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A01988	A godly boke wherein is contayned certayne fruitefull, godlye, and necessarye rules, to bee exercised [et] put in practise by all Christes souldiers lyuynge in the campe of this worlde	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. Enchiridion militis Christiani.; Artour, Thomas.; Gough, John, fl. 1561-1570.	1561 (1561)	STC 12132; ESTC S105777	97,714	292

comminge from the ploughe whiche parable he concludeth with thys sayinge So ye also when ye haue done all that are commaunded you say we are vnprofitable seruantes we haue done y ● whiche was our duty to do And therfore sayeth S. Paule in the 2. to the Ephesians For by grace are ye saued through faythe and that not of your selues For it is the guyfte of God and not of workes least any man should boaste And because that we shoulde not mystake S. Paule and thinke that the opinyon of faith were inough therfore we might be ydle and liue careleslye without desier or regarde of vertue he immediatlye addeth sayinge For we are his workmāship saieth he created in christ Iesu vnto good workes whiche God hath prepared that we shoulde walke in them So that it is most manifest what impudent and vnshamefast lyers and slaunderers the papistes their ad herentes are vpō god his preachers and his mynysters for neyther they nor none other at any time hard any other doctrine out of anye of those preachers mouthes whome it hath pleased them to cal new preachers but thei and their doctrine I meane the papistes maye be called this dayes bakinge in comparyson of the auncienty of y ● doctrine whiche is taughte by those newe felowes then this that I haue aboue written Which in dede most aboundantly and plentifully is setts forthe in this little booke bothe godlyly and learnedly Where by it maye well be perceyued that though the tyme of darkenes hath bene muche in the world by reason the same hath bene so obfuscated and ouer whe●…ed with the dyrtye tradicions of wicked men that the light and puryty of god his ghospel coulde not shine yet was it not hidde from all men but at al times and in all ages there euer haue bene some that sawe and knewe the trueth and left the same in wrytyng to their posterity as appeareth by this little worke whiche came to my handes written and when I had red the same considerynge the antiquytye thereof I remembred the aunswere of God made to Elyas the Prophete 3. Reg. 19. I haue lefte me sayeth God 7000. men in Israell whose knees neuer vowed before Baall nor kyssed hym with hys mouth So that god alwayes as appereth thoughe they be not taken of the worldlynges hath his churche and people in the worlde thoughe in dede they be very few and so haue alwayes bene in respecte of the contrarye parte and oftentymes exercised vnder the Crosse and afflyeted by the worlde For if we should consider the estate condicion of gods church from the beginnyng of the world euē vntyll our time we shal perceiue y e same alwaies to be very few in comparison of the residue of the world and that for the most part afflyeted for anon after that Adam and Eue were cast out of paradice Genes 3. Dyd not wicked Caine kyll iust Abel Genes 4. And after as the worlde increased so did wickednesse habounde and synne wared rife and God so put in oblyuion that 1556. yeares after the creatyon of the world in the whiche the deluge or vniuersall floode came whereby all the world was drowned there was no more found God his people and God his churche in all the worlde but eight persōs that is to saye Noy his wife his 3. sonnes and theyr wyues which were saued and skaped the floode As appeareth in Genes the 7. And after the floode was passed Noy and his housholde come out of the arke the worlde beyng deuided among his thre sonnes Sem Cham and Iaphethe and that the people began eftsones to multiplye and increase the worlde was so forgrowē in wickednes that there was none found that truely worshipped god but Phare Abrahams father and his housholde as may appeare to the diligent reader from the. 9. to the. 12. of Genes and after the death of Phare god called Abraham from among the chaldeis least he shoulde haue him plucked from the true worshipping of god to idolatry which then was ryfe among the Chaldeyans and flowed also ouer all the worlde Abraham obeyed god his calling toke with him his wife Sara al his houshold and Lot his brothers son and so departed from Haram where Abrahams father dyed into the lande of Canaan which afterward his posteritie enioyed after muche tribulacion as from the 12. of Genes and so the 5. bokes of Moyses and Iosue is plainlye sette forth and at large dyscribed And so to see the whole course of the bible from Abrahams comming from among the Chaldeys vnto Moyses departure ●…ute of Egipt with the people of Israel his rule of theym in the wildernesse what trauaile and rebellyon he had amonges them and so to Iosua who was there guyde to the promysed lande in whose tyme the true and pure religion of god florished emōgst them and from Iosues tyme the manner of the gouernance of their common welth vnder Iudges and from Iudges vnto kinges and from kinges vnto priestes after the captiuytye of Babylon euen vntill Christes tyme. And it shall be well perceyued that euen amonge the Iewes being gods peculyar people all the world besides being altogether geuen to ydolatry and knowing not god that God hys people were alwayes the least in number and the true worshippinge of God was in very fewe And that alwaies the greater sort and more in number were suche as folowynge their owne dreames inuencyons forsoke the true worshippinge of God and with most cruelty put to death the professors thereof and slue the prophetes which tolde them Gods will rebuked their sinnes and ydolatry as in the sacred Scriptures is most plentifully described As for ensample Of syx hundreth thousande which came out of Egipte vnder Moyses there entred but two namely Iosue and Caleb into the land of promis And when that Moyses by the cōmandement of god sent forth 12. of y e people of Israel out of eche tribe one to vew the promysed lande After they hadde bene out 40. dayes and retourned of the 12. which were sent two parsons onely that is to say Iosue and caleb tolde the trueth and tenne of the twelue were lyers and perswaded the people from going into the lande whiche god had promised Ye and such hurly burly was amongste them that not onely Moyses and Aaron but also Iosue Caleb the true messengers were like to be stoned and would haue made themselues capitaines and so haue returned back into Egipt What plague folowed them rede the place Nume 13. Not one of theym entred the lande no more any rebellours againste God hys truth and his true preachers which are signified by Iosue caleb shal enter into our promised land which is the king dom of heauen purchased by y ● precious death and bloudshedding of y ● immaculate lambe Iesus christ our onely sauiour aduocate again was not Micke as y e prophet of god against 400. false prophets of Baall whiche promised Achab victory i

A Godly Boke wherein is contayned certayne fruitefull godlye and necessarye Rules to bee exercised put in practise by all Christes Souldiers lyuynge in the campe of this worlde 1561 ¶ Cum priuilegio ad Imprimendum solum ¶ IOHN GOVVGHE PASTOR to the Paryshe of Sayncte Peters in Cornebull of London to the Christian Reader GRace mercye peace from God the father and from our lord Iesus christ his son be with thee good Christian reder and with all those that loue the lord vnfainedlye Amen Callinge to remembraunce the saying of Iesus the Son of Syrache in Ecclesiasticus the 20. Chapter Wisedome that is hyd and Treasour that is whordyd vppe what profyte is in them bothe Thought it no lesse then my boūden dutye after I had perused this worke to do my indeuor that the same might be put in printe whereby others might be part takers with me therein For after I had red the same and fyndyng therein so heauenly doctryne so consonant and agreynge wyth goddes booke and so mete for thuse of all estates and sortes of people beynge christians thought I should do iniury to god and wronge to my Christen bretherne yf I shoulde anye lenger deteigne the same from them And as I knowe not the author thereof no more founde I any title or name geuen vnto the booke But for that the author tooke as it were for his theame the beginninge of the 7. Chapiter of Iob where hee sayeth The lyfe of man is a warfare vppon the earthe and hys dayes lyke the dayes of an hyred seruaunt Wherevppon he hath most lyuelye set before our eyes as well howe we are incessantlye assauited and assayled by the continuall flatteringe promyses of the worlde the carnall allurementes and entycementes of our domesticall enemye the fleshe and craftye temptatyons and prouocations of our olde ennemye the dyuell wyth three ferce and cruell enemyes neuer cease daye nor nighte to inuade vs and what they can to prouoke vs to fall from God as also oure duties bothe in the resistence of synne a●…d of cleauing to our Capytaine and hed Chryste and also by certeyne rules instructinge vs as it were wyth a certayne armure and weapon bothe how to beare of the sodein inuasions of those our enemyes and also to repulse them when they shall assayle vs. Wherefore that the name of the booke might agre with the worke I thought it good to attribute to the same suche a name as the worcke desired that is to saye godly and necessary rules to be exercised and put in practyse by all Christes souldyers lyuynge in the campe of this worlde And in the diligent readinge of this worke and disgestinge of the same thou shalte well perceaue deere reder that the lyfe of a very christian of what estate or degree so euer he be to exceade and far passe the counterfayte lyues of cloyning cloysterars of mummynge monkes fonde fryers or of hypochrytical heremytes and that we nede not ronne to seke a strayte lyfe among the Chart●…rhouse monkes for the parfection of a christian lyfe but as y e same is most perfitly set forth in God his booke I meane the sacred Scriptures so it is to be followed of al Christians yf we wilbe christians in dede for it is not the name of a Chrystyan that maketh vs Christians before God vnlesse we haue also the dedes of Christyans as Christe sayeth in Mathewe the 7. Not whosoeuer sayethe vnto mee Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the wil of my father And in the 6. of Luke he sayeth Why call ye me maister Lorde and do not that I byd ye And Saint Iohn sayeth in his first Epystle and 2. Chapyter He that sayeth I knowe him and kepethe not his commaundementes is a lyer and the truth is not in him So that as the name of a Iewe maketh not a Iewe. Romayns 2. Nomore doth the name of a Christian make a christiā except we also shew forth y e workes of a christian That our christiā lyues might shyne in puryty in clennes in sobryet●… in pacyence in charitye in longe sufferyng that the enemyes of the ghospel seinge our godlye conuersation mighte bee wonne by thesame to the ghospell As Christe sayeth in Mathew the 5. Let your light so shyne before men that they seynge your good workes may glorify your father which is in heauen And that they haue no cause iustlye to reporte euill of vs folowyng the counsell of Seneca in his booke de mor●…bus where he hathe this pithy sayinge Haue peace with all men but be at defyaunce with syn God graunt that this Heathen philosopher rise not at the Iudgemente to condempne a nomber of vs Christians for oure negligence So that now I hope it is apparant to all eyes that wil not wilfully be blynd that it is the duty of al christians to liue so straightlye in this worlde and so earnestlye to wrastle againste vyce and sinne as the weaknes of our fleshe shal or can beare in oure myndes detestynge and abhorrynge synne and from the bottome of our hartes to wyshe that we coulde not sinne For it is our partes to wrastle against the same and therein hath the holye ghost by his elect vessell Saynct Paule comforted vs saying in the 1. Epistle to the Corinth 10. God is faithfull whiche shall not suffer you to bee tempted aboue your strength but shal in the myddest of temptacion make a waye that ye maye be able to beare it And what we are not able to doe by reason of our weaknes that hath christ fulfilled for vs as y e same apostle saith also to the Romaynes the. 8. For what the lawe could not do in as muche as it was weake bycause of the fleshe that performed God and sente hys sonne in the similytude of sinfull flesh c. And in the beginning of the same Chapiter he sayeth There is then nowe no dampnacion to them that are graffed in Christ Iesu. What to do what they lyst and to ronne carelesly hedlonge into synne Naye he addeth Whyche walke not after the flesh but after the sprite As God himselfe sayeth in lenit 15. Be ye holye for I am holye So that the lyfe of euerye true Christian oughte to be suche as no man worthely can rebuke whiche thynge is moste pientifully and at the full set forth in this godly worke And thys I write onely to stoppe the mouthes of suche as slaunderously reporte and saye that these newe preachers for so it pleaseth them to tearme suche as moste syncerlye preach Gods trueth would haue no good workes but preach lyberty libertye Who in dede meane nothynge lesse but bycause they seeke to plucke thē from their fond trust in their vayn meritor●…us workes taughte them by the papistes thereby makinge Christe but halfe a Sauioure and sette forthe the perfection of a trewe faithe whiche is most playnly taughte vs in the. 17. of Luke by Christe himselfe by the parable of the seruaunte