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
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
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
and play This worke shalt thou do euerie day But God said vnto him againe Thou foole this night ile fetch from thee That soule of thine that is so vaine Whose then shall all thy riches be So shall it euer be with those That too much trust in wealth repose Therefore take you no thought I say How you shall make prouision But giue your selues to learne the waye That leadeth to saluation Almes watching and all wisedome ye Shall vse and with all men agree The parable of the watchfull seruant A faithfull seruant and a wise Made ruler of his maisters men His maisters 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 happy is in deed Whom his master when he doth come Shall finde 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 fellowes day by day And still with drunkards drinke and eate His master will come when that he Expecteth not him for to see And will cut him of 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 applyed so Wake therefore and be warie men For ye know not what houre or day Your master comes least sleeping then You with the reprobates decay And watch that with th'elected sort Receiu'd ye be to your comfort Christ receiued infants brought vnto him and blessed them At that time some did children bring That Christ his hands on them should lay But his Disciples did the thing Dislike and would haue said them nay But Iesus said forbid not these For such my heau'nly father please Assuredly to you I say Gods kingdome who receiueth not As doth a child there shall not stay Of him no place may there be got In armes Christ tooke the infants tho And blessed them and let them go Christ conferred with a rich young man that would be iustified by the law When Iesus was gone on the way There came one after him apace Which kneeling downe to him did say Good master shew me so much grace That I may know how I may haue Eternall life good Lord I craue Then Iesus answerd him againe Why doest thou call me good said he There is none good this thing is plaine Saue God alone I tell it thee Eternall life thou mayst not see If broken these commaund'ments be Thou shalt not kill by word or deed Nor yet commit adulterie Thou shalt not steale for all thy need False witnesse is plaine trecherie Thy parents honour not for pelfe Thy neighbour loue thou as thy selfe I haue said he obserued all That thou commandest from my youth What lacke I yet before I shall Haue life I pray thee tell me truth Sell all if thou wilt perfect be And giue the poore that want by thee This made the yong man very sad Who then with sorrow went away The great possessions that he had His feruent zeale did soone allay The rich t'enioy eternall blisse Said Iesus sure a hard thing is Whereat amazed as they were And thought that few could saued be Christ said to them do you not feare But marke and listen vnto me What men impossible do take God possible the same can make Life euerlasting promised to all them that follow Christ. Then Peter said we follow thee Forsaking all what shall we haue When I in throne of maiestie Shall sit though you do nothing craue Vpon twelue thrones you shall sit by And iudge all Israell certainly For who so shall his house forsake His parents or what other friend For my name and doth well it take Or wife or wealth what God doth lend The same an hundreth fold shall he Enioy and life eternall see And Christ pronounced in this place That many first should be the last And that the last obtaining grace Should be the first the first outcast And that this sentence is certaine By parable Christ made it plaine The parable of the labourers sent to the vineyard The kingdome sure of heau'n is so Much like to a houshoulder heare That to hire labourers would go Assoone as day light did appeare With whom for pence he did agree All day to worke this was their fee. About the third houre of the day When he came to the market place The idle thence he sent away Into his farme to worke apace Likewise the sixt and ninth houre he With other moe did so agree Againe th'eleu'nth houre there he found Some other idle standing by Go hence he said to my farme ground Why stand vee thus so idlely No man hath hired vs you see Go to my Vineyard then said he When eeuen came the maister said Vnto his steward call them soone For I would haue the workemen paid That all this day my worke haue done Begin and pay the last of all As he is seru'd the other shall A pennie then each of them had From last to first as he did go Which made the first men very sad They thought their pay should not be so Go to said he this is your hire You may no more of me require This parable may teach vs all As Peter true humilitie Not to presume on Christ to call As meriting felicitie Least we of first the last may be And last be first in each degree The crueltie of Pylate towards certaine Galileaas and of the Towre of Siloam When Christ had ended thus the same Which neuer shunned any paine Though in Iudea was a fame That he should of the Iewes be slaine He went about his fathers will Therefore the Iewes sought him to kill Then some told him how cruelly Those Galileans vsed were Whom Pylate caused for to die Without respect he slew them there And mingled with their sacrifice Their bloud which was a strange deuice Then Iesus said suppose ye these Were greater sinners then the rest I tell you nay your sinnes doubtlesse May cause that you shall so be drest So of the eighteene whom the towre Of Siloam slue all in an houre The parable of the barren Figge tree This parable Christ did declare A certaine man a Figge tree had Which for three yeares he still found bare When fruite would make the owner glad Come Gardiner cut downe said he Why are we combred with this tree The Gardiner then said againe Lord let it stand this yeare also Till I once more haue taken paine To dig it round and dung it to If then no fruite this tree do beare It shall no longer tarrie there Christ healed a woman that had had a spirit of infirmitie xviiij yeares and was so bowed together that she could not lift vp her selfe As Christ taught on a Sabboth day A woman whose infirmity Had
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
Nazareth to be King of the Iewes confessed he And though the high Priests did repine That Pilate then should write him so This sentence sayd he it is mine It shall remaine will ye or no. In Hebrue Greeke and Latin he Did cause the same so writ to be All this while by his crosse did stand His mother and her sister to Marie Cleopas was at hand And Marie Magdalene also Though griefe did pierce them to the heart They would not yet from Christ depart Then Iesus to his mother sayd And the Disciple standing by Though they were both then all dismayd To see Christ vsd so cruelly Thy mother see said he to th'one And to the other see thy sonne And this Disciple was the same That Christ did so entirely loue Though Iohn doth here conceale his name Yet dutie did so deeply moue His heart that he obediently Christs hests performed faithfully The wicked Iewes that passed by Reuil'd at Christ and wagd the head The high Priest Scribe and Pharisie Continued so till Christ was dead They mocking him from most to least Till he was dead did neuer rest Thou that the Temple doest destroy And build it in three dayes againe Now saue thy selfe from all annoy Why dost thou so here suffer paine The sonne of God if that thou be Come from the crosse that we may see Then of the euill doers one Began to raile on him also If thou be Christ Gods onely sonne Command that we from hence may go Helpe now sayd he thy selfe and vs That here do hang tormented thus The other answered and sayd Doest thou not feare the liuing God Art not thou sinfull man dismayd That feelest iustly of his rod For we are punisht worthely But this man vndeseruedly Thus vnto Iesus then said he When thou doest to thy kingdome come I pray thee Lord remember me And graunt me there with thee a roome Then Iesus sayd to thee I say Thou shalt be there with me this day From the sixt houre the ninth vnto That day was darkned through the land The sunne gaue then no shine also The Iewes would not yet vnderstand No not though that the temple there Renting did put them all in feare About the ninth houre Iesus sayd Crying aloud as then likewise My God why hast thou thus delayd Or seem'st thy sonne so to despise He seekes sayd some that then stood by Elias helpe assuredly And other said now let vs see If that Elias will him saue Then Iesus sayd I thirst giue me To coole my thirst some drinke I craues And said all things are finished As God the Lord hath promised Mathew Marke as Iohn also Say that some there that then stood by With sponge and vineger did go That they had filled hastily And offred it vpon a reede But Christ drunke not of it indeede Then with a loud voyce Christ did crie Into thy hands I do commend My spirit now most hartily O father deare the same defend And so he bowing downe the head Gaue vp the ghost and straight was dead Then as is sayd the vaile did rent Of their great Temple into twaine From top to bottome it was splent Which neuer could enclose againe The earth did quake and stones did riue And graues did yeeld their dead aliue And many Saints did rise and go After his resurrection Into the citie to and fro And made their apparition To many of the godly there That of Gods wrath did stand in feare When the Centurion that stood by And they that were abiding there Saw what did happen certainly They fell into exceeding feare Surely this man was iust sayd he And needs the sonne of God must be The people that came to that sight And did behold what things were done Smiting their breasts returned right Confessing him to be Gods sonne Of his acquaintance some did stay But most were fled and gone away The women boldly there did stay And stood aloofe and looked on Though his Disciples fled away These did behold his passion For God would haue those weakelings there Witnesse of such things for to beare The Iewes because they did prepare That day against the Sabboth day As men that had exceeding care Lest they offended any way For that day was the chiefest feast Among the Iewes of all the rest Now that the bodies might not be Remaining on the crosse that day They all together thus agree To begge of Pilate that they may Breake all their legges and them downe take Lest it should them polluted make The Iewes they all did greatly feare In outward things for to offend Their Sabboth they obserued there Religiously they did pretend Yet spared not most wilfully To kill the guiltlesse cruelly And now when leaue they gotten had The souldiours did performe the deed Both they and these were verie glad That so they of their suite did speed Therefore they first the theeues did take And both their legs a sunder brake And when they vnto Iesus went And found him then already dead His legs they brake not as they ment But then a souldiour opened Hâ—s side so sweet with cruell speare Which he in hand as then did beare And there-out straightway issued As bloud then water freshly both He that saw when it happened Doth witnesse it as verie troth And knoweth that he here doth giue The truth that you might it beleeue All these things were so done in deed That they the Scripture might fulfill For God before had so decreed And man could not resist his will Whom they thrust thorough they shall see His bones shall not one broken be Christ was taken downe from the Crosse enbalmed and buried by Ioseph of Arimathia and Nicodemus When euen-tide was now at hand That day of preparation A night then kept throughout the land With solemne obseruation Their Sabboth then must haue no let For it began when sunne was set Then Ioseph came that was so iust A noble counseller in deed Which did in God repose his trust And of his kingdome hop'd to speed To those he did not giue consent That Christ our Sauiour did torment His worldly wealth was not a let And banished he had all feare His master he could not forget That did for him such torments beare Whose body Ioseph then was glad To begge of Pylate which he had But Pilate maruell'd if he were Already dead and sent to call The Captaine witnesse for to beare That hâ—d bene present there at all And when he heard the truth then he To Iosephs will did soone agree Then Ioseph went to take away The body which he begged so He would therein make no delay But straight to take it downe would go The feast drew on Ioseph would haue Christ Iesus body layd in graue And Nicodemus likewise came Which a Disciple was also Though secretly for feare of blame This man with Ioseph then did go Of mirrhe and â—loës pure and rare An