Anonymous · published 1595 · first performed or written 1561 [1561-c.1563] (Annals) moral T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.78 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
Truth, indeed none that be of your condition, To withstand God's word you have set your face: So drowned ye are in rusty superstition, That God's word in your heart, can the no place. You are called in the Commonwealth to be a justice, Therefore all your words and acts ought to be right: You have taken an oath justly to do your office, And to defend the truth with all your might. But truly the verity you do not defend, But you persecute it with all your power: The upright and fatherless you do reprehend, The malefactors you let pass, both day and hour. Talk your pleasure, here are but we two, Boast not too much of your innocency, What, we know well enough what ye do, All the world speaketh of your insolency: You may preach, teach, cry out and yell, The hearing thereof, many men do give, But whether you speak of heaven or hell, Not one among a thousand do you believe. I will lay twenty pound, I will do more with one word Than you shall do with twenty Sermons truly: For the people think you speak but in board, Because you lead your lives so unruly. No man will hear the Painter, but a popish priest. Truth, for so saith God by the Prophet Esay, All mischief shall happen upon thee in one day. For the multitude of thy enchanters verily, And for the hardness of hearts that will not obey. And if you can tell us where any such be, Whether it be Nigromansor or sorcerer, We shall do unto them, as it appertaineth ye shall see, And they shallbe handled like a thief or a murderer. And it please you sir, I am none of those that love to be a meddler, But I speak a few words and only for this cause: It was my chance of late to talk with a peddler, Whose words methought, agreed not with God's laws. He taketh upon him fondly to prophecy, And saith that a dead man shall kill many alive, And the one unborn as yet in his mother's belly, They that be dead, to life again shall revive: I wot not what he meant by this gear, But he telleth many such things: Such a fellow I suppose you did never hear, He telleth wonders of Emperors and Kings. You are an Interpreter of dark sentences, What say you to the peddlers high prophecy: He that is ignorant of all honest science, Unto knowledge and virtue, is an utter enemy. O most unhappy Hamlet, country shire, Where such unjust justice have the governance: Neither for sin nor discord you do inquire, But unto God and his word, you are an hindrance. An Interpreter I am called indeed, But of God's word and the tongues ancient, peddlers dreams are good, old Papists to seed, And such as despise the word of God omnipotent.
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Truth, indeed none that be of your condition, To withstand Gods word you haue set your face: So drowned ye are in rustie superstition, That Gods word in your heart, can tke no place. You are called in the Common-wealth to be a Iustice, Therefore all your words and acts ought to be right: You haue taken an oath iustly to do your office, And to defend the truth with all your might▪ But truly the veritie you do not defend, But you persecute it with all your power: The vpright and fatherlesse you do reprehend, The malefactors you let passe, both day and houre. Talke your pleasure, here are but we two, Boast not too much of your innocencie, What, we know well inough what ye do, All the world speaketh of your insolencie: You may preach, teach, crie out and yell, The hearing thereof, many men do giue, But whether you speake of heauen or hell, Not one among a thousand do you belieue. I will laie twentie pound, I wil do more with one word Then you shall do with twentie Sermons truly: For the people thinke you speake but in boord, Because you lead your liues so vnruly. No man will heare the Painter, but a popish priest. Truth, for so saith God by the Prophet Esay, All mischiefe shall happen vpon thee in one day. For the multitude of thy Inchanters verely▪ And for the hardnesse of hearts that will not obey. And if you can tell vs where any such be, Whether it be Nigromansor or sorcerer, We shall do vnto them, as it apperteineth ye shall see, And they shalbe handled like a theefe or a murtherer. And it please you sir, I am none of those that loue to be a medler, But I speak a few words and only for this cause: It was my chance of late to talke with a Pedler, Whose words me thought, agreed not with Gods lawes. He taketh vpon him fondly to prophecie, And saith that a dead man shall kill many aliue, And the one vnborne as yet in his mothers belly, They that be dead, to life againe shall reuiue: I wot not what he meant by this geare, But he telleth many such things: Such a fellow I suppose you did neuer heare, He telleth wonders of Emperours and Kings. You are an Interpreter of darke sentences, What say you to the Pedlers high prophecie: He that is ignorant of all honest science, Vnto knowledge and vertue, is an vtter enemy. O most vnhappie Hamlet, country shire, Where such vniust Iustice haue the gouernance: Neither for sinne nor discord you do enquire, But vnto God and his word, you are an hindrance. An Interpreter I am called indeed, But of Gods word and the tongues auncient, Pedlers dreames are good, old Papists to seed, And such as despise the word of God omnipotent.