moe yeares enioy it we haue hadde and at this present haue manye Godly zealous and learned Preachers the Lorde for his Christes sake dayly increase the number of them whiche lay before vs out of the worde God hys greate blessings bestowed vppon vs and oure greate vnthankefulnesse for them And you héere in London out of thys place and others eeuery foote are admonished and put in mynde of youre duties but both we of the Countrey and you of the Citie for the most parte contemne it We are lyke vnto the children of Israell we are wéerie of the Heauenly Manna the worde â—f life the foode of our soules for the â—bteyning whereof whych wée so scorneâ—ully despise manye of oure poore bréeâ—hren in other Countreys hazzarde both â—yfe and goodes What remayneth therfore but that GOD if we doe not â—péedyly repente shewe tokens of hys wrath vppon vs as he did vppon the Iewes And you héere of London haue good experience of that whyche a little before I spake namely that as GOD commonlye more plentifullye blesseth the greater Cities so for theyr contempte they haue more plentifull tast of hys plagues before other places For tâ—ll mée I pray you what contagious sicknesse or daungerous disease is there but for the most parte you haue the firste and the greatest visitation with it And doe you thynke that we of the Countrey scape scotfrée yet for al this what is oure behauioure towardes the worde of eternall lyfe Wyll not a fylthye playe wyth the blast of a Trumpette sooner call thyther a thousande than an houres tolling of a Bell bring to the Sermon a hundred nay euen héere in the Citie without it be at this place and some other certaine ordinarie audience where shall you finde a reasonable company whereas if you reforte to the Theatre the Curtayne and other places of Playes in the Citie you shall on the Lords day haue these places with many other that I can not recken so full as possible they can throng besides a greate number of other lettes to pull from the hearing of the worde of whiche I will speake héereafter And do you thinke that so long as these enormities are suffered the plague and such other like infectious sicknesses which in the .28 of Deuteronomie the Lorde threateneth to sende as scourges for the contempt of his worde shall ceasse and diminishe amongst you nay they be meanes for them to rage more fiercely and to cause God to sende new plagues among them for as we are wittie to committe newe sinnes so the Lord dayly prepareth new punishments to correct vs withall in so muche that he â—isiteth our newe sinnes with such newe and strange diseases as the names are vnknowen vnto vs and neuer hearde of of our forefathers yea our best Phisitions know not which way to turne theyr hands to heale them I can not but commend the laudable policie and diligente endeuour of the righte Honourable my Lorde Maior and the worshipful Aldermen his brethren for the preuenting of infection by commaundyng mens houses to be kept swéete and the streates cleane with other such like wayes But beleue me deare brethren the plague can not be carried away in a dung curte What auaileth it to haue swéete houses and stinking Soules pleasant smelling chaÌ„bers and grieuous sauoring mindes cleane fayre streates and foule and filthy hearts and consciences As I do not dislike these outward clensings so I beséeche you let euery one of vs labor for the inward purging and scouring of our Soules hauing â—he worde let vs frame our liues accorâ—ing to the word let our godly liuing be a â—estimonie of our profitable vnderstanding let vs as we be talkers so likewise be walkers as we be professours practisers as speakers doers as sayers followers and then shal our godly liuing with our right vnderstanding our christiaÌ„ walking with our vertuous talking our sober practising with our honest professing our doyng with our saying oure following with our speaking strike vppe such a pleasant harmonie and ioyfull melodye in the eares of our GOD as hée wyll bryng vppon vs in greate mercye all those blessings whiche in the forenamed 28. of Deutronomie he promiseth to those that heare and also doe all that whiche hée commaundeth whereas otherwise if we shal stil with these Iewes continue contemners of his worde we shall heare with them to our great paine and miserie Beholde yee despisers and wonder and vanishe away For I worke a worke in your dayes a worke whiche yee shall not beleeue if a man would declare it you The Lord I say for our coÌ„tempte will take his worde from vs aâ— he did from the Israelits and bestowe it on suche as will both make more accompte of it and also be more thankefull for it which by this that hath fallen out to the Iewes the LORDE for his Christes sake make vs to be We haue secondlye to learne out of thys reiection of the Iewes being as you haue heard vnited vnto GOD in suche speciall sorte as hee neuer dealte so with anye nation that GOD is not tyed to anye place or person albeit they bragge neuer so muche of antiquitie succession vnitie vniuersalitie or what other glorious or gorgious shewe soeuer they pretende but that when they scornefullye caste hym off he â—ustlye forsaketh them Let vs not thereâ—ore be deluded wyth vayne titles nor â—orne out with greate wordes It is not â—erusalem Alexandria Constantinople â—or Rome that GOD is bounde vnâ—o Let the proude Prelate of the seaâ—en hilled Citie with his purple Carâ—nalles and horned Byshoppes and the whole route of his shorne and greasie rabble come forth and shewe me if they can for their lyues the like causes that these Iewes had to glorie off and yet had they all them and many moe the greater shoulde be their punishmente in abusing them as they haue done Hath not the Pope with his adhereÌ„ts as much boasted of his gaye titles as euer these Iewes did and as proudely disdayned the true professours as euer they did the GeÌ„tiles was it not a receiued opinion within these fewe yeres that out of the church of Rome there was no saluation like as the Iewes thought the GeÌ„tiles to be altogither strangers from the promise Are not these their common out cries the Churche the Churche the Churche our most holy father most reuerende father most godly father most learned Doctors most christian Doctors most light Doctors moste lighthened I woulde saye most Seraphicall Doctours and againste vs Lollardes Heretickes Schismatickes Hugonots Lutherans Zuinglians Caluinistes Sacramentaries and what not haue they not as despightfully and cruellye handled vs as euer the Iewes did the Prophets of the Lorde yea haue they not gone beyonde them in forbiddyng vs the readyng of the bookes of our GOD and for the same burned vs and the worde of oure GOD too The Lorde therefore in great iustice hath reiected them for all their vaine bostings like as he did the Iewes
that I put you in minde to leaue it leaste the Lorde doe plague you It is set downe by the Prophet for one of the causes of the children of Israels being led into captiuity for that they kepte not the Lords Sabboth and what became of him that gathered sticks on that day I doubt not but you will remember we notwithstanding on the Lordes daye muste haue Fayers kept must haue Beare baytyng Bulbayting as if it wer a thing of necessity for the Beares of Paris gardē to be bayted on the Sunnedaye muste haue baudie Enterludes siluer games dicing carding tabling dauncing drinking and what I praye you is the penaltie of the offenders herein forsooth a flap wyth a Foxe tayle as if our Sauiour Christe had commen for his day to set vs at lybertie to doe what we liste And truely a lamentable thing it is to tell but a great deale more lamentable that it is not punished I dare boldelye stande to auouche it that there is no daye in the wéeke wherin God is so much dishonoured as on that daye when he shoulde bée best serued And muste we for these abuses thinke at the Lordes hand to scape vncorrected What shoulde I speake of beastly drunkennesse whiche so far as I can learne hath no punishmente at all What of whordome by the lawe of the moste vprighte lawe-maker that euer was being made a Capitall sinne and whyche the Euangelist Luke in the parable of the séed termeth a thorn shal we thinke that a thorne will be killed wyth spreading a white shéete ouer it when it rather craueth an axe So to think to restrain it is as endlesse and fonde a worke as to go aboute to hewe downe a greate thorne with a bull-rushe the Lord if it be his good pleasure graunte vs a sharper toole to cut both it and other stinckyng wéedes downe with all for I assure you if these vices be thus styll eyther not at all punished or else so slightly punished the Lorde will more sharpely punishe vs eyther in suche sorte as I haue shewed you he did these Iewes or in some other more grieuous as he wanteth not infinite meanes vnknowen vnto vs to punishe the contempte of his word from whēce these vices spring the which I pray God the chastisemente of these Iewes maye cause vs to shunne For the thirde braunche of my firste parte is set down that Cornelius was a Godly or a religious and deuoute man and one that feared God wher commeth to be handled Cornelius his Godlinesse and vertue The worde which is commōly translated a deuoute and a religious man and here attributed to Cornelius doth properly signifie one that doth truely and in suche sorte as he ought to doe worshippeth GOD a righte and a true worshipper of God whereby we learne that Cornelius had nowe forsaken and giuen ouer his olde Heathenish religion in whiche his father and fathers fathers in many generations had long cōtinued worshipping those for Goddes whome it pleased men so to account For the case so stoode concerning religion with the Romaines then as it did with vs in the late dayes of Poperie in which none myghte be taken for a Saincte but suche as the Pope his holynesse had Canonized for a Saint For Tertullian in his booke called an Apologie or defence againste the Gentiles Page 186. and 587. as is printed at Paris by Paruus doth shewe that it was a decrée amōgst the Romanes that none shoulde be made a God by the Emperour vnlesse he were first allowed of the Senate in so much that when Tiberius Cesar hauing hearde of the myracles of Christe woulde by prerogatiue of his Emperourshippe haue made him a God the Senate woulde none of hym bycause they had not allowed him The worlde was then growen to a trimme passe that man must forsooth be good vnto god For vnlesse God pleases man he shall be no God as Tertullian in the same place speaketh By this appeareth howe daungerous it was for Cornelius a publike magistrate to embrace Christ his religion whome the Romayne Senate so scornefully disdayned And what crueltye they vsed towardes the Christians the stories of the age do sufficiently witnesse whiche shewe that the christians were smered ouer with pitch and Rosen aliue and set on fire with torches to light their cruell Persecuters home from their banckquets in the night But it was no doubt the mightie operation of God his holy spirite that had armed him against all encombraunces that might fall vpon him who no doubt had prepared himself against displeasure losse of his office and captaineship and also losse of life too the leaste of whiche mighte otherwise haue discouraged him who amongst the Iewes also coulde sée nothing that might harte him on but rather pull him backe séeing amongst them so manifolde corruptions passing ignoraunce of the law of God a small and slender knowledge whereof was rare to be founde euen in the thousandth man of them in so much that some thinke and that very godlye that it came to passe by the special and singular prouidence of God that Cornelius mette with some zealous and learned Iewe that instructed him in the true knowledge and vnderstanding of the lawe by meanes whereof he so muche profited in religion and feare of the Lorde 1 We learne firste out of this thirde branch in that Cornelius leaueth his old heathenish religion and Idolatrie which his forefathers folowed that we must not be away from the truth neyther with multitude nor prescription of time It is a cōmon argumēnt now adays what are you better than your forefathers did not they go to masse worship Images runne on Pilgrimage fall downe before the holye sacrament of the Alter and to be shorte obserue all order of holy Church Why shoulde you therefore be so singular are you wiser or better learned than they Al these I saye and what soeuer else maye be alleaged to like purpose doeth the example of Cornelius confute who for the maintenaunce of his olde Paganisme might very wel haue recited the examples of his forefathers the long auncient continuaunce of the heathenishe religion by thousandes of yeares more aunciente than it of the Popes in comparison of his being as it were but an infant of a dayes olde Let vs therefore after his example in matters of religion set aside the practise of our forefathers and let our olde auncient customes vaile their bonnet to the worde of the Lorde For so are we directly in hys holy worde commaunded Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do euill And againe walke ye not in the ordinances of your fathers neyther obserue their maners nor defile your selues with their Idols I am the Lorde your God Walke in my statutes kepe my iudgements and do them c. Oh that our Papistes had eyes to sée this and heartes to beleeue it with earnest mindes also to followe it then woulde they not be so blinded with these
vaine shadowes of fathers times and customes but woulde measure the truth of religion by the square of the word which the Lorde if it be hys pleasure graunt them to do 2 Secondly we learne out of this place and by this example of Cornelius in receyuing of true religion not to tarrie vntill the chiefe rulers and Magistrates imbrace it but so soone as God reuealeth it vnto vs presently to take the occasion offered and to followe it otherwise if Cornelius had wayted vpon the Emperours receyuing it he might till this daye haue wallowed in his olde puddle of hethenishe superstition like as in manye cuntries at this time if the people should tarrie the leysure of theyr Princes they muste still remaine in the filth of Popish Idolatrie Those Neutres therefore that if there come an hundreth chaunges are still iumpe of the Princes religion are by this example manifestly confuted Yet hereof doth not followe that if the magistrate commaunde false religion that therefore the subiecte maye with force â—esist but rather offering his body to the pleasure of his Prince for the fréedome â—f his conscience saye with the Apostle Whether it be better to obey God or maÌ„ â—udge you 3 Thirdely in that the holy Ghoste sayth that Cornelius was a religious or deuoute manne is moste apparante that to bée godly and religious apperteyneth not onely to the ministers but also vnto those whome they call secular persons by which also is beaten downe their vaine distinction made betwéene them of the ministerie and the rest of the people the one of them to be termed the Spiritualtie and the other the Temporaltie the one the Cleargie and the other the Laytie whiche difference as it came first from Rome so I woulde to GOD that there it were againe The onlye good it hath done is this namely it hath made a greate manye and that of those principallye whyche are of greatest callings to thinke that it belongeth onlye to those of the ministerie to bée godlye to bée zealous to feare GOD to bée religious as for themselues they néede take no care nor kéepe of anye suche matter but rather wyth gréedynesse followe euerye one that whyche bestâ— liketh his corrupte affection But thyâ— example of Cornelius sayde to be a deuoute and religious man sufficientlye confuteth all those whiche so thinke and withall learneth euerye perticular person that hée muste bée carefull to serue GOD to feare him to worship him to pray vnto him and that religiously deuâ—â—tly and that it is not only the part of euery priuate man so to do but also concerneth as well the Magistrate for Cornelius was a Magistrate therfore hereby is also ouerthrowen the most wicked assertion of the vnpure Atheiste Machiauel who shameth not in most vngodly manner to teach that princes néed make no accounte of godlynesse and true religion but onely to make an outwarde shewe of it for that sayth he is ynough albeit in minde they abhorre it And that which is most horrible he affirmeth further that the religioÌ„ of christians casteth them down into too much humilitie abateth al courage and towardnesse and maketh theÌ„ fit to be wronged spoiled wheras the religion of the Gentiles maketh them â—o be of stout courage emboldneth them manly to atchiue great matters yet wyl he forsooth that Princes pretende religion the better to kepe their subiectes within the compasse of their dueties with the feare and reuerence thereof This poyson and a greate deale more suche filth blusheth not this malaperte and pelting Town-cleark of Florence to spew out teaching Princes not to make accountes of religion or godlynesse and yet must this vile beaste in many courtes of other nations be the only Court booke nay the Alcoram and God of Courtiers whose diuellish precepts they put in dayly vre learning to be godlesse The Lord graunte he take no place among oure courtiers and that they rather set before theÌ„ the examples of this our Cornelius of Dauid of Iosias of Ezechias suche like who were all magistrates and godly and religious magistrats and in the scripture highly commended for the same whose factes and déedes vnto godlinesse I humbly exhorte our nobilitie and gentlemen rather to followe than the decrées of thys deceyuer and the furies of this Excetra and venemous serpent vnto Atheisme and vngodlynesse Fourthly Cornelius being a publike Magistrate and openlye professing religion not waying the daunger that thereby might insue vnto him as the displeasure of the Emperoure the losse of his lyuing of hys gooddes and of hys life teacheth all men and amongst the reste noble men boldlye to professe and also expresse religion and godlynesse and not to stande aloofe for feare of displeasure and losse of their honour their roomes and theyr offices as a greate manye nowadayes doe where there is in déede no feare hauing so Godlye a Prince vnto whome nothing can bée more ioyfull than to heare that hyr nobilitye and commons are moste religious and Godly A greate manye in this cleare light of the Gospell in which euerye man vnder his owne vine and vnder hys owne figge trée as the Prophete speaketh maye boldely sitte and reason of the wordes and wayes of hys GOD are notwythstandyng so luke warme or rather in déede key cold that one can not tell what to make of theÌ„ They are very like the thing called SpoÌ„gia the whiche a man can hardely tell whether it haue any life at al sauing that when it is touched it draweth it selfe more closelye togyther and cleaueth a great deale faster to the thing it hangeth on so they all these twentie yeares in whiche the word hath béen preached are notwithstanding so close to themselues that you can not by anye meanes knowe their religion or what they professe nay if such as by their calling it lyeth vpon to trye them and therfore doubting of them wil go about to féele them to sée whether there be in them any life of the word and any knowlege of God méete for a christian then will they indéede play the righte Spongiaes cleane more hardly to theyr rocke of close professioÌ„ shrinking in their selues and wil not stick to say vnto you my religion Sir nay you must pardoÌ„ me therin I kepe that secrete froÌ„ my dearest friend none shal know my conscience but God my self But truely it were greatly to be wished that the Quéenes Maiestie would take order that these Spongiaes of what degrée soeuer they be may be pulled vp froÌ„ this stone of secrete and priuie profession and the rather for that it can not be chosen but that they which deale so closely towards God in this peace of the Gospel must néeds be as hollowe harted towards hir maiesty what soeuer they pretende to the contrarie But these are the warye children they wil beare theÌ„selues warily and wisely as they thinke for feare of a chaunge but the Lorde I trust in blessing hir maiestie with long continuance of reygne
of all without exception neglected to the high displeasure of almightie God who hathe straightly and expresly commaunded it and also to the great shame of vs that haue so fowlie foreslewed it But bycause this maye séeme vnto some a straunge doctrine and I peraduenture be iudged verye precise that woulde laye such a heauie burthen vpon mens necks I will therefore directly proue vnto you out of the worde of GOD that it belongeth generallye vnto all persons of what degrée and calling soeuer to instructe their children and familie in the worde of the LORDE insomuche that not the greatest Emperoure nor Monarche of the worlde can omit this duetie wythoute highe contempte vnto GOD in neglecte of that whiche hée hath so plainely and earnestly commanded nay I say further that euerye housholder whatsoeuer is not onely bound himself to be godly and to traine vp his housholde in godlinesse but also to turne out of his house seruice all suche as are vngodly and tell scorne to learne And I will not onely saye this but directlye proue it by the Scripture and I will doe it as drawen therevnto by manifeste occasion of my Texte whiche sayth that Cornelius wyth all hys housholde feared god For I haue hitherto noted nothing neither hereafter meane to doe but that the godly maye easily sée that the circumstances of my Text led me euidently therevnto the whiche I speake bycause of scoffing quarellers who if the Preacher in greate zeale speake any thing to the rebuking of some notorious synne althoughe it be neuer so godly spoken yet if it be not bounded within the limites of hys Texte they by and by flowte at it and saye it was done for wante of matter albeit in déede it make no matter what suche scoffers prate and babble In the fourth of Deuteronomie it is written thus But take heede to thy self and keepe thy soule diligently that thou forget not the thinges whiche thine eies haue seene that they departe not out of thine hearte all the dayes of thy life but teach them thy sonnes and thy sons sonnes Likewise in the sixte chapiter of the same booke And thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children and shalte talke of them when thou tarriest in thine house and as thou walkest by the way and when thou liest downe and when thou risest vp This is againe repeated in the eleauenth chapiter and a blessing added to those that performe it in these wordes That youre daies may be multiplyed and the dayes of youre children in the lande whiche the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to giue them as long as the Heauens are aboue the Earth The like you haue in the Psalme where you find it thus writtē That the posteritie might know it the childrē which shoulde be borne shoulde stande vp and declare it to their children that they might set their hope on God and not forget the workes of God but kepe his commaundements To the Ephesians parentes are commaunded to bring vppe their children in instruction and information of the Lord. In Deuteronomie the king himselfe is charged diligently to be exercised in the reading of the worde of the Lorde as well for the instruction of himselfe as also the better gouernement of his subiects in the feare of the Lorde This thing didde the good King Iosias obserue reading his owne selfe the lawe of the Lorde vnto his subiectes and caused all to make a couenaunt that they would walke according to that whiche they vnderstood the Lord to require at their hande Iosua the valiaunte and vertuous Capitaine of the LORDE didde dayly reade the word of the Lorde and out of it verye godlye exhorte all the people to feare and serue the Lord. The Quéene of Sheba greatlye commendeth King Salomon for his godly order in his house familie Dauid whom the scriptures reporte to haue bin a King according to God his owne hearte was not onely godly himselfe but also carefull to haue all his subiectes and principallye those of his owne house vnfainedly to feare the Lorde as appeareth in the Psalme 101. where he sayeth That he will destroy suche as priuily slaunder their neighbour that he will not suffer those that haue proude lookes and highe hartes that those whyche are the faithfull of the lande shall dwell with hym and those that walke in the perfect way shall serue him that no deceitful person shall dwell wyth hym nor anye that telleth lyes remaine in his sighte that he will betymes cutte off all the wicked of the lande and to be shorte concerning the gouernement of his house that hée will walke in the vprightnesse of hys harte in the middest of his house whereby as the wordes following doe declare he meaneth to vse exquisite diligence in trayning vppe his housholde in the seruice of the lord Helie the Priest of the Lorde for letting his children runne at libertie is himselfe charged to haue committed those sinnes whiche in his sonnes he lette passe vnpunished besides that God fearefully punished both him and his sonnes for neglecting hys dutie in this behalfe for he himselfe fell and brake his neck his two sonnes were slaine in battell both in one daye the Arke of the Lord takē by the Philistins and .3000 people slaine his sonnes wife vppon the newes sodainelye broughte to bedde before hir time and dieth in trauaile whiche heauie iudgementes maye learne al men worthily to tremble at the forslewing their duetie in instructing their families Abraham is greatly praised for his carefulnesse in teaching his children houshold to walk in the waies of the Lord For thus it is writtē of him For I know him that he wil cōmand his sons his houshold after that they kepe the way of the Lord to do righteousnes and iudgement that the Lord may bring vppon Abraham that he hathe spoken vnto him All these bothe commaundementes and examples do I trust sufficiently proue that it is the part of al men of what calling soeuer to vse singular diligence and trauaile to haue their familie and suche as belong to their charge to feare the Lorde As for that I sayde they muste also kéepe none suche in their house as are stubborne and tell scorne to serue the Lorde the example of Dauid out of the .101 psalme who will suffer no wicked person to dwell wyth hym nor serue him and therefore none that feareth not the Lord doth sufficiently proue it But thou wilte saye Dauid was a King and I saye vnto thée so arte thou both a King and Bishoppe to ouer thy house and familie a King by gouernement to kéepe in awe and a Byshoppe by instruction to teach mayst so muche the easier and with lesse daunger teach and correct thine owne familie as it is easier and lesse dangerous to deale with a priuate familie thā with a whole realme therfore the greater punishmnt shalte thou haue if herein thou omit thy dutie If then the instructing
describing the qualities of souldiers wyl haue them not only to be frée froÌ„ al wickednesse but also from al manner of outward pollutions And therfore I do many times maruel how the practise of our times in seÌ„ding forth into the wars théeues and murtherers can be warranted by the word For sure I am that the Israelites could not prosper at the siege of Ai vntill Achan the théefe was found out executed And the lord in Numbers saith that no recompence is to be taken for the life of the murtherer nay that the land can not be clensed of bloud but with the bloude of him that shed it Let murtherers therfore if they be proper haÌ„dsome felows be properly and handsomely hanged and honest meÌ„ be sent to war in their steads And al you that be noble men and gentlemeÌ„ for Gods sake I pray you learn this one point of Cornelius let not any waite nor attende vpon you but suche as feare the Lord and then shal you not néed in the countrey such a train to followe you with long poles in their neckes nor in the Citie to wait vpoÌ„ you with loÌ„g blades by their sides with flashing and cutting ruffiaÌ„ly quarelling for neuer so little a worde speaking imitating the spéeche of the Diuell vnto our sauiour Christ If thou be a maÌ„ of thy haÌ„ds come mete me in Smithfield Here I brokenly make an end without any repetition hauing as I coulde not as I would run ouer euery part of thys text vsing only for proues the warrant of the Scripture bycause the testimonie of maÌ„ may be refused but it neuer goeth forth but vnto saluation or condemnatioÌ„ If I haue bin somewhat long I pray forgiue me this faulte and pardon me this iniurie I haue done it onely for your further edifying and for my farewell doe in Christ Iesus huÌ„bly pray you al thorowly to consider of that whiche I haue spoken being all togither within the compasse of the world that you put it in spéedy practise and execution especially the diligent trauayle to instruct your children families in the word of the lord For the Diuell that now will goe about in withholding you from this duetie to tell you that it is not yours but the ministers office wil at your liues end to condemne you for forslewing your duetie lay vnto your charge that God hath coÌ„maunded you to teach diligently his word to your children families The Diuel that now to excuse you wil alleage that it wil hynder your seruants worke wil at your dying day to accuse you plead that Martha in being busye aboute the affaires of the house was not so wel occupyed as Marie in hearing of Christ The diuel that now sayeth vnto you that for thus doing you shall be mocked and scorned will at your last breath and gaspes for not doing it rehearse vnto you it is better to please God than men and they that please meÌ„ are not the seruantes of God. Wherefore my brethren concerning this that either I or anye other of Gods ministers shal in his word speake vnto you out of this place let not the saying of the lord by the prophet Ezechiel be verified in you wher he writeth thus Also thou sonne of maÌ„ the children of thy people that talke of thee by the walles and in the dores of houses and speake one to another euery one to his brother saying come I praye you and heare what is the worde that commeth from the lord For they come vnto thee as the people vseth to come and my people sit before thee and heare thy wordes but they will not doe them For with their mouthes they make iests and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse And lo thou art vnto them as a iesting song of one that hath a pleasant voyce and can sing well For they heare thy wordes but do them not And when this coÌ„meth to passe for lo it will come then shal they know that a prophet hath bene among them The Lorde therefore make vs to be wise harted that wyth Cornelius we may be readie with all diligence to doe what soeuer the Lorde out of his holye worde shall commaunde vs for Christe his sake to whiche Chryste with the father and the holy Ghost be all prayse honour glorie and Dominion both nowe and for euer Amen 1. Cor. 4.3 â—e shall speake â—rdes whereby â—ou shalt be saâ—d and al thine â—iâ—e Cornelius The callyng of the Gentiles Zach. 9.10 Mich. 1.2.3.4.5 Psal. 72.11.17 Psal. 2.8 Esal 19.18 Esai 42.11.12 The callyng of the Gentiles signifyed by diuers examples in the scripture Naaman Ionas Iob. Christe Thamar Ruth The wise meÌ„ The seruant of the CeÌ„turioÌ„ The sonne of the Courtier The womaâ— of Canaan The womaâ— of Samariâ—â— The calling of the Chamberlayne anâ— of Corneliuâ— Of the casting off of the I â—â— 49.6 Rom. 10.29.20.21 â—zech â—4 6.7.9 Ierem. 9.25 Deut. 7.6 Isaias 25.1 Ierem. 7.4 â—ct 11.2.3 c. The application of the doctrine of the calling of the GeÌ„tiles and casting off of the Iewes Ingratitudâ— and disobedience to Goâ— and his worâ— God alwaieâ— seuerely pâ—nisheth The synnes of the Ieweâ— Let vs learâ— the punishinâ— of the Ieweâ— to auoyde tâ—â— like sinnes â—t vs learne 〈◊〉 the puâ—â—shment of â—e Iewes 〈◊〉 auoâ—de the â—e sinnes â—he more â—enry we â—ue of God â—s blessings â—e greater â—ll be our â—nishment 〈◊〉 abusing â—em God vsually doth greatliest blesse thâ— greater citiâ— with the Preaching his word aâ— greatiyest plague theâ—â—for the contempt of the same England â—eaty of the word preached More resorte to playes thaÌ„ to Sermons The plague will not be carried out in a Dung-Courte God is tyed to no place nor person In the calling of the Gentiles is a notable token of God his gret loue The manner of God hys calling of the GeÌ„tiles teacheth that we are iustified only by fayth The seconde â—raunche of the fyrst part The practise of the Romanes Cesarea The manner of the Romane souldiers a lesson for Englande Why God muste needes â—unishe Engâ—ande Swearing â—reach of the â—abboth DrunkeÌ„neâ— Whordomâ— â—he third â—nch of the â—t generall â—nte The Lessons of this thirde braunch Exod. 23.2 Machiauell Excetra wâ— a kinde of â—nemous Sâ—â—pent from whom wherone head wâ— cut off three sprang vp in his stead as they do write of him â—erentius a â—bâ—e Capiâ—â—yne The fourth braunch in the fyrst general Lette this whole treatise of childrens education and houshold gouerâ—ment be wel marked Deut. 4.9 Deut. 6.7 Psal. 78.6.7 Ephes 6.4 Deut. 17.19 2. King. 23.2.3 1. king â—â— Gen. 18.19 The neceâ—ty of instructing those vnder ourâ— charge in 〈◊〉 feare of thâ— Lorde Abraham Cornelius â—uid Howe God punisheth thâ— forslewing oâ— this duetie Psal. â—8 â— Al householders ought tâ— be wel seene in the Scriptures Correction to be vsed as wel as instruction God hath layd vpon most men 〈◊〉 persons A request to the L. Mayor and hys brethren That it is the part of al Scholemaisters to teach their schollers out of the word of the Lord. Popish Scholemaisters A request to the high commissioners for the fiftin of Popishe Schoolemasters The fifth braunche of the firste paâ— â—t is not yâ—ogh to haue â—e bare and â—aked name 〈◊〉 Faith but his faith â—uste also be â—uitefull in â—ood works The place oâ— Iames expounded brieflye The Papists to vs wrong 〈◊〉 gyuyng me that wee are enimies vnto good workes The differeÌ„ce betweene the â—aâ—istes and vs in the doctrine of good workes 〈◊〉 rule to â—nowe wheâ—her that whiâ—he we giue â—e almes or â—o 1. Cor. 13.3 â—al 58.7 â—hat the â—â—er giuings the Paâ—stes is no â—â—lmes An exhortation to the ricâ— to be liberal to the poore Againste deferring to dâ— good The continuall exercise of praying in Cornelius The example of Cornelius ought to moue vs to diligence in prayer Where there â—s true loue â—here is often praying To whom we oâ—ght to pray That we ought to pray to none but only vnto God. â—eut 6.13 Esay 43.11 Psalm 50.15 Act. 14.15 â—ca 19.10 The deadâ— Saints 〈◊〉 vs not How far the Captaines of â—ur times for the most part are from the vertues of Cornelius â—arde to find Cornelius aâ—ong the comâ—on people â— notable praâ—tise of the diâ—ell to pull â—rom hearing â—f the worde â—n the Lords â—aye Againste Playes and Enterludes on the Lords dafe P. Sempronius Sophus Ierem 5 4.â— â—ot manye â—eate men Cornelians â—udges and â—awyers Lawiers seruantes Ministers Rom. 15.4 Lessons out of the first braunch of the second generall The godly â—omen The two Disciples The Chamâ—erlayne â—aule â—imeon â—pollos Cornelius Baudie bookes God hath vâ—ed sundry meanes in â—imes past to â—eueale hys will vnto â—en A singular comforte Psalm â—1 11 God many times applyeth hymselfe to the capacities of men The seconde â—raunch of the â—econd geâ—erall Holy men haue always feared at the appearaunce of God his angels Iudg. 6.22 Iudg. 13.22 Dan. 10. Mat. 17.6 Marke 16.8 The coÌ„ming of Christ to iudgemente wil be most terrible to the reprobate We ought tâ— feare at the speaking of the Lord vnto vâ— out of his worde The answere of Cornelius to the Angel. The Papists a long time in steade of the holy Ghost prayed vnto the Diuel The thirde braunche of the seconde generall â—he doâ—â—es â—zech 11.19 â—â— 26 Againste the Papists abusing this place 1. Cor. 2.14 â—harge vnâ— Cornelius â—tructing â—n what to â—e The doctrines Tit. 1.9 A commendation of the fayth of Cornelius What fruite Cornelius reaped by the vertuous bringing vp of his householde Religiousnes in souldiers Deut. 23.9 A good lesson for noble men and gentlemen