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A68425	An exposicion vpon the songe of the blessed virgine Mary, called Magnificat Where vnto are added the songes of Salue regina, Benedictus and Nu[n]c dimittis. Translated out of latine into Englysh by Ihon Hollybush.	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1538 (1538)	STC 16979.7; ESTC S101033	83,050	200

thou also wylt kepe the worde of God and defende or requyre agayne thesame goodes both wyth body and lyfe orels to forbeare them or let them go agaynste thy wyll Were not thys a ioly visure Yf thou wylt therfore do well in thys behalfe thou mayest not runne headlynges after thyne owne brayne But howe shall I do than ye shall feare God and saye on thys wyse LORD they be good thynges and thy gyftes as thyne owne worde and y e scripture do wytnesse Neuerthelesse I doue whether thou doest enuye me them Yf I knewe I shulde not vse them I wolde not bestowe one heare vpon the hauynge agayn of them but yf I knewe thou woldest them to be in my power I wolde obeynge thy wyll bestowe both body and goodes to haue them agayne But seynge nowe I stande in doute of ether of these thy wylles and I se what now is don namely that thou suffrest them to be taken from me I commytte the matter vnto the and wyll wayte vpon thy pleasure in thys behalfe redy ether to kepe them or to forgo them Thys lo is a faythfull soule and fearynge God by whome is mercy as the mother of God syngeth of And here by maye it be euident of what fundament and sprete Abraham Dauid and all Israel dyd warre and slaye so many in tymes past For they toke the matter in hande at the commaundement and wyll of God and wyth feare not fyghtynge for ryches but because God dyd requyre it of them shewynge otherwhyles the commaundement of God in that behalfe as the holy scripture maketh mencion somtyme Now maye ye se that the truth is not denyed whych sayeth y t these be good creatures Yee the same truth also doth saye and teach that thou do forsake and ready at all tyme to forgo the same goodes yf it please God and so hange onely vpon God The truth doth not compell the to requyre the goodes agayne in that she sayeth they be good nother doth she constrayne the to saye they be not good but renouncynge the same saye that they be not euell Lykewyse must be done wyth the lawe and all maner of goodes ether of wytte or reason Iustice is a good thynge geuen of God who douteth therin Gods worde it selfe doth confesse that the lawe is good Nother maye ony man saye that hys ryghteous cause is euell but shall rather dye the death and forgo al that is not God For that were to denye God and hys worde the whych testifyeth that the lawe is not euell but good Wylte thou therfore crye out rage playe y e madde man and kyll all the worlde because suche ryghte or lawe is taken from the As some do whyche lyfte vp theyre voyce vntyll heauen causynge great mysery waystyng people and contryes fyllynge y e world wyth warre and bloudsheddynge What knowest thou whether God wyl leaue those gyftes and ryghte to thy gouernaunce they be hys he can take them from the ether to day or to morowe he cā depriue the of them and restore the to thesame agayne whan it shall please hym by frendes or enemyes euen as it pleaseth him He doth proue whether thou wylte lose thy ryghte for hys loue suffre wronge and iniurye suffre rebuke for hys name and cleue only to hym Yf thou than arte dredynge God and sayeste thus within the LORDE it is thyne I wyll not haue it in my power subiection wythout I know that thou do wysh it me than shal this verse haue rowme And hys mercy endureth thorovv out all generacions vpon them that feare hym which wyll worke nought but it be accordynge to hys wylle Here lo is the worde of God kepte on both partes fyrste that thou grauntest thy ryght reason vnderstandynge wysdom and all thyne opinion to be good and iuste the which euen the worde of God doth also say Secondlye that thou arte contente to forbeare such gyfte for the loue of God to be wrongefully condemned yee to be a mockage and a gasynge stocke to the worlde the which Gods worde also doth teache Ther be .ii. thynges to confesse the thynge that is iuste and good and to obtayne or ouercome It is ynough for the to knowlege and confesse that thou hast a good cause Yf thou canste not ouercome committe the matter vnto God It is thy parte to knowlege to ouercome hath God reserued vnto hymselfe Yf he wyll haue the to ouercome he shall do it ether shall he so brynge the thynge to pas wythout thy counsell or thoughte that thou muste nedes take the matter in hande and ouercome and that after such fashiō as thou neuer woldeste haue thought or desyred Yf he wyll not let hys mercy suffyse the. Yf the victory of thy ryghteousnesse be taken from the yet can not the knowlegynge of thesame be taken from the. Lo here muste we stande backe not from the goodes of God but from the wycked and euell geuynge of to muche mynde to thesame that we can ryght well both vse and forgo them so that in all chaunces that befall we cleue only to God Wolde God all princes and powers as theyr duety is were not ignoraūte of thys whiche be not contente to confesse that they haue ryghte but wyll nedes ouercome and wynne settynge asyde all feare of God and fyllynge the worlde wyth bloude and mysery thynkynge they do ryght therin seynge they haue a ryghtfull cause a true matter and a ryghteous quarell or at the leest suppose it to be so What is that els saue the proude and hyghmynded Moab whiche counteth and maketh hymselfe worthy of the noble and bewtyfull possession of Gods gyfte namely the Law where as he yf he beholde hymselfe well in the syghte of God is not worthy that the grounde do beare hym and that he do eate the crustes of breade because of the vnclēnesse of hys synnes O blyndnesse blyndnesse who is worthy of the leeste creature of God yet wyll we not only haue the chefe creatures as iustice and wysedome and theyr honour but also wyth outragious sheddyng of bloud and wyth all misfortune do procure endeuoure to kepe the same and forthwyth we go praye faste heare masse founde churches wyth so bloudy and ragynge mynde that it were no wonder though the stones shulde leape in oure faces Her● ryseth now agayne a question namely Shall not a prince than defende hys lande and people from iniury Shall he syttynge styll and restynge suffre all thynges be taken from hym What shulde become in the worlde of thys at the laste Here vpon wyll I brefely shew my mynde The power of the swearde or superiorite must nedeth to defende hys subiectes as I haue oftymes sayd For that cause beareth he the swearde that suche as receaue the worde and admonicion of God and do not obey the same be retayned in feare that so they maye let other be in rest and peace And here in ought he not to seke hys owne auaūtage but of other and the honoure

of God Yee ther cā not be abayted to much frō her seynge that she as all other creatures is created of nought But vnto the grace of God is to much derogated the which is daungerous nother is the mother well apayed therewyth It is nedefull also that we passe not the markes that Gods glory doth admitte in vsurpyng of callyng her as whan we grete her a quene of heauen yet is she not an idoll thereby that ether she maye geue or helpe as they do which call vpon her desyre her to be gracious and finally flye vnto her rather than vnto y e rych treasures of God She geueth nothynge onlye God geueth all as it followeth He that is myghty wherw t she robbeth all creatures of theyr strēgth power O what greate hardynesse is thys and what spoyles of so tender and yonge mayden whiche can make destistute all myghtye and stronge men of theyre strengthe al puyssaunt men of theyr power all wyse men of theyr wytte and all boastynge and glorious men can she brynge to shame attributyng al strength noble actes wysedome and glory vnto God only For the sayenge He that is myghty is so much to saye as ther is noman that can do ought saue only God as wytnesseth S. Paule sayenge in the .i. chapter to the Ephesians that God worketh all thynges after the counsell of hys owne wyll and that the workes of all creatures are the workes of God the which thynge we also acknowlege in oure Crede sayenge that we beleue in God almyghtye He is so Almyghty that in all thynges by all thynges and aboue all thynges nothyng doth worke saue only hys strength and puyssaunce After thys maner sayde Anna the mother of Samuel in the .i. boke of Regum the .ii. chapter Ther is noman that can do ought of hys owne power And Paule sayth also in the .ii. Epistle to the Corinth the .iii. chapter Such trust haue we thorow Christ to Godwarde not that we are able of oure selues to thynke ony thyng as of ourselues but oure ablenesse cōmeth of God Thys is an hygh worthy artycle cōteynynge very much alayenge atōce al pryde curiosite presūpciō rashnes boastyng false cōfidēce exalteth only God yee and sheweth the cause also why he oughte to be exalted euen because he worketh all thynges It is easy to be spoken but to refourme and redresse oure lyfe accordynge to it that is laborious and full of payne For they that leade theyr lyfe in such thynges are louers of peace geuen to God and simple men attributyng nothyng to themselues certifyed that God hath all thynges and they nothynge Thys is than the meanynge of Gods mother in these wordes Of all these greate goodes is nothynge myne but he that worketh all thynges alone and whose power alone worketh in all thynges he it is that hath done so greate thynges vnto me For the worde Myghty sygnifyeth not a workelesse ydle and restynge power as we saye of a worldly kynge that he is myghty which neuerthelesse is styll and worketh not but a workyng power and continually doynge which without intermission doth procede worke For God doth not holde vp but procedeth in workynge as wytnesseth Christe Ioh. v. My father worketh hetherto and I worke also Of thys wyse also sayeth Paule Ephes iii. that God is able to do exceadyng abundauntly aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde accordyng to the power that worketh in vs. That is He euer geueth greater thynges than we requyre as hys nature is to do so doth hys power worke For thys cause dyd I saye that Mary wolde be no Idoll and that God doth all she nothynge For thys cause doth she adde and saye And holy is hys name That is As I do not take the worke to me euen so do not I ascribe the honour thereof vnto me nother For he only ought to haue y e prayse name that fulfylleth y e worke It is vnsemely y e one shall do the worke and another shall drawe the name and prayse thereof vnto hymselfe As for me I ame the workehouse only wher in he worketh and therfore is no prayse nor honoure due vnto me that I ame the mother of God but God and hys excellent worke are to be praysed and honoured in me It is ynough for me that I reioyce with hym and saye Happy ame I that God hath separate me in whome it hath plased him to accomplysh such hys workes Lo how purely doth she wende all to Godwarde how wholye doth she drawe no honoure no worke no glory to herselfe and behaueth herselfe as before whan no suche thynge had happened vnto her settynge nomore ●●●are or makyng more searche for honoure than she dyd before nother doth she swell auaunce or crye out that she is become the mother of God nother doth she fynally requyre ony worshyp therfore but goeth hyr waye and doeth hyr busynesse as before mylketh the kyen dyghteth the meat washeth the dyshes swepeth the house and doeth all that a handmayden or huswyfe becōmeth to do in such vyle workes as though such plenteous gyftes of grace dyd not pertayne vnto her Amonge women hyr neghbures was she estymed no greater than she was afore she requyred nomore nother and remayned a poore cytesin amonge the commune people O what a simple poore hart is that O what wonderfull virgine what greate thynges are hyd vnder a lowly behaueoure How many haue felte her spoken to her eaten and dronken wyth her whych perchaunce haue counted her to be despysed of the commune sorte a poore and simple cytesin whych wolde haue be nabasshed and maruayled yf they had ben aware of suche in estimable gyftes in her and that is hys name to be holy For holy is it called that is sundered and appropriate to God whych noman maye touch nor defyle but worshyp it And name is called a good fame or renowne glory prayse and worshyppe Nowe muste euerye man than abstayne from the name of God so that he nother touch it nor drawe it to hymselfe the which is also ment Exod. xxx where Moses was commaunded by God to make precious oyntmēt it was straytelye forbydden onye man to anoynte hys bodye therewyth That is Noman shall be so hardye as to appropriate the name of God to hymselfe for that is sayd to vnhalow and to despyse it yf we reioyce in oureselues or take onye honoure vpon vs ether haue pleasure in oureselues or auaunce oure goodes or workes as the worlde dothe vnhalowe and defyle the name of God with out ceassynge For as the workes are onlye Gods so is the name lefte hym onlye also Moreouer as many as hallowe so his name makynge themselues voyde of prayse and honoure worshyppe it aryght wherfore they also be halowed of it whiche the precious oyntment that is spoken of in the thyrtyeth chapter of Exodus doth signify w t the which all that was touched was clensed Thys oyntment is y e worde of God halowed of vs.