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A16863 The lamentacyon of a Christe[n] agai[n]st the citye of London for some certaine greate vyces vsed theri[n]. Brinkelow, Henry, d. 1546. 1548 (1548) STC 3766; ESTC S106581 25,021 94

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to their deseruinges And he that spake y e same to Ierusalem speaketh it to yow ād to all Cityes that committe like īiquite as ye do And whether ye haue serued y e Disciples of the Lorde like as ded the Cytezens of Ierusalē their Prophetes Iudge your seifes ande ye shall se that ye haue shed more bloud thē euer ded that moste synfull Ierusalem euen of thē that taught you Gods truth Well I can no more but beseche the Lord God that he wyll geue suche grace to some that in the time of hys wrath he maye finde .x. ryghteous persons in this Cytie whereby the wrath and vēgeaūce of God may be turned from it which is lyke to come shortly vppon vs or vppō our childeren for our sinnes oure forfathers For we haue deserued a M. tymes more plages thē euer ded Tire Sidō or Sodoma Gomora ware it not for y e great mercy of God I thinke we had foūde it so or this tyme. For we haue an example of these Cities they be written for oure learninge to auoid such vices Yea no doubt the vices cōmitted in y e oh Lōdon are as euell as euer ware in any of y e foure Cyties afore named And surely I thinke yf they had herd y e prechīg y t hath bene ī Lōdon this .xiiii. or .xvi. yeares past y t they had repēted and ●orsaken their Iniquitye For I saye vnto youe that the gospell was neuer more sīcerelye preached in the tyme of the Apostles then it hath bene of late in London Nor neuer more Godly exposicions vppō the scripture and that a greate nombre whereby to drawe vs to Christ Iesus For why the same sprete euen the very holye Ghoste whych spake in the Apostles hath spokē in mē now to vs. But alas as the Prophete sayth Esay xxix we haue eares heare not eyes see not See ye not nor yet perceiue ye how the blynde Prophetes haue led you euen now in our tyme Haue ye not slayne the seruauntes of the Lorde onely for speakynge agaynst y e autoritye of the false Bysshoppes of Rome that mōstruouse beast whō now ye your selues do or shuld abhorre I meane all his lawes beynge contrary to Christ not his body yet ye se y t a fewe yeares past ye brēt them for heretiques abhominable which preatched or wrote against his vsurped power now it is treason to vphoulde or maintayne any parte of his vsurped power ād he shal dye as a traytoure that so doth well worthy So saye I vnto you there shalbe yet thinges preched vnto you and ye shall be instructed by wryters of thīges which ye be not yet able to beare and whosoeuer preacheth or writeth it if the Lorde defend him not out of your handes he shall dye for it ād yet out it will at y e lēgth though all the deuelles in hell saye naye to it and so shalbe reformed Ande euen this followyng is one of y e chefest thīgs Oh ye Cytezens wyll ye neuer geue your selfes to the readynge pf the scripture whereby ye maye knowe the lawe of the Lorde to avoyde the euerlastynge damnacion which is ordayned for the deuell ād his angels Wyll ye euer be ignorant of Godes cōmaundemēt Exodi xx saynge I will haue none other Gods in my syght and that ye neyther bowe your selfe nor serue any thing as God y t is in earth benethe or in heauen aboue or in the water vnder the earth And do ye not yet se how thys whore of Babylō hath altered the supper of the Lorde which was īstituted to haue y e blessed passion in continuall remēbraunce for a perpetuall memorye of thankes geuinge which we shuld receiue with all reuerence and meaknes of hert geuinge thākes vnto God onely for y t benefyte which we haue receyued obtayned through Christes dethe which this supper sygnifyeth and that we beleue as verely as we eate the breade drīk y e wine which norissheth y e body is seane with our corporall eye spiritualli representeth the very body of Christ euen so verely as we haue tasted eatē seen this holy supper or Sacramēt of thāks geuinge euen so verelye to beleue y t Christ dyed for our sinnes and that his bloud onely hath pacyfied the fathers wrathe and so hath sett vs at peace with God For he hath payed y t which laye not in me nor in no man but onely in hym that was bothe God man and by none other meanes myght mā be redemed and so to aknoweledge y t he is dead hath shed his bloude for our synnes is rysen for our rightwysnesse Thus I seynge my synnes buryed in Christes woundes must euer more be thankfull to y e euerliuīg God onely And thus to eate his blessed body and to drīke his bloude spiritually in fayth is Gods institucyon Math. xxvi Marc. xiiii Luc. xxii.i. Corinth xi Where he sayth as ofte as ye shall eate of this breade drinke of this cuppe ye shall shew y e Lordes death till he come And saynte Austyn sayth what preparest thow thy teth thy belly beleue thow hast eatē Which agreeth with y e words of our sauiour Christ saing The fleshe profiteth nothynge it is the spryte y t quyckeneth Iohan in y e .vi. chapter But the instituciō of Antichriste is cleane contrary to thys For by his instituciō thow muste fall downe vppō thy knees holdinge vp thy handes as to God In dede it is y e Bysshoppe of Romes God which they must see with theyr corporall eye because they haue no hope in the lyuynge God through the spyrituall eye And thus hath he chaunged the holy memory of Christes death in to the worshippynge of his God made of fyne flower and all to bringe him selfe and his membres alofte ād in the reputacion of the world aboue all degrees of men yea aboue Kinge and Emperour and therby to sitt in the consciences of men aboue God and his worde euen in the very tēple of God where God alone shulde fitt And by his instituciō of this his God is he crept vp in to this vsurped power Oh Antichrist the begynner of this Idoll which is heade of all Idolles after thyne institucyon Doth not God say as afore is sayde Exo. xx Thou shalt not worshyppe any symilitude that his in heauē erth or in the waters vnder the earth And thou contrari to the euerlyuing Goddes cōmandemēt hast seduced the people to honore thy God I tel the gētle reader ones againe it is the greatest Idoll vnder heauē as it is vsed in his masse and a God of the makynge of Antichrist as is sayde whiche masse is after his institucyon an heape of folishe ceremonies without significacions to avaunce ande set out his God to the blearynge of the eyes of the symple Ande thu shalt see if thou wilt reade y e .xviii. chapter of the Apocal. callinge to God onely to open thyn eyes all the
of that thynge whych is present it selfe AS touchynge this matter IOHAN fryth y e seruaūt of the LORDE whome ye ād youre False Prophetes haue burned whose bloude with others cryeth vengeance agaīst your Bysshoppes He I saye hath writē Inuyncibly in this matter whose worke I exhorte all those whiche fauoure the free passage of the gospell vnfaynedly to reade ād to studie For it is agreing to the touchstone of Gods worde ād to the olde aunciēt doctours As appereth by the same boke of his Ande I exhorte you in Gods name yf there be anie Chistian printer in London to prynte moo of those workes for there can neuer be to many of them Feare not man although death followe seīg Christ saieth he that loseth his lyfe for my wordes sake shall saue it Mathewe in the .xx. chapter And considre that neither Winchester nor London nor the rest of the Bisshoppes the vesselles of Gods Iustice without repentaunce haue no power to destroie but y e bodie onelye wherfore feare them not But feare hym onelye that can kyll both bodye and soule as apereth in the same .xx. chap. For if thou wilt liue godly in Christ thou must neades suffre persecutiō And truly he is not worthy to be a membre of the body that will suffre no dysplesure with the heade Therfor blessed are they that suffre persecucyon or anye trouble for ryghtousnes sake that is for Christes sake And in this matter I saye w t the sayde Iohan fryth that it is no pointe of our dampnaciō nor saluacyon If I beleue it not it dampneth me not But to haue the absēce of the benefyttes of his deathe and passiō in my hert may be cause of my dampnacion and in beleuynge of the sayde benefytes of ande through hys dethe shalbe my saluacion beinge repentaunt for my synnes But one thynge I will tell the and marke it well for it is trewe Though thou beleue he is there lyke as Antichrist and like his petye membre standish saythe ande so worshippe it as God I tell the that it is damnable For thou arte commaūded in the fyrste Table of y e cōmaundementes y t thow shalt not worshippe anye thynge y t is made after anye symylitude or lykenes that is in heauen or earthe as I haue afore sayde God is asprete ād wilbe honored in sprete and veryte I saie your blynde bloudy Byshoppes or rather butchers dishonour not onely the Sacramēt but the God of al Goddes also in mynystrynge the same And so do all prestes that other sīge or saye the popysh masse which they call a sacryfyce and therby wold haue Christes bodye daylye crucyfyed where as he offred vp his holy body vppon the crosse for our synnes ones for euer ande neuer shalbe offred agaī whyle the worlde endureth but hath instituted the holye supper or Sacrament of thankesgeuynge as afore is sayde to put vs in contynuall memory of that oblacion ād sacrifice y t we shulde beleue our sinnes to be forgeuen onely for Christes sake through his death ande so to be thankfull whych holye thynge as ye se is tourned into a popyshe masse and is to the people a domme yea no thīg els but a deade ceremonye Wherfore I will exhort all prestes that wylbe of Christes congregacion to fle and geue ouer that abhominable massinge which is a blasphemy to Christes bloude in that they make of it a sacryfice What sacryfice can y t be where no bloude is shedde Wherfore in Christes name all yow I saye that wolde be of Christes churche forsake thys whore w t all her abhominable rables ande rather begge with Christ then welthelye to lyue with the prestes of her God Beell and feare not but God shall prouyde both clothyng and foode sufficient for the bodye Considre the lylye dothe not spynne yet was Salomon neuer so gorgiouslie apparelled Mat. vi Who clothed the lilie ded not our heauenlye father clothe it And be not ye worth manye sparrowes Well then we se that pure heauēly father both clothed fedde all creatures and shall not he also clothe and feade yowe which seke his glorie trust only in him Yes yes doubt not And surely ye cā not remaine as ye do but ye muste be partakers of ther Idolatrye Perchaunce thou wilt saye I could be cōtented to liue porely to followe Christe but I feare the Byshoppes blessynge which is a fayre fyre Set afore the y e deth of Christ for prechynge his fathers will ād before hym the Prophetes ande after hym his Apostles and at this daye hys chosen seruauntes ande consydre as afore is sayde that the deuyllyshe Byshopes the vesseiles of Godes Iustyce can but destroye the bodye onelye that God will rayse it vp agayne at the great daye of y e Lorde euen as he is rysen And considre that alwayes it was the Bysshoppes ād the hyghe prestes y t put Christ and hys Apostles and his chosen seruauntes to deathe And by theyr deuellyshe sedusyng euer blynded the Prynces and other head rulers to geue ther consent ther vnto Math. in the .xxi. ande in the .xxvi. chapter O ye Babylonyshe Bisshoppes and generacion of Uipers where haue ye your auctoryte or how dar ye be so bold to kyll a man for his faith whych Christ neuer ded nor hys Apostelles For it is a gyfte which no man can eyther geue an other or yet hym selfe No no it is the gyft of God onely Ande that must be geuen a man before he can eyther do or thynke goode For all y t is done without fayth is synne Roma in y e xxiiii and Hebre. xi No nor ye put no man to death for Christes sake but for y ● that no man shuld either preache teache or wrytte Chryst aryght which he can not do but he shall by force be constrained of the holye Ghost to wryte agaynst your pompe pryde vyle lyuinge and agaīst your abhomynable sedusing of the people leadynge them in an endlesse mase of dyrtye tradicions and folyshe ceremonyes And why cannot a man set for the Christ but he must write agaynst yow Euen bycause ye be the verye Antichristes No I saye it is not possible for anye man sent of God either to preache or wryte but he must open hys mouthe agaīst that moost wycked abomynable and detestable Antychryst of ROME as agaynste the enemy of Chryst which be you false Bysshops false Prophetes that beare the false signe of the new lawe the olde lawe with stoute stronge and sturdie Archedeacōs Deanes ād Chanons of Cathedrall churches and other your pyty membres prestes of Baall Ande he that openeth not his mouthe agaīst you cā not truly set out Christ and that is the cause why ye seke theyr deathes Ye bewytch Kīges other rulers and turne theyr laboures I meane the laboures of y e seruaūtes of God whyche crye against your Iniquytie sayīg they teache sedycyon and cause rebellyon against the higher powers Oh ye chylderne of Satan all y t