The voyce of the laste trumpet blowen bi the seue[n]th Angel (as is me[n]tioned in the eleuenth of the Apocalips) callynge al the estates of menne to the right path of their vocation, wherin are contayned xii lessons to twelue seueral estates of menne, whych if they learne and folowe, al shal be well and nothynge amise [by Robert Crowley] |
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The learned mans lesson. |
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The learned mans lesson.
Thou
learned man, do not disdayne,
To learne at me a symple wight
Thy greate abuses to refraine
And in thy callyng to walke right.
To learne at me a symple wight
Thy greate abuses to refraine
And in thy callyng to walke right.
Thou arte a man that sittest hie
In the simple mens conscience
To lyue therefore dissolutely
Thou shouldest be vnto them offence.
In the simple mens conscience
To lyue therefore dissolutely
Thou shouldest be vnto them offence.
Offence, I saye, for they should thinke
All that thou doest to be godly
Wherfore do not at this thyng wyncke
But do emend it spedely
All that thou doest to be godly
Wherfore do not at this thyng wyncke
But do emend it spedely
Emend thy wicked lyfe I saye
And be (in dede) a perfect light
As Christe our sauiour doeth say
And let thy workes shyne in mens sight
And be (in dede) a perfect light
As Christe our sauiour doeth say
And let thy workes shyne in mens sight
For it is thy vocation
To leade other the ready way
How great abominacion
Arte thou then if thou go astraye?
To leade other the ready way
How great abominacion
Arte thou then if thou go astraye?
But therin lieth the whole matter
To knowe which waye yu shouldest them leade
Wherfore I wil the not flatter
But tel the trueth wythouten dreade.
Wherfore I wil the not flatter
But tel the trueth wythouten dreade.
Thou must thy selfe humiliate,
And acknowledge thy wicked synne
And striue to enter the straite gate
Where fewe men do fynde awaie in
And acknowledge thy wicked synne
And striue to enter the straite gate
Where fewe men do fynde awaie in
Thys way thou cāst not walke so lōg
As thou wylt trauayle sea and land
And frame al the wordes of thy tonge
To get promocion at mans hand.
As thou wylt trauayle sea and land
And frame al the wordes of thy tonge
To get promocion at mans hand.
Thou must humble thy selfe I say
And not aye seke to be aloft,
For he that walketh in rough way
And loketh hie, stumbleth ful ofte.
And not aye seke to be aloft,
For he that walketh in rough way
And loketh hie, stumbleth ful ofte.
Thou muste acknowledge that yu arte
Through synne vnworthy thine estate
And that thy discipline and arte
Can not bringe the in at that gate.
Through synne vnworthy thine estate
And that thy discipline and arte
Can not bringe the in at that gate.
Thou must, I saye, striue to enter
And not to get promotion
Thy life thou must put in venter
For Christes congregation.
And not to get promotion
Thy life thou must put in venter
For Christes congregation.
How dost thou walke in thys calling
When thy mind is earnestly bent:
To gather vp eche mans fallynge,
By all the waies thou canste inuent?
When thy mind is earnestly bent:
To gather vp eche mans fallynge,
By all the waies thou canste inuent?
Geue eare I say, therfore thou fole,
And learne thy first lesson againe:
Enter into Gods holi schole.
And do not hys doctryne disdayne.
And learne thy first lesson againe:
Enter into Gods holi schole.
He wylleth the fyrst to apply
Thy mynde to knoweledge and to take
The greate beame out of thyne own eye
And thyne abuses to forsake.
Thy mynde to knoweledge and to take
The greate beame out of thyne own eye
And thyne abuses to forsake.
And then he woulde that in no wyse
Thou shouldest be slacke or negligent
To pycke the motes out of mens eyes
Teachyng them how they should repent
Thou shouldest be slacke or negligent
To pycke the motes out of mens eyes
Teachyng them how they should repent
If thou wylt that they do repent
Repēt thou fyrst, that they may see
That the whole some of thyne intente
Is to make them like vnto the.
Repēt thou fyrst, that they may see
That the whole some of thyne intente
Is to make them like vnto the.
For if thou wylt them to refraine
Murther, theste, whoredome and Incest
If they se these thynges in the raygne
They wyll all thy doctryne deteste.
Murther, theste, whoredome and Incest
If they se these thynges in the raygne
They wyll all thy doctryne deteste.
If thou forbyd them gluttony
And wyll them the ech for to tame
They wyll defie the vtterly
If they se the not do the same.
And wyll them the ech for to tame
They wyll defie the vtterly
If they se the not do the same.
If thou tell them of apparayle
Or of ought wherin is excesse.
Then wil they saye, thou doest but raile
Unlesse thou be therin faltnesse.
Or of ought wherin is excesse.
Then wil they saye, thou doest but raile
Unlesse thou be therin faltnesse.
What shouldest thou speake of vsurie,
When thou doest take vnlawful gaine?
Or rebuke men for Simonie.
When nothyng else doeth in the raygne
When thou doest take vnlawful gaine?
Or rebuke men for Simonie.
When nothyng else doeth in the raygne
Maye not the lay man salfly saye,
I learned of the to by and sel,
Benefices, which to this day
Thou canst put in practise ful wel?
Benefices, which to this day
Thou canst put in practise ful wel?
Whye should not I, as wel as thou
Haue benifices two or thre?
Sence thou hast taught me the way how
I may kepe them and blamlesse be?
Haue benifices two or thre?
Sence thou hast taught me the way how
I may kepe them and blamlesse be?
I can set one to serue the cure
That shall excel the in learninge
More then thou dost me I am sure
And also in godly lyueynge:
That shall excel the in learninge
More then thou dost me I am sure
And also in godly lyueynge:
I can kepe hospitalitye
And geue as much vnto the pore
In one yere as thou doest in thre
And wyl performe it wyth the more
And geue as much vnto the pore
In one yere as thou doest in thre
And wyl performe it wyth the more
A las that euer we shoulde se
The flocke of Christ thus bought & solde
Of them that should the shepperdes be
To leade them salfly to the fold.
The flocke of Christ thus bought & solde
Of them that should the shepperdes be
To leade them salfly to the fold.
Repent this thinge I the aduise
And take the to one cure alone
And se that in most faythfull wyse
Thou walke in thy vocation.
And take the to one cure alone
And se that in most faythfull wyse
Thou walke in thy vocation.
Then shal no laye man say by ryghte
That he learneth hys mysse of the
For it is playne in ech mans syght
That thou doest walke in thy degre.
That he learneth hys mysse of the
For it is playne in ech mans syght
That thou doest walke in thy degre.
More ouer, if thou chaunce to be
Made a prelate of highe estate
To thine office looke that thou se
And leaue not thy flock desolate.
Made a prelate of highe estate
To thine office looke that thou se
And fyrst before all other thynges
Seke thou to fynde good ministers
And appoynt them honest lyueynges
To be the peoples enstructers.
Seke thou to fynde good ministers
And appoynt them honest lyueynges
To be the peoples enstructers.
Let none haue care wythin thy See
In whom any great vyce doth raygne
For wher mysllyueyng curates be
The people are not good certayne.
In whom any great vyce doth raygne
For wher mysllyueyng curates be
The people are not good certayne.
And for them al that do perish
Through thy defalte, thou shalt answer
Wherfore I do the admonish
To loke ernestly to thys geare.
Through thy defalte, thou shalt answer
Wherfore I do the admonish
To loke ernestly to thys geare.
Loke vnto it thy selfe I saye
And trust not to a trifellar
That wyl allowe al that wyl paye
Sonne what vnto the regester.
And trust not to a trifellar
That wyl allowe al that wyl paye
Sonne what vnto the regester.
Se that they do enstructe the youth
Of ech paryshe diligently
And trayne them vp in the lordes truth
So much as in theyr powre shal lye.
Of ech paryshe diligently
And trayne them vp in the lordes truth
So much as in theyr powre shal lye.
Nowe if so be thou be called
To be thy princes councellour
Beware thou be not corrupted
By the vayne desyre of honour.
To be thy princes councellour
Beware thou be not corrupted
By the vayne desyre of honour.
Be not carefull howe for to holde
Thy selfe styl in authoritie
But to speake truth be euer bolde
Accordyng to goddes veritie.
Thy selfe styl in authoritie
But to speake truth be euer bolde
Accordyng to goddes veritie.
Wyncke not at faltes that thou shalt se
Though it be in thy Souerayne
But do as it becometh the
Exhorte him al vice to refraine.
But do as it becometh the
Exhorte him al vice to refraine.
If thou perceiue him ignorant
In any poynte of his dutye
Se thou do him not checke or taunt
But tel him wyth sobrietie.
In any poynte of his dutye
Se thou do him not checke or taunt
But tel him wyth sobrietie.
Tel hym his falt, I say, playnly,
And yet wyth al submission,
Lest thou do seme to speake vainly.
For gettynge thy vocation.
And yet wyth al submission,
Lest thou do seme to speake vainly.
For gettynge thy vocation.
Thus haue I told the as I would
Be told if I were in thy place.
To the intent that no man should
Haue cause to tell the to thy face.
Be told if I were in thy place.
To the intent that no man should
Haue cause to tell the to thy face.
Thus do I leaue the wyth wyshynge
To the a wyl for to aduaunce
Goddes glorye by godly learnynge
And not thy lyueyng to enhaunce.
To the a wyl for to aduaunce
Goddes glorye by godly learnynge
And not thy lyueyng to enhaunce.
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