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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01348	A myrrour or glasse for them that be syke [and] in payne. Translated out of Dutche in English	Gnaphaeus, Gulielmus, 1493-1568.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568, attributed name.	1536 (1536)	STC 11470.5; ESTC S106762	72,690	202

be ledde in to temptacion not that we desyre to be rydde and fre of all temptacion which cā not be seynge oure lyfe is a perpetuall battayll But the intent is that we be not ledde in to such temptacion which myght ouercome and so discomfite vs that we therby myght fall in misbeleue despayre or blasphemy of the name of God Vvhich synnes be the greatest and moost parelous for they lye hydde in the entrayles of the harte Vvherby we might synke to the botome of hell with Cayn Iudas kyng Antioche without y e sustaynynge vnderproppīge of God Therfore praye y e holy prophetes also Lorde put not me to rebuke in thyne anger oh chastē my not in thy displeasure In which prayer y e spret of god cōforteth vs causeth God to graūte vs y t he is y e health of al people Of what trouble so euer we call to hī he shal deliuer vs be our god for euermore Lazarus Youre sayenge is confortable and my thynketh I am refreshed at my hart so y t I fele lesse grefe in my paines Neuerthelesse I must reasone sōwhat larglyer w t you seynge ye teache my so well Vvese dayly with oure eyes y t yf a chylde beynge chastiseth of his father do yelde hymself to his fathers wyl axynge mercy at the laste he wyll leaue of chastenynge I trust that he which is a father of mercye wyll also be mercyfull vnto my poore wrech how thynke ye Timothe As concernynge which be the best waye to optayne mercy of God therin doth youre similitude lyke me verely wel For as a father that hateth the wikednesse of his chylde dewly not withstōdinge loue doth correcce hym wyth fatherly pytie whan he seyeth him repyne at the chastesynge he waxeth more furious and augmenteth the strokes In lyke maner also God in scripture is sayde to be wrothful whan we receaue not the chastigation of his hande wyth lowlynesse euen as we rede in Esaye the .ix. Chapter After all this the wrath of the Lorde shal not ceasse but yet shall his hande be streched out styll For the people turneeth not vnto hym that chastiseth them nother do they seke the Lorde of hoostes Therfore shall the Lorde rote out of Israel both heade and tayle braunche ●uigge in one daye By the which wordes the prophet aforesayde meaneth that God stryketh vs to the intent we shuld so much sooner turne agayne to hym and that he strykinge vs shulde occasion vs to seke ayde and helpe of hym Now therfore that we maye swage the wrath of the chastesynge father we shall yelde oureselfs lyke good chyldren vnto the strokes of oure father knowleginge our faulte styll pearsynge to hys fatherly bosome endeuourynge to coll hym yee to seke all meanes wherby we myght moue hym to pytye For y e which lowly rendrynge of oure self God loueth vs more then he dyd before For y e prophet Abacuk sayeth Whan God is wroth than shal he remembre his mercy Thus maye we thē praye w t the prophet sayenge All that thou hast done vnto vs O Lorde that hast thou done of trewe iudgment for we haue synned and disobeyed thy cōmaundementes Lo such good wyl and yeldinge is of more efficacite and acceptable in the syght of God to optayne forgeuenesse therby than all pylgrimages vowes and other wayes whyche a man can take vpon hym of his owne brayne without ony groūde of euident scripture ¶ Lazarus Good Lorde what haue I yet to demaūde whiche I rather ought to kepe close Ye maye saye One foole wyll demaūde more than al wyse mē can assoyle Timothe You cā not are to much at me brother for I trust I shal certifie you wel ynough in al thynges by the assistaunce of God Lazarus Ye cause me there to remēbre pelgrimages wherfore my questiō is wether they auayle ought to optayne health therby For my frendes wil not ceasse without I make a vowe ether to faynt Leonart or to our lady of walsyngā or to some other saynte after theyr affeccion But as for me I haue no mynde more in this dede for goyng of pelgrimage hath pilled my yf a good lyuelod in my dayes yet haue I foūde none amēdmēt Yf wysdō had ben my frende I might haue spared that mony But I gaue to much eare vnto these olde tothlesse mab●es pilergnawers They were so earnest in whysperynge these thynges in myne eares that I coulde neuer be rydde of them But what saye ye of them Tymothe yf they be Godly I wyll cause more to be gone for me Timothe Fyrst ye must well vnderstonde youre owne wordes where as ye speake of pylgrimages A plgrime is he y t wandreth in a straunge country and from home pylgrimage is such a wandringe or wayfarīge Now where fynde ye in ony scripture that Goddes worde byddeth you to go seke holynesse in a straunge coūtry or place seynge you be Gods tēple yf ye beleue faythfully and seynge Paul wyll haue men to lyft vp pure handes in euery place Or where be ye cōmaunded to chose out one place more than another to offer prayer sence the shadowe of y e lawe vanished Yee how can you presusume such praynge as is not agreynge with Gods worde and all what is done without his cōmaundement is not acceptable vnto hym Nother is it the glory and honour of God or his sayntes to set such stoare by youre mans wysdome and inuencion though yt seme neuer so godly fayre But yf ye sayeth Christ that wylbe my disciples praye you shall not pray lyke as the Heythen do but go in to the chamber of youre hart shut the dore vpon you that is shut all wordly troubell and cōbraūce out of youre hart and praye vnto God in secrete not in y e corners of the stretes not in outchosen places and youre father which seyeth in secrete and the entrayles of the hart shal rewarde you openly Christ hath sufficiently forbidden the goynge of pylgrimage in the .iiii. chapter of Iohn where he teacheth vs that we shuld not go to pray in Salomons tēpel nor vpō the renowmed hylles of the Patriarckes but that we shall call vpon God in all places not with waxe or flaxe not w t syluer or golde not with corne or sede no not with cryenge and whyninge as the prestes of Baal and the Heithen do which thynke to be herde for their cryenge and much bablinge but in sprete and treuth For the father which is a sprete wyl haue such worshippers The prophete Malachy also in his fyrst chapter sayeth From the rysynge vp of the sonne vnto the goynge downe of thesame my name is great amonge the gentyles Yee in euery place shal there sacrifices be done and a clene meat offerynge offred vp vnto my name for my name is greate amonge the Heithen sayeth the Lord of hoostes What offringe doth he requyre of vs wax or flax syluer or golde No but the mortifyenge of our carnall desyres and sensuall appetite

there is scarce a vyllage of .viii. or .ix houses but there is ether one Idoll or other Wherto is Christendom come what do ye make of the blessed company of electes which be planted and gathered in y e loue of God with all faythfull and beleuynge which were pacient here in theyr troubel and haue receaued a louely sprete of God despysynge all honour prayse goodes worldly preemynence be they I saye now so vnpacient wykedly dysposed and couetous of honour that they must be appeased and reconcyled againe with gaddynge a pelgrymage with offerynge of candels or egges Is the saluation of sayntes become now a house of plages wherout all mysery floweth All the diseases wherof ye make you sondery patrons are naturall and were in the worlde before youre saintes were borne Oure mysbeleue and great infydelite is the cause that we haue fayned vs so many Idols Because we haue not knowne the onely eternal and trewe god but be enclyned to blynde ceremonies though we shulde worshippe a calfe ther with as the chyldren of Israel dyd therfore is it come to pas that we haue oure purpose in that we haue done worshippe vnto the calfskynne the popyshe bulles stickynge candels to it O Lorde loke vpon the afflyction and punyshment of the doughter Syon and haue pytie vpō the destruccion of Iosephs heretage Lazarus Frō hensforth wyll I set vp not one lytel candell to ony ymage what so euer it be I haue hetherto lyghted thre candels to saynte Anne euery tewsdaye and on the thyrsdaye haue I worshypped the holy sacrament with half a pounde of waxe but I am now so enfourmed of you that hensforth I wyll do it nomore but rather geue it to the poore and lyghten so the lyuynge temple of god wherin he dwelleth no doubte with hys mercy Is not that beste brother Tymothe Tymotheus Yee it is a thousande tymes better for Christes saynge is Loke what ye haue done vnto the least of mine that haue ye done vnto me He sayeth not what ye haue done vnto my picture or ymage or vnto the picture of my sayntes which I haue forbidden to make or to honoure Wherfore whan these sayntes spechmē come to persuade you to your olde superstition than answer you them Is it not a great blyndnesse of you to seke the sayntes in woode and stone contrary to the fyrst commaundement Is it not a great foly to lyght the Sonne at brode day with a candell The sayntes wyll say to this Lorde in thy lyght shall we beholde the lyght The lyght of the Godly vysage lyghteth the electes alwaye how wyl ye then lyghten them with your lyght that is made for the solace of darknesse Thynke ye they be in darknesse that are lyghtened of the sonne of ryghtwysnesse Yf ye wyll nedes set candels before them than geue them eyes also that they maye se them than maye ye optayne thākes of them els do ye but lese your laboure and cost Baruch also y e prophete doth greatly rebuke this vngodly honoure worshippe of ymages Now whan ye haue thus rebuked them of this Idolatry thā shew them where they ought to bestowe theyr candels offeringes other almes that they be acceptable vnto God Also yf they wyl go on pelgrimage thē shewe them a nearer way which they maye go with lesse cost say Seynge you be mynded to visyte the sayntes it is no nede to runne to Rome or to Ierusalē or to saynte Iannes in Spayne for that were losse both of expences and tyme. Seke Chryst in the graue of scrypture seke hym in the chamber of youre harte there shall ye be moost surest of hym Seke the sprete of Peter and Paul in theyr wrytynges and Epystles Seke Iames in his stronge fayth that he continued in vntyll hys death Morouer God is no bodely thynge and therfore wyll not he be worshipped with bodely thynges he is a sprete and regardeth no persone place candell or such good workes But his desyre is onely that we put awaye the wycked thoughtes from oure harte as namely mysbeleue despayre vnclennesse hate enuye couetousnesse and pryde For they that haue a clene harte from these and a lowely sprete shal se God and be called the children of God where as all these holynesse sekers shall remayne wythout For God which is a sprete wyll not be worshypped but in the sprete and treuth where as these hypocrytes seke hym in outchosen places in seuerall dayes with certayne oyntment boxes to declare theyr good intent towarde hym in bodely workes but they shall not touche hym for he is rysen and lyfted aboue all that is outwarde and in mans syght Lazarus I shall kepe well youre declarynge and as I can But I knowe what shall be theyr answere here vnto Timotheus What I praye you Lazarus Why than do they myracles more in one place than in another but onely that they wylbe worshypped and sought there Tymotheus To that shall ye answere where a sure fayth is there nede no tokens but onely the token of Ionas the prophet In the which token the lyfe and death of Christ and also the death and resurrecciō of euery Christen man is featly fygured For with Ionas and Christ must we descende in to the whal fyshe see of tribulacion and death before we can ryse agayne in to the lyfe euerlastynge Lyke as Ionas dyd not remayn in the see nor Christ in the graue but were relyued agayne euen so shall not God suffre vs to be ouercome with no grefe nor death but shall rayse vs out of this mysery vnto the resurreccion of lyfe Therfore ought we to voyde oure mynde of all myracles all patrons and beholde this token of Ionas onely settynge oure confydence vpō yt onely sayenge with the prophet Psal lxi My soule wayteth onely vpon God for of hym commeth my help He onely is my strength my saluation my defence so that I shall not greatly fall Lo to thys Ionas shall ye sende all these myrakel gasers as Christ hath sent thē awaye which of curiosyte desyred to se tokens from heauen As for the myracles which sayntes be sayde to shewe by theyr ymages they be but a mockage and gabbynge of the dyuell There can no myrakles be done of God agaynst hys holy worde Treuth it is that Moses hath comfyrmed the then commaundementes and lawe and hath made them autenticall with wonders and tokens It is treuth also that the Apostles after the passion and ascendynge of Chryst to heauen haue comfyrmed theyr wordes and preachynges with some myrakles in the name of Iesu for that name beynge despysed as a malefactor and condemned had great nede of these But these myracles of sayntes or ymages can not confyrme the worde of God nor they happen not to that intent but rather to a false Gods seruyce They cause nothynge els saue a decyuerynge of Gods worde Idolatry which beynge vsed and had in pryce amonge the Christians hath presoned theyr blyndnesse and mysbelefe For by the