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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15108	A sermo[n] preached at Pawles Crosse on Sunday the thirde of Nouember 1577. in the time of the plague, by T.W.	White, Thomas, ca. 1550-1624.	1578 (1578)	STC 25406; ESTC S111738	33,572	100

therefore the cause of plagues are playes Quicquid est causa causae est causa causati Shall I reckon vp the monstrous birds that brede in this nest without doubt I am ashamed I should surely offende your chast cares but the olde world is matched and Sodome ouercome for more horrible enormities and swelling sins are set out by those stages then euery mā thinks for or some would beléeue if I shold paint thē out in their colours without doubt you can scātly name me a sinne that by that sincke is not set a gogge theft and whoredome pride and prodigality villanie and blasphemie these thrée couples of helhoundes neuer ceasse barking there and bite manye so as they are vncurable euer after so that many a man hath the leuder wife and many a wife the shreuder husband by it and it can not otherwise be but that whiche robbeth flatlye the Lord of all his honor and is directly against the whole first table of his law shoulde make no bones of breache of the second also which is toward our neighbour only Wherefore if thou be a father thou losest thy child if thou be a maister thou losest thy seruaunt and thou be what thou canst be thou losest thy selfe that hauntest those scholes of vice dennes of Théeues Theatres of all leudnesse and if it be not suppressed in time it will make such a Tragedie that all London may well mourne whyle it is London for it is no playing time and euery man bethinke him wel but time to pray rather but faith is fainted and when the sonne of man coms shall he finde faith vppon the earthe Blessed is the seruant whom when his maister commeth shall finde doing not playing but working and doing not euill but good for that is our dutie that are Gods seruauntes but Sathans slaues do runne another race And cruell Citie This is the other parte of his accusation wherein whether hée allude to that generall breach of this commaundement Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe for as Charitie in this respecte performeth the law so Crueltie breaketh the same and therefore is it sayde on thys word Loue dependeth the whole law and the Prophets bycause all their labours haue no other ende than to raise vp our affections al our desires and delightes to be in loue with God and to moue oure compassion and tender bowels in charitie towarde our neyghbour or whether by this worde cruell he meanes a speciall vice whiche is couetousnesse euer vnmercifull and it is néerer the sense for that I reade in some translation Vae direptrici ciuitati Wo to hir that is a robbing Citie It was boldly done of Zophony to call them all théeues surely deceypte deserues no better name and therefore as Dauid counsayles you in the sixtie and two Psalme O trust not to wrongs and robberies gyue not your selues to vanities if ryches encrease sette not your heart vpon them Héere is the difference that Théeues steale wythoute the compasse of mans lawe and dye for it and you doe it wythin youre compasse and escape they in the hygh wayes you in youre Shoppes they playnely ynough but yet wyth force you vse no force indéede but suttletie is youre shifte Well though the lawe bée on youre syde and layeth no Item to youre charge yet I am assured the Gospell is cléere agaynste you and therefore remember the lawe of GOD and hys barre where though the countrey quitte you héere yet thy conscience shall condemne thée there and GOD is greater than thy conscience Couetousnesse is the roote of all euill that is no euill but hathe issued out thereof Auri sacra fames quid non mortalia Pectora cogis sayeth the Poete What dothe not the loue of money make a manne to doe Idolatrie Adulterye Murther Thefte Lying Swearyng yea Treason bothe agaynste Chryste and Chrystyan Kyngdomes are the naturall fruites of thys monstrous trée and the bitterest Berrie that thys roote beares I hadde almoste forgotten Usurye a yonger Spryg and later graffe indéede than anye of those I shewed you before but yet for mischiefe it doth surpasse them all excepting euer Idolatrie I thinke in my conscience the Deuill is the only life thereof and as a man hauing manye children yet sometimes the last doth most resemble his father so can not I sée the Diuels countenance complexion and condition more liuely naturall in any one thā in this bramble of Hell. How oft wyll you heare of this geare withoute amendmente there is small or no hope left for aftercommers to do any good at all therein and yet we must speake stil against it for all that The Prophetes hadde not all successe nor the Apostles preuayled euerye where and Chryste hymselfe ceassed not to giue it oute though he knewe the peruersenesse of the proude Pharises would not learne Wisedome nor receyue Counsayle of the Lorde As a nette full of birdes so are youre hooses full of thinges gotten by deceypte sayeth Ieremie will you neuer enter thys in youre accompte when I haue gotten the whole worlde and lost my owne soule what haue I gotten or what shall I gyue to buy it agayne no no there is nothyng left you muste lette that alone for euer .49 Psalme It cost more to redéeme a soule not gold nor syluer but the precious bloude of Iesus Chryste as of a Lambe vndefyled c. It were a golden sentence therefore and worthye to be prefixed ouer all youre reckonings and dealings whiche the wise Kyng hathe Kéepe thy hearte wyth all diligence for thereout springeth life Shal I not saye that you are couetous and cruell can you for conscience denie it if slyght wares and lyghte waightes if lying wordes and false othes wyll proue both then maye I safely conclude both What trade can you name me that Sathan is not as frée of as the best I list not to blowe vppe youre skirtes or to shewe youre sh●me abroade but youre selues doe not hyde it and it is displayed in a manner to all the worlde youre entertaynemente of Sathan is so good you preferre hym and plucke hym in wyth both handes and many trulyer serue him than the Lord himselfe and therefore as Saincte Paule sayeth Romaynes .6 you are hys seruauntes whome you obey If you be out of obedience of God you are straightway out of seruice and by consequent out of wages and wherefore else is the Diuell called the Prince of thys worlde but for hys multitude of Subiectes the waye to Hell is wyde and broade and manye doe trample and runne in it I can compare couetous menne to the Gyauntes in Noahs tyme whyche were not onely cruell but fylthye wyth the daughters of men whyche broughte in robberye and spoyle firste into the worlde suche monsters were theyr fathers and suche Camels are theyr Chyldren and therefore it goeth harde wyth them and there is a sore tryall remayning for them For it shall bée easyer for a Cammell to goe

stall and die in the streates in the tyme of the Gospell vndoubtedly there muste néedes be crueltie with extremitie you will say therfore surely I say that as this Citie is lamentable for the multitude of the poore and wretched mē so is it more to be lamented for the miserable riche mē why did Iames else say wéepe howle for the miseries that shal fal vpon you you riche men but that bicause you eate Gods people as bread your selues shall be eatē as flesh you shal be but a pray to the enimy auēger come to a miserable ende for it But some will say vnto me what néedes all this I am sure we kéepe good houses spēd largely deale liberally and therfore this is a slaūder in a mater of truth say I for the greatest number In déede there is a miserable sparing you will auoyde that well inough there is an vnmeasurable spēding you ar wise inough for that too but there is an vnmercyfull profusion and what say you to that the Prophet Amos saith of thē in his time they lye in beds of Yuory not so costly a woodde at that time as is to be found in the beddes of our age cōparing time with time and place with place or howsoeuer they bettered vs in that wood we passe thē all for curious work the prophet names no doune beds nether perhaps the fethers was thē the only vse but now nicenesse is more daintie thā so couetousnesse more cunnyng for the turne theyr drinkyng of wine in bolles doth shewe that curious wrought goblets and counterfaite Hypecrice was not then knowne of olde they noynted themselues with swéete odors but we perfume our selues with the déerest muske they did eate the fat calues out of theyr stalles the yonglings out of theyr flockes but wée are farre beyond them for Ueale and Mutton is to grosse for our diet nay the Sea with all his fishe the ayer with all his byrdes and the earth with al hir beasts cannot satisfie our beastly appetites A Cooke among prophane menne was a straunge arte and banished out of some common weales as a superfluous science to make menne eate more than néedes but in England it is a great occupation and in London a very riche company I speake it not agaynst the necessary vse of them but agaynst the néedelesse abuse of such as are cunning and curious and very costly to no purpose he is counted the finest Cooke now adays that cā inuent new fashiōs new deuises new disguises None of al this could Amos charge Israel withal and with al this is Englande too truly to be charged Well lette vs sée what this wrought in them surely this that no man was sory for the affliction of Ioseph and can there be any lesse effect in vs the cause being greater or is not the Diuell so wise nowe as he was then Surely riche men to spende are franke and frée but the poore fare neuer the better So Diues spente largely for hée fared deliciously euery day but Lazarus coulde not gette a crumme for all that hée spéedes well that gettes a cruste in these dayes But you will say in déede he was harde harted and mercylesse and wée trust that there is none suche now I pray GOD there be not I marke this yet whether to cause your Charitie or to condemne your crueltie GOD doth so appoynt it that the story of Diues and Lazarus is the oftenest Grace at euery riche mans table I hope for the beste I will helpe you a little to my power and put you in remēbraunce of this least you should deceyue your selues bycause that Diues is dead and yet hée is aliue and so of Lazarus who is dead and yet he is aliue also for though Lazarus be in Heauen yet Lazarus is on earth and Diues is on earth and Diues is in Hell. Goe to now you riche menne take héede and beware of cruelty and pray for charitie you are but stewardes lay it out you are no Lordes you may not lay it vp Make you fréendes of the wicked Mammon whyle you haue time for your tyme is not for euer and perhaps it is not long She heard not the voyce I wil runne ouer the particular causes as briefly as I can for I haue bene long and I am afrayde of the tyme. This firste faulte is the Originall cause of all erroure bothe in Religion and liuyng and it hath bredde monstrous Heresies and mischieuous enormities at all tymes especially in the Churche whyle wée haue lefte the voyce and when Hierusalem had committed those two euils to forsake God the Well of lyfe and to digge broken Cysterns that woulde holde no water it was no maruayle that God gaue them ouer to strong illusions and to beleue lies to knéele to euery péece of wood and say these are our Gods. First they harde it not bicause the greater sort gaue no eare to the Prophets so London heareth it not for though here be a great assembly yet what are you to all the rest This is a general plague that the fewest flocke to the church in euery place Secondly bicause they hard it not effectually so wée are guilty too We preache not my brethren bicause you should heare vs only for no other end For so wée wer as good hold our peace or make a noyse with our féete as with our tongues but that you should do also for none are blessed but they that heare the worde and kéepe it Whiche fault is greater iudge you not to come at all or to come and not to heare or to heare and not to follow as good neuer a whitte as neuer the better the audience of the dead bodies vnder your féete is as great and greater is as good and better than you excepte you minde to folow that you heare for so Christ said let the dead bury the dead but followe you me If the worde be the power of God as it is Hebrews 4. Let it worke somewhat in you for shame I can tell you thus much you shal gyue accompt for that you haue hearde thys ninetene yeares long GOD will call a repetition you can expresse no greater contempt agaynst God than so lightly to accept of his worde For our liuing Thy word O Lord is a Lanterne to my féete saith Dauid and a light vnto my steppes whereby then shall a yong man or an olde man or all menne safely direct themselues but by the worde of God whiche layeth downe rules for all estates ages persons degrées Here is the Fathers dutie the sonnes the maisters and the seruauntes the Princes and the peoples the Magistrates the Mynisters which while Ierusalem heard not shee cared not which hande shée tooke for the vngodly haue no feare of God before theyr eyes bycause they know nothing of the worde as they ought to knowe