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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18700	An exhortation to all menne to take hede and beware of rebellion wherein are set forth the causes, that commonlye moue men to rebellion, and that no cause is there, that ought to moue any man there vnto. With a discourse of the miserable effectes, that ensue thereof, and of the wretched ende, that all rebelles comme to, moste necessary to be redde in this seditiouse [and] troublesome tyme, made by Iohn Christoferson. At the ende whereof are ioyned two godlye prayers, one for the Quenes highnes, verye conuenient to be sayd dayly of all her louing and faythfull subiectes, and an other for the good [and] quiete estate of the whole realme. Read the whole, and then iudge.	Christopherson, John, d. 1558.	1554 (1554)	STC 5207; ESTC S117507	113,228	472

haue a seueral lord of their owne And albeit that S. Paul very ofte vseth this speakynge our Lorde to declare that all we Christen men do serue one Lorde and mayster that we be of one household y t is to say of one church insomuche that we may moste conueniently saye our Lord because we be all chyldren of one father and seruauntes of one mayster and knytte together with the bounde of charitie yet woulde these folkes neuer saye oure Lord which they sayde was a papisticall terme but the Lord whiche declared thē to be fauorers of gods word as they thought And this terme was so vniuersallye vsed that the poore beggers hadde gotte it by the ende by reason that begginge thus for the lordes sake haue pitie vpon the poore they thoughte the soner to spede you shall heare it of manye of their mouthes as yet Neuerthelesse the terme of it selfe is good and godly if it be not abused for such a noughty purpose For the holy Scripture both in the old testament and the new to verye often speaketh so But surely for all christen men whē they speake of god it is most conueniente to say our lorde which is a terme of mutual loue concord and vnitie When they had ones learned this wacheword then beganne they to talke of the libertye of the gospell and to exhort men earnestly to embrace the same But what was this same libertye of the Gospell was it ought elles but the libertie of the fleshe For the deuyll their mayster had taught them this lesson that they shuld gyue to wicked diuises godlye names as to call carnall libertie the libertie of the Gospell abhominable heresye true doctrine scripture falselye interpreted ▪ Goddes worde an● arrogant spirite the spirite of God bold presumption a godlye zeale a blasphemouse raylour a worthye preacher bookes full of heresye good godlye bookes And what folowed thys licentiouse libertye Was not thē al fasting abolished Wold not men then as Eustathius dyd an heretike condemned in a generall counsayle holden at Gāgris breake all fastynge dayes appoynted by the church and some would fast vpon the sondaye and vpon fridaye which hath euer since Christes time bene duelye kepte in stede of fasting they fell to delicate fedyng and in stede of chastising the bodye nourished it with deynteouse meates and so made it well at ease And yf they had had but meane simple cheare all the weke before that day wold they haue their capons coneys ▪ chekins and such fine meates to tame their bodies withall And whosoeuer wold not thus do he fauored not Gods worde as they sayde but was enemye to the truth a papiste to And they wold bidde men to dinner vpō the fridaye to thintente that they might allure thē to eate fleshe For yf they coulde ones bring them to y t they thought they wold waxe shortly fauourers of Gods worde as they termed it that is to saye of their heresye Was not thys trowe you a goodly memory of Christes payniull passion y t he vpon the friday suffred for vs were not these folkes wel cōtented to subdue their carnal lustes as y t day and to offer vp to god the swete sacrifice of fasting and prayer thereby to giue him most hartie thankes for the greuouse tormentes sorowfull death that he suffered as that daye for oure redemption for whiche ende the catholike churche of god hath moste godlye appoynted that day alwayes to be fasted No no where suche good cheare was kept there was smal remembraunce I feare me of Christes holy passion For to thinke thervpō was to sowre and bytter sawce for suche swete and pleasaunt meates Was not this a goodly meanes to make the fleshe obedient to the spirite and to prepare mens hartes humbly and reuerently to serue their lorde god Herof came it to passe that lecherous priestes that loued no fastinge sayd they must nedes haue women which they called wyues For it is not possible sayd they for a man to lyue chaste That myght be truely sayd in dede of them that soughte not the meanes wherby to lyue chast For seyng that fast they wold not and for prayer they cared not and for studye they much passed not whiche be speciall helpes to lyue chaste no meruayle was it thoughe they were prouoked to leaue theyr chaste lyfe and fall to wiuing But yf so be they had tamed theyr tykkell lustes with ofte fastyng and called vpon God by earnest praying they shuld neuer haue fallen to such fond folye for whych they are now at Gods hande most iustly plaged And I pray god as they be worthelye plaged so they maye humblye acknowledge the same and with wepynge eyes aske God mercy betime that a greater plage fall not vpon them at lengthe Lette them consider their wycked acte in marrying and their abhominable inceste and aduoutrye therin beside that their noughtie doctrine which thei haue taught since they hadde women and howe that they wold not let to preache what men wold haue them because they had nowe gotten their purpose And men that were thē in greatest authority perceauing their folie thoughte they shuld get thē to say what they wold when as ones they had giuen them licence to marrye And because these lewde priestes shulde not lacke companye the deuyl moued suche religious folkes as were of an vngodly conuersation y t when they were ones set abroade had caste of their cowles they shulde seke al meanes possible to satisfie their synfull lustes Whervpon many of them became preachers of this newe doctrine and made the people beleue that licentious liuinge as I sayd before was the libertye of the Gospell to thintent that the breaking of their solemne vowes whiche they had made to god their taking of women whome they named wiued their voluptuouse pleasure which thei most earnestly soughte for myghte be well lyked and alowed of the people For like as those that be delyted wyth cardyng and dysing much trauayle in persuading other that they intende nothing but honest pastyme and that pastime is necessarie for al men to dryue away fantasies withall so these religiouse that I speake of when they had tasted of the cuppe of carnall concupiscence they told men that they sought nothynge but the libertie of the Gospell and folowynge the fotesteppes of their mayster Martin Luther became as stowte and stubborne Apostatas as euer he was him selfe And these were the great pillours of our newe English churche wherevpon menne grounded their fayth and vpon whose backes they hange their saluation whose names I could rehearse yf it were necessarye whose licentiouse lyuynge I coulde easelye describe But both twayne euery man in maner knoweth without any tellyng And I praye GOD as they know them so they may take hede of them and as S. Paule warneth vtterlye flye from them yea and as they haue good cause sore repent that euer they knewe them When these folkes

only ambition For as y e good historiographer Dion sayeth ▪ albeit that manye other causes of that sedition were rekened to be yet the verye cause in dede was their greate desire of honoure For the same wryter reporteth that Pompeye would be inferiour to no man and Caesar desired to be aboue al men Therfore caring nothing what became of their noble countrye they thought to trye their manhode in ciuil warre And so was law layde downe and might was made ryght and a roughe souldiar was more estemed then a graue counseyler But bothe twayne had an euyl ende For the one Pompeye I meane was miserably at lengthe put to flight in conclusion cruellye kensence At lengthe when the officers see that the fyre woulde not burne hym they commaunded the hangeman to thrust hym through with a sword Out of which wounde there issued so muche bloude that it quenched all the fyre insomuche that it made the people greatlye to merueyle Thus thys gloriouse martyr by his patient suffring wonne the fielde and gotte a mooste glorious victory Lykewyse a blessed Martyr whose name was Sanctus when he was wyth all kynde of tormentes by the wycked paynems assaulted to thintente that he shoulde denye CHRIST and forsake his fayth and that he ioyfullye suffred all constantlye stode in his profession and therevpon at length had hoate burnyng plates of brasse layed to hys bare naked body wherewyth hys skynne was so sore blistered and bowned vp that no man could knowe him and after that because his enemies purposed to vanquish him was tormented a freshe whē his body as yet was all full of blysters thys blessed martyr I saye gladlye suffrynge all these bitter bruntes gotte a more glorious victorye then euer dyd the great conqueror Alexander For Alexander got onlye a worldly estimation y e shortly dothe fade fall But Sanctus wyth hys paynefull passion wonne himself such renowne and glorye as neuer shall perishe Alexander by sheddynge of other mennes bloude became a conqueroure But Sanctus by sheddyng of hys owne bloude gotte thys noble victory Alexander had alwaye wyth him in his warres a greate and hughe hoste of men But Sanctus armed wyth sure aff●aunce in God foughte the fielde alone withoute ayde and helpe of any man Alexander ouercame only his worldlye enemyes but Sanctus ouercame both worldly and goostly So that such as valiantlye fyghte in Christes warre gette a more glorious victory in suffryng thē selfes then the most couragious captayne of all the worlde getteth in beatynge of other Wherefore whosoeuer wyll fyghte for hys fayth muste fyght after this sort He must not by moneye or fayre wordes gather together an hoste of men and so make his partie good but he muste by feruent prayer seke for helpe and ayde at Goddes hande and so prepare him to the battayle He must not put vpon him an helmet of steele but he must put vpon him the helmet of helth He must not arme him selfe with an habergeon of yron or syluer but he must arme him with the habergeon of fayth and charitie He muste not take a sworde in his hande of mans makyng but he muste take the sworde of Gods spirite whyche is the worde of GOD. And when he is thus armed he muste not rashelye vncalled steppe forth and offer strokes to his enemyes but he muste fyrste eyther moued by the spirite of God offer him selfe as many martyrs haue done to suffer death or elles be called forthe for the trial of hys fayth and then gladly go and abyde mooste greuouse and bitter tormentes rather then he wyll denye anye parte of hys fayth Thus the blessed and holy martyrs of Christe dydde alwayes in suche a lyke case For those that suffred persecution in the two cruell tyrauntes dayes Decius and Valerian when the paynems went aboute by violence to destroy the fayth of CHRIST they made no conspiraces or rebellions agaynst those wycked princes nor putte no harnes vpō their backes to fight openly in the field with them nor intended not by force to withstande their deuelishe diuises but mekely offred them selfes to dye for oure Sauiours sake and besides they so embraced theyr enemies that tormented them that they prayed God most earnestly to pardon them So dyd also y e godly martirs that were cruelly persecuted by Diocletian Maximine two most fearce frantike emperours For when they did se not only their churches pulled downe to the grounde but also many christen men violently hayled and pulled to worshyp Idols albeit that they were sore dismayed with the matter yet woulde they not gather them selfes together and make rebellion and by that meanes defende bothe their fayth and thē selfes to leste they might so loose the gloriouse crowne of martirdome y t christe their head capitayne had prepared for thē But when time came y t they shuld be examined cōcernynge their fayth they frelye confessynge the same offered them selfes to be put to paynfull tormentrye whyche they were farre more glade to goo to then any man is to go to a feast We read also a very notable story of the inhabitaūtes of Edessa It chaunsed on a time that the Emperoure Valens which was an heretike of the Arrians se●te bare deadlye hatred agayns●e all catholike folke came thether and commaunded all the folkes of that cytye because they were very catholike and hated his opinion that they shulde not vpō payne of death come together to praye Yet they not wythstandinge his cōmaundement the nexte daye after came to y e churche as they were wonte to do And when thēperours lieuetenaunt accompanied w t a great nomber of souldiars mynded vpon the emperours cōmaundement to put thē to death a pore woman with her childe braste throughe the middest of the souldyars purposing posinge to go to the churche Wherewith the lieuetenaunt being sore offended called her to hym asked her whither she ranne so faste And she answered to y e churche whervnto other folke resorted Then the lieuetenaunte sayde haste thou not hearde y t the Emperours lieuetenaunt wil kil al y t he shal find there Yes verely sayd y e woman therefore I make hast y t I may be foūde among thē Whiche when the lieuetenaunt heard he muche maruayled at the madnes as he thought of those y t so notwithstāding themperours cōmaundement repayred together to y e churche Whervpon he came to thēperour tolde him that they were all verye ready willing to die for their faith These folkes albeit they were a great nōbre yet would they make no resistence but mekely offred them selfes to suffre death for their faythe so to declare their obedience both to god and to the prince to Saynte Ambrose likewise writeth of the cit●zins of Melane where he was byshoppe ▪ that when themperor yonge Ualentiniane wold haue had them to haue delyuered vp their churches into the hādes of Auxentius an Heretyke and y e rest of his adherentes