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A19660	An informacion and peticion agaynst the oppressours of the poore commons of thys realme compiled and imprinted for this onely purpose that amongest them that haue to doe in the Parliamente some godlye mynded men, may hereat take occation to speake more in the matter then the authour was able to wryte.	Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1548 (1548)	STC 6086.5; ESTC S310	14,980	31

coffen to put the body in agreynge to paye to the keeper therof his accustomed dutie and in lyke maner to the graue maker and the foure poore men to cary the bodye so that the whole charges had ben but vii.d ☞ But when the corps was buried wythout other crosse or holy water stycke Dirige or Masse with praiers of as smal deuotion as any pore curate could say yet must we needes paye vii.d more That is to saye i.d to the curate whiche he called an heade peny and vi.d to .ii. clerkes that we had no neede of ☞ Thys was done in Sepulchres parishe in the Citie of Lodon And if it shall please any of this noble assemble to trye the truth of this I wyl verifie it where so euer I shal be called euen in the presence of all the ydle ministers of the same churche ☞ This haue I written moste worthy counsailours to gyue you an occasiō to set such an ordre in thys and suche other thynges that either we may haue ministers founde vppon the tēthes that we paie yerli to the churches other els that it maye be leaful for vs to do such ministeries our selues and not to be thus cōstrained to feede a sorte of carion crowes whiche are neuer so mery as when we lament the losse of our frendes ☞ Thys muche haue I spoken of the extortion that reygneth frely in the Clergie Nowe wyth your pacience I wyl with like breuitie speake of the great intollerable vsurie which at this daie reigneth so frely this realme ouer al and chiefely in the Citie of London that it is taken for moste leaful gaines Yea it is welmoste heresie to reproue it for men say it is alowed by Parliament Wel. The most part I am sure of this most Godly assemble and parliamēt do knowe that the occasion of the acte that passed here cōcerning Vsurie was the vnsaciable desire of the vsurers who coulde not be cōtēted with Vsurie vnlesse it were vnreasonable much To restrayne this gredy desire of theirs therfore it was cōmuned and agreed vpō and by the authoritie of Parliament decreed that none should take aboue x.li by yere for the lone of an C.li. ☞ Alas that euer any christiā assēble should be so voied of gods holy spirite that they should alowe for leaful any thynge that Gods word forbiddeth Be not abashed most worthy counsaylours to cal this acte into question againe Scan the wordes of the Psalmist concerning this matter Lorde sayth he who shal enter into thy tabernacle and who shal rest in thy holy moūtaine H● answereth That entreth wtout spot worketh ryght That speaketh truth in his hert hath not deceiued with his tonge that hath done his neighbour ho harme nor accepted any reproche against his neighbour He regardeth not the wicked but thē that feare the Lorde he glorifieth praiseth He that swereth to his neighbour deceyueth hym not He that hath not giuē his money vnto vsurie hath not taken gyftes rewardes agaynst the innocent ☞ If you moste christian counsaylours do glorie in the knowledge of Gods spirite who hath spokē these wordes by the prophet howe can you suffre this acte to stande which shal be a witnes against you in the later day that you alowe that which Goddes spirite forbiddeth ☞ If he that geueth not his money to Vsurie shal dwell in the Lordes tabernacle where shal he dwel that giueth his money to Vsury shal he not be shutte out cast into vtter darknes Theyr workes be contrary why should not their rewarde be also contrary If the one be receyued in the other must be shut out Yea and you that haue made this lawe vnlesse you do reuoke it and establysh an act to the c●ntrary the Brydegroume the onely sonne of God shal at the laste daye deny you and saye that he neuer knewe you Math. 7. Depart frō me shal he saye al ye workers yf iniquitie Scanne the wordes of the Prophete therfore and scanne the wordes of oure sauioure Christe also in the .vi. of Luke where he sayeth thus Do you lende lokynge for no gaynes therof and your rewarde shal be plentuous and you shal be sonnes of the highest bicause he is gentle liberall towarde the vnthankful and wicked ☞ I am not ignoraunte what Glosses haue ben made vpon this place and howe men haue wrested made it no precept but a counsaile of our sauiour therfore not to infer necessitie to christians but to leaue them at libertie either to do it or leaue it vndone ☞ Oh mercifull Lorde what maner of religion is it that these men professe ☞ They boast them selues to bee the disciples of Christe and setters forthe of his glorie ☞ They wyll beare the name of hym and be called christians and yet wylbe at libertie to chose whether they luste to folowe hys counsayle or leaue it vndone ☞ Our shepherd Christe of whose flocke they boaste them selues to bee sayeth that hys sheepe heare his voyce and folowe hym And immediatly before he sheweth Iohn 10 the cause why the Iewes dyd not credyt hys wordes to be none other but that thei wer not his shepe ☞ And doubte ye not moste worthy counsaylours what so euer he is that wyll defende or teach that any one lytle iote of the counsayles of Christ shoulde be so vaynly spoken that any of hys flocke myght refuse to practise the same in hys lyuynge to the vttermoste of hys power is nolesse then a membre of the Deuell and a verey Antichriste ☞ For he that desyreth not in hys herte to practise in his lyueynge all the counsayles of Christe our maister and teachar shall be numbred amonge the obstinate Iewes for none of the flocke of Christ because he heareth not his voice nor foloweth him Thus I mak an ende Wyshyng vnto you most worthy counsaylours the same spirit that in the primitiue church gaue vnto the multitude of beleuers Actu 4. one herte one mynde to esteme nothyng of this worlde as theyr owne ministrynge vnto euery one accordyng to his necessities That you led by the same spirite may at the lestwaye ordeine such a lawe that the oppressiō of the pore reigne not frely amonge them that beare the name of christians But if they wyll be styll oppressyng the pore membres of Christ after once or twyse admoniciō let them nomore be named christians after Christ whom thei serue not but Māmonistes after Māmon whose badge they beare And this reformacion had no doubt the maiestie of God shal so appere in all your decres that none so wicked a creature shal be foūde so bold as once to opē his mouth against the ordre that you shal take in al matters of religion Yea the very enimies of Dauid shall do Omage vnto Solomō for his wisdom Al the Kynges christined shal learne at you to reforme theyr churches You shal be eu●n the light of al the world ☞ But if ye lette these thynges passe and regarde thē not be ye sure the Lorde shal cōfoūd your wisdome Inuent Decre Establish and authorise what you cā al shal come to nought The wayes that you shall inuent to establyshe vnitie and concord shal be the occacions of discorde The thynges wherby you shal thinke to wyn prayse through al the worlde shal tourne to your vtter shame and the wayes that you shall inuent to establysh a kyngdome shal be the vtter subuerciō of the same The mercifull father of our Lorde Iesus Christe indue you wyth hys spirit that you be not parttakers of these plages AMEN

wyllyng to sell theyr possessions and geue the price therof to be commune to al the faythful beleuers Take me not here that I shoulde go about by these wordes to perswade men to make all thinges cōmune for if you do you mistake me For I take God to wytnes I meane no such thyng But with all myne hert I woulde wysh that no mā were suffered to eate but such as would laboure in theyr vocation and callyng accordynge to the rule that Paule gaue to the Thessalonians 2 Thes 3 But yet I woulde wysh that the possessioners woulde consyder whoe gaue them theyr possessions and howe they ought to bestowe them And then I doubt not it shoulde not nede to haue all thynges made commune ☞ For what nedeth it the seruauntes of the householde to desyre to haue theyr maysters goodes cōmune so longe as the stuarde ministreth vnto euery man the thinge that is nedefull for hym ☞ If the possessioners woulde consyder thē selues to be but stuardes and not Lordes ouer theyr possessions thys oppression woulde sone be redressed But so longe as thys perswasion styketh in theyr myndes It is myne owne Whoe shal warne me to do wyth myne owne as me selfe lysteth it shall not bee possible to haue any redresse at all For if I may do wyth myne owne as me lysteth then maye I suffer my brother hys wyfe and hys chyldrene to lye in the strete excepte he wyll geue me more rent for myne house thē euer he shal be able to paye Then may I take his goods for that he oweth me and kepe his body in prison tournyng out his wyfe and chyldren to perishe if God wyll not moue some mans herte to pittie them and yet kepe my coffers full of goulde and syluer ☞ If ther were no god then would I think it leafull for men to vse their possessiōs as thei liste Or if God woulde not requitre an accōpt of vs for the bestoweynge of them I woulde not greately gaynsaye thoughe they toke theyr pleasure of them whylse they lyued here But forasmuch as we haue a God and he hath declared vnto vs by the scripturs that he hath made the possessioners but Stuardes of his ryches and that he wyl holde a streyght accompt with them for the occupiynge and bestoweynge of them I thynke no christian ears can abyde to heare that more then Turkysh opinion ☞ The Philosophers who knewe nothyng of the bonde of frendshippe which Christe our mayster and redemer lefte amonge vs affirmed that among frēdes al thinges are cōmune meaneyng that frendshippe woulde not suffer one frende to holde frome an other the thinge that he hath neede of And what shal we saye Are we not frēdes Suerly if we be not frendes wee beare the name of Christe and bee called christians in vayne Yea if wee haue not a more perfecte frendeshyppe then that whereof the Philosophers speake wee are but fayned christians we beare the name onely and are no thynge lesse in dede For this is the token that Christe gaue whereby wee shoulde be knowen to be of him Iohn 13. if we loue one an other as he loued vs. Howe he loued vs is declared by the wordes of the Apostle sayinge Ephes 5. that Christe gaue hym selfe for vs. Accordynge to thys exemple ought our frendshyp to be such that we wyll not spare to spende our lyfe for the welth of our brothers Not to fyght in theyr quarell for Christe bade Peter put vp the swerde into his place but to teach the truth boldly with out any feare of death and not to suffer oure brothers to bee led in erroure thoughe presente death shoulde insue for so doynge Some perchaunce wyll thynke that this frēdshyp is to be vnderstande onely of the pastors and shepherdes towarde theyr flocke because Christ sayth that a good shepherde geueth his lyfe for his shepe Iohn 10. Forsoeth if the pastours or shepeherdes onely were the flocke of Christe then myght thys frendeshyp ryght well be vnderstanded of them onely But for asmuch as the Laie and priuate persons are as wel of the flocke of Christe as the other thys frendeshyp parteineth vnto them nolesse then to the other And thys causeth me moste worthy counsaylours not to feare the displeasure of men in this behalfe knoweynge for certentie that the greateste numbre of thys assemble are not free from this oppression that I speak of and that it is farre vnlyke that a priuate persone by no meanes worthy to be called to suche an assemble shoulde be fauourably hearde and accepted of them whom God hath called to be counsaylours of a realme and chiefly in a cause taxyng blameyng the Iudges before whom it is pleaded I might well coniecte wyth my selfe that I shoulde in this poynte be compted a busy body and one that renneth before he is sent But I am redi to suffer not onli al such report but euen the verye death also if it shall please the almightie and euerlyueynge God to laye it vpon me for youre sakes moste worthy counsailours and the residue my natural brothers of this noble realme ☞ And here I proteste vnto you all that the same spirite that sent Ionas to the Niniuits Daniel to the Babilonians Nathan to Kyng Dauid Achior vnto Holofernes Iudith vnto the Priestes and Elders of the Iewes the prophete to Ieroboam in Bethel Iohn the Baptist vnto Herode and Christ vnto the Iewes-wytnesseth wyth my conscience Esai 58. that I renne not vnsent For euē the same spirite that sayd vnto Esaye crye and cease not declare vnto my people theyr wyckednes cryeth also in my conscience bydyng me not spare to tell the possessioners of thys realme that vnlesse they repente the oppression wherewyth they vexe the pore cōmōs and shew thēselues thorough loue to be brothers of one father membres of one body wyth them they shal not at the laste daye enherite wyth them the kingdome of Christ the eldest sonne of God the father whych hath by his worde begotten hym many brothers coheritours is hys kingdom Vnlesse I saye the possessioners of thys realme wyl repent the violence don to the poore and nedy mēbres of the same and become as handes ministring vnto euery membre his necessaryes they shall at the daye of theyr accompt be bound hand and fote and cast into vtter darknes wher shal be wepyng wealyng and gnashyng of teach that is dolour and yayne the greatnes wherof canne not be expressed wyth tonge nor thought wyth herte And thys much more sayeth the spirite Vnlesse ye purge your selues of thys bloude stop the mouthes of the pore that the voyce of theyr complaynt come not vnto mine eares I wyll not prospere your counsayles in the reformaciō of those abhominaciōs which I shewed vnto you but wyll leaue you to the spirite of errour the prince of thys worlde whose dearlinges ye are so longe as ye seke not the welth of the nedy but your owne priuate commoditye These thynges