Pleasure and Pain

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¶Pleasure and Payne, Heauen and Hell:

Remembre these foure, and all shall be well.

¶Compyled by Roberte Crowley, Anno Domini, MDLI.

Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.

¶O ye that be my fathers blessed ones come and posses the kyngdome that was prepared for you befor the beginning of the worlde.

¶Goe ye curssed sorte into the euerlastyng fyre that was prepared for the Deuill and his Angelles

Math ,xxv,

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¶To the ryght worshypful Lady Dame Elizabeth Fane, wyfe to the ryght worshypfull Syr Rafe Fane Knyghte: Roberte Crowley Wyshethe the Lyfe euerlastynge

AFter I had compiled thys litil last 2 letters of 'litil' not visible treatise (ryght vertuouse Lady) I thought it my duty to Dedicate the same vnto youre Ladishyppes name, as to a ryght worthy Patrones of al such as laboure in the Lords harueste. Not for that I thyncke I haue herein done any-thyng worthy so liberall a Patrones, but for the worthynes of the matter, whych is a parte of the holy gospel of Iesu Christ wrytten by the holy Euangelyste Mathewe, and is most necessary to be beaten into the heades of all men at thys daye, to dryue them (if it be possible) from the gredy rakeyng togyther of the treasures of this vayne worlde. I do not doubt, but if god haue not geuen men vp to their owne herts lust they wyll nowe at the laste endeuoure to lyue the gospell which they haue of longe-tyme talked. In-dede it was

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necessarie that God should styr vp some to plage such emonge his people as had offended euen as he dyd often-tymes styr vp the Heathen to plage hys people of Israell but yet it is not necessarye that the same should continue in oppressyng the offendars and Innocent togither. For so shal they also deserue the lordis Wrath in the ende be plaged by some other that God shall styr vp to reuenge the iniurye done to the innocent sorte Moued therefore wyth the desyre to se the wealth of my contrey by the pacifiyng of gods Ire, which (no doubt) wyl fal vpon this realme very shortly, if oppression and gredye couetise cease not: I haue so playnely as I coulde, set forth in thys litle boke the terrible Iudgment of god (which no doubt of it is at hande) that if there remayne any feare of god in mens hertis it may cause them to staye at the least waye and not to procede any farder in the Inuentyng of newe wayes to oppresse the pore of thys realme whoes oppression doeth alredy crye vnto the lorde for vengeance. The lorde work in the hertis of the rych that this vengeaunce fall not on thys realme in oure dayes, for doubtles it wyl be gret when it cometh. And if the oppression cease not, the vengeance can not tarye

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longe. For the lorde hath promised to reuenge his people in haste. This lord preserue your good ladiship to hys good pleasure in thys lyfe and geue you blysse in the lyfe to come So be it.

Your Ladyships at commaundement Robert Crowley.

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WHen Christ shall come to iudge vs all

And geue eche one as he hath wrought Mat. xvi.

Hys fathers frendis then wyll he call

To enioye that whych they haue sought

By beleueng that they were bought

Wyth his bloude shedde vpon a tree

As by theyre workis all men maye see Mat. vii.

Come, come, shall he saye to these men

Come and possesse for euermore Mat. xxv.

That kyngdome whych my father when

No worlde was made layd vp in store

For you, whome he dyd knowe before

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To be in maners lyke to me Rom. viii

That am his sonne and aye haue be

Come shall he saye for aye when I

Stode nede of meate ye gaue me fode Mat. xxv.

So dyd you drynke when I was drye

Reioyceng when you dyd me good

No fende therefore shall chaynge your mode

For you shall alwayes be wyth me

And shall my fathers godheade se i. Cor. xiii.

And at all tymes when I haue bene

Of nedefull lodgeynge desolate Mat. xxv.

You haue bene gladde to take me in

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Whether it were yarly or late

You dyd me neuer chyde nor rate

But gaue me wordis curteyse and kynde

Procedynge from a faythfull mynde.

¶So when I was naked and bare

Hauynge no clothes my fleshe to hyde

From your owne backs then dyd you spare Mat. xxv.

And gaue me clothes for backe and syde

So that I myght the colde abyde.

But if you lackt sufficient

Then dyd you my greate lacke lament.

In fyne, when I was weake and sycke

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And had no conforte aboute me

To come to me you dyd not stycke

And succour my necessitie Mat. xxv.

And when it chaunced me to be

In prisone and could not get oute

To raunsome me you went aboute.

¶Then shall the iuste answere agayne Mat. xxv

And saye, O lorde, when sawe we the

In prisone or in other payne

Through extreme nede and pouertie?

Arte not thou lorde of lande and see?

What? lorde we knowe that sea and lande

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Haue euermore bene in thyne hande

We know that thou gaueste all-thynge i. Cor. iiii.

To all estates boeth hygh and lowe

There is no myghty lorde nor kynge

But he is in thyne hande we knowe.

In vayne lorde we might plante and sowe

If thou gaue vs not frute and grayne

We coulde haue nought lyfe to sustayne

Then shall Christe saye, all this is true

I gaue you lyfe. and dyd you fede

Wyth graynes and fruitis boeth olde and newe

And gaue you all thyngis at your nede

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In all your wayes I was your speede

And gaue you that wherefore ye sought

Wych wythout me had come to nought. Iohn. xv.

Yet all that I haue sayde before

Is true also, for when you gaue

Ought to such as were sycke or sore

Whome nede constraynd forto craue last 2 letters of 'constraynd' not visible

Then I confesse my-selfe to haue

Recey[u]ed all that at your hande Mat. xxv

Whereof they dyd in greate nede stande.

¶Then shall the iuste wyth ioye enter

Into the ioyes that shall not ende

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By ####ab#### cause theyr hertes were aye tender

To geue such thyngis as god dyd sende

Mankynde from peryle to defende. Mat. v.

Thus shall they lyue in ioye and blysse

In paradice where no payne is.

But to the wycked Christ shall saye

Auoyde frome me ye wycked sorte

For in my nede you sayde me naye Mat. xiv.

Wyth spytefull wordis of disconforte

Yet my preachars dyd you exhorte

Me in my membres to refreshe i. Cori. x. Cori] Corhi 1551Cori] Corhi 1551

Knoweynge that all are but one fleshe.

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Then shall these men wyth faynte herte saye Mat. xxv.

Lorde when dyd we see the in nede?

Thou haste bene lorde and kynge alwaye

No wyght was whome thou dydest not fede

All this we learned in oure Creede,

For thou arte Iesus, that [arte] Gods sonne arte] 1551 omits

That hath create boeth sonne and mone.

Oh, shall Christe saye to them agayne,

Ye deafe dorepostis coulde ye not heare? i. Cor. xii Cor] Cohr 1551Cor] Cohr 1551

Thynke you the heade bydeth no payne

When the members make heauye chere?

In you, nought but flesh doeth appere.

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For if my spirite in you had ben

Me in myne you must nedis haue sene.

¶The pore, the pore, and indigent

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Came vnto you ofte-tymes ye knowe

And you sawe them wepe and lament

Yet would ye not on them bestowe

The leaste frute that to you dyd growe

No no, you were redy to take

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That other gaue them for my sake.

Your hertis were harder then the flynt

In them no pitie coulde be founde Ezech. 33.

Your greedye gutte coulde neuer stynt

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Tyll all the good and fruitfull grounde

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Were hedged in whythin your [m]ownde. mownde] nownde 1551Whythin: =within Whythin: =within

You wycked sorte, howe vsed ye,

The londis and goodis ye had of me?

You made your boaste all was your owne

To spare or spende, at your owne wyll

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And when any pore men were knowne

That were so bolde to calle it yll Mat. xxi.

My landis and goodis in waste to spyll

You shet them vp in prisone strong[e] stronge] strong? 1551

Tormentynge them euer emonge.

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False libertynes you dyd them call

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Because they tolde you your duitie

You sayde the loselles woulde haue all

That you had goten paynfully

And kept longe-tyme moste carefully,

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But ye belye them I know well

And slaunder this my true Gospell

Emonge all myne there is not one

That would haue ought more then his owne

As I shall tell you playne anone

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For to me all theyr hertis be knowne Luke. xvi.

They reaped nought that you had sowne.

But wylled you to let them haue

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That I gaue you mankynde to saue

Not one so blynde emonge you all

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But he knoweth I made all of nought

Appoyntynge all thyngis naturall Psal. viii.

To serue mankynde, whome I haue wrought

Lyke to my-selfe in loueyng thought Gen[e]sis.Genesis] Gensis 1551 i.Genesis] Gensis 1551

Wyllynge that eche should at his nede,

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Haue breade and Broth. harbour and wede.

But syth it was expedient

That emonge all there should be some

Alwaye sycke, sore and impotent,

I indued you wyth such wysedome

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As dyd honest stuardis become

C[o]mmittyng whole into your hande Committyng] Cammittyng 1551Mat. 24. Mat. 24.

The riches boeth of sea and lande.

My purpose was that you should haue

Alwaye all nedefull thynges in store

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To succour such as nedis must craue

Of you thyngis nedefull euermore

I made you rych to fede the pore

But you lyke seruauntis prodigall

Haue in excesse consumed all Mat. 24

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But when I found you negligent

In fedynge of my family

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Then my prophetes to you I sent

Commaundyng that you should yerely

Brynge all your tythes diligently Malc. iii

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Into my barne that there myght be

Meate in myne house for pouertie.

But you gaue to theyr wordis no hede

You helde all faste and woulde nought brynge

Into my barne the pore to fede

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But spent all at your owne lykynge

In wantones and banketynge Gene. 32.

And in rayment past your degree

As men that had no mynde of me

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¶Yea some of you were not content

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To holde fast that ye should haue brought

Into my barne, there to be spent

But gredyly ye begde and bought Iohn. x.

That my true seruantis as they ought

Dyd at my true prophetis byddynge

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Into my barne faythfully brynge

¶And when you had once goten in

Into my folde emonge my shepe

Then you thought it to be no synne

Styll in your kennells forto slepe

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Settyng such ones my flocke to kepe

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As were more lyke to eate the lambe Iohn. x.

Then to defende his feble dame

Ye robde, ye spoylde, ye bought, ye solde Ezech. 34.

My flocke and me, in euery place

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Ye made my bloude vylar then golde

And yet ye thought it no tre[s]passe trespasse] trepasse 1551

O wycked sorte voyde of all grace

Auoyde from me downe into hell

Wyth lucifer there shall ye dwell

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Ye had the tythes of mens encrease

That shoulde haue fedde my flocke and me Ezech. 34.

But you made your-selfes well at ease

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And toke no thought for pouertie

It dyd not greue you forto se

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My flocke and me suffer greate nede

For lacke of meate, harbour and wede.

¶No Hell can be a worthy payne

For your offence it is so greate

For you haue robbed me and slayne

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My flocke for lacke of nedefull meate

The woule, the lambe the malt and wheate

You dyd by force cary awaye

And no man durst once saye you naye,

¶Howe can you loke to haue mercie

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At myne hande? whome

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ye would not feede

Wyth that was myne euen of dutie

To succoure me and myne at nede?

Syth you myght in the scripture rede

That suche man shall no mercie haue

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As kepe theyr owne when nede doethe craue Iacob. ii.

Unto the Hungry parte thy breade Esai. viii

And when thou shalt the naked se.

Put clothes on him, this myght you reade

In my Prophetis that Preached me

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And in Iohns Pistle these wordis be

Howe can that man haue Charitie

That beynge riche

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sheweth no pitie?

Also, the man that stoppeth his eare Prou. xxi.

At the crye of such as be pore

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Shall crye, and no man shall him heare

Nor at his nede shewe him succoure

Ryght so, he that doeth endeuoure Prou. xxii

To be made rych by oppressynge

Shall leaue him-selfe (at the last) no-thynge.

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For he shall geue the ryche alwaye

More then he can scrape frome the pore

So that in tyme he shall decaye

And haue no nedefull thynge in store

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This might you reade and ten tymes more

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In the bible, that holy boke

If you had had tyme forto loke Math. x.

But such scriptures you coulde not broke

As bade you geue ought to the pore

You wyshed then out of the boke

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But you were suer to haue in store

Plentie of scripturs euermore

To proue that you myght aye be bolde

Wyth your owne to do what you woulde

You thought you myght your goodis employ

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To priuate gayne in euery-thynge

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You thought it no faute to anoye

Such men as were nygh you dwellynge Mat. vii.

Were it by purchaise or byldynge

Neither to get into your hande, Neither: Either?

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Your neyghbours house his goodis and lande

All was your owne that you myght bye

Or for a long tyme take by lease

And then woulde you take rent yerely

Much more then was the tenantis ease Luke. iii.

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It was no faute your rentis to rease rease: =raise

From twentie markis to fourtie powndis

Were it in tenementis or growndis

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What though the pore dyd lye and dye

For lacke of Harboure in that place of] of of 1551

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Where you had goten wyckedly

By lease or else by playne purchase

All houseynge that shoulde in that case

Haue ben a safegard and defence safegard] slafegard 1551

Agaynst the stormy violence?

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Yea what if the pore famyshed

For lacke of fode vpon that grownde

The rentes whereof you haue reysed Math. x.

Or hedged it wythin your mownde?

There myght therwyth no faute be founde,

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No though ye bought vp all the grayne

To sell it at your pryce agayne

You thought that I woulde not requyre

The bloude of all suche at your hande,

But be you sure eternall fyre

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Is redy for eche hell-fyrebrande,

Boeth for the housynge and the lande

That you haue taken from the pore Iacob. ii.

Ye shall in Hell dwell euermore,

Yea that same lande that ye dyd take

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From the plowemen that laboured sore

Causeynge them wycked shyftis to make.

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Shall nowe ly vpon you full sore

You shalbe damned for euermore

The bloude of them that dyd amisse

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Through your defaute is cause of this Mat. xviii

The fathers whose children dyd growe

In Idlenes to a full age

Woulde fayne be excused by you

That were the cause that they dyd rage

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You toke from them theyr heritage

Leaueyng them nought wheron to worcke

Which lacke dyd make them learne to lurke

The sones also that wycked were

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And wrought after theyr wycked wyll

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Would nowe ryght fayne be proued cleare

Bycause your mysse hath made them Ille

But they muste nedis be gyltie styll

Because they woulde worke wyckedly

Rather then lyue in miserie

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And yet shall you answere for all

Theyr bloude I wyl of you require Ezech. iii

Because you were cause of theyr falle

That are become vesselles of Ire

Boeth they and you shall haue your hyre

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In Hell emonge that wycked sorte

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That lyue in paynes wythout remorce.

In fyne, all such as dyd amysse

Through your defaut, what-so they be

Shall lyue in payne that endlesse is

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Because they would not credite me

That am the trueth and verite

I tolde them if they were opprest [H]ebru.Hebru] Debru 1551 xiiHebru] Debru 1551

I woulde se all theyr wrongis redreste

The wycked sorte that dyd rebell

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Agaynst you when you dyd them wronge

Shall haue theyr parte wyth you in Hell

Where you shall synge a dolefull songe

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Worlde wythout ende you shall be stonge

Wythe the pricke of the conscience Eccles. vii

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A iuste rewarde for your offence.

And you that woulde nedis take in hande

To guyde my flocke, as shepheardis shoulde

Onlye to possesse rent and land

And as much richesse as you coulde

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To leade your lyfe euen as you woulde

Auoyde from me downe into hell

Wyth Simon Magus there to dwell Actu. viii

If I should rehearse all at large

That in your wycked lyfe is founde

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And laye it strayght to your charge

No wyght there were in this world rownde

But woulde wonder I had not drownde Genes. 7.

The hoole earth for your synne onlye

That woulde be called my cleargie

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Firste (wyth Magus) ye made your waye

Lyke gredy woul[u]es into my folde woulues] woulles 1551

Your wycked wyll coulde fynde no staye

So longe as ought was to be solde

Either for seruice or for golde,

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By you the patrons fell from me

And are become as Ill as ye

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¶You dyd prouoke them fyrste to sell

And then they learned forto bye

Thynkynge that they myght bye as well

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As the leadars of the clargie.

And then they founde meanes by and by

To catch and kepe in theyr owne hande

The tenth increase by sea and lande

¶Theyr owne chyldren they dyd present

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Theyr seruauntis and theyr wycked kynne

And put by such as I had sent

To tell my people of theyr synne

And youe were gladde to take them in Iohn. x.

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Bycause you knewe that they dyd knowe

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That youe came in by the wyndowe

Such as woulde haue entryd by me

That am the dore of my shepe-folde

You sayde were not worthy to be

Admitted into my householde

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You thought by them you should be tolde

Of your moste wycked Simonie Esaie. xxx

Your falsehead and your periurie

¶You layde to theyr charge Herecie Act xxiiii

Sisme and sedicion also Sisme: =schism

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But you dyd them falsely belye

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Thynckynge therby to worke them wo

And doubtlesse ofte it chaunced so

For many of them you haue slayne

Wyth most extreme and bitter payne.

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¶Thus by your meanes my people haue

Ben destitute of sheperdis good

They haue ben ledde by such as draue

Them from the fylde of gostly goode

They beate them backe wyth heauye mode

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And made them fede in morysh grownde

Where neuer shepe coulde be fedde sownde.

¶The kyngis and Rulars of the earthe

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For lacke of knowledge went astraye Apo, xviii

And you stopped my seruantis breathe

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That woulde haue taught them the ryght waye

You thought your lyueynge woulde decaye Iohn, xi

If kyngis and Rulars of the lande

Should theyr owne duitie vnderstande,

¶For so longe as you kept them blynde

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Makynge them thyncke they had no charge

You had all thyngis at your owne mynde

And made your owne powr wondro[u]se large

You had an owre in echmans barge

You bade the princis take no care

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For you would all the dayngar beare

¶This haueynge my flocke in your hande This: =Thus

You taught them not but kept the[m] blynde them] then 1551

So that not one dyd vnderstande

The lawes that I had lefte behynde Psal. xiiii

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The maister could not teach his hynde

How he should worke in his callynge

Fearynge my wrath in euery-thynge

The father coulde not teach his sonne

Howe in his dayes to walke vpryght

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But gaue him leaue at large to runne

In wycked wayes boeth daye and nyght

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Makyng him wycked in my syght

O wycked guidis this was your dede

But I shall requite you your mede Ezech iii

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The matrons and mothers also

Coulde not teach theyr daughters my lawe

But wyckedly they let them go

Whyther theyre wycked luste dyd drawe

Can you denie but this you sawe?

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And whye dyd you not set them ryght

To seke thynges pleasante in my syght?

All maner men were oute of frame

None knewe his duitie thorowly

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And you are founde in all the blame

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That haue entred by Simonie Ier. xxiii

Whych thynge you shall dearely bye

For wyth Sathan you shall be sure

Worlde without ende styll to endure.

For at your handis nowe I requyre

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The bloude of all that perished

In placis were you toke the hyre

And let my flocke be famisshed.

For aye ye shal be banyshed

The blysse that I bought for them all

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That folowed me when I dyd call. Iohn. x

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Auoyde from me downe into Hell

All ye that haue wrought wyckedly

Wyth lucifer there shall ye dwell

And lyue in paynes eternally

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Your wycked soule shall neuer [d]ye dye] nye 1551

But lyue in payne for euermore Mark, ix

Because ye paste not for my lore paste: see OED s.v. pass v, 23

Awaye, awaye ye wycked sorte

Awaye I saye oute of my syght

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Henseforth you sh[all] haue no conforte shall] sh[a] 1551

But bytter mournynge daye and nyght

Extreme darknes wythouten lyghte

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Wepynge, waylynge, wyth sobbynge sore Mat. xxv

Gnashyng of teeth for euermore, Luke. xiii.

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Your Conscience shall not be quiete

But shall styll burne lyke flameynge fyre

No burnyng brymston hath such heate

As you shall haue for youre iuste hyre

The hote vengeaunce of my greate Ire

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Shall be styll boylynge in your breaste

So that you shall neuer take reste

Then shall the wycked fall in haste

Downe into the pyt bottomelesse Mat. xiii.

Moste bytter paynes there shall they taste

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And lyue euer in greate distresse

None shall confort theyr heauinesse

In deadly paynes there shall they lye

And then they would but shall not dye, Apocal. ix

¶Such as were here so loth to dye

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That they thought no p[h]isicke to dere. phisicke] plisicke 1551

Shall there lyue in such miserie

That only death myght their hertis chere

They shall alwayes desyre to here

That they myght dye for euermore

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Theyr paynes shalbe so passynge sore,

Then shall Christe wyth his chosen sorte

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Triumphauntely returne agayne

To hys father geueyng conforte

To such as for hys sake were slayne, Apoc. xxii

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No wyght shall there fele any payne

But all shall lyue in such blysse there,

As neuer tonge coulde yet declare.

That we maye then lyue in that place

Wyth Christe oure kynge that hath vs bought

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Let vs crie vnto God for grace

To repent that we haue mysse ####ab#### wrought

And where we haue wyckedly sought

To be made rych by wycked gayne, Luke. xix.

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Let vs restore all thynges agayne.

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Let the pore man haue and enioye

The house he had by Copyeholde,

For hym, his wyfe, and Iacke hys boye,

To kepe them from hunger and colde,

And thoughe the lease therof be solde

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Bye it agayne though it be dere,

For nowe we go on oure laste yere. Phil. iiii.

Caste downe the hedges and stronge mowndes,

That you haue caused to be made,

Aboute the waste and tyllage-growndes

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Makeynge them wepe that erste were glad.

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Leste you your-selfes be stryken sadde

When you shall se that Christe doeth drye

All teares from the oppressedis eye. Apoc. xxi.

Restore the fynes and eke the rent,

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That ye haue tane more then your due

Else certenly you shall be shent,

When Christe shall your Euidence vieu,

For then you shall fynde these wordes trew,

You are but stuardes of the lande, Luke. xix,

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That he betoke into your handes

And you that haue taken by lease

Greate store of growndis or of houseyng,

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Your lyueyng thereby to encrease,

And to maynetayne you[r] loyeterynge: your] you 1551

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Fall nowe to worcke for your lyueynge ii. The. iii

And let the lordes deale wyth theyr growndis

In Territories, Fieldes, and Townes.

You do but heape on you gods Ire

Whych doubtles you shall fele shortely

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In that you do so muche desyre

The lease of eche mans house to bye.

You study no mans wealth pardye, Esaie. v.

But all men se you do aduaunce

Your-selfe by pore mens hynderaunce.

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What though your liueing ly theron?

Shoulde you not geue them vp therfore?

It is Abhomination,

And doubtles God wyll plage it sore,

Repent, I saye, and synne no more,

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For nowe the daye is euen at hande

When you shall at your tryall stande.

Let not the wealthy lyueynge here

(Which can but a shorte tyme endure)

Be vnto you a thynge so dere

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That you wyll lose endlesse pleasure

Rather then leaue the vayne treasure

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O rather let your leases go

Then they shoulde worke you endelesse woe.

Re[st]ore the tythes vnto the pore Restore] Rehore 1551

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For blynde and lame shoulde lyue theron

The wydowe that hath no succoure

And the chylde that is lefte alone,

For if these folke do make theyr mone

To God, he wyll sure heare theyr crye

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And reuenge theyr wronge by and by.

Restore your tythes I saye once more

That trwe preachars may lyue theron

And haue all nedefull thynges in store

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To geue to such as can get none

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Leste theyr greate lamentation

Do styr the Lorde vengeaunce to take

Euen for hys trueth and promes sake.

Geue ouer your pluralities

Ye men of God if you be so

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Betake you to one benifice,

And let your lordelyke lyueynges go, lyueynges] lyueuynges 1551

For holy wryte teacheth you so

Learne at the laste to be content

Wyth thynges that be sufficient.

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If you be mete to do seruice

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To any prince or noble-man

Than medle wyth no benifice

For certenly no one man can

Do the duitie of moe men than

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Of one: which duitie you do owe

To them that geue you wage, you knowe

Robbe not the people that do paye

The tenth of theyr increase yerely

To haue a learned guyde alwaye

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Present wyth them to edifie

Them by teachyng the veritie

Boeth in his worde and eke his dede Malac, iii

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And to succoure such as haue nede

And you that haue tane vsurie

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Of such as nede draue to borowe

Make restitution shortly

Leste it turne you to great sorowe

When no man can be your borowe Psal xv.

Wich shalbe at the daye of dome Phil. iiii.

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Which doubtlesse is not longe to come

And you that by disceyte haue wo[nn]e wonne] wome 1551

Were it in weyght or in measure

Be sorye that ye haue so donne

And seke to stoppe goddis displeasure

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By bestowynge this worldis treasure Luke. iii.

To the confort, helpe and succoure

Of such as be nedie and pore

¶And you that erste haue bene oppreste

And could not beare it paciently

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For you I thynke it shalbe beste

To repent you m[o]st hertily most] must 1551

And call to god for his mercie

To geue you grace forto sustayne

That crosse when it shall come agayne. Marc. 14

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To make an ende let vs repent

All that euer we haue mysse ####ab#### wrought

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And praye to god omnipotent

To take from vs all wycked thought

That his glory maye be styll sought

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By vs that be his creatures

So longe as lyfe in vs endures

And that henceforth eche man maye seke

In all thyngis to profite all men

And be in herte lowly and meke

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As men that be in dede Christen

As well in herte as name and then

We shall haue blysse wythouten ende

Unto the which the lorde vs sende

Amen.

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The boke to the Christian Readars

My brother (the trumpet) dyd warne you before

That al men shuld walk in their callynge vpryght

Directyng their wayes by [goddis] holy lore goddis] gooddis 1551

Knowyng that thei be always in the lordis syght

Whoe seeth in the darcke as well as in lyght.

He hath cryed vnto you all this last yere

And yet non emendment doeth in you appeare.

In-dede, very many do him entertayne

Lyke as there were none more welcome then he

Yet I thyncke they do his warnynge dysdayne

Because he doeth tell them

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what is theyr duetie

For he is very playne wyth euery degre

The rych and the myghtie he doeth nothyng feare

No more doeth he wyth the pore mans falte beare

It pleased my father to sende him before

That he myght make redy and prepare his waye

By causeynge all men to walke in his lore

That haue in tymes passed wandred astraye

Leste payne be theyr portion at the laste daye

And nowe hath he sent me that they maye se

As it were in a glasse what theyr rewarde shalbe

I am the rewarde that al men shall haue

For the iuste shall haue plesure and the wicked pa[yn]e payne] panye 1551

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When euery man shal aryse oute of his graue

And haue the spryte knyt to the body agayne

In heauen or in hell they shall styll remayne

Or blysse or of payne they shall haue theyr fyll

The good sorte In heauen and in hell the Ill

Beholde me therfore wyth a gostly eie

And let me not from your presence departe

For no doubt you wyll all wyckednes defye

So longe as I shall remayne in your herte

I shall cause you from wyckednes to conuert

So that in the ende you shalbe ryght sure

To lyue wyth my father in ioye and pleasure.

Finis.

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¶Imprinted at london by Robert Crowley dwellynge in Elie rentis in Holburne Anno Domini .M.D.L.I.