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The supplycacyon of soulys made by syr Thomas More knyght councellour to our souerayn lorde the Kynge and chauncellour of hys Duchy of Lancaster. Agaynst the supplycacyon of beggars
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More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.
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1529
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STC 18092; ESTC S104281
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sum meÌ„ abydyng vppoÌ„ criste hys very lyuely fayth bylde vp theruppoÌ„ such good workê as are so good so pure y t they be lyke fyne gold fyne siluer or such fyne â—cyous stonys as wheÌ„ they be caste in the fyre yt caÌ„ fynde no fyfth to fech out of theÌ„ and therefore they remayn in the fyre safe and vnmynyshed so ar there sum on the tother syde whych thogh they do not as many other do wyth mortall synnys lak of good workê wound theyr fayth vnto y â— deth fall fro criste the fundacyon that they must byld vppon yet do they abydyng vppoÌ„ y t fuÌ„dacyon byld vp theruppon many such symple frayle and corruptyble workê as can neuer enter heueÌ„ And such be veniall synnys as ydle wordys vayne waÌ„ton myrth such other thyngys lyke whych be but lyke wood hay or straw Whych workâ— wheÌ„ the soule after hys departyng out of the world bryngeth hether into purgatory he caÌ„not so gette thorow yt as dothe the soule whose wurkê were wrought clene or fully purged by penauÌ„ce ere he dyed For y t soule in the fyre can fele no harm lyke as fyne gold can in y â— fyre nothyng lese of hys weyght But this soule y t bryngeth wyth hym such frayle workys eyther wrought by theÌ„ self or insertyd ê‘aduenture myxyd a myddys of sum good vertuouse wurk as for eÌ„sample sum lak ê‘adueÌ„ture suffycieÌ„te attencyon hede taken by suÌ„ sodayn waueryng of the mynde in tyme of prayouce or some surrepcyoÌ„ kâ—epyng in of vayne glory lykyng of theyr owne prayse in theyr almes geueÌ„ or other good dede done not forthewith resysted caste oute but kepte and fedde vppon to longe and yet neyther so longe paraduenture nor so greate as oure lorde wyll for that thought depryue hym the meryte and reward of hys work lo in such casys as the apostle sayth the day of oure lorde whych ys to the hole world the day of the generall iugement and to euery man particuler the day of hys owne iugement after hys dethe shall shew hys work what maner thynge yt ys the fyre shall proue and declare For here in purgatory lyke as the fyre caÌ„ in the clene sowlys take none holde but they shal be theryn wythoute any maner payne or gryefe so shall yt in the sowlys that are vnclensyd and haue theyr wurkâ— imperfyte vnclene and spottyd hastely catch holde and kepe them fast burne theÌ„ wyth incessaunt payn tyll the fylthynes of they re synne be clene purged gone y t shal be in sum sener in sum later as theyr synnys or the spottâ— remaynyng therof be more easy or more hard to get owt And y t ys the thyng y â— Poule sygnyfyeth by y e wood haye strawe of whych the tone ys a lyght flame sone endede y â— tether smowdreth 〈…〉 and the thyrd ys hoteste and endureth lengest But yet hath 〈◊〉 an ende and so shall haue at length all the paynys of theym y â— shal be purged here But what so euer soule misshappe to dy in dedely 〈◊〉 and impenytent syth he ys therby fallen of for euer frome our sauyour cryste y t was hys fundaâ—yoÌ„ hath byelded vp wreched 〈…〉 vppon your 〈◊〉 enemy the deuyllwherwhyth he hath so 〈…〉 poysend hym self that he can neuer be purged the fyre shall therfore lye burmyng vppon hym for euer and his payne neuer lessed nor hys fylthy spottys neuer the more mynyshed ¶ And for as mych as ye neuer can conceyue a very ryght imagynacyon of these thyngys whych ye neuer felte nor yt ys not possyble to fynde you eny example in the world very lyke vnto the paynys that sely sowâ—rs fele when they be departed thense we shall therfore put you in remembraunce of one kynde of payne whych though yt be nothynge lyke for the quantyte of the mater yet may yt somwhat be resembâ—â—d be reason of the fassyon and maner If there were enbarked many peple at onys to be by shyppe conuayed a long iourney by se of such as neuer cam theron byfore and shuld happe all the way to haue the â—â—â—ryse hygh sore wrought and somtyme sone vppoÌ„ a storme to 〈◊〉 long after walowyng at an anker there shuld ye fynd dyuerse fâ—â—syons of folke Some peraduenture but of theym very fewe so clene from all euyll humours and so well attempred of theym selfe that they shal be all that long vyage by see as lusty and as â—ocunde as yf they were on lande But farre the most parte shall ye se sore syk 〈◊〉 in many sondry maner some more some lesse some lenger tyme dyseased and some myche soner amended And dyuers that a whyle had went they shulde haue dyed for payne yet after on s vomyte or twayne so clene rydde of they re gryefe that they neuer fele dyspleasure of yt after And thys happeth after as the body ys more or lesse dysposed in yt selfe therto But then shall ye somtyme se there some other whose body ys so incurably corrupted that they shall walter tolteâ— and wryng they re handys and gnash the teeth and theyr eyen water theyr hed akeâ— they re body frete theyr stomake wamble and all they re body shyuer for payne and yet shall neuer vomete at all or yf they vomyte yet shall they vomyte styll and neuer fynde ease therof Lo thus fareth yt as a small thyng may be reseÌ„bled to a great by the soulys deceaced and departed the world that such as be clene and vnspotted can in the fyre feele no dysease at all and on the tother syde such as come thense so dedely poysoned wyth synne that they re spottys bene indelyble and they re fylthynes vnpourgeable lye fâ—etynge and fryenge in the fyre for euer And onely suche as neyther be fully clensed nor yet sore defyled but that the fyre may frete owt the spottys of they re synne of thys sorte onely be we y t here lye in purgatory whych these cruell heretyques wolde make you byleue that we fele none harme at all wherof the bleeâ—syd apostle as we haue shewed you wryteh vnto the Corynthyes the coÌ„trary ¶ Now yf they wolde bere you in haÌ„de that bycause some doctours do coÌ„ster those wordys of thappostle in dyuerse other sensys as they do conster in dyuerse sensys allmost euery texte in scrypture sometyme after the letter somtyme morall and somtyme other wyse and all to the profyte edyfyeÌ„g of the herers yf these heretyques wold therfore pretend that saynt Poule in that placement nothyng of purgatory but the fyre that shal be sent byfore the dome or worldely trybulacyon or some suche other thynge ye shall well vnderstand that though hys wordys may be veryfyed and well and ê“fytably applyed vnto suche thyngys also yet letteth that nothyng these wordys to be ê“prely by saynt Poule spokeÌ„ of purgatory no more theÌ„ yt letteth these wordê to be proprely spokeÌ„ by cryste Ego in flagella
purgatory whych they muste therfore nedys graunte excepte they deny saynt IhaÌ„n ¶ What saye they to the wordys of saynte IhaÌ„n in the fyfte chapyter of the Apocalyps I haue harde saythe he euery creature that ys in heuen and vppon the yerth and vnder the yerthe and that be in the see and all thyngys that be in them all these haue I harde say benedyccyon and honoure and glorye and power for euer be to hym that ys syttyng in the trone and vnto the lamb ¶ Now wotteth euery man well that in hell among damnyd soulys ys there none that gyueth glory to Criste for the redempcyon of maÌ„ For they for anger that by theyr owne defaut they haue lost theyr ê‘te therof and cannot for prowd hart take theyr faut to them self fall to blasphemy as the deuyll doth hym self and impute theyr synne to the faut of goodys grace and theyr damnacyon to the blame of hys creacyoÌ„ So that the prayse and glory that ys geuen by creatures in hell vnto the lamb for mannys redempcyon ys onely by the sowlys in purgatory that be and shal be partyners of that redempcyon as the creaturys walkyng vppon yerth saylynge in the se that gyue the honour to Cryste for mannys redempcyon be onely the crysten people whyche loke and hope to be parteners therof and not infydels that beleue yt not But the blessyd creaturis in heuen geue honour to Criste for mannys redempcyon for that ioy and pleasure that they re charyte taketh in the socyete and felyshyp of saued soules And in thys place yt ys a worlde to se the foly of some heretykys what euasyon they seke to voyd from thys place of scrypture They sey that yt ys no more to be vnderstanden by sowlys here in purgatory nor crysten men lyuyng vppon erth then by fyshes in the see and the dyuell and damnyd soulys in hell because the text sayth that euery creature in these and in hell spake that laud and honour to the lamb But by this wyse way myght they preue that when ye pray for all crysten sowlys ye mean to pray for our Ladyes souly and for Iudas too and that our sauyour when he sent hys apostles and bad them preche his gospell to euery creature thay may bere you in hand that he bad theÌ„ preche to oxen and keene and they re caluys to because all they be creaturis But as they were sente to none other creature then suche as he meÌ„t of thoughe he spake of all nor ye meane to pray for no soulys but such as haue nede and may haue help though ye speke of all so though saynt IhaÌ„n spake of euery creature in hell geuyng honour to Cryste for mannys redempcyon yet ment he but such as be in the hell in whych they reioyce therin and shal be parteners therof whych be onely we in purgatorye and not the dyuels and damnyd soulys y t blaspheme hym though theyr iust ponishmeÌ„te redownd agaynst theyr wyll to the glory of goddys ryghtuousnes ¶ If all thys wyll not satysfye theym wyll ye se yet a nother clere place and suche as none heretyque can auoyde Doth not the blessyd apostle saynt Peter as appereth in y â— secuÌ„d chapiter of y â— apostles actê say of our sauyour cryste in this wyse QueÌ„ deus suscitauit solutis doloribus inferm In these wordê he sheweth that paynys of hell were losed But these paynys were neyther paynys of that hell in whych the daÌ„pned sowlys be payned whych nether were losed then nor neuer be losed but be and shal be as oure sauyour sayth hym self euerlastyng nor these paynys y â— were than losed were not y â— paynys in limbo patrum for there were none to be losed for the good soulys were there as our sauyour sheweth hym selfe in quiete cumforte and reste And so appereth yt euydeÌ„tly that the paynys of hell that were losed were onely the paynys of purgatory whych ys also called hell by occasyon of the latyn word and the greke worde both For in these tongys for as mych as byfore the resurreccyon of our sauyour cryst there was neuer none y â— ascended vp in to heuen there was no peple that ony otherwyse spake of sowlys then that they were gone down byneth in to the lowe place And therfore in the wordys of the comeÌ„ crede ys yt sayed of our sauyour cryste after hys passyon descendit ad inferna that ys to say he descended downe byneth in to the lowe placys In stede of whyche low placys the englyshe tonge hath euer vsed thys worde hell And certayne ys yt and very sure that cryste descended not in to all these low placys nor in to euery place of hell but onely in to lymbus patrum and purgatory Whych two placys because they be partys of habytacyons of sowlys byneth all whych habytacyons byneth haue in englyshe bene allway called hell therfore are these two placys amonge other taken and compreheÌ„ded vnder y â— name of hell Whych word hell nothynge ellys sygnyfyeth vnto vs in hys generall sygnyfycacyon but y â— habytacyons of sowlys byneth or vnder vs in y â— low placys vnder y â— grouÌ„d Albe yt bycause limbus patrum and purgatory be called in englyshe also by they re specyall namys besyde therfore ys moste comenly thys word hell restayned to the specyall sygnyfycacyon of that low place byneth in whych the daÌ„pned soulê be punyshed Thys mych haue we shewed you of this word hell bycause we wold not that the comen takyng therof myght bryng you in to eny errour So that by thys place ye se preued by the playne wordys of saynt Peter that cryste at hys resurreccyon dyd lose and vnbynd paynys in hell whych as we haue shewed you coud be no where there but in purgatory For in the speciall hell of damned sowlys y â— paynê were not losed And in lymbus patruÌ„ was no paynê to be losyd And therfore except they denye saynt Peter they cannot deny purgatory ¶ And yet yf they deny saynt Peter we shall then alledge theÌ„ saynt Poule whom they be best content to here of because that of the dyffyculte of his wrytyng they cach sumtyme some mater of coÌ„tencyon for the deffeÌ„ce of theyr false exposycyoÌ„ Thys blyssed apostle in his furst epystle to the Corynthyes the thyrd chapyter spekynge of oure sauyoure Cryste the very foundacyon and the onely foundacyon of all our fayth saluacyon sayth If any man bylde vppon thys foundacyon gold syluer â—cyouse stonys wood hay or straw euery maÌ„nys work shal be made opeÌ„ for the day of our lorde shall declare yt for in the fyre yt shal be shewed the fyre shall proue what maner of thyng euery maÌ„nys work ys If any maÌ„nys work y t he hath bylded theron do abyde he shall haue a reward If eny maÌ„nys work burne he shall suffer harme but he shal be safe but yet as by fyre In these wordê y â— apostle shewith y â— lykewyse as