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A18700	An exhortation to all menne to take hede and beware of rebellion wherein are set forth the causes, that commonlye moue men to rebellion, and that no cause is there, that ought to moue any man there vnto. With a discourse of the miserable effectes, that ensue thereof, and of the wretched ende, that all rebelles comme to, moste necessary to be redde in this seditiouse [and] troublesome tyme, made by Iohn Christoferson. At the ende whereof are ioyned two godlye prayers, one for the Quenes highnes, verye conuenient to be sayd dayly of all her louing and faythfull subiectes, and an other for the good [and] quiete estate of the whole realme. Read the whole, and then iudge.	Christopherson, John, d. 1558.	1554 (1554)	STC 5207; ESTC S117507	113,228	472

in daunger wyllyngly to cast out some of hys goodes but that he had leuer loose some parte for sauynge of the reste then loose altogether and hym selfe to Wherfore all suche as feare punishment it is better for thē with a shorte punishmente to paye their raunsom then w t vnlawful eschewinge thereof fall in daunger of perpetual punishmēt Cause then haue they none yf they well consider to make rebellion for feare of punyshement Some there hath bene in the world that by reason they did see their prince lacke good qualities or for that he was croked or deformed or that he was a noughty vicious liuer haue rebelled because they thoughte by y ● meanes to get thē another But such litle remēbred the sayinges of Salomon Iob y t I recited before of whyche the one telleth vs that kynges and rulers be appoynted by God and the other that God oftentimes sendeth a noughtye dissemblyng Prince for the synnes of the people For yf the prince lacke good qualities it is not oure part to fynde faute with him but to desire GOD to sende him better Or yf he be deformed we blame the worke of God yf we disprayse him For he made not him selfe but god made him Or yf he lyue vitiouslye we be bounde to praye God hartely that he wil vouchesafe to amende him and to send him good counseyle that maye and wyll earnestlye admonyshe him As for to rebell agaynst him because Goddes lawe and the lawes of manne to do expresselye forbydde it we oughte euermore to auoyde But now let vs well weye the cause of those that rebell for religion sake whyche is thought to some a mooste vrgent weyghtye cause Here men wyll saye that yf they be constreyned by superiour powe●s to forsake anye parte of their fayth by which they are wel assured to be saued that then they must rather obeye God then man and put their lyues in ieoperdie rather thē they wil leaue their religion This is verye wel sayde and euerye Christen man must so do But howe shuld we obeye rather God then man or howe ought we to put our lyues in ieoperdie Must we take the sworde in oure handes and playe the part that Peter did at the takyng of oure Sauiour shall it not be sayde then vnto vs as it was sayd to S. Peter at the same time Put vp your swordes For whosoeuer taketh a sword intending to smite therwyth shall peryshe by the sworde ▪ Had not Peter think you as good cause to defend his mayster Christ as anye man hath to defende his fayth and religion Yes truelye For yf we haue any cause to defend our fayth by the sworde then as good cause had saynte Peter therewyth to defende our sauioure the author of fayth Why dyd not the holy Apostles when they were commaūded that they shulde preache no more in Christes name that they were beaten for the same defende them selfes by stronge hande and fight with their enemyes in such a good quarell Or why did they patiently suffre persecution and went their waye much reioysyng that they were thought worthye to suffre rebuke and displeasure for the name of Iesu It is not in thys warre y t menne make for their Lorde Christ as it is in the warre betwixte prince and prince For in the warre of worldly princes suche alway gette the victory as eyther by force beate downe their enemyes or by policye putte them to flyght But in Christes warre those wynne the fielde that beare awaye the strokes he that suffreth most getteth y e moste noble victory For the blessed martyr Ignatius when he was conueyed out of Syria to Rome by tenne rigorous and rough souldyars whome for theyr crueltye he calleth tenne leopardes and was miserablye torne in peaces by wylde beastes ▪ got a more excellent victorye then euer dyd eyther Scipio Africanus or Pompeius Magnus two of the mooste noble captaynes of the Romaynes And yet dyd he neuer eyther grudge at the matter or giue them euil wordes or lyfte vp hys hande to smyte eyther man or beast but most feruently desyred to be beatē buffeted to be assaulted him selfe tormented For by that meanes was he assured that he shoulde receaue at Christes hande the victorious crowne in martyrdome as it doth wel appeare by his owne wordes in an epystle that he wrote to y e Romaynes wherin he saith thus Wolde to god I had y e beastes y t are prepared to deuoure me whome shortlye to find out is mine earnest desire whome I shall flatter make muche of to thintente they may out of hand deuoure me For I wolde not they shulde so handle me as they haue done other whome for feare thei did not ones touche But if so be they be lothe to medle with me I shal prouoke them to teare me Pardō me good frendes I praye you for I know wh●t is expediente for me Nowe begynne I to be Christes So surely it fareth in a cōmon welth when as the people grudge y t their heades gouernours lyue at ease and eate vp al as they thinke that they wyth muche toyle and trauayle haue gotten iudging him to be an ydle and an vnnecessarye membre therfore do they cōspire rebel agaynst him So y t therby it cometh to passe y ● with miserable spoyle cruel bloudshede y e members of all the common welthe are in short space most miserably cōsumed wasted Therfore lette no man that eyther loueth god his contry or hym selfe when as he is oppressed go aboute to seke remedy by rebellion seinge y t both his cause is very nought and that therby he shall not only prouoke Goddes wrath agaynst hym but also put his contry and hym selfe to in ieopardye of destroynge But nowe there be an other sort that are so sore inflamed with ambition desire of honor y t thei think euery howre a day and euery day a yeare vntyll they may winne their wicked purpose They be like to men that be sicke of a feruent burninge feuer whiche drinke styl and euer are drye and the more that they drink the more they desier to drink Euen so it fareth wyth ambitiouse folke whiche yf they come to anye worshippefull estate are not so contented but labour by al maner of meanes still to clyme higher when neyther by flattery nor frindshippe nor liberall rewardes they cā satisfie their wretched desier then fall they to conspiracy folow the steppes of cursed Catiline whiche made men wene that he mynded to reforme the common welthe of Rome restore y e libertie therof when he intended nothinge elles but to put downe the noble and wise rulers of y e citie and place him selfe his complices in their honorable rowines But he was shortly spied out and by the wyse policye of Cicero cleane disappoynted of hys purpose What made Caesar and Pompeye the great to make ciuil warre but

only ambition For as y e good historiographer Dion sayeth ▪ albeit that manye other causes of that sedition were rekened to be yet the verye cause in dede was their greate desire of honoure For the same wryter reporteth that Pompeye would be inferiour to no man and Caesar desired to be aboue al men Therfore caring nothing what became of their noble countrye they thought to trye their manhode in ciuil warre And so was law layde downe and might was made ryght and a roughe souldiar was more estemed then a graue counseyler But bothe twayne had an euyl ende For the one Pompeye I meane was miserably at lengthe put to flight in conclusion cruellye kensence At lengthe when the officers see that the fyre woulde not burne hym they commaunded the hangeman to thrust hym through with a sword Out of which wounde there issued so muche bloude that it quenched all the fyre insomuche that it made the people greatlye to merueyle Thus thys gloriouse martyr by his patient suffring wonne the fielde and gotte a mooste glorious victory Lykewyse a blessed Martyr whose name was Sanctus when he was wyth all kynde of tormentes by the wycked paynems assaulted to thintente that he shoulde denye CHRIST and forsake his fayth and that he ioyfullye suffred all constantlye stode in his profession and therevpon at length had hoate burnyng plates of brasse layed to hys bare naked body wherewyth hys skynne was so sore blistered and bowned vp that no man could knowe him and after that because his enemies purposed to vanquish him was tormented a freshe whē his body as yet was all full of blysters thys blessed martyr I saye gladlye suffrynge all these bitter bruntes gotte a more glorious victorye then euer dyd the great conqueror Alexander For Alexander got onlye a worldly estimation y e shortly dothe fade fall But Sanctus wyth hys paynefull passion wonne himself such renowne and glorye as neuer shall perishe Alexander by sheddynge of other mennes bloude became a conqueroure But Sanctus by sheddyng of hys owne bloude gotte thys noble victory Alexander had alwaye wyth him in his warres a greate and hughe hoste of men But Sanctus armed wyth sure aff●aunce in God foughte the fielde alone withoute ayde and helpe of any man Alexander ouercame only his worldlye enemyes but Sanctus ouercame both worldly and goostly So that such as valiantlye fyghte in Christes warre gette a more glorious victory in suffryng thē selfes then the most couragious captayne of all the worlde getteth in beatynge of other Wherefore whosoeuer wyll fyghte for hys fayth muste fyght after this sort He must not by moneye or fayre wordes gather together an hoste of men and so make his partie good but he muste by feruent prayer seke for helpe and ayde at Goddes hande and so prepare him to the battayle He must not put vpon him an helmet of steele but he must put vpon him the helmet of helth He must not arme him selfe with an habergeon of yron or syluer but he must arme him with the habergeon of fayth and charitie He muste not take a sworde in his hande of mans makyng but he muste take the sworde of Gods spirite whyche is the worde of GOD. And when he is thus armed he muste not rashelye vncalled steppe forth and offer strokes to his enemyes but he muste fyrste eyther moued by the spirite of God offer him selfe as many martyrs haue done to suffer death or elles be called forthe for the trial of hys fayth and then gladly go and abyde mooste greuouse and bitter tormentes rather then he wyll denye anye parte of hys fayth Thus the blessed and holy martyrs of Christe dydde alwayes in suche a lyke case For those that suffred persecution in the two cruell tyrauntes dayes Decius and Valerian when the paynems went aboute by violence to destroy the fayth of CHRIST they made no conspiraces or rebellions agaynst those wycked princes nor putte no harnes vpō their backes to fight openly in the field with them nor intended not by force to withstande their deuelishe diuises but mekely offred them selfes to dye for oure Sauiours sake and besides they so embraced theyr enemies that tormented them that they prayed God most earnestly to pardon them So dyd also y e godly martirs that were cruelly persecuted by Diocletian Maximine two most fearce frantike emperours For when they did se not only their churches pulled downe to the grounde but also many christen men violently hayled and pulled to worshyp Idols albeit that they were sore dismayed with the matter yet woulde they not gather them selfes together and make rebellion and by that meanes defende bothe their fayth and thē selfes to leste they might so loose the gloriouse crowne of martirdome y t christe their head capitayne had prepared for thē But when time came y t they shuld be examined cōcernynge their fayth they frelye confessynge the same offered them selfes to be put to paynfull tormentrye whyche they were farre more glade to goo to then any man is to go to a feast We read also a very notable story of the inhabitaūtes of Edessa It chaunsed on a time that the Emperoure Valens which was an heretike of the Arrians se●te bare deadlye hatred agayns●e all catholike folke came thether and commaunded all the folkes of that cytye because they were very catholike and hated his opinion that they shulde not vpō payne of death come together to praye Yet they not wythstandinge his cōmaundement the nexte daye after came to y e churche as they were wonte to do And when thēperours lieuetenaunt accompanied w t a great nomber of souldiars mynded vpon the emperours cōmaundement to put thē to death a pore woman with her childe braste throughe the middest of the souldyars purposing posinge to go to the churche Wherewith the lieuetenaunt being sore offended called her to hym asked her whither she ranne so faste And she answered to y e churche whervnto other folke resorted Then the lieuetenaunte sayde haste thou not hearde y t the Emperours lieuetenaunt wil kil al y t he shal find there Yes verely sayd y e woman therefore I make hast y t I may be foūde among thē Whiche when the lieuetenaunt heard he muche maruayled at the madnes as he thought of those y t so notwithstāding themperours cōmaundement repayred together to y e churche Whervpon he came to thēperour tolde him that they were all verye ready willing to die for their faith These folkes albeit they were a great nōbre yet would they make no resistence but mekely offred them selfes to suffre death for their faythe so to declare their obedience both to god and to the prince to Saynte Ambrose likewise writeth of the cit●zins of Melane where he was byshoppe ▪ that when themperor yonge Ualentiniane wold haue had them to haue delyuered vp their churches into the hādes of Auxentius an Heretyke and y e rest of his adherentes