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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03472	The holie historie of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christs natiuitie, life, actes, miracles, doctrine, death, passion, resurrection and ascension gathered into English meeter, and published to withdraw vaine wits from all vnsauerie and wicked rimes and fables, to some loue and liking of spirituall songs and holy scriptures. By Robert Holland maister of Arts, and minister of the Church of Prendergast.	Holland, Robert, 1557-ca. 1622.	1594 (1594)	STC 13595; ESTC S118820	155,202	360

more will I giue That you may haue abundance still He that hath not although he greeue Shall loose all that against his will For seeing they shall neither see Nor hearing heare as you heare me This Prophesie Esayas spake Which now in them fulfilled is I will this people surely make By hearing so to heare iwis That they shall not yet vnderstand Nor thinke on that which is at hand This peoples heart is waxen fat Their eares of hearing deaffe and dull They with their eyes haue winked at The truth least they should see it full Heare and perceiue it as yee doe And turne that I might heale them to But blessed are your eyes they see Your eares also do heare the same All you thereto appointed be For you and such I surely came The rest of sinne are very full And shall remaine both blind and dull Christ interpreted to his disciples the parable of the seed This Parable heare yee therefore When that a man Gods word doth heare And vnderstands thereof no more Then ere he heard it may appeare The deuill did catch the word away That seed by the way side it lay He that had seed in stonie ground Did heare the word and that with ioy Yet had no roote he was not sound He dured not for eu'ry toy When trouble for the word shall be Offended very soone is he He that receiueth seed also Among the thornes are they that heare The word of God yet go it fro For worldly cares in them appeare Deceitfulnesse of riches make Gods word in them no place can rake But he that doth receiue the seed In the good ground is euen he That heares the word and doth indeed Gods word perceiue it for to be This beareth fruite an hundreth fold Some sixtie some thirtie be bold The second parable of the good seed and of the tares declaring likewise the state and condition of Gods word Another parable Christ spake The kingdom of heau'n is I say Much like one that good seed did take And sowed it and went away But while men slept the enemy Did sowe tares there immediatly And when the blade sprung vp in sight And brought forth fruite then did appeare The tares that he had fowne by night The seruants seeing said with feare Didst not thou Maister sowe good seed Whence commeth then this filthie weede He said the enuious man it is That hath done this the seruants say Wilt thou that we go gather this And plucke it vp to cast away Nay while about the tares ye go Lest ye plucke vp the wheate also Let both grow till the haruest come Then will I to the reapers say The tares now gather to one roome And binde them in the fire to lay My wheate see yee that reapers are It be brought to my barne with care This parable declareth well The state and the condition Of Gods word writ in the Gospell The doctrine of saluation The housholder soweth the seeed The deu'll sowes tares and other weed The 3. parable of the mustard seed wherein is set foorth the nature of Gods word Another parable againe Christ put forth to them saying this Gods kingdome like vnto a graine Of mustard seed assured is Which man doth sow within his field That it some fruit to him may yeeld This seed of seedes is least of all Of hearbes it growes the greatest one And is a tree though not so tall Yet birds may breed his branch vpon The nature of Gods word iwis Is very well comparde to this For though this seed is very small And subiect to contempt therefore Yet it of hearbes growes great'st of all And birds therein do breed some store Gods word at first seemes so I say Yet groweth great each day by day And sharpe in tast is mustard seed Yet heateth man though bitingly So is Gods word in very deed Sharpe to the minde yet soule healthy Of him that takes of this a graine It sharply heateth eu'ry vaine The fourth parable of the leauen declaring also thereby the nature of Gods word A parable then like the last Iesus put forth to them againe To proue the nature force and tast That in Gods word doth sure remaine It is like leauen laide in meale That leaueneth it eu'ry deale As little leauen leaueth not Till it haue leauened the meale So Gods word searcheth eu'ry knot Or vaine in man his sores to heale The one makes bread tast well in deed The other man which most hath need In parables spake Iesus then Vnto the people that were there He would not speake vnto those men This otherwise as may appeare That it might be fulfilled so Which Dauid spake so long ago My mouth I will open saith he In parables and shew to man The things that now so hidden be And haue bene since the world began Then Iesus sent the men away For there he made no longer stay Christ went into the house where he declared to his Disciples desiring it the meaning of the two parables of the tares When Christ into the house was come Then his Disciples to him say Declare to vs the very summe And certaine meaning we thee pray Of the same tares so in the field We can no reason of them yeeld Then Christ did answer them againe He that there sowed the good seed It was the sonne of man certaine The field it is the world in deed The good seed are Gods children sure The tares the wicked and vnpure The enemie the deuill it is The haruest of the world is end The Angels are reapers iwis Which to his haruest God will send And as the tares are burnt in deed The wicked so in hell shall speed The sonne of man then forth shall send His Angels for to gather all That in his kingdome do offend And still from sinne to sinne do fall These to hell fire shall be cast tho Where they shall gnash their teeth for wo. Then shall the iust men shining be As is the Sunne in greatest light In the kingdome of heau'n said he Abiding in their fathers sight See ye these words receiue in feare With humble heart and open eare The fift parable of the treasure hid in the field declareth the worthinesse of Gods word While Christ did in the house remaine As he had done by the sea side He spake in parables againe To such as did with him abide The worthinesse declared he And of what price Gods word should be Like treasure hid within a field Gods kingdome is which when one found In hope it would much profit yeeld He hid the same within the ground For ioy and hope such wealth to wield That man sold all to buy that field The sixt parable of the pearles declaring as before the worthinesse of Gods word Againe he said Gods kingdome is Like to a warie marchant man That sought pearles and found one of price To buy the which this marchant can

Deuided so in any land If Sathan cast out Sathan sure Or I by Beelzebub do so His kingdome cannot long endure One thing I aske you and no mo By whom do your sonnes cast them out They shall you iudge in this no doubt If through God cast out the same Then is his kingdome come this day If one man to a strong man came To spoile his house and runne away Can he his purpose bring to passe Ere he be bound that owner was But I by force gaue him the foyle Whose helpe you say I daily vse The more for you that I do toyle The more you still do me abuse He that on my side is not he Against me fully sure must be Blasphemie Each sinne and so each blasphemy Shall be forgiuen men I say If they repent it hartely And for remission do pray Except against the holy Ghost Of all this sinne offendeth most The sinne against the sonne of man Which oftentimes doth hap and chance Both francke and free remit I can For it may come of ignorance The works Gods spirit works are such That they cannot be hidden much Take heed ye do not then offend Or sinne against the holy Ghost God will not sure world without end Forgiue that sinne he hates it most The tree and fruit make good I say Or make both ●it to cast away As by the fruit we know the tree So by your wordes ye knowen are Oh vipers you that euill be Your speaches do your workes declare The hart it storeth good or ill Whereof the mouth doth sauour still Both good men and the euill show What treasure they haue hid in hart At the last iudgement you shall know How well or ill you plaide your part Vaine talke who so doth here affoord Shall answer for each idle word Christ denied the Iewes any signe sauing onely the signe of Ionas The Scribes and Pharisies withall Came tempting Christ and sought a signe As if on sight thereof they all From former faults would then decline But Christ that knew the inward mind With words they could not so make blind Christ answered and said againe Thou wicked generation Adulterous and very vaine Though signes thou doest depend vpon No signe shall geuen be to thee But that of Ionas thou shalt see As three dayes and three nights he was Within the whale all couered So shortly it will come to passe I shall in earth be buried Three dayes and three nights verely In graue the sonne of man shall lye Christ argued the Iewes of impenitencie The men of Niniuie shall rise With these and shall condemne them to They Ionas words did not despise But did repent as you should do One greater then Ionas is here Yet small repentance doth appeare The Queene of Saba she shall rise In Iudgement with these men also And them she shall condemne likewise That so farre from her home would go To heare king Salomon I say His greater yet you heare this day Christ prnounced an heauie sentence against such as reuolt from the truth receiued They which are once deliuered From vncleane spirits free and well Are after iustly punished If in them they againe do dwell Their last end sure farre worse shalbe Then was the first take this of me The vncleane spirit places dry Doth walke throughout seeking a rest Where faith where hope where charitie Is setled sure within mans brest It is so dried with Gods grace That deuils haue there no resting place Then he returneth home againe Into the house from whence he went For all this while he walkt in vaine And missed still of his intent This house he findeth swept within Cleane voide of vertue deckt with sinne Then taketh he seauen spirits more As ill as he in euery thing And dwels where he did dwell before His end is worse then beginning So shall it with this people be They mend not for all that they see This spirit is the deuill indeed His house is man where he doth dwell The drie place where he cannot speed Mans heart it is heat by God well With godly zeale and hate of sinne He rests not there though he come in Christ shewed who his mother sisters and brethren are While Christ spake to the company His mother and his brethren were Without desiring earnestly To talke with him as may appeare Then one of them that was there came And told our sauiour of the same But he preferring farre before The worke that he then had in hand Encreasing daily more and more He said to such as there did stand My mother and brethren be they That do my doctrine still obey My mother whom I loue so well My brethren whom I like also Are these and they marke what I tell For brother and sister shall go My friends they are who so do still Performe and keepe my fathers will The state of the kingdome of God set forth by seauen parables and first of the seed By parables Christ taught men plaine The state nature and worthinesse Of Gods word he did not disdaine To shew alwaies his readinesse His chosen in all things he may To helpe and winne them eu'ry way Christ though of late he had bene let And interrupted by his friends His office he did not forget For their great fault he made amends To the sea side from thence he went To preach againe with like intent And the same place was the sea side That by Genezaret doth lie Where he sat downe for to abide But preased on with company He tooke a ship wherein he sate And taught them as he had done late The people standing on the shore With diligence did giue him eare The multitude encreasing more The more of him did stand in feare Whose words and workes they all did see In eu'ry thing so well agree Behold said Christ a sower went To sowe his seed but some seed fell Farre otherwise then he had meant By the way side which could not well Yeeld fruite the fowle without delay Deuour'd them all so cleane away Some fell on stonie ground also Where they of earth had little store They sprung the rather there but lo The sunne rose vp and parcht them sore And so for lack of roote I say Anon they witherd all away Among the thornes some other fell Which springing vp were choakt withall Some fell in good ground and did well The same brought fruite where they did fall One corne an hundreth fold or moe Some sixtie some thirty also He that hath eares to heare may heare For herein the condition Of Gods word may to thee appeare The rule of thy saluation Three sorts decayed all you see The fourth yeelds onely fruite to me Then his disciples askt him why By parables he taught them then To you said Christ this verely Giu'n is to know not to those men The secrets of Gods kingdome ye Shall learne and know alwaies of me To you that haue