The fixed saint held forth in a farewell sermon preached at Mary-Aldermanbury, London, August…The fixed saint held forth in a farwell sermon preached at Mary-Aldermanbury, London, August…

Take heed of slighting the Gospel: this brought Queen Mary's persecution, as many learned and godly men that fled for Religions sake out of the Land, have confessed their unthankfulness for, and unfruitfulness under the Gospel in King Edward the sixth's time, brought the persecution in Queen Mary's time.

Take heed of slighting the Gospel: this brought Queen Maries persecution, as many learned and godly men that fled for Religions sake out of the Land, have confessed their unthankfulnesse for, and unfruitfulnesse under the Gospel in King Edward the sixth's time, brought the persecution in Queen Maries time.

11. Take heed of losing your first Love: that makes God threaten to take away his Candlestick.

12. Take heed of profaning the Christian Sabbath, which is much profaned every where; a day that Christ by his resurrection from the dead hath consecrated, to be kept holy to God: Certainly, if the Jews were so severely punished for breaking the Sabbath, which was set apart in memory of the Creation, surely God will severely punish those that break the Sabbath set apart in memory of Christs Resurrection. May be some will say, I have committed many of these sins, but am not brought into any strait. Remember it was nine months after David had numbered the people, before he was in this strait: but as sure as God is in heaven, sin will bring straits sooner or later; though a sinner a hundred years, yet shall he be accursed: may be thy posterity makes way for thy damnation: and this is thy greatest distress, ⟨p. 16⟩that thou goest on in sin and prosperity.

12. Take heed of prophaning the Christian Sabbath, which is much prophaned every where; a day that Christ by his resurrection from the dead hath consecrated, to be kept holy to God: Certainly, if the Jews were so severely punished for breaking the Sabbath, which was set apart in memory of the Creation, surely God will severely punish those that break the Sabbath set apart in memory of Christs Resurrection. May be some will say, I have committed many of these sins, but am not brought into any strait. Remember it was nine months after David had numbred the people, before he was in this strait: but as sure as God is in heaven, sin will bring straits sooner or later; though a sinner a hundred yeares, yet shall he be accursed: may be thy posterity makes way for thy damnation: and this is thy greatest distress,