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the members make heauye there In you nought but flesh doeth appere For if my spirite in you had ben Me in myne you must nedis haue sene ¶ The pore the pore and indigent Came vnto you ofte tymes ye knowe And you sawe them wepe and lament Yet would ye not on them bestowe The leaste frute that to you dyd growe No no you were redy to take That other gaue them for my sake Your hertis were hardee then the flynt In them no pitie Ezech. 33. coulde be founde Your greedye gutte coulde neuer stynt Tyll all the good and fruitfull grounde Were hedged in whythin your nownde You wycked sorte howe vsed ye The londis and goodis ye had of me ☞ You made your boaste all was your owne To spare or spende at your owne wyll And when any pore men were knowne Mat. xxi ▪ That were so bolde to calle it yll My landis and goodis in waste to spyll You shet them vp in prisone strong Tormentynge them euer emonge False libertynes you dyd them call Because they tolde you your duitie You sayde the loselles woulde haue all That you had goten paynfully And kept longe tyme moste carefully But ye belye them I know well And slaunder this my true Gospell ☞ Emonge all myne there is not one That would haue ought more then his owne As I shall tell you playne anone For to me all Luke xvi theyr hertis be knowne They reaped nought that you had sowne But wylled you to let them haue That I gaue you mankynde to saue Not one so blynde emonge you all But he knoweth I made all of nought Appoyntynge all thyngis Psal viii naturall To serue mankynde whome I haue wrought Lyke to my selfe Gensis i. in loueyng thought Wyllynge that eche should at his nede Haue breade and Broth. harbour and wede ❧ But syth it was expedient That emonge all there should be some Alwaye sycke sore and impotent I indued you wyth such wysedome As dyd honest stuardis become Cammittyng whole Mat. 24. into your hande The riches boeth of sea and lande ☞ My purpose was that you should haue Alwaye all nedefull thynges in store To succour such as nedis must craue Of you thyngis nedefull euermore I made you rych to fede the pore But you lyke seruauntis prodigall Haue in excesse Mat. 24 consumed all ☞ But when I found you negligent In fedynge of my family Then my prophetes to you I sent Commaundyng that you should yerely Malc iii Brynge all your tythes diligently Into my barne that there myght be Meate in myne house for pouertie But you gaue to theyr wordis no hede You helde all faste and woulde nought brynge Into my barne the pore to fede But spent all at your owne lykynge Gene. 32. In wantones and banketynge And in rayment past your degree As men that had no mynde of me ¶ Yea some of you were not content To holde fast that ye should haue brought Into my barne there to be spent But gredyly Iohn x ye begde and bought That my true seruantis as they ought Dyd at my true prophetis byddynge Into my barne faythfully brynge ¶ And when you had once goten in Into my folde emonge my shepe Then you thought it to be no synne Styll in your kennells forto slepe Settyng such ones my flocke to kepe As were more lyke Iohn x. to eate the lambe Then to defende his feble dame Ezech. 34. ☞ Ye robde ye spoylde ye bought ye solde My flocke and me in euery place Ye made my bloude vylar then golde And yet ye thought it no trepasse O wycked sorte voyde of all grace Auoyde from me downe into hell Wyth lucifer there shall ye dwell Ye had the tythes of mens encrease That shoulde haue fedde Ezech. 34. my flocke and me But you made your selfes well at ease And toke no thought for pouertie It dyd not greue you forto se My flocke and me suffer greate nede For lacke of meate harbour and wede ¶ No Hell can be a worthy payne For your offence it is so greate For you haue robbed me and slayne My flocke for lacke of nedefull meate The woule the lambe the malt and wheate You dyd by force cary awaye And no man durst once saye you naye ¶ Howe can you loke to haue mercie At myne hande whome ye would not feede Wyth that was myne euen of dutie To succoure me and myne at nede Syth you myght in the scripture rede That suche men shall no mercie haue Iacob ii As kepe theyr owne when nede doethe craue Vnto the Hungry Esai viii parte thy breade And when thou shalt the naked se Put clothes on him this myght you reade In my Prophetis that Preached me And in Iohns Pistle these wordis be Howe can that man haue Charitie That beynge riche sheweth no pitie Also Prou. xxi the man that stoppeth his eare At the crye of such as be pore Shall crye and no man shall him heare Nor at his nede shewe him succoure Ryght so Prou. xxii he that doeth endeuoure To be made rych by oppressynge Shall leaue him selfe at the last no thynge For he shall geue the ryche alwaye More then he can scrape frome the pore So that in tyme he shall decaye And haue no nedefull thynge in store This might you reade and ten tymes more In the bible that holy boke If you had had Math. x. tyme forto loke But such scriptures you coulde not broke As bade you geue ought to the pore You wyshed then out of the boke But you were suer to haue in store Plentie of scripturs euermore To proue that you myght aye be bolde Wyth your owne to do what you woulde You thought you myght your goodis employ To priuate gayne in euery thynge You thought it no faute to anoye Such men as were Mat. vii nygh you dwellynge Were it by purchaise or byldynge Neither to get into your hande Your neyghbours house his goodis and lande All was your owne that you myght bye Or for a long tyme take by lease And then woulde you take rent yerely Much more then was the tenantis ease Luke iii. It was no faute your rentis to rease From twentie markis to fourtie powndis Were it in tenementis or growndis What though the pore dyd lye and dye For lacke of of Harboure in that place Where you had goten wyckedly By lease or else by playne purchase All houseynge that shoulde in that case Haue ben a slafegard and defence Agaynst the stormy violence Yea what if the pore famyshed For lacke of fode vpon that grownde The rentes whereof Math. x. you haue reysed Or hedged it wythin your mownde There myght therwyth no faute be founde No though ye bought vp all the grayne To sell it at your pryce agayne You thought that I woulde not requyre the bloude of all suche at your hande But be you sure

heauinesse In deadly paynes there shall they lye And then they would Apocal. ix but shall not dye ¶ Such as were here so loth to dye That they thought no plisicke to dere Shall there lyue in such miserie That only death myght their hertis there They shall alwayes desyre to here That they myght dye for euermore Theyr paynes shal be so passynge sore Then shall Christe wyth his chosen sorte Triumphauntely returne agayne To hys father geueyng conforte To such as for hys sake Apoc xxii were slayne No wyght shall there fele any payne But all shall lyue in such blysse there As neuer tonge coulde yet declare That we maye then lyue in that place Wyth Christe oure kynge that hath vs bought Let vs crie vnto God for grace To repent that we haue mysse wrought And where we haue wyckedly sought To be made rych Luke xix by wycked gayne Let vs restore all thynges agayne Let the pore man haue and enioye The house he had by Copyeholde For hym his wyfe and Iacke hys boye To kepe them from hunger and colde And thoughe the lease therof be solde Bye it agayne though it be dere For nowe we go Phil. iiii on oure laste yere Caste downe the hedges and stronge mowndes That you haue caused to be made Aboute the waste and tyllage growndes Makeynge them wepe that erste were glad Leste you your selfes be stryken sadde When you shall se that Christe doeth drye All teares from the Apoc xxi oppressedis eye Restore the fynes and eke the rent That ye haue tane more then your due Else certenly you shall be shent When Christe shall your Euidence vieu For then you shall fynde these wordes trew You are but stuardes of the lande That he betoke Luke xix into your handes And you that haue taken by lease Greate store of growndis or of houseyng Your lyueyng thereby to encrease And to maynetayne you loyeterynge ii The. iii Fall nowe to worcke for your lyueynge And let the lordes deale wyth theyr growndis In Territories Fieldes and Townes You do but heape on you gods Ire Whych doubtles you shall fele shortely In that you do so muche desyre The lease of eche mans house to bye Esaie v. You study no mans wealth pardye But all men se you do aduaunce Your selfe by pore mens hynderaunce What though your liueingly theron Shoulde you not geue them vp therfore It is Abhomination And doubtles God wyll plage it sore Repent I saye and synne no more For nowe the daye is euen at hande When you shall at your tryall stande Let not the wealthy lyueynge here Which can but a shorte tyme endure Be vnto you a thynge so dere That you wyll lose endlesse pleasure Rather then leaue the vayne treasure O rather let your leases go Then they shoulde worke you endelesse woe Rehore the tythes vnto the pore For blynde and lame shoulde lyue theron The wydowe that hath no succoure And the chylde that is lefte alone For if these folke do make theyr mone To God he wyll sure heare theyr crye And reuenge theyr wronge by and by Restore your tythes I saye once more That trwe preachars may lyue theron And haue all nedefull thynges in store To geue to such as can get none Leste theyr greate lamentation Do styr the Lorde vengeaunce to take Euen for hys trueth and promes sake Geue ouer your pluralities Ye men of God if you be so Betake you to one benifice And let your lordelyke lyueuynges go For holy wryte teacheth you so Learne at the laste to be content Wyth thynges that be sufficient If you be mete to do seruice To any prince or noble man Than medle wyth no benifice For certenly no one man can Do the duitie of moe men than Of one which duitie you do owe To them that geue you wage you knowe ☞ Robbe not the people that do paye The tenth of theyr increase yerely To haue a learned guyde alwaye Present wyth them to edifie Them by teachyng the veritie Malac iii Boeth in his worde and eke his dede And to succoure such as haue nede ☞ And you that haue tane vsurie Of such as nede draue to borowe Make restitution shortly leste it turne you to great sorowe When no man can Psal xv be your borowe Wich shal be at the daye of dome Phil. iiii Which doubtlesse is not longe to come ☞ And you that by disceyte haue wome Were it in weyght or in measure Be sorye that ye haue so donne And seke to stoppe goddis displeasure By bestowynge Luke iii. this worldis treasure To the confort helpe and succoure Of such as be nedie and pore ¶ And you that erste haue bene oppreste And could not beare it paciently For you I thynke it shal be beste To repent you must hertily And call to god for his mercie To geue you grace forto sustayne That crosse when it Marc. 14 shall come agayne To make an ende let vs repent All that euer we haue mysse wrought And praye to god omnipotent To take from vs all wycked thought That his glory maye be styll sought By vs that be his creatures So longe as lyfe in vs endures And that henceforth eche man maye seke In all thyngis to profite all men And be in herte lowly and meke As men that be in dede Christen As well in herte as name and then We shall haue blysse wythouten ende Vnto the which the lorde vs sende Amen ❧ The boke to the Christian Readars MY brother the trūpet dyd warne you before That al mē shuld walk in their callynge vpryght Directyng their wayes by gooddis holy lore knowyng that thei be always in the lordis syght Whoe seeth in the darcke as well as in lyght He hath cryed vnto you all this last yere And yet non emendment doeth in you appeare ☞ In dede very many do him entertayne Lyke as there were none more welcome then he Yet I thyncke they do his warnynge dysdayne Because he doeth tell them what is theyr duetie For he is very playne wyth euery degre The rych and the myghtie he doeth nothyng feare No more doeth he wyth the pore mans falte beare ☞ It pleased my father to sende him before That he myght make redy and prepare his waye By causeynge all men to walke in his lore That haue in tymes passed wandred astraye Leste payne be theyr portion at the laste daye And nowe hath he sent me that they maye se As it were in a glasse what theyr rewarde shal be I am the rewarde that al men shall haue For the iuste shall haue plesure and the wicked panye When euery mā shal aryse oure of his graue And haue the spryte knyt to the body agayne In heauen or in hell they shall styll remayne Or blysse or of payne they shall haue theyr fyll The good sorte In heauen and in hell the Ill Beholde me therfore wyth a gostly eie And let me not from your presence departe For no doubt you wyll all wyckednes defye So longe as I shall remayne in your herte I sha●l cause you from wyckednes to conuert So that in the ende you shal be ryght sure To lyue wyth my father in ioye and pleasure Finis ¶ Imprinted at london by Robert Crowley dwellynge in Elie rentis in Holburne Anno Domini M.D.L.I.