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B08002	A commemoration of the inestimable graces and benefites of God, infused through the bryght lyght of the knowledge of his holy word, in our most dradde soueraigne lorde Henry the eyght, by the grace of God kyng of Englande and of Fraunce, defender of the the fayth, lorde of Irelande, and in erth the supreme heed next and immediate vnder Christe of the Churche of Englande, with hartye prayse and thankes gyuyng vnto God for the same, / composed uppon the glad prophecy and ioyefull psalme of Benedictus dominus deus Israel. &c..	Pylbarough, John.	1540 (1540)	STC 20521; ESTC S94811	17,194	36

scriptures and by his holy worde be sanctifyed strengthed in hym and spirituallye cured through the blod of our redemer Christ we may ryght well aptly be callyd Israelites a people seing god a people sanctified and strengthed with Esai 62. Et uocabunt eos populus sanctus re dempti a domino Titum 2. goddis worde cured with Christis bloud For the grace of god our sauyour hath appered vnto vs and openynge the eyes of our vnderstandyng hath taught vs to see and knowe Christe Fantasies nor dremes mens inuentions do not nowe blynde or deceyue vs any longer For the brode busshell of hypocrisye whiche ouerwhelmed the bryght candell goddis worde is nowe taken away and we see all ouer the house of our owne consciences and we se thauctour of light and the very lyght it selfe that lyghteneth with diuersitie of graces all resonable creatures cōmynge Ioan. 1. into this worlde And whom although he was in the worlde we beinge seduced and led blyndefulle by vanities coulde not perceyue or knowe tylle nowe at the laste whyle we were a people wandrynge in darknes of ignorance and dwellers in the shadowes of dethe which is syn accompanyed with deathe the greate lyghte of goddis most holy word dyd appere vnto vs and Esai 9. Roma 13. our redemption was nerer thā we were aware And where we were before in darknes a people ignorant of god we be nowe inlyghtened with Ephes 5. the bryghtnes of knowledge in our lorde god who hath commanded the lyght to shyne out of darknes whiche hath shyned in our hartes for to gyue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorye of god in the face of Iesus Christ that is in the Matt. 16. faithe whiche Peter and his felowe apostles by hym one answerynge for all confessed in Christ to be the sonne of the lyuynge god Vpon which Christ and fayth in hym and vpon or in none other our catholyke congregation immediatly is firmely settled Lette vs therfore nowe hauynge receyued this lyght of god imprynte the memoriall therof in our hartes with perfect belefe therof magnifie god therfore that it may fructifie in vs good workes and make vs blessed through the same before all nations as was the holy virgyn Mary by Elisabeth saying vnto her Blessed arte thou amonge women and Luc. 1. blessed is the fruite of thy wombe For bycause thou haste mekely receyued the holye worde of god and gladde tydynges by his angell Those same thynges shall be perfourmed in the accordynge as the same aungell hath sayde vnto the. And also by example of Zachary who bycause he beleued not the possibilitie of goddis worde whiche the aungell dydde shewe vnto hym was Luc. 1. made specheles for a tyme but whan he saw the perfection therof beinge sory for his infidelitie dydde receyue ageyne by goddis goodnesse his speche augmented with the grace and spirite of prophecienge and thankes gyuynge vnto god for the same being repentant and detestyng that we haue ben so longe mysbeleuyng of the word of god shewed and set forthe vnto vs by goddis holy doctours and prechers whom the Sathan of Rome hath dyuellishly tormented burnt and slayne to kepe vs faithles and make vs dumbe that we shulde not blowe out his errours and abuses nor kynges temporall rulers shulde be lerned of their godly auctorities ouer their subiectes whyche the same Sathan had vsurped let vs nowe not lyke as the tenne whiche were Luce. 17. healed of their leprie wherof one onely came ageyn to gyue thankes to God but holly and entierly togythers euen as the thre whiche were in the forneys of fyre lauded and glorifyed god as Daniel 3. it had ben with one mouth brast out like the day spryng the lyght of the faythe that is in vs and reioysyng in the byrth of Iohn that is in the holy gospell newe rysen amongest vs by the grace of god prayse and thanke most hartily with Zachary our lorde god of Israell whiche hath visyted Benedictus dominus de us Israel qui a uisitauit fecit ●edem ptionem ple bis suae vs illumynyng our feble ignorant hartes with the knowlege of his most holy word Wher by he hath caused the redemption of vs his peculyar people from our thrall captiuitie of our gostely ennemy the deuyll and our both goostly and bodyly ennemye the bysshop of Rome and his complyces ET erexit cornu salutis nobis in domo Dauid pueri sui ANTICHRIST of Rome hath longe dissimuled with vs foodynge vs forthe with vanities As pardons pilgrimages bulles neuer ryght calued supersticions counterfeite religion feyned relyques and suche other innumerable sort of trashes haberdashery ware and all for money For the old prouerbe Omnia venalia Rome sayd by the Pagans long before Christ Salustius was incarnate is not lefte vnpractised by the sayde Antichrist our moste holy father as they call hym his cardinalles and byshoppes wherof the chiefe marchaunt of myschiefe is the sayd holy father I praye you what thynge was and yet is not sale kynde at Rome sauinge our englyshe soules for the whiche we haue nowe of late founde a better marte And that whiche is most abhorred of god the sayd Antichriste and moste aduersary of Christ had brought vs into the gētils worshipping of fals goddis Oh god of Israel for thy tender mercy into what blynd fantasies of madde myschiefe were we thy selye creatures brought by the hydynge and shutting vp of thy holy worde from vs And what iniuries dyd thy moste faythfull ministers and yet for the most parte do susteyne to be so arrogantly depriued of theyr princely regymentes vnder the by thambycious wrastyng of thy sayd word to the mayntenaunce of a dyuellyshe power agaynst thy ryght power wherby the due obedience of subiectes was conuerted into rebellion and the concord of commonties dissolued Thou layest good god as thou haddest ben a slepe and dyd suffer vs to dreame by the Euen as thou dyddest from Adams fall vnto the tyme thy only sonne became incarnate wherof zachary prophecied a lyttell before saying That thou haddest raysed vp an horne for our helthe meaning Et erexit cornu salutis nobis In domo Dauid pue●i sui that Chryst shuld be borne the vniuersal strēgth power and glorye of our saluation and that in the house of kynge Dauid thy electe seruaunte But nowe through the lyght whiche is sprong in vs vpon thy holy worde agaynst an vsurped power and reigne of Lucifer moste vntruely counterfayte vpon thy most vndouted trewe worde thou hast raysed vp to vs thy peculyas people a godly dewe power of helthe our naturall most soueraygne lorde kynge HENRY the VIII by thy grace which is also a true strength and ryghtfull kyngedome apperteynyng to the moste noble house of his moste famouse progenitours for our great consolation tranquillite and holsome safetie bothe of our bodyes and soules to Whose maiestie we recognise and beleue

after he was called and yet dyed moste myserably And therefore as Christe saith perseuer in goodnes and thou shalt be sure to be saued by Christis deth Let vs then hauing continually before the eies of our hartes the vnspekeable goodnes and mercy of god shewed vnto vs through the lyght of his most holy worde not onely serue and honour him our selfe in perfecte holynes and rightuousnesse before hym all our dayes but so shewe and sette forthe vnto out chyldren and suche other as we haue in charge vnder god howe great thinges god hath doone for vs newe Israelites that they also and frome generation to generation maye lyke wyse serue and honour hym for euer more ¶ Et tu puer propheta altissimi uocaberis preibis enim ante faciē domini parare uias eius Ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi eius in remissionem peccatorū eorum Per uiscera misericordie dei nostri in quibus uisitauit nos oriens ex alto Illuminare his qui in tenebris in umbra mortis sedent ad dirigendos pedes nostros in uiam pacis LYKE AS ZACHARIE after that he had prophecied set forthe Christes incarnation the moste comfortable helth saluation of mans soule and lauded praysed god therfore he dyd also prophecienge set forthe the graciouse qualities of his yonge sonne Iohn for as moche as he Et tu puer ꝓ pheta altiss● mi uocaberis Prçibis en● ante faciem domini parare uias eius then knewe hym by the remembraunce of the reuelation of the angell before he was conceyued to be a necessary minister appoynted of god and therfore called hym the prophete of the mooste hyghest god to go before hym to make redy his ways and to do other diuine ministeries for him It is conuenient also that we nowe that Christe is playnely and truely by his holy worde shewed and set forth vnto vs and as he were newe borne agayne for vs with all hartye good wyll and mynd shuld auance into perpetual fame our said moste soueraygne lorde the kynges moste excellent maiestie whom by very expert perception of most godly commodities we know nowe to be a necessary minister of god for our both bodely and gostly helthe And as it was shewed by the aungell that many shulde reioyse in Iohns natiuitie euen so haue we great ioye through the light of goddes holy worde in the mooste ryghtuouse restitution of his godlye title power and mynystery ouer vs wherof he and his most noble progenitours haue be long by vsurpation depriued And beinge also replete with the grace of god both after the interpretatiō of the name of Iohn and his graciouse antecellent vertues resembled to Iohns and for his blessed trauayle in true settynge forthe his lorde and maister Christe maye be and ought to be estemed of vs an other Iohn Baptist and holy prophete of the mooste hyghest god In whose syght by his godly minystration his highnes gothe before hym to make redy and playne his wayes in the soules of vs his regenerate people of Israell commytted by hym to his charge whose hyghnes also declarynge the true Ad dandā scientiā salutis plebi eius difference betwene the very ryght and pryncypall thynges perteynynge to our saluation and thaccidentall laudable ceremonies and rites not perteynynge necessarylye to our saluation lyke as Iohn Baptist putteth difference betwene his baptisme of penaunce in water onely and Christes baptisme in the holy goste affyrmynge his baptisme to gyue neyther remission of synne nor spiritual grace but Christes baptisme to gyue them bothe abundantely dothe gyue vnto vs by the syncere preachynge and settyng forth of the most comfortable gospelle knowlege and vnderstandynge In remissionē peccatorum eorum of the helthe of our saluation whiche is Christ the only remytter and pardoner of sinne throughe the tendernes of goddes holy mercy towardes Per uiscera misericordie dei nostri in quibus uisitauit nos oriens ex alto Zacha. 6. Psal 77. Illuminare his qui in tenebris in umbra mortis sedent ad dirigendos pedes nostros in uiam pacis vs. And not by any other meanes or sacrifice then by the deathe of Christ which for the nones came from aboue lyke a spryngynge light of iustice to lyght vs whiche satte and abode lōg both in the darknes of the ignorance of god in the shadowe of deth which folowid vs euery where for our synne And to directe and leade the fete of our soules from the obstinate rebelliouse generation of our forefathers whose hartes were not directe vnto god nor theyr spiryte beleuynge in god but rather in mennes traditions and fictions besydes Christes gospell into the waye of gostly workes of ryghtuousnes before god whiche is peace with god to whom be eternall glory prayse and empire for his before rehersed inenarrable graces and benefytes infused in our sayde moste soueraygne lorde wherof he hath also imparted vnto vs so plentyfully that thrughe the bryght lyght of goddes moste holy worde we be bothe borne agayne a peculiar fortunate and blessed people of god in pure knowlege of hym and also delyuered from the horrible captyue thraldome of our moste cruell and tyrannous enmies the dyuell and the byshoppe of Rome Desyryng yet also goddes infinite goodnes so to illumyne with his holy word other temporal prynces and rulers and theyr people whiche yet sytte in lyke darkenes and shadowe of deathe as we dyd bycause god hath not shewed nor opened his iugementes Psal 147. vnto them lykewyse as he hath done vnto vs that they with vs and we with theym all vsurped power the only rote of discorde betwene and in all nations and of all other abhominations growen therby clerely extincte myght participate the aforesayde godly ryghtuousenes and peace with god As one heuenly flocke vnder one moste chiefe herdeman Chryste commytted by hym to the sondrye charge and gouernaunce of kynges prynces and other temporall rulars vppon erthe And fynally hauynge a continual deuoute meditation of goddes sayd graces and benefytes Let vs diligently in mooste harty wyse according to Pauls exhortation in this behalfe praye vnto god for the moste ioyfull prosperytie Tim. 2. and longe good helthe of our sayde mooste soueraygne lorde the kynge the moste gracious lady quene Anne his moste lawfull noble wyfe and the moste noble Prynce Edwarde his moste lauful sonne and heyre apparant and vnto vs most excellent preciouse tewel treasure And that god wyll vouchsafe bothe to adde vnto eyther of the termes of theyr lyues prefinite and appointed as he added vnto the good Ezechias and also grant that the sayde Prince may late longe succede his Ezec. 38. sayde moste noble father bothe in kyngdomeand graciouse vertues with increace of chyldren to them bothe also Vsque in consummationem seculi And after this worldely reygne celestially to reygne with god Amen FINIS LONDINI in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum