deed Nor yet commit adulterie Thou shalt not steale for all thy need False witnesse is plaine trecherie Thy parents honour not for pelfe Thy neighbour loue thou as thy selfe I haue said he obserued all That thou commandest from my youth What lacke I yet before I shall Haue life I pray thee tell me truth Sell all if thou wilt perfect be And giue the poore that want by thee This made the yong man very sad Who then with sorrow went away The great possessions that he had His feruent zeale did soone allay The rich t'enioy eternall blisse Said Iesus sure a hard thing is Whereat amazed as they were And thought that few could saued be Christ said to them do you not feare But marke and listen vnto me What men impossible do take God possible the same can make Life euerlasting promised to all them that follow Christ. Then Peter said we follow thee Forsaking all what shall we haue When I in throne of maiestie Shall sit though you do nothing craue Vpon twelue thrones you shall sit by And iudge all Israell certainly For who so shall his house forsake His parents or what other friend For my name and doth well it take Or wife or wealth what God doth lend The same an hundreth fold shall he Enioy and life eternall see And Christ pronounced in this place That many first should be the last And that the last obtaining grace Should be the first the first outcast And that this sentence is certaine By parable Christ made it plaine The parable of the labourers sent to the vineyard The kingdome sure of heau'n is so Much like to a houshoulder heare That to hire labourers would go Assoone as day light did appeare With whom for pence he did agree All day to worke this was their fee. About the third houre of the day When he came to the market place The idle thence he sent away Into his farme to worke apace Likewise the sixt and ninth houre he With other moe did so agree Againe th'eleu'nth houre there he found Some other idle standing by Go hence he said to my farme ground Why stand vee thus so idlely No man hath hired vs you see Go to my Vineyard then said he When eeuen came the maister said Vnto his steward call them soone For I would haue the workemen paid That all this day my worke haue done Begin and pay the last of all As he is seru'd the other shall A pennie then each of them had From last to first as he did go Which made the first men very sad They thought their pay should not be so Go to said he this is your hire You may no more of me require This parable may teach vs all As Peter true humilitie Not to presume on Christ to call As meriting felicitie Least we of first the last may be And last be first in each degree The crueltie of Pylate towards certaine Galileaas and of the Towre of Siloam When Christ had ended thus the same Which neuer shunned any paine Though in Iudea was a fame That he should of the Iewes be slaine He went about his fathers will Therefore the Iewes sought him to kill Then some told him how cruelly Those Galileans vsed were Whom Pylate caused for to die Without respect he slew them there And mingled with their sacrifice Their bloud which was a strange deuice Then Iesus said suppose ye these Were greater sinners then the rest I tell you nay your sinnes doubtlesse May cause that you shall so be drest So of the eighteene whom the towre Of Siloam slue all in an houre The parable of the barren Figge tree This parable Christ did declare A certaine man a Figge tree had Which for three yeares he still found bare When fruite would make the owner glad Come Gardiner cut downe said he Why are we combred with this tree The Gardiner then said againe Lord let it stand this yeare also Till I once more haue taken paine To dig it round and dung it to If then no fruite this tree do beare It shall no longer tarrie there Christ healed a woman that had had a spirit of infirmitie xviiij yeares and was so bowed together that she could not lift vp her selfe As Christ taught on a Sabboth day A woman whose infirmity Had
seruant sure it is well donne The time I see was not delayd Thou couldst not else so much haue wonne Thy faithfulnesse in this was such I will thee ruler make of much Then he which had receiued one Came to his master and did say When thou away from hence wast gone I hid thy money without nay Because I fear'd thy crueltie Receiue thine owne contentedly His master answered and sayd Thou ill and slouthfull seruant why If thou of me were so affrayd And knew'st so well my crueltie Didst not thou finde some meane or way To get me gaynes against this day The Talent take from him therefore And giue it him that now hath ten For who so hath he shall haue more And he shall haue abundance then From him that hath not shall a way Be taken what he hath I say That seruant voyde of profit ye To vtter darknesse therefore cast There weepe and gnash his teeth shall he Thus shall his slouth be payd at last See then your talent fructifie Least you loose it eternally Of the labourers hired into the vineyard The kingdome sure of heau'n is so Like vnto a housholder here That to hire labourers would go Assoone as day-light did appeare With them for pence he did agree All day to worke this was their fee. About the third houre of the day When he came to the market place The idle thence he sent away Into his farme to worke apace Likewise the sixt and ninth houre he With other mo did then agree Againe th'eleu'nth houre there he found Some other idle standing by Go ye said he to my farme ground Why stand ye thus so idlely No man hath hired vs you see Go to my vineyard then said he When euen came the master sayd Vnto his Steward call them soone That I may see the worke-men payd Which all this day my worke haue donne Begin and pay the last of all As he is seru'd the other shall A penie each of them then had From last to first as he did go Which made the first men very sad They thought their pay should not be so Go to said he this is your hire You may no more of me require Christ as he went to Ierusalem did admonish his Disciples of his passion As to Ierusalem he went Christ Iesus told them certainly The Priests and Scribes with full intent Do purpose me to crucifie Yet when the Gentiles haue me slaine The third day I will rise againe Iohn and Iames the sonnes of Zebede contended for primacie and were taught humilitie and patience and to auoyde ambition The wife of Zebedeus came To Christ and both her sonnes also And her request she thus did frame Graunt ere thou to thy kingdome go That these my sonnes there sitting be Each one vpon each hand of thee Ye wot not what ye aske said he Can ye drinke of my cup in deed Or be Baptiz'd as I shall be Yea that we can if we may speed Yet I can not graunt your request That in my father sure doth rest But when the other ten heard this They at the brethren did disdaine Then Iesus sayd ye thinke amisse Among the Gentiles Lords do raigne They that are great of them are prest Authorized to rule the rest It shall not so among you be He that would greatest seeme of all Or chiefest in authoritie Shall serue the rest as at a call As to be serued came not I But serue and saue men certainly Christ gaue blind Bartimeus and two other blind men their sight as he passed from Iordan through Iericho toward Ierusalem The 14. of March The fourteenth day as Iesus went From Iordan towards Bethanie In Iericho there did present A worke none else could remedie Blind Bartimeus and two men As blind as he were crying then O sonne of Dauid make vs see We are poore men both bare and blind Let our estate oh Lord moue thee That we may of thy mercy find Their blindnesse he did helpe straight-wayes And they him follow'd giuing prayse The calling of Zacheus a rich man and by office the chiefe receiuer of tribute As Iesus went through Iericho Zacheus sought him for to see His stature did not serue him so Among the throng it would not be He ran and clymed vp therefore A figge tree in the way before This was the shift that rich man had To see Christ as he came that way When Christ came by to make him glad He looking vp to him did say Zache come downe without delay At thy house Ile abide this day Then he came downe full hastily Assoone as Iesus did command And him receiued ioyfully But some of them that there did stand Did murmure that he then would go To lodge there with a sinner so To Christ Zacheus as he stood Said Lord I giue halfe that I haue Vnto the poore to do them good And no man shall haue need to craue What I by fraude or force did take Fourefold Ile giue him for thy sake Then Iesus sayd saluation Is come into this house ye see Sith of the generation Of Abraham by faith is he The sonne of man doth seeke and saue That which was lost as here I haue Iesus though he stayd a while after he had heard that Lazarus was sicke working in the regions round about sundry miracles and preaching the Gospell at last he returned to Bethanie where he raised Lazarus from death to life againe Now to returne to Lazarus Which was already dead in deed To his Disciples Christ said thus Come let vs go from hence with speed To Iurie we without all stay Must passe apace the ready way O master then said they againe The Iewes sought lately thee to stone And wilt thou not then here remaine And so prouide to saue for one He stumbleth not that walkes by day But in the night said Christ he may These things Christ Iesus to them spake And then said Lazarus doth sleepe But I go him for to awake What Christ then ment they tooke no keepe But said Lord if he sleepe then he Both safe and sound will shortly be Then Iesus said to them againe Our friend is dead and I reioyce I was not there Christ then was plaine To strengthen such as he made choice Then Thomas said come let vs go That we with him may dye also The fifteenth day Christ Iesus spent In iourneying along the way He then bewrayed what he meant In Bethanie the sixteenth day For Iesus then in hand did take His sleeping friend againe to wake Christ found he had lyen in the graue Foure dayes already ere he came The women they this comfort haue The Iewes that heard his death by fame Because Ierusalem was nye Came vnto them to Bethanie When Martha heard that Christ was there She went to meete him by the way And said Lord if thou hadst bene here Thy friend had not bene dead this day Yet what thou doest desire or
craue Of God I know thou mayst it haue Thy brother then said Christ shall rise I know said Martha the last day Life without me is in no wise Nor resurrection I say The man in me that doth beleeue Though he were dead yet shall he liue Who liues and doth beleeue in me Shall neuer dye beleeu'st thou this I do beleeue thou Lord art he That Christ the sonne of God iwis Which should come to the world and so When she had said home she did go Then called she forth secretly Her sister and to her she said The master is come hard here by Where he and his for thee haue stayd When she heard this she quickly rose And to the Lord forthwith she goes Iesus came not yet to the towne Where Martha met him there he was When Mary went so hastie downe The Iewes that were then there in place Rose vp and said come follow now She will go weepe for him we know When Mary came our Sauiour to She flat downe at his feete then fell My brother Lord she sayd also Had not bene dead I know it well If thou hadst here bene him to see For God had him restor'd to thee When Iesus therefore saw her weepe And all the Iewes that came with her He groned in the spirite deepe So moued his affections were Where haue ye layd him then sayd he They sayd vnto him Lord come see And Iesus wept the Iewes then sayd Behold how he did loue the man His death could Christ not haue delayd That blind mens eyes so open can Then he againe did deepely grone And from the graue said take the stone Then Martha sayd he stinketh now For he is dead foure dayes ago Then Iesus sayd I did thee show If thou beleeue what I would do Gods glorie this I sayd to thee If thou beleeue thou shouldest see When they the stone remoued had Then Iesus did lift vp his eyes And sayd oh father I am glad My prayers thou doest not despise That these as thou still hearest me May know that I am sent of thee Then Iesus cryed with a loude voyce Come Lazarus out of the graue Then he came forth and they reioyce Their dead againe so whole to haue Christ bad them loose away each band For he was bound face foote and hand Then many of them did beleeue When they had seene what he had donne This act did others of them grieue And to the Pharisies they runne To whom they told what they had seene In Bethanie where they had bene The high Priests and the Pharisies A counsell called out of hand What shall we now sayd they deuise Christs fame is spread throughout the land Such wondrous works now worketh he His miracles who doth not see All men in him will sure beleeue If we do let him thus alone The Romans will come vs to grieue Supplanting all our nation They will our rulers take away Therefore deuise we may him slay Then he that Cayphas had to name And was the high Priest that same yeare Perceiue ye not sayd he the same And doth it not to you appeare That for the people one must dye Least they should perish vtterly This God did make him Prophesie Against himselfe he witnesse beares Though for all people Christ should dye Who guiltlesse bloud to spill but feares Gods children and his scattred sheepe Christ Iesus had a care to keepe From that day they consulted how They might him take and cause to dye Whereas the Iewes of him might know Christ walked no more openly To Ephraim he went away Where he and his Disciples lay The passeouer was then at hand And to Ierusalem there went Full many out of all that land Before the feast some with intent Themselues as then to purifie Which feast the Iewes kept orderly The Iewes for Iesus sought about All in the temple where they where That he came not did make them doubt For they had sought him eu'ry where They chargd'd who knew where he would lye To tell or take him craftily Six dayes before the feast no more Our Sauiour came to Bethanie Where he would not be seene before His enemies it was too nye Now the appointed time was come And Christ obayd his fathers dome Though he but lately fled away He then returned with good will His fathers minde he would obay And so all Prophesies fulfill He came therefore to Bethanie Prepared for mankind to dye Christ being come backe to Bethanie from Ephraim supped with Lazarus and was annoynted by Mary whereat Iudas was offended especiallie Christ fearing neither watch nor ward Did offer all occasion Vnto the Iewes without regard To hasten on his passion Wherefore he supt in Bethanie His aduersaries euen by With Lazarus Christ supped there And Martha serued then at boord Where many did with ioy and feare Attend vnto Christ Iesus word As Iohn doth witnesse Mary then Annoynted Christ before those men Of oyntment Mary tooke a pound Of Spiknard very costly sure As any oyntment might be found For it was perfect sweet and pure This all she spent on Iesus there His head and feete as may appeare His feete she wiped with her hayre The house with odour it was sweete The sauour so perfum'd the ayre That came from Iesus head and feete Yet Iudas did repine at this For of his purpose he did misse For he it was that did receiue What men at any time did giue This Christ did very well perceiue How that her fact his mind did grieue For straight with her a fault he found And did her checke thus very round This wast it needed not sayd he This oyntment for three hundred pence Might haue bene sold and giuen me As part of the beneficence That vsed is vnto the poore And such as go from doore to doore He spake not as his mind then gaue But moued with a vayne desire For he did couet all to haue This kindled in him flaming fire Of greedinesse as did appeare By such words as he vttred there Then Iesus sayd let her alone She kept this for my burying day The poore ye may well thinke vpon They shall remaine with you alway Ye shall not alwayes so haue me But they alwayes with you shall be The womans worke thus wrought on me Is good and shall not be forgot This Gospell where as it shall be Preached throughout the world I wot This act of hers shall be spoke sure And her memoriall shall endure Much people of the Iewes were there Not all for Iesus sake onely But for to try what they did heare Of Lazarus assuredly Of him they heard as you haue read How Iesus raisd him from the dead The high Priests therefore tooke aduise How they might Lazarus also Condemne with Christ in any wise Because they saw that many mo Did for his sake in Christ beleeue Which thing did very much them grieue The next day following Christ went towards Ierusalem riding