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B08235 The ymage of both pastoures sette forth by that mooste famouse clerck, Huldrych zwinglius ; [and] now tra[n]slated out of Latin into Englishe, By John Veron Sinonoys. A most fruitefull [and] necessary boke, to be had [and] redde in all churches, ther wyth to enarme all symple [and] ignorant folkes, agaynst the raueninge wolues and false prophetes.; Von dem predig ampt. English Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484-1531.; VĂ©ron, John, d. 1563. 1550 (1550) STC 26143; ESTC S111785 87,055 198

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relygion Finally here with a diligent mynd and most vigilant care hede must be taken that the pastour be not decked wythe any hypocritical clothing fayned colouring of godlynes rather than with that true and pure wedding garment which for the most parte is wont to be now a dayes that is to saye good bede must be taken that he be not clothed in a shepes skynne wearing a lōge gowne downe to the fete a longe fattynet tippet or a wyde broade hoode cominge downe to his very myddell these thinges Many yet do seke by these tryme trames to crep● in to the estymation of the people god wo ot haue ben and are yet taken of some for most infallible tokens and sygnes of a godly deuout mynd wher as he doth beare a mynd replenisshed and flowinge ouer wythe auarice and coueteousnesse as all moste all thee Doctours of diuinitie are wont to be specially soche as the worlde hathe in estimation Agayne that he god not abroade in the stretes with a bowed necke lokynge downe wythe his face to the ground O ye hypocrites wasshe ye rather the inner part of the cup. wher as he hath a harte pufte vp with all kynde of arrogancye and pryde Item that he doo not weare a whyte rotcher which is a sygne of chastitie clenlynesse where as he is more lastiuious wantonne and lecherous than anye he gote or stynkynge bore Farthermore that he doo not weare hygh shoone aboue the ankles a depe cappe downe benethe his eares where as he doth nourishe and cloke inwardly in his hart the most pernityous mōsters of enuye and hatered Fynallye that he do not mummell euerye fote a m. Psalmes and in the meane season doth leaue and neglect the plaine light some and euerlastyng worde of God The symple rude people by the outwarde shew of ceremonyes is broughte to hypocrysy superstition For yf the simple rude people doeth se such outwarde shew of worckes set forth before their eyen in their teacher or Pastour what shal they suck out of it but a vayne vngodly hypocrysye which the pastour or teacher doth outwardlye shewe but inwardlye in his harte is not a lytle troubled and exercysed with the aluremētes coūsayls of his affections This therfore shal be the duty offyce of a Pastoure to frame order his lyfe not according to the prescrybed rules of mens tradytions but according to the rule of gods worde wherof he is a minister For excepte he doth the same he shal plant nothinge elles but a playne hypocrysie as it is sayde euen nowe Christ is a mo te perfect exāple of the Pastours life And sythe that he hathe christe for a moste perfect example of hys lyfe he ought wyth all care and diligēce to folow him Wherfore yf christe was farthest from all hypocrisye and hypochriticall workes we ought in no wise to be studious or folowers of thē For he is the highest most perfect God which as it wāteth or lacketh nothing so by mans industry labor study nothīg cā euer be added vnto it to make it more perfect In those thinges then that pertaine belōg to the ministery of the church the pastour shall folow the condiciōs nature of a godly a louing father A louing wyse father doth in no wise come forthe masked into the syght of hys chyldren to begge any thing of thē but al his hole intēt study endeuour is to teach instruct bryng them vp so that they maye liue a chast impolluted life that they may be frendly gētyl vnto al men that they may be hurtful to no man liuing vpō the earth that they may in al thīges folow temperaunce stubbernes or modestye and alwayes abhorre al kyndes of temperaunce These are thee chyefe thynges wherein a Pastour oughte to exercy se hym selfe whych therfore is called by christ a housholder or stewarde And Paul i. Cor. iiii not wtout great sorow grief doth cōplaine of the Corinthiās that although they had a great nūbre of scole maisters teachers yet they had very few fathers Wherby we do Excepte the teacher is a father he is a p●ayn deceauer that by a sure infallible demonstratiō gather that they can in no wise be true teachers except they be also very fathers of the congregatiō For the nature of fathers is such that they directīg both their dedes sayinges to this ende that they may profyt and do good vnto other that cā neuer be sene to seke their own profyt aduātage of the disprofit harme of theyr chyldrē wherfore no man can be a faythfull true Pastoure excepte he doeth beare a fatherly affection towardes the flocke that is commytted vnto hym And yf the teachers do not delyght haue a pleasure in those thīges that they do teach they ar very deceauers of the people but yf thei do exercise thē selues in those thinges that they doo set forth inioine vnto other by their doctrine that lyuely example of the true Pastour shal bryng more vtilitie profyte to the shepe committed vnto him shall take greater increase than yf they shuld as tynkelyng brasse resoūde a. M. tymes the holy oracles word of god Agayne yf they neglectyng the word of the Lorde do teach hym value traditions fables expressing as nigh as they can the same doctrine of their both in theyr bedes lyuyng They ar false prophetes whom thee lorde hath oftentymes cōmaunded to slaye kyll and roote out of the earth ye shal not euery man do that thing the s●●●th good to you but the thing ●●at I cōmeūd you that doo ye onli sayeth the lord But of thē we wyll sneake hereafter Therfore the pastour shal not initiate folowe n●● yet expresse in his owne lyuinge the exemplary and paterne of those thinges that eyther he hym selfe or other do iudge to be good acceptable vnto god but he shall frame hys lyfe after or accordynge too those thynges that god doeth requyre of vs by hys word What the faythfull pastour ought too preache Now any man may easelye know vnderstād gather by this that hathe bene sayde hetherto what thynge it is that a christian pastoure oughte too preache Truly none other thyng but the pure worde scryptures of the eternall euerlastynge god For oure of theym shall he brynge forthe those thynges that shall induce and brynge the people commytted vnto hym in to the knowledge of their infirmitye weakenesse and disease that is to saye of theyr synnes Whyche after that they haue ones knowen perfectly they shal also feele that there is no maner of strength in man wherewyth he maye obtayne saluatyon Then shall he by and by declare and shew vnto them the mercy of god vnto whome they maye with their hole harte and vndoubted fayth affyaunce commyt thē selues and that chyefely for thys cause that they se
care is for the lucre gaynes cōmodities of their churche which they se euery day to lose moch profyt For the more do come to the true knowledge of christe and beleue in hym thee greater the church is though no Pope at all or mytred Bysshoppe or hyghe pryeste or patriarch were founde in al thee whole world But that that they complayne vpon doeth get vnto them no small fauour and why it hathe no small shew of godlinesse for they wil be coumpted such as care for the shepe wheras they seke the wolle wold rather be clippers and sherers than Pastours or shepeherdes For the crafty subtyl men knew ryght wel that thee churche of god or shepe or people of god ought to be brought into none other pastoure The papistes yf thei were trew pastours haue more cause to be glad than to be sory but that the true and onely fode of gods word ought to be mynystred vnto them Sythe then that thee faithful pastours do euery where minister lyberally this wholsom healthful fode of the gospel it is mete that they shuld make no complaynte of the deuisyon of thee churche but rather oughte to reioyce and bee gladde that they se thee pastoures of saluacyon to sprynge vp and florysshe so goodly euery where Here against thē the wil haue the fathers to be obserued folowed in the exposition of the scriptures I do not greatlye passe vppon theyr obiectyon wher they do commaūde that the preachyng of the gospel shulde be ruled guyded moderated after or accordyng to the exposityon of the fathers For christe our sauyour did not assubiectize or make subiect thys worde wherof he speaketh Math iiii saying Man doth not liue with bread only but with euery word that cometh out of gods mouth vnto the Iudgemente of the fathers that they shuld pronoūce or geue sentēce vpō it but he wil haue the worde to be vnderstāded which cometh out of Gods mouth as we may se Deut. viii But that these thīges may be more plain easyer to be vnderstāded of euery mā Let these felowes tell Let the pap●stes aunswere to these I praye what was the condiciō of the christian faith how the gospel Euāgelical doctrine could be preached afore that these fathers were borne into the world Howe shall we say that the Apostles did preache the gospell or after what maner dyd they it Now therfore their deceateful craftes ar detected wherby they dyd go about to deceaue the simple witted mē vnder the name of the fathers to include with in certaine limities boūdes the libertie of gods worde For thys we maye boldely affirme say that the christiā people did neuer liue a more innocēt godly lyfe thā whē ther were no humaine tradityōs at al the prescriptyon teachynge of the Euangelycall doctryne being then admixsted with simplicitie They are wāt therfore to speake these other lyke wordes about the begynnyng of their oracyō or this one cause that they may deceaue the symple and ygnorāt people But praysed be god that they begynne theyr tale after this maner fashyō For two or tri actes haue ben set forth by these mē wher they seme that thei haue forgottē to cōmēd at the fyrst beginning the faithful dyligent preachīg of the gospel vnto al mē which we haue most nede of of al thinges How beit they makīg a very cold mētiō of the gospel almost about the ende of their Actes be wōt to say And yet for al the we ought not to be coumpted enemies of the gospel For we wyll that it be preached c. Now thākes be vnto god thee matter is come to that that they be fayne at lēgth to speake make mētiō of the gospel to cōmaūde the pastours to preach it dilygētly but by by lest thei shuld seme to haue graūted to much they do bryng the meanīg expositiō iudgemēt or sētēce of the fathers the cōmune mynd or agreemēt of all the faythful by them wyl they haue the preachīg of gods word to be ruled In good south a mā might thynke sarcasmus that in to say a playne mocke the god hath a very good turne that these doctours and fathers ar come for onelesse these fathers had ben it had ben laweful for no mā to preach his word For let vs faigne the none of al the fathers did expound or went aboute to expounde the worde of god and thee scryptures with theyr wrytynges and cōmentaryes lett theym tell I praye wyll they suffre then goddes worde to bee preached or not Yf then goddes worde can bee preached and sette forthe purelye and syncerely wythout the exposityō and labour of the fathers what shame and impudencye is thys that they be not a shamed to alligate and bynde goddes worde to thautorytye of thee fathers Wheras theyr decrees do teach plainely that booke I haue already trāslated in to English is called a short path-way to come thee ryghte vnderstāding of Gods word that the fathers must gue place geue place vnto gods worde and not the worde vnto the fathers as we maye fynde Distin viii a. .ix. a. from whome the true syncere vndertādīg of gods word doth come wher it ought to be sought I haue sufficiently declared in a booke which is intituled De claritate verbi dei that is to say of the playnelynesse or lyghtsomnes of gods word It is euident playne thē by this that hath ben said hetherto that al they that ar wōt to haue alwayes our lorde Iesus christ in theyr mouthes The hipocrisi of the papistes of the woues therby to commed set forth colour their hypochrytical cōplaintes wherew t now that the gospel begīneth to florish thei do tragically fyl that whole world whereas in the meane season they haue not in thē a crōme of the christian fayth wherby they may be knowen do seke none other thing by this theyr hipocrisye but that they may be taken for true pastours for yf thou doest loke vpon consyder beholde them frō the top to the toes thou shalt alwayes see woluish clawes to appeare out whiche they can neuer hyde We wyll not haue thys thing to be vnderstanded only of those hyghe Prelates mytred Bishops but it ought to be referred to all the ministers of the church by whose sermons any man may easely espye perceaue whether that they doo seke in their doctryne the health saluation of thee shepe or rather theyr owne ●ryuate profyte The fruytes whereby false pastrous are knowen Soch are they that do defend the papistical church saying opēly that the cōstitutions of it statutes and traditions ought to be no lesse accepted thā the sacred holy scriptures And what greater blasphemye can be agaynste God What greater apostasye or rebelliō can be agaynste our heauenly Kynge For by what reason can we make the creature equall wyth the creator Soch
were so wrasted oute of tune that they serued nothinge lesse than for the pourpose that they were alledged for Vpon this matter they were aboute three houres by thee clocke At length when Mayster Hooper coulde gette nothinge of hym but The fathers the fathers the counsayls the counsayls and I can not tell what church for the trew Church why the is the spouse of Christ and is ruled by hys spyryt onely settinge forth nothynge besydes or agaynst gods worde Mayster Hooper dyd well allowe they made an ende of that argument or matter And as they were at dyuer they beganne to talcke of thee counsayll that was lyke to be by the appoyntmente of the Bysshoppe of Rome Whych Mayster Hooper dyd thincke to be vnnecessarye because that there nothynge could be redressed or determyned but as the Bysshoppe of Rome woulde haue it And who I praye woulde thinke that the same Antythryste woulde haue any thynge to passe agaynste hys detestable pryde and deuylyshe coueteousnes Nexte after that they dyd conferre of thee offyce and duetye of a Kynge whom Mayster Cole wyll not haue too bee learned and sene in Gods lawes But that fonde and deuilishe opynyon dyd Maister Hooper confute wyth stronge and infallyble testymonyes of thee Scryptures and woorde of God shewynge that it was mooste necessarye of all that a Kynge shoulde haue a perfecte knowledge of Gods worde How coulde he elles rule and gouerne hys people accordynge too thee wyll and pleasure of God But Mayster Hooper dyd in fewe woordes shewe what was the cause why he woulde not haue thee Kynges and Princes too haue learnynge Trewely because that they woulde haue styll the whole worlde vnder theyr iurisdictiō Because that they woulde haue styll Prynces and rulers too see thoroughe theyr spectacles and too be blynded wythe thee mystes of theyr tradytyons Laste of all at thee instaunce of my Good Mayster Syr Iohn Yorke they shoulde haue reasonned vppon thee Supper of thee LORDE but Mayster Cole woulde not meddle in it Then dydde Mayster Hooper offere too dyspute wyth hym in Hebrewe Greke and Latyn and wythall theym that be of hys facte or secte vpon al matters of Relygyon that be nowe in controuersye Whom Maister Cole dyd answere that as for the Latyn and the Greke he coulde well skyll in them bothe but as for the Hebrewe he was not sene in it And thoughe he were neuer so skylfull yet sayde he that he wolde not put hys foote farther into the fyre Then sayde Mayster Hooper vnto hym Ye depredicate and saye euery where that we are in errour and not only that but that ye be able to cōuince vs of errour Syth then that ye can confounde oure errour that we are in and wyll not do it I saye vnto you that as many of vs as do or shall peryshe thorough youre negligence or fayntenesse of harte thee bloude of all theym shal be requyred at youre handes Thus they ended theyr communycation And then my good Maister Syr Iohn Yorke dyd take the matter in hande exhortinge Mayster Cole not to hyde his talente but to employe or bestow it diligently accordyng to the wyll and pleasure of god Thys is the whole matter good Christian reader trewely and faythfully sette forth vnto thee whereby thou mayste vnderstande whether of theym two hadde the vyctorye Weyghe and poudre the matter thyne owne selfe Examine trye it wyth that infallible touch stone that can neuer fayle or deceaue Suffer not thy selfe to be seduced wyth those reprochefull and opprobryous termes wherwyth some of theym most lying lye doo lode thee trewe messenger of God sayinge Mayster Hooper is but an asse he is but a dyshe cloute to Mayster Cole for trewely though Mayster Cole is exceadinglye well learned in all lyberall Artes in Philosophie and other of thee prophane sciences wherevnto ye maye annexe thee eloquence in bothe the tongues Yet not wythstandyng Mayster Hooper doth farre passe hym in heauenly knowledge and vnderstandynge and beynge not inferior vnto hym in the knowledge of both these tongues he is well sene in the Hebrew and Chaldeike tongue whych thee other doeth lacke Howe beit I woulde that Mayster Hooper or anye of vs myghte be a dyshe cloute vnto hym for then we shoulde make thee inner parte of thee vessell cleane for it is the propertye of dysshe clouttes so for to doo but I am afrayed that the inner parte of the vessell is so cankered wyth Popyshe superstition deuylishe doctrine that it shall nede of a sweard to scrape it out clene The Lord God of heauen from whō al goodnes doth come vouchsafe to bringe him all other that are yet in errour into the ryght knowledge of his truth That we may all together prayse laude his holy and blessed name Amen ¶ Imprinted at Londō by Wylliam Seris Rycharde Kele dwelling in Lombard strete nere vnto the stockes market at thee sygne of the Egle. ¶ Cum gratia et priuilegio ad imprimendum Solum ¶ Fautes escaped by the Printer In A. i. for Sinouoys reade Senonoys in A iii. for then wyll they not suffre reade theym wyl they not suffer ibidem for lamable ceremonies reade laudable ceremoni in A. v. for bearing open reade daring open in B. ii for do send reade doest sende in B. v. for in him the fatt pastors reade in him the fatt pastures in C. iii for greuous scornes of persectiōs reade greuous stormes of persecutiōs ibidem or there for though they al offend the world reade though they offend al the world in C.v. for ●● to any other Pastours reade into anye other pastures ibidē for being thus promised read beinge thus promissed in C.viii. for a longe fartinet typpet reade a long lartinet typpet in D.i. for lastiuious reade lasciuious in D ●i for tēperaūce stubburnes reade tēptrāce sobernes ibidem or in the same place for all kindes of tēperance reade al kindes of intēperaunte ibidem for vnto oth r that can neuer reade vnto other can neuer ibidem for do teache him vayne reade do teache them in D. v for of the priestes dyd he reade of the priestes dyd lye in D vi for do vse exercyse reade do vse exercyse in E. i. for to turne him frō the mynde reade to turne him frō that mynd in E. vii for to his sound fleshely reade to thys fonde fleshely in F. iii. for into any kynd or spere reade into any kinde or spece in F. iiii for the prophetes of graues reade the prophetes of the graues in F. v. for Naboth the Israelite reade Naboth the Iesraelite ibidem for affyrminge vnto him reade offeringe vnto hym ibidem for the field of Israel reade the field of Iesrael in the margyne for the pastour ought by it reade the pastour ought to learne by it in G. iii for alwayes reade alwayes in H. v for syth that hath reade syth that he hath in H. viii in the margyne for of deuyly sh●●s reade o● deuylisshnes in I. iii for into none other pastour reade into none other pasture ibidem for wher they see the pastours of saluation reade the pastures
that most hyghest merciful father to haue delyuered vs his one only begotten sonne oure lorde and sauyoure Iesus christ for a moste sure pledge of his grace by whom we haue alwaies a mooste free accesse and passage vnto thee throne and seate of thee dyuyne grace and mercy After then that they haue wyth a sure and vndoubted faith knowen and vnderstanded ones thee hole matter of their saluacyō and that moste sure wrytynge and pledge of the mercye of god so that they are already made the children of god our heauēly father which afore were the childrē of the flesh euerlasting dāpnaciō this duety shal be requireth of thē that they folowe hence forwarde thee lawes and rules or gods holy wyll For they are a newe creature Galat. vi as we maye see Therfore the Pastoure shall wythe an earnest care studye beware and take hede that the shepe whych are alreadye cured and healed from their sycknes disease The knowledge of the worde of God is necessari to a pastour shall not fall agayne into thee same dyseases But syth that this thyng can ought to be ministred by the operacion of gods worde onelye no small knowledge of gods word is requyred in him Which oughte to be soughte none other wher thā in the holye sacred scryptures of both Testamentes But it shal profyt and auayle lytle or nothyng to loke vpon the outward letter except god doeth vouchesafe wyth hys inwarde vertue to draw the harte and mynde of man and cause hym by hys spirite to credit hys word and not too wraste it at hys owne pleasure accordynge too hys inordynate affectes lustes and passyons but rather folow the free syncere and playne meaning sense and vnderstandynge of it whyche the holye spyryte and grace of god hathe inspyred Paule doethe in fewe wordes most lyuelye comprehende all these thynges in thee later epystle too hys dyscyple Timothe ii Tim. iii wrythyng after thys maner All scrypture geuen by the inspyratyon of god is profytable to teache to improue to amende and to instructe in ryghteousnesse that thee man of god maye be perfect and prepared vnto all good workes All institution then or teachynge wherwythe the faythful Pastour wyl fede hys people shal be ordered after thys fourme and rule Whyche bokes bee Canonical which be not I haue no neade in thys place and at thys tyme to declare for I thynke that no man is ygnoraunte thereof yf onely he hathe anye syght in the knowledge of the tongues After that the Pastour The Pastour must rebuke rote away vyc●s is wel instructed in al those thīges that pertaine to his kinsefolkes his owne life doctrine for of the loue of god we wyll speake hereafter in a due time and place that is most necessary for hym to know vnderstand how he ought to be haue him self in other externe outward thīges what reward he oughte to loke for The fyrst thing that offereth it self here in this place is that he must wythe a bolde and stoute courage rebuke all noysome and pernicyous vyces neyther fearyng the vayne pride threateninges of thys worlde The pastoure oughte too dreade nothynge nor yet beynge abashed that he is on euery syde layd wayte for for the lorde doeth inioyne the same to Hieremy Hierem. i. saying Behold I put my wordes in thy mouth and behold this day do I set the ouer the people kyngdomes that thou mayst rote out breake of destroy make waste that thou mayst build vp plante Let therfore the pastour be mighty of ablenes to ouerthrow euery hygh thing that exhalteth it self against the prescript of gods worde ▪ let him ▪ with a bold stomack assawte and destroy all such thynges as Paul doth teach in the later epystle to the Corinthians ii Corin. x Christ him self did leaue a most sure euident exāple of the same thing which example is to be folowed of al mē The example of christe For after that he had ones by his euerlasting wysdō perceyued that the hipocrysie vnsatyable couetousnes of the prestes scribes was the cause occation that the rude vnlearned people dyd fall from the true and euerlastynge god whyche symple people beynge as yf a man myghte saye captyuated and snarred wyth the couetous deceates tradityons dreames and fayned inuentions of thee pristes dyd he wrapped in al kyndes of errour he dyd rebuke no kynde of men wythe soche seueryte and sharpenesse as he dyd vse agaynst them speaking alway openly agaynst theyr paynted hypocrysye fylthy coueteousnesse for he dyd and not wythout great grief of mynd pytye alwayes the poore people whom thee deceyptfull craftes of thee priestes dyd deceaue and that because that he dyd se thē destituted of the fode of gods worde Mathe. i● which is that most pleasaunte gratious meate of thee soules and that they dyd wante a true faythful Pastour whych shoulde beare a fatherlye mynde affiction towardes thē Many tymes also he doth teache and instruct thē gentely And yf at any tyme necessytie doth requyre that he must also rebuke them yet doth he neuer vse soch austerite sharpenesse in rebuking as he was wont to vse agaynst the vngodlye priestes that so deceaued and seduced the people For layinge to theym lacke of knowledge ignoraunce of the trueth he calleth them blinde guydes vipers generation of Sathan hypocrites shameles crauers lyers and other lyke names whych thinge any man may see learne in the bokes wrytinges of all the Euāgelistes wherfore we shal haue no nede here of many testimonies But now syth that in our tyme this poysoned euyl of hypocrisye is growē to so great a power hath gottē pourchased lo great a strength myghte is come vp to that poynte that it can or dare no more for shame hyde it selfe but rather defende wyth stronge hand theyr deuylyshe craftes and deceates that moste shamefully what I praye the o faythfull mynyster in thee house of God is beste for the to doe for yf thou doeste holde thy peace the bloud of them that perisshe shal be requyred at thy hande which thing Ezechī iii. we may learne by the wordes of God in Ezechiel And thou seest that the hypocrisye of the Papistes here I do call papistes Al the spiritualty and clergie are Papistes except they do ether fauour or preach sincereli gods worde al the sorte of thē that are called spirituall or the clergye thē beynge excepted which preache purely and sincerely the worde of God hath gotten pourchased so great treasours of ryches and so great myght strēgth that they haue no more nede of a cloke to cloke theyr deceytful craftines with all whyche thynge neuerthelesse was moste necessarye to the Priestes of thee Iewes in the tyme of christ but rather be not ashamed to defende them selfes openly wyth most myghty and stronge armes