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A06710	A comfortable epistle, too Goddes faythfull people in Englande wherein is declared the cause of takynge awaye the true Christen religion from them, & howe it maye be recouered and obtayned agayne, newly made by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1716; ESTC S101288	27,898	66

THOMAS BECON ❧ A confortable Epistle too Goddes faythfull people in Englande wherein is declared the cause of takynge awaye the true Christen religion from them howe it maye be recouered and obtayned agayne newly made by Thomas Becon Abacuk 2. Thoughe the Lorde tarye yet wayte thou for hym for he will vndoubtedly come yea and that oute of hande Imprynted at Strasburgh in Elsas at the signe of the goldē Bibel in the moneth of August In the yeare of the LORDE M. D. LIIII The Epistle ¶ The fyrst Chapter TO the faythfull Christians wheresoeuer they be dispersed thorowoute the realme of Englande Thomas Becon wis●…heth grace mercy and peace from God the father with perfect knowlege of hys dearly beloued sonne Iesu Christ our Lorde and alone sauyour thorow the halowinge of the holy Ghoste vnto the true and vnfayned obedience off Gods moste blessed will with an earnest fayth in the merciful promises of God and assured hope of obtayninge thesame vnto euerlastinge lyfe AMEN IT greatly reioyceth me mos●…e deare brethren to heare of thys youre constancye and stedfastnes in beleuing confessing the glorious Gospell of our sauiour Iesus Christe whiche as the apostle Rom. 1. sayth is the power of God to saue so many as beleue namely in these perillous and troublesome dayes wherin we se so many sturte backe and runne awaye from the cō fession of Gods trueth whiche whan the weather was calme they semed constantly to professe and folowe the fonde fantasyes of menne that speake not Gods worde but theyr owne drowsy dreames and idle imagi nacions brought into the church of Christ by suttle sathan and hys marked marchaū te●… vnto the great disturbaunce of the Chri sten common wealth so that if it were possible the very electe and chosen people off God thorow theyr ●…ugsing might be seduced Mat. 24. and led from the waye of truthe As ye haue godly begonne so manfully go forthe vnto the ende that ye maye receaue a full ioye and a perfect reward of the Lord your God in that daye whan he gloriously shal apeare and rendre to euery one accordinge to hys dedes that is to saye prayse honor and immortalite to them which continew in good doyng and seke eternall lyfe But vnto them that are rebellious and disobey the trueth and folowe iniquitie shal come indignaciō and wrath tribulacion and anguishe But be it knowen vnto you deare brethren that this thing that hath happened vnto vs in thys realme of Englande Roma 2. I meane the takynge awaye of Gods true religion and the thrusting in of pa●…istrye in the steade therof vnto the greate vnspeakable sorowe of all true Christen hartes ought not to seme vnto you newe straunge and vnloked for but rather suche a thynge as hath hytherto many tymes bene declared vnto you by the preachers and ye your selfs godly cōsydering the corrupt maners and vnluckye chaunces of thys realme did ryghte well the same aforesee and greately lament For diuers signes had we longe before besydes the godly admonicions of the faythfull preachers whiche playnly declared vnto vs an vtter subuersyon of the true Christen religiō to be at hande except it were preuented by has●…ye and hartye repentaunce What shall I speake of that godly and mighty prince Edward duke of Somerset whiche in the tyme of his Pro The 〈◊〉 of Somerset tectorship dyd so banyshe Idolatrye out of this our realme and bring in agayn Gods true religiō that it was wōder so weyghty a matter to be brought to passe in so 〈◊〉 a tyme Was not the vngentle handlyng of hym and the vnrighteous thrustinge hym out of office and afterward the cruel mur thering of hym a man yea a myrrour off true innocencye and Christen pacience an euident token of Gods anger agaynste vs The sudden takynge awaye of those mo●…e goodly verteous yonge Impes the duke of Suffolke and hys brother by the sweating The 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 and his brother syckenesse was it not also a manifes●… token of Gods heauy displeasure towarde vs The death of those two most worthy godly learned men I speake of M. Paulus M. Paulus Fagius D Martine Bucer Fagius of D. Martine Bucer was it not a sure Prognostication some greate mishappe concerning Christen religion to be at hāde But as I may passe ouer many other at the laste come vnto that whiche is moste lamentable and can neuer be remembred of any true English harte without large teares I meane the death of oure most godly Prince and Christen kyng Edwarde the. VI. that true Iosias that earnest Rynge Edvvarde the 〈◊〉 destroyer of false religion that feruent setter vp of Gods true honor that mooste bounteous Patrone of the godly learned that moste worthy mayntayner of good let ters and vertue and that perfecte liuelye myrrour of true nobili●…e and syncere godlines was not the takyng away of hi alace for sorow asure signe and an euident tokē that some great euel hāged ouer this realm of England Who considering these thynges as I may speake nothing of the wicked Grosse gospelers nes of those mē which made the worde of God a cloke of their naughtines of their insatiable couetousnes of their intollerable pryde of their volupteous wanton lyuing c. perceaued not a shepwracke of the Christen religion too be at hande as it is alace for pytie come to passe at thys daye All good men feared the decaye of Goddes true honoure in thys realme that we feared that hathe chaunced howe coulde it otherwise come to passe Gods blessing was offered vnto vs ▪ but we thorow our wicked and vnthankefull lyfe refused it Shal not therfore blessing be taken away cursinge come in the place therof as it is written he wolde not haue the blessing it shal therfore Psal. 109. be farre from hym ¶ The. ii Chapter IF the kingdom of God be proffered vnto vs and we set not by it are we not worthy Englande blessed ▪ 〈◊〉 to loose it What realme synce the Apostles tyme was euer so abundantly replenished with the knowledge of Christes Gospel yea that in so few years as this realme of England was But alace howe was it regarded Who repēted who know ledged hys synne from the very hart Who called on the name of God in spirite and truthe Who framed hys lyfe accordynge to hys knowledge It is therefore come too passe as our Sauiour Christ longe before threatened the kyngdō of God shal be takē Math. 21. frō you shal be geuē to a natiō that bringeth forth the frutes thereof God planted this realme of Englād a pleasāt goodly vineyarde dressing and trymming it after Esa. 〈◊〉 the beste manner lokynge contynuallye to haue some worthy frut therof but w●… in the stead of naturall grapes it broughte forthe wylde beryes vnwholsome and vnnaturall was it not worthye too be layde wayste to be troden vnder foote and to be