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A19367	A supplication exhibited to the most mightie Prince Philip king of Spain &c. VVherin is contained the summe of our Christian religion, for theprofession whereof the Protestants in the lowe Countries of Flaunders, &c. doe suffer persecution, vvyth the meanes to acquiet and appease the troubles in those partes. There is annexed An epistle written to the ministers of Antwerpe, which are called of the confession of Auspurge, concerning the Supper of our sauiour Iesus Christ. VVritten in French and Latine, by Anthonie Corronus of Siuill, professor of Diuinitie.	Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591.; Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591. Epistle or godlie admonition, to the pastoures of the Flemish Church in Antwerp. aut	1577 (1577)	STC 5791; ESTC S116690	149,833	422

in the duties of loue charitie of one towards an other to the which places al the works studies of the electe and faythfull bée referred and aptely applyed as Paule doth teache Rom. 12. Galath 5. Colos 3. where hée saith If therfore ye be risen againe with Christe séeke after those things whiche be aboue where Christe sitteth at the right hande of God set your affection on thinges aboue not on things on the earthe for you are dead and your life is hid with Christe in God whensoeuer Christ whiche is oure life shall appeare then shall you also appere with him in glory Mortifie therfore your earthly members fornication vncleannesse wantonnesse euil concupiscence and couetousnesse whiche is the worshypping of Images for the which things sake the vengeance of God is come vpon the children of disobediēce In which vices ye also walked sometime when ye liued in them but nowe put ye all wrath enuie malice blasphemie filthy communication out of your mouthlye not one to another after ye haue put of that olde manne and hys workes and putte ouer the newe man whiche is renued into the knowlege according to the Image of him that made him where is neither Iewe nor Grecian circumcision nor vncircumcision Barbarian Scithian bonde nor frée but Christe is all are all put ye on therefore as it becommeth the electe of God holy and beloued bowels of mercie kindenesse humblenesse of minde longsuffering forbearing one another forgiuing one another if any haue a quarell against another euen as Christ hath forgiuē you so also do ye aboue a● things put on loue which is the bōd of perfectnesse let the defēce of god haue victory in your harts to the which we are also called to be one bodye and sée that yée bée thankefull let the worde of Christ dwell in you abundauntly with all wisedome teaching admonishing your own selues with psalmes and himnes and spirituall songs singing and giuing thankes and praises vnto god in your harts whatsoeuer yée shall doe or say do it in the name of the Lorde Iesu giuing thankes vnto God the father throughe him And these saye I are the good workes of the faithfull not the superstitious ceremonies of hypocrites Behold most gracious soueraigne summarily and briefly the righteousnesse of a Christiā man from whom all these controuersies almoste throughout al Christendome haue gone as out of a heade or spring specially in youre maiesties lowe Countries whereby youre highenesse may well perceiue if it maye please you to make comparison of oure doctrine and theyrs that it is no trifle that is in question béetwixte vs neither doe wée contende of pleasure or will in a matter wherein we hazarde bothe life and goods nor it is no small or peltyng quarrell for riches or anye possessions For they that follow thys profession and are zealous in this religion are disinherited of their auntient and rightefull inheritaunces But herein consisteth the knotte of all oure controuersies in that we affirme all our whole studye and endeuoure to tende to this ende that wée might perfectely and absolutelye enioye that moste perfecte and absolute benefit of Christe bestowed vppon vs and wholly possesse and enioy him in such wise as our heauenly father hath giuen him vnto vs and that we shoulde moste diligently and aboue all things take héede that wée be not broughte in opinion to purchase our saluation by golde or siluer by the vaine and superstitious doctrine of men And now I referre it to your Maiesties good iudgement and consideration whether this our most iuste defence and well meaning and our earneste zeale of godlinesse haue deserued thus sundry wayes to be persecuted by imprisonment exile rackes tortures fire and sworde to rid vs out of the waye whiche haue no other care of oure lyues but that wée maye fyrste and principallye gyue God hys due honoure that is to worship hym in spirite and truth and nexte thereto sub●itte themselues with all humilitie vn● your Maiestie be obedient vnto you ●nd doe to your highnesse all loyall and ●utifull seruice with most willing minds ●nd hartie good wil as faithfull subiectes 〈◊〉 their naturall Prince It maye there●ore please your Maiestie of your grati●us goodnesse to consider whether it b●e a matter incident and apperteining to your ●ffice and princely vocation with equitie ●nd fauour to heare and to dete●mine ●his so waightie a matter where●n consisteth the life and safetie of youre Subiects or to permitte them to be taken as it were perforce out of your Maiesties hands and iurisdiction and without declaration of any iust cause to be tormented with all kinde of tortures and exquisite deuises of tirannye whose onely request ●s to haue the controuersie for the waightinesse therof decided by your maiesties determination and defi●●tiue sentence It is writen of Salomon that puisaunt and wise Prince vnto whom manye men resorted out of farre Countries only to sée him for the reporte was made of him the admiration that all men ha● him in for his passing and excellent wisedome when the two poore women wer● in strife for the liue childe to whyche o● them two it shoulde appertaine that h● disdained not to call them before him into his chamber of presence and estate to ende the controuersie by his moste wise 〈◊〉 notable sentence iudgement Whos● example herein ought to be a president● to directe your maiestie in this our case● and to moue your grace to the deuision 〈◊〉 determination of al quarrels controuersies now depending betwixt your maiesties Subiects For as that most wise Kyng did easily discerne betwixte the true mother the false after he vnderstoode that the harlot forced not if the King shoulde award that the liue childe should be deuided into two parts euen so may your maiestie easly perceiue that the church of Rome which falsely challengeth vnto hir selfe the name of the Catholike Churche is not the true mother that bringeth foorth Gods children bycause shée doeth not onely not shewe some louyng affection and pitifull compassion towardes ●hose being not contented notwithstan●ing she make accompte of them as of hir ●un to sée them dailye condemned exe●uted most cruelly but also moueth and stirreth vppe Princes and Potentates ●o practise all tyrannye vppon them ar●eth and entertayneth men of warre to ●estroy them bloweth the coales and kindleth the flame hirselfe lyke a moste cruell stepdame to consume the children that belong not to hir If then the Pope be our holy father if he be the shepheard of Gods flocke why doeth he rather desire to kill them than with moste louing and gentle persuasiō labor to allure them home to the folde of Chr●ste And therefore we make our humble request petition to your maiesty most gratious our most dread soueraigne to imitate this exāple of Salomō to take vpō you the hearing deciding of our cause forasmuch as this mother Churche of Rome or to terme

had neuer séene mée nor knowne me before haue bene very beneficiall towardes me as if they had bene fathers vnto me or some speciall friendes And therefore I haue no cause to thinke my selfe a straunger or pilgrime in those places whether the Lorde hymselfe hathe broughte me and so prouided for me that he hath stirred me vp many friends and wel willers in places wher I do becom who like so well of me and my company that they bothe visite manye times very curteously and entertain me lesse friendly when I resorte vnto them The whiche thyng was a speciall occasion that moued me to go to Antwarp for I went not thither of any vnconstancy or flitting brayne neyther came I béefore I was welcome vppon any purpose to trouble the state of the common wealth with nouelties and innouations or to helpe forwarde the tumultes that then were raysed and to make them worse For I protest vnto youre Maiesty vpon myne othe and will besides proue by euident testimony that I was earnestly required by many mēs letters and entreaties to come to thys Citie aboue foure moneths ere I came thither and therfore if your maiestie haue conceiued anye sinister opinion of my comming thither by meane of some false and vntrue reportes I besech your maiestie to remoue the same For this is and euer hathe béene and shall be my minde and will to serue and obey your maiestie and especiallye to preach the Gospell of peace As for tumultes sedition rebellion and discorde I abhorre them from my hearte and detest them worse than a tode or present plague neither was I euer of that minde that any good coulde arise to the encrease and setting forwarde of the Gospell by sedition and discorde but that it was a great hindraunce rather to manye weake consciences and an vtter vndooing to the whole estate of the common weale as I haue alwaies thoughte and taughte bothe priuately and openly as often as opportunitie serued me thereto Mary true it is that I am at this present purposed to departe againe for though the great good will and curtesie which the Citizens and others of this Countrey doe shewe mée as also the earneste zeale and affection they beare towardes mée doeth ioye mée maruelously yet notwithstanding séeing suche preparation on eche side of men for war and hearing nothing but the sound of armoure and that there is nothyng in euerye mans mouthe but horse and armoure and Souldiours shotte and pellet and preparation to besiege and to batter holdes and castels to make ●poile and hauocke of all to kill and slaye ●n all sides I thoughte it better for mée to wante my deare friendes than to bée tossed in thys sorte and ouerwhelmed with these tempestuous troubles Finallye he that is faultlesse and giltlesse in his own conscience hath no néede to craue any pardon And I take God to my iudge and recorde that I haue pretermitted no part of my duty as I trust that appertayned to me to shew towards my Prince and Soueraigne Neither wyll I at anye tyme when occasion shall be offered be afraide or ashamed to shew my face in youre presence or béefore anye whome it shall please youre Maiestie to appoint to enquire of my faythe and conscience bycause I sustayne my selfe wyth assurance of an vprighte conscience the whyche if it shall in anye pointes disagrée from the determinations of the late councell of Trent or from the Romishe doctrine I force no greatly thereof sith they are aduersarie● to the doctrine of the Gospell Neyther resteth it in the power of man to bée abl● to beleue euerye thyng what hymself● willeth or listeth For the spirite of God ingrafteth and imprinteth in our heartes and mindes whatsoeuer is requisite and necessarye for vs to beléeue whose suggestion I earnestlye wythstoode aboue twentye moneths before I departed ou● of Spaine when as by my poore worldly wisdome and pollicie suche as it was I foresawe long before what greate perills bothe of life and goods hung ouer my heade if I should forsake the Popes religion and flée to Christes folde For as the Apostle warneth vs Such as wyl purelye and sincerely worshippe Christe all their life shal incurre the hatred and displeasure of manye Howbeit there is a singular comfort remaining vnto those that are faithfull in Iesu Christe whiche reuealeth their consciences whē they are assured that these things happē not vnto them throughe their owne deserte Neither is there anye man I thinke moste mightie prince which in his own ●orrupte sense and iudgement would not ●ishe to followe some pleasing and plau●ble religion suche as shoulde fansie the ●eople and offende none But forasmuch ●s it hathe so pleased Almightie God by ●ys diuine prouidence to saue mankinde ●nd to preserue hym from euerlasting pe●ill throughe Iesus Christe crucified so ●hat they bée partakers of hys death and ●assion to the ende they might bée lyke●ise partakers of hys resurrection it re●teth not in the power of the elect those ●hat are adopted into the inheritaunce of ●he euerlasting Kyngdome to suppresse ●he force of the spirite and to hinder hys worke or breake his purpose and course which vseth his force and efficacy in their mindes that bée thus elected and chosen forasmuche as calling and adoption of God is franke and frée without respecte ●f fauour or desert of any for God whom ●e will doeth lighten and whom he will ●e blindeth and who is then able to resiste hym And doeth not youre highenesse thin● that your subiectes of the lowe countrie are hartily sorie and inwardely grieue to sée your Maiestie abhorre their relig●on whiche is built of so sure and certai● a grounde woulde they not be conten● with al their heartes to purchase your fauoure and good will wyth the losse of a that euer they be worthe that it myght be lawfull for them wyth safe conscienc● to serue God sincerely according to hy● prescript worde● suppose you it not 〈◊〉 maruellous griefe vnto them to want their owne naturall Country their parentes children and wiues and to wander they wotte not whether without an● certain place of abode resiāce to hau● their life in hazard euery houre Howbei● they are miserably tormēted in their conscience and do féele terrible threates o● gods spirit that set before their eies the euerlasting torments prepared for them tha● for fauor and pleasing of men forsake th● knowne truth or defile the seruice honour they owe vnto God by intermedling it wyth Idolatrie and superstition Wherefore in moste humble manner I ●eséeche youre Maiestie moste gracious Prince to haue compassion vppon youre ●oore afflicted subiectes of the low coun●ry whiche séeke to liue wyth a frée con●cience who if they coulde bée perswaded that the doctrine of the Romishe Church were pure and holy or holsome for their soules I am very well perswaded and ●are affirme vnto youre Maiestie in their behalfe they woulde neuer giue you nor ●ny of your officers any occasiō at all to

euen so shall be the sacrificature and sacrifice for expiation of our sinnes Thirdly they receyue in the Supper the seale of ratification and confirmation of grace with reconciliation pronoūced by the preaching of the Gospel to the ende that by such meane fayth might be augmented in them séeing that God is ●●t ●nelye contented to giue them the ●orde of reconciliation to assigne his ●●omise● with the bloude of his proper ●●nne but hath also signed and sealed his Gospell of re●onciliation with seales de●laring in a wonderfull maner the very ●hings conteyned in the letters patentes ●nd promise of the Gospell and happye ●ewes Fourthly the faithfull sée in the holy ●upper as in a table and liuely portrait ●he communion and participation which ●hey haue inwardly in their hearts with ●esus Christ knowing also that all the ●uriture and spiritual vigor which they ●e in them commes of the presence of ●●m whome they consider and beholde fi●ured and represented in the holye and sa●red ceremonie of the Supper by meane ●f which consideration they render than●es to the Lorde for the fayth hope ●ortification and constancie which they ●éele to be communicated to them by the ●ower and benignitie of him that dwel●eth in them And by this meane their faith being augmented they particip●t● more and more with Iesus Christ ●nc● receyued Finally they learne in the holy Supper the vnitie and charitie whiche w● ought to haue one with another And seing we protest in the receyte of the holy Sacrament to be one body one church members of one soueraigne head Iesu● Christ it is good reason also that we learn● to imitate the Sympathia and mutual cōpassion whiche we dailye sée in our humaine bodies whereof if one of our armes be hurt the other serueth and comforteth it the féete refusing their prope● office to marche and go are content 〈◊〉 kéepe themselues in bed to the ende th● arme being hurt may be in rest the st●macke is satisfied with a slender repas● to the end to ease that part that is distresed in effect euery one of the outward inward members do so accōmodate the office and function to the ease and comfort of the hurt place that in them may be noted a wonderful harmony leag●● of one part with another the same al● being liuely represented and expresly re●ōmended vnto vs in the celebration of ●he holy Supper of the Lord to the ende ●hat euery one of vs may with most di●●gent care labour to preserue the vnity ●f the bodye of Christ supporting one ●nother may learne to couer the faults ●f our brethrē pardon their wrongs not 〈◊〉 rebuke and exaggerate too much their ●●norances but rather to interpret them 〈◊〉 the best and to teache them with cha●itie Let vs learne in the celebration of ●he holy sacramēt to make vs partakers ●f the afflictions and persecutions of our ●rethren whome we confesse in the re●eife of the supper to be the members of Christ with vs. Behold here in effect my deare bre●hren one parte of the spirituall fruites ●hat the children of God receyue in the ●eceite of the Supper of our Lord truly administred and simplye vnderstanded ●nowing right well that Christ had no other meaning in the institutiō of those ●acraments than to manifest by visible wordes as Saint Augustine sayeth the good wil of God towards them that is purge washe and make them cleane 〈◊〉 the water of his grace and by the blou● of his proper sonne to conioyne knit● and incorporate them with him euen 〈◊〉 the meate is made one thing with ou● flesh in such sort that euē as by the ex●rior preaching of the Gospell the Lor● doth offer and presente to all the worl● the benefit of reconciliation by Christ like maner the sacramentes be as a tab● or open shop wherin the benignitie me●cie and charitie of our God be exposed 〈◊〉 euery one offered and represented liu●ly in the tables And miserable shall th● be who not searching the life and liuel● refection and true washing within d● embrace the corruptible and deceyuab● elements and double miserable shall th● be who naming themselues Doctors 〈◊〉 the truth and pastors of the troupe 〈◊〉 GOD woulde féede the soules of the● shéepe with meates that will perishe a●● corrupt But nowe to returne to our purpo● begon I tooke occasion my dere belou●● brethren to write you these few lines as ●eing the small fruite of my request on ●our behalfe when I spake to Monsieur Mathias Yllyricus who was sayd to be the ●uperintendent of your Churche wyth ●home I persuaded very modestlye to ●●ew vnto you and consider himselfe the ●●fancie of this Churche persecuted and ●●reatened on euerye side assayled with ●any enimies and battred with diuersi●●e of opinions with aduise besides that ●●e time was more proper to preach and ●eache to the people the fayth and hope ●hich we ought to vse to mortifie oure ●icked affections with a regarde of care 〈◊〉 intertaine the league of charitie one ●ith another than to imparte with the ●●mple and ignorant sort such debates and ●uestions as we haue raysed vppon the ●atter of our confessions Séeing with●ll that such dissentions are rather pro●ounced of a iollitie of the hearte to pre●erre eloquence and procure to our sel●es a peculiar estimation amongst men ●han of purpose necessarie for the edifi●ation of our pietie which albeit he séemed to like of with a disposition to admitte and performe my requestes yet contrarilye I sée he is eyther the author or instigator of a cōfession of faith which you haue set abroache in this Church of Antwerpe in whiche confession I can not only finde any one poynt of the thrée mentioned in my conference with him but also it semes to certen that you haue raised this confession expresly to trouble this poore afflictted Church The Lorde of his goodnes giue you true knowledge and repentance of that which you doe for touching the chiefe poynt of our religion that is to say Fayth I finde not in your confessiō many texts nor places which kindle the hart of man to imbrace the doctrine of Iesus Christe A thing which I coulde easily appointe with my finger if I woulde as vainely employe my tyme in confutation as I sée a number do at this day in disputation only I thanke GOD that by other meanes he hath taught me the doctrine of his truth ▪ for if at my first arriuall I had encountred your confessiō of faith to learne m● to be a christian I could not haue much profited in a lesson of faith so full of questions debates and dissentions Deare brethren if you will with iudgement reade ouer that which your author hath writtē in your name you shall finde that neither Scotus nor any other Sophisters of the Papists haue so much ●ndarkned the doctrine of Iesus Christ nor cladde it with so many questions as certaine of you haue done whereof for example let vs suruey briefly