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A06507	A faithful admonition of a certeyne true pastor and prophete sent vnto the Germanes at such a time as certain great princes went about to bryng alienes into Germany, [and] to restore the papacy; the kingdom of Antichrist. [Et]c Now tra[n]slated into English for a like admonicion vnto all true Englyshe harts; wherby they may learn and know how to consider [and] receiue the procedinges of the English magistrates and bishops. With a preface of M. Philip Melancthon. ...; Warnung an seine lieben Deutschen. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Eusebius Pamphilus.; Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564, attributed name.	1554 (1554)	STC 16981; ESTC S107599	41,783	111

clarke to helpe the matter and sayde ▪ that there was nothyng in the olde testament to proue the inuocation of saintes because ther wer no saynctes in heauen whan the olde testamēt was written but thei wer al at that tyme in Limbo Patrum With y e Iohānes Friderich Duke Elector of Sa●on whiche hearde al theyr reasoning sayde thus vnto Eckius There hath Cochleus answered your text y t you aledged out of the olde testament so sure ar these noble doctors of their doctrin and so wel do they agree tother that one of them saith ther is no thing in the old testamēt to proue the inuocatiō of saintes w t. And a nother alegeth autoritie out of y e old testamēt to proue it As though we knewe not y t god wrought al the miracles which wer done in the Old testament for Abrahās Isaackes Iacobs sake as he him selfe oft times doth testify not for any saintes sake in the new Testamēt And from whence do they fetch theyr profes to proue theyr doctryne trow ye out of noble authors I warrant you euen out of olde barbrous Dōses I red once in a boke of theirs which was a boke of Moralizacions how the Virgin Marye ought to be worshipped with offerings gyftes And why Mary for this cause Ther was once a thefe which was one that robbed by the high way which neuer did good al his life long sauyng that he hapned once by chaūce to come into a Churche vpon Candlemas day ▪ wher seyng the people offeryng mony candels vpon the altare he offered ther also as other dyd After that the same thefe was taken for robbry and hanged Whan he was dead the diuils wold haue had his soule to hel But ther was a good angel y t wythstode thē saying vnto the diuels whi wold ye take this man awai seing ye haue nothing to do wyth him nor no power ouer him The diuils made answer agayne and saide He hath done much euyl and mischiefe neuer dyd good in al his life So thei went together before the iudgemēt seate of god and ther the diuels accused the theefe that he had neuer don any good Thē the good angel brought forth y e crosse peny together with the candle which he had offered vpon the altar Vpon y e the iugge gaue sentence that the these should defend him selfe against the diuels And y e angel gaue him this coūsel that he should take the peny in the left hand in the stede of a bu●le● the candle in the right hand in the steade of a sword so to fight with the Dyuels and to strike nothing but crosse s●●okes at them And so he did and bi that meanes chased away the diuels After that the soule came to the body agayne and was taken from the gallowes and the man lyued afterward very honestly Hec ille Who wold euer haue beleued that they had had such strong reasons to proue theyr doctrine with if we had not theyr bokes for wytnesses Yea the Monkes friers and priestes haue stuffed theyr bokes ful of such begerly fables to blear and blind al christēdome with And ther was neuer yet any Pope Byshop nor doctor that euer found faut with suche geare But now that men preach Christ to be the only sauior of al mankinde they rage and raue as though thei wer besides them selues Whan mē preached that A candle or a peney offered vnto our Lady was of such force that it coulde deliuer an vnrepentaunt wretche and murtherer both Christ and fayth sett a part and could chace awaye the deuyl Whan mē thus preached I say Blasphemynge and as it were treadynge vnder theyr feete the passion merites of Christ thā were al sermōs good and catholyke and than wer no heritickes in the world c. Dooth not this wel verifye the Bishops saiyng ▪ That priestes were neuer yet good Wel let vs yet rehearse somewhat more of their stuffe How wil any mā be able to bear vpon his conscience y ● intollerable violence and force which thei haue wrought vnto al the world with theyr eare confession wherwith thei haue brought infinit soules to desperation and haue robbed and spoyled many sorowful heartes of al christen comfort For lyke very traytors and abhominable wretches they made no maner of menciō nor spake neuer a word of the true vertue and power of the keyes nor of faith but forced onely vpon tedious and intollerable torment of perticuler nombring rehearsyng of sinnes and of doīg iust pennance and impossible satisfaction therfore And vnto such enumeration and satisfaction as a worcke of theyr owne thei ascribed the purchasing of Gods sauour and of euerlasting saluation so that Christ might go playe him as one that had nothing to do w t that matter And thus thei led kepte men quite from Christ taught them to put theyr trust in theim selues and in theyr owne and other mēs workes and desertes And in all theyr Doctrine there is nott one Sillable be it neuer so lytle nor one tytle neuer so small wherein Christ is not denied and blasphemed and the true faith in him most shamefully s●ādered assaulted the weake hartes consciences of simple people forced to impossible thynges to desperacion And so and no notherwyse shuld the right Antichrist do that according to his name he might teache liue manifestly inough contrary to Christ to exalt him selfe aboue God and his word Which thing we see to be more manifestly and apparantlye verifyed in the papacye that is in the Popes gouernment than anye man can comprehende And yet ther is no repentance for al thys geare but they rather defend and ●●●intaine that cōfession of theyrs ▪ 〈◊〉 wold besydes y ● euery simple subiect shulde by hys obedience and ayde be pertaker of the sorow miserye and desperacion that the same confession brinketh wyth it And yet thys is not al but who so euer thou beist that shalt ayd or obey them in theyr procedinges thou shalt make thy selfe partaker of y e greuous misery and detestable abuse of theyr Curse and Excommunicaciō Which abuse only if ther were no more but that hath worthely deserued that all men should wysh the papacy to synk and to perish much lesse to shew anye obediēce or to minister ani aid wherby it might be maintained How hath the Pope ruffled and plaied Rex Regum with that thounderbolt of hys curse and excōmunication agaynste Emperours Kinges and agaynst al the world Yea against God himselfe and his holy word For what so euer the dyuel had put in hys minde that must go forward and be accepted as right and lauful What wars effusion of bloud hath he caused therethorow in the world Yea who is able to rehearse al the abhomination that it hath bredde What so euer the Pope wold haue to be synne or to be called syn that must nedes so be And what so

himself in any aduersitie No man knewe before what y ● true office of a Maiestrat was Nor no man knewe what the state of holy Matrimony was No mā knew what was the office of parentes towardes theyr children of Masters and mistresses towardes theyr seruaūtes ▪ and maydes nor yet of Children seruauntes and maydes towardes theyr parentes masters and dames No mā knew before what the deuyl or what the worlde was What lyfe or death was No mā knew rightlie what was Synne or what was Vertue nor yet what forgeuenes of synnes was no● wher to be sought ▪ No mā knew what God was No mā knew what it was to be a byshop or what it was to be a pastor and to haue charge of soul. No man knew also rightly what y e church was nor what authoritie it hadde No nor no man knewe ▪ what it was to be a christian Shall I saye altogether in fewe wordes No mā knew any thing at all that euery true Christian ought to haue known For the pope and papistical asses had blinded al the world and oppressed al men with ignoraūce I may wel cal them asses ▪ for they are very grosse and vnlearned asseheades in al matters of Christian religion in ●ede For they knowe or at the least thei wyl know nothyng elce but that the saluation of Men and women dependeth vpon mōkes and fryers and such lyke and vpon their workes and merites and not vpon Christ at al. Wher as the doctrine which we haue ●aught hath brought to passe that diuers men wemen and children thankes be vnto God knowe the principles of Christian religion and how al men ought to beleue howe to praye how to take the crosse how to lyue how to die The true vnderstāding of these many other articles hath bene opened throughe the diligence of our preachers The true vse also of the lordes table and of the Font wherin all people are consecrated vnto God thorow Baptisme hath by our preachers teachers bene brought to light so y t al men thankes be to God may se in theyr ordre the very ryght fourme of a Christian church Al this shalte thou help through thy obediēce to subuert and to cōdemne whosoeuer thou are that shalt obey them in theyr proceadyngs And furthermore also thy ayd and obedience shal serue and helpe to burne and destroy the olde and newe Testament in our in other tounge the holy Psalter and other bokes of godly praiers in our mother tounge and al other good bookes and most godly and necessary workes ▪ whiche our preachers teachers haue written as the papistes them selues cannot deni And thy obedience shal also serue an● helpe to this that no man from hence furth shal know the X. Commaundementes the Articles of the Christian faith The Lordes praier For so was it before the doctrine that we professe was preached And thy obed●ēce shal serue likewise that no mā shal hereafter learn any good instructiōs of baptisme of the Lords supper of fayth of the Gospel of the true christian libertie nor of anye other godly article Item thy obedience shal serue and helpe that no man maye put his trust and affiaunce rightly vpō Christ. And yet more than this it shall also serue helpe that men shal put that trust and confidence that is due vnto Christ only in the works and merites of monkes friers and priestes and that they shal bye theyr merites and cowles at y e hour of their death Thou shalt hel● ther with also y t in the place of holye Matrimony thy natiō shalbe filled w t the hordom and fornicatiō and other filthy and vnnatural sinnes of pristes and votaries And yet further by helping with thy ayde and obedience to maintain theyr abhominable marchādise which they make with theyr idolatrous masse sacrifice thou shalt make thy selfe partaker of al the couetousnes robbry and theft wherwith they haue gotten al theyr possessions And what shal I say more Thou shalt help therwith vtterly to subuerte Christes word and whole kingdome and to restore and maintain the deuyls kyngdome For that thyng do the mischeuous captiues the Papistes and the authors of these proceadings mind to do Thei are Antichristes ministers therfore thei can mind nor do nothīg but that which is contrary to Christ Specialli in the cheif article of our saluation which is this that our hearte comfort and affians of saluatiō shuld rest onely vpon Christ and not in ani worckes of our owne that is to saye that we should beleue to be saued and to be deliuered from our sīnes and to be made righteous only through true faith as it is written in the ● to the 〈◊〉 maines with the heart do we beleue vnto righteousnes This article I say wil they in no wyse suffre And we cā in no wyse forbeare it For take thys article away and than take away the churche For without this Article no errour can be resisted For asmuch as w tout this article Christ wyll not nor cannot be with vs. For this is the article that must declare and open christ vnto vs. For this articles sake hath y e worlde ofte bene plaged through the sinne floud through greate tempestes thorow warres and diuers other kindes of plages For this articles sake was Abel murthered and many other martyres And yet it remaineth shal remayn let the aduersaries do practise what thei wyl this Article shal remaine whan they shall go to wrake perishe in the pit of hel Now let al men wel consider wyth them selues and loke wel about them selues If theyr ayde obedience shall helpe and serue to restore al the abhominations of the papistrye they shall make them selues partakers of al th● bloud that hath bene shed thorow the papistes frō the death of Abel tyl this day or that hereafter shal be shedd by theim And moreouer if theyr obedience and ayde shal serue to the roting out and subuersion of Christes Gospel and of his whole kingdom and to the settyng vp and maintainyng of y e deuils kingdome let them take hed● what wil be the ende therof at length ▪ and with what consciences they wyll stād before god at his iudgement seat And besides al this to make an end whosoeuer shal ayde and obey theim his ayde and obedience shall serue to bring in Aalianes which shall ouerrunne his natural country most shamefully defyle and abuse honest wyues widdowes and virgyns euen before the faces of theyr husbandes parentes and frindes Thei shal also rob and spoyle men of theyr goodes landes and heritage and deuide and bestow them at theyr pleasure No tong is able to rehearse the hundred part● of the miserye that shall happen if the papistes the maiestrates that ar le● by thē may bring theyr proceadyngs to passe both the nobilitie y e yemanry and the whole cōminaltie shall be destroied for euer theyr lawful heyres posteritie disinherited Alianes shal possesse the