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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11613	An epistle wrytten by Iohn Scory the late bishope of Chichester vnto all the faythfull that be in pryson in Englande, or in any other troble for the defence of Goddes truthe wherin he dothe as well by the promises of mercy as also by thensamples of diuerse holy martyres, comfort, encorrage & strengt[h]e them paciently for Christes sake to suffer the manifolde cruell and moste tyra[n]nous persecutio[n]s of ye Antichristian tormentours: exhorting them to contynue in faythfull prayers, innocency of lyfe, pacience, and hope, that God maye the rather deliuer them, restore againe the light of his gospell to Englande, and confounde all the proude, beastly, & deuelishe enterprises of Antichristes garde, that doo imagine nothing els but ye subuersion of the gospell of Christ, and contynually thruste for the bloud of all true Christians.	Scory, John, d. 1585.	1555 (1555)	STC 21854; ESTC S101221	11,967	32

trippyng and daūsyng so nycely with your fete that can not endure that a blast of the north east wynd in the wynter or that the funne beames in the sommer should ones touche the bare of your owne stynkyng carcases and yet be so mercyles to the poore membres of Christ to honest godly quiet and obedient subiectes that neuer offended you that would fayne by all meanes please you so that they might not therby displease God that praye continually to God for your amendement so mercyles I saye that you put them into the mouthes of moste bloudy rauenyng wolfes most currishe hocherlidogges to be baited harried torne in peces to be spoyled robbed of landes houses lyuynges lybertie goodes and countreye to be pinched pyned in stynking prisons with stockes fetters chaines rackes colde famine and other rigorous tormentes to be strangled with halters to spille theyr innocent bloude wyth swordes axes to burne them quicke to ashes Go to I saye you tender parnelles that be nowe so tender daintie ouer your owne vyle fleshe Ephe. 5. and. 1. 1. Cor. 6. and so mercyles to the fleshe bloud bones bodies and membres of Christ temples of the holy Goost tell me what wyll ye do in the tyme of the visitacion and destruccion Esa 10. Pro. 1. that shal come vpon you sodaynly lyke a storme tempest To whom wyl ye rūne for helpe or to whome wyll ye gyue your honour that he maye kepe it that ye come not among the prisoners or lye among the deade Esa 66. Mar. 9. Tel me I praye you howe well you shal be able to endure that vnquencheable fyre wherin for your manyfolde blodye tyrannies murtheryng of Goddes people you shall most certaynly burne worlde wtout ende with wepyng wayling gnashinh of tethe Math. ●● which are prepared for the deuil hys aūgels Neither shall your Romishe pardons nor your Sodomitical massemōgers with al theyr trōpery be able to plucke you out of the fyry lake When as ye shall se the ryghteous stande in great stedfastnes agaynst you Sap. 5. that haue dealt so extremely with them and takē awaye theyr labours when you beyng vexed wyth an horrible feare and wonderyng at the sodayne health glorious kyngdome beautiful crowne whych the ryghteous shal receyue at the Lordes hande and gronyng for very distresse anguyshe of mynde shall saye wythin your selues These are they whome we sometyme had in derision and iested vpō We fooles thought their life very madnes theyr ende to be wtout honour but lo howe they are counted among the chyldrē of God and theyr porcion is among the sayntes Therfore we haue erred from the waye of trueth the lyght of ryghteousnes hathe not shyned vnto vs and the sunne of vnderstandyng rose not vpon vs. We haue wearyed our selues in the waye of wyckednes and destruccion Tedious wayes haue we gone but the waye of the Lorde we haue not knowen What good hath our pryde done vnto vs or what profyte hathe the pompe of ryches brought vs al those thynges are passed awaye lyke a shadowe c. O ye proude and bloudy Papistes suche miserable wordes shal ye speake beyng in hell and burnyng in fyre vnquencheable wyth the deuell hys aungels whose kyngdome you haue promoted maynteyned and defended Wherfore deare brethren be not greued at theyr moste vayne pompous Psal 37. And. 73. and shorte pryde and glorious welthe thorowe the whyche they are become so maliciously wood to practise dayly suche furious monstrous madnesse and tyrannye agaynst the Lorde Christ hys Gospell hys pure membres but consydre ye the most horrible endes of Pharao Exod. 14. 1. Reg. 31. 2. Mac. 9. Act. 2. Euse eccl Li. 9. ca. 9 Theod. li. 4. cap. 25. Saul Antiochus Herode Maxencius Iulianus the apostata and suche other tyrauntes whose endes the tyrauntes of the Popishe Sodomites and princes of Gomorra wyl shortly folowe And so thou shalt haue iuste cause rather to lamēt the most myserable state wherin they are now holdē captiue of Satan than to folowe theyr cursed cruelenterpryses The Lorde sayeth Dauid hath set them in a slippery place Psal 73. that he maye caste them downe headlynges and destroye them O howe sodenly do they consume peryshe and come to a fearfull ende yea euen as a dreame whā one awaketh So makest thou theyr ymage to vanishe out of the cytie Thys had Dauid founde true by erperience therfore in an other psalme Psal 37. I my selfe sayeth he haue sene the vngodly in great power floryshe lyke a grene Baye tree but I went by lo he was gone I sought him but he coulde no where be foūde Kepe ye therfore innocency and take hede vnto the thyng that is ryght Sit stil be quyet and pacient embrace kysse the Lordes rodde Esa 30. For in quyetnesse and in hope sayeth the Lorde shall your strength lye Call vpon God wythout ceassyng and in your prayers be myndfull of the afflicted oppressed scatered churche of Christ whych is nowe once agayne almost rooted vp by the wylde Bore of Rome Psal 80. and other of that swynishe generacion that God for hys mercy sake maye yet agayne yf it be hys blessed wyll buylde vp the walles of the Englyshe Ierusalem Psal 50. and. 124. and turne aways the captiuitie of our Syon ¶ The God of all grace 1. Pet. 5. whych hathe called you vnto hys eternall glory by Christ Iesu shal hys owne selfe after ye haue suffred a lytle affliccion make you parfyte setle strengtht and stablyshe you To hym be glorye and dominion for euer and whyle the world endure Amen The peace of God the strength and cōforte of the holy Goost Ephi 6. be wyth you al that loue the Lorde Iesus in purenes AMEN Apoca. 22. Veni Domme Iesu cito Anno. 1555.