Probations out of the holy Scriptures I will call vpoÌ„ the Lord which is worthy to be praysed so shall I be safe from myne enemyes King Ezechias by prayer was deliuered from the proude wicked tyraunt Senacherib both hee and all hys So likewise was Ioseph Daniell Susanna Peter c. By prayer we get the victory of our enemies in battell ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures The people of Israell gotte the victory ouer the Amalechites so long as Moyses prayed for them When the blacke Mores came out to fight agaynst Asa King of Iuda Asa prayed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde gaue him the victory so that all his enemies were destroyed in battell Read y e chapter Iudas Machabeus after he had called on the name of the Lord got a noble victory of Gorgias and his company By prayer we obtaine health of body ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures The miracles which Christ wrought vpon theÌ„ that were diseased fled vnto hym for helpe with faythfull prayer proue this true By prayer we obtaine all thinges necessary for the body ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Moyses by prayer obtained MaÌ„na from heauen for the Israelites Helias by prayer obtained raine of God to water the earth By prayer our sinnes are forgeuen vs. ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lord and thou forgauest the wickednes of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer to thee in a time when thou mayest be found I forgaue thee all that det wheÌ„ thou desiredst me The sinfull Publicaue praying for remission of hys sinnes went home more righteous in the sight of God then the proud Pharisey If any be diseased among you let him call for the elders of the coÌ„gregation and let them pray ouer him and annoint him with oyle in the name of y e Lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lord shall raise hym vp and if he be in sinnes they shall be forgeuen hym By prayer we ouercome the deuill and all our ghostly enemies ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Thys kinde of deuils is not cast out but by prayer and fasting Watch and pray that ye fall not into temptation The spirite is willing but the fleshe is weake By prayer we obtaine God the holy Ghost ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures If ye which are euill can geue your children good giftes how much more shall your father which is in heauen geue the holy ghost to them that desire it of hym As the disciples of Christ were gathered together in one place and continued in prayer they were all filled with the holy ghost By prayer we obtaine all good thinges both for the body and soule ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures What thinges soeuer ye desire wheÌ„ ye pray beleue that ye receaue them and ye shall haue them The haruest is much but the labourers are fewe Pray ye therfore the Lorde of y e haruest that he will send labourers into hys haruest If any of you lacke wisedome let hym aske of hym that geueth it euen God which geueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shall bee geuen him But let him aske in fayth c. The Lord is euen at hand Bee careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your peticions bee knowen vnto God with thank esgeuing ¶ Many other benefites receaue we of God through prayer which here to rehearse were to long Read diligently my booke called the Pathway vnto Prayer and that shall sufficiently instructe thée in all thingâ—s concerning prayer ¶ The Lordes prayer called the Pater noster with confirmations of euery Peticion out of the holy Scripture The Disciples sayd vnto Christ Lord teach vs to pray And he said vnto them when ye pray say Our Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy name c. ¶ The Preface of the Lordes Prayer OVr Father which art in heauen ☞ The confirmations Our Father Is not the Lord God the father and thine honour Hath hee not made thee ordayned thee Thou O Lorde God art our father and redemer Haue we not all one father Hath not God made vs no â—hy doth euery one of vs then despise hys owne brother Should not a sonne honour his father and a seruaunt hys master If I bee now a Father where is myne honour If I bee a Lorde where is my feare Ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receaued y â— spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba that is to say father The same spirite certifieth our spirite that we are the sonnes of God If we bee sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres I meane of God fellow heyres annexed with Christ. Which art in Heauen HeaueÌ„ is my seate â–ª and the earth is my footestoole The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauen Our God is in heauen hee doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym Unto thee lift I vp myne eyes which dwellest in the heauens Call no man father vpon earth for one is your father which is in heauen ¶ The first Peticion HAllowed bee thy name ☞ The confirmations I will make the name of my holines to be knowen amoÌ„g my people of Israell and I wil not let my holy name to be euill spoken of any more but y â— very heathen also shall know that I am the Lord the holy one of Israell The time shall come that who soeuer calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saued From the rising vppe of the Sunne vnto the going downe of the same my name is great among the Gentries yea and that in all places The Lord gaue and the Lorde hath taken away Now blessed bee the name of the Lord. Sing vnto the Lorde and prayse hys name Bee telling of hys saluation from day to day Declare hys honour among the Heathen and hys wonders among all people I will declare thy name vnto my brethren In the middest of the congregation will I prayse thee The name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous flyeth vnto it and shall be saued By Christ do we offer the sacrifice of prayer alwayes vnto God that is to say y e fruite of those lips which confesse hys name ¶ The second Peticion THy Kingdome come ☞ The confirmations Seeke fyrst the kingdome of God and the righteousnes therof and all thynges shall be ministred vnto you The kingdome of heauen suffereth violence the violent plucke it vnto them Who soeuer receaueth not the kingdome of God as a childe hee shall not enter into it Except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he can not enter into the kingdome of God
entised of his owne concupiscence Then when lust hath conceaued she bringeth forth sinne and sinne when it is done in deede bringeth forth death ¶ The seuenth Peticion Bvt deliuer vs from euill ☞ The confirmations Sathan hath desired after you y â— he might sift you euen as wheat But I haue prayed for thee O Simon y t thy faith may not faile And when thou arte conuerted strength thy brethren God is faithfull which will not suffer you to be teÌ„pted aboue your strength but shall in the middest of the temptation make a way to come out that ye may bee able to beare it Be sober and watch for your aduersary the deuill walketh about like a roaring Lion seeking whoÌ„ he may deuour Whome resist stedfast in the fayth The Lord knoweth how to deliuer the godly out of the temptation We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not but hee that is begotten of God keepeth himselfe and that wicked toucheth him not ¶ The conclusion of the Lordes Prayer FOr thine is the kingdome and the power and the glory for euer and euer ☞ The confirmations Blessed be thou Lorde God of Israel our father for euer and euer Thine O Lord is might power glory victory and prayse for all that is in heauen and in earth is thine thine is the kingdome O Lord and thou excellest aboue all euen as the head of all Thine are the riches treasures honour dominion ouer all and in thy handes is the vertue might power excellencie empire and rule vppon and aboue all thinges Wherfore now O our God we geue laude prayse and glory to thy most noble name Of hym and through hym and in hym are all thinges To hym be prayse for euer To God which alone is wife be glory through Iesus Christ for euer Unto hym that is able to do exceding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power y t worketh in vs bee praise in the congregation by Christ Iesus throughout all ages worlde without end Unto God king euerlasting immortall inuisible alone wyse bee honour and glory for euer euer Thou art worthy O Lorde to receaue glory and honour power for thou hast created all things and for thy wills sake they were and are created Blessing honour glory power be vnto hym that sitteth vppon the seate and vnto the Lambe for euer more Amen ¶ All these Peticions I vndoubtedly beleue that I shall inioye when soeuer I aske them in fayth of God my heauenly father through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ Of the Lawe ¶ What the Lawe is THe Law of God is a doctrine prescribing vnto vs what we ought to doe and what to eschue both toward God and our neighbour ☞ The confirmations Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy hart Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in vaine Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steale ¶ To what vse the lawe was geuen Fyrst that it should declare vnto vs the will of God how we ought to liue and what workes we ought to do that we may please the Lord our God ☞ The confirmations The law of the Lorde is an vndefiled law coÌ„uerting soules The testimony of the Lord is sure and geueth wisedome to y e simple The statutes of the Lord are right and reioyce the hart The commaundemeÌ„t of the Lord is pure and geueth light to the eyes Thy worde is a lanterne to my feete a light to my pathwaies He sheweth hys word vnto Iacob hys statutes and ordinaunces vnto Israell He hath not dealt so with any nation neyther haue the heathen knowledge of hys lawes Secondly that it shoulde reueale and open vnto vs our sinne and wickednes while we consider how vnable we be of our selues to doe that which the holy righteous good law of God requireth of vs to be done ☞ The confirmations By the lawe coÌ„meth the knowledge of sinne The lawe entred in that sinne should increase What shall we say is the lawe sinne God forbid Nay I knewe not what sinne ment but by the lawe for I had not knowen what lust had ment except the lawe had said Thou shalt not lust But sinne tooke an occasion by the meanes of the commaundement wrought in me all maner of concupiscence For without the lawe sinne was dead I once liued without y e lawe but when the commaundement came sinne 〈◊〉 I was dead And y e very same coÌ„maundement which was ordayned vnto lyfe was found to be vnto me an occasion of death For sinne tooke occasion by y â— meanes of the coÌ„maundement so deceaued me by the same commaundement sâ—ue me The stiâ—ge of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law The letter that is to say the law killeth The lawe is the ministring of condemnation Moyses sayth Christ gaue you a lawe and yet none of you fulfilleth the lawe in deede Thirdly after we haue learned our weaknes our wretchednes our sinne our wickednes by comparing our strength and life with the lawe of God which proueth vs all sinners and worthy of eternall damnation least we shoulde fall into desperation and so be damned the lawe was geuen of God to bee a Scholemaister vnto vs to lead vs vnto Christ the alone end and perfect fulfiller of all the lawes of God that we through fayth takyng vppon vs hys righteousnes and hys fulfilling of the lawe myght bee found blameles through hym in the sight of God and to bee made inheritours of euerlasting glory ☞ The confirmations The law was our Scholemaister vnto Christ that we shoulde bee iustified by fayth But after that fayth is come we are no longer vnder the Scholemaister For ye are all the children of God because ye beleue in Christ Iesu. The lawe brought nothyug to perfection but was an introduction to a better hope by the which we drawnie vnto God Be it knowen vnto you ye men and brethren that through thys man Christ is preached vnto you the forgeuenes of sinnes that by hym all that beleue are iustified froÌ„ all thinges froÌ„ the which ye coulde not hee iustified by the lawe of Moyses Why tempt ye God to put on the Disciples neckes y e yoke which neyther our fathers nor we were able to beare But we beleue that thorow the grace of the Lord Iesu Christ we shall be saued Christ is the fulfilling of the law to iustifie all that beleue Christ hath deliuered vs from the curse of the law in as much as he was made accursed for vs. ¶ The x. Commaundementes of God with confirmations of euery CoÌ„maundement out of the holy scripture ¶ The first Table of the Law contayning foure CoÌ„maundementes wherin is declared our dutie to God ¶ The first Commaundement I Am the Lord thy God
which haue brought thee out of the land of Aegypt out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue no straunge Gods before me ☜ The confirmations The Lord he is God and there is none but he alone Understand and thinke it in thy hart that the Lorde hee is God in heauen aboue vpon the earth beneath neither is there any other Heare O Israell The Lord our God is God alone Thou shalt loue y â— Lord thy God with all thine hart and with all thy soule with all thy might Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym alone If thou forget the Lorde thy God walke after strauÌ„ge Gods and serue them and worship them I testifie vnto you that ye shall surely perishe Now O Israell what doth the Lorde thy God require of thee but that thou shouldest feare the Lorde thy God and walke in hys wayes and loue hym and serue the Lorde thy God with all thy hart with all thy soule and keepe the commaundementes of the Lord If thine hart turne away from God so that thou wilt not heare hys word but go astray and worship strauÌ„ge Gods and serue them I pronouÌ„ce vnto you this day that ye shall surely perishe and not liue long on the earth See now how that I yea that I am God there is none but I. I will assure thee O Israell if thou wilt â—arken vnto me There shall no straunge God bee in thee neither shalt thou worship any other God I am the Lord thy God Besides me there was neuer any God neither shal there be after me I am yea I am the Lord alone besides me there is no Sauiour There is none other God but I. A true God and such a one as saueth there is none but I alone Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy hart and with all thy soule and withâ— all thy minde This is the first and greatest commaundement This is euerlasting life euen to know thee y â— alone true God and whoÌ„ thou hast sent Iesus Christ. There is none other God but one And although there be y t are called Gods whether in heauen or in earth as there bee many Gods and many Lordes yet vnto vs there is but one God There is one God and one Mediatour ¶ The second Commaundement THou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenes of any thyng that is in heauen aboue nor in the earth beneath nor in the waters vnder the earth Thou shalt not bowe downe to them nor worship them For I the Lorde thy God am a ielouse God and visite the sinnes of the fathers vppon the children vnto the thyrd and fourth generation of theÌ„ that hate me and shew mercy vnto thousandes to them that loue me and kepe my Commaundementes ☜ The confirmations Ye shall not turne vnto Idolls nor make you Gods of metall Take heede vnto your selues that ye forget not the appointment of the Lorde your God which hee made with you and that ye make you no grauen image nor any picture that the Lorde thy God hath forbidden thee For the Lorde thy God is a consuming fire a ielouse God If ye do wickedly and make any maner of grauen image and worke euill in the sight of the Lord thy God to prouoke hym to anger I call heauen and earth to recorde agaynst you thys day that ye shall shortly perishe Ye shall ouerthrow the altars of the Idols breake downe their pillers cut down their groues and burne their grauen images with fire For thou art an holy nacion vnto the Lord thy God Cursed be the man that maketh any carued or molten image an abomination vnto the Lorde the worke of the handes of the craftesman putteth it in a secrete place and all the people shall aunswere and say Amen Confounded be all they y â— worship carued images and that delite in vaine Gods I am the Lorde and this is my name My glory will I geue to none other neither mine honour to grauen Images ¶ Read the 44. and 46. chapters of Esay Be conuerted and forsake your Idoles The seeking out of Idoles is the beginning of whoredome and the bringing vp of them is the destruction of lyfe For they were not froÌ„ the beginning neither shall they continue vnto the end The wealthy idlenes of men hath found theÌ„ out vppon the earth therefore shall they come shortly to an end The honouring of abominable images is the cause the beginning and the end of all euill ¶ Read the 13. 14. 15. and 16. chapters of Wisedome Read also the 6. chapter of the Prophet Baruck We preach vnto you that ye shoulde turne from these vanities vnto the liuing God which made heauen and earth and the sea and all thinges that are therein My sentence is y t we trouble not theÌ„ which froÌ„ among the Gentiles are turned to God but y t we write vnto them that they abstaine theÌ„ selues froÌ„ the filthines of Images They are not Gods which are made with handes Be not worshippers of Images No worshippers of images shall inherite the kingdome of God Babes keepe your selues from Images ¶ The third Commaundement THou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde will not holde hym giltles that taketh hys name in vayne ☜ The confirmations Ye shall not sweare by my name in vayne neyther shalt thou defile the name of thy God I am the Lorde He y â— hath not sworne to deceaue hys neighbour hee shall receaue blessing from the Lord and mercy from God hys Sauiour He that blasphemeth the name of the Lorde let hym be slaine and all the multitude shall stone hym to death Thou shalt sweare the Lord liueth in truth in equitie and righteousnes My curse and vengeance sayth the Lord shall fall vpon his house that falsly sweareth by my name and shall remaine in his house and consume it with the timber and stones therof Ye haue heard how it was said to them of old tyme thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalt performe vnto the Lord those thinges that thou swearest But I say vnto you sweare not at all neyther by the heauen for it is Gods seate neither by the earth for it is hys footestoole neither by IerusaleÌ„ for it is the citie of the great king neither shalt thou sweare by thy head because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke But your coÌ„munication shall be yea yea and nay nay For what soeuer is added more then these it coÌ„meth of euill Aboue all thinges my brethren sweare not neither by heauen nor by earth neither any other oth but let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into hypocrisie Let not thy mouth bee accustomed with swearing
I am not come to call the righteoâ—s but sinners to repentance Come vnto me all ye that labour and are laden and I will ease you Repent and beleue the Gospell I say vnto you that ioy shall bee in heauen ouer one sinner that repeÌ„teth more then ouer ninetie and nine iust persons which neede no repentaunce The sonne of man is come to â—eke to saue that which was lost Repent and conuert that your sinnes may be done away As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannes and to iniquitie from one iniquitie to an other euen so now geue ouer your members seruauntes vnto righteousnes that ye may be sanctified Put of that olde man which is corrupt according to the deceaueable lustes and bee ye renued in the spirite of your minde putting on that new man which after God is shapen in righteousnes and true holines Mortifiâ— your earthy members fornication vncleannes vnnaturall lust euill coÌ„cupiscence and couetousnes which is worshipping of Idoles For which thinges sake the wrath of God vseth to come on the disobedient children among whom ye walked sometime when ye liued in them But now put ye also away froÌ„ you all such thinges wrath fearcenes maliciousnes cursed speaking filthy coÌ„munication Lie not one to an other seing that ye haue put of the olde man with his workes and haue put on the new maÌ„ which is renued into the knowledge and image of hym that made hym Therfore as the electe of God holy and beloued put on tender mercy kindnes humblenes of minde meekenes long suffering forbearing one an other and forgeuing one an other if any man haue a quarrell agaynst an other as Christ forgaue you euen so do ye Aboue all these thinges put on loue which is the bond of perfection And what soeuer ye doe in word or deede doe all in the name of the Lord Iesu geuing thankâ—â— to God the father by hym ¶ Of Baptisme ¶ What Baptisme is BAptisme is the ordinaunce of Christ to washe euery beleuing Christian with water in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost S. Paule calleth Baptisme the fountaine of the new birth and renuing of the holy ghost ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth Goe ye therefore and teach all nacions baptising them in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost teaching theÌ„ to obserue all thinges what soeuer I haue commaunded you Goe ye into all the world and preach y â— Gospell to euery creature He that beleueth and is haptised shall be saued But he that beleueth not shall be damned Except a maÌ„ be borne froÌ„ aboue he can not see y â— kingdome of God Uerily verily I say vnto thee except a maÌ„ be borne of water and of y â— spirite he caÌ„not enter into the kingdome of God That which is borne of the fleshe is flesh and that which is borne of y â— spirit is spirite ¶ To what vse Baptisme was vsed First to be a sure seale and an euident testimony vnto vs that God the father for his sonne Iesus Christes sake hath freely forgeuen vs all our sinnes receaued vs into hys fauour and geuen vs the holy ghost by whoÌ„ we are borne a new not of mortall but of immortall seede by whom also we are made the sonnes and heyres of God and through sayth reckened pure and holy in hys godly sight ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures He that beleueth and is baptised shall be saued Repent you of your sinnes and be baptised euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes and ye shall receaue the gift of the holy ghost Christ loued the congregation gaue him selfe for it to sanctifie it and clensed it in the fountaine of water through the worde to make it vnto him self a glorious coÌ„gregation without spot or wrinckle or any such thing that it should be holy and without blame Not by the deedes of righteousnes which we wrought but according to his mercy hath hee saued vs by y e fountaine of the new birth and renuing of y e holy ghost which he shed on vs abundantly through Iesus Christ our Sauiour that wâ— iustified by hys grace should bee made heyres according to the hope of eternall life Baptisme saueth vs not by the putting away of the filth of y â— flesh but in that a good conscience consenteth to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christ which is on the right hand of God and is gone into heauen Secondly to put vs in remembrance that for as much as we are become the souldiours of Christ we ought so long as we liue valiauntly to fight agaynst the deuill the world and the fleshe to mortifie all vncleane lustes to die vnto sinne and to rise againe new meÌ„ bearing the image of Christ and fashioning our conuersation and maners after his example that we may learne the Lord our God in such holines and righteousnes as is allowed before hym all the dayes of our life ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures know ye not that all we which are baptised into Iesus Christ are baptised to die with hym We are buried then with him by baptisme for to dye that likewise as Christ was raised from death by the glory of the father euen so we also should walke in a new life For if we bee graft in death like vnto hym euen so shall we partakers of the resurrection knowing this that our old maÌ„ is crucified with hym also that the body of sinne might vtterly bee destroyed y t hence forth we should not be seruauntes vnto sinne For hee that is dead is iustified from sinne Wherefore if we bee dead with Christ we beleue that we shall also liue with him All ye that are baptised haue put on Christ. Ye are buryed with Christ thorow baptisme in whom ye are also risen againe thorow fayth that is wrought by the operation of God which raysed hym from death If ye then bee risen againe with Christ seke those things which are aboue where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God Set your affection on heauenly thinges not on earthly thinges For ye are dead your life is hid with Christ in God When soeuer Christ which is your life shall shewe him selfe then shall ye also appeare with hym in glory ¶ Of the Lordes Supper ¶ What the Lordes Supper is THe Lordes Supper is an holy and heauenly bancket in the which the faythfull Christians besides the corporall eating of the bread the outward drinking of the wine do spiritually thorow fayth both eate the body of Christ and drinke his bloud vnto the confirmation of their fayth the comfort of their conscience and the saluation of their soules ¶ To what vse Christ did institute hys holy Supper
God but one The Father Thou O Lord art our father and redemer Thy name is from euerlasting Haue not we all one father Hath not one God created vs Why then doth euery one of vs despise hys owne brother so breake the couenaunt of our fathers Call no maÌ„ your father vpon the earth for one is your father which is in heauen We haue but one God euen the father of whom all thinges are One Lorde one fayth one baptisme one God and one father of all which is aboue al and through all and in you all Almightie I am the almightie God walke before me and be thou perfecte Thou O Lorde art the great and mightie God whose name is the Lord of Hostes great in counsell and excellent in worke Beholde I am the Lorde God of all fleshe is there any thyng to hard for me Shall any thyng be vnpossible in my sight saith y â— Lord of Hostes With God al things are possible O Lorde God almightie true and righteous are thy iudgementes Maker of heauen and earth In the beginning God made heauen and earth The heaueÌ„s O Lord are thâ—â—â— the earth also is thine thou hast layde the foundation of the round worlde and all that therin is The Lorde made the heauens and spread them abroad and set forth the earth with her increase which geueth breath vnto the people that is in it and spirite to them that dwell therin O Lord God it is thou that hast made hauen and earth with thy great power and hie arme â–ª there is nothing hid from thee O Lorde thou art God which hast made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is God made all thinges thorowe Iesu Christ. ¶ The second Article ANd in Iesus Christ hys onely begotteâ— Sonne our Lord. ☜ The confirmations And in Iesus Christ. He that beleueth on the sonne hath euerlasting life But hee that beleueth not on the sonne shall not see life but the wrath of God abydeth vpon hym Thys is the worke of God y â— ye beleue on him whom he hath sent If ye beleue not that I am hee ye shall die in your sinnes Christ said to y â— blind man whom he had made to see doost thou beleâ—â—a on the Soone of God He answered and soyd who is it Lord that I might beleue on him Iesus sayd vnto hym Thou hast seene hym and he it is that talketh with thee And he sayd Lord I beleue and he worshipped hym Christ sayd vnto Martha Hee that beleueth on me yea though he were dead yet shall hee liue And whosoeuer liueth and beleueth on me shall neuer die Beleuest thou this She sayd vnto him yea Lord I beleue that thou art Christ the â—onne of God which shoulde come into the world Ye beleue in God beleue also in me This is God the fathers commaundemeÌ„t that we beleue on the name of hys sonne Iesus Christ. He that beleveth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in hym selfe He y â— beleueth not God hath made hym a lier because hee beleued not the recorde that God gaue of hys sonne And this is that record how that God hath gaueÌ„ vnto vs eternall life this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath life and he that hath not y â— sonne hath not life His onely begotten Sonne The Lord said vnto me y â— art myn soÌ„ne this day haue I begotteÌ„ thee This is my welbeloued sonne in whom I am well pleased Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing God God hath so loued y â— worlde that he gaue hys onely begotten sonne that euery one y â— beleueth on him may not perishe but haue euerlasting life For God sent not hys sonne into the world to condemne the world but that y â— world should be saued by hym He that beleueth on hym is not condemned but hee that beleueth not is already coÌ„demned because hee hath not beleued on the name of the onely begotteÌ„ sonne of God In this appeareth y â— loue of God toward vs because y â— God sent hys onely begotten sonne into y â— world that we might liue through hym Our Lord. I am the Lord and thys is my name My glory will I geue to none other neyther myne honour to grauen Images God is faythfull by whom ye are called vnto the fellowship of hys sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. There is but one Lord eueÌ„ Iesus Christ by whoÌ„ are all thynges and we by hym Ye call me Master and Lorde ye say well for so am I in deede ¶ The thyrd Article WHich was conceaued by the holy ghost borne of the Virgin Mary ☜ The confirmations Which was conceaued by the holy Ghost Ioseph y â— sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wife For that which is conceaued in her commeth of the holy ghost The holy ghost shall come vpon thee and the power of y â— â—iert shalt ouershadow thee Therfore that holy thyng which shall bee borne shall be called the sonne of God Borne of the Virgin Mary Beholde a Uirgin shall coÌ„ceaue and 〈◊〉 are a some and thou shalt call hys name Emanuell Unto vs is a childe borne and vnto vs a sonne is geuen There shall come a rod forth of the kinred of I say and a blossome shall florishe out of hys roote Iacob beg at Ioseph y â— husband of Mary of whom Iesus was borne which is called Christ. She shal bring forth a sonne and y â— shalt call hys name Iesus For he shall saue his people froÌ„ their sins Beholde thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shalt call hys name Iesus When the tyme was full come God sent hys sonne made of a woman made bonde vnto the lawe ¶ The fourth Article HE suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was cruciâ—â—ed dead buried He descended into hell ☜ The confirmations He suffered vnder Ponce Pilate The kinges of the earth stoode vp and the rulers toke counsell together agaynst the Lorde and agaynst hys annoynted Of a truth O Lord agaynst thy holy childe Iesus whom thou hast annoynted both Herode and also Ponce Pilate with the Gentiles and the people of Israell gathered them selues together in thys citie for to do whatsoeuer thy hand and thy counsell determined before to bee done I geue thee the charge in y â— sight of God which quickneth all thinges and before Iesu Christ which vnder Ponce Pilate witnessed a good witnessing that thou keepe the commauÌ„dement and be without spot c. Was crucified They pearsed my handes and my feete He was wounded for our offences smitten for our wickednes They shall loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed As Moyses lifted vp the serpent in the wildernes so must the
for in it there are many falles A maÌ„ that vseth much swearing shall be filled with wickednes and the plague shall neuer go from hys house And if he sweare in vaine he shall not bee found righteous for hys house shall be full of plagues The wordes of y â— swearer bring death God graunt that it bee not found in the house of Iacob but they that feare God esehue al such and lie not weltring in 〈◊〉 O prayse the Lord with me and let vs magnifie his 〈◊〉 together All our glory is in God all the day long and we will prayse thy name for euer Call on me in the day of trouble and I will deliuer thee and thou shalt honour me Because he hath trusted in me I will deliuer hym yea I will defend hym because he hath knowen my name He shall call vpoÌ„ me and I will heare hym yea I am with him in trouble I will deliuer him and bring hym to honour With long life will I satisfie hym and shewe hym my saluation The name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous flyeth vnto it and shall be â—aued The time shall come that who soeuer calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saued ¶ The fourth Commaundement REmember that thou keepe holy the Sabbaoth day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seueth day is the Sabbaoth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner of worke thou nor thy sonne nor thy daughter thy manseruaunt nor thy maydseruaunt nor thy cattell nor thy straunger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherfore the Lord blessed the Sabbaoth day and â—allowed it ☜ The confirmations In any wise see that ye kepe my Sabbaothes for it is a signe betwene me and you in your generations for to know that I the Lord am he that doth sanctifie you The maÌ„ that was found gathering stickes on the Sabbaoth day was stoned to death at the commaundement of God Blessed is the man that taketh heede that he vnhalloweth not the Sabbaoth that is to say keepeth him selfe so that he doe no euill All they which keepe them selues that they vnhallow not the Sabbaoth I meane that they fulfill my couenaunt them will I bring to my holy mountaine and make theÌ„ ioyfull in my house of prayer If thou on the Sabbaoth day turne thy feete so that thou do not the thing which pleaseth thy self in my holy day but geuest God the honour so that thou doe not after thine owne imagination neither seeke thine owne will nor speake thine own wordes then shalt thou haue thy pleasure in the Lord and I will cary thee hie aboue y â— earth and feede thee with the heritage of Iacob thy father for the Lordes owne mouth hath so promised There shall be a new Sabbaoth for the other olde Sabbaoth and all 〈◊〉 shall come to worship before me sayth the Lord. There remaineth yet a rest to the people of God For hee y â— is entred into his rest â—ath ceased also froÌ„ his owne workes as God dyd from hys Let vs study therfore to enter into that rest least any maÌ„ fall after the same ensample of vnbeliefe ¶ What it is to keepe holy the Sabbaoth day To keepe holy y â— Sabbaoth day 〈…〉 from bodily labour that thou shouldest the more licenciously geue thy minde to the wearing of gallant apparell to baâ—cketting to idle talke to vaine pastime such other filthy pleasures of the flesh but that thou setting aside all worldly business shouldest the more freely apply thy selfe to read heare and learne the woâ—d of God to pray in the temple with the congregation to bee thankfull to God for his benefites to bee present at the ministration of y â— holy Sacramentes to be partaker of y â— mysteries of the Lordes body and bloud to geue some good thing to the reliefe of the poore to visite and comfort the sicke them that are in prison and casting away the workes of the fleshe wholy to exercise thy selfe in the fruites of the spirite ¶ The second Table of the Law coÌ„tayning â—ixe Commaundementes wherin is decâ—ared our dutie towardes our neighbour ¶ The fift Commaundement HOnour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the land which the Lord thy God gâ—â—eth thee ☞ The confirmations Ye shall reuerence euery maÌ„ his father and his mother Whosoeuer hee bee that curseth hys father or his mother let hym die for he y â— hath cursed his father and mother hys bloud be vpoÌ„ him He that smiteth his father or mother let hym be slaine for it If any man haue a sonne that is stubborne and disobedient that he will not harken vnto y â— voice of his father nor y â— voyce of his mother they haue chastened him he will not obey them then shall his father his mother take him bring him out vnto y â— elders of that citie to the gates of that same place say vnto the elders of the citie this our sonne is stubborne disobedient will not harken vnto our voyce he is a riotour and a drunkard And all the men of that citie shall stone hym with stones vnto death Cursed be he that curseth his father and mother and all the people shall say Amen My sonne heare thy fathers doctrine and forsake not the law of thy mother For that shall bring grace to thy head shall be as a chaine about thy necke A good childe will harken to his fathers warning but hee that is scornefull will not heare when hâ— is reproued He y t hurteth hys father or 〈◊〉 teth out his mother is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne Who so robbeth his father and mother and fayth it is no 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 is like vnto a destroyer Who so laugheth his father to scâ—rne and setteth his mothers coÌ„maundemeÌ„t at â— ought the rauens picke out his eies in the valley and deuoured be he of younge â—gles The Lorde will haue the father honoured of the children and loke what a mother commaundeth her children he will haue it kepâ— Who so hâ—noureth hys father shall haue a â—ye of his owne children and when hee maketh hys prayer he shall be heard He that honoureth his father shall haue a longlife and he that is obedient for the Lordes sake his mother shall haue ioye of him He that feareth the Lord honoureth his father and mother doth them seruice as it were vnto the Lorde him selfe Honour thy father in deede in word in all pacience y t thou mayest haue Gods blessing hys blessing shall abide with thee at y e last The blessing of the father buildeth vp the houses of the children but the
of all estates and degrees as they bee â—aught in Gods word that all ages and all kindes of people may here learne to know their dutie both toward God hys neighbour Neyther is any thyng taught in thys treatise that is not sufficiently fortressed with the authorities of the holy scriptures so that I doubt not but the godly learned which loue to heare the voyce of their shepheard Christ wil not disallow this my diligence Let other intreate of hie misteries clime vp to the hiest heauen I shall be content to write of thinges according to my knowledge and your capacitie to creepe vpon the ground Let other talke of the vnknowen secretes of the blessed trinitie of predestination of the state of the soules departed c. I will speake of the Articles of the Christian â—ayth of the Lordes prayer of the x. CoÌ„maundementes of the SacrameÌ„ts of Christes church c. Let other be counted y â— flowers of learning for opening I know not how secrete mysteries I force not to be called vnlearned so y â— I may know Christ crucified and in teaching him eyther by my writinges or sermons winne some vnto God But to end embrace vertue loue learning garnish your brest with the fruites of Gods spirite be not idle flie vaine and too much childishe pastimes spend your tyme fruitfully exercise your self in reading gods worde so shall God blesse you multiplie your yeares on earth and geue you ioyfull dayes vnto the great comfort of your self and the singular ioy of your honourable parentes whoÌ„ with you I wishe alway prosperously to do Fare ye well The Principles of Christian Religion Of Fayth What fayth is FAith is a sure perswasion and an vndoubted beliefe of y e hart in the mercifull promises of God made to all faythfull penitent sinners in Christes bloud and frely performed of God the father for Christes sake What benefites we receaue of God through fayth By fayth we which afore by nature were the children of wrath are made the sonnes and children of God ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures As many as receaued hym to theÌ„ gaue he power to be made y â— soÌ„nes of God euen theÌ„ y â— beleued on hys name which were borne not of bloud nor of the will of y â— flesh nor yet of the will of maÌ„ but of God All ye are y â— soÌ„nes of God because ye haue beleued on Christ Iesu. By fayth we which afore were sinners are iustified and counted righteous in the sight of God for Christes sake ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures We plainly affirme that a man is iustified by fayth without the workes of the law We being iustified by fayth haue peace toward God through our Lord Iesu Christ. We know that a man is not iustified by the deedes of the law but by the fayth of Iesus Christ we haue beleued on Iesu Christ that we might be â—ustified by the fayth of Christ not by the dedes of the lawe because by the deedes of the law no flesh shall be iustified As many of you as are iustified by the law are fallen from grace We looke and hope for in the spirite to bee iustified through fayth For in Iesâ— Christ neither is circumcision any thyng worth neyther yet vncircumcision but fayth which worketh by loue By fayth we are maryed vnto Christ. ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures I will mary thee vnto my self in fayth thou shalt know the Lord. Fayth is the wedding garment wherewith wee bee maried vnto Christ according to the parable which we read in the Gospell By fayth our prayers are accepted and heard of God ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures All thinges whatsoeuer ye aske in prayer if ye beleue ye shall receaue them Let him that prayeth aske in fayth and doubt not For hee that doubteth is like a waue of the sea which is tost with the windes and caried with violence Neyther let that man thinke that hee shall receaue any thing of the Lord. By fayth Christes fulfilling of the lawe is counted our fulfilling ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Christ is the fulfilling of the law to iustifie all that beleue Christ hath deliuered vs hee speaketh of the faythfull from the curse of the law in as much as hee was made accursed for our sakes Be it knowen vnto you ye men and brethren y t through thys man Christ is preached vnto you the forgeuenes of sinnes and that by hym all that beleue are iustified from all thinges from the which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moyses By fayth our workes are allowed before God for Christes sake ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Whatsoeuer is not of faith is sin Thine eyes O Lord loke vpon â—ayth Abells sacrifice was allowed of God because it was done in faith And so likewise were all the sacrifices which the holy Patriarkes and other godly men offered in the olde lawe By fayth euerlasting life is geuen vnto vs for Christes sake ☜ Probations out of the holy Scriptures As Moyses lifted vp the Serpent in the wildernes so must the sonne of man be lifted vp that euery one that beleueth on hym may not perisâ—e but haue euerlasting life For God hath so loued the world that hee gaue hys onely begotten sonne that euery one that beleueth in hym may not perishe but haue euerlasting life He that beleueth on the sonne hath euerlasting life But he y t beleueth not on y â— sonne shall not see life but the wrath of God abydeth on hym He that heareth my worde and beleueth on hym that sent me hath euerlasting life and shall not come into damnation but is scaped froÌ„ death vnto life This is the will of hym that sent me that euery one which seeth the sonne and beleueth in him hath euerlasting life ¶ The xij Articles of the Christian faythâ— with confirmations of the same out of the holy scripture ¶ The fyrst Article I Beleue in one God the Father almightie maker of heauen and earth ☜ The confirmations I beleue Without faith it can not be that any man should please God For he that commeth to God must beleue that God is and that hee is a rewarder of them that seeke hym In one God Heare O Israell the Lord our God is the Lord onely I am God there is none but I. I am y â— Lord there is els none I am the Lorde besides whom there is none other God A true God and such as saueth there is none but I alone I am he before whom there was neuer any God neither shall there be any after me I am yea I am Lorde alone and besides me there is no Sauiour I am the first and last besides me there is no God We are sure that there is none other
sonne of man be lifted vp that euery one which beleueth on hym may not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe Ye seeke Iesus y t was crucified We preach Christ crucified Christ hys owne selfe bare our sinnes in hys body on the tree that wee being deliuered from sinne should liue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed Dead After thys ixij. weekes shall Christ be flame and they shall haue no pleasure in hym When we were yet â—â—uâ—ers Christ dyed for vs. Christ died for our sinnes according to the Scriptures Buryed Hys grace was geueÌ„ hym with the condeumed First of all I deliuered vnto you that which I receaued how that Christ dyed for our sinnes agreing to the Scripture and that he was buryed Ioseph and Nicodemus tooke Iesus body and buried it in a new graue Hee descended into hell Thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption Thou through the bloud of thy couenaunt shalt let the prisoners out of the pit wherin is no water O death I will be thy death O hell I will be thy destruction Christ hath once suffered for sins the iuste for the vniust to bryng vs to God and was killed as pertaynyng to the fleshe but was quickned in the spirite In which spirite hee also went and preached vnto the spirites that were in prison ¶ The fift Article THe thyrd day hee rose agayne from the dead ☜ The confirmations I layd me downe and slept and rose vp againe for the Lord sustained me After two daies shall he quicken vs and in the third day shall hee raise vs vp so that we shall liue in hys sight Ye slew the authour of lyfe whom God hath raised vp from the dead Iesus Christ our Lorde rose agayne from the dead Christ died for our sinnes rose agayne for our iustification Iesus Christ rose agayn y â— third day according to the Scriptures Remember that Iesus Christ of the seede of Dauid rose againe froÌ„ death according to my Gospell ¶ The sixt Article HE ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almightie ☜ The confirmations Hee ascended into heauen God is gone vp with a mery noyse and the Lorde with y â— sound of the trumpe Thou art gone vp on hie thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receaued giftes for men It came to passe as hee blessed them hee departed from them and was caryed vp into heauen Iesus was taken vp on hie and a cloude receaued hym vp out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went beholde two men stoode by them in white apparell which also said ye meÌ„ of Galile why stand ye gasing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp froÌ„ you into heauen shall so come as ye haue seene hym go into heauen WheÌ„ he went on hie he led captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That hee ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lowest partes of the earth He y â— descended is euen the same also y â— ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all thinges And sitteth on the right hand of God the father almightie ☜ The confirmations The Lord sayd vnto my Lord sit thou on my right hand vntill I make thine enemies thy fotestoole When the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receaued into heauen and is sitting on y â— right hand of God Christ is on y â— right hand of God and maketh intercession for vs. If ye be risen againe with Christ seke those things which are aboue where Christ sitteth on the ryght hand of God Christ hath by hys own person purged our sinnes sitteth on the right hand of the maiestie on hie ¶ The seuenth Article FRom thence hee shall come to iudge the quicke and dead ☜ The confirmations The Lord shall iudge y â— world with righteousnes and the people with equitie Read the xxv chapt of S. Mathewes Gospell The father hath committed all iudgement vnto the sonne because that all meÌ„ should honor the sonne as they honour the father Christ was ordayned of God to be iudge of quicke and dead We must all appeare before the iudgemeÌ„t seate of Christ that euery man may receaue the works of his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad Our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for a Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ which shall chaunge our vile body that he may make it lyke vnto hys glorious body accordyng to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto hym selfe The Lorde Iesus Christ shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearing in his kingdome God is ready to iudge y â— quicke and the dead ¶ The eight Article I beleue in the holy Ghost ☜ The confirmations The spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters Take not thy holy spirite froÌ„ me When Christ was baptised the holy ghost came downe vpon hyâ— in the likenes of a doue Christ coÌ„maunded hys disciples to baptise in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost The holy ghost shall reproue the world of sinne There are three which geue witnesse in heauen y â— father the sonne and the holy ghost and they three are one ¶ The ninth Article I Beleue the holy vniuersall congregation which is the fellowship of Sainctes ☜ The confirmations If he will not heare the congregation let him be vnto thee as an heathen man and as a Publicane Christ loued the congregation and gaue him self for it to sanctifie it and clensed it in the fountayne of water through y â— word to make it vnto him self a glorious congregation without spot or wrinckle or any such thyng that it should be holy and without blame I write these thinges vnto thee that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God which is the congregation of the liuing God the piller and ground of the truth All that beleued kept themselues together and had all thinges common and sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all meÌ„ as euery man had neede And they continued dayly with one accorde in the temple brake bread from house to house and dyd eate their meate together with gladnes and singlenes of hart praysing God The multitude of them that beleued were of one hart and of one soule Neither sayd any of them that ought of the thinges which he possessed was hys owne but they had all thinges coÌ„mon And great grace was with them all Neither was there any among them that lacked For as many as were possessors of landes or houses solde them and
The kingdome of God is not meate and drinke but righteousnes peace ioy in the holy ghost The kingdome of God is not in wordes but in power ¶ The third Peticion THy will be done as in heauen so likewyse in earth ☞ The confirmations Teach me O Lorde to doe thy will for thou art my God Not euery one that sayth vnto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but hee that doth the will of my father which is in heauen Whosoeuer doth the will of my father which is in heauen he is my brother sister and mother This is the will of him that sent me that whosoeuer seeth y â— sonne and beleueth on him hath euerlasting life Fashion not your selues lyke vnto thys world but bee ye chaunged through the renuing of your mind that ye may proue what thing that good and acceptable and perfecte will of God is This is the will of God euen your sanctifying that ye abstaine from whoredome that euery one of you know how to keepe his vessell in holâ—â—es and honour and not in the lust of concupiscence as the heathen do which know not God For asmuch as Christ hath suffered for vs in the flesh arme ye your selues likewise with y e same minde For he which suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sinne that hee from hence forth shoulde liue as long time as he remayneth in the flesh not after the lustes of men but after the will of God For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the time that is past of the life after the will of the Gentiles walking in wantonnes lustes excesse of drinking and abominable idolatry ¶ The fourth Peticion GEue vs this day our dayly bread ☞ The confirmations I haue bene younge now am old yet saw I neuer y e righteous forsakeÌ„ nor hys sede begging their bread He is euer mercifâ—â—â— and lendeth yet haue his children Gods plentie and inough The eyes of all waite vpon thee O Lorde and thou geuest them their meate in due season Thou openest thy hand and fillest euery liuing creature with thy blessing The Lorde will not let the soule of y e righteous suffer hunger but he taketh away y e riches of y e vngodly The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich as for carefull trauaile it doth nothyng therto Two thinges haue I required of thee that thou wilt not deny me before I dye Remoue from me vanitie and lies Geue me neither pouertie nor riches onely graunt me a necessary liuing least if I be too full I denie thee and say who is the Lord And least I being constrayned through pouertie fall vnto stealing and forsweare y â— name of my God Be not careful for your life what ye shall eate or drinke nor yet for your body what rayment ye shall weare Is not the life more worth then meate and the body more of value then rayment Read forth the chapter Cast all your care on God for he careth for you ¶ The fift Peticion ANd forgeue vs our debtes as we forgeue our debters ☞ The confirmations And forgeue vs. I am he yea I am he which put away thine iniquities and that for mine owne sake and will remeÌ„ber thy sinnes no more As for thine offences I driue theÌ„ away like the cloudes thy sinnes as the miste Turne thee again vnto me and I will deliuer thee God is the king which forgeueth hys seruaunt the ten thousand talentes No man can forgeue sinne but God alone God is the most louing father which ioyfully receaueth home againe hys lost sonne when hee repenteth and conuerteth Our debtes They are all gone out of y e way they are altogether abominable there is none that doth good no not one Who can tell how oft hee offendeth Oh clense thou me from my secrete faultes Who can say my hart is cleane I am free from sinne There is not one righteous maÌ„ in all the earth that doth good and sinneth not Behold God hath found vnfaithfulnes among his own Sainctes Yea y â— very heauens is vncleane in hys sight How much more then abominable and vile is maÌ„ which drincketh wickednes lyke water All the children of men are wicked all their workes are nought neither is there any truth in them All are hypocrites and wicked We are all become vncleane and all our righteousnesses are as a cloth polluted with menstrue We are all vnprofitable seruants All haue sinned and want the glory of God If we say we haue no sinne we deceaue our selues and the truth is not in vs. But if we confesse our sinnes God is faithfull and righteous to forgeue vs our sinnes and to make vs cleane froÌ„ all iniquitie As we forgeue our debters He that seeketh vengeance shall finde vengeance of y e Lorde which shall surely keepe hym hys sinnes Forgeue thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done thee and so shall thy sinnes bee forgeuen thee also when thou prayest A man that beareth hatred agaynst an other how dare hee desire forgeuenes of God He that sheweth no mercy to a man which is lyke him selfe how dare he aske forgeuenes of his sinnes If he that is but fleshe beareth hatred and kepeth it who will intreate for hys sinnes Remember the ende and let emnitie passe If ye forgeue other men their trespasses the heauenly Father shal forgeue you But if ye wil not forgeue men their trespasses no more shall your Father forgeue you your trespasses When ye stand pray forgeue if ye haue ought against any maÌ„ that your father also which is in heaueÌ„ may forgeue you your trespasses Forgeue and it shal be forgeuen vnto you Forbeare one an other and forgeue one an other If any man haue a quarell agaynst an other like as Christ hath forgeuen you euen so do ye likewise Christ forgaue his persecutors and prayed for them saying father forgeue them for they know not what they do S. Stephen forgaue his enemies and prayed for them on thys maner O Lord lay not this sinne to their charge ¶ The sixt Peticion ANd lead vs not into temptation ☞ The confirmations My Sonne if thou wilt come into the seruice of God stand fast in righteousnes and feare arme thy soule to temptation c. Watch and pray that ye fall not into temptation The spirite is willing but the flesh is weake Blessed is the man that standeth fast in temptation For when he is tried he shall receiue the crowne of life which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him Let no man say wheÌ„ he is tempted that he is tempted of God For as God cannot be tempted with euill so neither he himselfe tempteth any man vnto euill But euery maÌ„ is tempted when he is drawen away and