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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02469	A sight of the Portugall pearle, that is, the aunsvvere of D. Haddon maister of the requests vnto our soueraigne lady Elizabeth by the grace of God quene of England Fraunce and Irelande, defendour of the faith. &c. against the epistle of Hieronimus Osorius a Portugall, entitled Pearle for a Prince. Translated out of lattyn into englishe by Abraham Hartwell, student in the kynges colledge in Cambridge; Gualtheri Haddoni pro reformatione Anglicana epistola apologetica ad Hier.Osorium, Lusitanum. English	Haddon, Walter, 1516-1572.; Hartwell, Abraham, b. ca. 1542.	1565 (1565)	STC 12598; ESTC S112464	36,621	136

of the holy ghoste and therefore are theyr names vnto vs as names of dignitie and reputation Come vnto latter tymes one degree lower Let your churche shewe her face and there let truthe trye whether of bothe is neerer cosyn vnto the apostles churche be it for integritie of lyfe or doctrine This bargaine made we wyll forthwith sewe our processe w t you therin geue you a large licēs to make the rewes of your comparisons if ye will one hundreth folde But I auaile not I find you nothing reasonable you die if you be barred bytyng and backbityng outragiously stretching your wyndepipe against our gospellynge and therein settinge abroche all your sower eloquence Storme vntyll you stare crie out while your iawes wyll holde yet shal you not by importunitie proue any other sede sowen by our preachers saue onely the liuely auncient and syncere gospell In the whiche poynt except your Romishe See bethinke it selfe by calamitie and fatall desolation it shall once learne at the time when we shal all appeare at the dreadful assise of gods iudgement in our owne person geue an heauie accompte of our fayth not out of decrees or decretalles which be your owne sweete darlinges neyther oute of Iulius or Bonifacius his popishe pedlerye whose autoritie so pleaseth you but euen oute of this golden gospell which you so sawcely deride whiche you so longe whyle pestered in your darke dungeons whiche is by gods good inspiration the chiualrie of our souldiours restored againe vnto all Chrysten Realmes At that dolefull daye what wil betide you which haue set your teeth so deepe in vs whiche haue laide violent holde vpon the Prophet Ieremie by force of armes after much strugglynge and kicking brought him to geue euidence against our men Let vs here that man of god whom you haue cyted and vpon his prophecie examine the truethe beware saith he how you geue care vnto Prophetes preaching pleasaunte thinges and beguiling you vttering the fansie of their own hart and not brynginge their message from goddes mouthe for so they speake which dyshonor me peace shalbe with you and vnto those which walke after their own hartes lusts they haue said no harm shall befall you Here you triūph like a conqueroure here you crye we are taken halfe oute halfe in And I crye againe as loude that herein your visardes are pulled of your faces and how it may so be I will discrie it to all the worlde In your temples reignethe this reastie peace in your synagoges and in none elles encampeth and kepeth sleeping holliday this deuelishe drowsynge wherein you haue so hushed and rocked vp all other and then layde your selues downe by them that neyther you see the poynt of the sword leueled at your owne harte neyther crye vnto other to eschewe the deadly stroke The office of publike preachinge so straightly requyred in the gospell you haue wholly bequeathed to certaine silly fruitles fryers who on prescript daies declaime within their compasse further forth they speake not one word In their exhortatiōs they vse suche a lengthe with so small suite and chaūge that they much sooner seale vp their eyes whiche be wakinge then styrre theim vp that are on sleepe O how quyet they be at their seruice and sacramentes Firste the people muste stand without the rayles of their roodeloftes then syr priest whippeth vppe all in a tongue that no man vnderstandeth Howe shall the people knowe to addresse thē selues to battaile when no man knoweth the sound of the trump These are the wordes of s. Paul Looke vnto the masse that naturall sweete marrowe of all your hollines No man hath any part in that playe but the priest as for the poore people they may see for their loue The Scripture doth not there ouercharge any manne wyth hearynge but husheth on sleepe all hir exhortations Ones in a yeare is the lordes supper celebrated wel censed with ceremonies God knoweth wyth what troubled conscience And there lacketh one chyefe point which christes institution requireth namely that hys death shoulde be had in remembraunce vntill his cōming ▪ What maladyes of synne soeuer haue poysoned your foldes you apply no open soul sa●●e Priuate satisfaction is made by whisperinge in the priestes eare and if it be more then a veniall trespasse the popes leadē bul must be wayed downe with siluer Of ceremonies there are so many so sutable so pompouse shewes that to the outwarde manne there can be no suche paradise but for the sowles slender edefyinge nay nothinge but staruinge cheare Thus are your hollye orders displayed and layed open Nowe may it please you to heare ours Fyrste haue we according to the very veine of the gospell dayly preachinges whose authority eyther with the threates and menacynges of the lawe breaketh our stubburne synnefull harts or for the precious treasure of gods promises doth allure vs vnto vertue Which if any lewde personnes more rechles then the rest do cōtemne or set light by thē doth the Magistrate by cōstraint driue vnto diuine seruice there to attend not vnto mannes glosses but vnto the certein voyce of god the father our Sauiour Christ one whyle terrefying vs and putting in feare the vyle leprousye of our synfull fleshe another whyle spreading vpen vnto vs the wide gates of mercy Here vnto are added so many Psalmes Himnes and such variety of readinges out of both Testamentes that whosoeuer among so heauenly peales of solace comfort cannot conuey awaye one lyne for his owne learning is to be thought of all other most vnhappy Thē followeth the last supper of our lord of most worthy vnspeakeable reuerence frō no festiuall daye excluded There doth the minister wyth an audyble voice cal forth al such as haue deuoutlye prepared theym selues vnto so heauenly a Table Forth come the therunto minded humblinge them selues on their knees seuerally in the face of the congregation and at a moment by publicke confession renownce all vngodlie wayes in vnity of praier betake theim selues vnto goddes mercy The minister pronounceth vnto them certeine principall and chosen sentences of scrypture eyther shootinge at them the thunderboltes of goddes vengeaunce for their polluted wayes or opening the flowinge fountaynes of goddes clemencye that the communicantes of that heauenlye table maye oftentymes quake and tremble and at the laste refreshed againe with hope of pardon receyue a sweete comforte If there be any whose defamed lyfe maye shewe a perilous example of parcialitye or whose wickednes may no longer be borne those doe we excommunicate that shame and destitution maye reclayme theym vnto their duetye Here haue I good occasion to frame a counterpoint as you did before which if I wold do I could haue as good store of wordes to polishe and adourne the same Lastlye I wolde moue a question whether of both diuine seruices more pricketh and galleth all wickednesse Where is that husshinge at open impietye y t the prophet speaketh of where is that depe