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A16863
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The lamentacyon of a Christe[n] agai[n]st the citye of London for some certaine greate vyces vsed theri[n].
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Brinkelow, Henry, d. 1546.
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to their deseruinges And he that spake y e same to Ierusalem speaketh it to yow aÌ„d to all Cityes that committe like iÌ„iquite as ye do And whether ye haue serued y e Disciples of the Lorde like as ded the Cytezens of IerusaleÌ„ their Prophetes Iudge your seifes ande ye shall se that ye haue shed more bloud theÌ„ euer ded that moste synfull Ierusalem euen of theÌ„ that taught you Gods truth Well I can no more but beseche the Lord God that he wyll geue suche grace to some that in the time of hys wrath he maye finde .x. ryghteous persons in this Cytie whereby the wrath and veÌ„geauÌ„ce of God may be turned from it which is lyke to come shortly vppon vs or vppoÌ„ our childeren for our sinnes oure forfathers For we haue deserued a M. tymes more plages theÌ„ euer ded Tire SidoÌ„ or Sodoma Gomora ware it not for y e great mercy of God I thinke we had fouÌ„de it so or this tyme. For we haue an example of these Cities they be written for oure learninge to auoid such vices Yea no doubt the vices coÌ„mitted in y e oh LoÌ„don are as euell as euer ware in any of y e foure Cyties afore named And surely I thinke yf they had herd y e prechiÌ„g y t hath bene iÌ„ LoÌ„don this .xiiii. or .xvi. yeares past y t they had repeÌ„ted and â—orsaken their Iniquitye For I saye vnto youe that the gospell was neuer more siÌ„cerelye preached in the tyme of the Apostles then it hath bene of late in London Nor neuer more Godly exposicions vppoÌ„ the scripture and that a greate nombre whereby to drawe vs to Christ Iesus For why the same sprete euen the very holye Ghoste whych spake in the Apostles hath spokeÌ„ in meÌ„ now to vs. But alas as the Prophete sayth Esay xxix we haue eares heare not eyes see not See ye not nor yet perceiue ye how the blynde Prophetes haue led you euen now in our tyme Haue ye not slayne the seruauntes of the Lorde onely for speakynge agaynst y e autoritye of the false Bysshoppes of Rome that moÌ„struouse beast whoÌ„ now ye your selues do or shuld abhorre I meane all his lawes beynge contrary to Christ not his body yet ye se y t a fewe yeares past ye breÌ„t them for heretiques abhominable which preatched or wrote against his vsurped power now it is treason to vphoulde or maintayne any parte of his vsurped power aÌ„d he shal dye as a traytoure that so doth well worthy So saye I vnto you there shalbe yet thinges preched vnto you and ye shall be instructed by wryters of thiÌ„ges which ye be not yet able to beare and whosoeuer preacheth or writeth it if the Lorde defend him not out of your handes he shall dye for it aÌ„d yet out it will at y e leÌ„gth though all the deuelles in hell saye naye to it and so shalbe reformed Ande euen this followyng is one of y e chefest thiÌ„gs Oh ye Cytezens wyll ye neuer geue your selfes to the readynge pf the scripture whereby ye maye knowe the lawe of the Lorde to avoyde the euerlastynge damnacion which is ordayned for the deuell aÌ„d his angels Wyll ye euer be ignorant of Godes coÌ„maundemeÌ„t Exodi xx saynge I will haue none other Gods in my syght and that ye neyther bowe your selfe nor serue any thing as God y t is in earth benethe or in heauen aboue or in the water vnder the earth And do ye not yet se how thys whore of BabyloÌ„ hath altered the supper of the Lorde which was iÌ„stituted to haue y e blessed passion in continuall remeÌ„braunce for a perpetuall memorye of thankes geuinge which we shuld receiue with all reuerence and meaknes of hert geuinge thaÌ„kes vnto God onely for y t benefyte which we haue receyued obtayned through Christes dethe which this supper sygnifyeth and that we beleue as verely as we eate the breade driÌ„k y e wine which norissheth y e body is seane with our corporall eye spiritualli representeth the very body of Christ euen so verely as we haue tasted eateÌ„ seen this holy supper or SacrameÌ„t of thaÌ„ks geuinge euen so verelye to beleue y t Christ dyed for our sinnes and that his bloud onely hath pacyfied the fathers wrathe and so hath sett vs at peace with God For he hath payed y t which laye not in me nor in no man but onely in hym that was bothe God man and by none other meanes myght maÌ„ be redemed and so to aknoweledge y t he is dead hath shed his bloude for our synnes is rysen for our rightwysnesse Thus I seynge my synnes buryed in Christes woundes must euer more be thankfull to y e euerliuiÌ„g God onely And thus to eate his blessed body and to driÌ„ke his bloude spiritually in fayth is Gods institucyon Math. xxvi Marc. xiiii Luc. xxii.i. Corinth xi Where he sayth as ofte as ye shall eate of this breade drinke of this cuppe ye shall shew y e Lordes death till he come And saynte Austyn sayth what preparest thow thy teth thy belly beleue thow hast eateÌ„ Which agreeth with y e words of our sauiour Christ saing The fleshe profiteth nothynge it is the spryte y t quyckeneth Iohan in y e .vi. chapter But the institucioÌ„ of Antichriste is cleane contrary to thys For by his institucioÌ„ thow muste fall downe vppoÌ„ thy knees holdinge vp thy handes as to God In dede it is y e Bysshoppe of Romes God which they must see with theyr corporall eye because they haue no hope in the lyuynge God through the spyrituall eye And thus hath he chaunged the holy memory of Christes death in to the worshippynge of his God made of fyne flower and all to bringe him selfe and his membres alofte aÌ„d in the reputacion of the world aboue all degrees of men yea aboue Kinge and Emperour and therby to sitt in the consciences of men aboue God and his worde euen in the very teÌ„ple of God where God alone shulde fitt And by his institucioÌ„ of this his God is he crept vp in to this vsurped power Oh Antichrist the begynner of this Idoll which is heade of all Idolles after thyne institucyon Doth not God say as afore is sayde Exo. xx Thou shalt not worshyppe any symilitude that his in heaueÌ„ erth or in the waters vnder the earth And thou contrari to the euerlyuing Goddes coÌ„mandemeÌ„t hast seduced the people to honore thy God I tel the geÌ„tle reader ones againe it is the greatest Idoll vnder heaueÌ„ as it is vsed in his masse and a God of the makynge of Antichrist as is sayde whiche masse is after his institucyon an heape of folishe ceremonies without significacions to avaunce ande set out his God to the blearynge of the eyes of the symple Ande thu shalt see if thou wilt reade y e .xviii. chapter of the Apocal. callinge to God onely to open thyn eyes all the
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