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A17651	An epistle both of Godly consolacion and also of aduertisement written by Iohn Caluine the pastour & preacher of Geneua, to the right noble prince Edvvarde Duke of Somerset, before the tyme or knoweledge had of his trouble, but delyuered to the sayde Duke, in the time of his trouble, and so translated out of frenshe by the same Duke.	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552.	1550 (1550)	STC 4407; ESTC S118174	16,566	68

good and holye soeuer it bee vnlesse that euen at once with it the power and vertue of good preaching bee desplayed and sette foorthe togethers It is not without● cause that it is sayd that Iesus Christ shall strike the year●he by the Sceptre of hys mouthe and shall destroye the euyll by the Spirite of hys lyppes It is the meane by the whiche he will ouercome vs in destroyinge all that whiche is agaynste hym The gospel is in scripture called the kingdome of God ▪ And for that cause the gospel is also called the kingdome of GOD. Also albeit that thordinances statutes of princes bee good helpes to aduaunce and mayntaine the state of christianitie So likewyse god will declare hys souereygne vertue in the spirituall sweorde of hys woorde with it setting furth thesame by his pastours And to thintent I woulde not long trouble you my Lord I wil come to the seconde poynt which I haue purposed to shewe vnto you Abuses muste bee cleane taken away It is to abolyshe and clearely to take away the abuses corrupcions that Sathan hath mingled heretofore with the ordinaunces of god We knowe that vnder the pope there is a bastard christianitie whiche god shall dysalowe in the laste daye Vnder 〈◊〉 papacie is a bastarde christianitie forasmuche as at thys daye he hath condemned the same by hys woorde If wee desyre to retiere the worlde from suche perdicion there is nothyng better then to folow the exaumple of S. Paule who willynge to correcte the euyll that the Corinthians had ioyned to the supper of our Lorde sayde vnto them I haue receyued of the Lord that whiche I haue geuen vnto you We mu●… returne to the ryght commaundement of GOD. Of that we must gather one generall instruccion to returne to the right and natural commaundemēt of God if we wil haue a good and an approued reformacion of hym For so manye mynglynges as men haue set vp of theyr owne inuencions there be so many infecctons which turne vs from the holy vsage of that that God hath geuen vs for our healthe So to 〈◊〉 of halfe the braunches of such abuses It is not enough to cut of sum of the brāches of abuses it cannot bring again the thynges in perfecte and pure state beecause that wee then shall haue alwayes a Christianitie counterfette I say thys for that that some vnder the coulour of moderacion bee of opinion to suffre many abuses without taking them awaye and they thynke that it is inough to haue takē out the roote of the principal But contrary wise we se how muche the seede of lyes is fertile The seede of lyes is fertile and that one grayne of that is sufficiente for to fyll all the worlde within three dayes as menne bee enclined and geuen vnto Our Lorde teacheth vs otherwyse for whē Dauid speaketh of idols he sayeth that their name shal not passe by hys mouthe to thentente to declare vnto vs what horror and detestacion wee oughte to haue them in And if we considre well how much we haue offended God in the time of our ignoraunce we ought to be dowbly remēbred for to eschew the inuencions of Sathan The craft of Sathā who hathe prouoked vs to doe such euil thinges vsing thē as allurementes whiche serueth not but to seduce the poore simple folkes On the other syde we see that albeit menne be sufficiētly warned of their faultes and errours and be aduertised of them asmuch as is possible Yet neuertheles they be so hardened that no man can attayne to the perfecte ende Thā if there shal be left vnto thē some dregges to remaine it shal be a nouryshemente of muche more and greater obstinacye and a couerture to hyde all doctrine that may be propouned vnto them I confesse that it is conueniente to obserue some moderacyon Moderacion is necessarye and some ceremonies may be vsed and that to great extremitie is neither good ne profitable Lykewyse it is conuenient to vse the ceremonies according to the grosenes of the people but it maye not bee that that whiche is of Sathan and of the Antichriste shoulde passe vnder that coloure It is for that cause that holye scripture praising the kinges which did destroy the idolatries The kynges that destroyed Idolatrie not hauīg plucked away altogether neuertheles gaue vnto them a marke for that they had not destroyed the chappelles and places of foolyshe deuocion Wherfore my lord seing that god hath brought you so farre foorth I praye you continue without any excepcion to the intente that he maye approue you the setter foorthe of hys temple in suche wyse as the tyme of the kynge youre Nephieu maye bee compared to the time of Iosias and that you maye sette al thynges in suche state as there shall reste nothyng to hym but to maintayne the good ordre whiche god shal haue prepared vnto hym by your meane I wil allege vnto you an exaumple of suche dregges whiche peraduenture may rest to bee a litle leuen the which in th end will make the paste sowre Agaynste prayinge for the dead at receiuing of the cōmunion They dooe in your countreye some kynde of prayer for the dead when the communion is receyued I know wel it is not for to aduowe the purgatory of the Pope I know also that it maye be alleged by aunciente custome to dooe some remembraunce for the dead to the intente to ioyne together all the membres of the bodye But there is a peremptorye argumente to the contrarye that the supper of Iesus Christ is so holye a thynge that it ought not to bee defyled with no inuencions of men Moreouer that in praying vnto god we ought not lette slippe the brydle of our fantasticall deuocion but to kepe the rule that Saincte Paule did geue vnto vs that is that we take our foundacion of the woord of god Wherfore such remēbraunce of recommendacion is not conuenient to the ordre of the good and due prayer and it is an euyll addicyon to the holy supper of our Lorde There is other thynges whiche peraduenture should be lesse blamed whiche neuertheles is not to bee excused As the ceremony of the Chreame and vnccion The ceremonie of chreame vnccion The chreame hath bene inuented of a foolyshe fantasye by them that contented not thēselues with the administracion of Iesus Christe and that they would counterfet the holy spirite by a new doctrine as though the water were not sufficiente enough for that And the whiche is called the extreme vnccion hath bene retayned by a foolyshe affeccyon of them that haue will to folow the Apostles hauing not the same gift that they hadde For when the Apostles dyd vse the oyle vpon the syck The oile vsed vpon the sycke by the Apostles it was for to heale them by miracle when the miracle ceassed the figure ought no more to be vsed Superfluous cerem●nies are to be pared of

agayne Wherfore it should be a great deale better that the thynges shoulde be so pared of agayn as they may be most agreeing to the pure woorde of God and may serue to the edifyinge of the church Howe wee oughte to beare with the weake It is true that we ought to beare with the weake but that is for to strengthen and bryng them to greater perfeccion that is not to say that in the meane tyme we ought to please fooles whiche desyre now this now that know not wherefore I knowe the consideracyon wherefore many are troubled it is that they feare that to much alteracion cannot bee borne with principallye when one will haue regarde of hys neyghboures with whome he desyreth to nourishe frendship and amitie A man would gladly gratifye them in dyssymulynge many thynges Thys oughte to bee borne with in worldly affayres where it is lawefull to yelde one to an other and to geue some of our ryghte to bye peace but it is not al one of the spirituall gouernaunce of the Churche As touchīg gods woord we maye not yelde to menne for fauout the whiche oughte to bee ordred accordynge to the woorde of God In that it is not in oure lybertye to yelde in anye thyng to menne in respecte of theyr fauoure Lykewyse there is nothynge that dyspleaseth GOD more then when we will by oure humayne prudence moderate or temper or refourme or sette foorthe or drawe backe anye thynge agaynste hys wyll Wherefore if wee will not dysplease hym wee muste close oure eyes in respecte of menne As to the daungers that maye happen wee oughte to eschewe them as muche as we maye but not in declynynge from the trewe and ryghte waye for wee haue hys promyse God by his promise will assiste vs in walkinge the right way that he wyll assyste vs in walking the right way So that it resteth not in vs but to doe our office in recommendynge to hym that Why the wyse of this world are manye tymes voyd of their hope that shall folowe And for that occasion the wyse of thys world be many tymes voyde of their hope for that that god is not with them when they truste not in hym and in hys helpe in serching bymeanes which he condemneth If then wee wil haue the vertue strēgth of god on oure syde let vs folowe symplye that he sayeth vnto vs and aboue all wee oughte to kepe thys generall rule The reformacyon of the church is the worke of gods owne hand that the reformacion of hys churche is the woorke of hys hande Wherfore it is necessarye that in thys matter men suffre themselues to bee gouerned by hym the whiche whether it bee in restoryng or in kepynge hys churche will most commonly procede by a merueylouse and straunge meanes and wayes vnknowen to menne Wherefore to restrayne thys reformacyon that ought to bee diuyne by the measure of our witte and to make that whiche is celestiall subiecte to the earth and the world is agaynst al good reason By that I exclude not the wisedome whiche is very requisite to obserue all propice and good meanes and not to excede eyther on th one syde or thother in any extremitie for the wynnyng of all the worlde to god if it should be possible It is requisite that the wisedome of the spirite rule and not of the fleshe But it is nedefull that the wisedome of the spirite shoulde rule and not of the fleshe And that hauyng examined the mouthe of the Lorde wee require of hym that he will be our guyde and conducter soner thē to folowe oure owne wittes and when we shal require it in that sort it shal bee easye for vs to exclude many temptacions that maye staye vs in the middes of the waye Wherefore my Lorde as you haue begonne to reduce Christianitie vnto hys perfect state in England and not in trustyng of youre selfe but to bee mayntayned by the hande of GOD as vnto thys daye ye haue felte hys myghtye hande doubte ye not but that he wil helpe you vnto the ende For if god mayntayneth kyngedomes and Lordeshyppes of infydels that bee hys enemyes If GOD maintaine the kyngdomes of Infidele●… much m●… he will of the faythfull by muche more reason he will take into hys garde them that bee obedyent vnto hym and dooe take hym for theyr Superyoure I come now to the laste Article that is to punyshe vyce and to reproue slaunders I doubte not but there is good lawes and lawfull statutes wythin the Realme of Englande People muste by good lawes be kept in ā honest discipline for to keepe the people in honeste lyfe But the greate dysordres and enormytyes that I see in the worlde constraineth me to desyre you to take also the care that the people be kepte in good and honest disciplyne and aboue all that ye haue the honour of God in good reputacyon to the intente to punyshe suche crymes Crymes must be punyshed of the whiche menne accustomablye make none accoumpte I saye it for that that somtymes theftes Robberyes fyghtynges and extorcyons shall bee sharpelye punished for that in those mē be offended and in the meane time whordomes adulteries dronkenes and blasphemies of the name of god be suffred almoste as thynges lawfull and of small importaunce Contrariwyse we see in what estimacyon and detestacyon god hathe them in For he declareth vnto vs howe muche his name is precyouse and in what estimacion we ought to haue it and yet it is by vs as it were torne in pieces and troden vnder our fete Wherfore out of doubte he wil not leaue vnpunished suche iniuries and dyshonour Yea and moreouer the Scripture sheweth vs that by blasphemies a whole realme is infected By blasphemies a whol realme is infected As touching adultries it is agreat shame vnto vs whiche professe the name of Christe that the Pagans haue obserued greater rygour in punishyng therof then we dooe of the whiche we manye tymes make but a laughing game When the holy mariage that ought to bee a lyuelye ymage of the holye vnyon that wee haue with the sonne of God Holy mariage is defyled and that the allyaunce whiche oughte to bee most stable and indyssoluble is vniustlye broken If wee take not those thynges to hearte it is a sygne that wee haue no greate care nor loue of GOD. Touching whoredome it may well suffyce vs that Sayncte Paule doothe compare it to Sacrilege S. Paule cōpareth whoredom to sacrilege for asmuche as by the same the temples of GOD which is our bodyes bee prophaned and defyled Item that the whoremongers and dronkardes bee banyshed from the kyngdome of GOD in such wyse that it is defended vnto vs to keepe companye with them Wherefore it foloweth that they oughte not to bee suffered in the Churche Whormōgers and drūkardes ought not to be suffered in the Churche And thys is the cause that so manye tribulacyons bee thys daye vpon the yearthe For insomuche as menne pardoneth suche enormities it must folowe that GOD must take vengeaunce Wherefore my lord to thintēt to preuent his wrath I pray you to hold the brydle shorte cause that they whiche heareth the doctrine of the Ghospell proue themselues to bee christen menne by the holynesse of theyr lyfe For as the doctrine is the soule of the church for to geue it lyfe so the disciplyne and correccion of vices bee as the Senowes for to mayntayne the body in his force strēgth Correcciō of vyces It is the office of Busshops and Curates to take good hede to the same The office of bishops curates to the intent that the supper of oure Lorde bee not polluted by folkes of slaunderous and dyshonest● life But considering the auctoritie whiche God hath committed vnto you the principall charge retourneth vnto you for to set others in the ryght waye to thintent that euerye one dyscharge themselues of theyr duetie and cause that the ordre which is established be duely obserued Nowe my Lorde folowing the protestacyon that I haue made here beefore I will not excuse my self no lōger neither of the prolixitie of my letters nor of that that I haue liberally declared that I had in my hert For I trust that myne affeccion i● knowen vnto you according to your wisdom And as ye be exercised in the holye scripture you see of what foūtayne I haue drawen all that whiche is herein conteyned Wherefore I dooe not feare that I haue bene tedious and importune in declaryng vnto you to the best of my power the good desyre that I haue that the name of god may be daylye by you more largelye gloryfyed for the whyche I pray to hym daylye Praying that it maye please hym to augment his grace vnto you confyrmyng you by hys holye spirite in a perfect and inuincible constancie maintaining you against your enemies hauing you with all your housholde in his holy proteccion and doing that you administer happelye the charge that is committed to you So that the kyng may haue occasion to geue thankes to hys Lord God for that he hathe hadde suche a Gouernoure in hys younge age aswell of hys person as also of hys realme So I make an ende my lord hauynge me moste humblye recommended vnto your good Grace The .xxii. of Octobre in the yeare of oure LORDE 1549. Your most humble seruaunt John Caluine IMPRINTED AT LONdon by Edward whitchurche the .v. daye of Aprill 1550. Cum priuilegio ad Jmprimendum solum