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scripture_n	able_a	holy_a	word_n	2,467	5	3.9442	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03619	An apologye made by the reuerende father and constante martyr of Christe Iohn Hooper late bishop of Gloceter and Worceter againste the vntrue and sclaunderous report that he should be a maintainer and encorager of suche as cursed the Quenes highnes that then was, Quene Marye. Wherein thou shalte see this godlye mannes innocency and modest behauioure: and the falsehode and subtyltye of the aduersaryes of Gods truth	Hooper, John, d. 1555.; Bull, Henry, d. 1575?	1562 (1562)	STC 13742; ESTC S122036	17,261	56

of Master hoopers letter delyuered in the counter at breadestreete THe grace fauour consolation and ayde of the holy ghoste be wyth you nowe and euer so be it Dearly beloued in the Lorde euer sythens your imprisonmente I haue bene maruelously moued with great affections and passions as well of myrth and gladnes as of heauynes and sorowe Of gladnesse in this that I perceaued how ye be bent and geuen to prayer and inuocation of Gods helpe in these darcke and wicked proceadinges of men agaynste Gods glorye I haue bene sorye to perceaue the malice and wickednesse of men to be so cruell diuelish and tirannycall too persecute the people of God for seruinge sayinge and hearinge of the holye psalmes and the word of eternall life These cruel doynges do declare that the papistes churche is more bloudy and tirannicall then euer was the swearde of the Ethnickes and gentyles When I hearde of youre takinge and what ye were doynge wherefore and by whome ye were taken I remembred howe the Christyans in the primityue churche were vsed by the crueltye of vnchrystenned heathens in the tyme of Traiane the Emperour about 77. years after Christs ascension in to heauen and howe the Christians were persequuted verye sore as thoughe they hadde bene traytoures and mouers of sedition Whereuppon the gentyll Emperour Traiane requyred to know the true cause of Christian mens trouble Agreate learned manne called Plinius wrote vntoo him and sayed it was because the Christians sayed certayn psalmes before day vnto one called Christ whom thei worshipped for God When Traiane the emperoure vnderstode it was for nothing but for conscyence and religion he caused by his commaundementes euery wher that no man shuld be persecuted for seruinge of God Lo a gentyle and heathen manne woulde not haue such as were of a contrarye religion punished for seruing of god but the Pope and his churche hathe caste you in to prison beinge taken euen doynge the worke of God and one of the excellentes workes that is required of Christian menne that is to wit whiles ye wer in prayer and not in suche wycked and superstytious prayers as the papistes vse but in the same prayer that Christe hath taughte you too praye And in hys name onelye ye gaue God thankes for that ye haue receaued and for his sake ye asked for suche thinges as ye wante O gladde waye yee be that euer ye were borne to be apprehended whilest ye were so vertuously occupied Blessed be they that suffer for ryghteousenesse sake For if God had suffered them that toke your bodies then too haue taken youre lyfe also nowe hadde ye bene folowinge the lambe in perpetuall ioyes away frome the companye and assemble of wycked men But the lorde woulde not haue you sodaynly so to depart but reserueth you gloriously too speake and maintaine his truths too the worlde Be ye not carefull what you shall saye for God wyll go oute and in with you and wyll be present in your hartes and in your mouthes to speake his wisedome althoughe it seeme folishenes to the worlde He that hathe begonne this good worke in you continue you in the same vnto the ende and praye vnto him that ye maye feare him onelye that hath power to hyll both bodye and soule and to cast them in to hell fire Be of good comforts all the heares of youre heades be numbred and there is not one of them can perishe excepte your heauenlye father suffer it to perishe Nowe ye be euen in the fielde and placed in the forefront of Christs battailes doubtelesse it is a singular fauoure of God and a speciall loue of him towardes you too geue you this forewarde and preheminence and a signe that he trusteth you before others of his people Wherfore deare brethren and sisters continuallye fighte this fighte of the Lord. youre cause is most iuste and Godly Ye stande for the true Christ who is after the fleshe in heauen and for his true religion and honoure which is amplye fullye sufficientely and aboundantelye conteined in the holye Testament sealed with Christs own bloude Howe muche be ye boundes to God to put you in truste with so holye and iuste a cause Remember what lokers vppon you haue to see and beholde you in youre fighte God and all his holye Aungelles who vs readye alway to take you vppe in to heauen if ye be slayne in this fight Also you haue standynge at youre backes all the multitude of the faithfull who shall take courage strengthe and desire to folowe suche noble and vallaunte Christians as you be Be not a fearde of your aduersaries for he that is in you is stronger then he that is in them Shryncke not althoughe it be payne too you Youre paines be not nowe so great as hearafter youre ioyes shall be Reade the ●oumfortable chapiters too the Romaines 8. 10. 15. Hebrues 11. 12. And vpon your knees thank god that euer ye wer accōpted worthy to suffer any thinge for his names sake Reade the second chapter of S. Lukes gospell and ther you shal see how the shepeheardes that watched vppon theyr shepe all night as sone as they heard that Christ was borne at Bethelem by and by they went to se him They did not reason nor debate with them selues who shuld kepe the wolf from the shepe in the meane time but dyd as they wer commaunded and committed their shepe vnto him whose pleasure they obeyed So let vs doo now we be called commit all other things vnto him that calleth vs. He wyl take hede that all things shal be well He will healpe the husband he wyll comfort the wife he will guide the seruauntes he wyll keepe the house he wyll preserue the goodes Yea rather then it should be vndone he wyll washe the dishes and rocke the cradell Cast therefore all youre care vpon god for he careth for you Besides thys you maye perceaue by youre imprisonmente that youre aduersaries weapons againste you be nothing but flesh bloud tirāny For if they were able they would maintayne their wicked religion by Gods word but for lacke of that they wold violentlye compell such as they can not by the holy scripture perswade● because the holye worde of God and all Christes doynges be cleane con●rarye vnto them I praye you praye for me and I wyll pray for you And althoughe we be a sunder after the world yet in Christ I trust for euer ioyninge in the spirite and so shall mete in the palace of the heauenlye ioyes after this short and transitory lyfe is ended Goddes peace be with you amen 4. of Ianuarye 1554. ¶ IMPRYNTED at London by Iohn Tisdale and Thomas Hacket and are to be sold at their shoppes in Lombarde strete Anno. 1561. Apo. 17. Deu. 17. Iosu. 1. Psal. 11. Mat. 5. 1 Ioa. 5. Mat. 11 Act. 23. Act. 5. Act. 13. 4. regu 2. 4. regu 1. Iere. 5. 6. Tren 1. 2. Mat. 23. 2. regu 18. Rom. 9. Rom. 12. 13. Apo. 6. Mat. 7. Deu. 21. 1. Cor. 5. Act. 13. Act. 5. Isa. 5. Rom. 2. 1. Cor. 14. Mat. 26. Mar. 14 Luc. 22. Mat. 5. Mal. 2. ● Pet. 5.