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A68611	A faythful [and] true pronosticatio[n] vpo[n] the yeare. M.CCCCC.xlix and parpetually after to the worldes ende gathered out of the prophecies and scriptures of god, by the experience and practise of his workes, very comfortable for all christen hertes deuided into seuen chapters. And in the ende ye shal finde an almanack for euer, translated newly out of hye Almāyne into englysh by Myles Couerdale.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1548 (1548)	STC 20424; ESTC S106366	11,571	44

are in aduer site ī theyr last age or in dispayre ▪ Who so euer thou be therfore the woldeste escape the sickenesses of this yeare bewarre that thy bodye be not ouerladen with ouer muche eatynge or with dronkennes man is out 〈◊〉 Luc xxi For excesse of meates bryngeth sycknesse and glotonye commeth at the last to an vnmeasurable heate Eccle xxxvii Thorowe glotonye shall manye one perisshe this yere but he that dyeteth hym sel e temperatlye shall prolonge his lyfe As for vnsaciable eaters they shall not onely slepe vnquietly this yeare but shall haue ache payne of the body Eccle .xxxi. Concernyng the spirituall disease and sycknes that shall reigne this yeare as it hathe done afore tyme ▪ Pault one of the truest Astronomers saieth plainely that we be all synners Ro .iii. yf we saye that we haue no sinne we disceaue our selues and the trueth is not in vs i. Io .i. This is nowe the spirituall disease that shall comonly reigne this yeare sin is 〈◊〉 in them wyll no a know of it but specyally in them that feale least of it and wyll not knowlege it Io .ix. For the Sonne hath soch vertue that who so euer can se this disease and wyll complayne of it .i. Ioh .i it shall clense them and make them whole yee the astronoemer sayth playnly that Christ Iesus came into the world to saue synners .i. Timo .i. And an other that warneth vs in his pronosticaciō to bewarre of this sicknesse gyueth vs yet good conforte and sayth If any man synne we haue an aduocate wyth the father euen Iesus Christ which is ryghteous and he it is that optayneth grace for our synnes not for oure synnes only but also for the synnes of the whole worlde .i. Ioh .ii. Who soeuer therefore hath this disease as there is no man wythout it let hym do wysely ▪ let hym proue and examen him selfe by tymes .i. Cor .xi. ii Cor .xiii. man is ●rt synne And go to phisicke afore he be to se or sycke Eccle .xviii. And aboue all thinges let hym bewarre of soche false surgeons and fayned phisicyans as heale the hurt of the people with sweete wordes Iere .vi. and as a true Astronomer reporceth thorow sweate preachinges and flatteringe wordes disceaue the hartes of inocentes and all for their belyes sake Rom .xvi. Soch false phisiciās laye wronge plasters to mēs sores and speake the meanyng of theyr own eherte but not out of the mouth of the lord Iere .xxiii. yea they make soche as despise the worde of god to contynue scill in their dregges Soph. i and to do as theyr fathers haue done before them to theyr vtter de struccion Ierm .xliiii. For soche false Phisians as longe as they haue anye thynge to byte vppon preache vnto men that all shall be well Michee iii. and mayntaint them in their wyckednes makyng them beleue to do as their el●ers haue done before them though it be contrary to goos worde is the righte waye Tusihe saye they ye shall prosper ryght well Ier .xxiii And vnto all them that walke after the luste of thyer owne herte they saye Tusshe there shall no mysfortune happen vnto you ye shal se no swerd there shall no hōger come vpō you Iere .xiiii. But if a man put not somthing in their mouthes they preache of warre agaynst hī mic .iii. wherfore if thou wylt be hole of thy disease bewa● of soch fayned Phiciās at whome yf thou seke helth they shall make the pay dubble for it ●w aere of use phisici us that shall neuer do the good but go thou boldely vnto hym which only healeth the contrite in harte and byndeth vp theyr wondes Psal c .xlvi. He shall not cast the away Ioh .vi. But yf thou come vnto hym he shall refreshe the he shall ease the. Math ▪ xi yf thou be sycke go vnto hym for he is the ryght Phisician for soch as are diseased Math .ix. yf thou be thyrsty and commest vnto hym he hath the water of lyfe for the. Ioh .iiii. yf thou be an hōgred after ryghteousnesse thou shalt be satisfied Mat .v. Summa he hym selfe wyl fede the brynge the to rest Eze .xxxiiii. Thoughe thou be lost he wylseke the though thou haste gon astray he wyll brynge the agayne thoughe thou be woūded he wyll bynde the vpthough thou be sycke and weake he wyl make the hole and stronge Seke hym therfore this yere and as longe as thou lyuest for wyth hym there is mercy and plēteous redempcyon Psal .xxix. He hath saluacion ynough for the thou nedest not to seke helpe at any other nether is ther saluacyon in any other Act .iiii. Therfore biddeth he the euer come to hym selfe Math .xi. Ioh .vi. He neuer bad the seke other phisicions to heale the of this disease for there is no helpe in the chyldren of men Psal c .xlv As for corporaldiseaces god hath ordeyned outward medecynes for them in his creatures by the ministracyon of true phisiciās whiche gyfte of god no wyseman wyll abhorre Eccle xxxviii But agaynst the sycknesse of synne there is no helpe nor succour but onely in him selfe And as there is no saluacion withoute hym so is there euer grace mercy pardon clene remission frely in him Esa .lv. for all soch as wyll receaue it and be thankefull for the same ¶ The fourthe Chapter concernynge the stryfe trouble of thys yeare and the cause therof THe swerde that I spake of partly in the fyrst Chapter is lyke to be drawen this yeare for why The Sonne Mars and Mercurtus can not agre together How accordeth the worlde wyth Christ the gospel They shall neuer be at one Sore eyes may not abyde y● clere lyght of the sone the lyghte wyll not consent to the workes of darknesse nether wyll y● beleuers haue parte with infidels .ii. Cor .vi Thus can there be no agremente for they be of contrarye natures Agayne a scornefull bodye as Salomon sayeth loueth not one that rebuketh hym Pro .xv. The chyldren of this worlde are scornefull and therfore are they not contente to be refourmed by the gospel The gosp●● shall haue victory whiche neuertheles thoughe it haue many enemyes as it hathe euer had yet because it is the truthe it shall beare awaye the victorye .iii. Esd .iii. And that shortly For god hath put into the hertes of dyuers princes to fulfyll his wyll and to hate the whore of Babylon to make her desolate naked to put down her abusions Apo .xvii. vtterlye to set her out of her stole So that it appeareth euydently that sathan shall no more haue so great dominion as he hath hadde in tymes paste And nowe that he seythe that his kyngdome wyll haue a fall he worketh and shall do al the he can by the chyldrē of vnbeleife specially by the shauē Madianites to styrre vp warres sediciōs secrete treason and vtter defiaūce both amonge Princes and cominalties For soch aduersaries of

the trueth had rather set all nacyons by the eares and wyckedly to resyste the ordinaūce of god in the auctorite of theyr Prince then to submite them selues to the gospel And wher as God hath raysed vp good men to preach his worde the deuell is so wood at it that he hath sent them a letter of defiaūce by some of his mēbres euen wyth soch an answere as was geuen to Ieremy the prophet For they say playnly As for the gospel we wyl not hear it but what so euer goeth out of oure owne mouth that wyll we do we wyll set vp ●andels and offre to stockes and stones we wyl do as oure fathers haue done before vs. For whan we so dyd then had we plenteousnes of vytayls then were we in prosperite and no mysfortune came vpon vs. Iere .xliiii. But sence we lefte of soche Gods seruice we haue had scarcenes of all thinges and the worlde was neuer well sence c. Soch strife I saye debate shall happen this yeare because of the worde of god for the enemyes therof had rather draw theyr daggers at it then to be refourmed But the louers of it shall spare no labour to conuerte them and to mayntayne peace and therfore I truste verely that thorow the gracyous influence of the sonne thys stryfe and deuysyon shall turne to no bloud sheddynge for god shall sende princes to defende his people from the malyce of the wycked yet shall the enemies of Goddes worde not cease from persecutyng but do all the myscheife they can that by one waye or other the gospell of the glorye of God maye be stopped Therefore thou louer of God and his worde wha any soch heat of trouble happeneth vnto the for by trouble muste thoube tryed Maruell not at it as thoughe it were a straunge thinge but reioyse in asmuche as thou arte partaker of Christes affliccions that whan his glorye apperethe thou mayst be mery and glad And be euen as contente to be reuyled as he was .i. Peter .ii. For there is no disciple aboue his malster nether seruante better then his lorde mat x. yf they haue called the good mā of the house Belzebub howe much more shall they cal thē of his housholde so These and manye other swete wordes sayth he hym selfe vnto the that in hym thou mayest haue peace a quiet cōscience In the worlde thou shalt haue trouble but be of good conforte he hathe ouercōme the worlde Ioh .xvi. ¶ The fyfth chapter concernyng the estate of kynges and prynces and superioure powers THe influence of the Sonne and Mars declareth euidently by all coniectures yee certaynly without any dout that kynges and princes shall haue a prosperous yere me thynke I dare be bolde to saye the same in as much as I se that they begin nowe some of them to seeke the true honoure of God and to delyuer theyr people from oppression make me doute the lesse herin Salomon whiche was a kynge hym selfe and that of greate experiece sayeth these wordes Pro .xxv. Take awaye vngodlynes frō the kynge and his seate shal be stablished with righteousnes Seinge nowe that god begineth so graciouslye to worke in Princes who hath not occasiō to hope for great increace of prosperite in thē For lyke as whan a prince delyteth in lyes as sayeth the wyse man Pro .xxix. all his seruantes are vngodly euen so whā the kynge or prynce is a fauoure and mayntener of the teneth his people shall the more be geuē to the fear of God And I dout not but god this same yeare by the faithfull ministracion of his auctorite in kinges princes shall brynge noble actes to passe to the great deliueraūce of poore people and reformacyon of the ignoraunt Thynkest thou not that God intendeth great good vnto vs in that he so gracyously endeweth that hertes of dyuerse prices dout not therin Let them remembre therfore that the power whiche theye haue is geuē them of the Lorde and the strength from the hyest Sap .vi. lest they beynge officers of Gods empyre be necligent in kepyng the lawe of ryghteousnes But yf they delyte in moche people let them loue the lyght of wysdome which is gods worde for by it they shal set the people in ordre and the nacyōs of theyr enemyes shal be subdued vnto them Sap .viii. who so euer he be then that loueth not to resyst the ordynaunce of god let hym submytte him selfe to the auctorite of his prynce and let hym not byte his lyppe at it though good Ezechias breake the brasen serpente that the chyldren of Israell haue worshypped so lōge .iiii. Re .xviii let it not greue hym I saye that the vertuous kynge Iosias expelleth soyth sayers charmers expounders of tokens Idols and other abhominacyons out of his londe to set vp the wordes of the lawe of God .iiii. Reg .xxxiii. Let euery man rather geue thankes vnto God and bee glad that Bell is delyuered into Daniels power that the falshede of Bels prestes is come to lighte and that the dragon is deuoured whome the people was wonte to worshippe Dam .xiiii. Let no mā therfore resyst this power of God that doth soch actes by the ministracion of prynces but let euery wyse man be cōtent to be refourmed of his erroure to do wel and remembre that the kyng beareth not that swerd for naught Ro .xiii. and the as the wysemā sayeth The kynges displeasure is a messaūger of death Pro .xvi Be thou therfore thankfull vnto god and obedient vnto thy prynce doutte not but thou shallte haue a ryght prosperous yeare and I can not se how it is possible to be otherwyse for as longe as the kynge maketh so manye Daniels of his councell it must nedes be to the great wealth and prospirite of the people ¶ The syxte Chapter concernynge the darknesse of this yeare WHan I consydre the corrupte nature of Mercurius how he hath ben is euer shal be cōtrarie vnto Mars the Sonne I fynde by all experience that he shall cast agreate myste betwene vs and the Sonne so that it shall be darke for though the lyght shyne in darkenesse and be come into the worlde Iohn .i. yet shall they whose workes are euell and after the condycions of Mercurius loue that darknesse more then the lyghte And thus shal this darkenesse be in thē that lyue naughtelye folowe theyr owne abhominacions for because they do euell therfore shall they hate the lyght and not come to it lest theyr dedes be reproued Ioh .iii And as Paul sayth yf the gospell shal be yet hyd it shal be hydde in them that are loste among whō the God of this worlde shal blynd the myndes of them that beleue not lest the lyght of the gospell of the glory of Christ whiche is the ymage of god shulde shyne vnto them .ii. Corint .iii. But where the chyldren of God are there shall be lyghte Exod .x. and the workes of lyfe Seynge therefore that the