The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown, Lesson 8
¶ The Phiſitians leſſon.
GEue eare maiſter Phiſition,
And ſet a ſide thyne vrinal:
And that with expedition
For I, the laſt trumpet do cal
Geue care I ſay, and marke me well.
And printe al my wordes in thy minde:
For eche thynge that I ſhall the tell
Thou ſhalt both true and certaine fynd.
God made the to ſuccour mans nede.
As Ieſus Sirach wrytteth playne
…lt. xxxviii.But by due proofe we know in ded
That many thouſandes thou haſt ſlaine.
But nowe am I ſent from the kyng
Of powre and domination
To call the from thy murtherynge
To walke in thy vocacion.
Fyrſt, where thou dydeſt her to fore vſe
To hauehave reſpect to the ryche man
I would not nowe thou ſhouldeſt refuſe
To helpe the pore man if thou can.
Helpe him I ſaye thoughe it be poore
And hath nothynge wherewyth to paye
For his maiſter hath yet in ſtore
Iacob. ii.A crowne for him at the laſt day.
And if thou do on him thy cure
For his ſake yt ga…e herbes their ſtrēgth
Thou ſhalt vndoubtedly be ſure
He wyl rewa…de the a… the length.
This maiſter of his doth regard
Mercye ſo much that he hath told
Al his that thei ſhal hauehave reward
Matt. ix.For geueynge water thin and coulde.
And thynkeſt thou that he wyl not
Reward them that geue medicine?
Thou haſt no ſuche miſtruſt I woe
In his promies that is diuyne.
I ſay therefore, if thou canſt cure
The pore mans ſo…e or maladie
Of thy reward thou ſhalt be ſure
If thou wylt ſhew on hym mercye,
But if thou ſuffer him to lacke
Thine healpe becauſe he lacketh goulde
No doubt whē thou ſhalt a compt make
Thy confidence ſhalbe ful colde.
Then ſhewe thy writting if thou can
Wheron thou beareſt the ſo bolde.
That thou wylt viſer no ſicke man
That canno… lyue thy purſſe with gould
Bringe forth thy writting then, I ſay
If thou hauehave any ſuch in ſtore
Whereby thou mayſt require ech daye
A noble of goulde, or elſe more.
And ſhew by what ryght yu maiſt take
Two penſe for the ſyght of water
Whē thou knoweſt not therby to make
The ſycke man one farthyng better.
Yea if a man ſhould try the wel
To proue what thy coūtyng can do
He ſhould fynde that thou canſt not tell
Whether the man be ſycke or no.
I graūt the water ſheweth ſomething
But not ſo much as thou doſt crake
Neyther is thy labour condyngue
That thou ſhouldeſt money for it take.
But if ſo be thou canſt eſpye.
By the water what is a myſſe
Teache hym how to ſeke remedie
And worthy ſome reward, that is.
But if thou do but geſſe, as doth
The blynd man that doth caſt hys ſtaffe
Though thou by chaūce hit one the ſoth
Thy labour is ſcraſe worthy crafe.
Thou doeſt burgeſſe money to wyne
And wt ſtraunge wordes make mē agaſt
And yet thou thynckeſt it no ſynne
To cauſe pore mē theyr goodes to waſt.
But no…e I ſaye to the, …epent
And do thy ſelfe henſforth employe
To vſe the gyft God hath the ſente
To the profyt of thy contrere.
Let not lucre make the profeſſe
Before thy knowledge be perfect
For he that miniſtreth by geſſe
Shal not ſo ſone heale as infect.
Apply the earneſtly therfore
To get phiſickes perfection,
That thou maieſt eaſe the ſicke and ſore
And remedy infection.
And ſhut not vp thine helpe from ſuch
As ſtande in moſt nede of the ſame:
And certes thou ſhalte gayne as muche
By them, as by men of greate fame,
Math. xxvi. Luk…. x.For God hym ſelfe hath promiſed
To make for them a recompence:
Wherefore doubte not to be paied,
Both for thy labour and expence.
But if thou wilt not take my read,
But folowe after lucre ſtyll:
I wyll put the out of all dreade,
Thy laſt rewarde ſhalbe full yll.
For when cruel death ſhal the ſtynge,
And thy lyfe from the ſeperate:
Then ſhalt thou ſe thou haſt nothing,
Thy ſilly ſoule to recreate.
Wherfore I muſt nedes greatly fear
That in that extreme Agony:
Thou wilt of Gods mercy diſpayre
And ſo periſhe eternally.
Take hede therfore, take hede bi time
Let not ſlyppe thys occaſion:
But ſpedely repent thy crime,
And walke in thy vocation.