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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34926	The judgment of Archbishop Cranmer concerning the peoples right to, and discreet use of the H. Scriptures	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.	1689 (1689)	Wing C6827; ESTC R7153	13,150	23

of the hoste nighest to thine enemies must needs take nowe and then many strookes and bee grieuously wounded and therefore thou hast most neede to haue thy remedies and medicines at hande Thy wife prouoketh thee to anger thy childe giveth thee occasion to take sorrowe and pensiuenesse thine enemies lie in waite for theee thy friend as thou takest him sometimes enuieth thee thy neighbour misreporteth thee or pyketh quarels against thee thy mate or partner vndermineth thee thy Lorde Iudge or Iustice threatneth thee pouerty is painefull unto thee the losse of thy deare and welbeloved causeth thee to mourne prosperity exalteth thee aduersitie bringeth thee lowe briefly so diuers and so manifolde occasions of cares tribulations and temptations beset thee and besiege thee round about Where canst thou haue armour or fortresse against thine assaultes Where canst thou haue salues for thy sores but of holy Scripture Thy flesh must needes be prone and subject to fleshly lusts which dayly walkest and art conuersant among women seest their beautie set foorth to the eye hearest their nice and wanton wordes smellest their balm ciuit and muske with many other like prouocations and stirrings except thou hast in a readinesse wherewith to suppresse and auoyd them which cannot elsewhere be had but only out of the holy Scriptures Let vs reade and seek all remedies that we can and all shall be little ynough Howe shall we then doe if we suffer and take dayly woundes and when we haue done will sit still and search for no medicines Doest thou not marke and consider howe the Smith Mason or Carpenter or any other handicraftesman what neede soeuer he be in what other shift soeuer he make he will not sell nor lay to pledge the tools of his occupation for then howe should he worke his feate or get his liuing thereby Of like minde and affection ought we to be towardes holy Scripture For as mallets hammers sawes chesils axes and hatchets be the tooles of their occupation so be the bookes of the Prophets and Apostles and all holy writers inspired by the holy Ghost the instruments of our saluation Wherefore let vs not sticke to buy and prouide vs the Bible that is to say the Bookes of holy Scripture and let vs thinke that to be a better iewell in our house then either golde or siluer For like as theeues be loth to assault an house where they knowe to bee good armour and artillerie so wheresoeuer these holy and ghostly Bookes be occupied there neither the deuill nor none of his angels dare come neere And they that occupie them be in much safegarde and have a great consolation and be the readier vnto all goodness the slower vnto all euill and if they haue done any thing amisse anon euen by the sight of the Bookes their consciences be admonished and they waxe sorie and ashamed of the fact Peraduenture they will say vnto me How and if we understand not that we reade that is conteined in the Bookes What then Suppose thou vnderstand not the deepe and profound mysteries of Scriptures yet can it not be but that much fruite and holinesse must come and growe vnto thee by the reading for it cannot be that thou shouldest be ignorant in all things alike For the holy Ghost hath so ordered and attempered the Scriptures that in them aswell Publicans fishers and shepheards may finde their edification as great doctours their erudition For those Bookes were not made to vaineglory like as were the writings of the Gentile Philosophers Rhethoricians to the intent the makers shoulde be had in admiration for their hie stiles and obscure maner and writing whereof nothing can be vnderstanded without a master or an expositour But the Apostles and Prophetes wrote their Books so that their speciall intent and purpose might be vnderstanded and perceiued of euery reader which was nothing but the edification of amendement of the life of them that reade or heare it Who is it that reading or hearing read in the Gospel Blessed be they that be meeke Blessed are they that are mercifull Blessed are they that be of clean heart and such other like places can perceiue nothing except hee haue a master to teache him what it meaneth Likewise the signes and miracles with all other Histories of the doings of Christ and his Apostles who is there of so simple witte and capacity but he may be able to perceiue and vnderstand them These be but excuses and clokes for the raine and couerings of their own slouthfulnesse But still ye will say I cannot understand it What marvail How shouldest thou understand if thou wilt not read nor look upon it Take the Bookes into thine hands read the whole storie and that thou vnderstandest keepe it well in memory that thou vnderstandest not reade it againe and againe if thou can neither so come by it counsell with some other that is better learned Go to the Curate and Preacher shewe thy selfe to be desirous to knowe and learne and I doubt not but God seeing thy diligence and readinesse if no man else teache thee will himselfe vouchsafe with his holy Spirit to illuminate thee and to open vnto thee that which was locked from thee Remember the Eunuch of Candace Queen of Ethiopia which albeit hee was a man of a wilde and barbarous countrey and one occupied with worldly cares and businesse yet ryding in his charet he was reading the Scripture Now consider if this man passing in his iourney was so diligent as to reade the Scripture what thinkest thou of like was he wont to do sitting at home Againe hee that letted not to reade albeit he did not vnderstand what did he then trowest thou after that when he had learned and gotten vnderstanding For that thou mayest well knowe that hee vnderstood not what he read hearken what Philip saith there vnto him Vnderstandest thou what thou readest And he nothing ashamed to confesse his ignorance answered Howe should I vnderstande hauing no body to shewe mee the way Loe when he lacked one to shewe him the way and to expounde to him the Scriptures yet did hee reade and therefore God the rather provided for him a guide of the way that taught him to vnderstand it God perceiued his willing and towarde minde and therefore he sent him a teacher by and by Therefore let no man be negligent about his own health and saluation Though thou haue not Philip alwayes when thou wouldest the holy Ghost which then mooued and stirred up Philip will be readie and not faile thee if thou do thy diligence accordingly All these thinges be written vnto vs for our edification and amendment which be borne towardes the latter ende of the worlde The reading of the Scriptures is a great and strong bulwarke or fortresse against sinne the ignorance of the same is a greater ruine and destruction of them that will not know it That is the thing that bringeth in heresie that is it that causeth all corrupt and