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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07056	A compendious treatise in metre declaring the firste originall of sacrifice, and of the buylding of aultares and churches, and of the firste receauinge of the Christen fayth here in Englande by G.M.	Marshall, George, poet.	1554 (1554)	STC 17469; ESTC S112349	10,799	26

A compendious treatise in metre declaring the firste originall of Sacrifice and of the buylding of Aultares and Churches and of the firste receauinge of the Christen fayth here in Englande by G. M. Iacob 4. ¶ Drawe nyghe to God and he wil drawe nighe to you Anno Domini 1.5.5.4.18 Decembris ❧ The Preface Vnto the Readers Spiritus ubi uult Spirat Good readers pardon me I praye you more and lesse Emptye of learning furnished with rudenesse Onlye my good will accepte here in this place Regarde here the stories thoughe they you apprehende Grudge you not at thē but your faultes amend Exāples thei you shew for to moue you to grace Vse me amēd me I wil thanke you therfore Saue me sure harmelesse I aske you no more Marke not my ryme but regard well y ● matter As tyme shal serue you reade it with leasure Referring all faultes to your good discretion Sythe I am bare of knowledge and voyde of eloquence Haue it not in despite but pardon my insolence Al thynges I wishe to come to good ende and conclusion Laude god and prayse him howe euer y e worlde turne Loke wel to the marke y t all men muste runne Clense your handes ye synners purge your hartes ye waueryng mynded ❧ To the right Worshipfull mayster Richarde Whartun Esquier G. M. dothe wishe longe life with grace INasmuche right worshipful Sir as it is well knowen to all your neyghbours that you haue bene a worthie champion and a bolde souldiar that very manly hath stande and fought vnder the banner of Christes fayth not beynge moued or driuen backe neyther with the pestiferous blastes of Antichristes preachers or yet in feare of peryll of the highe and mightie waues of this tempestrious sea which vnsatiably hath swalowed vp many a cowardly heart and ouerwhelmed many weake in fayth Which constancie of your behalfe hath no lesse demerited then Christ him selfe hath promised as his Apostle saynt Iames dothe full well recorde that is to saye a crowne incorruptible And therfore hath Christe him selfe willed all men to perseuere in fayth vnto the ende Also monishinge all his to beware and take hede of the false and deuillishe doctrine that shal be sowen in the ende of the worlde saying that therby many shal be deceaued yea and the heartes of innocentes shal be therby peruerted as the Apostle doth wel testifie We maye nowe in these oure dayes ryghte worshipful syr saye that sede hathe bene sowen But it is darnell in the stede of good corne For the increase thereof is euil and therfore the sede is the better perceaued For the nature of darnell is suche that yf it be receaued in what licor or meates it wil cause the eater therof to iudge him selfe to be dusie in the braynes as the experience doth full well proue that this darnel the whiche hath bene receaued of manye what carnall vessels hath brought them selfes as to saye into a madnes of minde neyther fearynge God dreading hell obeying their kyng or knowyng them selfes as we maye daylye perceaue by experience in their workes For who haue redde of so many heresies treasons conspiracies murders false accusations prowde attemptes deuillishe assaultes fonde enterprises lamentable crimes and wretched ending as hath bene sithe the time that this darnell hathe entered into their brayne Yet maye be well iudged by these people that Legion the great deuil the monsterous cockatrice hath layde her egges and hath hacheged them and hath brought forth her birdes in an euill time by whose poyson innumerable hath bene and is infected Who happie good fyr is that man that hath not entered into their wicked iudgement neyther yet hath walked in their peruerse wayes neyther yet hathe rested them selfes in theyr seate or pestilēt chayre Yet doth these wicked byrdes chatter and continuallye saye that all the cause of our plages hathe bene for that we haue not receaued gods word as thoughe Goddes woorde was neuer in this realme before and that Gods worde can not be receaued but in the Englishe tongue But surelie good syr the rulers of the earth hath bene to blame for suffering so precious and holye aynell to be cast amonge swyne sithe Christe him selfe hath warned vs the contrarye And so it is an olde sayinge that to muche familiaritie ingendreth contempte yet will this wicked generatiso stiflye stande in argument that it is necessarye that al men shuld haue the Bibel and Testament in their mother tongue as thoughe that all men being ordeyned to learne Gods worde shoulde also be teachers But surelye good syr theyr opinion is verelye false as you shall well perceaue Vza being appointed to driue the oxen that did beare the arcke of God was not ordeyned to touche the arcke For as it is wrytten in the storie because he didde staye the arcke wyth his hande when it was in ieopardie of fallyng he was stroken downe deade by the hande of God Oza the kyng dyd also enterprise to incense the aultare whiche was not his office to do and therfore he was strokē with leprosie in his face Thus were they plaged that didde presume to the office not being called therevnto although they did suppose to do God good seruice Christ him selfe didde talke of the kingdome of heauen with Nicodemus a ruler in Israell so dydde he with Zacheus a man of worshipfull estate amonge the Iewes with the Centurion a capitayne the yonge inheritour the widowe of Canaan the woman of Samarie and with manye innumerable mo yet did not Christ commaūde none of all these to preache the Gospell Yet it was his good pleasure that they shulde knowe it when he healed the man that was both dōme and deaffe which doth figure those that know not Christe neyther can talke of his lawe Yet when this man did knowe Christ and could testifie of his grace and mercy yet Christe did not sende him to preache but to prayse God hym to magnifie and when Christe did clense the lepers he didde not sende them to preache but to shewe them to the priest and gaue them charge to fulfill that the lawe did commaunde them And contrarye when Christe had strokē downe Saule and cōuerted him to Paule he sent him to preache vnto the Gentiles and Christ generally sent his Apostles to preache to all creatures And yf Christe shuld haue geuen that commaūdement to all men then all shuld haue bene preachers and no hearers therefore euen as God hath set orders and degrees amonge hys Archaungels and aungels and diuersitie of the light and brightnes of the sunne moone eche other starre Euen so he hath made some Patriarches Prophetes Apostles Euangelistes doctors and teachers and so diuerslye of estate of eche other degree amonge the people on the earth For God him selfe euen from the first creation of stones herbes and fruites that growe and sprynge yearely out of the earth God hath made some of more vertue and worthie estimation then some Lyke as