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A Godly Exhortation , whereby Englande maye knowe : What sinfull abhomination , there nowe dooth flowe .

AT LONDON Printed by Edward Allde , and are to be solde at Saint Magnus Corner by Hugh Astley .

Anno. 1588.

To the Christian Reader . I Touch not those which godly be , my pen blames none of them : I wishe no ill to he or she , but good vnto all men . But this I wishe with all my hart , God graunt it maye be so : That wicked persons may conuert , and all their vice forgoe . I wishe that vertue may increace , in euery Christians hart : I wishe that wicked vice may cease , and quite be laide a parte . I wishe that England may so frame , it selfe vnto Gods woord : That other nations seeing the same , may praise the liuing Lord . The cause why that I made this book , is this I tell you plaine : I would all those that heerin looke , from vices should refraine . And not all those alone I saye , but all the rest beside : God graunt vs now and alway , in him for to abide . Accept this Treatise in good parte , most humbly I desire : And let me haue of euery hart , good will euen for my hire . Although it rude and simple be , yet doo it not detest : But where as any faultes you see , of them make you the best . That I by hearing good reporte , of this the first of mine : May be encouraged with comforte . to write an other time . I trust at this my simple woorke , ther 's none will be offended : Except be those that meanes to lurke , in sinne while life be ended . Edward Pecke . FINIS .
Hast thou forsaken Couetousnesse , that gréedy gulping sinne ? Hast thou giuen ouer thy great excesse , which thou doost wallow in . Or hast thou now exiled quite , the vice of Fornication ? With enuious hate and deadly spite , and all abhomination . From swearing , lying , and all deceites , doost thou thy selfe refraine ? All polling measures , and crafty waightes , with hart doost thou disdaine ? If that thou hast forsaken those , with all the rest beside : Then maist thou say as I suppose , thou hast no more but Pride . I doubt thy selfe thou canst not cléere , of neuer a one of them : The which I haue rehearsed héere , with this my scribling pen . Wherfore it makes me to lament , that such vices should dwell : In thée , for whome Christe shed his blood , as witnesseth his Gospell . He that dooth walke thy Coastes abroad , O England at this time : May sée what strife and great discorde , is in the Children of thine . Where one there is O England now , that walkes aright in thée : There is a thousand I dare abowe , that followes iniquitie . O England , is it not a shame , and a filthy shame to thée : That thou which hast a Christians name , shouldst make this true to be ? The mighty God of his méere grace , did send his woord to thée : To that intent thou shouldst imbrace , the same most louingly . But thou forsookest his woord and grace , when he gaue it to thée : And willingly thou didst imbrace , all kinde of vanitie . And now thou art so train'd therin , thou wilt it not forsake : But daye and night in horrible sinne , thy pleasure thou doost take . What eyes be they that can refraine , from streming flouds of teares : To sée the vices that doo raigne . in these thy latter yéeres ? Wherfore , O England now repent , thy wicked life amend : That God , thy God , incontinent , his grace to thée may send . And if thou haue any respect , vnto thy health at all : His righteous lawes doo not neglect , but come when he dooth call . And with an hart and right good will , his woord sée thou obaye , And then he will defend thée still , from Sathans filthy way . Thy Vsurers if thou root out , and hoysers vp of rentes : With all the Rogish ruflling rout , which dooth defile thy tentes . Then maist thou beare Christes name aright , then maist thou boldely say : Thou art a Christian cléere and bright , But of this thing thy selfe assure , O England now I saye : So long as such in thée endure , from God thou goest astray . Therfore with Christes Gospell true , thy Vsurers reproue : With all the rest of Sathans crue , which he so well dooth loue . And so if that they will repent , by Preaching of Gods woord : If the● will not Incontinent , on them place Iustice swoord . This thing if thou doo put in vre , thy wicked vice shall cease : And faithfull loue with vertues pure , in thée shall still increase . swoord of Iustice be not slack , ●léep not in silence so : Least little England goe to wrack , through vice which there dooth slewe . Awake therfore , take vp thy swoord , and view England about : And root out those , which at Gods word .