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A18193	The lamentacion of a synner, made by ye most vertuous Ladie, Quene Caterin, bewayling the ignoraunce of her blind life: set furth and put in print at the instaunt desire of the righte gracious ladie Caterin duchesse of Suffolke, [and] the earnest requeste of the right honourable Lord, William Parre, Marquesse of North Hampton	Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.	1547 (1547)	STC 4827; ESTC S108944	34,896	122

in religion whiche nowe be honorable in vanyties so shall they as in some vertuouse ladies of right high estate it is with greate comforte seene taste of this fredome of remission of this euerlastyng blisse whiche excedeth all thoughtes and vnderstandinges and is prepared for the holie in spirite for the which let vs with our intercessiō in holynes and purenes of lyfe offer our selfes to the heauenly father an vndefiled host to whom be eternall prayse and glorye through all the yearth without ende Amen A lamentaciō or complaynte of A Synner WHen I considre in the bethinking of myne euill wretched former life myne obstynate stony and vntractable herte to haue so much exceded in euilnes y t it hath not only neglected yea cōtemned dispised goddes holy preceptes cōmaundementes But also enbrased receyued and estemed vayne folish and feyned tryfles I am partely by the hate I owe to sinne who hathe reygned in me partely by the loue I owe to all Christians whom I am contente to edifye euen with thexample of mine owne shame forced and constrayned with my harte and wordes to cōfesse and declare to the worlde howe ingrate negligent vnkynde and stubberne I haue bene to god my Creatour and howe beneficiall mercyfull and gentill he hath ben alwayes to me his creature beyng suche a miserable wretched sinner Truly I haue taken no lytle small thing vpō me firste to set furth my whole stubbernes and contempt in wordes the which is incomprehensible in thought as it is in the Psalme who vnderstandeth hys faultes next this to declare the excellente beneficence mercy goodnes of god which is infinite vnmeasurable neyther can all the wordes of Angelles men make relaciō therof as apperteyneth to hys moste high goodnes Who is he that is not forced to confesse the same if he consyder what he hath receyued of god and dothe dayly receyue Yea if men woulde not acknowledge confesse the same the stones would crie it out Trulye I am constrayned forced to speake write therof to mine own cōfusiō shame but to the great glorye and prayse of god For he as a louyng father of moste habundant and high goodnes hath heaped vpon me innumerable benefites and I contrary haue heaped manifolde sinnes dispysing that whiche was good holy pleasant and acceptable in hys sight and choysing that whiche was delicious pleasant and acceptable in my sight And no meruayle it was that I so dyd for I would not learne to knowe y e lord and hys wayes But loued darkenes better then light Yea darknes semed to me light I enbraced ignorance as perfect knowlege knowelege seamed to me superfluous vayne I regarded little goddes worde but gaue my selfe to vanities and shadowes of the worlde I forsooke him in whom is all truth folowed the vayne folishe imaginacions of my hert I would haue couered my sinnes with the pretence of holynes I called supersticion godly meaning and true holynes erroure The lord did speake many pleasant and swete wordes vnto me and I woulde not heare he called me diuersly but throughe frowardnes I woulde not answere Mine euilles and miseries be so many and great that they accuse me euen to my face Oh howe miserably wretchedly am I confounded when for the multitude and greatnes of my sinnes I am cōpelled to accuse my selfe Was it not a merueylous vnkyndnes when god dyd speake to me and also call me that I woulde not answer him what man so called woulde not heaue harde or what man hearyng woulde not haue answered Yf an earthlye Prince had spoken eyther called him I suppose there be none but would willingly haue done bothe Now therfore what a wretche Caytife am I that when the Prince of princes y e king of kinges did speake many pleasant and gentle woordes vnto me also called me so many sundry times that they canne not be numbred And yet notwithstandyng these greate signes tokens of loue I woulde not cum vnto him but hyd my selfe out of his sight seking many crooked bye wayes wherin I walked so longe that I had cleane loste his sight And noo maruayle or woundre for I had a blinde guyde called Ignoraūce who dimmed so mine eyes that I could neuer perfectlye get any sighte of the fayre goodly streight and ryght wayes of hys doctrine but cōtinually trauayled vncomfortablie in the foule wicked croked peruerce wayes Yea bicause they were so much haunted of many I coulde not thinke but I walked in the perfect right way hauing more regarde to the numbre of the walkers then to the order of the walking beleuing also moste surely with company to haue walked to heauen wheras I am most sure they woulde haue brought me downe to hell I forsoke the spirituall honoring of y e true liuyng god worshipped visible idoles and ymages made of mennes handes beleuing by them to haue gotten heauē yea to say y e truthe I made a great ydol of my selfe For I loued my selfe better then god And certaynely looke howe many thinges are loued or preferred in our hartes before god so many are taken and estemed for ydolles and false goddes Alas howe haue I violated this holy pure moste high precepte and commaundement of the loue of god whiche precepte byndeth me to loue hym w t my hole harte minde force strength vnderstāding And I like vnto an euyll wicked disobedient childe haue gyuen my wil power and sences to the contrary making almoste of euery earthly carnall thing a god Furthermore the bloud of Christe was not reputed by me sufficient for to wassh me frō the fylth of my sinnes neyther suche wayes as he hath appoynted by his word But I sought for such rifraf as the bisshoppe of Rome hath planted in his tyranny and kingdom trusting with greate confidence by the vertue holynes of thē to receyue full remission of my sinnes And so I did as much as was in me to obfuscate and darken the great benefite of Christes passion then the whiche no thought cā cōceyue any thing of more value There can not be dooen so great an iniury and displeasure to almighthy god our father as to treade vnder foote Christ his only begotten wel-beloued Sonne All other sinnes in the worlde gathered together in one be not so heynous and detestable in the sight of god And no wonder for in Christe crucified god doth shewe him selfe most noble and gloryouse euen an almighty god and most louing father in his onlye deere and chosen blessed sonne And therfore I counte my selfe one of the moste wicked myserable sinners bycause I haue ben so much cōtrary to Christ my sauiour Sainct Paule desired to knowe nothing but Christ crucified after he had ben rapt into the thirde heauen where he hearde suche

and worke as chyldren for loue and not as seruauntes compelled with threatnynges or prouoked with hyer The syncere and pure louers of god do enbrace Christ w t suche feruēcie of spirite that they reioyce in hope be bolde in daungier suffer in aduersitie cōtinew in praier blesse theyr persecutours further they be not wise in their owne opinion neyther high mynded in their prosperitie neyther abasshed in their aduersitie but humble and gentle alwayes to all men For they knowe by their fayth they are members all of one body and that they haue possessed all one God one fayth one baptysme one ioye and one saluacion If these pure and syncere louers of God were thicke sowen there shoulde not be so muche contēcion strife growing on the fieldes of our religion as there is Well I shall praye to the lorde to take all contencion strife away and that the sowers of sedicion may haue mynde to cease their labour or to sowe it amongst the stones to haue grace to sowe gracious vertues where they may both roote and bring furth fruite with sending also a godlie vnitie and concorde amongest all christians that we maye serue the lorde in true holynes of life The exāple of good liuinge is required of all christians but especially in the ecclesiastical pastoures and shepeherdes for they be called in Scripture workemen with god disbursers of goddes secretes the light of the worlde the salte of the earthe at whose handes all other shoulde take comforte in workyng knowlege of gods will and sight to becum children of the light and taste of seasonable wisedōe They haue or shoulde haue the holye spirite habundauntlie to pronounce and set furth the worde of God in veritie and truth yf ygnoraunce and blyndnes reygne among vs they should with the truthe of goddes worde instructe and set vs in the truth and directe vs in the way of the lord But thankes be geuē vnto the lorde that hath now sent vs suche a godlie learned kynge in these latter dayes to reygne ouer vs y t with y e vertue force of goddes worde hath taken awaye the vayles mistes of erroures and brought vs to the knowledge of y e truthe by the lyghte of Goddes worde which was so long hydden and kepte vnder that the people wer nigh famished hungred for lacke of spiritual foode suche was the charitie of y e spiritual curates shepherdes But our Moyses moste godlye wise gouernour and king hath delyuered vs out of the captiuitie and bondage of Pharao I meane by this Moyses king Henry the eight my most soraigne fauourable lord husbād one If Moyses had figured any mo then Christ through y e excellēt grace of god mete to be an other expressed veritie of Moses cōquest ouer Pharao And I mene by this Pharao the bishop of Rome who hathe bene and is a greater persecutor of al true christians thē euer was Pharao of the children of Israel For he is a persecutor of the gospel and grace a setter furth of all supersticion and counterfeit holynes brynging many soules to hell with his alchimye and counterfeit money deceyuing the poore soules vnder y e pretēce of holines but so muche the greater shal be his damnacion because he disceyueth robbeth vnder Christes mātle The Lorde kepe and defend all mē from his iugglinges sleyghtes But specially the poore simple vnlearned sowles And this lesson I woulde all men had of hym that when they begyn to mislike his doyng then onely begyn they to lyke god and certeynlye not before As for the spiritual pastoures shepherdes I thynke they wyl cleaue and stycke fast to the worde of god euen to the death to vanquishe all goddes enemies yf nede shall require all respectes of honour dignitie ryches welth and theyr priuate commodit●es layde apart folowing also the examples of Christ his chosen apostles in preaching and teaching sincere pure holsum doctryne and such thinges as make for peace with godlye lessons wherwith they may edifie others that euery man may walke after his vocation in holynes of life in vnitie and concorde which vnitie is to be desyred of all true Christiās It is muche to be lamēted the Scismes varieties contēcions and disputacions that haue ben and are in the worlde aboute Christen religion no agremente nor concord of the same amongest the learned men Treuly the deuill hath ben the sowier of the seede of sedicion and shal be the maynteyner of it euen tyl gods wyl be fulfylled There is no warre so cruell and euell as this for the warre with the sweorde kylleth but the bodies and this sleyeth many soules for the poore vnlearned personnes remayne confused and almoste euery one beleueth and worketh after his owne waye And yet there is but one truthe of goddes worde by the whiche we shal be saued Happye be they that receyue it and moste vnhappye are they whiche neglecte and persecute the same For it shal be more easie for Sodome and Gommor at the day of iudgement then for them and not without iuste cause yf we consydre the beneuolence goodnes mercy of god who hath declared his charitie towardes vs greater and more inestimable then euer he dyd to the Hebrues For they lyued vnder shadowes and figures and were bound to the law And Christe we being his greatest ennemies hathe deliuered vs from the bondage of the lawe and hath fulfilled all that was figured in their lawe and also in their prophesies sheadyng his owne precious bloode to make vs the chyldren of his father and his brethren and hathe made vs free settynge vs in a godlye libertie I meane not licence to synne as manye bee glad to interprete the same when Christien libertie is godlye entreated of Trewlie it is no good spirite that moueth men to fynde fault at euery thing and when thinges may be wel taken to peruert them into an euell sence and meanyng There bein the world many speakers of holines good workes but very rare and and seeldome is declared which be the good and holy workes The workes of the spirite be neuer almost spoken of And therfore very fewe knowe what they be I am able to iustifie the ignorance of the people to be great not in this matter alone but in many other which were most necessary for christians to know Bicause I haue had iust profe of y e same it maketh me thus muche to say with no lytle sorowe and griefe in my harte for suche a miserable ignoraunce and blyndnes amongest the people I doubte not but wee can saye al Lorde Lorde but I feare god may saye vnto vs this people honoreth me with their lippes but their hartes be far from me God desyreth nothing but the harte and sayeth he will be

will iudge I haue doon it for prayse or thanke of any creature since rather I might be ashamed then reioyce in rehersall therof For yf they knowe howe little I esteme and wey the prayse of the worlde that opinion were soone remoued taken away for I thanke God by his g●ac● I knowe the world to be a blinde Iudge the prayses therof vayne of little moment And therfore I seeke not the prayses of the same neither to satisfie it none other wise then I am taught by Christ to dooe according to Christen charitie I woulde to god wee would al whē occasion do●h serue confesse oure faultes to the world al respectes to our owne commoditie laied aparte But alas selfe loue doeth so muche reigne among●st vs that as I haue sayde before wee can not espie our owne fautes And although sometime we finde our owne gilte eyther wee be fauourable to interpret it no sinne orelles we be ashamed to confesse our selfes therof Yea and we before offended grieued to heare our fautes charitablie godly colde vs of other putting no difference betwene charitable warning and malicious accusinge Trulie if we sought goddes glory as we should do in al thinges we shoulde not be ashamed to cōfesse our selfes to digresse from goddes preceptes and ordinaunces when it is manifest we haue doon and dayly doo I pray god our owne fautes and deades cōdemne vs not at y e last day when euery māshalbe rewarded according to hys doinges Truly yf we dooe not redresse and amende our liuing according to the doctrine of the gospell we shall receiue a terrible sentence of Christ the son of god whē he shal cum to iudge condemne al transgressours and breakers of hys preceptes cōmaundementes to rewarde al his obedient louing children we shall haue no manne of lawe to make our plea for vs neyther can wee haue the day deferred neyther will the iust iudge be corrupted w t affeccion bribes or rewarde neyther will he heare any excuse or delaye neyther shal this Saynt or that martir helpe vs be they neuer so holie neyther shal oure ignoraunce saue vs frō damnacion But yet wilful blindnes obstinate ignoraunce shal receyue greater punishment and not without iust cause Thē shall it be knowen who hath walked in the darke for all thinges shall appere manifest before him Noo mannes deades shal be hiddē no neyther woordes nor thoughtes the poore simple obseruers of goddes cōmaundementes shal be rewarded with euerlastyng life as obedient children to the heuēly father And y e transgressours adders and diminishers of the lawe of god shall receyue eternal damnaciō for theyr iust reward I beseche god we may escape this fearfull sentence and be founde suche faythfull seruauntes and louing children that wee maye heare the happy comfortable moste ioyfull sentence ordeyned for the children of God which is Come hither ye blessed of my father and receyue the kingdom of heauen prepared for you before the beginning of y e world Unto the Father the Sonne and the Holy goste be all honour glory worlde without ende Amen Finis ¶ Imprinted at London in Flete strete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynste the Conduyte by Edwarde Whitchurche the .v. daye of Nouember in the yeare of oure Lord. 1547. Cum priu●legio ad imprimendum solum By knowelege of sin cōmeth confession Charitie is not abashed The argument of the booke The authors sinnes Psal. ii● The goodnes of god Lu. xix God ī goodne● maruelouse Mā in euilnes wonderouse Ihon. iii. The iugemēt of man is corrupt in all thing●● Euery man● syn accuseth hym selfe A blind guide ●or a blind way The number of people may not be folowed but the goodnes A fleshly man r●gardeth not spirituall thinges Marke a nōber of Idoles The sinne against y e. i. cōmaūdement Deut. vi The blood of Christ. The word of god is onely y ● doctryne of saluation B. of Rome is an euyll vsurpou● of Christes powe● The father is honored ī hi● sonne Hebre. x. The most horrible sī The hono● of God aboūded vpon y e cross● Hebre. i. i. Cor. ii To knowe Christ crucif●ed is y e conningest lessō in diuinitie Philip. iii. Lit. xviii Man of hys owne proud nature is easely made a Pharisey Child●ē l●rne to be thankeful to your father Rom. v. Harde hartes receyue no print i. Cor. ii Two yoke fellowes Blīdn●s hardnes of harte Profession ī baptisme Christ innocent Esa. liii mā sinful Philip. ii Christ obedient Man stubburne Math. ix Christ humble Mā proud Iohn viii Math. iiii Christe heuenly Mā wordly Iohn xiii Iohn vi Ma. xviii Ma. viii ii Cor viii Christ pore Man riche Luk. xiiii Lu. xxiii Iohn viii Math. ix Many chr●stians know● not theyr patrone Ignorant wisdome W●thout the cause nothīg is rightly k●owen Rom. ii Lamētacion God sheweth goodnes in differring his wrath Psal. ciii Psal. cviii Lu. xviii Christ draweth man from desperacyon i. Ihon. i. Iohn iiii i. Iohn ii Iohn iii. Math. xxviii The power will of god Iohn iii. No sauior but one Lu. xix Math. ii Mans humilitie Math. xv ▪ A mase o● synne Psal. xviii Phil. ii ii Cor. ●ii God beginneth w t man Math. xvi i. Cor ●ii Rom. viii The teching of the holy spirite IESUS Actes iiii God is onely the helper i. Iohn ii Christ is the onely meane betwene god and man Obiection What maketh mā bold Solucion The promise of Ch●ist Math. xi Apoc. xvii Math vii The giuer The gifte The taker Th● goodnes of God boldeneth his Chosen Zacha. x. Iohn xvi Fayth is euer ne●●ssary Rom. ●iii Rom. iii. i. Iohn iiii ●erne wha● true fayth doth i● man Ose. ii ●phe ii Rom. v. Galat. iii. Iustification b● a Christiā faythe Roma iii. Galat. ii Galat. v. Dignitie of fayth hurteth no w●rkes Marke dililigently with out offence Rom. iii. Rom. v. Iohn iii. Obiection i. Iohn ii Solucion Charitie knoweth not Christ but by reporte of fayth i. Cor. i. Iohn i. i. Iohn ii Iohn xiiii Charitie immediately foloweth liuely fayth Secret obiec●ion A mylde and true solutiō How god sent his son Iohn iii. Philip. ii i. Iohn i. Roma viii The charitie of GOD toward man Rom. v. A godly med●●acion The beautie of the soule Iohn xi●ii The wor●te Uayne B●ynde Unkynde Sina● A christian mans boke Lessons of y e Crucifi●e Pa●ne of hel Ioye of Heauen i. Cor. ii Christes victory Collo ii Sapi. ●vii Dau●d and Christ compared in fight Spirituall Armure Ephe. v. Mat. xxvii Iesus stile Uictory ouer sinne Collo i. Actes vii· Rom. vi vii C●llo ii S●n hurteth not the electe Cōcup●scēce the ori●inall sinne Rom. viii Obiec●ion Solucion A similitude Applicacion of the similitude Uictory ouer the deuell Collo ii Genue iii. Uictory oue● death Phil. iiii ii Cor. i. All thinges proffit the chosen Roma viii The wisedō of the world i. Cor. ii iii Uictory ouer the worlde Iohn xiiii Iohn iii. Rom. xiiii How Christians regarde the worlde A conclusion of the victories Iohn xvii Collo ii Christ is Messias ii Cor. iiii Ro. vii The title of a christian Rom. viii Osee. xiii i. Cor. xv Saluacion by y e Crosse. Ro. iiii ●o xix Ro. viii ●he booke ●f the cruci●ix A presumtuous trewād A man is neuer glut with knowledge The first lesson in the booke Hie. xviii A christien complaynt Math. ix Rom. vi Io. xv Christ is ● fulnes of the god head Col. ii Io. iiii Ro. viii Paules argumēt Rom. v. Christian prayer i. Pet. i. True christians Ro. xii Ro. xii i. Cor. xii Eph. iiii Prayer Luke i. The clergy i. Cor. iii. i. Cor. iiii Math. v. Preachyng ●i Ti. iiii Kyng Henrye the .viii. Moyses Iudge Christēly Bishop of Rome Pharao A Godly wishe A sure lesson Good prechers i. Ti. ii Contencions in Religion The deuil Warre ī religion ●i Cor. i. One truthe Psal. i. Persecutours of the word Math. x. Heb. x. Ga. liiii Math. xi ii Cor. iii. Chris●en libertie Holy workes Few know the true holynes Math. xii Mat. xv Io. iiii Tradiciōs of men Math. xv The worde of god is y e onelye sure doctrine The cause of thestimacion of tradicions i. Cor. xiii Charitie Ephe. iiii A godly wishe Ephe. iiii Gala. v. Ro. viii Christened men Self loue Iaco. i. Worldes loue Simple wisdō in men Mat. x. Christen constātues Math. xi ii Cor. iiii i. Pet. ii Example of a christen man Christen cōtentacion Math. xvi The workes of god offende not the christiā Heb. iiii The workes of mē offend not the Christian Mat. vii Eph. v. The christian profiteth by synne Ps. cxlv weaklynges mislike al thīges Act. xiii Godly Mat. xv Mat. ix i. Cor. xiii mat xxvi Mat. xxi Io. vii Mat. xii Io. iiii Rom. ix A second sorte of weaklynges Ephe. i. Phariseis Lu. xviii Wicked men mislike good thinges Ps. xxxvii Offēce of Gods election Rom. ix Rom. xi Ps. xxxiii Roma iii. Uayne gospellers Actes xiii Gal. v. Roma ii Euil lyuing ●laundereth t●e best profession Psal. xii Math. vii A similitude Math. xiii Applicaciō Prayer Iohn i. Math. xii Psal. i. Readyng of the scripture The worde of God Iohn xvi Math. xii Knowlege wished against ignoraunce Like reason lyke conclusion Good latinistes and euil diuines Forged wrytinges The vnlerned be taught by grace This age requyreth lernyng Wordly children Mat. xxiiii Iohn xvii Gods children ii Cor. v Like garmēt l●●e men Crafty taylors Godes childrē be wise B. of Rome Roma vii· Ephe. i. Sure fayth Roma viii Roma viii Of Godly faythe no euil comm●th Math. xv i. Pe. i. Gods s●cretes Eccle. iii. Collo ii i. Timo. vi Prerogatiue of the s●ripture Similitud Applicaciō Christ is our ●xample Prayer Math Psal. xxxvii The loue of God Euery man attende to his vocaciō Preachers ii Cor. iiii Lay men Ephe. vi Roma xiii Children Deut. v. Seruaūtes Ephe. vi husbandes Ephe. v. Wyues Obedience i. Timo. ii Silence Apparell ii ●imo ii i. Petri. iii. Ouermuch ●ie sight Math. vii Selfe loue A conclusion with an answere to obiections It is lawef●● to bost in god Godly wish Shame hindereth confesc●on i. Cor. vi Math. xxv A trewe ●h●eruing Domesdaye compared to a lawedaye W●lfull syn is y e greatest Apo. xxii Rewarde of sinners Prayer Math. xxv