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A68918	An excellent new commedie intitutled, The conflict of conscience contayninge a most lamentable example of the dolefull desperation of a miserable worldlinge, termed by the name of Philologus, who forsooke the trueth of Gods gospel for feare of the losse of lyfe & worldly goods / compiled by Nathaniell Woodes, minister in Norwich ...; Conflict of conscience	Woodes, Nathaniel, fl. 1580.	1581 (1581)	STC 25966.5; ESTC S111762	42,953	72

demaund According to my conscience Goddes worde being my warrand Cardinall To begin therfore orderly how saist thou Philologus Haue I authoritie to call the me before Or to be short I will obiect it thus Whether hath the Pope which is Peters successor Then all other Bishops preheminence more If not then it follow that neither he Nor I which am his Legate to accompts may call thee Philologus The question is perillous for me to determine Chéefely when the party is Iudge in the cause Yet if the wholl course of Scripture ye examine And wil be tryed by Gods holy lawes Small help shall you finde to defend the same cause But the contrary may be proued manifestly As I in short wordes will proue to you breefely The surest ground wheron your Pope doth stand Is of Peters being at Roome a strong imagination And the same Peter you do vnderstand Of all the Disciples had the gubernation Surmising both without good approbation Vnlesse you will by the name of Babylon From whence Peter wrote is vnderstanded Roome As indéed diuers of your writers haue affirmed Reciting Ieromy Austine Primasius and Ambrose Who by their seuerall writinges haue confirmed That Rome is new Babylon I may it not glose But it were better for you they were dumbe I suppose For they labour to proue Roome by that acception The whore of Babilon spoke of in the Reuelation But graunt that Peter in Roome setled was Yet that he was cheefe it remayns you to proue For in my Iudgement it is a playne case That if any amongst them to rule it did behooue He should be chéefe whom Christ most did loue To whom he bequethed his mother most déere To whom in reuelation Christ did also appéere I meane Iohn Euangelist by birth Coosin germaine To our Sauiour Christ as storyes do vs tell From whose succession if that you should clayme Superioritie you should mend your cause well For then of some likelyhood of truth it should smell Where none so often as Peeter was reproued Nor from stedfast fayth so often tymes remooued But graunt all were true herein you do fayne Marke one proper lesson of a Greeke Oratour As a good childe of his fathers welth is inheritour So of his fathers vertues he must be possessour Now Peter folows Christ and al worldly goods forsakes But the Pope leaueth Christ himselfe to glory takes And to be short Christ himselfe refused to be a Kinge And the seruant aboue the Master may not be Which being both true it is a strange thing How the Pope can receiue this pompe and dignitie And yet professe himselfe Christes seruant to be Christ wil be no King the Pope wil be more The Pope is Christes Master not his seruant therefore Cardinall Ah thou arrant Heretike I will thée remember I am glad I know so much as I doo I haue wayed thy resons and haue found them so slender That I thinke them not worthy to be answeared How say you Master Hipocrisy HIP. I also thinke so But let him go forwarde and vtter his conscience And we will awhile longer here him with patience Cardinall Say on thou Heretike of the holy Sacrament Of the body and bloud of Christ what is thine opinion Philologus I haue not yet finished my former argument Cardinall Say on as I bid thée thou art a stoute Minion Philologus I shall then gladly it is a signe of vnion The which should remaine vs Christians among That one should loue another all our life long For as the bread is of many Cornells compounded And the Wine from the Iuce of many Graps do discend So we which into Christ our Rocke are ingrounded As into one Temple should cease to contend Least by our contention the Church we offend This was not the least cause among many more Which are now omitted that this Sacrament was geuen for The chéefest cause why this Sacrament was ordained Was the infirmitie of our outwarde man Whereas Saluation to all men was proclaymed That with true fayth apprehend the same can By the death of Iesus Christ that immaculate Lambe That the same might the rather of all men be beleued To the word to ad a Sacramēt it Christ nothing greued And as we the sooner beléeue that thing true For the tryall whereof more witnesses we finde So by the meanes of the Sacrament many grue Beléeuing creatures where before they were blynde For our sences some sauour of our fayth now do finde Because in the Sacrament there is this Analogy That Christ féedes our soules as the bread doth our body Cardinall Ah thou foul Heretike is there bread in the Sacrament Where is Christes body then which he did vs giue Philologus I know to the faythfull receiuer it is there present But yet the bread remaineth stil I stedfastly beléeue Cardinall To here these his errors it doth me greatly gréeue But that we may shortly to some issue come In what sence sayd Christ Hoc est Corpus meum Philologus Euen in the same sence that he sayd before Vos estis sall terrae vos estis Lux mundi Ego sum ostium and a hundreth such more If tyme would permit to alleadge them seuerally But that I may the simple sorte edifie You aske me in what sence these wordes I verifye Where Christ of the bread sayd this is my body For answere herein I aske you this question Were Christes disciples into salt transformed When he sayd ye are the salt of the earth euery one Or when the light of the world he them affirmed Or himselfe to be a dore when he confirmed Or to be a Vine did his body then change If not then why now this to me séemeth strange Cardinall Why doest thou doubt of Christ his omnipotencye But what so he willeth doth so come to passe Philologus God kéepe me and all men from such a frencye As to thinke any thing Christes power to surpasse When his will to his power ioyned was But where his will wanteth his power is vneffectuall As Christ can be no lyer God cannot be mortall Set downe therefore some proofe of his will That he would be made bread and then I recant Cardinall This Caytif myne eares with winde he doth fill His wordes both trueth and reason doth want Christes word is his will this must thou néedes graunt Philologus He spake the word likewise when he said I am the dore Was his body transformed into tymber therefere Cardinall Nay if thou béest obstinate I will say no more Haue him hence to prison and kéepe him full sure I will make him set by my friendship more store But herest thou Zeale go first and procure Some kinde of new torment which he may not indure Tiranny I am here in redines to do your commaundement And will returne hither agayne incontinent Hypocrisie At thy returne bryng hether Sensuall Suggestion That if néede be he may vs assist Least that both I and Carefull prouision The zeale of Philologus may not fully

staye Hypocrisie What was that Suggestion I praye thée to vs vtter For I am with child till that I do it heare Suggestion A certaine gentle woman did murmur and mutter And for greefe of minde her hayre she did teare Shee will at last kill her selfe I greatly do feare Hypocrisie What is the cause why this gréefe she did take Suggestion Because her Husband her company did forsake Her children also about her did stand Sobbing and sighing and made lamentation Knocking their brestes and wringing their hand Saying they are brought to vtter dessolation By the meanes of their fathers wilfull protestation Whose goodes they saye are already confiscate Because he doth the Popes lawes violate And indeed I sawe Auarice standing at the doore And a company of Ruffians assisting him there Philologus Alas alas this pincheth my heart full sore Myne euills he doth declare myne owne wo I do heare Wherefore from teares I cannot forbeare Hypocrisie Ha ha doth this touch you Master Philologus You neede not haue had it being rulde by vs Suggestion Why what is he thus Master Hypocrisie That taketh such sorrow at the wordes which I spake Hypocrisie One that is taken and conuinced of Heresie And I feare me much will burne at a stake Yet to reclayme him much paynes would I take And haue don already howbeit in vayne I would craue thine assistance were it not to thy payne Suggestion I will do the best herein that I can Yet go thou with me to helpe at a neede With all my heart God saue you good gentleman To sée your great sorrow my heart doeth welnigh bleede But what is the cause of your trouble and dréede Disdaine not to me your secrets to tell A wise man sometime of a fool may take counsell Philologus Myne estate alas is now most lamentable For I am but deade which euer side I take Neither to determine heerein am I able With good aduice mine election to make The worse to refuse and the best for to take My Spirit couites the one but alas since your presence My flesh leades my spirit therfroe by violence For at this time I being in great extremitie Either my Lord God in hart to reiect Or els to be oppressed by the Legates authorytie And in this world to be counted an abiect My Landes wife and Children also to neglect This later part to take my Spirit is in readinesse But my Flesh doth subdue my Spirit doubtlesse Suggestion Your estate perhaps seemeth io you dangerous The rather because you haue not bene vsed To incurre before time such troubles perilous But to your power such euils haue refused Howbeit of two euils the least must be chused Now which is the least euill wee will shortlye examine That which part to take your selfe may determine On the right hand you say you sée gods iust iudgment His wrath and displeasure on you for to fall And in steede of the ioyes of Heauen euer permanent You see for your stipend the tormentes infernall Philologus That is it indéede which I feare most of all For Christ said feare not them which the body can ānoy But feare him which the body and soule can destroy Suggestion Well let that ley aside awhile as it is And on the other side make the lyke inquisition If on the left side you fall then shall you not misse But to bring your body to vtter perdition For at mans hand you know there is no remission Beside your Children fatherlesse your wife desolate Your goodes and possessions to other men confiscate Philologus Saint Paul to the Romanes hath this worthy sentence I accompt the afflictions of this world transitorie Be they neuer so many in full equiuolence Cannot counteruaile those heauenly glorie Which we shal haue through Christ his propitiatorie I also accompt the rebukes of our Sauiour Greater gaines to mée then this house full of treasure Suggestion You haue spoken reasonably but yet as they say One Birde in the hande is worth two in the bush So you now inioying these worldly ioyes may Esteeme the other as light as a rush Thus may you scape this perrillous pushe Philologus Yea but my saluation to mee is most certaine Neither doubt I that I shall suffer this in vaine Suggestion Is your death meritorious then in Gods sight That you are so sure to attaine to saluation Philologus I doo not think so but my faith is full pight In the mercies of God by Christs mediation By whom I am sure of my preseruation Suggestion Then to the faithfull no hurt can accrew But what so he worketh good end shall insue Philologus Our Sauiour Christ did say to the tempter When he did perswade him from the Pinacle to fall And saide he might safely that danger aduenture Because that Gods Angels from hurt him saue shall See that thy Lord God thou tempt not at all So I though perswaded of my sinnes free remission May not commit sin vpon this presumption Cardinall What haue you not yet done your foolysh tatteling With that frowarde heretick I will then away If you will tarie to heare all his prattelyng He would surely keepe you most part of the day It is now high dinner time my stomack doth say And I will not lose one meale of my diet Though thereon did hang an hundred mens quiet Suggestion By your Lordships pacience one word with him more And then if he will not I geue him to Tyrrany Hypocrisie I neuer saw my Lord so pacient before To suffe one to speake for himselfe so quietly But you were not best to trust to his curtesie It is euill waking of a Dog that doth sleepe While you haue his friendship you were best it to kéepe Cardinall I promise thee Philologus by my vowed chastitie If thou wilt be ruled by thy friendes that be héere Thou shalt abound in wealth and prosperitie And in the Countrie chiefe rule thou shalt beare And a hundred pounds more thou shalt haue in the yéere If thou will this curtesie refuse Thou shalt die incontinent the one of these chuse Suggestion Well sith it is no time for vs to debate In former maner what is in my minde I will at once to thée straight demonstrate Those worldly ioyes which heere thou shalt finde And for because thou art partly blinde In this respect looke through this mirrour And thou shalt behold an vnspeakeable pleasure Philologus Oh péerelesse pleasures oh ioyes vnspeakable Oh worldly wealth oh pallaces gorgious Oh faire Children oh wife most amyable Oh pleasant pastime oh pompe so glorious Oh delicate diet oh lyfe lasciuious Oh dolourous death which would mée betray And my felycitie from mée take away I am fully resolued without further demeanour In these delightes to take my whole solace And what paine so euer hereby I incurre Whether heauen or hell whether Gods wrath or grace This glasse of delight I will euer imbrace But one thing most chiefly doth trouble mée héere My Neighbors vnconstant will compt mée I feare

dignitie So that in terris Deus sum saith he In earth I am a God with sinnes for to dispence And for rewardes I will forgiue eche manet of offence I saide to Eue tush tush thou shalt not die But rather shalt as God know euerie thing My sonne likewise to maintaine Idolatrie Saith tush what hurt can carued Idols bring Dispise this law of God the heauenly King And set them in the Churche for men thereon to looke An Idoll doth much good it is a laymans booke Nemroth that Tyrant fearing Gods hande By mee was perswaded to builde vp high Babell Whereby he presumed Gods wrath to withstande So hath my Boy deuised very well Many prety toyes to kéepe mens soule from hell Liue they neuer so euill héere and wickedly As Masses trentalles Pardons and Scala coeli I egged on Pharao of Egypt the King The Israelites to kill so soone as they were borne My darling likewise doeth the selfe same thing And therefore cause Kinges and Princes to be sworne That with might and maine they shal kéepe vs his horn And shall destroy with fire Are and sworde Such as against him shall speake but one worde And euen as I was some what to slow So that not withstanding the Isralites did augment So for lack of murthering Gods people doo grow And dayly increase at this time present Which my sonne shall feele incontinent Yet an other practise this euill to withstand He learned of mee which now he takes in hand For when as Moses I might not destroy Because that he was of the Lord appointed To bring the people from thraldome to ioy I did not cease whilst I had inuented An other meanes to haue him preuented By accompting himselfe the sonne of Pharao To make him loth Egipt to forgoe The same aduise I also attempted Against the sonne of God when he was incarnate Hoping there by to haue him relented And for promotion sake himselfe to prostrate Before my féete when I did demonstrate The whole worlde vnto him and all the glory As it is recorded in Matheus Historye So hath the Pope who is my darlyng deare My eldest boy in whom I doo delight Least he should fall which thing he greatly feare Out of his Seat of honor pompe and might Hath got to him on his behalfe to fight Two Champions stout of which the one is Auarice The other is called Tyrrannicall practise For as I saide although I claime by right The kingdome of this earthly world so rounde And in my stead to rule with force and might I haue assigned the Pope whose match I no wher found His hart with loue to mée so much abounde Yet diuers men of late of mallice most vnkinde Do study to displace my son some way warde meanes to find Wherfore I maruell much what cause of let there is That hetherto they haue not their office put in vre I will go sée for why I feare that somwhat is amis If not to raunge abroad the worlde I will them straight procure But néedes they must haue one to help mens harts for to allure Vnto their traine who that should bée I cannot yet espie No méeter match I can finde out then is Hypocrisie Who can full well in time and place dissemble eithers parte No man shall easely perceiue with which side he tooth beare But when once fauour he hath got and credit in mans hart He will not slack in mine affaires I doe him nothing feare But time doth runne too fast away for me to tarie heere For none will be enamoured of my shape I doe know I will therfore myne impes send out from hell their shapes to show Exit Acte fyrst Sceane 2 MATHETES PHILOLOGVS MY mynde doeth thirst deare friende Philologus Of former talke to make a finall ende And where before we gan for to discus The cause why God doth such afflictions sende Into his Church you would some more time spende In the same cause that thereby you might learne Betwixt the wrath and ioue of God a right for to discerne Philologus With right good will to your request heerin I doo consent As well because as I perceiue you take therein delight As also for because it is most chiefely pertinent Vnto mine office to instruct and teache eche Christian wight True godlynesse and shew to them the path that leadeth right Vnto Gods kingdome where we shall inherite our saluation Geuen vnto vs from God by Christ our true propitiation But that a better ordered course heerein we may obserue And may directly to the first apply that which insue To speake that hath bene saide before I wel a time reserue And so procéede from whence we left by course and order due Vnto the ende At first therfore you did lament and rue The miserie of these our daies and great calamytie Which those sustaine who dare gainsay the Romish Hypocrisie Mathetes I haue iust cause as hath eche Christian hart To waile and weepe to shed out teares of bloud When as I call to minde the torments and the smart Which those haue borne who honest be and good For nought els but because their errors they withstood Yet ioyed I much to see how paciently They boare the crose of Christ with constancie Philologus So many of vs as into one bodye bée Incorporate wherof Christ is the liuely heade As members of our bodies which wée sée With ioyntes of loue together bee conioyned And must néedes suffer vnlesse that they be dead Some part of griefe in mynde which other féele In bodie though not so much by a great deale Wherfore by this it is most apparent That those two into one bodie are not vnyted Of the which the one doth suffer the other doth torment And in the woundes of his Brother is delighted Now which is Christes bodie may easely be decided For the Lambe is deuonred of the Wolfe alway Not the Wolfe of the Lambe as Chrisostom doth say Agayne of vnrighteous Cayne murthered was Abell By whom the Church of God was figured Isaac lykewise was persecuted of Ismaell As in the Booke of Genesis is mencioned Israell of Pharao was also terrifyed Dauid the Sainct was afflicted by his Sonne And put from his kingdome I meane by Absolon Elias the Thesbit for feare of Iezabell Did fly to Horeb and hid him in a Caue Micheas the Prophet as the Story dooth tell Did hardly his lyfe from Baalles Priests saue Ieremy of that sawce tasted haue So did Esay Daniell and the Children thrée And thousandes more which in stories we may sée Mathetes In the new Testament we may also réede That our Sauiour Christ euen in his Infancy Of Herod the King might stand in great dread Who sought to destroy him such was his insolency Afterward of the Pharises he did with constancy Suffer shamefull death his Apostles also For testimonie of the trueth did their crosses vnder go Philologus Iames vnder Herod was headed with the Sworde The rest of the Apostles did suffer much turmoyle Good Paul

throne Wherfore there is no cause you should sende vs to outwarde act As to the ancor or refuge of our preseruation Theologus The meaning of Philologus is not héere so exact As doo his wordes make it to seeme by your allegation He doth not meane betwéene good works and faith to make relation As though workes were equiuolent saluation to attaine As is true faith but what he ment I will set downe more playne He did exhort the yongmen heere by him for to beware Least as he did so they abuse Gods gospell pure And without good aduice vsurp of faith the gift so rare Whereby they think what so they doo thē selues from torments frée And by this proud presumption Gods anger should procure And where they boast and vaunt thē selues good faithfull men to bée Yet in their lyues they doo deny their faith in ech degrée Wherfore he saith as Peter saide see that you doo make knowne Your owne election by your workes againe S. Iames doth say Shew mée thy faith and by my works my faith shall thée be shown And wherupon his owne offence he dooth to them bewray Wheras he did vainegloryously vpon a dead faith stay Which for the inwarde righteousnesse he alway did suspect And héereupon all godlynes of lyfe he did neglect Philologus That was the meaning of my wordes how euer I them spake The truth alas vile wretch my soule and Conscience too true féele Theologus What do you not Philologus with vs no comfort take When all these thinges so godlyly to you I doo reueale Especially sith that your selfe in them are séene so well Some hope vnto vs of your health and safetie yet is left we do not think that all Gods grace from you is wholly reft Philologus Alas what comfort can betide vnto a damned wretch what so I héere sée féele tast speake is turned all to woe Eusebius Ah deare Philologus think not that ought can Gods grace outreache Consider Dauid which did sinne in lust and murther too Yet was he pardoned of his sinnes and so shalt thou also Phil. King Dauid alwaies was elect but I am reprobate And therefore I can finde small ease by waighing his estate He also prayed vnto God which I shall neuer doe His prayer was that God would not his spirit take away But it is gone from mée long since and shall be giuen no moe But what became of Cayne of Cam of Saul I do you pray Of Iudas and Barehu these must my Conscience slay Of Iulyan Apostata with other of that crue The same torments must I abide which these men did insue Theologus Alas my friend take in good part the chastment of the Lorde Who doth correct you in this world that in the lyfe to come He might you saue for of the like the Scripture beares recorde Philologus That is not Gods intent with mée though it be so with some who after bodies punishment haue into fauour come But I alas in spirit and soule these greenous torments beare God hath condemded my Coscience to perpetuall greife and feare I would most gladly chuse to lyue a thousand thousande yeare In all the torments and the griefe that damned soules sustaine So that at length I might haue ease it would me greatly cheare But I alas shall in this lyfe in torments still remaine while Gods iust anger vpon mee shall be reuealed plaine And I example made to all of Gods iust indionation Oh that my body were at rest and soule in condemnation Eusebius I pray you answer me herein where you by déepe dispaire Say you are worse here in this lyfe then if you were in hell And for because to haue death come you alway make your prayer As though your foule and body both in torments great did dwell If that a man should giue to you a sword I pray you tell would you destroy your selfe there with as doe the desperate which hange or kill or into flouds themselues precipitate Philologus Giue me a sworde then shall you know what is in mine intent Eusebius Not so my friend I onely aske what héerein were your will Philologus I cannot neither will I tell wherto I would be bent Theologus These wordes doe nothing edifye but rather fancies fill which we would gladly if we could indeuour for to kill wherefore I once againe request together let vs pray And so we will leaue you to God and send you hence away Philologus I cannot pray my spirit is dead no faith in me remayne Theologus Doe as you can no more then might we can ask at your hand Philologus My prayers turned is to sinne for God doth it disdaine Eusebius It is the falsehood of the spirit which doo your health withstande That teach you this wherfore in time reiect his filthy bande Theologus Come knéele by mee and let vs pray the Lord of Heauen vnto Philologus With as good will as did the Diuell out of the deaffe man goe O God which dwellest in the heauens c. Tush sirs you doo your labours loose see where Belzabub doth come And doth inuite mee to a feast you therefore speake in vaine Yea if you aske ought more of me in answer I will be dumbe I will not wast my song for naught as soone shall one small grayne Of Musterdseede fill all the world as I true faith attaine Theologus We will no lenger stay you now but let you hence depart Eusebius Yet will we pray continually that God woulde you conuart Theologus Gisbertus and Paphinitius conduct him to his place But see he haue good company let him not be alone Ambo We shall so doo God vs assist with his most holy grace Gisbertus Come Father doo you not think good that we from hence begone Philologus Let go my handes at lybertie assistaunce I craue none Oh that I had a sworde a while I should soone eased bee Ambo Alas deare father what do you Euseb His wil we may now sée Theologus Exeunt Phi. Gis Paph O glorious God how wonderfull those iudgements are of thine Thou doost beholde the secret hart naught doth thy eyes beguile Oh what occasion is vs giuen to feare thy might deuine And from our hartes to hate and lothe iniquities so vile Least for the saine thou in thy wrath doost grace from vs exile The outwarde man doeth thée not please nor yet the minde alone But thou requirest both of vs or else regardest none Eusebius Héere may the worldlinges haue a glasse their states for to behold And learne in time for to escape the iudgements of the Lorde Whilste they by flattering of them selues of faith both dead and colde Doo sell their soules to wickednes of all good men abhorde But godlynes doth not depend in knowing of the worde But in fullfilling of the same as in this man we see Who though he did to others preach his lyfe did not agrée Theologus Againe Philologus witnesseth which is the trueth of Christ For that consenting to the Pope he did the Lorde abiure Whereby he teacht the wauering fayth on which side to persist And those which haue the trueth of God that still they may indure The Tyraunts which delight in bloode he likewise doth assure In whose affayres they spende their time but let vs home warde goe Eusebius I am content that after meate we maye resorte him to Exiunt Theo. Euse. Acte sixe scene last NVNTIVS OH ioyfull newes which I report and bring into your eares Philologus that would haue hangde himselfe with coard Is nowe conuerted vnto God with manie bitter teares By godly councell he was woon all prayse be to the Lorde His errours all he did renounce his blasphemies he abhorde And being conuerted left his lyfe exhorting foe and friend That do professe the fayth of Christ to be constant to the ende Full thyrtie wéekes in wofull wise afflicted he had bene All which long time he tooke no foode but forst against his will Euen with a spoone to poure some broath his téeth betwéene And though they sought by force this wise to féede him still He alwayes stroue with all his might the same on ground to spill So that no sustenaunce he receiu'de ne sléepe could he attayne And nowe the Lord in mercy great hath easde him of his payne FINIS step aside push Auarice backwarde HYP. Ambo HYP. tut Father Iotsam HYP. a litle k to hide so great a lubber HYP. he feareth nothīg he thinketh the hangman is dead HYP. he can play too parts the foole and the K. HIP. a popish policye HYP. Antichirstian charitie Vtilitas facit esse Deos HYP. This is sharp argumentes HYP. Praye for your selfe HYP. your kind hart shal rost me a couple of russhes HYP. Not I the lyke of such a cutthrote Coult. HYP. he speketh to you syra HYP. on your face syr HYP. fighteth AVA. indede you say troth HYP. he hath learned logetes HYP frienship for gaine Sep aside Hir hath a goodly grace in swearyng HIP. he is gracelesse alredy HIP. he is Kit carelesse HIP. hatke the practis of spiteful Sumners HIP. and you are one of his sonnes mee think by your head Exeunt Tyr. Auar Cacon.