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A14050
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The hunting of the fox and the wolfe because they make hauocke of the sheepe of Christ Iesus.; Huntyng of the romyshe wolfe
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Turner, William, d. 1568.; Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.
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1565
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STC 24357; ESTC S101281
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THE Hunting of the Fox and the Wolfe because they make hauocke of the sheepe of Christ Iesus ¶ Take heede of false prophetes which come vnto you in sheepes clothing but within are rauening Wolues An Admonition to colde preachers IF preaching fayle as it doeth begin The people must quayle and die in their sinâ— And if it decrease Gods curse is at hand To destroy vs our peace our soules our land Therfore let 's be mending Gods plag's to preuent For after our ending t' is to late to repent Take heed theÌ„ to preching gods word to imbrace And larne to take warning lest God you deface ⧠To al my faithful Brethren in Chriâ—t Ieâ—u and to all other that labour to weede out the weedes of poperie 〈…〉 the Lord Iesu â—e with yâ—u and make yoâ— perfâ—â— in al good works to do his will working in you that which is pleasant in â—is sight through Iesus Châ—ist our Lorde DEare brethren because wee are created for gods glorie the edification one of another in Christ are bounde to serue therunto by wealth or wo life or death and cheefely they to whom God hath gyuen the greater giftes whom he hath called to higher romes are most bounde to be zealous for Gods glory with godly zelousie to profit the Church spouse of Christ vnder their charge and that by no subtâ—lty as the Apostle warneth they shoulde be corrupted from the simplicity of Christe Therefore there is no doubte of your good zeale diligence My good Fathers and deare Brethren who are first called to the battel to striue for gods glory the edificatioÌ„ of his people againste the Romish reliâ—â—â—s and rags of Antichriste I doubt not but that you wil couragieuslye constaÌ„tly in Christ rap at these rages of Gods enemies and that you will by this occasioÌ„ race vp many as great enoâ—mities that we al know labour to raccout al the dregs renmaÌ„ts of transformed poperie that are crept into England by to much lenitie of theÌ„ that wiâ—be named the Lords of the Clâ—rgie What is he that hâ—th the zeale of Gods glorie before his face â— wil not ioyne both in prayer and in suffering with you in so good a cause that is so much for Gods gâ—orie the edification of Gods church in the pure simplicitie of Chriâ—tâ—s word sacramentes wherein our enemies and perâ—ecutâ—urs are strangly bewitched I wote not by what Circes 〈◊〉 that they do make such a diuersitie betwixt Christes word and his Sacramentes that they cannot thinke the worde of God safely ynough preached and honourably ynough handled without cap koape surplis But that the Sacraments the marying the burying the churching of women and other church seruice as they call it must needes be decored with crossing with capping with surplessing with kneeling with prety wafer cakes and other knackes of poperie O Paule that thou were aliue thou durst tell those politike gentlemen that there hath bin to much labour bestowed vpon them in vaine thou durst saye vnto them as thou diddest to the Corinthians That they eate not the Lordes Supper but play a pagent of their own to blinde the people â–ª and keepe them stil in superstition farre from the simplicitie of Christes supper but howe many silie soules is there that doeth beleeue verâ—â—y that they haue an Engliâ—h masse and so put no difference betwene trueth and falshod betwene Christ and antichrist betwene God the deuil they are strangly bewitched I say that thus wil bâ—nde tâ—eir English priesthode sacraments but muâ—h more enchauÌ„ted that can finde no garments to please them â—ut such as haue bin poluted openly with popish superstition and idolatrie but most of all in this point that their madnes appeare to all posterities that they make these Antichristian ragges Causam sine qua non that is a cause wâ—thout which there is no holy ministerie in Christ so that this shal make an English priest be he nâ—uer such a dolt or vnlearned in the knowledge of the scripture as we haue very â—any and without these Romish reliques not Paule him self shal be admitted as one of them did blaspheme the rest of them in effecte do affirme well against such popish chaffer poperie hath bin long agone fâ—ughten withall when the great captaines of that religion liued and yet God gâ—ue the victorie Therefore let vs not feare nowe although it doth begin to sturre againe for there is no craft cunning counsel wisdom or policie against the Lord. We haue Christe and his Apostles and the Prophetes euer striuing against the Hipocrites of their tyme on our side a straw for popish policie we haue the worde or God to warrant vs to rote out al monuments of supersticion Idolatry and are charged to abhor them to accoumpt them accursed to dety them and to dâ—test theÌ„ as menstreous clowts they haue not the word of God for theÌ„ And what wiâ—edome is in them saith God by his Prophet Ieremi they talke of obediâ—nce concord but there is no obedience against the Lord no nor coÌ„corde to be desired but where Gods glory verity is preserued Els better to haue al the world in hurly burlis and heauen earth to shake theÌ„ one iote of gods glory should decay So farre foorth as in vs lieth we haue their owne lawes proclamatioÌ„s to roote cut all monuments of supersticioÌ„ idolatri their owne words are coÌ„trary to their doings It should appeare that they repeÌ„t their reformacion proclaimed as did the Isralits thei build again that which once they haue destroied this is don openly that all the world may wonder behold but what is don secretly god wil one day haue it declared openly yea they make the name of god this doctrine that we professe â–ª to be euell spoken of alreadye By manye of theyr doinges they re iudgemente hasteth that for such causes persecute Godsfâ—rue Preachers Wherefore let vs not eare theyr thretnings ther can none persecute the godly for this cause trash but either suche as are neither hote nor cold then they shal be vomited out vnlesse their zeale encrease or suche as haue no God before their eyes whose God is their bellye or else open papists whoÌ„ God hath giuen vp to a reprobate sence wherfore we must thus take it that they are gods rods for our sins because we haue not bin more zealous in gods cause neyther careful to seeke his glory yâ— wolfe Winchester blody bucher Bonar fought once agaiÌ„st many godly men for the ground of this gere and they had all the power of the Realme seruing their lustes but behold howe the Lorde in short time ouerthrew them all to giue vs courage to go forward the Lord forgiue vs we are to slacke and negligent in heauenly thinges this monster Boner remaineth and is fedde as papistes say for theyr sakes it must be grauÌ„ted it is for some purpose although he be a traitor