OF THE WORLDE, AND THE PRINCE THEREOF, OVR ACCVSER, ADVERSARIE, AND ENEMIE.

BE ſober, and watch:1. Pet. 5.8. for your aduerſarie the Deuill as a roaring Lion walketh about, ſeeking whom he may deuoure.

We wreſtle not agaynſt fleſh and blood,Epheſ. 6.12. but agaynſt principalities, agaynſt powers, and agaynſt the worldly gouernours, the princes of the darknes of this world, agaynſt ſpirituall wickedneſſes, which are in the high places.

In time paſt ye walked,Epheſ. 2.2, 3. according to the courſe of this worlde, and after the Prince that ruleth in the ayre: euen the ſpirit that now worketh in the children of diſobedience:

Among whom wee alſo had our conuerſation in time paſt, in the luſt of our fleſh, in fulfilling the will of the fleſh, and of the minde: and were by nature, the children of wrath, aſwell as others.

In whom the God of this worlde hath blinded the mindes (that is) of the Infidels,2. Cor. 4.4. that the light of the glorious Goſpel of Chriſt, which is the image of God, ſhould not ſhine vpon them.

Iohn. 12, 31.Now is the iudgement of this worlde: Now ſhall the Prince of this worlde be caſt out.

Collo. 2, 15.And hath ſpoyled the Principalities, and powers, and hath made a ſhew of them openly, and hath triumphed ouer them in the ſame Croſſe.

Luk. 22, 31.And the Lord ſayd, Symon, Symon, Beholde, Satan hath deſired to winow you, as wheate.

Reue. 12.10.I heard a loude voyce, ſaying, Now is ſaluation in heauen, and ſtrength, and the kingdome of our God, and the power of his Chriſt: For the accuſer of his brethren is caſt downe, which accuſed them before our God day and nyght.

1. Iohn. 2, 16.All that is in the worlde (as the luſtes of the fleſh, the luſtes of the eyes, and the pride of lyfe) is not of the Father, but is of the worlde.

Eccle. 1, 1.Vanitie of vanities, ſayth the Preacher: Vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

EXHORTATION.

1. Iohn. 2, 15, 17.LOue not the worlde, neither the thinges that are in the worlde. If any man loue the worlde, the loue of the Father is not in him.

The worlde paſſeth away, and the luſtes thereof: but he that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth for euer.

1. Corin. 7, 31And they that vſe this worlde, as though they vſed it not: for the fasſhion of this worlde goeth away.

Iam. 4, 4.Yee adulterers, and adultereſſes, know ye not that the amitie of the worlde, is the enimitie of God? Whoſoeuer therefore wilbe a friende of the worlde, maketh him ſelfe the enemie of God.

If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne:Iohn. 15, 19. But becauſe ye are not of the worlde, but I haue choſen you out of the worlde, therfore the worlde hateth you.

They are not of the worlde, as I am not of the worlde.Iohn. 17, 16.

I pray not for the worlde,Iohn. 17, 9. but for them which thou haſt giuen mee: for they are thine.

And faſhion not your ſelues like vnto this worlde,Rom. 12, 2. but be ye changed by the renewing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the good will of God, and acceptable, and perfect.

OF SINNE AND SINNERS.

BY one man Sinne entred into the worlde,Rom. 5, 12, 13. and death by Sinne, and ſo death went ouer all men, foraſmuch as all men haue ſinned: For vnto the time of the Law was Sinne in the worde; but Sinne is not imputed while there is no Law.

By the workes of the Law ſhall no fleſh be iuſtified in his ſight:Rom. 3, 20. For by the Law commeth the knowledge of Sinne.

What ſhall we ſay then? Is the Law Sinne?Rom. 7, 7, 12, 13. God forbid. Nay, I knew not Sinne, but by the Law: for I had not knowen luſt, except the Law had ſayd, Thou ſhalt not luſt.

Wherefore the Law is holy, and the Commandement is holy, and iuſt, and good.

Was then that which is good, made death in me? God forbid: But ſinne, that it might appeare ſinne, wrought death in me by that which is good, that ſinne might be out of meaſure ſinfull by the commandement.

Rom. 5, 23.But I ſee an other law in my members, rebelling againſt the law of my minde, and leading me captiue vnto the law of ſinne, which is in my members.

1. Iohn. 3, 8.He that committeth ſinne is of the Deuill: for the Deuill ſinneth from the beginning: for this purpoſe appeared the Sonne of God, that he might looſe the workes of the Deuill.

Iohn. 8, 34.Verely, verely I ſay vnto you, that whoſoeuer committeth ſinne, is the ſeruant of ſinne.

Wiſd. 10, 13.Becauſe of the fooliſh deuices of their wickednes wherewith they were deceaued, and worſhypped Serpents, that had not the vſe of reaſon, and vile beaſtes, thou ſendedſt a multitude of vnreaſonable beaſtes vpon them for a vengeance, that they might know, that wherewith a man ſinneth, by the ſame alſo ſhall he be puniſhed.

Rom. 6, 20. 2. Pet. 2.19.When ye were the ſeruantes of ſinne, ye were freed from righteouſnes.

1. Kin. 8, 46. 2. Chro. 6, 36If they ſinne agaynſt thee (for there is no man that ſinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them to the enemies, ſo that they carry them away priſoners vnto the land of the enemies, eyther farre or neare.

Eccle. 25, 26. Gen. 3, 6.Of the woman came the beginning of ſinne, and through her we die all.

2. Eſd. 15, 24Woe be to them that ſinne, and keepe not my commandementes, ſayth the Lord.

Pro. 14, 21.The ſinner diſpiſeth his neighbour: but he that hath mercie on the poore, is bleſſed.

Who can ſay, I haue made mine hart cleane,Pro. 20, 9. I am cleane from ſinne?

Surely there is no man iuſt in the earth,Eccle. 7, 22. that doth good, and ſinneth not.

The way of ſinners is made playne with ſtones:Eccle. 21, 10. but at the ende thereof is hell, darknes, and paynes.

If we ſay that we haue no ſinne,1. Ioh. 1, 8, 10 we deceaue our ſelues, and trueth is not in vs.

If we ſay we haue not ſinned, we make him a lyar, and his worde is not in vs.

But the Scripture hath concluded all vnder ſinne,Galla. 3, 22. that the Promiſe by the Fayth of Ieſus Chriſt, ſhould be geuen to them that beleeue.

EXHORTATION.

HE ſayd vnto them, The whole neede not a Phiſition,Math. 9, 12, 13. but they that are ſicke.

But goe ye and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not Sacrifice: For I am not come to call the righteous, but the ſinners to repentance.

The Lord is ſlow to anger, and of great mercie,Nom. 14, 18 Pſal. 103, 3. and forgiuing iniquitie, and ſinne: but not making the wicked innocent, and viſiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth generation.

Say vnto them, As I liue, ſaith the Lord,Ezec. 33, 11. I deſire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turne from his way, and liue: Turne you, turne you from your euyl wayes, for why will ye die, O ye houſe of Iſrael.

Pſal. 32, 1.Bleſſed is he whoſe wickednes is forgeuen, and whoſe ſinne is couered.

1. Tim. 1, 15.This is a true ſaying, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, That Chriſt Ieſus came into the worlde to ſaue ſinners, of whom I am chiefe.

Mar. 2, 17.He ſayd vnto them, the whole haue no neede of the Phiſition, but the ſicke. I came not to call the righteous, but the ſinners to repentance.

Exod. 34, 7.Reſeruing mercie for thouſandes, forgiuing iniquitie, and tranſgreſsion, and ſinne, and not making the wicked innocent, viſiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, and vpon the childrens children vnto the thirde and fourth generation.

1. Pet. 4, 1.Foraſmuch then as Chriſt hath ſuffered for vs in the fleſh, arme your ſelues likewiſe with the ſame minde, (which is) that he which hath ſuffered in the fleſh, hath ceaſſed from ſinne.

1. Cor 6, 11. Eph. 2, 12, 13 Titus. 3, 3.And ſuch were ſome of you: but ye are waſhed, but ye are ſanctified, but ye are iuſtefied in the name of the Lord Ieſus, and by the ſpirit of our God.

1. Pet. 1, 15, 16.As he which hath called you is holy, ſo be ye holy in all maner of conuerſation.

Becauſe it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.

Act. 3, 19.Amende your lyues therefore and turne, that your Sinnes may be put away, when the time of refreſhing ſhall come from the preſence of the Lord.

Rō. 6, 22.23.But now being freed from Sinne, and made ſeruantes vnto God, ye haue your fruite in holynes, and the ende euerlaſting life.

For the wages of Sinne is death: but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord.

If we acknowledge our ſinnes,1. Iohn. 1, 9. he is faythfull and iuſt to forgiue vs our Sinnes, and to clenſe vs from all vnrighteouſneſſe.

Speake vnto all the congregation of the children of Iſrael, and ſay vnto them, Ye ſhalbe holy,Leuit. 19, 2. & 20, 7. Luk. 1, 75. Deut. 10, 17 Rom. 2, 11. Galla. 2, 6. for I the Lord your God am holy.

OF IMAGES AND IDOLS.

YE ſhall ſee in Babylon Gods of Siluer,Bar. 6, 3, 13, 14, 18, 21, 22 and Gods of Wood, borne vpon mens ſhoulders, to cauſe the people to feare.

One holdeth a Scepter, as though he were a certaine Iudge of the Countrey, yet can he not ſlay ſuch as offende him.

Another hath a Dagger or an Axe in his right hand, yet he is not able to defende him ſelfe from battayle, nor from theeues: So then it is euident that they be no Gods.

They lyght vp Candles before them, yea more then for them ſelues, whereof they cannot ſee one: for they are but as one of the poſtes of the Temple.

The Owles, Swallowes, and Birdes, flye vpon their bodyes, and vpon their heades; yea, and the Cattes alſo.

By this ye may be ſure, that they are not Gods: Therefore feare them not.

All they that make an Image are vanitie,Eſa. 44, 9. and their delectable thinges ſhall nothing profite: and they are their owne witneſſes, that they ſee not nor know: therefore they ſhall be confounded.

Eſa. 46, 7.They beare it vpon the ſhoulders: they cary him and ſet him in his place: ſo doth he ſtande, and can not remooue from his place. Though one cry vnto him, yet can he not anſwere, nor deliuer him out of his tribulation.

Pſal. 115, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.Their Idols are ſiluer and golde: euen the worke of mens handes.

They haue a mouth and ſpeake not: they haue eyes and ſee not.

They haue eares and heare not: they haue noſes and ſmell not.

They haue handes and touch not: they haue feete and walke not: neither make they any ſounde with their throate.

They that make them are like vnto them: ſo are all that truſt in them.

Pſal. 16, 4.The ſorowes of them, that offer to an other God, ſhalbe multiplyed: their offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of their names with my lyppes.

Ier. 10, 5.The Idoles ſtand vp as the palme tree, but ſpeake not: they are borne, becauſe they can not goe: feare them not, for they cannot do euyll, neither can they do good.

Wiſd. 13, 10.Miſerable are they, and among the dead is there hope, that call them Gods, which are the workes of mens handes, golde and ſiluer, and the thing that is inuented by art, and the ſimilitude of beaſtes, or any vayne ſtone that hath been made by the hande of antiquitie.

Leuit. 26, 1.Ye ſhall make you none Idols nor grauen Images, neither reare you vp any Pillar, neither ſhall ye ſet any Image of Stone in your land, to bowe downe to it: for I am the Lord your God.

Ye ſhall take heede to all thinges that I haue ſaid vnto you,Exod. 23, 13. and ye ſhall make no mention of the name of other Gods, neither ſhall it be heard out of thy mouth.

Neither company with theſe nations: that is,Ioſh. 23, 7. with them which are left with you, neither make mention of the name of their Gods, nor cauſe to ſweare by them, neither ſerue them, nor bow vnto them.

The reſidue thereof he maketh a God,Eſa. 44, 17. euen his Idoll; he boweth vnto it, and worſhypeth & prayeth vnto it, and ſayth, Deliuer me, for thou art my God.

For mine owne ſake, for mine owne ſake,Eſa. 48, 11, 12, 13. will I doe it: For how ſhould my name be polluted? Surely I will not giue my glory to another.

Heare me O Iacob, and Iſrael my called: I am, I am, the firſt, and I am, the laſt.

Surely mine hand hath layde the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath ſpanned the heauens: when I cal them, they ſtand vp together.

Curſed be the man that ſhall make any carued or molten Image,Deut. 27, 15. which is an abhomination to the Lord, the worke of the handes of the Craftsman, and putteth it in a ſecret place: And all the people ſhall anſwere and ſay, So be it.

EXHORTATION.

2. Cor. 6, 14, 15.BE not vnequally yoked with the Infidels: For what fellowſhyp hath righteouſnes with vnrighteouſnes? and what communion hath light with darknes?

And what concorde hath Chriſt with Belial? or what part hath the beleeuer with the Infidell?

1. Iohn. 5, 21.Babes, keepe your ſelues from Idols. Amen.

1. Cor. 8, 4, 5, 6.Concerning therefore meate ſacrificed vnto Idols, we know that an Idoll is nothing in the worlde, and that there is none other God but one.

For though there be that are called Gods, whether in heauen or in earth (as there be many Gods, and many Lordes)

Yet vnto vs there is but one God, which is the Father, of whom are all thinges, and we in him: and one Lord Ieſus Chriſt, by whom are all thinges, and we by him.

1. Cor 10, 14.Wherefore my brethren, flee from Idolatrie.

Iohn. 13, 13.Ye call mee Maiſter, and Lord, and ye ſay well: for ſo am I.

1. Iohn. 4, 12.No man hath ſeene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.

Iohn. 1, 18.No man hath ſeene God at any time: the onely begotten Sonne, which is in the boſome of the Father, he hath declared him.

1. Cor. 12, 3.I declare vnto you, that no man ſpeaking by the ſpirit of God, calleth Ieſus execrable: Alſo, no man can ſay that Ieſus is the Lorde, but by the holy Ghoſt.

The houre commeth, & now is,Iohn. 4, 23, 24. when the true worſhippers ſhall worſhip the Father in ſpirit and trueth: for the Father requireth euen ſuch to worſhip him.

God is a ſpirit, and they that worſhip him, muſt worſhip him in ſpirit and trueth.

And that euery tongue ſhould confeſſe,Phil. 2, 11. that Ieſus Chriſt is the Lord, vnto the glory of God the Father.

Theſe ſhall fight with the Lambe,Reue. 17, 14. and the Lambe ſhall ouercome them: for he is Lord of Lordes, and King of Kinges: and they that are on his ſide, called, and choſen, and faythfull.

And he hath vpon his garment, and vpon his thigh,Reue. 19, 16. a name written, The King of Kinges, and Lord of Lordes.

I thanke him, which hath made mee ſtrong, that is,1. Tim. 1, 12 Chriſt Ieſus our Lord: for he counted me faythfull, and put me in his ſeruice.

Who onely hath immortalitie,1. Tim. 6, 16 and dwelleth in the light that none can attayne vnto, whom neuer man ſaw, neither can ſee: vnto whom be honour and power euerlaſting, Amen.

OF ANTICHRIST and falſe Chriſtes.

WHO is a lyar,1. Iohn. 2, 22. but he that denieth that Ieſus is Chriſt? the ſame is the Antichriſt that denieth the Father and the Sonne.

And euery ſpirit which confeſſeth not that Ieſus Chriſt is come in the fleſh,1. Iohn. 4, 3. is not of God, but is the ſpirit of Antichriſt; of whom ye haue heard, how that he ſhould come, and now already he is in the world.

1. Iohn. 4, 5.They are of the world, therefore ſpeake they of the world, and the world heareth them.

2. Iohn. 7.Many deceyuers are entred into the worlde, which confeſſe not that Ieſus Chriſt is come in the fleſh. He that is ſuch one, is a deceyuer, and an Antichriſt.

Math. 24, 5,Many ſhall come in my name, ſaying, I am Chriſt, and ſhall deceiue many.

2. Theſ. 2.9.Euen him whoſe comming is by the working of Satan, with all power, and ſignes, and lying wonders.

Mat. 24, 24. Mar. 13, 22.There ſhall ariſe falſe Chriſtes, and falſe Prophetes, and ſhall ſhew great ſignes and wonders; ſo that if it were poſſible, they ſhould deceiue the very elect.

1. Iohn. 2, 18, 19.Babes, it is the laſt time, and as ye haue heard that Antichriſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichriſtes: whereby we know, that it is the laſt time.

They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: For yf they had been of vs, they would haue continued with vs. But this commeth to paſſe, that it might appeare, that they are not all of vs.

EXHORTATION.

Mat. 24, 23. Mar. 13, 21. Mat. 24, 25.IF any ſhall ſay vnto you, Loe, here is Chriſt, or there, beleeue it not.

Beholde, I haue tolde you before.

Wherefore if they ſhall ſay vnto you, Beholde,Mat. 24, 26. he is in the deſart, goe not foorth: beholde, he is in the ſecret places, beleeue it not.

Then they ſhall ſay to you: Beholde heere,Luk 17, 23. or beholde there: But go not thither, neither folow them.

Take heede that ye be not deceiued,Luk. 21, 8. for many will come in may name, ſaying, I am Chriſt, and the time draweth neare: folow ye not them therefore.

And Ieſus anſwered and ſayd vnto them,Math. 24, 4. Mark. 13, 5. Take heede that no man deceiue you.

Let no man deceiue you with vayne wordes:Epheſ. 5, 6. For ſuch thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of diſobedience.

Let no man deceiue you by any meanes,2. Theſ. 2, 3. for that day ſhall not come, except there come a departing firſt, and that that man of Sinne be diſcloſed, euen the ſonne of perdition.

OF FALSE PROPHETS, falſe Doctrine and Teachers.

SOnne of man,Eze. 13, 2, 3. prophecie againſt the Prophets of Iſrael that prophecie, and ſay thou vnto them that prophecie out of their owne hartes, Heare the worde of the Lord.

Thus ſayth the Lord God, Woe vnto the foolyſh Prophets that folow their owne ſpirite, and haue ſeene nothing.

And if the Prophet be deceiued when he hath ſpoken a thing,Eze. 14, 9. I the Lord haue deceiued that Prophet, and I will ſtretch out mine hand vpon him, and will deſtroy him from the middes of my people Iſrael.

Eze. 22, 25.There is a conſpiracie of her Prophetes in the middes thereof like a roaring Lion, rauening the pray: they haue deuoured ſoules: they haue taken the riches and precious thinges: they haue made her many widowes in the mids thereof.

Ier. 23, 9, 11, 21.Mine hart breaketh within me becauſe of the Prophets, all my bones ſhake: I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath ouercome, for the preſence of the Lord, & for his holy words.

For both the Prophet and the Prieſt doe wickedly: and their wickedneſſe haue I founde in mine Houſe, ſayth the Lord.

I haue not ſent theſe Prophetes, ſayth the Lord: yet they runne: I haue not ſpoken to them, and yet they propheſied.

Ier. 14, 14.The Prophetes propheſie lyes in my name: I haue not ſent them, neither did I commande them, neither ſpake I vnto them: But they propheſie vnto you a falſe viſion, and diuination, and vanitie, and deceitfulneſſe of their owne hart.

Ier. 27, 15. and 29, 9.I haue not ſent them, ſayth the Lord, yet they propheſie a lye in my name, that I might caſt you out, and that ye might periſh, both you, and the Prophets that propheſie vnto you.

1. Tim. 2, 1.This know alſo, that in the laſt dayes, ſhall come perilous times.

2. Pet. 2, 1.There were falſe Prophetes alſo among the people, euen as there ſhalbe falſe Teachers among you: which priuily ſhall bring in damnable hereſies, euen denying the Lord, that hath bought them, and bring vpon themſelues ſwift damnation.

And many ſhall folow their damnable wayes,2. Pet. 2, 2. by whom the way of trueth ſhalbe euyll ſpoken of.

There are certayne men crept in,Iude. 4, 18. which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation: vngodly men they are, which turne the grace of our God into wantonneſſe, and denie God the onely Lord, and our Lord Ieſus Chriſt.

This firſt vnderſtande,2. Pet. 3, 3. that there ſhall come in the laſt dayes mockers, which will walke after their luſtes.

The Prophet that ſhall preſume to ſpeake a worde in my name,Deut. 18, 20, 22. which I haue not commaunded him to ſpeake, or that ſpeaketh in the name of other Gods, euen the ſame Prophet ſhall die.

When a Prophet ſpeaketh in the name of the Lord, yf the thing folow not, nor come to paſſe, that is, the thing which the Lord hath not ſpoken, but the Prophet hath ſpoken it preſumptuouſly: thou ſhalt not therefore be afrayde of him.

The Prieſtes ſayd not, VVhere is the Lorde?Ier. 2, 8. And they that ſhould miniſter the Law, knew me not: The Paſtours alſo offended againſt me, and the Prophetes propheſied in Baal, and went after thinges that did not profit.

I know this,Act. 20, 29. that after my departing ſhall greeuous Wolues enter in among you, not ſparing the flocke.

1. Timo. 4, 1.Now the ſpirite ſpeaketh euidently, that in the later times ſome ſhall depart from the Fayth, and ſhall geue heede vnto Spirites of errour, and doctrines of Deuils.

Galla. 1, 6, 7.I marueile that ye are ſo ſoone remoued away vnto another Goſpel, from him that had called you in the grace of Chriſt,

Which is not another Goſpell, ſaue that there be ſome which trouble you, and intende to peruert the Goſpel of Chriſt.

2. Cor. 11, 13, 14.For ſuch falſe Apoſtles are deceitfull workers, and transforme them ſelues into the Apoſtles of Chriſt.

And no marueile: for Satan him ſelfe is tranſformed into an Angel of light.

EXHORTATION.

Rom. 16, 17NOw I beſeech you brethren, marke them diligently which cauſe diuiſion and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye haue learned, and auoyde them.

1. Cor. 3, 10, 11.According to the grace of God giuen to mee, as a skilfull maiſter builder, I haue layde the foundation, and another buyldeth thereon: But let euery man take heede how he buyldeth vpon it.

For other foundation can no man lay, then that which is layde; which is Ieſus Chriſt.

2. Iohn. 10.If there come any vnto you, and bring not this doctrine, receiue him not to houſe, neither bid him, God ſpeede.

But though that we, or an Angel from heauen,Galla, 1.8. preach vnto you otherwiſe, then that ye haue receiued, let him be accurſed.

That we hencefoorth be no more children,Ephe. 4, 14. wauering and caryed about with euery winde of doctrine, by the deceit of men, and with craftines, whereby they lay in wayte to deceiue.

Beware of Dogges, beware of euill workers,Phil. 3, 2. beware of the conciſion.

Let no man at his pleaſure beare rule ouer you by humblenes of minde, and worſhypping of Angels,Collo. 2, 18. aduancing himſelfe in thoſe thinges which he neuer ſaw, raſhly puft vp with his fleſhly minde.

Beware of falſe Prophets,Math. 7, 15. which come to you in Sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening Wolues.

Be not caryed about with diuers & ſtrange doctrines:Heb. 14.9. for it is a good thing that the hart be ſtabliſhed with grace, and not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue been occupied therein.

OF WORLDLY WISDOME.

BEHOLDE,Eſa. 26 14. I will againe doe a marueylous worke in this people, euen a marueylous worke, and a wonder: for the wiſedome of their wiſe men ſhall periſh, and the vnderſtanding of their prudent men ſhall be hid.

The knowledge of wickednes is not wiſedome,Eccle. 19, 22 neither is there prudence whereas the counſaile of ſinners is: but it is euen execrable malice, and the foole is voyde of wiſedome.

Wiſd. 1, 4.Wiſedome can not enter into a wicked hart, nor dwell in the body that is ſubiect vnto ſinne.

Eccle. 1, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18I haue geuen mine hart to ſearch and finde out Wiſedome, by all thinges that are done vnder the heauen: (this ſore trauell hath God geuen to the ſonnes of men, to humble them thereby.)

I haue conſidered all the workes that are done vnder the Sunne, and beholde all is vanitie and vexation of the ſpirit.

I thought in mine hart, and ſayd, Beholde I am become great, and excell in wiſedome all them that haue been before mee in Ieruſalem: and myne hart hath ſeene much wiſedome and knowledge.

And I gaue mine hart to know wiſedome and knowledge, madnes and fooliſhnes: I knew alſo that this is a vexation of the ſpirit.

For in the multitude of wiſedome is much griefe: and he that encreaſeth knowledge, encreaſeth ſorow.

Eccle. 38, 25.How can he get wiſedome that holdeth the plough, and he that hath pleaſure in the goad, and in driuing Oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and talketh but of the breede of Bullockes?

1. Cor. 1, 26.Brethren, you ſee your callyng, how that not many wyſe men after the fleſh, nor many mightie, nor many noble are called.

Rom. 8, 7.The wiſedome of the fleſh, is enimitie agaynſt God: for it is not ſubiect to the law of God, neyther in deede can be.

Rom. 1, 22.When they profeſſed themſelues to be wyſe, they became fooles.

This wiſedome diſcendeth not from aboue:Iam. 3, 15. but is earthly, ſenſuall, and diuelyſh.

For it is written,1. Cor. 1, 19, 20. I will deſtroy the wiſedome of the wyſe; and I will caſt away the vnderſtanding of the prudent.

Where is the wyſe? Where is the Scribe? Where is the diſputer of this worlde? hath not God made the wiſedome of this world fooliſhnes?

EXHORTATION.

HE taketh the Wiſe in their craftines,Iob. 5, 13. and the counſayle of the wicked is made fooliſh.

He onely that applyeth his minde to the law of the moſt high,Eccl. 39, 1, 9. and is occupied in the meditation thereof, ſeeketh out the wiſedome of all the ancient, and exerciſeth him ſelfe in the prophecies.

Many ſhall commende his vnderſtanding, and his memorie ſhall neuer be put out, nor depart away: But his name ſhall continue from generation to generation.

He that hath ſmall vnderſtanding, and feareth God,Eccle. 19, 23 is better then one that hath much wiſedome, and tranſgreſseth the Law of the moſt high.

The wiſedome of a Learned man commeth by vſing well his vacant time:Eccle. 38, 24. and he that ceaſeth from his owne matters and labour, may come by wiſedome.

The preaching of the Croſſe is to them that peryſhe foolyſhneſſe: But vnto vs, which are ſaued,1. Cor. 1, 18. it is the power of God.

1. Cor 1, 21, 27, 28.For ſeeing the worlde by wiſedome knew not God in the wiſedome of God, it pleaſed God by the fooliſhneſſe of preaching, to ſaue them that beleeue.

But God hath choſen the fooliſh things of the world, to confound the wiſe: and God hath choſen the weake things of the world, to confound the mighty things.

And vile thinges of the worlde, and thinges that are deſpiſed, hath God choſen, and thinges which are not, to bring to nought thinges that are.

1. Cor. 2, 6, 7, 8.And we ſpeake wiſedome among them that are perfect: not the wiſedome of this worlde, neither of the princes of this worlde, which come to nought.

But we ſpeake the wiſedome of God in a myſterie, euen the hid wiſedome, which God had determined before the worlde, vnto our glory.

Which none of the princes of this world hath knowen: For had they knowen it, they would not haue crucified the Lord of glory.

1. Cor. 3, 18, 19.Let no man deceiue himſelfe: If any man among you ſeeme to be wiſe in this worlde, let him be a foole, that he may be wiſe.

For the wiſedome of this worlde, is foolyſhneſſe with God: For it is written, He catcheth the wiſe in their owne craftineſſe.

Iam. 3, 17.The wiſedome that is from aboue, is firſt pure, then peaceable, gentle, eaſie to be intreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudging, and without hipocriſie.

Eccle. 12, 13.Let vs heare the ende of all: Feare God, and keepe his commandementes: for this is the whole duetie of a man▪

OF RICHES AND RICH-MEN.

WOE be to you that are rich:Luk. 6, 24. for ye haue receiued your conſolation.

Goe to now ye rich men:Iam. 5, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6. weepe and howle for your myſeries that ſhall come vppon you. Your riches are corrupt, and your garmentes are motheaten.

Your golde and ſiluer is cankered, and the ruſt of them ſhalbe a witneſſe againſt you, and ſhall eate your fleſh, as it were fire. Ye haue heaped vp treaſure for the laſt dayes.

Beholde, the hire of the labourers, which haue reaped your fieldes (which is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth, and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of hoſtes.

Ye haue lyued in pleaſure on the earth, and in wantonneſſe. Ye haue nouriſhed your hartes, as in a day of ſlaughter.

Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iuſt, and he hath not reſiſted you.

Riches auayle not in the day of wrath:Pro. 11, 4. But righteouſneſſe deliuereth from death.

The rich dealeth vnrighteouſly,Eccle. 13, 3.21. and threatneth withall: but the poore being oppreſſed, muſt intreate. If the riche haue done wrong, he muſt yet be intreated: but if the poore haue done it, he ſhall ſtraight wayes be threatned.

As the proude hate humilitie, ſo doe the riche abhor the poore.

Eccle. 13, 22, 23, 24.If a Rich man fall, his friendes ſet him vp againe: but when the poore falleth, his friendes driue him away.

If a Rich man offende, he hath many helpers: he ſpeaketh proude wordes, and yet men iuſtifie him: But yf a poore man fayle, they rebuke him, and though he ſpeake wiſely, yet can it haue no place.

When the Rich man ſpeaketh, euery man holdeth his tongue, and looke what he ſayth, they prayſe it vnto the cloudes: But if the poore man ſpeake, they ſay, VVhat fellow is this? And yf he doe amiſſe, they will deſtroy him.

Eccle. 11, 18, 19.Some man is rich by his care and niggardſhyp, and this is the portion of his wages,

In that he ſayth, I haue gotten reſt, and now will I eate continually of my goodes: yet he conſidereth not that the time draweth neare, that he muſt leaue all theſe thinges vnto other men, and die him ſelfe.

Eccle. 31, 3.The Rich man hath great laboure in gathering riches togeather, and in his reſt he is filled with pleaſure.

Eccle. 4, 8.There is one alone, which hath neither ſonne nor brother, yet is there no ende of all his trauell, neither can his eye be ſatiſfied with riches: neither doth he thinke, For whom doe I trauell, and defraude my ſoule of pleaſure? this alſo is vanitie, and this is an euyll trauell.

Eccle. 5, 9, 12 13.He that loueth Siluer, ſhall not be ſatisfied with Siluer: and he that loueth Riches, ſhalbe without the fruite thereof,

There is an euyll ſicknes that I haue ſeene vnder the ſunne: to wit, riches reſerued to the owners thereof for their euyll:

And thoſe riches periſh by euyll trauell: and he begetteth a ſonne, and in his hand is nothing.

A man to whom God hath geuen riches,Eccle. 6, 2. and treaſures, and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his ſoule of all that he deſireth: but God geueth him not power to eate thereof, but a ſtranger ſhall eate it vp: This is vanitie, and an euyll ſickneſſe.

The Rich mans riches are his ſtrong citie,Pro. 18, 11. and as an high wall, in his imagination.

Riches remayne not alway,Pro. 27, 24. nor the crowne from generation to generation.

What profit hath the pompe of riches brought vs?Wiſ. 5, 8, 9.13.

They paſſed away lyke a ſhadow, and as a Poſt that paſſeth by.

Euen ſo we, as ſoone as we be borne, we begin to draw to our ende, and haue ſhewed no token of vertue, but are conſumed in our wickedneſſe.

Doubtles man walketh in a ſhadow,Pſal. 39, 6. and diſquietch him ſelfe in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, and can not tell who ſhall gather them.

VVhere are the Princes of the Heathen,Bar. 3, 17, 18 and ſuch as horded vp ſiluer and golde, wherein men truſt, and made none ende of their gatheringes?

They that coyned ſiluer, and were ſo carefull of their worke, and whoſe inuention had none ende,

Baru. 3, 19.Are come to nought, and gone downe to hell, and other men are come vp in their ſteedes.

Iob. 27, 8, 14 19, 23.What hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, yf God take away his ſoule?

If his children be in great number, the ſworde ſhall deſtroy them, and his poſteritie ſhall not be ſatisfied with bread.

When the rich man ſleepeth, he ſhall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

Euery man ſhall clap their handes at him, and hiſſe at him, out of their place.

Mar. 4, 19.The cares of this worlde, and the deceitfulneſſe of riches, and the luſtes of other thinges, enter in and choke the worde, and it is vnfruitfull.

Luk. 16, 13. Math. 6, 24.No ſeruant can ſerue two Maiſters, for either he ſhall hate the one and loue the other, or els he ſhal loue the one and deſpiſe the other: ye can not ſerue God and Riches.

Eze. 7, 19.They ſhall caſt their ſiluer in the ſtreetes, and their golde ſhalbe caſt farre off: Their ſiluer and their golde can not delyuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They ſhall not ſatisfie their ſoules, neither fill their bowels, for their ruine is for their iniquitie.

Zepha. 1, 18.Neither their ſiluer nor their golde ſhalbe able to deliuer them in the day of the Lordes wrath: But the whole lande ſhalbe deuoured by the fire of his ielouſie, for he ſhall make euen a ſpeedie riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Ieſus ſayd vnto his diſciples,Mat. 19, 23.24. Verely I ſay vnto you, that a rich man ſhall hardly enter into the kingdome of heauen.

And agayne I ſay vnto you, It is eaſier for a Cammel to goe through the eye of a needle, then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God.

And I will ſay to my ſoule: Soule,Luk. 12, 19, 20, 21. thou haſt much goodes layde vp for many yeeres: liue at eaſe; eate, drinke, and take thy paſtime.

But God ſayd vnto him. O foole, this nyght will they fetch away thy ſoule from thee: then whoſe ſhall thoſe thinges be which thou haſt prouided?

So is he that gathereth riches to him ſelfe, and is not rich in God.

EXHORTATION.

BLeſſed is the rich which is found without blemyſh,Ecclu. 31, 8. and hath not gone after golde, nor heaped in money and treaſures.

We came naked into this worlde,Iob. 1, 21. and naked we muſt goe foorth againe.

Truſt not vnto thy riches: and ſay not,Ecclu. 5, 1, 8. I haue enough for my ſelfe: for it ſhall not helpe in the time of vengance and indignation.

Truſt not in wicked riches, for they ſhall not helpe thee in the day of puniſhment and vengeance.

Beware leaſt thou ſay in thine hart, My power,Deut. 8, 17. and the ſtrength of mine owne hand, hath prepared me this abundance.

Luk. 12, 15.Take heede, and beware of couetouſneſſe: for though a man haue abundance, yet his lyfe ſtandeth not in his riches.

1. Tim. 6, 17.Charge them that are rich in this worlde, that they be not high minded, and that they truſt not in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, which geueth vs abundantly all thinges to enioy.

OF PRIDE AND Proude-men.

Eccle. 10, 7, 12, 13, 14.19PRIDE is hatefull before God and man.

Why is earth and aſhes proude, ſeeing that when a man dyeth he is the heire of Serpentes, beaſtes, and wormes.

The beginning of mans pride, is to fall away from God, and to turne away his hart from his maker.

Pride is the originall of Sinne, and he that hath it, ſhall powre out abhomination, tyll at laſt he be ouerthrowen: therfore the Lord bringeth the perſwaſion of the wicked to diſhonour, and deſtroyeth them.

Pride was not created in man.

Pſal. 10, 2, 4.The wicked with pride, doth perſecute the poore: Let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

The wicked is ſo proude, that he ſeeketh not for God: he thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

The proude haue layde a ſnare for me,Pſal. 140, 5. and ſpread a net with cordes in my path-way, and ſet grinnes for me.

The Lord cut off all flattering lyppes:Pſal. 12, 3. and the tongue that ſpeaketh proude thinges.

Lord, mine hart is not hautie,Pſal. 131, 1. neither are mine eyes loftie: neither haue I walked in matters hid from me.

Let not the foote of pride come againſt me:Pſal. 36, 11. and let not the hand of the wicked men moue me.

Mockerie and reproch folow the proude:Ecclu. 27, 28 and vengeance lurketh for them as a Lyon.

The proude man is as he that tranſgreſſeth by wine: therfore ſhall he not endure,Haba. 2, 5. becauſe he hath enlarged his deſire as the hell, and is as death, and can not be ſatisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

The high looke of man ſhalbe humbled,Eſa. 11, 11, 12. and the loftines of men ſhalbe abaſed; and the Lord onely ſhalbe exalted.

For the day of the Lord of hoſtes is vpon all the proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted, and it ſhalbe made low.

We haue heard the pride of Moab (he is exceeding proud) his ſtoutneſſe, and his arrogancie,Ier. 48, 29. and his pride, and the hautineſſe of his hart.

A hautie looke, and a proude hatt,Pro. 21, 4.24 which is the lyght of the wicked, is ſinne.

Proude, hautie, and ſcornefull, is his name, that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.

Pride goeth before deſtruction,Pro. 16.18. and an high minde, before the fall.

Pro. 11, 2.When pride commeth, then commeth ſhame: but with the lowlie is wiſedome.

Pro. 29, 23.The pride of a man ſhall bring him low: but the humble in ſpirit ſhall enioy glory.

EXHORTATION.

Pſal. 40, 4.BLeſſed is the man that maketh the Lord his truſt, and regardeth not the proude.

1. Pet. 5, 5, 6.Submit your ſelues euery man one to another: decke your ſelues inwardly in lowlineſſe of minde: for God reſiſteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble.

Humble your ſelues vnder the mightie hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

Ecclu. 10, 15 16, 18.The Lord hath caſt downe the throne of the proude Princes, and ſet vp the meeke in their ſtead.

The Lord plucketh vp the rootes of the proud nations, and planteth the lowly among them.

God deſtroyeth the memoriall of the proude, and leaueth the remembrance of the humble.

Rom. 12, 10.Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherly loue: In geuing honour, goe one before another.

Iam. 4, 6, 10.But the Scripture offereth more grace, and therefore ſayth, God reſiſteth the proude, and geueth grace to to the humble.

Caſt downe your ſelues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.

1. Pet 2, 17.Honour all men: loue brotherly felowſhyp: feare God: honour the King.

Whoſoeuer exalteth himſelfe, ſhalbe brought low,Luk. 14.11. and. 18, 14. Mat. 23, 12. and he that humbleth himſelfe, ſhalbe exalted.

OF WHOREDOME and Whoremongers.

FOR becauſe of the whoriſh Woman,Pro. 6, 2, 32 a man is brought to a morſel of bread: and a woman will hunt for the precious life of a man.

He that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is deſtitute of vnderſtanding: he that doth it, deſtroyeth his owne ſoule.

I ſaw among the fooles,Pro. 7, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 14, 15, 16. and conſidered among the children a young man deſtitute of vnderſtanding,

Who paſſed through the ſtreete in the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke.

And beholde, there met him a woman with an Harlots behauiour, and ſubtill in hart.

(Shee is babbling and loude: whoſe feete can not abyde in her houſe.

Now ſhe is without, now in the ſtreetes, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner.)

So ſhe caught him, and kiſſed him, and with an impudent face ſayd vnto him,

I haue peace offeringes, this day haue I payde my vowes.

Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might ſeeke thy face: and I haue found thee.

I haue deckt my bed with ornamentes, Carpets, and laces of Egypt.

Pro. 7, 17, 18 19, 20, 21, 22 23.I haue perfumed my bed with Myrrhe, Oloes, and Cinamom.

Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleaſure in daliance:

For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney a farre off.

He hath taken with him a bagge of ſiluer, and will come home at the day appoynted.

Thus with her great cralt ſhe cauſed him to yeelde, and with her flatteryng lyppes ſhe entiſed him.

And he folowed her ſtraight wayes, as an Oxe to the ſlaughter, and as a foole to the ſtockes for correction,

Till a dart ſtrike through his lyuer, as a birde haſteth to the ſnare, not knowing that he is in danger.

Pro. 19, 3.He that feedeth Harlottes, waſteth his ſubſtance.

Ecclu. 9, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.Geue not thy life vnto a woman, leaſt ſhe ouercome thy ſtrength, and ſo thou be confounded.

Meete not an Harlot, leaſt thou fall into her ſnares.

Vſe not the company of a woman that is a ſingger and a dauncer: neither heare her, leaſt thou be taken by her craftines.

Gaze not on a Mayde, that thou fall not by that, that is precious in her.

Caſt not thy minde vpon Harlots in any maner of thing, leaſt thou deſtroy both thy ſelfe and thine heritage.

The lyppes of a ſtrange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is more ſoft then oyle:Pro. 5, 3, 4, 5, 6.

But the ende of her is bitter as wormewood, and ſharpe as a two edged ſworde.

Her feete goe downe to death, and her ſteppes take holde on hell.

She weigheth not the way of lyfe: her pathes are moueable, thou canſt not know them.

An adulterous woman,Pro. 30, 20. ſhe eateth and wypeth her mouth, and ſayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.

Thou ſhalt not commit adulterie.Exod. 20.14

In the middeſt of thee,Eze. 22, 9, 10 11. they haue committed abhomination.

In thee haue they diſcouered their fathers ſhame. In thee haue they vexed her, that was polluted in her flowers.

And euery one hath committed abhomination with his neighbours wyfe: and euery one hath wickedly defiled his daughter in law: and in thee hath euery man forced his owne ſiſter, euen his fathers daughter.

How ſhould I ſpare thee for this?Ier. 5, 7, 8. Thy chidren haue forſaken mee, and ſworne by them that are no Gods: though I fedde them to the full, yet they committed adulterie, and aſſembled them ſelues by companies in the harlottes houſes.

They roſe vp in the morning like fed Horſes: for euery man neyed after his neighbours wyfe.

The man that committeth adulterie with anotherLeui. 20, 10. mans wife, becauſe he hath committed adulterie with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adultereſſe ſhall die the death.

Leui. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 16, 17, 18, 19 20, 21.And the man that lyeth with his Fathers wyfe, becauſe he hath vncouered his fathers ſhame, they ſhall both die: their blood ſhalbe vpon them.

Alſo, the man that lyeth with his daughter in Law, they both ſhall die the death: they haue wrought abhomination; their blood ſhalbe vpon them.

The man alſo that lyeth with the Male as one lyeth with a woman, they haue both committed abhomination: they ſhall die the death; their blood ſhalbe vpon them.

Likewiſe, he that taketh a wife and her mother, committeth wickedneſſe: they ſhall burne him and them with fire, that there be no wickedneſſe among you.

Deut. 23, 17, 18.There ſhalbe no whore of the daughters of Iſrael: neither ſhall there be a whore keeper of the ſonnes of Iſrael.

Leui. 19, 29.Thou ſhalt not make thy daughter common, to cauſe her to be a whore, leaſt the land alſo fall to whoredome, and the land fall of wickednes.

Eccle. 23, 17.18.All bread is ſweete to a whore-monger: he will not leaue off tyll he periſh.

A man that breaketh wedlocke, and thinketh thus in his hart, VVho ſeeth mee? I am compaſſed about with darkneſſe: the walles couer mee: no bodie ſeeth mee: VVhom neede I to feare? the moſt high will not remember my ſinnes.

The ſame man ſhalbe puniſhed in the ſtreetes of the Citie,Eccle. 23, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 26. and ſhalbe chaſed like a young Horſe foale: and when he thinketh not vpon it, he ſhalbe taken: Thus ſhall he be put to ſhame of euery man, becauſe he would not vnderſtande the feare of the Lord.

Ye haue heard that it was ſayd vnto them of olde time, Thou ſhalt not commit adulterie.Math. 5, 27, 28.

But I ſay vnto you, that who ſoeuer looketh on a woman to luſt after her, hath committed adulterie with her alreadie in his hart.

EXHORTATION.

TVrne away thine eye from a beautifull woman,Eccle. 9, 8. and looke not vpon others beautie: for many haue periſhed by the beautie of women: for through it loue is kindled as a fire.

Heare ye mee now therefore O children,Pro. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neare the doore of her houſe,

Leaſt thou geue thine honour vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:

Leaſt the ſtranger ſhould be filled with thy ſtrength, and thy labours be in the houſe of a ſtranger,

And thou mourne at thine ende (when thou haſt conſumed thy fleſh and thy body)

And ſay, How haue I hated inſtruction, and mine hart deſpiſed correction!

Let vs not commit fornication, as ſome of them did,1. Cor. 10, 8. and fell in one day three and twentie thouſande.

1. Cor. 6, 15.16, 18, 19, 20Know ye not, that your bodyes are the members of Chriſt? Shall I then take the members of Chriſt, and make them the members of an Harlot? God forbid.

Doe you not know, that he which coupleth himſelfe with an Harlot, is one body? for two, ſayth he, ſhalbe one fleſh.

Flie fornication: for euery ſinne that a man doth, is without the body: But he that committeth fornication, ſinneth againſt his owne body.

Know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy Ghoſt, which is in you, whom ye haue of God? and ye are not your owne.

For ye are bought for a price: therefore glorifie God in your body, and in your ſpirit: for they are Gods.

Pro. 6, 24, 25Keepe thee from the wicked woman, and from the flatterie of the tongue of a ſtrange woman.

Deſire not her beautie in thine hart, neither let her take thee with her eye-lids.

1. Cor. 6, 9.Know ye not that the vnrighteous ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God? Neither fornicators, nor adulterers, nor wantons, nor buggerers.

Ephe. 5, 5, 3.This ye know, that no whoremongers, neither vncleane perſons, hath any inheritaunce in the kingdome of Chriſt and of God.

But fornication, and all vncleanneſſe, let it not be once named amongst you, as it becommeth Sainctes.

OF DRVNKARDS and Gluttons.

IT is not for Kinges to drinke wine,Pro. 31, 4, 5, 6, 7. nor for Princes ſtrong drinke,

Leaſt he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

Geue ye ſtrong drinke vnto him that is ready to periſh, & wine vnto them that haue griefe of hart.

Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miſerie no more.

To whom is woe? to whom is ſorow?Pro. 23, 29.30, 31, 32. to whom is ſtrife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cauſe? and to whom is the redneſſe of the eyes?

Euen to them that tary long at the wine, to them that goe, and ſeeke mixt wine.

Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it ſheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleaſantly.

In the ende thereof it will bite like a Serpent, and hurt like a Cockatriſe.

Woe vnto them that riſe vp early to folow drunkenneſſe,Eſa. 5, 11, 12. and to them that continue vntyll nyght, till the wine do inflame them.

And the harpe, and the viole, timbrell and pipe, and wine, are in their faces: but they regard not the worke of the Lord, neither conſider the worke of his handes.

Eſa. 5, 22.Woe vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine; and to them that are ſtrong to power in ſtrong drinke.

1. Eſdr. 3, 18, 19, 22, 23.O ye men, how ſtrong is wine? it deceiueth all men that drinke it.

It maketh the minde of the king and of the fatherleſſe both one; of the bondman, and of the freeman, of the poore man and of the rich man.

When men haue drunke, they haue no minde to loue eyther friendes or brethren; and a litle after they draw out ſwordes.

But when they are from the wine, they do not remember what they haue done.

Eſa. 28, 7.8.They haue erred becauſe of wine, and are out of the way by ſtrong drinke. The Prieſt and the Prophet haue erred by ſtrong drinke, they are ſwallowed vp with wine, they haue gone aſtray through ſtrong drinke, they fayle in viſion, they ſtumble in iudgement.

For all their Tables are full of filthy vomyting; no place is cleane.

Eſa. 56, 12.Come, I will bring wine, and we will fill our ſelues with ſtrong drinke, and to morow ſhalbe as this day, and much more abundant.

Haba. 2, 15.Woe vnto him that geueth his neighbour drinke: thou ioyneſt thine hart and makeſt him drunken alſo, that thou mayeſt ſee their priuities.

Leui. 10, 9.Thou ſhalt not drinke wine nor ſtrong drinke, thou, nor thy ſonnes with thee, when ye come into the Tabernacle of the congregation, leaſt ye die: this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generation.

Wine is a mocker, and ſtrong drinke is raging:Pro, 20, 1. and whoſoeuer is deceiued thereby is not wiſe.

Wine drunken with exceſſe,Eccle. 31, 29, 30. maketh bitterneſſe of minde with brawlinges and ſcouldinges.

Drunkenneſſe increaſeth the courage of a foole, till he offende: it diminiſheth his ſtrength, and maketh woundes.

EXHORTATION.

DOE that to no man which thou hateſt:Tob. 4, 15. Drinke not Wine to make thee drunke, neither let drunkenneſſe goe with thee in thy iourney.

Shew not thy valiantneſſe in Wine:Eccle. 31, 15, 16, 17. for Wine hath deſtroyed many.

Eate moderately that which is ſet before thee, and deuoure not, leaſt thou be hated.

Leaue thou off firſt for manners ſake, and be not inſatiable, leaſt thou offende.

Keepe not company with drunkardes,Pro. 23, 20. nor with gluttons.

Be not drunke with Wine, wherein is exceſſe:Ephe. 5, 18. but be filled with the ſpirit.

Take heede to your ſelues,Luk. 21, 34. leaſt at any time your hartes be oppreſſed with ſurfetting and drunkenneſſe and cares of this life, and leaſt that day come on you at vnwares.

OF COVETOVSNES.

Eccle. 14, 9.A Couetous mans eye hath neuer ynough of a portion, and his wicked malice wythereth his owne ſoule.

Eccle. 10, 9.There is nothing worſe then a couetous man: Why art thou proude, O earth and aſhes? There is not a more wicked thing then to loue money: for ſuch one would euen ſell his ſoule, and for his lyfe euery one is compelled to pull out his owne bowels.

Eccle. 31, 1, 2.Waking after riches, pineth away the body: and the care thereof dryueth away ſleepe.

This waking care breaketh the ſleepe, as a great ſicknes breaketh the ſleepe.

Eſa. 3, 14, 15.The Lord ſhall enter into iudgement with the auncientes of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye haue eaten vp the vineyarde, the ſpoyle of the poore is in your houſes.

What haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to peeces, and grinde the faces of the poore, ſayth the Lord, euen the Lord of hoſtes?

Eſa. 56, 11.And theſe greedy Dogges can neuer haue ynough: and theſe Sheepheards can not vnderſtande: for they all looke to their owne way, euery one for his aduantage, and for his owne purpoſe.

Eſa. 5.8,Woe vnto them that ioyne houſe to houſe, and lay fielde to fielde, till there be no place, that ye may be placed by your ſelues in the myds of the earth.

As a cage is full of birdes,Ier. 5, 27, 28. ſo are their houſes full of deceipt: thereby they are become great, and waxen rich.

They are waxen fat and ſhyning: they do ouer paſſe the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the Fatherles; yet they proſper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.

Therefore will I giue their wyues vnto others,Ier. 8, 10. and their fieldes to them that ſhall poſſeſſe them: for euery one from the leaſt to the greateſt, is euen too couetous: and from the Prophet euen vnto the Prieſt, euery one dealeth falſely.

He hath vndone many:Iob. 20, 19. he hath forſaken the poore, and hath ſpoyled houſes which he buylt not.

Incline mine hart vnto thy teſtimonies,Pſal. 116, 36 and not to couetouſneſſe.

The graue and deſtruction can neuer be full:Pro, 27, 20. So the eyes of a man can neuer be ſatisfied.

EXHORTATION.

BEtter is a litle with the feare of the Lord,Pro. 15, 16. then great treaſure and trouble therewith.

A ſmall thing vnto the iuſt man,Pſal. 37, 16. is better then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

Let your conuerſation be without couetouſnes,Iam. 13, 5. and be content with thoſe thinges that ye haue: for he hath ſayd, I will not fayle thee, neither forſake thee.

Collo. 3.5.Mortifie your members which are on the earth, fornication, vncleanneſſe, the inordinate affection, euyll concupiſence, and couetouſneſſe which is idolatrie.

1. Timo. 6, 9, 10.They that wilbe rich, fall into tentation and ſnares, and into many fooliſh and noyſome luſtes, which drowne men in perdition and diſtruction.

The deſire of money is the roote of all euyll, which while ſome luſted after, they erred from the fayth, and pearſed them ſelues through with many ſorrowes.

Luk. 12, 33. Math. 6, 19.20, 21.Lay not vp treaſures for your ſelues vpon the earth, where the Moth and canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and ſteale.

But lay vp Treaſures for your ſelues in heauen, where neither the Moth nor canker corrupteth, and where theeues neither digge through nor ſteale.

For where your treaſure is, there will your hart be alſo.

Ephe. 5, 3.But fornication, and all vncleanneſſe, or couetouſneſse, let it not be once named amongst you, as it becommeth Sainctes.

OF VSVRIE AND VSVRERS.

Deut. 23, 19.THOV ſhalt not giue to vſurie to thy brother: as vſurie of money, vſurie of meate, vſurie of any thing that is put to vſurie.

Exod. 22, 25.If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou ſhalt not be as a Vſurer vnto him: ye ſhall not oppreſſe him with Vſurie.

If thou take thy neighbours rayment to pledge, thou ſhalt reſtore it vnto him before the Sunne going downe.

Thou ſhalt take no Vſurie of thy brother,Leui. 25, 36, 37. nor vantage: but thou ſhalt feare thy God, that thy brother may lyue with thee.

Thou ſhalt not giue him thy money to Vſurie, nor lende him thy victuals for increaſe.

He that increaſeth his riches by Vſurie and intereſt,Pro. 28, 8. gathereth them for him that wilbe mercifull vnto the poore.

The poore and the vſurer meete togeather,Pro. 29, 13. and the Lord lyghteneth both their eyes.

Lord who ſhall dwell in thy Tabernacle?Pſal. 15, 1, 5. who ſhall reſt in thine holy mountaine?

He that geueth not his money vnto Vſurie, nor taketh reward againſt the innocent.

In thee haue they taken gyftes to ſhed blood:Eze. 22, 12. Thou haſt taken Vſurie, and the increaſe, and thou haſt defrawded thy neighbours by extortion, and haſt forgotten mee, ſayth the Lord.

He that hath not oppreſſed any,Eze. 18, 7, 8. but hath reſtored the pledge: He that hath ſpoyled none by violence, but hath geuen his bread to the hungrie, and hath couered the naked with a garment, and hath not geuen forth vpō vſurie, neither hath taken any increaſe, but hath withdrawen his hand from iniquitie, & hath executed true iudgment betweene man and man, He ſhall ſurely lyue, ſayth the Lord.

EXHORTATION.

Deu. 15, 7, 8.IF one of thy brethren be poore, thou ſhalt not harden thine hart, nor ſhut thine hand from thy poore brother:

But thou ſhalt open thine hand vnto him, and ſhalt lende him ſufficient for his neede which he hath.

Math. 5, 42Giue to him that asketh: and from him that woulde borrow of thee turne not away.

Luk. 6, 34, 35.And if ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receiue, what thanke ſhall ye haue? for euen the ſinners lende to ſinners, to receiue the like.

Wherefore, Loue ye your enimies, and doe good, and lende, looking for nothing againe, and your reward ſhalbe great, and ye ſhalbe the children of the moſt High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euyll.

OF FALSE WEIGHTES and Meaſures.

Deut. 25, 13, 14.THOV ſhalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of Weightes, a great and a ſmall.

Neither thou ſhalt haue in thine houſe, diuers Meaſures, a great and a ſmall.

Pro. 11, 1.Falſe Balances are an abhomination vnto the Lord: but a perfect Weight pleaſeth him.

Pro. 20, 10.Diuers Weightes, and diuers Meaſures, both theſe are euen abhomination vnto the Lord.

Hoſe. 12, 7.He is Canaan: the Balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppreſſe.

With him is ſtrength and wiſedome:Iob. 12, 16. he that is deceiued, and he that deceiueth, is his.

Ye ſhall not doe vniuſtly in iudgement, in line,Leuit. 19, 35. in weight, or in meaſure.

EXHORTATION.

A True Weight and Balance are of the Lord:Pro. 16, 11. all the Weightes of the bagge are his worke.Leuit. 19, 36

Ye ſhall haue iuſt Balances, true Weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lord your God, which haue brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Thou ſhalt haue a right and a iuſt Weight:Deut. 25, 15, 16. a perfect and a iuſt Meaſure ſhalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

For all that doe ſuch thinges, and all that doe vnrighteouſly, are abhomination vnto the Lord thy God.

OF SWEARING.

THOV ſhalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine,Exo. 20, 7. Deut. 5, 11. for the Lord will not hold him giltles, that taketh his name in vaine.

Alſo, ye ſhall not ſweare by my name falſely,Leui, 19, 12. neither ſhalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

Let none of you imagine euyll in your hartes againſt his neighbour, and loue no falſe oth:Zecha. 8, 17. for all theſe are the thinges that I hate, ſayth the Lord.

Pſal. 15, 4.In whoſe eyes a vile perſon is contemned: but he honoureth them that feareth the Lord. He that ſweareth to his owne hinderaunce, and changeth not.

Ier. 5, 2.Though they ſay, The Lord liueth, yet doe they ſweare falſely.

Eccle. 23, 11.A man that vſeth much Swearing, ſhalbe filled with wickednes, and the plague ſhal neuer go from his houſe: when he ſhall offende, his fault ſhalbe vpon him; and yf he knowledge not his ſinne, he maketh a double offence: and yf he ſweare in vayne, he ſhall not be innocent, but his houſe ſhall be full of plagues.

EXHORTATION.

Ecclu. 23, 13VSE not thy mouth to ignorant raſhneſſe, or inordinate Swearing: for therein is the occaſion of ſinne.

Math. 5, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37Ye haue heard that it is ſayd to them of olde time, Thou ſhalt not forſweare thy ſelfe, but ſhalt performe thine othes to the Lord.

But I ſay vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God:

Nor yet by the earth: for it is his footeſtoole: neither by Ieruſalem: for it is the citie of the great King.

Neither ſhalt thou ſweare by thine head, becauſe thou canſt not make one haire white or blacke.

But let your communication be, Yea, yea: Nay, nay. For whatſoeuer is more then theſe, commeth of euyll.

But before all thinges, my brethren, Sweare not,Iam. 5, 12. neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, leaſt ye fall into condemnation.

Accuſtome not thy mouth to Swearing,Ecclu. 23, 9. for in it there are many faultes: neither take vp for a cuſtome the naming of the holy one: for thou ſhalt not be vnpuniſhed for ſuch thinges.

OF LYING.

YE are of your father the Deuill,Iohn. 8, 44. and the luſtes of your father ye will doe: He hath been a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, becauſe there is no trueth in him. When he ſpeaketh a lie, then ſpeaketh he of his owne: for he is a lyar, and the father thereof.

They haue ſharpened their tongues lyke a Serpent: Adders poyſon is vnder their lippes.Pſal. 140, 3.

Take from me the way of Lying:Pſal. 119, 29 and graunt me graciouſly thy law.

A faythfull witneſſe will not lye:Pro. 14, 5. but a falſe recorde will ſpeake lyes.

A falſe witneſſe ſhall not be vnpuniſhed,Pro. 19, 5. and he that ſpeaketh lyes ſhall not eſcape.

Now therefore, beholde,1. kin. 22, 23. the Lord hath put a lying ſpirit in the mouth of all theſe thy Prophets, and the Lord hath appoynted euyll againſt thee.

The Lord ſhall haue no pleaſure in their young men,Eſa. 9, 17. neither will he haue compasſion of the fatherles and their widowes: for euery one is an hypocrite, and wicked, and euery mouth ſpeaketh follie.

Iob, 13, 4.For in deede ye forge lyes, and all you are phiſitians of no value.

Pro. 17, 4.The wicked geueth heede to falſe lippes, and a lyar harkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

Eſa. 19, 14.The Lord hath mingled among them the ſpirits of errours, and they haue cauſed Egypt to erre in euery worke thereof, as a drunken man erreth in his vomyte.

Pro. 12, 22.The lying lippes are an abhomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely, are his delight.

Pſal. 120, 2.Deliuer my ſoule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull tongue.

Act. 5, 3, 4. Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine hart, that thou ſhouldeſt lie vnto the holy Ghoſt, and keepe away part of the price of the poſſesſion?

Whiles it remayned, appertained it not vnto thee? and after it was ſolde, was it not in thine owne power? How is it that thou haſt conceiued this thing in thine hart? thou haſt not lyed vnto men, but vnto God.

Eccle. 20, 23, 24.25.A lye is a wicked ſhame in a man: yet it is oft in the mouth of the vnwyſe.

A theefe is better, then a man that is accuſtomed to lye: but they both ſhall haue deſtruction to heritage.

The conditions of lyars are vnhoneſt, and their ſhame is euer with them.

EXHORTATION.

CAst off lying,Ephe. 4, 25. and ſpeake euery man trueth vnto his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Lye not one to another,Collo. 3, 9. ſeeing that ye haue put off the olde man, with his workes.

Bleſſed is the man that maketh the Lord his truſt,Pſal. 40, 4. and regardeth not the proude, nor ſuch as turne aſide to lyes.

Sowe not a lye againſt thy brother,Ecclus. 7, 12. nor doe the ſame againſt thy friende.

Theſe are the thinges that ye ſhall doe,Zecha. 8, 16. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truely, and vprightly in your gates.

Keepe thy tongue from euyll,Pſal. 34, 13. and thy lippes that they ſpeake no guyle.

Vſe not to make any maner of lye:Ecclus. 7, 13. for the cuſtome thereof is not good.

If any man long after life, and to ſee good dayes, 1. Pet. 3, 10. let him refraine his tongue from euyll, and his lippes that they ſpeake no guyle.

OF BACKBITERS and Tale-bearers.

THOV ſhalt not walke about with Tales among the people.Leui. 19, 16. Thou ſhalt not ſtande againſt the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

A Backbiter defileth his owne ſoule,Ecclu. 21, 28 and is hated whereſoeuer he is: But he that keepeth his tongue and is diſcreet, ſhall come to honour.

Pro. 18, 8. & 26, 22.The wordes of a Tale-bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

Pro. 11, 13.He that goeth about as a Slanderer, diſcouereth a ſecret: but he that is of a faythfull hart, concealeth a matter.

Pſal. 140, 11.The Backbiter ſhall not be eſtabliſhed vpon the earth: euyll ſhall hunt the cruell man to deſtruction.

Eccle. 10, 11.If the Serpent bite when he is not charmed, no better is a Babler.

EXHORTATION.

Eccle. 28, 13.ABhorre the Slanderer and double tongued: for ſuch haue deſtroyed many that were at peace.

Eccle. 5, 15.Be not counted a Tale-bearer, and lie not in wayte with thy tongue: for ſhame and repentance folowe the theefe, and an euyll condemnation is ouer him that is double tongued: But he that is a Backbiter ſhalbe hated, enuied, and confounded.

Pſal. 15, 3.Lord, Who ſhall dwell in thy Tabernacle? &c.

He that ſlandereth not with his tongue, nor doth euyll to his neighbour, nor receiueth a falſe report againſt his neighbour.

OF SCORNING and Mocking.

A Scorner ſeeketh wiſedome, and findeth it not:Pro. 14, 6. but knowledge is eaſie to him that will vnderſtand.

The wicked thought of a foole is ſinne,Pro. 24, 9. and the Scorner is an abhomination vnto men.

When the Scorner is puniſhed,Pro. 19, 25. & 21, 11. the fooliſh is wiſe: and when one inſtructeth the wiſe, he will receiue knowledge.

With the ſcornefull he ſcorneth,Pro. 3, 34. but geueth grace to the humble.

O Lord, thou haſt deceiued me,Ier. 20, 7. and I am deceiued: thou art ſtronger then I, and haſt preuayled: I am in deriſion dayly, euery one mocketh me.

The Sonne of man came eating and drinking,Mat. 11, 19. and they ſay, Beholde a glutton, and a drinker of wine, a friende vnto Publicans and Sinners: but wiſedome is iuſtified of her children.

The eye that mocketh his father,Pro. 30, 17. and deſpiſeth the inſtruction of his mother, let the Rauens of the valley plucke it out, and the young Eagles eate it.

He that reproueth a Scorner,Pro. 9, 7. purchaſeth to himſelfe ſhame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himſelfe a blot.

And others mocked, and ſayd,Act. 2, 13. They are full of new wine.

And the people ſtoode and beholde,Luk. 23, 35. and the Rulers mocked him with them, ſaying, He ſaued others, let him ſaue him ſelfe, yf he be the Chriſt, the choſen of God.

Luk. 24, 36.The Souldiers alſo mocked him, and came and offered him vineger.

Iob. 12, 4.I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: The iuſt and the vpright is laughed to ſcorne.

Pro. 13, 12.A Scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wiſe.

EXHORTATION.

Ecclu. 7, 11.LAugh no man to ſcorne in the heauines of his ſoule: for God which ſeeth all things, is he that can bring downe, and ſet vp againe.

Pro. 13, 1.A wiſe ſonne will obey the inſtruction of his father: but a ſcorner will heare no rebuke.

Pro. 1, 22.O ye fooliſh, how long will ye loue fooliſhnes? and the ſcornefull take their pleaſure in ſcorning, and the fooles hate knowledge.

Pro. 17, 5.He that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him that made him: and he that reioceth at deſtruction, ſhall not be vnpuniſhed.

Pro. 9, 8.Rebuke not a ſcorner, leaſt he hate thee: but rebuke a wiſe man, and he will loue thee.

Pſal. 14, 6.You haue made a mocke at the counſayle of the poore, becauſe the Lord is his truſt.

OF ANGER AND WRATH.

AN Angrie man ſtirreth vp ſtrife:Pro. 15, 18. but he that is ſlow to wrath, appeaſeth ſtrife.

He that is ſlow to Anger,Pro. 16, 32. is better then the mightie man: and he that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.

An Angrie man ſtyrreth vp ſtrife,Pro. 29, 22. and a furious man aboundeth in tranſgresſion.

The diſcretion of a man deferreth his anger;Pro. 19, 11. and his glorie is, to paſſe by an offence.

There is not a more wicked head,Ecclu. 25, 17 18, 19, 20. then the head of a Serpent: and there is no Wrath aboue the Wrath of an enemie.

I had rather dwell with a Lyon and Dragon, then to keepe houſe with a wicked wyfe.

The wickednes of a woman changeth her face, and maketh her countenance blacke as a ſacke.

Her huſband is ſitting amongſt his neighbours, becauſe of her he ſigheth ſore or he beware.

It is better to dwel in the wilderneſſe,Pro. 21, 19. then with a contentious and angrie woman.

He that is haſtie to Anger, committeth follie:Pro. 14, 17. and a buſie body is hated.

As the matter of the fire is, ſo it burneth;Ecclu. 28, 10 and mans anger is according to his power: and according to his riches his anger increaſeth; and the more vehement the anger is, the more is he inflamed.

EXHORTATION.

Eccle. 7, 11.BE not thou of an haſtie ſpirit, to be angrie: for anger reſteth in the boſome of fooles.

Pſal. 37, 8.Ceaſe from Anger, and leaue of Wrath: fret not thy ſelfe alſo to doe euyll.

Ephe. 4, 26.Be angrie, but ſinne not: Let not the Sunne goe downe vpon your wrath.

Ecclu. 8, 16.Striue not with him that is angrie, and goe not with him into the wildernes: for blood is nothing in his ſight: And where there is no helpe, he will ouerthrow thee.

Pro. 22, 24, 25.Make no friendſhyp with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,

Leaſt thou learne his wayes, and receiue deſtruction to thy ſoule.

Math. 5, 22.I ſay vnto you, Whoſoeuer is angrie with his brother vnaduiſedly, ſhalbe culpable of iudgement. And whoſoeuer ſayth vnto his brother, Raca, shalbe worthy to be punished by the counſell. And whoſoeuer shall ſay, Foole, shalbe worthy to be punished with hell fire.

OF ENVIE, HATRED, and Strife.

Eccle. 14, 8.THE enuious man hath a wicked looke: hee turneth away his face, and enuieth men.

Ecclu. 30, 24Enuie and Wrath ſhorten the lyfe: and carefulnes bringeth age before the time.

Eate not the bread of him that hath an euyll eye,Pro. 23, 6, 7. neither deſire his dayntie meates:

For as though he thought it in his hart, ſo will he ſay vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his hart is not with thee.

As the coale maketh burning coales,Pro. 26, 21, 26, 24. and wood a fire: ſo the contentious man is apt to kindle ſtrife.

Hatred may be couered by deceit: but the malice thereof ſhalbe diſcouered in the congregation.

He that hateth, will counterfeit with his lips, but in his hart he layeth vp deceit.

Better is a dry morſell, if peace be with it,Pro. 17, 1. then an houſe full of ſacrifices with ſtrife.

It is a mans honour to ceaſe from ſtrife:Pro 20, 3. but euery foole wilbe medling.

Where enuying and ſtrife is, there is ſedition,Iam. 3, 16. and all maner of euyll workes.

Neither will I haue to doe with conſuming enuie,Wiſd. 6, 23. for ſuch a man ſhall not be pertaker of wiſedome.

EXHORTATION.

LEt vs not be deſirous of vayne glorie,Galla. 5, 26. prouoking one another, enuying one another.

Thou ſhalt not hate thy brother in thine hart:Leui. 19, 17. but thou ſhalt playnely rebuke thy neighbour, and ſuffer him not to ſinne.

Should a man beare hatred againſt a man,Eccle. 28, 3. and deſire forgiueneſſe of the Lord.

Beware of Strife, and thou ſhalt make thy ſinnes fewer: for an angrie man kindleth Strife.

2. Tim. 2.23Put away foolyſh and vnlearned queſtions, knowing that they ingender Strife.

Rom. 13, 13.So that we walke honeſtly, as in the day, not in gluttonie and drunkenneſſe, neither in chambering or wantonneſſe, nor in ſtrife and enuying.

OF SLOVTH AND IDLENES.

Pro. 26, 15.THE Slouthfull hideth his hand in his boſome, and it greeueth him to put it agayne to his mouth.

Pro. 18, 9,He that is ſlouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waſter.

Pro. 19, 15.Slouthfulneſſe cauſeth to fall a ſleepe, and a deceitfull perſon ſhalbe affamyſhed.

Pro. 21, 25.The deſire of the ſlouthfull, ſlayeth him: for his handes refuſe to worke.

Pro. 20, 4.The ſlouthfull will not plough becauſe of winter: therefore ſhall he begge in Sommer, but haue nothing.

Pro. 12, 11.He that tilleth his Land, ſhalbe ſatisfied with bread: but he that foloweth the Idle, is deſtitute of vnderſtanding.

Eccl. 10, 17Seeke not excuſes when thou ſhouldeſt do thy worke, neither be aſhamed therof through pride, in time of aduerſitie.

Eccl. 22, 1, 2.A ſlouthfull man is lyke a fylthy Stone, which euery man mocketh at for his ſhame.

A ſlouthful man is to be compared to the doung of Oxen: and euery one that taketh it vp, wil ſhake it out of his hand.

By ſlouthfulneſſe the roofe of the houſe goeth to decay: and by the idleneſſe of the handes,Eccl. 10, 18 the houſe droppeth through.

EXHORTATION.

MY Sonne, in all thy workes be quicke,Eccl. 31, 22 ſo ſhall there no ſickneſſe come vnto thee.

Goe to the Piſmyre, O Sluggarde, Beholde her wayes,Pro. 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. and be wyſe.

Be not ſlouthfull to do ſeruice, feruent in ſpirit,Rom. 12, 11. ſeruing the Lord.

When we were with you, this we warned you off,2. Theſ. 3, 10, 11, 12. That yf there were any which would not worke, that he ſhould not eate.

For wee heard, that there are ſome which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are buſie bodyes.

Therefore, them that are ſuch, we commaund and exhort by our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, that they worke with quietnes, and eate their owne bread.

And that ye ſtudie to be quiet,1. Theſ. 4, 11. and to meddle with your owne buſines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commaunde you.

Ye know that theſe handes haue miniſtred vnto my neceſſities, and to them that were with me.Act. 20, 34.

1. Cor. 4, 12.And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we bleſſe: we are perſecuted, and ſuffer it.

1. Theſ. 2, 9.For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day and nyght, becauſe we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Goſpel of God.

OF THE TONGVE, and euyll ſpeaking.

Iam. 3, 2, 5, 6, 8.IN many thinges we ſinne all. If any man ſinne not in worde, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.

The Tongue is a litle member, and boſteth of great thinges: beholde how great a thing a litle fire kindleth.

The Tongue is fire, yea a worlde of wickednes: So is the Tongue ſet amongſt our members, that it defileth the whole body, and ſetteth on fire the courſe of nature, and it is ſet on fire of hell.

The Tongue can no man tame. It is an vnrulie euyll, full of deadly poyſon.

Eccle. 5, 14.Honour & ſhame is in the talke, and the Tongue of a man cauſeth him to fall.

Pro. 12, 13.The euill man is ſnared by the wickednes of his lyppes: but the iuſt ſhall come out of aduerſitie.

Pro. 13, 2.A man ſhall eate good thinges by the fruite of his mouth: but the ſoule of the treſpaſſers, ſhall ſuffer violence.

He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his lyfe:Pro. 13, 3. but he that openeth his lyppes, deſtruction ſhalbe to him.

A falſe Tongue hateth the afflicted,Pro. 26, 28. and a flattering mouth cauſeth ruine.

No conſtancie is in their mouth:Pſal. 5, 9. within they are very corrupt: their throate is an open Sepulcher, and they flatter with their tongues.

The ſtroke of the rodde maketh markes in the fleſh:Eccle. 28, 17, 18, 19. but the ſtroke of the Tongue breaketh the bones.

There be many that haue periſhed by the edge of the ſworde: but not ſo many as haue fallen by the tongue.

Well is him that is kept from an euyll tongue, and commeth not in the anger therof, which hath not drawen in that yoke, neither hath been bound in the bandes thereof.

The man that is accuſtomed to opprobrious wordes,Ecclu. 23, 15 will neuer be reformed all the dayes of his lyfe.

Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of vnderſtandyng,Ecclus. 25, 8. and that hath not fallen with his tongue, and that hath not ſerued ſuch as are vnworthy of hym.

Bleſſed is the man that hath not fallen by the worde of his mouth,Ecclus. 14, 1. and is not tormented with the ſorrow of ſinne.

He that refrayneth his tongue,Ecclu. 19, 6. may lyue with a troubleſome man: and he that hateth babling, ſhall haue leſſe euyll.

Ecclu. 19, 16A man falleth with his Tongue, but not with his will: and who is he that hath not offended in his Tongue?

EXHORTATION.

1. Pet. 3, 10.IF a man long after lyfe, and to ſee good dayes, let him refrayne his Tongue from euyll, and his lippes that they ſpeake no guyle.

Ephe. 4, 31.Let all bitterneſſe, and anger, and wrath; rayling and euyll ſpeaking, be put away from you, with all maliciouſneſſe.

Ephe. 5, 4.Neither filthyneſſe, neither fooliſh talking, neither ieſting, which are thinges not comely, but rather geuing of thankes.

Eccle. 28, 25, 26.Binde vp thy ſiluer and golde, and weigh thy wordes in a balance, and make a doore and a barre, and a ſure brydle for thy mouth.

Beware that thou ſlyde not by it, and ſo fall before him that lyeth in wayte, and thy fall be incureable, euen vnto death.

1. Pet. 4, 11.If any man ſpeake, let him talke as the wordes of God.

Pro. 4, 24.Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lyppes farre from thee.

Collo. 3, 8.Now put ye away euen all theſe thinges, wrath, anger, maliciouſnes, curſed ſpeaking, filthy ſpeaking, out of your mouth.

OF FAIGNED FRIENDES and Friendſhyp.

LET euery one take heede of his neighbour,Ier. 9, 4. and truſt you not in any brother: for euery brother wyll vſe deceipt, and euery Frinde wyll deale deceitfully.

Some man is a Friende for his owne occaſion,Ecclus. 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. and wyll not abide in the day of thy trouble.

And there is ſome Friende that turneth to enmitie, and taketh part againſt thee, and in contention he wyll declare thy ſhame.

Againe, ſome Friend is but a companion at thy table, and in the day of thy affliction he continueth not:

But in thy proſperitie he wylbe as thou thy ſelfe, and wyll vſe libertie ouer thy ſeruantes.

If thou be brought low, he wylbe agaynſt thee, and wyll hide him ſelfe from thy face.

Euery Friend ſayth, I am a Friend vnto him alſo:Ecclus. 37, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. but there is ſome Friend, which is onely a Friend in name.

Remaineth there not heauines vnto death, when a companion & Friend is turned to an enemie?

There is ſome companion which in proſperitie reioyceth with his Friend: but in the time of trouble is againſt him.

There is ſome companion that helpeth his Friend for the bellies ſake, and taketh vp the buckler againſt the enemie.

Pro. 27, 10.Thine owne friende, and thy fathers friende, forſake thou not; neyther enter into thy brothers houſe in the day of thy calamitie: for bettet is a neighbour that is neare, then a brother farre off.

Ecclu. 27, 16Who ſo diſcouereth ſecrets, looſeth his credite, and findeth no friend after his will.

Ecclu. 6, 1.Be not of a friend, thy neighbours enemie: for ſuch ſhall haue an euyll name, ſhame, and reproch: and he ſhall be in infamie as the wicked, that hath a double tongue.

EXHORTATION.

Ecclu, 6, 7.IF thou getteſt a Friend, proue him firſt; and be not haſtie to credite him.

Ecclu. 27, 17Loue thy Friende, and be faythfull vnto him: but yf thou bewrayeſt his ſecretes, thou ſhalt not get him againe.

Pro. 18, 24.A man that hath Friendes, ought to ſhew himſelfe friendly: for a Friend is nearer then a brother.

Ecclu. 6, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17Holde Friendſhyp with many; neuertheleſſe haue but one counſaylour of a thouſand.

A faythfull Friend is a ſtrong defence; and he that findeth ſuch one, findeth a treaſure.

A faythfull Friend ought not to be changed for any thing: and the weight of golde and ſiluer is not to be compared to the goodnes of his fayth.

A faythfull Friend is the medicine of lyfe and immortalitie; and they that feare the Lord, ſhall finde him.

Who ſo feareth the Lord, ſhall direct his friendshyp aright; and as his owne ſelfe, ſo ſhall his friend be.

Giue not ouer thy Friend for any good,Ecclu. 7, 18. nor thy true brother, for the golde of Ophir.

Forget not thy Friend in thy minde,Ecclu. 37, 6. and thinke vpon him in thy riches.

Forſake not an olde Friend;Eccle. 9, 12. for the new ſhall not be like him: a new Friend is as new wine: when it is olde, thou ſhalt drinke it with pleaſure.

Doe good vnto thy Friend before thou die,Ecclu. 14, 13 and according to thine abilitie ſtretch out thine hand, and giue him.

OF WITCHES and Sorcerers.

IF a man or woman haue a ſpirit of diuination,Leui. 20, 27. or ſouth ſaying in them, they ſhall die the death: they ſhall ſtone them to death; their blood ſhalbe vpon them.

Saul ſayd vnto his ſeruantes,1. Sam. 28, 7, 8. Seeke mee a woman that hath a familiar ſpirit, that I may goe to her, and aſke of her. And his ſeruants ſayd to him, Beholde, there is a woman at En-dor, that hath a familiar ſpirit.

Then Saul changed him ſelfe, and put on other rayment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by nyght: and he ſayd, I pray thee, coniecture vnto mee by the familiar ſpirit, and bring mee him vp whom I ſhall name vnto thee.

Ioſiah alſo tooke away them that had familiar ſpirites, and the ſoothſayers, & the images,2. kin. 23, 24 and the idols, and all the abominations that were eſpyed in the land of Iuda and in Ieruſalem, to performe the wordes of the Law, which were written in the booke of Hilkiah the Prieſt, found in the houſe of the Lord.

Act. 8, 9, 11.And there was in the citie, a certaine man called Symon, which vſed Witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, ſaying, That hee himſelfe was ſome great man.

And they gaue heede vnto him, becauſe that of long time he had bewitched them with ſorceries.

Exod. 12, 11. Pharaoh called alſo for his Wiſe-men and Sorcerers: and thoſe Charmers alſo of Egypt did in lyke maner with their enchauntmentes.

1. Sam. 28, 3.And Saul had put away the Sorcerers & Soothſayers out of the land.

Act. 13, 6.When they had gone throughout the Ile vnto Paphus, they found a certaine Sorcerer a falſe Prophet, being a Iew, named Barieſus.

Act. 19, 13, 16.Certayne of the vagabonde Iewes, exorciſts, tooke in hand to name ouer them which had euyll ſpirites, the name of the Lord Ieſus, ſaying, Wee adiure you by Ieſus, whom Paul preacheth.

And the man in whom the euyll ſpirit was, ran on them, and ouercame them, and preuayled agaynſt them, ſo that they fled out of that houſe naked, and wounded.

Wiſd. 17, 7.And the illuſions of the Magicall artes were brought downe, and it was a moſt ſhamefull reproch, for the boaſting of their knowledge.

EXHORTATION.

YE ſhall not regard them that worke with Spirites, neither Soothſayers:Leui. 19, 31. ye ſhall not ſeeke to them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

If any turne after ſuch as worke with Spirits,Leui. 20, 6. and after Soothſayers, to goe a whooring after them, then will I ſet my face againſt that perſon, and will cut him off from among his people.Deut. 18, 10, 11, 12.

Let none be found among you that maketh his ſonne or his daughter to goe through the fire, or that vſeth Witchcraft, or a regarder of Times, or a marker of the flying of Fowles, or a Sorcerer,

Or a Charmer, or that counſaileth with Spirites, or a Soothſayer, or that asketh counſaile at the dead.

For all that doe ſuch thinges, are abomination vnto the Lord: and becauſe of theſe abominations, the Lord thy God doth caſt them out before thee.

OF FOOLES.

THE way of a Foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counſayle, is wiſe.Pro. 12, 15, 16.

A Foole in a day ſhalbe knowen by his anger: but he that couereth ſhame, is wiſe.

The Foole hath ſayd in his hart,Pſal. 53, 1. There is no God. They haue corrupted and done abominable wickedneſſe: there is none that doth good.

Eccle. 19, 11, 12, 28.A Foole trauaileth when he hath heard a thing, as a woman that is about to bring foorth a childe.

As an Arrow that ſticketh in ones thygh, ſo is a worde in a Fooles hart.

A mans garment, and his exceſſiue laughter, and going, declare what perſon he is.

Eccle. 27, 13.The talking of Fooles is grecuous, and their ſport is in the pleaſure of ſinne.

Pro. 14, 15, 16.The foolyſh wyll beleeue euery thyng: but the prudent wyll conſider his ſteppes.

A wyſe man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but a Foole rageth, and is careleſſe.

Pro. 27, 22.Though thou ſhouldeſt bray a Foole in a morter among wheate, brayed with a peſtle, yet wyll not his foolyſhnes depart from him.

Eccle. 10, 3, 12, 13.Alſo, when the Foole goeth by the way, his hart fayleth, and he telleth vnto al that he is a foole,

The wordes of the mouth of a wyſe man haue grace: but the lippes of a Foole deuoure himſelfe.

The beginning of the wordes of his mouth, is foolyſhneſſe: and the later ende of his mouth, is wicked madneſſe.

Eccle. 21, 14, 16, 18, 19.The inner part of a Foole is lyke a broken veſſell: he can keepe no knowledge whiles he liueth.

The talking of a Foole is like the burthen in the way: but there is comelines in the talke of a wyſe man.

As is an houſe deſtroyed, ſo is wiſedome vnto a Foole: and the knowledge of the vnwyſe, is as wordes without order.

Doctrine vnto Fooles, is as fetters on the feete, and like manacles vpon the right hand.

A Foole lyfteth vp his voyce with laughter:Ecclu. 21, 20 21, 22, 23, 24 but a wiſe man doth ſcarce ſmyle ſecretly.

Whoſo deſpiſeth wiſedome and diſcipline,Wiſd. 3, 11. is miſerable, and their hope is vayne, & their labours are foolyſh, and their worke vnprofitable.

All ſuch as regarded not Wiſedome,Wiſd. 10, 8. had not onely this hurt, that they knewe not the thinges which were good, but alſo left behinde them vnto men, a memoriall of their fooliſhnes; ſo that in the thinges wherein they ſinned, they can not lie hid.

Foolyſh men will not take holde vpon her:Ecclu. 15, 7. but ſuch as haue vnderſtanding, will meete her: the ſinners will not ſee her.

EXHORTATION.

DEpart from the Fooliſh man,Pro. 14, 7, 9. when thou perceiueſt not in him the lippes of knowledge.

The Foole maketh a mocke of ſinne: but among the righteous, there is fauoure.

Vnto the Horſe belongeth a whipp,Pro. 26, 3, 4.5. to the Aſſe a bridle; and a rodde to the Fooles backe.

Anſwere not a Foole according to his fooliſhnes, leaſt thou alſo be like him.

Anſwere a Foole according to his fooliſhnes, leaſt he be wiſe in his owne conceit.

Take no counſayle at a Foole,Ecclu. 8, 17. for he can not keepe a thing ſecret.

Whoſo telleth a Foole of Wiſedome,Ecclus. 22, 10 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. is as a man which ſpeaketh to one that is a ſleepe: when he hath tolde his tale, he ſayth, What is the matter?

Pro. 9, 6.Forſake your way ye foolyſh, and ye ſhall lyue: and walke in the way of vnderſtanding.

OF WICKED AND EVIL MEN.

Eſa. 57, 20.THE Wicked are like the raging Sea that can not reſt, whoſe waters caſt vp myre and dyrt.

Eſa. 59, 7.Their feete runne to euyll, and they make haſte to ſhead innocent blood: their thoughtes are wicked thoughtes; deſolation and deſtruction is in their pathes.

Ier. 5, 26.Among my people are founde wicked perſons that lay wayte, as he that ſetteth ſnares: they haue made a pit to catch men.

Pſal. 36, 1, 3, 4.Wickedneſſe ſayth to the wicked man, euen in mine hart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: he hath left off to vnderſtand, and to do good.

He imagineth miſchiefe vpon his bed: he ſetteth him ſelfe vpon a way that is not good, and doth not abhor euyll.

Iob. 24, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.Some remoue the land markes.

They leade away the Aſſe of the fatherles, and take the wydowes Oxe to pledge.

They make the poore to turne out of the way.

Eccle. 9, 3.This is euyll among all that is done vnder the Sunne, that there is one condition to all: and alſo the hart of the ſonnes of men is full of euyll, and madnes is in their hartes whyles they lyue, and after that they goe to the dead.

The way of the wicked is as the darknes:Pro. 4, 19. they know not wherein they ſhall fall.

A wicked ſoule deſtroyeth him that hath it,Ecclus. 6, 4. and maketh him to be laughed to ſcorne of his enemies, and bringeth him to the portion of the vngodly.

As they regarde not to know God,Rom. 1, 28, 29, 30. euen ſo God delyuered them vp vnto a reprobate ſence, to doe thoſe thinges which were not conuenient.

Being full of all vnrighteouſnes, fornication, wickednes, couetoſnes, maliciouſnes, full of enuie, of murther, of debate, of deceit, taking all thinges in the euyll part, whiſperers,

Backbyters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proude boaſters, inuenters of euyll thinges, diſobedient to parentes, without vnderſtanding, couenant breakers, without naturall affection, ſuch as can neuer be appeaſed, merciles.

EXHORTATION.

ENter not into the way of the Wicked:Pro. 4, 14, 15 16, 17, 18. and walke not in the way of euyll men.

Auoyde it, and go not by it: turne from it, and paſſe by.

For they can not ſleepe, except they haue done euyll, and their ſleepe departeth, except they cauſe ſome to fall.

He that imagineth to doe euyll,Pro. 24, 8. men ſhall call him the authour of wickednes.

Pro 3, 33.The curſe of the Lord is in the houſe of the wicked: but he bleſſeth the habitation of the righteous.

Pſal. 5, 4.Thou art not a God that loueth wickedneſſe: neither ſhall euyll dwell with thee.

Pſal. 7, 15, 16He hath made a pit and digged it, and is falled into the pit that he made.

His miſchiefe ſhall returne vpon his owne head, and his crueltie ſhall fall vpon his owne pate.

Eccle. 4, 20.My Sonne, make much of Time, and eſchew the thing that is euyll.

Eccle. 7, 1, 2.Doe no euyll, ſo ſhall no harme come vnto thee.

Depart from the thing that is wicked, and ſinne. &c.

Eccle. 15, 11.Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I turne backe: for thou oughteſt not to doe the thinges that he hateth.

Eccle. 20, 17.The fall of a Pauement is very ſodayne: ſo ſhall the fall of the wicked come haſtely.

Eccle. 27, 26.27.Whoſo diggeth a pit ſhall fall therein: and he that layeth a ſtone in his neighbous way, ſhal ſtumble thereon: and he that layeth a ſnare for another, ſhalbe taken in it himſelfe.

He that worketh euill, ſhalbe wrapped in euill, and ſhal not know from whence they come vnto him.

Rom. 12, 9, 21.Abhor that which is euill, and cleaue vnto that which is good.

Be not ouercome of euyll: but ouercome euyll with goodneſſe.

OF HARDE, STONIE, and Stubborne hartes.

THey made their hartes as an adamant ſtone,Zecha. 7, 12 leaſt they ſhoulde heare the Law, and the wordes which the Lord of hoſtes ſent in his ſpirit by the miniſterie of the former Prophetes: therefore came there a great wrath from the Lord of hoſtes.

O Lord, are not thine eyes vpon the trueth?Ier. 5, 3. thou haſt ſtriken them, but they haue not ſorowed: thou haſt conſumed them, but they haue refuſed to receiue correction: they haue made their faces harder then a ſtone, and haue refuſed to returne.

Make the hart of this people fat,Eſa 6, 10. make their eares heauie, and ſhut their eyes leaſt they ſee with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderſtande with their hartes, and conuert, and he heale them.

I know that thou art obſtinate,Eſa. 48, 4. and thy necke is an Iron ſinew, and thy brow braſſe.

I will hardon Pharaohs hart,Exod. 7, 3, 4. and multiply my myracles and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

And Pharaoh ſhall not hearken vnto you, that I may lay myne hand vpon Egypt, and bring out mine armies, euen my people the children of Iſrael, out of the land of Egypt, by great iudgements.

It came of the Lord to harden their hartes that they ſhould come againſt Iſrael in battayle,Ioſhu. 11, 20. to the intent that they ſhould deſtroy them vtterly, and ſhew them no mercy, but that they ſhould bring them to naught, as the Lord God commaunded Moſes.

Deut. 29, 19So that when he heareth the wordes of this curſe, he bleſſe him ſelfe in his hart, ſaying, I ſhall haue peace, although I walke accordyng to the ſtubbornnes of myne owne hart; thus addyng drunkennes to thirſt.

Pro 29.1.A man that hardeneth his necke when he is rebuked, ſhall ſodaynely be deſtroyed, and can not be cured.

Iob. 21, 14, 15They ſay vnto God, Depart from vs, for we deſire not the knowledge of thy wayes.

Who is the Almightie, that we ſhoulde ſerue him? and what profite ſhould we haue, yf we ſhould pray vnto him?

Eccle. 3, 27, 28, 29.A ſtubborne hart ſhall fare euyll at the laſt: and he that loueth danger, ſhall periſh therein.

An hart that goeth two wayes, ſhal not proſper: and he that is froward of hart, ſhall ſtumble therin.

An obſtinate hart ſhalbe laden with ſorrowes, and the wicked man ſhall heape ſinne vpon ſinne.

1. Sam. 16, 7.The Lord ſayd vnto Samuel, Looke not on his countenance, nor on the height of his ſtature, becauſe I haue refuſed him: for God ſeeth not as man ſeeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the hart.

Rom 9, 18.He hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Iohn. 12, 40. Mat. 13, 14. Mark. 4, 12. Luk. 8, 10. Act. 28, 26.He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hartes, that they ſhould not ſee with their eyes, nor vnderſtand with their hartes, and ſhould be conuerted, and I ſhould heale them.

Ye ſtiffnecked and of vncircumciſed hartes and eares, ye haue alwayes reſiſted the holy Ghoſt:Act. 7, 51. as your fathers did, ſo doe you.

EXHORTATION.

WHerefore as the holy Ghoſt ſayth,Heb. 3, 7, 12, 13. To day yf ye will heare his voyce, harden not your hartes, as in the prouocation, according to the tentation in the Wilderneſſe.

Take heede brethren, leaſt at any time there be in any of you an euyll hart, and vnfaythfull, to depart away from the lyuing God.

But exhort one another dayly, whyle it is called To day, leaſt any of you be hardoned through the deceitfulneſſe of ſinne.

This day if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hartes.Heb. 4.7.

A new hart will I giue you,Ezec. 36., 26 and a new ſpirit will I put within you; and I will take away the ſtony hart out of your body, and I will giue you a hart of fleſh.

And I will giue them one hart,Ezec. 11, 19. and will put a new ſpirit within their bowelles: and will take the ſtony hart out of their bodyes, and will giue them an hart of fleſh.

And I will giue them one hart, and one way,Ier. 32, 39. that they may feare me for euer, for the wealth of them, and of their children after them.

Circumciſe therefore the foreskin of your hart,Deut. 10, 16 and harden your neckes no more.

OF THE WORKES OF DARKNES and workes of the Fleſh.

Gen. 6, 5.THE Lord ſaw that the wickedneſſe of man was great in the earth:

Gen. 8, 21.And all the imaginations of the thoughtes of his hart were onely euyll continually.

Ephe. 4, 18, 19.Hauing their cogitation darkoned, and being ſtrangers from the lyfe of God, through the ignorance that is in them, becauſe of the hardneſſe of their hart:

Which being paſt feeling, haue geuen them ſelues vnto wantonneſſe, to worke all vncleanneſſe euen with greedines.

Rom. 1, 21.Becauſe that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neyther were thankfull; but became vayne in their imaginations, and their foolyſh hart was full of darkneſſe.

Mark. 7, 21, 22.For from within, euen out of the hart of man, proceede euyll thoughtes, adulteries, fornications, murthers, theftes, couetouſneſſe, wickedneſſe, deceit, vncleanneſſe, a wicked eye, backbyting, pride, foolyſhneſſe: All theſe euyll thinges come from within, and defyle a man.

Gall. 5, 19, 20The workes of the Fleſh are manifeſt, which are adulterie, fornication, vncleannes, wantonnes, idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, debate, emulations, wrath, contentions, ſeditions, heriſies, enuie, murther, drunkennes, gluttonie, and ſuch lyke, whereof I tell you before, as I alſo haue tolde you before, that they which do ſuch thinges, ſhall not inherite the kingdome of God.

Many will ſay to me in that day, Lord, Lord,Math. 7, 23. haue not wee by thy name prophecied? and by thy name caſt out deuyls? and by thy name done many great workes?

Then ſhall ye begin to ſay,Luk. 13, 26.27. We haue eaten and dronken in thy preſence, and thou haſt taught vs in our ſtreetes.

But he ſhall ſay, I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are: Depart from mee all ye workers of iniquitie.

Away from mee all ye workers of iniquitie:Pſal. 6, 8. for the Lord hath heard the voyce of my weeping.

Then ſhall he ſay vnto them on the left hand,Math. 25, 41 Depart from mee ye curſed, into euerlaſting fire, which is prepared for the deuyll and his angels.

EXHORTATION.

THE nyght is paſt, and the day is at hand:Rom. 13, 12. let vs therefore caſt away the workes of darkneſſe, and let vs put on the armour of light.

And haue no felowſhyp with the vnfruitfull workes of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.Ephe. 5, 11.

The grace of God,Tit. 2, 11, 12 that bringeth ſaluation vnto all men, hath appeared,

And teacheth vs, that we ſhould denie vngodlines, and worldly luſtes; and that we ſhould lyue ſoberly and righteouſly, in this preſent worlde.

Walke in the ſpirit,Gall. 5, 16. and ye ſhall not fulfill the luſtes of the fleſh.

Gal. 5, 22, 23 24, 25.The fruites of the ſpirit is loue, ioy, peace, long ſuffering, gentleneſſe, goodneſſe, fayth, meekeneſſe, temperancie: againſt ſuch there is no law.

For they that are Chriſtes, haue crucified the flesh with the affections.

If we lyue in the ſpirit, let vs alſo walke in the ſpirit.

Math. 7, 13.Enter in at the ſtraight gate: for it is the wyde gate, and brode way that leadeth to deſtruction: and many there be which goe in thereat.

Luk. 13, 24.Striue to enter in at the ſtraight gate: for many, I ſay; vnto you, will ſeeke to enter in, and shall not be able.