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A10781	A pituous lamentation of the miserable estate of the churche of Christ in Englande in the time of the late reuolt from the gospel, wherin is conteyned a learned comparison betwene the comfortable doctrine of the gospell, [and] the traditions of the popish religion: with an instruction how the true Christian ought to behaue himself in the tyme of tryall. Wrytten by that worthy martyr of god Nicolas Rydley, late Bysshoppe of London. Neuer before this tyme imprynted. Wherevnto are also annexed certayne letters of Iohn Careles, written in the tyme of his imprisonment. Perused and allowed according to the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions.	Ridley, Nicholas, 1500?-1555.; Careless, John, fl. 1564-1566.	1566 (1566)	STC 21052; ESTC S110643	38,326	116

day In wynter the common course of the yeare teacheth vs that the wayes be foule and therefore it is a harde thing then to take a far iourney for manye incōmodities and daungers of the wayes in that time of the yeare and on the sabboth daye it was not lawefull to iorney but a little way Now Christ therefore meaninge that we shoulde haue nede both to spede our iourney quicklye whiche can not be doone in winter for the incommodities of the wayes and also to go far which can not be done on the Sabboth daye he biddeth vs therefore praye that oure flight be not in winter nor on the sabboth daye that is to praye that we may flie in time and also far enough frō the daunger of the plague Now the causes why we shoulde flie foloweth in the same place of s. Mathewes gospel which I now passe ouer thou maiest reade them there And in the 18. chapter of the Reuelation the aungell is sayde to haue cryed myghtely wyth a loude voyce flye my people out of Babylon leaste you be infected with her faultes and so be made partners of her plagues for her offences and synnes are growen so great that they swell and are come vnto the heauen certainly the time doth approch and the lordes day is at hande Heare I besech you also holye Paule that blessed apostle he plainly forbiddeth vs ducere iugum cum incredulis that is to ioyne or couple our selues wyth the vnfaithfull for what felowship can ther be saith he of righteousnes wyth vnrighteousenes what company hath light with darknes or what agremēt hath christ with Beliall or what parte can the faithful haue with the vnfaithful or how doth the tēple of god agre with images or idols for you are the tēple of the liuing god as god hath said I will walke and dwell in them I wil be their god and they shal be my people wherfore depart from amongest them and gette you from them saith the lorde touch no vncleane thinge and I wyl receaue you and be to you in the stede of your father you shall be vnto me as my sonnes and daughters sayth the almighty Lorde This counsel to depart the realme I doe not maruell if it do seme to dyuers euen of theim I meane the beare fauoure to godwarde dyuersly Many I trust that he lerned shal thinke the counsel good Other there be per aduenture that will thynke it rather a thing to be more tollerable and that it may be in dede by gods worde lawefully done rather then to be coūsayled to be done for they wil peraduēture saye we shoulde counsell a man alwayes to doe that which is beste of all and of most parfectiō but boldly in Christes cause to spend a mannes life is beste of all and of most perfection and to flie it may seme to smell of cowardnes In many things that which is best for one at some times is not best for all at all times and it is not most perfection nor meete for a child to couet to runne before he can go I wyll not make here a discourse in thys matter what myghte here be obiected and what might be aunswered againe I leaue that to the witty and eloquent men of the worlde This is my minde whych I would thou shouldest knowe o man of god as I would wishe and I doe praye to almighty God it may be that euery true christian eyther brother or syster after they be called and broughte in to the wrestlynge place to stryue in Christes cause for the best game that is to confesse the truth of the gospell and of the Christian fayth in hope of euerlasting lyfe shoulde not shrynke nor relente one ynche or gyue backe what soeuer shall befall but stande to their tackle and styrke by it euen vnto death as they will Christ shall sticke by them at the latter daye So likewise I dare not wishe nor coūsel any either brother or sister of their own swinge to start vp into the stage or to cast themselues eyther before or farder in danger then tyme and nede shall requyre for vndoubtedly when God seeth his time and his pleasure is that his glory shal be set forth and his church edefyed by thy deathe and confession meanes shal be founde by hys fatherly vniuersall prouydence that thou wythoute thine owne presumptuouse prouocatiō shalt be law fully called to do thy feate to playe thy parte The miserable ende that one Quintus came vnto may be a warninge and a fearefull example for all men to beware of presumption and rashnes in suche thinges as Eusebius writeth in Ecclesiastica historia for euermore But a thirde sorte of men there be which also wil be counted fauourers of gods word are I feare in nūber farre mo and worse to be perswaded to that which is the godly meane I meane of such as w●ll peraduenture saye or thynke that my former counsel which was to 〈◊〉 the infect●on of the antechristian doctrine by departure oute of the realme is more then nedeth and other waies and meanes may be found both to abide and also to be cleare out of danger of the foresaide plague If that could be founde in dede truly agreable to gods word I woulde be as glad to heare it god is my witnesse as who is the other Yes peraduenture wyll some saye thus it may be Thou maist kepe thy selfe thy fayth and thy religiō close to thy self and inwardly and priuatly worship god in spirit in truthe and outwardlye see thou be no open medler nor talker nor transgressour of common order so mayeste thou be suffred in the common wealth yet vse thy relygion witho●te offence of thy conscience In other countre●es somwhere this peraduenture myght be vsed but in Eng●ande what sh●ll be god wot but it was neuer yet so far as euer I haue knowen or heard And also howe can it be but eyther thou must transgresse the cōmon order and the Romy●he lawes and customes whych haue ben vsed in ●ngland in the times pa●t of popery and nowe it is certayne they returne agayne I say thou muste eyther be a breaker of these rites lawes and costomes and so bewray thy selfe or els if thou be in dede a man of God thou shalt offende thy conscience for in obseruinge of them thou shalte be compelled to breake gods law which is the rule of cōscyence to the man of god For how canst thou resort euery holye day to the church and beare a face to worship the creature for the creatour as thou must do and peraduenture cōfesse it to with thy mouth and to sprynckle thy selfe with theyr coniured water Thou must be cōtributor also to the charges of al their popery as of bokes for antechristes seruice of lyghtes of the roode lofte of the sepulchre for setting vp and painting of images nay in dede of idols and thou muste beare a face to worshyp theym also or els thou muste be

you contrary to nature such a meke humble hart For vpō al such he saith himself his holy spirit shal rest which promis is ful wel verified on you which holy spirite of his is the good guide and leader yea the only teacher and instructer of all the lordes deare electe children And as it hath trulye taught you to caste your selfe down as it is most conuenient euen so will it rayse you vp agayne as I doubt not but it hath already done and set you vppon a high rocke of stone wheron you shal stand sure and dwell safe for euer I meane vppon Iesus Christe on whom your fayth is fyrmely built so that the gates of death or hell shall not finallye preuaile against the same Selah But as I do righte well on your parte admit the similytude of the faythful wife of Cana which came to Christ for to haue her daughters helth wyth whō you may be well compared bothe for fayth and humble mekenes euen so I wyll in no wyse allowe that you should so much exalt me a moste vyle wretched sinner yea slime earth and asshes and a verye lumpe of Adams dunge as though● there were some thinge in me in respecte wherof you should thinke your selfe vnworthy to call me brother Alas what am I in respecte of my selfe but a depe and a damnable sinner yea suche a one as daily doth deserue not only this long enprisonment and death which now knocketh at my dore but also Gehenna and hell fier if God for his sonne Christe his sake did not forgeue the same I meane my sin which partlye hath prouoked God to plage all thys Realme Therfore my deare sister if you thinke your self vnworthy to cal me brother let it be only in respecte that I am moste vnworthye of that name Otherwise you must consider that you maye and I trust dailye do boldly call Iesus Chryst the eternall sonne of God your most deare and louing brother who by his death hath brought you life and hath made you the childe of God and felowe heyre with him of the kingdome of heauē whither he is also ascended for your possession takinge and hath thereto left with you in pledge his pure and holy spirit as a sure earnest penye of the same wherwith I am right suer we are bothe sealed vnto the daye of redemption That spirite certifyeth our spirit that we are the true adopted sonnes of God and therefore we maye boldlye call him deare father then must I nedes be youre brother and so I pray you cal mee god make me worthy of that name And where as you deare hart do desier to be refreshed wyth the fruitfull water of life which floweth forth of the holye ghost the fountain of al grace I say with Christ that blessed is your hungry soule for it shall be wel satisfied with that heauenly manna which● maketh the eaters thereof to liue for euermore For God hath geuen you his spirite which hath taught and doth still teach you what you ought to beleue and how to lyue according to the same as hitherto you haue done youre light so shininge before men that god hath ben and is greatlye glorified by the same Therefore be you certaine suer that God will likewise glorify you with him self in euerlasting glory For as the lord did know and elect you for his before the foundation of the worlde was laydi● so hath he called you by the syncere preaching of his holy gospel And as he hath truly called you so doeth he moste mercyfullye iustifye you of his free grace and fauor And as he doeth iustifye you or repute you righteous in his syghte so wyll he glorify you with a crowne of immortality in his kingdome for euer Read the eight to the Romaines for your consolation and put your truste in God who careth for you and will kepe you in his safe custody free from all the assaultes of your cruel aduersarie thoughe in hys myscheuous members he doe transforme himself into an aungel of light moste craftelye to deceaue yea ●uen the very elect if it were possible for him so to do I perceaue dear sister ●k that you haue met with some of the greuous wolues whych are fearslye entred in amongest the sely sheepe of Christ to scatter them I knowe well that you haue bene sore assaulted of the Papistes But I am sure they shall not preuayle agaynst you For their cruel tyranny and all the rest of their diuelyshe doinges is so directly against the word of God in all poyntes that they can not beguyle you thoughe they woulde neuer so fayne Perchaunce you haue also bene troubled with oure spronge vp heretykes the Arrians and Anabaptistes God keepe you and all hys deare chyldren forth of theyr wycked companye for verily they are a crafty kinde of men and many a gentle harte and symple soule they do full sore abuse depely deceyue bryngyng them far from the sincere fayth of Christe and from the pure vnderstanding of his holy word though in their outward appearance they would seme as holy as any flatteryng frier If any such come about you to perswade you from that euerlasting truth which was taught you in the dayes of oure late good kynge Edwarde by those worthy witnesses whych haue sealed the same wyth their bloud let thē not come wythin your dores neither bid thē once god spede If I were sure that any suche blynde prophetes did go about to lead you in to the dike of darknes I wold take a litle more paine for your sake I haue sente vnto my good brother Henry Iones of Witney a true and christiā confession of my faith the whiche I would wishe you to reade and in all points to be ruled thereby My good brother Richard Brice will help you to it well inough I haue spoken to him and to my brother Henrye also Ah deare sister these be the daungerous dayes in which Christ did prophecye and Paule and Peter also that manye false Prophetes shoulde appeare bring in damnable sectes euen deniyng the lorde that boughte them as these diuelishe Arrians do in denying Iesus Christ to be the ternall son of God of one substance and equal with the father But my deare hart in the lord be of good chere For though this tyme of darkenes be neuer so daungerous to the cage of vncleane and hatefull birdes that can not abide the light that is to say the congregation of Sathan whiche had no lust to beleue the truth and therfore God hath sent them stronge delusion to beleue lyes yet the sure grounde of Ged remayneth still and hath his seale which is the spirite of trueth The lord knoweth them that are his and hath committed them vnto Christe his keping who will lose nothinge of that whiche his father hath geuen hym but will raise it vp at the last day yea for his chosē sake the Lorde hath saide these sorowful dayes shal be shortned of which most happy number