THe Monsterous and vnnaturall shapes of these Chyldren & dyuers lyke brought foorth in our dayes ( good reader ) ar not onelye for vs to gase and wonder at , as thyngs happenyng either by chaunce , or els by naturall reason , as both the old , and our Phylosophers also holde now a dayes : and without anye farther heede to be had therto , or els as our common custome is , by & by to iudge god onely offended wyth the Parentes of the same , for some notoryous , vyce or offence reygning alone in them : But they ar lessons & scholynges for vs all ( as the word monster shewith ) who dayly offende as greuously as they do , wherby god almyghtye of hys greate mercy and longe sufferaunce , admonysheth vs by them to amendmente of our lyues . no lesse wycked , yea many times , more then the parentes of suche mysformed bee . That this is true they shal wel perceyue , that ryghtly wey and consider the aunswere of oure Sauiour Chryste vnto hys Dyscyples , askyng hym whether weare greatter sinners , the blynde hym selfe , either els hys parentes , that he was so borne : To whom our sauyour Chryst aunswered , that neyther he , neyther they were faultye Iohn ix . therin , but that he was therfore borne blynde , to th end the glory of God myghte be declared on hym , and by him . The same also appereth in another aunswere made by our sauyour Chryste to them , whyche tolde hym of the Galleyans , whom Pontius Pylate put to death for theyre rebellyon agaynste Augustus Luke xiii . theyr Emperoure , wherein he declareth ( as also by those .xviii. persons on whom the Towre by Sylotell ) that there were as great offenders remaynynge alyue , as any of them were . Wherfore he eftsones admonyshed them to amendment of lyfe in generall : or els by their examples threatened them with as greauous dystructyon , as fell vppon any of them . These examples moued me ( good reader ) in consideracyon of these dayes of our forgetfulnes of duty , wherin we set so lyght the greate bounty and goodnes of God , callyng vs by these and such lyke examples to repentaunce and correction of manners , and not styll to flatter our selues whyle we iudge others and winke at oure owne faultes , to cause these twynnes thus to be portractured . And sure to hym that considereth as he ought to do , the great decay of harty loue and charytie ( among many other wantes that the world is nowe fallen in , ) and had vewed and behelde the two babes , the one as it were imbrasynge the other , and lenynge mouth to mouth , kyssyng ( as you wold say , one another : ) it myght seeme that God by them eyther dooth vpbraide vs , for our faulse dyssemblynge and Iudas condycyons & countenaunces , in freyndly wordes , couerynge Caynes thoughtes and cogytacions , or els by theyr semblaunte and example , exhorte vs to sincere amytie and true frendshyp , voyde of all counterfeytinge , or els bothe . Neyther let any man thynke thys an obseruacyon ouer curyous , for as much as Christ him selfe hath by chyldren taught vs , that vnlesse we become lyke Chyldren , wee shall Mark x. not come in the kyngdome of heauen . God make vs all chyldren in thys wyse , and perfect and well lerned men-to note and obserue to what ende he sendeth vs such sightes as these , that here by ( put in remembraunce the rather of our duties both to hym and our neyghbours ) we may atteyne to lyfe euerlastyng by Chryste our Lord . To whom with the holy Ghoste for thys and all other hys workes , be all maiesty , powre glory and domynyon , now and euer . Amen .