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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

The lamentacion of a sinner made by y e 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 the earnest requeste of the right honourable Lord William Parre Marquesse of North Hampton Wiliam Cicill hauing taken muche profit by y e reading of this treatyse folowing wisheth vnto euery christian by y e reading therof like profit with increase from god MOste gentle Christian reader yf matiers shoulde be rather confirmed by their reporters than the reportes warraunted by the maters I might iustely bewayle our tyme wherin euil deades be well woorded and good actes euill cleped But synce truthe is y e thinges be not good for their prayses but be praysed for their goodnes I doe not moue the to lyke this christian treatise bycause I haue mynde to prayse it but I exhorte the to mynde it for the goodnes thou shalt allowe it for whose likinge I labour not to obteyne only moued by my example their iudgement I regarde chieflye confirmed by by the matier Truely our tyme is so disposed to graunte good names to euill fruites and excellente termes to meane workes that neyther can good dedes enioye their due names being defrauded by the euill neyther excellente workes can possesse their worthy termes beinge forstalled by the meane In so muche that men seeke rather howe muche they can then howe muche they ought to saye inclininge more to their pleasure thē to theyr iudgement and to shewe them selues rather elo●uent then the matier good so that neyther the goodnes of the cause can moue them to saye more neyther the euilnes lesse For if the excellencye of this christian contemplacion eyther for y e goodnes herin to maruaill appering eyther for the proffyt herupon to the reader ensewinge shoulde be with due commendacion folowed I of necessitie shoulde eyther trauayle to fynde oute newe wordes the olde being anticipated by euill matiers or wishe that the commen speache of praysing were spared vntill conuenient maters were founde to spende it suche is the plentye of praysing and scarcenes of deseruing Wherfore lackinge the manner in woordes and not the matier in deade of high commēdacion I am compelled to kepe in my iudgemente with sylence trusting whō my reaport coulde not haue moued to lyke thys present treatise the worthines of the matier shal compell to geue it honour Any earthely manne woulde sone be stirred to see some mistery of magike or practise of alchumye or perchaunce some enchauntemente of Elementes But thou whiche art christened hast here a wonderful mistery of the mercy of god a heuenly practise of regeneracion a spirituall Enchauntement of the grace of god Yf Ioye and tryumphes be shewed when a kinges childe is borne to the worlde what Ioye is sufficient when goddes childe is regenerated from heauen Th one is fleshe whiche is borne of fleshe The other is spirite whiche is borne of Spirit The one also shall wither like y e grasse of the yearth in shorte tyme the other shal lyue in heauen beyond al time Yf the finding of one lost shepe be more ioyfull then the hauing of ninetie and nyne what Ioye is it to consyder the returne of a straye childe of almightye god whose returne teacheth the nyentie and nine to come to their folde Euen suche cause of Ioye is this that the Aungells in heauen take comforte herin be thou therfore ioyfull where a noble childe is newlie borne shewe thy selfe gladde where the lost shepe hathe wunne the hole flocke be thou not sad wherin Aungelles reioyce Here mayst thou see one if the kinde maye moue the a woman if degre may prouoke the a woman of highe estate by birthe made noble by mariage most noble by wisdome godly by a mighty king an excellent Quene by a famous Henry a renoumed Katheryne a wife to hym that was a kinge to realmes refusinge the worlde wherin she was loste to obteyne heauen wherin she maye be saued abhorringe synne whiche made her bounde to receyue grace wherby she may be fre dispising fleshe the cause of corrupcion to put on the spirite y e cause of sanctificacion forsaking ignoraunce wherin she was blind to come to knowledge wherby she may se remouing supersticion wherwith she was smothered to enbrace trew Religion wherwith she may reuiue The fruit of thys treatise good Reader is thye amendment this only had the writer is satisfied This good lady thought no shame to detect her sinne to obteyne remissiō no vilenes to become nothing to be a mēbre of hī which is al thinges is all no folye to forget the wisdome of the worlde to lerne the Simplicitie of the gospel at the last no displeasauntnes to submyt her selfe to the scole of the Crosse the learning of the crucifixe the booke of our redēpciō y e very obsolute library of goddes mercye and wisdome Thys way thought she her honour encreased and her state permanente to make her yearthlye honour heauenly and neglect the transitorye for the euerlastynge Of this I woulde the warned that y e profit may ensewe These greate misteries and graces be not well perceyued except they be suerly studied neyther be they perfectly studied except they be diligently practised neither profitablye practysed without amendement Se lerne hereby what she hath doone then mayst thou practise and amend that thou canst do so shalt thou practise with ease hauing a guyde amende w t profit hauing a zeale It is easyer to see these then to learne begynne at the easyest to come to the harder see thou her confession that thou maist lerne her repētaunce practyse her perseueraunce that thou mayst haue lyke amendemente displease thy selfe in eschewing vice that thou mayste please god in askynge grace let not shame hinder thy confessiō whiche hindred not the offence be thou sure yf we knowledge our sinnes god is faythful to forgiue vs and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnes obey y e prophetes saying declare thy wayes to the lord Thus far thou maist learne to knowe thy selfe next this be thou as diligent to releiue thye selfe in goddes mercy as thou hast bē to reuele thy selfe in thine owne repentaunce For god hath cōcluded al thinges vnder sinne because he woulde haue mercy vpon al who hath also borne our sinnes in his body vpon the tre y t we shoulde be delyuered from sinne shoulde lyue vnto rightwisnes by whose stripe we be healed here is oure anker here is our shepeherd here we be made hole here is our life our redempcion our saluacion and our blisse let vs therfore nowe fede by thys gracious quenes example and be not ashamed to become in confession publicanes since thys noble lady wil be no Pharesie And to all ladies of estate I wishe as ernest minde to folow our quene in vertue as in honour that they might once appere to prefer god before the worlde and be honorable

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 worshipped in spirit and truthe Christ

great zealebearers to god Yf this were the greatest euill of these younglinges it were not the moste euyl but I feare they be so blynde and ignoraunte that they are offended also at good thinges and iudge nothing good but suche as they enbrace esteme to be good with murmuringe against al suche as folow not their wayes Yf there be any of this sort the lord geue thē light of his truth y t they may encrease grow in godly strength I suppose if suche yōglinges vnperfect had sene Christ and his disciples eate meate w t vnwashed hādes or not to haue fasted with y e Phariseis they would haue ben offēded seīg him a breaker of mēnes tradiciōs their affections dispose their eies to se through other men they se nothing in thēselues where charitie although it be moste fullest of eyes to see the faultes of others whome it coueteth to amēde thinketh none euil but discretely and rightly interpreteth all thynges by y e which more iustly truly euery thing is takē Now these supersticious weaklinges yf they had ben cōuersaūt with Christ seen him leade his liefe sumtime with wemē sumtime with Samaritanes w t Publicanes sinners with the phariseis they woulde haue murmured at him Also yf they had sene Mary powre vpon Christ the preciouse oyntmente they would haue sayde with Iudas this oyntmente might haue bene solde and geuē to the poore Yf they also had sene Christ with whippes driue out of the temple those that bought and sould they woulde furthwith haue iudged Christ to haue ben troubled and moued with angre and not by zeale of charitie How would they haue bene offended yf they had seen him gooen to the Iewes feast heale a syckeman vpon the Saboth daye practyse with the woman of Samary ye and shew vnto her of his moste diuine doctrine and life They woulde haue taken occasion to haue hated and persecuted hym as the Scribes and Phariseis dyd And euen so shoulde Christe the Sauioure of the worlde haue bene to them an offence and ruine There be an other kynde of litleones vnperfect which are offēded after this sorte and maner as when they see one that is reputed and estemed holy to commit synne furthwith they learne to doe that and worse and waxe colde in doing of good and confirme thēselues in euil then they excuse their wicked lyfe publishyng the same with the sclaūder of theyr neyghbor If eny mā reproue them they saye suche a man dyd this and worse So it is euident that suche persōs would denye Christe yf they sawe other men do the same If they went to Rome and saw the enormities of the prelates whiche is sayde to reigne there emonges I doubte not yf they sawe one of them sinne which were reputed and takē for holy theyr fayth shoulde be loste but not the fayth of Christ which they neuer possessed but they should lease that humayne opinion whiche they had of the goodnes of prelates For yf they had the faythe of Christe the holye ghoste shoulde be a witnes vnto them which should be mighty in them that in case all the world would denye Christ they woulde remayne firme stable in the true faith The phariseis also toke occasion of y e euil of others to waxe hautie proude taking thēselues to be men of greater perfection thē any other bicause of their vertue euen as the Pharisei did whē he sawe the publicanes submission and so they be offended with euerye litle thinge iudging euill murmuring agaynst their neyghbour and for the same they are of manye reputed and taken for the more holy and good wheras in deade they be the more wicked The most wicked persons are offended euen at themselues for at their litle stabilitie in goodnes and of their detestable and euill lyfe they take occasion to despayre Where they oughte the more to commit themselues to god asking mercye for theyr offences And furthwith to gyue thankes y t it hath pleased him of his goodnes to suffer them so lōg a tyme. But what neadeth it any more to saye the euyll men are offended euē at the workes of god They see god suffer synners therfore thinke they sinne displeaseth him not And because they se not the good rewarded with riches oftentymes they imagin that god loueth them not it seameth to them god is parciall because he hath elected sum and sum reproued And therfore they saye that the elected be sure of saluacion takyng by y t occasion to do euyl ynough saying whatsoeuer god hath determined shal be perfourmed Yf also they see the good men oppressed and the euill men exalted they iudge god vniust taking occasion to lyue euelly saying inasmuche as god fauoureth the naughty men let vs doe euyll ynough to th entent he dooe vs good Yf then the wicked be offended euen at god it is no wondre yf they be offended at those that folow walke in his pathes and wayes Nowe I will speake with greate dolour and heuynes in my harte of a sorte of people whiche be in the worlde that be called professors of the gospell by theyr wordes doe declare and shewe they be muche affected to the same But I am afrayed sum of them do builde vpon the sand as Simon Magus did making a weake foundacion I meane they make not Christe their chiefest foundacion professing hys doctryne of a sincere pure and zelous mynde but eyther for bycause they woulde be called gospellers to procure sum credit good opinions of the true and very fauourers of Christes doctrine eyther to finde out sum carnall libertie eyther to be contencious disputers fynders or rebukers of other mennes fautes orelles finally to please and flatter the worlde suche gospellers are an offence and a ●klaunder to the worde of God and make the wicked to reioyce and laugh at theym saying behold I praye you theyr fayre frutes What charitie what discrecion what godlynes holynes or puritie of life is amongst thē Be they not great auēgears foule glottons slaunderers backbyters aduouterers fornicatours swearers and blasphemers yea and wallow and tumble in al sinnes These be y e fruites of theyr doctrine And thus it may be seene how the worde of GOD is euill spokē of through licencious and euil liuing and yet the worde of God is all holye pure sincere and godlye beyng the doctryne and occasion of al holie and pure liuing It is the wicked that peruerteth all good thinges into euill for an euil tree cannot bring furth good fruite And whē good seed is sowen in a barreyne and euill grounde it yeldeth no good corne and so it fareth by the word of god For when it is heard and knowē of wicked mē it bringeth furth no good fruit but when it is sowē in good ground I meane the hartes of good