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A10781	A pituous lamentation of the miserable estate of the churche of Christ in Englande in the time of the late reuolt from the gospel, wherin is conteyned a learned comparison betwene the comfortable doctrine of the gospell, [and] the traditions of the popish religion: with an instruction how the true Christian ought to behaue himself in the tyme of tryall. Wrytten by that worthy martyr of god Nicolas Rydley, late Bysshoppe of London. Neuer before this tyme imprynted. Wherevnto are also annexed certayne letters of Iohn Careles, written in the tyme of his imprisonment. Perused and allowed according to the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions.	Ridley, Nicholas, 1500?-1555.; Careless, John, fl. 1564-1566.	1566 (1566)	STC 21052; ESTC S110643	38,326	116

to satisfye paie the pryce of synnes bothe of the deade and of the quicke to the great and intolerable contumely of Christ our sauyour his death passion whiche was and is the one onely sufficient and euerlastinge auaylable sacrifice satisfactorie for al the electes of god from Adam the fyrst to the laste that shal be borne in the ende of the worlde Of late that commaundemente of god thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen ymage nor any similytude or lykenes of any thyng in heauen aboue or in earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth thou shalt not bowe down to them nor worship them this comaundment of God I say was grauen almost euery where in churches was learned of euery body bothe younge and olde whervppon Images that prouoked the symple and ignorant people vnto idolatry as the wise man saith were taken out of the churches and straytly forbidden that none should any wher eyther bowe downe to them or worshippe them But now alas goddes holy woorde is blotted and rased out of churches and stockes and stones are set vppe in the place therof God commaunded his woorde so to be ordered that it mighte be had in contynuall remembrance at all times and in euery place and on the otherside he forbad ymages and idoles so to be eyther made or set in any place wher any shoulde bowe or worshyp them But now alas that which god commanded is not passed vpon and that whiche he forbyddeth is masterfully mainteined by falshed and craft and wickedly vpholden Of late al ministers that were admitted to the publike office and mynistery of goddes holy word in their admission made a solempne professyon before the congregation that they shoulde teach the people nothinge as doctrine necessarie to attaine eternal saluation but that which is goddes owne holy woorde or may be thereof grounded without any doubt wherby vanished and melted away of thēselues many vaine yea wicked traditions of man as waxe before the fyer but nowe at one brunte they are reuiued and are in ful hope all to returne againe in as great strength as euer they haue bene And howe can any man looke for any other thyng but whē you haue receiued the head you muste also receiue the whole body withal orelles how can the head abyde The head vnder Satan of al mischiefe is Antichrist his broode and the same is he which is the baby lonical beast The beast is he whervppon the whore sytteth the whore is that Citie saithe Iohn in playne wordes which hath the empire ouer the kinges of the earth This whore hath a golden cuppe of abhominations in her hand wherof she maketh to drinke the kinges of the earthe of the wine of this harlot hath al nations dronke yea and kynges of the earth haue lyen by this whoore and marchauntes of the earthe by vertue of her pleasaunte marchandise haue ben made ryche Nowe what citie is there in al the whole world that whē Iohn wrote ruled ouer the kynges of the earthe or what Citie can be redde of in any tyme that of the citie it selfe chalēged the empire ouer the kings of the earth but onely the citie of Rome that sence the vsurpation of that see hath growen to her full strenghe And is it not red that old and auncient writers vnderstande Peters former Epistle to be written at Rome and it to be called of him in the same Epistle in plaine termes Babylō by the abhominations thereof I vnderstande all the whole trade of the Romishe relygion vnder the name title of Christe which is contrary to the only rule of al true religion that is goddes worde What woorde of god hath that dy●elishe drab for the mayntenaunce of her manyfolde abhominations and to set to sel souche marchaundise wherewith alas the madnes of man the wycked harlott hath bewitched almooste the whole worlde Dyd not Peter the true Apostell of Christe of whom this stinking strumpette beareth her selfe so high but falsely and without al iust cause dyd not he I say geue all the worlde warnynge of her pelfe and trashe of her false doctours and apostles for this whoore and beast wyll be called Dominus Apostolicus who so euer say nay after this maner in his later epistle There was among the people in tymes past false prophetes as there shall be also amonge you in time to come false teachers whiche shall priuily bringe in pestylent sectes euen denyinge the lorde whiche hath bought them and redemed thē procuring to them selus swift damp nation and many shall followe their dampnable waies by whō the waye of trueth shall be rayled vppon and through couetousnes by counterfaite tales or sermons they shal saith Peter make marchandise vpon you c. And dothe not Iohn likewise in his reuelation after he hath reconed vp a greate rablemente of this whoores mystical marchandise at the laste as though he wold knit vp al in playne wordes wythout any myst at al settyng out the whoores marchandyse recken vp amonge the rest concludeth sayinge Et animas hominū that is to say the soules of men too Wher vpon I pray you elles rose this true prouerbe in latin Omnia Rome venalia al things for money are set to sale at Rome Was not that a worthy cōmendation of Christes vicar in earth that was written of our holy father one of the Alexanders a byshoppe of Rome thus I wene in latine Vendit Alexander cruces altaria Christum Vendere iuri potest emerat ille prius These twoo verses in laten I haue red thus of one translated into englishe rime Alexander our holy father the pope of Rome selleth for money bothe ryght and dome And al kind of holines the holy father doth not stick to set to sel redy money for to get And eke Christ him selfe he dare be bolde to chop and chaunge for siluer and golde And why should any thinke this to be sore for what doth he sell but that he bought before I graunte these verses to be lyght gere and the verse is but rude but alas such conditions were more wicked and leude then any wytte coulde expresse If these had ben but the faltes of one or a fewe in number they had ben lesse pernicious and mighte haue ben taken for personal crimes not to be imputed vnto that see but now alas the matter is more thē euident to al that hath godly vnderstāding that these crimes be grounded vpon lawes be stablished by costom and set forthe by all kinde of wycked doctrine falshed craft and therefore are not now to be estemed for any one mannes or of a fewe mennes personal crimes but are now by lawes costome and doctrine incorporated into that wicked see maketh in dede the body of the beast whervpō the abhominable whore doth sit But you wolde knowe whiche be those marchandise which I said this whoore setteth forthe to sell for the which al her false prophetes with al

your eares and not vnderstande and seinge you shall beholde and not se the thynge for the harte of this people is waxed grosse or dull and wyth theyr eares they are harde of hearynge and they haue shutte together theyr eyes that they shoulde not see nor heare wyth theyr eares nor vnderstande wyth their harts that they might return and I shoulde heale theym sayth the lorde God Alas England alas that thys heauy plague of god should fall vpon thee alas my dere beloued coūtrey what thing is it now that may do the good Vndoutedly thy plague is so great that it is vtterly vncurable but by the bottomles mercy and infinite power of almightye Godde Alas my deare countrey what haste thou done that thus thou hast prouoked the wrathe of God to poure oute hys vengeaunce vpon thee for thyne owne deserts Canst thou be contēt to heare thy faultes tolde thee Alas thou haste hearde ofte and wouldest neuer amende England thy faults of all degrees and sortes of men of the magestrates of the mynisters of the common people were neuer more plainly tolde sence thou barest that name then thou diddeste beare theym of late euen before the magestrates in kynge Edwardes dayes but thou hardest them only and didst amend neuer a whit For euen of thy greatest magestrats some the kings hyghnesse then that innocente that godly harted pereles yong christian prince excepted euermore vnkindly vngētly against those that went aboute most husely most holesomly to cure their sore backs spurned priuely and woulde not spare to speake euyl of them euē vnto the prince him selfe yet would they towardes the same preacher outwardelye beare a ioly countenaunce and a fayre face I haue hearde that Cranmer and an other whom I wyll not name were both in high displeasure the one for shewinge his conscience secretly but plainly and fully in the duke of Somersets cause and bothe of late but specially Cranmer for repugning as they might against the late spoile of the church goodes taken away only by cōmaundement of the hygher powers wythoute any lawe or order of iustice and withoute any requeste of consente of them to whome they dyd belonge As for Latymer Leuer Bradford and knoxe they re tonges were so sharp they rypped in so depe in theyr galled backes to haue purged thē no dout of the filthy matter that was festered in theyr hartes of insaciable couetousnes of filthy carnality and voluptuousnesse of intollerable ambitiō and pride of vngodly lothsomnes to heare pore mennes causes and to heare gods word that these men of all other these magestrates thē could neuer abide Other there were very godly men wel lerned that went about by the wholesome plaisters of gods word how be it after a more soft maner of handling of the matter but alas all sped in lyke For all that could be done of al handes their disease dydde not minishe but dayly didde encrease whyche no doubt is no smal occasiō in the state of the heauy plague of god that is poured vpō England at this day As for the cōmon sort of other inferior magestrates as iudges of the lawe iustices of peace sergeantes common lawyers it may be truly sayde of thē as of the most parte of the Clergy of curates vicars persons prebendaryes doctors of the law archdeacōs deanes yea I may saye of bishops also I feare me for the more part althoughe I dout not but god had and hathe euer whome he in euery state knew and knoweth to be his but for the most part I say they were neuer perswaded in their hartes but from the tethe forward and for the kings sake in the truth of gods worde and yet all these dyd dissemble and bare a copye of a countenaunce as if they had bene ●ound within And thys dyssimulation Sathan knewe wel enough and therfore desyred and hath euer gone about that the hygh magestrates by any maner of meanes might be deceued in matters of relygion for then he beinge of counsell with the dissimulation in the wordly knewe wel enough that he should bryng to passe and rule all euen after his owne wyll Hypocrisy and dissimulation S ▪ Hierome doth cal well a double wickednes for neither it loueth the truth whiche is one greate euill and also falsely it pretendeth to deceyue the simple for an other thing This hipocrisy and dissimulation with God in matters of religion no doubte hath wholy also prouoked the anger of god And as for the common people although there were many good wher they were wel and diligētly taught yet god knoweth a great number receaued Gods true woorde and hyghe benefites wyth vnthankful heartes For it was greate pitie a lamentable thinge to haue sene in many places the people so lothsomly so vnreligiously to come to the holy cōmunion to receaue it accordingly and to the cōmon prayers and other diuine seruice which were according to the true veyne of gods holy worde in al poyntes so godly and holesomely set forthe in comparison of that blynde zeale and vndiscrete deuotion which they had afore times to those things whereof they vnderstode neuer one whyt nor could be edifyed by thē any thing at all And again as for almes dedes which ar taught in gods word wherby we are certayne that god is pleased with them and doth and wil require such at our hands which are a parte of true religion as S. Iames sayth and suche as he sayth himselfe he setteth more by then by sacryfice as to prouyde for the fatherlesse infants and orphanes for the lame aged and impotent poore nedy folke and to make publyke prouision that the pouertye that myghte laboure should haue wherwith to labour vppon and so be kepte from shamefull beggery and stealing in these works I say how wayward were many in comparison I meane of that greate prodigalitie whereby in times paste they spared not to spende vpon flatteryng fryers false pardoners painting and gilding of stockes stones to be set vp and honored in churches plainly against gods worde And yet bicause no place is to be defrauded of their iust commendacion London I must confesse that such godly works in sir Dobs knight then lord Maior his yere began maruelious wel the Lorde graunt the same maye so likewise perseuer continue yea and encrease to the comforte reliefe of the nedy and helplesse that was so godli begon Amen All these thynges doe mynyster matter of more mournynge and bewaling the miserable state that now is for by this it maye be perceayued howe well Englande hath deserued this iust plague of God And also it is greatly to be feared that those good thynges whatsoeuer they were that had their beginnynge in the time when Goddes word was frely preached nowe with the exyle and banishmēt of the same they wil departe agayne But to returne agayne to the consideration of thys myserable state of Christes church in Englande and to leaue farder and more