Phisicke for the soule verye necessarie to be vsed in the agonie of death, and in those extreme and moste perillous seasons, aswell for those, which are in good health, as those, which are endewed with bodily sicknesse. Translated out of Latine into Englishe, by H. Thorne.

❧ A Sermon of pacience, of the consummation of this world, of the second comming of the lorde, the euerlasting ioyes of the righteous, the paines of the wicked, and of other things, written by saint Iohn Chrisostome, patriarch at Constantinople. Iohn Theo∣phylus, being the expo∣sitour thereof, out of Gréeke into Latine, and translated out of Latin•• into Englishe, by H. Thorne.

THe lyfe of godly men, is verie nota∣ble, and bright. And by what meanes should it shine, but through pacience? Therefore imbrace pacience, as the mo∣ther of Fortitude. For the Psalmist giueth vs admonishment saying: Tarry thou the lords leasure, and kéepe his wayes. And saint Paule, to the ende thou shouldst

possesse this vertue sayeth: Affliction wor∣keth pacience, which if thou exercise, thou shalt finde hope, the fountaine of all good∣nesse. For hope maketh not ashamed. Be thou therefore subiect and obedient vnto the lord, and pray vnto him, & thou shalt there∣by find that thing, which is not to be con∣temned: that is to wit, he will giue thée all thine harts desire. Who is more happy than he, which hath in possession the beneuolent eares of so mighty a king? Who wisheth not to haue the iudges eares opē vnto him, & at his commaūdement. Thou (déerly be∣loued) art the workman & laborer of vertue. Christ hath hyred thée into his vineyarde. Whiles thou hast yet time, do good works. Harken what sainct Paule sayeth: Looke what a man soweth, euen the same shall he reape. Sow in the spirit, and thou shalt reap eternal life. For he that soweth in his body, reapeth corruption of his bodye. And heare what another counsell giuer sayth: Sowe righteousnesse for your selues, and you shal gather the fruite of righteousnes. Let it not lothe thée to take paines. There is an hope of haruest, and fruite time. For where con∣flictes are, there are rewardes. Where there

are contentions, there are honours. Where battell is, there is a crowne also. Haue thou a regard herevnto, and arme thy selfe vnto pacience. Let him alwayes sounde in thine eares, which crieth with the sainctes: Be of good courage, that thine hart maye be com∣forted, abide the lords leisure, vse and exercise thy field. This life is thy field, take vnto thée a good toole, I meane the old and the new in∣strument. Hedge thy ferme, w^t the brembles of doctrine, prayer, and fasting. If thou haue such a hedge, the beast (I saye the diuell) can not enter in. Toile thy soule as a good vine∣yard. And euen as the keepers of vineyards, doe clap with their handes, crie with their voice, and with such like noises, do kéepe off the wayt layers: So cry thou out also with praiers, sing w^t the melodye of psalmes, and thou shalt put to flight that foxe and wicked beast, as who sayth the diuell. Of the which foxe the scripture maketh mention, saying: Take ye the foxes. &c. Alwayes watch thyne enimy, if he shoot at thine hart, with vnlaw∣full concupiscence. If he sling into thy soule, filthye cogitations, put foorth the shielde of faith, turne about the helmet of hope, take vp the sword of the spirit, that is the worde

of God. And thou being thus armed, shalt be able to defende thine enimy, and sée that thou he not faint harted in the conflict, but in al things be sober, and wel aduised, & say thus with thy selfe. We be not ignorant of his subtilties. Reioyce always, as it is writ∣ten: Let your softnesse be knowen vnto all men. Let the feare of God shine in thine hart, that thou become not a fugitiue soul∣dier, that thou be not a fearful, and sluggish labourer, least thou happily léese thy crown. This life is short. But the sentence of gods iudgement, is permanent, & endlesse. Thou considering this, mayest boldlye tell thine hart, and saye with the holye prophet: Be strong, and tary thou the lords leysure, and he shall comfort thine hart. Follow Dauid his example, and slea thine enimy by the ca∣sting of one stone. The angels stād by thée, beholding thy life. For s. Paule sayth: We are become a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, both vnto angels, & vnto men. If they per∣ceiue that thou hast the vpper hand, they wil reioyce in thy well doing. But if y^u bée sub∣dued, they will sorowfully depart, not being able to looke on thée, & in the contrary part, the deuils wil scorne thée. Therfore take vp

the feare of God in the stead of a sword. For the feare of God is like a two edged sworde, cutting off all euill concupiscence, & desiers. And also haue thou alwayes in minde the last day, when the heauens set on fire shalbe dissolued. For the burning elements shall melt. The earth, & all that is thereon made, shal be brent, when y^e starres shal fal down, as leaues, and the sunne, and moone shall be darkned, and shall not giue their light, whē the sonne of God shall be séene, and shall come downe from heauen vnto the earth, and the powers of heauen shall be moued, when the aungels shall runne hither, and thither, the sound of trumpets shall be hard, fire shall burne before him, and he wan∣dring about shall purge all the world with fire, and in his circuite there shalbe a migh∣ty tempest. There shal be such earthquakes, and lightnings, as neuer shall be the lyke, nor haue bene euen vnto this daye, in so much that the very powers of heauen, shall be taken with great trembling. What ma∣ner of men, deerely beloued in Christ, then ought we to be, at that time? What feare, and what horror, will there then come on vs? Thinke with thy selfe, how the Israe∣lites

in the wildernesse, were not able to a∣bide the dimnesse and darknesse of the ayer, and the voyce of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, but willed that he should no more speak vnto them, for they were not able to abyde him, when he did hyde the greatest part of his maiestie, althoughe he came downe not offended with them, nor spake he vnto them wrathfully.

Therefore consider this, if they were not able to abide his comming, which comfor∣ted them, when that neyther the burning heauens were dissolued, neyther the earth, and that is in it, was burnte, when that neyther they which sounde the Trumpet did blow, as that trumpet shalbe sounded, which shall rayse vp al them, that haue slept from the beginning of the world, neyther any other of the terrible things to come, did then happen: how shall we do when he shal come downe with intollerable wrath, & fu∣rye, and shall sit vppon the throne of hys glory, and shall call the earth. Euen from the East, vnto the Weast, and from all the costes of the earth, that he may discerne, and knowe his people, and giue to euery man, according vnto his deserts, what men (alas)

behooueth vs to be, when that we shal stand stripped and naked, readie to bée brought foorth vnto the iudgemēt seat? Where then shall that painted colour, and the force and strength of the fleshe become? then where shall that deceitfull and vnprofitable beau∣tie, the pleasantnesse of mans voyce, impu∣dent & shamelesse babling become? Where then is the trimming, and decking vp with clothes, and the delight & pleasure, of most foule and filthie sinne? Where then are they which drinke wyne with pyping and singing, and haue no regarde or respect vn∣to the workes of GOD? where then is the contempt, & despising of them, which nowe lyue without feare. Then where is delica∣sie and nysitie. For all those things shall passe away, and shall be dissolued as the cor∣rupt ayre? Where then is the gréedie desire of money and riches, and vnmercifulnesse, hir continuall companion? Where then is pride, which disdaineth all men, & thinketh hir selfe to be somewhat? Where then is the vaine and vnprofitable glorie of man, the great might & tirannie? Where then is the king, the prince, the capitaine? Where then are the puffed vp magistrates, contemning

God, in comparison of their owne riches? When they shall perceyue, that this saying must bée spoken of them: They maruailed, they are moued, they are troubled, feare is come vpon them: there shall be sorowes, as of a woman trauailing with child, they shal be consumed with a vehemēt spirit. Where then shal be come the wisedome of the wise, with all there newe inuentions? Wo bee vnto them. They are moued, they are trou∣bled, as a dronken man, and all there wise∣dome is swalowed vp. Where then is the worldly wise, the scribe, and the treasurer, of this vaine world. Way, and consider, déere∣ly beloued, what maner of men, we ought to be, when y^t we must yeelde an accompt of all, that we haue ••••ne, as well small, as great things. For vntill that we according to iust iudgement, fully make satisfaction: what shall our estate, and condicion bée in that houre, and how carefull shall we bée, that we maye obtaine fauour, in the sight of God? And what ioy shall we haue, which shall be placed on the right hande of God? How then shall we féele our selues, when that all the saintes of God shall gréete vs? Abraham shall salute thée, Isaac, and Ia∣cob,

Moyses, Noe, Iob, Dauid, and all the holy prophetes, apostles, and martirs, and all good men, which haue pleased God, in the lyfe of there fleshe. And how many shalt thou there heare, whose lyfe thou shalt haue in admiration, whome thou wouldest euen now wyllingly sée? They will there come vnto thée, reioysing at thy saluation. After what sort shal we then be affected? How in∣estimable shall that ioy bée, when the glad∣some king shall say vnto them, which stand on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, & take to your inheritance, the king∣dome, which was prepared for you, from the beginning of the worlde? Then shalt thou receyue a most decent kingdome, and crown of beautie at the lordes hand, and after that shalt raigne with Christ. Then shalt thou inherite al these eternall things, which God hath ordained for them, that loue him. Then shalt thou euer afterward be without dread, and heauinesse. Ponder, and consider, what it is to raigne with Christ in heauen. For as I haue tolde thée, thou shalt receyue a diademe, at the hande of the lorde, and shalt euer after raigne with Christ. Thinke with thy selfe, what a thing it is, to beholde the

face of God, for euer, what a brightnesse hath it? For then there shall be no sunne to giue the day light, as Esay sayeth, and the rising of the Moone, shall not lighten the night: But the lord God shall be thine eter∣nall light, and thy glorie. Beholde what ioyes are layed vp in store for them, y^e feare the lord, and kéepe his commaundements?

Consider againe also, the perdition of sin∣ners, when they shall be brought foorth, vn∣to the terrible iudgement seat of God, with how great confusion then shall they be ta∣ken before the iust iudge? hauing not one worde to aunswere, how shall they be asha∣med, when the lorde shall speake vnto them in his wrath, and vexe them in his sore dis∣pleasure: saying, depart from me ye wicked into eternall fyre, which is prepared for the deuill, and his Angels. Alas what miserie, and affliction shall there spirit suffer, when that all men shall crie out aloude, saying: Let the sinners be turned into hell, and all nations which forget God. What time wil they howle out, wayling and lamenting, when they shall bée caried awaye, that they maye be cruelly tormented, world without ende? what place (alas) is that, where is

wayling and gnashing of téeth, called hell, the which sathan himselfe abhorreth, what is that (Gehenna) fyre vnquenchable, what is that worme venimous, & neuer ceasing? howe greeuous are those vtwarde darke∣nesse, alwayes continuing, what are the ministers appointed for tormentes, which lacking mercie, and without compassion re∣prooue and punish? Then they that are tor∣mented, will gréeuously crie vnto the lord, and he wil not héere them. Then shall they vnderstand, that all things, which they had in this lyfe are vaine, and transitorie, and such things as they supposed here to be plea∣sant, to be founde more bitter than gall, and poyson. Then where is the pleasure of the fleshe, so termed falsely? For there is none other pleasure, but to feare the lorde. This is the pleasure, this replenisheth the soule, as it were with marrow, & fatnesse. Then shall they be in desperation of themselues, and of the workes, which they haue done, then shall they confesse and saye, that the iudgement of God is true, and righteous, saying: did we not héere of this, and yet woulde we not be conuerted from our wic∣ked déedes? But then they shall nothing

preuaile. Alas y^t euer I was borne, which am compassed about with sinnes innume∣rable, aboue the number of the sandes. I haue sinned, but I turne away from them, as frō many yron chaines. For my hope is, that I shall not see my sinnes aboue in hea∣uen. Vnto whome then shall I flie, but vn∣to thée, Oh mercifull God, vnto thée I say, which forgettest, and art not mindefull of iniuries? Haue mercie vpon mée, O God, after thy great goodnesse, according vnto the multitude of thy mercies, doe awaye mine offences. Wash me thorowly from my wic∣kednesse, & clense me from my sinne. For I acknowledge my faultes, & my sinne is euer before mée. Against thee onely haue I sin∣ned. I flie vnto thée, for thy great mercie and goodnesse sake. I haue prouoked thée, and yet I runne vnto thee, for thy méere pla∣cabilitie. I haue reiected thée, and nowe I come vnto thée, for thy great goodnesse, and kindnesse sake. And I hartily beséeche thée to turne away thy face from my sinnes, and blot out al mine offences. Make a cléene hart in mée, O god, & renue a right spirit within mée, for thy names sake onlye. For I haue nothing, y^t I maye present vnto thée, not so

much as one good worke, not a pure hart, but I trusting in thy mercies do wholy commit my self vnto them, y^t thou mayst stirre vp in me a prick of conscience, y^t I may not lightly fal againe into sinne, but y^t I may from this time forth, serue, and please thée, in holinesse & righteousnesse all the dayes of my lyfe. For thine is the kingdome, & the power for euer.

I beséech thée therefore, déerely beloued, which hopest to obtaine the forgiuenesse of thy sinnes, that thou endeuour thy selfe to be found in peace, cléene, and without spot. If any euill thought come in thy mind, take vp this swoorde, that is to wit, be mindefull of the feare of God, and thou shalt cut off al the power of the enimy. And take the holy scrip∣ture in the stead of a trumpet. For as the trumpet gathereth the souldiers togither: euen so y^e holy scripture crying vnto vs, doth gather togither our thoughts, in y^e feare of y^e lord. For our thoughts are euen like soul∣diours, which wage warre agaynst y^e kings enimies. And againe, euen as the trumpet sounding in the time of warre, stirreth vp y^e courage of the yong men, battailing against their enimies: likewyse the holy scriptures, do rayse vp thy promptnesse to vertue, & do

make thée valiant against affections. There∣fore enforce thy self, as much as in thée lieth, oftentymes to apploye the scriptures, that they may gather togither thy cogitations, which the enimy hath scattred abrode, by his wicked subtilty, ministring vnto thée nough¦ty appetites and concupiscence, or oftentimes also bringing aduersitie, or somtimes giuing prosperitie, making thée carelesse. For he woorketh these things by his deceite & guile, that he may seperate man from God. For oftentymes it hapneth, that when we can not ouercome and subdue one, by concupis∣cence, then after he offereth vnto him other temptations, thereby to blind his mynd, that he may after find it, an apt ground, to plant in it such things, as pleaseth him, and in the end, beginneth to minister such thoughts vn∣to men, that they will say with an othe: At what tyme I doe good, I haue infortunate dayes. Let vs therefore doe euill that thereof may come good. Then if a man be not well aduised, he will swallow him vp as hell a∣liue. If so be that he cannot thus ouercome him, then will he offer vnto him felicity, and securitie of lyfe, and craftily extolleth him, bringing in deceit: an effect of all other most

greeuous, and troublous, which is, that he may make him proude, and without feare. This draweth the minde into the bo••••••e of pleasures. This causeth the mouth to speak blasphemie against heauen. For it is writ∣ten: They haue set, & bestowed their mouth against heauen. This maketh man to bée ignoraunt of God, and not to vnderstande his owne infirmitie, neyther to thinke vp∣on the daye of death, and iudgement. For this truely is the way of all wickednesse. He that reioyseth to walke in this waye, that is to wit, of prosperitie, and cockering, shall in the ende come into the storehouse of death. This is the waye whereof the lorde sayed: Wyde, and broad is the way, which leadeth vnto destruction. Beholde thou hast heard, wherefore the enimie endeuoreth sometime to bring vs prosperitie, sometime aduersity. For as he proueth the minde of man, which struggeleth, and striueth against him, to be affected: euen so by his malignitie, doth he furnishe his hoste against him. Therfore be sober, and warie, and alwayes giue thy selfe vnto reading, that thou mayest learne, how it behoueth thée, to eschue the snares of that enimie, and to take hold on euerlasting

lyfe. For the reading of holy scripture, ma∣keth the wandring minde to stande fast, and giueth hir the knowledge of God.

Thou hearest how that he, which with an vnfained hart ymployeth y^e holy scriptures, receyueth the knowledge of God. Nelect not therefore thy selfe, but ymploy reading, and prayer, that thy mind may be lightned, that thou mayest be made perfite, and ho∣nest in all things, wanting in no point. Let others boast of the fréendship of honorable men, princes, and kings. But reioyce thou before the angelles of God, speaking vnto him, and to the holye ghost, by the sacred scriptures.† For the holye ghost is he, that speaketh by them. Doe thy diligence there∣fore constantly to be occupied in holy scrip∣ture, and prayers. For looke how often thou art conuersant with God by them: so of∣ten is thy bodye and soule sanctified. Then take this for certeintie, that when thou hap∣penest to reade the scriptures, thou art sanc∣tified. Therfore do thy good will, oftentimes to imploy them. Although thy handes be oc∣cupied: yet mayest thou praye in thy minde. For blessed Anne, Samuell the prophet his mother, prayed, and moued but hir lippes

onely, yet hir prayers entered into y^e eares of the God of Sabaoth, & she obtained y^e thing shée desired. Therefore although 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hands be otherwise busied, yet praye thou, at the least wise with thy minde. For God heareth euen the silent. If thou haue no skill to read, yet resort where thou mayst heare, and take profite thereof. For it is written:† If thou sée a wise man, go thou vnto him early in the morning, and let thy foote tread the path vnto his gate. For this counsell is not only good for them, that cannot reade, but also for them that can. For many there be, which read, and know not what they read. Take héede therefore, that thou doe not little re∣garde, the grace bestowed on thée by y^e frée gift of Christ: but be thou carefull to séeke, how thou mayest please the lorde, that thou mayest procure, and get vnto thée, the blis∣fulnesse of his saintes. For it is written: Blessed are they, which keepe his testimo∣nies, and seeke him with their whole hart. See that the enimie let thée not, that when thou wouldst read, he make thée slouthfull, and put other businesse in thy heade, which shall pull thée awaye, saying: First finishe thou these small affaires, and so shalt thou

reade without trouble of minde. For howe often sendeth he in those things, that maye encourage thée vnto handie labour: And he obiecteth such matters, that he may y^e sooner withhold thée from reading, being the grea∣ter profite. For as much as, the deuill per∣ceyuing man to be disposed to reade, setteth against him by these, and other lyke occa∣sions, seeking if he may by any meanes pos∣sible, let him: yet co••••ent thou not vnto him, but be euen as the Hart, which thirsteth, and desireth to come vnto y^e water springs, that is to say, vnto the holy scriptures, that thou mayest drinke out of them such things, as are méete and profitable for thée, as for ex∣ample. When it is giuen thée to know any sentence, let it not escape thée, but pouder vpon it in thy minde, write in thine hart, and thou shalt kéepe it, neuer able to bée rased out of thy memorie. For it is written: I will thinke vpon thy righteousnesse. And againe: I haue hidde thy words within my hart, that I shoulde not sinne against thée. And in an other place: Wherewith shall a yong man clense his waye? Euen by ruling himselfe after thy worde. For who is he, that is mindefull of the worde of the lorde,

and amendeth not his wayes? Is not hée alwaies a reprobate, & a cast awaye caytife, which remembereth nothing, but rather forgetteth that, which he once knew? True∣ly, God sayth vnto such an one. Wherefore talkest thou of my righteousnesse, and ta∣kest my testimony in thy mouth? Whervpō he commaundeth that thing to be takē from him, which he séemeth to haue. And what was there commaunded to bée taken from him, which he séemed to haue? Faith. For he calleth himselfe a christian, but denyeth it in his déedes, and he is worse than an in∣fidell. And therefore he commaundeth the holy ghost to be taken from him, which he receyued in the daye of his redemption, and that he séemed to haue also. And such a man shal become like vnto a wine vessell, thorow the which the wine is spilte and lost, & they that sée him know it not, supposing him to he full, but when wine shoulde be drawen out of him, then he appéereth vnto all men to be emptie. Therefore euen so, such a man shall appéere emptie in the daye of iudge∣ment, and his déedes shall be manifest vnto all the world. And such are they, which wil saye vnto the king in that day: Lorde haue

not we prophesied in thy name? and haue done many great things in thy name? And the king will answere, and saye vnto them: Verily I saye vnto you, I knowe you not. Thou seest, déerely beloued, that such a man hath nothing at all. Be thou therfore mind∣full of the worde of God, and amende thy lyfe. Beware thou suffer not the birdes to descende, and deuoure the seede of the sonne of God. For he himselfe saide, that the séede is the worde which ye haue heard. There∣fore hide thou the séede in the sorowes of thy lande, that is to wit, hide the worde in the middell of thine hart, that thou mayest bring forth some fruit vnto the lord in feare. And when thou readest, read diligently, and boldly, and handle eche lyne, moderatly considering thereof. Endeuor not to reade ouer many leaues, but if any obscure sense happen vnto thée, let it not gréeue thée to pervse the verse twice or thrice, vntill thou vnderstande the meaning, and force thereof. Furthermore, when thou preparest thy selfe to sit downe, and read, or to heare an other: first praye vnto God saying thus: O lorde Iesu Christ, open myne eyes, and the eares of my hart, that they may heare thy words,

and vnderstande them, and may, O lorde, fulfill thy wyll, hide not thy commaunde∣ments from me, bicause I am a straunger on the earth, but open, and discouer mine eyes, and I will consider the maruellous things of thy lawe. For in thée, Oh my God, haue I trusted, that thou shouldst ligh∣ten mine hart. Also I beséeche thée so praye vnto God alwaies, that he will illuminate thy minde, and open vnto thée the effect, and force of his worde. For many haue erred, counted themselues wise, they became fooles, not vnderstanding what was written, and falling into blasphemies, haue therein peri∣shed. Therfore, if thou in reading finde any thing hard to be vnderstoode, take héede the enimy teach thée not to say within thy selfe, it is not so, as this word expresseth (for how should it be so?) and suche lyke. But if thou beléeue God, beléeue his word also, and say vnto the enimie: Come behinde me sathan. For I know thée not. The worde of God is a pure worde, as tryed siluer, clensed, and purged from the earth seauen folde, and in it, is no peruerse matter, other else haulting, as the prouerbe is, but all things therein séeme good in the wise mans sight, and are

righteous before them, that finde know∣ledge, and I truely am a foole, and knowe not the scriptures, but well vnderstande, they are spiritually written. For the apostle sayeth: that the lawe is spirituall. Then looke vp towardes heauen, saying these wordes: Lorde I beleue thy worde, and doe not gaine say it, but I trust in the worde of thy holy spirite. Preserue me therefore, O lorde, that I may finde fauour in thy sight. For I séeke none other thing, but only to be saued. Oh mercifull father, that I maye ob∣taine thy grace, and fauour. For thine is the kingdome, and mercie for euer, and euer. Amen.

Peroratio.

I Beséeche you therefore brethren, déerely beloued in the lorde, that ye endeuour your selues to haue these things daylie in memorie, I meane, faith, hope, charitie, and humilitie, that they may be sealed vp by prayers vnto God, and meditations of holy scriptures. For if you haue those things, and doe abound in them, they will not leaue you emptie, and barren touching the knowledge of Iesus Christ.

For the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man, which hath not those things, but neglecteth his owne saluation, is blind, groping the waye with his hande, forgetting that he is cleansed from his olde sinnes, and it shall happen vnto him, as it is sayde in the true prouerbe: The dogge is returned againe vnto his domite, and the washed swine vnto his dur••ie puddle. They therefore, that haue escaped the pollutions of the worlde, as it is written, and haue re∣nounced them in there baptisme, and are come vnto the knowledge of our lord Iesus Christ, and are afterwards againe entang∣led with them, there ende shall bée worse, than there beginning. For it had bene bet∣ter for them, not to haue knowne the waye of truth, then when they haue knowne it, to returne backe againe vnto the things, which were forsaken. Let vs therfore, being the déere and faythfull seruauntes of God, and his christian chosen souldiours, diligent∣lye, and earnestly take vp the foresaide ar∣mour in oure hartes, and not haue them in minde by an outwarde showe, that we battayling well, and treading downe al the power of the enimie, may be deliuered from the curse to come vpon the children of vn∣beléefe,

and that we maye finde grace, and mercie in that horrible daye, before the iust iudge, which will rewarde euerie man, ac∣cording to his déedes, to whome, with the almightie father, and the holy spirite, belongeth honor, and glory, now, and for euer, world with∣out ende. A∣men.

FINIS.

Notes

• Pacience is the mother of Forti∣tude. Psal. 27.
• Rom. 5.
• Psal. 37. 1. Petr. 2. Iaco. 4.
• 1. Cor. 3.
• Math. 20. Gala. 6.
• Gala. 6.
• 1. Timo. 4
• Psal. 27.
• Cant. 5.
• Ephe. 6. 1. Tessa. 5.
• 1. Petr. 5. 2. Cor. 2.
• Phil. 4.
• Psal. 27.
• 1. Reg. 17.
• 1. Cor. 4.
• The last day.
• Math. 24. Luc. 21. Ioel. 2. EZech. 32. Esay. 13. Ioel. 3. Psal. 97. 1. Tes. 5. 2. Petr. 3.
• Psal. 50.
• 2. Petr. 3.
• Exod. 20.
• The se∣cond cō∣ming of the lord. Psal. 50.
• Loke for this mat∣ter. Sapi. 5.
• Oscae. 13. Iere. 50. Psal. 48. 1. Cor. 1.
• 1. Corin. 1. 2. Petr. 3.
• Math. 25.
• Math. 25.
• Sapi. 5.
• 2. Timo. 4.
• Esay. 60.
• Apoc. 21. Esay. 64. 1. Cor. 2.
• The per∣dition of the wic∣ked.
• Psal. 2.
• Math. 25.
• Psal. 9.
• Esay. 66. Marc. 9. Math. 22.
• Pro. 1.
• Read for this Ec∣clesiastes.
• To feare God is true plea∣sure. Psal. 63.
• Psal. 51.
• 1. Cor. 4.
• Luc. 1.
• The feare of God is a sworde.
• Rom. 3.
• Psal. 73.
• Math. 7.
• God is knowne out of the scrip∣tures. Read for this mat∣ter the second epistle to Timothi. The holy ghost speaketh in the Scrip∣tures.
• †

  Math. 10.
• 2. Petr. 1.
• God is to be praied vnto with the mind. 1. Reg. 1.
• He that cannot reade, or vnderstā∣deth not what he readeth, must re∣sort vnto some wise man.
• †

  Sirach. 6.
• 2. Cor. 6.
• Psal. 119.
• Psal. 42.
• Psal. 119.
• Psal. 50.
• Math. 25.
• Tit. 1.
• Math. 7.
• Math. 13.
• Scripture is attent∣tyfely to be reade with pra∣yer. Psal. 119.
• Rom. 1.
• Psal. 11.
• Rom. 7.
• 2. Petr. 1.
• 2. Petr. 2.
• 2. Petr. 2.
• Ephe. 5. Collos. 3.
• Hebr. 4.
• Rom. 1.