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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01657	A godly inuectiue in the defence of the Gospell against such as murmure and woorke what thei can that the Bible shoulde not haue free passage, veray necessary to be red of euery faythfull Christian.	Gerrard, Philip.	1547 (1547)	STC 11797; ESTC S103091	27,823	80

A Godly Inuectiue in the defence of the Gospell against such as murmure and woorke what thei can that the Bible shoulde not haue free passage veray necessary to be red of euery faythfull Christian The abundaunte grace of the holie ghost maye dayly prouoke tempt and stere vp the heart of oure mooste noble and vertuous King EDVVARDE the VI. king of England Fraunce and Irelande Defendour of the Faith and in earth the supreme heade of the Churches of England and Ireland earnestly to promote the Gospell of Christ to the mayntenaunce of true religion and vertue WHEN I had considered and weyghed often with my selfe that the lest part of amitee faithfull loue and duety which euery man oweth towarde his natiue countrey My mooste gracious and drad soueraigne lord is not shewed in the gentle admonyshyng his couÌ„trey menne of suche faultes perilles and daungers whiche either bee eminent or els playnly apparant yea and especially to attempte this thing when he seeth that there is geueÌ„ some great and plentifull occasion Euen now therfore I thought it good to set furth this Inuectiue in the defence of Goddes holy woord against all couÌ„terfaited Christians wilfully minded whiche stubburnely resiste the promoting of Chrystes blessed Testament I truste wel therfore that your highnes especially and all your nobilitee with other your true and faythefull subiectes that haue earnest heartes to promote Goddes glory and to seeke for his heaueÌ„ly kyngdome wil take in good part this my enterprice Wherin although ther want fine handling liuelye colours the conueighance of Rhethoricke and also quicknesse of Witte yet for al that there hath wanted no iote of good will for though I may most iustly confesse I geue place vnto all men in good learnyng yet I maye truely say I am inferiour vnto fewe in good affection towardes the same Therfore after this my rude and base stile of Inueiynge I haue here set forth the minde and pleasure of GOD thynges veray commodiouse and fruitefull for the weale of this noble realme profitable to auoide contencion and to sette amongest vs a louely societie of liuyng Nowe in asmuch as I entreate of causes so necessary most noble victoriouse Kyng I conceiue no smal hope that no man if godly exhortacioÌ„ may haue place in his heart will refuse accordingly to note print the same most firmely in mind especially such as the holy Prophet speaketh against they haue eies and cannot see they haue eares and heare not for they shall well and easilye perceaue that stubburnnesse of mind hardnes of heart the contempt of Goddes holy woord the forgetfulnes of the great benefites and Godly goodnesse of GOD to bee thynges most greuously condempned in holye Scripture Again those that be already bent and kendeled in affection to attayne the knowledge and due obedience that apperteine to Christes holy wyll and Testament shal perceiue manifestly theim selfes to knowe the summe and effecte of their creacion Wherof we shuld al be fully taught and often admonished also that we ar not borne to spend our time in pastime and vanities of this miserable world but to be busied in al seriouse Godly matters chefely desiryng to be instructed in Goddes holy religion to liue innocently yea and to excell in al kynd of vertues For who so desireth not to liue well as Diogenes wryteth liueth vainly That is to be called a vaine life wheÌ„ men rather shew them selfes beastes mortal then men Immortal regardyng altogether the bodye that vile and beastely parte of man But nowe the pamperyng of it laied apart yf we would considre the great and exuberant glory of the spirite or solle of man if we wold weigh what strength power and vertue remayne in the minde wee woulde bee sone perswaded to folow Godly thinges and flee the wicked But more it is pitie suche is the miserable misery of the world in these daies that according vnto the saiyng of the holy Prophete Woe is me al is ful of sinners whiche offend of purpose and malice Esaie the .xxiiii. These wilfull offenders my soueraigne Lorde bee suche as maliciously spurne agaynst the liuely woorde of GOD and enuy at your graces pore subiectes enbracing and readyng the same vsynge subtyll and wicked perswasions to discorage men from the readyng therof whiche thing forsoth both requireth correction and spedye confutacion for the noryshmente of the younge and tendre knowledge that GOD hath sente amongest vs. Vndoubtedly the maliciouse and cankered stomackes are so playne and plentiful in diuers places against the word of God that no tong can be still ne yet heart permit with a dissemblyng countenance to winke at the great ignorance subtile coÌ„ueighaunce especially of suche as haue taken on theym to bee the lyghte of the worlde and guides ouer the simple to conducte theym to the true woorde of GOD. This thynge is soo euydent that euery honeste hearte woulde sorowe to see it and take peine to amend it and wee oughte to bee earnest in this For who so regardeth the wyl of GOD wyl openly defend the truthe of his Gospel and labour al that he can to winne mennes heartes to it Yea and to attempte this thyng the vertue of Goddes word geueth wonderfull strengthe and boldenes Euen nowe in consideracion of this I as one hyghly reioysyng to see the glorie of GOD so liuely set furthe emongest vs but sorowyng agayne in my hearte to beholde the supersticyouse and ignoraunt sorte so lyttell amended thoughte it full time to sette forthe this Inuectiue trustynge that after the readyng of it suche as haue wytte reason and iudgemente wyll remembre them selfes aryse and most reuerently mete the truth face to face and be no longer disceiued with counterfaited coulered and cloked thinges but from hens forthe ioyeouslye take in their handes the holy Bible and esteme it as the moste diuine and Godly thyng that euer came amongest vs yea and laboure with hande and foote vsyng sobre catholicke exhortacions to allure meÌ„ vnto it This shoulde be a meane to sette for euer amongest vs a publique quietnes true loue sure and faithfull frendshyppe By this meane forsoth we shoulde banyshe Ypocrisie and ignoraunce whiche bee euer brawlyng and stande in contencion for euery colde Ceremonie and tryfelyng tradicion For trewely where Ignoraunce Disdayne the contempte of Goddes woorde gooe at their libertie there must nedes aryse contencion brawlyng sedicion and controuersie in Opinions Yea where an obediente and humble heart wanteth toward the truthe there for euery lyght occasion thus men contend Thou art an Hereticke saith one thou arte a Papist saieth an other by this forsoth the worde of GOD is sore endomaged by this meane Godlye and brotherlye exhortacion is put out of place yea by this meane Sathan worketh his wyll and pleasure and hardeneth mennes heartes towarde the shining light to their owne condempnacion and vtter confusioÌ„ Now therfore my deere soueraigne who wold not lament and for veray pitie tendre the poore simple people readye

Byble they that marke well sentences of grauitie and worthy notacion wyl not put reasoÌ„ vnder foote and bee soo madde as to stretche their hand against the promoting of the gospell It is a token of a pestilente and wycked heart to murmure at suche as reade it For the time of them is gloriouse that gloriously spend it and cursed are they that lyue ignoraunte as brute beastes It semeth that suche esteme the hight and supreme wisedom of god to be vanities surely we ought to celebrat those daies with high ioye whan we once here tell that the ignorant sort geue ouer their enuious trauails against the Byble For then thei shall be greatly desired beloued and well named emongest al men theÌ„ shal sedicion and discorde take their leaue and enter no more in place Pitie it is that their yl intentes shuld condemne the Godly thinges that haue ben writen to winne them they ought to yeld and giue greate thankes to God that thei are deliuered froÌ„ Romishe auctoritie If they wold now shake of their old and dusty tradicions abate their depraued malice they mighte restore again their glorious fame and haue estimacion loue and fauour in steade of infamie shame and disdain Surely it were a thyng most pleasaunt in Goddes syght to see theÌ„ and the rude multitude florish in his word for in some places yet as great is the necligeÌ„ce of the people as the ignorance of preistes And that they thus continewe weake wittes be not the cause but very slouthe and malice whiche cause them to folowe the corrupcion of auncient custome and to set their heartes altogyther on pleasure idlenes Thei thus folowyng their owne wilful intentes pulle doune styll the estimacioÌ„ of preistes And yf they would leaue the wyles of the worlde that nowe flocke togither styffely in blyndnesse appliyng their wittes to eÌ„domage other with their restye lyues cause sedicion and sclaunder vnto good ministers then myght Englande auaunce it selfe and saie Now shal I florishe and haue fauoure in goddes syght Nowe shall I be valiaunt in vertues worthy great fame For now there be none to troble and vex the poore sort peceable people bent to the gospell Nowe shal science augmente and men wyll drawe to the byble Truely I could neuer hete Antique historie alledged that men shuld not knowe it Now I shal weaken the hertes of mine enemies and make theÌ„ stande in dreade they wyll feare me more for my knowledge theÌ„ for al my valeaunt conquestes Now the heard hearted that were in credite and spred abroade the traines of supersticiouse doctrine and with blynd flattery begiled the symple sorte wyl do seruice for my common weale They wyll remember that men are but beastly by nature and Godly by their cunnyng knowledge And yet to saie further I haue often desired to haue vyces restrained and vertues augmeÌ„ted that it wil now come to passe I haue a full trust for my drad soueraigne lord and supreme head Kyng Edward the sixt beginneth to be stable in the Lord and couragiouse in his woord and all his people within this his noble realme lyke louing subiectes be obedient vnto his grace perfectly taughte theyr duetie and obeisaunce Often EnglaÌ„d hath been in perill and daungier wheÌ„ the people were weake faint and dull of vnderstandyng by whose meane it somtime hath loste the supreme heade and gouernour to it great sorowe and care But the pytiefull losse of noble Kyng Ihon shoulde perse euery mannes heart most sore and by what traiterous traines through false pretence he was caste awaie it is necessarye to be knowen whose noble and valiaunt vertues worthely to extoll I suppose no tongue is able That noble Kyng was soo broughte vppe in vertuouse and Godly bokes and toke such great trauell in the scriptures that thereby he espyed how the glorie of God was shamefully dusked and defaced with wicked tradicions supersticioÌ„ and Idolatry thinges most intollerable Then he quickely like a prince of courage and noble hearte spake openlye he wold redresse the pompe and glorie of the cleargie the gospell shuld haue free passage let them al saie what thei lust TheÌ„ they like a multitude of traiters turned themselfes from naturall subiectes into beastly rebelles They were soone confederate togyther lyke vile and detestable wretches to bluddie theyr handes on Goddes holy annoynted their deere soueraigne Lorde and gouernour al to mainteine Romysh auctoritie And to their dampnable intentes there wanted no trayterouse traynes for whan they coulde not deuise howe to kyll hym neyther with sword nor dagger they inuented policie Their daily ragyng and maliciouse heartes were neuer at quietnes tyll they had encouraged with theyr pestilent perswasions a sturdy blacke Monke to take saie vnto his grace of a poysoned cuppe when his highnesse valiauntly came into a certain Abbey where he stode in doubte and suspection of no man for al the brethren receaued him lyke Ipocrites fayned theÌ„ selfes mery ioyeouse outward but were sorowefull within They vsed ioyeful wordes but bare wicked heartes Thei sorowed not for repentance but at the sight of his graces presence whiche greued their heartes full sore then the Pryour archetectour of this heinouse treason and father of al mischefe espiyng oportunite of tyme brought in the Monke with his poysoned cuppe Oh Lord I maruel that his intrels dyd not breake to offre so fylthy a draughte to so noble a King I maruayl how his maliciouse hand for terrour sorow could hold the cup from fallyng Wonder it was that feare of god speach of people and shame of the world dyd not restrayn his propensed and wycked heart from that terryble draught deeathly vnto the Kyng and dampnable vnto hymselfe A wickeder deede and a more myserable myschefe hathe not been heard of O maliciouse and vnhappy Monkes O wretches I dare saie hearder hearted then Pharaoo and falser then Iudas or els the intestyne of theyr heartes woulde haue trembled and quaked to betray theyr deere souerain lord O wicked subiectes and beastes vnnatural I saie again O cruel wretches that soughte to make awaie hym for whose sake they should haue spent the best blud of their heartes yf these shamefull villaynes had red the notable histories of the Byble they would haue restreigned their cankerd stomackes froÌ„ consent to murder their kyng If they had read the historye of kyng Dauid and Saul and noted wel what reuerence loyall obeysaunce Dauid shewed vnto Saull although he knewe that he was a kyng vtterly cast of and refused of god If thei had marked also the wonderfull woordes and high displesure that king Dauid toke with his seruaunte whiche came vnto him either lokyng for herty thaÌ„kes orels some great reward and said he had killed Saull The gentle heart of Dauid arose so at his woordes and grudged so sore at that heinouse dede that straight he promoted his seruant euen to as good a death as the gibet or galowes I thinke they woulde

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