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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

reygne ouer vs ▪ whēsoeuer any enemies go about to assault her mooste willingly to spende oure goodes liues to in her defence As for her mariage let vs as I sayd before referre the matter to God the author therof to her owne wisdome which hath chosen it For yf we shuld rebel therfore we shoulde not only seme to be w●●er thē god that as we verely trust hath made y e marriage but also to knowe better then her grace whome she shulde most loue like Now where as some percase both hath said as yet do saye that this noble prince of Spayne is a straunger and therfore both thei themselfes grudge at the Quene because she hath married him and also make other by their noughtie persuasion to grudge likewyse herein surelye they not onelye declare their lacke of knowledge as touching their duetie obediēce to her grace but also displease almyghtye god her defendour Therfore it shuld be verye well done for all suche to call to memorye a storye that is wrytten in holy scripture ▪ as concernynge the lyke matter We reade howe that Marye and Aaron dyd sore murmer and grudge agaynste Moyses because he married a wyfe whyche was a straunger borne in Aethiope Wyth which their grudge God beinge sore agreued smote Marye wyth a leprosye insomuche that by reason that she was so greatly infected with it she semed as white as snowe and was in daunger therby to be destroyed Do we not thynke that God nowe is iuste as he was then and is as sore offended wyth our murmurynge heartes agaynst the Quene as he was then wyth theirs agaynste Moyses and wyll punyshe our wickednes as well as he dyd theirs and the more that we grudge the more greuouslye wyll he plage vs ▪ Why then seynge we haue no iuste cause of grudge do we not leaue our grudging for feare that we so d●●please god that he wyl not only smyte vs with the horrible disease of leprosie in our bodyes but also punish our soules with euerlastinge fyre And albeit y e priuate grudge that one beareth towarde another doth muche prouoke goddes wrath agaynst vs yet the grudge that we beare towarde our prince is muche more greuouse For when the children of Iraell murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron their rulers because they ●eared to be destroyed of the inhabitantes of Iurye at suche tyme as they shuld enter into it ▪ and wished y t they had died in Aegypte God was so sore displeased with their grudge ▪ that he sayde to Moyses I will distroye them all wyth plage and pestilence make thee a ruler ouer a greater numbre of people and much more valiant Agayne when they went from the hill called Hor and were with their long trauayle sore wer●ed and by reason therof much muttered agaynst god and Moyses and sayde why hast thou brought vs of oute Aegypte ▪ that we shulde dye in wildernesse god sente amonge them fyrye serpentes which sore tormented them and killed many of them insomuche that they came to Moyses and sayde We haue ●ore offended in that we haue spoken agaynst GOD and the● Therefore all they that for any cause grudge agaynst the quenes grace let thē looke for suche lyke plages yf they do not amend let thē learne by these examples to laye away their grudgyng heartes and mekely to acknowledge their folye to aske God mercy and to saye with the chyldren of Israell we haue greuously offended for that we haue murmered agaynst thee O Lord and agaynst our moste gratious Queene And lette them neyther secretly in their hartes grudge agaynste theyr Prince nor openlye in theyr woordes speake euyll by her but folowe the counseyle of Salomon where he sayeth Kepe your selfes from grudge whyche au●yleth nothynge and temper poure tongue that it sclaunder nobodye For all they y t eyther in theyr hartes conceaue anye malice toward y e Queene or grudge at her or vtter euil wordes agaynst her are as wel to be cōmitted rebelles as those that beare harnesse agaynste her For these be the thre speciall poyntes as you heard at the beginning wherein rebellion standeth As for their muttering y t they make for her marriage yf they knewe how the Prince of Spayne is vnto vs no straunger but one of the bloude royall of Englande by reason that his father the emperours Maiestie that nowe is bothe by hys father syde mothers cometh of the Kinges of Englande they wolde perhappes as they haue iust cau●e lay it aparte and both thanke god hartelye that hath vouchesaued by hys diuine prouidence to bringe to passe that such two noble personages comming both of one stocke and linage that is to say of the moste valiant and famouse Prince Kinge Edward the third shuld for thauauncement of y e noble bloud of Englande be ioyned together in marriage also be verye gladde in their heartes to know y t such a noble progeny as themperours is hathe spronge oute of the race of the kinges of Englād but to thintent that it may playnely appeare y t this is of an vndoubted trueth I shall sette forth as it were in a table for al men to loke vpon the lineall dyscent bothe of the Queenes Highnes and also of the sayd prince from Kinge Edwarde the thirde which lineall discent haue I gathered partely out of the stories of England and partly out of the stories of Spayne to thintent that the trueth thereof shoulde throughly be knowen to all meane Hereby maye we wel perceaue that the Quenes grace taketh no straunger to marry wyth but suche one as bothe by father and mother cometh of the royall bloude of Englande and nowe at lengthe is called home as it were to hys natyue countrye insomuch y t no true Englishe man hath any cause to grudge at the matter but great cause hath he to merueyle at the wonderfull prouidence of god therin and hartely to thanke him to that he of hys goodnes both hath so auaunced the noble bloude of Englande abroade in the worlde by raysing vp thereof so manye noble princes to gouerne his people also nowe in the ende hath sent vnto vs a noble prince of y e same bloud to be ioyned in marriage with the Queenes hyghnes to the great honour of our countrye and all oure comfortes For what can be more honorable for vs then to ioyne with such a prince whose progenitours haue ben for their noble actes renomed throughout y e whole worlde and for their singuler vertue moste hyghlye promoted For manye noble victories haue they gotten manye countries haue they subdued and alwayes by their force policie defended the state of Christendome agaynste oure mortal enemies the Turkes And because they were so muche estemed for theyr excellente vertue vj. of their familie ▪ that is to saye of the house of Austria hathe bene of late dayes chosen to be emperors Of whom two were called Alberte other two Frederike

he hadde not sene hym nowe the space of syxe monethes he aunswered ▪ that he hadde not as yet in dede learned y t verse of y e Psalme Agayne along time after ▪ one of his familiar frendes demaunded of hym whether he had learned his verse and he sayde Now or .xix. yeares passed and truely as yet I haue scarcely learned to practise it Wherby it well appeareth that a man maye learne as much vpon one day at one sermon as he can well learne perfytly to practise in a whole yeare Wherfore I haue oftentymes muche maruayled at vs Englishe men of late that we came to the churche at the tyme of our English seruice to heare only and not to pray our selfes By meanes wherof many folkes are so inured that they can hardlye frame them selfes as yet to pray in the churche which as our sauiour sayth is the house of prayer And moste mete were it for folkes comming to the churche to pray earnestly them selfes and both to think vpon their synnes wherewith they haue offended their lorde god and to be sory for them and to desire god to forgyue them yea and beside to gyue hym harty thankes for all his benefites bestowed vpon them and to beseche hym to assiste them with his grace agaynst the assaultes of their aduersary the deuil For thus ought men to spende the holy daye and thus ought they to bestow their tyme in the churche of God when they come thyther For what dyd Anna the doughter of Phanuell who had lyued with her husbande .vij. yeares and after his death continued widowe tyll she was foure score and foure yeares old and so died is it not written of her by S. Luke that she departed not from the temple but serued God there nyght and daye in fastyng and praying The Euāgelist telleth not that there she was occupied in hearynge but that she was occupied in praying Many heare and eyther they shortly forget what they haue hearde or elles yf they remembre it ▪ yet they do not practise it and one howre spente in practisynge is more worthe to vs then twentye spent in hearynge Therefore when they come to Churche and heare the priestes who sayeth common prayer for all the whole multitude albeit they vnderstand them not yet yf they be occupied in godlye prayer them selfes it is sufficient for them And lette them not so greatly passe for vnderstandynge what the priestes saye but trauayle them selfes in feruent praying and so shal they hyghly please God Yea and experience hath playnlye taught vs that it is much better for them not to vnderstande the common seruice of the Churche then to vnderstande it because that when they heare other prayinge with a lowde voyce in the language that they vnderstand they are letted from prayer them selfe and so come they to suche a slacknes and negligence in prayinge that they at lengthe as we haue well sene of late dayes in maner pray not at al. And let thē first thynke thys for it is vndoubtedly true that the diuine seruice here in Englande hath euer bene in Latyn synce the first tyme that the fayth was among vs receaued saue onlye this .vi. or .vij. yeares laste passed And then how godly the people all that while were disposed how many vertuous and holy men women haue bene within this realme and howe God dyd in all thinges prosper vs. And reade who so lyste the godly ecclesiastical story of sayncte Bede and he shall fynde my sayinges herein moste true By whych story he shal learne besyde how the same fayth the same forme of religion the same rites and ceremonies that we now vse in the churche haue bene since kynge Lucius dayes in whose reygne the fayth was firste receaued in Englande continuallye vsed And eyther muste we graunte thys that there was neuer any godly men in thys realme neuer one sowle saued neuer any grace of God among vs neuer the assistence of the holye gooste wyth vs whych no good nor reasonable manne eyther can or wyll graunte yf thys be not the true fayth and belefe wherby mens soules shalbe saued that nowe is amonges vs. For where true belefe is not there is not God nor none of hys grace nor no parte of his holy spirite And therefore yf thys be a false fayth and belefe that we nowe haue then god both is and hath bene most vnkynde not onlye to vs but to all Christendome besyde whiche is in the same belefe that we be seyng that he hath not before these .vij. yeares laste passed reuealed opened hys trueth vnto vs but suffered bothe vs and all our progenitours and elders to yea and all Christendome euer synce Christes incarnation euen to these latter dayes to lyue in blyndnes and to let vs continue styll in daunger of damnation But God forbydde that any man myght iustly eyther thynke or saye thus For then myght we commynge before our sauiour Christ at the day of iudgement yf we shulde for our belefe be there condēned aunswere that we were not to blame nor worthie of dānatiō therfore because that hys blessed spouse the Catholike churche hadde from tyme to tyme taught vs thys belefe that he hadde promised to be with his churche to the worldes ende Whyche promyse caused vs alwaye to giue credence to hys holye Churche whiche we thought could not erre nor be deceaued in anye matter concerning our fayth Therfore no man hathe cause to iudge thys religion that we nowe haue to be noughte and so to thinke that the worshyppynge of Christes blessed body in the sacrament is Idolatrye as manye of late haue most wyckedlye both beleued and taught and by that meanes condemne all oure fathers grandfathers and the reste of oure elders whyche haue so beleued but verye good cause hath he to suspect the religion that hathe bene brought in of late yea and vtterlye to abhorre it bothe for that he seeth so playnly before his eyes y e abhominable fruytes that it hath brought forth in this realme and also that he knoweth that it was neuer receaued in thys realme before these laste .vij. yeares paste saue onelye that wycked Wyclyffe hadde in corners taught the same in kinge Edward the thirdes dayes whiche his doctrine ended in notable treason euen as this did that was latelye receaued among vs as after I shal more playnly declare But some say that they woulde haue vs beleue and lyue accordynge as menne dydde in the primitiue churche Howe was that I praye you was it as we haue bene taughte of late in beleuing ▪ that Christes blessed bodye in the sacrament is but a pece of breade to abolish the Masse to cast awaye praying and fastyng No no Heare I praye you what saynct Bede sayeth concernynge the state of the primitiue churche Whē as S. Augustyne hys felowes that were sent by saynct Gregorye hyther into Englande to preache had gotten thē a place in kent to soiourne in they folowed the