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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06698	A Christmas bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty disshes, newely prepared by Theodore Basille	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1715; ESTC S101287	37,712	114

theyr Gospell For they wyl not fast nor praye nor gyue almes nor vse any kynde of vertue Theyse whome they cal Pharises do much excel thē in euery degree of godly lyuynge They wyll shewe themselues conformable to no poletyke ordinaunce They hunte carnall libertie They seke to synne freely and without punysshemente Theyr whole religion consisteth in breakynge mens lawes and auncient customes Farewell they therfore with theyr gospel We wyll followe our forefathers This and such lyke talke is hearde dayely amonge the enemies of Gods word Therfore oughte they y t loue Gods trueth to walke circūspectly seyng the dayes are euell as S. Paule saieth to haue an honest conuersaciō amonge Goddess enemies that they which backbyte them as euell doers maye se theyr good workes prayse God in the day of visitacion For so is the wyll of God sayeth S. Peter that with wel doynge ye should stop the mouthes of ygnoraunt men as free not as though ye toke lyberty for a cloke of maliciousnes but euen as the seruaūtes of God Which thyng moost dere brothers woulde God ye would do that by your vertuous conuersacion ye myghte not plucke men from but vnto the Gospell not dishonour but honour god not hynder but prouoke the Euangelical trueth that with one mynd herte wyl tonge dede we al might togyther professe one God and one trueth Than should God be glorified among vs. Thā should his moost blessed worde be enhalsed of all men Than shoulde we vnder one kynge liue ī an vnite peace cōcord of christen religion without ony scisme he resy or dissencion Than myghte we well saye that the true repentaūce and syncer fayth wherby a christen man is iustified in the syght of God were in vs. For so longe as we continue ī our old wickednes amēd not our maners certes neyther true repentaunce nor christen faythe is in vs and to saye the trueth neyther haue we ony parte of Christ or Christes merytes but pertayne styll to Satan his synfull synagoge For as S. Iohn sayeth If we saye that we haue fellowshyp with God yet walke in darknes we lye performe not the trueth But if we walke in lyghte euen as he is in lyghte than haue we fellowship w t him y e bloud of Iesus Christ his sōne maketh vs cleane frō all synne Therfore dearely beloued let vs cast away the workes of darkenes walke in the lyghte of Gods trueth lyue accordynge to our vocacion garnysh the doctryne of christ our sauiour with godly maners so in al pointes institute and order our lyfe accordyng to Goddes wyll that we maye be that same in lyfe dede that we desyre to be reported that is to say perfecte true christen men both in herte worde dede So maye we be certayne in this lyfe to haue God a mercyfull father vnto vs thorowe Iesus Christ his sonne after the departing out of this world to enioye the glorious syght of the moost blessed Godhead there to remayne in ioye glorye worldes without ende Amē Thus endeth your bancket EVSE Praysed be the LORDE for it THEO Both now euermore CHRI For he alone is worthy all honoure glory PHIL. If it shall please you I wyll nowe gather togither in few wordes that which hytherto I haue dispersed in many that they may the more easly remaine in your brest THEO I pray you let it be so PHIL. In youre fyrste disshe I ministred vnto you y ● knowledge of your selues declared what ye are by Adā that is to say chyldrē of wrath all carnall w tout the spirite of God as S. Austen sayeth let no man stond in his owne conceyte For of his owne he is very Satan but of Gods he is blessed What is this to saye of his owne but of hys synne Take away the synne which is thyne the righteouses sayethe god is of myne Fore what hast thou that thou hast not taken In youre seconde dysshe ye receyued the knowlege of Goddes fauour toward you frely thorow Iesus Christ. In your thyrde dysshe ye perceyued by what meanes ye may obtayn this fauour of God verely by true repentaunce syncer fayth In your fourth dish I proued vnto you that of this your repentaunce fayth workes muste nedes followe yea that those workes whiche God hath prepared that we should walke in them Here is in few wordes concluded y ● whole sūme of your banckette I praye you loke that ye both remēber these thynges well also exercyse them in your lyuynge EVSE We wyll labour to the vttermooste of oure power And because we can do nothyng withoute the helpe of God we shall at all houres with fyrme and sure faith moost instantly desyre God to worke that thynges in vs his holye spirite y t he commanndethe vs to do that we maye neyther thyncke breath speke or do ony thing but that may turne to his glorye PHIL. It is godly spoken This one thynge than remayneth that we gyue God thankes for this our bancket CHRI I pray you let it be so ¶ The thankes gyuynge PHILEMON PRayse honour and glory be vnto the O heuēly father which at this tyme hast fed vs w t meate not y e perisheth but y t abydeth into euerlastying lyfe Graunte O good God that we hauynge the knowledge of thy worde maye also practyse the same in oure conuersacion that we both intierly louyng and vnfaynedly lyuyng thy holy word maye after this lyfe lyue w t the in that lyfe whiche is immortall THEO Amen EVSE So be it CHRI LORD let it so come to passe PHIL. Seynge that accordynge to the commaundemēte of Christe we haue nowe fyrste soughte the kyngedom of god the righteousnes therof haue fedde our soules with this celestiall bancket of Gods worde I praye you nowe vouchesafe to come with me and take such poore repast for the sustenaunce of your body as it hathe pleased God to prepare for vs. THEO We gyue you right herty thākes EVSE I pray God y t we may once recōpense your kyndnes PHIL. My power is smale but my wyll is muche folowe me I besech you CHRI Praysed be the LORD for this our most cōfortable bancket THEO PHIL. AMEN ¶ Gyue the glory to God alone ¶ Imprynted at London in Botulphe lane at the sygne of the whyte Beare by me Iohn̄ Mayler for Iohn̄ Gough Anno Dn̄i 1542. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Ioan. vi 〈…〉 De●t viii Math. iiii Ioan. x● Ioan xiiii 〈◊〉 ixvi Psal. c● Pro. ●●x 〈◊〉 Psa. ●●● Ioan. v●●● 〈…〉 Ioan. i. Luke xiiii ●sal ●viii Luke xi●● Mark 〈…〉 well Luke xvi 〈◊〉 xxxiiii ▪ 〈…〉 ●om l●xi● D● 〈…〉 Ioan. vii Esa. lv Ipo xxii Ioan. iiii Ioan. v● ▪ Beholde what ●he rem●brāce of christes deth do●h ●po● i●● ● Pet. ● Ephe. v● Esai ● ●●he iiii Math. v. Psa. xxxiii i. Pet.