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A20782	The iaylors conuersion Wherein is liuely represented, the true image of a soule rightlye touched, and conuerted by the spirit of God. The waightie circumstances of which supernaturall worke, for the sweete amplifications, and fit applications to the present time, are now set downe for the comfort of the strong, and confirmation of the weake. By Hugh Dowriche Batch. of Diuinitie.	Dowriche, Hugh, b. 1552 or 3.	1596 (1596)	STC 7160; ESTC S111947	34,879	82

vt plura det P●rge mi quidnam titubas eundo Hic labor certé hoc opus est Catenas Nocte subnigra miseré Reclusis Rumpere tetras Siue diuinas Calamo loquelas Pingis aut sacrum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ore pandis Pingis pandis veneranda pulchré Dogmata Iouae Hinc hinc laudes mihi crede celsae Te manent Sedes manet ampla vtrinque Digna praeclaris quid enim recusas Proemia factis Plura des nobis igitur Iehouae Seruiens nobis patriae tibique Et mihi Da quos voluisse dix'ti Dare libellos Diuites Dowrich per-amice Dotes Si tui cunctis animi paterent Pluribus notae At taceo tacendi Aposiopesis Nomen Amici Ergo mi nunquam titubes eundo Hic labor certé hoc opus est Cateruas Quas Catenatas tenet atra nigri Ianua Ditis Soluere vinclis Quo pede coepisti sic benè semper eas Per Guilielmum Palfraeium Gener. Lin-colniensis Hospitij Socium Ad Carcerum Custodes S. P. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Terrae motu concussus ad vnum Et verum motus vertitur inde Deum Quid facis O Saeuo stringens tua viscera ferro Sola Saius Animae quaeritur vna tuae Heu cohibete manus Custodes Carceris omnes Mittite sub Christi colla superba Iugum Paule Comesque Sila Captiui corpora nullas Fregistis Domino sed reserante fores Ille aperit vobis Neopoitae Ianitor aulae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ac Fletus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 que vias Et soluit duris religatos crura cathenis Ad Christum vt properent Liberiore pede Discite ab hoc Omnes exemplo vera vereri Numina 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 THE IAYLORS Conuersion The Argument PAule and Silas were by the spirite of God sent into Macedonia and passing through many places of the Countrie came vnto the chiefe Cittie called Phillippie Where preaching the word they found a fortune-telling Deuill which had long time abused the simple people Paul not able to beare with this deceite of Sathan by the word of the Lord expels him Hereof rose a grieuous persecution against the word The worst part was the greatest They preuailed Paul and Silas were whipt and cast into prison They praied and the Lord heard them and sent an Earthquake The Iaylor would haue killed himself but Paul staies him The Iaylors eyes are opened he humbleth him selfe he seekes the way to be saued he obtaineth it for himselfe and his whole familie c. THE TEXT Actes 16. 30. And he brought them out and said Syrs what must I doe to be saued IN this verse is expressed onely a question demaunded by the Iaylor In which question these fiue circumstances are to be considered First The person that doeth demaunde it Secondly Of whome he demandeth it Thirdly What the question is which is demaunded Fourthly What it was which brought this man to this godly care to demaund this question And lastly the time when he fell to this consideration what hee ought to doe to be saued For the first In the person that doth demaunde the question these three things are to be considered First his Office Secondly his Charge Thirdly his sodden Alteration By Office hee was the common Iaylor which though it be an Office necessarie yet commonly I know not how it falleth out they continue not long honest men that haue it but for the most part are of nature cruell hard-harted and oftentimes blinde and farre from the knowledge of the truth as this man was Application Doctrine The Lord doth not giue vnto euerie man one order and kinde of life but hath by a maruailous wisedome disposed men into seuerall callings as they may best serue for the performance of seuerall duties which are either for order pollicie regiment or the glory of God established in the Church And therefore euerie man is to consider of his calling and place whereunto hee is appointed to acknowledge it to bee the ordinance of the Lord to content himselfe with it as with a thing deliuered vnto him from the Lorde to frame himselfe so in it as hee may onely seeke the glorie of God and not his owne pleasure profit or glorie c. Euerie Office which is either commaunded by the worde or not contrarie to the same is good lawfull and honest of it selfe in his owne nature if any Office bee contemptible odious or lothsome vnto vs it is made so by reason of the wickednesse crueltie couetousnesse and follie of him that doth possesse it As the Publicanes the Rent gatherers or Romaine Baylifes made their Office odious among the Iewes by Requiring more then that which was appointed vnto Luk. 3. 13. them The souldiers made their calling odious by doing of violence Accusing innocents falsely for their owne luker Not being content with their wages But robbing stealing and spoyling besides The Scribes and Pharisies made their prefession odious By their horrible and wicked hypocrisie The laylors Mat. 23. 23. make their Office odious by vnmercifull abusing of the poore prisoners robbing thē by their great fees selling them but a little libertie for a great deale of money murdering the simple by penurie by pinching them of their allowance and ordinarie dutie and such like c. Nay to fal to a higher reckoning Kinges and Princes haue made their seate and Crowne infamous by their sinne and wickednesse as Ieroboam by Idolatrie 1. King 12. 28. Ahab and Iesabel by couetous oppression sheding of innocent bloud and persecuting Gods Prophets and truth Dauid by murder and whordome caused the enemies of The Lord to blaspheme Noblemen and Gentlemen 1. Kin. 21. 8 make their degree odious by their pride contempt of the word wantonnesse couetousnes whordomes libertie in sinning iniurie and such like Iustices turne iustice into wormwoode and iudgement into gall condemning the innocent and iustifying the wicked dishonouring their calling Lawyers defame their vocation the godly and honourable vse of the law by taking the patronage of bad matters by defiling their hands with bribes their closets with gifts against the poore and helpelesse being content for gaine to giue counsell with the wicked against the iust with the mightie against the simple with the rich against the poore fatherlesse and widdow against Law by Law against right by making sower sweete and sweete sower by altering cases and making right no right where it is for their profit against conscience hauing no conscience where commoditie shewes it selfe Physitions haue made their necessarie and good science odious and infamous among the common people and most men in these daies by their vntollerable and excessiue couetousnes by taking such great summes of money for little labour and oftentimes when to the parties diseased they doe no good at all but rather hurt without either pietie pittie or conscience Protestants and professours Protestants by profession but Papistes indeede

daies were vexed exiled whipped imprisoned set vppon the rackes tyed and chained to the stakes and burned onely for this because they preached truely the Gospell of Christ which Paule and Silas preached before because they called them from darkenesse to light from error to truth from hell to heauen because they opened the illusions of the Masse Purgatorie and other such peeuish fantasies But here a man might saie it seemeth that there was some other matter which moued these rulers to lay vp Paule and Silas with so straite a charge For as there was no commoditie came to the rulers by the spirit of Diuination which was in the woman but rather a priuate gaine to certaine that were her masters so there was no such hurt like to insue vnto the Magistrate or state of the towne by expelling of him as should force them to so great a furie therfore ther was belike some other matter No but here we see most notably the nature of the wicked For it falleth out many times The natu of the wiked that the Magistrate which feareth not God perswadeth himselfe that by pollicie and maintaining of that which best liketh the multitude the common-wealth shal be both better longer maintained quiet peaceable then by establishing any thing bee it neuer so good which the people like not That was one error of the Magistrates An other thing that we see in them is vaine glorie and a desire to keepe their dignitie Which thing where so euer it doth enter it makes them vnwilling to heare of any alterations bee they neuer so little or neuer so good and bee they themselues neuer so full of imperfections for feare least if they should alow the doctrine of the Gospell in the reformation of one thing bee it neuer so little it would in time grow farder and at length perchance finde a fault in their owne best cootes that had neede to be amended That was the cause which made these Magistrates stop the proceedings of the trueth in the first appearing and to alow and incourage wicked men in their furie against the same when as if they had done well they should haue corrected the couetous abuse of the Deuill and haue praised the good men that did open it haue thanked God that had reuealed this abuse vnto thē Here we see another abuse and follie that was in those Magistrates for they presently vpon the cry exclamation of two or three lewd fellowes without examination of either causes or parties sent good men to the prison and let the varlets goe vnpunished Lastly we see the dulnes and blindnes of such Magistrates whome the Lord doeth not blesse They could not see the right cause of this tumult which was a couetous minde neither could they perceiue the pollicie of the Deuill in shadowing this cause For the wicked come not to the Magistrate say Sir they by their preachings haue taken awaye our gaine and commoditie for then it might easily haue bene perceiued from whence their heate proceeded but they colour their couetousnesse with an other shadow and saie Sir These men which are Iewes trouble our Cittie They preach ordinances which are not lawfull for vs to receiue neither to obserue seing we are Romaines So we see that it is a common thing to intitle that trueth which we think will in time ouerthrow our pride our couetousnes with rebellion sedition conspiracy by that menes to make it a cloke for lewdnes knauerie Now we see the causes of this straite charge which the Magistrates gaue vnto the Iaylor We learne here againe that the Lord suffereth euen his elect chosen for a time to run in the path of sinners that he doth exercise them with great temptations that he brings them euen to the brincke of hell and desperation yet recals them euen then when they are fardest gon least thinke of succour then is the Lord neerest vnto them as is here to be seene by the example of this woefull Iaylor and many other such like in the Scripture For whē Abraham had hoped beyond hope had waited for the promise till it was past both mans helpe and hope yet then did the Lord keepe promise when he least thought it When the same Abraham Gen 17. 19 21. 2. Heb. 11. 11. being commanded to offer vp his son that he had so long loked for could see no reason of the Lords promise yet at the very Gen. 22. 10. Eccl. 44. 20. instant when the axe was lifted vp vnknowen to Abraham there was a meanes prouided to saue the childe ere the Axe fell When there was but a sily basket betweene death and Moses yet at an instant the Lord Exod. 2. 3. 4 had prouided an vnknown meanes to make him ruler of his people When Ioseph was in great extremitie solde into a straunge Gen. 41. 40. countrie and for a long time in grieuous imprisonment without friends or hope of restitution and therefore might haue beene comfortlesse yet the Lorde when Ioseph thought least of it set him at libertie and 1. Sam. 23. 27. made him ruler of a great Countrie When Dauid was in great perill by Saule When Daniel was cast into the Lyons denne When the three young men that would not worship the Idoll were cast into the hote furnace Dan. 6. 22. 3. 25. yet the Lord at that instant when flesh and bloud coulde see no helpe preserued them So this feare which the Iaylor felt first in the Earthquake next in that hee thought that his prisoners had beene al gon stroke him verie deepe to the heart and brought him to great extremitie which all vnknowing to him was vsed by the Lorde to be a meane of his conuersion and saluation Where wee see how the Lord watcheth ouer his electe to comfort them to keepe them to defend them from water from fire from wilde beastes and from desperation and cruell enemies that nothing may hinder them from that happie hower wherein the Lord hath appointed to call them conuert them and saue them Lastly wee learne that they bee happie though they feele some miserie which may heare the voice of the Gospel and true preachers for they euer bring comfort and ioye vnto them that can heare them they expell all feare abandon all qualmes of lothsome desperation from their heartes but more happie are they that heare obey and submit themselues and their affections to the rule of the worde speaking to their eares outwardly or of the spirite of God mouing their hearts inwardly as this Iaylor did Thirdly his sudden Alteration The Alteration of this man was suddaine and maruelous For he which at the beginning of the night did with ioy receiue these prisoners with crueltie and disdaine no doubt thrust them into the vilest dungeon set them into the stockes and clapt giues vpon their feete before the same night was ended felt the power and spirite of God confessed