An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet JonahAn ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas

The means how God saveth the afflicted be unknown unto man, and man should not be curious to search to much for the knowledge of them, but commend them to God. For many times God useth those for life, that man judgeth should lead unto death. So was Jonah saved by the devouring mouth of the whale, which seemed unto Jonah reason rather a present means unto death. So used ⟨image 86⟩he the crib of Moses, And the wonderful passage of the children of Israel through the read sea. If we purge and cleanse our knowledge, religion, and manners, the lord will find means sufficient to save us: which we may not appoint to our selves but commend them to the providence of God. For by the same ways that we seek many times the favour of God, and our commodity, we find his displeasure, and our own destruction. As Saul did .i. Regum .xv. that sacrificed without the commandment of God, purchased the severe, and just ire of God. The Israelites that of good meaning and intention fasted, ⟨p. lxxviii⟩zacha .vii. and sought by that means gods good will, they found his displeasure. Cayp has sought by counsel Iho. xi. to have oppressed the proceedings of Christ, and oppressed him self, & the whole state of the common wealth also. Cicero Rome, Demosthenes Athens, each put their commune wealth in danger, by their best advised counsel, for the preservation thereof. And so shall all the Jonasses, extortioners, oppressors, deceivers, flatterers, and other of this Realm, come into extreme poverty by the same means they seek riches: for the curse of God can not suffer evil gotten goods, & possessions long to prosper.

The meanes howe God saueth the afflicted be vnknowē vnto man, and manne shoulde not be curiouse to searche to muche for the knoweledge of theym, but commende theym to God. For manye tymes God vseth those for lyfe, that mā iudgeth shulde leade vnto death. So was Ionas saued by the deuoutynge mouthe of the whale, whyche semed vnto Ionas reason rather a present meanes vnto death. So vsed ⟨image 86⟩he the cribbe of Moyses, And the wounderfull passage of the children of Israel through the reade sea. If we pourge and clense oure knoweledge, religion, and maners, the lord wyll fynde meanes sufficyente to saue vs: whyche we maye not appoynte to oure selues but commende them to the prouydence of God. For by the same wayes yt we seake manye tymes the fauoure of God, and oure commoditye, we find hys dyspleasure, and our own dystruccion. As Saule dyd .i. Regum .xv. that sacriificed wythoute the commaundemente of God, purchased the seuere, and iuste ire of God. The Israelites that of good meanynge and intencion fasted,