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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06590	Euphues. The anatomy of vvyt Very pleasant for all gentlemen to reade, and most necessary to remember: wherin are contained the delights that wyt followeth in his youth, by the pleasauntnesse of loue, and the happynesse he reapeth in age, by the perfectnesse of wisedome. By Iohn Lylly Master of Arte. Oxon.	Lyly, John, 1554?-1606.	1578 (1578)	STC 17051; ESTC S105598	115,224	186

straunge Idoll For all the Gods of the Gentiles are Diuels My sonnes kéepe your selues from Images the worshippinge of Idols is the cause of all euyll the beginninge and the ende Cursed bée that man that engraueth any Images it is an abhominatiō before the Lorde They shall be confounded that worshippe grauen Images or glory in Idols I wyll not giue my glorye to an other nor my prayses to grauen Images If all these testimonies of the Scriptures cannot make thée to acknowledge a lyuinge GOD harken what they saye of such as be altogether incredulous Euery vnbeleeuer shall dye in his incredulitie Woe be to those that bee loose in heart they beléeue there is no God and therefore they shall not bée protected of him The wrathe of the Lorde shall kindle agaynste an vnbléeuinge nation If yée beléeue not yée shall not endure Hée that beléeueth not shall bée damned Hée that beléeueth not is iudged alreadye The portion of the vnbeléeuers shall be in the lake that burneth wyth fire and brimstome which is the seconde death If thou feele in thy selfe Atheos anye sparke of grace praye vnto the Lorde and hée wyll cause it to flame if thou haue no feelinge of fayth yet praye and the Lorde wyll gyue aboundaunce for as hée is a terrible God whose voyce is lyke the rushinge of many waters so is he a mercifull God whose woordes are as softe as Oyle Though he breath fire out of his nostrils agaynst sinners yet is he milde to those that aske forgiuenesse But if thou bée obstinate that seeinge thou wylt not sée and knowing thou wylt not acknowledge then shall thy heart bée hardened wyth Pharao and grace shall bée taken awaye from thée with Saule Thus sayth the Lorde who so beléeueth not shall perishe heauen and earth shall passe but the word of the Lord shall endure for euer Submyt thy selfe before the throne of hys Maiestye and his mercye shall saue thée Honour the Lorde and it shalll bée well wyth thée Besides him feare no straunge god Honour the Lorde wyth all thy soule Offer vnto God the sacrifice of prayse Be not lyke the hipocrites whiche honour God with their lips but be farre from hym with their heartes neyther lyke the foole which sayth his in heart ther is no god But if thou wylt stil perseuer in thine obstinacie thine end shal be worse then thy beginning the Lord yea thy sauiour shal come to be thy Iudge when thou shalt beholde him come in glory with millions of Angels and Archangels when thou shalt sée him appeare in thundringes and lyghtninges and flashinges of fire when ●he mountaynes shall melt and the heauens be wrapped vp lyke a scrowle when all the earth shall tremble with what face wilt thou beholde his glorye that deniest his Godhead how canst thou abide his presence that beléeuest not his essence what hope canst thou haue to be saued which diddest neuer acknowledge a-any to be thy Sauiour Then shall it be sayde to thée and to all those of thy s●cte vnlesse ye r●pent depart all yee workers of iniquitie there shall bée wéepinge and gnashing of téeth When you shal sée Abraham Isaac and Iacob and all the Prophets in the kingdome of God and yée to bée thrust out You shall conceyue heate and bringe foorth woode your owne consciences shall consume you lyke fire Héere dost thou sée Atheos the threatninges agaynst vnbeléeuers and the punishment prepared for miscreantes What better or sounder proofe canst thou haue that there is a GOD then thine owne conscience which is vnto thée a thousande wytnesses Consider wyth thy selfe that thy soule is immortal made to the Image of the almighty God bée not curious to enquire of God but carefull to beléeue neither bée thou desperate if thou sée thy sinnes abounde but faythfull to obteine mercy for the Lorde will saue thée bycause it is hys pleasure searche therefore the Scriptures for they testifie of him Atheos Truely Euphues you haue sayde somewhat but you goe about contrarye to the customes of schooles which mée thinckes you shoulde dilygentlye obserue béeinge a professed Philosopher for when I demaunde by what reason men are induced to acknowledge a God you confirme it by course of Scripture as who shoulde saye there were not a relatyon betwéene GOD and the Scripture bycause as the olde Fathers define wythout Scripture there were no GOD no Scripture without a god Whosoeuer therefore denyeth a Godhead denyeth also the scriptures which testifie of him This is in my opinion absurdum per absurdius to proue one absurditie by an other If thou canst as substantiallye by reason proue thy authoritie of Scriptures to be true as thou hast proued by Scriptures there is a God then will I willyngly with thée both beléeue the Scriptures and worshippe thy god I haue heard that Antiochus commaunded all the copies of the Testament to bée burnt from whence therefore haue we these newe bookes I thincke thou wilt not saye by reuelation therefore goe forwarde Euphues I haue read of the milke of a Tygresse that the more salte there is throwne into it the fresher it is and it may be that thou hast eyther eaten of that milke or that thou arte the Whelpe of that Monster for the more reasons that are beate into thy head the more vnreasonable thou séemest to bée the greater my authorities are the lesser is thy beliefe As touching the authoritie of Scriptures although there be manye arguments which do proue yea and enforce the wicked to confesse that the Scriptures came from God yet by none other meane then by the secrete testimony of the holy Ghost our heartes are truely perswaded that it is God which speaketh in the lawe in the Prophets in the Gospell the orderly disposition of the wisedome of God the doctrine sauoring nothing of earthlynesse the godly agreement of all parts amonge themselues and specially the basenesse of contemptible wordes vttering the high misteryes of the heauenly kingedome are seconde helpes to establish the Scriptures Moreouer the antiquitie of the Scripture whereas the bookes of other Relygions are later then the bookes of Moses which yet doth not himselfe inuent a newe God but setteth foorth to the Israelites the God of their fathers Whereas Moses doth not byde the shame of Leuy his father nor the mourninge of Aaron his brother and of Marie his sister nor doth aduannce his owne children The same are arguments that in his booke is nothing fayned by man Also the myracles that happened as well at the publyshing of the lawe as in all the rest of time are infallyble proofes that the Scriptures procéeded from the mouth of god Also whereas Moses speaking in the person of Iacob assigneth gouernment to the Tribe of Iuda and where he telleth before of the callynge of the Gentiles whereof the one came to passe foure hundreth yeares after the other almost two thousande yeares these are arguments that it is GOD himselfe that speaketh in the bookes of Moses Whereas