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An humble supplication unto God for the restoring of his holy word, unto the…An humble supplicacion vnto God for the restoring of hys holye woorde, vnto the…
An humble supplication unto God for the restoring of his holy word, unto the church of England, most mete to be said in these our days, even with tears of every true [and] faithful English heart.An humble supplicacion vnto God for the restoring of hys holye woorde, vnto the churche of Englande, mooste mete to be sayde in these oure dayes, euen with teares of euery true [and] faythfull English harte.
printed by J. Lambrecht?, 1554
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Heretofore we were taught to caste out of our temples the Idols and Mammets wherewith many committed spiritual whoredom and ran an whoring / and to garnish the church with the holy scriptures / that the people might learn to know & to fear thee.1 But now the ungodly papists have brought the matter to this point / that the sentences of thy blessed law are blotted / & utterly wiped out of the temples / & Idols are there placed manifestly and directly / against thy blessed commandment / which thy enemies call lay mens Calendars2 ⟨image 18⟩or books / as though o Lord God / the people might sooner be brought unto the knowledge of the / by looking on deformed stocks & stones / than by reading thy holy & blessed word.3 Thy Son & our saviour Christ commandeth us to search the scriptures / and not to behold Idols and Mammets.4 He that is of god / saith he / heareth the word of god. He sayeth not / he that is of god rū eth unto Images / & seeth what goodness he can pick out of them. Again he sayeth: My sheep hear my voice.5 He sayeth not my sheep hath a delight and pleasure too behold vain Idols and Mahound like Mammets.6 Thy servant David calleth them blessed / that search thy testimonies and have a pleasure too study in thy law day and night.7 For thy holy word is only the book / wherein thy people ought to look / and not dumb Images & carved Idols / which are cursed of the in thy holy law / yea & the makers of them also.8 Ah Lord God / they that have this procured / that thy holy word should be wiped and blotted out of the churches / is it not to be thought / that their names are blotted and wiped out of the oke of life also Yea / is it not too be thought that such Antichrists would gladly have both the / & thy holy word / yea / & thy blessed name so blotted & wiped out of all mens hearts / that thou mightest never be