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A08486	A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martine Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the Emperoure Charles the fyft, and the illustre estates of the empyre of Germanye, with an oration of hys death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melancthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.; Historia de vita et actis Martini Lutheri. English	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Bennet, Henry, fl. 1561, compiler and trans.; Capito, Wolfgang, 1478-1541. De vita Oecolampadii. aut; Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541. De J. Oecolampadii obitu. aut; Mykonius, Oswald, 1488-1552. De H. Zuinglii vita et obitu. aut	1561 (1561)	STC 1881; ESTC S120757	69,569	198

were excellent woorthy men who established and gouerned large Realmes great Empires yet were they mu●● inferiour then these our Guides Esa● Iohn Baptist S. Paule Austen and Luther It is necessary for vs to vnderstand these differentes in the Church What then are the absolute true matters y● Luther hathe manifested which geueth great glory to his workes and maketh hys praise liue in the mouth of men Many cry out that the Church is disturbed controuersies planted in them not easy to be vnfolded I aunswer to these Suche is the gouernment of the Churche when the holy Ghost argueth the worlde many dissentions growe through the peruers stubbornes of the wycked they are in fault y● wyll not heare the Sonne of God of whom the Father pronoūceth Heare hym Luther hath reueled the true necessary doctrine for it is most certain ther was wonderfull grosse darknes in the doctrine of repentannce This discussed he declareth what is perfecte penitence which is the trusty port assured comfort of the spirite astonyed with the felyng of Gods anger He hath illumined S. Paules doctrine whych treateth ma is iustified by fayth He hath expressed what difference is betwyxte the Law the Gospel betwixt spiritual ciuil Iustice He hath explaned what is the true inuocacion of God and reuoked the Church wholy from al Pagane and prophane lunacy and furor who fayne that God is inuocated when the spirites oppressed wyth Academical douts flee God He hath exhorted to praier in pure cōscience hath guided vs as it wer by the hand to the onely mediatour the Sonne of God syttynge at the ryghte hande of God the Father and interceadynge for vs not to Images and dead me as the Infidels moued wyth horrible madnes inuocated Idolles and senceles Stockes He hath also instructed other dutyes acceptable to God and so a dourned and fortefied ciuil life as none to thys day wyth more perfection Further he hath sequestred childish instituciō of humain ceremonies y● customs aud lawes lettyng true inuocation from necessary workes And that this heauenly doctrine manyfested might come to posteritye he translated the Prophetes and Apostles workes into hys maternal tong wyth such perspi●uitye that hys traduction geueth more lyght to the Readers then the Commentaries of diuers other Hereunto he hath added manye Enarrations the whych as Erasmus in tyme paste affirmed passed all others that be extant And as it is reported of such as reedified Ierusalem that they buylded with one hand and held the sword wyth the other euen so Luther fought agaynst y● enemyes of Christian doctrine and at that instant deuised enarracions replenished wyth heauenlye doctrine and in thys exployte he hath comforted and releued the consciences of many with faythfull Councels And as it appeareth the greatest part of his doctrine surmounteth the compasse of humayne capacity as the doctrine of remission of syns fayth So muste we necessarilye confesse he was taught of God and diuers of vs haue sene his conflictes in the which he learned that we should perswade our selues this that by fayth we are heard and receaued of God The sincere godly wyts shal celebrate foreuer the benefites whyche God hath conferred to his Church by Luther and fyrste they shall render thankes to God then protest they ar much obliged to hys learned labors albert the Atheistes who vniuersally haue the church in derisiō esteme an● iudge these true offices and dutyes a chyidysh pastime a mere folye and alienacion of the mynde He hath not excitated indissoluble disputacions neither proponed to the Church the Apple of contencion nor published obscurities enigmes For he is easy to the faythful godly and such as be of sound vnderstandyng sclaunderouslye wyll not geue iudgement by conference of sentences to cōsider what agreeth with the heauenly doctrine and what dissenteth And that more is the godly are fully resolued ▪ that these differentes were longe synce appointed For since Gods pleasure is we should behold know hys wyll in the Prophetes and Apostles workes in the which he hath manyfested hymselfe we maye not thynke hys woordes are doubtfull as the leaues of Sibilla But some which wer not peruers haue compiayned that Luther was more vehement then n●de required I wyl not dispute against any but I aunswer this that Erasmus hath often said God hath giuen this last age a sharpe Phisiciō because of y● great diseases of the same therfore synce he hath reysed such an organe against the truthes enemies and agaynst the proude and impudent as he hath said to Ieremy beholde I haue placed my wordes in thy mouth to th ende thou shouldest destroy edefye also hath pleased hym to set before their beards this Gorgon or buckler in vaine thei quarell wyth God God gouerneth hys Church not by mans Counsels netheir wyll haue hys organes all alyke This is a common thing mean and moderate spirites cannot brooke vehement motions whether they be good or euyll Aristides beholdynge Themistocles enterprise great matters wyth a patheticall incitacion of the minde wherof he had prosperous successe althoughe he dyd gratulate the cōmon weales prsperity yet he laboured diligētly to reuoke Themistocles vehement mynde from y● course Neyther I deny that sometymes vehement mocions offend ther is none in thys infirmity of Nature voide of spot Yet if ther be any such as the autentick writers haue reported of Hercules Cimon and other deformed misshapen yet apt and vpryght in excellent exploictes Certaynly I must confesse that these be good and praise worthy and as S. Paule sayth yf he do hys duty wel in the Church obseruyng fayth and a pure conscience he is acceptable to God and we oughte to reuerence hym We knowe that Luther hath bene such for constantly he hath mayntained the sinceritye of the Gospel and retayned an integrity of conscience Now what is he that hath knowen Luther is ignoraunt wyth what humanity he was garnished How af fable he was to al such as in familiar conference or graue deuise had to do wyth hym How voyde he was of contencion brawle yet among these vertues he had such a grauity as decently became hys callyng His manners wer good his wordes swete and pleasaunt Finally althinges as S. Paule saith wer in him true honest iust pure amiable renoumed in so much that we maye plainly perceyue hys vehemencye proceded of a zelous affection he bare to the truth rather then of any natural sharpenes here of not onely we but many are euidēt witnesses As touching the rest of his lyfe whyche hee prolonged to .lxiii. yeares employing the same with feruent affection in the feare of God in al good liberal scieces if I had deliberated to say ought in hys prayse what ample theame what abundāce of matter is ministred to me to frame an excellent goodly Oratiō No inordinate desires no sedicious coūsels raigned

paines encreased Doctor Ionas lying in his chamber Luther awakened praied hym to ryse and call vp Ambrose hys Childerns Schoolemaister to make fyre in an other Chāber In that which beyng newly entred Albert Earle of Mansfeld wyth hys wyfe and dyuers other whose names in these letters for hast were not expressed at that in stant came into hys Chamber Finally feelyg hys fatal houre to approch before 1● of the clock in the morning the. 18. of Februarye he commended him to God wyth this deuout praier My heauenly father eternal mercyful God thou hast manyfested vnto me thy deare Sonne our Lord Iesus Christe I haue taught hym I haue knowen hym I loue hym as my life my health and my redempcion whō the wycked persecuted maligned and wyth iniury affected Draw my soule to thee After thys he sayde thys that ensueth thryse I commende my Spirite into thy handes thou hast redemed me God of truth God so loued the worlde that he gaue his ouelye Sonne that all those that beleue in hym shoulde haue lyfe euerlastyng Iohn 3. Hauyng repeated often tymes hys prayers he was called to God to the eternal Schole and perpetual ioyes in the● which he enioyeth the societye of the father the Sonne and the holy Ghost al the Prophets Apostles He●as the conductor and Chariot of Israel is dead who hath gouerned the Churche in thys lasle age of the worlde for the doctrine of remission of synnes and of the fayth of God hath not beene compreheneed by bumayne wysedome but God hath manifested the same by thys holye man whom we haue sene raysed of God Let vs loue the memory of thys mā and the doctrine that he hath taught Let vs learne to be morest meeke Let vs consider the wretched calamities and marueilous chaunges y● shal folow this myshay doleful chaunce I beseche thee O Sonne of God crucified for vs resuscitate Emanuel gouerne conserue defend thy Churche ⸫ ¶ Philip Melancthons Oracion made and recited for the Funeralles of the Reuerens man Marrin● Luther at Vitteberge ⸫ AL best in thys common sorrow my voyce shal be troubled wyth dolour teares yet I must saye somewhat in thys frequent assembly not as the Paganes solemne custome was to sing the Encomye of the dead but rather to admonish this companye of the marueilous gouernment perils of the Church that we may consider for what causes we ought to be careful pensiue what thinges we haue special neede of to what examples we ought to direct our lyfe For although prophane men beholding this horrible confusion in thys mortall estate supposing althinges are transported by aduenture and gouerned by Fortune yet we confirmed wyth many euident testimonies of God let vs separate the Church from the vngodly multitude let vs perswade our selues the same hath bene preserued and ruled by diuine prouidence ●et vs perpen● what is the policye of the same Let vs acknowledge the true gouernours and endeuour to frame our cou●●e conformable to theirs Let vs ●●ec● Guides coue●●ent Instructors whom we maye godly imitate haue in reuerence It shal be most expedient for so meditate and speake of these waighty graue matters as of ten when mencion shall be made of the Reuerend man Martine Luther our dearely beloued Maister Whom we must tenderly loue commende synce we know that he was diuinely reysed to be a Minister of the Gospel although many prophane mē suche as contempned the Gospel hated him deadlye We ought also to collect testemonies whereby we may demonstrate his doctrine contayned no sedicious opinions iniuriously and wyth temerarious affection sowen as the Epicurean sect imagineth but that by hys doctrine the wil and faythful worshipping of God hys holy scriptures ar expressed the word of God y● is the glad tidyngs of Iesus Christ sincerely announced Al be it in these Dracions accustomably made in this place we wer wōt orderly to depaint the particular ornamentes of them whō we praysed yet I omit●yng that member of Oration entend to treate only of this principal article Ecclesiastical function For the wise godly wyll deliberate determine in them selues resoluteli this If Luther hath manyfested the necessarye doctryne of saluacion in y● Church great thankes are to be geuen to God who hath raised him we must commend hys industry faith constancy many other hys celestiall vertues and endeuour the memory of thys man may be embraced and reuerenced of euery man Let thys then be the Proeme of my Oration The Sonne of God as Paule sayth sitteth at the right hand of the euerlasting father ministreth good things to men that is the voice of the Gospel the holy ghost and to distribute these giftes he rayseth Prophets Apostles Doctors Pastors ● taketh these out of our congregacion such as do learne who professe heare embrace the Prophetes Apostles writings And calleth not only those to this warfare which haue ordinari power but also he denounceth warre against them often times by Doctors chosen of an other estate It is moste comfortable a pleasaūt spectacle to consider the Churche of all ages to remember the bountye of God who from time to time hat sent successiuely godly Doctors to th end that when the first were in battayl consumed other might supply theyr rankes to atchieue that the former begonne The cōtinual order of y● first fathers Adam Seth Enoch Mathusalē Noe Sem is notorious This Sem liuing inhabiting the country nigh to Sodome when the people had forgotten the doctrine of Noe euery wher honored Idols Abraham was raysed to be Sems compagniō to assist hym to performe this great worke After succeded Isac Iacob Ioseph y● which Ioseph in y● vniuersal territori of Egipt which thē excelled all other kingdōs in y● world illumined the light of doctrine Then folowed Moses Iosue Samuel Dauid Elias Elizeus whose Auditor was Esay After Esay cam Ieremy after Ieremye Daniel after Daniel Zachary immediatly succeded Esoras and Omas after Onias the Machabees Then after ensued Simeon Zachary Iohn Baptist Iesus Christ the Apostles It is conuenient to consider thys continual sequele for that it is an euidēt testimonye of Gods presence in the Church After the Apostles followed an other flocke the whych albeit weaker yet adorned wyth the testimonyes of God as Policarpe Ireneus Gregory Neocesariē Basile Austen Prosper Marimus Hugo Bernard Tau lerus and many other in diuers places All be it thys last age was more grosse and stuffed wyth ordures yet God preserued alwayes somme remaintes And it is cleare the Gospell hath receiued much light by the preachyng of Luther Then muste we collocate hym among this select blisful Troupe of godly and excellent Mirrours whom God hath sent to gather restore hys Church that we may vnderstand this was the principal flower of humaine kin●● ▪ Solon Themistocles Scipio Augustus

in him He exhorted to peace disswaded war He medled not priuate care with ecclesiastical causes ther by to enrich himself or aduaunce hys friendes I iudge this to be so great wysdome vertue that by humayne diligence it cannot onely be procured but it behoueth high vehement subtil mindes as it appeareth Luthers was to be brydeled diuinely What shal I saye of other his vertues I often tymes came vnwares vpon hym when he wyth teares berayning hys chekes prayed for the vniuersal Church He prescribed certayn houres euery day to recite some Psalmes and in pronouncing them he expressed his affection wyth mourning teares He rebuked euer those that through negligence or other domestical busines sayde they serued God sufficiently in makyng a secret zelous prayer declaring to them that we haue fourmes set foorth by diuine counsell to th end that in reading we may awaken our myndes and wyth voyce testify what God we call vpon And when occasion was offered to enter in consultacion about imminent daungerous we alwaies obserued hys marueilous constancy of courage neyther would he lurke appalled neyther represent anye face ef feare wyth the terrour therof He leaned alwayes to the Lord as to hys holye ancre and neuer waued in anye poynt of hys fayth Further he was so ingenious that alone he considered what was necessary to be done in doubtful cases Neither was he as many suppose negligent in the consideracion of the publicke weale neyther ignoraunt of the myndes and inclinaciōs of other but he wel vnderstode the state of the common weale no man better perceyued most prudently the natural dispositions and wylles of them with whō he was cōuersant And albeit he was of a ioly politicke head yet he moste gredely red the Ecclesiasticall Wryters old and new all the histories the examples whereof he conuerted wyth a syngular dexterity to the profite of mans lyfe and present affaires Of hys eloquenc●e we haue euerlasting testimonies wherein certaynly he was equiualent to any that excelled in arte Oratory Then wyth good cause we may lament the lacke of hym who in wysedome and lyuelynes of spirite was so excellent so garnished with doctrine ▪ so exercise ▪ wyth vie so adorned with many those heroyical vertues so elected of God for the restauration of the Curch and finally with so paternal affection louyng and embracing vs we are lyke Orphelius depriued of a faythful and famous father And albeit necessarelye we must obey diuine order yet let vs endeuour the memory of hys benefites vertues may remayne immortal wyth vs. And let vs reioyce that presently he is in the blessed swete company of God his welbeloued Sonne our Lorde Iesus Christ the Prophetes and Apostles whose so 〈…〉 etye throughe the fayth he had in the sonne of God he hath dayly desyred and attended Whereas now he heareth hys labours onely approued by the iudgement of God and the testimonye of all the heauenlye Church whyche he susteyned for the propagation of the Gospell but also taken out of thys mortal body as out of a pryson and entred into a schoole adourned wyth more excellent doctrine he beholdeth the essence of god the two natures cōioyned in the sonne and al the couns●● of h 〈…〉 creation and redemption of the church The which diuine m●ste●●es ●●r●ked and wyth compendious oracles proponed he cōsidered here only by fayth out nowe more ●u●●●nt y veholdyng them he reioyceth feruently enflamed wyth the loue of God he rendreth thankes for this so great singular benefyt There he learneth wherefore the sonne of God is called the woord and Image of the eternal Father how the holy ghost is the band of mutuall loue not onelye betwyxt the eternall Father and the Sonne but also betwyxt them and the Church For he had learned the ru●●mentes and principles of thys doctrine in thys mortal lyfe and mencioned oftentimes these celestiall matters the difference betwyrt true and false inuocation the true knowledge of God beholdyng the diuine manifestacions the discernynge of the true God from foreged and inuented Gods these matters he disputed very wisely graue●● Many in thys Auditory haue heard hym at certayn times expressing this sentence Ye shal see the heauens opened and the Aungels of God ascendyng and descending vpon the sonne of man In the exposicion of thys he exhorted hys Auditours to plant in theyr hartes thys syngular consolacion the whyche affirmeth that the heauen is opened that is to say way made open for vs to passe to God the barre of Gods wrathe remoued from suche as haue recourse to the Sonne that God is familiarlye conuersaunt wyth vs now and that he receyueth gouerneth and conserueth such as inuocate hym He admonished that that decree of God which the Atheistes exclame to be fabulous ought to resyst al those humaine doubtes dreades whyche keepe backe the wanderyng myndes that they dare not innocate God and repose in hym Further he sayd that the Aungels ascending and descending in the body of Iesus Christ wer the Ministers of the Gospel Who first by Christ their Guide ascended to God receiued of hym the lyght of the Gospell and the goly Ghost Then after they descended that is to say thei had the charge to professe and enstruct among men He added thys interpretacion that the very heauenly spirites which we commonly cal Angels beholding the sonne are instructed r●●oy●e in this merueylous con●unction of twoo natures for that they war vnder the Lord for the defence of the Churche they be also gouerned by hys hand He presently beholdeth these so excellent thynges and as before he ascended and descended among the Ministers of the Gospell by the conduction of Iesus Christe so nowe he seeth the Aungels sent by hym hath equal fruicion wyth them of the contemplacion consideracion of the diuine wysdome and marueylous workes of God We remember wel what incredible pleasure he conceiued in recityng the policies of the Prophetes theyr counsels daungers and deliueraunces and how learnedlye he conferred al tymes of the Church that he wel declared wyth what burnyng desyre he longed to be in the societye of these excellent personages He embraceth these now reioyceth to haue mutual conference in lyuelye voyce These salute their louyng companiō newly repayred to them and ioyntly yeld thankes to God that he assembleth and conserueth hys Church Let vs not doubt but that Luther is in happy blessed estate let vs lament the losse ●acke of so vertuous heauely a father as duty byndeth vs to obey the wyt of God who hath reft vs such a rare ●ewel so let vs vnderstand Gods pleasure is we should cōsecrate to etern●●● y● memory of his vertues and benefites Let vs ●hen in thys apply ou● diligence let vs imitate as we be able his vertues which is expediet for vs to know that is the feare of God fayth feruecy