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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72181	[A commentarye vpon the prophet Malaky. M.D.LIII]	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.	1553 (1553)	STC 11885.5; ESTC S125398	35,692	100

whiche thinges semeth not to be nedefull say they seing the elect shal be saued and the reprobate condempned by decree and sentence geuen vppon them before they be borne To this we do answer that these exhortacions and comninations are very necessarye to bothe twain because God leadeth vs men alwayes lyke reasonable creatures not lyke in sensible stockes or stones And to the electe they are mooste necessarye Pryckes and spurres to styrre the dull flesh toward his deuty as all good men fealeth and can beare wytnesse To the reprobate they are testymonies of the good wyl of the almighty God to them opened and vttered but openly resisted refused and reiected accordinge to the saying of our sauioure Christ If I had not come and spoken to them they had had no sinne but now they haue no pretense or excuse for their sinne Peraduenture you wyl aunswer me they can not obey vnto it What is the cause thereof I pray you because they lacke the spirite of Christe to leade them you wyll saye I dare easely grant you but wyl they graunt thys wyl they thinke you submytte theym selfe vnder poore Christe and the folyshenes of the crosse and not rather boaste and bragge their wisdom theyr knowledge and theyr vp ryght dealyng and rightousnes Ar not these the men that dare thus boste We knowe aswell as the Preacher can tell vs. Is the sprite of God departed from vs to speake wyth hym as was said to Micha .ii. of the kynges .xxii. chap. Or as the Phariseis dyd aunsweare vnto Christe are we blinde to whome our sauioure saythe agayne If you wer blind you had no sinne but now you say you see therefore your synne remayneth Io. ix Thus doubtles they are so farre from the submission and subieccyon to poore Christ that contrarye wyse they dooe willinglye and naturallye followe theyr father Lucifer Who dyd lyft him self arrogantly aboue Christ the sonne of ryghteousnesse and euermore fyghteth agaynste Christe though the mightye power and hyghe wysdome of God turneth hys euell wyll and al theyres to hys glory and good purposes None other wayes then bodilye and naturall darknes whiche by the wonderful wysdome of God clearelye setteth forthe the bright sonne shine and yet laboreth by continual course to shadow the sōne to couer the whole earthe Wherfore the Lord God to dryue a waye this natural darcknes from manne exhorteth to iustice equitye which is his nature and the image which man ought to coūterfait And alwaies cōmaundeth thinges therunto agreable And forbiddeth that he is not that is to sai iniquiti and behorteth there from by his Prophetes and preachers publishing his wil pleasure which is the light and law most perfit to man his noble creature whome he hathe made for his honoure and glorye whome he hath appoynted to beare hys Image vpon earth of iustice rightousnes and innocency But because this image colde by no creature parfytlye be expressed onles the same were fully replenished with the selfe same godhead because that all things besydes forth had some inperfection bewraying their originall the darcknes as Iohn calleth it the Tohu and Bohu as Moises dothe it name The vayne vanitie and wylde deformite whence they were by creacyon altered recouered and brought into lyght and lyfe as apeared in Adam falling from truthe to lyes streyght at the beginning now of necessity the sōne of God who only is good of nature becōmeth mā and taketh this office to beare the image of god inuisible Col. i. And to be the head of that spiritual perfection which was to be wrought in mankynd by his a fore appointed purpose and becometh the first begotē of al creatures for bi him wer al things created both in heauen and earth visible and inuisible maiestye Lordship rule and powre by whom and in whom al things are created and he is before all creatures and in him al thinges haue their being And he is the head of the bodye he is the beginning and first begotten of the dead that in al things he might haue preeminence For it pleased the father that in him shuld dwel al fulnes and by him to reconcyle al things to him self And to set at peace by him through the bloud of his cros both things in heauen and thynges in earth for euē you sayth Paule which in times past were straungers because your mindes were set in euel works hath he now recōsiled in the bodi of his flesh through deathe to make you holy and vnblameles without faulte in his sight Seing then that thys cannot be denyed to bee the course of god hys holy woorking to dryue awaye thys darknesse to bryng mā to hys light to take away synne to brynge man to a lyfe blameles the state of innocēcy his own liknes shal it not be most nessessarye to haue preachers teachers to tel vs this same and admonyshe vs wherunto we be called seynge of our selues and our owne reasons no suche thyng can be perceiued Therfore haue we preachinges and exhortacions as Paule sayeth for when the worlde through wisdome knew not God in the the wysedome of God it pleased God through the foolyshnes of preachynge to saue them that beleue .i. Corin. i. And as he also sayth of hym selfe in another place We doe preache thys rytches in Christ the hope of your glory warnyng al men teachyng al men in al wisdom to make al men parfyt in Christ Iesu Thus serueth then exhortacions dehortacions cōminations and publicacions of the lawes and wyl of our Lorde God that he may be knowen the Lord and gouernour ouer all the thynges he hath created and the only law maker amonges hys creatures publyshyng vnto al that parfyt equitie iustice whiche ought in no case to be resisted Wherevnto yf they cannot attayne they must confesse and knowledge theyr owne infyrmytye and weakenesse and submyt theym selues vnder the myghtye hande of God and so doynge they shall be receyued as chyldren of the most louynge and most mercyfull Father in such degrees of parfection as he hath appointed to the beawtefying of the bodye of hys sonne our heade So that the Lorde God dothe teache all and lyghten all men that come into the world both chosen and reprobate wyth such a knowledge as doth the good Prynce whyche vnto all hys subiectes proclaymeth hys statutes and publysheth his lawes but lyke a good tender father he leadeth hys chyldren regenerate and borne a newe neyther of fleshe nor bloude nor the wyl of man and guydeth them with hys fatherly spirite in the pathes of the same lawes wrytynge in theyr hartes what is hys good wyll and pleasure In the whych course of God hys wōderfull woorke the wycked hathe no cause to complayne for as theyr father whom they do follow is named the prince of thys worlde so they haue the worlde at wyll and are rytche roysters and wealthye worldelynges tramplynge vnder theyr feete poore Abell and the despysed Christians neyther wyll

¶ To the faythfull brethren whych by worde and woorke are prompt and ready to declare them selues vnfayned folowers of the truth reuealed Anthonye Gylbye wysheth peace and strength from the Lorde I Did write of late a rude Comentarye vppon the godlye Prophet Micha dearely beloued wherwyth many worldlings as I am enfourmed are very mutche greued sore offended because that Prophet dothe freate and chayffe the old sores of their cankered cōsciences and holow harts Especyally certeyne Charmers Enchaūters whych would be named wisemen and Astronomers haue so farre vttered theyr malice and spyt foorth theyr poyson that they are not content to rayle agaynste me whych were a right smal matter in mine owne cause and busines but they dare lyfte vp theymselues blinde bussardes not able to see theyr owne snares against God his sacrate maiesty agaynst hys gloryous truthe reuealed to hys sayntes against hys holy spirite foreseing al thynges gouernyng all thynges yea reuealyng all thynges longe before they doe come to passe alwayes to some of hys chosen bothe the saluacion of the good and the perdicion and destruccion of the wycked reprobate the Charmers Chyldren as Esay calleth them Emōges thys nomber euen of the learned sort such as the Diuel hath styrred by the name of Gospellers and the vayne tytle of learning to shame the Gospell and good learnynge for there is no good learnyng against thy Lord god be thou sure suche I say as haue the shewe of knowledge and relygion but fele not the power therof hath bene so shame lesse that they durst compare the false heade of deuylyshe lyes to the infallible truth of god hys holy prophetes the writyngs of theyr wiserds to the holy scriptures of the euerlyuyng and euer seynge God Comparynge vyle chaffe vnto pure wheate as Hieremi speaketh Hiere xxiii Theyr marlynes theyr nolhardes theyr walsh Dauids and Daruel Gadders whome they wyth lyke foreheades dare pronounce to be bygotten borne brought foorth instructed and taughte by the wycked spirit the dyuel in playn englyshe dare they conferre and prefer to the chyldren of God begotten and borne a newe neyther of fleshe nor bloude nor any carnall or internall operation But by a celestial heauenly diuyne byrth regenerate and newe begottē by the good spirite of God Whome we must needes confesse moste able to search and teache not only the secretes of mans harte but the depth of God his great iudgementes Of these beware deare brethren the dayes are euyl And no maruaile though the wicked deuil do roare rage and raill now especially in this time when his artes maskes and subtile deuyses begynne by God hys holye woord to be vttered discouered defaced For he alway striueth for hys kingdom of darknes against the chyldren of lyght the true prophetes of God euer synce the begynnynge and hath euermore in his members chalenged a knowledge wysdome aboue the wysdome of God as appeared in the Sorcerers of Egipte resystynge Moses in zedechia and such lyke chyldren of the deuyll resystynge Michea and the true prophetes especially when thys olde serpēt in hys owne parson tēpted our master Christ caryeng him frō place to place byddyng hym fal downe and worshyp and he would gyue hym al the kingdōs of the worlde and al theyr glorye How be it the deuil in al these doth bestirre him in vayne and fayleth of hys purpose Yea our Lorde and myghty God dothe alwayes at hys appointed tyme and good pleasure stoppe and stay this raging deuil and causeth hys artes to faile his craftes to be vncouered the wysdome of hys wyserdes to appeare foolyshenesse and maketh hys oracles false hys aunsweres he vttereth to be most vayne and deceyuable as we reade in the fall of Cresus and other heathen Idolaters demēted with lyke madnes And to our singuler comfort whych be Christians in the byrth of our sauiour Christe he compelled al the idoles whych afore time by the deuils subtiltie dyd delude symple people to be dombe and vnable to giue any answer to their worshyppers and at the sendyng forthe of Christes Apostles al the Charmers Sorcerers and Enchaūters were made dombe and speechlesse So strongly dyd our lord by thys hys myghty captayn bynde in chaynes and keepe captyue this armed Giant and spoill hys house and temple Now therfore howsoeuer the deuyll or the wycked world shall take it after the burthen of the prophet Micha I do brynge another burthen greeuous and heauye agaynst al wytches Charmers and Enchaunters and against al wedlock breakers fornicators and adulterers against al periured vaine swearers agaynst all extorcioners oppressours and brybers finallye agaynst al that feare not the Lord all and synguler wycked worldelynges I do brynge a burthen I say from whēce neyther learned nor vnlearned neyther priest nor people shall plucke foorthe theyr neckes The burthē I do meane of the waighty word of the great God brought down vnto men by no blynde nolhardes or wycked Marlines but by the angel of god by the messenger of the hye king and Lorde of the whole earthe whych vttereth the terryble tyme of Iustice vengeaunce agaynst all the proude people and wycked doers How be it vnto you deare brethren that do feare the Lord I do brynge thys glad tydynges that the sunne of ryghteousnesse vnto you shal aryse and saluaciō shal be vnder hys beames Walk in hys lyght therfore whyles you haue lyghte for for youre sakes these euil daies shal be shortened And though the proude do rage and raill against my former treatise because my rude simplicitie voyde of eloquence my playne kynd of wrytyng tastyng of my plough gadde lame in learnyng long banyshed from the scholes farre from the Logician subtyltye Rethorycall assentacion or courtelye flatterye hath skraped tendre and daynetye eares wyth sharpe bytynge treuthe and caused them to kycke yet because the poore symple soules whych cannot attayne to the hyghe wrytynges of learned clarckes hath confessed theym selues some thynge to haue learned thereby bothe to fear God his sacrate maiesty and to walke more warely in their vocations and callynges It hathe encouraged me agayne to offer my selfe a laughynge stocke to the wycked worldelynges a spittynge stocke to the spytefull Papystes and to a rable of suche as shal be pynched wyth the wayghtye burthen and heauye yoke of God hys greate vengeaunce The whyche moste woorthelye shal be layed vppon theyr neckes in the declaratyon of thys Prophecye Wherefore I beseeche thee O heauenlye Father the father of Spyrytes so to lyghten my hart with thy holye spirit that I maye haue the true vnderstandynge of the secrete mysteryes of the spirit hydde in thys Prophet Graunte also suche larges of thy spirite that I maye to the profite of my poore brethren dyspose thys thy heauenlye treasure and boldly and constātly set forthe thy truthe to the glory of thy most holy name So be it The words of the mighty God by his holy Prophet THe burthen of the woorde of God by the hād