ET erexit cornu salutis nobis in domo Dauid pueri sui .

ANTICHRIST of Rome hath longe dissimuled with vs , foodynge vs forthe with vanities : As pardons , pilgrimages , bulles , neuer ryght calued , supersticions , counterfeite religion , feyned relyques , and suche other innumerable sort of trashes , haberdashery ware , and all for money . For the old prouerbe , Omnia venalia Rome , sayd by the Pagans , long before Christ Salustius . was incarnate , is not lefte vnpractised by the sayde Antichrist our moste holy father ( as they call hym ) his cardinalles and byshoppes . wherof the chiefe marchaunt of myschiefe is the sayd holy father . I praye you , what thynge was and yet is not sale kynde at Rome , sauinge our englyshe soules : for the whiche we haue nowe of late founde a better marte ? And that whiche is most abhorred of god , the sayd Antichriste , and moste aduersary of Christ , had brought vs into the gentils worshipping of fals goddis . Oh god of Israel , for thy tender mercy , into what blynd fantasies of madde myschiefe were we thy selye creatures brought by the hydynge and shutting vp of thy holy worde from vs ? And what iniuries dyd thy moste faythfull ministers , and yet for the most parte do susteyne , to be so arrogantly depriued of theyr princely regymentes vnder the , by th ambycious wrastyng of thy sayd word to the mayntenaunce of a dyuellyshe power agaynst thy ryght power ? wherby the due obedience of subiectes was conuerted into rebellion , and the concord of commonties dissolued : Thou layest good god , as thou haddest ben a slepe , and dyd suffer vs to dreame by the , Euen as thou dyddest from Adams fall , vnto the tyme thy only sonne became incarnate , wherof zachary prophecied a lyttell before , saying , That thou haddest raysed vp an horne for our helthe , meaning , Et erexit cornu salutis nobis In domo Dauid pue●i sui . that Chryst shuld be borne the vniuersal strength power and glorye of our saluation , and that in the house of kynge Dauid thy electe seruaunte . But nowe through the lyght , whiche is sprong in vs , vpon thy holy worde , ( agaynst an vsurped power and reigne of Lucifer , moste vntruely counterfayte , vpon thy most vndouted trewe worde ) thou hast raysed vp to vs thy peculyas people , a godly dewe power of helthe , our naturall most soueraygne lorde kynge HENRY the VIII . by thy grace , which is also a true strength and ryghtfull kyngedome , apperteynyng to the moste noble house of his moste famouse progenitours , for our great consolation , tranquillite , and holsome safetie , bothe of our bodyes and soules to . Whose maiestie we recognise and beleue throughe thy sayde worde , to be thyne holy enoynted , immediate minyster , and vicar ouer Roma. 13. 1. Petri. 2. Sapien , 6. vs : and vnto whom onelye thy goodnes hath commytted the cure charge and gouernaunce of vs , and whom we owe to obey loue and dreade , and to whom also we owe only to haue recourse as vnto thy chiefe herdeman . But alas we haue 1. Pet. 2. ben longe ( yea and to longe ) wandrynge frome hym , and haue sought a strange shepherde , whiche semynge vnto vs as meke and humble as a lambe , ( what by him selfe and what by his whelpes ) hath bene a very deuourynge wulfe of vs , and more rauenouse then a wulfe . for he hath not onely consumed the shepe , but the flece and bones also . But nowe being retourned home agayne by the diligente serche and labour of our 1. Petri. 2. sayde moste louynge kynde and holy pastour , let vs not erre nor straye agayne from hym , for he is lothe to lose one the worste of vs , lette vs not then lose hym , but mooste kyndely folowe hym , stycke by him , defende hym , obeye hym , and louyngely dreade and honour hym , euen for goddes sake , and for conscience sake , bycause goddes Roma. 13. holy word teacheth and byndeth vs so to do .

¶ Sicut locutus est per os sanctorum : qui à seculo sunt prophetarum eius .

CHRISTE WAS not sodeynly borne , but his incarnation and commyng to be borne in the house of Dauid , was spoken of god , by the mouthes of his prophetes , from the begynnynge of the worlde : that we shulde faythfully beleue it . And therfore vndoubtedly Ieremie , Daniel , Esais , Micheas , zacharie , and all the Hiere . 23. Daniel . 1● . residue of the prophetes cessed not , to prophecye Esai . 11. Miche . 5. Zacha. 6. and shewe Christes incarnation . And the same also dyd the dedes of Adam , Abel , Enoch , and of al other the fathers of the olde testament manyfestly set forth : as vndoubtedly also doth the same fathers , and prophetes , and other the residue of the olde testament , if due application be put therunto , partely by theyr dedes , and partely Esai . 14. Ezec. 22. 23. 24. 34. Hiere . 29. Daniel . 12. by theyr prophecies , bothe shewe and set forth the pompous pride and vsurpation of the byshop of Rome , and the mischiefes captiuities and abhominations that haue ensued thervpon to god des flocke . and yet the same byshoppes , captaynes of al those myschiefes , neyther haue nor shal escape quyte awaye : for vtter confusion , depe falles , and perpetual damnation , both hath and shall , as sure as god lyueth , come vppon theyr neckes therfore . And the same fathers and prophetes 3. Re. 10. 3. Reg. 1. 2. Par. 29. 2. Para. 30. 2. Para. 31. 2. Para. 23. do lyke wyse shewe and set forthe , that of very godly ryghte and iustice , kynges prynces and other temporall rulers , euer from the begynnynge of the worlde , haue and oughte to be the only gouernours orderers and rulers of and ouer theyr people , naturally broughte vp , congregate , 2. Par. 34. Sap. 6. and beinge within theyr prouynces realmes and dominions , of what so euer sorte degree 4. Re. 17. or condicion they be , spirituall or temporal , as we cal them : And what honourable and hum 2. re. 18. 19 3. Reg. 1. ble obedyence the subiectes of euery kynde and sorte , owe to vse and beare towardes theyr kynges Daniel . 4. and rulers , and that god was the onely setter vp and putter downe of them : And that god 1. Regum . 15. 16. 3. Reg. 2. toke , and assuredly wyl take , sore and greuouse vengeaunce vpon such , as dysturbed the royall seate of any kynge or prynce : And howe gracyousely 1. Reg. 10. also god doth preserue kynges and princes , infusynge in them speciall godly gyftes aboue other . And the sayde fathers and prophetes 1. Reg. 15. do warne and exhorte the subiectes , incessant ly to praye for theyr kynges prynces and rulers . All which prophecies and dedes of the sayd prophetes and fathers , Christe hym selfe , after his commyng , affyrmeth , and by his owne most holy word and examples doth teache and straightly bynde vs , to doo and folowe the same . For he beinge of two differente natures , that is bothe god and man , and beinge kynge of kynges , and the supreme power , as he saythe in the laste chapiter of Matth. Al power is gyuen to me in heauen Matth. ultimo . and in erthe . In heauen , bycause he had it so , as god , before he was incarnate : In erthe , bycause he was god and man after his incarnation , and refusynge and detestynge all worldly honour and kyngedome , chargynge also Peter , and all his true folowers , to do lykewyse , dydde most humbly meke hym selfe , and takyng vpon Philipp. 2. hym the fashion of a seruaunt , was wyllyngely moste poore and mooste obedient subiecte to the worldly powers . For he sayth of hym selfe . The Luc. 9. foxes haue dennes , & the byrdes of the ayre haue nestes , but the sonne of man hath not wherin to thrust his heed . And his obedience was so great , as none coulde be more . For he was obedient vnto his fathers wyll , and to worldly powers wyl , also euen vnto the moste shamefull death of the Luce. 23. crosse , by the iudgement of the ruler Ponce Pilate . And to sette forthe this obedience with all , Christe teacheth vs a lesson vpon the resolution of the perfydous and fraudulent questyon , demaunded of hym by the messangers of the chief of the scribes and phariseys , whiche Luke Luc. 20. reherseth in the .xx. chapiter , Whether it be laufull to gyue tribute to Cesar or no. To whiche Christe answered thus in effect , yelde to Cesar that whiche is Cesars , and to god that which is goddis . As who sayth , bycause your temporall ruler and soueraygne lorde , hath power ouer your bodyes and goodis , and is your defender and preseruer , and also charged in his spiritual ministery with you vnder god : yelde to hym tribute , a knowelege of your subiection . And bicause god gyueth you body and soule , and al that ye haue besydes Deuter. 6. Matth. 22. forth , and hath power ouer all , and asketh nothynge but your soule for all : yelde hym that .

¶ And Christe an other tyme to verify his sayd Luc. 21. pouertie , and for an example of obedience , that his true folowers shulde beare to the temporalle powers , he commaunded Peter , to take moneye out of a fyshes mouth , bycause neyther of them Matt. 17. had any , to pay to the gatherer for theym bothe . Peter also taught of Christ to set forth this obedience , 1. Petri. 2. gaue commandement to all the faythful , to be obedient for goddis sake to the kyng , as to the chief hed , & to other his substitute rulers & deputies : And Paule commandeth the same , addyng Roma. 13. thervnto , that euery power is of god , & is goddis minister , & not otherwise , and the resistance therof is damnation . And Paule wrytynge to Titus , Titum . 3. byddeth hym to charge the people , to obey princis , and the hygher powers . And Peter , Paule , 1. Cor. 3. and other the appostels , call them selfes in holye scriptures but minysters , and theyr power a mynisterye . And accordyng to this , Peter was obedyent in mynistrynge at the commandement of the Galath. 2. other apostelles , to goo to Samarie with Iohn . And also Peter was appoynted to be a preacher amonge the Iewes , and Iohn and Iames with hym : & Paule and Barnabas with hym , among the gentyles . And Paule bosteth , that Peter and Iohn gaue hym their right handes . And Paule sayth also , that he blamed Peter openly , bycause he folowed not the trouthe of the gospel . And innumerable mo auctorities of scripture are to be rehersed hereof . But nowe , leste I shoulde seme to longe in this place , let this lyttell pretye piece , though it were moche lesse , cut out of the ryghte large , true wrought , and moste beautyfull cloth , goddis holy scriptures , concerning the Iudaical Antichrist of Rome , and his adherentes , whyche stande best in their owne pernyciouse conceytes , lyke the Iewes , whose blyndnes caused them to beleue Iohn Baptist , better then Christ , not with standyng the greate nomber of sygnes and prophecies , whiche they had , witnessing that he was come , be sufficient to lay before them , for a patron , to stayne and vtterly shame all their counterfayt clothes of fals interpretations , and coloured gloses of their feyned gospel . And thanke our lorde god of Israel , that he hath so clered our syght , that we haue now at the last , found a right Paul , our sayd most souerayn lord the kyng , to comptroll & abolyshe Peters dissimuled successours counterfayte gospell , and to auaunce , and preferre goddis owne most true and faythfull gospell .

Salutem ex inimicis nostris , & de manu omnium qui oderunt nos .

OVR AVNCIENT enmy , who bycause he had ben so high a creature , aboue other , and become from an angell of highe heauen , a deuyll Esai . 14. in depe hell , for that that he wold haue ben equal with the highest , neuer ceassed after to stryue ageynst god , and his best beloued creature mankynde . In so moche , that so sone as euer he perceyued the fyrst parentes were formed and setlyd in the pleasant place of Paradyse , & that god had bounde them to a certayne obedience , he infected Gen. 3. them with his pestilent pride of disobedience ageynst god , for the whiche they were exyled that place , and both they and theyr posteritie brought to rume and captiue bondes of the same ennemy and his innumerable sort of euyll angels , which contynually laye in awayte of theym , vntyll the birth of Christe , who was and is the vnyuersall horne power strength and glory , for the helth of mankynde , against the sayd enemy , and his sayd aungelles , whiche yet neuerthelesse desisteth not day and nyght , nor neuer wyll accordynge to his olde custome , by a thousand ingyns and meanes to plant debate betwene god and man , & betwene man and man , power and power , & euery where causeth disobedience , and rebellion of subiectes , ageynst their souerains , & ledeth mankind by fantasies & illusions from one mischiefe to an other , vntyll he brynge them to forgette god , and vnto what order they were appoynted fyrst by god , as by experic̄ce amongest our selfes , here in England we haue cause best to perceyue . For what by oure sayd enmye the deuyll , and what by our ennemy the byshoppe of Rome , his traditions and fals doctrynes , his vanities and dreames , his hypocrisie and fayned relygion , the dyuels snares , we were brought in case , that we dyd set more by them than by god , or any part of his doctrine , ana feared more the bysshop of Romes curse , than goddis vengeaunce , whiche began to come in hande apace by the moste contagious plagues of commotions and rebellions amongest our selfes . But Salutem that god , whiche is the inlyghtner of the harte of man , and the helthe of mans soule , of his inestimable mercy and goodnes , raysed vp for vs his power of helth of glory and of strength , our godly Iosias , and moste soueraygne lorde the kynges maiestie , to wake and consyder vs his corrupt & wandrynge flocke , and hauynge receyued by the handes of his ryght vertuous scrybe Saphan , 2. Par. 34. euen the grace of god , the boke of the law of god long hid , did set forth the same with al diligence , by which our ignorant darknes is become a perfect knowlege of lyght , And we perceyue clerely , that we dyd abuse our selfes in disobedience both ageynst god , and our sayd souerayn lorde , whom god hath ordeyned oure Michaell , our Dauyd , Ex inimicis nostris , and our only helth in erth , ageynst the pompous Lucifer , and monstruous Golyath of Rome , and all our enemyes of euery sort , and who is an able power and strengthe by god , to defende and preserue Et de manu omnium qui oderunt nos . Psal. 88. vs , from the handes of all theym that hate vs . For god sayth of him , I haue put helpe in the power , and man of myghte , and haue auaunced , whome I haue chosen among my people , I haue founde Dauid myn owne seruant , whom I haue annoynted with my holye oyle . And therfore my hande shall helpe hym , and myn arme shall confirme hym , his ennemye shall not preuayle at all in hym , and the chyld of iniquitie shall not prease to hurt hym , I shal make his enmyes fall downe by heapes before his face , and shall put to flyght suche as hate hym , my trouth and mercy shall be euer with hym , and in my name shal his horne of of glory , power , and helth , be exalted . Lo , this is most comfortable helth , consolation , reioyce , and glorie of all faythfull louynge hartes , and moste terrible feare , quakynge dreade , and vtter confusion of all vntrue , malicious , and hatefull traytours : whiche are goddis and our moste detestable and abhorrible ennemies and haters .

Ad faciendam misericordiam cum patribus nostris , & memorari testamenti sui sancti : Iusiurandum quod iurauit ad Abraham patrem nostrum daturum se nobis .

ZACHARIE PRAYSETH GOD , that by the horne of power and helthe , whiche he hath raysed vp for vs in the house of Dauid ( as is before mencioned ) he shulde do and shewe his mercy with the fathers , Abraham Isaac Iacob , Ad facien dan misericordiam cum patribus nostris . and all the other of the olde testamente , that they beinge deade before Chrystes commynge , shulde be part takers with theyr children and folowers , of the benefytes of his passion , wherin they had perfyte hope whyle they lyued . And he byndeth god thervnto in the true performance of his most Genes. 15. Et memorari testamenti sui sancti , Ius iuran . &c. holy couenaunt that he promysed Abraham : The mooste blessed vyrgine Marie beinge conceyued with Chryste also ( as in the same fyrste chapyter of Luke is rehersed ) magnifieth god most humbly for the same , after this maner , That all that is in her doth magnifie god , bycause he hath beholde the mekenes of his hande mayde , whom al nations shall blesse . For his myghte hath doone Luc. 1. great thynges to her , and therfore his name is holy , and his mercy is infinite , for he hath not on ly shewed it in her , but frome generation to generation , suche as feare hym . he hath taken vp his seruaunt Israel , beinge remembred of his holye couenante , accordyng as he promysed Abraham , and his seede for euer more . Whiche Mary and zacharie bothe , enforce vs nowe also ( as trewe Israelytes and seers of god ) to magnyfie and prayse our lorde god of Israel , for his great mercy and holy couenant late shewed and performed in vs . For lyke as it is also wrytten . That there fel an heuy slepe vpon Abraham , and gret darkenes Genes. 15. fell vpon hym . And the lord sayde vnto him , knowe this of a suertye , that thy seede shall be a straunger in a lande that is not theyrs . And they shall make bondemen of them , and intreate them euyll , foure hundred yeres , but the people , whom they shall serue , wyll I iudge , afterwarde they shall go forthe with great substaunce . Euen soo was it come to passe with vs , for our fathers and also we beinge seduced and led blynde with fantasies and mens inuentions , by the subtyle practise of the ambicyouse Romanyste Lucifer , and his complices , were caste into an heuy slepe , and great darkenes of ignoraunce in god , and his mooste holy worde , and therby also were we as subtylly and slylye conueyed , and made captyue straungers at Rome , bycause we had of ryghte nothynge to do in that citie or lande , and therfore were we euyll intreated of them , with theyr myschiefes and abhominations accordyngelye , And as men vse theyr bondemen , soo vsed they vs . For they set vs besyly and vylye a worke , to clyme the ladder , to brynge them word what god dyd in heauen , but the more we dydde clyme , the farther downe we wente , And then we must seke this saynte , and that saynte , this blocke and that stocke , this toye and that toye , offer here and offer there , and kysse here and lycke there , tylle it was tyme to reste for werynes . The Egipcian tirannye was neuer more laborous to our forefathers . And what so euer we coulde get or gather together was shortly after theyr owne good , and had nothing therfore but cleane remission of thrift . And neyther wold they manumise one of vs , but take our cheuage and let vs go tyll a nother time & gather more . And this continued more than foure hundred yeres , vntyll our lorde god of Israell , whose inestimable mercy and goodnes , whose inenarable ryghtuousenesse and trouth excedeth al thynge that is , vouchedsafe of late tyme to illumyne moste graceousely our sayd darkenes , with his holy word , wherby we haue perceyued Christ the auctour of our lyght , and our onely sauiour , to be as it were newly come and incarnate for vs : and that throughe the fayth whiche we haue in hym , we be ( as Paule sayth ) reputed iustified as Galath . 3. Roma. 4. was our father Abraham , whose chyldren adoptiue and multiplication of his sede by faythe , we nowe also be . And the very partetakers with our sayde forefathers Abraham Isaac Iacob , and al the remanaunt of the olde testamente and newe bothe , and they with vs , of the merytes of Christes bloud , promysed by god to Abraham and his sayde sede for euermore , to whom the bloudde of a lambe was a figuratiue saluation in Egypte . Exod. 12. And we perceyue also , by the illumination of the sayde holy worde , that the byshoppe of Rome , to whose tyranny we were thus as is sayde , thrall , is iudged of god , to be Chrystes vtter aduersary , and the vsurper of the ryghtful power of kynges and prynces , goddes ryghte mynisters ouer his people . And we newely adoptiue Israelites from Exod. 12. 13. 14. the sayde thraldome of the sayd byshop , through the same worde also , no lesse wonderfully delyuered into great welthe and ioye by our most godly captayn the kynges highnes , then were our forefather Israelites from the captiuitie of the tyran nous Pharao into the plesaunt land of promission by theyr holy prophete and leader Moyses .

Vt sine timore de manu inimicorum nostrorum liberati seruiamus illi : In sanctitate & iusticia coram ipso omnibus diebus nostris .

SITHENS through th only inestimable goodnes , Vt sine timore de manu inimicorum nostrorum liberati mercy , and loue of god towarde vs , and not by any part of our deseruyng towardes him , we be thus graciously carclesse and without any feare delyuered , from the handes of our before rehersed ennemies , and are become the seers of god , and the adoptyue chyldren of Abraham by faythe , through the illumination of his most holy worde in vs , and conuerted from the nyght in to the daye , that is from the darkenes of the ignorant knowlege of god to the bryght knowlege Seruiamus illi . of hym : it behoueth vs with all our mynde with all our harte , with all our soule , and with al that which is or may be in vs , to loue and dreade him , and with pure and sincere holynes and faythfull In sanctitate & iusticia , ryghtuousenes , serue and honour hym , lyke as Paule sayth , god hath not called vs to lyue impurely , Roma. 12. but to lyue holyly , not to fasshion our selfes vnto this worlde , but to be changed through the renewyng of our mynde . And therfore Paule Ephes. 5. byddeth vs to be the folowers of god , as mooste derely beloued chyldren , and to walke in loue as Chryste loued vs . And puttynge vs in remembraunce , that we were sometyme darkenes , and nowe lyght in our lorde god , biddeth vs to walke as chyldren of the lyght . for the fruite of the spyrite is all maner of rightuousnes and trouth , and to proue what is pleasynge vnto the lorde . And haue no felowshyp with the vnfruitefull workes of darkenes , but rather rebuke them . And Peter also comfortyng vs in our chosen generation , our 1. Petri. 2. holy nation , and that we be a peculiar peple , willeth vs , that we shuld shewe the vertues of him , whiche hath called vs frome darkenes vnto his merueylouse lyght , Euen we , whiche are nowe a people of god , whiche sometyme were not so , and whiche nowe haue obteyned mercy , whiche some tyme we had not , and commaundeth vs to sette a syde all vice , that they , whiche backebyte vs for euyl doers , maye se our good workes , and prayse god in the day of visitacion . And he there subioyneth dyuers rules of good workes , of the which the fyrste is , that we shoulde submytte our selfes vnto all creatures for goddes sake , whether it be vnto the kyng , as vnto the chiefe heade and most excellent aboue other , or vnto any other his substitute rulers and deputies , which ar sent by him , for the punishement of the euyl , and prayse of the good , for soo is the wyll of god . And briefely amongest other he compileth this lesson , Honour all men , loue brotherly felowshyp , feare god , and honour the kynge . And our auctour of lyghte , Chryste saythe of hym selfe , I am the lyght of the Ioan. 8. world , and who that foloweth me , walketh not in darkenes , but shall haue euerlastynge lyfe . And what shall be our common pathe sayth he , but do Matth. 7. all suche thynges to other men , whiche ye wolde they shuld do vnto you . And that we shuld know our tyme of workynge , he byddeth vs to worke whyle we haue light , and lest we also shuld spend our tyme of lyght vnprofytably ( lyke as Paule warneth vs , that we shulde not receyue grace in 2. Cor. 6. vayne ) he thretneth vs by example to take it from vs , and to bestowe it better vppon other . For he sayth , A certayne seruant , to whome his mayster had deliuered a portion of money to employ , hyd the Luc. 19. money , & dyd nothing therwith : & therfore whan his master came to haue accompt of him & other , & founde he had made no encrease therof , he blamed hym sore , & caused it to be taken from him , & deliuered vnto one of his other seruantes , whom he had tried a profytable seruaunt . And therfore Paule saythe vnto vs , As ye haue receyued of 1. Tes. 4. vs , howe ye shulde walke & please god , so walke that ye may encrease the more abundauntly . and as Peter saythe , yf you be good louers and folowers 1. Petri. 3. of Christe , who can hurte you ? And yet our seruyce muste be suche as god alloweth holy and Coram ipso rightuous , orels it were better vndone . And ther fore Christ taught his electes , howe their seruice Matth. 5. and workes shuld be accepted of god , saying vnto them , ye are the lyght of the worlde , and men vse not to lyght a candell , & ouerwhelme it with a bushell whan they haue done , but setteth it vppon a candelstycke , that it may light al them that be in the howse , euen so let your lyght shyne before men , that they maye see your good workes , and glorifie , whom ? you ? nay , but your father , whiche is in heuen . as who saith , you can or shall do no workes ( seme they neuer so holy ) that shall be accepted of god , that are not done for goddis honour but for your owne . For so dyd the hypocrite phariseis set abrode the skyrtes of their garmentes , and vsyd al their doinges to be sene and praysed of men . But Peter byddeth vs sanctifie ourlorde Christ in our hartes . And Paule also 1. Pet. 3. 1. Cor. 6. 1. Cor. 10. saythe , Glorifie and beare god in your bodye . as who sayth , Let al your outward good workes be inwardely for goddis sake , and his glorie . But howe farre thynke ye our popysshe monkery and fryerye , and all other disguysed rables of euerye kynde of the fayned and popeholy relygion ( whiche thanked be god for his grace . are in a good towardnes to be made out of our wayes for euer more ) be and haue be differynge from Zacharies before rehersed holynes and rightuousnes before god ? surely as farre as betweene zacharies acquayntance Matth. 7. and theirs . And therfore all though they cry in neuer so great a route , and vntyl they be hoorse , lorde lorde open for vs , and haue in neuer so fast , yet wyll heauen gates open neuer the more . For Christe wyll answere theym , I neither knowe your newe fashioned apparayle , nor you , ye be not my shepe of the house of Israel , for whom I made my holy couenant , ye be the Idolaters , the gentyls , ye neuer receyued my gospel , nor dyd my fathers will , ye imbrased Antichristes gospel , & were th executours of his wyl , euen the workes of darknes and of deth , ambition , sedition , vayn glorye , and suche lyke abhomynations . I loued and taught aboue all thinges pouertie and obedience , ye made a promyse , & sware vayne othes , Osee . 10. to folowe me in them , but you hated them for all that aboue all thynges . Hypocrites , ye promysed gold , but ye payd fylthy thinges , you made your selfes possessioners and lordes of the earthe , and were sedycious disobeyours of myne ordynances and holy lawes made by myn elect mynyster and right folower of the good Iosias , whom you dissimuled 2. Par. 34. your moste soueraygne lord , bearing an vsurper in your corrupte bosomes , that he shuld redresse your idolatrie & abhomynable fashyons of vngodly lyuyng , & to put to better vses your treasures and possessions , whyche you dyd enioy withoute iuste title by me . I saye to you therfore yet ones ageyne , I knowe you not , get you hens Matt. 7. from me into damnation with al your iniquites . And not withstandynge these , yet be there other thynges , wherby our holynes and rightuousnes ar lykewyse to be made perfect beforegod , which we must also obserue , as that there be no diuersitie of opinions amongest vs , but as Paule saith , that we drawe all one way , hauyng one loue , beinge Philipp. 2. of one accorde and of one mynde , that there be nothyng done through stryfe and vaynglory , but through mekenes of mind , and in that , whervnto Philipp. 3. we are come , let vs procede by one rule . And it is also to be obserued , that we bost not vngodly of our gostely renewynge in the lyghte of the Ephes. 4. knowlege of god , as who saithe , it came of oure 2. Cor. 10. Roma. 12. selfes , leste whyle we measure our selues by oure selues , and holde onely of our selfes , we vnderstande nothyng . And lest perauenture , whyle we 1. Cor. 10. seme to stande , we fall sodeynly or we be ware . It behoueth than therfore , that we esteme our selfes as Paule estemeth hym selfe , and folowe his example therin , saying . It is the grace of god , that Philipp. 3. I am such a one as I am , I am not al redy perfect , but I folow , if I may comprehende that wherin I am comprehended of Christ Iesu . Brethern Omnibus diebus no stris . I count not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it : but one thing I say , I forget that whiche is behynde , and stretche my selfe vnto that whiche is before , and prease vnto the marke appoynted , to opteyne the rewarde of the hygh callyng of god in Christe Iesu . And also our holynes and rightuousnesse muste haue a durable contynuance in a ryghte perfection , and not for a tyme , or nowe good and than euyll , but all tymes good , so as it may be sayd , goddes word was sowen in a good Luc 8. Matth. 1● . lande , which fruitefully abydeth to the full tyme of haruest , and not in stony grounde or amonge busshes , so that it may not fructifie and tary the full tyme . For what auayleth it to haue be neuer so longe counted noble , wyse , or counnynge , and at the laste , through wylfull ignoraunce and obstinate frowardnes ( as we of late haue knowen many ) to be condemned to shamefull deathe , and to be noted in perpetuall memory most wretched and moste folyshe ? Or what auayleth a manne to haue lyued all his dayes in holynes and rightuousnes , and at the last moment of his lyfe , to conceyue a myschiefe , & be damned for euermore ? yet better it were to lyue longe euyl , & dye wel , as dyd he that honge on the ryght hande of Christe , then to lyue longe well , and dye euyll , as dydde Iudas , who was longe good after he was called , and yet dyed moste myserably . And therefore as Christe saith , perseuer in goodnes , and thou shalt be sure to be saued by Christis deth . Let vs then , hauing continually before the eies of our hartes the vnspekeable goodnes and mercy of god shewed vnto vs through the lyght of his most holy worde , not onely serue and honour him , our selfe in perfecte holynes and rightuousnesse before hym all our dayes , but so shewe and sette forthe vnto out chyldren , and suche other as we haue in charge vnder god , howe great thinges god hath doone for vs newe Israelites , that they also , and frome generation to generation , maye lyke wyse serue and honour hym for euer more .