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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12945	A preface to the Kynges hyghnes; Exhortation to the people, instructynge theym to unitie and obedience	Starkey, Thomas, d. 1538.	1536 (1536)	STC 23236; ESTC S104591	84,228	171

playne arrogancye and the streyghte waye and certayne to brynge all to vncertayntie so that boldely I dare affyrme that this perswasyon hathe sette in many of vs of many thynges corrupte opinyon And thus whatte by superstition and what by arrogant opinion many of our iudgementes dere frendes are fowle and perniciously corrupte by the whiche we are nowe induced by false and blynde perswasion to conceyue eche one of other an odious and a corrupt opinyon by the reasone whereof somme of vs are called of the newe fashyon and somme of the olde somme phariseys and some schismatykes and some also playne heretikes As by example this somwhat to declare such as repugne ageynst the pride of Rome gladly shakyng of the yocke therof and wyllyng to receyue some newe doctrine to the comforte of their myndes suche as newe fangled persones be noted of other to be of the newe facion ye and suche as besye them selfes in redynge of newe bokes and scripture freely condempnynge manye of the olde customes by processe of tyme growen to great abuse though their purpose be neuer soo good yet shall not they scape the note of an heretyke or els of more gentylnesse they shall be called but a schismatike wherin I dout not to pronounce that they be euyll iudged and that they whiche so iudge haue conceyued of them a corrupte iudgement For the moste parte I dare saye of them whiche be called of the newe facion lyke trewe and obedient personnes bothe to god and their prince wolde gladly with common quietnesse the alteration of certayne ceremonies and customes of the churche to the encrease of all vertue and of true religion and yet contrary they are iuged euen lyke as many other whiche are noted to be of the olde facion bycause they not gladly sette forwarde this newe mutation but sommewhat styffely stycke in the olde ceremonies and rytes of the Churche wherein they haue benne of youthe broughte vppe and taken of their fathers the same customes not condempnynge lyghtly the constitutions ecclesiasticall these I say are iudged of other to be superstitious and pharisaicall folyshe and papisticall the whiche also I dare with no lesse boldnes affirme than I dyd of the other that they ar mysiudged For of them the moste parte vndoubtedly though they some thynge stycke in the olde customes as thinges of longe tyme receyued for good order and polycie yet whan so euer it shal appere by cōmon counsell here in our countrey them to chaunge and vtterly to abrogate substitutinge other by common assent they wyll euer be gladde as true and loyall subiectes to all suche to be obedient but in the meane tyme though lyke quiet modest and obedient persones they stande in the olde they are not to be blamed as pharisees but rather deserue prayse therin declaring their duetie obedience from the whiche lyghtly they ar not moued accordinge to Poules counsayle with euery newe inuention by lyght braynes brought in contrary to good order and al ciuile constitution wherfore without fayle many of those of the olde facion are of the newe lykewise mysiudged and wrongefully taken as they be of the other and so though some of the olde facion be peraduenture yet playne superstitious for superstitiō so shortly wil not be pluckid vtterly out of mind ye and though somme of the newe be in harte of true religion vtter dispisers as if it were not for feare of deathe I thinke playnely they wolde to the worlde declare yet I doubt not but the most part both of the newe facion and also of the olde of the truthe be ryght studious and of true religion moche desirous and dayly doo praye vnto him who is the onely fountayne of all vertue truthe that it maye please him so to light their hartes and conscience that by his grace delyuered from blyndenes they may at the last se some sparkle of his lyght and truthe of the whiche nowe one iudgeth an other to be no parttaker at all but echeone blyndely iudgethe other to be blynde eche one iudgeth other to erre and to be slypped from the trewe and catholike faithe the which some by newe facion pretende to bring in and some by the olde study to defende so that by this contention whyle euery man besily endeuoreth him selfe to maynteyne among vs this true and catholike faythe of Christe the meane tyme is vnder growing secretly in our hartes this lamentable diuision the very bracke of the groūde of Christis religion whiche is founded grounded vppon vnitie wherof here is amonge vs a playn and manifest dissolution For he that thinketh that in those hartes resteth christen vnitie where as one in harte iudgeth an other to be an heretike he is playne frantike and lacketh the common sense he is eyther blynde or playnely wyll not see the whiche thynketh that with suche contrary and corrupte iudgementes may be conserued this spirituall vnitie which requireth our hartes as in a common bande to be knytte and coupled to gether in charite wherof betwixt the newe facion and the olde our hartes are soo voyde and soo colde that I thinke many of vs there be whiche withoute grefe wolde see their christen brother to hange vpon a galowes tree Suche enuye malice of one to an other is growyng in amonge vs that I can not se howe we may iustely be called membres of this spirituall body of Christe in the whiche as by charitie all partis do flouryshe and growe in vnitie receyuynge grace and spirituall comforte of that heuenly heed soo by malyce and rancour the same falle in diuisyon and for lacke of that spiryte receyued of that heed runne into manifest ruine and destruction The experience whereof here amonge our self dayly we se where as you may perceyue one nothing gladde to helpe an other though he be in extreme necessitie one nothynge prompte to gyue succour to other thoughe for lacke therof he shulde incontinent dye one not redy to instruct an other though he iuge hym to be in greatte errour and folye one not redy to beare the weakenes of an other though he be of greatte simplicitie but contrarye one denyethe helpe and succour to other euery one fleethe the instruction of other no man gladdely nor wyllyngly admonyssheth his christian brother but suffereth hym to erre and hath him in derision For suche is the diuision growyng in by folyshe simplicitie and arrogant opinion that one of vs in no meane may abyde of the other any brotherly admonition but euer one hathe an other suspecte that with some corrupt and newe opinion he wyll infecte his iudgement and bringe hym into some pernicious errour contrarye to Christis catholyke faithe and religion Thus in spirite and harte we be deuyded and of this spirituall vnitie is growen a playn bracke and dissolution which is an effect consequently folowing the cōmon corruption of our iugementes which we conceyue one of an other the whiche thynge is open vnto all theym that delyte