The first part of the Christian instruction, and general so[m]me of the doctrine, contained…The firste parte of the Christian instruction, and generall so[m]me of the doctrine, conteyned…

¶ Of the trumpet which did sound in the mount Sinai, & of the meaning thereof and of the blessings and cursings of the law, and of the publishing of the same.

¶ Of the trompet vvhich did sound in the mounte Synay, & of the meanyng therof and of the blessings and cursings of the lavv, and of the publishing of the same.

D. IN like sort this cornet & that trumpet, was a sign and a token of that great trumpet which shall sound at the last day, and shall cause the earth to open, and shall ¹come even to the ears of the dead, which are rotten in the dust of the same, even from the beginning of the world, and shall call both the quick and the dead to judgement. For even as the people were assembled together in the mount ⟨p. 167⟩Sinai by the trumpet that there did sound in like sort in the latter day, all shall be gathered together by the sound of ²the trumpet of that great God, to be judged according to that law which then he gave: We may see the like of the cornets and trumpets which they used to sound in Israel in the year of Jubilee, and when they should gather the people together to hear the law of God. Then when this last trumpet shall sound, of the which these same have been even as figures, every man shall know of what value the blessings are which he hath promised to those which should obey unto his law, and also the curses with the which he threateneth all the rebels and wicked ones. For after that he had spoken on the height of the mountain out of the middest of the smoke, and that he had given the laws, the determinations, the decrees, and the canons of this great council which he held with his people. He gave also the order and manner of his blessings and curses, and maledictions, which afterward likewise were published in great solemnity and majesty, For he commanded that the one ³part of the twelve tribes of Israel should go up to an hill, to rehearse the blessings: and the other should stand upon an other to rehearse the curses, and that the whole multitude should be in a valley, to subscribe and bind them selves openly and solemnly to the observance of the same, in the which obligation we all are comprehended. T. This is not an obligation which a man may discharge with a sum of money.

D. IN like sort this cornette & that trompet, was a signe and a token of that great trompet which shall sounde at the last day, and shall cause the earth to open, and shall ¹come euen to the eares of the deade, which are rotten in the dust of the same, euen from the beginning of the world, and shall call both the quicke and the deade to iudgement. For euen as the people were assembled together in the mounte ⟨p. 167⟩Synay by the trompet that there dyd sound in like sort in the latter day, al shalbe gathered together by the sounde of ²the trumpet of that great God, to be iudged according to that law which then he gaue: We maye see the like of the cornets and trumpets which they vsed to sounde in Israel in the yeare of Iubile, and when they shoulde gather the people together to heare the law of God. Then when thys last trumpet shal sound, of the which these same haue bene euen as figures, euery man shal know of what valewe the blessings are which he hath promised to those which should obey vnto his lawe, and also the cursses with the which he threatneth al the rebels and wicked ones. For after that he had spoken on the height of the mountayne out of the middest of the smoke, and that he had geuen the lawes, the determinations, the decrees, and the canons of thys great councel which he held with hys people. He gaue also the order and maner of his blessinges and cursses, and maledictions, which afterward likewise wer published in great solemnitye and maiestye, For he commaunded that the one ³part of the twelue tribes of Israel should go vp to an hyll, to reherse the blessinges: and the other shoulde stande vpon an other to rehearse the cursses, and that the whole multitude should be in a valley, to subscribe and binde them selues openly and solemnly to the obseruance of the same, in the which obligation we al ar cōprehended. T. Thys is not an obligation which a man may discharge with a summe of money.

1. 1Math. xxv. i. Cor. 15 i. Thes. v. John. v.Math. xxv. i. Cor. 15 i. Thes. v. Iohn. v.
2. 2Levi. 23Leui. 23
3. 3Deut. 27

¶ Of the last and general judgement of God, and of the sentence that shall be given there, without respect of person, as well upon the faithful, as on the infidels.

¶ Of the last and general iudgement of God, and of the sentence that shall be geuen ther, vvithout respect of person, as vvel vpon the faithful, as on the infidels.

D. Therefore it behoveth us to have good regard to our doings in this behalf: for these are no plays of little children, nor lightnings papal, which are but in parchment and paper, and in ink, and in wax, and in lead. There shall be there an other assistance then is that ⟨p. 168⟩of the Council of Trent. There shall be there an other kind of song and melody then in the feast of the Image of Nebuchadnezzar, and in the Popes sessions, the Popes, Cardinals, Bishops, and generals of the Monks, shall not be set there to give the last sentences, nor to pronounce the condemnations, the curses & maledictions against the very disciples of Jesus Christ: nor yet the Emperors, kings, Princes, & their Ambassadors, to execute the judgements of these here: but all these together shall appear there to be themselves judged every man according to his works, ¹by the which they have declared what faith they have had in Jesus Christ. Jesus the very son of God to whom the father hath given all power and all judgement, he shall be ²there set in the glorious throne of this majesty, with all his heavenly Angels, and all his Patriarchs, Prophets, and Apostles, to hold a Council for to hear the last appellations and to revoke all the unjust sentences that have been given against his, and against his truth, which they have followed by the wicked decrees and Councils of tyrants and of his adversaries, and condemn those which have condemned yt innocents, and to absolve such as have been unjustly condemned. It shall be he himself that shall pronounce the sentences, the blessings and the curses, by the which the great beast, and the great whore sitting upon the same, & all those which have borne the mark of the beast, and those which have been drunken with the wine of her fornication, shall ³be condemned, and the innocents delivered, whose blood she hath shed through the aid of the red Dragon: in the which she hath died her garments of purple and scarlet. Then ⁴the beast and all his false Prophets and adherents, shall be thrown into the deep pit, and into the furnace of fire and brimstone, which shall never be quenched: which shall greatly differ from that in the which this cruel beast did roast

nor yet the executioners which light it, least ye thinking ⟨p. 169⟩to flee it, we fall into that everlasting fire, and be delivered into the hands of the hellish tormentors, to be tormented with them and by them everlastingly, and to be shut out from the company of this great king Jesus, and from all his heavenly Court, to dwell eternally in the kingdom of darkness, in that hellish Court and company, so cursed and execrable.

nor yet the executioners which light it, least ye thynking ⟨p. 169⟩to flee it, wee fal into that euerlasting fyre, and be deliuered into the handes of the hellish tormentors, to be tormēted with them and by them euerlastingly, and to be shut out from the company of this great kyng Iesus, and from all his heauenly Courte, to dwel eternally in the kingdome of darkenesse, in that hellish Court and company, so curssed and execrable.

¶ Of the sanctification and preparation that God did require of his people, when he would give them his law, & of the same that is required of us to prepare us to receive his word.

¶ Of the sanctification and preparacion that God did require of hys people, vvhen he vvould giue them his lavv, & of the same that is required of vs to prepare vs to receyue hys vvoord.

T. Seeing that it is so, we ought then to give good ear to understand what is commanded us in that law, ¹and to hear it with great honour and reverence. D For that cause God before he descended into the mount, commanded that his people should be sanctified to receive him, and that they should prepare them selves two days before, and that they should wash their clothes, and that they should come near no woman, wherein he declared that all uncleanliness and filthiness abhorred him: & y• to draw near unto him, and to hear and understand his voice, it was requisite to bring thither a hart and a mind separated and free from all earthly things, and wholly dedicated to him, and rapt in him. For he hath no respect to apparel, but by his outward cleanliness and honesty, he would give us to understand what the inward ought to be, and would us to understand that if a foul and a filthy garment do offend and loath a man, then by greater reason hath he just occasion to be offended with our hearts, & with out filthy souls and consciences, being vile and infected with sin. And for so much as they be such, and that the law was given to warn us thereof, and that we ought to seek for our cleanness in him, he commanded that cere money. In like sort, because that marriage is his ordinance, ⟨p. 170⟩and that it is honourable in all estates, and the bed undefiled: we may not therefore think that he condemned it when he ²did forbid the people to be conversant with their wives for the space of two days. For if it were not holy and honest, he would no more suffer it in other days, then in those days: but in showing us that it was expedient for us to abstain even from those pleasures which were lawful, and which he himself doth permit unto us, when we will be occupied in meditation and prayer, and in the hearing of his word, & in other holy things, to the end that we should be wholly void & separate from all earthly thoughts & affections, to y• end y• they might wholly give them selves unto him: he giveth us perfectly to understand how much more necessary it is to abstain from all unlawful pleasures, & from all filthiness & villainy. It is also y• cause why that S. Paul doth permit those

¶ Of the fastings and abstinences, and of the differences of days and meats which they observe in the Popish, church, and of their original and foundation, and of the default that therein is.

¶ Of the fastinges and abstinences, and of the differences of daies and meates vvhyche they obserue in the Popish, churche, and of their originall and foundation, and of the defaulte that therin is.

T. I Do think also that for the like purpose it was ordained in the old time to fast the Advent, the Lent, the Vigils, and the four Embers, and to abstain from certain meats the Fridays and Saturdays, for to dispose and prepare men through abstinence the more willingly to hear the word of GOD, and to prayer, and to the communion of the Sacraments, as well on the Sundays, as on other holy days, and chiefly on the most solemn days: as on Christmas day, Easter, and Whitsunday. D. It is like to be true. But all be it that it may be alleged that this was ordained for a good entente, yet notwithstanding there ⟨p. 171⟩was a great fault in so doing, because that those which were Authors of such traditions were so hardy, not only to give such laws to the Church, by their own authority with out the expressed word of GOD, but also to make them perpetual, and by them to put difference between day and day, and between one meat and the other, and to make the Church subject to those observations which are more then Jewish, and those which have added unto it the opinion of desert, and have bound them upon the pain of deadly sin, yea and have done worse: for they have defaced and blotted the benefits of Jesus Christ, causing men by these means to trust and to put the hope of their salvation in meats and days, and in their works, where they ought only to put it in Jesus Christ.

T. I Do thynke also that for the lyke purpose it was ordayned in the olde tyme to faste the Aduente, the Lente, the Vigiles, and the fowre Imbers, and to abstayne from certayne meates the Fridayes and Saterdayes, for to dispose and prepare men throughe abstinence the more willinglye to heare the woorde of GOD, and to prayer, and to the communion of the Sacramentes, as well on the Sondayes, as on other holye dayes, and chiefely on the moste solempne dayes: as on Christmas daye, Easter, and Whitsondaye. D. It is lyke to bee true. But al beit that it maye bee alledged that thys was ordayned for a good entente, yet notwithstandyng there ⟨p. 171⟩was a greate faulte in so doyng, because that those which were Authours of suche traditions were so hardye, not onelye to geue suche lawes to the Churche, by their owne authoritie wyth oute the expressed woorde of GOD, but also to make them perpetual, and by them to put difference betwene daye and daye, and betwene one meate and the other, and to make the Churche subiecte to those obseruations whiche are more then Iewyshe, and those whiche haue added vnto it the opinion of deserte, and haue bounde them vppon the payne of deadlye synne, yea and haue done worse: for they haue defaced and blotted the benefytes of Iesus Christ, causyng men by these meanes to truste and to put the hope of theyr saluation in meates and dayes, and in their workes, where they oughte onelye to put it in Iesus Christ.

¶ Of the sobriety, abstinence, and honesty that is required of the Christians in their assembles in the Church.

¶ Of the sobrietie, abstinence, and honestye that is requyred of the Christians in their assembles in the Church.

T. And if that those men have committed a fault on their part, ought not we also on our side to take good heed, least that we taking in hand to amend this fault, should fall into an other extremity, as many do even at this day? D. You say very well: for if we think the superstitious abstinences of the Papists worthy of blame, let us not think to correct them by gluttony and drunkenness and other dissolutions: but let us endeavour our selves to bring them to a true sobriety, abstinence and Christian chastity. Wherefore at what soever time, and when we shall either take in our hands the book of the holy Scriptures, thereby to understand of the will of GOD, or else that we come together in the Church to hear his voice, by the holy Ministry of his word, or else to communicate and be partakers of his holy sacraments, and of the prayers which are there made, ⟨p. 172⟩we ought to go with no less reverence, ne yet to prepare our selves in none other sort, then if we should hear ¹God with his own mouth speak out of the cloud, and out of the great smoke which was in the Mount of Sinai, and that we did hear the great thunders, and the lightnings that were then seen. For even the same God which then did there speak, is even he that speaketh at this present day in his Church, and shall judge us according to that law which he hath published there. And albeit that he speaketh unto us now more familiarly and more lovingly then he then did: yet notwithstanding let us not think that he is of less power and force, then he then was. But in that that he useth such gentleness and benignity toward us, the punishment shall be so much the greater upon us, if we do abuse the same. If we will understand how we ought to guide and govern our selves, we must clean to the resolution of this Council, and to the decrees and ordinances which we have received.

T. ANd if that those men haue commytted a faulte on their parte, oughte not we also on our syde to take good heede, least that we takyng in hande to amend thys faulte, shoulde fall into an other extremitye, as many do euen at thys day? D. You saye verye well: for if we thinke the superstitious abstinences of the Papistes worthye of blame, let vs not thynke to correcte them by gluttonye and dronkennesse and other dissolutions: but let vs endeuoure oure selues to brynge them to a true sobrietie, abstinence and Christian chastitie. Wherefore at what soeuer tyme, and when wee shall eyther take in oure handes the booke of the holye Scriptures, thereby to vnderstand of the wyll of GOD, or elles that we come together in the Church to heare hys voyce, by the holy Ministery of hys worde, or els to communicate and be partakers of hys holy sacraments, and of the prayers which are there made,

¶ Of the Council that was holden in the Mount Zion, and of the conference of the same with that which was holden in the Mount Sinai: and of Moses, and of Jesus Christ, and of the Ministry of the law, and of the Gospel.

¶ Of the Councell that vvas holden in the Mounte Syon, and of the conference of the same vvyth that vvhyche vvas holden in the Mounte Synay: and of Moyses, and of Iesus Christe, and of the Ministery of the lavve, and of the Gospell.

T. This is a goodly Council, and of great authority: but thou saidst that there was yet an other in the land of Canaan and of Judea, and in especial in the Mount of Zion by the very Son of GOD. I would be very glad that thou wouldest declare unto me also what that was. D. That Council doth even so much excel the other, as Jesus Christ ¹doth excel Moses, and the Master of the house, the servant. For though that GOD him self did speak in proper person in both, yet notwithstanding he hath ⟨p. 173⟩showed him self this second time in a sort much more authentic and more excellent, more amiable and agreeable to the weakness of mans nature: then ever he did since the beginning of the world. For when he showed himself in the mount Sinai, the people did not see his ²face nor shape, nor did see or hear any thing, but such as were horrible and fearful. It was not lawful for them to do so much as to come to the mountain, or to touch the uttermost part thereof, with out danger of death, and to be stoned or stricken through with arrows, were it man or beast. Therefore, the people being greatly amazed and afraid, desired Moses to be ³as a mean between GOD and them, and to declare unto them his will and pleasure as his Ambassador, to that end that they mought hear no more that voice of GOD so horrible and fearful: for they thought that they could not hear it again, but that they should all dye, and did much marvel that ever they could hear it with out death. Wherefore GOD knowing the weakness of his people, did promise them to send them a Prophet, even out of the middest of their brethren, like unto Moses, into whose mouth he would put his word, and by ⁴the same he would cause them to hear his voice. This Prophet, according to the testimony of Saint Peter, is Jesus Christ our Lord, of whom the Father himself did say: This is my well beloved son in whom I ⁵have set my whole delight, hear him. And for that cause the Apostle saith writing to the Hebrews, that God hath