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A22095	The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist, with the Elucydacyon of Iohan Bale.	Askew, Anne, 1521-1546.; Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1547 (1547)	STC 850; ESTC S109052	47,906	146

hys father or mother hys sonne or doughter hys prynce or gouernour aboue me he is not mete for me Math. 10. I feare me thys wyll be iudged hygh treason But no matter So sōge as it is Christes worde he shall be also v●dre the same iudgement of treason Lete no man care to be condēpned with hym for he in the ende shall be hable to rectyfye all wronges Marke here an example most wōderfull and se how madlye in their ragynge furyes men forget themselues and lose their ryght wittes now a dayes A kynges hygh counseller a Iudge ouer lyfe and deathe yea a lorde Chauncellour of a most noble realme is now become a most vyle slaue for Antichrist and a most cruell tormentoure Without all dyscressyon honestye or manhode he casteth of hys gowne and taketh here vpō hym the most vyle offyce of an hāgemā and pulleth at the racke most vyllanouslye O Wrisleye and Riche ij false christianes blasphemouse apostara●s frō God What chaplayne of the pope hath inchaūted yow or what deuyll of helle bewytched yow ▪ to execute vpō a poore cōdēpned womā so prodygyouse a kynde of tyrānye Euen the verye Māmon of inyquyte that insacyable hunger of auarice whych cōpelled Iudas to betray vnto deathe hys most louynge master Ioā 12. The wynnynges were not small that ye reckened vpon whā ye toke on ye that cruell enterpryse wolde haue had so many great men and women accused But what els haue ye wonne in the ende than perpetuall shame and confusyon God hath suffered yow so to dyscouer your owne myscheues that ye shall nomore be forgotten of the worlde than are now Adonisedech Saul Hieroboam Manasses Olophernes Haman Tryphon Herode Nero Traianus and soche other horryble tyrauntes And as concernynge the innocēt womā whō yow so cruellye tormēted Where coulde be seane a more clere and open experyment of Christes dere membre than in her myghtye sufferynges lyke a lambe she laye styll without noyse of cryenge and suffered your vttermost vyolence tyll the synnowes of her armes were broken and the strynges of her eys peryshed in her heade Ryght farre doth it passe the strength of a yonge tendre weake and sycke woman as she was at that tyme to your more confusyon to abyde so vyolent handelynge yea or yet of the strongest man that lyueth Thynke not therfor but that Christ hath suffered in her and so myghtelye shewed hys power that in her weakenesse he hath laughed your madde enterpryses to scorne Psalm 2. Where was the feare of God ye tyrauntes Where was your christen professyon ye helle houndes Where was your othe and promes to do true iustyce ye abhomynable periures whan ye went aboute these cursed feates More fytt are ye for swyne kepynge than to be of a prynces counsell or yet to gouerne a Christen commen welthe If Christ haue sayd vnto them whych do but offende hys lytle ones that beleue in hym that it were better they had a mylstone tyed aboute thyir neckes and were so throwne into the bottom of the see Luce 17. What wyll he saye to them that so vyllaynouslye pull at the racke in ther myscheuouse malyce These are but warnynges take hede if ye lyst for a full sorowfull plage wyll folowe here after Anne Askewe Then the lyefetenaunt caused me to be loused from the racke Incontynentlye I swounded and then they recouered me agayne After that I sate ij longe houres reasonynge with my lorde Chauncellour vpon the bare floore where as he with manye flatterynge wordes persuaded me to leaue my opynyon But my lorde God I thanke hys euerlastynge goodnesse gaue me grace to perseuer and wyll do I hope to the verye ende Iohan Bale Euermore haue the olde modye tyrauntes vsed thys practyse of deuylyshnesse As they haue perceyued themselues not to preuayle by extreme handelynges they haue sought to proue masteryes by the contrarye With gaye glosynge wordes and fayre flatterynge promyses they haue craftelye ●n̄passed the seruauntes of God to cause them consent to their wyckednesse And in thys temptynge occupacyon are Wrisleye Riche verye c●nnynge Notwithstandynge they shall neuer fynde the chosen of God all one with the forsaken reprobates The electe vessels holde the eternall God for their most specyall treasure and haue hym in soch inteire loue that they had moch Iener to lose themselues than hym The wicked desperates haue the voluptuouse pleasures of thys vayne worlde so dere that they had leuer to forsake God and all hys workes than to be sequestred from them Thys godlye yonge woman referreth prayse vnto her lorde God that he hath not left her in thys paynefull conflycte for hys verytees sake but perseuered stronge with her beynge in hope that he wolde so styll contynewe with her to the verye ende as without fayle he ded Manye men sore wondre now a dayes that ●risleye whych was in my lorde Cromwels tyme so ernest a doer agaynst the pope is now becomen agayne for hys pedlarye wares so myghtye a captayne But they remembre not the common adage that honour changeth maners and lu●re iudgementes These great ynne kepers they saye had leuer to haue one good horse man to hoste than v● men on fote specyallye if they weare veluet whodes or fyne rochettes What els foloweth Christ but beggerye and sorowes whych are verye harefull to the worlde Where fatnesse is cawte of euerye mannys laboure there is yet sumwhat to be loked for If hys christē zele be soch that he wyll haue no she heretykes vnponnyshed lete hym do first of all as we reade of dyuerse ryghtfull gouerners amonge the heythen Lete hym serche hys owne howse wele Paranenture ▪ he maye fynde aboute my ladye hys wyfe a rellyck of no lyttle vertu a practyse of Pythagoras or an olde midwyues blessynge whych she carryeth closelye on her for preseruacyon of her honoure Her opynyō is folke saye that so lōge as she hath that vpō her her worldlye worshyp can neuer decaye I praye God thys prouysyon in short space deceyueth her not as it hath done pope Siluester the seconde and as it ded of late years Thomas Swolsye our late Cardynall Thys heresye goeth neyther to the racke nor the fyre to Newgate nor yet Smythfelde as contynuallye doth the pore Gospell Anne Askewe Then was I brought to an howse and layed in a bed with as werye and payneful bones as euer had pacyēt Iob I thāke my lorde God therof Then my lorde Chauncellour sent me worde if I wolde leaue my opynyon I shuld want nothynge If I wolde not I shuld fourth to Newgate and so be burned I sent hym agayne worde that I wolde rather dye thā to breake my faythe Thus the lorde open the eyes of their blynde hartes that the truthe maye take place Fare wele dere frynde and praye praye praye Iohan Bale Beholde in

21 The lawe is turned to wormewood Amos 6. And there cāno ryght iudgement go forth Esaie 59. Iohan Bale Marke here how gracyouslye the lorde kepeth promyse with thys poor serua●nt of hys He that beleueth on me sayth Christ out of hys bellye shall ●owe ryuers of lyuynge water Ioan. 7. Neyther lasheth thys woman out in her extreme troubles language of dispayre nor yet blasphemouse wordes agaynst God with the vnbeleuynge but vttereth the scriptures in wonderfull habundaunce to hys lawde and prayse She rebuketh here the most pestylent vyce of ydolatrye Not by olde narracyons and fables but by the most pare worde of God as ded Daniel Steuen And in the ende she sheweth the stronge stomacke of a most Christen martyr in that she is neyther desyerouse of the deathe neyther yet standeth in feare of the vyolēce or extremyte therof What a constancye was thys of a womā frayle tēdre yonge and most delycyouslye brought vp But th●● Christes sprete was myghtye in her who bad her be of good chere For though the tyrauntes of thys worlde haue power to slee the bodye yet haue they nopower ouer the sowle Mathei 20. Neyther haue they power in the ende to demynysh one heare of the heade Luce 21. She faynteth not in the myddes of the battayle 1. Cor. 9. But perseuereth stronge and stedefast to the verye ende Math. 10. Not doubtynge but to haue for her faythfull perseueraūce the crowne of eternall lyfe Apoc. 2. So merye am I sayth she good creature in the myddes of Newgate as one that is bowne towardes heauen A voyce was thys of a most worthye and valcaunt witnesse in the paynefull kyngedome of pacyence Apoca. 1. She faythfullye reckened of her lorde God that he is not as men are fyckle Numeri 23. But most sure of worde and promyse Psalme 144. And that he wolde most faythfullye kepe couenaunt with her whan tyme shuld come Apoca. 2. She had it most grounded lye planted in her hart that though heauen and earthe ded passe yet coulde not hys wordes and promes passe by vnfulfylled Luc. 21. Ashamed maye these carnall Helchesytesbe whych haue not onlye denyed the veryte of their lorde God but also most shamefullye blasphemed dishonoured both it and themselues for the pleasure of a yeare or ij to dwell styll in thys fleshe They cōsydre not that he with whome they mocke hath power to sende them to helle for their blasphemye Luce 12. They shall nor fynde it a matter lyght for their inconstancye to be ●ometed out of the mouthe of God as vnsauerye morsels Apoca. 3. Neyther shall they proue it a Christmas game to be denyed of Christ before hys heauenlye father and hys angels for denyenge here hys veryte Math. 10. Anne Askewe Oh forgeue vs all our synnes receyue vs gracyouslye As for the workes of our handes we wyll nomore call vpon thē For it is thu lorde that arte our God Thu shewest euer mercye vnto the fatherlesse Oh if they wolde do thys sayth the lorde I shuld heale theyr sores yea withall my harte wolde I loue them O Ephraim what haue I to do with ydolles anye more Who so is wyse shall vnderstāde thys And he that is ryghlye enstructed wyll regarde it For the wayes of the lorde are ryghteouse Soch as are godlye wyll walke in them And as for the wycked they wyll stomble at them Osee 14. Iohan Bale All these wordes alleged she out of the last chaptre of Useas the prophete where as he prophecyed the destruccyon of Samaria for the onlye vyce of ydolatrye In the worde of the lorde she declareth her selfe therin to detest and abhorre that vyce aboue all and to repent frō the hart that she hath at anye tyme worshypped the workes of mennys handes eyther stone wode breade wyne or anye soch lyke for the eternall lyuynge God Consequentlye she confessyth hym to be her onlye God and that she had at that tyme trust in non other els neyther for the remyssyon of her synnes nor yet sowles cōfort at her nede And lyke soch a wone as is vnfaynedlye cōuerted vnto the lorde she axeth of the spirytuall Ephraimytes in hys worde what she hath anye more to do with ydolles or whye they shuld so tyrannouslye enforce her to the worshypynge of them consyderynge that he so ernestlye abhorreth them Fynallye ij sortes of people she reckeneth to be in the worlde and sheweth the dyuerse maner of them The one in the sprete of Christ obeyeth the worde the other in the sprete of errour cōtempneth it And lyke as S Paule doth saye To the one part is it the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe and to the other the sauour of deathe vnto deathe 2. Corinth 2. Anne Askewe Salomon sayth S. Steuen buylded an howse for the God of Iacob Howbeyt the hyest of all dwelleth not in tēples made with hādes As sayth the prophete Esa. 66. heauē is my seate the earthe is my fote stole What howse wyll ye buylde for me sayth the lorde or what place is it that I shall rest in hath not my hande made all these thynges Acto 7. Woman beleue me sayth Christ to the Samarytane the tyme is at hande that ye shall neyther in thys mountayne nor yet at Hierusalem worshypp the father Ye worshypp ye wote not what but we knowe what we worshypp For saluacyon commeth of the Iewes But the houre cōmeth and now is wherin the true worshyppers shall worshypp the father in sprete veryte Ioan. 4. Laboure not sayth Christ for the meate that perysheth but for that endureth into the lyfe euerlastynge whych the sōne of mā shall geue yow For hymgod the father hath sealed Ioan. 6. Iohan Bale Here bringe she iii. stronge restymdnyes of the newe testament to confirme her owne Christen beleue therwith and also both to confute and condempne the most execrabyle heresye and false fylthye beleue of the papystes The first of them proueth that the eternall God of heauē wyll neyther be wrapped vp in a clow●e nor yet shutte vp in a boxe The seconde declareth that in no place of the earthe is he to be sought neyther yet to be worshypped ▪ but within vs in sprete and veryte The thirde of them concludeth that Christ is a feadynge for the sowle and not for the bodye More ouer he is soch a meate as neyther corrupteth mouldeth nor perysheth neyther yet consumeth or wasteth awaye in the bellye Lete not the Romysh popes remnaunt in Englāde thynke but in condempnynge the faythe of thys godlye woma● they also condempne the veryte of the lorde vnlesse they can discharge these iij. textes of the scripture with other iij. more effectuall As I thynke they shall not nisi ad Calendas Grecas If they allege for their part the saynge of Christ Math. 24. Lo here is Christ or there is Christ. They are confounded