Two sermons, of Jonahs punishmentTwo sermons, of Ionahs punishment

The Papists say, Some thoughts, affections, words, and outward actions, not agreeing with the Law of God, are easily washed away with a little holy-water, &c. they are not deadly, they deserve not the wrath of God, they are but venial. Did you ever read of these venial sins in the Scripture? But think you they have nothing but Scripture? Yes, they have Decrees, they have decretals, the Ceremonies whereof observed, these venial sins are soon pardoned, and they have a Pope that can forgive any sins. Thus they lesson sins, thus they abate the price of sins, and they can buy our sins with money, or redeem them with Masses, and by a little short penance, purchase a large and long pardon.

The Papists say, Some thoughts, affections, words, and outward actions, not agreeing with the Law of God, are easily washt away with a little holy-water, &c. they are not deadly, they deserue not the wrath of God, they are but veniall. Did you euer read of these veniall sinnes in the Scripture? But thinke you they haue nothing but Scripture? Yes, they haue Decrees, they haue decretals, the Ceremonies whereof obserued, these veniall sinnes are soone pardoned, and they haue a Pope that can forgiue any sinnes. Thus they lesson sinnes, thus they abate the price of sinnes, and they can buy our sinnes with money, or redeeme them with Masses, and by a little shorte penance, purchase a large and long pardon.

And as the Mariners, every man thought he was no great sinner: so Jonah thought with himself, Though I be a great sinner, yet am I not so grievous a sinner as these Idolatrous heathens: or if he throughly condemned himself, yet unwilling to be known such a rebel, he thought it may be, it is most likely, they are many, I but one, peradventure therefore the lot will not fall upon me, like a thief, which notwithstanding in his own heart he acknowledge himself guilty of that wherewithal he is charged, yet will not confess, until the matter be throughly sifted, and so clearly proved to his own face in such sort, that he cannot for shame (though with shame he confess,) deny it. Therefore, if God had not sifted out this sinner the better, Jonah would not have been known the man, and the Mariners would still have contended who was the lesser sinner, therefore they consult to cast lots.