Sonne The young men must be sober minded Titus 2 YouÌ„g men young women The young women must be sober minded also and loue their husbands and children they must be discréet chast huswifly good obedient vnto their husbands that none haue any euill to say of them Father What sayst thou to souldiers toll-gatherers and Baylifes Sonne Luke 3. Souldiers The souldyers demanded of Iohn Babtist what they should doe And he said hurt no-man neither trouble any man wrongfully and be contented with your wages Luke 11 Lawiers As for the lawiers the Lord cursed them and sayd wo vnto you ye Lawiers for ye loden men with burthens which they are not able to beare and ye your selues touch not the packes with one of your fingers Father But thou tellest me not what they should doe I sée a great sort euill enough Sonne Math. 23 They ought to execute Iudgement mercie and faithe Father What off bayllifs and common tol-gatherers and such like Sonne They ought to require no more then that is apponted vnto them Luke 3 Father Thou hast spoken of all perticulerlie Euery maÌ„s dutie But now let me heare in generall words of the dutyes of all states and degrées of people young and olde learned and vnlearned rich and poore man and woman Sonne The grace of God saith saint Paull Titus 2. hath appeared that bringeth saluation vnto all men and teacheth that all men should denye vngodlinesse and worldlie lusts and that they should liue soberly righteously and Godly in this present worlde They ought to feare God Reuel 14 and giue honour vnto him and worshippe him that made heauen and earth and the sea and the fountaines of water They ought to follow righteousnesse 1. Tim. 6 Godlinesse faith loue pacience méekenesse to fight the good fight of faith to lay haÌ„d on eternall life wherevnto they are called and haue professed the same before manie witnesses They ought to recompence to no man euil for euil to warne theÌ„ that are vnruly 1. Thes 5 to comforte the féeble minde to lift vp the weake and to be patient towards all men Phillip 2 They must be like minded hauing one loue being of one accord and of one minde that nothing be done through strife or of vaine glorie but in méekenesse of minde let euerie man estéeme an other better then himselfe Luke 12 They ought to séeke the kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof Luke 3. He that hath two coats must part with him that hath none and he that hath meat must doe likewise 1. Cor. 11 Euerie one must be a chast virgin vnto God 1. Peter 2 They ought all to loue as the seruants of God to honour all men to haue brotherly felloship to feare God to honour the Kinge Ecclesi 8 They must kéepe the kinges commandement and the oathe that is made vnto God Eccle. 12. This is the conclusion of all thinges that they feare God and kéepe his commandements for that toucheth all men Father Election Beginne to shewe me the goodnesse of God vnto his people I haue heard that we are elected of God euen of his méere loue Sonne Yea Deu. 4. whatsoeuer the Lord God doth vnto vs that it is of his mercy and loue and for our election the Lord saith because I loued thy fathers I chose their séede after them and brought them out of Egypt The Lord hath chosen thée to be a seuerall people and nation to himselfe Deut. 7. aboue all nations of the earth The Lorde chooseth vnto himselfe the man that is godlie Psal 4. I prepared thée or euer thou knewest me Esay 45. The Lord saith Ieremi 1. before euer I fashioned thée in thy Mothers wombe I did knowe thée and or euer thou wast borne I sanctified thée and ordayned thée to be a Prophet vnto the people The Lord choseth those that put their whoredome out of his sight Oscas 2. and their adnoutry from their breasts He whom the Lord chooseth shal be holy Nume 16 Was not Esau Iacobs brother Malachi saith the Lord yet haue I hated Esau and loued Iacob Io. 6. No man saith Christ can come vnto me except my Father draw him Io. 15. Chosen to good works I haue chosen you and ordayned you to goe and bring foorth fruit and that your fruit should remayne Ephe. 1. And concluding with Saint Paules words the Lord hath chosen vs in hym before the foundations of the world were laide that we shoulde be holye without blame before him through Iesus Christ to bée heyres vnto himselfe Father Creation What saiest thou touching our creation Sonne Gen. 1. In the beginning God made heauen and earth and all other things and sawe that they were excéeding good Psalm 33 By the word of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the breath of his mouth Esay 41. He that called the generations from the beginning euen the Lord which is the first and the last made and created all thinges â—eremi 27 I am saith the Lord he that made the earth the men and Cattell that are vpon the grounde with my power and out-stretched arme and I haue giuen it to whome it pleaseth mée The Lorde is the worke-master of all things which teacheth wisedome Wisd 7 All things were made by the worde of God Io. 1. and without it was made nothing that was made And concluding with Saint Paull Collo 1. who saith That all things were created by him that are in heauen and that are in earth visible and inuisible whether they be Maiestraies or Lordship either rule or power Father But how was man created Sonne Euen after the image of God Mans creation Gen. 1. God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him Male and Female created he them The Lorde shaped man euen of dust of the moulde Gen. 2. and breathed into his nostherells the breath of life and so Adam was made a liuing soule The Lord saith Iob Iob. 10. made mée of the mould and shall bring me into dust againe he hath turned me as it were milk and turned me into cruds like chéese hée hath couered me with skinne and flesh and ioyned me togther with bones and sinewes â—ob 33. The spirit of God hath made me and the breath of the almightie hath giuen mée life Eccle. 7. This I haue founde that God made man iust but he hath many inuentions â—ust â—eremy 2 Faithfull I placed thée saith God a noble vine and a good roote whose seede is faithfull but thou art turned into a bytter vnfruitfull and straunge Grape Wisd 2. God made man to be vndestroyed yea after the Image of his owne likenesse made he him neuerthelesse through the mallice of the Diuell came death into the world â—phe 4 Ye are shapen after
Reuel 13 and all that dwel vpon the earth whose names are not written in the booke of life of the Lambe He is the Captaine ouer all that worship diuels and Images of gold Reuel 19 and siluer and brasse and stone and of wood which neither can sée heare nor go of all murderers fornicatours sorcerers ImpeniteÌ„t persons are his souldiers and théeues which repent not of the déedes of their handes Father Many souldyers then hath the diuell vnder his banner if all naughtie men that repent not of the déeds of their owne handes be his but what will the Lord do to them if they amend not and come home to their God Sonne Reuel 8 Saint Iohn telleth that their plauges shall come in one day death and sorow and hunger and they shal be burnt with fier for strong is the Lord God which shal iudge them Rom. 1 There shall come tribulacion wrath and anguishe vppon euery soule of them Father Tell me who are souldyers vnder Christes banner and what reward shall they haue Sonne Reuela 16 Those that watch and kéepe their garments that they walke not naked so that men may sée their filthienesse Io. 4. He that confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God They that kéepe his commaundements and doe those thinges that are pleasant in his sight and this is the commaundemeÌ„t Faith and loue are badges of Christs soldiers that we beléeue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he hath giuen commaundement They are buried by baptisme Collo 3 but raised againe by faith They haue their conuersation in heauen from whence they looke for a sauiour euen the Lorde Iesus Christ Phillip 3 They beléeue onely in Christ Iesu Gall. 3. I beheld saith Saint Iohn Reuel 7 a great multitude which no man could number of all nacions people and tongues that stood before the seat and the Lambe clothed with loÌ„g white garmeÌ„ts palmes in their handes they are they that came out of tribulation and made their garmentes white with the blood of the Lambe therfore are they in the presence of God and serue him day and night in his temple and he that sitteth vppon the seat will dwell among them they shall hunger no more neither thirst neither shall the sunne light on theÌ„ any more neither any heat for the Lambe which is in the middest of the seat shall féed them and lead them vnto fountaines of liuing water and God shall wipe away all teares from theire eyes Father Let vs pray against these enimies the Diuell world and the flesh Sonne A prayer O Lord God and mercifull father the diuell goeth about like a roaring Lyon séeking whome he may deuouer the flesh lusieth against the spirit the world perswadeth vnto vainities that we may forget thée and so for euer â—e damned thus are we myserablie beset be séeged on euerie side with cruel and restles enimies and like at euerie moment to perish if we be not defended by thy mightie hand against their tiranny we therefore poore and wretched sinners disparing of our owne strengthes which in déede is none most heartely pray thée to endue vs with strength from aboue that we may be able with strong faith to resist Sathan with feruent prayer to mortifie the luste of the flesh with continuall meditation of thy holy Law to auoide the foolish vanities transitory pleasures of this wicked world and béeing set at libertie from the power of these our mortall enimes may serue thée in true holynesse and righteousnesse after be partakers of thine euerlasting ioies prepared for thy Children which as they are great and vnspeakable so are they few that do enioye theÌ„ for straite is the way narrow is the gate that leadeth therevnto and few therebe that finde it Notwithstanding thou hast a little flocke to whom it is thy pleasure to giue that ioyfull kingdome whose names are written in the booke of lyfe make vs of that number for Iesus Christ his sake place vs amongst those shéepe that shall stand on thy right hand and receiue that blessed inheritance and dwell with thée for euermore Amen Father Iudgement generall Graunt this O Lord for Iesus Christ his sake Well procéede sonne is there once a reckning to be made and an accompt to be giuen before whom shall that reckning be and who shall recken Sonne That straight accompt and reckning shal be before the maiestie of that terryble and fearful God iudge Iesus Christ and they that shall recken are all people kindreds and tongues good and bad that haue béene are or shal be till the ende of the world come and that fearefull iudgement bée Father Resurrection How shall the dead be raised vp if all shal be iudged Sonne Trumpe 1. Cor. 15 With the sound of Gods trumpet father for the trumpe shall blowe and the deade shall rise incorruptable and we shal be chaunged for this corruptable must put on incorruption and this mortall shal put on immortalitie In that day shall the great Trumpet be blowen Esay 23 so that they which were lost in the land of Assyria and those that were banished into the lande of Egypt shal come and worship the Lord in the holy mount at Ierusalem The Lord shall crie with a great shout from his court regall Ieremi 2 he shall giue a great voyce like the grape gatherers and the sounde thereof shall be heard to the ende of the world The Lord shall roare out of Sion Amos. 1 and shew his voice out of Ierusalem that the heauens and earth shall quake withall He shall sende his Angells with the great voice of a Trumpet Math. 24 and they shall gather together his chosen from the foure winds euen from the highest partes of heauen to thendes thereof The Lord God shall blowe out the Trumpet zachary shall come foorth as a storme out of the south The Lorde shall disend from heauen with a shout 2 Thess and the voice of the Archangell and trump of God I will blow for them zachar 1 and gather them together saith the Lorde for I will redéemed them Thus by the sounde of the Trumpet shall all be raysed vp from death Father The Lorde be mercifull vnto vs. The remembraunce of the voyce of the Trumpet terrifieth mée which shall bée hearde in Heauen Earth and Hell but procéede howe shall men rise Sonne â—ob 19 Iob saith I knowe that my redéemer liueth and that I shall rise out of the earth at the last daye and shall bée cloathed agayne with my skinne and shall sée GOD in my fleshe yea and I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with these same eyes â—say 26 The deade menne shall lyue sayeth GOD euen with their bodies shall they ryse agayne awake and singe thou that dwellest in the dust for thy dewe is euen as
the dewe of Pearles and the Earth shall cast them out that bée vnder her the earth shall disclose her owne bloude and shall no more hide them that are slayne in her Beholde saith the Lorde I will open your Graues Ezech. 37 and take you out of your Sepulchers and bring you out of the lande of Israell againe my spirit shall I put in you and ye shall liue Many of them that sléepe in the dust of the earth shall awake Dan. 12 some to euerlasting life some to perpetuall shame and reproofe There shall bée a resurrection both of iust and vniust Good and bad Acts. 24 For by Christ shall all menne liue 1. Cor. 13 and GOD shall giue to euerye one his owne bodye at his pleasure For when the Trumpe shall blowe the deade shall ryse incorruptable and bée chaunged Father 〈◊〉 terrible lay Iesus be mercifull vnto vs. Procéede tell me now of this terrible day of iudgement Sonne â—say 13. The day of the Lord shall come terrible full of indignation furie and wrath to make the lande wast and to roote out the sinnes thereof for the Starres and Planets of heauen shall not giue their light the Sunne shall be darkened in the morning and the Moone shall not shine with his light I shall shake the heauen and the earth shall remoue out of her place saith the Lord of hostes â—say 14 Hell be-neath trembleth to méete the Lord at his comming â—say 24. The earth shall réele too and fro like a drunken man and shall be remoued out of her place like a tent in one night and the iniquitie thereof shall be heauie vpon it it shall fall and not rise agayne in that day shall the Lorde visite the hoste that is on high aboue and the kinges that are vpon the earth and they shall bée gathered together and they that be in pryson the Moone shall be abashed and the Sunne ashamed when the Lord of hostes shall reigne in Syon and in Ierusalem with worshippe and in the sight of such as shall be of his counsell Beholde Esay 28. there commeth a vehement and sore day from the Lord like an vnmeasurable hyll and perillous tempest euen like the force of mightie and horrible waters that violentlie beareth downe all thinges The earth shall bée visited of the Lorde of hostes with Thunder Esay 29. Earthquake and a great noyse with storme and tempest and with the flame of a consuming fier The heauens shall vanish away like smoake Esay 5â— and the earth waxeth olde like a cloth and they that dwell therein shall perish in like manner The verie fishes of the Sea Ezech. 3â— the foules of the ayre the beastes of the fielde and all people that are vpon the earth shall tremble for feare of mée sayth the Lord the Hilles shall be turned vpside downe the stares of stone shall fall and all the walles shall sincke to the grounde â—oel 2. The day of the Lord commeth and is harde at hande a darke day a glouming day a cloudie day yea a stormie daye before the Lord shall be a consuming fier and behinde him a burning flame Micheas 1 The mountaynes shall consume vnder him the valleys shall cleaue a sunder like as waxe consumeth and like as water runneth a pace â— Pet. 3. The world shall perish â—y fier The heauen and earth that are nowe to be kept by his worde in stoore and reserued vnto fier agaynst the daye of iudgement and perdition of vngodlye men â—opho 1 The great day of the Lord is at hand it is harde by and commeth on a pace horrible is the tidings of the Lords daye then shall the Gyants crye out for the day is a day of wrath and of trouble and heauinesse a day of vtter destruction and miserie a darke and glouming daye a cloudie and stormie daye a daye of noyse of Trumpets and Shalmes Trumpets shalms agaynst the strong Citties and high Towers â—euel 6 I sawe the Sunne as blacke as sackcloth and the Moone as bloud the Starres fell from Heauen the Heauen vanished away euen as a scrolle that rooled together and all mountaynes and Iles were remooued out of their places the great day of his wrath is come and who is able to endure Christ himselfe saith Math. 24 the Sunne shall bée darkened and the Moone shall not giue her light the Starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of Heauen shall be mooued and then shall appeare the token of the Sonne of manne in Heauen then shall all kinredes of the earth mourne when they shall sée the Sonne of manne come in the cloudes of Heauen with power and great glorie Father Mercifull God deliuer vs on that terrible and dreadefull daye of vengeance and wrath shielde vs vnder thy winges and couer vs with thy fethers But tell mée of that Iudge before whome we must make our appearances Sonne The Lorde Iesus shall shewe hymselfe 2. Theâ—â— from Heauen with his Angells of his power and with a flaming fier Math. 25 The sonne of man shall come in his glorie and all the holie Angells with him and then shall he sitte vpon the seate of his glorie and before him shall be gathered all nations Daniel 7. The olde aged satte him downe and his cloathing was as white as snowe and the haires of his heade like pure wooll his Throne like the fierie flame and his wheeles as the burning fier a thousande serued him and tenne thousande times tenne stoode before him the iudgement was set and the bookes opened Reuela 1 Beholde saith Saint Iohn hée commeth with cloudes and all eies shall sée and they also that pearsed him and all kinreds of the earth shall waile ouer him Father Oh great and mightie GOD merciful father The iudgement not â—scaped be mindefull of thy people whome thou hast bought with thy precious bloud Goe on tell mée Sonne if none can escape this iudgement neither by witte pollicie strength ritches by hiding or couering themselues nor by anie other shift Sonne No Father Reuel 20 none shall escape that euer were are or shall be to that day For S. Iohn saith I sawe the deade both small and great stand before God and the bookes were opened and the Sea gaue vppe her deade which were in her and death and Hell deliuered vp the deade that were in them There shall be Kinges of the earth Reuel 6 great men and ritch men and chiefe Captaines and mightie men We must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ 2. Cor. 5. that euerie man may giue accompt of his workes All mightie men and Princes of the earth Esay 14 and all Kinges of the earth shall stande vp from their seates that they may aunswere and speake vnto the Lord. The glorie of the Lorde shall appeare Esay 40 and all flesh shall at once sée it All flesh shall come to worship
say to the wicked Sonne Reuel 12 First when they are areigned ther shal stand before them a terrible most fearefull Iudge on the one side Wisd 17 Malach. 3. Reuel 14 2. Peter 3. Math. 25 their workes accusing on the other side the Diuell and all hell-hounds to draw them away with in them their conscyence crying out against them on euerie side the whole world burning vnder them hell and damnation wide open to swallow them the fier of paine therin to bunre them the sentence of Iesus thus shall be then prononced Goe you cursed of my â—ather into euerlasting fier prepared for the Diuell and his Angells after which curse they shal be preseÌ„ly cast into a lakâ— of fier brimstone Math. 3 where the fier neuer quencheth and the worme neuer dyeth and haue euerlasting paine Father Procéed tell me what shall become of the Diuell death and damned soules and bodies then Sonne Saint Iohn saith Reuel 20 that death and Hell shall be cast into a lake of fier which is the second death The beast and the false Prophetes were taken Reuel 19 and cast quicke into a ponde of fier burning with Brimstone and all that had the beasts marke The wicked shall drinke of the wine of the wrath of God Reuel 14 which is powred into the cup of his wrath and shall bée punished in fier and Brimstone VVher punishment neuer endeth before the holie Angells before the Lambe and the smoak of their tormeÌ„ts asceÌ„deth euermore The damned shall sucke the Gall of Serpents Iob. 26. the Adders tounge shall slay him so that he shall no more sée riuers of Honie and Butter The wicked shall be turned vnto hell all they that forget God Psalm 9 so that vpon theÌ„ shall the Lord raâ—â—e fier and Brimstone storme and tempest this shal be their portion to drink In that daye the Lord with his sore Esay 27. Christ conquered Sathan and destroyed his power great and mightie sworde shall visite Leuiathan the fugetiue serpent euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent shall slay the Dragon that is in the sea Esay 30. Hell in the depth prepared for Kings so that none are spared The fier of paine is ordained from the beginning yea euen for kinges it is prepared this hath the Lord set in the depth and made it wide the burning whereof is fier and much wood and the breath of the Lord which is a riuer of Brimstone doth kindle it Esay 3â— The wicked saith God shall conceaue stubble and beare straw and my spirit shal be as fier that it may consume and the people shall be burnt like lime and as thornes burne that are hewed off and cast into the fier Esay 34. They shall be so chaunged that they shall be as blacke as a pot my sword shall come downe in iudgement and vpon the people which I haue cursed for my vengeaunce The paine fier shal continue euermore thy folke shall be tâ—rned to pitch his earth to Brimstone therwith shall the land be kindled so that it â—hall not be quenched day nor night but smoake euermore Esay 66. Their carrions shall lie and be looked vpon their wormes shall not die neither shall their fier be quenched and all flesh shall abhorre them Iudeth 16 The Lord shall giue fier and wormes into their flesh that they may burne and féele it for euermore Thunder-boltes hills Wisd 5 waters of the sea flouds shall runne roughlie together a mightie winde shall stande vppe against them Their ioye shall be turned to sorrow Baruch 4 for fier shall fall vpon them from the euerlasting God long to endure and shall be inhabited of Diuells The wicked will the Lord burne with vnquenchable fier Math. 3 there shall be wéeping and gnashing of téeth Mark 13 The fearefull and vnbeléeuers Reuel 21 and abhominable murderers and whorrmongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all lyers shall haue their part in the lake that burneth with fier and Brimstone which is the second death And Christ thus concludeth that they shall be bounde â—ande and foote and cast into vtter darkenâ—sse where is wéeping and gnashing of téeth Father The Lord make our hearts stable and vnblameable 1. Thess 3 in holinesse before God our Father at the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christ with all Sainctes Amen Procéede tell mée now of the ioye prepared of God for his electe and chosen Reuel 28 I sawe saith Saint Iohn a newe heauen a new earth new Ierusalem come downe from heauen prepared as a bride garnished for her husbande â—oye and I hearde a great voyce from heauen saying beholde the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himselfe shall bée with them and be their God and GOD shall wipe away al teares from their eies and there shall be no more death neyther sorrow neyther crying neither shall there be any more paine for the olde thinges are gone Reuel 21 They shall sée his face and his name shall be in their foreheadâ— where shall appeare the brightnesse of God Reuel 14 They shall drinke of the well of the water of life They shall rest from their labours Gen. 1. The Lord himselfe will be their reward Reuel 7 They shall bée in the presence of the seate of God and serue him day and night in his Temple and he that sitteth in the seate will dwell among them they shall hunger no more neither thirst neither shall the Sunne light on them neither any heate for the Lambe which is in the middest of the seate shall féede them and leade them vnto fountaines of liuing water and God shall wipe away all teares from their eies They shall stande before the seat of the Lambe Eod. cloathed with white long garments and Palmes in their hands They shall singe night and day saying Reuel 4 Holie holie holie Lord God almightie which was and is and is to come In the kingdome of heauen shall the Lord of hostes make vnto all people a feast of plenteous delicate dishes Esay 25 euen of most pleasaunt and daintie dishes The Lord of hostes shall be a crowne of glorie and diâ—mond of beautie Esay 28. vnto his faithfull people Iacob shall not bée confounded Esay 29. nor his face pale The rewarde of righteousnesse Esay 32. shall bée rest peace and quietnesse for euer There shall Sion bée séene Esay 33 the head Cittie of our solemne feast there shall thine eyes sée Ierusalem that glorious habitation and Tabernacle that neuer shall remoue â—eauen whose nayles shall not bée taken out worlde without ende the Maiestie of God shall be there present among vs Maiestie 〈◊〉 God â—ene â—dge â—aw-giuer â—ing Saâ—iour as a place where broade riuers and streames are for the Lord is a Iudge the Lord is our
vnto God the things that are goods Esdras 7 Whosoeuer will not obey the King let him haue Iudgment without delay Rom. 13. Giue to euery man his duty tribute to whom tribute belongeth custome to whō custome is due feare to whome feare belongeth honour to whō honour pertaineth Math. 7 Iesus saide to Peter of whome doe the Kings of the earth take tribute or toll and further saide goe least we should offend and take thine angle and looke that thou take the fyshe that first commeth vp and thou shalt finde in his mouth a péece of xx pence that take and giue it vnto them for mée and thée 1. king 8 The Lord shewing the domynion of a king ouer subiects sayth he will take your sonnes and put them to his Chariots and make horsemen to runne before him make of them Captaines ouer thousands and ouer hundreths to eare his ground gather his haruest and your daughters wil he make cookes apotecaries and bakers and he shall take the best of your feildes vine-yerds olyues and giue thē to his seruants I exhort saith saint Paull Tim. 2 that aboue all things prayers Praier for Kings supplications intercessions and giueing of thankes be had for all men for Kinges and for all that are in authoritie that we may liue a quiet and peaceable life with al godlinesse honesty And all the people sayd 1. King 10 God send the king long life I pray God that my Lord King Dauid may liue euer God saue King Salomon 3. kings 1. the people sayde Amen I pray God that the Lord God of my king say so too Daniell sayd oh king Dan. 2. God saue thy life for euer Father What Euell princes are all kinges and Princes to be honoured and prayed for if they be euill and wicked Sonne Yea Dan. 3. for why they are Gods ministers ordained of God I read that Nabugodonozer King of Babulon made an Image to be worshipped howbeit Sidrach Mysaac and Abednago although they refused to worship that Idoll yet they submitted thēselues and honoured the King Daryus king of Babulon Dan. 6 casting Danyell into a Lyons Den yet Danyell honoured the king and sayd oh King God saue thy life for euer Saull a wicked king purposing to haue killed Da. yet Da. honored him said 1. king 24 the Lord forbid that I should touch the Lords annoynted Iob. 34. For the wickednesse of the people doth the Lorde make an hippocrite to raigne ouer them Pro. 21. The kinges heart is in the hande of God like as are the ryuers of water hée may turne it whether soeuer he will So that you may perceaue Father that God ordayneth a wicked king to raigne ouer wicked people to scourge and plague thē For a wicked king is the lands scourge Father Depose May not Subiectes labour to depose their Prince if he bée euill and place another Sonne Daniel 2. The Lord forbid for why wisedome and strength are the Lords he setteth vp kinges and putteth downe kinges 1. king 17. The Lord hath rented his kingdome from thée and hath cast thée off that thou shalt not bée king Father But by whome and wherefore was Saull deposed Sonne 1. Cro. 10. By the Lord was he deposed Because he trespassed against the Lord in that hée kept not the word of the Lord but sought and asked counsel of a woman the wrought with a spirit and asked not of the Lorde The highest hath power ouer kingdoms of men and giueth them to whom he wil Daniel 4. and he bringeth euen the verie abiectes of men ouer them Father Then it is not lawfull for any person to rebell or make insurrection Rebellion Sonne Who can lay his hand saith Dauid 1. king 26. 1. king 24. on the Lords anoynted and be guiltlesse the Lord be mercifull vnto mée that I do not touch the Lords anoynted Dauid said to the young man 2. king 2. how is it that thou wast not afrayde to slaye the Lordes anoynted and his young men came vpon him and slue him The vnrighteous and wicked men that slue the kings sonne in his owne house 2. king 4 vpon his bed shall not I saith Dauid require his bloud at your hands take you from the earth and Dauid caused them to be hanged vppe and cutte of their handes and féete Rebellion is as the synne of witchcraft 1. king 15 and disobedience is as the sinne of Idolatrie 2. king 18 Absolon rebelling against Dauid his father roade vpon a Mule who ranne vnder a trée and was hanged by the lockes of his haire and was cast into an hole and stones vpon him Math. 27 Iudas who betrayed his Maister for xxx péeces of siluer went out and hanged himselfe and his bowells gushed out Numer 16 Corath Dathan and Abyron rebelled and they their wiues and children goods cattells being in their tents the earth opened her mouth and they went downe all quicke into hell Nume 16. Two hundreth being of the same conspiracie not then there present fire came downe from heauen and destroyed them Ecclesi 10 Wish the king no euill in thine heart nor thy Prince any hurte in thy prieuie Chamber for a byrde of the ayre shall bewray thée and with her fethers shall shée bewray thy secrets Rom. 13 But chiefelye marke Saint Paules words Whosoeuer resisteth shall receaue to themselues damnation whereby you may well perceaue Father how the Lord God of heauen plaugeth rebells not only with bodely death destruction but also with eternall confusion and condemnation in the burning lake of hell where fier and Brimstone storme and tempest shall bée their portion to drinke Father Iesu my sonne how many conspiracies trayterous rebellions haue been of late against our gratious Princesse Sonne Yea father yet the Lord that great and mightie Iehoua doth saue his anoynted out of their bloudie hands A prayer And I beséech our God and heauenly father for Iesus death innocent blood-shedding to blesse preserue and saue her Maiestie and either in mercy conuert their hearts to their dutifull obedience vnto her Maiestie or else in iustice destroy them that they may perish and haue their portion with Corath his companie which thing the eternall God for his great mercy sake graunt And thereto let all that feare God say Amen Father And I beséech the Lord God 3. kings 1 of my princesse to say so to Amen Procéede my son to tell me of whome haue Iudges Iudges and magestrato Rulers Magestrates and Officers of euery degrée in the common wealth their power and aucthoritie Sonne Of their head the Prince euen as the Prince hath power from his heade Christ For they are the hands of their king or Prince whereby he worketh Exod. 18. Be thou vnto the people to God-ward that thou maist bring the causes vnto God and
stumbled which carried the Arke of God the Arke like to fall as he thought None ioyned with god to help he offered to vpholde or stay the Arke No good entent pleaseth God that is contrary to his will and God smote him that he dyed sodainelie Therefore whosoeuer thinketh the Lord so weake that he must haue the blessed Virgin Marie the Saincts Apostles or Angels to take holde with him let that man or woman doubt for feare the Lord smite them as he did Vsa sodenly for let men know that God is almightie Father Thou prouedst before that all are sinners but I haue brought thée from that matter yet I would gladly know further touching sinne what those are wherein all for the most part haue offended Sonne Idolatrie Idolatry for that most displeaseth God whome all people kindreds and toungs ought to worship Exod. 22. He that offereth vnto any Gods but to the Lord let him be rooted out Exod. 32 The people made a Calfe and woorshipped it they sate downe to eate and drinke and rose vp to play but the Lorde slue thrée thousande for the same Leuiti 19 Ye shall not saith the Lord turne to Idolls nor make you Gods of metall Iacob commaunded all his housholdes to put away the straung Gods that were among them Gen. 35 and be cleane and so they did Leuitic 17 Let none offer their offeringes vnto Diuells after whome they haue gone a-whoring Leuit. 26 Ye shall make you no grauen Image neyther reare you vp any stone neyther any Idole to worship it for I am the Lord. Deu. 4. You saw no Image saith the Lorde when I spake vnto you out of the fier then take héede that you make no manner of Image to worshippe neither of manne beast foule c. For if thou doe I call Heauen and Earth to recorde ouer you this daye you shall perishe shortelie out of this lande Ye shall ouerthrow their Alters Deu. 7. A kings dutie breake downe their pillers cut down their groues and burne their grauen Images with fier The people vsed to burne their sonnes and daughters with fier before their gods Deu. 12. If there be any within your gates Deut. 17. Idolaters stoned man or woman that haue or worshippe straunge Gods the Sunne the Moone or any of the host of heauen they shal be stoned to death Th people serued Baall and offereth Iudg. 2 and the Lords wrath was hot The Arke of God was set before Dagon the Philistines God 1. king 4. but Dagon was cast downe and leggs and armes broken Ieroboam made two Calues of Golde 3. kings 12 Bethell Gods house made a place fo◠Idoll Psalm 9◠and made the people worshippe and sayde these are Gods that brought you out of Egypt and set one of them at Bethell Confounded bée all they that woorshippe Carued Images and that delight in vayne Gods woorshippe him all ye Gods Let them bée ashamed earely that hope in Idolls Esay 42. and say to fashioned Images you are our Gods Ezech. 8. There were all manner of Images of wormes and beastes all Idolls and abhominacions of the house of Israell paynted euerie one rounde about the wall there stoode before the Images 70. Lords to offer incence secretly and saide tush the Lord séeth vs not Abacuc 2. Woe be vnto him saith the Lord that saith to a péece of wood arise and to a dombe stone stand vp Wisd 14 So father I will conclude with the Lords words Cursed is the Image and he that made it Father Pryde Goe to speake of other vices what sayest thou of pride Sonne Eccle. 10 Initium omnis peccati superbia quia tenebit eam ad implebitur maledictis Proude people cursed Eccle. 32 Pride is the beginning of all sin he that is proud is filled with cursing If thou be made a ruler pryde not thy selfe therein but be thou as one of the people Pro. 26. The Lord abhorreth all such as bée of a proude heart his hande is agaynst their hande and they shall not escape as innocents After pride commeth destruction Pro. 18. and honour after lowlines Thou Capernaum which art exalted vp to heauen Mark 11 shalt be brought downe to hell Euerie one sayth Christ that exalteth himselfe shall be brought low Luke 18. And hée that humbleth himselfe shall be exalted Father What is not couetousnesse a sinne Couetousnesse Sonne A sinne yes an horrible offence Tim. 6. for Saint Paull sayth that the couetousnesse of monie is the roote of all euill Wo be vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goods Abacuc 2 Couetous and their goods burned with an hot fier wo vnto him that gathereth euill gotten goods into his house that he may set his nest on hie to escape the power of misfortune but the Lord of hosts shall bring this to passe that the laborers of the people shal be burnt with a fire and the thinge wherevpon they haue weried themselues shal be burnt Like as hell and destruction are neuer full Pro. 27 euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied Esay 5. Wo be vnto them that ioyne one house vnto an other and one land to an other that the poore can get no more ground Ecclesi 14. A couetous eye hath neuer enough in the porcions of vngodlinesse vntill the time that he wither away and haue lost his owne soule Mark 10 It is easier for a Camell to goe through the eye of a néedle then for the rich to enter into the kingdome of heauen Mark 8. And thus concluding what will it gaine a man if he win all the worlde and léese his owne soule Or what shall a man giue to redeme his soule againe withall Father Lechery Tell me something of Lecherie Sonne Iob. 31. This sinne of lecherie saith Iob is a wickednesse and sinne that is worthie to be punished yea a fire that vtterlie would consume and root out all a mans substance Leuit. 20 A man that breaketh wedlocke with an other mans wife let both the aduouterer and the aduoutris be slaine Leuiti 19 Thou shalt not make thy daughter cōmon that thou wouldest cause her to be an whore least the land fall to whordom and be full of wickednesse Ther shal be no whore among the daughters of Israell Deu. 23 nor no whore kéeper of the sonnes of Israell There were slaine of the Tribe of Biniamin xxv thousands Iudg. 20. and all their Citties burned for adulterie In the desire of vncleanlie lust Ieremi 5 they are become like the stoned horse euery man néeth at his neighbours wife The children of the aduouterers shall come to naught Wisd 4 and the séede of the vnrighteous bed shal be rooted out An whores house is the way to hell Pro. 7. and bring men downe into the chambers of death An whore is
thée from thy Cittie of Ierusalem thy holye hill Daniel 9. O Lord heare vs O Lord forgiue O Lord consider tarrie not ouer long but for thine owne sake doe it O my God euen for thy mercies sake and for the temple at Ierusalem All the people prayed and humbled theÌ„selues with fasting and prayer Iud. 4 Fasting praier they and their wiues the priests put on heyrie cloth and with one accord praied vnto the Lord. And all the people fell downe flat on their faces and prayed Iudeth 6 The song of the thrâ— children and wept till euening and besought the Lord of Israell the he would shew his mercie vpoÌ„ his people For thine owne sake for thy beloued Abrahams sake for thy seruant Isaac sake and for thy holy Israells sake giue vs not vp for euer neither take thy mercy froÌ„ vs. The prodigall child repented Luke 15 Confession praier came to his father and said father I haue sinned against heaueÌ„ against thée I am no more worthie to be called thy sonne make me I beséech thée as one of thy hyred seruants The thiefe at Christs death thus praied Luke 23 Lorde remember mée when thou comest into thy kingdome for I am iustlie condemned but thou hast done nothing amisse Christ aunswered Amen Dico tibi hodie mecum eris in Paradiso Verelie this night shalt thou be with me in Padise Luke 18. The Publican durst not looke vppe to heauen but smote vpon his brest saide God be mercifull vnto me a sinner and he went home iustified Father Is prayer so effectuall and of such vertue Sonne Prayer of â—reat verâ—ue Math. 21 Yea if it be deuout and faithfull for Christe saith all thinges whatsoeuer ye aske in prayers if ye beléeue ye shall receaue them â—o 16 Verelie verelie I say vnto you whatsoeuer ye aske the father in my name he will giue it you hytherto haue ye asked nothing in my name aske and ye shall haue that your ioy may be full â—ames 1 Aske in faith and wauer not saith S. Iames and it shall be done to you â—ames 5 Helias was a man vnder infirmities as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it might not rayne and it rayned not the space of thrée yeares and sixe monethes and he prayed that it might rayne and the heauens gaue rayne the earth brought foorth her fruite Whereby you may well perceaue Father that hartie prayer auayleth much Father â—atisfactioÌ„â—ot made 〈◊〉 man What saiest thou to satisfaction a part of repentance as we haue béene taught Sonne Father Math. 3. there is none that can make satisfaction vnto God but the man Iesus Christ who hath made satisfaction for our sinnes in whome the father of heauen is well pleased and his iustice pacified Dauid saith Psal 49. no man may deliuer his brother nor make satisfaction vnto God for him for it cost more to redéeme their soules so that they must let that alone for euer Father What if we haue taken our neighbours goods or done him wrong must we make no recompence or restitution to theÌ„ Restitutiâ— although we can make no satisfaction to God Sonne Yes truely that we must for we réede in the booke of Tobias that when he was blinde his wife brought home a Kyd and her husband hearing it saide looke that it be not stolne restore it agayne to the owners for it is not lawfull for vs to eate any thing of theft A théefe shall make restitution Exod. 22 If a soule sinne and trespasse against the Lord Leuiti â— and denie vnto his neighbour it which hée hath taken to kéepe or that which was put into his hands or doth violence or robberie vnto his neighbour or if he haue found that which was lost and denieth it sweareth falsely vpon what-thing soeuer it be that a man doth and sinneth therein if he haue so sinned or trespassed he shall restore againe that hée tooke violentlie away or the wrong which he did he shall restore it againe in the whole summe and shall adde the fifth part thereto â—f ye reâ—ore you â—all be parâ—oned and shall giue it vnto him to whome it pertaineth that day that he offereth for his trespasse and in so doing it shall be forgiuen him what soeuer hée hath done Father What if he be deade vnto whom ye haue done wrong or whose goods you haue taken so that the same can not be restored to him Sonne â—um 5 Then shall they acknowledge their offence and restore the hurt that they haue done in the whole summe and put the fift parte therevnto and giue it vnto his next kinseman to whom he did wrong but if there be none to restore the hurt vnto nor a kinseman of his let the trespasse be made good to the Lord and it shall be the Priestes Zacheas saide vnto Christ Leuiti 19 Oh Lorde the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore and if I haue done wrong to any man I will restore to him foure foulde And what aunswered Iesus Christ this day is saluation come to thine house because thou art become a childe of Abraham for the sonne of man came to saue that which was lost Father I perceaue the most of these parts that thou hast spoken off Iudas the traytor repented but not truely to be in Iudas that traytour and yet a damned creature he repented he confessed that he had sinned in betraying innocent bloud and he made restitution and cast downe the thirtie plates of siluer yet he desperatelie went and hanged himselfe Sonne True it is father Faith but he wanted the chiefe poynt of all other which was faith he had no beliefe to be saued and therfore crauing no mercie dispaired and dispairing hanged himselfe Dispaire The like wée réede of Cain that Gen. 4. flew Abell his brother he saide vnto the Lord my sinne is greater then that it may be forgiuen 1. king 29 King Saull dispayring in God and trusting to Enchaunters and Couniurers fell vpon his owne sword and slewe himselfe and all his host fled Heb. 4. The Iewes entred not in because of their vnbeliefe 2. kings 17 Achetofell when he saw his counsell was not followed he went home and set his house in order and hanged himselfe Exod. 9 Pharo saide the Lord is righteous and I a sinner and so dispayred Iob. 15. One may perceiue who dispaireth Faith He that neuer beléeueth to be deliuered out of darkenesse for the sword is alwaies before his eyes Father Procéede my sonne tell me of this point which thou callest the principall aboue others in repentance which thou saiest is a stedfast and true faith and first tell mée what faith is Sonne Heb. 11 Saint Paull saith that fayth is a suer confidence of thinges which are hoped for and a certentie of thinges which are not séene and further without faith it
before mée saith the Lord Esay 66. and they shall goe foorth and looke vpon the carrions of them that haue transgressed against mée Amos. 9 They shall not flée away there shall not one escape nor be deliuered though they were buried in hell my hande shall fetch them from thence though they clime vppe to heauen yet shall I cast them downe though they hide themselues on the toppe of Carmell yet shal I séeke them out and bring them from thence though they créepe downe from my sight into the depth of the Sea I shall commaunde the Serpent there to bite them Math. 25 Iesus Christ shall sende his Angells with the great voyce of a Trumpet and they shall gather together his chosen from the foure windes euen from the highest parte of heauen till the endes thereof Thus father you may sée that this iudgement cannot be secaped Father Sonne the Lord comforte vs. What saiest thou shall there be no warning before the Trumpet bée sounded Sodenly and all summoned to iudgement but shall it come vnwares and sodainely Sonne Christ saith if we shall not watch Reuel 3 hée will come as a théefe and we shall not knowe what houre he shall come on vs. The day of the Lord shall come as a théefe in the night 1. Thes 5 for when they shall say peace then shall sodaine destruction come vpon them euen as sorrowe vpon a woman in traueile and they shall not escape Of that day and houre saith Christ Math. 24 knoweth no manne but my Father onelie for as it was in the daies of Noa they eate and dranke married and were married builded and planted vntil Noa went into the Arke and the floude came and tooke them all away So shall the comming of the Sonne of man bée Watch therefore for ye knowe not what houre the sonne of man will come Father The Lord giue vs grace to be watchfull What shall the Lorde doe when all people kinredes and tongues and nations are set before him Sonne Partition Math. 25 He shall seperate the good from the bad euen as a shepperd parteth the shéepe from the Goats Ezech. 34. I will saith the Lord put a pertition and make a difference among the shéepe among the weathers and Goats Math. 25 Hée shall sette the shéepe on his right hande and the Goates on the left hand Father Christ helpe vs but howe shall the Lorde Iesus among all the people of the worlde knowe which are good to set them on his right hande and the euill and place them on his left hande Sonne Father the Lorde séeth and knoweth all thoughts words and workes of all men hee séeth from euerlasting to euerlasting there is nothing hid frō his eyes and besides they shall all bée marked the faithfull and good with the marke of the Lambe Iesus The wicked shall haue in their handes or foreheades the Beastes marke The Lord saide to one that had a linnen rayment vpon him Ezech. 9 and a writers Incke-horne by his side goe thy way through the Cittie of Ierusalem sette a marke vpon the foreheades of them that mourne and are sorie for all the abhorcions that are done therein And to an other he saide goe after him through the Cittie slay ouer sée none spare none kill and destroy both mē and young maides children and wiues but as for those that haue the marke vpon them sée thou touch them not An Angell hauing the seale of the liuing God in his hande Reuel 7 and he cryed to the foure Angels that haue power ouer the Earth and sayde hurte not the Earth neyther the Sea neyther the Trées till I haue sealed the seruaunts of GOD in their foreheads The names of the good are written in the Booke of life of the Lambe Reuel 3 They haue his name Eod. and his Fathers name written in their foreheads When the Lorde woulde smyte the firste borne in Egypte Exod. 12 and delyuer his owne people he commaunded that all his owne people euerie householde shoulde kill a Lambe late at night and sprinckle the doore chéekes and postes of the doore with the bloud so that when the destroyer should come he might sée the bloud and might passe by that house and not smite it So in like manner whosoeuer haue their hearts and consciences sprinckeled with faith in the bloud of the Lambe Iesus the destroyer in the day of vengeance shall not hurt but destroy the Egiptians that is the wicked that haue receaued the beasts marke Father Not pacified The Lord our God sprinckle our hearts with that bloud Sonne I haue brought thée a little from the purpose but turne againe to it and tell mée if the Lord will not be a mercifull God at that time and soone entreated Sonne Pro. 6. Mercifull no Father not mercifull but iust full of wrath and indignation Salomon compareth the Lord to a Iellious husbande the Ielousie and wrath of the man will not be intreated no not though thou wouldest offer him great giftes to make amends he will not receaue them There is no daise-man betwixt GOD and man Iob. 9. When he is wrath the earth shaketh Ieremy 10 all the Gentiles may not abide his indignation Heauen and earth shall remoue in the wrath of the Lord of hosts Esay 13. and in the day of his fearefull indignation Neither their siluer nor their gold shal be able to deliuer them in that wrathfull day of the Lord Sophony 1. but all the whole lande shall be burned with the fier of Ielousiie Beholde Amos. 2 I will crash you in sunder like as a waine crasheth that is full of sheaues so that the swift shall not escape neyther the strong doe any thing no the Gyant shall not be able to saue his owne lyfe I will not spare because he persecuted his brother with the sworde destroyed his mothers wombe bare hatred verie long and so kept indignation alway by him Who may abide his wrath Nah. 1. or who is able to abide his grymme displeasure his anger taketh on like fier and the hard rockes are clouen asunder He shall be like a Beare that is rauished of her whelpes euen full of wrath and indignation shall the Lord be in that day Father Good God what shall we doe séeing there is no mercie but that Clausae sunt ianuae the gates of all mercie are shutte vppe and iustice drawen out Cognoscetur dominus iuditia faciens The Lorde shall bée knowen to execute iustice and iudgement Procéede to tell mée when all people kinreds and tongues are araigned before this terrible iudge Plead guiltie or not guiltie and pleade guyltie or not guiltie what shall the iudge obiect or lay to their charge what will he saye to the faithfull on his right hande Sonne Math. 25 He shall say Oh ye blessed children of my Father when I was hungrie you gaue mée meate when I was thirstie you