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Three godly and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Master John DodThree godlie and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Maister Iohn Dod
Three godly and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Master John Dod: the last by Master Robert Cleaver. Whereunto are annexed, five propositions, or points of doctrine, comprehended in three other sermons, by the same authorThree godlie and fruitful sermons; the two first preached by Maister Iohn Dod: the last by Maister Robert Cleauer. Whereunto are annexed, fiue propositions, or points of doctrine, comprehended in three other sermons, by the same author
London: printed by N. Okes and F. Kingston for William Welby, 1610
THE THIRD SERMON upon the fourteenth Psalm.THE THIRD SERMON vpon the fourteenth Psalme.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But if it be committed, the next remedy is, to 1stand in awe of Gods judgements due unto the same, and so to be led on to true repentance. The best way to escape desperate fear, is, to fright our souls with an holy fear: For if we judge our selves, we shall not be judged of the Lord. Excellent for this purpose, is that answer of Huldah the Prophetess unto good Josiah: Because thine heart 2did melt (saith she) and thou hast humbled thy self before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it should be destroyed, and accursed; and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I have also heard thee saith the Lord. Behold therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers; and thou shalt be put in thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And agreeable to this, is the speech of Habakkuk: When I heard, 3my belly trembled, my lips shook at thy voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my self. But what benefit had he by that? That I might have rest in the day of trouble. So that we see the best way to be quiet and peaceable in our selves in troublesome times, is to be disquiet in our hearts for sin before troubles do approach.
But if it be committed, the next remedy is, to 1stand in awe of Gods iudgements due vnto the same, and so to be led on to true repentance. The best way to escape desperate feare, is, to fright our soules with an holy feare: For if we iudge our selues, we shall not be iudged of the Lord. Excellent for this purpose, is that answere of Huldah the Prophetesse vnto good Iosiah: Because thine heart 2did melt (saith she) and thou hast humbled thy selfe before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants of the same, to wit, that it should be destroyed, and accursed; and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I haue also heard thee saith the Lord. Behold therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers; and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shal not see all the euill that I will bring vpon this place. And agreeable to this, is the speech of Habakkuk: VVhen I heard,