Moses,1 Miriam, Aaron, though they tumbled a little, yet received they mercy: yea the people in the wilderness often sinned & displeased God so that ⟨image 44⟩he was purposed to have destroyed them:2 let me alone saith he to Moses, that I may destroy them, but Moses did not let him alone, for he prayed still for them, and therefore God spared them. If the people were spared through Moses prayer, they not praying with him, but rather worshipping their golden calf, eating, drinking, and making jolly good cheer: why shouldest thou doubt, whether God will be merciful to thee: having as in deed thou hast, one much better then Moses to pray for thee and with thee,3 even Jesus Christ who sitteth on the right hand of his father and prayeth for us,4 being no less faithful in his fathers house the church than moses was in the Synagogue.5 David the good King, had a foul foil, when he ⟨image 45⟩committed whoredom, with his faithful servants wife Bethsabe, where unto he added also a mischievous murder, causing her husband his most faithful soldier Uriah to be slain with an honest company of his most valiant men of war, and that with the sword of the uncircumcised. In this his sin though a great while he lay a sleep (as many do now a days, god give them win waking) thinking that by his sacrifices he offered, all was well, God was content: yet at length when the Prophet by a parable had opened the poke and brought him in remembrance of his own sin in such sort, that he gave judgement against him self, then quaked he, his sacrifices had no more taken away his sins, then our sir Johns trentals, ⟨image 45⟩and wagging of his fingers over the heads of such as lye asleep in their since, out of the which when they are awaked, they will well see, it is nether mass, nor matins, blessing, nor crossing will serve? then (I say) he cried out sayinge, peccavi domino, I have sinned sayeth he against my Lord, and good god which hath done so much for me, I caused in deed Uriah to be killed, I have sinned, I have sinned, what shall I do? I have sinned and am worthy of eternal damnation. But what saith God by his Prophete: Dominus (sayth he) transtulit peccatum tuū non morieris, the Lord hath taken away thy since, thou shalt not dye.
Moyses,1 Myriam, Aaron, though they tombled a little, yet receaued they mercye: yea the people in the wyldernesse often synned & displeased God so that ⟨image 44⟩he was purposed to haue destroyed them:2 let me alone sayth he to Moyses, that I maye destroye them, but Moyses dyd not lette hym alone, for he prayed styll for them, and therefore God spared them. Yf the people were spared throughe Moyses prayer, they not praying with him, but rather worshipping theyr golden calfe, eatinge, drinkinge, and makinge ioly good cheare: why shouldeste thou doubte, whether God wyll be mercyfull to thee: hauynge as in dede thou hast, one muche better then Moyses to pray for thee and with thee,3 euen Iesus Christ who sytteth on the right hand of his father and prayeth for vs,4 being no lesse faithful in his fathers house the church thē moses was in the Sinagoge.5 Dauid ye good Kynge, had a foule foyle, when he ⟨image 45⟩committed whoredom, with hys faythful seruauntes wyfe Bethsabe, where vnto he added also a mischeuous murder, causing her husband hys most faythfull souldiour Vrye to be slayne with an honest company of his most valiaunt mē of warre, and that with the swearde of the vncircumcisised. In this hys synne thoughe a great whyle he laye a slepe (as many do now a dayes, god geue them wynne waking) thinking that by hys sacrifices he offered, all was well, God was content: yet at length when the Prophet by a parable had opened the poke and brought hym in remēbraūce of his owne synne in such sorte, yt he gaue iudgement agaynst hym self, thē quaked he, his sacryfices hadde no more taken awaye his sinnes, then our syr Iohns trentals, ⟨image 45⟩and waggynge of his fyngers ouer the heades of suche as lye aslepe in theyr synnes, out of the whiche when they are awaked, they wyl well se, it is nether masse, nor mattens, blessyng, nor crossyng wyll serue? then (I say) he cryed out sayinge, peccaui domino, I haue synned sayeth he agaynst my Lorde, and good god whiche hath doone so muche for me, I caused in dede Vrye to be kylled, I haue synned, I haue sinned, what shall I dooe? I haue synned and am worthye of eternall dampnatiō. But what sayth God by his Prophete: Dominus (sayth he) transtulit peccatum tuū non morieris, the Lorde hath taken awaye thy synnes, thou shalt not dye.
- 1Num. xi
- 2Exod. 32
- 3Ro. viij
- 4Hebr. iij.
- 5ii. Re. •i.
