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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 about this speed Christ went thence to Ierusalem to the feast of the passeouer and there droue the buyers and sellers out of the Temple From Capernaum Christ did go Vp to Ierusalem for he As other alwayes vsed so Not sayling at that feast to be The passeouer was then at hand A feast obserued through the land When Christ came there as he did vse Into the Temple then he went Where he reprouing their abuse All such out of the Temple sent As did therein then buy or sell And told them plaine they did not well A whip of cordes Christ Iesus made Wherewith both oxen sheepe and men He droue out he low'd there no trade No not money strangers then Those thence he forst to packe away And suffred none of them to stay Such as sold doues they had a check He did command them quickly thence Perforce they must obey his beck He not regardes their ware or pence But said my fathers house make ye No house of marchandise to be They were amazed all at this Yet none of them durst disobay Resist or say thou doest amisse They yeelded all and went away But his Disciples thought in mind This zeale God ioyes in him to find When this was donne the Iewes began To question with him thus againe What signe shew'st thou oh sonne of man That thou doest this declare it plaine Destroy this Temple in three dayes The same againe I will vp raise The Temple-sixe and thirtie yeares In building was thus answer they This vnto vs no truth appeares That did thy wordes and workes obey They meant the Church of lyme and stone Christ meant his body flesh and bone When he was risen from the dead Then his Disciples cal'de to mind What he foretold and how he spread A truth in him they still did find The ground of their beliefe they make The Scripture and the word he spake While he did at that feast remaine Many beleeued in his name They saw his workes they were not vaine His wonders wanted not their fame He gaue to them no credit then For he knew well that vaine were men Christ instructeth Nicodemus in the regeneration by water and the holy Ghost There was a man a Pharisie A ruler one of chiefest fame Nam'd Nicodemus verely This man by night to Iesus came He had a minde for to amend Yet men he feared to offend Master he said we know thou art A teacher come from God aboue Such signes and workes none can impart But such a one as God doth loue Those miracles that he had donne Approued him to be Gods sonne Said Iesus I do say to thee Except a man be borne againe Of water and the spirite he Shall not Gods kingdome sure obtaine Can this be true as thou hast told May man be borne that once is old Assuredly except a man Be borne as I haue said to thee Heauen be neuer enter can Gods kingdome he shall neuer see Of flesh but flesh is borne ywis The spirite yeeldes that spirite is Thou know'st not whence commeth the wind Whose going in and out to thee Though by thine eare the sound thou find The seate thereof thou doest not see Who of the spirite is borne heare Is so though strange it doth appeare Nicodemus said how can these things be A teacher greater things should know I testifie that I haue seene When earthly things to thee I show If dull and faithlesse thou hast bene What wilt thou be when I declare Of heau'nly things and what they are No man ascendeth vp aboue But he that did descend from thence The sonne of man whom God doth loue And is in heau'n in his presence He must be lift as by Moses The Serpent was in wildernesse That who so doth in him beleeue Eternall life the same may haue For God his onely sonne did giue The faithfull from hell fire to saue The world to saue Gods sonne was sent It to condemne God was not bent Condemned shall he neuer be That doth beleeue in him the same Condemned is already he Whose faith is not firme in his name The light is come yet darknesse more Do worldly men loue then before The euill euer hate the light By it their deeds reproued are He loues the truth that with his might His deedes by day seekes to declare Oh Nicodemus all I say A faithfull heart must beare away Christ returning into Iudea preached the Gospell and Baptised the people by his Disciples neare Iohn of purifying a question did then arise After this donne came Christ againe With his Disciples as we reade Into Iudea this is plaine Where he Baptising taried Iohn did Baptise in Enon by And ply'de his office carefully Of water there they had great store And Iohn was not in prison cast But as the number waxed more Of Disciples strife grew as fast The Iewes and Iohns Disciples craue Of purifying the truth to haue Iohns testimonie againe of Iesus They also came to Iohn and said Most men to Christ Baptising go Iohn bad them be no whit dismayd From heau'n it is appointed so Ye know I said I am not he Christ must increase as you do see He that is come from God on hye Doth testifie what he hath seene He that receiues it verely Doth seale how true our God hath beene Whom God sent speakes Gods word Iohn saith And plenteously Gods spirite hath The Father lou'd the sonne and gaue All things he had into his hand He that beleeues in him shall haue Eternall life this vnderstand They dead are that him disobay The wrath of God all such will slay Iesus to auoyde danger departed out of Iudea into Galilie When he that knew of all things well Perceiued by relation Or of himselfe for he could tell His enemies intention How that the Pharisies did heare That he was famous eu'ry wheare And that he made Disciples more And more Baptised then likewise Then Iohn that had gone him before Marke ye now well Christ Iesus guise He did his office earnestly Yet voyded danger warily Christ passing through Samaria towardes Galilie conferred with a woman at the well of Sichar and conuerted many Samaritanes Christ leauing Iurie did depart And went againe to Galilie He knew what loue or hate in heart Men bare him hidden outwardly Christ through Samaria needs would go He had himselfe decreed so What workes for him did there abide To bring the Gentiles to the light He did foreknow and then did guide His companie to Si●har right Neare to the place that Iacob gaue Where Ioseph should possession haue And there on faithfull Iacobs well Christ Iesus sate about midday A woman that thereby did dwell For water came while he did stay But his Disciples they were gone Into the Citie eu'ry one Then to the woman Iesus said For me to drinke some water giue So she againe then vndelayd Said thou a Iew art I beleeue Iewes

brought the lame the blind The deaffe the dumbe and maymed sort These had as they did hope to find Their former health to their comfort So that the people did reioyce And praysed God with heart and voyce Which caused Christ to pitie these As he before had done also When in the desert to their ease He fed fiue thousand men and mo This did he that they might perceaue That Christ would not his chosen leaue Wherefore he fed now once againe Foure thousand men sure at the least Neare Galilie on that mountaine Where he had healed all the rest With seu'n loaues and few fishes small Christ Iesus fed those men withall The Pharisies and Saduces tempted Christ and desired him to shew them a signe To Magdala when this was done By ship our Sauiour did sayle To whom the Saducees did soone And Pharisies without all fayle Resort which faine a figne would see From heau'n aboue if it would be They could discerne the outward face And each appearance in the skie These hypocrites had yet no grace But needs they would Christ Iesus trie Those that by tempting Christ assayle Do most in all their fetches fayle For those no figne at all could haue But that of Ionas which we reade That lay three dayes as in a graue Within a whale as he were dead The sonne of man shall euen so Lye in the graue and rise therefro Christ commanded his Disciples to beware of the leauen of the Pharisies They thence went to the other side But had forgot to buy them bread So farre mens fancies wander wide When they do stray from Christ their head These minded not that Iesus could Prouide them meate when that he would Christ warning them to shunne alway The leauen of the Pharisie Made them conceiue this doth he say Sith we forgot some bread to buy They neuer thought how he had fed Foure thousand men with litle bread This leauen of the Pharisie The Saducees and Herod to Then his disciples warned he They should in any wise forgo False teachers and their doctrine flee For they mens soules do slay yee see Christ healed a blind man in Bethsayda Then Iesus to Bethsayda came Where they vnto him brought one blind Desiring him to heale the same For other helpe they could not finde Out of the towne the blind led he Where afterward he made him see Christ Iesus spat his eyes into And put his hands vpon him then And said now tell it if thou do See any thing among these men I see them walke as trees said he Though perfectly I cannot see Christ put his hands on him againe And bad him looke then all about He looked and saw each thing plaine He stood of nothing then in doubt Go home said Christ sith thou art well Of this in towne to no man tell Peter in the name of all the Apostles confessed Christ to be the sonne of the liuing God to which confession Christ answered and in his name promised vnto them all the keyes of the kingdome of heauen When to Caesarea Iesus came Called Philippi as we reade Of his disciples then what fame He askt of him abroad was spread The sonne of man I am said he What do men say therefore of me Iohn Baptist some name thee they say Elias some do thee suppose Or Ieremias or some way That of the Prophets one of those That in the elder times haue beene Is rise againe and of them seene But whom say ye said Christ againe That I the sonne of man should be Then Simon Peter said certaine The sonne of God we knowledge thee Then Christ said Simon verely Blessed thou art and worst thou why To mens opinions subiect I Most willingly my selfe do giue Yet mine do know me perfectly And as they know do so beleeue This knowledge thou couldst neuer haue Of flesh and bloud but God it gaue O Peter this confession The ground worke of my Church shall be For vpon that foundation I meane to build a Church for me The gates of hell shall not preuaile Against the same but still shall fayle To you of heau'n I giue the key That is the preaching of my word All men that will not it obey Against all such draw out this sword What so in earth ye loose or bind The like in heau'n the same shall find Then charged he that they should tell As then to no man what he were E●● Christ we learne to know full well We may not preach him without feare For though no more but man we see Yet must we know him God to be Christ taught the faithfull to beare his Crosse and rebuked Peter for disswading his death From that time forth Iesus began To shew that he himselfe must go Vnto Ierusalem for man To suffer and abide much wo The elders Priests and Scribes had plaine Deuised all to haue him slaine And though he told them this before The third day I will rise againe Yet Peter thought it wisedome more To keepe him thence to shunne the paine And therefore he tooke him aside But Christ would not his words abide So he that late reueal'd by God Did know and knowledge Christ his sonne Doth straightway here deserue a rod Not knowing yet what he had donne When selfe-will casts Gods word behind Our weaknesse then we quickly find Here Peter doth presume to teach His master Christ himselfe to saue Christ him of follie did appeach And so a sore rebuke him gaue Oh Sathan come said he behind On earth not heau'n thou set'st thy mind The faithfull must beare the Crosse Then Iesus said to them againe If any man will follow me He must forsake himselfe at vaine And beare my Crosse though vext he be If his afflictions shall be sore Yet in the same I go before Who so would liue still lothing paine And yet doth seeke his life to saue Doth loose his labour this is plaine Life without me he cannot haue He that for my sake yeelds to dye Shall saue his life eternally What profit shall that man obtaine That winnes the world his soule to loose When he hath reckned all his gaine Most vaine it is that he doth choose For he that will not for me dye Shall dye a death perpetually For sure the sonne of man he shall In glorie of his father deare The Angels him attending all In iudgement here againe appeare And then according to his deed Shall eu'ry man be sure to speed Yet truly vnto you I say That some of them which here do stand Shall not by death be fetcht away Vntill the time be neare at hand That in his kingdome they do see The sonne of man so come to be Christ was transfigured on mount Thabor in the presence of Peter Iames and Iohn talked with Moses and Elyas Saint Mathew after sixe daies said That Iesus was transfigured The order of it made affraid All such as saw what happened For

and play This worke shalt thou do euerie day But God said vnto him againe Thou foole this night ile fetch from thee That soule of thine that is so vaine Whose then shall all thy riches be So shall it euer be with those That too much trust in wealth repose Therefore take you no thought I say How you shall make prouision But giue your selues to learne the waye That leadeth to saluation Almes watching and all wisedome ye Shall vse and with all men agree The parable of the watchfull seruant A faithfull seruant and a wise Made ruler of his maisters men His maisters trust will not despise But feedeth them in season then When he is absent as he were Still present with his seruants there That seruant happy is in deed Whom his master when he doth come Shall finde so doing he shall speed Be sure of some especiall roome His master will make him therefore Ruler of all he hath in store But if the euill seruant say My master will not come as yet And smite his fellowes day by day And still with drunkards drinke and eate His master will come when that he Expecteth not him for to see And will cut him of from the rest And giue to him his portion With hypocrites this is the least That after condemnation He shall both weepe and gnash for wo His teeth that he applyed so Wake therefore and be warie men For ye know not what houre or day Your master comes least sleeping then You with the reprobates decay And watch that with th'elected sort Receiu'd ye be to your comfort Christ receiued infants brought vnto him and blessed them At that time some did children bring That Christ his hands on them should lay But his Disciples did the thing Dislike and would haue said them nay But Iesus said forbid not these For such my heau'nly father please Assuredly to you I say Gods kingdome who receiueth not As doth a child there shall not stay Of him no place may there be got In armes Christ tooke the infants tho And blessed them and let them go Christ conferred with a rich young man that would be iustified by the law When Iesus was gone on the way There came one after him apace Which kneeling downe to him did say Good master shew me so much grace That I may know how I may haue Eternall life good Lord I craue Then Iesus answerd him againe Why doest thou call me good said he There is none good this thing is plaine Saue God alone I tell it thee Eternall life thou mayst not see If broken these commaund'ments be Thou shalt not kill by word or deed Nor yet commit adulterie Thou shalt not steale for all thy need False witnesse is plaine trecherie Thy parents honour not for pelfe Thy neighbour loue thou as thy selfe I haue said he obserued all That thou commandest from my youth What lacke I yet before I shall Haue life I pray thee tell me truth Sell all if thou wilt perfect be And giue the poore that want by thee This made the yong man very sad Who then with sorrow went away The great possessions that he had His feruent zeale did soone allay The rich t'enioy eternall blisse Said Iesus sure a hard thing is Whereat amazed as they were And thought that few could saued be Christ said to them do you not feare But marke and listen vnto me What men impossible do take God possible the same can make Life euerlasting promised to all them that follow Christ. Then Peter said we follow thee Forsaking all what shall we haue When I in throne of maiestie Shall sit though you do nothing craue Vpon twelue thrones you shall sit by And iudge all Israell certainly For who so shall his house forsake His parents or what other friend For my name and doth well it take Or wife or wealth what God doth lend The same an hundreth fold shall he Enioy and life eternall see And Christ pronounced in this place That many first should be the last And that the last obtaining grace Should be the first the first outcast And that this sentence is certaine By parable Christ made it plaine The parable of the labourers sent to the vineyard The kingdome sure of heau'n is so Much like to a houshoulder heare That to hire labourers would go Assoone as day light did appeare With whom for pence he did agree All day to worke this was their fee. About the third houre of the day When he came to the market place The idle thence he sent away Into his farme to worke apace Likewise the sixt and ninth houre he With other moe did so agree Againe th'eleu'nth houre there he found Some other idle standing by Go hence he said to my farme ground Why stand vee thus so idlely No man hath hired vs you see Go to my Vineyard then said he When eeuen came the maister said Vnto his steward call them soone For I would haue the workemen paid That all this day my worke haue done Begin and pay the last of all As he is seru'd the other shall A pennie then each of them had From last to first as he did go Which made the first men very sad They thought their pay should not be so Go to said he this is your hire You may no more of me require This parable may teach vs all As Peter true humilitie Not to presume on Christ to call As meriting felicitie Least we of first the last may be And last be first in each degree The crueltie of Pylate towards certaine Galileaas and of the Towre of Siloam When Christ had ended thus the same Which neuer shunned any paine Though in Iudea was a fame That he should of the Iewes be slaine He went about his fathers will Therefore the Iewes sought him to kill Then some told him how cruelly Those Galileans vsed were Whom Pylate caused for to die Without respect he slew them there And mingled with their sacrifice Their bloud which was a strange deuice Then Iesus said suppose ye these Were greater sinners then the rest I tell you nay your sinnes doubtlesse May cause that you shall so be drest So of the eighteene whom the towre Of Siloam slue all in an houre The parable of the barren Figge tree This parable Christ did declare A certaine man a Figge tree had Which for three yeares he still found bare When fruite would make the owner glad Come Gardiner cut downe said he Why are we combred with this tree The Gardiner then said againe Lord let it stand this yeare also Till I once more haue taken paine To dig it round and dung it to If then no fruite this tree do beare It shall no longer tarrie there Christ healed a woman that had had a spirit of infirmitie xviiij yeares and was so bowed together that she could not lift vp her selfe As Christ taught on a Sabboth day A woman whose infirmity Had

seruant sure it is well donne The time I see was not delayd Thou couldst not else so much haue wonne Thy faithfulnesse in this was such I will thee ruler make of much Then he which had receiued one Came to his master and did say When thou away from hence wast gone I hid thy money without nay Because I fear'd thy crueltie Receiue thine owne contentedly His master answered and sayd Thou ill and slouthfull seruant why If thou of me were so affrayd And knew'st so well my crueltie Didst not thou finde some meane or way To get me gaynes against this day The Talent take from him therefore And giue it him that now hath ten For who so hath he shall haue more And he shall haue abundance then From him that hath not shall a way Be taken what he hath I say That seruant voyde of profit ye To vtter darknesse therefore cast There weepe and gnash his teeth shall he Thus shall his slouth be payd at last See then your talent fructifie Least you loose it eternally Of the labourers hired into the vineyard The kingdome sure of heau'n is so Like vnto a housholder here That to hire labourers would go Assoone as day-light did appeare With them for pence he did agree All day to worke this was their fee. About the third houre of the day When he came to the market place The idle thence he sent away Into his farme to worke apace Likewise the sixt and ninth houre he With other mo did then agree Againe th'eleu'nth houre there he found Some other idle standing by Go ye said he to my farme ground Why stand ye thus so idlely No man hath hired vs you see Go to my vineyard then said he When euen came the master sayd Vnto his Steward call them soone That I may see the worke-men payd Which all this day my worke haue donne Begin and pay the last of all As he is seru'd the other shall A penie each of them then had From last to first as he did go Which made the first men very sad They thought their pay should not be so Go to said he this is your hire You may no more of me require Christ as he went to Ierusalem did admonish his Disciples of his passion As to Ierusalem he went Christ Iesus told them certainly The Priests and Scribes with full intent Do purpose me to crucifie Yet when the Gentiles haue me slaine The third day I will rise againe Iohn and Iames the sonnes of Zebede contended for primacie and were taught humilitie and patience and to auoyde ambition The wife of Zebedeus came To Christ and both her sonnes also And her request she thus did frame Graunt ere thou to thy kingdome go That these my sonnes there sitting be Each one vpon each hand of thee Ye wot not what ye aske said he Can ye drinke of my cup in deed Or be Baptiz'd as I shall be Yea that we can if we may speed Yet I can not graunt your request That in my father sure doth rest But when the other ten heard this They at the brethren did disdaine Then Iesus sayd ye thinke amisse Among the Gentiles Lords do raigne They that are great of them are prest Authorized to rule the rest It shall not so among you be He that would greatest seeme of all Or chiefest in authoritie Shall serue the rest as at a call As to be serued came not I But serue and saue men certainly Christ gaue blind Bartimeus and two other blind men their sight as he passed from Iordan through Iericho toward Ierusalem The 14. of March The fourteenth day as Iesus went From Iordan towards Bethanie In Iericho there did present A worke none else could remedie Blind Bartimeus and two men As blind as he were crying then O sonne of Dauid make vs see We are poore men both bare and blind Let our estate oh Lord moue thee That we may of thy mercy find Their blindnesse he did helpe straight-wayes And they him follow'd giuing prayse The calling of Zacheus a rich man and by office the chiefe receiuer of tribute As Iesus went through Iericho Zacheus sought him for to see His stature did not serue him so Among the throng it would not be He ran and clymed vp therefore A figge tree in the way before This was the shift that rich man had To see Christ as he came that way When Christ came by to make him glad He looking vp to him did say Zache come downe without delay At thy house Ile abide this day Then he came downe full hastily Assoone as Iesus did command And him receiued ioyfully But some of them that there did stand Did murmure that he then would go To lodge there with a sinner so To Christ Zacheus as he stood Said Lord I giue halfe that I haue Vnto the poore to do them good And no man shall haue need to craue What I by fraude or force did take Fourefold Ile giue him for thy sake Then Iesus sayd saluation Is come into this house ye see Sith of the generation Of Abraham by faith is he The sonne of man doth seeke and saue That which was lost as here I haue Iesus though he stayd a while after he had heard that Lazarus was sicke working in the regions round about sundry miracles and preaching the Gospell at last he returned to Bethanie where he raised Lazarus from death to life againe Now to returne to Lazarus Which was already dead in deed To his Disciples Christ said thus Come let vs go from hence with speed To Iurie we without all stay Must passe apace the ready way O master then said they againe The Iewes sought lately thee to stone And wilt thou not then here remaine And so prouide to saue for one He stumbleth not that walkes by day But in the night said Christ he may These things Christ Iesus to them spake And then said Lazarus doth sleepe But I go him for to awake What Christ then ment they tooke no keepe But said Lord if he sleepe then he Both safe and sound will shortly be Then Iesus said to them againe Our friend is dead and I reioyce I was not there Christ then was plaine To strengthen such as he made choice Then Thomas said come let vs go That we with him may dye also The fifteenth day Christ Iesus spent In iourneying along the way He then bewrayed what he meant In Bethanie the sixteenth day For Iesus then in hand did take His sleeping friend againe to wake Christ found he had lyen in the graue Foure dayes already ere he came The women they this comfort haue The Iewes that heard his death by fame Because Ierusalem was nye Came vnto them to Bethanie When Martha heard that Christ was there She went to meete him by the way And said Lord if thou hadst bene here Thy friend had not bene dead this day Yet what thou doest desire or

within are not the lesse Of bribrie full and all excesse Ye fooles made not the very same The inside and the out also Giue almes therefore and leaue for shame To be so tied your toyes vnto Relieue the poore when they do craue And cleane shall be all that ye haue Woe be to you ye Scribes I say And Pharisies so full of guile Ye hypocrites is this the way To cloake your cursed craft so vile Ye keepe the least the law doth will And leaue the great things vnkept still Mint Annise and Cummin tith'd be And waightier matters left alone The law commaundeth these to thee But last of all to thinke vpon For iudgement mercy and faith are The chiefest things should be your care Woe be to you ye Scribes also The highest seats ye all do loue In Synagogues and where ye go And that men in the markets moue With reuerence to greete you there Or giue you place and praise elsewhere Woe be to you for sure ye be Like painted tombes in outward sight Appearing faire to them that see No part within how they are dight For dead mens bones lie there doubtlesse Within them full and filthinesse A Lawyer answer'd him againe Oh maister thou in saying so Rebukest vs likewise as vaine And subiect with them to like woe Christ said to him it cannot be That you of all men should go free For heauie burdens ye do binde And on mens shoulders them do lay Most greeuous to be borne in minde Intollerable eu'ry way But you your selues will not once proue With any finger them to moue Woe be to you that build so braue The Prophets tombes that were before And garnish outwardly each graue Of righteous men now more and more And more then that you verely Thus vtter your iniquitie If we had bene aliue ye say In our forefathers time had we Consented so to be the day That so much bloud then spilt should be No no the Prophets should not so Haue di'de or suffred any wo. So then ye are as witnesses Vnto your selues how that ye be Their children as ye do confesse That murdred them therefore do ye VVhat lacked of their cruelty Performe with all dexterity God said behold I will you send Both Prophets and Apostles sure To see if that you will amend Yet you will not their words endure You will them kill and crucifie And persecute most busily That on you all the bloud may come Which was shed vpon earth I say From righteous Abell Adams sonne To Zacharias bloud which lay Betweene the temple verely And the Altar slaine cruelly Martha and Marie sent Iesus word that their brother Lazarus was sicke Lazarus sure as then did lie Sore sicke and neare his death indeed This man he dwelt in Bethany His sisters both of him tooke heede Martha the first then Marie shee They were belou'd of Christ all three Christs feete annointed Mary sure And wiped with her haire the same The oyle was costlie sweete and pure Her fact Christ did defend from blame These women did for Iesus send And said come helpe thy sickly friend This sicknesse Iesus then did say Is for Gods glory not to death The sonne of God must by this way Who takes and giues men life and breath Assure your selues be glorifi'd Which thing Christ shortly verifi'd Now Iesus loued Martha well Her sister and her brother to Yet he there after this did dwell Two daies ere he to them would go And did as he had done before There heale and teach men more and more The Pharisies question of diuorcement and mariage answered of Christ As Christ departed Galily And to Iudea came againe And as he passed Iordan by While in that coast he did remaine As graciouslie he vs'd to deale Their sicke and lame he there did heale Then came to him the Pharisie Full fraughted both in heart and minde With craft and cloakt hypocrisie Hoping in Christ some fault to finde But still for all their taken toile The Pharisies receiu'd the foile May man his wife Sir put away For euerie cause he can deuise Haue ye not read then Christ did say Or Gods decree do ye despise That they were male and female fram'd When Adam the first man was nam'd Therefore a man shall loue his wife Though he his father should forsake With her he needs must lead his life They both by promise that they make Become one flesh and so remaine Though they in persons still are twaine Let no man put a sunder then All such as God hath coupled so Though Moses haue allow'd some men Their maried wiues for to forgo From the beginning sure I say It was not as it is this day Truly for whoredome she may be Diuorced and so may the man If he commit adultery Nor afterward well mary can For which of both this part doth play Should single liue till death say nay If it be so of man and wife It were not good to mary then Yet some so borne chast lead their life Some are made chast also by men Some chast themselues who can perceiue Let him this doctrine so receiue Iesus among other other things that he taught his Disciples declared vnto them the parable of the rich man that so much delighted and trusted in his riches While Iesus his Disciples taught The Leauen of the Pharisie To shunne with care for it was naught He called it Hypocrisie And will'd them to teach openly What he had taught them priuatly Feare ye not man but God sayd he Before men likewise me confesse And you shall well assured be I will to you like loue expresse Before Gods Angels verily I will confesse you constantly Blasphemous words auoide withall And for your selues take ye no care God will heare you when ye shall call Of him your haires all numbred are When Princes vexe you for my sake In worth do you your troubles take Then sayd one of the company Maister command I do pray thee The liuing now immediatly My brother may deuide with me A Iudge or a deuider who Made me sayd Christ I should do so Wherefore said Christ to them againe Take heed beware of greedinesse Abundance here is all but vaine It worketh man but heauinesse A man for all his riches may Prolong his life no not a day The grounds of a rich man said he Brought him forth fruites most plenteously Therefore he thought what then might be Done in such great prosperity I haue said he no roome to lay My fruits such store I haue to day This thing sayd he sure will I do I will now all my barnes downe pull And greater build and thereunto Gather my fruits till they be full I haue deuised this therefore Because my grounds do yeeld such store I to my soule will also say Soule thou hast much goods layd in store For many yeares liue now I may At more ease then I did before From henceforth soule eate drinke