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A18700	An exhortation to all menne to take hede and beware of rebellion wherein are set forth the causes, that commonlye moue men to rebellion, and that no cause is there, that ought to moue any man there vnto. With a discourse of the miserable effectes, that ensue thereof, and of the wretched ende, that all rebelles comme to, moste necessary to be redde in this seditiouse [and] troublesome tyme, made by Iohn Christoferson. At the ende whereof are ioyned two godlye prayers, one for the Quenes highnes, verye conuenient to be sayd dayly of all her louing and faythfull subiectes, and an other for the good [and] quiete estate of the whole realme. Read the whole, and then iudge.	Christopherson, John, d. 1558.	1554 (1554)	STC 5207; ESTC S117507	113,228	472

as tidinges was brought her that by treason all was loste she like a valiaunt Champion of Christe nothynge abashed therewith sayd that she doubted not at al but her captayne meanyng thereby oure sauiour Christe woulde haue the victory at lengthe and falling to her prayers agayne anone after had she worde broughte her that her men had wonne the field and that Wyate her enemies Capitayne was taken So that hereby euery man maye euidently see that God woulde not suffer eyther such a vertuouse Lady and a pure virgine to be destroyed or his catholike fayth whych he had of late by her so gratiously restored to be by thenemyes of his church with violent force ouerthrowen Whych thinge he well declared lykewyse in the wonderfull fall of the late Duke of Northumberlande who rebelled bothe agaynste the Queenes hyghnesse and also agaynste Christes catholike Churche Which two miraculouse victories are sufficient to make al men take hede as they rebell eyther to destroye the true fayth of our sauiour Christ or agaynst suche a godly heade ruler whose greate godlye vertue maye wel be perceaued in that that she neuer goeth aboute any weyghty matter or attempteth any great enterprise but first entreth she into her pryuye closet ▪ and there vpon her knees prayeth god most hartelye that he wyl of his goodnesse assiste her in that she entendeth and so bring her purpose to passe that the same may be to his glory and the welthe of all her subiectes And whensoeuer she falleth into any trouble or daunger she fayleth not to do the lyke ▪ so that men may wel thynke that hauing god on her syde as both she most earnestly prayeth to haue and also it plainly appeareth that she hath she shalbe alwayes able to gyue her enemies an ouerthrow saye wyth the holy prophete Dauid myne enemyes that troubled me are discomfited and hath catched a fall But alas what harde hartes haue those that if she were but a priuate woman being so gentle of nature so vertuouse and so merciful coulde drawe theyr sworde agaynste her ▪ and go aboute to shedde such innocente bloude For albeit that all bloudeshedde is cruel and horrible in the syght of god yet the sheddynge of so a pure virgyns bloude is of all other moste cruell and detestable For bothe mennes eares vtterli abhorre to heare it and god hym selfe is moste greuouslye offended with it Do we not reade of cruell paynems that when they had gotten the vpperhande of their enemyes in battayl and murdered many men therin alwaies had compassion of the the women and virgins specially vpon whome they wold lay no violent handes As it is written of Alexander the great who when he had ouercomme Darius in the fielde and taken two doughters of his because they were virgyns he had pitye vpon them and very mercyfully and gentelye entreated them and wyth most frendly wordes greate honour enterteyned them What shuld christen men then do with suche as be virgyns shuld they if they were their dedly enemyes go aboute to shed theyr bloud No no they shuld spare them and for pure pitye they shuld pardon them to For the Children of Israel were commaūded that when they beseged anye citie they shulde firste offer peace to the inhabitauntes thereof And if they refused it then shuld thei kill all the menne that were founde within it the women and yonge tender babes alwayes excepted So that seing al women were excepted the virgins by this commaundemente in the daungers of warre were alwayes kepte harmelesse Then forasmuche as virgins that be our enemies children muste haue mercye shewed them how shuld men vse those virgins that neuer offēded them that be their frendes yea that most hartly loue thē Or after what sort shuld we behaue our selfes toward our gratiouse Ladye maystresse a most pure and perfite virgine who loueth euerye one of vs as her owne life who most carefullye trauayleth to enriche vs set vs at quiete Who desireth to liue onlye for oure welth and commoditie For to dye were muche more acceptable to her as she saith oftentimes then to lyue in this miserable and wretched world Whiche earnestlye considered great cause haue we to aduenture oure goodes lyues and landes in her highnes defence and to do as one Ethai Getheus dydde to kinge Dauid when his sonne Absalon rebelled agaynste hym Thys Ethai when he hearde of Dauids trouble repayred to hym wyth spede To whome Dauid sayde Why commest thou from thy place and mansion Thou comeste but nowe and arte constreyned to go forthe with vs. But it is best for thee to returne home and take thy retinewe wyth thee And for thy gentlenes and fidelitye towarde me I praye GOD requite thee To whome aunswered Ethai As true as God lyueth and as true as your grace lyueth wheresoeuer you shall become there wyll I your seruaunte be and take such parte as you shall do and wyth you to dye and liue Such hartes ought al faythfull subiectes to beare to their Prince ▪ that they vncalled shulde most gladly offer theyr seruice when occasion serueth and be well contented to aduenture theyr lyues in such a good quarell and so to tender theyr head and gouernour as the childe is bounde to tender his mother And were not he to be counted a cruel wretche that woulde kill his owne mother ▪ as dydde Orestes Then seyng that our noble Quene is to euery one of vs as a most tender and louing mother how miserable a man shuld he be that wold ones lift vp his hand to destroye her For albeit that it is a most heynous and detestable acte for a man to shedde hys owne priuate natural mothers bloude yet much more heynous horrible is it for one to go aboute the destruction of her that is y e mother of a whole realme And we shulde herein folowe thexample of the simple bees whych so tender their king gouernoure that yf he haue missed his waye they wil diligently seke for him smell hym out and folowe him to suche time as they haue found him And when he waxeth old and is not able to flye they beare him vpon their backes and yf he dye then depart they al frō that place Dothe not nature herein teache all subiectes to tender loue their prince as the poore bees do their king And besides thys we oughte to consider that she is the anoynted of God as all lawfull Princes and gouernours be and that we are commaunded in scripture that we laye no violent handes vpon thē that be anoynted And herein ought we to folowe thexample of the holye Prophete Dauid Who when he was persecuted by kynge Saul and cōstrayned for safegarde of his life to flye to rockes and there to hyde hym all hys retinewe in a denne and that Saule entred into the same denne to do hys naturall easement and that Dauids menne sayd to him that nowe the day was come that GOD hadde promysed before that Saul should be geuen into his handes wente to Saul and

didde no more but priuelye cut away the edge of hys cloke And yet hys conscience was so agreued for that dede that he sayde to his men GOD be mercifull to me and suffre me neuer to laye handes vpon my Lorde Saul the anoynted of God For I sweare that as surely as God lyueth that I wyll neuer laye my hande vpon hym be●ng the anoynted of God But he shall for me dye eyther by the plage of God or by naturall death when hys daye cometh or be kylled in battayle God forbydde that euer I shoulde ones stretche forthe my hande to hurte hym beyng Gods anoynted Suche a conscience hadde Dauid and so he ynouse an offence thoughte he it to laye handes vpon hym that cruellye persecuted him and was hys deadly enemye But alas what a sore troubled conscience oughte suche folkes to haue as mynded cruellye to murder their moste gratiouse soueraygne Lady the quene who so hartelye loued them who was alwayes so carefull for them and tendereth their welthe and cōmoditie no lesse then her owne How vnkind folkes be those that hateth her that loueth them and goeth about to reward kindnes wyth kyllyng and to destroye her that studieth alwayes possible to saue them These men remember lytle the wordes ▪ that God sayd to Cain when he hadde kylled hys brother The bloud of thy brother crieth vp to me frō the earth Wherfore thou shalbe accursed vpō the earth which is opened and hath dronke vp thy brothers bloud And in another place he sayeth Whosoeuer shedeth mans bloude vpon earth his bloude shalbe shedde And albeit that the killyng of euery priuate person is horrible in the syght of god and is neuer fusfred vnpunished yet the killing of a prince is much more detestable those that aduenture that wicked acte escape not at length some miserable wretched ende For what became of Abimelecke y e to thintent that he might be king him selfe killed his threscore tenne bretherne that shoulde haue ruled and reygned in Sichē with him Was he not at the last miserablely killed by a woman For when he assaulted a towre came to the gate therof to set it on fyre a woman hauinge in her hande a pece of a broken milstone hurled it downe at his head and therwith dashed out his braynes Thus was this wretche rewarded for hys wretched enterprise Came not the like punishment vpon those that killed Isboseth the king of Irael vpon his bedde as he was slepinge whose head afterward they brought to Dauid thinking therby to get thankes at his hande because then he shulde be kinge ouer all Israell But Dauid highlye displeased wyth the murder cōmaunded his men streight way to kyl them and to cut of their handes and fete and hange them ouer a ponde in Hebron What nede I here to recite you the storye of Achitophell who when Absalon rebelled agaynst his father Kyng Dauyd sayd vnto Absalon thus I wyll appoynte my selfe .xij. thowsand men and this nyght wyll I pursewe thy father Kinge Dauid and I wyll set vpon hym nowe being ●ore weried and faynte And when all his men are sledde from hym and he left alone then will I kyll hym But to what conclusyon came this coursed counseil and cruel entent of his when as Dauid had escaped this daunger by meanes of pryuye messengers that were sent by certayne secrete frendes of hys Achitophel perceauing that his counseyle was not done gotte him home to his howse and like a miserable wretche hanged him selfe And so was he moste iustly plaged for hys rebelliouse and cruel diuise Or what shall I nede here to call to memorye a story wrytten in oure owne cronicles of kinge Richarde the thirde Who when he was Duke of Glocestre because he woulde be king him selfe put the children of Edward the .iiij. whiche were the true and lawfull heyres of this realme into the towre and after lyke a moste cruel tyraunt caused them to be smored betwixt two fether beddes But what became of him after Was he not within short space slayne in the fielde by king Henry the seuenthe so iustly rewarded for the cruell bloudeshedde of those innocent children Therfore lette no manne that eyther kylleth the anoynted of God or elles purposeth to kyll him thinke that he shall escape vnpunyshed but lette hym assure hym felfe that thoughe he auoyde daunger for a season yet shall he at lengthe be payed home with double punishmente And let him learne by these examples to eschewe suche an heynouse offence whensoeuer he is by the deuil prouoked thereto lette hym praye to God as Dauid dyd and saye Lord be merciful to me and suffer me neuer to laye handes vpon my Soueraygne nor to contriue any trayterous diuises agaynste the anoynted of God For so shal he disappoynt the deuil of his purpose and saue him selfe from peryll of perishinge And yf the deuil wil not thus cease most louyng countrye men but still stirre vp oure hartes to make rebellion yet lette vs consider that what cause soeuer he putteth in our heades and laboreth to make vs beleue that it is a good cause we oughte neuer to beleue hym both because that whatsoeuer he telleth vs ▪ it is but a lye by reason that he is the father of lyinge and also that no cause is there at all for whyche we maye iustelye make commotion Yea and thys wil I saye that yf euer we Englyshe men had cause to be quiete and to loue oure heade and ruler nowe is the tyme. For those that be poore yf they be by anye manne wrongfully oppressed the Queenes pleasure is that they shall haue iustice and recouer their right Or if they be riche she is gladde of it and wisheth that they so that it be by honest meanes waxe more riche If they be gentlemen or men of honour ▪ they may be assured to continue in their state and degre so that they do their duetye to godwarde and beare alwayes a faythfull hart to their prince But some percase wil say that iustice is not so dewly executed as it oughte to be And that moneye and frendshippe maketh of a badde matter a good and of a good matter a badde And that there is as much bribery and takynge of rewardes which is a pitifull hearyng vsed nowe a dayes as euer was All thys maye be true and yet the Prince nothing to be blamed therfore For seynge y t her grace hath so often exhorted all suche as be in aucthoritie office to minister iustice without partialitie and to beware alwaye of takynge of bribes yf any cause be vniustly determined or any bribes taken for anye matter ▪ she is discharged thereof and the burden lyeth vpon their backes that is the ministers of iustice and whose handes are replenyshed wyth brybes and rewardes Therefore sithen that her hyghnesse trauayleth by all meanes

god thankeful to her grace and very profitable for our selfes to Nowe then moste deare louing contrye men seing that we are wel assured that our most gratiouse lady the Quene by reason of her godlye vertue wherin she excelleth and for the greate feruēt loue that she beareth to eueri one of vs she wil throughly performe these thinges we haue great cause to gyue god most hartely thankes ▪ y ● sente her vnto vs hath so gratiously delte with vs for her sake For it semeth that as God sayd to the children of Israell in Kynge Dauids tyme I wyll by the hande of my seruaunt Dauid saue my people of Israell from the handes of the Philistians and all their enemyes so sayeth he nowe to I wyll by the hande of myne humble handemayde Marye saue my people of Englande from the assaultes of their enemyes If we were oppressed by her if we were spoyled throughe her meanes or yf we were cruellye handled at her hand then might men haue somthing to say But no suche matter is there For her grace is so gentle so buxome so merciful so liberal of so god lye conuersation excellente vertue y t if she were amonge Turkes Saracenes or Iewes she woulde vndoubtedly winne their harts cause thē both hartly to loue her also to be ready to defēd her How vngentle then maye we be thought y t can not loue such a gratious lady with gladde hartes be obedient to her But the very matter of al our grudge is as we were tolde a lytle before her catholike religion Whych howe good and godly it is we may easely perceaue yf we compare it with that that hathe bene nowe of late yeares amonge vs. It is grounded vpon the consent of al christes catholike church which is the sure foūdation of truth Thother is grounded only vpon the consent of a few in corners and yet neuer one of thē agreeth with another The religion y t the Queenes grace maynteyneth is fiftenne hūdreth yeare olde thys new religion is scarcelye twoo hundreth yeares olde The catholike religion is and hath bene vniuersallye receaued througheoute the whole world This of theyrs hath bene receaued but here and there in a few places and of all the worlde besyde condemned And Vincentius a good holy writer thinketh that these be the speciall poyntes to trye religion that is to say the auncientnes of tyme the vniuersall receauinge of it and the whole consent of the churche For thus he writeth In the catholike church we muste take diligent hede that we stycke to that which is in euery place alwaies and of all men beleued For this in dede is catholike ▪ as the worde it selfe dothe playnely declare which verely conteyneth al vniuersally But this shall we do if we folowe the vniuersall faythe and beleue the auncientnesse of tyme and the whole consent of Christes churche And nowe for the vniuersall beleue that shal we folowe after this sorte If we thynke that fayth to be true whyche all Christes Churche throughout the worlde dothe confesse As for auncientnesse of time that shall we folowe if we in no wyse go from the senses interpretations of scripture that we manifestli know to haue bene commonlye vsed and allowed of the holye and aunciente fathers The whole consent of Christes Churche shall we folowe yf we submit our selfes to the auncient determinations and sentences eyther of all bisshops priestes and doctours or elles at the lest of al most al. And the same writer a litle after teacheth vs how to know a true christen Catholike man thus He is a true catholike man in dede whiche loueth goddes truth his churche and the bodye of Christe which also preferreth nothing that is to say ▪ nether any one mans authoritie nor loue ▪ nor witte nor eloquence nor knowledge of philosophy before godly religion and the fayth catholike but dispising all these and stickinge sted fastly and surely to his fayth thinketh that he is bounden to hold and beleue only that y e he knoweth the catholike church of olde vniuersallye to haue holden and maynteyned And let hym suppose surely that what new and straunge doctrine or order soeuer is couertly and craftly brought in by any one man eyther beside the mindes of al holy and godly men or els vtterly cōtrary to them is brought in not for to encrease mennes deuotion religion but only to tempte them with all Thus by the wordes of this godly author who wrote aboue a thowsand yeares ago we may easely perceaue what sorte of religion men ought to folowe Againe the authors of the catholike religion are the apostles and their successors As Ireneus Iustinus martyr ▪ Cyprian Clemens Alexandrinus Origene S. Hierom S. Ambrose S. Augustyne S. Chrisostom Basil Gregorius Nazianzene Cyrill with infinite many mo The authors of this new sect are Wic●ffe Hus Luther Oecolampadius Zuinglius Bucer Bullinger Caluine and a greate rable beside The authours of Christes true religion were Martyrs confessors and holi sayntes all The authours of this new religion were Apostatas that is to say such as had bene monkes and frears whiche broke their vowes cast of their cootes became like lay men marryed nonnes called them wiues and so lyued in abhominable inceste The authors of the catholike religion were ●●ke gentle lowly full of vertue and godlye conuersation despicers of the worlde and the vanities thereof chast auoyde of ambition and couetousnes gyuen all to fastyng prayer and almose dedes The authours of oure newe doctrine were prowde stubborne presumptuous of smal vertue and that only in apparence louers of the world and muche delited wyth the pleasures thereof lecherous and carnal gready of honour and of gettyng of goodes slacke in praying ▪ more slacke in fastynge and altogether negligent in good dedes doynge For they thought fasting was Poperye and prayer superstition good dedes to auayle vs nothynge at all The authors of the catholike fayth and religion were careful for peace desirous of vnitie fauorers of obedience and maynteyners of all good order The authours of our late religion were causers of warre not onely bitwixt prince and prince ▪ but also bitwixte princes their subiects breakers of the vnitie of Christes catholike churche sowers of sedition workers of disobedience and bryngers in of al confusiō disorder captaynes of carnal libertie defendors of the same Of these .ii. sortes of mē whome ought we gyue more credite to trowe you Shall we better trust Wicliffe that because he could not come by the Bisshoprike of Worcester forsoke Christe his churche and became an heretike or holy Ireneus who for the mainteynaunce of Christes fayth and his churche forsoke both his Bisshoprike and hys lyfe to Or shall we better beleue Hus that was a professed frear and had vowed chastitie obedience and wilfull pouertie and after brake all became a married manne and preached heresye in Boheme Or S. Cyprian that when he was a