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An exhortatyon or warnynge, to beware of greater plagues & troubles, then are yet come vppon thys realme, for the synnes and wyckednes that hath bene, & is yet dayly commytted there in..
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Coucheman, Giles.
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suttyll enemye full well knowest thou that thee outwarde worke wythoute the promys as litle profiteth theym as doeth the sygne at the tauernes dore to theÌ„ thaâ— be a thyrste whan ther is nâ— wyne wtin to be had And ye wyl they seke theyr iustificatyon in the outwarde workâ— therof onely ii ii iii a And this is the cause aâ— the apostle sayth euery onâ— is become a pryuate louer oâ— them selues and not of theyâ— neyghbours And how doâ— they loue them selues thynâ— you After this maner doeth thee worldinges loue theÌ„ selues verely they ar become couetous bosters proud cuâ—sed speakers disobedyeÌ„t vnto fathers and mothers vnthaÌ„kfull vnholye churlyshe stubborne false accusers riatours fearse dispisers of theÌ„ which are good traitoures heddie hie miÌ„ded gredy vpoÌ„ voluptuousnes more thaÌ„ the louers of god hauing a similitude of godly lyuynge but haue denied the power therof but soche abhorre sayth S. paul O lord what a miserable world is this whan the people bee in thys case that they haue no feare of god before their eies but think that â—hey be in good state of liuiÌ„g whaÌ„ thei liue thus farre wide froÌ„ the truth of the doctrine of the gospell doth not remember that we ought to loue our neyghbors as our own self seke their welth edyfyinge to theyr comforte We are bounde to loue god wyth all our hartes powers and oure neighbors as oure self and so is all the lawe the prophetes fulfylled mat xxii d But the wicked worldlinges ar in this mind now the lord geue them grace to repente and amende it that yf they maye haue all thynges at theyr wyl pleasure they care not although the poore nedy neighbor sterue be in lack or peryshe in the meane whyle for they saye yf I be wel clothed warme what care I who goethe naked suffre colde yf I bee wel fed with the best and finest meate and lack none what care I who is an hungred and perysh for lacke of the worst meate yf I bee well couered wythe a fayre house gorgeouslye decte and in all poyntes trymmed with the beste what care I who dwelleth in a house vncouered rainynge in in euery corner spyllyng and destroying all that he hath and the house lyke to fall downe vpoÌ„ his head yf I may syt warme and at ease and at reste takinge no payne hauinge money ynoughe and all thinge broughte home too me what care I who is colde takyng paâ—ne and haue noo reste nor ease nyght nor daye lacking money al thing that shuld do theÌ„ good yf I may haue my rentes and farme broughte home to me wythout any studye what care I though the farmers care studye nyght and day hauing nether coat nor cloke to couer hym hys wyfe or his children withal no nor yet eat a good meales meat in a yere Thus farre is the loue of the worlde gone froÌ„ the loue of god that they care not one for another nether do they coÌ„syder that we al shuld be membres of one body Yf they dyd remember that we were al members of one bodye I thinke verelye that natural loue wold compel them indifferently one to care for another and one to loue another al though theâ— were no coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of loue spokeÌ„ of nether in the old testameÌ„t nor yet in the new For this we al know that the meÌ„bres of one body be so vnited knyt in loue together to the body The righteous wyl coÌ„sider the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstaÌ„ding Prou xxix that yf one member fortune to take hurte or harme al the rest suffer paine grief with hym or yf one meÌ„ber be had in honor al the rest is glad reioyce with hym also soch is the loue that partayneth to the meÌ„bers of the body Therfore for hys sake that dyed to redeme vs al coÌ„syder I say remeÌ„ber that we al be meÌ„bers or shuld be to one head whych is christe that we do now awake out of synne cast awaye froÌ„ vs the clokes of dishonestie and become louers of god in his meÌ„bers knowe that what soeuer ye doo to one of thee leaste of these my brethren sayth Christe ye do it vnto me Remembre this that our Sauiour Christ sayth thus his owne self also â—hat who soeuer geueth to one of these lyttle ones a cup of colde water in my name I tel you sayth he he shal not lose his reward Now yf this lyttle loue shewed vnto one of his creatures shall not be vnrewarded be ye sure the moche more shal the wrong iniuries done vnto theÌ„ be rewarded vnto condempnation Yet once agayne therefore I saye remember thys vnfayned loue that thee eternall God hadde vnto the whole worlde Yea hys loue was so great towardes maÌ„kynd beyng yet his enemie that he gaue his only dearly beloued soÌ„ne to the death to redeme theÌ„ from the bondage thraldoÌ„ of the deuyll O what coulde he doo more for vs theÌ„ to geue thys imaculate vnspotted lambe for vs to vs that who so euer now wyll repent of the lyfe that is past beleue truste onli in him he shal be sure to be saued for hys sake so he continue to the ende And he requyreth nothing so moche of vs as to loue one aÌ„other yea by thys loue sayeth he shal al men know that ye are my disciples Now to the coÌ„trary yf we loue not one another then is it a playne case that we be none of hys saye what we wyll for the kingdom of god standeth not in wordes but in power for loue is the fulfylling of the hole lawe Yea he hath not onely geuen vnto vs this Iesus alone but he hath geueÌ„ vs also al thinges wyth hym yea he hath geuen vs his eternal and euerlasting worde to be our comfort to rule to gouerne our liues by to shew vs all the good wyll of oure heauenlye father towardes vs in for Iesus christes sake Yea what more coulde he haue done that he hathe not done for vs. But now yf he loke amoÌ„geste vs for equyte he shall fynd in stede of equyte wroÌ„ge And yf he loke for righteousnes he shall haue vs full of mysery wretchednes as the Prophete sayeth for the more good he doeth vnto vs Esay â— thee more he increaseth vs with his giftes benefytes the more we go astray wantonly froÌ„ him prouoke him vnto wrath with our owne ydle vayne mad inuentions for as it is wrytteÌ„ whan vanitie ydlenes getteth the ouerhand among the chyldreÌ„ of men Psal xl al are ful of the vngodly NotwithstaÌ„dinge the more we receaue of him the more we ought to be thankefull vnto him for it the more we shuld be studious careful to bestowe theÌ„ to his honor glory seking alwayes his honour and prayse And not to bestow them to fulfyl our owne fylthy carnal desyre
Saying to our selues to other that they be ours may do with them what we wyll so deceaue our owne selues bestow them about vayne vanitie Yea and somtyme aboute that whyche is wycked dampnable in the syght of God As to bestow them aboute harlottes cardes dyce tables bowles and soche lyke wycked abhominacyon for the which we do not onely offend the eternal God for so bestowynge of them but also greately prouoke him vnto wrath agaynste vs for so mysusynge and consumynge thee tyme that is spente about them also yf we bestow them about sumtuousnes in buildinges gorgiousnes in rayment also in delicious fare more then nede requyreth we do greatly offend therin And therfore for the loue of god consyder with your selues know for a suerty that all the ryches and goodes that anye maÌ„ receaueth at the hand of god they are but delyuered vnto you lente you for a while and ye made stewardes of them to bestowe them accordinge to the wyl of our heauenly father and not to our owne wyl except our wil be al together let to prefar and set forth gods wil for yf we bestow theÌ„ as is afore sayd we shal surely rendre a strayâ— accomptes for the vtmooste iote of theim And not onely for these temporall gyftes but also wee shall rendre a strayte accomptes for all the spiritual giftes that we haue receaued of god as wysdomâ— knowledge fayth healyng prophecyinge iudgementes of spirites c. Yf we bestow them not to goddes honour and glory and to our neyghbours welth and comfort Wel beloued in our sauiour Christ I wold ye shulde not thynke that I haue sayd al thys as a teacher but as a poore litle membre of the same body that ye ar of exhortynge you puttynge you in remembraunce not onelye of the manyfold gyftes goodnes of our eternal father to vs warde in tymes past but also now in this time especially knowing and seyng the world so full of all kynde of wyckednes misery and so vnthaÌ„kfull as they be ye eueÌ„ as thoughe there were no god Wherfore I praye you consider with your selues and note wel the sinnes of SodoÌ„ Gomora and way theÌ„ wel in your coÌ„scieÌ„ces coÌ„pare theÌ„ with the sinnes of this Realme ye shal fynd theÌ„ I feare me not onli mo but also a greate deale wors And wherfore do I couÌ„t theÌ„ wors think you verely eueÌ„ because thaâ— god hath geuen vnto vs his only soÌ„ne Iesus Christ wheâ— by in whom we are called Christyans yet we lyue so Heathen lyke that it wyll be double dampnacyoÌ„ vnto vs yea with him he hath geueÌ„ vs al thinges pleÌ„teouslye also hath left vnto vs his holy sacred word amonge vs for our comfort yea and not aâ— thys only but also he hathe not ceased nyght nor day to crie vnto vs by his seruauÌ„tes the prophetes mynisters of hys gospell that we shulde euerye one of vs turne from his synnes repeÌ„t and become the folowers of him in loue but we wyll not but are become lyke vnto the defe adder that stoppethe her eares that she shulde not heare the voyce of thee charmers althoughe he charme neuer so wisely Euen soch ar we As for the warniÌ„ges of the prophetâ—s they take it but for wynde Iere v b for we wyl not heare nor do after the preachers of goddes word although thei preach teach neuer so wel or so wise â—i yea preach they what thei wyl or what they can it wyl not serue no nor yet helpe We ar content to alow it in wordes and to say well by it but to folowe it in life conuersatyon in respecte of the multitude ther is none that wyl do it or very few for I thynke verely that yf Sodome Gomorra had had Gods word so plenteously among them as we haue had and so longe so moch preachyng against sinne they wold surely a repeÌ„ted in sackcloth and asshes And for thys cause I coÌ„pare theÌ„ worse theÌ„ the sinnes of Sodom Gomorra For the siÌ„nes of Sodome Gomorra were these pryde fulnes of meat The synnes of Sodoma and Gomorra Eze. xvi e abouÌ„daunce ydlenes besydes that they reched not their hande to the poore nedy and whyche of these lackethe here in thys Realme think you I trowe none of them al besydes the ouerplus of other For who sawe euer so moche pryde in meÌ„ women children as ther is now so moche superfluyte in meates drinkes so moch abouÌ„daunce of al thinges vp on earth amoÌ„g men as there is now for ther is nothing iâ— men can desyre but they may haue it for money And who did euer se so many geueÌ„ to â—yue ydelye as they be now I thinke verely that ther was neuer so litle charite shewed vnto thee poore as there is now And this is the cause ytâ—uery one ruÌ„neth forth in his sinnes as a wild hors in a battail as the prophet saith not â—oking be hynd him Ier. viii b nor feaâ—ing the wrath of god whyche is lyke to come vpoÌ„ them for thys myserable state of lyfe that we now lyue in For who is he amoÌ„gest vs that now wil make his life coÌ„uersation to agree with thys worde of lyfe nay rather a great noÌ„ber wil make the worde a cloke for their sinne and wickednes Brethren ye are called vnto libertye onlye let not your libertye be an occatioÌ„ to the flesshe but by loue serue one another Gal. v. a Rom viii to serch diligeÌ„t for soch places in scripture as they suppose as shall maintaine them in al kynd of lybertye of the fleshe and do not remember that S. Paul fayth to be fleshly mynded is death but to be spirituallye minded is life peace for the fleshely or carnal maÌ„ can not please god sayeth he but is thee enemye of God seynge that the fleshe is not subdued vnto the law of god For is not this a lamentable thing to thynke remember how longe we haue had this word gospel of lyfe amongest vs and how lytle iâ— hath preuayled among vs how few it hath woÌ„ne vnto the lyfe of chryst O lord whaâ— stonie harte wolde not morne lamente in hys harte to thyncke vpon thys Remembring that whaÌ„ the lord shaâ— cal vs to accoÌ„ptes how lytle we haue wonne with thys our talente hauing it so long as we haue had it in vse occupying I praye to god it bee not sayd vnto vs as it was said vnto the euyl and slouth full seruaunte that S. Mathew speaketh of mat xxv â— sayinge thou euyl slouthful seruaÌ„t knewest thou that I reaped wher I sowed not gathered where I strowed not thou shuldest therfore haue put my money to exchauÌ„ge theÌ„ at my comming shulde I haue receiued mine owne with vantage Therfore take the talent from him geue it vnto him that hath .x. taleÌ„tes said the