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A17651	An epistle both of Godly consolacion and also of aduertisement written by Iohn Caluine the pastour & preacher of Geneua, to the right noble prince Edvvarde Duke of Somerset, before the tyme or knoweledge had of his trouble, but delyuered to the sayde Duke, in the time of his trouble, and so translated out of frenshe by the same Duke.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552.	1550 (1550)	STC 4407; ESTC S118174	16,566	68

good and holye soeuer it bee vnlesse that euen at once with it the power and vertue of good preaching bee desplayed and sette foorthe togethers It is not without● cause that it is sayd that Iesus Christ shall strike the year●he by the Sceptre of hys mouthe and shall destroye the euyll by the Spirite of hys lyppes It is the meane by the whiche he will ouercome vs in destroyinge all that whiche is agaynste hym The gospel is in scripture called the kingdome of God ▪ And for that cause the gospel is also called the kingdome of GOD. Also albeit that thordinances statutes of princes bee good helpes to aduaunce and mayntaine the state of christianitie So likewyse god will declare hys souereygne vertue in the spirituall sweorde of hys woorde with it setting furth thesame by his pastours And to thintent I woulde not long trouble you my Lord I wil come to the seconde poynt which I haue purposed to shewe vnto you Abuses muste bee cleane taken away It is to abolyshe and clearely to take away the abuses corrupcions that Sathan hath mingled heretofore with the ordinaunces of god We knowe that vnder the pope there is a bastard christianitie whiche god shall dysalowe in the laste daye Vnder 〈◊〉 papacie is a bastarde christianitie forasmuche as at thys daye he hath condemned the same by hys woorde If wee desyre to retiere the worlde from suche perdicion there is nothyng better then to folow the exaumple of S. Paule who willynge to correcte the euyll that the Corinthians had ioyned to the supper of our Lorde sayde vnto them I haue receyued of the Lord that whiche I haue geuen vnto you We mu●… returne to the ryght commaundement of GOD. Of that we must gather one generall instruccion to returne to the right and natural commaundemēt of God if we wil haue a good and an approued reformacion of hym For so manye mynglynges as men haue set vp of theyr owne inuencions there be so many infecctons which turne vs from the holy vsage of that that God hath geuen vs for our healthe So to 〈◊〉 of halfe the braunches of such abuses It is not enough to cut of sum of the brāches of abuses it cannot bring again the thynges in perfecte and pure state beecause that wee then shall haue alwayes a Christianitie counterfette I say thys for that that some vnder the coulour of moderacion bee of opinion to suffre many abuses without taking them awaye and they thynke that it is inough to haue takē out the roote of the principal But contrary wise we se how muche the seede of lyes is fertile The seede of lyes is fertile and that one grayne of that is sufficiente for to fyll all the worlde within three dayes as menne bee enclined and geuen vnto Our Lorde teacheth vs otherwyse for whē Dauid speaketh of idols he sayeth that their name shal not passe by hys mouthe to thentente to declare vnto vs what horror and detestacion wee oughte to haue them in And if we considre well how much we haue offended God in the time of our ignoraunce we ought to be dowbly remēbred for to eschew the inuencions of Sathan The craft of Sathā who hathe prouoked vs to doe such euil thinges vsing thē as allurementes whiche serueth not but to seduce the poore simple folkes On the other syde we see that albeit menne be sufficiētly warned of their faultes and errours and be aduertised of them asmuch as is possible Yet neuertheles they be so hardened that no man can attayne to the perfecte ende Thā if there shal be left vnto thē some dregges to remaine it shal be a nouryshemente of muche more and greater obstinacye and a couerture to hyde all doctrine that may be propouned vnto them I confesse that it is conueniente to obserue some moderacyon Moderacion is necessarye and some ceremonies may be vsed and that to great extremitie is neither good ne profitable Lykewyse it is conuenient to vse the ceremonies according to the grosenes of the people but it maye not bee that that whiche is of Sathan and of the Antichriste shoulde passe vnder that coloure It is for that cause that holye scripture praising the kinges which did destroy the idolatries The kynges that destroyed Idolatrie not hauīg plucked away altogether neuertheles gaue vnto them a marke for that they had not destroyed the chappelles and places of foolyshe deuocion Wherfore my lord seing that god hath brought you so farre foorth I praye you continue without any excepcion to the intente that he maye approue you the setter foorthe of hys temple in suche wyse as the tyme of the kynge youre Nephieu maye bee compared to the time of Iosias and that you maye sette al thynges in suche state as there shall reste nothyng to hym but to maintayne the good ordre whiche god shal haue prepared vnto hym by your meane I wil allege vnto you an exaumple of suche dregges whiche peraduenture may rest to bee a litle leuen the which in th end will make the paste sowre Agaynste prayinge for the dead at receiuing of the cōmunion They dooe in your countreye some kynde of prayer for the dead when the communion is receyued I know wel it is not for to aduowe the purgatory of the Pope I know also that it maye be alleged by aunciente custome to dooe some remembraunce for the dead to the intente to ioyne together all the membres of the bodye But there is a peremptorye argumente to the contrarye that the supper of Iesus Christ is so holye a thynge that it ought not to bee defyled with no inuencions of men Moreouer that in praying vnto god we ought not lette slippe the brydle of our fantasticall deuocion but to kepe the rule that Saincte Paule did geue vnto vs that is that we take our foundacion of the woord of god Wherfore such remēbraunce of recommendacion is not conuenient to the ordre of the good and due prayer and it is an euyll addicyon to the holy supper of our Lorde There is other thynges whiche peraduenture should be lesse blamed whiche neuertheles is not to bee excused As the ceremony of the Chreame and vnccion The ceremonie of chreame vnccion The chreame hath bene inuented of a foolyshe fantasye by them that contented not thēselues with the administracion of Iesus Christe and that they would counterfet the holy spirite by a new doctrine as though the water were not sufficiente enough for that And the whiche is called the extreme vnccion hath bene retayned by a foolyshe affeccyon of them that haue will to folow the Apostles hauing not the same gift that they hadde For when the Apostles dyd vse the oyle vpon the syck The oile vsed vpon the sycke by the Apostles it was for to heale them by miracle when the miracle ceassed the figure ought no more to be vsed Superfluous cerem●nies are to be pared of

kepe hys lawe for the onely rule and spiritual gouernmente of oure conscience and not to serue him after the foolish inuencyon of man Also that accordyng to hys nature he wil be serued in spirite and in puritie of heart Of the other parte knowyng that there is not but al euil in vs and that we bee corrupted in all oure knowledge and affeccyons on that sorte that our soules being despayred in our selfes be lyke a bottomles pytte or worlde of iniquitie And hauing taken away al presumpcion of our wisedome dygnitie or power to dooe well we may haue recourse to the foūtayne of al goodnes which is Iesus Christ receiuyng that which he geueth vs that is to saye the merite of hys deathe and passion To thintout that by that meane we may bee reconciled to God that beeyng washed with hys bloude we shoulde not feare that oure faultes shoulde empeache or hyndre vs to fynde grace before hys celestiall throne That beyng certain that ou● synnes be frely pardoned vs by vertue of hys sacrifice we shal put therin our trust assurance for to be asserteyned of our healthe and that we bee sanctifyed by his sprite in geuinge our selues to the obedience of the iustice of GOD that beeynge fortifyed by hys grace we shal be vanquishers of Sathan the worlde and the fleshe Finally that being membres of hys bodye we feare it not but GOD will take vs for hys children and that wee maye haue confydence to call vnto hym as oure father That we be aduertysed to brynge to thys ende al that is sayd and done in the church it is that beyng retiered from the worlde wee maye bee lyfte vp to heauen with our head and Sauior Wherefore seeyng than that god hath geuē you the grace to restore the knowledge of hys doctrine whiche hathe beene so longe buryed by the Antichriste I leaue to kepe you with longer purpose And that whiche I haue towched of the manner of teaching is onely for that the people maye bee ryghtlye instructed and for to feele that which thapostle sayd The word of God is a two edged sword that is that the woorde of God is a sweorde cutting with two edges pearsyng the thoughtes and affeccions vnto the mary of the bone Few godlye preachinges in the realm I saye thys my Lord for that I thynke there is veraye fewe lyuelye preachynges within the realme But that the most parte recyteth as by lecture I well perceyue the necessytye that constrayneth you thereunto For fyrste you haue not as I think your pastours so good and apt as you desire wishe wherfore it is nedeful for you to supply that lack Secondly there myght chaunce to bee manye lighte spirites whiche woulde peraduenture leape beyond theyr bondes sowing some foolyshe fantasyes as many tymes they doe in newe thynges But all these consideracyons empeacheth not The ordinaunce of Iesus Christo oughte in al causes to haue course but that thordinaunce of Iesus Christe ought to haue his course as in preachynge the gospel Nowe ths preachyng oughte not to bee dead but alyue Prechyng oughte to be liuely for to teache exhorte and reprehende as Saint Paule sayth to Timoth yea in such sorte as if an infidele entre he may bee wounded ouercome and taken as the same Paul sayeth in another place for to geue glory vnto god You knowe also my Lorde howe as he speaketh of the lyuelines that oughte to bee in the mouthes of them which will approue them selues good and faythfull ministers of the gospell that they ought not to haue or vse woordes of rethorike entending thereby to be in greater estimacyon but that the spirite of God ought to sounde in theyr voyces for to woorke in dertue All the daungers that are to bee feared ought not to impeache the spirite of God to haue hys libertie and his course in them in the which he hath distributed of hys grace for to edifye the churche It is true that in the meane time it is good and expedient to stop the lightnes of fantastical spirites that taketh to muche lycence Also to shut the gate of al curiosities and newe fangled doctrines But the best and most conuenient meanes suche as God hath shewed vnto vs is There ought to be a resolute sūme of doctrin that should bee preached that first there bee a sūme resolute of the doctrine that al ought to preache the which al prelates and curates should sweare to folowe And that none bee receyued to anye ecclesiasticall charge All preachers oughte to preache vniformly but he promyse to obserue the same concorde and vnpon cathechismes for the youth oughte to be had in a christen realme After that to haue a formall and commen instruccyon for to enstructe the younge chyldren and ignoraunte people whyche should make them acquaynted with the true doctrine in such wyse that they may discerne it from lyes and corrupcions whiche elles myght be broughte in To the contrarye belieue my lorde that the churche of god shal neuer be conserued without Cathechisme for it is as the seede to bee kept that the good grayne peryshe not but that it may encrease from age to age Wherfore if you desire to builde a worke of continuaunce to endure long which shoulde not shortly fall in decay cause that the children in theyr yong age be enstructed with a good Cathechisme that may learne them briefly and according to theyr small capacities to knowe wherein consysteth the true christianitie The profitablenesse of a good cathechisme Thys ▪ Cathechisme shall serue for two purposes that is to say for an introduccyon to al the people for to profite wel in that which shal be preached vnto them and also to discerne in case any presumptuously would attempt to set furth straunge doctrines In the meane time I say not It is necessarye to bynde the Pastour● to a certain forme of doctrine written and also necessary to bynde and restrayn the pastoures and Curates to a certain forme written for to supplye the ignorauncies and symplenes of some of thē and also the better to shewe the conformitie and concorde of all churches Thyrdelye for to brydle all curiosityes and newe inuencions suche as desyres nothynge but to runne ryot the sayde Cathechisme as I haue before rehearsed shall serue and bees good brydle for suche folkes And also in such sorte ordre is to be geuen in the ministring of the Sacramentes and in the publike prayers But in the meane tyme The vertue of prechinge the Ghospell may not be destroyed you must take heede that suche pollicie destroy not the strength and vertue that oughte to be in preaching of the gospel And that you employe youre labour● asmuche as ye possiblye can that there bee good trumpets whiche maye enter into the depenes of the hertes for ther● is daunger that ye shall not see greate profite of suche reform●cion Good prechīg must be ioyned with a reformacion how