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A08241 Here begynneth a godly new story of .xii. men that moyses (by the co[m]maundement of god) sent to spye owt the land of canaan of whiche .xii. onely Iosua and Caleb, wer found faythful messengers. Nicolls, Philip. 1548 (1548) STC 18576; ESTC S104164 30,068 104

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❧ Here begynneth a godly newe story of .xii. men that moyses by the Cōmaundement of god sent to spye owt the land of canaan of whiche .xii. onely Iosua and Caleb wer found faythful messengers Psalme Cv. O that mē woulde prays the goodnes of god and the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men for he hath brokē the gates of brasse and smytten the barres of Iron in sunder Folyshemen were plaged for their offences because of their wickednes The Epistle to the reader To all the faythfull brethrē whiche onely desyre the glory of god in our sauiour and Redemer Iesus Chryst be grace mercy and peace thorow the workyng of hys holy spirite Amen WHERE Salomō had cōsidered al thiges dō vnder the sūne Eccle. viii to be but vanitie and vexacione of mynde Yet sayeth he ys there a vanyte vppon earth There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly agayne theyr be vngodly wyth whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the tyghteous Thys me thynke alse a vayne thynge etc. Thys vexed saloinon aboue other thynges and moued hym the rather to say al is but vanyte when he saw good men rewarded wyth euel and the wycked floryshe and haue prosperyte he sawe the Good the badde prospere alyke īcrese their ryches possessyōs to be had ī reuerenc he saw the wycked decaye peryshe and lykewyse it happened to the innocēt Vnmeate it semeth to a mā of good reson that a soore laborynge man should lack hys meate and an idle● sleape with a ful belly But what shal we saye lyke as it was in salomons dayes so also now is it most sure and certayne that many tymes a man shall seke hys brothers wealth and shew him a greate benefite finde hys displeasure and haue his euell wyl that is for his well doynge shal be rewarded with euel and yet shal the dissēbler haue greate beneuolence fauoure Oftentimes it chānceth that he which ●●nestly studyeth to profyt the cōmen welth hath lytell thank for hys labour and is despised of the same and he whose dylygence may be best spared most avaūceth hym selfe ther by and cōmeth to honour Ryches possessyōs plēteousnes of the worlde happeneth not seldome to the wicked vngodly yea they be had in fauour wyth greate men wythowte any deseruynge be brought to great dignyte Peuury scarsite trouble aduersyte be sayed on the ryghteous which feareth god his good wysdom bryngeth him dispyt This is wel knowen to such as seke wysdome in chryste whome fortune alwaye fauoureth not and haue experymented the assaultes of the enimye He that reapeth the corne perchaunce eateth non of the bred He that treadeth the vyne presse drynketh not alway of the wine The labour trauel that some men take of pure good wyl also effectuous hath not the grace with mē nor fauour the others past●●● concylyateth withowte payne yea at last vnprofitable But should I now be agreued with the wedes growynge amōg the corne Seynge the ldrds sayeth Mat. xiii psa xxvii Let them grow both tyl haruest Cā my hatred destroy synne or doth my synne myny she their offēces fret not thy selfe at the vngodly saeth a Dauid be not enuyous agaynst the euel doers And why so for they shal sone be cut do wne lyke the grasse be wythered as the grene herbe Put thou thy trust in the lord be doyng good so shal thou dwell in the land it shal surely feade the etc Vnderstand now gētyll reader that whē I was aboute to wryte thys mater that I haue taken in hand I cōsydered what anūbre of bokes ther be abrode in euery mās hand of dyuers sūdry maters which at very gredely deuoured of a greate sortē Who so laboreth both writig redig I do very much cōmēd But ar the labors of al such writer thākefully receaued trow ye Ar ther diligēce study gratified accordingly or doth euerye mā rede with such a purpos itent that the cōmon wealth of chrystes flocke mought therby be profyted and the people reduced to a chrysten cōuer sation and amendment of lyfe As the auctor intended Do they reade withe suche iudgemente that they receaue the Good and reiecte the badd No no. The wayghtyer matter the sonner passed ouer and the lesse thanke to the aucthour But tryflynge matters fynely Handled are estemed So croked and peruerse is the nature of man and so lytell pleasure haue we in folowyng the heuenly doctrane of chryst And so lytell profytte haue they also that with synglenes of hart laboure therin But what thē should the wryters therfore leaue wrytynge because the most parte do not wourthyly receaue it God forbyd But rather would I wyshe the those whyche neuer wrote before should also sette them selfes to woorke be stowinge the talent that god hath lent them to the most aduauntage And seinge it is not lauful for any man as yet to preache in an open audyence on●es he be or hath byne an Apostata an Apostle I should say I purpose by the grace of god and the helpynge of hys holy sprete to doo that lyeth in me to spye out the lande of Canaan and to brynge such tydynges as the Lord shall open vnto me in wrytynge by meanes wherof his people may know theyr Lord the better and at last be partakers of that plesaunt land flowinge with milke and hony Now for as much as by all likelyhods tokens we approch neare the borders of thys promysed land for the Lordes commāndemēt is come into the harte of our moises which willeth me of euery sorte to go spie out the cōtre to bring tidines what maner of contre it is that al his people myght enter I thought it very good and profytable to publyshe the storye of these .xii. messengers written in the boke of Numeri the .xiii. .xiiii. cha that we being admonished by their exāple mai the better know how to behaue owr selues in owr iourney euery man in hys callyng specially such as are purposly sent Lyft vp your harts therfor brethren vnto the lord besechyng hi of hys mer cyful goodnes that he wil wouchesafe to gouerne my hart al others trauialinge thys heuenly lande that thorow fayth in his promyses accordynge to the example of Iosua Caleb we may be found faythful true messengers bryngyng wyth vs the frute of the same land auoidig the vnfaithfulnes of the other tē cowerdes which brought an euel report vp pō the land cause the people to sine we may comfort them so wyth the promises that with a glad harte surs hope of a constant fayth we may altogether enter into the heuēly taberna cle which christ hath prepared for hys electe Amen Spiritus vbi vult spirat P.N. Phillyp Nycolls The story It shal not nede to wryte that hole stori word for word ī this
the cheyfe in the concell and ruled the hole Realme by shoppes were Ambassators and of the preuer coūsaul Deanes and prebendaryes were the kynges phesycyās chaplens and stuardes Parsons vy cars wer great Lordes stuardes chaplyns I speak nothyng of abbottes pryours pro vyncyalls with such a rablemente of cloystererss What dyd all thes did they thach the peoplethe gosple of Iesus chryste dyd they teache the people fayth in chryst loue and charyte meakenes gentylnese symplycytie so bryrte chastyt lyberalyte and to dispyce the worlde and to go thorowe the wyld ernesse with Moyses and Chry ste theyr to be tryede whethere theyr fayth were Lyke Abrahams constance and lyuely in the promyses of god Alas fewe of them cowlde teache Any thonge at all for they Were for the moste parte greate menes sonnes brought vp in hawkyng hūtyng They knew not the gosple per adventure they wold set there chaplens to preach the master of sētence and the legend horrye yf he brought I .ii. or .iii. of the doctors oh what a learned man was that but these great men toke ther pleasures They knew not what fayth ys but Imagened that they had fayth when they beleued ther was a god that Iesus chryst was hys sonne and born of the vergyn mari etc but now they thought thys to be to lytyl to brynge them to heuē and therefore al the masse matins euen songes Dyryges holye breade holy water palmes ashes wythe suche Other geare shoulde be a meane And speacyaallye thēyre newe sacraments and Idolls that Ieroboam had sett vp and therefore they heldē stoutlye that faythe onelye cowlde not iusttifi nethercould webi faith ōly beaccepted into goddes fauour for they knew not what thys lyuely fayth that abraam had meante letpaule sai whāhe wil the churche was aboue pale and all the scripture now was ther lyuyng lyk vnto other men or wursse ank the cause of al others myschet for they were as prowde ēvyous and mali cyous as ani men wer in the world yea man had byn better to haue had the dysy leasure of .x. other thē one of them They fared as wel had as many daynte dyshes as any lordes in the realme and more quietnes a great deal This could not be wyth out wemē Whether they were whoremongers adulterers wurse let all the world be iudge Noman roughte more to be alofte in the world then thei did and such greate houses horses houndes sho tynge dysynge open housetor gentylmēne ther seruantes In veluet and chaynes of gold What temtatyon they had in in the wyldernes I can not tel onles they were tempted with ladyes and gentyllwomen that vysyted them But sure they tempted other and mad them go thorow the wyldeenes and thorow the fyre also Alas they had no mercy vpon a poore wreche that once opened his mowth agaynst them but cryed owte herytike herytyke burne burne fagotts fyre But hys examynatyons was not harde of the lay people for feare Alas Yf the lord had not lefte vs sede We shulde haue bene As sodome and lyke vnto Gomorra Psal ii Be wyse therfore o ye kynges be learned ye that be Iudges of the erth lest the lorde be angrye with yow and ye peryshe from the ryght way But kynges were alway as kepte dionge wyth warres Yf they had any learnynge and lyke to smell out any of their wyies or yf he wold reforme any thig Loke how thy handled king Iohn Tho mas becket was one oi their saints but gentell teader loke vpon hys liff in the legend the boke of saints lyues I am sure they haue wryttē the best thei cowld for him but yet marke yt well There was noman mought study the scrypture before he had bin Master of art and then was yt nothinge worth tyll he had studyed the doctors counsels and decrees the whych ys more thenaman ys able to do in all hys lyffe though he lyue Lxxxx. yere and to saye hys seruyce besyde whyche all prestes were bownd to doo on payne of dampnacyon Thys I speake of our doctors in the vuibersytees As for oure prestes in the contree the dayes hathe byn that be was coumptedd a greate clarke that coulde tell whome he shoulde serue to morowe They knew not what the byble meanthei were not acquanted wyth the new testament Some of them thought yt shuld be hetysy because yt was called the new testamente For this worde now offended then greatly But now they be well amended for some of them wylbe able to reade Englyshe wythyn a whyle though yt before aganst ther wyl I know wel they can not abyd the hearing of this Ma. xxii nomeor then thescribes and pharyses cowld a byde chryst when he sayed wo be vnto you scrybes pharties for ye shit vp the kingdō of godbefore mē etc. but weperad vēture they wyl say we denynot chryste put we wurshyp Chrpste and therefore we kyll them that wyll nott beleue in Chryste But saieth Chrste tak hede that no man decaue yow For ther shall many come and saye I am chryst and shall deceaue many but when ye se the abhomynacyon of desolacyon stond in the holy place etc then yf any man shal saye vnto you lo here ys christ beleue yt not Ieroboam was not so madd to say ye shal beleue no more tn the lorde but in straunge goddes Re. xii but he sai ed yt ys muche for you to go to Ie rusalē behold therfore these shal be youre goddes etc. hys meanynge was that they shoulde do to these godes the same wursh yppe that they dyd before at Ierusalem And our Patryarkes Pretend Christ altogether But the wurshype that he prescrybed vnto vs was gone Hys Docrryne wyth all the scryptures had they locked frō vs so that none of vs durstloke vp on yt in the tonge that we vnderstod so that we could haue but small hope thorow comfort of the sceyptures Alas how was yt possyble the we should be obedyent vn to the voyce of oure lorde god and walke in hys wayes whē we knew them not nor coulde we tell what they meant but most harti humble and Immortal thankes be geuen to the almighti god which thorow the merytes and prayer of oure mer cyfull Moyses hathe sturred the harte of noble king henry the .viii to destroye the abhomy nacyons of thys wycked Ieroboam But chefly of al other thynges as we are moste bownde ar thys tyme ou ghte we to lawde and prayse the lord whych of hys tēder loue lykewyse hath geuē vs a yoūge Iosias which by the grace power of the lord shal thorow his godligoueruour counsellers fynish the building of the holy tēple whych his father beganne accordynge to the patron that the lord hath perscrybed ithegosple of has onely son̄e Iesus cryste our lorde Ho wbeit we are not yet paste the wyld etnesse we are not yet ente red the lād of Canaan for althoghe the lorde haue doth dayly