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A14708	Certaine godlie homelies or sermons vpon the prophets Abdias and Ionas conteyning a most fruitefull exposition of the same. Made by the excellent lerned man, Rodolph Gualter of Tigure. And translated into Englishe, by Robert Norton. Minister of the worde in Suffolke.	Gwalther, Rudolf, 1519-1586.; Norton, Robert, minister of the worde in Suffolke.	1573 (1573)	STC 25010; ESTC S103038	125,106	338

whiche they sawe layd open before them both rich and very precious Neyther doth he without good reason so ofte make mention of the affliction and destruction of the Iewes admonishing therby that they committe no such thing against others whome they sée both vndone in goodes and their life also to stand in great hazard By these words therfore are confuted their reasons who if they espie any mens substance laide forth to the spoyle immediatly they also are snatching at the same Why say they should not I also get somewhat for my selfe whē as although I withold my handes yet some other will fall to catching of the same who peraduenture hathe not so muche right therevnto as we haue And this is it that God layeth to the charge of those Edomites For althoughe it be his pleasure to punishe the offences of some by warre and spoyling yet giueth he not euerie man leaue violentlye to rushe vpon them as neyther the father maketh his chyld subiect to the leude ordering and malapertnesse of all his seruantes although he be minded somwhat sharply to correcte him And continually shall that saying of God remayn ratified VVo be vnto thee that robbest others and art not robbed thy selfe c. Looke Esaye 33. Thirdly he addeth Stande not in the parting of the vvays or in the high ways to murther suche of them as are escaped nor take them prisoners that remain that is suche of the Iewes as are lefte in the day of theyr trouble In which place he reprehendeth the crueltie more than barbarous of the Edomites who not béeing satisfied with the destruction of the Citie and nation of the Iewes did yet carefully take héed that none should escape the hands of their enimies and béeing well acquainted with the outpassages situations of the places had a manner 〈◊〉 to entrap and take vp by the way suche as were fled and eyther deliuer them euer to their enimies or else to shut them vp and make them their slaues The lyke crueltie did the Prophets Amos blame the Philistines and Tyrians for at this day no doubt al they shall to gether with them be punished that imitate their maners as for example they doe which with too too muche ignominie entreate suche as are driuen out banished men from their own countrey they also that hauing repulsed such kynde of men from their selues offer them into the hands of their enimies they agayne who in tyme of common dearth practise vsurie and all maner of legier demain so abusing the publique calamitie of the néedie to fil the gorge of their owne gréedie lustes And what shal wée say of those kinde of men that compell suche as an escaped from the tyrannie of Antichrist to returne to wicked superstitions not suffering them to enioy Christian libertie These are plain shewes of the Edomitish crueltie which the Lorde will not suffer vnreuenged who accompteth it as done to himselfe whatsoeuer is doone against those that are his according to that saying VVho so toucheth you toucheth the apple of myne eye And agayn Saule Saule vvhy persecutest thou me Looke Zacha. 2. and 12. and Act. 9. Heerevnto nowe serue those thynges whiche nowe he addeth of Plagues that should surely follow therby to declare by what meanes he himselfe will bring to passe that afterwarde they shall not be able though they would to commit any such thing agayne For the daye of the Lorde sayth he is harde at hande ouer all Heathen By this daye of the Lorde is meant the tyme of reuengement when as he reuengeth the wyckednesse of the vngodly And hereof is often mention made in the Scriptures to teach vs that mortall mennes matters are not caried at all aduentures neyther that God is ignorant of the insolent dealings of the vngodly but that he hath alreadie a time appointed wherin both in this worlde he will punishe the sinnes of euery nation and sorte of men and hereafter also in that great daye drawe out the rigoure of his iudgemēt ouer al the vngodly together At this presente the Prophet séemeth to reason as the Logitians call it ab exemplo or à comparatis as though he shoulde say God will shortly punish all the Heathen Ergo he will also punish you seeing ye liue all after one sorte Or thus Syth God hath determined to punishe all the Heathen muche more will hée punishe you whiche in impietie and iniquitie excell all other And incontinentlye he setteth out the maner of their punishment saying As thou haste done to others so shall it be done to thee thy revvarde or hyre shall be revvarded thee euen vpon thy head For as of all other the lawe of like for like is most equal so is God wont chiefly to obserue the same in reuenging the iniuries doone to his people Now what he menaceth the Edomites withall in this place it shall streightways appeare if we consider what thinges he vpbraydeth them for For he affirmeth that they shal suffer the same thinges whiche the Iewish people suffred of them not long before And that this threat mighte the better be beleued he confirmeth it with an other argumēt fet ab exēplo whereas he addeth For likevvyse as yee haue drunke vpon my holie hill so shall all Heathen drynke continually yea drinke shall they and svvalovve vp so that they shall bee as though they had neuer bene In whiche place by the word Drinke many Interpreters suppose that there is noted the immoderate reioycing and wantonnesse of the Edomites who bicause Hierusalem was takē so hopped for ioye as drunken men are woonte to doe in a riottous banket so that this may be the meaning As you wātonly leaped for ioy vpon my holie Moūt Sion when my people was led away into captiuitie so shal you your selues also cause other nations in lyke manner to reioice when as the same Babylonians shall lay wast your countrey also and swallow vp all your substaunce so that there shall scarcely remaine any print or token of your nation But bycause this sense if it shoulde be examined word by word hath many things to farre fet I am of the mind that this place might more simply and plainely be expounded if we say that there is vsed in this place a turning of task from the Edomites to the Iewes whom the Prophet in this whole Sermon is about to giue consolation vnto if also by this word drinke we say ther are signified the affliction and punishements which God will lay vpon the vngodly Heathen As though he might say Euen as you whiche are my people and vpon Sion haue obserued the rytes and ceremonies which I deliuered for other your offences haue drunke of the cuppe of mine iudignation that I reached out vnto you by the Babylonians so shall also the rest of the Heathen be constreyned to drinke of the same cuppe yea to suppe it off euen to the dregges when as I am purposed to pull them out by the rootes Thys sense

haue bene in more myserable case than euen at suche tyme when as of all men liuing they thought themselues the happiest The same that is héere mencioned of the Niniuites let euery one applie to him selfe both priuately and generally and men shall streightway vnderstande that they haue no iust cause to be voluptuous in them selues or cruell to others although they séeme neuer so fortunate by reason of their huge wealth victories or peace that hath continued many yeares Yea lette them rather déepely ransacke their owne consciences and weigh whether any cryes eyther of them or against them goe vp vnto the Lorde and if they espye any such thing let them turne vnto God calling for his mercie submitting themselues to his gouernance and wyth true faith embracing saluation which he offreth in his sonne Christ Iesu to whom belongeth thankesgiuing honour glorie and dominion for euer Amen The second Homelie AND Ionas arose to flee vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde and gat him dovvne to Ioppa vvhere he found a shippe readie to go vnto Tharsis So he payed his fare and vvente aboorde that hee might goe vvith them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde But the Lorde hurled a great vvinde into the sea and ther vvas a mighty tempest in the sea so that the shippe seemed as thoughe it had gone in pieces Then the mariners vver afrayd and cryed euery man to his god and the goodes that vvere in the shippe they cast into the sea to lighten it of them But Ionas gat him vnder the hatches vvhere he layd him dovvne and slept So the maister of the ship came to him and sayde vnto hym VVhat doest thou thou sluggarde Vp call vpon thy God if God happily vvil think vpon vs that vve perish not THe Prophete Amos sayth that the Lorde God doth no manner of thing but he telleth his secrete before vnto his seruants the Prophets And to this end reuealeth he it not that they shoulde reserue vnto themselues the same whiche they haue learned by reuelation from him or that they should be idle and nourish their curiositie with a vain knowledge of thinges to come but that by threatning of plagues they might wake them vp to repētance whiche haue alreadie before prouoked the indignation of God by meane of theyr sinnes And many places of the Scripture are to be séene whyche doe menace Gods gréeuous Iudgement vnto the Ministers of his woorde yf eyther for the loue of the worlde or feare of perill or any other affections they be drawen awaye to neglecte their duetie For it is sayde to Ezechiel If thou giuest not the vngodly vvarning he shall perishe but his bloud vvill I require at thy hand Ezech. 3. And Paule spake thus of himselfe VVoe vnto me if I preache not 1. Cor. 9. An euident exāple of this matter is presently sette before vs to behold For god sendeth forth Ionas to threaten the Niniuites with the destruction now readie to lighte vpon them and he refusing his charge taketh in hande to flée but so little doth it auayle him that thereby he bringeth bothe himselfe and many other to present daunger of death Nowe althoughe this example chéefly appertayneth to the minysters of Gods worde yet doth it therwithall instruct all men of whatsoeuer place or degrée to learne howe gréeuous an offence it is to forsake the vocation whervnto they are called of god Which that we may the better vnderstande we will view euery portion of thys place in order as it standeth The fyrst parte conteyneth in it a description of the déede of Ionas who hauing heard the commaundement of God ariseth immediatly to flee vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde Howebeit Ionas was not so dull headed as to thinke that he could be hidden from the syghte of GOD whome euen oute of the Psalme 139. hée myghte haue learned to be presente euery where where as it is written VVhyther shall I goe from thy Spirite or vvhyther shall I goe from thy presence Yf I clymbe vp into Heauen thou arte there And yf I shall make my bedde in the Hell thou arte there also c. But as the Leuites and other that serue the Lord are sayd to stande before him so are they also named to flée from the presence of God which haue a mynde to withdraw themselues from his obediēce This was also as it may euidentely appere the same which Ionas went about lith that to the ende he might be altogether ridde of his Propheticall office hée prepareth to departe out of the boundes of the lande of Israell which God had appointed to be the place whereas he would be worshipped By this meanes liued he in hope that now since he abode in an other place God wold make no great inquirie after him he is minded to flée into Tharsis of the whiche worde there are diuers opinions among interpreters For some therby do simplie meane the sea whiche séemeth to haue ben so named of Tharsis the son of Iauan whome with his brethren Moyses writeth to haue inhabited the Isles of the sea in whiche sense the kings of Tharsis are taken for those that belong vnto the Isles and the shippes of Tharsis for those that pertain to the seas But bicause the letter He is added in the ende which is a token vsed in signifying mouing or going forthe to some speciall place and bicause it hath no lykelyhoode that Ionas béeing a graue man and otherwise circumspecte in his dealings would so commit himselfe to the sea as not knowing where to become I leane rather to their iudgement whiche thinke that here is ment some certaine place Some take it to be Carthage or Tunise some other Cilicia with whom I also agrée both by reason of the often méetings betwéen the Jewes and the Cilicians by meanes of their néere neighborhood and also for that Tharsis is numbred among the chief cities of Cilicia and is commended of prophane writers for the famousnesse of the schoole and is accōpted in the holy Scripture notable for Paules sake who tooke his beginning thereoute And it is certain that Ionas directed his iourney clean contrarie Westward being bidden to go vnto Niniue whiche hath hir situation in the East But leauing these things lette vs rather discusse Ionas his fact and what causes draue him to take it in hande As touching his facte some there bée that woulde excuse it and to that effecte cloake it straungely with certaine allegories But what néed therfore any such excuse to be made séeing that bothe God hymselfe pursueth after him béeing a fugitiue and Ionas also for his owne parte confesseth that he hath offended And truly if we will somwhat narowly weighe the matter it shall easyly appeare that this trespasse of his hath many branches For fyrste of all he denyeth obedience vnto God and so offendeth agaynst the chiefe principle of true godlinesse which straightlye commaundeth all the senses of the fleshe yea and

he euermore requireth at their handes namely Prayers themselues also whiche Paule called a quicke sacrifice and a reasonable seruing of God together with bountifulnesse towardes all but chiefly the poore whome God hathe made his substitutes that we shoulde bestow vpon them such things as we wold vpon himself if he were now conuersant vpō the earth corporally as in times past he was And bicause new vowes are not needful of them who alreadie owe al that they haue vnto God to whome also in Baptism they haue wholly bound them selues herein let them shewe all careful endeuour that the same which ther they vowed they may faythfully perfourme and without any intermission shew them selues thankful vnto God their redéemer And this is the very same that we heare Dauid in his psalmes many times make promise of So that neither this nor any like places can in any wise maintein the vowes of the Papists and monks which superstitious men without the warrant of Gods word and hauing not first tried their own habilitie dare take vpon them and that not withoute confidence to merite therby which presūption alone with the leauen therof being very pharisaical maketh all the other worship vnacceptable to god But of the mariners lette this suffise that we haue alredie spoken Let vs now looke vpon Ionas whiche himselfe also is allotted an happie end of so greate a daunger For he who a little before coulde not be safe in the ship but that both wind and water thirsted for his punishment is now in the midst of the sea betwene billowes stormes kepte safe sounde and being restored to his office he who earwhile deserued not so muche as the name of a Prophet becōmeth also a figure of Christ our Sauior For mētion is here made the god prepared a great fish which might restore to lād in good safetie this Prophet after he had ben first with gaping mouth receiued into the fish and then put ouer into the bellye and lastly inclosed there thrée whole dayes long Wonderfull great was this miracle the lyke whereof is scarsly to be founde whether ye consider the Fishe that was so obediente to God or Ionas who notwithstanding the fierce rankes of téethe standing in maner of a sawe the feareful passage through the iawes and the throte that stonke by reason of clammie filthynesse sniuell was yet able to go downe vnhurte into the bealy and liue there for the space of thrée dayes hauing neyther any meate to be susteyned with nor yet enioying the common vse of the light and the ayre without the whiche it is vnpossible for man to kéepe life Whervnto is this also to be added that God for so long tyme restrayned the power digestiue of the stomack least it shuld consume Ionas who was sent downe thither Howbeit let vs leaue off these things for this present and search after the misteries of the holie ghoste and the vse of this hystorie that there may redounde the greater cōmoditie vnto vs therof And here fyrste of all we are admonished by this example how many mischeues are to fall on them that refuse obedience vnto god As for Ionas that he might be placed among the number of such we haue heard before And what thing more terrible coulde haue happened vnto him if all the tirantes of the worlde shoulde haue conspired together to robbe him of his lyfe He was tossed with a tempest whiche beyng occasion of such terrour to the mariners no doubt it made Ionas in maner beside himselfe for feare Afterwarde he heareth the mariners taking counsaile about lots wherby they might searche out him who was the causer of this so great tempest that was raysed Howe fared he in mynde think you certainly knowing that he alone was sought for And shal we not say that he was much terrified by means of those lots as giltie persons are wont to be whē they see the executioners hatchet readie to parte their head from their shoulders Beeing found out he confesseth his horrible fact and accuseth himselfe as one that auoyded his comming to Niniue chiefly in this respect bicause he wold haue his authoritie nothing diminished At length he is cast into the sea among the midde billows whose force he was not able before to abyde no not in the ship What other thing was this than as if he had ben cast into a graue quick and immediatly smoothered with earth After al this yet doth not the iudgement of God who pursueth him stay there but straightwaye he méeteth with an huge Fish which with the wide gaping that it maketh and hauing ranks of teeth so terrible receyueth him and swaloweth him vp whiche one thing alone to a man of the greatest courage in the worlde woulde not onely haue striken him in feare but also haue made his mynde wholly amazed yea rather full of despaire Moreouer in this so huge a gulfe continueth he thrée days space and all this while is he washed with the waters of the billowes that are swalowed vp sometime he is plunged downe into the lowe bottomlesse places sometyme fléeteth he alofte one whyle he is tossed to this syde an other whyle to that and in that vaste goulfe euery moment séeth he a thousand deathes before his eyes What tentations I beséeche you shall wée thinke hee was tormented withall perfectly knowing that all this adoe happened vnto him thorough Gods displeasure Surely these thinges are so outragious to be borne that ten deathes were easier than the abyding of all these togither And like plighte are all they in who to eschue lighter perils and suche as their owne braynes doe fansie set themselues against god Examples are euery where to be founde but moste amongest suche as when persecutions assault denie Christ leaste they shoulde put bothe goodes and lyfe in hazarde For oftentymes it commeth to passe that they wander vp and downe infamous and without renoume they can take no pleasure of their riches and besides that they féele horrible stinges of conscience whereby they are brought euen to vtter despaire It was not for naughte therefore that the Apostle sayd It is an horrible thyng to fall into the handes of the liuing god Hebr. 10. In the consyderyng hereof this is the frute that we must gather euen to learne obedience vnto God who beste knoweth bothe to tourne all daungers awaye and those that walke after his calling to preserue them yea though it were in the myddest of a thousande perilles Consequently here cōmeth the power of God to be marked wherby he is able to keepe in safegarde those that are his euen in the thickest of suche ieopardies where as there seemeth no hope of deliuerance to remayne For that whyche at this present hapned is such a matter as can in no wyse bee credited among prophane men which measure all things by carnall reason Howbeit this remedieth all doubt that might be made seing that it is sayde howe GOD prepared this Fish and so