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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06897	A newe dialog betwene thangell of God, & the shepherdes in the felde concernynge the natiuite and birthe of Jesus Christ our Lorde & Sauyoure : no lesse godlye than swete and pleasante to reade / lately compyled by T.B.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1547 (1547)	STC 1733.5; ESTC S1783	16,168	57

¶ A newe Dialog betwene thangell of God the Shepherdes in the felde concernynge the natiuite and birthe of Iesus Christ our Lorde Sauyoure no lesse Godlye than swete and pleasante to reade lately compyled by T. B. Luc. ii ¶ Beholde I brynge you tydynges of greate Ioye that shall come to all the people For vn to you is borne this daye in the Cytie of Dauid a Sauioure whiche is Christ the Lorde Esa. ix A chylde is borne for our sake a Sonne is gyuen vnto vs vpon his shulder doth the kyngdome lye and he is called w t his owne name euen the wonderous gyuer of councell the myghty God y e euerlastinge Father the Prynce of peace i. Timoth i. This is a true sayinge and by all meanes worthy to be receyued of vs that Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners .i. Ioan. iii. For this cause apeared the sonne of God euen to lowse the workes of the deuyll ¶ The Dialoge Thangell speketh A Swete message To euery age From God so sage Is gyuen to me Whiche to declare Both nere and fare To exclude care Glad wolde I be ¶ Men haue full longe Throwe Satans wronge In bondage stronge Ben detayned No lyberte To make them fre Founde coulde there be Syns they synned ¶ In Adames fall They became thrall Both great and small Remediles Throughe Satans lure They are vnpure Drowned all sure In wyckednes ¶ So that of ryght Before Godes syght That lorde almyght Damned are they all Without excuse God maye refuse Suche as ensuse Workes ethnicall ¶ Notwithstandyng God pyteyng Theyr backe slydyng And greuous chaunce Of his mercy Wyll nowe frely Unto glory Them all auaunce ¶ This gentle father In no manner Wyll consyder Theyr great offence Frely frely Shall they truly Be brought clerely To his presence ¶ Of his owne grace Before mennes face This come to passe Shall nowe playnly By Christ h●s sonne Whiche is come downe For theyr raunsome The death to dye ¶ He vndoubted Undeserued Was promysed To men mortall Of God aboue For very loue To theyr behoue Whiche were full thrall ¶ Of a mayde pure So to endure Is he borne sure Without mannes sede To puryfie Mennes vylanie Whiche wyckedlie They wrought indede ¶ This chylde alone Sent from Gods throne All kynde of mone Shall put awaye Who so embrace His louyng face Shall wante no grace Nor yet decaye ¶ He is the kynge To whose byddynge Euerythynge Obeyeth humbly He is the lorde By whose concorde All thynges restorde Shall be playnly ¶ He is the peace Uvhiche shall release All our disease And greuous payne He is the staye He is the waye By whom we maye Glorye obtayne ¶ He is the truthe Uviche doth all ruthe Suche as ensueth Clene put awaye He is the lyfe By whom all stryfe Is no more ryfe But sone decaye ¶ He is the Gyde On euery syde Uvhiche at eche tyde Doth his people saue He is the health Of whom all wealth Uvithouten stealth Men ought to craue ¶ He is the lyght That is so bryght In all mennes syght To shewe the waye He is the Rocke If that we knocke He wyll vnlocke And healpe vs aye ¶ He is the louer The sauiour The mediatour Of the faythfull If that we call Thoughe we be thrall He wyll vs all Unto hym pull ¶ Pleasures many Treasures plenty Shall men truly Of hym receyue Who so that wyll Come hym vntyll Shall haue his fyll Without deceyue ¶ These ioyfull newes Whiche Satan ruyse Without excuse God commaunded That I thangell Sulde shewe and tell To them that well Are dysposed ¶ The obstynate Receyue this rate Earely or late Wyll by no wyse The symple therfore Nowe euermore To teache this lore Wyll I deuise ¶ Beholde I se In this contre Of small degre Shepherdes watchyng Whiche nowe this nyght With all theyr myght Kepe in theyr syght Theyr flockes reastyng ¶ From all pryde farre These symple men are Therfore declare To them wyll I Gods good pleasure That this ioye sure Maye in them dure Eternally ¶ Upon this londe Fre or yet bonde By them to stonde I wyll nowe playne And tell them true These tydynge snewe Whiche shall ensewe Shortly certayne ¶ What doth it mene That on this grene As personnes lene They loke dismayde This myghtye lyght That shyne so bryght Nowe in theyr syght Make them afrayde ¶ The Shepherds speake O Lorde God what worke haue we here Uvhat meaneth this meruelous great lyghte The Element was neuer so clere That euer we sawe in any nyghte Good lorde saue vs and all our shepe That none of vs peryshe at all Gyue vs grace euer well to kepe That we haue charge of both great and smal Hrom the wolffe that rauenyng beaste Defende our shepe Lorde we praye the And gyue vs all this nyghte good reaste For of this lyght sore afrayde are we ¶ Thangell Be not afrayde Nor yet dysmayde Nothyng decayde Shall be in you Your shepe harmeles Shall be certes Therfore dystres Looke ye exchewe ¶ To conforte you With tydynges newe Uvhiche shall ensue I am nowe come Gods messengere Both farre and nere To you nowe here Am I come downe ¶ Myrth and pleasaunce Texchewe greuaunce Is my portaunce That I nowe brynge Your hartes therfore Haue ye in store And euermore Marke my sayinge ¶ The Shepherdes UUe thyncke by thy cōmunicacion That thou wylt not in any wyse Hurte vs or our flocke at this season But to do ●s good rather deuise Seyng that thou art so mynded And sayst more ou●r also That of God thou art appoynted Ioyefull tyd●nges to brynge vs to Saye on we praye the hertely Uvhat so euer thou haste to saye we wyll heare the dyl gently And do there after yf we maye ¶ Thangell Newes that I brynge Come from that kynge To whom all thynge Oweth obeysaunce So of dutye Ought ye trulye Your myndes applye To attendaunce ¶ No poynte of sadnes But all gladnes Do I certes Brynge vnto you Whiche not to one Personne alone But to eche one Shall chaunce full true ¶ The newes are this Uwithout any mys This daye borne is Youre Sauioure In the Citie Of Dauid fre Christe calde is he A lorde of power ¶ The Shepherdes These are newes full of all plesaunce And is Christ sayste thou borne in dede Surely this is a full good chaunce He shall healpe vs I truste in our nede Uve haue ●oked for hym full longe For he is our true Messias The Romans haue done vs great wronge And holden vs in a pyteous case But we are glad he is come nowe I truste that by hym we shall be Delyuered from all sorowe