that God maye spewe vs out of hys mouthe as vnsauerye morsels Apoc. 3. Saynge vnto vs as to the folysh vyrgynes Verelye I knowe yow not Mathei 25. Anne Askewe Then the Byshopp sayd I shuld be breÌ„te I answered that I had serched all the scriptures yet coulde I neuer fynde there that eyther Christ or hys Apostles put anye creature to deathe Well well sayd I God wyl laughe your threttenynges to scorne Psal. 2. Then was I coÌ„maunded to stande a syde Iohan Bale Amonge other sygnes that the holye scripture geueth vs to knowe an Antichrist by it sheweth that he shall be an aduersarye 2. Thes. 2. An vnsacyable dogge Esa. 56. A persuâ—nge enemy â–ª psa 4. An enemye in the sanctuarye Psal 73 A rauenynge wolfe Mat. 7. Luce 10. Ioan 10. Actâ— 20. And a most cruell murtherer Dani. 11. IoaÌ„ 16. Apoc. 13. Vnto soche sayth S. IohaÌ„ is it geueÌ„ to vexe meÌ„ with heate of fyre Apo. 16. The wyckednesse of prestes sayth Hiere shedeth innoceÌ„tes bleudâ— Yea saye they ye must â—e brent ye must dwell amonge the gentyles Trenâ— 4. Or be committed to pryson of the worldlye powers so put vnto deathe by them We maruele not therfor though these partes be played of proude Byshoppes CoÌ„syderynge the holye Ghost must be fouÌ„de true in hys fore iudgemeÌ„tes that some ther must be to do the feates But trulye ded thys woman coÌ„clude with the prophecye of Dauid Psalmer That God whych dwelleth in heauen shall haue their tyrannye in derysyon and bringe all their wycked counsels to naught in the clere openynge of hys worde haue they neuer so manye paynted colours of false ryght wysnesse Anne Askewe Then came mastre Pagett to me with manye gloryouse wordes and desyred me to speake my mynde to hym I myght he sayd denye it agayne if nede wâ—re I sayd that I wolde not denye the truthe He asked me how I coulde auoyde the verye wordes of Christ. Take care Thys is my bodye whych shall be broken for yow I answered that Christes meanynge was there as in these other places of the scripture I am the dore Ioan â–ª 10. I am the vyne Ioan. 15. Beholde the lambe of God Ioan. 1. The rocke stone was Christ. 1 Cor. 10. and soch other lyke Ye maye not here sayd I take Christ for the materyall thynge that he is sygnyfyed by For than ye wyll make hym a verye dore a vyne a lambe and a stone cleane coÌ„trarye to the holye Ghostes meanynge All these in dede do sygnyfye Christ lyke as the breade doth hys bodye in that place And though he ded saye there Take eate thys in remeÌ„braunce of me Yet ded he not byd them hange vp that breade in a boye and make it a God or bowe to it Iohan Bale Moche a do is here made and manye subtyle wayes are sought out to brynge thys woman into their corrupted and false beleue that the corruptyble creature made with handes myght stande in place of the eternall creator or maker God and man for the prestes aduauntage But all is in vayne In no case wolde he so accept it Nothyng lesse mynded Christ than to dwell in the breade or to become a feadynge for the bodye whan he sayd Take eate Thys is my bodye For a contrarye doctryne he taught hys dyscyples the yeare afore hys last supper as we haue in the vi chaptre of Iohan Where as he declareth hys flesh to be a spirytuall meate hys bloude a spirytuall drynke and both theÌ„ to be receyued in faythe the breade and the wyne remaynynge as sygnes of hys euer lastynge couenaunt Reason is it that he rather be iudged the receyuer whych lyueth in that refeccyon than he whych lyueth not therby Whych is the sowle and not the bodye What neaded Christ to haue geuen to those bodyes a newe body lye feadynge whych were suffycyentlye fed afore with the passe ouer lambe If he had not ment therin some other maner of thynge But he suffycyeÌ„tlye ynough declareth hys owne meanynge Luce 22. Where he coÌ„maundeth vs to do it in hys remeÌ„braunce and not to make hym agayne by blowynge vpon the breade Thys sacramentall eatynge and drynkynge in hys remeÌ„braunce S. Paule more largely declareth 1 Cor 11. So oft sayth he as ye shall eate of that breade and drynke of that cuppe ye shall shewe the lordes deathe tyll he come If ye ernestlye marke that lattre clause tyll he come ye shall wele perceyue that hys bodylye preseÌ„ce in the breade is vtterlye denyed there More ouer in the afore sayd xxij chaptre of Luke bycause we shuld not be to scrupulâ—se Christ sheweth what that wyne breade of hys supper were yea as he left theÌ„ there eueÌ„ iÌ„ these wordes I saye vnto yow sayth he that hens forth I shall not drynke of thys frute of the vyne or eate of thys frute of wheate tyll the kyngedome of God be come or tyll I drynke it newe with yow in my fathers kyngedome Math 26. Marci 14. Here calleth it he the iuse of the grape or frute of the vyne and not the bloude yssuynge from hys bodye Yet is that cuppe as S. Paule sayth the partakynge of Christes bloude and the breade that we breake there the partakynge of Christes bodye 1. Corint 10. But that is in faythe and sprete as aforâ—â—â—han Anne Askewe Then he compared it vnto the kynge and sayd that the more hys magestees honour is set forth the more commendable it is Then sayd I that it was an abhomynable shame vnto hym to make no better of the eternall worde of God than of hys slenderlye conceyued fantasye A farre other meanynge requyreth God therin than mannys ydell wytte can deuyse whose doctryne is but lyes without hys heauenlye veryte Then he asked me if I wolde commen with some wyser man That offer I sayd I wolde not refuse Then he tolde the counsell And so weÌ„t I to my laydes agayne Iohan Bale 〈…〉 first Patrone S. Frances as we fynde in the hystorye of hys ydolatrouse feast and also in the boke of conformytees of FraÌ„ces to Christ written by an Italysh fryre called Bartholomeus Pisanus In Frances they saye is expressed the full sygnifycacyon of Christ by reason of hys woundes And Pagett here compareth Christes presence in the sacrament to the kynges presence I wote not where And as great pleasure I thynke he doth the kynge therin as though he threwe dust in hys face or salte in hys eyes but that soch flatterynge Gnatoes must do their feates though they be most blasphemouse Neyther heade norÌ„tayle hath thys wytlesse comparyson of hys to make good hys enterpryse with thys woman And moch doubt it is whether he maketh here Christ a shaddowe to the kynge or the kynge a shaddowe to Christ. But he shulde seme rather to take Christ for the shaddowe O gracelesse papystes whan wyll ye be
by that whych foloweth Wherin he ernestlye chargeth hys faythfâ—ll folowers not to beleue it callynge the teachers of soch doctryne false anoynted deceyuable prophetes and sorcerouse workemen Marci 13. Anne Askewe The summe of the condempnacyon of me Anne Askewe at yelde hawle They sayd to me there that I was an heretyke and condempned by the lawe if I wolde staÌ„de in my opynyon I answered that I was no heretyke neyther yet deserued I anye deathe by the lawe of God But as concernynge the faythe whych I vttered and wrote to the couÌ„sell I wolde not I sayd denye it bycause I knew it true TheÌ„ wolde they nedes knowe if I wolde denye the sacrament to be Christes bodye and bloude I sayd yea For the same sonne of God that was borne of the vyrgyne Marie â–ª is now gloriouse in heauen and wyll come agayne from thens at the lattre daye lyke as he went vp Acto 1. And as for that ye call your God is but a pece of breadeâ— For a more profe therof marke it whan ye lyst lete it lye in the boxe but iij. monthes and it wyll be moulde and so turne to nothyge that is good Wherupon I am persuaded that it can not be God Iohan Bale Christ Iesus the eternall sonne of God was condempned of thys generacyon for a sedicyouse heretyke a breaker of their sabbath a subuerter of their people a defyler of their lawes and a destroyer of their temple or holye churche Ioan. 7. Luce 23. Mathei 26. Marci 14. and suffered deathe for it at ther procurement by the lawe than vsed Is it than anye maruele if hys inferiour subiect here and faythfull membre do the same at the cruell callynge on and vyolent vengeaunce of their posteryte No no the seruaunt must folowe her mastre the fote her heade and maye be founde in that poynte no frear thaÌ„ he Ioan. 13. Saynt Augustyne dyffynyngâ— a sacrament calleth it in one place a sygne of an holye thynge In an other place a vysyble shappe of an inuysyble grace Whose offyce is to instructe anymate and strengthen our faythe towardes God and not to take it to it self and so depryue hym therof Christes bodye and bloude are neyther sygnes nor shaddowes but the verye effectuall thynges indede sygnyfyed by those fygures of breade and wyne But how that drye and corruptyble cake of theirs shuld become a God manye men wondre now a dayes in the lyght of the Gospell lyke as they haue done afore tyme also And specyallye whye the wyne shuld not be accepted and set vp for a God also so wele as the breade consyderynge that Christ made so moche of the one as of the other Anne Askewe After that they wylled me to haue a prest And than I smyled Then they asked me if it were not good I sayd I wolde confesse my fawtes to God for I was sure that he wolde heare me with fauer And so we were condempned without a quest Iohan Bale Prestes of godlye knowlege she ded not refuse For she knewe that they are the massengers of the lorde that hys holye wordes are to be sought at ther mouthes Mala .2 Of them she instaunt lye desyred to be instructed and it was denyed her as is written afore What shuld she than els do but returne vnto her lorde God in whome she knewe to be habundaunce of mercye for all them whych do from the hart repent Deutro .30 As for the other sort of prestes she ded not amys to laugh both them and their maynteners to scorne For so doth God also Psalme 2. And curseth both their absolueyons blessynges Mala .2 A thefe or a murtherer shuld not haue bene condempned without a quest by the lawes of Englande But the faythfull members of Iesus Christ for the spyght and hate that thys worlde hath to hys veryte must haue an other kynde of tyrannye added therunto besydes the vnryghtouse bestowynge of that lawe Wo be vnto yow sayth the eternall God of heauen by hys prophete or dampnacyon be ouer your heades that make wycked lawes and deuyse cruell thynges for the poore oppressed innocentes Esaie 10. Wo vnto hym that buyldeth Babylon with bloude and maynteyneth that wycked cytie styll in vnryghtwysnesse Abacuch 2. Nahum 3. Ezech. 24. Anne Askewe My beleue whych I wrote to the counsell was thys That the sacramentall breade was left vs to be receyned with thaÌ„kes geuynge in remembrauÌ„ce of Christes deathe the onlye remedye of our sowles recouer And that therby we also receyue the whole henefyghtes and frutes of hys most gloryouse passion Iohan Bale We reade not in the Gospell that the materyall breade at Christes holye supper â–ª was anye otherwyse taken of the Apostles thaÌ„ thus Neyther yet that Christ our mastre sauer requyred anye other takynge of them If so manye straunge doubtes had bene therin and so hygh dyffycultees as be moued and are in controuersye amonge men now a dayes both papystes and other they coulde no more haue bene left vndyscussed of hym than other hygh matters were The dyscyples axed here neyther how nor what as doubtlesse they wolde haue done if he had mynded them to haue taken the breade for hym They thought it ynough to take it in hys remembraunce lyke as he than playnelye taught them Luce 22. The eatynge of hys fleshe and drynkynge of hys bloude therin to the releuynge of their sowles thirst and hunger they knewe to perteyne vnto faythe accordynge to hys instruccyons in the vj. of Iohan. What haue thys godlye woman than offended whych neyther haue denyed hys incarnacyon nor deathe in thys her confessyon of faythe but most firmelye and groundedlye trusted to receyue the frutes of them both Anne Askewe Then wolde they nedes knowe whether the breade in the boxe were God or no I sayd God is a sprete and wyll be worshypped in sprete and truthe Ioan. 4. Then they demauÌ„ded Wyll yov planelye denye Christ to be in the sacrament I answered that I beleued faythfullye the eternall soÌ„ne of God not to dwell there In witnes wherof I recyted agayne the hystorye of Bel the ix chaptre of Daniel the vij and xvij of the Actes and the xxiiij of Mathew concludynge thus I neyther wyshe deathe nor yet feare hys myght God haue the prayse therof with thankes Iohan Bale Amonge the olde ydolaters some toke the suÌ„ne some the mone some the fyre some the water with soch other lyke for their Goddes as witnesseth Diodorus Siculus Herodotus Plynius Lacrantius dyuerse autours more Now come our dottynge papystes here wadynge yet more deper in ydolatrye and they must haue breade for their God yea a waffer cake whych is scarse worthye to be called breade In what sorowfull case are ChristeÌ„ people now a dayes that they maye worshypp their lorde and redemer Ihesus Christ in no shappe that hys heauenlye father hath
Wynstane of Euesham whych are the best of the Englysh martyrs to the touche stone of Gods worde ye shall fynhe their martyrdomes and causes full vnlyke to theirs whom the Byshoppes murther now apace in Englande In all these Englysh martyrs reherced here afore ye shall fynde verye fewe coloures or yet tokens that Christ sayd hys martyrs shuld be knowne by vnlesse ye take pylgrymages poÌ„pes rellyckes women battels huÌ„tynges ydelnesse moÌ„keryes moneye treasure worldlye kyngedomes conteÌ„pt of marryage superstycyoÌ„s soch other vanytees for theÌ„ And than wyll I saye not lye in it that ye are moch better ouerseane thaÌ„ lerned in the scriptures of God as your olde blynde blâ—dderynge predecessours hath bene Ye wyll axe me here if I reckeÌ„ EnglaÌ„de thaÌ„ all barreÌ„ of ChristeÌ„ martyrs Naye marry do I not For I knowe it hath had good store seÌ„s the popes faythe came first into Englande to the Gospels obscuracyoÌ„ though their names be not knowne to all meÌ„ Great tyraÌ„nye was shewed by the heythnysh emprours kynges at the first preachynge of theÌ„ Gospell in the prymatyue churche of the Brytaynes by the cruell callynge on of the pagane prestes But nothynge lyke to that hath bene shewed seÌ„s in the Englysh churche by the spirytuall tyranÌ„t of Rome hys mytred termagauÌ„tes at the prouocacyoÌ„ of ther oyled swylbolles blynd Balaamytes For they most cruellye breÌ„t those innoceÌ„tes whych ded but only reade the testameÌ„t of God in their mother tunge do not yet repent them of that myschefe but contynewe therin If ye marke wele these ij examynacyons of Anne Askewe ye shall fynde in her and in her other â—ij companyons besydes other whoÌ„ the Byshoppes in our tyme and afore hath brent the expresse tokens that Christ sealeth hys martyrs with They apered as shepe amonge wolues They were throwne in stronge preson They were brought forth into counsels and synagoges Their answers were out of Gods sprete as her in apereth and not out of their owne They were reuyled mocked stocked racked execrated condempned and murthered as is sayd afore By a spirytualte also as he promysed they shuld be Math. 23. and 24 Yea those spirytuall tyrauntes besydes their mortall malyce vpon the innocent bodyes haue most blasphemouslye vttered in their spyghtfull sermons and writynges that their sowles are dampned as is to be seaâ—e in the bokes of wynchestre and Peryn But lete them be ware least they dampne not their owne wretched sowles For full sure we are by Christes stronge promes Luce 12. That their sowles they can not harme with all their popes blacke câ—rses Full swetelye rese they now in the peace of God where their slaunderouse and malycyon se iudgementes can not â—urte them at all â—api 3. Lete those Epycures pygges dampne them with as manye blasphemouse lyes as they can ymagyne for other armour they haue noâ— â—nd we shall on the other syde canâ—nyse them agayne with the myghtye wordes and promyses of Christ whych they shall neuer be â—able to resist The father of our lorde Iesus Christ graunt the lyght of hys worde so to sprede the worlde ouer that the darke mystes of Sathan maye clerelye be expelled to the specyall confort of hys redemed churche and glorye of hys eternall name Amen The lattre examinacion of the worthye seruaunt of God mastres Anne Askewe the yoÌ„ger doughter of Sir Wyllyam Askewe knyght of Lyncolne shyre latelye martyred in Smithfelde by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist The censure or iudgemeÌ„t of Iohan Bale therupon after the sacred Scriptures and Chronycles CHrist wylled hys most dere Apostle and secretarye Gaynt IohaÌ„ the Euangelist to sygnyfye by writynge to the euer fear or preacher of the congregacyon of Pergamos that there onlye are hys faythfull meÌ„bers murthered where SathaÌ„ inhabyteth or holdeth resydence And for exaÌ„ple he bryngeth forth hys constaunt witnesse Antipas whych was there most cruellye slayne of that Synagoge of hys for confessynge the veryte Apoca. 2. That Behemorh sayth Iob that Leuyathan that Sathan regneth as a most myghtye kynge ouer all the spirytuall chyldren of pryde Iob 42. A murtherer sayth Christ to the spirytualâ—e of the Iewes and a blasphemouse lyar is that father of yours hath bene from the worldes begynnynge Ioan. 8. These maners hath he not yet left but contynueth them styll in hys wycked posteryte Iu the prymatyue churche as restyfyeth Bedas they persecuted the heares of Christes head whych were so pure as the whyte wâ—lle that is apte to receyue all colours Apoca 1. They slewe those true beleuers whych hys worde sprete had depured from all false worshyppynges and made fytt for all trybulacyons to be suffered for hys names sake In these lattre dayes they meddele with his fete whych are lyke vnto brasse burynge as it were in an whote furnace Apo. 1. For they that beleue now agreably to hys worde and not after ther corrupted and cursed customes are consumed in the fyre As here after wyll apere by thys godlye woman Anne Askewe whych with other more was brent at London in the yeare of our lorde a M.D.XLVI For the faythfull testymonye of Iesu agaynst Antichrist Whose lattre handelynge here foloweth in course lyke as I receyued it in coppye by serten duche merchauntes coÌ„mynge froÌ„ thens whych had bene at their burnynge and beholden the tyrannouse vyolence there shewed First out of the preson she wrote vnto a secrete frynde of hers after thys maâ—er folowynge Anne Askewe I do perceyue dere frynde in the lorde that thu art not yet persuaded throughlye in the truthe concernynge the lordes supper bycause Christ sayd vnto hys Apostles Take eate Thys is my bodye whych is geuen for yow In geuynge forth the breade as an outwarde sygne or token to be receyued at the mouche he mynded them in a perfyght beleue to receyue that bodye of hys whych shuld dye for the people or to thynke the deathe therof the onlye hâ—lthe and saluacyon of their sowles The breade and the wyne were left vs for a sacramentall communyon or a mutuall pertycypacyon of the inestymable benefyghtes of hys most precyouse deathe and bloud shedynge And that we shuld in the ende therof be thankefull togyther for that most necessarye grace of our redempcyon For in the closynge vp therof he sayd thus Thys do ye in remeÌ„braunce of me Yea so oft as ye shall eate it or drynke it Luce 22. and 1. Corinth 11. â—ls shuld we haue bene forgetfull of that we ought to haue in daylye remembraunce also bene altogyther vnthankefull for it Iohan Bale Agreable to thys womaÌ„nis doctryne here are the scriptures of both testameÌ„ice Wherin these wordes Edere Bibere to eate to drynke are oft tymes spirytuallye taken for Credere to beleue or receyue in faythe The poore sayth Dauid shall eate and he satisfyd All that seke to please the
that in doynge their false feates they sytt in Gods stede Thys poynt folowed the bludderynge Byshopp of London here whych for their olde fantasyed superstycyon laboured in thys woman to dysplace the syncere veryte of the lorde But so surelye was she buylded vpon the harde rocke that neyther for enmyte nor fryndeshypp wâ—lde she ones remoue her foâ—e Mathei 7. Neyther anguyshe trouble torment nor fyre coulde separate her from that loue of her lorde God Roma 8. Though she were for hys sake rebuked and vexed and also appoynted as a shepe to be slayne Psal. 43. Yet ded she strongelye through hym ouercome and haue I doubt it not obtayned the crowne of lyfe Apoca. 2. Anne Askewe Then the Byshopp beynge in great dyspleasure with me bycause I made doubtes in my writynge commaunded me to pryson Where I was a whyle But afterwardes by the meanes of fryndes I came out agayne Here is the truthe of that matter And as concernynge the thynge that ye couere most to knowe Resort to the vj. of Iohan be ruled alwayes therby Thus fare ye wele Quoth Anne Askewe Iohan Bale In all the scriptures we reade not that eyther Christ or yet hys Apostles commaunded anye man or woman to pryson for their faythe as thys tyraunt Byshopp ded here But in dede we fynde that Christes holye Apostles were ofttymes cruellye commaunded to pryson of the same spyghtfullye spirytuall generacyon Acto 4. 5. 12. 16. Christ wylled hys true beleuers to loke for non other at their spirytuall handes than enprysonmentes and deathe Mathei 10. Ioan. 16. And therfor sayd Peter vnto hym I am redye to go with the lorde both into pryson and to deathe Luce 22. Paule greatlye complayneth of hys enprysonmentes and scourgynges by them 2. Corinth 11. Dyuerse in the congregacyon of Smyrna were enprysoned by that fearce synagoge of Sathan Apoca. 2. Esaye prophecyenge the condycyons of the spirytuall Antichrist sayth amonge other that he shulde holde men captyue in preson Esaie 14. Ezechiel reporteth that he shuld churlyshlye checke and in cruelte rule Ezechie 34. Zacharye sheweth that he shuld eate vp the fleshe of the fattest Zacharie 11. Daniel declareth that he shuld persecute with swerde and fyre Daniel 11. And saynt Iohan verefyeth that he shuld be all dronke with the bloude of the witnesses of Iesu Apoca. 17. And therfor in these feates hys Byshoppes do but their kyndes Thus endeth the lattre examynacyon The confessyon of her faythe whych Anne Askewe made in Newgate afore she suffered I Anne Askewe of good me morye although my mercyfull father hath geuen me the breade of aduersyte the water of trouble yet not so moch as my synnes hath deserued confesse my selfe here a synner before the trone of hys heauenlye mageste desyerynge hys eternall mercye And for so moch as I am by the lawe vnryghtouslye condeÌ„pned for an euyll doer coÌ„cernynge opynyoÌ„s I take the same most mercyfull God of myn whych hath made hoth heauen and earthe to recorde that I holde no opynyons contrarye to hys most holye worde Iohan Bale What man of sober dyscressyon can iudge thys woman yll indyfferentlye but markynge thys her last confessyon Nor a fewe of most euydent argumentes are therin to proue her the true seruaunt of God Her wyttes were not ones dystracted for all her most tyraÌ„nouse handelynges She was styll of a perfyght memorye accountynge her emprysonmentes reâ—ylynges rackynges and other tormentes but the breade of aduersyte and the water of trouble as ded Dauid afore her Psalm 79. As the louynge chylde of God she receyued them without grudge and thought them deserued on her partye She toke them for hys hande of mercye and gaue most hygh thankes for them She mekelye confessed her selfe in hys syght a synner but not an haynouse heretyke as she was falselye iudged of the world In that matter she toke hym most stronglye to witnesse that though in faythe she were not agreable to the worldes wylde opynyon yet was she not therin contrarye to hys heauenlye truthe She had afore that proued their spretes conferrynge both their iudgementes 1. Ioan. 4. and perceyued them farre vnlyke Esaie 55. Anne Askewe And I trust in my mercyfull lorde whych is the geuer of all grace that he wyll gracyouslye assyst me agaynst all euyll opynyons whych are contrarye to hys blessyd veryte For I take hym to witnesse that I haue do and wyll do vnto my lyues ende vtterlye abhorre them to the vttermost of my power But thys is the heresye whych they report me to holde that after the prest hath spoken the wordes of consecracyon there remayneth breade styll Iohan Bale Consydre without frowarde parcyall or wylfull affeccyon the poyntes herin contayned and than iudge of what harte or conscyence they haue rysen The hope of thys woman was onlye in God Hym she confessed to be of all grace the geuer Alone in hys mercye she trusted She instauntlye desyred hym to defende her from all errours She abhorred all heresyes She detested mennys superstycyouse inuencyons And most firmelye cleaâ—ed to hys eternall worde If these with those that went afore be not frutes of true christyanyte or of a perfyght membre of Gods eleccyon what frutes wyll we demauÌ„de S. Paule fayth No man can confesse that Iesus is the lorde as she hath done here but in the holye Ghost 1. Corinth 12. Dauid also specifyeth that the lordeneuer forsaketh them whych call vpon hys name put their trust in hym Psal. 9. And as touchynge the prestes consecracyoÌ„ whych is soch a charme of inchauntemeÌ„t as maye noâ— be dâ—ne but by an oyled offycer of the popes generacyon she ded godlye to reiect it in that clowâ—ynge kynde For in all the Byble is it not that anye maÌ„ can make of a drye waffer cake a newe sauer a newe redemer a newe Christ or a newe God No though he shuld vtter all the wordes and scriptures therin Anne Askewe But they both saye and also reache it for a necessarye artycle of faythe that after those wordes be ones spoken there remayneth no breade but euen the selfe same bodye that hynge vpon the crosse on good frydaye both fleshe bloude and bone To thys beleue of theirs saye I naye For then were our commen Crede false whych sayth that he sytteth on the ryght hande of God the father almyghtye and from thens shall come to iudge the quyck the dead Loo thys is the heresye that I holde and for it must suffer the deathe Iohan Bale Of Antichrist reade we in the scriptures that he hysoyled Apostles shuld do false myracles Math. 24. 2. Thes. 2. Apoca. 13. We fynde also in the same selfe places that he shuld exalte hymselfe aboue all that is called God or that is worshypped as God Who euer hearde of so great a wondre â–ª that a drye cake myght