Certain sermons preached before the Queens Majesty, and at Pauls crossCertaine sermons preached before the Queenes Maiestie, and at Paules crosse

So Christ, when he saw the temple of God foully and unseemly abused: that they made the holy place, a place for their unlawful and unhonest game by usury: that they turned Religion into robbery, sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and kept their banks for exchange in the temple: when the Priests and Levites, which should serve God, were become merchants, and served them selves: when the temple or house of God, which David purposed, and Solomon finished, and Hezekiah and Esras, and other Godly Princes preserved, in which was kept the book of the Law, whether all the people assembled together to serve God, was not used like gods house, but like a common fair or market, and was made a den of thieves: When these gross abuses were suffered, and things were let run to such extremities, and all this under pretence of holiness, as if it were not only lawful, ⟨image 70⟩but needs it must be so: moved with zeal, he could not abide it. He made a scourge of small cords, & drove them all out of the temple, ¹and poured out the changers money, and overthrew the tables, & said, make not my fathers house a house of merchandise. And his disciples remembered that it was written, the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. This was no frantic or melancholy passion, neither in Moses, nor in David, nor in Christ. Moses ²was a very meek man above all that were on the earth. David was a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. And Christ said, learn of me, for I am humble and meek. When his disciples James & John, grew wrathful against the Samaritans that would not receive him, and said, Lord, wilt ³thou that we command that fire come down from heaven, & consume them, even as Elijah did? He turned about and rebuked them & said, ye know not of what spirit you are. Yet through zeal for Gods house, Christ whipped out the buyers and sellers, David shed forth tears abundantly, and Moses dashed in pieces the tables of Gods commandments. Al men ought to be patient & gentle in matters appertaining to them selves: but in Gods cause, no man must yield or be patient.

So Christ, when he sawe the temple of God fowly and vnseemely abused: that they made the holy place, a place for their vnlawfull and vnhanest game by vsurie: that they turned Religion into robberie, solde oxen, sheepe, and doues, and keept their bankes for exchaunge in the temple: when the Priestes and Leuites, whiche shoulde serue God, were become marchantes, and serued them selues: when the temple or house of God, which Dauid purposed, and Salomon finished, and Ezechias and Esras, and other Godly Princes preserued, in whiche was kept the booke of the Law, whether al the people assembled together to serue God, was not vsed lyke gods house, but like a common faire or market, and was made a denne of theiues: When these grosse abuses were suffered, and things were let runne to such extremities, and al this vnder pretence of holines, as if it were not onely lawfull,