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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The prophete Ionas with an introduccion + before teachinge to vnderstonde him and the right vse also + of all the scripture/ and why it was written/ and what is + therin to be sought/ and shewenge wherewith the scripture + is locked vpp that he which readeth it/ can not vnderstonde + it/ though he studie therin neuer so moch: and agayne with + what keyes it is so opened/ that the reader can be stopped + out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man/ from the + true sense and vnderstondynge therof. + +Author: William Tyndale + +Release Date: March 21, 2008 [EBook #24890] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PROPHETE IONAS *** + + + + +Produced by Free Elf, Louise Pryor, Early English Books +Online and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + + +<div class="transnote"> +<h3>Transcriber's note</h3> + +<p>The spelling and word divisions are inconsistent throughout the +original. No changes have been made, but some possible typographical +errors are marked with a mouse-hover <a href="#errors" class="correction" title="possible error for 'thus'">like this</a> and listed at the <a href="#errors">end of the etext</a>.</p> + +<p>There are no page are numbers in the original. The introduction has +"The Prologe." as a running header.</p> + +<p>Contents:<br /> +<a href="#prologe">The Prologe.</a><br /> +<a href="#storie">The Storie of the prophete Ionas.</a></p> +</div> + +<h1> +<span class="pagebreak" title="1"> </span><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1"></a> +¶ The prophete <br /> +<span class="littlest">Ionas / with an introducciō before teachinge to +vnderstōde him and the right vse also of all the scripture / and why it +was written / and what is therin to be sought / and shewenge wherewith the +scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it / can not vnderstōde it / +though he studie therin neuer so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is +so opened / that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false +doctrine of man / from the true sense and vnderstondynge therof.</span></h1> + + + +<h2> +<span class="pagebreak" title="2"> </span><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="A.ij."> </span><a name="Sig_A2" id="Sig_A2"></a> +<a name="prologe" id="prologe"></a> +W. T. vn to the Christen reader.</h2> + +<p>As y<sup>e</sup> ēvious Philistenes stopped y<sup>e</sup> welles of Abraham ād filled +them vpp with erth / to put y<sup>e</sup> memoriall out of mīde / to y<sup>e</sup> entent +y<sup>t</sup> they might chalenge y<sup>e</sup> grounde: even so the fleshly mīded +ypocrites stoppe vpp the vaynes of life which are in y<sup>e</sup> scripture / +w<sup>t</sup> the erth of theyr tradiciōs / false similitudes & lienge +allegories: & y<sup>t</sup> of like zele / to make y<sup>e</sup> scripture theyr awne +possessiō & marchaundice: and so shutt vpp the kingdome of heven which +is Gods worde nether enterīge in thē selues nor soferinge them that +wolde.</p> + +<p>¶ The scripture hath a body with out / ād within a soule / sprite & life. +It hath w<sup>t</sup> out a barke / a shell ād as it were an hard bone for y<sup>e</sup> +fleshly mynded to gnaw vppon. And within it hath pith / cornell / mary & +all swetnesse for Gods electe which he hath chosen to geve them his +spirite / & to write his law & y<sup>e</sup> faith of his sonne in their hertes.</p> + +<p>¶ The scripture cōteyneth .iii. thīges in it first y<sup>e</sup> law to cōdemne +all flesh: secōdaryly y<sup>e</sup> Gospell / y<sup>t</sup> is to saye / promises of +mercie +<span class="pagebreak" title="3"> </span><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3"></a> +for all y<sup>t</sup> repent & knowlege their sinnes at the preachīge +of y<sup>e</sup> law & cōsent in their hertes that the law is good / & submitte +them selues to be scolers to lern to kepe the lawe & to lerne to beleue +y<sup>e</sup> mercie that is promised thē: & thridly the stories & liues of +those scolars / both what chaunces fortuned thē / & also by what meanes +their scolemaster taught thē and made them perfecte / & how he tried the +true from the false.</p> + +<p>¶ When y<sup>e</sup> ypocrites come to y<sup>e</sup> lawe / they put gloses to ād make no +moare of it then of a worldly law which is satisfied with y<sup>e</sup> outwarde +worke and which a turke maye also fulfill. Whē yet Gods law never +ceaseth to cōdemne a man vntill it be written in his herte and vntill he +kepe it naturally without cōpulsion & all other respecte saue only of +pure love to God and his neyboure / as he naturally eateth whē he is an +hongred / without cōpulsiō & all other respecte / saue to slake his hongre +only.</p> + +<p>¶ And whē they come to the Gospell / there they mīgle their leuen & saye / +God now receaueth vs no moare to mercie / but of +<span class="pagebreak" title="4"> </span><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="A.iij."> </span><a name="Sig_A3" id="Sig_A3"></a> +mercie receaueth vs to +penaunce / that is to wete / holy dedes y<sup>t</sup> make them fatt belies & vs +their captiues / both in soule and body. And yet they fayne theyr Idole +y<sup>e</sup> Pope so mercifull / y<sup>t</sup> if thou make a litle money glister in +his Balams eyes / there is nether penaunce ner purgatory ner any fastīge +at all but to fle to heven as swefte as a thought and at the +twinkellynge of an eye.</p> + +<p>¶ And the liues stories and gestes of men which are cōtayned in the +bible / they reade as thīges no moare perteynīge vn to thē / then a +<a name="c_4" id="c_4"></a> +<a class="correction" href="#cn_4" title="possible error for 'tale'">take</a> +of Robī hode / & as thīges they wott not wherto they serue / saue to fayne +false discāt & iuglinge allegories / to stablish their kingdome with all. +And one y<sup>e</sup> chefest & fleshliest studie they have / is to magnifie +y<sup>e</sup> sayntes aboue measure & aboue y<sup>e</sup> trueth & with their poetrie to +make them greater then euer God make them. And if they finde any +infirmite or synne asscribed vn to y<sup>e</sup> saintes / that they excuse with +all diligēce / diminushīge the glorie of y<sup>e</sup> mercie of God & robbinge +wretched sinners of all theyr cōforte / & thinke therby to flater the +sayntes +<span class="pagebreak" title="5"> </span><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5"></a> +and to obtayne their fauoure & to make speciall aduocates of +thē: even as a man wold obtayne y<sup>e</sup> fauoure of wordely tirantes: as +they also fayne the saintes moch moare cruell then ever was any heathē +man & moare wrekefull and vengeable then y<sup>e</sup> poetes faine their godes +or their furies y<sup>t</sup> torment y<sup>e</sup> soules in hell / if theyr euēs be +not fasted & their images visited & saluted wyth a Pater noster (whych +prayer only oure lippes be accoynted with oure hertes vnderstōdinge none +at all) and worsheped w<sup>t</sup> a candell & y<sup>e</sup> offerīge of oure deuociō/ +in y<sup>e</sup> place which thei haue chosen to heare y<sup>e</sup> supplicaciōs & meke +peticiōs of their clientes therin.</p> + +<p>¶ But thou reader thīke of y<sup>e</sup> law of God how y<sup>t</sup> it is all to +gether spirituall / & so spirituall y<sup>t</sup> it is neuer fulfilled w<sup>t</sup> +dedes or werkes / vntill they flow out of thyne herte w<sup>t</sup> as greate +loue toward thy neyboure / for no deseruīge of his ye though he be thine +enimie / as Christ loued y<sup>e</sup> ād did for the / for no deseruīge of thyne / +but evē whē thou wast his enimie. And in y<sup>e</sup> meane time / thoroute all +our infancie & childhod in Christ / tyll +<span class="pagebreak" title="6"> </span><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="A.iiij."> </span><a name="Sig_A4" id="Sig_A4"></a> +we be growen vpp in to perfecte +men in the full knowlege of christ & full loue of christ agayne & of +oure neyboures for his sake / after y<sup>e</sup> ensample of his loue to vs / +<a name="c_6" id="c_6"></a> +<a href="#cn_6" class="correction" title="possible error for 'remenbir'">rembenbir</a> +that y<sup>e</sup> fulfillynge of y<sup>e</sup> law is / a fast fayth in +christes bloud coupled w<sup>t</sup> our professiō & submyttīge our selues to +lerne to doo better.</p> + +<p>¶ And of y<sup>e</sup> Gospell or promises which thou metest in y<sup>e</sup> scripture / +beleue fast y<sup>t</sup> God will fulfill them vn to y<sup>e</sup> / and that vn to +y<sup>e</sup> vttemost Iott / at the repentaunce of thyne herte / whē thou turnest +to hym & forsakest euell / even of his goodnesse & fatherly mercie vn to +the / ād not for thy flatterīge hym with ypocritish workes of thyne awne +fayninge. So y<sup>t</sup> a fast faith only with out respecte of all workes / +is the forgeuenesse both of the synne which we did in tyme of ignoraunce +with luste ād cōsent to synne / & also of all the synne which we doo by +chaunce & of frailte / after y<sup>t</sup> we are come to knowlege ād have +professed y<sup>e</sup> law out of oure hertes. And all dedes serue only for to +helpe oure neyboures & to tame oure flesh that we fall not to synne +agayne / & to exercice oure soules +<span class="pagebreak" title="7"> </span><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7"></a> +in vertue / & not to make satisfaction +to Godward for y<sup>e</sup> synne y<sup>t</sup> is once paste.</p> + +<p>¶ And all other stories of y<sup>e</sup> bible / with out excepciō / are y<sup>e</sup> +practisinge of y<sup>e</sup> law & of the Gospell / and are true and faitfull +ensamples & sure erneste y<sup>t</sup> God will euen so deale with vs / as he +did with thē / in all infirmities / in all temptaciōs / & in all like cases +& chaunces. Wherin ye se on y<sup>e</sup> one syde / how fatherly & tendirly & +with all cōpassion god entreateth his electe which submitte them selues +as scolers / to lerne to walke in the wayes of his lawes / & to kepe thē +of loue. If they forgatt thē selues at a time & wēt astraye / he sought +thē out & sett thē agayne with all mercie. If they fell & hurte thē +selues / he healed thē agayne with all compassion & tendernesse of hert. +He hath ofte brought greate tribulation & aduersite vppon his electe: +but all of fatherly loue only / to teach thē & to make them se their awne +hertes & y<sup>e</sup> sinne y<sup>t</sup> there laye hid / that they might aftirwarde +feale his mercie. For his mercie wayted vppon thē / to rid them out +agayne / assone as they ware lerned & come +<span class="pagebreak" title="8"> </span><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="A.v."> </span><a name="Sig_A5" id="Sig_A5"></a> +to y<sup>e</sup> knowlege of their +awne hertes: so that he neuer cast man awaye how depe so euer he had +sinned / saue thē ōly which had first cast y<sup>e</sup> yocke of his lawes frō +their neckes / with vtter diffiaunce & malice of herte.</p> + +<p>Which ensamples how cōfortable are they for vs / whē we be fallen in to +sinne & God is come vppō vs with a scorge / y<sup>t</sup> we dispeare not / but +repēt with full hope of mercie after y<sup>e</sup> ensamples of mercie y<sup>t</sup> +are gone before: And therfore they were written for our lernīge / as +testifieth Paul Ro. xv. to cōforte vs / y<sup>t</sup> we might y<sup>e</sup> better put +oure hope & trust in God / whē we se / how mercifull he hath bene in tymes +past vn to our weake brethern y<sup>t</sup> are gone before / in all theyr +aduersities / neade / temptaciōs / ye & horrible synnes in to which they +now & then fell.</p> + +<p>¶ And on y<sup>e</sup> other side ye se how they y<sup>t</sup> hardened their hertes & +synned of malice & refused mercie y<sup>t</sup> was offered thē & had no power +to repēt / perished at y<sup>e</sup> later ende with all confusion & shame +mercilessely. Which ensamples are very good & necessary / to kepe vs in +awe & dreade in tyme of prosperite +<span class="pagebreak" title="9"> </span><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9"></a> +as thou maist se by Paul. j. Cor. x. +that we abyde in the feare of God / & wax not wild and fall to vanities +ād so synne ād prouoke God and bringe wrath vppon vs.</p> + +<p>¶ And thridly ye se in that practise / how as god is mercifull & +longesoferynge / euen so were all his true prophetes & prechers / beringe +the infirmities of their weake brethern & their awne wrōges & iniuries +with all paciēce & longesoferinge / neuer castinge any of thē of their +backes / vn tyll they synned agenst y<sup>e</sup> +<a name="c_9" id="c_9"></a> +<a href="#cn_9" class="correction" title="possible error for 'holy gost'">holygost</a> / +maliciously +persecutinge y<sup>e</sup> open & manifest trouth: cōtrary vn to the ensample of +y<sup>e</sup> Pope / which in sinninge agenst God & to quench y<sup>e</sup> trueth of his +holy spirite / is euer chefe captayne and trōpetblower / to sett other +awerke / ād seketh only his awne fredome / liberte / priuilege / welth / +prosperite / profite / pleasure / pastyme / honoure & glorie / with y<sup>e</sup> +bondage / thraldome / captiuite / miserie / wretchednesse & vile subiectiō +of his brethern: & in his awne cause is so feruent / so steffe & cruell / +that he will not sofre one word spoken agenst his false magiste / wily +inuenciōs ād iuglynge +<span class="pagebreak" title="10"> </span><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10"></a> +ypocrisie to be vnaduēged / +<a name="c_10a" id="c_10a"></a> +<a href="#cn_10a" class="correction" title="possible error for 'though'">thongh</a> +all +christendome shuld be sett to gether by the eares / and shuld cost he +cared not how many hundred thousande their lives.</p> + + +<p><span class="dropcap">N</span>ow y<sup>t</sup> thou mayst reade Ionas frutefully & not as a poetis fable / +but as an +<a name="c_10b" id="c_10b"></a> +<a href="#cn_10b" class="correction" title="possible error for 'obligaciō'">obligacō</a> +betwene God and thy soule / as an ernist peny geuen +y<sup>e</sup> of God / y<sup>t</sup> he wil helpe y<sup>e</sup> in time of nede / if thou turne +to him ād as the word of god y<sup>e</sup> only fode ād life of thy soule / this +marke & note. First count Ionas the frend of god ād a man chosen of god +to testifie his name vn to y<sup>e</sup> worlde: but yet a younge scolar / weake +& rude / after y<sup>e</sup> faciō of y<sup>e</sup> appostles / while Christ was yet with +them bodyly. Which though Christ taught thē euer to be meke & to vmble +thē selues / yet oft stroue amonge them selues who shuld be greatest. The +sonnes of Zebede wold sitt / the one on the right hōde of Christ ād the +other on y<sup>e</sup> lifte. They wold praye / that fire might descēde from +heuen / and consume the Samaritanes.</p> + +<p>¶ Whē Christ axed who saye men that I am / Peter answered / thou arte the +sonne +<span class="pagebreak" title="11"> </span><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11"></a> +of the lyuinge God / as though Peter had bene as perfecte as an +angell. But immediatly after / when Christ preached vn to thē of his +deeth & passiō / Peter was angre & rebuked Christe & thought ernestly +y<sup>t</sup> he had raued & not wist what he sayde: as at a nother time / when +Christ was so feruētly busied in healinge y<sup>e</sup> people / y<sup>t</sup> he had +not leyser to eate / they went out to holde him / supposinge that he had +bene besyde him selfe. Ande one y<sup>t</sup> cast out deuels in Christes name / +they forbade / because he wayted not on them / so glorious were they yet.</p> + +<p>¶ And though christ taughte all waye to forgeue / yet peter after longe +goenge to scole / axed wether men shuld forgeue .vij. tymes / thynkinge +y<sup>t</sup> .viij. tymes had bene to moch. And at y<sup>e</sup> last soper Peter wold +have died with christe / but yet within fewe howres after / he denied hym / +both cowardly & shamefully. And after y<sup>e</sup> same maner / though he had so +lōge herd that nomā might auenge him selfe / but rather turne y<sup>e</sup> other +cheke to / then to smyte agayne / yet when Christ was in takīge / peter +axed whether +<span class="pagebreak" title="12"> </span><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12"></a> +it were lawfull to smyte with y<sup>e</sup> swerde / ād taried none +answere / but layed on rashly. So that though when we come first vn to +y<sup>e</sup> knowlege of the trueth / and the peace is made betwene God & vs / & +we loue his lawes & beleue & trust in hym / as in oure father & haue good +hertes vn to him & be born anew in y<sup>e</sup> sprite: yet we are but childern +ād younge scolars weake & +<a name="c_12a" id="c_12a"></a> +<a href="#cn_12a" class="correction" title="possible error for 'feble'">foble</a> +& must have leysar to grow in y<sup>e</sup> +spirite / in knowlege / loue & in y<sup>e</sup> dedes therof / as younge childern +must have tyme to grow in their bodies.</p> + +<p>¶ And God oure father & scolemaster fedeth vs & teached vs accordinge vn +to the capacite of oure stomakes / & maketh vs to grow & waxe perfecte / & +fineth vs & trieth vs as gold / in y<sup>e</sup> fire of temptaciōs & +tribulations. As Moses wittneseth Deutero. viij. sayēge: Remēber all +y<sup>e</sup> waye by which y<sup>e</sup> lord thy God caried y<sup>e</sup> this .xl. yeres in +y<sup>e</sup> wildernesse / to vmble the & to tēpte or proue the / y<sup>t</sup> it might +be knowen what were in thine hert. He +<a name="c_12b" id="c_12b"></a> +<a href="#cn_12b" class="correction" title="possible error for 'brought'">brougt</a> +the in to aduersite & made +y<sup>e</sup> an hongred / & then feed y<sup>e</sup> with mā which nether thou ner yet +thi fathers euer +<span class="pagebreak" title="13"> </span><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13"></a> +knew of / to teach y<sup>e</sup> that a mā liueth not by bred +only / but by all that proceadeth out of the mouth of God. For y<sup>e</sup> +promises of god are life vn to all y<sup>t</sup> cleaue vn to thē / moch moare +thē is bred & bodyly sustinaunce: as y<sup>e</sup> iourney of y<sup>e</sup> childern of +Israel out of egypte in to y<sup>e</sup> londe promised them / ministreth the +notable ensamples & y<sup>t</sup> aboundātly / as doeth all y<sup>e</sup> rest of the +bible also. How be it / it is impossible for flesh to beleue & to trust +in y<sup>e</sup> trueth of gods promises / vntyll he haue lerned it in moch +tribulacion / after that God hath deliuered hī out therof agayne.</p> + +<p>¶ God therfore to teach Ionas & to shew him his awne hert & to make him +perfecte & to enstructe vs also bi his ensample / sent him out of y<sup>e</sup> +lande of Israel where he was a prophete / to goo amonge y<sup>e</sup> heathē +people & to y<sup>e</sup> greatest & mightiest citie of y<sup>e</sup> world thē / called +Niniue: to preache y<sup>t</sup> within .xl. dayes they shuld all perish for +their sinnes & that y<sup>e</sup> citie shuld be ouerthrowē. Which message y<sup>e</sup> +frewil of Ionas had as moch power to doo / as the weakest herted womā in +the world hath power / if she were cōmaunded / +<span class="pagebreak" title="14"> </span><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14"></a> +to leppe in to a tobbe of +lyuinge snakes & edders: as happely if God had cōmaunded Sara to haue +sacrificed hir sonne Isaac / as he did Abrahā / she wold haue disputed +with hī yer she had done it / or though she were strōge ynough / yet many +an holy seint coud not haue found in their hertes / but wold haue +disobeyed ād haue runne awaye frō y<sup>e</sup> presens of y<sup>e</sup> cōmaūdemēt of +god w<sup>t</sup> Ionas if thei had bene so strōgly tēpted.</p> + +<p>¶ For Ionas thought of this maner: loo / I am here a prophete vn to Gods +people the Israelites. Which though they haue gods word testified vn to +them dayly / yet dispice it & worshepe God vnder y<sup>e</sup> likenesse of +calues & after all maner facions saue after his awne worde / & therfore +are of all naciōs y<sup>e</sup> worst & most worthy of punishment. And yet god +for loue of few y<sup>t</sup> are amonge them & for his names sake spareth them +& defendeth them. How thē shuld god take so cruell vengeaunce on so +greate a multitude of them to whome his name was neuer preached to ād +therfore are not y<sup>e</sup> tenth parte so euel as these? If I shal therfore +goo preach +<span class="pagebreak" title="15"> </span><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15"></a> +so shall I lye & shame my selfe & God therto and make them +the moare to dispice god and sett the lesse by him ād to be the moare +cruell vn to his people.</p> + +<p>¶ And vppon that imaginaciō he fled frō the face or presens of God: that +is / out of y<sup>e</sup> contre where God was worsheped in & frō prosecutynge of +Gods cōmaundemēt / and thought / I wyll gett me a nother waye amonge y<sup>e</sup> +hethen people & be no moare a prophete / but lyue at rest & out of all +cōbraunce. Neuer y<sup>e</sup> lesse the god of all mercie which careth for his +electe childern & turneth all vn to good to them & smiteth thē to heale +them agayne & killeth thē to make thē aliue agayne / & playeth with thē +(as a father doth some tyme with his yoūge ignoraunt childern) & +tempteth them & proueth them to make them se theyr awne hertes / prouided +for Ionas / how all thinge shuld be.</p> + +<p>¶ When Ionas was entered in to the sheppe / he layed him downe to slepe +ād to take his rest: that is / his cōscience was tossed betwene the +<a name="c_15" id="c_15"></a> +<a href="#cn_15" class="correction" title="possible error for 'brought'">cōmaudemēt</a> +of God which sent him to Niniue / & his fleshly wisdome that + +<span class="pagebreak" title="16"> </span><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="B"> </span><a name="Sig_B1" id="Sig_B1"></a> +dissuaded & counseled hym y<sup>e</sup> cōtrary & at y<sup>e</sup> last preualed agēst +y<sup>e</sup> cōmaundemēt & caried hym a nother waye / as a sheppe caught betwene +.ii. streames / & as poetes faine the mother of Meliager to be betwene +diuers affectiōs / while to aduēge hir brothers deeth / she sought to sle +hir awne sonne. Where vppon for very payne & tediousnesse / he laye downe +to slepe / for to put y<sup>e</sup> cōmaundement which so gnew & freate his +cōscience / out of minde / as y<sup>e</sup> nature of all weked is / whē they haue +sinned a good / to seke al meanes with riot / reuell & pastyme / to driue +y<sup>e</sup> remenbraunce of synne out of their thoughtes or as Adā did / to +couer their nakednesse with aporns of pope holy workes. But God awoke +hym out of his dreame / and sett his synnes before his face.</p> + +<p>¶ For when y<sup>e</sup> Lott had caught Ionas / thē be sure y<sup>t</sup> his synnes +came to remēbraunce agayne & that his conscience raged no lesse thē +y<sup>e</sup> waues of the se. And thē he thought that he only was a sinner & +y<sup>e</sup> hethen that ware in y<sup>e</sup> shepp none in respecte of him / +<a name="c_16" id="c_16"></a> +<a href="#cn_16" class="correction" title="possible error for 'ād'">ad</a> +thought also / as veryly as he was fled frō +<span class="pagebreak" title="17"> </span><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17"></a> +god / that as verily god had +cast hī awaye: for y<sup>e</sup> sight of y<sup>e</sup> rod maketh y<sup>e</sup> natural child +not ōly to se & to knowlege his faulte / but also to forgett all his +fathers olde mercie & kindnesse. And then he cōfessed his synne openly & +had yet leuer perish alone thē y<sup>t</sup> y<sup>e</sup> other shuld haue perished +with him for his sake: and so of very desperacion to haue liued any +lenger / bad cast him in to y<sup>e</sup> see betymes / excepte they wold be lost +also.</p> + +<p>¶ To speake of lottes / how ferforth they are lawfull / is a light +questiō. First to vse thē for the breakinge of strife / as when +partenars / their goodes as equally diuided as they cā / take euery mā his +parte by lott / to auoyde all suspiciō of disceytfulnesse: & as y<sup>e</sup> +appostles in y<sup>e</sup> first of y<sup>e</sup> Actes / whē they sought a nother to +succede Iudas the traytoure / & .ii. persones were presentes / thē to +breake strife & to satisfie al parties / did cast +<a name="c_17a" id="c_17a"></a> +<a href="#cn_17a" class="correction" title="possible error for 'lottes'">lotttes</a> / +wheter shuld +be admitted / desirynge god to +<a name="c_17b" id="c_17b"></a> +<a href="#cn_17b" class="correction" title="possible error for 'tēper'">teper</a> +thē & to take whō he knew most mete / +seynge they wist not wheter to preferre / or haply coude not all agre on +ether / is lawfull +<a name="c_17c" id="c_17c"></a> +<a href="#cn_17c" class="correction" title="possible error for 'ād'">ad</a> +in all like cases. But to +<span class="pagebreak" title="18"> </span><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="B.ij."> </span><a name="Sig_B2" id="Sig_B2"></a> +abuse them vn to y<sup>e</sup> +temptinge of God & to cōpell him therwith to vtter thinges wherof we +stōd in doute / when we haue no commaundemēt of him so to do / as these +hethē here dyd / though God turned it vn to his glorie / can not be but +euell.</p> + +<p>¶ The hethen scepmē asstonied at y<sup>e</sup> sight of y<sup>e</sup> miracle / feared +God / prayed to him / offered sacrifice & vowed vowes. And I doute not / +but that some of thē or haply all came therby vn to the true knowlege & +true worshepinge of God & ware wōne to God in theyr soules. And y<sup>s</sup> +God which is infinite mercifull in all his wayes / wrought their soules +health out of y<sup>e</sup> infirmite of Ionas / euen of his good will & purpose +& loue wherewith he loued them before the world was made / & not of +chaunce / as it appereth vn to the eyes of the ignoraunt.</p> + +<p>¶ And that Ionas was .iii. dayes & .iii. nightes in the bely of his +fish: we cā not therby proue vn to +<a name="c_18" id="c_18"></a> +<a href="#cn_18" class="correction" title="possible error for 'the'">te</a> +Iewes & īfideles or vn to any man / +y<sup>t</sup> Christ must therfore dye ād be buried & rise agayne. But we vse +y<sup>e</sup> ensample ād likenesse to strength the faith of the +<span class="pagebreak" title="19"> </span><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19"></a> +weake. For he +that beleaueth the one can not doute in y<sup>e</sup> other: in as moch as the +hād of God was no lesse mightie in preseruīge Ionas aliue agenst all +naturall possibilite & in deliuerynge hī safe out of his fish / thē in +reysynge vpp Christe agayne out of his sepulchre. And we maye describe +y<sup>e</sup> power & vertue of y<sup>e</sup> resurrecciō therby / as Christ hī selfe +boroweth y<sup>e</sup> similitude therto Mat. xij. sayēge vn to y<sup>e</sup> Iewes that +came aboute him & desyred a signe or a wōder frō heuen to certifye thē +that he was christ: this euell & wedlockebreakīge naciō (which breake +y<sup>e</sup> wedlocke of faith wherwith they be maried vn to God / ād beleue in +their false workes) seke a signe / but there shal no signe be geuen thē +saue y<sup>e</sup> signe of the Prophete Ionas. For as Ionas was .iij. dayes ād +iij. nightes in the bely of the whale / euē so shall the sonne of man be +.iij. dayes & .iij. nyghtes in the herte of the erth. Which was a watch +word / as we saye / & a sharpe threateninge vn to y<sup>e</sup> Iewes & as moch to +saye as thus / ye harde herted Iewes seke a signe: loo / thys shalbe youre +sygne / as Ionas +<span class="pagebreak" title="20"> </span><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="B.iij."> </span><a name="Sig_B3" id="Sig_B3"></a> +was reysed out of the sepulchre of his fishe & then +sent vn to the Niniuites to preach y<sup>t</sup> they shuld perish / euen so +shall I ryse agayne out of my sepulchre & come & preach repentaunce vn +to you. Se therfore when ye se y<sup>e</sup> signe that ye repēt or else ye shal +suerly perish & not escape. For though the infirmities which ye now se ī +my flesh be a lett vn to youre faythes / ye shall yet then be with out +excuse / when ye se so greate a miracle & so greate power of god shed out +vppō you. And so Christe came agayne after y<sup>e</sup> resurrecciō / in his +spirite & preached repētaunce vn to them / by the mouth of his appostles +& disciples / & with miracles of y<sup>e</sup> holy gost. And all that repented +not perished shortly after ād were for y<sup>e</sup> most parte slayne with +swerde ād y<sup>e</sup> rest caried awaye captiue in to all quarters of the +world for an ensample / as ye se vn to this daye.</p> + +<p>¶ And in lyke maner sens the world beganne / where soeuer repentaunce was +offered and not receaued / there God toke cruell vengeaunce immediatly: +as ye se in y<sup>e</sup> floud of Noe / in the ouerthrowēge of Sodō +<span class="pagebreak" title="21"> </span><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21"></a> +& Gomor & +all the contre aboute: & as ye se of Egipte / of the Amorites / Cananites +& afterwarde of the very Israelites / & then at the last of the Iewes to / +ād of the Assyriens and Babyloniens and so thorout all the imperes of +the world.</p> + +<p>¶ Gyldas preached repētaunce vn to y<sup>e</sup> olde Britaynes that inhabited +englōd: they repented not / & therfore God sent in theyr enimies vppō thē +on euery side & destroyed thē vpp & gaue the lōd vn to other naciōs. And +greate vengeaunce hath bene takē in that lande for synne sens that tyme.</p> + +<p>¶ Wicleffe preached repētaunce vn to oure fathers not longe sens: they +repēted not for their hertes were indurat & theyr eyes blinded with +their awne Pope holy rightwesnesse wherwith they had made theyr soules +gaye agenst the receauinge agayne of y<sup>e</sup> weked spirite that bringeth +.vii. worse then hym selfe with him & maketh y<sup>e</sup> later ende worse then +the beginninge: for in open sinnes there is hope of repentaunce / but in +holy ypocrisie none at all. But what folowed? they slew their true & +right kinge ād +<span class="pagebreak" title="22"> </span><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="B.iiij."> </span><a name="Sig_B4" id="Sig_B4"></a> +sett vpp .iii. wrōge kīges arow / vnder which all the +noble bloud was slayne vpp ād halfe the comēs therto / what in fraunce & +what with their awne swerde / in fightīge amonge thē selues for y<sup>e</sup> +crowne / & y<sup>e</sup> cities and townes decayed and the land brought halfe in +to a wyldernesse in respecte of that it was before.</p> + +<p>¶ And now Christ to preach repētaunce / is resen yet ōce agayne out of +his sepulchre in which the pope had buried him and kepte him downe with +his pilars and polaxes and all disgysinges of ypocrisie / with gyle / +wiles and falshed / ād with the swerd of al princes which he had blynded +with his false marchaundice. And as I dowte not of y<sup>e</sup> ensamples that +are past / so am I sure that greate wrath will folow / excepte repētaunce +turne it backe agayne and cease it.</p> + +<p>¶ When Ionas had bene in +<a name="c_22" id="c_22"></a> +<a href="#cn_22" class="correction" title="possible error for 'the'">te</a> +fishes bely a space & the rage of his +conscience was somewhat quieted ād swaged and he come to him selfe +agayne and had receaued a lytle hope / the qualmes & panges of desperaciō +which went ouer hys hert / halfe ouercome / +<span class="pagebreak" title="23"> </span><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23"></a> +he prayed / as he maketh +menciō in the texte sayēge: Ionas prayed vn to the lord his god out of +the bely of the fishe. But the wordes of that prayer are not here sett. +The prayer y<sup>t</sup> here stondeth in the texte / is the prayer of prayse & +thākesgeuēge which he prayed and wrote when he was escaped and past all +ieopardie.</p> + +<p>¶ In the end of which prayer he sayth / I will sacrifice with the voyce +of thankesgeuenge and paye that I haue vowed / that sauinge cometh of the +lorde. For verely to cōfesse out of the herte / that all benefites come +of God / euen out of the goodnesse of his mercie and not deseruinge of +oure dedes / is the only sacrifice that pleaseth God. And to beleue that +god only is the sauer / is the thynge that all the Iewes vowed in theyr +circumcision / as we in oure baptim. Which vowe Ionas now tawght with +experiēce / promiseth to paye. For those outwarde sacrifices of bestes / +vn to which Ionas had haply asscribed to moch before / were but feble & +childish thinges & not ordeyned / that the workes of thē selues shuld be +a seruice +<span class="pagebreak" title="24"> </span><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="B.v."> </span><a name="Sig_B5" id="Sig_B5"></a> +vn to god / but vn to the people / to put thē in remembraunce +of this inwarde sacrifice of thankes & of faith to trust and beleue in +God the only sauer. Which significacion when was awaye / they were +abhominable and deuellysh ydolatrye and imageseruice: as oure ceremonies +and sacramentes are become now to all that trust & beleue in the werke +of them and ar not taught the significacions / to edifye theyr soules +with knowlege and the doctrine of God.</p> + +<p>¶ When Ionas was cast vppō lond agayne / then his will was fre ād had +power to goo whother God sent him & to doo what God bade / his awne +imaginacions layed a parte. For he had bene at a new scole / ye ād in a +fornace where he was purged of moch refuse & droshe of fleshly wisdome / +which resisted y<sup>e</sup> wisdome of god & led Ionases wil cōtrary vn to +y<sup>e</sup> will of god. For as ferre as we be blynd in Adam / we can not but +seke & will oure awne profitt / pleasure & glorie. And as ferre as we be +taughte in the sprite / we can not but seke & wyll the pleasure and +glorie of God only.</p> + +<p> +<span class="pagebreak" title="25"> </span><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25"></a> +¶ And as for the .iij. dayes iourney of Niniue / whether it were in +length or to goo rounde aboute it or thorow all the stretes / I cōmitte +vn to the discreciō of other men. But I thinke that it was then the +greatest citie of the world.</p> + +<p>¶ And that Ionas wēt a dayes iourney in the citie / I suppose he did it +not in one daye: but wēt fayre & easyly preachīge here a sermon & there +a nother & rebuked the synne of the people for which they must perishe.</p> + +<p>¶ And when thou art come vn to the repētaunce of the Niniuites / there +hast thou sure ernest / that how soeuer angre god be / yet he remembreth +mercie vn to all that truly repent and beleue in mercie. Which ensample +oure sauioure Christ also casteth in the teeth of the indurat Iewes +sayenge: the Niniuites shall rise in iudgemēt with this nation and +condemne them / for they repented at the preachynge of Ionas / and beholde +a greater thē Ionas here / meanynge of hym selfe. At whose preachinge +yet / though it were neuer so mightie to perce the herte / & for all his +miracles therto / the hard herted +<span class="pagebreak" title="26"> </span><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26"></a> +Iewes coude not repent: when the +heathen Niniuites repented at the bare preachynge of Ionas rebukinge +theyr synnes with out any miracle at all.</p> + +<p>¶ Why? for y<sup>e</sup> Iewes had +<a name="c_26" id="c_26"></a> +<a href="#cn_26" class="correction" title="possible error for 'leuēed'">leuēded</a> +the spirituall law of God and with +theyr gloses had made it all to gether erthie ād fleshly / and so had +sett a vayle or coueringe on Moses face / to shodowe and darken y<sup>e</sup> +glorious brightnesse of his contenaunce. It was synne to stele: but to +robbe wedowes howses vnder a coloure of longe prayēge / & to polle in the +name of offeringes / and to snare y<sup>e</sup> people with intollerable +cōstitucions agēst all loue / to ketch theyr money out of theyr purses / +was no synne at all.</p> + +<p>¶ To smyte father ād mother was synn: But to withdraw helpe frō them at +theyr nede / for blynde zele of offeringe / vn to the profytt of the holy +phareses / was then as meritorious as it is now to let all thy kynne +chose wheter they will synke or sweme / while thou byldest and makest +goodly fundatiōs for holy people which thou hast chosen to be thy +christe / for to sowple thy soule +<span class="pagebreak" title="27"> </span><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27"></a> +with the oyle of theyr swete +blessynges / & to be thy Iesus for to saue thy soule from y<sup>e</sup> purgatory +of the bloud that only purgeth synne / with theyr watchīge / fastīge / +wolward goinge & rysynge at mydnyght etc. where wyth yet they purge not +them selues from theyr couetousnesse / pryde / lechury or any vyce that +thou seyst amonge the laye people.</p> + +<p>¶ It was greate synne for Christ to heale the people on the sabboth daye +vn to the glorie of God hys father / but none at all for them to helpe +theyr catell vnto theyr awne profett.</p> + +<p>¶ It was synne to eate wyth vnwashen handes or on an vnwashen table / or +out of an vnwashen dish: but to eate out of that purifyed dysh that +which came of brybery / theft & extorsion / was no synne at all.</p> + +<p>¶ It was exceadynge meritorious to make many dyscyples: But to teach +them to feare God in hys ordynaunces / had they no care at all.</p> + +<p>¶ The hye prelates so defended the ryght of holy church ād so feared the +people with +<span class="pagebreak" title="28"> </span><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28"></a> +the curse of God & terreble paynes of hell / that no man +durst leaue the vilest +<a name="c_28" id="c_28"></a> +<a href="#cn_28" class="correction" title="possible error for 'herbe'">herke</a> +in hys gardeyne vntythed. And the offerynge +and thynges dedycat vn to God for the profitt of hys holy vycars where +in soch estymacion and reuerēce / that it was moch greater synne to +sweare truly by them / thē to forswere thy selfe by God: what vengeaunce +then of God / and how terreble and cruell damnacion thynke ye preached +they to fall on thē that had stolen soch holy thīges? And yet sayth +Christ / that ryghtwesnesse ād faith in kepynge promise / mercie and +indyfferent iudgement were vtturly troden vnder fote and cleane dispysed +of those blessed fathers / whych so mightely mayntened Arons patrimony ād +had mad it so prosperous ād enuironed it and walled it aboute on euery +syde with y<sup>e</sup> feare of god / that noman durst twech it.</p> + +<p>¶ It was greate holynesse to garnysh y<sup>e</sup> sepulchres of y<sup>e</sup> prophetes +& to cōdemne their awne fathers for sleynge of them: and yet were they +thē selues for blinde zele of their awne cōstituciōs / as ready as their +fathers +<span class="pagebreak" title="29"> </span><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29"></a> +to sle whosoeuer testified vn to them / the same trueth which +the prophetes testified vn to theyr fathers. So that Christ cōpareth all +the rightwesnesse of those holy patriarkes vn to the outwarde bewtye of +a paynted sepulchre full of stench and all vn clennesse wythyn.</p> + +<p>¶ And finally to begyld a mans neyboure in sotle bargeninge and to +wrappe and cōpase him in with cauteles of the law / was then as it is now +in the kingdome of y<sup>e</sup> Pope. By the reason where of they excluded the +law of loue out of theyr hertes / ād cōsequētly all true repentaunce: for +how coude they repēt of y<sup>t</sup> they coude not se to be sinne?</p> + +<p>¶ And on the other syde they had sett vpp a rightwesnesse of holy +workes / to clense theyr soules with all: as the Pope sanctifieth vs with +holy oyle / holy bred / holy salt / holy candels / holy dome ceremonies ād +holy dome blessynges / and with what soever holynesse thou wilt saue with +the holynes of Gods worde which only speaketh vn to the herte and +sheweth the soule hir filthynesse and vnclennesse of synne / and leadeth + +<span class="pagebreak" title="30"> </span><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30"></a> +hir by y<sup>e</sup> waye of repentaunce vn to y<sup>e</sup> fountayne of Christes +bloude to washe it awaye thorow faith. By the reason of which false +rightwesnesse they were dysobedient vn to the rightwesnesse of God / +which is the forgeuenesse of synne in Christes bloude and coude not +beleue it. And so thorow fleshly interpretynge the law ād false imagined +rightwesnesse / their hertes were hardened ād made as stony as clay in an +hote furnace of fire / that they coude receaue nether repentaunce ner +faith or any moyster of grace at all.</p> + +<p>¶ But the hethen Niniuites / though they were blynded with lustes a good / +yet were in +<a name="c_30" id="c_30"></a> +<a href="#cn_30" class="correction" title="possible error for 'those'">thofe</a> +.ii. poyntes vncorrupte and vnhardened / & therfore +with the only preachinge of Ionas came vn to the knowlege of their +synnes and confessed them & repented truly & turned euery man from his +euell dedes & declared theyr sorow of hert & true repentaunce / with +theyr dedes which they dyd out of faith & hope of forgeuenesse / +chastysinge their bodies with prayer & fastinge & with takinge all +pleasures from the flesh: +<span class="pagebreak" title="31"> </span><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31"></a> +trustynge / as god was angre for their +wekedness / even so shuld he forgeue them of hys mercye / yf they repēted +& forsoke their mysse lyuinge.</p> + +<p>¶ And in the last ende of all / thou hast yet a goodly ensample of +lernynge / to se how erthye Ionas is styll for all hys tryenge in the +whales bely. He was so sore displeased because the Niniuites perished +not / that he was wery of hys lyfe and wished after the deeth for very +sorow & payne / that he had loost the glorie of his prophesienge / in that +his prophesie come not to passe. But god rebuked him with a likenesse +sayenge: it greueth thyne hert for the losse of a vile shrobbe or +spraye / wheron thou bestoweddest no loboure or cost / nether was it thyne +handwerke. How moch moare then shuld greue myne herte / the losse of so +greate a multitude of innocētes as are in Niniue / which are all myne +handes werke. Nay Ionas / I am God ouer all / and father as well vn to the +hethen as vn to the Iewes ād mercifull to all and warne yer I smyte: +nether threte I so cruelly by any prophete / but that I wyll +<span class="pagebreak" title="32"> </span><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="C"> </span><a name="Sig_C1" id="Sig_C1"></a> +forgeue yf +they repent ād ax mercie: nether on the other syde / what soeuer I +promyse / wyll I fulfyll it / saue for theyr sakes only whych trust in me +and submitte them selues to kepe my lawes of very loue / as naturall +chyldern.</p> + + +<p><span class="dropcap">O</span>n thys maner to read y<sup>e</sup> scripture is y<sup>e</sup> right vse therof & why +y<sup>e</sup> holy gost caused it to be writtē. That is y<sup>t</sup> thou first seke +out y<sup>e</sup> law / what god will haue the to doo / interpretinge it +spiritually with out glose or coueringe the brightnesse of Moses face / +so y<sup>t</sup> thou fele in thyne hert / how that it is damnable synne before +god / not to loue +<a name="c_32" id="c_32"></a> +<a href="#cn_32" class="correction" title="possible error for 'thy'">they</a> +neyboure that is thyne enimie / as puerly as Christ +loued the / and y<sup>t</sup> not to loue thy neyboure in thyne herte / is to +haue cōmitted all ready all synne agenst him. And therfore vn tyll that +loue become / thou must knowlege vnfaynedly that there is synne in the +best dede thou doest. And it must ernestly greue thyne hert and thou +must washe all thy good dedes in christes bloude / yer they can be pure +and an acceptable sacrifice vn to God / and must desire +<span class="pagebreak" title="33"> </span><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33"></a> +god y<sup>e</sup> father +for his sake / to take thi dedes aworth & to pardō y<sup>e</sup> imperfectenesse +of them / & to geue the power to doo thē better and with moare feruent +loue.</p> + +<p>¶ And on the other syde thou must serch diligently for the promises of +mercie which God hath promised the agayne. Which .ii. poyntes / that is +to wete / y<sup>e</sup> lawe spiritually interpreted / how that all is dānable +synne that is not vnfayned loue out of the grownde and botom of the +herte after the ensample of Christes loue to vs / because we be all +equally created ād formed of one god oure father / and indifferently +bought & redemed with one bloud of oure sauioure Iesus Christe: ād that +the promises be geuen vn to a repentynge soule that thursteth and +longeth after them / of the pure and fatherly mercie of god thorow oure +faith onely with oute al deseruinge of oure dedes or merites of oure +werkes / but for Christes sake alone and for the merites ād deseruinges +of his werkes / deth and passions that he sofered all to gether for vs & +not for him selfe: whych .ii. poyntes I saye / if they be +<span class="pagebreak" title="34"> </span><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="C.ij."> </span><a name="Sig_C2" id="Sig_C2"></a> +written in +thine herte / are the keyes which so open all the scripture vn to the / +that no creature can locke the out / and with which thou shalt goo in and +out / and finde pasture and fode euery where. And yf these lesons be not +<a name="c_34" id="c_34"></a> +<a href="#cn_34" class="correction" title="possible error for 'written'">writtten</a> +in thyne herte / then is all the scripture shutt vpp / as a +cornell in the shale / so that thou mayst read it and comen of it and +reherse all the stories of it and dispute sotilly and be a profounde +sophister / and yet vnderstond not one Iot therof.</p> + +<p>¶ And thridly that thou take the stories & liues which are cōteyned in +the bible / for sure ād vndowted ensamples / y<sup>t</sup> God so will deale with +vs vn to the worldes ende.</p> + +<p>¶ Here with Reader farewell and be commended vn to God / and vn to the +grace of hys spryte. And first se that thou stoppe not thyne eares vn to +the callynge of god / and that thou harden not thine herte begyled with +fleshly interpretinge of the law & false imagined and ypocritish +rightwesnesse / and so the Niniuites ryse with the at y<sup>e</sup> day of +iudgement & condemne the.</p> + +<p> +<span class="pagebreak" title="35"> </span><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35"></a> +¶ And secōdarily if thou finde ought amisse / when thou seyst thy selfe +in the glasse of Gods worde / thynke it cōpendious wisdome / to amende +y<sup>e</sup> same betymes / moneshed & warned by the ensample of other men / +rather thē to tary vntill thou be beten also.</p> + +<p>¶ And thridly if it shall so chaunce / that y<sup>e</sup> wild lustes of thy +flesh shall blynd the and carie the cleane awaye with them for a tyme: +yet at the later ende / when y<sup>e</sup> god of all mercie shall haue compased +the in on euery syde with tēptaciōs / tribulacions / aduersities & +cōbraunce / to bringe y<sup>e</sup> home agayne vn to thyne awne herte / & to set +thy sinnes wich thou woldest so fayne couer & put out of mynd with +delectaciō of voluptuous pastymes / before y<sup>e</sup> eyes of thy cōscience: +then call y<sup>e</sup> faithfull ensample of Ionas & all lyke stories vn to thy +remēbraunce / ād with Ionas turne vn to thi father that smote y<sup>e</sup>: not +to cast y<sup>e</sup> awaye / but to laye a corosie ād a freatīge playster vn to +y<sup>e</sup> pocke that laye hid & fret inwarde / to draw y<sup>e</sup> disease out & to +make it appere / y<sup>t</sup> thou mightest feale thy seckenes & y<sup>e</sup> daunger +therof & come & receaue +<span class="pagebreak" title="36"> </span><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="C.iij."> </span><a name="Sig_C3" id="Sig_C3"></a> +the healynge playster of mercie.</p> + +<p>¶ And forget not y<sup>t</sup> what soeuer ensample of mercie god hath shewed +sens y<sup>e</sup> beginninge of y<sup>e</sup> world / the same is promised the / yf thou +wilt in like maner turne agayne and receaued it as they dyd. And with +Ionas be aknowen of thy synne & cōfesse it & knowlege it vn to thy +father.</p> + +<p>¶ And as y<sup>e</sup> law which freteth thy cōscience / is in thyne herte & is +none outwarde thīge / evē so seke within in thine herte / y<sup>e</sup> playster +of mercie / the promyses of forgeuenesse in oure sauioure Iesus Christe / +accordinge vn to all the ensamples of mercie that are gonne before.</p> + +<p>¶ And with Ionas let thē that wayte on vanities & seke god here & there +& in euery tēple saue in their hertes goo / & seke thou y<sup>e</sup> testamēt of +god in thyne hert. For in thyne hert is the worde of y<sup>e</sup> law / & in +thyne hert is y<sup>e</sup> worde of fayth in the promises of mercie in Iesus +Christe. So that yf thou cōfesse with a repentynge herte & knowlege ād +surely beleue y<sup>t</sup> Iesus is lorde ouer all synne / thou art saffe.</p> + +<p> +<span class="pagebreak" title="37"> </span><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37"></a> +¶ And finally when the rage of thy cōscience is ceased and quieted with +fast faith in the promises of mercie / then offer with Ionas the +offeringe of prayse and thankesgeuinge / & paye the vowe of thy baptim / +that God only saueth / of his ōly mercie & goodnesse: that is / beleue +stedfastly & preach cōstantly / that it is God only that smyteth / and God +only that healeth: ascribynge y<sup>e</sup> cause of thy tribulation vn to thyne +awne synne / and y<sup>e</sup> cause of thy deliueraunce vn to the mercie of God.</p> + +<p>¶ And be ware of the leuē y<sup>t</sup> saith we haue power in oure fre will +before y<sup>e</sup> preachinge of y<sup>e</sup> Gospell / to deserue grace / to kepe +y<sup>e</sup> law / of cōgruite / or god to be vnrightwesse. And saie with Ihon in +the first / y<sup>t</sup> as y<sup>e</sup> law was geuē by Moses / euē so grace to +fulfill it / is geuē by christe. And whē they saye oure dedes with grace +deserue heuen / saye thou w<sup>t</sup> Paule Ro. vj. y<sup>t</sup> euerlastīge life is +the gifte of god thorow Iesus Christ oure lorde / & y<sup>t</sup> we be made +sonnes by faith Ihon. j. & therfore heyres of god with christ Ro. viij. +And saye that we receaue al of god thorow faith +<span class="pagebreak" title="38"> </span><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="C.iiij."> </span><a name="Sig_C4" id="Sig_C4"></a> +that foloweth +repentaunce / & y<sup>t</sup> we doo not oure werkes vn to god / but ether vn to +oure selues / to sley y<sup>e</sup> sinne that remayneth in y<sup>e</sup> flesh & to waxe +perfecte / ether vn to oure neyboures which doo as moch for vs agayne in +some other thīges. And whē a mā exceadeth in giftes of grace / let hī +vnderstōde that they be geuē him / as wel for his weake brethern / as for +him selfe: as though all the bred be cōmitted vn to the panter / yet for +his felowes with hym / which geue the thankes vn to theyr lorde / and +recompence the panter agayne with other kynde seruice in theyr offices. +And when they saye that Christ hath made no satisfaccion for the synne +we doo after oure baptym: saye thou wyth the doctrine of Paule / that in +oure baptym we receaue the merytes of Christes deeth thorow repentaunce +and fayth of which two / baptim is the sygne. And though when we synne of +frailtie after oure baptym we receaue the sygne no moare / yet we be +renewed agayne thorow repentaunce and faith in Christes bloude / whych +twayne / the sygne of baptym ever +<span class="pagebreak" title="39"> </span><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39"></a> +<a name="c_39" id="c_39"></a> +<a href="#cn_39" class="correction" title="possible error for 'contynued'">contynved</a> +amonge vs in baptisynge oure +younge childern doeth euer kepe in mynde and call vs backe agayne vn to +oure profession if we be gonne astraye / & promiseth vs forgeuenesse. +Nether can actuall synne be washed awaye with oure werkes / but with +Christes bloude: nether can there be any other sacrifice or satisfaccion +to Godward for them / saue Christes bloude. For as moch as we can doo no +werkes vnto God / but receaue only of his mercie with oure repentynge +fayth / thorow Iesus Christe oure lorde and only sauer: vnto whom & vn to +God oure father thorow him / and vn to hys holy spirite / that only +purgeth / sanctifieth & washeth vs in the innocēt bloude of oure +redemption / be prayse for ever AMEN.</p> + + + +<h2> +<span class="pagebreak" title="40"> </span><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40"></a> +<span class="pagesig" title="C.v."> </span><a name="Sig_C5" id="Sig_C5"></a> +<a name="storie" id="storie"></a> +¶ The Storie of the prophete Ionas.</h2> + + +<p class="center">The first Chapter.</p> + +<p><span class="dropcap">T</span>he worde of the lorde came vn to the prophete Ionas y<sup>e</sup> sonne of +Amithai sayenge: ryse & gett the to Niniue that greate citie & preach vn +to thē / how that theyr wekednesse is come vpp before me.</p> + +<p>¶ And Ionas made hī ready to fle to Tharsis frō the presens of y<sup>e</sup> +lorde / & gatt hym downe to Ioppe / and founde there a sheppe ready to goo +to Tharsis / & payed his fare / & wēt aborde / to goo with them to Tharsis +frō the presens of the lorde.</p> + +<p>¶ But y<sup>e</sup> lorde hurled a greate winde in to y<sup>e</sup> se / so that there +was a myghtie tēpest in the se: in so moch y<sup>t</sup> the shepp was lyke to +goo in peces. And the mariners were afrayed & cried euery man vn to his +god / & cast out y<sup>e</sup> goodes y<sup>t</sup> were in y<sup>e</sup> sheppe in to y<sup>e</sup> se / +to lighten it of thē. But Ionas gatt him vnder the hatches & layed him +downe and slombrede. And y<sup>e</sup> master of the sheppe came to him & sayd +vn to hī / why slomberest thou? vpp! & call vn to thy god / that God maye +thinke on vs / that we perish not.</p> + +<p> +<span class="pagebreak" title="41"> </span><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41"></a> +¶ And they sayde one to a nother / come & lett vs cast lottes / to know +for whose cause we are thus troublede. And they cast lottes. And y<sup>e</sup> +lott fell vppon Ionas.</p> + +<p>¶ Thē they said vnto hī / tel vs for whose cause we are thus trowbled: +what is thine occupaciō / whence comest thou / how is thy cōtre called / & +of what nacion art thou?</p> + +<p>¶ And he answered thē / I am an Ebrue: & the lord God of heuen which made +both se and drie land / I feare. Then were the men exceadingly afrayd & +sayd vn to him / why diddest thou so? For they knew that he was fled from +the presens of the lorde / because he had told them.</p> + +<p>¶ Then they sayd vn to hym / what shall we doo vnto the / that the se maye +cease frō trowblinge vs? For the se wrought & was trowblous. And he +answered them / take me and cast me in to the se / & so shall it lett you +be in reste: for I wotte / is is for my sake / that this greate tempest is +come oppon you. Neuerthelesse the men assayed wyth rowenge to bringe the +sheppe to lande: but it wold not be / because the se so wrought & +<span class="pagebreak" title="42"> </span><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42"></a> +was so +trowblous agenst them. Wherefore they cried vn to the lorde & sayd: O +lorde latt vs not +<a name="c_42a" id="c_42a"></a> +<a href="#cn_42a" class="correction" title="possible error for 'perish'">perih</a> +for this mans deeth / nether laye innocēt bloud +vn to oure charge: for thou lorde even as thy pleasure was / so thou hast +done.</p> + +<p>¶ And thē they toke Ionas / & cast hī in to y<sup>e</sup> se / & the se left +ragynge. And y<sup>e</sup> men feared the lorde excedingly: & sacrificed +<a name="c_42b" id="c_42b"></a> +<a href="#cn_42b" class="correction" title="possible error for 'sacrifice'">sacrififice</a> +vn to the lorde: and vowed vowes.</p> + + +<p class="center">¶ The seconde Chapter.</p> + +<p><span class="dropcap">B</span>ut y<sup>e</sup> lorde prepared a greate fyshe / to swalow vp Ionas. And so was +Ionas in y<sup>e</sup> bowels of y<sup>e</sup> fish .iij. dayes & .iij. nightes. And +Ionas prayed vnto y<sup>e</sup> lord his god out of y<sup>e</sup> bowels of the fish.</p> + +<p>¶ And he sayde: in my tribulacion I called vn to the lorde / and he +answered me: out of the bely of hell I cried / ād thou herdest my voyce. +For thou hadest cast me downe depe in the middes of the se: & the floud +cōpased me aboute: and all thy waues & rowles of water wēt ouer me: & I +thought y<sup>t</sup> I had bene cast awaye out of thy sight. But I will yet +agayne loke towarde thy holy temple. +<span class="pagebreak" title="43"> </span><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43"></a> +The water cōpased me euē vn to the +very soule of me: the depe laye aboute me: ād the wedes were wrappte +aboude myne heed. And I wēt downe vn to the botome of the hylles / and +was +<a name="c_43" id="c_43"></a> +<a href="#cn_43" class="correction" title="possible error for 'perish'">barredin</a> +with erth on euery syde for euer. And yet thou lorde my God +broughest vp my life agayne out of corrupcion. When my soule faynted in +me / I thought on the lorde: & my prayer came in vn to the / even in to +thy holy temple. They y<sup>t</sup> obserue vayne vanities / haue forsakē him +that was mercifull vn to them. But I wil sacrifice vn to the with the +voce of thankesgeuinge / & will paye that I have vowed / that sauinge +cometh of the lorde.</p> + +<p>¶ And the lorde spake vn to the fish: and it cast out Ionas agayne vppon +y<sup>e</sup> drie lande.</p> + + +<p class="center">¶ The .iij. Chapter.</p> + +<p><span class="dropcap">T</span>hen came the worde of the lorde vn to Ionas agayne sayenge: vpp / ād +gett y<sup>e</sup> to Niniue that greate citie / & preache vn to thē the +preachynge which I bade y<sup>e</sup>. And he arose & wēt to Niniue at y<sup>e</sup> +lordes cōmaundmēt. Niniue was a greate citie vn to god / cōteynīge .iij. +dayes iourney.</p> + +<p> +<span class="pagebreak" title="44"> </span><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44"></a> +¶ And Ionas went to & entred in to y<sup>e</sup> citie euen a dayes iourney / +and cried sayenge: There shall not passe .xl. dayes but Niniue shalbe +ouerthrowen.</p> + +<p>¶ And the people of Niniue beleued God / and proclaymed fastynge / ād +arayed them selues in sackcloth / as well the greate as the small of +them.</p> + +<p>¶ And y<sup>e</sup> tydinges came vn to the kinge of Niniue / which arose out of +his sete / and did his apparell of & put on sackcloth / & sate hī downe in +asshes. And it was cried ād commaunded in Niniue by y<sup>e</sup> auctorite of +y<sup>e</sup> kinge ād of his lordes sayenge: se that nether mā or beest / oxe or +shepe tast ought at al / & that they nether fede or drinke water.</p> + +<p>¶ And they put on sackcloth both man ād beest / & cried vn to God +mightily / ād turned euery man from his weked waye / and frō doenge wrōge +in which they were acustomed / sayenge: who can tell whether god will +turne & repent / & cease from his fearce wrathe / that we perish not? And +when god saw theyr workes / how they turned from theyr weked wayes / he +repented on y<sup>e</sup> euell +<span class="pagebreak" title="45"> </span><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45"></a> +which he sayd he wold doo vn to them / ād dyd it +not.</p> + + +<p class="center">¶ The .iiij. Chapter.</p> + +<p><span class="dropcap">W</span>herfore Ionas was sore discontent ād angre. And he prayed vn to the +lorde ād sayd: O lord / was not this my sayenge when I was yet in my +contre? And therfore I hasted rather to fle to Tharsis: for I knew well +ynough that thou wast a mercifull god / ful of cōpassion / long yer thou +be angre and of great mercie and repentest when thou art come to take +punishment. Now therfore take my life from me / for I had leuer dye then +liue. And the lorde said vn to Ionas / art thou so angrie?</p> + +<p>¶ And Ionas gate him out of the citie and sate him downe on the est syde +theroffe / ād made him there a bothe ād sate thervnder in the shadowe / +till he might se what shuld chaunce vn to the citie.</p> + +<p>¶ And y<sup>e</sup> lorde prepared as it were a wild vine which sprāge vp ouer +Ionas / that he might haue shadowe ouer his heed / to deliuer him out of +his payne. And Ionas was exceadynge glad of the wild vine.</p> + +<p> +<span class="pagebreak" title="46"> </span><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46"></a> +¶ And the lorde ordeyned a worme agenst the springe of y<sup>e</sup> morow +mornīge which smote the wild vine / that it wethered awaye. And assone as +the sonne was vpp / God prepared a feruent eest winde: so that y<sup>e</sup> +sonne bete ouer the heed of Ionas / that he fainted agayne ād wished vn +to hys soule that he might dye / and sayd / it is better for me to dye +then to liue.</p> + +<p>¶ And god sayd vn to Ionas / art thou so angre for thy wild vine? And he +sayde / I am angrie a goode / even on to the deeth. And the lorde sayde / +thou hast compassion on a wild vine / wheron thou bestoweddest no laboure +ner madest it growe / which sprange vp in one night and perished in a +nother: and shuld not I haue compassion on Niniue that greate citie / +wherin there is a multitude of people / euen aboue an hundred thousande +that know not theyr right hand from the lyfte / besydes moch catell?</p> + +<div class="transnote"> + +<h3><a name="errors" id="errors">Transcriber's note</a></h3> + +<p>During transcription, a number of possible typographic errors and +doubtful readings were found, as listed below. No changes were made.</p> + +<p><a name="cn_4" id="cn_4"></a> + "then a <a href="#c_4">take</a> of Robī hode" possible error for + "then a tale of Robī hode" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_6" id="cn_6"></a> + "<a href="#c_6">rembenbir</a> that y<sup>e</sup> fulfillynge of y<sup>e</sup> law" possible error for + "remenbir that y<sup>e</sup> fulfillynge of y<sup>e</sup> law" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_9" id="cn_9"></a> + "agenst y<sup>e</sup> <a href="#c_9">holygost</a>" possible error for + "agenst y<sup>e</sup> holy gost" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_10a" id="cn_10a"></a> + "<a href="#c_10a">thongh</a> all christendome" possible error for + "though all christendome" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_10b" id="cn_10b"></a> + "an <a href="#c_10b">obligacō</a> betwene God and thy soule" possible error for + "an obligaciō betwene God and thy soule" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_12a" id="cn_12a"></a> + "younge scolars weake & <a href="#c_12a">foble</a>" possible error for + "younge scolars weake & feble" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_12b" id="cn_12b"></a> + "He <a href="#c_12b">brougt</a> the in to aduersite" possible error for + "He brought the in to aduersite" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_15" id="cn_15"></a> + "the <a href="#c_15">cōmaudemēt</a> of God" possible error for + "the cōmaūdemēt of God" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_16" id="cn_16"></a> + "none in respecte of him / <a href="#c_16">ad</a>" possible error for + "none in respecte of him / ād" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_17a" id="cn_17a"></a> + "did cast <a href="#c_17a">lotttes</a>" possible error for + "did cast lottes" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_17b" id="cn_17b"></a> + "to <a href="#c_17b">teper</a> thē" possible error for + "to tēper thē" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_17c" id="cn_17c"></a> + "is lawfull <a href="#c_17c">ad</a> in all like cases." possible error for + "is lawfull ād in all like cases." +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_18" id="cn_18"></a> + "proue vn to <a href="#c_18">te</a> Iewes" possible error for + "proue vn to the Iewes" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_22" id="cn_22"></a> + "Ionas had bene in <a href="#c_22">te</a> fishes bely" possible error for + "Ionas had bene in the fishes bely" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_26" id="cn_26"></a> + "for y<sup>e</sup> Iewes had <a href="#c_26">leuēded</a>" possible error for + "for y<sup>e</sup> Iewes had leuēed" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_28" id="cn_28"></a> + "leaue the vilest <a href="#c_28">herke</a>" possible error for + "leaue the vilest herbe" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_30" id="cn_30"></a> + "in <a href="#c_30">thofe</a> .ii. poyntes vncorrupte" possible error for + "in those .ii. poyntes vncorrupte" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_32" id="cn_32"></a> + "to loue <a href="#c_32">they</a> neyboure" possible error for + "to loue thy neyboure" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_34" id="cn_34"></a> + "<a href="#c_34">writtten</a> in thyne herte" possible error for + "written in thyne herte" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_39" id="cn_39"></a> + "<a href="#c_39">contynved</a> amonge vs" possible error for + "contynued amonge vs" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_42a" id="cn_42a"></a> + "latt vs not <a href="#c_42a">perih</a> for this mans deeth" possible error for + "latt vs not perish for this mans deeth" +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_42b" id="cn_42b"></a> + "& sacrificed <a href="#c_42b">sacrififice</a>" possible error for + "& sacrificed sacrifice" (hyphenated over line break) +</p> + +<p><a name="cn_43" id="cn_43"></a> + "and was <a href="#c_43">barredin</a>" possible error for + "and was barred in" +</p> + +</div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The prophete Ionas with an introduccion, by +William Tyndale + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PROPHETE IONAS *** + +***** This file should be named 24890-h.htm or 24890-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/4/8/9/24890/ + +Produced by Free Elf, Louise Pryor, Early English Books +Online and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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