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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06719	Dauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune by Theadore Basille	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1717; ESTC S110422	64,503	192

the health of thy neyghboure If y u doste this thā shalte thou shew thy selfe to be no vayne man but faythfull true in thy profession But if thou doste the cōtrarye crake thou neuer so muche of thy faythe yet te doth it profyt the nothynge at all but rather encreaseth thy damnacion seynge thou arte an Hypocrite dissembler both before God mā Certes if thou hast the true faythe in the thou shalte be so enflamed w t the loue of God disposed vnto all goodnes that thou wylte not feare to saye w t S. Paule who shall seperate vs from the loue of God shall trouble do it or anguysh or persecucion or hunger or nakednes or perrell or sword as it is wrytten for thy sake are we kylled all y ● day longe y●… we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayn Neuertheles in all these thynges we ouercōe far re for his sake y t loued vs For I am sure y t neither deth nor life nother Aungel nor rule nother power no ther thynges present nother thynges to come nother height nor low eth nor ony other creature shall be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu oure Lorde Agayne he sayth I am not only redy to be bounde but also to dye for y e name of the Lorde Iesus So mighty a thyng is fayth that it neyther feareth manacinge wordes cruell threates sharpe lookes empresoning fetters chenes fagot tes fyre nor what so euer tyranny all the tyrauntes of the worlde can inuent It maketh y e parson whose hert it occupieth to be so●… flamed set on fyre w t the loue of God the desyre of doynge his wyll Wylte y u heare me If thou beleue aright in God workeste accordynge to thy fayth cōfessyng Christ his worde boldely and vnfaynedly before the world thou mayst be sure to fynde lytle fauour at the hādes of carnal worldly men as thou shalte easly perceaue by that which followeth ¶ The thyrde strynge But I was very sore troubled AFter that our Mynstrel hath made menciō of fayth of spe kynge the worde of God whereby are to be vnderstande all good workes that procede come forth oute of faythe he nowe syngethe of the Crosse sheweth that he was very sore troubled greuously thretened vncharitably blasphemed euell reported maliciously persecuted cru elly handled suffered al kyndes of tormētes for vtteryng declaring y e word of God I beleued sayth he therfore haue I spokē but I was very sore troubled Here se we that as good workes followe faythe so doth persecucion follow the confession of Gods worde For this cause doth S. Paule caull the gospell of Christe the worde of the Crosse bycause it bryngeth persecucion trou ble blasphemies slaunders euell re portes empresonmēt hōger thirst cold nakednes pouerte losse of fren des yea at the last very death oftentimes to so many as cleaue vnto it valeauntly Christes worde the Crosse are cōpagnions insepera ble As the shadowe followethe the body so doth the Crosse followe the worde of Christ. And as fyre heat can not be seperated so can not the Gospel of Christ the crosse be pluc ked asunde●… Let vs call to remembraunce so many as from the fyrste age of the world fauoured god and his word howmanye shal we fid y ● escaped w toute the Crosse one waye or other as I may leaue of to speke of all the other olde and aunciente Patriarches at this tyme onlye take ryghteous Abell for an example whiche of all men shewed y e first example of pure innocencye and of a thankefull harte toward God for his benefites was not he shortely slayne of his bloudy brother cruell Cain yea that onlye bycause his owne workes were noughte hys brothers good as y e scripture testi fieth As fyre water put togyther fighte stryue are euer at debate tyl one hath swallowed vp another deuoured one another ouercome one another so lykewyse so long as good euell dwell togyther in this worlde there shall be a perpetuall discension betwene them The euel wyll euer hate the good neuer be at reste tyl the innocent be had out of the way not that the good doth ony displeasures vnto the euel but that the euell can not awaye with the good no more thē the rauening wolfe canne awaye with the poore harmeles shepe or the hōgry hauke w t the simple doue as Christ sayth The Prince of this worlde cōmeth yet hath he nothyng agaynst me Howe lytell fauoure also dyd Moses Aaron fynde amonge the diso bedient Iewes after they brought them out of captiuite from y e londe of Egipte Were not they many ty mes in daunger of theyr lyues for all theyr labour payne that they toke for theyr healthe saluacion How ware the Prophetes handled whiche preached in the name of the Lord Were not sōe stoned to deth Sōe slayn w t swerd Some sawne in peces As I mayepasse ouer ma ny holy mē Iacob Ioseph Dauid Helias Ananias Azarias Misael Tobias Eleazarus the mother among the Machabites her seuen sonnes wythe other innumerable whiche ether suffered deathe or els great trouble persecucion for the glorye of God Howe was Christe y t lambe of God w tout spot which dyd neuer no syn in whose mouth there was neuer ony gyle deceat found handled in this worlde How was he rayled vpon so sone as he began to speake preache the worde of his celestiall father Was he not called a glotton A wyne bybber A frend to Publicās harlottes synners A deceyuer of the people A madde person A Samaritan A breaker of the Sabboth day A Heretyke A destroyer of the Temple An ene my to our mother the holy chyrch A Traytoure A forbydder to paye tribute vnto Cesar And such a one as woulde marre altogyther yf he were suffred longe Was he not reported to worke his miracles to cast out diuels by the helpe of Beel zebub prince of the dyuelles Was not his doctrine counted new lear nynge What dyd he at ony tyme althoughe neuer so good godly y t the worlde dyd not discōmend and condempne Dyd not theyr malice at the last growe vnto suche fury that they neuer ceased vntyll they had put hym vnto deth yea that the moost spitefull deathe y t coulde be inuented euen the deathe of the crosse hangynge hym betwene two theues as y e principal malefactour chefe captayne of all wickednes Agayne howe were the Apostles of Christe entreated Uerely euen as theyr mayster was before thē How ofte were they slaūdered layd watche for thretened beaten whypped scourged put in preson caste out of cities stonned dragged out of the townes for dead Howe many also of them were slayne Some withe stones some w t

rytche man lyued all in plesure had al thinges according to his hartes desyre But beholde y ● ende He was cruell merciles vnpiteful to the poore Therfore whē he dyed the Scripture sayth that he was caried downe ito hel where he was tormented wyth suche greuous flames of fyre intollerable burnynges that he desyred Abraham to send downe Lazarus vnto hym that he myght dyp the typpe of hys fynger in the water coole his tonge for he was greuously tor mented in that flame But Abrahā sayd remember sonne that y u haste receaued thy pleasures in thy lyfe cōtrary wyse Lazarus receaued paynes and troubles Therfore is he nowe cōforted and thou arte tor mented As for y ● poore man his lyfe was so wretched beggerly miserable y ● no man woulde scasely wonchesafe once to cast theyr eye to looke towarde hym he was such an abiecte so vile so rēt so torne so Lazarlyke ful of greuous sores Only y e dog ges lycked his sores But beholde y e ende This poore man dyed was caried of the Aūgels into Abrahās bosome This Hystory declareth playnely howe precious the deathe of the Saynctes that is of the faythfull is in the syght of the Lord appeare theyr lyfe neuer so miserable before the deynty worldlynges Agayne howe vile detestable the death of the wicked is in Gods syght haue they spēt theyr lyfe ī neuer so much ioye pleasure felicite were they recounted before the worlde neuer so blyssed happye fortunate and brought to the ground with neuer so great pompe and solemnite And here se we that to be true whiche is written Wo be to you rytche men which haue your●… consolacion Wo be to you that are fylled for ye shall honger Wo be to you that laughe nowe for ye shall lament and wepe Wo be to you whan all menne shall prayse you for accordynge to these thynges dyd theyr fathers to the false Prophetes But blyssed are ye that honger now for ye shall be fylled Blyssed are ye y ● wepe now for ye shall laugh The deynte worldeliges receaue payne after this life but the faythful in y e Lorde which be oppressed w t miserye troubled for Gods trueth shall receaue ioye glory So that as Dauid sayth Precious in the syght of the Lorde is the death of his Sayntes Hereto agreeth the sayenge of S. Iohn̄ in his reuelacion Blyssed are the dead whiche dye in the Lorde The death of Saynctes muste nedes be precious in the syght of the Lorde they which dye in the Lorde must nedes be blyssed seyng that bothe y ● glory of God is sette forth by theyr death the Saynctes them selues set in a perpetual ioye euerlastig quietnes without ony more care or trouble For after y t they haue offered vp this theyr lyfe vnto god the soules of the righteous are streight wayes in the hand of God and the payne of deth shall not towche thē In the syght of the vnwyse they ap peare to dye theyr ende is taken for very destruccion The waye of y ● righteous is iudged to be vtter destruccion but they are in reste And thogh they suffer payne before mē yet is theyr hope full of immortalite They are ponysshed but in fewe thynges neuertheles in many thin ges shall they be wel rewarded For God proueth them lyndeth them mete for himselfe yea as golde in y e fornace doth he trye them receaueth them as a burnte offerynge whan the tyme commeth they shall be looked vpon They ryghteous shall shyne as the sparkes that run thorowe the rede bushe They shall iudge the nacions and haue dominion ouer the people theyr Lord shall reygne for euer They y t putte theyr trust in him shal vnderstand the trueth suche as be faythefull wyll agre vnto hym in loue for his chosen shall haue gyftes and peace But the vngodly shall be punyshed accordyng to theyr owne imaginacions for they haue despised y e righ teous and forsaken the Lorde Moreouer the ryghteous shall stonde in great stedfastnes agaynst suche as haue dealte extremely w t them taken away theyr labours Whan they se it they shall be vexed with horrible feare shall wonder at the hastines of theyr soden helth gronyng for very distresse of mynd shall saye within them selues hauyng inward sorowe mournyng for very anguyshe of mynde These are they whome we sometyme had in derision iested vpon We fooles thought theyr lyues very madnes theyr end to be w tout honour But ●…o how they are coūted amōg the chyldren of God theyr porciō is amonge the Sayntes Therfore haue we erred frō y ● way of trueth The lyghte of ryghteousnes hathe not shyned vnto vs the sonne of vnderstondynge rose not vpon vs. we haue weryed our selues ī y e way of wickednes destrucciō Tedious wayes haue we gone but as for the waye of y e Lorde we haue not knowen it What good hath our pryde done vnto vs or what profyt hath the pompe of rytches brought vs All these thynges are passed awaye as a shadowe c. These and suche other wordes shall they that haue synned speake in hell But y e ryghteoꝰ shall lyue for euermore Theyr reward also is w t y e Lord theyr re membraunce with the hyghest Therfore shall they receaue a glori ous kyngedome and a beautyfull crowne of the Lordes hand For w t his ryght hande shall he couer thē withe his owne arme shall he de fende them c. Thus se we how dere precious in the syght of the Lorde the death of his Saynctesis S. Paule hauyng experience of this thing whē he was yet alyue sayd on this man ner I desyre to be dissolued losoned oute of this mortall bodye to be with Christ. Also kynge Dauid Wo is me that I tary ī this world so longe Therfore howe so euer the wycked worldlynges recount the death of the Sayntes whyther it chaun ceth to thē by famyn hōger swerde water fyre halter or ony otherwise vndoubtedlye it is precious in the sight of the Lord appeare it before the world of neuer so great ignomi ny reproche infamy shame and re buke Happy therfore is he that dy eth this death how so euer it chaūseth vnto hym Blyssed is y e Crosse which bryngeth this glory But let vs se how it commeth to passe that the deth of Sayntes is so precious in the syght of the Lorde It followeth ¶ The syxte verse O Lord I am thy seruāt yea thy seruaunt ī dede the son of thy handmayde thou hast broken my bon des ¶ The nynte strynge BEcause no man be he neuer so holy good and perfecte should thyncke that thorowe his owne holynes goodnes perfeccion he had deserued that his deathe shoulde be dere precious and of great valour in