this my poore gifte in good part And I shall moste humbly beseeche the Lorde our God to preserue my Lords grace and my Ladyes grace your honourable parentes in good health longe life and encrease of honoure and to geue my Lordes youre Brothers and my Ladies youre Sisters and you also grace to go forth in your godly enterprises and Christen studies that ye may tru ly know the Lord your God the saluation whiche ye haue by his soÌ„ne Iesus our alone Sauiour who euer preserue your good Ladyship in coÌ„tinuall helth and prosperous felicitie Amen THE GOVERNANCE of Vertue ¶ How a man should behaue him selfe in the morning when he riseth When thou risest in the morning looke that thou with all humblenesse of mynde knelest downe and lifting vp thy harte thy handes and thine eyes into heauen vnto God the father almighty pray on this maner ¶ A prayer for the morning O Lord God my heaueÌ„ly father I most humbly thanke thee y â— thou of thy fatherly goodnes hast vouchsafed to defend me this night from all euil I most entyrely beseche thee to preserue me also this day both from suffring and doyng any euill and to geue me grace so to walke in the lyght of thy holy woorde that I may bring forth y e frutes of y â— same vnto the glorye of thy blessed name and the profite of my neighbour Amen ¶ After thou hast prayed on this maner seing we be al sinners it shall be expedient if thou hast conuenient leasure to confesse thy selfe to God on this maner ¶ A confession of our sinnes vnto God the father MOst greuouslye haue I wretched sinner offeÌ„ded thee my Lord God and heauenly father both in thought word and dede in so much that in my selfe I uÌ„nde such vnworthines that if I did not behold thine exceding great mercies set forth in thy dearely beloued sonne our Lord and sauiour Iesu Christ I could not but dispayre and wholy geue my selfe into the hands of Satan that olde enemy of mankynd But when thorow thy grace and holy workyng I loke vpon thy mercies offered frely to all faythfull peniteÌ„t sinners in thy son Christ Iesus for whose sake thou art well pleased with man and of thy own good will forgeuest vs al our sinnes wheÌ„ soeuer we flee vnto thee in his name I cease to dispayre beginne to conceiue an earneste faithe and an vndoubted hope of obtaynyng forgeuenesse of al my sins in Christes bloud for thy louing and fatherly promise sake I therfore poore and wretched sinner most humbly beseche thee for Christes sake to forgeue me al my sinnes where with from the day of my byrth vnto this present tyme I haue most greuously offended thy fatherly goodnesse and to geue me grace so to resiste the deuill the world the flesh â–ª and so to order my lyfe accordyng to thy blessed will that thou mayest delight in me as a father in his sonne de fend me froÌ„ all euill and worke in me all good thinges vnto the glory of thy holy name ☞ After the confession say the Lordes prayer called the Pater noster and so commendyng thy selfe vnto God faule in hand with some honest and vertuous exercise accordyng to thy callyng But whatsoeuer thou doest do it with purenesse of hart singlenes of eye â–ª yea so do it as though God wer present and looke vpon thee as vndoubtedly he doth Of Dinner ☞ WheÌ„ the time coÌ„meth that thou shouldest refresh thy wery and hongry body approch vnto the table with reuerence and when thou art set lyft vp thy hart thy hands and thy eyes vnto heauen and pray vnto God on this maner A prayer before dinner O Most gentill God and louyng father whiche mercifully â—…edest al ly uing creatures we beseche thee blesse vs and all these thy giftes whiche we at this present shall receyue of thy beuÌ„ teous hande for the refreshyng of our hungry bodies and geue vs grace to doo all thynges vnto the glorye of thy name thorowe Iesu Christ our Lord. Amen Of the behauiour at the table in Diner tyme. ☞ WheÌ„ thou hast thus prayed vnto god eate thy meate soberly and christenly esche wyng all superfluitie surfeting and drouckenship Consider that thy meate and thy drinck are the giftes of God are reuerently thanke fully to bee receyued â–ª Remember that in the tyme of thy repast thy behauiour be honest comely in all thinges Let thy communica tion as the Apostle sayth ve well sauoured and powdred with â—…t that is to say seasoned with godly wisedome that thou mayest know how to answere euery man Let no fil thy talke procede out of thy mouth but that whiche is good to edifie when neede is that it may haue fauor with the hearers remem bring that thou shalte geue accountes at the day of iudgement for euery idle worde that thou speakest Eschewe all dissolute and vncomely laughyng least thou be therby counted wilde waâ—…ton foolishe without good maners Let thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce he graue sober modest gentle and â—…ouyng towarde al that be at the table and so fashion thy selfe in gesture worde and deede as though God and his aungels weâ—… visibly present at the table And when Dinner is done geue thankes to God for his benefites on this maner A thankes geuyng after Dinner WE thanke thee O heauenly father for this our foode which being saÌ„ctifâ—…ed by thy worde thou hast vouchesafe at this present to geue vs wee beseche thee that thou wilt also fede our soules w t the liuely bread of the word which commeth out of thy mouth that we receauyng at thy mercâ—…full hande meate both for our bodyes and soules â–ª may lyue and growe in all godlynesse vnto the glory of thy blessed name tho row Iesu Christ our Lord. Amen VVhat is to be done after dynner ☞ After thou hast geuen thankes vnto God for thy repast â–ª returne vnto thy labour vertuously exercise thy self accordyng to thy voca tion and callyng Employ earnest diligence about thy businesse and alway in thy minde desire God to blesse to prosper and to bryng to passe all thy counsels deuises trauailes labours and enterprises Do not thy worke negligently and deceitfully but so laboure as thoughe God were present and beheld thee as vnfaynedly he doth Cursed be he sayth Hiere mye that doth the Lordes worke deceitfully Saint Paule also exhorteth that what soeuer we doo we should do it hartly as though we did in vnto the Lorde and not vnto men for as much sayth he â–ª as ye know that of the Lord ye shall receyue the rewarde of inheritaunce for ye serue the Lord Christ. Yea verely so many as labour or trauayle in any vertuous enterprise they serue God and of God shal they receiue their rewarde Therfore in thy calling labour earnestly and diligently what soeuer thou be sekyng not onely thyne owne lucre â—…uaunt age but much more the glory of God and the profite of thy neighbour as the
Apostlesayth do all thyngs vnto the glory of God Agayne let euery man looke not for his owne profite but for the profite of other Charitie seketh not her owne Of Supper ☞ When the tyme is come â–ª that thou shalte leaue of thy worke and prepare thy selfe vnto supper eueÌ„ with the same reuerence that thou camest vnto the table at dinner come agayne nowe but before thou doest taste any meate pray on this maner A prayer before Supper THe eyes of all thynges looke vnto thee O Lorde and thou geuest theÌ„ meate in due tyme thou openest thy hand and fillest euery liuyng creature with the blessing vouchesafe O heaueÌ„ ly father for Christes sake mercifully to loke vpon vs louingly to blesse vs liberally to geue vs grace so to taste of these thy creatures that our bodyes beyng satisfied with the moderate vse of them we may bee the more able to serue thee our Lord God and to profit our neighbour thorow Iesu Christ our Lord. Amen Of the behauiour at the table in Supper tyme. ☞ After thou hast thus prayed vnto GOD â–ª eate thy meate with a chearefull and thankefull mynde vsing the same modesty and honest behauiour that thou diddest vse at dinner And wheÌ„ thou hast supped geue thankes vnto god for his benefites on this wise A thankesgeuing after Supper FOr these thy benefites wherewith thou hast refreshed our hungry bodyes we thanke thee most merciful fa ther desiring thee that thou wilt also feede our soules with y â— lyuely faith in the bloud of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Lord that we beleuyng stedfastly and working diligently thy holy wil may obtayne thy glorious kyngdome thorowe the same Iesu Christ our Lorde Amen VVhat to be done after Supper ☞ When thou hast on this wise geue thaÌ„kes vnto God thou mayest do what thou wilt so it be godly and honest â–ª vntill thou goest to bed â–ª If thou canst rede rede thou thy selfe or els here some other rede parte of the holy scriptures that may be to the comfort of thy self and of so many as be with thee or passe the tyme by frendly and honest talke with some of thy loâ—…yng and trusty familiares or els debate with thy selfe how thou mayest most conueniently bryng that to passe that thou hast to doo the next day folowyng Of goyng to bed ☞ And wheÌ„ the time coÌ„meth that thou must go to bed thou beyng in thy chamber to cal remeÌ„brauÌ„ce how thou hast spent the day past If thou perceiuest that y u hast offeÌ„ded God in any thyng at all confesse thy fault vnto him with a repentaunt and sorowfull heart â–ª and desire hym of hys great mercye for Christes sake to forgeue thee and promise that vnto the vttermost of thy power hys grace woorkyng with thee thou wilt amende that wherin thou hast offended and walke more diligently in the rules of thy profession Cry with the Publicane O God be mercifull to me a sinner Cry with that lost sonne Father I haue synned against heauen and in thy sight and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne Pray with Dauid for thy names sake O Lorde for geue me my sinne for it is excedyng much Thus with a faythfull hart beleuyng that thy sinnes are for geuen thee content thy selfe and quiet thy conscience If thou perceyuest that thou hast that day committed no notable crime â–ª then geue to God right harty thankes whiche by his holy spirite hath wrought the same in thee and desire him to encrease his giftes in thee that hys glory may be shewed in all thy actes dedes This done prepare thy selfe to bedward and when thou art ready to lye down lift vp thou hart thy eyes and thy handes vnto heauen pray to God on this maner A prayer to be sayd when we go to bed I ThaÌ„ke thee O heauenly father by thy dearelye beloued Sonne Iesu Christ our Lord and Sauiour that of thy free mercy thou hast preserued me this day from all hurtes and dauÌ„gers Uouchesafe also I most humbly besech thee to kepe me this night and to saue me ftom all myne enemyes both bodely and ghostlye Gyue to my body quietnesse and fleepe but let my mind continually watche vnto thee thinke on thee and on thy holy law that wheÌ„ the cherefull light of y â— day shal spryng and appeare I being whole both in bo dy and mynde may ioyfull ryse again be thanckefull vnto thee and diligent ly walke in my vocation vnto the glo ry of thy blessed name and the commo ditie of my neighbour thorowe Iesus Christ thy sonne Amen ☞ When thou hast thus prayed lye down in thy bed and say on this maner The Prayer O Lorde God and my heauenly Father I commende my bodye and soule into thy handes that in Christe whiche is our life and resurrectioÌ„ thou mayest defende me from euerlastyng death and giue me that blessed and ioy full lyfe of immortalitie and that he which is the true light may poure out the brightenesse of hys grace into my hart preserne me both bodye soule vnto that day of the glorious resurrection where the faythfull with ioyfull harts shall see thee face to face and for euer reygne with thee in glory Amen ☞ Remedyes agaynst all kyndes of temptations Against Idolatry ☞ If that olde enemy Satan goeth about to persuade thee that there be â—…o gods then one resiste him with these Scriptures ☞ Sentences out of the olde Testament I am the Lord thy God Thou shalâ—… haue none other gods in my sight Understand and marke wel that the Lord he is God in heauen aboue and vpon the earth beneath neither is ther any other God besides him Here Israel the Lord our god is one Lord. Se howe that I yea that I am the Lord and that there is no god but I. Heare O my people I will charge thee O Israell that if thou wilt herâ—…en vnto me there shall no straunge god be in thee neither shalt thou worship any other god For I am the Lord thy God I am the lord there is none other I am the Lord there is els none It is I that created light and darknes I make peace and trouble yea euen I the Lord do all these thynges Am not I the Lord is there any god but I A god that is righteous such one as saueth ther is none besides me Turne vnto me all ye coastes of the worlde and ye shal be saued for I am God and there is els none Haue we not all one Father hath not one god made vs ☞ An example out of the old Testament AbrahaÌ„ saw three worshipped one ☞ Sentences out of the newe Testament Thou shalte worshyp the Lord thy god and him onely shalt thou serue We haue but one god whiche is the Father of whom are all thinges and â—…e in him and one Lord Iesus Christ by whom are al thinges we in him
of Abraham that is to say was made and became ve ry true and naturall man of the kinrede of Abra hā accordyng to Gods promise So that all that euer he had concerning his humanitie he had it of the blessed Uirgine which came of y ◠stocke of Abraham ☞ Agayne he saith in all things it became hym to be made lyke vnto hys bretherne Here saint Paule confesseth that Christ was made like vn to vs in all thynges which thyng by no meanes could be true yf he had not taken vpon him our nature and substaunce If he belyke vnto vs in all thynges sinne alone excepte so followeth it that he is of the same nature of the same fleshe and bloud that we are or els could not he be like vnto vs in all thynges And so should thys holy apostle and al other godly writers and teachers haue brought vs in errour But let god be true and all heretikes lyers ☞ Now haue we learned both truly and fullye of the holy scriptures which are infallible verities that Christ was cōceiued by the holy ghost and borne of the Uirgine Mary By the which worde of we beleue that he toke his humanity of her substaunce and had none other begynnyng as touching his humanity than in her and of her by the operation of the holy ghost so that we may truely conclude that as Christ is very God of God the father wythout a mother so is he very man of Mary his mother wythout any Father Therfore may hys God head be as iustly denied as hys manhode and flesh takyng of the blessed virgine Mary But Christ abydeth very god and very man whatsoeuer the wicked hiretikes hable Cursed therefore bee Cerdo Marcian and Manes which taught that christ appeared as man and yet had no parte of true manhoode in hym but onelye had a fantasticall bodye ☞ Cursed be Cerinthus which taught that Iesus was begotten of Ioseph and Mary after y ◠maner of other men and that Christ came down from aboue vnto Iesus ▪ Cursed bee the Ebionites the Theodosians the Antimonians and the Photinians which affirmed that Christe was borne of the virgine onely man not God Cursed be Appelles which taught that Christ had his body of the elements in the ayre Cursed be Ualentinus which sayd that Christ brought his body wyth him from heauen and tooke no fleshe of the Uirgine Mary but passed through her as water through the pype Cursed be hys Apes the Anabaptistes ▪ which in these our dais haue raysed vp that most detestable and horryble heresie Cursed and confounded be all they which wyth theyr hartes do not beleue wyth their mouthes vnfainedly confesse that Iesus Christ is both God and man to whom be glory for euer Amen Against the grosse and fantasticall opinion of the papistes which affirme that Christes naturall body and bloud is carnally eaten and dronken in the lordes supper IF the deuill or the pope or any of their impes go about with sophisticall reasons to persuade thee that Christ is naturall in the sacramentall bread and wyne or that the bread and wine is turned vnto the reall and naturall body bloud of Christ euen as he receaued it of the blessed Uirgine suffer not thy selfe to bee beguiled and mocked but valiauntly resiste them wyth these sentences and histories of Gods moste holye worde ☞ Sentences out of the olde Testament THe Lord is in his holye temple the Lordes seat is in heauen The Lord lord looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there were any that would vnderstād and seeke after god God is gone vp wyth a mery noyse and the Lorde wyth the sounde of the trompet God sitteth vpon his holy seate Thou art gone vpon hie O Christ thou hast led captiuitie captiue receiued giftes for men Syng vnto God O ye kingdomes of the earth O sing praises vnto the lord which sitteth in the heauens ouer all He looked downe from his sanctuarye euen out of heauen did the Lord behold the earth that he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie and deliuer the children appointed vnto death The Lord hath prepared hys seat in heauē and his kingdom ruleth ouer al. O Lord my god thou art become excedyng glorious thou art clothed wyth maiesty and honor thou deckest thy self with light as it were with a garment and spreadest oute the heauens lyke a curtayne Thou layest the beames of thy chambers in the waters makest the cloudes thy charets and walkest vpon the winges of the winde The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my right hand vntill I make thyne enemies thy footestole The Lorde is hie aboue all heathen and his glory aboue the heauens Who is like vnto the lord our God that hath his dwellyng so hie and yet humbleth himselfe to behold the things that are in heauen and earth Wherefore shall the heathen saye where is now their god As for our god he is in heauen he hath done what so euer pleased hym Unto thee O Lord lift I vp my eies which dwellest in the heauens Whither shal I go from thy spirit or whether shal I flee from thy presēce If I clime vp into heauē thou art there c Wil god dwel on the earth Behold the heauens and heauens of all heauēs are not able to contayne thee And how should then this house do it that I haue builded The house which I build shal be great for great is our god aboue al gods But who is able to build hym an house whē that heauen and heauen aboue all heauens is not hable to receiue him God is hyer then heauen what arte thou able to do Deper then hell howe wilt thou then know hym His length excedeth the length of the earth and hys breadth the breadth of the sea Thus saith the Lord heauen is my seate and the earthe is my footestoole where shall now the house stand that ye will build vnto me And where shall be the place that I will dwell in Sentences out of the new Testament IF any man say vnto you Loe here is Christe or there is Christe beleue it not For there shall arise false annoynted and false teachers and shall shewe greate myracles and wonders in so muche that yf it were possible the verye electe should be deceaued Beholde I haue tolde you afore Wherfore if thei say vnto you behold he is in the desert goe not ye forth behold he is in y ◠secret places beleue it not For as the lightnyng commeth out of the east and appeareth into the West so shall the commyng of the sonne of man be Ye haue the power alwayes w t you but me shall ye not haue alwayes And when the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receiued into heauen and is set downe on the right hand of god It came to passe as Christ
blessed theÌ„ he departed from them and was caryed vp into heauen I go to prepare a place for you And if I goe to prepare a place for you I wil come agayne and receiue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there ye may be also If ye loued me ye would reioyce because I sayd I go vnto the Father Now I go my way to him that sente me and none of you asketh me whether I goe But because I haue saide suche thinges vnto you your hartes are ful of sorrow Neuertheles I tell you y â— truth it is expedient for you that I go away For if I go not away that coÌ„forter will not come vnto you But if I departe I wil. send him vnto you I went out from the Father came into the world Againe I leaue y e world and go to the Father It is Christe whiche dyed ye rather which is risen againe whiche is also on the right hand of God So ofte as ye shall eat of this breade and drinck of the cup ye shall xemeÌ„ber the Lords death til he come God the father raised Christe froÌ„ the dead and set him on his right hand in heauenly things aboue al rule power might dominioÌ„ and aboue all names that are named not in this world only but also in the world to come Christ is gone vpoÌ„ highe hath led cap tiuitie captiue and hathe geuen giftes vnto men That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lowest parts of the earth He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp â–ª euen aboue all heauens to fulfil al thinges God hath exalted Christ on high geuen him a name whiche is aboue all names that in the name of Iesus euery knee should bowe bothe in heauen and thinges in earth and things vnder the earth If ye be risen againe with Christe seeke those thinges whiche are aboue where Christe sitteth on the right hande of God Whensoeuer Christe whiche is oure life shall shew him self then shall we al so appeare with him in glory The Lord him selfe shall come downe from Heauen with a shoute and the voice of the archaungell and trompe of God c. Christe the Sonne of God being the brightnes of his fathers glory and the very image of his substaunce ruling all thinges with the woorde of his power hath by his own person purged our sins and sitteth on the right hand of the maiesty on hye This man Christ after hee had offered one sacrifice for sins sitteth downe for euer on the right hand of God and from hence forth tarieth till his foes be made his fotestoole Let vs runne with pacience vnto the battayl that is set before vs lokyng vn to Iesus the captain and finisher of our fayth which for the ioy that was set before him abode the crosse and dispised the shame and is set down on the right haÌ„d of the throne of god Iesus Christe is on the right hande of God and is gone into heauen Angels powers aud might subdued vnto him Examples out of the newe Testament When Iesus had spoke these things whyle the Disciples beheld him he was taken vp on hye and a cloud receyued him vp out of their sight And while they loked vp stedfastly to ward heauen as he went behold two men stode by them in whyte aparell whiche also sayde ye men of Galyle why stande ye gasyng vp to heauen This same Iesus which is taken from you into heauen shall so come euen as ye haue sene him go into heauen Stephen beyng full of the holy ghost loked vp stedfastly with his eies into heauen and sawe the glorye of god and Iesus standynge on the ryghte hande of God and sayd Beholde I see the heauens open the sonne of man standing on the right hand of God When Saule iornyed it fortuned that as he was come nye to Damasco sodenly there shyned rounde about him a lyght from heauen and he fell to the earth and heard a voyce saying to him Saule Saule why persecutest thou me And he sayde what art thou Lord and the Lord said I am Iesus whom thou persecutest c. Against the plucking away of thy trust and confidence from Christ and his merites to put it in the merites of other creatures or in thine owne good workes or in the intercession of saints or the sacrifice of the Popish Masse IF Sathan by this subtile and crafty suggestion seking thy daÌ„nation go about to pluck thy faith confidence and truste from Christe his bloud and his merites to repose it in the merites of men or in thine own good dedes works and merites or in the intercession of saintes or in the sacrifice of the Popishe masse so that thy whole saluation shall not hang on Christ â–ª his deseruiÌ„gs only but rather on some other stranÌ„g meanes leane not to his temptations but manfully resist them stedfastly abiding in this persâ—…asion that Christ alone is thy righteousnesse and that all thy saluation dependeth on him alone and on none other thinge neither in heauen nor in earth And that thou may est be confirmed in this faith let these scriptures whiche are vnâ—…ubted verities euer be before thine eyes suffer not thy self neither by y â— crafty assaults of sathan nor by the subtle and fleshly reasons of any man to be plucked from them ☞ Sentences out of the old Testament Christ is that seede which did tread down Sathans head Christ is that seede in whom al nations of the worlde shal be blessed Christ is the ruler duke and captain whome al nations haue so long looked for whiche also defendeth his people from the power of Sathan Christ is that Sonne of God whom wee are commaunded to kisse and embrace least wee pearish from the ryghte way Christ is our vpholder our glory our strong shield Christ is the Lord from whoÌ„ al helth and saluation commeth and hee it is y e blesseth his people Christ is the Lorde that neuer forsaketh them that truste in him and seeke after him Christ is our strength our sure rock our bulwarke our refuge our defence our buckeler and oure mighty sauinge helth and our sanctuary Christ is he that saueth vs because it is his pleasure Christe saueth the poore oppressed and layeth full lowe the highe lookes of the proude Christ is the Lord in whome alone our fathers trusted they trusted I say in him and he deliuered them They cryed vnto him and they were made safe they trusted in him and they were neuer confounded Christ is that Lord whose waies v niuersall are mercy and truthe to them that seke after his Testament and ordinaunces He it is that will be mercifull to our sinnes euen for his owne names sake be they neuer so great Christ is our light our sauing helth whoÌ„ theÌ„ shall we fear Christ
called w e his own name wonderful the geuer of couÌ„cell the mighty god y â— euerlasting father y â— prince of peace â—… In that day it shal be said Lo this is our god we haue wayted for him he shal saue vs. This is the Lord in whoÌ„ we haue hoped we shal be mery and reioyce in the saluacion that commeth of hym They shall see the glory of y â— Lord the maiestie of our god And therfore streÌ„gth the weake handes coÌ„fort the feble knees say vnto theÌ„ y â— ar of a feare full hart be of good chere feare not Behold your god coÌ„meth to take veÌ„geaunce you shall see the reward y e god geueth God commeth his owne selfe will deliuer you TheÌ„ shall the eyes of the blind be lightened and the eares of the deafe opened Then shall the lame maÌ„ leape as an hart and the dumme mans toung shal be losoned O that thou wouldest cleaue y â— heauens in sonder and come downe Behold I see foure men goyng lose in the middest of the fire and nothyng hurt and the fourth is lyke the sonne of god to looke vpon Out of Egipt haue I called my son This is our god ther shal none other be coÌ„pared vnto him It is he that hath found out all wisedome and hath geuen her vnto Iacob hys seruaunt and to Israell his beloued Afterward did he shew him selfe vppon earth and dwelt among men The Lord said vnto me thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee Thy seat O god endureth for euer the scepter of thy kyngdome is a right scepter The Lord hym selfe had me in possession in the beginning of his wayes or euer he begaÌ„ his workes afore time I haue bene ordeyned from euerlasting and from the begynning or euer the earth was made When I was borne there were net ther depthes nor springs of water Be fore the foundacioÌ„s of the mouÌ„taynes were layde yea before all hils was I borne The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made no not y e ground it selfe For when he made the heaueÌ„s I was present when he set vp y â— depthes in order wheÌ„ he hanged the cloudes aboue when he fastened the springs of the deepe when he shut the sea within certayne boundes that the waters shuld not go ouer their marks that he coÌ„maunded When he layd the foundacions of the earth I was with him ordryng all thinges deliting dayly and reioysing alwaye before him I came out of the moste hyest fyrste borne before all creatures I caused the lyght that fayleth not to aryse in the heauen and couered all the earth as a cloude I will be his father and he shal be my sonne ☞ Examples out of the old Testament WHen god created the earth and all thynges therein he sayd Let vs make manne in our Image after our owne lykenesse this worde vs. doth euidently declare that there bee three persoÌ„s in the godhead the father and the sonne and the holy ghost Wherof it manifestly foloweth that as the father is god and the holy ghost god so likewise is the sonne god yea true and naturall god hegotten of god the Father from euerlastyng Abraham sawe three and worshypped one saying Lord I beseche thee if I haue founde fauour in thy sight go not away from thy seruaunt ☞ Here it is euident also that there are three persons in the deity and yet notwithstanding they three are one God Therfore lyke as the first and the second persons in the deitie are ve ry God I meane the father the holy ghost so likewise is the second person in the trinitie I meane the sonne true naturall God worthy all honour and glory for euermore GOd sayd vnto Moses I am the god of thy father the god of AbrahaÌ„ the god of Isaac and the god of Iacob ☞ Here also is euidently declared the blessing and glorious trinitie and that there be three persones in the godhead and yet one God so that as the father is God and the holy ghost God so lykewise is the sonne God IN the same yeare that kyng Osiah dyed I saw the Lord sayth the Pro phete Esay sittyng vpon an hygh and glorious feat and his trayne filled the temple And about hym stoode Seraphins wherof euery one had 6. wings With twayne eche couered hys face with twayne hys feete with twaine dyd he flee They cryed also eche one to another on this maner Holy holy holy is the Lord of hostes The whole worlde is full of his glory ☞ This worde holy thryse rehearsed doth also manifestly declare that there are three per sones in the godhead and that they three are one God Christ therfore the second person in the Trinitie is very God Kyng Nabuchodonosor commaunded these three men Sidrach Misach and Abdenago to be cast into an excedyng hote burning ouen because they would not become Idolatours and at his commaundement fall downe and worship the golden Image And wheÌ„ they were bounde in theyr coates bosen shoes with their other garmentes and caste into the hote burnyng ouen the kyng looked into the ouen sayd vnto his counsell did ye not cast these three men bounde into the fyre They auÌ„swered vnto the kyng yea O kyng He aunswered and said lo for all that yet doo I see foure men goyng lose in the middest of the fyre and nothyng corrupt and the fourth is lyke the son of god to looke vpon Here is a manifest testimony y t Iesu Christ is the son of God and God hymselfe as we shall euidently learne of the histories of the new Testament ☞ Sentences out of the newe Testament Hys name shall be called Emanuel which is by interpretation God wyth vs or God and man This is my welbeloued sonne in whome I haue great pleasure Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuyng God Without all doubte thys was the sonne of God He shall be great and shall be called the sonne of the most highest That holy thing which shal be born shall be called the sonne of God In the beginning was the word y â— word was w t god the word was god We sawe the glory of the worde as the glorye of the onely begotten sonne of the father No man hath sene god at any tyme the onely begotten sonne whiche is in the bosome of the father he hath declared hym Thou art the sonne of god y â— art the kyng of Israell He that beleueth not is condemned already because he beleueth not in the name of the onely begotten sonne of god The father loueth the sonne and hath geuen all thinges into his hande He that beleueth the sonne hath euerlastyng lyfe and he that beleueth not on the sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrath of god abideth on hym I am that liuyng bread which came downe from
and theÌ„ wil my wrath waxe whote and I will kill you with the sweard and your wiues shal be widowes and your children fatherles Thou shalt take no giftes for giftes blinde the wise and peruert the wordes of the righteous Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wronge neither violently oppresse him Ye shal do no vnrighteousnes in iudgement in mete yard in weighte or in measure True ballances true weightes a true Epha and a true Hin shall ye haue Fire shall consume the houses of such as are gredy to receiue giftes He heapeth vp treasure and yet know eth not he for whom he gathereth it O truste not in wronge and robbery geue not your selues vnto vanities â–ª and if ritches encrease set not your harte vpon them Encline my harâ—… O Lord to thy testimonies and not to couetousnes Who hordeth vp his corne shal be cursed among the people but blessing shall light vpon his hed that geueth food He that trusteth in his riches shal haue a fall but the righteous shall florishe as y e greene leaf Better is a little with the feare of the Lorde then great and innumerable treasures otherwise He goeth aboute to destroy his own house that geueth his mind to couetousnes but who so hateth reward shall liue Better it is to haue a little with righteousnesse then great rentes wrongfully gotten He that hateth couetousnesse shall liue long A man that is sodenly riche enuyeth other and considereth not that pouertye shall come vpon hym Who so robbeth his father and saith it is no sinne y â— same is like vnto a mansâ—…ear O Lord geue me neither pouertye nor riches onelye graunt me a necessarye lyuinge He that loueth mony wil neuer be satisfied with monye and who so delighteth in riches shall haue no profit therof Where as muche riches is ther are ma ny also that spende them away And what pleasure more hathe hee possessed then sauing that he maye looke vpon them wyth his eyes A labouring man slepeth swetely whether it be litlle or much that he eateth but the aboundance of the riche wil not suffer him to slepe There is a sore plague which I haue sene vnder the sonne namely riches kept to the hurte of him that hath them in possession For oftimes they pearishe with his great misery and trouble and if he haue a childe it getteth nothing Read forth the Chapiter Let not thyne hande be stretched out to receaue and shut when thou shouldest geue Trust not vnto thy riches and saye not tushe I haue inoughe for my life For it shall not helpe thee in the time of vengeance and temptation Trust not in wicked riches for they shal not healp thee in the daye of punishment and wrath Nothing is more wicked and vngratious then a couetous man He that with all his carefulnes heapeth together vnrightuously gathereth for other folkes and another man shal make good chere with hys goods A couetous mans eye hath neuer inough in the portion of wickednes vntil the time that he wither away and hath lost his own soule The riches of the proude shal be rooted out He that loueth ritches shall not â—…e iustified Manye one is come in great mysfortune by the reason of gold and haue found their destruction before them It is a tree of fallinge vnto them It is a tree of passage vn to them that offer it vp and al such as be folish fall therin Blessed is the riche which is founde without blemish and hath not gone after gold nor heaped in mony and treasures where is there such a one and we shal com mende him and call him blessed For great things doth he among his people Wo be vnto you that ioyne house to house and cooplâ—… land to land euen so loÌ„g as any can be gotten Shal ye alone dwel vpon the earth These things are in the eares of the Lorde of hostes c. Wo bee vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewards and condemne the iust cause of the righteous Wo be vnto thee that spoylest for thou also shalt be spoyled Wo be vnto him that heapeth vp other mennes goods Howe long will he lade himselfe with thick claye O howe sodenly will they stand vp that bite and awake that shall teare thee in peces yea thou shalt be their pray Wo be vnto him that couetously gathe reth euil gotten goods into his house that he may set his neste on hye to escape from the power of misfortune Thou haste deuised the shame of thyne owne house so that the very stones of the wall shall cry out of it and the tymber that lieth betwixt the ioynts of the building shall aunswere Their siluer and theyr gold shall not be able to deliuer theÌ„ in the day of the Lords wrath Examples out of the olde Testament Balaam for lucâ—…es sake would haue cur sed the people of Israel contrary to his own conscience but he was reproued of the Aungell of the Lord so that his cursing was turned into blessing Acham by the commaundement of God was stoned to death because â—…e toke of the excommunicate goods Saul for the couetousnes of the praylost his kingdome The couetousnes of Naball his churlishnes shewed vnto Dauid had almoste caused that Naball and all that euer hee had had bene vtterly destroyed if Abigail his wife had not pacified the matter Notwithstanding God shortlye punished him with death so that he was taken away froÌ„ all that euer he had The couetousnes of Achab and Iesabel was the occasion that the good Nabothe was stoned vnto death against all equitie and right that by this meanes they might haue his vineyarde But howe miserable their end was for that their abhominable murther the holy stories do declare Gehesy was striken with leprosy because he receiued mony of Naaman ☞ Sentences out of the new Testament BLessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Lay not vp treasure for youre selues vpon earth where neither rust nor mothe doth corrupt and where theues break thorow and steale But lay vp treasures for you in heaueÌ„ where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt and where theeues do not breake through nor steale For where your tresure is ther wil your hart be also What dooth it prophet a man to win the whole worlde if he loseth his soule A rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdome of heauen It is more easye for a cable rope to go thorow the eye of a nedle then a rich man to enter into the kingdome of heauen Wo be to you riche men whiche haue your comfort Take heede and beware of couetousnes For no mans life standeth in the abouÌ„ dance of thinges which he possesseth Thou foole this night wil they fetche away thy soule againe from thee Then whose shall the thinges be that thou hast gathered
had and they cryed with a loud voice saying how longe tariest thou O Lord holy and true to iudge and to reuenge our bloude on them that be on the earth And long white garments were g◅ uen vnto euery one of them And it was said vnto them that they should rest a little season til the nomber of their fellowes and brethren and of them that shoulde be killed as they were fulfilled Against the temptation which the faithful haue when they compare their miseries and wretchednes with the welth prosperitie ▪ and pleasures of the swinish Epicures and wicked worldlinges Where thou also shalt see the misera ble end of the vn godly IF Sathan our olde aduersary with his handemaide the fleshe shall at any time moue thee to forsake God and his holy worde ▪ by considering the florishing and triumphant estate of the wicked worldlinges and the to muche miserable and base trade of the Lordes seruauntes and professoures of gods truth which liue in all kinde of misery wretchednes and pouertie and ar piteously oppressed of the tirants of this worlde when on the contrarye part the vngodlye haue all thinges at their owne pleasure and liue at their hartes ease without disturbance for lacke of temporall thinges consent no◅ to his subtil assaultes ▪ but manfully resist them cōsidering with thy selfe that thoughe the vngodlye raigne in t is world and haue the vppermost hand yet shall their end be miserable when the poore afflicted for Gods cause shall altar their manifolde temptations be rewarded with perpetuall ioy and euerlastinge glorye and that thou mayest be the more assuredly perswaded in these thinges ▪ call to remembrance these holy scriptures folowing Sentences out of the olde Testament KNowest thou not this that from the beginning euer since the creation of man vpon earth the praise of the vngodly hath bene short and that the ioy of the hipocrites hath continued but the twinck ling of an ey Though he be magnified vp to the heauen so that his hed reacheth vnto the cloudes yet he perisheth at the laste like dong in somuch that they which haue seene him shall say where is he He vanissheth as a dreame so that he can no more be founde and passeth away in a vision in the night so that the eye whiche saw him before getteth now no sighte of him his place knoweth him no more Wherefore do the wicked men liue in healthe and prosperitie come to their olde age and encrease in riches Their Childers children liue in their sighte and their generation before their eyes Their houses are safe from all feare for the rod of god doothe not smite them Their bullock gendreth and that not out of time their cowe calueth and is not vnfruteful They send their children forth bi flockes and their sonnes lead the daunce They bear with them tabrets and harpes and haue instrumentes of musick at their pleasure They spende their dayes in welthynesse but sodenlye they go downe to Hell O Lord thou art more righteous then that I should dispute with thee Neuertheles let me talke with thee in thinges resonable How happeneth it that the way of the vngodlye is so prosperous and that it goeth so wel with them whiche without any shame offende and liue in wickednesse Thou plantest them they take roote they growe and bring forth fruite They boste muche of thee yet art thou far from their raines But thou Lorde to whō I am wel knowen thou that hast sene and proued my hearte take them awaye like as a flocke is caried to the slaughter house and appoint them for the day of slaughter O Lord how long shal I crye and thou wilt not heare how long shall I cōplaine vnto thee suffering wrong and thou wilt not helpe why lettest thou me se werinesse and labour Tiranny and violence are before me power ouer goeth right for the law is torne in pyeces and there can no right iudgement go forth And why the vngodly is more set by then the righteous This is the cause that wrong iudgement procedeth Thine eies O Lord are clean thou mayest not see euil thou canst not be hold the thing that is wicked Wherfore then dost thou looke vpon the vngodly holdest thy tong when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better then himselfe Thou makest men as the fysh of the sea like as the creepyng beastes that haue no guide they take vp al with their angle they catch it in their net do sacrifice vn to their yarne because that thorow it their porcion is become so fat and their meat so plenteous Wherfore they cast out their net againe and neuer cease to slay the people Like as the wyne deceiueth the dronkard euen so the proud shal fal and not endure Ful miserable is the death of vngodly for they that hate the vnrighteous shall be plucked vp by the roote Freate not thy selfe at the vngodly be not thou enuious against the euil doers For they shal sone be cute down like the grasse and be withered euen as the grene herbe Greue not thi self at one y ◠is in prosperity and liueth in abhominacion Leaue of frō wrath let god displeasure let not thy gelousy moue thee also to do euil For wicked doers shall bee rooted out but they that paciently abyde the lord shal enherite the land Suffer yet a litle while and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt loke after his place and he shall be away Reade forth the Psalm◅ and marke it well Wherfore thus arrogantly magnifiest thou thy selfe at all tyme. O mischeuous gyaunt wherfore enforceth thy tonge mis chief fordgyng disceat lyke a new set Rasour Wherfore louest thou malice rather then honesty rather to lye then to saye truth For thou delightest in all maner of pernicious speach oh thou desceitful tong Wherfore god shall vtterly rende thee vp by the rootes and destroy thee and he shal throwe thee downe out of thy tabernacle and pluck thy rootes out of the land of the liuing Rede diligently and marke well the. 73. Psalme whiche altogether belongeth vnto this matter Wo be to the proud wealthy in Sion euen to suche as thincke them selues so s◅re vppon the mounte of Samarya which holde them selues for the best of the world and rule the house of Israel at their owne pleasure Ye are taken out for the euil day euen ye that sit in the stoole of wilfulnes ye that lie vpon beds of Iuory and vse your wantonnes vpon youre couches ye that eat the best Lambes of the flocke the fattest calues of the drouy ye that sing to the lute and in playing of instruments compare your selues vnto Dauid ye that drinke wine out of goblets and annoynte your selues with the best oyle but no man is sorye for Ioseph hurte therfore shall ye now be the firste of them that shal be led awaye captiue and the lustye ◅heare of the wilful shall come to an
end Sentences out of the olde Testament CAine the figure of all wicked and blou dy Tirantes slew his brother Abel while he liued he was a runnagate and a vagabound hauing an vnquiet conscience and now being dead he is a dampned soul in Hel. The Tirauntes and mighty Giaunts with all the world besides 8. persons were drowned after they had liued long in plea sure and in all the filthy desires of the wic ked flesh without repentaunce The filthy Sodomites liued in all kind of voluptuous abhominacion the conclusion was that they were consumed with fire and brimstone from heauen Pharao handled the people of God very cruelly entending vtterly to destroy thē all but the ende was that bothe he and all his army were drowned in the sea and the people of Israel harmeles preserued Sisar and Abimelech beinge greuous enemies of gods people were slayne of wo men Holophernes for all his proud lokes en tending to destroy the Israelits was slain him self of a woman Saule persecuted Dauid the seruant of God entending to slea him but Dauid escaped Saule was slaine with the sword Achitophel remembringe what wicked councel he had genen Absalon against his Father Dauid perceiuing that it wold not come to passe so mighty is God to destroye the wicked councels of the vngodly he went home and hanged him self ◅bsolon pursuing and sekinge his Fathers death in the midst of his furye was hanged by the heare of his head on a tree and so dyed Ioab was slaine because he killed two good men euen Abner and Amasa The house of Hieroboam because hee made Israell to sin was destroyed by the sword of Baasa king of Israel Quene Iesabel that great enemy to the seruantes and Prophets of the Lorde was throwne downe hedlonge out of an highe windewe and troden downe with horses feet and at the last deuoured and eaten vp of dogs Iehu slew the house of Achab for the Prophets that were slaine King Ioas was slaine of his owne seruauntes because he slewe Zachary the sō of the hyghe Priest Ioiada wythoute a cause The wicked king Sedechias whiche so cruelly handled the Prophet Ieremy had both his eyes put out and being fettered with chaines of Iron he was caryed priso ner into Babilon where hee miserablye died Amon that most proud accuser and inuentour of mischiefes against the Iewes preparing a paire of galows for good Mar docheous that faithful Israelite was han ged vpon them him self They that accused Daniell to y ◠kinge and sought his death were caste into the dongeon and deuoured of the Lions The vngracious and wicked Iudges which sought the deathe of that godly woman Susan were slayne them selues Andronicus which s◅ew that good man Onias was slayne him selfe Sentences out of the new Testament WO be to you that are rich that haue therin your consolation Wo bee to you that are full for ye shall honger Wo be to you that now laugh for ye shal wail and wepe Wo bee to you when all men shall prayse you for so dyd their fathers to the false Prophetes Many walk of whome I haue told you often and now I tel you wepyng that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ who se ende is damnation whose God is their belly and whose glory is their shame whiche are worldly mynded Go to now ye rich men wepe and houle one your wretchednesse that shall come vp on you Your riches is corrupte your garmentes are motheaten your golde and siluer is cankered and the ruste of the◅ shal be a witnesse vnto you and shall eate your flesh as it were fyre c. I heard a voyce from heauen sayinge◅ O my people come awaye from Babilon that greate whore and mighty strompet the mother of the abhominacions of the whole earth Come away I say from her that ye be not pertakers of her sinnes that ye receaue not of her plages for her sinnes are gone vp to heauen and god hath remēbred her wickednes ▪ Reward her as she re warded you and geue her double accor◅dinge to her woorke And pooer in double to her in the same cuppe whiche she filled vnto you And asmuch as she glorifyed her selfe and liued wantonly so muche poure ye in for her of punishmente and sorowe For she sayd in her selfe I sitte beinge a Queene and am no widow and shal see no sorow Therfore shal her plagues come at one day death and sorow and hunger and shal be brent wyth fyre For stronge is the Lord god which iudgeth her Examples out of the new Testament The riche and proud glutton which was gorgeously apparelled and fared daintely euery day and yet woulde haue no pity on the poore Lazare dyed and was caryed in to hell Iudas that betrayed Christ hanged him selfe Herode which greatly vexed the congregation of Christ and slew Iames the brother of Iohn euen in the middes of his pomp and glory was smitten down of the Lords angel and was eatē with wormes and so miserably perished Elimas the sorcerer and false Prophete resisted Paules preaching but he therfore was stretght wayes striken blynd thorow the mightye power of God Against the most horible and damnable sinne the synne against the holy ghost IF the Deuill which seketh nothing but thy des◅ruction labour so to harden thy harte that thou contrary to thy knowledge euen of a pretensed wilful malice shouldst impugn the truth of Christs gospel and persecute the same in his menbers and so sinne against the holye ghost and blaspheme the Lorde thy God vnto the damnation both of thy bodye and soule loke that aboue al thinges in this be halfe thou leauest not vnto his wicked temtations if thou ◅enderest thyne owne saluation but rather withal thy power resist him by calling these holye scriptures vnto thy remembraunce Examples out of the olde Testament I will put him oute of the booke that sinneth against me A man that speaketh euill of his God shall beare his sinne and he that blasphemeth the name of the Lorde◅ let him dy◅ the death All the people shall stone him whether he be a citezen or a straūger what soeuer he be that blasphemeth the name of the lord let him dye the death If one man sinneth against another God maye be mercifull vnto him but if a ny manne sinne againste God who shall pray for him The soule that dothe oughte presumt◅ ously whether he be an Israelite or a straū ger the same blasphemeth the lord And that soule shal be rooted out from amonge his people because he hath despised the worde of the Lorde and hath broken his cōmaundemente That soule therfore shal perish and hys sinne shal be vpon him They reioyce in doyng euil and delight in wicked thinges They make boast of theyr sinnes them selues as the Sodomites did and hide thēnot Wo
there may ye be also Father I wyl that they which thou hast geuen me be with me where I am that they maye see my glory whiche thou hast geuen me We knowe that if our earthy mansâ—…on of this dwelling were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitation nâ—…t made with handes but euerlasting in heauen Reade forth the Chapter When soeuer Christe our lyfe shall appeare then shall you also appeare with him in glory The lorde hymselfe shall come downe from heauen wyth a shoote and the voyce of the Archaungel and tromp of God And the dead in Christ shall arise first then we whiche shall lyue euen we which shall remayne shal be caught vppe with them also in the clouds to mete y e Lord in the ayre so shal we euer be with the lorde Therefore comfort your selues one another with these wordes The spirite or soule is before God a precious thinge and much set by Christ was killed as pertaning to the flesh but was quickened in the spirit In which spirite he also went and preached vnto the spirites that were in prison c. Here it is manifest that the spirites or soules of men are immortal and liue either in glory or in payne after they be losoned from the body Examples out of the new Testament WHen the Sadâ—…ces denied the resurrec tion of the body and the immortaliti of the soule Christe aunswered theÌ„ saying haue ye not reade what is wrytten I am the God of AbrahaÌ„ the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob He is not the God of the dead but of the liuing By this testimony of the holy scripture Christ declareth that though Abraham Isaac Iacob and al other of the faithful be dead as concerning theyr bodyes yet their soules liue with God and are immortall The history of the pore maÌ„ Lazarus of the rich vnmercifull gloton proueth euidentlye that the soules dye not with the body nor yet slepe vntil the day of iudgement as the vngodly Anabaptists dream nether are they cast into purgatory as the papistes teach but that the soules of the faythfull goe immediatly after their departure from the body vnto eternal glory and the soules of the vnfaythfull vnto euerlasting damnation so that the soules of al men are immortall and liue for euer either in heauen or in hel in glory or in payne The parable of the vnrighteous steward setteth forthe also the immortality of the soule as these words of Christ do declare Make you frends sayth he of the wicked Mammon that when ye shal depart hence they may receiue you into euerlastig dwel ling places The soule came agayne to the widowes son to the rulers doughter to Lazarus to them that after Christes resurrection came out of their graues to Dorâ—…s to Eu tichus c. Which thing declareth maâ—…festlye that the soule dyeth not with the bo dy but stil liued and remayned immortall The thiefe that hanged one the crosse with Christ sayde vnto him Lord remember me when thou shalte come into thy kingdome Christe aunswered verelye I saye vnto thee this daye shalt thou be with me in paradise The body of the thiefe dyed shortly after and was committed to the earth The soule of the thiefe was in paradise with Christ. The soule therfore liueth and remaineth immortall or els muste Christ be a liar But let God be true and all heretikes liars Sainct Stephen being at the pointe of death prayed saying lorde Iesu take my spirite Sainct Paule wisshed to be losoned out of his bodye and to bee with Christ. I saw vnder the aulter saith Sainct Iohn the souls of them that wer killed for the word of God and for the testimony whiche they had and they cried with a loude voyce saiing howe long tariest thou O lord bolye and true to iudg and to auenge our bloud on them that dwel on the earth and longe white garmentes were geuen vnto euery one of them And it was sayde vnto them that they should rest for a little season vntyll the number of their felowes and brethren and of them that should be killed as they were were fulfilled ¶ Of the glory of heauen and of euerlasting lyfe IF Sathan go forth to tempt thee that thou mightest lose the inheritance of the kingdome of god and say vnto thee that thou art a sinner an abhominable liuer and therfore thy faith is frustrate and thy hope vain in loking for the glory of heauen for God is a righteous Iudge and rewardeth euery man according to his deedes and merites let all these his craftyâ—… assaultes nothinge moue or abashe thee but call to thy remembraunce and beleeue stedfastlye that the heauenlye kingdome is not geuen thee for thy merites and desartes for so shouldest thou receiue nothing but eternal dampnation but for the promises which god the father hath made thee in Christes bloud if thou repent beleue Therfore cast away that rightousnes which the hypocrites chalenge by their good works and lay handes on that which commeth by faith of Iesus Christe so canst thou not be deceiued so can sathan win nothyng at thy hande so can it not but come to pas that thou shalt enioy the glory of heauen thorowe Christe Iesu. And that thou mayest doubt nothinge in this behalfe imprint these sentences and examples of the holy â—… scripture diligeÌ„tly and earnestly in thy minde ☞ Examples out of the olde Testament THe Lord hath saued me because it was his pleasure Prayse the Lorde O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy name Praise the Lord O my soule and forget not all his benefites which forgeueth all thy sinnes and healeth all thine infirmities which saueth thy life from destructioÌ„ and crowneth the with mercy and louing kindnesse They that put their trust in me shall inherite the land and possesse my holy hil Thy damnation O Israel came of thy selfe but thy saluation commeth of me Examples out of the olde Testament That princelye Prophet Dauid being thorowly perswaded that the inheritance of the glory of heauen and the possession of euerlasting life is the free gift of god thorow Iesus Christe and is denied to none although neuer so sinful and wretched if they repent being nothing appalled with his former sinful liuig as though y â— shuld pluck him from the inheritaunce of the heuenly kingdome knew what blessed felicitie and ioyful quietnes the soules of the faithful do enioy after their departure froÌ„ the bodyes lamented he caried so longe in this vale of misery and no lesse feruently desired to come and appeare before the face of god than the thirstye harte desireth to come to the water brookes The godly auncient Tobye knowinge gods exceeding great liberalitie in the gift of euerlastinge quietnes after the humble submission of him self vnto the Lorde hys god wyshed rather to dy than to lyue and beseched god that hys spyryte might be receiued in