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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

and the other partye of the other hyll Also when the incestious man was excōmunicated S. Paul alone did not excommunicate him but Saynt Pauls consente and also the whole churche with him Extraordinary excommunications that then the holye men vsed whiche our bishops at this day neither haue power to do nor know what they be be not in vse As Saint Paule alone by Gods power made blinde the witche Elimas And Peter alone by the same power kylled Ananias and saphira his wife The bishops can but strike and excommunicate with the worde of God If that serue not thei shoulde commend the matter to God and medle no further But nowe the bishops haue learned Gods worde and preache and teache fables and lies and who so wyl not beleue them in suche wickednes they strike them with losse of goodes landes liberties frendes wyfe and children yea with imprisonmente swearde fire coarde and suche like And to make all appeare wel they strike true men with the false slaunder of treasonne But such is Goddes iuste punishemente for oure synnes most iustelye happened vnto vs. When we amend oure lyues he wyll withdrawe hys scourge Thus maist thou see gentle reader that suche cursinge as theese vngodlye papistes slaunder me wyth all is bothe againste my knowledge and my doyinges And as I knowe I shoulde not curse any man euen so I knowe I should praye for all men and for mine ennemies also diligentlye and Chirstianly for geuyng them as much as lyeth in me here and before God prayinge him to send them more grace and louing charity But here I woulde men shoulde note and marke that as they be forbydde to curse the magistrates so be they forbyd to saye allowe or commend anye thinge they shall do that is not agreeable with the woorde of God For the scripture doth not only curse such as make wicked lawes but also holdeth them accursed what so euer they be that call good euyll and euyl good And althoughe God doeth require me to obey the magistrate yet he forbyddeth me to flatter the magistrate eyther styre him vp so do euyll or so commend the euyll when it is done For we know not onely euyll doers shall be damned but also such as consente to euyll doinge And this olde sayinge is true the consenters and docrs shall haue like paine Now these be the bees and stinging waspes that make the bishops so sore too rage and startle They haue taken the worde of God from the people out of all churches in this realm that nothinge maye bee sayed in the vulgare tonge which is cleane contrarye to the woorde of God and expressely against the same as sainte Paule sayeth But they saye saynte Paul ther speaketh but of preaching alone whiche shoulde be in the vulgare tonge But I saye and wyll iustifie it that they saye vntruely in so sayinge for the texte plainly and expresselye maketh as well mension of praier said or song as of preaching I wyll pray in my spirit and in mine vnderstrndinge saith sainte Paul c. And so do the olde fathers altogether say as I say Read Iohn Chrisostom and S Ambrose vpon thesame place Further they haue banished the holye supper of the Lorde and call the table wher the communion was vsed an oyster borde and the breade appointed to that vse oyster bread and yet those thinges bothe by name and effecte be conteined commaunded vs moste plainely by the expresse word of god And for y e supper of the Lorde they haue brought in priuate masses of their owne or elles of their wicked predecessours inuētion whyche is clene cōtrary to y e word of god let the boke of the Apostles and euan gelistes be iudge And who so euer wyll compare the masse as they vse it with the supper of the Lorde shal see them as wel agree as Christ and the wicked Phariseis agreed Nowe because men can not condescende vnto these wicked things and call that holy whiche is dampnable and that good which is euil Therfore be lies slaunders and false matters picked fayned against them But if they wil saye good is euyll and euyll good the deuyll God and God the deuyll then shall men haue peace with them and not before As I am sorye with all my harte that anye manne for troubles should curse hys persecutors except he haue more speciall testimony of Gods spirite that he doth well then I haue so I like wise I doe lamente that those menne that be cursed who they be I knowe not do not examine them selues and search their own consciences whether iustlye God stirreth the people to hate them or no as Dauid did beinge a lauful king and also a good king When Semei called him bloud sucker and murtherer with manye foule words he entred into y t iudgement of his owne conscyence and felt that the Lorde hadde stirred the same wicked man vp beinge his own subiecte to curse Whereby he learned good kinge to lamente and beware of the sinne that made him thus to be cursed Alas what manne or woman liuinge is there that one wayes or other hathe not deserued to be cursed both of God and man But these carnall and fleshly bishops neuer consyder that whiche is principallye to be taken hede of in euery plage that god sendeth which is the sinne in the person plaged When the scourge of God so commeth it were best for euery man too say to him selfe good Lord although I haue not deserued thus to be spokē of one way yet an other way I haue for none is pure and innocent in thy sighte Let euery manne remoue by grace the cause of cursings and other troubles whych be the very messengers of God and his scourges and then God wyll remoue the effectes whiche be the troubles them selues If the party cursed by manne be innocente he maye reioyce to be euyll spoken of for iustice sake and assure hym selfe that God wyll blesse that man curseth If he be gilty the curse is as a preacher sente vnto him from God to admonishe him of his sinnes And as for the person that curseth if Gods spirite beare not recorde with his spirit that he did it for Gods sake and the hatred he did beare onely to sinne and styrred thereunto by the spirite of God as the prophetes and Apostels were he hath greate cause to lament For the curse that he wold to others shall lyght vpon him selfe And suche offendours had most nede of coumforte to call them againe to God and to the order of charitye for that we be bounde to do as the scripture of God doeth teache Not too coumforte them or ayde them as my false accusers saye of mee as traytoures in treason but as creatures made vntoo the symilytude of God fallen in too synne The whiche similytude and dignity of God in man shoulde not be abhorred nor detested for anye cryme that manne commytteth but rather pittyed and

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.