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A11244	The pitifull estate of the time present A Christian consideration of the miseries of this time, with an exhortation to amendement of life: compiled by one zealous in the lawe of God, and set forth by publike autority, being perused and allowed by the same.	I. S., fl. 1564.; Stubbes, John, 1543-1591, attributed name.	1564 (1564)	STC 21504; ESTC S112130	22,439	64

of suche vice as I know not how it might haue bene put to a better vse to haue benefited the common wealth or sometime likewise in London with a little carting it is remembred though to many that discrue it come not to the promotion And therfore according to the olde prouerb better is sometime a frende in court than a penny in purse But take heede I say yee Magistrates beware of parcialitie Yet to saye truth whether carting or a flappe wyth a Fore tayle all is to one purpose and therefore euen as good neuer a whit as neuer the better for carting doth but make them carelesse and shamelesse and rather to continue in theire beastlinesse than bring them to honesty and repentaunce of their euill Wherefore if it be not the soner otherwyse looked to and a sharper sause prouided for such filthye whores whoremongers yee shall shortlye in place of honest modest Matrones and vndefiled virgins haue the Realme replenished with a company of cankered corrupte lothsome whores whereof the filthy flocke encreaseth a pace and to fast And here may yee see and bcholde howe vice aboundeth for lacke of the iuste rewarde that therunto belongeth which should be seuere iustice for neglecting whereof as the Magistrates incurre the displeasure of God so are the wicked that still sleepe in theire sinne incouraged to become and continue the members of the deuill But oh ye Magistrates looke to your charge oh yee lothsome whores and whoremongers let Sodome and Gommorra be your looking glasses wherin without your repentaunce and amendement of your beastlye lyfe yee may moste plainely beholde your vtter destruction But now to proceede The abuse of the Saboth day as concerning the Sabboth daye or rather the Lordes day how well it is obserued I reporte mee to those delicate feeders whose seruaunts euen iust vpon that daye when they shoulde be at Churche to heare the deuine seruice and haue theire duties taught them must then forsoth runne a gadding from market to market to make prouision for a dishe of needenot for the latter course when there is alredye to much for the first which wasteful money were better bestowed in the workes of Faith helping by charity thy needefull brethren that haue not so wel to fyl their hūgrie bellies but the is forgottē or scant thought on Also other some there bee who when they should congregate themselues in the Temple or Church which is a place appointed to inuocate the name of GOD and to praise him for his manifolde benefites then are they packed vp togither in Tauernes and Alehouses yelling for vittailes to fill their filthy paunche But oh beastlye bellie whether is the Lorde thy God or thou fyrste to be serued Iwys I remember there was not long a go a godlye order made in London by the Lorde Maior and the worshipfull the Aldermen that the doores of tauernes and vittailing houses should be kept shut in seruice time which order is commēdable if it were obserued according to the good meaning that the doores should I saye be kept shut in seruice time to keepe out such bellie bibbers but now they first fill and furnishe their houses w e gestes and then they shutte the doores But alas what mockery is this with God the Magistrates God and the Magistrats mocked by the typplers which are but harborers of vnthriftes for the which vnlesse they maye feele the smarte it wil be the longer the worse before it be better For in vaine are good lawes made vnlesse they be thorowlye executed and therefore I wishe that there were certaine in eche parrishe appointed that on the Saboth daye might visite the vitailing houses and as well to make report of those that are the receyuers of such gestes that they might for so receiuing of them bee considered according to their deseruing as also to driue from thence those gredie gluttōs that minde so much theire bellies and bring them to Gods banketting house that he might haue more store of gests to feede Faithfullye with hungrye spirites vpon his holy worde which is the comfortable foode that nourisheth the soule of man and that the Children and seruaunts by the godly and vertuous lyfe of those theire Parentes and Maisters might both learne to knowe their duties to God praising his holye name as also theire due obedience to their elders The want of good ensample of Elders is the distruction of Youth for want of whose good examples and their to much libertie giuing the riotous youth the more is the pitie runne to fast hedlong to destruction But no maruell for neither cā an euill tree bring forthe good fruite nor thornes can bring forth Grapes and therefore such carpenters such tooles and such maisters such seruants But yet a little more concerning the abusing of the Lordes day vpon the which almost euen as though of necessity the beares at Parris garden muste be bayted Beatbayting on the Sabboth abhominable but so vglye are not the beares as the ydle lookers on are beastly God for hys mercye defende that the deuyll baite not the soules of suche as delight so beastlie to spende the day of the Lorde God of Saboth But to proceede on that daye the maisters and schollers of Fence muste shewe themselues and their cunning whereas after oft meeting with foynes and florishes and dealing of desperate and bosterous blowes they part wyth broken heads maimed armes hands and bloody faces finishing vp the matter with such swearing terrible tearing of GOD that it is great wonder that God w e the sworde of hys displeasure layeth not on loade amongst them beating their weapons to their heades and them into the earth Loe thus is the day of the Lorde turned to the daye of bloudsheading and blasphemie thorow the schole houses of Fence naye rather of mischiefe Schoole-houses of Fence brede theeues to fede the gallowes for thereby are to many loitering schollers vacabundes encouraged to mischief bearing themselues so bolde of their Fence that they are as readye to keepe a standing in the hye wayes as the strongest theefe in England and so in the ende to many the more is the pitie for all theire cunning are to seeke of Fence to keepe their necks from the halter Loe what folly Fence bredeth And thus wyth these many other abuses is the Lordes daye polluted But let vs not thinke that the Lorde our God who punished wyth Death the man for gathering stickes onely on the Saboth daye Numeri 15 wyll leaue vs vnpunished that so shamefully abuse the same which so expressely he hath commaunded to be kept holy and appointed to worship hym on Let vs be assured wee shall knowe the price thereof as well as also for the wonderfull wickednesse the otherwyse raigneth amongst vs that are voide of all Godlinesse and full of abhomination and sinne For truely there is amongst vs no purenesse in heart no truthe in mouthe no vprightnesse in dealing

theeues enryche themselues A wylfull bancktout a theefe all one Theeues I say for thefte it is and no better and yet is it nowe a dayes made an ordinarye occupation And where is the redresse or which of them as beefore I sayd doth not what hym listeth Well woful is it to see that among Christians such partes should be played and more lamentable is it that still it is suffred Couetousnesse is a perillous poyson and yet though loth I am to wryte it I know no estate or vocation in England that is not infected therewyth euen from the mountaines to the valleyes And therfore to cōclude wher the rage of corrupt couetousnesse raygneth the right of iustice must nedes be minished I would it wer not so but alas it is to manifest ‡ But must not God needes punnish vs in whom there is no truthe nor knoweledge of hym Oseas 4. but vntruthe lying swearing adultry thefte and all manner of suche fylthynesse Are these things a declaration of brotherly loue amongst vs Gallat 5. doe we as we woulde be done vnto loue we our neighbours as our selues that thus byte and deuour one an other Oh intollerable wickednesse and oh mischieuous and pestilent people But hath our Heauenly Father reuealed the light of his Gospell vnto vs that wee in such shamefull wyse should abuse hys great mercy no no wherfore to the Carnall Gospellers as well as to the Impudent Papistes I saye bee no longer carelesse but learne to knowe the will of the Lorde and doe it Let worde and deede be one Professe and followe or else we are but slaunderers enimies of the Gospell and the blessing and great good gyftes of God the lyght of hys Gospell is euill bestowed vpon vs shewing our selues to be the enimies of Iesu Christ and of his truth the spoilers Counterfaytes are wee and plaine dissemblers wyth God and the Worlde yea euen a people in whome scant one sparke or propertye appereth that vnto Christians appertayneth for if we were Christians we woulde followe Christes lore ‡ who being the Way Iohn 14. the Truth and life we renoūce and go from the Waye decline from Truth and forsaking Life doe thorow our wicked meanes seeke to our selues Death and distruction The Lorde bee mercifull vnto vs for we are growen to this point that we neyther feare the Lorde our God nor stande in awe of the Magistrates And what is the cause but for that the good lawes made by them for the punishement of offenders are no better executed but in a manner eche one left to himselfe to doe what he listeth But truely euen as much doe the Magistrates offende GOD in not punishing the offenders as they that commit the offence For all this euill commeth of sufferaunce Sufferaunce breedeth inconuenience but to muche sufferaunce causeth care and to muche sufferaunce breedeth disobedience And is it not sufferaunce that tickeleth the talketiue tonges of the wicked and euyll dysposed so shamefullye and sclaunderouslye to reporte and speake euill of the blessed worde of GOD and doctrine of Iesu Christ and of the Preachers and Teachers of the same vnreuerentlye iesting and scoffing at them as dailye they doe euen like vnto Diotrephes that of arrogancye exalted himselfe Iohn 3. Ep● dispised the doctrine of the Apostles iesting at them with malitious wordes And what is it else but sufferaunce that so animateth the obstinate Archpapistes so stoutely to continue in their Romish heretical errour contrarye to the will of God and their due obedience to their Prince But no maruell therefore though the common sort so carelesly continue in their euill The Archpapistes Ringleaders to mischiefe when the Ringleaders to mischiefe the Archpapistes beyng the maintayners of Idolatrye breakers of Wedlocke theeues murderers and rebels against the Prince in Gods and hir procedings are thus suffered to wallowe still in the poysoned puddell of their wicked wyll and yet remaine vnpunnished But yet as it is not ynough but a perillous matter for one mā to cal another thefe vnlesse he be able to proue it So I likewise to trye the to be true which here I haue written of them wyll therefore make due proofe thereof as well for mine owne discharge as also to satisfye the reader And first that they are maintainers of Idolatrye Archpapistes maintayners of Idolatry the great number of people whome God hath yet spared alyue wytnesse wyth mee howe they when they were in authority or rather when God suffered them to bee as whippes scourges to vs for our forgetfulnesse of God how they then I saye thorowe their violent cōpulsion forced the people to the great derogation and dishonour of God to erect Idolls and garnish the Church and House of God with Mahomets which as in the booke of Wysedome is specified neyther haue bene frō the beginning nor shall continue to the ende Wisdō 14. but haue only bene inuented thorow the wealthy Idlenesse of men but wherewith yet they I saye then so charmed and enchaunted the mindes of many of the simple ignoraunt people wyth theyr Idolatrous infection as that I woulde to GOD there were not nowe in these dayes to manye that worshipping in hugger mugger in Coffers and Corners their senslesse Babilonicall blockbabes thynke they please God better than to come to bee instructed by the hearing of the worde of GOD preached Thus haue they I saye seduced the people from the true and liuing Lorde to worshippe straunge and vnknowen Gods and honouring of abhominable Images ‡ whiche is the begynning and ende of all euill Wisdō 14● shewing themselues thereby to bee the manifest enimies of the Almighty Deutro 13. and as Moises doth note and name them false Prophetes dreamers and maintainers of wicked Idolatrye which beyng a spirituall whoredome and an abhomination so grieuous and haynons in the sight of God as that hee hath alwayes abhorred and extremely punnished it yet are they wyth tooth and naile supporters of the same Wherfore as God by the mouth of Moyses playnely expresseth that they ought not to be pitied nor reserued and kept as they yet are Deut. 13.16 so doth he also appoynt them their reward Ieremy 26. which is that they should be destroyed wythout compassion Zachar. 13. And accordingly did Elia with 450. false Prophetes of Baal at the broke Kison 3. Kings 16 2. Chro. 34. Also Iosia who burned the bones of the Priestes vppon the altares of the Idols But nowe to goe forwarde wyth my proofe Breakers of wedlocke I sayd they were as most true it is they be For although that Christ as by the autority of the scriptures doth permit vnto euery man without exceptiō that cannot liue chaste 1. Cor. 7.9 Timoth. 3. as well spirituall as temporall his wife to liue togither in that holy and blessed state of matrimonie ordayned by God for the auoyding of hatefull whordome ★ who being once coupled according to the lawes

pitilesse persecutors of him in his mēbers haue bene there so long reserued where with the Lord as well appeareth is greuously offended and therefore hath layed the greater burden vpon vs. Wherfore we see the to much mercy is as well hurtfull to the offendours as condigne punishement for thē is necessary Ieremy 28. Deute 13.18 ★ who if they were cut away from vs we shoulde be voide of euill wherefore I would those stumbling blockes were remoued according to the saying of S. Paul Gallath 5. I would God they were cut of from vs which do disquiet vs. And with Iob I say Iob. 24. oh that all compassion vpō them were forgottē 1. Thessal ● ‡ for they displease God hinder men from their saluation God therfore for his great mercysake graunt that the sworde of Iustice no longer ruste in the scabberde but that it may be put to the vse that God hath apointed it that such may iustly receiue that which vniustlye they haue done vnto the clect seruants of God and that as well the obstinate Papistes as also the carnall Gospellers may feele the wayght thereof or else it wyll be still the longer the worse To much mercy mar●eth good manners for to manifest it is at thys day in Englande that the ouermuch mercy pitifulnesse maketh a presumpteous and carelesse people which if it be not the soner redressed let vs assure our selues the thys plague of pestilence wherewith wee haue lately perished so fast is but a beginning of sorrowes and a declaration of a more heauy greuous vengeance of God to come vpon vs which if for the neglecting the punnishing of sinne and for not maintaining of Gods quarel be wilfully purchased thē woe woe woe will be vppon vs for God will then so handle vs as he neuer did before Ezechiel 5. who hath plentye of plagues in store yea Leuitic 2● euen readye hangyng ouer our heads Wherefore good brethren let euery one of vs enter into himselfe and well beholde the monstrousnesse of our beastly behauiour that so shamefully aboundeth considering that where the vineyarde bringeth forth the best wine the Lord doth keepe it and in due time water it and preserueth it daye and night from the enimy that he do it no harme Esay 27. but where the vineyarde yeldeth and bringeth forth bryers and thornes the Lorde will runne thorow it by warres and wil make the strong cities desolate and the habitation forsaken God who made created the people wyll not fauour them Beware I say therefore oh Englād be warned be not tolong carelesse for it is manifest ynough vnlesse we will be wilfull blinde Esay 26. that the hand of the Lord is lifted vp against vs we haue felt the heauy burden therof vpon vs. The Lord graunt vs therfore grace speedy amendement of our life least the Lord in his wrath make of our Cities blessed famous fruitfull countrey an heape of broken stones Esay 17. as he did wyth Damascus or with the walled Citye of Aroer whereof hee threatned to make soldes of cattaill and so we purchase to ourselues sorrow without hope of comfort from the which misery that the Lord our God in whose hands we are as the claye in the potters may defende vs let vs speedely and continually in all humblenesse of heart in weeping fasting and praying in maner and forme following inuocate the name of God our heauenly father to whom wyth the sonne and the holye Ghost be all praise and glory world without ende Amen ⁂ The Prayer OH most puissant mighty king the god of our forefathers and of thy people Israel who turnest man to distruction and then againe art gratious and mercifull deliuer nowe from perill vs poore wretches that with vnfayned heartes call vppon thee although our wickednesse past hath most highly offēded thee oh Lord our God and hath bene most grieuous in thy sight who therfore hast layd thy heauy hande vpon vs the smart wherof wee haue felte to our great discomfort although not so sharply as our wickednesse well deserued yet nowe Lorde at the humble sute of vs sorowfull sinners ceasse thy anger withdrawe thy dreadfull hande and let thy mercye quenche the flame of thy furye looke downe vpon vs beholde the miserye of thy feeble flocke that are almost drowned in the dungeon of dolour stop not thyne eares at the crying of our lamentable and mourning voyces but comfort vs relieue vs and suffer not the sourges of sorrowe to ouerwhelme vs but rayse thou vs vppe that are fallen giue vs a Godlye consideration of the wonderfull woorke of thy late wrathfull indignation vppon vs by the ouerthrowe and distruction of the great number of oure Brethren whome in thy ireful desetued displeasure by death thorowe Plague thou hast taken from vs that thereby wee being warned may henceforth eschewe and auoyd the importable burthens of thy heauy vengeaunce that thou reseruest in store for Sinners Preserue good Lorde the Queenes moste excellente Maiestye and graunt hir to our cōfort a long and prosperous raigne make hir zealous seruent in the tryall of thy truthe prouing of thy will and testament and oh lord forgiue our enimies that haue ben persecuters of thy people and selaunderers of thy truth and Gospell tourne their hearts if so it be thy heauenly wil if not but that they bee of the number of those whose hearts thou hast hardened bicause they should not vnderstand the mysteries contayned in thy holye word nor the vnspeakeable comfort cōtayned in the same then suffer theyn● Lord no longer to shaddow themselues in secret corners priuyly to worke theyr perillous pretence poysoning thy people wyth the pestilent persuasion of dānable doctrine but according to thy promise which is that the generation of the wicked shal be without honour so stand now vp Lord of hosts and be no longer mercyful vnto thy enimies that of malicious wickednesse resisting thy truth Psaline 59. do grenne as dogges at thy people but thorow thy Godly motion so moue the heart of our most gratious Queene as Iehu in the defence of thy Gospell and people to drawe the sworde committed to hir by thee to cut away from the face of the earthe those rebellious ennimies and sworne aduersaries agaynste thee and thy Gospell to weede and roote out the rotten members that infect and poy son the body of the common welth that then the noisom number and remnant of the wicked being swept out with the beesom of destruction the flocke of thy folde thorow thy mighty assistance and gratious helpe and furtheraunce maye all the dayes of our lyfe be at defiaunce with Sathan vtterly forsake abhorre cast of the patched lothesome wycked weede of our olde Adam and being apparelled and adorned wyth the gladsome garment and riche attyre of righteousnesse we may shine in all vertue and be pleasaunt and acceptable in thy sight to the praise and glory of thy holy name and our eternall comforte To thee oh God the Father the Sonne the holy Ghost three persons and one immortal inuisible and euerliuing God be all praise and dominion for euer and euer Amen Giue God the prayse I. S. Imprinted at London in Whitecrosse strete by Henry Denham Anno Domini 1564.