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A18673	The Christen rule or state of all the worlde from the hyghest to the lowest and how euery man shulde lyue to please God in hys callynge. Item, the Christian state of matrimony: and how ma[n] and wife shuld kepe house together with loue. Item, the maner oe [sic] saynge grace after the holy scrypture.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536. Obedience of a Christen man and how Christen rulers ought to governe. aut; Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575. Christlich Eestand. aut; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. Christen exhortacion unto customable swearers. aut; Bale, John, 1495-1563, attributed name. aut	1548 (1548)	STC 5189.7; ESTC S109287	42,177	90

haue takē away y e keye of know leage ye enter not in your selues thē that come in ye forvyd that is they had blinded the scripture whose knowleage as it were a keye letteth i to god with gloses and tradiciōs Likewyse fyndest thou Mat. xxiii As Pater answered in the name of al also christ promised him the keyes in the persone of all math xvi And in the. xx of Iohn̄ he payed thē say enge receyue the holy Ghost who soeuers synnes ye remitte they are remytted or forgeuen and who soeuers synes ye retayne they are retayned or holden With preaching the promises lose they as many as r●pente beleue And for that Iohā sayth receyue the holy ghost Luke in his last chapitre sayth thē opē he theyr wittes that they myght vnder stande the scriptures ād sayde vnto thē thus it is wryten And thus it behoued Christ to suffre so to ryse agayne the thyrde daye And that repentaūce and re myssion of synnes shulde be preached in his name amōge all nacyōs At y ● prea ching of the lawe rep●nt men and at the preachynge of y ● ●romyses do they bele ue are saued Peter in the seconde of the actes practised his keyes and by pre achinge the lawe brought the people in to the knowleage of them selues boun de theyr consciences so that they were prycked in theyr hartes and sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles what shall we do Then broughte they forthe the keye of the swete promyses sayeng repēt and be baptised euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe for the re mission of synnes and ye shall receyue the gyfte of the holy ghost For the promyse was made vnto you vnto your chyldren and to all that are a farre ●uē as many as the lorde shall call Of lyke ensamples is the actes full and Peters pistles and Paues pystles and all the scripture neyther hath our holy father any other auctorite of Christ or by the reason of his predecessor Peter then to preache Goddes worde As Christe cōpareth the vnderstonding of scripture vnto a key so compareth he it to a net te and vnto leuē and vnto many other thinges for certayne properties I mar uayle therfore that they boste not them selues of theyr nette and leuen as well as of theyr keyes for they at al one thi● ge But as Christe byddeth vs beware of the leuen of the pharises so beware of theyr cōterfayted keyes and of theyr false nette whiche are theyr tradicions and ceremonies theyr ●pocrisy and fal se doctryne wherwith they get not sou les vnto Christe but auctorite and ryches vnto them selues Let Christen kinges therfore kepe theyr faythe and truthe and all lawfull promyses and bondes not one with an other onely but euen with the Turke or what infidell it be For so it is r●ght be fore God as the scriptures and examples of the Bible testifieth Who soeue● vowe an vnlawfull vowe promyse an vnlawful promyse swere an vnlawful othe synneth agaynst God and ought therfore to breake it He nedeth not to sue to Rome for a lycence For he hathe Goddes worde and not a lycence only but also a commaundemēt to breake it They therfore y ● are sworn to be trew vnto Cardinals and Byshoppes that is to say false vnto God the kyng and the realme maye brake theyr othes law fully without grudge of conscience by the auctorite of Gods word In makyn ge them they synned but in repentynge and breakynge them they please God hyghly receyue forgyuenes in Christe Let kynges take theyr dutye of theyr subiectes that that is onely necessary vnto the defence of the realme Let thē rule theyr realmes thē selues withe the helpe of laye men that are sage wyse lerned and experte Is it not a shame aboue al shames and a monstruous thin ge that no man shulde be found able to gouerne a worldely kingdome saue Bis shoppes and prelates that haue forsa●ē the worlde and are taken oute of the worlde apoynted to preache the king dome of God Christ sayth y t his king dome is not of this worlde Iohn̄ xviii And Luke xii vnto the yong man that desyred hym to byd his brother to geue hym parte of the enheritaūce he answered who made me iudge or a deuyder a monge you No man that layth his hā de to the ploughe and lokethe backe is apte for the kingdom of heauē Luke ix No man can serue two maisters but he must dyspyse the one Math. vi To preach Goddes worde is to moche for halfe a man And to mynistre a tem porall kingdom is to moche for halfe a man also ▪ Eyther other requyreth an whol man One therfore cānot wel do both He that auengeth him selfe on eue ry tryfle is not mere to preache the paci ence of Christ howe that a man ought to forgyue and suffre all thynges He that is ouer whelmed with al maner ry ches and dothe but sike more dayly is not met to preach pouerte He that wil obey no mā is not me●e to preache how we ought to obeye all mē Peter sayth Act vi It is not mete that we shuld lea ue the word of God and serue at the ta bles Paul sayth in the. ix chapitre of y ● fyrst to the Cor. God sent me but to pre ache A terrible sayenge verely for Bis shopes and Prestes If he had sayd wo be to me yf I fyght not moue not prin ces vnto ware or yf I ēcrece not saynt Peters pa●rimony as they call it had bene a more easy sayenge for them Christe forbyddeth his discyples and y ● ofte as thou maist se Mathew xviii and also xx Marke ix and also x. Luke ix and also xxii Euen at his last soper not only to clyme a boue lordes kinges and Emperours in wordly rule but al so to exalte thē selues one aboue an other in the Kyngdome of God But in vayne for the Byshop of Rome wold not here it though he had cōmaunded it tē thousande tymes Gods worde shuld rule onely not Bishops decrees or the Bishoppe of Romes pleasure That ought they to preache purely and spiritually to fashion theyr lyues therafter and with all ensample of godly lyuinge and longe sufferinge to drawe al to christe and not to expounde the scrip tures carnally and wordly The thyrde Chapter Of the office and dutye of the chyldren towarde theyr parentes GOd whyche worketh all in all thynges for a secrete iudgement and purpose and for his godlye pleasure prouyded an houre that thy father and mother shulde come together to make the thorowe them He was present with the in thy mothers wombe and fashioned the and breathed lyfe in to the and for the great loue he had vnto the prouyded mylke in thy mo thers brestes for the agaynst thou were borne moued also thy father and mother and all other to loue

and thynne to preache ▪ Goddes worde and by thebyshoppes two horned myter whyche betokenethe the absolute and perfecte knowleage that they ought to haue in the new testament and the olde Be not these falsesygnes For they beare onely and teache not Yea sayth the Bishoppe of Rome yf they will not be ruled cyte thē to ap pereand pose them sharpely what they holde of the ceremonyes of confession of prayenge to sayntes of the masse for the quycke and the deade and suche lyke creaturs of our moste holy fathers If they myss● in any poynte make heretikes of them and burne them If they be of myne annoynted and beare my marke disgrasse them I wolde saye disgraduate them and after the example of noble Antiochus ii Mach. vii pare the crownes and the fyngers of thē and torm●nte them craftely and for very payne make them denye the truthe But now saye our Byshoppes because the truthe is come so farre abrode the laye people begynne to smell our wyles it is best to oppresse them with crafte secr●tely and tame them in pryson yea let vs fynde the meanes to haue them in the kynges pryson and to make treason of soch doctryne yea we must stere vp some warre one where or a nother to brynge the people in to a nother ymaginacyon If they be gentyll men abiure them secretely On the holy dayes whyche were ordayned to preache Goddes worde sette vp longe ceremonyes longe matenses longe masses and longe euensonges and all in laten that they vnderstonde not and rolle them in derken● that ye maye lede them whether ye wil● And lest suche thynges shoulde be tedyouse synge some saye some pype some rynge the belles and lulle them and rocke them a slepe And yet Paule .ii. Corinthi .xiiii. forbyddedth to speake in the Churche or congregacyon saue in the tonge that all vnderstande For the laye man thereby is not edyfied or taughte Howe shall the laye man saye amen saythe Paule to thy blessynge or thankes geuynge when he wotethe not what thou seyest He woteth not whether thou blesse or curse What then sayth the Byshoppe of Rome what care I for Paule I commaunde by the vertue of obedyence to reade the Gospell in Latine Let them not praye but in Latyne no not theyr Pater noster But thankes be to God that is well amended here in England Yf anye be sycke goo also and saye them a Gospell and all in Latyne yea to the very corne and frutes of the felde in the processyon weake preache the Gospell in Latyne Make the people beleue that it shall growe the better c. Oh moste wretched ypocrytes It is verely as good to preache it to swyne as to men yf thou preach it in a tonge they vnderstande not How shall I pre pare my selfe to Goddes commaundementes Howe shall I be thankfull to Chryste for hys kyndnes Howe shall I beleue the truth and promyses whyche God hathe sworne whyle thou tellest them vnto me in a tonge whyche I vnderstande not What then sayd my Lorde of Cantorbury to a preiste that woulde haue had the newe Testament gone forthe in Englyshe What sayde he woldeste thou that the laye people shulde wete what we do No fyghter whyche I suppose is sygnyfyed by the Crosse that is borne before the hye Prelares and borne before them in processyon Is that also not a false sygne What realme can be in peace for suche turmoylers What so lytle a Paryshe is it but they wyll pycke one quarell or another wyth thē other for some syrples cresome or can dell other for one tryfle or other and cyte them to the arches Traytours they are to all creatures and haue a secrete conspyratyon betwene them selues One crafte they haue to make many Kyngdomes and small and to noryshe olde tytles or quarels that they may euer moue them to warre at theyr pleasure And yf muche landes by any chaunce fall to one man euer to caste a bone in the waye that he shall neuer be able to obtayne it as we nowe se in the Emperoure Why For as longe as the kynges be small yf God wolde open the eyes of anye to set a reformacyon in hys realme then shoulde the Byshoppe of Rome interdicte hys londe and sende in other Princes to cō quere it Not geuen to fylthy lucre but abhorrynge couetousnes And as Peter saythe i. Petri. v. Takynge the ouerfyghte of them not as thoughe ye were compelled therunto but willingly Not for desyre of fylthy lucre but of a good mynde not as thoughe ye were lordes ouer the Paryshes c. O Peter Peter thou waste to longe a Fyssher thou waste neuer broughte vp at the arches neyther waste mayster of the rolles nor yet Chaunceler of Englande But they are not contente to folow the but wyll raygne ouer Kynge and Emperoure and the hole earth and calenge auctoryte also in Heauen and in Hell It is not ynough for them to raig ne ouer all that are quycke but haue created them a Purgatory to raygne also ouer the deed to haue one kyngdome more then God hym selfe hadde Thys abhorring of couetousnes is syg nyfied as I suppose by shauynge and shearynge of theyr heare that they haue no superfluyte But is not thys also a false sygne Yea verely it is to thē a remembraunce to shere and shaue to hepe benefyce vppon benefyce promocyon vpon promocyon dygnite vppon dygnite Thus they as vnsacyable beastes not vnmyndful why they were shauen and shoren because they wyll stande at no mannes grace or be in any mannes daunger haue gotten in to theyr owne handes fyrste the tyte or tenthe of all the realme Marke well howe many personages or vycarages are there in the realme whyche at the leste haue a ploughe lande a pece Then not the laudes of Byshoppes cathedrall churches sump tuous Coleges Chauntryes and frechapels Besydes all thys howe many chaplaynes do Gentylmen fynde at they re owne cost in theyr houses Howe many synge for soules by testamētes Thē the prouynge of testamentes the praysynge of goodes the Byshop of Cantorburies prerogatiue Is that not moche through the realme in a yerer Four offeryng dayes and preuy tythes Ther is no seruaunte but that he shall paye somewhat of hys wages None shall receyue the body of Christe at Ester be he neuer so poore a begger or neuer so yonge a lad or mayde but they muste paye somewhat for it And yet what parsone or vycare is there that wyl for get to haue a pygyn house to pecke vp some what bothe at sowyng tyme and at herueste when corne is rype They wyll forget nothynge No man shall dye in theyr dette or yf any man do he shall pay it when he is deed They wyl lose nothynge Why It is Gods it is not theyrs Then bedrolles then crysome chyrchynges banes weddynges offerynge at weddynge offerynge at buryenges offerynge to ymages offerynge of waxe and