The prophecy of Haggai, interpreted and applied in sundry sermonsThe prophesie of Haggai, interpreted and applyed in sundry sermons

For there is a belief which is without holiness whereof Saint James speaketh when he saith, The Devils believe and tremble. But as for you (my brethren) who by the testimony of your consciences, know that Jude speaketh to you who are called and ¹sanctified, Remember you that this exhortation is in special sort made to you, namely, that you build up your selves upon your most holy faith, keeping your selves in the love of God and man &c: the exhortation is made to all, God grant that all may embrace it, but it shall be embraced of all to whom S. Jude writeth let us all then that make a profession of this faith, Join virtue with your faith, with virtue knowledge, with knowledge temperance, with temperance patience, with patience godliness, with godliness brotherly kindness, and with brotherly kindness love. In which words as it were Saint Peter doth interpret the other; making faith the foundation as it were of all other virtues, willing ²the rest to be built upon it, not as though these were distinct but mentioning so oft the same by divers names, as if he would show he could not satisfy himself with any words, when he was earnest to exhort such as called upon the name of the Lord to depart from iniquity, and to lay the walls of a holy and Godly ³conversation upon the foundation of an holy and sound faith The Apostle Paul likewise to Titus delivereth the same thing though in fewer words The grace of God (saith he) that bringeth salvation unto all men hath appeared and teacheth us that we should deny ⁴ungodliness and worldly lusts and that we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present evil world; which words would God they were so well marked of us, as they are continually rehearsed in our Assemblies, soberly, righteously, godly, containing the substance of all religion; Soberly in respect of our own vessels, righteously in respect of other men, godly in respect of God himself. In the duties touching the which three, the whole law and the Prophets consist, neither must we only take care to build up our selves in this sort but others also. For so Saint Jude also commandeth and have compassion of some and others save with fear ⁵