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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10781	A pituous lamentation of the miserable estate of the churche of Christ in Englande in the time of the late reuolt from the gospel, wherin is conteyned a learned comparison betwene the comfortable doctrine of the gospell, [and] the traditions of the popish religion: with an instruction how the true Christian ought to behaue himself in the tyme of tryall. Wrytten by that worthy martyr of god Nicolas Rydley, late Bysshoppe of London. Neuer before this tyme imprynted. Wherevnto are also annexed certayne letters of Iohn Careles, written in the tyme of his imprisonment. Perused and allowed according to the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions.	Ridley, Nicholas, 1500?-1555.; Careless, John, fl. 1564-1566.	1566 (1566)	STC 21052; ESTC S110643	38,326	116

be slaine as they were Now thou O man of God for our Lords sake let vs not for the loue of this life tary them to longe and be occasion of delay of that glorious cōsummation in hope and expectation wherof thei departed in the lord and the which also the liuing end●ed with Gods spirit ought so earnestly to desire and to grone for with al the creatures of God Let vs all with Iohn the seruant of God cry in our harts vnto our sauiour Christ Veni domme Iesu come Lorde Iesu come For then when christ which is our life shal be made manifest and apeare with him in glory thē shal the children of god appeare what thei be euen like vnto Christ for this our weake body shall be transfygurated and made lyke vnto Christes glorious body that by the power wherby he is able to subdue vnto himself all thinges Then that which is now corruptible shall be made incorruptible that is nowe vyle shal thē be made glorious that is nowe weake shal rise then mighty and strong that is grosse and carnal shal be made fine and spirituall for thē we shal see haue the vnspeakable ioy and fruition of the glorious maiesty of our lorde euen as he is Who or what then shall let vs to ieopard to leopard yea to spend this life which we haue here in Christes cause in our lorde God his cause O thou therefore man of god thou that arte loden and so letted lyke vnto a great bellied woman ▪ that thou canst not fly the plague yet if thou lust after such things as I haue spoken of stand fast what soeuer shall befall in thy maysters cause and take thys thy letting to fly for a calling of god to feighte in thy maister Christe hys cause Of this be thou certaine they can do nothing vnto thee which thy father is not aware of or hathe not foresene before they can do no more then it shal please him to suffer them to do for the furtheraunce of his glory edifyinge of his church and thyne owne saluation Lette them then doe what they shal seing to thee O man of God all thinges shall be forced to serue and to worcke with thee vnto the best before God O be not afraide and remember the ende All thys whiche I haue spoken for the comfort of the lamentable case of the man whō christ calleth the great bellied woman I meane to be spokē likewise to the captiue and prisoner in Gods cause for suche I count to be as it were already summoned and prested to fight vnder the banner of the crosse of Chryste and as it were souldiours allowed and taken vp for the Lords warres to do to their lord and maister good and honorable seruice and to stycke to him as men of trustie seruice in his cause euen vnto death and to thinke their life lost in his cause is to winne it in eternall glory for euermore Therefore now to conclude and to make an ende of this treatise I saye vnto all that loue God our heauenly father that loue Christe Iesus oure redemer and Sauioure that loue to folowethe wayes of the holy ghoste which is our comforter and sanct●●er of all vnto all that loue Christes spouse and body the true catholicke churche of Christe yea that loue life ther owne soules health I say vnto all theis harken my deare brethrē and sisters all you that be of God of all sortes ages dignities or degre harken to the worde of our sauioure Iesus Christe spoken to his Apostels and ment to all his in Saincte Mathewes Gospell Feare not theym whiche kyll the bodye for they can not kil the soule but feare him more whiche maie destroye and caste both bodye and soule into ●ell fyer Are not twoo small-sparrowes ●old for a mite and one of them shal not fal or light vpon the ground without your father All the hears of your head be numbred Feare them not you are much more worth then are the littel sparrowes Euery one then that confesseth me before mē him shal I likwise confesse before my father which is in heauen But whosoeuer shal denye me before men I shall denye him likewyse before my father whyche is in heauen The lord graunt vs therfore of his heauenly grace strength that here we may so confesse him in this world amongest this adulterous and sinfull generation that he maye confesse vs again at the latter day before his father which is in heauen to his glory and our euerlasting comforte ioy and saluation To our heauēly father to our sauiour redemer Iesus Christ and to the holy ghost be al glory and honor now and for euer Amen ⸫ CERTEYNE Godly and comfortable letters of the constaut wytnes of Christ Iohn Careles written in the time of his imprisonment and now fyrste set forth in printe ⸫ Anno Domini 1566. Thomas Pirry to the Christian reader in commendacion of that worthy man of god Iohn Careles MUch care did carefull Careles bide in time of Romishe rage Whē flesh bloud with fier was tried to make mennes faith to swage But god be thanked for his grace who did him so defende that in the truth he ran his race and made a godly ende No man more carefull for the crosse of Christe his sauinge health no man more careles for the losse of frendes and worldly wealth When he was hated and abhorde of Cayphas and his sede he cast his care vpon the Lorde and Careles was in dede For why he knewe that worldly power no farther coulde procede then god whose worde doth still endure already had decrede And that the Lorde would in the ende worke all things for the best when of great mercy he shoulde sende his soule to ioyfull rest In hope wherof he careles was and ready to the stake if god so woulde he did not passe such ende on earth to make But gods will was he should not die such death in open sighte wherefore in prison ioyfully to Christ he yelde his sprite Psalme 54. Caste thy care vpon the lorde and he shall nouryshe thee he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer ¶ The grace and free mercy of God in Iesus Chryst the swete consolations of the holy ghost the guide of all Gods dere children be with you strengthen and comforte you my derely beloued swete sister K. E. nowe euer Amen AL be it my derly beloued syster in Chryste that as yet we dyd neuer see one an other personally to any knowledge yet by the vertuous reporte that I haue heard of you and also by the large louynge token that I haue receaued frō you my thinke that I doe euen presently see you beholde your person faithfully walkinge in the feare and loue of god ioying and reioycing with you in the spirite as though we were swetly talkynge together of Christes veritie The lorde god do I humbly besech in the bowels and bloude of our lorde and sauyour

whose names are registred in the booke of life my firme faith is that you are one as by your stedfast faith and fruits of the same it doth appeare And wheras you say that my simple letters haue bene a stay and comfort to you I am moste glad therof do most hartely prayse God therfore that God of his greate mercy will vse me poore miser of the worlde as his instrument or meane to doe good to anye one of hys deare saincts And I do moste hartely desier you to forgeue mee my great neglygence towardes you in that I haue not more oftner written letters to you seing that you do so well esteme them as you do But if god spare me life I wyll be a littell more diligent to write vnto you then heretofore I haue bene And as for my pore prayer as you haue bene so shal you continually be sure of it I truste you doe also remember me in youres as your large and louing dedes do declare no lesse Ah good syster what doe you meane to sende me fo rich a token Alas you make me sory to se how carefull you are for me and what greate cost you haue bestowed vppon me a most vnprofitable member in Christes church But verily I do perceiue whereaboute you go You are minded to bring God a great deale into your debt and to put your money vnto a godly vsury according to the sainge of the wise man He that hath pitye vpon the pore saith he lendeth vnto the lord and loke what he laieth out it shal be paid him againe The lorde recompence your pitiful hert which is so careful for the children of God in the time of their captiuity God be blessed who hath made you so chereful in geuinge and diligent in well ●●ing for verely the time is at hand that you shal reap without ceasing the fruit of eternall life Therfore be of good chere for they that now sow their good sede with teares shal thē reap their full sheues with gladnes and god shal wipe al teares frō their eyes for euer Cast all your care vpon the lord and commit your soule and body vnto him as vnto a faithful creator for doubtles deare sister he cōtinuallye kepeth you and careth for you The moste and principall thing that God requireth of you is that you be fullye perswaded that he careth for you and that he is your god and most deare louinge father and wil be so for euer Without this faith and true perswasion you can not please him you can not commit and betake your selfe wholye vnto hym you can not truly feare him or loue him in dede you can not call vppon him or hartely pray vnto him Therfore let this be your alone and continuall endeuor to be confirmed more and more of this that God is youre most beare louinge faher throughe ▪ Iesus Christ that he hath a most tēder care ouer you and for you as alwaies he hath had and alwais wil haue both in soule and body for this lyfe and for eternall lyfe howsoeuer thinges appeare and seme vnto you According as you beleue so shal it be vnto you and as you think God wil bee vnto you so shall you fele hym Think therfore swetelye of the lorde and his goodnes and pray for the encrease of faith whiche God graunte vnto vs both for his mercies sake Amen Thus most deare and faithfull sister for this time I make an ende commyttinge you and all yours to Goddes most mercifull defence who blesse kepe and preserue you nowe and ●or euermore Amen Fare you well in Christ good sister your pore brother and daily Orator Thou Careles prisoner of the Lorde at al time abyding hys most merciful wil and plesure pray pray An other letter sent frō the same Iohn Careles to the selfe same woman ¶ The euerlasting peace of GOD in Iesus Christ the continuall aide and strength ioye and comfortes of his most puer holy mighty spirit with the encrease of faith and liuely felinges of his eternal mercies be most effectuously wrought in your hart and grauen in your mind my deare frend and faithful louing sister K. E. to the full finishing of all the good workes which he hath most graciously begon in you that the same by al meanes may be to the setting forth of Gods glorye the commodity of his pore afflicted Church and to youre owne euerlastinge comforte in him Amen AS the dailye occasions whyche happen to me deare sister in the lord puttinge me in remembraunce of my mooste happy departure and final deliuerāce to be at hand do moue my pore hart to much spiritual mirth and gladnes in the lord euen so doth the daily remembrance of you and other the deare sainctes of God whom I shall leaue behynde mee engender much sorow and sadnes euen to my very soule to se in what a miserable worlde you must remaine subiect to our deserued plages bothe spirituall and tēporal In respect wherof as I daily make mention of you in my cotinual prayers that God wil protect you vnder the wynges of hys mercy from al things that may be hurtfull eyther to soule or bodye so haue I thought it good yea my very bounden duty to write these few lines vnto you as well to comfort you what soeuer crosse it shal please the Lorde to lay vpō you as also to warne you to walke circumspectly as the chylde of light least at any time the darkenes should ouertake you as it is like to doe those foolishe virgins whiche haue let their lampes go out alredy the bridegromes cōming being so nigh at hand as suerly it is not far hence as it appeareth both by the prophecies of the holy scriptures also by daily exāples wherof we haue experience God for his Christes sake geue vs al grace diligently to watch and pray that we maye be readye prepared for that longe desired daye Amen My deare sister K. cal to your remēbrance always the great loue and mercifull kindnes that God your most deare louing father hathe from time to time extended vnto you speciallye in that he would vouchesafe to geue for you his owne only dearly beloued son in whome was and is all his whole pleasure and delighte vnto the verye death of the crosse yea and that whē you were his very enemy the chylde of wrath the bonde seruaunt of Sathan and a very fierbrand of hel and should haue so remained for euer Cōsider also howe he hathe geuen you with his swete sonne al thinges necessary either for bodye or soule yea all that euer is in heauen and earth and hath made you by him heire vnto himselfe and owner and possessor of al that euer he hath In consideratiō wherof you ought so to loue him againe that nothinge should be able to seperate you from him yea of very loue only you ought to serue him in such holines and righteousnes as is accept before him all the dayes of youre life