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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00361	A deuoute treatise vpon the Pater noster, made fyrst in latyn by the moost famous doctour mayster Erasmus Roterodamus, and tourned in to englisshe by a yong vertuous and well lerned gentylwoman of. xix. yere of age	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Roper, Margaret, 1505-1544.; Hyrde, Richard.	1526 (1526)	STC 10477; ESTC S109306	22,951	48

a father thanne a lorde or maister Thou woldest we shulde rather loue the as thy children than feare the as thy seruaūtes and bonde men Thou fyrst louedest vs and of thy goodnesse also it cometh and thy rewarde that we do loue the agayne Gyue eare O father of spyrites to thy chyldren spyrituall whiche in spyrite praye to the For thy sonne tolde vs that in those that so prayed thy delyte was whom therfore y u sēdest in to the worlde that he shulde teache vs all veryte and trouthe Here nowe the desyres of vnyte and concorde for it is nat sytting ne agreable that bretherne whō thy goodnes●e hath put in equall honoure shulde disagre or varry among themselfe by ambicious desyre of worldely promocion by contencious debate hatered or enuy all we hang of one father we all one thyng praye for and desyre no man asketh ought for hym selfe specially or a parte but as membres of one body quyckened and releued with one soule We requyre and praye in cōmen for that whiche indyfferētly shal be expedient and necessary for vs all And in dede we dare none other thyng desyre of the than what thy sonne cōmaūded vs ne otherwise aske than as he apoynted vs for in so askyng his goodnesse promysed we shulde optayne what soeuer we prayed for in his name And for as moche as whan thy sonne was here in erthe he nothyng more feruently desyred than that thy moost holy name shulde appere and shyne nat onely in Iudea but also thorowe all the worlde besyde we also bothe by his encoragyng and ensample this one thing aboue all desyre that the glorie of thy most holy name maye replenisshe and fulfyll bothe heuen erthe so that no creature be whiche dredeth nat thy hye power and maieste whiche do nat worshippe and reuerēde also thy wysdome eternall and marueylous goodnesse for thy glorie as it is great so neyther hauyng begynnyng nor endyng but euer in it selfe florisshynge can neyther encreace nor decreace but it skylleth yet mākynde nat a lytell y t euery man it knowe and magnifye for to knowe and cōfesse the onely very god And Iesus Christ whom thou fendest in to y e worlde is as moche to vs as lyfe eternall Let the clere shynyng of thy name shadowe quenche in vs all worldly glory Suffre no man to presume to take vpō hym selfe any ꝑte of glory for glory out of y t is non but very sclaūdre rebuke The course of nature also in carnall children this thyng causeth that they greatlye desyre the good fame and honest reputacion of their father for we maye se howe glad they be howe they reioyce howe happy also they thynke them selfe if happen their fathers any great honoure as goodly tryumphe or their ymage and picture to be brought in to y e court or cōmen place with an honourable preface or any other goodly royalte what soeuer it be And agayne we se how they wayle and howe agast astonyed they be if chaunce their fathers sclaundre or infamy So depely hath this thyng naturall affection routed in mannes hert that the fathers reioyse in their childrens glory and their children in the glorie of their fathers But for asmoche as y e gostly loue affection of god farre passeth and excedeth y e carnall affecion of m● therfore we thy spirituall children moche more feruently thurst and desyre the glory and honour of thy most holy name greatly are vexed and troubled in hert if he to whom alone all glorye is due chaunce rebuked or sclaundred to be nat that any sclaundre or rebuke can mynisshe or defoule the clerenesse of thy glory but that we as moche as lyeth in vs in a maner do wronge and iniury to thy name whan soeuer the gentyls eyther nat knowyng or elles dispisynge the maker and originall of all do worshippe homage to creatures most vyle as made of tymbre or stone or other peynted images some also to oxē some to bulles and suche other lyke And moreouer in all these foule and wycked deuylles in honour of thē they sing hymnes to these they do sacrifyce before these they burne ensence and other swete sauours than we thy spirytu●ll chyldren seyng all this doubly are agreued bothe y t thou hast nat that honour whiche is due to the that these wretches perisshe by their owne madnesse follye The iewes also neuer cesse in their sinagoges and resorte of people from dispitefull and abominable bacbytinge of thy onely sonne wherby in the meane tyme they sclaundre the sithe it can nat be chosen whan thy sonne is misfamed whiche is y e very clerenesse of thy glorie but that infamy also must redounde in the. They cast eke in our tethe as a thyng of great dishonestie y e most glorious name of thy chyldren sayeng y t it were better to be called theues or manquellers than̄e christen men and folowers of Christ. They ley agaynst vs also that thy sonne was crucified whiche is to vs great glorie and renoume We maye thāke thy mercy father of all this thyng that we haue and aknowledge the as originall and causer of all oure helthe that we worshyppe also thy sonne in egall authorite with the that we haue receyued in to our hertes the spirite of you bothe But yet good father in heuen we pray y t to shewe thy mercy to those also that bothe the gētyls leauyng and forsakyng the worshippyng homage of counterfaite ymages maye do all honour and reuerence to thy maiestie alone and the iewes releued with thy spyrite renounsing their supersticious vsyng of the lawe maye confesse god from whom all thyng so abundantly cometh may confesse the fonne of god by whome we receyue all maye confesse the holygost parttaker and felowe of the diuyne nature Let them worshippe in thre persons one and egall maiestie and aknowledge thre persons as one proper persone so that euery nacyon euery tonge euery secte euery age as well olde as yong maye with one assent auaunce and praise thy moost holy name And I wolde to god that we also whiche beare the name of thy children were nat dishonestie to thy glorie amongest those y t knowe the nat for lyke as a good and wise sonne is the glorie and honour of his father so a folisshe vnthrifty childe getteth his father dishonestie and shame he is nat a naturall and ꝓper chylde whosoeuer do nat labour all that he can to folowe and be like his father in wytte condicions But thy son̄e Iesus is a very kynde and naturall childe for he is a very full and perfite ymage similitude of the whom holly he is lyke representeth We whiche are become thy children by adopcion and nat by nature confermyng our selfes after his ensample endeauer as moche as lyeth in vs to come to some maner lykenesse of y ● that lykewise as thou waste moost parfitely exalted and glorified in thy son̄e Iesus so as farforth

and parttakers of thy sōne hast apoynted to thy royalme Graunt father of all myght that they whom thy goodnesse ones hath delyuered frō the tyrāny of synne and assygned to dwell in thy royalme maye by the benifitte of the same benygne goodnesse contynue and stedfastly abyde in theyr liberte and fredome and that none leauynge and fayling from the and thy sonne retourne agayne in the tyrannous seruice of the deuyll so bothe we by thy sonne shall raigne in the to our welthe and thou in vs to thy glorie for thou art glorified in our blysse and our blysse is of thy goodnesse Thy son̄e Iesus taught vs we shulde dispice the realme of this worlde whiche standeth all by rychesse and is holde vp by garrisōs of men by hostes and armour which also what soeuer it doth dothe by pryde and violence and is both gotten kept defended by fierse cruelnesse he with the holy goost ouercame y e wycked spirite that ruled as chefe and heed in the worlde afore he by innocency and purenesse of lyuyng had the victorie of synne by mekenesse venquesshed cruelnesse by suffraūce of many dispitefull rebukes recouered euerlastyng glory by his owne deth restored life and by his crosse had triumphe vpon the wycked spirites Thus wōderfully hast thou father warred and ouercome after this maner thou both triumphest reignest in thy sonne Iesus by whom it hath pleased the of thy goodnesse to take vs in to the cōgregaciō of the dwellers in thy royalme Thus also thou tryūphest and reignest in thy holy martyrs in thy chast virgins and pure confessours whiche yet neyther by theyr owne strēgth nor power dyde ouercome the fiersenesse and displeasure of tyrantes ne the raging or the wantōnesse of the flesshe ne the maliciousnesse of this worlde But it was thy spirite father Whiche it pleased the to gyue them to y e glorie of thy name and the helthe of mankynde that was bothe the begȳner and ender of all this in them And we father hertely desire the that thy realme may florisshe also in vs whiche all though we do no myracles for asmoche as neyther tyme nor mater requireth albe it we be nat imprysoned nor turmented though we be nat woūded nor brent althogh we be nat crucified nor drowned thoughe we be nat beheeded yet natwithstandyng the strength and clerenesse of thy realme may shine and be noble in vs if the worlde perceyue that we by the helpe of thy spirite stande stedfast sure agaynst all assautes of the deuyll and agaynst the flesshe whiche alwaye stereth and prouoketh vs to those thynges that be contrary to the spirite agaȳst the worlde whiche by all the wayes it can moueth vs to forsake and leaue the trust that we haue ones put in the As often so euer as for thy loue we despice and sette nought by the realme of this worlde and with full trust hange vpon the heuēly kyngdome that thou hast promysed vs as often also as we forsake and leaue honourynge of erthely richesse and onely worshyp and enbrace y e precious and gostly lernyng of the gospell as often as we refuse those thȳges that for the season seme swete and pleasaunt to the flesshely carnal appetite and in hope and trust of eternall felicite we suffre paciently and valiantly all thynge be it neuer so harde as often also as we can be content to forsake our naturall affections and that whiche we haue moost dere as our fathers and mothers wyues chyldren and kynsefolke for the loue of the Likewise as often as we oppresse and refrayne y e furious and fiersely braydes of angre and gyue mylde meke wordes to those y ● chyde and ●raule with vs and do good to them whiche do vs iniury and wronge and all for thy sake So often father thou warrest in vs and ouercomest the realme of the deuyll openyst y ● myght and power of thy realme Thus it hath pleased and lyked thy wysdome father by continuall and greuous batayle to exercise confyrme and make stedfaste the vertue and strengthe of thy people Encrease suche strengthe in thy childrē that they maye euer retourne stronger from their batayle● and that whan by lytell and lytell their enemies and aduersaries myght is minysshed and broken thou mayest euery day more and more raygne in vs But the tyme is nat yet come good father in whiche all the worlde haue subdued them selfe to thy yoke For as yet that tyrannous fende hath a do with many and diuers naciōs There is nat yet one herde and one herde mayster whiche we hope shal be whan the iewes also shall bryng and submyt them selfe to the spirituall and gostely lernyng of y e gospell for yet many knowe nat howe great a liberte it is and what a dignite and how great a felicite to be subiectes to the heuenly realme and that is the cause why they had rather be the seruaūtes of the deuyll than thy children inheritours with Iesu and parttakers of y e kȳgdome of heuen and amongest those two father that walke within the cloyster of thy churche seme as chefe in thy realme there are nat a fewe alas which holde on their aduersaries side and as moche as lyeth in them abate shame dishonest the glory of thy realme Werfore we specially desyre and wisshe for that tyme whiche thou woldest none to knowe but thy selfe alone in whiche acordyng to the promyse of thy sonne thy angels shall come and make clene the floore of thy churche and gader to guether into thy barne the pure corne deuyded and seuered fro the cockle plucke out of thy realme all maner occasyon of sclaundre What tyme there shall neyther be hunger nor pouerte no necessite of clothīg no disease no dethe no pursuer no hurt or yuell at all ne any feare or suspicion of hurte but than all the body of thy dere sosie heaped togyder in theyr heed shall take f●uicion and pleasure of thy blessed company of heuen they whiche in the meane tyme had rather serue the tyrannous fende shall togyther with their maister be banysshed and sente awaye to euerlastyng punisshement And trewely this is the realme of Israell whiche whan Iesus Christ forsoke the erthe retourned agayne to his disciples desyred myght shortely be restored Than thou madest heuen free and rydde frō all rebellion what tyme Lucifer● with his company was caste out So one 's in the day of dome and iugement whan the bodyes shall aryse thou shalte departe the sheepe from the gottes than who so euer hath here with all d●●●gēce embrased the spirytuall and goollely realme of the gospell shal be desyred and brought to the to the inherytaūce of the euerlastynge kyngdome to y e whiche thy goodnesse had apoynted theym or the worlde was made This fortunate and happy day whiche thy sonne Iesus promysed shulde come we thy children good father greatlye desyre whiche dwelle here in erthe as outlawes in exyle sore