Anonymous · published 1561 · first performed or written 1547 [c.1547-1558] (Annals) moral T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.74 · 511 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
That causeth them to rest in their sin yet ever with thy strongest part runneth the ball yesterday thou canst not again call when thou art dead the gate of mercy is shut thou cannot come in Then let him stand without So of thy soul thou hast no doubt When thou seest my soul torn set on a clout if falsehood, usury, and extortion should not rout thousands in this realm should be put out The third part should not bide by saint Paul yet often falsehood hath a great fall An example by king Achab with this sooth Desired the vineyard of that poor man Naboth By counsel of Iezabell that kings wife Because he would not sell his possession Of two false witnesses he was peached of high treason And through the mouth of a false quest it rane which caused the poor man to lose both land & life After that of gods own bidding Came Helas the prophet to Achab the king Saying he should have evil ending And so he had, for by the way as he road He fell and broke his neck, where dogs lapped his blood this example to all usurers & oppnssours as thinketh me contrary Shul cause them of god sore a dread to be. Sir ye preach very holily, but your deeds be often contrary ye be so acquainted with covetous and simony That maketh us to take the same way So every evil disposed parson doth say The frailty of man doth often offend then call for grace, and shortly amend Therefore I counsel thee to pretend to repent and be sorry for thy misdeed yet thus I will my life lead For of your saying I take no heed ye will mucker up both gold and treasure ye have riches without measure And of the flesh ye have your pleasure ye can find no ways to amend yourself I you insure Therefore rebuke not me for my sin ne good God be with you, you shall not rule me O dole wit plunged by ignorance Regarding nothing by ghostly instruction Setting more his mind on worldly substance Then to the everlasting life that is to come God will strike when he list, ye know not how soon therefore to every man this counsel I give To be sorry of your sin, & do penance while ye live Here cometh envy running in laughing, & saith to conscience. Now in faith I would ye had be there Where should I have be. A better sport ye never see. Where at laugh ye so fast He to go and she after. And within a while he caught her He took of here an incroke And chopped her on the heel with his foot Anon be whypte her on the back A horsone quod she, playest thou me that And with her hele she gave him a seat That he was fain to go back again Good fellow thou art to blame Such words to have no good thou can.
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That cauſeth them to reſt in their ſynne yet euer with thy ſtrongeſt parte renneth the ball yeſterday thou canſt not agayne call when thou art dead ye gate of mercy is ſhut yu cannot come in Then let hym ſtande without So of thy ſoule thou haſt no doute When thou ſeeſt my ſoule torne ſet on a cloute yf falſhode, vſury, and extorcion ſhould not route Thouſandes in this realme ſhould be put out The thyrde parte ſhould not byde by ſaynt Paule yet often falſhode hath a greate fall An example by kyng Achab with this ſothe Deſyred the vyneyarde of that poore man Naboth By counſell of Iezabell that kynges wyfe Bycauſe he would not ſell his poſſeſſion Of two falſe witneſſes he was peached of hye treaſō And through the mouth of a falſe queſt it rane which cauſed the poore man to leſe both lande & lyfe After that of goddes owne byddyng Came Helas the prophete to Achab the kyng Saying he ſhoulde haue euyll endyng And ſo he had, for by the waye as he rode He fell and brake his necke, where dogges lapped his blode this exāple to al vſurers & opp̄ſſours as thinketh me cōtrary Shul cauſe them of god ſore a dred to be. Syr ye preache very holyly, but your dedes be oftē cōtrary ye be ſo acquaynted with couetouſe and ſymony That maketh vs to take the ſame waye So euery euyll diſpoſed parſone doth ſaye The fraylte of man doeth often offende then call for grace, and ſhortly amende Therfore I counſell thee to pretende to repente and be ſory for thy myſdede yet thus I wyll my lyfe lede For of your ſaying I take no hede ye wyll mucker vp both golde and treaſure ye haue ryches without meaſure And of the fleſhe ye haue your pleaſure ye can find no wayes to amēd your ſelfe I you inſure Therfore rebuke not me for my ſynne ne good God be with you, you ſhall not rule me O dule wytte plunged by ignoraunce Regardyng nothyng by ghoſtly inſtruction Setting more his mynde on worldly ſubſtaunce Then to the euerlaſtyng lyfe that is to come God wyll ſtryke when he lyſt, ye know not how ſone therfore to euery man this counſell I geue To be ſory of your ſynne, & do penaunce while ye liue ¶Here cometh enuye runnyng in laughyng, & ſaith to conſcience. Nowe in faith I would ye had be there Where ſhould I haue be. A better ſporte ye neuer ſe. Where at laughe ye ſo faſte He to go and ſhe after. And within a whyle he cought her He toke of here an incroke And chopte her on the hele with his fote Anone be whypte her on the backe A horſone quod ſhe, playeſt thou me that And with her hele ſhe gaue hym a ſat That he was fayne to go backe agayne Good felowe thou arte to blame Suche wordes to haue no good thou can.