A treatise of the great and generall daye of iudgement necessarie for euerie Christian that wisheth good successe to his soule, at that great and terirble day. By Henrie Greenwood, Master of Arts, and preacher of the word of God. With an addition of certaine godly prayers the contents appeare in the next page.
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             A treatise of the great and generall daye of iudgement necessarie for euerie Christian that wisheth good successe to his soule, at that great and terirble day. By Henrie Greenwood, Master of Arts, and preacher of the word of God. With an addition of certaine godly prayers the contents appeare in the next page.
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           A
           TREATISE
           of
           the
           great
           and
           generall
           daye
           of
           Iudgement
           :
           Necessarie
           for
           euery
           Christian
           that
           wisheth
           good
           successe
           to
           his
           Soule
           ,
           at
           that
           great
           and
           terrible
           day
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Henrie
             Greenwood
          
           ,
           Master
           of
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Preacher
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           With
           an
           addition
           of
           certaine
           godly
           prayers
           the
           contents
           appeare
           in
           the
           next
           page
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           say
           vnto
           you
           ,
           that
           of
           euery
           idle
           word
           that
           men
           shall
           speak
           ,
           they
           shall
           giue
           account
           therof
           at
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           .
           
             
               Mat.
               12.36
            
             .
          
        
         
      
       
         
         
           The
           contents
           of
           the
           Praiers
           .
        
         
           
             A
             short
             disputation
             betweene
             the
             diuell
             and
             the
             poore
             soule
             of
             a
             christian
             .
          
           
             A
             short
             death-bed
             dialogue
             .
          
           
             A
             praier
             for
             the
             morning
             .
          
           
             A
             praier
             for
             the
             Euening
             .
          
           
             A
             thanksgiuing
             for
             our
             late
             deliuerance
             .
          
           
             A
             prayer
             comprehending
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             last
             iudgement
             .
          
           
             A
             short
             prayer
             of
             purpose
             against
             Sathans
             assaults
             .
          
           
             A
             short
             prayer
             at
             hand
             vpon
             all
             occasions
             .
          
           
             A
             prayer
             for
             all
             sorts
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           ❧
           TO
           THE
           
             Right
             Worshipfull
             ,
             and
          
           my
           very
           good
           friends
           ,
           LESTRANGE
           MORDAVNT
           
             of
             Massingham
             Hall
             ,
             in
          
           the
           County
           of
           Norfolke
           Esquire
           ,
           and
           M●
           MARGARET
           MORDAVNT
           
             his
             louing
             bedfellow
             ,
             Eternall
             welfare
             ,
             and
             euerlasting
          
           happines
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           our
           Lord
           and
           Sauiour
           .
        
         
           BEeing
           earnestlye
           requested
           ,
           and
           often
           intreated
           (
           Righte
           worshippefull
           )
           by
           manye
           of
           my
           good
           friendes
           ,
           to
           putte
           in
           printe
           this
           small
           Treatise
           of
           the
           Generall
           day
           of
           doome
           ,
           which
           I
           lately
           preached
           ,
           and
           in
           publike
           place
           deliuered
           :
           
           I
           haue
           (
           being
           ouercome
           with
           their
           perswasions
           )
           condescended
           to
           their
           earnest
           demaund
           ,
           although
           very
           vnapt
           and
           exceedingly
           vnworthy
           for
           the
           penning
           of
           so
           worthy
           a
           matter
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           haue
           made
           choyse
           (
           crauing
           pardō
           for
           my
           presumption
           herein
           )
           of
           your
           well
           disposed
           worship
           at
           this
           time
           (
           being
           the
           Alpha
           of
           my
           tender
           and
           slender
           endeuours
           )
           to
           sound
           in
           your
           sacred
           cares
           this
           last
           and
           generall
           trumpet
           ,
           &
           to
           dedicate
           to
           your
           worship
           the
           same
           :
           both
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           demonstration
           of
           my
           true
           vnfamed
           ,
           and
           lasting
           thankfulnesse
           to
           your
           benigne
           worship
           ,
           (
           for
           saith
           
             Seneca
             :
             Beneficium
             hominem
             gratū
             semper
             delectat
             ,
             ingratum
             semel
             :
             id
             est
             :
          
           A
           thankfull
           man
           will
           alway
           remember
           a
           benefit
           ,
           but
           an
           vnthankfull
           person
           wil
           soone
           forget
           it
           )
           for
           your
           extraordinary
           Kindnesses
           bestowed
           vpō
           me
           ,
           
             Absque
             vllo
             demerito
          
           ,
           without
           any
           desert
           in
           the
           world
           :
           as
           also
           in
           regard
           
           of
           the
           greate●
           affection
           ,
           good
           deuotion
           ,
           and
           thrice
           welcom
           entertainment
           you
           beare
           to
           diuine
           and
           spiritual
           tractates
           which
           appertain
           to
           the
           euerlasting
           blisse
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           accounting
           thē
           blessed
           which
           bring
           glad
           tidings
           of
           saluation
           .
           I
           desire
           therfore
           
             (
             idque
             more
             humillimo
          
           ,
           in
           most
           submissiue
           māner
           )
           this
           one
           thing
           at
           your
           worships
           hand
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           (
           pardoning
           my
           boldnesse
           )
           vouchsafe
           ,
           
             aequi
             bonique
             consulere
          
           ,
           to
           take
           in
           good
           worth
           this
           simple
           and
           slender
           gift
           .
           Which
           thing
           if
           your
           worship
           shall
           vouchsafe
           to
           doe
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           onely
           be
           an
           incouragement
           to
           my
           future
           proceedings
           ,
           but
           also
           it
           shall
           be
           
             vinculum
             in
             dissolubile
          
           ,
           an
           inuincible
           bond
           to
           tie
           me
           in
           all
           duty
           ,
           &
           in
           al
           loue
           to
           your
           worship
           :
           
             dum
             memor
             ipse
             mei
             ,
             dū
             spiritus
             hos
             regit
             artus
          
           :
           so
           lōg
           as
           life
           shal
           last
           .
           Thus
           hūbly
           taking
           my
           leaue
           of
           your
           good
           worships
           (
           nothing
           doubting
           of
           the
           goodnes
           of
           your
           natures
           
           in
           the
           acceptāce
           of
           these
           my
           first
           presēted
           fruits
           )
           I
           cōmit
           you
           with
           yours
           to
           the
           safe
           protection
           of
           the
           almighty
           ,
           alwaies
           begging
           before
           the
           throne
           of
           his
           moste
           glorious
           Maiesty
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           infuse
           his
           holy
           spirit
           with
           all
           his
           graces
           into
           your
           heartes
           aboundantly
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           worlde
           to
           come
           ,
           crowne
           you
           with
           the
           crowne
           of
           immortall
           glory
           ,
           &
           that
           for
           Christ
           Iesus
           his
           sake
           ,
           our
           Lord
           and
           only
           Sauiour
           ,
           Amē
           .
           From
           Sampford
           Magna
           
             in
             Essex
             ,
             this
             30.
             of
             Aprill
             .
             1606.
             
          
        
         
           
             Your
             Worships
             in
             all
             duty
             for
             euer
             to
             commaund
             .
             
               Henry
               Greenewood
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             A
             Treatise
             of
             the
             Great
          
           and
           general
           day
           of
           Iudgment
           :
           necessary
           for
           euery
           Christian
           that
           
             wisheth
             good
             successe
             to
             his
             soule
             ,
             at
             that
             great
             and
          
           terrible
           day
           .
        
         
           
             
               But
               I
               say
               vnto
               you
               ,
               that
               of
               euery
               idle
               word
               that
               men
               shall
               speake
               ,
               they
               shall
               giue
               an
               account
               thereof
               ,
               at
               the
               day
               of
               ●udgement
               .
            
             
               math
               .
               12.36
               .
            
          
        
         
           MAn
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           corruption
           of
           his
           nature
           ,
           through
           the
           fall
           of
           his
           greate
           Grandfather
           Adam
           (
           who
           was
           the
           foyle
           of
           Mankinde
           ,
           the
           parent
           of
           sinne
           ,
           and
           the
           author
           of
           death
           
           to
           all
           his
           posteritie
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           wee
           were
           all
           
             In
             Iumbis
             Adama
             ,
             
               In
               his
               Ioynes
            
          
           )
           as
           hee
           is
           subiect
           to
           all
           sinnes
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           ,
           so
           is
           hee
           especially
           addicted
           to
           the
           sinne
           of
           securitie
           and
           carelesnesse
           .
           Therefore
           as
           Adam
           sleeping
           securely
           in
           his
           transgression
           ,
           and
           hiding
           himselfe
           from
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Lorde
           behinde
           the
           bush
           ,
           had
           greate
           neede
           of
           that
           watchbell
           from
           God
           (
           to
           rouse
           him
           from
           the
           sleepe
           of
           sinne
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           him
           againe
           vnto
           God
           ,
           
             Adam
             vbi
             es
             ?
             Adam
             
               where
               art
               thou
            
          
           ?
           
           So
           as
           necessary
           for
           euery
           sinful
           Adamite
           (
           to
           raise
           him
           vp
           from
           the
           sleepe
           of
           sinne
           ,
           wherein
           hee
           was
           borne
           )
           is
           this
           notable
           Memento
           ,
           this
           worthy
           rehearsall
           of
           the
           great
           and
           terrible
           day
           of
           doome
           .
           
             But
             I
             say
             vnto
             you
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           wordes
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           ,
           spoken
           to
           the
           scribes
           and
           pharisees
           (
           who
           would
           not
           beleeue
           that
           be
           wrought
           this
           miracles
           by
           the
           powrful
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           slanderously
           and
           contemptuously
           tolde
           him
           to
           his
           face
           ▪
           (
           
             that
             hee
             did
             cast
             out
             diuels
             through
             Beelzebubs
             name
             .
          
           
           are
           as
           much
           in
           effect
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           on
           this
           manner
           :
           It
           
           account
           must
           be
           rendered
           at
           the
           daye
           of
           Iudgement
           of
           euery
           idle
           word
           that
           men
           shall
           speake
           ,
           then
           much
           more
           of
           blaspheamous
           wordes
           :
           
             But
             I
             say
             vnto
             you
             that
             of
             euery
             idle
             worde
             that
             men
             shal
             speak
             ,
             they
             shall
             giue
             account
             therof
             at
             the
             general
             day
             of
             Iudgement
             :
             Ergo
          
           much
           more
           of
           blasphemous
           wordes
           as
           yours
           are
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           that
           
             I
             cast
             out
             diuels
             through
             the
             name
             of
             Beelzebub
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           these
           words
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           are
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           true
           proposition
           and
           sound
           argument
           drawne
           
             A
             minore
             ad
             maius
          
           ,
           whereby
           Christ
           doth
           prooue
           the
           greatnes
           of
           punishment
           that
           should
           befall
           the
           blaspheamous
           Pharisees
           ,
           in
           regarde
           of
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           they
           re
           sinne
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           portion
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           fowre
           things
           necessarily
           must
           be
           considered
           .
        
         
           
             1
             The
             persons
             that
             must
             giue
             account
             ,
             who
             they
             bee
             .
          
           
             2
             Of
             what
             things
             these
             persons
             must
             giue
             an
             account
             .
          
           
             3
             To
             whome
             must
             this
             account
             bee
             giuen
             .
          
           
             
             4
             When
             this
             account
             must
             bee
             giuen
             .
          
        
         
           
           1
           The
           persons
           that
           muste
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           they
           are
           expressed
           in
           this
           text
           in
           general
           ,
           to
           be
           mē
           .
           
             That
             men
             shall
             speake
          
           .
           Men
           ,
           yea
           all
           men
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           as
           wee
           may
           reade
           in
           the
           Epistle
           of
           Saint
           Paule
           ,
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           :
        
         
           
           
             VVee
             must
             all
             appeare
             before
             the
             tribunall
             seat
             of
             Christe
             ,
             that
             euery
             man
             may
             receiue
             according
             to
             his
             works
             .
          
           All
           men
           none
           excepted
           ,
           of
           euery
           age
           ,
           of
           euery
           sex
           ,
           and
           of
           euery
           nation
           ,
           ritch
           and
           poore
           ,
           Princes
           and
           common
           people
           ,
           noble
           and
           ignoble
           ,
           all
           that
           haue
           beene
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           worlde
           ,
           and
           shall
           bee
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           shall
           appeare
           before
           Christs
           Iudgement
           seat
           ,
           and
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           euery
           one
           for
           himselfe
           to
           God
           :
           
           For
           ;
           
             It
             it
             is
             appointed
             vnto
             men
             once
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             commeth
             iudgment
             ,
          
           As
           it
           is
           therfore
           most
           sure
           ,
           that
           al
           men
           must
           die
           so
           it
           is
           sure
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           most
           come
           to
           iudgment
           .
        
         
           
           This
           is
           the
           seuenth
           article
           of
           our
           faith
           to
           beleeue
           :
           
             that
             Christ
             shall
             come
             from
             heauen
             to
             iudge
             the
             quick
             and
             the
             dead
          
           :
           
           by
           the
           deade
           ,
           all
           those
           are
           to
           bee
           vnderstoode
           that
           shall
           bee
           found
           dead
           at
           the
           second
           comming
           of
           Christ
           :
           by
           the
           quicke
           ,
           all
           those
           are
           to
           bee
           vnderstoode
           ,
           that
           shall
           bee
           found
           liuing
           at
           that
           his
           second
           comming
           .
           Augustine
           in
           his
           Enchirioson
           to
           Laurentius
           ,
           
           
             chapter
             55.
          
           sayth
           ,
           
             that
             this
             article
             may
             bee
             expounded
             two
             wayes
             :
             eyther
             by
             the
             dead
          
           (
           sayth
           be
           )
           
             may
             be
             meant
             those
             that
             shall
             be
             found
             corporally
             dead
             :
             &
             by
             the
             quicke
             ,
             those
             that
             shall
             be
             found
             corporally
             liuing
             at
             Christs
             comming
             :
             or
          
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           
             by
             the
             dead
             may
             bee
             meant
             those
             ,
             that
             bee
             dead
             in
             sinne
             ,
          
           according
           to
           that
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Matthew
           :
           
           
             Let
             the
             dead
             bury
             their
             dead
          
           :
           and
           by
           the
           quicke
           ,
           those
           that
           be
           dead
           to
           sinne
           ,
           and
           liuing
           by
           faith
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Prophet
           
             Abacucke
             :
             
               the
               iust
               shall
               liue
               by
               faith
            
          
           .
           
           But
           this
           exposition
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           the
           simplicity
           of
           the
           Creed
           :
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           godly
           and
           the
           wicked
           shall
           come
           to
           iudgement
           :
           for
           by
           the
           power
           of
           Christ
           all
           men
           shall
           be
           raised
           vp
           :
           the
           holy
           Angels
           with
           the
           greate
           sound
           of
           a
           Trumpet
           shal
           be
           sent
           forth
           into
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           
           
           and
           they
           shall
           gather
           togither
           the
           elect
           ,
           from
           the
           fowre
           quarters
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           from
           one
           end
           of
           the
           heauen
           to
           the
           other
           :
           Then
           shall
           Christ
           separate
           the
           electe
           from
           the
           reprobates
           ,
           
           the
           wheate
           from
           the
           Tares
           ,
           the
           come
           from
           the
           cheffe
           ,
           the
           Lambes
           from
           the
           Contes
           ,
           the
           iust
           from
           the
           vniust
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           you
           see
           that
           the
           godly
           and
           the
           wicked
           ,
           yea
           all
           men
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           shall
           appeare
           before
           Christs
           tribunall
           seate
           ,
           and
           giue
           an
           accounte
           of
           themselues
           ,
           and
           for
           themselues
           to
           the
           terrible
           Iudge
           .
        
         
           
           Ob.
           Som
           not
           withstanding
           may
           obiect
           against
           this
           doctrin
           deliuered
           ,
           and
           say
           :
           as
           it
           to
           in
           
             Iohn
             ,
             
               That
               bee
               that
               beleeueth
               in
               Christ
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               iudged
               ,
               or
               shall
               not
               come
               into
               iudgement
            
          
           :
           and
           so
           by
           consequence
           all
           men
           shall
           not
           bee
           iudged
           .
        
         
           Ans
           .
           To
           which
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           iudgment
           in
           that
           place
           of
           Iohn
           ,
           
           (
           as
           in
           many
           other
           places
           of
           sacred
           scriptures
           )
           is
           taken
           for
           condemnation
           :
           in
           which
           sense
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           bee
           that
           beleeueth
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           ingrafted
           
           into
           Christ
           by
           a
           true
           and
           aliuely
           faith
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           flesh
           of
           his
           flesh
           ,
           &
           bone
           of
           his
           bone
           ,
           one
           with
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Christ
           with
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           spirituall
           coniunction
           of
           the
           Church
           with
           CHRIST
           ,
           this
           party
           shall
           not
           come
           into
           iudgement
           ,
           
             s●●l
             .
             Condemnationis
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           Condemnation
           ,
           in
           iudgement
           he
           shall
           not
           bee
           confounded
           ,
           condemned
           ,
           or
           ouerthrowne
           :
           but
           he
           shall
           come
           
             in
             iudicium
             absolutionis
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Into
             the
             iudgement
             of
             absolution
          
           :
           In
           iudgement
           hee
           shall
           stand
           out
           ,
           hauing
           on
           the
           white
           Robe
           of
           Christs
           righteousnesse
           ,
           and
           beeing
           couered
           with
           the
           wedding
           garment
           of
           Regeneration
           .
           The
           trueth
           of
           which
           doctrine
           the
           Preacher
           affirmeth
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             GOD
             will
             iudge
             the
             iust
             and
             the
             vniust
             .
          
           
           The
           iust
           vnto
           saluation
           ,
           and
           the
           vniust
           to
           damnation
           .
        
         
           Seing
           then
           that
           all
           must
           be
           brought
           to
           iudgement
           ,
           let
           no
           man
           thinke
           with
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           possible
           for
           him
           to
           escape
           this
           dreadfull
           day
           :
           
           whither
           shall
           hee
           flie
           from
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Lord
           ?
        
         
           
             If
             he
             ascendeth
             vp
             to
             heauē
             ,
             God
             is
             there
             :
             
             if
             hee
             goe
             downe
             to
             hell
             ,
             God
             is
             there
             also
             :
             if
             he
             take
             the
             wings
             of
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             she
             to
             the
             vttermost
             parts
             of
             the
             sea
             ,
             God
             will
             finde
             him
             out
             there
             also
             :
          
           For
           God
           is
           euery
           where
           :
           hee
           is
           in
           heauen
           by
           his
           glory
           :
           hee
           is
           vppon
           the
           earth
           by
           his
           mercy
           ,
           hee
           is
           in
           hell
           by
           his
           iustice
           :
           God
           is
           
             vbique
             &
             nulquam
          
           :
           he
           is
           euery
           where
           by
           his
           power
           and
           wisedome
           ,
           but
           no
           where
           in
           respect
           of
           circumscription
           of
           place
           ,
           being
           a
           spirit
           .
           In
           earthly
           and
           terrestriall
           courts
           ,
           a
           man
           may
           haue
           his
           proctor
           ;
           but
           then
           wee
           must
           
             (
             volentes
             nolentes
             ,
             
               whether
               wee
               will
               or
               no
            
          
           )
           personally
           appeare
           and
           pleade
           for
           our selues
           .
        
         
           In
           terrestriall
           courts
           ,
           bribes
           many
           times
           blind
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           wise
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           little
           greasing
           the
           fist
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           many
           times
           small
           faults
           ,
           nay
           (
           by
           your
           leaue
           )
           greate
           and
           scandalous
           crimes
           may
           be
           winked
           at
           :
           but
           at
           this
           great
           court
           of
           heauen
           ,
           the
           Iudge
           will
           not
           be
           partial
           to
           any
           :
           for
           
             God
             hath
             no
             respect
             of
             persons
             :
          
           
           hee
           will
           execute
           iust
           iudgement
           vpon
           all
           men
           :
           as
           the
           Psalmographer
           speaketh
           :
           
             VVith
             righteousnes
             
             will
             be
             iudge
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             with
             equitle
             .
          
           Bribes
           ,
           friends
           ,
           intreaties
           ,
           bowlings
           ,
           cries
           ,
           lamentations
           ,
           nothing
           wil
           then
           preuaile
           ,
           but
           a
           pure
           heart
           ,
           and
           a
           spirits
           vpright
           :
           yea
           the
           damned
           in
           Hell
           confesse
           the
           same
           :
           a
           
             quid
             profuit
             nobis
             superbia
             ?
             quid
             diuitiarū
             copia
             ?
             
               what
               hath
               pride
               profited
               vs
               ?
               or
               what
               hath
               the
               pomp
               of
               riches
               done
               vs
               good
               ?
            
          
           alas
           these
           cannot
           saue
           our
           soules
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           Atheist
           therfore
           mock
           God
           neuer
           to
           blasphemously
           :
           
           let
           the
           Sadduces
           brag
           of
           no
           resurrection
           ,
           no
           Angel
           ,
           no
           spirit
           ,
           neuer
           so
           schismatically
           :
           let
           the
           Epicure
           slug
           that
           cursed
           Epitaph
           of
           Sardanapalus
           neuer
           so
           beastly
           ,
           
             Ede
             ,
             lude
             ,
             bibe
             ,
             charum
             ,
             praesētibus
             exple
             delicijs
             animū
             :
             post
             martem
             nulla
             voluptas
             :
          
           that
           is
           
             Eat
             ,
             drink
             ,
             play
             ,
             be
             merry
             ,
             live
             in
             al
             kind
             of
             plesure
             ,
             for
             after
             death
             there
             is
             no
             pleasure
             .
          
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           let
           all
           these
           miserable
           wretches
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           wil
           come
           a
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           a
           dismal
           day
           ,
           wherin
           they
           shall
           giue
           an
           account
           of
           euery
           idle
           word
           .
           Alas
           lamentable
           world
           ,
           that
           men
           shoulde
           thus
           murther
           their
           dearest
           darlings
           ,
           
           I
           meane
           their
           soules
           ,
           which
           Christe
           hath
           holden
           so
           dear
           :
           that
           men
           should
           with
           
             Esau
             
               sel
               their
               birthright
            
             ,
          
           
           and
           heritage
           of
           heauē
           ,
           for
           a
           messe
           of
           pottage
           of
           worldy
           pleasure
           :
           that
           men
           shoulde
           delight
           in
           wallowing
           (
           
             with
             the
             sow
             )
             in
             the
             myre
          
           of
           sin
           ,
           
           and
           (
           
             with
             the
             dog
             )
             in
             swallowing
             the
             vomit
             of
             iniquity
             :
          
           &
           so
           purchase
           to
           their
           souls
           and
           bodies
           euerlasting
           torment
           in
           the
           lake
           vnquenchable
           :
           whereas
           they
           should
           aboue
           all
           things
           seeke
           the
           kingdome
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           righteousnesse
           therof
           ,
           that
           they
           mighte
           haue
           heauenly
           mansions
           at
           the
           great
           day
           of
           account
           .
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therfore
           bewayle
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           this
           world
           &
           lament
           the
           iniquity
           of
           these
           dates
           :
           least
           it
           bee
           saide
           of
           vs
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           carelesse
           and
           gracelesse
           Christian
           ,
           
             Cadit
             afina
             ,
             &
             est
             qui
             sublenet
             ,
             perist
             anima
             ,
             &
             nonest
             quirecogitat
             :
             
               If
               an
               asse
               falleth
               vnder
               his
               burthen
               ,
               there
               be
               some
               that
               will
               diligently
               helpe
               it
               vp
               againe
               :
               but
               if
               a
               soule
               perish
               ,
               no
               man
               regardeth
               it
               .
            
          
           Men
           are
           like
           the
           horse
           ,
           asse
           ,
           &
           mule
           that
           haue
           no
           vnderstanding
           :
           the
           more
           
           is
           the
           good
           mans
           griefe
           .
           
             Dauid
             
               his
               eyes
               gushed
               out
               into
               riuers
               of
               water
               ,
            
          
           
           
             because
             men
             kept
             not
             gods
             law
             .
          
           The
           prophet
           Ieremy
           crieth
           out
           on
           this
           māner
           ▪
           
             My
             belly
             ,
             my
             belly
             ,
             I
             am
             payned
             euen
             at
             the
             heart
          
           ;
           
           
             I
             cannot
             be
             quiet
             becaus
             my
             people
             is
             a
             foolish
             people
             ,
             they
             are
             wife
             to
             do
             euill
             ,
             but
             to
             doe
             well
             ,
             they
             haue
             no
             knowledge
             ,
          
        
         
           That
           godly
           Matrone
           Monica
           sai●
           Augustine
           mother
           wayte
           daily
           ,
           
           and
           prayed
           for
           her
           sonne
           a
           conuersion
           ;
           for
           hee
           was
           before
           his
           conuersion
           a
           Manich●e
           .
        
         
           So
           likewise
           it
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           euery
           Christian
           to
           desire
           the
           conuersion
           of
           their
           brethren
           ,
           and
           to
           bewaile
           their
           wretched
           estates
           .
        
         
           Sinne
           neuer
           more
           than
           in
           these
           our
           dais
           of
           the
           gospel
           ,
           aboūded
           :
           the
           gretest
           part
           of
           the
           world
           at
           Sathauists
           diuels
           in
           conuersation
           ,
           worshippers
           of
           the
           vgly
           beast
           
             that
             hath
             seuē
             heads
             &
             ten
             horns
             ,
          
           whose
           badge
           is
           blasphemy
           :
           
           of
           that
           dāned
           serpēt
           ,
           
             the
             prince
             of
             the
             air
          
           :
           the
           grād
           enemy
           of
           mankind
           ,
           that
           goeth
           vp
           and
           down
           like
           a
           roaring
           lion
           seeking
           whom
           he
           may
           deuoure
           .
           
           Yea
           
           Saint
           Iohn
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             Whatsoeuer
             is
             in
             the
             world
          
           ,
           
           
             is
             either
             the
             cōcupiscence
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             or
             the
             concupiscence
             of
             the
             eye
             ,
             or
             the
             pride
             of
             life
             :
             
               hac
               tria
               pro
               trino
               numine
               mundus
               habet
               :
            
          
           this
           is
           
             The
             Trinity
             which
             the
             world
             doth
             worship
             :
          
           In
           stead
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           God
           the
           Sonne
           ,
           &
           God
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           :
           the
           world
           doth
           worship
           the
           diuel
           ,
           the
           world
           and
           the
           flesh
           :
           the
           concupiscence
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           carnall
           l●turye
           :
           the
           concupiscence
           of
           the
           eye
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           worldly
           couetousnesse
           &
           eche
           pri●
           of
           life
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           diuelish
           ambition
           .
        
         
           The
           way
           to
           hell
           is
           abroad
           &
           a
           wide
           way
           ,
           &
           whole
           multitudes
           walk
           in
           the
           same
           :
           but
           few
           there
           be
           that
           can
           finde
           out
           the
           narrow
           way
           of
           an●m●t
           of
           life
           :
           the
           Heathen
           man
           could
           say
           this
           :
           
             Plurima
             pessima
             :
             
               the
               most
               are
               the
               worst
            
          
           :
           
           
             preciosa
             non
             sunt
             numer●sa
             ,
             
               good
               mē
               are
               od
               men
            
          
           :
           Wasps
           and
           hornets
           swarm
           ,
           but
           few
           painfull
           bees
           are
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           the
           treasure
           vp
           the
           hony
           of
           good
           works
           in
           the
           hiue
           of
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           come
           laden
           home
           with
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           Virgil
           writeth
           of
           the
           Bees
           :
           
             At
             fessamulta
             referuns
             se
             nocte
             minores
             ,
             crura
             thymo
             plena
             .
          
           
           No
           maruail
           therfore
           ,
           if
           Dauid
           cried
           out
           to
           the
           Lord
           for
           help
           in
           his
           daies
           :
           saying
           :
           
             Helpe
             Lot●
             ,
             helpe
          
           ,
           
           
             for
             good
             and
             godly
             men
             decay
             .
          
           The
           world
           therfore
           may
           be
           compared
           to
           the
           earth
           .
           
        
         
           Aske
           the
           earth
           ,
           &
           it
           will
           tell
           thee
           ,
           that
           it
           doth
           affordé
           much
           matter
           for
           base
           pets
           ,
           but
           very
           little
           stuffe
           for
           Golde
           :
           ask
           the
           Gardner
           and
           he
           will
           tell
           thee
           that
           he
           hath
           more
           Nettles
           than
           Rases
           ,
           more
           Weeds
           than
           flowers
           ,
           more
           ●rambles
           than
           Vy●
           :
           you
           aske
           thine
           owne
           conscience
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           tell
           thee
           ,
           
           that
           there
           is
           
             Magna
             pl●itudo
             hominum
             ,
             sed
             magna
             solisudo
             homorum
             :
             id
             est
             ,
             
               there
               is
               a
               great
               plenty
               of
               men
               ,
               but
               there
               is
               a
               greate
               scarcity
               of
               goodmen
               .
            
          
           A
           good
           man
           is
           a
           Phenix
           ,
           he
           is
           
             Rara
             anis
             in
             terris
          
           ,
           
           
             nigro●ua
             ●llima
             cyg●i
             
               A
               rare
               bird
               ,
               a
               blacke
               ●an
            
          
           .
           Wee
           haue
           many
           couetous
           Chur●s
           that
           will
           (
           with
           the
           foole
           in
           the
           Gospell
           )
           commend
           their
           soules
           to
           Plutus
           that
           was
           colled
           of
           the
           b●athen
           ,
           
             Deus
             diuitia●
             ,
             
               The
               god
               of
               riches
            
          
           ;
           but
           more
           ●ly
           he
           is
           
             D●mon
             diuitiarum
             ,
             
               the
               diuell
               ●f
               riches
            
          
           :
           and
           thinke
           themselues
           safe
           when
           they
           haue
           spoken
           peace
           to
           their
           
           souls
           on
           this
           manner
           :
           
           
             Soule
             take
             thy
             rest
             ,
             for
             thou
             hast
             goods
             laid
             vp
             for
             many
             daies
          
           :
           making
           their
           chest
           their
           heauen
           ,
           and
           their
           pictures
           their
           GOD.
           Wee
           haue
           many
           Achabs
           ,
           Tyrannicall
           extortioners
           ,
           deuourers
           of
           their
           brethren
           ,
           eating
           them
           vp
           like
           bread
           .
           Many
           adulterers
           ,
           as
           appereth
           by
           the
           great
           number
           of
           Bastardes
           in
           this
           Realme
           .
        
         
           Many
           rebellious
           traytors
           and
           Antichristian
           conspirators
           ;
           as
           did
           appeare
           the
           last
           Nouember
           .
        
         
           Many
           conceyted
           Herodes
           ,
           many
           proude
           Nebuchadne●rs
           ,
           and
           many
           vaine
           glorious
           I●bels
           ,
           many
           swearers
           ,
           forswearers
           ,
           drunhardes
           ,
           mocks-go●s
           ,
           many
           wee
           haue
           (
           in
           a
           worde
           )
           damned
           belboundes
           ,
           cursed
           ce●tifes
           ,
           and
           most
           miserable
           miscre●ts
        
         
           How
           little
           doe
           these
           lamentable
           wretches
           think
           of
           〈…〉
           of
           accoun●
           how
           little
           do
           they
           imagin
           of
           that
           ●ofull
           sentence
           ,
           
             Goe
             from
             me
             ye
             cursed
             &c.
          
           the
           Lorde
           grant
           to
           all
           men
           (
           on●
           with
           another
           )
           his
           grace
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           haue
           this
           Scripture
           alway
           sas●ding
           
           in
           their
           eares
           .
           
             Of
             euery
             idle
             word
             that
             men
             shall
             speake
             ,
             they
             shall
             giue
             an
             account
             thereof
             at
             the
             daye
             of
             iudgement
             .
          
        
         
           The
           consideration
           of
           this
           last
           day
           made
           Ierome
           afraide
           to
           offend
           :
           
             Whether
             I
             eate
             or
             drinke
          
           (
           sayth
           hee
           )
           
             or
             whatsoeuer
             I
             doe
             else
          
           ,
           
           
             me
             thinks
             I
             heare
             this
             saying
             sounding
             in
             myne
             eares
             ,
             Arise
             ye
             dead
             ,
             and
             com
             to
             iudgement
          
           :
           The
           which
           when
           I
           consider
           ,
           it
           makes
           mee
           quake
           and
           shake
           ,
           and
           not
           dare
           to
           committ
           sinne
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           I
           shoulde
           haue
           committed
           .
        
         
           O
           that
           men
           woulde
           remember
           their
           ende
           ,
           then
           they
           should
           neuer
           offend
           :
           O
           that
           men
           woulde
           alwayes
           set
           before
           their
           eyes
           the
           
             quatno●
             nonissima
          
           :
           the
           day
           of
           death
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           ,
           the
           ioys
           of
           heauē
           and
           the
           torments
           of
           hel
           :
           then
           would
           not
           men
           liue
           so
           loosely
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           with
           al
           diligence
           worke
           out
           their
           saluation
           with
           feare
           and
           exembling
           :
           the
           which
           care
           of
           godlinesse
           the
           lord
           grant
           to
           al
           men
           Thus
           much
           shal
           suffice
           for
           this
           first
           part
           of
           this
           Scripture
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
           for
           the
           parties
           that
           shall
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           who
           they
           be
           ,
           namely
           all
           men
           whatsoeuer
           .
           
             But
             I
             say
             vnto
             you
             that
             of
             euery
             idle
             word
             that
             men
             shall
             speake
             ,
             they
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             2
             Of
             what
             things
             must
             we
             giue
             an
             account
             .
          
        
         
           There
           must
           an
           account
           be
           made
           of
           many
           ,
           yea
           of
           things
           innumerable
           ,
           but
           especially
           of
           these
           fiue
           .
        
         
           1
           Of
           the
           thoughts
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           Salomō
           ,
           
           
             there
             shall
             inquisition
             be
             made
             for
             the
             thoughts
             of
             the
             vngodly
             ,
             there
             shall
             not
             a
             wicked
             thought
             passe
             in
             iudgement
             .
          
        
         
           If
           Adam
           had
           committed
           but
           one
           disobedient
           thought
           in
           heart
           against
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           with
           full
           consent
           of
           will
           to
           haue
           performed
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           though
           be
           had
           not
           actually
           broken
           Gods
           commaundement
           :
           it
           was
           necessarie
           that
           the
           se●
           Adam
           (
           who
           is
           a
           rayser
           of
           our
           ruins
           ,
           the
           ransom
           for
           our
           offences
           ,
           and
           the
           restorer
           of
           life
           )
           shold
           come
           ,
           and
           suffer
           the
           cortures
           of
           hel
           [
           as
           he
           did
           ]
           or
           els
           we
           with
           Adam
           had
           gone
           the
           high
           way
           to
           eternall
           〈◊〉
           .
           No
           marualle
           therfore
           if
           our
           Sauiour
           
           Christ
           accounted
           him
           an
           adulterer
           ,
           that
           lusted
           after
           a
           woman
           ,
           saying
           .
           
             VVhosoeuer
             looketh
             on
             a
             woman
             to
             lust
             after
             her
             ,
          
           
           
             hath
             committed
             adultery
             with
             her
             already
             in
             his
             heart
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           malicious
           nature
           of
           the
           diuel
           [
           as
           saith
           
             Barnard
             ]
             
               to
               in●ise
               mē
               to
               mischiefe
            
             :
             Damorum
             est
             mala
             suggerere
             ,
          
           
           
             nostrum
             est
             nō
             consentire
             .
             
               It
               is
               the
               property
               of
               the
               diuel
               to
               intice
               and
               suggest
               men
               to
               euill
               ,
               &
               it
               is
               our
               partes
               ,
               not
               to
               consent
               to
               his
               inticements
            
          
           ,
           but
           to
           resist
           them
           māfully
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           Peter
           .
           b.
           
             VVhō
             resist
             ye
             stedfast
             in
             faith
             .
          
           The
           diuell
           outwardly
           by
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           inwardly
           by
           the
           corruptiō
           of
           our
           nature
           ,
           doth
           daily
           allure
           vs
           to
           sinne
           :
           Now
           if
           we
           consent
           to
           those
           his
           wicked
           motions
           [
           whether
           wee
           performe
           them
           outwardly
           in
           art
           ,
           yea
           or
           no
           ]
           before
           God
           wee
           haue
           committed
           the
           sinne
           :
           according
           to
           that
           of
           
             Iohn
             ▪
          
           a.
           
             He
             that
             hateth
             his
             brother
             is
             a
             manslayer
          
           :
           because
           in
           will
           ,
           in
           wish
           ,
           and
           in
           desire
           be
           hath
           already
           slaine
           him
           ,
           although
           be
           doth
           not
           bring
           it
           into
           outward
           act
           ,
           either
           for
           feare
           of
           the
           lawe
           of
           man
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           or
           for
           want
           of
           iust
           and
           ●e
           oportunity
           for
           the
           effecting
           
           therof
           .
           Yea
           the
           sin
           of
           thought
           ,
           the
           sin
           conceiued
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           a
           sin
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           the
           roote
           &
           beginning
           of
           all
           sins
           whatsoeuer
           :
           for
           it
           is
           not
           that
           which
           goeth
           into
           man
           ,
           
           that
           defileth
           him
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           cōmeth
           out
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           which
           procedeth
           from
           the
           heart
           of
           man.
           
        
         
           The
           Diuell
           first
           suggesteth
           after
           suggestion
           ,
           
           commeth
           cogitatiō
           :
           after
           cogitation
           followeth
           affection
           :
           after
           affection
           ,
           followeth
           delectation
           :
           after
           delectatiō
           followeth
           consent
           :
           (
           Now
           is
           the
           sin
           of
           thought
           fully
           cōmitted
           :
           )
           after
           consent
           ,
           followeth
           operation
           :
           after
           operation
           foloweth
           custom
           after
           custom
           followeth
           desperation
           :
           after
           desperation
           followeth
           defending
           of
           sins
           committed
           after
           defending
           of
           sinnes
           committed
           ,
           followeth
           vaunting
           ,
           boasting
           ,
           and
           glorying
           in
           sinne
           ,
           which
           is
           next
           to
           damnation
           it selfe
           :
           thus
           the
           heart
           is
           the
           fountain
           ,
           from
           whence
           springeth
           all
           sinne
           whatsoeuer
           .
        
         
           Yet
           haue
           wee
           not
           many
           wicked
           ones
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           that
           think
           the
           sin
           of
           heart
           eye
           her
           to
           ●ee
           no
           sinne
           at
           all
           ,
           
           or
           else
           ,
           but
           asmall
           sin
           ,
           that
           shall
           neuer
           bee
           broughte
           in
           question
           at
           the
           day
           of
           accoūt
           ?
           But
           let
           al
           these
           know
           ,
           that
           as
           of
           euery
           idle
           word
           ,
           so
           of
           euery
           wicked
           and
           sinful
           thought
           conceiued
           and
           nourished
           within
           the
           hearte
           of
           man
           ,
           with
           full
           consent
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           same
           (
           for
           there
           is
           no
           sinne
           that
           can
           be
           committed
           without
           consent
           had
           )
           men
           ,
           yea
           all
           men
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           .
        
         
           I
           giue
           all
           men
           therefore
           (
           to
           the
           good
           of
           their
           soules
           )
           this
           good
           counsell
           of
           
             Salomon
             ,
             
               Keepe
               thyne
               heart
               with
               all
               diligence
            
          
           ,
           
           
             for
             thereout
             commeth
             life
             :
             if
             thou
             keepest
             it
             not
             diligently
             and
             warily
             ,
             therout
             wil
             proceed
             death
          
           ▪
           I
           meane
           ,
           
             sinne
             whose
             wages
             is
             death
          
           ,
           
           The
           heart
           is
           a
           mill
           ,
           alwais
           grinding
           either
           good
           corne
           or
           bad
           ,
           either
           good
           thoughts
           or
           bad
           :
           therefore
           keep
           it
           diligently
           for
           thy
           soules
           sake
           ;
           let
           it
           meditate
           in
           the
           law
           of
           god
           day
           &
           night
           ,
           abandon
           all
           wicked
           motions
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           thou
           mayst
           bee
           pure
           bread
           ,
           and
           fine
           manches
           ,
           for
           the
           bread
           of
           life
           ,
           Christ
           Iesus
           his
           table
           in
           heauē
           :
           the
           Lord
           grant
           this
           to
           me
           the
           
           writer
           ,
           thee
           the
           reader
           ,
           and
           to
           euery
           hearer
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           2
           We
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           of
           our
           words
           .
        
         
           
           
             Of
             euery
             idle
             word
             that
             men
             shal
             speak
             &c.
             
          
           Diuers
           of
           the
           learned
           writers
           haue
           diuersly
           commented
           of
           this
           idle
           word
           ,
           what
           it
           shold
           be
           :
           one
           affirming
           one
           thing
           ,
           another
           another
           thing
           .
           Therfore
           I
           wil
           (
           in
           a
           word
           )
           set
           down
           the
           opinions
           of
           some
           of
           thē
           ,
           not
           incōgruent
           ,
           neither
           disagreeable
           to
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           
           Gregory
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             Verbum
             otiosum
             est
             ,
             quod
             iusta
             necessitate
             ,
             &
             pia
             v●●atate
             caret
          
           :
           That
           is
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             an
             idle
             word
             which
             is
             spokē
             eyther
             without
             iust
             necessity
             ,
             or
             godly
             profit
             .
          
        
         
           
           Ierome
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             Verbumotiosū
             est
             quod
             sine
             v●elitate
             loquent●
             vel
             audiētis
             profertur
             ,
          
           that
           is
           [
           saith
           he
           ]
           
             an
             idle
             word
             which
             is
             spokē
             either
             without
             edification
             of
             the
             hearer
             ;
             or
             speaker
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Basil
             .
             Omne
             verbū
             quod
             non
             cond●is
             ad
             propositam
             vtilitatem
             ,
             vanū●st
             &
             otiosum
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Euery
             word
             ,
             which
             belōgeth
             not
             to
             an
             intended
             profit
             ,
             is
             a
             vain
             and
             an
             idle
             word
             .
          
        
         
         
           Maister
           
             Iohn
             Caluin
          
           saith
           ,
           
           that
           
             Sermo
             otiosus
             pro
             inutili
             sumitur
             ,
             qui
             nihil
             aedificationis
             vel
             fructus
             affert
             :
             
               id
               est
               ,
               an
               idle
               word
               is
               takē
               for
               a
               word
               vnprofitable
               ,
               for
               a
               word
               that
               bringeth
               with
               it
               no
               fruitful
               edification
               .
            
          
           So
           that
           frō
           these
           descriptions
           of
           holy
           men
           .
           I
           doe
           describe
           an
           idle
           word
           on
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           
             Verbum
             otiosum
             est
             ,
             quod
             ad
             bonam
             rem
             non
             pertinet
             :
             quod
             non
             facit
             ad
             gloriā
             dei
             vinentis
             :
             quod
             mutile
             est
             &
             infrugiferū
             :
             quod
             nec
             loquentē
             nec
             audientē
             aedificat
             :
             id
             est
             ,
             
               An
               idle
               word
               is
               that
               which
               doth
               not
               appertaine
               to
               a
               proposed
               profit
               ;
               which
               tendeth
               not
               to
               the
               glory
               of
               the
               euerliuing
               God
               :
               which
               is
               vnprofitable
               &
               vnfruitful
               :
               which
               edifieth
               neither
               the
               bearer
               ,
               nor
               the
               speaker
               .
            
          
           If
           then
           (
           good
           brethren
           in
           christ
           Iesus
           )
           so
           great
           account
           must
           be
           giuen
           ,
           of
           euery
           idle
           ,
           vain
           ,
           &
           fruitles
           word
           ;
           what
           account
           (
           thinke
           yee
           )
           shall
           be
           giuen
           for
           swearing
           ,
           cursing
           ,
           banning
           and
           blaspheaming
           ?
        
         
           What
           accoūt
           shal
           the
           swearer
           giue
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           one
           word
           in
           his
           mouth
           but
           it
           is
           guarded
           with
           an
           execrable
           oath
           ?
        
         
         
           How
           common
           (
           alasse
           )
           this
           sinne
           of
           swearing
           is
           ,
           who
           knoweth
           not
           ?
           for
           the
           small
           infants
           and
           tender
           childrē
           in
           our
           streetes
           haue
           cursed
           outhes
           
             Ad
             vnguem
             
               At
               their
               fingers
               end
            
          
           ,
           yea
           at
           their
           tongues
           end
           too
           .
           What
           account
           shall
           the
           cursing
           and
           ●anning
           tongue
           giue
           ,
           that
           
             Cruelly
             ,
             Disdainfully
          
           ,
           
           and
           Despightfully
           speaketh
           against
           his
           neighbour
           ?
           What
           account
           shall
           the
           blaspheamous
           person
           giue
           ,
           that
           speaketh
           contemptuously
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           saith
           that
           Christ
           did
           cast
           out
           Diuels
           throgh
           the
           name
           of
           Ecclzaeb●b
           ?
           
           If
           the
           iust
           shall
           scarce
           be
           saued
           ,
           where
           shall
           the
           sinner
           appeare
           :
           If
           account
           must
           be
           made
           of
           euery
           idle
           word
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           what
           account
           shall
           they
           make
           ,
           that
           rappe
           and
           vomiteous
           blasphemies
           against
           the
           terrible
           Iudge
           of
           Heauen
           and
           Earth
           ?
        
         
           As
           men
           thinke
           and
           fondly
           imagine
           ,
           that
           the
           sinne
           of
           thought
           (
           vnles
           it
           proceed
           into
           outward
           act
           )
           is
           but
           a
           small
           sinne
           :
           so
           likewise
           do
           they
           imagine
           of
           idle
           wordes
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           but
           small
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           a
           small
           account
           for
           them
           shall
           be
           giuen
           .
        
         
         
           But
           let
           all
           the
           world
           knowe
           ,
           that
           no
           sinne
           can
           be
           said
           to
           be
           smal
           in
           respect
           of
           it
           owne
           nature
           :
           for
           the
           least
           sinne
           that
           can
           bee
           committed
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           so
           weightie
           as
           ,
           without
           repentance
           had
           ,
           it
           will
           sink
           the
           sinner
           downe
           to
           the
           bottomlesse
           pitt
           of
           Hel.
           Yet
           not
           withstanding
           an
           idle
           worde
           in
           respect
           of
           other
           sinnes
           ,
           maye
           bee
           said
           to
           be
           a
           smal
           sinne
           :
           yet
           as
           smal
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           able
           to
           damme
           the
           soul
           for
           euer
           .
        
         
           Wel
           therfore
           saith
           
             Petrus
             Damianus
             sermone
             secūdo
             de
             vitio
             linguae
             :
          
           
           
             Audiut
             lingua
             vaniloqua
             ,
             audiat
             otiosa
             linguae
             ,
             au
             diat
             &
             panescat
             ,
             intelligat
             &
             pethorrescat
             sententiā
             horribilem
             ,
             extremique
             iudicis
             terrorem
             &c.
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Hear
             o
             vain
             babling
             tongue
             ,
             heare
             ●o
             idle
             tongue
             ,
             heare
             and
             tremble
             ,
             vnderstand
             ,
             and
             quake
             ,
             at
             the
             hearing
             of
             the
             terrible
             day
             of
             iudgement
             :
             he
             that
             hath
             hands
             to
             slay
             ,
             hath
             hee
             not
             cates
             to
             heare●
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             that
             of
             euery
             idle
             worde
             that
             men
             shall
             speak
             ;
             they
             shall
             giue
             an
             account
             therof
             at
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             :
          
        
         
           Although
           an
           idle
           word
           be
           a
           small
           sinne
           in
           respect
           of
           greater
           sinnes
           ,
           yet
           
           neuertheles
           an
           innumerable
           company
           of
           idle
           words
           ,
           cōgested
           ,
           accumulated
           ,
           and
           heaped
           vp
           together
           ,
           they
           wil
           make
           a
           nighty
           sinne
           .
           
             Quid
             peuna
             lenius
             ?
             quid
             milt●
             breuius
             ?
             
               What
               is
               lighter
               then
               a
               feather
               ?
               and
               what
               is
               shorter
               thā
               the
               seed
               ●ill
               ?
            
          
           Yet
           notwithstāding
           an
           innumerable
           company
           of
           feathers
           truffed
           vp
           together
           ,
           wil
           break
           the
           po●ters
           back
           .
           
           Smal
           wer
           the
           gnats
           that
           troubled
           Pharao
           ,
           yet
           they
           being
           innumerable
           ouer
           came
           proud
           Pharao
           and
           all
           the
           power
           of
           Egypt
           .
           An
           hour
           is
           but
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           but
           
             D●m
             horae
             horae
             cōtinua
             successiona
             congeritur
             :
             
               While
               on
               houre
               by
               continual
               succession
               is
               added
               to
               another
               ,
               the
               whole
               cours
               of
               our
               liues
               is
               finished
            
             Quid
             sax●
             durius
             ,
             quid
             aqua
             liquidius
             ?
             
               What
               is
               harder
               then
               a
               stone
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               softer
               then
               the
               water
               ?
            
          
           Yet
           a
           wise
           man
           saith
           ,
           
           
             ●ita
             cauat
             lapidem
             ,
             consimitur
             an●us
             vsu
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Water
             by
             continuall
             droppes
             doth
             eate
             vp
             the
             stone
             ,
             and
             a
             Ring
             by
             continuall
             vse
             is
             worne
             in
             pocces
             .
          
           So
           an
           idle
           word
           ,
           although
           it
           be
           but
           a
           small
           sin
           ,
           yet
           many
           a
           little
           makes
           a
           mickle
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           heaped
           vp
           together
           make
           an
           intolerable
           
           lump
           .
        
         
           At
           hath
           beene
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           euer
           will
           bee
           the
           fond
           nature
           of
           man
           ,
           to
           imagine
           sinne
           a
           greate
           deale
           lesser
           than
           indeed
           it
           is
           .
           A
           man
           would
           thinke
           that
           Adam
           (
           through
           the
           diuels
           suggestion
           ,
           
           and
           through
           the
           abuse
           of
           his
           own
           free
           wil
           )
           Eating
           of
           the
           forbidden
           fruite
           ,
           had
           committed
           but
           a
           small
           trespasse
           :
           yet
           hee
           was
           guilty
           of
           euerlasting
           torment
           for
           the
           same
           .
           A
           man
           would
           thinke
           ,
           
           that
           that
           poore
           man
           had
           committed
           but
           a
           small
           sin
           in
           gathering
           chips
           (
           of
           meere
           necessitie
           )
           on
           a
           Sabbath
           day
           :
           yet
           hee
           was
           by
           the
           law
           stoned
           for
           his
           labour
           .
           A
           man
           would
           think
           that
           Peter
           had
           giuen
           his
           maister
           good
           counsell
           ,
           
           (
           when
           as
           Christ
           told
           him
           that
           he
           must
           goe
           to
           Ierusalem
           ,
           &
           there
           suffer
           many
           things
           :
           )
           saying
           ,
           
             Maister
             fauour
             thy selfe
             ,
             and
             goe
             not
          
           :
           yet
           he
           was
           called
           Sathan
           for
           his
           labour
           .
           
           A
           man
           would
           thinke
           that
           Ananias
           and
           Saphira
           had
           committed
           but
           a
           small
           sinne
           ,
           when
           as
           they
           did
           detaine
           parte
           of
           the
           Apostles
           money
           ,
           for
           feare
           of
           afterclaps
           ,
           and
           protested
           the
           contrary
           with
           a
           lye
           :
           yet
           they
           died
           both
           suddenly
           at
           the
           feete
           of
           Peter
           .
           So
           
           a
           man
           would
           thinke
           ,
           that
           an
           idle
           word
           were
           but
           a
           smal
           sinne
           yet
           Christ
           saith
           heere
           ,
           that
           a
           great
           account
           muste
           bee
           made
           for
           the
           same
           ;
           For
           
             by
             thy
             words
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             iustified
             ,
             and
             by
             thy
             wordes
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             condemned
             .
          
           
           Seeing
           this
           is
           true
           ,
           it
           behooueth
           euerie
           man
           to
           set
           a
           watch
           before
           the
           doore
           of
           his
           lippes
           ,
           and
           to
           keepe
           his
           tongue
           from
           idle
           and
           euill
           words
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           obtaine
           that
           blessednesse
           :
           
           
             blessed
             is
             he
             that
             hath
             not
             fallen
             by
             the
             words
             of
             his
             mouth
             .
          
        
         
           
           3
           We
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           of
           our
           workes
           :
           
           as
           it
           appeareth
           to
           the
           
             Corinthians
             :
             Wee
             muste
             all
             appeare
             before
             the
             iudgement
             seat
             of
             Christe
             ,
             and
             there
             receiue
             according
             to
             our
             works
             .
          
           Againe
           the
           Preacher
           saith
           :
           
             that
             God
             will
             bring
             to
             iudgement
             ,
             euery
             worke
             ,
             with
             euery
             secret
             thing
             ,
             whether
             it
             bee
             good
             or
             euill
             .
          
           Hee
           that
           hath
           liued
           in
           sinne
           shall
           receiue
           the
           reward
           of
           sinne
           ,
           which
           is
           death
           and
           damnation
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           hath
           liued
           in
           faith
           and
           amendment
           of
           life
           ,
           
             shal
             receiue
             a
             crowne
             of
             glory
             ,
             whi●h
             the
             Lord
             will
             giue
             him
             at
             that
             day
             .
          
        
         
         
           It
           is
           the
           duty
           therefore
           of
           euery
           Christian
           to
           labour
           and
           endeauour
           with
           all
           diligent
           carefulnesse
           to
           liue
           toell
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           ,
           he
           may
           speed
           well
           .
           〈◊〉
           
             bene
             vmore
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             liue
             well
          
           ,
           shoulde
           bee
           the
           delightsome
           poesie
           ,
           &
           sweete
           perfumed
           Nosegay
           of
           euery
           christian
           :
           thus
           liue
           wel
           ,
           that
           thou
           maiest
           die
           wel
           ,
           and
           after
           death
           eternally
           speed
           well
           ,
           obtayning
           that
           blessednesse
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             they
             that
             die
             in
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           4
           Wee
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           of
           our
           
           temporall
           goods
           .
           
           howe
           wee
           haue
           gotten
           them
           whether
           iustly
           ,
           or
           vniustly
           :
           how
           we
           haue
           spent
           them
           ,
           whether
           we
           haue
           cloathed
           the
           naked
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           whether
           we
           haue
           made
           naked
           the
           cloathed
           for
           them
           .
           howe
           wee
           haue
           disposed
           them
           ,
           least
           there
           bee
           any
           debate
           for
           them
           after
           wee
           bee
           gone
           :
           therefore
           Esay
           telling
           Ezekia
           that
           hee
           should
           not
           liue
           but
           die
           ,
           saith
           :
           
           
             Dispone
             domum
             tuam
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Set
               thine
               house
               in
               order
               ,
               for
               thou
               must
               not
               liue
               but
               die
               .
            
          
           Howe
           then
           shall
           those
           griping
           vultures
           make
           an
           account
           ,
           that
           haue
           by
           oppression
           vndone
           their
           brethren
           ?
           The
           worlde
           is
           
           grown
           so
           hard
           bearted
           ,
           that
           men
           will
           rather
           suffer
           their
           brethren
           to
           starue
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           than
           to
           succour
           or
           relieue
           them
           :
           the
           dogs
           shall
           haue
           the
           remnant
           of
           the
           ritch
           mans
           Table
           ,
           
           before
           poore
           Lazarus
           shall
           haue
           one
           crumme
           that
           falleth
           from
           the
           same
           .
           How
           shall
           these
           flinty
           heartes
           looke
           for
           one
           dramme
           of
           mercy
           at
           the
           daye
           of
           iudgement
           ?
           Let
           thē
           look
           with
           what
           measure
           they
           haue
           measured
           to
           others
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           measured
           to
           them
           againe
           :
           let
           them
           know
           that
           it
           they
           will
           stoppe
           their
           ears
           at
           the
           cry
           of
           the
           poore
           ,
           they
           shall
           crie
           themselues
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           bee
           heard
           :
           if
           they
           will
           bee
           partakers
           with
           the
           Saints
           of
           the
           ioys
           of
           heauen
           ,
           their
           brethren
           must
           be
           partakers
           with
           them
           of
           their
           wealth
           on
           earth
           :
           for
           this
           is
           to
           treasure
           vp
           treasures
           in
           heauen
           ,
           to
           layout
           their
           treasures
           on
           earth
           .
        
         
           Let
           men
           therefore
           so
           vse
           their
           temporall
           goods
           ,
           and
           worldly
           ritches
           ,
           as
           they
           may
           at
           the
           daye
           of
           account
           receiue
           a
           crowne
           of
           immortall
           glory
           .
        
         
           
           5
           We
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           of
           the
           time
           wherein
           wee
           liue
           ,
           
           and
           of
           our
           seuerall
           vocations
           ,
           how
           wee
           haue
           imployed
           
           our selues
           in
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Saith
           
             Bernard
             :
             Omne
             tempus
             tibi
             impensum
             requiretur
             á
             te
             ,
          
           
           
             qualiter
             fuerit
             expensum
             :
             id
             est
             .
             
               All
               the
               time
               that
               God
               hath
               giuen
               thee
               ,
               shall
               bee
               required
               at
               thy
               hands
               ,
               how
               thou
               hast
               spent
               it
               :
            
          
           Whether
           in
           the
           seruice
           of
           God
           or
           in
           the
           seruice
           of
           Sathan
           .
        
         
           The
           Prince
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           how
           hee
           hath
           gouerned
           his
           kingdome
           :
           whether
           hee
           hath
           (
           as
           it
           becommeth
           Gods
           vicegerent
           )
           mildly
           ,
           louingly
           ,
           and
           carefully
           trained
           his
           subiects
           vp
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           GOD
           :
           or
           as
           a
           bloodie
           Nero
           ,
           and
           hard-hearted
           Tyrant
           cruelly
           oppressed
           them
           .
           The
           ministers
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           (
           who
           haue
           taken
           vppon
           them
           
             curam
             animarum
             ,
             
               the
               charge
               of
               soules
            
          
           )
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           how
           they
           haue
           be
           haued
           themselues
           in
           their
           ministerie
           :
           whether
           they
           haue
           preached
           Christ
           for
           Christ
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           the
           conuersion
           of
           sinners
           to
           Christ
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           hirelings
           )
           for
           lucre
           and
           gaine
           of
           worldlye
           trash
           :
           whether
           they
           haue
           fedde
           their
           flocks
           carefully
           ,
           or
           fed
           vpon
           their
           flocks
           couetously
           .
           The
           Magistrate
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           how
           he
           hath
           behaued
           himselfe
           
           in
           his
           magistracy
           :
           whether
           hee
           hath
           sought
           the
           maintenāce
           of
           vertue
           ,
           and
           the
           confusion
           of
           vice
           :
           or
           hath
           (
           his
           eyes
           beeing
           blinded
           with
           siluer
           scales
           )
           maintained
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           oppressed
           the
           innocent
           .
           The
           housholder
           ,
           how
           hee
           hath
           gouerne●
           his
           family
           :
           whether
           in
           reading
           of
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           prayer
           ,
           to
           the
           praise
           and
           glory
           of
           God
           ;
           or
           in
           reading
           of
           foolish
           fables
           ,
           in
           gaming
           ,
           dicing
           ,
           playing
           ,
           swearing
           and
           such
           like
           .
           Yea
           euery
           man
           must
           giue
           an
           accounte
           of
           the
           time
           spent
           in
           his
           seueral
           calling
           ,
           from
           the
           highst
           to
           the
           lowest
           .
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therefore
           beware
           of
           mispend●ng
           his
           time
           ,
           liuing
           in
           security
           loosly
           ,
           and
           of
           loosing
           his
           time
           securely
           ,
           &
           carelesly
           :
           for
           there
           will
           come
           a
           day
           when
           for
           euery
           houre
           of
           thy
           life
           thou
           shalt
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           how
           thou
           hast
           spent
           it
           :
           according
           as
           Salomon
           telleth
           the
           carelesse
           liuer
           :
           
             Reioyce
             O
             young
             man
             in
             thy
             youth
             ,
             cheere
             thy
             hearte
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             thy
             youth
             ,
             and
             walke
             in
             the
             wayes
             of
             thine
             hearte
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sighte
             of
             thyne
             eyes
             :
             but
             know
             that
             for
             all
             these
             thinges
             GOD
             will
             bring
             thee
             to
             iudgement
             .
          
           Time
           lost
           can
           neuer
           bee
           recouered
           ,
           
           the
           houre
           past
           cannot
           bee
           recalled
           :
           time
           is
           painted
           like
           an
           olde
           man
           hauing
           a
           locke
           of
           hayre
           on
           the
           former
           parte
           of
           his
           head
           ,
           but
           balde
           on
           the
           hinder
           part
           ;
           to
           signifie
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           lay
           hold
           of
           time
           comming
           ,
           and
           make
           much
           of
           it
           when
           they
           haue
           it
           :
           for
           being
           once
           gone
           ,
           it
           can
           neuer
           bee
           recouered
           .
           
           Augustine
           confesseth
           that
           hee
           spent
           his
           time
           idlely
           when
           hee
           stoode
           gazing
           and
           looking
           on
           a
           Spider
           ,
           howe
           thee
           catcht
           a
           flye
           in
           her
           net
           :
           But
           alas
           ,
           men
           in
           these
           daies
           do
           not
           onely
           spend
           their
           time
           in
           idlenes
           (
           which
           is
           a
           shamefull
           fault
           amongst
           Christians
           )
           but
           also
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           euill
           :
           
           
             They
             put
             off
             from
             them
             the
             euill
             day
             ,
             namely
             the
             day
             of
             death
             and
             iudgement
             ,
             and
             boldly
             approach
             to
             the
             seate
             of
             iniquity
             :
          
           a
           matter
           much
           to
           be
           lamented
           .
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therefore
           haue
           a
           care
           of
           the
           expence
           of
           time
           ,
           least
           (
           had
           I
           wist
           )
           comes
           too
           too
           late
           :
           for
           the
           damned
           in
           hell
           if
           they
           had
           this
           fauoure
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           liue
           on
           the
           earth
           againe
           ,
           and
           to
           haue
           hell
           broken
           loose
           (
           which
           they
           shal
           neuer
           haue
           granted
           )
           they
           would
           liue
           so
           strictly
           ,
           as
           they
           might
           bee
           Chronicled
           
           for
           admirable
           spectators
           to
           the
           whole
           world
           .
           
           It
           is
           the
           duty
           therfore
           of
           euery
           man
           ,
           to
           imitate
           that
           person
           ,
           that
           vigilant
           person
           ,
           that
           carried
           alwaies
           about
           with
           him
           in
           his
           pocket
           a
           little
           clocke
           ,
           and
           when
           hee
           heard
           it
           sound
           ,
           hee
           would
           instantly
           examine
           himselfe
           how
           he
           had
           spent
           that
           houre
           :
           thus
           should
           Christians
           examine
           themselues
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           neuer
           bee
           examined
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           iudge
           themselues
           that
           they
           may
           neuer
           be
           iudged
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           account
           with
           themselues
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           neuer
           be
           brought
           to
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Lord.
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           second
           part
           of
           this
           text
           ,
           namely
           ,
           of
           what
           thinges
           we
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           .
        
         
           
             But
             I
             say
             vnto
             you
             ,
             of
             euery
             idle
             worde
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Before
           I
           speak
           of
           the
           third
           parts
           of
           this
           text
           ,
           namely
           of
           the
           Iudge
           ,
           to
           whom
           wee
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           ,
           I
           thinkest
           very
           necessary
           to
           speake
           of
           a
           few
           things
           ,
           which
           beeing
           wel
           considered
           ,
           wee
           may
           bee
           able
           to
           abstaine
           from
           idle
           words
           ,
           and
           shall
           haue
           the
           lesse
           account
           to
           make
           at
           that
           day
           .
           Three
           things
           therefore
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           being
           performed
           ,
           we
           shall
           abstaine
           from
           
           idle
           words
           .
        
         
           
             1
             A
             man
             must
             cōsider
             what
             he
             speaketh
          
           
             2
             To
             whom
             he
             speaketh
             .
          
           
             3
             When
             he
             speaketh
             .
          
        
         
           1
           What
           hee
           speaketh
           :
           
           Peter
           telleth
           vs
           what
           we
           ought
           to
           speak
           in
           his
           first
           Epistle
           :
           
           
             Jf
             any
             man
             speak
             let
             him
             speak
             as
             the
             words
             of
             God.
          
           Againe
           Paule
           to
           the
           Ephesians
           saith
           :
           
           
             Let
             no
             corrupt
             communication
             proceede
             out
             of
             your
             mouth
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             is
             good
             to
             the
             vse
             of
             edifiing
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             minister
             grace
             to
             the
             hearer
             .
          
           So
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           speake
           aboue
           all
           things
           of
           God
           and
           his
           word
           ,
           of
           good
           and
           honest
           matters
           ,
           if
           wee
           will
           shew
           our selues
           to
           be
           true
           Christians
           ,
           and
           abstinent
           from
           idle
           words
           .
           Wee
           shoulde
           say
           with
           Dauid
           ,
           
           
             I
             will
             alwaye
             giue
             thanks
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             his
             praise
             shall
             be
             in
             my
             mouth
             continually
             .
          
           
           We
           should
           resolue
           with
           Iob
           and
           say
           :
           
             My
             lippes
             surely
             shall
             speak
             no
             wickednesse
             ,
             and
             my
             tongue
             shall
             vtter
             forth
             no
             deceipte
             :
          
           then
           shall
           we
           vse
           our
           tongues
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           were
           created
           .
        
         
           The
           tongue
           in
           Hebrew
           is
           called
           :
           
             Kebod
             :
             id
             est
             ,
             gloria
             Glory
          
           ;
           because
           it
           
           is
           an
           instrument
           to
           sing
           forth
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           vpon
           earth
           .
           If
           wee
           vse
           our
           tongues
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           then
           may
           wee
           truely
           say
           with
           the
           Poet
           ,
           
             Lingua
             quid
             melius
          
           ?
           
           
             What
             is
             better
             then
             the
             tongue
             ?
          
           But
           if
           it
           bee
           abused
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           if
           it
           bee
           an
           vntamed
           member
           ,
           vttering
           out
           idle
           ,
           and
           euill
           words
           :
           then
           may
           wee
           conclude
           with
           the
           Poet
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Lingua
             quid
             p●es
             eadem
             ?
             
               What
               is
               worse
               than
               the
               tongue
            
          
           ?
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therefore
           shew
           himselfe
           (
           as
           hee
           professeth
           )
           a
           Christian
           in
           his
           speeche
           :
           
           
             For
             out
             of
             the
             aboundance
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             the
             mouth
             speaketh
             .
          
           Euen
           as
           the
           heart
           standeth
           affected
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           speach
           of
           euery
           man
           :
           For
           
             Lingua
             est
             mentis
             interpres
             :
             
               the
               tongue
               is
               the
               interpreter
               of
               the
               mind
            
          
           :
           the
           chaste
           man
           speaketh
           chastly
           and
           honestly
           ,
           the
           wanton
           speaketh
           lewdely
           and
           luxuriously
           :
           the
           enuious
           person
           speaketh
           bitingly
           and
           bitterly
           .
           Euen
           as
           by
           his
           speeche
           a
           man
           may
           bee
           knowne
           what
           countriman
           hee
           is
           :
           so
           a
           man
           by
           his
           speeche
           may
           bee
           knowne
           to
           what
           kingdome
           he
           belongeth
           .
        
         
         
           There
           are
           three
           kingdoms
           &
           men
           by
           their
           talke
           may
           be
           known
           to
           which
           of
           these
           they
           belong
           .
           There
           is
           ,
           1.
           
           
           
             Prouincia
             coelestis
             ,
             
               the
               kingdome
               of
               heauen
            
          
           :
           and
           the
           speach
           of
           this
           country
           is
           praising
           of
           God
           ,
           talking
           of
           his
           worde
           ,
           giuing
           of
           thankes
           for
           the
           greate
           benefits
           wee
           haue
           receiued
           ,
           and
           speaking
           of
           diuine
           and
           heauenly
           matters
           :
           hee
           therefore
           that
           speaketh
           on
           this
           maner
           (
           
             Id
             que
             non
             hypocritice
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Not
             hipocritically
          
           .
           For
           
             Simulata
             sanctitas
             ,
             duplex
             inquitas
             :
             
               counterfeit
               holinesse
               is
               double
               vngodlines
            
          
           )
           surely
           appertaineth
           to
           the
           kingdome
           of
           heauen
           .
        
         
           2
           There
           is
           
             prouincia
             terrestris
             :
             
               the
               
               kingdome
               of
               earth
            
          
           ,
           and
           the
           sp●ach
           of
           this
           country
           is
           talking
           of
           terrene
           end
           earthly
           matters
           ●●ozling
           with
           the
           mole
           in
           the
           Cranies
           
             terrarumque
             poris
             ,
             
               and
               in
               the
               pores
               of
               the
               earth
            
          
           ,
           quite
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           man
           :
           
           for
           
             Os
             homini
             sublime
             dedit
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Poet
           )
           
             coelumque
             tueri
             inssit
             :
             
               God
               gaue
               man
               a
               lofty
               face
               ,
               and
               bad
               him
               looke
               aloft
               ,
               and
               hold
               vp
               his
               head
               toward
               heauen
            
          
           .
           According
           to
           that
           of
           
             Iohn
             :
             Qu●de
             terra
             est
             ,
             de
             terra
             loquitur
             :
             
               He
               that
               is
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               speaketh
               of
               
               the
               earth
               .
            
          
           
           And
           againe
           ,
           
             They
             are
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             therfore
             speak
             they
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
           3
           There
           is
           
             prouincia
             infernalis
             :
             
               The
               kingdome
               of
               Hell
            
          
           :
           and
           the
           language
           of
           this
           countrey
           is
           ,
           swearing
           ,
           forswearing
           ,
           cursing
           ,
           banning
           &
           blaspheming
           :
           if
           therfore
           thou
           seest
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           that
           he
           belongeth
           to
           the
           prouince
           of
           hell
           .
           Thou
           therefore
           that
           wouldest
           belong
           to
           Gods
           thrice
           blessed
           kingdome
           ,
           thou
           that
           wouldest
           abstaine
           from
           idle
           words
           ,
           &
           so
           haue
           the
           lesse
           account
           to
           make
           ;
           thou
           must
           beware
           what
           thou
           speakest
           ,
           thou
           must
           talk
           of
           God
           &
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           of
           holy
           &
           heauēly
           matters
           .
        
         
           2
           He
           that
           would
           abstaine
           from
           idle
           words
           ,
           must
           consider
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           speaketh
           :
           if
           hee
           speaketh
           to
           a
           foole
           ,
           be
           must
           vse
           fewe
           wordes
           ,
           for
           hee
           spendeth
           his
           breath
           in
           vaine
           :
           if
           he
           speaketh
           to
           a
           froward
           and
           contentious
           person
           ,
           hee
           must
           vse
           mild
           and
           gentle
           words
           :
           or
           else
           bee
           taketh
           the
           bellows
           to
           quench
           the
           fire
           :
           if
           he
           speaketh
           to
           a
           wise
           man
           ,
           hee
           must
           vse
           no
           vaine
           Cautologies
           ,
           or
           needlesse
           repetitions
           :
           for
           
             frustrà
             fit
             per
             plura
             ,
             quod
             fiers
             potest
             per
             paucior●t
             .
             
               It
               is
               in
               vaine
               to
               vse
               many
               words
               ,
               whē
               we
               may
               as
               wel
               be
               conceiued
               
               in
               few
               .
            
          
           If
           these
           things
           be
           not
           cōsidered
           ,
           we
           may
           (
           yea
           speaking
           of
           diuine
           and
           holy
           matters
           )
           offend
           in
           idle
           words
           .
        
         
           3
           If
           wee
           would
           abstaine
           from
           idle
           words
           ,
           wee
           must
           also
           consider
           when
           to
           
           speake
           :
           saith
           Salomon
           :
           
           
             There
             is
             a
             time
             to
             speake
             ,
             and
             a
             time
             to
             hold
             ones
             peace
             .
          
           Saith
           one
           :
           there
           is
           a
           time
           when
           something
           may
           be
           spoken
           ,
           &
           there
           is
           a
           time
           when
           nothing
           may
           be
           spoken
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           no
           time
           when
           all
           things
           may
           be
           spoken
           .
           These
           three
           things
           wel
           considered
           of
           vs
           ,
           we
           shal
           abstaine
           from
           idle
           words
           ,
           and
           haue
           the
           lesse
           accounte
           to
           make
           at
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           .
           Againe
           euery
           Christian
           ,
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           imitate
           Christ
           in
           al
           things
           ,
           so
           he
           ought
           to
           imitate
           him
           in
           his
           words
           :
           Gregorie
           saieth
           ,
           that
           
             Omnis
             Christi
             actio
             nostra
             debet
             esse
             instructio
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
             
               Euery
               action
               of
               Christ
               ought
               to
               be
               to
               vs
               an
               exāple
               of
               imitation
               .
            
          
           
           Christ
           had
           three
           things
           in
           his
           wordes
           worthy
           of
           consideration
           ,
           which
           wee
           must
           likewise
           labor
           to
           haue
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           abstaine
           from
           idle
           words
           .
        
         
           1
           He
           had
           
             veritatem
             in
             verbis
             :
             
               trueth
               
               in
               his
               words
            
          
           :
           yea
           he
           reporteth
           of
           himselfe
           in
           John
           :
           that
           he
           is
           ,
           
             via
             ,
             voritas
          
           ,
           
           
             &
             
             vita
             :
             
               the
               way
               ,
               the
               truth
               ,
               and
               the
               life
            
          
           .
           He
           therefore
           that
           speaketh
           truth
           to
           his
           neighbour
           ,
           sheweth
           himselfe
           to
           bee
           the
           child
           of
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           the
           fountaine
           and
           origo
           of
           al
           truth
           :
           but
           he
           that
           speaketh
           ●asings
           :
           and
           vttereth
           forth
           lies
           ,
           sheweth
           himselfe
           to
           be
           the
           childe
           of
           the
           diuel
           ,
           the
           author
           &
           originall
           of
           all
           lies
           .
           
           2
           Christ
           had
           
             vt
             in
             verbis
             :
             
               profit
               in
               his
               words
            
          
           :
           as
           he
           spake
           truly
           ,
           so
           he
           spake
           profitably
           :
           he
           neuer
           spake
           one
           idle
           or
           vnprofitable
           word
           throughout
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           which
           was
           aboue
           32
           years
           .
           3
           Christ
           had
           
             moderamē
             in
             verbis
             
             
               A
               mean
               in
               his
               word●
            
          
           the
           neuer
           was
           in
           words
           excessi●e
           ,
           and
           when
           iust
           and
           necessarie
           occasion
           was
           offered
           ,
           hee
           was
           neuer
           deficient
           ,
           but
           Ladie
           meane
           I
           meane
           golden
           vertu●
           drew
           forth
           his
           well
           contriued
           wordes
           out
           of
           the
           rich
           content
           of
           his
           euer-flowing
           heart
           ,
           He
           fulfilled
           that
           saying
           of
           Iesus
           the
           son
           of
           
             ●h
             :
             
               the
               wordes
               of
               the
               wise
               are
               weighed
               in
               a
               ballance
            
          
           .
           
        
         
           In
           these
           three
           thinges
           should
           euerie
           one
           imitate
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           then
           wee
           should
           abstaine
           (
           as
           hee
           did
           )
           from
           idle
           ,
           vaine
           ,
           friuolous
           ,
           and
           vnprofitable
           
           words
           ,
           for
           which
           a
           great
           account
           must
           be
           giuē
           :
           the
           which
           imitation
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Lord
           for
           Christ
           his
           sake
           ,
           graunt
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           being
           like
           vnto
           him
           may
           bee
           receiued
           to
           reigne
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           holy
           Angels
           in
           the
           thrice
           happie
           heauens
           at
           that
           day
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             But
             I
             say
             vnto
             you
          
           ,
           
           
             that
             of
             euery
             idle
             word
             that
             men
             shall
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           3
           To
           whome
           this
           account
           must
           bee
           giuen
           :
           
           although
           in
           this
           scripture
           the
           Iudge
           is
           not
           expresly
           mentioned
           ,
           yet
           notwithstanding
           
             quod
             subintelligitur
             non
             d●est
             :
             
               that
               which
               is
               vnderstoode
               is
               not
               wanting
            
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           not
           to
           bee
           omitted
           .
        
         
           This
           Iudge
           therefore
           before
           whose
           tribunall
           seat
           all
           mankinde
           must
           appeare
           ,
           it
           is
           Christ
           :
           for
           he
           was
           annointed
           of
           his
           father
           into
           a
           triple
           office
           :
           to
           be
           a
           Priest
           after
           the
           order
           of
           Melchisedech
           .
           to
           be
           a
           Prophet
           after
           the
           order
           of
           Dauid
           :
           to
           be
           a
           King
           after
           the
           order
           of
           Salomon
           .
           Therfore
           Christ
           ,
           as
           hee
           is
           king
           ouer
           all
           in
           heauen
           and
           earth
           ,
           is
           this
           iudge
           before
           whome
           wee
           muste
           all
           appeare
           :
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           is
           euident
           in
           the
           Epistle
           of
           Saint
           
             Paule
             to
             the
             Corinthians
             :
             
             VVe
             must
             all
             appeare
             before
             the
             tribunall
             seate
             of
             Christe
             ,
          
           
           &c.
           
           Wee
           read
           also
           in
           
             Iohn
             ,
             that
             the
             father
             iudgeeth
             no
             man
             ,
             but
             hee
             hath
             committed
             all
             iudgement
             to
             his
             sonne
             .
          
           And
           in
           Mathew
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           
             that
             all
             power
             is
             giuen
             to
             Christe
             in
             heauen
             and
             in
             earth
             .
          
           
           This
           was
           prophecied
           of
           him
           in
           the
           Psalme
           .
           
             Thou
             art
             my
             sonne
             ,
             this
             day
             haue
             I
             begotten
             thee
             :
             aske
             of
             mee
             ,
             and
             I
             wil
             giue
             thee
             the
             heathen
             for
             thine
             inheritance
             ,
             and
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             earth
             for
             thy
             possession
             :
             thou
             shalt
             crush
             them
             with
             a
             Scepter
             of
             iron
             ,
             and
             breake
             them
             in
             peeces
             like
             a
             potters
             vessel
             .
          
           And
           againe
           in
           another
           place
           :
           
             Sit
             thou
             at
             my
             righte
             hand
             ,
          
           
           
             vntill
             I
             make
             thine
             enemies
             thy
             footstoole
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           article
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           to
           beleeue
           that
           Christ
           shall
           come
           againe
           to
           iudge
           the
           quicke
           and
           the
           dead
           .
        
         
           
           Christ
           is
           therfore
           the
           iudge
           :
           yea
           he
           is
           the
           
             vorus
             Index
          
           ,
           a
           righte
           Iudge
           :
           for
           this
           word
           Index
           ,
           that
           is
           Iudge
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           as
           
             ius
             dicens
             :
             id
             est
             
               One
               that
               speaketh
               iustice
            
          
           :
           and
           Iudice
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           
             to
             iudge
          
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           as
           ,
           
             ius
             dice
             :
             
               to
               speak
               iustice
            
          
           ,
           and
           iudicium
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           iudgement
           
           is
           as
           much
           as
           iurisdicium
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           so
           terme
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           
             a
             iust
             and
             righte
             speech
          
           .
        
         
           So
           Christ
           being
           an
           vprighte
           iudge
           maintaineth
           iustice
           in
           iudgement
           :
           hee
           is
           a
           iudge
           that
           will
           vse
           no
           partialitie
           ,
           but
           will
           reward
           euery
           man
           according
           to
           his
           works
           :
           he
           is
           a
           iudge
           that
           hath
           no
           respecte
           of
           persons
           .
           
           Men
           in
           this
           world
           may
           fitly
           be
           compared
           to
           actors
           of
           a
           Comedie
           vpon
           a
           stage
           :
           Whereto
           one
           acteth
           that
           part
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           another
           of
           a
           Duke
           ,
           another
           of
           an
           Earl
           ,
           another
           of
           a
           noble
           man
           ,
           another
           of
           a
           Gentlemā
           ,
           another
           of
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           another
           of
           a
           merchant
           ,
           another
           of
           a
           countrimā
           ,
           another
           of
           a
           seruāt
           :
           one
           acteth
           one
           part
           ,
           one
           another
           ;
           &
           so
           long
           as
           they
           are
           vpon
           the
           stage
           ,
           so
           long
           there
           is
           respect
           [
           according
           to
           their
           parts
           ]
           one
           of
           another
           amongst
           them
           :
           but
           when
           the
           Comedie
           is
           ended
           ,
           and
           the
           stage
           pulled
           downe
           ,
           then
           there
           is
           no
           such
           respect
           amongst
           them
           :
           yea
           many
           times
           he
           that
           played
           the
           basest
           part
           ,
           is
           the
           best
           man.
           
        
         
           So
           likewise
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           men
           art
           sūdry
           parts
           vpon
           the
           stage
           of
           this
           earth
           ,
           that
           
           is
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           men
           doe
           liue
           in
           seuerall
           vocations
           ,
           so
           long
           there
           is
           respect
           amongst
           men
           ,
           and
           that
           worthily
           :
           but
           when
           as
           the
           Come
           die
           shall
           bee
           ended
           ,
           that
           ,
           is
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           doome
           shal
           come
           vpon
           all
           men
           ,
           when
           as
           the
           stage
           shall
           be
           pulled
           downe
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           earth
           shall
           bee
           chaunged
           (
           for
           the
           earth
           shall
           neuer
           bee
           brought
           
             ad
             non
             ens
          
           ,
           to
           nothing
           ;
           but
           onely
           the
           corruptiue
           qualities
           shall
           bee
           consumed
           :
           ]
           then
           shall
           there
           bee
           no
           respecte
           of
           persons
           amongest
           men
           :
           yea
           it
           may
           bee
           that
           the
           poore
           man
           shall
           be
           greater
           before
           God
           than
           the
           rich
           man.
           Yea
           and
           Besides
           all
           this
           ,
           vpon
           the
           earth
           GOD
           hath
           no
           respecte
           of
           persons
           [
           although
           there
           bee
           respecte
           amongest
           men
           )
           but
           euery
           man
           shall
           receiue
           according
           to
           his
           workes
           ,
           the
           Prince
           as
           wel
           as
           the
           subiecte
           ,
           the
           rich
           as
           well
           as
           the
           poore
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           Iudge
           then
           should
           come
           into
           a
           citie
           ,
           &
           should
           iudge
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           citty
           to
           death
           ,
           sparing
           no
           man
           ,
           
             nec
             precio
             ,
             nec
             prece
             ,
             
               neither
               by
               bribes
               nor
               intreaties
            
             ,
          
           would
           not
           euery
           man
           in
           that
           Citty
           be
           in
           great
           perplexity
           and
           feare
           ?
           
           so
           feare
           this
           Iudge
           ,
           who
           shall
           come
           with
           thousandes
           of
           Angels
           in
           greate
           Pompe
           ,
           Maiestie
           ,
           and
           Glorie
           ,
           into
           the
           citty
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           iudge
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           mankinde
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           damnation
           ,
           sparing
           no
           man
           ,
           neither
           pretto
           ,
           nor
           prece
           ,
           neyther
           by
           bribes
           ,
           nor
           yet
           by
           intreaties
           ,
           a
           Iudge
           that
           wil
           vse
           no
           partiality
           ,
           
             A
             Iudge
             that
             is
             able
             to
             destroy
             both
             bodie
             and
             soule
          
           in
           hell
           are
           for
           euermore
           :
           feare
           this
           iudge
           ,
           
           this
           terrible
           Iudge
           ,
           this
           iust
           Iudge
           ,
           this
           strict
           Iudge
           ,
           that
           wil
           not
           suffer
           one
           idle
           word
           to
           escape
           in
           iudgement
           :
           thou
           that
           hast
           offended
           this
           Iudge
           by
           thy
           manifolde
           transgressions
           ,
           thou
           that
           hast
           deserued
           for
           them
           euerlasting
           torments
           in
           the
           pit
           of
           hell
           ,
           feare
           him
           :
           quake
           and
           tremble
           before
           him
           at
           the
           hearing
           of
           this
           hard
           saying
           :
           But
           I
           say
           vnto
           you
           ,
           that
           of
           euery
           idle
           words
           that
           men
           shall
           speake
           ,
           they
           shall
           giue
           account
           thereof
           at
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           .
        
         
           If
           Paule
           a
           chosen
           vessel
           ,
           and
           a
           faithful
           seruant
           of
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           was
           afraide
           of
           this
           iudgement
           :
           if
           the
           iust
           and
           vprighte
           man
           Iob
           cried
           out
           and
           
           said
           :
           
           
             Quid
             agam
             ,
             quò
             me
             conuertam
             cum
             venerit
             dominus
             ad
             iudicandum
             ?
             
               What
               shall
               I
               doe
               ,
               O
               whither
               shall
               I
               tu●ne
               me
               ,
               when
               the
               Lord
               commeth
               to
               iudgement
               ?
            
          
           
           If
           blessed
           Hilary
           (
           who
           from
           the
           fourteenth
           yeere
           of
           his
           age
           serued
           the
           Lord
           in
           singlenesse
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           in
           sincerity
           of
           life
           to
           his
           liues
           end
           )
           was
           afraid
           of
           this
           day
           :
           as
           it
           appeareth
           by
           his
           speach
           vpon
           his
           death-bed
           :
           
             Egredere
             anima
             ,
             agredere
             :
             quid
             times
             ?
             quid
             dubitas
             ?
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Goe
             forth
             O
             soule
             ,
             goe
             forth
             ,
             why
             art
             thou
             afraid
             ?
             why
             doubtest
             thou
             ?
             thou
             hast
             serued
             Christ
             these
             seuentie
             yeares
             ,
             &
             art
             afraid
             now
             to
             depart
             ?
          
           If
           these
           holy
           men
           were
           afraide
           of
           this
           terrible
           day
           :
           how
           oughtest
           thou
           (
           O
           sinner
           )
           that
           art
           defiled
           with
           sinne
           from
           top
           to
           toe
           ,
           that
           hast
           not
           serued
           thy
           God
           (
           as
           thou
           oughtest
           )
           one
           daye
           in
           70.
           yeares
           ,
           how
           oughtest
           thou
           to
           quake
           and
           tremble
           ?
           
           if
           the
           iust
           shall
           scarce
           bee
           saued
           ,
           where
           shalte
           thou
           (
           poore
           wretch
           )
           appeare
           ?
        
         
           
           If
           the
           people
           of
           Israell
           trembled
           at
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           on
           mount
           Sinai
           ,
           when
           the
           Lorde
           gaue
           vnto
           them
           his
           lawe
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           a
           Scheolemaister
           ,
           )
           read
           
           a
           lecture
           to
           all
           the
           world
           :
           how
           terrible
           will
           his
           presence
           bee
           when
           hee
           shall
           come
           and
           exact
           this
           lecture
           at
           thy
           handes
           ,
           howe
           thou
           hast
           conned
           the
           same
           ?
           
        
         
           If
           Iohn
           and
           Daniel
           ,
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           mild
           Angel
           ,
           fel
           vpon
           the
           earth
           as
           dead
           :
           how
           shalt
           thou
           (
           poore
           sinner
           )
           indure
           the
           presence
           of
           this
           terrible
           iudge
           ?
           If
           Haman
           could
           not
           abide
           the
           angrie
           countenance
           of
           King
           Ahasuerosh
           :
           how
           shalt
           thou
           (
           O
           wicked
           man
           )
           abide
           the
           angrie
           countenance
           of
           this
           frowning
           iudge
           ?
           If
           Adam
           ,
           
           for
           the
           commission
           of
           one
           sinne
           ,
           ranne
           from
           god
           in
           greate
           feare
           ,
           and
           hid
           himselfe
           behinde
           the
           bush
           :
           whither
           shalt
           thou
           (
           O
           sinfull
           Adamite
           that
           haste
           committed
           as
           many
           sinnes
           as
           starres
           in
           skye
           ,
           as
           haires
           on
           head
           and
           sands
           by
           sea
           .
           
             Immò
             horum
             numerus
             numero
             non
             clauditur
             vllo
             :
             
               Yea
               the
               number
               of
               them
               is
               not
               to
               bee
               numbred
            
          
           )
           whither
           (
           I
           say
           )
           shalte
           thou
           desire
           to
           runne
           ?
           and
           where
           shalte
           thou
           wish
           to
           hide
           thy selfe
           from
           this
           terrible
           iudge
           ?
           O
           (
           saith
           
             Augustine
             )
             
               mallent
               impii
               esse
               in
               inferno
               ,
               quàm
               videre
               faciem
               irati
               indicis
            
             ;
             The
             wicked
             had
             rather
             be
             
             tormented
             in
             hell
             ,
             than
             see
             the
             face
             of
             this
             feareful
             iudge
             .
          
           
           Then
           shalt
           thou
           cry
           to
           the
           mountaines
           :
           
             Cadite
             super
             me
             :
             
               Fall
               vpon
               mee
            
          
           :
           
           and
           to
           the
           hilles
           :
           
             Abscondite
             me
             à
             facis
             sedentis
             super
             thronum
             ,
             &
             ab
             ir
             a
             agni
             :
             id
             est
             ,
             
               Hide
               mee
               from
               the
               face
               of
               him
               that
               sitteth
               vppon
               the
               throne
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               wrath
               of
               the
               Lamb.
               
            
          
        
         
           Then
           shall
           the
           booke
           bee
           opened
           ,
           videlicet
           ,
           the
           euidence
           of
           thy
           workes
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           recorded
           freshly
           in
           the
           testimonye
           of
           thyne
           owne
           conscience
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           true
           and
           infallible
           memory
           of
           Gods
           eternall
           wisedome
           :
           then
           shall
           thy
           sinnes
           bee
           sett
           in
           order
           before
           thyne
           eyes
           :
           
           heauen
           and
           earth
           shall
           witnesse
           ,
           against
           thee
           ,
           yea
           thyne
           owne
           conscience
           shall
           condemne
           thee
           :
           and
           
             conscientia
             est
             mille
             testes
             :
             
               Thy
               conscience
               is
               a
               thousand
               witnesses
               to
               condemne
               thee
            
          
           .
           The
           Diuell
           shall
           pleade
           hard
           (
           most
           pitifull
           wretche
           )
           for
           thy
           soule
           and
           body
           ,
           accusing
           thee
           on
           this
           manner
           :
           
             O
             iudex
             iustissime
             ,
             
               O
               most
               iust
               iudge
            
          
           ,
           thou
           hast
           in
           the
           aboundaunce
           of
           thy
           loue
           suffered
           many
           tormentes
           of
           hell
           vpon
           the
           Crosse
           at
           Golgotha
           ,
           for
           
           the
           redemption
           of
           this
           wretche
           :
           thou
           hast
           offered
           him
           (
           times
           innumerable
           )
           redemption
           ,
           iustification
           ,
           and
           endlesse
           happinesse
           :
           yet
           neuerthelesse
           hee
           hath
           despised
           thee
           ,
           and
           hated
           thy
           instruction
           ,
           and
           hath
           chosen
           rather
           to
           followe
           mee
           ,
           then
           thee
           ,
           rather
           to
           walke
           in
           iniquity
           after
           my
           example
           ,
           then
           in
           holynesse
           of
           life
           after
           thyne
           ,
           hee
           hath
           chosen
           to
           bee
           my
           seruant
           ,
           rather
           than
           thyne
           :
           therefore
           what
           remayneth
           ,
           but
           that
           thou
           shouldest
           refuse
           him
           ,
           that
           refused
           thee
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           should
           receiue
           him
           to
           euerlasting
           torments
           ,
           that
           hath
           hitherto
           serued
           mee
           .
        
         
           When
           thou
           (
           poore
           soule
           )
           shalte
           heere
           this
           pitifull
           Plea
           ,
           and
           confesse
           the
           same
           to
           bee
           too
           true
           ,
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           thee
           ,
           or
           whither
           shalt
           thou
           turne
           thee
           for
           comfort
           ?
           Alacke
           ,
           alacke
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           haue
           no
           hope
           of
           saluation
           :
           for
           aboue
           thee
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           see
           the
           iudge
           angry
           with
           thee
           for
           thy
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           Angels
           reioycing
           and
           laughing
           at
           thy
           destruction
           :
           benethe
           thee
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           see
           hell
           open
           ,
           and
           the
           fierye
           fornace
           ready
           to
           receiue
           thee
           to
           torment
           :
           on
           thy
           right
           hand
           shall
           bee
           thy
           sinnes
           
           accusing
           thee
           :
           on
           thy
           left
           hand
           the
           diuells
           readye
           to
           execute
           Gods
           iudgements
           vpon
           thee
           :
           within
           thee
           shall
           lye
           thy
           conscience
           gnawing
           :
           without
           thee
           the
           damned
           crue
           bewatling
           :
           on
           euery
           side
           fire
           burning
           :
           and
           then
           shalt
           thou
           receiue
           this
           lamentable
           sentence
           :
           
             Goe
             from
             mee
             ye
             cursed
             into
             euerlasting
             fire
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             is
             prepared
             for
             the
             diuell
             and
             his
             Angels
             :
          
           
           Euery
           one
           of
           these
           wordes
           are
           able
           to
           cut
           thy
           heart
           a
           sunder
           .
           
             Go
             from
             me
          
           :
           hitherto
           I
           haue
           beene
           a
           Father
           to
           thee
           :
           I
           haue
           bestowed
           many
           comfortable
           benefits
           vppon
           thee
           :
           I
           haue
           had
           great
           care
           of
           thee
           :
           but
           now
           goe
           from
           mee
           into
           torments
           inexpressible
           :
           where
           thou
           shalt
           cry
           vnto
           mee
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           not
           beere
           thee
           :
           in
           torment
           shalt
           thou
           lye
           comfortlesse
           :
           in
           hell
           thy
           torment
           shall
           bee
           endlesse
           :
           I
           will
           put
           a
           gulfe
           betweene
           thee
           and
           mee
           ,
           to
           make
           thy
           torments
           remedilesse
           :
           thou
           shalt
           bee
           dying
           alwaies
           ,
           yet
           neuer
           dead
           :
           thou
           shalt
           seeke
           death
           ,
           
           but
           neuer
           finde
           it
           :
           thou
           shalt
           bee
           burning
           alwaies
           ,
           yet
           neuer
           burnt
           to
           death
           :
           thy
           meate
           shall
           bee
           griping
           hunger
           ,
           and
           famine
           intollerable
           :
           
           thy
           drinke
           shall
           bee
           lakes
           of
           
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           :
           thy
           musicke
           shall
           bee
           howling
           and
           roaring
           of
           crying
           Diuels
           ,
           and
           weeping
           ,
           wayling
           ,
           and
           gnashing
           of
           teeth
           .
        
         
           
             Yee
             cursed
          
           :
           
           thou
           hast
           beene
           called
           hitherto
           by
           renowned
           and
           glorious
           titles
           :
           as
           Prince
           ,
           Duke
           ,
           Noble
           ,
           Reuerend
           ,
           Maister
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           but
           now
           thou
           shalt
           haue
           an
           other
           title
           :
           thou
           shalt
           be
           called
           cursed
           :
           cursed
           shalt
           thou
           be
           of
           God
           ,
           whose
           curse
           is
           
             panarum
             inflictio
             :
             id
             est
             punishment
          
           :
           cursed
           shalt
           thou
           be
           of
           all
           the
           blessed
           Angels
           in
           heauen
           :
           whose
           curse
           is
           
             conscientiae
             cruciamen
             ,
             id
             est
             
               vexation
               of
               thy
               conscience
            
          
           ;
           cursed
           shalt
           thou
           bee
           of
           all
           the
           diuels
           in
           hell
           ,
           whose
           curse
           is
           
             poenarum
             executio
             ,
             id
             est
             :
             
               the
               execution
               of
               thy
               punishment
               prescribed
            
          
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           poet
           ;
           
             Minos
             examen
             ,
             Radamanthus
             dat
             cruciamen
             ;
             tertius
             heu
             frater
             tertia
             iura
             tenet
             :
             id
             est
             ,
             
               One
               diuell
               rippeth
               vp
               thy
               examination
               ,
               another
               diuell
               tormenteth
               thee
               ,
               the
               third
               is
               not
               behinde
               to
               adde
               one
               torment
               to
               another
               vppon
               thee
               .
            
          
           Cursed
           moreouer
           shalte
           thou
           bee
           of
           all
           the
           damned
           crue
           ,
           whose
           curse
           ,
           is
           
             poenarum
             aggrauatio
             ,
             id
             est
             :
             
               the
               augmentation
               
               of
               thy
               torment
               :
            
          
           thus
           cursed
           shalt
           thou
           bee
           of
           all
           thinges
           for
           euermore
           .
           
             Jnto
             euerlasting
             fire
          
           :
           O
           miserable
           torment
           !
           there
           were
           some
           comforte
           to
           the
           damned
           soule
           ,
           if
           these
           torments
           should
           haue
           end
           :
           but
           that
           shall
           neuer
           bee
           :
           O
           miserable
           wretche
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             bound
             hand
             and
             foote
             ,
             and
             cast
             into
             this
             euerlasting
             fire
             ,
          
           
           in
           respect
           of
           which
           fire
           ,
           all
           earthlye
           elementall
           fire
           is
           but
           as
           fire
           painted
           on
           a
           wall
           ;
           thy
           tormentes
           shall
           be
           endlesse
           ,
           easelesse
           and
           remedilesse
           .
        
         
           
           
             Which
             is
             prepared
             for
             the
             diuell
             and
             his
             Angells
          
           :
           Heauen
           was
           prepared
           for
           thee
           ,
           and
           not
           Hell
           :
           thou
           wert
           borne
           to
           glory
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           torment
           ;
           but
           because
           thou
           hast
           chosen
           to
           followe
           the
           Diuell
           and
           not
           mee
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           
             Goe
             from
             mee
             yee
             cursed
             into
             euerlasting
             fire
             which
             is
             prepared
             for
             the
             diuell
             ,
          
           and
           thee
           his
           wicked
           Angell
           ;
           where
           thou
           shalt
           lye
           weeping
           ,
           and
           wailing
           ,
           and
           gnashing
           of
           thy
           teeth
           for
           euermore
           .
        
         
           The
           consideration
           of
           these
           things
           shoulde
           stirre
           vp
           euerye
           Christian
           to
           looke
           about
           him
           ,
           to
           bee
           carefull
           and
           circumspect
           to
           all
           his
           wayes
           ,
           that
           hee
           treade
           not
           his
           shooe
           awry
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           
           that
           he
           offend
           not
           this
           fearefull
           iudge
           ,
           in
           any
           thing
           :
           that
           at
           this
           day
           of
           iudgment
           hee
           may
           finde
           him
           a
           gentle
           and
           louing
           Lambe
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           Lyon
           of
           Iuda
           :
           for
           as
           to
           the
           wicked
           this
           iudge
           is
           terrible
           ,
           so
           to
           the
           godly
           hee
           is
           a
           friendly
           and
           a
           welcome
           Iudge
           :
           as
           to
           the
           wicked
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           is
           a
           daye
           of
           desolation
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           cloudes
           and
           blacknesse
           ;
           so
           to
           the
           godly
           ,
           
           it
           is
           a
           day
           of
           redemption
           ,
           yea
           the
           godly
           shall
           leape
           for
           ioy
           at
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           comming
           of
           that
           eternall
           daye
           ,
           
           the
           blessed
           spirits
           in
           heauen
           cry
           out
           saying
           :
           
             how
             long
             Lord
          
           ?
           and
           the
           blessed
           ones
           vpon
           earth
           desiring
           the
           comming
           of
           this
           day
           also
           ;
           saying
           with
           
             Paule
             ,
             Cupimus
             dissolui
             &
             esse
             cum
             Christo
             ,
             id
             est
             ,
          
           
           
             Wee
             desire
             to
             bee
             dissolued
             ,
             and
             to
             bee
             with
             Christ
          
           ;
           and
           praying
           with
           
             Iohn
             ,
             Veni
             Domine
             Iesu
             ;
             
               Come
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               come
               quickly
               .
            
          
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therefore
           so
           lead
           his
           life
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           goe
           well
           with
           him
           at
           that
           day
           ;
           
             What
             if
             J
             haue
             all
             the
             world
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             loose
             my
             soule
             at
             that
             day
             ,
             what
             doth
             it
             profit
             me
             .
          
        
         
           If
           a
           man
           be
           called
           to
           appeare
           before
           some
           earthly
           iudge
           ,
           hee
           will
           haue
           an
           especial
           
           care
           to
           array
           himself
           in
           the
           best
           manner
           hee
           may
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           haue
           himselfe
           accordingly
           ,
           that
           hee
           may
           bee
           the
           better
           accepted
           of
           him
           :
           So
           euery
           Christian
           against
           the
           daye
           of
           iudgement
           ,
           when
           hee
           must
           appeare
           before
           the
           king
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           iudge
           of
           all
           the
           worlde
           ,
           must
           haue
           an
           especiall
           care
           to
           put
           on
           the
           wedding
           garment
           of
           Christs
           righteousnesse
           and
           regeneration
           ,
           least
           hee
           bee
           sent
           packing
           to
           Hell
           with
           the
           wicked
           and
           all
           those
           that
           forget
           God.
           
        
         
           
           Mordecay
           ,
           because
           he
           went
           basely
           in
           sackcloth
           ,
           could
           not
           bee
           permitted
           to
           come
           into
           the
           Kings
           pallace
           :
           and
           doest
           thou
           thinke
           (
           whatsoeuer
           thou
           art
           )
           that
           thou
           shalt
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           glorious
           Pallace
           of
           the
           King
           of
           heauen
           ,
           hauing
           on
           the
           stinking
           ,
           defiled
           ,
           &
           abhominable
           garment
           of
           impurity
           ,
           and
           the
           menstruous
           cloath
           of
           iniquity
           ?
           no
           ,
           no
           ,
           the
           Lord
           will
           spue
           thee
           out
           of
           his
           mouthe
           a
           stinking
           carkas
           stinketh
           not
           to
           before
           men
           ,
           as
           a
           polluted
           sinner
           in
           the
           nostrells
           of
           almighty
           God.
           
        
         
           Nebuchadnezzar
           woulde
           haue
           no
           children
           in
           his
           Pallace
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           were
           wise
           and
           beautifull
           :
           
           and
           doest
           
           thou
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           of
           heauē
           and
           earth
           will
           haue
           any
           fooles
           ,
           that
           is
           sinners
           (
           for
           the
           sinner
           is
           called
           a
           foole
           in
           the
           Scripture
           :
           
             the
             foo●e
             ●ath
             said
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
          
           
           
             there
             is
             no
             God
          
           )
           to
           dwell
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Pallace
           ?
           or
           doest
           thou
           think
           that
           any
           vgly
           person
           shall
           bee
           suffered
           there
           ?
           that
           is
           any
           sinner
           (
           for
           the
           sinner
           is
           an
           vglye
           and
           abhominable
           thing
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           )
           ,
           no
           :
           the
           Lord
           will
           entertaine
           none
           into
           his
           kingdome
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           beautifull
           ,
           shining
           in
           holinesse
           ,
           purity
           ,
           and
           righteousnesse
           ,
           as
           the
           portalls
           of
           the
           burnisht
           sunne
           :
           such
           as
           are
           without
           spot
           or
           wrinckle
           ,
           
             Omnino
             ad
             imaginem
             suam
             :
             
               altogither
               like
               vnto
               him
            
          
           :
           holy
           as
           hee
           is
           holy
           ,
           pure
           as
           hee
           is
           pure
           :
           such
           will
           the
           Lord
           haue
           in
           his
           kingdome
           to
           sing
           
             Halleluiah
             :
             Saluation
             and
             glory
             ,
             and
             honor
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             power
             be
             to
             the
             Lord
             our
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Therefore
           as
           the
           theefe
           is
           exceeding
           prouident
           ,
           and
           very
           carefull
           how
           hee
           may
           aunswere
           the
           Iudge
           at
           the
           barre
           :
           and
           as
           in
           earthlye
           courtes
           men
           will
           be
           very
           carefull
           to
           prouide
           an
           answere
           against
           they
           bee
           called
           :
           yea
           and
           will
           make
           some
           friende
           to
           the
           iudge
           ,
           
           
           
           
           
           that
           they
           may
           speede
           the
           better
           :
           So
           likewise
           euery
           Christian
           soule
           shoulde
           carefully
           prouide
           a
           good
           aunswere
           againste
           hee
           bee
           cited
           by
           the
           Apparitour
           death
           ,
           to
           appeare
           before
           Christe
           at
           the
           generall
           Courte
           of
           Heauen
           :
           And
           that
           then
           it
           may
           goe
           well
           with
           him
           ,
           let
           him
           get
           some
           friend
           to
           mooue
           the
           iudge
           in
           his
           behalfe
           ,
           as
           he
           tendereth
           the
           welfare
           of
           his
           deare
           soule
           :
           and
           who
           must
           that
           friende
           bee
           ?
           Not
           Mary
           ,
           nor
           Peter
           ,
           but
           it
           muste
           be
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           that
           sitteth
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           his
           father
           in
           glory
           ,
           and
           maketh
           daily
           intercession
           for
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           whole
           worlde
           .
           Get
           him
           for
           thy
           Proctour
           (
           who
           offereth
           himselfe
           to
           al
           )
           and
           then
           happie
           shalt
           thou
           bee
           :
           the
           diuel
           shall
           not
           preuaile
           against
           thee
           :
           for
           Christ
           hath
           broken
           his
           head
           :
           the
           gates
           of
           Hell
           shall
           not
           preuaile
           against
           thee
           ,
           for
           Christ
           hath
           conquered
           them
           :
           and
           death
           shall
           not
           bolde
           thee
           captiue
           ,
           for
           christ
           hath
           ouercome
           it
           :
           
           
             Happy
             art
             thou
             that
             art
             in
             such
             a
             case
             ,
             yea
             blessed
             arte
             thou
             ,
             if
             thou
             hast
             the
             Lord
             for
             thy
             God
             :
          
        
         
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           third
           pare
           of
           this
           Text
           namely
           ,
           of
           the
           iudge
           ,
           to
           whome
           
           we
           must
           giue
           an
           account
           .
           
        
         
           
             But
             I
             say
             vnto
             you
             ,
             that
             of
             euery
             idle
             word
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           4
           When
           we
           shall
           giue
           an
           account
           :
           it
           is
           said
           heer
           :
           at
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           :
        
         
           The
           time
           ,
           whē
           this
           great
           &
           generall
           day
           shal
           be
           ,
           cannot
           be
           known
           of
           mortal
           mā
           :
           yea
           it
           is
           not
           for
           mā
           to
           know
           of
           it
           :
           as
           we
           may
           read
           in
           the
           
             Acts
             :
             It
             is
             not
             for
             you
             to
             know
             the
             times
             &
             seasons
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             God
             hath
             put
             in
             his
             owne
             power
             :
             yea
             Christe
             himselfe
             knoweth
             not
             of
             this
             day
             :
          
           
           
             But
             of
             that
             day
             and
             houre
          
           (
           saith
           
             Marke
             ]
             knoweth
             no
             man
             ,
             no
             ,
             not
             the
             Angels
             which
             are
             in
             heauen
             ,
             neither
             the
             Sonne
             himlelfe
             ,
             saue
             the
             Father
             :
             
               id
               est
            
          
           :
           Christe
           according
           to
           his
           humane
           nature
           knoweth
           not
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           his
           diuine
           nature
           ,
           he
           knoweth
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           God
           the
           Father
           :
           for
           he
           is
           coequall
           with
           God
           the
           Father
           in
           knowledge
           ,
           wisedome
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           thinges
           whatsoeuer
           :
           yea
           hee
           knewe
           of
           this
           daye
           before
           the
           foundation
           of
           the
           world
           was
           laide
           ,
           yea
           he
           himselfe
           shal
           sit
           iudge
           at
           the
           day
           .
        
         
           God
           will
           not
           haue
           vs
           know
           of
           this
           daye
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           bee
           ,
           for
           these
           three
           causes
           ,
        
         
         
           
           1
           To
           prooue
           and
           trie
           our
           patience
           ,
           faith
           ,
           and
           other
           vertues
           :
           to
           see
           whether
           wee
           will
           put
           our
           whole
           trust
           and
           affiance
           in
           him
           ,
           although
           wee
           ●●●●…e
           not
           the
           time
           of
           our
           dissolution
           .
        
         
           
           2
           To
           bridle
           our
           curiositie
           and
           peeuish
           inquisition
           after
           such
           (
           too
           high
           )
           matters
           :
           
           
             qua
             supra
             nos
             ,
             nihil
             ad
             nos
             :
             
               that
               which
               is
               aboue
               our
               capacitie
               ,
               wee
               ought
               not
               to
               meddle
               withall
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           3
           To
           keepe
           vs
           in
           continuall
           watchfulnesse
           :
           for
           if
           wee
           knew
           certainely
           the
           day
           of
           death
           and
           iudgement
           ,
           surely
           it
           would
           be
           a
           greate
           and
           forcible
           motiue
           to
           drawe
           vs
           to
           a
           loose
           ,
           negligent
           ,
           and
           secure
           kind
           of
           life
           .
           
           
             Watch
             therfore
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Euangelist
           )
           
             because
             yee
             know
             not
             when
             your
             Maister
             will
             come
             .
          
           For
           these
           three
           causes
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           haue
           vs
           know
           of
           the
           time
           of
           iudgement
           ,
        
         
           Although
           (
           my
           beloued
           in
           Christe
           )
           we
           know
           not
           the
           certainetie
           of
           the
           time
           of
           this
           day
           :
           yet
           neuerthelesse
           wee
           muste
           knowe
           ,
           that
           this
           great
           and
           general
           day
           cannot
           bee
           farre
           off
           ,
           both
           according
           to
           the
           prophesies
           of
           holy
           Fathers
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           holy
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           Augustine
           ,
           in
           his
           booke
           vpon
           Genesis
           
           against
           the
           Manichees
           ,
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           worlde
           shoulde
           laste
           sixe
           ages
           :
           the
           first
           from
           Adam
           to
           Noah
           :
           the
           second
           from
           Noah
           to
           Abraham
           :
           the
           third
           from
           Abraham
           to
           Dauid
           :
           the
           fourth
           frō
           Dauid
           to
           the
           transmigration
           of
           Babilon
           :
           the
           fifth
           frō
           the
           transmigration
           of
           Babilon
           ,
           to
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           fl●sh
           :
           the
           sixth
           from
           the
           comming
           of
           Christe
           in
           the
           flesh
           to
           his
           comming
           againe
           to
           iudgement
           .
           So
           that
           according
           to
           his
           prophecie
           wee
           liue
           in
           the
           last
           age
           ,
           which
           last
           age
           ,
           
           ●
           called
           of
           
             Iohn
             
               hora
               extrema
            
          
           or
           
             hora
             nouissima
             
               the
               laste
               hour●
            
          
           :
           but
           how
           lōg
           this
           last
           houre
           doth
           last
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           α
           and
           ω
           the
           first
           &
           the
           last
           ,
           the
           euerlasting
           God
           alone
           doth
           know
           .
        
         
           The
           Hebrewes
           they
           boast
           of
           the
           prophecie
           of
           Eliah
           ,
           
           a
           great
           man
           in
           those
           da●e●
           hee
           prophecied
           that
           the
           worlde
           should
           last
           6000
           ,
           year●s
           2000
           ,
           before
           the
           law
           2000
           ,
           vnder
           the
           law
           :
           and
           2000
           from
           Christ
           to
           Christe
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           his
           prophecie
           holdes
           true
           ,
           the
           world
           cannot
           last
           400
           yeares
           for
           since
           Christe
           his
           comming
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           it
           was
           1606.
           at
           Christes
           tide
           last
           hast
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           computation
           of
           the
           Church
           from
           time
           to
           time
           .
           But
           leauing
           men
           
           and
           comming
           to
           the
           Scripturs
           ,
           which
           cannot
           erre
           ,
           for
           
             Humanū
             est
             errare
             :
             
               Man
               may
               ,
               yea
               and
               doth
               many
               times
               erre
            
          
           .
        
         
           
           Sainte
           Paule
           saith
           ,
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           :
           
             Wee
             are
             they
             vpon
             whome
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             world
             are
             come
             .
          
           If
           therefore
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           worlde
           were
           come
           vpon
           thē
           that
           liued
           aboue
           1560.
           yeares
           ago
           ,
           then
           surely
           doomes
           day
           cānot
           now
           possibly
           be
           far
           off
           .
        
         
           
           Iames
           likewise
           saith
           :
           
             Behold
             the
             Iudge
             standeth
             before
             the
             doore
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Iohn
             Baptist
          
           preached
           repentance
           to
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             repent
             for
             the
             kingdome
             of
             heauen
             is
             at
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           by
           these
           places
           of
           Scripture
           it
           is
           euident
           ,
           that
           the
           generall
           day
           of
           Iudgement
           is
           at
           hand
           :
           as
           also
           by
           the
           signes
           &
           tokens
           which
           should
           goe
           before
           this
           day
           immediatly
           ,
           of
           which
           many
           ,
           yea
           almost
           all
           are
           already
           fulfilled
           .
        
         
           Moreouer
           we
           must
           (
           deare
           brethren
           ]
           know
           that
           there
           is
           a
           twofolde
           iudgement
           :
           the
           one
           called
           a
           particuler
           iudgment
           the
           other
           called
           a
           generall
           iudgment
           .
        
         
           
           
           1
           The
           particular
           iudgemente
           is
           exercised
           and
           executed
           vpon
           euery
           man
           immediatly
           after
           death
           ,
           which
           is
           
             segregatio
             
             anima
             a
             corpore
             :
             
               a
               separation
               of
               the
               soule
               from
               the
               bodie
               .
            
          
        
         
           Of
           this
           particuler
           iudgemente
           wee
           may
           reade
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrewes
           :
           
             It
             is
             appointed
             vnto
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             once
             die
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             after
             that
             commeth
             iudgemente
          
           .
           And
           though
           the
           generall
           Iudgement
           commeth
           not
           these
           4000.
           years
           ,
           yet
           particular
           iudgment
           cōmeth
           at
           the
           day
           of
           our
           death
           :
           &
           look
           as
           we
           at
           the
           day
           of
           our
           death
           shal
           be
           found
           ,
           so
           shall
           we
           bee
           iudged
           :
           and
           as
           we
           then
           shal
           be
           iudged
           ,
           so
           shall
           wee
           bee
           iudged
           at
           the
           general
           iudgement
           .
        
         
           2
           The
           generall
           iudgement●
           (
           of
           which
           this
           Scripture
           speaketh
           )
           is
           exercised
           and
           executed
           vpon
           all
           men
           together
           by
           Christe
           :
           who
           shall
           by
           his
           power
           raise
           all
           those
           vp
           againe
           that
           haue
           beene
           dead
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           that
           time
           :
           and
           they
           shall
           bee
           presented
           all
           together
           (
           being
           againe
           vnited
           to
           theire
           soules
           ]
           before
           Christes
           tribunall
           seate
           ,
           who
           shall
           come
           downe
           in
           a
           cloude
           from
           heauen
           ,
           in
           greate
           maiesty
           and
           glory
           ,
           with
           thousands
           of
           blessed
           Angels
           attending
           vpon
           him
           :
           and
           hee
           shall
           giue
           sentence
           vpon
           all
           in
           generall
           :
           the
           wicked
           
           shall
           be
           cast
           into
           euerlasting
           fire
           ,
           &
           the
           godly
           he
           shall
           carry
           vp
           with
           him
           into
           
             caelum
             Empiraeum
          
           ,
           the
           third
           and
           highest
           heauen
           ,
           (
           where
           he
           nowe
           in
           bodie
           reigneth
           &
           remaineth
           )
           there
           to
           reape
           ioyes
           vnspeakable
           for
           euermore
           ,
        
         
           But
           some
           man
           may
           obiecte
           and
           say
           ,
           why
           (
           I
           pray
           you
           )
           shall
           there
           bee
           a
           generall
           iudgement
           ,
           when
           as
           all
           are
           iudged
           in
           the
           particuler
           iudgement
           ?
           what
           shall
           thee
           be
           two
           iudgements
           executed
           ?
           There
           shal
           notwithstanding
           the
           particul●r
           )
           be
           a
           generall
           iudgemente
           ,
           
           and
           that
           for
           three
           causes
           .
        
         
           
           1
           Because
           in
           the
           particuler
           iudgemēt
           the
           faule
           of
           man
           is
           iudged
           onely
           ,
           but
           then
           both
           soule
           &
           bodie
           shall
           be
           iudged
        
         
           
           2
           In
           the
           particuler
           iudgemēt
           ,
           the
           soule
           onely
           is
           either
           rewarded
           or
           punished
           :
           but
           then
           both
           soule
           &
           bodie
           either
           shal
           be
           rewarded
           with
           ioyes
           ,
           or
           punished
           with
           torments
           .
        
         
           
           3
           There
           shall
           be
           a
           generall
           iudgmēt
           .
           to
           declare
           to
           all
           the
           worlde
           assembled
           then
           together
           ,
           the
           iuste
           iudgemente
           of
           god
           :
           that
           he
           hath
           iustly
           saued
           the
           godly
           ▪
           &
           iu●ly
           condēned
           the
           wicked
           :
           yea
           the
           uery
           wicked
           themselues
           shal
           confes
           no
           lesse
           .
        
         
         
           By
           reason
           of
           this
           generall
           iudgement
           ,
           some
           light
           braine
           hereticks
           their
           bee
           the
           say
           ,
           that
           ther
           is
           no
           particular
           iudgmēt
           at
           al
           ,
           &
           that
           the
           soul
           immediatl●
           after
           death
           is
           not
           iudged
           :
           for
           wheras
           it
           is
           said
           
             hodie
             mecūeris
             in
             paradiso
          
           ,
           
           
             to
             day
             shalte
             thou
             be
             with
             me
             in
             paradise
             ,
          
           the
           speech
           of
           our
           sauiour
           to
           the
           theef
           they
           take
           that
           word
           
             hodie
             id
             est
             ,
             
               to
               day
            
          
           for
           1000
           years
           ;
           &
           bring
           for
           proofe
           hereof
           that
           place
           of
           the
           
             Psalmist
             A
             thousand
             yeeres
             in
             thy
             sighte
             are
             as
             yesterday
             ,
          
           
        
         
           But
           to
           answere
           them
           :
           this
           place
           of
           Scripture
           is
           not
           so
           to
           bee
           vnderstood
           ,
           
           as
           that
           a
           thousand
           yeares
           shoulde
           bee
           taken
           for
           a
           day
           ;
           or
           a
           day
           for
           a
           thousand
           yeares
           :
           for
           hee
           saith
           not
           :
           a
           thousand
           yeares
           are
           a
           daye
           :
           but
           a
           thousand
           yeares
           in
           the
           sighte
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           respecte
           of
           the
           eternity
           and
           euerlastingnesse
           of
           god
           ,
           are
           as
           a
           day
           :
           It
           is
           therefore
           spoken
           on
           this
           manner
           to
           expresse
           the
           eternitie
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           if
           hee
           should
           say
           :
           a
           thousand
           yeares
           with
           man
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           eternity
           of
           God
           ,
           are
           but
           as
           a
           daye
           :
           for
           as
           many
           as
           are
           ,
           haue
           beene
           ,
           and
           euer
           shall
           bee
           the
           daies
           of
           man
           ,
           so
           many
           thousand
           ,
           yea
           so
           many
           thousand
           thousands
           yeeres
           is
           the
           eternity
           of
           
           God
           :
           he
           is-and-the
           first
           and
           the
           last
           ,
           before
           all
           beginnings
           ,
           and
           shall
           neuer
           haue
           ending
           .
        
         
           
           Againe
           ,
           they
           alledge
           that
           place
           of
           
             Genesis
             ;
             
               In
               that
               day
               that
               thou
               eatest
               therof
            
          
           (
           namely
           of
           the
           forbidden
           fruite
           )
           
             thou
             shalt
             die
             the
             death
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           (
           saith
           the
           heretique
           )
           that
           day
           they
           died
           not
           ,
           
           but
           liued
           many
           hundred
           yeers
           after
           :
           therfore
           by
           a
           day
           is
           vnderstood
           many
           hundred
           yeers
           .
        
         
           
           But
           I
           answer
           that
           ,
           that
           day
           (
           wherin
           Adam
           did
           eat
           of
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           )
           euen
           that
           day
           did
           hee
           dye
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           day
           by
           sinne
           hee
           was
           separated
           from
           God
           :
           then
           the
           which
           separation
           no
           death
           is
           greater
           ;
           
           for
           
             Vt
             vita
             corporis
             est
             anima
             ,
             ita
             vita
             animae
             est
             deus
             ;
             tolle
             animā
             ,
             perit
             corpus
             :
             tolle
             deū
             ,
             moritur
             animae
             ;
             id
             est
             ,
             
               As
               the
               soule
               is
               the
               life
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               so
               God
               is
               the
               life
               of
               the
               soule
               ;
               take
               away
               the
               soule
               ,
               the
               body
               dieth
               ;
               take
               away
               God
               ,
               the
               soule
               is
               dead
            
          
           ;
           So
           that
           Adam
           that
           day
           died
           in
           soule
           ,
           being
           separated
           from
           the
           Lord
           ;
           yea
           that
           day
           Adam
           was
           made
           subiect
           to
           death
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           ;
           that
           day
           he
           had
           the
           beginnings
           of
           death
           seasing
           vppon
           him
           ,
           for
           hee
           was
           presently
           cast
           out
           of
           Paradise
           
           into
           the
           ragged
           world
           ,
           he
           was
           cursed
           and
           all
           his
           posterity
           ,
           yea
           hee
           should
           haue
           gone
           to
           hell
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           second
           Adam
           broken
           the
           head
           of
           the
           subtile
           serpent
           that
           inticed
           him
           to
           sin
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           thiefe
           vpon
           the
           crosse
           had
           Paradise
           that
           day
           in
           soule
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           suffered
           in
           body
           ;
           although
           he
           had
           it
           not
           in
           so
           full
           measure
           ,
           as
           hee
           shall
           at
           the
           generall
           day
           ,
           when
           his
           soule
           shall
           take
           vnto
           it
           the
           body
           againe
           ;
           
             hodie
             ,
             
               to
               daie
            
          
           thy
           soule
           with
           my
           soule
           shall
           be
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           my
           fathers
           kingdome
           .
           Where
           is
           now
           the
           heretique
           that
           confoundeth
           particular
           iudgement
           ?
        
         
           Where
           is
           now
           the
           Epicure
           ,
           that
           thinketh
           there
           is
           no
           iudgment
           at
           all
           ?
        
         
           Where
           is
           now
           the
           ignorant
           Papist
           that
           dreameth
           of
           Purgatory
           ?
           and
           hee
           that
           fondly
           thinketh
           that
           there
           is
           
             Limbus
             patrum
          
           ,
           and
           
             Lymbus
             puerorum
          
           ?
           and
           where
           are
           these
           that
           imagin
           of
           a
           place
           of
           ab●ade
           ,
           betweene
           Heauen
           and
           Hell
           ?
           I
           turne
           them
           all
           together
           to
           the
           Hebrewes
           for
           Wisedome
           in
           this
           point
           :
           
           where
           they
           shall
           finde
           that
           after
           death
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           is
           iudged
           .
        
         
           
           Would
           Paul
           haue
           so
           earnestly
           desired
           
           to
           haue
           beene
           dissolued
           ,
           if
           hee
           should
           not
           presently
           haue
           bin
           with
           Christ
           He
           saith
           ,
           
             that
             in
             this
             world
             wee
             see
             in
             a
             glasse
             darkly
             :
          
           
           We
           see
           but
           Gods
           backe
           ports
           as
           Moses
           did
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           but
           a
           little
           of
           the
           sailour
           of
           God
           :
           
             But
             then
          
           that
           is
           ,
           after
           this
           life
           ended
           
             we
             shal
             see
             god
             face
             to
             face
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           we
           shall
           haue
           the
           full
           fruition
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           
           We
           read
           of
           Diues
           and
           Lazarus
           ,
           that
           after
           death
           the
           one
           was
           iudged
           to
           heauen
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           hell
           :
           which
           is
           a
           Parable
           to
           signifie
           the
           trueth
           of
           this
           particular
           iudgement
           .
        
         
           
           And
           (
           to
           conclade
           this
           poynt
           )
           we
           read
           in
           Salomon
           :
           that
           the
           dust
           returneth
           to
           the
           earth
           from
           whence
           it
           came
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           to
           God
           ●h●
           gaue
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           wee
           may
           learne
           from
           hence
           the
           vncertainty
           of
           the
           day
           of
           iudgment
           .
           Wel
           saith
           Bernard
           :
           
           
             Nihil
             certius
             morte
             ,
             hora
             mortis
             nihil
             inocentius
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Nothing
             is
             more
             certayn
             than
             death
             ,
          
           &
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           vncertaine
           than
           the
           houre
           of
           death
           .
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therefore
           (
           that
           wisheth
           the
           saluation
           of
           his
           soule
           at
           the
           day
           of
           death
           and
           iudgement
           )
           beware
           of
           security
           and
           carelesse
           liuing
           :
           let
           no
           
           man
           deferre
           repentance
           ,
           and
           amendement
           of
           life
           ,
           least
           death
           come
           when
           he
           i●d●eth
           not
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           (
           being
           vnprepared
           he
           be
           cast
           into
           hell
           fire
           .
        
         
           The
           olde
           world
           had
           120.
           
           yeares
           to
           repent
           in
           :
           N●n●e
           had
           40.
           dayes
           to
           repent
           in
           :
           Israell
           had
           40.
           yeares
           to
           repent
           in
           ;
           but
           thou
           (
           O
           mā
           )
           knowest
           not
           how
           long
           thou
           hast
           to
           liue
           :
           thou
           haste
           no
           lease
           o●
           thy
           life
           :
           thou
           art
           heere
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           gon●
           to
           morrow
           :
           when
           the
           houres
           of
           thy
           life
           bee
           ended
           ,
           and
           the
           glasse
           outrunne
           ,
           thou
           must
           awaye
           :
           death
           wasteth
           for
           thee
           in
           euery
           place
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           :
           therefore
           waste
           thou
           for
           it
           plaing
           as
           the
           fiue
           wise
           virgins
           ,
           
           that
           had
           the
           candle
           of
           faith
           burning
           in
           the
           lamps
           of
           their
           harts
           ,
           nourished
           which
           the
           oyle
           of
           loue
           and
           workes
           ,
        
         
           Ierusalem
           ,
           because
           shee
           could
           not
           bee
           brought
           to
           repentance
           ,
           shee
           was
           destroyed
           :
           many
           hundred
           thousandes
           of
           her
           children
           were
           famish●e
           to
           death
           :
           
           and
           many
           hundred
           thousands
           taken
           captiue
           by
           
             Titus
             Vespatian
          
           the
           Roman
           Emperour
           :
           many
           cast
           to
           wilde
           beastes
           and
           deuoured
           ,
        
         
           The
           children
           of
           Israell
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           a
           stiffenecked
           people
           ,
           and
           a
           froward
           
           generation
           ,
           and
           woulde
           not
           bee
           brought
           to
           repentance
           :
           how
           many
           thousands
           of
           them
           lay
           slaine
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           ?
           600000.
           males
           ;
           except
           Ioshua
           and
           Caleb
           .
        
         
           The
           old
           world
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           take
           no
           warning
           ,
           
           and
           could
           not
           bee
           brought
           to
           amendment
           of
           life
           :
           the
           floud
           drowned
           them
           all
           ,
           except
           faithfull
           Noah
           and
           his
           godly
           family
           .
           And
           except
           thou
           repentest
           ,
           thou
           likewise
           shall
           perish
           :
           according
           to
           that
           of
           
             Luks
             :
             
               Except
               ye
               repent
               ,
               ye
               shall
               all
               likewise
               perish
            
          
           :
           beware
           therefore
           and
           repent
           betimes
           :
           
             Foelix
             quem
             faciunt
             aliena
             pericula
             cautum
             ,
             
               Happy
               is
               he
            
             ,
          
           
           
             whome
             other
             mens
             harmes
             do
             make
             to
             beware
             .
          
        
         
           Refuse
           no
           good
           motions
           knocking
           at
           the
           doore
           of
           thy
           heart
           ,
           but
           entertaine
           them
           willingly
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           counsell
           of
           Augustine
           ;
           
           If
           hee
           offereth
           thee
           grace
           to
           day
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           take
           it
           ,
           make
           much
           of
           it
           :
           for
           thou
           knowest
           not
           whether
           he
           will
           offer
           the
           same
           to
           morrow
           :
           
             Make
             no
             long
             tarrying
             to
             turne
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             put
             not
             off
             from
             day
             to
             day
          
           ;
           the
           longer
           thou
           remainest
           in
           thy
           sinne
           ,
           the
           harder
           it
           is
           for
           thee
           to
           repent
           :
           for
           
             Qui
             non
             est
             hedie
             ,
             cras
             minùs
             aptus
             erit
             :
             
             
               If
               thou
               beest
               not
               fit
               to
               amendement
               to
               day
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               bee
               lesse
               fit
               to
               morrow
               .
            
          
           Therfore
           while
           the
           lord
           speaketh
           to
           thee
           ,
           make
           him
           answer
           :
           while
           hee
           calleth
           vnto
           thee
           ,
           let
           there
           be
           an
           eccho
           in
           thine
           heart
           ,
           as
           was
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           
             Dauid
             :
             
               seek
               ye
               my
               face
               :
               thy
               face
               Lord
               will
               seek
            
          
           :
           and
           while
           it
           is
           said
           to
           day
           ,
           
           
             harden
             not
             thine
             heart
          
           .
           In
           no
           case
           therefore
           defer
           thy
           repentance
           :
           for
           the
           day
           of
           death
           and
           iudgement
           is
           vncertain
           ;
           as
           saith
           
             Chrisostome
             :
             Poenitenti
             veniam
             spospondit
             ,
             sed
             viuendi
             in
             crastinū
             non
             spospondit
          
           :
           
           that
           is
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             hath
             promised
             pardon
             to
             him
             that
             repenteth
             ,
             but
             to
             liue
             till
             tomorrow
             ,
             he
             hath
             not
             promised
             .
          
        
         
           But
           some
           there
           be
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           will
           say
           ;
           
           (
           the
           more
           it
           is
           to
           be
           lamented
           )
           I
           am
           young
           .
           I
           will
           liue
           a
           while
           after
           my
           hearts
           desire
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           olde
           age
           I
           will
           repent
           mee
           of
           my
           sinnes
           ;
           for
           God
           hath
           promised
           (
           who
           will
           be
           as
           good
           as
           his
           word
           .
           
           )
           
             At
             what
             time
             soeuer
             a
             sinner
             doeth
             repente
             him
             of
             his
             sinnes
             from
             the
             bottom
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             J
             will
             put
             all
             his
             wickednes
             out
             of
             my
             remembrance
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           And
           will
           pray
           to
           the
           Lord
           for
           forgiuenesse
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           
           as
           Augustine
           
           said
           before
           his
           conuersion
           :
           
             Ignosce
             (
             pacer
             )
             ignosce
             mihi
             :
             at
             noli
             modo
             :
             
               Forgiue
               mee
               my
               sinnes
               ,
               but
               not
               now
               :
               let
               me
               sinne
               in
               my
               youth
               ,
               &
               pardon
               me
               in
               myne
               age
               :
            
          
           thus
           they
           would
           desire
           to
           die
           the
           death
           of
           the
           righteous
           :
           but
           they
           would
           not
           liue
           the
           life
           of
           the
           righteous
           :
           but
           let
           these
           gracelesse
           persons
           (
           that
           thus
           deferre
           repentance
           )
           beware
           of
           two
           things
           .
        
         
           1
           Let
           them
           beware
           of
           sodaine
           death
           :
           Let
           them
           take
           heede
           ,
           least
           they
           bee
           cut
           off
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           as
           Iobs
           children
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           their
           bauquetting
           and
           ryoting
           were
           soddaynely
           slayne
           by
           the
           fall
           of
           the
           house
           :
           
           and
           as
           the
           floud
           came
           vnlooked
           for
           ,
           and
           drowned
           the
           old
           world
           .
        
         
           Liuis
           reporteth
           a
           fearefull
           example
           of
           sodaine
           death
           :
           
           saith
           hee
           ,
           there
           were
           two
           olde
           men
           that
           frequented
           two
           harlots
           ,
           and
           presently
           vppon
           the
           face
           committed
           they
           both
           died
           sodainely
           :
           the
           one
           was
           thrust
           thorow
           with
           a
           dagger
           :
           the
           other
           died
           sodainely
           of
           an
           Apoplerie
           :
           which
           is
           a
           disease
           ingendered
           of
           aboundance
           of
           grosse
           humors
           ,
           which
           do
           fill
           those
           vessels
           and
           receptories
           of
           the
           head
           ,
           from
           whence
           commeth
           feeling
           &
           moouing
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           
           as
           saith
           Galene
           ,
           
           and
           therefore
           they
           that
           haue
           this
           disease
           ,
           are
           depriued
           of
           all
           sence
           ,
           feeling
           &
           moouing
           .
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Iustie
           yonker
           and
           desperate
           ruffian
           set
           this
           fearefull
           example
           before
           his
           eyes
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           the
           young
           man
           dieth
           ,
           as
           soone
           as
           the
           olde
           :
           the
           Lambs
           skinne
           is
           brought
           to
           the
           market
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           old●
           crones
           :
           
           true
           is
           that
           saying
           of
           
             Augustine
             :
             vita
             dum
             crescit
             ,
             decrescit
             :
             vita
             mortalis
             ,
             &
             mors
             vitalis
             :
             id
             est
             
               life
               while
               it
               increaseth
               ,
               decreaseth
               :
               life
               is
               dying
               ,
               and
               death
               is
               liuing
               .
            
          
        
         
           2
           Let
           all
           men
           that
           refuse
           the
           mercy
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           deferre
           their
           repentance
           know
           ;
           that
           repentance
           is
           not
           theirs
           at
           command
           :
           but
           it
           is
           the
           great
           mercy
           of
           GOD
           :
           and
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           that
           they
           that
           haue
           refused
           it
           offered
           ,
           when
           they
           would
           haue
           it
           ,
           they
           shall
           goe
           without
           :
           according
           to
           that
           country
           Prouerbe
           :
           
             If
             you
             will
             not
             when
             you
             may
             ;
             when
             you
             will
             ,
             you
             shall
             haue
             nay
             :
          
           And
           it
           is
           commonly
           seene
           ,
           that
           
             qualis
             vita
             ,
             finis
             eta
          
           :
           as
           a
           man
           liueth
           ,
           commonly
           be
           dieth
           :
           he
           that
           will
           liue
           without
           repentance
           ,
           must
           look
           to
           die
           without
           repentance
           .
        
         
         
           Though
           God
           spared
           the
           thiefe
           at
           the
           laste
           gaspe
           ,
           yet
           set
           no
           man
           presume
           of
           that
           :
           for
           that
           was
           a
           medicine
           against
           desperation
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           matter
           of
           imitation
           :
           saith
           one
           :
           
             God
             spared
             one
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             mighte
             despayre
             :
             he
             spared
             but
             one
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             might
             presume
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           euery
           man
           therefore
           (
           in
           the
           feare
           of
           God
           )
           without
           all
           delay
           ,
           seeke
           for
           amendmente
           of
           life
           :
           Let
           them
           as
           (
           Gregory
           wisheth
           )
           
             Plangere
             plangenda
             
               Bewaile
               their
               sinnes
               that
               ought
               to
               be
               lamented
            
          
           :
           
           
             and
             as
             they
             haue
             giuen
             their
             members
             ,
             as
             weapons
             of
             vnrighteousnes
             to
             iniquity
             :
             so
             let
             them
             now
             giue
             them
             as
             weapons
             of
             righteousnesse
             to
             holines
             .
          
           Repent
           (
           dear
           brethren
           )
           betimes
           ;
           
             Viue
             de●
             gratus
          
           ,
           
           
             tote
             mundo
             tumulatus
             :
             crimine
             mundat
             us
             semper
             transire
             paratus
          
           ;
           that
           is
           
             Liue
             vnto
             God
             a
             thankfull
             wight
             ,
             &
             to
             the
             world
             die
             ;
             clense
             thy selfe
             frō
             wickedns
             ,
             alwaies
             ready
             hence
             to
             fly
             .
          
        
         
           Play
           the
           wise
           steward
           ,
           lay
           vp
           treasures
           in
           heauen
           for
           thy
           soul
           :
           imitate
           the
           Pismire
           which
           gathers
           in
           Sommer
           ,
           wherby
           she
           may
           liue
           in
           winter
           .
        
         
           
           Damascene
           reporteth
           an
           excellent
           Historie
           touching
           this
           purpose
           :
           saith
           he
           There
           was
           a
           country
           where
           they
           
           chose
           their
           king
           of
           the
           poorest
           and
           basest
           sort
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           vpon
           any
           dislikement
           taken
           ,
           they
           would
           depose
           him
           from
           his
           throne
           ,
           and
           exile
           him
           into
           an
           Iland
           ,
           where
           hee
           should
           bee
           starued
           to
           death
           :
           Now
           one
           wise
           fellow
           (
           cōsidering
           hereof
           )
           sent
           mony
           before
           into
           that
           Ilād
           ,
           into
           which
           he
           should
           be
           banished
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           was
           banished
           ,
           he
           was
           receiued
           into
           the
           iland
           with
           greate
           triumph
           .
           So
           against
           thou
           be
           banished
           by
           death
           from
           this
           world
           ,
           without
           penny
           or
           farthing
           ,
           (
           for
           naked
           thou
           camest
           ,
           &
           naked
           thou
           must
           go
           )
           thou
           must
           prouide
           whils
           thou
           art
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           whereby
           thou
           maiest
           liue
           in
           heauen
           hereafter
           ,
        
         
           Let
           nothing
           therfore
           make
           thee
           deferre
           thy
           amendment
           ,
           but
           whilest
           Christ
           calleth
           thee
           ,
           run
           vnto
           him
           .
           Put
           on
           Ieromes
           resolution
           who
           said
           :
           
             If
             my
             mother
             wete
             hanging
             about
             my
             neck
             ,
          
           
           
             if
             my
             brethren
             were
             on
             euery
             side
             ,
             howling
             and
             crying
             ,
             and
             if
             my
             father
             were
             on
             his
             bare
             knees
             ,
             kneeling
             before
             me
             to
             detaine
             mee
             in
             their
             wicked
             and
             sinfull
             course
             of
             life
             ,
             what
             woulde
             J
             doe
             ?
             I
             would
             shake
             off
             my
             mother
             to
             the
             groūd
             I
             woulde
             despise
             and
             hate
             all
             my
             kindred
             and
             kinsfolkes
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             tread
             
             and
             trample
             my
             Father
             vnder
             my
             feete
             ,
             thereby
             to
             flie
             to
             Christ
             when
             he
             calleth
             me
             .
          
        
         
           So
           shouldest
           thou
           resolue
           the
           amendment
           of
           life
           .
           The
           Lord
           of
           Heauen
           for
           his
           sweet
           Sonne
           Christ
           Iesus
           his
           sake
           ,
           graune
           to
           th●r
           (
           deere
           Reader
           )
           and
           me
           ,
           to
           both
           of
           vs
           ,
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           that
           we
           may
           stand
           vnblameable
           before
           the
           Iudge
           ,
           at
           that
           great
           and
           generall
           day
           :
           that
           we
           (
           beeing
           clothed
           with
           the
           long
           white
           Robes
           of
           righteousnesse
           ,
           )
           may
           be
           in
           the
           number
           of
           those
           to
           whom
           it
           shall
           be
           said
           then
           :
           
             Come
             yee
             blessed
             children
             of
             my
             father
             ,
             inherite
             the
             kingdome
             which
             was
             prepared
             for
             you
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           Grant
           this
           ●eer
           father
           for
           thy
           deere
           sonnes
           sake
           ,
           Christ
           Iesus
           our
           onely
           Lorde
           and
           Sauiour
           :
           To
           whom
           with
           thee
           and
           the
           holy
           spirit
           we
           ascribe
           all
           power
           ,
           glory
           ,
           and
           dominion
           ,
           and
           stag
           Halleluiah
           to
           thee
           ,
           (
           O
           blessed
           Trinitie
           )
           for
           euer
           and
           euer
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           shorte
           disputation
           betweene
           the
           deuill
           and
           the
           poore
           soule
           of
           a
           Christian
           .
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             THou
             hast
             beene
             a
             greate
             Sinner
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             Yes
             :
             but
             I
             am
             not
             soe
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             Thou
             art
             damned
             for
             that
             thou
             haste
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             No
             :
             thou
             lyest
             Sathā
             :
             God
             hath
             promised
             otherwise
             to
             all
             that
             beleeue
             ,
             repent
             ,
             and
             amend
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             Thou
             beleeuest
             not
             ,
             as
             thou
             sayest
             thy selfe
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             beleeue
             ,
             and
             I
             desire
             to
             beleeue
             bettter
             :
             holinesse
             of
             desire
             doth
             seale
             Gods
             fauour
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             Thy
             hearte
             is
             hard
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             al
             theirs
             whome
             god
             hath
             reiected
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             No
             sathan
             ,
             make
             the
             worste
             of
             it
             thou
             canst
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             a
             soule
             trance
             for
             a
             time
             ;
             the
             holy
             ghost
             remaineth
             ;
             for
             I
             feele
             him
             still
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             Doest
             not
             thou
             see
             that
             god
             hath
             taken
             thee
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             hath
             laide
             a
             heauie
             iudgement
             vpon
             thee
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             God
             indeede
             hath
             like
             a
             mercifull
             father
             taken
             me
             in
             hande
             ,
             to
             make
             mee
             a
             newe
             creature
             :
             and
             like
             a
             louing
             father
             to
             correcte
             me
             :
             but
             his
             mercy
             will
             he
             neuer
             take
             from
             me
             ,
             and
             no
             wrathful
             Iudgment
             shall
             be
             towardes
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             Euery
             Pulpit
             rings
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             euery
             parte
             of
             scripture
             proclaimes
             thee
             to
             bee
             myne
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             reprooue
             thee
             ,
             sathan
             ,
             for
             this
             
             Slaunder
             :
             for
             all
             scriptures
             and
             Pulpits
             tell
             me
             ,
             I
             am
             gods
             dearely
             bought
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             Shewe
             me
             Gods
             seale
             for
             that
             ,
             or
             els
             thou
             art
             mine
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             I
             can
             weepe
             for
             sinne
             ,
             and
             I
             hate
             sinne
             in
             my selfe
             and
             others
             ;
             and
             I
             loue
             vertue
             and
             the
             vertuous
             :
             which
             are
             the
             Armes
             of
             Christe
             in
             his
             seale
             ,
             and
             I
             find
             my
             hart
             formost
             in
             his
             place
             marching
             on
             to
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             This
             thou
             didst
             ,
             but
             nowe
             thou
             haste
             left
             thy
             first
             loue
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             Thou
             haste
             saide
             ynough
             for
             mee
             ,
             the
             loue
             of
             God
             is
             like
             himselfe
             vnchangeable
             ,
             his
             guiftes
             and
             calling
             are
             without
             repentance
             ,
             once
             Loue
             and
             neuer
             hate
             ,
             as
             once
             Loued
             and
             neuer
             hated
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             Thou
             hast
             confessed
             ,
             that
             thou
             haste
             no
             such
             feeling
             in
             Prayer
             and
             Sermons
             ,
             as
             in
             times
             past
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             What
             gaynest
             thou
             by
             that
             ?
             for
             in
             Christs
             wooing
             dayes
             I
             was
             shewed
             
             the
             riches
             of
             his
             grace
             ,
             but
             though
             I
             see
             not
             that
             dayly
             ,
             so
             highly
             to
             inflame
             me
             ;
             yet
             Christ
             is
             neuer
             the
             poorer
             ,
             neither
             do
             I
             cease
             to
             loue
             him
             :
             shew
             me
             any
             one
             of
             gods
             elect
             ,
             that
             feeleth
             his
             loue
             at
             al
             tymes
             alike
             :
             it
             is
             not
             the
             manner
             of
             graces
             working
             ,
             thou
             hast
             no
             skill
             in
             graces
             affaires
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             ,
          
           
             There
             is
             some
             matter
             I
             warrant
             thee
             against
             thee
             ,
             that
             God
             heares
             not
             thy
             prayer
             when
             thou
             callest
             vppon
             him
             ,
             as
             thou
             confessest
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             thou
             markest
             my
             confession
             ,
             but
             the
             more
             I
             confesse
             againste
             my selfe
             ,
             the
             more
             I
             magnifie
             Gods
             mercy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             ,
          
           
             But
             tell
             mee
             ,
             why
             God
             will
             not
             heare
             the
             prayer
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
             Sathan
             God
             hears
             my
             prayer
             :
             but
             his
             delight
             is
             to
             heare
             the
             prayers
             of
             his
             Children
             often
             ,
             therefore
             he
             doth
             delay
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sathan
             .
          
           
             God
             careth
             not
             for
             such
             a
             wretch
             as
             thou
             art
             .
          
        
         
           
             Soule
             .
          
           
           
             The
             more
             wretch
             I
             am
             in
             thy
             sighte
             ,
             and
             also
             in
             mine
             owne
             ,
             the
             more
             amiable
             I
             am
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             so
             auoyd
             sathan
             ,
             and
             speake
             no
             more
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             short
             death-bed
             Dialogue
             .
          
           
             
               Sathan
               ,
            
             
               DEath
               is
               come
               ,
               and
               I
               must
               haue
               thee
            
          
           
             
               Soule
               .
            
             
               Death
               is
               welcome
               ,
               but
               thou
               shalt
               goe
               without
               mee
               :
               heere
               are
               others
               to
               carry
               me
               ,
               Christ
               my
               redeemer
               hath
               sent
               his
               Angels
               for
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sathan
               .
            
             
               Death
               will
               carrie
               thee
               to
               Hell.
               
            
          
           
             
               Soule
               .
            
             
               No
               :
               he
               must
               carry
               me
               no
               whither
               ,
               but
               end
               me
               :
               the
               Angells
               must
               carrie
               mee
               to
               mine
               owne
               place
               .
               I
               haue
               euidence
               to
               shewe
               ,
               which
               I
               will
               not
               vouchsafe
               to
               shewe
               thee
               :
               therefore
               auoyde
               .
               Lord
               Iesus
               that
               hast
               bought
               me
               ,
               take
               me
               ;
               I
               doe
               heere
               surrender
               my selfe
               to
               thee
               ,
               Amen
               .
               
                 Speake
                 not
                 a
                 worde
                 more
                 but
                 let
                 thine
                 eies
                 be
                 closed
                 vp
                 in
                 silence
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Morning
           prayer
           .
        
         
           O
           Lord
           ,
           That
           blessest
           thy
           seruice
           to
           thy
           seruaunts
           :
           Blesse
           vs
           in
           this
           part
           of
           thy
           seruice
           ,
           prayer
           and
           thanksgiuing
           to
           thee
           :
           and
           Because
           none
           are
           to
           meddle
           with
           anie
           part
           of
           thy
           seruice
           but
           thy
           called
           seruants
           ,
           good
           Lord
           bestow
           that
           grace
           vpon
           vs
           that
           we
           feele
           more
           and
           more
           our
           effectuall
           Calling
           ,
           before
           wee
           presume
           to
           come
           neer
           thee
           &
           becaus
           each
           duty
           is
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           by
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           name
           of
           thy
           sonne
           :
           we
           confesse
           that
           till
           our
           ingraftment
           into
           him
           by
           grace
           &
           the
           apprehēsion
           of
           faith
           through
           thy
           spirit
           our
           effectuall
           calling
           doth
           not
           appeare
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           we
           wāt
           faith
           ,
           thy
           spirit
           we
           must
           not
           intrude
           our selues
           into
           thy
           sight
           ,
           but
           our
           attendāce
           is
           vpon
           the
           diuell
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilte
           not
           part
           seruice
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           O
           Lord
           in
           the
           weaknes
           of
           faith
           we
           presume
           ,
           accept
           of
           vs
           ,
           be
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           vs
           thou
           hast
           strongly
           vs
           called
           to
           obedience
           ,
           
           in
           this
           and
           all
           other
           things
           by
           worde
           and
           worke
           it
           is
           a
           dept
           therefore
           to
           be
           rendered
           heare
           of
           vs
           :
           Lord
           receiue
           it
           ;
           we
           confesse
           our
           sinns
           haue
           driuen
           vs
           far
           awaie
           ,
           they
           are
           many
           and
           great
           ,
           thy
           Curse
           is
           the
           due
           of
           them
           :
           to
           our
           shame
           we
           confesse
           ,
           we
           haue
           beene
           warned
           ,
           and
           yet
           since
           warning
           ,
           against
           our
           knowledge
           and
           conscience
           ,
           of
           forgetfullnes
           weaknes
           ,
           and
           sometime
           of
           frowardnesse
           ,
           we
           haue
           of
           our
           naturall
           inclination
           as
           lightly
           esteeming
           thee
           ,
           &
           thy
           law
           transgressed
           &
           offēded
           Nowe
           Lord
           ,
           albeit
           wee
           can
           destroy
           our selues
           ,
           yet
           we
           Cannot
           saue
           our selues
           ;
           wee
           intreat
           thy
           Ritch
           mercy
           for
           our
           pardon
           ,
           &
           our
           sauiour
           Iesus
           Christ
           for
           our
           ful
           satisfactiō
           .
           Lord
           in
           that
           mercy
           pardon
           vs
           ,
           &
           in
           Iesus
           christ
           be
           cōtented
           &
           wel
           ple-w
           t
           vs
           :
           &
           for
           former
           conceiued
           displesurs
           forget
           thē
           ,
           &
           in
           the
           multitude
           of
           thy
           cōpassions
           remoue
           thē
           ,
           with
           sin
           of
           al
           kinds
           the
           cause
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           iustice
           being
           answered
           ,
           thy
           wrath
           appeased
           ,
           &
           hel
           gates
           shut
           ,
           &
           a
           conquest
           assured
           ;
           Let
           vs
           walke
           in
           the
           cōfort
           of
           this
           peace
           ,
           yea
           in
           holines
           &
           assurāce
           of
           it
           :
           &
           as
           we
           haue
           lost
           all
           by
           that
           life
           &
           rule
           of
           sin
           ,
           so
           we
           pray
           that
           let
           vs
           find
           our selues
           restored
           by
           the
           death
           and
           
           captiuity
           of
           sinne
           ,
           let
           our
           vnderstanding
           be
           lightned
           :
           let
           our
           memory
           be
           sound
           ;
           let
           our
           wills
           be
           holy
           :
           let
           our
           affection
           be
           honest
           ,
           let
           our
           conscience
           be
           tender
           and
           ready
           to
           euery
           good
           exhortation
           :
           let
           our
           apetites
           be
           sober
           :
           let
           vs
           be
           free
           from
           bondage
           to
           prophanenes
           ,
           in
           al
           our
           faculties
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           liues
           ,
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           places
           :
           let
           vs
           perseuer
           ,
           striue
           and
           ouercome
           .
           Let
           vs
           be
           armed
           and
           watch
           ,
           let
           vs
           heare
           ,
           read
           ,
           and
           pray
           ;
           let
           vs
           meditate
           and
           study
           in
           thy
           loue
           :
           let
           all
           sad
           motions
           and
           passions
           be
           examined
           ,
           and
           if
           ill
           suppressed
           :
           let
           vs
           resigne
           al
           our
           bodies
           and
           soules
           holinesse
           vnto
           thy
           seruice
           .
           Let
           vs
           not
           want
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           haue
           :
           let
           vs
           not
           haue
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           wāt
           ,
           or
           that
           is
           good
           to
           be
           wanting
           .
           Lord
           let
           vs
           shew
           mortification
           in
           al
           our
           behauiour
           .
           Let
           the
           life
           of
           righteousnes
           appeare
           in
           all
           our
           actions
           ,
           inward
           and
           outward
           ,
           secret
           &
           open
           .
           Let
           vs
           Regard
           our
           callings
           ,
           &
           the
           duties
           belonging
           to
           the
           same
           .
           Let
           vs
           haue
           grace
           to
           finde
           out
           all
           the
           sound
           and
           peculiar
           Euidence
           of
           thy
           kingdome
           :
           let
           vs
           determine
           to
           keepe
           thy
           word
           ,
           let
           vs
           vowe
           it
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           standeth
           in
           the
           waie
           :
           O
           
           Lord
           be
           our
           keeper
           in
           our
           waies
           ,
           this
           day
           and
           for
           euer
           :
           looke
           from
           heauen
           vpon
           thy
           whole
           Church
           ,
           &
           euery
           member
           of
           it
           militant
           ,
           that
           hath
           neede
           of
           the
           prayers
           of
           thy
           saintes
           ,
           especially
           this
           part
           of
           it
           where
           we
           liue
           :
           and
           aboue
           euery
           particular
           member
           ,
           Lorde
           let
           it
           please
           thee
           to
           regard
           our
           Soueraigne
           Lord
           the
           Kings
           Maiesty
           ,
           with
           his
           Queen
           ,
           the
           noble
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           their
           Son
           ,
           with
           the
           residue
           of
           that
           Royall
           issue
           :
           haue
           an
           eie
           deare
           Father
           to
           his
           Maiesties
           honorable
           priuy
           Councell
           ,
           to
           councell
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           trusty
           nobility
           to
           sanctifie
           them
           :
           and
           to
           all
           subordinate
           maiestrates
           of
           City
           and
           Cuntry
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           God
           of
           gods
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           stir
           them
           vp
           to
           stand
           in
           the
           gap
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           thy
           part
           against
           the
           Diuell
           and
           his
           ;
           and
           to
           animate
           them
           &
           blesse
           them
           hereunto
           ,
           and
           to
           guide
           them
           .
           Let
           thy
           word
           haue
           a
           free
           passage
           :
           let
           all
           lets
           be
           remooued
           ,
           let
           the
           piller
           and
           cloude
           of
           protection
           further
           it
           night
           and
           day·
           
           Let
           all
           that
           are
           able
           and
           willing
           to
           help
           in
           Macedonia
           be
           called
           in
           ,
           and
           countenāced
           :
           let
           knowledge
           heale
           painfulnes
           ,
           &
           a
           godly
           life
           appear
           in
           all
           thy
           ministers
           .
           
           
           
           
           
           Let
           hearing
           and
           obedience
           meet
           in
           all
           thy
           people
           ,
           becaus
           few
           preferred
           by
           thee
           doe
           prefer
           thee
           before
           their
           chiefe
           ioyes
           O
           Lord
           turn
           their
           harts
           as
           they
           belōg
           to
           thee
           ,
           let
           generall
           consideration
           hee
           had
           of
           the
           beneāts
           thou
           bestowest
           ,
           to
           mooue
           the
           hearts
           of
           al
           high
           and
           low
           ,
           to
           put
           to
           hand
           to
           help
           thee
           against
           Anti-christe
           and
           the
           diuell
           :
           and
           let
           the
           corrections
           of
           thy
           hande
           ,
           especially
           that
           heauy
           rod
           and
           stroke
           of
           the
           pestilence
           ,
           continued
           and
           greatly
           spread
           through
           the
           kingdome
           this
           foure
           yeares
           ,
           be
           stayed
           ;
           let
           there
           be
           an
           humiliation
           proportionable
           ,
           generall
           &
           earnest
           ,
           true
           &
           vnfained
           ,
           &
           without
           delay
           ;
           Least
           thy
           angell
           ,
           haue
           his
           commission
           inlarged
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           kill
           hundreds
           ,
           but
           thousands
           ;
           as
           not
           long
           since
           ,
           not
           onely
           thousands
           ,
           but
           millions
           :
           O
           Lorde
           stop
           yet
           the
           mouth
           of
           our
           cheefe
           crying
           sins
           :
           in
           the
           howse
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           in
           the
           house
           of
           Nathā
           ,
           in
           the
           house
           of
           Leuie
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           howses
           of
           Iudah
           ,
           let
           a
           search
           bee
           made
           good
           Lord
           for
           Achan
           &
           for
           Ionas
           :
           that
           our
           state
           may
           be
           calme
           ,
           and
           the
           Epha
           sent
           into
           Shinnar
           .
           Lord
           help
           thy
           church
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           things
           :
           let
           Babilon
           
           fall
           ,
           let
           the
           Iewes
           come
           on
           ,
           let
           all
           them
           be
           as
           Meroz
           that
           haue
           ill
           will
           ,
           and
           no
           good
           will
           to
           Sion
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
      
       
         
           Euening
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           O
           Rich
           God
           ,
           infinite
           in
           all
           goodnesse
           ;
           we
           presume
           again
           to
           resort
           to
           that
           ouerflowing
           fountain
           :
           Lord
           turn
           vs
           not
           awaie
           ,
           though
           we
           be
           fools
           ,
           like
           thy
           seruant
           Gedeons
           Armie
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           tell
           the
           fittest
           way
           to
           take
           in
           the
           sweetnes
           of
           thy
           goodnes
           ;
           yet
           accepte
           of
           our
           weaknes
           ,
           because
           that
           good
           minde
           and
           harte
           we
           haue
           ,
           thou
           art
           the
           author
           of
           it
           :
           thou
           hast
           called
           and
           beckned
           vs
           to
           thee
           ,
           now
           we
           are
           come
           to
           know
           thy
           good
           plesure
           ,
           &
           to
           beg
           from
           thy
           liberality
           what
           shall
           please
           thee
           :
           thy
           do●e
           of
           mercy
           is
           euer
           open
           to
           thy
           saintes
           ,
           and
           thou
           fittest
           as
           Abraham
           at
           the
           dore
           ,
           to
           entertaine
           poore
           ,
           weary
           ,
           and
           heauy
           loaden
           ones
           :
           and
           we
           know
           thou
           hastest
           to
           meet
           vs
           ,
           to
           do
           vs
           good
           ,
           like
           a
           good
           God
           according
           to
           thy
           accustomed
           goodnes
           :
           we
           are
           therfore
           confidently
           comforted
           that
           in
           
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           soule-whispering
           of
           an
           adopted
           child
           ,
           is
           as
           odours
           to
           thee
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           silly
           and
           as
           the
           chattering
           of
           Ezechiah
           .
           O
           Lord
           we
           willingly
           confesse
           to
           thy
           praise
           ,
           that
           thou
           hast
           hearde
           our
           praiers
           offered
           to
           thee
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           we
           haue
           through
           thy
           mercy
           fared
           well
           this
           day
           in
           soule
           and
           body
           ,
           not
           withstanding
           the
           spight
           of
           Satan
           ,
           the
           malice
           of
           our
           sinne
           ,
           the
           pestilent
           enmity
           of
           corrupt
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           enuy
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           deceits
           of
           others
           among
           whom
           we
           dwell
           :
           O
           prouident
           &
           kind
           Lord
           and
           Father
           ,
           we
           haue
           brought
           thee
           for
           it
           ,
           the
           best
           Lamb
           of
           our
           flock
           ,
           euen
           all
           hearty
           praise
           and
           thanks
           ,
           &
           purpose
           of
           better
           seruice
           that
           we
           can
           ,
           and
           this
           dipped
           and
           drenshed
           in
           heartmelting
           ,
           and
           in
           Iesus
           Christs
           merit
           and
           reconcilement
           :
           we
           beseeche
           thee
           ,
           testifie
           thy
           acceptance
           by
           addition
           of
           mercy
           in
           detraction
           and
           multiplication
           of
           it
           :
           and
           let
           vs
           obteine
           the
           tast
           &
           feeling
           of
           this
           ,
           this
           nighte
           following
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           life
           time
           repent
           thee
           not
           :
           go
           forward
           with
           vs
           for
           Christs
           sake
           ,
           regard
           not
           the
           outstartings
           of
           soule
           or
           body
           against
           thy
           mind
           ,
           in
           thy
           presence
           :
           but
           let
           thy
           righte
           
           hand
           of
           infinite
           compassion
           cast
           them
           (
           as
           a
           milstone
           )
           into
           the
           deepes
           of
           our
           Christs
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           attonemente
           ,
           and
           let
           our
           euidence
           be
           alwais
           kept
           by
           grace
           from
           dimnesse
           or
           blurres
           of
           our
           weaknes
           ,
           that
           our
           saluations
           enemies
           may
           not
           so
           much
           as
           dare
           to
           dispute
           with
           vs
           ,
           about
           our
           pardon
           and
           election
           .
           O
           Lord
           let
           thy
           spirit
           watch
           within
           vs
           :
           let
           thy
           ministring
           spirits
           attend
           without
           and
           about
           vs
           ,
           being
           poore
           heyrs
           of
           saluation
           .
           What
           Sathan
           hath
           purposed
           .
           confound
           it
           ,
           what
           sin
           hath
           deserued
           ,
           preuent
           it
           :
           what
           thy
           mercifull
           maiesty
           sees
           to
           be
           good
           ,
           let
           vs
           haue
           it
           for
           Christes
           sake
           :
           let
           our
           sleepe
           be
           quiet
           and
           not
           excessiue
           ;
           let
           our
           health
           be
           continued
           ,
           hold
           thy
           hand
           ouer
           vs
           ,
           let
           no
           commission
           bee
           granted
           against
           vs
           ,
           let
           euery
           thing
           bee
           set
           in
           order
           ,
           because
           our
           date
           is
           vncertain
           ,
           &
           the
           place
           of
           our
           ende
           vnknown
           ,
           if
           our
           lease
           of
           life
           last
           till
           morning
           :
           in
           that
           shall
           appeere
           to
           vs
           that
           thou
           wilt
           bestow
           another
           day
           of
           grace
           vppon
           vs.
           O
           Lord
           wee
           promise
           before
           thy
           Maiesty
           ,
           that
           wee
           will
           by
           thy
           grace
           striue
           to
           the
           vttermost
           period
           of
           our
           strength
           to
           serue
           thee
           Lord
           ;
           remember
           vs
           ,
           let
           vs
           see
           
           a
           besome
           ,
           made
           &
           put
           in
           a
           strong
           hand
           for
           the
           wicked
           and
           wickednes
           ,
           and
           let
           vs
           see
           still
           the
           vine
           planted
           by
           thy
           own
           hand
           to
           flourish
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           walls
           of
           it
           to
           stand
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           fall
           ,
           nor
           the
           leaste
           breache
           to
           be
           made
           :
           let
           it
           not
           be
           said
           that
           the
           Fore
           shall
           with
           going
           vpon
           it
           cursh
           it
           .
           O
           Lord
           to
           this
           end
           preserue
           our
           captain
           the
           Kings
           maiesty
           ,
           and
           all
           about
           him
           for
           euer
           ;
           and
           keep
           his
           heart
           in
           thy
           hand
           ,
           &
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           Christian
           Kings
           ,
           gouernors
           &
           people
           ,
           that
           a
           ioyfull
           succes
           may
           be
           seen
           to
           thy
           true
           religion
           &
           church
           among
           vs
           ,
           &
           in
           all
           the
           world
           :
           and
           so
           with
           humble
           thanks
           we
           cease
           .
           To
           thee
           be
           all
           honor
           and
           glory
           for
           euermore
           .
           Amen
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             A
             thanksgiuing
             for
             our
             late
             deliuerance
             .
          
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             to
             giue
             praises
             vnto
             thy
             name
             ,
             prayse
             is
             comly
             ,
             but
             thou
             art
             so
             infinite
             in
             deseets
             ,
             that
             our
             praises
             are
             all
             short
             ;
             yet
             being
             true
             ,
             and
             new
             according
             to
             fresh
             and
             admirable
             benefits
             receiued
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             incense
             to
             thee
             :
             but
             when
             praises
             are
             not
             rendered
             in
             the
             due
             place
             ,
             it
             prouoketh
             thee
             to
             fury
             ,
             yea
             to
             sweare
             ,
             that
             we
             shal
             perish
             for
             
             all
             them
             hereafter
             :
             and
             in
             wrath
             thou
             wilt
             say
             ,
             that
             which
             perisheth
             let
             it
             perish
             :
             I
             will
             neuer
             put
             to
             hand
             to
             helpe
             :
             O
             Lord
             iustly
             mayst
             thou
             say
             so
             to
             vs
             ,
             for
             we
             haue
             him
             wōderfuly
             preserued
             by
             thee
             ,
             as
             Israel
             in
             Pihahiroth
             ,
             as
             Dauid
             in
             the
             Prophets
             schoole
             ,
             as
             Daniell
             in
             the
             Lions
             denne
             ,
             wee
             haue
             seene
             the
             axe
             lie
             at
             the
             roote
             of
             our
             greatest
             Cedars
             ,
             as
             thou
             woldest
             haue
             them
             no
             couering
             for
             vs
             any
             longer
             :
             but
             let
             the
             sunne
             and
             stars
             to
             pearce
             with
             vs
             as
             by
             withering
             Ionas
             Gourd
             :
             O
             Lord
             often
             hast
             thou
             bewrayd
             the
             malice
             of
             the
             popish
             crue
             ,
             &
             the
             venō
             of
             all
             that
             brood
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             time
             we
             haue
             been
             swallowed
             vp
             with
             thy
             goodnes
             ,
             &
             in
             the
             soul
             rauishment
             we
             haue
             promised
             ,
             but
             after
             not
             paying
             our
             vows
             for
             sinne
             ,
             thou
             hast
             bin
             wors
             combred
             with
             vs
             then
             before
             :
             good
             Lord
             vpon
             our
             confession
             grant
             vs
             remissiō
             ,
             &
             mercifull
             acceptation
             ;
             if
             thou
             studest
             true
             thankfulnes
             but
             in
             ten
             or
             a
             few
             .
             Lord
             receiue
             it
             ,
             and
             regard
             not
             the
             rest
             :
             let
             the
             righteous
             deliuer
             the
             rest
             ,
             &
             so
             take
             all
             glory
             that
             can
             be
             giuen
             thee
             from
             al
             the
             brāds
             that
             haue
             bin
             pulled
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             &
             let
             al
             addresse
             thēselues
             to
             bring
             presents
             to
             thee
             that
             art
             to
             be
             feares
             ,
             &
             
             so
             let
             our
             king
             be
             kept
             with
             his
             &
             thine
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             praier
             comprehending
             the
             matter
             of
             the
             last
             iudgement
             .
          
           
             O
             Blessed
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
             hasten
             to
             the
             last
             worke
             of
             thy
             mediation
             ,
             to
             iudgement
             ,
             yea
             the
             last
             iudgement
             :
             and
             because
             that
             cannot
             bee
             till
             thou
             haste
             sealed
             all
             thy
             elect
             ,
             with
             the
             seale
             of
             Gods
             iron
             ;
             O
             Lord
             hasten
             that
             worke
             :
             and
             to
             this
             end
             powr
             thy
             spirit
             plentifully
             vpon
             ministers
             and
             people
             ,
             worke
             euery
             good
             worke
             that
             may
             further
             the
             building
             of
             thy
             Church
             ,
             let
             all
             Christian
             Kings
             cast
             their
             crownes
             before
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             and
             bee
             willing
             to
             lick
             the
             dust
             of
             thy
             saints
             seet
             :
             let
             them
             be
             deuoured
             with
             a
             zeale
             of
             thy
             glory
             ,
             let
             thy
             word
             spreade
             into
             more
             countries
             and
             nations
             ;
             let
             Babilon
             fall
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             a
             cage
             of
             vncleane
             birds
             ,
             let
             not
             the
             noyse
             of
             a
             mil
             be
             heard
             any
             more
             in
             her
             .
             Let
             the
             Iewes
             be
             graffed
             in
             again
             ,
             as
             thou
             hast
             promised
             ,
             euen
             all
             thy
             elect
             among
             them
             ,
             let
             prayers
             be
             made
             for
             them
             :
             Lord
             heare
             thou
             in
             heauen
             ,
             the
             place
             of
             thy
             habitation
             ,
             and
             let
             all
             thyne
             haue
             grace
             to
             thinke
             of
             the
             last
             trumpet
             ,
             sounded
             to
             
             wake
             the
             dead
             :
             Let
             vs
             remēber
             the
             chāge
             of
             heauen
             &
             earth
             ,
             &
             that
             fire
             shall
             consume
             them
             .
             Let
             vs
             Resolue
             ,
             here
             is
             no
             place
             of
             any
             lōg
             abode
             :
             Lord
             let
             vs
             not
             defer
             &
             put
             of
             our
             repentance
             ;
             for
             thou
             wilt
             come
             &
             wilte
             not
             carry
             :
             and
             as
             a
             theef
             wilt
             thou
             steal
             vpon
             the
             reprobates
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             either
             ●leeping
             or
             beating
             their
             fellows
             .
             O
             Lord
             ,
             let
             it
             please
             thee
             that
             we
             may
             take
             heede
             of
             the
             company
             and
             conuersation
             of
             the
             vngodly
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             neuer
             so
             neerely
             vnited
             vnto
             vs
             in
             the
             flesh
             :
             Becaus
             lord
             thou
             knowest
             ,
             that
             then
             two
             shal
             be
             in
             a
             bed
             ,
             one
             taken
             and
             another
             refused
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             hast
             saide
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             then
             a
             blessed
             state
             to
             be
             found
             dooing
             our
             duties
             :
             blessed
             christ
             that
             shalt
             come
             in
             glory
             ,
             to
             iudge
             both
             quick
             &
             dead
             ,
             at
             thy
             appearance
             and
             in
             thy
             comming
             :
             thy
             seat
             is
             said
             to
             be
             great
             ,
             to
             containe
             such
             a
             personage
             of
             Maiesty
             ;
             no
             greatnes
             shall
             appeare
             to
             be
             comparable
             to
             thine
             :
             and
             as
             thou
             art
             greate
             ,
             so
             thy
             throne
             is
             white
             ;
             for
             euery
             one
             shall
             haue
             iustice
             of
             thee
             .
             O
             Lord
             let
             vs
             take
             mercy
             while
             the
             date
             of
             it
             lasteth
             :
             for
             then
             the
             da●e
             of
             it
             will
             be
             out
             ,
             &
             Iustice
             without
             partiality
             must
             take
             place
             :
             O
             Lord
             arme
             vs
             in
             the
             time
             of
             mercy
             ,
             that
             wee
             may
             stand
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Iustice
             ,
             when
             the
             wicked
             that
             now
             ●augh
             ,
             shal
             too
             late
             weep
             :
             whē
             the
             heauen
             &
             
             earth
             in
             their
             present
             but
             shall
             run
             away
             ,
             &
             neuer
             be
             foūd
             again
             in
             the
             fashiō
             :
             O
             good
             lord
             what
             wretches
             are
             wee
             then
             to
             stand
             vpon
             merit
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             sun
             is
             not
             clear
             in
             thy
             sight
             ,
             especially
             considering
             no
             Euasion
             can
             be
             made
             from
             thy
             presence
             without
             chāge
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             to
             late
             :
             &
             our
             merciful
             christ
             ,
             our
             greatnes
             now
             if
             we
             be
             foūd
             ill
             ,
             will
             not
             profit
             vs
             ,
             but
             hurt
             vs
             &
             increase
             our
             iudgment
             :
             neither
             our
             smalnes
             will
             excuse
             vs
             ,
             or
             accuse
             vs
             to
             harme
             vs
             ;
             but
             we
             must
             all
             ,
             of
             al
             sorts
             ,
             and
             degrees
             and
             sexes
             stand
             &
             hould
             vp
             hand
             at
             thy
             hat
             :
             O
             sweet
             Iesus
             let
             it
             please
             thee
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             vse
             our
             greatnes
             to
             thy
             glory
             ,
             to
             good
             and
             not
             to
             harme
             ;
             our
             smalnes
             with
             comfort
             ,
             and
             contentednes
             .
             O
             lord
             though
             we
             may
             couer
             our
             sins
             before
             men
             ,
             and
             finde
             a
             friend
             in
             court
             :
             yet
             we
             pray
             thee
             good
             Iesus
             ,
             let
             vs
             remember
             that
             we
             must
             answere
             in
             thy
             courte
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             too
             late
             to
             intreat
             .
             O
             Lord
             awake
             vs
             and
             make
             vs
             mindfull
             of
             our
             account
             before
             that
             wee
             be
             called
             for
             ,
             and
             seeing
             most
             greate
             god
             al
             sesecrets
             must
             then
             be
             known
             or
             pronounced
             pardoned
             ,
             O
             good
             lord
             let
             vs
             haue
             grace
             frō
             thee
             to
             confes
             our
             secret
             sins
             ,
             &
             to
             take
             heed
             of
             such
             :
             for
             thou
             keepest
             a
             depte
             book
             .
             Lord
             let
             vs
             find
             speedily
             thy
             depe
             book
             Rased
             ,
             thy
             word
             answered
             ,
             &
             the
             book
             of
             life
             to
             haue
             our
             
             names
             ;
             that
             when
             they
             shal
             be
             opened
             in
             the
             great
             day
             of
             thy
             iudgement
             ,
             they
             may
             bee
             no
             terror
             to
             vs.
             Good
             Christ
             let
             vs
             prepare
             our
             witnesses
             ,
             and
             make
             ready
             our
             answere
             without
             delay
             ,
             for
             we
             know
             not
             what
             wil
             be
             to
             morrow
             .
             O
             lord
             we
             confes
             ,
             we
             cā
             haue
             no
             lesse
             then
             4
             sufficient
             witnesses
             ,
             thy
             word
             ,
             thy
             spirit
             ,
             our
             conscience
             ,
             and
             the
             conscience
             of
             our
             neighbours
             iointlie
             .
             Let
             vs
             be
             sure
             of
             these
             ,
             to
             stop
             the
             mouth
             of
             all
             hellish
             Enimity
             ,
             and
             to
             seale
             vp
             to
             vs
             pardon
             and
             recōciliation
             in
             Iesus
             Christ
             :
             Let
             vs
             iudge
             our selues
             ,
             that
             our
             Iudgement
             may
             quickly
             be
             passed
             ouer
             ;
             that
             after
             we
             may
             iudge
             ,
             &
             not
             be
             iudged
             .
             O
             lord
             we
             know
             before
             ,
             that
             we
             must
             heare
             iustice
             mercilesly
             ,
             if
             we
             repēt
             not
             :
             if
             we
             turne
             not
             ,
             we
             must
             be
             turned
             out
             ,
             if
             we
             wil
             not
             come
             in
             time
             ,
             we
             must
             fearfully
             go
             with
             out
             time
             ,
             O
             Lord
             let
             vs
             bethink
             vs
             of
             our
             estate
             ,
             &
             be
             sure
             of
             our
             peace
             with
             thee
             ;
             els
             our
             doting
             will
             quickly
             appeare
             ;
             for
             we
             are
             euery
             moment
             within
             the
             compas
             of
             death
             ,
             &
             the
             prison
             of
             hell
             .
             O
             Lord
             ,
             happy
             are
             toades
             before
             Reprobates
             ,
             for
             death
             fully
             ends
             thē
             :
             but
             death
             doth
             keepe
             the
             wicked
             ,
             to
             restore
             them
             and
             bring
             them
             out
             againe
             to
             iudgemente
             ,
             O
             Lord
             let
             vs
             see
             thee
             angrie
             ,
             let
             vs
             see
             thee
             pleased
             ;
             and
             so
             let
             not
             thy
             wrath
             ,
             death
             ,
             nor
             
             the
             last
             iudgemēt
             terrifie
             vs.
             Let
             thy
             church
             our
             king
             and
             state
             be
             blessed
             :
             Let
             Sions
             ilwillers
             be
             either
             conuerted
             ,
             or
             confoūded
             :
             send
             out
             in
             thy
             bottomles
             mercies
             a
             reuocation
             of
             the
             commission
             gone
             out
             against
             the
             people
             of
             this
             nation
             :
             By
             vertue
             whereof
             many
             die
             ,
             &
             many
             poor
             widdows
             ,
             &
             poore
             orphans
             cry
             :
             lord
             work
             what
             thou
             wilt
             ,
             &
             take
             what
             thou
             wol●est
             ,
             &
             be
             pacified
             .
             Lord
             al
             thy
             afflicted
             seruants
             make
             mone
             to
             thee
             ,
             Lord
             hear
             in
             heauen
             ,
             and
             send
             comfort
             to
             the
             earth
             and
             it
             shal
             bring
             vp
             hearty
             praise
             to
             thee
             by
             Iesus
             Christ
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           short
           prayer
           of
           purpose
           against
           Sathans
           assaults
           .
        
         
           MY
           louing
           and
           most
           pitifull
           father
           ,
           who
           in
           Iesus
           Christ
           &
           for
           his
           sake
           hast
           called
           me
           to
           thee
           ,
           &
           by
           grace
           I
           am
           come
           to
           thee
           ,
           Now
           blessed
           father
           I
           finde
           stronger
           enmity
           then
           before
           ,
           and
           finde
           such
           a
           combination
           betweene
           Sathan
           and
           my
           nature
           ,
           with
           the
           worlde
           against
           me
           ,
           that
           my
           weaknes
           is
           ready
           to
           yeelde
           :
           good
           father
           seing
           that
           nowe
           this
           rage
           of
           assault
           seems
           to
           bee
           for
           thy
           sake
           :
           I
           thy
           poore
           child
           doe
           beseech
           thee
           to
           manage
           thy
           owne
           cause
           ,
           and
           make
           thy
           part
           good
           against
           these
           enemies
           
           of
           thine
           in
           all
           theire
           forcible
           assaults
           ,
           &
           let
           them
           all
           know
           ,
           they
           haue
           to
           deal
           with
           thee
           ,
           &
           so
           defend
           thy
           glory
           and
           this
           poore
           soule
           of
           myne
           that
           commeth
           trembling
           to
           creep
           vnder
           thy
           wings
           ,
           and
           desireth
           to
           cast
           liuely
           thy
           sweet
           fauour
           ,
           and
           neuer
           to
           be
           drawne
           from
           thee
           :
           she
           we
           thy selfe
           for
           Christs
           sake
           ,
           and
           let
           me
           not
           be
           blinded
           in
           iudgement
           ,
           nor
           so
           weak
           in
           faith
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           be
           deluded
           ,
           thy
           Maiesty
           dishonored
           ,
           the
           enemy
           incoraged
           ,
           or
           thy
           little
           ones
           dismaied
           ;
           free
           me
           therefore
           good
           father
           from
           all
           these
           daungerous
           perplexities
           ,
           that
           in
           patience
           ,
           faith
           ,
           and
           true
           Godlines
           I
           may
           runne
           my
           race
           ,
           and
           fighte
           a
           good
           fight
           &
           conquer
           ,
           that
           I
           lose
           not
           my
           Crowne
           for
           Iesus
           Christs
           sake
           .
           Amen
           .
        
      
       
         
           A
           short
           prayer
           at
           hand
           vpon
           all
           occasions
           .
        
         
           O
           Christe
           ,
           I
           beleeue
           ,
           helpe
           my
           vnbeleefe
           :
           I
           am
           tolde
           from
           thee
           ,
           that
           Sathan
           is
           conquered
           ,
           sinne
           is
           killed
           ,
           hell
           is
           shut
           ;
           thys
           wrath
           is
           pacified
           ,
           curse
           and
           law
           are
           fully
           answered
           ,
           and
           no
           perill
           can
           possibly
           befal
           me
           :
           Good
           Christ
           let
           me
           not
           onely
           see
           it
           ,
           but
           liuely
           and
           ioyfully
           apprehend
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           stablish
           me
           and
           mortisse
           
           me
           into
           thy self
           vnchangeably
           ,
           against
           winde
           and
           storme
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           the
           Dragon
           can
           cast
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           :
           and
           so
           I
           the
           least
           of
           thine
           ,
           with
           many
           thy
           deare
           children
           ,
           will
           praise
           thee
           for
           euer
           .
           Amen
           .
        
      
       
         
           A
           prayer
           for
           all
           sorts
           .
        
         
           O
           Lord
           heare
           vs
           ,
           &
           looke
           mercifully
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           thou
           hast
           promised
           it
           ,
           &
           commaunded
           vs
           to
           ask
           it
           :
           performe
           thy
           promise
           ,
           and
           helpe
           vs
           in
           asking
           for
           thy
           sons
           sake
           :
           Thou
           hast
           been
           gratious
           ,
           and
           thy
           mercy
           endures
           ,
           we
           haue
           been
           vngracious
           ,
           &
           our
           sinnes
           continue
           ,
           let
           thy
           wrath
           prouoked
           be
           pacified
           ,
           let
           thy
           iustice
           stirred
           be
           stayed
           ,
           and
           satisfied
           ,
           in
           Iesus
           Christe
           our
           mediatour
           :
           Pitty
           vs
           ,
           and
           pardon
           vs
           :
           we
           beleeue
           ,
           helpe
           our
           vnbeleefe
           :
           resolue
           vs
           ,
           and
           peswade
           vs
           ,
           remoue
           all
           dangerous
           doubts
           from
           vs
           ,
           as
           olde
           Adam
           liued
           and
           ruled
           when
           thou
           wert
           prouoked
           ,
           so
           let
           it
           die
           and
           be
           subiecte
           ,
           nowe
           thou
           art
           pacified
           :
           let
           vs
           be
           lightned
           by
           thy
           word
           ,
           let
           vs
           be
           affected
           with
           it
           ,
           let
           vs
           haue
           it
           in
           high
           estimation
           ,
           and
           let
           vs
           follow
           it
           in
           our
           conuersation
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           our
           sword
           against
           the
           deuils
           temptation
           ,
           let
           vs
           conquer
           in
           
           Christ
           Iesu
           ,
           let
           a
           god
           conscience
           Iudge
           vs
           ,
           Let
           a
           continuall
           watch
           keepe
           vs
           ,
           Let
           the
           power
           of
           thy
           spirit
           arme
           vs
           :
           Let
           our
           weaknes
           neuer
           grow
           to
           wilfulnesse
           ,
           let
           thy
           spirit
           neuer
           forsake
           vs
           ,
           leaue
           vs
           not
           ouerlong
           ,
           though
           thou
           tri'st
           vs
           ,
           set
           security
           aside
           ,
           shake
           of
           our
           drowsinesse
           ,
           quicken
           our
           deadnesse
           ,
           soften
           our
           hardnesse
           ,
           quenche
           all
           the
           fiery
           dartes
           of
           Satan
           in
           vs
           ,
           let
           vs
           looke
           back
           to
           our
           former
           state
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           present
           state
           :
           let
           our
           heart
           grieue
           that
           it
           can
           bee
           no
           more
           grieued
           ,
           let
           our
           souls
           ioy
           be
           in
           Christ
           thy
           son
           let
           vs
           glad
           our selues
           in
           the
           holy
           ghost
           .
           let
           vs
           be
           giuen
           to
           reading
           ,
           hearing
           and
           meditation
           ,
           let
           vs
           resorte
           to
           the
           company
           of
           thy
           saints
           ,
           let
           vs
           loath
           the
           companie
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           let
           vs
           be
           lowly
           conceited
           in
           our selues
           ,
           let
           vs
           think
           reuerendly
           of
           al
           thy
           children
           ,
           let
           vs
           rest
           in
           thee
           ,
           our
           good
           father-watch
           vs
           by
           night
           ,
           guide
           vs
           by
           day
           ,
           blesse
           vs
           in
           both
           with
           al
           ours
           ,
           publikly
           and
           priuately
           :
           protect
           thy
           gospell
           and
           church
           ,
           preuent
           thy
           foes
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           for
           Iesus
           sake
           :
           amen
           .
        
         
           Finis
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02194-e420
           
             Gen.
             3.9
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             12.24
             
          
           
             The
             first
             part
             .
          
           
             2.
             c
             1.5
             ,
             10
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9
             .
             2●
             
          
           
             Art.
             7.
             
          
           
             August
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             8.22
             ▪
             
          
           
             Hab●
             .
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             24.31
             
          
           
             Mat
             13.40
             
          
           
             Obiect
             Ioh.
             3.
             
             ●8
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Eccle.
             3.17
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             139●
             8.9
             .
          
           
             Rom
             2
             ▪
             11
             Psal
             .
             98.9
             .
          
           
             a
             a
             wisd
             .
             5
             ,
             8
             
          
           
             b.
             Act.
             23
             ,
             ●
             
          
           
             Gen
             25.33
             .
          
           
             2
             ,
             Pet.
             2.22
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             ●●●
             .
             ●37
             .
          
           
             Ierem.
             4
             :
             19
             ●●
             
          
           
             Monica
             
          
           
             Apo.
             13.16
             Eph.
             ●
             .
             2
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             5.8
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Iohn
             .
             2.16
             .
          
           
             Anst
             .
          
           
             
               a
               psal
            
             ,
             12
             ,
             1
             
          
           
             Compa
             .
          
           
             Note
             .
          
           
             Inuen
             .
          
           
             ●uk
             .
             12.19
             
          
           
             Iero.
             
          
           
             The
             secōd
             part
             .
          
           
             ●wis
             ,
             1
             ,
             9
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5
             ,
             28
             ,
          
           
             Bernard
             .
          
           
             b.
             1.
             
             Pc.
             5.9
             
          
           
             a.
             Iob.
             3.15
             
          
           
             Mat.
             15.11
             
          
           
             The
             la●er
             of
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Prou.
             4.23
             .
          
           
             om
             .
             6
             23
             
          
           
             Word
             .
          
           
             Greg.
             
          
           
             Ierome
             ●
             
          
           
             Basil
             .
          
           
             Calv.
             
          
           
             Psal
             ,
             31
             .
             1●
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet
             4.18
             .
          
           
             Pet.
             Dami
             
          
           
             Exo.
             8
             ,
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.6
             .
          
           
             Nu.
             15.36
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             16.22
             23.
             
          
           
             Act.
             5.35
             .
          
           
             Ma.
             11.3.5
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             14.8
             
          
           
             Works
             .
             1.
             cor
             .
             5.10
             Ecle
             .
             12.14
             
          
           
             Goods
             .
          
           
             Esay
             .
             38.1
             
          
           
             Iuk
             16
             21.
             
          
           
             Time.
             
          
           
             Ber.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Amos
             6.
             ●
             
          
           
             Exemp
             .
          
           
             Quid
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pc.
             4.11
             
          
           
             Epes
             .
             4.29
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             34.1
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             27.4
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             12
             .
             3●
             
          
           
             Three
             kingdoms
             .
          
           
             Ouid.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             3.31
             .
             1.
             
             Iohn
             .
             4.5
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             3.
             ●
             
          
           
             Greg.
             
          
           
             Iohn
             .
             14.6
             
          
           
             ●cclesiasti
             21.25
             .
          
           
             Text
             
          
           
             The
             third
             part
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             5.10
             
          
           
             Iohn
             .
             5
             ,
             22
             Math.
             28.18
             .
             Ps
             .
             2.7.8.9
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             110
             ,
             1
             
          
           
             Iudge
             ,
          
           
             Rom
             ▪
             2
             ,
             ●
             
          
           
             Iam.
             4.12
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             31.14
             
          
           
             Hil●ion
             .
          
           
             1
             Pc.
             4.18
             
          
           
             Ex.
             16.18
             .
          
           
             Apo.
             1.17
             Dan.
             8.17
             
          
           
             Hest
             .
             7.6
             .
             Gen.
             3.8
             .
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             6.16
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             50.21
             Psal
             .
             50.4
             .
             Rom.
             2.15
             .
          
           
             Mat
             ,
             25
             41
             
          
           
             Goc
             ▪
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             9.6
             .
             Luk.
             6.25
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             11.6
             .
             Mat.
             13
             .
             4●
             
          
           
             Yee
             Cur●
             
          
           
             Into
             euerl
             .
             fire
             .
             Mat.
             22.13
             
          
           
             Which
             is
             prepared
             .
          
           
             Zeph
             ,
             1.15
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             6.9
             10.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.23
             .
             Apoc.
             22.
             
          
           
             Math.
             
          
           
             〈◊〉
             2.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             14.1
             .
          
           
             Apo.
             19.1
             .
          
           
             P.
             44.15
             .
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Act.
             1
             ,
             7.
             
             Marke
             ,
             13
             
          
           
             32.
             
          
           
             Arist
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             24.42
             .
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.28
             
          
           
             Eliah
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Co.
             10.11
             
          
           
             Iam.
             5.9
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             3.2
             
          
           
             Death
             what
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.27
             .
             2
             Es
             .
             14.25
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
          
           
             Luke
             .
             23.43
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             90.4
             .
          
           
             Ans
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             ●
             .
             17
             :
          
           
             Ob.
             
          
           
             Ans
             .
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.27
             :
          
           
             Phil.
             1.23
             :
          
           
             1
             Co.
             13.11
             Exo.
             33.23
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.22
             
          
           
             Eccle.
             12.7
             
          
           
             The
             vse
             :
             hereof
             ,
             Ber.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.3
             .
             Ion●s
             1.4
             Pl.
             95.10
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             25.4
             
          
           
             Iosephu
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             7.23
             .
          
           
             Luke
             13
             ,
             3
             
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Ecclesiasticus
             .
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             27.9
             .
          
           
             Chrysost
             .
          
           
             Obiect
             .
          
           
             Eze.
             18.21
             22.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             1.18
             .
          
           
             Liuie
             .
          
           
             Galen
             .
          
           
             August
             .
          
           
             Rom
             ,
             6
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Demasc
             .
          
           
             Ieromes
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A02194-e9980
           
             Act.
             16.