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And Gods word auaunced, the lyght of our saluation. |
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Euery tree that bringeth not forth good frute shalbe hewen downe and cast into the fyre
Psalm
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Our soule is escaped euen as a byrd out of the snare of the foular / the snare is broken and we are delyuered.
Mat
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All plantes that my heauenly father hathe not planted shall be plucked vp by the rotes
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It is tyme (O Lorde) to laye to thyne hande, for they haue destroyed thy lawe.
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Preserue me (O god) for in the do I truste. Psalm
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GRace whiche is the mercy fauor and acceptation.
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Of God our heauenly father, be geuen to this audience |
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Peace, from Iesu_Christ, our helth and satisfaction |
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Whiche is the true tranquilite, of a quiet conscience |
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Be ministred vnto you with a more relyced sentence |
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Than all tonges be able to make declaration |
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My intente is to declare, yf a while ye will kepe scilence |
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How goddes worde is florisshed, the light of our saluation
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We haue bene drowned with dreames, as our forefathers haue bene
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Lyuinge in wilfull ignorance, not searching for the verite |
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Beleuing to haue syght, whan we haue not sene |
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But heapinge synne vpon synne, committing iniquite |
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For lacke of godly knowledge, brought into captiuite
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So that the blind leade the blind, as Christ maketh demonstration
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And bothe fell in the lake, of vtter darkenes or tenebre |
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But now goddes word is florisshed, the light of our saluation |
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The shepeheardes that should fede the flocke, as Ezechiel doth say
Eze
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And hath famysshed them for fode, wo vnto them all |
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That thus suffereth the shepe to perisshe, going a_stray |
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From the handes of suche blind guydes the lord doth vs call |
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The sicke haue they not healed, the weake haue they let fall |
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But churlishly and cruellye, be they had in estimation |
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Come away good people, from their doctrine diabolicall
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For now goddes word is florisshed, the light of our saluation
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A gret colour of holines in the Popes church hath ben vsed |
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The which is playne wickednes, as goddes word proueth ryghte |
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To mainteyn the old customes, of most men now refused
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The verite cleane banisshed, and truth put to flight |
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Yf god had not bene mercyfull, all men had lost the light |
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Blynde was the cerimony, for all the sainctification |
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But now it is euident, to euery christen wight |
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How goddes word is florisshed, the light of our saluation |
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In the stede of goddes word we had holy bread and water |
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Holy palmes holy asshes, holy candles holy fyer |
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Holy bones holy stones, holy crewittes at the aulter |
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Holy censars holy bannars, holy crosses holy atyer |
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Holy wax holy pax, holy smoke holy smyer |
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Holy oyle holy creame, holy wyne for veneration |
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Holy coope holy canepy, holy reliques in the quier |
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Thus gods word could not florissh the light of our saluation
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We haue had belles christened, vestimentes consecrated |
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Chalices anointed, high altares wasshed and halowed |
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Images tabernacled, dead mens bones shryned |
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Coniured Crosses censed, spittled and spattled |
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With turne and half-turne, the people was deceyued |
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Seist me or seist me not, and moche more abhominacion |
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Feattes of legerdemayne, by these iugglers inuented |
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That goddes worde shulde not florysshe, the lyght of oure saluacion. |
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Upon the high holy euennes, as they do them call, |
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They range all the belles a solempne noys to heare |
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There had we euensong: complyne, and salue with-all |
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Of that was song or sayd, them-selues were neuer the nere |
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For it was in a foren tonge, as it doth well apere
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For it was all lippe-labor, song they neuer so cleare
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Syldome preache they christ, to be the light of our saluation
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The nexte day folowing we had matynes, with prime and howres holy |
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Many a deus in adiutorium, all in the latten tonge |
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Coniuring of holy-water, folowed then immediatly |
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Procession after ydolles, all the churche-yarde long |
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Hygh masse with deuout sensinges, ruffling it in priksong |
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Then ranne we to take holy-bread, withoute signification |
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These plantes be pluct vp, be they neuer so stronge
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They were not graffed on goddes worde, the light of our saluation |
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With these old customes and such-lyke, god is displeased sore |
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As in the first of
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Who required these of you, suche thinges I do abhor
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Your Sabothes and your solempne dayes, your fastinges are in vayne |
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Newe holydayes and fastinges, from my hart I do disdayne |
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God saith he is wery both of you and your oblacion |
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He byddeth you labour in his vyne-yarde, and therin take payne |
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To teach the people Gods word, the light of our saluacion |
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Sone it is sene what paynes, in this vyneyarde they dyd take |
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For euery quicke sprynge that brought forthe, the frute of Gods verite |
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They cryed out on him heretike, burne him at a stake |
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He speaketh againste our Ceremonyes, and therfore shall he dye |
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Throwe suche wretches in prison, and let the caytyfes lye |
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Famysh them for fode, or murther them pryuely |
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They speake agaynste tradycions the lyght of our saluacion.
Papistes make traditions the light of their saluation.
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Than scourged they the simple soules / with their whyp of correction |
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And there-on hanged .vi. strynges, surely fastened with a lawe |
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This whyp was very mete, for their pestilent complection |
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For thorow suche tyranny, the peoples hartes were rawe, |
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Thus many faithfull membres, frome the truth dyd draw |
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Untyll our noble kynge, of his mercy and compassion |
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Brake this cruell whyp, that kept the people in awe
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And hath aduaunced Goddes worde, the lyght of our saluacion. |
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Bewayle doth our Balamytes, disclosynge their owne nature |
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Euen as vnshamefaste shauelynges, threteninge Christes pore shepe |
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Saynge, yf the sworde were on our sydes, be ye sure |
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As it hath bene before, than wolde ye not ones pepe |
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But now that ye thinke all good ordre, is layde downe to slepe |
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Ye make a braggynge and a boastinge of your exaltation |
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Now who but ye gospellers, that Christes flocke dothe keape |
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Ye teache the people gods worde, the lyght of our saluation
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Thus was their handes defyled with bloud, their fingers with vnrightuousenes |
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Deuouringe vp the gospellers, in euery towne and citye |
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From their lyppes proceded lyes, their tongues aduaunced wyckednesse |
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Without respecte to the trewth, they iudge nothing treuly |
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Thei hatched Coccatrice-egges, as we haue sene it plainly
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Now he that eateth of their egges, shal not escape but dye |
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Or be an ennemy to the truthe / the light of our saluacion. |
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The chiefest thinge they set by / is almost fallen awaye |
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I meane their masking Masse, by so many Popes deuysed |
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For thorow it the Lordes supper, hath bene in great decay |
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And the right institution, blasphemously blemysshed |
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Thus in the Popysh churche, it hath bene longe abused |
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But now verite will haue the matter, in examinacion |
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He saith playnly suche abusion, shall no more be vsed |
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It shal be tryed by Gods worde, the light of our saluacion |
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This Masse as they supposed, was alone sufficient |
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To pacify Goddes wrathe, for our wretched mysery |
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Free forgyuenes of synnes, beinge neuer so vnpenitent |
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Myght be receyued at the Masse, this was their doctrine dayely |
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No smale tyme were we blynded, with suche Popysshe peltry |
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Makinge vs to paye, for the holy consecration |
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Lyke theues that were vnsaciat, they robbed soule and body |
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Without the feare of Goddes worde, the lyght of our saluacion. |
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Christ held not the bread ouer his head, it is not in the Scripture. |
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But brake it and deuyded it, to his Apostels all
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Christ bad them not knele to it, of this ye may be sure |
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Yf ye do searche the Scriptures fynde it so ye shall |
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Christ willed them to reserue it, in the memoriall |
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That his body for our synnes, suffred payne and passion
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To pacify the fathers wrath, when we in synne do fal |
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Thus was he offred ones for all, the light of our saluacion
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Marke how craftely we were fedde with Phariseys leauen
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Marke also how they repyne, that gods worde sholde aryse |
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Marke what deuylish doctrine, these dreamers did deuise |
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Marke how cruell they haue bene, to Christes congregation
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Marke howe moche they haue maynteyned, phantasyes and lyes
2. Ti
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Nothing regarding gods word, the light of our saluation |
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Of longe-tyme haue they caused vs, commyt abhomination
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Robbyng god of the honor, which to hym is dewe, |
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By inuenting false goddes, of their Imagination
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Makyng therof a sacrifice, and yf they proue this trewe |
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They must confesse thei crucify, gods sonne againe a_newe |
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For yf their bread be Christe, by transubstanciation |
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Than offre they in sacrifice, this muste nedes insewe |
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God and man fleshe and bloude, the lyght of our saluation |
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Doth not scripture say, into heauen Christ ascended
Mar
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And dwellyng not in temples, made with mannes hande
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But sat him downe for euer / vntyll the worlde be ended
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Makinge intercession, both for free and bonde |
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That vnto his godly promyse, faithfully do stonde |
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This shoulde be to the Idolatres an honest reformation |
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To driue them from Idolatry, for feare they be fonde |
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Enemyes vnto gods worde, the lyght of our saluation |
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Christ is the bread of lyfe, which descended from the deite
Ihon
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Yf any eate of that bread, he shall lyue euermore |
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Christ alone the sonne of God maketh vs free
Ihon
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And from all our synnes, clearely doth vs restore
Matt
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Christ for all penytent hartes, hath layd vp mercy in store |
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Christ dyed for our synnes, and rose for our iustification
Rom .4
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We beleue to fynde hym a mercyfull sauiour |
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For god hath chosen hym to be the light of our saluation |
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Now seing we haue Christe, to be our onely aduocate |
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In whom God the father, hath a speciall delight |
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Let vs heare him, for he alone doth inuocate
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And of our synnes cleane forgyuenes, we haue in Goddes syght
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What nede we than to seke helpe, at any other wyght |
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But euen onely in the merites, of Iesu_Christes passion
Eph .1.
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Bewaylinge our great mysery, desyringe daye and night |
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To fynde him a mercyfull God, the light of our saluacion.
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All we haue offended and haue nede of Goddes glory
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No man is founde righteous, and pure in his presence |
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Yet thorow his sonne Christ, we be forgyuen frely |
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For he hath made a sacrifice, for our synnes and offence |
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He is our reconciler, peace-maker, and defence
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He it is that shed his bloud, onely for our redemption |
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And wolde haue all men saued, this is his pretence |
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Thus are we cleansed by Christ, the light of our saluacio[n] |
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No small cause haue we to reioyce, yf we do consyder |
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How our mercyfull God, hath for his flocke prouyded |
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Replenyshinge vs with meat, that endureth for euer |
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I meane his eternall word, frome which we were deuided
Ihon
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By waye of persecution, abhorred and deryded |
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But thankes be to the lyuinge God, whiche for our consolacion |
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Hath ouerthrowen the ennemyes, that thus enterprysed
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To persecute the Gospell, the light of our saluacion. |
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And where we lyued in feare, to confesse the verite |
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By hydinge our talent, as seruauntes vnprofytable
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Now is that yoock broken, and we set at libertie
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Plenteously to publyshe, the truth without fable |
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Let vs therfore beware, we be not founde variable |
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But laye a sure holde to the ploughe, with harte and cogitation
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Continuinge vnto the ende, stronge stedfaste and stable
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Forsake the whore of Babylon, and the marke of the beast
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Forsake her marchantes all, for they be most pestelent |
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Forsake the wares that she solde, frome the mooste to the least
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Forsake her holynes, that she estemed excellent
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Forsake the deuelysh doctrine, that she dyd inuent |
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Forsake and flee vtterly, from her abhominacion
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For kynges and Princes were disceyued, that to her dyd consent
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Persecuting Gods worde, the light of our saluacion. |
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Tradicions of forefathers, wherin we haue ben lead
Psal
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For therin shall we se, with what baggage we were fead |
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Wanderinge in the Popes lawes / forsakinge Christ oure head |
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Heapinge vpon our-selues, the more greatter damnacion
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Of Gods true and syncere worde, the light of our saluacion
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Let vs earnestly therfore desire, with an harte vnfayned |
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That in all-thinge we do, God may haue the glory
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It maye apeare manifest, in our Godly conuersacion |
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To be a light vnto the worlde / forsakinge all iniquite |
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He will plucke vp by the rotes, they shall no more endure
Mat
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This in his eternall worde, he hath it promysed |
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Therfore be not vnfaithfull, for his couenaunt is full sure |
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Heauen and earth shall perysh, this is without recure
Luk
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To trust wholy in his worde, the light of our saluacion |
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Honger and thurst for righteousnesse, than shall ye be satisfyed
Mar
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But as it becometh sayntes, euen so loke ye do |
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Blessed be he to whom synne, is not imputed to
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Neither in his spirite is there founde dissimulacion |
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Suche shall inioye the heauenly ioyes, knowinge no kynd of woo |
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Which vnto a Christen man, there is nothing so acceptable |
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For-as-moche as in it / is contayned syncerely |
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The dewtie of all persons, a doctrine most profytable |
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And in especiall to this, we must be agreable |
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To loue God aboue all-thinge, this is the chief foundacion |
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And oure neygbours as our-selfe, thus shall we withoute fable |
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With which he hath moste plenteously endewed our noble kynge |
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So that amonge all his affaires, he maye set forth goddes glorye |
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With no lesse zeale than he hathe done, sence his first begynninge |
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I meane, Edward the sixt, ouer vs now rayninge |
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Right Inheritour by dissent, of this realme or dominion |
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That oute of his Princely harte, there maye dystyll and springe |
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Gods power and lyuely worde, the light of our saluacion. |
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Mary and Elyzabeth, systers vnto his grace |
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The heauenly Lorde endewe them, vnto their last age |
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Euen as their noble father dyd, all Popery to deface |
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And Gods eternall Testament, alway to embrace |
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For there-in shall they learne, by the heauenly instigation |
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To folow the frute of the spirite, and thereby to purchace |
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Which stryueth strongely with the enemyes of God night and daye |
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In his procedynges and doynges, the Lorde be his director |
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With his holy spirite also / to rule their hartes alwaye |
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That thorowe their spirituall laboure / all Poperye maye decaye |
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And vtterly banyshed the lande / with Godly reformacion |
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Suppressinge all false doctrine / and to set suche a staye |
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And that it may please the (O God) to illumine the spiritualtie |
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As Bysshoppes and all ministers / with knowledge and vnderstandinge |
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Of thy most blessed worde / to set it forth with synceritie |
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And vnfaynedly folowe / both in doctrine and lyuinge |
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Fedinge Christes flocke / with the worde euerlastinge |
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Not compelled thervnto / nor for hope of promocion |
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But for fauour which they beare to it aboue all-thinge
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And thus shall Goddes worde florysshe / the lyght of oure saluacion. |
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Let Christ be preached the sauyour / wherein we maye trust |
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Rebuke euery synne / beware of Deuelysh Doctrine
1. Ti
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Double-tongued men / in no wyse be they must |
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Not gyuen to fylthy lucre / nor to moche wyne
1. Tim
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But hauynge the mysterye of Faythe / in conscyence pure and cleane |
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And or they presume to minister in the congregacion |
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They ought to be well proued, this doth sainte
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And then to fede vs with the truthe, the lyghte of our saluacion. |
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And euen as it is their dewtie, to rebuke synne |
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So is it our partes also, to ceace frome synne alwaye |
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Consyderinge Sathan was the fyrste / that dyd it begyn |
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Therfore be they our watchemen, as Ezechiell doth saye
Eze
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Now, yf we haue a warninge, and will fully decaye |
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Oure owne bloude vpon oure headdes, this is withoute negacion |
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And for vs pore communs also, the Lorde be our ouer_sear |
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That aboue all we maye desyre, peace and quiet rest |
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Both of soule and body, for that do we require |
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So shall we prosper in all goodnes, and God pleased best |
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And at the last to be with Christ, this is our request |
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Whiche is the head of the faithfull and Christian congregation |
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Receyuinge there a kyngdome, euer to haue rest |
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In ioye and blysse withoute ende, there to haue oure saluacion. |
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Prouerb
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For it is the Lorde that gyueth wysdome / out of his mouthe commeth knowledge and vnderstandinge.
Psalm
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Not vnto vs (O Lord) not vnto vs, but vnto thy name gyue the prayse.
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