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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

comforted not leafte alone as the manner of the worlde is at this presente but diligentlye sought and laboured for as Christe dyd for the loste sheepe who did not onely seeke for it but also caryed it home vppon his owne shoulders when he had founde it Thus haue I spoken and witten gentle reader againste the papistes proceadinges as it is my bounden dewtye and all mennes elles that feare God For I am sworne by the terryble venerable holye and blessed name of God as I truste too be saued by the ryches treasure and meryties of Christes deathe nother dyrectelye nor indyrectelye too agree vntoo the wycked and pretensed supremacye of the Bishoppe of Rome but with all my wytte learning and other meanes resyst him This othe by Gods helpe I wyll not violate break let the wicked persured men that he the wicked popes adherentes saye what they wyll and do what God shall permitte them I feare not deathe nor passe of their cruell imprisonment which is more vile and cruell towards vs true men then euer it was against murtherers traytoures and theues But that is no now thing For there is no offence irremissible with the popishe bishops but to beleue trulye in Christ as his word teacheth Cipriane in a sermon de mortalitate hath these words eius est mortem timere qui ad Christum nolit ire he feareth death y t wold not go to christ But we desire and grone too be dissolued frō this wicked life and world if it please God How be it we wyll not gladlye prouoke enmitye nor yet suffer vnprofitable persecution but when the glorye of God shall perishe withoute the truth be testifyed I defye all tormentes and tormentours And let al good men and women reioyce also in Christe for doubtelesse the churche of Christ was first planted vnder the gospell by the deathe of Christ and his poore seruaunts and nowe it shall take no more harme by the persecution of the Satanicall papistes then golde taketh by the goldsmythes fornace There is no deathe canne come to the creature withoute Goddes good leaue and permission Therefore let vs reioyce that oure tyme draweth so nere to go from this ruinous and decayed cytye and tabernacle of oure bodyes for there is an euerlastynge mansion in heauen prepared for vs. And whyles we doo liue let vs pray to god for this our naturall countrey For where as before it was cursed but by wicked manne the Antichriste of Rome nowe is it cursed of God And where as before it was interdicted but by a false wretche that would be Christes vicare in earthe nowe is it interdicted by the maker and creatour of al the earth as the woord of God doeth shew vs and all the olde counsayles and doctoures Besydes that loke vppon the Bishops boke Winchesters oration doctour Sampsons oration the byshoppe of Duresmes sermon and the Bishop of Londons Epistle I praye thee gentle reader as soone as thou readest this treatise kepe it not close but make it open and spare not For it is not by sworde and fyre that the papystes canne feare vs frome the truth of Goddes word Grace and peace bee wyth thee Amen ¶ The copy of the letter wherby Master hooper was certyfyed of the takinge of a Godlye companye in bowe churcheyarde at prayer MY duty humbly remembred you heare I know of a godly company imprisoned whiche were taken vppon newe yeares nighte yet notwithstandinge for as muche perhaps as you knowe not perfectelye how nor wherefore you shall vnderstande that beinge vppon their knees in ending of praier wherin thei gaue god thankes prayed for the magistrates estates of the realm and required thinges necessary at his bountefull handes two of my Lorde chauncelours mē as I am informed came first into y t chamber wher they wer in bow churchyard immediatlye afterwards folowed M. shyryeffe with others who cōmaunded thē all to staye in y e king quenes magisties name wherunto thei humbly obeyd for they came not thether weapened to conspire or make any tumult but onely like Christians Christianlye to praye and too be instructed in the vulgare tounge by the readinge and hearinge of Gods woorde as theyr conscience did enforce them without the dyspleasure of God to do For as you well know there is nothing so greuouse too the paciente in this worlde as the gnawinge and byting worme of a troubled conscience beinge accused by Goddes lawe for the wylfull transgressing of the same as by experience we knowe by iudge Hales who contrarye to the knowledge of Gods woorde consented to the wicked traditions of the papists Which although in name they wold be of the holye church and preachers of the gospell of Christ yet in facte and deede do they dissente frome the same and mostedetest that godly societye as by the cruell handlinge of the Christians by the prelates at this presente it doeth euidentely appear Therefore I saye that they might without the offence of God quietly praye together as they be taught by his worde there assembled a Godly companye together to the number of xxx deuyded and sente to bothe the counters where at commaundement they yet remayne And with master Chambers master Monger and the rest in the counter at breadstreate I was yesterday who god be thanked be stronge and doo reioyce that for well doing they are imprysoned Not doubting but y e as god hath vouchsaued to accept them worthy to sustain imprisonmente for his sake so he wil strengthen thē rather to suffer death then to deny his truthe As the Lord knoweth who assist you with his holye spirite that vnto the end you may perceauer in his truthe vnto whose tuition in my pore prayer I humbly cōmend you 3. of Ianuary 1554. M. Chamber M. Monger M. Sh. and the rest in the counter do pray for you in Christ salute you mooste humbly ¶ The aunswer of Master hoopers letter vnto the former letter THe grace of God be with you amen I perceaue by your letter how that vpon new years daye at nighte there were taken a Godly company of Christians whilest they were prayinge I do reioyce in that men can be so well occupyed in this perilous time and flye vntoo God for remedye by prayer as well for their own lackes and necessityes as also charitablye to pray for them that persecute them So doeth the word of God commaund all men to praye charitablye for them that hate vs and not to reuile anye magistrate with woordes or too meane him euyll by force or violence They also maye reioyce that in well doynge they were taken too the prysonne Wherefore I haue thought it good to send them this lyttle wrytinge of cōsolatiou praying god to send them pacyence charitye and constancye in the truth of his most holi word Thus fare you well and praye too God too sende his true woorde into this realme againe amongest vs which the vngodlye bishops haue nowe banished 4. Ianuarye 1554. ¶ The coppye

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.