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A06710	A comfortable epistle, too Goddes faythfull people in Englande wherein is declared the cause of takynge awaye the true Christen religion from them, & howe it maye be recouered and obtayned agayne, newly made by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1716; ESTC S101288	27,898	66

prysonne Gene. 41 but he also bringeth hym to suche honoure and dignitie that he is made chiefe ruler ouer all the lande of Egipte nexte vnto the Kynge O the singular good will of the Lord our God towarde his faithfull and louing seruauntes What shall I speake of that moste noble 4. Re. 18. and faythful kyng Ezechias which beynge in moste greuous daunger bothe he hys contries thorow the tyranny of Sennacherib that moste proude kyng of the Assyriās which was at hande to destroy both hym hys realme not perceauing how he hys people with al their witte pollecy strēght were able to enter battel with so mighty an enemy vtterly despairing of his own might power lamēted his cause vnto the Lorde his God which so petied the sorowful estate of kyng Ezechias of his people that euen the same night he sent his aūgel which slew 4. Re. 19. in the hooste of the Assyriās an c. lxxx and fyue thousand so that Sennacherib with the rest of his hooste fled which shortly after as he was worshipping his fals God was slayne of his owne sonnes in the idolatrous tēple O the pricelike puissaūce of the Lord our God in defending hys faithefull people Notable is the historie cōtayned in the boke of Hester concerninge the Iewes which were the people of God where we Hest. 〈◊〉 rede that wicked Amā beyng hyest in autho rite with kyng Ahasuerus for displeasure that he bare vnto Mardocheus the Iewe because he wold not bowe the knee vnto hī reuerēce him procured of the kynge a cōmaūdement to be directed vnto all his officers magistrates that all the Iewes that were within the kynges dominions should be destroyed And as for Mardocheus Amā had prepared for him a new payre of galowes of l. eubites hye purposinge to hange hym the next days folowing Here was nothing at hāde nor to be loked for but present death and destruccion All was lyke to go to hauocke all thynges were brought to such an extremitie The commission is written and sealed with the Kynges owne rynge Postes are sente wyth it into all the kynges landes the daye is appoynted that all Iewes both yonge and oldechyldren and women should be destroyed in one daye What is here too be sene but present death The Iewes are not an handfull in comparison of their enemies so that vtter destruccion lygheth bent out for them no way there is to escape it so farre as rea son can iudge But now behold Gods workinge and here shall ye fynde that thynge true whiche Salomon hath The kynges Pro. 21. hart is in the hande of the Lord lyke as are the ryuers of water he may turne it whyther so euer he will Aman whiche before Hest. 7. was so muche set by of the kynge is nowe sodenly so farre fallen from the kynges fauoure Bevvare ye papistes that he is commaunded to be hāged vpon those same gallowes that he had set vp for good Mardocheus so that Mardocheus was made ruler of all that Amā had was exalted vnto hye dignitie that that maye be founde true whiche we rede in the Psalme I sayde vnto the fooles deale not Psal. 75. so madly to the vngodly set not vp your borne Set not vp your horne on hye and speake not with a styffe necke For promocion cōmeth neither from the East nor frō the West nor yet frome the Southe And why God is the Iudge he putteth doune Psal. 37. one and setteth vp another Agayne the vngodly seeth the righteous and seketh occasiō to slea hym But the Lorde will not leaue hym in his hande nor condemne him whā he is iudged Immediatly after also was a contrary commaūdement sent out by the Hest. 8. 9 postes with all haste frō the king streightly charging all the inhabitantes of the kinges Maie not God thus vvorbe in the O●…enes hart for his faithful seruauntes in time to come dominions by no meanes to trouble or too vexe the Iewes but to take them as moste dere faithfull and louinge subiectes of the Kinge and if anye wolde withstande the Kinges commaundement in this behalfe that the Iewes shoulde gather them selfes together and slea their enemies and take awaye their goodes Thus sodenly was sorow turned into ioye heauines into myrth sadnes into gladnes slauery into honoure darkenes into lighte and deathe into lyfe O the vnspeakable power of the Lord oure God To whome is the historie of the. iij. iong Dan. 3. men vnknowen which because they wold not worship the goldē Image at the kinges commaundement were cruelly caste into an whote brēning ouen Who wolde not haue iudged their lyfe vtterly loste But God which helpeth in moste extremities so prouided that the fyre did hurte them nothing at all no not so muche as an hay●…e of their head perished with the fiire nor no parte of their garmentes Whole sounde came thei out of the brenninge fornace vnto the great glory of God O the fatherly care of the Lorde our God for all such as cleue to hys holy and blessed worde The history of casting the prophet Daniel Dan. 6. into the denne of Lyons because contrary to the Kynges commaundement he prayde vnto the Lorde hys God is not vnknowen to them that rede the holy scriptures Who durst haue promysed Daniel any lyfe bei●… thus caste doune vnto the hungrye cruell Lyons yet God was present with hym stopped the Lyons mouthes that they dyd not once hurte hym O the louing kyndnes of the Lorde oure God towarde all theym that call on hys holy name and putte theyr truste in hym I passe ouer the histories of the cytiesins of Bethulia of Iob of Thoby of Susan and of diuers other contayned in the olde testament which in al their necessities and troubles callīg on the name of god proued hys presente helpe whyche by no meanes wolde suffer them to perish All these thinges Rom. 14 are written for our learnyng that thorow pacience and comfort of the scriptures we should haue hope ¶ The. x. Chapter TAke one or twoo examples out of the new Testament for the confirmatiō of our faythe in this behalfe that we maye learn God to be one and the same louing Mala. 3. father in all ages neuer more doubt of his fatherly goodnes towarde vs but cō ceaue an assured hope and perfect truste off hys present helpe euen in the depest of our aduersities as he sayeth Though I walke thorow the valley of the shadow of deathe I wyll feare no euell for thou arte wyth Psal. 23. me Whan Christ and hys disciples were in the shipp●… Christe at a certayn tyme slept In the meane whyle their arose a greate Math. 8. tempeste in the sea in so muche that the shyppe was couered wyth the waues The disciples perceauynge them selfes too be in greate daunger and peryll of drownynge and not knowynge what to do nor how

kepers set before the dore to kepe the prysō All thinges were as sure as might be Peter was paste all hope of deliueraunce He committed the matter vnto God gaue him self to reste loking the next daye after to haue bene slayne And whyle Peter was Note vve●… despaire no●… a slepe and had geuē ouer the matter God wrought and sent his aungell into pryson vnto Peter which wonderfully broughte him out of pryson and deliuered him from all daunger Rede the chapter O the almighty power of the Lord our God in the deliueraunce of his seruauntes If God de termineth too saue alyue who is able too put to death Here se we the sayeng of oure Math. 1●… Sauiour Christ to be true that all the hay res of oure head are numbred and that not ●…ne of them shall perishe without the good will of our heauenly father Here is that verified which is spokē by the Psalmogra Psal. 34. phe the aungel of the Lord py●…cheth his tēt rounde about them that feare him deliuereth them Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth thē out of all He kepeth all theyr bones so that not one of them shal be brokē The Lord deliue reth the soules of his seruaūtes all they that put their trust in him shall not be forsaken The tyrauntes of this worlde maye threaten persecute empryson chayn locke Not●… beate buffet c. But the lyfe of a Christen man can they not take awaye before the tyme commeth that God hath appoynted If the deuitles coulde not enter intoo the swyne and so droune them before Christ Math. 8. gaue them leaue much les can the lymmes of the deuyll kyll any faythfull man before God geueth them lycence What coulde sathan do to Iob before God gaue hym libertie to plague hym and yet coulde he exercyse Iob. 1. 2. hys cruelnes agaynste Iob no further thā he was appoynted of God Saul persecuted Dauid purposynge cruelly too kyll hym but Dauid escaped hys handes That wicked quene Iesabell threatned and 1. Reg. 19 3. Reg. 19 sware too slea the prophete Helias but the Lorde preserued hym and she afterwarde was moste miserably slayne The Godly woman Susanne thorow false accusatiōs of the two wicked Iudges was at the point Dan. 13. to be stoned vnto death but God wonderfully deliuered her from the handes of her enemies Esau burned with an immortall hatred agaynste hys brother Iacob because Gen. 33. of the blessynge wherewyth hys father had blessed hym and purposed fully to kyll hys brother But Iacob prayed to the Lord and so mollifyed Esaus harte in so muche that when Iacob thought that both he and hys shoulde haue bene slayne hys brother Esau came gentilly vnto hym louingelye embrased hym kyssed hym frendly and for very ioye wepte so myghty is God to mollefye tyrauntes hartes whan it pleaseth hym and to make them gracious and fauorable too hys seruauntes Howe ofte rede we in the historye of the Gospell that the Iewes wente aboute too kyll Christe and yet layde they no hande on hym The Euangeliste sheweth the cause sayenge For Ioan. 7. hys houre was not yet come But whan the tyme came that God hadde appoynted from euerlastynge than preuayled the wycked agaynste the manhoode of Christe layde hande on hym bounde hym and fynally putte hym too death as Christ sayde vnto them Ye become out as vnto a thefe Luce. 22. wyth sweardes and staues Whan I was bayly with you in the Temple ye stretched forthe no hande agaynste me But thys is euen youre houre and the power of darkenesse Certayne of the Phariseis sayde vnto Christe Get the out of the waye and Luc. 13. depart hēce For Herode wil kil the. Crist aū swēred Go tel the foxe behold I cast out deuels heal the people to dai to morow the. iij. day I make an ende For it can not be that the Prophet perish any other wher then at Ierusalē Here se we both the tyme the place apoīted where Crist shuld dye Euen so goeth it with the faithful Where No●… whā God appointeth the membres off Christ likewise shall dye For it lygheth in no tyrauntes power to take awaye the lyfe of the faythfull tyll God appointeth bothe the tyme place as Christ sayde vnto Pylate Thou couldest haue no power at all against Ioan. 19. me excepte it were geuen the frome aboue God alone hath the keyes of death Apoc. 1 hell Rede we not in the Actes of the Apostles that certayn men about the number of xl conspyred Paules death and made a Acto 23. vowe that they wold neither eate nor drink tyll they had kylled Paule Yet for all their solēne vowe they were deceaued For God deliuered Paule out of their hādes Could ●…sau hurt Iacob the sea hynder the Israe lites the whale destroye Ionas the fyre cōsume Gene. 33. Exod. 14 Ionas 2. Dan. 3. 6 act 12. 28 the. iij. ionge men the Lyons deuour Daniel the falsse Iudges slea Susanna Herode kyll Peter the venomous adder destroye Paule at Milete Nothinge les God hath the deuell the worlde the fleshe and all thynges that are in hys power and ruleth them all at hys pleasure Loke how farre he suffer thē to go and to do so farre go they and do they and no further seme they to rage neuer so muche as Dauid witnesseth the Lord hath geuen a commaunde Psal. 148. ment and none shall go beyonde it Fyre hayle snowe yse vaporous stormy wyndes accōplish hys worde Agayne thou hast Psal. 118. limited the waters theyr boundes whyche they maye not passe God gaue vs oure Note lyfe no man therefore can take it awaye withoute hys appoyntemente We are Gods people he therefore will defende vs from all euell We are the workemanshyppe of Gods handes no man therefore shall destroye vs I speake of oure bodyes withoute hys fatherly prouidence We are shepe of Gods pasture no wolfs therfore shall deuoure vs but at hys appoyntetement The Aungels of God haue chardge Psal. 34 ouer vs they pytche their tentes rounde aboute vs and watche continually for the saffegarde and defence of vs what thā can miserable man do agaynste vs be he Emperoure Kynge Pope Bishop or any other tyraunte If the deuell the Lyons the sea the fyre the wyndes the serpentes c. can do no harme to the faythfull without bothe the sufferaunce and determination of God let vs not feare the worldlye tyraūtes although neuer so mighty fearce and cruel whyche are nothyng els but vyle fleshe earth asthes duste and dong whose tyranny is lyke too a staffe of rede whose imaginacions counsayles and deuyses are vayne folyshe and of none effect whan the Lorde God take the parte agaynste them whose glorie was the floure of the felde For they shall do no more against the ellecte and chosen people of God than