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A17338
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A sermon preached at Pauls crosse on Trinity sunday, 1571. By E.B.
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Bush, Edward.; Bunny, Edmund, 1540-1619.
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STC 4183; ESTC S107148
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not those whom we call Morians â—â—tural fooles but the wicked and vngodly â—â—ho how subtil and crafty soeuer they séeme â—â—to man yet vnto God be very fooles And â—â—erfore whom the prophet in the first part â—f the verse calleth fooles in the other part â—e calleth wicked I sayd vnto the wicked â—â—t not vp your horne on hye So likewise 〈◊〉 another place The foolish shal not stande â—efore thy eyes thou hatest all those that â—orke iniquity Whom in the first part the Prophet calleth fooles in the second he calâ—eth workers of iniquity Such fooles be those of whom Dauid speaketh Dixit in saâ—iens in corde suo non est deus The foole hath sayd in his hart their is no god Those that professe in their words to know God and in their workes deny him being abhominable disobedient and vnto euery good worke reprobate are such fooles God saith by the prophet Hieremy â—tultus est populus mens me non cognouit c. My people is foolish they haue not knowen me they are foolish children and haue no vnderstanding they are wise to do euill but to do wel they haue no knowledge Those that haue wit to worke mischefe and none to do that which is righteous are such fooles They that haue not the true knowledge of God by his worde are al together foolish The beginning of wisdome is the feare of God without the feare of God there is no true wisdome Reâ—ecerunt verbuÌ„ deum c They haue reiected the word of the Lord and what wisdome remaineth in them That which is not grounded vpon the word of God is mere foolishnes And here I would admonish all men and especially rulers and magistrates to beware of carnall councels worldly policies which be not builded vpon God and his worde They which although they seme plausible to the flesh because they vs the fruites of the flesh and procéede from mans braine yet are they not acceptable â—ut rather detestable before god And in his iustice doth often confound them and turne vpon them vpon the heades of those that were the Autors of them He catcheth the wise in their own craftines Iosephes Breâ—heren hearing that he had dreamed that his â—ather and they shuld yeld reuerence to him they tooke crafty councell together to disappoint this matter and solde him into Egipt But thys which they thought shoulde haue â—ene a meane to haue auoided this their subâ—ection to Ioseph God made it a meane to bring the same to passe Ieroboam after â—hat the ten tribes were fallen from Roboâ—â—m had made him their kinge he thought with himselfe that if the people did go vp â—till to do sacrifice in the house of Hierusalem then their harts would turne againe to Roboam and so forsake him he tooke a subtil and politike counsel to make .ij. Calues and placed them in Dan and Bethel sayd these are thy Gods O Israel which brought thee out of the lande of Egipt and they lyke Calues went vp worshipped these calues This counsell redounded to the destruction of â—eroboam and his posterity and at the last of the whole realme and estate The Iewes thinking that if he shold suffer Christ our sauiour to procéede as he had began the Romaines wold come and take away their place and nation they thought it good counsel they procured gods anger and indignation against them who for the same brought the Romaines vpon them which miserably destroyed theÌ„ This we see the saying of the poet true Euell counsell is worst to him that giueth it Let all men therefore learne to direct their counsels to the glory of God and to build them vpon Gods worde and then though the raine fal the sloudes come downe and the wynnds blow yet they shal stand because they be built vpon the rock but if they build them vpon the vncertaine and vâ—suce sandes of their own braines a little blast of wind wyl easely ouerthrow them for ther is no wisdom vnderstanding nor counsale against the lord Submit therfore your wisdom to the wisedome of God Euen man saith the Prophet is a least of hys own knowledge the which may moue vs not to trust to much to our own wisdom and counsaile but rather to take counsaâ—â—e at the mouth of Goâ— to say with Dauid thy testimonies are my delight and my couÌ„sailers these counsellers will neither lye â—atter nor dissemble God graunt that wee may be counsailed by them Christ our sauiâ—ur said to the rich man that went about to â—nlarge his barnes and sayde to his soule â—oule thou hast much goods laid vp in store â—r many yeares take thine ease eate drink â—nd take thy pastime Thou foole this night â—al thy soule be taken from thee Those â—â—at be careful for this scaile and vncertaine â—fe and careles for the life eternal are very â—ples It is true wisdome first to séeke the â—ngdome of God and all other things shal 〈◊〉 giuen vnto vs The virgines which had â—â—t oyle in their lampes aâ— the coÌ„ming of the â—â—dgrom but wold seke for some of others â—â—e called foolish virgines and were shut out This oyle I take to be the righteousnes and â—eedes of others Iustus ex fide sua viuet the â—ighteous shall liue by his owne faith We â—ust all stand before the tâ—â—â—unall seat of Christ to receyue euery man according to â—hat he hath done in his own body whether â—f be good or euill Salomon saith stulti deâ—ident peccatum the foolish laugh at synne Those therefore that laugh at synne when â—hey be admonished or reproued are fooles and if God do not giue them repentaunce they shal be ther where ther is no laughing but weeping and gnasshing of téeth And he that sitteth in the heauens shall laugh them to scorne the Lord shall haue them in derision The Prophet saith they altogether dote and are become foolish for the flocke is the doctrine of vanity All Papistes which not only worship images but also make theÌ„ doctors and teachers of the lay people are coÌ„uinced by this place to dote and to be foolish the prophet Abacuc saith they be teachers of lyes A foolish thing it is for a man endewed with wit reason and the senses to fal down before a dum stock or block which hath no reason nor vnderstanding which hath eyes and seeeth not eares and heareth not nose smelleth not c But these fooles with their folly I will let go only I exhort theÌ„ not to do so foolishly but rather to seeke for true wisdome which is ioyned with the feare of god Let not the wicked lyft vp their horn I might here show you how the Pope hath lifted vp his horne He will needes be Christs Vikar vpon the earth Peters successor head of the vniuersall Church and byshop of the whole world is not this to lift vp his head very hye Yea he wil be Dominus deus noster Papa our God the Pope he wyll haue power in heauen