redemer And in another place Lorde oure father arte thou thou arte the worke mayster we all be workes of thy handes Mat. vi Therfore pray we Our father which arte in heuen Father almyghtye God is almighty God is omnipotent all thynges are possyble vnto hym all thynges be in hys hande his power domynyon and beyng is euer lastynge and endles Therfore calle hym the Prophetes so often Dominum Zabaoth or exercituum a Lorde of hostes Itē Baruch speaketh Bar. iij. Ge. xvij Exo. xv and .vi Iudith xvi Iob. viij Luc. i. Apo. iiij Thou Lorde almightye God of Israel In the fyrst boke of Moyses I am the almighty God In the second boke of Moyses Almighty in hys name Itē in the boke of Iudyth The almightye Lorde had hyndered hym In Iob Yf thou wouldest pray to the almightye Item Iohā v. xiij xxi xxij xxiiij xxvij The Angel sayde Luce. i. with God is nothyng vnpossyble Item in the Reuelacions of saynt Ihon. Holy holy holy is the Lorde almighty whiche was and is and is to come Item in the .xi Gen. i Esaye xxxij xlvij lxv Chap. The Lorde the almighty God is theyr tempel Maker that hast thou in the firste boke of Moyses In the beginnynge made God heauen and earthe Reade thereof the xxxvij xl and xlv Chapit of Esay The scripture is full therof ¶ Here agayne marke the light of nature For nature can not vnderstōde the great wonderful workes of creation she can not comprehende howe oute of nought should become ought but the lyght of faythe vnderstondeth the creation Ebr. xi as saynt Paule witnesseth Nowe see howe blynde all sciences of the gentyls be Theyr chiefe poyntes be Of nothynge becometh nothynge The worlde hath lasted euer and alwayes The course of heauen hath nether begynnynge nor endynge The fyrste man neuer was the laste shal neuer be Gendryng and dyenge endureth for euer The soule hath no propre worke wherin she hath no nede of the body whatsoeuer dyeth ones that same thyng can no more come agayne Here doest thou see what an errouious vntrue thing Philosophie is for all the same is vntrewe and yet it is the chiefest that men learne oute of Aristotell Therfore is an old woman whiche beleueth hygher in the ryght Philosophye thē Aristotell She hath by her faythe That God hath created the worlde that Adam was the firste man that euen her owne body in the laste daye shal be raysed agayne that the soul of man as a cleare brightnes of the euerlastyng sonne which shall neuer ceasse to be but is immortall That the bodely dyeng beyng shal ceasse at the day of dome Therfore ought a yong christen man to be brought vp not in bokes of the gentylls but in oure boke of the Byble men learne nothyng in the heathen bokes but vngodly thynges whiche be cleane contrary to the scripture and the faythe and make vs erronious the sonne of god ⧠The second Article ☞ And in Iesu Christe hys onely sonne oure Lorde God hath but one naturall sonne of one beynge with the father in incōprehensyble wyse borne of the father from the eternyte Gal. iiij The father hathe not ben before the sonne they be coeternall The same sonne is sent in the fulfyllyng of the tyme Roma i and also temporally borne of a woman He was promysed by the Prophetes long before And euen by the eternall wysedome by the which God hathe fulmade the worlde Hebre. i by the same hath he brought her agayne from her heauy fall He is the ryght Messias redemer of the world whereof al the Prophetes haue writtē as he sayd vnto the womā of Samaria Ioh. iiij whan he said I knowe that Messyas shall come which is called Christe Then answered Iesus and sayde I that speake vnto the am he And the Samaritanes dyd also knowledge hym and sayde we knowe that thys is euen in dede Christ the sauyoure of the worlde Euen so doeth Peter and the other Apostles knowlege hym mat xvi Thou arte Christe the sonne of the lyuynge god he is that blessed sede of Abrahā wherein God hath promysed to oure father Abraham to blesse al the nations of the earth Ge. xxij Gen. iij He is the seede of the woman that shoulde treade downe the heade of the infernall worme Onely by hym are we reconsyled to God As Paule sayth Rom. v. Through the fayth in Christe be we made ryghteous and saued Ebre vi i timo i Ebre ix i. Cor. i. Ioha iiij Ioh. xiiij Ioha iij Matth. xxvi he is oure Kyng and prieste for euer by whome we haue a sure intraūce vnto God he is oure onely mediatoure A mediatour of the newe testament Oure hope and oure redemption No man cometh vnto the father but by hym For he is the waye the trueth and the lyfe God hath therfore sent hym into the worlde that he shoulde saue vs whosoeuer beleueth in hym shall not be dāpned He hath geuen hys lyfe for the redemption of many Vvithoute fayth in the mediatoure Christ could no man be saued The fathers before hys byrthe beleued in hym that was to come Vve beleue in hym that is present hys name is Iesus Zach. ix Esa lxii Ebre v. vi vij that is sauioure And Christus that is anoynted He is oure Kynge Bysshop as Zacharie sayth Lo thy Kynge cometh vnto the lowely Hys Priestly offyce withoute the whiche we come not vnto God declareth vnto vs Paul very connyngly The kynges of the worlde be annoynted with bodely oyle Esa lxi Luce. iiij Act. x but Christe oure Kynge whose kyngdome is not of thys worlde is annoynted of God through the holy Ghoste as stondeth in Esaye The spirite of the Lorde is vppon me for he hath annoynted me he hath sent me to preache the Gospell vnto the poore c. Iesus the sonne of Naue Lyke as Iesus the sonne of naue was an electe Lorde and Capitayne of the people of Israel whan they ware brought oute of Egypte that he shoulde brynge them into the lande promysed vnto them Euen so is oure Lorde Iesus Christe geuen of God and ordeyned that he brynge vs oute of the thicke Egiptysshe darkenes of oure lyfe oute of all erroure of thys worlde into the lande of the lyuinge as the Angell sayth Mathei i. He shal saue hys people from their synnes Therfore calleth hym the scripture in the newe Testament so often oure Lorde as the Epistles of Paule manifestly shewe That is the onely sonne of god wherevpon the hole scripture doth poynte and leade vs as vpon oure onely sauioure as Symeon nameth hym Luce. ij But wheras the scripture doth calle vs Christen beleuers also the sonnes of god That is spoken after another maner Christe is alone the ryght natura sōne of god frō the eternite as the scripture testifyeth Our herte muste haue suche a myghtye Lord where vpō it may surely truste which is
loue which seketh not her owne i. cor xiij That all thynges be common vnto the in good euyll The goodes of the sayuctes be thyne also they helpe and comforte the also they haue compassyon with the in thy griefe one beareth anothers burden and so fulfylle the commaundement of Christe There is great helpe Gal. vi comforte and succoure as the Sacrament of the aulter signifyeth betokeneth in breade and wyne i. Co. x For we be called of Paule one breade one drynke and one body Vvhosoeuer beleueth thys article ryght can not dispayre in his heuynes and temptacyon For as muche as he knoweth that Christe and al saynctes as hys brethren do loke to hym And whosoeuer doth any thynge vnto hym he doth it vnto Christ and his saynctes All prayers and all good dedes whatsoeuer they are that be done in the vniuersall Christianite must at all tymes ayde me as a brother of thys heauenly fraternite Suche help comforte and succour vnderstode Dauid well in spirite and sayd Psalm cxix I am in the congregation of al them that feare the and kepe thy commaundements Thus may we in al necessities speake vnto our enemyes as Heliseus spake to hys seruaunt Feare not for they that be with vs are more then they that be with them The tenthe Artycle I beleue the forgeuenesse of synnes Forgeuenes or remission of synnes is no where but onely in the christen congregation or felloweshyppe for Christe hath geuen her the keye Matth. xviij Forgeuenes of synnes Nonatianus a blynde heretyke thought yf a man were ones fallen in synne that than no repentaunce or penaunce coulde helpe hym any more but were than loste Thys doth the scripture reiecte in all places and openeth and declareth vnto vs Mat. xi the mercyfulnes of God and calleth vs alwayes from our synfull lyfe to repentaunce Christe sayth Come vnto me all ye that laboure and are laden and I shal refresshe you Nowe is there no heuyer and more importable burthen then oure synnes And what nedeth it to defend this longe Vvherfore dyd Christ elles come into the worlde and dyed but for to declare such mercifulnes He sayth in Luke They that are hool Luc. v. nede not of the Phisiciō but they that are sicke I am not come to cal the ryghteous but synners to repentaunce And the Angel in Mathewe declareth also his offyce clearly sayng vnto Ioseph Mat i thou shalt call hys name Iesus For he shal saue his people frō their synnes This is not that he forgeueth the synnes but ones but as often as men desyre it as the Prophetes and Euangelistes clearly testifye and shewe Vvitnesse of the scripture In he second boke cryeth Moyses thus vnto god Lord Exod. xxxiiij Lord God mercyful gratious lōg sufferyng aboundant in goodnes trueth kepynge mercy instore for thousādes forgeuing wickednes vngodlines synne not leauyng one innocēt visityng the wickednes of the fathers vpō the childrē vpō the childrens children euē vnto the thyrd fourth generatiō Behold howe goodly declareth Moyses here the grace and mercifulnes of God ij Re. xij Itē in the boke of Samuel it is cōtayned that whā Dauid had cōmitted aduoutry with the wyfe of Vrias and hys synnes were opened vnto hym whan he was abasshed anone sayde the Prophete Nathan The Lord hath put awaye thy synne Esa i In Esaye sayth God Vvasshe you make you cleane put awaye your euyl thoughtes oute of my syght cease from doyng of euil learne to do right applye your selues to equitye delyuer the oppressed help the fatherles to hys ryght Let the wedowes complaynte come before you I pray you come and let vs be defended then shal the Lord saye Though your synnes be as reade as scarlet Esa lvij they shal be as white as snowe And though they were lyke purple they shal be as whyte as wolle Ezechi xviij In Ezechiel sayth God yf the vngodly wil tourne awaye from all his synnes that he hath done and kepe all my commaundementes Ione iij esa xliij Iuhel ij surely than wyll I neuer more thynke vpon al his synnes that he dyd before Reade also the .xxxij. li. and lxxxix Psalme Vvhen Peter asked howe ofte Matth. xviij muste I forgeue my brother that synneth agaynst me Is it ynough seuē tymes Then answered Christe and sayde I saye not vnto the seuen tymes but seuenty tymes seuen tymes And euen vpon that worde sayde he a similitude whereby he teacheth vs that we shoulde gladly forgeue oure neyghboure whatsoeuer he hath offended agaynst vs then shal God also be willynge to forgeue vs oure synnes In Luke standeth Forgeue and ye shal be forgeuen And what nedeth it many witnesses Matth. xviij In Mathewe geueth he the keyes therfore vnto the church that synne shoulde be forgeuen Ioha xx and in Ihon also Nowe beholde the examples Christe speaketh vnto the man that was sicke of the palsie Sonne Mat. ix thy synnes be forgeuen the. Euen there he calleth Mathewe from the receyuynge of custome Hys offyce of preachynge Mat. iij and .iiij and the preachynge of Ihon the Baptiser beganne bothe at the repentaunce They sayde Repente the kyngedome of heauen is at hande Luc. vij In Luke absolueth Christ the woman synner of her synnes saynge Thy synnes are forgeuen the. In another place calleth he the synners to repentaunce when a Toure in Syloe had slayne Luc. xiij eyghtene He sayde Excepte ye repente ye all shal lykewyse perysshe In Marke sayth Christe All synnes shal be forgeuen vnto mennys children and the blasphemy of god where with they blaspheme God Ioha iij what meaneth elles the renewyng of byrthe whiche Nicodemus vnderstode not but repētaunce and the renewyng of man Ioha v. In Iohn had one ben sicke thyrty eyght yeares Christe made hym whole and sayde Behold thou arte made whole Ioh. viij synne no more lest a worse thynge happen vnto the. Item when he absolued the woman taken in aduoutry He sayde Go and synne no more Act. ij Item in the Actes of the Apostles sayeth Peter Repente of your synnes and be baptised euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christ for the remissyon of synnes ij Co. ij To the Corinthiās desyreth Paule that the open synner which had ben excōmunicated mighte be receaued againe to grace yf he dyd repente Briefely the scripture is of suche saynges and examples full in al places that the synnes be forgeuen vs taken awaye He that hath assured promysed vs suche maner of clensyng of synnes is almighty and is able ynough to do it He is oure mercyfull and gracious father Mat. vi therfore wyl he gladly do it and hath taughte vs to praye the same in oure Pater noster In Iohn sayeth he Iho. xvi Aske and ye shall receyue Verely verely I saye vnto you whatsoeuer ye shall aske thy father in my name
he wyl geue it you The eleuenthe Article ⧠The resurrection of the body Resurrection of the dead ¶ This article is to hyghe agayne for mannes capacite she can not see nor vnderstande with her darke lighte howe euen the same body shal come agayne which so diuersely may perysshe The one is drowned in the sea hym consume the fysshes the one is eaten of the fowles in the ayer another of the wylde beastes or wormes or is consumed of the fyre Here caÌ„ not nature comprehende howe euen that same body with all hys substaunce maye be made and brought together agayne that I shal haue eueÌ„ my firste eyes handes fete and membres as I haue now vpon me Therfore is it called a mistery of God whiche man beleueth and seeth not before hys eyes Euen the same body where with my soule nowe synneth or fasteth and doth any good shall at the laste daye be rayseth agayne and my soule shall be coupled with it agayne And shal be bothe together saued or together damned But there shal be a greate alteration in the body Now in the mortal lyfe is my body subiecte to all maner of miserye Men maye beate me wounde me the body is fowl vnhansome darke dull slowthful and sluggysshe and vseth muche payne and labour or it can come from one place to another It is fearful and weake and hyndreth the soule often in her worke If I study longe or imagine some hygh matter and subtyl anone orketh my head Of suche lyke calamytyes sticketh the body ful Therfore dyd the Platouystes call oure body a denne of the soule and death a delyueraunce from boÌ„des i. Co. xv But in the last daye shal the body of the blessed be garnysshed with fayr gyftes and glorye It shal be no more corruptyble but cleare bryght fayr In the boke of wysedome sayth the Scripture Sapi. iij The ryghteous shall shyne as the sparkes that runne through the busshe mat xiij And in Mathewe sayth Christe Then shal the ryghteous shyne as the sunne in the kyngedome of theyr father ¶ Item the body shal no more be slowfull sluggysshe and lyther but quycke and swyfte that wheresoeuer the spirite wil be euen there shall also the bodye be without delay It shall no more be wretched and sicke or weake but mightye and strong that nothing shal be able to hynder it or to kepe it in It can come oute and in thorough dores beyng shut Item it shal be no more corruptible that it may be beaten hurted or wounded but incorruptible as the shadowe of the sonne i. Co. xv The foure gyftes of glory and worshyp toucheth Paule in the Epistle to the Corinthyans Moreouer howe the one shal be clearer then the other Lyke as one starre is bryghter and clearer than the other Wherevpon sayd S. Augusten saith to Diostero God hath made the soule so mightye that thorough her perfect saluatioÌ„ floweth into the body a perpetual healthe an vnmouable power i. Co. xv Paul helpeth our weake fayth with a goodly exaÌ„ple of a grayne which is sowen in the earth and it is not quickened excepte it dye before then groweth oute of the smal corne a fayr frute euery corne of the frute hath hys owne body His natural fourme and fashion is now muche syner fayrer mightyer then before Such thynges see we daily in the workyng of nature in the incompreheÌ„sible creatures howe much more glory power goodnes wysedome science bestoweth God the creatour of al thynges vpon the reasonable creatures of men whome he hath geueÌ„ a soul fourmed after him selfe irrepreheÌ„syble In tymes past in the Aquiliane or Carthagiane Churche dyd men pronounce thys article thus I beleue the resurrectyon eueÌ„ of thys body beholde meÌ„ dyd adde to it that word eueÌ„ of thys to thinteÌ„t that it myght be plainly and cleare ynough expressed that none other body lyke vnto this shal be raysed or made but euen this same wherein I now stand sitte see heare walke and do suche lyke workes yea which vseth it selfe here with the soule in al maner of good workes Thys sheweth Iob very clearly Iob. xix wheras he saith I am sure that me redemer lyueth and that I shal ryse out of the earth in the latter daye that I shal be clothed agayn with this skinne and se God in my flesshe ye a I my selfe shall beholde hym not with other but with myne owne eyes i. Co. xv To the Corinthians sayth Paule Euen thys corruptyble thynge muste put on incorruptibilite and this mortall must put on immortalite thys is cleare ynough declared that euen this body euen these eyes shal come agayne ⧠Witnesse of the Scripture esa xxvi Esaye sayth Thy dead men shal lyue and my slayne shall ryse agayne Awake and lyue ye that lye in the duste Christe when he agaynst the vngodly Saducees defended the resurrection of the dead he brought in the saynge out of the second boke of Moyses I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob But God is no God of the dead but of the lyuinge When he spake those wordes than had those thre ben dead longe before But for as muche as god nameth hym selfe a god of the aforenamed surely then they be some where and be a lyue Therfore shall theyr body and soule in tyme conuenient be ioyned agayne together In Ezechyel speaketh the scripture clearly of the generall resurrectyon Ezechi xxxvij saynge amonge other wordes Thus sayeth the Lord God Beholde I wyl open your graues and brynge you forthe of youre sepulchres Da. xij Daniel sayth Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earthe shall awake some to the euerlastyng lyfe the other to perpetuall shame ¶ Witnesse of the newe Testament In Mathewe Matth. xxij mar xij whereas Christ proueth the resurrection of the bodyes agaynst a Iewysshe secte named the Saducees is thys article of the resurrection of the flesshe grounded Mathewe sayeth Matth. xxvij The graues dyd open and the bodyes of many Saynctes whiche slept arose and came oute of the graues after hys resurrection and came into the holy citye and appered to many Luce. vij Luc. viij Christe rayseth a wydowes sonne Item he raysed vp from death a yong in â—yde Ioh. xi Act. xx Lykewyse Lazarum Paule raysed also a yonge man named Eutichus Ioh. vi In Iohn sayth Christ no man can come to me excepte the father whiche hath sent me drawe hym And I wyl rayse hym vp at the laste daye Ioh. xi Item in another place I am the resurrectioÌ„ and the lyfe he that beleueth on me yea thoughe he were deade yet shall he lyue Item he sayeth to Martha Thy brother shall ryse agayne Martha answered I knowe that he shall ryse agayne in the resurrection at the last daye Ioh. vi Lykewyse sayeth he more ouer as the father rayseth vp the deade and quickeneth theÌ„
Therfore wyll noman truely take the Gospel in hande mat xvi Christ hath geuen vs warnynge of such in Matt. Beware of the Leuen of the Pharises and of the Saduces that is of mēnes traditions Thereof reade further Deut. iiij Prouer. xxx Esaye xxxix Matth. xv xxiiij Marc. vij Luc. xvij Gal. i. Colloss ij i. Timot. iiij Tit. i. And .i. Pe. ij Yf thou wilt see with what coloure the Scripture doth counterfaite and paynte the wicked shepeherdes then reade Ezechiel xiij and xxxiiij Ieremie xxiij Esaye iij. Michee iij To the Philippians iij. Conclusyon AT the last wyl I admonyshe charitably euerye good Christian that he wyll beware and take good hede in thys last perillous tyme wherein Ante Christe hath also hys predication sheweth hys miracles and that he wil earnestly reade the Byble hym selfe with humilitie and not with presumption Whereas the spirite of God openeth any thynge vnto hym let hym be thankefull And wheras any thynge is to harde for hym there let hym not iudge rasshely and put no doubtes in it but that all thyng is well and good written by the spirite of God whiche can not erre But the faulte is in our selues Moreouer one daye teacheth another what soeuer thou vnderstandest not to daye thesame bryngeth the daye of to morowe with him The holy scripture wyl not be reade as other bokes thou mayest not rasshely and with vnwassheth handes as the common Prouerbe soundeth fall into it but with a precedent deuoute prayer and yeldynge of thy selfe that God may worke in the and that thou wilt not vnderstonde the Scripture after thyne owne brayne or brynge an interpretation in the Scripture after thyne owne phantasy but that thou mayest seke it euen there and be taught of god in the ryght hygh scoole of the holy Ghooste and gladly enquyre of the learned and learne withoute arrogancye and curiosite There must nedes be good experience of the language and the spirite yf a man wil truely handle with the scripture For the one helpeth the other i. co xiij Paul wyll that a man shal here knowe the language and prophecye Therfore let not hym that is not very expert in languages be rasshe and presumpteous to iudge in the scripture how doth it agree that men hādell the reliques of Saynctes with so greate reuerence and honorablenes handel so rasshely or vndiscretely the ryght and true reliques that is the worde of God whiche the sonne of God hath confirmed and stablysshed by hys holy bloude and whereby we be all made ryghteous and holy Howe be it thou shalt not therfore be abolished thinkynge that to reade and to knowe the scripture perteineth onely to prestes Mat. vi It is the worde whereby thy soule make lyue whereby thou arte made a Christen man Vve are called all together to one kyngedom of heauen and inheritaunce of God There is one Baptisme Eph. iiij one worde and one fayth Vve muste al knowe what God requyreth of vs. Therfore as deare as thy soule health and saluation is vnto the euen so earnestly let the worde of God be committed vnto the. It preuayleth nothynge vnto the that thou sayest I wyll continue in my fathers belefe The belefe of oure forefathers Paraduenture thy father was taught that he shoulde be made righteous by workes that he should institute many soule masses buylde Churches that then all were well Yf thou shouldest fynde thy father in hel thou shouldest fynde an euyll fyndynge The sunne of ryghteousnes Iesus Christe is rysen the holy Gospell is purely and syncerely preached he that nowe openeth not hys eyes and shutteth the trueth withoute the dores shal surely fynde hymselfe deceaued Yf Sayncte Paule woulde haue beleued as hys father and the great multitude then shoulde he haue beleued that withoute the bodely circumsion no man coulde be saued what case hadde he byn in thou Yf my father hadde beleued that whatsoeuer a Byshoppe dyd institute or ordeyne were the holy Gospel shoulde I therfore folowe hym in thys errour Christe my hope and redemption saue me frō so doynge whiche vouchesafe through the quickenyng spirite to teache vs his scripture hym selfe that we may vnderstande the vnspeakeable ryches of hys grace AMEN Vvhosoeuer sayth I wil beleue as my father hath done before me and wyl not be instructed and infourmed to heare the Gospell the same wil not knowe the trueth and paraduenture Christ wyl not knowe hym also therfore shall he stande to hys owne daunger vnto hym is the Sunne rysen in vayne he is blynde and a blocke or he feareth the trueth of the Gospell he feareth that he shoulde be fayne to be good Hys euyl workes are espyed in in the cleare lighte of the Gospel whiche he hath couered with mennes traditions This is then as Christ sayth Iohn iij the condemnation that the lyght is come into the worlde and the men loued darkenes more then light Euery man that doth euyl hateth the lyght Thou wilt saye vnto me The Gospel hath bē darkened with mennes doctryne The Gospell hath alwayes ben preached But I saye naye to it The texte might wel be tolde vnto the whiche afterwarde was so darkened with mens gloses that the Gospell that is the glad tydynges was made a heauy tydynges vnto the. For they haue onely taught and preached many institutions but the conforte in the Scripture was hydden namely the inenarrable treasure of grace purchased vnto vs by Christe They haue not taught Christe but Antichrist Thou hast not ben set from thy selfe vnto Christe that thou mightest haue learned wherfore Christe is geuen vnto the. Item to knowe the secretes of the Gospel what is the right peace and ioye of al hertes and consciences but we haue ben brought leadde frō Christ vpon and into our selues that we shoulde be iustifyed and saued by the workes of oure free wyl O Lorde what misery and calamite haue we ben brought vp in in what great vnquietnes For the conscience can neuer be in quiete sure and content yf she must be iustifyed by workes She can neuer be sure in what case she standeth with God as Paule declareth Ro. iiij Gal. iij. But thys is vnto a troubled conscience a great conforte when she heareth that man is not iustifyed by workes but by the fayth in Iesu Christ Thys is the ryght preachinge of the Gospell Rom. iij iiij Gal. ij Rom. iij iiij v Ge. xv Lyke as oure father Abraham was iustifyed before God euen so must we be iustifyed also The scripture calleth hym a father of all beleuers and saith in the fyrst boke of Moyses Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto him for ryghteousnes And so doth Paul dryue it alwayes euery where we are iustifyed by fayth Thys shalt thou vnderstond thus for a conclusyō Two maner of faith We haue two maner of beleuynges or knoweledges of Christe The one is called an Actual knoweledge As when I haue
yuell spoken of And for as muche as in our lyfe we serue the deuyll and Christe in oure wordes we shall hynder more with oure lyfe then we shal profyte wyth oure wordes It is the parte of an Hypocryte to carye in hys hande the Testament goodly beset with golde and gylted and to dispute and reasone of the worde of God in euerye feaste or bākette and yet in the meane tyme to lyue as one voyed of all mercye impacient ignoraunte of charitye vnmyndefull of modestye and paste all shame The eternall wysedome loueth none suche preachers notwithstandynge that it suffereth them But we muste see that we honoure and reuerence god in hys miracles and wonders that he wrought illumyne oure soules with hys helthsome doctryne and that we conceyuyng a sure hope in god through hys benefyte shewed do inwardely burne with the fyer of loue To conclude after that we beynge ryche of spiritual gyftes haue gayned one talent by an other and do possesse two talentes that is to saye lyfe and doctryne then muste we go forwarde merilye Eph. vi gyrdyng vp our loynes and pullyng on oure shoes to go forwarde in the Gospel of peace that we may also wynne the soule of oure brothers For thys is the wyll of god that vntyll suche tyme as Christ was gone into heauen secrete thynges shoulde be spoken secretely in the eares of our frendes but fence he is gone and the spirite comē deniynge him selfe to noman that wyll desyre hym vnfaynedlye Mat. x. mar iiij Lu. viij xij Matth. xxviij mar xvi i. co iiij a Iob. xij c Sap. i. b he would that the gospell should be preached on the toppes of houses that the preachers should runne into all the costes of the earthe and declare the gospel vnto all naciōs estates ages sexes in whome was any hope of any sparke of light what shoulde candles do vnder a busshell What shoulde money do without gaines And what shoulde fyre do mat v. b mar iiij Lu. viijb xi c without it burne Furthermore the Apostles were not sufficed with the preachynge of helthfull doctryne whylse they were yet on lyue in thys worlde but to the intent to profite theyr posteryte they occupyed theyr pennes that the spiritual traualle myght contynually beynge forth spirituall children All they therfore be without Christiā charitie and are infideles whiche do let preachynge and do forbyd that the christian people shoulde haue the new Testament the olde to reade there in theyr common tonge as thoughe our misteries were oracles and the christian writtynges contayned in the any thynge that loueth darkenesse No doubte we are muche bounde to thanke God for that he hath geuen the lyght of hys trueth vnto al nacyons in theyr owne tonges and lāguages And besydes that euery nacyon is ryche in hys owne language thys is also a syngular benifite that we haue hys worde purelye and vncorrupted in the greke tonge euen as the Apostles wrote it So that yf they translatours haue in any place sayled of the true meanynge We may by the firste copyes amende th◠which thynge shal be so much the more acceptable vnto vs by howe muche more it doeth conduce vnto the reueilynge and openyng of the workes of darkenesse Let vs be occupyed in them therfore Not as the Pharisees we sistynge on their chayres do teache the thynges that they do not Not as men destituted of charitye as Angelles preachyng misteryes Not as men tournyng syluer into drosse most precyouse wyne in water that is to say mat xv chaungyng gods lawes into mens tradiciōs making merchaundyse of that which is godly which thynge the Antichristes do continually for it is not mere that the worde of god do obeye vs Exod. xxxij but that we do obeye it It was a great offence to make a caulfe of the Egyptians golde howe much more damnable were it for vs to make of the Lordes golde Idoles to be set vp in the temple of god what abhomynacyon is in them that auaunce theyr owne opinions in steade of christe mat vij Psalm cxxxvi Let vs be occupyed therfore but let vs not caste perles before swyne but let vs geue them to suche exchaungers as be godly couetouse that wyl render gaines boeth to them selues and vs to For there is nothing to let in thys matter There is no lack of money For looe we haue the Gospell we haue also the Epistles and besydes that we haue the talent not the crueltye of that Lorde that reapeth where he showed not Matth. xxv for looe we maye occupye thys at libertye Let vs not laye for oure excuse that we lacke cunninge or knowledge For yf the word of God be in our hertes we shall lacke neyther diligence nor wysedome Matth. xxv mar xiij Luc. xij and xix Let vs thynke that Christ hath not left vs money vnnumbred but numbred that is to saye a pounde of the which he wyl that nothynge be conueyed awaye nothynge altered or chaunged nor any thynge spent in idlenesse For he wyll requyre an accōpt and that onely were ynough to put awaye all slouthe if it were not all ready to far drouned in dulnesse For he sayeth vntyl I come that is to iudgement and suche kynde of iudgement that neyther the iudge shall be deceyued the sentence altered nor yet the gyltye And that more is he hath lefte the tyme vncertaine because we shoulde watche alwayes notwithstandyng that the tyme it selfe is but short wherfore he sayeth watche because ye knowe not in what houre the lord shal come Suche as be faythfull in a small matter he wyl make gouernours of a greate deale And such as he fyndeth vnfaythfull he wyll condemne to eternall tormentes What shall rychesse auayle then what shall honoure what shall greate frendshyppe auayl what shal any thyng auayle then Thē shall the chyldyshe eloquence the brutyshe and beastly sophistry the vncertayne wisedome of the worlde knowe theyr vanitye Luc. xix Let vs be occupied therfore Ier. vij and let vs walke whilse it is daye And as Hieremy sayeth before it waxe darke and that oure fete stumble agaynst the darcke hylles let vs geue glorye to oure God AMEN ¶ Your graces dayely oratoure Gwalter Lynne ¶ The contentes of Gods holy boke the Olde and newe Testament commonly calleth the Bybell ⧠The Bokes of the Olde Testament i The first boke of Moses Gen. ij The secōd boke of Moses Exo. iij The third boke of Moses Leui. iiij The fourth boke of Moses Nu. v The fyfth boke of Moses Deu. vi Iosua vij Of the Iudges Iudicum viij Ruth ix Samuel Regum i. and ij x Of the Kynges Regum iij. iiij xi Chronicles Paralipo men .i. ij xij Esdras xiij Nehemia Esra .i. and ij xiiij Esther xv Hiob xvi Psalter xvij Prouerbes of Salomon Prou. xviij Preacher of Salomon Eccles xix Hygh songe of Salomon Canticum Canticorum The
Prophetes Esay Ieremye Ezechiel Danyel Twelue small Prophetes i Hosea ij Ioel iii Amos iiij Abdia v Iona vi Micha vij Nahum viij Habacuck ix Sophonia x Haggi xi Sacharia xij Malachia Thobie Iudith Baruch Esra Esra iij. and iiij The boke of wysedome Sapientia The wyseman Ecclesiasticus Machabeus The bokes of the newe Testament i The Gospell S. Mathewe ii The Gospell S. Marke iij The Gospell S. Luke iiij The Gospell S. Iohn v The Actes of the Apostles descrybed of Saynct Luke vi The Epistle of S. Paule to the Romaynes vij The fyrst Epistle of S. Paule to the Corinthians viij The second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians ix The Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians x The Epistle of S. Paule to the Ephesians xi The Epistle of S. Paule to the Philippians xij The Epistle of S. Paule to the Colossians xiij The fyrst Epistle of S. Paul to the Thessaloniens xiiij The seconde Epistle of S. Paul to the Thessaloniens xv The fyrste Epistle of S. Paule to Timothe xvi The second Epistle of S. Paul vnto Timothe xvij The Epistle of S. Paule vnto Titus xviij The Epistle of S. Paule vnto Philemon xix The first Epistle of S. Peter xx The second Epistle of s Peter xxi The fyrste Epistle of S. Iohn xxij The second Epistle of S. Iohn xxiij The thyrde Epistle of S. Iohn The Epistle of S. Paule to the Hebrues The Epistle of S. Iames. The Epistle of S. Iudas The Reuelations of S. Iohn Holy Scripture The worde of God THese are the laudable ryght bokes of Holy Scripture whiche came from the holy gooste they can not lye or faylthe wherein is also sufficiently comprehended whatsoeuer is necessary for the saluation of the soule so that for the rulynge of the conscience in the kyngdome of faythe in the spirite none other worde doctryne or commaundemente is necessary vnto man but onely the Byble How be it there is a great battayl in the same whosoeuer truely vnderstandeth the Scripture for asmuche as euery man vndertaketh to vse the Scripture whether he be apte or vnapte Thys battel shall sone be slighted yf the Scripture indifferently be loked vppon and concordantly expounded not onely here there peces taken oute but before and behynde and in the middes duely loked vppon and scanded It is al one spirite of the olde and newe Testament Euen the same holy goost that through the holy Prophetes hath shewed the commynge of Christ the same hath also ruled the hertes and pennes of the Apostles Euangelistes Peter sayeth ij Pet. i. Da. ix b Zac. vij ij tim iij There came neuer any Prophecye by the wille of man but holy menne of God spake as thei were moued by the holy Goost It is also no mans doctryne or worde but Goddes owne worde of menne descrybed Euen so doth Christe asscrybe hys doctryne to God the father in Iohn Ioh. vij My doctryne is not myne but hys that hath sent me Item it is the foode of the soule as Christe sayth in Mathewe mat iiij Item blessed are they that heare the worde do it S. Austen sayeth that onely the Scripture afore named without any doubte or fayll oughte maye be beleued and that there is the verite of God But the other which he maketh or Hierome or other doctours and fathers shal be iudged after the Scripture God God is onely euerlastyng al other thynges haue a beginnyng his nature is kyndenes and beneficence Rom. i. God is knowen here in thys lyfe by the goodly orderyng of hys creatures To knowe christ But the ryght knoweledge of God which is necessary vnto vs for oure saluacyon is the knowlege of Christe Ro. viij And to knowe Christe that is to knowe wherfore god hath sent his Sonne vnto vs what great immeasurable and excellēt benefites he hath geuen vs by hym The righte honour of God The ryght honour of god is to knoweledge him as a creatoure of heauē Ioh. iiij and earth and of all creatures to sette oure hope trust and confidence in him onely as in hym that can helpe vs for he is almighty and will do it with all hys harte for he is oure father in heauen Item to loue hym aboue all thynges as the mooste hyest and greatest good for hys owne sake and to feare hym as chyldren not with the feare of bondage Goddes greatest dishonour The greatest dishonour of God is to put hys hope trust confidence and hyest loue in a creature and not to beleue God in his wordes where in he offereth hym selfe vnto vs as an onely willynge ryche sauyour The lawe The lawe is a sentence deu v. vi Ro. vij whereby the good is commaunded and the euil prohibited as loue god and thy neighbour Steale not do no murther The lawe is spiritual that is Ro. viij It requyreth the desyre and the herte It may onely be fulfylled by the spirite and not by the flesshe The flesshe is enemye to the lawe Mē come no further by the lawe then into fearfulnesse and knoweledge of theyr synnes and damnation Gala. v Faythe whiche by loue is mighty in operation doth onely fulfyl the lawe and faythe is a gyfte of God The Gospell The Gospel is a Ioyfull message gone furth from God vnto mankynde that he through Christe hys onelye Sonne hath delyuered man Rom. iij from sinne death and hell The lawe maketh man to feare and shewed hym hys faultes The Gospel conforteth man and sheweth hym the Phisicyon The lawe sayth Thou arte a synner and damned The Gospell sayth Be of good chiere and free herted Rom. iij Esa liij Christe hath taken vpon hym thy synnes ouercome and satisfyed for them Beleue in Christe as thy redemer that same fayth maketh thy ryghteous before God and killeth in thy the olde man with hys carnal lustes whosoeuer through fayth is made one with Christe our Lorde vpon the same hath synne death and hell no more complaynte nor power Rom. iij iiij viij as Paule wytnesseth in the Epistle to the Romeyns Faythe Fayth is no slight dreamynge imagination or meanyng of God but faythe is a liuely confidence in the mercyfulnes of God promysed and plenteously declared in Christe oure Lorde Also promysed in other sygnes as the Sacramentes are He that beleueth ryght hangeth vpon the scripture whiche speaketh of iudgement wrathe and also of the mercyfulnes of God and hangeth there on so earnestlye that he there in trusteth in all necessities and also dyeth thereon Suche a fayth Fayth bryngeth loue with her is the ryghte Christen fayth whiche bryngeth with her the Christen loue For through faythe vnderstandeth man the aboundante and inestimable loue of God towardes vs whereby hys herte is fyrste moued and getteth peace and is kindled with the fyre of Godly loue that he for suche mercyfulnes doth ioyfully geue thankes and becometh wyllinge to please God agayne also so to serue hys neyghboure and the
Phil. iiij whiche passeth all vnderstondynge kepe youre hertes and myndes in Christe Iesu And to the Ephesians Ephe. ij Rom. v He is oure peace Item to the Romaynes Because therfore through Christe when God is a mercyfull father and so continueth then desyreth she no further Therfore dyd the Prophetes name the kyngdome of Christe a kyngdome of saluation Esaye xxxij For thus sayth Esaias And the rewarde of ryghteousnes shal be peace and her frute reste and quietnes for euer And my people shall dwell in the innes of peace and in sure dwellynges in safe places of conforte The worde of God bryngeth thys spirituall peace and destroyeth the body of Behemoth but the carnal peace it bryngeth not for it is a word of the crosse and not of the wicked voluptuous lyfe vpon earth Therfore shall no man merueyll that through the preachynge of the cleare pure syncere worde of God ryseth contencion discorde for it is hys nature and propertye to separate the good from the euyll lyke as the fyre doth separate the copper from the golde Therfore knowe not the enemyes of GODDES worde what they speake whan thei say yea what good cometh by the preachynge that is vsed nowe a dayes it causeth nothyng but discorde and sedition I saye deare frēde thou vnderstandest not the matter a ryght It ought to be so It is a blessed discorde when the electe embrace the worde of God and wyll not haue theyr porcyon with the vngodly It can be none other wyse i. Cor. xi For thys waye muste the ryghte Christians be knowen and tryed It was euen so lykewyse in the primityue Church The Christians which dyd receyue the gospell separated themselues from the Gentyls and woulde not erre wyth the greate multitude It stode neuer better with the churche then when euery daye some shedde theyr bloude for the knoweledgyng of the holy name of Christe as Cyprian sayth and thys do we learne oute of the wordes of Christ wheras he speaketh Luc. xij I am come to kindle fyre vpō earth notwithstōding I must be baptised with a baptisme how am I payned till it be ended what is my desyre but that it were all ready kyndled Suppose ye that I am come to send peace on earthe I tel you nay but rather debate For frō hence forthe there shall be fyue in one house deuyded thre agaynst two and two agaynst thre The father shal be deuided against the sonne and the sonne against the father The mother against the doughter and the doughter agaynst the mother The mother in lawe against her doughter in lawe and the doughter in lawe against her mother in lawe Ebr. iiij The two edged swearde of the holy goost whiche entreth through euen vnto the diuidinge a sonder of the soule and the spirite and of the ioyntes and the Mary iudgeth the thoughtes the intentes of the herte is now abroade Therfore let noman merueill at the dissention whiche nowe is euery where The inwarde peace can not be well withoute suche an owtewarde battail Free will Man had in Paradise in the state of innocencye a free wyll There vpō soundeth the sayenge in the wyse mā But after the tyme that Adam had synned Eccl. xv dyd also the spirite of god forsake man In so much that he became hole blynde ignoraunt and erronious and the Scripture doth call hym after the first byrth flesshe Gen. vi Not because onely the comprehensyble power is prone to euyll and is carnall but because the body and soule through the poyson of synne is hole infected and made vncleane In so much that man from hys fyrste byrthe through al his naturall power can do nothynge but synne The Scripture calleth the hert impure The herte is vncleane Heb. xij Ge viij mar vij what goodnes and purenes can then be in man He must be borne a newe elles is he hole vnprofitable and nothynge but flesshe that is proue to thynges terrestriall and al euyll he seketh not after God he regardeth hym not neyther holdeth he of hym Euen thus doth the Scripture conterfayte hym Ro. viij Saynt Paule speaketh to the Romaynes They that are carnall are carnally mynded but they that are spirituall are goostely mynded they that are geuen to the flesshe can not please God For the flesshely mynde is enemitie against God for it is not obedient to the lawe of God nether can be Augustyne Therfore called Augustine in the secōde booke agaynst Iulian the heretike the will of man a bonde will Ioh. viij accordinge to the wordes of Christe in Iohn who so euer committeth synne is the seruaunt of synne Libertie of the wyll Howe be it this will maye be made free agayne through the grace of God For thus is it conteyned euen in the same place of Iohn If the sonne shall make you free Ioh. viij then are ye free in dede The sonne of God Christe hath purchased agayne for vs the spirite and grace of God If we beleue than maye we and can do good agayne Notwithstondynge it must all be asscribed vnto the grace of God whiche worketh in vs and nothinge appropriated to oure owne naturall power or workinge whereof the will is also partely named to be an occasion of the good worke as the miserable Sophistes seduce the worlde In Paule is it written on this wyse ij Co. iij We are not sufficient of oure selues to thinke any thinge as it were of oure selues but oure ablenes cometh of God Yf then we can thynke no good of oure selues why presume the Sophistes by the power of the free wille to do any good Thus saith Paule It is God Phili. ij whiche worketh in you bothe the will and also the dede i. Co. xv Euen so doth he speake also in another place I laboured more aboundantly then all the other not I but the grace of God whiche is with me Euen so do all saynctes asscribe all goodnes onely to God knoweledge them selues as an instrumēt of the Godly grace sayēge with Dauid Not vnto vs O lorde Psa cxv Not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse Item Iohn iij A man can receyue nothinge at all excepte it be geuen hym from heauen Item Iohn vi No man can come to me excepte the father which hath sent me drawe hym And of suche lyke is the Scripture full Therfore is it euen as muche whē any man boasteth of hys free wyll that he of hym selfe maye begynne to do any good before grace and to obtayne the grace by workes As yf a man should boaste moche of a Castell that were brent and al destroyed with shutyng of ordinaunce whereas onely were left the place with brokē walles where as the towres were fallen downe and no defence left at all and yet woulde presume to kepe it perforce A broken Castell hath yet the olde name that men saye There standeth suche a Castell
readde and knowe in the scripture that CHRISTE is GOD and man Lykewyse as I beleue that Aristotell was scoole mayster to great Alexander thys goeth not earnestly to the herte I beleue it as an other historye or acte Suche a knoweledge or colde fayth of Christe doth not iustifye me for the vngodly beleue this also and the Deuyls haue thys fayth also it is a dead fayth with oute workes as S. Iames sayth Iaco. ij and it is of none effect Vvhere as no good workes folowe there is also no fayth but onely an Ipocrisie in the herte withoute fayth or confidence towardes God The christen fayth But the right Christē liuely fayth is a strong trust confidence in the promyse of God as that Christe is geuen for me that Christ doth wassh awaye my synnes that Christ quickeneth me this is the ryght Euāgelical fayth which onely iustifyeth man Thys is onely that faith which is coūted of God for oure righteousnes I speake here in comparison betwene faith and workes Otherwyse knoweth euery man well ynough howe that God Christe the spirite and sacramēt doth iustifie But the workes seme they or be they neuer so good or holy yet are they not counted for righteousnes But yf faith do grafte and plante vs in Christe our lorde then are we made righteous and therfore will god also counte vs for righteous And so doth Paule sette it furth very goodly to the Galathians Gal. iij. God hath promised vs iustification and lyfe through Christe The promise is beleued Nowe is a promyse beleued or onely obtayned through faith therfore be we also iustifyed onely by faith Lyke as no man despiseth a mannes testamēt or addeth any thinge thereto nor taketh any thinge frō it euen so maye nothinge be substracted from the Testament of God neither any thinge added therevnto Nowe hath God ordeyned geuen and appointed lyfe in the Testamente vnto all beleuers withoute respecte of any maner of workes for nought There oute foloweth that we are not counted iuste for any workes sake but onely thorough faith Gal. iij. and .iiij. Ro. iiij Haue in mynde the Epistles to the Galathians and to the Romaynes there shalt thou fynde that a Christen man setteth his cōscience at rest quyet onely by faith The right hollsome doctrine of the Gospell concernynge the right lyuely faith is an onely conforte and stablysshynge of the cōscience agaynst death synne and hell I knowe very well that the righte spirituall Euangelicall doctrine will be at the fyrst somewhat straunge to a man that beginneth to learne it after the scripture of the scolers and after their carnall doctrine i. Cor. ij For as Paule saith The naturall mā perceaueth not the thinges of the spirite of God For they are vnto hym but foolyshenes neyther can he perceyue them because he is spiritually examined It will not sauoure very well vnto the at the fyrste For thyne vnderstondinge is yet full of Phantasticall Imaginations of mennes dreames But take thyne vnderstandynge captiue to the glorye of Christe in faythe then shal the holy spirite of God declare hym selfe vnto the and teache the a ryght suche thynges as no hygh scoole teacheth And thys is the cause that nowe a daies slighte and symple persons are founde whiche through the maistery of the spirite of God vnderstand and expounde the Scripture better then great Doctours and breake and plucke downe by the Spirituall armours of oure Cheualrye all hyghe worldely wysedome whiche exalteth her selfe agaynste knoweledge of God It is a great errour to thynke that the knoweledge of the scripture perteyneth onely to the prestes that weare Crounes longe gownes and whose fyngers are anoynted No my frēde the tyme is nowe at hande where of Esaye sayth Esa iiij That the science cometh not onely oute of the hye scooles as hath ben thaught hitherto but the Christians are taughte of GOD hymselfe as it is contayned in Saynt Iohn It is not necessary that men rede Aristotell Plato Ioh. vi and other bokes of the heathen for the ryght vnderstondynge of the scripture as thus longe they haue borne vs in hande The Apostles redde neuer a heathen mayster they were also no suche doctours as nowe a dayes are made in the vniuersities but simple people Nowe yf the holy goost could instructe them the Euangelical trueth with oute the helpe of the heathen Philosophye Scotistrye The holy goost teacheth goddes worde and other mennes bokes truely then can he also hym selfe open and teache nowe a simple and humble laye man The ryght vnderstandyng of the godly scripture God regardeth hym Esaye lxvi i. Pet. v that is poore and of a lowly troubled spirite and receyueth hys godly wordes with reuerence and standeth in awe thereof as Esaye writeth He resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble The holy Saint Bernarde learned hys science throughe hys deuoute prayer vnder the Oken trees Aristotell and other heathen whiche are taught do hynder and destroy mannes vnderstondyng so pituously that a man becometh so muche the more vnapte to receyue and perceiue the Godly wysedom in the scripture For mannes wysedome and the Godly scripture Esa lv do nothynge agree together as Esaye declareth very goodly All worldly Philosophie for the moost parte hath her beginnynge owt of mannes witte and interpretation For as muche nowe as the same is carnal blynded thorough synne so is she darke and errynge and vnderstandeth of her selfe nothynge but that whiche is carnall and knoweth nothyng groundely of spirituall thynges and of GOD. Therfore when the herte of man is voyde quyte not hyndered of suche heathen sciences and mēnes dreames then is it more apte to receiue the godly doctryne and wysedome then whā it is encombred and entangled with suche phantasies inuented of man The wysedome of man whereof they boaste hym selues highly is terrestriall carnall and deuelysshe Iaco. iij. Colo. ij as Iames elegantly declareth And Paule warneth vs for mannes wysedome sayenge Beware lest any man come and spoyle you thorough Philosophie and deceatfull vanitie thorough the tradicions of men and ordinaunces after the worlde and not after Christ The Philosophie and mannes witte and exposition is cleane contrarye to oure fayth as it is euident and cleare ynough among the learned neyther can they agree together Therfore let the laye people be of good chere and take no thoughte for it bycause they haue not studyed in great vniuersities but with humilite and pure herte and hygh reuerence reade the costely treasure of holy scripture both Testamentes and praye vnto Christe for the ryght vnderstandyng which hath the kepe of Dauid Apo. iij The knoweledge of the Scripture is a littel deuyed vnto the as vnto the moost excellent doctour of all Omelia vpon Iohn Euen so taught the holy Chrisostome his people also at Constantinoble The Pharisees despised the common people thought also that they shoulde knowe the trueth alone and sayde Ioh. vij The common people whiche knowe not the lawe are cursed Euen so saye they nowe lykewyse Howe shoulde haue taught it vnto the plowemen as though all science did come from the hye scoles But I aske them this question My maisters I pray you howe taught the common symple people that they helde more of Christe then the chiefe priestes scribes It is euident that the common people had alwayes a righter iudgement better knoweledge of Christe then the chiefe lordes at Ierusalē as Chrisostome writteth FINIS Psalm lxviij ⧠Let God aryse and let hys enemyes be scattered let them also that hate hym flye before hym ⧠Imprinted for Gwalter Lynne dwellyng vpon Somers kaye by Byllinges gate In the yeare of oure Lorde M.D.XLVIII And they by to be solde at Poules churche yarde at the North doore In the signe of the Bybell By Richard Iugge ⧠Cum Gratia et Priuilegio ad imprimendum solum ☞ Seke peace ensueit Psalm xxxiij i. Petr. iij. Psalm C. xi Prouerb ix ¶ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnynge of wysedome