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A73318	A supplycacion to our moste soueraigne lorde Kynge henry the eyght Kynge of England of Fraunce and of Irelande, [and] moste ernest defender of Christes gospell, supreme heade vnder God here in erthe, next [and] immedyatly of his churches of Englande and Irelande.	Tracy, Richard, d. 1569.	1544 (1544)	STC 24165.5; ESTC S125558	23,792	64

the extreame necessyte of their christen bretheren This vayne hope in the lōge prayers of prestes no doubt graciouse lorde is a greate occasyon of moche pouerte amōgest the poore and neady of this yowr realme For the spedy remedy of this pouerte amongest your louinge subiectes / and the vtter suppressyon of suche vayne hope in the prayers of prestes to be made for your subiectes when they be deade / whiche is the greate cause of this myserable pouerte / it may please your magestye of your accustomed goodnes to call to your graciouse remembrāce that all the people of this your regyon be subiect vnto yowr gracyouse power / rule / and dominion as vnto their supreme hedd and gouernowre dewly by God appointed to gouerne them onely durynge their naturall lyues / but when it pleaseth God to take their sowles owt of this myserable worlde / than yowr grace is dyscharged of all gouernance / cure charge ouer thē / as of suche which after their death doo not appertayne to yowr grace / nor be of your Kyngedome / but onely of the Kyngedome of God vnder his gouernaunce prouysion and rule Into the whyche Kyngedome nother your grace nor noo other erthely prynce maye lawfullye vsurpe or take anye rule prouisyon care or gouernance for the soules entered therunto Seynge that your grace haue no auctoryte nor power ouer the soules departed you be not onelye dyscharged to gouerne to care or to prouyde for them beinge deade but muche rather to prouyde that they maye not be deceyuedde so vnder the coloure of longe prayer but that they maye be taughte syncerelye GODS worde whyle they be lyuynge vnder youre subiection so that they maye beleue constantelye and lyue godlye and then by Christes promesse bell gates shall not preuayle agaynste them moche lesse they shal haue any neade of suche straunge succoure and helpe of menne nothynge appoyntedde nor taughte by Goddes worde to be profitable or necessarye fortheyre soules after they re deathe Wherfore I mystruste not butte that youre magestye when you shall nexte intreate for the reformation of the enormytyes and abuses spronge● vp in the christenne religion you wyll godlye reforme suche abuse and dissembled●● couetousenes and certeynelye beynge to godlye remedye nor helpe for sowles departed whiche hathe noo strengthe nor effycacye of GODS worde whyche is the verye trewe foundacion of all the Christen religion and helpe for soules And in the meane season I doo no lesse thyncke and also praye hartelye to GOD that youre magestye wyll prouyde and make ordinaunce that all suche landes and possessyons whervpon so manye ydle hypochrytes and deceyuers be greate burdeyne and charge to youre realme whyche hytherto haue lyued vngodly and vnprofytablely maye from henceforthe be partelye conuerted to the supportation and mayntenaunce of common stooles whereby erroures crepte vp throughe ingnorance maye be throughe knoweledge repressedde and godlye learnynge and knowledge more plenteouslye planted and admynistred and partelye that youre poore louynge subiectes maye be more mercyfullye releued and succoured whyle they lyue vnder youre subiection charge and gouernaunce Thys godlye dystrybution most prudent Soueraygne of the landes and possessions ordeynedde and appoyntedde for the comforte succours and helpe of yowre poore louynge and lyuynge 〈◊〉 is muche more consonante and agreable to GODDES worde and more certayne dyscharge of youre graces conscyence then to suffer the same possessions to be vngodly caste awaye and consumed vnder suche false colowre and pretence to releue sowles departed of whome youre magestye haue nother cure nor charge nor can not assure to them by Goddes worde throughe suche longe prayers of prestes relesse of paynes after their deathe or anye other ayde comforte or succoure For wythoute anye doubte gracyouse Lorde yf suche hyredde prayers hadde bene godlye and necessarye for the sowles departedde other Chryste or his Apostelles wolde haue taughts it or at the least haue praysed or practisedde it and not so manifestlye reproued and thretened it sayenge Marc. xii Beware of them whych deuoure wyddowes howses vnder coloure of longe prayerres they re iudgemente shal be muche longer In all the newe Testamente there is no mencyonne made of anye suche offycer nor offyce institutedde nor appoyntedde to praye for the deade And yet all menne I thyncke wyll confesse that the truethe of GODS worde was mooste syncerelye setforthe and preached in the tyme of Chryste and of his Apostelles in whose tyme there was no suche craftye learnynge publyshedde nor taughte by them nor longe tyme after But then menne stablyshedde and grounded their religion and hope of healthe vpon Goddes worde whyche teachethe vs that who so beleuethe is saued and hathe no neade of longe prestyshe prayers and who so beleuethe not shal be condempned Betwene these extreame contraries there is no meane as saint Augustine sayethe Note here s. August in hys boke entyteled Hypognosticō fol. ix Wherfore I exhorte all them whiche contrary to all holy scriptures truste to the thyrd place there to haue release of paynes throughe the songe prayers of preastes that they wolde geue ouer suche fayned fantasye of men subtilly ymagyned onely throughe insaciable couetousenes of ambiciouse prestes to gette moneye therewythe to mayneteyne theyr vngodlye lustes and to lyue ydlely and delycately and to truste rather to the sure and infallyble trewethe of Goddes worde whyche wythoute doubte is to repent and beleue and vtterlye to forsake all synne and than constantelye to truste to Goddes promesse of mercye Here manifestly apperethe soueraygne Lorde in what myserable blyndenes the mooste parte of this youre realme haue longe tyme be led yea and almost drowned throughe the longe custome vsed therin Who is it that can not lamente I saye this deplorate and miserable sorte of blynde shepherdes Be not they boughte withe the same price wherwythe wede bought to be members of one bodye wherof Christ is heade If we be members of one bodye certeynlye we can not then but caste and feale not onely theyr euyll but also the lamentable estate of all other cast awaye through the Lorde I truste the punyshment is pa●●e wherwithe thou hall threatned the worlde to be punishedde wythe hunger and chryste not wythe hunger and thryste of breade and drynke Amos. viii but for lacke of hearynge thy worde Yt is nowe tyme lorde to shewe thyne accustomedde goodnes and mercye for the whyche we doo dayly and hartelye praye sayenge Throughe the tender mercye of God wherwithe he hathe dysyred vs Luce. i geue lyghte to vs whych fyfte in darckenes and in the shaddowe of deathe to guyde oure 〈◊〉 into the waye of peace Also it is a daungerouse thynge to admitte one to be aspyrytuall pastoure whose professyon and studye all hys youthe hathe bene in decrees and popyshe lawes For suche a studye for the mooste parte ingenderethe a popyshe harte If any suche be admittedde to be a pastoure he shall not onelye other se●●e●ely in confessyon or by some other