To the Reader.

HEere thou hast the Sermons
whiche haue bene often
desired, because of the
matter fit for this Citie.
One saith, that he would
neuer speake to Vsurers,
and Bribemongers, but when they be vpon
their death-beds: for he which liueth by
sinne, resolueth to sin, that he may liue. But
when he goeth to hanging, Iudas himselfe
will say, I haue sinned. If I speake not to
Vsurers vpon their death-bed, yet I speak
to Vsurers which shal lie vpon their death-bed.
Three things do giue me hope. One is,
that all hearts are in the hands of God, to
call them at what houre he lift, and therefore
Saul may become an Apostle. The
next is, that the third crow doth waken mo
then the former, and therefore after the

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crowing of other, this crow may happily be
heard. The last is, that there is no sinne,
but some men haue bene reclaimed from it,
and so may Vsurers from their sinne.
Therefore go my booke like Dauid against
Goliah, and fight the Lords battels
against Vsurers. The Lord giue that successe
to his doctrine in these leaues, that it
may consume Vsurers, as Ioshuah droue
out the Chananites before him. If I could
take but this one weed out of the Londoners
Garde~, I were answered for my health
and my strength spent amongst them.
Reade with thy best mind, &
thou shall profit more.

Thine H.S.