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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02432	A consultorie for all Christians Most godly and ernestly warnyng al people, to beware least they beare the name of christians in vayne. Now first imprinted, the. xxx day of Ianuarie.	Hart, Henry, fl. 1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 12564; ESTC S109663	31,949	118

lyfe hath apered saith he and we haue sene and beare witnes shew vnto you lyfe that is euerlastynge whiche was withe the father hath now apered also vnto vs. And y e tidyngs which we haue heard of him as Ihon saith declare we vnto you that ye may haue felowship with vs oure felowshyp may be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christe c. ¶ For as moche as it hathe pleased the eternall god which seperated me frō my mothers wombe to lighten the inward eyes of my mynde withe hys grace and thorowe the knoweledge of his word and working of his holy spirite to worke a perfect repentaunce in me and amendmente of my formoure lyfe loue constraynethe me too wyl you good bretheren to be partakers of this greate benefyte And for this cause I haue thought it necessary as well to declare vnto you the daungerouse harmes that synne bryngeth to suche as delyte and continew therein as also the vnspeakeable reward of the righteouse whiche god hath prepared for those that withe their h●le hartes tourne from theyr synnes and walke wyth theyr god in the way of rightuousenesse I wyll not withhold frō you good brethren that which god hath wrought in me to incourage the weake stomakes of them that now waxe faynte herted and shrynke backe that I may say wyth the Prophete Dauid Lord I do not hide thy righteousenes in my herte but my talkynge is of thy truthe sauynge health all y e day long Therefore tourn not thou thy mercy from me o lorde but let thy louyng kyndnes and truth alwayes preserue me c. ¶ For it is writen whē I speke vnto the then open thou thy mouthe saith the lord and say who hereth let hym here who so wyll not let hym leaue for it is a frowarde housholde c ¶ For as moche as I perceyue that the earth maketh haste to bringe fourth her children and the tyme draweth fast toward the end and all flesh semeth very desirouse and as it were gredy to accomplyshe the thynge with moche haste whiche it taketh in hande be it good or euyll my desyre is also to occupie my talente accordynge to y e wyll of the geuer wherebye I may please my lorde which is my desire aboue all thynges not onely therby to gather tresure for my selfe but also to prouoke as wel my bretheren and naturall contrymenne of thys realme of England as al other nations and named Christians to bryng fourth their frutes redyly accordyng to their nature that they may be rype against the day of haruest when y e lord shall rewarde euery man accordyng to his deades Therfore beloued fathers and brethren seyng ye haue taken the name of holynes vpon you beyng called Christians of Christ and do in word professe the same estemynge your selues the trewe churche and espouse of God vpon earth as al that lyue godlye doubtles be See that ye be dilygente to obey to the word of truth which our heauenly father hath now sente and set abroade by his beloued messengers as wel within this reame of England as in all other regions on the earth as it is wryten in the eyghtenth Psalme Theyr sownde is gone owte into all landes And their wordes into the endes of y e world If ye accepte the voyce of the shepeherde then wyll he know you for his owne and lead you in and oute where ye shall all wayes fynde riche pasture Godde hathe made daye and nyghte lyghte and darkenesse sommer and wynter to the intente that all thynges myght-haue as well place and time as sufficient occasion to shew forth declare theim selues eyther good or euill Repent turne frō your euill waies with your whole hertes that ye maie beleue set your faithe on a sure ground build it on y e sure foundacion of gods holy worde and promises and then will it alwaies abide the violence of the stormes but yf ye go by groopyng and woorke at auenture be ye sure ye shal not go right for true fayth is liuely no vncertayne thynge it is surelye grounded and stablished vpon the sure rocke of Gods woorde and promise as it is written Abraham beleued God in hys promise and none opinion of his own imaginacion it was counted to hym for righteousnes but yf your faith bee without the word then is it carnall and fleshely beyng builte vpon naturall reason and therefore it is vayne and of no valure for trewe faithe is accoumpanyed with godly loue who hath the wiisdome of god for her gouernour she teacheth her chyldren as a right good nourice knowledge and nurture and leadeth them safely in the waye of lyfe and with doctrine she purgeth their hertes from all filthe and corruption euē as god himselfe is pure She shyneth from and out of the bosome of y e highest for her clearenes doth farre excede the brightnes of the sōne whiche lighteth the whole erth with her shine Therfore O ye ignoraunte geue a diligēt eare to the voice of wisedom which daily cryeth vnto you in y e high places stretes and wayes and before the holy citie and in the gates where mē go out and in It is you O ye men saieth she whom I call vnto you O ye children of men lyfte I vp my voyce Take hede vnto knowledge saieth she O ye ignoraūt be wyse in harte O ye fooles geue eare sayeth she for I will speake of great matters and open my lyppes to tell thynges that be right for my throte shal be talkyng of the truth my lippes abhorre vngodlines al the wordes of my mouth are righteousnes there is no frowardnes nor falshode therein They are all plain sayeth she to suche as wyl vnderstande and right to them that fynde knowledge receiue my doctrine saith shee and not syluer and knowledge more then fyne golde for wysedome is more worth then preciouse stones yea all the thynges that thou canst desyre are not to be compared vnto it c. ¶ Wherefore if ye wyll seeke wisdome and dwell with her shee will make you the verye frendes of god for the highest hath geuen her a commaundemente and he that made herre hath apointed her a tabernacle saying Let thy dwellynge be in Iacob thyne inheritaunce in Israel rote thy selfe among my chosen for the congregation of the rightuouse are the Children of wisedome and the lorde dwelleth amonge them in hys holye Sinay An vtter enemye to wisdome is the frowarde synner for he hateth to be refourmed and because he will not refuse thynges which he knoweth to be euyll he can come in no good way brethern consider this most excellent benefite of god dayly offered vnto you Refuse not his worde which teacheth you al wisdom Come to her brokes drinke of her cūduite for wisdom hath cast out floudes I am saith she as a great water broke oute of the ryuer c. And as a water

of men but of god The outward face of religion and holines only excepted what haue ye to reioyce in aboue other Hethen nacions So long as ye contynue in euill is there anye kynd of sinne and wickednes done in any heathen nacion vnder heauen that is not in the thou named christianitie What kind of pryde vainglory hipocrisie dissimulacion hatred malice or enuye is there in any other naciō that may not be found in thee Or what kynde of dronkēnes theft murther whordom or lecherye may there be found out or imagined of fleshe and blud that is not daily done and most shamefully committed in thee although ye compare your selues in wisdom and knowledge to Dauid or Salomon and yet liue wickedly wil not amend when ye are warned thinke ye to escape vnpunyshed Nay ye shall surely perysh as other like sinners haue done beefore you and drynke of y e same for thinke ye to escape with extollyng of Christes holy religion in name or wordes only or with setting vp of sacramentes and ceremonies although ye extol them to the cloudes if ye regard not to leaue synne nor to do that they teache you How can they profit you any thyng at all for god regardeth not your flatteryng titles and wordes of holynes neirher youre swete songes pleasaunt armonie swete smelles nor gloriouse sightes but he loketh vnto the herte and sercheth y e raines ye his iudgementes be and shall be accordyng to equitie after y e inward thoughtes of the herte not after the outward apperance For the corruptiō of y e thoughtes of the herte the lorde refused the offeringes and sacrifice of the children of Israel which he hym selfe had befoore commaunded saying vnto hym by his prophete Ieremye ye hepe vp your burnt offeringes with youre sacrifices and eate the flesshe as though I delyted in youre doynges but when I brought your fathers out of egipte I spake no worde vntoo them of burnte offeringes and sacrifices but this I commaunded thē saying Herken and obey my voice I wyll be your god ye shall be my people Although they brought nothyng but that they were commaunded yet God vtterly refused it at their handes because they thought to please him with the worke intended not to leaue their syns nor to forsake their owne euill and croked waies Thinke ye that god wyl accept yours which are not all grounded vpon the worde but partly inuented and set vp by natural wisedom and carnall reason ye altered and chaunged among your selues at youre pleasure Or wil ye thinke that god hath suche nede of you that he wyll accepte you eyther for youre wisedome or workes sake or y t he hath more loue and fauoure to you then he had to the Iewes in whose generatiō he both made and fulfylled his many-folde promyses yet neuerthelesse when they synned against hym he saide vnto them by Esay Heare the word of the lord ye tirauntes of Sodoma and herkē vnto the law of our god thou people of Gomorra Why offer ye so many sacrifices vnto me saith the lorde I am discontented for the burnte offeringes of wydowes saith he with the fatnes of fed beastes I haue no plesure in the bloud of Bullockes lambes and gootes when ye appere before me who requireth you to tread w t in my porches Offer me noo more oblations for it is but lost laboure saith the lorde I abhorre your incence I maye not awaye with your new incence youre Sabaothes solempne dayes your fastinges are also in vayne I hate your new holye dayes and fastinges euen from my verie herte saith the lorde c. If these notwithstandinge their offeringes and sacryfices holy daies praiers fastynges and suche lyke obseruaunces could not be accepted at the hande of God because their hertes delyted in sinne lokest y u to be accepted and so to escape vnpunished O named Christianitie Nether except y u amende and tourne from thine owne waies thou shalte not escape but surely shalte thou perisshe as they Wherefore thus saith the lord also vnto you O wicked christians which contynually delyte in synne heare y e worde of the lorde ye tyrantes of Sodoma and herken to the lawe of oure god thou people of Gomorra whi offer ye so many sacrifices vnto me c. Lerne obedience in y e landes of youre captiuytie wasshe you make you cleane put awaye youre euyll thoughtes out of my sight saith the lorde cease from doinge of euyl and violence lerne to do right apply youre selues to equitie delyuer y e oppressed helpe the fatherles to his right and let the widows complaint come before you c. Prefer the wyll of God aboue and before all thinges I saye and let that which pleseth hym be good and beste how so euer it sounde or appeere vnto you Hath there euer anye yet that stroue against God and taken in hande to teache hym righteousenes and iudgemente or to alter or chaunge hys wayes since the beginning escaped vnpunisshed If y t these thynges may not be suffred in Aungell moche les in fleshe and bloude whiche is corrupte whose beutie fadeth as a flower and wythereth awaie as hey or grasse O thou folysshe duste asshes darest thou presume againste thy creator lord to reason with hym of Iudgemente and righteousenes O thou proude Lucifer thou saist in thy herte I wyll clyme vp into heauen make my seate aboue the sterre of god I wyll syt vpon the gloriouse mount toward y e north I wyl clyme vp aboue the cloudes and wyll be lyke the highest of all yet dare I say saith y e Lorde thou shalt be broughte downe to the depth of hell c. your wisedome canne not preuayle against god and therfore shall your glorie haue a greate fall for thus saith the lorde I wyll destroy the wisedome of y e wise and caste away the vnderstandynge of the prudent for y e lord with his heauy great long swerde shall visite Leuiathan that vnuisyble serpente saithe Esai and shall flee the Whale fysshe in the See c. Againe S. Paul saith where are the wise Where are y e scribes Where are the disputers of this worlde hathe not God made y e wisedom of this world folyshnes For the folyshnes of god saith he is wyser then mē and the weakenes of God is stronger then men c. For god hath chosen the folysshe before the worlde that he myght confounde the wise and the weake before the world hath god chosen saith Paul that he myghte confounde the mightie and the vile and dispised befor y e world hath god chosen yea and that whiche is nothinge saythe he y t he myght destroy that whiche is ought that no flesshe should reioyce in his presence c. Therefore doo not iustifie your selues as pharisees neyther exalt any thyng in fleshe blud for y e thinges whiche men highly magnifie sayth y