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
that paine Striue not so for that meate said he Striue for the meate I shall giue thee Then said they all what shall we do That worke the works of God we might Christ Iesus answered thereto And taught them how to do it right The worke of God with good intent Is to beleeue in whom he sent Shew vs some signe that we may see And so beleeue in thee they say Our fathers Manna had to be Their meate in the desert alway God gaue them bread from heau'n to eat And it was long our fathers meat And Iesus then said verely Not Moses but my father he Doth giue to you assuredly True bread from heau'n beleeue yee me The bread of God came downe I say And to the world giues life alway Then they againe to Iesus said Giue vs this bread Lord euermore The bread of life be not affraid I am he shall not hunger sore Nor thirst that doth beleeue in me So do not you for all you see They come to me whom God doth giue And them I do not cast away I loose not one that doth beleeue But raise him vp at the last day My fathers will not mine to do I came from heau'n this earth vnto The Iewes did murmure he said so I am the bread that downe did come What is this Iosephs sonne or no Is not he knowne to vs said some No man can come be sure said he But whom the father drawes to me Whom God hath taught come vnto me Not that the father sure hath bene Of any one saue onely he Which is of God said Iesus seene To him that doth in me beleeue Life euerlasting I do giue I am the bread of life in deed Your fathers Manna long did eate Yet are they dead so shall not speed Such as feed on this heau'nly meate My flesh it is the bread I giue Which is life to all that beleeue How can this man giue vs to eate His flesh say they can it so be My flesh except it be your meate Add that ye drinke my bloud said he Eternall life I say againe Doth not at all in you remaine Who so doth eate my flesh I say And drinkes my bloud hath life in deed Him I will raise at the last day But so shall not the wicked speed My flesh and bloud is faithfully Both meate and drinke assuredly He that doth eate my flesh is he And he that drinkes my bloud withall In whom I dwell and he in me As God the Father eternall Hath sent me so by him I liue And life to others I do giue From heau'n aboue came downe this bread Not as your fathers that did eate The Manna sent them yet are dead For he that eateth of this meate Shall liue and he shall neuer dye As sinners do eternally At Capernaum spake he this Where some of his Disciples were That said a hard thing sure it is Who can abide the same to heare Doth this offend you then said he What if I should ascend will ye It is the spirit that in deed Doth quicken not the flesh be sure In spirit this both life doth breed And nourish euer to endure For what I speake to end all strife To you is spirit and is life Yet some of you beleeue not this He knew them and the traitour to Therefore I told you how it is That come vnto me any do The father onely giues this grace To him that doth enioy the place So some went cleane from him away Then Iesus said vnto the rest Will ye depart from me this day And walke as they where you thinke best Shall we said Peter then at last Words of eternall life thou hast And we beleeue and know thou art The Christ the Sonne of God in deed And if we did from thee depart We should be sure full ill to speed Christ did againe the traitour note Least his Apostles should forgote Christ rebuked the Scribes and Pharisies for trangressing Gods commandements and answered their accusation against his Disciples for eating meate with vnwashen hands The Scribe and faithlesse Pharisie Came then our Sauiour Christ vnto Supposing by their subtiltie For to deface what he would do They from Hierusalem then came That so faine would his works defame Why thy Disciples do transgresse Of elders the tradition Do thou now vnto vs expresse This was at first their question For they say they wash not a hand When they eate meate we vnderstand O hypocrites said Christ againe You do Gods word still disobay Supposing you shall scape the paine That you do merite day by day He that his parents sure saith God Dishonoreth shall feele my rod. In words you worship but in vaine Lip labour liketh not the Lord A double heart he doth disdaine When words and deeds do well accord Then prayse and prayer he will heare Which neuer doth in you appeare It is not meate that hurteth man Which with the mouth he doth consume But euill thoughts which now and than Do moue the heart to fret and fume Or else deuise some euill deed Of this ye should take greatest heed Each plant my father planteth not Shall by the roote be pluckt againe Our God will not all his forgot When hypocrites do suffer paine These blindly still the blind do lead You haue no cause their craft to dread Christ cast a deuill out of the daughter of a woman of Canaan and healed many other From thence likewise did Iesus passe Of Tyre and Sydon through the cost Of such great care our Sauiour was To saue that else might there be lost He ceassed not but day by day Did good to all that would him pray Behold a woman came to him That did within those borders dwell Whose daughter was in eu'ry lymme Sore vexed with a deu'll of hell Christ she most earnestly did pray From her to driue the deu'll away Whose suite though seeming to deny Christ graunted vnto her at last When that he saw how faithfully She hop't his fauour for to tâ—st He gaue to her to do her good Some portion of the childrens food Christ returned thence againe into the costes of Galilie healed a deaffe man that stammered in his speach and many others and fed 4000. men besides women and children with seuen loaues Christ did returne yet then againe Into the costes of Galilie Their late contempt and deepe disdaine Withdrew not so his pietie Among the middest of wolues he still Protecteth safe his flocke from ill A deaffe man vnto Christ they brought That stambâ—ed in his speach also He graunted them what then they sought And healed him and let him go So that amazed in great feare They gaue God prayse all that were there He then vp to a mountaine went And sate him downe vpon the same And the people with full intent By multitudes vnto him come To heare his doctrine and to craue That they some helpe of him might haue They thither
so relieue I know not if he sinfull be Once I was blind and now I see How op'ned he thine eyes say they I told you once and hard you not Would yee his doctrine now obey Or else haue yee so soone forgot They checkt him saying Moses we Not his disciples sure will be God spake to Moses this we know This man we know not whence he is The blinde man answer'd now I trow Ye doubt not that he hath done this And this to all men may appeare That God will not a sinner heare It was not since the world began Hard that his eyes were opened That was borne blind and now a man But that of God it happened If he were not of God said he He could not haue done this for me In sinnes they said borne sure thou art Doest thou teach vs what we shall do They cast him out he did depart When Iesus heard they had done so He said to him wilt thou beleeue Now in the sonne of God and liue Who is he Lord that so I may Beleeue in him as thou would'st haue It is my selfe Christ did then say Lord I beleeue helpe me I craue Christ said I make the blind to see And seeing blind that loue not me Some of the Pharisies were there Which hard these words and thus said then Are we blinde how doth that appeare The blinde are not such sinfull men But now ye say that yee do see Your sinnes remaine therefore said he Of the true shepheard and the hireling And that they might the better know Their state and so consider his Christ in a parable did showe The faithfull Shepheard who he is The hireling Iesus did bewray And theefe that liues vpon the pray Verely verely I do say He that into the sheepfold goes Beside the doore some other way May well be counted one of those That comes to rob and steale the sheepe Which other men haue charge to keepe But he that goes in by the doore Is sure the sheepheard of the flocke To him the porter euermore Doth ope assoone as he doth knock To call his sheepe he doth reioyce The sheepe likewise to heare his voyce When that his owne sheepe forth a â—nt He goeth before they follow fast His voice they know and what he meaâ— Their perill he before doth cast A stranger they will surely flee By voice they know him strange to be They vnderstood not all he said Therefore Christ said to them againe My sheepe may safely vnaffraid Voide of all dangers so remaine I am the doore of all my sheepe And care most safely them to keepe All that before me came said he That is such as I haue not sent And such as faine them Christ to be The theeues and robbers are I meant But sure the sheepe heare not their voice Though to heare mine my sheepe reioyce By me the doore if any do Enter therein shall saued be He in and out shall freely go And pasture finde that followes me The theefe doth steale destroy and kill I came to saue my sheepe from ill I the good shepheard surely am That giue my life to saue my sheepe An hireling hath thereof no shame To see the Wolfe and take no keepe He leaueth them the Wolfe doth catch Destroying one at eu'ry snatch The hireling fleeth he serues for hire And therefore cares not for the sheepe But that thâ— is not my desire The good â—pheard takes little sleepe And I am 〈◊〉 my sheepe I know And so 〈◊〉 knowne of mine I trow So as the father knoweth me So I do him and for my sheepe My life I lay downe and there be Another flocke that I must keepe As yet of this flock are not they When I call them they will obey My Father loueth me the more Because I do my life downe lay That I might it againe restore No man takes it from me away To lay and take I power haue But this precept my father gaue Among the Iewes dissention grew For these his sayings then againe He should be mad if some said true And haue a deuill some other plaine Confest his words and workes to be No deuillish deeds to make men see Three feasts of dedication We finde in scripture there haue beene The first solemniz'd Solomon In haruest time this feast was seene Then Ezra next did keepe the same In Spring when they from Babell came Then Iudas Macchabeus he Lastly this feast solemnized In winter and the same decree Till Christes time so continued When Iesus walkt which tooke small rest In Solomons porch this was the feast The Iewes came there him round about If thou be Christ now tell vs plaine How long doest thou keepe vs in doubt Then Iesus answerd againe Ye trust not what I told yet see That my works do witnesse with me Yea yee beleeue not for ye are Not of my sheepe mine heare my voice I know them and for them I care To follow me they will reioyce Eternall life to them I geue They perish not with me they liue My father which gaue them to me Is greater then all this I know And in my fathers hand they be None can thence take them as I trow I and my father sure are one The Iewes againe thought him to stone Then Iesus said good works I haue Shewd from my father verely For which of them now do I craue Would you stone me so cruelly For the good worke no stone cast we Thou being but man God makest thee If that the Psalmist Gods them call To whom Gods word then giuen was The Scripture faultlesse yet withall Do I blaspheme or so trespasse To say that I Gods sonne should be Sent to the world as here ye see If I do not my fathers workes Beleeue me not but if I do In you some hidden hatred lurkes That wilfully the truth forgo Beleeue the works that ye do see The father works the same by me So then ye shall know and beleeue That sure in me the father is And I in him yea he doth giue To me all power that is his They sought then to put him in bands But he escapt out of their hands Now when the Iewes he scaped fro He passed Iordan then againe Where Iohn Baptized he did go And there a while he did remaine There many did to him resort And did receiue of him comfort Though all Ierusalem of pride And deepe disdaine did Christ refuse Yet there where then he did abide They did our Sauiour better vse What Iohn of him had spoke before They knowledgd praysing God the more Thus many conflicts Iesus had With froward foolish Pharisies All which might make his chosen glad That he obtaind such victories To God let vs the honour giue That did our weakenesse so relieue Giue glorie vnto God on high To Father and so to the Sonne See that the same perpetually Vnto the holy Ghost be donne Which is and was and so
with Samaria disagree And water askest thou of me Then Iesus said oh woman see If thou the gift of God didst know And who it is that asketh thee Thou woldest not then seeme so slow To aske of him for he can giue Water of life if thou beleeue The woman said the well is deepe And thou hast nought to draw withall Where doest thou then thy water keepe Or doest of me for water call This well our father Iacob gaue Whose name in reu'rence here we haue Art thou greater then Iacob was He dranke of it and so did then His children in this very place His cattell and his houshold men But Iesus said who so doth drinke Of this will thirst thou so must thinke The water I giue who drinke will Thirsteth no more while he doth liue It shall in him be springing still To euerlasting life this giue That I thirst not oh sir said she Nor to draw here more driuen be Then Iesus said thy husband call And come againe with him to me Husband I haue now none at all To Iesus then thus answered she Thou hast well said thou hast had fiue This is not thine that is aliue Thou art a Prophet I do see Our fathers worshipt in this mount But now Ierusalem say ye To worship in men most account The houre is come now shines the light Yet here nor there ye worship right Ye worship that ye do not know We worship that we know and see Saluation is I say to you Come of the Iewes and now said he In truth and spirite men haue need The father to adore in deed God is a spirite and they must In spirite and in truth withall Worship him that in him trust And on his name for mercy call Messiah comes said she againe And he will teach vs all things plaine He said to her lo I am hee And his Disciples came with that When Christ so talke with her they see They all did maruaile much thereat They of their meate did offer make But he as then no meat would take His meat was to accomplish then His fathers will and worke to end The haruest is among all men Most ripe where to God did you send The reaper wages shall receiue And sower ioy thereof perceiue Herein the prouerbe true is found That one doth sow another reape You reape where other tild the ground Their labours all on you I heape The woman all this while was gone And left Christ there though not alone She went into the Citie then Come see said she one that told me All I haue done and straight the men Went out our Sauiour Christ to see Whom when they saw they did beleeue For wordes that she to them did giue When the Samaritanes were come They prayed him to tarie there And he abode as saith some Two dayes with them and they with feare When they had heard and seene also His wordes and workes beleeued tho Then said they to the woman we Do now beleeue not for thy sake But for the wordes and workes we see For Christ the Sauiour we him take So two dayes after thence he went To Galilie for so he ment Christ passing from Samaria to Galilie turned aside to Nazareth where he preached on the Sabboth day c. When from Samaria he was gone To Nazareth he tooke his way Christ knew what best was to be done No time he would at all delay About his fathers worke he went In which his time he wholy spent Then to their Sinagogue to preach Vpon the Sabboth day he came Esayas booke they did him reach That he might reade vpon the same Whereout he taught them what he was What he should teach and bring to passe Christ reproueth the ingratitude of his countreymen affirming that a Prophet is esteemed least in his owne countrey His doctrine so astonied some That they did wonder at his words Whence doth say they this wisedome come Or who to him these works affoords Is not that Iosephes sonne we pray The Carpenter we heard this day His mother Marie we do call His brethren be they not with vs As men amazed were they all To heare him so that text discusse Saue in his countrey then said he A Prophet sure shall honor'd be Wherefore he said to them againe When famine plagued Israell And they for three yeares wanted rayne And moneths six as stories tell Eliah then was sent to none Saue in Sarepta vnto one Oh Israëll thy leprosie Was great in Eliseus time Yet none could find a remedie But Naaman was cur'de by him When they heard this it grieu'd them sore And they deuisde his death therefore So rising they out thrust him all And lead him on that verie hill Where they might geue him such a fall As might haue pleasde their wicked will He freely yet from them did go Escaping for all they could do Christ went from Nazareth to Cana in Galilie where he restored the rulers sonne to health the noble man and all his houshold beleeued To Cana Christ from Naz'reth came The Galileans him receiu'd And ioyfully they did the same His Godhead there was well perceiu'd Of water wine he made before Now one to life he did restore A ruler that thereby did dwell At Capernaum had a sonne Sore sicke when he of Christ heard tell And what he eu'ry where had donne He came to Christ and him did pray To go with him without delay His sonne was ready now to dye Therefore he made the greater hast Your vnbeliefe assuredly Doth make you many wordes to wast But go thy way thy sonne doth liue He went and did Christs word beleeue And as he iourneyd by the way He heard his sonne recouered And by accompt that houre and day That Iesus health had promised So he and his beleeued all Christ when he will can thus men call Christ hearing of Iohns imprisonmēt went to Capernaū after he called sundry of his Apostles preached the Gospell in Galilie and healed the diseased When Iohn was then imprisoned Or much about that tyme I say Christ went and he inhabited Capernaum and there did stay The sea of Zabulon was nye And Nepthalim assuredly Esayas Prophecid before That there the Gentiles should haue light Whose darknesse still increased more Vntill of Christ they had a sight Who doth vnto all that beleeue Eternall life most freely giue Christ passing throughout Galilie As he did walke by the sea side Apostles called verely Of such men as did there abide Poore fisher men without respect By whom he would his works effect With whom about from place to place Throughout all Galilie he went Heaping on his all gifts of grace And teaching them with like intent He made those foolish weaklings rise For to confound the worldly wise And as he past continually He euery where did dayly teach Their Synagogues to openly He went the Gospell for to preach Amend
amisse Go ye that are thereto addrest I will not yet go the feast These things he said abiding still In Galilie behind the rest Till he his time might there fulfill Yet after he came to the feast Though secretly which made the Iewes To muse they heard of him no newes Some cald ' him good some other bad And said he doth but men deceiue When halfe the feast was done yet glad Were some our Sauiour to receiue Christ taught the Iewes did maruaile how He should vntaught the Scriptures know My doctrine is his that sent me If any man will do his will Gods word he shall know it to be And that I must the same fulfill Vnrighteousnesse in him was none He sought Gods glorie not his owne Did Moses geue to you a law And none of you doth keepe the same And yet as men that stood in awe For breach therefore ye do me blame Yea more then that ye would me kill That onely do my fathers will Thou hast the deu'll said they againe Who goeth about to kill thee here One worke I did I tell you plaine You maruell at on may with feare You Circumcise them Sabboth day I made one whole ye would me slay Iudge not as outwardly you see But righteous iudgement iudge withall Is not this man said some eu'n he Whose death they haue decreed all Do not the rulers see plainly That he now speaketh openly This man from whence he is know we Whence Christ shall come we cannot tell Whence I am come ye know said he Him that sent me ye know not well But I know him and he sent me I am of him so are not ye They sought to take him but did lay No hands on him his houre as then Was not come to make him away Some said beleeuing of those men When Christ comes shall his works be mo Or greater then we see him do The Pharisies and high Priests sent Their officers Christ for to take A litle while now be content Said Christ my iourney hence I make To him that sent me will I go You leeking shall find me no mo Now whither will he said the Iewes That we shall not find him againe If to the Grecians that were newes This thing they would haue learned faine Ye shall seeke me but shall not find Nor come to me in deed or mind Now in the last day of the feast Christ stood and cryde to them and said If any thirst lo I am prest To giue him drinke be not affrayd In him that doth beleeue in me A well of life shall springing be This of the spirit they should receiue That would beleeue in him he spake Although the Iewes did not perceiue Nor great account of Iesus make When Christ was glorified then The holy Ghost was giuen men So many when they heard this said This is the Prophet certainly Some other not so much affrayd Said he was Christ apparantly Of other minds againe were some From Galilie Christ should not come Saith not the Scripture of the seed Of Dauid Christ shall come to thee And out of Bethlehem in deed Where Dauid was thou shalt him see Each lik't his owne opinion â—f Christ which bred dissention Some would he should then taken be Yet no man layd on him a hand The rulers all did so agree And so their officers command Of whom they askt the reason why Christ was not taken by and by The seruants said assuredly Man neuer yet like this man spake The rulers answerd bitterly Ye are deceiu'd and much mistake What trust do wisemen to him giue Though the vnlearned him beleeue Then Nicodemus said our law Doth iudge no man before it heare What he hath done of him in awe Art thou said they what doest thou feare Search well and looke from Galilie Comes not one Prophet verely Then eu'ry man went to his home And to the mount of Oliues he That night did go it seemes to some He went to pray yet other be Of mind he went to take his rest In Bethanie where he thought best A woman taken in adulterie brought to Christ we deliuered by him from her accusers And early in the morning came Into the temple Christ againe Yea all the people saw the same Christ sate him downe and taught them plaine But marke the craft and subtiltie Of Scribe and froward Pharisie Though they had by temptation Assaild him oft and had the fall A new deuise they hammer on To tempt our Sauiour Christ withall A woman in adulterie Was found the act did verifie They brought her vnto him and said Moses commandeth in the law No time therein should be delayd To stone such as liue not in awe But master what doest thou suppose That God would haue vs do with those Then Iesus stouped to the ground And with his finger wrote thereon The Scribes still asking him were found Some answer to their question He that sinnes not let him not stay Cast the first stone at her he may They hearing this no longer muse They go out eu'ry one away Their conscience did them so accuse To punish her they would not stay And Iesus was there left alone With her and she condemn'd by none Sith no man hath condemned thee Go hence said Christ and sinne no more Misliking her adulterie Which sure he would haue punisht sore But that repentance by her face He saw in her had got his grace Christ is the true light of the world Of this world sure I am the light For him to walke that followeth me Yea cleare shall be the darkest night The light of life that man shall see Thou of thy selfe doest record beare It is not true we therefore feare Then Iesus said though I do so My record yet is true in deed For whence I came and where I go I know to learne I haue no need This thing from you so hidden is Because ye iudge each thing amisse I iudge no man yet if I do My iudgement ye the truth shall find For I alone do nothing so I still am of my fathers mind The father is alwayes with me Two witnesses allowed be Where is thy father then say they Ye know him not nor will know me You all the sonne do disobey And yet the father faine would see He that doth seeke the sonne to know To him I do the father show Iesus spake in the treasurie As he within the Temple taught These sayings all most constantlie And yet no man Christ Iesus caught His houre vncome no man there could For all their spight on him take hold Then Iesus said I go my way Ye shall seeke me yet dye in sinne You cannot come to me I say Your wickedednesse so wraps you in Will he said they himselfe go kill That he saith so what is his will Ye from beneath I from aboue Ye of this world I am not thence Your sinnes said Christ I cannot
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
space Abrode the streetes to go He while the doores all close were kept And they of him did talke Into the midst of them then stept He made no longer walke Christ shewed his diuinitie Herein we must confesse Yet left not his humanitie For he meant nothing lesse Nor did he pierce the doores indeed As foolish Papists hold For so to do he had no need That could do what he would If barres or bands and iron gate Gaue Peter leaue to go Why wonder ye so much thereat If these did euen so And that no fayned shape he had As ghosts or spirits haue To ease their feare and make them glad His hands and feete he gaue That they should handle them and see That he had flesh and bone And not as spirits wont to be For they haue neither none Therefore set care and feare aside These troubles that arise You may out of your hearts let slide And them as toyes despise The bodie that was layd in graue Now glorifi'd they see And to their handling subiect haue So good a God is he Lo thus did Christ to his appeare Such as sought him indeed At eu'rie time and tide his eare Was open to their need The morning Marie did him see The women towards noone To Peter next appeared he And these ere day was done To the Disciples late at night Appeared Christ also Great comfort had they of that sight And so had many moe But while for ioy they did not yet Beleeue that it was he Their blindnesse did them so much let That then they could not see Christ did againe vnto them say Peace be vnto you all As me my Father so I may And do you to me call To be sent foorth as I was sent To do my Fathers will The which you must with good intent As I haue all fulfill He breathed then on them and sayd Receiue the holy Ghost And so gaue them such heau'nly ayd As might releeue them most Whose sinnes ye do remit they are Remitted then said he Whose sinnes retained ye declare Retained shall they be And while they wondred yet he sayd Haue ye here anie meate A peece of broyled fish they layd Before him for to eate And of an honie combe a peece Which meate then surely he Did take and eate that he by these Might shew him man to be Then sayd he vnto them againe These are the words I spake When as I did with you remaine And here abiding make Fulfilled needes must all things be Which by the Prophets were As also Moses writ of me As in the Law ye heare And he their vnderstanding then Did open that they might See what was sayd by holy men And know the Scriptures right Thus it is writ thus behoued Christ Iesus for to die And rise againe so from the dead The third day verily And that of sinnes remission And eke repentance should Be preached to each nation As hath before bene told And that in Christs name alonely Which here should first begin For his name is assuredly The onely salue for sinne Now ye of these things witnesse are Which happened to me Therefore see you your selues prepare And alwayes readie be The promise that my Father made You shall receiue indeed The same Ile send to make you glad Assure your selues with speed Therefore when I depart you fro See that you tarrie still Here in this Citie for I go To do my Fathers will In his good time he from on hiâ— Will to you power giue To preach abrode this mysterie That many may beleeue Christ the eight day after appeared to them againe Thomas himselfe being then present But Thomas was not with them there Which of the twelue was one When Iesus did to them appeare For he from thence was gone And the Disciples to him sayd When he was come againe We saw the Lord while hence ye stayd And did abrode remaine Except in his hands I do see The print of eu'ry naile And put my finger there sayd he Your words will not preuaile Except also into his side My hand that I may thrust Your newes from reason are so wide That them I will not trust Now eight dayes after Christ had bene With his Disciples there He thus againe was likewise seene Vnto them to appeare And that while Thomas was within The doores then shut withall To stirre vp Thomas from his sinne And raise him from his fall Christ came and in the midst he stood Peace be to you he said Come hither Thomas for thy good I come be not affrayd Put in thy fingers here and see My hands and side also They beare their marks now faithfull be And let this weaknesse go Then Thomas answered and sayd My Lord my God art thou Thomas said he be not dismayd Because thou seest me now Thou dost beleeue blessed I say Are they that haue not seene And haue beleeued without nay As I with them had beene And many other things did he More then are written here And his Disciples witnesse be That dayly with him were But this is written that ye might Beleeue that Iesus is That Christ the sonne of God whose right Is to giue life to his Christ appeared to Iames. And Iames another time did see Christ Paule doth it declare Whereof we may assured be For Christ of his had care And as to Peter so alone He vnto Iames then came Thus did they see him euery one And witnessed the same Christ appeared to seuen of the Disciples as they were fishing at the sea of Tiberias After these things Iesus also Did shew him selfe againe To his Disciples seuen or mo Where then they did remaine At the sea of Tiberias For they a fishing were And thus as then it came to passe That they were fishing there These were together in one place And Simon Peter sayd Ile go a fishing for a space To whom they promise ayd For they sayd we will go with thee And so away they went Soone shipt they were as they would be Small time therein was spent But they that night their labour lost Christ Iesus was away They tooke no fish along the coast All night till it was day That Christ came vnto them and then When he was come indeed Though past all hope as wearie men Yet presently they speed For when it was now early day Christ on the shore did stand They knew him not as Iohn doth say Though they were neare at hand Haue ye sayd Christ sirs anie meate They answered him no. Christ doth not his at all forget Where euer that they go Cast out your net and you shall find On the right side said he So they obeyed Iesus mind And cast that side to see Their trauels past was then no let They did what Christ them bad They scarse could draw to land the net Such store of fish they had Then that Disciple whom Christ lou'd Said vnto Peter lo It is the
againe For sundry causes good From Egipt where they did remaine Iosephus past the flood And came to lurie for to dwell Thus tossed cruellie Was Christ the king of Israell From his weake infancie Thus did our good and louing God Send downe his onely sonne To saue vs sinners from his rod That else had bene vndonne There was no merites left for man His sillie soule to saue But onely this Christ onely can Reuiue vs in the graue This Christ at the appointed time Tooke flesh of Adams seede Whose substance was but earthie slime This flesh he tooke in deede And in this flesh that did offend This second Adam hee Did all our former faults amend And fully made vs free As many as vnfainedly Beleeue and say the same They finde saluation certainly In Iesus Christ his name Therefore be glad in God reioyce He is our strength and stay Be ioyfull and lift vp your voyce To Iacobs God alway Amen THE SECOND PART OF THE HISTORIE OF OVR LORD AND SAVIOVR IESVS CHRIST containing those things which he did the first yeare after his Baptisme which was the xxx of his age according to the foure Euangelistes To the tune of the Lordes Prayer Christ Baptized the time when and where he was Baptized CHrist thirtie yeares of age at lest Began to preach the Gospell then Our sauiour Christ was ready prest To bring glad tydings vnto men But ere he would this enterprise In Iordan Iohn did him Baptise Tiberius Caesar as we read Then raigned full the fifteenth yeare Iudea Pylate rulde as head In Galilie it doth appeare That Herod raigned in the place And in Iturea Phillip was Lysanias ruled Abylen Annas and Cayphas high Priests were Th'Euangelistes agree that then Iohn preached and Baptized there Among the rest he did Baptise Our Sauiour Christ but on this wise Christ Iesus came from Galilie To Iordan where Iohn did Baptise Iohn Christ fore-running certainly His office did well exercise With diligence whose time then came To yeeld to Christ and leaue the same With water I Baptise said he Mens liues t'amend I teach the way But he that commeth after me To Baptise his will not delay With fire and with the holy Ghost To whom I yeeld his might is most Therefore when Christ Baptisde would be Iohn put him backe and said I need To haue thy helpe com'st thou to me Christ said againe we must in deed Both thus all righteousnesse fulfill Then Iohn obeyd Christ Iesus will Christ needed not at all to haue This badge of penitence but he That meant his chosen for to saue Most humble showes himselfe to be Christ Baptisme did receiue therefore That he might honour it the more When Christ out of the water went Straightway the heau'ns were opened Iohn saw the same incontinent Assoone as it then happened The holy Ghost Iohn like a doue Did see descending from aboue He heard withall from heau'n this voyce This is my welbeloued sonne In whom I onely do reioyce By him my will is truly donne The Father Sonne and Spitite he Then heard and saw at once all three The voyce and sight Iohn heard and sawe Assured him that this was he Of whom all men should stand in awe By whom all men must saued be He that sent Iohn for to Baptise Said thou shalt see him in such wise Iohn then discharging well his place Was glad in heart to leaue the same And yeeld to Christ so full of grace Of whom he published the fame I came before said Iohn to tell And spread his name in Israell Christ by the spirite was lead into the wildernesse where he fasted forty dayes and 40. nights After all this the spirite lead Christ Iesus to the wildernesse Where he troad downe the Serpents head To bring vs out of heauinesse There first he did both pray and fast While fortie dayes and nights did last Among wild beasts he liued then This was his comfort all those dayes So farre from companie of men In prayer to talke with God alwayes Christ thus with reu'rent care did take In hand his office for our sake But after that those dayes were donne To show him perfect man to be An hungred was Gods onely sonne Though farre from foode as then was he The tempter thought this place most fit And time to ply his wilie wit Christ was tempted of the deuill three wayes and thrise himselfe ouercome by Christ He like himselfe is alwayes found Most false and faine would Christ deceiue This first demaund he did propound As doubting though he did perceiue That Christ the sonne of God should bee And tryes it with deuises threee First to dispaire he Christ would bring As then to doubt of helpe at need His wants he knew and vrg'd that thing If thou be Christ Gods sonne in deed Command these stones made bread to bee For other foode I can not see Christ answereth man doth not liue By bread alone as thou doest deeme Gods word is bread which I beleeue Doth feede all his this I esteeme By it mans life preserued is I will not tempt my God in this Then next the deuill deuised so From doubt to confidence as vaine Christ to prouoke they both thence go The temple to from top againe Sathan willd Christ to take a fall Angels will aide thee if thou call For this is written sure said he That God hath charg'de them so to do If thou doest fall then shall I see And shew it vnto many moe Thus did the deu'll Gods word abuse Which God hath willd vs well to vse Christ said againe this written is Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Who so doth so deserueth this For such a fault to feele his rod. I will not so deceiued be Depart therefore thou deu'll from me Lastly by wealth and worldly gaine The subtil'st shift of all the rest Man to deceiue whose minde is vaine This wile as then the deuill addrest To tempt our Sauiour Christ withall Not doubting him therewith to fall He brought him to a mountaine high These worldly kingdomes to behold The deuill was in his maiestie This act of his was verie bold All these said he will I giue thee If thou fall downe and worship me But Iesus could no more abide To heare him vaunt so much amisse Christ did conuince him then of pride To offer him that was not his Voyde Sathan get thee hence away Worship the Lord thy God obay You see therefore Christ Iesus was So by the spirite led away He fasted in a desert place He practis'd prayer day by day And Sathans sleights did ouerthrow All this the Scripture doth vs show And in that he was tempted so And suffered S. Paule doth say He is well able to helpe mo That tempted are by any way We need not therefore stand in feare When we
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
lifted vp his eyes On his Disciples saying this Ye poore are blessed euen thrise For yours Gods kingdome surely is Ye that now hunger blessed are You shall be sure of better fare And ye that weepe yet blessed are For ye shall likewise laugh againe When men hate you take ye no care And when they do procure your paine Nor yet when they you separate Reuiling at your base estate If for the sonne of mans sake they Your names put out as euill men Reioyce ye greatly God obay And be in heart glad of it then Behold in heau'n reward haue ye The Prophets were as now ye be But woe to them that rich are here And do repose thereon their trust The day will come it shall appeare They dearly bought vile earth and dust In heau'n true treasure may be found Each thing corrupts that growes in ground Woe be to you that now are full For yee 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 praise And speake well of deseruing ill When yee haue spent out all your dayes You shall bewray what was your will False Prophets were by like deuise Among your elders had in price But vnto you which heare I say Your enemies see that yee loue To them that hate you if ye may Shew how my doctrine doth you moue To do them good and blesse withall And pray for them that wish your fall To him that smiteth thee also Vpon one cheeke the other giue Who so thy cloake would take thee fro Giue him thy coate and do not grieue To purchase so a quiet life And stirre thou no debate or strife Giue eu'ry man that asketh thee And he that takes thy goods away By force or fraude how so it be Aske thou them not againe I say But vnto other men so do As thou wouldst be of them done to If that ye loue do good or lend To them that do requite the same Each sinner so doth for his friend You should do more then such for shame Be mercifull to such as need For so your father is indeed Christ healed the Centurions seruant being absent the Centurions faith After that Christ had finished His Sermon as you heard before From thence he likewise hastened For he desired more and more The worke he had in hand to end Which for our good did wholly tend As Capernaum he came to A Captaine there a Gentile borne Made for his seruant much adoe That seemed then a man forlorne He su'd by meanes his health to haue Christ with a word his life did saue The Captaines great humility And faith our Sauiour did commend In Israëll then certainly Like praise to none he did extend Of these said Christ shall many come To heau'n and haue the childrens roome Christ raised from death the widowes sonne at Naijm The next day after Christ did raise The widows sonne to life againe And all the people gaue God praise That present then did there remaine All they did spread abroad his fame That either saw or heard the same Iohn Baptists message to Christ by two of his disciples Iohn Baptist was in prison cast Herodias had obtaind the same And his disciples came in hast And told him there of Iesus fame Yet he in prison as before Would winne to Christ disciples more For when his workes to him were told That his disciples might beleeue In Iesus Christ Iohn said behold A message vnto you I giue Iohn knew him well assuredly As he oft times did testifie But that his might also perceiue That Christ the true Messiah was Of whom they should all grace receiue In whom they might all truth embrace Go ye and say Iohn sent to thee To aske if thou be euen he They went and both to Iesus came And said to him our maister sent To know if thou be sure the same Or else another that is meant Men knew as then that Christ should come How when or where that knew but some Christs answer sent backe to Iohn by his disciples Go back said Christ to Iohn againe Shew him what yee do heare and see The blinde and halt are rid of paine The leapers and the deafe go free The dead are raised vp this day The poore the gospell beare away And therewithall to them he gaue A gentle admonition His humblenesse that they might haue In reu'rent estimation Blessed said Christ shall that man be That taketh no offence by me Christs testimonie of Iohn Baptist When they were gone then Christ began To speake vnto the company What went yee out to see a man Infected with inconstancie Iohn you in wildernesse did finde Not as a reede shakt with the winde What went ye then out for to see A man cloathed in soft raiment Such men in kings courts vse to be Iohn is with meaner weed content Iohns raiment showes him to be plaine He flattred not he could not faine But what went yee out then to see A prophet I say to you more Of whom is written this is he My messenger shall go before This is Elias whom they say Should come for to prepare the way No greater among men did rise Then Iohn the Baptist verely Not any that you can deuice Yet this I say assuredly The least in heau'n goes him before And doth enioy Gods graces more Gods kingdome suffreth violence Since Iohns time to this very day The Gentiles with all diligence Without the law new cald obay The lawe and Prophets haue their end For he is come whom yee attend He that hath eares to heare may heare Marke what I say therefore amend Sith that Elyas did appeare The law and Prophets made an end Yet you remaine both deafe and blind That may your true Messiah find Christ reprooueth his auditorie This generation it is Like children that their fellowes call And say we piped haue iwis And yet yee daunced not at all So you deferre from day to day For to repent for all we say Hard was the life that Iohn did lead For meate and drinke he tooke no care He had a deuill men supposed The sonne of man they do compare With gluttons and with drunkards when He eateth meat as other men Christ vpbraideth the vnthankefull citties wherein he had taught and done so many miracles and yet they repented not Then Christ began for to vpbraid The citties that so oft had seene His workes and yet for all delaid For to repent as they had beene Cleane void of sinne or had no will To learne the good and leaue the ill Chorazin wo be vnto thee And to Bethsayda woe likewise The great works that were done by me In you yee greatly did despise If they in Tyrus had bene done It had repented long agone If Tyre and Sidon had I say
men to pray And not for marchandise to stay The Scribes and high Priests hearing this Sought how they might him then destroy Though he had done nothing amisse But gaue them cause of greatest ioy They sought his life that life doth giue To all men that in him beleeue They feared him for they did see They could no way resist his will And did perceiue most men to be Astonied at his doctrine still When euen came Iesus did hye And got him backe to Bethany Christ returning the next day the Disciples seeing the figge tree withered tell him of it The next day as they passed by Then the Disciples all did see The figge tree dryed verily And that vp from the roote to be Then Peter sayd master see this The figge tree throughly with'red is Then Iesus answering did say If ye haue faith vnfainedly Ye may this mountaine moue away And lay it in the sea to lye See that your hearts be cleane and pure And that your faith be firme and sure Then what ye do desire I say By prayer shall be done in deed Faithfull requests haue wings alway To flye vnto the Lord with speed Forgiue when ye do pray also That on your faults God thinke no mo Then to Hierusalem they came And to the temple went againe Where walking then within the same The high Priests fraught with foule disdaine And all the Scribes and Elders were To see Christ Iesus comming there They askt by what authoritie Christ did those things so lately there Who is of so great dignitie As may appoint thee ruler here Our elders left vs long ago All power here and to no mo Then Iesus answered and sayd I will aske you one question And answer me now vndelayd Therein your iust opinion And I by what authoritie Haue done these things will testifie Iohns Baptisme tell me certainly Was it from heau'n or else of men Now answer me vnfainedly And you shall haue your answer then Like doubtfulnesse there is in this As in their former question is They thought if we confesse it came From heau'n then will he surely say Why did ye not beleeue for shame His doctrine and his words obay But if we say of men we feare The people that are standing here For Iohn accounted was in deed A mightie Prophet of them there When they perceiu'd how they should speed To answer him they stood in feare They answer'd then they knew not well He answer'd them he would not tell The Parable of the two sonnes What thinke ye then sayd Christ againe Two sonnes a certaine rich man had Vnto the elder of the twaine The father came and thus he bad Go sonne said he and worke I say Within my vineyard all this day The sonne then answered and sayd I will not worke therein at all But afterward as all affrayd To disobay his fathers call His frowardnesse he did repent And then into the vineyard went Then came he to the second sonne And sayd to him such words likewise Thy will sayd he shall sure be done Yet did his fathers hests despise For this sonne neuer laboured In his worke as he promised Now whether of the twaine say ye Performed best the fathers will The first or last tell this to me The first sayd they did it fulfill The Publicans and harlots then Shall go to heau'n before these men For in the way of righteousnesse Iohn came to you I say said he As did his doctrine well expresse Yet ye beleu'd not him I see The Publicans and harlots they Beleeuing did his words obey Though ye his words and works did find So well agreeing certainly None to repentance gaue his mind Among you all assuredly His doctrine that beleeuing ye Might for your sinnes much grieued be Another Parable of the vineyard let out 〈◊〉 the vnfaithfull husband-men Another Parable heare ye A certaine housholder did plant A vineyard and round hedged he The same that nothing it did want And therein this man builded tho A wine-presse and a towre also All this he let to husband-men And traueld to a strange countrey For thence he went to soiourne then In hope his farmours would obey His will and well performe also Their promise made ere he did go But when the time of fruit drue nye And he had sent for to receiue The fruits of them his seruants by As promise was when he tooke leaue His seruants they did beate and kill Litle regarding their Lords will Againe he sent vnto them mo Which seruants they did kill likewise At last his sonne he causd to go His sonne also they did despise His onely sonne which he sent there Of whom he hop'd they stood in feare But when the husband-men did see The sonne this is the heire they sayd Come let him likewise killed be All shall be ours be not affrayd They slue the sonne himselfe at last And him out of the vineyard cast Now Iesus sayd what thinke ye then For these offences that your heare What shall their Lord do to those men Whose faults so manifest appeare They slue his seruants one by one And lastly slue his onely sonne They sayd the Lord will sure destroy Most cruelly those wicked men And others shall his farme enioy To whom the Lord will let it then That fruit in season will him yeeld Of eu'ry sort within his field Then Iesus sayd haue ye not read The â—one the builders did refuse Is of the corner made the head And so put there to chiefest vse The Lord his doing it is this And in our eyes a maruell is Therefore I say to you againe The kingdome of God sure shall be Taken from you this thing is plaine And giuen others francke and free Which will the fruits thereof forth bring And yeeld increase in eu'ry thing And who so on this stone shall fall Shall broken be this you shall find But on whom it shall fall withall To powder him the stone will grind The first he may be heald againe This last shall labour but in vaine When the chiefe Priests and Pharisie These Parables of Christ did heare They did perceiue then by and by Of whom he spake as did appeare For they on him sought hands to lay Yet did for feare their purpose stay The people that were standing by A Prophet they tooke Christ to be This feared them that did espy Their readinesse to set him free And eke his houre was not come then Which was a let vnto those men Another Parable of the King that made a mariage for his sonne whose bidden guests refused to come although they were called to the wedding Another Parable he spake As then before the multitude That vnexcused he might make The Iewes for their ingratitude To whom the Lord so bounteously Had offred so much clemency Gods kingdome is like to a King That made a mariage for his sonne And when he had for his wedding Prepared what was to
seene It had bene good for him I say He had not yet bene borne this day Then Iudas which did Christ betray Answer'd and said sir is it I The traitour thought to find a way To cloake his treason craftily Then Christ said thou hast sayd in deed As I haue sayd so shall I speed Christ washed his Disciples feete Christ knowing that the father had Giuen all things into his hand Whereof all men may be right glad That truly this will vnderstand And that from God come forth was he And went to God with him to be He rising from his supper layd His vpper garments all aside And tooke a towell it is sayd And withall girt himselfe that tyde Christ Iesus did this verily To teach vs true humilitie Christ powred in a basin then Water to wash their feete withall He humbling him among his men Did with a towell wipe them all Thus vsd he all simplicitie To teach vs still humilitie To Simon Peter then he came Who sayd what doest thou Lord to me To wash my feete it were my shame Therefore good Lord this may not be What I do now sayd Christ at all Thou knowst not but hereafter shall But Peter sayd thou shalt not now O master wash my feete I say Then Iesus sayd cleane art not thou Nor mayst be if thou disobay For Peter if I wash not thee Thou shalt haue sure no part with me And Simon Peter sayd againe Lord not my feete all onely then But head and hands if thou take paine And wilt such fauour shew to men Christ sayd whose feete is washed so Is cleane and needs not any mo And ye are cleane although not all For he knew who should him betray He knew him well before his fall How fowly he would slide away But to repent he had no grace Though he were checkt in eu'ry place So after that he washed had Their feete and tooke his clothes againe And was set downe as alwayes glad He was for his to take all paine Know ye sayd he what I haue donne Do ye therefore as I begonne Ye call me Lord and master well For so in very deed I am If I your Lord that so excell Most humble for your sakes became Ye ought each others feete therefore To wash as I haue done before Example vnto you gaue I That you as I haue done should do The seruant was not certainly Aboue his master hitherto Nor the ambassadour I say Greater then who sent him away If ye know these things I declare And do â—hem then blessed are ye It is a vertue verie rare Among most men the same to see All this he spake to them assoone As he of washing them had done Christ instituted the Sacrament of his holie Supper And as they sate all then at meate Iesus tooke bread and brake the same And giuing thankes gaue it to eate To them that thither with him came And sayd take eate ye all of this My body for you giuen is Also he tooke the cup when he Had giuen thankes and gaue it those Saying of it now drinke all ye This cup see ye do so dispose As I haue taught you still sayd he Receiuing this remember me For this it is my bloud truly Of the new Testament I make For many shed assuredly Thereby their sinnes away to take Who so hath not remission By it hath iust damnation Hence-forth of this fruit of the vine I will not drinke vntill that day When I shall drinke it new with mine And that Gods kingdome come I say When Supper thus all finisht was Christ Iesus song a Psalme for grace And Iudas that did Christ betray Assoone as Sathan prickt him on Departed thence and went away But Iesus sayd ere he was gone What is deuised secretly Go Iudas do it speedily But none of them that then were there Knew why the Lord sayd to him so The bagge thought they Iudas doth beare And therefore he doth bid him go To giue the poore what he thinkes best Or to prouide against the feast When he was gone out Iesus sayd The sonne of man is glorified And God in him be not affrayd For you in both are sanctified As God in the sonne verily So he the sonne will glorifie Christ departed thence into the mount of Oliues where as also by the way he comforted and strengthened his Disciples When Iesus thus fore-warned had All them of that which happened To comfort them and make them glad Against his death which hastened They passed thence though it was night And to mount Oliues they went right Where he as also by the way Admonisht them and comforted To loue together and I say Against the deu'll them strengthened For Christ did know it well before They should be tempted ye â—â—fore This night sayd he you shall be all Offended much because of me For when the shepheard hath a fall The sheepe soone shall then scattred be Yet after I am risen I Will go with you to Galilie O litle children yet a while I am with you ye shall seeke me Let not the deu'll you then beguile Where I go yet come cannot ye Let this therefore I say you moue Each one another for to loue By this shall all men know indeed That my Disciples sure ye are If each one helpe anoâ—hers need And to the world your loue declare Loue is the badge and onely signe That men may best know you for mine Then Simon Peter sayd I pray Lord tell me whither goest thou O Simon where I go I say Thou canst not come and follow now But afterwards I tell it thee Thou shalt be sure to follow me And Peter sayd Lord why not now My I feâ—â— will loose for thy sake Thy life for my sake loose wilt thou No hast said Christ ô Simon make The cocke shall not crow verily Vntill thou do me thrise deny And Iesus sayd ô Simon see Sathans desires assuredly That you as wheate should winow'd be This he attempted earnestly But I for thee haue pray'd I say Thy faith so fayle not cleane away And see when thou conuerted art Thy brethen that thou strengthen then But he said though I suffer smart And dye the death before all men My master I will not deny So said the rest assuredly And he sayd vnto them againe When you without a bagge I sent And scrip and shoes declare it plaine What then ye lacked where ye went Nothing sayd they but now sayd he To you these things may wanting be See then of these things ye make store And sell thy coat a sword to buy The Scripture shall be euermore In me performed certainly They sayd ô Lord two swords haue we It is inough againe sayd he Christ armed his Disciples with consolation against trouble declaring that he is the way the truth and the life Though otherwise he knew it well It would fall out immediatly Then they sayd yet for to expell Their
feare he arm'd them gratiously Let not your hearts now troubled be Ye trust in God do so in me And dwelling places many are Within my fathers house I say For you I go place to prepare That be there where I am ye may Yet I will come to you againe And you receiue without disdaine Now ye know whither that I go And likewise ye do know the way Then Thomas sayd Lord no not so We know it not nor know it may Except thou shew it how should we Know well the way to go with thee Then Iesus sayd I am the way I am the truth and life also Come to the father no man may Except that he by me do go Full well my father knoweth he That perfectly hath knowen me Philip sayd Lord it will suffise If thou let vs thy father see Then Iesus answer'd in this wise O Philip he that hath seene me Hath seene my father verily Beleeue the same vnfainedly Beleeu'st thou not that sure I am In the father and he in me The wordes I speake from him they came The works I do all them doth he I am in him so do it take At least beleeue for the worke sake In deed in deed to you I say Who firmely doth beleeue in me The works I do do them he may And greater works then these shall he That man shall sure be blessed so For I vnto my father go What ye aske in my name Ile do That in the same my father may Be glorifi'd I hither to Haue euer taught you so to pray Withall I say if ye loue me See my preceptes obserued be Christ sayd the father I will pray And he another comforter Shall giue to you that the same may Abide and be with you euer Gods spirit sure on you shall be A teacher of all truth is he I will not leaue you comfortlesse But I will come to you againe And then to you I will expresse How in the father I remaine The world shall not these things perceiue Because it will not me receiue Then Iudas sayd vnto him Lord Not Iudas that the traitour was Why doest thou not as well accord To graunt vnto the world this grace To shew thy selfe to them also As vnto vs thou mean'st to do He that my precepts will obay And keepeth them he loueth me He that doth keepe my word I â—ay Lou'd of my father he shall be What I say therefore marke it well For we will come with him and dwell The comforter the holy Ghost The father will send in my name He will see that no word be lost That out of my mouth euer came Let not your heart be mou'd to feare Peace with you I leaue eu'ry where That I do go and come againe Might giue you cause with heart and voyce To laud the father God certaine And so much more in heart reioyce In that I tell you this before You may beleeue me euermore I will not many things to you Speake after this as I haue donne The Prince of this world commeth now Yet he in me hath nothing wonne But this I do that men may see I loue the father he loues me The Parable of the Vine I am the true and perfect vine My father is an husband man Fach braunch that is not truly mine He cuts away that cut it can And each one that beares fruit in me He makes more fruitfull for to be Through the word I haue spoken now Ye are assuredly made cleane Abide in me and I in you If to beare fruit ye euer meane As branches cut of fruitlesse be So you except you bide in me I am the vine ye branches are He that abideth still in me And I in him he need not care Much fruit in him shall euer be Giue eare and listen hereunto Ye can without me nothing do He that abideth not in me Is cut off as a with'red bough And to the fire cast then is he Where he is punisht sore inough In me abide aske what ye will And your request I will fulfill My father he is glorified In that ye beare much fruit in me And we are both much honored If ye together louing be This ought you greatly thereto moue That I as he lou'd me you loue Sure greater loue can no man beare Then this when one doth for his friend Bestow his life to him so deare Which I do onely to this end To keepe safe mine from all annoy That they in me might still haue ioy Ye are my friends if ye 〈◊〉 serue What I do both command and show The hireling doth his master serue His secrets yet he doth not know All that I of my father heard The same to you I haue declar'd Ye haue not chosen me before I first chose you I tell you plaine To bring forth fruit still more and more And that your fruit it might remaine That what so ye aske in my name My father may giue you the same Loue one another I command The world doth hate you well ye know The cause ye likewise vnderstand Is that I haue so chosen you If they haue persecuted me So persecuted shall you be If they haue kept my word before They will keepe yours hereafter so All those things they and rather more For my name sake to you will do Against me and mine they are bent Not knowing from whom I am sent If I had not come then in deed They should haue had no sinne at all But now haue they no cloake at need To hide their sinne that is not small My father hates who hateth me And they hate both for all they see But it is that the word might be Fulfilled written in their law Without a cause they hated me Of my word they stand not in awe The comforter shall testifie Of me with you assuredly Another Sermon of the Crosse the Disciples comforted with promise of the holy Ghost the comming of Christ againe his Ascention to aske in his name peace in Christ and affliction in the world to such as follow him These things I haue vnto you sayd That ye might not offended be Nor that ye should be much affrayd When from their Sinagogues that ye Be thrust out for they shall you kill And yet thinke that they do Gods will These things they will vnto you do Because that they haue not known me Nor yet the father hitherto These things I say to you that ye May thinke on it for euermore That I haue told you this before I tell it now because I go Hence vnto him that did send me And none of you though grieued so Doth aske of me what ayleth thee Or whither goest thou a way And yet ye sorow all ye may Yet surely this to you say I It is expedient I go For if I go not hence truly The comforter he comes not so As I haue sayd thinke this in heart I will send him when I depart When
friends that verie day And Christ so clad Herod againe Sent backe to Pylate it is plaine Then he thus warned by his wife Wrong not thou that iust man sayd she He sought all meanes to saue his life But by those meanes it would not be This made the Iewes yet almost mad To heare what he deuised had Ye haue brought this man vnto me As who the people doth peruert I haue examin'd him ye see And find in him no such desert To punish him for any thing That you against the man do bring Nor Herod vnto whom ye went Finds that he doth deserue to dye For vnto Herod him I sent Whom vncondemned verily He did send backe sith it is so Ile chasten him and let him go The gouernour was accustomed at that feast to let loose vnto the people a prisoner whom they would he offered to let loose Iesus vnto them but they required Barrabas and obtained their importunitie also preuailed with Pylate against Christ The gouernour still at that feast Was wont to giue a prisner free He whom the people would request Who so it were the same was he One Barrabas was prisoner A verie theefe and murtherer Then Pylate to the people sayd Whom will ye that I do let loose His libertie shall vndelayd Be granted him whom ye do choose If Christ or Barrabas be he Now name the man he shall go free For Pylate knew it verily That enuie caused them indeed To deale with Christ so cruelly And therefore sought to haue him freed His wife also to that intent A message had to Pylate sent But the chiefe Priests and Elders bad The people that they should require That Barrabas might free be had And that none should for Christ desire To this aduise with full intent The people soone did yeeld consent For when that Pylate did demand Which of them both they would haue loose They as the high Priest did command Barrabas the theefe did choose Sith we say they this custome haue Then Barrabas we all do craue But Pylate willing to let go Christ Iesus asked them againe What will ye then that I should do With Iesus and they answer'd plaine And did request most instantly That Pylate would him crucifie He did the third time aske likewise What was the euill Christ had done I cannot see though you surmise A cause of death since you begon Christ I will chastise and let go If you consent to haue it so But they more earnestly require That he would Iesus crucifie At last he granted their desire Although it were vnwillingly For when the people seemd to faile The high Priests voyces did preuaile When Pilate saw all he could do Would not effect then his desire But that it made the tumult mo And that they did Christs death conspire Their furie grew to such a rage That nought but death could it asswage Then Pilate washt his hands and sayd Most innocent I am indeed Though you seeme not to be affrayd To make this iust mans heart to bleed His blood on vs and ours let be If it offend and none on thee Christ Iesus was condemned and crucified So Pilate willing them to please Gaue sentence as they did require He Barrabas did then release And Iesus as they did desire He scourged and deliuered Vnto them to be crucified The souldiers led Christ away And brought him to the common hall Whereas the band without delay Were gathered together all To worke and do assuredly To Christ all kind of villanie They stripped him of all he had And put on him a scarlet weed A crowne of thornes which they had made Set on his head in hand a reede And bowing knees in mocking way God saue thee king of Iewes they say And they did spit then in his face With rods they smote him on the head They were all cleane deuoyd of grace They in their sinnes so wallowed They practised what they could tho That wrought or might increase his wo. They tooke his robe from him away And put his clothes on him againe Then led him foorth without delay No whit regarding all his paine Some thought the time lost verely They letted Christ to crucifie As they out of the hall then came They met a man that passed by Simon of Cyren calld by name Him they compelled certainly The crosse of Christ with them to beare Which the man did for verie feare A multitude of people then Did follow Christ the way he went Aswell of women as of men For him they all did much lament Weepe not ye women so for me But for your sonnes and selues sayd he The dayes will come when men shall say Blessed are they that barren are The paps that giue no sucke this day And wombes that likewise neuer bare For they shall wish the hils to fall And so the mountaines on them all If they do this in the greene tree What shall be done then in the dry If thus they execute on me The depth of all their crueltie What shall God to the wicked do Consider it and weepe no mo Two euill doers likewise were Then led with Christ for to be slaine A iust reward they both did beare Their euill deeds deserued paine Yet Christ was vsd more spitefully Then they for all their villany From thence into the place they came Which Golgotha they called then Or dead mens sculs it had the name For there they executed men They also call'd it Caluarie Where they did Iesus crucifie Then vineger they mixt with gall Or wine and myrrhe as other thinke When Christ for drinke began to call They offerd this for him to drinke They had deuised it in vaine He would not so be rid of paine When Iesus thus did suffer death Impatiencie in him was none He sought no meanes to stop his breath As he with feare were ouergone But for vs died verily As God appointed patiently And crucifi'd when Iesus was Those euill doers likewise were So put to death each in his place On his right hand and left hand there Christ Iesus suffred like a lambe Not once repining at the same But calling to his father sayd O father do thou them forgiue Though they be not at all affrayd Thy sonne with torments thus to grieue And though my life they take away That thou wilt blot their sinnes I pray His garments then they parted all And did cast lots there for his coate That he whose lot thereon would fall Might sole enioy what he had got This was almightie God his will That they the Scriptures should fulfill And all the people that stood by Beheld and saw what there was done The rulers also scornefully Sayd if he be Gods chosen sonne As vnto others health he gaue So he himselfe now let him saue A title Pilate also wrote And put it vp the crosse vpon Whereby each man might plainly note What was then his opinion Iesus of