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A14189	Peters fall Two sermons vpon the historie of Peters denying Christ. Wherin we may see the causes of mans falling from God, and the manner how, both of the wicked thorough incredulitie, and of the godly by infirmitie: and also the way that God hath set downe in his worde to rise againe. By Iohn Vdall, preacher of the word of God at Kingston vpon Temmes.	Udall, John, 1560?-1592.	1584 (1584)	STC 24503; ESTC S101285	38,462	103

followe thée now But when he seeth plainelye that hys Maister is in troubles indéede then he pulleth in the shoulder the burthen is heauye vnto hym before he féeleth it he is very desirous to serue Christ but he is not willing to take paynes wyth hym So were the Israelites very desirous to come to Canaan but loath to be troubled by the waye in the wildernes They that went to viewe the lande of Canaan with Caleb and Iosua cōfessed it to bee a Countrey so fruiteful that it flowed with milke and honye and did desire to come thither neuertheles they were vnwilling to enter combate wyth the Iebusites Amalachites Cananites and other people that shoulde bee ouercome before they should possesse it The Sonnes of Zebedee did desire to sit at Christes elbowes in hys kingdome but they had forgotten that they must firste drinke of the cup that Christ did drinke of and to bee baptized with his Baptisme And therefore it is that our sauiour Christe termeth those hearers whome tribulation doth driue from the gospel to be like vnto the stony ground into the which the word of GOD can sende no roote because of the hardenes thereof Manye also dyd depart from Chryste whiche before did follow him willingly because their grosse capacity coulde not conceiue howe they shoulde eate the flesh of the son of man drinke his bloud and truly the worlde is ful of suche people at this daye that bee verye willing to heare and learne the worde of God because that they knowe that it is the waye to eternall life but if any troubles shoulde séeme to arise for the same they are gone they are willing to come to Christe by nighte because they feare troubles by daye but they are not discerned in these dayes by their reuolting in time of persecution because the Lordes name bee praysed for it all men may fréelye professe the Gospell but by theyr carnal and fleshly conuersation their contrarye life and dealing for the trée is knowne by the fruite they loue to heare how to come to Heauen but they like not thys that they muste addresse themselues to obedience that they muste forsake theyr wicked conuersation and frame theyr doynges to the rule of Gods worde and therefore they turne the grace of God into wantonnesse So there bee a greate number that be followers of Peter in thys poynte for he followed because of his promise but it was a farre off so they followe the Gospell because of their present safegard which else they could not enioy But as Peter durst not come neare for feare of troubles so dare they come no faster on for feare of after clappes they thinke that keeping themselues a loofe they maye bee safe at all seasons if a change comer for which they gape then they thynke they may with honestye change lykewyse whereas if they shoulde be desirous to pull downe Papistrie if they bée in any authoritie and earnestlye e +stablishe the preachyng of the Gospell they shoulde ●e ashamed in those dries whyche I truste shall neuer bée but in the meane whyle lette them knowe that they haue well profited towarde the Diuell when they be in that case for manye denye with Peter but few wéepe with hym Wel howsoeuer it be that the worlde doe thus fall from the Lorde and pull away theyr shoulder from hys obedyence yet they that feare God in déede and doo vnfaynedly beléeue that which they professe doo together with the profession thereof vndergo and willingly receyue all troubles which follow the same They first sit them downe and cast their accounts as Christ counsaileth them and not rashly aduēture they know not what as Peter did So did Moyses though he might haue had great preferment in Pharaoh his Court yet he chose rather to suffer affliction with the children of the Lord then to enioy the pleasures of sinne for a season knowing this to be most true that it is better to be a dorekéeper in the house of the Lorde then to dwel in the tabernacles of wickednes Then if we desire to come vnto that place whervnto these are gone we must followe their good examples I knowe it for a most certaine truth that all that will liue godly in Christ Iesu shall suffer persecution And therefore we must endeuor our selues to indure the same for we shall haue Sathan continually to assaile vs with diuers temptations we shall haue the world alluring vs vnto the deuises thereof by sundry entisements yea and our owne flesh through the condition of our corrupt nature vncessantly pricking vs forward into all kindes of vanitie so true it is that Ecclesiasticus saith that temptation trieth the hearts of men now as the Lorde hath ordeined that these trials should befall his children in this world so he hath also left especiall consolation vnto them and ordeined meanes how they must be ouercome That one place of the Apostle Paule to the Ephesians is sufficiēt for this matter to furnish the souldiour of Christe with complete armoure Firste his ioynes shoulde be girded with the truth that is a sincere mind and affection putting away all dissimulation whatsoeuer Secondly his brest must be fenced with righteousnes that is his life and conuersation must be holy and vpright Thirdly the preparation of the Gospell of peace that is the determination to depend vpon the reconciliation that the Gospell affoordeth Fourthly the shield of faith that is the safe protection that you may haue thorough an vndoubted faith Fiftly the helmet of saluation that is an earnest desire of the kingdome of heauen Sixtly the sword of the spirit which is the word of God It is called a sword because thorough it Sathan is beat back the worlde crucified vnto vs and our owne sinnes cut away Seauenthly the last and chiefest is continuall prayer vnto God for thereby his grace is obteined to ouercome all temptations and his protection to shielde vs from falling so that these things being taken vnto vs aright they will helpe vs to passe through all troubles or affliction in this world whatsoeuer And when they had made a fire c. It followeth to speake of those accidentarie causes which were without him or adioyned vnto hym which be in number two The first is the company with whome and the seconde the place where The company be the high Priests seruants for as it appeareth in this Chapter when they had taken Christ brought him to y e place apointed they hauing done their feate came into the hall and making a fire there to warme them Peter sate downe also amongst them marke how fitly Peter applieth himselfe to the time and companie with the professors of Christ he professeth but with persecutors he denieth Peter is not the first of the children of God that hath béene ouergone and taken tardie in this case of béeing corrupted with wicked companie For the seruant of God Lot being sore oppressed

his féete not scorched whosoeuer toucheth pitch must néeds be defiled therewithal euen so they that vse the society of the wicked must néedes smel of their wickednes as is prooued before Wept bitterly c. Now Peter béeyng conuicted of his sinnne and consideryng through the grace of Gods holye spirite that the guilt therof deserueth great and endles punishment beginneth to repent and turne vnto the Lord. This conuersion and turning is contained in thys word wept the outwarde token of hys sorrow expressing the inward griefe of his mind for we muste not thinke that his wéeping was the repentance it self least we make Iudas and Esau to be cōuerted vnto the Lord by repentāce But that the excéeding sorrowe of his minde did wring out his wéeping This repentaunce to pretermit all our aduersaries fond deuises concerning the same may be rightly thus defined It is a true turning of our life vnto god procéeding frō a pure and earnest feare of God which consisteth in the mortification of y e flesh and quickning of the spirite This was in Peter when he wept for his fault it is in all them that be truly called vnto the faith in Iesus Christ and ought to be in vs all cōtinually because we cease not to transgresse the lawes of the Lord continually Now to explane the parts of this definition it is called a turning vnto God because so often as we sin we depart from God walking after the desires of our own flesh this turning must begin at the hart for the thoughtes of mans hart are altogither wicked naturally therfore y e turning vnto god must begin at the renuing of the same so commandeth the Lorde by the Prophet saying Make you a new hart in another place breake vp your fallow grounds sow not your séeds among thornes that is plucke out of your hartes your wickednes and impietie doo not receyue Gods mercies into your soules delighting still in wickednes this turning must be tried without any dissimulatiō or hipocrisie that if it be begun aright it maketh the hart to lothe detest and abhorre his former life and to sighe sob lament that his vngodlye demeanour hath so hainously transgressed the laws of his gentle and mercifull GOD and deserued such extreme paine torments this is that terror and feare that the prophet speaketh of Haue mercy vppon me O Lord for I am weake O Lord heale me for my bones are brused and there is nothing sound in my fleshe because of thine anger neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin and so forward in that psalme Dauid declareth how grieuously he was troubled in hys body and minde because he considered Gods iudgements against sin which indéede is in all the childrē of god in some measure but vtterly vnknowne and strange to secure and carelesse persons that sléepe in their owne iniquitie and for lacke of this doo neuer come to anye remorse in consciēce but doo waxe worse and worse but it is vnto the Godlye a great coōfort for although they féele the heauy wrath of God against their sinne yet they knowe that is the beginning first entrance into Gods fauour againe for y e rigor of his wrath driueth vs back from our selues and maketh vs séeke vnto his mercy This must procéed from an earnest feare of God that is as before is declared from the consideration what God in iustice requireth of vs and how farre contrary we haue liued and also that he will execute iudgement agaynste all Sinne and Iniquitye The feare of this maketh vs to séeke what waye to haue Gods wrath appeased agaynste vs which is onely done by Fayth in Iesus Christe who came into y e world for that purpose that he might be a mediator and reconciler of sinners vnto God his Father so that euery one that shall come to the fauour of God again must certainly and stedfastly with out wauering beléeue that Christ his bloud hath béene shed for the satisfaction of Gods wrath agaynste hym for hys sins And so being perswaded hys conscience is at quiet with god and the terror of Gods wrathe whiche before dyd appéere is nowe pacified and satisfied in Iesus Christe But because mans harte is full of hypocrisie and a beast in his owne knowledge béeyng blinded through vaine confidence may perswade himselfe that God hath receiued him into his fauour when in déede it is not so Therefore it is said that this repentance consisteth in the mortifying of the fleshe and quickening of the spirit that is in crucifying and killing within himselfe the world and flesh to wit all sinne whatsoeuer and the quickening of the spirite which is by continuall endeuour to frame our liues precisely according to Gods word And because this can not be done perfectly no not in the best by reason of sin and iniquitie that cleaueth so fast vnto them therefore they thinke it their dutie so long as they carrie about with them this bodie of sinne to grone vnder the burthen thereof and to vse all those meanes that God hath set downe for them in his word to continue and abide in repentance and amendment of life without ceassing that Gods holie name may be glorified and their consciences surely setled in the mercies of the Lorde and sinne daily more and more abolished the whiche the Lorde God of his infinite mercie graunt vnto all them that earnestly séeke and labour for it Amen Let vs pray O Eternall GOD and our most louing and mercifull father whiche of thy great mercie hast reuealed vnto vs by the example of thy holy Apostle S. Peter that of our selues and in our owne imaginations wee wander daily further and further from thee Poure downe thy spirit O Lord into our hearts to perswade and certifie vs vnfainedly of the truth heereof and to bring vs by consideration of the same vnto a true acknowledgement of our owne misery and thereby to that humilitie which may declare vnto vs our wretched estate without thee that by the weying of the same aright we may knowe the necessitie of thy holy and blessed word which not only discouereth vnto vs all our naturall blemishes and corruptions but also teacheth how to knowe thee and to worship thee truly and therby be moued to haue an especiall care to heare the same taught publikely to reade it priuately for our comfort and to meditate in it continually that wee learning out of the same the absolute vprightnesse that thy law requireth may be cast downe and the mercie that thou offerest to repenting sinners may ground our vnfained faith vpon thy promises and by the consideration of thy greate mercies offered vnto vs in thy Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christe may endeuour diligentlie to glorify thy holy name with that obedience that thou requirest and to shunne all things both in our religion and conuersation that hath no warrant out of thy blessed will that abandoning all fancies of mans traditions and will-worshippers pleasant in the eyes of flesh and bloud we may cleaue vnto thy perfect will reuealed vnto vs by thy Prophets and Apostles and shewing forth thy prayse according therevnto heere in this world may thorough thy mercie be glorified in the world to come through Iesus Christ our Lord only Sauiour FINIS Odiss 17. Luke 16 8. Crates Bias. Diogenes Matth. 6 24. Iohn 3 4. Matth. 7 21. 2. Tim 3 5. Matth. 20 22. Iude verse 4. Reuel 18 4. Iude verse 2 3. Rom. 12 2. Tit. 2 10. Mat. 26.34 35. Luk. 22.54.55 56. 57. 58. Mat. 26.72 73. 74. Luke 22.60 61. 62. 2. Tim. 3 16. Rom. 15 4. Gen. 2 17. 3.23 4.8 2.24 4.19 1. Sam. 15 3. Exo. 16 2.17 3. Exod. 20 4. Deut. 5 8. Iohn 4 23. 2. Cor. 3 17. Ieremy 5 7. A note for them that sweare by faith Masse Saint c. Eccles. 23 11. Zach. 5 4. Heb 13 4. Psal. 1 2 Iosua 1. 8 Ephe. 6.17 1. Cor. 1.21 Mat. 13.31 Ier. 5.14 Exec. 4.3 Deut. 32.2 Luke 8.15 Pro. 4 4.5.6.7.8 c. to the 15. Psal. 19.8.5.10 11.12 Psal. 119 99. Heb. 12 1. Iohn 8.47 Gen. 11 3 Exod. 5.2.3.14.27 1. Sam. 17.8.49 2. Chron. 10.14 15.16 Deut. 8 17. Iudg. 7.2 Gen. 2 7. 1. King 8 46. Psal. 14 3. Iob. 7 1. Psal. 39 5 6. Gen. 18 27. Exod. 3 11. 1. Sam. 18 18. 1. Cor. 4.7 Iob. 1.21 1. Sam. 2.7 Exod. 31.3 Ephe. 2.8 Mat 25.20 Luke 12.19 Pro. 17 17 Ioh. 13 37. Exod. 17 3. Num. 13 28.29 Math. 20 21. 13.21 Iohn 6 Mat 7 16 Iude. 4. Luke 14 28. Hebr. 11 25. Psal. 84 10. 2. Tim. 3 12. Eccles. 27 5. Ephes. 6 13. Gen. 19 8. Gen. 20 2. Gen. 42 15. Dan. 6 21. Prou. 4 1● 24 1. Exod. 34 1● Iosua 9 15. ● Cro. 16 9. 18 31. Rom. 16 17. ● Iohn 10. Euseb. 3 25. Euseb. 4.14 Ieremy 15 17. Gen. 6 2. Psal. 120 5. Psal. 84 ● Gen. 19 15. verse 7 18. Psal. 73 2 3 4 5 c. Iob. 21 15. Psal. 73 17. 1. Sam. 19 8. 2. Sam. 11 1 2. 3 c. 2. Chro. 1 6. 1. King 11 4. 2. Chro. 14 1.2 3 4. c. 16 12. 1. Chro. 26 1. c. 16. verse Hose 13 6. Prou. 30 8. Psal. 119 71. Iob. 5 17. 1 King 19 10. Pro 29 12. Luke 16 8. Psal. 101 6.7 Gen. 17 13. Gen. 8 19. Act. 16 32 10.2 Psal. 56 12 Reuel 3 15. 1. Kings 28.21 Mat. 10.33 Rom. 2 24. Iohn 28 25. Act. 3 3. Act. 9.2 Mat 22.46.26.4 This is the let to reformation at this day Luke 23 12. Acts. 16.14 A question for a Papist to answere 2. Cor. 3 5. Iam. 1 17. Dan. 1 8. Iere. 31 18. Heb. 6 5. Saule Iulian the apostata and all heretikes Matth. 24 14. 20 16. Matth. 7 24. 1. Iohn 4 6. Iohn 8 47. Wisd 2 14. Luke 22 47. 1. Cor. 3 6. Exod. 33 19. Rom. 9 15. Acts. 13 48. With what minde wee should heare or reade the word Gen. 3 8 9. 2 Sam. 11 4.12 9. 2 Chro. 33.3 2. King 21 16. 1. Chro. 33.12 Act. 9 3.4 Ephe. 2 12. Ephes. 1.13 1. Sam. 5.4 Deut. 23.19 Nehem. 5.8 Reuel 12 11. Psal. 1 2. ●9 10 Act. 9.19.26 Act. 25.5 Pro. 6.27 Eccle. 13.1 The definition of repentance Gen. 6 5. Ezek. 18 31. Iere. 4 4. Psal. 238 2 1. Tim. 3 13. Gal. 5 19 20. 22 23.