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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17651	An epistle both of Godly consolacion and also of aduertisement written by Iohn Caluine the pastour & preacher of Geneua, to the right noble prince Edvvarde Duke of Somerset, before the tyme or knoweledge had of his trouble, but delyuered to the sayde Duke, in the time of his trouble, and so translated out of frenshe by the same Duke.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552.	1550 (1550)	STC 4407; ESTC S118174	16,566	68

are geuen to lyes And forasmuche as there be so many cyrcumstances which in these dayes empeache the course of the same and aboue all that the supersticions of the antechriste hauyng taken roote of so long tyme may not easely bee taken awaye from theyr heartes Me thynketh you haue great nede to be confyrmed by holye exhortacyons And I doubt not but that experience teacheth you to feele the same whiche shall bee the cause to make me to procede the more frankelye beecause that my purpose as I belieue shal be conformable to youre desyre And albeit that my exhortacions shall bee superfluous yet I am sure that you wil beare with the good zeale and affeccion that stirreth me to doe it Wherfore according to reason I belieue that the necessitie which ye feele shall cause that the same shal bee a greate deale the better receyued Howesoeuer it shal bee I beseche you my lorde that it may please you to geue me the hearynge in some aduertisementes which I entend brieflye to declare vnto you hopyng that when ye shall haue hearde it at the least you shal fynde some sauor for to bee reconforted and to take a great deale the better courage to continue the holye and noble enterprise in the whiche god hath appointed you to be employed vnto this present I doubte not but the greate troubles whyche happened vnto you not long agoe haue beene vnto you verye harde and annoyouse and moste of all for that manye myghte haue taken occasion of slaundre for asmuche as they were moued in some parte vnder the shadowe of chaungyng the Religyon Wherefore it cannot bee but that it hathe beene vnto you a verye harde assaulte aswell for the cares whiche myghte come vnto you as also for the mutenies of the malygners and Ignorauntes and also for the feare and trouble of the good Truelye the brute that I haue heard a farre of hath caused me to haue great grief in my hearte vnto suche time that I dyd knowe that God had begonne to put some remedy Neuertheles for that that they be not yet al pacifyed and that the deuill may renewe them agayne you shall call to remembraunce that that the holy story recyteth of the good king Ezechias that is to saye at suche tyme as he hadde abolyshed the Supersticyons in Iewerye Ezechias at his fir●… reforinyng of the church was fore oppressed of enemies and reformed the state of the church according to the law of god that thē he was so oppressed of his enemies that he was very lykelye to be a loste and desperate manne It is not withoute cause that the holye Spiryte notablye expresseth that suche afflyccyons happened vnto hym immediatelye after he had established the true religion in hys persit ordre For it was verye lykelye Whoso goeth aboute to set furth the glorye of GOD shall haue persecuciō that as soone as he went about to set foorthe the glorye of God he shoulde not haue hys realme peaceable So all faythefull Princes and Gouernours of Countreyes be aduertised by thys exaumple that the more they shall employe theyr labour to put out all Idolatrye and procure that god be truely wurshypped as he ought the more theyr fayth shall bee proued Why God suffereth godly Princes to bee tempted by dyuers temptacions God suffereth it and so will haue it to declare the constancie of hys and to exercyse them that they shoulde haue regarde to an hygher thyng then thys worlde The deuil laboureth priuely to destroy al godly doctrine In the meane tyme the deuil also doth hys offyce entending by al couert and hidden meanes to destroye the good doctrine because he cannot openlye attayne to hys desyre But folowing the admonicion of saint Iames who sayeth vnto vs that in consideryng the pacience of Iob we muste take hede to th ende we must also caste oure eyes vpon the end whiche was geuen to the sayde good kynge The good ende that GOD geueth to the godly As god succoured hym in all hys aduersities so in th ende he remayned victorious Consideryng that and for asmuch as hys hād is not now any shorter than it was than and that he hath at this day in so gret recommendacion the defence of his people truth and veritie as euer he had Doubte ye not but that he wil helpe you and not onelye for one tyme but in as many temptacions as he shall send vnto you If the moste parte of the worlde resiste the Gospell and lykewyse enforceth themselues with all rage and violence to empeache and hyndre the settyng furth therof The ingratytude of men doeth euer more resist God approchīg vnto them We ought not to thynke it straunge For it is the vnthankefulnesse of menne which euer haue bene and shal be to recoyle when GOD approcheth to them and also to stumble agaynste hym when he will charge them with hys yoke Moreouer for that of theyr nature they bee geuen to hipocrisie they maye not endure to bee brought to the light of the woord of GOD whiche discouereth their infamye and shame nor to be drawen out of the supersticiōs which serueth vnto thē as hyding places for to geue them shadowe It is then no new thing if there bee greate contradiccion whē one goeth aboute to brynge them to the pure obedyence of GOD. Iesus brigeth the swerd with the gospel And also we haue aduertisemente of oure Lorde Iesus the whiche sayeth to vs that he hathe brought the sweorde with his euangelye But this muste not astonyshe vs nor make vs wurse willynge or fearefull for in th ende when men shall haue well mutined and put furth all theyr malices they shal be confounded in a momente and shal ouerthrow themselues with theyr owne violences It is true as it is sayde in the seconde psalme that god shall not but laughe at theyr styrrynges Howe god laugheth at the malicious stirring of persecutours that is to say that in dissimulyng he shall leaue them tormented as the thyng touched hym not But for all that in th ende they shal be alwayes drieuen backe by hys power of the whiche if we be armed we haue a good perfite and inuincible municion againste all conspiracies whatsoeuer the Deuilles maye procure agaynst vs. And in th ende we shall knowe by experyence The Gospell that maketh a reconciliacion betwene god and vs can also a pease men that as the gospel is the messenger of peace of the reconciliacyon betwene God and vs So can he aswel for vs pacifye men And by thys meane we shall feele that Esai hath not sayd in vayne that when Iesu Christe shall reygne emonges vs by hys doctrine the sweordes shall be conuerted into plough shares and the speares into Sythes In the meane tyme albeit that the malice and Rebellion of men are the occasion of sedicion and mewtenies which ryseth agaynste the Gospell Yet neuerthelesse it behoueth vs to take hede to our selues God some