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A10817	The day of hearing: or, six lectvres vpon the latter part of the thirde chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrewes of the time and meanes that God hath appointed for man to come to the knowledge of his truth, that they may be saved from his wrath. The summary pointes of every one of which lectures are set downe immediately after the Epistle dedicatory. Herevnto is adioyned a sermon against fleshly lusts, & against certaine mischevious May-games which are the fruit thereof. By H.R. Master of Artes, and now, minister of the word.; Day of hearing: or, six lectures upon the latter part of the thirde chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrewes.	Roberts, Huw, b. 1558 or 9.	1600 (1600)	STC 21089; ESTC S102956	70,687	163

combates temptations of the world least they should waxe de●●tie slouthfull or ●●●e vnprofitable to other men and therfore he doth not pray to h●ue them taken out of the world but hee Io● 17. 15. prayeth to haue them kept from evill that in the middest of dangers they may not be wounded to death and that his power may be made perfect in weaknes For it is manifest that in the holiest men of this world the flesh is weake and lusteth after evill thinges I know saith the Apostle that in me that is 〈◊〉 Rom. 7. 18. my flesh dwelleth no good thing If the flesh were not corrupt full of evill lustes man should be free from all kinde of dangers for the● Sa●han could haue no power ouer him the world could not deceiue him and the vanities of this life could not enti●e him But the flesh which euerie man heareth about with him so long as he is a pilgrim vpon earth is as a huge heape of all v 〈…〉 is like t● a puddle of water ful of 〈◊〉 ●●t in the bottome which as sone a● it is s●●red infecteth and fowleth all the water that it becommeth vnholesome both 〈◊〉 man and beast So ●●than finding store of corruption and sinnefull lustes within mans body and flesh st 〈…〉 th vp the same and kindleth them evermore ministring occasion to commit on● sinn● or other that the soule may be de●iled and be made lo●thsome i● the sight of God 〈◊〉 is the roote of evill and here is the puddle of deadly poyson even the flesh which ever l●st●th against the 〈…〉 is And for this cause the holy Ghost hath not concealed from vs what wil be the end if we suffer the flesh to haue the vpper hand For he telleth vs plainly if ye 〈◊〉 after the flesh ye 〈◊〉 but if we wil Rom. 8. 13. escape th●● d●ath hee warneth vs to play the Souldiers and to kill that wee our selues bee not killed hereafter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith hee Col. 3. 5. M●●tifie or kill your members which are on the earth VVhat members fornication vncl 〈…〉 sse 〈…〉 te affection evill conc●●●scence and c 〈…〉 sse But wee haue no members that are named with these names VVee thinke so indeedes but the spirite of GOD see●● more then vvee doe and therfore signifieth vnto vs that sinne hath taken so deepe roote in vs that for the most part it ouer●uleth vs in so much that it calleth the affectiōs of our flesh by the name of mēbers And therfore you cānot here an exhortation more necessarie for Christians then is to mortifie or to abstaine from the deedes of the flesh and whosoeuer is adoer of this on lesson is a profitable scholler i●● the schoole of Christ but when should we abstaine frō these lustes and mortifie them there is no time nor day of our life not any hower in the day but some of them do fight against our soule for they are so many in nūber as you heard before as there be diversi●●es of sinns ●f you will know thē by name the lust of pride is one the lust of vncleanes is another the lust of anger wrath is another the lust of couetousnes is another the lust of back biting and slandering is another the lust of enuy or euil wil to your neighbor is another the lust of glu●●ony drunkēne● is another the lust of sweating of slouthfulnes of filthy talking with a number moe are the lusts that lie still in our flesh whithersoeuer we go and euerie one of them when opportunitie serueth will shew it selfe an enemie to our soules These are the children of ●abilon which lead the children of Israel captiue happy is he that taketh them and 〈…〉 th them against the stones Beate them downe therefore while they be young and put ye on the spiritual ●r●●ou● take to you the shield of faith that ye may be able to withstand thē You that wil be actiue seek to excel one another at games pla●es you that thinke it a disgrace to put vp I●●uri● to be abused at the handes of mē wh●e are ye faint hearted herein and wh●e will ye not see it when these enemies of your soules do abuse you and make you their slaues while yee serue them a●e led by them to committe sinne many of them need not fight against you for you ge●e place to them without resistance do vtterly forget the vowe made in your baptisme which is to forsake them not to be led by them It is seene that they which are the souldiers of earthly princes when they come to the wa●res can prepare themselues euery man in his place to sight and none must bee idle when his captaine putteth his life in hazard Because they are then to deale with their bodily enemies at whose handes if they be vanquished nothing but death or bōdage is to be looked for And shall the souldiers of Christ sleepe when they should watch shall they play when they should fight shall they be careles whē they are beset with so many enemies which intend to bring the soule to destruction and bondage to the Deuill his Angells Christian men are always in this danger and there is no hope of victorie against these aduersaries vnlesse we will with manly courage sight against them vnder the banner of our captaine Christ according as we haue promised at the tyme of our baptisine his banner example that he The meanes or the weapons whereby we must fight against fleshly lust● left vnto vs is sob●ie●●e watching earnest praiers teares abstinence and abstaininge euen from all appearance of euill● These things he being free from sinne all fleshly lusts exercised in his life that he might leaue vs an example with what weapons we must ouercome our enemies saue our selues from their lying in waite for our blood How then will they be counted Christians or Christ his souldiers that neuer imitate him nor exercise any of these meāes This is the cause that so few obtaine the victorie to be crowned kinges and so many dayly perish in their sinnes by imitating the world and obeyinge their owne lustes For as one father saieth wh●t LORDE or master would take it in good pait at the handes of his seruant that when 〈◊〉 himselfe did lacke and suffer hunger did labour and watch his seruant should then giue himselfe to eate and drinke to sleepe and liue at ease the seruants of Christ haue no such priuiledge for the saith that the s 〈…〉 is not greater then his Lord I● 15. 20. Wherefore whosoeuer immitateth him not cannot be his seruant but is a seruant of his owne lustes wherevnto hee yeeldeth and obeyeth for so the Apostle witnesseth k 〈…〉 not that you are his seruants to whom Rom. 6. 1 yee obey whether it be of sinne vnto ●eath or of obedience vnto righteousnes Consider therefore brethren whether ye be

goddes D 〈…〉 was in hazard to be set at nought and reiected they haue no better weapons to defend her then the shield of custome example of the multitude A● A. Act. 19. 27. ●i● say they and the world worshippeth her We can be cōtent whē we come to church to here this and the like scriptures but we● thinke that the preacher is out of his text if he apply them to vs or to the abuses 〈…〉 ous time for we haue gotten the name of Christians therfore we thinke that whatsoeuer we do is f●r enough from idolatry Thus ar● most men through the blindnes of the 〈…〉 hearts hardened in their sinnes There is no common-wealth so wel reformed but for the mos 〈…〉 in all place● t●● greatest nūber of me●●●e lovers of the wo●ld more thē lovers of God every tr●e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stian hath iust cause to be greued to see that after fourtie yeares preaching of the Gospell in this land men should still cary these and the like idolles in their heartes For whereyee see these may-poles stand there shall you finde that either the word of God is cōt●ned or else it hath not as yet been powerfully taught among the people of that place It hath beene seene in some places of this land that men haue beene so desperatly dispose to maintaine their maytriumphes that they haue set vp with thē the Queene● arms intending by this colour to intrap such men as would speake against them or go about to haue thē downe as if the Queenes maiesty had allowed her arme● to be set on may-pols Lo here the childrē of this world are in their generation wiser thē the childrē of light Oh that magistrates would looke better to these abuses 4 Some mē that haue ●●●s to see do yet winke at this matter and say that the setting vp of a pole is no sinne that it cannot hurt if other abuses did not follow it But they might see that the thing it selfe is an abuse that there is nothing in it which is not sin For it is not of the nature of those things which God alloweth for the mainetaininge of mans life as sleepe meat drinke and appatrell These thinges are necessarie and without the vse of them we cannot liue and yet whē we abuse them or exceed in any of them it is sin but the setting vp of a pole after the maner that we speake of addeth one sinne to another contrarie to the counsell of the sonne of S●rach which forbiddeth to bind Eccl. 7. 8. two s 〈…〉 together First it is an abuse of Gods creatures for God created not the trees of the vvoode to be cut downe and set vp againe for gazing stockes to no other vse but to satisfie mens fleshly lustes God crowneth the yeare vvith his blessings and satisfieth every tree with moisture making it to be greene and pleasaunt and to bee fruitfull after his kinde But vaine and gracelesse men destroy the most flourishing trees and sette them vp to bee drye and vnfruitfull like themselues Secondly the deede done is an idle deed and not only so but also a deede of offence and a stumbling blocke to drawe away many that are weake to cause them to speak● good of evil and to take pleasure therein But every idle deede is more then an idle word And every idle word is sinne or else Christ would not haue said tha● men shal giue Mar. 12. 36. account thereof at the day of iudgement Therefore every idle deed is a greater sin And every offence which hindreth the faith of others is such a sin that he saith it were better for the author therof that a milstone were ha●god Mat. 18. 6. about his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Thirdly the May-polers are caterpillers to the commō wealth for they make destruction of the fairest young ●ree● which if they were suffred to grow would in time be good timber for necessary vse● Thus in the act it selfe not speaking of the mischievous sequels thereof we may see many sins bound togither as the abuse of Gods creature a deed vnprofitable hurtful offensiue to others and finally an hindrance to the cōmon wealth which is a breach of charity 5 Who can tell whether the setting vp of these poles proceedeth not from the leaven of our adversaries the Pope his seminari●●● for it is not vnknown to them that wheresoeuer such banners do stand there are many wavering ignorant people not yet instructed nor setled in religion which if they might haue their defite woulde quickly b●● perverted to go after Ba●l and to like better of the Masse then of the Gospell 6 To them that aske what recreation may be lawfull for them and what exercise yong men shall haue we canot appoint any which the word of God doth not allow Christians are commanded to abstaine from al appearance 1. Thess 5. 22. of evill Howbeit according to mans wisdom which saith of evils the lesse is to be chosen of bodily exercises such may be vsed as are profitable to the common wealth not offensiue to religion notwithstāding the chiefest exercise of Christian-men whether they be young or old should at all times bee in the law of the Lord. For therein the godly man as David saith doth exercise himselfe day night Psal 1. 2. And that is the exercise wherewith the wisdome of God would haue a young 〈◊〉 to redresse his way like the young men of whom S. Psal 119. 9. Iohn writeth that they were strong and that they had the word of God abiding in them 1. ●o 2. 14. had overcome the wicked But alas the contrary may be saide of most young men in these daies Let them therefore consider what master they serve let them shake of the voke of sinne and abstaine from fleshly lustes redressing their waies according to the word of God that so they may become the servants of Christ to whom they haue made avowe in their baptisme Let vs pray for the assistance of Gods holy spirite that we may subdue all fleshly lustes And pray we that magistrat● such as ●re in authoritie may haue a greater care to reforme maners to see what ought to be reformed FINIS