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The original [and] sprynge of all sectes [and] orders by whome, wha or were they beganne. Translated out of hye Dutch in Englysh.
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Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568, attributed name.
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differ froÌ„ y e churche of Rome in many artikles which what tyme they were obedient to y e churh of Rome they obserued but now they are â—ecyuered and parted from it x. The Mosarabites or Arabysh Christians THys secte dwelled somtyme in great nombre in Aphrica and Spayne but now are there but a fewe They kepe the vse of the Christians in Aphrica nearehande in all poyntes They say masse in latine they obey y e churche of Rome they coÌ„secrate with vnleuended breade yet vary they in many thynges from the Romanes The daye is diuided wyth them in xxiiii houres and so many collets Psalmes or seruices haue they to euery houre a seuerall but not after y e latine fashion That the Latines saye in the begynnynge that do they saye in the ende The sacrament of altare do some diuide in vii or x. peces They are a very deuoute people They mary none without they be of theyr nacion and fayth Yf a man dye y e woman marieth not agayn but remayneth in chastite wedowheade xi The Moscouites and whyte Russes fayth MOscouites is a nacioÌ„ in Asia whose lande is called Moscouia Theyr kynge and gyde that now is is called Basilius a quicke victorious and fortunate man of warre Which was in y e sege with the Turkysh Emperoure before Uienne in Eastenrich anno M. D. xxix He hath aboute a. xx contryes vnder hym accordyng as he auaunceth hym in hys tytle Thys kynge with hys subiectes wyl be called a good Christian he boasteth hym to be of saynt Paules fayth whiche shulde haue prescribed them theyr fayth lawe and ordinaunce and to kepe and retayne thys vntyll hys returnynge In thys lande as in many other partyes of Grece do the wyues wear alway a shewsole vpon theyr heades but y e poore weare theÌ„ of cloth the rych of gold beluet to signifye theyr subiection and obedience due to the man so that she is content so to submitte herselfe as thoughe the man shulde go vpon hyr heade and knowledge hym for hyr Lorde Thys fayth vse the whyt Russes also xii The fayth of the Bemes or order of the Hussites THough the Bemes haue ben vnder the B. of Romes iurisdiction and accostumed wyth hys lawes and fayth yet are they conuerted and seduced by Ihon Husse that was burnt in the councell of Constaunce anno M. cccc xvi so that they are deciuered and fallen from the sye Rome They geue the sacramente of the altare vnto theyr laymeÌ„ vnder both kyndes agaynste the commaundement of the B. of Rome yee and vnshryuen also But in other thynges do they cleue to the Byshop of Rome for they nother do eate flesh on wednisdayes nor frydayes they syng hepe holy dayes and worshyp sayntes as in the byshopryke of Rome They kepe theyr fastes very straytly It is a fearce people and enclyned to lyberte xiii The order of Waldenses or Picardes THe Picardes that were seduced by Waldus the heretike area seuerall kynde of Christen people in Beme These leade a very Christen and blamlesse lyfe they call vpon no sayntes or creatures but only God They sweare not atall countynge it to be vncomly for a Christen man so to do They haue no image at all they knele not afore them nor pray to theÌ„ They say y e sacrameÌ„t ought not be worshipped but Christ at y e ryghthaÌ„d of hys father God in sprete truth They haue no begger amoÌ„ge theÌ„ helpe couÌ„sel ech other brotherly Yet are they diuided in two or as some saye in thre partes namely y e greate y e lesse y e leest of all They hold greatly w t y e Anabaptistes they haue all thynges coÌ„mune they ChristeÌ„ no chyldreÌ„ they grauÌ„t not Christes body to be in y e sacrameÌ„t neuertheles y e great heape beleue in y e sacrameÌ„t They psue ech other whereby they vtter theyr sprete though they shyne neuer so fayre They are alwaye at y e least lxxx thousande They set nought by the B. of Romes fayth orders spiritualty fastyng holydayes masse prayenge syngynge readynge c. I passe ouer here the Taborytes which also haue a seuerall fayth xiiii The Georgians secte and fayth THese Christians haue the Tartaries made tributaryes to them two C. yeare ago They vse the Grecians maner in many poyntes They broder vpoÌ„ the Perses reachynge from Palestina vntyll the mountaynes called Caspy They hadde xviii byshoprykes and one heade or chefe byshop whome they called CatholicoÌ„ They were fyrste subiecte vnto the sye of Antiochia a warrefarynge people Theyr prestes haue crownes shauen rounde but y e layemen foresquared Theyr wyues be partly vsed to warre and be hyred therto Before they stryke ony felde they do drynke largely that they maye fall on theyr enemyes with the better corage and more fearcely Theyr prestes spiritualty kepe the walles and fenses and vse vsery finaunces and symony They are euer at debate with the armenians whom they call heretikes Both the Armenians and Georgians ar now subiecte to the Turke Theyr name haue they of saint George theyr patron in whose name they fyght whom also they haue in theyr standarde and banners They border also vpon the Medes and Sirians of whoÌ„ they are greatly dradde yee and of all the Easte partes also Whan they go to the holy Sepulchre they entre the cytie IerusaleÌ„ with spled banners for the Saracenes shune theÌ„ sore nother paye they ony where tribute Theyr wiues haue heere beerdes as y e meÌ„ and go also to warre They weare hygh toted hattes What so euer they ascribed some tyme vnto the Soudane y t dyd he grauÌ„t theÌ„ agayne for they were of great estimacyon by hym are greatly accepted euery where for theyr valeaunt dedes and worthynesse Here do I passe ouer also the Gothyes and Wandalyes whose landes and kyngdomes hath euery one his Christen fayth Sclauony also hath in many thynges an other religion Gods seruice and maner seuerall from all other Fyften orders sectes or supersticions of the Iewes i. Samaritani IN the tyme of Sarabella or as sayeth Iosephus the. xi boke y e. vii Chap. of antiquityes Sanaballat the debite of Ierusalem rose the fyrst scisma or dissencyon amonge y t Iewes on this wyse Manasses the brother of Iadi the byshop confederated hymselfe with the debite or leutenauÌ„t which was an Hey then toke the doughter of the vncircumcysed to wyfe agaynst the lawe vpon the condicyon that he shulde make hym hygh prest or byshop Now seynge that in this dede he dyd transgresse the lawe he gat euell wyl of many of the Iewes yee he was euen reiect and hated of them UpoÌ„ this dyd his father in lawe buylde hym a temple vpon mounte Garisim and set y e foresayd Manasses ther in agaynst Iadus his brother geuyngt him a village therto and they that helde on hys syde were called Samaritans These dispeÌ„sed with the lawe in many thynges and yet wolde be called Iewes This discencyon lasted
vntyll the destruccyon of Ierusalem by Titus and Uespasianus ii iii. Morbonei and Meristei ISidorus in the. viii boke of the Ethimologyes wryteth that amonge y t heresyes of the Iewes some were called Saduces some Morboneies some Meristeies of the which two last sectes and orders I coulde fynde nomore though I searched diligently for it but that y e Meristeies receaue not all the prophetes sayenge that some haue not wrytten of a good sprete The Morbonet saye y t it is Christe y t hath taught them to kepe holy day in al thinges iiii The Pharises both theyr secte and fayth THese iii. sectes or supersticyons folowynge were also amonge the Iewes in Christes tyme. The Pharisaicall secte was separate from the commune lyuynge and wolde be estimed the perfecte in the lawe euen as by vs monkes and freres are the choyse of people which stacke in y e lawe ouer heade and eares so that all that was sene on them semed holy and iuste but onely the wycked hart vnknoweÌ„ to y e world but knowen to God y t was enemy to God This coulde not the world iudge wherfore by reason of theyr shynynge holynesse they were in great estimacyon amoÌ„ge y e Iewes To be playne it were the Iewes monkes which in theyr and the peoples mynde were nearest the prycke these rose in the tyme of Ptolomeus Philadelphus They were called Pharisei because they were separate sundered from the other people both in clothynge and conuersacyon but had notwithstandynge a lyke wycked harte hatred to the lawe with the other They lyued straytly after the workes of the lawe and measurable in meat they dyd weare a scrol of parchement on theyr foreheades and on theyr lefte hande the ten coÌ„maundementes wrytten for a remembraunce and continuall exercyse They dyd weare also brode gardes about theyr garmentes wherin were bouÌ„de thornes and pryckes that shulde cause them to remeÌ„bre Gods coÌ„maundementes They ascrybed all thynge to God his predestinacyon They neuer answered theyr heade frowardly They hoped a iudgemeÌ„t of god and a resurreccyon of the dead They sayd that a mans soule is immortal These good men were Christes mooste enemyes and causers of his death which they were best worthy v. The Saducees secte SAducei another sect in Israel which helde nothynge of the predestinacyon of God sayd y t God dyd beholde all thynges but it is in mans choyse ether to do good or euell They denyed the resurreccyon of the flesh and also that ther were ony auÌ„gels They beleued that the soule peryshed with the body They receaued onely the. v. bokes of Moses They accompanyed themselues with noman but led so strayght and earnest lyfe that they were called Saducei that is the ryghteous vi The Esseyes and theyr religion THe Esseyes led in all poyntes neare hande an heremiticall and monasticall lyfe They despised matrimony not of hatred that they had to the state of it nor yet because they dyd counte it vnholy but to flye the lustes and prouocacyoÌ„ of we men thynkynge that none kepeth hyr promyse They were so ioyned in loue that as chyldren of one father and despysers of all transytory goodes they brought together al theyr substaunce and possession and had all thynges commune They dyd counte it vncomly to go in ony other saue whyte garmeÌ„tes They had stewardes and officers in worldlye busynesses but they themselues medled with nothynge saue onely the lawe of God They had no certayne dwellyng but were loâ—ged in euery cytie They shyfted no clothes nor shues tyll they were worne out They were of great conteÌ„placyon in Godly matters they vsed few wordes The daye dyd they euer begynne wyth prayenge after that went they to worke euery one that he was skylled in vntyll v. of the clocke at the which season they came together to dyne But afore they sat theÌ„selues therto they washed themselues with colde water gyrded a whyte lynnen cloth about theÌ„ this done they went to theyr meate y t theyr prest fyrst blessed After dyner grace sayd they returned agayne to worke No noyse was herde ony where in theyr lodgynges but kept great silence They couÌ„ted an oth eueÌ„ forswearyng They toke none in to theyr secte w tout he were proued one yeare after the whiche they were sworne to kepe theyr fayth to God loue and ryghteousnes to men and to prynces to yelde due obedience and yf it so fortuned that they shuld be chosen to gouerne other y t then they shulde not vse y e power to y e suppressynge of theyr subiectes In theyr iudgemeÌ„t sat no lesse theÌ„ c. persons whose sentence remayned vnmoueable The sabbath obserued they so earnestly y t vpoÌ„ it they nother dressed meat nor kyndled ony fyre yee dyd not theyr easemeÌ„t nother On other dayes whaÌ„ they wente to do theyr easement they toke a spade w t theÌ„ dygged a pyt wherouer they sat to do theyr easemeÌ„t lettyng downe theyr clothes about theÌ„ lest they dyd iniury to Gods shadowe couered it agayn w t y e digged vp earth This must nedes be a righteousnesse yet abydeth it an order sect fylthynesse Esa lxiiii both before God maÌ„ though they hyde theyr easement neuer so preuely not onely before God man but also before the elementes Herodes Antipas had this secte in great reuerence vntyl his death nother is ony euel reported therof in storyes yet is it nothing worth before God Yf our religious myght auaunce this also fyrste that theyr secte is Gods ordinaunce and commaundement secondarely that they had so lyued therafter that with the trueth they coulde not be blamed how wolde they cracke and boast yet doth God damne this secte also Ioh. vii Rom. ix x. Of these thre last rehearsed sectes reade Iosephum the. ii boke of y e Iewes battayle the. vii Chapter at large vii The Iewes secte and religion THough these haue receaued the lawe of God vntyl y e tyme of fulfyllyng yet are they now seynge they haue refused the Messias and lost the true lyght rekened for a darknesse secte and heretikes of S. Ierome and Austine which besyde y e Talmud wherin is gathered together eueÌ„ an vâ—â—brement of vayne dreames haue only in Moses bokes vi C. lawes It is surely a poore people that with vayne hope doth so trouble itselfe and hath an harde order yf it wyll fulfyll the same w tout dispensyng These are scattred amonge all nacions and a very fleshly people which wyll vnderstand all scripture after the letter scarce knowe whether ther be ony sprete They be diuided wythin themselues so well as we yet darre they not vtter it left they be laughed to skorne of vs. Besyde the lawe haue they also receaued many constitucions of men Theyr order is well knowen to the nedy ChristiaÌ„s for they are vsurers and in many places are these open robbers suffred to the greate dammage of euery man viii Rechabite or Rechabites secte REchabite or Rechabites are they y e