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A19367	A supplication exhibited to the most mightie Prince Philip king of Spain &c. VVherin is contained the summe of our Christian religion, for theprofession whereof the Protestants in the lowe Countries of Flaunders, &c. doe suffer persecution, vvyth the meanes to acquiet and appease the troubles in those partes. There is annexed An epistle written to the ministers of Antwerpe, which are called of the confession of Auspurge, concerning the Supper of our sauiour Iesus Christ. VVritten in French and Latine, by Anthonie Corronus of Siuill, professor of Diuinitie.	Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591.; Corro, Antonio del, 1527-1591. Epistle or godlie admonition, to the pastoures of the Flemish Church in Antwerp. aut	1577 (1577)	STC 5791; ESTC S116690	149,833	422

as they terme them ●ut for other men wonderous necessarie ●or they saluation But some wil men say what shal be●de these of daintie and delicate persons ●hat are soddainly swapte vp with death ●re they can haue these merits of Monks ●applied vnto them and enioye them in ●heir full perfection for it séemeth theyr soules shoulde be in present peril of eternall damnation as who say they may in good time take vp their Inne in Purgatorie whence they maye easyly escape when it shall please the Popes holinesse to open the treasures of Christes bloude and applye vnto them the merrites of Saints and the monkes to commun●●● 〈◊〉 vnto them largely and liberally parte 〈◊〉 their good workes and playe with th● giffe gaffe lyke good fellowes And th● is welnéere the summe of the Popish doctrine concerning satisfaction to pa●● ouer a thousande dreames and blasph●mous lies whyche these men haue de●sed againste the redemption of Christ● perfected moste absolutely by the shedi● of his moste precious bloude Of the satisfaction for sinnes according to the word of God. IF your maiesty most mighty prince haue with any diligēce considered 〈◊〉 obserued that which hath bin said lately before your highnes vnderstandeth right well that there was no mencion made at all of the benefit bestowed by Christ our sauiour wheras the scriptures do minister vs no other comforte to our afflicted consciences than the redemption of oure lord and sauiour Iesus Christ that euerlasting prieste after the order of Melchizedeck whiche offered vp himselfe to the iustice of god a propitiatiō for al the sins 〈◊〉 mankinde the burthen wherof he layd ●d caried vpon his own shoulders as the ●ophet Isay saith therfore gaue vp his ●dy to bée broken to bée sacrifized and ●fered to God his father And to the intent the matter might be ●ade more plaine and euident bycause 〈◊〉 is of so great and singuler commoditie ●e muste repeate a little of that is sayde ●efore concerning the estate of mā in sin ●●oued with repentaunce and sorrow for ●he same For when hée is sommoned to ●ppere before the iudgemēt seat of god ●ath put in baile to answer vnto the law and iustice of god for his forth comming and apperance hath no cloke to couer his sins not so much as a poore fig leafe he is enforced at the lēgth as it were one that were tormēted gréeuously on the rack to cōfesse his manifold and great offēces to acknowledge his nakednesse misery being astonied with the iudgemēt of god not that a man should fall into despayre considering God willeth not the deathe of a synner but hys life and saluation but to the ende only that hée might as● the knowledge of his sinne and transgr●sion bring him vnto repentaunce Then after a mans mynde i● th● prepared the spirite of God beginneth 〈◊〉 to possesse him that he accompteth him 〈◊〉 be wholy his pardoneth all his offences maketh him one of Gods housholde a●● electeth him into the number of hys ch●dren And yet notwithstanding he remoueth not from the eyes of his soule th● liuely Image of God in anger and di●pleasure whose voice and countenaun● was wonte to amaze him and make hi● whole body tremble thereat bycause 〈◊〉 ofte as the minde shal be ouercome with the prouocations and allurementes 〈◊〉 sin the terrible sounde of his thundering voice and the sighte of hys sterne countenaunce shoulde so appall hym that he shoulde shunne and auoyde synne by al●● meanes Agayne the same holy spirite of God to the intent that man should remoue from him and quite abandone all feare doth set as it were before the eies of mā Iesus Christe and him crucified that hée might bée fullye perswaded that all hys sinnes be purged by his death and passion But forasmuche as man being miserable both by his owne nature and by the sense of his sinne and conscience therof doth iudge himselfe to be verye farre from God and can hardly be perswaded that the benefit of Christ doth appertain vnto him therefore the holye ghoste laboureth to perswade him that almightie God is reconciled vnto man and doeth tender hym wyth singular loue and affection and afterwards openeth the eies of man béeyng in thys blindenesse that hée may beholde and sée by faith Christ Iesus the earnest of his saluation last of al breaketh the peruerse frowardnesse and obstinacie of the minde that the same being somewhat instructed and comforted with the hope of Gods promisses maye wholly submitte hys will vnto Christe and imbrace him moste willingly as the onely phisition of al his diseases and maladies And this worke of the holye Ghoste wherby the reason vnderstanding mind and will of man is instructed in true pietie and godlinesse we may well terme by the name of Faith not any weake opinion or vaine imagination of the worde of God but a firme and constant perswasion by the whiche we are assured that we are beloued of god and adopted to be his sonnes and inheritours of his heauenlye kingdome that by the benefite of this latter Adam we may be as it were remitted into oure former estate of oure auncient inheritaunce namely innocen●ie righteousnes and euerlasting felicitie the whiche was loste by the mischeuous acte of the firste Adam the same faith doth teach vs that after we be reconciled and at one with God there is nothing more gréeuous or offensiue vnto God than iniquitie and sinne and that wée bée deliuered from the yoke and bondage of the Deuil onelye vppon condition that wée should thencefoorth leade a godly righteous and sober life The whiche faith being thus planted in mens mindes by the holy spirite is like an instrument or hand wherby wée apprehēd Iesus Christ or as our mouth to receiue and eate Christ that moste swete foode of our soules and whosoeue is endued with this repentance is not now to be ascribed and thought one of olde Adās ofspring but by meanes of this faith is so linked and coupled with Christe that he is reputed and taken as a brother vnto him so that Christe and a Christian man doe make as it were one spirituall body For we may not call it in question but verily beléeue that what Christ praied for vnto his heauenly father in the .17 of Iohn he obtained the same at his hāds But after this greate and nighe affinitie is brought to passe and fast knitte with the bonde of faith and of the holye ghost then doth the heauenly father looke vpon man being otherwise a sinner with the eies of mercie and grace perceyuing man to be clothed and garnished with the moste beutifull and precious garment of Christ that is to saye the innocencie and holines of Christes flesh and taking delight in the moste fragrant smell thereof dothe bothe perfecte his felicitie and rewardeth him with the inheritance of his heauenly kingdome euen as in time past the Patriarche Isaac delt with

in the whole worlde that woulde thinke it an indifferent matter to commaunde his subiects to obserue kéepe his lawes and ordinances whiche neyther his officers wil suffer them to reade nor to haue in theyr custodie For if that were so then shoulde eyther the Prince be suspected to go aboute to intrappe his people within the daunger of lawe or the Rulers vnder him thought not only not obedient subiects but rebelles against theyr Princes will considering that it is a very harde and a difficulte matter to kéepe lawes except a man be skilfull and conuersant in them and by meanes thereof vnderstande them perfectly What thought I with my selfe Mahomet was neuer so cruell against his secte and followers For he left his Alcorane in wryting as a compēdious and brief Abstract of his sect and heresie to the end that euery one both old and yong learned and vnlearned Lay mā or Clergie man might learne in theyr owne naturall language to know and to follow the doctrine religion of him whome they had chosen for their Captaine and supreme head How much more requisite were it then that the most rightuous lawe and most sacred worde of our God should be redde and in perpetuall meditation with them that professe themselues to be schollers of his schoole and members of his Church To be shorte as I was in this cogitation I became fully persuaded in cōscience that the Pope and his Cardinals the Inquisitoures and their adherents and all the other their complices and confederates in the like tiranny were the professed enimies of Gods kingdome and his glory sworne traytours against the Maiestie of Christe and the very meanes and instrumēts of Satan wherby he inueigled many miserable soules spoyling them of the foode sustenaunce of their spirituall life which consisteth in the worde of God and compelling the poore flocke of Christ to begge the crummes of that heauenly bread at the hands of Monkes Friers who tempering the same with their pharisaicall leuen made it bothe foystie and vnsauery foode and yet not withstāding made their marchandise thereof and solde it to the people at a very high pryce And here began I to conceyue a great griefe in my conscience and to féele as it were a corosiue at my hart beholding the cōmon people and the foolish superstitious womē runne by flockes here and there vp and downe to get them ghostly Fathers that might comfort and heale their wounded and guilty consciences I considered further that these tyraunts had forcibly entred and intermedled within other mens iurisdictions and liberties taking vpon them the interpretatiō of holy scriptures and yet in such sorte that they neuer opened their mouthes to preach the worde to the cōmon people but at their owne pleasures and their beste leasure at certayne times in the yéere as most commonly in Lent Aduent Sondayes and a few other festiuall dayes But O good Lorde what kinde of Scripture is it they preach such as they make their markettes of and sell for money prophaned with all kinde of Idolatrie and superstitiō corrupted with the idle deuises and cōstitutions of mans brayne seruing onely for the aduauncement and cōmoditie of the Pope and his champions without bringyng any quietnesse to afflicted consciēces or any perfect knowledge and instruction in the misteries of Christian religion for all there sermons and actiōs respect no other end And nowe I leaue it to the consideration of your Maiestie moste mighty Prince to weighe and consider what kinde of knowledge of God this people can haue ingrauen in their hartes that haue suche Pastors and Schoolers to teache them For myne owne parte I muste néedes confesse that the same God that by his holy Spirite hath wrought this alteration in me hath bene defaced by them and spoyled of his greatest and moste meruelous workes Mercie Iustice For these lying Doctors and teachers made him a cruell and seuere God against such as coulde not make satisfaction for their sinnes with money And if their doctrine be true which teach vs that those mē are more acceptable in the sight of God that make sumptuous magnificiall foundations of Abbeys and Monasteries that make large and ample donations for the maintenaunce of the same that buylde Chappels and Aultars in Churches that finde lights and giue siluer lamps that giue money to the maintenaunce of the Quyer that found perpetuall chaunteries and Diriges that giue fayre and rich suites of Copes woe is me therefore what shall become of poore labourers handycraftes men of the poore ploughman and others that get theyr liuing hardely by sweate of their browes that neither haue any money to bestow to suche vses nor scarcely sufficient to buy bread for their family with what face or coūtenaūce dare they presume to apeare in presence before such a goldē God and ●ne so desirous of presentes hauing no●hing to present him withall Surely the mercy that suche a God will shewe shall ●xtend but to a fewe Againe me thought ●hat that God of whome those Doctours did preach vnto vs was not perfectly iust and rightuous that woulde pardon the transgressions against his holy will and commaundement for gold or siluer or other presents whatsoeuer cōsidering that it is a great shame for a man of any credite or honestie to bée brybed with rewards and to pardon a trespasse for money For what can be more vile or deserue greater reproche than that a man should make the trāsgressing of the law but a money matter And yet the God of the Papists according to their doctrine as though he were not cōtented and satisfied with the euerlasting sacrifice and obedience of his sonne Christ selleth his grace and fauour for money is content to pardon the greatest and moste horrible offences that can be to him that giueth most money and in respect of masses oblations pilgrimages and suche like babl●● content to be recōciled vnto vs and to b● at a perfect vnitie and attonement wi●● vs Wherevpon I gathered and concluded that the conscience of man shoulde 〈◊〉 the sight of such a God be in a perpetual and continual feare and terrour alwaies restlesse hopelesse of finding any place o● stay in the mercies of god But if any b● the direction of Gods holy spirite had any assuraunce and certen affiaunce in suche goodnesse and mercies of God hée was straight-way called arrogant and presumptious heretike that durst presume to put such a confidence in God who was so wayward and daūgerous to please that the moste precious presentes that can be wil scarce cōtent him The which things I perceyued to tende wholy to this ende and purpose to kéepe them in continuall awe and dispayre and by this meanes to compell menne to runne with quaking and tremblyng consciences to theyr confession as to a moste safe and holy sanctuarie And to kéepe them in this perplexitie they did abuse many places of Scripture framed alwayes to their own ●yne and

concupiscences but if a man strike with the scabbarde it hurts not onely the stroke maketh a sounde and woūdeth not And truly if the course of our life wer in this wise and thus appointed it were nothing but a shadowe a counterfaite a vizarde of hipocrisie whiche happeneth not to the children of God who being indued with Gods holy spirite are able to iudge and estéeme all things and are themselues notwithstanding iudged of none For they haue the perfecte knowledge of Gods holye wyll depely imprinted in their minds the whiche the spirite of God hathe ingrauen in their heartes by the reading of his holy and sacred worde And hereof doe arise moste mightie Prince so sundry sectes of religion hereof growe daily innumerable questions and controuersies and herevpon do the ●nquisitours bende their force agaynste ●os as against heretikes and seducers of others wheras we on the contrary side are certainly perswaded that they walke in moste horrible darkenesse being enimies to the glorye of God and earnest promoters of their owne vayne glorye corrupters and deprauers of the word of God the which bicause they vnderstand not aright by the direction of his holy spirite they referre to their owne commoditie and aduauntage and make it serue their owne ambition and moste filthye abhominations What can be then more shamefull than to appoint suche iudges for the deciding and determination of the causes of Gods children whome so good a father hathe so well instructed in his precepts and commaundements that they haue not learned it according to the dead letter but in spirite and truth that and haue after a sorte put on Christe by whose Gospell they are assured that they are reconciled both to him and to his father It resteth nowe to compare the doctrine of the true children of God that are guided by his spirite with theirs who as they are very hipocrites indéede so do moste falsely affirme that they wholy depende vpon the aucthoritie of the holye scriptures such is their blindnesse and ignorance that hauing learned of the wisedome of the flesh as it were at the hands of a schoolemaister nothing but that whiche is worldly and carnall yet notwithstanding they brag of themselues moste arrogantlye and impudentlye that they haue the true knowledge and vnderstanding of scriptures the whyche they doe daily more and more corrupte depraue with their sophisticall gloses and philosophie or to speake more truly with their own dreames and fantasies Of the creation of man and of his estate in innocencie and fall into synne THe children of God and such as are taught by his spirite out of his word doe confesse that God in the beginning ●reated man of nothyng to hys owne Image and likenesse that hée shoulde bée ●ufre and vpright and zelous of his glorye In the whiche estate of originall iustice as they call it he continued vntill he of his owne accorde abusing that frée will whiche God had giuen him that hée mighte be perfecte in his kinde and nature did swarue and decline from God and being deceiued by the flattery of the Serpēt made himselfe thrall to that wicked and tempting spirite And this voluntarye transgressing of Gods holye lawe and wyll bothe broughte man into a moste miserable condicion and remoued him from the estate he was in in honour and defaced the image of God in him that is to saye made him vniust vnfaithfull an enimy and a rebel against God and spoiled him of the other graces and ornaments he had bestowed vpon him in his former estate Of originall synne and howe it is conueied throughout the whole posteritie of man. BVt this calamitie and misery rest●● not alonely in the firste man woman and there stayed but by reason tha● they were the séede and stocke whence issued all mankinde the blemishes an● corruptions of oure firste parents doe s● sticke in vs and from them are conueyed to al their posteritie that al the of spring and issue of Adam is no lesse defiled with his corruption and filthines than if they had bene both parties and guiltie to the offences committed by theyr fyrste parents And for this cause also is that called originall synne that is deriued and descended from our firste parents to all the posteritie both bycause it is oure owne and caste vppon vs as by discent and inheritaunce from oure auncestours and is the roote and originall of all other vices whether they be generall infirmities common to all men or proper and peculiar to singular persons The force and strength whereof is such and so greate ●at it maketh a man rude and ignorant 〈◊〉 the holye misteries of God voide of ●e heauenlye light resty and stiffe nec●●d against the will of God vnkind and ●nthankefull towardes a moste merci●ll and louing father and finally in the ●erformaunce and fulfillyng of hys will ●nd commaundement not onely weake ●nd féeble but as it were vnapt and vn●ble And to the ende we maye beholde the ●uely image and patern of that mā that ●eing borne of Adam is not regenerate ●n Christe sée howe Paule describeth ●uche a manner of man vnto vs Al saith hée bothe Iewes and Grecians are entangled in the snares and bonds of sinne there is not one iust man to be founde among them there is none that vnderstandeth any thing none séeketh after God all are gone astraye and giuen to iniquitye there is not one that embraceth righteousnesse Their throate is like an open sepulcher that deuoureth men aliue with their mouth they speake leasing and flatter with their tongue the● lippes are annointed wyth the poyson 〈◊〉 Adders Their talke is ful of cursing a●● bitternesse their féete moste swifte 〈◊〉 shead innocent bloud finally their wh●● life is moste miserable that care neyth● for godlynesse nor good religion Lo th● is the beste description that can be ma● of man and therefore no man may be 〈◊〉 bolde vnlesse he be altogither shameles● as once to whisper a worde of mans fr● will to good of workes preparatiue 〈◊〉 they terme them merits deserued ex congruo condigno and suche other sophistical and Dunsical deuises except he wy● altogither flatter and deceiue hymselfe and séeke to draw other into like destruction But to speake the same in more plain● termes without any curiositie wée say● that in man is the whole bodye of synn● as the very wordes of the Apostle are whyche like vnto a leafe of paper whervppon if neuer so little filthye and stinking oyle be dropped by little and little ●preadeth so into al parts that the whol●●d euery parte thereof is ouerspreade ●th the filthinesse of the same euen so ●e say that originall sinne is not a hurte ●●ime or griefe in any speciall parte in ●an but an vniuersall blindenesse or ●rkenesse in the witte and vnderstan●ng of man as touching the knowledge 〈◊〉 God and suche as bréedeth in man a ●aywardne●●e against the will of God ●nd an imbecilitie and weaknesse to per●urme those thyngs whyche

of time whether Christe after his resurrection coulde doe any merite to make vs righteous béefore God yea or no whether this word Iustification is to be construed largely or strictely in the fifth to ●he Romaines where the Apostle saith ●hus béeing iustified by fayth wée haue ●eace towardes God throughe our Lord ●esus Christe whether Iustification be 〈◊〉 motion to the atteynment of perfecte ●ighteousnesse or of vnperfect with such ●ther like foolish stuffe wherin they spēd ●heir time idelly vnprofitablye For in ●l this there is not one worde I warrāt ●ou of Christe the sonne of God the true ●nd onely Iustifier of mankinde whose Gospel ought to be spred euery where ●ound in all places but specially in their ●ares whiche are almoste pressed down ●o the grounde with the weight of theyr ●ins and by the law cited and sommoned to appeare before the maiesty of god in his cōsistory seat of iudgemēt For wherto serue al these subtil points quiddities if we be not instructed by what means we may be deliuered frō the tiranny of sin the threatnings of the law the dominion of Sathā the feare of death nor the pit of hell for this I say is the true and sounde doctrine whiche wée oughte bothe to learne oure selues and to teache others Of Iustification according as wee are taught out of the word of God. WHerefore that the matter grow 〈◊〉 more obscure and bée amplified 〈◊〉 arguments lette vs content oure selu● with the simple word of God and them learne the true fruite and profite of th● doctrine rather than vaine ostentation ▪ For Iustification is nothing else but certaine diuine worke whereby God r●ceiueth vs to grace and fauour thoug● we be the ofspring of olde Adam and pa●takers of his corruption and doth frée● make vs his childrē brethrē vnto Chri●● by adoption And wée are not ignorau●● that a man cannot be iustified vnlesse h● bée present in person so that none ma● execute the matter by an atturney or a●signe to receaue righteousnesse in his behalfe Neither doe wée estéeme a man t● be a blocke or a stone senselesse and with out witte or vnderstanding but to bée 〈◊〉 creature endued with with will and reason whereby hée may bée able by knowledge to discerne and haue will to receiu● what soeuer good thing God of hys goodnesse and fatherly kindnesse doth bestow ●●on him And therefore they that in this matter ●nto the question of frée will doe be●●ye their owne vnskilfulnesse séeing 〈◊〉 euerye man knoweth right well in 〈◊〉 own conscience how blinde he is bée●● hée bée engrafted into Christe and ●e wilfull and obstinate in withstan●●●g the will of God till he be reclaimed 〈◊〉 the mercifull goodnesse of oure god 〈◊〉 in this respect we say wée haue great ●●de of the motion of Gods holye spirite open the eies of oure heartes bothe to knowledge oure maladie and to craue 〈◊〉 helpe of the heauenly phisition to mol●ye oure heartes mindes and willes ●at wée myghte imbrace the playster ●ouided for vs by that heauenly phisiti●● to be a perfecte salue for all men The ●hiche worke of the holy ghost we call 〈◊〉 the name of Faith by onely meanes ●d helpe whereof man is engrafted in●● Christe and made partaker of hys ●ghteousnesse and by the benefite there● is prouoked with a frée ready harte wholy to be inflamed wyth the loue 〈◊〉 zeale of god vnderstanding that throu● his grace he hathe obtained that hoe w●vnnethable to doe by his owne nature And then doth almightie god besto● twoo especiall benefits vpon man the 〈◊〉 in assuring him that all his sins are cle●sed with the bloude of his son the other beautifying him with his owne righte●nesse innocēcie The which the Apos● dothe in moste manifest wordes decla● vnto vs and citing the t●stimony of D●uid where he saith Blessed is the 〈◊〉 whose iniquities are remitted and h● sins couered Blessed is the man to who● the Lorde imputeth not his sinne and forth as followeth consequently in t● same psalme 3● The firste sentence may bée resemb● to the common forme vsed of course places of iudgement when as Princ● and Magistrates of their singuler gra● and fauour do pardon persons attaynt● of fellonye The seconde séemeth to bée borow● of the clothyng of a naked bodye in th● cure heauenlye father doth in like sorte ●uer oure filthinesse and abhominati●s with his heauenly innocencie The thirde hathe a kinde of similitude 〈◊〉 likenesse vnto the dealing of credi●●s whyche hauyng bookes of their ac●mptes and the names of their det●rs doe crosse the summe and make it ●●scharged In lyke manner doeth the ●nly Apostle teach vs that the note booke foure sins is to be blotted forth the obli●ation that was to be shewed against vs is ●aced and cācelled by the bloud of Christ ●nto all those that with a liuely faith ac●nowlege so great a benefit with true ●bedience apply our selues to perfourme ●is will. But forasmuche as man throu●he this wonderfull worke of God doth ●onfesse the acknowledging of his synne ●nd his hartie repentaunce and sorowe ●n béeing so bolde and carelesse to of●ende agaynste the Maiestye of God ●othe in worde and déede therefore the ●ate wryters in Diuinitie doe fayne ●hat these workes and thys zeale hathe hys originall of mans industrye wisedome and freewill only by the w●che he receiueth faith as it were by h● owne preparation and so by means th● of maketh himselfe a member of Chri● And bycause wée preache and teache t● people that this agnisyng confessi●● sorowing and repenting of sinne are 〈◊〉 to be estéemed called the works of ma● that they be notwithstanding reputed 〈◊〉 procéede frō the force and power of go● holy spirite who prepareth the hart an● will of man to conceiue them firste an● after to put the same in practise Therfor● doe they lay heresie to our chardge mos● vniustly and impudently as they doe 〈◊〉 vntruly slaundering vs most falsely tha● wee reiecte good workes and moue me● to slouth and contempt of their dutie t●wards god Howbeit your Maiesty 〈◊〉 it please you to enter into your own co●science with the earneste consideratio● hereof may easily be iudge herein wh●ther it be a matter that consisteth in th● fréewill of man to offer hymselfe in th● Courte of almightie God and before hi● Maiestie to confesse hys sinne a thing 〈◊〉 odious and abhominable in the sight of God or to sorrowe hartily for his sinnes and to fal to amendment with due repentaunce or to be vexed and tormented in conscience for the horriblenesse of sinne or to embrace Iesus Christe wyth suche fayth humilitie and reuerence as wée oughte to doe that is to saye as our only sacrifice propitiation of our sins once offred for vs for who so is able to performe the things of what value or estimation so euer they bée him doe I accompt rather lyke vnto God than vnto man. Surely I am of opinion that