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A01348 A myrrour or glasse for them that be syke [and] in payne. Translated out of Dutche in English Gnaphaeus, Gulielmus, 1493-1568.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568, attributed name. 1536 (1536) STC 11470.5; ESTC S106762 72,690 202

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be taught to trust in God to be redy to serue youre neghbure to suffre your aduersite paciētly to despise y e false Gods seruice for that also haue all y e prophetes al euāgelistes al apostles taught more thā thousande yeres agone They be new doctrines which the Popets disciples sworne seruaūtes haue brought vp within these thre or foure hundreth yeares That which Paul preached to y e Athenians was also counted for newe learnige for they sayde Lo here cōmeth he the preacher of new deuels There is nother old nor new God but there is an euer●stige God which is which was shal be There is no newe nor olde learnynge of God Gods worde endureth for euer Iesu Christ is yesterdaye to daye he endureth for euer Stycke fast to hys worde and ye shall not be deceaued for hys worde is trewth He hath the wordes of lyfe suffre no doctour no apostle no angell of heauen to drawe you from hym Buylde your house sure vpō y e rock Christ that ye maye with stonde all tempestes and assaultes Be not lyghtely turned from the good learnynge whiche ye be taught in the fayth accordynge to the scripture what so euer ye be taught besyde it let that be accursed What can we tell what oure forefathers haue beleued or not What cā we tell whiche workes he hath imputed thē for synne or not are we sworne to their fayth are we christened in y e name of our fathers why wil we then abyde by their fayth so earnestly which is vncertayne to vs Is not faith a gyfte of God Perchaunce god hath poured yt also in them we not knowenge whan or who forsomuch as yt is a gyft of God He that beleueth in my sayeth Christ though he dye he shall lyue Her is not promysed yf he abyde by the fayth of hys forefathers Who is so preuy of Gods iudgmētes that he knoweth why God suffred the worlde thus longe to cōtinue in this great darknesse It hath chaunced of tymes in the olde testament amonge the Iewes that the trewe Gods seruice and the knoledge of y e lawe was forgotten for a great season so that no man knewe of the lawe nor cremonyes As for the causes hereof or iudgement we wyll referre them to God thankynge hym for hys benefete in restorynge vnto as agayne the pure gospell shall we not brother Lazarus Yee verely brother with all oure hartes I am now thāked be God so wel eased in consciencie that I fele no heuynesse nor troubell more at my harte Before was I neuer quiete now wolde I do thys than that nowe wolde I haue thys pylgrymage gone for me than that candell offred which I haue not made you preuy of hethertho I haue also caused oftymes golden masses be sayde for me to optayne health I feare me I haue offended also therin I must make a playne confession to you Timothe What be these golden masses Lazarus They be seperate masses that profyte greatly sayde agaynst pestilence derth and such lyke plages dyseases and vrgēt grefes They be sayde or songe for y e cōmunalty and thereby they optayne golde of them that they be sayde for They haue cost my large sixe pounde sēce my disase begāne though they haue profyted my lytell Timothe I perceaue well ynough ye haue ben a vessell full of superstition ye haue so bē laden with these pylergnawers sayntes minions as saynt Iames with hys moskelshelles I praye you tell me were ye neuer in the brotherheade of oure ladyes psalter Were ye neuer written in the brotherheade of Caims kynne that is y e foure orders of the popes souldyers Lazarus I haue not named thē al yet yet I was mynded to haue ben buryed in a graye freres cote to haue ben releast of y e thirde parte of my synnes But now I byd this brablynge fare wel I loth the hearynge of them Shewe me youre mynde of the masles wether a man may cause them to be sayde for hym whan he is in yeopardy seynge Christ hymself hath institute them Timothe I am not aduised that euer I dyd once reade the name of mas●e in the whole scripture of God I reade of the supper o● the lorde which Christ w t his apostles and the apostles with other beleuynge haue kepte and vsed Whan I entende to cōpare the masse and y e supper of our Lorde together I can not perceaue it to be one thynge But seynge yt will be to longe to shewe the difference betwene thē I wyll deferre that vntyll oure nexte metynge As for to answere vnto your question I shall leaue the worde masse vntouched and answere you scripturely w t wordes of the scripture You haue ared of the masse and I shall answere you w t the supper of our lorde The vse of y e supper hath Christ institute for none other intent saue only that the breade of oure Lord shulde be distributed and the chalice of Christes bloude shulde be ministred to euery man in a remembraunce of hym which hath offred hys body vnto death and shed hys bloude for vs for a forgeuenesse of synnes As he sayeth himself As oft as ye shall do thys namely that whyche I do here to youre ensample do yt in the remembraunce of me that is that we shall shewe the death of oure Lorde as Paul sayeth Than do we declare the death of oure Lorde whā we preache and shewe vnto the comunalty or cōgregation how christ hath offred hys body vnto death for vs and that because we shulde not remayne in the euerlastynge death and so is he become a death vnto death that we shulde be taken from death vnto lyfe Yf ye now cause the supper of oure Lorde to be vsed for you to such intent as Christ hath ordeyned yt than are you admonished to despyse thys bodely death whiche ye must abyde after youre syknesse and to thyrst the lyfe tocome Now yf ye vse yt to optayne health therby and to abyde longer in thys synfull lyfe than do ye turne the vse of yt and compell Christ to daunse after youre mynstrelsy ye make a game of Christes passion and glorious death whose frute operation ye spurne from you sekynge therin to fulfyll youre sensualite Thynke ye it be not a greate foly and dyshonorynge of God that you wyll haue the passyon of Christ called vpon and remembred for you to optayne bodely health therby or prosperite Is it not a grosse blyndnesse and folyshnesse to requyre y e health of your synfull body of y e death of christ ye ought rather to consyder the slayenge of youre carnall appetite in thys present sufferynge through the crosse that now ye beare wyth Christ because y t through thys sufferynge and deynge wyllyngly ye maye lyue eternaly with christ Ye seke ease and longe lyfe in Christes crosse ye ought rather to seke pacient sufferynge and victory of death What dede is this that ye hyer prestes for golde or syluer to saye preuy masses for you
example vnto you for as God hath delyuered them euen so shall he delyuer you also Lazarus I maye not cōpare my sufferynge wyth theyr passyons They dyd suffre for their innocency but I suffre for my synnes Timotheus Thynke you the sayntes were no synners also before God is no fleshe founde ryghtuous Saye not that ye suffre with the wyked murtherer whan ye suffre paciently and whan faythfully ye knowledge to haue well deserued such castygacion which the good murtherer dyd also The knowledgynge of youre synne doth iustifye you yf it be done faythfully and trewly Ther can no trew knowlegynge be wythout the sprete of treuth and youre punyshment is cause of iustifycacion yf ye confesse to haue deserued yt well for youre synnes The martyrdome of martyrs was not meritorious vnto them to to optayne the lyfe euerlastynge thereby for Paul sayth that the paynes of thys worlde be not sufficient for y e glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the transytory and faydinge thynges can not optayne durabell rewarde But Christ hath suffred onely for his innocency by the which innocent sufferinge he hath rydde vs from all oure wykednesse Christes death hath deserued lyfe eternall for vs this haue the marters beleued cōstantly testyfyenge it vntyl y e death conqueryng by fayth so that their fayth wherby they were iustified before God appeared lyuely in knoleginge the name of Iesus from the which they dyd not shrynke euē at y e poynte of death For this cause dyd all sayntes euer praye with the prophet Not oure Lorde not oure but vnto thy name be glory Lazarus You ouercome me which so many stronge and euident scriptures that I wote not what to answere Neuerthelesse I wolde desyre God once to ceasse scourgynge lyke as many sayntes haue done And I remēbre I haue herde preached that there was a kynge whose lyfe was prolonged fyftene yeares thorowe hys prayer Timothe We shall not folowe saintes so curiously in al their wordes dedes for we be not sure how wel they haue ben accepted alway of god In y t they also haue ben mē we may be deceaued in their fotesteppes Therfore in sayntes we ought only to be hold their strōge faith y e giftes y t God had geuē thē But christ is set to be our sāple copie after whose lyf wordes doctrīe we maye lyue speake for he could not erre nor cause other to erre whiche sayntes haue done ryghtwell Paul sayeth Be ye y e folowers of my as I am a folower of Iesu Christ Now shall ye heare how Christ is oure sampel in thys prayenge or wysshinge that ye speake of Whan he prayed in his agony he sayde Father yf this cuppe cā not be taken frome but y e I drynke of yt not my will but thyne be fulfylled Praye ye lykwyse w t Christ and ye shal be strenghted also no doubte from heauen in youre battayll And now to answere you vnto youre example of Ezechias which beynge dead syke optayned by his prayer of God to be delyuered of his syknesse you must vnderstande y t God doth punisshe vs diuersly with the rodde of correctiō in oure body Somtyme he doth it to punisshe our synnes wykednesses y t our faith be strenghted therby as Christ sayde to the sykemā y t had lyē .xxxviii. yeares syke at Ierusalē by y e slaughterhouse pole Behold thou art made whole sinne nomore lest a worse thīge happē vnto ye. By these wordes he dyd geue him knoledge that for his synnes he suffered this longe and greuous syknesse for the wich he shulde suffreyt more greueously yf he left not synninge Sōtyme sendeth God syknesse and troubel to hys electe whiche not withstondynge be in his fauours that y e glory and honoure of God maye be declared therby as Christ sayeth Ioh. xi that Lazarus syknesse was not vnto death but for the glory of God y t the sonne of God might be praysed therby Christ say be also Ioh. ix that the blynde was so borne that the worke of God might be shewed vpon hym Euen so daylye doth yet the glory honoure of God appeare in many places by sufferinge paciently and dyenge gladly of many vertuous honest men whiche occasion other men to prayse and to thāke God that sendeth such grace and mercy vnto men so that they haue cause to reoiyce yee euen in y e myddes of death Somtymes God visiteth y e trespasses of the rulers parētes vnto the thirde or fourth generatiō vpō their subiectes and kynreddes For whā Dauid had nombred the people formere vanite and misbeleue there were fayne to dye .lxx. thousande of his people w t in thre dayes .ii. Regū xxiiii Hely also because he castised not his childrē knowynge them to do euell God sware vnto the house of Hely that hys wykednes shulde not be put awaye foreuer by no maner of offerynge and afterwarde was he punished by the death of his sonnes .i. Reg. ii All this is done accordynge iustice and dewly for the ryghtwose God cā do no wronge Vvhan God suffreth such as is sayde afore to chaunce vnto vs than semeth he and is sayde to be angry with vs where as he neuerthelesse is immutable Now whan we rede of some holy mē which in their sufferinge haue prayed to be ridde of their crosse anguishe it is not to be thought that they haue done it of ony hatered that they hadde to yt because yt is oneasy and paynfull but y t they by this prayenge myght once come to y e perfecte punisshynge of synne which they hated and persewed And so prayed kynge Ezechias whan he was admonisshed by the prophet Esaye the .xxxviii. chap. that he shulde dye sayenge What shall I speake or saye that he maye do thys that I maye lyue out al my yeares yee in the bitternesse of my lyfe Lo the bitternesse that came of y e hatered of his synnes Verely Lorde men must lyue in bitternesse and all my lyfe must I passe ouer therin for thou raysest me vp wakest me But lo I wylbe cōtent with this bitternesse marke that God by punisshinge of synne relyueth a mā Marke y e fayth causeth Ezechie to haue peace and to be at rest in the middes of his bitter sufferynge Neuerthelesse my cōuersacion hath so pleased the that thou woldest not make an ende of my lyfe but y t thou hast cast al my synnes behynde thy bake Beholde how royaly the good kynge setteth forth the mercy of God in his sufferaunce that is that Esaye sayeth in his xxx chapter With styll syttinge and rest shall ye be healed In quietnesse and hope shall youre strength be That is in the silence rest of youre owne wyl in Gods wil and the hope of mercy of God which is promised you yee in all sufferinge shal youre strenght be so that ye shal be able to suffre all grefe Euen so is that peticion of our prayer to be vnderstōde where we desyre not to
there is scarce a vyllage of .viii. or .ix houses but there is ether one Idoll or other Wherto is Christendom come what do ye make of the blessed company of electes which be planted and gathered in y e loue of God with all faythfull and beleuynge which were pacient here in theyr troubel and haue receaued a louely sprete of God despysynge all honour prayse goodes worldly preemynence be they I saye now so vnpacient wykedly dysposed and couetous of honour that they must be appeased and reconcyled againe with gaddynge a pelgrymage with offerynge of candels or egges Is the saluation of sayntes become now a house of plages wherout all mysery floweth All the diseases wherof ye make you sondery patrons are naturall and were in the worlde before youre saintes were borne Oure mysbeleue and great infydelite is the cause that we haue fayned vs so many Idols Because we haue not knowne the onely eternal and trewe god but be enclyned to blynde ceremonies though we shulde worshippe a calfe ther with as the chyldren of Israel dyd therfore is it come to pas that we haue oure purpose in that we haue done worshippe vnto the calfskynne the popyshe bulles stickynge candels to it O Lorde loke vpon the afflyction and punyshment of the doughter Syon and haue pytie vpō the destruccion of Iosephs heretage Lazarus Frō hensforth wyll I set vp not one lytel candell to ony ymage what so euer it be I haue hetherto lyghted thre candels to saynte Anne euery tewsdaye and on the thyrsdaye haue I worshypped the holy sacrament with half a pounde of waxe but I am now so enfourmed of you that hensforth I wyll do it nomore but rather geue it to the poore and lyghten so the lyuynge temple of god wherin he dwelleth no doubte with hys mercy Is not that beste brother Tymothe Tymotheus Yee it is a thousande tymes better for Christes saynge is Loke what ye haue done vnto the least of mine that haue ye done vnto me He sayeth not what ye haue done vnto my picture or ymage or vnto the picture of my sayntes which I haue forbidden to make or to honoure Wherfore whan these sayntes spechmē come to persuade you to your olde superstition than answer you them Is it not a great blyndnesse of you to seke the sayntes in woode and stone contrary to the fyrst commaundement Is it not a great foly to lyght the Sonne at brode day with a candell The sayntes wyll say to this Lorde in thy lyght shall we beholde the lyght The lyght of the Godly vysage lyghteth the electes alwaye how wyl ye then lyghten them with your lyght that is made for the solace of darknesse Thynke ye they be in darknesse that are lyghtened of the sonne of ryghtwysnesse Yf ye wyll nedes set candels before them than geue them eyes also that they maye se them than maye ye optayne thākes of them els do ye but lese your laboure and cost Baruch also y e prophete doth greatly rebuke this vngodly honoure worshippe of ymages Now whan ye haue thus rebuked them of this Idolatry thā shew them where they ought to bestowe theyr candels offeringes other almes that they be acceptable vnto God Also yf they wyl go on pelgrimage thē shewe them a nearer way which they maye go with lesse cost say Seynge you be mynded to visyte the sayntes it is no nede to runne to Rome or to Ierusalē or to saynte Iannes in Spayne for that were losse both of expences and tyme. Seke Chryst in the graue of scrypture seke hym in the chamber of youre harte there shall ye be moost surest of hym Seke the sprete of Peter and Paul in theyr wrytynges and Epystles Seke Iames in his stronge fayth that he continued in vntyll hys death Morouer God is no bodely thynge and therfore wyll not he be worshipped with bodely thynges he is a sprete and regardeth no persone place candell or such good workes But his desyre is onely that we put awaye the wycked thoughtes from oure harte as namely mysbeleue despayre vnclennesse hate enuye couetousnesse and pryde For they that haue a clene harte from these and a lowely sprete shal se God and be called the children of God where as all these holynesse sekers shall remayne wythout For God which is a sprete wyll not be worshypped but in the sprete and treuth where as these hypocrytes seke hym in outchosen places in seuerall dayes with certayne oyntment boxes to declare theyr good intent towarde hym in bodely workes but they shall not touche hym for he is rysen and lyfted aboue all that is outwarde and in mans syght Lazarus I shall kepe well youre declarynge and as I can But I knowe what shall be theyr answere here vnto Timotheus What I praye you Lazarus Why than do they myracles more in one place than in another but onely that they wylbe worshypped and sought there Tymotheus To that shall ye answere where a sure fayth is there nede no tokens but onely the token of Ionas the prophet In the which token the lyfe and death of Christ and also the death and resurrecciō of euery Christen man is featly fygured For with Ionas and Christ must we descende in to the whal fyshe see of tribulacion and death before we can ryse agayne in to the lyfe euerlastynge Lyke as Ionas dyd not remayn in the see nor Christ in the graue but were relyued agayne euen so shall not God suffre vs to be ouercome with no grefe nor death but shall rayse vs out of this mysery vnto the resurreccion of lyfe Therfore ought we to voyde oure mynde of all myracles all patrons and beholde this token of Ionas onely settynge oure confydence vpō yt onely sayenge with the prophet Psal lxi My soule wayteth onely vpon God for of hym commeth my help He onely is my strength my saluation my defence so that I shall not greatly fall Lo to thys Ionas shall ye sende all these myrakel gasers as Christ hath sent thē awaye which of curiosyte desyred to se tokens from heauen As for the myracles which sayntes be sayde to shewe by theyr ymages they be but a mockage and gabbynge of the dyuell There can no myrakles be done of God agaynst hys holy worde Treuth it is that Moses hath comfyrmed the then commaundementes and lawe and hath made them autenticall with wonders and tokens It is treuth also that the Apostles after the passion and ascendynge of Chryst to heauen haue comfyrmed theyr wordes and preachynges with some myrakles in the name of Iesu for that name beynge despysed as a malefactor and condemned had great nede of these But these myracles of sayntes or ymages can not confyrme the worde of God nor they happen not to that intent but rather to a false Gods seruyce They cause nothynge els saue a decyuerynge of Gods worde Idolatry which beynge vsed and had in pryce amonge the Christians hath presoned theyr blyndnesse and mysbelefe For by the
ye seke the kyngdome of God with marchaundyse which is spirituall inwarde and it cōmeth in vs without ony cōuention or cōtracte precedīg yt Knowe ye not that y e byers and sellers are chased of God Or wyll ye haue christ to come vpon earth agayne to bringe lyfe to you by a newe waye and maner and not thorowe death the crosse We lyue dye in God what maketh it matter than wether ye lyue or dye in body The father hath geuen christ all power both in heauen earth than hath he also power ouer death hel and all deuels If ye seke ease another waye other thys or that more than of Christ which is a trew phisicion of oure soull than shall ye be lykened vnto the woman that hadde ben syke so longe and spent al hir substaunce in phisyke to optayne health and yet hadde no ease whiche she optayned moost surest in Christ It is a great plage and an horrible worke of Gods iudgmentes that he suffreth vs to walke thus blyndfylde in oure owne inuented wayes wherin we haue more cōbraunce of conscience than reste or yoie The cause no doubte is that we wyll not herken to Gods worde but stoppe oure eares whan we be admonisheth therof estimīg it as lyes Wherfore god sayeth psal lxxx My people wolde not heare my voyce and Israel wolde not obey my So I gaue them vp vnto their owne hartes lustes let thē folowe their ymaginatiōs Lest we come to this let vs praye earnestly w t the prophet sayenge Ordene me wayes in thy presence my lord my god Whā ye seke delyueraūce release w t mass●s pilgrimag than be not youre wayes redrest in Gods presēce For these wayes hath not he shewed nor gone them hymselfe We repyne at hys wayes of the crosse of dyenge of hūblynge we shoue them from vs wyth hande and fote Oure wayes be easy to go they please vs beste all were well yf we coulde optayne release therby ye though the deuyll shulde helpe to it Wherto is oure Christendome become Lazarus I haue hadde now a ful answer of al I am sory I am gone so farre wyde from God My pardon letters my reliquyes my folysshe treatises of meditation my beedes and all such superstitions wherein I haue hadde a false confydence wyll I cause to be brent wythout delaye in wytnesse that I counte it abominacion which hetherto I haue done wyth thē I yelde my self to my Lorde God In him wyll I lyue in hym wyll I dye he is the tower of my strength noman shal drawe me out of hys handes hensforth Oh Lorde remembre not the mysdedes of my youth and ignoraunce O Tymothe yf I were now whole yf I coulde go and stonde what lust shulde I haue to serue God how shulde I runne to them that lye bedryd there to dystrybute myn almes which now I can not do seynge I am Gods presoner Tymotheus Lo ye come forth agayne with youre sensualyte you begynne to dispute agayne with God you wyll checke hym in hys iudgment knoweth he not how you maye serue him best in siknes or health And yf he knewe it not shall ye teache it hym It is hys wyll at this tyme that ye serue hym wyth sufferynge mekely and that ye receaue both thys and other aduersyte that he shall sende you wythout grudgynge These be the purest and moost acceptable workes of all that can be done without oure addinge therunto For all that is added to this of men that is vncleane and synne Where we onely do suffre god workynge wythout hynderaunce there is the moost principall vertue and the beste worke For as it is written The obedience of the lawe and the wyll of God is better than al offerynges and to be at hys commaundement is better than to offer all fat sacryfyce Be therfore ydle stonde styll assaye and se how good the Lorde is Yf ye dyd consydre the botome of youre harte a lytel whyle you shuld perceaue what a false and wylye felowe were hydde there cloked you shulde fynde that in that ye saye yf I were whole I wolde serue God and my neghboure ye entende not the same but your owne loue which causeth you to wysh so for youre owne ease of this payne and that ye myght lyue somwhat longer It is now tyme to praye and not onely in y e tyme of health He y t nedeth is occasioned to praye The hypocrytes do praye wythout nede for they be full and satisfyed they be holy in theyr sight Ye praye dewly whan ye offre youre wyllynge sprete vnto God and are redy to beare all that he pleaseth to lade you wythall Thys doth also the worde deuotion sounde for Deuotion is a yeldynge or geuynge ouer of hymself to an other thynge Happy is he that hath a trew deuotion or yeldynge of hymself to God Such a man hath hys wyll alwaye for hys wyll is fulfylled in all that can retyde hym by the reason hys wyll is wholy yeldeth to God For y t cause is he euer so wel cōtent he wolde not starte though he sawe the deuyll no though he must descende the hell He that hath such deuotion prayeth wythout ceassynge wether he wake slepe go stonde reste laboure although hys lyppes moue not though he knocke not his breste though he ●alye not w t God wyth hys fysry stykes which all is but an hypocrytisshe game It is great skyll to praye and to saye much To geue ouer the harte vnto God and to make much rummelynge wyth the mouth dyffer much Paul hadde leuer fyue wordes spokē in y e vnderstōdinge thā fyue thousande wordes spoken wyth the breth of the mouth God is a sprete and in sprete and treuth wyll he be worshypped The almes dedes that you wolde geue yf ye where whole doth not God esteme for theyr multitude but he regardeth the lust and wyll that ye haue to them A cuppe of colde water shall not God forgette not for cause of the water but for the good wyll of the geuer which perchaunce is of no greater abylite He that geueth one drawght of water vnto a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receaue the rewarde of a prophete And why For God regardeth the harte and mynde but man regardeth the outwarde worke Thys testyfyeth the wedowe in the gospell that caste onely cone farthynge in the Gods cheste which neuerthelesse hadde geuen more than they that gaue great summes Paul also sayeth Yf there be a wil●inge mynde it is accepted accordynge to that a man hath not accordynge to that he hath not The poorest creature liuinge male geue as much almes as the rychest Almes is a greke worde and signifyeth a mercyfulnesse or declaringe of a pytyful harte Can not thynke ye the poore haue a mercifull and compassionable harte towarde the that be in pouerte anguysshe though theyr power can not extende to declare it Yf theyr harte be thus moued to a lyuely compassion than haue they done almes