me as they had before and I answered hym dyrectlye in all thynges as I answered the qweste afore Iohan Bale After thys sort was Christ ledde from the examinacyon of the clergye to Pylate Matth. 17. In that the examynacyon of the qweste and of the Mayre was all one ye maye wele knowe that they had both one scole mastre euen the brutysh byshopp of London The ignorauÌ„t magy strates of EnglaÌ„de wyll neyther be god lye wyse with Dauid SalomoÌ„ nor yet enbrace the ernest instruccyons of God to be lerned in the scriptures Psa. 2. Sa pieÌ„ 6. but styll be wycked mynysters and cruell seruaunt slaues to Antichrist and the deuyll Apoc. 17. More fyt are soche wytlesse mayres and gracelesse offycers as knoweth not whyght from blacke lyght froÌ„ darkenesse Esa. 5. to fede swyne or to kepe kaddowes than to rule a christen commynalte A terryble daye aby deth them whych thus ordereth the innocent Iaco. 2. Anne Askewe Besydes thys my lorde mayre layed one thynge vnto my charge which was neuer spokeÌ„ of me but of them â–ª And that was whether a mouse eatynge the hoste receyued God or no Thys questyonded I neuer aske but in dede they asked it of me wherunto I made them no answere but smyled Iohan Bale Is not here thynke yow wele fauerd wele fashyoned dyuynyte to establysh an artycle of the Christen faythe Wylye wynchestre answereth thys questyon as folysh as it is in hys wyse detectyoÌ„ of the deuyls sophystrye fo 16. Beleue sayth he that a mouse can not deuoure God Yet reporteth he after in fo 21. that Chri stes bodye maye as wele dwell in a mouse as it ded in Iudas Than foloweth fryre fynke fryre Peryn I shuld saye a bachelar of the same scole And he answereth in the ende of hys thirde sermon that the Sacrament eaten of a mouse is the verye and reall bodye of Christ. And whan he hath affermed it to be no derogacyon to Christes presens to lye in the mawe of that mouse He deuydeth me the one from the other the sacrameÌ„t froÌ„ Christes bodye coÌ„cludinge That though the sacrament be digested in the mouses mawe yet ys not Christes bodye there coÌ„sumed O blasphemouse beastes blynde bloderynge Balaamytes Bycause these ij workemen be scant wyttye in their owne occupacyon I shal brynge them forth hâ—re ij olde artyfycers of theirs to helpe theÌ„ Guimundus Auer sanus a byshopp to helpe byshopp Steuen Thomas walden a fryre to helpe fryre Peryn The sacramentes saye they both are not eaten of myce though they seme so to be in the exteryour symylytudes Forthe vertues sayth Guimundus of holye men are not eaten of beastes whan they are eaten of them li. 2. de câ—â—pore sanguine dâ—â—i No marrye quoth walden nomore is the paynters occupacyon destroyed whan a picture is destroyed Marke thys gere for your lernynge But now cometh Algerus a monke more craftye than they both and he sayth li. 2 cap. 1. de Eucharistia that as wele is thys meate spirytuall as materyall because Dauid calleth it the breade of Angels and a breade from heauen Psa. 77. That whych is materyall in thys breade sayth he is consumed by dygestyon but that whych is spirytuall remayneth vncorrupted If we wolde attende wele vnto Chri stes dyuynyte and lete these oyled dyuynes dyspute amonge olde Gossypes we shuld sone dyscharge myce and rattes weake stomakes and parbreakynge dronkardes of a farre other sort thaÌ„ thus he that eateth my fleshe sayth Christ Io. 6. and dryncketh my bloude dwelleth in me I in hym Thys eatynge is all one with the dwellynge is neyther for myce nor rattes brent chauncels not dronken prestes For as we eate we dwell and as we dwell we eate by a graunded and peâ—fyght faythe in hym The substaunce of that most godlye refeccyon lyeth not in the mouth catynge nor yet in the bellye seadynge though they be necessarye but in the onlye spirytuall or sowle eatynge No wyse man wyll thynke that Christ wyll dwell in a mouse nor yet that a mouse can dwell in Christ though it be the doctryne of these doughtye dowsepers for they shall fynde no scriptures for it If these men were not enemyes to faythe and fryndes to Idolatrye they wolde neuer teache soche fylthye lernynge More of thys shall I wryte God wyllynge in the answere of their bokes Anne Askewe Then the Byshoppes chaunceller rebuked me sayd that I was moche to blame for vtterynge the scriptures For S. Paule he sayd forbode women to speake or to talke of the worde of God I answered hym that I knewe Paules meanynge so well as he whych is j. Corinthiorum xiiij that a woman ought not to speake in the congregacyon by the waye of teachynge And then I asked hym how manye women he had seane â—go into the pulpett and preache He sayde he neuer sawe non Then I sayd he ought to fynde no faute in poore women except they had offended the lawe Iohan Bale PleÌ„teouse ynough is her answere here vnto thys quarellynge and as apereth vnlerned chancellour Manye godlye wo men both in the olde lawe and the newe were lerned in the scriptures and made vtterauÌ„ce of theÌ„ to the glorye of God As we reade of Helisabeth Marye and An na the wydowe Lu. 1. 2. yet were they not rebuked for it yea Marye Christes mother retayned all that was afterwar de written of hym Luc. 2. yet was it not imputed vnto her an offence Christ bla med not the woman that cryed whyls he was in preachynge happye is the wombe that bare the Luce 11. The women whych gaue knowlege to hys dyscy ples that he was rysen from deathe to ly fe dyscomfyted not he but solaced them with hys most gloryouse aperauÌ„ce Mat. 28. Io. 20. In the prymatyue churche specyallye in Saynt Hieromes tyme was it a great prayse vnto women to be lerned in the scriptures Great commendacyoÌ„s â—eueth our Englysh Cronycles to Heleâ—a Vrsula and Hilda women of our na â—yon for beynge lerned also in the scripâ—ures Soche a woman was the seyd Hil â—a as openlye dysputed in them agaynst â—he superstycyons of certen byshoppes But thys chancellour by like chaunced â—pon that blynde popysh worke whych â—alter Hunte a whyte fryre wrote iiij â—core yeares a go Contra doctrices muâ—ieres agaynst scole women or els some â—ther lyke blynde Romysh beggeryes Anne Askewe Then my Lorde mayre commaunded me to warde I asked hym if suretees wolde not serue me And he made me short an swere that he wolde take non Then was I had to the CouÌ„tre and there remayned xij dayes no frynde admytted to speake with me Iohan Bale Here is Christ yet troden on the hele by that wycked serpent whych tempted Eua. Gene. 3. Hys faythfull membre for beleuynge in hym is here throwne in pre son And no maruele for it
it and fele it on the other syde that the waues of the see are great also and doth horryblye rage in these dayes Psalme 92. CoÌ„sydre agayne sayth Dauid that the lorde whych dwelleth on hygh is a great dele mygh tyer than they As he is of power to cease the storme and to make the wether caulme Psalme 106. So is he able to change a fynges indignacyon whych is but deathe into most peaceable fauer and louynge gentylnesse Prouerbiorum 16. For the hart of a kynge is euermore in the hande of God and he maye turne it whych waye he wyll Prouer. 21. Hys eternall pleasure it is that ye shuld ho noure your kynge as hys immedyate my nyster coÌ„cernynge your bodyes and lyues 〈◊〉 Petri 2 and that ye shuld with all â—en tylnesse obeye the temporall rulers Romano 13. But soche spirytuall hypocrytes both Byshoppes and prestes as are continuall haters of hys heauenlye verite wolde he that we shuld holde for most detestable apostataes and blasphe mouse reprobates as ded Christ and hys Apostles whych neuer obeyed them but most sharpelye rebuked them Mathei 23. Acto 20. and 2. Petri 2. The grace of that lorde Ihesus Christ be euer with them whych ryghtlye hate that synagoge of Sathan as ded Anne Askewe Amen God standeth by the generacyon of the ryghteouse Psal. 13. Thus endeth the first examyna cyon of Anne Askewe latelye done to deathe by the Romysh popes malycyouse remnaunt and now canonysed in the precyouse hloude of the lorde Iesus Christ Imprented at Marpurg in the lande of Hessen in No uembre Anno 1546. The voyce of Anne Askewe out of the 54. Psalme of Dauid called Deus in nomine tuo FOr thy names sake be my refuge And in thy truthe my quarell iudge Before the lorde leteme be hearde And with fauer my tale regarde Loo faythlesse men agaynst me ryse And for thy sake my deathe practyse My lyfe they seke with mayne myght Whych haue not the afore their syght Yet helpest thu me in thys dystresse Sauynge my sowle from cruelnesse I wote thu wylt reuenge my wronge And vysyte them ere it be longe I wyll therfor my whole hart bende Thy graeyouse name lorde to commende From euyll thu hast delyuered me Declarynge what myne enmyes be Prayse to God The Preface Who euer hearde anye goodnesse yet reported of Dionothus with hys M. CC. companyons whom Augustyne cau sed to be slayne at Westchestre in hys churches begynnynge bycause they wolde not preache as he ded apoynt them nor baptyse after the Romysh maner neyther yet hallowe the eastre feast as they ded Manye a blessed creature both men womeÌ„ haue bene breÌ„t sens IohaÌ„ Wy cleues tyme afore for onlye dysclosynge the pharysees yokes teachynge the Gospels lyberte And theÌ„ haue that baw dye bloudye Synagoge of SathaÌ„ dyffamed blasphemed condeÌ„pned execrated cursed to hell asmost detestable heretykes and dogges Where as if they were of Christ they ought in case they we re their haters or enemyes to suffre theÌ„ to saye wele of them to do them good to praye for them Math. 5. Luce 6. and not thus to vse more tyrannye ouer them than euer ded Saracene Turke TyranÌ„t or deuyll A great dyfference is there of the martyrs whom they make from the martyrs whom they canonyse Of them whom they dampne from them whom they worshypp Yea so great a dyfference or dyuersyte betwyn them if ye marke them wele as is betwixt golde and dyrt or lyght and darkenesse The martyrs whose deathes they haue procured by all ages of their bloudthurstye church harkened vnto Christ he alde of ryghtousnesse sought their lorde God in sprete Esa. 51. but the mar tyrs for the most part whom they haue with so manye latyne wawlynges torches candell burnynges magnyfyed in their temples harkened to the pope healde of hys vnryghtousnesse sought out hys superstycyouse ydolatryes In the conferrynge of their olde canonysed martyrs with our newlye condempned martyrs here Anne Askewe and her other iij. companyons with soch lyke their dyfference wyll be moch more ease lye perceyued First lete vs begynne with Thomas Becket whych was so gloryou se a martyr and precyouse aduocate of theirs that they made hys bloude equall with Christes bloude and desyred to cly me to heauen therby Manye wonderfull myracles coulde that mytred patrone of theirs do in those dayes whan the mon kes had fryre Bakons bokes and knewe Bedeâ— prophecy â–ª 〈◊〉 sortes 2. sygnes Israelytes preachers Tyndale Barnes The fathers Martyrs Christen martyrs Breade myracles rochettes Steuen LegeÌ„des Forest. Fysher More Writers Christen martyrs Anne Askewe Goddes power Bokes coÌ„ dempned Latyne God wyll be knowne Iohan wycleueâ— bokes Canonyse gamaliel Anne As kewe True no bylyte Lydia Ceciliae Bladina Anne Askewe Companyons RecaÌ„ters Tryed Golde The chauncell Corage Racked Burned Beastes ShaxtoÌ„ Graces Sprete Hygh sto macke Mother Ashes Autors Not all dead Weakenesse Martyrs Example Spretes Christofer dare Reallye The â—ors Temples Accuserâ— Masseâ— Gods worde The prest Iudas Sacryfycâ—s The vj. of Iohan. CoÌ„fession Prestes The tynges boke Pharysees The spre te Ap. Mockers A serpeÌ„t ryseth Masses pryuate Druydes For sowles 〈◊〉 prestes recey uynge Mayre Bonner IgnorauÌ„ ce Wynchestre Peryn Diuisio Guimundus Waldenus Algerus Christus Faythe Nâ—ta â–ª Women Scripture women Women Englysh women Walter hunte Preson Christ â—ro deÌ„ on the hele A prest Iudaâ— The Sacrament Shriffâ—e Prechers ConfessyoÌ„ Practyse hypocryte Prechers The host A fallynâ— ge God Wynches tre Peryn An Idoll Lyke olde Gossyppes DronckeÌ„nesse hypocryte Howsell Spirituallye A whore Dogges Baylynge antichrist The beast ExaÌ„ples I custome The chauÌ„ celler Fayth in Christ TyraÌ„nye Wylye Wylye Subtyle A wolfe Foxeâ— A prest A thefe Iudas Herode A false lyar O trayte A tyraâ—t Murthe rers Egles Morelâ— bes to deuoure Lyfe the deuyll Archedea con A Lyar. Iudas Iohan Frith Bokes coÌ„ dempned Bokes brent Her fryn des Cayphas Practyse Sathan Tempter Cayphas enemyes surgerye Counsell A muâ—therer Botches Gathered store Sinon caste Bowgettes Antichrist A sore hâ— resie Prestes Breade Steuen Beasteâ— The boxe Honorius Eua reclusa Bostius Iudases Temples A teÌ„pter Scripture practyses Christ. In Gods stede Temples Arystotle Sons fewe wordes Sylence Bonneâ— Pryuate Masses Henrye Spenser â—rires Masse Iohan â—cleue Pardons Druydes Perin Chaunce ler. StaÌ„dysh Watchemen Vypers A tempter â—dish Doctor Swyne â–ª Acenser â–ª Dogges rhetoryck Quarellers Thre score prestes Prestes Lordshyp Hypocresye Wonderers A prest Occupyenge Scripture Folowers Lordshyp pes posses syons Marryage He writeth Worshyp the beast Holye le cherye papystyâ— Newe 〈◊〉 Canonysed Iecherie Priapystes Scripture Vnsuffycyent The pope Fauer â–ª Falshedâ— Flatteryâ— catholick A womaÌ„ Catholick FroÌ„ oyle Weston Layte Sodomytes Manye delayes Pharaâ— Practyse â—nauerye spirytuall With pre stes TyrauÌ„tes Practyse Subtylte Byshoppes Kyngeâ— of God Popes kyngedâ— A change Polycye No felde Bokes Counsell Sylence Perryn take hede Germanes Peryns sermons Wynchestre modestie Oke gro â—e CoÌ„scyeÌ„ce hate theÌ„ ExaÌ„ples Wycleue and huss Sprete Waues â—are 〈◊〉 Abhorre Augustyne Wycleue Suffre Dyfferen ce of mar tyrs Martyrs Compare Becket myracles
vessell of the holye Ghost not onlye to replye than agaynst them at Oxforde in the open scooles but also to write a great nombre of bokes agaynst that pestylent popysh kyngedome of theirs lyfe as Martyne Luther hath done also in our tyme with manye other godlye men And lyfe as those false prophetes the fryres ded than attribu te vnto the popes pardons the remyssyon of synnes the deliueraunce from daÌ„p nacyon and the fre enteraunce of heaueÌ„ whych peculyarlye belongeth to the precyouse payment of Christes bloude i. Petri 1. 1. IoaÌ„ 1. So do these false anoyn ted or blasphemouse Eyssoppes and prestes now attrybute them agayne â—n to theyr pryuate and publique Masses the popes owne wares as prowlynge and pelferynge as the pardons with no lesse blasphemye The deuylyshnesse of thys newe doctryne of theyrs shall be re felled in my bokes agaynst fryre Peryn and Wynchestre and therfor I write the lesse here Anne Askewe Then I tolde my lorde that there was a prest whychded hea re what I sayd there before my lorde mayre and them with that the chaunceller answered whych was the same prest So she spake it in verye dede sayth he before my lorde the mayre and me Then were there serten prestes as doctor Standysh and other whych tempted me moche to knowe my mynde And I answered them alwayes thus That I haue sayd to my lorde of London I haue sayd Iohan Bale By thys ye maye se that the Byshoppes haue euery wher ther wachmeÌ„ least the kynges offycers shuld do anye thynge contrarye to their bloudye behoue Thys Chauncellour wolde not haue thus answered hardelye so agreablye to her tale had it not bene to their aduauntage agaynst her as here after wyll apere Marke here the fashyon of these temptynge serpentes Standysh and hyssellawes And tel me if they be not lyke vnto these rypers whelpes whych came to Iohans Baptym Matthei 3. and to Christ Iesus preachynge Luce 11. I thynke ye shall fynde them the same gegeneracyon Anne Askewe And then doctor Standish desyered my lorde to byd me saye my mynde concernynge that same text of S. Paule I answered that it was agaynst saynt Paules lernynge that I beynge a woman shuld interprete the scriptures specyallye where so manye wyse lerned men were Iohan Bale It is not yet halfe a score of yeares a go sens thys blasphemouse Idyote Standish compared in a lewde sermon of hys the dere pryce of our redemp cyon or precyouse bloude of Christ to the bloude of a fylthye swyne lyke hymselfe a swyne And for hys good doynge he is now becomen a dawe a doctor I shuld saye of the popes dyuynyte and a scolasâ— cal interpretour of the scriptures to hys behoue Here wolde the swynysh geÌ„ tylman haue proued both that S. Steuen dyed an heretyke and S. Paule 〈◊〉 scysmatyke for teachynge that God dwelleth not in teÌ„ples made with haÌ„des Act. 7. 17. if he myght haue reasoned out the matter with thys woman But she toke a swyne for a swyne and wolde laye no pearles afore hym as Christ had charged her afore Matthei 7. for all their interrogacyons are now about the temple and the temple wares Matthei 26. Anne Askewe Then my lorde of LondoÌ„ sayd he was infourmed that one shul de aske of me if I wolde receyue the Sacrament at Easter and I made a mocke of it Then I desyered that myne accuser myght come fourth whych my lorde wolde not But he sayd agayne vnto me I sent one to ge ye yow good counsell and at the first worde ye called hympa pyst That I denyed not for I perceyued he was no lesse yet made I non answere vnto it Iohan Bale No confortable scriptures nor yet anye thynge to the sowles consolacyon maye come out of the mouthes of these spyrytuall fathers But dogges rhetoryck and curres curtesye narrynges brawlynges and quarellynges Whan she was in the myddes of theÌ„ she myght wele haue sayd wyth Dauid Delyuer me lorde from the quarelouse dealynges of men that I maye kepe thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes I deale with the thynge that is lawfull and ryght O geue me not ouer to these oppressers lete not these proude quarellers do me wronge Psalm 118 But amonge all these quarellynges her accusers myght not be seane whych were the grounders of them Anne Askewe TheÌ„ he rebuted me and sayd that I shuld report that there were bent agaynst me thre score prestes at Lyncolne In de de quoth I I sayd so for my fryndes tolde me if I ded come to Lyncolne the prestes wolde assault me and put me to great trouble as therof they had made their boast And whaÌ„ I hearde it I went thydre in dede not beynge afrayed be cause I knewe my matter to be good More ouer I remayned there vi dayes to se what wolde be sayd vnto me And as I was in the mynster readynge vpon the Byble they resorted vnto me by ij and by ij by v. by vi myndynge to haue spokeÌ„ to me yet went they theyr way es agayne with out wordes speakynge Iohan Bale Rebukes in that generacyoÌ„ are moch more redye at hande than eyther Christen admonyshmentes or gentyll exhortacyons though they be all spyrytuallâ— And that cometh by reason of their loâ—de shyppes whych waÌ„teth due fournyshynge out vnlesse they haue tyrannouse bragges and braulynges Herin folowe they the examples of their naturall pre decessours the Iewysh byshoppes pharysees and prestes Ioan. 7. and 9. She myght full wele saye that the prestes were agaynst her Forhypocresye Ido latrye were neuer yet with hym whose blessed quarell she toke Marke the fort chaptre of Iohan and so fourth almost to the ende of hys Gospell Beholde also how 〈◊〉 Apostles disciples were han deled of the prestes after hys gloryouse asâ—yon Acto 4. and all that boke folo wynge ye shall fynde it no new thynge The seruauÌ„t is no better than her mastre whych suffred of that malygnaunt gene racyon lyke quarellynges and handelynges Ioan. 15. Se here how they wondered vpoÌ„ her by couples for readynge the Byble as their fore fathers wondered vpon Christ for preachynge and doynge miracles Anne Askewe Then my lorde asked if there were not one that ded speake vnto me I tolde hym yeas that there waâ— one of them at the last whych ded speake tome in dede And my lorde thait asked me what he sayd And I tolde hym hys wordes were of so small effecte that I ded not now remembre them Iohan Bale So farre was not Lyncolne from London but the Byshopp there had knowlege of thys tragedye Hereby maye ye se their spirytuall occupyenge agaynst Christ and hys faythfull membirs God is the stody sayth S. Iohan of that congregacyon whych is a spirytualte called Sodome and Egypte They reioyce in myschefes amonge theÌ„ selues and sende massenges one to an other agaynst
Gods wytnesses whan they are vexed by them Apoca. 11. Anne Askewe Then sayd my lorde There are manye that reade knowe the scripture yet do not folow it nor lyue therafter I sayd agayne My lorde I wolde wyshe that all men knewe my conuersacyon lyuynge in all poyntes For I am so sure of my selfe thys houre that there are non able to proue anye dyshonestie by me If yow knowe anye that can do it I praye yow brynge them fourth Iohan Bale I maruele that Byshoppes can not se thys in themselues that they are also no folowers of the scriptures But para uenture they neuer reade them but as they fynde them by chaunce in their popish portyfolyoms and maskynge bokes Or els they thynke all the scriptures fulfylled whan they haue sayd their mattens and their masses Christ sayd to the hypocryte Whye seist thu a moate in thy neybers eye and consyderest not the great beame that is in thyne owne eye Luce 6. Matth. 7. Christ forbode hys Byshoppes vndre payne of dampna cyon to take anye lordshyppes vpoÌ„ them Luce ii How is thys folowed of our pre lates He commanÌ„ded them also to pos sesse neyther golde nor syluer Matth. 10. How is thys coÌ„maundemeÌ„t obeyed If we loked so ernest lye to Christes instytucyons as we loke to the popes to be obserued these wolde also be seane to by acte of parlement so we le as prestes marryage whom Christ neuer inhibyted I doubt it not but thys wyll also be one daye scane to Godly ded thys wo man in defendynge here her innocencye For S. Peter sayth j. Petri 4. Se that non of yow suffre as an euyll doer But in your harde sufferynges committ your sowles vnto God with wele doynge aâ— vnto your faythfull creator Anne Askewe Then my lorde went awaye and sayd he wolde entytle sumwhat of my meanynge And so he writte a great cyrcumstaun ce But what it was I haue not all in memorye For he wolde not suffre me to haue the cop pie therof Onlye do I remembre thys smal porcyon of it Iohan Bale Here wrote he serten artycles of the popes Romish faythe wyllynge her to subscrybe vnto theÌ„ so blaspheme God or els to burne Hys sekynge was here to make her to worshyp the first beast whose deadlye wounde is healed agayne Apoc. 13. But she wolde not so haue her name raced out of the laÌ„bes boke of lyfe Apoca. 20. Rather wolde she contende to the ende hopynge by the myght of hys sprete at the last to ouercome and so to be clothed wyth the promysed whyte aparell Apoca. 3. Anne Askewe Be it knowne sayth he to all men that I Anne Askewe do confesse thys to be my faythe and beleue notwithstandynge my reportes made afore to the contrarye I beleue that they whych are howseled at the handes of a prest whether hys conuersacyon be good or not do receyue the bodye and bloude of Christ in substaunce reallye Al so I do beleue it after the conse cracyoÌ„ whether it be receyued or reserued to be no lesse than the verye bodye and bloude of Christ in substaunce Fynallye I do beleue in thys and in all other sacrameÌ„tes of holye chur che in all poyntes accordynge to the olde catholyck faythe of the same In witnesse wherof I the seyd Anne haue subscrybed my name There was sumwhat more in it whych because I had not the coppie I caÌ„not now remembre Iohan Bale All the worlde knoweth that neyther in Christes tyme nor yet in the dayes of hys Apostles was anye soche confession of faythe Neyther yet in the churche that folowed after by the space of moche more than a M. yeares What haue Christen mennes conscience than to do with soche a progydyouse confessyon Are not Christ and hys Apostles teachers suffycyent ynough for our ChristeÌ„ beleue and their holye doctrynes lawfull but we must haue these vnsauerye brablementes We must now beleue in the bawdrye of prestes or that their Sodometrye and Whoredome for want of marryage can be no impediment to their Godmakynge What is it els to be sworne vnto the beleue of soche artycles but to honour their abhomynable Iecherye O most swynish sacryfyers of Baal peor Psalme 105. Yow is it that the Apostle Iudas in hys canonycall epystle speaketh of Ye haue turned the grace of God into your Iecherie denyenge our onlye gouernour Ihesus Christ. The holye Ghost sheweth vs. Apoca. 21. 22. that noÌ„ are of the newe hallowed cytie or congregation of the lorde whych worketh abhomynacyon or maynteyneth lyes as ye do them both here Anne Askewe Then he redde it to me and asked me if I ded agre to it Anâ— I sayd agayne I beleue so moche therof as the holye scri pture doth agre to Wherfor I desyre yow that ye wyll adde that therunto Then he answered that I shuld not teache hym what he shuld write With that he went forth in to hys great chamber and redde the same byll afore the audyence whych enuegled and wylled me to sett to my hande saynge also that I had fauer shewed me Iohan Bale In euerye matter concernynge our Christen beleue is the scripture reckened vnsuffycyent of thys wycked genera cyon God was not wyse ynough in settynge the order therof â–ª but they must adde therunto their swybber swylle that he maye abhorre it in vs as he ded the Iewes ceremonyes Esa. 1. Hiere 7. Zacha. 7. Amos 5. Michee 6. But thys godlye woman wolde corrupt her faythâ— with no soche beggerye least she in so doynge shuld admitt them and â—ir po pe to sytt in her conscyence aboue the eternall God whych is their daylye stodye 2. Thes. 2 A vyrgyne was shein that behalf redemed froÌ„ the earthe folowynge the lambe hauynge in her fore head the fathers name written Apocalypsys 14. Anne Askewe Then sayd the Byshopp I myght thanke other noâ— my selfe of the fauer I founde at hys hande For he consydered he sayd that I had good fryn des and also that I was come of a worshypfull stocke Then answered one Christofet a seruaunt to mastre DeÌ„nye Rather ought ye my lorde to haue done it in soche case for Godâ— sake than for mannys Iohan Bale Spirytuall wyll these fathers be named and yet they do all to be seane of men Math. 23. Their olde condycyons wyll they change whan the blacke moreane change hys skynne and the catte of the mountayne her spotres Hieremyc 13. If I sought to please meÌ„ sayth S. Paule I were not the seruaunt of Christ. Gala. 1. Whan thys tyrannouse Byshopp can do nomore myschefe than flattereth he the worlde sekynge to haue thankes where he hath non deserued And as concernynge the loue or true feare of God as is herelayed vnto hym he hath non at all Psal. 13. Anne Askewe Then my lorde sate downe and toke me the wrytynge to sett therto my