The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 8 of 30
Bale, John · published 1548 · first performed or written 1538 [revised c.1547 and 1562] (Annals) moral T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.70 · 487 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
Myself I so behave, And am so vile a knave. As nature doth deprave, And utterly abheire. I am soche a vice truly, As God in his great fury. Deed punish most terryblye, In Sodom and in Gomoire. In the flesh I am a fire, And such a vile desire, As bring men to the mire, Of fowl concupiscence. We two together began, To spring and to grow in man, As Thomas of Aquyne scan, In the fort book of his sentence. I dwelled among the Sodomytes, The Beniamytes, and Madyanytes, And now the popish hypocrites, Embrace me every where. I am now become all spiritual, For the clergy at Rome and over all, For want of wives to me doth fall, To God they have no fear. The children of God I ded so move, That they the daughters of men ded love, Working such ways as ded not behove, Till the flood them over went. With Noes son Than I was half joined, When he his drunken father scorned. In the Gomorytes I also reigned, Till the hand of God them brent. I was with Onan not unacquainted, When he on the ground his increase shed, For me his brethren Ioseph accused, As Genesis doth tell. David once warned all men of us two, Do not as mules and horses will do, Confounded be they that to images go, Those are the ways to hell. Both Esaye and Ezechiel. Both Hieremy and Daniel, Of us the abominations tell, With the prophets everyone, For us two God struck with fire & water. With battle, with plagues & fearful matter, With painful exile, than at the latter, Into Egypt and Babylon. As Paul to the Romans testify, The gentiles after idolatry, Fell to such bestial sodomy, That God ded them forsake. Who followeth us as he confess, The kingdom of God shall never possess, And as the Apocalyps express, Shall sink to the burning lake. We made Thalon and Sophocles, Thamiras, Nero, Agathocles, Tibernius and Aristoteles, Themselves to use unnaturally I taught Aristo and Fulmus, Semiramis and Hortensius, Crathes, Hyliscus, and Pontius, Beasts to abuse most monstru●uslye. Marry thu art the devil himself, If ye knew how he could pelf, Ye would say he were such an elf. As non under heaven were else The fellow is weal decked, disguised and weal necked. Both knave bald and pyepecked. He lacketh nothing but beles. In the first age I began, And so perseverde with man, And still will if I can, So long as he endure. If monkish sects renew, And popish priests continue, Which are of my retinue. To live I shall be sure. Clean Marriage they forbid, Yet can not their ways be hid, Men know what hath betid, When they have been in apparel. Oft have they buried quick, Soch as were never sick, Full many a proper trick, They have to help their quarrel.
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My selfe I so behaue, And am so vyle a knaue. As nature doth depraue, And vtterlye abheire. I am soche a vyce trulye, As God in hys great furye. Ded ponnysh most terryblye, In Sodome and in Gomoire. In the fleshe I am a fyre, And soch a vyle desyre, As brynge men to the myre, Of fowle concupyscence. We two togyther beganne, To sprynge and to growe in manne, As Thomas of Aquyne scanne, In the fort boke of hys sentence. I dwelt amonge the Sodomytes, The Beniamytes, and Madyanytes, And now the popysh hypocrytes, Embrace me euery where. I am now become all spyrytuall, For the clergye at Rome and ouer all, For want of wyues to me doth fall, To God they haue no feare. The chyldren of God I ded so moue, That they the doughters of men ded loue, Workynge soch wayes as ded not behoue, Tyll the floude them ouer went. With Noes sonne Thā I was half ioyned, Whan he hys dronken father scorned. In the Gomorytes I also reigned, Tyll the hand of God them brent. I was with Onan not vnacquaynted, Whan he on the grounde hys increase shed, For me hys bretherne Ioseph accused, As Genesis doth tell. Dauid ones warned all men of vs two, Do not as mules and horses wyll do, Confounded be they that to ymages go, Those are the wayes to hell. Both Esaye and Ezechiel. Both Hieremy and Daniel, Of vs the abhomynacyons tell, With the prophetes euerychon, For vs two God strake with fyre & watter. With battayle, with plages & fearfull matter, With paynefull exyle, than at the latter, Into Egipt and Babylon. As Paule to the Romanes testyfye, The gentyles after Idolatrye, Fell to soch bestyall Sodomye, That God ded them forsake. Who foloweth vs as he confesse, The kyngedom of God shall neuer possesse, And as the Apocalyps expresse, Shall synke to the burnynge lake. We made Thalon and Sophocles, Thamiras, Nero, Agathocles, Tibernius and Aristoteles, Themselues to vse vnnaturallye I taught Aristo and Fulmus, Semiramis and Hortensius, Crathes, Hyliscus, and Pontius, Beastes to abuse most monstruuslye. Marry thu art the deuyll hymselfe, If ye knewe how he coulde pelfe, Ye wolde saye he were soch an elfe. As non vnder heauen were els The fellawe is wele decked, Dysgysed and wele necked. Both knaue balde and pyepecked. He lacketh nothynge but beles. In the first age I beganne, And so perseuerde with manne, And styll wyll if I canne, So longe as he endure. If monkysh sectes renue, And popysh prestes contynue, Whych are of my retynue. To lyue I shall be sure. Cleane Marryage they forbyd, Yet can not their wayes be hyd, Men knowe what hath betyd, Whan they haue bene in parell. Oft haue they buryed quycke, Soch as were neuer sycke, Full many a propre trycke, They haue to helpe their quarell.