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A17084	The gratulation of the mooste famous clerke M. Martin Bucer a man of no lesse learninge and lyterature, then godlye studie and example of lyuing, vnto the churche of Englande for the restitucion of Christes religion. And hys answere vnto the two raylinge epistles of Steue[n], Bisshoppe of Winchester, concerninge the vnmaried state of preestes and cloysterars, wherein is euidently declared, that it is against the lawes of God, and of his churche to require of all suche as be and must be admitted to preesthood, to refrain from holye matrimonie. Translated out of Latin in to Englishe.; Gratulatio ad Ecclesiam Anglicanam. English	Bucer, Martin, 1491-1551.; Hoby, Thomas, Sir, 1530-1566.	1549 (1549)	STC 3963; ESTC S106007	62,277	167

spirite the onely guyde vnto al veritie vpon them that hereby instructed to helthe by fayth they may be dayly more perfecte and apte to all good workes as Gods seruaunte accordynge to the promyse of the holye ghooste manyfested by the Apostle Paule To the whiche felicitie ye prepare awaye for them and specially in expoundynge so plainelye and substancially the nature and efficacye of the trew and Christiane fayth which first of al must be learned by y e scriptures separate it so religiously frō the dead faythe Here also ye declare a●d with most euydent testimonies of scripture confirme Fyrste into how great myserye deathe we are al caste headlōg through the synne of our former parēt Adam Afterwarde how we are delyuered from thys perdition by the onely grace of God by the merytes and resurrection of hys sonne iustifyed in Gods syght taken by adoption of hym for children and heyres Finallye what the studye workes of thē ought to be which are so iustifyed renued By thys so happye and perfect a restitutiō of Christes doctryne ye so enlarge al christes kyngdom with your mē y t there can remaine for no long season any remnant of the olde leuen in anye parte of the ceremonyes or discypline For whiche your men can be ignorant from hensforth that Gods sacramentes ought so whollye to be mynystred as Christ hym self left add gaue them vnto vs so that throughe them hys grace and helth some partakynge may be preached ●et furth signed vnto al moste plainelye and godly whiche oughte to be partakers of them so that they maye profitte greatly to the vndoubted settyng furth and reedifyenge of faythe and all godlynes Uvho also can not know that al the ceremonies of the churches al discipline as wel of the Clergye and the laytye shoulde be so repayred retayned and daylye had in practyse that the gospell and Christes sacramentes may be ministred and receaued with so moche the more dignitie and holynes The whiche happye obtaynynge of Christes gyftes and workes the old aduersary of mankynde bearynge in mynde goeth aboute with toothe and nayle as in fore tymes so nowe also to brynge to passe that men shoulde eyther not reade the scriptures at all or at the least wyse not reade them as thynges that myght teach and instructe vs suffiefficiētly for our helth or els not be vnderstanded of thēselues without the traditions and interpretatiō of the churche as they falsely name it For whome he can perswade that those which are called the traditions of the church shoulde be had in like estimatiō and honour with the verie scripture of God that there is no right interpretation of the scripture vnlesse the Romishe seat hathe approued it vnder the name of al Christes church Those can he also easely afterward make beleue and cause to receaue any of hys iuglinges cloked with the titles other of the traditions or interpretations of the churche and so withdrawen by a litle and litle from Gods liuely worde and gouernaunce addict them altogether vnto hys moste detestable doctryne and tyrannye For vnto those furthwith as we see experience he establyssheth thys hys determination of deade faythe that they thinke that who so is indued therewith that is to witte who so say and affirme that they obserue all thynges what soeuer the Romysh seate geueth furthe to be beleued whether it be of y e scriptures or theyr fayninges they are strayght furthe and must be counted notwithstanding though they denye apparantly in theyr dedes Christes trewe and lyuely faythe not onely to be of the commune sorte but also the chiefe rulers of the churche yf thei once come into that place by the permissyon and fauoure of the Romysh seate Uvherevnto immediatly he addeth another one of the chief●st snares of soules the determination of the infinite dignitie immunitie and power of hys cleargye but chiefly of the Byshop of Rome whiche he beateth into mens heades that al those whome the Bysshop of Rome once admitteth acknowlegeth in hys cleargye muste be iudged and corrected of none but onely of the Bysshoppe of Rome and he of no lyuyng creature no not of the very counsayl though he drawe with hym manye milians of soules to hell Also that heauen gates can be opē to no man whiche commeth not thyther fauored of him and purged with his ceremonies Finally that he hathe in his keapinge the keyes of heauen earth and hell so that it is in hys power to bynde and to ●oule at hys wyll and pleasure al lawes and Empires And that he is the veraye Lorde of the whole worlde and trew possessor of al the ryches therof and yet nother man nor God Yes truely a God of y e earth Uvith these snares meny entangled and kepte folowe moste communlye theyr lyfe whome they suppose are apointed guydes vnto them to the blessed and happye lyfe And albeit they treade vnder foote the Sonne of God with theyr manyfest mischeues flagitiousnes and counte hys blood prophane notwithstādyng they promyse that God wyl be mercyfull vnto thē and at lengthe after tollerable purgation obtayne the happye and blessed lyfe so that perseuerynge in the obey●aunce towardes the Romyshe seate communicatynge of the ceremonyes how soeuer they be approued by the same seate get and obtayne the i●dulgenties of the same seate and intercessyon of the sayntes by those wayes whiche the same seate hath prescrybed This is the cause y t al they y t be are the name of Christians few excepte haue ben seduced and gone headling into so muche vngodlines abomination y t we are therfor abominable euen vnto the Turkes ¶ Uve ought therfore of bounde dutye to thanke God greatly our sauyour for you whome he hath minded breaking so happilye these which were ones most strayte bondes of y e deuil and driuyng away that darkenes to bryng your selues youres vnder y e happie plesaunt yoke of our Lorde Iesus Christ into a kingdom of lyght and euerlastyng libertie for bycause ye restore prayse vnto al the readyng authoritie of holye scripture on thys maner as we se by thes hedde princyples of al christiā doctryne expound thē so godly holy Cōcerning y t trew and li●ely fayth in Christ. The perditiō of al mankynd by the former ●arthlye Adā The rest● tution and renouation of the elect by the other heauenly Adam And then duties which are so restored renued For now your men who so will thankefully receaue these so great benefittes of Christe at your hande shalbe instructed daylye more and more by these holye letters to all godlynes and helth and framed to all good worke bothe openly priuately And that not alonelye the stronge in faythe but also the weake for hereof as ye declare agreyng with S Fulgentius Christes suckelynges may sucke no lesse theyr milke reason simplicitie then the strong in faythe comprehende sounde meate

The Gratulation of the mooste famous Clerke M. Martin Bucer a man of no lesse learninge and lyterature then Godlye studie and example of lyuing vnto the churche of Englande for the restitucion of Christes religion And Hys answere vnto the two raylinge epistles of Steuē Bisshoppe of Winchester concerninge the vnmaried state of preestes and cloysterars wherin is euidently declared that it is against the lawes of God and of his churche to require of all suche as be and must be admitted to preesthood to refrain from holye matrimonie Translated out of Latin in to Englishe Hebru xiij Wedlocke is to be had in price amonge al men is a chamber vndefyled As for hoore keapers adulterers God wyll iudge them To his right worshypfull Brother Syr Philyppe Hobye knight M. of y e Kinges maiesties ordinaunce Thomas Hobye wishethe grace and peace throught our lorde Iesus Christe EMonge the sundrye and manifolde benifittes whiche from my tender childhod I haue foūde in yow and receaued at your handes most especiall good brother thys is not the leaste that ye haue now af late dayes of the good zeale ye beare to Gods worde which at all tymes hath byn moste feruent in you caused me to be sent not only in to such a regiō where as florissheth Gods worde all good letters bothe holye and prophane all honestie puritie of lyfe men in all artes and sciences moste cunning and experte But also to such a man who is of no lesse wisdom knouledge godlines then of fame reporte renoune by all godly mens iudgementes one of the perfectest and greatest Clerkes nowe lyuinge namelye M. Martyne Bu●●● in whose daylye conuersation and companye and by whose wisdome learninge and documētes I shoulde receaue and learne that shoulde belonge not onlie to myne owne fu●●herance profyt but also to the consolation and comfort of you all my frendes whō hytherto I haue founde moste beneficyall towardes me Sythe therfore it hath thus chaunced by your most godly procurement prouision that I should for a season here remaine with this profounde and famous Clerke ye myght not vnworthelye in dede with iuste cause impute vnto me either the vyce of igname or els obliuion and forgetfulnes of your moste large and ample benefittes if I should let slippe suche a mete apt and necessarye epistle of his and especiallie beinge writtē and indited to the whole churche or congregation of Englande bothe learned vnlearned in the which he expresseth not only the assured and vnfained loue that he beareth at all tymes hathe borne towardes this realme and rulars and ministers of the same but also very euidentlye declareth and with moste manifeste testimonies of scripture setteth furthe at large suche thinges as maye be to the profitt and furtherance of many and wherin he hath confuted not al for it were in maner an infinite worke to stande aboute all but as many sophisticall wranglinge schoolishe reasons as are of any probabilitie or likehoode whiche my lorde of Uvynchester farre vnsemely for a sober Bisshoppe hath expressed set forthe in his two moste cōtumelious railing epistles agaīst him winkīg at ouerhippīg his wel most innumerable opprobrious wordes checkes tauntes rebukes quarellinges scoffinges reuilīges scoldinges railinges wherwith they are filled as full as they may be heaped to gether In the which are so fewe argumētes or reasons of any probabilitie that had not the vrgēt and instant requeste of his frendes certain of oure coūtray men bien he wold neuer once haue put penn to the paper nor yet haue made anye a do about them but wolde haue left them to the iudgemēt arbitrimēt of the reader notwithstanding now of late dayes it chaunced that he gate a litle vacant tyme to do the same seing he promised it to certaine from his manifolde impedimentes necessarie ecclesiastical busines wher with we knowe such men are no smale dele let to reconcile him selfe which the Bisshoppe scornfullye after his olde wōte casteth in his tethe to his brother before he ●●ay his offringe vpon the altare The whiche thoughe it be brefe and cōpencious not set forth to the largeste yet is it verye dilucidious pithie full of argumentes concluded not onlye vpon y e holy gostes vnfained decrees apoītmentes and ordinaunces but also the olde and holye doctores of the church and for the brefnes of tyme sufficient inough The which when he had finisshed I furthe with toke in hande acording to my childishe talent to translate into our vulgare and cōmune speache and haue sent it vnto yow to then●ent some well disposed and better learned which purchaunce wyll not bestowe so moch tym as the translation therof requireth maye yet at the least wyse peruse it acording as he thinketh beste so that at lengthe it may be worthy to come abroade for the profit and instruction of the ignoraunt whiche haue not receaued the knowledge of the Latin tonge because it is written to them as wel as to the other Wherin I will desyre yow to accept my good wyll as thought it colde extende farther and do moch better which yf ye do it shalbe a great incourage and vrgent cause vnto me to employ and bestowe the reste of my studie dilygence and laboure herafter in other affayres which I truste shalbe no lesse acceptable vnto yowe then great furtherance to myne onne profyt vtilitie The spirite of treuthe be with yow who guide yow in all your pathes acording to his will and lead yow into all go●tlye knowlege Amen At Argentyne Kalendis Februarij To the holye churche of God the churche of England ministers of the same oure lorde Iesus Christe geue increace of this grace and spirite WE geue thankes and that not without cause to God and the father our lord Iesus Christe throughe this his sonne and our sauiour moste worthye louinge brethren for that maruelous cōsolation which of his infinite bountie he bringeth at this present time vnto vs because that emonge you he repaireth renueth y e foundatio●s of his kingdome so excellentlye so perfecctly so luckylye For it chaūced now of late dayes that youre sermons or Homelies came vnto oure hādes wher with ye godlye effectiouslye exhorte youre people to the reading of holye scripture and therin expounde to thesame the faithe wherby we holde our christianitie iustificatiō wherevpon al oure healthe consisteth and other most holye principles of our religion with a most godly zeale For these foundations truely layde what may then longe after wante in youre churches to the ful perfection of Christ hys doctryne and discipline ▪ For when suche as wil be of Christe shal reade the holye scriptures as you most godly instruct and suade prefarre them so much before all the decrees of mans wisdome as God is greater hygher then man Oure especial and moste boūteful heauēly mayster Iesus Christe wil so largely powre hys

be suffycient concerninge Uvynchesters lye But for so moche as here in thys point he rebukeht vs to be moste impudent patrones of the bel●ye and fylthye lustes and suche other his moste fowle reproches whether they agre more fyttlye in him or vs next after GOD let them iudge whiche haue narrowlye sought foorth the open lyfe of vs bothe Uve through Chryste his grace geue diligēt laboure to reprehēd these workes of the fleshe and darkenes and not to defende them and laboure diligently to restore Christe hys syncere religion to her dignitie and honoure whiche the Romanes so opprobryously contemne and set at naught And also take in hande that we maye at the least wyse drawe some out of the depe pit of vngodlynes whereunto they haue calte headlonge so manye milians of men takynge dilygent hede as farre as the Lorde shall geue vs grace that we neyther make anye offence agaynste godlynes ne yet geue anye occasyon for other to do the same Yf Uvynchester do and endeuoure hym selfe to the same and whether he felte the sauoure swete vnto hym of the luker which he receaued o●t of the fylthye commune brothelhouses or stewhouse and not onely of the abomynable whoredome of hys chaplaynes as certayne Bysshops of Rome are wonte And whether he hym self of hys owne accorde or the other Kyng commaunded to be a reformation of those hys houses at London o●t of the whiche he receaued suche fylthye luker and to be let to hyred of honeste parsons and so to diminysh therby his abomynable luker let hym witnesse of hymselfe and suche as haue a farther knowlege in that gere I passe ouer here how he hath oppressed with such legerdemaynes ioyglynges the trewe godlynes so manye yeres in consaylynge prickynge forwarde and compellynge as many as he colde withe hys pernicyous deceyptes brawlynges flatterynges threatenynges fayre speakynges bribryes clokynges violence and cruelnes I am sorye ashamed to recyte these thynges by mouth yet ought they not to be euer wynked at that by thys they maye know whiche vnfaynedly loue Christe hys kingdome that these men are dryuen to opp●gne holye matrimony by no trewe loue of chastitie but alonelye by the feruent desyre to retayne theyr tyrannye and licentious libertye into al the fylthye excesse of lyfe But referrynge these thynges to y e ●uste iudge let vs go one withe the laste place of oure defense concernynge the trew interpretatyon of this place of the Apostle Neuerthelesse he that purposeth surely in hys harte and hathe no nede but hathe power ouer his owne wyll and hathe this decreede in hys herte to kepe hys virgyn dothe well But before I come to y e interpretation of thys place I wyl brefely touche vpon what occasyon we came into disputation therof Uvynchester recyteth this truely of our disputatiō how he began that concernynge y e cōmune principles way whereby euery man may be ouercome of y e places which in our relygyon are in cōtrouersy Thys also is no lesse trew y t I iudged cōfuted it to be not only 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ▪ but also playne false for because he denied y t we had any principles sure reasō at hād whereby we might declare the decres of our religion to be trew confute the cōtrary For I had at hand ready whiche I layde agaynst him namelye that y e scripture inspired frō aboue is ynoughe to do bothe as the holye goost him self hath witnessid by Paul But when Uvynchester had brought for excuse this which is a cōmune 〈◊〉 he in the mouthe of the aduersaries to the trew doctrine that euerye mā geueth what sense to the holy scriptures he lystethe and that the interpretation of the olde auncient fathers is no more se●t bye I answered again that such as want not the faithe of Christe and the zeale to imitate Gods worde haue an easelye demonstration by Goddes scriptures bothe what they should folowe and what eschewe in Christes religyon and also that they may obtayne without greate paynes the trewe fense of scripture ▪ as moche as belongeth to the necessarye doctryne of our helthe whiche after prayer make inquisition by the true desyre study of godlynes for the trewe sense and meanynge of the scriptures and by those wayes onelye wherby in other writtynges the opinyon of authours is to be searched for when there ryseth any doubte therof But he wolde haue the matter broughte to thys conclusyon that whatsoeuer the rulars apointe cōcernynge religyon the same euery mā shoulde followe And vpon thys we fell in disputation about the power of rulars in suche matiers as belonge to relygyon and therin we spent not the leaste parte of oure communication bicause Uvinchester tooke vpon hym to defende that rulars d● wel when they punyshe the transgressyon of theyr owne lawes more sharpelye then the transpressyon of Gods lawe And when they make it an offense worthye deadlye punyshmente yf any within the sext weake eat the flesshe of foure feted beastes and byrdes in lyke maner as the flesshe of fyshe or yf a preest or monasticall parson marye a wyfe thoughe in the meane season they full of lecherye and adulterye and kyllynge them selues and other with vnmeasurable drynkynge count it for a sport or play And vpon thys we fel in disputation concernynge the iniquitie and wickednes of that lawe whiche forbiddeth preestes to marye the ryght and powr of y e which lawe to reueng se kept he wolde ascribe vnto princes vpon this Bicause they haue no lesse right and power ouer their subiectes then the father hathe ouer his dowghter And therfor as the father hath that power that he may kepe his dowghter vnmaried yf he wil So is it also in the hāde of princes to make preestes kepe them selues chaste and to fe them fulfill the same after they haue on● promissed it ▪ There I obiected vnto hym the contraction of this power which the holy gooste expressid in thes wordes And hathe no nede but hathe they powere ouer his owne will For seinge no mā can haue anie power ouer anie man without it be to the edif●●ng of Godlines I saide that the father hathe no power geuen him of God to kepe his dowghter vnmaried without he perceaue that it is shalbe for his doughters furtherance vpon that ordayn somthinge for her wherbye she maye serue God more conuenientlye and fittlye yf not that the father hathe not so moch power in this behalfe to kepe hys doughter a virgyn as he hath rather necessitie to marye her There Uvynchester denyed that the father hathe necessitie to marye hys doughter of the doughter her selfe and then he cam in withe hys fayned matter concernynge the tenuite and smalle portyon of substaunce whiche somtyme constrayneth parentes to marye theyr dowghters But I stooke in thys vndoubted pryncyple of holye scripture that the father 〈◊〉 haue no power to kepe hys doughter excepte he perceaue it