A06509:13
The images of a very Christen bishop, and of a counterfeit bishopThe images of a verye Chrysten bysshop, and of a couterfayte bysshop
London : Imprinted by William Marshall i.e. Robert Wyer, 1536?London : Imprynted by Wyllyam Marshall i.e. Robert Wyer, 1536?
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LO I have put my words in thy mouth: behold I have set the to day over nations & kingdoms / For I have ordained and made the to day to be as a fenced City, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass, to the kings of Judah, to the princes ⟨image 10⟩and rulers of it / and to the priests, & to all the people. And they shall make war against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith the lord to deliver thee.
LO I haue put my wordes ī thy mouthe: beholde I haue sette the to daye ouer nacyons & kyngdomes / For I haue ordeyned and made the to daye to be as a fenced Cytie, and a pyller of yron, and a walle of brasse, to the kynges of Iuda, to the prynces ⟨image 10⟩and rulers of it / and to the preestes, & to all the people. And they shall make warre agaynst the, but they shall not preuayle agaynst the: for I am with the, sayth the lorde to delyuer the.
NO we this Jeremy as touching to his personage & estate, 1was far under kings, princes, & priests / A man utterly contempt and abject / borne in a pore little Town called Anathot: 2and yet all this not withstanding, he was sent by god to preach the word of the lord, and to be a comptroller over all men, and against all the highest estates and head officers & rulers of the people. Besides this, 3Christ him self, as he is described in the gospel, was a very contemptible, an abject, & a low personage in the sight of ⟨image 10⟩the world, without any high power or empire and lordship at all. Now I pray you, whom did he must principally rebuke? what other persons did he reprove then only the chief priests, the scribes, and the pharisees? & to be short, who soever were great & high in dignity & authority. And in so doing, he would be an example unto all preachers, that they should boldly & without any fear rebuke the great & high heads among the people, when they do work against god because both salvation & perdition resteth most in the heads / why should we then follow the foolish, furious & mad laws of the bishop of Rome, against the example of christ & of all the prophets Why (I say) should we spare & forbear those great lords spunall.