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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16863	The lamentacyon of a Christe[n] agai[n]st the citye of London for some certaine greate vyces vsed theri[n].	Brinkelow, Henry, d. 1546.	1548 (1548)	STC 3766; ESTC S106581	25,021	94

knoweth where to be sped Yea if she will not graunt to hym he will not shame to threaten her to open her vice ande so for feare she muste agree to his abhomynable desyre What a bliÌ„dnes is it to thiÌ„ke my sinnes forgeuen me when a Preest of Antychryste as the moste parte be hath wagged two or thre Fyngers ouer my head Dauid sayth I confessed my synne vnto the Lorde ande he harde me ande forgaue me Psal. xxii The Israelites wheÌ„ they had offeÌ„ded the lord God and after ernestly repented callynge to the Lorde onelye formercy brynging forth the frutes of Repentaunce Ware in coÌ„tynent deliuered from their Aduersaries as appereth IudicuÌ„ viii.ix and in many other places of the Byble This was before anye auriculare confeâ—â—ion was knoweÌ„ For y t no dout was the inueÌ„cioÌ„ of Antichryst of Ro. And one chefe cause was to betray priÌ„ces and other greate men For what noble maÌ„ was it in Christendome that spake agaynste forked cappes many years loÌ„g but the Bysshoppe of RoÌ„e had hys confession with all speade aÌ„d sodeÌ„ly they wold bewitche the Prynce of the Realme and fordge some Matter agaynste hym and so of force he shuld be made a traitour ande so suffre dethe I thinke thys matter be manyfest ynough to many meÌ„ as well in Englonde as elles where Well thys vyle thynge was not from the begynnyng neyther shall it contynewe to the ende Euen as youre inordynate Possessyons ware not of your heaueÌ„ly fathers plantynge nor sowing aÌ„d therfore muste be plucked vp by the rotes with youre companyons bretherne in Antychryste Abbottes as is afore sayde Some wyll saye it maye be well vsed which I vtterlye denye It shall nor can neuer be well vsed so longe as prestes maie kepe whores without daunger of dethe whiche burtheÌ„ maye ryghtfullye be laide vppon them seynge thy abhorre matrimonie instituted of God agaynste whiche synne was no remedy but deth in y e olde law where as thefte was but rendrynge double For this ande soche lyke thyngs be ye lerned ye rulers lest y e Lord be aÌ„grie Psal. secundo Agayne I saye it shall neuer be well vsed of al prestes as loÌ„ge as they shall grope our partyculare synnes whyche is not necessarie For why yf I be repentaunt ande ernestelye minded neuer to fall to myne accustomed synnes againe I doubte not but I am forgeueÌ„ without the preste for Chrystes sake onelye Ande yf I haue not that repentaunce euen from the bottome of my herte ande beleue not that I am forgeuen for Chrystes sake as is afore sayde all the prestes in Engelonde saye I nor yet the beare wolfe of ROME can forgeue me Thus ye maye se where in consyste the confeffyon for the offence to God warde And as touching thy neighboure thou must reconsyle thy selfe to hym whome thou hast offended and make restytucyon to thy power ande yf thou be not able to make recompeÌ„ce with goodes thou oughteste to offre hym thy bodye And euen as thou art bounde so to do so is he bounde to shewe the mercy But thou thy dewtye ande thus euerye neyghboure to reconsyle eche to other is the ryght confessyon chaunsinge betwene brethern or neighbors as apereth in Iohan the .vii. chapter ande in Mathew the .vii. chapter Thou Bysshoppe ande thou false Prophete wylt say that it is ordayned of GOD ande wilt bringe in chefely for the that Chryste sent the teÌ„ne Lepers to the prestes Whyche serueth asmoche for confession whyche we make to a preste as to laye an onyon to my lytle fynger for the totheache To you blynde guydes y t be ignorantly blynde speke I and not to these that be willfully bliÌ„de Let them be still blinde yet I exhorte all christians to praye for them that they maye see But wilt thou knowe y e trewe causes why Chryst sent those Lepers aboue all other whyche he healed and none other to the prestes reade the .xiii. and the .xiiii. chapter of Leui. ande there shalt thou see that it was appoynted of GOD that no parson ones hauynge the lepprie shuld come amonge the congregacyon of the whole tyll he was clensed And for a certaiÌ„te that he shulde be fyrst whole the prest had the ouersyght and kept hym certayne dayes for a tryall to be sure that he was whole before he wolde so admitte hym Ande when the prestes founde hym whole in dede then dede they admitte him after he had offred y e oblacioÌ„ coÌ„maunded in Moises law to go abrod amoÌ„g y e whole aÌ„d for bicause Chryst wold not breke y e law but was the fulfiller of the lawe sent he them to the Prestes not to shewe theyr siÌ„nes for they shewed none during the hole time of Moyses lawe but for y e cause afore sayde An other cause y t he sent theÌ„ was that y e Prestes sclauÌ„dred Christe saying that he Blasphemed Math. ix Luc. v. IohaÌ„ v. Therfor Christ bad them offre the Oblacyon commaunded in Moyses lawe for a wytnesse agaynst theyr infydelytie For they of force must confesse that Chryst healed theÌ„ For why they admitted them for cleane aÌ„d receyued the Oblacion and yet sclaundred they Chryst so settinge them selues wythout all Excuse of theyre mooste worthye ande wilfull Dampnacyon Chryste ded not onely sende y e teÌ„ne Lepres but also other Lepres that he healed But let them fynde that euer Chyriste seÌ„t any other that he healed to the prestes as y e sycke of y e palseye the diseased of the blouddy flyxe the possessed w t deuels aÌ„d soche other lyke which not w tstondynge ware siÌ„ners as well as the lepers and had neade of remyssioÌ„ of their synne as well as they Then let me die for it O ye Antychristes ye your selues maye see how lytle thys text of the Lepers serueth for aurycular coÌ„fession Woo be to youe ye wresters aÌ„d wrythers of Gods holy worde I coulde bryng in as good auctoryte agaynste the rest of your wicked decrees but I wyll defer it to the makyng of an other worke which shalbe shortly if the lord lende me lyfe Yf not I doubte not but he shal rayse other that shall accomplysh that which I haue begon For doubte nott but Godes choseÌ„ will with the scrypture fyght agaynste your wycked decrees yea although their bloud be shedde therfore Yea asmoche Ioie haue they to set forthe the glorye of God aÌ„d to bryng theyr brethern to the knowledge of your blynde errours ande to teache them the waye to avoyde them callinge them to Chryst Euen asmoche Ioye I saie and with as free a hert as ye haue to rob Chryst of hys honoure geuing part to hym parte to the creatures by hiÌ„ created yea aÌ„d moche more then ye haue in mayntaynyge of your kingdome in pompe aÌ„d pride in shediÌ„g of the bloude of innocentes For we knowe that y e Lord hath promised vs none other rewarde iÌ„ thys life And ye haue made wonderous goode prouysyon for the same FOR who soeuer shall preach Chryst

euen as it is vsed already in diuerse cityes of Germanie Yea although all the Antichristes iÌ„ the whole worlde wolde saye y e contrarye all their disciples wyth them yea although they studie to set all the Princes of y e earth together by the eares to let that and soche like godly redresse as it is their olde cast yet he sytteth in Heauen that laugheth them to scorne aÌ„d he shall make theyr wysdome folyshnes .i. Cor. i. The seconde cause is for redeamiÌ„ge your soules and your frendes whych is also abhomynable For who soeuer will seke redempcyon iustifycacyoÌ„ saluacyon or to be made righteouse by the lawe he is gone quyte from Christ aÌ„d hys merytis profyte hym not Reade the thyrde chaptre to the Romaynes and the .iiii. to the Hebreus the .iii. to the Galath and also Esaye liii.i. Cor. i. aÌ„d ther ye shall see PerchauÌ„ce ye will saie ye seke no soche thiÌ„ge thereby Oh ye vnwise and opeÌ„ dyssemblers wherfore theÌ„ do ye it ye saye like as the Idolatoure nowe adaies doth yf he set a candle before an Image ande Idolle he sayth he doth not worshippe the Image but God whoÌ„e it representeth For saye they who is so folysh as to worshyppe an Image As who shuld saye none I answere wherfore doth God iÌ„ so manie places of y e Scripture forbidde vs to worshippe Idolles or Images as Exo. xx Deut. v. Sapi. xiii xiiii aÌ„d throughout all y e Prophetes but that he knewe that ye wolde worshyppe them wyth youre forefathers Euen so ye bycause ye haue not full trust in Chrystes merites ye grope after vayne waretackes If thou wylt set a Candle before the Image of God thou must be diligeÌ„t dayly to helpe thyne neighbour acording to thyne estate whych thing I haue towched before The .iii. cause of youre good inteÌ„t is that y e profites of your goodes maie come to the prestes as though they ware y e peculyar people of God aÌ„d onely beloued as iÌ„dede to those whiche preache the Gospell be the people bounde to geue a sufficient lyuyng For the workmaÌ„ is whorthye of hys rewarde Mat. x.i. Tim. v. But not that their prayer caÌ„ helpe the dead no more theÌ„ a mans breth blowynge in the sayle can cause a great shippe for to saile So is this also become abhominacioÌ„ for those be not Chrystes mynysters but the minysters of a rable of vncommaunded tradicions popishe ceremonies Ande thus ye be the mainteyners of a sort of lusty lubbars which be well able to laboure for their lyuynge and stronge ynoughe to gett it w t the swet of theyr faces as y e Scrypture teacheth them Genesis iii.i Thesalo iiii Ande thus be ye mayntayners of their ydlenes and leaue the blynde the lame the presoner vnholpeÌ„ whiche the scripture coÌ„maundeth you to helpe except it be on the soÌ„dayes with afewe halfpeÌ„s or by peÌ„nymeale whych helpeth lytle or no thynge But vnto those blynde guides ye wil geue vi.vii.viii yea xii pouÌ„ds yearly to one of theÌ„ to synge in a chauÌ„trie to robbe the lyuynge God of hys honnoure Ye wyll saye vnto me what arte thou that callest these thiÌ„ges vncommaunded tradycyons and popyshe ceremonyes seynge the Kynges Grace forbyddeth them not vseth parte of them hym selfe I answere that ye vse manye thynges contrary to the kyngs iniunccyons And yf it be that God through the kynge hath caste out the deuell out of this realme and yet both he aÌ„d we suppe of the broth in which the deuell was soden and that God hath yet not opened the eyes of the kynge to set all thynges in right frame vtterly to breake downe the serpeÌ„t as Ezechias the kinge dyd .iiii. Reg. ix as kynge Asa dyd .ii. Chro. xiiii take it thus that euen your iÌ„iquytye wyth callynge vpon vayne Goddes sekynge saluacion by a wroÌ„ge waye is the veri cause that God closeth vp the eies of the kynge as of one that heareth aÌ„d vnderstandeth not aÌ„d seeth perceyueth not But for the reuerence of Christes merites where as ye haue walked some in verye siÌ„ple ignorance and some in obstynate or wylfull ignorance groped in tymes paste after a wronge waye darke croked harde and endles now seke the ryght trew ande onely waye which is light streyght aÌ„d easy to fynde y t is to say Christ the onely Messias and redresse these thinges easy to be done Turne your Chauntries your Obbites from the profite of these bearewolues whelpes whiche can neyther helpe the soules of your frendes departed nor yet yours after God hath taken you from this life scripture ye haue none to eÌ„corage you but only your owne inueÌ„tions against you are places innumerable specially Rom. xiiii Where the Apostle sayth what soeuer is not of fayth is synne your chauÌ„tries ceremonies are without Godes worde and so must thei be without fayth ergo they be sinne Bestowe them therfore froÌ„ hence forwarde vppon y e trew Image of Christe whych is vppon the poore the sycke the bliÌ„de the lame the presoner etce Oh ye Cytezens yf ye wolde turne but euen the profytes of your chauntries and your obbittes to the fyndynge of the poore with a pollitique godly prouysion where as now London beyng one of the flowers of the worlde as touchige worldlye ryches hath so manye yea innumerable of poore people forced to go from dore to dore and to syt openly in the stretes a beggynge and many not able to do for other but lye in their howses in most greuous paynes ande dye for lacke of ayde of the riche to the greate shame of the Oh londoÌ„ I saye yf ye wolde redresse these thynges as ye be bounde ande sorowe for the poore so shulde ye be wythout y e clamor of them which also crieth vnto God agaynst you ande whych he well heareth and then where as now ye haue aÌ„ houÌ„dreth extreme poore people shall not be one in so doiÌ„g your owne goodes shal not â–ª be a witnesse agaiÌ„st you at y e greate day of the Lorde as yt wilbe agaiÌ„st your forefathers for not prouiding for y e poore Besydes y t what a Ioye shall it be to se your bretherne well prouided for ye abuse your riches specially you that come to thoffice of the Cytie for ye spende vnmeasurably Uppon whome euen vppon them that haue no neade as vppon the Nobles aÌ„d Ientlemen of the courte vppoÌ„ the aldermen and other riche coÌ„moners which haue as greate nead of your feastes as hath the see at the hyghest of y e springe tyde of the pissynge of the wrenne the pore forgotteÌ„ except it be with a few scrappes and bones sent to newgate for a face Alasse alasse how litle it is the Lord knoweth I thinke in my Iudgement vnder heauen is not so lytle prouisyon made for the pore as is in London of so riche a Cytie Well the poore well feleth the bournynge of Doctor Barnes and hys fellowes which laboured in

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