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A01468
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An admonishion to the bishoppes of VVinchester, London and others &c.
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Bale, John, 1495-1563.
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1553
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STC 11593; ESTC S102855
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AN Admonishion to the Bishoppes of VVinchester London and others c. Ecclesia v. Make no tariyng to turne vnto the Lord and put not of from daie to daie for sodenly shal his wrath come in the time of vengeance he shall destroye the. ¶ From Roane by Michaelwood Anno. M.D.Liii the first of October MAny great men and potentates of the worlde when thei haue by their vnlauful and vnrighteous attemtes brought themselues into extreme miseries haue at laste much blamed their vnfortunable estate for that they in due time lacked counâ—el to haue withdrawen them froÌ„ such enterprises So it is saide in the common Prouerbe That the riche and mightye haue seldome good councell excepte they get it of theÌ„selues For riches and hye dignitie causeth them to be more insolent so that they can abide any thing better then to be tolde of theyr faultes and the rewarde of hym that shoulde franckely tell them the truth may soner be a brokehead then otherwyse Thys prudent men perceyuing rather wythdrawe them selues from them theÌ„ with wearying them selues in vayne â–ª procure to them selues displeasure And flatterers seyng a redy pray at theyr handes dayly folowe vpon them wyth vpholdyng theyr dedes and woordes good or bad Al is excellently deuised prudentlye spoken done lyke a good man c. Thus wyth their owne pride climbyng â–ª and with flattery pricked forward thei runne headloÌ„g in their imaginatioÌ„s til they tomble downe into the pyt of destructioÌ„ And then thei lay the blame froÌ„ them selues to other wher indede they wold neuer heare other but snch as serued yea rather deceyued theyr affections wyth flatteries But agaynst sutche headstroÌ„g hastynes we are admonished by the holy Gost saying Be not wise in thine owne conceit Fear God depart from euil Thys we wysh that al menne wold well consider in their enterprises First that ther is a God not a blynd and deafe god as the godles Heithen painted Iupiter at Create but an euerliuyng God that seeth all the wayes of Adams children that knoweth the oppress our and him that is oppressed that wyl call all thynges into iudgemeÌ„t and to accoÌ„pt and wyl render to euerye one his iust recompence vpon hys head Hym oughte men to fear For whatsoeuer thei atteÌ„pt yet at last that he determineth must coÌ„e to passe and his wyl in all thynges shall be accomplished This I pray you to coÌ„sider now in dew time least if you now forget it it may hereafter chauÌ„ce to you as it hathe done to other â–ª that in theyr wealth lyttle studyed on these matters God hath maruelously saued you from the handes of sutche as hated you and set you in hye dignitie more then euer you had in your lyfe And doutles it is to do good â–ª and not euill to correct and amend thinges amisse not to destroy and breake downe thynges that are in good case and order Your procedinges begin strangelye in that you at the fyrst go about to deface the holy woord of God to set asyde Christes institution and to cal al this realme to blindenesse and errour For if you take away the lyghte of Gods woord from the worlde what caÌ„ men loke for at your haÌ„des but destruction and errour Dauid saith thy worde O Lord is a candel for my feete â–ª and a light for my steppes And Christ sayeth he that foloweth me walketh not in darknes but shal haue the lyght of life we knowe that you haue in tymes past nothing fauored the Scriptures to be in English but haue euer winsed and kycked against them but our hope was that once you wold ameÌ„d considering how Gods goodnes called you to repeÌ„tance You were wont to alledge you dyd nothyng but as a common CouÌ„selour yea you obtested by God that when menne were burned for the truthes sake you nothyng procured to it but dyd all that you might to the coÌ„trari we wer glad to read this in your writiÌ„gs but we besech you let the same nowe appeare in your dedes so shal we the better beleue your writinges But if now you rayse a newe persecution for the wordes sake truely it shal be manifest to al meÌ„ that ye were gilty of al the blod that hath bene shed before time for the word of god which blod though it be yet vnadueuged yet it remaineth fresh and new in the syght of God wyth Abels bloode crying vnto God and with the bloode of the holye Martirs saying How longe tariest thou Lorde holy and true to iudge and to auenge our blode on them that dwell on the earth Doute ye not but their crye is heard and not forgotteÌ„ afore God For he maketh inquisition for their bloode and remembreth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore The office of a Byshop is not to be a Butcher it is to preache Gods word not to put it downe to help such as be captiues not to cast into pryson the ryghteouse that are at liberty to carry the poore lambes vpoÌ„ their shoulders not to seke al meanes possible to consume them with fyre or halter O miserable lambes that shall haue sutch Shepherdes whose study is not to feede them but to kepe them froÌ„ the pasture of Gods word and to poyson them with dreames of mens imaginations O horrible iudgement of God that Christ and his Gospell shal be called new learning and here sye what can the Turcke do more then rayle agaynste Christ and blaspheme his holye Testament Yet must Christen men be compelled to hear Antichrist and to hold their peace when the blood of the new Testament is blasphemed what is in your lattin Masse to edify with the churche of England S. Paule saith that al thinges read or doone in the common congregation should be done in that tonge that the congregation vnderstandeth that the vnlearned may say Amen And Boner hath set vp agayne in Paules Salesburi latin portace wherof the lai men vnderstaÌ„deth no word and God knoeth no more do the greater parte of the portas patterers we know that S Paul had the spirite of Christe and what can we iudge of Boner doing contrary to Saynt Paules doctrine Yf the most godly and perfecte booke of seruice whiche euen you your selfe haue both in preachynge and writing coÌ„mended please not him why doth he not set out his church seruice in English But he knoweth wel inough that there is sutche monstruouse thinges in it that if it were in Englishe English boies woulde laughe it scorne Sutch lyes ar in the saiÌ„tes legendes such manifest errours that no coullour caÌ„ defend them Yet muste these occupye the place and that in lattin to make symple and plaine people beleue that ther is in the lattin tong â–ª some priuy holy mistery Truthe needeth no corners or clokes to hide it selfe nor to be in a straunge hid tong as errours euer seke the â—â—â—tes of darknes to be their shield and defense Euery one that doth euil as Christ saieth hateth