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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06743	[The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies for the sauegard, health, and comforte of all degrees, and estates / newlie made by Thomas Becon].	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1550 (1550)	STC 1719.5; ESTC S1782	124,086	356

No●● thy barne his house thy house ▪ And vnto thys end woldst thou haue temporal thinges prouided for thy preachers that they myght haue wherof to liue them selfes to fede theyr family also to comfort the pore of the parish To fede with word not with worcke profiteth litel To fil the eare with the soūd of words to suffer the body starue for honger is not the part of a good shepperde He is not a good herdeman that standeth al day whystlynge and callynge at his shepe but he that driueth thē vnto sweete pleasaūt pastures where they may eat their bellye 's ful i. Timo. ii Titu i. Thy holy Apostle cōmaūdeth a Byshop or spiritual minister to maintein hospitality Thou also which art the mirroure of al goodnes liueli exāplare of al true pastors being in this world conuersaūt amōg mē and a preacher of thy heauēly fathers blessed wyll Mat. xiiii and .xv Marke vi Luke ix Iohn vi feddest the people not only with thy godly doctrine but also with corporal food geuing an exāple vnto al spiritual pastours that they shuld do so likewise Thou cōmaūdest also thy blessed apostle Peter iii. to fede thy flocke Ihon. xxi that is fyrst with the pure doctrin of thy heauēly gospel wher vnto thi holi sacramēts sure seales are annexed for the cōfirmaciō of thy truth Secondly with godly conuersacion a lyfe agreable to the doctrine that the parishioners may the soner be allured vnto manners worthy of the gospel Thirdly with hospitality And this commaūdemēt gauest thou not onli vnto Peter but vnto al other thy Apostels yea and to al spiritual pastours that haue or shal succed thē vnto the end of the world Actes vi that thy pore people may be fed both body and soule Roma xv This commaundement O swete Iesu was diligētly executed of the holy Apostels ii Cor i ▪ ix and of the faithful ministers that succeded thē Actes xx whiche al were moued wyth so great and so tēder compassion toward thi pore mēbers ii Cor. xi that they did not onli feede them with such goods as thei receiued of the christē cōgregacion i. Thessa. ii i. Thess. iiii but also to satisfye theyr lacke they wrought with their hāds But o Lord this louinge pitie toward the pore in these our dayes is greatlye abated waxeth vtterly colde in many of the Ministers of thy church which notwtstandynge are them selfes verye wealthy and lyue all in pleasure of the churche goodes so that by this meanes they are not residēt vpon theyr benifices they mayntayne no hospitalyty the parisheners are robbed of theyr dutyes the pore are not fed wyth meat as thou haste commaunded but they rather miserably sterue for honger Unto such shepherds as fede them selfes and not the flock Ez●c xxxiii as eate the mylke are clad wyth the wolle and eate of the fattest of the flock yet fede not the shepe thou threatnest dampnacyon by the prophet promising that thou thy self wylt vpon the shepherdes require thi shepe frō theyr hands make them cease from fedinge of thy shepe Yea thou sayest moreouer that the shepperdes shal fede them selfs no more for thou wilt delyuer thy sheepe oute of theyr mouthes so that they shal not deuoure them after this Thou promisest also to set faythfull shepperdes ouer thy flock and quietly to place thy shepe in grene fat and pleasaunte pastures so that the beastes of the fyelde shall deuour them no more but they shal dwel safely without anye feare neyther shal they any more be famished with hōger nor yet beare the spyteful words of the heathē For thou theyr Lorde God wilte take care of thē Deale wyth thy flocke O mooste faytheful sheppeard accordyng to thy promise i. Cori. xi Dryue away from amonge vs al rauenynge wolfes and deceitful hypocrites whyche are the Ministers of Sathan ▪ chaunging thē selfes into aungelles of lyghte and appoynte faythefull and dylygent heardmen ouer thy flock whych may feede them wyth thy lyuely worde leade a good lyfe ▪ maynetaine hospitalyty among them for the comfort of th● pore and in al thyngs so behaue them them selfes according to thy blessed wyl and com●aundemente that when thou the moost hyghe Byshoppe and chyefe shepparde shalte appeare i Peter v. they may receiue the vncorruptible crowne of glorye Amen ¶ A prayer for Gentlemenne AL be it what soeuer is borne of flesh is flesh Ihon. iii. and all that we receiue of our natural parents is earthe dust ashes corruptiō Genesi iii so that no childe of Adam hath any cause to boste hym self of hys birth and bloud ●ccle vii x seing we haue al one flesh one bloud begottē in sinne Psal. ii conceiued in vnclennes borne by nature the chyldren of wrathe Ephesi ii yet for asmuche as some for theyr wysdom godlynes vertue valeaūce strength eloquēce learnynge and pollicy be auaunced aboue the commō sort of people vnto dignities and temporal promocyons as men worthye to haue superiorite in a christē comū weale by this meanes haue obtayned among the people a more noble worthy name Iohn i We moste entyrely besech the from whom alone cōmeth the true nobility to so many as are born of the Galath iii made thy sons thorowe faith whether they be rich or poore noble or vnnoble to geue a good spirit to our superiours that as they be called gentlemen in name so they may shewe them selues in al their doynges gentle curteus louing pitiful and liberal vnto their inferiores liuing amōg them as natural fathers amonge their chyldren not polling pillyng and oppressing them but fauoryng helpynge and cheryshing them not destroyers but fathers of the cōtrey not enemies to the pore but ayders helpers and cōforters of them that when thou shalte call them from this vale of wretchednes thei afore shewing gētlenes to the comon people may receiue gentelnes agayn at thy merciful hād euē euerlasting life thorowe Iesu Christ oure Lorde Amen A prayer for Landelordes THe earth is thine o lord all that is conteined therin Psal ▪ xxiiii Psal. cxv notwithstāding thou haste geuē the possessyon thereof vnto the children of men to passe ouer the time of theyr short pilgrimage in this vale of misery We hartelye pray y● to send thy holy spirit into the harts of them that posses the groūds ▪ pastures dwelling places of the earth that thei remēbrīg thēselues to be thy tenaūts may not rack and s●retch out the rēts of theyr houses and lāds nor yet take vnreasonable fines incōs after the māner of couetous worldlings but so let them out to other that the inhabitauntes therof may both be able truly to pay the rētes also honestly to liue to nour●sh their familye to relief the pore Geue them grace also to cōsider that thei are but