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B08235	The ymage of both pastoures sette forth by that mooste famouse clerck, Huldrych zwinglius ; [and] now tra[n]slated out of Latin into Englishe, By John Veron Sinonoys. A most fruitefull [and] necessary boke, to be had [and] redde in all churches, ther wyth to enarme all symple [and] ignorant folkes, agaynst the raueninge wolues and false prophetes.; Von dem predig ampt. English	Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484-1531.; Véron, John, d. 1563.	1550 (1550)	STC 26143; ESTC S111785	87,055	198

secōde parte the rauenynge wolues whyche beynge clothed in shepes skynnes doo counterfeyte thee true shepeheardes are descrybed and sette forthe to thee eyen of thee congregatyon and in a maner shewed wythe thee fynger For there anye manne shall see theyr wyde gapynge mouthes theyr sharpe teethe wherewythe they alwayes threaten slaughter and murther and woluysshe pawes for thee shepes skynnes wherewythe they haue dysguysed theym selues can not hyde all thynges to appeare out To be short all the congregatyons and churches that are not yet prouyded of true mynysters shall by thys lyttel boke yf it be trulye perused and reade learne in the meane season too dyscerne and knowe thee true and faythfull pastoures from thee deuelysshe rauenynge wolues be they neuer soo masked and dysguysed Whych truely wyl be noo smalle helpe vnto theym afterwardes when true pastoures shall thoroughe thee fatherlye care of oure souereyn lorde the kynge and hys honourable counsayle bee sente vnto theym too come vnto the true relygyon and godlynesse A prayer vnto God for to sende true faythfull Pastours O mercyfull pryeste and chyefe Bysshoppe Iesus Chiyste vouchesafe wee beseche thee of thy bountuous mercyfulnesse to sende oute true and faythefull labourers into thy holye harueste for too breake and dystrybute thee breade of thy holye worde vnto theym that hunger for it Vouchesafe also o mooste true and faythfull shepehearde to strengthen wythe thy holy spyrite all preachers and teachers that thou haste sente and dayly do sende to fede thy dere boughte flocke too thee intente that they maye boldelye and earnestlye sette theyr soules in the defence of thy holye worde and for their shepe agaynst all the threatenynges and false enterpryses of thee rauenynge wolues and false prophetes that goo aboute too seduce and bryng vs oute of the ryght waye for theyr belyes sake throughe theyr false doctryne And that they maye so teache and declace vnto vs thy holye lawe and Gospell that we beyng taughte and edyfyed maye daylye more and more magnyfye thy godlye honoure Now I haue shortly declared and shewed the chyefe and pryncypal causes of thee blyndnesse that yet at thys presente raignethe amonge thee symple and ygnoraunte people and what moued me too translate thys golden booke and mooste excellente worcke Whyche trulye yf that godlye Nehemias thee reparatour of Hierusalem were amonge vs I woulde haue dedicated vnto hym and too none other Sythe then that youre grace hathe bene a verye Nehemias vnto vs for thoroughe youre vigilaunte care the true Hierusalem whiche is the Churche that was all couered wythe thee rubbisshe of Antichristes tradityons is now at this presente newe builded vp agayne I coulde do no lesse but to dedicate it vnto your grace And thoughe it is not so eloquentely and fynely translated as manye that were naturally borne and brought vp in thys countreye myghte haue done it Yet not wythestandynge haue I a good hope that youre grace suche is your Pryncely gentylnesse wyll take it in good worthe not so muche consyderyng the thinge it selfe as the beneuolent hart that it comethe from The Lorde knowethe howe greate a loue and affcctyon not onelye I but generallye all true Christyans doo beare vnto you and that for the excedynge great zeale that youre grace hathe had alwayes to true relygyon and godlinesse This loue and affectyon was ryght wel declared and manyfested by thee teares and daylye prayers of thee faythfull when that euerlyuyng and almyghty God who alwayes chastyseth theim whome he louethe dyd suffre youre grace to be tryed wythe thee fyre of trouble and afflyctyon As then all thee whole congregation of thee faythfull dyd withe mournynge teares make earneste intercessyon and prayer vnto almyghtye God for your graces delyueraunce so nowe I doo mooste humblye beseche hym that is the auctoure of all good thynges that he vouchesafe of hys goodnesse and mercye so wythe hys holye spyryte too rule guygde and gouerne you in all youre wayghtye affayres withe that most gracyous Ladye your true louing spouse and wyfe that what soeuer youre grace shall thinke or do may be to the glory of god to the cōmune weale of this Realme saluacion of youre soule ¶ Youre poore oratour Iohn Verou The Image of both Pastours or ministers set forth by that famouse Clerck Huldriche zwinglius and now translated out of Latyn into Englisshe by Iohn Vtron Seuonoys Th●y were called Apostolyke men that were disciples of the Apostles as Luke marke were THat in tymes paste many admonitiōs were geuen by the prophetes in the olde Testament in the newe by apostolyke men yea the Apostels thē selues whych were the chief ministers of Christes churche vnto the Pastours of the people euerye man doeth know that only hath redde with a diligent mynd their bokes writinges in the which mooste deare brethren in Christ most faythful seruauntes and ministers in the house of god we may deprehende and fynde very sute tokēs of this thinge Wherfore I haue thoughte that it was also lawfull for me to speake talcke and reason wyth all the fydelytie and diligence that cā be of oure commune offyce and admynystration and that mooste especiallye in thys godly and dyuyne Sinode A Synode is an assēble or convocatiō of the clergye togeath .x. wher so many hūdreth of Pastours so great numbre of learned menne and also so great a multitude of brethrē that with a feruent desyre do thyrste for the word of God are assembled Let vs therfore in gods holy name begynne oure matter The Christian Pastour and flocke whych he taketh vppon hym to feede doeth wyth soche euydence and lyuelynesse expresse the type fygure of thee dyuyne Maiestie and of vs al The scripture of the old Testamēt doeth adumorate shadowe the diuine prouydēce of god vnder the similitude shadow of a shepeherde that the Scripture of thee olde Testamente is wonte often tymes too shadowe vnder thee similitude and Image of a Pastoure or shepeherde that euerlarstynge prouydence of thee hyghe God where wyth he doeth beholde care for rule as a faythfull housholder dispose all thynges that is to saye when it doeth depicte and sette forth that most hygh gouernour of the worlde vnder the personne of a shepeherde and vs vnder the similitude of shepe What shoulde we saye Syth that the sauiour of vs all Iesus Christe doeth vouchesafe to call hym selfe by the name of a shepeherd Iohn .x chap. For he is thee true fode in hym the fatte Pastours of the soules are layde forth vnto vs to be shorte he is that true leader shepeherde of the ●●ocke which hath brought vs miserable wretched sinners out of the thick darckenesse of ignoraunce and snares of mennes traditions into that pleasaunte lyghte of gods wysdom and in to the lybertye of the sonnes of God Wher the offyce of a shepeherde or pastour oughte to be learned Wherfore it shall be necessarye for all theym that are sente as Pastours

enemyes of the trueth and to withstande them to theyr faces that so he may defende the flocke committed vnto hym and helpe hys shepe out of thee myre and puddell of synne for onlesse soche thinges were done cared for and takē hede of we shuld haue no nede of a Pastour for whyles no peryl doeth hange ouer the shepe they haue no neade of a pastour nor of a watch man that should watch for theym but rhey haue nede of a pastoure that they may throughe his fatherly care diligence both for see and shunne the peryl Yf then the pastour when there is any daunger peryl ieoperdye doth runne away as touching the shepe it maketh no matter at al whether that they haue any shepeherde or not Wherfore it is most necessary The example of christe that afore all thynges we haue an eye vnto christ whych sayeth Iohn x. I do ieoparde my lyfe for my shepe For he dyd not onely speake these thinges with wordes but also he dyd fulfyll and performe them in dede For when he was goynge to Hierusalem he dyd wythe plaine and manifest wordes declare vnto his discyples what paryl daūger he shuld bryng his lyfe to Math. xv● whē Peter dyd go about to turne hym frō the minde and purpose he turned hym self to Peter sayinge Goo after me Sathan thou hynderest me for thou doest not sauoure those thinges that are of god but those thynges that are of mē And afterwardes beyng entred into the citie he did cast the biers sellers out of the temple fearyng nothynge thee malycyous intentes of thee Scrybes and priestes whom he knewe dyd hate hym deadly Yea he dyd also opēly in the audyence of all thee people wythe greate grauitye and sharpe wordes rebuke theyr synnes and vyces that is to saye theyr couetousnes ambition hypocrysye math xxii● And when the appoynted houre or tyme of hys deathe was come that he shoulde delyuer hym self for vs his enemies beīge yssued forth dyd seeke too take hym he dyd come forthe to mete theym and that we beynge instructed by hys owne example myghte vnderstande that it is also thee offyce of a Pastoure to beware and kepe of those outewarde perylles and ieopardyes whyche maye hurte the lyues and goodes of the shepe he dyd not onelye delyuer hym selfe too deathe for vs all but also dyd deliuer hys dyscyples from thys bodelye deathe sauynge theyr lyues when he not wythout a dyuyne godly maiestie power dyd saye Yf ye seke me suffre these to go away Therfore he that wylbe a faythful good pastour of the shepe of our lord and sauyoure Iesus Chryste folowynge chrystes example muste set hym selfe agaynste all peryllous tem●estes and stormes and come forthe against al the enemies of Christ which for goddes sake and hys euerlastynge worde and also for the faythfull care that he taketh for hys shepe do go aboute to persecute and afflycte hym fearynge nothyng nor yet regarding the persō of any man Lette hym not be afrayde nor abasshed in hys mynde thoughe he were cōpelled to reproue rebuke speake against the great Kynge Alexander magnus or Iulyus Cesar The true Pastour shall also rebuke and reproue prīces yf they vse any extortion or burden ouer sore their poore subiectes or thee Bysshoppe of Rome hym self to be short against al the mightiest moste puissaunt kynges Princes of the worlde Which thing he shal not only do yf they do obstinateli resist the word of god but also yf they do oppres the poore people that is vnder their subiectiō with intollerable burdens of subsidyes exactiōs taxes Which thinges we wyl proue nowe with plaine euident examples and also wythe manifest testimonies of the scryptures Whē the almighty merciful father did se that the people of Israel was oppressed w e exceding great vnmeasurable afflictiōs with an ouer heauy yoke of seruitude by the most cruel tiraūt Pharao al the people of Egipt by by he did sēd Moses to delyuer them frō so hard a thraldom bodage For he could beare no longer the tyrannicall vniust affliction of his people Exo. iii. And although Moyses excusynge him selfe by his simplicitie and rudenesse dyd al that he could to put from hym that functyon office yet did he profytte or auayle nothing prayed he neuer so moch but beynge compelled and constrayned of the lorde dyd brynge forth that great people and innumerable multytude of men women and chyldren yea against the tyraunt Pharaos wyl and how Through the myddest of the sea through the desertes thoroughe thousandes of their enemyes thorough infinit parylles of hunger thyrste sycknesses punysshementes So that to haue reade or harde suche great paynes labours and trauayles wolde make anye man to tremble and quake for horrour God notwythstandynge althoughe they were beset on euerye syde with parylles most daugerous ieopardyes yet remembrynge his promyse dyd geue the vyctorye to his people Thys therfore shal be the office duety of euery Pastour to come forth and to stand vp manfully for the health saue garde of hys shepe yf at any tyme the tyrauntes of this world do begynne vniustly and after newe vngodly wayes to aggrauate or burden and oppresse thee people For they that mynyster thee lames of natyons and peoples The du●t●e of christian magistrat ● and are gouernoures of publyke weales oughte too be benefycyall not iniuryous or wrongefull not pyllers and pollers not robbers and theues Luke .xxii. Wherefore that famous godly philosopher Seneca Seneca dyd ryght wel and iustely cal the offyce or ruledomme of a Kynge Benefecyum that is to saye a benefytte No man I suppose is ygnoraunte what is dued of subiectes to magystrates whych thynge Paule doeth playnelye set forthe Roma xiii but here in thys place we speake of tyrauntes whyche doynge intollerable wronges vnto all men haue in theym no sparkle of loue towardes theyr neyghboure nor yet of true relygyon or godlynesse A digression What shall we saye o faythfull soule shall wee not beleue that thys is doone by thee syngulare loue mercye and bounteous worcke of God thee father that in thys oure moste wycked tyme whyche is polluted with all kyndes of vyce we see thee bryghtenesse of hys holye worde too shyne forthe wythe so greate vertue and lyghtesomnesse In this oure tyme I saye that all inorydynate lustes fleshely affectyons vnryghteousnesse iniquitie a dyssolute or lycentyous corruptyon of all good lawes do raygne euery wher that we se al states and orders of menne yea thee greateste parte of thee myghty Prynces corrupted cōtaminated polluted with fylthye whoredom adulterye rauyshyng of mayden vnfaithfulnes impudency or vnshamefastnes with robberyes theftes detestable vsurye all other lyke horryble synnes Wherfore sythe that it is playne and euedente that the word of god was neuer hetherto sens that the fayth of chryst beganne fyrst to bee preached and spreade abroade

god such confydēce trust in him that same is not of oure selues but it cometh of god For it is he that learneth vs both hys power hys wyl certyfyeth vs of thē by hys onelye begotten sonne Iesus Chryste And who soeuer doth receyue hym for the sōne of god he is alredy sure in his mind that god both wil cā helpe vs for he hath delyuered to death his onely begottē sonne for vs thau the whyche nothing cā be found in this world greater or more excellent He therfore which is certified by Iesus Christe is borne of god and god dwelleth in him i. Ioh. iiii For we cā not by our owne reason and strengthe receaue Chryste wyth a sure and stedfast faith for that is wrought in vs by god only And he that hath god dwellyng in him is alredy certyfyed in hys mynd that God wyll both heare hys prayers and also performe hys desyres By these thīges thē that haue ben rehersed hitherto it is most surely to be gathered that they ▪ whyche ar wōt to complayne of the feblenes of gods loue and of theyr cold affectyon towardes hym nor cā abyde to suffre death for his names sake haue not yet receaued christ with a true and sound fayth For he that hathe embraced christ from hys verye harte can not but bee ashamed yf he feelethe hys fleshe too go aboute some let or stoppe syth that he seeth god the father to haue delyuered so liberally his onely begottē sōne for vs. Who soeuer then Of whom we oughte to desire that loue of God desyreth the loue of god he must aske of god the father the true knowledge of Iesus christ and of his whole mistery that he may leane vpon him wyth a sure true vndoubted fayth and by by he shall feele in him self the fyre of loue He shal also afterwardes geue high thākes vnto god the he doeth vouchsafe to spēd bestow cōsume thys foule vyle body to the honour and glory of hys name For although our fleshe doth dreade feare death for chryste hym selfe was not a lytle moued wythe the feare and horrour of deathe yet notwythstanding beynge by and by styrred with that moste strōg fire of loue incēsinges of faith will be cōstrained to folow the faithful soule into the very death Such I saye is the necessitye of gods loue whyche may be drawen out of those fountaynes that we haue shewed euen nowe We thinke thē What the loue of God is able to doo that it is sufficiētly shewed declared that the loue of god onelye can performe or brynge too passe al those thinges that are necessary for a pastoure whych ar these that he vtterlye forsake his parentes hys owne self that he take vpon hym thys moste peryllous office wtout scrippe purse without any rode or styck that also he suffre hym selfe to be broughte before heade rulers before kynges and Iudges that he suffre him self to be scourged to be reuiled yl spoken of and atlēgth to be most cruelly put to deathe Whyche loue againe the rewarde of a good Pastour it is impossyble to stande wythoute a true and assured fayth in god Now also the greatenes of the reward must be cōsidered yf perchaunce according to the nature of mānes wytte thee hope of thee rewarde may encorage the Pastour hoth to laboure and also to bee pacyente in hys troubles and afflyctyons Oure lorde Iesus Chryst doth appointe the rewarde Marke .x. For when Peter had in the name of all the disciples asked hym sayinge Beholde wee haue forsaken all thynges and folowed thee What shall we then haue Christe dyd aunswere Verely I say vnto you Ther is no man that hath forsaken hys house or hys brethren or his systers or his father or hys mother or hys wyfe or his chyldren or his fyeldes for my sake the gospel but that he shal receaue an hundreth fold in thys world houres brethren and syners mothers chyldren and fyeldes wyth persecutions in the world to come lyfe euerlasting Here chryste doethe promyse an ample and an excedynge greate rewarde but he doethe adde a verye sowre sawce he maketh it very bytter and hatefull or heynouse vnto our flesshe when he telleth before that we shal haue that rewarde with persecutions Wherfore we must better loke and consyder wher the same hundreth fold reward that he doth speake of here was euer geuen For it is a very easye thing to fyud persecution in this worlde but we se that it is not so easye to fynd an hundreth houses so manye brethren fyeldes c. Wherfore pōder more dilygētly what hath ben done Actuum .ii. Whē Peter as the Actes do testyfie dyd vpon wytsonday preaching christe conuert thre Howe it oughte to be vnderstanded that we shal receaue an hundreth folde in this world M men too the christian fayth dyd he not get vnto hym a muche greater numbre of systers and brethren and also manye mo houses fyeldes and much greater plētye of all thynges than euer he hadde before For he dyd loue all theym whiche dyd take thee name of chryste vpon them and dyd beleue in him no les than hys owne brethren he dyd no lesse care for theyr ryches and possessyons than yf the substaunce of all theym had bene hys owne takinge hede most diligētly to this thing that they shuld not set theyr myndes to moch vpon earthly ryches nor abuse them rashely Truely all faythful pastours were of this mynde In dede this reward doth in no wise serue for the body nor for bodely cōmodities but rather it doeth increase the care solicitude of a Pastour which he hath ouer the shepe cōmitted vnto him What nedeth to speake of the promises of ꝑsecutiō wh●ch we do se to be so fulfylled that by the space of many yeres the pastours ministers of the churches haue ben most cruelly put to death wherby it may easely be gathered that the Pastours do in no wyse minister and execute this function office whether a Pastour that is fa●thful doeth take this offyce vpon him in respecte of the ●uerlasting rewarde or not for any externe outwarde reward But because the rewarde of euerlastinge lyfe is promysed also wythe these outwarde thynges we must consyder luke whether that the Pastour doth take vpon hym this office in respecte of it or not Where agayne we shal deprehend fynd that the Pastour yf so be that he be true faythfull is not principally moued wyth thee promyse of the euerlastīg reward to take thys offyce vpon him For he that seeueth for an euerlasting hier rewarde must nedes afore all thynges to know where this hyer or reward is promised vnt● him agayne who is the author of this promyse that he whych hath promysed is true whych can neytherlye nor deceaue Yf then a man knoweth that a rewarde is promysed vnto him by and by

doth he enquyre wyth al dylygēce studye whether that he which hathe promysed it is true Yf he be eues assured and certyfyed in hys mynde thereof he hath also gottē the true most assured or strong faythe in god the father And where faythe is there also muste the loue of god ensue and fol●w For who coulde acknowledge god for that hyghe and infallyble good for a moste benigne boūteous mercyful father not loue hym from hys very hart especyally syth that hathe certyfyed vs of hys grace and loue wyth that most chyef Iewel pryce ▪ and pledge of hys only beg●ttē sōne Iesus christ No mā then that is a faythfull pastour hath a respect to the reward or hyer For yf he be alredy before assured certyfyed of the reward knowynge that it can not be taken from hym he muste also haue fayth before in hym Yf he hath fatyh he hathe also an inseparable companyon wyth it whyche is called thee loue of God Yf then the Pastour hath both faythe and loue these two shall moue hym to doo hys duetye and to execute truely hys offyce wythout any respect of rewarde or hyer Seruauntes and hyerlynges do laboure and worcke for the hyer and haue an eye onelye to it the chyldren not so but because they are chyldren they do so faythfully worke in the house of their father wythout any solycitude or care of the hyer or rewarde for they do committe wholy the retribution or paying of it what soeuer it shall be at length vnto theyr father Galat. iiii And we are chyldren and eyres wyth Christe why shoulde we then as seruauntes and hyerlynges haue a respecte onely to the hyer and rewarde and not rather to the glory and honour of our father whych accordynge to his ryghteous wyl and euerlasting wysdō doeth appoynte and assygne a portion of hys enheritaunce for vs What Pastour soeuer is not come to this measure of gods loue he shal in the flāmes of tēptacion persecutiō oftē tymes wauer For this cause Christe dyd strengthen his disciples wyth his holy spyryte afore that they went to preache that with an outwarde sygne and token of fyrye tonges of a vehement noyse impetuous wynd Actuum ii For the wynd dyd go before in tokē of the most troublous tempest wher with afterwardes the world was shaken moued which signe and tokē fyrye tongues dyd folowe wherby the strengthening confirming of god the father through hys loue beynge kyndled in our hartes is sygnyfyed and betokened ¶ Of false Pastours / vnpreachinge Prelates FAlse Pastours are they Who be false Pastours whyche are called false Prophetes whom that most wyse euerlastinge God ●oeth in many places lyuelye depicte set forth in theyr owne colours and yet for all that soch is the ignoraunce blyndnesse of our hartes that we wyl not know them But Christ doth so lyuely Math. vii set thē forth before oure owne eyen that he may seme to haue shewed them wyth hys fynger saying after thys maner Beware of false Prophetes that come to you in shepes clothing but inwardely they are raueninge wolues ye shall knowe them by theyr fruytes Do men gather grapes of thornes or fygges of thystels In these wordes we do se a generall rule set forth by Christ whych the trueth it selfe dyd descrybe that therby we should know all false Pastours and prophetes The hipocrisy of false prophetes is applyed to the Papystes For at the fyrst they come as yf a man myghte saye vnarmed or naked beynge decked in symple homely apparell contrefeytinge thee shepe as though butter could not melte in theyr mouthes that is to saye as thoughe they coulde hurte no man wyth theyr owne strength and armure Such as we do see now a dayes the Papistes to be yf a mā shuld consyder and loke vpon the wordes that they doo vse for as touchinge theyr outward apparell that both they and theyr trayne are wonte to vse it is so replenished with the pryde pompe of this worlde it is so garnished wyth all kyndes of watrely weapons armure that a wolfe can not be easelyer knowen by hys wyde gaping mouth and longe rauening teeth thā these tyrauntes are knowē by it But lettinge these th●nges passe we wyll consyder loke vpon theyr wordes Yf they do see any where the pure and syncere doctryne of the Gospell too be sowen by and by they come to the Magistrates wyth soche woordes We do see o men The hypocriticall oratiō of the Papistes not without a bytter griefe of mynde that vnsewed coate of Christe to be miserably rente and torne and that the holye catholyke Church whych Christe hath pourchased vnto hym selfe wythe hys moste precious bloude is troubled yea and almost ouerwhelmed wyth sondry and diuerse calamities c. And who Ironia that is to say a playn mockinge of the hypocritecal Papystes beyng a true faythful man could kepe him self frō weping whē he heareth the bitter death of christ the sheding of his most precious bloud thus with soch lamentable wordes to be rehearsed But when they are come to the ende of their Oratiō thou shalt easely perceaue and vnderstande whether that they do seke christ or rather the fillinge of theyr chestes For they are wonte all most to vse soch a cōclusion The laudable traditions of the holy fathers are scornefullye cōtempned altogether despysed here they do vnderstand soche constitutions as do mayntayne theyr prebendes their rentes reuenues their firste fruytes thythes Why the papistes doo cōplayn of the Go●pellers excommunication or suspendinge for money theyr iuridicial power and iuridictions Many saye that the Masse is no sacrifyce for thys was the most gaynful hawking wherwith they dyd escape vnto them selfes al the treasures ryches of the world Confessiō is euery where reiected set at naught for by it they dyd leade the consciēces of all men captyues and prysonners whych in dede they dyd neuer delyuer or sette at large tyll they had alwayes wrasted from the poore wretches an inestimable raunsome As for that true necessarye confession whereby a man maye come into the true knowledge of hys synnes and into a repentaunce acceptable vnto God they cared neuer for it The holy and blessed mother of god the Vyrgyn Mary is of al men vngodlye despysed and why because that they do not see her as she was afore tymes hytherto too be decked and trymmed wythe golden and syluer gyftes wherby they had euery yere a newe haruest of money but the al thinges are distributed geuen to the poore as we reade that the poore sonne of Mary dyd Monkes Nonnes breakinge forth of their cloysters treadinge mooste vngodly all theyr lawes and rules vnder fete do forsake theyr Monasteries Monasteryes Abbeys were thee garrisons of the Bishop of Rome of hys shauelinges For in them was the strongest garrison of the Bysshop of Rome