Willian1Thorp's Preface, and what cauJed bim to write bis Examination. 6o 1 { ~:~;.} ~~~Cd:~o~e;;~~wVf,~~!n~~~~ ;;~~;i~~~~~~~;~ ~!ti~~~h=f.' ~d'i:~e~;~~~rc~~~* ~v~ !~eeu~g~~! ;!~;.: :~~ti~d~I~r;;:~h~~~fa~:"i~:~i~oi;~ ~;~~!%£~tF1~i~i!;;~~~~::~r~~ tollowfd. ~v::~y~~~~g t~ll; ~;~e~ft~~h=~~~~~~~~~~~~eJ~~\~e~ :~~~:yde~;~na~¥~~~e: t~::y)h;~j~~ ~1~~e ~:~.:: !:~ ~%:. th'lt he hath given to tl~m, tl~ Prebr~ of t~lS L:md _and move T )'tall~ ":lgatnft liS, to conctram ~ VIOlently to do ru:.~~di~.l theirMinillers, with thecovent of Pntfisch_leAyconlent· penanc_e, w_h1ch_ we w?'-dd not dowllfully. And troll: c..._ ing to them, enforce them moll bu!ily to wnhfiand, and that thiS d_omg IS a fpce~al grace or the Lord, and a gr~t deHroy the Ho!)• Ordin:mce of God: And there through token of h~e and rr~ercy. And no d~bt _who ev~r will God is greatly wrcth and moved to take hard \'eJJgeance, n?_t apply_hunfe\flasJs fardbcfore)topumfhhunfclf wilfully, not only upon them that do the evil, butalf? on them that neither will fuffer p3tiently, meekly_, and fj~ad~: the R~ ~: ..r:;•· ;~~:!~~~:i:i~;~ ::~~~~~~,:;~t~k:~?~~~ ~7~;:,~;:~·~~~E~~~£;;;j;~::~£~:f~ ~~~~~- :~~~~~> four things 1110\"e me tO wri~e th.L$ fcntenCC be- z;:C~:l .t~~~~rer:~~tfi~~~y ~~;~ ~~e~•, ~~S !~~~~~ The: firfi thing that moveth me !JC:rttoJs th1s,That where-- of mahcc and of Gmdgmg; therefore the lovns of thiS as it was known ro certain FrieJJds, that l Glmc from the World hare and purfue them that they know patient, Prifou of Sbrnvrbury, and 35 it bcfc_l indeed that 1 f~ld meek, chalt~,. and wilfully poor, hating and fleeing all ~~~~ ~~~~;o0~n~f;;tJJ,~;?tiiy~;~d~ r~!~~~~~;!J;:~~i:d:~~ ~~~d~~~~~1~:: :~~de;:~;~~~~;· to~hc r~~~:~:~~~f ~f~'~ :~i~;~cd1xfu~ t~~~~~ ~~r~~~Jfu;er~f t~~~~r~;.ldth':c ~1ai \VT~~ third thingthat moveth me to wri1e this fcntenc~· ~~~~~r4 might in any wife, I lhould write mine ap~fin~. and is this, I thought I lh:~\1 bufie me in m~ (elf tO do faith- ;h~~ft;:~~lw::wd~b~~~~~i~b~~i:~ll ~=~~s, ;~?,· i1:h~~~~~~~~~ :;j ;·~o;:~i~~~r~~~~~~~~: T he ftrond thing that JTlOVelh me (0 wri1e th1s fen-- malts) able them fo to grace, that th("y m1ght undcrlbnd n. f<COad teJlCC is this: Divers Friends, which. have heard that I truly the truth, and ha\·e and ufe \"ertue an~ pmdrncc, ....Wt. ha,·ebml examintdbcfore theArcl~1fhop, havecometo an~fudefcnctobc light)xd from above With Heavenly . me in Prifon, and counfclled me buhlyand coveted greatly W1fdom: fo that all their words and their works may be !t~6c:t!:~on) r:: :on~~:~~: ~~~e~~~e~~~ ~~b~1f,~~~ ~fu~~~d1 ~~i~; :~~~c~;,;r~; PJ~;n~i:~~rc~~:~tof~~.~~ ~fo~:~~ ~:;?! •• out and make know1~ both mine :~ypoiing and mme an- hGlt io1~ of Holy Church. For ~doubt not, but all they · fwering, for the proht that (as they fay) upon my know· that_wJ\1 3pply them to have thiS forefaid bufinefS, !hall ~~j~~n~~~r::~e ~;;~~~vits~t~t~~ ~e~e~~~~\~~~tlC; ~~!~11 o1f~h~1 Yt~~. t~:~~dsth~1:!~r ~. f~:J llld the words ~ I could, both th~t wcr~ _fpoken to me, t~rough Charit:~ble folks be m:~de afionilhe? in their conand th:lt I fpake: pcr:Hh·rnnrre ~hiS wntmg may come faeJK"C, and petad\•enturecom•mcd from V1ce; to Venues: another time ~or~ the Archb1fhop and his Council and a_lfo,_ they that labour ro know and to keep fuithful.ty And ?f this Coun!eflmg I was right gb.d : for in_ my the b1dd1ngs of God, and to fuffer patiently all adverlities, confoe:nce l wasmovedrodothisthing, andtoaskh1the-r· lhillhe-rebycomfortmanyfriends. tothefpecialhelrofGoc!- Andfolhen l confKieringthe And ~he fourth thing thlt moveth me to writcthisTHrouna grcatdefireofd1v~ F"neJ1dsoffundryplac~ according frntcnceJsthis: I know bymyfi.Jddmandunwarncdap--C211k. ~1~~~11 ~;~~~td~~11?~~:~~~v:d1: ~Ytl~:~s ~~~2111~ k~~:gw~:1!u~n~~~~~~~g,abl~~t~le~~fe~~:J ,:~~f~t;~~~t~l~~ and their charitable 3elire, fame profit tmght come there after thm cu~mmg and rhc1r power, to follow Clm!t pat!· through. For foori_Jfufincfs and tn~th hath thcfe condi· emly, trlve_l!mgbutily, privily 3nd apcrtly in work an? in tions: wherd"OC\·er Jtis impugned, lt hath a fweet fmel!, word, fOWithdrawwhomfocn.-r that 1hey may fTom Vrccs, ;~~~- , j~~~;~~~n:7:~~sf~~:~l~:U:~ ~~~~(st~~~~~v~:~ ;:~~~~~:i~;~~e~ ttl~;[l:~in\~~~7 fu~t~;~i~~:~: ~";,'JE 1~· !bud the truth, the greater a~Jd the fwttter fmeU cometh th~ be bom ur in vain·g~ry through prefiunption_of their therrof. !tnd therefore thiS He:m:tlly _find! of <?ods W1fdom, nor mrla_mcd w1th any world!r _profpcnry; b~t ~~~~1wi~I~1Jc:t~~~d ~~~~ :~:\~~:~ ~~lt~~~;~;:~l~ ~h~rw~f~~ ~~uff;r~n~~~i~;;;~~t~:;&~~~~~~;~;~~~ n eth thereaf£tr. And thusfomc deal by this writmg may gn!dgmg wh3t!Oever Rod the Lord will chafhfe them ~n:;~lt· :i:;t!~~dt~;~(~n~s ~~~;~ il~0~r~ci~h~~S~e)E\:~ ~it~~~h~~!~~~~~~t;c~= i~~~ ;~~~/l_f~i~~~~~i~~~.'0a~~o~~ ;~~~:~ force them to WJthfian? the Fretdom of Chnfis <?"ofpcl, every \).)lilt of Temptation tha~ any Enemy purpoftd for to pcr(tcutflt. for which Freedom Chrifi became M:tn and lhed. hL$hr.art do~gainlt them. To fu_ch faithful Lovcrsfpechl!;', and blood. And therefore itisgrcat_pity and farrow, t~at pa.t!entFollowersofCim~, theLordfeJtdethbyhiswif· many Men and Wom~n do the~r own wayw:1rd w1ll, dom from above them wh1ch the adverfaries or the truth and bufiethcmnot to know nor todo the pJCJ.fa.ntwill of may not knownorunderfbnd. But through theiroldand God. new unlhamefafi: fins, thofe T yrants and Enemies of TheMmand Women thathCJ.r the~t~and foot\~· foothfa!tnetifhalllxfoblindtdandob!linateinevil,thatthey fafin~ and he::u or know of rhis (permvmg what ts lhlll wttn.themftlves ~o. do pltafant Sacririces unto the ::'~l.1 a~.· now m the Church) ~ght herethrough to be the more Lord ~od m ~heir m.lhCJous Jnd wrongful purfuing and ~i~~:ol~ kc01~~/~~~~ ~~ei~h;~~l:~, a~~~,~~h~ ~~it~~~· t~~~~ i~: ~!~~;;~Jgv?fo~~::f~~ ~~i~ ;~~~~~~~%~,;~~~d to;~f,~~~ f?rfakewilfullyand bodilyallthewretchcdnefsofthishfe, trueknowledgmg of the truth, andthcirpo~tie~Jt, WJUi.!l iutcc they know not_ how foon, nor when, 1_1or \~here, and glad !i.1ffering of per{ecmion for righteoufix:IS, dder~·c nor by whom God will re:~cl_1 them and a!fay thar J:X~-tlenc~, through the grace of God, to be Heirs of the endlefs bhiS For l"J? doubt, who ever w1!1 live piteoufly, tOOt~ char!· of HtaYen. A1KI !Or the ferve~u del ire and grCJ.t l?w that T~~~oa ~~r~~:~~ri~Jeef~fc~~ ~~~~;~wT:~e :~ trfis ~:; f:j ~:ef~~:~~ 13rh~~0 ~dd!~;~ :dh~~\~~~,~~·"h:~~~~ ~!:~ !:I3f:kl~ b~~·,ct~ndh~w.i~~gL~r~1~~~{j~~~;I~~:J ~~~:ht~~~r:~eda~~ ~~~~hA~:~a~~tl~~e ~~~~~~~~ ~hertfore: and fo of this v1ht)'and lndcoufiJdSoflin, Wlllin_dt:lthour oftheir:mf\vermg_fpt"J.kin th~and ~t behooveth us to hofieus in all our wits,to abhor and hold !hew Ius wifdom, that all their Enem1es fluiJ oot g.unfay, mour mind a gr~t ihamc tlf fin ever, and fo 1hen we nor againiland, lawfully. E e c: And
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