Consyder your tyme lykwyse and refuse not the grace of God whyles it ys offred you , Math. xv . Hebre. xij . least at another tyme when ye wolde gladdelye ye be not heard , for as muche as yeare called by grace to be chylderen of lyght / and heyres of eternal lyfe , for ye haue receyued of hys holy spyrite in earneste of your saluacyon in that ye haue consented already wyth youre whoale hartes to the Truthe of God .

I beseche you by the mercyfulnes of God , obey to the forme of doctryn , wherevnto ye are called . Roma . xiij And facyon not youre selues lyke vnto thys Woorlde . but beye chaunged / & as saynt paul sayth in youre shape by the renuynge of your Wyttes / that ye maye fele what that good & acceptable wyl of god is . Therfore as it is wrytten : Psal. xciiij To daye yf yow heare hys voyce / harden not your hartes for trulye dysobedyence is hateful , yea and often tymes doth the lorde punysh it . Nume . xiij i. Reg. xv . ij . Re. xvij . What was sayd to kyng Saul by Samuell the prophet / whan he dysobeyed the lordes commaundement , ye know / hath the Lord ( sayd he ) as great pleasure in brent sacryfyces and offerynges as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed ? Behold sayd Samuell , to obeye is better then sacryfyce , & to harken is better than the fatte of rammes , for rebellyon or dysobedyence is as the syn of wytchcraft , & stoubburnes as the wyckednes of ydolatrye &c.

For an obedyente harte truly is muche accepted wyth God , and a lowely troubled spryte wyl he not despyce , it is a very plesaunt grounde prepared and made ready ( as it were by the Industrye and laboure of a dylygent husband man ) for the lorde to plante all vertu and grace in . Brethern / obey to the wyll of God and shewe a wyllynge mynde . By your deydes be no lenger slouthefull , nether ouer muche afrayed / neyther to hastye wythowte measure , wantynge dyscrecyon . But kepe measure in all youre wayes : and wysely consyder place and time , for ye are now no more your own , but are dearelye bought wythe the moste precyous bloude of Iesu . Yf the lorde fynde you faythfull in lytle , know for a suertye , Eccle. j. that he wyll make you rulers ouer much . 2. Peter . 1. Therfor ( as Saynct peter saythe ) in your faythe mynyster vertue in vertue knowledge in knowledge , temperauncye intemperauncye , pacyence , in pacynece / godlynes in godlynes , brother lye kyndnes in brotherlye kindnes , loue &c.

Remembre the mater is wayghty , therfor be not deceyued . Surely yf ye wyll walke by thys rule , ye can not fall , neyther shall ye be ledde a wronge way . Go not from the worde of God , declyne neyther to the ryght hand neyther to the left / leafte ye peryssshe from the ryghte way , for as the braunche can beare no fruyte of hym selfe excepte he abyde in the Vyne ( sayth chryste ) no more can ye excepte yea byde in me . Iohn . xv . Se that your faythe be lyuely cleauynge suer to the holy word of god , which is already grafted in you Trewlye ( except you haue beleued in vayne ) it is of powre to saue your soules , for it is quyck and myghty in operacyon , & sharper / then any two edged sword ▪ ye knowe brethern / the ende of the commaundements , is loue that commeth of a puer hart , of a good conscyence , and of fayth vnfayned : whose fruts can not be hydde . But as for suche as turne backe vnto ther own wyckednes the lorde shall lead them furth with the eueldoers / but peace shal be vppon Israell . Truly knowledge is daungerous / where loue and obedyence is lackynge / for it tyckelyth the mynde of foles , and lefteth them vp with vanyty : But such as seke to encrease in vertu walke surely . Therfore searche not vnreuerently the sacred worde of god ▪ least ye stumbel in your way / and take asodeyn fal ▪ knowledge is a gyfte of the spryte , and in the hand of god and he measureth hys gyfts to hys creatures at hys owne pleasure and wyll , Therfor , whether ye obtayne at hys hand ether much or lytyll , praise him for it / and be concent with his doyng . Search not the gronde of such thinges / ( sayth the wyse man ) as are to myghty for the : But loke what god commaundeth and thynke apon that alwayes : and be not curyous in many of hys works for he that louethe pereyll shall peryshe therin . Grudge not agaynste the good manne of the house / though he do wyth hys owne as he leyst , leaste thou be reprouyd and sent awaie with rebuke .

Be ye therfor dyscret and sobre ▪ settell youre Hartes in the true feare of God , and arme youre soules to temptacyon . Turne your eares to the truth , my bretheren , and vse the gyftes that ye haue receaued wyth a lowly and an obedyent harte faythfully / that your frutes maye appeare and receue not the grace of god in vayn , for it is writen . I haue hard the in a tyme accepted , and in the day of saluatyon haue I succoured the. ij . Cor. v. Beholde now in that well accepted tyme / sayth paule / now is the day of health / lett vs geue none occasyon of euyll / that in our mynystryng , or offyce ther be found no faulte , But in al thynges / let vs behaue oure selfes / as mynysters of God : In much pacyence / in afflycyons , in necessyties , in anguysshes / in stryfes / in labours in watchynges , in fastynges / and in purenes . &c. many do heare rede & speak the holye scryptures , ( praysed be God ) and many desyre to know muche . But blessed and happye are ye , whych obeye to the truthe / So that ye doo therafter for the kyngdome of God , standeth not in words ( as ye wel know ) but in powr & workynge the wycked synners haue God , and hys holy worde many tymes in their mouthes : but they walke styll in ther oun corrupt ways ▪ truly they are the bounde seruaunts of synne that be subdued to lustes & ouercom of sinne . ij . Pet. iij. For of whome a manne is ouercomed Saythe Sayncte peter to the same he is in bondage . The vngodly manne hath not the feare of God , before hys eyes : Nether doth he regarde the law of the hyghest . Therfore shall he not be preserued , for God regardeth hym not , neyther wyll he defend him in the tyme of trouble ▪ can suche prosper / as take parte agaynst the hyghest , & prouok the lorde to anger , Apoca. xix continually with ther vnlawful dedes ? & fyght ageynst the holy spryte of our God : and yet they say in ther hartes Tushe , God seeth it not , the God of Iacob regardeth it not they do euell / and they say they do wel ye althogh they know / mary tymes the contrary because they delyte in euell theyr folysh hartes are blynded . Therfore must they reape the frutes of theyre labours when they thynke them selues wyse they become foles , bycause theyr vnderstandyng is blynded . When they think they knowe God loue hym , An ydoll is that whych hathe the loue of the harte and is placed in the towme 〈◊〉 God . Euery man 〈◊〉 treasureis ther which he l●eth best . and serue him most truly they serue an ydoll and a false God / in hys steade and place / fayned of theyr own fleshly lustes and carnall affectyons and of the eternal God saue the name onely ) they knowe nothing / for where a mans treasure is , sayth Chryste / there wyll hys harte be also . In wordes truly many say they know god ▪ but wyth their dedes they shamfullye deny him ▪ in that they refuse to lyue accordyng to hys commaundements & wyl they haue forsaken the liuely testament of god made in the precyous bloude and death of our sauyoure Chryste Iesu / to all that beleue in hym / ( that is to say ) whych wyth a free harte , do put themselues vnder the couenaunt of God to do hys wyll . And after theyr owne Imagynacyon fayne themselues an other waye to the kyngdome of heauen / as easy and broade to the flesshe as they lust : they refused the narrowe waye , Thys way is narowe , and strayte / to the fleashe / but breade and ca●ye to a wyl●ing mynde● and strayght gate that leadeth vnto lyfe and haue chosen that broode easy waye to lyue after theyre lustes whych leadeth al that walke in it , into euerlastynge condempnacyon on wysely do they forsake the word of the lord whyche he ordeyned a lantern and a sure lyghte vnto theyr fete / to walk in extreme darknes , of theyr owne blynd Imagynacyons neuertheles , thus sayth the lord our mercyfull God / vnto the vngodly synners . Eze. 33. If I saye to the wycked he shall dye sayth the lorde yet yf he turne from his wyckednes and do the thynges which is equall and ryght he shall surelye lyue , & not dye & again , O / turnt you turne you sayth the lord / O why wyl ye dye ? As truly as I lyue , sayth the lord , I haue no pleasuri● the death of a sinner but wyl rather that he conuert & lyue . &c. Brethren / I beseche you for the dere mercy of God , esteme your saluatyon and health which is precyous & is now so frely offred vnto you in yep̄cious bloud of Iesu : haue compassion youre owne soules , and shewe loue and charyte to the poure opressed / the lame blynde and nedye loke vpon your selfes wyth an inwarde eye / and see that your soules be refreashed , that they may liue O / why wyll ye dye , conuerte and turne to the lorde , wyth youre whole hartes / from your wycked and synfull wayes , & trulye your synnes are forgeuen you ▪ whye esteme ye so much the vayne pleasures of thys worlde ? Whych are the delyghtes of the carnall and earthelye mynd seyng they are so vayne and transytorye . Remember Esau : Sell not your enheretaunce whyche is precyous for soo vyle 〈◊〉 a pryce / leaste after when ye wolde gladlye obtayne , ye be put by . Bretheren , Consyder ye are not nowe vnder the law / but vnder grace ▪ because ye are grafte / into Iesuchryste by faith O , therfore I besy●h you / doo no more wyllfully euyll : Soo can fynne nowe doo ye no harme . My lytell chyldryne ▪ these ●yre●s w●yt I vnto you saythe Saynct Iohn that ye synne not . But if any man synne : yet haue we an Aduocate with the father ( sayth he ) Iesus christ whych is ryghtuous . &c. For the lord ordereth a good mans goyng ( sayth holye Dauyd ) and hathe pleasure in hys waye . Though he fail , he shall not be hurt , for the lord vpholdeth hym , Allthough the rightous happen to fall sometyme into synne : yet they haue an aduocate for it with the father , bicause thei wolde not synne . Psa. 36 and .90 with hys hande . &c. O , that ye wolde nowe obeye to the voyce of God , conteyned in hys sacred word , that ye myght receyue Chryste into your soules .

Bretheren beloued in our sauyour Chryst Iesu , I besech you for the dear loue of Chryst Iesu ( whyche refused not to suffer reproue of the worldde , & to geue hys lyfe for oure sakes that we might lyue by hym ) be warned in time leaste Sathan beguyle you , and brynge you a slepe wyth the world through in ordynate desyre of vayne ryches , sory and pleasur therof , couetyng after mery and ioyfull dayes here relyghtyng the mynd in wantonnes or worldly lusts , whych is the playne waye to vtter destructyon . Know ye not , how the ennemy seketh busuly by these thynges to betray you ? And how he layeth carnal fleashelye and worldlye pleasures as a bayte , wherin venym / yeth hydde before your eyes to catche your myndes / that he may so carrye you awaye ▪ For as the fowlers bayt betrayeth the fowles . Soo doth the vayne pleasures of thys world begylde the myndes of fowles : For through the desyre of it the enemy ouercometh them ▪ leadynge the synner from one vanytye to an other tyll he haue so broughte hym in woofull bondage , and moste myserable captyuytye . But thys ye knowe my brethern . I meane the sea sone , how it is tyme ( as Sayncte paule sayth ) that we shulde nowe a wake owt of slepe , Rom. xiii . for nowe is oure saluacyon nerer , then when we beleued . The nyghte is paste , and the day is come nygh . Lett vs therfore Caste a waye the dedes of darekenes , and put on the Armoure of lyghte . Lett vs nowe walke honestelye ( saythe he ) as in the daye lyghte : not in eatynge and drynkynge , chambrynge , & wantones nether in strife & enuyeng but put ye on the lord Iesus Chryst , & make not prouision for the flesh to fulfyll the lustes of it . Truly we are called ( as ye know to suffer wyth Chryst , that we myght be made partakers with hym in glory for yf we were grafted lyke him in death Then shall we be lyke hym also in the resurrectyon , Iesus autem dixit illis . Amen dico , vobis quod vos qui sequuti estis me , in regeneracione cum sederit fisius hominis in se●●e maiestatis sue . &c Math. xix the rych man lyueth here in al pleasures and fared delycyously . And Lazarus lyued in trouble and payne . But after this lyfe Lazarus receued ioye saith Chryste and the rych man payne for Abraham sayde vnto hym : sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receyuedst thy good and contrary wise Lazarus paine , now therfore is he conforted , and the art punysshed . Our sauiour , Chryste trulye being the lord of our glory ( during that time of thys lyfe ( walked here through many trybulacyons . He refused the scepter and crown of a worldly kingdom with al the vayn frend shyp & glory that the world could geue him / & receued with mourning deares on hys head a crowne of sharpe thornes & a rede for a sceptre in his right hand , Mat xxvi that he might so for our sakes acōplysh the wyll of his heuenly father , & gette vyctory against that whole powre of the enemy . Chryst suffred for vs sayth . s . peter leauyng vs an exammple that we shuld follow hys fotsteppes / which dyd no synne / neyther was ther guyle found in his mouthe . &c. Chryste had no felycytye in thys presente worlde whych is now corrupte , but hys reioysyng was in the wylle of hys father , and he had a great respecte to the rewarde at the end Yf the sonne of God takyng oure nature vpon hym , myghte not escape / but muste drynke of thys Cuppe , who saied The seruaunte is not aboue the master , neyther the messynger greater then he that sendethe hym . Thynke not ye to escape / my Brethern , yf ye intende to be made partakers with him of his fathers heauenlye kyngdome . Therfore wyth pacyence possesse your sowles , and lyke faytheful Sowldiours of Iesus christ , take vp youre Crosse / and folowe hym , for trulye he hathe promysed , that yf ye be partakers with hym in sufferyng / ye shall be partakers wyth hym in glorye . But yf you lyue after the fleash & haue your pleasure amongest the wycked : ye must dye : But if ye mortify the dedes of the flesh / throughe the spyryte , then shall ye lyue . Brethern / ye are called of God that ye shuld be holy . Therfor I wolde not that ye shulde now be partakers in the dedes of the wycked , i. Corin. x. and haue fellowshyppe wyth deuels , for truly ( as saint paul sayth ) ye can not be partakers of the lordes table , and of the table of deuels , neyther drynke of the lordes cup and of the cup of deuels , Eyther shall we prouoke the lorde ( saythe he ) or are we stronger then he ? ye can not serue God and mammon , how agreeth light wyth darkenes ? ryghtousnes wyth vnryghtousnes ? or Chryst wyth Belyas ? The hart that goeth two ways truly is hated , and such as are dobble tounged / are accursed of God .

What can it proffite a man to wynne all the world / wyth the losse and dammage of hys owne sowle ? yea what shal he geue to redeme it agayn with al he that seketh to saue hys lyfe shall lose it ( saythe chryste ) : But he that wyl lose hys lyfe for my sake , shal saue it . yea blessed and happye are those , ( Sayth the spyryte ) that loue not ther lyues vnto the deathe : Truly they shall receaue a Crowne of life . And although ye know the truth already ( my Bretheren dearely beloued in our Sauioure Iesu chryste yet I thynke it not vayne by these letters / to styrre vpp your remembraunce for trulye it is my dylyee that ye shulde not peryshe wyth the worlde . but that ye shulde turne from your synnes , and liue Therfore / seynge God hath called you wyth an holye callynge , for he hath supplyed your harts with the oyle of grace & opened your vnderstandynge , by hys holy spyryte : Soo that ye haue nowe sene hys holy wyll declared vnto vs in Chryste Iesu And haue consented , that it is the truthe of God I beseche you by the mercyfullnes of God / make your bodyes , a quycke and lyuelye sacryfyce / holy & acceptable to God / which as sayncte Paule sayth is your resonable seruynge of God , And fascyon not youre selues lyke vnto thys woorlde , but be ye chaunged in youre shappe by the Renuynge of youre wyttes . Seynge ye are nowe rysen wyth Chryste , se●te youre myndes aboue on heauenly thynges where Christ syttethe on the ryghte hande of God the father and not on the thinges that art on the earth . Brethern deceue not your selues brynge furthe the perfecte frutes belongynge to repentance / which is amendement of lyfe . Let it appere I praye you that yeare of chryste / & haue harde the woorde in dede . Trulye it is good that the harte be establisshed with grace and not with so vanyces , Yf vertu encrese , ye cannot be yo le , nor yet vnfruteful in the knowledge of chryste . But he that wanteth thys / as saynte Peter sayth , is blyndes gropynge for the way which hys hand and hath forgotten / that he was purged from his olde synnes for true fayth is lyuely / & cannot be hydde neyther may she in any wise dwell or abide alone for she hath a great desyre to many vertues . She accompanye the her selfe with gods wysedom & loue She is nouryshed daylye with the bryght sonne of ryghteousnes / & the highest watereth her plantes with the swete showres of grace . Through perfecte obedyence to the wall of god , she spredeth furthe her braunches in due season whereby she obtayneth a suer hope her fruyctes proseade from the tree of lyfe / For trulye truly they are the workes of the spirite of God , as loue , ioye / peace , long sufferyng , g●ntelnes , goodnes / faythefullnes meknes / temperancy . for hee eye wayteh vnto the commaundementes of the lord to kepe them : for in the mis her lyfe , Dearly beloued ye are called and chosen ye are washed from an euyll concyence : ye are sanctyfyed by the bloude of Iesu , through the eternalle spyryte / whyche dwelleth in you : By whom / ye are able throught chryste . whych ( as saynct paule sayeth hath made vs able to be mynysters of the new testamente . Therfore worke owe your saluacion , And ( as the Apostle peter sayth ) make your callynge and electyon suer / through good works . Mortyfye therfore youre membres which are earthly . And walke not from hensefourth / as other hethen people walke in vanytye of theyre myndes , blynded in theyr vnderstandyng / beyng straungers from the lyfe that is in God / throwghe the yngnoraunce that is in them ▪ because of the blyndnes of there hartes / whych beynge paste repentaunce , Haue geuen themselues vnto wantonnes , to worke almaner of vncleannes / euen wyth g●● dynes . But ye haue not so lerned Chryste as sayncte paule saythe . yf so be ye haue hard of hym and are tawght of him . Euen as the truth is in Iesus so then as concernynge the conuersacyon in tymes paste , laye from you the olde man whyche is corrupt ▪ ( through deceaueable lustes , and be ye renued in the spyrite of your vnderstandynge myndes : And put on that newe man whych is shapen after the ymag of god , in ryghteousnes and trew holynes , nowe therfore as electe of God holy and beloued , put on tender mercy kindnes humblenes of mind , mekenes , Longe sufferynge , forbering one another / and forgeuyng one another . Colloss. iij . yf anye man haue a quarell to an other ( saythe Sayncte paule ) euen as Chryst forgaue you , euen so do ye ▪ ye are called to be chyldren of lyhgt that ye shulde be holy and wyth owte blame . yf ye put to a wyllyng mynde ye shall fynd the lorde read ye wyth hys grace at youre hande . for God loueth you and therfor wyll be all wayes defende you and delyuer you in the howle of temptacyon ( whych as Chryste saythe shall come to tempte them that sytt vpon the face of the earth . But ye haue not receyued the spyryte of the world , that your felycytye shulde be in the thynges therof : Neyther that ye seke God all way owtewardely , and to serue hym in the letter . But ye haue receyued the spyryte of God , whyche lowsed in your hartes the woorkes of synne , and opened the inwarde eyes of your mynd that ye shulde nowe haue no more pleasure in them . For the vayle is taken away for your hartes / and yeare turned to the lorde that ye maye nowe see the bryghte face of God / whyche is hys loue , and mercyfull wyll towardes vs in Chryste Iesu . Therfore truly we are called and taughte of God / to serue hym in a new conuersacyon , in spyryte and verytye and not in the olde conuersacyon of the letter . For the letter kylleth ( sayth sainct paule ) . But the spyryte geueth lyfe . Yf the fyrste testament had bene fautelesse saythe he , Hebr. viij / than shuld there no place haue bene soughte for the second . For in rebukyng them he sayth , Beholde the dayes wyll come ( sayth the Lorde ) and I wyll fynyshe vppon the house of Israell and vpon the house of Iuda a new testament not lyke the testament that I made with theyr fathers at that tyme when I toke them by the hande and ledde them out of the lande of Egypte for they contynued not in my testement and I regarded them not sayeth the lorde , But thys is the testament and I regarded them not saythe the lord / But thys is the testamente , that I wyll make wyth the house of Israell After those daies ( sayth the lorde ) I wil put milawes in their mindes and in theyr harts I wil wryte them : & I wyl be their God , & they shall be my people . This is the new testament , that the lord hath now made with hys people ▪ trulye he wryteth hys lawe by hys spyryte in theyr hartes / that they maye doo it accordyng to hys wyll . Saincte Paule testifieth , Rom ▪ xv . that Iesus christ was a mynister of the cyrcūcysyon , for the truth of God , to confyrme the promesses made vnto the fathers , by whom ye are called & made ministers in the new testament / and pertakers of the true circumsysyō which is inspryt & not in letter / that ye might receue of hys holynes through the sprit that he hath geuen vs . Therfore ( my brethren ) be ye holy , be ye holy in al your conuersatyon , for it is wryten . Be ye holy for I am holy / and surely , the things that ye haue in hand be very holy / knowe ye not how that ye ar partakers of the nature of God , by partycipacyon of hys holy spyryte whych ye haue receaued ? And how that ye are made the temple of God , because hys holy spryt dwelleth in you defile not then this holy place least the lord be angry ; and so ye perysh from the ryght way . Thys holy cytye new Ierusalem , Apoca. xxi . Ihon sawe com down from God out of heauen prepared as a bryde garnysshed for her husbande . And he harde a great voyce out of heauen saying , Beholde the tabernacle of God is with men , and he wyll dwelle wyth them . &c.

Thys holy tabernacle and dwelling house / hath god pyght among you / and not man , after whyche moyses was commaunded to make all the worke whych wece but shadowes ( sayth saint Paul ) of true thynges to come : And were ordeyned vntyll the tyme of reformacyon with hath God now in thys laste tyme by Chryst opened vnto vs , for by hys bloude haue we an open waye in into the holy place , and moost holye by the newe and lyuing way , whych he hath prepared for vs though the vayle , that is to saye / by hys fleshe . And by Chryste are ye beloued , and made mynysters in the newe testamente and pryestes vnto the hygh god to offer in the holy place in holy vessels of pure golde that acceptable sacryfyce of prayse and thankesgeuyng , Vessels of pure golde are the hartes and conscyences of men purged from the fylthe of synne , and Corrupcyon that is to saye , the frutes of those lyppes / with do confesse hys mooste holy name / attende therfore to that thing , that ye haue now harde ( my deare bretheren ) and as deare chylderen , labour earnestly by the helpe of the spyryt to kepe your selues vnspotted of the worlde , that ye may be saued and be made the parfecte sonnes of God / and coheyres wyth our sauyoure Iesus Chryste of hys euerlastyng heauenly kyngdome . Amen .

The god of all patience and consolation geue to eueryone of you grace so to labore and trauayle in youre callynge after the example of Chryste / that your gyfte maye encrease , least you also be plucked away in the erourre of the wycked , and fall from your stedfastnes / But growe in grace and the lorde wyll delyuer you from all euell doyng , and kepe you to hys heauenly kyngdome : to whom be all prayse / honour and glory for euer and euer . Amen .

The grace of God be wyth your spyryt . Amen