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An exposition in the epistell of Iude the apostel of Christ wherein he setteth playnly before euery mans eyes false apostels, and theyr craftes, by ye which they haue longe receyued symple christian people.
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Ridley, Lancelot, d. 1576.
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dampnacyon that for feare of payne men shuld abstayn from enuy hatred The punysshemente taken iustely of Caine maye feare other from the enuy malyce and hatred of Cayne Iude sayenge wo be to these men that goeth the waye of Cayn He doth not desyre wo to Caynis but he sheweth wo payne to come to them whiche doth the workes of Cain and fulfyll their enuy and malyce by the death of an Innocent And are spylte in the erroure of Balaam for lucre sake The apostell sheweth woo to come to them whiche are spylte in the errour of Balaam or polluted by suche couetousenes as Balaam was he thretyth wo euerlastynge to theym whiche for money or for fylthy lucre sake doethe these thynges that is not mete ne conuenient whiche doth euer for their belly sake for hope of lucre or aduauntage After the example of Balaam whiche for money wolde haue cursed the people blessed of god more regardinge money then the commaundement of god Of this Balaam it is wrytten Nu. xxii xxiii howe he was hyred of Baâ—ach to come and curse the people of god and howe he was content to do it for money but god dyd not suffer hym but when he shulde haue cursed them he dyd blysse them whiche story sheweth the noughtynes of man and howe money wyl corrupt hym sone and that man can do no more then God wyll suffer hym But there be nowe many worse then Balaam whiche corrupte by money wolde only haue cursed the people whome God dyd blysse There be many worse I feare me then Balaam whiche not onely for money wolde curse the people blessed of God but also wolde begyle and deceyue bringe them to erroure to heresyes to ydolatrye for money I praye you what Goddes or Goddesses haue they set vp in many places to be worshypped to gette money with all of men what worshyp or veneracyon of images haue they sucked oute of their fyngers for money Images for to be a remembraunce of the holynes of saintes I do approue but to gette money with ymages I do not approue yea what miracles say they hath ben done for the holynesse of the ymages so be that they myght make theym more rycher by oblacions ye who can tell half the wayes and meanes that they haue founde to get ye to extort money from men what by ymages by pardons by pylgrimages by indulgenses by ceremonies by hallowynge of churches churchyardes belles bokes chalyces vestymentes abbases monasteries by relygyon of munkes channons fryers preestes bysshoppes cardynalles and suche lyke by prayers bedys psalmes masses and many suche lyke and all inuenced for money for withoute money none of these consecracyons or hallowynge is graunted what consecracion maketh not the holy smel of money no pardon no indulgence is graunted withoute money Thervpon came vp this comon verse Cuâ—ia romana non cupit ouem sine lana that is to saye the courte of Rome careâ—h not for the shepe without her flese or woll Of suche marchaundyse greate aduauntage greate lucre hathe commen vnto the inuentours to the Maysters of this sutteltye and craft to them hath bene plesaunde the smell of lucre what matter so euer it were These be they that in a manner haue corrupted the hole worlde in so moche that these thynges that be good iust can not come to passe without money Therfore the Apostell threteth woo to them for they not onely are in the same decepcion with Balaam but also they are full of that deceiuablenes therfore he sayth they be spylte by this maner of deceyuing that terme he vseth to shew the abundaunce of their deceyt for ther is no thynge they wolde not do for a vauntage good smell to them always is a vauntage of luere or money many be nowe a dayes lyke vnto theym whiche all shall haue a rewarde with them that is to saye wo euerlastynge Therfore forsake Balaams decepcion betyme and be no more a Balaamyte leste wo com vpon you soner then you be ware And are cast a waye in the treason of Core Wo sayth the Apostell shall come to theym whiche be in the treason with Core whiche dothe conspyre agaynste Moyses and Aaron as Core and his companyons dyd Of the coniuracion and conspiracy styred vp by Core and his companyons agaynste Moyses and Aaron it is â—â—d Nu. xvi how that Core not being content with his callynge and lotte wolde haue ben ruler to the people of god whome Moyses by the mighty power of god dyd bring out of Egypt This Core perceyuyng he coulde not haue that rule that he desyred he gathered a great nombre of people and made a conspiracy agaynst Moyses Aaron so thought to haue kylled them made hym selfe other whom he wolde rulers of that people but god dyd not suffre hym to brynge to passe that he entended but dyd cast hym in his owne â—ourne god delyuered his seruauntes Moyses Aaron and shewed his myght and power agaynst Core Dathan Abyron theyr companyons and made the earthe to open and swalowe Core Dathan Abyron all them that were of conspiracy with them Here be some thinges to be noted Fyrst the maliciousnes of Core and of them whiche assented to hym Seconde that he was not conâ—ent with his lot and callyng of god Thyrde that he dyd enuy Moyses and Aaron that were elected of god to be rulers of his people Fourth that he dyd gather other vnto hym that thought his cause good wolde take his parte to put downe the rulers elected by god Fift that no man is so euyll nor haue so euyll a cause but there is some that wyll agre vnto hym be wyllynge to helpe him to iustify his noughty cause Sixte Euyll agreeth soone to euyll lyke wyll to lyke SeueÌ„th the punyshment of Core Dathan Abyron their companyons may monyshe al other to to beware to coÌ„spyre agaynst Moyses Aaron ministers of god the erth that swalowed them vp may monyshe all men that they shal not murmure grudge ne conspyre agaynst suche whom god hath put set in authoritie rule ouer the coÌ„mon peple Therfore let al pse 〈…〉 apostels and all other beware â—est they murmure grudge or cause sedition agaynst the mynysters of god agaynst powers ordeyned of god left it chauÌ„ce to them like vengeance as dyd to Core his companyons by the whiche they haue perysshed Leâ—ne here how nyely they displease god that be not content with their lot with theyr callyng but wyl desyre take an hyer honour then they be called to Ye that wyll conspire against powers ordyned of god not be obedient to them after the ordynauÌ„ce of god Ro. xiii The punyshmeÌ„t of Core his coÌ„panyoÌ„s how highly they dispiesed god doth shewe that doth as Core did Oâ— Core you may rede the story Fru xvi there note mo thynges of hym These ar spottes which of your kyndnes feest togyder without fea e feadynge them selues Iude reproueth the
all punyshment for god of his iustice wyll not suffer synne to be vnpunyshed in these that wyll not repent In repentynge he forgyueth and pardonneth moche synne Enoch the seuenth from Adam ê“phecied before of suche saying behold the lord shal come with thousandes of saynctes to gyue iudgemeÌ„t agaynst all men / to rebuke all that are vngodly amoÌ„g them of all their vngodly dedes whiche they haue vngodly coÌ„mitted / of all their cruell spekinges whiche vngodly synners haue spoken against him Lest any man shulde thynke hym to haue spoken any newe thynge of these pseudapostels to be punysshed yf they do not repent he bryngeth in the prophecy of Enoch to coÌ„fyrme his senteÌ„ce sayinge that Enoch was a good man the seuenth from Adam that he ê“phecied paynes and greuous punyshmeÌ„tcs to come vpon euyll men yf they dyd not repent Also Enoch inspired with the spirite of god dyd prophecy the lord for to come with many thousandes of saynctes of the day of iudgemeÌ„t he appereth to speke to gyue iudgement agaynst all euyll men to reproue them of theyr noughty wordes and dedes of theyr noughty euyl wordes agaynst god the professers of his trewthe Of the whiche sayinge it is euydent that god wyll reproue in that day as well euyl wordes as euyll dedes Also Iude here certifieth vs that the day of iudgemeÌ„t wil come in the which day god wyll rewarde good men with hye rewardes euyll men with euerlastynge punyshement He wyll come to iudgemeÌ„t hauyng with hym many thousandes of his sayntes in the whiche day there shall be shewed as well the euyll wordes as the euyll dedes of euery man and shall be made open to all the worlde Of the whiche wordes and dedes euery man shall make a counte for hym selfe and yf they haue done well they shall receyue a rewarde yf they haue done euyll they shall be commytted to payne and punysshement euerlastynge Iude here threttenynge payne euerlastynge to euyll men dyd no newe thynge for Enoch the seuenth after Adam dyd the same Also here is to lerne the goodnes of god whiche prouydeth in all tymes som good men which disswadeth men from synne for feare of punyshement and also whiche hathe shewed mercy grace remissyon of synne to be onely of god that all trust and al confidence shulde be put in god This place of Iude scarse in any other place of scripture is founde therfore some of the fathers longe dyd reiecte this pystell of Iude but this is not ynoughe to reiecte a booke or a pystell for one or other sentence whiche do not differ from other places of scripture yf the sentence dyd differ from scripture then it were a cause outher to doutte of it or to reiecte it or elles no. Saynt Paule brynngeth in Iannem and Mambrem ii Timoth. iii. whiche were the wytches of Pharao whiche resysted Moyses Erodi vii suche men there were whose names be not expressed Exo. vii saynt Paule nameth them shall we saye that theyr names be not as saynct Paule calleth theym because theyr names is not expressed in any other place of scripture that is no sufficieÌ„t cause to say so or to reiect saiÌ„t Paules pistell to Timothe it is sufficient that saynt Paule dothe say it whom we knowe dyd speke by the holy goost the spiryte of god These are murmurers coÌ„playners walking after their owne lustes whose mouthes speketh proude thiÌ„ges they haue meÌ„ in gret reuereÌ„s bicause of auaÌ„tage Iude some thynges omytted before now he addeth of these pseudapostels affirmyng them to be murmurers coÌ„playners Yf any man wolde speke against their vsurped power say they that meÌ„ wold destroy al holynes al vertue al goodnes whiche only minysheth their power falsly vsurped if any man shal omyt any thing of their olde tytle by and by they crye out say that god and all his Sainctes is despised contemned and set at nought they cry the contempte of god and disobedyence to his churche when no man contemneth god nor is disobedyente vnto the churche of god nor disobedyent to nothynge that god wolde haue men obedyente to Furthermore they be murmurours agaynst god and his diuyne power yf any afflyccyons incommodites mynysshyng of their authorite ruell of their hye tytles and suche lyke ye they be not affrayed to murmure agaynst god that he suffereth suche thinges to chaunce vnto them contrary to their myndes These perceyuinge theyr lyues to be very shorte they murmoure in their hartes that god created of so shorte life subiect to so many infirmytes and sycnesses wysshynge and desyringe them to lyue euermore in this corporall body in plesure as they nowe lyue withoute any payne and of the lyfe to come vtterly despayringe measurynge all felycytye and pleasure of thys bodye These pseudapostelles be murmurors and complaynors yf euerye thynge do not come to passe after their mynde as God were to be blamed that he punyssheth not straytely theym that resystich and gaynsayeth their noughty wyll and couetouse mynde They murmure agaynste the truth knowne whiche openeth and sheweth theyr hypocrisy symulacyon longe hidde by the which they haue deceyued the worlde longe They murmoure that they can no lenger kepe the symple christen people in supersticyon false and fayned holynes the cause of they re murmurynge is by all coniectures that they can not encrease their ryches and substaunce no more by hipocrisy simulacyoÌ„ false and fayned holynes Their murmuringe sheweth that they be not content with their state and callyng They murmur agaynst other when agaynst theÌ„ haue men iust causes to murmure to complayne sayenge they lyue after theire proper concupyscence and plesure of the flesshe and not after the wyll of god whose mouthes speaketh proud thynges What bostynge wordes and full of vanite they do speake so far wide from the truth They saye they haue power in body soule and that they may make lawes to bynde mens consciences vnder the payne of deadly syn but Christ sayth that men hath power in that body to kyll the soule they can not saith christ Mat. x. feare not he saith these that kylleth the body the soule they can not kyll they haue not that they may do more theÌ„ kyll the bodye Furdermore they saye they haue two swerdes a spirytuall swerde a temporall with the whiche they may smyte whom they lyst wheÌ„ they lust contrary is this their proude sayeng to sainct Paul Ro. xiii which coÌ„maundeth euery man to be obedienc to the cyuill powers which not without a cause bereth the sworde to ponyshe euel doars to make good meÌ„ to lyue in peace and quyetnes Agayne they saye they be exempted from al kynges princys and rulers from all trybute or custum to be payde to Kynges Princys Emperors and that by their owne exempcyon froÌ„ all obedyence of hye powers and rulers And not onely thus they haue exempted themselues but also they haue exempted many other as many relygyouse howses