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A10781	A pituous lamentation of the miserable estate of the churche of Christ in Englande in the time of the late reuolt from the gospel, wherin is conteyned a learned comparison betwene the comfortable doctrine of the gospell, [and] the traditions of the popish religion: with an instruction how the true Christian ought to behaue himself in the tyme of tryall. Wrytten by that worthy martyr of god Nicolas Rydley, late Bysshoppe of London. Neuer before this tyme imprynted. Wherevnto are also annexed certayne letters of Iohn Careles, written in the tyme of his imprisonment. Perused and allowed according to the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions.	Ridley, Nicholas, 1500?-1555.; Careless, John, fl. 1564-1566.	1566 (1566)	STC 21052; ESTC S110643	38,326	116

A PITVOVS LAMENTATION OF THE MISERABLE ESTATE OF THE CHVRCHE of Christ in Englande in the time of the late reuolt from the gospel wherin is conteyned a learned comparison betwene the comfortable doctrine of the gospell the traditions of the popish religion with an instruction how the true Christian ought to behaue himself in the tyme of tryall Wrytten by that worthy martyr of god Nicolas Rydley late Bysshoppe of London Neuer before this tyme imprynted ¶ Wherevnto are also annexed certayne letters of Iohn Careles written in the tyme of his imprisonment Perused and allowed according to the Quenes Maiesties Iniunctions A Lamentacion of the Churche ALAS what mysery is thy churche broughte vnto O Lord at this daye Whereof late the word of the Lord was truely preached was redde and hearde in euery towne in euery churche in euery vyllage yea almoste in euery honest mans house alas nowe is it exiled banished out of the whole Realme Of late whoo was not glad to be taken for a louer of Goddes worde for a reader for a redy hearer and for a learner of the same now alas who dare beare any open coūtenance toward it but such as are content in Christes cause for his wordes sake to stand to the daunger losse of all that they haue Of late there was to be founde of euery age of euery degree and kynd of people that gaue their dilygence to learne as they coulde out of gods woorde the articles of the christian fayth the commaundmentes of god and the lords prayer The babes and younge chyldren were taughte these things of their parents of their masters wekely of their curates in euery churche the aged folke whyche had ben brought vp in blindenes and in ignoraunce of those thynges whyche euery christian is bounde to knowe when otherwyse they coulde not yet they lerned the same by often hearyng their chyldren and seruants repeating the same But now alas and alas again the false prophets of Antechrist which are past all shame do openly preach in pulpets vnto the people of God that the cat●chisme is to be counted heresy whereby theyr olde blindenesse is broughte home agayne for the aged are afrayd of the higher powers and the youthe is abashed ashamed euen of that which they haue lerned though it be Gods worde and dare no more meddle Of late in euerye congregation throughout all England was made prayer peticion vnto God to be deliuered from the tyrannye of the byshop of Rome and all his detestable enormities from all false doctryne and heresie And now alas Sathā hath perswaded Englād by his falshed and crafte to reuoke her old godly prayer to recant the same prouoke the fearefull wrath and indygnation of god vpon her owne pate Of late by straite lawes and ordinaunces with the consent of the nobles and commonaltie and ful agrement and counsaile of the prelates clergie was banished hence the beast of Babylon with lawes I say and with othes and al meanes that then coulde be deuysed for so godly a purpose But now alas all these lawes are troden vnder foote the nobles the commonaltie the prelates clargie are quite chaunged and all those othes though they were herein made in iudgement iustice and truth and the matter neuer so good dothe no more holde then a bond of rushes or of a barley strawe nor publyke periurie no more fearethe them then a shadowe vppon the wall Of late it was agreed in England of all handes accordinge to Paules doctrine and Chrystes commaundement as Paule saythe playne that nothinge oughte to be doone in the church in the publike congregation but in that tongue which the congregation coulde vnderstande that all might be edified therby wheather it were common praier administratiō of the sacramēts or any other thinge belonging to the publike mynisterie of gods holy and wholsome woorde but alas all is turned vpsidedowne Paules doctrine is put aparte Christes commaundemente is not regarded for nothing is hearde commonly in the Churche but in a straunge tongue that the people doth nothing vnderstande Of late all men and women were taught after Christs doctrine to pray in that tongue which they could vnderstand that they might pray with harte that whiche they shuld speake with their tongue Nowe alas the vnlearned people is brought in that blyndenesse agayne to thyncke that they praye when they speake wyth their tongue they can not tel what nor wherof their harte is nothynge myndefull at all for that it can vnderstande neuer a whyt therof Of late the lordes supper was duely ministred and taughte to be made common to all that were true Chrystians with thankes geuing and settinge forthe of the Lordes death and passion vntil his returninge agayne to iudge bothe quicke and deadde But nowe alas the Lordes table is quyte ouerthrowen and that whych ought to be common to all godly is made priuate to a few vngodly with out any kinde of thankesgeuinge or any settinge forth of the lords death at all that the people is able to vnderstande Of late all that were endued with the light and grace of vnderstanding of goddes holye mysteries did blesse god which had broughte them out of that horrible blyndenesse and ignoraunce whereby in tymes paste beinge seduced by Satans subteltyes they beleued that the sacrament was not the sacrament but the thynge it selfe whereof it is a sacramente that the creature was the creatour and that the thynge whiche hathe neyther lyfe nor sense alas suche was the horryble blyndenes was the Lorde hym selfe whiche made the eye to see and hath gyuen al senses and vnderstandynge vnto man But nowe alas Englande is returned agayn lyke a dogge to her owne vomyt and spuynge and is in worse case then euer she was for it had ben better neuer to haue knowen the truthe then to forsake the truth once receyued and knowen And nowe not onely that light is turned into darknes and goddes grace is receyued in vayne but also lawes of deathe are made by hyghe court of parliamente masterfully to maineteine by sworde fyer and al kind of violence that heinouse Idolatry wherin that adoration is geuē vnto the lyueles and dum creature whiche is onely dew vnto the euerlyuynge God yea they faye they can and do make of bread bothe man and god by theyr transubstantiation O wicked inuention and Sathans owne broode Of late was the Lordes cuppe at his table distributed according to his owne comaundement by his expresse wordes in his gospell as well to the laytie as to the clergie which order Christes churche obserued soo manye hundreth yeres after as al the auncient ecclesiasticall wryters do testyfie without contradictiō of any one of them that can be shewid vnto this day But nowe alas not onely the lordes commaundemente is broken his cuppe is denied to his seruantes to whom he commaunded it shuld be distributed but also with the same is set vppe a new blasphemous kynd of sacrifyce

to satisfye paie the pryce of synnes bothe of the deade and of the quicke to the great and intolerable contumely of Christ our sauyour his death passion whiche was and is the one onely sufficient and euerlastinge auaylable sacrifice satisfactorie for al the electes of god from Adam the fyrst to the laste that shal be borne in the ende of the worlde Of late that commaundemente of god thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen ymage nor any similytude or lykenes of any thyng in heauen aboue or in earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them this comaundment of God I say was grauen almost euery where in churches was learned of euery body bothe younge and olde whervppon Images that prouoked the symple and ignorant people vnto idolatry as the wise man saith were taken out of the churches and straytly forbidden that none should any wher eyther bowe downe to them or worshippe them But now alas goddes holy woorde is blotted and rased out of churches and stockes and stones are set vppe in the place therof God commaunded his woorde so to be ordered that it mighte be had in contynuall remembrance at all times and in euery place and on the otherside he forbad ymages and idoles so to be eyther made or set in any place wher any shoulde bowe or worshyp them But now alas that which god commanded is not passed vpon and that whiche he forbyddeth is masterfully mainteined by falshed and craft and wickedly vpholden Of late al ministers that were admitted to the publike office and mynistery of goddes holy word in their admission made a solempne professyon before the congregation that they shoulde teach the people nothinge as doctrine necessarie to attaine eternal saluation but that which is goddes owne holy woorde or may be thereof grounded without any doubt wherby vanished and melted away of thēselues many vaine yea wicked traditions of man as waxe before the fyer but nowe at one brunte they are reuiued and are in ful hope all to returne againe in as great strength as euer they haue bene And howe can any man looke for any other thyng but whē you haue receiued the head you muste also receiue the whole body withal orelles how can the head abyde The head vnder Satan of al mischiefe is Antichrist his broode and the same is he which is the baby lonical beast The beast is he whervppon the whore sytteth the whore is that Citie saithe Iohn in playne wordes which hath the empire ouer the kinges of the earth This whore hath a golden cuppe of abhominations in her hand wherof she maketh to drinke the kinges of the earthe of the wine of this harlot hath al nations dronke yea and kynges of the earth haue lyen by this whoore and marchauntes of the earthe by vertue of her pleasaunte marchandise haue ben made ryche Nowe what citie is there in al the whole world that whē Iohn wrote ruled ouer the kynges of the earthe or what Citie can be redde of in any tyme that of the citie it selfe chalēged the empire ouer the kings of the earth but onely the citie of Rome that sence the vsurpation of that see hath growen to her full strenghe And is it not red that old and auncient writers vnderstande Peters former Epistle to be written at Rome and it to be called of him in the same Epistle in plaine termes Babylō by the abhominations thereof I vnderstande all the whole trade of the Romishe relygion vnder the name title of Christe which is contrary to the only rule of al true religion that is goddes worde What woorde of god hath that dy●elishe drab for the mayntenaunce of her manyfolde abhominations and to set to sel souche marchaundise wherewith alas the madnes of man the wycked harlott hath bewitched almooste the whole worlde Dyd not Peter the true Apostell of Christe of whom this stinking strumpette beareth her selfe so high but falsely and without al iust cause dyd not he I say geue all the worlde warnynge of her pelfe and trashe of her false doctours and apostles for this whoore and beast wyll be called Dominus Apostolicus who so euer say nay after this maner in his later epistle There was among the people in tymes past false prophetes as there shall be also amonge you in time to come false teachers whiche shall priuily bringe in pestylent sectes euen denyinge the lorde whiche hath bought them and redemed thē procuring to them selus swift damp nation and many shall followe their dampnable waies by whō the waye of trueth shall be rayled vppon and through couetousnes by counterfaite tales or sermons they shal saith Peter make marchandise vpon you c. And dothe not Iohn likewise in his reuelation after he hath reconed vp a greate rablemente of this whoores mystical marchandise at the laste as though he wold knit vp al in playne wordes wythout any myst at al settyng out the whoores marchandyse recken vp amonge the rest concludeth sayinge Et animas hominū that is to say the soules of men too Wher vpon I pray you elles rose this true prouerbe in latin Omnia Rome venalia al things for money are set to sale at Rome Was not that a worthy cōmendation of Christes vicar in earth that was written of our holy father one of the Alexanders a byshoppe of Rome thus I wene in latine Vendit Alexander cruces altaria Christum Vendere iuri potest emerat ille prius These twoo verses in laten I haue red thus of one translated into englishe rime Alexander our holy father the pope of Rome selleth for money bothe ryght and dome And al kind of holines the holy father doth not stick to set to sel redy money for to get And eke Christ him selfe he dare be bolde to chop and chaunge for siluer and golde And why should any thinke this to be sore for what doth he sell but that he bought before I graunte these verses to be lyght gere and the verse is but rude but alas such conditions were more wicked and leude then any wytte coulde expresse If these had ben but the faltes of one or a fewe in number they had ben lesse pernicious and mighte haue ben taken for personal crimes not to be imputed vnto that see but now alas the matter is more thē euident to al that hath godly vnderstāding that these crimes be grounded vpon lawes be stablished by costom and set forthe by all kinde of wycked doctrine falshed craft and therefore are not now to be estemed for any one mannes or of a fewe mennes personal crimes but are now by lawes costome and doctrine incorporated into that wicked see maketh in dede the body of the beast whervpō the abhominable whore doth sit But you wolde knowe whiche be those marchandise which I said this whoore setteth forthe to sell for the which al her false prophetes with al