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A consolacyon for chrysten people to repayre agayn the lordes temple with certayne places of scrypture truely applyed to satysfye theyr myndes for ye expellyng of ydolatry, [et] to instruct the[m], of loue and obedience. Compyled by nycholas wyse
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Wyse, Nicholas.
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STC 26063; ESTC S105455
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I sayd it is to be feared lest your punysshment be reserued vnto that place Math. xiiii where there shall be waylynge and gnasshyng of tethe Call your iniquites to remembraunce expell your synne and ydolatry with repentaunce Be not styffe necked agaynst the lorde whiche standeth waytynge that he may haue mercy vpon you lifteth hym selfe vp the he may receyue you to grace Esa xxi As the prophet Esaye sayd vnto the people of god whiche were punysshed for sekyng helpe at other then hym selfe for the lord god is ryghtuous happy are al they that wayte for hym Marke that sayeng of the prophet he sayd not happy are some but happy are all that wayte for hym And though the wordes were spoken vnto the people of Cyon and to the Cytesens of IerusaleÌ„ yet doth it serue also vnto vs. For he is our lorde and our God of whom it was sayd vnto them shall ye neuer be in heuynesse for dowtles he wyll haue mercy vpoÌ„ you Esa xxx As sone as he hereth the voyce of thy cry he wyl helpe the. The Lorde gyueth you the breed of aduersyte and the water of trouble but thyne instructour flyeth not far from that yf thyne eyes loke vnto hym yf thyne eares herkeÌ„ vnto his word that cryeth after that and sayeth This is the way go this tourne the neyther to the ryght hande nor to the lyft ye ought to put nothyng to the word of god nor to take no thyng from it Deu. iiii the lord wold haue you kepe the streight path which is apoynted vnto you by the scrypture As for the tradycyons of men they be dowtfull in many thynges not coÌ„sonaunt vnto the scripture Haue ye not ben taught to bable vp suche prayers wherof ye vnderstode not one word what ye sayd The apostle sayeth yf I praye with tonges meanyng a voyce that he vnderstode not my spyryte prayeth but my mynde is without fruyte I had leuer in the congregacyon to speake v. wordes with my mynde to the informacyon of other i Cor. xiiii rather then .x. thousande wordes with the tonges whiche be not vnderstande The effecte of prayer ê‘sisteth not in many wordes Christ sayeth Mat. vi when ye praye bable not moche as the Gentyls do for they thynke they shal be herde for theyr moche bablyng sake Be ye not lyke them therfore for youre father knoweth wherof ye haue nede before ye aske of hym Maâ— â—â— The scrybes and pharasyes were reproued of the lorde for teachyng the people to obserue theyr tradycyons in stede of goddes preceptes sayenge Ese xix Well prophecyed Esaye of you with theyr lyppes they honoure me but theyr herte is farre fro me And where the worde of God is truely preached the same word lyke wyse shall reproue your false teachers whiche haue taught you and youre fathers thâ—s many yeres wycked tradycyons Mat. vi The true fastynge and perfyte prayer haue they abused and taughte the people to doo lykewyse the workes of charyte and almous dede whiche oughte to be done and gyuen to the poore hathe ben dymynysshed and gyuen to sturdy and valyaunt beggers craftely crepte in to the church of Christ which haue begyled the people with theyr false ypocrysy and fayned holynesse Meruayll not though it greue them that the people haue fre lyberty to rede and serche the scriptures for it is the onely thyng that vttereth theyr craft theyr falshode theyr wyckednesse for betwyxte them and theyr ydolles which were inuented to pyke meÌ„nes purses and that vnder an holy pretence what meruayl was it that England was so replenysshed with thenes vacabundes and beggees it is an euydent thing that the most parte of them be offended that the scrypture is in Englysshe wherby their subteltye is espied for if a man reproue theÌ„ of ypocrysy or byd them laboure for their lyuynge Awe say they is this the charyte that the gospel teacheth you Truely it were not to be wondred at yf men were not so moche in charyte with you as they be whiche so haue dysceyued the pore symple soules froÌ„ theyr charytable aimous to whome god dyd apoynt it to be gyuen I say not this because men shulde breake their pacyence towardes you but to reduce you the soner to repentaunce and amendement and to be sory and ashamed of your euyll doynges Saynt IohnÌ„ sayeth in his seconde Epystle who so transgresseth abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not god he that abydeth in the doctryne of Christ hath bothe the father and the sonne If any man come to you and bryng not this doctryne receyue hym not in to your house neyther salute hym That text I suppose caused the freres to ronne aboute with In principio erat verbum fearynge els they shulde not be saluted of the peple nor receyued iÌ„ to theyr houses But there is an other place in scrypture more conuenyent to be applyed vnto them then that place agreed and serued to their purpose beware of false ê“phetes which come to you in shepes clothyng but inwardly they are rauenyng wolues ye shal know theÌ„ by their fruytes God knoweth my herte I write this for no malice vnto them but to th entent that the truthe of gods glory which hath long ben hyd mought appere agayne his holy gospel which they suche other haue falsly belyed peruerted kepte in corners may come to his perfyte lyght so that the people myght know the true honouryng of God to be in spirite veryte to folow the exhortacyon of saynt Peter to walke after the wyl of god not after the wyll of the hethen i. Pe. iii. in wantonnes ryotous drynkyng abhomynable ydolatry the holsom counsell of saynt Paule to be no worshipper of ymages Collo i. to mortefy your membres of synne vpon the earth Iohn v. Saynt IohnÌ„ warneth lytel chyldren to kepe them selues from ymages O lorde howe hath thy blessed worde the doctrine of thy holy sayntes ben abused the old meÌ„ now a days caÌ„ scarsly be brought to folow the lesson Know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost i Cor. vi Remembre vpon what foundacyon ye are buylded Mat. â—â—i 〈…〉 stycke vnto your fouÌ„dacyon cleue fast to your heed corner stone which can not be remoued ye are not a temple of stone made with mennes handes ye are the lyuyng temple of god ii Cor. vi whiche haue ben longe in decay brused brokeÌ„ pulled downe of those that wer enemyes bothe to you your foundacyon Christ Mat â—â—â— i. Cor. iii but they haue pulled so long that they haue met with a rocke 1 Pet. ii the stomblyng stone whiche hath made them to fall Now is the tyme to repayre your temple agayne be ye not neclygeÌ„t in the lordes worke but laboure with herte mynde therin euery man according to his power callyng And agaynst suche as wyll