A consultory for all Christians. Most godly and earnestly warning all people, to beware lest they bear the name of christians in vain. Now first imprinted, the xxx day of januarie.  
Anno. M.D.xlix.  
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Ephesians the four two 
I, beseech you bretheen, bound in the lord, that you walk worthily in the vocation wherein you be called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience supporting one an other in love, being diligent to keep the unity of the spirit in the hand of peace, being one body and one spirit, as you be called in one hope of your vocation. There is one lord, one faith, one baptism, one god and father of all, which is above all, and thorough all, and in all us: for to every one of us is there grace given, after the measure of the gift of Christ.    

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A consultory for all Christians.  
GOD in times passed, 
Heb. i. a  diversly & many ways spoke to the fathers by prophets, but in these last days hath he spoken unto us, as S. Paul sayeth, by his son, whom he hath made heir of all things, and by him hath he now declared his most godly will unto us, that we might obtain life in him: whose most excellent clear brightness hath long time been darkened, 
Apoc. 6.  and as S. john saith, hid as with a sackeclothe made with hear, that is to say with a feigned righteousness grounded upon natural wisdom and carnal reason, invented and set fourth by man: So that the bright shining beams of god's truth contained in the holy scriptures might in no wise appear (by reason of that dark vail or cloud) to the eyes or mind of men, which is not yet with all men taken away. 
1. Cor. 3. c  Nevertheless, when they turn to the lord (saith Paul) the veil shallbe taken away, for no doubt, saith he, the lord is a spirit, and where the spirit of the lord is, there is liberty. And seeing that god which is rich in mercy, hath once again put down the great power of the enenemy, broken down his brazen gates, and by violence taken the pray (as a spoil) from out of the mouth of the Lion, yea victoriously hath he delivered his truth the long time hath of his enemies be held in bondage & captivity, & we have herd and seen these things, obeyed & do believe. Therefore am I not ashamed to testify the truth unto the world because it is the power of God unto salvation, 
Roma. i.  to all them that do deleve. And as Saint John saith, 
Ihon. i. i Ihon. i.  the only true light which lighteneth all men that come into the world, our hands have handled of the word of life, for life hath appeared, saith he, and we have seen and bear witness, & show unto you life, that is everlasting which was with the father, & hath now appeared also unto us. And the tidings which we have heard of him (as John saith) declare we unto you, that ye may have fellowship with us, & our fellowship may be with the father and with his son jesus Christ etc.  
¶ For as moche as, it hath pleased the eternal god, which separated me from my mother's womb, to lighten the inward eyes of my mind with his grace, and thorough the knowledge of his word and working of his holy spirit, to work a perfect repentance in me, and amendment of my formoure life, love constraineth me too will you (good brethren) to be partakers of this great benefit. And for this cause, I have thought it necessary, as well to declare unto you the dangerous harms that sin bringeth to such as delight and continue therein, as also the unspeakable reward of the righteous which god hath prepared for those that with their h●le hearts turn from their sins and walk with their god in the way of righteousness. I will not withhold from you, good brethren, that which god hath wrought in me, to encourage the weak stomachs, of them that now wax faint hearted and shrink back, that I may say with the Prophet David. 
Psal. 39  Lord I do not hide thy righteousness in my heart, but my talking is of thy truth & saving health, all the day long. Therefore turn not thou thy mercy from me (o lord) but let thy loving kindness and truth always preserve me. etc.  

Ezec. 3.  ¶ For it is written, when I speak unto thee, then open thou thy mouth, saith the lord, and say who heareth, let him here, who so will not, let him leave, for it is a froward household. etc.  
¶ For as moche as I perceive that the earth maketh haste to bring fourth her children, and the time draweth fast toward the end, and all flesh seemeth very desirous and as it were greedy, to accomplish the thing with moche haste, which it taketh in hand, be it good or evil, my desire is also to occupy my talent according to the will of the giver, whereby I may please my lord, which is my desire above all things, & not only thereby to gather treasure for myself, but also to provoke as well my brethren and natural contrymennes of this realm of England/ as all other nations and named Christians to bring fourth their fruits readily according to their nature that they may be ripe against the day of harvest, 
Named christians.  when the lord shall reward every man according to his deeds. Therefore beloved fathers and brethren, seeing ye have taken the name of holiness upon you, being called Christians of Christ, and do in word profess the same, esteeming yourselves the true church and espouse of God upon earth, as all that live godly doubtless be, See that ye be diligent to obey to the word of truth which our heavenly father hath now sent and set abroad by his beloved messengers, as well within this ream of England, as in all other regions on the earth, as it is written in the eighteenth Psalm. 
Psal. 18 Rom. 16  Their sound is gone out into all lands: And their words into the ends of the world. If ye accept the voice of the shepherd, then will he know you for his own, and lead you in and out, where ye shall all ways find rich pasture. god hath made day and night, 
Ihon. 10  light and darkness, summer and winter, to the intent that all things myght-have as well place and time as sufficient occasion to show forth & declare themselves, either good or evil. Repent & turn from your evil ways with your whole hearts, that ye may believe, & set your faith on a sure ground, 
Psal. 65 Gala. 6.  build it on the sure foundation of gods holy word and promises, and then will it always abide the violence of the storms, but if ye go by grooping and work at adventure, be ye sure, ye shall not go right, for true faith is lively, & no uncertain thing, it is surely grounded and established upon the sure rock of God's word and promise, as it is written. Abraham believed God in his promise, 
Gene. 13.  and none opinion of his own imagination, & it was counted to him for righteousness, but if your faith be without the word, then is it carnal and fleshly, being built upon natural reason, and therefore it is vain and of no valour, 
Eccle. i.  for true faith is accoumpanyed with godly love, who hath the wiisdome of god for her governor, she teacheth her children (as a right good nurse) knowledge and nurture, and leadeth them safely in the way of life, 
i. Ihon.  and with doctrine she purgeth their hearts from all filth and corruption, even as god himself is pure. She shineth from and out of the bosom of the highest, for her clearness doth far exceed the brightness of the son, which lighteth the whole earth with her shine. Therefore O ye ignorant, give a diligent ear to the voice of wisdom, which daily crieth unto you in the high places streets, and ways, and before the holy city, and in the gates where men go out and in. It is you, O ye men, saith she, whom I call, unto you, (O ye children of men, lift I up my voice: Take heed unto knowledge, saith she, O ye ignorant, be wise in heart. O ye fools, give ear, sayeth she, for I will speak of great matters, and open my lips, to tell things that be right, for my throat shall be talking of the truth, my lips abhor ungodliness, all the words of my mouth are righteousness, there is no frowardness nor falsehood therein. They are all plain, sayeth she, to such as will understand, and right to them that find knowledge receive my doctrine, saith she, and not silver, and knowledge, more than fine gold, 
Prou. 3. c  for wisdom is more worth than precious stones, yea all the things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto it etc.  
¶ Wherefore if ye will seek wisdom and dwell with her, she will make you the very friends of god, for the highest hath given her a commandment, and he that made her hath appointed her a tabernacle saying. Let thy dwelling be in jacob, & thine inheritance in Israel, rote thyself among my chosen, for the congregation of the righteous, are the Children of wisdom, and the lord dwelleth among them in his holy Sinai. An utter enemy to wisdom is the froward sinner, for he hateth to be reformed, and because he will not refuse things which he knoweth to be evil; he can come in no good way, brethren consider this most excellent benefit of god, daily offered unto you. Refuse not his word which teacheth you all wisdom Come to her brooks, & drink of her cunduite, for wisdom hath cast out floods, I am, 
Eccle. 24.  saith she as a great water broke out of the river etc.  
And as a water cunduite am I come out of the garden of pleasure, I said, I will water the garden of my young plants, and fill the fruit of my birth, so my water brook, became exceeding great saith she, and my river approacheth unto the See, for I make doctrine to be to all men as light as the fair morning and I shall make it, saith she, ever the clearer, I will pierce thorough all the lower parts of the earth, I will look upon such as be a sleep, & lighten all them that put their trust in the Lord, I shall yet pour out doctrine like a prophecy, and lean unto such as seek after wisdom, and their generations shall I never fail unto the holy everlasting world.  
¶ Obey unto the loving voice of God, and accept this gentle doctrine of wisdom, slumber not to long in thine own way (O thou named Christian) lest the lord be angry, least thou fall a sleep again in sin, and so perish utterly by thine own folly. How can they be made hole that will not know they be sick, or how can such obtain that refuse the right way? Thou thinkest thyself well all ready, because thou hast a name that thou livest. O thou named Christian, therefore thou saist in thyself. 
Apoca. ●  Tush I am rich and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, & knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, & naked: thou haste a name that thou livest, but thou art dead, for by sin art thou subdued, and thrust down by thine enemies even to the brink of hell. O named Christianytie, thou waft rolled up in extreme darkness and misery, yea sold and sold again waste thou for thine offences, to be a bond servant whereof thou art not yet delivered, for ignorance holdeth the in captivity, and bringeth the a sleep, that thou neither seest nor feelest thy harm, 
Isaiah 29.  but like an hungry man dreaming that he is eating, & waking hath nothing, or like a thirsty man that dreameth that he is drinking, but when he waketh he findeth nothing to refresh himself, so doth sin deceive thee, and thou not ware. Awake awake out of thy heavy sleep thou Christianity, hearken to the loud voice and trump of god which in these last days is now blown amongst you. I mean the preaching of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is daily preached unto you, and yet soundeth in your ears. O foolish people, why stop you your ears so long from the truth: and as it were, still give yourselves to vanity? Why seek ye such friendship of the world, which hath nothing to recompense, but extreme misery? Why sekeste thou rest, where none is? Treasure up such things as are godly, then shalt thou be recompensed vij fold: but who so seeketh rest in worldly things, his labour is in vain. Consider O man, thy life in this world, how short, how uncertain, and dangerous it is it is like a vapour or breath, saith the Apostle S. james, 
james. 4  that appeareth for a little season, and then vanisheth away, therefore trust not to the world, for he is deceitful, he promiseth rest, but payeth trouble, he promiseth joy and payeth sorrow he promiseth long life, and payeth short, totally, he promiseth good and payeth evil, for nature and fortune be much variable, & change as the wind and therefore do they suffer no thing here certain. O foolish man wouldest thou then be thought wise, and yet delytest and settest thy hole heart and pleasure in this vain transitory world. what friendship wouldest thou have of him that can do you no good, neither careth he longer for the than thou mayst do him pleasure, for in sorrow poverty or pain, will he utterly despise thee, and laugh the to scorn in the anguish of thy soul. So ungodly doth this miserable world recompense his lovers that the nigh friend, 
O beasts ungodly & very unnatural.  so called of nature, the wife that lieth in the bosom, or the Children whom with busy pain and study some bring up, intending by them to have their kindness after recompensed, do nothing at all regard them, but flateryngly from the teeth outward thinking every day three, till they be gone, that they might receive the worldly goods which their friends do possess. O misery of all miseries, thus the world which many so inordinately love, and set such store by, for all his great brags, and flattering face of friendship (if nature withdraw herself) will not only think him much burdened by them, but also disdainfully abhor & detest their presence. Therefore as Christ saith, 
Mat. 6. d  seek ye first the kingdom of god, & the righteousness there of, and all these things shallbe ministered unto you. And also Crist saith, give not over your membres to serve the flesh, seeing the beauty thereof fadeth away, for he that soweth in the flesh, 
Gal. 6.  shall of the flesh reap corruption, saith Saint Paul, but he that soweth in the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. Again the apostle Jude saith. Hate the filthy vesture of the flesh, for doubtless it is subject to corruption, it is also, the very gate and mean whereby Satan our great adversary, and mortal enemy corrupteth both body & soul, and draweth man to utter destruction. Wherefore see that ye furnish the house in time with an honest exercise of virtue, that perfect repentance make a ready way, for faith and godly love with all her noble companions, to dwell with you: for if the enemy find you unprepared, he will busily seek to enter with his soudears, for as much as, man is by the transgression of Adam, set at liberty in the knowledge of good and evil, the enemy first moveth man by consent, to choose the evil and refuse the good, which consent being coupled to the thought of man's knowledge, 
By the fall of Adam, the inward eye of man was opened in the knowledge of good and evil, jam. 1 c. Mat. 5. c Christ saith, who so looketh on a wife lusting, hath committed adultery with her. Exodus. 20 Deutro. 5  is sin. As witnesseth S. james saying. When lust hath conceived, she bringeth fourth sin, by this means winneth the enemy that gate or first ward, then proceeding forth in his wicked purpose, he tempteth man during his life in the time of youth, by wantonness delectation, pleasure & readiness of mind, to spend the time of this life, either idly or vainly, that he should labour in nothing that is good, and when nature hath some what done with these, he bringeth in place every carnal concupiscence, riot, natural wisdom, and worldly honour and riches: and in age he bringeth coveteousenes, unpatient poverty, childish dotage, and such like. For soon after thirty. years are spent,, as age increaseth, the things of nature dimynishe, and begin to fade as a flower, but the enemy always during the time of this life, ceaseth not to assault man by sin, which is most agreeing to the nature and age of the person so tempted. And by such ungodly means he seeketh to fill and keep the mind of man so busied, that it can have no respect to the word & will of god, nor seek after things that please him. But seeing the reward of these is nought else but plain misery and destruction both of body and soul, what foolish blindness is it, for men to set their love so inordinately upon such things wherein is never rest nor peace? and to seek the service of such masters as be very Authors of all trouble and misery, and the bond servants of sin, and corruption, that serve them. Wherefore, strive daily against your lusts, and mortify your affections, compel your flesh to be ruled and ordered, by the rules of Christ, prescribed in the sacred word of god, unto you. Then doubtless our heavenly father will not only love us, & take us for his dear children, but also for Christ's sake (so that we yet, continue in faith) bear our imperfection during the time of this life, clearly forgive and forget our sins. And make us partakers with our saviour Christ, of his eternal kingdom and glory. Therefore O ye christened nations call to remembrance the long time of your captivity & blindness of mind, which hath very far exceeded the time of the captivity of the hebrews, the children of Israel, or of any other congregations, professing the truth before you: nevertheless, the mighty lord of powers, the only God of Israel, hath now remembered his promises, and according to his old wont hath he looked mercifully upon us, for his name's sake, yea, he hath now herd thy mornings O Israel, & he is come down to deliver jacob his chosen with a mighty hand, & a stretched out arm. 
Rom. ●.  But as S. Paul saith. I speak not these things ceyved not the love of the truth, saith he, God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe lies, that all they might be dampened (saith he) which believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. etc.  
Nevertheless, god hath now remembered Israel his elect, for he will always have compassion upon jacob his chosen: therefore, is he now minded to show mercy, and to deliver his people, for our Lords jeloussy is waxed great, to see his truth daily thus traiterousely trodden under foot of his enemies, and clean defaced under a colour of truth, and with a counterfeit dysguised holiness and outward pretence of virtue, whereby the simple ignorant sinners be deceived, for because the paths of christ be so trodden out, many can find nothing of the way. Thus the mystery of iniquity, as Paul saith, workth in his place, whereby the sinful man is opened, and the son of perdition, which is an adversary, is exalted above all that is called God, or of God, for the vain glory of man appeareth on earth to have the upper hand. 
In earth worldly wisdom hath gotten the chair, or upper seat  Is not natural, or carnal reason and worldly wisdom, most hyghliest esteemed? Who amongst men knoweth any thing like, or that may be compared unto it? Where is the wisdom of God become? Is it not utterly despised of the blind world, and set at naught, and not regarded. When ye see the abomination, 
Apoca. 12. Esay. 14. Daniel. 9 Mat. 24, Mat. 13. The man of sin is exalted, he sitteth in the estimation of men. where god ought to sit for chief. 2. Thess. 2 Esay. 11. Daniel. 8. God fighteth alway against the man of sin to overcome and to subdue him. 1. Corr. 1, Esa. 18.37 4. Reg. 5.  that betokeneth desolation, spoken of, by Danyel the Prophet (saith Christ) stand in the holy place, or (as S. Mark saith) where it ought not: Let him that readeth it, understand it. Thus is flesh and blood, that is to say, the man of sin, exalted, extolled, and praised, which showeth himself as god, and as though there were no power above him And sitteth in the holy temple whom the lord nevetthelesse shall consume with the spirit and breath of his mouth. And with the appearance of his coming, even him saith Paul whose coming that is exalting, or setting up, is saith he, by the working of Satan with all lying power, signs, and wonders, & in all deceiveableness of unrighteousness etc.  
¶ Nevertheless, our god hath taken part against flesh and blood, because it is become his very enemy, and he hath said. I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and cast away the understanding of the prudent that no flesh should rejoice in his presence, for the lord shall step fourth, as he did upon the mount Pirazim, saith Isaiah, and shall take on, as he did in the dale of Gibion, that he may bring fourth his device, yea, his strong device, and fulfil his work/ therefore make no mocks at it, saith the Prophet, that your captivity or blindness increase not, for I have heard the lord of hosts say, that there shall fall a sudden destruction, and plague, upon the hole earth (saith Esay) therefore, take head, and hear my voice, ponder and mark mye words well, 
jere. 13. c  for the lord shall fight against all them that muster themselves against the hill of Zion, 
The heathen are such as do not believe.  saith the prophet. And with his mighty two edged sword, shall he smite the Heathen, they shall be at their wits end, they shall be abashed, stagger and reel to and fro etc.  
¶ Therefore, thus saith the lord, against all them that call themselves of the congregation of god, and yet are not (because they live ungodly, 
Esai. 29.  and are the bond servants of sin ye shallbe drunken, but not with wine, ye shall fall, but not thorough drunkenness, for the Lord shall give you an hard sleeping spirit/ and hold down your eyes namely of your prophets and heads which should see, them shall he cover, so that all visions shallbe unto you, as the words that stand in a sealed letter etc.  
For, thus saith the lord, for so much as, these people drawnie me with their mouths, & praise me holly with their lips (where as their hearts nevertheless be far from me) and the fear that they own unto me, 
Abdi. 1.  that turn they unto men's laws and doctrines: therefore, will I show unto this people, a marvelous terrible, & great thing (saith the lord) namely this, I will destroy: the wisdom of the wise, and the under standing of the learned men shall perish. Therefore woe be to them that seek so deep to hide their imaginations before the lord, which rehearse their counsels in the darkness, & say, tush, who seeth us, 
The church of god in name, but not in dead, must perish,  or who knoweth us. Therefore, must Jerusalem & juda decay saith the lord, because their words & counsels are against the lord, they provoke the presence of his majesty unto anger the changing of their countenance (saith the prophet) bewrateth them, 
Esay. 3.  yea they declare their own sins them selves as the Sodomites, and hide them not. Woe be to their souls, for they shallbe heavily rewarded, saith the lord, then shall they say, O happy are the godly, for they may enjoy the fruits of their studies, but woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous, for they shall be rewarded after their works. O my people, ribalds oppress thee, and women have rule over thee: O my people thy leaders deceive thee (saith the lord) and tread out the way of thy foot steps. The lord is here to common of the matter, saith Esai, and standeth to give judgement with the people, for the lord shall come forth to reason with the princes & Senators, and shall say thus unto them, saith Esay. It is ye that have burned up my vineyard, and the robbery of the poor in your house, wherefore do ye oppress my people, and mar the faces of the innocentes? And thus sayeth the prophet, shall the lord of hosts revile them therefore.  
Woe be to those proud boasting spirits, which living wickedly, teach their flocks by power and penalty, and not rather by ensamples of virtue & godly living.  
Woe be to those, whose hearts are double, which with their mouths boast proud things and flattering virtue, their wrath is as the angry Lion, or as the she bear rob of her whelps, which every occasion kindleth, as fire the dry flax.  
Woe be to those false prophets which under the name of governors and teachers, do the deeds of false deceivers, serving their own lusts, and yet say, do as we bid you, and all is forgiven.  
Woe be to those hypocrites, & wandering stars, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever, which colourably for the belly, and for lucre's sake, pray for other, and yet neither forsake sin, nor amend their own lives.  
Woe be to those deceitful messengers of Satan, whose hearts are exercised with covetousness, having eyes full of adultery that can not cease to sin. And although they go wrong themselves, yet they say, they be sent of god, to teach and lead other the right way.  
Woe be to those painted tombs and stinking sepulchres full of all filth and corruption, which oftentimes spoke of faith, penance and love, and yet consume the time of their lives in vanity and idleness, keeping their belies from hunger, and their throats from thirst.  
Woe be to those murderers of the souls of men, which through flattery sow pelows, 
Ezeche. 13 Esay. 5. Miche. 3.  as the prophet sayeth, under the armholes of the people, to to the intent they may bring them a sleep in blindness and sin, that they might suspect none of their doings.  
Woe be to those blind guides, and most wicked generation, by whose careless living, true repentance is almost banished and thrust out of place, and amendment of life is laughed to scorn and not regarded.  
Woe be to those filthy spots / which have thus forsaken the right way/ & count it pleasure to live deliciously for a season, which as raging waves of the Sea/ foome out their filthiness and shame.  
Woe be to those serpents & adders broods, 
Venen and poison is false doctrine, and ensamples of naughty living.  which most grievously corrupt the inhabiters of the earth with their venem and deadly poison, and to maintain ambition/ pride/ covetousenes, voluptuous and beastly living/ pervert all things, and preposterously turn it out of frame.  
Woe be to the ungodly/ the beast & all his warriors, which maliciously do evil, and fight continually against the lord of powers and all his true soldiers.  
Woe be to those bishops, pastors/ and lawyers/ of what name and place so ever they bewhiche boast of power and authority to rule and govern other/ and yet have no respect to their own souls: For heavily and miserably shall they be rewarded that bear the name of christian people, which seek holiness only by outward sacraments and signs, not regarding what the heart & inward conscience be/ and also say in yourselves, tush we be well enough for the holy laws, ceremonies/ and Sacraments of god, are remaining among us, and thereby we are known to be his people. Nevertheless be thou of good comfort, 
Esai. 1.  O thou little worm jacob, and thou despised Israel, for thy redeemer liveth: fear neither the proud boasting nor threatening of thine enemies, for the Lord standeth by thee to defend and deliver thee, 
Esai. 11.  for the mighty god of hosts will now take in hand to conquer the remnant of his people, which are left alive, from the Assyrians, Egipcians, Arabians, Morions, Elamites, Caldees, Antiochians, and Islands of the sea: for the the earth shallbe full of the knowledge of the Lord (saith Esay) Even as though the water of the sea flowed over the earth: 
Esai. 11. Abac. 2.6.  And then shall the gentiles which are unbelievers, know that our God hath mercifully heard the lamentable complaint of the poor oppressed, and remembered his covenant made with Abraham, 
Exodus. 2.  Isaac, and jacob his chosen. Therefore the Lord commandeth you to let his people go, ye Heathen nations and enemies of righteousness, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our god, for the lord hath now seen the heavy burdens, wherewith ye daily oppress his people, and therefore is he come to deliver them with a mighty hand, and a stretched out arm, 
Esai, 11. Nilus, signifieth the See of troubles & adversity  ye the Lord shall cleave the tongue of the Egipcians. see saith Esay, and with a mighty wind shall he life up his hand over Nilus, and he shall smite his seven streams, & make men go over dry shod, and thus shall he make a way for his people the remaineth from the Assyrians like as it happened to the Israelites, what time they departed out of Egipte etc.  
But if you will not let his people go (O ye enemies of righteousness) that they may serve him, after his will, then will he pour his plagues upon you, as he did upon Egipte, and upon other nations, among whom he scattered his people for their offences: to the intent they might teach you righteousness, that ye might repent and turn from your evil ways, and learn to know the name of the lord, which is great in Israel, and mighty in Zion: for as touching Israel and juda (thus saith the Lord) they shall not be forsaken of their God, 
jer. 51.50  of the Lord of hosts, of the holy one of Israel, no though they have filled all their land full of sin etc. For I will not consume thee, but chasteine thee, and correct thee, and that with discretion, saith the lord neither will I spare the as one that were faultless, for thus saith the lord: O jacob and Israel, 
jere. 46. and 30. Esai. 44. & 43. d  thou art my servant, I have made thee, that thou mightest serve me. O Israel forget me not (saith the Lord) as for thine offences, I drive them a way like the clouds, and thy sins as the mist: turn that again unto me, and I will deliver thee, saith the lord. Therefore, turn again O thou despised people unto the lord, forsake thy sins, leave thine own wilful ways, them shalt thou be delivered in the lands of thy captivity, and be taken as a spoil from, and out of the mouth of the devourer, which seeketh to fill him alway of the. Cry to god from the very heart, to deliver the from the violente hand of thine oppresser, pour down thy tears daily before him, and say, 
A prayer  O everlasting god and my father, I beseech the remember the poor oppressed, deal favourably with us, for thine own sake, for thou art our only surgeon. Show mercy upon us O father, for Christ'S sake, show mercy upon us, the work of thine own hands. Have compassion upon thy people, O lord, that grievously have sinned against thee, for by reason of our sins, have we long time been thus exiled and kept from thee: and the enemy hath sore prevailed against us. O be thou merciful and take away our sins, & let our iniquities no more displease the. O Lord forget not thine own accustomed mercies. Is our hurt so great that it may no more be heeled? Turn our hearts unto thee, that we may seek thy will, praise thy name, and walk in thy ways. O lord, we know that thou only art our god, whose nature and property is, to show mercy, yea, and that thou art alway ready (O lord) but our sin lieth heavy upon us, & presseth us sore down, quicken us with thy holy spirit (O lord) and life us up, we beseech the with thy holy hand, and strengthen us daily with thine arm, that we may praise the with joyful lips, and magnify thee, O eternal God, our only saviour, father, Son and holy ghost. etc.  
Refuse not thou thy health, O thou english nation, seeing god hath loved the above many other, and hath sent his word, the son of god, the very true patron and image of his most godly substance, unto the too call the from thine own ways that thou mightest be made his own people, too serve him according to his will, with reverence and godly fear. 
Apoca. 3.  Say not in thine heart I am rich and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, lest thou be reproved: but anoint thine eyes with eye salve (saith the verity of God) that thou mayst see, and know how thou art wretched, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel thee, saith Christ, buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayst be rich, and white raiment, that thou mayst be cloothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear etc.  
Therefore, although thou haste gotten a name that thou livest, let it not deceive thee: but obey to the word of god, turn from your Ignorance, and knowledge your sins, cast yourselves down, 
Luke. 1.  that the lord may life you up and show mercy upon you: for he casteth down the proud, and exalteth the lowly. If ye think yourselves heirs with Christ and gods children: where is your love and ready obedience, toward his will? Where is the victory which ye have gotten against your flesh, sin and the devil: the extreme enemies of virtue and godliness, against whom at the time of your profession and baptism, ye promised manfully to fight, during the time of your lives: and to renounce and utterly forsake Satan, & all his works. Boast not of the name only (O ye christened nations) but show your deeds, for that it is that must testify with you. Remember therefore, from whence thou art fallen, O thou blind and ignorant people, turn to the lord that thou mayst be healed, knowledge thy sin which is great, then shall it be forgiven the. How long writ thou mock with thy god, and bear a double heart, that goeth two ways: ye pretend in face to have a great zeal, and too be very fervent in the way of the lord, but your hearts run after your covetous lucre, and daily ye walk in your own ways & live after your own lusts, and yet ye say, tush we be well inou●●he. When wilt thou leave of O thou wilful nation and why will ye thus perish thorough your own folly. Truly except ye do repent, and turn from your evil ways (what name of holiness so ever ye have) ye cannot be made the sons or Children of god, because ye have refused the way of life, nor yet receive any inheritance in his everlasting kingdom: 
Ezec. 44.  for this saith the lord our merciful god, of all the strangers that dwell among the children of Israel. No stranger, whose heart and flesh is not circumcised, shall come with in my sanctuary. Therefore, dear lie beloved and longed for, at my heart, I pray you, cut away your carnal desires and fight against your fleshly lusts, too subdu them: that ye dwell with in the holy sainctuarye and receive inheritance among sons, and daughtours. 
Esai. 1.  Again, this saith the lord, wash you, make you clean, put away your evil thoughts out of my sight, cease from doing evil and violence, learn to do right, apply yourselves to equity, deliver the oppressed, help the fatherless to his right, let the widows complaint come before you etc. And is it not so then saith the lord, though your sins, be as red as scarlet, shall they not be whiter than snow. And though they were like purple, shall they not be like white will? Is it so? If you beloving and obedient, ye shall enjoy the best things that grow in the land, but if ye be obstinate and rebellious ye shall be devoured with the sword, 
Leuiti. 26  for thus the lord hath promised with his own mouth O ye named christians, consider the time paste, present & to come look your own ways, & wander no longer astray, refuse not the light of the glorious gospel of God, for it is the life of your souls. Remember the long time of your captivity, which doubtless happened for your offences: surely it passeth far the bondage and captivity of the Hebrues, or children of Israel in the days of Helyas, Helizeus, & jeremy, and other prophets, josias, Ezechias, and many other kings of Israel & juda, in whose time the people with their princes and priests forsook the law of the lord, & went a whoring after strange gods, & because of their sins, god gave them up to their own lusts, and let them follow their blind Imagination, yet was not their fall like unto thine, O Christianity nor their hurt to be compared with thine: for thou haste not only exceeded in thy fall, but much more in the long time of thy miserable captivity: and although thou be daily called, yet hast thou no mind to rise & come to be made hole: ye hold the name of the people of god (as they did) but few do the deeds: ye hold the sacraments signs, 
The sacraments be kept, but the virtue is gone.  and ceremonies appointed in the church of God (as they say) but ye have lost the strength and virtue of them. For not with standing, your daily ministration, both yourselves and the people, to whom ye minister, yea, 
Much labour lost.  both ye and they abide still in your own lusts, which declare plainly that your sins be neither forgiven, nor taken away. Is it not because ye are wicked, that your prayers be not heard, as perfect and holy men's have been before time? For where they prayed and laid on their hands, 
Acts. 8  god affirmed their doings, with his holy spirit: so that they received knowledge and their understansting was opened, and their minds were obedient to the will of God. If the doings of the Apostles had been so uncertain that no thing thereof had appeared outewardelye, save only words, all remaining as before every man in his own ways: think ye they should have been so well beloved, or if Christ at the marriage in Cana of Galilee, 
Ihon. 2.  had sent the governor of the feast, water to give his gests, in the stead of wine (although he had told them it had been good wine) and that they must under pain of damp nation so have believed, think ye it would have been so well accepted at his hand? Where Christ, the Prophets, or Apostles, or any other in his name, and by his power and spirit, did any miracle, whether it were outward or inward, in healing of the body, 

The miracles of Christ and his apostles, were not only in face and words, but were done in verity: the signs be kept, but the power is gone.  
The sacrifice of ungodly are abomination before the lord. Gene. 4.   or soul: the thing after appeared, so to be, and it showed itself that it was done, as they said they set never the people to believe and wonder at things whereof they heard, felt nor saw nothing, save only an outward token or sign. But your doings are uncertain, even to yourselves, but much more to other yet would ye have all men compelled to believe them: thus have your sins (ye your wilful sins) long turned the eyes of the Lord from you, and made all your doings as the sacrifice of Cayn. For ye have forsaken the Lord, the only well and fountain of life, and have chosen and digged you broken pits that hold no water. In every street & place, have ye burned sweet odours, and offered incens before your Idols, and have chosen you Gods after your own imagination, 
jere. 7. a.  and served them after your will: yea, as the jews and Heathen nations, have ye invented and set up brothel houses, to offer in sacrifice to your Idols, the unclean lusts of your bodies for many ordinances contrary to the word of God, have ye set up, which may neither be omitted nor spoken against, but must be continued as things laudable (as ye say) & for good purposes. Have ye not also as they, 
jere. 32. s.  given your seed to Moloch? and burnt your children before Idols, in that ye procure by power, bribes or flattery, or by any other ungodly means, to make them ministers, or common officers, more regarding the vain glory of th'office, the dignity, or the worldly profit of the same, then either the health of the souls of yourselves (of them) or of the people, whose teachers, leaders, & governors ye make them, the common wealth, or the glory and honour of god. Thus have ye unwisely forsaken the Lord, for ye are sick, and your mouths out of taste, and therefore so that every room and place be filled, ye think it is well, although the persons that be in them have scarce any one point of virtue requisite and needful to the office and place they be in. Thus have you set & appointed such to be means between god and you, and to pray for you, as be void of all honest points of virtue, whose doings are hateful, and their prayer execrable and before god an abomination: Thus is that woeful plague and great misery happened unto you for your offences, threatened of god by Esay, 
Esai. 3. The named church upon earth. Sapien. 4.  who saith. The lord of hosts shall take away from jerusalem and juda, all possessions and power, all meat and drink, the captain and the soldier, the judge and the Prophet, the wise & the aged man the worshipful of fifty years old, and the honourable, the Senators and men of understanding, the masters of crafts & orators. And I will give you children to be your princes, saith the lord, & babes shall have the rule of you, one shallbe doing violence & wrong to an other, the boy shall presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honourable, 
What an elder is by the scripture, look Sapience 4. chapter  for both Jerusalem & juda must decay, because both their words & counsels are against the lord, and they provoke the presence of his majesty to anger. etc.  
And yet nevertheless they say tush/ we be safe, for we be all christians: we have gods word and his holy Sacraments among us, and therefore the great plagues and threatenings of god (declared by his prophets and Apostles) against sinners, shall not touch us, nor come nigh our dwelling, & although thou live more wickedly than they (O named Christianity) yet sayest thou, it is spoken against jews, Turks, Saracens and heretics, that despise our holy religion, and reprove our doings/ it is they that shall perish (sayest thou) for they are worthy, but we be safe for we are gods people. Thinkest thou that they shallbe preserved and defended of God that continue and delight in stune and wickedness? Or think ye to escape the punishment of god due to sinners, with a face or outewarde appearance of holiness? The virtue and strength thereof is away then art thou clearly deceived for as it is right with god to reward the just for well doing, so is it also to punish the wicked for evil doings. God is all good, and no evil may come me him: and although his judgements be unsearchable, yet be they all righteous and true. He is no respecter of person, nation / land/ time nor place: but look who doth right, him will he accept: and he that do the evil, him will he punish, of what religion, tongue, or nation so ever he be: For God is determined (as he hath plainly declared in his word) to gather together and chose out his elect from the four winds, from and out of all nations under heaven: therefore deceive not yourselves with a name but bring forth the fruits of righteousness: forthink your old ways, and delight no longer in vanity, but as S. Paul saith. 
Rom. ●.  Let it suffice unto us, that we have spent the time of our life passed in vanity, as in eating, drinking, chaumbring and wantonness, and lay from you that old man which marreth himself in deceivable lusts, and be ye renewed, sayeth he, in the spirit of your understanding: obey to the voice of god, do justice and equity, hate the evil, & chose the good, so shall ye live for ever, for they that do these things are born of god, and are made the beloving sons of the highest, of what religion, tongue or nation soever they be. Circuncision is nothing, nor uncircumcision, saith Paul, but the keeping of the commandment of god (saith he) is altogether: circumcision verily availeth, saith he, if thou keep the law, but if thou transgress, then is thy circumcision made uncircumcision. What availeth then a christian name, or baptizing and receiving of Sacraments although it be never so many, if there follow not amendment of life/ but that the heart delight in evil as before. Have ye not then made your baptism, which signifieth repentance, the new regeneration and amendment of life, toward your health, 
An untrue professer of Christ, is worse than an infideele.  of no value? But it is rather an open witness against you, that ye are false dissembling christians and such as have mocked god, pretending one thing in face/ but the contrary in your hearts: 
Ezechi. 8.  if an infidel turn in his heart from his infidelity, and do the thing that is equal & right, although he never receive christian name nor outward sacrament, think ye that he shall not be saved? It is the circumcision and baptizing of the heart, in that we are washed from an evil conscience, 
Peter. 3d Circumcise therefore, the fore skin of the heart saith the lord, and be no mor stiff necked. Deutr. 10.  and the lusts of the flesh daily fought against by the power of the spirit, that is of value before god, whose praise is not of men but of god. The outward face of religion and holiness only excepted: what have ye to rejoice in, above other heathen nations? So long as ye continue in evil, is there any kind of sin and wickedness done in any heathen nation under heaven that is not in thee, thou named christianity? What kind of pride, vainglory, hypocrisy, dissimulation, hatred, malice or envy, is there in any other nation that may not be found in thee? Or what kind of drunkenness, theft, murder, whoredom or lechery, may there be found out or imagined, of flesh and blood/ that is not daily done, and most shamefully committed in thee: although ye compare your selves in wisdom and knowledge to David or Solomon, and yet live wickedly, & will not amend when ye are warned: think ye to escape unpunished? Nay, ye shall surely perish as other like sinners have done before you, and drink of the same: for think ye to escape with extolling of Christ's holy religion in name or words only, or with setting up of sacraments and ceremonies, although ye extol them to the clouds, if ye regard not to leave sin nor to do that they teach you? How can they profit you any thing at all, for god regardeth not your flattering titles and words of holiness (neither your sweet songs & pleasant harmony, sweet smells, 
Deades be acepted for the man's sake that doth them, and not the man for the goodness of the deeds.  nor glorious sights: but he looketh unto the heart, and searcheth the rains, ye, his judgements be, and shall be according to equity, after the inward thoughts of the heart, & not after the outward appearance. For the corruption of the thoughts of the heart, the lord refused the offerings and sacrifice of the children of Israel, which he himself had before commanded, 
jerem. 7.  saying unto him by his prophet jeremy, ye heap up your burnt offerings with your sacrifices, 
Deutro, 10 Esai. 43.  and eat the flesh (as though I delighted in your doings) but when I brought your fathers out of egypt, I spoke no word unto them of burnt offerings and sacrifices: but this I commanded them saying. hearken and obey my voice, & I will be your god/ & ye shall be my people. Although they brought nothing but that they were commanded: yet God utterly refused it at their hands, because they thought to please him with the work, & intended not to leave their sins, nor to forsake their own evil and crooked ways. Think ye that god will accept yours, which are not all grounded upon the word, but partly invented and set up by natural wisdom, and carnal reason, ye altered and changed among yourselves at your pleasure. Or will ye think that god hath such need of you, 
The people are content to be bound to all that man can imagine, so that they might have liberty to sin, and abide still in their own lusts: the lands that profess Christ teach the faith, and minister sacraments & ceremonies, diversly. Esai. 1. b  that he will accept you, either for your wisdom or works sake: or that he hath more love and favour to you, than he had to the jews: in whose generation he both made and fulfilled, his manifold promises? yet nevertheless, when they sinned against him, he said unto them by Esay. Hear the word of the lord ye tyrants of Sodoma, and hearken unto the law of our god, thou people of Gomorra. Why offer ye so many sacrifices unto me, saith the lord? I am discontented for the burnt offerings of widows, saith he, & with the fatness of fed beasts, I have no pleasure in the blood of Bullocks, lambs and goats, when ye appear before me. who requireth you to tread with in my porches? 
jere. 6. Amos. 5. Mich. 6.  Offer me no more oblations for it is but lost labour (saith the lord) I abhor your incense, I may not away with your new incense, your Sabaothes & solemn days: your fastings are also in vain. 
Esai. 58.  I hate your new holy days and fastings, 
Esai. 1.  even from my very heart, saith the lord etc. If these (notwithstanding, their offerings and sacrifices, holy days, prayers, fastings, and such like observances) could not be accepted at the hand of God, because their hearts delighted in sin, lookest thou to be accepted, 
God aloveth not the deeds of those that be evil.  and so to escape unpunished, O named Christianity? Nether except thou amend and turn from thine own ways, thou shalt not escape: but surely shalt thou perish, as they. Wherefore, thus saith the lord also unto you. O wicked christians, which continually delight in sin, hear the word of the lord, ye tyrants of Sodoma, and hearken to the law of our god, thou people of Gomorra, 
Esai. 1. c  why offer ye so many sacrifices unto me etc. Learn obedience in the lands of your captivity, wash you & make you clean, put away your evil thoughts out of my sight (saith the lord) cease from doing of evil and violence, learn to do right, apply yourselves to equity, deliver the oppressed, help the fatherless to his right and let the widow's complaint come before you etc.  
Prefer the will of God above and before all things, I say, and let that which pleaseth him be good and best, how so ever it sound or appear unto you. Hath there ever any yet that strove against God, and taken in hand to teach him righteousness and judgement, or to alter or change his ways, since the beginning, 
2 Pete. ●  escaped unpunished? If that these things may not be suffered in Angel, moche les in flesh and blood, which is corrupt, whose beauty fadeth as a flower, and withereth away as hay or grass. O thou foolish dust & ashes, darest thou presume against thy creator & lord, 
Esai. 40. 1 Peter. 1. Psal. 89.  & to reason with him of judgement and righteousness? O thou proud Lucifer, 
Esai. 14. Apoca. 12 Carnal wisdom seeketh always to exalt itself, ag●●nste. god.  thou sayst in thy heart: I will climb up into heaven, & make my seat above the star of god. I will sit upon the glorious mount toward the north: I will climb up above the clouds, and will be like the highest of all: yet dare I say (saith the Lord) thou shalt be brought down, to the depth of hell etc. your wisdom can not prevail against god and therefore shall your glory have a great fall, 
Esai. 29. 1 Corin. 1. 〈◊〉. 1. Esai. 27. The lord shall destroy all that is in man, of des●he and blood 1 Cor. 1.  for thus saith the lord. I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and cast away the understanding of the prudent: for the lord with his heavy great long sword, shall visit Leviathan that unuisyble serpent (saith Esai, and shall flee the Whale fish in the See etc.  
Again, S. Paul saith, where are the wise? Where are the scribes? Where are the disputers of this world, hath not God made the wisdom of this world foolishness? For the foolishness of god, saith he, is wiser than men, and the weakness of God, is stronger than men etc. For god hath chosen the foolish before the world, that he might confound the wise, and the weak before the world hath god chosen, saith Paul, that he might confound the mighty, and the vile and despised before the world hath god chosen, yea, and that which is nothing saith he, 
Nothing of flesh & blood shall rejoice before god.  that he might destroy that which is aught, that no flesh should rejoice in his presence etc.  
Therefore, do not justify yourselves as pharisees, neither exalt any thing in flesh & blood, for the things which men highly magnify, 
Luke. 16.  saith the lord, be abominable in the sight of god. Lay away your high reasons, & let gods word although it seem simple & rude, lead you, seek not to join your wisdom with god, lest in coveting to climb so high, ye take a great fall, obedience is an acceptable offering. Therefore, put salt on your sacrifice, that it may be well accepted at your hands, 
jere. 7. Exodi. 22. zacri. 8. Leuiti. 10  for thus hath the lord promised with his own mouth. etc. If ye wicked amend your ways & counsels, if ye will judge right betwixt a man and his neighbour, if ye will not oppress the strannger, the fatherless and the widow. If ye will not shed innocent blood in this place: If ye will not cleave unto strange gods to your own destruction, then will I let you dwell in this place for ever etc. If ye be loving and righteous ye shall enjoy of the beast things that dwell in the land, saith the lord, 
Esai. 1.  but if ye be obstinate and rebellious ye shall be devoured with the sword. Wherefore, 
The polls or water of Siloah signifieth repentance, or rather the laver of regeneration. John. 9 Eye salve is inward knowledge of the truth.  convert and turn with your hole hearts, from your evil ways, O ye named Christians: wash ye seven. times in Siloah, that ye may be cleansed from your offences: anoint your eyes with eye salve, that ye may see: walk in the steps of Christ, whose religion thou haste professed, and whose name thou so well lovest O thou Christianity, bring forth worthy fruits of repentance, as soberness and amendment of life, that the thick seals may fall from your eyes, that ye may see the perfect way of life. For except ye utterly renounce and forsake, at the least in affection, all that is in you of flesh and blood, yea and your own lives which ye love so well, ye can not see the glory of god neither be partakers of his eternal kingdom. Therefore as Christ saith, enter in at the straight gate, 
Mat. 7.  and walk in this narrow way, for although the path fro the flesh, be nothing pleasant, yet th'end leadeth our souls unto rest. For what is he saith the lord, that giveth over his heart to come unto me ye shall be my people, & I will be your god. But behold, on the other side, shall the wrath of the lord break out saith jeremis as a stormy weather, as a mighty whirl wind, and shall fall upon the heads of the ungodly, the tetrible displeasure of the Lord, shall not leave of, till he have done and performed the intent of his heart which in the latter days (saith the Prophet) ye shall understand etc. 
jere. 33.   
For at that same time, I shall be the god of all the generations of Israel (saith the lord) and they shall be my people etc. 
jere. 18.  Nevertheless saith he: whom I take in hand to root out, to destroy, or to waste away, any people or kingdom, if that people (against whom I have thus devised) convert from their wickedness, ymediately I repent of the plague that I have devised to bring upon them, saith the lord etc.  
Our god is always merciful unto them that prepare their hearts by obedience and repentance, 
Esai. 55.  to receive his holy spirit, for like as rain and snow cometh down from thence and turneth not thither again, but watereth the earth & maketh it fruitful and green, that it may give corn and bread to the sour, so the word which cometh out of my mouth, saith the lord, shall not turn again void unto me, but shall accomplish my will, & prosper in the thing where unto I send it etc. Therefore, seeing god will now repair the decayed places of his temple, make your conscience clean that ye may be leaning stones, being fastened to Christ by faith and love, which is the head corner stone, 
Ephesi. 2.  in whom every building, coupled & joined together, saith Paul, is made an holy habitation for god, in the spirit etc. 
Ezechi. 2.  For God dwelleth with them that be of an humble spirit, and of a contrite heart, which stand in awe of his word: yea, he hath promised, to dwell and abide with them for ever, 
Ezech. 36. jeremis. 31. Esai. 51.  and to give them a new heart, and to write his law therein, so that they shall not need to say one to an other, know the lord, for they shall know me from the jest; to the most of them saith the lord, for I will forgive their mysdeades, and will never remember their sins any more, 
Ihon. 1  for the son of God hath appeared (saith S. John) to take away sins, & in him is no sin: and who so ever abideth in him sinneth not &c. 
Ihon. 1.  For to as many as receive him, giveth he power to be the sons of god, even those that believe in his name, saith he, which are not born of blood, nor of the will of man, but of god: or here now O Israel. Rejoice and be glad, for thy redeemer liveth: he hath seen thine oppression, and his eyes do pity the. Therefore, will he visit thee, and gather that out from among all nations, where thou art scattered & holden in captivity, for thine offences, but yet not forsaken: for with an everlasting love hath he loved thee: & therefore hath he raised up for thee, 
Luke. 1.  the mighty horn of health in the house of David, of whose kingdom there shall be none end: 
Psal. 113.  neither hath he spared his own son, but given him yea, his life that he loved so well, for thy sake, to make an everlasting at tonement betwixt him & thee, for thine offences. He hath promised to lead the safe, by his holy spirit, & daily to defend the from and out, of all dangers. Therefore, he calleth evermore greatly unto that, saying. Come unto me my beloved, for I am he that for mine own sake, pardoned thine offences, & cast thy sins into the bottom of the see. Make none excuse, neither prolong the time, but come immediately my beloved brethren & natural countrymen, to this most joyful supper or feast, which our merciful father hath of his own good will prepared & made ready for you: yea, & of long time hath he called you by his servants & prophets: saying. Here & obey my voice, them shall ye be my people, & I will be your god: it appeareth he hath not forsaken you, for as a most gentle & loving father hath he sent his holy word the son of god, the very true patron & image of his most godly substance to deliver you from all captivity & blindness, but the nations that oppress the & jacob, & hold his servant Israel in captivity, will he judge: nevertheless the lord hath promised with his own mouth, 
Levi, 19.14  that if any stranger will turn to the lord with his hole heart, that then the same strangers shall have inheritance in Israel, even as sons & daughters saith the lord almighty, what can there be more done for us: 
The fore skins signifieth the jousts of the flesh and mind which must be cut away.  therefore, turn to the lord with your hole hearts, circumcise your foreskins, that ye may be made right Israelites, & of the promised sede, & receive inheritance as natural sons in the house of Israel the faithful congregation: To you wicked people & malicious tyrants, 
All that holdeth nor the religion of Christ indeed, as well as in word, are heathen & infideles.  the seek to spoil & devour jacob his people, & to rote out Israel his choose the lord sendeth word, let Israel go, ye heathen nations, that he may do me sacrifice at my will, upon the mountains: for he is my eldest son: perfit is the judgement of him the floweth in righteousness, 
Esai. 13. The elect must be tried by tribulation & adversity.  & perfitly shall the lord of hosts fulfil the thing that he hath determined in the mids of the world, for I will punish the wickedness of the world, and the sins of the ungodly (sayeth the lord) the high stomachs of the proud will I take away, & lay down the boasting of tyrants, ye I will make a man dearer than fine gold, & a man to be more worth than a golden wedge of Ophir, for I will shake the heaven, 
All that is of flesh, must be done away.  that the earth shall remove out of her place. etc.  

The staff is the word wherewith the world is smitten.  For the Lord shall smite the world with the staff of his mouth and with the breath of his mouth shall he slay the wicked: but mercifully will he deliver his chosen, and divide the good from the evil: for thus saith the lord god. Behold I will severe the fat sheep from the lean. And for so much as ye have shot the weak sheep upon the sides and shoulders, and run upon them with your horns, 
Ezech. 34. Horns signifieth strength.  so long till ye have utterly scattered them abroad, I will help my sheep, so that they shall no more be spoiled: yea, I will discern one sheep from an other, I will raise up unto than one only shepherd, even my servant David, 
jere 30. Miche. 5.  he shall feed them, and he shallbe their shepherd, and I the lord willbe their god/ and my servant David shallbe their prince, even I the lord have spoken it. etc.  
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them, saith the lord, and drive all evil beasts out of the land, so that they may dwell safely in the wilderness & sleep in the woods, good fortune and prosperity will I give them, and unto all that be round about my hill, a prosperous shower and rain will I send them in due season, that the trees in the wood may bring forth their frintes, and the ground her increase, they shallbe safe in their land, and shall know that I am the lord, which have broken their yoke, and delivered them out of the hands of those that held them in subjection they shall no more be spoiled of the heathen, nor devoured with the beasts of the land, but safely shall they dwell/ and no man shall fray them. I will set up an excellent plant for them, so that they shall suffer no more hunger in the land, neither bear the reproof of the Heathen any more. Thus shall they understand that I the Lord their god am with them, and that they (even the house of Israel) are my people saith the lord god: ye men are my flock, ye are the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God etc.  
O ye people turn from your crooked ways, and from your own froward imaginations, cease & leave of from your own feigned dissimulation. Darest thou so dissemble with God, and to play the part of an infidel or unfaithful hypocrite before him? thinkest thou to hide thyself under thine own shadows from him that made thee, and put thy heart in a secret place Or wilt thou think to hide thy sins with deceit, that the highest (which searcheth the her● and the reins) shall not reprove thy ways? ye come together/ as god said to the jews, by his prophet/ after the manner of a great people, 
Ezech. 33.  to hear his word at the mouth of the preacher or prophet, but in no wise will ye do thereafter. In your mouths/ likewise ye show you selves as though ye were fervent, but your hearts go after your own covetous lucre, and as a ballad that hath a sweet tune, and is pleasant to sing, so is the Preacher unto you his words will ye hear saith the lord/ but ye will not do thereafter. etc.  
For vain glory and lucre, ye make crooked laws, whereby ye lay snares for the feet of the simple: and would ye that no man should reprove your ways? The mouth of the deceitful is right well with you allowed, but he that speaketh the truth, 
To deal with equity & truth men say plainly they can not live.  shall not escape unpunished: for craft, disobeyed and falsehood, is such an universal thing, that to deal with equity and truth men say plainly they can not live, and thus virtue is so generally contemned, that it is nigh a common reproach, for a man to do well. O lord, as David saith, when wilt thou look upon this? O restore my soul from the wicked rumour of them and my darling from the Lion, for they are stained with their own works, and run a horinge after their own imagination, for daily do they blaspheme thy name, & slander the foot steps of thine anointed, & yet will they be known for such as know their god, hold of him, & are fervent in his ways. For they say in their hearts, tush God seeth it not, the highest regardeth none of these things, although god by long patience, suffer such things at their hands looking and tarrying for thy amendment (O Christianity) thinkest thou that it will be forgotten? Hath there ever any nation which committed like abominations before thee, escaped unpunished? And dost thou think to escape? Nay thou shalt surely drink of the same, thou shalt not be forgotten: but thy sins shall truly be recompensed in thee (even into thy bosom) god shall turn thy clothes over thy head (O thou filthy herlot) that thy filthiness may manifestly appear also: and seeing thou art a people the runnest in thine own wilful ways, and sayest, tush there shall no fault be found in all my doings: therefore, stumblest thou in the clear day, & fallest in the dark, yea, grope do ye as blind men, after your own imagination, but because ye let your hands deal with wickedness, ye can not find the right way. 
Psal. 13.  For as the Psalm saith, your feet are swift to shed blood, destruction and wretchedness are in your ways, but the way of peace have ye not known. O ye froward people hear the word of the lord, give your ears to doctrine, and despise not good counsel, seek friendship of god by virtue, & not by flattery, for the lord is always friendly to them that put their trust in him, but ye call yourselves christians, and yet commit wickedness with your mouths, ye extol Christ's word, name, laws and sacraments, but in your deeds ye dishonour him for as long verily as ye delight in evil, your deeds are hated of God, and yet say with dysceite will we escape, 
Esai. 28.  and with nimbleness will we defend ourselves, therefore are ye cursed with penury: ye chose ignorance for your guide, & wilfulness too be your governor, as for the warnings of the Prophets, 
They that trust in their own wisdom, or in any other thing of flesh & blood shall surely err and be deceived. Esai. 19 Egipte signifieth the congregation of wilful sinners.  ye take for wind, and the word of god for a scorn, because ye have no lust thereto, and thus they go wrong by reason of wine (saith the lord) they fall & stagger because of strong drink: yea, the priests & Prophets themselves go amiss, they are drunken with wine, and weak brained thorough strong drink. They err in seeing, & in judgement they fail. For the lord hath made Egipte drunken with the spirit of error, saith Esai, and they shall use it in all matters, even like as a drunken man goeth spewing about. For Egipte shall lack good counsel (saith he) so that they shall not know what to do, neither the beginning, nor th'end neither upon the land nor water, then shall the Egyptians be like unto women afraid and astonished at the lyftinge up of the hand, which the lord of hosts, 
Esai. 24.  saith Esai, shall lift up over them etc.  
miserably shall the world be wasted and clean destroyed, for the lord hath so determined in himself etc.  
For the earth is corrupt of her indwellers, for why they have offended the laws changed their ordinances, & made the everlasting Testament of none effects, and therefore shall the curse devour the earth: for they that dwell thereon have sinned. And although these places come daily upon you from the lord, for your offences, yet ye see it not, nor regard the matter noothinge at all: O ye blind and froward nations, 
Esai. 1.  therefore, though ye hold out your hands, yet turn I mine eyes from you saith the lord, & though ye make many prayers yet here I nothing at all, for your hands are full of blood, and ye deal always with wickedness, because certain sin hath no outward punishment, appointed by the rulers, for those that do them: Think ye therfoore, that God will forget them?  
The people in Christ's time (while he reigned upon the earth) thought that thoose Galathians whose blood Pilate mingled with their own sacrifice, and the xviii persons upon whom the tower of Siloah 
Luke. 13.  fell, and slew, had been moche greater sinners then the other that suffered no such punishment, but our saviour Christ said plainly, nay and except the other repeated, they should like wise perish, although they suffered no such punishment here, therefore remember thyself, O thou named Christianytie, repent in time, and turn to the Lord with thy hole heart. Too you do I speak, O ye Ignorant people, get ye to mourning quickly, and pour out your tears before him/ that he may show mercy and turn all ways his wrath from you. etc.  
O turn you, turn you, why will ye die, 
Ezech. 18. 3. Par. 3.  seeing the lord hath no pleasure in the death of a sinner, but willeth rather that he convert and live. etc. But if ye withdraw your ears, & will not hear, to turn from your evil ways: then am I sorry for your sakes. Be not wilfully blind, but search the scriptures, and ye shall see, that no people or nation that did such abominations and hated to be reformed since the beginning escaped unpunished: and would ye escape? 
Psal. 33.  Then must ye refuse the evil, & choose the good: seek peace and ensue or follow it, for the eyes of the lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the lord beholdeth them that do evil, to destroy the remembrance of them out of the earth. etc.  

Prou. 3.  yea the curse of the lord is in the house of the ungodly, but he blesseth the righteous. Consider these things with yourselves in time, lest sin by long custom blind your understanding, so that ye judge darkness for light and good for evil: ye know the blind are easy to lead out of the way, where they sone fall and be made a prey for the enemy. 
Pro. 22.8.  Wherefore beloved give diligent ear unto wisdom which hath now again opened her bloods and put forth her voice in the streets, she booeth call before the congregation in the open gates, & showeth her words in the city O ye children sayeth she, how long will ye love childishenesse? how long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies to knowledge? O turn ye to my correction, saith she, lo I will express my mind unto you, and make you understand my words. For who so harkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and have enough without any fear of evil. 
Pro. 22.  Again she saith, my son: let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law & my council so shall it be life unto thy soul and grace unto thy mouth, them shalt thou walk safely in the way, and thy foot shall not stumble, if thou sleepest thou shalt not need to be afraid, but thou shalt take thy rest and sleep sweetly, thou shalt not need, sayeth she, to be afraid of any soodayne fear, neither for the violent rushing in of the ungodly when it cometh, for the lord shallbe beside thee, 
Prover. 1,  and keep thy foot that thou be not taken. O ye beloved children, hearken unto wisdom: Come no more in the paths of the ungodly, saith she, & walk not in the way of the wicked.  
Take fast hold of doctrine and let her not go, keep her, for she is thy life. And again she saith, my son mark my words, for the path of the righteous shineth as the light, and is ever brighter and brighter unto the perfit day, but the way of the ungodly is as the darkness, saith she, wherein men fall or they be aware. 
Prover 4.  And moreover she saith, hear ye children the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed that ye may learn wisdom, yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law, saith wisdom. etc. The chief point of wisdom is to be willing to attain wisdom. Therefore let thy heart receive my words (saith she) and keep my commandments, & thou shalt live. Obey unto god, and then shall ye receive a good spirit of him, which (as S. john saith) will lose the works of sin, & give you a will to love him, and to keep his commandments: 
1. Io. 3.  for they that are born of him sin not (saith he) because they have the seed remaining in them, 
Where the Spirit of god is, saith Paul, there is liberty.  the earnest of our salvation: I mean the spirit of truth, the joyful comforter which god hath promised that shall always abide with them that love him, even unto the end of the world. This is he that loseth the works of sin and bringeth a godly desire unto righteousness and a longing to fulful the will of god: & they that have obtained a mind to love god are begotten & borne of him and they are known & loved of him. And hereby know we saith John, 
1. Io. 1.  the god abideth in us even by the spirit which he gave us as it is written: To as many as receive him giveth he power to be the sons or children of god, 
Io. 1.  even thoose that believe in his name, which are not born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. The ungodly are the bond servants of sin, because they are carnally minded their hearts hate god, 
He that is an enemy to virtue & goodness hateth god.  though their lips praise him, which is all goodness, yea, the only well and fountain there of. They lack true obedience too the word and will of god, therefore can they not obtain to that righteousness, which before god, is allowed. 
The lord will visit them, whose fore skin is uncircumcised.  For their hearts and ears are uncircumcised, that they will not hear, to learn obedience, least they should convert and be healed. And therefore, run they astray and establish their own righteousness, for unfaithfully have they denied the lord in deed, and said, it is not he. Tush (say they) there shall no misfortune come upon us we shall see neither sword nor hunger, as for the warnings of the prophets, they regard it not: There is almost none, neither that will tell them their sins nor give them warning of the plagues that are come upon them, 
jere. 6.8.  or shall happen unto them: for from the least to the most, they hang altogether upon covetousness, 
Oseas. 3.  and from the prophet to the priest, they go altogether about with falsehood and lies. etc.  
For like as a net is full of birds, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falsehood and deceit, saith the lord. 
jeremis. 5.  Here of cometh their great substance and richesse, and hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away fro me with shameful blasphemies, saith the lord, they minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity: should not I punish these things, saith the lord? 
That is not only on these, but aswell on all other such like.  Should I not be avenged of all such people as these be? Horrible and grievous things are done in the land, the Prophets teach falsely, and the priests follow them, and my people hath pleasure therein. May such things at any time or in any people be unpunished? Therefore, repent and turn from your evil ways, that ye may enter into the rest of God, and keep his holy Sabothes, for they that enter into the rest of god, do cease from their own works, saith Paul as God did cease from his, the seven. day: and except ye keep the holy feast of tabernacles that is to say, cease from your own will, and from doing your own works: The Lord will consume you, in his wrath, and utterly destroy you, in his sore displeasure. For thus saith the lord, I am exceeding jealous over jerusalem and Zion, 
zacha. 1.  and am sore displeased at the careless heathen, for I was but a little angry, and they did their best, that I might destroy them. Nevertheless, I will turn me again in mercy toward jerusalem, so that my house shall be builded in it, saith the lord of hosts. etc.  

zacha. 1.  Cry and speak, thus saith the lord of hosts, my Cities shall be in good prosperity, again the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and choose jerusalem. yea Jerusalem shallbe in habited with out any wall, 
zacha. 2.  for the multitude of the people & cattle that shall be therein, yea I myself (saith the lord) will be unto her a wall of fire, round about, and will be honoured in her. 
Oseas. 3.  For although the children of Israel sit a long while without King or Prince, without offering, and altar with out priest & revelation, yet shall the children of Israel convert saith the prophet Oseas, and seek the lord their god, & David their king, and in the latter days, saith he, they shall worship the lord & his loving kindness.  
Therefore, seeing that God hath now called you by his grace, be not negligent to come, and see that the heart be established with grace, 
He that both righteousness is of god,  and not with the vain pleasures of this world, which shall not profit them that have their pleasure and felicity in them. For who so doth not righteousness is not of God: if we say, we have fellowship with him, 
To walk in darkness is to do such deeds as we all did, before we knew the truth.  and yet walk in darkness/ saith S. john/ we do lie, & do not the truth. Therefore see that ye love not the world, neither the things that are in the world for the world passeth away, and the lusts thereof: but he the fulfilleth the will of god, abideth for ever, 
1. Io. 3.  and hereby know we that he abideth in us, even by the spirit which he hath given us. 
Apoca. 3.  And they that overcome shall obtain a crown of glory, and I will give to every one of you (saith the verity of god) according to his works. etc.  
Babes, flee from the worshipping of idols, I mean from serving of your own lusts, and learn to serve the living god in spirit, in a clean heart/ washed from an evil conscience, with reverence and godly fear/ for our god (saith Paul) is a consuming fire. To as many as walk according to this rule, peace, and mercy be upon them, and upon Israel of god. So be it.  
✚ The grace of our lord jesus Christ/ be with your spirits. Amen.  
give praise only to god.  
yours as charity bindeth me. H. H.   


✚ Dieu et mon droit,  
QVI MAL Y PENS● honey SOYT   
1. Peter. 2. 
¶ Be ye subject to every human creature for the lords sake, whether it be to the King as supreme head: or to the Magistrates which be sent by him, to the punishment of the evil doers/ but to the praise of the well doers: for so is the will of God.