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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17339	A brefe exhortation set fourthe by the vnprofitable seruant of Iesu christ, Paule Bushe late bishop of Brystowe, to one Margarete Burges wyfe to Ihon Burges, clotheare of kyngeswode in the Countie of Wilshere.	Bush, Paul, 1490-1558.	1556 (1556)	STC 4184; ESTC S118871	10,516	48

¶ A brefe exhortation set fourthe by the vnprofitable seruant of Iesu christ Paule Bushe late bishop of Brystowe to one Margarete Burges wyfe to Ihon Burges clotheare of kyngeswode in the Countie of Wilshere An exhortation DEarly beloued syster in Chryste at our late being together in our verye worshyppeful frendes house in the countie of Glocester at a supper meale with diuerse other of worthye reputation whiche was the fyrst and last tyme that euer I sawe you or spake wyth you And that tyme and ther by occasyon as we sate at the table yf you call to your memorye we entrede into a lytle talke and afterward continued the same standyng at a wyndow whych talke albeit it was but breife and shorte yet the same as our lorde knoweth was more than Inough to declare to me not onely your hygh pretended knowledge but also your much ignoraunce which I do not a lytle in my harte lament for I perceyue you haue to litle knowlege and to much ignoraunce For in verye dede for lacke of the vertue of mekenes and the spyryte of truthe whych teacheth al goodnes it appereth that blynde ignoraunce permyxte with arrogancye hath greately ouerwhelmed your sences muche like as the obfusked and darke cloudes of the fyrmament doo many times shadowe and obtenebrate the radiaunt clere shynyng beames of the sonne And this commeth yf you aduyse your selfe well thorough the wycked arte and crafte of 〈…〉 enemye the deuyll whiche goeth alwaye aboute to shadowe the truth of gods most holye word and the true vnderstandynge of the same namelye from them whyche haue professed the Catholyke fayth to brynge them into the daungerous whyrlepoole of wycked ignoraunce yea and many tymes he playeth wyth them muche lyke as doeth the miller with his horse that draweeth his mille for whan he hath made hys horse blynde that he canne not se nor perceyue hys waye by the meanes of a vysarde of leather that he couereth hys face with all than he maketh hym continuallye all day longe to go round aboute keping one trade as thoughe he wente fourthe ryghte the strayte waye And at euenyng whan he commeth to his stable than he shall haue for hys prauendere the worste of hys labour that is a quantytye of course branne or a boolle full of drowsye draffe Such is his rewarde for his blinde trauel And euen thus fareth the deuyll with the weake and feble chrystyans for whan he goeth aboute to gryende the worde of god in his deuylleshe mylle of scismaticall and heretycall Doctryne than because the weake and feble chrystians shoulde not perceyue the fyne meale of gods word from the roughe and grosse branne of wicked doctrine he goeth and maketh them blynde with the 〈…〉 mauncye stout● 〈…〉 ●the them with gret arrogancy wyth much pryde to maintaine ther euyll conceiued opinions makinge them to beleue that they be in the ryghte strayghte waye And so in conclusyon he bryngeth them to hys fylthye and stynkynge stable there perpetuallye to be fedde wyth the roughe and course prauender of euerlastyng payne and torment Mat. xxii where shal be weapyng and gnasshyng of teath This is the rewarde that he prepareth for the arrogaunte ignorauntes whych wyll and doo defend their wicked and damnable opiniōs with their rashe temeryte and wyll not be instructed to folowe and beleue the doctrynes decrees and determinations which the vnyuersal church of Chryst throgh oute the whole worlde dothe confesse and acknowledge And therfore suche arrogaunt ignoraunce in a christian man oughte muche to be reproued and dispraysed namely when he shall so greatly erre that he thynketh hym selfe lerned and to knowe much when in very dede he is nether learned nor knoweth any thyng at al and yet stoughtly and arrogantlie many times such persons will not stycke wyth muche impudence to approue and verefye that thynge whyche is false and vtterlye and craftelye renege and denye wyth tothe and nayle as the prouerbe saith that thyng which is most true Thys is not onelye a greate 〈◊〉 and a wycked errour in a chrystyan man but also it is such a pernicious and a dampnable synne in the syghte and presence of GOD that it requyreth noo lesse than euerlastyng payne and ponishment And therefore such arrogante ignoraunce ought much to be feared and eschewed whyche procedeth of a kākered malice towardes God and his truth and is the specyalle cause of mans greate blyndenes that he cannotte conceyue the true sence and meanynge of Gods most holy word And thys the wyse man approueth in the seconde Chapiter of hys boke Sap. 2. where he sayeth The vngodlye goo astray and their owne malyce hath blynded them And the worthy auncient doctoure Chrysostome sayeth also Omel. xli opera imperiorum that ignoraunce of the knoledge of truth can be no excuse of condempnatyon namelye whan a man by occasion may receaue and fynde knowledge yf he had good and towarde mynde to learne And also the noble doctor pyller of Christes churche Sc. lxxviii De. Ver. Domi Saynte Augustyne sayeth lykewyse that a wycked man hatethe the true vnderstandyng and somtime agayne of a peruerte mynd he fearethe to knowe or vnderstand because he wyll not be constrayned afterwarde to do and folowe that thing which he knoweth Of suche Dauyd in his Psalmeste dothe prono●●ke and saye Psa xxxv The wycked 〈…〉 not be instructed that he might do good And this ignoraunce as I sayd before procedeth of an arrogant malyce and of a speciall contempte to be taught or learned the true catholyke doctrine For whan they be once noeffled in error they be loth to be plucke from there owne wycked conceyued opinions to knowe God and his infallible truth which is the verye lyght and saluation of there soules their arrogant pryde to maintaine their own blind ignoraūce is so gret And therfore mooste louynge syster to be shorte I exhorte you in the bowels of our lorde Iesu Christe vtterlye to repel frō you that wicked maystres and mayntayner of all pernicious doctrine I meane your arrogancye whych so muche puffethe vp youre ignoraunte mynde that it maketh you beleue that you are fully instruct and perfectlye learned wyth the readyng of your Englyshe Pamflettes and yet she greatlye deceaueth you as I truste hereafter you wyll no lesse confesse and acknowledge For I assure you yf you haue not the vertue of mekenes to vnclaspe the booke of gods word vnto you and in the readyng of the same the holy ghost to be your teacher your labor and studye shal be alwaye frustrate and in vayne and your knowledge no knowledge at al. The worthye Prophete Kyng Dauyd albeit he was hyghe inspyred by instincte diuyne wyth the holly spiryte of truthe and also the gyfte of mekenes yet he desysted not wyth the same spyryte and gyfte continually to praye to almightye GOD as one not satysfyed that he myght haue from time to time a more deper and a more