The prophete Ionas with an introduccion: before teachinge to vnderstonde him and the right vse also of all the scripture/ and why it was written/ and what is therin to be sought/ and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it/ can not vnderstonde it/ though he studie therin neuer so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is so opened/ that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man/ from the true sense and vnderstondynge therof. — John Locke — John Shaqi
The prophete Ionas with an introduccion: before teachinge to vnderstonde him and the right vse also of all the scripture/ and why it was written/ and what is therin to be sought/ and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it/ can not vnderstonde it/ though he studie therin neuer so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is so opened/ that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man/ from the true sense and vnderstondynge therof.
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¶ And thridly if it shall so chaunce/ that [the] wild lustes of thy
flesh shall blynd the and carie the cleane awaye with them for a tyme:
yet at the later ende/ when [the] god of all mercie shall haue compased
the in on euery syde with tēptaciōs/ tribulacions/ aduersities &
cōbraunce/ to bringe [the] home agayne vn to thyne awne herte/ & to set
thy sinnes wich thou woldest so fayne couer & put out of mynd with
delectaciō of voluptuous pastymes/ before [the] eyes of thy cōscience:
then call [the] faithfull ensample of Ionas & all lyke stories vn to thy
remēbraunce/ ād with Ionas turne vn to thi father that smote [the]: not
to cast [the] awaye/ but to laye a corosie ād a freatīge playster vn to
[the] pocke that laye hid & fret inwarde/ to draw [the] disease out & to
make it appere/ [that] thou mightest feale thy seckenes & [the] daunger
therof & come & receaue the healynge playster of mercie.
¶ And forget not [that] what soeuer ensample of mercie god hath shewed
sens [the] beginninge of [the] world/ the same is promised the/ yf thou
wilt in like maner turne agayne and receaued it as they dyd. And with
Ionas be aknowen of thy synne & cōfesse it & knowlege it vn to thy
father.
¶ And as [the] law which freteth thy cōscience/ is in thyne herte & is
none outwarde thīge/ evē so seke within in thine herte/ [the] playster
of mercie/ the promyses of forgeuenesse in oure sauioure Iesus Christe/
accordinge vn to all the ensamples of mercie that are gonne before.
¶ And with Ionas let thē that wayte on vanities & seke god here & there
& in euery tēple saue in their hertes goo/ & seke thou [the] testamēt of
god in thyne hert. For in thyne hert is the worde of [the] law/ & in
thyne hert is [the] worde of fayth in the promises of mercie in Iesus
Christe. So that yf thou cōfesse with a repentynge herte & knowlege ād
surely beleue [that] Iesus is lorde ouer all synne/ thou art saffe.
¶ And finally when the rage of thy cōscience is ceased and quieted with
fast faith in the promises of mercie/ then offer with Ionas the
offeringe of prayse and thankesgeuinge/ & paye the vowe of thy baptim/
that God only saueth/ of his ōly mercie & goodnesse: that is/ beleue
stedfastly & preach cōstantly/ that it is God only that smyteth/ and God
only that healeth: ascribynge [the] cause of thy tribulation vn to thyne
awne synne/ and [the] cause of thy deliueraunce vn to the mercie of God.