witnesses arise And testifie as may appeare A truth against thee to vs here But Iesus yet did hold his peace The high Priest sayd to him againe I charge thee that thou do no lesse By God the Lord but tell it plaine If Christ the sonne of God thou be Then Iesus sayd I sure am he And ye shall see the sonne of man Sitting at the right hand of God Whose power to resist none can Nor of himselfe escape his rod And in the clouds of heau'n shall ye The sonne of man then comming see The high Priest then his clothes did rent And sayd what need we any more Of witnesses for this intent He openly blasphemeth sore What thinke ye then they cried all Death he deserues and dye he shall They mocked Christ that him did hold And spat withall into his face To strike him also they were bold So much they were deuoyd of grace With rods and fists most cruelly They beat and vsd him shamefully Then sayd they to him Prophesie Which of vs all now hath done this And other things as wickedly They did against him then deuise But he most meekely suffred all To bring vs sinners our of thrall Now all this while there at the fire Did Simon sit among them then Another mayd did thus inquire Art not thou one of this mans men Though she affirm'd it to be so Yet he deni'd it saying no. Then they that stood by sayd againe One of them thou most surely art Thy speach bewrayeth thee so plaine Thou canst not hide it for thy heart Then he to curse and sweare began That he did neuer know the man The cocke did crow then once againe For Marke doth say he crowed twise Man of himselfe is verie vaine Peter deny'd his master thrise The cocks crow could not let his fall Till Christ did looke on him withall Then he remembred what was sayd Of Iesus vnto him before And then he went out all affrayd And wept and wayled verie sore Whom late no death could terrifie Perceiu'd then his infirmitie Christ was brought vnto Pylate then President of the Romanes Iudas repentance and death Then in the dawning of the day The high Priests and the Elders did A counsell hold to find some way By death Christ Iesus life to rid Whom thence they led then hastily bound hand and foot most shamefully From Cayphas vnto Pylats hall Iesus condemned so of late They brought bound by their counsell all Reâ—oycing at his wofull state For they had no authoritie Our Sauiour Christ to crucifie Yet they into the common hall Where Pylate did his iudgement giue Went not themselues least thereby all For so the Iewes did then beleeue Should be defiled and be let Thereby the passeouer to eate While this was doing marke the end That to the traitour Iudas fell He was past grace for to amend He loued Mammon to to well Yet his offence displeasd him so That he was wrapped all in wo. When by his meanes he did perceiue His master was condemn'd to dye An inward griefe he did conceiue And did repent him mightely But his repentance tooke no place For it was voyde of faith and grace The thiâ—tie siluer peeces he Vnto the high Priest brought againe I sinn'd sayd he and wo is me Which haue procur'd my masters paine It was because you thought it good That I betrayd his guiltlesse bloud What is that vnto vs sayd they Looke thou to that which thou hast done Therein thou didst our hests obey And we will end what is begon In temple he the siluer cast And went and hangd himselfe at last The chiefe Priests tooke the siluer plate And sayd it is not lawfull we Do them put vp such is our state Among our treasure for to be And why the law doth so deuise Because it is of bloud the price Then they tooke counsell and did buy A potters field as did befall For to fulfill the Prophesie To be the strangers buriall Wherefore that field is calld I say The field of bloud vntill this day And to leaue of his tragedie Let vs returne to Christ againe Whom then the Iewes maliciously For to accuse did take such paine On Pylate they did cry and call Though then they went not to the hall Pylate went out to them and sayd What cause bring you against this man The wicked Iewes nothing affrayd For to accuse him thus began An euill doer were not he We would not haue brought him to thee Then Pylate sayd to them againe Take him and iudge him by your law We may not iudge him it is plaine Of Caesar we do stand in awe Christs word this was to verifie When he foretold how he should dye They charged Christ that found he was Peruerting of the people there Forbidding men from place to place To pay their tribute any where Vnto Augustus perswading That he was Christ their onely king As Iesus in the iudgement hall Before the gouernour did stand He sayd to Christ before them all Answer thou this now out of hand Art thou king of the Iewes or no And Iesus sayd thou sayest so The high Priests and thy nation Deliuered thee vnto me Now tell me then what hast thou done That they should so cry out on thee They say thou art a naughtie man Defend thy cause now if thou can Then Iesus sayd my kingdome is Not of this world for if it were My seruants sure would neuer misse To fight for me without all feare Ere I should thus deliuered be Vnto the Iewes as thou doest see Then Pylate sayd art thou a king And Iesus sayd thou sayst I am I was borne for this verie thing For this cause to the world I came And witnesse of the truth to beare My voyce he that loues truth will heare Pylate sent Christ to Herod and they were made friends that day Herod sent Christ backe to Pylate Pylate warned by his wife sought by all meanes to deliuer Christ Then to the high Priests Pylate sayd I find no fault sure in this man Their furie then could not be stayd But fiercely thus they all began He teacheth mouing mightily All and begon at Galilie When Pylate heard of Galilie Is he a Galilean then Sayd he and forthwith hastily Sent Christ to Herod with his men He at Hierusalem then was When all these things came so to passe When Herod saw him he was glad For he desired him to see And so his wish at last he had Which neuer till that time would be Such signes and wonders Herod thought He should haue seene as Christ had wrought He then with Christ there questioned And did him many things demand But Iesus nothing answered For all king Herod could command Though high Priests Scribes and people all Accused Christ in Herods hall Then Herod with his men of warre Mocking Christ him in white array Pylate and Herod were at iarre And were made
bow'd her long she could no way Lift vp her selfe then certainly Christ said be loosd of thy disease Laying on his hand she straight found ease The ruler of the Synagogue Was fill'd with indignation As if his conscience had a clogge Or of a proud presumption Six dayes ye may well healed be And rest the Sabboth day said he Then said the Lord thou hypocrite Do ye not on the Sabboth day Your oxe and asse without respite Loose from the stall and driue away And should not she whom Sathan bound The Sabboth day go safe and sound When Christ said this his enemy Was sore ashamed and the rest Reioycing did God glorifie Which by their words was well exprest For they gaue God the onely prayse That wrought such works in those their dayes The parable of the mustard seede and of the leauen What is the kingdome of God like Or whereto shall I it compare Christ saw that some did not mislike His deeds and doctrine which were rare It is like to a mustard seed That man doth sow to serue his need This seed of seeds though sure the least Yet sowne it waxeth to a tree Wherein the litle birds may neast As oftentimes we do them see Or leauen in three peckes of flowre Till all be leauend and made sowre This mustard seed that is so small And therefore subiect to disdaine And eke the leauen there withall Doth signifie Christs Gospell plaine Gods word though weake it seeme to be Works great effects in some we see The parable of the strait and broad way And as through eu'ry towne he went And taught going to Hierusalem That few be saued is it ment Said they thus answerd Christ to them The strait gate striue to enter to Though many faile that so would do The goodman of the house when he Is risen vp and shuts the gate Your might or merite litle be To cry Lord open is to late Depart saith he hence speedily You workers of iniquitie We eaten haue say you againe And dronke oh Lord so oft with thee And thou hast taught vs but in vaine Depart saith he away from me Your sinnes are onely cause of this That you shall loose eternally blisse There ye then weeping all shall be And gnashing of your teeth full sore When Abraham in heau'n ye see And ye shut out as is before The Patriarks and the Prophets rest In heau'n aboue for they are blest And many shall come from the East And from the North and South also And many likewise from the West The heau'nly kingdome come vnto And then the first the last shall be And so the last first you shall see Christ called Herod a soxe and cryed against Hierusalem The Pharisies to Christ did say King Herod doubtlesse will thee kill Depart therefore and get away Ere he do worke on thee his will Thus would they seeme his friends to be That sought his death aswell as he Go tell the foxe said Christ from me Behold I cast out deu'ls to day And eke to morow I make free And heale the sicke that do me pray The third day I do make an end I care not what the foxe intend To morow as to day I must And yet the third day walke also It cannot be you may giue trust To this that now declare I do Saue at Ierusalem alone Shall of the Prophets perish none Hierusalem that oft doest kill And stone those that are sent to thee Thy childrens good I wished still Yet canst not thou thy saftie see But from thee when I shall be rest Thy house then desolate is left Christ healed one of the dropsie on the Sabboth day Againe as Iesus would eate meate With one of the chiefe Pharisies They friendly seeme him to intreate To colour out some braue deuise Their snares and traps for him they lay And watch him on the Sabboth day Behold a certaine man was there Infected with a dropsie sore Some Lawyers there at that time were Which watched him so much the more Christ asked if it lawfull be The man on that day to make free They held their peace for to reproue His words and deeds they did intend The matter he no more did moue But healed him and made an end Who doth said Christ his oxe espy In pit this day and lets him lye Christ forbad men to presse for the highest roomes at feasts taught men lowlinesse and to vse liberalitie vnto the poore A parable Christ Iesus spake When he the guests had marked well How each the highest roome would take See that saith Christ you do not mell With chiefest roomes when you are bid Least thence your betters do you rid When thou art bidden to a feast Go and sit lowest in the place Then saith the master come my guest Sit higher vp this giueth grace For who so him exalteth hye Shall be brought low reprochfully When thou doest make a feast command To call the poore the maim'd the lame And blind to such stretch forth thy hand This will gaine thee deserued fame And thou thy recompence this trust Shalt haue in heau'n among the iust And one of them that then there sate Said he is blest that eateth bread In heau'n and happy are their state That their liues there might alwayes lead In heau'n as this man doth confesse Sure resteth all true happinesse Christ declared how a certaine man made a great supper and bade many of the excuses of certaine guestes and their vnworthinesse Christ Iesus said a certaine man Made a great supper or a feast Come ye as soone now as ye can His seruants said vnto each guest For all things are now readie made To welcome whom our maister bade But they began to make excuse The first said I haue bought a farme I must go see it as they vse Thou maist excuse me without harme The next of Oxen bought yokes fiue And must go proue how they do thriue The third had married then a wife Sure he might well excused be For he was bound to lead his life With her and liue no longer free You know what wilfull men deserue All their excuses may not serue The seruants told their maister these Whom thou hast bid come not at all Which did him verie much displease And said another sort goe call Go bid the poore the lame the blinde And such as in the streetes ye finde The seruants said Lord it is done Yet there are roomes vnfurnished In the high waies seeke some out soone That my house be replenished For those men that were bid before Shall neuer tast my supper more Then to the multitude that went With him Christ turned backe and sayd If any man with good intent Come after me now vnaffrayd He must hate father and each friend To beare my crosse vnto the end Who meanes to build a stately towre And doth not cast the cost before He may repent him in that
more about this speed Christ went thence to Ierusalem to the feast of the passeouer and there droue the buyers and sellers out of the Temple From Capernaum Christ did go Vp to Ierusalem for he As other alwayes vsed so Not sayling at that feast to be The passeouer was then at hand A feast obserued through the land When Christ came there as he did vse Into the Temple then he went Where he reprouing their abuse All such out of the Temple sent As did therein then buy or sell And told them plaine they did not well A whip of cordes Christ Iesus made Wherewith both oxen sheepe and men He droue out he low'd there no trade No not money strangers then Those thence he forst to packe away And suffred none of them to stay Such as sold doues they had a check He did command them quickly thence Perforce they must obey his beck He not regardes their ware or pence But said my fathers house make ye No house of marchandise to be They were amazed all at this Yet none of them durst disobay Resist or say thou doest amisse They yeelded all and went away But his Disciples thought in mind This zeale God ioyes in him to find When this was donne the Iewes began To question with him thus againe What signe shew'st thou oh sonne of man That thou doest this declare it plaine Destroy this Temple in three dayes The same againe I will vp raise The Temple-sixe and thirtie yeares In building was thus answer they This vnto vs no truth appeares That did thy wordes and workes obey They meant the Church of lyme and stone Christ meant his body flesh and bone When he was risen from the dead Then his Disciples cal'de to mind What he foretold and how he spread A truth in him they still did find The ground of their beliefe they make The Scripture and the word he spake While he did at that feast remaine Many beleeued in his name They saw his workes they were not vaine His wonders wanted not their fame He gaue to them no credit then For he knew well that vaine were men Christ instructeth Nicodemus in the regeneration by water and the holy Ghost There was a man a Pharisie A ruler one of chiefest fame Nam'd Nicodemus verely This man by night to Iesus came He had a minde for to amend Yet men he feared to offend Master he said we know thou art A teacher come from God aboue Such signes and workes none can impart But such a one as God doth loue Those miracles that he had donne Approued him to be Gods sonne Said Iesus I do say to thee Except a man be borne againe Of water and the spirite he Shall not Gods kingdome sure obtaine Can this be true as thou hast told May man be borne that once is old Assuredly except a man Be borne as I haue said to thee Heauen be neuer enter can Gods kingdome he shall neuer see Of flesh but flesh is borne ywis The spirite yeeldes that spirite is Thou know'st not whence commeth the wind Whose going in and out to thee Though by thine eare the sound thou find The seate thereof thou doest not see Who of the spirite is borne heare Is so though strange it doth appeare Nicodemus said how can these things be A teacher greater things should know I testifie that I haue seene When earthly things to thee I show If dull and faithlesse thou hast bene What wilt thou be when I declare Of heau'nly things and what they are No man ascendeth vp aboue But he that did descend from thence The sonne of man whom God doth loue And is in heau'n in his presence He must be lift as by Moses The Serpent was in wildernesse That who so doth in him beleeue Eternall life the same may haue For God his onely sonne did giue The faithfull from hell fire to saue The world to saue Gods sonne was sent It to condemne God was not bent Condemned shall he neuer be That doth beleeue in him the same Condemned is already he Whose faith is not firme in his name The light is come yet darknesse more Do worldly men loue then before The euill euer hate the light By it their deeds reproued are He loues the truth that with his might His deedes by day seekes to declare Oh Nicodemus all I say A faithfull heart must beare away Christ returning into Iudea preached the Gospell and Baptised the people by his Disciples neare Iohn of purifying a question did then arise After this donne came Christ againe With his Disciples as we reade Into Iudea this is plaine Where he Baptising taried Iohn did Baptise in Enon by And ply'de his office carefully Of water there they had great store And Iohn was not in prison cast But as the number waxed more Of Disciples strife grew as fast The Iewes and Iohns Disciples craue Of purifying the truth to haue Iohns testimonie againe of Iesus They also came to Iohn and said Most men to Christ Baptising go Iohn bad them be no whit dismayd From heau'n it is appointed so Ye know I said I am not he Christ must increase as you do see He that is come from God on hye Doth testifie what he hath seene He that receiues it verely Doth seale how true our God hath beene Whom God sent speakes Gods word Iohn saith And plenteously Gods spirite hath The Father lou'd the sonne and gaue All things he had into his hand He that beleeues in him shall haue Eternall life this vnderstand They dead are that him disobay The wrath of God all such will slay Iesus to auoyde danger departed out of Iudea into Galilie When he that knew of all things well Perceiued by relation Or of himselfe for he could tell His enemies intention How that the Pharisies did heare That he was famous eu'ry wheare And that he made Disciples more And more Baptised then likewise Then Iohn that had gone him before Marke ye now well Christ Iesus guise He did his office earnestly Yet voyded danger warily Christ passing through Samaria towardes Galilie conferred with a woman at the well of Sichar and conuerted many Samaritanes Christ leauing Iurie did depart And went againe to Galilie He knew what loue or hate in heart Men bare him hidden outwardly Christ through Samaria needs would go He had himselfe decreed so What workes for him did there abide To bring the Gentiles to the light He did foreknow and then did guide His companie to Siâ—har right Neare to the place that Iacob gaue Where Ioseph should possession haue And there on faithfull Iacobs well Christ Iesus sate about midday A woman that thereby did dwell For water came while he did stay But his Disciples they were gone Into the Citie eu'ry one Then to the woman Iesus said For me to drinke some water giue So she againe then vndelayd Said thou a Iew art I beleeue Iewes
your liues for now said he Gods kingdome is at hand you see He also healed each disease And sicknesse that the people had Afflicted folke by him found ease And eu'ry one of him was glad When once abroad was spread Christs fame In multitudes they to him came From all the regions round about Those then that had infirmities As palsie gripings or the gowt Came to him in great companies And each was eased of his sore To God alone be prayse therefore Amen THE THIRD PART OF THE HISTORIE OF OVR LORD AND SAVIOVR IESVS CHRIST containing those things which he did the second yeare after his Baptisme which was the xxxj yeare of his age according to the foure Euangelistes the yeare after the creation of the world 4172. beginning at the Sermon which Christ made in the mount CODOMANNVS To the tune of the Lordes Prayer vt sup CHrist did prepare all his in mind To seeke for treasure vp on hye In heau'n where as the godly find All happinesse eternally It is not health wealth shape or age That brings men to the heau'nly stage Therefore cleane contrary to those That taught true happinesse to be In earthly things this heau'nly rose A sweeter sent hath giuen thee To trace the tract that leadeth sure Where happinesse doth still endure When Christ the multitude did see A mountaine he went vp into When he was set where he would be To his Disciples he spake tho 1 The poore in spirite blessed are A kingdome God did them prepare 2 Blessed are they that mourne for good For they shall surely comfort haue Such to their power ill withstood And for amendment dayly craue 3 Blessed are they that meeke are found The earth they shall inherite round 4 Blessed are they which suffer thirst And hunger after righteousnesse For they said Christ shall as the first Be filled with all happinesse 5 The mercifull are blessed all They shall haue mercy when they call 6 Blessed are all the pure in heart They shall see God vndoubtedly 7 Peace makers they play such a part As pleaseth God assuredly Blessed are they therefore said he Gods children they shall called be 8 Blessed are they which patiently Do suffer persecution For righteousnesse they verely Shall after their affliction Gods kingdome in heauen possesse For so he will their griefes redresse 9 When men reuile you most of all And persecute you for my sake And falsly speaking ill withall If patiently you do it take You shall therefore find happinesse The salue to ease your heauinesse Reioyse also I say be glad When they haue done you greatest wrong You haue no cause for to be sad In heau'n shall you the Saints among Rewarded be as were before The Prophets whom they grieued sore Christ contrarie to the opinion of flesh and bloud and the doctrine of the Philosophers pronounceth a woe to those whom they thought happie But woe to them that are rich here And do therein repose their trust The day will come it shall appeare They dearely bought such drosse and dust True treasure in the heau'ns are found Each thing corrupteth in the ground Woe be to you that now are full For ye shall hunger after this If you were not exceeding dull For meate ye would not morgage blisse Woe be to you that now laugh so For you shall waile and weepe for wo. Woe be to you whom men do prayse And speake well of deseruing ill When you haue driuen out your dayes You shall bewray your wicked will False Prophets were by like deuice Among your elders had in price Christ teacheth his Disciples and in them all other Ministers what liues they should leade seeing they were appointed to be the salt of the earth and light of the whole world Next his Disciples he did teach What they should be in word and deed Lest when to others they did preach They to be taught should stand in need In life and manners he would haue Them honest wise and very graue Ye are the salt the earth doth yeeld If in the salt no sauour be It doth no good in house or field Men cast such out of doores we see As it could salt nothing before So it cannot be seasoned more Of all the world ye are the light A Citie set vpon an hill Can not be hid by wile or might And light a candle no man will To hide it with a bushell then When it should giue most light to men Let your light shine before men so That your good workes they all may see Your modest manners where ye go Example must to others be Your father that doth sit on hye In heau'n see you so glorifie Christ came to fulfill the law I am not come for to destroy The law or Prophets but fulfill I take in nothing so much ioy As to obey my fathers will Till heau'n and earth do all decay The law shall not be done away The least commandement exprest Who breakes and teacheth other so In heau'n he shall be counted least The contrarie who so will do Obseruing them and teach the same In heau'n he 〈◊〉 receiue a name I say except your righteousnesse Exceede the rigeteousnesse of these You shall be voyde of happinesse And heau'n as they for euer leese The Pharisies are verely Full fraught with all hypocrisie Christ interpreteth certaine Commandements or Lawes and first thou shalt not kill correcting the false interpretations of the Scribes and Pharisies Here Christ correcteth very well The doctrine of the Pharisie Ye haue ofttimes said he heard tell How they expounded sensuallie These wordes which haue bene said of old To kill another be not bold Who so say they doth kill shall be By iudgement therefore punished But maâ—ke what I say vnto thee Without cause who so is moued Against his brother angerly Is subiect to iudgement thereby Who Racha saith his brother to By counsell shall be punished Take heede therefore before ye do Ye may hereby be terrified Who so his brother foole will call In daunger of hell fire doth fall With hand with hart and so in word We often spill our neighbours life The hand doth vse to weild a sword The heart deuiseth bate and strife And wordes when one disdainfuâ— Reuileth as an enemy Christ would haue men to reconcile them selues one to another The greedy Pharisies they say That offrings and oblations please Which now men offer day by day Yet no man knowes his owne disease I say who doth his brother hate His gift is naught and worse his state If to the altar thou do bring Thy gift remembring some offence Against thy brother the lest thing Leaue there thy gift departing thence Go reconcile thy selfe againe Thine offring then is not in vaine Agree while thou art in the way With him that is at strife with thee Lest to the iudge without delay Deliuered by him thou
be If Sergeant thee in prison set Thence till thou pay thou shalt not get Of Adultery It was of old time also said Commit not thou adultery But I say looke you be affrayd To gaze on women lustfully Who so doth so doth for his part Commit adult'rie in his hart If thy right eye or hand offend Plucke out or cut and cast away For it is to a better end One member perish and decay Then all thy body thou know'st well Should wholly so be cast to hell Of Diuorcement It hath bene said who so had sent His wife away he giuing her A letter of their diuorcement Had not bene then an offender Except the wife a whore be found To liue with her the man is bound Who so commits adultery The man or woman doth amisse And for that fault may verely Diuorced be as reason is No such offender may therefore While th'other liues match any more Of Othes Againe of old they did forbid Forswearing for the same is ill Of othes each man his house should rid So to obay Iehouahs will Othes rightly made do not delay For to performe the same alway But otherwise sweare not at all No not by heau'n the throne of God Nor by the earth for so ye fall In danger to deserue his rod. Nor by Ierusalem for this The Citie of the king it is Nor by thine head thou canst not make One haire thereof as blacke or white Most vaine are they that othes do take And vaine those that in othes delight Let ye and nay declare your will What so is more doth come of ill Of Reuenge Reuenge not though the law be so That eye or tooth must be repayde When one doth smite thee as a foe Vse patience be not dismay'd And he that for thy coate will sue Giue him thy cloake and more then due If one compell thee for a myle Do thou at least go with him twaine The asker do thou not reuile Giue thou and lend without disdaine To do men good be ready still And slow to do thy neighbour ill Loue thine enemie Loue thou say they thy neighbour well Thine enemy thy selfe may hate Of vertues loue doth all excell What so the Pharisies do prate Your enemies loue not the worse And blesse you them that do you curse Do good to them that do you hate Pray for them that you persecute They sure shall haue a blessed state My fathers will that execute He makes his sunne and rayne to fall On good and bad alike to all If man do loue or frendly be To him that doth to him the same What thankes for that deserueth he Each sinner must do this for shame Haue you therefore regard of this Be perfit as your father is Almes By sound of trumpe and in mens sight As hypocrites are wont to do To giue thine almes is not aright They gape for prayse and get no mo In secret giue what God hath sent God will reward thy good intent Prayer Pray not as hypocrites do pray All open to be seene of men But when thy prayers thou will say Shut close in chamber be thou then Pray to thy father secretly He will reward thee openly Much babling see thou do not vse Nor repetitions they are vaine The heathen hope for like abuse Some great reward thereby to gaine Be not like them for God in deed Before ye aske doth know your need The Lordes Prayer Pray thus when ye do pray therefore Our father which in heauen art Thy name be hallow'd euermore Thy kingdome we desire in hart Thy will in earth make vs to do As it in heau'n is euen so Giue vs this day our dayly bread Our debtes forgiue vs we thee pray As we our debters do and lead Vs not Oh Lord by any way Into temptation but see From euill we deliu'red be For thine good Lord the kingdome sure The power and the glorie is For euermore for to endure Which liuest in eternall blisse Let this be done oh Lord we pray In heart whereto Amen we say To forgiue one another If ye mens trespasses forgiue Your heau'nly father will againe Forgiue you yours you while you liue In loue and concord must remaine If you forgiue not other men Your faultes God will not forgiue then Fast Moreouer when that ye do fast Looke not sowre as the hypocrite That time as vayne they vainly wast For God therein hath no delite Their faces they disfigure to That men may see what then they do When thou doest fast annoint thy head And let thy face then washed be Seeme not to men as one halfe dead Let God thy deedes in secret see Thy heau'nly father both regards Thy fast and theirs haue their rewards The carefull seeking of worldly things forbidden On earth hoord vp no treasure so Where moath and canker eate apace Lest with them you do heape on woe There theeues men voyde of better grace Breake vp thus they for riches deale When digging through mēs wealth they steale But lay your treasures vp aboue In heau'n where none of these are found You on your treasures set your loue Lay not your loue so on this ground But lay it where is no decay Earth will corrupt and fade away The eye doth giue the body light And reason rules the inner man If cleare and sound remaine the sight No darknesse hurt that body can If thine eye wicked be then marke Sure all thy body shall be darke Two masters well no man can serue For truly he the one will hate And for the other loue reserue This of mans life is right the state God and your riches disagree They may not both then serued be Set not your care on meate and drinke Nor yet on your apparell so You with your selues must alwayes thinke That howsoeuer here ye go He that gaue life and body will Prouide you meate and clothing still The fowles of heau'n ye may behold To sow or reape they haue no care They neither want nor suffer cold Much better farre then them ye are Your heau'nly father feedeth these And so will you if you him please Which of you can by taking care One cubite ad vnto his length Clothing you know what things they are Who giueth them and giueth strength Learne of the lyllies how they grow To spinne or carde they do not know Yet Salomon to you I say Was not aray'd like one of theafe The grasse if God do so aray Can he not cloth you if he please The faithfull neuer fayle to speed God more regards you then a weed For meate for drinke for cloth alway Take ye no thought at all therefore The Gentiles seeke these day by day Your heau'nly father euermore Will all your wants relieue in deed He knoweth well what things ye need Gods kingdome if ye do seeke first You can not wish but you
What man shall haue a sillie sheepe Fall in a pit and lye in payne If it were worst of all he keepe And will not on the Sabboth day Haue care to fetch it thence away How much more may a man be then Preferd before a sheepe I pray There is no law forbiddeth men To do good on a Sabboth day Stretch forth said Christ thy withered hand This heard they all that there did stand It was restored to him so And all the people saw the same It fild the Pharisies with woe Which sought for to eclipse his fame And they went out with litle ioy Deuising Christ for to destroy For they had missed their intent Which made them rage so much the more To trappe him in his words they meant Yet fayl'd as they had done before His worthy works they did despise And went his death for to deuise But he that knew their meaning well Departed thence and went away He needed not that man should tell That they sought how they might him slay His fathers will he did respect And he his works did well effect Great multitudes him followed thence And he likewise them healed all Each one that came in his presence And vnto him for helpe did call Yet charged them they should not tell Or make him knowne if they did well Esayas Prophecie tooke place My seruant whom I chose ywis And my beloued full of grace In whom my soule delights is this My spirite put on him I will And he shall iudge the Gentiles still He shall not striue in word or deed None in the street shall heare his voyce He shall not breake a bruised reed The Gentiles shall in him reioyce Yea smoaking flaxe quench shall not he Till he both iudge and victor be Christ then had twise refelled such Opinions fond as they did hold At first they had presumed much And then againe did seeme as bold The Sabboth lets no man at need His wants supply or do good deed Iesus seeing the multitude dispersed as sheepe hauing no shepheard tooke compassion on them And Iesus Christ did not ceasse then But went about to eu'ry place In townes and Cities among men To preach and he was full of grace He healed each disease they had All men of him were very glad But when he saw the multitude He tooke on them compassion The people seemed very rude And wanting consolation For all abroad they scattered were As sheepe that had no shepheard there The haruest great and the labourers few The haruest is surely said he Now very great yet few I say Do labour in the same pray ye The Lord thereof to send away Some labourers for to take paine That by his haruest he may gaine Christ called his xij Apostles and sent them forth to preach giuing them power to worke miracles and heale diseases Then his Disciples Christ did call Power to them he gaue and grace That vncleane spirites they should all Cast out of men in eu'ry place As free you haue so likewise deale All sicke-men freely see you heale Twelue Iesus did send fotth to preach And did command them saying so Among the Gentiles them to teach Or to Samaria do not go To the lost sheepe of Israell Go first of all these newes to tell Say ye and teach that now at hand The kingdome of our God doth come Saluation throughout the land Is surely sent to all and some To all that will beleeue say ye That they the same shall shortly see Heale ye the sicke the leapers clense Raise vp the dead the deuils out cast And see when ye depart from hence Ye freely giue from first to last And in your iourney take no care What weeds ye weare or how ye fare What house or Citie ye come to Among the worthy there remaine Till you from thence haue cause to go Let them with you in peace retaine Such as do not deserue this grace Shake of their dust in the same place That dust shall witnesse against those That you desired not their wealth And earthly treasure that they chose Before this proffred sauing health They in the iudgement sure shall gaine Of Sodome and Gomorh the paine As sheepe I send you simple men In midst of worldly wolues to go Be ye as wise as Serpents then And innocent as doues also To kings and counsels for my sake When you are brought no thought then take For what ye speake it is not ye When torments for you do remaine The holy Ghost in you shall be To guide your speach and ease your paine The father shall the sonne said he And friend his friend betray for me Ye shall be hated for my name But he that dureth to the end Shall saued be and voyde of blame From persecution you defend From Citie to another go If you haue need for to do so For the Disciple is not sure Nor the seruant his Lord aboue Like death if you as I endure A signe it is of perfect loue If Beelzebub they do call me Is it strange then you so should be Nothing is hid but that shall I Make manifest and what ye heare In secret preach it openly Of men ye need not stand in feare Feare him that soule and body may Destroy in hell feare him I say If that a sparow shall not fall Nor any haire of yours decay But that your father cares for all And ouer all doth beare a sway Why should you care or be afrayd You shall be sure to haue his ayde Who so shall me on earth confesse Or me deny before men here Shall haue the like and nothing lesse In heau'n before my father there For my cause peace must needs decay And dearest friends their friends shall slay Who father friend his sonne or wife Doth loue more then he loueth me Who so my Crosse to saue his life Doth not take vp but seeks to flye The one vnworthy of me is The other shall not scape ywis He that receiueth you or me Receiueth him that vs hath sent A Prophet who receiueth he Reward shall haue to his content These litle ones who doth relieue God sure to him reward will giue Christes Sermon at the sending forth of his Apostles to preach When Iesus had then made an end Of giuing these commandements To his whom he then forth did send To teach the Iewes good documents The place he stood in was a plaine And with him many did remaine Yea multitudes of people were Out of all Iurie standing by From Tyre and Sydon they were there To heare his doctrine verely And at his hands to haue reliefe Each one as he was painde with griefe And they that with fowle spirits sore Tormented were Christ heal'd them all And still they sought him more and more Which boldly durst not on him call To touch his vesture as he went For health thereby to them was sent Then Iesus
more will I giue That you may haue abundance still He that hath not although he greeue Shall loose all that against his will For seeing they shall neither see Nor hearing heare as you heare me This Prophesie Esayas spake Which now in them fulfilled is I will this people surely make By hearing so to heare iwis That they shall not yet vnderstand Nor thinke on that which is at hand This peoples heart is waxen fat Their eares of hearing deaffe and dull They with their eyes haue winked at The truth least they should see it full Heare and perceiue it as yee doe And turne that I might heale them to But blessed are your eyes they see Your eares also do heare the same All you thereto appointed be For you and such I surely came The rest of sinne are very full And shall remaine both blind and dull Christ interpreted to his disciples the parable of the seed This Parable heare yee therefore When that a man Gods word doth heare And vnderstands thereof no more Then ere he heard it may appeare The deuill did catch the word away That seed by the way side it lay He that had seed in stonie ground Did heare the word and that with ioy Yet had no roote he was not sound He dured not for eu'ry toy When trouble for the word shall be Offended very soone is he He that receiueth seed also Among the thornes are they that heare The word of God yet go it fro For worldly cares in them appeare Deceitfulnesse of riches make Gods word in them no place can rake But he that doth receiue the seed In the good ground is euen he That heares the word and doth indeed Gods word perceiue it for to be This beareth fruite an hundreth fold Some sixtie some thirtie be bold The second parable of the good seed and of the tares declaring likewise the state and condition of Gods word Another parable Christ spake The kingdom of heau'n is I say Much like one that good seed did take And sowed it and went away But while men slept the enemy Did sowe tares there immediatly And when the blade sprung vp in sight And brought forth fruite then did appeare The tares that he had fowne by night The seruants seeing said with feare Didst not thou Maister sowe good seed Whence commeth then this filthie weede He said the enuious man it is That hath done this the seruants say Wilt thou that we go gather this And plucke it vp to cast away Nay while about the tares ye go Lest ye plucke vp the wheate also Let both grow till the haruest come Then will I to the reapers say The tares now gather to one roome And binde them in the fire to lay My wheate see yee that reapers are It be brought to my barne with care This parable declareth well The state and the condition Of Gods word writ in the Gospell The doctrine of saluation The housholder soweth the seeed The deu'll sowes tares and other weed The 3. parable of the mustard seed wherein is set foorth the nature of Gods word Another parable againe Christ put forth to them saying this Gods kingdome like vnto a graine Of mustard seed assured is Which man doth sow within his field That it some fruit to him may yeeld This seed of seedes is least of all Of hearbes it growes the greatest one And is a tree though not so tall Yet birds may breed his branch vpon The nature of Gods word iwis Is very well comparde to this For though this seed is very small And subiect to contempt therefore Yet it of hearbes growes great'st of all And birds therein do breed some store Gods word at first seemes so I say Yet groweth great each day by day And sharpe in tast is mustard seed Yet heateth man though bitingly So is Gods word in very deed Sharpe to the minde yet soule healthy Of him that takes of this a graine It sharply heateth eu'ry vaine The fourth parable of the leauen declaring also thereby the nature of Gods word A parable then like the last Iesus put forth to them againe To proue the nature force and tast That in Gods word doth sure remaine It is like leauen laide in meale That leaueneth it eu'ry deale As little leauen leaueth not Till it haue leauened the meale So Gods word searcheth eu'ry knot Or vaine in man his sores to heale The one makes bread tast well in deed The other man which most hath need In parables spake Iesus then Vnto the people that were there He would not speake vnto those men This otherwise as may appeare That it might be fulfilled so Which Dauid spake so long ago My mouth I will open saith he In parables and shew to man The things that now so hidden be And haue bene since the world began Then Iesus sent the men away For there he made no longer stay Christ went into the house where he declared to his Disciples desiring it the meaning of the two parables of the tares When Christ into the house was come Then his Disciples to him say Declare to vs the very summe And certaine meaning we thee pray Of the same tares so in the field We can no reason of them yeeld Then Christ did answer them againe He that there sowed the good seed It was the sonne of man certaine The field it is the world in deed The good seed are Gods children sure The tares the wicked and vnpure The enemie the deuill it is The haruest of the world is end The Angels are reapers iwis Which to his haruest God will send And as the tares are burnt in deed The wicked so in hell shall speed The sonne of man then forth shall send His Angels for to gather all That in his kingdome do offend And still from sinne to sinne do fall These to hell fire shall be cast tho Where they shall gnash their teeth for wo. Then shall the iust men shining be As is the Sunne in greatest light In the kingdome of heau'n said he Abiding in their fathers sight See ye these words receiue in feare With humble heart and open eare The fift parable of the treasure hid in the field declareth the worthinesse of Gods word While Christ did in the house remaine As he had done by the sea side He spake in parables againe To such as did with him abide The worthinesse declared he And of what price Gods word should be Like treasure hid within a field Gods kingdome is which when one found In hope it would much profit yeeld He hid the same within the ground For ioy and hope such wealth to wield That man sold all to buy that field The sixt parable of the pearles declaring as before the worthinesse of Gods word Againe he said Gods kingdome is Like to a warie marchant man That sought pearles and found one of price To buy the which this marchant can
brought the lame the blind The deaffe the dumbe and maymed sort These had as they did hope to find Their former health to their comfort So that the people did reioyce And praysed God with heart and voyce Which caused Christ to pitie these As he before had done also When in the desert to their ease He fed fiue thousand men and mo This did he that they might perceaue That Christ would not his chosen leaue Wherefore he fed now once againe Foure thousand men sure at the least Neare Galilie on that mountaine Where he had healed all the rest With seu'n loaues and few fishes small Christ Iesus fed those men withall The Pharisies and Saduces tempted Christ and desired him to shew them a signe To Magdala when this was done By ship our Sauiour did sayle To whom the Saducees did soone And Pharisies without all fayle Resort which faine a figne would see From heau'n aboue if it would be They could discerne the outward face And each appearance in the skie These hypocrites had yet no grace But needs they would Christ Iesus trie Those that by tempting Christ assayle Do most in all their fetches fayle For those no figne at all could haue But that of Ionas which we reade That lay three dayes as in a graue Within a whale as he were dead The sonne of man shall euen so Lye in the graue and rise therefro Christ commanded his Disciples to beware of the leauen of the Pharisies They thence went to the other side But had forgot to buy them bread So farre mens fancies wander wide When they do stray from Christ their head These minded not that Iesus could Prouide them meate when that he would Christ warning them to shunne alway The leauen of the Pharisie Made them conceiue this doth he say Sith we forgot some bread to buy They neuer thought how he had fed Foure thousand men with litle bread This leauen of the Pharisie The Saducees and Herod to Then his disciples warned he They should in any wise forgo False teachers and their doctrine flee For they mens soules do slay yee see Christ healed a blind man in Bethsayda Then Iesus to Bethsayda came Where they vnto him brought one blind Desiring him to heale the same For other helpe they could not finde Out of the towne the blind led he Where afterward he made him see Christ Iesus spat his eyes into And put his hands vpon him then And said now tell it if thou do See any thing among these men I see them walke as trees said he Though perfectly I cannot see Christ put his hands on him againe And bad him looke then all about He looked and saw each thing plaine He stood of nothing then in doubt Go home said Christ sith thou art well Of this in towne to no man tell Peter in the name of all the Apostles confessed Christ to be the sonne of the liuing God to which confession Christ answered and in his name promised vnto them all the keyes of the kingdome of heauen When to Caesarea Iesus came Called Philippi as we reade Of his disciples then what fame He askt of him abroad was spread The sonne of man I am said he What do men say therefore of me Iohn Baptist some name thee they say Elias some do thee suppose Or Ieremias or some way That of the Prophets one of those That in the elder times haue beene Is rise againe and of them seene But whom say ye said Christ againe That I the sonne of man should be Then Simon Peter said certaine The sonne of God we knowledge thee Then Christ said Simon verely Blessed thou art and worst thou why To mens opinions subiect I Most willingly my selfe do giue Yet mine do know me perfectly And as they know do so beleeue This knowledge thou couldst neuer haue Of flesh and bloud but God it gaue O Peter this confession The ground worke of my Church shall be For vpon that foundation I meane to build a Church for me The gates of hell shall not preuaile Against the same but still shall fayle To you of heau'n I giue the key That is the preaching of my word All men that will not it obey Against all such draw out this sword What so in earth ye loose or bind The like in heau'n the same shall find Then charged he that they should tell As then to no man what he were Eâ—â— Christ we learne to know full well We may not preach him without feare For though no more but man we see Yet must we know him God to be Christ taught the faithfull to beare his Crosse and rebuked Peter for disswading his death From that time forth Iesus began To shew that he himselfe must go Vnto Ierusalem for man To suffer and abide much wo The elders Priests and Scribes had plaine Deuised all to haue him slaine And though he told them this before The third day I will rise againe Yet Peter thought it wisedome more To keepe him thence to shunne the paine And therefore he tooke him aside But Christ would not his words abide So he that late reueal'd by God Did know and knowledge Christ his sonne Doth straightway here deserue a rod Not knowing yet what he had donne When selfe-will casts Gods word behind Our weaknesse then we quickly find Here Peter doth presume to teach His master Christ himselfe to saue Christ him of follie did appeach And so a sore rebuke him gaue Oh Sathan come said he behind On earth not heau'n thou set'st thy mind The faithfull must beare the Crosse Then Iesus said to them againe If any man will follow me He must forsake himselfe at vaine And beare my Crosse though vext he be If his afflictions shall be sore Yet in the same I go before Who so would liue still lothing paine And yet doth seeke his life to saue Doth loose his labour this is plaine Life without me he cannot haue He that for my sake yeelds to dye Shall saue his life eternally What profit shall that man obtaine That winnes the world his soule to loose When he hath reckned all his gaine Most vaine it is that he doth choose For he that will not for me dye Shall dye a death perpetually For sure the sonne of man he shall In glorie of his father deare The Angels him attending all In iudgement here againe appeare And then according to his deed Shall eu'ry man be sure to speed Yet truly vnto you I say That some of them which here do stand Shall not by death be fetcht away Vntill the time be neare at hand That in his kingdome they do see The sonne of man so come to be Christ was transfigured on mount Thabor in the presence of Peter Iames and Iohn talked with Moses and Elyas Saint Mathew after sixe daies said That Iesus was transfigured The order of it made affraid All such as saw what happened For
fowle vnto their pray will go Gods chosen shall to Christ that day Resort as these vnto their pray After those dayes immediatly And all those troubles then forth-right The sunne shall darken by and by And eke the moone shal◠not giue light The starres of heauen they shall fall And powres thereof shall shake withall And lo in heau'n shall sure appeare The signe of Christ his comming then And much shall mourne then eu'ry where All kindreds and all tribes of men Then in the clouds Christ comming he Most glorious all men shall see And he his Angels foorth shall send With sound of trumpe that is so shrill On the elect they shall attend And gather them as he doth will From the foure winds and eu'rie where In one together to appeare The Parable of the Figge tree Now learne the parable I say Of the figge tree whose boughs shut out And bearing leaues do well bewray Sommer at hand without all doubt So all these things when ye do see Gods kingdome neare know then to be This generation verily Passeth not vntill all be done As you haue heard effectually The Lord will it accomplish soone Both heau'n and earth shall passe away But my words sure shall not decay Christs comming shall be as the dayes of Noa◠were sudden and vnlooked for No man doth know that houre or day No not the Angels be ye sure My father onely this I say Doth onely know that day and houre For as the dayes of Noë haue bene So shall Christs comming then be seene As in the dayes before the flood They did both eare and drinke also Marrie and else what they thought good Till he the Arke had gone into All this we may in Moses see How he and his from flood were free And all the rest did nothing know Till that the flood tooke them away It shewes how they were verie slow For to repent their sinnes that day Christs comming shall as suddenly Be seene as that was verily Two men shall in the field be then The one of them receiu'd shall be The other of those verie men To be refused sure is he Two women grinding then at mill The good receiu'd but not the ill A warning to all men to be watchfull Wake therefore and be warie men For ye know not what houre or day Your maister comes lest sleeping then You with the reprobate decay Watch that with the elected sort Receiu'd ye be to your comfort Of this be sure if the good man The houre the theefe will come may know He will keepe watch all that he can To saue his house from hurt I trow Be likewise readie alwayes then For Christ will come ye know not when A faithfull seruant and a wise Made ruler of his masters men His masters trust will not despise But feedeth them in season then When he is absent as he were Still present with his seruants there That seruant blessed is in deed Whom his master when he doth come Shall find so doing he shall speed Be sure of some especiall roome His master will make him therefore Ruler of all he hath in store But if the euill seruant say My master will not come as yet And smite his fellowe day by day And still with drunkards drinke and eate His master will come when that he Expecteth not him for to see Him he will cut off from the rest And giue to him his portion With hypocrites this is the least That after condemnation He shall both weepe and gnash for wo His teeth that he applied so The Parable of the ten Virgines The kingdome sure of heau'n shall be Vnto ten virgines likened Which tooke their lampes and went to see If they could meete as happened The bridgrome comming by that way For whom all they together stay Yea virgines they were all in deed Such find this spouse assuredly As chastly haue in heart decreed On Christ to call vnfainedly And not on idols for they must Repose in Christ their onely trust Yet onely fiue were wise of these And fiue were foolish certainly Which had their lampes the bride to please And went to meete him solemnely The former fiue had oyle all night The last had none to saue their light Now while the bridegrome taried long All slumbred and slept heauily There was at midnight heard among The Vingins sodainly this cry Behold the bridgrome comes this way Go meete him forth without delay Then all those Virgins quickly rose And trym'd their lampes away to go The foolish Virgins sayd to those That wiser were giue vs also Some of your oyle our lampes to saue Our lampes are out no oyle we haue The wise thus answer'd them againe Lest there be not inough we feare For vs and you therefore take paine To go and buy some oyle elsewhere Their foolishnesse deserued blame For while they went the bridegrome came And they that then were ready went Into the wedding with the bride And they that there were not present Were shut out at that very tyde And when they came and knocked fast This answer they receiu'd at last I know you not that cry and call Lord Lord do open vs this gate Nor you may not come in at all Your knocking now is to to late Sith ye know not the houre or day That Christ doth come watch still and pray The Parable of the Talents For the kingdome of heau'n it is Like to a man that went from home To a strange countrey farre from his But causd his seruants first to come To whom he did deliuer tho His goods ere he from home would go To one he gaue then Talents fiue And to another onely two He one vnto the third did giue Each one had something then to do As they were able and straight way He did depart that very day Then he that the fiue Talents had Went and did occupie the same And gayn'd to make his master glad Fiue Talents more before he came He that likewise receiued two Did gayne therewith as many mo But he that had receiued one Within the earth did digge the fame And hid the money with a stone To keepe vntill his master came Thus eu'ry one did occupy Their masters Talents diuersly And after a long season came Their master home to them againe They reckned with him for the same And gaue accounts of all their gaine One after other as they could What they had done to him they told He came first that fiue Talents had And brought with him fiue Talents mo And sayd ô master here be glad Thy money is and gaines also For I haue gained as much more As I haue receiu'd of thee before To him his master said againe Well done good seruant sure thou hast That thou therewith did'st take such paine Thou shalt receiue reward at last Enter thy masters ioy to take Of much I will thee ruler make He came that did receiue
likewise Two Talents and he thus did say O master thou mayst not despise These games since thou went'st hence away Here is thy money that I had And as much more that I haue made His master vnto him did say Good seruant sure it is well donne The time thou spendest well alway Else couldst not thou so much haue wonne Thy faithfulnesse in this was such I will thee ruler make of much Then he which had receiued one Came to his master and did say When thou a way from hence wast gone I hid thy money without nay Because I fear'd thy cruelty Here take thine owne contentedly His master answered and sayd Thou ill and slouthfull seruant why If thou of me art so affrayd And knowst so well my crueltie Didst not thou find some meane or way To get me gaines against this day The Talent from him take therefore And giue it him that now hath ten For who so hath he shall haue more And he shall haue abundance then From him that hath not shall away Be taken all he hath I say That seruant voyde of profit ye To vtter darknesse therefore cast There weepe and gnash his teeth shall he Thus shall his slouth be payd at last See then your Talent fructifie Least you loose it eternally The manner of the last Iudgement When that the sonne of man comes to The Iudgement with great maiesty His holy Angels all also Shall be with him most gloriously And he shall sit vpon the throne Of glorie iudging eu'ry one All nations shall be gathered Before the sonne of man as then And there they shall be seuered The godly from the wicked men As shepheards seperate their sheepe From flockes of goats that they do keepe The sheepe whereby are ment the best He shall set then on his right hand The goates by which are ment the rest On the left side of him shall stand So shall the King to the good men Pronounce this louing sentence then Ye blessed of my father come Inherite you the kingdome here Prepared ere the world begon For you of him as doth appeare For when I wanted food to eate Ye gaue me lodging drinke and meate Ye clothed me that naked was Me being sicke ye came to see Imprisoned ye did not passe Vntill ye had relieued me My wants supplying willingly And comforting my miserie Then shall the righteous say againe Lord when saw we thee in such case And then the King without disdaine Shall answer them in eu'ry place In as much as ye haue done this To these my brethen mine it is Then shall he to the other say The wicked goates on the left hand Depart ye cursed hence away All as ye do together stand Go into fire vnquencheable Prepared for the damnable For when I hungred verie sore Ye gaue me then nothing to eate And oft I thirsted more and more Yet wanted drinke aswell as meate Ye lodged not nor clothed â—e Nor sicke in prison would me see They aske when they had seene him so He answereth now as before Therefore he saith that these shall go To suffer paine for euermore But sure the righteous shall then all Go and possesse life eternall Christ in the Temple taught by day And there hence out at night he went To Oliuet the readie way Where that time he then alwayes spent To heare him dayly many came So much was spread abroad his fame Another Sermon of the Crosse which Christ made to his Disciples in Bethanie at Simon the leapers house When Iesus had thus finished These sayings he began to say To such as him then followed From place to place so eu'ry day Ye know within two dayes will be The feast of passeouer sayd he And then shall be deliuered The sonne of man as heretofore I told you to be crucified Although it grieue you verie sore The time is come that death the iust For sinfull men needs suffer must The chiefe Priests were then assembled The Scribes and eke the Elders all Where they this thing delibered Within the high Priest Cayphas hall How Iesus might by subtiltie Be had and killed cruellie But they sayd not on the feast day Least any vproare there should be Among the people any way If they the same should hap to see The people him do magnifie Whom we desire to crucifie Then Iudas tooke occasion Set forward by the deuill in deed To be of such opinion Which caused him so ill to speed When Christ did sup in Bethany At Simons house assuredly Where Mary did annoynt the Lord With pretious oyntment that she had As Christ was there set at the boord Which made the traytour Iudas mad He thought it wast that so was spent Reuenge it therefore thus he ment He went to the chiefe Priests and sayd What will ye now giue vnto me If I deliuer vndelayd Christ to your hands what then say ye All thirtie pence they said againe We will giue thee if thou take paine And from that time as most suppose He sought all oportunitie For to betray him vnto those That hired him so liberallie For all his mind was fully set By hooke or crooke some gaines to get The Disciples demand of Christ where he would they should prepare the passeouer The first day of vnleauened bread Peter came vnto Christ and Iohn Whom they acknowledged their head And askd of him this question Where wilt thou that we do prepare To eate the passeouer declare Then he thus vnto them did say Go ye into the Citie both And you shall meete one in your way Marke whither that the same man goeth You shall see him a pitcher beare Of water full when you come there Go ye and follow him into The house he goeth in and say To the good man we pray you do Shew the chamber our master may Eate passeouer and he forth right Will shew a chamber ready dight So the Disciples found in deed As Christ before to them did say And they prepar'd for him with speed To eate the passeouer that day So when the euen was now late Christ came and with the twelue he sate As they did eate Christ sayd againe Assuredly to you I say You shall see this though to his paine That one of you shall me betray Then the Disciples sorie were And of this saying stood in feare Now there was one whom Christ did loue That leaned then vpon his breast Him Peter did with signes so moue That he demanded for the rest Tell vs ô Lord we do thee pray Who is it that shall thee betray And Iesus sayd the hand is here At this boord that betrayeth me As to you all it will appeare And in the dish now dippeth he He lift his heele against his head That eateth with me of this bread The sonne of man shall surely go As of him it hath written beene But to that man be euer woe By whose deuise the same is
Deuided so in any land If Sathan cast out Sathan sure Or I by Beelzebub do so His kingdome cannot long endure One thing I aske you and no mo By whom do your sonnes cast them out They shall you iudge in this no doubt If through God cast out the same Then is his kingdome come this day If one man to a strong man came To spoile his house and runne away Can he his purpose bring to passe Ere he be bound that owner was But I by force gaue him the foyle Whose helpe you say I daily vse The more for you that I do toyle The more you still do me abuse He that on my side is not he Against me fully sure must be Blasphemie Each sinne and so each blasphemy Shall be forgiuen men I say If they repent it hartely And for remission do pray Except against the holy Ghost Of all this sinne offendeth most The sinne against the sonne of man Which oftentimes doth hap and chance Both francke and free remit I can For it may come of ignorance The works Gods spirit works are such That they cannot be hidden much Take heed ye do not then offend Or sinne against the holy Ghost God will not sure world without end Forgiue that sinne he hates it most The tree and fruit make good I say Or make both â—it to cast away As by the fruit we know the tree So by your wordes ye knowen are Oh vipers you that euill be Your speaches do your workes declare The hart it storeth good or ill Whereof the mouth doth sauour still Both good men and the euill show What treasure they haue hid in hart At the last iudgement you shall know How well or ill you plaide your part Vaine talke who so doth here affoord Shall answer for each idle word Christ denied the Iewes any signe sauing onely the signe of Ionas The Scribes and Pharisies withall Came tempting Christ and sought a signe As if on sight thereof they all From former faults would then decline But Christ that knew the inward mind With words they could not so make blind Christ answered and said againe Thou wicked generation Adulterous and very vaine Though signes thou doest depend vpon No signe shall geuen be to thee But that of Ionas thou shalt see As three dayes and three nights he was Within the whale all couered So shortly it will come to passe I shall in earth be buried Three dayes and three nights verely In graue the sonne of man shall lye Christ argued the Iewes of impenitencie The men of Niniuie shall rise With these and shall condemne them to They Ionas words did not despise But did repent as you should do One greater then Ionas is here Yet small repentance doth appeare The Queene of Saba she shall rise In Iudgement with these men also And them she shall condemne likewise That so farre from her home would go To heare king Salomon I say His greater yet you heare this day Christ prnounced an heauie sentence against such as reuolt from the truth receiued They which are once deliuered From vncleane spirits free and well Are after iustly punished If in them they againe do dwell Their last end sure farre worse shalbe Then was the first take this of me The vncleane spirit places dry Doth walke throughout seeking a rest Where faith where hope where charitie Is setled sure within mans brest It is so dried with Gods grace That deuils haue there no resting place Then he returneth home againe Into the house from whence he went For all this while he walkt in vaine And missed still of his intent This house he findeth swept within Cleane voide of vertue deckt with sinne Then taketh he seauen spirits more As ill as he in euery thing And dwels where he did dwell before His end is worse then beginning So shall it with this people be They mend not for all that they see This spirit is the deuill indeed His house is man where he doth dwell The drie place where he cannot speed Mans heart it is heat by God well With godly zeale and hate of sinne He rests not there though he come in Christ shewed who his mother sisters and brethren are While Christ spake to the company His mother and his brethren were Without desiring earnestly To talke with him as may appeare Then one of them that was there came And told our sauiour of the same But he preferring farre before The worke that he then had in hand Encreasing daily more and more He said to such as there did stand My mother and brethren be they That do my doctrine still obey My mother whom I loue so well My brethren whom I like also Are these and they marke what I tell For brother and sister shall go My friends they are who so do still Performe and keepe my fathers will The state of the kingdome of God set forth by seauen parables and first of the seed By parables Christ taught men plaine The state nature and worthinesse Of Gods word he did not disdaine To shew alwaies his readinesse His chosen in all things he may To helpe and winne them eu'ry way Christ though of late he had bene let And interrupted by his friends His office he did not forget For their great fault he made amends To the sea side from thence he went To preach againe with like intent And the same place was the sea side That by Genezaret doth lie Where he sat downe for to abide But preased on with company He tooke a ship wherein he sate And taught them as he had done late The people standing on the shore With diligence did giue him eare The multitude encreasing more The more of him did stand in feare Whose words and workes they all did see In eu'ry thing so well agree Behold said Christ a sower went To sowe his seed but some seed fell Farre otherwise then he had meant By the way side which could not well Yeeld fruite the fowle without delay Deuour'd them all so cleane away Some fell on stonie ground also Where they of earth had little store They sprung the rather there but lo The sunne rose vp and parcht them sore And so for lack of roote I say Anon they witherd all away Among the thornes some other fell Which springing vp were choakt withall Some fell in good ground and did well The same brought fruite where they did fall One corne an hundreth fold or moe Some sixtie some thirty also He that hath eares to heare may heare For herein the condition Of Gods word may to thee appeare The rule of thy saluation Three sorts decayed all you see The fourth yeelds onely fruite to me Then his disciples askt him why By parables he taught them then To you said Christ this verely Giu'n is to know not to those men The secrets of Gods kingdome ye Shall learne and know alwaies of me To you that haue