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A02788	The epistle exhortatorye of an Englyshe Christyane vnto his derelye beloued co[n]treye of Englande against the pompouse popyshe bysshoppes therof, as yet the true members of theyr fylthye father the great Antichrist of Rome, Henry Stalbrydge.	Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1544 (1544)	STC 1291A; ESTC S100624	26,266	68

other wordlye gouernours all Christendome ouer speciallye sens the craftye vpcrepinge of that holye father of yours I doubt not but the most famouse writers by all ages sens the churches beginninge will make this my sayinge good yet haue theyr cronicles written the best of them to hyde theyr hypocresie and falshede Vvhat Christen bloud hath beneshed-betwyne empire and empire kyngedome and kyngedome as betwyne Constantinople and Almayne Englande fraunce Italye and Spayne for the Bisshoppes of Rome and how manye cruell warres at theyr prestes callynge on it were to moche eyther to write or to speake Alwayes haue they bene workinge mischefe in theyr idell generacion to obscure the verite of God I saye yet ones agayne that it were verie necessarye for the kynges worthye maieste with ernest eyes to marke how God hath graciouslye delyue red both him and his people from youre troblouse termaga●…t of Rome which afore made all Christen kynges his cōmon slaues And to be ware of you hollowe har ted trayters his spirituall promoters cōsyderinge that your proude predecessours haue alwayes so wickedlye vsed his graces noble prog●…itours the worthye kynges of this realme sens the conquest and afore Vvho ouerthrewe kynge Herolde subduynge all this lande to the Normāny●…-who procured the deathe of kynge Vvillyam Rufus and caused kynge Steuen to be throwne in preson Vvho trobled kyng Henry the fyrst and most cruellye vexed kynge Henry the seconde Vvho subdued and poysoned kynge Iohan Vvho mourthered kynge Edwarde the seconde and famished kynge Rycharde the seconde most vnsemynglye besydes that hath bene wrought agaynst all the other kynges also To him that shall reade and throughlye marke the religiouse actes of Robert the Archebisshop of Canterbury of Odo Eg●…inus Anselmus Randoll of Durhā Rafe of Chychestre Alexander of Lyncoln Nig●…lius of Holye Roger of Salysbury Thomas ●…cket Steuen ●…angton Vvalter Stapylton Robert Baldock Rychard Scrope Henry spe●…ser Thomas Arundell and a great sort more of youre anoynted auncetours pontificall prelates mytred mommers mad mastrye workers ryuged ruff●…rs roche ted rutters shorne sawcye swy●… olles it will euidentlye apere that youre wicked generacyon hath done all that and manye other mischeues more By these youre fylthye forefathers and soche other hath this realme bene alwayes in most miserable captiuite eyther of the Romanes or Danes Saxons or Normannes and now last of all vndre the most blasphemouse Behemoth youre Romishe Pope the great Antichrist of Europa and most myghtye mayntener of Sodome and Gomorre tyll God by the stronge power of his eternall worde gaue oure noble kynge a clere victorye ouer him How vnchristenlye youre seyd predecessours haue vsed the rewlers of all other Christen realmes it were to longe to wryte I reaken it therfore hygh tyme for all those Christen princes which pretende to receyue the Gospell of saluacyō and accordynglye after that to lyue in mutuall peace and tranquillite for euer to cast ye out of theyr preuye counsels and utterlye to seclude you from all administracyous tyll soche tyme as they fynde ye no longar wolues but faythfull feaders no destroyers but gentyll teachers For as sainct Peter doth saye i. Petri. v. ye ought to be no lordes ouer y e people of your dioceses but examples of Christen mekenesse Vvho seeth not in these dayes that you blodye bishopp●…s of Englande Italie Sicell Fraunce Spayne Portingale Scotlande Irelande be the grounde and originall foundacyon of all controuersyes scysmes variaunces and marres betwixt realme and realme at this present As sure as the lorde lyueth it is the subtile serpent of Rome and your wylye viperouse generacyon forth ●…in ge from him which hath sturred vp y e fyrst mouers therof confedering thē w t y e Tur ke or great Barbarossa vtterly to destroye the Christen common welthe As in dede for youre cause and his it was that the Frenche kynge Frances fyrst beganne that vngodlye enterprise ye fele it at youre fyngars endes that your father is syke to false ye perseyue the daylye decaye of his false and vsurped power Vvhere vpon ye consydre your owne priuate powers inordinate pryde couetousnesse voluptuouse lyuinge lechere idelnesse tyrannye and vayne glorye to folowe sone after And that causeth you to calke for his kyngedome so fast to cloyne for his coblarie and to clought vp his olde cloke agayne If ye speake ought agaynst him it is from the tethe and for feare of the halter onlye He hath neuer the lesse both your hartes and good will and lacketh neyther your counsell●…or helpe preuilye to the vttermost ye can do as apereth by youre daylye workes Els coude he neuer contynue as he doth nor yet be so stronge as he is Vvele do all that ye can in the worlde to his holdinge vp pece patche cobble clought cloyne calke and do the deuyll and all besydes whan the apple of iniquite is full type he will fall of himselfe and a ye ye all no leaue And than will all these youre labours be in vayne Consydre fyrst of all both his beginninge and yours Neuer came ye in with your myters robes rynges by the dore as ded the poore Apostles but by the wyndowe vnrequyred lyke robbers theues and manquellers with Symon Magus Marcion and Menander Neuer was your proude Pontificall power of the heauenlye fathers plantynge and therfore at the last it must vp by the rootes ye must in the ende be destroyed without handes Daniel viii Inuisyblye shall ye be stryken as was the great tyraunt Antiochus ii Mach. ix Vvith the myghtye breathe of Gods mouthe which is his worde inuincyble shall youre false kyngedome be cōsumed ii Thes. ii and Heb. iiii This reken I suffycient to declare you both to God and to manne most spyghtfull trayters vnto them that will not be wilfullye blinde Now to proue you spirituall theues to y e cōmon people is the seconde part of my purposed wryting ●…arder nede we not to seke for a profe of this than youre owne open actes How longe haue ye kept the eternall testament of Christ vndre youre fylthye fere frō y e peoples reading which is y e lyuely foode of theyr soules yea how manye innocent Christen creaturs haue ye most cruellye murthered to cause them to abhorte it Not manye years past ye brent a godlye woman at Couentre for hauinge but one chapter of sainet Matthewes Gospell and an other manne at London for hauinge sainct Ioh●…s Apoca lype besydes that ye haue done in other quarters els of the realme Some burned ye in Iohan Vv●…ues tyme and after for not allow●…nge your pilgrimages some for not beleuynge your pardons some for not fa●…ynge the frydaye for not obseruinge your ●…ent some for youre purga torie some for youre images some for not prayinge to dead saynctes of youre makinge some for youre howsell at Easter some for not cr●…pinge to the crosse some for not goinge processyon and some for ho ly water and for other vayne tryfels of youre owne inuentinge

assistent vnto them other inferyour offycers called D●…akons to ministre the sacramentes than vsed and to prouyde for the poore the dyseased and aged ●…cto vi Christ sent not me forth say●… 〈◊〉 Paule●… to baptyse but to preac●… the Gospell or glad tydyng●… of saluacyon in his death and resurreccyon i. Corinth i. Roma iiii No godlye manne can dispyse these offyces nether yet condempne those that trulye execute them Not onlye are they worthy to haue a competent lyuynge i. Cor. ix but also double honour after the doctrine of saynt Paul●… i. Timoth. v. But from inordinate excesse of ryches ought they of all menne to be sequestred consyderynge that the most wycked nature of Mammon is alwayes to corrupt yea the verye elect yf God were not the more mercyfull And that caused Christ oure sauer to saye vnto his Apostles ye can not serue God and Mammon Matth. vi which myght be an admonyshmēt to oure lordelye Bishoppes whan they be in theyr wordlye pompe that they are not Gods seruauntes beleued they his sayenges as they do nothynge lesse I can not thynke that anye Christen Bysshop or Prest will be offended with ought that I haue written here but rather preferre it to theyr power seyinge it maketh nothynge agaynst them sekynge Gods glorye and not theyr owne And as for y e Romyshe Popes ydols the better it will beiudged of all Christen beleuers yf they do spattle agaynst it My conscience doth geue me that I haue herin folowed y e example of Christ. For lyke as he laboured by his daylye preachynge to deface the great opinyon that the people had of 〈◊〉 Pharis●…s and false Bysshoppes ▪ to p●…ace Iohan Baptist and Peter in th●…yr romes Matthew xi ●…uc x. So do I here to my simple porcyon that the Popes Presies and Prelates shuld no longar occupye the consciens of menne with theyr beggerlye dead baggage aboue the eternall God and his lyuyng worde ii Thessal ii Daniel ii The which in the zele of his onlye verite I desyre that lorde of his bottomlesse mercye and for his sonne Iesus sake shortlye to perfourne to the iust expectacyon of his elect flocke Fynallye with hart I desyre that those enemyes of the truthe be no longar geuen ouer of God and so left to themselues but that they maye fynde some iust waye to repentaunce and so from henceforth to maynteyne the pure lawes of Christ as they haue in tymes past the most fylthye tradicyons of Antichrist So be it ☞ Vvritten from Basyle a cyte of the 〈◊〉 by me Henrye Stasbrydge in the yeare from Christes incarnacyon 1544. and the fyrst daye of August ☞ An appendyce Iorned to the foreseyd Episile BE it knowen vnto you brag gynge 〈◊〉 that the daye after I had synyshed my Episile there came vnto my handes an answere of youre makyng agaynst the lyberall huntynge of youre Romyshe father the fo●…e of all falshede wherin ye shewe youre selfe nether lerned nor yet wyse In ded eye apere there a verye shamelesse gentylmanne For where as nether scripturs nor good naturall reasons will serue you ye fall to playne scoldynge lyke an whore of the stewes ye stampe and ye stare ye face fret and fare as it were great N●…mroth of Babylon Nothyn ●…e els fynde we in youre wrytynge but boystuouse boastes bragges and brawlynges lordelye checkes rebukynges and tyrannycall threttenynges all after the fashyon of youre cruell kyngedome They that were blynde afore are lyke to ●…e so styll for ought they shall lerne of you It is not youre offyce to make them to se ●…ut to kepe them ignoraunt styll you Byshoppes can not chose but shewe youreselues styll as ye be euen the naturall louynge chyldren of youre father In no wyse maye ye suffre it that he in his tyght colours be reuelated to the worlde least yow risynge out of his right syde be throwne from your vayne gloriouse dygnytees with hym Moche rather had ye that all prynces powers were nothynge than the actes of that father of yours shuld vtterlie come to nought But seynge ye haue taken so great paynes to defende h●…s holye quarell 〈◊〉 maruele what y e cause shuld be that ye putt yt not forth in prent that your trayterouse bretherne also myght be confirmed in ther obstynate errours by y e same If you will not shewethe cause whye than I shall ta ke y e paynes to do it for you ye haue consy dered w t your selfe and w t other your craftye counsellers that yf ye shuld so put for the that worke of yours ye myght cha●…ce to apere to some eyes in condempnynge this honte to allowe in your holye father his suppressed auctoryte afreshe Take hede what ye do in anye wise for the worl de ys not now as it hath 〈◊〉 Ageyne yfye shuld haue lete it passe vntowched ye shuld eyther haue sh●…wed your selfe 〈◊〉 cowarde or els haue condempned vtterlye the. vi wicked arty cles of your owne deuysyege for Antichristes Idell and blasphemouse wares In dede ye were brought to a narrowe poynt both wayes and seme yet scat an honest conueyar in the arte of Mome bowgett O vell to kepe your selfe vpryght ye haue writtē ageynst this honter And ye thynke ye haue gested hym out of countenaūce though ye haue done nothynge els for want of matters to your mynde As ye d●…d Ale●…andre seton and other more to whō in cōparyson ye were iudged a verye blinde asse in the lernynge of God but that auctoryte they saye maketh fooles bolde But my lorde my lorde yfye thynke wraghtō thus ouerthrowne or yet dasshed out of countenaunce ye are sore dece yued Dauid will ones ageyne laye hande vpon hys slynge They be not your lor delye lokes that shall cause hym to shrynke in so iust a quarell of his lorde Iesus Christ. I suppose your vulerned legerde maynes will encorage hym to poure double vpon that Romyshe whore your malygna●…t ma dame the mother of all fylthynesse Idolatrye superstycyons hypocresye vayne glorye craft subtylte falhede Idelnesse auaryce glotonye lechere sodometrye most vnshame fast tyrannye Lete your worke come a brode not lurke thus in corners that your father maye saye ye ha ue done your part wele your bretherne report that ye are a great pyllar of thers Ifye will not set it forewarde I putt ye out of doubt that I wil do it to your sma●… honeste that y e kynges mageste maye se and all y e realme besydes what a forsworne gentylman ye are and what an wholsome coūseller with ii Faces in an who de suppressynge the gospell for your olde relygyon to kepe your father s●…yll in Englande Non otherwise shall it apere thā your owne copye is N●…yther wyll I adde vnto it one worde as god shall iudge me nor yet demynyshe it in one tyttle But as ye delyuered it to your dere fryn de Doctor westō so shall it be sene in eue rye poynt ye shall not deuye it to