Burdegal Prudentius in his Hymne on Saincte Elalia doe testifie y t y e reliques of sainctes ought to be worshipped denied by Lutherans and the Zwinglians Origenes vpon y â— .j. Chap. of Mathew saeth y t holy daies dedicated vnto Sainctes ought to be celebrated denied by Anabaptistes The holie Fathers in Concilio Gangren and Origen in the yeare of our Lorde .220 do affirme y t Sainctes ought to bee prayd vnto denied by the Lutherans ZwingliaÌ„s the hoole rowte of heretikes ¶ Chrysost. in his .69 Hom. to the people of Antioche S. Augustine de verb. Apostol Gregorius Nyssenus the Synode in Affrica and S. Ciprian in his nienthe epistle of his first booke doe witnes y t the Apostles taught that prayers and sacrifices ought to be done for the dead that the soules of the elected ChristiaÌ„s must be pourged which by the prayers of the lyuing may be holpen denied by the Lutherans ZwingliaÌ„s manie others ¶ Origen in y e .v. Homelie vpoÌ„ the booke of Numbr S. Cyprian in his serm coÌ„cerning Baptisme and S. Augustine touching Baptisme in his seconde boke and seveanth chapiter doe saye that certaine rytes and ceremonies ought to be added vnto the Sacramentes denied by the Lutherans Anabapt many others ¶ Epiphanius Haere Apost S. Augustine in the fourthe chapiter of the .xvij. booke intituled De Ciuitate Dei y t is of the Cyttie of God doe affirme the Apostles to haue had vowed pouertie and that the vowes of pouertie virginitie are well vowed vnto God denied by Luther Brentiê and by y e other carnall coÌ„panie of heretikes ¶ Epiphan in Apost affirmeth it to be a synne to mary after a vowe once made of coÌ„tinencie denied by Luther Bucer Corolstadiê and others ¶ S. August in his sermone De temp S. Ambrose in his 81. epistle .38 sermone and Rufinus in Simbolo doe affirme that the Crede of the Apostles is to be receaued because it was made by the Apostles denied by Brentiê in his Catech. and by Caluin in his Institutions ¶ Basil. Cap. 27. de S. spiritu hoc ex proposito demon so doth Chry. in sundrie places with other holy fathers affirme those thiÌ„ges to be beleued which not onelie are written but also preached denied by Luther Bucer BreÌ„tiê Zwingl Caluin others 1. Pet. ij Yf any man teache otherwise and is not content with the wholsom woordes of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the doctrine of Godlines he is pufte vpp and knoweth nothing but wasteth his braynes about questions and stryf of woordes whereof spryng enuye stryf railinges yuel surmysinges and vaine disputacion of men corrupte myndes and destitute of truthe which thinke y t lucre is godlynes From suche seperate they self 1. Petr. 1. The woorde of the Lorde endureth for euer this is the woorde which by the Ghospell was preached amongest you ij Thess. ij Therefore bretherne stande faste and keepe y e ordinaunces which you haue learned whether yt were by our preaching or epistles Rom. xvj I beseche you bretherne marke them which cause diuisions and gyue occasions of yuel contrarie vnto the doctrine whiche you haue learned and auoyde them L. EVANS NOwe good Christian Reader iudge thowe with some indiffereÌ„cie whether lewde Luther hath most lewdelie abused thee or not nowe vnderstande whether Melancthon Caluine and Zwinglius with the other braweling false bretherne as Bucer and Brentius be the slye styrrers vp of diuisions and gyue occasions of yuell or not and now at the leanght beholde whether they bee to be harkened vnto to be followed and fostered or rather to be worthelie abhorred and aduoyded for here this first Table hathe declared vnto thee the names of good godly and learned men their confession and constancie in the vniforme faythe of Christe with the names and places of their bookes wherein they avowche and affirme the same This Table hathe expressed agayne the names of the noysome carnall companie of heretikes which doe resyste contrarie and gayne say those holie diuines faythefull Fathers and Doctors of the primitiue Churche so that thowe mayst all truelie saye S. Ambrose S. Chrysostome S. Hierome and S. Augustine together with all the whole holye companie of Martyrs preachers Apostles haue taught me in suche their woorkes this perfeicte faythe of the Catholyke church and onelie lecherous Luther with his impes and ietting iesting Iuell wolde allure men vnto the contrary Wherefore seing that you doe see their diuelishe desire to imbrace stryf controuersie and seing that you perceaue their oÌ„speakeable rage against the doctrine of Christe and his Apostles stand you faste and keepe the ordinaunces wich you haue learned whether it were by the preaching bokes or epistles of those holy fathers for they agree in one vnitie of truthe they haue coÌ„tynewed in the woordes of Christe they are his disciples and haue knowen the truthe therefore the truthe shal make them free But concerning light Luther with his whyning whelpes defyled with whoredome and lustes most lothesome as Iannes Iambres withstoode Moses euen so doe these resiste the truthe when they are of corrupte myndes and lewde as concerning the faythe but they shall preuaile no longer for theyr madnes shalbe vttered vnto all men as theirs was So plainelie then perceauing the peruersenes of heretikes I truste no mans wilfullnes is suche as will not refuse the fayned zeale of Zwinglius the madnes of Melancthon and the cursed crakes and crieng of Caluine for shall Luther leade vs to destruction shall he with his loytering lasse queane laughe at our damnacion shall newe noughtie faytheles folkes sett vs at variance with the very Apostles of Christ Nay let vs rather followe the knowen faythe of our godlie forefathers of learned holye men of the Apostles them selues Theyr fayth is perfect vniforme true and imbraced of all good Christians throughout all Christendome Those holye Fathers neuer iarred but allwaies as with one mowthe they agreede in the acknoweleging and confessing of the same but the faythe of these newe fellowes is bare blinde naked and no where they as yow shall here following perceaue neuer agreede in anye one article or iote by them selfes deuised concerning that their thowsandefolde ymagyned Dame ladye and faythe In this second Table maist thowe see the wicked wanting fancies of the most on faythefull felloweshipp of heretickes with the stryuing spirite and filthie fruicte of the deceaueable doctrine of Antichriste ¶ Of the numbre of Sacramentes Seuean Sacramentes at the first affirmed to be by Luther denied agayne by Luther in his boke entituled Captiuitas Babylonica also by Zwinglius One affirmed by Luther yf wee speake according vnto the phrase of Scriptures denied agayne by Luth. y e .xxxj. yere in his Catechisme in his boke vnto WaldeÌ„ses and by Melancth in y e CoÌ„fess of Auspurge Twoe affirmed by Luther the .30 yeare in his Catechisme in his boke vnto Waldenses by MelanthoÌ„ in y e .22
of the primitiue churche Dionysius Areopag being ordeyned Archebishopp of Athens by S. Pawle in his booke entituled De Eccl. hierarchia that is of y e holye gouernement of the Churche S. Cyprian in the .xij. epistle of his first boke in his sermoÌ„e entituled De ablutione pe dum S. Augustine in his C xviij epist. vnto Januarius and in manye other places they all together do alleage affirme y t there are more Sacramentes then one twoe three fowre sixe denied by 1. Luther in his boke entituled Capt. Baby where he acknowlegeth to be but one yf we speak according vnto y e phrase of scripture 2. Luther in y e 30. yeare in his Catech. by MelaÌ„ct by Caluin in his instit 3. The coÌ„fession of Auspurge by MelancthoÌ„ in his Apologie in y e 30 yeare 4. Melancth in his coÌ„mune places 6. Withelm Postellus in Panthenosia ¶ Origenes Periarchon the .vj. to the Rom. also S. Augustine in his .xxviij. Epistle doe affirme that all infantes be infected with original synne denied by Zwinglius Caluine and Bucer affirming speciallye originall synne not to be in the Christians childreÌ„ ¶ S. Augustine in his .x. sermon de verbis Apost saieth that an adiuracion ought to be hadd before Baptisme denied by Luther Zwingliê Caluine ¶ Dionys. Areopagita in y e said booke of the holye gouernemente of the churche avowcheth that Abrenuntio ought to be vsed before Baptisme denied by Luther and Bucer ¶ S. Basil. in y e twentie seuean chapiter of his boke entituled De spiritu sancto affirmeth that the water of the fonte ought to be consecrated denied by the Lutherans ¶ S. Chrysost. in his twentie fowre homelie vpoÌ„ S. John and also S. Augustine doe affirme that water is necessarie vnto Baptisme denied by Caluine Origenes the sixte chapiter vnto the Romanes S. Augustine in his .xxviij. epistle doe affirme that infantes ought to be baptized denied by the RablemeÌ„t of Anabaptistes S. Augustine in his .xxviij. epistle sayeth that infantes without the baptisme of water can not be saued denied by Bucer Caluine The fathers of y e counsaill of Nicea S. Basil S. Chrysostome Nazianzenus S. Hierome S. Augustine doe witnes proue that the Baptisme of Christ is an other maner of one theÌ„ the Baptisme of John denied by Bucer Caluine S. Augustine in his .xxviij. Epistle affirmeth that the children of Christians are not at the first borne the sonnes of God but y t they are of newe borne his children by Baptisme denied by Caluine Bucer Basil in y e .xxvij. of his booke de spiritu sancto Dionys. Areopagita and Michael Syngelus doe affirme y t those which are baptized ought to be anoynted with holye oyle denied by Lutherans Caluine Zwinglius S. Cyprian in his sermon De ablu pedum and in the twelf epistle of his first booke S. Augustine in the tenthe chapiter of his first booke against the Donatistes doe affirme Confirmation to be a Sacramente denied by Luther Caluine S. Cyprian Michael Syngelus and the Synode doe alleage that CoÌ„firmation hath annexed vnto yt the anoynting of holie oyle denied by Bucer Caluine Fab. the Martyr S. Hierome against the Luciferans also the Synode doe affirme that a Bushop ought to be the Minister of the sacrameÌ„t of coÌ„firmation denied by Bucer iÌ„ y e reformation of BonÌ„ and by Caluin Cyprian in his thirde epistle of the first boke and the .6 counsaill of Constantinop with others doe alleage â–ª the Sacramente of Christ his bloode ought to be of wine mixed with water denied by Zwinglius ¶ Iustin. Apol. j. Basil. in his booke of y e holie ghoaste the .xxvij. chapiter doe testyfie that the holie Sacrament is made with the woordes of the Prieste and not by the faith of the receavour denied by Luther ¶ Iustinus Apol. j. Irenaeus in the thirtie twoe chap. of his fourth booke and Eusebius in the first boke Euangel demonst doth affirme that the Euchariste is the Sacrament of the verie bodye of our Lorde being presente denied by Zwinglius Luther and Caluine ¶ Irenaeus in y e thirtie fowre chap. of his fourth booke and Iustinus Apol. j. doe affirme that in the Euchariste is not verie bread wine with the verie bodie and bloode of our Lorde denied by Luther wythe his adhereÌ„ts ¶ Iustinus Apolo j. Irenaeus in the .32 and .34 Chap. of the fourthe booke doe affirme that the Euchariste is not a bare or only signe token of the bodie absent denied by Carolstadiê Zwinglius Oecolamp ¶ Irenaeus in the places aforesayd S. August in his .xxxij. Serm. de verb. Apost doe alleage y e Euchariste not to be a sacrifice onlie coÌ„memoratiue denied by Melanct in his Apology ¶ Chrysosto in his .69 Homil. vnto y e people of Antioche y e .j. Chap. of S. Paule vnto y e Philip. doe proue y e sacrameÌ„te of Christ his bodie and blood to be a sacrifice propitiatorie for the dead denied by Luther and the most parte of heretikes ¶ S. Hierome in the .j. Dialogue against Pelag. doth affirme y t at the sacrifice of the Lordes bodie y e Lordes praier ought to be vsed denied by the Zwinglians and Anabaptistes ¶ Leo Magnus in his .9 Epist. alleageth y t penaunce ought to be enioygned and y t wee offending after Baptisme ought necessarilie to coÌ„fesse our synnes vnto y e priestes denied by Zwinglius Luther ¶ The CouÌ„sail of Antioche Leo Magnus in his .90 epist. the Canon of y e Apostles doe saye that satisfaction ought to be made to putt away the synners offence denied by Luther many others S. Augustine in his secoÌ„d booke and .xiij. Chapiter contra epist. perm in the first chapiter of his first boke de Bapt. against the Donatistes doth affirme the Sacramente of Order to be a Sacrament of a true name denied by Luther by Caluin Germanus Constant. Coelfridus apud Bedam doe say that Priestes ought to weare crownes denied by Luther and others Cyprian vpon our Lordes prayer S. Hierome vpon the .vj. Chapiter of Daniel doe affirme that God is to be prayed vnto at certaine howres denied by Luther and by Zwinglius S. Hierome in his Epistle vnto Marcella Theoph. Alexandrin lib. Pasch. doe testifie that Lent ought to be fasted denied by Luther and others Leo in a sermone dothe declare what times y e Apostles appointed to faste affirming .iiij. tymes of the yeare to be fasted denied by Luther and others Origen Periarch xxix affirmeth man to haue free will denied by Illyricê Luther Melancthon Origen ibidem affirmethe a rewarde to be due vnto the desertes of good woorkes denied by Luther Caluin S. Basil. in his Epistle vnto Iulianus the Apostate the second Synode of Nicea Iohn the Historiographer of Antioche doe affirme that the images of Sainctes ought to be had and reuerenced denied by Zwinglius Bullinger Caluin Martialis Epist. ad
beholde the very woordes translated out of the booke which Luther wrote against the Zwinglians The woordes are these These dissensions and diuisions amongst those Zwinglians doe not procede from the holye spirite but from Sathan because the spirite of suche geaddynes doth coÌ„trarye him selfe Wherefore yt may be coÌ„cluded that the dyuel the father of al dissension stryfe is the doctor teacher of those Zwinglians But the Zwinglians doe aunswere him thus O Luther vse and turne these woordes to thee and thy fellowes whiche doe varye more amongst your selfes then wee doe then shalt thowe speake most truely Wherefore as in the first Table is plainelye declared vnto thee the frowardenes varieng and iarring of Luther Zwinglius Melancthon and suche others against the tradicions of the Apostles and doctrine of the Catholyke churche so here in this second Table is conteyned most manifestlye the rancour incoÌ„stancie stryf and controuersye concerning the chiefest poincte of faythe betwene those faytheles foes and enemies of Christianitie wherein they not only write say and preache the one against the other but also in one and the self same yeare eache one against him self Luther this yeare writeth against Zwinglius Zwinglius against him and Melancthon against them bothe Luther will haue at the first .vij. Sacramentes then loasing fyve he alloweth but twoe and at the lenght he affirmeth to be but one or none at all Melancthon will cast a better accompte for twoe he avowcheth to be at the first then three afterwardes fowre but in the ende he flyeth vnto the fonde fancie of them of Saxonie and so denieth all that he before hath done Thirdly William Postellus one of the self same companie and of the lyke coÌ„corde alleageth .vj. Sacramentes and somewhere .vij. Thus so wavering you see ys ther waywarde wilfullnes and so onstedfast ys this their strange fancies as they are lead from one self wil to another from one shamefull secte to a nomber and from extreme folye to rage and meare madnes Lo suche is the deceateful spirite of the dyuel as alwaies hating vnitie still nowseleth his schollers children in the noysom damnable doungeon of stryf and dissention being so I think there is none onles he be benooÌ„med and there is none onles he be desperate and bewiched but will beholde the headdy inconstante counsaill of heretickes and whether he ought to beleue their blind oncertaine fantasies orels the vniforme plaine and perfecte doctrine of Christ and of his Catholyke churche ⧠This table treateth of the hatefull heresies once sprong vpp in the primitiue churche and then condemned by the holy and learned Doctors and Apostles of Christ all which heresies nowe budding againe be vpholden and imbraced by Luther Zwinglius Bucer such other like newe fangled fond felowshipp of Sathan CCC.L. yeare after Christ as S. Hierome in a Preface to the dialogue against Pela doeth witnes y e Manichees did affirme man to haue no free will so dothe Luther Brentius Illyricus Caluine also at the first MelancthoÌ„ but againe he denieth it as appeareth in his coÌ„mune places in the .52 yeare The Cerdionistes as S. Augustine doeth witnes ad Quod vult affirmed Christ his spirite to haue bene in none of the Prophetes so doth Michael Seruetus as Caluine dothe witnes CCC.L. yeare the Manichees did affirme it impossible for man to kepe the lawe of God so doth Luther and Caluine in his institut CCC.XC yeare the Pelagians as S. Augustine in sundrie places doth witnes affirmed no original synne to be in infantes so doth Zwingliê Seruetus and the Anabaptist The Pelagians as S. Augustine in his .iij. booke .iij. chapiter against Iulianus dothe witnes affirmed the Christians childreÌ„ not to be maculated with synne but to be pure from the same so doth Zwingliê Caluine â— Bucer CCC.L. yeare the Massilianistes as Damascenê towching heresies doth witnes affirmed that baptisme maketh a man neyther ê‘fect nor holy nor that the Diuine sacramentes receaued doe purge vs from synne so dothe Luther and zwingliê The Pelagians as S. August ad Quod vult doth witnes affirmed the infantes of y e ChristiaÌ„s to be borne good and heires of lyf euerlasting that they are not new borne againe to lyf by Baptisme so dothe Bucer Caluine CCC.L. yeare y e Massilianistes affirmed originall synne not to be forgyuen in Baptisme but so to remaine as it be not imputed vnto vs. so doth Luther The Seleucianistes and Herminians as S. Augustin in his worke ad Quod vult doth testifie alleaged the Baptisme of water not to be necessarie so dothe Caluine in his institucioÌ„s CC.X. yeare the Nouatianistes as Theodoretus doth witnes affirmed confirmacion not to haue any anoynting of holy oyle so dothe Bucer Caluin CCC.XXX yeare the Donatistes as Optatus Mileuitanus alleageth did saye y e holy vnction ought not to be vsed so doth Luther Caluine in his institutioÌ„s 1000. yeare Berengarius dyd affirme y t the sacramente of the Aultar is but a sygne of the Lordes bodye so doth Zwingliê Occolampadius Caluine 1000. yeare y e Gerengarians as recordeth Guitmundus Auersanus affirmed that the sacrameÌ„te of the aultar hath the very body of Christ w t very bread so doth Luther his adherentes CCC.XXX yeare y t Massilianistes as Theodoretus saeth affirmed y t the Eucharist vnder y e forme of bread hathe not the verie blood so dothe the Lutheraâ— in Polonia as the confesion of Polonia declarethe And that the sacrameÌ„t eaten doth neither preuaile nor hurt so doth Bucer XL. yeare the Nestorians as S. Cyrill in an epistle ad Col. doth testifie affirmed that the sacrament had not the body of Christ without the vse of the sacrament so doth the Lutâ—â—ranâ— CCC.L. yeare Aerius as witnesseth S. August Epiph. affirmed that no sacrifice ought to be done for y e dead so dothe the LutheraÌ„â— Zwinglius CCC.X. yeare the Jouinistes as witnesseth S. Hierom. in his second boke against Jouinianus affirmed that good men cold not synne nor be at any tyme voyde of the holy ghoast so dothe the Anabaptistes CCC yeare the Audianistes as Theodoretus doth witnes affirmed that y e sacramental confession is not necessarie so dothe the Lutherans and ZwingliaÌ„s CCC.L. yeare y e Massilianistes as Damascenus in haeresib doth record alleaged y e SacrameÌ„t of order to be no sacrameÌ„t of a true name y t the cleargie are not coparcioners of y e holy ghost by ther ordinauÌ„ce which thing also affirmed y â— Alpigenistes in y e. 1250. so dothe the LutheraÌ„s zwingliaÌ„s CCCC.L. yeare the Armenistes Catharistes affirmed the sacramentes to be faigned by man and that they worke no grace so doth the Lutherans the ZwingliaÌ„s vij c. LXXX yeare the Felicianistes the Waldenses affirmed y t the images of Christ and his Saincts are Idololatrous so doth Zwingliê Caluine the Lutherans in the highest Bauaria CCC.L. yeare Porphyrius Eunomicus Eustathiê affirmed as the Counsaile Gangrensis doth witnes
but of Christe him selfe because shee ignorante in the meaning of the Scriptures dyd marye an other He sayeth moreouer that shee was therefore gilte of synne ☞ The assertion of heretykes Philipp Melancthon affirmed that the oblation of the SacrameÌ„t of Christe his bodie for the dead was not vsed in the tyme of S. Augustine That is vntrue For the hole Churche of Africa in a Synode dyd forbyd that the Sacrament sholde be offered for some sortes and this was done in the tyme of S. Cyprian as he him self witnesseth in the .ix. epistle of his .j. boke which Cyprian was the space of C.Lxx. yeares more before the tyme of S. Augustine Also Tertullian in his woorke concerning Chastitie S. Ambrose in the funerall Oration vpon the deathe of Satyrê his brother S. Chrysostome in the Lxix Homelie vnto y e Antiochians and S. Augustine hym self in his .xxij. Sermone de verb. Apost doe wryte likewise ynoughe at large to the manifest confounding and shame oft Melancthon and suche others ☞ The assertion of heretykes Philipp Melancthon alleageth that the invocacioÌ„ of Sainctes creapte into y e church after the tyme of Gregorie the first That is an vntruthe For in the tyme of S. Cyprian that is in the C.LX. yeares after Christ his incarnacion our Ladie the virgin Marye was prayd vnto as Nazianzenus in oratione in CyprianuÌ„ dothe witnes Also Nectarius Constantinopolitanus prayd vnto S. Theodorus S. Augustine de cura pro mortuis in the .iiij. chap. of the first sermone prayd vnto S. Laurence Also S. Ambrose de viduis and S. Hierome invocated one Paula in the Epitaphe of the same ☞ The heretykes assertion Philip Melancthon in the Apologie of the confession of Auspurge dothe affirme that no other auncient writer before the tyme of Gregorie y e first dyd make any mencion of the invocation of Sainctes That is false For S. Cyprian in a booke concerning his lyfe in the yeare of our Lorde C.LX. as Nazianzenus dothe declare affirmed that a certayne Christian mayden dyd devoutlye praye vnto the blessed virgin Marye Origines in the CC.xx. yeare of our Lorde in his commentarie vpon Job dothe invocate the Sainctes Nectarius Constantinopolitanus in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lx. prayd as before vnto Theodorus the Martyr Nazianzenus in the funerall song prayd vnto S. Basil in y e yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lx. S. Chrysostome capitulo primo ad Philip. in the yeare of our Lord .iij c. Lxx. dothe teache that the Sainctes ought to be prayd vnto S. Ephrem in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lxx. dyd pray vnto the virgin Marie S. Ambrose in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lxxx. de viduis saeth that Martyrs ought to be prayd vnto Prudentius in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lx. prayd vnto S. Laurence S. Hierome in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c.xc S. August in the yeare .iiij c. after Christe Vigiliê Tridentinus in the .iiij c.xx. yeare and Theodoretus in the .iiij c.xxx yeare all these holy Fathers Doctors and Martyrs haue prayd vnto the Sainctes and doe teache that wee ought likewise to doe the same Therefore you may see howe Melancthon hathe belyed them with his most impudent lyes would abuse bothe them and vs. ☞ The heretykes assertions John Caluine in his institutions doth alleage that the auncient writers when they spake properlie of the Sacramentes dyd acknowlege to be but twoe That is false For S. Cyprian in the .xij. epistle of his first booke and in his sermone De ablutione pedum dothe affirme that there be more Sacramentes then the Sacramentes of Baptisme and of our Lordes bodie so dothe Tertullian in his boke De poenitentia S. Hierome against the Luciferans Leo Magnus in his xc epistle and S. Augustine in places hereafter recited ☞ The heretickes assertions John Caluine in his institutions doth alleage that S. Augustine dyd acknowelaige but twoe Sacramentes the one of Baptisme and the other of our Lordes bodie That is false For S. Augustine in the .xx. chapiter of his .v. booke against the Donatistes dothe alleage confirmation to be a sacrament and in the .xiij. chapiter of his .ij. booke coÌ„tra epist. Perme he likewise alleageth holy order to be a Sacrament and also in the C.xviij. epistle vnto Januarius he affirmethe that there be more Sacramentes then twoe so he dothe likewise in many other places ☞ The heretickes assertions John Caluine in y e same institutions doth affirme that S. Augustine coÌ„cerning the sacrament of thalter is wholy on his syde That is false For S. Augustine doth teache vs to adore thâ— same body of our Lorde Christ to eate it in the misteries of Christians being the same bodye that was borne of y e virgine Marie and crucified by the Jewes And vpon the .xcviij. Psalme he saeth becawse he walked here in the same fleash he gaue vs y e selfe same flesh to eate And also in a sermoÌ„ vpon the .xxxiij. Psalme he saeth For Christ did beare the same bodye in his owne handes And so in like manner he doth most clearly expresse the same in sundrie other places ☞ The heretickes assercions John Brentius with his adhereÌ„tes in theyr confession of Wirtembrige doe alleage that Transsubstantiation was not knowen vnto the auncient writers That is false For Sainct Cyprian in a sermon of the Lordes supper in the yeare of our Lorde .ij c.xxx saeth this flesh not in forme but in nature changed is become flesh Eusebius Emissenus the yeare of our Lord ij c. L. in his .iiij. Homelie in Pascha affirmeth that these earthlye thinges doe passe over be altered from theyr former being Agayne he saeth these creatures are converted into the substaunce of the body of Christ. Sainct Chrysostome in the yeare of our Lorde iij c. Lx. de Encenijs alleageth the nature of the bread to passe or wast away in Liturgia he saeth y e Priest blessinge with his hand consecratinge those holy thinges saeth altering these o Lorde with thy holy spirite Sainct Ambrose the yeare of our Lorde iij c. Lxxx. lib. de his qui c. the .ix. chap. saeth that remaineth not which nature fourmed but which the blessinge hath coÌ„secrated For greater saeth he is the power of the blessing then of nature because throwghe the blessing nature it selfe is altered Saint August y e yeare of our Lorde .iiij c. in his .xxviij. sermone de verb. Dom. saeth now it is not bread but the body of Christ. Joannes Damascenê the yeare of our Lord iiij c.x. in the .iiij. chap. of his .xiiij. booke doth affirme that the bread and wyne are super-naturally chaunged into the body and blood of our Lorde Hesichius the yeare of our Lorde iiij c.x. in the .xxij. chapiter of his .vj. booke vpon Leuiticus affirmeth a transferring or changing of the substance Gelasius saeth Transeunt in diuinam naturam that is they passe ouer into a diuine nature And Theophilactus in the yeare of our
Lord .vij c. on the .xiiij. chapiter of S. Marke saythe that the bread is changed into y e flesh of Christe Wherefore yf thowe reade ouer this with iudgement thowe wilte theÌ„ shake thy head yea and thowe wilte spytt at false Brentius with all his lieng brethren ☞ The heretickes assertions John Brentius in the said confession of Wirtembrige saythe that y e Eucharist was not in tymes paste a sacrifice propitiatory That is false For the whole churche of Africa before the tyme of S. Augustine and Cyprian dyd offer it for the dead as S. Cyprian him self dothe witnes in y e .ix. epist. of his first booke S. Augustine in the C.x. chap. of his Euchiridion also in his sermone De verbis Apost Likewise in the .iiij. question vnto Dulicius and in many other places dothe teache that it is a propiciation for the synnes af y e deadd S. Ambrose doth sacrifice for his brother Satyrus as in his funerall oracion appearethe ☞ The heretykes assertion The same John Brentius in the said confession of Wirtembrige sayth that S. Augustine declared no certainetie coÌ„cerning purgatorie That is most false For S. Augustine discussing this matter saeth it is no dowbte but that the affection or deuocion of one praing for the dead dothe auayle them who when they lyued in bodie haue deserued that suche thinges shold after this lyfe proffyt them He writeth this in the .iiij. chap. of his booke De cura pro mortuis S. Augustine also in the .xxxij. sermone De verbis Apost saeth It is not to be dowbted but that the dead are holpen throughe y e prayers of holy churche and throughe the holesome or compfortable sacrifice S. Augustine in the .iiij. chap. De cura pro mortuis in the .xxj. booke De ciuit Dei the xv chap. and oftentimes also in many other places he saeth It is not to be dowbted but that these thinges doe profytt the dead but suche as so lyued c. ☞ The heretickes assertions Martine Bucer in the .xviij. chap. of the .ij. booke concerning the administracion of our Lord his supper saeth y t the sacrifice of y e Lordes supper was in some churches adioygned vnto the funerall prayers and in some not yt was wonte to be adioigned sayeth Bucer in the churche of S. Augustine as appeareth concerninge the funerall of his mother Confessionum suarum lib. 10. cap. 12. That is false For the sacrifice of the Lordes supper was offered for the dead througheout all y e churches of Africa as out of the Canon of the counsail of Africa S. CypriaÌ„ in the .ix. Epistle of his first booke dothe teache S. Chrysostome concerning the churche of Antioche dothe wytnes the like in the .lxix. homelie vnto the people of Antioche And concerning the churche of Constantinople in his homelie vpon the first chapiter vnto the Philippians and also in Liturgia S. Basyll concerning the churches of Armenia and Cappadocia in Liturgia Damascenus in his oracion vpon the dead concerning the whole churche of Grece S. Ambrose coÌ„cerning the churche of Millayne in an oracioÌ„ vpon his brother Satyrê And as for the place of S. Augustine most falslie cited by Bucer Yt ys so that Bucer meaneth the Churche of Hippo whereof S. Augustine was Bushopp and therefore he calleth yt S. Augustins churche but Bucer most beastlie ys deceaued therin For S. Austin was not at that tyme clearke Priest nor Bushopp of Hippo. Wherefore all men may see theyr detestable dyvelishnes withoute shame in alleaging of the Doctors a mysse L. EVANS THus hauing translated so muche as of the said Tables may be suffycient I thought good to gyue the Reader here some frendlie further instruction and that speciallye to prevent the pievyshe grudging envye of the enemye whose hatefull desperate hande or harte wold not peraduenture stycke to stand all fondelie in the fyelde to contrarye the grave fathers and faythefull souldyours of the true fayth for I knowe that the rage of the rude rowte of heretykes is suche as now being paste all shame wyl not feare to defye the allowed most true authorityes here in thys boke alleaged wherefore vnderstande thowe o Reader that they bee the authorities of the perfecte worthie authors S. Chrysostome S. Ambrose S. Hierome S. Augustin that they be the authorities of Dionysius Areopagita a man of no meaner vertue then worthie to be chosen a Bushopp of the famous learned cyttie of Athens yea and therevnto elected by the chosen vessell S. Paule the Apostle of our Sauiour Christe and also that they be the authoryties of S. Basil S. Cyprian Irenaens of suche other shyninge glyscering starres of the howse of God suche be the authors they are men of this credytte and authorytie they were the prayse worthie preachers of the people in olde tyme they were the faythfull instructours of our forefathers and fynallie they were the chaste godly singuler lightesome lanternes of so golden a world I dowbte not then but that thow wilt say how can yt be possible nowe that any sholde bee of suche noughtynes as to defende his vayne estimacion fylthie lucre and onlauful luste wold so vnad visedlie aduenture to marche against thys mightie trayne of the true Catholyke church in deed good Reader I graunte that there is a iuste cause for thee to marvayle yeat such bye byters there be as theyr doting doinges staring studies and legende of lyes doth more then ynoughe declare I haue harde read and seene theyr bareyn sengle shameles shyftes in seeking to defende their fylthie naked and defourmed doctrine and yf I shall say therein my mynde then to speake the truthe I must say as PhocioÌ„ sayd vnto Laosthenes that is that their bookes and sermones be muche lyke vnto the Cypre trees for they be huge greate and yeat bearing no fruicte at all But wylte thowe good Reader weyghe what men they bee and of what authorytie they are they be to speake the beste of theym the beastlyest parte of al the people they be the most loytering lecherous laddes of the whole Realme for an example beholde him who having his priuate whoore in hys owne howse whom he calleth wyf durst neuertheles betraye the treasure of his deare and faythful freande durst ah las ah las most lewdelie abuse the virginitie of his freandes doughter and durst fy fy deflowre so yong a thing Yf thou wylte aske me now what kynd of man this was which coÌ„mitted thys vyle facte yea thys vyllanie and whether that he had any thing to doe with this dreaming diuelish doctrine I must then say that he was the pratyng pyller of this pelting newe founde faithe I must say that he buselie wrought for a Bushopryke I must say that his good Lordes the false named Bushopes of this tyme haue thought him wel worthie therof now as I heare he begynneth to preache vpon Miserere O HuntingtoÌ„ this leasson was wel looked for this saved the neckes of manie
of thy neare breatherne these newe made Ministers and yf you will not beleue me looke then vpon the hande of your neare neyghebour and thou shalt fynd there the note signe of thaefte infamie Exeter Gayle can testifye yt there the Bushopes pryson must needes wytnes yt but peraduenture good Reader thow wilte request to knowe the vyllanye of all the reaste of these varletes yf thou doe so I pray thee beare awhyle with me for I doe meane shortlye to shewe and make notyce of their names fylthie facte place wherein their drudgerie was cōmytted so in the meane tyme I tel thee thys that vnū cognoris omnes noueris in knowing one thow hast knowē theym all And o you Ministers what say you to hym who hathe noted all your names the place where you were bredde in borne the arte and occupaciō wherein yow were brought vpp and of some of you the fellonie for the which your handes with whoate burning yron before the iudge hath bene hardened of some other the inceste and whoredome and of the beste of you the worthye discredyte in all your countreye can not thys make you to shrynke and to be ashamed and cannot thys cause yow to change places one with an other as you haue preatelie begunne Notwithstanding all thys wyl you styll be meadling with the highe misteries of God wil you with your theevishe burned thombes fylthelie styll be fyngering of the boke of God be these y e teachers good people which this paynted false attyred truthe brought vs yea be not these the rude shameles rablement whiche vntruthe hathe brought with her as a trayne yes yes these be they good Reader whom I wyshe thee to weyghe with the wyse Fathers Doctors of the primitiue churche whose authorities in this litle boke be alleaged these be the vpholders of thys hanging looke lecherous and faynting fayth and therefore lende thow thy faythful iudgemēt iudge thow indifferētly whether y e chast godly fathers of the former tymes ought more to be credyted or els these cursed and thievish beastlye bankerupte breathren these men be they which were thought meete to be chosen into the Rome place of the graue wyse and learned labourers of the church of Christ such be the wanton wolfes which in these later dayes haue creapte into your howses to werie you these be they which with their whoores at home haue both ioye and pleasure to see your soules to peryshe foreuer Oh the howses wherein sometymes graue studētes wyse men dyd dwel doe beare recorde of the ruefull estate of the Realme of England the Colleges wherein learning of long tyme so laudablie did flooryshe be now defyled with leacherie fylled vp with the fylthie stuffe of whoores and harlottes the Personages Vicarages wherein poore folkes were wonte to haue some foode be now al fylled with the fowle defourmed broode of bastardes the holy churches sometymes duely decked with the memorial of the blessed Martyres singuler Sainctes be now with the fylth of Priestes bastardes throughout the whole chaūcell defyled and berayd I wil not speake of the spoyle made nowe by these Ministers throughout al the spiritual lyvinges in Englande I will let passe their couetous powling that only to pamper vp theyr hawtye and hyeghe mynded Helens theyr bastardes and misbegottē mynions doughters I will nothing towche their wrongeful takinges their byeng selling chopping and changing of benefices and I wyl not at this tyme rehearse the malicious and impudent madd mindes But peraduēture gentle Reader some man wyl dowbte whether I be able to stand by and proue all thys or not wel I promyse thee that the cōsciences of a number in England can testyfie yt and I wolde wyshe that I might without grynding be licēced before M. Grindal to proue it Further I doe wyshe al men to iudge whether they be wicked or no who most wrongfullie accuse the Catolykes of great crymes treason and disobedience for I assure thee that in this theyr aduersytie they doe vpō their knees pray vnto God for the preseruacion of our most gracious Prince and Quene And therefore good people yt is the false preachers of England which beareth her no good wyl yt is they that for the wearing of a cappe will comptrole her maiesties most gracious mynde cōmaundement yt is their dreamyng disobedience which dothe defye her lawes and yt is their churlyshe hateful hartes that murmure and grudge against her maiesties proceadinges For the Catholykes good Christian doe but flye from the tyrannie of these caytyfes they leave the realme to advoyde the rage of such Antichristes and they departe from their country onely to be careful for the saluacion of theyr soules And I wold to God that any indifferent Englyshe man wolde marke what kynde of men there be here they be of truthe the very treasure of our country they be grave wyse learned and godlye fathers yea and they be such as this country wondereth how that our country can wante them But now to make an ende there ys no iuste cause M. Grindall why you shoulde be displeased with me in dedicating thys vnto you for you may not thinke scorne in thys your tyme of forgetfulnes to be schooled at the handes of the right Reuerend Father the Bushop of Rurimunde and you may not dysdayne yf the way truthe be tolde you by the diuines and Doctors of the Church And therefore onles you contemne the Counsayll of such catholyke holye Fathers as Sainct Chrysostome S. Hierome and suche others And onles you wyl lytle weyghe the whole wryters of the true church you can not choyse but thanke me for my good meaning and intent but whether you doe nowe thanke me or not Yet when you haue shaken of thys heavye burthen of heresye I dowbte not but that you wyll then doe yt And thus gentle Reader I commytt thee vnto God who guyde thy harte in the knowelaige of Christ his true faythe Amen Some parte of rhe Protestantes beleefe which theyr hyghe and Archeheretykes do holde translated out of a litle booke made by Fridericus Staphylus 1. First Luther in his confession de Eucharistia aduersus Swermeros saeth that Vltichu◠Zwinglius affirmed that Numa Scipio ◠suche other ethnikes were receaued by Go◠vnto eternall lyf for their excellent natural vertues sake this is y e heresie of y e Pelagiās 2. Luther in his sermone cōcerning Moses affirmeth that y e tenne cōmaundementes do not apperteigne vnto vs but vnto y e Jewes alone This is the heresie of the Manichees 3. Luther in his booke entituled De libertate Christiana Melancthon in his annotation vpon S. John sayth that onelye incredulitie is synne that there is no other kin◠of synne This is the heresie of Eunomius 4. Melancthon in his annotations vpo◠the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romaines ◠Luther in his booke De seruo