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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09298	A treatise containing the aequity of an humble supplication which is to be exhibited vnto hir gracious Maiesty and this high Court of Parliament in the behalfe of the countrey of Wales, that some order may be taken for the preaching of the Gospell among those people Wherein also is set downe as much of the estate of our people as without offence could be made known, to the end that our case (if it please God) my be pitied by them who are not of this assembly, and so they also may bee driuen to labour on our behalfe.	Penry, John, 1559-1593.	1587 (1587)	STC 19611; ESTC S114395	36,469	64

couered vnder her man till this being graunted al the damned souls shal be there shrouded and so saued from helsiar This is the cause why our people make but a mocke of sinne They thinke the soule only shal goe to heauen not the body also whence it commeth that they say they care nor what becommeth of their bodies so their soules may bee saued They ascribe sauadge cruelty vnto God the father because he punished mans sinne so seuerely euen in his son Christ the Lord Iesus they commend Nû wa●th genûf●●him amy tady gwr ●r●ûlon hinnû●onûd cydymmaith da ûwr mab I care not saith one for the father that cruel man but the sonne is a good fellowe Durst wee once conceiue these base cogitations of our Prince I know it would not be tolerated And I hope this religious and wise assembly will procure that the Lord may haue some more reuerēce at our hands Because the poor creatures can hear nothing at the mouth of their minister how their sinnes may be hidden their iniquities couered it is a common saying euen among those who care not for Rhomish Antichrist that it was a good worlde then when a man might haue a pardon for his sins in such and such a place for one 4 d. They see no felicity where mere ignorance of saluation is A false perswasion thereof they thinke better than none at all Man must haue religion true or false Our people learn one of another most blasphemous praiers This they doe so much the rather because in them they commēd them selues families c. vnto the tuition of some saint whom they think most fauourable vnto them and best able to grant their petitions My hart bleedeth to think howe these villanies with other vngodly songs are learned of good painfull soules with greedines I know masters of families that teach these vnto their housholds If they meete with any who can write and read they wil demand of him whether he can teach them euer a good praier against such a disease in man or beast Vngodly welsh bookes are fraught with these Idolatries If conscience would not keep me from vttering an vntruth before my soueraigne monarch yet fear of punishment should containe me But this I protest before Iesus Christ who shall iudge all euen according vnto their woordes and in the presence of al the world that the onely staffe stay of al priuat religion among our people the 2 sorts of men before named I exempt are latine praiers praying vnto Saints superstitious obseruations with vngodlie welsh songs and books If these things 〈…〉 meate Atheisme would ouer grow vs. Surely the reading ministery hath nor so much as wrought in the harts of anie almost the persuasion of one true God It were folly to goe about to heale the disease and let the cause remains Concerning that which is reade there is no man but thinketh very reuerently thereof And we praise the Lord● that we haue so much publikely by meanes of his highnes whereas in the daies of blindnes we had nothing but professed idolatry Take but a view of our liues and you shal see also what effect reading hath brought to passe There be many sinnes essential almost vnto our nation Profaning the name of God in common talk is prodigious a● affirmations or negations will bring thirty ●●●hes out of a great many Some shieres of South w●les haue gotten them an ignominious name by this sin I dare write that which I durst not vtter in words They are called g●ûr eig Dû● Looke the punishment of swearing Deut ●8 5● Leuit 〈◊〉 15.16 This is the 〈◊〉 book Zach. 13. Look the Law of concealing an oath Leu. 5 ● and you sh●●● finde that the Parliament shoulde haue great ●●gard to damme the springes of this sinne by the word preached What a hand we haue had in adultery fornication the great number of illegitimate and base born among vs doe 〈◊〉 I would our Princes and Leuit had not beans chiefe in this trespasse The punishment hereof in the Bishops court is derided of our people For what is it to thē to pay a litle money or to run through the Church in a white sheete They haue made 〈◊〉 and songs of this vulgar penance Neither iustice of peace not minister wil see the execution of the lawes prouided in this case Though they did seeing the Lords ordinance is not obserued it would not preuaile The seat of iudgement in our cōmon courts is turned into wormwoode A man cannot haue his right in a yeare or two though his euidence be vnaunswerable They haue gotten many shifts whē al failes one wil stand viz. excommunication The plaintife without al right maie be excommunicated in the Bishops court and so not absolued in a whole yeare Al which time hee is no person fit to prosecute his right in the common law It is irksome to think how hardly a poor man can keepe any thing from the eues of great countenaunce Though he seeth his own sheep or other cattel feed within two miles of him in some mens pastures he dareth not aske them Quaffing surfeting is too too common Al are become Ismaels Euery mans hand against them and theirs against all other Church men and all will haue their right by the sword for by the word they neuer seek it These thinges I doe not set downe to disgrace my deare countrimen I beare them another hart My purpose is to shew that all the good politique lawes in the woorld cannot wash awaie these our stains The nitre that washeth purely the word of the Lord must doe it A conscience must be wrought in our people else they wil neuer leaue their idolatry swearing adulterie and thee uery They that know the country know how litle hold the straightest and seue rest laws in the world wil take on a great many If it be the wil of the Parliament therfore we shal be bettered let the word be preached among vs. We haue preaching How often Quarterly It is not so For to that one parish where there is one ordinary quarter sermon we haue twēty that haue none The number of fit preaching ministers in wales can easily proue the truth hereof Wee paietithes alwaies and therefore we should haue preaching alway for he that laboureth not must not eat 2. Thess 3.8.10 continuall preaching is Gods ordinaunce Eph. 4.12 therefore man must not dispence with it Confer Rom. 8.9 with Eph. 13.2 Tim. 4.2 Acts. 20.18.19.20.31 1 Thess 2.10.11 Heb. 5.12 Acts. 20.16 Colos 3.16 1. Pet. 1.23 Matt. 9.38 The seuerall reasons drawen our of these places of Scripture maie proue the necessity of continual preaching either in respect that it is Gods decree or that mans nature requireth it They that dense this may learne their duty by Iacobs diligence in keeping of sheep Gen. 31.40 So may they that set others to take the ouersight of the Lordes sanctuarie Ezec. 44.8 and blush Preaching is graunted conuenient