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A15802	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	Wyse, Nicholas.	1538 (1538)	STC 26063; ESTC S105455	46,887	142

I sayd it is to be feared lest your punysshment be reserued vnto that place Math. xiiii where there shall be waylynge and gnasshyng of tethe Call your iniquites to remembraunce expell your synne and ydolatry with repentaunce Be not styffe necked agaynst the lorde whiche standeth waytynge that he may haue mercy vpon you lifteth hym selfe vp the he may receyue you to grace Esa xxi As the prophet Esaye sayd vnto the people of god whiche were punysshed for sekyng helpe at other then hym selfe for the lord god is ryghtuous happy are al they that wayte for hym Marke that sayeng of the prophet he sayd not happy are some but happy are all that wayte for hym And though the wordes were spoken vnto the people of Cyon and to the Cytesens of Ierusalē yet doth it serue also vnto vs. For he is our lorde and our God of whom it was sayd vnto them shall ye neuer be in heuynesse for dowtles he wyll haue mercy vpō you Esa xxx As sone as he hereth the voyce of thy cry he wyl helpe the. The Lorde gyueth you the breed of aduersyte and the water of trouble but thyne instructour flyeth not far from that yf thyne eyes loke vnto hym yf thyne eares herkē vnto his word that cryeth after that and sayeth This is the way go this tourne the neyther to the ryght hande nor to the lyft ye ought to put nothyng to the word of god nor to take no thyng from it Deu. iiii the lord wold haue you kepe the streight path which is apoynted vnto you by the scrypture As for the tradycyons of men they be dowtfull in many thynges not cōsonaunt vnto the scripture Haue ye not ben taught to bable vp suche prayers wherof ye vnderstode not one word what ye sayd The apostle sayeth yf I praye with tonges meanyng a voyce that he vnderstode not my spyryte prayeth but my mynde is without fruyte I had leuer in the congregacyon to speake v. wordes with my mynde to the informacyon of other i Cor. xiiii rather then .x. thousande wordes with the tonges whiche be not vnderstande The effecte of prayer ꝑsisteth not in many wordes Christ sayeth Mat. vi when ye praye bable not moche as the Gentyls do for they thynke they shal be herde for theyr moche bablyng sake Be ye not lyke them therfore for youre father knoweth wherof ye haue nede before ye aske of hym Ma● ●● The scrybes and pharasyes were reproued of the lorde for teachyng the people to obserue theyr tradycyons in stede of goddes preceptes sayenge Ese xix Well prophecyed Esaye of you with theyr lyppes they honoure me but theyr herte is farre fro me And where the worde of God is truely preached the same word lyke wyse shall reproue your false teachers whiche haue taught you and youre fathers th●s many yeres wycked tradycyons Mat. vi The true fastynge and perfyte prayer haue they abused and taughte the people to doo lykewyse the workes of charyte and almous dede whiche oughte to be done and gyuen to the poore hathe ben dymynysshed and gyuen to sturdy and valyaunt beggers craftely crepte in to the church of Christ which haue begyled the people with theyr false ypocrysy and fayned holynesse Meruayll not though it greue them that the people haue fre lyberty to rede and serche the scriptures for it is the onely thyng that vttereth theyr craft theyr falshode theyr wyckednesse for betwyxte them and theyr ydolles which were inuented to pyke mēnes purses and that vnder an holy pretence what meruayl was it that England was so replenysshed with thenes vacabundes and beggees it is an euydent thing that the most parte of them be offended that the scrypture is in Englysshe wherby their subteltye is espied for if a man reproue thē of ypocrysy or byd them laboure for their lyuynge Awe say they is this the charyte that the gospel teacheth you Truely it were not to be wondred at yf men were not so moche in charyte with you as they be whiche so haue dysceyued the pore symple soules frō theyr charytable aimous to whome god dyd apoynt it to be gyuen I say not this because men shulde breake their pacyence towardes you but to reduce you the soner to repentaunce and amendement and to be sory and ashamed of your euyll doynges Saynt Iohn̄ sayeth in his seconde Epystle who so transgresseth abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not god he that abydeth in the doctryne of Christ hath bothe the father and the sonne If any man come to you and bryng not this doctryne receyue hym not in to your house neyther salute hym That text I suppose caused the freres to ronne aboute with In principio erat verbum fearynge els they shulde not be saluted of the peple nor receyued ī to theyr houses But there is an other place in scrypture more conuenyent to be applyed vnto them then that place agreed and serued to their purpose beware of false ꝓphetes which come to you in shepes clothyng but inwardly they are rauenyng wolues ye shal know thē by their fruytes God knoweth my herte I write this for no malice vnto them but to th entent that the truthe of gods glory which hath long ben hyd mought appere agayne his holy gospel which they suche other haue falsly belyed peruerted kepte in corners may come to his perfyte lyght so that the people myght know the true honouryng of God to be in spirite veryte to folow the exhortacyon of saynt Peter to walke after the wyl of god not after the wyll of the hethen i. Pe. iii. in wantonnes ryotous drynkyng abhomynable ydolatry the holsom counsell of saynt Paule to be no worshipper of ymages Collo i. to mortefy your membres of synne vpon the earth Iohn v. Saynt Iohn̄ warneth lytel chyldren to kepe them selues from ymages O lorde howe hath thy blessed worde the doctrine of thy holy sayntes ben abused the old mē now a days cā scarsly be brought to folow the lesson Know ye not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost i Cor. vi Remembre vpon what foundacyon ye are buylded Mat. ●●i 〈…〉 stycke vnto your foūdacyon cleue fast to your heed corner stone which can not be remoued ye are not a temple of stone made with mennes handes ye are the lyuyng temple of god ii Cor. vi whiche haue ben longe in decay brused brokē pulled downe of those that wer enemyes bothe to you your foundacyon Christ Mat ●●● i. Cor. iii but they haue pulled so long that they haue met with a rocke 1 Pet. ii the stomblyng stone whiche hath made them to fall Now is the tyme to repayre your temple agayne be ye not neclygēt in the lordes worke but laboure with herte mynde therin euery man according to his power callyng And agaynst suche as wyll

his mercyful goodnes wtout our awn deseruyng brought agayn to his first foūdaciō wherupō we haue fre liberte to bild Is it not a shame great rebuke to vs that we which haue receiued the name of christ to be called cristiens shulde appere to be lesse thankful to take any lesse ioy cōfort in repayryng of our tēple then the Iewes had whiche lyued onely vnder Mosyes lawe to bylde agayn their tēple of stone whē the peple were delyuered frō their captyuyte which Nabuchodonosor had led vnto Babylon It was he that mought put to his handes for the buyldyng of the temple agayne And when the buylders were layenge the foundacyon therof the people gaue thankes and prayses vnto the lorde And lauded hym with Symballes trompettes ●●●d iii. And many of the auncyent fathers preestes whiche had sene the house in his foundacyon before wepte and cryed for Ioy so that the noyes gaue a great sounde ¶ This temple was but a temple of stone made by mennes handes to the honoure of god And where the arke of promyse and couenaunt that the Lorde made with their fathers was put in yet note howe they reioyced to se it set vp agayne Nowe ye that be of Chryst ii co vi ye are as saynt Paule sayth the temple of god Why reioyce ye not in the repayryng of your temple agayne ye haue a sure substancyall foundacyon to buylde vpon whiche is layde alredy vnto youre handes i. Cor. ii● Chryst hym selfe is youre foundacyon and though your aduersaryes haue attempted to plucke downe some small stones therof yet is ther a corner stone mat exi i. Eph. ii which ioyneth the walles togyther agaynst whom they had no power i. Pe. ii It is a stōblyng stone for all them the stryue agaynst it They haue stryued so long agaynst this stone that they haue hurte them selues your foundacyon and corner stone is bothe one thyng It is christ which wolde haue his temple restored to his prestyne dignite And now through his mercyful goodnes hath euery man fre lybertye to put thervnto his helpyng hande accordyng to the gyfte and knowledge that is gyuen hym But there hath ben a frowarde and crafty sorte of people that haue hyndered the buyldyng of the lordes temple a great whyle as ther were some that hyndered the buyldyng of the Cyte and tēple of Ierusalem Ther were a certayn of the hethen people whiche wrote theyr letters vnto the kyng of persia named artaxerses whiche ar that tyme had the Empyre in his dominion i. ●●d iiii sayeng yf this Cytye be buylded and the walles made vp agayne Then shall not they gyue trybute toll and yerely costome And it shal apere in Cronycles that this Cytye is sedycyous and noysome vnto kynges regyōs And that they caused other also to rebel of old with these suche other thynges they mouyd the kyng to sende his cōmaūdement that the worke shuld go no further forth and then seaced the worke of the house of god at Ierusalem and contynued so vnto the .ii. yere of Darius kyng of persia And hathe not likewyse the bysshops of Rome theyr adherentes long tyme fearing the decaye of theyr kyngedome perswadyd kynges and prynces to beleue that suche a lyke matter shulde happen vnto them and that it shuld be a cause of sedycyon yf the temple of god shulde be renued and exalted agayne whiche is yf that the people shuld haue the worde of god in theyr maternall tonge they sayde it is to hye a matter for them to medle with all they muste receaue it at our handes And as we do expounde it vnto them For well they knewe yf that matter came to passe that then theyr crafte and falsehode wolde be spyed they knewe that many of theyr constitucions and the true worde of god coulde not agre in one mynd togythers And nowe when some of our holy prelates perceyued that God wolde no longer suffre his Gospell to gyue place to theyr wycked purposes but that it shulde come forthe in spyte of theyr beardes Then beganne they to cloke the matter and as though they were innocent of all maner of harmes when they sawe no remedy sayd they were contented that it shulde come forthe in Englysshe so that it mought be truly translated They put great dowtes in the true translacyon therof But howe many of them dyd there put to theyr helpyng handes for the translatyng of it I thynke verely yf other men had not taken more payn therin then they dyd it wold not yet haue come to that poynt that it is nowe come vnto And how they wrested peruerted the scryptures when they had them in theyr awne handes and that all mē were forbydden to medle therwith but them selues It is euydent ynough to euery man that hath ony zele vnto the trueth He is very symply lerned that doth not ꝑceyue how wrongfully they haue applyed this sayeng of Christe to Peter Tu es Petrꝰ et dabo tibi claues mat xvi luce vii c. And of the lepers that were clensed whome Christ bad to go and shew thē selues to the preestes leui ●●●● whiche that famous clerke and doctour Erasmus in his paraphrases vpon the gospell dothe otherwyse expounde it than I haue herde dyuers bothe preestes freres whiche with that texte wolde bolster vp theyr auriculer confessyon And an hūdred suche places wrested they in scrypture to make for theyr purpose I wyll not moche treate of that matter for suche as be well lerned whō god hath raysed vp to set forth the trueth of his glory to repayre agayne his tēple haue both wrytten spoken of theyr false peruertyng of the scryptures moche better then I can do But truely I thynke in my conscience that they shal rendre a strayte rekenyng for the people of god whō they haue dysceyued with the scryptures so vntruely applyed taught vnto them I pray god to graunt thē his mercye for the thynge is not so lyght as euery man thynkes it to be ▪ It dothe appere in the fyrst boke of Esdras i. Esd i after that god had styred vp the spyryte of Cyrus kynge of persia to haue the house of god buylded agayn at Ierusalē in Iuda and that he had gyuen fre lyberty to all them that were of his people ii Para. xxxvi and had byn captyue long tyme in babylon to go home into theyr owne lande agayne to buylde the house of the lorde ther were a certayne of the hethen people as ye haue red before that letted the goynge forthe of the worke after it was begon so that it stode in a stay vntyll kynge Daryus tyme whiche afterward reygned ouer the persiās Thys Darius founde out in the lybrary house of kyng Cyrus his predycessour that he had gyuen in commaundement to buylde the house of the lord at Ierusalē ● ●●● vi Wherfore he mouyd with the same