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A06772
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The fortresse of the faythfull agaynst [ye] cruel assautes of pouertie and honger newlye made for the comforte of poore nedye Christians, by Thomas Becon.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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hym before Pilate dyd not his aduersaries accusers lay to his charge that he sowed sedicion among the people that he corrupted and peruerted the commons wyth his doctrine that he forbad men to pay tribute to Cesar and that he sayd he hym selfe was Christ a kinge How vniustly Christ was here accused the holy scriptures aboundantly testifie How could he be the author of sedicion whyche came in to thys world to make peace How coulde he corrupt and peruert the people with his doctrine when he taught nothynge but that whiche he had hearde of his father Can heaueÌ„ly thinges corrupt y â— mindes of mortal men Forbad he to pay tribute to Cesar which him self paied tribute to Cesar coÌ„mauÌ„ded other so to do Boasted he him selfe a king which â—â—ed away from the people when they wolde haue made hym theyr kyng Sayd he not vnto Pilate my kyngedome is not of this world Was he disobedient to the temporal rulers whych disdayned not to be brought before them to be iudged of theÌ„ yea and to suffer death vnder them Moreouer was not the blessed martyr S. SteueÌ„ accused y â— he spake blasphemouse wordes against Moses against god when of God no man euer spake more godlye nor of Moses more reuerently Yet must SteueÌ„ to the pot and be condemned for an heritike wheÌ„ Steuen deserued rather praise and promocion But Steuen had offended inoughe seynge it was the chief priestes pleasure the other rauening rabines that Steuen shulde lyue no longer Agayn when s Paule Silas came to Tessalonica and S. Paul preached in the sinagoge the passion râ—surreccion of Christe howe dyd certeyne of the Iewes complain of them vnto the heades of the Citie and rushed into the house of Iason thapostels hoste and violentlye plucked him oute saiynge These that trouble the world are come hither also whom Iason hath receiued priuelie And these al do contrarie to the decrees of Cesar affirming another kinge one Iesus Here are thapostels accused both of sedicion and treason and yet wer they neither sedicious persons nor traitours They troubled not y â— world except the world here be taken for the deuelishe people of y â— world to whoÌ„ it is a trouble to hear any thing of Christ or to heare their abhominable liuing rebuked The good people of the world they quieted made theÌ„ mery in their coÌ„science for asmuch as they perswaded by y e word of god which thapostels preached y â— they had gotteÌ„ fre remisâ—ioÌ„ of al their sinnes thorow faith in Christes blud Thapostels did not coÌ„trary to the decrees of Cesar if they were not against goddes worde but rather taught meÌ„ to obei theÌ„ And though thei preached Iesus to be a kyng yet dyd this nothing derogate Cesars honor for they taught Christ not to be a temporal but a spiritual king not to rule with sweard or polare but with his spirit word not to reigne in Princes palaces but in the hertes of the faythfull Is not here great sedicion greate treasoÌ„ WheÌ„ s Paul was but sene at HierusaleÌ„ in the temple how cried the iewes out saiyng O ye men of Israel help this is the maÌ„ that teacheth al meÌ„ euery wher against the people â—he law this place violeÌ„tly drue him out of y â— teÌ„ple 〈◊〉 him wold haue slaine him if the hye captaine had not come What had Paule offended He spake nothing he did nothing buâ— as other Iewes dyd It was inough to kyll Paule because he was that Paule which had preached Christ to be the sonne of god At another time when he tolde the Iewes that god appointed hym to be a teacher of the GeÌ„tils how lifted they vp their voices saiyng Away wyth such a felow from the earthe for it is no reason that he shoulde liue Paule muste dye because at the coÌ„maundement of god he turneth the Gentiles from Idolatry to the true worshipping of god And as the wycked world linges cruelly entreated the Apostels of Christe so doe the worldly tirauntes haÌ„dle the good byshops and faythful ministers in the primitiue churche If any myschiefe plage or euyl chaunsed in the conâ—â—ey wher thei wer it was straight â—ay layd to their charge Euen so â—â—kewyse doth y â— world at this time â—eal w t the true preachers of y â— lorâ—es worde Dearth famine hoÌ„ger â—lage pestilence battel insurrecciâ—ns coÌ„mocions treasons heresies Epicurisme licencious liuing c. all is imputed to the preachers of Christes gospell They they and â—one but they are the occasion of al that naught is wheÌ„ no kinde of people is farther from doynge harme to a coÌ„mon weale theÌ„ they neither doth a coÌ„moÌ„ weale receiue mo benefites of any man then of the godlye preacher If the olde worlde had hearde and obeyed the sermons of Nohe they had not perished with waters If the Sodomites and gomorianes had harkened to the sermons of Loth they had not ben consumed with raine fyre and brymstone from heauen If the Israelites had geuen eare to the warninges of the Prophets they had not so ofte be plaged and led awaye into captiuitie If the iewes had receiued the doctrine of Christ and his Apostles they and their citie with all their posteritie had not come to such a destruccioÌ„ But when the lord rayseth vp his Prophets preachers to admonishe y â— people of their wickednes and to exhort them to repeÌ„taunce and yet they wyll not amende but cruelly entreat them sâ—launder theÌ„ persecute theÌ„ kyl theÌ„ then cometh destruccion The lord god of their fathers sayth the scripture sent to them by his messengers rising vp betimes sending for he had compassioÌ„ on his people on his dwellinge place But they mocked the messengers of god and despised his wordes and misused his Prophets vntyl the wrath of the lorde arose against his people tyl ther was no remedy And so broughte he on them the kinge of Chaldes which siue their yong meÌ„ with the swearde in their holye temple and spared neither yongman mayden olde man nor him y â— stouped for age Chr. The scholer is not aboue his master nor the seruauÌ„te better theÌ„ his Lord. If y e world hate you saith Christ ye know it hated me before it hated you If ye were of the world y e worlde wold loue the is his But for asmuche as ye are not of the world but I haue choseÌ„ you froÌ„ y e world therfore y e world hateth you Eus. Preachers are coÌ„maunded of god vnder pain of daÌ„nacioÌ„ to tel the people their fautes yet if they rebuke couetousnes theÌ„ the couetous worldlinges are mad If thei inuey against pride the proud are displesed If they coÌ„demne whoredome whores baudes and rufianes are woode Looke what soeuer sinne they reproue the gilty can not abide but maligne the preacher and seeke to do him displeasure The Gergesens had rather Christ