The Little Book, Part
Sentences taken out of the holy Scriptures, concernyng Offences.
Out of the .69. Psalme.
LEt theyr table be made a snare to take them withall, and let the thinges that should hauehave bene for theyr wealth, be vntounto them an occasion of fallinge.
Let their eyes be blinded that they sée not, and euer bowe thou downe theyr backes.
Powre out thine indignation vppon them, and let thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them.
Let theyr habitation be voide: and no man to dwell in their tentes.
For they persecute him whome thou haste smitten, & they talke how they may vexe them whome thou haste wounded.
Let them fall from one wickednesse to another: & not come vntounto thy rightuousnesse.
Let them be wiped out of the booke of the liuinge, and not be written amonge the rightuous.
Esay the .8. and Luke the .2.
BEhold he is appointed to the fallyng & to the risinge vp of many in Israell, and for a signe that is spoken against.
Esay. 57.
MAke stronge, make stronge the way, make plaine the path, take away Offence out of the waye of my people. Bicause thus sayeth the most highest, dwellinge in eternitie, and whose name is holy. I doo inhabite the high and holy place at once, and with the cōtrite and humble spirit, that I maye quicken the spirite of those that are lowly, & quicken the harte of suche as are contrite.
Mathew. 11.
Blessed is he that is not offended in me.
Mathew. 18.
WOe be to the worlde for Offences sake, for it must néedes be that Offences come: neuerthelesse woe be to that man by whome Offence dothe come. If thy hande or thy foote offend thée, cut him of and throwe him from thée. Better it is for thée to enter into life lame or maymed, than hauinge twoo handes or twoo féete to be cast into euerlasting fire, and if thine eye offende thée, pull him out and throwe him from thée. It is better for thée to enter into life with one eye, than hauinge two eyes to be cast into hell fyre.
Mathew. 24.
SEe that no man misleade you. For many shal come in my name, saying: I am Christe, and shall deceiue many. Yée shall heare of warres, and rumors of warres: sée that ye be not troubled. For all these thinges must come to passe, but the ende is not yet. For nation shall rise againste nation, & Kingdome against Kingdome, and there shalbe pestilences, and famine, and earth quakes in certeine places. All these thinges are the beginninges of sorrowes. Then shall they deliuer you to be punished, and shall kill you, and ye shalbe hated of all nations for my names sake: and then many shalbe offended, and one shall betraye another, and one shall hate another, and many false Prophetes shall arise, and deceiue many. And bicause iniquitie shalbe multiplied, the charitie of many shall waxe colde: but he that perseuereth to the ende shalbe saued. And this Gospell of the kingdome shalbe preached through the whole worlde for a witnesse vntounto all nations, and then shall that end come.
Luke. 17.
IT cannot otherwise be, but that Offences muste come: notwithstandinge woo be vntounto him by whome they come.
Iohn. 6.
FRom that time many of the Disciples fell from him, and left him, and walked not any more with him. And Iesus saide to those twelue, will you also goe your waies?
Romanes. 16.
I Beséeche you brethren, that ye consider them whiche rayse debate and Offences against the doctrine which you hauehave learned, and decline from them.
1. Corinth. 1.
WE preache Christe crucified, to the Iewes a stumblingblocke, and to the Gréekes foolishnesse: but vntounto them that are called as well Iewes as Gréekes Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God.
1. Petr. 4.
ANd this séemeth an absurde thing vntounto them, that yée runne not togither with them into the same excesse of riot, as they doo that speake euill of you, who shal render an accompt vntounto him, whiche is readie to Iudge the quicke and the dead.
Finis. Iusii. 23. 1565.
Prayse be to God.