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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05710	The new arival of the three gracis, into Anglia Lamenting the abusis of this present age.	Batman, Stephen, d. 1584.	1580 (1580)	STC 1584; ESTC S112724	36,047	48

sheperds ouer them which shall féed them They shall no more fear and dread for ther shal none of them be lost sayth the lord I haue séen folly among the Prophets of Samaria that they preach for Baal and deceyued my people of Israel I haue séen also among y e prophets of Ierusalem soule aduoultry and presumtuous lyes They take the most shameful euen by the hand flattering them so that they can not retourne from their wickednesse All these with their Cities are vnto me as Zodoma the inhabiters of Gomorra c. Héere note the words of the prophets that preach vnto you and deceaue you truely they preach vnto you vanitie for they speake y e meaning of their own heart and not out of the mouth of the lord Am I the god that seeth the thing which is neigh at hand and not that is far of saith the lord may any man hide him self so that I shall not see him saith the Lord. Behold héere am I saith the lord against those Prophets that dare prophesie lying dreames and deceaue my people with their vanities and miracles whom I neuer sent nor cōmaunded them Whether the papist haue thus don or not with diuers other sectarians I leue it to y e iudgement of the Christian reader Now consider if the charge be so great against false prophets idel Persons and loytering Ministers what is ther to be said against those gréedy Patrons spoken of before the prophet Ezechiel in the person of God speaketh as well to y e temporal as spiritual to the king as to y e officer to the Duke Carle lord Marcus knight baron or others none are exceptid frō out of y e charg of gods commaundement Lac comedebatis lauis operiebamini gregem antem meum nō pascebatis c. You haue eaten vp the milke ye haue clothed you with the wol the best fed haue ye slayn but the flock haue ye not norished the weak haue ye not holden vp the sick haue ye not healed the broken haue ye not bound together the outcastes haue ye not brought againe the lost haue ye not sought but churlis●ly and cruelly haue ye ruled them was it not inough for you to eate vp the good pasture but you muste tread downe the residewe with your féete thus my shéepe muste bée fayne too eate the thinges that ye haue troden downe c. Knowest thou not this namely that from the beginning euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth the gladnesse of the vngodly hath bin short and that the ioy of Ipocrites continuéd but the twinckling of an eye though he be magnified vp to heauen so that his head reach vnto the clouds yet at a tourne he perisheth for euer in so much that they which haue séen him shall say where is hée hée shall vanish as a dreame so that he can no more be found and shal passe away as a visiō in the night so that the eye which saw him before shall haue no more sight of him and his place shall know him no more His children shalbe fayne to agrée with y t poore his hands shal restore them their goods A chab the king of Israel wold not héere Micheas our Lords prophets because he prophesied no good vnto him but euill yet when Micheas was called he sayd vnto him héere the word of the Lord. So here y t which foloweth to the end that the wickednesse of this world may be espied the better to be eschuid A certain man profered a benefice of the valew as he sayd of xl pounds by the yeare and that he would bestow it one some honest learnid man which when a sufficient man was presentid after sertaine talke had his words were these For as much as it is worth xl pounds and yet not xx pounds in the Queens maiesties books you shall giue me thrée yeres value which as he accoūpted came to vi score pounds I would know what the person of that benefice should haue had for his portion to haue liued by in the meane time Judge whether this be liberalitte or no or whether such a Caterpiller were worthy of a learned man or no. No maruayle though ther be so many simple Persons in the ministry ● yit not so many thanks be giuen to Go as hath bin which some to serue for eight pounds yerely must haue skil in one facultie or other as gardening graffing such like or else to serue for lesse wagis in the meane time when worldly extremities shall thus hinder diuine studdy ● when the shepherds perish for want of knowledge what shal the shéepe doo As for scruing of two cures neglecting of sermons when in some place report hath told in vii●x xiiii yeres was neuer hard past foure in some place●y one none at all I meruayle not much seeing the Patrons and giuers of such is so prodigiously orderid I will omit likewise the liberalitie of diuers toward such as haue trauelid in the country but not Vbique for then must it needs perish all to gither That for their painefull labour haue had a si●der reward as much as Nihil But now to retourne to one more example A certaine man which profered a benefice but not the benefit to such a one as he supposed would haue bin glad of his pr●ffer I haue quoth he a benefice in my hand to bestow and it is worth a hunderid pounds by the yeare And if you know any ●●uett man y ● wold beare the name of person I would giue him xx marks or rather then fayle xx pounds and discharge him of al dewties so that he shuld haue that quietly to liue with al because the corne and other tithes wil be a great stay to my house keping wh● perhaps he kepeth worse house with al that then his predecessour before him did with his own possessions And as for the great liberalitie of others who hauing y ● gifte of diuers benifices bicause they will not be séen to receue money thē selues vseth this fetch as soone as any suche liuing falleth into their hands forthwith one of his or their seruants shal vnder a culler haue it so that when any of the clergie co●meth crauing master or worship to bestow it the answer is made with al my hart you shuld haue had it but it is now to late I haue giuen it already they y ● suter as voide of all hope taketh his leaue which being no sooner gon he to whom the benefice was ip●crised taketh the person vicar or such curate by the sléeue saith if to pleasure you with this benefice which may be better called a Malifice by that tyme all be considered what will you giue a good felow to obtayne your sute whose answer if it be nothing then as short a farwel if somewhat according to the desire of Capax then he shall haue it perhaps as much ag●yne as the first frutes cōmeth to he shall pay for