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A02793	Two godlie and learned sermons, preached at Manchester in Lancashire before a great audience, both of honor and vvoorship. The first, containeth a proofe of the subtill practises of dissembling neuters, and politique worldlings. The other, a charge and instruction, for all vnlearned, negligent, and dissolute ministers: and an exhortation to the common people, to seeke their amendment, by prayer, vnto God. By Simon Harward, preacher of the woord of God, and Maister of Arte, late of Newe Colledge in Oxfoord.	Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614.	1582 (1582)	STC 12924; ESTC S112568	108,746	262

with the fingers kissing the Aultar breathing vppon the Hoast crossing the bread and cup shutting the eye and counterfeyting a sléepe striking the breast and ●yfting vp the Hoast betwixte two false ●andes euen as Christe was crucified betwixt two Théeues When the eyes are thus caried away then the other sences doo followe after The smelling is delighted with the swéet odours and perfumes of the incense and Frankencense the eares are tickled with the sounde of Organs and of Belles and with the chaunting bleating of Himnes and Anthemes in an vnknowen tongue And when the tongue the eyes the eares and all the sences of the body are thus by little little caried away from God then is the heart lulled a sléepe it is stollen away from worshipping the Lord in spirit and trueth it is drawne to worshippe Idols and Images it is drawne to honour the whe●ten God Rom. 1.25 ascribing that vnto the Creature which is due vnto the Creator whose name be blessed for euer and euer And thus if we first committe Idolatrie in the temples of our owne bodies which Christe hath consecrated sanctified to be the temples of the holy ghost then we wil not sticke afterward to commit Idolatrie in the Temple and Congregation of the Church of God and that we can not auoid the euill vnlesse also we auoide the occasions thereof Gen. 34.1 Dina the daughter of Iacob which was rauished by force of the sonne of Hamar the king of Sichè did not in har● cōsent vnto that wicked acte and yet notwithstanding she was not free from the ●rime of whordome neither was she to ●e reputed for any thing but a strumpet For if she had taried at home within her Fathers house and not strayed abroade to sée the Daughters of that Countrey she might haue auoided the great inconuenience whereby she fell into so great dishonour and shame And therfore Paule commaundeth vs To abstaine 1. The. 5.22 not only from euill but also from all occasion and all appearaunce of euil And we are cōmaunded by God himself Isa 48.20 52.11 2. Cor. 6.17 that we come out of Babi●on and slie from the Caldaeans Depart ye from thēce and touch no vncleane thing goe out of the middest of her and be ye cleane ye that beare the vesselles of the Lord. Now there are thrée kindes of comming out of Babilon The first is in body onely the seconde is in heart onelie the third is ●othe in body and in heart And this is the safest and surest way for euery Christian Of the first sort which are come out of Babilon in theyr bodyes and yet haue theyr mindes styll in the middest thereof I am afearde least there are many of them at this tyme héere present amongst vs which haue drawne theyr bodyes out of Egipt and yet haue not vtterlie forsaken the manners and fashions of the Egiptians and for this comming out they are neuer the better it is an occasion of their damnation and not of their saluation For it were farre better to be●e Israelite and to worship God purelie in the lande of Egipt then to be an Egiptian and an Idolatour in the Desert and in the lande of Canaan Exod. 32.6 and there to woorship golden Calues and to long for the Onions Num. 11.5 and Garlike and fleshpottes of Egipt It were farre better to call vppon God in Egipt and to beare patiently the tyranny of Pharao Exod. 2.23 then beeing out of Egipt to murmure against God and to blaspheme his trueth as did the auncient Idolatours Israelites by name but Egiptians in deede hauing their bodyes without Egipt and their heartes with in it and as many doo nowe which beeing delyuered from the bondage of Pharao doo long for the flesh-pottes of Egipt and lothe the sweet Manna the woord of the euerliuing God The seconde sort is of them Which come out of Babilon in heart but not in body which can verie hardlie be in any Christian for where the heart is there will the body be also And it can not be that the heart should ●e truelie turned vnto God but it must ●éedes draw the obedience of his wil. But ●e safest and surest and the onelie true ●ay for a Christian is to come out of Ba●ilon bothe spirituallie and corporallie bothe in heart and bodie Ephe. 5.11 and to haue no fellowshippe with vnfruitfull workes of darknesse For What fellowshippe hath righteousnesse vvith vnrighteousnesse 2. Cor. 6.14 What Cōmunion hath lyght with darknesse what concord hath Christe with Be●all what part hath the beleeuer with the ●nfidel or what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idolles wherfore come ●ut from among them and seperate your selues sayth the Lorde and touch no vn●leane thing and I will receyue you I will ●e your Father and you shal be my sonnes and daughters sayth the Lord almightie There are some which to prooue that a man maye come out of Babilon in heart although he doo not come out in bodie and that a man may dissemble with the tōgue and yet haue a true faith in Christe doo ●lleadge the exsamples of Naaman the Sy●rian of Saint Paule and of Nicodemus 2. Reg. 5.17 1. Cor. 9.22 Iohn 3.2 Of Naaman because when he was conuerted to the true God of Israel he sayde to Elisieus Thy seruaunt will from hencefoorth offer neither burnt Sacrifice nor offering to any other God saue vnto the Lord. Heerein the Lord be mercifull vnto thy seruaunt that when my Maister goeth into the house of Remmon to worshippe there he leaneth on my hande and I bowe my selfe in the house of Remmon when I bowe downe my selfe I say in the house of Remmon the Lord be mercifull vnto thy seruaunt in this point Elisaeus séemeth to graunt thus much vnto him for he dooth not reprooue it but fayth 2. Reg. 5.19 Goe in peace As though he would permitte it to be lawfull for him to enter into the house of Remmon into the Temple of Idols and to be present at the sacrifice of the Heathen people so that he worshipped the Lord God onely in his heart But we must consider that Naaman was Captaine of the host and Seruitor to the King of Aram and he was in his Maisters company not to committe Idolatrie with him or to allowe his Idolatrie but according to his duetie to doo him seruice in his necessitie and therfore he dooth not require of Elizaeus that he might haue leaue to bowe downe to worship the God Remmon in body and notwithstanding ●o worship in heart the true God of Israel But he requireth that for a time he might do ●eruice vnto the Heathen Prince who was ●ount to knéele before the God Remmon And because the King when he bowed downe did alwayes leane vpon his serui●our he could not leane vpō him vnlesse ●e bowed also therefore he asketh leaue to bow downe not to worship the god Rēmon but as he sayth him selfe that his

the worke of men be bound to doo it Titus 2.9 without murmuring and grudging and to serue their bodily Maisters with feare and trembling with singlenes of heart Ephe. 6.5 not with eie seruice as pleasing men but as the seruaunts of Christ dooing the will of God from the heart How much more ought the labourers in the Haruest of the Lorde to shew all faithfulnesse in dooing that worke willingly where vnto the Lord hath sent them The third propertie which is required in those that wil be good labourers in the Lords Haruest is Dilligence for otherwise they be not labourers but loyterers and therefore Saint Paul dooth charge Timothy 2. Tim. 4.1.2.5 before God and before the Lorde Iesus Christ which shall iudge the quick and the dead at his appearing in his kingdom that he preache the worde and be instant in season and out of season that he improoue rebuke and exhort with all longe suffering and doctrine watching in all things dooing the worke of an Euangelist Salomon saith Prou. 27.29 be diligent to know the state of thy flocke and take heede vnto thy Heards Isa 58.1 God commaundeth the Prophet to crye aloude and spare not to lift vp his voyce like a trumpet to shew the people their transgressions and the house of Iacob their sinnes Colos 4.17 Tell Archippus saith Paul take heede to the Ministerie that thou hast receaued in the Lord that thou fulfill it Right terrible is the woe which is so often denounced in the holy Scriptures against the slouthfull and negligēt Pastor Ezech. 34.2 as by the Prophet wo be to the Sheepeheards which feede themselues and feede not the flock and by the Apostle Ier. 23.1 ● Cor. 9.16 vae mihi nisi Euangelizauero Woe be to me if I preach not the Gospell If the consideration of this woe that is of the horrible iudgements of God were laide vp in our harts it could not be that so many of vs should sléepe in the Cradle of Securitie vtterly neglect the charge which is layde vpon vs it could not be that so many of vs should leaue the studie of the Scriptures giue our selues to lewde pastimes as though we were called to cast a Bowle to prick a Carde to trip a Die and not rather to féede the flock of Christ which he hath purchased with his precious bloud Neither could it be that so many of vs should depart from the flockes ouer the which the holy Ghost hath made vs ouerséers and lye continually either in the Vniuersities or in Cathedrall Churches not once indeuouring to fulfill the Ministery which we haue receyued of the Lord it could not be that so many of vs by ioyning liuing to liuing should heap charge vpō charge without any care to discharge for if they which discharge their office by substitutes would cōsider how that he which féedeth his flock only by a Substitute may peraduenture go to Heauen by a substitute but he shall surely feele his woe in Hell in his own proper person if they which lye away for learnings sake would cōsider how lamētable the case is that the Steed should sterue while the Grasse dooth grow how that before God this excuse will not stand liue Horse and thou shalt haue Grasse if all we which are carelesse negligent would continually set before our eies the woe so oftē pronounced against vs the heauy accompts which we are to make at the dreadfull daye of iudgement when the secrets of all harts shall be opened it could not be but we should haue more care to fulfil the Ministery which we haue receiued of the Lord and when we haue vrgent occasion to go abroade as often times it falleth out and so for a time to be absent in bodyes yet it would make vs alwaies to be present in hart 1. Reg. 19.20 and in prayer and againe to remember the Counsel of Elias to go but with speede to returne For when Elizaeus the Prophet asked leaue of him to go to his Father and Mother he saide go returne for what haue I done vnto thee I haue anoynted thee to be the Prophet of God and that is the charge which thou must now attend vnto notwithstanding goe to thy fathers house but with all speede returne As for those which continue from their flockes and suffer the worde to cease amongst them so that their soules doo perish for want of foode they haue a seuere plague denounced against them by the Prophet Zacharie Zach. 11.17 O idole Sheepheard that leaueth the flock the sworde shall be vpon his arme and vpon his right eye his arme shall be cleane dryed vp and his right eye shal be vtterly darkened his arme that is his strength and his right eye his knowledge and memorie shall all consume perrish and vanish away and he shall come to a fearefull end But thou wilt say that thou art resident vpon thy liuing and therefore thou doost not flye away Augustine saithe Aug tract 47. in Ioh. Fugisti quia tacuisti Thou hast holden thy peace and therefore thou art fled away thou art present in body but thou art absent in minde and voice and what will thy bodily presence profit when thy heart and thy tongue wherby thy office should be discharged is altogether absent Thē ye which are now to enter into the Ministerie and so to be sent foorth as labourers into the Lordes Haruest learne how to shew your dilligence not by idle presence of the body but by painefull presence of the hart and voyce for otherwise Zach. 11.17 the Prophet Zachary doth accompt you to be nothing but Idols not Pastors indéede but Idols Psal 135.16 such as the Psalmist speaketh of which haue mouthes and speake not eyes and see not eares and heare not neither is there any breath in their mouthes Math. 25.20 If your Talent be but small yet exercise the same with prayer and dilligence and the Lord hath promised that he will increase it and double it and when ye shall shew your selues faithfull in little he will make you Maisters of much But if ye haue any Talent be it neuer so small although it be but one Talent yet if ye hide it Mat. 25.28.30 it shall be taken from you and ye shall be cast as vnprofitable seruaunts into vtter darkenesse where shal be weeping and gnashing of teethe But otherwise if ye perceaue euidently that ye haue no Talent at all and that ye are able to doo no good at all in the Church of God I require and charge you before the Lord Iesus Christe and as ye will aunswer at his appearaunce that ye presume not rashly to enter into so high a function Luk. 12.42 to be Stevvards of the Lords Household hauing no portion of meate to giue them in due season Remember the accompts which euery Stewarde is to make at the last day when that dreadfull voyce

to bring his people home to repentance amēdmēt of life the one is by the loouing countenaunce of his mercy the other is by therod of correction procéeding from his iustice if the one will not serue hee must must needes put in vre the other The Lord giue vs grace to returne truly vnto him that we may be brought to amendment of life rather by the mildnes of his mercy then by the rigour of his iustice And the Lord long preserue our gracious Princesse Elizabeth that she may haue a long happy and prosperous raigne ouer vs that we may a long time in peace and tranquillity inioy the glorious gospell of Christ and vnder her lead a quiet and a peaceable life in all godlinesse and honestie and the Lord confound all the bloody interprises of trayterous Rebels and as he hath alwayes hetherto discouered and preuented their deuises so the Lord of his mercy discouer them and preuent them heareafter But déerely belooued whatsoeuer troubles doo happen vnto vs let vs alwayes remember that saying of our Lord and Sauiour Mat. 10.28 Feare not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soule But rather feare ye him which is able to destroy both body and soule and to cast them both into hell fyre feare him Luk. 14.26 Mat. 10.37 He that looueth father or mother or wife or children or brethren or sisters or lande or liuing or his owne life more then me is not worthy of me If any man vvill be my disciple let him take vp the crosse and follovv me But here I thinke I heare some of you say a mong your selues it is an easye matter to talke of constancie in bearing the Crosse and suffering affliction for the name of Christ but it is not so easye to performe it indéede There are many of you of the ministry which exhort to constancie in the profession of the Gospell which if any trouble should come are likely to turne your coates as soone as any other What we should doo in the like case 2. Cor 3.5 Phil. 2.13 God onely knoweth who is the giuer of all strength and without whom wee are not able to thinke a good thought but it is God which woorketh in vs both to will and to performe It may be that some which make the greatest brags say with Peter though all men in the vvorld should be offended by thee Math. 26.33.35 yet vvill not I be offēded though I should dye vvith thee yet vvill not I deny thee Ioh. 13 37 Lorde vvhy can not I follovv thee novv I vvill lay dovvne my life for thy sake It may be I say that they shall bee the first which shall deny and forsweare but good people the question is not what I or be or any other particular man shall doo but the question is what ought to be doon of euery Christian and therefore we must euery one of vs pray vnto God continually that he wil vouchsafe to account vs woorthye to suffer any thing for the name of Iesus Christe and that he wyll giue vs patience to endure whatsoeuer his mercifull hand shall lay vpon vs. Some may paraduenture thinke that this doctrine of patience to suffer for the name of Christe is not needefull to be preached at this time when all thinges are in quiet But is not he a foolish Souldiar which will neuer thinke vpon his weapons and armour vntyll the howre come that he must hasten into the feelde And howe vnwise then is that Christian whych will neuer thinke vppon hys armour of patience vntill the time come that the Crosse shall sodainly be layd vpon him Let vs thinke vpon our weapon in time déere brethren let vs pray for it day and night that so wee may finde comfort in the day of tryall 1. Pet. 1.7 that the tryall of our fayth béeing much more precious then gold may be found to our prayse and glory at the appearing of Iesus Christ Let vs set before our eyes the example of our Lord and Sauiour 1. Pet. 2.21 who as Peter sayth did suffer for vs leauing vs an example that we should follow his steppes Let vs looke vnto Iesus the author and furnisher of our fayth Heb. 12.2 who for the ioy that was set before him endured the Crosse and despised the shame and is set at the righte hand of the throne of God The scholler is not aboue his Maister Mat. 10.24 Ioh. 13.16 nor the seruaunte aboue his Lord nor the embassador greater then him that sent him wherefore if they haue called the Maister of the house Belzebub how much more will they reuile them of the housholde If they haue called the Maister Christ himselfe a glutton and a drunkarde and a companion of Publicanes and sinners Mat 9 34 11.19 and a caster out of Deuils through the Prince of the Deuils how much more will they giue reprochefull woordes vnto the schollers If they haue cruelly intreated the Lord himselfe with haling him about frō place to place with blasphemous lyes and false accusations with whips and scourges prickes and thornes buffets and blowes mocks and mowes cordes and ropes scoffing and spitting rayling and reuiling nailes and gibbet thirst and vineger réede and speare and lifting him vppe betwixt two theeues leauing no droppe of blood in all his blessed body howe can the seruaunte looke for any better let vs also call to minde the ioy which is layd vp in heauen for those which suffer any thing for the professing of the Lord Iesus as hee sayth Blessed are ye when men reuile you Mat 5.11 and persecute you and falsly speake all manner of euill against you for my sake Reioyce and be glad for great is your reward in heauen for so they persecuted the Prophets before you Mat. 23.35 euen from the blood of Abel the righteous vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias whom they slew be-tweene the temple and the Aultar 2. Cor. 11.25 Rom. 8 18 S. Paule was most cruelly persecuted stoned beaten with rods imprisoned yet he counteth all his afflictions not worthy of the glory which should be reuealed vnto him Blessed is the man vvhich endureth temptation Iam. 1.12 for vvhen he is tryed he shall receiue the crovvn of life which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue him Last of all let vs call to remembraunce the heauye iudgementes of God which from time to time haue béen shewed vpon them which haue not continued constant in the confessing of the Lord Iesus Iulian the Emperour who for his moste wilfull renouncing of his Lord and Sauiour Hilar. is called the Apostata was counted at the firste a gracious and religious Prince But afterward being drawen away with the vain intisements of Philosophy he began to account the Gospell of Christ to be but foolishnes be persecuted the professors of his name with many scoffes and tauntes saying that they must doo

amiable are thy Tabernacles My soule longeth yea and fainteth for the courts of the Lord for mine heart and my flesh reioyceth in the liuing God The sparowe hath found her a house and the swalowe a nest for her where she may ●ay her young euen hard by thine aultars O Lord of hoastes my King and my God Where the Prophete Dauid is gréeued that the sparowes swalowes had more accesse to the Church of God then he had There are many now a dayes which will say that they beare as good a soule toward God as they which resort so often to the Church and that they can serue God as well at home as in the Church But these must learne of the Prophete Dauid to prayse God not onelie at home but in the assemblies also as he ●ayteh vnto God Psa 68.26 Psa 22.22 I will declare thy ●ame vnto my brethren in the midst of ●he congregation I will sing prayses vnto thee For otherwise if we doo not séeke to ●et foorth the glorie of God as well publiquelie in the assemblies as pruiuatly in our Families our hearts are not aright before God Héere then they are condemned which béeing Land-Lordes and Men of Worshippe doo disdaine to come into the Congregation of God to cōfesse Gods name vnto their brethren and in the middest of the assemblies to sing prayses vnto him but will haue the Seruice of God done priuatlie in their Chambers and in their Closets These are farre vnlike to the holy Prince and Prophet Dauid the annointed of God Psal 42.4 who led the people into the house of God and accoumpted nothing so déere vnto him as openlie in the assemblies to cōfesse the name of God vnto his brethren And therefore he sayth Psal 26.8 Psa 27.4 O Lorde I haue looued the habitation of thine house and the place where thine honour dwelleth One thing haue I desired of the Lord that I will require euen that I may dwel in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life to beholde the beautie of the Lord and to visite his holy Temple For although that cannot but be most true Math. 18. ●0 which our sauiour sayth that Whersoeuer two or three be gathered together in his name he will be in the midst of them and whatsoeuer they aske they shal receiue Yet this priuate praier ought not to take away publique prayer but much more establish it For if God will ●are the prayers of .ij. or .iij. being gathered together in his name how much more wil ●e heare a whole cōgregation Rom. 15.6 when with ●e hart one voice they shal glorify God ●e father of our Lord Iesus Christe If the prayers procéede frō a faithfull heart God ●ill heare Ezechias in his bed Hoster in ●er chāber Iob vpon the dunghill Daniel Isa 38.2 Hest 4.16 Iob. 2.8 Dan. 6.16 Ionah 2.1 Exod 15.1 Iosu 10.12 1. Reg. 17.20 19.8.9 Acts. 10.2 30. Luk. 6.12 Math. 27.46 ●n the den of Liōs Ieremy in the prison Io●s in the Whales bellie He will heare the people of Israel in the land of Egipt Mo●s and Aaron in the wildernes Iosua in ●is warres Elias in the house of the wid●ow of Sarepta in a Caue of the moūt Noreb Cornelius at home in his owne ●ouse Simon Peter in the house of Simon ●he Tanner Paule in the Ship and on the 〈◊〉 banke and our sauiour Christe on the moūtaines in the fields in the garden ●n the Crosse So that in euery place the ●ord is nigh vnto all the call vpon him I ●y vnto all that call vpon him in trueth Psal 145.18 notwithstāding this dooth God especially ●quire of euery christian that we should all ●ogether publiquely in the assemblies make ●en confession of our Faith in the Lord ●esus vnto the lande and praise of God And therfore miserable is their blindnes and intollerable is their arrogācie which thinke they may serue God sufficientlie in their houses and doo therfore abstaine from publique prayer and from the open confession of their faith in the Church of God wherin first they rob God of his honour and commit Sacriledge in kéeping back their tongues from the publique cōfessing their bodies from the open glorifying of the name of the Lord Iesus Secondlie they cut them selues off from the mysticall body of Iesus Christe for Christ is the head Ephe. 1.22 Ephe. 4.15.25 and we are the body one head hath but one body And thus as Paule sayth We are all members one of an other And therefore as one body we should be all of one faith all agrée in one trueth and all with one hart one voice lawde and magnifie the name of God and who soeuer by schismes deuisions dooth seperate him selfe from his brethren and cut him selfe off frō the Church that man dooth cut him selfe off frō the misticall body of Iesus Christ Thirdly they shew intollerable pride and arrogancie for what proude wretches are they which take vpō them to condempne the congregation of Christe which is assembled togeather in his holy name and to accoumpt them he●tiques for whome Christe shedde his ●ood and howe vilie doo they thinke of ●eir brethren Psal 22.22 which will not vouchsafe 〈◊〉 pray to make confession of their faith ●gether with them They are wurse a ●reat deale then the Phariseis for they ●though they were proude hautie and ●d aboue all others disdayne the Publi●nes yet they did not refuse to come to ●e Temple because the Publicans re●rted vnto it For S. Luke sheweth how ●e Pharisey the Publican Luk. 18.10 came bothe 〈◊〉 the Temple together And therefore ●ey which denie or disdaine to come to ●e Church eyther they make vs wurse ●en Publicans or else they them selues ●e wurse then Phariseis Fourthlie they giue great offence vnto ●hers by their yll ensample especiallie Psa 42.4 〈◊〉 they be such as should leade the people to the house of God I meane Land●des and Gentlemen for if they pray ●elie at home the poorer sort say straight ●ayes within them selues why may not ●e pray also at home séeing we haue all ●e Lord and Maister in heauen for in●riours are called Apes of superiours Herodian ●cause whatsoeuer they sée done of them they thinke that they may doo the like Seneca and Graauissimus morbus est qui a capite diffum ditur That disease is most perillous which commeth from the head And therefore Woe be to him by whome offences come Mat. 18.6.7 it were better for him that a myll stone were hanged about his necke and that he were drowned in the bottome of the sea Last of all they which refuse to come into the Congregation of God Psal 22.22 to confesse the name of God amongst their brethren they condemne and despise the holie ordinaunce of God For God hath ordained in holy woord commaunded That his people should come together to

make publique confession of their faith in the blood of Iesus Christ to pray for things necessarie to heare the sacred and blessed woord of God to be thankfull to him for all his benefites to receyue his holie Sacraments And he which slieth from these thinges which are so often commaunded by the Lord God in flying from the Church he flyeth from the Celestial Ierusalem he flyeth from his own saluation he flyeth from God him selfe What caused the Iewes to lament so pittifullie to wéep by the Riuers of Babilon and to hang their Instrumentes vpon the Willowes Psa 137.1.2.3 saying How shall we sing the song of the Lorde in a ●traunge lande If I forgette thee O Ierusalem let my right hand forgette to play ●f I do not remember thee let my tongue leaue vnto the roofe of my mouth if I ●oo not remember Ierusalem in all my mirth No doubt when they were captiues ●n Babilon they prayed vnto the Lorde ●ut therefore they wept by the waters of Babilon because they could not visite the Temple of GOD in Ierusalem there to make publique confession of their Faith ●nd openlie to magnifie the name of the God of Iacob And in the same place the Rulers enuying that Daniel should be set ●uer them caused the King to confirme ●nd seale a decrée that Dan. 6.7.10 Whosoeuer should ●ke any peticiō of any other God sauing ●nly of the King for the space of thirtie ●nyes he should be cast into a den of Liōs 〈◊〉 man might thinke it to be but a small ●ffence to abstaine from praying openly or the space of thirty dayes Daniel might ●r so short a time haue prayed to God in ●eart onely or he might haue prayed se●retlie in his bed and in his Closet But he knewe that his whole body was made to glorifie the name of God and therefore when the decrée was published he went into his house and his windowe béeing open in his Chamber towardes Ierusalem he knéeled vpon his knées thrée times a daye and prayed and praysed his God as he had done aforetime He opened the windowe towards the Cittie that all men might sée that he serued the Lord his God not with heart onelie but with the tongue the knées and the whole body Peter denied his maister in mouth But no doubt Math. 26.70 in heart he beléeued in him and he denied him not for feare of loosing his worldlie goodes but for feare of present death not willinglie and of set purpose but through the infirmitie of his flesh because he sawe his Maister forsaken of his fréendes and taken of his enimies and therefore could finde out no other way to saue his lyfe but in heart he styll beléeued in the Lord. Héere some peraduenture may iudge this fault of Peter to be somewhat excusable But moste certainlie it was a wicked and an heinous offence and vnlesse the Lorde had looked vppon him wherby he went foorth and wept bitterly no doubt it had béene to his vtter condemnation and destruction bothe of body and soule Math. 10.33 For our sauiour sayth Who soeuer shall deny me before men him will I also deny before my Father which is in hea●en And it is not sufficient not to deny Christ vnlesse we doo in all places openly confesse him fréely reprooue those which blaspheme his holy name For we are not ●orne to our selues but first to the glorie of God as Christe commaundeth vs To let our lyght so shine before men Math. 5.16 1. Pet. 2.12 4 11. that they may see our good workes and glori●ie our father in heauen And secondlie to ●he edifying of our Brethren and to win them vnto Christe as Paule sayth Ex●ort one another and edifie one another 1. The. 5.11 And Saint Iames sayth If any man hath ●rred from the way Iam. 5.19 and some man hath conuerted him let him knowe that he which hath conuerted a sinner from going a stray out of his way shall saue a soule from death This is the lawe of God in Leuitticus Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart Leuit. 19.17 but thou shalt plainly ●ebuke thy neighbour and suffer him not ●o sinne Where the Lord dooth accoumpt ●t the extréemest hatred that can be to ●atter our neighbours in their sinnes We are cōmaunded by the woord of God ●hat For as much as we are all members of ●he same body in Iesus Christe we should be charitable one to an other and doo good one to an other by all meanes possible Nowe if it be accoumpted charitie to féede the body howe much more is this charitie to féede the soule with holy admonitions and godlie instructions And if we be bounden by the law of God Exod. 23.4 That when wa see our enimies Oxe or Asse going astray we shall bring it home againe Howe much more ought we when we sée the soule of our brother going astray to séeke by all meanes possible to bring it home againe Saint Iohn willeth vs That if any man bring not the doctrine of Christe 1. Ioh. 2.10.11 we receyue him not into our houses neyther byd him God speede for he that biddeth him God speede is pertakar of his euill deedes And therefore if thou heare or sée a man which holdeth any wicked opinions and heresies if thou doo not instruct him to the vttermost of the power but sufferest him to continew in his errour and blindnesse and biddest him God spéede thou art partaker of his wickednesse And if thou heare any man blaspheme the glorious name of Christe if thou doo not saye vnto him Exod 20.7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine Eccl. 23.11 A man that vseth much swearing shall be fylled with wickednesse and the plague of God shall neuer depart from his house Thou art partaker of his iniquitie and the same plague which hangeth ouer him for his blasphemie in speaking the same is due vnto thée for thy silence in hearing For if thou doo not confesse Christe thou doost denie him as our Sauiour sayeth He that is not with mee is against mee Luk. 11.23 and hee that gathereth not hee scattereth And therefore we must euerie one of vs in such manner confesse the Lorde Iesus with our mouthes that by our confession other may be edified and the greater that the assemblie is the more boldnesse should be in our confession There are many of vs which before one or two will paraduenture rebuke a swearer which blasphemeth the name of Christe But if it be in a Feast or in a Banquet or otherwise before many then wée are verie mannerlie and ciuill we dare not speake for feare of offence we accoumpt it a point of modestie to beare with their wickednesse But what is this else but to kéepe the honour of God for holes and préeuie corners and to offer vp sacrifice openlie to the deuill Iohn 12.43 What is this else But to looue

Prince in Quéene Maries tyme they were Protestauntes and nowe they are Papistes that by this meanes they maye not onely séeme vnto the worlde to be holie deuout and singular men but also if any chaunge should come which God forbidde they might happily héereafter liue of the spoyle of theyr Brethren and so come to some preferment and Promotion These maye well bee compared to Gedeons Fléece which Iud. 6.37 when the grounde was wette it was drie and when the ground was drie it was wette So these men when they are among Protestauntes they are Papistes and when they are among Papistes they are Protestauntes and thus they séeke alwayes to be singuler when in déede they are wurse then nothing I say wurse then nothing before God Others there are which are of an other pollicie they will alwayes be of the same Religion with the companie wherein they are present As I haue heard of a certayne Astronomer which on a tyme to deceyue the eyes of the simple people walked vppe and downe in the Stréetes looking vppe into the Skyes as though hee were some learned and profounde Doctour when one asked him what weather it should be he sayde fowle weather when an other asked him in the nexte stréete he aunswered fayre weather On the next day when the weather prooued in deede to be fowle then came he to him to whome he had foretold that it should be fayre and sayd Maister Doctor you were deceyued yesterday you sayd it should be fayre weather and nowe it prooueth contrarie The Astronomer aunswered Oh I did but iest with you but aske what I sayde to such a man in such a stréete Euen so these pollitique Religious men keepe alwayes two tongues in their heades that which goeth against them that is in iest and that which bringeth any profite to them that is in earnest These are like their graundfather the deuill 2. Cor. 11.14 which to deceyue an other can turne them selues into Angelles of lyght When they come into any daunger then will they saye we are conformable men we come to the Church we receyue the Sacrament we obserue our Princes Lawes we obeye Iniunctions we followe orders we are as good Subiectes as any can be But if they come amongste theyr fellowes and others of their owne crew Then they stomacke and skorne at the preaching of the Gospell they gybe and scoffe at the dooinges of the godlie and learned they whisper of straunge newes and gape for theyr golden daye they deride and mocke the simpler sorte of the professours of Gods woorde they defend and maintayne their grosse errors and superstitious opinions they crie the Popes day againe in euerie corner These maye peraduenture deceyue the eyes of men but God is not deceyued with any Sophistrie These are lyke Camaelions which can turne them selues into euerie cullour sauing white and be all thinges but what they shoulde be These carie two faces vnder one hoode lyke Ia●s two hearts in one body lyke Magus two tongues in one heade lyke Iudas These are the chyldren of this world Luk. 16.8 Math. 10.16 which are wiser in their generation then the chyldren of lyght They are not as Christe woulde haue them Wise as Serpentes and symple as Dooues which haue godly simplicitie ioyned with their wisedome but they are subtill Serpentes 2. Cor. 11.3 of the olde Serpent the Deuill they are not as Paule would haue them wise to that which is good Rom. 16.19 but simple to that which is euill But as Ieremie sayeth Ier. 4.22 To doo mischeefe they are wise enough but to doo well they are starke fooles These confesse the name of Christe as the Herodians called him Maister but they holde on their purpose Math. 22.16 to séeke to snare him and persecute him in his members they seeme to be desirous of the knowledge of Christe but it is with the minde of Herode who sayde to the wise men Goe and search dilligentlie for the Babe Math. 2.8 and when ye haue found him bring me woorde againe that I may come also and worshippe him When as the Foxe did purpose nothing else but to deuoure the chylde Iesus and murder our Lorde and Sauiour Mark 10.17 The young man which came running vnto Christe confessed him to be his Maister when he sayde Good Maister what shall I doo to possesse eternall lyfe But he would neither obey his commaundement nor take vp his Crosse follow him Iudas confessed Christe with his mouth when he sayd Maister Maister Mark 14.44.45 and kissed him But with the same mouth he sayde He it is take him and leade him away But the confession of a true Christian Math. 15 8. must procéede from a pure and constaunt heart not openlie to confesse the name of Christe and secretlie to betray him 2. Tim. 3.5 not to honour him with our lippes our hearts beeing farre from him not to haue a shew of godlinesse and in déede to denie the power thereof There are many of these which beare a shew and countenaunce for a tyme which if the daye of triall doo once come wyll eyther forsake the Apostle and embrace this present world with Demas 2. Tim. 4.10.14 Gen. 4.8 Luk. 22.5 or worke Paule much euill with Alexander the Coppersmith I praye God they doo not murder with Caine or sell with Iudas There are an other sorte of pollitique and worldly wise men which will professe no faith at all but kéepe their Religion secrete vnto them selues But they must learne out of this text of saint Paul to cast away all care and desire of worldly promotion also all feare of daunger losse death or of any trouble whatsoeuer and fréelie with the mouth to confesse the Lord Iesus For otherwise howsoeuer they thinke it a prayse to be close men and to keepe their Religion secrete vnto them selues yet where they thinke they hide them selues most there they lay widest open their shame and where they endeuour to keepe it vnknowen of what Religion they are this their dissembling and close dealing dooth proclaime lowder then with the blast of a Trumpette that they are of no Religion at all before God The last kinde of pollitique men are such as will in deede confesse openlie of what Faith and Religion they are and yet notwithstanding they will kéepe company with the enimies of the Gospell and ioyne them selues to them in the league of amity and fréendship in hope that heereafter if any trouble or pesecution doo come they may receyue some comfort by them And thus the wise wicked ●oward hopeth to be entertayned of them which haue consented with him in his vnrighteous dealing not in robbing a earthly Maister of a fewe measures of Oyle or Wheate but in robbing the Lord of heauen Luk 16.4.5 of his honour and glorie But these are commaunded by the Apostle Paul Rom. 16.17 to auoide those which holde any doctrine contrary to the woord of God