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A04926	A faythfull admonition made by Iohn̄ Knox, vnto the professours of Gods truthe in England whereby thou mayest learne howe God wyll haue his Churche exercised with troubles, and how he defendeth it in the same.	Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.	1554 (1554)	STC 15069; ESTC S108127	51,531	126

sayeng wyth sobbes and gro nes from our troubled hertes O God the heathen are entred into thyne enheritaunce They haue defiled thy holye Tempel and haue prophaned thy blessed ordinaunce in place of thy ioyfull sygnes they haue erected their abhominable ydo les The deadly cuppe of al blasphe my is restored agayne to their harlottes hande Thy prophetes are per secuted and none are permitted to speake thy worde frelye The poore shepe of thy poore pasture are commaunded to drynke the venemouse waters of mennes tradicions But O Lorde thou knowest howe sore they greue vs. But suche is the tyranny of these moste cruel beastes that playnlye they saye They shall roote vs out at ones so that no remembraunce shall remayne of vs in earth O Lorde thou knowest that we are but fleshe and that we haue no power of our selues to withstand their tyranny and therfore O father open the eyes of thy mercy vpon vs and confirme thou in vs the worke whiche thyne owne mercy hath begon We acknowledge and confesse o Lord that we are punished moste iustlye bycause we lyghtly regarded the tyme of our mercyfull visitarion Thy blessed Gospell was in oure eares lyke a louers songe it pleased vs for the ryme but Alasse oure lynes dyd nothynge agree with thy statutes holy commaundementes And thus we acknowledge that our owne iniquitie hath compelled thy iustice to take the lyght of thy worde from the hole realme of Englande But be thou myndful O Lorde that it is thy truthe which we haue professed and that thy enemyes blasphemeth thy holy name and our possession with out cause Thy holy Gospel is called heresye and we are accused as traytours for professyng the same Be mercyfull therfore O Lorde and be saluaciō vnto vs in thys tyme of our anguyshe Albeit our synnes accuse and condempne vs yet do thou accordyng to thyne owne name We haue offended against thee Oure synnes and iniquities are without nombre and yet art thou in the mid des of vs O Lorde albeit that tyraūtes beare rule ouer oure bodies yet thrusteth our soules for the comforte of thy worde Correct vs therfore but not in thy hote displeasure spare thy people and permitte not thyn enheritaunce to be in rebuke for euer Let suche O Lorde as now are most afflicted yet ones agayne prayse thy holy name before thy congregation Represse the pride of these bloode thristye tyrauntes consume them in thyne anger according to y e reproche which they haue laid against thy ho ly name Powre forth thy vengeaūce vpon them and let our eyes behold the blood of thy saintes required of their handes Delaye not thy venge aunce O Lorde but let death deuoure them in haist let the earth swallowe them vp let them go downe quick to the helles For there is no hope of their amendement the feare and reuerence of thy holye name is quite banished from their hertes therfore yet againe O Lorde cōsume them cōsume them in thyne anger and let them neuer bringe their wic ked counselles to effect But according to the godly powers let them be taken in the snare whiche they he ue prepared for thyne electe Loke vpon vs O Lorde wyth the eyes of thy mercy and shewe petie vpon vs thy weake and sore oppressed flocke gather vs yet ones agayne to the holsome treasures of thy moste holye worde that openly we may confesse thy blessed gospell within y ● realme of Englande Graunt this O heauenlye father for Christe Jesus thy sonnes sake Amen Yf on thys maner or otherwyfe as god shal put in our hertes with out hipocrisie in the presence of oure God respecting more his glory thē our priuate wealth continuallye we powre forth our complaint confession and prayers Then so assuredlye as our God lyueth and as we feall these present troubles shal our God hymselfe ryse to our defence he shall confounde the counseilles of our ene myes trouble the wyttes of suche as moste wrongfully troubleth vs. Be shall sende Iehu to execute hys iuste iudg●…nentes againste ydolatours and against suche as obstinatly defendeth them Iesabel her selfe shall not escape the vengeaunce and plages that are prepared for her por cion The flatterers and the mainteners of her abhominaciōs shal drink the cuppe of goddes wrath with her And in despite of the deuell shall yet the glorye of Christe Jesus and the bryghtnesse of his countenaunce so shyne in oure hertes by the presence of his grace and before our eyes by the true preaching of his gospel that altogether we shall fall before him saye O Lorde thou arte our God we shall extol thee and shall confesse thy name for thou haste brought wonde rous thinges to passe accordynge to thy counseilles which albeit appear to be farre of yet are they true and moste assured Thou haste broughte to ruyne the palaces of tyrauntes therfore shal the afflicted magnifie thee and the citie of tyranfull natiōs shal feare thee Thou haste bene O Lorde a stronge defence to the poore a sure place of refuge to the afflicted in the tyme of his anguis●…he This no dout dear brethrē shal one day be the songe of gods electe with in the realme of England after that God haue poured forth his vengeaunce vpon these inobediēt blood thrusty tyrauntes which now trium pheth in all abhominations therfore yet agayne beloued in the Lord abyde patientlye the Lordes deliueraūce auoiding and flyeng suche offences as may seperate and deuyde you from the blessed felowship of the Lorde Iesus at his seconde cōming Watche and praye resist the deuel and rowe against this vehement tē pest and shortly shal the Lorde come to the comforte of your hertes which nowe are oppressed with anguyshe and care but then shal ye so reioyse that through gladnes you shall saye Behold this our God we haue way ted vpon him and he hath saued vs. This is our Lorde we haue longe thristed for his cōmyng now shal we reioyce and be glad in his saluation So be it The great Bishop of oure soules Iesus our Lorde so strengthē and assist your troubled hertes with the myghtie comforte of his holye Ghoste that earthlye tyrauntes nor worldly tormentes haue no power to dryue you from the hope and expe ●…tracion of that kyngdome whiche for the electe was prepared from the begynnyng by our heauenly father to whome be all prayse and honour now and euer Amen Remember me deare brethren in your dayly prayers The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be wyth you all Amen Yours with sorowfull herte Iohn Knox. Imprynted at Kalykow the 20. daye of Iulij 1554. Cum gratia priuilegio ad Imprimendum solum 1. Petri. 4. Genes 4 Ezechie 18. 3. Reg. 21. Ezebie 14. Psal. 50. Exodi 14. Mathei 21. 4. Reg. 9. A note ma de vpō the sendyng of Christes disciples to the Sea the miraculous fedinge of

preachinge damned their former religion conuersacion and lyfe And in the hertes of those 3000. who at Peters fyrste sermon openly made after Christes ●…scension ac●…nowledged their offen ces repented and were by and by baptized But these premisses are sufficient to proue aswel that Goddes worde draweth his electe after it against worldlye appearaunce agaynst natural affeccions agaynst cyuil statutes and constitucions as also that suche as obey goddes spea ●…yng by his messengers neuer lacfeth iuste rewarde and recompensacion For onely suche as obeyed the voyce of the prophete founde fauour and grace to the prayse and glorie of Goddes name whē his iuste iud gementes to●… venge●…ce vpon the disobedient But nowe shortly by no tes we wyl touche the rest of Peters acte and Christes mercifull delyueraunce of them which is the ende of all troubles sustayned by Goddes electe And fyrste that Peter seynge a myghty winde was afrayed and so when he began to sync●… he cryed Lorde saue me are thre thynges principally to be noted The fyrste from whence commeth the feare of Goddes electe The seconde what is the cause that they faint and fal in aduersitie The thirde what reste●… wyth them in the tyme of this feare and downe sync●…ynge And fyrst it is playne that so lōg as Peter had his eyes fixed vppon Christe and attended vpon no other thynge but the voyce of Christe he was bolde and without feare But when he sawe a myghty wynde not that the wynde was visible but the vehe ment storme and waues of the sea that were styrred vp and caried by the wynde were sene then began he to feare and to reason no doute in his herte that better it had bene for him to haue remained in his bote for so myght Christ haue come to hym but nowe the storme and rage of wynde was so vehement that he coulde neuer come to Christe and so he greatly feared Wherof it is plain that the only cause of oure feare that haue left our bote and throughe the stormes of the sea wolde go to Christ with Peter is that we more consyder the daungers and lettes that are in our iorney thē we do the almygh tye power of hym that hath cō●…aun ded vs to come to him self And this is a synne comō to al the electe cho sen childrē of God that whē so euer they se a veh●…ment trouble appearing to let them dry●…e them 〈◊〉 from the obedience of God then begynne they to feare and to doute of Goddes power and good wyll With this feare was Abraham stryc●…n when he denyed his wyfe This storme sawe Moses when he refused to be Goddes messenger And Ezechias sore complaint declareth that more he beleued consydered and loked vpon the proude voyces and great power of Sennacherib then he dyd the promises of the prophete This I note for this purpose that albeit this late mos●…e ragyng storme within the realme of Englād haue taken from you the presence of Christe for a tyme so that you haue douted whether it was Christ whiche you sawe before or not And albeit that the vehemencye of this cōtrarie wynde that would dryue you from Christe haue so occupied youre eares that almoste you haue forgotten what he was that commaunded you to come to hymselfe when that he cryed Come vnto me all ye that labour and are burthened and I shall refreshe you Passe from Babilon O my people c. Albeit I saye that this ragyng tempest haue strycken suche feare in youre herte that almoste all is forgottē yet dear brethren despaire not suche offences haue chaunsed to Goddes electe before you Yf obstinatly ye shal not cōtinue yet shall you fynde mercy and grace It h●…d ben your dutie in dede and agreable to your profession to haue loked to Christ alone to haue contemned all impedimentes but suche perfeccion is not alwaye with man but happy is he that feleth him selfe to syncke The cause that Goddes electe be gynne to faynte and to synck downe in the tyme of greate aduersitie is feare and vnbeleue as in Peter doth appeare for so longe as he neither feared daunger neither mystrusted Christes worde so longe the waters aboue contrarie to their nature dyd obey and serue his feete as they had ben the drie solide sure groūd But so soone as he beganne to despaire and feare so sonc began he to syncke To instructe vs that lyuelye fayth maketh man bolde and is able to carye vs thorowe suche parelles as be vnscapable to nature Butwhē fayth beginneth to faynt then begin neth man to syncke downe in euery daunger as in the histories before re hersed it maye appeare And in the prophetes it is playne For ●…elias at Goddes commaūdement passing to the presence of kyng Achab in the feruency of his faythe obtained the fire to come from heauen and to cōsume his sacrifice by which also he was made so bolde that in the presence of the kyng he feared nothing to kyl his false prophetes But the same ●…elias hearyng of the mana●…yng threateninges of cursed Iezabel and consydering y t the wrat he of a wycked woman could by no rea sonable meanes be appeased he saw a storme and feared the same and so he prepareth to flye which he dothe not without some syncking downe for he began to reason and to dispute with God which neuer can be done by the creature wythout foolyshnes and offence The same we fynde in Ieremie and diuers mo But the question maye be asked Seyng Christe knewe before what should happen to Peter why dyd he not eithenlet hym from commynge from his bote Or els why dyd he not so confirme him in fayth that he should not haue douted To the whiche maye be thus aunswered Albeit that we coulde render no reason of this worke of Christe yet were the worke it selfe a sufficiēt rea son And it were enough to answer that so it pleased hym who is not bound to render a reason of all hys workes But yet yf we shall marke with diligence to what office Peter was to be called and what offences longe rested wyth him we shal fynd moste iuste and necessarie causes of this worke of Christe downe synckyng of Peter It is playne that Peter had many notable vertues As a zeale and feruencye towardes Christes glorie and a redynesse and forwardnesse to obey his commaundementes But it is lyke playne that of longe continuaūce there rested with Peter a desyre of honoure worldly reste and that moued hym to persuade Christe that he should not dye There rested wyth hym pryde presumpcion and a truste in hym selfe whiche presumpciō and vaine truste in his owne strength vnlesse it had ben corrected and partly remoued he had neuer bene apte nor me●…e to haue fedde Christes flocke And such synnes can neuer be fullye corrected and refourmed tyll they be felte knowen