But after we haue once knowen the trueth by the ghospel beyng taught, what we must hope after, and what we ought to eschewe, and what rewardes good menne shall haue, and what yuell, yf we then wyllyngly fall agayne into deadly synnes, whiche Christ hath once washed away with his pre••••••••s blou•• in that he dyed once alonely, and neuer wyll dye agayne, there remayneth the•• no Hooste or sacrifice for vs whiche haue so eftesones fallen to oure olde ly•••• and synfull lyuyng, wherby our synnes maye be freely released agayne thorow baptisme. What then remaineth? Forsoth a certaine dreadful loking for of the laste iudgement; and forthwith a cruell and tourmentyng fyre whiche in reuē∣gement of the goodnes of God despised▪ shal deuoure the aduersaries. Thynk•• you that he shall scape vnpunished that hath despysed the lawe of the ghospell? The more mercifull and beneficiall that God is, the more punyshemente shall he haue, who wyllingly and wyttyngly hathe mocked therewith. He mockethe with the gospel, whiche after he hath bene once called to the n••bre of the chyl∣dren of God, wylfullye putteth himselfe into the numbre of the Deuels ser∣uauntes. If there were so greate punishement among the Iewes, that who∣soeuer obeyed not the pryest teaching the commaundementes of Moises lawe, that is to wytte, yf he that was commaunded to absteyne from swynes fleshe dyd notwithstandyng of a selfe wyl or dysobedient frowardenes eate the same, and afterwarde, beyng firste conuicted by two or three witnesses, was done to death without mercye: Howe muche greater punishement then deserueth he to haue, who treadeth vnderfo••e not anye one priest of lowe estimacion, but Ie∣sus Christ the sonne of God? Creuly he treadeth hym vnderfote, whoso despi∣feth his so greate benefite: whoso counteth, I saye, not the bloude of a beaste, but his holye bloud wherwith the newe testament was sanctified, as an vnho∣ly thynge, specially the same bloude wherwith he was once pourged and made cleane from all hys olde synnes: fynallye whoso dyshonoureth the spirite by whom he hath obteyned the grace of the ghospell, bycause that spirite once put awaye thorowe hys vycyousnesse, he trayterouslye gyuethe vp the temple of God vnto the Dyuell. Do we therefore assure our selfes that we shall escape vnpunished bycause men do not by and by take punishement on suche as doe swa••ue from the puritie of an euangelicall and christian lyfe? We knowe hym that hath sayde: It belongeth to me to take vengeaunce: I wyll recompence fayth the Lorde. And agayne in an other place: The Lorde shall iudge the people. Let not any synner flatter hym selfe, and thynke that he is oute of dan∣ger yf he escape the handes of a man reuenger. No man can escape the handes of God. But it is a dreadfull thyng to fall into the handes of the lyuyng god. Nowe the more that ye were to be praysed when ye fyrste began to professe the ghospell, the more shame and rebuke shall it be for you to fall agayne into your former lyfe.