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A05532	Certaine tables sett furth by the right reuerend father in God, William Bushopp of Rurimunde, in Ghelderland: wherein is detected and made manifeste the doting dangerous doctrine, and haynous heresyes, of the rashe rablement of heretikes: translated into Englishe by Lewys Euans, and by hym intituled, The betraing of the beastlines of heretykes	Lindanus, Guilelmus Damasus, 1525-1588.; Evans, Lewis, fl. 1574.	1565 (1565)	STC 15653; ESTC S106730	25,509	82

yeare in his commune places denied againe by Melanthō y e 30. yeare in y e cōfessiō of Auspurge Three affirmed by Melancthō in his Apologie the .31 yeare denied againe by Melancthon in the .52 yeare in his Commune places wherein he alleageth out of y e woorde of God that holye Order is in the number of Sacramentes Fowre affirmed by Melanthō in his cōmune places y e .31 yeare denied by Theym of Saxonie in their confession vnto the which Melancthon subscribed the .51 yeare Sixe alwayes and somewhere .vij. is affirmed by William Postellus in Panthenosia where he named him self to be Helias Pandocheus that is Helias the inholder or contenter of all companies denied by Lutherans by the Zwinglians ¶ Of Baptisme ¶ Originall synne to be in children is affirmed by Luther his adherentes denied by Zwinglius Caluine and by Seruetus Water to be necessary for Baptisme is by Luther his adherentes affirmed denied by Caluine in his institutions and by Bucer in his cōmentary vpon Matthewe ¶ Abrenūtio to be vsed before Baptisme is affirmed by Brentius in his ordinaūce of y e church at Wirtembrige in the .xiiij. leafe denied by Luther many others ¶ Synnes to be so forgeuē vs in our baptisme as that they shuld not be imputed is affirmed by Luther his adherentes denied by Bucer in his cōmentarie vpon Math. by Caluine in Antid affirming y e water of Baptisme to be of none effect ¶ Concupiscēcie is affirmed to be a synne by Luther Bucer denied by Zwingliꝭ with his adherentes ¶ Children ought to be baptized saeth Luther with his companies denied by the Anabaptistes ¶ Of woorkes ¶ Good woorkes to be necessarie vnto saluation is affirmed bi Luther Melanthō as George Maior in his booke of woorkes dothe declare denied by Luther and Melancthō as Illyricꝭ Gallus do say writing against George Maior ¶ That there are desertes of good deades aswell in this lyfe as after is affirmed by Melancthon in his Apologie and Luther in his declaration denied by Caluin others ¶ That good woorkes deserue life euerlasting is alleaged by Bucer but yeat by free grace as he writeth vnto the Fathers of the Counsaile of Tridentine denied by the Apologie of Auspurge and many others ¶ Of the Sacrament of the Aulter ¶ Bread to be cōuerted in to the bodye of Christ the forme only remaninge is affirmed by Luther in a boke against Zwinglius The bread is chaunged saeth Melanthon in the cōfession of Auspurge in y e .xxx. yeare deliuered vnto Carolus y e Emperour wherein was writen vnder the forme of bread denied by Luter Melancthō in y e cōfession of Auspurge y e xxxj yere printed y e .lvj yere by Iochimꝭ West phalꝭ w t all y e hole crewe against Caluin in y e confessiō of the sacrament Bread to be a bare sygne of the body is affirmed by Zwingl Oecolampadius Caluine and some tymes by Bucer denied by Luther in the cōfessiō of Auspurge by Bucer plaing y e Lutheran in his commentary vppon Mathewe Verie bread to be with y e verie body is affirmed by Luther afterwardes in the fained cōfession of Auspurge by the Lutherans with others denied by Luther at the firste by Carolstadius Zwingl Caluine Very wine to be in the chalice is affirmed by Luther in his booke entituled Capt. Babyl denied by Luther in his second booke against Zwinglius That the sacramēt of y e Aulter ought to be adored is affirmed by Luther in a booke of the Adoration of y e sacrament Carolstadius vnto Alber. Outerius and by Bucer actis Col. Ratisp denied by Brentius in his cōfession of Auspurge by the Lutherans The cōmunion of both kindes to be necessarie is affirmed by Luther in the confession of Saxonie and in y t confession of Wirtemb with others denied by Luther in a boke vnto the Bohemiās and in Captiuit Babyl also in a sermone of the sacrament ¶ Of free will No freewill to be in man is affirmed by Luther Captiuit Baby and in his third boke against Zwingliꝭ by Melancthō in his cōmun places the yeare .22 and also by Illyricus denied by Melancthon in his cōmune places the .52 yeare alleaging yt to be an horrible lye and the rage of y e Manichees to denie man to haue free will ¶ Of the invocation of Sainctes Saintes ought to be prayed vnto saeth Luther in his booke intituled the preparation vnto death and against y e Taborites denied by Luther Melancthō Caluine and others ¶ Of Images Images ought to be kept saeth Luther and manie of Saxonie denied by Luther in all the prouince of Bauaria by Zwinglius Caluine and others ¶ Of holy dayes ¶ Holye dayes ought to be celebrated saeth the Lutherans in the ordering of their church at Wirtembryge denied by Luther vnto the nobilitie of Germanie and also by him through all Germanie ¶ Of prayng for the dead Prayer for the dead is done well and without synne sayeth Luther in Cap. Fidei set furthe a litell before his death in the .xliiij. yeare denied by the Luterās by Melancthō Caluin others ¶ Of Purgatorie That there is a Purgatorie after this lif is affirmed by Luther in sundrie places and y t he doth surelie beleue it Also in the boke de Caepitib fidei in the .xliiij. yeare he teacheth that it is lawfull once or at the vttermost twise to praye for the dead denied by the Lutherās Caluine Melancthon by the Zwinglians Sainct Peter was at Rome as Luther in an Homelie doth declare denied by Sebast. Frāc by Velenus and by Caluine S. Peter was at Rome and also there Bushop as Luther and Bucer doe write denied by Caluine Functius That y e Bushop of Rome is not Antichrist is affirmed by Bucer denieng that y e place vnto the Philipp can sounde to reproue him denied by many others Luther all his adherentes to be heretikes is affirmed by Zwinglius in a booke made against the Lutherans denied by Luther and his adherētes boasting them selfes to be true Gospellers Zwinglius with his hole companie to be heretykes is affirmed by Luther in a booke written against the Zwinglians denied by Zwinglius his companie boasting them selfes to be y e true ghospellers L. EVANS SAinct Hillarye in the .vij. booke of the Trinitie alleageth all the doinges of heretickes to be oncertaine and vaine and that they vary amongst them selues not iudging a lyke of anye one thynge yea when ther is but twoe or three of them they do reproche reprehend and blame one an other and euer iarring the differ aboute theyr owne doynges neuertheles they runne headlong togeather into the selfe same purpose of blasphemie Nowe whether the wordes of S. Hillarye be true or no and whether these heretickes doe varye and iarre as he sayeth it dothe vnto all men more then ynoughe appeare and yeat to make that thing vnto thee more euident which is euident ynoughe

steappes and imbrace the doinges of the deuelish foes of all auncient faithfullnes Those men doe they followe which were enemies vnto Ambrose Hierome Augustine and suche others and against whome those holy fathers haue writen and preched we see howe they haue sclaundered all ancient writers we see howe they haue abused the people and Princes of christendome and thoughe now all their drudgerie be detected made manifest and knowē yeat their impudent foreheades are suche as will receaue no kinde of shame and as will neuer blushe or receaue any maner of grace to repent Well I wolde wishe all men to marke what moued these fonde faytheles men at the first to fall from their godlie forefathers faythe from the Apostles beliefe and that ys from the faythe and religion of Christe Let vs first looke vpon Luther and vnderstande what impelled hym to imbrace this madde mynde and onnaturall heate of heresies And yf wee will waye yt indifferentlie then of trothe we shalbe forced to say yea our owne consciences shall cause vs and truthe it self shall moue vs to speake and saye that filthie desire drawe Luther to lewdnes oh we must exclame and say O Lothsome luste thowe dydst leade Luther to distruction O vnchaste mynde thowe wast the cause of Luthers madnes O carnall desire ouermuche with they filthie flame dydst thowe lurche poore Luther O whoredome abhominable thowe thowe yt was that dydst woorke these lunatike mocions in Luther And fynallie thowe vile Venus with thy craftie boye Cupido hathe puffed vp poore Luther with ouer fearce a fyere with ouer great and dreadefull a desyre withe to muche a long lasting leacherous luste Therefore wee may say o vnhappie Luther o wreached man o most miserable simple soule But wee are happie wee are blessed and entierely beloued of God who by the corrupte rotten and choked fruicte of thee may nowe learne to avoyde all the graffes growen and feadde on thy filthie roote And truelie tenne tymes happie should we and others haue bene yf we had but perceaued the poyson of suche pestilent fruictes when they were greene For then ahlas they infected a great number of the youthe sweete mowthed men of Christendome there was neuer greene fruicte that bread suche a plague that plague caused to perishe bothe bodye and soule and the ayre then I meane mens myndes were so infected and corrupted as a thowsande sowles in one daye were caried headlong into hell at that tyme might fathers weepe in deede for the deathe of their sonnes then parentes might pietiefullie howle at the buriall of their youthe and children and then and at no tyme ells might frendes most bytterlie lament for the losse of their familiars and acquayntaunce For wolde yt not rent the harte of anie honest man to see his deare freende drawen dreadfullie into the bottomeles pyt of hell there in burning coales to broyle for euer Oh yf wee bee men we must morne at this and yf wee haue any kindenes or gentle nature in vs then must wee wayle and sighe at the sorowefull state of suche our acquaintaunce as shall neuer with vs enioye the blessed ioyes of heauen Nay yf we be charitable Christiās and yf wee looke to haue the long lastyng blysse of lyfe euerlasting then must wee weepe at the erroure and wandring of our breathren who throughe the baytes and allurementes of Sathan seeking strange doctrines to defend their filthynes are now as damned Phlegias througheout the darkenes of hell sounding furthe with woeful voice these wordes Discite iustitiam moniti nō temnere Diuos of trothe yt makethe me a frayde to thinke on their woe and I quake when in mynde I conceaue any knowledge thereof But what shall we speake of him which in this litle booke beholding the misrule discorde and most lothesome lyes of heretikes will yeat wallowe with them in beastlines still imbrace nothing els but their blindenes in deade I feare some suche there wil be But not withstanding as often as I do reade ouer this booke me thinkes verelye that there can be none so willfullye madd nor none so voyde of grace and reason As any longer to lye in the beastlie brawlinge beadd of hatefull heresye me thinkes that al the false preachers doe packe vp their bawdie marchandize and me thinkes that with the consent of all good consciences they be at the leanght whipped with their whoores through out al coūtreys Yf this booke I say be read ouer with an indifferent mynde yf partialytie be layd a syde and yf any renouncing shamefull self will and stowbbornes will vse the reason where with God at the first dyd endue him then most certaine I am that he will say fy fy on these mōstrous ministers fy on their fonde doctrine suttel sectes and fy on theyr filthie facing famyshed faythe Wherefore seing we doe so manifestlye perceaue their varieng from auncient holye writers seing wee see their disagreamentes amongst them selfes seing wee behold howe they leane vnto old cancred and condemned heresies and seing we vnderstand at the leangth their lewdenes in alleaging of the Diuines and Doctours Let vs followe the example of the Apostle S. Iohn the Disciple of Christ whoe as I reade entred into a commune bayne to wash him But there beholding one Cerinthus he leapt out immediatlie vnwashed sayng let vs flie hence lest that the baynes them selfes fall downe in the which Cerinthus is washed By which sayng we are admonished to aduoyd yuel companie for Cerinthus was an open enemye of godlynes and all godlie men Therefore let vs I say likwise when wee see these prating false preachers in pulpittes fly from them least the Church fall downe on vs wherein such blasphemies be breathed out and fostered Let all men behold their malice and cancred hatred heaped vpp in their iniurous iniunctions against the true Christiās and imbracers of Christ. And finally let vs all renoūce this newe nowghtines this doting doctrine this self will wantonnes and these shameful lechearous single soule sectes Let vs againe with ioyfull countenaunce byd Christ welcome into our countrie Let vs yelde our selfes vnto his mercye and let vs obey his statutes and followe his will Yf wee doe this wee shall not only be free frō the fire of hell and haue perdon for all our peruersenes and treason but wee also shall in this lyfe be sure of sundry commodities and pleasures and in the lyfe to come wee shal haue lyfe for our soules in deede Wee shall haue the heauens for our habitacion and enioye the sweete cōpaine of the Saintes with the plesaūt felowship of our forefathers louing acquaintāce and deare frendes They with vs and wee with them in the euerlastinge vnspeakable ioyes and most bewtifull blisse to lyue so louingly together for euer In the first Table is manifestlye declared howe that Luther Caluine Zwinglius and Bucer with all the other cursed crewe of heretikes haue doe most wilfullye varie from the Doctors Apostles catholyke faythe

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 ● .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 Zwingliās 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 Christiās must be pourged which by the prayers of the lyuing may be holpen denied by the Lutherans Zwingliās manie others ¶ Origen in y e .v. Homelie vpō the booke of Numbr S. Cyprian in his serm cōcerning 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 Brentiꝭ and by y e other carnall cōpanie of heretikes ¶ Epiphan in Apost affirmeth it to be a synne to mary after a vowe once made of cōtinencie denied by Luther Bucer Corolstadiꝭ 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 Brentiꝭ 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 thīges to be beleued which not onelie are written but also preached denied by Luther Bucer Brētiꝭ 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 indifferēcie 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 ōspeakeable 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 cōtynewed 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 Waldēses and by Melancth in y e Cōfess of Auspurge Twoe affirmed by Luther the .30 yeare in his Catechisme in his boke vnto Waldenses by Melanthō in y e .22

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 cōtrarye him selfe Wherefore yt may be cōcluded 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 incōstancie 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 cōcorde 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 benoōmed 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 Melancthō but againe he denieth it as appeareth in his cōmune 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 Zwingliꝭ Seruetus and the Anabaptist The Pelagians as S. Augustine in his .iij. booke .iij. chapiter against Iulianus dothe witnes affirmed the Christians childrē not to be maculated with synne but to be pure from the same so doth Zwingliꝭ Caluine ● Bucer CCC.L. yeare the Massilianistes as Damascenꝭ towching heresies doth witnes affirmed that baptisme maketh a man neyther ꝑfect nor holy nor that the Diuine sacramentes receaued doe purge vs from synne so dothe Luther and zwingliꝭ The Pelagians as S. August ad Quod vult doth witnes affirmed the infantes of y e Christiās 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 instituciōs 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 institutiōs 1000. yeare Berengarius dyd affirme y t the sacramente of the Aultar is but a sygne of the Lordes bodye so doth Zwingliꝭ Occolampadius Caluine 1000. yeare y e Gerengarians as recordeth Guitmundus Auersanus affirmed that the sacramēte 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 Luthera● in Polonia as the confesion of Polonia declarethe And that the sacramēt 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 Lut●●ran● CCC.L. yeare Aerius as witnesseth S. August Epiph. affirmed that no sacrifice ought to be done for y e dead so dothe the Lutherā● 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 Zwingliās CCC.L. yeare y e Massilianistes as Damascenus in haeresib doth record alleaged y e Sacramēt of order to be no sacramēt of a true name y t the cleargie are not coparcioners of y e holy ghost by ther ordinaūce which thing also affirmed y ● Alpigenistes in y e. 1250. so dothe the Lutherās zwingliās 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 Zwingliās vij c. LXXX yeare the Felicianistes the Waldenses affirmed y t the images of Christ and his Saincts are Idololatrous so doth Zwingliꝭ Caluine the Lutherans in the highest Bauaria CCC.L. yeare Porphyrius Eunomicus Eustathiꝭ affirmed as the Counsaile Gangrensis doth witnes

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