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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11613	An epistle wrytten by Iohn Scory the late bishope of Chichester vnto all the faythfull that be in pryson in Englande, or in any other troble for the defence of Goddes truthe wherin he dothe as well by the promises of mercy as also by thensamples of diuerse holy martyres, comfort, encorrage & strengt[h]e them paciently for Christes sake to suffer the manifolde cruell and moste tyra[n]nous persecutio[n]s of ye Antichristian tormentours: exhorting them to contynue in faythfull prayers, innocency of lyfe, pacience, and hope, that God maye the rather deliuer them, restore againe the light of his gospell to Englande, and confounde all the proude, beastly, & deuelishe enterprises of Antichristes garde, that doo imagine nothing els but ye subuersion of the gospell of Christ, and contynually thruste for the bloud of all true Christians.	Scory, John, d. 1585.	1555 (1555)	STC 21854; ESTC S101221	11,967	32

in heauen a better and an induring substaunce Yf they shal after theyr common maner reuile you call you knaues theues traitours sedicious scismatikes heretikes and falsely speake al maner of euel sayenges agaynst you for your mayster Christes sake Mat. 5. thā reioyse and be glad for your rewarde is great in heauen For euen so haue theyr forfathers reuiled the holy prophetes Christ hys apostles And remembre that ther is no disciple aboue hys maister nor no seruaunt aboue hys lorde Mat. 10. Yf you shall be betrayed of your fathers mothers brothers suffers sonnes doughters of your owne houshold familiars and kynsfolke remember that our saueour tolde you Math. 10. bothe that these vnnaturall treasons should be committed Math. 26. and also that he hym self was betrayed and solde of hys owne familiar Apostle yf they shall sawe you in sounder thynke on the Prophete Esay whych by the testimonie of Ecclesiasticall writers suffred the same deathe yf they wyl throwe you in to the bottome of the waters and drowne you Ion. 1.2 forget not the history of Ionas yf they wyll caste you to the Lyons or other cruell beastes to be deuoured of them Dani. 6. Consyder that the holy prophete Daniel was so handeled before you yf they wyl stone you to deathe you shal be in that suffering Act. 7. companions wyth the fyrst martyr Stephen yf they wyll stryke of your heades wyth the sworde Mat. 14. remember that Iohn the Baptiste hade the same ende yf they wyll vniustly laye sedicion or treason vnto your charge so hang you vp on the gallowes loke vp to your head maister Christ whych was in like maner vniustly accused of the same crymes Luc ▪ 23 ▪ so hanged vpon the tre among malefactors and theues yf they will cut oute your tonges and pulle your skynnes ouer your eares you haue a most noble ensample to beholde the most excellēt mother and hyr vii sonnes in the .ii. boke of the Machabeis And forasmuche as the most wicked enterprises of thys tyme ● ▪ Mach. 7 in restoring idolatrous and false religion and persecuting the true christians is muche like vnto the tyrannous time of Antiochus Reade diligently I praye you among other thynges the foure fyrst chapters of the fyrst boke of the Machabees and the .vi. and .vii. chapter of the seconde boke Wherby you maye be both comforted in your afflictiōs and also be the lesse offēded that now the people by heapes some for flatery some for feare and some for filthy lucre forsake the lawe of the Lorde cōmitte muche euel in the lande chase out the secrete christians whych had hid themselues in corners and preuy places ● ▪ Mach. 1. ioyne themselues vnto the Papistes runnyng an horyng after theyr most false hypocritical and abhominable worshippinges as they were wode For euen to dyd they in the tyme of the cruel tyraunte Antiochus as you maye perceiue in the firste and second chapters of the fyrst boke of the Machabees And therfore if you shall perceiue that any for feare of trouble shall shrinke and recante the open truthe of Christes holy doctrine whiche the cursed papistes desire chieflye that so they maye gratefie theyr father the Deuel Ioan. 8. in murderyng bothe soules bodies remember that Christ hathe bothe tolde you aforehand of suche shrinkers in the parable of the sower Math. 13. by the sede that fell vpon the rocke And also that al hys apostles shronke from him in hys most trouble math 26. and of them one denied and abiured hym as the Papistes now compelle men to abiure that truthe that is more manifest then the noone daye remēber also 2. Tim. 4. that when Paule was first presented before Nero in iudgement at Rome all the brethren forsoke him for whome he prayeth vnto God that he will not laye that shrinkyng and backeslydyng vnto theyr charges Therfore yf suche thynges haue or shal happen be nothyng discouraged dearely beloued to continue your fyght agaynst Antichrist Ephe. 6. as ye haue begonne wyth the sworde of the spirite and pacient suffryng but plucke vp your hartes lyke valcaunt souldiours Beholde with Steuen the Lorde Iesus standyng at the ryght hande of power Act. 7. ready to take your parte and to helpe you vpon whome your faith hangeth and not vpon any worldlye creature For yf nowe agayne al the disciples should shrynke frō theyr maister and al the brethrē forsake Paule yet should ▪ Christ and hys worde vnto whych ye sticke and for the whych Antichrist dothe persecute you be the truthe and Paule hys faythfull seruaunt and Apostle Fynally yf they shal accordyng to theyr most cruel custome burne you also quicke as that mercyles generacion hathe alredy burned a great nūbre of your faythful pastours that gladly gaue theyr liues for theyr flockes besides a great number of your innocēt fathers mothers sōnes doughters brothers susters husbādes and wyues kynsfolke and frendes whom they haue in lyke maner consumed to ashes yet their bloudy appetites is not satisfyed nor wylbe so long as the long pacience of the Lorde shal suffre them to haue the sworde in theyr handes Yf I saye they shall also burne you quicke Remember the .iii. chyldren that were throwē in to the fyry fornace Dani. 3. because they would not accordyng to the vnlawful commaundement of the Idolatrous King Nabuchodonosor worship with theyr body the golden ymage that he had set vp to be worshipped Remember also the holy martyr of Christ Policharpus Euse eccl li. 4. ca. 15 the disciple of S. Iohn the Euangelist whych beyng threatned by the Iudge that he would burne hym quicke as nowe the Papistes threaten you made hym aunswere and said Thou threatnest fyre that shall burne but an houre sone after must be quenched for because thou knowest not that fyre of the iudgemēt to come and of the eternal punishment that is reserued for the vngodly But why taryest thou do what thou wilt Yf I saye you shal be by any of the aforesayd wayes or by any other tormented aboue all thynges lyft vp your heades loke vnto your heade captayne the Lorde Iesus the author and fynisher of your fayth as S. Paule calleth hym whych for the ioye that was set before him abode the Heb. 12. crosse and dispised the shame and is set downe on the right hande of the trone of God Cōsider therfore howe that he endured shuche speakyng agaynst him of synners lest ye should be wearied faynt in your myndes 2. Cor. 4. The tribulations ar but momētany shorte and lyght but the glory that is prepared for you thorowe Christ is eternal 1. Pet. 1. 1. Cor. 2. Rom. 8. 1. Pet. 4. immortal vndefiled suche as neyther eye hathe seen nor eare heard nor hath entred in to the harte of mā where of the afflictions of this life are not worthy Wherfore before al