A14146:154
The Parable of the Wicked Mammon
The parable of the wicked mammon Compiled in the year of our lord .M.d.xxxvi. W.T.The parable of the wycked mammon Compiled in the yere of our lorde .M.d.xxxvi. W.T.
Lodon: printed by John day, 1547Lodon: printed by Jhon daye, 1547
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More over when he sayeth he shall receive much more in this world, of a truth yea, he hath received much more all ready. For except he had felt the infinite mercy, goodness, love and kindness of God and the fellowship of the blood of Christ and the comfort of the spirit of ⟨image 56⟩Christ in his heart, he could never have forsaken any thing for Gods sake. Not withstanding (as saith Mark in the. x. Chapter) Who soever for Christs sake and the Gospels forsaketh house, brethren or sisters etc. He shall receive an hundred fold houses, brethren etc, That is spiritually.1 For Christ shall be all things unto thee. The angels, all Christen and who so ever doth the will of the father, shall be father mother, sister and brother unto, thee, and all theirs shall be thine. And God shall take the cure of thee and minister all things unto thee▪ as long as thou •ekyft but his honour only. More over if thou were Lord over all the world, yea of ten2 worlds before thou knewest God: yet was not thine appetite quenched, thou thirstedest for more. But if thou seek his honour only, then shall he slake thy thirst and thou shalt have all that thou desirest, and shall be con•ente: if thou dwell among infidels, and among the most eruelest nation of the world, yet shall he be a father unto thee and shall defend thee, as he did Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all saints whose lives thou readest in the scripture. For all that are past and gone before are but ensamples to strength our faith & trust in the word of God.3
More ouer when he sayeth he shall receiue much more in this world, of a truth yea, he hath receiued muche more al redi. For excepte he had felte the infinite mercy, goodnes, loue and kyndnes of God and the feloweshyppe of the bloude of Christe and the comfort of the spirite of ⟨image 56⟩Christ in hys herte, he coulde neuer haue forsaken any thinge for Gods sake. Not withstādinge (as sayth Marke in the. x. Chapter) Who soeuer for Christes sake and ye Gospels forsaketh house, brethern or systers etc. He shall receyue an hūdrede folde houses, bretherne etc, That is spiritually.