¶
AN
Exhortation
to
the
Byshops
to
deale
Brotherly
with
theyr
Brethren
.
ALthough
both
through
lacke
of
learning
and
experience
/
I
be
farre
short
in
abilitie
/
to
exhort
or
dehort
in
any
respect
/
especially
sythe
the
matter
dothe
concerne
those
that
are
or
shoulde
be
bothe
wel
learned
and
experienced
themselues
/
and
thereby
vnderstand
more
then
I
can
aduise
:
yet
being
greeued
in
conscience
/
and
somewhat
I
finde
in
you
blame
worthy
/
and
seeing
you
bende
not
your
knowledge
to
amende
that
in
you
is
amisse
:
pardon
me
though
I
presume
to
admonish
you
in
brotherly
sort
/
as
my
slender
skill
will
permit
.
But
iustly
it
may
be
obiected
to
me
that
ther
are
many
farre
more
fitte
and
able
/
then
I
to
deale
in
suche
a
matter
/
and
syth
they
do
not
/
it
may
be
thought
great
arrogancie
in
me
to
intermeddle
in
the
same
:
In
deede
my
want
of
abilitie
/
as
before
/
so
againe
I
confesse
/
and
the
great
plentie
of
others
that
are
farre
more
able
/
I
muste
nedes
acknowledge
/
and
withall
my
heart
I
wishe
better
willes
in
men
added
to
their
skill
/
then
(
the
Lorde
knoweth
)
are
to
be
found
amongst
vs
:
as
for
arrogancie
to
be
imputed
to
me
in
this
case
/
surely
I
hope
there
shall
not
/
for
/
God
is
my
witnesse
/
I
only
seeke
to
discharge
my
conscience
in
shewing
my
dislike
of
that
/
wherin
as
I
thinke
you
deale
scarse
brotherly
.
If
any
good
fall
out
hereby
I
shall
be
glad
/
and
praise
God
for
the
same
/
if
none
/
yet
haue
I
satisfied
mine
owne
conscience
in
vttering
my
minde
.
Thus
much
for
excuse
/
nowe
to
the
matter
.
I
vnderstand
/
beloued
in
Christ
/
of
a
certaine
booke
lately
published
abrode
by
some
of
our
brethren
/
the
matter
whereof
as
it
is
muche
misliked
/
so
is
the
maner
not
well
alowed
of
/
and
bothe
so
euill
taken
as
oure
poore
brethren
for
the
same
feele
the
paine
and
punishment
of
most
hainous
offenders
:
if
theyr
fault
be
great
yet
they
are
our
brethren
/
and
therfore
by
you
ought
somwhat
to
be
regarded
/
if
it
be
not
great
/
as
they
are
oure
brethren
/
you
not
regarding
them
/
are
greatlye
to
be
blamed
.
And
surely
for
my
part
I
thinke
your
duety
were
to
discouer
vnto
the
world
by
the
warrant
of
the
worde
/
howe
truely
or
falsly
they
haue
wrytten
/
which
if
you
woulde
doe
in
symplicitie
of
conscience
/
then
perhaps
theyr
fault
would
not
be
so
greeuous
as
you
make
it
/
wherin
I
durste
appeale
vnto
your
owne
conscience
if
the
matter
did
not
touch
you
so
nearly
as
it
doth
.
For
I
pray
you
examine
theyr
case
with
me
a
little
:
they
put
forth
a
Booke
in
the
time
of
Parliament
/
wherin
they
disclose
the
disorders
of
our
church
of
Englande
/
and
humbly
desire
a
Reformation
of
the
same
according
to
the
rule
of
Gods
worde
:
is
this
an
innouation
?
they
say
there
oughte
to
be
no
Lordlinesse
in
the
ministerie
:
Bishops
liuings
ought
to
be
abated
:
theyr
great
circuites
cutte
shorter
:
and
them selues
made
equall
to
theyr
brethren
:
is
this
to
ouerthrowe
a
whole
state
?
they
say
the
Booke
of
common
Prayer
is
full
of
corruptions
/
they
mislike
with
our
vnlearned
ministerie
/
they
fynde
fault
with
our
disorderous
Discipline
/
and
putte
downe
theyr
opinions
howe
these
things
may
be
reformed
:
is
this
intollerable
?
theyr
Boke
standeth
on
many
pointes
needelesse
heere
to
be
rehersed
/
and
if
in
any
parte
therof
they
shew
suche
contemptuous
disobedience
towardes
our
soueraigne
as
some
seeke
to
enforce
/
none
shall
thynke
them
more
worthy
punishment
then
I
:
but
to
seeke
reformation
of
deformities
in
Gods
church
/
to
say
the
Bishops
shuld
be
vnlorded
and
abridged
of
theyr
huge
liuings
/
and
to
craue
that
all
deformities
may
be
cut
of
and
corrected
by
the
prescripte
rule
of
Gods
holy
woorde
/
is
to
seeke
the
furtherance
of
Gods
honor
and
glory
/
and
therfore
great
blame
worthy
are
they
that
so
seeke
to
aggrauate
the
matter
/
in
charging
them
with
disobedience
to
hir
Maiestie
/
as
thoughe
to
honor
the
almightie
/
were
to
dishonor
the
Prince
.
I
maruell
that
menne
of
learning
professing
christian
religion
/
wil
contrary
to
theyr
profession
deale
so
vnchristianlye
with
theyr
brethren
:
surely
in
my
iudgemnt
these
be
very
slender
arguments
to
say
/
these
men
desyre
a
reformation
/
therefore
they
seeke
innouations
/
as
thoughe
it
were
so
straunge
a
matter
to
haue
a
churche
reformed
/
it
is
as
weake
an
argument
to
say
they
woulde
haue
Bishops
vnlorded
/
theyr
liuings
abated
/
the
ministerie
broughte
to
hys
right
course
/
and
true
discipline
restored
/
therefore
they
would
ouerthrow
the
whole
state
.
A
third
reason
is
vsed
/
as
fond
and
feeble
as
the
rest
:
and
that
is
/
that
their
dealing
is
vntollerable
/
surely
what
it
is
to
innouate
in
your
sense
I
know
not
/
but
sure
I
am
/
there
can
be
no
innouation
found
in
that
motion
that
hath
any
parte
of
Gods
woorde
to
warrant
it
.
For
that
is
farre
more
auncient
then
the
disorders
of
our
church
/
or
any
order
deuised
by
man
/
and
till
oure
disorders
be
remoued
and
Christ
his
auncient
orders
set
in
place
/
till
we
cease
to
be
guided
and
ruled
by
men
/
and
yeelde
to
be
directed
by
the
word
of
God
/
I
can
not
hope
of
any
great
good
in
our
congregations
.
As
for
ouerthrowe
of
the
whole
state
truely
Englande
were
in
a
straunge
case
/
if
the
state
therof
/
either
in
encrease
or
decay
/
dependeth
vpon
the
maintenance
or
ouerthrowe
of
the
Bishops
Lordships
and
liuings
.
And
as
for
your
argument
of
intollerablenesse
/
in
deede
in
one
sense
it
may
holde
true
/
and
that
is
in
that
your selues
will
not
tollerate
theyr
dealings
herein
/
but
aggrauate
theyr
cause
to
make
it
seme
more
greuous
in
the
sight
of
men
/
otherwise
I
see
no
reason
how
(
iustly
)
theyr
doing
may
be
thought
intollerable
/
for
it
maye
be
counted
tollerable
that
Goddes
word
doth
allowe
.
But
whether
theyr
booke
agree
or
disagree
with
the
word
of
god
/
I
meane
not
to
deale
/
leauing
that
to
be
iudged
by
the
learned
/
as
for
me
/
according
to
my
greefe
conceiued
/
I
minde
to
exhort
you
to
Bishoply
&
brotherly
dealing
with
these
that
are
(
althoughe
you
beare
the
titles
and
names
of
Lorde
and
Lordes
grace
)
felowe
pastors
and
preachers
of
the
eternal
word
of
God
/
together
with
you
.
In
dede
my
purpose
tended
somewhat
further
/
but
that
is
cut
off
by
a
contrary
report
that
I
haue
heard
/
&
therfore
leauing
this
as
a
thing
needelesse
to
be
rehearsed
I
proceede
to
the
matter
in
hand
:
Your
brethren
are
in
prison
and
haue
bene
these
many
dayes
for
the
booke
before
named
/
and
which
of
you
all
since
theyr
emprisoning
hath
opened
his
mouth
to
speake
one
word
for
their
deliuerie
?
nay
/
which
of
you
hath
not
inueighed
bitterly
against
them
by
worde
/
since
the
publishing
of
that
booke
?
They
haue
bene
delt
as
close
prisoners
a
long
time
/
so
that
no
frende
/
no
not
skarce
their
wiues
may
come
to
them
/
and
which
of
you
all
haue
sued
for
their
further
libertie
?
nay
which
of
you
all
hath
not
bene
ready
to
hinder
their
libertie
sought
for
by
others
?
They
haue
lien
long
at
great
charge
/
and
are
very
pore
and
needy
/
&
which
of
you
all
hath
opened
your
pursse
to
releeue
them
?
if
any
of
you
haue
(
though
it
be
your
dueties
)
I
muste
needees
commend
him
or
them
:
if
none
of
you
/
as
it
is
your
dueties
/
I
must
nedes
condemne
you
.
A
lamentable
case
that
Lording
should
so
lead
away
the
heartes
of
the
learned
/
that
they
forget
their
dueties
in
theyr
calling
:
for
see
how
fouly
you
forget
your selues
:
Papistes
lie
abrode
in
your
diocesses
vntouched
/
in
contempt
of
the
truth
and
her
Maiesties
lawes
/
refuse
to
frequent
diuine
seruice
and
sermons
/
and
yet
if
anye
honest
man
present
them
vnto
you
/
a
fauorable
speeche
or
letter
of
some
worshipfull
(
though
not
very
godly
)
in
the
Shire
/
shall
easely
obtaine
their
dispatche
.
But
if
any
of
our
brethren
striue
or
endeuoure
them selues
zealously
to
further
the
building
of
Gods
temple
/
and
to
procure
reformation
of
things
amisse
/
it
is
easelye
seene
by
these
/
what
helpe
they
shoulde
haue
at
youre
handes
/
and
if
a
christian
brother
make
sute
for
hym
/
fauoure
is
hardly
obtained
/
or
not
at
all
/
if
it
fall
oute
otherwise
/
by
this
I
shall
be
glad
and
yeelde
my selfe
faultie
in
saying
thus
of
you
.
Many
leud
light
bokes
and
ballades
flie
abrode
printed
/
not
only
wythout
reprehension
/
but
cum
priuilegio
/
the
authors
and
printers
wherof
continue
daily
amongst
vs
without
controlment
/
and
yet
the
Lord
by
his
holy
scriptures
forbiddeth
all
filthy
communication
/
&
therfore
wryting
:
but
if
any
of
our
brethren
put
in
Print
any
booke
of
a
godly
zeale
/
that
tendeth
to
the
furtherance
of
Goddes
glory
and
sinceritie
/
and
vrgeth
a
reformation
of
things
amisse
/
he
is
newe
fangled
/
he
is
not
frende
to
Cesar
/
he
is
to
be
remoued
from
amongst
the
people
.
Alasse
deare
brethren
what
hathe
so
bewitched
and
blineded
you
/
that
you
can
not
perceiue
/
and
see
your
owne
euil
dealing
heerein
?
if
the
title
of
Lordship
/
cast
it
off
/
if
your
huge
liuings
/
forsake
them
:
be
not
so
wrapped
in
the
desire
of
worldly
things
/
that
you
neglecte
youre
dueties
in
your
vocation
and
calling
:
I
can
not
think
so
well
of
you
/
but
that
I
must
needes
say
you
neglect
your
dueties
:
I
thincke
surely
there
is
none
of
you
but
would
be
gladde
to
see
reformation
of
things
amisse
/
for
some
of
you
I
knowe
haue
sayde
so
/
neither
can
you
deny
but
that
many
things
are
out
of
order
in
our
Church
of
England
/
euen
many
things
that
they
make
mention
of
in
their
boke
:
what
then
moueth
you
to
make
their
offence
so
greeuous
in
the
sighte
of
the
worlde
/
or
rather
why
doe
you
not
allowe
that
is
good
in
their
booke
/
seeing
they
seeke
reformation
therby
of
that
you
would
gladly
see
reformed
your selues
:
surely
I
thinke
(
to
speake
my
conscience
)
that
there
are
some
things
in
the
boke
/
which
gladly
you
wold
haue
omitted
/
that
hindereth
your
liking
of
the
rest
/
&
that
is
the
inueying
against
your
Lordships
and
liuings
/
for
most
of
you
would
be
glad
to
haue
all
remnauntes
of
Poperie
/
superstition
/
and
Idolatrye
vtterly
remoued
/
but
none
of
you
would
willingly
lose
his
Lordly
dignitie
and
liuing
/
Hinc
illae
lachrymae
against
your
pore
brethren
/
hence
riseth
your
dislike
/
this
is
the
cause
you
seke
not
their
deliuerance
/
libertie
and
release
/
you
would
be
glad
of
a
reformation
/
but
you
would
not
be
reformed
your selues
/
but
in
these
things
/
there
is
but
one
truth
or
falshode
.
If
they
holde
the
truth
/
why
then
resiste
you
it
in
these
priuate
respectes
to
please
youre selues
?
if
their
opinion
be
false
/
shewe
the
reason
and
then
will
we
beleeue
you
/
but
wrest
not
the
worde
to
satisfie
your
owne
fansie
/
and
whether
your
honoures
and
Lordships
stand
or
fall
/
let
not
the
holy
scriptures
lose
their
due
dignitie
and
reuerence
.
It
is
a
lamentatable
thing
to
beholde
howe
(
to
make
theyr
owne
matters
good
)
men
wil
in
these
dayes
mangle
the
scriptures
of
God
/
but
the
Lorde
will
not
be
so
dallied
with
all
/
howe
so
euer
they
please
to
dally
with
the
simple
men
of
the
world
/
and
he
wil
be
reuenged
on
you
for
neglecting
to
see
this
foule
fault
redressed
.
But
to
my
purpose
oure
brethren
lie
in
prison
/
where
besides
their
bondes
they
lacke
libertie
of
enioyinge
the
company
of
their
frendes
/
and
haue
great
neede
to
be
releeued
:
let
them
in
some
sorte
finde
you
carefull
and
mindefull
of
them
/
trauaile
for
their
deliuerie
/
if
that
wil
not
be
obtained
/
yet
endeuoure
to
procure
them
some
further
libertie
/
if
neither
will
be
had
/
forget
not
to
releue
them
.
Their
boke
is
out
and
cannot
be
called
backe
againe
/
if
it
may
be
iustified
by
the
word
of
truth
/
take
heede
that
by
you
the
truthe
be
not
betraied
/
trie
it
by
the
touche
stone
/
examine
it
by
the
word
/
set
al
affections
aparte
/
thinke
it
no
disgrace
to
come
downe
from
your
Lordly
dignities
/
if
the
worde
of
the
Lorde
will
haue
it
so
.
Feede
not
your
owne
fantasies
/
but
follow
the
word
/
&
thinke
not
scorne
to
be
controlled
by
the
same
word
/
out
of
whose
mouth
so
euer
it
come
.
Balaam
was
a
Prophet
of
the
Lord
/
yet
at
one
instant
his
Asse
taught
him
a
better
lesson
than
he
could
teach
him selfe
/
I
am
not
to
teache
you
/
neither
meane
I
so
to
take
vppon
me
/
only
I
exhort
you
to
deale
Bishoply
and
brotherly
/
and
let
no
vaine
loue
of
Lorldly
dignitie
make
you
carelesse
of
your
brethren
/
who
wishe
you
good
in
the
Lord
/
though
they
would
be
glad
you
were
vnlorded
/
not
for
malice
/
but
because
scripture
alloweth
no
suche
title
to
a
Bishop
.
If
passionate
affection
shall
so
cary
you
away
/
that
because
your
Lordlinesse
is
touched
/
you
will
therefore
not
deale
so
/
but
against
your
brethren
I
knowe
not
what
others
wil
conceiue
therof
/
but
for
my
part
(
to
speake
as
I
thinke
)
I
must
nedes
doubt
/
your
Lordlinesse
hath
made
you
vtterly
to
forget
what
ought
to
be
in
a
Bishop
.
If
they
do
holde
any
error
or
behaue
themselues
licenciously
and
losely
/
or
neglected
their
vocation
/
I
were
easily
put
to
silence
/
but
in
doctrine
they
are
sounde
/
in
life
not
to
be
touched
/
that
euer
I
heard
/
and
were
diligent
in
their
calling
:
why
then
should
you
so
little
esteeme
them
/
or
why
shoulde
you
not
vse
them
as
brethren
/
let
it
not
be
truly
said
of
you
/
that
the
blasphemous
swearer
/
and
the
filthy
adulterer
may
finde
more
fauoure
among
you
then
our
christian
brethren
/
and
fellowe
workemen
in
the
Lord
/
I
know
for
the
first
of
these
there
is
no
lawe
to
touche
him
/
and
for
the
seconde
very
slender
punishment
prouided
/
yet
for
both
the
Lord
hath
left
vnto
vs
very
sharp
lawes
/
these
are
vnexecuted
/
and
the
wicked
escape
many
times
for
mony
.
Many
good
lawes
(
thankes
be
to
God
)
are
prouided
to
bridle
the
wicked
/
but
in
them
oftentimes
the
godly
are
snared
/
and
by
them
you
youre selues
(
if
not
nowe
)
yet
at
other
times
haue
bene
instruments
to
burthen
your
brethrens
backes
/
and
that
hath
some
of
them
felt
in
more
sharpe
sorte
(
as
I
haue
heard
)
then
I
will
hear
speake
.
Well
/
let
that
passe
/
and
now
deale
more
christianly
for
the
Lordes
sake
with
your
brethren
/
let
not
lawes
that
were
purposely
made
for
the
wicked
/
be
made
snares
by
you
to
catch
the
godly
/
lay
aside
this
Lording
/
and
shew
your selues
brethren
in
deede
/
if
they
haue
offended
you
/
admonish
them
brotherly
/
let
not
the
vsurped
names
and
titles
of
Lorde
&
Lordes
grace
so
puffe
you
vp
/
as
you
forget
your selues
to
be
pastors
,
preachers
:
the
lord
called
you
or
the
most
of
you
to
this
office
to
ioyne
as
laborers
togither
with
your
brethren
in
his
vineyarde
/
he
neuer
called
you
to
these
lordly
names
&
dignities
:
the
office
of
bishop
I
finde
apointed
by
scripture
:
the
office
of
Lordbishop
I
finde
no
warrant
for
there
/
but
in
this
I
mean
not
to
wade
further
/
only
I
beseche
you
/
that
as
Christ
hath
allotted
you
to
be
fellow
ministers
togither
with
them
/
so
you
wil
as
companions
in
the
Lord
ioyne
togither
to
further
one
truth
&
sinceritie
/
&
let
these
pore
men
tast
of
your
christian
charity
towards
them
/
as
brethren
/
and
cease
lordly
to
neglect
them
/
&
Lord
it
no
longer
/
think
it
no
discredit
to
you
/
or
an
abasing
of
your selues
/
to
ioyn
in
equaliti
with
your
brethren
/
but
think
it
great
presumption
in
you
to
clime
higher
then
the
lord
hath
appointed
:
remember
it
was
not
in
vain
said
of
Christ
our
sauiour
/
Principes
gentium
dominantur
in
eas
,
&c
:
inter
vos
autem
non
erat
sic
,
I
seeke
not
to
teach
/
neither
take
I
vpon
me
so
to
do
/
yet
despise
not
the
admonition
of
your
faithful
brother
in
the
Lord
/
who
wisheth
to
you
all
such
godly
consideration
of
your
dueties
/
as
in
no
respecte
you
omit
any
parte
thereof
.
To
conclude
/
in
the
name
of
god
I
beseche
you
yeld
no
such
frutes
of
the
gospel
/
as
where
you
shuld
be
careful
/
you
shew
your selues
carelesse
of
your
brethren
/
nether
post
the
matter
ouer
in
such
sort
as
you
haue
done
/
from
one
to
an
other
/
but
so
longe
as
they
keepe
them
within
the
limites
of
the
law
of
god
:
ioyne
christianly
&
brotherly
with
them
&
assist
them
/
and
cease
so
to
affect
lordship
&
liuing
as
therby
you
be
withdrawne
from
yelding
to
a
knowne
&
manifest
truth
.
The
Lord
in
his
rich
mercy
giue
euery
of
vs
grace
so
to
auoid
all
snares
of
sathan
/
as
wholy
without
let
or
hinderance
we
may
be
dedicated
vnto
him
/
and
yeeld
our selues
all
together
obedient
vnto
his
wil
/
so
that
what
he
hathe
commaunded
we
may
striue
to
maintain
/
&
what
he
hath
forbidden
/
we
may
indeuor
to
suppresse
.
Thus
praying
your
fauorable
acceptation
hereof
I
commit
you
to
the
lord
Iesus
.
❧
An
Exhortation
to
THE
BISHOPS
AND
THEIR
CLERgie
to
aunswer
a
little
booke
that
came
forthe
the
last
Parliament
/
and
to
other
Brethren
to
iudge
of
it
by
Gods
worde
/
vntill
they
see
it
aunsweared
/
and
not
to
be
caryed
away
with
any
respect
of
man
.
COnsidering
the
vnitie
of
the
body
of
Christe
which
are
we
(
bicause
it
is
gouerned
wyth
one
heade
and
one
spirite
/
and
yet
notwythstanding
a
diuersitie
of
parts
and
membres
/
for
the
bodye
is
not
one
member
/
for
if
they
were
all
one
member
/
where
were
the
bodye
)
?
Sabbathum
est
,
non
licet
tibi
tollere
grabbatum
:
it
is
not
lawful
for
thee
to
take
vp
thy
bedde
:
and
if
the
blynde
wyll
stand
and
dispute
wyth
them
/
and
say
that
Christe
is
not
homo
peccator
a
synfull
man
/
althoughe
to
theyr
thinkyng
/
Sabbathum
non
seruat
,
FINIS
.