at Paules for their opinioÌ„s against the Sacrament of the altar .iiii. Sussex men the one of thâ— was a duche man dwelled besydes Lewes who being demaunded amonge others what baptisme was the one aunswered it was a Sacrament then he was demaunded whether a man myght be a christian without it yea doutles qv he For it is but an externe signe and worketh litle grace For said he lyke as a man doeth washe his handes in a basen of water signifying that the handes are cleane so the chylde is wasshed at baptisme to accomplyshe the exterior figure Then was obiected vnto him the saying of christ vnles a maÌ„ be borne agayn with water the holy ghoste he could not be saued Tushe sayth he the water profiteth nothyng it is the holy ghoste that woorketh Who with the rest moste worthely were condempned and burned in Sussex Fynally there be many other opinions not worthy the rehersall deuysed by the protestantes and for the mayntenance therof how many do we se for lacke of grace wylfully without anye feare of God or man precipitate themselfes into the temporall fyer without any respecte or due consideracion of the life to come And God wâ—te some of them demaunded questions of their beliefe they cannot tel what to say Suche is the iniquitie of oute tyme. It is before declared the sondry opinioÌ„s of many who altogether boaste themselues too be of the true Churche Whose opinions partely I haue noted to set before mennes eies the exâ— crable factions of their malignaunt churche to thintent they may consider that the catholique churche is of one faith of one spirite of one iudgemeÌ„t not lacerated deuided or torne but whole and intier From the whiche who soeuer departeth procureth vnto himselfe dampnacion For without the churche is no saluacion Nowe touchyng the vnitie and concorde of the churche it contynueth in the very same state as it dyd in the primatiue churche as we rede howe the Apostles were all of one coÌ„sent and one mynde Which vnitie as they theÌ„ did imbrace placing the same as a sure tokeÌ„ or badge to know y â— church so loke what churche let it haue neuer so glorious titles beyng without that it is euident that it is no churche but rather a denne of theues Christ leuing y â— world and asceÌ„ding vp to his father be sides his seuerall admonicioÌ„s to his Apostles during the tyme of his coÌ„uersacion vpon earth preached peace saying haue peace among you c. Paule in all his epistles perswadeth vnitie Which may perswade any good harte to acknowlege the catholike church to be that churche where all men may learne the truthe of the gospel religioÌ„ fayth SacrameÌ„tes al other kindes of rites or ceremonies Whiche churche coÌ„tempneth all sortes of Heretikes and other miscreantes and standeth vnremouable notwithstanding theyr wycked dartes fethered with mischiefe dayly throwen against her But it behoueth saith s Paule that there shuld be heresies amoÌ„ges you to trye make manifest those that be constante Therfore no maruayll thoughe now thei beare such swinge For in the latter daies saith he there shal be perilous tymes wherein some shal departe from the faith and shall geue hede to spirites of error and deuelyshe doctrine of them which speake false through hypocrisie hauynge their consciences marked with an hote yron forbidding menne to marry and commaunding to absteyne from meates whiche God hathe created to bee receiued with thankes geuyng c. But the Protestantes tournynge thys place from theimselfes they woulde proue the Papisticall Churche for so thei terme it to be those heretikes whiche sainte Paule here gyueth warning of Doe not the papistes saye they euen as saint Paule saieth forbid matrimony which he saith is holy in al mene And yet they prohibite priestes nuÌ„nes other religious to marry prouing themselfes therby to be those of whom Paule did propherye And doo they not lykewyse forbid meates to be eaten whiche God hath created too be receyued with thaÌ„kesgeuyng c. In this sorte these credible gentelmen handled this place to discredite the catholyke church and to allure all men with their pleasante outcries to cast of libertie to offende God to offeÌ„de the magistrates to breake all lawes to vndoe commen welthes to make dearthe and scarcitie finallye â–ª to doe what they lyste But what ment they hereby Euen to handle the matter as the Sirenes dyd whereof Homere speaketh whose voyces were so pleasant that with their songes they allured all passengers whiche sayled by the seas where they haunted to approche vnto theim and beyng within their thraldome their custome was to drowne both them and their shyppes Euen so oure late pleasant Sirenes in all pulpetes vsed such pleasant songes and alluremeÌ„tes enteÌ„ding therby not onely to nosell the bodye with al kyndes of bellychere but also to make them to forget both God and man so procure Hell mouth to opeÌ„ swallow vp both bodie and soule Nowe I would gladly learne of theim whether the heretikes of whome s Paule prophecied did vtterly forbidde marriage to all men women or not If they answere yea as thei cannot chose then they cannot proue that the catholyke churche forbideth marriage to al meÌ„ For who is it priest religious man or womaÌ„ but that once in their life tyme they were at libertie either to marrie or lyue chast So that the choice of either state is free to doe as the grace of GOD shall worke in them Nowe agayne if they affirme the papistes to forbid marriage to some as to prietes nonnes and other votaries therin shewing themselfes to be those wherof sainte Paule affirmeth truthe it is the Churche forbiddeth all such to marrie not discommending matrimonÌ„ie tóo suche as maye laufullye take it But forasmuche as they haue bounde themselfes by vowe and promesse to the contrarie therfore because they mighte not incurre into the lapse of daÌ„pnation as Paule reporteth it is the charitee of the churche to forbid theÌ„ marrye as S. Paules rule prescribeth who knew howe straitly the scripture chargeth suche as haue made vowes to kepe them And for that cause he saieth the wydowe hath dampnation if she marrye after she is receiued into the Churche to bee founde of the goodes therof bycause she vnloseth chastite and therfore he calleth it her fyrst faieth in respecte of the seconde made too man by marriage Whereby it is playne that S. Paule cannot meane by his prophecie that the churche is hereticall in forbiddyng the professed and vowed to marrye as they teache For then they muste nedes proue Paule to bee an heretike O cancred stomakes festred througheoute with malice But wyll you see theyr shyftes Paule saith receiue no widowes into the churche vnder .lx. yeare olde c. and after he sayeth the yonger widowes refuse c. Here saye they takynge anye into the church vnder .lx. yere old Paules precepte is broken Wherby they
that are taken in are at liberty to marrye This is Poinettes doctrine in his booke of the defence of priestes marriage But what manne is he thoughe he be halfe madde but he may perceiue their follye Herein I will aske whether the olde wydowe hauynge the age that S. Paule nameth if she marrye doeth incurre the daunger of dampnacion Wherevnto if they aunswere yea then howe chaunceth it that some of them notwithstaÌ„ding their vowes beyng of that age yea and aboue to not fearing daÌ„pnation dyd marrye But what shal men iudge of them If rashe iudgemeÌ„t myght conioyne with rashe doctrine truly a man myght speake rashely But let God iudge For wher as saint Paule doeth vehemently exhorte all wydowes to the vowe of chastite excepteth no age touching that profession but onely in respecte of suche as should be found by the goodes of the churche nowe cometh in ruffling Poynet with his double mariage two wyues at a clappe and maketh S. Paule to correct that whiche fyrst so earnestly he taught and will haue wydowes to vowe chastitie no more except they were at the least xl yeres of age But if a question may be asked I pray you sir of what age was Timothe when S. Paule exhorted him to lyue chaste Was he xl Was Paule xl yeres when he sayd I wyll haue all meÌ„ to be as I am my self Were they also lx yeres old a pece that saint Paule spake vnto Well to confounde Poynet here a worde or twayne of Chrysostome vpoÌ„ that place Saint Paule sayth he forbyddeth suche wydowes and driueth them from that purpose not because he would that there should In grauÌ„ting wherof they proue themselfes lyers For the catholike churche whiche they call papistical doth neither forbyd flesh nor fyshe to be eaten at suche tymes as by the same is prescribed But for the vnderstaÌ„ding of this place of S. Paule touching certain which should come forbyd marriage meates to be eaten it is to wete there were in the primatiue churche false prophetes whiche affirmed that the olde lawe was as necessarely to be obserued as the new as Ebion Cherinthus and the Nazares who folowyng the vses of the Grekes abstained froÌ„ meates which were suffocate of whom s Paule speaketh saiyng There were some which beleued that certein meates naturally were vnclene such was Tacianus Eustacheus Priscillianus There were also a sect called Manichaei who not onely refused Fleshe but also Egges mylke chese and the like Another sect also called Scueriani vtterly forbad wyne as vnlawfull Another secte also called Cathari affirmed that to eate Fleshe Egges Mylke althoughe it were great necessitie was a deadly synne And these and suche like were they of whom Paule speaketh For the churche forbiddeth none of these to be eaten but at certain tymes which is both praised in scripture aswell to please God as also to profite enriche the common welth To abstaine from meates coÌ„monly called fasting is a thing much acceptable to God and in scripture estsoâ—es perswaded The children of Israel were coÌ„maunded by God as it appeareth in Leuiticus to abstaine froÌ„ meates is not the man and woman when they go about to do sacrifice coÌ„maunded to abstaine froÌ„ wynes Christ himselfe biddeth vs to watche pray because we knowe not the houre Put vpoÌ„ you sayth Paul our sauiour Christ haue no desire to the fulfilling of the desires of the flesh And thei which be of Christ let them crucifie their owne flesh by abstinence The fathers of the olde lawe in all thinges they weÌ„t about vsed the armour of abstinence especiallye to ouerthrowe Goddes enemies The people of Israel beyng coÌ„maunded of Samuel to fast ouercame their enemies Iudas Machabeus beyng about to fight with Gorgias as sone as he had fasted he obtained the victorie Daniel fastyng thre wekes receiued a vision from the Lord. Achab by fasting wearing of sackeclothe lamentacion obtained forgeuenes of his synnes Iudith by that armour vanquished Holofernes And Hester after thre dayes fast coÌ„uerted Assuerus furor into temperaunce Many other of the good fathers exercised that weapon to confound their enemies But our countremen suche cheifly as had y â— gospel moste in their mouthes so ouersawe the Gospell that all these good places with innumerable mo were quite ouerseen I praye God to put suche grace into their myndes that hereafter they may no more ouersee y â— coÌ„fortable places of scripture written for our erudition comfort but with diligence peruse them with more diligence put them in practise Doubtles nature is satisfied w t a smale porcion if man will captiuate his owne sensualitie and bridle his affections True are y â— wordes of Seneca Nature is content with a litle whose coÌ„tentacion if thou do oppresse with superfluitie â–ª it will coÌ„uert into thinges noysome Folowe not Sardanapalus W t his belly chere nor yet Epicurus whoo counted the blessednes of this life to consist in pleasures of the body but rather let vs folow the exaÌ„ple of a sort of people called Essaei who liued with suche abstinence that their life was prolonged into yeres infinite or els the good lyues of the godly fathers Antonius Paulus suche like who continually liued in desert with rotes and other thynne fare Let vs learne of the Persians how to abstaine Who when they went about to attempt any enterprise besides bread did eate nothing els but Nasturtium which is an herbe called Cresses supposing that thereby their spirites were made more quicke liuely It were to be wished that all meÌ„ entending either to praye vnto god for any temporal coÌ„moditie or els for any heauenly treasure or to do any good worke would folowe the Churches example therin that is before to begynne with fasting and to eate Nasturtium that is to say to exhilarate their spirites by fast to performe their intent Then might they accomplishe Tobyas saying that prayer ioyned with fastyng and almesdedes is profitable Thus abstinence and fastyng is vniuer sally commended aswell by prophane men as by diuine Therfore in this thyng the Churche cannot be those heretikes wherof Paule prophesieth For it prohibiteth not meates vtterly but it geueth a certain prescription ordre foreseyng mans frailtie which were it not brought in seruitude by suche meanes it would not voluntarely for the most part indue any godly inclinacion For ordre as well in thinges natural as supernatural hath euer had suche preeminence that thereby the incomprehensible maiestie of GOD as it were by a bryght leme of a torche or candle is declared to the blinde inhabitantes of the worlde In framyng of all thinges sayth Tully in apt and conuenient places ordre is to be required So that the churche by the administration of the holye ghoste from tyme to tyme to preuent mannes imbecillitie hathe chosen out certaine tymes for
that rather then they would forsake their drossie diuinitie whiche they haue gathered by their curiositie they thoughte with fagotes to ende their lyues miserably And in this kynde of death they so arrogātly reioyce that they be so bolde to compare themselfes with the Martyrs of christes church But forasmuche as this is a cause whiche of some men is thought marueilous that men should die in the quarel of religion and therefore the quarell good It shall be worth the traueill to say somwhat therein rather for the ignorance of the vnskilful then for the matter itself As in the bodye of a common welth politike if anye malefactor these or murderer be founde giltie in the cryme or offēce wherin he is accused forthwith the lawe doth prosecute by the verdicte of the .xii. men and sentence of death is pronoūced for his deserte as a man not worthye too lyue being an enemie to y ◠weale publike Euen so in the church of Christe whiche is the spirituall kingdome suche malefactours and miscreantes as do trāsgresse the faith other holsome constitucions enacted first by the prouidence of the holye Ghoste and afterwarde diligently put in execution by the holy Patriarches Bysshops and other gouernors of the same are iustly by the censure of the same cōmitted to the politike magistrates to be punished either by death or els by some other meanes laufull for the same as enemies to God haters of his true religion and cōtemners of all good ordres The Heathen being noseled in their supersticions vaine veneration of their fained goddes yet bare suche reuerence to their religion that in no wyse thei could abide the despisers therof The Atheniens for that Alcibiades a stoute capteine in their warres was supposed to haue neglected the sacrifices of Ceres was in his absence by death cōdempned The iust Socrates lykewyse was condēpned for the like insomuch that Xenophon writing of him marueiled muche therof considering he bare himselfe so vpright If the Heathen had suche a regarde to their fayned religions what woulde they haue doone if they had knowen the true and liuing god our creator And what oughte we christians to doe touching the contemners of our true religion Christe himselfe commaundeth that if any man doth not geue attendance to the churches admonition he willeth him to be taken for an Heathen and publicane Therfore if that man be worthy to be taken for a Publicane or Heathē persone which wyll not here the churche Then the heretike whiche not onely is incorrigible but also a contemptuous persone against God and his churche is worthye the name of an Heathen man according to Christes owne sentence and not worthy to lyue or be conuersant amonges christians If not worthy too lyue then he is worthye death In the olde lawe we reade in Deuteronomie this sentence That man which is proude and will not obey the priestes cōmandement which that time doth minister to thy lorde thy God the iudgement of the iudge let hym die wherin thou shalt take away an euell out of Israell Also in another place it is wrytten The Prophete whiche beyng inflate with arrogance wyll speake those thinges in my name which I haue not commaūded him let him be put to death Forasmuche then as al proude mē cōtemning the churches anthoritie and the priest are by the manifest scriptures worthy to be slayne then it is not contrary to Gods woorde as the brethren affirme to punishe anye man for his opinions S. Paule admonisheth vs yea entreateth vs too take heede of thē which sowe sedicion amōges the people to eschewe their cōpanie for such as they be do not serue their lord Christ but their owne belly seducing the mindes of the innocent with swete talke and faire perswasiōs Suche are our martyrs in these dayes who in their lyfe tyme go aboute nothinge els but to sowe sedicion either conspiracie againste their prince and magistrates or els to peruerte the innocent with their vaine perswasiōs folishe talke I would to God saieth Paule that thei which trouble you wer cutte of from the congregacion The whiche wordes of s Paule semeth to bee an infallible rule touching the punishment of heretikes But our men not regarding the discommodities whiche myght ensue by meanes of their false perswasions crye out with one voyce saying VVhat crueltie is this to put to death the brethren in christ where do we reade in scriptures that christ or his Apostles sought the death of any man Therefore saie they it is mere tyrannie thus to persecute the litle flocke the chosen and elect vessels of God crying by the waie as they passe to deaah Be cōstant dere brethren be constante in the faith sticke to it it is not this temporall paine which you ought to regarde your brekefast is sharpe your supper shal be merye Therefore the lorde strengthen you With these suche like vayne woordes they brynge the poore men in suche foles paradise that thei with suche vaine arrogance and small Charitee sticke not to aduenture themselfes into the fiery flambes O ye folishe and blynde Galathiens who hath so bewytched you too thynke that that man whiche sticketh to hys opinion to death and sealeth the same with his bloude as you terme it therefore his opinion is good But to answere your fōde obiection touching Christe his Apostles whether they soughte the death of anye man or not ye shal be answered by s Augustine For the Donatistes in his tyme iustlye condempned for their heresies alleged the very lyke obiection whom he answered thus What Emperour thē did beleue in Christe The cause why the Apostles required not the death of heretikes was for that the sworde of Heathen Prynces dyd not serue the Gospel But assoue as Constantine the fyrst christian Emperour was baptized the catholykes then cried out agaynste heretikes For if Emperours do punishe theft murder rape adulterie and periurie why shuld thei not as well punyshe heresie and sacrilege Thus saint Augustine allegeth the cause whye heresye was not punyshed in the primatiue churche For if the Princes then had yelded to the Gospell not followed their supersticious Idolatrye doubtles the quarell of Goddes enemies had been reuenged aswell as nowe And yet wee reade that one thynge was obserued then aswell as nowe whiche was that all vayne and curious bokes wherof we want no stoore at thys presente were burned openlye before al menne and the summe which the bokes die amount vnto was fyue hundreth thousande pence as appereth in the Actes of thapostles But here to note whether it be the cause or els the death that maketh a martyr we will alledge the saying of the late Prophete ofte by the protestantes cōpared to the old Prophetes called Latymer in his booke of sermons made before the late kynges maiestie Edwarde the sixte where shamefully raylyng vpon a dead man syr Thomas Seamer lorde Admyrall
disgracyng him with all vile wordes and histories of his lyfe paste that possiblye hee could deuise he semed euen openly before the kyng to make a coÌ„batte with his spirit For as Plinye sayeth they that speake euel of dead menne seme to contende and fyghte with their spirites So this Prophete then to proue that his stoute diyng made not his quarell good had the wordes ensuing O say thei the maÌ„ died very boldly he would not haue done so had he not been in a iuste quarell This is no good argumente my frendes a man semeth not to feare death therfore his cause is good This is a deceiuable argument he wente to death boldely ergo he standeth in a iuste quarel The Anabaptistes that were burnt here in Englande in diuerâ— townes as I haue hearde of credible men I sawe theÌ„ not my selfe weÌ„t to their death euen intrepride as ye will saye without any feare in the world cherefully wel let them go There were in the olde doctors tymes another kynde of poysoned heretikes that were called Donatistes And these heretikes went to their executioÌ„ as though they shold haue gone to some â—oly recreation or banquet to some belly chere or to a plaie And will you argue then he goeth to his death boldly or cherefully ergo he dieth in a iust cause Nay that sequele foloweth no more theÌ„ this A maÌ„ semes to be afrayd of death ergo he dieth euill And yet our sauiour Christe was afrayde of death himself TheÌ„ he afterwards warneth his audience not to iudge those which are in authorite but to praie for them It becommeth not saith he to iudge great magistrates nor condempne their doynges Vnles their dedes be openly and apparantly wicked Charitie requireth the same for charitie iudgeth no maÌ„ but well of euery body c. Thus Latymer proueth that stoute diyng is no sure token of a good quarell and proueth it a false surmyse if anye doo beleue the cause of death to be true because of sturdines in the tyme of the same Also to proue that it is not the death that maketh a martir but the cause The cronicles make mencion of one Iohn Oldecastell a knyght a valiaunt man although he were wicked who with one Roger Acton togethers with him fauouriug Wickleffes opinioÌ„s coÌ„spired against the kynges maiestie then Henry the fyft onely to sette forwardes their conceiued opinions with a desperate company assembled thynkyng to obtayne the cytie of London from the kyng But beyng preuented he was takeÌ„ and put into the towre of London The sayd Acton also who within a whyle after was worthely put to death but Olde castell escaped pryson not withstandyng within a shorte space he was taken agayne then hanged drawen and quartered But he weÌ„t to his death so stoutly as though he had nothyng deserued to dye But if heresie and treason be no iust causes then he dyed wrongfully as in the cronycles more at large appereth If the stoutnes of death be a iust cause to proue a martyr then many whiche haue denyed Christe to be equall with the father which was the Arrians opynion were martyrs Then Ioane Butcher is a martir TheÌ„ the Flemyng whiche was burnt in Smythfielde in the tyme of kyng Edward is a martyr who lyued in such continencie and holynes of lyfe that before his goyng to meate he woulde fall prostrate vpon the grounde geue thankes to God the father hys dyete was so moderate that in two dayes space he vsed but one meale at the tyme of his death he was so frollicke that he fared muche lyke our martyrs in embracyng the redes kyssyng the poaste syngyng and suche other toyes In lyke sorte the grosse martyr Ioane Butcher handled the matter And where as one Skorie then preached before the people in tyme of her death she reuyled and spytted at hym makyng the sygne of the gallowes towardes him boldly affirming that all they that were not of her opinion shuld be dampned Yea she was so bold to say that a. M. in LondoÌ„ were of her sect Such the like was y â— charitie of Anne Askewe so ofte by Bale lykened to Blandina that true martyr of Christes churche in his furious boke which he wrote of her death a noble pece of worke mete for such a champion to be thauthor The sayde Anne Askewe was of suche charitie that when pardon was offered she defied them all reuyling the offerers therof with suche opprobrious names that are not worthy rehersall makyng the lyke sygnes too the preacher at her death as her pue fellowe systcr in Christ Ioane Butcher dyd at Skorie aforesayde These arrogant and presumptuous martirs in the time of their deathes doo lytle esteme the woordes of sayncte Paule sayinge If I had the spirite of prophecie and knew al misteries and all maner of cunnyng Also if I had all fayth in so muche as I could traÌ„slate and cary awaye mouÌ„taynes yet were I nothyng if I lacked charitie Moreouer if I dyd distribute all my goodes in fedyng the poore people and although I gaue my body to bee burned hauing no charitie it nothynge auayleth me Thus yf they estemed the Godly exhortacioÌ„s of holy scriptures they wold not so vncharitably vse theÌ„selfes especiallye at the extremitie of death But the deuel whose martyrs they bee dothe alwayes instructe his darlinges to followe hys ragyng steppes True are the wordes of the wyseman saying A sturdy harte shall susteine damage and he that loueth peril therin shal perish Therfore sturdynes and selfe loue is the onely cause of the martirdomes of our martyrs wherof do spryng innumerable faultes as Cicero saith When men puffed vp with stoutenes of opinion be shamefully inuolued in folish error Doutles a great faulte it is and coÌ„trary to ciuile life so to be addicted to self loue and arrogaÌ„cie as to thinke our selues to bee so learned that no perswasioÌ„ or terror can beate the mynde from that folly A pitifull case it is to see not only the learned which for waÌ„te of grace do fall but also blynde bayarde who although he be vtterly blind and dull yet his corage is suche that he careth not to leape ouer hedge and dytche I meane the symple ignoraunt whiche only for wante of knowledge do erre and yet haue such audacitie that they care not to spend their liues in their folly And for that these blynde bayardes doo so stycke in their opinions to death it is woÌ„dered at of many not of learned or godly men but of braynesicke foles which like fethers wyll be caried about with euery blast of newe doctrine At the deathes of whiche you shall see more people in Smythfeilde flockyng together on heapes in one daye then you shall see at a good sermon or exhortacion made by some learned man in a whole weke Their glorie is suche vpon these glorious martyrs And why is this because their myndes are geuen wholy to
â–ª 118 True reliques contempned fol. 6â— A Tyler and his opinion fol. 18 V. VNthankefull fol. 95 Virgins of the cytie of Separta fo 79 The vnitie of the churche fo 20. 21. 126 Vnitie the badge of the churche fol. â—0 VV. WEakenes of women fol. 76 Women euer learnyng and neuer able to attayne vnto the truthe fol 74 Women promoters of heresie fol. 75 Whether it be the cause or the death that maketh a martyr fol. 44 What tyme the temporall â—worde begin to serue the ghospell fol. 60 Wyues of certen men called Miâ—i fo 79 Wyat and his practise fol. 7â— Wyat and his treason â–ª fol. 102 Wordes of the ignoraunt people vpon the heretikes passing to death fol. 43 Wordes of father Peyloe a freer of Grene wiche touchyng the partie that dyd hurte hym fol. 101 Y. YAcob and â—ance of Straâ—â—orough folâ—o 116 Z. Zwynglins and his opinion fol. 16 FINIS Imprâ—nted at London by Robert Caly within the precinâ—t of the late dessolued house of the graye Freers nowe conuerted to an Hospitall called Christes Hospitall MENSE IV LII Annâ— 1556. Plato lib. 2. De Re Pub. Herodotus in Cliâ— Libro primâ— â–ª Seneca in Agamemnone Act. 2. The â—â—â— causes of our miseriâ— Ioan. 9. et 15. Obstinacie of opinions is the cause of errour Officiorum lib primo Infidelitie The definicion of heresie The catholike churche what it is Howe to knowe the catholike churche Matth. v. Daniel ii Psal xviii â— Tim. iii. Lib. i. de veritate fidei Homeri odyss libro decimo The heretikes obiections The answere of the catholikes Psal xviii ii Peter iii. Aeneido 6. Virgi anâ—id 8. Lucianus in deoruÌ„ dialog Cicero officiorum lib. 2. This monster was a iust token manifested by God to geue meÌ„ aduertisement to take hede ofsuch false prophetes whiche vnder the godly habites of religious men should seke the subuersion of his churche â—ib 13. histor sui temporis A rebersall of sundryâ— sectes deuised by dyuers heretikes As this good minister loued good ale so he had .iii. ale knights to stande in defence of his opinion called Good alâ— Newe ale â— Rastale Iohn .iii. Vnitie the badge or coâ—â—izance of Christes churche Marc. ix Lu. x. xxiiii Iohn 14. â—1 â— Cor. xii i. Tim. iiii The words of the protestantes In all thinges the protestaÌ„tes sekemeanes to discredit the church Odyss 12. Libertie a pleasaÌ„t harmony to theÌ„ that are coÌ„teÌ„ted to embrace it as the protestantes are This place of s Paule was wonte to be paynted vpoÌ„ the walles of churches to begyle the simple But when thou readest this place waye it wel in the minde theÌ„ giue seÌ„tâ—ce Mariage is not discommendid of y e church but it is magnefied for out of the .vii. Iewels thereof â— Tim. v. Nu. 6. 30. Eccle. v. Iohn ii Poinettes doctrine No doctrin can be ill if it serue for the practise of the hotte protestaÌ„ces who rather then they would lyue chaste wold say theâ—cold not chose but burne i. Cor. vii A question A place of Chrisostom to proue that yong wydowes did vowe The church forbiddeth no meates as the folly of the protestantes doth imagine Act. iiii Sundrye sectes of heretikes that verefied S. Paules prophecie â—ere â—osen gerâ—aines to the protestantes â—uido de hâ— resibus 〈…〉 e profitable abstinence is Leui â–ª lx Numeri vi Matth. xv Roma xiii Gala. v. â— Reg. vii Macha iii. Daniel â— iii. Reg. xiâ— â–ª Iudith .ix. Hester â–ª â—â—iâ— Epist 18. Iosephus â—â—lli Iudâ—â—ci lib. 2. cap. 7. Tâ—â—pertiâ—â— historia Cicero Tusculan quest lib. â— Abstinence of the Persians â—obi iiii The churche in all thinges kepeth an ordre Officiorum Libro i. In definitionibus ecclesiast dâ—gmatum Cap. 66. Gene. ix i. Timo. iiii Roma xiiii Maâ—c xv Gene. iii. Pleasaunt sermons Eras Apotheg libro 8. Plutarch in Sylla Aeneid Virgi Ephe. v. Remedies to auoyde synne Math. iii. Math. ix Math. vi Prayer and almesdedes The catholike church perswadeth austerite of lyfe Math. vii The shepish apparell of the protestaÌ„tes The protestantes consciences A stuÌ„bling stocke very muche vsed in y e mouth of Gospellers The protestaÌ„tes with one trueth do seme to confounde another Heb. xâ— â–ª â—â—â—ot in his booke called the Gouernor A pretie example A discoure touchynge the burning of heretikes and of the fonde imaginatioÌ„s of many coÌ„cernynge the same The HetheÌ„ coulde not abide the despisers of their religion Iustinus librâ— quinto De factis dictis Socratis Deu. xiiii Deu. xviii â–ª ii Thes iii Roma â—vii The maner of our heretikes Gala. iiii ii Cor. x. Gala. v. The fonde woordes of the simple rude people exclamed to the heretikes passing to death Augustinus super Ioannem â–ª Act. xix Whether it be the cause or the death that maketh a martyr Latimers coÌ„bâ—t with syr Thomas Seamers spirit In his .iiii. sermon Polidorus Libro 2 2. Olde castel in a booke that Bale maketh of his death is canoâ—â—zed for a martir A FleÌ„ming of the heresie of y e ArriaÌ„s burnt in Smythfielde Toys vsed of our martyrs Ioane Butcher otherwyse called Ioane of Kent Anne Askewe Officiorum Libro primo Blynde Bayarde Laertins in â—us vita Specialâ— poynces to be required in a martyr Eusebius lib. â— â–ª Cap. â— Act. xxiii Exod xxiâ— Philip. iii. Matth. xxii Paule wasory for hiâ— taunt but the protestaÌ„tes reioyse in theire The constaÌ„cie wher in our martyrs triuÌ„ph De natura deo â—um lib. i. The gouernor y e third boke A true martyr A merueilous resistaÌ„ce of the spirite against the fleshe and a good lesson for our maried votaries Ignatius Policarpus Iustinus In what causes men ought cheifly to spende their lyues A notable death to die for the causes of the kyng and Quenes maiesties Inslinus lib .ii. Actes v. Math. â—v â— Tim. â— Tit. iii. Contra Crescomum gram libro 4. cap. 4. The cauâ—â— why heretikes wernot punyshed in the 〈…〉 tiâ—e â—hu 〈…〉 At what tyme the sword begaÌ„ to serue the Gospell â—◠〈…〉 aâ—◠〈…〉 〈…〉 Epistola ad Galath cap. 1. The bones of our martirs of some preserued for reliques De â—octibus attiâ—is lib. x. cap. xviii True reliques contempned Rogers burnt in Smithfield the fond imaginations of diuers in the tyme of his death Virgil aeneiâ— Sâ—â—urâ—do Loyteryng Adders Another obiection of y e protestaÌ„tes Eusâ—â—ius â—â— â— â–ª â—edaecclesiast historiae gentis AngloriÌ„s lib. 1. Capit. seprâ—mo Saint Thomas of CaÌ„torbury Polydori Virg. Angl. hist li. 13 Charion cromcor lib. 3. quart monar terâ—iae aetatis Georg. Liuius Anno do â–ª â—â—â—â— The lamentatioÌ„ of the people vpoÌ„ the death of s Thomas Iohn Fiswer the bisshop of Rochester Sir Thomas More Polidor lib. 27. The poore monkes of the Charterhouse The abbottes of Rending Colchester and others Wyâ—t the Kentish rebell ii Tim. iii. Math. â— Selfe loue and yelding â—o the flesh Q. Curtius librâ— â— A notable example of Alexander touchinge the brydelinge of his own lustes Titus
Liuius deca 3. libro 4 Appianus libro lybâ—co ii Timo. ii What kind of wemen our married preistes vsed to marrie In libro de caep â—â—uâ—â—aâ—â—â—abâ—loâ—â—câ— Chatering gosseps The aunâ—â—ent heretikes in olde tyme vsed womenne a societie for the better maintenaÌ„ce of their doynges Simon Magus Helene Nicolaus Marcion Appelles Philomena Montanus Prisca Maximilla Arrius Donatus Lucilla The weaknes of wemen Gene. iii. Iudith .xv. iii. Reg. x. Ibi. xiii iii. Reg xxi Q Curtius lib. 6. Ibidem libro 5 London Ladies Hester .v. The feruâ—cie of some of our she Apostles The cause why wâ—mâ— ought to be stowe their lyues 2. Macha â— i. Reg. xix Valeri Maxi. lib. 6. cap. 7. Valerius Maximus lib. 6. capi vlt. T. Liuius dec primâ— lib. 1. Effeminate bishoppes and their in constancie The Communion table Procedinges Another procedynâ— An other procedng Eusebiuâ— The first coÌ„munioÌ„ bokes were rough heweÌ„ The confused ordres about this coÌ„munion Couetous Purchasing Apostles and laÌ„ded disciples Symple fare in the houses of our wyued byshoppes Dead mennes graues ouerthrowen for money Piuâ—aerehus in vitis illuâ—riuÌ„ Xenophon in Sympos Boasters Tâ—â—exâ—â—â—s â—â— adâ—lâ—â— Proude â–ª Iacob iiii Esaye â— Psalm 118 â–ª Curssed speakers The kinges maiestie Officio lib. â— â–ª Iude. â— Beda in hist ecclesia lib. i. cap. xxii DisobedieÌ„t to fathers mothers Libro primo Faâ—â—o lib. â— Tob. iiii v. Daniel xiii AppreÌ„tises Vnthankefull vngodly vnkynde The protestantes be bastardes by the deuel begotten vpoÌ„ heresie Ingratitude Pro. xix ii Reg. xvii Brute beastes be not ingrate Roma xiii Plutarchus in vita Themistoclis Plutarchus in vita Pompeti Nume 1â— Iosephus de antiq lib. 4â— cap. 2. Truce breakers Valerius Maximus lib. 8. Srabo in lib. 14 False accusers Ryotous Despisers of them that be good Dispisers of y â— godly The throwing of the dagger at the precher at Paules crosse Shotyng of a gunne at the preacher at Paules crosse The cruel acte done at Westminster vpon Easterday anno 1555. Freer Peito hurt with a stone The wordes of Peyto touching the maÌ„ that did hurt him The reuengement of Bale vpon a worshipfull man of Hampshire Appianus in ciuili Ro. bello Salustius in coniuratione Catilinae Traitours Headie highmiÌ„ded Northumberlande Wy Crumwell The late traytours Throgmarton Vuedall Stanton and others Old castle Acton Cranmer Polydorus lib. 27. Similitudes of godlynes The popes authoritie banished The diuorcement of Quene Katherine The letter of Quene Katheryne to the kyng her hâ—sbaÌ„d lying vpon her death bedde Out soueraigne lady and Quene that now is Subuâ—rsioÌ„ of monasteries T. Liuius Deâ— prima Appianus lib. primo De bellis ciuilibus Râ—ma Cicero Offic. lib. primo â–ª The power of godlines denied Iohn xx Iohn .i. Iacob â–ª ii i. Cor iii. Iohn .iii. Proâ—er xi Saâ— x. Eccl. ii vi Psal 7. 11. 10. Mat v. vii x. and .xx. Luke â–ª vi Iohn .v. xi Rom. ii â— Cor. v. Colos iii. Gala. vi T. Liuius dec â— â–ª lib. 5. Libertie y â— praie of y â— protestaÌ„tes Apostrophe to the vice of libertie â— our countrâ— men in Germany The report of a pilgrim that came from Gods churche De bello Iud. Lib. 7. cap. 25. The bokes of the brethreÌ„ persecuted flock by theÌ„ made sithe their runninge awaye into Germany The bird in the wall The Catte that was hanged vp in Cheapesyde The disfiguring of s Thomas picture Browne commonly called Father brown The lordes gifte The history of certen assemblies whiche repayred to father brown at Islingâ—â— â–ª A â—oâ—â—â—â— prophet Oblacions to father Broune Gestures of one of thassemblies A very yoÌ„g mother foâ— such an oâ—â— Squyer Iacke prentise and his testament Math. v. Brownes anothers exposition vpoÌ„ a place of the testament The dewe of y â— lordes worde Brownes wordes to his mother Sisterwyues or priestwyues Browne his Iade Brownes sermon The lame maÌ„s croche that was burnte at Stratford Malach. â— T. Liuius dec primâ— lib. ii
better lordes worde then y â— wherin england first did instruct you bring you vppe from youre swadlyng cloutes Are you wiser theÌ„ your fathers or more skilful then your mothers Thynke you to be saued more then your parentes or doe you iudge them already condempned For either of you are in harde cases Well well consider your cases and repente in tyme. Get some of that precious roote called Baaras described by Iosephus whiche for euell spirites is very medicinable and dispatche the sprites out of your stomakes Midsomer mone is past you se al your deuises will take no place The nest is founde and the burdes are taken and in cage You re triformed bookes can beare no swynge Men regarde not Turnors boke of the wolfe nor yet the cropeared foxe Hornes Apologie Bales vocation Poynetes folysh coÌ„futacion against the lerned treatyse of doctor Martin strande in no steade Noxes doctrinall of the Masseboke and your newe reuiued lordes worde and haue you not herein an outward face of godlines and in very dede denye theffect thereof The partie which played boo pipe in the wal called the Byrde in the wall of Aldersgate streate at such a tyme as she was examined wherfore she had so deluded the world she answered the lordes worde caused her so to doe And the poore wenche afterwardes making an open coÌ„fession of her practise and desyryng the people at Paules crosse to forgiue her to praye for her made this exclamacion vpon theÌ„ and the like which had procured her to do that feat saying Wo be vnto you heretikes phy vpoÌ„ you all that thus haue the Lorde in your mouthes and the deuell in your hartes This present daye haue I a good cause to crie oute vpon you that in this sorte haue brought me to offende God and the Quenes maiestie in this my late practyse and to be a gasyng stocke to the hoale worlde to my gret shame And therfore beware good people beware of these heretikes for as thei haue vndone me in counsailing me to atteÌ„pte this wicked enterpryse soo they wyll vndo you all vnles ye take hede by times of their noughty opinions With many other woordes spokeÌ„ by her with weping teares against those mischeuous persoÌ„s And there by y â— preacher that day maister Wymsley the hole circuÌ„staunce of that practyse was vttered and was of the audieÌ„ce very much abhorred So I dare saie y â— partie which did haÌ„ge vp the Catte in Cheape syde in mockerie of priestes and delusion of the blessed sacrament of thaltar thought that feate to be a worthy enterpryse And I dare say thought himself a stout champion of the faithe especially escapyng scotfree But lette hym take hede it is an olde said sawe â–ª Qui mockat mock abitur he may peraduenture mocke so longe till he be mocked himselfe And he also thought himselfe a ioly fellowe that did mangle the poore picture of saint Thomas placed ouer the porche of Saint Thomas of Actes by y â— worshypfull companye of the Mercers Who could not tell â–ª what other despight to worke to the Saint but to disfigure the picture But Syr dyd you neuer heare tell of this prouerbe Non-est bonum ludere cuÌ„ sanctis it is not good to mocke with saintes well I feare me you wil mocke so longe til you wil mocke at the gallowse And I dare saie if this man had bene demaunded why he did so his answere wold haue bene the lordes worde prouoked me Thus of the Lordes woorde in all their doynges they make a shypmans hoose to vse it as they liste to do good or il The deuell in his attemptes aswell against man the excellent creature of God as also againste Christe himselfe vsed the titles and places of Goddes worde And is it any marueile though his vnfained ministers practise their maisters lessons Trowe ye that father Browne the Broker of Bedlem could seme so pleasant a maÌ„ to the protestantes and it were not for his cloake of gods worde that hydeth his shepehardes apparell Could his peuishe prophecies be hadde in suche estimacion amonges the warme brethren without his dissimulate vesture and his staffe lyke a shepehooke would the marchant men of LoÌ„don with Pet peny ale Sympering Sysse and other fleeryng flurtes their wiues vse their accustomed peregrinacions and pilgrimages to visite the blissed Rode called poore father Browne that hath the lordes giftes at Islyngton Barnet and other places aboute London were they not moued with the sprite In lent was .xii. moneth at suche tyme as goodman Browne was newely crept out of Bedlem and then lying at Islington to rest his sory bones I harde saie of many prodigious wonders wherof then he enformed the congregacion And I being glad to here y â— prophet speake â–ª resorted thether with two gentlemen of myne acquaintaunce who were desierous to se the maner of the symple soule When we came thether we vnderstoode he laye in a typlyng house next the signe of the Mermayde But our inquisicion too knowe where hee lodged was by a secrete meanes At our eâ—trie into the house there was neuer a worde but gossep all was whist For priuely in a corner certen gosseps were in a marueilous secret talke with father Browne I trowe he was tellyng their sortunes or such lyke At lenght theâ— brake of â–ª Then one gaue him spices to comforte his weake stomake another gaue hym salues to grease his bones whiche before were anoynted with a blisse begger another suger And after their oblacions thus made they departed TheÌ„ weÌ„t he into a parlor wher was assembled another route who very sore longed for his comming partely accusynge him of his loÌ„ge tarriance Being setled to talke the two gentlemeÌ„ and I with diuerse other stepped to the dore partely to heare what he sayde partely to marke the countenaunces of thassemblye For no man except he was of speciall acquaintaunce could be admitted to go in Where secretly he was demaunded questions But for the moste parte we could here no worde but the Lorde be praysed and sawe sondry eleuacions of their eyes towardes the top of the house and suche lyke In fyne before he had done commeth in a poast a prentise of LoÌ„don to tell him his maistres was coÌ„me Forth with Browne brake of from that company and went to the preÌ„tyce maistres who had bespokeÌ„ a parlor hard by Whome we with diuers other folowed And at the first salutacion he called her mother and very ioyfully greted her And after the mother the sonne the sisters had with sondry blissinges and congratulacions wel clawed one another Iacke prentise was called in for his testament who reaching the same from his girdle deliuered it to his maistres and turning the boke she turned to a place of S. Mathewes ghospel where christ saieth to his Apostles Reioyse your rewarde is great in heaueÌ„ for so haue they persecuted the prophetes whiche
were before you c. O good father Browne qv his mother howe haue you been persecuted for the wordes sake what persecution haue you suffered froÌ„ time to tyme But the Lorde be praysed for your deliuerie and coÌ„stancie in quiet suffering thereof The prophetes christ saith hath been so handled Therefore be of good chere maÌ„ take no thought â–ª For one daie I truste we shall all be mery in the lord and shal haue the dewe of the worde once more be sprinckled vpon our faces at what tyme I trust we shal be eueÌ„ with these shauelyng priestes shaue their crownes a litle deper Yes mother qv Browne I am of good chere for I haue good cause so to be for I am cheryshed of suche good women as yeare that I lacke nothyng And howe then can I be sorrowfull hauing such cause to be mery in the lorde In the meane tyme certen other Sisterwiues I thinke thei wer for their apparayle were freese roabes and certen marchantmen tarried in the courte withoute one asking another wheÌ„ the preaching time was And we hearing of some sermon towardes leauing Brownes communication with â—is mother walked vp and doune in the courte Not long after Browne coÌ„meth forth with his mother and sister and Iacke prentise also with his testament â–ª Browne wente into the Stable where tarrying a while belyke in doing his busynes anone he called in the coÌ„gregacion amoÌ„ges them thrust we Where Browne leanynge vpon hys horsebacke whiche was a iade scarse worth syxe pence sitting vpoÌ„ the maunger he beganne to alledge certen places of Ecclesiastes withoute booke one vpon another in heapes Then beganne he to talke of thre Religions The one he termed my lorde Chauncelors religion the other Cranmers Latymers and Ridleys religion And the thirde he called goddes Religion My lorde Chauncelors he sayde was nought Cranmers the others religion not good but Goddes religion was best With suche other vayne woordes not worthy the tyme in rehersal And hearing this beastly talke we departed lamenting the great folly of the people whiche in this sorte dyd dayly spende their tyme too heare suche lying spirites And goyng homewardes we met dyuers companies both of meÌ„ and women of purpose going to Islyngton to heare the sermon of this peltig prophet But within a whyle after I heard saye thys father Browne his brood with the congregacion were remoued from that place and were dispersed into corners Truly pitie it is he is suffred in this sort to range the countreis without restrainte not only for corrupting the people with ill opinions but also for disseminating his vaine Prophecies to excite rumors But this opinion I haue of Browne that he had rather liue a proude confessor then burne a stinking martyr With many such similitudes of Godlines manye of the protestantes in our tyme be inspired Here myght also be rehersed the zeale that the lame maÌ„ that was burnt of late at Stratford had when he called for his croche too haue the same likewise to be burned with him thinking without the same he could not meritie the crown of martirdome And thus they haue certen resemblances of godlines and deny the power thereof And in vsing these their counterfait zeales they doo not onely mocke with God but they deceyue his poore people with inceÌ„sing their frayle natures with a thousand mo of these their practises whiche here I omytte And these their folyshe deuyses are so folyshe if they be duely marked that nothing can be more folishe And if it be well consydered any IndiffereÌ„t man may sone discerne to what ende their purpose is to directe the same for th ende is either to bringe their conceyued opinioÌ„s in credite with the world or els to sturre vp wicked brutes and lies vpon the magistrates suche as please not their fancies to make vproares and comocions within the realme Therby to reedefie their coÌ„fused churche or els to seke the destructioÌ„ of this said noble realme and vs all the people thereof And coÌ„cerning the other vices whiche are of these sortes of meÌ„ wherof saint Paule prophecied because they be partly described before I purpose nowe to conclude exhorting all men that entende to aspire to saluacion to waye diligently the premisses Firste to consider the vnitie of Christes churche whiche in all thinges touching our faith vniformely doth agree and to consider the sundrie factions of y â— protestantes vpon the fayth wherin they do not agree Waye their falshode in alleging the places of the scriptures onely to say euil of the churche and to misreport the same Ponder the wordes whiche S. Paule prophesieth vpon sondrye heretikes whiche should come denying marriage and eatyng of meates to bee vtterly nought and howe maliciously they applye the same vpon the Churche whiche with honourable wordes doth commend them bothe Perceiue aduisedly with your selues what cause the Protestantes haue to shorten their lyues by fyer and what cause they haue to call their iuste punishementes persecutions And consider with youre selues the state of Christes Churche in the beginnyng and the state thereof at this present which in one vnitie of doctrine is all one thoughe not then so firme as it is nowe Waye also the folly of the vngodly whiche presumptuously chalenge to them selues the tytle of Martyrs and more fondly offer themselues to y e fier not coÌ„pelled thervnto as the true Martyrs were but obstinately as who would saye in the despite of the Churche Examine with your selues also what faith the church of Christ teacheth whether it denieth God refuseth the sonne or contempneth the holy ghost as Infideles and other miscreantes do Emonges whiche infideles if these menne suffered then more truely they might name themselues Martyrs But the churche professeth with more sinceritie that God whiche they do that Christe that holy ghost that they do The Churche dothe teache the sacramentes to be in numbre vii as the scripture leadeth and as the Apostles tradicions and holy doctours do prescribe The Churche in nothing concernyng the substaÌ„ce of religioÌ„ doth varie or altar The churche teacheth that the inuisible bodye of Christ sytting at the right hand of God the father is here in the visible formes of breade wyne inuisibly contained in the sacrament of the Altare the dearest iewel whiche Christe lefte vpon earth and offered of the Preist in a lyuely and pure sacrifice at Masse to God the father for the comfort of the whole churche accordyng to the prophecie of Malachie the prophete speaking in the name of God the father these wordes I haue no wyll and pleasure in you and I wyll receiue no offering or rewarde at your hande From the rising of the sunne to the setting my name is great emonges the GeÌ„tiles and in euery place there shal be sacrifice done and a pure and cleane oblatioÌ„ shal be offered to my name The churche also teacheth the adoration of this moste pure sacrifice