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A06734	A learned and a godly sermon, to be read of all men, but especially for all marryners, captaynes and passengers, which trauell the seas, preached by Iohn Madoxe, maister of arte, and fellow of All soules in Oxforde, at Waymouth and Melcombe regis, a porte in the countrie of Dorsett, the 3. day of October, in the yeere of our Lord. 1581	Madox, Richard, 1546-1583.; Martin, Thomas, d. 1584.	1581 (1581)	STC 17180; ESTC S101892	11,178	36

A Learned and a Godly Sermon to be read of all men but especially for all Marryners Captaynes and Passengers which trauell the Seas preached by Iohn Madoxe Maister of Arte and fellow of All soules in Oxforde at Waymouth and Melcombe regis a Porte in the Countie of Dorsett the 3. day of October in the yeere of our Lord. 1581. Esaiah 55.3 Encline your eares and come vnto me heare and your soules shall liue and I will make an euerlasting couenaunt with you euen the sure mercies of Dauid At London Printed by I. Charlwood To the worshipfull M. Mayor of Waymouth and Melcombe regis in the County of Dorsett and his brethren the Bayliffes and Aldermen of the same Towne Thomas Martin wisheth encrease of grace with the true feare of God WHen I considered with my self worshipful and in the Lord beloued the manifolde and subtile practises with the malignant drifts that the man of sinne his ministers by the suggestiō of Satan doo daily put in vre to bring Gods word being a Lanterne vnto our steps and a light vnto our feete not only into contēpt disliking but also vnto vtter ruine and decay that he may raigne in the temple of mens harts as God alone I could not stay but carefully endeuor my selfe what way best I might diligently as well to supporte and vnderproppe as to promote and aduaunce the same And for that of my selfe I am not so good a labourer in the Lordes Vineyarde as I wish I were yea rather a loyterer as I wish I were not for in truth the good thing that I would doo I doo not the contrary that I would not that doo I yet not I but sinne that beareth sway in me I thought it good to sette abroade in the viewe of the world to the constant comfort and ioy of the Godly and to the griping greefe and sobbing sorrowe of the wicked that short sweete and comfortable sermon which that godly learned and vertuous young man Iohn Madoxe M. of Arte and fellow of all Soules in Oxforde in your hearing preached heere in this Chapell of Melcombe the third of October in the yeere of our Lorde 1581. to all your great comforts That as then in your hearts being by the spirite of God therevnto zealously mooued you dilligently heard him so now the same beeing eftsoones offered vnto you to be perused you may glorifye God in him And that as hee nowe hauing reaped the fruites of his faith is made coheire with his and our Christ in the kingdome of our good God so his good studyes in vertuous exercises not buryed in the pit of obliuion may make him in fame on earth to liue for aye Which sermon as by the author at my mocion was first vvillingly vnto you pronounced and at that time of you thankfully receiued so now vnto you most gladly the same doo I dedicate and so much the rather because you being Marchants and therfore often trauailing the dangerous salt fome may by taking it with you and recording the same learne howe to passe in the acceptable feare of God your idle times at sea to the benefit of your own soules and most of all to the glorye of God So be it Your freende in the Lord to commaunde Thomas Martin Luke 10.18 And when he was entred into the ship his disciples followed him c. O Lord God our strength and refuge which onely doost great miracles thou which art the hope and health of the iust and the defender of thē in the time of trouble thou that buildest thy tabernacles in heauen and hast fastened the ioyntes thereof belowe in the earth which callest the waters of the Sea and powrest them vpon dry lande appease the rage of this tempestious worlde stil the stormes of the flesh and rebuke the wicked spirites which seeke to bring both body and soule vnto shipwracke Aryse Lorde in thy mercy and helpe for wee are hardly distressed set our vessels out of danger that so in safety we may aryue to the wished Hauen which is heauē it selfe the rather to take the land with Christe which is our cheefest cariage then to make shew or sale of any other Merchandize of our owne For all other is nothing in comparison of him in whose name we assemble together humbling our selues and aduauncing his glory who is our life our light and our comfort euen Christ Iesus to whom hee praise power and dominion for euer Amen BEtter a simple Cooke dresse the supper then that the guestes go hungry to bed better spread vp a Canuase sheete then to be quite without a sayle and make no way at all better a small venture in a little Pynasse then to sitte out for naught and to be left quite without a share and so I truste you will thinke that sith this place can not now be so furnished as it should yet better take that it may haue then looke for that it cannot haue assuring you that albeit my cookery bee simple yet will I see that the meate shall bee good and wholsome and albeit my Barke be not stored with shift of Tackell yet shall it bring you to a safe Hauen and albeit the bottome be but small and nothing deepely laden yet shall it share to euery man at least one good lesson They that goe downe to the Sea in shippes and occupy by the great waters these see the workes of the Lorde and his wonders in y e deepe For at his word the stormy winde ariseth and troubleth y e waues therof In as much therefore as thys Towne is placed so nigh the maine that it vseth the Ocean as an handmayde to bring in profit whereby you become well acquainted with all the knackes conditions of the salt Fome how seruicable it is whē it is well pleased what bedlam leges it will fetch when it beginneth to be wanton Therfore haue I chosen this text euen from this Gospell that you may confesse the might and meruailous power of Christe by working such a miracle and also he enstructed howe to order your selues that you may passe the waues without daunger of losse If any man were able to vndertake the safe landing of all your commodities and warrant euery voyage that you make I doubt not but you wold gather about him in a throng and listen to all his wordes and admonitions If therefore the preacher will warrant the safetye of your soules with al the heauenly fraught and spirituall marchandize thereof be not slacke to heare him for it is the better parte it is ware that serueth in a deere yeere yea it enricheth you and all your children Saint Mathewe hauing declared before y e wonders y t Christ wrought vpon the earth not in the wildernes onely where fewe perhaps might be to see them but euen in y e townes and Citties where euery mā might beholde them and not in the Ualleys alone among the people but in the tops of the mountaines among his Disciples

encreased Let vs watche him well to kéepe him awake naye let vs set him to watch and wake and kéepe vs and then will he not once so much as nodde For he that keepeth Israell shall neyther sleepe nor slumber Another good note in the consideration of the person of Christ is this that Christ is a verie good Maister to gouerne the Helme and take him into the Shippe with you and let him be Loades man let him come who euer styres his course whyle Christ is Maister although the tide set on the weather bowe yet the boate shall neuer by sincking to léewarde fall on a wrong coast And whyle Christe is Pilote it shall neyther runne vppon the flattes by mistaking of the channell nor make in against the current by misreckoning of the tydes and therefore be sure to take Christ aboorde with you But howe shall we be sure to haue him with vs Surelie where two or three be gathered togeather in my name there will I be also sayth Christe If therefore you would haue him in your company then gather your selues in his name take your voiage in hand in his feare let the cheefe purpose be first his honour and then a profitable seruice of your Countrey in your calling and then no doubt God will be with you Let your talke be of him and of his woonderfull workes by telling of his saluation from daye to daye Let the elder sort shewe vnto the younger the corners of the world the North and the South and prayse his name that layde the foundations thereof Let them shew the pointes of the Compasse and the store-house of the windes and glorifie him which bringeth them in and out at pleasure Let him take his Starre with the Ballastéelie and shewe howe the howres of the night are descried by the guardes Let him shewe howe the current followeth the fyrst mouing Heauen and howe the tydes be attempered by the Epicicle of the Moone and in euerie thing let him prayse the GOD of heauen which hath created all this for the vse of man To conclude let no filthinesse nor euyll speaking nor backbyting nor blasphemie nor corrupt communication procéede out of your mouthes but that which is good to the vse of edifying that it maye minister grace vnto the hearers and then be sure Christe will be with you as he was with the two Disciples that talked on him in theyr trauaile towarde E●●aus And thus much for the seconde consideration in this Gospell which is the person of Christe whose company bot●e at Sea and at lande wée must chéefelie desyre The last note that I promised was a viewe and consideration of the Myracle wherin I cal you my brethren to witnes which haue béen in some desperate plunges on the water whether it be not a work only appropriate to God that when the stormy winde ariseth and lifteth vp the waues of the Sea when they mount vp to heauen and descend againe into the déepe and heare the horrible rage and rushinges of the byllowes when the vehemencie of the flawe renteth downe the tackle and washeth awaye the labourers from the hatches when they reele too and fro and stagger lyke dronken men and theyr cunning is windie to seeke I report mée then to you whether it bee not a worke bothe of mercie and might to make glad on a suddayne the distressed Soule by turning the storme vnto a caulme and making the waues to bee still by rebuking the winds and the Sea to make all thinges so temperate and so quiet that the Shippe shall slide towarde harborowe as yare as a Pyke Kinges maye boast in the multitude of theyr people and Merchauntes reioyce in theyr ware and theyr money hée thinkes himselfe some body that can commaunde a whole Cittie and hée that hath but a boye to carrie his Swoord and Targette would take skorne to be estéemed of small reckoning The Captaine in a Shippe of warre is a iollie fellowe and thinketh himselfe a lyttle God because hee speaketh prowdlie to the Souldiors and maketh them quayle at the shaking of his lockes because at his woorde the Cannons rattle and the wylde fyre fléeeth through the stifeling smoake the gunnes thunder and spewe out theyr pellettes and the Souldiors muster themselues on the hatches If any be vnrulie hee casteth him ouerboorde or if any be fearefull hee bindes him to the Maste if hée crie aloofe the Helmes man dares not goe roomer and if hée bidde shoote the gunner dares not but giue fyre But let the Prince or the Potentate the King or the Captaine the Merchaunt or the money man saye to the South winde ceasse thy blowing or to the Clowdes holde your selues drie let him bidde the Sunne shyne in a gloomie day and let him shew mée the Starres in a tempestuous night let him commaunde the tyde to staye tyll hée be readie and charge the waters of the Sea to looke smoothlie and then I will saye hée is a Captaine in déede and wyll confesse that hée is woorthy to be honoured and followed And therefore if our Sauiour Christe haue doone and can doo it and dooth it daylie what is hée that wyll grudge to follow so good a Captaine but take héede if wée will followe him wee must fyght vnder him for wée cannot serue bothe God and Mammon It is written of Edgar a King of the Englishe Saxons that walking on the stronde for his recreation at an ebbe so soone as the floodde beganne and he lothe to leave walking hée setteth downe his foote by the water syde and thus began to speake I charge thée thou Sea to staye thy selfe and you byllowes that ye recoyle backe touche not my foote least I be angrie and so thou perishe for the displeasure of the King is death to the Subiect I am thy Soueraigne and Lorde of thy streames and vnder mée thou holdest thy water channell What Dyd the Sea thinke you tremble at his voice or was the floodde quailed to heare him speake no hardelie For had hée not saued himselfe by flight the salte foome would haue washed his tynsell Gowne Which when the King had well espied turning to his Bishops and Nobles that stoode by hée charged them all straightlie not to flatter him thencefoorth with any loftie tytle of power or puissaunce because there was in him no might at all Cyrus King of Persia thought so much of himselfe that because one of his great Horsses was drowned in the ryuer Oetis hée swore in his rage hée would drie it quite vp but yet could not Well the time weareth and I wyll not holde you long The marke that I shoote at is the greatnesse of Christes miracle which not without cause made the Saylers to woonder and to saye among themselues Who is this that hoth the winde and the Sea obey him But nowe to turne this Myracle vnto our profite The Shippe maye well be resembled to a Cittie or common wealth the Windes be those whisperers that styrre vp stryfe and spreade debate betwéene man and man the waues be such ambicious desyres as doo trouble the peace of the Cittie and make mennes mindes inordinatelie to swell in pride in vaineglorie in emulation in debate so wrastling and strugling togeather as one byllowe dasheth against an other which all doo fyll the Cittie with the water of theyr garreboyles shaking it so sore tyll it be readie to sincke againe Surelie where these things doo happen eyther Christ is not at all in that Cittie or else they haue let him fall a sléepe wake him for Gods sake that hee maye styll the tempest or else the whole towne will be in daunger to perishe You knowe the Shyppe maye hull for a whyle in fowle weather and brooke the rough Sea for a season but if the tempest of rage continew without ceasing what hope is there other then either to be supped vp of the wide yeaning waues or to bee carried against a Rocke and so spléeted in sunder Dissention in a Towne is a sore tempest take héede vnlesse Christe caulme it with loue and styll it with agréement what hope remayneth but a pittifull wracke Yea but why should the tyde yéelde ought to the winde or why should not the winds so long strogle for the preheminence tyll the tytle of Soueraigntie be alotted to some one of them God dooth knowe and not I which winde hath most right to blowe and I coulde wishe there were no more bickering tyll that were honestlie tryed I meane I coulde so wishe and so I request euen in Christe that the Shippe bée not troubled with surges of debate whyle the Marriners striue who shall sitte at the Helme If other meanes cannot bée founde which Iwis might if men would bée men yet let the lawe trie the right of the quarell and yet let the Gospell establish the quiet of your hearts Let the controuersie in Gods name be decided by the Lawe but let your conuersation be approued by loue and let that loue be without dissimulation For I can tell you one thing except wée loue one an other wée cannot loue GOD and if wée loue not him howe shall wée looke that he will loue vs. More yet I maye saye somewhat and more particularlie This body of ours is lyke vnto a Shippe wherein the reasonable soule lyke a marriner sayleth this world is naught else but a sea of wickednesse and the prouokementes of the fleshe are tempestuous windes which of our selues wee are not able to asswage which if they be not in tyme appeased will bring vs in daunger to be eaten vp of the Sea and so to make a myserable shipwracke Let vs therefore be sure that Christe be in our shippes yea let his feare be euer before our eyes If that through negligence wee haue let him sléepe yet in tyme I praye you heartelie let vs awake him naye let vs awake him whyle tyme serueth and that with fasting with wéeping with praying and he shall surelie heare vs For he is our fortresse and delyuerer our God shall make caulme all the vnrulie motions of the fleshe that striue against the spirite whether pride or couetousnesse or lust or enuie or whatsoeuer and shall supple vs with the Oyle of his loue and heauenlie grace to him therefore be prayse for euer and euer Amen FINIS Psal. 107.23.24 The diuision generall Roma ●