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A02469	A sight of the Portugall pearle, that is, the aunsvvere of D. Haddon maister of the requests vnto our soueraigne lady Elizabeth by the grace of God quene of England Fraunce and Irelande, defendour of the faith. &c. against the epistle of Hieronimus Osorius a Portugall, entitled Pearle for a Prince. Translated out of lattyn into englishe by Abraham Hartwell, student in the kynges colledge in Cambridge; Gualtheri Haddoni pro reformatione Anglicana epistola apologetica ad Hier.Osorium, Lusitanum. English	Haddon, Walter, 1516-1572.; Hartwell, Abraham, b. ca. 1542.	1565 (1565)	STC 12598; ESTC S112464	36,621	136

holy holy decretalles whose abolishinge you think hath bene the vtter decay of godly feare within mennes heartes Certes I alwayes deemed that the feare of GOD had sprong by y e vertue of holy scriptures and not by the Romish decrees by whose Canons I heare say whole routes haue bene enriched but a sclēder sort trayned to dread God rightlye Wel to yelde you so muche that diuers of your Canons teache reasonable good and wholsome moral doctrine as I confesse they do what vaūtage you thereby we admit bothe decrees and decretals in our Ecclesiastical consistories and courtes and of neither sorte disanull anye poinct sauing thauthor and hym reiect we not as bishop of Rome but as King of Bishops and supreme hed of our church We yeld vnto no supreme hed within England but vnto the Quenes highnes and out of forrein monumentes we borrow whatsoeuer may serue for the enhauncing of godlines and vertue yea whēce soeuer it be Not knowing thys our custome you bewayle the ruine and decay of the decrees which so far forth as they varie not frō Gods worde stand with vs in full vertue and force You vpbrayde oure preachers as the very fountaines of vnbrideled and wanton libertye and father vpon them such a dissolute and wilfull kind of talk as the like neuer was in Epicurus or Diagoras Whom being thus disguised in new colors of your inuention you lout flout al at pleasure Cal to minde I besech you how your good master Cicero he y t lent you al your eloquence saith it is il dealing of iestes with god whether it bee in sporte or good sooth If verye nature did teache the gentilles thys then had you nede beinge a Christian to looke with both eyes what it is like a sycophant with scoffinge to tryumph agaynst Chryst. But to the purpose we are contente wyth Sainct Paule to build vpō that liberty wherin Christ hath planted vs. And this libertye of the spirite we qualifye in suche sorte that we make exception agaynste the libertye of the fleshe as S. Paule againe teacheth We beleue in y e gospell that euerlasting death is farre from them whych are graffed in Christe Iesus addinge also that foloweth in the same treatise whose walkinge is not after the fleshe but after the spirite I do not roue out of the very letter to take away al suspition of treachery or iuglinge S. Paul after lōg serious disputations concludeth y t we are iustified by faith without the workes of y e law Let vs subscribe herevnto and in no wyse let vs derogate from the gospell one iot mary this is to be learned out of the same leafe by a lyuely and charytable fayth These two thus linked together if we doe holde and maintaine as no doubte we do you ought not to diuorse them reply vppon a maisterles errour which hath no Patrone except it be your selfe It is no gentlemans practise that I may vse the termes of the Ciuill lawe to catche thone ende of a statute and there by to iudge the whole matter Mangle not our doctrine thus but repete it as it is Which done there shall ye see good worckes standing in their due reputation store or graue exhortacions vnto penitence and laste of all proue that for lacke of an aduersarye you haue made a verye wyse conflicte with your owne shadowe Forthe ye goe in your lycencyous stile horriblye cryinge out that through this dulnes nai madnes of our men all mannes reason is clogged and tied vp free wil hath no scope nor liberty and all mankinde made so bare and so blynd that there is lyttle dyfference betweene a man and a stone that they make god thauthour of sinn and bring al thinges to confusion and distemperaunce Finally that it argueth iniustice in god to take vengeaunce of thē whom he hym selfe hath depraued Suerelie I doe not commonly yelde to any pange But this once I must nedes be bolde with you You haue vttred not onely a dissardlye and vnskilful cauillation but blasphemous withall and suche one as the very stones wherof you talk if they coulde speake woulde not cast out agaynste our preachers Dippe your witt and vnderstandinge in a little scripture and reclaim your error God the father chose vs in Christ before the foundations of the worlde were laid that we might be hollie blameles in his sight You heare recyted out of the gospell this diuyne election which you in wordes so greuousely detest and you heare the time also Neither is that any necessary fruite of thelectiō to breake downe the pale vnto all lustes and abhomination as you scoffe most vnreuerently but to make vs appeare hollye and irreprehensible before the face of god by charitie as is worde by worde expressed in the gospell God it is that worketh in vs bothe y e good will and the worke of good wyll In fewe wordes hath S. Paule clogged and captyuated all our strength and power How now is there no difference betwene vs and stones or stockes O headde made of a blocke that so woulde gather S. Paule againe calleth vs ioynct workers with Chryste and commaundeth vs to labour about our owne sowles health in feare and tremblynge Howe can that bee wyll you saye sithe we leaue all in gods handes Learne howe in .iii. wordes I can do all things in Christ which doth fortifie me And S. Austine in other wordes compriseth the selfe same sentence very eloquentely God crowneth in vs his own workes Now sir. Marck ye well the holly and twise holly purpose of god surely fensed with the bulwarkes and rampiers of the Scripture And can ye yet conceiue how we make the prouydence of God not the mother of synn but the nurce of all obedience Let vs haue recourse vnto the very fountaynes whiche not withstandynge that they flowe w t streames as sweete as honny yet are your hart stringes so intoxicate that you haue sucked therout the blacke poyson of adders and vypers And that I may haue ineuitable processe against you I will recite the very worde of the gospell The chyldren being yet vnborn when they had done neyther good nor euyll that the purpose of god by electyon might stande not by reason of their workes but by grace of the caller it was saide the elder shal serue the younger as it is writtē Iacob haue I loued Esau haue I hated What sayes your wysdome vnto this Beholde once againe the purpose of god whiche is by election note the tyme that is the children being yet vnborn What shal we say in this case Is there any vnrightuousenes with god that doth S. Paule defye Hieronimus Ossorius will abyde by it God by his owne mouthe saide vnto Moises I wyll haue pitie vpon whosoeuer I take pytie and wyll haue compassion vpon whom so euer I take compassiō Wherunto S. Paule addeth that it is neyther in mannes will nor cunning but in the free mercy of God and this doth he stablish with

borne withall Who doeth not see when the religious rules whiche be conteyned in the Popes constytutions be taken awaye that all feare is putte to fiyght and lycencious lyuing doth reigne with out controlment As who wold say say they we shote at anye other marcke then to pull all feare out of mennes myndes For we be the ☞ patrones of perfect liberty and it is so farre of that we will suffer those whiche be our descyples to stande in awe of anye thinge that wee will quite sette them free from fearing of God For the whiche thinge verely our scollers are muche beholdinge to vs for it was to sore an hart breake day and nyght to feare god and by that meanes to pine awaye with consuminge carefulnes Therefore we haue commaunded all those that beleue in Christ to sette cocke on ☞ hoope and cry care away For we beare theym in hande that fayth is of such force that laying once hande of it though he be neuer so mischeuous a lyin of the Deuyll yet he may warrant himselfe the fauour of Christe and blesse euerlastinge I pray thee who euer was suche a people ☞ parasite so seruiceable to please the madnes of the common sorte that he durste be so bolde as to encourage men from fearing of god Such people pyke thanckes haue oftentymes reiected y e rule of princes haue disanulled lawes whiche abridged and restrayned the people of their wanton wyshes with promising them to lyue as they lyste None of them all dyd once open hys mouth ☞ or make any proffer to perswade the people These men from true religion haue fylched all feare whiche might kepe menne within the lystes and bowndes of their dutye Oure men whiche crake that they came out of god his bosome and knowe all his secretes do plye the box busely that they may seale christian ☞ men a quittance from all feare of god and so make them lyke blinde bayardes boldelye to leape into the myar of all myschiefe They seme to haue this drift in their heades hat they maye stoppe all the highe wayes of health and saluation that they which be shackled with any synne maye haue no safe passage or entraunce For if they haue shaken of all feare which of them will syghe for his synnes That faythe by perswasion of whiche anye man warranteth him selfe euerlastinge blysse setting apart sorowfulnes for hys synnes past leauyng of to doe good workes and hathe the loue of charitye cleane quenshed in him I say that faith is not worthy the name of fayth but rather to be called foolishe hardynes hedlonge hastines and proude presumptuousnes Moreouer all men may see that the profyte of wholsome repentaunce is taken away that the ardente loue of charitye is made key colde when menne take this for a sure staffe to leane on that their synnes be not forgeuen for theyr mournynge for their godly sorrowing for any holy working but rather that in so doing they heape newe synnes vpon their olde ☞ They take it to be a sinne to lament for their synne and they holde that no good worke can be done without synne What reason is it that I for the synne which I dyd not of myne owne accorde for I was constrained of necessity to do it shoulde suffer euerlasting paynes or what ryghte is there that I shoulde be rewarded with euerlastinge ioy for that fayth which I kepte onelye enforced and spurred forwarde of god without any wyll or diligence of my parte And that which is horrible and to be detested if we wyll leane to these ioly fellowes authority all the cause of ☞ iniquytye is to be laide to God his charge They haue also remoued out of the way for stumblinge all modestye and obedience by the whiche all Christyan men did stande in awe of the chiefe ruler of the Church it hath made all the lawes of the Church of none effect it hath wyped away the feare of god it hath chased away sadnes conceyued for synne it hath grated out the griefe whiche the gylty concyence dyd smyte into mennes myndes for their offences it hath made men slacke to do good workes The more any man doth applye hym selfe to ☞ this doctrine the wurser he waxeth the more he flowteth those whiche be plaine and ryght dealing men the more he is set on fyre with hatred against common peace and quietnesse and is puffed vp with moste fantastycall vanityes For he taketh that wysedome vpon hym whiche neuer man coulde yet obteyne And so standing in his owne conceite what so euer toy taketh him in the heade that he so ernestlye doth defende as if he shulde alleadge any worde cōming out of God his own mouth with so hedlong boldenes he disquieteth all thinges as in dede he should seeme to couet nothing more thē to see an hochepoche made of all the worlde They make all thinges in worse case then they founde them they banishe shamefastnesse and ☞ let carnality raunge lose abroade and takynge away the feare of God withoute punishmente they geue men leaue to liue so wickedly as they ☞ lyst ☞ So it commeth to passe that wilfulnes doth more vehemently burst out that lecherous lyfe doth more soone consume mennes ryches that boldenes doth more bragge and goeth aboute more heynous enterpryses For what shall I speake howe daungerous trtuaylinge it is by the high wayes for feare of robbing what shal I recken the disagreinges furyous fallinges out whiche raygne euery where what shall I sett out the conspiracies treasons murders enterprised agaynst Prynces ☞ The more this religion encreaseth the greter offences are committed and more vnshamefastly attempted euen of those which desyre to be called the disciples of such maysters ☞ These men leaning to their owne wytt and inuention take vppon them to be doctors and teachers ☞ These men with their naughty example and lycencious doctrine doe set mennes teeth more on edge to all kynde of vnhappynesse ☞ These men for the most part doe teache their scollers pryde crueltye scoldynge and cursed speakinge ☞ These men inioyning no penaunce or penaltye to theym whiche are ioden with synne doe harten and encourage theym to all vnshamefastnesse ☞ These menne do surrender their scollers fast bounde to bodely delyghtes to the entent they may wayte and geue attendaunce vppon their lecherous lustes These men for so muche as euery one accordyng ☞ to hys owne fyckle fancye dothe blab out and tell for trueth what so euer he doth dreame of and by meanes of that are dispersed into dyuerse innumerable sectes they breake peace they rayse vppe debaytes and procure bloodye battayles They put out all shamefastnes and religion ☞ and they enter no sooner into anye place butte straight way contempt of lawes buddeth out wantonnesse wilfulnes madnes crueltye and other myschiefes do corrupt good maners and rayse vprores and hurly burlyes amonge men haue they such brasen faces that they dare once open their mouth and speake of the Ghospell What other waye is