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A13565	The recantations as they were seuerallie pronounced by VVylliam Tedder and Anthony Tyrrell (sometime two seminarie priests of the English Colledge in Rome and nowe by the great mercie of almightie God conuerted, vnto the profession of the Gospell of Iesus Christ) at Paules Crosse, the day and yeere as is mentioned in their seuerall tytles of theyr recantations vvith an epistle dedicatorie vnto Her Maiestie and their seuerall præfaces vnto the reader, contayning the causes that mooued them to the same.	Tedder, William.; Tyrrell, Anthony, 1552-1610? Recantation or abjuration of Anthonie Tyrrell.	1588 (1588)	STC 23859.3; ESTC S4937	25,091	50

his allowing His Decrées Definitions Traditions and Ceremonies are of equall credit with the holy Scripture for wee are bounde to beléeue them vpon paine of damnation as well as the other Hee alone hath the kéeping of the Churches Treasure which as they say consisteth of the merits of Christ and of his Saints wherein hée committeth an horrible blasphemie to make the Saints coparteners with Christ in the act of our Redemption What shall néede many wordes he is the contayner of all trueth he cannot erre so that the resolution of the Papists fayth doth depende vppon the Pope alone If any Papist doo obiect and say that I say vntruelie for that they grounde their Fayth vppon the definition of the Church I woulde but aske them what Church they meane surely they meane not the vniuersall Church of Christ but the perticuler Church of Rome if that may be called a Church that is infected with so great a contagion and who I pray you is the Gouernour and Ruler of the Churche but the Pope alone As for the Generall Counsels whereof they bragge so much it is a most vaine and friuolous thing For no Counsell can be called without the Popes sommoning and no Counsell can bee of authority without his confirming so that the full resolution of any doubt in doctrine dependeth vppon the Pope alone be he neuer so vnlearned neuer so wicked a man O vnhappy Church that resteth vpon such a one From hence procéeded all my errours in doctrine whatsoeuer for whilst I grounded my fayth vppon the authoritie of the Pope I had small regarde or none at all vnto the holy Scripture I cared not although I wanted prooues for my doctrine out of the worde of GOD it was sufficient that I coulde say thus it is set downe by the Pope thus wee must beléeue and therefore the Popes Diuinitie may well be called positiue for it is set downe after his owne fashyon From hence procéeded my error of the Masse that it was a sacrifice propitiatorie for the quick and the dead From hence my error of transubstantiation that the Sacrament of the Lords Supper was to he administred vnto the Laie people vnder one kind That the publique seruice of the Church was to be celebrat in an vnknowne tongue That there were fiue Sacraments more then euer Christe did institute From hence procéeced my doctrine of Purgatorie Pardons Prayer for the dead and satis-factitions From hence inuocation of Saints worshipping of Images and Pylgrimages did procéede with many other absurdities too long héere to repeate Let it suffise I beseeche you that in one worde I renownce the Pope and all his doctrine who for that hee hath mounted so high with the King of Babylon it cannot be but that the like pryde wil haue the like like fall and therefore I wyll recyte but hys fall and there I will leaue him It followeth in the Prophet Veruntamen ad infernum detraheris in profundum laci Notwithstanding thou shalt be drawne downe to hell vnto the bottome of the Lake from the which good Lorde deliuer mee and all good men And thus much of my errors that I doo renounce Hauing by Gods prouidence emptied my vessell of this vnsauorie liquor may it please you in a word to vnderstand what liquor I haue receiued in for as the Philosopher sayth Non est vacūm in rerum natura The liquor therefore that I haue receiued surely is no other then that which I haue drawne out of the pure Fountayne of Gods most holie word And I beléeue that all things necessary for mans saluation are sufficiently contained in Gods most holie word and that no man is bound to beléeue as an Article of hys Fayth any other doctrine then is expressed in holy Scripture or by necessary consequence may be deduced out of the same And because I would not séeme to be carried from hence foorth wyth anye perticuler spyrite I doo firmely assent vnto all those Articles of Religion which haue béene set downe by the common consent of the learned Clergie of thys Realme vnto the which for that I doo find them in all poynts agréeable vnto Gods most holy worde I haue most willingly subscribed and shall defend them God wylling against all the aduersaries whomsoeuer And thus much as touching my present beléefe of doctrine Nowe lastly it remaineth that I doo aske perticuler and publique forgiuenes according to the persons against whom and according to the quallitie of the offence wherein I haue offended And heere I must confesse to the greater honor of almighty God that I haue had manie and vehement temptations to hinder me from this action of repentaunce but the temptations béeing but worldly and fleshly with the sword of Gods spirit I haue cut them a sunder vnto nothing and against the shame of the worlde I haue learned to say Melius est confundi in hoc saeculo quam in futuro Better it is to be confounded in this world then in the worlde to come And against pryde and haughtines of minde the which temptations dyd much molest me I haue learned to say with Augustine Melior est in malis factis humilis confessio quam in bonis superba gloriatio Better it is when a man hath doone euil humblie to confesse his fault then proudly to vaunt of any good deed And rather I had with the penitent Publican confesse my selfe an open sinner then with the proude Pharisey to proue my selfe a lyer I doo therefore in all humilitie prostrate my selfe first before the mercy seate of the omnipotent Maiestie crauing pardon and forgiuenes from the bottom of my hart for my many sinnes and offences Secondly of the Quéenes most excellent Maiestie my gratious Lady and dread Soueraigne whose great mercie and clemencie towards mee I haue ouermuch abused First by liuing fifteene yeeres beyonde the Seas among her Maiesties professed enemies and foure yeres hauing béene of the Romaine Seminary from whence I was sent by the Pope and the Iesuites into this her Maiesties Realme Eyght yeeres I haue conuersed and raunged vppe and down within her Maiesties Dominions as a Seminary priest except some small time that I had beene in pryson to sowe the seede of sedition of false doctrine and to gaine as many of her Maiesties Subiects vnto the Pope as I coulde Yet must I protest that I coulde neuer in my life be induced to consent vnto any treacherous practise against her Maiesties person and that alwaies it gréeued mee when I did heare her Maiestie mistermed or vnreuerently spoken of at anie time I must confesse that I was priuie vnto a great part of the Treason of Ballard and Babyngton and I discouered my knowledge thereof vnto an honorable Counseller of this Realme but after that I was fallen vnto the Pope againe for the sauing of his credite and his Seminarie Priestes I denyed all againe and therfore I doo craue of her Maiesty pardon and forgiuenes againe and againe Thirdlie I aske forgiuenes of the right reuerend Father in God my Lord Archbishoppe of Canterburie his grace for that I haue abused his fatherly goodnes with deepe dyssimulation Fourthlie I most humblie craue pardon and forgiuenes of the right honorable my especiall good Lord the Lorde high Treasurer of England whose godlie expectation of me by my sinister and leude dealinges I haue ouermuch abused and yet his honor alwaies recompensed myne euill with good againe Fiftly I craue pardon and forgiuenes of this honourable worshipfull and worthy assemblie Finallie of all the world and especially of all my déere and louing Countreymen and those whom I haue anie manner of waies deceiued with anie corrupt or peruerse doctrine praying GOD to conuert them as he hath conuerted me that I with them and they with me may liue together in the Kingdome of Heauen Most humbly beséeching you right honorable worshipfull and the rest to open the bowels of your compassyon to me and that you wold not so much respect what mannner of man I haue béene as to consider what nowe by the grace of GOD I am and by the same grace shall so continue If it may please you to vouchsafe me this my first petition that euer I requested at your hands in this publique manner I shal be so carefull by Gods grace to conserue so great a benefite as I hope neuer to trouble you in the like againe It pleased GOD the last Sunday to reioyce your harts at the conuersion of a sinner which ioy that then was made did represent the ioy in Heauen I hope that he shall reioyce your harts againe to day and I pray God you may so reioyce your harts euery day vntill wee come vnto that compleat and perfect ioy where we may ioy for euer and say Haec est dies quam fecit Dominus exultemus et laetemur in ea This is the daie which the Lord hath made let vs reioyce be merrie therein God that hath enclyned my harte vnto repentaunce I hope wil also encline your harts to yéelde forgiuenes To his Maiestie béeing thrée persons in Trinitie and one in vnitie be all honour prayse glorie and dominion bothe nowe and euermore Amen God saue the Queene Haec omnia superscripta vere et non ficte ex animo et corde fuisse dicta testis est mihi Deus manuque propria sunt exarata Anthonius Tyrrell

THE Recantations as they were seuerallie pronounced by VVylliam Tedder and Anthony Tyrrell sometime two Seminarie Priests of the English Colledge in Rome and nowe by the great mercie of almightie God conuerted vnto the profession of the Gospell of Iesus Christ at Paules Crosse the day and yeere as is mentioned in their seuerall Tytles of theyr Recantations VVith an Epistle dedicatorie vnto her Maiestie and their seuerall Praefaces vnto the Reader contayning the causes that mooued them to the same NOSCE TE IPSVM NE QVID NIMIS LOVE AND LYVE AT LONDON Printed by Iohn Charlewood and VVilliam Brome Anno Domini M.D.LXXXVIII DIûa potens cuius decantant Sydera laudes Quae tibi dante Deo regia s●eptra tenes Pro te pugnantem crûdelis sensit Hiberus Quique domi volûit te spoliare Deum Sceptra tibi se● firma manēt et firma manebūt Es quoniam f●lix te protegente Deo To the most noble vertuous and gracious Princesse Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England Fraunce and Irelande defendresse of the fayth c. Your Maiesties two late conuerted Subiects from Papisme vnto the profession of the Gospell of Iesus Christ Wylliam Tedder Anthonie Tyrrell wysh long health and a most prosperous raigne and finally the eternall health of body and soule with Iesus Christ in the worlde to come NExt vnto the infinite mercie of almightie God most gracious Soueraigne we haue to thanke your Maiestie that we liue not onelie this short and transitorie life which is but a passage vnto death but so to liue that we may die to liue for euermore For what other assurance haue we of eternall life but to die in the true faith of Iesus Christ of the which whosoeuer maketh wracke it cannot bee but hee must perrish euerlastinglie Howe miserablie we haue beene tossed on the sourges of schismes deuisions howe sore we haue beene ouerwhelmed with the waues of heresies and ouerflowen with the floods of Idolatrie and superstition howe vnnaturallie we haue beene carried away from our dutifull allegeance and howe miraculously we haue beene brought home againe your Ma. in viewing this short discourse that followeth in part may vnderstand And since it hath pleased God to conuert vs vnto his trueth and your highnes to pardon our offences and trecheries passed we can not doubt but behauing our selues like true and perfect paenitents vnto almighty God and dutifull Subiects vnto your highnes You will vouchsafe to protect vs for the time to come against all our enemies and aduersaries whomsoeuer Jn hope whereof wee haue presumed to present your Maiestie as a Newe yeeres gift the first fruites of our repentaunce beseeching God so to endue vs with the gift of perseueraunce that we may fructifie better for the time to come And thus beeing loth to offende your Maiestie with manie words most humbly crauing pardon for this that wee haue doone wee ende with our humble and hartie prayers that your Maiestie may long liue and raigne ouer vs to the setting forth and aduauncing of Gods most holie worde comfort and consolation of all good Christians and confusion of Antechrist and all his adhaerents wherevnto vnfainedlie we saie Amen Your highnes most humble and dailie Orators William Tedder Anthonie Tyrrell THE Recantation made at Paules Crosse by William Tedder Seminarie Priest the first of December Anno. 1588. PSALME 118. Impulsus euersus sum vt caderem et Dominus suscepit me I was sore shaken that I was like to fall but the Lord hath vpholden mee VVherunto is adioyned The recantation or abiuration of Anthonie Tyrell sometime Prieste of the English Colledge in Rome pronounced by himselfe at Paules Crosse the next Sunday following in the same yeere Seene and allowed according to the order appointed AT LONDON Printed by Iohn Charlewoode and VVylliam Brome Anno. Dom. 1588. ❧ To the Christian Reader BEfore you come to the reading of this my recantation J thought good to aduertise you first of the cause that moned mee to publishe it in print which is the satisfaction of all my Countreymen First of them that were present at the pronouncing of the same for though they did heare mee speake in that place where I did vtter it yet hearde they not all that heere is sette down for the shortnes of time caused me to omitt that which I did Secondly I haue added something more then was in that copie such are moste of the authorities noted in the margent out of the Scriptures and certaine verses which heere I haue put downe Thirdlie I thought it not sufficient to haue pronounced it in one place I know it had beene sufficient for the assembly there present But my desire is that all her Maiesties Subiects whersoeuer though they heard me not shold haue if it please them a copie of my Recantation in theyr hands First to peruse for their satisfaction Secondly to prayse God for myne effectuall conuersion I am nowe to entreate the Christian Reader not to consider so much the stile wherein I haue written it as the affection wherewith I did write it and when you haue seene the same I beseech you to pray God to continue me in that good worke which his maiestie hath begun very gratiously in mee Your harty welwiller William Tedder ¶ The Recantation of William Tedder Seminarie Prieste pronounced by himselfe at Paules Crosse the first of December Anno. 1588. ALthough euen from my childehoode in a manner I haue béene noseled vp in the faith or rather error of the Church of Rome bothe my Parents béeing vehemently addicted to the same Yet my fault was so much the greater because I did not onely obstinatlie but also in a manner desperatly persist in that Sinagogue against mine owne conscience For I was alwaies distracted in minde with doubts of the greatest points of that Religion As of the Pope his authoritie The doctrine of transubstantiation The presumption of fréewill The fancy of purgatorie The derogatorie sacrifice of the Masse and such like In the which opinions I waded so far that if the helpe of the Lord GOD had not beene at hand it had béene to mine vtter ruine and confusion But séeing it hath pleased God to call mee backe againe I will say as Dauid said Psal 94. If the Lord had not helped me it had not failed but my soule had beene put to silence Againe I was in greater faulte for though I thought they could prooue these Articles by authoritie of Counselles and Fathers and as they beare men in hand by good reasons yet could I finde not so much as the grounde of one worde for them in the holy Scriptures And thus béeing ouerwhelmed with so great waters Psal 69. I was constrained to say with the Prophet I sticke fast in the deepe myre where no grounde is I am come into deepe waters so that the floods runne ouer mee Thrée causes there were which kept me so long in mine obstinancie and errors which béeing

him at his return he would pay him againe Yet consider they not that in that Parable our Sauiour exhorteth vs to mutuall loue neighbourly charitie and that euery man is bounde to doo good vnto his neighbour in time of néede They denie that faith is sufficient to iustifie vs in Gods sight without our owne merits 8 Good woorkes contrary to the doctrine of the Apostle in his Epistles to the Romaines and Galathians For good works are indeede required at our handes not as the cause but as the effect of our iustification And for this cause workes are required at our hands to be a testimonie of our Faith and a cause that other men may giue the glorie vnto God for our Sauiour saith Math. 5. Sic luceat lux vestra coram hominibus vt videant opera vestra bona et glorificent Patrem vestrum qui est in caelis So let your light shyne before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heauen Then is it consequent that our iustificatiō commeth no waies of our selues but onely by faith in Christ Iesus After this followeth a most ridiculous doctrine 9 Indulgences and pardons of the Popes Indulgences and pardons wherein he dooth most insolently arrogate to himself the dispensations of Christ his passion applying that to the forgiuenes of sins the forme of which hath an arrogant kind of spéech as thus If a man fast one Friday with bread and water he shal haue plenarie indulgence and if he fast so on another day his pardon shal be limitted for certaine yéeres as 10000. c. or some such like or els a pena et culpa I alwaies thought these trifles vaine but now I sée the blasphemie of them For it is scant possible to get these great Indulgences but by wearing a paire of Beades or a Graine Medall Crucifixe Picture Agnus Dei or such like tromperie It would be too tedious to set downe the manifold kinds of these Indulgences which al tend to one ende that is to the lessening of the vertue of Christ his passion 10 Images Exo. 20. The seconde commaundement plainly forbiddeth vs to make or to haue any grauen Image or the likenes of any thing to worship it But the aduersarie excommunicateth them that denie the necessitie of Images in Churches as it is to be séene in dyuers of their Counsels For say they it is lawfull not onlie to retaine them but also to worship thē The which if it be not against the seconde commaundement let them looke vnto it I for mine owne part doo sée it and am ashamed that euer I was so blockish as to thinke a block or a stone to bee necessarie or godlie I thought it so once but nowe I cannot be so perswaded For he that hath any reason in him to discourse or sence to perceiue cannot be so void of reason or so sencelesse as to exhibit honor or reuerence to a senclesse Image when the same Image if it had sence would not onely refuse that worship but also would willingly fall downe to worship or adore the workman that made it 11 Communion in both kinds They hold and defend that the Laye people may not receiue the Communion vnder both kinds which doctrine is repugnant to the institution of Christ For he said vnto thē that were present with him at hys last Supper Take and eate and drinke ye all of this For though the aduersary say that the Laye people haue not the priuiledge to receiue the Cup because the Apostles who onely were present at that supper were Priestes and not Laye men it holdeth not for by the same reason a man may also barre the Laye people from receiuing of either kinde for the Apostles were Priests and only present at the Supper ergo it is vnlawful for any to be pertaker of that Supper but onlie Priests And yet Christ himselfe in another place saith Ioh. 6. Vnles you eate my flesh and drinke my blood you shall haue no life in you And these words he spake not only to the Apostles but Turbis Iudeorum to the company of the Iewes and therfore I count their dealings iniurious to the people their doctrine blasphemous their proofe to no purpose Finallie all such Articles 12 Dyuers other Articles which are repugnaunt to the word of God I vtterly refuse as in speciall the Seruice in an vnknowne tongue the prohibition of the reading of Scriptures to the Laye people the forbidding of the translation of the same into a vulgare tongue Pylgrimages Vowes and to conclude all such Articles as are contrarie to the Articles of Religion set downe by publique authoritie I doo vtterly renounce and abiure and on the other side I doo willingly and without compulsion and gladly with reuerence receiue embrace and fréelie professe the sayde Articles set forth by publique authority as doctrine without superstition and most agréeable to the word of God Thus haue I generally recanted mine errours in matters of Religion and nowe will I accuse my selfe and my dealings touching my disobedience towards my Soueraigne the Quéenes most excellent Maiestie I haue most stubbornly and wilfullye transgressed her Maiesties Lawes Knowing first the offence of going beyond the Seas and yet caring not for that I procéeded further and willinglie was priested at Rome Thirdly maliciously I came into my Countrey with a will to seduce her Ma. Subiects from the true and sincere Religion and make thē subiects to that tyranny vnto the which I was my selfe subiect Then being banished I returned againe into my Countrey with the same intent that I came in first and for these great faultes of myne I am most hartily sorrie and in the bowels of Gods infinite mercy I desire all them that any waies by my meanes haue béene deceiued doo nowe repent to forgiue me Likewise those that haue not as yet their harts mooued by my example to forsake theyr errours and amend their opinions Thus first of all I aske forgiuenes of almightie God whom like a most ingratefull wilful wretch I haue most gréeuously offended First in abusing his gifts which of his fatherly goodnes he had bestowed vpon me Secondly in refusing and reiecting his holy inspirations And lastly by prouoking others to offend by my example And all this haue I doone not like vnto them vnto whom our Sauiour promiseth a milder iudgment in the latter day but like vnto them of whom S. Paule speaketh Rom. 1. Which when they knew God did not honor him as GOD was to be honoured and therfore my damnation had béene the greater if I had persisted But séeing that it hath pleased him which hath preserued mee from my Mothers wombe to call mee to his wonderfull light I desire you all that are héere present to giue him thankes for the same for there is more ioy in heauen before the Angels of God Luk. 15. for the conuersion of one sinner then for