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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

of this realme that the sayd Wyllyam arryuing at the same tyme vpon the coastes of England easely entred into it and after one battayl foughtē with Harald toke it Or howe wanne the Turke all grece and toke the goodly cytye of Constantinople but only by meanes that the princes and rulers of that contry could not agree within themselfes And I praye god that the deadly dissension and cruell warre that is now in Christendom amonges the princes therof do not make awaye at the lengthe for the Turke to subdue all the reste of Christendome For nothing is there that maketh so much for his purpose as our ciuill warre and discorde Therfore let vs pray god earnestly that it wil please hym to pacifye the hartes of all christen princes And all we that be true English men let vs laye away our maliciouse heartes and betime reconcile vs one to another and seke not the meanes to destroye our countrye by discorde For as mariners that be in one shippe together yf they fal at variance when they be vpon the sea and euery one fight with another and care not what become of the shippe it is likely that when the tempeste commeth they shall al perishe and their shippe to Euen so when the inhabitauntes of one contrye are at debate within thē selfes and passe not at all for the daunger ▪ that is lyke to fal to their countrie then when they are by foreyne enemyes assaulted they are by and by or euer they be aware ouerthrowen and vanquished And then God sendeth vnto them the foure plages that he sayde he wold sende vpon the chyldren of Israell for their wyckednes that is to saye the sworde to kyll them dogges to teare their bodies byrdes of the ayre to eate them and wilde beastes of the earth to d●uoure them And after shall the whole countrie be spoyled of all her welthe and riches and become a slaue to her enemyes and repent her of her wyckednes when it shalbe to late and crye with Hieremye Why good Lorde is my sorowe endles and how chaunseth it that my plage is vncurable Therfore let al true harted Englishe men for the loue that we owe to GOD for the good will that we are bounde to beare to our prince and for the feruēt zeale that we haue to the safegarde of our countrye refrayne from discorde represse our rebelliouse heartes and beginne one to loue another one to do for another and neyther by discorde make a waye for our enemies nor by malice wyshe them to come agaynst vs but hartelye loue our most gratious soueraygne Ladye the Queene and most willingly obeye her loue our natiue countrye and gladly spend our goodes and liues in the defence thereof lette this deuelishe dissension reygne no longer amonge vs and consider that no commen welth can stande where it taketh place For a house or familie where discorde is dothe neuer prosper but by litle litle it commeth to misery Wherfore seing that almyghtye God of his mere goodnes hath sent vs such a vertuous Lady to reygne ouer vs and by her delyuered vs from bondage and tyrannie and by her broughte vs from blindnesse and heresye and by her reconciled vs to his spouse the Catholike Churche agayne and so by her saued both our bodies our soules it is al our partes to seke alwaies possible to set vs at peace and concorde which shal at length make our countrye to florishe a freshe to banyshe all malice and hatred all diuision and discorde whiche hath bene the cause of our miserye And firste those that be of the clergye as Bishops priestes and other ministers let them partly by diligente preachinge them selfes partly by sending learned men to preache partlie by godly visitations call home the people to true fayth agayne and teache them the feare of god whiche is farre to seke in many mens hartes For yf they ones feare GOD then wyll they easelye conforme them selfes to the godlye order of Christes churche and bothe serue God reuerently and also humblie obeye their prince For all these that so rage agaynste the blessed spouse of Christ and so blasphemouslye mocke the ministers thereof and so outragiouslye rayle agaynst the blessed misteries sacramentes therin and caste bookes and libels abroad and disperse false rumors euerye where as I sayd before both to maynteyne their heresye and also to sowe sedition therby they neyther loue GOD nor feare hym nor take anye care for eyther soule or body nor willinglye wil they obeye their prince For suche verely are the children of Core Dathan and Abyron who so sore grudged at Moyses Aaron for that they only shuld minister in the tabernacle of God But let thē yf euer they mind to be saued repent thē betime of their greuouse grudge maliciouse hatred that they beare to Christes Catholike churche lest eyther the earth open and swalow them vp as it dyd wyth Core Dathan Abyron or els at length whē they shal depart thys life hell open whych God forbid and most miserablye deuoure thē And lette all other that well knowe them folowe the xample of the people who seynge when Core Dathan and Abyron were swalowed vp fledde awaye and sayde Let vs gette vs hence lest perhappes the earth deuoure vs lykewyse Besyde let the clergye not onelye in their preaching but also in their liuinge so behaue them selfes as becometh the true mynysters of God to thintente they maye gyue suche example of al godlye vertue to Christes flocke that the same flocke being prouoked by their good workes may become such lyke as they be For as the Prophete Osee sayeth Suche as the people be suche are the priestes and contrary wise suche as the priestes be suche are the people For if the priestes be noughte the people be also nought but if the priestes be honest vertuouse and godly the people folowinge theyr example will become like vnto them Lette the noble and gentlemen also and all magistrates of this realme do their dueties to God and to their prince se all those that they haue cure ouer to be kepte in good ordre and to correct and punishe as apperteyneth to their office all them that be stubborne disobediente and speciallye suche as be rebelles to God and to his Catholike churche and then this realme shal not nede to feare any ciuil warre or rebellion and they in so doyng shall highly please GOD do their prince verye faythfull seruice and both get them selfes greate honor and also preserue the honorable state that they haue gotten But yf they be slacke herein and wynke at wycked folkes actes and namelye at those that be detestable in Goddes sight and iniuriouse to Christes holy churche and the catholike fayth then shall they vndoubtedly at lengthe loose al their honor loose their estimation putte their prince in daunger and their countrye to For when men that be in aucthoritie be slacke in maynteynyng and

betime repent them of their abhomible wickednes and blasphemye After this was the most holye and blessed sacrifice of Christes body and bloude in the masse taken away wherin is commen prayer vsed for the whole catholike church of Christ and for all states that be in it and the very passion of our sauyour is there lyuelye represented partli by the godlye ceremonyes that be vsed therein and partly by the decent apparel and vestimentes that the prieste weareth in the celebration therof For al the clothes that Christ dyd weare at his blessed passion as the purpel robe that was put vpon hym by the Iewes the cordes that he was bounde withall the clothe wherwith they couered his eyes when they bette him and the white garmente that he was cladde with when Herode mocked him are by y e priestes vestimētes represented For the Ammesse y t the priest putteth vpō his head representeth y e cloth wherwith Christes eyes were couered whē Pilates men buffeted him in mockage badde gesse who smote him as we reade in the .xxij. chapt of S. Lukes Gospell The whyte lynnen albe that he putteth nexte vpon him representeth the white garmente wherein Christ our sauior was cladde when Herode mocked him as it is written by S. Luke in y e xxiij chapt The girdle y t the priest putteth aboute him representeth the whippe wherw t Christ was bette by Pilate as we read in y e .xix. chapt of S. Iohn The stole y t the priest putteth aboute hys necke represēteth y e cord or rope wherwith our sauior was bounde whē he was bette w t whippes as S. Marke declareth in y e xv Chapter of his Gospell The fannel that the prieste putteth vpon his lefte arme representeth the rope wherewith the Iewes dyd bynde oure Sauiour Iesus when they brought hym before Annas as Saint Iohn telleth in his gospell the .xviij. chapt The vppermoste vestiment called the tunicle which the priest putteth vpon him last of all representeth the purple robe that the Iewes put vpō our lorde and sauiour when they sayd to him in mockage Hayle kinge of the Iewes In so much that the prieste when he is thus apparelled and goeth to the aulter doth manifestly set before our eyes our swete sauiour Iesus whē he suffred his paynful passion and went to offer vp to his father his blessed bodye vpon the crosse for our redemption In remembraunce of whiche holy passion the prieste representing Christ our high priest whose priesthode contynueth for euer offereth vp vpon the aulter the very same bodye to god the father that suffred for vs the very same bloud that was shedde for vs. So that whosoeuer desyre to be partakers of that blessed passion let them with moste humble reuerence come to masse heare it with feruēt deuotion and earnestly thinke vpon the greate and painfull tormentes suffred by our sauiour for their sakes which be represented therin And gyue hym moste hartye thankes therfore and desyre hym of pardone for all their offences committed in tyme past and to gyue them grace to auoyde al vice and sinne from thenceforthe For thus shal they vndoubtedli receaue much fruite by hearinge of Masse And when their deuotion serueth them to receaue the moste blessed sacrament therat were in they shall if they worthely receaue it take singuler commodite and comforte And to do the same at lest at euery solemne feaste in the yeare or oftener if they be so disposed For so we se the people commonlye do in other Christen realmes Who first do confesse them selfes vnto a priest and then come they to receaue that blessed foode with suche lowly reuerence and earneste deuotion as a good christen man would much reioyce to se them Which thinge I praye god may shortly come to passe amonge vs and that we may both stedfastly beleue it to be our sauiour Christes blessed bodye as it is in dede and not as our laste wicked and blasphemouse cōmunion boke and all oure newe preachers most vntruely and damnably taught vs that it was but breade only and also deuoutly and godly receaue it to our soules helthe and comforte Nowe as for all the rites and ceremonies of the masse and al the praiers conteined therin they are so godly and so well placed as all the worlde is not able to inuente the like nor so well to dispose and set them together as all good men that will deepelye weye them and consider the order of them shall easely perceaue As for suche as haue mooste wickedlye called the Masse a Maskarye and the priestes vestimentes maskynge clothes and mocked all the ceremonies thereof and spytte at them did smite the priestes maye well be compared wyth Pylates menne who as we reade in S. Mathewes Gospell bowynge downe theyr knees mocked our Sauioure Christe spitte at him smote him vpon the heade For surely it is not vnlyke y t yf Christ were here amonge vs personallye present in a mans lykenes and nature as he was then amonge the Iewes but that these vngodlye folkes woulde take the Iewes part and mocke him as they dyd seyng that they playe the very same partes with hys priestes and ministers ▪ that represent hym vnto vs that the Iewes in olde tyme dydde playe wyth hym But oure Lorde graunt that they maye espye betyme theyr ●●rye and madnes that the miserable plages that fell vpon the Iewes for theyr mockyng of Christe fall not lykewyse vpon them for mocking of his priestes ministers But manye grudge and are offended that the Masse and al other diuine seruice is in Latyn so that when they be in the Churche they do not vnderstande what the priest sayeth I would gladly aske one question of such why they come to the churche whether to heare or to pray they wyll aunswere I doubte not to do bothe For there they both learne theyr duetye by hearyng of sermons and also practise it by diligent and seruent praying Nowe then seynge that to do our duetie is muche better then to learne our duetie because that euery manne learneth to this ende that he may practise although both twayne be good and necessarye yet the one farre passeth the other And the one maye be gotten in shorte space with small trauayle but the other asketh longe tyme and much payne to get it As concerninge whiche purpose we reade a notable storye of one Pambo a man vtterly vnlearned who on a tyme came to learne a psalme of the psalter And when he had hearde the firste verse of the xxxvii● psalme which is thus muche to say in Englishe I haue determined with my selfe that I will so directe and order my life that I do not offende wyth my tounge departed and wolde in no wise heare the seconde verse but sayd that one verse was sufficient if he could practise it in dede After that when he had taught hym this verse dyd rebuke hym because

furtheryng the Catholike fayth then by lytle and lytle groweth heresy and spreadeth abroade that at lengthe except menne be well ware it preuayleth and destroyeth the countrye where it reygneth It is wel compared by S. Paule to a cancre For as a cancre yf it be suffred encreaseth daylye and so crepeth forwarde that in conclusion it corrupteth the whole body so heresye whensoeuer it is entred into any commen welth it so goeth forwarde yf it be not repressed that in the ende it destroyeth the whole as the xamples before rehearsed do wel declare And truth is it that no common welthe can stande yf religion be neglected In consideration wherof all they that in olde tyme wrote of commen welthes as Plato Aristotle Cicero and many other besyde thoughte it moste necessary for the gouernours of euery commen welth chiefly to trauayle in establyshyng religion Whych done it shuld be easye to kepe the people in good ordre For the verye paynems infidels to whom they wrote hauynge a greate feare and a reuerence to the false Goddes that they worshipped were gentle meke humble and very obedient to their rulers So all Christen men withoute doubte yf they be keped in the feare of God and in the true religion of his catholike churche they wyll moste willinglye obeye their prince obserue the lawes of their countrye and quietlye behaue them selfes euery one in their vocation Ouer thys let all parentes haue a diligent eye to the bringynge vp of their children in the feare of God in his holye seruice in all godlye vertue and teache them to obeye God to obeye his Churche and their lawfull prince But yf they them selfes percase fauoure not Christes churche nor the order therof and their children folowinge their fotesteppes do the same and so continue in their foly and reioyse in the same let the children loke for as wretched an ende as euer had Helyes children and the parentes to be punyshed for bearynge wyth their childrens offences accordyng as Hely hym selfe was Therfore let al parentes take hede and chastice thei● chyldren in dewe season For yf the children throughe the parentes defaulte fall into heresye or any kynde of vice the parentes shal make aunswere for them and shall at lengthe suffre greuouse punishmente for not correctynge them For S. Paule cōmaundeth them to brynge them vp wyth due correction discipline Which yf they do they shall haue louynge and obediente children both to God and their prince and to them selfes to Let also all maysters take hede to their seruauntes and prentises that they learne to feare God learne to faste and pray and to leade a godly life and not to folowe their sensuall appetite and carnal lustes as a great sort do and thinke that they be fauorers of gods worde because they can take their libertie and counte thē selfes wittie yf they can make a merye mocke at the Masse and at the ceremonies therof and geste at priestes Goddes ministers and prate and bable agaynst the holy sacramentes of the churche and the diuine seruice done therein But for suche mockers as witnesseth Salomon Gods iudgementes are prepared and beatynge hammers for suche fooles bodies But yf al maysters woulde do their dueties in correctynge their seruauntes they woulde not thus behaue them selfes and prouoke Gods wrath agaynste them But it is to be feared that suche as the seruauntes be suche be their maysters For if their maysters were good godly they wold neuer suffer their seruaūts to be so noughty For as a man y ● as he rideth by the highe waye letteth the bridell go suffreth his horse to breake downe hedges and to destroye mens corne it is not lyke that he is vnwilling that suche harme shuld there be done euen so a mayster that letteth his seruaūt haue his owne swinge and suffreth hym to mocke geste at gods mysteries no man wil thinke but that such one is well wyllyng that he shuld so do yea glorieth to in that he hathe suche a iolye man But let him take hede howe he suffreth his seruaunte so to runne at large For it is not vnlyke that suche seruauntes besydes other greuouse enormities wyll at length fal to spoyle their maysters and so shal the maysters be iustlye punyshed here in thys lyfe for the licentiouse libertie that they gyue to them yea and moreouer both the mayster and the man shall one daye excepte GOD sende them grace to amende most earnestlye repente them and bewayle the time that euer they were borne and specially y e mayster because that hauing charge of his seruaūt and seyng him so farre oute of order wold neuer correct nor chastice him Let all maysters therefore betime take hede to their seruauntes al parentes to their children all superiour powers to them whome they haue in theyr gouernemente and cause them leaue their contentiouse reasonyng of religion and fall to stedfaste beleuynge and throughlye persuade them that in matters of our belefe our senses and reason muste alwaye gyue place to fayth For so shal God be reuerentlye serued so shall oure most gratiouse and vertuous Soueraygne be duelye obeyed so shall al rebellion be easelye auoyded so shall peace and concorde reygne amonge vs and so shall our countrye that of late hathe bene mooste miserablye spoyled waxe riche and welthye agayne and recouer the honorable and noble estate that it hath bene in in tyme paste Therefore most hartelye beloued countrye menne seynge that GOD of hys bountefull goodnesse hathe of late bene so mercyfull to vs and deliuered vs from mooste cruell tyrannye by hys dearlye beloued handmayde our most noble quene and hathe sente vs suche a maystresse and gouernesse as thys Realme hath not hadde the lyke and that she so tenderlye loueth euerye one of vs careth so muche for vs studyeth mooste earnestlye how to auaunce vs seketh nothing els but the welthe safegard and honor of oure countrye taketh so greate paynes for oure cōmoditie watcheth for vs prayeth for vs moste mercifullye dealeth with vs let vs altogether with one cōsent most humblye obeye her most tenderly loue her with our goodes oure liues most willingly defende her And because she is the very faythfull seruaunt of God as bothe almightye God by miracle hath playnly shewed and also she in her most godlye conuersation doth dayly declare lette vs in all thynges folowe her example and become lyke vnto her and beleue as she dothe feare GOD as she dothe serue God as she doth and laboure to kepe his cōmaundementes as she laboreth be merciful as she is be lowly and humble as she is be charitable as she is cast awaye malice as she doth be ready to helpe the poore as she is ready be gētle to speake to as she is gentle kepe oure cōscience cleane as she kepeth hers take hede of briberye as she dothe abhorre couetousnesse as she doth hate oppression as she hateth it hate debate as she doth loue one