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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00342	The complaint of peace. Wryten in Latyn, by the famous clerke, Erasimus [sic] Roterodamus. And nuely translated into Englyshe by Thomas Paynell.; Querela pacis. Selections. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Paynell, Thomas.	1559 (1559)	STC 10466; ESTC S120574	35,321	96

It is his wil and minde that all we should depende from heauen He excludeth all riche men frō the kingdome of heauen and yet certen men feare not for a lytle mony vnpaid the whiche parauenture is not oyinge nor dewe to shede somuche humayne bloude And in these dayes these seme most iust causes of making of war And truely Christ doth no nother thing commaundynge them to learne one certen thing of hym to be meke of minde and not fearce and what he commaundeth the gyft to be left before the aulter and not to be offerd before thou be in frendship with thy brother dothe he not manifestly teach vs that concorde is to be preferd aboue al other thinges nor noo sacrifice to be thankefull vnto God except he commēd it God refusid y e Iewes giftes a kyd perchaunce or a shepe the which y t they which were at debate dyd offer dare christen mē thus makinge war among them selues offer vp that holy sacrifice Nowe whan he lyketh him selfe vnto a henne gathering her chyckens vnder her winges with howe apte a signe dothe he paynte concorde He is a getherer and howe doth it agre that we christen men shoulde be kytes To the selfe it pertaynethe that he is called the corner stone contayning and ioigning both the walles together and doth it not agre that his vicars shoulde moue al the worlde to battell and war and ●o●gne kingdomes to kingdomes And they as they bost them selues haue that hygh reconciler to their prince and yet by noo meanes they can be reconcyled to them selues He reconcilyd Pilate and Herode and yet he cannot brynge hys to concorde He that was defendyd doth rebuke Peter as yet halfe a Iwe the whiche in iop●riye of hys lyfe was redy to defend hys Lorde and mayster commaundyd hym to put vp his swerd and amonge chrysten men the swerde euen for euerye lyght matter is drawne oute agaynst christians Woulde he be defendyd with the swerde that dyinge prayde for ●he authors of his death All christen mens letters and bokes whether thou rede the old or the newe testament do sounde nothyng else but peace and vnanimitie and all the lyfe of christen men dothe intreate of nothyng else but of warre What cruelnes is ●●ys more th●n bestlye the whyche with soo manye thynges can not be ouercomde nor mitygaty● But let them eyther leue of the glorye of the tytle of christyanitie or else expresse the doctryne of Chryst by concorde Howe longe shall the lyfe striue with the name Beutify youre houses and your garments with the Image of the Crosse asmuche as it shall please you Chryste shall not knowledge noo nother note nor signe but that that he him self prescribed that is the signe of concorde The Apostles being assembled together sawe him goinge into Heauen and getheryd together they were commaundyd to tary for the celestiall and heauenlye sprite And he promysyd that he would continually be conuersaunte among those that were assembled because no man should hope ●or truste Chryste to be anye where presente in warres Nowe what other thing is that fyery and flamyng sprite than charytye There is nothyng more commen thā fyer and fyer without any dammage or losse is kyndled with fyer Wylt thou knowe that the spyryte is the parente of concorde Beholde the ende He sayth that they were al of one harte and mynde Remoue the sp●it● from the bodye by by the whole composition of the members shall fall and decaye Take Peace awaye the whole societie of a christyan lyfe doth peryshe Many diuines doo at this presente affirme that the celestiall sprite is in fudyd by the Sacramentes if they preach and say the truth where is the peculier ●ffect of the sprite one hart one mynde but yf they be fables why doo they so great honor vnto these thinges Truelye I haue sayde and spoken these thynges that christen men should be the more a shamyd of theyr maners not that I would remoue or take anye thinge from the Sacramentes And y ● it hath pleasyd christen men to be called the church of what other thing dothe it monyshe vs but of vnanimitie What gremente is there betwene hostes the churche thys doth sounde a congregation and that a dissention yf thon glorifye that thou art apart of the Church what hast thou to do wi●h war Yf thou be remouid from the churche what hast thou to do with Chryst Yf the self same house receyue you a●l yf ye haue a commen prince if ye war al for one yf ye be consecratid instructed with lyke Sacramentes yf ye enioye lyke gyftes yf ye be nouryshed with lyke s●ipendes yf the like rewarde be askyd and demaundyd whye doo ye make suche tumultes among you We see that there is amōg these wycked souldiers the which being hyred for wages euen to the minister of slawter gret concord and for no nother cause but that they go to war vnder the selfe same ensignes and cannot soo many thynges ioygne those that professe pietie Is there nothing done by so many Sacraments Baptisme is the common Sacramente of all other by thys we are borne againe to Christe● and cut of from the wo●ld are grafte in the mēbers of Chryste What thing can be soo much it selfe as the members of y e selfe same body Of this therfore there is nother bond nor fre Barbariā nor Gr●ke man nor woman but all are the selfe same in Christe the which reduceth all thynges vnto concord A lytle bloud tastyd on both partes o●t of ●he cup dothe so ioyne the Scythes that they tarye nor delay not to die for theyr frend And amitie is a secrete and a bolye thynge among the Ethnickes the whiche a cōmen table hath conciled and shall not that heauenly breade and that mistical cuppe contayne and kepe christen men in loue amitie the which Christ him selfe hath ordaynyd the whiche daylye they doo renewe in the sacrifices Yf Chryst hath done nothyng there and in these thynges What nede now so many Ceremonies yf he went about a serius matter why doo we asthoughe he had done some light mater neglecte i●● Dare any mā be so bold to come to that table the note of amytye or to the bankette of Peace that preparethe warre agaynste chrystyans that prepareth to lease them for whome Chryst dyed to drawe theyr bloude for whom Chryste shed his bloude O brestes more than adamātynes in so many things ther is societie and felowship in life soo inexplicable debate The selfe same lawe of birth is vnto al men the self same necessitie of age death All we haue the selfe same prince of kinde and the selfe same author of religiō we are al redemed w t the selfe same bloud cōsecratid with the selfe same sacrifices nouryshyd with the selfe same sacramēts and whatsoeuer gift