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A vvarning to England to repente and to tvrne to god from idolatrie and poperie by the terrible exemple of Calece, giuen the 7. of March. Anno. D. 1558. By Benthalmai Outis.
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Traheron, Bartholomew, 1510?-1558?
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STC 24174; ESTC S102452
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destruction If thy preistes and prelates or anie other haue persequuted the knowen truth of verie malice and despite against god and so sinned against the holie gost let them die in their sinnes perish euerlastingly Let the rest thincke this spoken vnto them thou hast committed whoredom with manie companions but turne vnto me saieth the lorde Turne vnto me backe slidden children and I wil be your lorde I wil receaue you and bring you to Sion Let them than with al spedines and humilitee of herte fal dounne flatte before the lord holde vp their handes to heauen aske mercie and turne to their louing lord to the true Christ who calleth them not out of a cankerd brasen boxe or out of a peece of foistie starche but from his glorious celestial palace lette them embrase his goodnes gratiously offred Lette them kysse the sonne of god louingly comming towardes them and after their vnnatural behauior after their exceding great vnkindnes after their longe continued adulteries bending doune his heauenlie head and offring his swete diuine mouthe vnto them Lette them reuerently receaue him lette them reuerently receaue him I saie lest his anger shortely kendle and thei perish be stricken with lightninges frō heauen and confounded for euer ¶ A VVARNING TO THE READER VVHo soeuer thou art whose lotte it shal be to reade this admonition thinke not fondly that the autor hereof wold serue his affections in reprouing mennes vices or thereby delight him selfe or other mennes eares or procure hatred to anie state or anie person and blow a trompette to malice For so without doubte thou shalt fowly begile thy selfe displease god highly and leese the frute of his trauail in writing and of thy time in reading But assure thy selfe that he hath spared no condition and state in this great and weightie matter for none other purpose saue only to moue al sortes to repentaunce seing plainly the hole staie of the realme now shaking and threatening a falle to rest therevpon And if thou shalt vse this nedeful warning to anie other ende than to amende thy selfe and to stirre other to amendment of life and to the aduancement of goddes glorie thou shalt tormente the herte of the writer disturbe the holie desires of the gdolie pulle the vengeance of god vpon thine awne head Nether on thother side be thou so weake as to thinke that the autor shuld haue forborne to haue vttred al that he ether knew him selfe to be true or had lerned of other bicause of the nobilitee of the personages but considre that it becamme him in goddes cause and in a matter touching the safetie or vttre ruine of his coūtree to haue regarde rather to the welth preseruation than to the honor of the persons with whō if thei continue in their wickednes the hole realme must certainly comme in daunger of goddes wrath and vnrecouerable destruction Walke thoue therefore vprightly be nether to wordly wise nor to wordly foolish nether hastie to hate nor slacke to redresse bothe thy selfe and other but praie with this writer that god of his infinite goodnes wil vouchsafe to cōuerte the thy ruler thy nobilitee and al other thy countremen from wickednes of life from al popishe superstition and idolatrie vnto himselfe that yet his people maie be herboured in Englande that yet his gospel maie sounde and haue free course in Englande that yet his holie name maie there be magnified and aduaunced in peace and quietnes FIN LVKE 13. THINKE YE THAT THESE GALILAEANS VVERE SINNERS ABOVE AL OTHER BICAVSE THEI HAVE SVFFRED SVCH THINGES NO I SAIE VNTO YOV BVT ONLES YOV REPENTE YOV SHAL AL PERISH LIKE VVISE ETC. ¶ Imprinted Anno Domini 1558.