A sermon of repentance a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in…A sermon of repentaunce a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in…

THE occasion of these words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, was because there were certain that showed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their own Sacrifices: That is, murdered them as they were sacrificing: and so their blood was mingled with the blood of the beasts which were sacrificed. Those men therefore, though that these Galileans were greater sinners then all other Galileans, because they had suffered such things. And that those xviii. also, upon whom the Tower in Siloam fell and slue them, were sinners above all men, that dwelt in Jerusalem. Wherein they did utter a secret corruption naturally engendered in all men, that is very sharply to see into the sins of others, & severely to censure them: but in the mean ⟨image 4⟩while to flatter themselves, & to be blindfold in seeing their own sins. For these men thought, because the like judgments did not fall upon them, therefore they were safe enough, they were not so great sinners but rather highly in the favour of GOD. According as many do falsely suppose, that those are always the worst sort of people whom God doeth most strike, and press with his punishing hand, having forgotten that God doeth not keep an ordinary rate here below, to punish every man as he is worst, or to favour and cocker him as he is best, but only taketh some examples as he thinketh good, for the instruction and advertisement of all others, and to be as it were looking glasses, wherein every man may see his own face, yea, and his own cause handled, & that God is a severs revenger of sin, that all men may learn by the example of some, to tremble & beware, least peradventure they be worthily constrained to keep their own turns, and to know what they have deserved. These men which brought these news to our Saviour Christ, had not taken forth this lesson, whereupon our Saviour in justly ⟨image 4⟩occasioned to correct their erroneous, and sinister Judgement, and to teach them that they must not rejoice at the just punishment of others, but rather to be instructed thereby to repentance.

THE occasion of these wordes of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe, was bicause there were certayne that shewed him of the Galileans, whose bloud Pilate had mingled with their owne Sacrifices: That is, murthered them as they were sacrificing: and so their bloude was mingled with the bloud of the beastes whiche were sacrificed. Those men therefore, though that these Galileans were greater sinners then all other Galileans, because they had suffered suche thinges. And that those xviii. also, vppon whome the Tower in Siloam fell and slue them, were sinners aboue all men, that dwelte in Hierusalem. Wherein they did vtter a secret corruptiō naturally ingendred in all men, that is verie sharply to see into the sinnes of others, & seuerely to censure thē: but in the meane