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An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion of false and papisticall doctryne.
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Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.
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1555
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An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion of false and papisticall doctryne ☞ 2. Timo. 3. ☞ All that wyll lyue godly in Chryste Iesu must suffer persecucyon ¶ The holye sprite of God â–ª whiche is his earneste pledge geuen to hys people for their coÌ„fort and consolacion bee poured into our heartes by the mightye power and merites of our alone sauiour Iesus Christ nowe and for euer Amen BEcause I perceaue playnly that vnto the euils falleÌ„ vpon vs whiche professe Chrystes gospel greater ar most lyke to ensue and after them greater tyll y â— measure of iniquitie be vpheaped except we shrynke and hauyng put our hand to y e plough doe loke back and so with Loths wyfe fal into gods heauy displeasure incurably al whiche god forbid and because I am persuaded of you my dearly beloued brethren and sisters through out the Realme of Englande which haue professed vnfeinedly the gospel of our lord and sauyoure Iesus Christ for vnto such doe I wryte thys Epystle or boke howe y t as you haue begonne to take part wyth gods gospell truth so throÌ„ugh hys grace ye wyll persener and goe on forwardes notwythstaÌ„dyng the stormes rysen and to a ryse I can not but wryte some thing vnto you to encourage you to goe on lustelye in the waye of the lord and not to become faint harted or feareful persoÌ„s whose place S. Iohn appoynteth with â—nbeleuers murtherers and idolatours in eternall perdicioÌ„ but cherfully to take the Lordes cup and drynke of it afore it drawe towardes the dregges and botoÌ„ Wherof at leÌ„gth they shal drink wyth the wycked to eternall destruccion which wil not receaue it at the first with gods childreÌ„ wyth whom god begynneth his iudgemente that as the wycked worlde reioyseth whan they lamente so they may reioyce whaÌ„ the wycked world shal mourne and wythoute ende fele woo intolerable The. 1. Chapter ¶ What we be and where we be FIrst therefore my dearlye beloued in the lorde I beseche you to consyder that thoughe ye be in y e worlde yet you are not of y e world you are not of them whych looke for theyr porcion in thys lyfe whose captayne is y e god of thys world euen Satan who nowe rufleth it apace as he wer wood because hys tyme on earth is not long But you are of them whyche loke for a citie of gods own buildyng You are of them whyche know themselues to be here but pilgrems and strauÌ„gers for here you haue no dwellyng place You are of them whose porcion is the lord and which haue their hope in heauen whose captaine is Chryst Iesus the soÌ„ne of god and gouernour of heaueÌ„ earth Vnto hym is geuen all power yea he is god almighty with the father and the holy goste prayse worthy for euer You are not of them whyche receaue the beestes marke whiche here reioice laugh and haue their hartes ease ioye paradise pleasure but you are of them which haue receaued the anÌ„gels marke yea gods marke whyche here lament mourne sigh sobbe wepe and haue your wildernes to wander in your purgatorye and euen hel You are not of them whiche crye let vs eate and drynke for to morow we shall dye You are not of that nomber whiche say they haue made a couenaunte w t death and hell for hurting them You ar not of them whyche take it but for a vayne thyng to serue the lord You ar not of theÌ„ which are lulled and rocked a slepe in Iesabels bed a bed of securitye You are not in the nomber of theÌ„ whych say tush god is in heaueÌ„ and seeth vs not nor muche passeth what we dooe You are not of the nomber of theÌ„ which will fal down for y e mucâ— of y e world to worshyp the feynde or for displeasyng of men to worshyp the golden ymage Finally you are not of the noÌ„ber of them whych set more by their pygges then by Chryste whych for ease and reste in thyâ— lyfe wyl say and doe as Antiochus byddeth them doe or sayr And wyll folowe the multitude to do euil with Zedechias and y â— 300. false prophetes yea Achab Iesabel and y â— whole courte and country But you be of the nomber of them whiche are dead already or at lest in dying daylye to your selues and to the worlde You are of them whyche haue made a couenaunt wyth god to forsake themselues and Sathan in thys world You are of them whyche say nay the lorde hath all thynges wrytten in hys memoriall booke for suche as feare hym and remember hys name You are of them whyche haue their loynes girded aboute and theyr lyghtes burnyng in theyr handes like vnto men that waite for theyr lordes commyng You are in the nomber of them y â— say the lord loketh down froÌ„ heaueÌ„ and beholdeth al the children of men from the habitacion of hys dwelling he considereth al them that dwell vpon the earth You are of the nomber of them which wil worship the only lord god and wil not worshippe the workes of mans handes though the ouen burne neuer so whote You are in the nomber of them to whom Chryst is precious and deare which crye out rather because your habitacion is prolonged here as Dauid did whyche Mattathias folowed and y e godly Iewes whych knew the way to lyfe to be a strayght way and fewe to goe thorow it which wil not stick to folowe poore Miche as althoughe he bee racked and cast into prison hauing y e SoÌ„ne Moone seuen starres and all agaynst him Thus therfore dearly beloued remember firste that as I sayd you are not of thys world Satan is not youre captayne your ioye and paradyse is not here your companyons are not y e multitude of worldlynges and suche as seke to please men and to lyue here at ease in the seruice of Satan But you ar of another world Chryst is youre captayne youre ioye is in heaueÌ„ wher your conuersacion and ciuilite is your coÌ„panions are the fathers patriarkes prophetes apostles Martirs virgins coÌ„fessours and the deare sayntes of god which folowed the lambe whether soeuer he went dipping their garmeÌ„tes in hys bloud knowyng this life and worlde to bee full of euill a warfare a smoke a shadow a vapour and as replenishâ—d so enâ—ironed with al kid of miseries The. 2. Chapter ¶ Persecucyon is not straunge THys is the first thynge I would gaue you often and diligeÌ„tly with your selues to consyder and muse vpoÌ„ namely what you be and where you be Then secondarely forget not to call to mynde that you oughte not to thynte it any straunge thyng if misery trouble aduersite persecucion and displeasure come 〈◊〉 pon you For how can it other wise be but that trouble and