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SAinte Paul say∣eth: it is a moost true saying, and worthy to be re∣ceyued of euerye parte, that Christ Iesus came into thys worlde to saue syn∣ners .i. Timo. i. Unto the whi∣che sayinge agreeth the wor∣des of oure Sauioure Christ. Luke .xix. The sonne of man came to seke, and saue that whi¦che was lost, Who is it amōg vs all that woulde not ioyful∣ly at the hearyng of so amiable & swete a saying, reioyce? seyng
we be all miserable and cur∣sed synners by nature, and yet woulde (as full of miserye and blyndenes as we be) be saued, wyshe euer to be out of payne. But in thys is all the hede to be taken, leste we sinisterlye vnderstande these confortable promises, which the deuil auē∣turth to swad vs vnto. Wher as he cā not al together beriue and rob vs of the promises he wolde vs to construe & vnder∣stand the promises amis. And where as these promises aper∣tayneth to none but unto repē¦taunte synners, he dazeth, and deceyueth oure affeccion and loue we beare to oure selues, that he wyl beare vs in hande Gods promyse appertayneth as well to the impenitent and
neuer myndynge synner to a∣mende, as vnto the sorowfull afflycted beleuyng sinner, and he that wyl study the amende∣mēt of lyfe. Against the which illusion and craft of the deuil, Christ speaketh. Mat. ix. Luc. v. I came not to call the iuste, but sinners to repentaūce. Of the whyche repentaunce if we be destitute, nothyng auaileth vs the promises of God. Luc. xiii. Excepte ye repente, all shall peryshe. And the former promyses were not so sweete, but these threatnynges be as bytter: Not vnto all men, but vnto suche as be obstynatelye yuel or desperat. Against whō cryeth Ihon Baptyste: Euen nowe is the axe putte vnto the roote of the tree:
Euery tre that bryngeth furth no good fruite, is cut downe & put into the fyre. Luke .iii.
But a mā myght aske to what purpose thys thyng is spoken of by me? doutles to thys end to prosequute and folowe my matter begon. I sayd that the authours of thys vnquietnes in the realme in the churche, & in euerye housholde, were ve∣rye Ionasses, and those that troubled the shyppe: whyche oughte eyther to be amended or remoued out of their office, or els the shyppe maye neuer come to rest. But because these that be cast into the sea should not dispaire, ther must be some remedye founde to solace and conforte suche as be fallen in∣to daunger of drownyng.
Thys is the way: if they take the admonicions and the ad∣monitours gētly and raile not agaynste them, neither wynke at their own faultes: but with a true repentaunce of the hart folowe thys our Prophet Io¦nas, who confessed hys faulte, and humblye asked remyssion & pardō for the same. So shal euery sīner be saued as he was accordinge to the othe of God Eze. xviii. As truly as I lyue sayth the Lord, I wyl not the deathe of a synner, but that he be conuerted and lyue. Thys counsell of the Lorde excepte our troblous Ionasses folow thei shalbe drowned in the wa¦ter of eternal damnacion, with Pharao. But as heretofore ye haue hearde howe Ionas
for hys disobedience was pu∣nyshed: so now out of the texte ye shal hear how he repenting hys mysbehauiour and offen∣ces, is preserued in hys daun∣gers: howe he prayeth, and at last how he is delyuered. And that I maye the better & more playnely teache and open the same, I wyll deuyde the texte that foloweth into foure par∣tes. The fyrst part conteineth the behauiour and doyngs of the shyppemen, after they had caste Ionas into the sea. The second part conteyneth howe Ionas beyng cast into the sea was receaued into the bely of the whale. The thyrde contey∣neth the behauioure and do∣ynges of Ionas in the wha∣les bely.
The fourth conteyneth the deliueraunce, and castynge out of Ionas from the bellye of the whale. The fyrste. The texte sayeth those men feared wounderfullye the Lorde, and sacrificed vnto hym and made theyr vowes.
The shyppe men dyd these thre thynges: they fered, they sacrificed, and vowed.
After they perceyued vpon the execucion of Ionas the sea to leaue hys trouble, they neg∣lected not the true religiō whi∣che they learned in theyr trou∣ble, but are better and more strengthened in the same, for they feared the Lord, and ho∣houred hym onelye. Of these shyppe men let vs learne con∣stancye, and perseueraunce
in the true knowledge of god: and when we be deliuered out of daunger, lette vs 〈◊〉〈◊〉 geue oure selues to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and fo∣lye of lyfe, as naturally we be inclined and propen•••• to do.
Thus admonyshed Moses di¦ligently the children. Deutro. vi. & .viii. yt whē they had recei∣ued the aboundante benefites of the Lorde, they shoulde not in theire saturitie and aboun∣daunce be vnmindfull of the Lorde that brought them out of the land of Egypt, and the penurie and scarcitie of the de¦serte.
The thankefulnes of these Mariners shalbe laied agaīst vs at the daye of oure exami∣nacion for oure vnthankeful∣nes: for God hathe not onelye
quyeted the sea for vs but also aboundantlye geuen vs the vse and commoditye booeth of sea and lande: and not one∣lye that for the rest and quyet∣nes of the bodye, but also he hath apeaced the sea of greate displeasure and damnacion e∣ternall by castynge of hys one¦ly beloued sonne Christe Ie∣sus vpō the crosse, to cesse and apeace theire and displeasure betwene vs and hym: & yet we neyther fere nor loue him, but with continuall hatred, & des∣pyte, contemne both him, & his holy word.