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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07726	An invective ayenste the great and detestable vice, treason wherein the secrete practises, and traiterous workinges of theym, that suffrid of late are disclosed. made by Rycharde Morisyne.	Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 18111; ESTC S104302	25,827	104

seruaunt Elias fleinge the wrothe and displeasure of Iezabell no he being withoute hope of lyfe and moche desyrynge to dye he sent hym an angell to comforte him and foode to refreshe hym self withall not content with that but spake to hym hym selfe as ye may rede if ye desyre to knowe what god sayde to hym Danyell was caste into a denne of lyons god sente his angelle to stoppe the lyons mouthe and so Daniell was hurte in noo parte of his bodye God sent his aungell to good Gedeon whanne the Madianites had almost ouer throwen the chyldren of Israell He talketh longe with Gedeon abydinge his sacrifice with many his tentations Rede the place ye shall perceyue howe god louethe where he lyketh Iosue also sawe a man standyng anenst hym with a swerd redy drawen in his hand vnto whom he went and sayd Art thou our frende or dost thou take the parte of our aduersaries Answere was made I am the chiefe of the lordes bande Iudith also had an aungell to her companion and guyde whan she went to slee Holofernes I coulde brynge in many mo examples if my pourpose were to enlarge my mattier that waye As howe god sent his aungell to conducte the hooste of the Israelites whan they passed the sees and also how he sent his angell into the fornace where the thre chyldren laye in fyer and felt no heate I coulde shewe in what battailes god hath made his angels souldiours but that is nat myne intent I muste make comparysons and yet I truste they shal nat be odious Rede all scripture and ye shall fynde no person that god preseruid more tenderly than he dyd his chosen and electe kynge Dauid For he beinge as yet noo kynge but rather a poore subiecte of a myghtye kynge was in many places persecuted of him and his host and yet the goodnes of god was suche towarde hym that he escaped all the snares that longe set malice had layd for him A puyssant prince desyred a poore mannes deathe it wolde not be Mighty Saule miste of his purpose ageynst sely Dauid coulde not hurte his lytell fynger Some percase woll thynke here to take holde of me and say if god could preserue a subiect against a prince it is no meruayle if he preserue a prynce ayenst a fewe his vnnaturall subiectes a realme ayenste a fewe traytours I muste saye as they do it is no great meruayle that god soo dothe and yet I saye as I sayde firste our soueraigne lorde kyng Henry the eight hath moche more cause to gyue God thankes than euer had king Dauid or Dauid not yet a kyng For as he knewe that kynge Saule sought his destruction and therby might do what laye in hym to escape his hande and also by ofte intercession obteyn helpe and succour of god so the kynges highnes of late stode in case farre vnlyke and in moche more presente daunger then he dyd His highnes was in great peryll and neither sawe it ne coulde mystruste any suche thyng For if nature if bloude if moste ample benefites coulde haue wrought in some as they do in all naturall and honest hartes whome might his grace haue takē for his more trusty seruauntes for his trewer subiectes then Henry Corteney late marques of Exetter then Henry Pole late lorde Montacute than Edwarde Neuell late of his graces priuie chaumber I wylle talke with the reste whan I shall come to the place whyche I reserue for them What subiectes were more bounde to their soueraygne lorde I say moch more what men were more endetted to man than were all these thre to his highnes Who in more daunger than his grace whiche neyther coulde mystruste them ne yet without his great peryll truste them God promisynge ayde to them that call vpon hym ▪ seldome suffereth innocentes as Iob sayth to peryshe Wherefore Dauid hauynge cause to call for helpe and God by his promyse bound to succour hym coulde not but fynde god good to hym But our moste fortunate kynge was in moste daunger and in no feare ne suspition of leste Howe coulde his grace suspecte them whom of all men he knewe hadde greattest causes to loue hym to desyre his hyghnesse prosperytie and longe reygne His grace dydde not vse them as men whome he mystrusted no he vsed more familiarnesse with fewe of his subiectes than he dydde with the Marques and syr Edwarde Neuyll Wherfore as his grace coulde not are helpe ayenste them whom he toke to be the rediest of all menne to spende theyr bloud if nede shuld require them so to do Euen so god seinge what was in hande thoughte it hyghe tyme suche ranke and rype traytours to be reped vp He saw the lesse his highnesse mystrusted the more peryll his graces person stode in the farder they were from suspition the nigher they were to worke mischef Our lord be thanked they haue in one houre rydde this realme of many daungers taking their leaue of life with suche shame as it becōmeth al trayters to do as for the moste parte god be thanked they are all wont to do If lawes were gone or of no strength at all wolde not men onely moued by the heynousnesse of treason thynke all deathes to fewe for these abhomynable traitours all tourmentes all peyne all vilany to lytle for them I am ashamed that euer it shulde come into writyng that there haue ben among men some that receiuing so hyghe fauour and so great benefytes soughte to make hym away of whom they receiued them more ashamed that suche exaumples shoulde be founde amonge christian men moste of all that it happeneth so oft here in our countreye The ciuile lawe is moche to be commended that the master maye calle hym ayene to bondage seruitude whome he hath made free if at any tyme after his fredome he shew hym selfe vnkynd The Macedons and Athenians also had an action a comune plee in the lawe ayenste suche as were but in trifles blotted with vnkindnes as ayenste men that in dede are enmies to al them which haue nede of other mennes helpe One vnkynde persone is oftentymes the cause that men haue no wylle to do good where they may feare the lyke And if it be trewe that Gratitude which is a perpetuall memorie of benefittes receyued and alsoo a desyre to recompense them be as a mother of many vertues Forasmoche as there commeth from her loue and feare of god loue and feare of our prince loue towarde our countreye loue towarde our parentes frendshyp betwene man and man veneration of those that bringe vs vp and do eyther norysshe our bodyes or instructe our myndes we muste nedes gather it to be true that Cicero wryteth to his frende Atticus Ingratis vitia inesse omnia that is all vices to be in them that are vnkynde This vice is moch better named in our tounge then it is as me thynketh in any other Unkyndnesse is a fytte name for so vnnaturall a vice they that fal into

euery day caste vpon vs or ere we can loke for theym euen so we woll with thankfull hart shew our selfes to see and fele his godly goodnes And where as suche his fatherly loue is moche aboue our desertes that yet we agnise it and as moche as in vs lieth endeuour our selfes aboundantly to thanke hym for it God is neuer wery of doynge good to man but when eyther he woll not se it orels seing it refuseth to thanke hym accordyngly Can he aske lesse for soo many his benefittes then a fewe bareyn thankes which do plesure onely to hym for this cause that he therby is made redy and moch prouoked to laade vs with some newe kyndenesse with some newe benefyttes with somme newe his gyftes He ofte layeth sore to his chosen and elect people forgetfulnes of his benefitis toward them commandynge in sondrye places Moses Iosue Esaies Hieremias Ezechiell with the reste of the prophetes to reherse his goodnes shewed to them and their vnkindnes vttered vnto him thynkynge as I take it that nothyng coulde sooner brynge them to loue hym than thofte remembraunce of his benefytes nothynge more allure them to repentance and chaunge of lyfe than the iuste reproche of their vnthankefull harte in suche a throng of his giftes I purpose nat to stande longe in olde places of scripture and yet I canne nat without some hurte of my matter lette all examples alone wherfore I wyl vse a few in place of many Moses callyd all Israell to hym and sayde in this wise to them ye haue seene what god dydde vnto Pharao for youre sake what he dyd to Pharao his host and al the reste of his seruauntes ye haue sene many myracles many strāge wonders and yet god hath not giuen you hartes to feele his goodnes eyes to see his tender loue ouer you ne eares to here of any of bothe I haue led you forty yeres in the wyldernesse and yet youre clothes are not worne ye hadde neither breade ne drynke and yet to thintent ye shoulde remember god to be your lorde in lackynge bothe you were peyned neyther with hunger ne thyrste Sehon kynge of Hesbon and Og kynge of Basan came with myghty power agaynst you They are slayn and you the lordes of their landes and possessions c. God also doth expostulate with the people of Israell by his messanger Hieremias saying What vnfaithfulnesse founde your forefathers in me that they departing from my lawes and loue folowe lightnes vanite They haue not ones sithēs their deꝑture thought in their hartes where haue we left the lorde the lorde that brought vs out of the lande of Aegypt the lorde that ledde vs throughe the wyldernes through the deserte a rough drye and deedly lande a lande that no man had passed before and where no manne hadde dwelte I brought you into a land passynge full of pleasure adourned with gay and gorgious buildinges you enioyinge the fruites and commodities thereof went and defiled my land and brought myne heritage to abhomination The pristes them selfes they were euen thenne as many of ours be nowe sayd not ones where is the lord The sheperdes offēd against me the prophetes do seruice vnto Baall and folowe suche thynges as can do them no seruice Esaias in many places doth also commemorate god his benefites toward the chyldern of Israell God doth shewe hym selfe verye gladde and wonderfull desyrous to employe his benefitis vpon them that seke to giue him thankes for so doing and can scarse be brought to leue such as he hath ones taken to his fauour For though their synnes be great and their offences many yet as long as he may beare with them he sticketh not to forgyue so they be not dangerous and coy of theyr thankes Dauyd lacked no sinnes as al mē know that traueil in scripture he lacked none yet he had euer one y t forgaue him al. And not only forgaue him al but stil laded him with new benefitis Dauyd forgottethe not this synguler goodnesse of god towarde him he suffereth not goddis loue to make any ende with hym he styll encreaseth his fauour not so moche by any merites as by praisynge the vndeserued loue of god Loue not solde vnto hym for workes but gyuen hym that he therby might worke His psalmes wel testifie that he doth acknowledge what god dyd for him He syngeth oft thankful dities vnto god as among many other thus in the second of the kynges The Lorde is my rocke my castel my deliuerer God is my strength and in him wol I trust God is my shelde my fortresse my refuge O my keper kepe thou me from wrong I wyl praise the call vpon the o lord so shal I be kept frō myn enmies Who so listeth to reade all that foloweth may when he wyl I haue shewed hym the chapiter I muste nowe folow present occasion and talke a whyle with my countraye ¶ Englande haste thou no cause to folow Dauid to make himnes and dities of thankes vnto god when wolt thou perceyue goddis loue towarde the if thou yet perceyue it not Whan wolte thou gyue hym or to vse a more apter terme whan wylte thou paye him thankes if thou nowe denye thy selfe endetted to hym Thou must confesse dette thou canste nat denie it without thy greatte shame There be to manye wytnesses for thy nay to take any place All nations wonder at thy felicitie All men knowe what ieoperdies thou hast escaped howe nighe sorowes brinke thou hast ben brought and straight howe sone thou haste ben made gladde I wylle not calle to remembraunce thynges past many yeres syns marke but the procedinges of god with the and thin these foure or fyue yeres Waye well the accidentes the chaunces the progresse and th ende of thinges that haue fortuned and than Englande see whether thou haue not mo causes to thynke that god tendereth the helthe welthe and honoure of thy gouernour and oure dere and dredde soueraygne lorde than euer Israell hadde to thynke so by kinge Dauid or any other He must be well sene in feates of armes that shall fynde a place open to wound hym whom god is buckeler vnto God wolle not suffre his purposes to be altered Man maye seke to destroy that god wolle haue saued but he shall doo as moche as they that seke to make stronge rockes fall with a knocke of theyr hedes For as these labour folyshely and doo but breake theyr owne braynes so do they that thynke to pull downe a prynce whome god hath chosen to reigne ouer his people bothe declare their folye and alsoo the goodnesse of god in preseruynge whome he loueth There is none that trewely serueth god that can say he hathe bene in distresse and nat founde succour at his hande and yet compare theym all with our moste fortunate prynce they haue all founde him no more propence and redy to helpe them then he hath ben to helpe his highnes God lefte not his