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A16125	A godly consultation vnto the brethren and companyons of the Christen religyon By what meanes the cruell power of the Turkes, bothe may, and ought for to be repelled of the Christen people, Theodore Bibliander beinge the author. Thow shalt also fynde here (most gentle reader) of the reasons wherwyth a firme and sure concorde and peace in the Churche, and the Christen publyke weale may be constytuted, and of the fyrst begynnynge and increacementes of the Turkes domynyon, and also of the superstytyous and damnable lawe of the Mahumetanes, and of other certen thynges moste worthy truly to be red and consydered.; Ad nominis Christiani socios consultatio. English	Bibliander, Theodorus, ca. 1504-1564.	1542 (1542)	STC 3047; ESTC S111613	144,753	308

Turkes dominion / of the supersticions of Machumet / and of other certen thinges so that my oration hathe receyued a lōg measure and is largely drawne in length whyche thynge neuer the lesse the greatenes of the busynes did requier But if the speche or style ther of shall seme vnto any man to be vneloquent / let the same parsone consider that it was not my mynde here for to tryfle wyth the flours of Rethorycke / but to brynge rather faythfull then paynted glytterynge councel vnto thinges afflicted Bitter rebukes or tauntes do some where offende and rype putrifyed botches are launced with an harde knyfe / but necessite dyd requier it Or ells I am not so ignorant of thinges that I know not what the affections of some men desyre to heare and what a swete mischeffe flatterye is / the Flatery is a swete mischeif very destruction of Kinges and of the publicke weale / as Arrianus saythe And I Arrianus am indued with soche a naturall inclinacion and fortune that my desyer is to haue the good will and fauor of euerye man But yet for all that theyr dyseases muste nedes be tolde them that the medicyns may the trulyer be ministered lest some so den destruction sholde fall vpon vs / whyles yet we crye peace peace daubynge a walle with vntempred mortar whiche the Iere. viii Ezec. xiii ouerflowynge waters of the lordes wrathe may ouerthrowe Neuerthelesse what so ouer be the spryte or mynde of this writynge / I will be iudged of godly men / so that they whiche haue any better reasons let them gentely distrybute them And they that haue not / let them gladly vse these with me in sylence and hope taryinge and abydinge the sauinge healthe of oure lorde God Fare you well / frō Zurik 1542. The consultation of Theodore Bybliander vnto hys companyons of the Christen name / how the cruell power of the Turkes is to be resisted The .i. Chap. ALl though I do not doute good Christē bretherne that there be many whiche bothe in theyr Godly sermons and also in their generall councells do with diligent and cōuenient communication expresse all the reasons wherwith the commō welthe of all Christendome might be defended from the crueltye of the Turkes / yet neuer the lesse the same consultation semeth vnto me to be so indifferently pertaynynge and commone to all men whiche do professe the name of the hye emperoure Christe / that no mannes studye ought to be taken as vayne and vnthankfull whiche gentely The autors good wyll ought not to be contemned bryngeth forthe to a common vse what so euer councell / helpe or succurre he supposeth to haue founde ether by studye or inquysition For seynge that in the tyme of tempestuous vpswellynges of water / or shipwrake / fyeror otherlyke calamyte of mē Right acceptable vnto vs is the good will and dilygent labor of those men and thankes worthye whiche wyllinglye do rūne to helpe vs. Although in the meane tyme ther be many other sufficient and enough to preserue and deliuer vs from the parell obiected How moch lesse wyll good and wise men refuse the office and councell of them whyche in the tymes of warre and troble / as it is euen now yf euer there were any wother endeuoure them self fe to do what they can for the publycke weale turnynge all theyer wordes and thoughtes to the helthe of the same that it myght be recouerd conserued and increased And therfore●o ye wyse mē wiche knowe the lawes and custome of the churche my truste is that none of you The Authors first requeste will ascrybe the vyce of pride vnto me for that I do enterprise to declare my mynde this boke gyuē abrode of the greate and moste weyghtye matter in the whiche so many excellent men of singulare wysdome / vertu / witt / and lernyng are buselye occupied But rather will attribute it to the parte of honestye because that I retaynynge faythe in ower lorde and sauyour Iesus Christe and beleuinge his vniuersall people that is to say his catholicke church / do applye my mynde to brynge those thinges in to remembrance which I haue lerned out of diuyne scriptures and the bookes and wordes of moste wise men to be moste proffytable to the preseruation of the Christen commone welthe and namely in this tyme in the whiche the moste cruell enemye of all Europe lyēth greuously in oure neckes Neyther truly haue I purposed with to bitter wordes The Authors purpose and intent to persecute the Turkes affayres / dedes or maners whiche they haue done at any tyme ether to cruelly or iniustly And so to prouoke oure men to the more hatred of that spytefull nation / seynge that vnto noble thinges godly interpryses vertu is rather required then rasshe desyre to be reuenged Nather go I aboute to incense or moue the rulars of cyties to proclayme bloodye warre to whotly and oute oftyme agaynst the Turkes Neyther yet wil I perswade them to take truce with the most fierce aduersaryes of true relygion Nather of them bothewil I do in this state of thinges and as the worlde is now / all though I had greate plentye both of wyt and eloquence / the whiche beynge proued of some men ahlasse for sorrow with littell circumspection hath brought the people of Christe in to extreme daungers and moste bitter sorowe the greate and riche kingdome of Hungarie lately beinge loste the whyche very often and alone by it selfe hathe in tymes paste strongely defended / sustayned / and repressed the moste greuous assautes of oure cruell aduersaryes But all my purpose is wyth playne and euydent truthe whych thynge bothe tyme and maners dothe euer more requier to open the causes for the which we haue kepte warre so vnhappely these many yeres with this The thinges to be entreated of in thys boke cruell nation And how that by oure vyces whyche bragge and cracke in vayne the moste worthy name of Christe / and haue no dedes of holy lyuynge agreable to the same / the monarchy of Mahumet wyth hys superstytyous and damnable lawe hath growne vp after thys terrible maner Afterwarde I will showe that it is not onely a good thynge and an honeste / but also an easy thynge and a necessarye / to cut of the causes of oure euylles and plages And last of all I wyll declare wyth what weapōs and by what meanes the enemyes of Chrystes name both may and ought to be ouercome Chap. ij ANd fyrst of all that the begynnynge of all these warres / captyuyte / oppressyō / and all plages whyche the Turkes haue brought vpō Christen people maye be clerely perceyued to be in oure selfe / whyche are Christen men by name onely / not in dedes and lyuyng / it shall be necessary to compare the ordynaunces and dyscyplyne and maners of Owre maners with the Turkes muste be compared owre aduersaryes in some parte with the vertues

conuement / whyche sholde be ordyned heade of the batayle / a busye seditious Mahumet is chosen to be chefe Captayne of the Sarac●nes rebellion felowe and a bolde and endued wyth a witte to rule the roste and mete to take soche a matter in hande ▪ Whyche desyrously embracynge the occasion longe sought for the multitude of the armed men beynge called to gyther dyd preache vehemently of the wronges done vnto them by the presydētes or cheyffe captaynes of the emperoure of Constantinople of the pryde of the Kyng of the Persyaues whyche wolde take diuine honours And so aboute the yere of mannes saluation syxe hondereth thre and twēty / He raclyus now ledinge the twelfte yere of his reygne in the Empyre The Saratenes hauynge Mahumet vnto theyr captayne whiche was then .xxx. yeres oulde dyd plucke theyr neckes owte of the collare of subiection and set them selues at lybertye the souldiares of rome partely beynge slayne and partely put to flyght ●ow by what meanes Mahumet did first procure the name of a prophete Whiche victorie dyd procure and brynge forth vnto hym the moste greate prayso bothe of a moste noble captayne and of a moste excellent Prophet whiche beynge promised a longe tyme before to the seruantes of god / that he sholde make fre blyssed the children of Abraham / dyd now with dedes fulfill the diuyne promyses But the moste suttle man Mahumet as he receyued wyllyngly the prayse and tytle of Messias / euē so considering with hym self fe the fauor of the people to be but frayle / and as lyghtas a fether / oneles it be retayned and kepte faste with some religion / he determined with hymself to bynde the people wyth some newe superstition That he myght afterwarde or in tyme to come haue them obedient vnto hym / that they sholde not be dryuen with euery lyght moment hyther or The thyr●e boke of the kynges the xi● Chapter thyther whiche thynge he dyd after the example of Ieroboam whyche dyd so bynde vnto hym the .x. tribes of the people of Israel abstracte and taken awaye from the kyngedome of Iuda / with the superstitious worshippinge of goulden calues and with wother ceremonyes that by the space of CC. lx yeres they coulde not be brought agayne vnto the Kingedome of the howse of Dauyd with any preachynge of the prophetes No nor yet with any misfortunes comynge vnto them / vntyll the tyme of theyr laste destruction After a lyke maner Mahumet also diuyīynge to make the people of Arabye faythfull The people of ●r●bye in the tyme o● Mahumet were myxte to●yther of Iewes o● Christianes ād the worshyppers of Idols and subiecte vnto hym / whiche were then mixte together of Iues and Christianes / and they also depraued by the hereticall doctrynes of Arrius / Sabellius / Iacobus Nestorius / and soche other lyke And of the worshippers of Idoles namely of Nenus the ladye of corrupte and fylthy pleasure / dyd suppose it to be beste to brynge them all in to one secte Vnto the whiche then afterwarde all whother natyons myght come a●lso Wherefore thorowe the helpe of the heretykes Sergius and Mathue and of these two Iues Andias Mathue● Sergins Andias ● Cabalachabar helpeth Mahumet to make hys laws and Cabalachabar whome he had vsed for his scolemasters before tyme he dyd begynne to make bothe a ciuile and apopishe lawe temperinge the composition and the makinge thereof with a wonderfull crafte that he myght seme to be an aduersarye vnto no seete But to make them all frendes and to reduce and brynge them in to a moste holy concorde / that he myght the more easaly be receyued of all men and retayned the more constantly There were also many thinges added plēteously whych pleaseth the desires and corrupte iudgement of the vulgare people / as the hope of greate rychesse / lordeship / and largenes of dominion / the vse and perf●●●tion of carnall pleasures / and soche a meanes to optayne perfeyt felycyte and beatytude / as euery man maye easely perfourme wyth hys owne strength / so that he wyll enforce hym self fe there vnto A daye and a tyme of conuocation or metynge Prefyxed appoynted before ●ande together beynge prefyxed in the whyche thys newe relygyon sholde be publysshed / it is sayde that Mahumet had bewytched the myndes of the symple people wyth craftes / whyche be not abhorrynge from a moste suttle wytt / neyther are they wythowte examples / for why he had prepared and caused vesselles off goolde and syluer fyllyd with moste dilicate meates and drynke for to be hyd vndernethe the grownde in the place of theyr assembles / whiche of the diggers beynge brawen owte in the syghte of the people sholde portende the tokens Portende is to signifie before hande of a moste welthye kyngedome There was also a doue / whyche descendynge vpon his sholders and flyinge vnto the eares of the author of these newe lawes / dyd testyfye the presens of the holy gooste / declarynge vnto hym some pryuye suborne● is as moche to saye as prepared to begy●e ▪ deuyne and secrete mysterye / as suborned interpreters dyd openly declare But she was before brought vp by hande of a yonge pygeone made tame / and taughte to gather peason many tymes out of Mahumetes cares / so that knowinge the mannes voyce / and beynge kepte hongrye she wolde flye vnto hym very famylyarly And by the same crafte a bull beinge customablelye vsed and put or sente owte of the bullhye feldes dyd brynge the boke of his holy lawes tayed vnto hys hornes / that the folysshe multitude of the people assembled myght beleue it to be brought out of heauen / and The secte of heretykes called Helcesaytes not to haue bene wryttē by manes wytt Euen as dyd a certen secte of heretykes / called Helcesaites / whych dyd boste the boke of their doctryne to haue fallē downe vnto them owte of the heauens by dynyne reuelation The volume therfore was receyued of the Prophet preachynge wyth moste greate reuerēce It was opened / recyted and alowed of all men A solemne othe was rakē and they were all sworne vnto Mahumets lawes and that the decrees for euer after myght be howlden as ratyfyed / holy and halowed / a worthy couer for suche a cuppe was added / and a capitall punysshement was set or appoynted as vnto men conuycte of hygh treason whosoeuer dare detracte but wyth one worde the dedes and dygnyte of Mahumet / eyther yet cal backe his doctryne confyrmed with moste suffycyent wytnesses into doute and the controuersye of dysputatyon And so this fayned Messias whyche dyd boaste hym selfe for to be sent with the power of weapons / not with the vertu of miracles / perceyuynge the myndes of the people to be sufficiently bownde and obedyent to all thynges After or accordynge to the lawe The lawe of Mahumet commaūdeth his folowers wyth warres to encrea●e their

sholde be trobled to moche hauynge no helpe but hym selfe wyth the care and grefe of erthelye thinges But wyth what face dareste thou b● so hardye to laye the cryme of this folye and wyckednes vnto the Turkes charge whych doest thy selfe the same thinges rather warse yf warse maye be For very shame ether take awaye the dumme names of George / Anthonye / Barbara / Erasmus / and of whother he sayntes and she sayntes / or elles it must nedes appere that thou doest styke faste / and arte lykewyse drowned in the same myre / whyche arte called a Christiane and yet thou mylt not aske all thinges in the name of Christ of owre moste lyberall father which haste the noble wyse / and eloquent promyse of the Lorde what so euer yow shall aske the father in my name / he Iohn xv wyll gyne it yow whiche haste the noble precepte of God Psal xlix offer vnto the Psal xlix lorde the sacryfyce of thankes gyuynge paye thy bowes vnto the hyeste and call vpon me in the tyme of trouble / so wyll I heare the and thow shalte honoure me c. But yf the Turkes call Christen men wycked and out of their wyttes / whyche put of their cappes to Images / do inclyne The e●●se● denerat●ou of Images them self fe to do worshyp / bowe their knees / lye flatte on the grounde wyth all theyr bodyes / sett vp tapers / lighte cādels / burne frāckynsence which turne their praiers to a stocke or a stone hauīg their purpose and desyer fulfylled / gyue thankes therfore to a deade thinge wyth oute breathe or lyffe How wylt thou denye the intentiō of a moste greuous cryme By what reason / waye / or meanes wilt thou auoyde it Shall we saye there be none Idoles or vayne carued ymages called simulachres amonge Christianes Men wyll not beleue vs / for the matter is euydent vnto the contrary / and owre tēpels are sene in the face of all the worlde to be fylled / stuffed / and beset rownde aboute with suche maumets and puppets on euery syde But vnto what vse ● wyse question forsothe and a warme ininterrogation Herely to represent the blyssed sayntes that dwell in heauen / vnto whome religion it self fe commaūdeth vs to gyue honoure and worship for as moche as they be patrones / helpers and defenders of all them the whiche requier their helpe and socoure / and will expresse the inwarde loue and kyndenes of the mynde with owtewarde prayer and thankes gyuen vnto them for soche benefytes as they haue receyued and taken at their handes Therfore thy godes O Israell are acordynge to the multitude of thy townes cyttyes as Hieremye saythe / yea Ieremy ij euery man hath mo sayntes well nere for to be his patrones then there be membres of one bodye / seynge that one and his felowe muste defende the heade / an other the hande / an other the bellye and who is able to nombre thē all But thow wilt saye / they teache the laye people and are vnto them in the stede of bookes and as letters be signes to thē that can rede The sophisticall inuētion of Gregorye the greate Herely asharpe reason and a suttle inuention firste to wnde owte / by Gregorye the greate not in the wrightynges of fisshers but in the argumentes of sophysters Neuerthelesse I wolde very fayne lerne of the moste craftye disciples and valiante defenders of these dumme gods whyther the deuyle syrsatane dyd euer teache the people Hethen and Christen more euyll and false in soch ydolles then paynted or grauen Images do teache good trwe But that more is attributed vnto them then they do ether teache or signifye the thinge proueth itselffe many maner of wayes For why Wherfor do mē rūne as thowgh they were moued wyth some ▪ vngracious furye by see and by lāde vnto soche Images why be vowes made to go seke an idole that is so far of Why are Images laden with golde and syluer / and the pore Christen people in the meane tyme sufferde to perysshe for colde and hungare Why is it holden for a greater offence to ouerthrow a rottē poste then to stryke the brother of Christe for whome he wolde be borne and suffer deathe Why doth the braggers of the Christē doctryne put those men to troble as moste vngracious heretykes / which teache that Images owght to haue nether place nor vse in religion / and the whyche with good ordre take them owte of theire temples Vpon the Turkes syde fyghting agenst Images breking them downe Moses standyth vp with all the valiant hoste of the Prophetes whiche do abhorre Images as a thinge moste detestable / addynge also the reasones why they are not to be suffered amongste the worshippers of the lyninge god Nether do the Apostles fyght agaynste the turkes in this behalffe which warnethe men to be ware of Idoles Moses the prophetes the Apostles / the churche and all good reason for byddeth the wycked veneration of Images and teache them no where to worship nor in any wyse to make them any grauen Image The primatiue churche also makethe wyth the Turkes / whiche a longe tyme was clene with oute Images and in the dayes of Tartulliane the signe of the crosse onely was had amongste Christianes wythoute anye worship done vnto it / for a knowlege and token of Tertullia c. the Christen warfare / as the people of Rome hathe bene acustomed in tyme of battell to haue an egle for theyer badge and cūnisance Good and perfit reason doth also consent to the Turkes hatred agaynste deaffe and dumme ydoles / whiche thinge I wyll make playne by the wordes of the moste excellent and famous clerke Origene Origene whiche in the .vij. boke agaynste Celsus rebukynge and checkynge the Christianes / for that they folowed Moses and the Iewes in abhorringe the vse of Images wryghteth in this wise it is an vnworthy thynge / that the creature / whych is subiect to vanite / sholde be settin the stede of god hauyng no nede of any thinge or that it sholde occupye the Rome of the sonne of god the firste begotten of all creatures / that it myght be honoured Moreouer there owght no forged thinge to be in his mynde / whiche wyll worship God truly and in spryte and in veryte Lactantius Firmianus What shulde I recyte Lactantius Firmianus a man far awaye bothe better lerned and more holy then Gregorye the greate whych doth not dowte to affirme that there is no true relygyō nor any maner of vertu / where as is an ymage And he was an excellent wryghter douteles agaynste the heathen people but he that wyll show me the difference betwene the Idoles of the hethen and dumme godes of the Christianes I shall suerly wonder very greatlye at hym I wyll adde this one thinge whiche Caucasus the moste flye montayne rowgh and inhabitable deu dyng