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A04702	The subuersio[n] of Moris false foundacion where upon he sweteth to set faste and shove under his shameles shoris, to vnderproppe the popis churche: made by George Ioye.; Subversion of Moris false foundacion.	Joye, George, d. 1553.	1534 (1534)	STC 14829; ESTC S103803	58,702	128

ouerseers and curats Ti mothe and T●tus aftir this he calleth this holsome doctryne or Gospell that same grete secrete and dep● mystery of crystis re ligion without controu●rsy noman to dou te at it Euen this gospel that here foloweth God is declared manifestly by taking vpon him our nature approued by the testimony of the spirit sene and ●isited of ang●llis preched vnto the gentyles beleued in the worlde recyued gloryously into heuen This gospel and ferme pyller of the tr outhe ye se in how fewe wordis Paule ●nitteth it vp to poynt his Timothe vnto y t holsome doctryne whiche he wolde haue him to be occupyed in prechinge tyll he came Where in this Pistle and in all other ye maye se playnely that Paule and his felows were in wrytinge and prechinge ern estly occupyed aboute thingis of more certaynte verite more nyere and necessary for the glory of god and our saluacion then be Moris vnwryten verites and balde cerem ones But let vs yet set Paule him selfe a brason wall agenst all Moris blasphemon selyes made vpon him to ouer throwe his pestelent buyldinge thus affirminge vnto kynge Agrippa saynge Vnto this day am I preserued a lyue by goddis helpe to preche both to small and grete no n●●her thin ge sayinge then those thingis whiche the prop●etis and Moses had sayd before to co me c. Here is it manifeste whither Paule was so bolde as to teche any thinge withe out the scriptures ¶ Nowe sithe the Gospell of Cryste is that holsome and f●rme doctrine of faithe and loue so ofte promysed by the prophetis in holy scripture so plentuously wryten of the fower euangelystis so manifestly setforthe in euery Pistle of the new testament Is not this Godles man an enymye vnto Cryste that wolde go abonte ether to proue it vnwryten to thrust yn his vnwryten verites in the place of it orels to proue Cry stis gospel and testament vnperfit and insuf ficient for our saluacion contrary to Crystis answer to the question of the man sene in the lawe of Moses whiche asked hym what shal I do to haue lyfe euerlastinge whom Cryste sent vnto the lawe of the commaundementis saynge Do this and thou shalt lyue And Iohan saith who so beleue in Cryste hathe lyfe euerlastinge Is not this the chylde of perdicion that thus pet●erteth the trwth wryten by the spirit of trouthe But he thought whan he wro te these blasphemyes that y ● laye pe●le shu ld rede onely his bokis neuer to se what sh ulde be answerde for that the answers were so strayghtely forboden to be brought in to the lo●de and therfore he lyed as him lysted and wrote what he wolde Thus also he peruerteth Austens sayn ge to proue the Sacramentis to gyue grece in the. lij syde of the lef of his answer to Tindales preface sayng That by the holy wordis of baptysme comynge vnto the wa ter God clenseth the soule accordinge vn to the wordis of Saynt Austen Accedit verbum ad elementum fit Sacramentum whiche wordis he engleshethe not but I shall englesshe them for him the worde comethe vnto the Element and the sacrament is made Lo here is not one worde to proue that Baptisme clenseth the sowle Lyke maner wresteth he al other scrip tures for this his heresy for his popishe preisthed vowes and fastis c. whiche all the scripture knoweth not For there is none to proue vs siche a shauen anoynted order nether their vowed wyuelesse chastite nor yet that al men indifferently muste faste siche prescrypt dayes lymited vnto the choyse of meatis to forbere one kynde of meate and to eate his bely full of a nother that please him beter But to proue these Doctrynes of the Deuyl as Paule callethe them i. Tim. iiiij More farethe lyke an hasty frantyke droncken man which in hys furye fallen out with his felowe at the table wyll caste at his felawes hed● what thynge so euer come nexte hys hande be it candlestik cuppe potte or plater as More now in his dronken fury lassh●the oute the scriptures at rouers and ca stethe them at our hedis whereso euer he ▪ fynde these two wordis votum and ie●●ium For firste he saithe that Cryste made virginite a cownsel and that it is a perfecci on aboue the olde lawe \ taught onely and counseled in the gospel And when he come to proue it he allegeth the olde lawe saynge Douete reddite that is to saye vo we ye and paye your vowes to your lorde A lye can neuer be so well cowc●●ed but it wyl apere A lyer therfore it behouethe to haue a good memory For howe can these frame togither virginite is cownseled ād yet this texte here commandeth it saynge vonete vowe ye It is a perfeccion saith he aboue the olde law cownseld onely in y e gospel and yet wolde he confirme it withe a texte of the olde testament to be vowed in the olde lawe where it was nether coun selled nor commaunded But let vs restore the texte to his trwthe Thus is it wryten Nowe ye and paye your vowes vnto your lorde God al that be here in this present congregacion This did Asaph commande spekinge vnto al the peple of Iuda gatherd togither in the temple to geue thankis for some victory geuen them of god whiche verse if it were vnderstanden as More so wysely allegeth it for his vowe of virginite and his wyueles vowed chastite for prei stis monkis and nonnis c. then were al y e Iwes their present maryed vnmaryed cō manded after More to be virgyns fryers priestis monkis nonnis c. But had this grete clerke taken with him the later ende of the verse saynge Adferte formidali mu nera that is brynge forth your oblacions or gyftes and offer them vp vnto the drede ful lorde then shulde he haue sene what this worde votum signifiethe euery where almost in the olde tstament he shulde haue sene as it is comenly in al the prophetis the later ende of the verse expowne the be ginninge as for an exemple in the. ij psal He that sitteth in heuen shal mocke them it is the lorde that scorneth them and Mo re to This Hebrew worde Nedar whiche is translated into votum signifieth an oblacion or gyfte as lombe kidde shepe c. promysed and willingly offred to god as it was prescrybed them in Numeri and Leui tico and not the vowe of virginite Asmyche maketh his tother texte alleged Eccle siastes ii saynge If thow haste vowed any thinge to god tary not but paye it which wordis when Salomon sayde them there was no siche vowes as More wolde proue by them presupposed nor thought but sich onely as the olde lawe prescribed thez Had the● then made any vowe of virginite with out ether precept or ensample \ they had made it of their owne head

sowle mynde and with al the might of our spirit and our neghbours as our selues These condicions are inculked and expressed clere ly and plentuously almoste in euery lefe of the scriptures These do al the storyes teche vs the lawe commandeth and the Prophetis preche vs them Vpon faith and loue therfore stande bothe the Testamentis whiche two thinges if we obserue so walke we before god we lyue pure and perfit in his sight accordinge to his wil. Where vpon there foloweth owr saluacion lyfe perpetuall This Testament because it shulde perpetually stande and because the Deuel espynge it to be so contrary a scourge to his kingdome and was so besy fro the beginninge to peruert goddis worde whan it was not yet wryten addinge and puttinge ther to whan he tempted Eue as nowe dothe More shewinge him selfe to be the very ch ylde of the father of lyes to seduce the con gregacion and chirche of God The heuenly prouidence of God did committe it at laste vnto letters to abyde vnto the worldis ende that it might standforth agenste all stormey contradiccion of the Deuell and his childerne the very enymes of the trowthe not onely to defende it selfe by it sel fe but to declare it selfe the very worde of God and to iuge and trye all mennis vnw ryten or wryten wordis whither they be trewe or false to receyue them beynge con sonant vnto it and to estiewe and dampne them beynge contrary This worde therfore saith the Prophete is pure and precyo wse tryed aboue Golde or Syluer more gloryouse and riche than any precyowse stone in whiche consiste the the some of our saluacion Unto whiche we aspyre and prease thorowe fyer and water and contende to haue it thorow a thousand perellis wh iche worde because it is endicted and wry ten of the moste benigne and lyberall God we knowe it to be the moste absolute ful and perfyt whervnto no nother maye be added nothinge maye be minisshed And agene Because it was wryten of the moste trwe God we are perfitely assured of the vetyte and certaynte therof so that when all other wordis as Moris vnwryten vamtes maye be douted of and called into question yet shall this wryten worde of God stande stil vndouted of the moste certayne and trwe squyer to iuge and to trye all other by it euen the pyler and foundacion of the trowthe as Paule callethe it in i. Timothe iij. capit This was wryten of the moste wyse that it shulde be exacte withe owte faute or errour It was wryten of the moste almighty God to endure for euer to bere downe all other wordis contrary to it and to stande faste euen agenste the gates of hell ¶ This wryten worde it behoued to be brought for the by ●lere and perfit men of lyuinge and of constant faithe wherevnto firste Moses the moste faithful minister in the howse of almightye God was chosen euen to wryte and to committe it ●nto letters theuerlastinge wyl of god techinge than by that wryten worde his flocke as now by the same we be taught what is god properly as our capacite maye comprehende whiche be his ferme decreis Howe and in what thingis he wolde be worshiped what he approueth and what he aborrethe Whiche wryten worde to omitte and neglecte it is damnacion to obaye and beleue it is euerlastinge lyfe To adde vnto it to take frome it or to change it whiche al More dothe it is grete synne and wykednes This scripture was afterwarde delyuerde vnto Iosua to be conserued defended and spred abrode of whome by succession other men receyuinge it vnto the tyme of Samuel did preseru● it And than began the prophetis to floresshe and open scoles were holden therof Than began this heuenly holsome doctryne as Pa ul● so ofte calleth it to be professed and pre ched openly Not that these Diuynes the prophetes were the autors of this celestial diuinite nor yet added or changed thei any thinge of this scripture and couenant whiche Moses had wryten but these men perceyuinge the dul●es and blynde ignorance of y ● worlde did dispute expende discusse and declare them the lawe ād lerninge before wryten delyuerd them y ● same prophete cryste so ofte figured promysed by Moses thei began to open to shewe ād to set for the clerely before their eyes Which prophetis gestis and sermons as m●che as behouethe and is profitable for vs to knowe be wryten in their holy bokis for owr doctryne vnto the worldis eude as ar the visions sermons and prophecyes of Isaye Ieremy Dauid Dauiel c. And albeit sometyme the study of these holy letters floureshed sometyme was neglecte yet was it neuer the prouidēce of god so prouydinge vtterly omitted loste For when vnder Manasses ther was sich a slaughter of propbetis ād the holy bokis laye rotted couerd w t duste eten with wor mes yet was ther Olda the prophetisse lef te at laste the boke of the lawe fownde in the temple brought forth into light vnder Iosias At the captiuite of Babylon were not many of y e holy bokis as thei be now smyten oute of their handis loste brent w t the temple yet did god reserue then Esdras as now hath he reserued many an Esdras to repayer delyuer them agen frō perell that thei perisshe not vtterly which was nolesse myracle than is shewed this da ye to se the Emprow● Pope and so many Kynges lordis Cardinallis bisshopes and the Deuyl to al agenste it and yet magry their tethes all God by a fewe vanesshed pore sowlis thruste it into their realmes ād sprede it into euery korner of them And here yet wolde More haue these lurkinge sorte of heretyques shewe a myracle for their chirche as himselfe bringeth yn for his chirche the maydens miracles of curtham strete nowe knowne for a false seducer wh an God the very autor of al trwe miracles hathe shewed one manifeste miracle euen vpon More himselfe yet cannot the bestely blynde asse se it but what is this miracle verely God hathe declared Mores highe witte and wysedome to be starke folisshenes and confownded his highe brayne and grete lerninge by these wretched begerly foles of this worlde and starke heritiques as he callethe them But to returne Esdras I sayd was stered vp to restore and preche agayne the scriptures And nowe laste of al aftir many yeris God by hys euerlastinge cownsel hathe spoken vnto vs by his owne sonne our sauiour Cryste euē the same that he had spoken before by his Prophetis patriarches and Moses which thinge he declared in his transfyguracion in that he callinge to him h●ly and Moses did talke with them signifyinge the lawe and Prophetis to agre with him ād he with them and himselfe to be the perfitende and fullfilling of the ●awe and Prophetis euen the very marke y t al thei did shote at whervnto