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A consolacyon for chrysten people to repayre agayn the lordes temple with certayne places of scrypture truely applyed to satysfye theyr myndes for ye expellyng of ydolatry, [et] to instruct the[m], of loue and obedience. Compyled by nycholas wyse
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Wyse, Nicholas.
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STC 26063; ESTC S105455
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go aboute to hyndre or let the going forth of your worke prouyde watch men I meane preachers to defende you with the worde of god as the people dyd at the buyldyng agayn of Ierusalem with weapons ii â—â—â— iiii some labouring with one hand hauyng their weapons in the other hand So ye that are labourers in what scyence so euer it be to gete your lyuyng with trouthe accordyng to the wyll of god yf ye can handle your weapon yf ye haue any knowledge in the scriptures then let the lawe of god his holy testament blessed word beyng the sworde that Christ coÌ„maunded his dyscyples to by be alwayes redy at your hande â—â— â—xii whether ye eate or drynke slepe or wake go or ride ye wheÌ„ ye be at your lawfull workes in all places haue it in a redynes to resyst therwith the enemyes of the lordes worke which wolde not haue his holy temple repayred agayne Beholde what an ouerseer mayster of your worke the lorde your god hath chosen apoynted vnto you our most gracious kiÌ„g a true defender of the fayth of Christ his churche agaynst the wrongful violatours therof And for because he wolde not take the name in vayne craftely giueÌ„ to his grace to support maynteyn a church which is agaiÌ„st christ depriuyng prynces from their iust tytle true name He hath takeÌ„ vpon hym as the law of god permytteth to be the supreme heed of the church vnder god which was not only faisly vsurped from his grace his predycessours but also froÌ„ al other kynges prynces Reioyce be mery all ye which haue ben as shepe goyng a stray i. Pet. ii Luce. xv Esa liii But now retourned agayne to your bysshop shepeherde of youre flocke they that be not come let theÌ„ come herken vnto his voyce to theyr voyces whom he hathe sent to call them Let theÌ„ no longer disceyue you which sent you to deed ymages no nor yet to the sayntes to be youre aduocates Our aduocate â—s Ihesus Christe i. Ioh. ii whiche optayneth grace for our synnes and not for our synnes onely but for the synnes of all the world Serche the scriptures and ye shal se howe wrongfully falsly they haue belyed it bothe agaynst god and maÌ„ For where they haue borne kynges prynces in hande that yf the people shulde be suffered to haue it in theyr maternall tonge that it wolde make them heretykes to god disobedient vnto theyr gouernours There is nothyng more true then this is an abhomynable lye a very blasphemy to god and treason to kynges for it is the onely perfyte thyng that teacheth men theyr true obedyence and duety bothe to god to the prynces to ther gouernours 〈◊〉 iii. Saynt Paule wrote vnto Titus sayeng warne the people that they submyt them selues vnto prnyces and to the hyer auctorite to obey the officers to be redy vnto al good workes Ro. xiii And vnto the Romaynes let euery soule submyt hym selfe vnto the hyer powers for there is no power but of god In the same chapter he sayeth gyue to euery man therfore his duety trybute to whome tribute belongeth custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth i. Pet. ii honour to whom honour perteyneth Saynt Peter sayeth submyt your selues vnto all maner ordenaunces of men whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chyef heed or vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punysshment of euyll doers But for the prayse of theÌ„ that do wel honour al men loue brotherly felowshyp Feare god and honour the kyng And Christ hym selfe sayd vnto the discyples of the pharises mat xxii whiche were sent to tangle hym in his wordes concernynge trybute to be payde vnto the Emperour Gyue vnto Cesar that whiche is Cesars gyue vnto god that whiche is gods Many mo places are ther conteyned in the scryptures to establysshe and confyrme my sayenges to be trewe teachyng the people the trewe loue feare of god and the iust obedience honour of prynces and suche as be in auctoryte But I trust that this shall suffyse at this tyme to be a memoryall vnto you for to beware of those which durst presume so to belye the worde of god and that vnto kynges and rulers of the worlde And in stede of goddes worde to fede al men with fables lyes and false tradycyons For it teacheth them not onely theyr duety to god to the hye powers but also of chyldren vnto theyr parentes Eph. vi seruauÌ„tes vnto their maysters wyues vnto theyr husbandes and how the husbandes agayne shuld loue theyr wyues Ephe. â— educate theyr childreÌ„ prouyde for theyr housholde vse them selues towardes theyr seuauntes and howe euery degre shulde behaue hym selfe one towarde an other Now yf these which haue taken vpoÌ„ them to be preachers in tyme paste bothe to vs and our fathers be not approued to be vntrue mynysters of goddes worde and false lyers therof then beleue not my worke And yf with theyr lyeng and false doctryne they had hurted the body onely the thyng mought more easely be suffered But how can they recompence the iniury done vnto the soule of man whiche coulde neuer haue ben redemed Ephe. i Col. i. Heb. i. but with the precyous bloode of Chryste onely whiche also they haue belyed Who soeuer thynke I wryte truely let them beleue the truthe But for the satysfyeng of their myndes I desyre them to serche the scryptures which I doubte not shal be a wytnesse vnto me that I haue wrytten the trouthe And ye that haue receyued the name of Chryst and are called christiens I testefye vnto you that ye are bounde also to receyue his doctryne whiche is his holy gospell or els ye haue a name in vayne as for the decrees decretales constitucions and tradicions of men and the rules of Benedicke Dominicke Austyn Fraunces or any of them all ye ought to gyue no ferther credence vnto them then they agre with the scripture and perfyte word of god of the which word I requyre and exhorte all men not to be reders herers onely but also folowers therof For yf any man here the worde and do it not he is lyke vnto a man that beholdeth his bodely face in a glasse Iaco. i for as sone as he hath loked on hym selfe he goeth his way forgetteth immediatly what his facyon was But who so loketh in the perfyte law of lybertye contynueth therin yf he be not a forgetfull herer but a doer of the worke the same shall be happy in his dede These are not myne owne wordes but the godly wordes counsell of saynt Iames the apostle of Chryst And for because ye shall not thynke the I haue attempted in this my worke to entyse your hertes from deuocyon to set you at lyberty to do what euyll ye lyst as the sclaunderers of goddes