Certain Sermons or Homilies (First Book of Homilies)

¹The murmuring Israelites, had that they longed for: they had quails enough, yea, till they were weary of them. But what was the end thereof: their sweet meat had sour sauce: even whiles the meat was in their mouths, the plague of God lighted upon them, & suddenly they died. So, if we live ungodly, & God suffereth us to follow our own wills, to have our own delights & pleasures, & correcteth us not with some plague, it is no doubt, but he is almost utterly displeased with us. And although it be long or he strike, yet many times, when he striketh such persons, he striketh them at once, for ever. So, that when he doth not strike us, when he ceaseth to afflict us, to punish or beat us, & suffereth us to run headlong into all ungodliness, & pleasures of this world, that we delight in without punishment & adversity, it is a dreadful token ⟨image 52⟩loveth us no longer, that he careth no longer for us, but hath given us over, to our own selves.

¹The murmuryng Israelites, had that they longed for: they had quayles enough, yea, til they were wery of thē. But what was ye end therof: their swete meate had soure sauce: euē whiles the meat was in theyr mouthes, ye plague of God lighted vpō thē, & sodainely they died. So, if we liue vngodly, & God suffreth vs to folowe our awne wylles, to haue our awne delightes & pleasures, & correcteth vs not wt some plague, it is no doubt, but he is almost vtterly displeased wt vs. And although it be long or he strike, yet many tymes, whē he striketh such persons, he striketh thē at once, for euer. So, yt when he doth not stryke vs, when he ceaseth to afflict vs, to punysh or beate vs, & suffreth vs to rūne hedlinges into al vngodlines, & pleasures of thys world, yt we delight in wtout punyshmēt & aduersitie, it is a dreadfull tokē ⟨image 52⟩loueth vs no lēger, that he careth no lenger for vs, but hath geuen vs ouer, to our awne selfes.

1. 1Nume. x•.