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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.
Object. Oh but it is your own preciseness (will some say) that causeth you to be so much maligned and disliked.
Obiect. Oh but it is your owne precisenes (will some say) that causeth you to be so much maligned and disliked.
Answer. Nay, it is the worlds wickedness, not our strictness; ⟨p. 119⟩otherwise what caused the Prophets of God, the Son of God himself, and his holy Apostles to be so much hated and wronged by ungodly men? They dare not say it was their indiscretion and niceness, or any the like failing on their part, but in trueth the malice of the wicked, which is the very cause why even in these our days Gods people find such hard measure from profane persons.
Answere. Nay, it is the worlds wickednes, not our strictnes; ⟨p. 119⟩otherwise what caused the Prophets of God, the Sonne of God himself, and his holy Apostles to bee so much hated and wronged by vngodlie men? They dare not say it was their indiscretion and nisenesse, or any the like failing on their part, but in trueth the malice of the wicked, which is the very cause why euen in these our daies Gods people finde such hard measure from prophane persons.
Secondly, let this teach us not to be discouraged, albeit wicked sinners think and speak the worst of us: our goodness, not our badness is the occasion thereof, and therefore we should be so far from conceiving the worse of our selves or of our works merely in this respect that they go about to deprave and vilify both us and them, that we should have a better opinion, both of our own persons and actions, as hoping that the Lord doth graciously accept of the one and of the other, because the vilest sins do most of all dislike them, and seek by all means to fasten infamy and disgrace upon them. Do we then trust in God, & do sinful persons deride our simplicity in that behalf, and tell us that we shall be overthrown, and never be long able to hold up our heads? let us rest on the Lord still, & never be dismayed at their mischievous and malicious speeches, & attempts against us, knowing and assuring our souls that they that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, that