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A06772	The fortresse of the faythfull agaynst [ye] cruel assautes of pouertie and honger newlye made for the comforte of poore nedye Christians, by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1550 (1550)	STC 1721; ESTC S109202	62,711	184

of idle braines and brainles people together robbe mens houses spoyle their goodes breake vp their hedges make seuerall pastures cōmon to all men hunte carnal libertie make a cōmunion yea con●usion of al thinges and al for the belly Paule woulde rather lyke vnto the pore Lazar haue dyed for honger then once violently and vniustly to take awaye other mens goodes Chri. Ye se the vnmercifulnes of y e riche what wold ye haue the pore people starue for honger Phil. Rather starue and die for honger as pore Lazar dyd then to trouble a cōmon weale As riches so likewise pouertie cometh from god And both are to be takē thankefully and not to be grudged at If oppression be done to the pore of the ryche worldlinges shall they auenge them selues God forbyd yea rather take that crosse paciently and thynke that they haue deserued far worser thinges whiche haue so ofte deserued hell and pray to god to geue those ryche men mercifull hertes that accordinge to their dutie they may be moued with pytie and compassion toward the pore Againe if they haue iniuries done vnto them if they can not otherwise be redressed let them complayne to the Magistrates and officers of the commō weale whyche are appointed to heare mennes causes Christo. If the poore oppressed complayne to the Iustices of peace or suche lyke in the contrey where he dwelleth that hathe the iniurye done vnto hym lytle redresse as I heare can be hadde one so serueth anothers turne euen as the Mules scratche one anothers backe Philemon If there be anye suche parciall officers whyche are not indifferente but iudge for fauour yet remayneth there another refuge and that is to complaine vnto the Kynges Maiestie and hys moste honorable councell whyche wythoute all doubte wyll bothe gladlye heare theire lamentable complayntes and redresse theyr matters accordinge to iustice But who so leaueth godly meanes and attempteth wycked wayes bothe he and his enterprise muste nedes come to naught as we haue seene of late dayes The lorde hym selfe hath spoken it All they that take the sweard shall peryshe with the swearde All they that are priuate menne and go aboute wyth force and violence to auenge theyr own cause and to redresse theyr owne matters shall surelye come vnto destruccion For they be order breakers and despisers of goddes holy ordinaūce which hath appointed magistrats and head rulers iustly to iudge betwene man and man in al matters of controuersie that peace and quietenes may be maynteined in a cōmon weale Theo. If men wer christen men in dede as they professe in word they wolde neuer for the bellies sake go aboute to disturbe trouble and disquiet all the members of the bodie There is a prouerbe no lesse true then common God neuer made mouthe but he made meat And truly I am thus perswaded that god which made me a liuing soul and fed me in my mothers wombe wyl not after he hath brought me in to this world suffer me to peryshe for honger if I hange on his fatherlye proui●●●e cast my care on hym seke to please hym and liue in my vocacion according to his worde Phil. I am glad neybour Theophile this to heare you speake for as I may tel you truth the principall occasiō whi I so greatli desire to speake w t you wyth my other neyghbours here was to confort and strengthē you againste this sollicitude and thought taking for the belly wherwyth manye at this presente are muche vexed For I am not ignorant what importune su●er the bellye is and how she is euer crauing and castyng doutes fearinge that she shuld neuer haue inoughe and therfore continually knocketh at the doore of the mynde to putte him in remembraunce to prouide for her saiyng Adfer Infer bring hither bringe in For the idle belly continuallye consumeth wasteth but getteth prouideth nothinge Therefore is she full of thoughte and care for her liuynge euen as a beggare is whiche is so ielouse ouer hys drynke that he wyll not suffer the lytle flye to sitte vpon the brymme of his cuppe leste she should beguyle him of his drinke Thys belly care causeth the Lawers to corrupte the lawe the iudge to geue false sentence the officers to be vntrue to their Lordes and masters the Hipocrites to corrupt the holy scriptures the ryche men to be vnliberall vnmercifull the Beneficed menne to receyue much and distribute lytle the Patrones of benefices to sell to vnlearned Priestes theyr benefices parentes to sell theire chyldren lyke calues and sheepe for money the papiste to hate the truthe of goddes worde the marchaunte to for sweare hym selfe in sellynge hys marchandise the craftes manne to make and vtter false and sleyghty wares the temporal Lord to raise hys rentes or to take greate fines and incommes the I●ne kepers to polle and pylle hys geastes the seruaunte to robbe his master the mayde her masters the syngle or maried woman to pley the whore the syngle or maryed manne to playe the Rufian and the thiefe the subiecte to ryse agaynst his superioure c. Innumerable euels dothe thys belly care brynge vnto menne againste the whyche except they be well furnyshed both wyth strong fayth in goddes holy prouidence and also fortressed wyth the knoweledge of holye scriptures wherein lye buryed so greate consolacions for the faithful they can not abide y ● importune continual futes of the sluggyshe bellye but must nedes dispaire of satisfiynge her requestes and by this meanes not only haue an vnquiet mynde but also throwe them selues into desperacion and so to muche wretchedly finishe this their careful life Chri. Thys bellye care withoute doute is a great temptaciō to mā and very muche disquieteth hym namely when he seeth all thynges so dere as thei be now and despair of a redresse for asmuche as they which shuld amende thys thynge are the cause of this dearth and famine I speake of Grasiers Shep mongers and riche fa●mers Therfore neyghbour Philemon ye can not intreate at this present in your communicacion amonge vs of a thing more mete for this beggerly and nedy wretched tyme then to declare vnto vs by the holy scriptures how merc●full and bounteous l●de we haue in heauen whiche wyll not suffer vs to peryshe for honger if we hange on his fatherly prouidence and cast al oure care on hym Phil. Thys your bēte good wyl to heare doth not a litle encourage me to speake that whiche I haue purposed yea and that in fewe wordes because I wyl not be tedious vnto you Eusebius Speake I pray you we wyl geue good eare Phil. That ye maye be thorowly perswaded of goddes liberalitie toward his faythfull seruauntes I praye you fyrst of all consider gods order in the prouision for hys creatures Before god made man whom he was determined to make the hygh ruler vnder him ouer al thinges in this world he made and prepared euery thing necessarye for him and for the conseruacion of his bodie y ●

as y e Psalmographe sayeth The eyes of all thynges loke and wayte vpon the O Lorde and thou geueste them meate in due tyme. Thou openest thy hande and replenishest all thinges lyuynge wyth thy blessynge Ageine They that feare the Lord shal haue no scarsenes Thei whyche seke the Lorde shall wante no● good thynge Chri. God shall soner cease to be God then such as vnfainedly trust in hym shal peryshe for honger Phil. As y e Israelites murmured for meat so likwise did they for water They came to Moses chide with him yea thei wer almost redye to stone him and saide Gyue vs water to dryncke Wherefore haste thou broughte vs oute of Egipte to kyll vs and oure chyldren and cattalle wyth thyrste The Lorde God styll con●●derynge hys promyses and not weyinge their in fidelitie nor vnthanckefulnes wōderfullye and agaynste all naturall and humayne expectaciō gaue them plentye of swete waters oute of the harde stonye rocke Euse. O the maruelouse worckes of God He is not called almyghtye wythoute a canse For he dothe what so euer hys good pleasure is It is truelye sayde of Dauid greate is oure Lord and greate is his power yea his wysdome is infinite Who wil now doubt of necessari foode seing God so meruelously fedeth the vnfaithful vnthāckefull disobediente people Phi. At a nother tyme the rascall people y t was amonge them beinge wearye of the meate sent downe from heauen fell a lustynge and turned thē selfes and wept euen as did also y e children of Israel and sayde who shall gyue vs fleshe to eate We remember the fyshe which we did eat in Egipte for nought and y e cucūbers and melons lekes onions garlecke But nowe oure soule is dryed away for we can se nothing else saue Manna And oure soule lotheth thys lyghte breade Ye see that these people are styl like them selfes that is vnfaithful vnthākefull disobediente O frowarde and croked generaciō sayth Moses do ye so rewarde the Lorde O ye folyshe people and vnwyse Chri. It is not without a cause that sainte Stephen called that nacion styfnecked vncircumcised hartes and eares and suche as alwaye resyste the holy ghost Phil. Wel yet note Notwithstandinge their infidelitie vnthanckefulnes and disobedience God continued styl iuste in his promises faythfull in his wordes true in his dealynges for accordinge to their desire for his promyse sake he wolde not suffer them to wante but gaue them whatsoeuer they lusted for Ther wēt forth a wynde frome the Lorde saythe the scripture and brought quailes from the sea and let them fal about the host euē a daies iournei roūd about on euery syde of y e hoste and they dyd flye in the ayer as it were two cubites hye ouer the earthe And the people stode vp all that daye and all that nyghte and on the morow they gathered quayles And he that gathered a litle gathered ten homers full And they spred them abrode rounde aboute the hoste Thus se ye how God for hys promyse sake cheryshed the Israelytes although vnfaythful vnthanckefull and disobedient euen as y e Nurse doth hir sucking babe and fedde them by the space of .xl. yeres in y e wildernes without their paine care trayuayle or laboure Theo. If God shewed such gentilnes to the vnfaithefull and disobediente for hys promyse sake howe much more wyll he shew hym selfe a gentle and louynge father to them that fear hym beleue in hym loue hym and for their powers laboure to walke in hys holye path-waies Phil. Such shal neuer wāt Nowe marcke what followeth As god prouided meate for the Israelites so in lyke manner suffered he them not to go naked nor to peryshe for colde but all that tyme of fortye yeres when they were in the wyldernesse he so preserued their clothes that they waxed not olde and soo saued their shooes that they were not worne but both garmentes and shooes so whole at the fortie yeres ende as they were at their fyrste comminge into wildernes I haue led you forty yeres in the wyldernesse sayeth god and your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you neyther are the shooes of your feete worne Ye haue eaten no breade nor dronke wyne or stronge drynke that ye mighte knowe that I am the Lord youre god Moses also sayth god humbled the suffered the to honger fed the wyth Manna whiche neyther thou nor thy fathers knew of to make the to knowe that man dothe not lyue by breade onlie but by euerye word that procedeth out of the mouthe of the Lorde doth a man lyue Thy rayement waxed not olde vpon the neyther did thy foote swell those fortie yeres Here of maye ye perceaue howe bountifull God is in geuynge foode and apparell to them speciallye y t feare hym and kepe his holy commaūdementes Who wyll nowe be careful eyther for the bellye or for the backe as they saye God made thē both God wyl nourishe them both Eus. These histories do so set forth the kindenes of God towarde mā that none excepte verye infideles haue iuste occasion to dispayre of Gods liberalitie if they cal on his name and trauaile accordinge to theire vocacion phil There is no thyng more certeine But leste any man should thyncke that thys kyndnes of god ceassed in them of whome I haue hitherto spoken I wyll rehearse one or two histories mo out of the olde testamente and then alledge certeine oute of the new wherof ye maye learne that other proued the lyke kyndenes at the hand of god euen as wel in the newe testament as in the olde that by this meanes ye maye be perfectlye perswaded god to be the Lorde of the same liberalitie now that he was afore alike kynde to his seruaūtes in all ages Who knoweth not y ● Elias was an excellent Prophet of god feruent in spirit vehement in worde and ielous for the glory of god Chri. The scriptures testifie no lesse of him Theo. Elias stode vp as fyre saith the wiseman and his worde brent lyke a cresset Whyle he liued he was afrayed of no Prince and no man myghte ouercome him Of his prayse wryteth Iesus the sonne of Syrache Phil. Thys man of God lyued in the time of Achab kinge of Israel in whose dayes God sent a greate dearth into the world for it rained not vpon the earth by the space of iii. yeres and .vi. moneths In this plage of famine whereof innumerable wythoute dyed se howe God prouyded for hys seruaunt Elias Fyrste when the waters began to be dryed vp God sente hym to the brooke Cherith where he promysed to gyue hym drincke whyche thyng he vnfainedly performed so that whē other perished for lacke of dryncke he hadde Gods plentye inoughe as they vse to saye Now as touchyng his meate behold the wonderfull power of God whyche commaunded the Rauens to fede him and to bringe him meate The Rauens saith y ● scripture brought hym