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A00284	The fortresse of fathers ernestlie defending the puritie of religion, and ceremonies, by the trew expositio[n] of certaine places of Scripture: against such as wold bring in an abuse of idol stouff, and of thinges indifferent, and do appoinct th'aucthority of princes and prelates larger then the trueth is. Translated out of Latine into English for there sakes that vnderstand no Latine by I.B.	I. B., fl. 1566.	1566 (1566)	STC 1040; ESTC S101361	39,585	76

of the world The same Rodolphus a little after in the same chapter CAuete a Scribis inquit Beware saith he of the Scribis in dede it is but A short sentence but such a one as many men doubtles thought vntollerab e. For he speaketh of them which for the space of many hundred yeres occupied the chiefe place in the Church To whom God had con mitted his lawe and the key of knowledge as it is sayde in another place which also sitting in the preachinge Stoole of Moyses gloried much that they did succede the old Priestes and Prophetes The people must depart and not acknowledge the Phareso for Paslors and occupied their places yet for all that Christ moueth his Disciples that they shold beware of them that is to say that they sholde not knovvledge them to be their Pastors but rather that they shold depart from them for so Sainct Peter the Apostle semeth afterwardes to expound these wordes when as he saieth to them of Ierusalem that axed counsell of hym separemini a generatione ista praua Loter might some auctor of scisme Seperate or depart your selues from this crooked and frow ard generation But what other thinge was this then to make A Scisme or sedition vnto them VVhen cōcord is euell and Vhen dissentiou is good which vntill that time semed to be knit together by A greable consent emongest them selues but as euery concord and agrement is not good so euery deuisiō or dissent is not euill and as they offende which agree together in it that is euell so they deserue no small praise which disturbe and breake vp such concorde and agrement that they may learne to cōsent vnto the trueth which before did conspire and agree together in lyes The same Rodolphus vvritynge also vpon the same Chapiter sayeth THe Pope calleth home againe from banishment not only the Iewish ceremonies but also the ceremonies of the Gentiles and he putteth them to death that desiar to enioy the christian lybertie And a little after he sayeth Euangelio omnis in religione imaginum vsus prohibetur quem simul in lege Propheris damnari certum est In religion all vse of Images is forbydden by the gospell whose vse also is condemned without all doubt in the lawe and the Prophets The same Rodolphus vpon the first Chap. of the Apostoles Actes THere ought nothynge to be preached Reformers of religion must uot bring in superfluous rites abolished or taught in the Church sauynge onely such doctrine as was deliuered by the holy Ghost for the Chirch or cōgregation is the howse of God in the which the voyce of the good man of the howse ought onely to be heard and all thinges ought to be ordered accordinge to his appoinctment And a little after he sayeth we do gather that the Kingdome of GOD ought to be set a broade and defended neither vvith carnall vveapons neither by the strength of the Princes of this vvorlde But with the preachinge of the word wherwith the spitit of Christ vseth for to worke strongly in meus mindes The same Gualterus vpon the xiiij Chap. of the Actes if that the Apostles durst not take vpon them such aucthoritie as to go away from Christes commaundement and to thrust new traditions vnto the Churches doubtles their rashnes and presumption can not in any wise be accused who at this tyme vnder their name and pretence dare so vnshamefastly do it The same Rodolphus vpon the 2. of Sainct Marcke THis is also to be marked that mans traditiones can neither be ioyned VVho are Destroyers of religion neither he made to agree with the gospell And they that go about that purpose do nothinge els but by litle endeauor to ouerthrowe all religion for emongest these there is great discord but where as Christ is allowed who is made vnto vs of God the right wisedome all the wisedome of man must nedes giue place with all his traditiōs And a litle furder he saith As in husbandry hit is conuenient A litle popish leauen mareth all religion that the thornes and brambles shal be first plucked vp by the rootes if thow wilt haue any sede to growe and to bringe forth fruite so except all thynges be taken away cuen at once it can neuer bringe forth worthie fruites For of small remnauntes that abide behinde we shall see greate heapes of errors to springe vp wherefore those commaundemētes that were giuen for the pulling downe of Altars breaking of Idoles in peces appeare yet still Which GOD wold so earnestly to be kept that he wold that the very golde which was sometime consecrated vnto Idoles shold be cast away and be burnt And in diuers places certaine Kynges are reproued and blamed which haue bestowed no euell or small labor in reforminge of doctrine religion because they leafte vnput downe or not destroyed the high places which some called Chapells which before their times were the Shoppes or worke howses of false worshippinge And wold to God there were not now exaples in this oure tyme whych sufficiently teache vs how ieperdous a thynge hit is that there do remaine som remnauntes of instrumentes of olde supersticion for they fetch from hence occasion to sinne whych vnder pretence of the gospell seke theyr owne profit Keapinge of olde rites maketh Boner and the wicked hope well Furthermore there is giuen hope to men that are supersticious that theyr supersticion shal be restored agayne Which wyth stand the reformation of the Church Therefore all Ministers and Magistrates ought diligently to take heede and marke this sentence of Chrȳst that wee go not about to sewe the n. we or raw cloth of thee gospell to supersticions whyche in dede are an olde and a rent garment but let vs vse greate diligencie and vnceaseable zeale to ouerthrowe them The same Gualterus vvrytynge vpon the 7. chap. of the Actes of the Apostles THe primitiue church as we see here had her diseases neyther are they lyght trespasses neyther small faultes which are here rehersed but horrible faultes they put difference betwene Nation and Natiō they are diuided with factions they occupie contention and that not preuely they bewray the bytternes of theyr mindes most wyckedly by theyr murmuryng Therefore we see that the primatiue Church was infected wyth that synne for the whych many thowsandes vnder Moyses were ouerthrowne in the Wyldernes The same Gualterus vpon the fyrst chap. of the Actes of the Aposties THerefore it is an vngodly and a tirannicall rashues of them whych thinke that they may make newe Articles of the fayth and to thrust into the Church traditiōs by the aduise of mans reason ¶ FINIS

This must come in in the 23. page after these vvordes in the 12 line To render our reasons But Lord how vnfitlie the text of leremie is Wrasted agaīst vs as though he had exhorted the lewis to seke the peace of the Bailonians by receyuing such attires rites and Ceremonies as migh make them seme one people and in one religion with the Babiloniall Idolaters And touching S. Paull hit hath bene the custome of the Chirch of God to striue for the treuth euen to the death I ynally S. Augustyn spekith of ciuill lawes and not Ceremonies Which are profitable to sustaine our liffe and hurt not the religion of God The Fortresse of Fathers ernestlie defending the puritie of Religion and Ceremonies by the trew expositiō of certaine places of Scripture against such as wold bring in an Abuse of Idol stouff and of thinges indifferent and do appoinct th'aucthority of Princes and Prelates larger then the trueth is Translated out of Latine into English for there sakes that vnderstand no Latine by I. B. ACTES IX Saul Saul why presecutest thou me What art thou Lord I am Iesus whome thou persecutest It is hard for the to kick against the prickes c. Go into the Citie and hit shal be told the what thou shalt do M.D.LXVI The Names of the Fathers in this fortresse 1 Sainct Ambrose B. of Millane 2 Theophilact B. of Bulgaria 3 Erasmus Roterodame the Peerle of this age 4 Martine Bucer some time Reader of the Diuinite lector in Cambridg 5 Peter Martyr somtime reder of the Diuinitie lector in oxford 6 Iohn Epinus superintendent of Hamburg 7 Matthias Flacius Illyricus 8 Philip Melancthon 9 Iohn Alasco Baron of Poleland and superintendent of all the straungers chirch in Englond 10 Henry Bullinger 11 Wolfgangus Musculus Reder of Diuinitie in Berna 12 Rodolphus Gualterus The places wheron those fathers in this Forteresse do stand In thold Testament The Iudges Peter Martyr vpon the. 8. The 1. Reg. Peter Martyr vppon 18. The 2 Reg. Peter Martyr vppon 10. 2. The Places of the Newe Testament In Matthevv Erasmus vppon th 11. Bucer vppon the. 18. Musculus vppon the. 22. Philip Melancthon vppon 27. Marc. Rodolph Gualter vppon 2.12 Act. Gualter vppon the. 1.6 Rom. Peter Martyr vppon 13. Philip Melancth vppon 13 14. 1. Cor. Ambrose vppon the. 7. Theophilact vppon the. 7 Peter Martyr vppon the. 7. 2. Cor. Musculus vppon the. 2. Ephes Martine Bucet vppon 1. Musculus vppon 2. 1. Pet. Erasmus annotac vppon 5. In There tractesies Musculus in Chap. of Magistrates Musculus in Chap. of Minister of the word Bullinger in his Decade 5. ser 9. Bullinger De orig haeres c. 6. Iohn Alasco against the same thinges Iohn Epinus against the same thinges Matth. Fiacius against the same thinges TO ALL SVCH AS VNFAInedly hate in the zeale of a Godly loue all monumentes and remnauntes of Idolatrie The translator wisheth perseueraunce into th end through Christ Iesus THis hath allvvayes ben the practise and policie of the Fend to trouble the Congregationes of Christe that haue rece●ued some strēgth in Doctrine vvith the questions of Ceremonies of thinges indifferent and Dominion as a me●●e vvherby he often doeth assuredly preuaile vvhyl●st that the brethern only regardinge the direct Doctrine of faith do littel attend that these thinges in there vse touch and concerne often times the first table but aivvayes the second and so in regard of the second also the first As in Corinth it did appere in Pauls time and sithenc in diuers ages By practisinge of vvhich deuise he thincketh novv onles God help vs to ouerthrovve the vvorke of God begon emongest vs in England Against vvhich daunger it behoueth all men as in a commune al arme to put forth him self to serue But for as much as it hath hether to ben reported that this is but a particuler combate against the Mimsters of London I haue here translated into our English speache the Iudgements of certaine fathers beynge on those Ministers side To this intent that both trueth of Religion Reuerene of these Fathers orels shame might preuent the enemie by causinge the lordinge B. to ceasse and retire there folly And also may strenghthen such as stand and restore those that ar fallen through there deuises And to the fuller accomplishing her of I haue poincted ovvt vvhere and on vvhose side those reuerend Fathers Maister Bullinger and Gualter ar and stand Whose letters they haue iniustely abused as hauing obtained them the plaine case and trueth of the deformed estate of the Chirch of England not opened truly to them As er● hit belonge you shall deare Christians I hope vnderstand by there vvritinges if they ceasse not to abuse there first Thus thristinge your health in Christ I humbly eraue your prayers to God that by his spirit he vvill guide me to knovve his vvill to performe the same through Christ The Lord Iesus kepe you and blesse you all Amen ¶ CERTAINE CONCLVSIONS partly holden and defended by good Docters sentences contained in this booke and partly to be defended by the Translator if the same be not sufficiently defended by the Doctours mentioned in this Booke against all that vvyll vvrite against them THE Kynge Prince or other supreme Magistrate hath power and aucthoritie to exercise his sword and to punish with it all the Bushoppes Elders and Clerckes of his Realme or Countrey yf they be offendors Breakers of Gods lawe either with imprisonment or depriuation or with Death or any such lyke punishmēt according to the greatnes of the offence that is committed If the Bishops or Elders either do not they re dewties in preaching or preache false Doctrine and commit faultes worthey depriuatiō he may commaund the Clergie that is neither infected with false doctrine nor Idolatrie neither defiled with any notable crime of euell lyfe to examin the fautie Bushops and their Doctrine and if they deserue hit suspend them depriue them or to make them recante The Lordshippe of Bushops now exercised ouer both the rest of the Clergie and ouer the lay people hath no grounde in the word of God Christ is onely the head of his mistical bodie which is the Chirch as the Prince or cheif Magistrate is the head of the Politique bodie of his Realme and countrey The supreme Magistrate is bound to obey the worde of God preached by Christes Messen gers and he is also subiect to the discipline of the Chirch Neither the Prince nor anie Prelate hath any aucthoritie by the word of God to make any ecclesiasticall lawe or rite to bind mens consciences in paine of dedly sinne to kepe them Princes haue aucthoretie so to reforme the Chirch that they reforme it not after any Doctrine or traditions of their owne makinge or any other mans makynge But onely accordinge to the written word of God and then shall they bringe none of theire policies into the Church be they neuer so gorgeous and goodly to looke to As the