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A01468
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An admonishion to the bishoppes of VVinchester, London and others &c.
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Bale, John, 1495-1563.
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the lighte and coÌ„meth not to the light that his dedes should not be reproued but he that doth the truth commeth to the light that hys deedes maye be knowen for they are done in god â–ª Christ ordeined the holy coÌ„munion that christen men shoulde together eate the holy bread and drinke the holy cuppe in the remembrauÌ„ce of his body broken and his blood shed And S. Paule deliuered to vs the same that he receiued of the Lord commaundynge vs saying as oft as ye shal eate of thys bread and drincke of this cup ye shall shew the Lordes death vntil he come I prai you how is this obserued in your priuate masses wher your shaueÌ„ prestes for the more parte can as well buylde Poules steple as fulfil Poules coÌ„maundemeÌ„t you haue not one word of scripture to maintaine this prophanation of christes institution And it is an horrible and fearful thing that euer man mortall should presume sutch great impietie against the immortal and euerliuiÌ„g god you rage sore agaynst maried priestes which haue for them gods woorde but you forget the vnchaste and detestable Sodomies incestes aduoutries fornications murdring of infants that hath bene fouÌ„d in the vnmaried sort of shaue linges which haue no word of god but this for sutche thinges sake commeth the wrath of god vpon the children of vnbeliefe and whore mongers and aduouterers shal not inherite the kingdoÌ„e of Christ. You bishops shoulde laye no snares to dampne mens soules but rather helpe them oute that be in sutche dampnable estate and that which gods word leaueth at libertie you ought not to bring into boÌ„dage That you depriue the maried prestes of their offices liuinges it is very straunge and no word of god haue ye so to dooe And we nothing doubt it but thoughe god at this present exercises the patieÌ„ce of his seruantes yet he wil at last remember hys promise For the rroubles sake of the oppressed and because of the coÌ„plaint of the poore I wil vp saith the Lorde I wyll helpe them and set them at rest And in Esai the lord saith wo be to the thou robber shalte not thou be robbed also thou that despisest other shalt not thou also be despised The lord wil doutles heare the sorowful wepings of the poore widdowes and fatherles children which by this robbery are dryuen to beggerie The lord heareth the praier of the oppressed saieth Sirach He wil not despise the praier of the fatherles nor the widdowe lamentably complainyng to hym Doth not god see the teares of the widdow and hear her exclamation against sutch as cause her to wepe from her cheke they ascend into heauen and the lorde that fauourablye heareth her wyll haue no pleasure in them For gods honor therfore and for feare of his iudgement cal these things to your minde and somewhat mitigate these hasty and rashe doinges whiche are against god his word For though the lord hath called you to be a scourge to other yet remember he coÌ„manudeth you to do nothing vnrighteouselye for he is a god that willeth none vnrighteousenes their may no vngodly persone dwell with him sutch as be cruell may not stand in his sight He is enemy vnto al wicked doers he destroieth the lyars and abhorieth the bloode thirstye and deceiteful And as you now are reysed to scourge others so if you vexe the innocent doutles the lord will throw you downe and rayse vppe them that shall scourge you againe and fulfill Christes worde with what measure ye meate to other the same shalbe measured to you againe Remember we besech you that as glory groweth so enuie against you groweth not of good but of euell men who thoughe they nowe lyke Echo rebound euer with pleasauÌ„t souÌ„d of your owne voice yet wil they if god a little withdrawe his hande from you be the first that shal reioyse at your fall God wil withdraw his hand from you if you repugne against his word if you seeke to deface his truth to cast aside Christes supper to condempne mariage to set vp againe idolatrie superstition and errour to bring in againe that sodomitical fained chastetie that drew infinite vnto eternal dampnation we neede not recite vnto you exaÌ„ples what god hath done with princes and potentates that haue enterprised to resist his truthe or els to abuse it to their owne priuate lustes seing you haue not onely read but sene before your eyes Onelye we praye god you may remember what was said to S. Paule Saule Saule why persecutest thou me He saide Lorde who art thou The lord saide I am Iesus whom thou persecutest it shal be hard for the to kicke against the pricke It is the lord Iesus that in his members suffereth it is his worde that is hated and persecuted it is he that mercifullye calleth you to repentaunce and he is able inoughe to represse all violence done agaynste him but as he came from heaueÌ„ to saue sinners so wolde he rather call Saule to repentance then cast Nero into destructioÌ„ But when al thinges shal declar you impenitent manifest rebellour against godes worde then without doubte the lord wil no more spare you theÌ„ he hath before time spared other For goddes sake therfore beware in dew time and take example at others least other here after take example at you Iudas betraying the truth purchased the blody feld for he hong himselfe and all his guttes burst forth Pharao persecuting the people of god got gods vengeaunce manifolde plages vpon Egipt and he that thirsted blood was drowned in the red sea Iamnes and Iambres his prophetes were at last compelled magre their hertes to acknowledge the finger of god How wel sped Hieroboam for erecting his golden calues at Bethell and berseba Looke for no better rewarde for erectiug your satisfactory sacrifice But how craftely do you cloine in this you wil commaunde no man but they shall say you gratifie the quene God graunt the quenes grace plainly to se your falshoode we are afraid you wil bring the wrath of god vpoÌ„ her al this realm of England as the pÌ„stes ê“phetes of Dan bethel brought it vpoÌ„ the kings of Israel and Iuda you tel the quene the people is desirous of Masses and that they neuer fauoured the scriptures and you tell the people the quencs pleasure is that they receiue againe the masse and poperie Thus you cause no small number of harts to be withdrawen froÌ„ that harty loue and affectioÌ„ that thei ought to beare to the quenes highnes and as mutch as in you is sowe the sede of discention which the lord of heauen keepe from amonge vs and graunt you to take wiser wares The people doubtles was fully staied in conscience and quieted in the right way of gods word and wolde haue continued in the same if you and others had not wyth your dampnable perswasions craftie surrelties cruell haÌ„dlings c. gone
AN Admonishion to the Bishoppes of VVinchester London and others c. Ecclesia v. Make no tariyng to turne vnto the Lord and put not of from daie to daie for sodenly shal his wrath come in the time of vengeance he shall destroye the. ¶ From Roane by Michaelwood Anno. M.D.Liii the first of October MAny great men and potentates of the worlde when thei haue by their vnlauful and vnrighteous attemtes brought themselues into extreme miseries haue at laste much blamed their vnfortunable estate for that they in due time lacked counâ—el to haue withdrawen them froÌ„ such enterprises So it is saide in the common Prouerbe That the riche and mightye haue seldome good councell excepte they get it of theÌ„selues For riches and hye dignitie causeth them to be more insolent so that they can abide any thing better then to be tolde of theyr faultes and the rewarde of hym that shoulde franckely tell them the truth may soner be a brokehead then otherwyse Thys prudent men perceyuing rather wythdrawe them selues from them theÌ„ with wearying them selues in vayne â–ª procure to them selues displeasure And flatterers seyng a redy pray at theyr handes dayly folowe vpon them wyth vpholdyng theyr dedes and woordes good or bad Al is excellently deuised prudentlye spoken done lyke a good man c. Thus wyth their owne pride climbyng â–ª and with flattery pricked forward thei runne headloÌ„g in their imaginatioÌ„s til they tomble downe into the pyt of destructioÌ„ And then thei lay the blame froÌ„ them selues to other wher indede they wold neuer heare other but snch as serued yea rather deceyued theyr affections wyth flatteries But agaynst sutche headstroÌ„g hastynes we are admonished by the holy Gost saying Be not wise in thine owne conceit Fear God depart from euil Thys we wysh that al menne wold well consider in their enterprises First that ther is a God not a blynd and deafe god as the godles Heithen painted Iupiter at Create but an euerliuyng God that seeth all the wayes of Adams children that knoweth the oppress our and him that is oppressed that wyl call all thynges into iudgemeÌ„t and to accoÌ„pt and wyl render to euerye one his iust recompence vpon hys head Hym oughte men to fear For whatsoeuer thei atteÌ„pt yet at last that he determineth must coÌ„e to passe and his wyl in all thynges shall be accomplished This I pray you to coÌ„sider now in dew time least if you now forget it it may hereafter chauÌ„ce to you as it hathe done to other â–ª that in theyr wealth lyttle studyed on these matters God hath maruelously saued you from the handes of sutche as hated you and set you in hye dignitie more then euer you had in your lyfe And doutles it is to do good â–ª and not euill to correct and amend thinges amisse not to destroy and breake downe thynges that are in good case and order Your procedinges begin strangelye in that you at the fyrst go about to deface the holy woord of God to set asyde Christes institution and to cal al this realme to blindenesse and errour For if you take away the lyghte of Gods woord from the worlde what caÌ„ men loke for at your haÌ„des but destruction and errour Dauid saith thy worde O Lord is a candel for my feete â–ª and a light for my steppes And Christ sayeth he that foloweth me walketh not in darknes but shal haue the lyght of life we knowe that you haue in tymes past nothing fauored the Scriptures to be in English but haue euer winsed and kycked against them but our hope was that once you wold ameÌ„d considering how Gods goodnes called you to repeÌ„tance You were wont to alledge you dyd nothyng but as a common CouÌ„selour yea you obtested by God that when menne were burned for the truthes sake you nothyng procured to it but dyd all that you might to the coÌ„trari we wer glad to read this in your writiÌ„gs but we besech you let the same nowe appeare in your dedes so shal we the better beleue your writinges But if now you rayse a newe persecution for the wordes sake truely it shal be manifest to al meÌ„ that ye were gilty of al the blod that hath bene shed before time for the word of god which blod though it be yet vnadueuged yet it remaineth fresh and new in the syght of God wyth Abels bloode crying vnto God and with the bloode of the holye Martirs saying How longe tariest thou Lorde holy and true to iudge and to auenge our blode on them that dwell on the earth Doute ye not but their crye is heard and not forgotteÌ„ afore God For he maketh inquisition for their bloode and remembreth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore The office of a Byshop is not to be a Butcher it is to preache Gods word not to put it downe to help such as be captiues not to cast into pryson the ryghteouse that are at liberty to carry the poore lambes vpoÌ„ their shoulders not to seke al meanes possible to consume them with fyre or halter O miserable lambes that shall haue sutch Shepherdes whose study is not to feede them but to kepe them froÌ„ the pasture of Gods word and to poyson them with dreames of mens imaginations O horrible iudgement of God that Christ and his Gospell shal be called new learning and here sye what can the Turcke do more then rayle agaynste Christ and blaspheme his holye Testament Yet must Christen men be compelled to hear Antichrist and to hold their peace when the blood of the new Testament is blasphemed what is in your lattin Masse to edify with the churche of England S. Paule saith that al thinges read or doone in the common congregation should be done in that tonge that the congregation vnderstandeth that the vnlearned may say Amen And Boner hath set vp agayne in Paules Salesburi latin portace wherof the lai men vnderstaÌ„deth no word and God knoeth no more do the greater parte of the portas patterers we know that S Paul had the spirite of Christe and what can we iudge of Boner doing contrary to Saynt Paules doctrine Yf the most godly and perfecte booke of seruice whiche euen you your selfe haue both in preachynge and writing coÌ„mended please not him why doth he not set out his church seruice in English But he knoweth wel inough that there is sutche monstruouse thinges in it that if it were in Englishe English boies woulde laughe it scorne Sutch lyes ar in the saiÌ„tes legendes such manifest errours that no coullour caÌ„ defend them Yet muste these occupye the place and that in lattin to make symple and plaine people beleue that ther is in the lattin tong â–ª some priuy holy mistery Truthe needeth no corners or clokes to hide it selfe nor to be in a straunge hid tong as errours euer seke the â—â—â—tes of darknes to be their shield and defense Euery one that doth euil as Christ saieth hateth