A Sermo1lpreached at !'auls Crofs by R. Wimbeldon. 627 { ~:~~ } ,' ~~~l~~~:;~~~~:. ch~r;a~tt:o1~~rPt·~\ili~~~~ : ;~~ d~~::pit,H:~;;c~~~~~Sa~~?A:~:~~ge~te~orta.':g~~ -l~•.ll-• "That 0 0 D fitffcred this holy man to ~ve that lick- 'every man drcde _the day of his death. For in what fiate : ~· c~!;~ ~ffu ~~~~:~ ~0 0Cfc~~~~1e1~~~!e~ : ~v~~d~ ~~:t ;t: w~:e~~~;~~·b~~~~1c~c ~~~~~ 0 Ws '>fo:!:c~ 'a1Juibubtio 11 eo wicked men, and for two cauli:s : 'Hercforc feyth chewife tmn; Sonne thinkconrhylaft • Firft, for chat they lh.oukl ~he IJth~r dread God, and 'dayc, a~d thou /halt n~tt limte. Ther~forc I rede t~at : !:~i~J1i~.~i~~~d ~er:1 ~~"'~~~e I/:( ~~c~:sw~~ ~~; : ~hfa_rdc~~~~t.\~~1r 1~~~: ~:/11 ~~v~~~~~~~~~d~1r;,r~~lr; I:g~:!:' 'wefeeoftmenin licknefsknow then- G OD, that ne- 'whtchallmen!lJallcome together, and chislhallbeuJu· 1 ver would have turned to him while they had been 'verfal. And right as eo the other doome, every man ' whole. Alfo God fendeth t~m lickndS oft to agafi ' fhall be clcpcd wi<h thefe thue f~mnours; fo eo thisdome 'orher.mcn, left they fOllow the1r lin.. As t!_te fickndS 1 allthisworld(hall bccleped wllh three geileral clepm. 'of King .lfnti()Che, whom G OD fmoce w1th fu~h a 'AndrightastheotherthrttMeffengerstdlamansend,for0 a_.... ; [~'}~ 1~;~~~~~~~he f~~~:kfo1~~ ~~l~~~~~':~; : ~~~~Jd;; 1 ~c~~~:dt~ ~~~0~~~~ 1shfec~~~n~k;:u~ ~~~ ~=;~d: : ~~e~~ry ~h~~; ~:th~~~fe,f~~;o~~ufuffei:· ~:~~~~-~ : ~~::wisb;~h~;~y aJ!l~n~~~~e~ efJe ~':~,~~~~:U ~~ . • ' flinch , t'!te~t he bt:gan to know h1mfdf, and fa1d, It 1.1 ' lhalt know b_y tO~eJlS fill~llmg, a~td ht$ end thou !hale : 7!rbt"';j/j/:}fi/1 #11~; ~e~ ~itb11~oj /:~;j{h:~; : ~:~: ~~~~~W,~~;:t•b~'ch!t:~a~:.~~- t~le~k~ <faith, He asked mercy Of G 0 D,_ and made a vow ro , tJ_ut ~teof k~ude f~)'lte; that a ~y 1_5 hcke, when ' God, that he: would make the C1ty of 1trufaltm free:, hiS bodLiy heace IS too ltre, or wh~l hiS unkmddy heate i$ • and the Jn»s to make them as free 3s the men of ' t?=' m~h. Sythe then all mankmde is one body, whofe 'Atbms; andduthe would honour GODS Temple 'kmdebe hcatt is cturiry(thatis, love to GOD and to ·~ith pretious ary, and multiply rhe_holyVdfel5, and 'our Neighbours) unkindelyh.:are islufifulloveto Otbtr ' l~n of his own re-nt and fpeno:s perteming to the Sacri· ' crcuures. When therefore thou fu~ t~at the love of men 'ti<:e, And he would become: a 1nv, andgooverali 'toGodwardandtotherrneighbourJSimleandf.tint,and 'thclond to preach Gods might. And yetGod~fe hi'!l 'the kwe of worldly things and lnftcsof rh~fldh is great t not fi.1ch me'rcy as he de-fired. And 1 crow catam rhat It ' and fervent ; the-n wit thou ' ' 'ell, char unkmddy heate is ~was for good. hu~moch as G 0 D knew he wool~ • too ~at, and _kindly hc:ace is too link. That this_ beac· 'not aftaward hold Ius C<Jvc-n~1t, or dfe for he asket ~t ' kno~hch of thiS fickendS, 1 may prove by authonty of ~too l::tte, What meedc: was1t ~orhimroforfake hiS t~hrift. Forhe himfelfegavethemasafig~ ofthedraw· 'wkked.nefs ~when he was ummghty to do good or 'mg_co rheendof ~hc-Wor!d: For that wlckedndSfhall '~i l. Neverthclefs, I trow he was not dlmn_ed, i_n _as 'be m ple!liY, d1a~Jty ~all acoole. Thmfore when thou ' much as he had fuch repentance; for repenta~ce m th1s l1fe ' ftt!l chamy thus htde m _the world, and wicked.nefs en- ' come never too late if it be true. Bur by thiS Vengeance 'crcfe, know well that thiS world JXlffc-th and his wealth, ~that GOD took on this King, fhould men fee, what 'and_rhat this!umncriscome. And rhnskythS. Paul, : ~e~.~h:,~~~~ 11~i~~n~~m:c1h: a~~~/ ~r~~~t~ : ~~ y~n~~~~er!~uibct~;!fi ~~~~~~t:~~.~~~~ 'thathethatfutfereth this deadly, fhall ne«<sdte. For 'to fay, their bochcs, covetous by pnde, unobtdJentto ' though he m:~.y skape of his licknefs, yet h~ may not 'Facha and Mo1her, unkyude fe]~)11S, ~ithouten aff~ ' sklpe death. And fo thou mufl needs come: gtve recken- ' on, without~n peace, .hiamers, UlCOtltm~lt, unmilde, < ing of thy Bail)'. The ftcOnd Somnor that fhal! ckpt 'withoutenbemgnity, traitOrs, rebels, fwelliu~, lovers of 'thr.e tothisparcicubr dome, iselde or age. ~nd the 'luilsmorethanofGod., havingalikrnefS ot piety, and ~~ <condition of him is dUs, though that he rarie w1th r'!«, 'denyh1g the venue- thmot: ~nd thefc: fkc. ~hou. ~f !fr'~" : ~at'~i~ca~~l~ ~~ :~:; ~~~n:~~~~t ~~~ :~:/~~; : ~= ~~:~t t!~a~1fi~~~~~:;!\:~er~cna~1~~~o~d: • this Somnor wuh them, they take none heed, though 'that the-day of reckonmg drawcrh toward. 'they f« her hear~. her OOck crooked, her breth ftmk, '1l1c ftcOnd fumnour, tlut warneth all the world, is c her tttth fai~ her yen derk, her vif:~.ge ri.vely, her crene 'elde or a~ ~f the world and his feeblmefs, and fhewes : ;;::~t~t"/~ :heh::?hat mean~th all thiS, but that age : r:r!~~~~h~.ow~~ t~!lO;h~;;~et:~i~et:r ~~~~ 'But what more madhead maybe thana man to be ' th_ain Trinity hathput on his own po~er, rofhewcer.Lu!uz.o~ 'deped, and draw to fo dreadful a reckening there, 'tt~ndytheday,year, orherhoure of th1sdome, _fiththis 'whaebuthe anfwc-re wdl, ht forfetethbothbody and 'knowlechwash1dfrorhe privyApofHes ofChnfi, and • (~le to damnation for ~er ~ If feei n.g a little worldly '~m Chrillsman_hood as eo fhe~ i; to us. Nathkfs, we . ' m1rthon theway, hethh1k~thfo mektlthere<m, tharhe ' u10ughbyamhontyof holyWnt, withreafons, and ex· 'forgetcc:th who draw~hhim, or whether_he draweth: 'politionsofSaints well and openly fhew, that this day 'So doth he that is fmmen with Age a~d hketh fo on ~e ' of wrath is ni~h : _Bur yet_l(fl any man fey inhis heart as 'falfe worlds wealth, tha t he forgetteth whether he IS ' itiswrittm ot fOlhe bayiJtS, that they fhall feim, my 'away: Hereforc faith an holy Dodoor, that among all 'Lord,thatis, taryeth to come toche dome, and upon hope ~cor.t~ 'abufions of the world mofi is of an old man that is 00.. ' hereol he t:.~keth to fmit~ fe_rv.tnts and hynen of God, ' fiinatc : for he thinketh not o_n his outgoing of this ' ta.~t and ~rinke and make h1m dronke, 1 !hall fhew that 'world, ne of p;Uling into the hfe that is tO come : he ' t~1s day IS at the ~nd ; how ny neverthdts can 1 not 'bear~thMdfengersof death, and helevethhemnot, and 'fc:u:ne.,.,'Oie. For 1f Paulfaid nowefor arhoufandand cbtif•ft1""4 "thecaufeisthis, for therhreefold cord that fuchanold 'thrtthundredyc-arc, andp:Uf«lmoe; webenthilkein- 'm:mis bounden with is hard to breke. This cord is 'towhomthemdisofthe world.bmcome, mochrather ccullome, thatisofthreeplightes,thatis,ofydlethought, 'may we feie the fame that bt-en fomuch nmetheend 'unhondl fpeech, and wkked d~: the which if they <than he was. AlfoS. ChrJfoJfomt &irh; thou fttfi over ~ growech in a man from the ch!ldhoode into mans age, ' alldarknes, an~ thou doutdl that the day is goe, firfi: 'they makethatrcblecord to bindthf:old. man on cufiom 'on the valeys 1sdarkmfs whan the day drawtthdownE{AJ· :~::·her~~W:~t';h~~ea~hfx~~a~~~i~~~ : :h~dd~u:~~~~h~:her \~~ ~~~ ;;~~~~~~r~kk! ~ fumned, that thru might not !Ope, that thou ne !bait ' the S~n fo low that derk1ItS is upon the ~ ~ Is, thou 'ydd thc-re_ckmingofthy bail)'. '"_\"Oltfe~edoubtlcsthat it is night : ~ightfo, 1fth_ouke Tbt t\W '. Th~tlurd~omn(rtothisreckening, is death, And the ' tirllintheSacularsandthckwd Chrttlenmm lxgmneth 5?'• : :11:::J~~~~7a~w~:revh;h:Cco{p::rc~~~~~~~ : ~~k~;~~t:~ ~~~hl ~nd~~~. t~~a;~~h~ 3~~Ae,~i:~A~ : :~k;chlhJ~~~~l~hy~t~d~~~;~~i~;~r~~ 1~~ ~~~~ :%~~:1~ntJ1~~~t~~~~1 t~~e~~~~~~:~;;i1~i~~ Gmm1u6f. Ogg l liYill£)
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