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

So did the Jews before us, & so do they in these days now, that for every disease, they have a sundry god and patron. For the pestilence S, Roch, for the war S. Barbara, In this danger of Idolatry be all they that call upon God, and pray unto him otherwise then he hath appointed by his word And here we be admonished of two things. The first, that we offer none other obsequy and religion unto god, than he himself by his word requireth. If we do, we offer an idol of our own heade, and honore the dyuel, under the parson, and name of god. As those doth that erect and build up Images, and altars to say mass upon, in the honour of god, which God ⟨p. xxv⟩never commanded. Exod. xxii Deutrono. v. The next we be here admonished of, is that we call upon God only in the name of Christ, for he is the door, the way, and the trueth. John. x. And he alone showeth us the father. John .i.vi. Hear be condemned not only the Jews and Gentiles but also as many as would know, and come to the father by invocation of the saints departed, by Bulls, Pardons Peregrinations, Mass and other. Let this error, be corrected, And let us leave calling every man to his own God, and call only upon the only God that can and will in Christ hear us, as he heard the Patriarchs, Prophets, and the ⟨image 35⟩Apostles. And y• this be done it is the office of the kings majesty, his council, and all his Magistrates to see the true book of God the holy Bible to be taught and received of his majesty's subjects, after the example of Moses, Joshua, David, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, and Josiah, the Noble Princes of God's people. There was, and is one doctrine more, in that y• Mariners did not only pray but also lightened the ship. That they prayed and were not heard, ye learn what a vanity it is, to pray after the opinion of man. Nothing at all it availeth. It never cometh before God, nor caseth the conscience of him that prayeth. Further, y• they do not only pray ⟨p. xxvi⟩but also labour: we see our duty, that as GOD freely giveth help, so we must travail, and do the best we can with prayer, not only to receive, and obtain the free help of God, but also to keep it. Thus I thought it good, to speak before the second danger which is this. Jonah sin is detected by lots, so saith the text.