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An expostulation or complaynte agaynste the blasphemyes of a franticke papyst of Hamshyre. Co[m]piled by Iohan Bale
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Bale, John, 1495-1563.
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1552
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STC 1294; ESTC S114384
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cuniurynges calkynges and coblynges brawlynges and bablinges massinges and mutterynges Images and Idolles pardons and purgatory with the deuil and all of hys other sorceryes whych these graceles papistes coÌ„tynually gapeth for yet ones agayne as the hongry hownde for the carreine the ful fed sowe for her puddel But as Baldad the Suhyte sayd vnto pacyent Iob. The hypocrites hope shall come to nought Hys confydence shall be destroyed for he trusteth in a spyders webbe Iob. viii The sober abydynge of the ryghtouse saith Salomou shal turn him to much gladnes but y e hope of y t vngodly shal perysh pro x. The thirde or last part of that most wycked sentence whych thys malygnaunt papyst with blasphemouse mouthe hath vttered is thys that when the kynge cometh to age he will hang vp an huÌ„dred of such here tyke knaues meanynge the true preachers of our tyme. As wele in reproche of men godly obseruynge the Gospell as in contempt of y e true ministers of Gods wurd haue thys furyouse enemye sonne of Beli aloute vometed that poyson whyche hathe longe tyme lyen boylynge in hys papystycall stomack Neyther hath he abashed in y e heate of that frenesye and forgetfulnesse of reason to abuse the christen modestie of our godly and innocent kynge in iudgyng him acompanyon herafter with the most cruel tyrauntes of the worlde Antiochus Herode Caiphas Nero Domycyane Traiane hys bloudthurstie father of Rome whych in their wycked tymes malycyously murthered vp the true witnesses of God And thus are they whych dwell in heauen most spightfully of this brutish babler blasphemed as is towched in the texte of S. Iohan. Apoca. xiii In manye places of the holy scripture is the congregatyon of the faythfull called heauen or the kyngedome of heauen chefely in the prophecyes and y e parables of Christe for so muche as God is inuysybly the inhabytour ouersear and gouernour therof Math. xiii et xxv Who then can denye the true preachers whych are the dystributers of Gods mysteryes to be dwellers in the same Saynt Paul is not all behind in boasting him self to be one of them which also was a preacher Our coÌ„uersacioÌ„ sayth he wher so euer we remain is in heaueÌ„ froÌ„ whens we loke for y e sauyour Phil. iii If ye be rysen agayne with Christe seke the thinges whych are aboue wher he sytteth on y e right haÌ„d of god Set your affectyoÌ„ on thynges y t are in heaueÌ„ not on tryfles whych are here on y e earthe Col iii. These are they which in the houshold of god are y e profitable buylders the fyshers of men the feaders of the flock the salte of the earth the light of the world the clowdes full of moysture the starres lanternes and candelstyckes y t stewardes searchers and releuers the kepers of the vyneyearde planters tyllers sowers and repers of the Lordes haruest yea the helpers of Christe vpholders of his church All these names offyces do the holy ghost giue them and a great sort more in the scriptures reportynge them also wurthie of double honour whan they labour in the wurde i. Timoth .v. In sprete and veryte teach thei our heauenly father to be wurshipped Ioh iiii and not in the beggerlye shaddowes of mennes tradycyons They haue the holye angels for their fellowe seruauntes and brethreue for hauynge the noble testimonye of Iesu in their mouthes Apoc. xix These are no heretyke knaues than neyther yet wurthie to be hanged as thys Popysh scismatyck do both iudge them and wishe them in the hastie sprete of his whote stomacked mother So hath he them blasphemed y t dwelle in heauen whych is the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of god If they were hanged for teachynge the truthe of God and impugnyng falfe relygyon they shulde haue the same rewarde for wele doynge that their maistre Iesus Christe had afore them For he for that verytees sake was most spyghtfully shamefully and contemptuously hanged vp betwyn ii theues in the coÌ„men place of their executyons as though he had bene a greate malefactour so whote was the malyce of the holye clergie than against him Diuerse of hys Apostles for maynteynyuge his doctryne come to the same hygh promocyon of hangynge specyally Peter Andrew Bartylmew Philyp and Simon as the historyanes of them hath written because they shulde seme no better then was Christ their maister Amonge their disciples the nombre so excedeth of them that were hanged for y e testimony of Iesu that it wold axe to much tyme to rehearce them And this vyle kinde of hangynge was no dishonoure to them How shulde it now then become a dyshonour to these in the same iust quarel As the cause made that conteÌ„ptuouse death in theÌ„ gloryouse so shulde it also do now in these men in the syght of the Lorde his electes Psal. Cxv But thys syghte is not gyuen to suche reprobate vessels as is thys furiouse papist whose malice hath vtterli made him blynd Sap. ii Yea so frantyckly and beastly blyude that he shameth not to attrybute vnto our most godly and vertuouse kynge that kynde of tyranny whych is of al other the most wycked blasphemouse But far other is the gentyll nature of our religiouse Iosias â–ª whych hath already ouerthrowne the hyll aulters brokeÌ„ in peces the Idolles destroyed the relygyouse buggery restored the boke of the Lorde set vp hys true wurshppyynges and kept suche a passouer to y t Lorde as neuer was afore iiii Reg. xxiii et ii Paral xxxiiii Of God is he appoynted to turne y e people agayne to take away al the abhominacioÌ„s of the vngodly Ec. xlix Breuely to conclude the matter These iii. blasphemyes whych thys malycyouse papyst in one wycked sentence here vttered are those .iii. vnclene spretes y e like frogges came out of the monthe of y e false Prophet Apoca xvi And they are not all vnlyke to the wylde fyre smoke brymstone whych the terryble horses or fat pampered vp locustes of Antichrist eâ—â—meâ—ed Apo. ix for fearce noyfull and stynkynge are they yea furyouse erronyouse and full of infamye accordynge to the sygnifycatyons of wylde fyre smoke and brymstone Not only hath it spronge of the doctryne of deuyls so blasphemously to abuse the maiestie and power of a kinge the estate of his honourable couÌ„sell and the godly offyce of hys preachers in iudgynge them chyldyshe inconstaunte and heretycall but also it hath rysen of errour in the hipocresie of y t Romysh Bishop Whan the iust man Simeon both beheld wurshypped the maiestie of Gods sonne in y e little babe Iesu he called not him a poore chylde but the sauer of the worlde y e syght of the geÌ„tyles the glory of Israel Luc ii A faythfull true subiect wyll reuereÌ„tly respect in a kyng not what he is of nature but rather what