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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11166	A remembraunce for the maintenaunce of the liuynge of ministers and preachers nowe notablye decayed exhibited vnto the right reuerend father in God Thomas Bishop of Elye ...	Ruddoke, Thomas.	1551 (1551)	STC 21435.5; ESTC S2306	13,537	53

money But hys wyll is that they to whom the worde sacramētes are m nistred whether they be owners of monasteries or farmers should plentifully and verye wyllyngely rewarde them for theyr laboure And therefore he openeth the wyndowes of heauen vnto them and poureth out vnto them a blessynge with plentuousnes of corne fruite Malach. iii. and manifold encrease And herein a godlier ordre cā not otherwyse be deuised for theyr honest rewardes Exod. xxii Leui. xxvii Nu. xviii Deu. xii Malach. iii. Eccle. vii then almighty god ordeyned and appointed in Moses tyme that the tenthe parte of all that came oute of the grounde should be geuē vnto the Leuites and Priestes Eccle. vii ●at iii. and that wythoute fraude and of the best They that wyl may reade none was then exempted and why should any now be exempted but rather be bound more by the law of GOD to giue after the rule of charitie The ministers of the churche of God hath a seuerall office from al other and therfore God wyll that a seuerall prouision be made for them or els it should be a greate hinderaunce to the preachynge of the gospell in that they should of necessitie be driuen to get their liuyng by some other facultie Prouision was made by Gods appointmēt for the priestes of the olde lawe and shadowes shall not the ministers of the Gospel be muche more prouided for as wel of the goodes of owners and fermours of dissolued Abbey landes as of other seynge they preach not shadowes but the trueth it selfe both to those fermers and owners as to all other The dygger the Clayer the Carpenter the Tyleman loketh for hys wages and is sure to haue it much more he that laboreth in the haruest of the lorde oughte to be sure of hys wages and to be payed with a good wyl so muche as the soule is better thē the bodye Saint Paule that elect vessel of GOD sayeth Cor. ix that those that preache the Gospell shoulde lyue therby that is of there goods to whō it is preached But for as muche as the hartes and stomakes of mē be so soore corrupte and defiled with dissimulation and indignacion not only agaynst the prechers but also as appeareth by their dedes against the verites furtheraunce to haue a positiue lawe is verye necessarye That where as the worde of God that spirituall sworde can not prouoke theim to that thynge whyche is good yet that the feare of the temporall swerde myght compell theym to do well I meane the owners and farmers of Abbey grainges whiche be taught and ministred vnto wyth other yet wyl helpe nothing vnto the lyuynge of their Curate wyth other For as it hath bene alwayes the ordeynaunce of God to haue spirituall pastours to enstruct the people wyth hys worde euen so by the same ordinaunces kynges and chyefe rulers are ordeined to defende the same with the swerd And as abundaunce of riches and possessions can not helpe mā but rather causeth him to forget hym selfe Yea oftentimes oppresseth hym as too greate a waighte doth a Shyppe Euē so pouertie and muche beggerlynes bringeth a man oftentimes into disdayne and maketh him to be forgotten And as the mans personne is disdained so is his doctrine vilipended and set at nought The very beginning of al errour and misorder in this worlde as the lerned man saith is the depreuation of iudgementes when as thynges haue not theyr due rewardes And surely lyke as that family and housholde can not stand and endure where as enuy disdayne one towardes another raygneth Euen so I feare me if that the suppressyon of lyuynges of ministers and preachers be winked at Yea if they be not maynteined with the rule of hys doctrine that iudgeth euerye thynge wyth ryghtuousnes not only the numbre therof shal decaye but the byshoppes theym selues in not prouydynge and speakynge for them shall also be a iuste punishment of God haue theyr lyuynges so taken frō them that at the length they shall be caste into lyke pouertie The whych if it should so come to passe howe lyttle their worde and preachynge should be regarded Howe greate confusion also otherwyse shoulde ensue euerye man wythin hym selfe playnelye perceyueth and daylye more and more maye vnderstād To preach Christes Gospell sincerely to the byshoppes theyr lyuynges was geuen and also not to forgette in their abundaunce the oppressed and neady but to haue a diligent eye vnto them especiallye whyche are of the housholde of fayeth if they be neuer so politykelye occupied and beare neuer so greate a zeale to the commune wealth Yet if they seke not fyrste therein the kyngedome of GOD Mat. vi and the maintenaunce of hys holye worde and seruice all is but vayne what soeuer they do Let no mā be seduced nor snared with the dignitie promotiō of this world nor desire to folow ambicion whiche thynge whē some men haue coueted they haue forsakē forgotten theyr ryghte vocation applyinge them selues to thinges not necessarye But let them rather folow quietnes in studi of lerning a thinge passinge al wordly tresures if a man haue sufficient to the maintenaunce thereof and take no hede what the most parte doeth or what is most profitable for the purse but what is to be done riches dignities if they come not by vertu thei are euel if thei come by vertue then is vertue better then they they not muche to be regarded Yet notwithstāding as a mā cā not be called a parfect a whole man lackyng any partes or members belonging to man so is it no parfect cōmon welth except it be maintened with all estates degrees and sortes of people expedient and necessary to the same Therefore lyke as a man is specially gouerned by reason whych defendeth and loketh vnto all the members of the bodye euen so a Realme doeth floryshe thorough a vertuous and a louing kyng to wardes his subiectes by executing true iustice that the lābe mai dwel by the wolfe the poore by the riche And as al the other partes of man as his head fete and handes wyth the reast standeth nede eche of other and all to the maintenaūce of the bodi So al degrees of people are to the vp holdinge staying of the comon welthe as magistrates artificers with such other Agayne as the body canne not well gouerne it selfe wythoute the principal part of the eye but shal wander not knowynge whyther to go So the people beynge destitute of theyr eyes which are the preachers of Goddes worde shall fall into all errours and blindnes of the soule and thē let them none otherwyse thynke but that al shal go againste theym what so euer good thynge they take in hande For he that knoweth not God aryghte that loueth hym not that dreadeth and feareth not hys terrible threatenynges hym wyll he gyue vp to folow his owne blindnes there is no doubte Rom. i. as he hath done vnto them in whom the prophecye of Esay at thys day is verified Of these he loked for equity but se Esaie v. there is wrong for rightuousnes Loe it is but miserie c And amongest vs where townes and villages were fruitfullie occupied with husbandrye by wycked oppression loe they be fallen downe and turned into pastures or els one or two men holdeth thē al and let their neyghbours haue none Wel let thē be meri a while The darcknes of Hell shall fall vpon suche at the laste let thē not doubte For it is vnpossible for a cursed extorcioner or a couetouse idolater that trusteth in the dead God of his riches sacrifieth so vnto him to se the light of heuen Sainct Paule chargeth you that are riche in thys worlde that you be not hygh minded nor trust in vncerten riches but in the lyuing god which giueth vs abundantly all thinges to enioye them that you do good worckes i. Tim. vi that you be redie to giue glade to distribute laiynge vp in store for your selues a good foundaciō against the tyme to come that you maye obteyne eternall life Take good hede to your selues I say againe Marke wel the Israelites so lōg as they were obediēt to the lawes of God florished with al plentifulnes But after they fel frō the true worshipping of God ▪ litle regarding the instructiōs teachynges geuē thē of god by Moses Aarō their guides they were banished frō al theyr wealth and sore scourged of God brought into captiuitie Wherfore let vs diligently harkē to the cōmaundemētes of God Let vs ernestly regard thē lest we tast of the mysfortunes that fell vpon the Israelites Let vs regard the prechers thereof Ebrue xiii and maynteine goddes messengers amongest vs that watche for our soules euē as they that must giue accomptes that they may do it wyth ioye and not with grefe and they shall teache vs to walk so that we shal not slide Let vs cherish their studies if thei be necessarye mēbres amonge vs let vs prouide that the nūbre of them decay not but pray that it may be multiplied Al you that be patrones of learning in this realme now set to your hādes that learning seke her not an other region to dwel in cōpelled wyth pouertie But embrace her amongest your selues interteine her and reteine her dyligently wyth all the prouisiō you can make It is nowe time and that wyth spede for couetousnes ambycyon and pryde standeth in wait for their rewardes and thursteth at her very sore to dryue her awaye In whose cause I at this tyme all th nges ryght honorable lord wayed and considered accordynge to gods holye worde sincerly and purelie discussed hauyng not so muche an eye to mine owne cōmodite as to the cōmoditye profit of many other yea and to the horrible incōmoditie of al true christians if remedy be not found in this behalfe do here hūbly besech your Lordship that as you haue ben a singuler patrone of al good and vertuous studies a defender of the truth a mayntener of poore mens causes that nowe you wyll prosecute and go forwarde to the lande of God and beautifying of learned studyes to your power in the redressinge expulsyng of all these enormities before rehersed nowe most manifestly rayninge in thys cōmon welth for Gods sake and hys holy wordes sake Finis By your Lordships most bounden Thomas Ruddoke