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A00673	The supplicacion: that the nobles and comons of Osteryke made lately by their messaungers, vnto kyng Ferdinandus, in the cause of the Christen religion Item. The kynges answere to the same. Vvherpon foloweth the wordes that the messaungers spake vnto the kyng agayne at their departing.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564.	1542 (1542)	STC 10808; ESTC S105580	10,834	48

will his hyghnesse in no wyse permytte his subiectes to make anye new alteracyon agaynst the same This hath it pleased the kynges Ma of a gracious mynd to signifie vnto the sayde messaūgers Geuē at Prage the xiij daye of Ianuarij Anno. M. CCCCC xlij ❧ The Conclusion and last sentence of wordes that the messaungers of the countrees and cities of lower Osterike made vnto the answere of kynge Ferdinandus MOst noble and mightie Prynce oure most gracious Soueraigne lorde Where as your royall Ma vpō oure most humble and ernest supplicacyon hath graciously geuen vs a wrytinge touchinge the cause of Religion we haue in most hūble wyse considred the same and pondred it with Christen louynge and feruent myndes And allthough we afore in oure wrytinge haue knowleged as the glory of God requyreth that we euery one of vs haue deserued this present plage yet is it mencioned there also that Almightie God which is the infinite wisdome doth send these sharpe punishmentes not so much for daylie ād corporall synnes which we trust are not so rife in youre Graces londes as in other countrees and Prouincies as for the head synne of ydolatrie and because the true commaundementes of God are turned to the honoure ād filthy lucre of men and for that the word of God is not preached as God hath taught and commaūded it For herof sprange the origenall of all such scourge ād plage of God as it is euydent out of sondry hystories And for asmuch then as there hath bene here now this long season the more pitie great aduersite and losse of victory and so foloweth on more and more oure most hūble supplicacion is acordinge as we haue be sought youre Royall Ma vpon oure knees that youre highnesse will for the loue of God haue respecte vnto this most waightie matter ernestly to manteine the waye of God as he hath ordeyned and commaūded it and to geue iniunctions therein For els verely maye we loke for no prosperite but be sure of decaye Nether do we doubte any thinge at all but youre Ma. doth graciously accepte oure Christen sute in the cause of Religiō as the articles therin are Christenly recyted and acordinge vnto Gods word And yet neuertheles in oure countrees are not the preachers permitted to shew the worde of God purely and syncerely but exyled for it and specially for preachinge the most waightie article of iustification or righteous makyng namely that the remission of synnes commeth thorow the onely merytes and passyon of Iesus Christ that we onely of thākfullnesse for this vnout speakeable grace are dett bounde to lyue in true Christen repentaunce as eschuyng of synne and exercysynge of brotherly loue and other good workes Vverfore oure most humble ernest supplicacion is that youre Royall Ma acordinge to youre hye and suppreme offyce wyll haue gracious respecte here vnto that the preachers which do sincerly set forth thes articles the word of God likewise in other thinges maye be suffred For yf the preachers shulde by the rulers be banished or otherwyse vexed by the meanes herof as they be in certayne countrees yf youre Graces faithfull comēs and subiectes shulde be excluded frō the peace of the Empyre and frō the articles conteyned in oure wrytinge or stonde in daūger by the reason therof your highnesse maye graciously ād fatherly cōsidre how tedious it will be to the same youre Graces faithfull subiectes For we proteste before God in the trueth that this oure most humble supplicacion which we make is of no curiosyte ner for anye other intent thē onely for the honoure of God saluacion of oure soules that with all subiection Here with in hope of a right louing answere here after we committe oure selues in most humble wise vnto your Royall Maiesty as to our most gracious doare soueraigne Lorde

graces sayde faythfull countre therfore pondryng these thinges knowe none other meane for the delyueraunce of theyr soules bodies then this that Gods worde after Christen vnderstandyng be preached euery where wherby the people may be moued vnto Christen repentaunce and so encouraged to withstonde the Turke The matter then consysteth onely in this that mēs myndes be kepte in ryght vnderstāding to almyghtye God and their rulers in true nourtoure ordynate lyuyng and yet neuerthelesse the more pitie an exceadinge erroure is crepte in touchinge the righte true vnderstondinge of Gods holy worde wherin youre hyghnesse as a Christen kyng hath bene put to sondrye great paynes now these many yeares to bringe the same Scysme to an vnyte The matter also beynge finally so far reset forth in the last assemble that sondrie articles were discussed and a generall peace in the cause of Religion concluded vpō vntill the tyme of farther agrement which doutlesse foloweth here of euē because that manye articles yea and that the principal are come to the right Christen vnderstondinge and also because that as touchinge outwarde behaueoure and abuses crepte in amōge the spiritualte they must in a tyme appoynted be brought to reformacion that by them selues But yf this generall peace in in the articles which ought as Christen poyntes to be kepte do not concerne youre graces sayd faithfull subiectes or yf a man must stōde in ioperdy of losynge body and goodes whan he kepeth the same articles your Royall Ma. maye most graciously considre how tedyous a thing it is and to what inconvenience it will growe Vvherfore the coūtre in most hartye and humble wise prayeth and besecheth youre highnesse to bringe so to passe by the ordynaries and all sprituall offycers that the holy Gospel in true Christen vnderstondinge maye be preached likewyse the hyest article of oure saluaciō namely that we haue forgeuenesse of synnes thorow y e onely merites and death of Iesus Christ and also that the loue of the neghboure and all good workes may be taught as frutes sure declaracyons of the inwarde fayth with the commaundementes of God for a contynuall true amēdement as for the resystynge of euell synfull affeccions or inclynacions to geue thankes for this excellent grace in that we thorowe the onelye merytes of Christ are delyuered frō death hell and become children of eternall saluaciō And also by occasiō therof to rendre all dewties of faithfull obedience to youre Royall Ma. as to the hyer power ordeyned of God and to shew vnto oure neghboures all loue lykewise And so to opteyne the rewarde that necessarely foloweth out of this faith and out of the frutes therof And that the worthy Sacrament of the Altare maye be ministred vnto them that Christenly desyre it acordinge as it was obserued certayne hundred yeares in the begynnyng of Christendome Item that the Ordynaries or spiritualtie acordinge to the determinacion of the last Perliament do put downe all other abuses in the churches and brynge thē in to good Christen ordre prouidinge the parishes with good honest soule shepardes not persecutinge them which preach Gods worde in other places as they haue done hitherto And though the same abuses be so sore rooted that we suppose verely it will be hard to refourme them in a shorte season yet the sayde mynistracion of the sacrament and preachinge of the worde wherin consisteth oure saluacion and that ought to be purely done and vnperuerted maye not therfore ceasse yea necessary is it that all this be most ernestly prynted in to the people that thei maye so be brought from their rude synfull lyuinge and instructed vnto right true repētaūce in the faith of Christ For now the more pitie it is they are come from all knowlege of God And many curates there be which are nothing lesse thē curates or true shepherdes wherbye the comen people are become so vngodlye and rude that it is in maner vnpossible to brydle them And thus commeth it to passe that they dye lyke brute beestes without eny Christen instruction or Sacrament Vvherfore the messaungers of youre Graces sayde coūtrees with whole Christen myndes with sighing he hertes most humbly beseche youre Royall Ma to tendre these thinges in most gracious wise and as a Christen kynge to consente vnto this waightye article acordinge to their expectation in youre hyghnesse whom they also most humbly requyre in no wise to thinke that youre Graces sayde londe wolde herebye seke the more occasion of disobedience or of any carnall libertye For they knowe that we haue forgeuenesse of synnes in the true vnfayned faith only thorow the passion and merites of Iesus Christ and that we than in thankfulnesse for suche excellent grace are detboūd with oure whole hertes to ceasse from all synfull lyuynge to bringe forth all good workes in true repentaunce and also with oure bodies and goodes to declare all wyllinge obedience towarde youre Royall Magestie Considering now that for our delyueraunce ther can be none other meane then to take such a Christen life in hand And seynge it is not possible for anye man with good hert and fre conscience to go agaynst this enemye which is the scourge of God and punishment of vs all vnlesse he first be reconciled to God and sure thorow the certayntie of faith and confidence in his godly promes that he shall be delyuered from such plage and that they shall escape in this hoost which are in daunger eyther thē selues or theyr wifes childern or other frendes thorow youre graces generall proclamaciō lately made commaunded The messaungers therfore of youre Graces sayde londe and the parties that sent them most ernestly with sighinge hertes in most humble wise beseche youre highnesse for the loue of God to accepte this their Christen and reasonable sute most graciously ād to promes a generall peace vnto all such as behaue them selues acordinge to oure forsayde supplicacion and sute And then doutlesse will it come to passe that yf such a Christen life be embraced Allmightye God shall mercifully cause this present plage to ceasse and so shall it folowe also that many well lerned and vertuous men shall take vpon them the worthy office of presthode which then with Christes doctrine shall bringe the people vnto true repentaunce to the feare of God and to all obedice And thus shall euery man with faithfull hert towarde youre royall Ma do his best agaynst this enemye ād declare all louynge obedience with body and goodes in this and all other thinges Where as the sayde articles then beynge much more excellently wayed are comprehended in the conclusion of the last Perliament and seynge it hath pleased God to make vs youre Graces subiectes which therfore do knowlege youre highnesse nexte Allmightie God to be oure owne deare Soueraigne lorde hauynge all expectation of felicite and goodnesse in the same for these causes are we in no maner of doubte but iour royall Ma in most