The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 29 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 0.74 · 486 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
The effect of me, is for to worship the lord. As one God alone, and to flee from idolatry. Nor to slay nor steal, nor yet to bear false record, To show what is sin, and to seek the remedy, Public peace to hold, & sore to ponnysh the guilty. From these good effects, see that Man never swerve, Than shall he be sure, that God will him preserve. The effect of me, is for to love the lord, In the innar spirit, and to favour friend & enemy, And in all points else, with God's will to accord To preach remission, to save and to justify, In Christ all to seek, life, justice, peace and mercy. These heavenly effects, in Man so incorporate, That he may in spirit, be newly regenerate. More sweet than honey, are your three exhortations, And registered they be, in my momoryall. Now will I forward, to all the christian nations, And sem effect, these laws observed all, To the abolishment, of the dreams papistical. Now the light is come, the darkness dieth away, I trust in the lord, men will walk in the day. Good christian people, to these three laws apply, First know that ye have, a living God above, Than do him honour, and his name magnify, Worship him in spret. as the Gospel you doth move Than obey your king, like as shall you behove, For he in his life, that lord doth represent, To safeguard of the just, & sinners punishment. See that ye regard, such laws as he doth make, For they are of God, as Solomon doth report. Of these laws doubtless, those laws their groundynges take. To the public wealth, to give aid, strength & comfort For preservation, of all the christian sort. In no case follow, the ways of Reygnolde Pole, To his damnation, he doubtless playeth the fool. Save a due respect, unto your country native, Which hath brought ye up, & given ye norryshment. Even from your cradles, to these days nutritive. So that ye may do, to her wealth and preferment, My master to her, no hateful detriment. A dog to his friend, will never be unloving, let reason in ye, not lose his natural working. Who liveth without law, shall perish without law And▪ therefore we have, three laws to you describe, That after their live, ye should in your living draw We▪ have also showed, how they have been corrupted, By fowl idolaters, and sodomytes polluted, By covetous priests, and by ambitious prelate's, Hypocryticall fryres, false doctors & false curates Who hath restored, these same three laws again? But your late Iosias, & valiant king Henrye. No prince afore him, took ever yet such pain, England to bamnysh, idolatry & fowl sodomy Covetousness. ambition, false doctrine & hypocrisy, It was he that brought, Christ's verity to light, When he put the pope, with his filthiness to flight.
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The effect of me, is for to worshyp the lorde. As one God alone, and to fle from Idolatrye. Nor to slee nor stele, nor yet to beare false recorde, To shewe what is synne, and to seke the remedye, Publyque peace to holde, & sore to pōnysh the gyltye. From these good effectes, se that Mā neuer swerue, Than shall he be sure, that God wyll hym preserue. The effect of me, is for to loue the lorde, In the innar sprete, and to fauer frynde & enmye, And in all poyntes els, with Gods wyll to accorde To preache remyssyon, to saue and to iustyfye, In Christ all to seke, lyfe, iustyce, peace and mercye. These heauenly effectes, in Man so incorporate, That he maye in sprete, be newlye regenerate. More swete than honye, are your thre exhortacyons, And regestred they be, in my momoryall. Now wyll I forewarde, to all the christen nacyons, And sem effect, these lawes obserued all, To the abolyshment, of the dreames papystycall. Now the lyght is come, the darkenesse dyeth awaye, I trust in the lorde, men wyll walke in the daye. Good christen people, to these thre lawes applye, First knowe that ye haue, a lyuynge God aboue, Than do hym honour, and hys name magnyfye, Worshyp hym in spret. as the Gospel yow doth moue Than obeye your kynge, lyke as shall yow behoue, For he in hys lyfe, that lorde doth represent, To sauegarde of the iust, & synners ponnyshment. Se that ye regarde, soch lawes as he doth make, For they are of God, as Salomon doth report. Of these lawes doubtles, those lawes their groundynges take. To the publyque welth, to geue ayde, strēgth & cōfort For preseruacyon, of all the christen sort. In no case folowe, the wayes of Reygnolde Pole, To hys dampnacyon, he doubtles playeth the fole. Saue a due respect, vnto your contreye natyue, Whych hath brought ye vp, & geuen ye norryshment. Euen from your cradles, to these dayes nutrytyue. So that ye maye do, to her welth and preferment, My master to her, no hatefull detryment. A dogge to hys frynde, wyll neuer be vnlouynge, Lete reason in ye, not lose hys naturall workynge. Who lyueth without lawe, shal perysh without lawe And▪ therfor we haue, thre lawes to yow descrybed, That after their lyue, ye shuld in your lyuynge drawe We▪ haue also shewed, how they haue bene corrupted, By fowle Idolatres, and sodomytes poluted, By couetouse prestes, and by ambycyouse prelates, Hypocryticall fryres, false doctours & false curates Who hath restored, these same thre lawes agayne? But your late Iosias, & valeaūt kynge Henrye. No prynce afore hym, toke euer yet soch payne, Frō Englāde to bānysh, Idolatrye & fowle sodomye Couetousnes. Ambycyō, false doctryne & hypocresye, It was he that brought, Christes veryte to lyght, Whan he put the pope, with hys fylthynes to flyght.