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An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet JonahAn ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas
An oversight, and deliberation upon the holy prophet Jonah: made, and uttered before the kings majesty, and his most honourable council, by John Hopper in lent last past. Comprehended in sieve[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.An ouersight, and deliberacion vpon the holy prophete Ionas: made, and vttered before the kynges maiestie, and his moost honorable councell, by Ihon Hoper in lent last past. Comprehended in seue[n] sermons. Anno. M.D.L.
London: printed by John Daye, 1550London: printed by Ihon Daye, 1550
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.
If the clergy, the Bishops and priests, would think upon this pain annexed unto their vocation, ⟨image 95⟩if they do it not truly, faithfully, and as they be commaū dead of God: Sanguinem illorum de manu tua requirā. That is to say: I will require their blood at thy hand. Ezekiel. iii.xxxiii, they would serve the Lord, and use more diligence in their vocation then they do. If the Noble men would think upon this text: the Lord resisteth the proud, and this text Isaiah. v: woo be unto you that join house to house, and field to field. &c. and the lawyers and judges that is written Proverb. xvii. and Math. xxiii, they would not sleep in great rest, nor use the place they be in with such partiality and false head as they do: in case the commune people would think upon ⟨p. lxxxvii⟩the .iii. of Gene. where as labour is commanded, and also .i. Thess. iiii.ii. Tess. iii. they would not forsake labour, and seek weapon and strength to turn and altar the state and order that God hath appointed upon the earth. But this I say to every man of each of those degrees mentioned of, the less they feel the danger of eternal damnation, the nearer they be unto eternal pain, and have already one foot in hell, which shall never come again, but the hole body and soul shall follow except they repent: for no man is farther from heaven, then he that feareth not hell: Nor no man farther from grace, than he that feeleth not the danger of sin, as we see no ⟨image 96⟩man in more dangerous disease, then he that knoweth not him self to be like, as those men be that are fallen into frenzy, and madness. Let us learn with Jonah to know in what danger we be.
If the cleargye, the Byshoppes and pryestes, woulde thynke vpon thys payne annexed vnto theire vocacyon, ⟨image 95⟩if they do it not truelye, faythfully, and as they be commaū ded of God: Sanguinem illorum de manu tua requirā. That is to say: I wyll requiere their bloud at thy hande.