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lord_n	world_n	wretched_a	year_n	63	3	4.2961	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00374	A shorte recapitulacion or abrigement of Erasmus Enchiridion brefely comprehendinge the summe and contents therof. Very profitable and necessary to be rede of all trew Christen men. Drawne out by M. Couerdale Anno. 1545; Enchiridion militis Christiani. English. Abridgments	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1545 (1545)	STC 10488; ESTC S109902	29,209	74

A shorte Recapitulacion or abrigement of Erasmus Euchiridion brefely comprehendinge the summe and contentes therof Uery Profitable and necessary to be rede of all trew Christen men Drawne out by M. Couerdale Anno. 1545 Timo. ii Suffer afflitions as goode and feathfull sowdyars of Iesu Christ .ij. Iob .vii. Syeng the lyffe of man ys but Abattell or werfare apon the erathe Ephes vi BE stronge in the lorde ād in the power of his myght And put on the armoure of God that yemaye stande stedfaste agaynste the crafty assautes of the deuyll For ye muste not wrestelle against fleshe and bloude But against rule against power and worldly rulers of the darkenes of this world against spretual wickednes for heauenly thynges ij Cor. x Let not youre weapens pertayning to thys battaylle be carnal thynges but mychty in God able to caste downe strōge holdes and auer throwe the ymaginacion of mā ād euery hieth yng that exalteth yt selfe against the knowlege of God And bryng in to captiuite al vnderstanding to the obedience of Christo owre lorde and God The summe of the prologe The preface prologhe or longe epistle written to the right vertuous ād sage father Paulus Uolzius whom allmightie god euen now this last yeare hath delyuered out of this wretched world declareth euidētly that though some mē haue euen maried them selues to the vayn pastymes and pleasures of the world Yet god thorow aduersite as his accustomate maner is nurtureth and teacheth his owne chasteneth thē and calleth them to a Christē life To the furthuraunce wherof like as eueryone of us is bounde to bestowe all his laboure and studie So is not he to be cast awaye that beyng weake and fraile not onely desyreth to be vertuous but also is feruent in lerning the waye of godlines Wherof they are the best teachers that auoydinge the tediousnesse of huge and great volumes do instructe men rather to lyue godly then to waist their braynes in long and vayne disputacions For how few so euer they be that geue them selues to ●●ole doctrine yet the feare of god the fruit wherof is eternall saluacion apperteyneth vnto all mē Nether doth anye mā atteyne so nyghe vnto wisdome as he that is in loue withall and appeareth not so much lerned himselfe as he is studious to allure all other yea aswell frend as soo aswell turke as Christen to godlynesse and is not himselfe ouercome with euel but rather ouercometh euel with good For as it is a Christen mās parte to saue and not to destroye so hath the same right true and effectuous diuynite subdued more people in tymes past to the kyngdome of Christ then any other artilery weapen or ordināce of warre Yea like as oure most cruell enemies maye be mollified and wonne with benefites and kyndnesse whan we se●e nothyng so much as the it health Euen so in sekynge their destruction we maye sooner turne in to turkes oure selues then that we shal cause them to become Christen men Now to considre the corruption of this world and how farre it is out of frame the darcknesse the trublous rufflinge the greate tirannye auarice and iniquite therof vnpunished how colde me are in charite ād how greatly geuē to ambicion and lucre Who lamentinge the same doth not se thousandes of occasions for us all to take better holde of Christes doctryne and to haue recourse ther vnto Specially considering that the cruell Philistynes preuayle so greatly and ceasse not euen now in oure tyme to stoppe it vp wringing and wresting it to their filthie purposes yea brablinge and cryeng so sore agaynst it that for feare mē darre not drynke the lyuinge water therof but must be fayne to take such corrupte lycoure as come out oft heir all to trodē cisternes euen earthly thynges for heauenly pelfare of mens inuencious insteade of gods holy commaundmētes Which trifles yet shal easely of themselues vanishe awaye yf the light of faith be so kyndlind in oure myndes that we lese not the rule and patron of Christes loue and charite And doutles it shal further the gospell most notably yf they that teach it do excell in the knowlege and life ther of and yf Prynces establishinghe no lawes for their owne pleasure delite more to refourme their people with mercie thē with crueltie rather to defende them then to pyll or pol them As for Prynces they shulde without doute vse lesse oppressinge of their people lesse warrynge one against another and lesse sheddyng of blonde yf bisshoppes and prestes that be aboute them were not readyer to flatre them then they are since rely to instructe them in Christes doctryne Which as it manifestly rebuketh couetous pharises ypocrites and proude riche folkes So doth it openly teach us to do good and to be meke ād gentle of mynde euē to oure enemies Now though Prynces make many lawes wherof Christ is not the authoure yet as they are to be obeyed whan they commaunde that which isiust and right so is it best to suffre them euen whan they be euell As touching the comē people though their estate be lowe their vnder stonding ssrosse and weake ād they of dewile bound to obeye yet for asmuch as they perteyne to the mistical body of Christ they must be nourished for borne ād cherished after a fatherly maner vntil they were more strong in Christ For euery one is not like perfite in te kyngdome of god Therfore he that is called to more excellentie of giftes ought after the maner of the highest elementes to drawe other vnto him and to helpe that his inferiours maye be trāsfourmed in to his nature and not vnder the pretence and cloke of vertue to disagree from the lernynge of Christ who is the onely marke which euery man ought to shote at and in no wyse to chaunge it but to inforce himselfe to come as nye it as he can Which as it is the higheest perfection alowed of god so cōsisteth it not in the maner or kynde of lyuinge not in garmentes meates or drynkes but in the affecte and mynde And like as there is no estate of lyuinge but there be some daungers wher into it maye fall so ought no mā to be displeased but rather to take it in right good worth whan he is warned therof Nether is he a condemner of other men that faithfully sheweth them their dewtie And yet can ther nothing be fre frō the cauillacion of lewde personnes but what so ener is spoken yea euen to the praise of vertue agaynst vyce that same is taken to the worst and iudged of them to be of a wrong and synistrall opynion Yea of so corrupte and peruerse iudgmentes are some that they counte it euen in prestes to be but a small vyre which is most abhominable and also esteme it to be an hye vertue which hath but onely the visure and appearaunce of godlynes thinkinge thē selues better for the ceremonies rules ād trifles