BRetheren ye knowe we be all baptised in Christe Iesu And haue Professed to bee,Roma. vi. Gala. iii. hys souldyers, and he for to bee but Capytayne,Psal. i. Ephe. i. Pet. ii. and hathe lefte vs and ensample, bothe in worde and lyuynge, spreadynge abrode the banner of hys precyous bo­dy vpon the mount of Caluary,Iohn. i [...] Collo, [...] proclaimynge hys [...]ictorye a­gaynste all hys enemies saiyng Consummatum est, all is Per­fourmed or ended,Luke. xi [...] and there brough to subiection to be hys prisoners bothe synne death and Hell, w^t all theyre powers,mat. xxvii. try­umphyng as a valiente conque­rour, [Page] so that the powers of hea­uen dyd quake, the Sunne and Moue loste their lyghtes, [...], 1 affir­mynge it was he and none other (but Iesu Chryste (able to paci­fy the fathers wrath. They [...]n­des of the Garthe al [...]o moued stones dyd breake,Mat. xvii the b [...]dyes that wer buryed dyd ryse out of theyr graues, acknoweleginge he was the victorious Prynce that should redeme all the fleshe of the world from eternall dam­nacyon and to brynge them to hys euerlastyng kyndome, [...] there for to rainge with God hys fa­ther eternally.i. Cor. i. Iohn, And in this vali­ant and tryumphaunt conquest he gaue ouer hys life, to be kno­wen vnto vs for euermore to be our chefe Lorde, oure chefe re­demer, our chefe Aduocate, and that for euer more,Ephe. i. 1. Pet. 1. Ande for that we woulde counte him iuste not [Page] forsakyng vs,Actes. iii. on the thyrd daye he rose from death to lyfe to conforte vs in y^e [...]itle ouer y^e whyche he had made vs Lordes.Iohn. [...]vi

Concludīg withe vs, it was ex­pedt not for hym to go his waye,Actes. ii [...] (& that vnto his father) sēdyng vs the holy Ghoste f [...] be our conductoure in euery skirme or conflict. And so accordīgly per­fourmed the same.Philip. ii, And at the tyme of his departynge both God and man did assend vp into he­auē,Hebre. x Psal. c. lxc vntyll those (whiche yet re­mayn his enemies) be made his fotestole, geuyng vs a commen­dacione that he woulde come a­gayn and iudge [...]ll mē,Actes. x▪ who had bene a faythfull souldier in hys absens.i. Cor xii And to rewarde bothe them and other accordyng [...]lye.In the godly, song qui cunque Eythere euerlastynge ioye, or els perpetuall Dampnacyon. [Page] Nowe dere brethren laye thys Corisyffe hard home to your cō ­sciences.Philip. ii. And fele whether ye be trewe souldiors to youre master Chryst or no,Mat. xiii. thynke whether ye faint or no,Luk. xxii. when any man dothe inuade your Kyngdome contra­ry to youre chefe captayns com­maundement.Mark. xiii Fele whether ye be stronge whē Sathā doth as­sault you with sharpe temptaci­on,Luke. xiii loke whether ye be sicke or feble to endure the stormes of trybulacyon,Ephe. vi. Math. x, proue and taste youre manlynes, whether it be not turned to cowardenes, and dayly rūne away do ye not leaue in time of nede y^e crosse of Christ (youre battell axe) behinde you for feare.Iohn. xi Do ye not se youre ar­moure roust, couered wyth the vayne thynges of worldly de­sire?Expo. xvi. stande not youre stoma­kes agaynst Chrystes Gospell? [Page] and woulde gladly haue y^e fleshe pottes of Egipt agayn?Luke. xii, And do ye perceyue your selues to be vygilāt in prayer nyghte and daye, lest youre ennemies fall sodeīly vpon you? Are ye circunspect in youre liuynges to honour youre Lord god aryght?deut. xviii Do ye not for get youre duety to your neyghebour, as ye woulde be done to?Psal. i. Deute. xii Haue ye mercye and pite on the pore and nedye,Math. vii. Roma. xii Esay. i. Iames. i. Math, v. the wydowe and orphane in the tyme of theyr ne­cessite? Can ye find in your har­tes to loue youre enemies, and praye for them y^t do you wronge? Stande ye ryghte vp in iudge­ment lokynge nether to y^e ryghte hande nor to the lefte?Leui. xix. Iere. xrii. Roma. vi Kepe ye styll the professyon of your bap­tyme, forsakynge the deuil with all hys workes?Luke. xii Do ye ryse whē youre captaine doth cal & are ye not in the slepe of vnryghtous­nes, [Page] and so fel into temptacion? Are ye obedient to goddes mi­nisters,1. Pet. ii. the highe magistrates whiche doo supply here in ear­the his mightie rome? And do ye walke allwayes in the feare of the Lorde,Psal. ii. is his worde a lan­terne to youre fete, and a lighte vnto your doynges?

¶ Now let this corosiffe worke and take holde,Ephe. iij. and thinke whe­ther these thingēs shalbe found wythin you. And thus too a­wayte on your Capitayne Ie­sus Christe as his faithful soul­dyours. But it is to be feared yf we search the bottom of oure consciences,Luke. xii. there shalbe founde packes full of iniquities wret­chednesse and myserye,Psal. v. and all that leadethe vs to the open, mouthe of Hell, Menne naked wythoute armoure ouercome,Math. vii. Apoca. ii wyth euery larome, we maye be [Page] well callede freshe water soul­diours,Mark. iiii not able to, to abyde one storme for oure lordes sake,ii. Cor. vi. Luk. xiiii psa. cxxvii we fall awaye with euerye tempest, when he bydeth vs for to abide, our manlines is torned īto cow­ardnes, & thus for sake we our Lorde God but let vs remember what the holy prophete Dauid sayeth, Lorde,psal. xxvii (saith he) if y^u doest for sake me, vnto whome shall I flee?ii. Cor. iii. If y^e Lorde do not kepe the cite in vayne do they watche y^t kepe it.psal. lxix Lorde be thou oure tow­er, our castel & our defence, loke doun frō heauen & cōfort thin ac̄ flicte. What at we withoute thy grace? Let vs loke round about vs wythin & wythoute, & we be compassed wythe sinne.i. Cor. iii Math. xxi Thus in all Goodnes GOD gyuethe thē encrese, but on out part wen ther plante nor water, we be the witheren fygge tree.Luke. viij Wee be the [Page] stony ground, no good frute can fructify,Marke. vi. we are baren voyde of all heauēly grace, dispersed as people wythout order.

¶ O Christenllyfe, which at the dredfull day shulde be our trus­tes before our Lorde God,Rom. viii wher shall we fynd the? for the multy­tude of synnes shal couer vs, we may not for our iniquities be­holde the high iudge to receyue hys Kyngdom,Sapion. v. but openly to cō ­demne oure selues, and receyue hys terryble iudgemente.psal. cxlv. Who shall then stande forth to be ius­tified by hys owne workes, or merytes?ii. Pet. iii. What shall we do, or what shall we saye in that terry­ble day of vengeance, when hea­uen and earthe shalbe altered? Who shalbe able to stande forth to pleade hys cause?Esay. liii. And who shalbe able to stande by hymself all alone?Math. xi. Thus are wee pres­sed [Page] doune vnder the burden of sinne, that scarcely we can taste of God how pleasant he is.

But for so muche (good brethrē) that y^e Lorde is mercifull,i. Petri. ii. & that hys mercy passethe all hys wor­kes,Psa. cxvii for them that dothe beleue and repent, wyllyng to lay asyde the clogge of synne, let vs wythe honor and glory magnyfy wyth soule and body oure immortall God & euerlasting lord,i. Petri. ii. acknowledginge him to be the redemer and stole of grace, for all the syn­nes of the worlde.Roma. iii. And besydes at all tymes where soeuer it be in Church felde or Towne me­ry and sadde, to cary hym wythe vs in the spyrytuall partes of oure hartes, who hath promysed to be wyth vs vnto thend of the world.mat xxviii Further in all our worldly doynges to stande ryghte vp,Math. vii. and to do as we woulde be done [Page] reuerence to magnyfie hī night and daye, for that the lawes of the Lorde doth appere,Collo. iiii hauynge theyre Consciences pure in all their procedynges, permittynge vs (the pore subiectes) the lyber­tie of Chrystes Gospell,Math. vi. and the Heauenlye worde of hys God­head. For the whyche longe lyfe wythe the encrease of greate ho­noure maye be vnto hym Deutrono. xxvii Let vs saye hartely.

Amen.