To
the
godly
and
faithful
Ministers
of
Christe
and
Prechers
of
the
Gospel
.
Maister
Robert
Crowley
and
Maister
Thomas
Brasbridge
,
grace
and
peace
from
God
the
Father
through
Christe
Iesus
our
Lord
be
multiplied
.
THe
benefits
which
God
hath
mercyfully
powred
vpon
vs
(
moste
vile
&
wretched
sinners
)
are
multitude
innumerable
,
in
value
inestimable
,
so
that
the
slender
capacitie
of
our
weake
wits
is
not
able
throughly
to
comprehend
them
.
Much
lesse
the
féeble
voyce
of
our
stambring
tongs
woorthyly
to
declare
them
.
Among
which
manyfolde
and
rich
graces
:
this
is
to
be
reconed
of
gretest
price
,
that
he
hath
blessed
vs
with
the
comfortable
wrood
and
glad
tidings
of
our
eternall
saluation
,
fréely
purchased
vnto
vs
by
his
welbelooued
sonne
&
our
onely
saueour
Christe
Iesus
,
and
hath
by
the
princely
authoritie
of
his
woorthy
Minister
our
moste
gracious
Quéen
brought
in
again
,
established
,
and
these
thrée
and
twentie
yéeres
continued
the
same
(
God
graunt
that
long
it
may
abide
,
florish
and
fructifie
among
vs
for
all
which
his
vnspekable
blessings
,
he
requireth
nothing
of
vs
but
that
we
cheerfully
take
the
cup
of
saluation
,
and
giue
harty
thanks
vnto
our
loouing
Lord
,
and
yeeld
dutiful
obedience
vnto
the
diuine
precepts
of
our
gracious
God
.
But
alas
who
truely
performeth
these
:
Is
he
a
grateful
receiuer
,
which
contemp●uously
reiecteth
such
a
bounteful
gift
?
Dooth
he
performe
loyall
obedience
,
which
stubburnly
rebelleth
against
his
Lords
lawful
commaundement
?
Is
not
the
comfortable
message
of
our
happy
reconciliation
vnto
God
onely
by
Christe
Iesus
,
despitefully
contenned
of
many
?
Doo
not
the
moste
parte
rebelliously
in
déed
resist
the
perfect
law
of
the
Lord
?
And
how
then
can
we
be
laid
dutifully
to
render
vnto
our
heauenly
father
that
which
in
respect
of
his
great
bountefulnes
he
may
rightly
chalenge
?
As
truely
as
the
Lord
liueth
:
vnthankful
ingratitude
is
abbomination
vnto
the
Lord
,
and
stubburn
rebellion
as
the
sinne
of
withcraft
.
Why
then
doo
we
not
dayly
and
hourely
euen
euery
moment
tremble
and
quake
for
feare
lest
his
heuy
vengeance
&
terrible
wrath
fall
vpon
vs
disobedient
children
,
for
these
and
the
like
sinnes
which
wée
haue
vngodly
committed
But
the
holy
Scriptur●e
conteine
a
large
volume
,
and
the
whole
law
consisteth
of
many
precepts
,
so
that
perfectly
to
draw
foorth
and
in
liuely
colours
to
expresse
the
manifolds
and
gréeuous
offences
which
we
moste
wickedly
haue
committed
against
the
testimonies
of
the
highest
,
dooth
require
a
longer
discourse
then
I
purpose
to
prefix
or
set
before
this
short
treatise
Yet
that
we
may
partely
beholde
the
euil
fauored
deformities
&
filthy
staines
that
abound
euen
among
them
that
account
them selues
moste
handsome
and
beawtiful
.
let
vs
look
as
it
were
by
a
glimpse
into
the
cleere
mirrour
of
the
p●●re
woord
of
the
Lord
.
The
almightie
Iehoua
spake
vnto
his
seruant
Moyses
and
gaue
him
this
commaundement
to
deliuer
vnto
the
children
of
Israel
.
Kéep
ye
my
Saboths
,
Héer
are
two
forcible
reasons
added
to
the
commaundement
,
to
mooue
the
people
of
Israell
diligently
to
obserue
the
Saboth
.
First
for
that
it
is
a
sure
signe
of
their
sanctification
that
they
being
defiled
by
the
lothsome
flithynes
of
sinne
,
are
sanctified
by
the
Lord
and
made
plesant
in
his
sight
.
Secondaryly
for
that
they
which
pollute
the
holy
Saboth
shall
suerly
dye
.
These
ought
to
be
sufficient
to
cause
men
to
kéep
holy
the
Saboth
day
,
either
for
profit
,
in
respect
of
all
worldly
things
incomparable
:
or
for
death
,
not
withstanding
all
mans
deuises
ineuitable
But
wherin
consisteth
the
right
vse
of
the
Saboth
?
and
what
is
it
truely
to
keep
holy
the
Saboth
day
?
If
we
wil
(
as
we
ought
)
vse
and
obserue
it
according
to
that
exquisit
order
which
the
Lord
hath
prescribed
in
his
Sacred
woord
:
we
must
not
doo
the
thing
that
pleaseth
our selues
:
we
must
not
speak
our
owne
woords
:
Moreouer
wheras
many
Minstrels
liue
idlye
moste
parte
of
the
wéek
when
they
should
woork
,
doo
not
they
by
wicked
abuse
of
their
instruments
prouoke
the
people
to
vnhallow
the
Lords
holy
day
,
by
deuelish
dauncing
the
Nurce
of
much
naughtines
,
and
doo
not
to
to
many
of
all
degrees
with
tooth
and
naile
endeuor
to
vpholde
this
Idole
of
wanton
plesure
,
which
prouoketh
Gods
indignation
?
The
youth
doo
seruice
vnto
it
with
their
bodyes
,
they
commit
filthy
fornication
with
it
,
being
before
maried
vnto
their
husband
and
head
Christe
Iesus
in
Baptisme
.
The
elder
sort
offer
sacrifice
vnto
this
Idole
,
some
wheat
,
some
mault
,
some
Barley
,
some
other
victualls
,
some
money
,
and
by
these
meanes
shew
them selues
shamelesse
Bandes
to
maintaine
their
Children
and
seruants
in
this
spirituall
whoordome
,
béeing
by
dutie
bound
to
bring
them
vp
as
Chaste
Virgins
,
and
vndefiled
members
of
Christe
.
The
auncients
or
Officers
(
some
of
them
)
are
present
at
this
Idole
seruice
and
by
their
presence
(
it
may
be
also
by
their
woords
promising
them
aid
,
and
by
their
déeds
giuing
them
some
maintenaunce
)
incourage
these
Idolaters
to
continew
and
go
forwarde
in
their
abhominable
seruice
,
being
appointed
of
God
(
to
whom
they
shall
yéeld
and
account
)
for
the
punishment
of
them
that
doo
euil
.
But
it
may
peraduenture
be
thought
an
vnaduised
enterprise
and
néedlesse
woork
,
for
me
to
attempt
the
publishing
of
any
thing
in
print
touching
this
argument
seeing
other
before
haue
bothe
taken
in
hand
,
and
prosecuted
the
same
.
Vnaduised
:
because
I
may
seem
to
forget
that
they
haue
diligently
labored
heerin
.
Needles
:
for
that
the
matter
is
alredy
throughly
handled
,
as
in
other
languages
so
especially
in
our
moth●r
tung
for
the
vse
and
benefit
of
the
vulgar
sorte
.
To
this
I
answer
,
that
I
am
neither
forgetful
of
other
mens
painful
trauail
heerin
:
neither
yet
dooth
their
diligent
discoursing
heerof
cause
me
to
leaue
o●
this
mine
attempt
as
a
thing
néedlesse
.
Nay
it
did
rather
incourage
me
,
&
stirre
me
forwarde
to
take
this
little
paines
that
I
haue
bestowed
héerin
for
the
infectious
contagion
of
sinne
in
generall
,
and
this
speciall
kinde
of
poysonable
plague
of
the
deuilish
abuse
of
daunsing
and
disordered
minstrelsie
,
hath
infected
as
it
were
the
whole
Realme
,
and
run
in
a
manner
ouer
all
the
body
,
almoste
from
top
to
toe
in
times
past
:
but
there
hath
béen
a
moste
souereign
medicine
prescribed
,
composed
of
diuers
manners
of
hearbs
of
great
vertue
,
gathered
out
of
sundry
gardens
.
I
mean
many
good
and
graue
s●ntences
collected
out
of
the
woord
of
God
,
and
writings
of
learned
men
bothe
Christian
and
heathnish
,
beeing
vnited
and
knit
togither
of
such
singuler
operation
that
it
purgeth
the
infected
,
and
preserueth
the
whole
and
serueth
for
all
complexions
,
if
they
wil
receiue
it
.
This
hath
been
with
great
diligence
&
labour
by
diuers
godly
Preachers
in
their
Sermons
,
and
some
in
writing
,
applyed
vnto
the
infected
,
and
infinit
numbers
the
spirit
of
God
woorking
inwardly
togither
with
the
outward
application
héerof
,
haue
béen
clene
purged
from
this
noysome
disease
,
&
many
wel
amended
,
though
it
stick
so
deep
in
the
bones
of
many
that
it
wil
hardly
out
of
the
flesh
.
I
considering
with
my self
the
great
commoditie
the
redoundeth
to
the
Church
of
God
generaly
,
and
as
it
were
sensibly
féeling
the
helth
that
hath
been
restored
to
many
by
these
meanes
,
was
incouraged
to
minister
this
medisine
(
according
to
that
small
skil
wherwith
God
in
mercy
hath
indued
me
)
as
occation
was
offered
,
in
teaching
.
But
seeing
many
stomackes
so
quesie
that
they
could
not
brooke
and
digest
it
,
many
also
so
full
with
surfeting
by
excesse
of
worldly
plesures
and
fleshly
delights
,
that
they
would
not
at
all
receie
it
:
I
studied
with
my self
in
what
sorte
I
might
deal
,
that
they
might
accept
it
At
the
last
remembering
that
some
delight
in
prose
and
some
in
verses
:
I
addressed
my self
to
comprehend
this
argument
in
vearses
(
though
not
pleasant
to
the
eares
of
such
as
delight
in
vanitie
:
yet
I
hope
(
by
Gods
woorking
)
profitable
to
the
harts
of
such
as
reioyce
in
Veritie
that
thereby
some
might
taste
how
good
and
holsome
this
medicine
is
,
and
if
may
be
that
one
kinde
of
meat
diuersly
dished
,
may
prouoke
diuers
mens
appetites
to
taste
of
it
,
and
one
bit
may
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
another
,
so
that
they
may
féed
wel
of
the
same
.
Now
that
if
may
be
certenly
knowen
,
that
I
minister
the
same
that
they
doo
:
I
haue
referred
the
readers
to
the
same
gardines
and
borders
,
from
whence
they
gathered
the
seuerall
herbes
wherof
this
compound
is
made
,
so
that
not
the
substance
:
but
the
manner
of
dressing
of
it
is
altered
.
And
if
this
may
be
a
meane
to
ad
,
though
it
be
but
one
,
to
the
number
of
them
which
by
their
diligent
labor
haue
been
restored
:
I
haue
my
desire
,
and
the
perfect
recouery
of
one
disordered
person
beeing
reclaimed
from
the
vnchristian
prophaning
of
the
Sabboth
by
the
wicked
practises
before
mentioned
:
shall
reioyce
me
more
,
then
all
the
scoffing
taunts
of
curious
braines
shall
make
me
sory
,
for
my
plaine
and
simple
handling
heerof
,
the
which
is
doon
partely
of
set
purpose
for
the
capacitie
of
the
ignorant
,
that
they
might
reap
the
more
profit
to
their
better
instruction
.
And
I
dout
not
but
either
the
graue
sentences
of
heathenish
men
wil
mooue
some
euen
for
shame
lest
they
should
be
woorse
then
heathens
,
or
the
godly
sayings
of
christians
wil
perswade
them
,
or
the
diuine
maiestie
of
the
testimonies
of
Gods
woord
constraine
them
to
renounce
these
vaine
delights
of
the
flesh
,
and
delight
them
selues
in
the
holy
exersises
of
faithful
christians
.
But
that
it
may
take
the
better
effect
:
I
haue
thought
good
(
in
some
respect
)
to
follow
the
godly
practise
of
the
Apostle
Saint
Paule
,
For
when
this
was
apparaunt
his
former
laboures
perished
not
as
fruteles
,
and
he
might
goe
forward
with
the
more
frute
.
In
like
manner
dealeth
this
subtil
serptē
in
this
cause
I
haue
in
hand
,
for
he
would
bear
the
simple
folke
in
hand
,
that
this
heathnish
dauncing
and
vaine
piping
hath
not
béen
gainsaid
but
of
late
,
and
that
by
yung
heads
;
which
haue
little
learning
,
and
that
such
,
which
for
age
are
more
graue
,
and
for
knowledge
are
of
more
sound
iudgement
doo
either
holde
with
,
or
at
the
least
not
against
the
same
:
and
so
would
kéep
them
in
practise
stil
.
Therfore
to
redresse
this
mischéef
,
and
to
prooue
that
the
Deuil
héerin
speaketh
of
him self
béeing
the
father
of
lyes
and
that
that
which
hath
béen
alredy
taught
either
by
preaching
or
writing
,
or
heerafter
shal
be
touching
these
abuses
may
become
more
profitable
to
the
ignorant
people
:
I
thought
good
to
dedicate
this
my
simple
labour
vnto
you
(
good
Maister
Crowley
and
Maister
Brasbridge
)
of
whome
the
one
for
his
olde
age
beeing
found
in
the
way
of
righteousnes
,
is
to
be
honored
as
a
reuerend
Father
:
the
other
in
respect
of
that
which
he
hath
doon
towards
me
,
is
of
mée
to
be
reuerenced
as
a
liberall
Maister
,
and
bothe
for
your
singuler
knowledge
to
be
heard
of
all
men
,
as
learned
Maisters
in
Israell
.
For
I
dout
not
but
many
,
when
they
shall
sée
your
learned
consents
héervnto
,
wil
imbrace
that
which
héertofore
they
haue
reiected
without
due
consideration
or
diligent
examination
of
the
matter
.
Especally
it
shall
confirme
many
of
your
natiue
contrie
men
,
which
are
by
Gods
mercyful
gifts
reclaimed
from
those
fleshly
vanities
,
when
they
shall
perceiue
that
you
(
the
godly
fame
of
whose
effectuall
faith
soundeth
among
vs
)
approoue
that
which
they
haue
receiued
of
their
owne
pastours
.
I
therfore
not
douting
of
the
matter
(
for
I
certainly
knowe
that
such
abuses
are
not
tollorable
,
nor
yet
fearing
the
proofe
of
it
,
for
I
am
throughly
perswaded
that
it
is
sufficient
for
such
which
are
not
contentious
▪
but
onely
that
it
might
be
more
profitable
to
our
countrie
where
these
abuses
are
ouermuch
vsed
)
craue
your
godly
consents
héer
vnto
,
and
desire
to
publish
it
vnder
the
protection
of
your
names
,
who
are
wel
knowen
to
be
careful
furtherers
of
all
godlynes
.
Which
God
graunt
(
if
it
be
his
wil
)
that
ye
may
long
be
to
the
great
aduauncement
of
his
glory
,
the
singuler
profit
of
his
Church
,
and
the
continuall
quiet
and
comfort
of
your
owne
consciences
.
Yours
to
commaund
in
the
Lord
,
Thomas
Louell
.
To
the
Readers
of
this
tretise
,
Robert
Crowley
wisheth
the
direction
of
Gods
spirit
.
YOu
haue
heer
(
deer
Christians
)
the
labours
of
Thomas
Louell
(
a
faithful
minister
of
Chrste
,
and
disposer
of
Gods
secrets
)
weerin
he
hath
shewed
himself
godly
,
painful
,
and
learned
.
Godly
,
in
seeking
to
set
foorth
Gods
glory
,
in
suppressing
(
yea
rather
rooting
out
)
of
vice
,
and
aduauncing
of
vertue
:
in
laboring
to
reduce
the
Saboth
or
dayes
of
rest
,
to
their
right
vse
:
in
striuing
to
stoppe
the
cours
of
wanton
youth
in
Christians
▪
in
discharging
the
office
of
a
good
Pastor
,
not
only
in
ministring
of
spirituall
foode
to
the
sheep
of
his
owne
folde
:
but
also
in
writing
,
which
may
be
profitable
to
the
whole
flock
that
Christe
hath
bought
with
so
deere
a
price
.
Painful
he
hath
shewed
himself
,
in
that
he
hath
doon
this
in
a
dialogue
or
talk
between
twoo
,
wherin
is
obiected
,
and
fullie
aunswered
whatsoeuer
the
fleshly
minded
is
or
can
be
able
to
obiect
against
that
which
he
taketh
in
hand
to
teach
.
Yea
,
and
further
,
he
hath
doon
it
in
(
vearse
,
wherin
is
much
more
difficultie
then
in
prose
)
that
therby
the
carelesse
mindes
of
wanton
persons
,
might
be
mooued
to
read
or
hear
,
that
which
otherwise
they
would
neuer
regarde
.
Learned
he
hath
shewed
him selfe
in
that
he
hath
confuted
all
obiections
,
and
confirmed
his
owne
assertions
,
by
sufficient
aucthoritie
of
holie
scriptures
,
and
also
by
the
iudgement
,
both
of
ecclesiasticall
and
profane
writers
,
yea
,
and
by
the
lawes
and
constitutions
made
in
generall
counsailes
,
and
in
our
owne
parliaments
also
.
Receiue
thankfully
therfore
these
(
our
brothers
)
labors
so
godly
,
so
painfull
,
and
so
learned
.
Imbrace
veritie
,
we
he
not
maried
to
custome
:
but
to
Christ
.
He
neuer
said
,
I
am
custom
:
But
thus
he
hath
said
.
I
am
the
way
,
the
truthe
,
and
the
life
.
Let
vs
therfore
walke
in
him
:
that
when
our
iourney
shal
be
ended
:
we
may
enter
with
him
into
that
endles
rest
,
wherof
the
rest
of
the
seuenth
day
is
a
figure
.
And
liue
with
him
in
that
endles
life
that
he
hath
prepared
for
vs
,
which
God
for
his
mercie
sake
graunt
vs
all
to
doo
.
Amen
.
❧
Yours
in
Christe
Robert
Crowley
.