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A01199	The alcaron of the barefote friers, that is to say, an heape or numbre of the blasphemous and trifling doctrines of the wounded idole Saint Frances taken out of the boke of his rules, called in latin, Liber conformitatum.; Barfuser münche alcoran. English	Alber, Erasmus, ca. 1500-1553.; Bartholomeus, de Pisis, d. 1401, attributed name.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, attributed name.	1550 (1550)	STC 11313; ESTC S109718	40,860	170

¶ THE ALCARON of the Barefote Friers that is to say an heape or numbre of the blasphemous and trifling doctrines of the wounded Idole Saint Frances taken out of the boke of his rules called in latin Liber conformitatum A. 1550. ☟ ☞ ⊕ ☜ versicle Frances is in heauen Answer Who doubteth of that Anthem Al the world The preface THIS is to admonishe the gentle reader that if before this time thou haste not red this boke and commest ther vnto as an ignorant person that thou beware of geuing any credite or faith vnto any of the blasphemous lies and Miracles conteined herin whiche are not possible to be true they are so directly againe the moost precious holy word of god And first thou shalt vnderstād y t there is a boke in latin entitled named Liber Couform●tatum That is to say the boke of the rules of the barefote Friers conteining a wagō or cartful of fables and blasphemous doctrines againste Christ true religiō out of the whiche these few thinges herafter mencioned in this treatise is excerpted gathered ●nd euen at the first in y e praier that y e Friers make to Frances thou maiest se how horrible idolatry they commit in attributing to Frances that onely aperteineth to christe whiche is the remission of sinnes and the rewarde of euerlasting lif They apply also al the Figures of the old Testament to aperteine to Frances so they shadow and hide Christ and auance Frances farre aboue christ Of this it foloweth that Christ is but a Figure of Frances as the Turk thinketh that figured Frāces is al in all whereof springeth this heresy that Frances is the very true Messias mediatour aduocate patrone y t they cal vpō and of him thei ask euerlasting life who hath hard greter blasphemy ād what is this but y e falsifieng denieng of the scriptures of god spokē of his sonne Iesu christ which saith Ihon. x. I geue them euerlasting life Whatsoeuer ye ask the father in my name he wil geue it you i Ihō ii We haue an aduocate with the father whiche is Iesus christ the iust c. i. Ti. ii There is but one mediator betwene god and man euen Iesu christ c. Wherfore christiā reader whē thou hast wel considered these thinges weigh them as earnest matters and god graunt that we may so weigh them in hart and mind that we may detest and abhorre suche abhominacions and to cleaue fast to Christ Amen YET here resteth to be told what should moue me now at this time Friers beyng banished from hence and their wicked doynges and doctrines worthely condempned to publishe and imprint this treatise certainly two thinges first for that it was first gathered ād set furth in highe Dutche by D. M. Luther after by an other great lerned man translated out of dutche into latin likewise imprinted and set fourth after that Friers were banished in Germany And the same cause that I thinke moued them doth now likewise cause me to imprint thesame which is this after y e light knowlege of gods holy word had ther is litle perrel to bring furth false erronious doctrines for that so sone as they come vnto y e light therof they are espied iudged like as in the darke though a manne be very well furnished of weapons hable to defend himself from his enemie yet for lack of light he loseth the right vse of them for that hee may misse his enemy and hurt his frend hauing lighte and his weapons also hee defendeth himself saueth his frend and vanquisheth his enemy So now that God hathe geuē vs the light of the knowledge of his mooste holy and sacred woord hath indued vs with the weapons armor of hys holy spirite wee nede not feare the Deuel our enemye nor his doctrines but may boldly loke vpon him in the day light and ouercome confound him and al his this as a special principal thing shal we herby haue great cause to reioyse and praise god for in y t of his great merci he hath deliuered vs from y e blindnes bondage of those papistical Caterpillers that we may now laugh to scorn such folish and filthy doctrine as in the time of ignorance we beleued and worshiped for truth An other cause is this that I se a great nūbre which rather delite in lies vanities and therwith to pas their time then with the liuely most fuitful worde of God And for such I thought this a mete boke that by the lies her in conteined they may confound condempne their awne ignorance whych at thys Daye by lies is and hath ben established ād that therby they may be ocasioned to desier further knolege and come to the light of gods moost holy word which euery christen man ought most ioyfully and gladly to embrace The boke speaketh Reade me as I am other wise take me not And to tel the what I am lothe I am god wot But what I am in dede now shalt thou know This I am I tell the the truth for to showe I am the rule of the barefote Friers Which learne of me to be shamelesse liers For al that is in me of lies are grounded Therefore in England I am confounded I am suche a boke plainly the to tel As of Friers is beleued before the Gospell And al suche hipocrites as Friers are in dede Beleue me better then they do their crede I am old and came not in of late I am no newe doctrine wherof diuerse prate I was first writen with S. Frances hand And confirmed by y e pope for euermore to stād I am that boke which plainly doth expres Not onely the rule of blessed Sainct Frances But also the miracles of a numbre of Friers With blasphemous tales both sūdry diuers Take me as I am so iudge me I y t pray Yf thou iudge me euel thē thy iudgemēt I say Is vpright and worthy to be commended Blame me hardly for I haue offended ¶ In the beginning of the boke an Image of the wounded Idole Fraunces beyng set out the Freers make their praier therunto in this sorte Francisce Iesu typice c. O Frances the very fygure of Iesu christ And the only leder rule of y e friers obseruāt Deliuer we beseche the blessed father mooste highest The soules of thy seruauntes that to the are attendaunt From euerlasting death and paines infernal And graunt vs y e life ioyes that are eternal First leafe THe question is of Frances mekenes and where God hath placed him Answer He sitteth in the first and chefest degre in heauen and hath his seate and abiding in the highest place The ii lefe Frances onely obserued the letter of the gospel and swarued not one iote or title and onely he and his bretherne hath their rule grounded on the gospell after a spirituall maner The same leafe