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A14585	A fruitfull and godly sermon preached at Paules crosse before the Honourable audience and assemblie there, this present yeare 1592. Vpon the 5. chapter of the prophesie of Zacharie, 1, 2, 3, 4 verses. By A.W.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1592 (1592)	STC 24899; ESTC S119640	29,840	80

exchequer Si non haberet rempublicam Christus non haberet fiscū suum Christ hath his commonwealth Christ hath his exchequer which are the reuenues of the church it is no more lawfull for any man to withhold the due from the Church treasury than for the subiect to keepe backe any thing from the princes exchequer In king Henry the third his daies there was sute made by the Bishops of this land to haue impropriate benefices that were annexed to Abbies ●nd priories and other houses of popish ●●●igion to bee restored to the Church they made a great peece of money and sent vp to Rome about it but as neuer any good thing lightly proceeded from that Antichristian sea so they were frustrate of their purpose preuayled not Which godly motion of theirs if it had then gone forward and taken place it had bene happie with the Church of England at this day But shall I tell you of a worse sorte of Church theeues and churchrobbers thā any I haue yet spoken of they are these greedie deuouring cormorants corrupt and couetous patrons who make sale of Church liuinges and by cunning sleights and deuises spoyle and rob and make hauocke of the Church these fretting Cankers and Caterpillers of spirituall liuinges if they might haue their will woulde bring it aboute as they haue alreadie in some places that Ministers should serue as the poore Leuite did in Micah his house for meate and drinke and a sute of apparell and a fewe sickles of Siluer beside Iudges 17 10. And they would gladlye see vs in that case that Elie his house was to bow our selues for a peece of Siluer and for a morsell of bread 1. Samuel 2 36. Who if they will needs liue of the aultar they might be content to bee at our allowance as Dauid receyued sheaw breade at Achimeleks hande But it is too too much that they should be their own car uers and be first serued Like as in Ely his time the Priests boy would come thrust in his three tined fleshhooke into the cauldron and whatsoeuer came vp was their owne 2. Sam. 2 13. So now do these fellowes deale with the ministers of the gospell with their threetined flesh hooke they will take three parts of the liuing to themselues and what remayneth the poore ministers shal haue And thus by their corrupte dealinges they cause others to make shipwrack of their conscience and they themselues are in the high way to destructiō who are the cause that many people for want of sufficient teachers perish in their ignorāce Thus haue we deliuered vnto you the Prophets meaning concerning suche sinnes and transgressions as are committed against our bretheren which are cōprehended vnder the generall sinne of stealing Now it followeth that likewise we should declare what the Prophet vnderstandeth by false swearing whereby such sinnes are deciphered as offende against the Maiestie of God and wherby his name is dishonored First of all false swearing is condemned which is of two sorts either that which is committed in cōmon or ordinary talke or that which falleth out in publike iudgement which we call periury the former of these two is a sinne vsed now adaies very commōly yea men are growne vnto such a custome in swearing that manye times oathes breake from them they know not whether they haue sworne or not and they haue such a delight in it that they take it to bee an ornamente and beautylieng of their speeche to powder it with oathes yea daylye newe oathes are inuented and so foolishe and ridiculous that for shame I cannot name them And thus the name of God is prophaned and he is robbed of his honour for whereas it is a peculiar parte of Gods worship to sweare by his holy name they in swearing by creatures by Saints nay by Idols as by the Masse by the Roode and such lyke they doe giue the honor due vnto God vnto others and so commit idolatrie they also wilfully transgresse the commaundement of our Sauiour Christ who sayth Sweare not at all but let your communication bee yea yea nay nay Math. 5 37 not hereby abridging Christians of the lawfull vse of an oth before the magistrate and in other waightie causes but giuing the rules for the brideling of our toong in common talke The Wise man sayth that in the multitude of wordes there can not wante iniquitie Prouerb 10 19. Howe greate then is the sinne which is committed in the multitude of othes It is a sport to a foole to doe euill verse 23. This is euen the highest steppe of iniquitie for a man to reioice in euill dooing And I am afrayde these blasphemers are come to it that thinke them the iolyest fellowes in their company that can swear out most lustily The Leopards skinne is not fuller of spottes Ieremie 13 23 than their toung is full of lyes their mouth full of othes The thorns do not cracke faster vnder the potte than they break forth into oaths blasphemies Eccle. 7 8. They are alwaies foming out their owne shame Iude. 13. For from the aboundance of the heart the mouth speaketh their vnseemely and vnchristian talke it is but Tanquam spuma cordis the froath and fome of a prophane hart And verely this vngodly custome of swe ring is so much the more intollerable as it is far easier then many other sinnes to be left Non opus est pecunia vel sudore saieth Chrisostome it asketh no great cost labour or sweat to be weaned frō this sinne Watch ouer thy selfe saith he and desire thy friendes to obserue them Hac meditatione te exerceas vel quadraginta dies Be thou but thus occupied forty daies thy sin will leaue thee Augustine saith Nunquid non ego fratres consueueram quotidie iurare ye al know brethren that it was my daily practise to sweare But after I vnderstoode howe greeuous a sinne it was I called vppon God and laboured against it Nunc nihil mihi facilius quam non iurare nowe nothing is more easie vnto me then not to sweare Wherefore seeing with so small labour and in so short time with faithful praier and godly indeuour this sinne may be ouercome they are sure moste carelesse and re●chlesse men that choose rather stil to cōtinue in their wickednes The other kind of false swering is by periurie when men are not afraide to take a false oth and to call God to be a witnesse to an vntruth A horible sinne nay many sinnes in one sin For a periured person is an infidel in his hart and saith to himselfe that there is no God for certainly if he were so perswaded of the deuine power whoe knoweth the hart and is able to be auenged of sinners he would neuer bee so hardye and desperate as in an vntruth to appeale to God He is also a murtherer for by his oath his brother receiueth hurt as if he had wounded him bodilye And therefore by Moses law the false

truelye it were greatlye to be wished that as the law is sharpe against theeues so it might take hold of theefemakers that is that some order were diuised to restraine the greedines and couetousnesse of some wherby many are constrayned to vse vnlawfull meanes But now to thy demaund who sayst It is better to steale than to starue What is there no meane between must thou needs doe the one or the other S. Paule sheweth a safer and better waye to prouide for thy selfe Let him that stole steale no more but let him rather labour and worke with his handes the thing that is good that he may haue to giue to him that needeth Ephes. 4 28. Lo here is a waye shewed thee whereby thou mayst not onely in some competent manner maintayne thine owne estate but euen be helpfull vnto others Labour diligently in thy vocation follow thy calling painfully bee the worlde neuer so hard rich men neuer so couetous yet God shall so blesse thy trauell that thou both shalt haue sufficient and not be without a pennie in thy purse to giue to the needie To close vp this point Wee read that in king Alureds daies a Saxon king sometime in this land that this nation was so cleared and void of theft that of purpose there were golden bruches nailed vp in the crosse waies vppon postes and there was none to take them away At that time a man might haue gone loaden with treasure from one side of the land to the other and no man wold haue asked him anye question If then in former ages there were such simplicitie and true dealing in all sortes of men whē as yet religion was as it were but in the infancie a shame it shal be for vs in these daies of knowledge to come so farre behind them in the practize of an honest life In the next place now we haue to deale with craftye and deceitfull men whoe by their subtle and scandulent sleights in bargaining do much abuse their simple brethren that come vnto them This is a trade well knowne to many merchantes in this Cittie whoe what with bad and naughty wares what with excessiue and vnreasonable prises doo euen no better then steale from their brethren Such men the prophet compareth to Fowlers Hosh. 5 1. for he that flattereth with his lippes spreadeth a net for his neighbour Prou. 29 5. When a simple man walketh in the streets and heareth how merchants call in their chapmen and offer them good peniworths now may hee thinke with himselfe is a net layd for me let me take heed as well as I canne Euen as a Cage is full of Birdes so their house is full of deceit Ieremie 5 27. So is a plaine man in the handes of deceitfull and craftye cosoners as a Byrde which is a prisoner in a cage Let there not bee a roote of bitternesse or Wormewoode amongst you sayth Moses Deutr. 29. 18. These flattering deceitfull men are very well compared vnto Wormewoode for as Wormewood a far off hath colour and sauour good enough but come once to rub it in your hande and taste of it and then the bitternesse bewraieth it selfe euen so these men at the firste dooth shew a friendly countenance and make faire promises and giue goodly words but begin to graple chafe with them you shall find their dooings as bitter as gall But wil some say as Austin putteth the question si innocentiam retinuero pauper ero If I vse playne dealing I shall bee but a beggar O sayth hee Paruaene diuinae innocentia What is it so small a thing to bee innocent to bee without guile is great riches Further he saith Vt augeres aurum fides diminuta est attēdis luchra damna non cogitas to increase thy coyne thy fayth and honestie is decreased thou thinkest on thy gayne but remembrest not thy life Abundat nescio quid amplius in arca tua sed non vides quid imminutum sit in corde Thou hast a little more I know not what in thy chest but thou seest not how much thou hast lesse in thy hart for thou hadst some Fayth and shewe of honestie before but nowe it is gone And true it is that for a little monie they haue let goe that which for no monye canne be had agayne They haue filled their chest with gayne but their hart is emptie and euen as their coyne rusteth so is there a worme and canker in their conscience which when it shall begin to gnaw and pricke them then will they wish that neuer had they vsed deceite and that with the losse of thousands they might redeem the peace of conscience which before they let go for lesse Next vnto these men which do vse fraudulent and deceitfull craftes they are to be reckoned and adioined which by any kind of oppression and hard dea ling doo wring and grieue the people Such as are all vsurers which by harde loanes of money and cruell conditions doo bring their poore neighbours to a morsell of bread As also those which by extreame couenants and bargaines do seize vpon house and land yea bo dies to of those which fall into theyr hands and are in daunger vnto them Thinke yee not that they woulde haue their liues to if they might bee suffred for so the prophet saith They do gape ouer the head or the life of the poore Amos. 2 7. And such are the waies saith the wise man of euery one that is greedye of gaine he would take away the life of the owners thereof Prou. 1 19. This I saye not to excuse the bad and lewde dealings of such as hauing vnthriftilye wasted other mens goods or craftily gathered them into their hands doo seeke howe by all meanes they may defeate their creditors of their owne but to this end I speake it that there may be some difference made of men all being not of the like lewd disposition and that there might be some moderation and lenitie vsed that in our common affaires Christians maye bee knowne and discerned from Papists Turks or Infidels You know that the sinne of oppression is one of those three great sins that doe cry vnto God for vengeance The first is murther and shedding of innocent bloud so it is written that Abels bloud cried out of the earth Gen. 4 10. The second is the sinne of adultery and vncleannesse as the cry of Sodom went vp to heauen Gen. 18 20. The third is this greeuous sinne of oppression so the Israelites cry being oppressed vnder Pharao came vp into the presence of God Exod. 2 23. The Prophet Esaye dooth no better liken such then to the milstones which do grinde and weare the corne so cruell oppressors doo grinde the face of the poore Isai. 3 15. Nay they are like to cruell wolues that doe eat the fleshe flea of the skin breake the bones chop them as small as fleshe to the caldron Micah 3 3. Chrisostome thus speaketh of such wondring crieng out