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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.; Véron, John, d. 1563.	1550 (1550)	STC 26143; ESTC S111785	87,055	198

haue noo vnderstandinge but euery man turneth hys owne way euery man after hys owne coueteousnesse wyth al hys power How I beseche you can the people hauyng such blynde bousardes too theyr guydes pastoures get anye vnderstandynge or knowledge How shall they dyscerne the false prophetes from the true pastoures and faythfull minysters They trulye as yonge innocente babes wyl embrace poysone for wholesome meate and take vppe a scorpyon for all egge But nowe whome shall wee blame mooste chyefelye for thys Thee Bysshoppes thee Kynge and hys honourable Counsaile Marke waygh the se thinges o ye Princes of thee world and hygh prelates of churches lette thē not be forgotten forsothe yf there were anye suspycyon that anye forenne prynce or nacyon wolde invade thys Realme by and by shulde in all thee haste and wythe all dylygence watche meane bee sette oute in all thee portes and vttermooste places of thee countreye too espye out the commynge of thee enemyes and to geue warnynge thereof And why so A praye you because that the louyng Subiectes of thys Realme shuld by theyr sodayne comyng arryuing take no maner of harme in theyr goodes bodies How moch more then syth that so many cruell and myghty enemyes do alwayes wythout ceassing and intermission be set vs rounde about endeuourīg thē self both night day with all their myghte and power to spoyle vs of that moste precyous Iewell that christe hym self the onely begotten sōne of the father We ar alwayes in peryl ieopardye to be spoyled by our ghosteli enemyes of that precious iewel that christ hath purchased vnto vs. hath wyth the shedynge of hys dere bloude purchased vnto vs and so to murther most myserablye both our bodyes and soules hauynge besides that theyr espyes euery where here amonge vs so masked and disguysed in shepes clothynge and skynnes that they can scarsely be knowen from oure frendes and wel wyllers oughte true and faythful watche men to be sent out into al corners to bee apoynted and set in al places O preposterous peruerse and ouerthwarte iudgement In thynges that are transitory and fade away lyke the grasse that is to say in thynges that belong to our corruptyble bodyes and thee preseruatyon or sauegarde of the same wee are most diligēt careful but in thynges that belonge vnto thee soules whyche are immortall and neuer dye but after thee deathe of thee bodyes bee alwayes eyther in excedynge greate ioye or elles in paynes and tormentes vnspeakeable yea the bodyes at the daye of iudgemente being vnyted and ioyned agayne vnto theyr soules shall be partakers of eyther of theym it is impossible to tell howe carelesse negligente we are Whych thinge besydes all other argumentes maye bee proued by thys In all thee townes of warre of thys Realme stronge garrisons as it is moste conueniente and mete are sette noble and valiant Captaynes and faythfull or trustye watch men are appoynted nothinge is lefte vncared for that maye be for the sauegarde of those fortes and townes But nowe home many paryshe churches in England Churches are the watchinge or espyinge towres of the kingdō of Christe whych Churches by ryghte maye be called the watchinge or espyinge towres of the euerlastinge Kyngdom of oure heauenly Kyng and sauiour Iesus Christ are prouided of true and faythfull watche men Not scarcely one amonge .xl. hathe a true pastoure or minister The c●use why parysshe Churches are not prouyded of true and faythful ministers and why Thys is one of the causes why Lordes and gentilmē haue all most all the lyuinges of Churches in theyr handes And as longe as they maye gette syr Iohn lacke latyn to serue theyr cure vnder them for a lyttle or nothinge that is to saye for .vi. or viii li a yeare where as they theyr selfe receaue and take yearely vpon it some lx some C.li. some more some lesse it wyll neuer be that they shal set godlye learned men in them O mercyful god what meane the heade rulers and gouernoures of thys worlde here I do vnderstand Kinges Emperours hyghe Prelates and Bysshoppes whome the scryptures and woorde of god do call pastoures and shepeherdes of thee people What aunswere shall they make vnto hym that is thee pastoure of all when he shall requyre oute of theyr handes thee bloude of hys dere boughte shepe that dyd perysshe and daylye doo perysshe thoroughe theyr neglygence and fawlte My mynde abhorrethe too remember howe horryble and greuous punysshementes are prepared for theym God of hys mercyfull bountuousnesse graunte that oure noble and soueraigne Lorde thee kynge and all hys honourable counsayle for thee dyscharge of theyr conscyences maye shortelye see an order in it that all thee parysshes thoroughe oute all Englande and other of thee kynges dominyons maye bee prouyded of true pastoures and mynysters In the meane season that thys shal bee a doynge too fence and arme thee louynge subiectes of thys Realme against those rauenynge wolues that come to them in shepes skinnes I haue here accordyng to the lytle that I can doo translated out of latyn into Englysh a boke whyche maye ryght wel be called Thee ymage of bothe pastoures sette forthe by that most famous clerke Huldryche zwinglius Bysshop of Tigure and called by hym Pastoure It is a verye profytable and necessarye booke and moste worthye not onelye to bee translated into all tongues but also to bee hadde and reade in all thee Churches of Christendome The dyuision of the whole worcke For there fyrste and formoste the congregacyon shall see thee true and faythfull pastoure mooste lyuelye depycted What is contayned in the first parte and sette oute in hys owne coloures whyche are taken oute none other where than oute of thee chestes and coffers of thee holye and sacred scryptures Whereby anye man shall learne howe farre from all voluptyes and pleasures of thee flesshe thys offyce and vocatyon is For who so euer taketh thys mynysterye and functyon in hande muste continually with out ceassing intermissiō warre stryue and fyght agaynst all fleshe and al the power and strength of it agaynste his owne patentes kynsefolkes brethren and systers yea against his own selfe and al the concupyscences and lustes of hys owne flesshe agaynste all pompe and pryde of thys worlde and all the myghtye Prynces of it Fynallye what soeuer is in anye maner of thynge repugnaunte vnto god he shal professe and declare hym selfe an open enemye agaynste it Thee consyderatyon of whyche thynges Yf a man doth admynister sufficiently the office of a Pastour it is the very worcke of god and not of mā doeth playnelye teache vs that too administer thys greate and peryllous offyce worthelye and suffycyentelye is thee verye worcke of God and not of mannes strengthe To doo it I saye trulye and syncerely it commethe not of manne but onelye of God whych geuethe vs strengthe too beare so heauy a burden In thee seconde parte What is contayned in the

that hys honoure and glory be any thing mynyshed that his worde be not beleued that his commaundementes be thus so vngodly and wickedly contempned and troaden vnder fete A similitude As then thou wylt rather dye than to suffre thy father to be broughte into an yll name or too be diffamed so shalt thou moch more wyshe and desyre to suffre this bodely death rather than to see gods glory to be diminished Agayn yf thou doeste beleue that Gods worde is constant sure and infallible thou shalte also knowe and vnderstande that noo greater glorye can vppon the earth happen vnto man and that we can doo no greater seruyce vnto God than yf we suffer death for the glorye of hys name Therfore the lesse feare and horrour of death is in thee so moche thee greater and stronger fayth is in thyne harte on the contrarye thee more thou doeste feare and dreade thys bodelye death so moche the lesse doest thou loue Christe and truste in God For whosoeuer is endued wyth a true faythe and is fyered wyth an vnfayned and syncere loue of God he doeth already vnderstand that thys death whyche we muste suffer for the name and glorye of Christ is a very lucre and a most true waye The death that we suffer for christes sake is a true w●y to come to euerlastīg lyfe to come to the euerlastinge lyfe Besydes that he doth know that he is in no wise ouercomed which for the confession of Christes name suffreth death but rather that he is both ouercomed all together vndone that for thee loue of thys mortall lyfe doth suffre him self to be plucked away from God He then that vnderstandeth all these thinges perfectely shall in no wyse excuse thee peryll of death for it is the nature of the fleshe to feare death and to complayn of it but he that hath in hym a syncere and so ●nde loue of GOD noo fyre noo concupyscence or coueteousnesse of earthlye thynges shal be able to quenche that deuyne heat whych is in hym We must nedes with the myghte and power of thys loue as wyth a muste sure armure to ouercome the enemyes of god as Paule doth teache when he sayeth Roma .viii. I am sure that neyther death neyther lyfe neyther aungels nor rule nether power neyther thinges present nor thinges to come nether heyght no lowenesse nor any creature shal be able to departe vs frō the loue of god whych is in Christe Iesu our Lorde Why and wherefore loue is required in a Pastour Nowe because that charitie is afore all thinges and most chiefely requyred in a pastour as very necessary the cause must be shewed why he hath nede of it and also we must tell wher he maye get it Loue is therfore necessary in a Pastour A similitude because that all hys actions and doynges all hys endeuours and counsayls must be proued tryed and righted by the rule and lyne of charitie or loue For as no carpenter be he neuer so conuinge and industrious is so well eyed or hath so perfect a syghte that he neadeth no rule lyue So nether the strēgth of the mind nor the science knowledge nor yet fayth is any thinge worthe excepte it be righted by the rule of charitye i. Cor xiii For Paul doth speake of it after thys maner Loue suffreth long is courteous Loue enuyeth not loue doeth not frowardlye swelleth not dealethe not dishonestly seketh not her own is not prouoked to anger thinketh not euil reioyceth not in iniquitie but reioyseth in the truth suffereth al thinges beleueth al thinges hopeth in al thīges endureth al thinges loue calleth neuer away It may then easely be gathered by these condicions of loue that afore al other vertues it is necessary nedeful to a pastours For as a shepeherde A similitude doth scourge beate some of his shepe some he dryueth forwardes with his handes some with fete some againe he doth wystell forwardes some he doeth allure with bread salt some the ar weake he doth beare vpō hys shoulders some agayn he leaueth in the tables foldes tyl they be growē of strength in al these thinges he seketh the ꝓrofit of hys marster hauing a respect only that the nūber of the shepe may encrease that thei may be safe sound So the Pastour of the soules being kyndeled with the fyre of gods loue shal do al that he can that the shepe of god may bothe encrease and abydyng stedfastly in the true fayth may alwayes through hys dyligence be in safegarde Wherefore he shal now in tyme now out of tyme cal vpon them as the nature of shepe is wonte to requyre and as God accordynge too the true meanynge of hys worde doth admyt But what nead● we manye wordes she that hath loue doth neuer deceaue or fayle nor is deceaued for loue is not ydle but moueth man to promote set forth alwayes the honour and glory of god bearyng sufferynge in the meane season wyth a constant and stedfaste mynde Withoute the loue of God it is an easy things to fall into pryde all those thynges that muste be suffered for it But yf a man doeth want thys charytye and loue he shall easelye fall and that headlonge into thee bottomlesse pyt of pryde for without the loue of god what is man but an arrogante pryde mere hypocrysye Wher the loue of god ought to be soughte Now and where a man shall bothe seke and fynde thee loue of god it is easye to bee knowen by the wordes of Chryste where Ioh. vi he speaketh after thys maner No manne cometh vnto me except my father doth drawe him Ergo it cometh of god the draweth vs that we do styck vnto him leaue vpon him truste in him For god him selfe is loue as Iohn .i. Ioh. ii i doth testifye He the that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in god and god dwelleth in hym Wherfore it is most necessary nedeful for a pastour to cal earnestly vpon god that he vouchsafe to kindel in him the fyre of his loue But how shal he call vpō him in whome he beleueth nor in whō he trusteth not Ro x. The inuocatyō thē or prayer cometh or springeth of fayth For no mā is wonte too cal vpō him of whō he can not hope to receaue saluatiō helpe besydes that men do not cal vpō him of whose good wyl loue thei do hope to haue al goodnes yf in the meane seasō they know him to be so weake that he cā not helpe aide them Yf then we do in our myndes acknowledge god both to be mercyful louyng towardes vs also almighty that is to say that he is not wyllynge but also able to helpe our necessyties it is alredye most sure that god is in vs. For our flesh cā not haue of it self such a knowledge of god Yf therfore ther is in vs in our myndes suche a knowledge of

god such confydēce trust in him that same is not of oure selues but it cometh of god For it is he that learneth vs both hys power hys wyl certyfyeth vs of thē by hys onelye begotten sonne Iesus Chryste And who soeuer doth receyue hym for the sōne of god he is alredy sure in his mind that god both wil cā helpe vs for he hath delyuered to death his onely begottē sonne for vs thau the whyche nothing cā be found in this world greater or more excellent He therfore which is certified by Iesus Christe is borne of god and god dwelleth in him i. Ioh. iiii For we cā not by our owne reason and strengthe receaue Chryste wyth a sure and stedfast faith for that is wrought in vs by god only And he that hath god dwellyng in him is alredy certyfyed in hys mynd that God wyll both heare hys prayers and also performe hys desyres By these thīges thē that haue ben rehersed hitherto it is most surely to be gathered that they ▪ whyche ar wōt to complayne of the feblenes of gods loue and of theyr cold affectyon towardes hym nor cā abyde to suffre death for his names sake haue not yet receaued christ with a true and sound fayth For he that hathe embraced christ from hys verye harte can not but bee ashamed yf he feelethe hys fleshe too go aboute some let or stoppe syth that he seeth god the father to haue delyuered so liberally his onely begottē sōne for vs. Who soeuer then Of whom we oughte to desire that loue of God desyreth the loue of god he must aske of god the father the true knowledge of Iesus christ and of his whole mistery that he may leane vpon him wyth a sure true vndoubted fayth and by by he shall feele in him self the fyre of loue He shal also afterwardes geue high thākes vnto god the he doeth vouchsafe to spēd bestow cōsume thys foule vyle body to the honour and glory of hys name For although our fleshe doth dreade feare death for chryste hym selfe was not a lytle moued wythe the feare and horrour of deathe yet notwythstanding beynge by and by styrred with that moste strōg fire of loue incēsinges of faith will be cōstrained to folow the faithful soule into the very death Such I saye is the necessitye of gods loue whyche may be drawen out of those fountaynes that we haue shewed euen nowe We thinke thē What the loue of God is able to doo that it is sufficiētly shewed declared that the loue of god onelye can performe or brynge too passe al those thinges that are necessary for a pastoure whych ar these that he vtterlye forsake his parentes hys owne self that he take vpon hym thys moste peryllous office wtout scrippe purse without any rode or styck that also he suffre hym selfe to be broughte before heade rulers before kynges and Iudges that he suffre him self to be scourged to be reuiled yl spoken of and atlēgth to be most cruelly put to deathe Whyche loue againe the rewarde of a good Pastour it is impossyble to stande wythoute a true and assured fayth in god Now also the greatenes of the reward must be cōsidered yf perchaunce according to the nature of mānes wytte thee hope of thee rewarde may encorage the Pastour hoth to laboure and also to bee pacyente in hys troubles and afflyctyons Oure lorde Iesus Chryst doth appointe the rewarde Marke .x. For when Peter had in the name of all the disciples asked hym sayinge Beholde wee haue forsaken all thynges and folowed thee What shall we then haue Christe dyd aunswere Verely I say vnto you Ther is no man that hath forsaken hys house or hys brethren or his systers or his father or hys mother or hys wyfe or his chyldren or his fyeldes for my sake the gospel but that he shal receaue an hundreth fold in thys world houres brethren and syners mothers chyldren and fyeldes wyth persecutions in the world to come lyfe euerlasting Here chryste doethe promyse an ample and an excedynge greate rewarde but he doethe adde a verye sowre sawce he maketh it very bytter and hatefull or heynouse vnto our flesshe when he telleth before that we shal haue that rewarde with persecutions Wherfore we must better loke and consyder wher the same hundreth fold reward that he doth speake of here was euer geuen For it is a very easye thing to fyud persecution in this worlde but we se that it is not so easye to fynd an hundreth houses so manye brethren fyeldes c. Wherfore pōder more dilygētly what hath ben done Actuum .ii. Whē Peter as the Actes do testyfie dyd vpon wytsonday preaching christe conuert thre Howe it oughte to be vnderstanded that we shal receaue an hundreth folde in this world M men too the christian fayth dyd he not get vnto hym a muche greater numbre of systers and brethren and also manye mo houses fyeldes and much greater plētye of all thynges than euer he hadde before For he dyd loue all theym whiche dyd take thee name of chryste vpon them and dyd beleue in him no les than hys owne brethren he dyd no lesse care for theyr ryches and possessyons than yf the substaunce of all theym had bene hys owne takinge hede most diligētly to this thing that they shuld not set theyr myndes to moch vpon earthly ryches nor abuse them rashely Truely all faythful pastours were of this mynde In dede this reward doth in no wise serue for the body nor for bodely cōmodities but rather it doeth increase the care solicitude of a Pastour which he hath ouer the shepe cōmitted vnto him What nedeth to speake of the promises of ꝑsecutiō wh●ch we do se to be so fulfylled that by the space of many yeres the pastours ministers of the churches haue ben most cruelly put to death wherby it may easely be gathered that the Pastours do in no wyse minister and execute this function office whether a Pastour that is fa●thful doeth take this offyce vpon him in respecte of the ●uerlasting rewarde or not for any externe outwarde reward But because the rewarde of euerlastinge lyfe is promysed also wythe these outwarde thynges we must consyder luke whether that the Pastour doth take vpon hym this office in respecte of it or not Where agayne we shal deprehend fynd that the Pastour yf so be that he be true faythfull is not principally moued wyth thee promyse of the euerlastīg reward to take thys offyce vpon him For he that seeueth for an euerlasting hier rewarde must nedes afore all thynges to know where this hyer or reward is promised vnt● him agayne who is the author of this promyse that he whych hath promysed is true whych can neytherlye nor deceaue Yf then a man knoweth that a rewarde is promysed vnto him by and by