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A05400	A treatise of the right way fro[m] danger of sinne & vengeance in this wicked world, vnto godly wealth and saluation in Christe. Made by Th. Leuer, and now newly augmented. Seene and allowed, according to the order appointed.	Lever, Thomas, 1521-1577.	1575 (1575)	STC 15552; ESTC S106915	50,750	138

clensing liuing mennes hearts by faith hearing and beleeuing the gospell why do they suffer any priestes in saying masses so dangerously and damnably to abuse the word of god and the churche and spouse of Christe contrary vnto the gospell of Christe yée that know that gods word is abused if it be not so plainly red preached or pronounced as may make men to vnderstand knowe and beleeue gods truth and that the séely soules and simple persones hated and contemned héer liuing in this world be the church and spouse which Christ hath purchased purified sanctified vnto him selfe by his owne bloud I beséeche you beware of those procters of purgatorie whiche by their masse bring themselues and all theirs into suche a madde mase as too imagine that their woords which cannot be heard and vnderstand to comforte the consciences of the liuing may in any wise serue to saue or deliuer the soules of the deade or that those landes and goods which be bestowed to replenish their temples with their owne idle bellies and with carued and painted images be any other things than the open and abhominable spoile robbery of the liuely stones members and ministers of the holie Churche and mysticall bodie of Iesus Christ. This sinfull abuse is like to cause England to be sore plaged especially bicause of suche men as did pretende a loue vnto Christes gospell to gette abbay Landes and churche goodes into their handes and nowe consent to expell and persecute the gospell to kepe the same in their hands and in the meane time neither be ashamed nor afraid of their manifest and manifold periurie in suche solemne othes for the purchase and possession of their lands goodes for the inheritance of the Crowne for the iuste authoritie of the king for the vsurped primacie of the pope for the profession both of godly religion and of vngodly Idolatrie and Superstition as by the woords of their owne mouthes taking God to witnesse they haue shewed them selues afore all the worlde periurers theeues and traitoures vnto their countrey vnto their king vnto GOD and vnto man vndoutedly these euill abuses bée sure tokens of sore vengeaunce Likewise all abused oblations and sacrifices do rather prouoke than appease the anger and wrathe of God towardes man as was wel séene in the sacrifice of Caine lacking faith and in the multitude of sacrifices offered of the Israelites with bloudie hāds of vncharitable gotten goods Wherfore the lord crieth saying that he is ouerburdened sore greeued and wearied with many sacrifices He sayth the hands of the offerers be bloudy he hateth al burnt offerings of spoile and robberie euery thing is spoile and robberie afore God that is gotten or kept vncharitably amongst men O howe vncharitably did the Pharisies catch and kéepe vnto themselues by their traditions the riches and releefe which yong men did owe vnsoo their olde impotent parentes by Gods commaundement They did pretend such a seruice towards god the father the church their moother as though al oblations cōming vnto their hands for the mayntenance thereof should best haue pleased god and most profited the people and their parents when as in déed by teaching such their traditions so contrary vnto Gods cōmaundements they did rob God of his honor the churche of holinesse the people of their riches and poore parentes of due and necessarie releefe and reuerence And much like or farre worsse is the manner of them which to maintaine masse as dayly sacrifice for the séely soules in Purgatorie according vnto mans imagination contrarie vnto Gods word do robbe the liuely members of Christ vpon earth ●f the comfortable light of the Gospell and of charitable reléefe of men pretending nothing to be so much vnto gods glory and all mennes profite as the masse which in deede maketh gods house of prayer a dē of theeues too rob God of his honor and gods people of much riches and of all godlinesse For pretending to honor God vpon the altare and to releeue soules in purgatorie by the sacrifice of the masse they dishonor God in heauen and dangerously blinde the mind and cumber the consciences of mē vpon earth with such doctrine and déeds according vnto the fantasie of man contrarie vnto the cōmandement of God as bée indéede afore God a stinking sacrifice of vile abhomination bycause they be vncharitable and vnfaithfull Nothing can be acceptable vnto god without fayth that worketh by charitie Fayth commeth by hearing of the worde of god So whosoeuer doth not learn by the worde of God to beléeue in God and liue in charitie but will presume vppon his owne ymagination to offer vnto God the sacrifice of his seruice according as hée seeth in the fashion of this world commonly hée cā not attaine v●to sa●uation by fayth in Chryste as Abel did but deserue damnation for his owne doings as Cain did He that liueth in idlenesse vpon other mennes labours or that is much occupied in anie other than in his owne office cannot offer his own body in diligent doin● of his owne dutie as a sacrifice holie liuelie and acceptable vnto God for hee hath no faith working by charitie according vnto Gods worde but some such wittie and worldly policie as by couetousnesse and ambition is framed alwayes according vnto the fashion of the worlde Such were the priestes pastors in Israell féeding thēselues not the flock Such were the prelates in Ierusalem voyde of humble diligence in godly doctrin full of arrogant businesse in ciuill matters Suche were the carnall Gospellers and couetous worldlings and painted prelates in England euer pretending such religion and reformation as best pleased the King the Quéene or highest in authoritie and neuer ceassing in shifting and séeking for their owne safetie profite and vainglorie to turne many things frō euill vnto worse vnto the great slaunder of godly religion vtter abolishment of all reformation Suche hauing no liuely faith in Christes merits desired and deserued the shadow of death vnder diuellishe abuses in a solemne Masse The grosse vices in manifest abuses afore were neuer so euill and abhominable as was in Christes time the fine coloured hipocrisy of those which once caused Christ to bée crucified at Hierusalem or of suche as yet take vppon them dayly to sacrifice Christ in all places Adā in Paradise abused an apple a small trifle neglecting many good gifts of God they in Hierusalem in al places teache kéepe mens traditiōs neglecting making of no force the cōmaundementes of God. Many men at other times abhominably sinned concerning godly Matrimonie and natural séed moued only by couetousnesse or carnall beautie to take wiues and kéepe whoores or otherwise vnnaturally to satisfie their filthie lusts these Priests through couetousnesse and ambition with vsurped authoritie did then in the Iewishe Synagoge and do nowe in the Romish churche abuse the amiable daughters of the holy citie the consciences of deuoute men in the spiritual Hierusalem also vnkindly conuey and corruptly abuse

serued as the sworde of God to plague Dauid expulse him Contrarye wyse when as one dothe pyttie and praye for an other then God dothe pardon the faultes and remedye the myseries of bothe As Dauid séeing the people perishe and the angel with the sword of the plague ready to procéede to stryke the citie dyd fall downe in greeuous sorowe confessing his owne faulte and pittifully bewayling and praying for the plagued people so that then Dauids sinne was pardoned the plague among the people ceased and bothe partes of God chearished and comforted Likewise the people after the death of Absalon perceyuing and féeling their owne faulte were gréeued with the expulsion and desired restitution of Dauid their King so as they reuerently receyued him he louingly did pardon them and God graciously did agree and blesse both him and them together in a peasable and prosperous kingdome So surely whensouer men will sorrowe and confesse their owne sinnes pittie and praye for the myseries of other then wyll God forgiue the sinnes remedie the miseries comforte the consciences and blesse and prosper the countreyes and kingdomes of such godly persons And therfore all mē had nede to beware of suche vngodly mindes as desire and delite to sée or heare the mischief and miseries or faultes and euils in other For all they that haue so euil disposed mindes shal soone be forced to fynde and feele in them selues the same euils whiche they nowe will and wishe vnto other No man shoulde imagin bycause hée can finde a faulte in other that therfore he himself is not giltie or bycause other bée plagued that hee shall bée blessed Adam in Paradise founde faulte with the woman and the woman with the Serpent and GOD did not take the faulte of one to be an excuse for an other but rather as cause of greatter offence and of more iuste condemnation vnto them all The Pharisie did finde faults in the Publican and had nothyng in hym selfe that coulde please god The Publicane féeling and confessyng his owne faultes obteyned mercye and grace of god And also note that those whyche had theyr bloude mixt with sacrifice beyng cruelly killed of Herode and those whiche were miserably ouerwhelmed with the fall of a Toure in Siloe were not the greatest sinners afore God but ráther shewed as notable examples to giue warning vnto all men that if they woulde not repent and amende them selues beyng then spared they shoulde perish and be destroyed with suche vengeance and plagues as they did sée poured vppon those other that then suffered So the moates in other mennes eyes should make vs diligent to pul the beames out of our owne eyes and the plagues of other mennes punishmentes bée good warnings for vs of repentance amendment But when as menne lightly regarding the good counsel of Gods word and boldly presumyng vppon false prophecies and vayne worldly policies doe imagin that faultes founde in other make muche for the discharge and prayse of them and the destruction of other for the deliuerance or assurance of them then doe their blynde eyes whiche will not sée and sorowe their owne sinnes and other mennes miseries despise the long sufferance and mercifull pacience of God alluring them by al maner of meanes vnto repentance amendment their hard harts which can not repent doth heap store vp against thēselues the wrath and vengeance of God in the day of his displeasure whiche commeth so sore and sodaynly vppon them that they shall fynde no way to auoyde it nor be able to abyde it O Englande take héede For when God dothe beginne to iudge those that hée of hys house and familye then doothe hée make ready and threaten vengeaunce and perdition vnto suche as bée strangers and enimies vnto hym and vnto his house hys churche his Gospell his truthe As surely as the Lorde liueth if thou wilt not soone sée take good héede repent and amend thou shalt not long be without féeling and experience that carnall libertie sclaundering the Gospell can bee no couer nor cloake for superstitious Papistrie refusing the Gospell Nor worldely couetousnesse taking and abusing any landes or goods perteyning vnto the churche of Christe and to the common wealth shall not excuse or defend abhominable idolatrie agaynst the honor of God and saluation of mens soules Fayned flatterie to get and kéepethe fauor of man shall not serue or saue manyfeste and manyfolde periuries from the plague and vengeance of god Foolishe pittie wéeping for the plages poured vpon the gréene trée bearing fruites vnto the glorie of God in heauen shall not serue to excuse the hard hearts which can not sorowe for their own sinnes themselues and their frends which be dry trées vessels to be filled with wrath and vengeaunce fyre brandes to bée burned to kindle and kéepe a continuall fier in hell Wherefore be warned by gods worde 2. Cor. 6. come from emongs them and be ye seperated from them sayeth the Lorde and touche ye not the vncleane and I will receiue you and I will be vnto you as a father and ye shall be vnto me as sonnes and daughters sayth the Lord almightie CHAP. X. The best way for euery man to sorrow for his owne sinnes to pitie other mennes miseries and altogether in vnitie of Faythe and Charitie too call and truste vntoo God for mercie and grace in Christ. O Englishman womā who or where so euer thou arte behold sée how the merciful goodnesse of god by many euils miseries and daungers doth driue théefrō hope trust in thy self in man or in any worldly thing that he may the better by the light of the Gospell allure and winne thée vnto his mercie grace and saluation in Christ Iesu. Thou mayst learne by the law of God and experience of all ages that there is nothing of mannes minde and imagination but the euill of sinfull abhomination The woorde of God doothe witnesse that what ceremonies sacrifice or seruice any man at any time did of theyr owne zeale and deuotion deuise to honour and please God was in déede superstitious idolatrie and abhomination afore god Thou maist see by the light of the Gospell through the power and presence of Gods spirite spred and preched in euery place that such shadowes figures in sacrifices and ceremonies yea suche bodily presence of Christes humanitie vppon earth as God ordeyned to serue in their time and place be nowe 〈◊〉 terly abolished as vnprofitable for that they could not haue continued or bene renued but that the cléere lyght of the Gospel should by them be sore blemished and hindered Nowe by the grace of the holy Ghoste sent and come to declare teache and witnesse the truthe of God in playne preaching of the Gospel thou mayest heare sée and perceiue the world so reproued and rebuked of sinne of righteousnesse and iudgement as maketh it playne and euident that suche horrible sinnes as seuerally in certaine times did euer prouoke some sore plagues and vengeance