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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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zele mynde reneweth the comaundement of Cirus and â—yueth theÌ„ lycence to buyld the temple with all thynges necessary ther vnto belongynge Who wyl not thynke but that this was an exydynge consolacyon and comâ—orte to all the people whiche couetyd the goynge forth of the lordes worke and a great dyscoÌ„fort vnto all them that desyred the hynderaunce of the same And as it is to be thought of them so is it lykewyse to be supposed of vs in this present tyme. Almyghty god the father hath moued the herte of our moost gracyous kyng to loke in the library In the holy wyll and testameÌ„t of his son Iesus christ our only sauiour beyng the fouÌ„dacion of his teÌ„ple vpoÌ„ the which Peter Paule Iames i. Cor. iii IohnÌ„ al the apostles with diuers other holy meÌ„ bylded receiued a coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of the lord to bild vpoÌ„ none other fouÌ„dacioÌ„ theÌ„ the which he had laid Bbut theÌ„ caÌ„e ther such a soâ—t as I haue wrytteÌ„ of the enuyed the goyng forthe of the lordes worke And though it were out of their powers to distroy it yet haue they hyndred the same a long season But as the wyll of god is with whoÌ„ there is no reason to be made wherfore he dothe it more now then at an other tyme our godly kyng beynge inspired with the spirite of grace renueth the coÌ„maundemente of our sauyour Christ geuyng fre lybertye to buylde vp the lordes temples agayne He feareth not the aduersaryes therof but expulseth them and wypeth awaye Idolatry iiii Reg xviii Num. xxi Euen as the good kynge Esechias dyd whiche brake downe the brasen serpent that Moyses had made for a remembraunce of the power and goodnesse of god yet for coÌ„myttyng Idolatry and worshypynge of it he feared not to breake it downe neyther theyr hye houses in whom they worshypped their ydols And lyke vnto the good kyng Iosias iiii Reg xxii when the boke of the law was found in the house of the lorde after he had mourned because his Fathers had not herkened vnto that boke to do al that was wrytten therin He caused it to be red vnto all his people and made a couenaunt with them that they shulde walke after the lord and kepe his commaundementes wytnesses and ordynauÌ„ces with al theyr herte and with all theyr soule iiii Reg xxiii And that they shulde set vp the wordes of the couenaunt whiche were wrytten in that boke And all the people entred in to the couenaunt And hathe not our most godly kyng done euen in lyke maner Hath he not sent abrode through all his realme that the couenaunt of the Lorde whiche is his holy gospel shulde be truely and and syncerly preached vnto all his people And because they shulde the better obserue and kepe the Lordes coÌ„maundementes and walke in his his wayis hath he not gyuen his peple fre lybertye to haue the lawe of the lorde in theyr maternall tonge who wyll thynke thys to be a smale benefyte truely in my opynyon it is of suche valure that Englyshe men had neuer greater cause to thanke god for and to praye for the gracyous prosperytye of theyr kynge then for this matter it is a thyng hyely to be extemed for a kynge to haue Iustyce mynystred wtin his realme that as the sayenge is The Lambe maye dwel by the Wolfe the pore man by the rycher and one quyetly to lyue by another It is a thynge of great coÌ„fort vnto that realme which hath a wyse poletyke valyaunt prynce to defeÌ„d his domynyon agaynst forren nacyons rebellyons yf nede do requyre it is a greate benefyte of god vnto that countrey that hath a kynd louynge and mercyfull prynce vnto his people Now yf these thynges with many mo then I can recyte be occacyons vnto subiectes to beare faythfull hertes and true obedyence vnto theyr souerayne lorde and kynge As I sayde before Englysshe men were neuer more bounde to it then they be nowe But yet amonge all thynges yf I could recyte a thousaÌ„d more then I can do yet coulde I not reken one thynge wherin we ought to receyue so great consolacyon And hertely to reioyse in / as in the god hath sent vs a kynge which so gracyouslye settyth forthe his glory causeth his people to be fed with that ghostly fode whiche christ spake of Mat. iiii Deu viii sâ—â—â— xâ—i Man lyueth not only by brede but by euery word that procedyth out of the mouthe of god The holy Gospels are the wordes that procedith out of his mouth ¶ And yf the people had bene so long kepte frome bodelye sustynaunce as they haue bene frome theyr ghostlye foode I thynke there wold haue ben but a slender company remaynyng at this tyme to inhabyte this lande And yet it is a straunge rekenyng to here the vnwyse sayenges of many of the people say they not why shulde we not lyue as our fathers hath done before vs they beleued this and they beleued that And we thynke there were as good men in those dayes as there be nowe And why shulde we not do as they dyd This is their opinions wherunto me thynke I coulde make them a reasonable answere yf reason wolde suffyse to satysfy them This is true that the worde of god was kepte from our fathers they were made to beleue that yf they shulde exercyse theÌ„ selues therin it wolde make theÌ„ heretykes And in stede therof they were fed with the bysshop of Romes constytucyons so that in contynuaunce the lyuely fayth that was due vnto the worde of god was chauÌ„ged and gyueÌ„ vnto deed Ceremonyes I pray you take me not now at the fyrst that by this sayeng I entende to disalowe all good Ceremonyes Do not as the sayeng is of the nunne when she had red Omnia probate because it serued her intente red no ferther where the nexte wordes folowynge were quod bonum est tenete WheÌ„ ye haue sene my worke thorowly ye shall perceyue what my conscyence doth alowe and dysalowe But to retourne to my matter I sayd it was gyuen vnto Ceremonyes that which apperteyned vnto the worde of god And the worde of god was kepte froÌ„ our fathers whiche is now declared vnto vs they coulde not here it for it was not taught vnto theÌ„ they could not se it for it was kepte from them Wherfore seyng we here that which they herd not se that they sawe not know that they knew not merueyll not though we do the thinges which they dyd not there were moche more foly to be imputed vnto vs for folowynge of theyr wayes Then vnto one that wolde take on hym to ryde a farre iourney by nyght which knewe neuer a fote of his way And were also certayne that no man wold tel hym the streyght way The lyght is gyuen vnto vs what madnesse were it to walke then in darkenesse The redye waye that we ought to walke in is manyfested vnto vs. Is it not then of a
¶ A consolacyon for chrysten people to repayre agayn the lordes temple with certayne places of scrypture truely applyed to satysfye theyr myndes for the expellyng of ydolatry to instruct theÌ„ of loue and obedience Compyled By nycholas wyse ¶ A preface of the prophetes The prophet Esay made an exclamacyon That heuen and erthe shulde herken to the lorde whiche for the peoples great abhomynacyon Prouokyng hym to angre dyspleasure and dyscorde Theyr fastynges / theyr prayers / offrynges he abhorâ—â— yet mercyfully exhortyng them to mende to lyue well He promysed them pardon theyr synnes for to expell ¶ The prophet Ieremy elected was of god And sanctefyed before that he was borne Commaunded to threten the people with his rod And fearfull plages on cattell grasse and corne With other punysshmentes to cause them for to morne Declaryng theyr captyuyte theyr paynes cruell bandes To come for theyr synne and ydols made with handes ¶ The prophet Oseas lykewyse dyd prophecy Agaynst the preestes that people do dysceyue And also rebuked Israell and Samary For theyr ydolatry / but they wolde not receyue Goddes grace promyses / nor his swete wordes conceyue They were vnthankfull wherfore he dyd them blame Recytyng theyr synne and punysshment for the same ¶ The prophet Aggeus came to zorobabell The prynce of Iuda declaryng hym the wyll Of god the lorde whose goodnesse dothe excell Exortyng the people his pleasure to fulfyll Rebukyng theyr slacknesse as it was ryght and skyll For that they applyed not theyr bodyes to some payne Theyr temple dystroyed for to buylde vp agayne ¶ The prophet Mycheas reproued the wyckednesse Of them that inclyned vnto ydolatry Expressyng the payne for theyr vngodlynesse Rehersyng theyr synne and yf I shulde not lye The cause he expounded of theyr mysery Aledgyng it to rulers whiche trouthe dyd not regarde And vnto preestes that preache for profyte and rewarde ¶ The prophet zachary spake by the spyryte of grace Comfortyng the people to tourne vnto the lorde whiche for theyr offences dyspersed were longe space Among the hethen the scrypture to recorde But god purposyng that they shulde be restored Out of thraldome as storyes do me tell Delyuered the people of Iude and Israell ¶ The prophet Malachy spake of the ioyfull day Of Chrystes comyng the people for to saue And also of hym that shulde prepare his way Expressyng the pleasure that godly men shulde haue As for the vngodly he greatly dothe depraue Declaryng theyr dyuersytes through god omnipotent And theyr vnlyke rewardes wheÌ„ he shall gyue iudgement ¶ Chryst the true prophet and lorde of prophetes all Of whom the prophetes before dyd prohcey Beyng the only sonne of god celestyall Approued the prophetes theyr prophecyes he dyd verefy For he of whom they prophecyed the worlde to iustify Performed theyr prophecyes from heuen he dyscended His fathers wyll fulfylled and vp agayne ascended ¶ In regnum dei ¶ The prologue COnsidering in my mynd the great decay of Christes churche that hathe contynewed of a longe season beynge the faythful congregacyon â— Cor vi which Paule calleth his temple It hath impelled me of a true vnfayned herte to take payne as the coÌ„mon sayeng is wher at mought more truely be counted a pleasure to wryte this litel volume But for as moche as I stode in stay and doubted the iudgementes of the vnlearned multitude lackynge yet knowledge to deserne the spirituall lyght from darkenesse ye not that onely but also doubted the iudgmentes of suche as haue lernyng which in tyme past feared not to peruerte the scriptures Truely it troubled so my mynde the I was in .xx. wyttes whether I mought set forthe this worke acordyng to my fyrst purpose eyther els let fall my labours kepyng it secret to my selfe and takyng onely to my rewarde my payne for my trauel Thus stageryng as a man beyng in an open large and wylde forest knowyng not whiche waye to resorte or ryde to his lodgyng sometyme fearyng the vncertaynty of the way somtyme doubtyng whether the ende of the way dyd lede vnto a wood or couert full of busshes and bryers somtyme fearynge robbers theues and cruell beastes to spoyle and deuoure hym And last of all fearyng lest the nyght shulde come vpoÌ„ him before he came to his iourneys ende So I beynge in this opeÌ„ forest of the worlde though I knowe the way of the scrypture to be certayne and the ende therof to lede to quietnes and rest and that it is the onely rule for all men to frame theyr workes thervnto By the which rule I haue facyoned framed this worke as nere as God hathe gyuen me grace yet I doubted the vncertayne Iudgementes of other men the one sorte that knowe not the waye the other sorte knowyng it hauynge no pleasure to walke therin taking vpoÌ„ them to be guydes vnto the symple vnlerned Where in very dede many of them haue rather played the part of cruyll spoylers and deuourers as it may appere to all theÌ„ whoÌ„ it hathe pleased god eyther to preserue from spoylyng or els of his infinyte goodnesse to call conducte from false fayned pathes vnto the true perfyte way which Christ hath apoynted vs to walke in Vnto the whiche way to conforte counsell courage all men I haue applyed this my labour fyrst to conforte them in the trueth to courage them to stycke vnto the trueth to counsel them to folowe the same i. cor vi ii cor vi that the lordes temple may be restored and repayred agayne But after my labours ended the thynge that hathe incouraged me to set forth my good wyll vnto all men beyng in this many doubtes troubles of mynde I wyll shewe you I counsayled with my selfe and yf it were best for me to dedicate it vnto some noble man as ye may se in dyuers prefaces prologes of bokes some are dedycated vnto one man and some vnto an other whiche thyng truely I wolde that al men dyd no lesse prayse alowe then my selfe for it is an occasion to al theÌ„ which vnfaynedly bere louyng myndes vnto the person whom the thyng is dedicated to haue that more fauoure and loue vnto it and to be the more desyrous to rede peruse it for his sake But as there is in this worlde no pleasure without payne no conforte without care no ioy without sorowe and to be short nothyng without his contrary So in this I was not so moch incouraged forwarde one way but I was more dyscouraged backwarde an other way For when I called to my remembraunce the frowarde ymagynacyons and vntrewe reportes of suche as be euyll whiche also haue cedused the poore and vnlerned to thynke all thyng to be as true as the gospell that they speake my herte was quyte discouraged to dedycate it vnto any noble man The lacke of eloquence to set forth this worke and to make it more mete and conuenyent to be presented vnto suche an