me as they had before and I answered hym dyrectlye in all thynges as I answered the qweste afore Iohan Bale After thys sort was Christ ledde from the examinacyon of the clergye to Pylate Matth. 17. In that the examynacyon of the qweste and of the Mayre was all one ye maye wele knowe that they had both one scole mastre euen the brutysh byshopp of London The ignorauÌ„t magy strates of EnglaÌ„de wyll neyther be god lye wyse with Dauid SalomoÌ„ nor yet enbrace the ernest instruccyons of God to be lerned in the scriptures Psa. 2. Sa pieÌ„ 6. but styll be wycked mynysters and cruell seruaunt slaues to Antichrist and the deuyll Apoc. 17. More fyt are soche wytlesse mayres and gracelesse offycers as knoweth not whyght from blacke lyght froÌ„ darkenesse Esa. 5. to fede swyne or to kepe kaddowes than to rule a christen commynalte A terryble daye aby deth them whych thus ordereth the innocent Iaco. 2. Anne Askewe Besydes thys my lorde mayre layed one thynge vnto my charge which was neuer spokeÌ„ of me but of them â–ª And that was whether a mouse eatynge the hoste receyued God or no Thys questyonded I neuer aske but in dede they asked it of me wherunto I made them no answere but smyled Iohan Bale Is not here thynke yow wele fauerd wele fashyoned dyuynyte to establysh an artycle of the Christen faythe Wylye wynchestre answereth thys questyon as folysh as it is in hys wyse detectyoÌ„ of the deuyls sophystrye fo 16. Beleue sayth he that a mouse can not deuoure God Yet reporteth he after in fo 21. that Chri stes bodye maye as wele dwell in a mouse as it ded in Iudas Than foloweth fryre fynke fryre Peryn I shuld saye a bachelar of the same scole And he answereth in the ende of hys thirde sermon that the Sacrament eaten of a mouse is the verye and reall bodye of Christ. And whan he hath affermed it to be no derogacyon to Christes presens to lye in the mawe of that mouse He deuydeth me the one from the other the sacrameÌ„t froÌ„ Christes bodye coÌ„cludinge That though the sacrament be digested in the mouses mawe yet ys not Christes bodye there coÌ„sumed O blasphemouse beastes blynde bloderynge Balaamytes Bycause these ij workemen be scant wyttye in their owne occupacyon I shal brynge them forth hâ—re ij olde artyfycers of theirs to helpe theÌ„ Guimundus Auer sanus a byshopp to helpe byshopp Steuen Thomas walden a fryre to helpe fryre Peryn The sacramentes saye they both are not eaten of myce though they seme so to be in the exteryour symylytudes Forthe vertues sayth Guimundus of holye men are not eaten of beastes whan they are eaten of them li. 2. de câ—â—pore sanguine dâ—â—i No marrye quoth walden nomore is the paynters occupacyon destroyed whan a picture is destroyed Marke thys gere for your lernynge But now cometh Algerus a monke more craftye than they both and he sayth li. 2 cap. 1. de Eucharistia that as wele is thys meate spirytuall as materyall because Dauid calleth it the breade of Angels and a breade from heauen Psa. 77. That whych is materyall in thys breade sayth he is consumed by dygestyon but that whych is spirytuall remayneth vncorrupted If we wolde attende wele vnto Chri stes dyuynyte and lete these oyled dyuynes dyspute amonge olde Gossypes we shuld sone dyscharge myce and rattes weake stomakes and parbreakynge dronkardes of a farre other sort thaÌ„ thus he that eateth my fleshe sayth Christ Io. 6. and dryncketh my bloude dwelleth in me I in hym Thys eatynge is all one with the dwellynge is neyther for myce nor rattes brent chauncels not dronken prestes For as we eate we dwell and as we dwell we eate by a graunded and peâ—fyght faythe in hym The substaunce of that most godlye refeccyon lyeth not in the mouth catynge nor yet in the bellye seadynge though they be necessarye but in the onlye spirytuall or sowle eatynge No wyse man wyll thynke that Christ wyll dwell in a mouse nor yet that a mouse can dwell in Christ though it be the doctryne of these doughtye dowsepers for they shall fynde no scriptures for it If these men were not enemyes to faythe and fryndes to Idolatrye they wolde neuer teache soche fylthye lernynge More of thys shall I wryte God wyllynge in the answere of their bokes Anne Askewe Then the Byshoppes chaunceller rebuked me sayd that I was moche to blame for vtterynge the scriptures For S. Paule he sayd forbode women to speake or to talke of the worde of God I answered hym that I knewe Paules meanynge so well as he whych is j. Corinthiorum xiiij that a woman ought not to speake in the congregacyon by the waye of teachynge And then I asked hym how manye women he had seane â—go into the pulpett and preache He sayde he neuer sawe non Then I sayd he ought to fynde no faute in poore women except they had offended the lawe Iohan Bale PleÌ„teouse ynough is her answere here vnto thys quarellynge and as apereth vnlerned chancellour Manye godlye wo men both in the olde lawe and the newe were lerned in the scriptures and made vtterauÌ„ce of theÌ„ to the glorye of God As we reade of Helisabeth Marye and An na the wydowe Lu. 1. 2. yet were they not rebuked for it yea Marye Christes mother retayned all that was afterwar de written of hym Luc. 2. yet was it not imputed vnto her an offence Christ bla med not the woman that cryed whyls he was in preachynge happye is the wombe that bare the Luce 11. The women whych gaue knowlege to hys dyscy ples that he was rysen from deathe to ly fe dyscomfyted not he but solaced them with hys most gloryouse aperauÌ„ce Mat. 28. Io. 20. In the prymatyue churche specyallye in Saynt Hieromes tyme was it a great prayse vnto women to be lerned in the scriptures Great commendacyoÌ„s â—eueth our Englysh Cronycles to Heleâ—a Vrsula and Hilda women of our na â—yon for beynge lerned also in the scripâ—ures Soche a woman was the seyd Hil â—a as openlye dysputed in them agaynst â—he superstycyons of certen byshoppes But thys chancellour by like chaunced â—pon that blynde popysh worke whych â—alter Hunte a whyte fryre wrote iiij â—core yeares a go Contra doctrices muâ—ieres agaynst scole women or els some â—ther lyke blynde Romysh beggeryes Anne Askewe Then my Lorde mayre commaunded me to warde I asked hym if suretees wolde not serue me And he made me short an swere that he wolde take non Then was I had to the CouÌ„tre and there remayned xij dayes no frynde admytted to speake with me Iohan Bale Here is Christ yet troden on the hele by that wycked serpent whych tempted Eua. Gene. 3. Hys faythfull membre for beleuynge in hym is here throwne in pre son And no maruele for it
Blandina put to her sydes So had Anne Askewe the flamynge braÌ„ des of fyre Full of God and hys veryte was Blandina So was Anne Askewe to the verye ende Christ wonderfullye tryumphed in Blandina So ded he iâ— Anne Askewe whan she made no noyse on the racke and so crâ—estlye afterwarde reioyced in hym Blandina was geuen fourth to wylde beastes to be deuoured So was Anne Askewe to cruell Bys hoppes prestes whom Christ calleth rauenynge wolues deuourers and theues Math. 7. Ioan. 10. Blandina vpon the scaffolde boldelye reprehended the pagane prestes of their errour So ded Anne Askewe whan she was fast tyed to the stake with stomack rebuke that blasphemouse apostata ShaxtoÌ„ with the Byshoppes and prestes genera cyon for their manyfest mayntenaunce of ydolatrye Blandina at the stake shewed a vysage vnterryfyed So ded Anne Askewe a countenaunce stowte myghtye and ernest Infatygable was the sprete of BlaÌ„ dina So was the sprete of Anne Askewe The loue of Iesus Christ the gyft of the holye Ghost and hope of the crow ne of martyrdome greatlye mytygated the paynem Blandina So ded those iii. worthye graces the terrour of all tormentes in Anne Askewe The stronge sprete of Christ gaue stomack to Blandi na both to laugh and daunce The same myghtye sprete not the popes despera te sprete made Anne Askewe both to re ioyce and synge in the preson So bolde was Blandina sayth Eusebius that with a presumpcyoÌ„ of stomack she coÌ„mo ued with Christ vnseane I suppose Anne Askewes lattre examynacyoÌ„ wyll shewe her not to do moche lesse Gentyll was BlaÌ„dina to the â—hristeÌ„ beleuers terry ble to their aduersaryes So was Anne Askewe verye lowlye to true teachers but scornefull and hygh stomaked to the enemyes of truthe Manye were conuerted by the sufferaunce of Blandina A farre greatter nombre by the burnynge of Anne Askewe Though Blandina we reyonge yet was she called the mother of martyrs Manye men haue supposed Anne Askewe for her Christen constancye to be no lesse Blandina prayed for her persecuters So ded Anne Askewe most feruentlye The ashes of Blandina and of other martyrs were throwne into the flood of Rhodanus What was done with the Ashes of Anne Askewe her companyons I can not yet tell All these former reportes of Blandina and manye more besydes hath Eusebius in Ecclesiastica historia libro 5. cap. 1. 2. 3. Hugo Floriacensis Hermannus Contractus Uincentius Antoninus Petrus Equilinus and other hystoryanes more And as touchynge Anne Askewe these ij examynacyons with her other knowne handelynges in Englande are wytnesses for her suffycyent Thus hath not the fyre taken Anne Askewe all whole from the worlde but left her here vnto it more pure perfyght precyouse than a fore as it wyll also Iohan Lassels within short space So that concernynge her it maye wele be sayd that Paule verefyeth 2. Cor. 12. The strength of God is here made perfyght by weakenesse Whan she semed most feble than was she most stroÌ„ge And gladlye she reioyced in that weakenesse that Christes power myght strongelye dwell in her Thus choseth the lorde the folysh of thys worlde to confounde the wyse the weake to deface the myghtye Yea thynges despysed thought verye vyle to brynge thynges vnto nought whych the worlde hath in most hyght reputacyoÌ„ I thynke yf thys martyr were ryght lye conferred with those canonysed mar tyrs whych haue had and yet hath styll sensynges and syngynges massynges ryngyngesi the popes Englysh churche cause with cause and reason with reason as haplye here after they shall she shuld be a great blemysh vnto them An example of stronge sufferaunce myght thys holye martyr be vnto all them that the lorde shall after lyke maner put forewarde in thys horryble furye of An tichrist to the glorye of hys persecuted churche Amen A table compendyouse of thys first boke BArnes and Tyndale pre 3 Beastes eate the prestes God 14 Bedas prophecye pre 2. 8 Beleue in prestes lecherye 36 Blandina with Anne Askewe pre 7. 8. 9 Bokes condeÌ„pned brent pre 5. 22. 43 Bokes not yet answered 42 Bokes of Iohan Wycleue pre 6 Bonner a craftye wolfe 18. 29. 42 Bonner playeth the foxe 18. 19. 20. 22 Bonner a false surgeon 24 Boxers of their God 26 Breade in a boxe 26 CAyphas of London 22. 23. 25. 29 Catholick not estemed 38. 39 Chauncellour of London 10. 16. 30 Christes dyuynyte 9 Christiudged an heretyke 25 Comparyson of Blandina pre 7. 8. 9 Counsels for recantynge pre 7 Crome and Shaxton pre 7 DElayes of delyueraunce 40 Doctryne of the supper 4 Dogges Rhetoryck 32 Dronkennesse of prestes 14 Druydes are pagane prestes 7. 30 EAtynge dyuerse 4 Englysh women lerned 11 Englande all for the pope 30 Eua an Ankorasse 26 Examynacyons written pre 5. 6 FAyth of the fathers pre 3 Fayth of the pope 36 Feast of Corpus Christi 26 Fyre taketh not all awaye pre 9 Forcronners of Christ pre 2. 3 Fryres for their Masse 30 GErmanes rayled on 43 God a sprete no breade pre 7. 14 God falleth is eaten 14 God in the boxe 26 Guimundus Auersanus 9 Hawkynge of Byshoppes 20 Helias sprete in our age pre 2. 3 Henrye Spenser warreth 29 Heresye is Christes doctryne 25 Hieremyes prophecye brent pre 5 22 Hilda a woman lerned 11 Hystoryanes dyuerse pre 9 Hypocrytes resysted 45. 46 Host a God of the papystes 14 Iames the apostle pre 4 Idolaters without wytt 14 Ignoraunt magistrates 8 In Godstede 28 Ioakim brent scriptures pre 5. 22 Iohan Baptyst great pre 3. 4 Iohan wycleues bokes pre 6 Iohan wycleue dysputeth 30 Iohan wycleue and huss 45 Iohan frith offendeth 21 Iohan Lassels martyred pre 3. 7 Israelytes conuerted pre 2 Iudas sent to betraye 12. 21 25 KYnge to be honoured 46 Kynges godlye enterpryse 5. 42 Kynges in Gods cause resysted 45 Kingedom of the pope 46. 43 LEcherye honoured 36 Legendes and hystoryes pre 4 Lordeshyppes of the clergye 33. 35 MAnne wounded 7. 24. 26 Marryage of prestes 35. 39 Martyrs of the pope pre 4 Martyrs hallowed and sensed pre 9 Masse is not of fayth 3. 36 Masse is no good worke 7 Masse a mammâ—trouse Mazon â–ª 21 Masses pryuate common 6. 30 Myce howseled of papystes 9 Myracles loked for pre 4. 5 Mouse eateth God 8 NEwe martyrs of Christ pre 3. 4 Newe artycles of fayth 36 Newe sayntes of the pope pre 4 Nobylyte wherof it ryseth pre 6 No felde yet gotten 42 No suertyes for Christ. 11 OBieccyon of papystes pre 4 Obeye and praye 45 Offence of prestes daungerouse 17 Order of popysh scoles 14. 15 PEryn a foxish fryre 8. 14. 30. 43 Peryn howseleth a mouse 9 14 Peryns iij. sermons 43. 44 Peryn the popes ape 44 Practyse of prestes 13. 18. 22. 28. 40 41. Prestes mynystracyon in synne 4.
reforme me therin with most godlye counsell Iohan Bale O vengeable tyraunt and deuyll How subtyllye sekyst thu the bloude of thys innocent woman vndre a coloure of fryndelye handelynge God ones commaunded the ernestlye in no case to compasse thy neyber with deceyt to the effusion of hys bloude Leu. 19. But hys commaundement thu reckenest but a Caunterburye tale By swearynge by thy fydelyte thu art not all vnlyke vnto Herode whoÌ„ Christ for lyke practyses first to put Iohan and than hym to deathe called also a most craftye cruell foxe Luce 13. Thu laborest here to haue thys woman in snare with serten of her fryndes But God put in her mynde at thys tyme to recken the a dogge and a swyne Matth. 7. and therupon to haue fewe wordes Anne Askewe On the morowe after my lorde of London sent for me at one of the clocke hys houre beynge appoynted at thre And as I ca me before hym he sayd he was verye sorye of my trouble desyred to knowe my opynyon in soche matters as were layed agaynst me He requyred me also in anye wyse boldelye to vtter the secretes of my harte byd dynge me not to feare in anye poynt For what so euer I ded saye within hys house no man shuld hurte me for it I answered For so moche as your Lordeshypp appoynted iij. of the clocke and my fryndes shall not come tyll that houre I desyre yow to pardon me of geuynge answere tyll they come Iohan Bale In thys preuentynge of the houre maye the dylygent reader perceyue the gredyneffe of thys Babylon Byshopp or bloudrhurstie wolfe coÌ„cernynge thys praye Swyft are their fete sayth Dauid in the effusion of innocent bloude whych haue fraude in their tunges venym in their lyppes and most cruell vengeaunce in their mouthes Psal. 13. Dauid in that Psalme moche marueleth in the sprete that takynge vpon them the spi rytuall gouernaunce of the people they can fall in soche frencsye or forgetfulnesse of themselues as to beleue it laufull thus to oppresse the faythfull and to deuoure them with as lyttle compassyon as he that gredylye denoureth a pece of breade If soche haue redde anye thynge of God they haue lyttle mynded their true dewtye therin More swyft sayth Hieremye are our cruell persecuters than the egles of the ayre They folowe vpon vs ouer the mountaynes and layepreâ—ye wayte for vs in the wyldernesse Trenorum 4. He that wyll knowe the craftye haukynge of Byshoppes to brynge in their praye lete hym lerne it here Iudas I thynke had neuer the x. part of their connynge warkemanshyppe Marke it here and in that whych foloweth Anne Askewe Then sayd he that he thougt it mete to sende for those iiii men whych were afore named appoynted Then I desyred hym not to put thè to the payne For it shuld not nede by cause the 〈◊〉 gentylmen whych were my fryn des were able ynough to testyfye that I shuld saye Anon after he weÌ„t into his gallerye with mastre Spylman and wylled hym in anye wyse that he shuld exhort me to vtter all that I thought Iohan Bale Christ sheweth vs in the vii chaptre of Mathew in other places more of the Gospell how we shall knowe a false prophete or an hypocryte and wylleth vs to be ware of them Their maner is as the deuyls is flatteryngly to tempt deceyt fullye to trappe that they maye at the lattre most cruellye â—ee Soche a won sayth Dauid hath not hynge in hys tun ge but playne deceyt He layeth wayte for the innocent with no lesse cruelte than the lyon for a shepe He lurketh to rauysh vp the poore And whan he hath gotteÌ„ hym into hys nette than throweth he hym downe by hys autoryte Psalm 9. Thys is the thirde temptacyon of thyâ— byshopp that the woman shuld vtter to her owne confusyon Anne Askewe In the meane whyle he commaunded hys Archebeacon to commeÌ„ with me who sayd vnto me Mastres wherfor are ye accused I answered Axe my accusers for I knowe not as yet TheÌ„ toke he my boke out of my hande and sayd Soche bokes as thys is hath brought yow to the trouble ye are in Be ware sayth he be ware for he that made it was brent in Smythfelde Then I asked hym if he were sure that it was true that he had spoken And he sayd he knewe wele the boke was of Io han frithes makynge Then I asked hym if he were not ashamed for to iudge of the boke be fore he sawe it within or yet kne we the truthe therof I sayd also that soche vnaduysed hastye iudgement is a token appareÌ„t of a verye slendre wytt TheÌ„ I opened the boke shewed it hym He sayd he thought it had bene an other for he coulde fyn de no faulte therin TheÌ„ I desyred hym nomore to be so swyft in iudgemeÌ„t tyll he through ye knewe the truthe And so he departed Iohan Bale Here sendeth he fourth an other Iudas of hys to betraye this true seruanÌ„t of God Marke the good workemanshypp hardelye and tell me if they be not the of sprynge of the serpent Moche are they offeÌ„ded with bokes for that they so play nelye do manyfest their myschefes Iohan Frith is a great moate in their eyes for so turnynge ouer their purgatorye and heauynge at their most monstruose Masse or mammetrouse Mazon whych sygnyfyeth breade or feadynge Notwithstandynge Daniel calleth it Maozim betokenynge streÌ„gth or defence Dan. 11. because the false worshyppyng â—s therof shuld be so myghtelye defended by worldlye autoryte and power No newe thynge is it that good men their bokes are destroyed now a dayes whaÌ„ they toucht the myschefes of that ge neracyoÌ„ For Ioakim the kynge of Iuda cutt Hieremyes prophecyes in peces with a penne knyfe in hys madnesse threwe them into the fyre commaundynge both Hieremye whych taught them and Baruch that wrote them to be put to deathe Hieremie 36. Whan kynge Antiochus had sett vpon the aultre of God the abhomynable Idoll of desolacyon whych is now the poyshmasse Mat. 24 the bo kes of Gods lawe commaunded he to be torne in peces and brent in the fyre sendynge fourth therupon thys cruell proclamacyon That what so euer he was whych had a boke of the Lordes Testament founde about hym or that endeuoured themselues to lyue after the lawes of God the Kynges commaundement was they shuld be put to death 1. Machabeâ—rum 1. Anne Askewe Immedyatlye after came my cosyne Bryttayne in with dyuerse other as Mastre Hawe of Grayes inne soche other lyke Then my lorde of London persuaded my cosyne Bryttayne as he had done oft before which was that I shuld vtter the bot tom of my harte in anye wyse Iohan Bale Thys is the fort temptacyon or craftye callynge vpoÌ„ to vtter her mynde that he myght saye of her as Cayphas sayd of Christ. Matt. 26. what
pope whych cometh with outwarde obserua cyon of dayes persones places tymce meates garmeÌ„tes ceremonyes they magnyfye aboue the mone bycause it is from without and to their peculiar aduauÌ„tage in the loyterynge reigne of ydelnesse They haue thought and yet thynke by their terryble turmoylynges to turne ouer all to chaÌ„ge the most noble enter prise of our kynge yet ones agayn layser lye to their popes behoue But the godlye wyse maÌ„ SalomoÌ„sayth There is no polycye there is no practyse noo there is no counsell that can anye thynge preuayle agaynst the lorde Prouerbiorum 21. They recken that with fyre water swerde they are able to answere all bokes made agaynst their abuses so to dyscharge their inuyncyble argumentes for otherwyse they haue not assoyled them as yet but trulye they are sore deceyued therin as shall wele apere They suppose by consumynge of a score or ij iâ— the fyre they haue gotten the felde of the lambe and hys host Apoca. 17. No they rather by that mea nes adde strength therunto and so demynysh their owne I dare boldelye saye vnto them that by burnynge Anne Asfewe and her iij. coÌ„panyons they haue one thousande lesse of their popysh beleue than they had afore They thynke also by condempnynge and burnynge our bokes to put vs to sylence But that wyll surelye brynge double vpon them if they be not ware Apoca. 18. For if we shuld be styll the verye stones wolde speake in these dayes Luce 19. And detect their horryble treason agaynst God and the kynge If they mynde to holde their ydell offices styll and here after to haue profyght of their olde sale wares as Diriges Masses soche other My counsel were that they ded by them as they now do by their pope the great mastre and first founder of them A subtyle sylence is amonge them coÌ„cernynge hym and hath bene euer sens hys first puttynge downe Ye shall not now heare a worde spoken agaynst hym at Paules crosse nor yet agaynst hys olde iuglynge feates And in dede it is a good wyse waye to sett hym vp agayne Wynchestre and Sampson made a lyttle bragge at the begynnynge to seme yet to do sumwhat but sens they haue repented and made a large ameÌ„des for it other wayes Fryre Peryn begaÌ„ne to wryte in defence of their monstruouse Masse but now of late dayes and he can not fynde therin one blasphemouse abuse iustlye to be reprehended Men saye there be craftye knaues abroade in the worlde in all ageâ— Well thys polytyck syleÌ„ce wold do wele also paraueÌ„ture i other matters For the more ruffelynges they make the mo re murther they do for that ydell kynge doÌ„ of theirs the more clere the veryte apereth and the more vyle their sorcerouse wares For the more dyrt be shaken they saye the more it stynketh So outragyously to rayle in their prea chynges of the noble and lerned Germanes whych of all nacyons loueth our kynge most inteyrlye for secludynge their pope and changynge their masses they do not most wyselye for themselues They are not so ill beloued of their cunâ—aye merchauÌ„tes whych customablye tra uayle thydre but they know what is theâ— both sayd done agaynst theÌ„ By that meanes came Peryns boke of hys iij. most ydolatrouse foxysh sermoÌ„s first of all to my haÌ„des Wherin he rhetorycal lye calleth them in the hote zele of hys Romysh father the erronyouse Germanes subtyle witted heretykes obstynate aduersaryes newe fangled expositours peruerse sacrameÌ„taryes blasphemouse apostataes wycked wretches deuylysh lyars lewde lyuers abhomynable beleuers with soche otherlyke But certay nelye I knowe that they wyll one daye be eueÌ„ with hym with other lyke apes of Antichrist for it WhaÌ„ the popes gre at daÌ„synge beare a proude praÌ„kynge pre late of thers was the last yeare with the emprour Charles at hys fourth goynge agaynst the seyd Germanes hys braggynge begles were not ashamed to boast it in the open stretes of Vtrecht in Hollande that the pope shuld agayne haue hys full swaye in EnglaÌ„de Of a lykely hode they knowe there some secrete my steryes in workynge I saye yet be ware of that subtyle generacyoÌ„ whych seketâ— not els but to worke all myschefe Gentyll and soft wyttes are oft tymes offended that we are now a dayes so vehement in rebukes But thys wolde I fayne knowe of them what modestye they wolde vse as they call it if they were compelled to fyght with dragos hyders and other odyble moÌ„sters How pacyeÌ„t they woldebe and how gentyll if a rauenouse wolfe came vpoÌ„ theÌ„ they hauynge able weapon to put hym a syde Surelye I knowe no kynde of Christen charyte to be shewed to the deuyll Of non other nature is Moses serpent but to 〈◊〉 vp the serpentes of Pharaocs sorcerers Exod. 7. If we ded suffre anye longar the oke groue of Baal to stande aboute the aultre of the lorde we shuld modye offende hys coÌ„maundemeÌ„t Iudi. 6. If I shuld holde my peace and not speake in thys age the veryte so blas phemed my conscyence wolde both accuse me and condempne me of the vnconsyderaunce of my lorde God More precyouse is the thynge whych is in daylye controuersye and parell whych is now Gods true honoure than is all thys worldes treasure here What Chri sten hart can abyde it to se the creature yea not of God but of man to be worshypped in the stede of God and saye nothynge therin Salomon sayth there is as wele a tyme to speake as a tyme to kepe sylence and a tyme as wele to hate as a tyme to loue Ecclesiastes 3. With a per fyght hate lorde sayth Sauid haue I hated those bloudthurstye enemyes whych were in their presumpcyoÌ„ agaynst the Psalme 118. Stronglye and with most myghtye stomack are hypocrytes to be inuaded whych wyll not geue place to the reryte Marke how myght elye Moses resysted Pharao Helyas kynge Achab Helyseus Ioram Zachary Ioas Daniel the ydolaters Iohan Baptist the Pharysees and Herode SteueÌ„ the Iewes the Apostles the Byshoppes prestes Christ rebuked hys dyscyple Peter bade hym come after hym deuyll Math. 16. Yet called be Iudas hys fryn de Math. 26. Necessarye is it that the elect flocke of God do hate the vncleane fowles whych yet holde their habytacyon in Babylon Apoca. 18. Iohan wycleue and Iohan huss confesse in their writynges that they were by stronge force inwardlye constrayned of God to worke agaynst the great Antichryst Erasmus boldelye vttered it that God for the euyls of thys lattre age hath prouyded sharpe phesycyanes Quenche not the sprete sayth S. Paule despyse not prophecyes 1. Thessalon 5. I put my ernest wordes into thy mouthe sayd the lorde to Hieremye that thu shuldest both destroye and buylde Hieremye 1. 〈◊〉 thys suffyse ye concernynge our rebukes for they are Gods enemyes whom we inuade If ye perceyue