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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18193	The lamentacion of a synner, made by ye most vertuous Ladie, Quene Caterin, bewayling the ignoraunce of her blind life: set furth and put in print at the instaunt desire of the righte gracious ladie Caterin duchesse of Suffolke, [and] the earnest requeste of the right honourable Lord, William Parre, Marquesse of North Hampton	Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.	1547 (1547)	STC 4827; ESTC S108944	34,896	122

as louyng children without respect of lucre gayne or hyer They be in suche libertie of spirit and ioye somuche in god that theyr inwarde consolacion can not be expressed with tongue all feare of dampnacion is gone frō theim for they haue put their whole hope of saluacion in hys handes that will can performe it neyther haue they any poste or piller to leane to but god and his smothe and vnwrinkled churche For he is to theym all in all thinges and to him they leaue as a most sure square piller in prosperitie and aduersitie nothyng doubting of hys promises and couenaūtes for they b●leue most surelye they shal be fulfilled Also the childrē of god be not curiouse in searching the highe misteries of god whiche be not mete for thē to knowe neither do go aboute w t humayne and carnall reasons to interpret scripture perswading men by theyr subtill wittes and carnall doctrine y t muche knowl●dge of scripture maketh menne her●●ikes without they tempre it with humayne doctryne Sophistrie Philosophie and Logicke wherwith to be seduced according to the tradicions of menne after y e ordenaunces of the world not after Christ. Saynt Paule doeth moste diligently admonish vs which artes are not conuenient meete to be made chekmate with scripture for the scriptures be so pure and holy that no perfeccion can be added vnto them For euen as fine golde doeth excell all other mettals so doeth the woorde of god all mens doctrines I beseche the lord to sende the learned and vnlearned suche aboundaunce of hys holy spirit that they may obey and obserue the most sincere and holye worde of god shewe the fruites therof whiche consisteth chieflye in charitie and godly vnitie that as we haue professed one god one faith and one Baptisme So we may be all of one minde and one accorde putting away all biting gnawing for in bacbiting slaūderinge and misreporting oure christen brethren wee shewe not our selues the disciples of Christ whom we professe In hym was most high charitie humilitie and pacience suffering most paciently al ignominie rebukes slaūders praying to hys eternall father for his enemyes with moste feruent charitie and in al thinges did remit his wil to hys fathers as the Scripture doeth witnes whan he prayed in the mounte A goodly example and lession for vs to folowe at al times and seasons aswell in prosperitie as in aduersitie to haue no will but goddes wil committing and leauing to hym all our cares griefes and to abandon al oure policies and inuencions for they be moste vayne and folish and in dede very shadowes dreames But we be yet so carnall fleshly that wee cum hedlyng lyke vnbridelled coltes w tout snaffle or bit Yf we had the loue of god printed in oure hartes it woulde kepe vs backe from runnyng astray And vntill suche tyme as it please god to sende vs thys bit to holde vs in we shall neuer runne y e right way although we speake and talke neuer somuche of god and hys worde The true followers of Christes doctryne hathe alwayes a respecte and an eye to theyr vocacion If they be called to y e ministerie of Goddes word they preache teache it sincerely to the edifiyng of others shewe theym selfes in their liuing folowers of the same If they be maried men hauing children and familie they norish bring them vp without all bytternes and fiercenes in the doctryne of the lorde in al godlynes and vertue committ●ng the instruccion of others which apperteyneth not to theyr charge to the reformacion of god and hys ministers whiche chiefly be kinges princes bearing the swerde euen for that porpose to punishe euyll doers If they be childrē they honour theyr father mother knowing it to be goddes commaundement that he hath therto annexed a promise of long life If they be seruaūtes they obey and serue theyr masters with al feare and reuerence euen for the lordes sake neyther with murmuring nor grudgyng but with a free herte and minde If they be husbandes they loue their wifes as theyr owne bodies after the example as Christe loued the congregacion and gaue hym for it to make it to hym a spouse without spot or wrinkle Yf they be women maryed they lerne of Saynt Paule to be obedient to theyr husbandes and to keepe silence in the congregaciō to learne of theyr housbandes at home Also they weare suche appare●l as becummeth holines and comly vsage with sobernes not beyng accusers or d●tractours not g●u●n to muche eating of dilicate meates and drynking of wyne but they teache honest thinges to make the youg womē sobre minded to loue theyr housbandes to loue theyr children to be discrete chast huswiflie good obedient vnto theyr husbandes that the worde of god be not euil spoken of Uerely yf all sortes of people would loke to theyr owne vocacion and ordeyne the same according to Christes doctrine we should not haue so many eyes eares to other mennes fautes as we haue For we be so busye glad to finde espie out other mennes doinges that we forget can haue no time to weye ponder oure owne whiche after the woorde of god we ought first to refourme and then we shall the better help an other w t the strawe out of hys eyes But alas we be so muche geuen to loue and to flatter our selfes and so blinded with carnall affeccions that we can see and perceyue no faute in our selfes And therfore it is a thing very requisite necessarie for vs to pray all with one herte and mynde to god to geue vs an heuenly light knowlege of our our owne mis●ries calamities y e we maye see them acknowledge them trulye before hym Yf any man shal be offended at thys my lamenting y e fautes of mē which be in the worlde fantasiyng with theym selues that I do it eyther of hatred or of malice to any sort or kynde of people verely in so doing they shall dooe me greate wrong for I thanke God by hys grace I hate no creature yea I woulde saye more to geue witnes of my conscience y e nether life honour riches neyther what soeuer I possesse here whiche apperteyneth vnto myne owne priuate commoditie be it neuer so deerlie beloued of me but moste willinglie and gladly I woulde leaue it to winne any manne to Christ of what degre or sorte soeuer he were And yet is this nothing in comparison to the charitie that God hath shewed me in sending Christe to dye for me no yf I had all the charitie of Aungelles and apostles it shoulde be but like a sparke of fyer compared to a greate heape of burning cooles God knoweth of what intent and minde I haue lamented mine owne sinnes fautes to the worlde I trust no bodye

people it bringeth furthe good fruit aboundantly so that the want faute is in men and not in the worde of god I praye god all men women may haue grace to becum meete tillage for the fruites of the gospell and to leaue onelye the iangling of it for only speaking of y e gospel maketh not men good christians but good talkers excepte theyr factes and workes agre with the same so then theyr speache is good because they re hertes be good And euē as much talke of the worde of God without practising the same in our lyuing is euill and detestable in the sight of god so it is a lamentable thing to heare howe there be many in y e worlde that do not wel digest the reading of scripture doo commende and prayse Ignoraunce and saye that muche knowlege of gods worde is the original of al discencion scismes and contencion and maketh mē hawte proud and presumptuous by readynge of the same Thys maner of saying is no lesse than a playne blasphemie agaynst the holy gost For the spirite of God is the authour of his worde and so the holy goste is made the authour of euill whiche is almoste great blasphemie as the scripture sayeth a synne that shal not be forgeuen in this worlde neyther in the other to cum It were al our partes and duties to procure and seeke all the wayes and meanes possible to haue more knowledge of goddes wordes set furthe abrode in the worlde and not allowe Ignoraunce and discommende knowledge of gods woorde stopping the mouthes of the vnlearned with suttle and crafty perswasions of Philosophie and Sophistrie wherof cōmeth no ●ruite but a greate perturbacion of the mynde to the simple ignoraunt not knowing whiche way to turne theym For howe is it not extreame wickednes to charge the holy sanctified woord of God with thoffences of man To allege the scriptures to be perillous learnyng because certayne readers therof fall into heresies These menne might be forced by thys kynde of argumente to forsake thuse of fyer because fyer burned theyr neighboures house or to absteine from meate or drynke bicause they see many surfeyte O blynde hate they sklaunder God for mans offence and excuse the man whom they see offende blame the scripture whiche they cannot improue Yea I haue heard of sum that haue very well vnderstande the latin tong that when they haue hearde learned men perswade to the credite and beliefe of certeyne vnwritten verities as they call theym whiche be not in scripture expressed and yet taught as doctryne apostolike and necessary to be beleued they haue ben of thys opinion that the learned menne haue mo Epistles written by thappostes of Christ then we haue abrode in the Cannon of tholde and newe Testament or knowen of any but only to them of the Clergie Whiche beliefe I did not a lytle lament in my harte to heare that any creature should haue suche a blinde ignoraunte opiniō Some kinde of simplicitie is to be praysed but this simplicitie without the veritie I can neyther prayse nor allowe And thus it may be seen howe we that be vnlettered remayne confused withoute god of his grace lightē our hartes w t a heauenly light and knowledge of hys wil for we be geuen of our selues to beleue men better then god I pray god sende all lerned menne the spirite of god aboundantly that theyr doctryne may bryng furthe the fruites therof I suppose there was neuer more nede of good doctryne to be setfurth in the worlde than nowe in thys age for the carnall children of Adam be so wise in theyr generacion that if it wer possible they woulde deceyue the children of light The worlde loueth hys owne and therfore theyr factes doynges be highly estemed of the world but the children of god ar hated because they be not of the worlde for they re habitacion is in heauen and they do dispise the worlde as a most vile slaue The fleshly children of Adam bee so politicke subtil craftie and wise in they re kynde that the electe should be illuded if it were possible for they are clothed with Christes garment in vtter apperaunce with a fayer shewe of all godlines and holines in they re wordes but they haue so shorne nopped turned Christes garmente haue so disguysed theym selues that the children of light beholdyng theym with a spirituall eye accounte and toke theym for men whiche haue solde they re masters garment haue stolne a pece of euery mans garmēt yet by theyr subtill arte and craftie wittes t●ey haue so sette those patches and pieces together that they do make the blind worlde carnal mē to beleue it is Christes very mantle but the children of light knowe the cōtrary for they are led by the spirite of god to the knowledge of the truthe therefore they di●cerne and iudge all thinges right and knowe from whence they cū euen fro the bishop of Rome his membres the head spring of al pride vain●glorie ambicion hipocrisie and fayned holynes The children of god be not abashed although the worlde hate theym they beleue they are in the grace and fauour of God and that he as abest father doeth gouerne theym in all thynges putting away frō theym al vayne cōfidence trust in theyr owne doinges for they knowe they can doe nothing but sinne of theym selues they be not so folish childish not to geue God thankes for theyr eleccion which was before y e beginning of the worlde for they beleue moste surely they be of y e chosen for the holy gooste doeth witnes to their spirite that they be the childrē of god and therfore they beleue god better than man They say with saynt Paule who shall seperate vs from the loue of god shal tribulacion anguish persecucion hunger nakednes peryll or swearde as it is written for thy sake are wee kylled all day long are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuertheles in al these thinges we ouercum thorowe hym that loueth vs for I am sure y t neyther death neyther life neyther aungelles nor rule neyther power neyther thinges present neyther thinges to cum neither quantitie or qualitie neyther any creature shal be able to departe vs from the loue of god whiche is in Christ Iesu our lord They are not by this godly fayth presumptuously enflamed nor by the same becum they leuse idell or slowe in doinge of godly workes as carnall men dreame of them so much the more feruent they be in doing moste holy and pure workes whiche god hath commaunded theym to walke in They wandre not in mennes tradicions and inuencions leauing the moste holye and pure preceptes of god vndone whiche they knowe they be bounde to obserue kepe Also they worke not like hierlinges for meede wagies or rewarde but