The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 28 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 0.76 · 504 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
Now have we destroyed, the kingdom of Babylon, And thrown the great whore, into the bottomless pit, Restoring again, the true faith and religion, In the christian church, as we have thought it fit, Depurynge these lawes, so to contynue yt. Man is our creature, & hath grace in our sight, To dwell with him now, is our whole hearts delight Man is our people, his God we are again, With him will we have, continual residence. Away will we wipe, from him all sorrow & pain: He shall no longer, despair for his offence, Nor have in his soul, any careful doubt of conscience The old popyshnesse, is past which was damnation, We have now renewed, our christian congregation, Grande fourth christian faith, & take our advertisement We here appoint thee, to govern our congregation. Se thu do nothing, without the admonyshment, Of these three laws here. Enprent their declaration Of my sweet promises, and than make thu relation, To my folk again, that they may walk to me. Without popish dreams, in a perfygt liberty. Most heavenly maker, in that thu dost command me, Evermore will I, full prompt and diligent be. Thu law of Nature, shalt teach man God to know And that to refuse, whereby any ill may grow. From this your precept, shall I not vary I trow. The ache thu him also, to worship one God above, And his poor neighbour, to prosecute with love. I hope blessed lord, to do as me shall behove. And thu shalt teach him, to love God in his heart. And those to forgive, by whom he suffereth smart. In your appointments, will I do also my part. Work thu in the heart, a knowledge necessary, In the flesh work thu, by outward ceremony. Change thou to the spret, the workings of these two, And cause our people, in a perfect way to go. Take heed christian faith, to the teachings of these three And move our people, to walk in the verity. The promises we made, in all these three at Gospel, We would thu shouldest so, to our congregation tell. Our everlasting blessing, be with you evermore. To thy sweet name lord, praise & perpetual honour. It hath pleased God, to put me in this office, To govern his church, and christian congregation, And therein to do, as ye shall me entice. give me I pray you, such wholesome exhortation, As may be to Man, a clear edification. And I will be glad, to take your advertisement. As it shall become, any child obedient. Ye speak it full weal, than mark what shall be said And diligently, look that it be obeyed. The effect of me, is for to know the lord. everlasting, strong, most gracious and godly. And as touching Man, to have fraternal concord. Faver to norrysh, and to do non injury. To keep covenants made, and love true matrimony. These noble effects so temper you in Man. That them to fulfil, he do the best he can.
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Now haue we destroyed, the kyngedom of Babylon, And throwne the great whore, into the bottōlesse pyt, Restorynge agayne, the true fayth and relygyon, In the christen churche, as we haue thought it fyt, Depurynge these lawes, so to contynue yt. Man is our creature, & hath grace in our syght, To dwell with hym now, is our whole hartes delyght Man is our people, hys God we are agayne, With hym wyll we haue, contynuall resydence. Awaye wyll we wype, from hym all sorowe & payne: He shall no longar, dyspayre for hys offence, Nor haue ī hys sowle, any carefull doubt of conscyēce The olde popyshnesse, is past whych was dāpnacyon, We haue now renued, our christen congregacyon, Grande fourth christē fayth, & take our aduertysemēt We here appoynt the, to gouerne our congregacyon. Se thu do nothynge, without the admonyshment, Of these thre lawes here. Enprent their declaracyon Of my swete promyses, and than make thu relacyon, To my folke agayne, that they maye walke to me. Without popysh dreames, in a perfygt lyberte. Most heauenly maker, in yt thu doest commaūde me, Euermore wyll I, full prompt and dylygent be. Thu lawe of Nature, shalt teache man God to knowe And that to refuse, wherby any yll maye growe. From thys your precept, shall I not varye I trowe. The ache thu hym also, to worshyp one God aboue, And hys poore neyber, to prosecute with loue. I hope blessed lorde, to do as me shall behoue. And thu shalt teache hym, to loue God in hys hart. And those to forgeue, by whom he suffereth smart. In your appoyntmentes, wyll I do also my part. Worke thu in the hart, a knowledge necessarye, In the flesh worke thu, by outwarde ceremonye. Change thu to the spret, the workynges of these two, And cause our people, in a perfyght waye to go. Take hede christē fayth, to the teachynges of these thre And moue our people, to walke in the veryte. The promyses we made, in all these thre at Gospell, We wolde thu shuldest so, to our congregacyon tell. Our euerlastynge blessynge, be with yow euermore. To thy swete name lorde, prayse & perpetuall honoure. It hath pleased God, to put me in thys offyce, To gouerne hys churche, and christen congregacyon, And therin to do, as ye shall me entyce. Geue me I praye yow, soch wholsom exhortacyon, As maye be to Man, a clere edyfycacyon. And I wyll be glad, to take your aduertysement. As it shall become, any chylde obedyent. Ye speake it full wele, thā marke what shall be sayed And dylygentlye, loke that it be obeyed. The effect of me, is for to knowe the lorde. Euerlastynge, stronge, most gracyouse and godlye. And as touchynge Man, to haue fraternall concorde. Fauer to norrysh, and to do non iniurye. To kepe couenaūtes made, and loue true matrymonye. These noble effectes so temper yow in Man. That them to fulfyll, he do the best he can.