A03519:113
Certain Sermons or Homilies (First Book of Homilies)
Certain sermons, or homilies appointed by the kings Majesty, to be declared and read, by all persons, vicars, or curates, every Sunday in their churches, where they have cure. Anno 1547.Certayne sermons, or homelies appoynted by the kynges Maiestie, to be declared and redde, by all persones, vicars, or curates, euery Sondaye in their churches, where they haue cure. Anno 1547.
London: printed by Richard Grafton printer to his most royal Majesty, 1547London: printed by Rychard Grafton printer to his moste royall Maiestie, 1547
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Now, if this gentle monition and commination together, do not serve, then god will show his terrible ⟨image 51⟩countenance upon us, he will pour intolerable plagues upon our heads, & after, he will take away from us, all his aid & assistance, wherewith before he did defend us, from all such manner of calamity. As the Evangelical prophet Isaiah,1 agreeing with Christs parable, doth teach us, saying:2 That God had made a goodly vineyard, for his beloved children: he hedged it, he walled it round about, he planted it with chosen vines, & made a Turret in the midst thereof, & therein also a wine press. And when he looked, that it should bring him forth good grapes, it brought forth wild grapes: and after it followeth: Now shall I show you, (sayeth God) what I will do with my vineyard. I will pluck down the hedges, that it may perish: I will break down the walls, that it may be trodden under foot: I will let it lie wast, it shall not be cut, it shall not be digged, but briers and thorns shall overgrow it, & I shall command the clouds, that they shall no more rain upon it.
Now, if this gentle monicion and comminacion together, do not serue, then god will shewe his terrible ⟨image 51⟩countenaūce vpō vs, he will powre intollerable plagues vpon our hedes, & after, he wyll take away frō vs, all hys ayde & assistence, wherwith before he did defend vs, from all such maner of calamitie. As the Euāgelical prophet Esaye,1 agreyng with Christes parable, doth teache vs, saiyng:2 That God had made a goodly vineyarde, for hys beloued children: he hedged it, he walled it rounde about, he plāted it with chosen vynes, & made a Turret in the myddes therof, & therein also a wine presse. And when he loked, that it should bryng hym furth good grapes, it brought furth wylde grapes: and after it foloweth: Now shall I shew you, (saieth God) what I will do with my vyneyarde. I wil pluck doune the hedges, that it may perysh: I will breake downe the walles, that it may be trodē vnder fote: I wil let it lie wast, it shall not be cutte, it shall not be didged, but briers and thornes shall ouergrowe it, & I shall cōmaunde the cloudes, that they shall no more rayne vpon it.