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A01988	A godly boke wherein is contayned certayne fruitefull, godlye, and necessarye rules, to bee exercised [et] put in practise by all Christes souldiers lyuynge in the campe of this worlde	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. Enchiridion militis Christiani.; Artour, Thomas.; Gough, John, fl. 1561-1570.	1561 (1561)	STC 12132; ESTC S105777	97,714	292

A Godly Boke wherein is contayned certayne fruitefull godlye and necessarye Rules to bee exercised put in practise by all Christes Souldiers lyuynge in the campe of this worlde 1561 ¶ Cum priuilegio ad Imprimendum solum ¶ IOHN GOVVGHE PASTOR to the Paryshe of Sayncte Peters in Cornebull of London to the Christian Reader GRace mercye peace from God the father and from our lord Iesus christ his son be with thee good Christian reder and with all those that loue the lord vnfainedlye Amen Callinge to remembraunce the saying of Iesus the Son of Syrache in Ecclesiasticus the 20. Chapter Wisedome that is hyd and Treasour that is whordyd vppe what profyte is in them bothe Thought it no lesse then my boūden dutye after I had perused this worke to do my indeuor that the same might be put in printe whereby others might be part takers with me therein For after I had red the same and fyndyng therein so heauenly doctryne so consonant and agreynge wyth goddes booke and so mete for thuse of all estates and sortes of people beynge christians thought I should do iniury to god and wronge to my Christen bretherne yf I shoulde anye lenger deteigne the same from them And as I knowe not the author thereof no more founde I any title or name geuen vnto the booke But for that the author tooke as it were for his theame the beginninge of the 7. Chapiter of Iob where hee sayeth The lyfe of man is a warfare vppon the earthe and hys dayes lyke the dayes of an hyred seruaunt Wherevppon he hath most lyuelye set before our eyes as well howe we are incessantlye assauited and assayled by the continuall flatteringe promyses of the worlde the carnall allurementes and entycementes of our domesticall enemye the fleshe and craftye temptatyons and prouocations of our olde ennemye the dyuell wyth three ferce and cruell enemyes neuer cease daye nor nighte to inuade vs and what they can to prouoke vs to fall from God as also oure duties bothe in the resistence of synne a●…d of cleauing to our Capytaine and hed Chryste and also by certeyne rules instructinge vs as it were wyth a certayne armure and weapon bothe how to beare of the sodein inuasions of those our enemyes and also to repulse them when they shall assayle vs. Wherefore that the name of the booke might agre with the worke I thought it good to attribute to the same suche a name as the worcke desired that is to saye godly and necessary rules to be exercised and put in practyse by all Christes souldyers lyuynge in the campe of this worlde And in the diligent readinge of this worke and disgestinge of the same thou shalte well perceaue deere reder that the lyfe of a very christian of what estate or degree so euer he be to exceade and far passe the counterfayte lyues of cloyning cloysterars of mummynge monkes fonde fryers or of hypochrytical heremytes and that we nede not ronne to seke a strayte lyfe among the Chart●…rhouse monkes for the parfection of a christian lyfe but as y e same is most perfitly set forth in God his booke I meane the sacred Scriptures so it is to be followed of al Christians yf we wilbe christians in dede for it is not the name of a Chrystyan that maketh vs Christians before God vnlesse we haue also the dedes of Christyans as Christe sayeth in Mathewe the 7. Not whosoeuer sayethe vnto mee Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doeth the wil of my father And in the 6. of Luke he sayeth Why call ye me maister Lorde and do not that I byd ye And Saint Iohn sayeth in his first Epystle and 2. Chapyter He that sayeth I knowe him and kepethe not his commaundementes is a lyer and the truth is not in him So that as the name of a Iewe maketh not a Iewe. Romayns 2. Nomore doth the name of a Christian make a christiā except we also shew forth y e workes of a christian That our christiā lyues might shyne in puryty in clennes in sobryet●… in pacyence in charitye in longe sufferyng that the enemyes of the ghospel seinge our godlye conuersation mighte bee wonne by thesame to the ghospell As Christe sayeth in Mathew the 5. Let your light so shyne before men that they seynge your good workes may glorify your father which is in heauen And that they haue no cause iustlye to reporte euill of vs folowyng the counsell of Seneca in his booke de mor●…bus where he hathe this pithy sayinge Haue peace with all men but be at defyaunce with syn God graunt that this Heathen philosopher rise not at the Iudgemente to condempne a nomber of vs Christians for oure negligence So that now I hope it is apparant to all eyes that wil not wilfully be blynd that it is the duty of al christians to liue so straightlye in this worlde and so earnestlye to wrastle againste vyce and sinne as the weaknes of our fleshe shal or can beare in oure myndes detestynge and abhorrynge synne and from the bottome of our hartes to wyshe that we coulde not sinne For it is our partes to wrastle against the same and therein hath the holye ghost by his elect vessell Saynct Paule comforted vs saying in the 1. Epistle to the Corinth 10. God is faithfull whiche shall not suffer you to bee tempted aboue your strength but shal in the myddest of temptacion make a waye that ye maye be able to beare it And what we are not able to doe by reason of our weaknes that hath christ fulfilled for vs as y e same apostle saith also to the Romaynes the. 8. For what the lawe could not do in as muche as it was weake bycause of the fleshe that performed God and sente hys sonne in the similytude of sinfull flesh c. And in the beginning of the same Chapiter he sayeth There is then nowe no dampnacion to them that are graffed in Christ Iesu. What to do what they lyst and to ronne carelesly hedlonge into synne Naye he addeth Whyche walke not after the flesh but after the sprite As God himselfe sayeth in lenit 15. Be ye holye for I am holye So that the lyfe of euerye true Christian oughte to be suche as no man worthely can rebuke whiche thynge is moste pientifully and at the full set forth in this godly worke And thys I write onely to stoppe the mouthes of suche as slaunderously reporte and saye that these newe preachers for so it pleaseth them to tearme suche as moste syncerlye preach Gods trueth would haue no good workes but preach lyberty libertye Who in dede meane nothynge lesse but bycause they seeke to plucke thē from their fond trust in their vayn meritor●…us workes taughte them by the papistes thereby makinge Christe but halfe a Sauioure and sette forthe the perfection of a trewe faithe whiche is most playnly taughte vs in the. 17. of Luke by Christe himselfe by the parable of the seruaunte

comminge from the ploughe whiche parable he concludeth with thys sayinge So ye also when ye haue done all that are commaunded you say we are vnprofitable seruantes we haue done y ● whiche was our duty to do And therfore sayeth S. Paule in the 2. to the Ephesians For by grace are ye saued through faythe and that not of your selues For it is the guyfte of God and not of workes least any man should boaste And because that we shoulde not mystake S. Paule and thinke that the opinyon of faith were inough therfore we might be ydle and liue careleslye without desier or regarde of vertue he immediatlye addeth sayinge For we are his workmāship saieth he created in christ Iesu vnto good workes whiche God hath prepared that we shoulde walke in them So that it is most manifest what impudent and vnshamefast lyers and slaunderers the papistes their ad herentes are vpō god his preachers and his mynysters for neyther they nor none other at any time hard any other doctrine out of anye of those preachers mouthes whome it hath pleased them to cal new preachers but thei and their doctrine I meane the papistes maye be called this dayes bakinge in comparyson of the auncienty of y ● doctrine whiche is taughte by those newe felowes then this that I haue aboue written Which in dede most aboundantly and plentifully is setts forthe in this little booke bothe godlyly and learnedly Where by it maye well be perceyued that though the tyme of darkenes hath bene muche in the world by reason the same hath bene so obfuscated and ouer whe●…ed with the dyrtye tradicions of wicked men that the light and puryty of god his ghospel coulde not shine yet was it not hidde from all men but at al times and in all ages there euer haue bene some that sawe and knewe the trueth and left the same in wrytyng to their posterity as appeareth by this little worke whiche came to my handes written and when I had red the same considerynge the antiquytye thereof I remembred the aunswere of God made to Elyas the Prophete 3. Reg. 19. I haue lefte me sayeth God 7000. men in Israell whose knees neuer vowed before Baall nor kyssed hym with hys mouth So that god alwayes as appereth thoughe they be not taken of the worldlynges hath his churche and people in the worlde thoughe in dede they be very few and so haue alwayes bene in respecte of the contrarye parte and oftentymes exercised vnder the Crosse and afflyeted by the worlde For if we should consider the estate condicion of gods church from the beginnyng of the world euē vntyll our time we shal perceiue y e same alwaies to be very few in comparison of the residue of the world and that for the most part afflyeted for anon after that Adam and Eue were cast out of paradice Genes 3. Dyd not wicked Caine kyll iust Abel Genes 4. And after as the worlde increased so did wickednesse habounde and synne wared rife and God so put in oblyuion that 1556. yeares after the creatyon of the world in the whiche the deluge or vniuersall floode came whereby all the world was drowned there was no more found God his people and God his churche in all the worlde but eight persōs that is to saye Noy his wife his 3. sonnes and theyr wyues which were saued and skaped the floode As appeareth in Genes the 7. And after the floode was passed Noy and his housholde come out of the arke the worlde beyng deuided among his thre sonnes Sem Cham and Iaphethe and that the people began eftsones to multiplye and increase the worlde was so forgrowē in wickednes that there was none found that truely worshipped god but Phare Abrahams father and his housholde as may appeare to the diligent reader from the. 9. to the. 12. of Genes and after the death of Phare god called Abraham from among the chaldeis least he shoulde haue him plucked from the true worshipping of god to idolatry which then was ryfe among the Chaldeyans and flowed also ouer all the worlde Abraham obeyed god his calling toke with him his wife Sara al his houshold and Lot his brothers son and so departed from Haram where Abrahams father dyed into the lande of Canaan which afterward his posteritie enioyed after muche tribulacion as from the 12. of Genes and so the 5. bokes of Moyses and Iosue is plainlye sette forth and at large dyscribed And so to see the whole course of the bible from Abrahams comming from among the Chaldeys vnto Moyses departure ●…ute of Egipt with the people of Israel his rule of theym in the wildernesse what trauaile and rebellyon he had amonges them and so to Iosua who was there guyde to the promysed lande in whose tyme the true and pure religion of god florished emōgst them and from Iosues tyme the manner of the gouernance of their common welth vnder Iudges and from Iudges vnto kinges and from kinges vnto priestes after the captiuytye of Babylon euen vntill Christes tyme. And it shall be well perceyued that euen amonge the Iewes being gods peculyar people all the world besides being altogether geuen to ydolatry and knowing not god that God hys people were alwayes the least in number and the true worshippinge of God was in very fewe And that alwaies the greater sort and more in number were suche as folowynge their owne dreames inuencyons forsoke the true worshippinge of God and with most cruelty put to death the professors thereof and slue the prophetes which tolde them Gods will rebuked their sinnes and ydolatry as in the sacred Scriptures is most plentifully described As for ensample Of syx hundreth thousande which came out of Egipte vnder Moyses there entred but two namely Iosue and Caleb into the land of promis And when that Moyses by the cōmandement of god sent forth 12. of y e people of Israel out of eche tribe one to vew the promysed lande After they hadde bene out 40. dayes and retourned of the 12. which were sent two parsons onely that is to say Iosue and caleb tolde the trueth and tenne of the twelue were lyers and perswaded the people from going into the lande whiche god had promised Ye and such hurly burly was amongste them that not onely Moyses and Aaron but also Iosue Caleb the true messengers were like to be stoned and would haue made themselues capitaines and so haue returned back into Egipt What plague folowed them rede the place Nume 13. Not one of theym entred the lande no more any rebellours againste God hys truth and his true preachers which are signified by Iosue caleb shal enter into our promised land which is the king dom of heauen purchased by y ● precious death and bloudshedding of y ● immaculate lambe Iesus christ our onely sauiour aduocate again was not Micke as y e prophet of god against 400. false prophets of Baall whiche promised Achab victory i

they accōpte it but strange doctrine In dede such is the blyndnesse of the world and of mans nature that they can not see the veritie without the special gyft of god which is bound neither to Doctors hoode nor yet to busshops myter for the holy ghost sayethe in the first chapiter of the booke of wisdom Wisdome shal not ēter into a froward soule nor dwell in the bodye that is subdued vnto synne and therfore he sayeth a little before in the same chapiter For he will be found of them that tempt him not and appeare to thē that put their trust in him therfore saieth god by y ● prophet I say in the. 66. chapiter Upon whom shall my spirite rest but vpon the humble contrite spirite and such a one as stādeth in awe of my wordes With whom agreeth S. Peter in the 2. Epistle 1. saying And hereunto geue all diligence in your faythe minister vertue in vertue knowledge c. And then he concludeth saying If these thinges be with you and be plenteous they will make you that ye neyther shalbe ydle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our lord Iesus christ but he y ● hath not these things he is blinde groping the way wyth hys hande hath forgotten himselfe to haue bene pourged from his olde sinnes And hereunto agreeth S. Paule in the 1. chapiter 1. Epistle to the Corynthians rede the place So that where those vertues be there doth god in dede open his secre tes by his holye sprite I write not this that I meane therby to dyscourage any from learning but rather I exhorte all men to set their children thereunto and speciallye to the vniuersities whereby good litterature maye be maynteyned in the youth whiche are the sede of the common wealthe of thys realme and god his trueth syncerly preached But I onelie inuaye against those papistes whiche saye that suche learned men as mayntayne their errors are learned they are Bushoppes they haue studyed the scriptures so manye yeares and so many yeares and how can it be but that these must nedes vnderstande the scriptures Ye and some saye it is not possyble for anye man to vnderstande the scryptures vnlesse he were a graduate of the vnyuersytie but whether this impossibilytye be true or no bothe the scryptures aboue recyted and also experyence in these our dayes thankes be to God dothe proue the contrarye for that there be diuers whiche neuer came in the vniuersities yea and some suche as haue no more but their mothers tonge doe vnderstande the scryptures and able to teache good sounde doctrine But howe those men vnderstande the scriptures whiche bragge so muche of their doctryne and contynuance of theyr studye by their doctryne is apparaunte for seke they oughte in all theyr preachynges and doynges other then their owne praysynges and stablishment of their own tradicions yea and extolling and preferringe the same aboue gods cōmaundementes as when papistrye raygned howe little was the terrible swearinge and tearinge of god spoken against howe was whoredome wynked at which are vtterlye againste goddes commandementes and by god his lawe punished by death But yet so litle regarded with them that rather it was winked at then spoken against If a man hadde sworne neuer so great an othe in tearing of God ye shoulde haue had that marke the popes shauelynges I meane syt by and say neuer a worde But if one hadde sworne by theyr stynking idololatrus masse by by Syr Iohn woulde haue bene busye for so misusing his occupacyon Agayne if one of their vowed priestes repentynge his errors and minding to liue in gods lawes hadde chaunsed to haue maried a wife leauinge the takinge of other mens wiues and daughters forsakinge their liberty 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or if a man had chaunced to eate a piece of rustye bacon for lacke of other meate thoughe perchaunce M. person had fed himselfe and well filled his belly with pyke Carpe tenche and suche small fishe and perchaunce with a piece of a custarde and tarte and suche harde and vnsauery meates vpon a fridaye or vppon anye other their forbidden dayes 〈◊〉 to Timathey the 4. Yf thys geare had come to their knowledge woulde they haue winked at it or loked through the fyngers ●…ro ye As they dyd at whhrdome swearinge and suche lyke offences No I warraunt you Marye oute on him heretique f●…e vpon him he is not worthy to lyue To the fyer wyth the heretique knaue So straitlye looked they to their dirty dreames preferring and extollyng the same as much as in them laye before gods commaundemētes So preposterous was and is their Iudgementes God sayde to Moyses Erod 3. At such time as he sat kepyng his shepe in madian when he sawe the bushe burne and as he was goinge towardes it Come not hither sayeth he putte thy shoes of thy fete for the place wherein thou standest is holy ground Heare sayeth god the place is holy put of thy sh●…s The chaly●… is holy say they put on thy gloues putte of sayeth god put on say●… the papistes God ●…ed Moises bare fieshe better then his lether shoes The papystes estemed a shepes skin aboue the flesh of man redemed wyth the deathe and bloude of Chryste for yf thy gloues were on the matter was well ynoughe were the thinge neuer so holy But yf he happeyned to touch the same with his bare hande Marry fye what a sinne was it it was maruaile if his hande hadde not ●…otted of for it Yf this iudgement be not preposterous and extollynge their owne tradicions aboue God hys commaundementes what is preposterus What is or canne be more plainelye ▪ againste the manifeste trueth yet all is done with a godly shewe to the eyes of worldlynges with golden Copes golden crosses siluer sewsers frākinsence burnyng before their idolles with many other gay goodly thinges surely the saying of christ in Mathew the●… ▪ might well be veryfied vppon them where he sayeth ▪ Ye hypocrites ryghtly did Esay prophecy of you sayinge this people draw nigh me with their mouthes and honoure me with their lyppes but their hearte is farre from me teaching the doctryne and preceptes of menne Therfore S. Paule willeth as manye as be desirous to be very christians by most manifest wordes to eschew flye frome suche doctryne as is so infected with superfluous ceremonyes wythout the worde of God sayinge in the. 2. Chapiter of his Epistle to the Co●…oss If ye be deade with chryste from the ordinaunces of the world why as though ye lyued in the world are ye ledde with tradicions touche not tast not handle not which all perishe throughe the very abuse after the commaundementes and doctrines of men whyche thynges outwardly haue the similitude of wisedome by supersticion and dumblenesse of mynde And by hurtinge of the bodye and in that they doe the fleshe no worship to the nede therof Thus doth S. Paule by most euydēt wordes pluck hs from the superstycyous rytes of the