One and Thyrtye Epigrammes wherein are briefly touched so many Abuses, that maye and ought to be put away. Compiled and Imprinted by Robert Crowley |
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Of Godlesse men |
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Of Godlesse men
Holye Dauid that wasboeth propheth and kinge
Sawe in hys tyme
(as appeareth by hys wrytynge)
That in those dayes
there were men of wycked hert
That dyd all godlye wayes
utterlye peruerte,
And so there are nowe
the pitye is the more,
That lyue more carnalye
than euer men men dyd before,
These men (sayeth kinge Dauid)
in their hertes do saye
Surelye there is no God
let vs take our owne waye,
Thus iudged kyng Dauid
and that for good skyll
Bicause he sawe their worckes
were wycked and euyll,
They are (sayeth he) corrupt
Not one doeth good
and therfore he sayes
That they thincke there is no God
theyr worckis do declare
For to do the thynge that good is
they haue no maner care
But what would Dauid saye
if he were in these dayes
When men wyl do Ill
and iustifie theyr yl weyes?
They leaue the good vndone
and do that yll is
And then they call that yll good
what woulde Dauid saye to this?
I know not what Dauid
would saye in this case,
But I knowe that good Esay
doeth cursse them apase
Woe sayth this prophete
to them that do call
That thyng good that euell is
but this is not all
He sayeth woe to them
Preferryng theyr Fansey
before the worde of myght
If they fynde a thynge wrytten
in Paul Luke or Iohn
Or any other scripture
they wyll therof none
Except they may easily
perceyue and se
That wyth theyr fleshly fansey
they may make it agre
All other textis of scripture
they wyll not stycke to deny
Yea some of them wyll
god and his scripture defie
And say they wyl make merie here
for when they begone
They can haue no ioye
for soule they haue none
If these menne be not godles
muche meruell haue I
Well the cause is the Lordes
lette hym and them trye
I knowe at the laste
The daye of his vengeaunce
wyll not tarye longe,
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