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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14251	The olde fayth of greate Brittaygne, and the newe learnynge of Inglande wherunto is added a symple instruction, concernynge the Kinges Maiesties procedinges in the co[m]munyon. Compyled by R.V.	R. V., fl. 1549.	1549 (1549)	STC 24566; ESTC S119007	13,729	40

â§ The olde Fayth of greate Brittaygne / and the newe learnynge of Inglande Wherunto is added a symple instruction concernynge the Kinges Maiesties procedinges in the coÌ„munyon Compyled by R. V. Â¶ Nume xvj â‹ In this ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me / for to do all those thinges whyche ye see and that I haue not inuented them of myne owne harte IMPRINTED at London by Anthony Scoloker Dwellynge in the Sauoy rentes Wythoute Temple-barre Cum Priuilegio ad ImprimenduÌ„ solum THe Euangelist Math. 2â— Witnesseth that Chryste sayd all power is geueÌ„ me in heauen and earth Go therfore teach al natioÌ„s BaptisiÌ„g theÌ„ in the name of the father and of the soÌ„ne aÌ„d of the holyghost teaching them to obserue all thynges whatsoeuer I commaunded you Theys wordes therfore go teach all nacions may proue the woorde of God to haue bene taught here in this Realme euen in the tyme of the Apostles and discyples of Chryst for then this realme was tributory or payd tribute to the Romaynes and in estimaiton wyth them And for a farther profe Eulebius in his Ecclesiasticall hystory the thyrd booke and fyrst chapter / sayth the Iewes beyng persecuted wyth all euels the apostles and disciples of our sauiour departed to go preache by all partes of the worlde And farther the great Chronicle of lytle brytaygne recyteth that Coâ—llus sonne of Maruis / was king in thys realme after hys father Who in hys yonge age was brought vp in Rome And for so muche as he knewe the maners of the Romaynes he had them all his lyfe in honoure and payd them yeâ—elys tribute For he sawe the whole worlde trybutours to htem He had the prynces and the nobylytye of hys realme in greate reuerence and many tymes shewed great lyberalytie in geuing them gyftes presentes And also vnto those whyche lyued vertuously and for this cause was he so beloued of all folkes that after hys death they ceased not to wepe He reygned longe and left a sonne called Lucius whyche was kynge after hys father In whose tyme as the same chronicle recyteth was a great nombre of Chrystyans baptysed whych openly preached the gospell of oure sauyour and Redemer Iesus Chryst Who Kyng Lucius gladlye hearde / and he beynge in spyred wyth the grace of the holyghost had a desyre to be chrystened and for to obteyne the same / sent messengers to Elether / then beynge Bysshop of Rome for lerned menne / Who sent hym twoo Famous menne one called Faganus and the other Damianus Who also at ther commynge / preached before Kynge Lucius / the whole lyfe and lawe of oure sauyour and redemer Iesus Chryste At whose preachynge the Kynge wythe hys whole housholde was Chrystened in the yere of Chryst 185. And vnder yâ— fayth or belefe of one only god were edified diuers Temples And thus we see the firste fayth receued in thys Realme to be taught accordyng to the Gospell For at that tyme were fewe Ceremonyes vsed amonge the ChrystiaÌ„s other then were coÌ„teyned in the gospell And thys pure syncere fayth contynued among the Brytaynes in thys Realme tyll the yere of Christ 544. In which tyme as Ranolph of Chister recyteth in the .v. boke the. 9 chapter of Polichronica Ethelbert was kyng ouer kent To whoÌ„ Austen the monke came from Rome vnsent for then beyng bysshop of Rome Gregory the great Whiche Austen at his comming raysed vp a banner of the Crosse / shewed a Table that he brought wheron was paynted a crucyfyx and song the Popes Letany / and sayd masse which the kig wolde not receaue at the fyrst But shortly after Austen persuaded the king aÌ„d hys people after suche a sorte / that he receaued Austens ware And Gregory his master / hearing of this sent Austen more helpers and with them sent bokes reliques of holy saits and thus was that new lerniÌ„g brought ito this reame of which we se much yet remaynyng in the church / at this present daye / al the Britaynes at that time wolde in no wise receaue as apeareth in the same ix chapter Whervppon Austen called a counsel of vij Britysh bysshoppes and of the most famous monkes of Bangorin wales Who at their comming to the counsell an Heremite meting with them demaunded whether they were going and they answered / to Austens counsel Then sayd the Heremyte to them When ye come there if Austen ryse and mete wyth you lyke a meke Dysciple of Christe then receaue his doctrine If not returne agayne Which they did in that AusteÌ„ shewed not him selfe meke wherat AusteÌ„ was displeased and sayd vnto them ConseÌ„t to me in thre thinges / if ye wyll not agree to the rest That is kepe Easter in dewe tyme and Christen after the maner of the church of Rome and preache Gods worde to the Inglysh But they wold not consent to him WhervppoÌ„ AusteÌ„ made them answere saying he was warned by inspyracyon that they whiche wolde not receaue peace of theyr brethern / shulde of hym receaue warre and wrath Which he brought to passe For he caused Ethelbertus kyng of NorthumberlaÌ„d to â—â—a .ij. M. L. moÌ„kes of BaÌ„gor which lyued by the sweate of theyr browes hauing nothiÌ„g to speÌ„d And yâ— syese how this new fayth was brought into this realme 409. yeares after the fyrst And howe in the fyrst was preached the whole lyfe and law of our sauiour Redeamer Iesus Christ And in the last wyth bloude was set vp a banner a crucifix the popes Letany and Masses with bokes and relykes of holye saynctes / AusteÌ„ denieth not that the Britaynes kept easter and Christened but it was after the institucion of the apostles and not after yâ— vse of the Romaynes whiche Crucyfyed Chryston good frydaye raysed hi vp on easterday yâ— Romaynes vsed in theyr christening oyle creame salt and spyttie as we see at these dayes Which vsage / in those dayes / the Brytaynes wolde not receaue Foganus and Damianus taught the Brytaynes to buylde diuers Temples vnder yâ— fayth of one only God AusteÌ„ taught to buyld churches of peter and of paule And sence hys successours haue taught to build churches of Austen Dunstone / Ancelme / Blasy and Thomas becket So that we may see that by these meanes yâ— pure and siynceare trueth hath bene darkened Full wel might Peter say there shal be false teachers among you 2. Petri. 1. Which pryuely shall bring in dampnable sectes denying the lorde that bought them I pray you Is not the popish priesthod a dampnable sect / whiche saye / they can make theyr maker in their masses and offer him vp for a sacrifice whiche preuayleth the quicke and dead Peter myght well say / that all such shuld bryng vnto them selues swift dampnaty oÌ„ and that many shuld follow their dampnable wayes ' by which the way of truth shal be euell spoken of How say you O ye popish bisshops aÌ„d priestes which maynteyn Austens dampnable Ceremonyes do ye not cause

substauÌ„ces vnder that pretence of the settiÌ„g furth of Gods word / not caring so they get substaunce what coÌ„meth of Gods word as partlye hath apeared in these our dayes both in the clergy and also in the laytye It wylbe a slauÌ„ der to oure Relygion in those dayes as it was euen in the Primatiue churche as appeareth in the seuenth boke the .xvij. chaptof Eusebius ecclesiasticall history of Paulus Samosatenus a bysshop of Antioch / of whom is said yf we speake of his pride / it was Intollerable For he shewed hym selfe more lyke a captayne then a bysshop for so much as in going by the streates he vsed a maruelouse pryde in reading the letters which were sent hym before the people / naming the answeares to hys secretataries whych accompanyed hym / hauynge so great a nombre of folke which went before hym and a great multytude followiÌ„g hym in such maner that all they which sawe hym abhorred hys pryde and for the same blamed our Relygion Oh. GOD / doth not the pryde of the bysshopes in these our dayes resemble the same Paules pryde He that lysteth to rede the forsayd chapter out / shall see muche But thankes be vnto the lorde who hath geuen the same power vnto the Kinges Maiestie in these dayes / which he gaue to Aurelyan the emperour in those dayes which was that he gaue power to the metrapolytane and other faythfull bysshopes to depose the sayde Paule and set an other in hys place whyche dyd preach the worde of God and not his owne thinkinge as Paule dyd as appeareth in the sayd chapter Truly / if this pride be not lefte both in the Laytie and also in the the Clergyie / God wyll plage the worlde / and that very shortlye for Gods worde is not mans inuencion but the very wyll and worke of God as witnesseth Peter in his second Epystle the fyrst Chapter / saying know fyrst that no prophetie in the scriptures is done of any priuate interpretation For the prophecy was neuer wrought by the wyll of man / but the holy men of God spake as they were moued of the holy gost And this trade vsed the apostles geuinge credyte to Gods worde both in theyr teaching also in theyr ministracion / as wye nesseth sainct Peter in his fyrst epystle the fourth chapter saying if any man speake let him talke as though he spake the wordes of God If any maÌ„ minister let hym do it as of the habily tie whiche God minystreth vnto him And that primatiue church stode by the scripturs as Eusebius in his iij. boke the .x. chapter witnesseth / sayinge By the which thinges sayth he it is euydent in what reuerence we vse oure scriptures the which of so long tyme and by so many ages as is past / was neuer maÌ„ that durst adde / take away or chaunge any thin ge but all men of our relygion haue thys stedfast fayth / and beleue theÌ„ to be reuelacions of God stande to this boke for to defende the same / if nede require wil willyngly lose theyr lyues He sayth not they wyll make insurrections and styrre the peple against their prince as the papists haue done these 1200 yeres / for the maintenaunce of theyr fayned tradicions auncient custumes thys is the very nature of all those which mainteyne vn wrytten Verityes But the nature of gods peple is not of this kiÌ„de but their nature is to opeÌ„ the fautes of prices of their subiectes which they set led coÌ„trary to the scriptures / gently shewe the plages set furth in the scrypture / for disobeing Gods worde rather to suffre death then to seke the displeasure or destruction of theyr prynces rather vse paules trade in theyr preachyng 1. Cor. xv saying I delyuered vnto you that whych I also receaued how the Chryst dyed for our synnes according to the scripturs that he was buryed / that he rose agayne the .iij. day Paul sayth not I delyuered vnto you our auÌ„cient fathers custumes / nor yet their say ned inueÌ„ted ceremonies which had stande so many C. yeres But he saith he delyuered that which he receaued which was how that chryst dyed for our synnes according to the scriptures therfore sayth paul Gal. 1. Though we our selues saith he or an auÌ„gell froÌ„ heaueÌ„ preach any other gospell to you theÌ„ that yt haue receaued holde hiaccursed O mercifull God what shall we say to those which maiÌ„teyne the popysh masse and ceremonies in the whiche is not declared one Tytle Howe Chryst dyed for our sinnes / according to that scripturs For truly the chatholyke fathers abhorred theÌ„ euen in the primatiue church As hereafter thou mayst perceaue And fyrst Castus bysshoppe sayth in his .v. boke He the which presumeth to follow the custume in contempnyng the veritie / eyther he is enuyous and malycious agaynst his brethern to whome the verytie is opened or els he is vnthankfull to God by whose inspiration his church is instructed Also Ciprian ad Pompeium agaynst SteueÌ„s Epystle sayth The custume which is ryseÌ„ with som ought not to let the verytie to haue lesse place to rhintent that the veritie shulde not vanquish For custum without veriteÌ„ is auncientnes of errour Wherfore in leanyng the errour let vs follow the veritie Also Austen in his .iij. boke of Baptysme the .ix. chapter And are also the wordes of Honoratus Attuca sayinge seying Chryste is the veritie / we ought rather to follow the veritie then the custume Also Felix Bysshop sayth let none set the custume before the veritie for reason veritie wyll alwayes put furth custume Also s Ciprian ad Cecilium in hys seconde Booke the thyrde Chapter / sayeth If ye doo that whiche I commaunce you / from henseforth wyll I not call you seruauntes but frendes Yea / and that Chryst ought only to be heard the father witnesseth from heauen saying This is my welbeloued sonne in whom I delyte heare him Wherfore if it be so that Christ ought only to be heard we ought not to care what thing any befor vs hath estemed to be good / but those thinges which Chryst teacheth / who was before all other Neyther must we follow maÌ„nes custume but the veritie of God For the lorde sayd by Esay the prophet They honour me without cause / and teache the commaundementes and doctryne of men And also in the Gospell why do ye transgresse the commaundementes of God to stablysh your owne tradicions Wherfore dere brethern if anye one of our predecessours through ignoraunce or symplycitie haue not obserued and kept that which the lord hath taught vs to do eyther by example or doctryne it may be reputed to symplicitie and may be forgeuen theÌ„ through the indulgence of the lorde But it may not be forgeuen vs which now are instructed of the lorde but it is expedient for vs to send letters to our companions that the lordes gospel his doctrine be kept ouer al the

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