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A06719 Dauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune by Theadore Basille Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567. 1542 (1542) STC 1717; ESTC S110422 64,503 192

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Christē religion seyng that infidelite vn faythfulnes is the destruccion and vtter decaye therof For so long as fayth remayneth so longe doth the Christen religion continew prosper well but let faythe be exiled vnfaythfulnes once inuade the har tes of Christen men thē goeth all to hauocke as we maye se in oure fyrst parentes Adam Eua which so longe as they beleued the worde of God walked therafter prospered liued ryght wel but wha they once gaue ouer y t fel vnto incred●… lite beleuyng the wordes of y e crafty serpente rather then the gentle admoniciōs of so boūteous a lorde they became subiecte bōde thraul to all kynde of miserye wretchednes so that thorow theyr vnfaythfulnes cōioyned w t lyke disobediēce not they them selues only fell into captiuite but also all theyr posteri te Nowe to be made free from this thrauldome to recouer the libertie whiche before we loste thorowe disobedient vnfaythfulnes y e next moost redye waye is to beleue as Dauid teachethe here or els by no menes can we come vnto God nor yet please hym For he y t cōmeth to godsayth s. Paule must beleue So y t if we wyll come agen to God we must beleue But what shall we beleue certes not only y e god is which thynge the dyuels also do but that he is a rewarder beneficial father to thē that seke hym as the Apostle teachethe For althoughe we were dead thorowe synne walked after the fashon of this world euē as mē altogyther vngodly and whollye estraunged frō all goodnes yet hath God which is rytche in mercye for his great charite wherwithe he loued vs quickened made vs alyue agayne yea that thorowe Christ in whome he hath shewed the exce●… dynge abundance rytches of hys grace for whose sake also he is well pleased with man so that he spared not his owne soune but gaue hym euen vnto the very deathe for our sake that by that one oblacion of his moost blyssed body an omnisufficient perpetuall sacrifice for euer to endure all alone sufficiente shoulde be offred for them that are sāctified These thynges to be true the holy scriptures shew euidently Therfore yf we wyll be of God and come vnto hym we muste not only beleu●… y e God is but y t al these thyn ges are true shall vndoubtedlye chaunse vnto vs as God hath promysed For the true christē fayth cleaueth faste to the worde of God only doubteth nothynge therof as S. Paule sayth fayth cōmethe by hearynge hearyng by y e word of God Nowe as we ware loste before by beleuynge Satans deceatfull promises so the only way to be saued is to beleue the swete cōfort a ble and infallible promises of God which he hath made to vs so plente ouslye in y e moost precious bloud of his derely beloued son o●…re Lorde sauiour Iesu Christ. For this fayth maketh vs of the chyldren of the di uell the sōnes of God as S. Iohn̄ testifie the so many as receaued hī he gaue thē power to be made y e son nes of God in as muche as they be letted on his name Also S. Paule ye are all y e sonnes of God bycause ye haue beleuedi Christ Iesu. Now yf by fayth we be y e sonnes of God than are we also heyres Yea verely we are y e heyres of god fellow hey res with Christ. Agayne by faythe are we maried vnto god as god hīselfe witnesseth by his Prophet say enge I wyll marye the vnto me in fayth By fayth also are we iustified made ryghteous as S. Paule sayth we brynge iustified by fayth haue peace with god thorowe oure Lorde Iesus Christ. Thus se we what an excellēt tresure this true christen fayth is howe by y ● all good thynges chaūse vnto vs without y t all that euer we do must nedes come to nought worke to vs damnacion But seynge that I haue spoken muche of faythe in all my workes almooste which I haue hytherto set forth I wyll nowe cease to speake ony more of it at this presēt go forth with the residue of Dauids Harpe only addynge this one thynge that the fayth which the scripture so hyghlyauaunceth is no dead vnfruit full fayth but lyuysh myghty in operacion beyng alwaye bent and seakynge an occasion to do good whā tyme cōmeth is no lesse ready to brynge forth good workes than a womā bygge w t chylde is redy to brynge forth her chylde whan her tyme of delyueraūce is once come as it followeth ¶ The seconde strynge And therfore haue I spoken VUe heard before that fayth is the foundacion of the Christē religion the mother nourse of all godly workes Which thynge to be true our Mynstrell prouethe here For after he hath made mencion of faythe he syngeth also of good workes I beleued sayth he therfore haue I spoken Here se we that the true christen fayth worketh euer by charite whiche extendeth bothe vnto god our neyghboure What was y e cause that Dauid did speke Uerely his fayth I beleued saythe he therfore haue I spokē Faythe goeth before workes followe For fyrst he beleued al thīges to be true which god promised hym in the holy scriptures or otherwyse as by y e mouthe of his holy Prophetes and therof afterwarde ensewed a verye earnest feruent loue toward god which made hym to loue god agen to speake those thynges wherby the glory of god was set forth the health of his neyghbour sought so y ● by this menes he shewed hymselfe perfectely faythful both before god and man And this is it that saynt Paule wryteth it is beleued wyth the harte vnto ryghteousnes but with the mouth is confession made vnto helth A christen man setting before the eyes of his mynde the vn mesurable goodnes of God toward vs thorowe his sonne Christe gyuynge earnest fayth therunto can none otherwise but loue God agen seake all meanes possible to please hym to worke his wyll to do that which he requireth of him He is re dy at al tymes to bryng forth good workes after the exāple of Dauid as to speke the misteries of God to set forth y e glory of God to publysh his moost holy worde to brynge all men to the true knowledge of God euen to engraffe thē in the bodye of Christ. All these thīges worketh y ● quicke lyuysh fayth in him thorowe the spirite of God For fayth wyl not suffer him to be idle but al though thorowe fayth he be deliue red out of captiuite made the sōne of God iustified alredy in the sight of God before he bryngeth forth ony outward good workes yet doth thys true christen faythe kyndle such a loue in his hart toward god the fulfyllynge of his commaundementes that he hath a perpetual desyre in his mynde to worke that which is good whā occasion is gi uen he falleth streytwayes to workynge not his owne fantasy but y e wyll of God So that now he doth not only beleue in God loue God in his herte but also brynge for the those workes which
weale punysh the euel mayntayne the good accept no parson in iudge mente allowe no false accusacion shed no innocente bloude heare the small so well as the great set forth gods glory promote his holy word in all thynges seake the profyt of of the common weale Let the subiectes be faythefull true obedient to theyr Prynces hygher powers Lette the Bysshoppes Prestes that be called vnto the office of prechynge take hede to theyr selues to all the flocke in the which y e holy Ghost hath appoynted thē ouerseers to fede the cōgregacion of God Lette them fede Christes flocke so muche as lygheth in theyr power take the ouersighte of them not as thoughe they were compelled but wyllyngly not for the desyre of fylthy lucre but of a good mynde not as Lordes ouer the Parysshes but to be an example vnto the flocke Let them caste awaye vngodly and olde wyuysh fables be vnto them that beleue an example in y e worde in conuersacion in loue in spirite in fayth in purenes Let them giue attendaunce vnto readynge to exhortacion to doctrine Let thē study to shew thē selues to God lauda ble which nede not to be ashamed Let the husbōdes loue theyr wy ues as theyr owne bodyes and be not bytter churlysh or vnkynd vnto them but gyue honour vnto thē as vnto the weaker vesselles and as vnto them that are fellowe heyres wyth them of the grace of lyfe Lykewyse let y e wyues be in sub iecciō to theyr husbondes as vnto the LORDE in all thynges so behaue themselues as it becommethe women of an honest godly conuer sacion Let them aray them selues in comely apparell with shame fastnes discrete behauour not wythe brayded heere or golde or pearle or costely araye but withe suche as it becometh women that professe godlynes thorowe good workes Lette y e inward mā of the hart be vncorrupte withe a meke quiet spirite whiche before God is moche set by For after this manner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women whiche trusted in God tyer them selues were obedient to theyr husbondes euen as Sara obeyed Abraham called hym Lord whose doughters the wyues are so longe as they do well nor being afrayd for ony trou ble Let fathers not rate theyr chyldrē lest they be of a desperate mind but brynge thē vp in the nourtour and informacion of the LORDE Let the chyldren also obey theyr pa rentes in all thynges for y e is well pleasynge vnto the LORDE Let masters do vnto theyr seruauntes that which is iust equal put tynge awaye threatenynges know that they also haue a master in heauen with whome there is no respecte of parsons Let the seruauntes agayne be obediēt vnto theyr bodely masters in al thinges w t feare tremblyng in siglenes of harte as vnto Christ not w t seruice only in the eye syght as men pleasers but as the seruaū tes of Christ doyng the wyll of god from the harte wythe good wyll Let them thyncke that they serue the LORDE and not men let them be sure y t what so euer good a man doth he shall receaue it agayne of y e LORDE whether he be bond or free To cōclude let euery one amōg vs do our dutye lyue accordyng to the vocacion whereunto God hathe called vs. So shal it come to passe y t we shall not walke vnworthy the kyndenes of God So shall we truly paye our vowes vnto the LORDE So shall we faythfully per forme y t which we heretofore promt sed in baptisme So shall we dayly more more encrease in the loue of God taste more plēteously of his bounteous giftes But it is to be noted that Dauid saythe Before all his people This is none other thynge but y e which Christ commaundeth in the in as much as Christe hathe chosen them from the worlde therfore the world hateth them What is than to be sayd Uerely whither we liue or dye we are the LORDES and precious is the death of Sayntes in y ● syght of y e LORDE as it followethe ¶ The eyght strynge Precious in the syghte of the Lord is the death of his Sayntes This song of our Mynstrel Da uid must nedes be very plesaūt delectable to the hearers seyng y t he syngethe all thynges in suche a godly goodly order setteth euery thynge in his ryght place For after that he hath made mēcion of payenge his vowes vnto the Lord whyche is to do all thynges accordynge to the cōmaūdemēt of God not after the fansy of carnall reason nor the iugemente of the wyse worldlynges wherof is lyke to ensew as we haue heard before much trouble yea very deth for y e worlde can not abyde to be rebuked nor to haue his pompe pryde pleasures glory honour hypocrisy supersticion fayned holynes pharisaical iustice glysteryng righteousnes dotynge inuencion fleshly imaginacions good ententes c. to be reproued yea condēned by y ● worde of God he nowe declarethe what a dere precious a thyng the deathe of Sayntes that is to saye of the faythfull is in the syght of y e LORD be it recounted before the worlde of neuer so great ignominy despyte reproche and shame And this doth he to encourage men to paye theyr vowes vnto the Lorde that is to say to be earnest in y e word of God to seake the promocion of his glory to walke innocently before y e eies of his diuine maieste though al the world yea very hell should be wood and ryse vp agaynst vs. Precious sayth he in the syghte of the Lorde is the death of his Sayntes It is to be noted that he calleth not the death of the wycked precious in the syght of the Lord but y ● death of Saynctes yea that not popysh but Gods Sayntes Precious sayth he in the sight of y ● Lord is the deth of his Sayntes As for the wicked so longe as they lyue in this world they lyue more at theyr hartes ease haue all thiges more plenteously at theyr owne pleasure concernyng tēporall matters thā the true christen men and faythful Sayntes of God haue in as much that as we read in diuers places of the holye scriptures the godly many tymes complayne vnto God of the prosperous estate of y ● wycked seme almoost to accuse God of vn righteousnes seyng the enemies of God prosper so wel and haue good lucke in all thynges they agayne which moost intierly fauour Goddes word seke his glory are moost miserably oppressed slaūdered persecuted empresonned redye to be slayne at all houres For as y ● Psalmograph sayth The vngodly hath the ouerhande the poore is brēt The siner is praysed in followyng the lustes of his harte the wicked is blyssed and made muche of My feete were almoost gone sayth